S. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
VOLUME XXX Vill.
Vastness Cards.
n. KiNNEY,
4TTORNf 1%.4
Offtre—lt."xons formerly oecupled by l Y-.M. C. A
It o, lll. . Ljan.3l'7s.
ANTILLIAMS & ANGLE,
4 TTORNE FS-A T-LAW
F occiipte'd by Wm. Watkins:
F.•q. •
(oct. 17, '77)
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31 . cPlIERSON,
ATTORNEY AND t'OI:NSELE'OII•AT-LAW,
TOW A N D A,
Alry Brod. Co
31 A SON & HEAD,
7' TO E Y S-A-T-1, A IS
T.Avanda, ra. Office over Illvrtlett & Tracy, Male-st.
lEEE
MMIMI
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V A L. IIILLIS;
L . • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW',
TOWA:' , IDA;J'A.
Mice wtth Smith & PAtontan ye. nov Vl-74
F GOFF,
L 4.
A . TTORNEY-AT-L4W.
aln Street (4 doors north of \Vara lion,e). To-
Wanda, Pa. Arrlll2. 1877. ,
TIMM PSON, ATTORNEY
T • LAW, NV VALI•e , IN G. A. —W ill attend
all buNlness etdpisted 14: 'rare In Bradford,
fullirauland Wyoming Coontl.vs- (Alice with Esq.
porter. pkovi9-74.
ELSBREE,
ATTORN EY-AT-T.W.
0014-75. - T A MDA
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CI" L. LA:Nill„
ATTORNI:Y-AT-LAIW. \
• NV 1.1: E....llArtnk, PA,
Collech.'" promptly lttiendmi to. - \
)011N - If. IX,
ATTORNF: !i•T LAW,
C - OM 2 !SST" N .
DIWANDA,
Office—Norte Side Pur•lkr. Square
T)AVIES 4 C.:I'IINOCIIAN,
ATT ,, It-NE.Yq AT L.
vT,
SUUTH SIPE U' WARD I6I I I AF
Dee 23-.75,
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P r.., n i , Attort.Ni:-AT-I...var.
• 1, prepared to D r...tit,r all branches, oi hts
profession: .
Office, lIERCI'II BLOCK, (entrance on wroth
ilde) TOW APIA, PA. ,Jane-:4.
clL)Rorit
. S. M. W0611131 - 11X, l'hrsi
• clan and Surgeon. °Rice over U. A. Mick',
ery store.
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- yr AI)ILL CALIFF,
ATToRNLY. AT LAW,
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TolV ANDA., rA. •
Onice in Wocoirs Mori:, first d...0r sout.k tpe. tirst
bank,
H. .1. MADILL.. - I.Ln.-731y) .1. N. C PeLl FF.
fi RIDLEY & PAYNE.
k if
A fr,,Esrf Ts-. 4 T- LA 11
T'ltAi Fi, MAIN STrEET
ToWANDA,
L. t'. aRIPLEY
ME
TAMES WOOD,-
ATTOP:SEY-AT-LAW.
Tow:o;4,A. r.
OEM
CFIAS. M. HALL
Attorney-,at-Law and Notary,
cAr.f ,11 at t-To ally r.ntrit-rit
t‘.l Ml. I,:m. "tit Nt lilt Patrick St (Aicrr
Tmvandzt, ;Jun,•7•77:.
• T OLIN F. SANDERSON,
tp ArDwNEy-‘r-I.Am
'IF E.—Means _ 1 ull4ling (0,1: Posvell' , lore)
mr h9-7f;
W ' W m 1, I "1"I'
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- A TT , 11j::11 T-LA 11% To WANDA, PA
I. , frice over Nt.llr, rtrect
viim:ta,--Pa... A * l , l‘ol 1 , . '7l;
0 - EOIIOF, D. STI10171),
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Tro•RNE AND ••••• t.'SSEr;LoR- 4 7 4 -/....41V
re , itr North,of '' 11•••1,
•tPr:o - tio-4.1i• Sup• - •••••.,
of P••••••••••••Ivani3 aid i '
oit.d • T•iNV.I!•• 1)A• PA
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ij sT REF,IER
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oFFIcE,
T,twA. DA, PA
MEI
.()VERTON & MERCI'II,
A tr ,, lt Y‘ L f - 1 ., AT LAW,
• TI.W A NDA PA:
e,ve r nlsyr,7S
‘. IN - I.:1:T. N, lI)NYY MII:t
TM. MAXWELL,
4 TTo Y- A T-L.4 TV.
OFFICE OrER DAYToN-'.s Z.Ti , nl:. TOW A NI , A, rA
April 1,;74
pATRic K t FOY I.F.
A TT, , KNEYS- A T- L A IS
?terra is
JI A.NDREW WILT,
.I • -1 4 _
g A TrgiRNY 0,,U55E1,1,01:
i'r Stor.., 1 ,,,r0i•0f
11. P.I. M L/e, c.onsilted
A ti "70..
1.7
()V E N S F:L'BHF. ATTOR;
Having ril
-1 ron.. -partmer , hip. p?.kf,•...tomal
IA: ztven
M. ho ati,l.l:eg.t-ter - - I otlrt- r
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F.' ,-..y r..1:1, •...i . .II:. (31r34-70) N. 4 . ELSI:RF:E
1 1 1 C. I'IIITAKEII,
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U ):;t T 1 ,F 4,x'r A FDA
Ast s. I; I. I.'S
'-- SLItA'NC E A G N C
EIMMIII
N . SI" - R.INCE ,,: I , G , ENCY.
1 : ELIA BLE AND 'FIRE: TRIED
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T , \ VAN DA iNSCIZACE AGENCY.
rt thf co?,
W. S. VIN-CEN
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DR. I:„.B.:JOHNSON,
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01%,• over. Dr. Porter & .5.,1,01 , . Drug store, T,wauda
AiD. L. noilst..,- DENTIST:
• 4 )ti and after Ser.T.., 21. mac he' forud In the
n-w nv,m• on 2.nd tl, t or of I/r. Pratrs-new
net,. Statt , !t*r t. Bustue..ss solielted.
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\IT B. KELLY', DENTIST.--.olllce
To i °Ter M. -E. R0..10114.1 ' f., TOlCallda. Pa.
. Tr.,tt,tem.rte4l! MI Gold.: Silver„ Rubber, and Al
e Inr.Wlll 1,1,0. Teeth extracted without pain.
. •tf-t. 14-72.
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D. PAYNE, M. D.,
rlirsiolAx A:VD S
7 :: T. Zovor MontAnyt,' Store. tethee hourtt s froot,lo
%• ` l ,. mot from 2 to 4, r. u. S1ort:11 ationtiNn
tkitltoa,t, of the nye anti Ear.-t t0t.19,"1'6.14.
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. IA IGH & BROADLEY,
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I.i_ Manurseturers of Woolen Goods, Yirus, k
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1 CARDING .& PRESSING,
Doue to order
Cash paid for:wool, also cloths ex 'ed for woo
June '7e-am
A - SSICINEE'S SALE:.
A
The verdict of the peopre'. is
,hat.M. E. ROSENFIELD'S is. the
I:=
CHEAPEST
PLACE TO BEY
CLOTHING.
fel, I'7,
And now I ani again haute the poel* with lb°
A ItTll I. ‘ " It HEAT,
BIGGEST 'INDUCEMENTS
That have ever been offered to the
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CITIZEN:!, OF TOWANDA.
A .47 7 -go EASTERN 0 TIHNO
HOUSE beiiij 0/4/t:d
MAKE AN ASH.INMENT
For th'e benrrn q% their vreditors,
assignetlas . selit to me
July 27,16
10,000000
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CLOTIIIN4
TO .11 ', \ SOLI) ill Ti. I I :6 - THE
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.N • EX T - TES -- 1,-4 IS.
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Jan. 1, 1875
To w
My positive tlivtruritotts from the 31,1gnee iiVe to
..eil tiir•e g 04.1:, fur I ak•li, a, ' , eon as pos,sible,
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wititor D.T I:4Rn TO WHAT
-T H E Y -tosT.
INNER]
GENTI I .FITIHSJI I 'SG 60DS
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I ATS, PS, &C.
