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THE .I.lAlii-FOOT
l BOY..
$Y JOIIN G. ii4irrziEla
Blessi r rigs• on thee, little nial44
Bare-foot; boy, with c eel: oNn ! •
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With turned-up pant looos, .
And the merry-whist ed toneaHf .
With the - rul lip redder still, i: '
Kissed by strawberries on tho hill--
With the sunshine on the;face-r-- • .--
Thro' thy torn brim's jaunty grace,l,l%. '
From my heart I giv‘ thee joy -4!,
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I was once a barefoot bo r ylS -
. Prince thou art—the grown up na
Only is xepUblican. .. !. il
Let the million dollared ride—
Bare-foot trudging at his Iside,
Thou hast More than he can buy;
'ln the reach of ear and eve—
Outward
snnshine,•inward joy;
Blessings on'thee barefokit boy!
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Ohl, for boyhbod's - painleS . 4,. play, -
Sleep that wakes' in laughing day ' •
Health that mocks the deptor's . rules;
Knowledge, Over learned 'aschonls,- ,
Of the wild bee's mining chase, -
'Of the wild flower's morning grace,
Flight of fowl and habitude .. '
Of the tenants of the wood, ~
How the tortoise bears his shell, .
How the woodchuck. dig his *cell; .
And the ground-mole sinks• his well;
How the robin feeds her young,
how the oriole's nest is Kong;
Where the whitest lillies blow, . • •
Where the freshest berries grow,
Where the ground-nut trails in line,
Where the wood-grape's clusters sh ne ;
Of the black wasps - cunnitig. wan,:
Mason of his walls of clay,
And the architectural plans ; i - l• .
Of grey hornet artizans l• ' , •
For, eschewing books and{ tasks, •
Nature answeis all he askS;. I -,
Hand in hand -- ith.lier he talks,'
Face to face with her he walka, i • .
-Part and parcel of her joy ±. ; . •'
Ere it passes, .barefoot .boy!. i- -.;
Oh! for boyhood's . time,of thine,
Crowding years in one,brief titoOn, -
When all things I heard or saW,
3le, their master, 'troika ; for.
I was rich in flowers and frees, •
Humming-bigdzi and 'honey bees;
For my spoil the scpiirref played,
PlieQithe snOuted mole his: spgde
tast ( I •tlic blackberry come ,
Puiplo over k A g e limo stone; -
Laurdted the brook for iny
Through the day and thrOugh the night,
Whispering at the garden -
Talked with me from fall fo fall:
Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond,
Mine the bending oreharditre'es,
Apples of Hesperides!
Still as my horizon grew, L -
Larger grew my riches too;
•All the world I saw or knew,
Seemed a complex Chine , q toS,
Fashioned for & bare-foot boy!! - .
0! fir festal dainties spread.
Like my bowl of milk andlbread--
Pewter spoons and bowl: Of *ood;`
On the door-st;:me gray and aide ?
O'er me like a regal tent,
Cloudy ribbed the sunset bent.„_
Purple curtain'd, fringed }With -geld,
Looped in many a windiswiing fold;_
While for music came the play
Of the pied frog's orchestra;
And, to light the noisy choir,. .
Lit the fly his lamp of fire.
I was monarch; pomp and jovs
Waited On the bare-foot bON- f
Cheerily then, my little man.
Live and laugh as boyhood can !
Though the flinty slabs be bard,-
Stubble.spekred the new mown sward
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew •
Every evening from thy feet
shall the cool winUs kiss the heat ;
All too soon these feet-m4t hide
In the prison -cells of pride--,. • -
Lost the freedom of the sod: . •
Like a colt's for u - ork,beshod, --
Made to tread the mills Of:tail,
Up and down ,a ceaseless
Happy if their track be foimd
Never on forbidden ground—
nappy.if fhey. sink not jit • .
Quick and treachercius :sands of sin,
And that thou coulurst know the joy
Ere it passes, bare-foot 1)4!
WAist - tilmtpus.
advoiture of an Orithaa Boy.
A TALE OF LOTT AND POLITICS.
Tcrwixtus the iltter part of the sunnier
of 1840, a lad of irepossessing appearance
entered the healthful . town of G--• = ., Sit
uated at the f of of Seneca Lake,, near
the ceutie of that State. He hid traveled
from the,Western part of 'Ohio ; where
his father, a widower, had died from one
of those malignant fevers so common in
newly settled - countries, while .overseeing
the -cultivation of a large tract of land, in
order to regain a fortune loit.,during the
disastrous speculations of .1836 .
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dieing an ,only son, and i left among
strangers, after the death of his father,
George Wentworth resolved ; to. leave
OhiO and remove to the-State .of New
Yort,'for the purpose of fryifig his for
tune in ivy - manner that chance might offer.
He had passed'through seveiattowns, and
vil ages. on-: his route,- without meeting
anything to- attract his ;attention, till
reaching G—., This fine town, with its
lovely :lake and - pleasant scenery, struck
his fancy, so he determined to 'obtain em
ployment if possible, and make it his fu
ture home.
While • walking along t'Lle.
street of the shady avenue overli)oking the
lake and on whiCto were lOcated several.
fine churches and`other. public, buildings r :
he saw a large Crowd of peopld-assembled
around a „newly erected liberty . pole, in
front of one of the principal - hotels. Oa.
approaching the spot Vt. fonnd tnat. je was
aNaiad meeting beta 4r glepurPose of
raring the Fee mzidngpertyspef-b.e2.
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‘AI.. JOIN • THE.p.ARTY,THAT CARRIES THE. FLAG, AND KEEPS STEP: T . oryti+E itvws - I - OF—THi UNION.
