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'Lead me to
the Kork
(ban I."
that la Higher
IT MRS M. r. LOWS.
I see it ever there above my head,
Oh ! lead me up that I may sit and rest ;
Then I shall know where all the pathways led.
And find at length the way,
And how I went astiay.
The tblckot lures me with Its mellow gloom,
I fathom dreamily its still retreat,
Nor see the rising vapors round me loom ;
But there no fog and damp,
Fhall e'er my breathing cramp.
I reach the slopes o'er-touched with spots of tun;
They lighten up my heart to peaceful cheer,
Yet when the noon la hot I am undone ;
But in that cleft 'tis cool,
And calm, and beautiful. r.
Impatient as the longing butterfly,
I smell the far-off dowers at golden morn I
How shall I find the meadows where they lie ?
Ah t there they'll come to sight
These gardens of delight.
Two roads I reach at last. They hold me still j
Yet one of them my feet must surely take,
I'll go not with a blind and partial will ;
Upon that rock of prayer
I'll ehooio, and then I'll dare.
O Hock of Ages I strong and sweet repose
For all the pilgrims of mortality,
Bewilderod at the morn or evening close,
Take them onto thy breast.
And show the land of rest,
"JfrT r c 1 1 If rtnt fine
Letter from James Macro anus, Euq
in reply to Mr. Haldeman.
Bellefonte, July 21, 1800.
It. J. Haldexan, Esq., "National Com
tor Pennsylvania :" Sir: I received
your circular postmarked 18ih inst., ad
dressed "to the National Democracy of
Pennsylvania," issuod by you as the soli
tary member of the so styled National
Committee for Pennsylvania, in favor of
Douglas and Johnson, requesting all "Na
tional Democrats of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to meet in ilarrisburg on
the 20th of this month, in delegato and
mass convention," d'e, to nominate a
straight out electoral tickot pledged to
the support of Douglas and Johnson, if I
understand you; you are orotesting against
the action of the State Executive Com
mittee, which met at Philadelphia on the
2d inst., who hive recommended that the
Democracy of Pennsylvania should unite
upon fair, just and equitable principles
against the common foe of the Democrat
ic party, by supporting the electoral tick
et nominated by the Democratic State
Convention which met at Reading, and of
which jou were a member, lhat you
have plenary power, invested by the reso
lution of the Convention over which Mr.
Tod presided, of the friends of Mr. Doug
las, 1 admit ; and certainly it was a com
pliment to Pennsylvania to find one
Douglasite without guile, whilo you could
wear the blushing honors of "the one man
power," and sing the old Sjotch song of
-WhaWadbe King but Charlie." But
that Mr, Douglas was the Presidential
nominee of the National Democratic Con
vention I deny ; and when you refer to
the proceedings ot the Convention at
Charleston, before its adjournment to Bal
timore, you should have noticed the most
imjiortant resolution, passed by the Conven
tion with regard to who should be decla
red the Freaidential nominee, and which
was in full foroe at the adjourned Conven
tion which met at the city of Baltimore.
On the 1st day of May, 1800, and the 8th
day session nf the Convention at Charles
ton, I find, in the published proceedings,
that Mr. Howard, of Tennessee, offered
two resolutions ; the second resolution de
Ution de-1
clariiiff it the dutr of the President of the
Convention, on a full vote for President1
and Vice President by the delecaUs, "not
to declare anj tandidate elected who did not rf
feive nvo-miras qine voles oj int e ecwrai cot the Uemocratic party of this State, unloss
lege." Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, raised ft' they bowed down to the imperial man
point of ordsr, declaring that the rule was dates of J. W. Forney, who is now re
(hat "two-thirds of the votes given 'reiving the wages of his political prosti
hould be neoessary to nominate." Mr. ! tut.'on with the Black Republican disun
Howard replied and said, a cae in point ionisU in Congress assembled; and.be
fcad arisen In 1844, when the New York ' fore you, he has issued his bull, that sepa
(ielegation were excluded from the Con- rate electoral tickets should be noinina.