Come Early if ion Wanfilarmitna.
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To3vntilia, I}tee. 1:77
QELLINGAR7I'.
.
Is kAling out his entire stock of
OLOTIIINa•REGARD
CLOTHING, AN!)
Tow 3A a, Pa.
Nylll-73
Until you have examine(' his stock
-.4 T L 4 1
Every boo y says he fziecs the
BIGGES'II -; _ BARGAINS EVE!;
A C 13. S
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Is now receiving
FA LL . AND` WIN 'PER S
C °THING!
Which has never bey EQUALLED he
fore in this market, either fur
LE, PA.
L&RAY
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Clothing
And its stfrrounans
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wrik OF E . A D Y-111 A DTI
We have arl.o a larg.l“llfic of
iMSM3
.• M. E. 110SENFIELD
J. DAVIS
LES'S OF COST
your
FURNISHING . GU,ODS
OFFEREI) TO 11'.1 Nll.l
QUA LIT;
I.)11' PRICE'S
If you doubt, call and examine.
Patton's Block- Main Street
Towanda, Sept. 4, 1877.
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Hium.:srr AIyARDS!
.1; - REYNOLDS •fk, SOK,
TIIIRTEENTII AND FILBEICT STS., PRLA.,
3tanufacturer ptented
WROUGHT-IRON AIR-TIWIT
ITEATE'RS,
15'1th Shill:trig and Clinker-Grindlng Grates for
' hurtling Anthracite or Ititundnons Coat. '
witocGirr-ißox unTERS
WROUGHT-IRON .HEATERS,
C*■)king Ranges, Low-(roan (:rites, Etc
Descriptive cirenivs T rit lir to address
EXAMINE IsEPMF, sELEcTING
.I'hlls4telphia, April '4ll, 77-1 j•
MEM
, WEDDING CARD DEPpT
! The latest styles
WEI)14N(1 INVITAVIONS
Prices Inner Oian .any lu the Country
oRDI.Its RY MAIL
7 4 1 1tO11P1?LY ATTENDED 'TO
STATIC•NER_ AND ENcRAVEN,
Ap;1112,
" VEG FTINF "
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1,45 1 S a 110511411:01V , 11 . 1a11, 113,1:14 , equal a 1.11. - 4
lair4fter. Ileziai),.ff of Ir. ul.rnc Itotulf•raul
After all lothor 1,114441 ,, 11.11 T 1.11 14 ,1, 1 S 1.114•41 11)4
a?i.i
.conNirt , r , l Iny...t•lf 4.1 ITS 1.1,111111 . 44
merit. It Is preitarl,l front roots and
eaelt - of hint rifoetlve. and tln , y alt
compand...llll styll thailtip to pl I AU.
1,1.21ng results."
vE(;ETINE •
N'ill cnr, the 1%,,Nt ,•r art ofi~a
Is rocianinen.l,l I.s 1 , !,y , ',of an.! aifr,tll,,,•at
EU ET I N E
liar . .`l[..Cted ni . ea , (•s of Can
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1' EG It T I N E
till. ttura CAM, Or ranker
\- • VEG ETI E
mttts lat .11'. rk ,,
VE(.;ETINE
from on•
N T.;
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•. V EGET' N E
, And fr,ll Ott fa-.
Et;ETIN
VE( ; E'r N E \
a . ‘31.1".1'.:t. 11.•;1.1:A.
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1•:(; I:,
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V FA lETINE
ElTo•ctti3lly cut' I i II t
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J. DAVIS
thc gnat th.r 4,1•t,.•131 p t,Litty
:II knnul. Igr,l I.y alll,<;•• of 1...0r!,. I‘.
at 1,11, 1 / 4. 1,1t.11. , tt a runfi,r 111 the At tirlll
VFlirriCSl: 1 , T.I.A; 1.1:1 4:4;1,tn,
G REATLY ItEDUcED
IIATcHIN , .. A %WANG,
Awl all kola,: of Pl:o,!ing-01111 Work
Ay po vt - : Di) NV :: N: : s
Which I atn wiling at prices tittmit the times
Made piomptly -to rylAki, at a Tow price, for CASIIs
IF YiTrti WA YT T , ) QUI('
Lumher brought here to be milled, will be kept
nutter co‘ et ami perfectly dry until taken away.
Goal nlieds for your horto,, And a dty Place to load.
Towanda. Jan. lti, 1577
THERI R
POI OFFICE
' Does the
Of any establisbanint :'n KortheraPenneyeania
Miocellesiemn.
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CETEXNIAL EXHIBITION
Northwest corner
CENTENNIAL
YEW Illtumlnoup Coal
KEYSTONE
HOSKINS
913 Philatlelihit
It. the great Itit...tt.
Ell
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EGIETINE
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VE(;ETINE
vE(; ET' NE
I'al:. , 10 I!..• Da. k
VEiiETINE
VD;ETINE
Tile-111111..1,11.;!....11 tl,,IDt
I=MilEMEll
I have ako o!, hand a Calge steel of
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VlNnow-r.O >:Ds
Call and see my Goods and Prlees
L. B. ItObtiLits
BEST. JOB PRINTING
TOVPANDA, BRADFOR \
D \ couNnr, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1878.
Porky.
MEM
GOD THE WEAVER.
- - The Weaver at his loom is sitting,
.1
• Throws his shuttle to and fro;
Foot and trvadro,
Hand and pedal,
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] Hand and
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How .the leerier puthes them go;
As the use:tier ullld they go! .
• Up and (IRnAn the Wol, I. plaTing.
Awl aern,. , the woof is flying,
What a wiling
Whm" a battling!
What a shuthing!
' What a set/Ming
Lis the weaves makes his shuttle,' .
IMMO, 1111-ther, send arid scuttle. •
See thepystic weaver sitting.
high In heavea—his helni'V; .
I'p and dower the treadle.. go;
Takes for well the world's long ages,
Takes fur u..f Its kings and sages,
Tiikos the nobles wet their page's,
Takes all ...tallow; and all stages ;
•Thrones aro bobbins la 1,1, sloutio ;
Web Into the, woo! must Iluw,
1 p and down the nations
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As the weaver tit Ills they go: .
Calmly ht., tin tnyAlc vtl•av-r
Tin=‘,w -Inn:lp and f ;
nol-c and %%1141 ,-nntn , i, ? n
V. Cql tlic N‘i^:irer seemsto k
al ea, 11 111.0011,
0m:114q1,,n, •
W hat , a.ll I'llsloll,
And ~,Lifu,t,n,
I it tls, grass(' ri,ssit ,I,VI
WOIi..11••••1 , •1111;;T: )4:10.3 NO:11
.111:1 1.,•3 , 4•1 tl:
fa 1.1,41 :•
.1014 !Le inystrly, •
11,, 3101:g the aql.• t.;
the ft,t of sage, go,
1.0re111,1 ht•
r.i.4,1 10y...t1e
Soft and ..moot]: and c•rut: spreading,
A , :1 trradsiug,
,1 Cif !e•-, I: log
Ls wro:::z1t: f;:ding never: .
Evury tsgnrr I:, U plaidlog , ..
1:rig`::• r form a.:ll,ofter shallings;
1•:.;r 1s mit.Lt rol , lle : •
cro,. that
-rt% a , 32'11,Z—.ntilt• ri•j4•1•;
'l•l,a6lts Ik-110(.1,1:
tapet.?htt. , ,lut•
By a ,:tt that hvay,a
•I . i '...it, hrtlvrlrtz
11•-1 t mi• 3% ing
Itritigt•l4 .I.trk my-t,ry
tLr 11,1:
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g1:1),1
gin 11,.• g 01.1.91
Land k by
Itlet. , ;anal ;slur I.lolitira
Hon..G. A. Grow.
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EXTII.I(M ,, Flu IIIS1:1 , ;(111 , .;;;
4 QI•ESTIONS ()to 1 WIC
IMP teRTANCE.
