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so along after giving to your interests nil
my energies after driving for faith nud
honor, that I wight win jour love and cs.
teem-to suspect mo in secret to look up.
on mo as a thief, and yet not tell mo I
ui wouiu not have believed it!"
"Let us talk the matter over calmly,'
Select Ulocttru
You Kissed Mo.
-my head had dropped low on your
seemed ready to reason now, I found no
lauit,
'You hive spent considerable money of
laic
"How J" lasted.
"Have you not built a house ?"
"Yes, sir, and paid for it too, and have
thus given my mother a comfortable home.
Mr. Wharton was staggered for a mo.
mcnt by my frank and feeling reply, but
pretty soon he asked :
"What did the houso cost you ?''
"Just fifteen hundred dollars. My
mother owned the laud. And I supposed
you would know where I got tho money.
i ou, sir, learned me how to savo it. I
have been with you sis years. The first
year you paid mo fifty dollars, and I laid
up twenty-five of it. Tho second and third
years you gave mo a hundred dollars, and
I laid up sixty a year. Tho fourth year
you made mo a clerk, and gave mo five
hundred. My mother was able to feed mo
as our little cot answered for tho time. I
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w:;;;;;; n.,next yCar yOU
1"t'"," : ! pni mo six hundred dollars on condition
Iwtro delicious to die, If my heart might prow cold ' rlmt T ! ... L.i. t ,
.,. .u. u... j. rtuvm uu Hun
dred of that. This last year you paid mo
one thousand
You klaitdmol
breast,
With a feeling of shelter and Influllc rcat,
While the holy emotions my totigug dare not speak,
flashed up, like n flame, from my heart to my cheek.
Your arms held mo fast-olyonr arms wero ao hold
Heart responded to henrt in that passionate hold:
Your glances seemed drilug my soul through mine)
eyes,
Aathe un draws the mist from tho aratotho skins ;
And yourlips clung loinlue, Mill lpra)cd in my Hiss
They might never unclasp Irom that rapturous kiss I
You kissed inol-my heart, and myhrcast, and my Hill,
la dillrlous Joy Tor the moment atood still;
Lifs had for m then notcmptatloiia or charms
Noflsta of pleasure outside of)ouranns;
And were I this Instant an Ansel, possessed
Of tho glory and peace that are given the West,
I would illng niy white robes unrcpiningly down,
And take from my forehead its beautiful cronn,
To nestle once moro in the htven of rest,
With your Hjh upon miiio, and my head on your breast .
You kissed mcl-iny soul, in a bliss sodium;, I
Ueelsd and swooned liku a foolish man drunken null I
wine.
keys, ono which I kept, whilo Mr. Whar
ton kept tho other. Tho only other per
son who ever helped us in tho store, was
Henry Wharton, my employer's only son,
a youth of twenty years of ago. Ho wa3
preparing for collego under a private tutor
but found fillip in linln ,,a ,,. It. A ... ...1
said tho morchaut, his old kind tone com- business was driving ITo M, , r,.,i.
in back. Ho was tnuMii.il kir ,,. ' t....i..i e ,. . .
, , , , , "J "v "b'j" , "; generous iouow,nnu a strong nat-
and I could see that he was wavering. ural attachment had grown up between us
t lit s like telling him that he ' At first I thought of getting him to help
should havo done this before, but as he mc to find tho thief, but as Wharton had
'ly in lli.it pts.ioiuto !
While your arms ur.ipl me cl
hold,
And these are the questions I asked .lay nnd night :
Jlual my life tusto but once such cvpiisitc delight (
Would you care if your lire.111 were my ahvltirnsthrnt
And If )va were here u-outj jtu Ut mtsgaia
Select BioxM
, and I spout only tho iutcr
est of what I had previously invested, so
that the thousand was uot touched. Of
course my mother has worked, but sho
wished to do it. I havo paid fifteen hun
dred dollars tor my houso, and havo fivo
...ll.-. -.. .1 ... ,
THE T.KPT-TTAWnfr, mTIT " uaui:. lUat
iuilJJ- . is a plain statement of in nir-iiv
My employer seemed moro puzzled than
before.
"Now," said I, "I havo given you an
honest statement, and will you be equally
frank, and tell mo all that has happened
to excite this suspicion."
"I will," ho replied, taking a scat near
mc.
