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UEORUE 1IAUERTY,
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Cards. '
" T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention given to all logal business
entrusted to hi, oare in Clenrflold and adjoining
eountip!'. Office on Market It., opposite Nnugl.'.
Jt.i-lry Store, Clcarnold, Pa. JelOl
wu.iiAa t. WAi.nca.
FRASK nr.LDl.1Q,
WALLACE Su FIELDING,
ATTOEN EY8 AT - LAW,
Clearfield, Pa. .
$-eT-Legal buiinoii of all kinds attended to
wi'h promptness and fidelity. Office in rc.idcnc.
of William A. Walloon, Janl2:i0
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORN EY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa. "'
t-uOfrlo. In tho Court Ilouse. . ' (decl-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNE Y-AT-LA1V,
Clearfield, Pa. ly
"Israel test,
ATTOKNKV AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
.gSrOffiee In the Court Home. JyltM
"John h. fuTford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Offle on Market St., otr Joiepb Showers'
Grocery tore.
9-Prompt attention glren to the leourlnj?
of B )ontr, Glftimi, Ac. and to til legal biuineii.
March 28, 1397-1.
tiioh. j. nVi LiouaH. w. tr. h'ci llouob.
T. J. McCULLOUGH & BE0THEE,
ATTOltNKYS AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Office on Market street one door ent of the Clear
Held County Dank. 2:1:71
J. B. McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
JUrM.cg.il bunincss attended to promptly with
f l. lily. uffiee on Second street, above Hi. First
V-.:. T, l. l.e.M.lvn.l
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Mallareton, Cleartteld County, Pemi'a.
.All legal businrss promptly attended to.
. r. iimn . L. brib.
IEVIN & KEEBS,
Successors to II. B. Swoope,
Law and Coixectiox Office,
nW70 CLEARFIELD, PA.
W ALT E RrTr E T fT
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
01-. on Second St., Cleartleld, Pa. nov2l,t
JOHN L. CUTTLE, .
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Real Rxtate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office on Third street, bet. Cherrj A Walnut.
Sir-Respectfully offers bis services In selling
end buying lands In Clearfield and adjoining
counties ; and with an experience of ovsr twentv
y.ars as a surveyor, flatters himself that b. oaa
rsndor satisfaction. Feb. 283:tf,
j T jT LTn g l"e
ATTOJINEY-AT - LAW,
114 Osreola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
HEAL ESTATE BHOKER,
AXD MiALCIl in
Kaw Ijos aiul liiimber,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
Real Estate houffht and iold, titlri examined,
incn pft'l, end oonTeynncea prnpared. Offlee In
Manniiio Building, Kooin No. I. 1:26:71
John !!. Orvifl. C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTOHN EYS AT LA W,
llcllelonte. Pa. icpl3,'5 y
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SUKQEON,
Office on Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
r-0flio. hours : 8 to 11 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. m
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
' LUTIinilSIICRO, PA.
Will attend professional calls promptly. auglO'70
DR. Al THORN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGFOX,
II
AVINO loeiitiM at Kylertown, Clrarfield eo.
P.. orTnPi hit nrofensiontil frrvi(M!H to the
l-Ie of the turroanding ooantry. Hpt. fltf6d-y
DR. J. F. WOODS,
1MIY81CIAN 4 SUnaEON.
ll.ivint; rpmored to AnBonvllIt, Pa., offprt bli
Tnrtpioniil prviflee to the people of that place
'" I ih mirroundinf; country. All rnlli promptly
t (.j. Jed to. Dro. S Oin pd.
J. H. KLINeTm. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
TTAVINfl lorated at PennfleM, P.., od'rs bis
1 L profi'MHinsI .ervioes to the people of that
place and surrounding oountry. All calls promptly
Mended to. Oct. 13 tf.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
mi Surgeon of the ;:d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, having returned front the Army,
offer, his profssslonal services to Ih.aitisens
f Closrfleld county.
'N'rufesslonal calls promptly atlenledlo.
OTma en Second street, foriuerlyoeonpi.d by
Wod. apr4,' tl
JEFFERSON LITZ,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HU'INO located at Osoeola, Pa., offers his
professional services to th. people of that
Vl-'e and surrounding anuntrv.
4fa.AH calls promptly attended to. OfUc.
' r.ai lene. on Curtln st, formerly occupied
k' Ur. Kline. Uy, l:ly.
Fishing Tacklo!
j I PT rrceiTed, a complete assortment, .on. 1st
ins of Trcml lio I., l itli llasksls, Lilies and
Hook., of .11 nnripfinne, at
UAIUT P. HIOLPR t C0I.
'""riwd, iaHi i, uri-tr.
CLEAR
GOODLANDER & HAGERTY, "Publishers.
VOL. 41-WH0LE NO. 2211.
F. K. ARNOLD & Co.,
HAN K bUS.
I.utlier.burp, Clearfleld county, Pa
Money loanrd at roi.ioiiul.To rntri; exchange
bought and aMi deponitu rraeWrcl, and a gen
carl banking buiinesi will be oarrlod on at the
abort plnco. 4: 1 2:7 l:tf
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juttloe of tho Pease and Scrivener,
Curweiiavllle, Pa.
IL. Collection made and money promptly
paid over. reiiiZ 7ltr
JAMES 0. BAEEETT,
Juatlee of the l'enoe and Lioemed Conveyancer,
I.uthersburR, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Colloetioni remittance, promptly made,
and all kinds of legal inetruinenti executed on
Ihort notice. tna;v4,70tf
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juitloe of the Peace, Surveyor and Conveyancer,
J.utlieraburfj, Pa.
All buincm Intruded to him will be promptly
attonded to. Pereona wi.hin.; to employ a 8ur
rever will do well to fix him a call, as he flatters
himself that be ean render satisfaction. Deeds of
conveyance, articles of agreement, and all leg-al
papers, promptly and neatly executed. . marSOyp
. :
HENRY RIBLING,
II0USK, SION t ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
Clearfield, Pemi'a.
