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A. J. GERRITSON, Proptietorit
Fo► the Democrat.
A History of the Great Struggle in
America between Liberty
• and Despotism.
Before the American Colonies rebelled
arrainst the British Throne, the house of
Cords and Commons passed the two
fol
lowing statutes, from which the"Miltary
Reconstruction Bill" is copied. The first
was entitled, "An act for the better regu
lating the government of the province of
Massachusetts Bay ;" the second was en
titled "an act for the impartial aduiinis
tration of justice, or for the suppression
of riots and tumults in Massachusetts
Faithful and true to their meaning, and
almost to the very words of these two
acts, their lordships in the thirty ninth
Congress of the United States passed a
statute entitled "an act to provide for
the more efficient goverment of the rebel
states, to suppress insurrection, disorder
and violence, and to punish, or cause to
b e p un ished, :,11 di-turbers of the public
peace, or criminals."
The president placed his veto upon the
act ot Congress, and in a Message, stated
his r( aems therefor. That message con
tains the vetoes and protests ofall the dead
rio s and hi roe. of the rev( Num]
1776, and their appeals to the north in be
half ot the south. The very first Con•
gref-s - (7f the United Colonies of Amei ica
pat forth the following appeal and prote,t
against these acts to the people of Glum,
Br't
Whereaci, since the close of the last
w.tr, the Britivi Parlijment, claiming a
power to bind the people of America by
stat ales in all cases whatever, and where
at in the last parliament two statutes
were made; one entitled, " an act ibr the
hotter regulating the government of the
province of Massachusetts bay; and an.;
other entitled "an act for the impartial
iministrati in of justice in the eases of
p..rs ms qu:.slioned for any act done by
them in the . execution or the law, or fur
the suppression of riots and tumults, in
the prow nze of Ma aachusetts;bay, witch
stallnes are impolitie, unjust, and cruel,
as well as nnconstitutional and most dan %
gerous and destructive of American rights:
The good people of the several colt,-
nie: of New Hampshire, .Ma.saehusetts
Imy, Rhode Island awl Providence plinta
tiros, Connecticut, New York, Ntw Jur
st!v, Pennsylvania, Newcastle, Kent, aid
- f-aisex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina, just
y alarmed at the arbitrary proceedings of
parinnent, have severally elected, consti
tuted, and appointed deputies to meet and
teneral Congress, in • the city of
hia in order to obtain suet) es.-
:a . ):lsliment, as that their religion, laws,
n:f I fillerries, may not be subvtr ed,
whereupon the deputies so .appointed, he
Hz now assembled in a tali arid tree rep
t esentation of there colonies, taking into
their most serious consideration the best
means of altering the ends aforesaid, do,
in the first place, as Englishnon tl
-risk. diem
cestor4 in like cases have u4ually done,
for as4erting and vindicating their ri , rlit4
and liberties, declare, "That the inhabi
tants of the .E.lglish c•+lonies in Not tti
America, by the immutable la ws 11f nature,
the principles of the English constitution,
and the several charters and compacts,
Lave the following rights :
Ist. That they are cut cuthhd to lif, lib.
(1-.ly. and property, and they have never
ceded to any sovereign power whatever,
a right to dispose of either without their
consent.
2d. That the foundation of English hb
crty and of all free government, is a right ,
m the people to participate-in their
council, and as the Efiglis.lilcolunists
:Ire not represented in, tile - TritiSh parlia
ment; they are entitled to a:free and ex
clusive power ollegislation in their sever
al proviapiariegislatures, where their
right or' representation can alone be pre
served.. in all cases of taxation arta inter
nal polity. • -
3d. That the respective colonies are en
titled to the common law of England;
and more especially to the great and in
estimable right and 'p'rivilege, of being
tried by their peers of the vicinage , accor
ding to the course of that law.
4th. That the keeping a standing army
in these colonies, in times of peace, wide.
out the consent of the legislature of that
colony in Which such an army is kept, is
against
That the acts of Parliament in relation '
in these colonies are violations and in
fringetnents of theirrrights, to Which they
cannot submit,',lmt in hopes their fellow
sahjects in 'Great. Britain wilt , on a revis
ion of them, restore us to that state in
which both countries find happiness and
prosperitY, we 'Nave, fur the , present only
resolved to purstie' the follewing peacea
ble measures. Torprepare au address to
the people of Great Britain,' and a. memo
rial to the inhabitant?' of British 'America,
and to prepare - a - loy'al addrUss to his D_
est*, George the third.'