fention. ' The decision then was that it ted in every State, and then, like your
fequired two'thirds of the electoral vote self, protests against the course pursued
io elect." The previous question was or-. by the Democratio State Executive Com
pered on Mr. Howard's resolution, and a, mitteo. And I find you following in tho
fote by States called, rfnd resulted in fa- wake of the editor of the Press not a
tor of Mr. howard'i resolution by a vote leader, but his political automaton. This
V141 wj to 112 nays: and 1 find the vote no-party Press declares hostility to any
t the delegates er Pennsylvania On this candidate on the local tickets lhat are
resolution to be 17 yeas,: 0J nays. Thus friendl; to the administration of Presi
r. Uoward s resolution in full Conven- dont Buch.inan, or its leaders, or itsor
Won, declaring that no fandidate who did gans. Under this anathema, where would
-notr cewt too-thirds of the votes of e whole you sUcd, unless bo ha given, you abso-
Convention in electoral college, was adopted
by a decided rrajority. How you voted
on this resolution I know not, but judg
ing from vour antecedent as one of the
editors of the Patriot tt Union, I should be
lieve you voted in the affirmative. This
resolution being in full forco and effect
when the Convention adjourned to meet
in Baltimore, and not repealed, it was s
binding and ns imperative on the Conven
tion at Baltimore as it was at Charleston.
And we find, in the proceedings of the
Convention, that after five days of criml-
nation and re-crimination, the Conven
tion divided into two seperate parts, the
one nominating Messrs. Douglas and
1- itzpatrick, the other Messrs. Breckin
ridge and Lane, and each calling them
selves the Dtmiocratio National Conven
tion. Now. sir. I ask von in all candor.
whether any of these nominations were
made in. accordance with the provisions of
the resolution referred to? Did either of
them receive "two-thirds of the electoral
vote," or two-thirds of all the votes in a
full Convention? You must admit they
did not ; therefore neither Mr. Douglas or
Mr. Breckin ridge have been nominated
according to tbecustom.usage or precedent
of the Democratic party of the Union. It
was under these circumstances that the
State Executive Coramittoe met at Phila
delphia on the 2d ist., and offered the ol
ive branch to the friends of the respective
nominees in Pennsylvania; and every
Democrat, if he is honest in his profess
ions, will sustain the Committee in their
patriotic efforts to redeem our old Com
monwealth from the blighting rule of
I, I.I! l..a.
mutii j.vpiuuiicniiism, oy uniting upon
one electoral ticket, and that, the one put
in nomination by the Reading Convention
and the triumphant election of Ilenry D.
Foster. You protest against the action
of the State Executive Committee as an
"assumption of power" while you are the
State Committee by appointment of a cor
tain Southern gentleman, who calls him
self Miles Taylor, and very generously
f laces Pennsylvania un Jeryour control
suppose their is no assumption of power in
this ! whilo you can politically say :
' I am monarch of all I survey ;
My right there is Eone to dispute."
Again, t find by the proceedings of the
1'od Convention, that Benjamin Fitzpat-
rick, of Alabama, was nominated by tho
same Convention as Vici President, on
the same ticket with Mr. Douglas : and
directly afterwards the Convention ad-
purnod sine die. A committee was ap-
pointed to inform Mr. Douglas and
Mr. Fitzpatrick declines the proflerod
honor. But it appears, by tho sequel,
that the committee had invested in
tbein a roving power greater than yours
for when the nominee for Vico President
declined, the committee caught Mr. John
son and nominated 'dm as Vice President,
There is no assumption of power in this 1
Yet there is one thing true, th:it Mr. II.
V. Johnson was not nominated by the
Convention that nominated Mr.Douglas,
but by a committee appointed to inform
Mr. Fitzpatrick of his nomination ; and
ni . ... . ,i ... .
lhat committee nominated a Vice Presi-
dential candidate, and this you approve
of and sustain as Democrat c. and
I !. ...! V r.
m it tee for acting within the sphere of
vuiu-
their legitimate duty, and for the best in
best in-
of the
in, (he
terest ot the Democratic party
State. I regret to see this division
Democratic party of the State. When
the party sustained "measures not men,"
it was always victorious; and if you re-
YYV ' ,T Z' 7- . ; , .' , , .
