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The Constitutional Bar.
Xeither the United Stat en nor any State
nhall annume to pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel•
lion against the United Staten, or claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slaves, but
all suen debts, obligations and claims shall
be held illegal and void. —Constitution of
tho United States, article 14, section 4.
Gen. Hancock's Pledge to Enforce the
Foregoing Article.
The amendments to the Constitution of
the United State• embodying the results of
the war for the Union are inviolable. If
called to the presidency, I should deem it
my duty to resist with all my jtoirer any
attempt to impair or evade the full force
and effect of the Constitution, which in
every article, section and amendment is the
supreme law of the land. —General Han
cock's Letter of Accep.a.ice.
Pay Your Taxes if You Want to
Vote.
Saturday, October 2, is the last day for s
paying taxes, and we hope that every
Democrat will attend to this matter in
time. The beet time to do it is NOW, and
then it will be done and be off your
minds. But at all events, don't neglect or
put it ofT until too late. Every man who
wants to vote must be able to show that
hie State or County tax has been paid
within two yenrs. This is an important
matter. Be sure to attend to it.
The following are tho tax collectors of
Centre county for IST'.f and 1H80:
COLLECTOR.* or STATE AND COCSTY TAXES
EOK I*7l*:
Bellefonte boro.—e. J. 11. Kcchlirie
Howard boro ......... Robert fwk
Milcsburg boro W. H. Miles
Millhfim lioro A.C. Mii*wr
Phtlipsluirg boro Daid*! Ayr*-*
Cnlonvilb* boro* ..A. N. Ru**dl
B*na-r twp W. A Taylor
Hurosidr twp li. M. Bt>wart
College twp .... William froatcr
4'iirtln twp Henry Hull
Ferguson twp Geo. W Kechline
tir*-gg twp Cyrua Lo*
llatries twp. Jacob B*nnr, Jr
Half Moon twp J. 11. Griffin
Harris twp.. 11. Htsrn
Howard tap... J. M. Klin*
Huston twp. I> W. Kiln*
l.it*rty twp .....C. 4- G>urt*r
Marion twp...„ J. J. Hoy
Mil** twp <i*o. |l Haines
Pattoii twp P . niel Heckmait
P*nn twp ~C. Alexander
Potter twp J. W. M*iiiger
Kuah twp J no. 11. I"iig
Bprliig twp Jiw tiarbrh h
Taylor twp.... M Mr. Beckwlth
Union twp William Hpotta
Walker twp Daniel Y*-urn
Wrth twp Geo H. Williams
COLLECTOR* OF BTATF AND COUNTT TAXRB
FOR 1BNI:
B' llefunt* lforo.. Jno. F. Potter
Mlleaburg boro ■
Million in boro Wm. Karstetter
Howard boro .. C. Delhi
Philipstmrg boro. ...D Ayr**
I nionville b0r0~.... ....Kd, l.m-as
llenner twp....... Ile/k Hoy
B°gg>* twp K ranuel Kuofl
Huiusid* twp ........ J. A. Mulihollen
College twp J. W. Htewart
Cnrtln twp C. Theil
Ferguson twp. (O. P.) C. H. Haas
Hregg twp M. L. Rishel
llaiie* twp... William Bright
Half MoOti twp P. W Rurket
Harris twp Alex. F.verhart
Howard twp J. M. Klin*
flriflton twrp W. Kline
Liberty twp
Marion twp Jno. Ppayed
Miles twp.... M ..J. C. Bmull
Pal ton twp 11. I) Ldf
Penn twp Hamnel Ard
Potter twp. (O. P.)............ K. B. Iloeterinan
Rash twp Rol>*rt Uw
Know Mlioe twp ....Bamu*l Boyer
Bpring twp. Jos. Tressler
Taylor twp William Miller
Union William Spott*
Walker twp... William B. BliafT*r
Worth twp. IL M. Dniiulog
MR. SHERMAN'S defence of Garfield,
Bays the Bt. Paul Globe, "amounts
simply to the assertion that if one is
a rascal the other in also." That po
sition is impregnable. Both engaged
in the same villany—one with his
Eliza Pinkston, the other with bis
Amy Mitchell, as helpers.