Th. frescoing and painting of churches and
oilier public buildings will receive particular
allrntion, as well as the painting of carriage, and
sleighs, (lilding don. in the neatest styles. All
work warranted. Short on Fourth street, formerly
occupied by Enquire Shugart. octH'70
G. H. HALL, i
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
aparPumns alwars on band and made to order
on short notice. Pipes bored on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render satisfartion, ana
delivered If desired. aiyffclypd
DAN IEL M. DOHERTY.
BAEBEE & HAIE DEESSEE,
SECOND 8TRKET,
jy2.1 CLEARFIELD, PA. (ti
DAVID R-EAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
I.utlieraburp;, Pa.
rpilE rubscriher offers his services to the publie
JL in tho eap:vcity of Scrivener end Surveyor.
All calls for surveying promptly attended to, and
the making or drafts, deeds and other legal Instru
ments of writing, executed without delay, and
warranted to be correct or no charge. olJ:70
SURVEYOR.
THE undersigned offers his services as a Sur
veyor, and may be iound at his residence, in
Lawrence township. Letters will reach him di
rected to Clearfield, Pa.
may T-tf. JAMES MITCHELL.
J. A. BLATTENBEEGEE,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Mr-Conveyancing and all legal papers drawn
with accuracy and dispatch. Dtalls on and pas
sage tickets to and from any point in Europe
procured. " oct6'70 0m
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER R HEWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Entree' Brewery he
hopes by striot attention to busine.s and
tho manufacture of a superior article of UEKR
to receive the patronage of all lb. old and many
new oustomera. Aug. 25, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DIAI.lt Iff
GENERAL MhKCIIANDISE,
CRAIl AMTON, Pa.
Also, extensive manufacturer and d.nler in Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber of all kinds.
WOrders solicited and all bills promptly
mfed. Jyio-iy
oso. alb.kt nawnr albrrt. w. ai.irrt
W. ALBERT iVBROS.,
Manufacturers A extonslr. Densors in
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, Slo.,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
-Orders solicited. Bills filled on short notice
and reasonable terms.
Addres. Woodland P. 0., Clearfleld Co., Pa.
je2i-ly W ALUERT A llltOB.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Preurhvlllc. Clearfleld County, Pa.
Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of
irry uooas, naroware, urooencn,
n.nnll knni in rtil Store. Which Wilt be Sold.
for cash, as cheap as elsewhere in th. oounty.
rrencnvllle, Jun. it, icof-ij.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Penn'a.
VluWill execute Jobs la bis line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. er r4,07
" J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Street, ClearlleluV Pa.
-CR0MOS MADE A SPKClALTT.-tfc.
NEQATIVES made ia cloudy as well as In
olear weather. Constantly on band a good
assortment of FRAMES, STEIIKOHUOPF.S and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frames, from any
style of uiuuldlug, wailo to uidti. anilOtf
J. MILES KRATZER,
MERCHANT,
naALRR t
Dry Ooods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlery, Queen. ware, Grocer!.., Provisions and
Shlngl.e,
Clearfleld, Penn'a.
!-At their new store room, on Soeopd street,
near H. F. Bigl.r to's Hardware stor. JsnU
j. nouovtai'sit
a. nivis canir.
ATTATiTTinfln s nT5TT
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Hook Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS,
219 Jlarktt SI., Vhtladtlphla.
fcs,raper Flour Sacks and Dags, Fool-enp,
Leller, Note, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
Paper.. f.b24.70Jypd
A Notorious Fact!
THERE are mora pwpl. trouhl.d with Lung
Diseases In this town than any olherplae. o
It. sis. In th. Stat., pne of the gret causes of
this Is, the use of an impure article of t oal, wf"J
mixed with sulphur. Now, why not avo.d all
this, .nd nres.rvc your lives, by using only
llumiihrcj'. Crlebrnted tool, free rrom .1
impurities. Orders left at th. store, of Kiehyd
MoVsop and .lamas D. Graham I Sons will rectlv.
prompt .'"""" ArBAHAM nrMrREY.
Cl..rll.ld, November 0, IH70 -If.
DREXEL & CO.,
No. 31 Houtlt Third Street, Philadelphia
And Dealers In Government Securities.
Application by mall will rec.iv. prompt atten
tion; and all l.rrv.ti.n .hMrfully furn .bed.
Order, selletcd, April 1 If.
01
IELD
THE HEPUBLICAN.
CLEAU FIELD, PA.
WEDNK.SDAY MOHNfNO, NOV. 1. 1871.
6 hake the lent dead bluaiHin
From the thorny buugh j - -
Royal roae or thtitle
Which it fuirer now t
Wortt of weodt and queen of flowers.
Pride and mouk of tummcr hours t
I)ry and nhrircllfd. old and brown
' Iu the wet graai tread thuta down.
Ponpice, with the morning's "
It timing beauty fluihedj
Little care for daitiee
t'ned to be brunl.cd ; . ..
' Lovi'lc", tot'Dtlcis, tide by tide
Which hat now moit eauie for pride t "
Dry and shrivelled, old and bnwn
Iu the wet grots troad them down.
JUnkly growing nightthade.
Child of gloom And death;
Lilies, white and saintly,
With eelottial breath,
t'tolutt now to bless or harm,
Vain their poison, vain their balm i
Pry and shrlvcllrd, old and brown
In the wet grew tread them down. '
Amaranths, we fancied n
i-'lowers that ooutd aot die
Morning glorirs, fading
Kre their dew was dry
Which has now the nobler claim?
Which has now the prouder name?
lry and shrirsllcd, old and bruwn
In the wet grass tread them down.
Aconite and nettle,
Myrtle wreutb and rose,
All, all fall together
When the north wind Mows.