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I Giir hero forced hi; way the crowd
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just as they were , raising the "Stars and
Stripes," With tho divines of their favorite 1
candidnte.s, to the top of the flag - staff.
i The flag had Scarcely:reached half-way, the
I enthusiasm being*, its height,: when the 1
cord twisted and caught in the little wheel,
at the top: They. pulled and tried:every
way, but were unable to . raise or', lower
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the flag a. single . The excitement
and :Cheering cosell, and all eyes were 1
raised to_the half-M4ted flag. A portions,
of the Q pic v ,sideir l .pilr(y, who were grouped
a little lin the'rear of the main body be
gan
to jeer anal joke '?bout the apparently
bail omen, to the,. evident discomfiture of
their opponents.. 1- .' .
. At length-Judge Si—, editor and Ob.",
fisher of the G-1- Journal, then .a Can- . ,
didaie for Congre s, {offered fifty dollars.'
tr ' -- , ii who --'- - ad climb the staff
.o any person who wow
and .draw the cod-' i jhrough the wheel.
The utmost 'silencei,ieigned for several
minutes but no one advanced to make the
- daring trial. ' .
"Will no one v liinfeer?" shouted the
Jude, strongly xcited, as a peal of
laug%ter went up i frOm the ranks of the
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op position. ; • - - . , .
The chuckle had: scarcely died away,
however, before Ge4ge with' is cap and
shoes off, stepped bfore the Judge, and
- with a confident lobk exclaimed . • .
"Yes, sir; 111 cilia, it!" ,
" ‘ You, my lad; are iii3u strong enough?"
‘roh, yes, sir; I 414 used to elinibing."
L Then go ahead; niy little Spartan," said'
l the Judge, at the same time < giving him
an encouraging' pat on the shoulder. - •
. • Steadily, hand over hand, his feet
clutching the pole in a manner that proved
him an expert clirtiber, George made his
IWay to the very top of, the stall, which
, was so slenderllat it• swayed to and fro
1 with his weight: - ".COthing undaunted he
I wound his legs right-Jan& left around the
pole, and With his right hand untwisted the
cord. 1
.. Shouting fearleisly to those below
-to ; hoist 'away, he clung on till the flag
-fairly reached the top, and then slowly de
-1 seended. . '
I - The cheersi that no* rent the air were
1 terrific,--everybody, Opposition, and all,
i joining iu with one , uniKersal shout.
After the:excitement had somewhat sub;
sided, Judge S— Idelted upon the boy
, with admiration, and i!took out his-pocket
1 book to pay the promised reward.
George noticed the action, and . ex- -
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1 "Keep your Money; sir, . , I
want no pay
I for helping to raise the American Flag."'
1 •Nobly said my little man; whatis your
name ?" inquired- thi, judge.
1 "George WenthwOrth, sir; I aM.an Or
-thanalid have just••iiirived here in search
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I.ofemploymertt, repl e 4 Our hero; 116. bright
1 eies.glis - tening‘witl . 4 tear.
Well, ton shall ' lv'e with me,"-exclaim
ed the Judge; . " . r4 take care of von for
thd future." ,
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I ; F ive years passel Oom-the time George
IVentwsorth became a!tnember of iris bene
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,factor's family. -Iri 'the meantime Judge head restino• on his arm.l .As Ida's father
i'- - S.--, had been del i lieated by his yoliticalsl stepped for‘Wartf to awake the Sleeper,--.he
Lapponent,:And George had b6n mitiated„ observed political essaNis' lying- open on
into the mysteries iofthe "Art of Arts. I the desk, and afreshllP written article
He had become a general favorite #ith 1 .with 'the mysterious " - tars,' attached.
the citizens and waS . looked- upon as the..!"Thii e truth Hashed
_upon:the Judge - in :i''
adopted sort of the :Midge. It was even; moment, he was indebted. to George for
rh; - d: in - " - tte le-- 'hat I:- ---' - -- - - -
whispered- in s privat Circles that he was
be the
,envied huSband of the beautiful
and accomplished clit; the Judge's only
child. put • ,this; QeOrge had not dared
to dream of; 'tistrne lie neverfelt so hap- , I
py as when in her{ presence, and 'it did
make his muscles twitch to 'see the foppish
students *Om the College swarm around
the UnacknoWledgeC idol of-his heart.
Poor youth! had 'tit; known the real. state
of Ida's feelings, the thought woula have
almost turned his ; -and could he
haw interpreted gleam of joy that
flashed from her eyes Whenever he uttered
a noble sentiment:: or Sally of wit, it- would
have filled his souHvith ecstacy and de=
light. • H
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One fine r day in the latter pan of June.
Ida; her father and George, were.enjoying
a sail on the lake initheir trim little yacht
—the "Slwan"—Whlch_had won the "cup"
at the last regetta, under timmanag , ement
of. our hero, who 'was standing with his
hand on the mast gaffing at the beautiful
scenery on the opposite shore; the Judge
held the 'tiller and;lda was leaning over
the side of the boat trailin g her pretty hand
through hie clearwater of the lake, when
a sudden gust of win 4 Careened the yacht
sy that'she lost her balanCe.and fell into
the water. Georg4eard the splash made
by Ida, and before the Judge could utter
a cry, he had kid:o Otrhis light summer
shoes, and plunged in to h eeresene. Being
a ‘ skilfel and vigous isWitniner he came up
with the strugglinggirl before her clothes
allowed her to sink; and lent wining her
waist with 'his left Arita, struck -out with
his right,'and 'kept her above wat- ill
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ight,'and 'kept ...... -...e water ti... Joni"— ..., ,ate Democratic Nation- ! -•kinericarti r people.-The . exhibition of al
- „ ... .of course equal rig ts . ai . po ~ .