THE election in Maine is not a flat
tering endorsement of the frauds of
1876. nor is it a hopeful sign of a suc
cessful effort in 1880 to seat one of
the leading Presidential thieves in the
Presidential office in 1881.
THIS week, Thompson, Secretary of
the Navy, takes the stump for Garfield
in Indiana, and Postmaster General
Maynard in Tennessee. The rats are
being alarmed, as the tide neara their
nests. It behooves them to be on the
alert.
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LETTER FROM PITTSBURG.
B|hvUl CorrepoliJoDce of the DimoCiut.
Pirrsßuaa, Pa., Sept. 21, 1880.
The " Hoppers'" meeting on Satur
day night was an immense afl'air. Del
egations came in from all tho surround
ing counties, and the leading politicians
from tho western part of the State
wero quartered early at the Mononga
hela ami St. Charles, (ireen, l-'ayette,
Westmoreland, Beaver, Washington,
Venango, Armstrong, nnd Indiana were
all represented. Not one-tenth of the
people who came could got near the
hall, or get a sight at either Duller or
Forney. They arrived 011 the noon
train, and from that hour until they
went to tho hall, wero busy shaking
hands with tho curious crowd. Puller's
speech was much tho same as that deliv
ered in the Hast and already published.
He speaks in a tnuflled tone of voice
and cannot be heard at uny great dis
tance, but you would know it was old
Ben by the pictures we have often seen
of hi in. He does not speak from notes,
but otbhand ami straight ahead, and as
fast as he can talk it. The applause
seems to strike him unawares, and
often interrupts him in the finish of a
good sentence. He was dressed like a
bride-groom, swallow tailed coat, white
necktie, and button hole bouquet. The
meeting was an immense success, and
was due entirely to General Pearson
and one or two other " Hoppers." We
furnished the torch bearers, the noise
and tho music, and did the standing. j
The Republicans were given ample op- i
portunity. If the lesson is not of great
use to them, it is not our fault. Groes
beck's speech at Cincinnati last week 1
was an able one. Tho good things that
are said this time by our Democratic ,
speakers are almost too numerous to ,
mention.
BLAINE STEALS MAINE.
The twist they are trying to give the
returns in Maine is the returning fraud ;
of Louisiana repeated in the work
where we can see it a little plainer. No
Democrat feels discouraged. If they
should count Davis, the Republican can
didate, in, it will make our people more
determined not to lose their votes.
The tide is strongly against them. But
ler in his speech last Saturday night
said it had now become a political
axiom that no party ever staid in jojwer
over twenty years. The twenty years
since IS6O is now up. Butler went from
here to Toledo.
INDIANA.
The tight goes on in Indiana with
vigor. The Indianapolis Xenhnel has
one entire page filled with appointments
of meetings and, speakers Hendricks,
Pendleton, Doolittle and Voorhees have
appointments for every day. The ap
pointments for Hendricks I notice are
made to extend right up to the Presi* j
dential election. A copy of that paper
will show any of our county chairmen
where tbey can intercept the men who
are on the stump there. It is a real
curiosity to look over the list.
OHIO.
Thurman is staying close to his work
in Ohio. This is the kind of weather
that suits him. They raise good Demo
crats in Uhio. They are so elastic under
defeat. They also raise good office
hunting Republicans, as may be observ
ed. But they have not raised the next
President, that is pretty certain. Old
Pennsylvania has done that for them.
CALtrORNIA.
That was a funny dispatch Kugene
Casserly (Kx-U. 8. Senator) rent from
San Francisco to Hancock, congratulat
ing him on the Maine election. He
closed it with "Well spoken High Chief."
The old Senator seems to have his blood
up for Hancock, and is canvassing the
coast. Hancock replied at some length
by telegraph, for he never permits him
self to be outdone in either handsome
compliment or serious business, even if
it should bring tho biood. When Til
den read the Hancock letter to Sher
man, he wrinkled up his eyes, put his
hand to his mouth and whispered to
W. L. Scott, " This fellow is a better
politician than any of us."