Summer honors will not last '
Artersummor time bat pasted;
lry and shriveled, old mid brown
In the wet grass tread them down.
THE EDUCATED MAN IN AMEE-
ICAN SOCIETY. (
fThe following is from th. vslclictory address
ofurvillej. Bliss before the class of 1871 of Vale
College, and may be taken a. a fair expression uf
Westurn idea. 00 American menial development.
There is real "grit" in it, and the ring of true elo
quence.) What U society t When wo turn
our thoughts to tho study of man, we
find Lis wholo lifo mndo up of two
parts, tho individual part mid the no
ciul part. Not that he ceases to be
an individual wlierf in contact with
othors, nor on tho othor hand that he
loses his sociul nature, when withdrawn
from such contact ; but thai in so far
as lie is individual find isolated ho is
without the palo of society, and in so
far, on the other hand, ns ho deals in
any manner with bis fellow-men, bo
ceuscs to be u sopuriito, self contained
personality; and that somowliat in
definite substance which wo call socie
ty is simply tho nggregato of these
social parts of individual lives. When,
therefore, I speak of society, I do not
mean merely what the world of fnuh
ion means, but tho wholo sphere of ao
tivitios and rentilt wier sy ersstss
by the incessant pluy und interplay of
these composite atoms of socioty.
llow multiform nro tboso activities!
how mysterious nro those results !
The most stupendous war the world
has ovor seen, and the subtlest clance
of recognition that over lighted!, hu
man eye, equally proclaim that man
is s partuliur of bis fellow-man's oxist
teneo.
Now, it is tho destiny of man in all
relulions to movo under tho sway of
luw. Ho is not permitted to follow
his nature wherever it may lead ; he
must guido and control it according
to certain fixed conditions, and from
those conditions some mysterious and
active power which wo cnll sin impels
him ever to depart. 15 n t so long as
he violates them only as an individual,
lli o law and its penalty is between
himself, bis consciunco, and his God.
Others may exhort him from bonovo
lonco; but no man may lay upon him
a command or inflict upon him a pun
ishment. It is only when ho begins to
tread within tho provinco of another's
oxislcncc, that that other acquires a
voieo in his government, and may lay
upon bim curtain roHlrictions. Thus
wo see that the wholo structure of
human law, with its splendid array of
servants and interpreters, rests upon
tho eiinplo fact of human socioty.
Tho nmcnitios of intercourse, the
smile or tho tear cf sympathy, the
longings of affection, and tlio power of
public opinion all these aro but varia
tions of tho simple luw of association,
as much as all the phenomena of tia
luro, great and small, aro but tho at
traction and rcpuUion of particlos. N
Now, back through the whole exis
lonco of tho race, dissatisfied beings
havo been struggling, and philanthro
pists liavo boen sighing. For what
did they strngglo and sigh f Little by
little, too, that existence, has taken to
itself a brighter aspoot, and wo say
that society has boen elevated. To
wnrd what has it boen elevated f
What, in nhort, is tho key-noto to the
march of social progross 1 I answer
that it is justice That is a fulso ideal
which paints the millennium as a
world whoro justice hns paled awny in
tho soft sanliirht of charily. It is in
justice, and that only, which lias mado
benevolence- nocossnry ; and I ronture
to think that the reigning virtue of
that happy estate will be simplo, un
poolio injuatico.
Such is tho goul of socioty. What
is its prime, comprehensive fault f It
socms to me tbnt It is and ever has
boon this: it fails to distribute! fairly
its labors and rewards. For example,
it still does oboisanoo to oncrvnling,
usoless wcullh, while upon honest
productive toil it bestows ut best littlo
moro than pity. Disguiso it as wo
may, society at largo has not yet boon
taught gonoino respost for labor.
Tho communist, with all bis faults,
is groping after a truth. For who,
when iio see an Intelligent, hard-working,
honest man kept in obscurity all
bis lifo bocauso he has boon honest,
jvhilo a coarse, corrupt, unscrupulous
nabob Is giving manners to society
like- a law maker, und walking nrm in
arm with ('million, intellect., und even
learning, because ho has Louri tiiiscra
piilous, who, I say, does not sometimes
leol as if society itself was wrong sido
up 7 It is this griovous purtiality
which causes in a groat degree tho
tremondotis wasto of human forces In
Socioty. 'flint nation will bo vigorous
und groat wiloso'bcst find most fruit
ful onorgies aro kept in action. What
now is bout adapted to call forth th6so
PRINCIPLES,
. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
,4
energios? Is it not a freo market,
whoro industry not only physical,
but intellectual and moral industry
is sure to find its rownrd f What
wonder that tho rich man's child idles
away tho hours of existence or wastes
bis vitality in vice r bociotv doos not
cull bim to account for it. . It inquires
not what ho is or what be does, but
what he possesses. He has wealth ;
be may bare also strength, ingenuity,
tnlont, gonitis, or boauty, and if ho
doos possess them, socioty will treat
him, not as its legitimate subject,
owing allegiunco and service, but as
its leader and pot ; and so those pro
cious forces, come forth from a bonovo
lont God, go vagabonding through tho
world because- they aro not nrraigncd
at the bar of an exacting public Senti
ment. ...j
Turn now to the poor young man.
Too often, as we know, he drops a
noblo enthusiasm at tbo vory thresh
old of active lifo, and forever after lots
half his capacities sleep with him.
Why is ho not husbanding evory
scrap of powor within bitn, to lay it
before the insatiato goddess of human
want? Bocauso it is of nouso: bo-
cause at evory door of society's inner
sanctuary stands tho Corborus of fash
ion, of titlo, or of monopoly, which ho
must grapplo with single-handed, or
bribo ut tho prico of his manhood, be
fore ho may enter thero.
