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I FORTHE DEMOCRAT.
' The Vahan's
Oh!Ctdia, adorable Cuba, land
of my, birth, I lore thee well. The sighing [to
Gales sweep from clime to elime,, from shore
Shore, 'fan with their 'rooting breath no fairer,
Lorelier isle than thou, thou which art of
Ail, the f.iireat; proudest tern" that s piirldes
In Hispania's ancient crown. Let fair
Italia boast her bleaTenly , clime, her
Gergeous•suprt, skies, and•love enkindling eves,
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liertimui w
c valeand streams, her fertile plains
Aild blooming Meads, her sacred grots and_hoary
Mounts aed , crumbling rains old, replete ' -
With fabled inemoriA of the mythic"
Past, yet:still, my aative 'land tho' Gods, nor
Nymphs,"not Naiads coy were, by the poets -
31Ythologic ceiSedle'er made tho fairy -
Tenants ,of thy orange gores 'aid citron
Bowera4,thy noiseless caves and.musTelnaking
Founts, tho' sculptured, moss-grown piles,uprear
e4 by •
Heathen hands, for saerilegious rites, meet
Not the travier's curious gaze, thou art
As beautiful as she. Here Nature., rich
In all her pristine beauty, reigns supreme;
While smiling Ceres pours, with lavish hand,
Fier golden treasures in the lap or toil
How oft, in youth's bright, sunny morn, ere yet
Bascom knew a care, I've wandered o'er these
Smiling plains, and climbed yon azure hills,while
Spicy breezes, fresh from aromatic
Greve, would kiss, in sportive glek:gfpleasure
Beaming brow. Ah: little thought phen, this
Breast would ever feel the torturings keen
It since has borne.. Alas! What knoW we of
The future! Our fate from us is wisely
Hidden.
Oh, Cuba, fair Antilles' queen, -
For thee I deeply moan]. Vow wretzliei
Thy lot! From Nature's hand thou earnest a
Stooping paradise: The power of cruel
Man, long centuries agone;,- for foulest.
Ends, transformed this Eden of the sea into
A Pand;moninm%f misery •
And woe. •.E'en now my country groans beneath
A twofold curse : the bondage of her own
And distant Afric's sons. Yea, our limbs are,
Fettered with a foreign despot's chains. Their
Clanking fills the balmy air with harshly . ,
Grating sounds; and yet 'tis music in our
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Cruel musters ezr . Our souls as . well as : [lik e
Limbs, are held in c osest. thrall. Those Go
Faculties, bestowed on man, for noblest • I
Ends we dare not exercise, as to us. [A. •
Seemeth meet. This would s be instant death.
So the bold, the fearless thought, that would,
were
trtterancoAllowecl, soon break these shackles
Olt loi* to emOulder• in the breast* that
Fain ireuild give it birth ; but shall we ne'er
Be free !• ; Must - slavery's vile infeetioiis
Breath, pollute, for aye, the very air
We breathe! Must Cubans, too, be slaves, i
ffnot in terms! Degenerate cravens!.
Ignoble scions of an itlaitriol2ll .4.Y our
Stock, would to Heavin there glowed within
Breasts one spark of martial fire, e'en
Such as burned. Within oar brave forefather's
Hearts, then would we break from off oar
e ‘ fs.
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S - Weary • • . ] world
Lim these foul, accursed_ bonds '
then, then
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La Op, May 3,.1855.
A Bold and Humane Indian.
The following facts of a tonna. chief pf
the Pawnee nation, and son`o't Old Knife , One
•orthe Indians who visited the ei,ty of Wash
ington. a few years ago; from the foot of the
Rocky 'mountains, are highly creditable to his
generosity and benevolence. This young war-1
rlor, When those events occurred,' was about - ,
'twenty-fiVe3Tars.ord. At the age of twenty
tine:kis heroic deeds had acquired for him;
among the people,_the rank of " Bravest of
the Brave."
The savage practices of torturing and burn
ing to death their, prisoners existed in this
matron.. Arl'u_nfoi tut:tate female, taken in war
with the Padua nation, was destined to this
horrible death. The fatal hour'had arrived ;.
the trembling victim far from home and her
friends, was fastened to the stake; the whole
tribe had asseaabled on the surroundinn. plain
to witness the-awful scene. 'Just as th e 'e, wood'
was about to be kindled, and the spectators
were on tiptoe of expectation. this young war
rior, who sat composedly among the chiefs,:
having before preparedotwo fleet - horses with
the -necessary provisions, - sprang from his
'seat, vt4hed through the crowd, loosed the
Victim seized her in his arms, placed her on',
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•one , ef the horses, mounted the other himself,'
and made the utmost speed towards -the nn-,
kion and friends of the captive.
The multitude, dumb and nerveless with:
amazement at the daring deed; made no. effort.
`to rescue their victim from' her ,deliverer.—
They viewed it. as the act of their deity, sub
mitted to it' without a Murmur, rind' quietly
returned to their village. The released was
accompanied through the wilderness towards .
her home, Where she was out, of,danger.
then gave her the horse on which she rode,!
with the necessary provisions for the remain-[
der of the journey, and parted from her ; On
his return to the village, such was the respect',
entertained for him, that no inquiry was made
Igo his conduct, no censure was passed on it,
and since the, transaction, no: human sacri
fice has been offered in this or any of the,
Pawnee tribes. Of what influence is one bold
act in a good cause.
On the publication of this uneedote .atd
Washington,' he young ladies. of a female,
seminary in that
,city, presented the brave,
and humane 'lndian with a handsome -silver
"modal, onArhieh witsegraved-an approprii
-ate inscription, acampanied by an address;
'of whirl the fallowing-is the close :
"Brother, accept this token or our esteem
and when you have' again the power to save
a poor woman from death and tortue, thin
+of this and of is, sad ix) her rescue."
Aar " Bob, lower .younleflrto the Well an'd
holler for help."
" What fort"
"To liiibtert - daddy • and make some fun?'