" wii w i'kuiucuwig uillVH'U lilt, 1 ' r 11 H J
crane party or uie Mate, the result was
that Ritner was elected. Gov. Ritner was
delighted that he had beaten two Demo-.
cram, uui was asionisnea io nna that the anu me rieiinesj oi its sdii." its the world and from him conies all wis
"Iron Gray" beat him single handed -- people call it " pearl surrounded by em- 1 dolll ftnd 'truth, while through him only
And in a more recent Convention, hold f raids. "Of all the cities or the Last, it ' doog lho Lord communicate with the hu
nt Altoona, another contest about men- Perban. the most oneulal.' man flimiy. This is simply the corrected
not measures or principles-resulted in iho descriptions of Buckingham are rsion of the crent Christian doctrines
viw.iujj n iuijuiivj vi aivpuiiiiuiiii UJtrill-
bors of Congress from this State, tieing
i:ie senate, ana giving a maionty in the
uguw uiarremsiiH., oi uus oiaie ;
.w. .M.Bk,.n..B vmiuacu ,
-i- "'"" iiuiuiu-
., v , l,ix.,Un oi uie iemocrauc party
auu in. wj in accoruance wun iemo-
crauo principles, averyining lor prince
mil a iiAlliihn fXa aiah rPt, a .... '. . f
"".''" "" .V1""" ':,u.'?Vl i
ui uniieu w.aianu, uivmea we an, is every e paruany grown up ; the
as applicable now as when it was first ut- trecsuntrimmedSnddippitigthoirbranch
tered. I regret I cannot give you credit, es in their sparkling rivulets; the roses
for your preient LPMJt,1on.' M ?our c.,rcu,.ar lrown ,llTsl '"to ees and covered with
s dated the 16th of July. Bat the edi- innumerable blossoms. Everywhere w
Tim. r I IIia 1 ' I. I n . 1 I I. n X. . . 1. . 1 m artn mioIi VAivln-a ln.ii.innl u n ... .1.
-vi vr. mid a ii i i.uvi limn A iris IVVUOUIi3
I
euuor or tne r atriot and umo.v, you de
nounced for his selfish nnd vindictive op
position to President Buchanan; states, in
an editorial of June 25. I860, that "whiU
however, we shall support the election of
Dtepnen A. Douglas, the lye will tn no
respect be a party neutspnper," "To this re
mark we must make one exception : the
Press is the uncompromising foe to the
disunion, seeuiinn AHminiati-utin nri .
the fat of Hm
organs," Ac. And again, he is the first,
throush tha columns nf hi. t ,a.
claim that there should be no union of
lution ? Do you suppose that the De
mocracy of .Pennsylvania are to be dra
gooned by any such course? Jfyou do,
you are mistaken this time. But you
think differently, and to do those who
are acting with you in this scheme of
disorganization. Jf you and your col
'engues to the National Convention had
pursued the same conciliatory coune as
at Reading, the saino result would have
taken place. You know that the friends
of Mr. Witte and Mr. Fry were at dag
get poinU. The oflice went in search of
the man, and by acclamation Henry D,
Foster was nominated. This reconciled
all parties) and (he same might have
been done either at Charleston or Balti
more. But now we find that ilenry D.
Foster, the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, is to be compelled to take sides
with one or the other of the two political
Presidential parties or factions in this
State; and the Philadelphia Vress, that
"no'parly paper, 'ihas sounded the bugle,
and its editor informs us he has written a
letter to Gen. Fpster, and he must an
swer it. Whether tljis letter contains as
much honesty and moral principles as his
Uamous Jameson letter, we are lelt in the
I dark. But if Gen. Foster is half the mai
man
I believe hirn to be, he will treat that let
ter, and all others of like import, with si
lent contempt, and the true Democracy
of the State, and every true friend of the
Uniou, will sustain him. No'V, sir, I am
opposed to hitving two Democratic electo
ral tickets in the field at the same time ;
and those who aid in so doing, disguise it
as they may, intend to give the electoral
vote of the State to Lincoln and Hamlin,
and defeat, if they can, the election of
Gen. Foster. But so far asCentre county
is concerned, I am satisfied that her uni
ted Democracy will sustain the action of
the State Committee, support the electo
ral ticket put in nomination at Reading,
and frown down any attempt at disunion
of the Domocratic party by those (louse
your own language) "composed of sche
mers, aspirants and victims, which, as a
whole, now forms an organization that ap
pals every truo lover of the Union.'