Look at old England. Within her
borders social dintinction is hardly
belter than accident, for it means
there a place in tho poorage, and tbo
pcorage with rare exceptions bestows
its prizes according to tho simple
chances of birth. For all purposes of
fuirnoss Ihoy might as well siako their
literary honors upon tho throw of the
dico, and trust I'rovidonco to turn up
nothing but goniusos; lor whon an
idiot happens into tho circlo, ho holds
tho snmu rank in socioty as if be were
Lord Chatham himself. O how this
sickly child of feudalism has boen pet
ted by kings and bolstered by parlia
ments! When it has threatened to
expiro by its own inherent rottenness,
it lias boen galvanized into lite again
by fresh accessions of membors. It
is carefully bodged about with tho
laws of entail, succession, and primo
geniture. The Engliah lord can not, if
ho wishes, sell his own estates, not
oven to save himself from bankruptcy
and meet tho just demands of a crcdi
lor, bocauso tho laws aro determined
that ho shall bo superior to tho unti
tled nobleman, nature to tho contrary
notwithstanding; and it is a rani'vo
loustribulo to tho groat middle class
that it has been ablo to thrust
itself through and ovor theso obstaelos
to tho influence which it now wields.
It is amazing to witness the self com
placency of the English lord ; intolli-
IEcm.- tiem imsw.iw.ci Wv- W ft.tfmns-
phizo as he is, ho nevertheless lives and
legislates generation after generation
seemingly without ovor a question but
. t . i r. : . . i
mat uis ucsuiiy is to cui, uiiiih, iuiu
be merry in the sweat of other men's
brows. But it is more amazing thai
men endow )d wilh human nature, and
Anirlo-saxon human nuluro too, have
como and gono for half a scoro of cen
turies, consenting to wage their buttle
of lifo under tht-so man-created dis
tinctions wilh a complacency utmost
equal to that of their masters. t
If any one attracted by his lovo of
cnlluro would repeat this experiment
of aristocracy in America, let mo ro-
mind him that that soil, ao lerlilu ot
art and refinement, is ulso rank wilh
pauperism and crimo. England is a
nation of beggars, somo in tho strcols
and somo iu paluces ; and tho worst
beggars ot all aro thoso samo clogant
and graceful aristocrats, for they oitlior
directly or through inheritance ro
ccivo their wholo living from tho stnto,
whilo common paupors receive only a
part. Stroll uny day through one of
tho slrcots of Manchester or Roclnlalo
and enter a tenemont house. You
will find tho bens in tho garret, the
pigs in tho cellar, and tbo family in
habiting tho ground floor along with
the vermin, from which they may bo
distinguished by a dilloronce in size,
You will not stny long to breathe (ho
foul odors which play about tho apart
ment. Probably you will go oil' say
ing, "They might at loast bo neat."
You do not consider that that cntiro
family, from the gray-haired father to
tho lisping child, work all day long in
a factory, and cvon thon aro obliged
to live on wages which aro hardly
worth taking homo, that lather,
whoso hair is silvering wilh age, has
lived as long and worked as fuilhlully
ns tho great proprietor at tho mansion.
I hoy moot every day as work man and
employor, but soon llioy will meet no
more, lor both will retire trom busi
ness, ono to luxury, the othor to wnil.
for death. Look ut thorn, two men
equal, porhapg, in their deserts, but
infinitely separated in their rewards,
and say if all is well. From ono year's
end to another, savo only at Christ
mas, the family do not tnslo of meat.
Thoy wero born, each und ovory ono,
without a destiny, and will dio with
out nn ncbiovemont. I wonder, not
tlmt thoso noonlo sloal. but that thov
sleal so lillfo. Culturo is a most desir
able thing. Call it tho chiscltngof tho
marblo, tho painting or the dead can
vas, or tho clothing of tho skeleton
with flesh, and you will not half ex
haunt its meaning; but I thank Gud
that that stylo of culture which feeds
on such misery ns Ibis is fast hastening
to doeay.
it is oasy to raiso our hands in holy
horror at thu excesses of tho Kronen
communists ; it is easy to en 1 1 them
brutes. Hut who made thorn so f
"Oh," yousay, "Ibovnro thochildron
of Voltairo, and Volloiro was on infi
del." What, thon, mado Voltairo pos
sible? lio was nothing but a lurid
flame- thrown up against tho durk
back ground of priosthood und casto.
It would moro bescom us to blush for
ourselves than lo cry unclean, when
wo reflect' that I'aiis is tlio oleclcd
loader of tho modern world, and yet
has brought fprlti in its bosom a pro
duel like ihis. -
Now thinking men liavo observed
with anxiety that this labor problem
ia bodily trunsferrlngitsolf to America.
Twenty years ago, whon our factories
and work-shops were filled with tbo
ten and Uuughtors of tho Puritans,
'fVJOT MEN.
TJ
coning frosh from the fumily altsr,
lbs problem wns simple. Hut now
sll is changed. The squalor of Europe
has laid siege to thoso branchos of in
((nstry, and nativo talent has fled be
f$re it, as it would flue from the
iirch of a postilonoe. It is nocdloss
ll'doscribo to you tho muko up of tho
efuigrant. He brings not only him
self, but certain sociul ideas. He is
apt to bo a compound of ignorance,
hole,' and despair. And tho worst
fell u re is that ambition is dead. Can
there be a moro vivid picture of com
pltlo moral prostration than a parent
who bas no nspiraljons in behalf of
bit child? Yet in Massachusetts,
wacro a law compels every factory
child to attend school throe months in
a year, the strongest obstacle to the
jeeattem of that rnvr-f-1 ho fuUobood
and evasion of parents who take ovory
means to escape its provisions. Thus
tho child grows up in ignorance; a
little more ago reveals to him tho
wretchedness of his ostnto ; and it
needs but a spark of tho fire which in
othors we call solf-rospoct to make
him a rebel against society and a trai
tor to his race. Tender henrtod wo
men rend tho description of a brutal
murder, and wonder bow human feel
ings can becomo so dead. They do
not know that wo ourselves are school
ing theso outlaws by neglect. In tho
name of civilization wo havo driven
the Indian from tho land, and in our
cities and towns which we call tlio
Inst fruit of civilization, we are rear
ing a barbarism worso than theirs, by
as much as it stands in a mora splen
did era.
