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Fir lilt Celumlla Democrat.
"Contribute to the Oaring Few."
Open your htarti, arid treasure! too,
Contribute to the during fw,
Who lately hadu their friends adieu
Aud went to light in Dixie,
Suraly they'll fight where cre they go,
And ihall their feU make red thu snow
Thousand u ill answer never, no,
While we remain In luxury.
The pelting storm their frame doth chill
And frequently our friends ara ill;
Come let us then prepare and fill,
A car of good warm clothing.
Then tho patriots heart w ill Mend
In unison w ith those wlm loud
Uar honored soil they wltWcttnd ;
For rebels to them arc loathing,
They'll meet the foe their cannon face,
(As this but indicates our race,)
The loathing rebel the) will erase ;
Ou this fair soil of ours.
I' reliance soma will ue'u return,
ThMi, how many hearts will burn
Wc wilt then cum cut their names, in turn
With the heroes of 'W.
MnintMi', Die, 7th,
Select Storm
A True Story of (lie Ittvoiuiion.
Just at the close of tho Revolutionary
war, there was seeti somewhere in one of
the small towns of central Massachusetts, j
u ragged forlorn-looking soldier coming
up tho du-,ty street. He looked about ou j
tho cornfields labeling for tho harvest, on .
the rich, blight patches of wheat ready
for tho sickle, and on the green potato
Colds, with curious eyes.-so at least
thought Mr. Towue,
who was walking'
leisurely behind him, going homo from
the reaping to his suppur. He was a ktout
farmer, dressed in home-made brown lin
en trowscrs, without suspenders, vest or
TlJJZ iTiZ
tho shade of a great sugar maple, and Mr,
Towne overtaking him, stopped also.
'Homo from tho wars?" ho asked.
"Just out of the British clutches 1" re
plied tho man; "I've been a prisoner for
ycar3." Ho rejoined suddenly, "Can you
tell mo who lives in tho nest home 'I Is
it yours I"
"No," replied Mr. Towno, "Tompkins
livos there. That houso and farm used to
belong to a comrade of yours, as I sup-
poso ; his name was Jones but he was
shot at Bunker Hill, and his widow mar
ried again,"
Tho soldier leaned against the tree.
"What kind of a inau is he ? I mean
what kiud of people arc they there I
Would they be likely to let a soldier have
something to eat!"
"If Tompkins is out you'd be treated
first rato there. Mrs. Tompkins is a nice
woman, but ho is tho suarlicst cur that oy
er gnawed a bono. He is a terrible surly
neighbor, and he leads her a dog's life.
Sho missed it marrying tho fellow, but
you see she had a hard tirao of it with tho
farm after Jones went off soldiering, and
when my son came back and said ho was
dead he saw him bleeding to death on
tho baltlo field sjjo broke right down,and
this Tompkins came along and got into
work for her, and bo laid himself out to
do firstratc. Ho somehow got on tho blind
eidc of all of us, and when ho offered him
self to her, I advised her to have him,and
I am sqrry I did it. You had better como
with me. I always have a bito for any
poor fellow that's fought for his country,"
"Thank you kindly," returned the sol-r
dior, "but Mrs. Tompkins is a distant a
sort of old acquaintance. Tho fact is I
used tq know her first husband,and guess
I will call there."
Mr. Towno watched Win. as ho went up
to the dqor and knocked, and saw that ho
was admitted by Mrs. Tompkins.
"Some od sweetheart; of hors,may bo,"
said Mr. Towno.nodding to himself. "Ho
comes to late; pqor woman,shohas a hard
row to hoo now." '.Then JJr. Towno went
home to suppor, and wo will go ic with
(ho soldier.
"Could jougivo a poor soldier a mouth.
ful to e.it t" he asked of tho pale, nervous
woman who opened tho door.
"My husband does not allow me to givo
anything to travelers," she said, "but I al
ways feel for tho poor soldiers coming
baok, and I'll give you sotno supper if you
won't bo long eating it, and she wiped her
eyes with her whito and bluo checked
apron, and set with alacrity about provi
ding refreshments for tho poor man, who
had thrown himself in the nearest chair,
and with his head leaning on his breast,
seemed too tired even to remove his hat.
" I am glad to have you cat, and I
would not hurry you up for anything,'' she
said in a frightened way, "but you will
cat quick, won't you ? for I expect every
moment ho will bo in."