We giye an
,extract from the address
to the people of Great Britain.
consigh.r ou4selvoly,,•and do insist.
that use arft..as.free as our tellow : eubjects.
in Britain; and that no Tower. on earth
has a rigkt.,to. take 'our property '-without
our consent ; Te claim all tke.kertefitase•
cured to the oppiect by, the _reglish Con !
stitution, partieehtAythatiziestiotiblieoie
I' 1 . Z
.
of trial..by - lury, we -bold' it essenti al `to
EngliA o
liberty.tlint no nn be condemn.
ed unheard, or punished' for supposed of
fences, without having's!) . opportunity of
making his defence.
" Let justice and humanity cease to _be
the boast of your . nation !' Consult ydur
history.-tay,, titrn to the annak of the
nany arbitrary states, and: kingdoMs that
surround you, and sliew us a single in
stance of men being condemned to suffor
f. r crinics unkerlid, voigaestioucq, and
it bout eten the specious formality of a
trial, and that too, by laws made express.
Iv fur the purpose, and which had HO VX.
istenee at the time ofthe act being com
mitted. Now mark propTession the
ministerial plait fOr en-lac log us ! Well
aw; rethat the attempt to deprive us of
that taluable right of trial by jury, to de
.stroy our charters, and change our forms
of government, would be resisted, the
army wassiint to force us to pass under
the yoke, and corsent to become slaves,
by owning the omnipotence of Parlia•
men t.
"Let ns beseech you to consider to
whlt ;end these pl a ns and measures lead !
Admit that the ministry are alde"to re
duce its to slavery. What advantt:res
would yon reap from such a contest ?
May they trot with the same armies en
s ate you?' Nltr wi I you have reason to
expect that alter :HAM , : slay' s us,
many Of us would refr.s • to n s -..i st i n re .
dce.ng you to thestone ghject state. Take
care that you do not fill into the pit that
is prvpv jog for us. lint we tell )ou that
we never Wi 1 Submit 1M he slaves."
Cm 'any one further doubt that the
stars and stripesthe emblem -of American
Nisei v, serve only to conceal the " lit i 1-11
Lion," which opened i s jaws to dev••ur
the lives and liherties of uur put t i ot
au
cestors ?, The (I ig of fri cdom should he
removed front the Capi al where Congr e s s
passed the Military reconstruction bill,
and the 1.1. itish flag should float in its
place. Tne British lion is King over
America, and his plan is readied out, first
to crust the south, and wh en t h e sout h
dins prorrte under his feet, woe be us at
the north like‘t ise. Trial by jury was
abolished first in the north, and met' were
"rrpleinned to suffer in prison unheard,
without having an opportunity of making
their defence." These outr4ges were it
viola:ion of the English a well as the
American c institution. In the diary and
writin! , s of John Adams., long bei'ore the
revolw ion he thus speaks of the excellen
cy of the liriti.h constitution : He says
"In the execution of the laws, the lib
erty of the people is guarded by a trial
by jury. 'flie people c ho o s e a g r an d jury
to make au inquiry and presentment of
cri,nes.. Twelve of t must, agree . in
ti n ,li ng a I,ill, and the petit jury must try
I he Palm. f ,qa,ver again, and fi n d th e per
son !ritilty arore he is punished.
Inno
cence,thert-tnre is -o ,cell prot e ; : t e ,l in
this WiSe (7.11:4:11.11C011, tl.at 1,0 man emi
punished till twettly four of his nei , libm - s
have said upon mutt flirt he was :•iiiity.
No mati's liberty or properly ran lie take.,
Lim IM 12 men in his nu i , hho; Ii od
ia .s; o law; t,/
hisolon innkin , :, it ought to be inkea away.
Two branches of popular power, voting
I. men:lpers of the house of
and tt i,i by juries, the one in the leris'a,
rive, and the other in the txeentive part
of the eonsti:utlon, are as essential and
fundamental to the great end of the pros-.
ervation of the stil , j,eis liber(3•;and
prevent the government from funning In
to an olig,arelly or aristoeraey,as the lords
and cornitaitSrfre;to prevent its becotninG
an absolute 'Monarchy.: These two pow,-
jar. powers therefore, arc the heart and
thr e e mainspring and .the,centre
`wheel, and will : wit, them the body must
;die. The watch must - run down, the goy
-I.ernment tonQt become arbitrary, atill.thk,
our law books have settled to be the dent
ache laws andconstit to ion.
