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1D- The renewing beautiful little Fermon in Terse is fr , iin
the pencil* IN Ham Roderick Laurence. It i 4 urigitial, mu
sical xtwl touching—"healthy in .sentimeat and sound in
moral" :
SHADOWS..
The genial sun through tatio;!eil bough.; 'loth chine,
The put* ,liadLous Irove upon the ;
Bet.‘c vett the clu.tering Foliage of the vine
Bright golden Lira tit ti elecuntvehunliglit
The frairrtrit ruin that bhxilris be•iiiie the Avail,
By zephyrs is wafted to ant f in ;
Along the path the varying -It.tiliim7i Jan,
Now ,iriftly—Jll4l4lll.,: /lOW MOIL: slow
:jolt, fleecy eload4 that, glide athwart the Atm,
Flittt o'er green lICI.h. and waters ,teei, deux ;
Thi•ir .hallow.., lift time, sombre. lark
tieud o'er Lilo land,cape, as impelled by le.ir
Swett elladows play upon a'beautcoui face,
Expression gisang to each feAture lair ;
I lup.to ing' unto all b witching grace,
they with rosy light alternate there.
What Aliades oft dell within a sp.:akin.... eye ! '
hate'er it 9 color—violet or brown
Black, qr else borrowed front the azure sky =
.tlew s man they chaugu the JUU3IOIII3 to a frown !
And all who dwell in this fair World of ours
Are shallows, and usty not continue long—
/Jut fiele tot perish sooner than the not% ers .
Itenowinhi in story, or owl - alined iu sung..
(*What sloulows we !—what shadowy wu pursue !"
In truth was uttered by the bard of yore;
liumibuting it may be, but true.
c sou ;we gowned can return no more;
.Wis dance attend:mei, on some transient flower,
60aie bubble frail whuselife, is not a breath—
it fatle-i and withers e'en within au hour,
gathered in silence by the reaper Death.
Thus, one by one,; the fairest blossoms fide,
The forms we love return :wain to clay;
A mement here heart au,wereth to heart,-
o'er ova graves the shadows soon will play
Scicct
The Girl and the Nice.
During one cold but sunny day in winter,
'when I was a very little girl, I asked permis
sion of my mother to go over to the barn,
where father was engaged in threshing' grain.
To my surprise, my request was granted, and.
snugly wrapped in a warm flannel blanket; I
veuttired out. The snow was very deep, but
perfectly level, and a r.arrow well trodden
. path led through the orchard to the barn,
which was quite a distance from the house.
But there was no fear of losing the way ; for
the snow stood in walls on either side of the
path, almost as high as my shoulders. As
far as my eye could reach, one vast sea of pure
white snow, like a beautiful mantle, covered
the earth. Although it was extremely cold, I
enjoyed the walk very - much, and my spark
ling eyes and glowing cheeks spoke- my joy,
as I entered the barn. Father wrapped my
blanket still closer about me, and seated me
on a bundle of straw, and seemed as happy
as myself, while engaged in his work. Pre
sently he removed the straw* from the floor,
ascended the mow, and threw down a great
many bundles of grain. Then he arranged
the bundles with the heads inward, prepara
tory toflie threshing with the flail. While
thus employed he discovered an old mouse,
with several young ones, upon. the floor. They
soon became so much chilled, that they were
captured without any difficulty.
"Come, my daughter," said my father, "take
these mice, and carry them to old pussy !"
1 jumped with delight, held up my apron,
and soon the dear little creatures were iu my
possession.
"Now.," said he, "run to the house, and be
sure not to move your hands, for if you should,
the mice might escape."
"No sir," said I, and started off as fast. as I
could. When I had got about half the dis
tance, I began to think that i should like to
know how they looked—whether they were
safe or not. But I had promised not to move
my hands, and I did not like to disobey my
_father. Ilut thetr I was all alone ;_no one
would knowwouritcertainTy like to Nave
just one pep. Thus I reasoned with myself,
until curiosity triumphed. "Just one peep,"
said 1, as I stopped suddenly, and looked can
. tionsly into my apron. The old mouse was
now warm and Active, and not liking her
prison, sprang up and caught me by the chin.
In an instant, my hands were loosed, my apt on
fell, and the mice lay sprawling in the snow.
The blood soon dropped front my chin ; but
tears fell more copiously front my eyes, and
with a loud cry. I hastened, to the house.
