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THE PASSOVER.
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llotMot TXXT:— I "Chrht our I'lWi'Ver Is mrrifii-oil
for ii."—l Tor. 5:7.
C-entral Truth : —ln visitations of judg
ment, God will surely 'pass over' the
soul marked with tho blood of the spot
less Lamb.
The turning of the waters of the Nile
into blood, threatened in our last lesson,
failed of any good effect on tho heart of
Pharaoh. It was therefore necessary,
if the beneficent purpose of God were
not to be defeated, that other plagues
should be visited upon him. What
these were, and how they were received,
is told us in the chapters we have now
passed over.
In all, these plagues were ten in num
ber, and they were of increasing severi
ty. The first three fell upon the Egyp
tian* and children of Israel alike: lor
Israel had need of chastisement, and
fresh afflictions were needed to make
them willing to leave the land of their
birth. But from the remaining seven
they were exempt ; these fell upon the
Egyptians only.
That in a historical narrative so great
ly condensed so much space should he
devoted to'such a controversy, may
seem remarkable: but there was good
reason for it. It was the fir.-t great coii
flict between worldly powers and God's
people. And ns a lesson for them and
for all time, he would make his fidelity
and power known. However he might
chastise his people, he would never
cease to be their help and salvation.
In this view the record of these plagues
is most instructive, anil the chapters
omitted in our studies are not to he
unread.
The increasing severity of the ifivine
strokes was a sign ol God's mercy, and
fruit of his patience. But, under it all,
the heart of Pharaoh relented only to
show itself more and more stubborn
and defiant. His defiance culminated
with the ninth visitation, when he
drove Moe* and Aaron from his pres
ence, with threats of death should they
ever return.
The one last plague was to he more
appalling than all the rest, and after
it Pharaoh would let the people go.
About midnight God would go out into
the midst of Egypt and smite every
first-born of man and beast, from the
palace of" the monarch to the hut of the
lowliest servant. It should thus fie
known "bow that tho Lord put a dif
ference between the Kgpytiaus and
Israel."
In the present lesson we ore told how
the deliverance of Israel from this last
stroke was effected, and of the institu
tion of the Passover as a perpetual
memorial of it.
The time corresponded with our April.
As indicating that this deliverance was
really their birth as a nation, it was
thenceforth to begin the ecclesiastical
year.
The moans of their escape was the
blood of a lamb. In a sense, the lamb
was a substitute for the first horn. Its
death was to be their life. Thus the
pastoral lamb was a type of Christ, and
the shedding of its blood a symbol of
our redemption from the curse of sin
by his blood. "Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us.'' One, therefore, will
• readily trace a typical purpose not only
in the choice of the victim for the of
fering, but also in the directions con
cerning it. It was to be a lamb, meek
and innocent, male of the first year,
the strongest of the Hock, in the prime
of its strength, without blemish, and,
though slain and ronsted with fire, not
a bone was to be broken.
The blood of the lamb was to be
sprinkled on the door posts of all the
houses. Without this the offering of
the lamb would be of no avail. No
family would be safe where this was
not done. This was to be a token j
and when Ood. on his destroying er
rand, should see it, he would pass
over the dwelling whereon it should
he found. It is not indicated that
the mark was put there that (lod
might see anil make no mistake. It
was bis pledge, but it was to be applied
by men. The sprinkling of it was the
expression of their faith. It was their
Acceptance of offered salvation. So by
faith we apply the blood of t'hrist to
our souls for our eternal salvation.
No doubt the feast to be kept had re
lation to their physical need. They
were to start at midnight on an exhaust
ing journey. Hut it had also a spiritual
meaning. Saved by sprinkled blood,
they would still have need of support
and strength. So the soul thnt has
been spiritually saved by the sprinkled
or appropriated blood of Christ, still
has need to leed upon him by contin
ued acts of appropriating faith. It is
thus that he enters into the full blessed
ness offered through the divine I'.e
deemer. The unleavened bread would
signify the purer life they were to live;
while the bitter herbs would remind
them of trials and sins escaped.
All this was to be for a perpetual
memorial. The Hebrews have never
ceased to keep it AS such, and hnve
made it the greatest of their feasts.
I*7 Christians it* deepest significance is
perpetuated in the Memorial Supper—
that feast of feasts, so full of humble
joy, by which we commemorate a de
liverance of which that from Kgypt was
but a dim shadow.