" In 'these two powers consist wholly
the liberty and security of the people.
They have no other tOrtification against
wanton, cruel power; no other indeninili•
patio:, against beinfr ridden hy horses,
fleeced like sheep, worked - like code, and
fed and, clothed like swine and hotidds;
no Other defence against fines, imprison
ments, ' whipping posts, gibbets, -basti
nades, and racks. 'This is that constit
hapi•eVailed in Ilritaiu from
an immense antiquity. It prevailed, anti
the iIOUSe of conittions,•and trial by july
made a part of it in Sa tones."
:loft let the mailer look at the veto
sSage of President Lmson, and ray lie
doe:i not tell the truth, when he rays, that
no people in. five
. lintrdred years, who
speak the Eug,lisli- language, have borne
Kuck ~ ery i t ally as Congress ha-iiuflicted on
the 'sow!). N master ever had a control
absohne over Ms slaves, 88 this bill
gives to the military officers over both
white apd co!ored persons."
Deprived of the benefit of trial by jury,
and ail other cavil laws., They. kayo no
fortification again i st wanton, cruel pow;
ero derelict; i.ittlicr derect; against. line:i,inipris,
onntente, whipping posts, gibbets, bassi;
nadnes arid - rac ks.' And:this don - ditiOn. to which the
party in,, posveriheasting stboir religion
and - stiPeriorAaytticltinn,. and humanity
*rho have each taken an oath to obey the
Coriititintialief thO"United Stowe, which
iseetittiii:tellieiienple'd Vial by:jary, after
-thelorma of the t Web 'laare have re•
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, MARC:I'26, 1867.
duced ten millions of their own race. The
very condition, and worse, that British
troops were sent to impost upon our an
cestors, who, with one united voice, ex
clatmed.." Give - ma Liberty., or give me
Death."
MAUDE'S -ORDEAL,
It was rather an einbarras.ing thing to
do but Charley May had din it well and
bravely, like a mat). He was nothing . but
a clerk at eight hundred dullars a year,
verilic'ez-s, he had boldly (laved audi•
unee of the portly old mil ionaire, and a•k•
ed him Oati•diier as he might, have
asked for the milliner girl round the cor
ner.
Mr. Bryant cooly wiped his pen and laid
it iu the cal ved bronzed rack; lie moved
back his th:111: a pate or two, looking
Charles May In 1 in the face as he did so,
with a onions, mocking light in his cold
blue eye.
"so you want to marry my daughter,
cL ? '
" I do, sir," said charley.
Ptocol.iugly' handsome he looked ns ho
stood there, with the reddish .brown hair
'brown back t cm his square, white fore
h'end, the hazy eyes, clear and confident,
and the perfectly cot a little apart.
Somehow, in the midst of his wrath anti
Jeri-inn, old Richard Bryant could not
help thinking that were he a girl of eigh
teen, lie might possibly have fallen in love
VII such a ljingi,t , man as Charles
" there any other little trifle, I coital
let you ha% e ? sneered the eau-tie old
in:::;. "A block of houses, or a Broad-
I.nse or co, or any other sinad fa
vor ?"
" Ynu are hag Ling at me, sir," sMi
Charley, eo!oring, yet with a
certain quiet flignily.. "I have a,ked you
,si m pi t • Tles ti on ; surely I have the right
to a ti :ink answer."
"Then listen to me, young man," vi .1
Iliehard Bryant, with :widen abrupt
sternness. "You are a• hiring altogether
ton I:;gh—you can not have my dr.ugli
ter :Mande. V . uw yeti ha% e your ans%%er
—go !"
enarles May stood for a moment like
one upon whom a thumb rbolt had fallen
wi t h sad,!ou power, then he
turned and walked cpie•!y out of the
handsome Gothic, library, ti here the bloc
an,l go:d circles of light from the oti2l
'rwindows quivered over the deep critu , on
of the 1V1.1.01l carpet, runt the pure mar--
' Lle t':tee of Pallns and Venus de Milo
wate:led hint as 1,0 Well , .
