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VOLUME XXVII.
TWO TKAVELEKS.
I.
A man passed over the road
In the early days of Spring,
When the grandest flower that ever bloomed
Was brightly blossoming.
And never a word he spoke,
And his face was marble cold,
But millions of men above him wept,
And a million bells were tolled.
And the cities were draped in black,
And the towns were draped in gloom,
"For he is dead." the people said,
" Who made the ilower to bloom."
Down many a swarthy face
Unnumbered the tear-drops flowed,
" For he is gone " —the bondman spoke—
" Who lifted our weary load."
And they builded him a tomb
Afar in the silent West,
And that beautiful flower which men call
Peace
Spread its leaves above bis breast.
11.
A man passed over the road
Ere the Summer days were dead,
And the leaves of the flower that bloomed
iu Spring
He trampled with ruthless tread.
And many a word he spoke,
And his arrogant face was flushed ;
And laughed aloud with the noisy crowd
When the leaves of the flower were
crushed.
But down many a swarthy face
Flowed tears of bitterest pain.
"For he is come"—the bondman spoke—
" To forge our chains again."
He must seek the tomb some time
Afar in the silent West,
But will ever the flower which men call
Peace
Spread its leaves above bis breast ?
PijSWIIMWfIUS.
THE DWARF'S WEDDING.
It is well known that ice is capa
ble of such great solidity as to re
tain in cold countries any desired
shape for a long time ; and houses
have been constructed of it which
have resisted the elements, not only
through the winter, hut far into the
succeeding summer, and in some in
stances,even during several years.
In illustration of this fact, the Cour
ier des Etats Unis tells the following
story :
Peter the Great of Russia had in
h's service a buffoon, named Nickol
eff, a dwarf in size, and particularly
ugly i'u appearance, hut possessed of
a mind full of intelligence and over
flowing with wit and sarcasm, in the
exercise of "which even the sacred
majesty of the Czar was not always
respected. He one day approached
his master and requested permission
to marry.
"Aud who do you suppose would
marry you ?" demanded the Czar.
" Catherine Italivaski," replied the
dwarf.
"Catherine Italivaski ! that ma
jestic, beautiful creature, attached
as fille de chamber to one of the Em
press' ladies in waiting ! Impossible,
my poor Nickolieff! She is young
and beautiful, and you are old and
ugly."
" She loves me?" said Nickolieff,
swelling with offended pride. "Ev
erybody does not look upon mc with
the unfavorable eyes of your majes
ty 1"
" You roust be very rich, then, or
she would not love you," said the
Czar.
"Allow'ng that to be, I should not
be the first one who has been loved
for his wealth !" replied the buffoon,
with a cynical smile. " I kdow of
one far more rich and more powerful
than I am, who has thought himself
loved for himself alone, instead of
his piles of yellow gold, and was so
plainly deceived that he alone was
unsuspicious of the true object."
The Emperor turned pale with an
ger, and bit his lip until the blood
flowed, for the buffoon alluded to a
love adventuie of the monarch well
known at court, but of which none
had dared to speak above a whisper.
" Very well," said he, controlling
his rage by a violent effort, "since
you desire to marry Catherine Itali
vaski, you shall do so. I charge my
self with the whole expense of the
nuptials, and you will receive from
me the palace which you will occupy
with your charming bride. Mean
time you are forbidden to leave your
chamber, under penalty of being
made acquainted with the knout, in
comparison with which the blows of
my wife, which have often made your
shoulders ache, are mere love caress
es."
Fifteen days after, the day of Jan
uary, 1720, the buffoon was awaken
ed at daybreak by the sounds of
music at the door of the chamber
which served him as a prison. A
number of the servauts of the Czar
entered, clothed him in a magnificent
suit of garments, then placed him on
a sledge, to which were attached
four of the most beautiful horses in
the imperial stables, and surround
ed by a cortege composed of the
greatest lords and ladies of the im
perial court, conducted him to the
cathedral Notre Dame de Kazan,
where the nuptial ceremony was cel
ebrated with a splendor and extrava
gauce which not only reassured, but
delighted the proud Nickolieff.