Mr. t: taro.% on a r . esolution to appoint, a
Citinniittee to invite Ko•sot - Tit to the floor
of the lii „ i n:,„-esentatives, in the
tir,t ses,ion of the . :tl2,l 4'4ffigress :
* In ~ vhat Way would yon have
an ai;o,tly of I.owrty. appeal for the sin2,--
pathy and aid of a pe,.ple wh,,,,• c o un t r y
haN drank the life blood, not only of its
own vh.ut. FS. I,llt of the martyrs of cl ery
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ft- it " itriputlent .... for a man just es- i
caped• from Au , ' I ntlyitutLtz.tots and Turk-
kit I'Xill . 111 A:11..1 111 Ibt• fact • ort mtjion, I
:Mil ;1114, , eitte th e 1 , 11- , 'ollh litditS (I man?
Is it •' implident f.:r the represetv atiNe I
tir a.ltraNe ptst i,.. it. pr1,1 . / 31 OW claims id' I
his Flothttr-litiitl ft. the -i nil :1116es 4,f the
lit'l4•liCI,•;11, it \1 W -1101 , 1.m, Franklin, anti .1
Jerre! .. t . tn.—to n.:114 Ins appeal in -behalf i
,irliVi 4I:1 2 , humanity tutu 1 ," 1 ,4! who t . a t '
every lt.it 1 le-tield in yhe first and second
Ns a t tti I t ttlel•lttienee is ttpt id of Acith the blttuil ,
if Its it; t ;1..f . t'ts•iveti tittt :t a L 1
acay-
ette,. a. Cl ).. -liailw . , .tlai N,•,..0j0i1,10t, and
silt se s , ,i; it ;11 it, oh I:, 1 ia• a,la s ~I Pulaski
and !- . .1,'1ht.:1 , .' . ;•
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11.',„ - I.f EN. t Intel rnptilrl
intianl. nee ts ;,lltt•mptittos elk,tr.)y the
t. 0 , 1..11„:;,.n.
:111t. Dpv.,utly. aster
.ttirtrt,i
th , that gli.atst..of mortals,
ilmtNrn :_trato . the .lay- may twver
•It ! slt tll ,b,• otlr.tn.y 4 ise with
Coe nt-tltutt•ms,
:oaf ne, it, I,llt licin :net de.t.l, of this
nt‘it y. of all ot i lt are proper awl
p.!. .I,teassion. Free
dom ot atsle‘pirs , tott ott anY and.
all -tilo.•ots. 11 the 11„:111 a freeman un
a ft,.
.
~r -..ri...d„ rn and ltaman
it y by -hingt4 , n• and hi,
t.ift.s, 1.1, - .lt n,ei wan fl Pelllatl must
t• I Ltt loitleVil With the
, 11; iek› .t*r votatics
to -tn. sliol'es, dud
to Ow ,oalo I Vila , ll, the exile
driven by .piktyssi , ll . rind WI .n..z front .he
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MIV. - 4,100A ~\ i "F IIIE MO:AN/I'ln
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P 0N11 , 1._ IN I SES , I‘)S. ;Z1)
I would sa:, kindness to
the lep.eseida!atives of the S.mth on this
boot that Nt lien by • your. itwn deliberate
act y..it 113%4. Np.1.1t,•,1 a compact of free
t•llic.l,ll 1 flail by your 1 ,
father. , as a settlement ~.t‘ emit:4%ollg in
terests, then' while i%utg.
ai.d fh.til.t.:tined as sue!, 1.2; All sections of
the [l,!on fot 111 , •re au a third. o' a evil - -
tiny. ill ',AV,'
cl' stai.d 1.1 v‘,•en, you and
the suns : , t,i N‘*Coeen ; and
yin in iist iwii-1-++....,nt•nt to hare(yoUr own
I,osoins to its 1.e. - lying ' *
a reek.'A ss ne:• on y'on . - part to the
Not thern mind the pan of il,'lsclotn?
it foi rt interest t 051.1,11 it into afrenzy.
on a of fin
actlcal beneflt What though; you
security, that,
1.0,1 you hate a remedy a!:, ! ,inst all
atzatression's, 14 , at itnay.inary. lir a disso-
Intion or thisl 'tl ,, erturity in a
this 1 Ilion It would be the
:aeniity ot the maiden utlio cnuct•al s in
11(.1' 1 , tl,e p i,na , rd - that in the last
(..xtretnoy into take lie: town life, lifter it
ifas tirtnk the .1f 1110 n:
It •wouid be,•the security ofstiturtt
inan, who. layin L t hold mil the pillars of
Gaza. lonii rocs io a
common --It is the security of des
„pair,, enveloped in dal kness and woe
* ..„The Constitution and the
I:nion ur stites—the proudest
ing,monalit ever i'eared to the wisdom of
man—and if ever folly or fanaticism snail
lay it in the dust. fi , cedom heavil , her
last •sigh.'May wimz her way back from
earth-to heaven .* s *The'Ameri
can is therefore bound 'to tliiitubon
-
the Lthuies 7 ol ti pa, , t, and the hopes 0f
the future, by the love whieh he bearsto
his children, and by the syttipathy that
thr.dos warm in the heart of Man for the
woes v i his race. *
I trust in tend- that when the Angel
shall take his place, with one foot nu the
land and the tither upon the sea, to ,pro
elatea4at time is no, longer. the banner
thaf4aves brondlyl o'er ug to-day will
still nom, with its proud motto inscribed
upon it, folds in hitters of hving
s,PE:E(I,. MAI)1.: IS ~) N0.1:1::.s IN IST:,
MAN'S 10 1 :11T-To THE Toll:."
*! ' 1; he fundamental rights of
man may be summed up in two words,
Life. and Happiness. The, list is the gift
of the Creator, and may be bestowed at
his,pleaSure : but it is hot copsistent,o94
his 'character for benevolence, that' it
should be bestowed for any other pur
pose thak to be annoyed, and that we call
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FRQM ANT QUARTER.
\ . \
happiness. Therefbre, whatever nature
has provided for 'preserving' the one, or
puomoting the other, belongs alike to the
whole race, * " The only true
\foundation 'pf any right to property is
man's labor. ,That is property, and that
alone which the labor of Man has made
such. What right, then, can the Govern
metd have in the .soil of a wild and un
euitit'attd Wilderness-an a source of reve
nue, towhiell not a day not hottr's labor
has bednpphed, tai u ptake it more pro
d!letive, anti'Miswer the end for which it,
was created, - the Implant,-and happiness
`of the.race? Why has this. claim
of mim to me»opolize 'any of the gifts of
God to man been confined, by legal codes,
to the Soil alone? Is there any other rea
son than that it is a right welch, 'having
its origin in lewiltimes—under a system
that regarded man but as an aPpentlage
of the soil that he tilled, 'and whew life,
liberty, and happiness Were but meaus - of
increasing the pleasures, -pampering \ the
passions and appetites of% his liege lord—
and, having once found \a place in the
books, it has been ; retained\by the rever; \
once which man is wont. to \pay to the .
past'and to the tune-honored precedents-
The human mind is so conAt ituW, that it
is prime to regard as right what has conic'
down to us approved by long' usage and
hallowed by grey age. It is a 'claithy at
i had its origin with, the kindred idea•that
royal blood flows oily in the veinssiran
exclusive few,-whosc souls are More ethet
iaLbecause born amid the glitter of court
and-cradled amid the pomp of lords Atial
courtiers; and therefore they are, to be
Installed as rulers and law-givers of the
race.
Is it not:time to sweep front the statute
hook its still litt..ering relics of feudalism?
blot . out the principles ingrafted upon it
by 'the narrow-minded polity of 4.oer
and adapt the legislation of the
country to the spirit of the age, and to
the true ideas of man's rights and rela
tions to his, government? ft . *
Riches, it is true, are not necessary to
moat's cup [Went but thl picans to pre-,
vent, star dim) are. Nor is a splendid
palaiie fi Feessary to his real happiness ;
but a -shelter 'against the storm Mill win
ter's blast is.
If you Would lead the erring back from
the paths of vice and crime for virtue and
to honor, give him a home-give linn a
hearthstone. and he will suriound it with
fiousehold. goOds. If you would make
m:•n wiser and better, relieve the alit s
house. close the doors of the penitentiary.
and break in pieces the gallows—purity
the hill uences of the domestic fireside.