KEYSTONE.
GENERAL NEWS.
The trial ol Harry Knglish, the Klk
county murderer, began on Tuesday.
The only colored resident of Union
township, Tioga county, was married to
a white woman recently.
Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman, of the M. E.
Church, has been tendered the vacant
chancellorship of Rochester University.
J. Klosfky, a merchant, of Bradford,
Pa., a guest at Crook's hotel, in Chatham
street, was found dead in his bed Sun
day afternoon, having committed suicide
by inhaling illuminating gas.
William Neiman, aged fourteen years,
of Wilhamsport, while playing truant
from school attempted to jump aboard
a freight train, missed his hold and
was instantly killed, five cars and a
cabosse passing over him.
Lafayette 8. Foster, formerly Presi
dent of the Senate and acting Vice-
President of the United Htatee, died at
Norwich, Conn., Saturday morning after
a brief illness. He was a direct de
scendant of Miles Standish.
The latest sensation is the supposed
discovery that vast quantities of oil lie
under the barren wastes of Pike and
WayQacounties, this State, A geologist
of some note, while traveling through
this section of country, discovered thst
the two northeastern counties are un
doubtedly on the same "oil vein" as
Bradford, the great oil centra of this
State. Preparations are now making to
bore to the depth of fifteen hundred
feet, when, if no oil is found, the venture
will be abandoned,
Up-hill Work.
Those Judical organs thai uttered the
truth In 1873, when the Credit Mobilier
frauds were being debated and investi
gated in Congress, are in an awful situ
ation now when one of those "soiled
doves" is running for President. Here
are a few specimen briaks from the
Philadelphia Bulletin, a rampantfiarfield
organ now. In February 1873, the edi
tor said:
"Supposing that the acceptance of the
bribes did not cover the members with
dishonor, the perjury that was commit
ted surely did, and for this alone the
criminals should bo expelled. It is use
less and foolish to attempt to dodge this
issue. The Nation regards it as of the
highest importance, and if the House
overlooks un offence which the laws
punish with imprisonment in the peni
tentiary, it will deserve the scorn and
contempt of every honest man.
***•
No one can be satisfied with the re
port of the Credit Mobilier Committee.
Very properly it convicts (Jakes Ames
of bribing various members of Congress,
but there could be no bribery unless
some members were bribed, and the
Committee pretends that such was not
the case for it fails to condemn the
various parties who bad negotiations
with Ames for stock of the Credit Mo
bilier of the I'. P. It. It. Co. The pub
lic will receive with faith the state
ments of the Committee in regard to
the various members, for those state
ments show that Mr. Dawes, Mr. Scho
field, Mr. Bingham, Mr. William D.
Kelley and Mr. Garfield were all engag
ed in negotiations with Ames. The
attempt to excuse them by declaring
that they had no knowledge that they
were doing anything disreputable is very
lame. No one believes that theso men,
experienced in all the tricks of the lob
by, were of natures so childlike and
simple as not to fully understand what
they were about. This is especially the
| case with those th .t received loans of j
.money from Ames, or certificates of I
: stock, or dividends or shares for which !
I they had never paid a dollar in cash."
"Supposing (hat the acceptance of the
bribes tin/ not cover the members of ('oni/ress
•nth dishonor, THE PERJURY THAT
WAS COMMITTED SURELY DID,
AND F(lit THIS AUJNKTHE CRIM
INALS .SHOULD BE EXPELLED.'*
Solid Stales.
I I'rom lie- New York World.
The tier of states which stretches
from Khode Island to the Mississippi at
; St Louis contains the controlling States
' of the Union in population and in mat
i ter of commerce, agriculture and fin- '
anoe. According to the recent census j
these State# contain twenty millions nut
of the fifty millions of our ent're impu
tation. If, therefore, Senator Conkhng
talks about a solid North he will talk of
' the States between Khode Island and
. the Mississippi at St. i/ouis. How "sol
id" they were for the Kepuhlican party ,
will appear from their voles for Presi- I
dent in 1876 as given in the official
table or the "American Almanac" pre
pared by the Librarian of Congress:
10-ftto, rmltr. flepoMtraa. 1
C..on retire! 1.1 ir; .Vnrtt J
1 >.- Vofk Mi.tua 5v...<7
! New Jersey til Set I-11.--17
. Pen tt.) i r*li Is .,l:.. II UJ
j I this - SiAlirz
I 71 £*.''ll
j Illinois 3'JMol tin.M j
j T0ta1..... I.n.UW lA'i.*7l !