The nuptial benediction pronounc
ed, the happy couple mere placed up
on the sledges, and conducted to an
isolated place, a short distance from
the city, on the banks of the Neva,
where had been built a palace the
like of which never existed, except
in fairy tales. The palace, which
seemed to be constructed of crystal,
and whicli reflected in thousands of
luminous rays the blazing torches of
the cortege, was built ot massive
blocks of ice,cut out as if from stoue
aud fastened with water in place of
cement. The dwarf aud his wife
were introduced into an immense
hall, the furniture of which, tables,
chairs, chandeliers, every tiling was
made of ice, aud were served, in the
presence of the Emporor aud his at
tendants, with a feast of regal sump
tuousness. The choicest and most
delicate wines were served in abund
ance, and the goblets of Nickolieff
and Catherine—also carved from
blocks of ice—were kept constantly
filled, until, at a signal from Peter,
the spouses, stupefied with wine,
were carried to the nuptial chamber
and placed upon a bed of solid ice,
richly carved and gilded, and there
left, without fire or other clothing, iu
the frigid temperature of a Russian
winter. The doors of the chamber
; and palace were then sealed by pour
ing water over them, which immedi
ately congealed, rendering them
equally solid with the walls them
selves. As the cortege withdrew,
the cruel Czar remarked.—
"Behold! a nuptial night such as
was never witnessed before."
Eight months after the fatal night,
says the historian Leveque—that is,
at the close of the month of August
—this palace and tomb of ice still
existed, and in an almost perfect
state. Certain portions of the ex
terior only had yielded to the influ
ence of the warm winds and sun,aud,
melting, ad formed about it a species
of opaque stalactites. The mouu
meut itself gradually lost its trans
parency, and became a dirty, tarnish
ed mass, through which it was no
longer possible, thanks to God, to
distinguish the bodies of the frozen
lovers, of which the very features
had been so long visible. Another
winter passed,consolidating the fear
ful tomb anew, so that, two years
later, under the combination of frost,
hail, snow, dust, sun and rain, this
fairy palace was completely trans
formed into a little hillock and hid
eous to behold.
When, at last, Peter the Great l
gave orders to demolish the frightful
witness to his barbarity, the pickaxe
and bar were found insufficient for
the purpose, and recourse to blasting
was necessary to relieve the shores ;
of tha beautiful Neva from the vill- j
anous object which recalled so dis- <
graceful a history.
A BULL FIGHT AT MADRID.
The capital of Spain is justly re
garded by all travelers as one of the
very dullest and most uninteresting
cities in Europe. Its gallery of paint
ings and its armory are indeed mag
nificent, and should be visited by all
lovers of the arts ; but with these
exceptions there is little to repay a
lengthened sojourn within its pre
cincts; for its public places of amuse
ment are few and poor, except as re
gards one sport—that truly national
one of the " Toreo," which in this
metropolis of the land of hull-fights,
is to he seen to perfection. During
a short visit to Madrid, a few years I
ago, we were fortunate to he present
at one, which we will describe from
our notes made immediately after the
" function," as it is graudiloquently
termed in Spain.
Passing through the entrance cor
ridor of the amphitheatre—which
struck us as resembling, on a vast
scale, some of our country circuses,
only open at top ; a sort of cross, in
deed, between the old Roman circus
and Astley's—we were soon seated
in the front row. of the first stage,
surrounded by a buzzing crowd, the
men all smoking " cigarillos," and the
women all flirting their " ahauicos,"
while they anxiously await the open
ing of a small door opposite to us,
from which the bulls destined to be
fought and killed for our amusement
and instruction will soon enter the
arena.
A number of gaily dressed ama
teurs, gentlemen of the ring, we con
clude, in full " majo " or native swell
costume—short jacket of many col
ors, two diminutive white handker
chiefs, one each side, jauntily peep
ing out of the breast-pockets, gaudi
ly-colored silk waistbands, many
folded, and long ashen wauds, peeled
at, short intervals for ornament—
saunter in groups around the arena.
The " innocent" Isabella does not
occupy the royal box in her own
proper and royal person, but is rep
resented by some of her noble and
intellectual court.