'Bob did as desire,d, but got more,fun than be
Innrined for. It was' administered with a
hiekoqi sapling. • Distaree five feet and a
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o.N .l tlie south. bank of_ the , memorable ! and
beautiful *hawk, in full view of its placid
WaOS and 'distinct hean'lng of its silvery song,
1 hes the - pie:ls:int and quiet little village of F.-.-
The country around 'is _quite - uneven, rising
sometimes -grAdually i i nto. green and 'bushy
-trolls, and again abraptirrinto fearfal cliffs,'
and forming thus a picturesque and . char
' thingllands'inpe. - Al small, Wild Aid reckless
stream, with a dirill'ng Indian name, dashes
noisily throng!' the west • boundary of this
sunny 'spot, xv hi le thrmigh its lower prirt,creeps
the green atid sliniy - brio canal, with its thou
sand I Mid i °tie sluggish .barks.• A - short .di s
tancelfrom' the river is a large tract of forest,
which stitches aiwav for miles in almost . un ,
broken siiatPtle, liai for the most part.as wild
its when llldsonltirst - sailed up the great riv
er•ottlie StSte. IB l et few human habitations
are fcsand Within itS borders, vet here and
there,l.howeVer,. sour° sturdy men have found
• their Way, rind - clearing off a little-Spot, have
built Cheri 4 temporary home. - They depend
nntinAr
' ?or.subsistenee' on timber, which they
ninnuiaetun4 into boards and' shing,les, anti
take them to market on huge rough-made,
riledir - 4.drawi4 by a yoke of oxen, throngli a
path .0 u tou On inong the trees, just Wide enough
to riffOid th& lumbering vehicle a !p . m:sage. '
' l The Cust4iiis and inanners of . these dwell
ers in the woods are 'tide and' micultivat4A.
Theirjchildr'n esizallv. grow to man and wd-,
t • a
Mnlibod wohout OlFlaining any other :Wean-,
Cages of educatioti l than simply those •1% hicli
t.t F nable there to read and write and cvphcr
'Very imperfectly,/ and with great labor. Of
the_world they-knowl - nothing, and 'seem to
aware btlt little; bizt they drive a bargz
,riiiret.-
4 , i I,:i'osely, tri a little money with them looks
tart:re, :CIA 4 their wants are simple, few '
dollars *ill - Inate them - rich and 'Co ented.
They are a!, lizirdy industrious, andhonest
Mee, with niant t '. tolina virtues and but few
great - vices. !I
,1O most pernicious and prey
alent of thegatter is the custom -of drinking
• whiskey, ia'fwhich they -frequently indulge - to
great excess!; but itis don% at Lime, and all
the family . Participate in the fuu to
which' it gives rigel And the noise and glee__ of
,• • gives 1
the rustic rve!.
.
Lin th village of which this forest forms a
sombre boundary, there *once resided a yontli, '
ful chlrgyinin, - wlin,in we shall call, for pres
ent purposei; Dompiie K. Gifted highly with
intellectual ;and Moral qualities, and pos- .
Sessiug withal an e' -y and pleasing address,
' - iad'earlY,i heroine a great favorite, not
only with his parishioner:, but with the coon-'
tr.- people 441 ribotitrand was thus liequentlr
surnnioneff away tciattend to their spiritual
wants' I.li l ''tieepl., . fervent, .syrupathizing
'prayed, atidl,his kind words of condolence,
traileiMs_pr4stnz-e'litfunerals soon become`' :in
;urgent needssity, And wcepit, eyes would
wa
'tch' his coming as though t ey knew his
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hand wouldisoftly wipe the teatts away. A nd
as the,true heart is everas glad as its . neigh
hor'sjoy,ssllit is sad at iti: woes, so his could
and did enter merrily into tli* brighter
scenes of , lii4iinisterial Ilife—the clasping of
hands and the - eoventinting of hearts, and
from being the faYoiit4 Dominic of the funer- •
al hour, he llFecarne soon. tOo;thelored and the
longed for ope of the wadding festivities. ' *ln
deed, Iris fame in the aviarrying line was soon
without. a riYal, and 'in l any a joyous, And many
a funny scene, did'it trace upon his memory.
It was; a ' ! old th v in !the- winter of 1840.
Bleak; nlndlse - eptifuricitiSly by, faking with .
them the 'snowthat layHdry and loose • !Ton
the - frozen round, and piercing" through
- the warmest of garments with a keen, shiver
ing touch. !'The earth ' looked] gloomy and
desolate, ile. the wholNviSible heavens
were oveNpr i ead with clouds, Which writhed
and tossed F with an angry Velocity., Few
persons aye ', so hardy as to le - r glow
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in; firesid i to fate the furit is weathe and
the few pedetsrians that trod the little village,
massed taunt► with• a hurried and buSiness
p.
like tread. ilAfriong them :about nine in the
morning, was seen the youthful minister_;—
'Apxiety for '3ltis weekly hews had driven him
from.his.study, and Ile. was walking briskly
!along, liiilf-tilincled dashing sizow_flake.s, wiled!
he was suddenly. accosted with the iaterron- i
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tion : . . IF. • I I 1
F "1 say;inilster ! casilye tell me wore Dan- 1
'ini*. K. liveslfor I. want to see him right!
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I! " I Suoposn I xm the man yon are sL:ckiii,g,"
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said Mr. K Illookine•la little curiously at Ithe .
queer specinien oft hOLpatlity who had• stop-
ired him so lbruptly, acid beholding a yoeng
0/1111, apparently about twenty years of Age,
all, very sllinx,'btit inclining forward uitl ' an
'awkward stdop,arel with arms and legs wl ich
!lad quite toOonuch length - compared s ith !
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their Phirapriess to impress the mina . very 'se; '
Hously *ithttlie idea of the beauty of plopor-
floe iu the ii.ucaan figure. -11e...was habited
in a hernesptin fabric, and the sleeves of his
coat,linti tit' legs of his pants, - were as much I
too shii,,rt as the limbs- that occupied them I
were too to '.. Ills hat might have been,
from its rash on, the• wedding gear of his sire,
his boot-shad trodden down,,the mud of ma
ny
a plough- ( field,-while his brown •andbraw- !
tiy•hanis sp ke eloquently of fallen trees and I
driftin'em logs . His face—but the sun only I
cOuld have - ainted that, as its owner looked f
upsomiiickl into the minister's at his reply, ;
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and saiil: •
S. W.. T.
"Be '6-ees be Sees the Dominic 1 'Cause
if yees be I ant tco speak with ye all alone
—all 11414, , 'ye understand r. .