Tho man drew his chair to tho tablo,
keeping his hat on his head as if ho be
longed to the society of Friends, but that
could not bo, for the friends do not go to
tho wars. He ate heartily of the bread
and butter and cold meat, and how long
he was about it !
Mrs. Tompkins fidgeted. "Dear me,"
she said to herEelf, "if he only knew, ho
wouldn't bo so cruel as to let Tompkins
come in and catch him hero." She went
and looked from tho window uneasily ;
but the soldier gave no token of his meal
coming to au end. "Now ho is pouring
vinegar over the cold cabbage and pota
toes. I can't ask him to tako those away
in hand. Oh dear, how slow hots, hasn't
tho man any teeth." At last she said
mildly, "I am very sorry to hurry you,
sir, but couldn't you let mo spread some
bread and butter, and cut you some slices
of meat to take away with you. My hus
band will use abusive language to you if
ho finds you hero."
Before tho soldier could reply, footsteps
were heard ou tho door-stone at the back
door, and a man entered. He stopped
short, and looked at tho soldier as a eav
age dog might look. Then hc"brcke out
in a tone between a growl and a roar.
" Hey-day, Molly, a pretty piece of
j,uk;uc.ss
What have I told you time
, madilm j
You'll Hud that vou
, d h a , d , . d
you .izyj thim-ing vagabond, let mo sco
you cltfaf out cf my ll0U40 and off of u)y
,and a ood dcal mcct tuan Y0U came
...;., iM
" Your house ! and your laud I" ex
claimed the soldier, starting suddenly up,
oruot and tall, and dashing off his hat with
a quick, fiery gesture. His eyes flashed
m lining, and his lips quivered with
indignation as ho confronted tho astonished
Tompkins. The latter was afraid of him,
and his wife had given a sudden, nervous
shriek wheu the soldier first started to his
feet aud flung off his hat, and had sunk
trembling and half-fainting in a chair, for
she recognized him.
" You hain't any business to intcrfeio
between mo and my wife," said Tompkins
'sulkily, cowed by tho attitude of tho sol-
Jicr,
"Your wifo!" exclaimed tie soldier,
with the very concentration of contempt
expressed in his voice, and pointing to him
with au indignant finger.
" Who are you t" asked Tompkins, with
an air of effrontery.
" I am Harry Jones, since you ask," re
nlinrt tlin soldier, "the owner of this house.
L ,
' .....1 Iti-ntl tvIiIIi tam will lnnvf tli!.4
very hour ! As for Molly, softening his .
tone as he turned to tho woman, now sob
bing hysterically, "she shall choose be-,
tween us."
" 0 Harry !" sobbed sho, whilo Tomp-'
kins stood dumb with attoniahmcnt, "tako '
mc, save mo 1"
With one step he was at her side, hold. 1
ing her in his arms. " What did you
mean, treating this poor child so 1 Did
you thiuk because sho had no earthly pro-'
tcctor that there was not a God in heaven
against you!"
No man who is cruel to a womau is over
truly bravo, and Tompkins slunk away
like a beaten spaniel.
Tho next day had not passed away be
fore everybody in tho town know that
Harry Jones had como homo alive and
well to rescue his much-enduring, patient
wifo from a worse constraint than that of
a Uritish prison , but what they all said,
and what Harry said, and what Molly
felt, I must leavo you to imagine, for hero
tho legend ends.
S"Wbcn Oommodoro Tatnall, now
opposing tho Union forces in South Caro
lina, was in Boston during tho past year,
ha gavo tho following toast on a publio
occasion; 'Talstcd bo tho hand or tongue
of him who first attempts tho dissolution
of thif glorious Un.j."
Select Viloctrn
"I Know that my Redeemer Livctli. "
"1 know that my Redeemer lives" and when tho'dark
ning gloom
Doth sometimes gnther round my way, Hka ihadowa
from the tomb,
Oh, then 1 lay my aching head upon bis loving breast j
My flowing tears are wiped away, my griefs are hushed
to rest.
"I know that my Iledccmor, Uvea' and whan tempta
tion's dart.
Doth aim to draw-the life-blood from out my very heart,
Oh, then I learn of II lin to bid for aye the tempter fly ;
And lit His strength I'll conquer, I'll conquer though I die.