, These commonwealths, which gave a
| Democratic majority at the last Presi
dential election on their popular vote,
may be expected, under the most recent '
advices, to cast their 115 electoral votes
for Hancock and English. With these
statistics of 1870 and with such presages
for 1880, how impudent is the claim of
i the Kepuhlican journals and orator" that
! the North is "solid" for Garfield and
Arthur—or for sectionalism and keeping '
( alive the embers of civil strife ? When
General Hancock is elected President
i by these 115 electoral votes added to !
i the 138 electoral votes of what those
same stalwarts call the "solid South,"
who will dare dispute his claim to be
j called a Union President ? No man of
sense, when to these Slates are added
the 24 electoral votes for Hancock of
Maine, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nev
ada and California, leaving only 92 elcc-
I toral votes for Garfield and Arthur!
*
Supreme Court.
The supreme court of the United
I States will convene in its annual term
| on the second Monday of October, the
1 11th proximo. Probably in the early
part of the term a nu in Iter of opinions
in important cases a'gued at the last
term will he announced. Among these
will fie the celebrated case of ilallet
Kilburn, claiming $200,000 damages of
the House of Kepesentative* for false
imprisonment. Included among the
oases which are assigned for argument
on the second dav of the ensuing term
are those of McHride vs. Carl Schur*,
secretary of the interior, in which the
right of the secretary to cancel a patent
for land duly signed and issued is que*,
tinned; the Florida railroad cases, in
which there is ouite an array of
legal talent engaged ; the Louisiana and
Kentucky lottery cases and the case of
Miles vs. the United States, a criminal
case from Utah territory, in which the
plaintiff 1 in error, Miles, was sentenced
to imprisonment for five years and to
pay a fine of SIOO for bigamy. The itn
portance of this latter case consists in
the fact that involves theconstitutional
ity of the law of congress passed for
the purpose of breaking un the Mormon
practices in Utah. The aecision of the
Supreme court in the case is awaited
with intense Interest.
Two Generals.
from the Ileyloti Democrat
Gen. George H. Thomas was a Demo
crat who refused a proffered present of
SIOO,OOO, and suggested that it should
be given to the widows and orphans of
poor privates who had lost their Uvea
during the war. But who ever heard
of Garfield refnsing to " take everything
in " that was in sight, from a house and
lot to a De Golyer-psvement-Credit-
Mobilier bribe T
Mrs. Mary flune, of Natcik, Mass.
ex-Vioe President Wilson's mother-in
law, it 94 years old.
ALL FOIt HANCOCK.
TIIE MEXICAN WAR VETERANS RECALL TUEIK
UATTI.ES.
From tlio New York Hun, 16, IMKJ. 4
The Mexican War Veterans' Associa
tion celebrated yesterday Hie twenty
third anniversary of the capture of the
city of Mexico by tba American arrny
under General Winfield Soott. The as-
Hoeiation was organised in this city in
1858, with a membership of over one
hundred. Their first President wit* the
lute General Joseph Hooker, who was
succeeded by Major Gen. Jan. Shields.
The present officers of the association
are Colonel W. Linn Tidbail, President;
Charles T. Murphy, Marshal; G. W.
Leonard, Secretary, and Wrn. Calligan,
Treasurer. The association has been
reduced by death to fifty members.
Twenty-five of the survivors, with the
officers, took the half-past one o'clock
boat to Coney Island yesterday, where
they enjoyed their annual reunion and
dinner at the Sea Beach Palace Hotel.