PRACTICAL SIOOItSTIOJIS.
I 1. The deliverance effected by Christ's
sacrifice on the cross, is with the Church
the beginning of months and year*.
The greatness of that event ia confessed
by the world when it consent* to make
it the date of a new era.
2. Tho day of an individual soul'*
deliverance by the blood of Chriat may
well be cheriahed at the starting point
of his truo life. In his host thought ho
will <l.il<• oil good things from that.
God curly to touch his poo
lilt? that "without the shedding of
idood there is no remission." Kedemp
lion was a fact before its nature was
understood, since Christ wan "slain front
the foundation of the world." But
tied very eorly to disclose its
method by symbols. Our clearer knowl
edge is therefore to fie cherished. It is
to be transmitted to our children. Sal
vation by the blood of Christ is the
truth of all truths. Wo do well to
ponder it and hold it up.
I. That the lantb hud been provided
ami sluin would have availed nothing if
the blood hud not been applied. 'I his
is" an important truth, to tie well re
membered. In Christ we have free and
lull redemption. But it must be accept
ed, and tliin is done by fuith. Without
faith we are still unsaved.
b. The saved sinner still needs
strength and blessing. In order to this
he is invited to feed upon Christ. By
daily appropriating him a new life and
joy are renewed, and salvation is made
perfect.
f>. l'utting away the leaven of any
and every corrupt practice, it is good to
mingle with our spiritual feasting* some
"bitter herbs" of humbling memories,
as of past ruin and present weakness
bv reason of sin.
*7. Israel ate with girded loins and
sundalled feet and stall' in hand. So
ure we to feed upon Ctirit, not im those
wlio would give themselves to spiritual
luxury, hut lor purposed of strength
anil service; always rendy to go lortli
as pilgrims lor a better land,
S. The most sacred ol all t'hristians
ordinances is that which commemorates
salvation by the blood of the spotless
Lamb, Let none regard it with indilf
erence. It is not to be observed or
neglected according to pleasure, but to
be kept as a divinely appointed feast.
Let it nbo be the place of humble,
grateful joy,
IVIIO Til b! r \ KAMI OS tSLKL ill 111,
llrtig* h' Hg]r|'l.
From the far distance von see tin
giant forms of the pyramids, as if tln-v
were regularly crvstali/d mountains,
which the ever-creating nature had
called forth from the rock, to lift
themselves up toward the vault of
heaven. And yet they are hut tombs,
built by the bands of men, which have
been the admiration and a-toni-h
--ment alike of tin- ancient and modern
world. Perfectly adjusted to the car
dinal points of the horizon, they dilh-r
in breadth ami hi ight, as shown by
the measurement of the three oldest,
as follows : I jr-t. the pyramid of
Khtifa, height 1<7.7 > feet, breadth
7lb feet; second, pyramid f Khafra,
height 117. •> feet, breadth *f>o.7-~ fe-1;
third, pyramid of Mcnkara, height
feet, breadth JLVJ.7* feet. The
construction of tin enormou- mas- -
has long been nil insoluble mys
tery, but the latter generations have
succeeded in solving the problem.
According to the ancient usages and
customs, the Egyptians, while they
still sojourned in health and spirits,
were ever mindful to turn their looks
to the region where the departing Ha
took leave of life, where the door of
the grave opened, where the body,
well concealed, at length found n -t,
to rise again to a new existence, after
an appointed time of long, long years;
while the soul, though hound to the
body,was at liberty to haw
and return to it during
in any form it close. In -Uwa 1-
lief, it was the custom la-times to dig
the grave in the form of a deep shaft
in the rock, and above this eternal
dwelling to raise a superstructure of
sacrificial chambers, sometimes onlv a
hall, sometimes several departments,
and to adorn them richly with colored
writings and painted sculptures, as was
becoming to a house of pleasure and
joy. The king begun his work from
his accession. As soon as he mounted
the throne, the sovereign gave orders
to a nobleman, the master of all the
building of his land, to plan the work
and rut the stone. The kernel of the
future edifice was raised on the lime
stone soil of the desert, in the form of
a small pyramid built in steps, of
which the well constructed and finish
ed interior formed the king's eternal
dwelling, with his stone sarcophagus
lying on the rocky floor. 1s tus sttp
|K)*e that this first building was finish
ed while Pharaoh still lived in the
bright sunlight.