Now it will never do to lenvo this
problem to our freo institutions.
They uro glorious and strong, but in
stitutions aro nothing except vs they
inspire living men. Tbo tiiuo is alivo
with omuiotis portents. ' Labor parties
tuny not prove that eight hours ought
to bo a legal day's work, but they do
provo that something is rolten in
American society. A cry for relief
has gone forth, uAd refuses lo bo
hushed. We can not always ignore
thoso men. Neither can wo forevor
satisfy them by quoting AJam Smilh.
Supposo somo wiso individual should
stand willi n conv of "The Wealth of
Nations" in his hand before a mob of
London bread rioters, and begin to
read I he chapter on wages; would
they nil go off rejoicing in tho benutios
of tho science, and convincod that
they wero happy ? Political economy
bus had ample trial in England. A
mill agent reconlly said, "I regard my
workpeople just us I regard my ma
chinery. So long ns they cun do my
work for what 1 chooso lo pay them,
I keep them, gutting out of them all
I can. Whon my machines
tret old and useless, I reject them ar. l
Uf now, ami then ponpU or purr, of
my machinery. Is not that a stilli
ciontly rigorous application of llio law
of demand and supply? And it do
scribes the wholo i'uetory system in
Kngland tin to tho timo w hen tlio ngi
tutors took it in band. What it has
dono for England I need not repeat.
Suflico it to say that political economy,
as a solution of this question, is a dis
astrous failure.
Well, having failed in Ibis, society
look) about for somo oilier remedy,
and flnully adopts tho charity system.
At the risk of a glittering goncrahty,
I pronounce this tho ago of poor hous
es. Hospitals for the sailor, asylums
for tho incbriato, and retreats for tho
spinster spring up in a night and open
their doors to the unfortunuto. Never
wns society so thoroughly nursed ns
it is to day. Now, no ono would dis
parngo theso onlerpriees. They lion
or tlio bend ns much us they do tho
Lcnrl of their authors, liul thoy do
not meet this great social problem of
poverty, and llioy never will. For
they nro not philosophical. Tho best
gill you could bestow on a cripple
would be to sot bim on his feet; und
if somo disoaso is crippling socioty,
crnlclies will never muko it walk
straight. Will it develop into life and
vijjor tho self reliance of an able bodied
limn to food him liko a child with his
da ly bread ? The truth is, thero must
appear in society Boine miraclo work
er personal or impersonal, which shall
bid theso crippled, hulling, and help
less thousands to rise up and walk.
If, then, our institutions can not bo
trusted, if political economy has prov
ed itself futile, and if tharity, howev
er broad in ils roach or multiplied
in ils form, can work no permanent
euro, to what shall wo turn? Must
wo abandon the question in despair t
Must wo accept as a fact the oxlslonce
in America of an isolated class?
Whilo England is manfully fighting
her way to justice in tho face of tradi
tion and law. shall we ignobly sin ren
der this vory fortress of human rights ?
I do not believe it. That samo polili-
cat economy fur which so much is
cluimod, loaches that man with ins
inusclo ulono is uhlo lo produco moro
than bo enn consume And if ho cun
do this unaided, vihcro is tho boasted
beneficoncoof invention if il is to enr
ry only physical and moral poverty
inilspalh? Given a community of
ten persons, with ono hundred bushels
of corn, and thoy ought lo enjoy
greater mulerial prosperity lhan tbo
samo number of persons with fifty
bushels; and does uny one doubl Hint
wo can produco tho ono hundred bush,
els wilh our labor saving appliances
whore wo could produco lifiy without
them ? If, then, it has been demon
strated thai destitution is not a no
cessity among a savngo and untutor
ed raco, is il inovitablo hero, where
nrt bus doubled and trebled nature?
Docs not tho contemplation of thoso
fuels force us back to tho truths wilh
which wo started, viz: Unit society
fails lo dinlrihule fairly its labors and
ils re wards, ?
! Mr. Phillips would reduce the amount
of production, and llius bring capital
to terms. There could not be a great
er fallacy, Tlio bano of society is not
that tho rich livo in pulaecs, but Hint
tho poor livo in liuls. Rather, if it
wero possible, lncr.M8p production
ton, twenty, yea a hundred fold, until
tho rich nre fairly surfeited and gorg
od with luxury, ond when they can
noilhcr oul, drink, nor waste any
triors, sohio will overflow and find ils
way into tlio hovels of tbo poor, llut
REPUBLICAN
1, 1871.
that is a chimera. Onoo moro we are
coinpollod to ask, what shall be done
with tho labor problem ? I began tbo
study of this subject with no precon
ceived notions, and ultorly uncorlain
as to tho conclusion which would be
reached. Put truth compels mo to
sum up tho nnswor In a word, old in
deed, and monotonous in sound, but
gnthoring a fresh nicuning from this
now connection. Ji iu the wotd Educa
tion. Wc must oducate two clusses,
llio poor and the not-poor, which you
will admit to bo a pretty exhaustive
subdivision ef Amorican socioty.