"Within tho last year I havo lost moro
It must havo
been taken from the store. I know this
for I know tho amount ofgoods which have
boon sold, and I know howmuoh cash I have
received. I began to bo watchful four
months since.
Two months ago a man paid mo in the i
altcrnoon,hvo hundred dollars. I put it in
tho drawer, and on tho next morning, be
foro you camo iu, I looked at your cash
account, and found only two hundred of
that set down. From that timo I havo
been very watchful, and havo detected a
dozen similar ciscs. I have noticed everv
promised to speak to no elso upon tho sub
jeet, I concluded to keep quiet also.
That night I counted my money, but
made no entry on tho account. Thero
wore three hundred and forty odd dollars.
I put it in a new calf.kin pocket-book-placed
that in tho money drawcr,and look
ed tho wholo up iu the safe. Ou tho fol
lowing morning 1 found fifty dollars miss
iug. I counted the money over carefully,
aud was not mistaken. My suspicions
took an unwclcomo turn.
During tho day I pondered upon tho sub-
jeet, and finally hit upon tho following ex
pedient : When 1 had locked up the safe
for tho night, I spread upon tho knob of
tho door, and upon tho monoy drawer,
some paio red lead, being careful not to
get enough on to be easily noticed. I had
left the cash account open, to bo closed up
iu tin morning. When I next opened the
safe, all was as I had left it.
The next night I fixed tho knob in tho
same manner, and on tho morning follow,
ing I found forty dollars goue. Upon tho
pocKct-booli wero finger marks of read
lead J aud when I came to open my cash
book I found tho same kind of mark there.
So I learned ono thin
enough to sco w
moved me. "Tho secret is locked up in
my own breast j and neither to you nor to
any human being will ever call tho name
of tho ono whom I suspect."
Tho stricken man grasped my hand, and
with sobs and tears ho begged my pardon
for tho wrong ho had dono mo, and
thanked me for tho assuranco I had given
him.
Oa tho following morning he brought mo
fifty dollars in eight different bills, with a
red cross.
"I know all now," ho whispered, in
broken accents. "Re kind to mo, and let
this not go out into the world."
I kept my promise, and lived to sco tho
old man smile again ; for when Henry saw
the deep agony of his father, his heart was
touched, aud not only acknowledged all
his wild sins, and humbly begged for par
don, but became a truo and good man, aud
an honor and ornament to society.
Tho Pleasant World.
This i3 a very pleasant world and very
pleasantly made, curiously contrived iu.
deed, to keep wide awake until wo " round
it with a sleep."
There is an arraugement effected in tho
last way in tho world wo moitals should
have thought of ju3t by rolling the globe
over and over. Of course wo mean tho
day and night the lights aud shadows of
life's fair perspective. Aside from tho no.
cessity wo fool of that almost dying now
ami then, wind:
''How many young men have been in
jured nd perhaps ruined by false suspi
cion I" remarked my mercantile friend, as
wo wero conversing on tho "panic," a few
evenings since. Suspicion is liko au assas
bin in tho dark. It stabs its victim, aud
ho knows not from whence tho blow comes.
Or it may bo like tho kcon frost which sci-
zoi upon tho ears, tho cheeks, or tho nose. I
freezing tho flesh or diiviii" back tho lifn i "lan tw0 thousand dollars I
blood, and yet tho poor man is totally ig.
norant of his situation till ho comes in con.
tact with heat, and begins to feel tho stir
ring pain. Rut I beliovo 1 never told you
of the only time that suspicion of evil was
ever fastcucd on ma. It has nothing par
ticular to do with tho subject under con
sideration, though it serves to show how
merchants sometimes lose money.
When a mere youth I was placed in
the storo of Jacob Wharton, a merchant
doing a good business. I was frugal in.
dustrious and faithful, and at tho ago of
twenty-ouo I was advanced to tho post of Jollar tliat camo in after tho bank account
book-keeper, with a good salary. I had I was ,uauo UP anu havo also taken note of
chargf of the books and tho safe, and all j tUo iimouut entered upon tho book, and
the money loft over after banking hours
was aho in my care. I tried to do my
duty faithfully and I think I succeeded
.Mr. Wharton was a eloso, methodical man
with a quick oyo and ready understanding
or business, aud as I faucicd ho felt satis
fled, I felt much pleased.