Yours, &c, J AS. M ACM AN US.
Tho Massacre in Sicily.
The City of Damascus its great Antiipiiti,
the latt Massxcre of Christians there tcho
are the Druse, ? .
Tho news from Syria continues to bo of
the most appalling character. The Into
advices report that from 7,000 to 8,000
Christians have been slain, and 15 villages
laid waste with fire and sword- The mas-
sacre at Damascus where five hundred
Christians, including the Dutch consul,
were massacred, and the American consul
wounded gives renewed interest to the
history of that ancient city. The PhiladuN
phia Bulletin supplies some particulars,
which we subjoin:
I Damascus was an important place at
least as early as the time of Abraham, so
that it is not less than four thousand
years old. Elynnlogists dispuio about
. , . , , , uo musiviii siucit. oiiiuuini iv riiuucii mhic, uiri uius ensure lor our Cause SIC-
ancient capital of Syria, and was thus the (ho 1)rusC6 u;8(lV0W Bny belief in the pecu-l nal victory ; but this cannot even be hop-
quintessence of the quickwitted raceit;1Urdoctrinft80rlho U1fn whose name they jed for. What then is to bo done with a
represented. It is called bv so:no tha'i ,i . i. . n i.:'J..i,
n,.s i. i .'i.i Tl.:- :..
..-.. ... .,.. r-unu. iu.j i,
no doubt, eastern
exaggeration, but trie
fact that every thing said by the oriental-
MU about the famous capital is exaggera-
ted, only shows how strongly its real aU
tractions had taken effect upon their viv
, id imagination. A celebrated epistle of
an ancient writer calls it "the great and
r sacred city ot JJ.ima-.cus, surpassing every ; 'manifestations only. They declare the
. city both in the beauty of us temples and first bom of t,,0 ,cily iva9 tbe npirit of
, the magnitude of its shrines, as well as , Intelligence, which first incarnated Ilam
, the timelines! of its seasons, the limpid- ga who j, the Christ of the Arian theory.
, ? ' ',T '1 " 'y
nossof its fountains, the volume of its wa-
vviioiuuiuu Cllbliuijr IUI1UU1U. DUb
there has seldom anything been written
uui, tuiisiuorou enure v reliable. JSut'
with human pen more beautiful than his'tajnc(i l,v the Druses, who like tho fob
piain oi wuiiascus. ne
r ..6..o.. D.v iiiiuu
, ... luiiuuuau jmi iv.
" uor n.iu res lor vno lamuy, ana
wia. tney nave ocen ior a year in
;; eanwiiuetnen.aoonas beenmost
etui t n li I fi 1 1 1 ntibnni I . 1
nwi liuiuvuuuu
"'i , ivi. iviuuir, iiiaui lilllv Llun III. Willi
Il . i . . .. ...
uui, sucu a vuucu or wuuuoss as iogive;je8US
iuo uniting grace io tne landscape.
Such, ho says, is Damascus in the bloom
of tho year.
Damascus was conquered by David, who
made it tributary. After being hold by
Solomon it revolted, anil aftorwurds wus
at the head of thirty-and-two kings. It
was subsequently taken by Assyria and
Persia. After the battle of Issus, it fell
into the hands of Alexandor the Great,
and Porupey annexed it to the Roman
Empire. After being colebrated for its
wealth and splendor under the Groat Em
perors, it was conquered by the Saracens,
and became for a time the capital of the
Mohammedan world. The sceptre of Is
lam passed over to Bagdad, but Damas
cus is still famous in the history of Si
lad in.
It was besiegod by the Crusaders in the
twelfth century, but they failed to take
it. Lr tor still, it was captured, with cir
cumstances of great baibarity, by Tamer
lane, and finally fell into the hands of the
Turks under Sclim I. It possesses, too,
a high moral interest, for on that beauti
ful plain it was that St. Paul "became
obedient to the heavenly vision.".