A trumpet now sounds, and, lo ! a
gentleman in black rides in, some
thing like Hamlet grown very corpu
lent and shabby ; and he is followed
by the " toreros " who are to figure
in the games of the circus. They
advance in procession to the royal
box, and make each his obeisance
lowly as he passes, went silently out
again. Shortly the doors open once
more to admit some half-dozen "plea
dores" cased in ungainly suits of
stout and inflexible yellow leather,
and wearing broad-brimmed " som
breros." They bear, in martial man
ner, each his long lance or goad, and,
mounted on very sorry Hudibrastic
hacks, they take their station at in
tervals within the circle, amidst a
Budden and deep silence. Not a word
is now spoken. There is something
awful in the silence of that vast mul
titude of humau beings, with their
eager and glittering eyes .fixed so
earnestly on one point. The bright
blue vault of heaven spreads cloud
lessly over-head ; the scorching sun
looks fiercely down on the scene.—
Suddenly the door opens again, and
a dark object, indistinct through the
dust raised by it, rushes into the are
na It is the bull. He pauses for a
moms it to biok around him, and then
we see him, black and broad-chested,
with glaring blood-shot eyes, that
seem to dart fire. He lashes his sides
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furiously with his tail, hut only for a
few moments, while he eyes his foes,
who await his attack motionless as
statues, each horseman fronting him
with firmly-leveled spear. He dashes
madly at the nearest of his foes ; in
vain the spear opposes him ; horse
and rider roli over with a crash.—
There is no time now to see whether
he is killed, for the bull, desp.sing bis
prostrate foes, rushes at the uext
and the six picadores are ignomini.
ously overthrown iu as many seconds,
Some vault over the harrier, whilst
others are helped to rise by the "chu
los," and make a hasty retreat. On
ly one of the horses remains stand
ing ; blinded aud bewildered, the
poor oeast staggers about the sandy
arena with his entrails trailing on
the ground, a horrible mass of blood.
The hull, now m the centre of the
arena, is saluted with one universal
shout of delight—" bravo toro ! viva
tor >!" But he glares round at the
applauding crowd with blood-shot
eyes and bleeding head, for he has
not escaped without some severe
wouuds, aud looks as though he would
like to clear the barrier and destroy
the whole crowd of his tormentors,
when his eyes suddenly alight upon
the poor staggering horse. Immedi
ately he bends low his gory and foam
covered head ; he paws the ground
for a few moments savagely with his
hoofs ; and then, receding slightly
and growling lowly ; he makes a
sudden and fierce hound. Do you
hear that hollow crash ? His horns
have pierced through and through
the wretched animal, whom he bears
bodily up in the air lor au iustant,
and then dashes him agaiust the har
rier with a shock which seems to
make the place tremble. The ap
plause is now redoubled ; handker
chiefs are waved by fair delicate
hands ; and " bravo toro !" resounds
on every side. After a short pause
the " handilleros," with their sheaves
of little darts, leap over the harrier.
They run fearlessly, one after the
other, up to the hull, each dexterous
ly fixing in his streaming hide his
small barbed and bannered weapou.
The hull, wild aud distracted with
the number and agility of his ene
mies and the stings of the darts,
blindly rushes, first at one, then at
another, and now stands still a few
moments, roaring with rage and vain
ly trying to shake off the fluttering
arrows. The " chulos," with their
colored cloths or veils, now run up to
him, tempt, taunt and dare him to at
tack them. One man holds the ob
noxious veil low upon the ground,
and as the bull, with bent head,
makes a rush at it, jumps nimbly
over his horns, amidst the "vivas"
of the spectators. Ah ! tnat hold
fellow with the blue vail is surely
caught. No, not yet : hut the hull
is close upon him. With head low
bent he makes a rush ; he has him on
his horns. No'; the nimble " chulo "
has vaulted over the barrier amongst
the spectators, leaving his veil, how
ever, beJiind him, which the bull tears
into a thousand tatters. Mad with
rage and panting with fatigue, he
moves slowly into the centre of the
ring, glaring savagely around him,
sole and victorious hero of the scene.
j The laughter and shouts which
greeted the lively " chulos " subside;
a death-like silence pervades the
whole place. The bull seems to
know the meaning of it by instinct.
He stands motionless himself, and
gazes dully around him. The door
again opens ; now enters the " mata
dor " —slim, lithe, and debonnair. He
bows to the royal box, and then,
marching jauntily up to the bull,
stands fully in front of him, and with
one arm outstretched holding his
blood-red banner, with head and body
erect, feet firmly planted together,
and the right armHlrawn back, he
points his light straight sword at the
bull's forehead. The action is sig
nificant. It is a language the bull
appears to understand perfectly—
" touch me and you die." Thus mo
tionless they remain facing each oth
er for some few moments. The " ma
tador " becomes impatient. He wav
es his red banner before the bull's
eyes to enrage him. With a low
moan, the bull holds down his head,
paws the dust with his forehoofs, and
backs slowly for some yards, his eyes
still fixed upon the blood-rea banner.