'lt cannot he establish ci either by i less clamor which has been raised, because
'here really" is Tio reason for the heart
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the Judge turned, the boat and came to al CoVention, to espial!) to you i n a p u b. , few leadin, facts, must be ion* to prove ' er s•
their relief'. •• In a fc4tr moments they were lishcd ilddre,s, the main facts:connected ' that the - inioposed course of the majority ! the law of usage, conimon s se, common I a possible majority of , the Pennsylvania
,Safe in the boat ag l iin, and Id a soo n re-
,i with the unfortunate iiiiriions which oc- iof the State Central Committee, is what i : reason, or com Mon justice. I Thei rule of 1 delegation wag not accorded the power to
covered from the eff3as of her unexpected , curre.d at Charleston antl Biiithuolel and. I,have declared it to be. Ilhe National Convention of 152, has been . GAG, others, quite as sound and -well-In
bath: Th judge, embraced George I the course pursued by lie throughout, :is 4 The late , State convention at Reading, ! referred to; but it. : Establishes no - ditch strutted upon the questions presenteti, as
and; exclaimed, witli`ieirs' ' starting front - ' one of your representatives. •It seemed I assembled .at a period,4under' ' l unici P le *
• ,1 . ' • an circum- ,
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his - eves— .. I•t , • , the more incumbent on:One to d o thi s , as • stances which every intelligent Democrat ! Let us examine :it, declares, it :is trite, cause I never have , believed that there
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t•!4od bless you. My dear boy, you have I_l had felt myself compelled to diff er , i n a t: ' r e garded as the most critical and import. !in a general, phrase, that "thii manner in was a mcority . who would have resorted'
Saved my daughter'lt)ife, /10W can I ever I most every respect., fr in me co ll eague , • ant, th a t the history of the party ever pre- t which the vote is to be cast, s to be• (Icel.. i to the odious measure, had the power been
reply you?" - I •.: - ' I Mr, Guernsey; who finally bolted at Bal- ' sented. Either wain its - membership, or ! s aed by each delegation Kir itself." . But I yielded to them. In regard to their per
"By saving notlON'About it," replied' thnore, an d went into the opposition Con-. ! surrounding and counseling its delibera. : this had reference-specially and .immedi- I sonal courtesy in the tryingscenes through
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George. "I owe yoil now a thousand times vention- - . ' . . 1 tions, wag g athered . lnumberfth ' , ately to the • fact that the proportionate,' which we harepassed, I I make not the
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more than I can' eyer repay. and am too 1 tin the subjoined letter to Mi. Halde- I sound, leading, and substantial members , number`of delegates M that Convention, I slightest complaint; and while compelled
happy in being able to render even - this iman; - (our Member of the Democrati c Na.: o f th e p a rty, than you or I ever before ! Was greatly unequal Vir inia entitled ! thus to, review their political action, 1
slight service.. " i7 l • , . • •• ; dorm' Committee,) you' kill find the lead- I witnessed it a State Convention. The ae- I to'ls votes, had 69 delegate.present, act- I cherish no personal unkindness whatever.
The lovely Ida 4tdd say nothing, her i- ing facts set forth, as - well as • the lute of I tion of that body; too, in every respect, img and voting. N - orthCar lola with 10 It was, and remains my candid and delit..
heart was overflowing, but she gazed upon, action pursued by met w
hroughout, an d i as - c lt ra dt e rked by prudence, concilia. I votes, had 44 delegates • Mis issippi with grate judgment, that if the Democracy -of
her Preserve/ with =expression that told i -the principles by whitibU have been goy. 1 tion an d do n - promise ; and met with the ! 7 votes, had 39'; frorn dreOrgla there was i theold Weystone had been allowed a fair I
volumes. Her &ad., even observed her i erned. That all of theintelligent and r almost uniVersal approbation of the Democ- l a
double. delegation immbe ng • 37; had and faithful expression at Charleston, and
earnest, loving ianc*and,began to guess . : faithful Democracy of this district should r racy of the State. Except in the rejection Iso on through many 2tirer totes .. . "The ! more especially at Baltitiaore, Judge Doug.
the true state oftaffairS. He •Wits not pre-; entirely concur in thesel views ; I ••am not l o f M r , J o h nson 's claimto a seat for Phila- I manner," therefore, " i nt w • these" un- Ins would has received 'twenty, instead i
pared for it, and insilence he turned theextravagat as:to expect. But Ido 1 delp, and the selection of certain ale
1. hia wieldy deputations; !
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‘shoill cast their of ten votes for the Presidency :In the
boat toward the s Ore. They reached approval look confidently, 'for ati appal of m y i g at es t o th e ic a tion a l Conv e ntion, I would vOte,". was well and wisely Ift to them- case New York, quoted by way of Gen-
home with feelings 'different from thoge
~ course, at the hands of f every "Democrat i n o t, -. even "'now, change" : The record if I solves in the tirstinsiance.
.But when the •trast—there was a solemn andexpress in
they bad started withi • 1 who sanctioned and suitained the action would. . -A . p rom ine n t featu r e of .the spirit real principle of representatt6n was put in 1 struction given by her full State Conven-
The following morning, George received I and theplatform of the fate-State Cons en-t which prevailed; was the disposition to I issue, In the disPute . raised tiy the effort tion ; ind does any matt doubt that Judge
a notice to receive t ',Judge in hislibrary. vention at Reading :. for) these have beep' ban- th e L ee ompton question forever - in lof Gov. Floyd and a numbetJ of otbers in Douglas had,not in his ; avor at the same
His heart beat wildl 4.--yehat can it mean ? t a lair to me from first to last, in- every ' the.l lowest;. r depths' of forgetfulnese. It was ; the Virginia delegation, to_ ve their id- Moment, a largo majority of her democrat,
7 owe ,
The Judge bad d t;errnined to puchim ' particular.