For that is the scho el in Wfieli human
eharae•ter•is footled, and there its desfitty
is shaped : there the soul' reet.ives its first
impress, and loan has first lesson, and
they 'go with him for weal or for woe
through life. For purifying the senti
..
menu, elevating the thoughts, and de- : • Mr. Glt()W. Certainly.
Ye.loping the noblest impulses of man's i Mr. MA V NAItD. It is this: whetber,
nature, the inthienees of a moral fireside ! lie is in favor, or 011IPVNI, lie', of allowiug
and agrie'pltural life are the noblest :mil the old soldier or his assignee ti.kwitte
the best: : . • * *. , his land warrant- on the public iltimain--
.
Ilia in, a new country the first and I t 'lra.'' GIIDW. I would provide in our'
into t important litbdr. as it is the most laird policy for securing homesteads to
iiittimilt to be performed, is to subdue actual sutlers, .ind whatever bounties the
the foi•est, and convert the lair of the Government should-grails to the old sob
wild beast into a Lionie for civilized Hier 1 Mould have made in money, and
man. ' This is the labor of the pioneer not in land warrants.-which are bought
settler. His achie.venient.4, if not equal- in most cases by the speculator. as an
ly brilliant with, those of flat plumed ' easier and cheaper mode of iiettitiring tfie
warrior and are equally, if not more lasting. public. liyuls. So they only nteiciate land
lib He, if not at times exposed to so moni,poltv. The men who go forth at•the
great a hazard, is still one.of equal dan- call of their country to uphold its stin
ger and of death. It is a life of toil and (lard and ,vintlicate its honor. ale deseli . -
adventure, spent, upon one continued lug, it is true, of a more substantial re
bat tlitlield; milllce that, however, on which ward than tears to tile dead and thanks
martial hosis co tdend—for there the to the living: but ]here an: • soldiers of
struggle is short and expeeted. and the . peac.: a s well as of %Nat, ;Ind though no
victim strikes not alone,' while the high- waving plume beckons them -on to glory
est Ineed of ambition crowns the victor. • or to death, their dying scene is as oft
Not so with the hardy pioneer. Ile is oft a erimrtin one. They fall leading the van
:called upon to-meet death in a -struggle of civilization along untrothlen paths. and
-with fearful : odds. wink no herald will tell , are burieipii the ',lust of its atkaiii rug
to the worm of tho tme,inat eomtmt. columns.' N., monument maiks t, i litt se.une
St - al - tied at the midnight hoar by the of deadly strife : not stonethen icsto.. ,
waf:whoop e lie crakes from his 1111.'3111S to i1.10t• : the 'winds sighing ihrongii .!•.•
behold his collage in [lames : the i , :liarer- Leanclies of tile ti :t st alone :sin g t hell ie
of.his joy.s . an I sorrows iiith perhaps a , quiciti. Yet tht v are m -cited-•u, tutu of
tender infant, hulled, with rude hands, the ]republic—the un.ai ,•:t.' , glue :1
to the distant, council-Me. still lie press- , stretigto in war, awl i.7l;iry in 1.,..ii,
.T!,.•
es on into the wilderness, sli :telling sew : itet.le%..lllellis of liar pioneer at iny,•tio•l
areas from the Nillii heist, and bequeath- the day they first drove ti.it I:. the Ind...in
Mg them a. legacy to eivilized man. And
,i taibesfroin the Atlat
na. , abo
sealtl to the
all he asks of liwcountry anti his Govern- 7 present hour, 11.1ve Lein the ayhievt ! plyn.,
thenr i , i, to 1 . 71'0t Yet him Against the cupid- i of science..and ylvil;vit I. ,1.1 “ 1 ,,•r-ih e , .„...
ity of soulless i. 7 ,ipital. and the iron grasp ' inent.s, the wilderness, and the ,111.1.1. V.
of the stweillatrir.• I:p.m his will battle- If rew aids o r le m i i i ies a le to li e gi Ali:-
field these ate the only foes that his, own ed for tine /I(.l't.illi ill the per-glass of ti.:
Stit'll 'Wall dila light arm can vanqur-.11.* „ram., none is more 11e...1-vim; thati tr.,
scE}:, it ci.N Tlir: IlumFs.Ti. \1) IA 1 1. 1.1 I:sT - I' l. ‘ . q . ii h. , 'expels 111... , AV , I:- . ..• and 'i•t .
Wild beast, Mill opens 1:1-ill.; Wi1d011.1., , A
' ..11 , :•1.1N --]Tit Cu:\ idtl.,i.i. IN. is:tis.
home fur scienoo and a pathway fore en il,
That country is greatest, ration.
and 11.••;4 glt , rious, it. which there is (lie , •• t''u' i• et. t.. 1 ..i. wit.. .
gr, atest ',umber of happy firesides, And ' N., 1 ....... r . ‘,
,„,...1 ,
tii,e, .tr. -
i f ~i t wanild make the tires:ide happy, The path, of glory ii.. long.-1 lead - over
mist. the. fallen frill his degradation. etc- ' smo ki ng nar, ;111,1 crimsoned fiel - ds. lint
'vale the.servi:e Iron Id' ;love lin t ; I r- , wl y-way, O e f linnian
suits to the. rights anti di g nity' . of Mull,
111 i,t.l'S anti woo- where the Lams a'lP I
Y'" , tmett Hasa 1. 1 . 1 ee within their reach ,iiww, of men art stru ...dile- with fla.
Il itt r..""." for '''"l'l'l.' itut the_ l'it`ttit.g . eleneaus, with iht.'llllll'it'lliill-4 I.6itat It's
1.11 S.ir.il ‘‘,llll, , -I hat religion Call t•‘(.lt. 'of a I Ilse civilizat cm. 'Tile - n• iblest
it ' n 't luei " .l. "It the ''"'" 1 ..." 1 " 1 s'"' ll "' 11 M ' achievement in this world's pilgrimage is
weal 3 l'ilgt tin in has ' l'.. l t ll "a'y to the to raise the fallen from their .I',(A.eilitt em, 1
tomb. • • -.-.. • ' - soothe the twoken-nearted. dry the tears 1
\\*nil homes a , lO tin sides to defend. the _ o f iv ,„,.. an d a ll e vi a te th e sutt e rings of the
aims and hearts of "" imleltetelem Yt".. , unfortunate in their pathwa; to the
manly are a store and Onore inipie_iaialde : 1,111111. . .
defense than battlement_ wall. or. tower. The real wealth of a country consists
Mart. in defense of hiss hearth-stone, is. ' not in the (sums of money paidinto its
m've"t" l "l"(iiet l save "ith his :life. In treasury, but in it, flca.ks, herds, and col
such a struggle, curly pass becomes , a t ivated tield.4. Nor d , h'S its 1 . 0:11 Si i - eng 1h
Tl"'"l'ltel.e'et.v - plain a Mar. l l 61, • t ' .consist in lints and iiimies, but if, the
\V licreu el Fieedom has tinftilleil het Kin- 1 bones and sinews of aii iii,l,•powlent ye."...
net the men lute have rallied around to Immo• and the. comfeiit a its halt
sustain and tiphold it. have come from
'classes. Its realtglory eon,ists not in the
,
tile workshop anti the field, where, Inured , s plendid palace. iort . , , t , ,, - e. 1,1 . L.WI. - lint:
10 heat and to cold; :rid to all the ineletn- m mie ; l'int in iutelligenve,' cOinfort and
, i,', of the seasons, they have augaiied , r;.ppiticss of lac tit esuic of it,. en iin•in,, !
the Hardihood neee-sary. t. , endure the 4 :'; at il Mal lliS4iSt ei'• ;trt . not the ghat tll
trials and privations of the cants. An lb- .of a day, I lit ill 4• fruit. of long yearsoif
'dependent yeomanry, scatterer) tivei our injustice and wrong. The semisl,latite :
N as: 110111:11i1, is fliPl.l(`Sl 411 - 11 stii'st gli,IX- by 1',1,,, , pern i cious legislation, often le
auty for the perpetuity of our im e rt i e s : •H ome ;m e., t o izu :inmate any 1 ',pen into
l'''' . LI" ii at ills "re the mtmlel of 4 mil i" ll 's . their hal vests of ruin and- death. ' The
power, their heart, the billwaiks of lib- i m,. s t peritteions of
e • - • -• . • . • •i c all the baleful semis
rty,
of national existenee. .is a policy that
The ii is t step in the decline of empiies ' ,i,., ra d es its' Leber, \\A m in : yin' agricid
is the neglect tiErheir agiienit In-al inter- torsi, l a b or b ecome , d is h on o ra bl e .