The " matador" follows hitu up,
again assumes his position, and again
waves the banner.
The bull now rushes forward.—
Quick as lightning the steel is driven
into the nape of his neck, lie halts,
staggers, and is about to fall, wheu,
with one violent effort, he sends the
sword, still vibrating with the blow,
up into the air. What a roar of rage
pain and despair echoes through the
amphitheatre, crowded with animals
more savage and brutal than the ani
mal they thus delight to see tortured.
It was pitiful to see the poor beast,
as he staggered up to the barrier for
support. Pity, indignation and dis
gust moved us by turns. What can
these people be, who find a pleasure
in such cruelty, such inhuman and
bloody work,and think it good sport?
Our whole heart was with the brave
bull ; but in vain. No one can help
him—he must die. The " matador "
has regained his sword, and again
approaches his devoted victim. The
indomitable animal, worn out, woun
ded, and fore knowing his fate, as he
does, still shows no sign of giving
in—nay, he seems bent on a still
greater effort, for be uow follows up
the banner steadily, but warily, and
clearly meaning mischief. At last
he makes his final bound forward, and
the sword again is driven, but this
time up to the hilt, in his muscular
neck. His knees bend under him, he
gives one low moan, his head sinks
down, and he falls heavily, a lifeless,
bleeding mass, prone on the ground.
Rounds of wild applause salute
the smiling, bowing " matador," as
he proceeds to withdraw his sword
from the neck of his prostrate foe,
cleanses it from the blood with his
banuer, aud, once more gracefully
bowing to the assembly, marches
proudly out of the arena. Agaiu the
door opens, and a man drives four
horses into the ring, with-thick ropes
trailing after them. These are at
tached by hooks to the carcases of
the dead horses, which have been
left where they fell, and are now car
ried out. Fiually, the heavy body of
the noble bull is dragged ignomiui
ously away at full gallop, sending
up a cloud of dust, aud leaving a
blood-red mark on its track.
The first fight over, groups of " ma
jos " leapt over the barriers, and noi
sily discussed the performances ;
shouting, laughing nse again once
more with unpleasant liveliness on
the ear ; the ladies, laughing right
merrily, went through all the tan ex
ercises, aud a general movement of
sit and stand-at-ease took place
throughout the amphitheatre.
Subsequently to this, which was
prououuced to be a first-rate battle,
five more bulls were sacrifice to the
popular thirst for blood ; but the la
dies laughingly agree that none of
them showed such mettle as the first.
One of the poor animals was struck
three times unsuccessfully by the
" matador," who was finally hooted
out of the arena, whilst the poor bull
crouching on the sand,moaned and
sobbed iu the angony of its anguish.
Perhaps its thoughts had reverted to
its lost liberty, to the greeu pastures
by the flowing Tagus. I think, in
deed, it must be so, for it stretched
forward its head with a look of in
describable longing and despair, and
licked the dust with its parched yet
blood-stained tongue, as though it
saw there the fresh running water of
the stream. Three men now ap
proached, two of whom heldjthe bull
down by force —it did not require
much to effect that—whilst the third,
raising a long and glittering knife
aloft, plunged it deep into the ani
mal's spine. With one convulsive
bound the bull sprung up, and tlieu
suddenly fell prune aud motionless in
the dust.
We felt sick aud disgusted when
we left the field of blood, aud yet
such a p iwerful fascination did the
whole scene exercise ou us that it re
quired some resolution to avoid at
tending the subsequent bull-fights
which took place during our sojourn
in Madrid. We did, however, refrain,
aud thus euded our first aud last bull
fight in Spain.
INHABITANTS OF THE HUMAN
BODY.
What think you reader, of your
body being a planet, inhabited by liv
ing races, as we inhabit the earth ?