A second covering was added, stone
by stone, on the outside of the kernel,
a third to the second, nnd to this a
fourth; the mass of the giant building
grew greater the longer the king enjoy
ed existence. And then, at last, when
it became almost impossible to extend
the area of the pyramid further, a
easing of bard stone, polished like
glass, nnd fitted accurately in the an
gles of the steps, covered the vast nias
of the sepuleher, presenting a gigantic
triangle on each of its four faces.
More than seventy such pyramids
once rose on the margin of the desert,
each telling of a king, of whom it
was at once the tomb and monument.
Had not the greater number of those
sepulchers of the Pharaohs been de
stroyed almost to the foundation, nnd
had the tinnic* of the builders of these
which still stand been preserved, it
would have been easy for the inouin-r
to prove and make clear by calcula
tion wlint was originally, and" of neces
sity, the proportion la-tween the masses
of the pyramids and the years of the
reigns of their respective builders.
-- - - ♦ nun i i
In this world a man is likdv to get
what ho gives. Men's hearts are like
a whispering gallery to ynu. If you
s|>enk softly, a gentle whisper comes
bark ; if you scold, you get scolded.
With the measure you mcto it is meas
ured to you again.
ADAMS AMI .lI'.I'TKIISOV
At ilt leal View or Them.
lIIR ! \I,IENT l-IIINCII'I I* or JKU'FM (M\N
lIKMOCR H I ,
Clinuii'-i-y K. Illii'k In N'-w Vmlf Hull.
Tho Adams administration litis, by
common consent, become the object of
universal execration, ff it bad any
redeeming features beyond the person
al integrity of the infatuated men
who composed it, history has failed to
mention them, The British craze per
vaded it from first to last ; and the
excesses of the French revolution, to
gether with the celebrated X. Y. Z.
affair, whereby it was made to appear
that Talleyrand had endeavored to
extort from the American ambassador*
a large sum as the price of a treaty,
had set the tide with momentary but
tremendous force in favor of the Brit
ish party. The Hamilton measures
were continued, and others even more
odious and in more flagrant violation
of the constitution were added. The
Alien law enabled the president to
banish foreigners at pleasure, and was
aimed especially at the French repub
licans. The Sedition law was intend
ed to silence criticism, and it was rig
orously and brutally enforced. The
country was pushed to the verge of
war with France and to the edge of a
most unnatural alliance with Kuglaml;
and this —long after the determination
of France to keep the pence with us
at any price had been known—was
made the pretext of great militarv
and naval establishments, involving
an enormous increase of the public
debt, both of which were in them
selves primary objects of Federali-t
policy. 1 *lll pit and press teemed with
"manical ravings" regarding the Ja
cobins of France and their alleged
friends and allies, the Republicans of
America. Kvcry excess, every horror
of the Frem h revolution were pre
dicted a the natural consequences ~f
the triumph of .!• ifi-r-onian Democra
cy, among the least of which were the
■ li— 'lution of the I nion and Id Iv
anarchy. We say the lea-t d- iil-< r
atelv, tor in tie- dream of diabolism
which haunted the Federalist of that
day were thing- which may not i v. n
be written.
Jefferson had hero elected vice
pre-ident with Adams, lb remained
at his po-t and guided the mutest at
the si at of government. But many
of the Republican leaders gave up the
conflict in (,'oiigres-, and went into the
State legi-latur "to rouse the people"
to a ju-t sense of their danger. Dai
latin alone t mailed in the II --us--,
wle re the Federali-t members shou! I
hint down, and inflicted cv- ry indig
nity possible in such a Rely. There
was talk even of "if portation" of ob
noxious jiersons, and the attorney gen
eral was as rwulv as any attorney gen
eral of them nil, from the fir-t of
\dams to the lat of Drant, to lend
himself to any outrage thnt power
deemed cx|Kslicnt. "No man who did
not witness it can form an idea of
their unbridled madm--* and the t• r
roristn with which they surrounded
themselves."
But the Federalists had pushed
their plan of centralization tx h.-ldlv.
When the people saw that tin v had
"been duped into the support of meas
ures calculated to sap the very founda
tion ot' republicanism" tlicv swept tlie
offending party from the councils of
the nation, to reappear again only
after the lapse of more than half a
century, when the crimes of its ances
tors bad been forgotten, to run the
same course and to meet, it is to bo
hoped, the sntne fate.