• " 'Mande, my love, my darling, what is
the matttr ? '
'l'lle red g;ow of the November sunset
emild seateely I,ioree the of
‘e t Lat. itot.g over the plategass
t is the t.( 1 .(11%.111 twilight Mr.
saw hl4 daughter, with her face
Li l.i n ii!ows, :ifid the
he:lN V. bluish back etu!s drooping low'
ovt r he c aved rose It om).
"Tell me, littler, 41augh:er, whnt troub•
its tone,' ‘vltil.ered the iin.l eh or, bend
'in:, ft inlly o‘t r the girl. Mande had
peter known a moth( r, an,l there wa.4 a
enderress in the old undi's tones at that
it ant that tt ris aittiost, matttual,
She looked nh, wi.h tho stain of fresh:
it :tr.. On Ler crimson check.
bas guile , igiva—he has gone and
left.
He Who'?"
" Clnirley •
And 31ande . Bryant, who had spoken
all her lute lung to her father as if he hid
been a mother alt.o, hid her face
on the kindly breast and cried afresh.
" -w was the me; char:';
softly lite:llkt d comment.
" I have loon Irting to convince lter
It w viry al!sm d till this is,'' said Aunt
.liluisc, 'mill)! widow in garnet silk and
carbuncle jewilry, who sat I.y, alternate
ly quitting ;ritistn at bur I,civ,,:mil ,16111.1:2;
:it a gold ca•solcite that litmg at her wart.
"Maade," said Mr Bn ant. ! , .invulv, "do
von In ...an to tell me that you :windily care
ittr that young snip of a eh t k ?"
Mande sat up ittilignantly, %%itli light
! ning in her black eyes.
• " ("are fur him ! I love him !"
" Very improper ! ' groaned aunt
' Elositt.
"Aqui, I wish you'd boll yon: tongue!"
sputtered Haude, growing- prell ier every
mottle:it in her blight iodigti:o " I
do love lulu, papa, will) all my heart and
soul!"
Aunt Eol.e . altered a hollow
anti .If*, Bryant. loulictl at. his tlawrliter
with a f.tt_al that was half troubled, half
anitt4eti.
little lily fl iwcr," ho sail, gently,
"all this Fotillik 10 MU like a girl's.ro.
utauc Maialeßryant is scarcely lined
to be the wile Ufa yuting man likcCharles
•• Bit why not, papa ?" pleaded
piteously. " I lure hint, and I—think lie
lure.; nie."
" Very probably," said Mr. Bryant,
"littt p didit never occur to you
how very
,unsuitalle' a wife, you notild
make to a ntanAtilio . bas his own way to
win in the world ?"
" No, papa," said Mande, eagerly. "j
can dust furniture, and I can..nntke jelly
cake, and omit. Lbaked a cranberry tart."
": Must important...qualifications yet not
quite all sufficient," taid' itetilttlier, with
the ututost.gravity,r;"t4 lust consider,
my deari here; ori the ciiie - huod, is s seW
-~-was=-_
ry of eight hundred dollars a year, or.nine,
well say. It's just poss'tble that out in
Chicago, where ho has gone, they pay
nine hundred dollars, a year, and here, on
the other, is Missffryant, with her little,
white-, useless hands, and her luxurious
ideas-, and her diamonds, and her silk
diesses. Why, my child, I don't sup.
pose you.know what calico means."
"Yes, indeed papa," interrupted Mande,
earnestly, "I had a pink French calico
once, with pink coral buttons that were
threelot la rs each—don't von remember?"
" YOU a 1/001* Mati'S orris " went on her
father, halting her Halo . fuvered hand.
"3131,tin; it would be like taking one df
the white jnponicas out of the conserva
tory, r_nd planting it on a bleak New Eng•
land hill, What idea have you of the tri
als and sacrifices of lire, my little petted
child ?"
"Papa!" sobbed the young girl, pas
sionatt-iy," I am ready to endure any or
deal—to make any sacrifice. What do I
care for diamonds and dresses? Papa !"
sh e exclaimed, suddenly starting up with
an emphasis that made aunt Eloise drop
her go!d essence bottle, "you Ihiuk me
a mere bin tei fly that cares fur dress and
and jewel. only. Now listen to me: Fur
one yt ar from this time—for one year,
mind—l p edge myself to wear no silks or
j:wvls. Will you belitti . e in me at the
year's end ? '
" I shalt tirifik you a very evraordina-
E y young lady, Maude, but=exense me,
darling—l h;t no very strong faith in
)011r per,istmiee."