AN yes, said Mr. li., in his affable man
ner,-"bit it': a told place heretol.alk. Walk
with 14 to t e post-office, and then I will
4 ,w
sh' w yOuto - t , y study"
-PAntioily . lie young , man followed him,
riuglivOn eriagly into the letter-box as he
101 his , gliid slip a folded paper in, and &IV-
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in k lAri dli, hen he saw him come nut with
'oll o newpapers in his hand :.
1 Du i tell rue now if that ar's the place
where iesdia . comes from r I. •
r•Soricie of . t," said the minister, and with
Itirriediste - he showed him to his home,and
uShered, him , uto his coiy study.
!IT/layout% man's countenance, changed as
soon as:lie vi.% seated. AJudicrcius bashful
tali,s usurped the intense anxiety that it NO
di - 1_
worn becore, , . nd instead of breakinm the news
es
atitotfee, be - t for sonic moments looking in
t6;ithe late i, twirling his'old. hat, as* crazy
got of win sometimes besets a withered
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BrINIRS. C-61t)LINS
JOURNAL.DEir
Montrost,
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': " Did I understand that .you desired to see
me, sirr . asked
.:51r.,1i., after awhile.
" 1-e -s, sir, if yees_hti the! Dominic."
"Well lam he. Wliat_isour . business I"
-!` Be we all alone ?" - and. Ihe looked_ sheep
ishly at the Led i rl..,om door,l• which
_was half i
open; _. .. . .:.. - 1 - • -" I
The minister rose and closed it. . -
-" We are entirely alone, i ir." • •
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There were suialry heins,iand - hitches; sihd
hitches, and shufileN and finally there bolted
from his lipS the words :
Well, I come for gees !to go and Marry
some. one to-night!"
• `;` Indeed ! mut who is . ,
." Why, Ws the. and bets4!"auswered the
poor fellow, with; a desperate emphasis ; ,
and,
we wants you and• nobody else ttl urarrY us;
'cause you-buried her sister"s baby."
" And how far: is it r -
"0, 4., only i, - seien miles up here, Ivou
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know."
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"So'en miles t •Why, I eanitot posiobly
go that distance ; tlii's blustering weather. You
must invite Notne: . b.ne else."
"; !int we cateydr—indeed wel a an't 'eatise
the olewoinan . and the old ;man wants yon,
and so -tloe acid tue,.inid we don't
.want,nobod) el f, never 10.,e any
thing by thi , job;"
" Well,- if you Inuit have Erne," said Mr..K.,
looking.ruefullvrnt the bleak 'scene outside,
'a suppose vim bring Betsey down 'here. And
if you will do th4t, I it agrie' to.' marry you
tor s aothing."
"0, but we' ain't. do that, sir,: 'cause her
main and dad w:ints to see her tie.l, and they
couldn't come nii - how and besides, I don't
want to be inarri:ixl for notliin'. 'rye been a
.
saying money all summer t. 4.! pay ',fir it." _
" Well, then, tity.rrood fellow postpone it a
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" it' . " said.•the other, wildly,
evidentiv . at a hiss to itiowl what •the :Word
meant, but seetni?ig to fancy it was some ter
rible niternati,ve.
Yes, put it oh' a while..!
. ..lint. it ofi h but that we Can't do,-for
haye put it oil once. indeed, we must
have Y,e to-night: : and ye wOtirlose nothing
by it.'
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And the poor fellow in Ids artless, bashful
and withal entlitisiasfie way , , pleaded so long
and earnestly, tliht the good-natured .mininis
ter. was finaflyi iniluccsi to consent to attend
to the pressing wants of his heart, and said lie
would certainly l i re at the log-houre earl y 4.4e evening. r iu
The door had closed on the queer .custorn
er, and his heavy; step was half way down the
', , stair-case,.w.hen suddenlyitl.wns heard return
my" quickly, and Ein moment ifs owner's face
peered a , rain.inc4 the studc, and from his
lips issu:d the Wi)rds
"1 10r. , 0t to hill you Dominic, ye.wont lose
notitin' by it,- I'ye got the change handy."
1 .
After an earlyitea, the'•uunister, wrapping
:himself as warmly as possible . °
in ,over-irar
.
ments, seated himself in a o t ter, and giving
•in
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the word to his home was soon on - the road
to hiS promised 4e. He 'lotted the travelling
exceedingly_ bad all the way, while manyaet
tial.perils beiet.hint al' i he 'entered the nar
row woodpath. • Jut It wa t t not one to back
out of duty When ince agreed upon, and
'finally his novel,:ieolding him. was -completed
and be reined up his steed in front of the log
tlivelling, where dwelt the fair German bride.
Ile 'looped in vain for 'a shed to shelter his
: weary Charlie, - hnt •was cortipelled in default
of one; to fasten bim to a projecting limb of
the rough stump fence. - yaving sheltered
liire from therold blast, in a . .rneasure, by a
buffalo robe and blanket, he roads his way
through-heavy Meow drifts to the door, and
gaVe a' mufiledr:ip with his: leather mittens.
It. Was unanswenid, and alnMst frozen, he ptill
edthem off and ,struck hisl numb knuckles
fiercely against the rough panel.
.(2;)ine in," said a stern voice, and he wen
in and hurried-to the broad: hearthstone, b:-
yowl which a bilge tire craekleda merry wt•l
ii
come. In -the corner, on ore Side,- sat a g ar
baiyed man, and : !opposite to him as old a wo
man, and both Were smoking, away as on a-
Wager. The father remove his old stub of a
liipe from his lipi, king enough to say : •
' " Ye're' the Doininie+be ye ?" 'out .lis wife
said nothlne.. . :,..
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" Finilin be. twist " make ihimself at lionif"
the minister, after thawing his chilled tin , rers,
removed his liati over-coat and moecasins;
and set about thoroughly i'artning, himself,
looking around him once in a while, a little
anxiously to see- from whence the bride and
groom would issne.l At length, just as he
was on the point'of telling them he was ready,
a clattering among !the. `looe boards of . the
loft attract yd his attention, and he concluded
that the bridal pair had btien awaiting the
time in the cold - gatret. -Tree steps advanced
towards.an opening him one corner of the room
a(raiust which leaned :t - roivdi ladder.. In
tently did Mr. Ki fix his. eyes upon it, his fun
loving bump iieliir with- litughter at the lu
dicrous sight which he kuiv he would st.e.