The younger portion of the family gathered
around to exantine the wound, and of course 1
had their sympathy. Poor old pussy, too,
looked imp iringly, as if to ascertain the cause
of -my weeping, little suspectin. - , however,
that by my diSobedience, she had been cheated
out of her dinner:
This was the tirst and as I can now recollect,
the only time that, I ever disobeyed the com
mand of my father, Many years have passed
since then, and this trifling incident would
perhaps long since have been forgotten, had
not the sharp teeth of the mouse inflicted that
punishment so justly my due, while in the
very act of disobedience.
FASHIONABLE WOMEN. —To be a woman of
fashion is une of the easiest things m the world.
A law writer describes it —buy everything
you don't want, and pay for nothing you do ;
smile on all mankind but yuur
happy every where but at twine : hate the coun
try, and adore the city ; read novelb; neglect
yuur children ; nurse lap dogs, and go w
church4every unie you get anew shawl.
'Speakiir , of cisterns, rt.:lanai us of a
good 'story we heald the other day. A man
an'lvLd In the night at a hotel In a. w.Jstern
one end of whnit lost oy g lock of
the enlarge,l -1.)It Li,
Qt/L fot sonle pun 1M1..0 the t le: v. a IN , .1.
dirt-Gtly :wo
some ante. i.c , l n,t. .okki
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Singular Case—Living without Food
We findin. the Medical Chronicle, of Mon
treal, the following communication from the
lion. P. Boucher de •Bouclicrville :
Qi , EuEe, May 13,1855.
SI R -1 have but One desire —one thought :
to he useful to my fellow creatures. Please
communicate the following to your colleagues,
and to the public if you think fit. If science
can derive some benefit from my communica
tion, my, satisfaction will be great. I shall
have.fulfilled a sacred duty toward my brethren
of every origin and color. .
There is at present in St. Hyacinthe, in the
District of Montreal. a physiological phenome
non, which I consider - very, interesting-. and
deserving of the attention of scientific men.
The facts, It's far
,as J have been able to as
certain, are as folloWs : there is in St. Ilva
cinthe a young girl about 17 or 18 years ohl,
(I forget her• name,) belonging to a very re
spectable family of that place, who has for
about duce months taken no food of any kind
whatever. Her health haS not suffered. her
complexion is fair. she is always lively, and
busy about the house, or teaching the poor
children of her own place reading, writing,
sewing and praying : still she does not seem
to enjoy a strong constitution. Last Christ
mas, after an absolute fast of three months, she
began to take sonic light food, which, however.
she has never been able to keep on her stomach.
This young person,' who is said to be of a very ,
amiable and candid disposition by those who
know her, does not apiwar to have any inten
tion of deceiving. and after strict surveillance
it has been ascertained that there is no decep
tion on her part.
There must necessarily be something extra
ordinary in the physical organization of this
person to
.produce such a phenomenon. We
can understand that lethargic sleep may last
several days, or even weeks, that a person may
exist for some time under the influence of ti
fever without taking ' food, but in this case"
where a young girl remains in her usual state,
preserves her complexion, her sleep, her
strength, her good humor, without any palpa
ble change, without either eating or deinhit.g,
there is, it appears to me, something very ex
traordinary—something which certainly de
serves the attention of science.
An investigation of facts, a study of the
symptoms and a search for the causes, would
perhaps lead to a solution of this physiologic
phenomenon, and open to new, ,discoveries in
teresting as well as useful, on .the organization
and, formation of man's physical system.
Being convinced that the mere enunciation
of the existence of a like phenomenon will suf
fice to attract the attention of scientific men,
and that the desire to study its character'and
to penetrate its cause, Will be strong enough
to induce them to occupy themselves with it, I
hope not to be refused to associate myself
with the work, by praying for the success of a
discovery which will but serve as a vanguard
to more brilliant ones, and cause the absurd
idea that there arc in nature mysteries itnpen
etrable to science to disappear.
Believe me to be sincerely, Sir, your friend
and servant,
P. Borcnna Da BOUCRERVILLE.
A. HALT., M. D., Montreal.
A Good. Story.
A certain friend of ours, whose urbanity and
good-fellowship have won him a host of ad
mirers, amused a company, a few evenings
since, with the following anecdote, which is
too good to be lost :
S., a Captain of a new and elegant packet on
the Champlain Canal, was spending a few days.
one winter, at Montreal, and to -kill time"
went into the theatre one evening. During
the performance - the - orchestra began playing
"God save the Queen." An important, con
kquential-looki ng .personage bustled - around
the theatre, touching one with his cane and
motionin ,, to another. all the time saying
'hats elf, ;calk:wen, hats otf —our national
air."