1 had bceu a book-keeper for a year
when I thought my employer's manner to
wards mo began to chauge. Ho began to
treat mo moro coolly, and finally I was
pure ho watched my movements with dis.
trustful glances. I becamo nervous and
unqasy, for I feared I had offended him.
Hut tho thing camo to a head at length,
Uno evening when I was alouo in tho
store, engaged in making up my cash ac
count, Mr. Wharton camo to mo with a
troubled look and spoko. His voico was
tremulous, and I could boo that ho ivas
deeply affected.
"George,,' said he, "I am sorry for tho
conviction that has been forced upou mo ;
I fear you havo not becu traaling uo as
you should."
I managed in spito of my astonishment
to ask what ho meant.
"I fear you aro not honest!" was tho
"ply.
Kol Honest ! And thcro I had boon
for many years making it my chief aim
aud study how to servo him most faithfully-
I do not remember what I said first
I only know tho tcp.rs came into my eyes
mat my lips trembled and that mv ut
terance was almost choked. How lomr had
I?10 1)0111 theso suspicions ? I asked Mm.
?ud ha told ma for mnm tl, ,n.-
1 "You havo suspectod mo thus, and elill
ijeft an iu tho dark 1 After scrviurr vou
during that time thcro has been a leakin
ot over seven hundred dollars I Now who
has access to tho drawer and the safe'"
I was astonished. I could only assuro
my employer that I know nothing of it ;
aud I saw that ho wanted to beliovo mo.
I asked him if ho had spoken of this to any
ono elso. Not a living soul but mo, ho
replied. I pondered a few momenta and
then said :
"Mr. Wharton, could I bo mado to be
lieve that oveu ignorautly I had wronged
you to tho valuo of a dollar, I should not
feci tho perfect consciousness of honor I
now feel. There must bo a thief somo.
where. Scmo of the clerks mav find ac
cess to tho monoy. Rut aro you willing
to let tho matter rest for a few days ? I
will strain every nerve to detect tho evil
doer."
Ho finally consented to let me try my
hand at detecting a thief, llo promised
not to lisp a sylablo upon the subject to
i
ether my account had
been made of the money beforo ho took it.
I felt more unpleasantly than before, for
my unwelcome suspicions wcio being con
tinued. 1 had gained new light. Thero
was a peculiarity in tho red fingtr marks
that told mo a sad story. Still, I wished
to try farther.
I'or two nights after this tho safo remain,
ed undisturbed, but on tho third night I
missed seventy-five dollars morc,aud I had
now set my trap moro carefully. Tho red
pigment was not only used, but I had put
a private mark upon every bill iu tho
drawer. The pocket-book and cash book
wore fiugcred as before, and tho marks
were vcrytlear and distiuet.
When the week was up, Mr. Wharton
camo aud asked me what I had found.
"Ah," said ho as ho noticed tho sorrow
ful expression on my couutouance, "you
havo failed to discover anything."
"Alas, I wish I could say sol" I re
plied. "I have discovered too much. Iu
tho fir.st place tho moucy has been taken
from tho safo, and tho key left iu the draw
er and looked up as usual. Also, tho
cash book has been one hundred and sixty
five dollars taken iu all."
"Rut how do you know tho cash book
has been examined V ho asked.
"I will show you," I said producing
both tho cash and pocket books- "You
sco those red marks ? I fixed a red ii"-
mcnt upou tho door knob of the safe, and
upon tho edges of the money drawer.
You can sco these finger marks 1"
"Yes," ho whispered.
"Aud now," I continued, "just exam
ine them carefully. See how tho leave s i
of the cash book wero turned over, and al
so how tho strap of tho pocket book was
tucked into tho placo. Do you seo any
uitig peculiar about it?"
"Only that tho finger marks aro very
plain."
"l!ut you cannot distinguish tho thumb
maiks from thoso made by tho fingors J"
"Yes, I can."
"Then tell mc this," I returned.
u Which hind Ukl the thief use most ilex.
tcrously in the work ?"
Wharton gazed upon tho marks, and
finally gasped-." The ft."
"So ho did," I returned, "and all tho
marks havo been tho same. 'Tho thief is
a left-handed ono, and ho is acquainted
Correspondence.
for tAc Columbia Dtmotrat.