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1 upon . this . .icuestion-r-this rock of the des I dividtial or distnet I votes ecorded , fbr, lc voters ? Such commentators as Collo
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to a severe test . it Soon as George en- tlow sincerely was I gratified on find:l'irs own u t ifti ng in :the sea' f politica.L j Judge Douglas` -, - - .:-theicettYMltion decided 1 tot Baker and Senator Bigler,'wl4e they
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texed the library hisieommenced— lng, a t Ch ar l es t on; th a t ilargemajerit—'l.that the party bad stranded itself, both in 1 the question upon 'the. true, I rational and speak of New York and its united vote—
' . "Since beOtorthi . ;ig. 0 inmate of my fam- nine tenths at least—of the Deinocracy Of . Pennsylvania , and in - man_y_ether States ! conservative ground ',— the declared sense n ever advert to 'the Southern votes at .
p , ,, , ,, Geoa balislcconducted yoaraelf the North , And very, many of the truest-.: throughout the Union. we carried the or wish of the 'Mk of! the State sending Charleston, which were suppressed bt the
tu 9.0 honorable audlorthy manner, per patriots at the... Stint!), occupying the same election by idecidod Majority with the delegates. The Cen%Yeetlee of 1 852, ale ,'uoit rule; although:there were,. naq,y, if
forming every 4tit _ ; cheerfully and neg. ground , which You had tiitdally - instrnct, , national candidates, and the e onnd, admi. 1 lowed the whole vote of , Virginia to, he ,i net quite as many such; votes, that w‘miti
lectbg *me, you :ire tow of age, gad .4,a. 22 to c..inme. We stt=l. there to-iiily.l.rable, rlatform'a 1 ,, - e5 • 6 ;-4‘nd donblt4 that ' decir.ed'b7 a , =eieFolt o the disgatiioi 1 Gelerwtsi,liav - e uer.eastforludgP4*
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capable of doing ,busin4ss 'for yourself..
I have placed five thousabd dollars'in the
tank at your disposal; y:ou can use this
sum as you think proper, or- let it on in
terest,- and take charge of my office under .
a i n
of fifteen bundreil 'dollars a year;
in either case you must leftve my house for
the present. What doi you say to my
proposals?
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`George was conipletelybewildereS e and
stammered forth a request to be allowed
a few hours for consideiation. This be'
ing granted he retired to his _room and'
threw himself on' his bedfin a paroxism of
grief'. Could the Judge have guessed
what himsef had scarcel3l dared to hope?
What _right had be to %his benefactor's
daughter and fortune? lone I He.would
smother hii feelings, and; earn-an honora
ble l i ving by,his own exertions.
Various were the runiors set afloat by
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the scandal mongers of Ti—,, as-,to the
cause r of youngWentkOrth leaving his
patron's but itheir • inneadoes
were unheeded. George s now devoted
himself wholly to business and study. His
brow wore 'amore thoughtful expression,
and his cheek grew a 141:ide paler. The
Judge acted toward hila in .a straight
forward, . frank manneN yet never ad-
.dressed him in the kind, fatherly tones, as I
had been h 4 -wont betre the incident
that occurred on. the lake. If he chanced
to meet Ida in his walks„ia friendly glanc.e
and nod Were all that p4sed.; still he felt
that hia looks betrayed.:hini, for the...warn:l
blood 'gushed from hisiloving heart . and'
tinted his cheek with the tell tale blush;
and- he cherished the pleasing thoughts
that herilooks were beaming With love and
hope. -
. A little:, more than al year had passed ,
froM the time George hati• left the home 1
of those he loved. It iwas the eve of
another election, exciteinent ran - high,
and Judge S= was again a candidate i
for Congress. . For several weeks !a series
of able written articles laid appeared in
the Judge's paper. They were addressed
i to all classes, farmers, mechanics and' la
borers.. The original .and .vigorous
clear and convincing argaments; deep and
profound reasoning of tliese, articles inva
riable carried convictionito the parties to
whom they were addressed. - All the news= ;
papers of the ratty in thlit Congressional',
1 district copied them, and! curiosity was on
1 the tip-toe to discover the author, as they
I'were simply signed liy tivo little "stars."
The election passed off and Judge
was elected by a large. majority.
Late, one • night, while; Ida and her fa
' they
_were returning froma party !„!etveli
honor!of his eleciton,i they observed a
light in the Printing Office. •As .the
tahlishment was usually tilosed at twilight.
it appeared strange it sill:mid be lit
_up at
that. , hour, so -the Judge determined to
learn the cause. Reques' i ting his daughter
to:-accompany him, they ascended - the
stars and entered .the (Rice quickly. ' A
sight. met- their , gaici hick caused the
heart of
_oxE of them to beat violently.
At the desk, a . short a:tame from the
door, sat Ceorge, tlisttasleep, with his
his success! He beekoied- to Ida, who
came trembling to his side. Just then
they saw by tl,e light r!) • f•-the flickering
. 1 lamp, a smile -pass rover` the slumberer's
; face,
-and be Muttered the words "dear
Ida," in a tender tone. 1
" Oh, father, exclaimid the loving girl
affectionately, throyving her arms around
her parent's neck. , "do let ;George come
home again ;, it is surelyfno Sin for him to
love _
me!":
Awakened
.Awake,ned by the sound of Ida's voice,
George looked around confused, and as he
; saw Ida and her father, be endeavored to
hide the manuscript. ITU't the Judge stopt
Ilinklaughingly saying . -1
I "It won't do, yuuu rascal, you are
tliirly caught,. found, out—talk in your
sleep; will yeba! ha!l But come here.
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take Ida, and he- hap,y ! I know. she .
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loves ; yott! ha! ha!"
George was bewildeNd and transport
; ed—he had been awakehed front' a pleas
ant drant to bright reality-.
- Matters were- soon eiplained, and the
warm-hearted Judge, after blessing them
both, promised to See Them married be
fore he starred to Wa'sliiiigton. •
I~O~.ITfCAL.