Presently he approached Captain S., who is
a diminutive specimen of the Lretzus /vw', and
called out to him, ''hat off, sir—our national
air !" The Lilliputian Captain refused, when
the very consequential busy-body, with a
sweep of his cane, knocked the Captaih's hat
upon the floor. There was a grand rush. the
flashing of a bright blade. and cries' fa. "fight,
a light ;" but the bystanders interfered, and
the patties stood, - glaiin g at each other, like
wild beasts. Capt. S. reiiiarked, shah; know
you next time we meet," and Was hurried off
to prison.
....dit_the. Spring followi ng,_Capt-S-was _pacing
the deck of his beautiful packet as she lay at
the wharf, at White-hall. The -United
States" had just arrived from House's Point,
with passengers bound for Saratoga, New
York, &c.—T1142 captain eyed the party sharp
ly, and. among them recognized his Niontreal
acquaintance. lie proceeded at once to the
leader of the band, and ordered him, as soon
as the boat was in inbtion, to strike up -Hail
and after that ''Yankee Doodle."
The order was obeyed, and the captain ap
peared on deck swinging a huge bludgeon.
soon as the first note of Yankee Doodle had
been sounded, he called out, "hats oil, gentle
men, hats oil . ---our national air !"
Ills Montreal friend did not heed him, when
round came the bludgeon and away went the
Montreal gentleinaii's hat il►to the canal. The
gentleluan was indignant-- got. I I ad—blutitencd
awfully—but-Captain S. was cool.
••I'ei haps you don't know tuc ? I am the
man whose hat you knocked wr, last winter,
in Montreal glad to see you."
"Quite right, Captain : very right. I have
a bottle of the genuine, below ; come down
and we will pits., rccci
A TEA4:Env IN THE CHIMF.A. Driant,
of the grenadier Company, had ocea,ton
check a :ioltlivr. who, belie; partly intoxicated,
wa!, !watching very irregularly. Scarcely had
the rep inland bcen izivett, when the man re
plied, "Lieutenant, you've 1,1/111:,}led inc often
enottjx---you :,hall nut pit:te,lt we any mote
and on the tiu...l,et. he
tired, and hot hnn thrott7it the body. The
general in contuliutd of the Uenches %ca.., in the
ravine clo;-,e hy, and after a linei:/eonNultation
between hint and the e , ititittauelr'r of the relikl,
a council was had. and the num eamderlated
to tx shut. lie out, and twelve
Lonna:, were ,cut th; , ,ii_:h lit., ly:
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GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, 'JULY 30, 1855.
Sands of Gold.
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may
easily untie.-- Shakspeare.
Let friend hip creep gently to a height. If
it -rush to it, it may soon run itself out of
breath. —Fuller. '
The extreme pleasure we take in talking o
our.selves, should make us fear that we give
very little to those who listen to us.--La
.11Hclulotteauld.
Make not thy friends too cheap to thee, nor
thyself to thv friends. Purchase not thy friends
Ly gifts when thou ccasest to give, such will
cease to love.--Pallrr..
There is as much greatness of mind in the
owning 01 a good tarn - as in the doing. of it
and-we must no more force a requital, out of
season, than be wanting in it-..---Seserca.
Take heed of jesting : many have been ruined
by it. It's hard to • jest, and not sometimes
jeer, too ; which oftentimes sinks deeper than
was intended, or expected. --Funcr.
Times of general calamity and confusion
have ever been productive of the greatest
minds. The purest ore is produced from the
hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt
is elicited from the darkest storm.— hatwit.
Sonic Well are very entertaining ihr a first
interview, but after that they are exhausted,
and run Out on a second meeting we shall
find them very Hat ,and monotonous : like
hand-organs, we have heard all their tunes.—
'1)/(nn.
lie that sees.ever so accurately, ever so fine
ly. into the motives of other people's acting,
may possibly be entirely ignorant as to his
own. It is by the mental as the corporeal
eye--the object may be placed too near the
sight to be seen truly, as well as too far ow
nav, too near to be seen at all. —Grenville.
if to no were as easy AR to know what were
good to do, chapels had been churches, and
poor men's cottages ptinces' palaces. It is a
good divine that follows his own instructions.
1 can easier teach twenty what were good to
be done, than be one of the twenty to follow
aline own Leaching.--,Sitakveare.
Joker's Budget.
On one of the rivers in lowa, the only ferry
is a sorrel horse. Ile crosses three at a time
—two on his back, and one fastened to his tail.