Among the points of interest connected
with this famouicity are the Damascus!
omues, so maueaoi iiiar, mey might bo
oem .ua rigni ar.gie wimout, losing meir outsido or the sect, and the Druses ad
elasticity j so keen that they could sever I here tenaciously to their religious tradit-
down a gauze floating in the air, or di
vide iron without destroying their edge.
For ages the secret of their mrnufaoture
was unknown. Oeneral Anossoff", in the
Ural mountains, howevor, suoceeded, in
quite recent times, in making a sword
which seemed to equal the best Damas
cus, "with a blade of roticulated lines
such as always appeared on the finest Da
mascus blades in broad stripes and show
ing a bright gilded reflection. lie cut
through a gauze handkerchief in the air,
and cleft bones and nails, feats which can
not be pel formed with the test English
steel.". Anderson in his recent travels in
Siberia, states, howerer, that the secret
died with Anossotf, as these swords are
not now made at Damascus.
Another point of interest is the famous
Damask stuffs. They are properly silk,
though sometimes made of other fabrics
Large quantities of silk are still manufac
tured, and the Damask roses havo lost
nothing of their immemorial beauty.
There is at Damascus a considerable
trade both with India and Europe.
From India are brought by the Persian
Gulf, Baesora, Bagdad and Aleppo, spices,
cotton goods, eoarso and fine muslins, and
gold stuffs. English goods como through
Bey rout and Tripoli. The people are
Mahommedans, Druses, Oriental Chris
tians, Jews, io. The population is about
one hundred thousand.
With so many features in their own ap
proximating to the Christian religion, it
appears some what strange the Dru
ses should manifest such fiendish barbari
ty as they have recently done. But to
them, strong monolheists as they are, doo
trines of polytheism are peculiarly repul
sivo. In the ceremonies of the Greek and
Roman Churches they perceive what they
think to be a worship of more than one
God, They do not comprehend the rela
tions of the three persons in the Trinity,
and especially fail to understand tho in
terpretation of the material symbols lierd
in such veneration in those churches.
The prolestant of Syria, whose religion
does not present those features, would
probably share better if tho Druses
understood more about thorn : but the
Protestants as well as the Greeks and
Catholics, all como under the general head
of Christians, and as such fall beneath the
indiscrirainating fury of these fanatics.
It does not appear, however, that tho
Druses are the only tribes engaged in the
massacres. Arab Mussulmans are equally
guilty. Tho principal cause of tho pres
ent troubles most probably arisos from
the old feuds which for centuries havo
been waged between the Druses and the
Maronites. The latter people are native
Christians, followers of a monk called Ma
ron, who lived in the sixth century.
"WUO ARE TUB llRl'SES."
The question "Who are the Druses?"
the New Y oik Post answers by saying
1 hey are principally a sect of the Mo-
hammedans, existing only in Svria.-
j Their name is derived from Darazi or.ingly if our friends in all sections of the
niissionarv to them
J)nrsi, who as early as lOVJ came as a
m from nn rfl'shoot of
. i. f . i . .. i .... i t.' : . t.
!."' u" " ' "
hpw in And In Innlr iinnn f in til In nf
.Druso" as a stigma. The characteristic
dogmft of thc u tha unity of G
in Inficcc,t tho Druscs C(0I Uiel
Unitarians. They maintain that
God s bo
rn selves
uiiuni Muff. j ijujr
God is
; eMBnca of pure ,;f0 and can be known to
: llis fl(.CP,)t cbildren through human
incomprehensible,
inexorable, pure, the
munirestations only. They declare the
i'i'o Hamsa was confided tbo
creatioi: of
- r: .-.i:...: ti :.
iov,ers of Mohammed, embody in their
roig0n many oi the traditions ana per-
gonages ot tho Uld Testament. There is
ft SutH1) or IsDlfti M j10 is ci0j who
nrst introduced sin into the world.
i regard to fre0 win th, pruge tieoi.