Whatever may be your thoughts on
the subject,it is even so. Your body is
but a home for parasites, that crawl
over its surface, burrow oeueatb its
skiu, nestle in its entrails, and riot
aud propagate in their kind in every
corner of its frame. The sensation
in regard to trachiua in swine flesh
basset the scientific to "knocking
their heads together," and the result
is the following facts : Parasites not
only inhabit the bodies of all animals
used by us as food, but they aretyso
found in abundance in our own or
ganization. The species trachiua spi
ralis,of which so much has been said,
aud whose existence has been discov
ered iu pork, is, according to our best j
anatomists, fouud iu almost every
muscle of the human body. It lies
along the fibres of the muscles, en
veloped in little cysts or sacs about
one-fourth of an inch in length. It
can be distinctly seen and examined
only by tho use of the microscope.—
Professor Wood, of Philadelphia,
says : "No evidence has yet been
produced of any morbid influence ex
erted by the trachina upon the sys
tem during life. They have been
found in subjects carried oil' by sud
den death (accident) and in the midst
of health." An English authority
says : "It is a notorious fact that
the uumerous parasites do crawl over
our surface, burrow beneath our skin,
nestle in our entrails, and riot and
propogate their species iu every cor
ner of our frame. Nearly a score of
animals belonging to the interior of
the human body have been already
discovered and described, and scarce
ly a tissue or an organ but is occa
sionally profaned by their inroads.—
Each, also, has its favorite or its
special domicil. One species of stran
gle chooses the heart for its dwelling
place, another inhabits the arteries,
a third the kidneys. Myriads of mi
nute worms lie coiled up in the vol
untary muscles, or in the areolar tis
sue that connects the fleshy fibres.—
The guinea worm aud the chique
bore through the skin and reside in
the subjacent verticular membrane.
Hyatids invest various parts of the
body, but especially the liver and the
brain. A little fluke, iu general ap
pearance much like a flounder, lives
steeped in gall in the biliary vessels.
If you squeeze from the skiu of your
nose what is vulgarly called a mag
got —the coutents, namely one of the
hair follicles—it is ten to one that
you will find in that small sebacious
cylinder several auimaculre, exhibit
ing under the microscope a curious
and complicated structure. Even the
eye has its living inmates. With this
knowledge of our composition, it mat
ters but little how many entozoa we
consume, so long as we do not see
them ; it is nothing more than all
ages have done before us. We might
with as much propriety refuse to
driak water, which, however pure, is
fairly alive with auiinalculaas, as to
refuse to eat meat because it exhibits
(under the microscope) entozoa."
A LITTLE Swedish girl was walking
with her father one night, under the starry
sky, intently meditating npon the glories oi
Heaven. At last, looking up to the sky,she
said : "Father, I have been thinking if the
wrong side of Heaven is so beautiful, what
will the right side.be?"
REMOVING SOLDIERS' REMAINS
On Tuesday last a train of army
wagous passed up Potomac street.—
A portion of them were loaded with
stained pine coffins, standing on cud;
the others contained the camp equip
age and provisions of a portion of
the Autietam Cemetery Burial Corps.
They proceeded to the grave-yard on
the county ground, near the bone
mill. The wagons were driven to
Colonel Hughes's field, and prepara
tions made for a camp. The snow
was shoveled away from a space
large enough to pitch the tents,
which were soon put up ; fires were
built, and soon the bleak fields had
some of the appearance of a military
camp. On Wednesday morning the
process of disinterment commenced.
After removing the snow from the
outside row of graves, the first grave
was opened, and the body taken out.
This left a place for the earth from
the next grave, and a " breast" or a
chauce to get at the frozen crust of
earth covering it (about a foot thick)
and so on through the row or tier.—
The bodies are buried about three
feet below the surface, the graves
about eight inches apart, and coffins
were used in all cases. The earth is
taken away down to the top of the
coffin, and carefully cleaned there
from. Then the top of the coffin is
split by a pick and taken off. The
body lies there, a black mass of de
composed flesh and bones. Some
have blankets around them ; others
have not. The new coffin is placed
alongside the grave ; one man sta
tioned himself at the head with a
square, short-handled shovel ; anoth
er at the foot with a spade ; and
with these implements the remains
are removed into the new coffins.—
What was apparently the form of a
man as it lay in the coffin, when dis
turbed is nothing by a pile of bones,
the flesh all being decayed, and turn
ed to black dust. The skull is placed
at the head of the coffin, the other
bones, and decayed cloth thrown
in indiscriminately, the coffin covered
and lifted away, and another grpve
opened.
About two hundred bodies are
buried in this place, mostly those
who died in the hospital after the
battle of Antietam. A few were kill
ed near where they were buried,
when Kilpatrick attacked Lee's re
treating army. Some rebel dead
were buried here ; these are not dis
turbed. About thirty bodies were
taken up the first day.— Hagerntoicn
Herald.