"lt is well to leave something for those who
come after us," as the gentleman said, who
threw a barrel in the way of a'constable who
was chasing him.
We asked a hard case - the other day. if he
had anything snared up in heaven ? "Sartain,
sartain," replied he, "I guess they must lx
laid up there if anywhere, fur I aiut got any
laid up at home."
Don't - think of knocking out another person's
brains, because he differs in opinion from yoti.
It will be as 'rational to knock yourself on the
head, because you differ from yourself ten
years ago.
"Mr. Jones, don't you-think marriage is a
mans of grace ?"--liertainly ; anything is a
means of grace that breaks up pride and leads
to repentance." Scene closes with a broom
handle.
Gentility covers up much. Our friend Silk
fuzzy lives on five crackers and a cup -of lean
tea to enable him to sport a ruffle shirt ; while
Miss Slaws() boards at a seven shilling horse,'
just for the gentility of appearing on the prom
enade Sunday afternoon, in' satin and flounces.
Vegetables arc so scarce at Sebastopol. that
a -man with three potatoes in his pocket is such
an -object of interest," that he will only dine
with Lord Raglan. A fellow with three heads
of cabbage has just opened a museum at Bala
klava, admission two shillings, sixpence extra
if you smell of the stalks.
Perfectly Satisfied.
A.Copple were going to be married, and had
proceeded as far as the church door, when the
vyniFlemaittstopped his intended bride, and thus
unexpectedly addressed her :
"My dear Eliza, during our courtship I have
not told yuu the whole. When we are war
rik.d 1 shall insist upon three things."
•.What are they 4" asked the lady.
"In the lint place," said the bridegroom,
shall sleep alone, cat alone, and find fault
i,vlien there is no occasion. Can you submit
to these condition:, ?"
"Oh, yes, sir, very easily," was the reply
'ler if you eat alone, I shall cat first ; and as
to your finding fault without occasion, that, I
think, way he prevented, for I will take care'
that you shall never want occasion." --
The conditions being thus adjusted, - they
proceded to the altar, and the ceremony was
Fri - 'We have received from two or three
sources, batches of curious and authentic
epitaphs. The folloivin c e among the best'
'lien: lies the hotly of prior John Mound,
Who was lust at sea and never found."
"Lie long.on Iytm, gaol Mother Earth, for he
Lied long enough, God knows, on thee."
"Ilere•lies John Ikan, who from a house
Into a cistern fel! her-SuUSC ;
Ile struggled hard with many a bound,
But couldn't get, out, and :V.) was drowned."
BRIEF. BI,T To Tux Porsa.—The Albany.
Knickerbocker has the following : In the
•e u
1,1 I day, .Ir. ()Veefe ht ought
in a bill for the supprebbiun of intemperance.
The following is a copy of the bill : I.
Intemperance is hereby aboli,hed. Sec. 2.
This act shall take edict immediate] y." The
bill was ft:fermi to a beleet committee.
rr7".l fellow at a race courb e was s. tagge r
about the track with more liquor than he could
carry. -I kilo ! what's the matter now e
said the chap whom the inebriated individual
had just run against. "Why—lac—why.'
said the fi2iluw, so drunk he was hardly able
to al ticulate, -the fact is, a lot of 11;y
have been betting liquor on the tam t o -day,
and-tbey-lve it 1102 to-it;ll4-the-n-take-; ."
, A travelltr in England, ei), LlNl ttg a
peasant at tvork. 311 d :"Ceili c ; that he wzes taking
it teuiatkaliy said w hint
"ly friend. pin don't appear to sweat any?"
..11 hy, /10, ina,ter,•' uplied he, —six shill
ings a week Ain't wil;_•.t„) !"
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TRUTII-- IS MIGWVT, AND WILL PREVAIL
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'•L Will give you my
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COL. SAMUEL 'W. BLACK ON KNOW
NOTHINGISM !
&fore the late Democratic Slate Convention.
-EXTRACT FROM II IS SPEECH..
The question, sir, of importance to us, is a
plain one. The Know-Nothings are the only
men in the field against us. They come from
cellars, vaults, from holes and corners. with
soiled flags, and the Democratic party of -this
State, on this glorious day, •the Anniversary
of our National Liberty and the Declaration
of independence, desire to stand boldly out and
defy them—and here, on.our own soil, show
them that our pure, unsullied flag can still fly,
and that we can defeat them. [Deafening.
Cheers.
Now, sir, that is the question of airimary and
vital importance, and because-it is so, we de
sire to meet upon that question mainly. It is
fairly before us, and we need not go out of our
way tor - hant that issue.