The election of lxiKt r* -ult*l in the
choice of Jefferson and Hurr. Hut
the party which hold power, like the
party which held power in 1870,
could not afford to lay it down at the
bidding of the jicople and they de
termined, if possible, to hold on hy
fraud, and, if necessary, by force.
The people of New York having elect
ed a I*egislature pledged to choose
Republican electors, Hamilton wrote
the governor imploring him to nwm
hle the existing Federalist Legislature
and defeat the will of the voter* bv
changing the law ; hut the governor
quietly laid the letter away with an
endorsement indicating hi* deep sense
of the infamy of the proposal, ami
that was the end of the first attempt
to tamper with the electoral vote of a
State. Then they resolved to elect
Hurr and trust for their protection to
hi* treachery and hi* gratitude. Fail
ing in that, they conceived the project
of defeating an election altogether,
and installing the president of the Sen
ate, a scheme which was abandoned
only because the majority of 1800 was
made of sterner stuff than the majority
of IM7IJ. When every other resource
had been exhausted they resorted to
the ineffable baseness of attempting to
bargain with Jeflbrson himself, hut
their overtures were rejected with con
tempt. The Federalist party was dead ;
like all such parties, it was rotten be
fore it was dead, and a hasty inter
ment was the only decent thing it
could demand.
In obedience to the will of the peo
ple, complied with only after a long
and perilous contest in the House, Mr.
defTerson Ixramc president on the 4th
of March, 1801. As a mere literary
production, the inaugural was simply
perfect; while as a statement of fun
damental theories and republican prin
ciples of conduct, it became at once,
and remains to this day, a very scrip
ture of Democratic faith. And the
two administrations which followed
came fully up to the proclamation.
To this hour it i uiiccitain whether
the first Democratic president rode on
horseback and almost alone to the
place Of bis inauguration, or "walked
up from bis lodging bouse atl< tided by
a few gentlemen." At all events (be
ceremony was of the simplest and
plainest. When he reached the White
House, the whole of tho old Humil
lonian system of courtly etiquette was
brushed away; the hand of the re
publican president was freely given to
every citizen, and his car to every
'complaint, lie communicated with
Congress by written message, and dis
pensed with the uhsurd parade of the
address to the executive.
But tho "Moiioeruts" died hard.
Io the last moment of its existence
the Adams administration continued
to struggle against fate. Hamilton's
plan of augmenting the weight of the
government by "cutting the States
into convenient di-tricts" and setting
up a crowd of now judges bad been
partly adopted, and John Marshall
was busy until midnight of the •'hi of
Mareli preparing the commissions,
when vi Liucoln, by order of Jef
ferson, summarily relieved him, so
-ummarily that .Marshall declared lie
was allowed to take nothing away but
bis bat. Die commis-iotis were with
held, ami the "midnight judge-" never
-at. I his done, the prison* were open
ed, ami the languishing victims of the
unconstitutional Sedition law set free.
Then, with his illustrious cabinet,
Madison, (iallatin, Smith, Dearborn
and Lincoln, lie began the gr- it work
of reducing the government in every
department to a -tate of republican
.-implicit v.
Mr. J-tl ersou's sovereign cure for
all tlie ill of the stale was the intro
duction of the most rigid ccoiiomv ; a
frugal government is seldom corrupt
and never oppressive. He cut down
the gr at military and naval establish-
Iliellls bequeathed by tllC Federalist*
a- rapidly a- the law | rmitted ; ami
finally, with the aid of C .ngr—. r--
dueed the army to ab mi three tie u
-and tm n. which were all that an
lumest government had any u-c for.