V . '
maintains that the length of every
man-g ife U foreordained, Lut not his
individual acts Thev believe in the
transa.teration of souls', and say that the
,oul of l8lnai WM onCe in John the
; liapt8t, and still earlier in Elijah, while
I.I .
f llltlt Ul IIUUI3V UllliO (inoii III biiu uwuy ui
it.... r IT ,1 1. : .1.. i....
let while acknowledging that
Jesus once existed, they do not think
that he was in any way divine, as the
individual soul which lived in him and
in nianv others did not receive divine
power till it reached the body of Hamso.
migration doctrines so far as to allow that
1 he Druses do not extend their trans-
human souls ever exist in the lorms of
animals. They think that the souls of
men go on, inhabiting different bodies
with the exception of a very e-v, whose
excellence permits them to exert a pure
spirit until the resurrection day, when
the faithful will be resolved for eternity
into spiritual beings, but by far the
creator portion of mankind will not be
annihilated.
If the Druses lived up to lho seven
commandments in whicu they express
their moral laws, they would not be so
dreaded and so cruel a people, for mur
der, theft, covetousnes and cruelty are
prohibited as special crimes, and chasti
ty , honesty, meekness and mercy are re
garded as high virtues so high unfortu
nately, that the present Druse generation
cannot reach them. The men have but
one wife each ; the form cf Government
is patriarohal, different tribns having a
Shiek, and agriouhurt is carefully at ton
dod to. No , marriagos are contracted
ions. All the male population is trained
from youth to sorve in war. and the Dru-
ses have more than once revolted against
the Turkish government, which holds
nominal sway over them. .Yet, of lute
years, they havo been regarded as peace
ful andquict people, and were disabusing
their neighbors of the traditional opinion
as to their ferocity and cruelty, until tho
great Christian massacre of this summer
proves that their unenviable notoriety
was not without ajust foundation.
Letter from Ex President Pierce.
Boston, July 13, 1800.
To the Editors of the Bostons Post -.
Gentleman: I have seen, in several
political presses, conflicting opinions as
cribed to Ex President Pierce in relation
to the final action of the Baltimore Con
vention ; luid having had the opportune
ty, at an early period, in a friendly con
versation, to learn the views of that emi
nent citizen in a crisis so important to
the Democracy and the Union, which I
know his further reflection has fully con
firmed lam happy to sav that I am at
liberty, without infringing on private
courtesey, to send the letter to you for
publication. Very truly, vour's, &c,
B. F. II A.LLETT.
Ilii.LsnoRo', N. II., June, 29, 1800.
My Dear Sir: Your letter from Balti
more directed to me at New York and
forwarded thence to Concord, has at last
reached me here, ar.d 1 will not lay it a
ide without saying a word in reply.
Your rejection as a delegate was in my
judgemontaclear violation of right, but
it must have gratified your friends on the
spot, as it has mo since, to observe that
the wrong perpotraled in your exclusion
wns not more palpable than your vindica
ation of sound principles and of your
claims to a seat woe conulusivs anu trium
phant. It was in vain to hope for harmony af
ter the action of tho majority upon the
report of the committee upon credentials
It could hardly have failed to be under
stood generally, that such ai. action must
terminate the existence of the Conven
tion as o body representing tho Democra
cy of the Union, and eventuate in the
present condition of tho powerful and pa
triotic organization, which has bo long
upueiu mo equal rights and vindicated m
peace and wur the common honor of
theso confederated States. There has
been in fact, no nomination made in con
formity with tho established and recouni
zed usages of that orcanizution. and hence
isour.d and faithful men will find notliinu
in the proceedings, so far as the nomnni
ation made in conformity with the estab
lished ana recognized usages of that or
ganization, and Iience sound and faithful
men will find nothing in the proceedings
so :r as '.ne nominees are concerned, to
bind the party fealty. Under these cir.
j cumstances, it would gratify me exceed-
i land could uniteearnestly and cordiaily in
; the support of Mr, Breckenriduo and Gen.