Mr President, we have said in these resolu
tions, that these Know-Nothing Aseasures are
unconstitutional. We are going to tight them
single handed, and if we stsig,le this monster
of corruption-all small lizards will
selves to death. (Applause.) This boa con
strictor, this serpent. is going to light ; let us
meet it, and having destroyed it we can walk
lameeforth in n path of peace.,
.The Know-Nothings defend their side of the
question for two reasons. First : They say
religion is at stake--our Bible is at sjake—
, that precious book on which all base their
hopes of salvation, is in danger. They, sir,
undertake to say, that for the sake of the Bi-
' ble, Americans mustsrule - America ; and, sir,
they use that book as their first authority for
proscribing men because they.. are - born on a
finiegn soil, and because their religions senti
ments may not happen to accord with theirs
a large number of whom have no religious sen
timents at all. For I observe that those men
who arc exercised on this interesting question
of religion are openly professed infidels, olio
treat all religion with scorn. •
But, sir, how is this Bible question, because
they prate upon it and try to make capital out
of They call themselves the "sons of the
sires of '76," and say for that reason they have
the right to the entire possession and glory of
this country. Now I will prate a little - too
upon our country, rind in right of my father,
who was a good old Calvinistic preacher, I
will refer a little to the Bible.
I will take the liberty of saving here, that
from the beginning to the end of the old Testa
sament, the whole tenor of that Divine Book
is anti-Know-Nothing, and the treatment of
'every
always generous and manly. In
every part of it, it- shows that especial care is
taken that strangers be treated in precisely an
opposite way to which the iiithers of the Know
-Nothing order treat them now.
By the Declaration of Independence we hold
out to foreigners an invitation to conic here
and dwell in our land ; and we make a con
tract with them, that if they will come, we
will treat them, not as aliens and enemies,
but as citizens of our own country who con
form to the laws, and guarantee to them the
blessings and comforts which belong to our
iu
stitutions. (Applause.) Why, sir, one of the
charges made in that Declaration was, that
the King had prevented the naturalization of
foreigners, that he had restricted it and thrown
difficulties in the way, and that was cousidered
sufileient cause to throw -the nation into. revo
lution, and finally to give to it freedom and
itidependence. (Applause.)
Then, sir, if I am not growing tedious (cries
of ge en, Black ! and loud applause.) Then.
when -the Constitution of the United States was
adopted, iii.l7B(J, George Washington was a
member of the Convention, and !say that that
instrument not only does not go against foreign
ers, hut holds out the strongest indueements
to them to come and settle in tins country.
It diav be said, and I will answer it now while
1 think of it, that our forefathers did hold out
hopes then, but it was because the country
vacs thinly settled, and we twanted'population
from abroad. It is nut true, for when the
thirteen States made the Declaration of Inde
nt edem., and afterwards formed the Consti
tution, we had less unoccupied territory than
we have.at this day.
But what did they do in the Constitution ?
They did this : in the article relating to the
election of President, they use this - language :
"No person except a native-born citizen, or
a citizen of the United States at the dine of
the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eh
-gible-to the -office of President neither shall
any person be eligible to that office who Atilt
it have attained - thesa - ge of - .1 . 5 years, Ai id - he - err
14 years a resident of the United States."
Now, sir, that does not only implicitly say
that a foreigner may be President of the (ha
ted States, it expressly says so. Look at it.
'the foreigner and native-born citizens arc
placed precisely on the same platform, for if
-the foreigner is in this country a eitizen of the
United States, at the time of the adoption of
the Constitution, he may be elected to the
Presidency of the United States, just as a Da
tive-born. --.And you will observe that all the
figures harmonize in reaching the result to
which I desire to conic. If a filreigner is here
at 21 years of age, add 14 years to that thin:,
dining which either a native or foi eigner must
be a resident, and you make just 35 years, the
time at which any man is eligible withat-Ingli_
ollice. So" that George Washington himself,
when he voted for that, contemplated that a
foreigner, then a citizen of the United States,
might be elected when he had attained the age
of 35 years, to the highest executive office in
the Natious and yet they say that George
lVashington was opposed to foreigners, anti I
that they ought not to have even a vote for
President of the United States.
But it does not stop -here. In regard to the
Solute of the United States we have this lan-1
.•No person shall Lie a Senator who shall not,
attanitil the age of yuars, and 9
year:, a citizuzi or fie t - oftc4l Stare:,, and tali„
when elected he au inhabitant of the
State fur which - he i., elected."