President Tidbull presided at the
table. He said that it gave him great
pleasure once more to join bis old com
rades in arms. Such an occasion car- i
ried his mind hack to the days of his
early manhood, when he and they j
marched into the enemy's country and '
lielpe.d to achieve those brilliant vic
tories that added lustre to American
arms. "And now, comrades," said he,
"fall to, and while we enjoy the ban
quet, let us revive the memories of the
olden time."
Mayor J. C. Alexander, being the
oldest veteran present (GS years), began
at once to recall the achievmenls of the |
American army in Mexico. lie de- !
scribed with enthusiasm the victories of '
Kesace de la Palma, Palo Alto, and '
Cero Gordo. But the old veteran's en- |
thusiasm reached its height when he j
began to talk of the storming of Cha- j
pultepec and Molino Del Kay, the4ast
strongholds protecting the City of Mex- J
ico. " And at last," said be, " when '
that handful of audacious Americans i
marched into the Grand I'la/.a of the j
proud city of the Mootezumas, did we
not feel proud ?"
The company at the table cheered j
the old veteran to the echo.
President Tidbail then arose to offer
a toast. "Gentleman," said lie " 1
now propose to drink the health of a
distinguished veteran of the Mexican
War, one who has since added undying
lustre to his name by the great services
rendered to his country in the war of
the rebellion, and who to day is the
candidate of the great national |mrty
of the United Slate# —Gen r al Win
field Scott Hancock."
This speech war greeted with three
hearty cheers, and the toast WOA drunk
with enthusiasm. Then the old veter
ans, forgetting their battles, began to
talk politic*. They could not, however,
disagree, for they were ail Hancock
men. Not being able to find a politic#)
op|>onent among his comrades, one of
the veterans nked a lady present whom
she favored for president.
"th, the ladiea arc all for Hancock,"
said she.
Many other toasts were drunk, and
after the banquet the veterans strolled
about the beach until evening, when
they departed for home.
Seymonr's Speech.
Ff'm tli* K-< >rd.
The speech of Hon. Horatio Seymour
at ITtica, N. Y., on Wednesday night of
la*t week, was a calm, dispassionate and
statesmanlike review of the (.olitical
situation. He exposed the dangers of
centralization, discussed the constitu
tional distribution of power lietween
the Union and the States, and forcibly
presented the mischievous etf'ects of na
tionalism as opposed to the principles
of local sell govern merit. Gov. Seymour
opened with a quotation from the In
dianapolis speech of Secretary Schur*
; indicating the centralizing tendencies of
[ the Kepuhlican party. Passing thence
to the views recently set forth by Secre
-1 tarv Sherman, Gov. Seymour says :
"He dwells upon the business pros
perity of our country. Overlooking the
industry of the people, the favorable
seasons that have rewarded their labor*
with ample harvests, the demands for
our product* from other countries, he
i claims for the Administration the grali- j
tude of our people for all our blessings.
I have no unkindly feeling for Mr. ,
Sherman ; I regret that he does him- i
self a wrong when he is ungrateful to
(tod and unjust to the lafiorer of the
land. It was not the statesmanship of
i the Cabinet, but the statesmanship of j
the plow, blessed by a fruitful season,
that gives us our growing wealth. Not
the skill of the Treasuiy Department,
but of mechanics and manufacturers,
that make* the spring* of our prosperi
ty ; not the talk in Congress, but the
toil of labor in all its varied field*. In
another respect he does himself a
wrong. lie does not warn our people
of the danger which the change of sea
sons may make. He doe* not, as he
should, admonish them that at this
time, when money is abundant, men
should throw off the burdens of debt
and extricate themselves from position*
of peril if time* should change. He
teaches the false and mischievous doc
trine that Government |>olicies and not
honest toil and frugal care—that the
schemes of the brain, not the sweat of
the brow—give competence to men.
Much has been said about the absurdi
ty of fiat money. How much more
absurd are Mr. Sherman's teaching* of
fiat prosperity. In this direction Mr.
Sherman outstrips Denis Kearney."
" W SAT do you know at Hancock V a UarSeld .lump
er Mil
t7nln an honnt rater—then his IdM hea.l.