A single
_boot, ‘vilich he knew at aglane . e. be
longed Ito his visitor of the . Morning, was the
first object that protruded frOm the aperature;
then came it: mate, and thou the unmistakai
ble short - pants,- mid finallylthe whole figure
of the groom batiked downwards cautiously
holding by . the ',ln-° hand his rustic bride;
who,- When she was within three or four steps
of•the floor, jumped down, as children • *ray,
and the reverlietation resembled r ery . nearly
a slight shock of, an earthquake:
- °lce fairly in. the room, Ihe dropped 'her
handS and sped, Us if he had been shot, to ,the
oppoSite side, Ana set down jwith a highly re
lieved air,'whili4is partner dropped into a
cbaii beside the ladder.. ' 1 •
(4,lieting his merriment as best he 'could,
, - Mr.„l., after's feW moments, arose in his usu- .
'al dignified way,iand said, sOlemnly t . .
"If you are ready for the ceremony please
rise:": . : : 1 .
. ' The young couple std red at each other, at
him, at the old people, but eentinued seated.
Twice he repeated it, and
. twice the vacant
stare repaid
. "If you want, to get married, stand- up." -
-7h:it-they un4rstood, and they'arose;. but
the groom stood ;still at the 1 one side of, the
rt:retn, un-i the bride at the foot ofthe ladder.
l' you are too-tar-apart, My friends. Ap
prbach each oth4." ! „ , . ,
4 4 _ Hitch up to - ber, Oliaditib-r said the old
tit,
n, and Ms -e'er& being intelligible, the
_parties finally. drew into tolerable el -, • - x
.
rmity; , . i. .: • • . H
. t‘ You Mr. Obadiah Van Dozen, and .3lon,
Jai: &Ley; Vad SchetnerhOr4,- hare -a ppear
ed] before me for the purpose of ratifying the
goTrmn covenaiWof your hearts. "ken nil!.
MEE
TED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE, AND MORALITt
sitsqttellanta Qnntn,frnn'a ? '"flursltan', 4
.116rning,',In' II IG, 1655.
therefore please take and receive eaeh. other
by the right band:`
Again came up 'that iacantstarci, while .
Betsey's arms remained akimbo, and'Obadi
ah's
,were plunzed far into the depths of his.
pantahmas!peaetS. repeated
the formula, but it was evidently . Ge e d ; to
them.
"-Di; you foql,. take - bold of Bet's right
hand !" said the old man,
,and 'Di obeying,.
the ceremony proceeded. •
Do you, Obadiah, take this . womar,uib ou
hand you have received and now hold, to be
your lawful and wedded wife?"
"Most' sartainly, sir."
"Do you promise - to love her above all
others?" •
" Why, sir, Fre done so this good while .
" you promise to he , unto he . r . a kind,
faithful and -ftffeclionate hti . sband,'.providing
for her to the best of your ability, cherishimr,
her in sickness :lend in health, in prokperitv
and adversity, arid keeping yourself unto' her
alone,.so long as you both do live r'
Someworkk I' 'don't know the meaning on, promise and do all I
" of
them
o
can, sir." n,big
"Do you, Miss Betv , v. Van Scheinerborn,
take thisithan, whose band you have received
and do nbw hold, to be your lawful and wed
ded husband i" • •
Ue's took me, imint be, sir, for to be Lis
«•ifs be's my' husband, then,- without my
takin' hitn." • • .
. .
"Do you promise to love him above all
others r
•
" I'II love hint just as long as te. loves Inc,
arid that's lung enough r
. .
1)0 you protniAe to be unto hint n lind',
taithful-and ntlectionute wife ?"' and so on to
the endof the sentence. . -
• "Of colirse: I do. -If. I didn't, I wouldn't
'ave said I'dint.l
if to th v r,e thinqs, than, vou are mutual's'
agreed, you will-please sqarate your'llands."
" Let. go. your Lands, - - said the minister.
" What after w4're married ? don't see
into it," replied the neA‘ly-made husband,
"but I stippUse its all right."..
" All right, sir.; .And .now hy the authori
ty invested in meitis.a minister of the 'gospel,
and in consonant* with :the laws of this State,
in the presence a thee witnesses, high Heav
en and the holy' ti , ngels, pronounce you hus
band and . wife:, and what God hath joined to
gether, let not Man put 'asunder. Cet us
• tile- benediction over, the minister gave his
hand to the bride, saluting Ver as. Mrs. - Obit:-
di:i Van Duzen, and wishing her a
.thou.;
sand joys, and then congratulating the grooin
on lutring - so early settled in life to his satis . --
faction, .s:1- clown, with a happy Sense of re
lief that the ludicroasuess of the whole scene
haduot so far disturbed- his baMp of laugh
ter as to. make it ring out its merry peals.
But the Married pair stood still, just as he
had left' theni, seeming to wonder if that was
all. ' Mr. K.- suffered them td remain so -a
while, - enjoying their shame-faced and bashful
joy. After! a few minutes, better feelings
roused him, and he said to them : •
. You may sit down, : Mr. l and Mrs. -Van
Dozen ; all over."
" It wasn't s 6 bad after all, was it Betcey ?"
said the groom.'
•4. Why nri," said she, artlessly," it wouldn't
be nothincr if we was used to it:" ,
land round the things,, Betsey," said the
tuothir, :the. things were -passed—a dish
of doughnuts. another' of gingerbread, and
one of butternuts. -
early supper and chilling ridde had giv
en_ the minister a greedy appetite, and though
at another time he might . _ have ishrunk from
the masses of fried-dough, and t . 'he slices 'of
tough cake, he did justice to them now, and
Masticated their as-furiously as doe§ a him- .
grv-dog •gnaw at a kuckle of salted ham.—
Butternuts he always loved, and so to 'eat
them was no infliction. -
" Hand" round the Aother,' said the moth
er, authoritatively; and the bride passed
round the " itother,"nn ancient bowl, holding
dark-colored ,beverage, , which tested the .
minister's discriminating palate severely, but
which he finally concluded :must be a species
of black-strap,compo'unded of villainouswhis:
ket‘, ‘cater, and maple sugar.
di:possing the nuts, Mr. K. , gavL the
your,oouple.- much sav,e advice; the result of
his theoretical views of matrimony, Air he was
himself a blitclielor then, though in after years
h e eo t dd speak feelingly from experience ' To
,
all of they listened intently, Oint.lialt, at the
. c . oneluioti Of each sentence, observing to his
IWe'll do just . so, for sartiain ; wontove„
Bet ECV .
rt:ecittrse;l alters meant to, being each
time her reply.