VITAL STATISTICS OF MA.VKI.NT>. —There
are on the globe about 1,288,000,000
of souls, of which
369,000,000 are of the Circassian
race ;
552,000,000 are of tin- Mongol race;
190,000,000 are of the Ethiopian
race ;
176,000,000 are of the Malay race;
1,000,000 are of the Ande-Ameri
can race.
There are 3,648 languages spoken,
and 1,000 different religions.
The yearly mortality of the globe
is 3,333,333 persons. Thus, at the
rate of 91,554 per day, 3,730 per
hour, 60 per minute ; so each pulsa
tion of our heart marks the decease
of some human creature.
The average of human life is 36
years.
One-fourth of the population die at
or before the age of 7 years—one
hall at or before 17 years.
Among 10,000 persons, one arrives
at the age of 100 years, one in 500
attains the age of 90, and one in 100
lives to the* age of 60.
Married men live longer than sin
gle ones. In 1,000 persons 62 marry
and more marriages occur in June
and December than in any other
months in the year.
One-eighth of the whole population
is military.
Professions exercise great inflnence
on longevity.
In 1,000 individuals who arrive at
the age of 70 years, 42 are priests,
orators or public speakeis, 40 are
agriculturists, 33 are workmen, 32
Boldiers or military employes, 20 ad
vocates or engineers, 27 professors,
and 25 doctors. Those who devote
their lives to the prolongation of that
of others die the soonest.
There are 335,000,000 Christians.
There are 5,000,000 Iraelites.
There are 60,000,000 of the Asiatic
religion.
There are 100,000,000 Mahomme
dans.
There are 100,000,000 Pagans.
Iu the Christian churches :
180,000,000 profess the Roman Ca
tholic faith.
75,000,0u0 profess the Greek faith.
80,000,000 profess the Protestant.
A TEA party without scandal is like
a knife without a handle.
WORDS without deeds are liks husks
without seeds.
FEATURES without grace are like a
clock without a face.
A LAND without laws is like a cat
without its claws.
A MASTER without a cane is lik§ a
rider without a rein.
MARRIAGE without means is like a
horse without his beans.
A QUARREL without fighting is like
thunder without lightning.
A MAN without a wife is like a fork
without a knife.
WHY is a handsome laced boot like
the father of a family ? Because it is a prop
er gaiter (propagator).
WHY should every lamplighter be
named William ? Because Bills run up so
quickly.
AN exchange says, lovers, like ar
mies, generally get along qnietly until they
are engaged.
A YOUNG woman who went to buy
a sewing machine blushingly requested to
i see one with a feller.
Low as the grave is, you cannot
climb high enough to see beyond it
#2 per* Annum, in Advance.
REMARKS OF
HON. 0. WAYNE KINNEY,
MEMBEK FBOM BKADFOKD COUNTY,
In the House of Representatives, Thursday
afternoon, Saturday 31, 1867, on Senate
bill No. 3, entitled Joint Resolution to
ratify the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States.
Mr. KINNEY. Mr. Speaker, the
proposition before the House sug
gests a chauge in the fundamental
law of the land. While its thorough
discussion would seem to be the la
bor of statesmen—of men well versed
in the theory of government—l pro
pose nevertheless, briefly, to glance
at the subject as it appears to my
simple understanding. The Constitu
tion itself has so carefully guarded
all approaches to it, in the way of al
terations or amendments, that I have
no lears of any undue encroachments
upon it. All sovereignty resting in
the people of this Government, their
voice fairly expressed, may always
be relied upon as safe and whole
some. The danger consists in thwart
ing their decisions or stifling their
expression. So much, sir, is the Con
stitution venerated, that the growth
and advancement of our institutions
may be retarded from sheer conserv
atism and reluctance to change.—
Such is notoriously the fact in rela
tion to the church, and it seems to
me, sir, to be quite too true in the af
fairs of State. It should be remem
bered that no country named in his
tory can compare with this in ail the
elements of advancement and great
ness ; but in many respects we are
still wearing the garments of youth,
and in danger of being dwarfed out
of fear of a change in our habiliments.
We seem afraid to trust ourselves in
repairing the damage caused by a
well known defect in our system, or
strengthen weak points developed
by the terrible years just passed.