Wo must oducate tho laborer, first,
for his own work. If knowlodge is
power, much more so is skill. In
Ibis rospect a lesson may bo learned
from franco. For example, drawing
is taught in our schools meroly ns an
accomplishment, and in most instan
ces a very imaginary accomplishment
al that in Frunco, on tho contrary,
it is an art, and whon tho French
peasant-boy leaves tho School for tho
workshop, ho Is ablo to sketch llio
machine boforo which he stands
Hence a certain independonco; and
independence broods solf-rospoct. Tho
workman should bo taught not only
how to work, but also bow to mnn
ugo. Of all the blossings w hich the
genius of man has bestowed upon la
bor, 1 beliovo that co-operation ia tho
greatest and host for this reason: It
makes tho oinployo his own employer,
und thus capital and labor cease to
quarrel. It it destined to tlirolllo
monopoly, and to be tho lever upon
which the working-class will raise itself
to power. But hitherto it has been
utmost useless lo them because they
havo no competent managers. Our
duty is, by industrial schools, by insti
tutes of technology, by freo commer
cial collegos, or by somo other means,
to put Ilium in possession of those ac
quirements which will meet this de
mand. Ed u at to llio workman thor
oughly in his own sphere alone, and
halt tho charity houses In tho land
will bo compelled lo pull down their
signs.
But, secondly, wo must bestow tip
on them that broader intclligeneo
which will fit litem for a position in
society. Givo a Yankoe boy five
years in a district school, and he is
ready to do anything trade, shovel,
or lecture His self coiiUJcuco may
bo absurd, but it contains a great se
cret nevertheless. Tho misforluno of
tlio foreigners who fill our workshops
mid perform ourdrudgory is that they
nre able to do but ono kind of work.
Tho Irish boy's father dug ditches,
bis grandfather did tho samo, and
thero is no reason, unless society takes
bim in hand, why he should ovor know
how to do uny thing but dig ditches him
self. Consequently, when tlio ditch digg
Ing saina.a hseunio. ovororotvdod,lho
boy s one talent goes begging for em
ploynient, and he takes lower wnges
or starves. This is how capital is
able so completely to manipulate cer
tain largo classes of artisans. But
givo that boy enough uritliinelio to
keep his accounts w ith und onough
geography to know whoro the prairies
tire, and tlio vory day that competi
tion presses upon him he is off to the
West in search of new fields for his
now-born capacities. Thus tlio bul
anco of industry, which is moro im
portant to tlio world lhan tho balance
of power, preserves itself by its own
fluidity.. lMvision of labor, when its
courso is freo, is n blessing. But it
becomes n national ctirso if it takes
the form of Hindoo ensto and regu
laics industry by arbitrary rules.
From tho horrors of Unit syatoin
America must bo rescued by n wide
spread intelligence.
Now society must mnke this ils
special work. Tho poor can not help
thomselvos. llioy aro tied hand anil
foot with nn enslaving destitution
penury Ed. Wo sny, "It is a freo
country ; lei every man mako ot linn
self as much as ho can." Wo dial
lengo on nnd ull to nnboundod com
netiiion. Hut to theso nconle the
seeming fuirnoss is mockery. It rivals
tho brave hoy who first takes a good
long start, nnd thon turns around and
offers to rnoo with yon to tho next
cornor. Tho child of tho laborer may
lift himself from his degradation nnd
become a powor for good. But there
must bo somo measure of intelligence
to sorvo as a basis upon which lo
build. Thoy must be mado to luel
thai society is their friend, not an
enomy whoso prosperity is llicir do
feat. What, then, is llio laying of a
cablo or tho spanning of a continent?
What beauty do they find in litera
ture, what exaltation in scienco, 1
bsd almost said, what solace in ruli
gion ? Not in tlio nacio of an endan
gered society, imminent as ils peril is ;
not in tho interest of great money
wielders, plainly ns llioso interests
point to educated labor, do I plead
tho cause of theso peoplo; but because
tliey uro pail of our common humani
ty, and havo a riglil to purtuko of our
common intellectual, esthetic, and
sociul delights.
But it is equally important, and fur
moro difficult, to educate tho other
pari ol society. The nearest duly is
lo impress upon employers somo sense
of responsibility. Il would seem llint
oven wilh tho almighty dollar for a
loxt, tho otitwnrd form of humanity
might bo preached to thoin with effi
cacy; for experiments havo proved
that the comfort and intelligence of
workmen uro largo fractions in their
productive efficiency. A distinguish
ed professor in Kngland asserts that
hia country is losing her manufactur
ing supremacy bocauso llio I'ohtincnt
is outstripping her in llio intelligence
of its nrtisans" But, not to dwell on
dry statistics, let mo lead you to on
oasis in this dosert of facts. Not far
from tho city of Liverpool a company
coninieii','pd business a few years sinco
wilh eight hundred operatives from
tbo very scum of llio Irish population.
In many of their hovels a cupful of
bugs could easily no scooped from the
nulls. Tho Inanager of tho company
resolved lo experiment. At bis own
expense n St liool-hotiso wr.s erected,
freo instruction provided, festivals ar
ranged twico a year and oilier social
privileges conferrod. It is superflu
ous lo say that they grow to bo betlor
workmen, lor "Lvuins sat at tho loom
TEEMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
NEWSERIES-VOL12,N0.12.
and Intelligence stood ut the spinning-
whool. It ig ontiallv neodlcaa to
stato that the vermin could no longer
enduro the light and happiness which
went, to uwen in vuoir coltngos. llut
main; now wnui lollowod. Tliore
came to tho company in tho course of
years a lime of depression nnd dungcr.
i no niuiinger cuuea logoinor his op
eratives, and explained to thorn tho
changod stato of affairs. Ho told
thoin that short-timo work could not
save him. Ilo cumo lo usk if thoy
would accept a temporary reduction
of ton por cont. in tlioir wages; nnd
llioso eight hundred workmen voted
with three cheers to return an affirma
tive answer.
But selfishness Is always narrow,
ovon wnen ctiucnicd. Therefore em
ployers cun not bo implicitly trusted.
Back of thorn is to bo croalod a public
sonlimcnt which will not bo bullied.