Now, su, ::1 years make both native and
tot cv,•,iter a citizen, and add 9 ycar4 ni,that and
we _ i pake U. The couteuiplattun of the flam
e's a\ere.:fure was, that a fOreigner, at the es
pitation of 9 }ears alter he was t,hotdd
t,t,ital upon the same platform for the SultaLt•
;,,, th e native-lx)rn citizen. That wa., the oat
Lon},Lawn (ol lieutgu 4.,liingt*,il ail..
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Senate, after only 9 years residence. They
make no distinctions. • No matter whether it
be tieneral Montgoluery, who fell at Quebec,
or General Shields, 'who bad a hole made
through his holy big *enough almost to allow
a railroad car to pass through. •
presume that young America will tell us
that Washington and those men, did not know
anything about their business, and that it was
reserved for us to ascertain' that the Constitu.
tion which they adopted was a dead letter. .so
far as these things were concerned, For the
supreme Order - of the Star Spangled Banner to
determine that Americans shall rule America.
Why, sir, do they know that, in regard to
the flag, that this country never went into any
thing without a flag..and do -they know that
in Fehruary,l77G, tvlien the first ship of war
that started limn our shores, left Walnut street
in the month of Vettruary. before the Star
Spangled Banner was adopted, that John Paul
Jones, a Soon:honor, and as gallant a man as
over looked into the deep sea, or gazed on the
eagle's nest high up in the top.' of the mom-
Lain, with :ns own hand raised the lirstAtutir
lean lia: that ever floated over au iiiinerican
vessel. (Applause.) That flag was a yellow
silk flag,, with a pine tree, indicative of our
COUlltrV, and a rattlesnake uncoiled underneath
with that thrilling motto. which he knew so
well how to carry out, “Don't tread on me,
my stroke is death. ) ). (Applause.) First
among the list of I,icutenants in the American
Navy, appointed there on the recommendation
Of General Hugh Mercer, of Virginia. and on
the motion of Richard henry Lee, is that saute
Jones. then a foreigner.' lie went to his ditty
filithfully, froh► one ship to another he paSsed. -
Wherever he went, lie was a terror to our ene
mies and a source of great joy ,to our country..
Wherever he went, ho struck terror to the
eyesight °four foes ; and when the" Star Span
gled Banner was adopted as our National flag,
that same Patti Jones, still a Scotchinan, but
yet a true American, on the Ranger, raised
the first American flag Witti — hia own hands
over that vessel, twice sealing his fidelity to
the country of his adoption.
Again, sir, to conic hack to Scripture. -I
contend that this Know-Nothingism mantra
diets every sentiment. and every instruction
which Christ uttered in his last hour. What
were they ? lie said to his apostlee—"go ye
into all the world •and s preaCh the Gospel to
,every creature, beginning at ,Jerusahnu. and
then go into foreign countries." If they had
been Know-Nothings they would have been
very unwilling to go into foreign parts, and
their Know-Nothing wisdom would have ended
at Jerusalem. tApplauks.l
liepause I consider the Know-Nothing . ques
tion as the most important question in the
"coining campaign, I wish to lay aside all mi
nor ones And meet them alone in the field. that
we may defeat them.. We wilt meet theta ht
the field, with -our, flag unfurled —with every
stripe of that flag displayed and every star
glittering,.answering with heavenly light the,
flashing eyes of the faithful that fight under
it, and victory will crown our ellbrui. Pro.
seription, persecution, fanaticism and cruelty
will be tran►pled in the dust, and that, too,
by the only party in the. country who OW or
will do it, and that is the National Democra
tic party of the Union. After that; we will
meet together and discuss smaller- issues..
[Great applause. j
TRUTH WELL STATED.
We print below the main portion of a letter
of Professor ' g ong:Arcot, and desire to call the
particular attention of our renders to it, as a
hold and manly expositio n ► of the infamies and
corrupting tendencies of Know-NOthingisin.
Professor L. one of the most eloquent and
popular 'divines in the South-western States,
and has long been considered the head of the
Methodist Church in that section of the con
try. Ile exposes with bold and masterly hand
the awful consequences that must inevitably
follow the success of this God-defying combi
nation :
-In July last, I had just, heard of a new or•
ganization in the counuy—seeret in fts move•
Inents, and going under the name of Know-
NothinFs. Its principles I understood to be
opposition to Catholics and foreigners, to be
planned in the dark. strengthened by oaths,
and inanifested at the ballot-box. It. tilled ma
will alarm.