'• Yon will see," saia .llanile, shaking
her curls triumphantly. " And oh, papa
" Maude," said Mr. Bryant, with quiet
"IdCCt tell, have already answered yuu—
deeree•admits of no appeal."
She would not cry any more, this
haughty little girl—she was too prood to
cry; but she ruse up and went away with
compressed lips and eyes whose glitter
was sadder far than tears.
"I won't be discouraged, for all this,"
she thouglii. " I will rhow papa that I
am something more than a (lo!!."
" MatuL ; you are not going to Mrs
Herninwav's in that dress !"
Mrs. Harlington, snprn•h in wine color
(Ted ve:re?, with garnets b:azing round
her plump throat and at, her wt i-ts, stood
hortitied as 3laudo eatue tripping down
stairs.
" Why not, aunt Eloise ? I think the
tires.s i. very neat.,,
Mr. Bryant looked op from his evening
paper at the :lender figure in white, float
ing. mmlin, w.th white roses hanging in
aintmg the hint Mack roils that touched
her slinteder?.
"I think t.o too," lie snid
"Si till' non , vilsu !" ily exc'nitu•
(:,1 B-yntit's
I) tit ry rose in
-
her hair !- lon t i,unll havo NVOIII pillk
rntin rind glialiiolll/,."
,` I shall wear 110 11101 T Siikg :111(1 jeWek,
Milts," Said the little lady, very, 410eidefily.
Now, Richard," Faitl
ton, turtling to her brother," are on qu
iet, to allow this? She will set, hall .New
York talkiagr
she lideases," stid
lite:alert:haw, quietlY, !and' Ilaude gave
him a bright, .grateful glance as she flut
tered away like Filow White Bird.
The next morning a small trial:1111:1r
casket uf amethyst velvet lay beside
Mantle's plate at the breakfast tal,re. She
took it, tip with an inquiring louk at her
fat her.
" Yenr birth-day, my child," he said,
simply. -
She opened the casket witli a low Cg•
ekilial ion delight as,her eye tell on the
%chit() gleam c t a magnificent pearl neck
lace.
" Oh, pnpa! how splendid this is? Don't
t key 10(4; like drops of frozen itioonligh.?
An.l I halve ;tlt+•ays so longed for pearl:!'
Mrs. Hai ringt on looked on co:Nil:lei:ni
-1 r.
"They will be the very thinz to vicar
to ni_ht with cur white p•ilk dress."
"31y white dress!" Mande paused
abruptly, while a deep crimson blush stole
over her fair forehead. She rose and
crept softly around to her father's side.
"Papa, I am very flinch obliged to you
---but--but I had rather not take the
pearl,"
° Not take them, Mande?"
" Ne, papa—you remember , my resolu
tion."
`• Mamie!' exclaimer] aunt Eloise,"you
gill tu.ver be so absurd as to refuse that
tienti rtec'ace that, a royal prineesA might,
b e p r (111,1 to wear, just., because of an idle
whim!"
"It is not mint Eloise."
And no nrnot , nt of coaxin7, or bantor
ing could, induce Maud Bryant to take
the rub+.
" Give mo a bml from the zeeserrato•
ry, or a bit (T. a look, such as I used to
have wheh I wnsa wets tiling, anti Phi val ,
110 it 14, your Sake, nks; Ippg as Llive, bat,
I cannot take pearls.
St po mierchant with a enriaqs mols•
lure in -,his eyes nave her a, kiss, and told
her:" m wonldhavo•to o."
And As weeks nod months passed on ;
anA.N.4o6;.snrronn(led by temptations
on every t44e, , tbOnOt or Charley . May, ;
and resisted thorn ,
" Maude," said the old man, suddenly,
Ono day,l" when did yOn last bear - from
young niy?" •
"Last bear from, patia? Never since
the day he went away."
"Do you mean to tell me that you do
-not correspond with him ?"
"No, papa; yon told Inc not to, and
have obeyed you."
" Andliaa tie never written ?"
" Never, sir."