It is in tlio ideas which prevail tlmt
these evils tuko root. Sociul tnsto is
lo bo educutcd. You will read in tlio
newspapers tbnl Jumcs Fisk hits mado
himself infamous; but it must be a
mistake. Men do not tuko so much
fains to' gain nothing but infamy.
loos he not know that every journal
in the country is busy recording his
exploits, and every other schoolboy
half wishing himself in his shoes? Let
Now York shut its front doors to bim,
and how long will ho conlinuo to bo a
powor for ovil ? Socioty has itsolfto
blame for such a man. It must be
tuuglit to oxall intellect abovo fortuno,
und vii tuu fur ubovo intollect. Fucli
tious helps to advancement, organiza
tions which tend to become permanent
and exclusive, llio red tape ot party
and of sect, and all favoriteism which
bestows honor unearned, nnd leaves
merit to rust in obscurity theso are
the sources of English pauperism, and
throuten to do liko sorvioc for us. . Let
theso bo swopt away ; let sociul senti
ment be first puro, thon strictly im
partial, and wo shall scu how quickly
pretention will hide its face, nnd
worth go up to our high places of
trust. I deny to political economy a
universal mission. But thero is a so
ciul luw, simplo and comprehensive ns
that of gravity, which, could it bo but
grasped and presented in ils complete
ness, is adequulo to tho rcgcnorulion
of society.
Though choosing for my subject
Amcricun society in gcnerul, 1 have
spoken thus at length of Hie labor
question for three reasons:
First: it is unmistakably tho com
ing question in Amorican politics.
Secondly: it is tho parent evil of
society. Ask nn intelligent woman
suffragist what is their most grievous
complaint, nnd tlio answer will -be,
"Low wages und llio unjust laws of
proporty ; osk tho outcast who walks
our stroois, a sarcasm of civilization,
what drove her there, and three times
out of four sho will reply ."Starvation."
Llkowise, also, tho crimes which peo
plo our prison-houses theft, robbery,
fraud, bouso breaking, perjury, and
frequently murder itself aro but wit
nesses to the profound sagacity which
pronouneo tho love of money tho root
of all evil.
Thirdly: whilo other great nnd
lasting ovils nro npt to be bill tho just
retribution of iniquity, pauperism,
especially that which comes to us from
England, is not n crime, but, tho out
growth of a social system Vhicli it
could not escape It is nut the perpe
trator, but llio victim of a wrong.
Thoreforo society owes to it n moro
speedy redress
Ilo you say that I nm but picturing
n creation of fancy, that htnnnn na
ture over rcpoats itself, nnd that this
ideal justice will uppcur among men
only when darkness outshines the
sun ? I can only reply, Hero is the
evil; shall wo or shall wo not attempt
a remedy ? I am ashamed when I
sco Americans ransacking tlio dark
pages of European history to justify a
wrong. It is tho glory of America
10 solve problems which Europo bas
given up in despnir,nnd I am glad that
tho slavery question is no sooner out of
tho way than this new moral conflict is
thrust upon us. Tho moment wo
hosilalo, llio moment wo begin to as
sume nn evil as necessary, the w holo
battle is losl. And 1 will add, if it is
inherently necessary that somo should
livo such lives ns they do in order
that wo may silin these halls of learn
ing, then let tbo colleges go down, for
what prescriptive right liuvo wo to
their unpaid services? But il is not
necessary. To say that it"' is, is to
blsiepheinongaiiiKt the eternal harmony
of God's bcnevolenco, nnd to insult
tho creative power of that lavish
blind whoso very profusoncss com
munds all ils creatures lo freely par
tako. It is our privilego, my classmates, to
look out upon society from tho high
standpoint of thoughtful young men,
endowed Willi u deep sense of llio pos
sibilities nnd 'ho necessities of our
country. Tho materials lie about us;
wo must stretch oul our hands and
begin to build. Two courses incut us
hero, cuch offering ils rewards. Wc
may go through tho world living by
its rules, but never questioning them,
measuring our success by ils Ideas,
and satisfied to tako it nnd lenvo it as
11 is; or wo may gather about us our
garments of self respocl, and refuse to
bow our beads before any corrupt
power, bo it ofHco, gonius. or wealth,
lo tuko any snob tit bis own estimate,
or to join any multitude lo do evil.
Thero will bo plenty to toll us that
iconoclasts aro fanatics and reformers
fools; that an nverage, plastic morality
is tho only road to succoss in this
crookod world ; but it is tho langiingo
of weakness nnd tho argument of a
eownrd. Let us not begin with llior-o
faithless sentiments, worthy only of
blighted, miserable, nnd insipid old
ngo. Let us carry somo generous im
pulses into life, and if, as wo aro told
they must wither, let it be in tho
frosls of experience, not in tho mil
dews of theoretic cynicism.
Gen Kilpnlrick bus abandoned tlio
Radical cause in Now Jersey and gonu
to Boston to lecture on "Shorman's
March to tho Sea."
How (.0 miilie a hoi Led Set tho
uiullrsss on fire.
A ROMANCE OF B,EHi UJ'-
' A corroapondent of tl() Cincinnati
Commercial writos from Newonstjo,
Kentucky. '
"I write this letter In tho houso of
an. old lady who is a nioce of that Ro-
boccn llryan who boen mo tho wile ot
I)i)nip lioono and concerning whoso
eyes (the young hunter is said to bavq
mistaken thoin for those of a deor)
the prolty backwoods romunpo is told.
The lady is herself also tho widow op
one or llaniel Boono's own nephews,
her second husband who assisted id
bringing tlio grout huntor back tq
Ky. She wns born fn ono 'of the,
chief old pioneer stations, (hor grand
fathor'sjnear Lexington, an'd,allhoughi
sho is irf hot 'pjgliiy-first your, sho is,'
sulivo in body, busying herself wilh
bur flowers and garduti, clear sighted
and nlort in spirit. Recently sho
beard that ono of her middle aged,
soiis.abKcntovcr 20 yours in Culiforniu,
und prosuniod doad for moro than half
of that lime, was yet alive, and hor
joy was groat. Ho, too, bud supposed,
inn muiiiui IU UU IUHf aillCCJ UUIIU.