1 1,0171 qt FROM C. ESQ
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To 'rum ELECTORS OF StisQuEn.ssw.t Co.:
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t kaveregarded it-as ii. duty, and it has
been my design, ever itihee the .final ad
journment of the late W.
MaNTROSP, PA., TfIUitSDAY, JULY 26, 180.
--united find unwavering.;—not only the: l majority in 1857.. Thu fol owed the:di
bright cordon of Northwestern states, visions on the Lecompten i question ' in
which after the pretient_ bensns, will come, 1858; when we lost.the State by a decisive
thundering into the next national strug. vote; and again - in 1869. The.Demociat
gle with it ore then vne third of the whole ic State Convention wane! together! at
electoral votes of the Union—but the old ,
, Readinglast spring, determined tote dis.
, c empire State," with . the Democracy. of severed aid disgracedno fonger, regard Vermont, !New Hampshire, Rhode Island `severed
questiOns that had now become the:ve
arid Maine solid_; and a.large majority in r=est abstractions- In my own Congres
three remaining Northern 4tateg, counting I Aional district, (if I may" talie‘the liberty
our own. have Argued the question of ;.of singling it out in this discussion,p--a
principle fully in the annexed letter:, I now. ',l i
large majority of its ntelligent Demoora
simply ask; as a matter of policy—why cy, adopted: the decision of 'the 'Supreme
'should the Democrats of Pennsylvania,. l Court of the -United States, my so fiir as
break away. from our present affinities , I it really went, to kvitl:--thi t an-African,
and our impregnable position, and make.' like Dred Scott was not a . citizen of the
a thriftless bargain to run a mongrel tick- - , United State& (which, -by" way, our
et with a. l
actinn of disorganizers in -our ! own Courts had again and
again decided;)
own ranks, and the avowed disunionists I and farther, that Congress badnoright, to.
of the far, South, who seek not only a slave , abrogate siOe property in tie territories.
code in the territories, but an ultimate i The vital question how' - whether
.
license for the slave trade an the high seas?
in no . other Northern: state 'will such a
course be attempted:---4 doubtovhether it
will anywhere else be seriously asked for.
I have it Contended in certain quar
ters, that Douglas Was not, any -more than
Breckinridge, regularly-nominated. -Who
ever .urges this, grossly- misapprehends
the facts,lor wantonly - seeks to mislead.
On the la 4 • ballot which occurred in the
regular -C6nVeution at.Bsltimore, Douglas
received upwards of 180 votes. Immedi
ately upon this, Gen. Da*son,. Chairman
of our State.delegapon, and. inanY others,.
came out' -hands hie terms, yielded all
Thrther opposition, and declared for Doug
las as the fairly chosen candidate. It was
then, thatlGov . . Church moved his uniini
.mousnomination by the Convention:: the
.motion .carried without a dissenting vote
—more than two hundred and •twenty
dele
gates were at that moment on thefloor.—jhe
precise language of,the rule.requiies "1:10
thirds of all the votes GIVEN." It will take
even sharper technicality, and more,rigid
special pleading, than could
.be command
ed in behalf of - -the Lecomptou
tion, to make-out the nominatibirof-DOug
las and Johnson irregular, under these
circumstances:
I was never, as your representative;
disposed to adhere factiously, and - at all
hazards to Judge Douglas as a candidate
—much as ;I admired him as a statesman.
-I voted on one. occasion foi' Gov. Dickin
son of NeW York; and had eithei he, or .
Gov. Seymour of the same state been pre
sented on the Cincinnati 'platform, as a
compromise candidate,. I am noir satisfied
Judge Douglas' friends• would have
promptly yielded-, rather than any distrac
tion of the party should have occurred.=
But the secessionists gave no time for
compromise:—arrogant the as now—we
must yield, in every thing! 'l/4.
Committee. Harrisburg:
Sin—l have- dragged -myself from a
Touch of paih and suffering, with unfeign
ed reluctance, to carry out a purpose,
which, if I' know my own heart, is prompt
ed .solely by a,proper sense' f self-respect,
and sincere devotion to principle.: this
. purpose is lo present in taus public form,
the earnest protest of at least one Pennsyl
vania Derncrat, against the-action stated
to have been decided upon 133Eithe Demo
cratic State Central Committee, in the re-'
cent meeting at Philadelphia. My appeal,
and the. reasons Par it, are
. _ad,dressed to
you, sir, because it- is for ymi under the
rules and resolutions - of the .Natic.mstCotn
mittce. of Which you are the
. member for
this State,lto assist, if not to lead, in oor-.
reefing, the -wrongs I complain. of. The
majority of the State -Central 'Committee,
have decided to obtain if they can, tt,'•
pledge from the members of . our Demo
crattc Eleetoral Ticket, to votein a declar-i
ed • contingency, for Breckimitlge . and
Dine resPectitirely,, as. President and Vice
President!; This, in my humble judgment,
is, an usurpation, of power, alike d isorgan , -I
izingf,•unaithorized and tinjust.
It snrelV cannot be necesSary, althougli
it might he pertinent and, instructive, Oat -
I should review the Whole proteediags of
our . last State' Convention ; nor yet "of the ,
National .!Convention 'Which, met at
Charleston, and afterwards completed its
duties at Baltimore, in the nomination of
Stephen A; Douglas and Herehel V.‘John
son for the highest office in the gift. of the
'
For one in the present position of of
fairs, I shall vote for no electoral ticket
not pledged singly and sincerely to Doug-.
lax and Johnson; and . in no'event, direct
ly or indirectly, will I vote to sanction
tenor measurer, which I think some, of the
dhiorgludzers have in view, at which lily
very heart revolts. .
Ever trati4l for the confidence which
-•
my selection as delegate evinced on your
part, I rentain faithfully your friend and
obedient servant; C. L. W.