est, diary:nil its decay crumble, tuitional ,it w ill ~f e ,, nrse, .be coniii'ft ,, i
p.m,yr. It us the great fact stamped on t o , thos e Who have no : in_
all the ruins that 511 ew the patlmay Of f•-rest in the still they till':-toil when the
riVill /al i"n. Agtiouritire Was the wealth. laborer ceases to have any interest in the
tlii. delight, and alms of .4 the early Ito- land he milt ivatec. lie ceases to hauW a
ma nS..anti almost the OillY In`"1"31 labor : stake in the advaneetnent and good order
detailed honorable for a Homan citizen t..,_l_' ~f sot . I.t y, for he lets not i liing to lo se ,
perform. • Cato vvas not only a scientific i t othi ng to d e f e nd. nothing 1., hop,- tor.
lint a n•ttetl farmer: and rineMnatlis The assoia.itions of ail independent free
was called / limn the plow to save his : hold arc eminently- calculated to. enable
counrry from tlutkravawes of-the lcarbari. : and elevat e the possessor. it is•thclifi.
.ans. It wit, the pursuit held in honor- sprite( of a tmunly national character. 111111
able est imat ion by all classes (fif the State. o f a genei tilts ' 'rid riot ism ; a pat ih it isiii
Italy was then 0311' of the - most fruitful that rustles to the .1. - 6•11,'1 , ~l ' illi• wunt ry
inzi ii.ult in al co un t ! i t , i n th e world:lint
and the u..i , ndi,..ititin of,its lionor : ; with...the
with flu: inerease of wealth came its eon: I Saint. zeal ill,d alaeritV that it guards the
eentrat: .u, ;old-the absorpt-ion of tile land hearthstone and the fireside
into large estates : and its lolls,; , via4Coll
- i , ntined. almost t'Xchisi‘ely,
(1 tenants and slaves, while the wealthy
prom iettirs revi led ill eXtriVilgallee in
ille'S.il i.es, or at their country; villas, "• .
The soil under such treatment being elm
:staidly impoverished, at length become
sterile anti unproductive, and poverty and"
I want cats - the agricultural districts,
while c'Yt avaganees rioted in the palaces
of tlie ratli, till. enfeebled by luxury. and
worn out I , y — excess, Italy is overrun by
little warriors, and the Seven Hills fall an
easy prey to the Goth and Vandal. The
emmteracting influence to this decay was
the laws of her GI aechi. which propOsed
io distribute her piddle lands among the
landless of the nation. And had that
policy been adpoted, her ancient Campa
nia, instead of being now known as the
Pontine Marshes, would - have continued
the gaiden of the world, and the star
.of
hertmipire might have waved ill triumph
ivng after the ivy y twined her broken col
umns. * - * * * -, *
The miseries and woes that afflict man in
`the
:( ti 'World front dense population
may one day fall upon this. That day, of
colirsi., is far distant. I trust in Gal it
maY : never come ; but it `behoovus the
Ainerican legislator to look to the futtire
as welPas the present and the past. While
the itepithlic is but in the infancy of its
existence, In the.morning twilight .of its
day, let usiestablish a s policy w_hich will
counteract, Solo:r as lies - in our power;
these vast evils that. - "Ter attend an ad
vancing civilization.
Let this vast domain, then, be set apart
and Conecntted forever as a patrimony to;
the sons of toil ; and if the -sales must ,
continue, let them at least be,confined to
the actual settler, and close the land office
forever against the speculator, and there
by prevent the _capital of the country
seeking that kind of investment,_ from ab
sorbing the hard earnings of labor, with
out rendering an equivalent. While 'the
labor Is crushed by this system establish
ed by the Goveramci4 . ,,whieh abstracts so
rarge an amount from his earnings for the
benefit of the speculator, in 'addition to
all the other disadvantages i thatever beset.'
the. unequal struggle between the. bones
rand sinews of men and, dollars and cents,
whatwouder is it that misery and want
so often sit as - his fireside. and penury and
sorrow surround his deathbed ?
But the gentleman from Georgia [Mr.
Dent]. is in favor of the most liberal
bounty land laws for the soldier. Ile and
many others who oppose this bill, are
ready, in all cases, to-vote bounties. *
Thetruest heroism is not always found in
the night-watch and 'finlorn hope of the
,battlefield ; but in the garret, the.work
shop, the by-lanes of toil, and the wilder--
'fess home.
Industry in rags, and labor weighed down
by poverty, working day by face to
face with death, yet keeping-unstained'
hands ;\ vomonaly honor lighting with
hunger 4rni crushed by despair, yet keep
ing its heart unsullied ; iil'aney, born in
squalid vine and eradeled in ghastly crime,
,yet in manhood asserting the dignity of
its nature. lit. these achievements, on the
obscure.hattletield of every day- life, k
ei.iiibited the Manly courage and finti
tudOthat crowns`the hero of the tented
field. \\ But as the Pliimeilkvarrior, mount
ed on his charger, Nis eilnspieuotis upon
the battlefield above -the unpretending
private iti.the ranks, si`,. these obscure sol
diers of civilization are Jiassed. by as un
heeded whife living, as are thciir graves
when dead, \
.SVEECII MADE VI}IST SESSIO 311T11 CONG
s
GRESS On HOMES FOR FREE'
,„,..
ItlEN,'''s IN ISI;IP..
at justice can "there be in the leis
of a eountrybyi\which the eat:pings
IN 1
is labor arc abstnic s ted for auk pur
slit returning an equivalcut `l,
secure to la or its caruiri;4s,.
of
pose
In ordei:
so far as is pos.N,jble, by legislative action,
and to strengthe the eleinents of nation 2,
al greatness and ,power, why should not
the legislation of the country beso chang
ea as to prevent ( for the.` futinc\the evils
of Lind ith mopoly. by setting al . 4irt the
vast and onoecupiea Territories s of the
Union, and consecrating them foreAc\r, in
free hinnes for free men
3IrrMAYNAIIII, Mar I be
to ask my friend frog). Pennsylvania
iinestipn?
H 'N TSI 6aNl»l—'lo.7": N.ANS
A sTAT E. .1 .k i"r hit
Ml=
Ell
Tyr aney and wrong r id e
with force one of the Territories ?.t' the
Union, and violence reins in the Capitol
f the Republic. In the. one, mob-law
silences with the reyolver the voice of jus
tice ple•nling, for the inalienable r glas of
man. In the other, the ,awed !iiniran
tees'of the Const ituti , in are violated, and
reason and tree speech :ire supplanted by
the hludgcan and, in the Council Cham
ber of the natpui men stand up to vindi
cate and justity both: )Vell'inay the pat
riot tremble fur the future of his country,
when he looks upon this, picture awl then
upon that. • • '
If you would calm the spirits you have
frenzied, heal the wounds you have -in
dieted upi - in
,the country, arid restore
peace and harmony to the Republic, ad
mit Kansas as a i,tate 'with her free Con
stitution, And if ypti would cud this see
tional•sirife forever, return to theex:oll-
We of the fathers of the' Republie,• and
cc:a your clients to propagate slavery
under the protection of the flag of our
country, ani desist from the attempt, to
nationalize the institution of human bon
dage.
SPEECH MADE ON THE TARIFF, FIRST SEs-
SION 31/TO CONOWESS.
* * * Whatever productions, there
fore, a nation has natural advantages or
facilities for producing, it is of national
EMI
interest and concern that it should supply
its owirmarket, on
. the principle that you
buy cheapest vdiere. ' , you pay easiest.
Whenever the productioni of a nation's
industry are retained within its own bin
its, the people thfreof are more prosper
ous than they cotpd be if they expended
their means in paying. for the transporta
tion of their own products abroad and the
transportatiOn of foreign products in ex
.change by producing at home.