" 1 know lie got hi* title by saltan! hatllee won.
t know no Coventor Sued his star* lor nervlce never
done;
I know he fought npon the Aelila where men were
often hurt,
And en hoe no temptation now to war# the bloody
•hiri.
Although, r MI sore. If raterhinert he nan sincerely my.
• I do not know fte Ontyer or Credit Mohtlier.'
I know he hoe opfnione oar fbther* counted jaet,
And thinks official salaries Impose official trwet;
1 know hie politics, like Jeflerwm'e, are Just,
And so, like Andrew Jackson, I tholl take him upon
trust.
Ill* pnllUce are ptala enough , a lasting Union peace—
The peace which Lincoln promised when he hesrd the
cannon cease;
With State to Elate sad heart to heart, and charity
o'er all,
And the l-anner of the Union hong o'er every hearth
and ball."
Rev. Dr. Chapin, who was so seriously
ill h few days ago, ia now resting and
convalescing at Figeon Cove, Mast.
Men of the North, Read!
!7orthem Men In the Mouth Speuk.
ADORE*.* TO THE I REE -AND INDEI'ENDENT
VOTERS OF THE NORTH FROM NORTH
ERN MBTTI.ERS IN THE SOUTH.
The northern settlers whose interests
have become identified with the endur- j
ing pence and future prosperity of the i
good people of the States of the Houth 1
are not idle or indifferent spectators of
the spirit of party rancor and sectional :
fury which agitates the people of our
native Slates ol the North with all sorts
of exaggerated state.ments from the
stump ami the press concerning "ku- |
klux outrages," "improper treatment i
of the poor negro," "bulldozing white ;
settlers," "disloyalty at the South," etc. j
Neither are we unmindful of the duty
which devolves upon us as citizens to
place before our northern friends a
(rank, candid, and truthful statement of i
the real condition of civil and political
affairs in this our adopted State of the
South. Wo hold there is nothing that
can contribute more towards obstruct
ing the way that leads to reconciliation
and enduring peace between the two
great sections of our beloved country
than to perpetuate sectional animosities by
labored efforts of subtle politicians in
search ol place and power to disguise
the TRUTH. We hold that after a long
residence among the good people of the
South, which has afforded us the utmost
facility for frank, free, and social busi- |
ne*s intercourse, we have acquired a
more perfect knowledge of their char- :
acteristics, habits, sentiments, feelings, |
and designs than persons living remote
from us. A* we view the people of the j
South from a strictly northern stand- :
point, when we have been able to garner
up from an abundance of facts and
incidents which have corne under our
personal observation, there i no foun
dation whatever to support the charge
of attempting to abrogate the funda- 1
mental powers of the Government, or to
entertain the remotest idea of nullify
ing the just and remotest laws relating
to the elective franchise, for every elect- j
or, white or black, is accorded every
privilege guaranteed by the election
laws to vol n freely and without intimidation
to cast his lawful ballot and have it
counted. We cannot reasonably ex- i
pert to extinguish all bitterness of feel
ing engendered by the follies of the
laie conflict so long OH petty trifles ate
magnified into gross enormities, and
our southern brrthrm sre charged with
brutish attributes of inhumanity to
wards the negro. Never is human na
ture so quickly debased as when men
charge a ju-! and generous people of
prohibiting the negro to think, to act,
snd to enjoy the privilege of rational
creatures. The ttuili is At all election
precinct* the two races meet and de.
po-it their votes in one ballot /-or, pre
sided over by sworn officers chosen from
among the niot capable of both races
and of the several political parties; the
votes ol white and black elector- fairly
counted in the presence of white and
colored spectator* of the counting pro
cess. The same spirit o( impartiality ;*
manifested in all the judicial depart
ments, where every jury empanelled
for trial of civil and criminal case* is
strongly tinctured with colored juror*,
while in very many magisterial di-trirts
we have colored m agist rates to adminis
ter the law. No, too. in the distribution
of the public school fund, and in the
organization of the free schools the same
undcviating impartiality i* strictly ad
hered to. In short, the live. fortunes,
und liberties of the colored race are a
safe in the hand* of the chivalrous sons
of the South as they would be in the
hands and care of the most civilized
and humane on earth. Now, what has
induced severe political moralist* to
declaim so harshly against the generous
people of the South ? Chiefly this, that
the primary cause winch engendeied
the conflict haa long since ceased to
exist, the right* of all races are conced
ed to be free and equal before the law.