The refreshments, " thing".and " 'tother,"
both despatched, Mr. K. rose and put . on his
outer-garments, and prepared to start for
hot*. Dee down into the recesses of his
pantaloons pocket delved "the hand of the
briOgrootn, and as he withdrew it, a small
broWn paper pared was brought up. Tbilisi.-
ing it towards the minister, he said.gleefully :
Didn't I tell ye, ye wouldn't lose ..any
thing. That's ver pay, sir."
"Thank you,' said Mr. K., putting the• fee
carefully into the empty pocket of his vest.
now that I'v6 married you, you must
come and hear me preach some Sunday."
, 4 6, yes, we'll do that. We'll go to your
'meeting if we e,ver gocts• to any. - .We'll never
forget you. Dominie."-• •
"GOod-by, and success' to you," said - the
'cleninan't and giving the patient steed the
reins, lie s - ped rapidly atneward. •
Whki thoroughly warmed again befo're his
study tre„ he drew from his pocket Obadiah's
.fee and counted out carefully the six pences
and luilf-dimes, whole dimes'and pennie4
Closed in the brown paper, and then caleula
ted. his profit.and lbss.. He had paid ten-and
sixpence" York, for his cutter—he had receiv
ed six-and-six,", York" for his fee.' But as the
bridegroom told him, so the minister" owned
up." He didn't lose nothin' "—the. other
thfee-and-sixpence be had in -fun, 'and one of
his'sunniest memories was that RtSTIC WED
-
0"4". A singular and fatal accident occurred
in the cars near Tiffin, Ohio, oniJlondayy uigh t.
John &eh, in paying his fair dropped. some
money, and stooping to pick it u pone of All
a self cocking pistols fell from a side-pocket,
and the hatniner, striking 'upon the edge of
the seat,•discharg4A the pistol and killed him
instantly.' The, ball entered his heart... He
. %yas an officer,and had been to Tiffin to 'lodge
.a" prisoner in jai!. F.-id! . team a wife and 'five
children.
AgAin timt vacant state
The, Overturk&l; or, Toil andkits
Victims.
"Why ail this toil for triumphs of an hour?!
Whnt thouth we wade in wealth or soar in fiimei
Earth's highest station ends in "Here ho lies!"
And " dust to dust!' concludes the nobleit son;."
• jer . lf,.oti - looking over the bill of mortali
ty,:the'real CauSes of disease and . death could
be wicertaitted, • how many victims of 'toil,
mental . or - physical, would be discovered.- - -
The Multitude seem to regard the -huinan
machine, so to speak, as eaticulated..for.pet
-petual Motion, and as above and beyond';the
Wear and tear,
.the chances and changes to
which the contrivances of man are liable:—
A:lid yet nota day goes by in which thisab
surd theory is not exploded,: in which some
one,, avc to which Bieusand; arc not stun
molted to their• last account,' thus proliing
that; the connection
that
the body and
the - soul has ceased; that the Mortal has done
its - Work, - and 'that the life of man is narrow
ed within a span. .
- But a few montbs.have elapsed since we
entered upoo a new year. And yet how very
brief a period it scenic to ° those w aide
to
. look back - land fix their eyes even upon
the conimeneement of the present' century)
The intervening space stems within the lim
its of a - single glance. Nevertheless, during
that period thousands and tenspof .thousands
of the sons awl daughters of Adam have
passed (rein the face of the globe, and there are
but few, comparatively speaking, who com
menced with tbe , new ctMtury, who still lin
ger on in their earthly - pilgrituage. The
!philosophy of life; so frequently glanced at,
the theme of so ninny great minds and keen.
observers is disre!rarded, Misunderstood, or.
too hastily considred. The masses - are tco
busy, too mile!) occupied, even to watch over .
themselves. :They rush on wildly, recklessly,
impiovidently, ;old often hasten their atl
roach to the valley the. shadow of death.
. n
, .
The gram
Cajo ty . to, - (trtask themselves, mea
t:illy well a's yhyskally. They tqil, mid
strain,' and strict, and find at last, that the
vital !lowers are eAtau"sted, 'and the mental
stamina is gone, that the constitution is btok
en, and that it is too Into to recuperate.--
This is the case eonatantly—and with myriads.
It . is especially so in great commercial Cities,
and in a country -like ours, with ' i so many
hopes, cempllititions, anxieties, and aspira
tions. It is ..,an Ordinary spectacle Ito- behold
individuals' Who are b7awed with care and
bent Witli age, still toiling on as anxiously as
ever, and thus .exhausting, instead of hQrd
ing, their impaired anilfeeble faculties. TNy
cannot, they, will not see the ordinary limits
of life, and each imagines that his is an excep
tio'n to the general rule, that he will prove
particular fortunate, that the laws of life and
death may not be applied to him, that his
mind and his b , klyare superior to those of
ordinary men, and hence he will not be in
tinenced by the same liabilities. 'And thus
he goes on'from day to day, indulging inthis
delusion, untibat last, either the physical or
mental machine gives way, and he sinks,
never to rise again. Butte lesson thus in
euleulated, hnd the examples so constantly'
presented, only arrest . - the attention for the
moment. The multitude hurry on, eager,
ens and impatient, forgetful that they are
upon the same- path, and are liable to the
same vicissitudes. A_conlinonsense view •of
the subject would induce the belief, that at a
certain period of life, knowing the reverses
to which - rill ate liable, more than ordinary
care would LC exercised,in watching, strength
euingand. protecting the Physiettl . as well as
the mental man; and ail unnecessary expo
sures_ would belivoided, and all. exhausting,
strains would be carefulby warded against.
But such is not the ease: i'ur sonic reason
or other, which is.difliculf, to understand, the
powers are almost constantly Overtasked,
and with
. consey:ences every •way deplora
ble. Those who have mingled much in pub
lic life, steins never disposed- to retire. And
so with the active spirits . of the commercial
and monetary world. They. become used to
the excitements of the day, and hence un-
.
m willing, even when . .health and cOmfart re
iquire, to 'seek a proper-degree of repose,—
' They forget -thatthe mind requires quite as
much care as the body, and although ethe
real, it is delicate, and the least shock or ir
regularity may disturb' its harmony of motion,
and Snap its elastic-springs. Ever arid anon,
too, they are admonished, directly or i ndireet
• Iv. by disease, by death orm by change of lot
. .