.TherefOre, it. is better, in my judgment,
for a cauntry.to produce within itself, as
far.as climate and zsoil will permit, the
•commodities for Which gold and silver ale
exidlanged, instead of Se n g them to
otber comitliC4lll Flyulerit, c , en
nmdities.
r•runr Itts %lirtrs,s TO THE PV`ili . A . ItEs
toN pitr.4ENT.ITION ny'pf,A6s
.11 , 11.11. TU.!:
HATTI.II--oF
: hour drawl; nigh
:when the drum-twat will ag'ain stunimm
you to the battle-Mid, n: id, the to 'decide,
not.a grue.i.tion or dynastic rule,
but whether the maj.irity ; con
stitutionally cipresse , l, :41.01 be respected
by the iniaority—the vital principle of
free elective ;4.'1, - 4411mi...tit Mail's capacity
for sulf-government it; 1111 Iri al, and if it
fai;s now the 1:1!4' great experiment of
elective eon,' it urional government among
men has Leen t t•icd.
=3
Called from the peaceful 4%0-
cations of life, you
,and your eo-patri•qs
in arm." stand tiOldierh . of humanity.
fighting the battles of rminkind. , Ifor; in
all c: , sential features. this content is The.
old stroggle of ari , toc:Aey aml
rcpubli
r.tnima recited. Instead of family or
lainfed aiistociacy, it is now the institu
tion of human bondage warring upon,lllc
vital principl es of flee -government, and
it has chosen and will permit no other 4r
bit'or but the sword. The only arguments
therefore, bentang the times are Callllo2l
and battalions. Ale orators o f the hour
are before me, and if I mistake not the
signs; they will soon be called upon ttr
speak in tones that hl all again teach the
enemies of liberty and of the rights of
%lank rini, the lessons taught by, your .fat,ll
- ; and the ht,srFreat battle for constitu
tional .freethun will have ':een fought and
won. In that trying hour you 'have al
ready proverr-yourliO-oie aleeds that the
,memory of the illustrious dead will re:-
'e s ildv6tn.:l tlislnunw at your ha As.
AiTitEss .ws ELEcTI4)N-As:.-pv-vRER or -nit-
coN,;RP:S, 4, 1.,•,i61
* x * NO 11.1.4 alien to the s.itn -, -es
of the ..lissiSsippi ewer vvtil ever -
inanently Diet it,:lll(nltiiS t ill its
iii . ns'oned in human gore': and
. .tne .American 5. , 11 eau ever he
•vvrencliexl frotn:ilie jut isdieti , in of t,lie
titihuion of tlte Vidted States-niltil it is
baptised in iir'e and
- I fs,t lie ltepuldie t 4, lie dis
=
the . .
nienilper(;(l anti situ its libeitics
unto!..;o out in r.tllc .i iii t zl4,let it set a:l3bl
the !"Li 'f atM. the tliu of brittle,
tlit%:, is nit lorii;_ii‘r all 1 1 1111 -;trikc
or aheat t. s \io Merl cause that
emnimr L:eM tat bms may 'itot. - rproaell the .
presimt with lititc.ti l to t ) imbecile :to
lnc
sette the 166:zacy 11,40w:111 - lea, by
mu: ?Miter-, 5.1.:ts 1.1) tran.tnit a uuillip.th
vil to future t
I.ly
is lita!gtily the iirsp,.. \
a ;zovt.riimilit th.lt V.IJ
lity:.l.l -CM/L . 11:4 Ih•:,•1,"1`1,
111 C
, .
•-------- li-41 , 1ittiii 0 can thus - . in- times • like these,
HIS ' I.'l".!X' , tr\l'' 'I:S.s. . spike at the kilmir interestis of the coun
t! v• i , .:11111''ill'• ", l ' din} .• 'l '
[iii , ' Pl ., ''ileti' , ll ill the fellll) , _r I'Xinlet •• • •• - ''''• "'.° ;It- t "'it ° ‘./
th.LT inttlligcut hiliir„ - ijig men are gettiin4
fri , ni li i , i. lim.ing ii..l.lress , ii , Spe A:e1; M 1:
... 1 ,1 .1 heir eyes open 'Ai, the schemes .of the
!. 1 , .;:‘,. 1 1 , I w en fully vtlilitd.; • . dc ,ll,l ,Ltles vilml..seek to -m
s,ithe the labii)J
-\
_, v , 1 ,, Th,.l: the FiL
4 ! ?
~f .
~,,n ~.. witti 11,, 7 . talk .about . slyer ; anti green
,il v, ,, ,i ,iii, 1.., 1., !,,. 1, •:t_ „... ,h,•::, t u t , .e
,•.,nhark,while they are schemeinz; to,rol.i
iiiiii of all pr,,,rcets for a iestiiii Alum iiif a
be IP ' . ''''';ll'; ' , l' the 11.71,0. ii.O.Vti , f a •_ ' X''' I
'.1.111.11111..6"1. lar''W. ' NVllat..lll.4.'s . it .matter.ll.li‘ ~f ii,,_,-,,ni i i.,,-,„i :,,,,,, t i; er ,„ ‘,..',:, i, to The w , rkinizi i lnan i,viretlier le shall lie.
• , , 4 .-1(
.;1 . ...4! . , 1 .. 0.,:,. 1 , ,, , A p tk i t'll: his lal,or in silvi'r. gild i,it n , itt i s ,
:,..,, ~.,,,,., ~, i., „ ,
...,, , , 2, ,,„; i.. ' , qv; ii , cher.: i , nii wiirk f o r liirq t i ,i dii
.i. t ..,, ~,..,„ „.,,,
~,, 4. ,..,„,i Lim, .,,,,.• Chi. vit.:l •liimi . , ti . ili.. in the in te,restfif
\
~..i ,
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~,. . li , ci :, t . make a niMiket f..r lalior, A'il
h .i.e . r. ill 1.. j little ilitiii..ult•-•about 1 our
reliX.,\\ tii p',iY l'ir it. Labdrers must be ii_t
mitir. Mile, il . if they. if" nut see.thnnigh
the ~., . .rti,iy scheme: : : of 'the riiiii 4 reiiii.,ional
iiemiii_ii,' ,. tes. who• w , mlii iligirossAlleir at -
mciit i.m viitli t.tlk ali , c.ir . the ' c.nri eney
while thi..yN4..l , p.t reVCIIIIO Ja'a's that ill
-,t-ad i.f. eni'vniiiighig..labor, Make there.
i% - iii i t' a Ilethi:ofd fiu it an impissibility."
Mr
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wav t it ..•,tt•.
:u)6l nwo'l , l !14 ri:lture
',C.: this tit
, 1 ,11:10.0
EIMMIU
I=
At- tie the
7111....:11;11 ; 1 . 11 joit,il
at'll..rt:cliittil - al 11.01, 1 - 1.11-
a.L.11.;.1a, I.y the c010t,. , 1 people. of the
State. he'
The gre.ll
passel, anti 111. wets Ohl h
i1Vc . :1,14.11 0)111111C111 , 1':00 tho.tlonh Th e .
idea, that 'lively the fathers. 11 , e •fanat
of then• day have he en ineorpo l ated
( "^"niC 1. " V•
char:l..l,ls upon 11. e of the,,,lbtae..