There is nothing to quarrel about ex
cept the spoil* ol office. Hence recourse
muit be had to faction, to imaginary
wrongs inflicted ujon the freedmrn of
: the South. Nothing will appease the
conquerors but to hold the sword of
conquest over the heads, not of the
infetior race, but over their white
brethren, who must he represented as
; the bane of liberty and public spirit. 1
For what purpose? Let our northern
i triendz answer the mighty question for
themselves. But must it be said of us
that the passion for place and power is j
so strong a* to absorb every other prin
ciple ; that the sense of justice, honor,
truth, and decency is overborne in the
great struggle for political supremacy ?
We reckon no such hase aspersions will
attach themselves to northern settlers,
whose chief end and aim in life i to
"till the srnl," love God and our common
country. Of the social relations which
now exist between the permxnent set
tlers and our southern brethren, we are
pleased to say they are of the most
happy nature. Whether we meet for
mutual improvement in knowledge,
business, and morals, at the social en
tertainments, or sit together at the
house of worship, or join with the
children in the union Sabbath schools
which everywhere abound, a reciprocal
feeling of the utmost kindness and
good will prevails, and the most salutary
and gratifying reaulti of these inter
oounies is productive of frequent in
termarriages, which tend the more
strongly to rivet the tie# of affection
and brotherhood la*tween the two sec
tions. Here we have another reason
why all should deprecate the follies,
passions, and prejudices of any party,
sect, or faction which haa not for its
sole end and aim a perfect restoration
of harmony and fraternal good will.
Our attachment to our new homes, to
every seene and otyect, to the mild tem
perature of the climate, to the splendid
characteristics of the people, increase*
in proportion to the continuance of our
residence. Here, indeed, we are per
twitted to rejoice in that protection
and freedom, that liberty or sentiment,
which the Nouth everywhere affords.
We rejoice when we consider this por
tion of the ticlirrw which we call AMER
ICA is our common country. Though
divided into smaller Statee for govern
mental convenience only, under the
guiding hand of Pnrvuisnee we are united,
prosperous, and happy, in the free en
joyment of the general principle# of
popular government.
Of all tli distressing evil* which
afflict a State or nation, and retard
progress in the development of the
great resources of either the one or the
other, are those which spring from
sectional abuse; in that it tends H,
strongly to purjxzses of private malic-,
disturbs the peace and tranqudity of
society, and effectually barn the great
door to immigration, the great propelling
l>ower which converts the bowling wit
derneaa into a garden resplendent wit),
animated life and beauty, village* sw>lj
to teeming cities, magisterial district*
expand to jopulous counties, and
States to wealthy empires within them
selves. Then why should we envy the
happiness or prosperity of one man or
one section over the other? When aii
have an ei)ual chance in the pursuit of
either the renown of the one adds to
the glory of the other. The great*-i
advantages in private life alone are
realized from the practice of indut -
knowledge, and humanity. All of th--e
noble refinements render individual*
tiappy and prosperous wherever pr.v
ticed, and contribute toward rendering
ij'ivcrnmtnl as great and as flourishing ;
the people. These are self-evident fun
which should be jiondered by every
citizen, and propounded by every true
statesiiian whose heart beats for the
welfare of the nation. Narrow indeed
are the boundaries of that wretched
statesmanship which bends the best en
ergies of the mind towards a perpetu;
of sectional dissensions or foments in
ternal discord among the people. How
much more desirable and ne< es-ary to
enjoy a better feeling of brotherhood,
cemented by the ties of friendship an i
good will; to join in one common
effort to abolish forever all recollection
of past dilliculties, and to unite in one
generous emulation to forgive an-i f< -•
get the miseries of the past. W- n. 1
not all sections derive a greater sat;-
laction to cbetisb and promote by ail
means in their power a more Christian
feeling of liariiionv and reoonciliatinj.