Towandii, - July 16,,•l 860.
'
To It .T. If A LIVEIt A ESQ>, the Pennsylva
rania .11,nber of the Democratic National
. .
..ai qut.. .....,,wever, whether b.
people of a territory Organiked for Legis
lative purposes, - had not- the right inher
ent in every , people so' organized,
*to.regu
t
late by la Au.:-.tlejr d !nestle histi
tntions—involuntary ,servit de . , *Waive
r—as well as any one , of them, we be
lieved, had never loien pr4sented; or ar
gued before, . and 'Ana' les, decided,hy
that Court;. and thusiwe still' believe. In
regard:to the.discussiOns oat the Lecomp
ton ConStitution,-in cdmmon with the4e
mocracy' of the State l iwe bad our own va
riously Modified - opinions it but not one
word 'otdisrespect I,Oivard the President
or his adniiilistrajion; had )3een alloyed
to tranepite through the Democratic press,,
or in any of our Demderaid Conventions.
.Silence,
forbearance, and wljere we - could,
forgetfulness, had beep stud °nay cultiva
ted. upon this unhappy subject of dissen
sion. At Reading,' Mir clele'gates'entered
earnestly into the prqalent feeling of con-.
-ciliation and compromise, 1 ,. Baker and
Montgomery, Bigler find Dawson, receiv
ed our votes.for delegates at large;-and
Vaux, Plummer and WoodWard,,for Sen
atorial electors. . i , - .. .
''' • The Subject of the Presidency,l seerded
to have lulled entirely at Reading, under
the all-pervading spirit of cdneession and
liberality. The seleetion ofl delegates to
the National . Convention Was confided to
the members representing - each Congre.s
simal _district respectively ;I so that i no
marked expressiOn4feelingl on the Pres
idential question, be c eame manifest in that
way. An attempts -nonnate.Breelin
ridge.was made in the Committee on. res
alutions ; but on beinb. objected tti, it was
withdrawn without a vote. Upon the
question of instructing the delegation to
vote as a unit, however, (in regird to
Which so ninth has been said)—there vas
shown a most clear and p4lpable repug
nance. A motion to this effect was voted
down in .the ConnnitteeregolutiOns;
and when again offered in CO - mention,.
motion to . adjourn upon
it, and carried by a taro:e majority., ,The
coacluding resolution; of the lteadin.s,r . Con
ention, was a iitrong,.nnanithousand en
pledge to support' its own, land'
the nbmineesnf the Ch4rle.tort (Joni•entiopi.
fry'
contend . from all bat transpired a the
Reading Convention, 'there was noti the
slightest nurnifestaticM of any radical ob- -
jeetion toward Jtidg4 Douglas as a prom
inent candidate for the Presidency. .1s" - of
one word was uttere asainit him in open
Convention ; the resolutions adopted 1007 .
out a dissenting vOice;„ and anild thunders
--E
of approval, are cloSelv consistent With
those adopted by WS A-lends/at Charles
ton, his Own well krniwn Opinions, and the
present ,National platform of the part •.=
Even those of his friends-in Our State, who
had openly differed With,3lrl Buchanan's
adthinistratiori upon the Lenompton
to, were invited slid enctaged.to fall
again . into line, undei the ol time-honor
ed standard of the party, and again march
on to a united tritutiph. How else Were
we to redeem. the State ? From what
quarter; but from those already 'agreeing,
with us on most questions public, poli
cy, were wOto recruit made 'eated-ranks?
,Uul yet, what wa-q the course pursued
)y a 'majority of the delegate sent by that
leading Convention !to - Cl 'on 9. Con-.
cession and.liberality Ow lge Doug
asand his friends! i3l: t in a fflrm
worthy of Persian Sati tyrannical
effort on the' part' ofla i tiority to
GAG every friend he 1 le delega
tion, by combining the -fries os of all' the
other 'candidates, and insisting. uporreast
ing the vote of the sqtte as a, unit! Prom
inent. and noisi in this! SUbliroe effort,
were some men who,! but fol. the liberali
ty of the friends of J4dge Douglas, would
never - themselves - haVe had, a ; sent in the I
Charleston ConventiOn! Among the coin :
plaints of 'the bolting gentlemen,. is this I
fltilnre to gag nearly half the Pennsylyan-. j
is &legation. . I herY emphatically deny I
that any such power exists in the majors- i
1
ty of any unia.tructeo'. dele ation, where''the - delegates • have differen . constitnen-
des. and of course coital rio is and now-.I
,
f because such had !beep the uniform
1 usage in that State, auctioned by repeat
,ed and definite rnatructions to that efect, '
of her State Conventioirs—•-never departed
from in a kinleinsttm4e. This is an-doubt
edly,thkirtie doettints.l regard to the
Pennsylvania delegates to - Charlestpn,
there was no such -mvariable , usage te,re
ly upon, -in ascertaining what the people.
1 of Pennsylvania — desired upon the stibject.'
The practice hair' been,for our State Gorir -
Lventronslo" instruct Upon' certain qUeS
tioro—not to alldw th‘ majority or the .
delegation, without reference to grains or'
lexperience, to speak fol. all. In 1848, in-.
structions were given, I think; in teference
to the candidate alone. i In 1852; the same
thing was done; and We voted by 'dis
tricts or as individuala; upon every other
subject. - I remember we- divided on the
'4WD' sia4 of
conflicting claims of Messrs. Lord and
'Rantoul to represent the second district),
of Massachusetts ; when Gdn: Whitney,
(the same who Could not abide the t \here--;
sies of Judge Douglas in regard to non-in
tervention,
recently at Baltimore,) very
pointedly held that Mr.i Rantoul's "private
opinions" on the thgitiVe slave-law, could
not affect the right of the Second Massa - 1
thusetts district to be iMpresented in ' the
National Convention by a delegate of its
own choice. I remember too,*e divided
that year, in re • gard. toj the ilmission of
the Cobb and Lumplon delegation' from I
- .Georgia; who..; were ttially' allowed to 1
come in, although they bizd'not a tithe of
the right or regularityl of the delegation
headed by Col.,Gardiner the other day at
Baltimore, which wits in a manner reject
ed by onr Committee. And yet, I. sup
- pose 'Messrs. Cobb \and Lumpldn would at
this time have set down the admission of ,
the Gardiner delegation, as little short of
treason. Suchare the Changes observable
every day, in political ife !