; !abet ty can ll' z-I,li
ller -li;;i.leringat the cl.ii,k
of the eli.lin 6%11,1 by
t
ton I, the hotee'of t , and the
.1,) lute, of tfa. (Ale lif eveiy
of all races of men. NV,. , 1.1:1,1 45111 the
lifie that divide, the old 11, iii tltr 11 , v ,
the di,pen , ation lime, and
froln that • •
ou•
in
iet.tilmti"ns of pro , . alence,, that
the sjete. 311.1 te:unt: - Nrnit.- ti. en the I. le?,
Inanctio.,,ted: .I , :es of
the si;:lis aetl' tear, of a nateei
neretwell.; , : Irate. The 'wealth
1 , 1 ill ,V."0.1t
ed toil he , eattei,. , l t;,, ,
hav'oe aed deva , tali•el of tear. the
Reptiblie.le.un Boni this e;tl
it.;nt that and woe that the only ...lire
f,eni,l, i f.we f o r peace awl national
(.11,tal and ,ilia
elieba...tved :LICK , for th e 1, 1 -,,t,•e110a of - a ll
! Nation., lire , by the prae
tiee
• they die b}• inja-tire
and Wron.r. _
11,0 S.iiijli;rn 14i:tr.:whit , . in
are exhiltit:in.: <,_
fuovo-it.,.
a whole m.i.,:ott N%a, taken
np List tt‘ei.l:. by a ino,t tii-^t:ceful
altercation between 'Mr. IlEtart h r, Nea
York, and .1. Is anti . one - taco other
The thl!
affair : •
"If 11te 1)••11C , ctilt, of the House' ate
not,ashaincd tol , 4lone an.thrr rii • the
fa , e. this insitnimr., they . ieuzlit be. T i n ' law • . ' l.-;) ‘ '.'S
Certainly there has heeti tin mire House or'Nepresent atives, to apt Thnt
necessary and unseemily erect in Von- only iweirfv-eight pa , es, while 11 clear'-i
,r l ,, s s for years than. that whleo - Iv proved thatlie has appointed lift v-six..
-
lay- yesterday over the last Presidimi“l : •
election. It was more than a quariel it Mr. P.m: admits that he has
'.ciolatel fire
was a free light, beginning, as free .fights law ; hut-says that'-,y reducing salaries he
nimody , knows just loivv. it el ending
ins sucCeedvil in eating down the cost to
in nothing lint bioken unses anti
Ott what the expense of keeping twenty:eight
eyes. It - W . ati,llllt COlltC:it, :irow,
in which all the helve hatreds and 'mean i would have been : that whenever lie had .
resentments the great Presidential fail- violated the law lie Tad informed .the
are tound a vu it : there was no principle on 26 0 , n0ts ; and - the ,only
or question any*inil involved ;it was ,
reason why he InauC- the extra appoint=
simply an eruption Othadl , lnpvt • and bad,
langniige.. Democrats called other Demo- Iltvnt . was that Ileprienta`ti‘es lirought
oats liars by imphci,tion, and siinwtimes - , 11 0 1 a "prrssurif: to bear upon hits
not take the trouble to imply ; Deno -
crats accused other /)emocratslor selling
out the l'-residential election, and one was
compared to the greatest of American
traitors, while one of these politecorators
hoped the gentleman he was abusing had
the intellect to understand ivied he was
saying. In all 'this, there was not even
thersatisfaction of hearing one good Dem-
TN 1.0)1
vernmvnt that
,tvn
t tilt! ati,l
'll not. pl-o!uvt
the
IZ
MEM
lIIE. OLD h. PI IT
oeratic speech. What could be ex — keted
of a man like Mr. Akien, for instance,
who - eVidently supposes Esau and Bene
dict Arnold to be the same sort of hhito
rieal char:Mters?. There was nut even the.
reward of a sensational disclosure. 7 Mr,
promisedp but did not .pCrforirt
net* are a few participants in ;this de
bate who need feel no abatement of their'
self-respect—Mr, 'Hewitt,' who mayttiot
always be discreet, but never ceases to be
a gentleinan, and General Garfield, Mr.
Foster. Mr:' Hale and otlnits, who aiiswer
ed so indignantly and 'so effectively the
old, old charges of a. bargain with Presi
dent Hayes. As for the Southern fire.-
, eaters ,whoinlled the bad names and
Grew' mud around the - Ifotne, to them
Speaker Randall -should have read the e
Itiot ACt.. -
RV THEIR FRIFITIONENH*LL
TIIIEMI
.
The .DemOcratic party has always_ pro
,fessed to be par excellence, the laboring.
man's friend; and has suceeded iu delu
ding the ignorant and uneducated into
following in its wake; but the close.obser'rv..
er of Id - story 'feed not to-be rerninded
that the:, • so-called Liemncratie T party
has ever ,been the subtle.fde of tabor,. and
now, enholdened by•its success, openly ad
.voc:ites measures athich, if adopted, will
reduce the' American .laborer to the level
of the pauper labor of Europe. • The fol
lowim, from the Lebanon illus
trates our, point : • ' . . ' .
' " The .Denmeratic demagogueS in Con-.
gress make loud' proclamations- .of their
determination to lielp the laboring people
ity retrametiking silver; increasing' green
backs, &e., but whets it conies to a prac
tical - question affeCting the immediate and
vital interests oflabor, they are found to
be false to-their. pretension's, The ;pod
j that silver, rein meti:Lath in and greenbacks .
can do towards reviving industrial pros
perity has . been greatly exaggerated, but
the laws which protect the-working pem•
plc of this country against the importa
tions from abroad that-shall come in com
petition with the • production of thelt
are essential to all prOspects for the
revival business. But notwithstanding
this is so—kbownto he so by eeery 0 - 3 e With
mind sutliciont to keep - his ,lingers froM Ia
! tire, we see the , Democrats ill Congr'esls-, 1
headed by Fernando Wood, of New York,
Irving to lessen duties in a way' that
tall strike a . stunning blow to all hopes of
an ea.tly revival of • industrial prOsperity.
, the matter of hon. steel.&c,- which are
most intimately indent itied with the pros
perity of labor in Pennsylvania, and
hielt are,•now under the pres(at duties
and prices yielding no reverine'to those
who have their 'capital invested in their
maim faeture, these Counterfeit friends of
th • poor man are - proposing to. :so lesstn
duties n that Brit;sh iron and step]
shall till our markets-alai close evert: fur
,:m
-.
iee and steel works in the- State. So
wiilt ship building. 'another important iii
,lll,try in-our State. these men priposi to
,-tra'nsf v r the wrnk front the Delaware; at
: Chester, to the klyde. Scotland. And so
thimighout nearly all the intexstsatfect
in, labor; the 4 'migressional - tatiff t ifikers.
• seen, to feel it due. to' their free (lade
- theo ies td . do What they caii to advance
. t! , *Vn interlM.' at the expense of Ameri
eaawndustry. • : • •
Tiutt men with sufficient -.standing in
i comniumti- s to: be. sent to the nati. ;nal
\Vii then. i the - real issrie ? It is
la:t her the- saint•N v nitiotilit havi3
~ , rt \Vt. I ill . , , rinli \ ttarolartk.of value—
one:st.; 'buy in. atit‘ .111', , t,ier ttt 1-.ly la', one
' l'Voati‘•ts : - pother -to
from the
• pies: ion a•-; to which
rtieni; q
••‘•O ins in ,i;llore.
stable. - an , l nieastire , \ , by it;:
pi;‘lniuni: the lurt * ,, : l - 011, (1' ear- •
rencies. The silvcr nual;aFe
ra_l in t.tkiin ::::•••toppz ion as a .11\g
i thequesfi.ei. Silver Indy 11 , 1, t
Aani x. Wt-11 as any o . tlier metal for'
t 'oil' not
c, i II
in.•a IL ih:'tati~~ai., v
1•°';1, 0:11 in Olt.. I'on- , ....n-114 lil
inakiki . nd t . “r any thor 11,1
'ov A , tati,t wilt titt t;er
nuin not takf, siivor. -nit; 1 1-1-I,llllC't
Or 'Z..111'4 , tier times a,:yallutltle a slicer.
t in , tr,"-a.4.4ll, , toi s itwt i n ~f
.xr rl rry •t ,rr,rn • rl.-i'r,tu • n thittA
,it a far greafur ititevt2,l
1!n. ,y,tisin! , if not, .<
Anil bill, of e-.K4
an(l baricr, are able - t , ! ..
%:oliiini• of
t )1 I:v.l"‘N ‘ ' i,t. virtual
ni.nt•y. I,,k,cti 4 , n IL;In i w come ado
ill:Ur 6 , 1 An ;4':11 itt
preV....lvn! laic, 'of
ME
tbin.rx that by
,ettnitt• up 1-w ,
haec not, and c 1111 , 4, be in uniform .