"I know that my Redeemer lives" and when )b toil
and care,
My spirit sinks beneath the load, too burdensome to
bca.r
Oh, thru t hear that pitying voice, sa Ing to inula opprest
"Come unto mc, c weary ones, and I will givo ou
rest."
"I know that iny Redeemer livos" and whn with
ttar-dlutinrd c-yc,
I sec the loved of eaily )cars, around mo droop and
die-,
Oh, then to soothe iny bitter grief, my Saviour speaks to
me;
Andblds thcwlnds and waves 'lo a till" of the soul's
troubled sea,
"I know that my Uedcemcj lUes" anl when lifu's
sands tun low,
When my dim eye is closing fast, on nl I love below,
Rejoicing in the perfect trust which this assurance gHe9
I'll triumph over death; fur 01 "I know that my Re
deemer lives.
"I know that my Uodccmer lltes" and by his saving
graeu,
My sins nil washed avrny.I shall behold him face to face.
Then loudshall swvll myjo)ful Fong.ou that Immortal
shore,
"I know that my Redeemer lives" "ho lives forever
more,"
"""T5-i mr wv "jry';r"nnTniTBT?wiM?MS3rCTa
(rueval & political.
A Now York Colonol Speaks.
Col. John Cochrane has made a speech
aud tho Secretary of War has endorsed it.
Wr have said nothing on tho subject for
some day.-, having had grave doubts
whether the reports of tho event wore to bo
relied ou as htrictly correct, but these
doubts are removed, and the fact remains.
We had good reason for doubting it.
The Administration has not deceived tho
North hitherto. The l'resideiit has been
frank, outspoken and consistent. Tho
Cabinet lias profc-scd to bo a unit in sus
taining the I'icsideiit's views. The con
servative people of the North have accept
ed this reiteration of sentiment on the pait
of tho Executive and have cheerfully and
constantly furnished money and men for
the war ou the principles that were thus
enunciated, Nor has the Administration
changed its views. Tho President remains
firm to-day as when ho modified the proc
lamation of b'remout. I ho Cabinet have
becu siugularly unanimous in their adher
ence to the same doctrines, aud arc to-day
determined to carry on the war on the
principles which Democrats and conserva
tive men of all parties have heard pledged.
We havo received every assurance of thii.
It was therefore not strange that we should
doubt tho story that a Colonel in a New
York ltcgiment had made a speech advo
cating universal plunder, turning the army
into a hordo of marauders, arousing slave
insurrections, aud all their attondaut bar
baiities, aud that the Secretary of War
had "approved every sentiment of tho
cpccch t"
We do not overstate tho rem arks of
Mr. Johu Cochrane. The people of New
York know this gentleman tolerably well.
Hereafter they will drop him from their
memories. Ho has grievously erred if bo
imagined that his late constituents iu New
York had become abolitionists, or in any
manner cliangcd their views of the slavery
question, and iu this desperato plungo in
to the embrace of the Garrison and Phil
lips party, ho has bidden farewell to New
Ycrk Democracy forever. Nor has he won
favorable regard from tho Administration.
When a politician, having become a sol
dier, takes to speech making instead of
fighting, it is safo to suppose that he is
looking for effect and is dealing in his old
trade. In tho present instanco wo havo
tho gratifying assurance that tho Presi
dent, General McOlcllan, tho heads of de
partments, and tho entire Union sentiment
in Washington, with a few exceptions, are
profoundly grieved at tho folly which ho
has perpetrated.
Thoro is no point moro sternly insisted
on by the President, and by tho Commander-in-Chief,
than the inviolability of pri
vate property. Gen. McClcllan has issued
tho most severe orders for its protection,
aud condign punishment is visited on eve
ry offender against those orders.
Lo, here a Now York Colonel, at the
head of his regiment, talking as if on a
stump in New York, utterly oblivious of
tho orders of his General, shouts to his
soldiery, "set firo and consumo tho coltou,
take property wherever you find it, tako
tho slavo and bestow him upon tho nou
slaveholder if you will, take tho
slave by tho hand, placo a musket in it,
and bid him in God's name strike for tho
liberty of tho human raco."
And tho Secretary of War says, "I
heartily approvo every sentiment uttered
by your commander."
With the Secretary of War wo havo
DOlhing to do. He is an offioor in tho
Cabinet, and answerable to the President
alone, to whom ho will explain his disa
greement, if ihero is any, with tho policy
of the Administration. But wu havo tho
authority of tho Prcsident,again and again
'given to tho public, to assuro them that he
jcoci not approve Mr. Cacttrane's sentiments
aml tlie. war uitl not be conducted on these
principles.