Col. Tate,
SfV: In your issue of tho 17th,
thcro is a reply to my notes on tho Back
Township Correspondent. Wc will take
up his arguments as they appear in his
communication. First, tho signaturo,
' Jcflcrsoniau Itcpublican is an anomaly."
to connect tho namo of Jefferson, tho
apostal of Democracy, with Modern He
publioanism, which is anti-slavery, and
Jefferson a slave-holder," &c.
Was Jefferson n slave-holder? If so,
then ho had a good chanco to observe its
practical workings ; and nature, having
given him a mind of superior greatucsi.
beautified wiih a practical education with
a soul as pure as tho driven snow filled
to tho brim with a love of country aud de
votion to justice.
Wo will take his own words aud foe if
tho siguaturo is uot Ilomogonious. Here
lot rao remind you when tho party of Jef
ferson Grit started, thoy wero celled lle
publieans. Theu all that remains for mo
to do, is to quote his own language on tho
subject of slavery. To quoto all would
make this article so long that it would take
perhaps a dozcu issues of your paper j that
would bo taxing your generosity to much ;
so I must content myself with but a few j
but they will suffice, as he had but ono
opinion on that subject. Before wo quote
wo christian "sleep," I his own words, we will remind tho ceutlo
what could possibly afford a grander series man that Jcferson drafted tho ordinauco
blamo tho party that endorsed it to bo cir- not oxtoud to them tho right of sulTcrago
eulated, or tho party that passed uneon- as did tho Domooratio patty in their best
stitutional laws cxpell tho man that wroto days, and now turn against them when
n Hum aw mo siavo siatcs. jiow tiocs thev do not votn wiili thnm
of surprises than the alternation of night s of 1784, of which tho ordinanco of 1787
aud day. Day : nothing but a lighted , is a copy so far as the slavery question is
vestibule to something, wo know not what. ' eonserned ; which prohibited slavory from
Night : a short dim hall that leads us to all tho territories tho United States then
another. And ou we go, through this had j and when Indiana afterwards per
grand suite of brilliant chambers with i titioned Cougross to allow them to hold
shadowy passago ways botweeu, until wo ' slaves with W. II. Ilarrisou governor of
havo explored this wondcrous castle of tho territory at tho head ho opposed it ; as
our mortal being. did John Randolph of ltoanoko another
What if it wore ono great, unbroken slavo holder, and Indianna would bo pros
day, how dull 'twod grow in life's loug pcrou3 and happy this day in conscqueueo
.r,n.iiArtnl II... t:i... - it I-.. i I e i i , .
oi meir iiooio uceus ; n trators wero not
counteracting tho r.oblc sentiments of theso
Patriots.
So far you will seo that Jefferson is
with tho Republicans on tho territorial
question. I will uso no farther argument
on tho territoriej ; unless Mr. Baektown
ship should endcaver to show that Jeffer
son, Randolph and tho great Washington
wero wrong, who wero all slayo holders
aud certainly had a better chaneo to know
afteruoon I How like a Mondav would
txistanco bo 1 Nothing mado over now ;
no dawning to await; no tomorrow to
dream of or to hopo for ; no surpriso to
quicken thought aud heart, but just a
steady blaze of day an Arabia tho ltocky,
without an " Araby tho Blest."
Por our part, wo arc glad wo aro igno
rant ; glad wo aro not ubiquitous ; wo
would uot havo " tho wings of tho morn
ing," if wo could. This opening and shut
ting of doors all through tho wor'd pleases ( than Mr. Back Township. On tho 39
us. It is a poem without a nicfactorv and lOth nazes iu his notes on Virninin.
" argument ;" a play without a program- ( he assumed tho position that slavery is a
mo. Wero life and action "laid out," great evil ; and that it should be abolished j
then action and lifo would bo a corpse, and that it mikes tirants of tho masters nnd
all v,'o mourners should "go about tho unqualifies them for our form of govern
streets." Cucrigo Journal. jmcut. Tho wholo articlo is to lengthy to
" quoto but I will quoto a few words. " In-
A CIoodNami;. A"oodnamois abovo , deed, I Tremble for my country when I
this not prove most positively that Jeffcr
son was correct. When ho said that tho'
institution of slavery would mako tyrants
of tho masters, who wero tho prominent
men from Kentucky and Maryland." I
can only say that from Maryland thcro
wcr 7 ; Irom Knctucky 5 and wo consider
them all prominent, on account of tho
great princples that thoy advocated in tho
face of tho reign of terror j at tho samo
timo wo will remind Mr. Township that
from each of theso states thero was only
1 ior o u. urecenrulgo m 1800.