We have witnessed the growth and
culmination of a rebellion of stupen
dous proportions under this same
Constitution and yet there are those
who seem to think no change or mod
ification in it is necessary to prevent
a like occurrence. That men reared
in the same latitude and locality
should think so unlike upon questions
of right and duty and Government,
may be set down as one of the anorn
olies of our existence. That a sys
tem of persistent drilling and educa
tion should transform the adherence
of men, in a generation, from a de
mocracy controlled by law to a disin
tegration of our Republic, is among
the strange things we have wit
nessed with sadness. The proud
and defiant Democratic party, which
had so long controlled our Govern
ment, had become manipulated by
the immaculate teacher, John C. Cal
houn, till it finally became the cham
pion of rebellion. The transforma
tion had been so gradual and com
plete that it appeared to require no
sacrifice of principle to sympathize
with,if not directly to aid in,the over
throw of Republican institutions on
this continent
The seeds sown by that apostle of
evil, John C. Calhoun, bore in due
time legitimate fruit. The doctrine
of State sovereignty, and the still
more daugerous sentiment he ineul- I
cated of liberty unrestrained by law, !
were nourished by the immaculate
Democratic party and rolled as a
sweet morsel under its tongue. " The
cohesive power of plunder," held the
elements and cemented them into a
bond of corruption, not dissolved till
the eup of abominations ran over.—
The persistent labor of educating and
drilling the masses, was entrusted to
worthy and willing bauds, North and
South. Their appliances were some
times crushed,but what did it matter,
the great unterrified held domination,
and the reins of the Federal Govern
ment were firmly held by the slave
power. They dealt out crumbs from
the plantation table to their North
ern parasites, and in return their ad
herents North did their bidding and
their dirty work. They were educa
ted to love slavery and lick the mas
ter's hand. The ark of the covenant
between Democracy and slavery was
studious.y preserved and guarded,
and became the bond of a great Dem
ocratic brotherhood. When Thomas
W. Dorr, of Rhode Islaud, wishing to
change the system of elective fran
chise in that State, wheeled the can
on upon the law-and-order citizens of
Providence, it was one of the first
lessons in the chapter of anarchy and
disruption, which grew rapidly into
gigantic proportions under the culti
vation of Democratic teachers'. Dem
ocratic presses everywhere applaud
ed, and when Dorr was finally incar
cerated, they howled with terrible in
dignation. The same party, with tin
same presses, justified the gutting of
this House by Democratic rowdies,
and pronounced it a blow for liberty.
Jolly they were over the election of
members of this House through its i
windows and back doors. And when, !
later, the mob dictated an election by
revolvers and bludgeons, few denun
ciations emanated from their organs.
Their acquisition of Texas from a sis
tor Republic, wholly in the interest
of slavery,was a continuation ol their
lawless history, lu permitting the
slave power to stir up the difficulty
with Mexico, pouncing upon two
whole States as Texas, then carrying
the war into Mexico, and seizing still
more of her territory to indemnify
them for taking the two States, was
according to the most refined Demo
cratic idea of " extending the area of
freedom." The history of the repeal
of the Mi.-souri compromise, with the
organization of Kansas into a State
by a Missouri mob, and the horrible
massacre of free State families by
red shirted ruffians in the employ of
slave Democracy, these are all fresh
in the memories of men ; but the
whole truth has never been !old. The
I barbarities of the slave power in
I Kansas exceed all the "shrieking"
| ever yet published. Following up
I these events were disturbances in
Mexico and tie filibustering expedi
tions of that " gray-eyed man of des
tiny," Bill Walker, in Central Ameri
ca, to carve out slave .States. All
these things were connived at, wink
ed at and encouraged by the Demo
cratic narty, and when Walker was
taken in the wa'ers of Nicaragua by
Commodore I'auiding, Mr, Buchanan
denominated it a " grave error," and
all the Democratic presses echoed it
as a " grave error." Can it seem,
then, so very strange to find these
same elements of Democracy falling
so gracefully into the embraces of se
cession ? With this constant train
ing, is it a matter of surprise to find
them sympathizing with their "err
ing sisters" of the South ? Once in
the maelstrom they could not extri
cate themselves if they would ; T
think they would not if they could.