1 T I . i f
' ""' i-'ugM"i to our wisues I ills
of less consequence to discuss, who were
right and who wrong upon the question of
memoersuip in wie convention, than it is
to determine how the Democratic party,
which united is invinoible, can avert the
calamity of an irrcecoiieiliible breach- If
division if at present inevitable, it niny be
well to inquire whether it is to be ponna-t
nent. Is devotion to principle, to the
eipuHi iignis or tne states, and to the in
tegrity of the Union, to bo sacrificed to
any object of personal ambition, or, what
is worse, if possible, to blind control of
passion, of which we hove had already too
much? Have the doctrinos and senti
ments of sectional fanaticism which cul
minated last year iu tho armed invasion
of a sister State with tho avowed purpose
of exciting insurrection, ceased to be dan
gerous? Where is the evidence of change
in the direction of soundor and more con
servative opinions ? I do not percivo it.
It certainly is not to bo found in the want
of concert, so apparent anion u: the great
body of our countrymen who are opposed
to the principles und policy of whiuh Mr.
Lincoln and Mr, Hamlin are now the rep
resentative men.
While it would bo culpable weakness to
intermit effort for the right, there is nei
ther wisdom nor courage in turning from
a full view of the embarrassments which
beset ou party, nnd the dangers which
threaten our country. The only manly
idea on which to act is "Things are bad
and may be worse, but with the blessings
of God we will try to make them hotter."
At all events it is no tune for crimination
and recrimination among those who ex-1
pect hereafter to need and to havo eaih
the support of tho other. It cannot mend
tho past cannot help tho present and
cannot fail to prove disastrous to tho fu
ture. he who takes a different view and acts
upon it will only accumulate aharve&tof
regrets by uttering sentiments to be ex
plained, qualified, or recalled, unless in
deed he is already at tho "half way house"
(where so;many nave stopped temporarily
before) only to resume his march and
take his place in the ranks of those whoso interrogatory as, ' 'V'hat is all this worth'
opinions and action have been in di-1 nor those other words of delusion and fol
rect antagonism with his own. I am ly 'Liberty fjrsi and L'nion afterwards;
not without hope that the sterling Dem! but everywhere, spread it all over in char
ocracy of the keystone State will Lb anl acters of living light, that othor sentiment
unitedly to support tho clectorat ticket, I
already nominated by them, without re-
gard to preference of the individual notiu
inees, but with a satisfactory undorstan-l
il "o . t "aer ln . wh,ch h8 vote
of tho State shall in certain contingencies
be cast; nd that their example may be-
followed by other States, and thus. iom.
thing like unanimity be vet secured
Should a policy like this, at once ooncilia-
lory anu jus ie pursued, we may well
be animated by fresh hope and confidence. '
1 expect fo he m Boton novt week,
when wo can interchange thoughts iviorei
fully and satisfactorily than it is possible t
to do by letter. In the meantime if you
see the editors of tho Post (especially Col.
Greene) express to them my thanka
for the well considered, able arid .'dispas
sionate article in which they grappled
vith in the emergency of a divided Na- ,
tional Convention, arid for the character
istic promptitude with which they assum
ed a position, whioh'I am confident more
ample time for retleotion will fully justify
Very truly, your friend,
Franklin riEnct.
Hon. B. F. Uau.itt. Boston. Mass.
Letter from Abe Lincoln.
Old Abo Writes us a Letter and Sends us u
Stick.
We recived, per U. S. Express Co, on Sat
urday, one of the 'sticks' old Abe split and
the following letter. It app?ars . Aba
thought we were the oditor of a Re
publican paper, and givfs us some idvicer
as to how we should proceed, renuestinir
us to 'play the thing mighty lino.' icnecai
Aiicerliser. .
Springfield 111 Juno ( '00.
W W Armstrong.
Sir I Bend you this day lv U. S. Ex
press Kumpney one of thorn Railes whicl
have been pokin up such orore threwout
all of these grato States minus "S what
don't vote our ticket. You kin on this
being the 'rail article, as it were split by
my individual selssum40yeaissiiicdwheii
i where flutboating down tho wabosh rivet
for this ockashun. I want u to go in ahd
git up a tromenjus excitement over thin
yer 'd d stick as it am the only pi ink in
our black Republican platform that takes
at all and we must bile our egs while tho
water is hot or we are goners suro aa.'
pre.tchin.
llorgonise yer wid-a-woke it wigwam
clubs rite away &, jend down to Kerlum
bus Follit Fostre and Ko for dockinients.
i am in snooks with Follit Fostre and Ko.
and diwide the sriHes or profets on the
dociinents.