•
" rinil most probably he has firgotten
you."
" No, papa—l know heihas not forgot
ten me."
" Yon'ro n carious girl, Maude," slid
her lather, caressingly stroking down the
bright black curls. "Never mind, pet—
when your yonr4of calico is over I'il give
you a present that shall please you pass
ing well."
"I don't %rant tiny present, papa," said
llaud wistfully looking up into his face.
"Oh, pupa, there is only one thing in the
world that I do want." •
" And that you know very well you
can't. have," said the merchant, sternly.
And so the collovy terminated.
"Oh, aunt E oise, what. a magnificent
silk! real mold color, isn't it I
" Yea, I think it is rather handsome,"
said Mrs. Harrington, complacently. "I
ordered it imported myself. See,it shines
like a sheet olgoid in the gaslight."
" Who is it for ?"
" You, to be sure, child—for Oriana
Sykes' wedding reception."
Maude shook her head demurely.
" Why, Maude, what will you wear?
You must have a new silk."
Maude caught her father's eye fixed
earnestly tipon her. In an instant her
nii,n was taken.
"I shall wear calico,
aunt E'oise."
" Calico ! to Mrs. Sykes' wedding re
cep: ion?"
" Why not, annf?"
"You dare not, thus defy society."
" Dare I not ?.'
That was all Mande said. The year of
ordeal was up that night, and she had
stood bravely to her colors.
Mr. Bryant did not often attend par
ties, b u t he went to Mrs. Sykes' that eve
ning without his daughter's knowledge,
and stood leaning against a door casing,
watching the brilliant devotees of fashion
as they entered in glittering,perfumed
throngs—watching them with au anxious
t , yo.
Would Maude waver now ? Was her
wi I no stronger than that of five hund
red other women ?
Presently she came, as lovely as eve,
the throng parting on either side, as she
advanced up the room at the side of her
portly, vexed•looking aunt llarrington.
Whet was the murmur that reached his
CArn?
Pik calico calico Impossible!—
Miss Bryant wear calico, inde-d! Glace,
more or moire antique I Actually
( . : ,h e ,,? What a strange whim! But
Mamie Bryant looks lovely in anything!"
Lovely—she did look lovely in.the soft
f o ld s of the F t en e h calico, with her sweet
eye fUll of light, and her cheek
glowing with soft scariel.
Mr. Bryant drew a long sigh of, reiief,
and then ordered his carriage lbr home.
_ It, was late when,Matide returned, but
nevertheless she took a peep into the li
brary to see if ber father were still up.
" Papa r''
"Cottle in, Maude. Do you know,pet;
your year of probation is up to.night ? "
"I 'hat call it probation, sir."
" Perhaps not. Well, do you remem
ber my promising, you a present if you ad
hered to VOlir odd notions?".
Yes, papa ; but I told you I did not
want a present."
" y„ii . , l find it in tlio drawing-room,
child."
"1 won't take it, papa."
" yon. Suppose you just taken
look at
Ail Maiolc went slowly up stairs, o
b,,iwnt, iu her f a ther':: gesture.
" I wiD not tike ii,.whatever it is,"she
thought as she opened the door, "for
—my goodness! Charley May!'
" 31:nide—my own true love!"
And Charley's bright brown eyes were
looking into hers—Charley's chestnut
moustache was close against her cheek.
" NV hat do you think about taking my
present now, Miss Mande?''- demanded
:\fr. Bryan!, rubbing. his hands gleefully.
"I've sent all the way to Chicago for it,
and I think yon scent rather pleased with
it than otherwise. I tell you what, Char.
ley May, you tnly imagine you have been
working hard for my daughter all these
months, but. she has not been idle. Maude
has well earned the happiness of this
hour."
And Mr. Bryant went down stairs to
exp!ain it all to mint Eloise, who was
highly mystified as to thestate of affairs.
This was the solution of the enigma
that FO puzzled the fashionable world a
few days subsequently,. when they rend in
the papers that - Maude , Bryant, had mar
ried no_noke distinguished Orion •than
Charley May.
Tho following.iton npponrs in a
Dublin newspaper: laullarY , ; 7 th
at Mayo ) County,
gig:W:ll,l4 aged t 2 years,-. a.;strventr: in;
tlto faniily „Niilfortlonnuo 17,57;
January 5, Mrs. Elizabeth
Coleraine, Antrim County, aged 107."