In 1856, I was again: delegate. We
'were then instructed to vote from first to
last, for Mr. Buchanamas a candidate for
the Presidency; in the Cincinnati Conven
tion; but upon every tither point,, we in
dividualized in yoting. We did so on the.
New York case.: here 'again, mark what
changes transpire on the political Chess
board ! • • Senator Regard) of . Delaware,
made a report gn the conflicting claims to
seats of the twoo - divisions of the New York
democracy—admitting , half of each, and
requiring a pledge in advance from both,
to support the nominations of the Conven
tions. The implied obligation resting'up
on the'coniaience of eve ry true man, was
insufficient. This report had the sanction
of some very preminerit Southern gentle
men : the pledge was insisted upon, and
ions who had
given. When the delegat
. _ •
bolt ed . from us, a fell/ days since at Charles
ton, came to us again at Baltithore—Sen
ator Bayard and Mi.. Hatch of Louisiana,
"(who- had united in . the Bayard report in
1856,)anionot the nuntber—Gov. Church.
of New York very naturally suggested a
pledge to abide the action of the Conven
tion, when Southern chivalry spran!Ylond
lv and quickly to the rescue'; and Lk; New
tork . dOecration inagnanitnonsh- forbore
to insist that Mr. Bayatd and Mr. Hatch
should be offered the same cup, they min
gled for others, in 1558.,
- With what propriety then, does Collec
tor Baker s purloin and employ in
lie manifesto. the — low-bred, pot-house
phi Califs '
phrase of California Smith, With'reference
to-the ruhS presented ! by the Committee
on organizatinn, allowing :uninstructed
delegates to vote by districts? One would
have supposed ! that the 'prompt rebuke
administered to Smith in open Conven
tion for having characterized thiS very just
and proper decision ofthe Comniittee as
a "trick," would have prevented even Col
lector Baker from a deliberate, repetition
ofthe same c otTerisive.phraseoliTy. It may.
be .quite presumptuous, in a.plain citizen.
like myself; thus to criticise . such distin
guished magnates, hut:l cannot forbear
remarking here -that if -here be-anY defeet
--in the moral constitutions of the California
delegate, and our.. Philadelphia
it consists in something quite the opt*,
site of an excessive -regard for eithercour
tesy, correctness, or refinement; in their
public.' dispissions. •
How was it a "triek,t' in , anyrespect ?
The question passed plainly and' broadly
I`before the w'hole convention : it was re
eked 'with all the zeal I and eloquence of
Collector Baker's collegue, the Hon. josi
rah Handal', Senator Bigler stood there,
and that slfarp'log,iciAnl, and rea4 casuist,
Hon. Henry Phillips top, who could have
shOWn the impropnetyof the rule in our
case, if it had heen in their power to do
And those.Southern'gentlemen, who have
since had so much to say against .this de-
vision—whywere they dumb in the, hour
and on the spot when the - issue was pre-.
rented ? Wp were readt then, !as now,
to iritidkate its justice and propriety, up.
; on every fadt - and principle inthe.ms e.
T'
JOB Pally LING of ALL r 4 ND:,
• DON/I,' AT TVS. OFFICE OF VIE
roi3iktr. co cY Pi.
I • '1- • • NEATLY AND pßompru,
I AND AT [ 14 11.1111 AND LZT trim" PAICEi3
.
Tel Oice of-the-Montrose bernocrat
has recently been copplied with a new end choke misty .
; ° i M ropag, etc.. end we are now ParetyPleer,W to est pamphlets
oolre, etc.. etc., in the Net
on abort twice.
ilandbille Posters, Programines, and
other kinda . of wont thiollne, done morileg to order.
li m it les s, Wedding; and B . all Cams,
'l"feltete, etc., plrta with Mann, and deapetell.
Justices';and Constables' Blanks, Notes,
Deeds, end all Other Blanks, on hand, or prhusd. to order.
TiarJob.woric end Soak., ie be jam for 4 delivery
I NO. 3Q.
..
las, asit is: claimed w ere suppressfd 'in
the New York delegation. t
Whenlenater Bigler and Collectorßa- '
ker recur - to what was done, and vihat.was.
.resigned by the StateConven - tionat Read;
ing—hor is it possible they can Overbook
the resolutions there adopted, which real
ly ire unatabiguous.atid expreisi instruc
tions to - tur l . all ; and to the
."Electors
nominatd, and thentembers of the State - •
Central` Committee as-well: .We i lis del
egates, had no right to sanction; by our • -
votes at Charleston or . • Baltimore; any' .
Measure or doctrine inconsistent i with the .
Headlngresolutiorul so en thusiastfeally and
_unanimously adopted.. f. - H`!Not have the
Electors nominated - by, or the State Ceti- •
tralCommittee created under authority of I
that Convention, any . right, in any way to
..
disregard its platform: of principles.