But Mr. Township still scams to think
that tha Republican party is tho party
spoken of by tho Father of his country.
In order to prove that, ho must show that
tho statements I made, in regard to his
political creed, arc wrong; this he did
not, neither can he ; for ho must bear in
mind that Washington was no two faced
politician and that in his last wilt and tes
tament freed all his slaves. j
Iu sustaining your position you must
provo that Washington advised his coun
trymcn to abandon tho principles that ho
had taught; that would be to crcat an
absurdity for tho most feeble mind to en-
tcrtain for a moment. Mr. Republican
sets himself agains the Dred Scott decis
ion." Yes Mr. Township aud ho feels
grcateful that tho author of all good has
given him powers to desorn ; that tho su-.
prcmo court has no authority to mako a
political creed for tho Domooratio party,
that can bind tho Republican party ; but
wheu tho supremo court decides a case
whero they havo jurisdiction I then will
bow to them iu humblo submission, as be
comes nil good citizens. But in political
creeds I am with Jefferson ou tho Alian
and Sedition law, and Jaokson on tho
United States bank. I say hands off, you
havo no right to toll rao what principles
shall voto for. Mr. Township if you will
get Tho. H. Benton on tho dred Scot case
you can get some more light from a Do
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inuuuv ui it stave ocato; ana altor you
nayo road that with caro, you will find tho
Republican doctrine is national in its
character and that oposition is an exotio ;
and that tho present Republican party aro
tho truo Jcffersonian Republican. To
rcffcrcnco to small fish I have no reply to
make. My object is to defuse correct
political information. To deviato from
this and get into personalities would bo
getting below my standard of dignity. Let
mo admonish tho gentleman in tho spirit
of kindness to desist from this for on that
subject ho cau havo no issuo with mo.
" Why did you not adopt tho Crittenden
Compromiso." I will tell you, tho Chicago
piaiiorm was a state right platform, and
For voor
position on the territories yon may quoto
ono Southern man, J. 0. Calhoun tho
head of tho nulifiors of 1832 ; but ho did
not conccivo his territorial ideas for somo
10 years after j so you sco that it is of ro
cont origan and that ho did not introduco
them till ho found his other plans of treason
would not do.
JEFFErtSONIAN RErUBUCA.
ChaxcK'! op Battlk. " At Waterloo,"
said Napoleon, "I ouught to havo been
victorious. Tho chances wero a hundred
to ono in my favor, But Ncy, tho bravest
of tho bravo, at tho head of 412,000 thou
sand Frenchmen, suffered himself to bo
delayed a day by somo thausands of Nas
sau troopi. Had it not bacn for this in
cxplicabl inactivity, tho English army
would have been taken Jlagrunl delicti),
and anihilated without striking a blow.
Grouchy, with -10,000 men, suffered Bu
low and Blucher to escape him j and fi
nally a heavy shower of rain made tho
grouud so soft that it was impossible to
commence an attact at daybreak. Had I
been abla to commence early, Wclliugtoa
would havo been troden down in tho do
filcs of tho forest beforo tho Prussians
would havo had timo to arrive. It was
lost otherwise without resource. Tho de
feat of Wellington's army would havo been
peace, tho repose of Europe, tho recogni
tion of the interests of tho masses, aud tho
democracy.
A Gueat Thought. Thero aro worso
things than war. Deterioration and mor
al cowardice arc worso than doath ; and
when it booomcs necessary to die for great
truths and principles how sweet and how
beautiful is tho saorifioe I Let no ono inii
agine that this is our day of deepest dark
ness. Twenty millions of peoplo rising as
one man, thrilled by ono impulso, swept
by one spirit of self sacrifioo, holding right
and justice to bo dearer than lifo, and that
lifo for thoso may and ahall bo offered up,
will appear in history as tho brightest
omcu of tho century. Civilization and
free government aro not to fail here, but
to como forth moro glorious and securo
from trial. This is tho clear pointinj fin-
gcr of God, and for this Ho strikes tho aw
ful hour and summons men to their duty.