,tev.to ;in,thcr, train , :ou ion,
bu,.•41 be 0,11(1 tyt uig.;ina
oto•eftain. thr ., •,y ult oxcli.ing,"-
~.; tb, , .hati(l , 01,, , , Bullbrrs, nlf !cad to
tlit rclbnti,n z
ovevYainc,i currep,A
.\t Abe . blian 4 l j, l ll
.x. - $lll , l (I,ivt:a . way !Z:INT
tin, riAttivo ,ilvc.r
lui t! bt drivo it firm' out s'.1"1"C:, ill:1•11.`,2 ere
I. • The thimzwanled 1 - ! , it what c 8
tiv.% er:bv st;il.li" , l naa d, hut ,t
1.11i4•14. t\iEl pr . k'.vt•l;t In
tatrt ollt• ~t her.
aid flue c:wll,:queat intrtati , m of all trans
bAsed . •
LAST Week the: State Treasiwer - of Al
Maria began to pay the ordinary. expense;'
of the. State goliernment in. Federal curd
eticy.. •It ha .heen almost . 17%% el ve years
since
be
else than State - Money
couldbe used to pay tbose•who labored in
the State service..
$2 per Annum In Advance '
A CROWD OP BOYB.
. •
We live in-a bit of a cottage, • •• ' •
With rooms neitheemany or wideg„ - -
Yet were 'rich In pbssession—at table ,•
• Our - children count three on a side. . ,
The}e are brown eyes, and blue eyes,. and hazel,
And with various gifts' they're endowed ;
But the school buys agree that our Bcnny -
` Is thejolliest bOy In the-crowd. • , ' .
My nolghbor. %ch . !) has only dangil terg,
Caine In with her sowing one day,
And, while we were pleasantly chatting,
The children eam!., In from,. ttielr pray
lithe Nnhed in the midst of a Mori,.
Unused to hear voices so 1011.itl,
'
But .u:f tingly added : "Your Benny s
-11-the poislesChoy In the crowd !*7 •
•Thrlr grandpa drops In of a morning,
And Is often Invited to stop.
To tellthem some atory or other,
Orinend up a wagon or
He is always amused at their 4yings.
And st;eitis of them all, o be proud ;
But he saps, sotto vole,e, that „Benny
Is thy f•martest of a 1 .the crowd. -.
And l7tatidma, whi r , dwells In the quiet,
rtinutved by etirtfis clanior and nohe,
Comes to with her sweet, placid manners,
For an afterrtoou's talk with:the boys.
- She sets them'at peace, It a - quarrel
' Breaks over their Joys like a cloud,'
She is fond of them all ; but thibks Benny
Is the prettiest one- In the crowd:
'Aunt. Jane, from her Stately old maziplon,
O'e rshadowed by'poplar and elm,
Came 'down to tilt. city - lasi.winZ - e s e;
vkit me turbitlent.realtu. ,
I am glad," she aiisiired itio; at parting,
"Such blessings to-you are allowed;
I•:e.ei . , a tight reign oh ,that Itenoy,
Ile 6 the !:itteiest lily In the crowd :"
113 me : what a ndred reputation
For any one boy,-to.pos.wnis:
As tlit..Adhcrillave talents unnutxtbered,
We're a Babel, I frankly confess.
A phillosopher. asked to appraise
At the (ask would be pnailed and Cowed,
Though at dinner might reason that Benny
huneest boy In 016 crowd.''
they all have t..en settled
In crib and In cradl.• and bcil,
I goon a tour of Int.pcctJon
..And e.scit slumbering hea.l
I ccirintind them to Beaten,
si bowed, • •
aiii -I .ltre I - can nCver..letermlne
Th.‘ - d - carcNt,art.l"bezd fu — the enaed,
In , ifir . •
_ A wise man is never less_alone than
when he is alone.
lie who prosecutes a good man makes
war against ill mankind: • -
Allis hollow where the he4rt bear• not
,a part, and all is peril where principle is
not the guide. •
In religion, not to do. as thou . s.iyest is
to unsay thy religion in thy,.deeds and
undo thyself by doing...
_some people live with purposes, and
pit" through the world like a straw on
a river—inere passengers.
. lie that does a base thing in zeal for
his friend, burns the golden .thiead that -
ties their hearts together. •
The dark _crave, which knows all secrets
can alone reclaim the fatal doubt quce:
cast on woman's- name.
Some people have softening of the 'braid
but the w grid- slitters more from thtiise
w•ho have hardening of the bea'iti
.
• The treasures of the deep arc not. so
precious as are the concealed comforts of
a man locked. up in a waman's love,
We may haN r e many acquaintances, but
few friends ; this made Aristotle say that
he that hath many:friends bath. none. .
There are some who would sacrifice a
stout heart to a stuborn will, and would
-ratite) (lie mat tyrs :than Servants
to truth. -
Without doubt salvation - . is impossible
in the woild, but only on the condition of
not living according to the maxims of the
ISE
Labor without - ceasing , to do all the
.in your power, while time is allowed
tie night wilt come when no man
call work. -
Pc coast alit' in what is good, but beware
of b e in g obstinate in anything that is evil
Constancy is a virtue; but . obstinacy is a
Hill and-valley, sea , and cons
ar nt stereotypes of divine Me,
ing- to, and answered by the livi
"Improve yoar opportuniti
lonaparte to at school Of - .your
'every hour lost now is a chance
gisfortune.-
It may serve asa- comfort fo us in all
ottg calamities sudrattlitions that ho that
anN'ating a:tit . l- gets wisdom by it is a
g.a . ner by the loss. •
PC,le i like the beautiful ivacia,.that
it\bead pioudly above its 'neighbor
plants, forgetting that it, too, like tbeni
has its r, tt t i the dirt. •
The tune .am is composed of millions pf
rays :o hot must be etnistitulted
of little - tender teases, kindly looks, scot
laughter loving; words. • -
•
Prejudice lorks\in hidden corners of
minds over which,lmow,ledge has not shed
its pen t etrating light and prejudice is the
natural ;e, of magnanimity.
' filet it is never so conspicuous as when
couplcd with an obscure
. 4r \ iAtin, :just- as
the moon never appear.; so \ lustrous as
wliep it emerges from a cloud\
r.- of
If tliou ide'thy treasure upon"the earth.
t om Tanst thou expect to tind it in heav
en ? t anst thou hopii'to-be a sh4er \ yrhere
halt reposed no stock. "2
A year ! A life ! What are they.? The ,
telling of - a talc, the passing of la tnete)?;
a dim sped; seen fora moment on - time's
\
,horizon dropping, into eternity.
We bpi in fiimulishiassnrance..of
mivicei l emulati On of - .goixt example
;!;11 tit-ipat io helpn in sorrow, iti 'time of
aced. and all-without being sought, wait
rd tau, oC purchseil.-
't The t,ntter the day, the BetteE the
klecil, - ;is a bad prtitcerb .as it runs ; but
ithack-ward:as wizatils'undo charms,
antrit is all caliital—the . better the deed
the ktt'ey the.day. , _
.
Ile ttily s•ves well who sees tlL,c whole,in
the part, and the partss in the'' tole: -We
kitOw hitt 't hree classes of men—, hose. Who
see the wholt% those whit see hut a Part;
a u t l th t t se wlt6 see both•togeth6... ' , • .
If you would* exempt- front' _unealta-.
ne,s,il.) ilothing which you know or sus
pect is wrong : and if you wisli to 'enjoy_
the'pori , st pleasure, always do anyti4ng
in.your power which you know is right..
1
One half of mankind p* their liven in
thinking how they shall, get a dinner; are
the other iti
,Allinkivg what 'dinner they
ahall get and the tifst are muettlessinktr
ed by occasional. 14ts than are tho latter
by constant feasts. ' ,
N.. mat ter how' pious mert are, them,.,
meat they place before principel
they become hiettPable of doing right; and
are 'transformed, into the most cttliOtis
tools of depotism.
Duties are 'ours. events God'ii. - This
remev'es an . hitinite burden from, the,
shoulders of a Miserable, to anted, dying
creature ; on - this consideration :he ean
securely lay down hichOad and.-close hii
eyes.
-NUMBER 38.
EMI
BITS OF WISDOM
MEI
ellatiuns
appeal
g soul of
I s," said
g men;
of future'