: tune, but all in vain. They still toil on, rest
: less and impatierif, eager and grasping. There
' are, it is • true, many who are compelled by
the force of neeesSity, to labor,constantl% and
incessantly. • They cannot do otherwise, even
; if -so disposed. - A pause to . them, is in
-1 deed - a period of enjoyment and delight.—
They seize upon it eagerly. and feel refreshed
and strengthened thr(Agsh its influence. But
•I there are others again,, who will not pause
when the y could and should, who task their
powers beyond their-strength, and who thus,
if we may so speak, tempt. the mysterious
ways of Provid - enecl They do not appreciate
the blessing of health, - they are not greateful
for the -advantages of fortune, and they are
thus unworthy - recipients. of the benefactions
of-the "Giver' of all that ,is good," I.lc i rtv
many are there at this . moment, 'vv'ho havtt
passed beyond an advanced conditiOn of Hill,:
and have accumulated an ahundantindepee.
dence, but who: neverthelesS go 'daily into
time high-ways and bY-ways of a! thronged
metropolis, b'ecorue excited tVitli this specula
tion or that, and not • only agitate . theurseltv
unueeessarilv, hut risk
.iind eaeounter expos
ores, which - the triore careful and the more
thoughtful. and even the hunger, scrupulous
ly avoid ', They 'have enough, but thil have
•become morbidly anxious for a large fortune,
and in 'grasping at the golden .bubble, they
lever:task their energies; and peril even life ii.-
I self. Ever and anon they determine to pur
sue a more cautious course, and to withdraw
from the anxieties and vevtions of the out
!
I door world. But yearter .Year goes by,
impairing their faculties, bowing. their forms,
land still they are found'at thel money mart,
m is
at the sto rk 1a'9171, or in some•ther exciting
,
arena, As if some new lease of being had Peen
extended,- and -forgetful that. they compare
but its one of a thousand of those who started
together in - the race of fortune. The others
havetall been called awaNkand their turn is
surely at hand. -Why -then postpone- the
' hour . of reflection, the.season of thought, ond
the period of . reposel . 'little longer, and all:
will be over with - them. - Why, not . devote
;that little to n review of the past and a .con
tOrtpletion of the future 1 Why seek to giber-.
ten, the brief period. that remains, and by an
n;.'eemtry efibrte. evertssir their powers and,
discoyer, , ,when too late, that they, are indeed
old, feeble,. 'mortal and tOttering. In brief,
why -not, While mind and health and 'vigor
remain, indulge in acts of justice, generosity,
kindness and good_ will, and thus
,zot only
sweeten and . soften the, closing hours of this
'
life . Vitt with'hope,. - faith arnt o .ex-
I
ptetation,lhe.mbriiing of that which is to
!
•
Ileattlif al Parable.
A Jew entered at Parasee temple, and be
held the'sacred &e l ; What,. said he to the -
priest ye worship t4..flie • .Not the fire, an
swered the-prit ;it is to us . an . eMblerti of
the sun, , and of his genial heat. ttoou then
worship the
_sun rs u
i - yor God . ? asked . the
Jew. ; linow ye not this Jurninitry calso; is
but a work of that Almighty Creator:
We, know it replied theipriest, but the tin
cultivated than • requires a sensible sign ;. in
order to form a conception of the Most MA.
And is not the. sup the iticOMPrehensible
source of light, an image of that invisible Be
itig, who blensiskand preserves all things.?::
The•Jsraelite thereupon rejoined. Do your
people then. distinguish the type. from* the
original ? They call the sun their Gotl, - and
descending, even from this to n baser object,
they kneel' before an earthly flame; Ye
amuse the outward.aud blind the inwardeye,
and While - ye hold to them the einthly, ye
withdraw, froth: the .heavenly fight. not'
shalt not make unto thetrany ;lunge or :apy
likeness. •
Ilow then do you designate the Supreme
Being I asked the,Para.see.•
_ .
..
• We call, him Jehovah, Adonia, - that i 4, the,
Lord whoiisl-who was'andi who will be; an
swered the Jew. ! •
The Pagan and the Jew each
other and
. :;asidL-11ere is at once `an ,image
and reality ; it is a word of the heart; said
they.
_ .
Therefore they raised their eyes!to benVen,
and said with reverence and love—Oisr Fath
er! 'And they took each other by .the hand,
and all three called one. another brothers:
F. A. Kr arn truvAer. -
Wanted--4O Aisgel. for Heaveln...
And so deathelosed tboselittle eves—shrou
eir bright glances, 0, tliat • the sun
would not come streaming in on that shrbud
ed fonn,•as if there.was et; grief in the world.
How sweetly he sleeps that little . ccireted
angel! How lightly curl the glossyringlets
on that wkite fore i head I You could Weep Vow.
very soul away. To - tbink those cherub lips will
never uncloSe. Vainly you clasp and untilasp
that passive, darling- hand that has wan4red
so Often over yoUr cheek. Vainly yotit'an
gpished glances Strive to read the
of love' in those faded orbs. The voice, sweet
as winds blowing lhrbugh, wreahted. shells,
slumbers forever.. And still the bus}
knocks M I your do'br, and will let you have.no
peace. It shouts in your ear; its chariots
rumble by ; it smiles liroadly in your care
worn face ; it mocks you as you sew the
shroud ; it meets yeti at the coffiu,at the gi aye;
and its heavy footsteps up and down in
the empty rooms from whet* you.hare boine
yonr dead. But it comes ne l ver in-the hush 9f
night, so wipe-away your tears: - •
Wanted—an . for 'leaven ! Can you
look up? Can .You bear :the splendor : of that
sight 1 Ten , thousand celestial, beings, .and
your own radiant child in their midst.
Wanted—angels for REF.aven !. Cling mk,
so .Mosel} to your beautiful—Areasutes, - ehii4
siren of earth !.
Your appellation is grand •and sublime,
said the Parkee,ibut it is awful too!
A Christ:lin .tliep drew uigh, and said—Ate
call him nal:cr.