IB- reduced the diplomatic force t,
the three tniiii-ters at 1.-union, Paris
and Madrid. IF di-mi--<-d urni--r< --
-iirv offn ials a* fa-t n- investigation
d - ; -ed their • xi-t' lie- II • 11r : 1
' iallatin to simplify the tr- a-urv -tat' -
incuts and account*, - > tit > r' ml* r
them intelligible t> the plnim-st citi
'• ii, and invif'd ■ very aid in the Work
of reform. The win ■ system of in
ternal taxation, including three-fourth*
of tic whole civil list, was al*o|i-lnd
at a blow, and the difieieney supplied
by Jeflereon's iovuiiblt expedient,
■ conoiny. When lie ha l -xliau-t-d
hi- di-rreti m be aj.j" tied t . < JoOgTI ■
for authority to make further reduc
tion*, and tin' curious -pecla-de was
pn sciited of an executive petitioning
the legislature for permi-si- n to sur
render t' iwer and to give up pair-m
--age. The p -ult was the rapid de
crease of the public debt, which the
Fcdcrali-t* had regarded as a "na
tional blcs-ing," and the ri-e of a new
question, new, indeed, jn every part
of the earth : Wlial should la- done
with the surplus? Of this govern
ment. in truth, the people knew noth
ing but the bl --ing-; it* burdens
were imperceptible, This was "tin
system of Jefferson." If was faithful
ly continued under hi* lineal descend
ants, Mu-lis-iti and Monroe, and ha*
never f-ir an in-tant of time ceased to
command the deliberate approval of
the American people. If it has been
displaced by corrupt administrations,
they have never yet dared to go to the
country ujsm their Federalist princi
ple*. They have uniformly disguised
their measures, denied their purposes,
and ridden into power upon false pre
ten---*. When Den. Darfield said the
principles of Jefferson were waning,
he meant only to say thnt the special
interest*, opposed to popular liberty,
and depending for their existence
upon Federal consolidation, corrup
tion ami extravagance were gaining.
But they gained in like proportion
from 17**1 to IXI Mt. The power of
the "few" seemed then n impregnable
as now. Hamilton believed that the
election of Adams in IT'.Hi had sanc
tioned the civil revolution, impressed
upon the constitution the quality of
expansivem *. settled practically the
question between the "British model"
and the hybrid ohortion of 17-* 1 ". and
confirmed the power of the Federal
ists for all time. Hon. Darfield in
terpret* recent elections in the same
way, and is ju*t a* much mistaken.
The interests of the people remain the
same ; neither their right* nor their
determination to maintain them have
changed. Jefferson's simple faith in
their ultimate good sense was justified
on the first great occasion for the ex
ercise of their "sober judgment," and
there can lie no reasonable doubt that
it will be justified again, when, as in
1800, the special cause* of delusion
have passed away.
But Mr. Jefferson loved to see the
people move in their primary capaci
ty ; the less they trusted to their rep
resentatives and the more they trust
ed to themselves the greater was their
safety. These government* wore theirs,
"by the jicople and lor the people
they should manage them, and "eter
nal vigilance is the price of liberty."
Accordingly, in every hour of peril,
ho advised them to organize, to de
liberate, to come together in local so
cieties, which, being connected by the
ties of fraternal interest and corres
pondence, might pass tho signals of
danger from one to another, "like that
♦ * 4 t-
"liephord * wlii-tlc which, sounding
through tlic Hutcning stillness of the
night, gives warning that the wolf is
upm his wulk again." It was the
\oluntury local fi--ociation*, tho vigi
lant- committees, the committee* of!
correspondence, which lent the strong- !
-■*! impulse to the revolution ; and 7t
was the voice of the people rising in
i thunder tone* through the many j
I throuLs of the "Dumocrutic Hocielies"
'which stunk terror to the heart* of
the Federalist* in 1 HOil. The popular
elub i- the chosen engine of liberty
everywhere; and the Jcffersonian
elub, planted in - very neighborhood,
i* the one tiling needful to "rouse the
people," as aforetime they were roused
by Jefferson, Madison, and (iallatin.
j Shall we not tuk<- this leaf also from
the handbook of freedom which comes
down to us from the "author of the
I)- clarutioii of ludiqicndeuco and the
! founder of the 1 teuiocralic party?"
A* he lay dying, on the ."<1 of July,
Ifc'Jti, hi* mighty intellect, half re
lciised from it* embarrassment of flesh,
reverted fondly t-- this system of pop-
I ulur machinery for the security of
populur right*. Fancying the strug
gle again in progress, he crieil out,
"\\ am tin- committee-!" an-1 ri.-ing in
tin- Im-I he seemed to be tracing with
eager hut shrunken hand a despatch
to tin- embodied patriots. Tln-sc were
alun-st bis last words. The next day
In ing the Fourth. un-I the fiftieth an
niversary of the Declaration, he pass
ed awav at high noon,and in the very
hour of it- adoption. When he shall
j have "waned," when his teaching*
-hull have lost their influence, whin
his memory shall havp ceased to be
-bar, the frc- institution- of America
will lc no more.