Meanwhile wo hope that from all tho altars
of religion will ba breathed tho holiost.
sclectcst iufiuenoo into tho cause of con
stitutional liberty as tho cause of Ood.
placed you in a position which you occupy a revolution of tho wheel of fortune, an
with feelings of commendable prido? Aud exchange of situation is among possible
you whoso famo has been tho target of en- .events; that it may bocoino probablo by
all price. Havo you not found it so, young reflect that god is just; that considering tho compromiso demanded a surrender of
, juu nuoju wen Known virtues havo , """" w ".uucai means oniy i some ot these rights from tho freo .titr..
this they could uot do. Thoy did howev
er pass a resolution by a two thirds voto
expressing thosentiment thatlavery should
uot bo intcrfeared with where it exists ;
new this does not look much liko abolition
or urdcr ground R. K. Pray can you
show by tho books cf that road that Re
publicans have any stock ? If you can
not, do you not know that it is rong to
vtous lougues, havo you not seen a good
name to bo tho only breast plato that is
impervious to tho poisoned shafts of calum
uy? Gold and talent, what aro theso
without a character ? A light to render
supernatural iuterfcraneo ! tho allmighty
has no attnbuto that can tako sides with
us in such a contest."
Again ho says, while Virginia was yet
a colony iu 1770, " tho abolition of do-
darkness visiblo : a gilding, which, by mcstic slavery is the greatest object of
contract, makes the substance moro rcvol- desiro iu these colonics," " 03 Rcpubli
tiug ! Cherish it then, all who nosess it : 1 cans endorsed tha IWmr hr.r.1- wl.iM,
guard itcaiefully for depend upon this, 'ho stiles an infamous book. I havo read
its purity onco tarnished, tho unwearying that book nnd know tomcthing of its con
effort will hardly resloro it to its pristine i tcuta. In that book I havo found nothinp
lustre. Let it attcud you through tho written that tho author had not a perfect , Scnato; theu read tho speech of A Lin
journey of lifo, crowiijug jour days with right to publish. Tho book is a contrast ' coin delivered at tho Cupper Institute
charge men with things that thcro is no
cvidenco of? If you will fako tho trouble
to read tho speech of Weudcll Phillips you
will seo what an abolitioucst is; then read
tho speech of J, C. Breckcnrdgo jn tho
pcaco and happiness. The rectitude
which won it will engrave upon your face
a letter of receommendation to tho people
of every uation and tongue. And wheu
jtho trasuro is no loijger needful to you, it
shall send to your posterity a leg asy with
which millions ou millions would uot bear
to bo compared.
ABeautiyul Thought. A solemn
and beautiful thought is expressed in tho
following :
It is related of a well known divino,
who, when living, was called "Tho Prinoo
of Divines," that, when on his death bod,
ha was dictating words to an amanuonsit'.
who had written ;
"I am still in tho land of tho living.'
"Stop," said tho dying nun, "corrccj
(hat. Say :
"I am yet in tho land of fL,o Dying, but
hepo soon to bo in tho land of tho living !""
Beautiful thought and it is so. In hia
closing sceno, tho Christian is enabled to'
oontrnst this passing, dying world with
that wjiich is to como."
E"Whcn Licutenaut Governor Pat
terson was speaker of tho Massachusetts
Legislature, somo dozen boys presented
any one else, aud also to lcavo tho matter tho storo and tho book, and cau gain j themselves for tho place of
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wholly m my bauds for ono week. Ho
gave mo a warm grasp when wc separated
aud said ho hoped 1 would succeed.
On tho following morning I entered t ho
storo with all my energies of mind centred
upon tho work beforo inc.
Thcro wero four clerks or salesmen, and
ono boy, in constant attcudauco, besides
easy access hero. But I havo yet another
mark, Tho last bills that wero takon were
all marked with a small red cross upon
tho numoiical figuro in tho right hand up
per corner. You can follow thoso up, for
1 1 hayo neither had tin courago nor tho
'heart to do it."
Tho merchant dank back, palo es death
myself, and all tho money received had to itself.
pass through my hands, Sometimes Ii "Ilcury is the only left-handed person
mado up my cash account at night, and 'on tho premises !" ha groaned, gazing on
sometimes not till next morning. me as though ho wished that I would deny
In tho latter caso I generally put tho llls statement. But I could uot. I knew
money drawer into the safo, and locked it Lis own "n was gui'ty party,
up. Tho key to tho safo was kept iu a t ''Ask mo no more," said I, with tears
email drawer, to which thcro wero two iu my eyes, for tho father's agony dcoply
messenger,
as usual at tho opening of tho house.