POLITICS AND CAT.IIOLICiVI.
...-
Letter from Arieltbislicip
- DA Catitkolics, as.Suctih,
. •
' [ To Mt! Edit4r of the I Fivenzan's Journal:
In the Albany State Register there is'.rin
editorial article, headeA" Another Bull from .
the Vatican," pUrporting to he a review of
certain phrases 4,1 my letter addreiseff to your
journal and published. on' the' 31st alt. In
thi:i the editor of the Sister gives a terise
rtin to the indulgence oil strong bigotrN;,.
! language ,scarcely remarkable fyr Ian): Ching
' else than its - prosiness - and imbecilitly.
A newspaper is made up of ohl rigs, trans
formed into adaptation ,for its u. e.. It re
ceives any inipre-sion, true or falsr.„
enliyh
'.teue& or stupid, which type
° hay.). been ar
ranged to impress upon serfac can
lucre no direct controversy with a i ewspaper
I—abstractedly. front its editor. Ttie editor
! of the Albany. State Register is, I perceiVe, n
Mr. S. 11. Harnmond;- a highly
.resivcrable
man, no doubr;but apparently very credulous,
and certainly most' inaccurate in IA state
nacut Mr. Hammond 'nut have sap my
'letter, in which - I deide , l the truth of the state
ment made in the Petition of the trustetls . in
Buffalo, to the effect that 1 Iliad attempted
to compel them, to mat's° over the 'fife of
their church to nic. Ile must have sten that
the correctness of my statement was admitted
by Mr. Wm. Content; one of the sign
ers to the petition; and as !'rt consequence, he
must have seen the.falsChoOd of the charge
above referred to. , And yet Mr. Hain:florid
:does not hesitate. to repeat his calumny, as if
it, had not been denied; and the truth of the
denial admitted 'l,y
.mie of the. partles
ing the petition.! How this to be account
ed-for t 'lt is ti)! Mr. Hammond to answer
the question. But not Only .does he repeat
thisdefirted calumny, but he enlarges, on- it ;
as if it were true. flow is this to be account
ed for? I leave 'Mr. Hammond to answiir.--1
!shall not go over tin: - ground
But! Mr. Hammond has' insinuated other
.charges, to which I think it proper that,f
should make a uitable-teplv. Ho - does not
state . those charges in specifiC language. Ho
assuraes them'aS matters.not to be called in
.to-'question.. He' passes from the Catholic
individual to the Catholic systeni;and betrays
unmistakable e6lence .that, ! whether artiti
eially or natural'y; he is'-under the 'Macke
of-an Anti-POO:1.y mania: Speaking of the
Catholic 'Church and- -its' members in! this
country, he uses the following language :';
Were the evils of thisltystem-conftnedo.n
lv to Spiritual' matters, we shoun htive.tiottt-'
ing to say.. lintthey reach . far beyond..'tbis.
This despotism - seeks - it control - heft:in& the
mero'pale of tholchurch. : It has beeome - am
'bitiotis of civil power.. It Inttidtk its sullitiets
.together, and marcliek theta into the arena
e olities. It grasps `tip controlthe of tho
polltivelaction of the 4 7 , b5i'erninetii; and bil!ti4- .
•
- Volume 12,1 t iumbtr,lo.
,•gleS to direct its poliCY.! li'favOris'nflianoes.' , : .
with political ambition, and johdtiandSivith' -
thfedemagoguers.rif f
. party:" :When Goiernor" - :::
Seward said "-B . top Hughes' ii! riend;;l:. ;
i l
honor,. respect -
nd cOnhde:in him,"` `he' was'
speaking of a. - peliticul friend and asseeiat
a confederate in securing political 'in fluence '
supporter the .
'---ti tin exercise- of'• politiCal
poer. Witt - -Risbeli'llughes lie toolt.the
lung line cif:''deicendirg priesthciekand the'' .
fettered . and.. hound '
.M4isses - of the Catholic',
people." l
ni , , . . . .
- Mr. Hamointli evidently .- a - Credulous
man.v • There was a period , when.tbe old-we:J.
manisni -4 Protestant London_ entered inte.U .-
judicial itvestigatioti . ef - a 'reported''cOnapira
cy.4' . .the Papists- = the conspiracy being no '
more nor less than a plot on-the Tali of the:r
emissaries of -Rome to hldwi:tp - the river
Thames, and drOWw. th eloyal ci ty of Liandon.' .. ! -.
•
It Mr. Hammond - had. been an - editor -at the ' _
time and phice when 'and whore -this-occur:
. ed, the circumstances' around •hirri, andihe':, :
credulous character of his mind,-would havii . j
been more In: harmony with each other that '-•
they - are at present.' -If Mr. Hammond -knOWss': 1
any fitct -to prove; that the Catholic religion . ' '
handsitSsubjeCts together and Matches'thent ~ j•
into the area-A 'Of- politics , ' he owes it-to him: '1
self and his country to furnish the evidences.-
,If he knows:no - such faets, then:he- is bearing
-11
false• :witness against his neighbor: - It - be: -
knows any facts- .going
.. 0 2 -prove:lima die -
Catholic religion, or , its OrofeSsors.,- as such;
struggle to direct the - policy of this country; '.
I
he is hardly' less - than a traitor - if.hei:conecaliy!'.
the proofs' of
,so dangerous - a_ proceeding.-4-J . 3' .
1 If-the Catholic religion foruti alliances with -
political ambition . and joins 'hands-with tho ,
demagogues of party, 11.1 i. Hammond is: more
i •guilty than those be 'accuses- if hecondead '
i the fact which would substntiate his-it...4seri ;
tion. If; asilai says,.Governor.Seward did me • '
the honor to eafl me his friend, and -to - say .
that he respected and confided -iu Me r it is -
• tudre than I ever--kne,w• or heard..before; but
I as to the . coididenee repose_ din' me
. Governor;.
Seward would not have `been disappointed.--:,
Mr. Hammond says that Governor- Seward ,
. was thee speaking of iv. - politica l -friend., tad;
I Associate, and I can assure trim thatin. this'
1 statement he has forsaken the 'path Of truth:
IThis I know" ofmy ewe khoWledge,' I - unktot. .
l'n political-' Mend 'and assOciaie _of .Goiernor. '
Seward. Jnever was - ,-I am-uot his confeder-.:
•ate in securing political influence. I diunot.,..-
1 his supporter in the extoreise of political: pci.W4ri,
And vet lain proud ta.:calb'hirti inyfriendrin- ,
• the only: relation thatlever.existed bata-een:tik'
which-has been One. finere social and tne.:
pleasant' • iAtercoArse. -'lf-- the people: of the.