;;aw in it the elements of rapid expansion
and awful explosion. I exhibited them to the
class that graduated in that month, and for•
warned them to have nothing to do with it.—
Bad I been inspired, 1 could hardly. have fore
shadowed its history Inure accurately than I
► . my pre is ion no 'fling reniains o
fulfilled but the outpouring of more blood.
My forecast in relation to it ought to insure re
spect for my judgment, in and about Oxford at
least, but it is the very forecast which is rais
ing a buzz of discontent against me in this
vicinity now. This is the sin which brought
out against toe the recondite presses whiehi
have named above. It is called "dabbling in
;" but its true name is "Unpalatable
Truth." This is the sin for which lam soon
perchance to be sacrificed. They that stoned
the prophets of old are yet alive, and why
should I expect a better fate than they
I do not know that a better use could be made
of toy uhl carcass than the ofleriug of it upon
the altar of this ".llnterican" Baal. An incense
-alightarise--from—it—that—wmrld—thr-more — to
purify the Church and the State from this
modern abomination than anything which can
emanate from my poor, frost-covered brain.
The public has now the sum total of my poll
tacal sins, public and private. I shall speak
at - large of the new order in an appeal to my
Church at some future day, if 1 may be al
lowed to do so. I am committed against it,
and I shall oppose it forever--nut in the class
room, hut everywhere else ; not as a partizan.
but as a Christian. This 'the patrons of the
University should know. For all the honors
and eitittltiflientz, of earth I could not be inducted
u:...-muou a po.,]tiu►► of ncuitality in regard to
it. It all expericuce be not laii>ehood,
history a fable, it will throw du.; country Tutu
couvulaion., if it be not crushed, and
that speedily.
In toy view, every man who has a scruple's
should ri.,e agumst it —now unme.di
ately. ere it be forever too late. Indeed, it al
low., no heat] linty. With in' profesoed Amer
on it a.,suiott., au absolute dictatorship.
It ►%lll allow DIP Itcln to iiiirAloll punt or
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air nnd I implore him to come ant from am*
connexions ; and it addresses me in tones 4cd,
ell spotic authority on this wise ; "Sir. any
name is Polities; you are a clergyman, Ord
clergymen should have nothing to do with.
politics .1" ' , Right," cries my brother Hold
man. you'll ruin yourself Jiro meddle with
politics!" I say to him; "You! woe er e
agathst the laws of God mid your IDhurch."
"Si;," it responds. "doyen thus denounce the,
pious of my order I Have yon no respect for
the Church. or your place V denounce 'the
Shiner& of the band. and the Minn' reprove
rate.. I reprove the sends, and the sinners de
nounce inn ! The saint shields the sinner - Awl
the Minter the saint. If such* combinatioe its
nor, enough to make the Church end *ate both
shudder, I know not what would. -
°Wino the new order bears with intolerable
pressure. It flees befee foe like the ghost of
Banque at my every step in the Para/
ditty.
I am . a Preacher. If f preach upon Ole
sanctity of oaths. it, mut* itself, insulted,
and- attacks me .- accordingly. It preach to
Christiaus to come out from the wicked. it in.
sults me for a:tuning kilow-nothingx. If IT
preach that the love of Vbrist., is nut bounded .
by State lines, it charges me with attacking,
the article of its creed against foreigners.
I ens n teacher. It I teach that nuilmillel
Promises aro not, Whiling ! I shaft le chord
with justifying the expoeurnof knowi ,. notbuig ,
secrets. If I set the lesson to my millswhore.
in I. B. Say says that every iteceension'titia
man to a country le en neceselma of ti attsore;
I am to he peldished to the world. aalinkleitio , -
rotting my pupils in anti-know•nothing pen**
As I mu ever to be gored' by - thin vatic
bull, Iliad as welt take it by the herantrinee.'
Let the order keep its Wills off me, the dtstiairi ,
Mid the constitution. and I will never disturb •
it ; but when it creeps from its dint. mai*
name of politics; with edema artatnd * MA&
dist preacher. and the other around dm despe. ,.
ate demagogue and introduces Ilea toilet as
united by triple ode in indissoluble banditot .