The old ludy bus a romance con
noelcd wilh her second murriugo. It
is as follows : When hor mother was
a young lufjy, Colonel William Boone,
tlio ncphow of Daniel montioncd
abovo, was very much in lovo will)
her, and asked hor on ono occasion
to marry bim. Sho told him sho
was engaged to Morg.tn Biyan.
and that thoy wero to bo married in
a few days. Col. Boono went nwny
nnd married unothor young tromai).
Afterwards lie, with his wife, visited
tbo young married couple when their
first child (now in her fifth scoro of
years) was but a very few days old,
und seeing the buby, he laughed nnd
said to her mother: "Now, Milly, as
you wouldn't have mo yourself you'll
givo mo your girl for my second,
wilo, won't you t" Whether any jest
ing promise wus mado 1 am not in
formed; but tho baby grow up, and
ut twenty-seven sho wus married, had,
stnron children, becamon widow aftor
nine yours, and romuinod ono for a
long timo, when Col. Boone's first wife,
huving died somo ycurs previously,
sho really became, in her own middlo
life, tho wifo of her mother's early
lover, who had claimed her in bcr,
crndlo. Tho good old lady is accus
tomed, in reluting this to her sous snd
noiccs, to spoak of it us "one of thq
most remarkable things that over
happened." I think so, too; and it
is a true Blory." '
Narrow Guaors. A narrow gunge
railroad, four miles long, is now it)
successful opcrution iu Armstrong
county. It extends from Pino Creek
Furnace lo tho A. V. Railroad. The
following statistics in rcferenco to
this road, wo lake from the lust Kit
tanning Sentinel :
Tho grading and bridging of this
road in estimated to have cost from
8.S0IJ to S'.IUO per milo. The iron used
is sixteen pounds to thoy aid, nnd
costs SSI) per ton. It is a three foot
six inch guago, wilh fivo foot lies laid
ubout eighteen inclios from center
to center. Tho total cost ol Ibo road,
cxclitsivo of ballasting and rolling
stock, was about 818,000, nnd the.
wholo cost, with the road equipped
about 12.-1,000.
We are induced to givo theso items,
of cost from tho fact that narrow
gunge roads uro creating somo sensa
tion throughout tho country, und that
our friends at Dayton und Punxsutnw
noy may form somo idea of what
would bo the probable cost per mile
of their contemplated road.
Thus it will bo seen that Messrs.
Brown & Mosgrovo hnvo expended
twenty-tivo thousand dollars for tho
construction of a Ruilroad simply for
the purpose of acting as a feeder for
their Furnace and u means of outlet
to market for their manufactured
iron.
Tho locnmotivo used is called "Pino
Creek," und is of peculiar construc
tion ; and was manufactured and
palo'iled by Messrs. Grieo & Long, of
Philadelphia. It weighs livo tons
gross, and cost 8:1,200. It will draw
u load of from eleven to twelve tons
up a grade onu hundred nnd sixty
eight feel to tho mile, over very .hurt
curves, llio radius of some of tvhicli
are said lo bo as great ns ninety feci.
Clarion Dan.
Getting Map. Referring to a re
corded saloof real estate in Now Y'ork
to n Mr. Lcslio "of South Carolina,"
the Charleston Nationalists tono of
tho two Republican organs in that
Statu) expresses itself in llio following
pointed language :
"When wo find men who came Iq
tho Slate with no oilier fortuno lhan
tho suitof clotUcs on their backs, and
whoso only stock in trado wus tbo
namo of Republican, after a long term
of office, unmarked by a displuy of
either talent, patriotism or publie
spirit, cooly depsrt honco with llicir.
pockots tilled to repletion wilb tlio
blood drawn, drop by drop fiom tho
veins of tho poor colored peoplo nnd
prostrate nutiro citizens, and invest
ing their gains in other Slates, for the
benefit of another peoplo, il is timo
that tho Republican party set on foot
a slorn and' uncompromising inquisi
tion into tho character! of llicir ieud
org." Radicalism Illustrated Littlo
Rhode Island is intensely Radical, ns
everybody knows. Sho has just voted
on throe proposed amendments to her
Constitution. First, to removo tho
real-ostato qualification from foreign
born citizens ; second, to abolish the
registry act , nnd, third, to prohibit
llio appropriation of money to secta
rian schools. All tbreo wero defeated,
tho first nnd second by largo majori
ties. Tho vuto on the first was 8,1 14
voles iu favor of, to 0,-UsQ against If.
On tho second proposition it Blood
8,014 lor, und i,NS3 nguinst.
According lo tlio liudical way of
thinking, n (termini or on Irishman in
Rhoda Island is not good enough to
volo unless ho is a land holder, whilo
in tho South they nilo negroes to
vnlo without nnv nunlilieuliou what
ever not even the pro payment of.
taxes, or mo nullity to renu hiiu si uu.
Tii Treatment Different. An
a tin v contractor in Berlin bas boon
conilemned loan imprisonment of fivo
years for having defrauded Hie Gov
ernment out of Iwo thousand dollars.
At this rate, if our official defaulters
nnd embezzlers were punished with
proportionate severity, tho millonium
would bo reached before most of thorn
hnd served out half terms. Tom Mur
phy, for Instance,' tho particular pot
of President Grunt, instead of holding -levees
in tho New York Castoni
Hottso, would be serving out a term
of tbreo hundred nntj eighty fivo year
in tlio penitentiary. Long Branch
and Presidential favors nro far picas
inter. ' ' '
A pretty herd Childhood.