Surely this end may be sccomj ,;-n
ed by adopting a general resolut. n
to guard against all unreasonable n.-
sult and triumph of one party over lie
other ; to encourage moderate oj n
-10ns ; no taunts; no unhappy allusion-.
In a word, to jiersuade each oilier ths'.
hoik parties manifested a too precipi
tate zeal in opening ujion each olhe: ,
sanguinary warfare, thus keep a hid
ance in the praise and censure whe h
we are prone to bestow on one si n
only. The most agreeable prospect of
present and future happiness of !:.<•
people of the nation dej-ends up'-n
moderation. Inspired by the more
lofty sentiment* of forgiveness si. i
moderation the mind of the truly gi- at
will shrink back from the aensele--
taunt of the cold-blooded demagog -••
and place seeker, and, swelling w.ih
conscious pride and the more tender
emotions of humanity, will rise to ti.e
more exalted sphere of the Christian
statesman and patriot citizen.
Here follow the signatures of ort-r
one hundred and fifty northern seubi*
in Virginia, many of whom are froui
Pennsylvania and *everal of whom are
personally known to the editors of the
I>ENIM RAT.
Lincoln'* Mother.
TIIE HOME OR THE IREAO MOTHER OF 1111
MAKTVR rRESIIiEKT OV THE INITIO
STATES—HER ORATE.
Itsk V*tt. Intl.. Cr. CV tumor'U'.
A walk of A quarter of a inile over an
ordinary country foot path brought us
to a small old lashioned cemetery, situ
ated on a small eminence and covered
with an oak grove and undergrowth of
hazel brush. There are a few graves of
the humblest kind, whose places are
scarcely discoverable. Until very re
eently one of the most humble of those
graves was that ol Mrs. Lincoln. None
months ago a paragraph appeared in
the.South Itend Tribune stating that the
grave of Mra. Lincoln was unmarked in
the woods of Spencer county. Mr.
Siudebaker, a public spirited citizen of
South Bend, and a warm admirer of
Mr. Lincoln, determined to mark the
grave in aome appropriate manner.
He proirtHcd to Schuyler Collax that he
would head A subscription with fVit<>
erect A monument over the grAve. Mr.
1 C-olfax told bim that S3O would he
enough to erect A suitable monument,
aud suggested to Mr. Studebaker that
i he send the money to aorue friend at
- Itockport who would attend to the mut
ter. Accordingly, money WAR sent to
, Mr. L. X. till key. At Hock port, who gave
his per*unal supervision to the matter.
A plain white marble slab was pur
chased and put up at the grRVP. A
party of cilitena went out from Hock
port and put up the monument. Among
the number waa General .1. C. Yeah b.
1 who recognized the need of some pro
teetion to the monument, and started a
dollar subscription on the train as the
party was returning to Kockport. The
people took hold of the matter heart i
ly and the result is a neat, substantial
iron fence standing around the moou
ment.
The monument 'was put up on the
2Sth day of November, I8"tt. and the
iron rail was put up May 11, 1880. The
following inscription is upou the menu
ment:
Nasur HANKS LINCOLN,
Mother of President Lincoln.
: Hied Oct. 5, A. I). 1818, Aged X> \ *
years.
Krected by a friend of her mar
tyred son.
GEM. ,1 AM r s .SHIELDS was a brave soldier
who served bis adopted country in the
war for the l T nk>n. lie was in early
years the contemporary and bosom
friend of Lincoln in Illinois. As desth
approached ho became broken down in
health, his old wound of the Mexirsn
war breaking open afresh, and poor in
means. A bill waa introduced in the
democratic House of the Forty-fifth
to give him the rank of Briga
dier General and placti him on the re
tired list of the array for the remaining
few years of hia life, he being at the
time nearly seventy. When the vole
waa taken on a motion to suspend the
rules and paas the hill the yeas were
one hundred and twelve and the nays
fifty five, To the surprise of every lover
of justice in the House, James A. Gar
field voted nay. (See CbagrreweaW/frW
4>lth Congress, 3d session, page 2,387.)