Mr. Jefferson had a scientific mind
-if the highest order, and he gave to
his doctrines the -imph-sl and clcarc-t
"XjKisition* of which they were capa
l-i*. Much exjiositioti-, pre- i-<- and
beautiful, at mice exact and rompre-
In-iisive. nr.- lbuud seattcml through
out bi- political writing-. The most
familiar ar-- tb--- in the fir-t inaugu
ral. and in the letter t'> Mr. (Jerry p.
2'17. vol. 4, "f hi- work- . The IJ
, lowing brief -tatemi nt <■ -mpri-- the
whole system :
Th t- nth aim •.-bin nt of the con
-tituti n i- an infl'-xibic rule of con
-triicti'-n, th- sin-i I ami coinprclnn
-i\e guanintee --1 Ann ri- an bin rty.
"The support of the State govern
ment* in ail tin ir right-, n- the mo-l
- - ii j - tent a-imini-trati -a- for i-ur <i >•
mi -lic concern- and the -un -t bul
wark- against anti-republican tenden
cies; the preservation of tin- geatnl
goverumcut in it- whoh- constitutional
vig r a- tin sheet anchor - four peace
at home ati-1 -afi-tv abroad."
An hone-1 adniitiisiniti-in of tlie
government, which implies not merely
a just application of the public mon
eys to the public service, hut a faith
ful oliMTvancc of the limitations uf
the constitution, < M applicant* for
otlice three que-tions only need be
a-k--1 : "I-he honest ? Is be capable?
Is he faithful to the constitution?"
A unrulier of officials sufficient for
the transaction of the public bu*i
ncs- ; no supernumeraries to eat out
the sulistanee of the people.
A diplomatic establishment limited
to the public necessities ; nothing for
parade ; nothing for patronage.
A sleeplc?- jealousy of standing
armies ; a mercenary force always
dangerous to lilierty; the military
r mboditucnt of the people in the .State
the surc-t safeguard of public peace
and domestic right*.
The money collected by taxation to
l>e expended only on the object speci
fied in the constitution. It may not
lie distributed to favorites in the form
of bounties or of subsidies, nor given
awav in charity, lie urged the State
of V irginia to he literal toward the
San I himingo sufferers, but he denied
the right of Congress to grant them a
dollar.
Kconomy in the public expenditures,
not only that the people may le light
ly burdened, hut that-the purity of
the administration may bo preserved.
Extravagance i* the parent of cor
ruption, and corruption i- the parent
of usurpation. A public thief is a
public enemy. During the eight years
of his administration there was not
even nn Indian war, simply l>ocausc
there was no swindle to provoke one.
Every word of promise wa* kept, and
every dollar was sacredly applied to
the purpose for which it fiad been ap
propriated.
No power in the general govern
ment to lay one class of citizens under
tribute to another; duties levied for j
revenue, and discriminations permiasi*!
hie only against those countries which i
discriminate against us. "Free com- i
merce with all nations, entangling al
liances with none." He held that all
restrictions upon the freedom of trade
were hut remnants of barbarism, and
a state of things in which any people,
wherever situated, might freeiv ex
change its surplus for the surplus of
any other would produce the greatest
stun of human happiness.
The power to prosecute internal im
provements belongs to the States;
whether wisely or not, it was certainly
withheld from the general government.
In order to apply even an inconvenient
surplus in the treasury to such objects
an amendment would be necessary.
Congress has no power to erect a
ririvate, or a mixed private and pub
ic, corporation, to do that by indirec
tion which the United Mutes may not
do directly.
Eternal hostility to monopolies ; no
power to create them is granted; the
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whole spirit of the constitution pro
liihitn them. IStiL such wa Mr. Jef
ferson s dread of th'x: subtle ami for
midable enemies of freedom that he
earnestly recommended a sepunito
clause in the hill of rights "to guard
them" forever. But the danger at
that time seemed so remote to ull but
this far-sighted sentinel on the watch
tower, that his solemn warning passed
unheeded and posterity is paying the
penalty.