I- United States shouldithink - Proper . too nfer 7_ .
1 on him- the highest' honor. in their .gifti li -. .
shall not heave a sigh or. shed a tear attbeli - .
. choice: • Rut no vote 0 mine shall. aid l i iim;:
In thiS, as in all his public act* he is in i the
hands of his c ou n trymen, - and I. am . -well idis-: .
an-
1
pensed from the. necessity ofeitherapprirVingT
or . condemning his - .principles nciples 'Or---Ins• - condue!.:
And, since this topic , ilaS - been brought up:_
agai u, : i will say this, Abet so far front his be;::
ing -a: gainer: by 'his friendship towards : the.
which I highly -estenin„--he.ikould•have - been:.
buriediunder the Ofiligny. which . Open enemies
'and deceitfill - :friends; haie :vied. witlf z each
other in heaping alien him in conneetiouwith
my name, if he had not .been. - proof ‘.o:tain.::
.-
Culuinny. . The long , Ordeal:through which
he has passed - under the calumnious. iniputn- -,
tions of intrigue
e. with: Catholics ancljorelgii- ,
t eis, and his- merOn j , -froin :it With a .
F brighter name than befOret--is a proof thatj - ,
needs no individual siippOrt;:ltlMV . his: ia.:id:'.
trinsically the Sterling ipetal of a -true - Mau.:
But. he can' -propel - his. own liarVas.lie l :lut.'•
hitheAo•done, without any from ' trie or
Catholics. ' '
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.-
I will state, for, the inforination' of -Mr . :.
Hammond, whO '':was probably . too yeung to-;
remember the Period -when it. was. neeesser.„7-.
for. me to state it before, in.the faCe of sei-eral ,•,.
editors of New York .City and New. Y0rk,.... -
State, "thatrin all My life I
. :neVer voted but:.
'once; and in all my life I. never advised, pub-
hely (Cr privately, any one as to hiiilleishoeld. ',•
- .vote; except once also: That was under very .
peculiar circumstane&.- The Catholics of
I New York 'City were endeavoring AO relieve.
1 . themselves froth th 4 injurious::consecpienees
I of a - SYstem ot, education for . the support' of I f
l-whichtlia_ , -' Chad- to pay • taxes, arid• the ad.."' i
ininisti'atior:l-';:thd s.uperihtendence ; •••of :which '.
Iwas in the hat / 1 - .15 . 0t a close. corporation known
as the Public School Society. " - At: first.-the
Catholics were opposedto ineirz *, seekiug -a . .
1 change whiCh . has since. ,
resulted very. belie-. -
/ fie': I . v to the ! cause of.educatiop. -Next, the .
I . te'stant community 'were - - _opposed.
1. and'. 'sounded the alarth , of the dangers 6t
. m _
.1 Popery, in a tnantier -just as silly, and. just as
little true, as theprefetit trumpet - notes. ofth.:.
Albany -Slate .Regiater..• • Finally, the truth •
I made its way, the chatrge took- :pined,: the:l4-
I ei I ities for education - tizu.tiplied . on every side: , i '
I.Thel Public . School SoCiety
. .is, gone; and n 0.•,.
I persJintsion. could • inlinee.either'e4itolicti or.
..__:
Protestants to return; tci . _ their.olil System.--: '
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To eti . 'ect • the 'change . we I,ml-to appeal-bv•
petition to the proper authorities; first to the
Common Council,, where our petition .Was de.
I hied; next; to the Legislature of • the-State:
I where the change took-place not precisely
las *e could bare' dt.,i'red; but the Legisla
t
I tare thought proper to make i . Mr. 'Hari
; mond - will . be . pleased to _take : rtictilar .n 0 : ... .
itiee of the fact I lam 'pow Rho t.to mention, •
that
-within a . forty days preirions to-the elec.- .
I i ion, - the Pe bl iti'i School' Seciety, • by- their
a. , ents wailed onithe_candidates.for-the Leg._
.-_, • • ,
I islature . and required ti pledge from...them,: •
I from tl ' io:e. of one party 4 as,well - ai - a3'
- those of . ;--.
I another, to refuse the petition. for tictiange'in- .. .
t he 'system . of education, iri - - the:event of their.. .
I
being elected. - , Thi'S'ivits - toe' . etttieli.'fit; era
scent. ' It: ' Was insidious,. - It - left" the Cath- ..
ones - to vote-for- one party or the other, pen- . -
pealing from thkini that -. no'fritteicis - ide...tiiii.i .
y
1 ty they - voted : for, or which tiriediditte,.tl4 , : ,
weire.-elevatinginto.poWei!reen Who lind' . per
,--
jured their caw, - and bound themselves .t0 . .._ , ,
reject erect a cousideratiO of
.ita'ruerita. - In ,-;
a meeting which th l ey had . called in - further- .
uncle of, their . -.appeal to : the..Legislatizie,Au. .
dibuoveiy br-, - th#, quwortisir trick to - AeVr4e . .. '
.tbentrbefore hitnd'ev.en , Of he * right or 4biutt -...
jug,: was _mete unicated 41.49, And pii„. - ..001 - ,
oedizsion .1 trrged - there, with Alrther.ieai . °mid -
tearnestness i wp , :cAp.l l . 4 ql943o,'Tv(Uso thou, .
vote to any man,: of..aut tutrti,,svkipc.itscl...v; - .
cepted the degradingTledge thAt it: elected b. ; '
would.refuse them evert the i ohoioeor 040 0 '
.ing. justice.. ;; If this , liousr!liA.sditting with 'PO - .:
ti el,. the rt . I. di d . triskidlet iiiiott, : buft I.hisv4s Assi' , 7"....
er reg rot te4 it.: ./ On -: tiled .e. o 4o4trY.': 'lliero4 -' ---
, ricahtng. in _my life;,'..spert, :frOttkl:lskitt4rie... '.
rsinistryi.tis.;•which:l:l(..lit I,lqk:vfilLii: tiinp4l,-1---