Now, the Heading_ resolution's' declare
in favor of tion-interreptien by Congress
on the subject s of slavery in the Ternto- _
ries ; and theytefeiall disputes - Upon this
point to the Courts. The resolutions sup
ported by Messrs. Baker and - Bigler 'and
their coadjutors .at Chatlesteni and the
same upon which the bolters at Baltimore -
have pledged Breckenridge and Lane, de s .•
clare in favor of. direct intervention by
Congresa or the Federal Goveninient, it--
respective of Coutts .or juries. A dis- •
tract and positive converse of theißeading
and Cincinnati platforms,upoti which%tand -
ouecandidateS fairly and regularly nomins •
atedDotiglas and 'Johnson. I ' • I
And yet, it is ,g,ravely proposed to *get
up 'a sort 'of Siamese-twin arraligement,
And run' the -same electoral ticket, with li
cense- to the electors to do almostianything
but their plain• and, pledged duty.- And
who undertakes logive ilis . license ?. A
' part.'of s committee selected secondarily, -
by an appointee-of the State Cont'ention•
its Chairman, Mr.. Welsh ! Y. one es , .
'teems this gentleman petsofially more than.
I do';
or will be more ready to contribute
to his-rising prominence among the young
Men of-Pennsylvania; and I mein] no re
flection upon his politicatconduet-in any
way . , except-se far as he may depart from -
the Reading and Cincinnati -platforms - in ,
the present straggle, "and' in the -le.giti-I,`
- mate perforatanee of his very worthy and',
prciper appointment. But I must, and do,- I
heartily protest against the political mon
strosity attempted, as I understand, to be
carried out by.a portion of his appointees,
even if it may happen to his present
sanction--which I hope it has not., •
1 The State entral' COmmitte 'has-no
power to pledge th Electori ta y
. but
1 the regular nominees of the regular De- .
1 Ocratin - National Con - Yention., Much' less'
hate they a right to adopt in any eontin
geney,'eandidates -who have subscribed to
the demand • of: the •disunioniA.s of - the
1 South,' Luree-ard to . a slave 'code in the.'
Territories. * ' Neither your constituents or
mine, Who . approve our action; nor- can
any in Pennsylvania,: of the true; believers
lin the doctrine of non4ntervc• - atien yield
-I.theit sanetion,-either directlY ot
,iii airect
ly to this Slave code platOrra, or the can
; didates whiclii - have been placed upon_ it
; by the bolters at Baltimore. Such a course
1 at this, time and under existing ea-curl:l - -
•
stances,.would stamp na liars-' in all the •
past, and
-poor craven lick-spittlea in ;he
, resent;p and not only lose vs tFe est acm
I Of every independent mind, brit what is
1 of much more importance, our I own self- •
respect. . . • . •
Suffer me to recall- and review, ver?
briefly; the . course: pursued toward - the
Northern delegates, by a portion of the
representatives of the South—Which • had
its fit terrninatiOn in a bolt and. putting art'
'Opposition ticket in the field. . Democrats
I from the Nortligni State;, when they en
ter a• ;National Convention, I suppose they
have a right to - do so, upon eqiial - tetras
and an equal-footing with those 'from ti!:
South, or any other section of the, mini
tD-.._ They expect also; when' . they thus '
enter, to s4bmit to the ;in ro - t action fa ma
jority hi. Such a Convention and - abide its
- nominations. • This was the *del-Stand
ing Of your 'constituency and mine, when
• thetsent us to
.Charleston. ..llele were '
weinet in' that city - the other tidy.? There
stood lordly Alabama at the very thresh
old, with-her
-ultimatum. fully' settled, re
quiring that we should consider the plat
form before deciding upon the candidate's t
and demanding further, thatherex pressed':
yiews.shetild - be gratified or she ivoidd ee
out, and so break up the ' Convention ! I L
How shrunken and pnlseless !est he the •
Northern heart, which did not. swell with
indignation at these uttered threats -; and
cavalier demands? What Northern del-- _ '
gate, with thepirit of common; manhood
in•his -- breast, but tharasked hiniself in ef
fect, ' "whdt. Meat cloth these i Sontheni .
Cteserateed On," that they have a right, to
.hold a threat over the.heads.of Others, in
a Convention of equals - .
The demand of Atabaubt *as fin- -lave •
code, or 'Congressional protection (
(slave
property i the territories; in •wti.
ich a_
may.n-ity-of the. Squthern . delegates, and .
certain submissive gentlemen of the Nor._
them and Eartern States concurred.
_ln
'fact, it wasi-equired that a material—nay,
vital portidn of jiie •platibrm adopte.ll by
theparty*lth, entire unanimity in '1856,
after six years ofanxiot4 diseustion;sho;d -
not only be - yielded up, but directly oppa •
site prmeiPles adopted ! •• A political code, .
which, to the Northern- Dencridiacy had
beconie, as it were,"househtild wiirds," _
whose sterling an .palpable truths had
ilniOst silenced even the - rankest reviles
bf our party, rnuit in atnoment, be -blot-
..led out f as false Or futile. -
In . 18543,. both parties, North and &mil),
agreed. o leave to the people.of.the - terri ; -
.
iorik the eXclusive rightnfleOdation up
on the subject:of Slavery within their-own
borders. n the emphatic words of Pres ,
idiot I; . itelianan, in . his: memorable letter -
of acceptance of the nomination—"th pro
pi: of the territories like thew of u :si gt , .„,,\,
to decide whether ilovery . shall. or Ah(+l/.! not" 1-
exist seitAiw their incits."• At Cha:rleston.
we erste - .c.lled . .upon to " - .. i-
... -
' l olsag t,fixist. pint oast. jump Jba:Crow."77.. , •
and oil the people of the territories's/104d'
sot have this right at all ; bin. that Un
real should legislate' upon ; this subject .
for that t—lestablisha *slave code isi factr'=- •
for _that blithe plain sense of the!.. detnAnd, '
Nor did it atop. here.: 00 / 3 galkiiO 4 .o V* •
t54495-firigaV. property in -the .territo:
rv.eso;ves.notv_sly required: b:O. all 4.."