Them er speaches thats published, as
mine were all writ by old Joe Slocum that
was sent to tho penitentiary sum time
since for boss stenlin but were pardoned
out by our republican Uuvernor for my
benefit, llow do they take down in ole
Seneca Co. Skarter um round among the.
ignurent farmers and mekanicks pr olused
ly. Lctmoknoifl shall Bend you any
moro rales as we are over run with orders
from abrod, I am sorry to say i have bin.
sum what horn swaggled in this rail Liz
niz a d d poor cussdown in oberlin tint'
on tn mo for 10 dozzen wich I forwarded,
to him and paid the charges myself: lift
writ me had a nary a red. I bev bin s'neo
ipformed that the ole kuss cut em all up.
fore tire would & wonte need any more
would for a right smart time to cum.
I think i am not mistaken In yore bo in
editure of tho Tiffin trebuneam isay. It
won't do to lot this yer thing git out as.'
the devil would be to pay if it did, and we
mut play this yer thing mighty Sr.ov
I want you to go in heavy on the ideo.
that the first sylliblo my last name and
tho last sillible of my last name and first
and last sillible of both my names makes
'Abe Linkum' -its a mighty good jokft'
and there are a big lot of superstitious and.
icnurent Inhering men in the Kuntry that
will think it happened because we were
forordained to bo elected don't yer see.
go in big on nil these things cause .tho
Lord knows theros nothing elco to go iiv
on send mo a kopy of your wery waluabh
faper one A a whilo norv und then when,
git elected i won't let you out ih tho
ko'ld,
1 klose now and in the -vords of the im
mortal big dutch poet i say "llulley fosr
us.'
Fruni yore old friend.
Th eVoun ty Split t cr. ABK LINCOLN.
Pennsylvania Cities;' The census re-,
turns of Pittsburg and its subuibs, it iscsti-.
mated, will foot up 130,000. In the year
I3j0 the same territory hud 88,312. Pitts-,
burg proper has fifty. fivo thousand; the
population on the south side of tho river,
including South and West Pittsburg, Bii
tuiiiahum, Fust Birmingham, Motion italic-
la, and Temperancevillc, will iaeh clgh
teon thousand. Allegheny City thirty-live
thousand, and the rest is in the unincor
porated suburbs and adjacent townships..
We have now most of tho leadjitg Pouu-.
sylvania cities and towns, as below;
Philadelphia 650,000 TittsbtH-g 130,000
Reading
24.000 Lancaster
18,000 '
Ilarrisburg
Seranton
Ycrk
Allcntown
I4.K02 N'orristo;vn
12,000 Potlsvillo
10,000 Easton
8,007 Wilkosbarre
13,500
13,000 10,000
7,93!)
Liberty and Union. "Whon my oyer
shall be turned to behold for the last time
lbe glorious sun in Heaven, ' tuny I net
jsce it shining on the broken 'find dishon
ored fragments et a once glorious Umorki
on States dissevered, discordant, LUig
eront on a land rent with civil feuds, or
dronc ied it may be, in fraternal blood. -Let
their last feetleand lingering glance,,
rather behold the glorious ensign ofth
Republic, now known and honored thro'
out the world, still full high advanced, not
a single star erased, nor a stripe polluted,.
bearing for its motto no such miserable
dear to every American heart, 'Liberty
anil Union, now and forever, one and in
seperable.' "Daniel Webster.
v., t o.., ti.!- ti.
mnni iato Secretary of Governor Walker
in Kansas, during the Lecompton troub- ,
ieSi hM 0ome out flalfooted for LtxcoL
j u . . ir o.i,i,i ti,.i..
u...i.i! -.,...: , i t..:. ., vm
uit. Like other apostates from ths party
he claims that he has been a Democrat all
his life, and . that he ha, net tttiangsA
n0iv . "