wedlock, I- shall not stop' to inquire Whether , '
its mono suits its character, Or whet thosirla
r eacies of my calling dcenand of me; belt, under
my Chrietain impulses of borror, l l will pro-
nonce the -union adulterous by , the prier
espousal of the one, and the utter iniaditation
(Odle other, wilt warn the first thealte* ,
of Wesley, to retort* to hie -find lorei'erthia
candlestick be removedmat4 slid I
will -warn the other, by the shade Wenhin*
ton, to repent and return to the pineiples- of
that great man, ere he -teaks tWpablkonlitni
stench in the nostrils of all tenepattiout, lad
if they hoed me not, / lint AtnEn,lloll4
drive them out of the iitrtd, VINO Went a*
my life to do it. When it idniniteintlesse it
lectaregeous and drip crow itIOIIe sisvnt
ono of my feeter•children, ant there 4ndeshi.
nates him in bitukmt leriariOl6iilleinlli -
;plots, religious persecution, and shetilting
ethics, I shall not atop to °imolai% ilhe . „ dirt**
of phrase or plaoo. or to sigtorilettithelybui
its vile : but, from the irsitineteet
I wilt cry akin& “Thos dteddeliend Mmietee r
spare the young ! For (4 . 0 fild*,4l 4 / 1 11
. alll
young I I hate taught dada limnitiness4 spin
neBB. independence 111 ,thout*:' slid
modesty. prudence. teems Ay:9o% otal
courtesy to all. Do not I hoplare yos. - 04-
stitate - for this tench* Voir eirtien tact*,
your binulike oaths m ix 4r. etch
and passvtords and fltmth_.
them not to sunder all .oche ties for loose 01
the KnowNethings. Throw on! morel els
went into per combustible etteehlteitets Ass
shall prevent it from Setting fire to en:
and colleges." Miesiesipplaus-48054111141g,
fathers --.Ketne-Ncdilitor fathaise
yourselves your son, not yet othia etri,
standing amitlit a motley grow. gathannll if
every grade of society, with one herd etc the
left breast and the other rap - biarinfit,itlietit
his country, while some wretch. :
from the smug cif, , , **era
oaths, which are to eial his itsdelmindemee..
freedom of spowb, freedom ofactitm.nlid btu
dotu of serrate' forever I It - this does not.
drive Chasteins out of the order. Welcome be
they to their religion! If this does sot unit* ,
every father in solid iphelarte_ against it, let no
man covet a thine 11:841004 Or college hi
Mississippi. eat verily. lamin my “de.
tap)." I ant a raving madman, or the Ohm*
and State are on the high road to ruin. Such
is the order of which I may sot swift at au,
or only in court phrase
Now. gentlemen editors and Know-Nothings,
-
you have something sensible and tmogible to
harp upon without resorting to rumor. lam
agninist yikt fur life. --- Yowpoeiratetwi sa - tbouglt --
you supposed it would distress we sorely to
lose my place. You are mistaken,sirs ; I was
twit*, on the point of resigning it, bat by
earnest entreaty was induced to *stain it. Be
assured, gentlemen, after filling five chairs for
live years, and performing duties enongty to
wear out most men in that time, it will list`
coat me a sigh to relinquish it. Never will I
hold it upon condition that I must treat Snow.
Nothingism with respect.
Nations, like men, ran mad at time% and
nothing but time and bleed letting can curs
them. Still, while there is hope, all good
uteri should strive withers them My course
is taken—carefully, thoughtfully. pprayyerfully
taken. lAM no Carbone. Put Methodism and
Roinanisin on the field of far* argnmentomd I
will stake my all upon the issue ; but I am lug
such a coward as to floe the field of honorable
win fare for savage ambush-fighting. or such a
foOl us to believe that a man's religion is to be _
tvloroted by liarrassing his person. Nor em I
so hlind as nut to see that„ when the
work of entitling churchea, if begun in the
,:ountry, it is not going to atop with the over
throw of one. .111 Protestantism almost will
he against nur—two-thirds of my own church,
will be against me—the trustees will
la; Klarrned for the interest of the college, my
colleagues of the fae.ulty will be uneasy, my
b„...4 friends will be pained. but I have au
abiding conti . dence that - nothing will be lost by
my course in the end. It wilt 4'e madness is
men to withdraw their sons from the able
ttai•bisig of my colleagues for my fault—to at.-•
Ltd. the college to - injure toe, but these are
days of madness. and this is the way in which
obnoxious professors art iximmonly attacked.
P... 1 it :.o. I have dime my duty, and I leave
the consequeiices with God. And here I sign
lily name to what I deem the best. legacy that
u c.u.- aldreu—a record proof
that, nutty.' nor policy. nor temporal
intelest, u n h n.nti,,hip, nor church. nor threat-
ell! from every qoArter. could movo
thus ftthtr au rn.tant from principle: or
into Into •11( an t when the cause of God
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