Ho inquired into their names, conditions.
&c., that ho might make tho proper so
lution. He camo, tu tho eourso of his
examination, to a small boy about ten
years of ago, a bright looking lad.
"Well, sir ,"said ho, what is your name?"
'iJohn Hancock, sir," replied tho boy s
''What," said tho Speaker, "you aro
uot tho ono that signed tho Declaration of
Indcpendcnco, aro you ?"
I "No, sir," replied tho lad, ttrctohing
1 himself to his utmost proportions, "but
"You can bo ono of
said tho Speaker.
tha meHengers,'
between slavery and freedom and shows 1 oris theu you will find that trouth
that the free states havo far outstriped tho ! lies between tho two extremes; for jou
slavo states ; although tho slave states had acknowlcdgo that Republicans aro not
natural advantages in climato aud soil ; abolitioncsts. V.'hcn you said we refused
with an appeal to the people of tho slavo to elect Burlinggamo becauso ho was to
states to abolish slavery. Let it ba born much of an abolitionist, did you not ob-
j in mind that tho author of this book liko serve that you wero killing your own child ?
Jeflerson & Washington was a southern , You say northern 'mou voted for tho
man raised with slavery and ho had, after repeal of tho Missouri compromise and then
traveling through tho freo states, an op- concluded if was uq part of tho sectional
portuuitycf knowing tho effects of slavery. foundation you spoko of in your first.
Ho camo to tho samo conclusion as Dr. j That argument destroys your position that
Franklin did iu Pennsylvania, who said republicans nro sectioual; for they did get
boldly aud fearlessly slavery should bo votes in tho south and if the southern
abolished. Was Franklin driven out of, freemen had not been misled by tho press
his StatO for Savin,! Hin onmn (I,!,, ll.nl ' nf (l,n nnrll, nn.l V,nn .1 A
Helper said iu his own stato ? Tho en- reign of terror wo would havo had a mn-1 trf ,f. WaJ a. fua0ral rer1,od wltlf
dorcmcnt spoken of does not appear ou 1 jority ; so you kill another child. You S' ' marrlaS-
tho book. hen men cudorso nauer their sav. " mv refferenp.R tn ,
t 4 " ' s--iw tt IIIVJU
A.n old Law. A law against obtaining
husbands under false prctonco, nassad bv
tho English Parliament in 1770,enao'(
That all women, of what overage, rank.
profession, or degrco whether virgins,
taaid, or widows who shall after this act,
imposo upon, seduce and betray into mat
rimony any of his Majesty's inalo subject,
uy virtue ot tetqts, paints co3mctio wash p
artificial teeth, falso hair, Spanish wool,
iron, iron stay,, lolstercd hips, or high
heeled shoes, shall incur tho penalty of tho
law now Iu force against wiothcraft and
like misdemeanors i and tho marriage, un
der such circumstances, upon conviction of
the offindiug party, shall bo null and void.
What nwrctohed old bachelor that
must havo been, who, on being asked con?
ccruing a row of hacks standing in tho
names aro mostly on the back; but hero
wo do not find on tho back nor yet iu
sido an endorsement; an cudortcmcnt
of this kiud would not go in bank; but
suppose wo ngrco that thoy did endorso
it in eomo way ; that it was a book that
might bo read with out violating any priu
ciples of our government is a fact that cant
bo denied.
Now I want to know who wai r
amounts to nothing," for they havo always
been sensitive on the subject of slavery.
Tho men that I refnred to wero patriots
that lovo their country; your sensitive
men are thoo who aro now jn arms against
tho government. Their rights havo noycr pulls its ears,
been abridged by any tuthoritivo body
general or local, As regards your negro
equality 1
Kflrllo who travels through lifo in tho
hopo of jumping iuto fa shoes of another,
mostly goes on a bootless errand.
8SWhou docs a farmer act with great
rudeness towards his corn t When ho
1ST What is the best lino to lead a man
believe with Lincoln that they j nltu Crino-lino. What .is the host lino
io ieau tt woman i .'laEeu-nno.
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