1 ycmumiE xX.M--$00.14tf:04::
It had_ptea96l. God to f011tP051,F4,11-',.e
A thing of idiot tuitik
Yet to the poor nineeas'pink bo
God hath not been nnkind.:'
Old - Sarah loved bar helplese4ild,
Whom
_helplessness made - dear,"
And life was everything kith
Who knew no hope nor fear.
She knew hie wants, she understood
Rich half artielate'Oallt
For he was everything to her,
and she to him was all.
And so for many a year tbey lived,.
Nor knew a w6h bOside,
But nge at•lerigth on Sarib Came,
And Ake fell inelcand died.
-, •
Re. tried -.
in rain to waken he;,_ .
He called her o'er arid o'er •
They to'd him she was dead—the wards'
To him no import bore. • .- -. .
They closed her, eyes and abrond,ed her,
While he stood wond'ring bp , .
And .when they bore her to the grave
Ile fulloived silently.
They laid her in tho narrow Louse,
And sung the funeral stave;
And when the mournful train dispersed,
lie loitered by the grave.
The rabble boys thatosed to jeer ..
When•er they saw poor Ned, •
Now stood and.watehed-hini at thi3 graie,
And not a word was said.
They came and went,and came again,
And night at last drew on;
Yet still he lingered at the place
Till every one had gone.
And when be found himself alone.
He quick removed the clay,
And raised the coffin -in his axing;
And bore it swift. away. .•
Straight went he tolls motlaer's cot,
And laid it On the'floor ;
And with the eagerness of joy
Liabarred the cottage door.
At-once he placed his mother's corpso
•
Upright in her chair,
And then he heaped the hearth and blew
The kindling fire with care.
She now was in her wonted chair,
It was her wonted place,
And bright the fire blazed aid flashed,
Reflected from her face.•
Then bending down he'd feel her hands,
Anon her face behold,
by,, mother, do you look so pale— •
Aud why are you so cold?
And when the neighbors on next morn
Had forced the cottage door, .
Old Sarah's corpse was in'teechair,
And Ned's was on the door, •
It had pleased:God from this poor boye ,
His oaLy flood to call;
Yet Glid was not unkind to him. • 1: . .
For death restored him all I L
. When the Constitutional .airtenatnent'
Was adopted by the last Cong ress it was
given out, by the radical lead ers, and re
iterated-time and again during the last
campaign, that the amendment should bo
a final settlement, of the difficulties -be
tween the North and South; but no soon
er were the elections over than it was re , :
padiated by the very men who were in—
strutnental in its passage; and Massachu
setts refuses to ratify the amendment.
On the. reassembling of Congress, in.
Daeember, new schemes of reconstruction
were brought forward by the radical lea
ders in congress, regardless of their
pledge to abide by the constitutional
amendment. After three months more of
agitation, the Sherman military bill was
forced through Congress over the Presi
dent's veto, as.tho new radical plan of re
construction. This, it was said, would be.
a finality:on the - subject. This measure
is so harsh and exacting in its provisions,
that it was thought by all that the malip
nails vindictive, Puritanic fanaticism!
which now holds away in Congress would
seared)? dare to • go farther, But
again the people -were mistaken. ,Proper
sitions have already. been :introduced
both houses of the fortieth, Congress, inl%
' posing stil further conditionsupor,- the.
South, and making the tyranny-whin)) they
are attempting to estnbitsb over: thet:seo4
t ion still more galling and despotic.; Flo*
long ?.' Oh how long,will - the"Ainericari
people patiently submit to these.usurpso
lions which, ifeoptinueti,,wili! :most sun.
redly result, in the lotal ,nfibrersion.of re 4,
publican goy . errpmoot inlhis Country
—A wnly) . ol"named Weiss, 'attired' her
sel f ntio's 'tipparel, in .14inuniric;' New
.Terser, ' a i d"thrash 1,1 Mrs.
Miller, ipne liusband;
nlong,nmi, ditinoVering
ing a tvoinno, ieterf4ired aesieve.lle!wlfe
a 81)60. yhtlipirik befer.b, bo p , aeirerd.
wbo %Neves': • •
_ .
Indians on Abe pleinelive , ,tiOf
over 3,000 white scalps this 1101/011.
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