Sir, I have ailu led in the briefest
possible manner, to a few ouly ui the
evidences of disruption and anarchy
produced by the political education
of the Calhoun school. That their
party attachments should be so strong
as to relinquish their grasp upon the
last vestige of rational liberty on
eartK may seem unaccountable
The approaching census of 1860
was to disclose to the South the great
disparity in the growth and popula
tion of the respective sections. None
knew better than they the lessons de
ducible from that disparity ; one of
which was that, except by some won
derful political legerdemain, tbe scep
tm of power in the Federal Govern
ment was hereafter to be wielded by
the North. Their efforts to secure
slave territory in Mexico and Ceutral
America had proved a failure. The
Dred Scott decision had proven abor
tive by their defeat in Kansas. The
reopening of the slave trade conld
not be m ide available without the
acquisition of Cuba as the entrepot
from which to distribute into the ter
ritories. These nicely laid schemes
having all been defeated by Northern
sagacity and firmness ; the power of
the Democratic party in the free
States having been broken by the
light of intelligence imparted to the
people through free schools, free pul
pits and Methodist stump speakers,
the South was ready for separation
by rebellion.
Without so much as putting forth
to the world a bill of rights,or setting
forth a list of grievances, they com
mitted several clear and positive
acts of war, and then fired upon Fort
Sumter. Without reciting what is so
sadly familiar to every household in
the land, permit me to say that for
four years every link which bound
| those seceding States to the Federal
Government was severed. All au
thority in the South was wielded
against the Government. Their ter
ritory remained within the bounda
ries of what was once the Union it is
true. But all that constituted a State,
and all that constituted civil or mili
tary authority, was not ouly without
the pale of the Union, but was bitter
ly hostile to it. Every school boy
can comprehend the truth. They took
up the sword and perished by the
sword. Their conduct was simply
right or wrong. If right, then they
are entitled to all the privileges and
franchises they ever had under the
regis of the Government, and Mr.
Johnson and his newly-made friends,
and the rebel and his long-time friend
and ally are in the right, aud their
very kind and benevolent views
should be respected accordingly. But
if they were clearly and palpably in
the wrong —if the destruction of hun
dreds of thousands of the best men
of the laud to butisly an unholy am
bition was wrong, then should they
be made to suffer tor the wrong they
have done, and no mawkish charity
or licentious benevolence intervene
to save that people from such a de
privation of civil and political rights
as will in some measure deter tlicit*
from a renewal of the strife,and leave
some laud mark of the disapproba
tion of all right-minded men. These
amendments propose to do this. They
are offered as a mild protection
against future treason. They do not
propose to restore to ws our lost ones;
they do nut deal out anathemas for
our losses, but they do urge that we
come back to those ideas of govern
ment enunciated in the immortal Dec
laration of Independence, founded up
on the equality of human rights.—
Like wise rulers they intend strength
ening the weak points in our nation
al fortifications—weak points devel
oped by these four years of internal
strife. Would they not be unwise
not to do this ? Whoever may have
stamped them as a "string of glit
tering generalities," matters little ;
we are in deep earnest—as were our
fathers—that they are eternal truths,
and that they shall enter into the fu
ture of our Republican government.
As the great party of progress, we
assume the responsibility of amend
iug ties fundamental law. Let our
friends mourn, it they will, that their
Southern allies cannot be pbte.-d in
the jury-box on this trial of them
selves. We are willing to adopt tin
theories of i'hilip Sober, when he de
clared that rebels should have no
voice in the restoration of the seced
ed States. We are willing to listen
to the voice of that loyal element
which stood by the llag when to do
so " tried men's soul but to place
the question in the hands of t! c
gujlty parly would l< most supreme
folly.
Nothing is asked but wh tis dic
tated by the clearest se: se of justice
aud mercy. \V hen we consider the
magnitude of their great crime, the
unjustifiable barbarity p-acliced up
on their prisoners, taeir persistency
in beginning aud continuing the war
after so many assurances itad been
given them of the enjoyment of all
the rights they ever had in the Union,
we can see no malice, no revenge for
past wrongs—nothing but fairness
and even magnanimity in the pro
posed amendment ; and their friends
ought to blush for their sharp opposi
tion to such benignant terms.
"Oh! my dear child,how eani<- yon
so wet ?" inquired an affectionate mother of
her son. " Why, ma one of the boys said 1
darestn't jump into the creek, and by jine"
I tell yon I ain't to be dared."
" llow are you Smith?" says Jones.
Smith pretends not to know him. and rc -
; plies hesitatingly—
"Sir, you have got the advantage of m
j " Yes," retorts Jones, " I suppose even
| body has that's got common sense."
! Smith looks nnhappy.
"Bi bby, why don't yen go home
| und have your mother sew up that hole in
! your trowsers ?"
"Oh! go along old woman, our lolks aie
i at the sewing circle, working for the heath
en."
NUMBER 38.