Supreme confidence in the virtue
and intelligence of the people, and
implicit obedience to their will whn
, legally expressed. #
Ibis is the system of Jefferson;
that of Hamilton was in all jsiints
the precise opposite. His friend and
admirer fJouverneur Morris, who de
livered the most notable of his funeral
orations, stated his opinions in a nut
shell : "Oeii. Hamilton disliked tho
constitution, believing all republican
government radically defective. Ho
hated republican government. He
trusted that in the changes and
CylflCfli of time we aboald he lOToived
in Kline war which might stringthm
, our Union and nerve the executive.
; He never failed, on every occasion, to
advocate the excellence of, and avow
his attachment to, monarchical gov
ernment."
Hetween these systems of Jefferson
and of Hamilton I're-ident (iarfield
and the Kepuhlican party call upon
this generation of Americans to decide,
and they it-k us to reverse the judg
ment of our ancestors. We have no
doubt whatever ujem which side the
choice will fall.
Precious Juveniles.
The San Franci-co I'nA recently of
f- red prizes for the briglite-t sayings
of children. It received many con
trihutions. I select the following:
"At the family party papa was airing
Ins knowledge of tlie Interior at
Washington, and spoke of the compli
cations in the affair- of some of its
bureaus. Kudolfo, Jr., seized ujsiii
•otne of the cxpn-sions, and suddi nly
-aid : "I'a, I think if that bureau's
affairs ar so muddled a- ma's bureau
affairs arc, tin y can t get 'cm straight
in a year. Why. there's face-flours,
and curls and liver pads, and—" Ku
dolfo, Jr., jiro'-e. ded nt further.
A little boy age | four who had
be. n left at home, while his mother
made some call-, sid to her on h<T
return. "Mamma, I prayed while vo
wa gone."
"That wa- right, my dear. What
did vou say?"
"I -aid : '< iod, p] a-e make mamma
a ladv that like- to stay at home.'"
"Maud - mother had punished Imr,
and next day Aunt Kila came and
wa- met at the door hv Maud. Aunt
I- Ha 'How i- mamma. Maud?' 'Main
ma i- well, but she acts like a stcjs
inother."
"Mv little son, Carlos, two years
old, was nm feeling very well, K> he
was allowed to do pretty much as he
pleased. Finally, be went KI far as to
emptv the contents of my work bask
et. 1 told him, 'if he did that again
I would punish him.' In a few min
utes he returned, and repeated the
( offence. I then gave him a whipping.
He ran into the next room jum|s*d on
the bed, anil lay there screaming at
ths top of his voice. After awhile ho
became <)uiet, and I stepped to tho
door and said : "Is mammv's little
boy sorry he was naughty Y lie came
creeping towards nie, "saying: "I'm
I sorry, mamma.' It being something
1 unusual to see him penitent, I thought
I would encourage him; so I began
petting him, and said: "Poor little
Carlos is sorrv, ain't you?' He an
swered defiantly : 'Yes* I'm sorry you
| 'bused me!'"
Tit K disparity of the sexes in church
es is placed by Zion* Hrrahi at two
to one in favor of the women, and the
same paper also makes the following
rather startling statement : "If we
were to take the churches right through
the country, we should probably find
that not more than one-tenth of their
members aie men in the prime of life.
I he other nine-tenths are women, men
who have passed their mcridan, and
youths who have not reached their
maturity. It is also to be observed
that in almost every community the
majority of the energetic, enterprising
business men are not avowed and ac
tive Christians ; and if they arc iden
tified with the church at all, it is
usually only in the most superficial
way."
"I'A," said a little seven-year-old
fellow. "I guess our man Ralph is a
good Christian." "How so. my boy,'*
inquired the parent, "Whv, pa. E
rend in the Bible that the wicked shall
not live out half his days, and Ilalnh
says he has lived out ever since he
was a little boy."
A PHttxwoPliKß once said : "Kvcry
man has his grief. If the Ixud does
not give it to him he makes one him
self." He might have put it more
pointed by saying, "If the Lord does
not give it to him let him start a
ticws|>aper," and he will get it without
the Lord's assistance.
NOBODY ever yet knew a newspaper
man to get ready to go fishing until
two weeks after the last old sucker
had pegged out for deep water.
WK do not beeotno righteous by
doing what is righteous; but having
become righteous, we do what right
cou*. — Lmher, . Jt
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