Mr. Cochrane should understand better
tha orders of his superior officers, and tho
spirit which animates his soldiers. If the
sentiments ho utters were adopted by the
Government, to burn, plunder and destroy,
to arm slaves for insurrection, and fight
for the "liberty of the human race" in
stead of for tho Constitution which was
raado for white Amerioans,if such a course
were approved by the Administration, tho
war might as well bo abandoned at onco
as hopeless. Every general, who has ci
ther military character or tho heart of a
man would retire from tho field. Hun
dreds of thousands of citizens, ir.cn who
havo thought and talked and voted as Mr.
Coohrauo once did, and who still think and
talk and will, when .they have opportunity
vote as thoy always havo, but who for tho
present are in arms for the Union and the
laws, would demand to be discharged from
a service they would abhor.
' Beauty and Booty" is not tho watch
word of the American soldier. It never
was, and God forbid it ever should bo,
though a hundred New York Colonels
with glib tongues, sock to disguiso its hor
rors in such souudiug phrases that even
a Cabinet officer who listens may fail to
Appreciate tho atrocity of their character.
It is useless to repeat the arguments
against this madness of arming tho slaves.
If you want, for tho Union ,ouly tho South
ern Territory, the fields and forests, over
run by hordes of negroes made savage by
rapine and blood j if you desire only the
blackened ruins of its homes, tho unburied
remains of its sons, the desolated-hearths
around which will forever linger tho curses
of its outraged and slaughtered matrons
and maids ; if this is the desire of your
hearts, follow the lead of this New York
Colonel, '-plunge this whole people, black
and whito, into one indiserimiuato sea of
carnage aud slaughter ' (his own words,)
and write, for tho remotest generations of
mankind to read, the foulest and the blood
iest page in all the human story.
Some men are born fools, and of them
there is hope. Some are born with reas
onable souls, and become foolish, and of
'such there is no hope, not the melt distant,
j Wo hare confidence in tho present ad
ministration of affairs, and with that con-
I fidenco we have assured our readers that
tho war is to be conducted ou tho princi
pics which have been aunouncud. The
course of General Dix in Eastern Virgin
ia, of General Sherman in South Carolina
' alike confirm our confidence and give cvi
deuce of tho sincerity and consistency of
tho Administration. It is of tho highest
' importance that tho people be saved from
tho evil effects of such speeches as Mr.
Cochrane'?. If New York city believed
that his sentiments wore approved by the
t President, wc do not believe another mil
.lion could bo raised for the Government in
J all the banks together. Up to the pros-
cnt moment, tho conviction has been gen
1 cral iu this city that tho Secretary of War
I was cither wrongfully reported, or that ho
did not hear tho speeoh of tho Now York
I Colonel as it has been reported, in tho pa
', pcrs. No one believes that Mr. Cameron
intended to endorso tho plunder and dc
! stroying part of the speech, and it is doubt
i ful whether, he heard anything of the ar
I ming of the slaves, This is certain, at all
events, that tho conservative men of Amer-
ica, in tho army and out of it, conservative
Republicans and conservative Democrats,
I who aro to-day nice-tenths of the inhabit
ants of tho North, may rest assured of the
I firmness of tho President and Cabinet to
carry on tho war on the principles of the
, Constitution, aud the law, without refer
ence to New York Colonels gone mad, or
, those abolitionists who arc anxious only
for a plungo into auarchy. iv, Y. Jaur
milof Commerce,
tS At a concert one evening, at tho
conclusion of tho song, "There's a good
1 timo coming," a man in a laborcr'a garb
1 rose in tho midst of tho assembly, and cx
jclaimod, "Mister, you couldn't fix tho
' ,1.1. Miilil vnli
Important Correspondence),
Wo copy from the Philadelphia Inqui
rer tho reoont correspondence bctwtcn
Col. Charles J. Biddlti and swuo of his
constituents. It will bo seen that Colonel
Biddlo has concluded to, resign hia posi
tion in the army, aud take his scat in
Congress, to which he was elected at a
speciel election in May las-t. His letter is
frank and bold in tho avowel of his sen
timents firmly sustaining tho war, yet
denouncing alike Northern Abolition and
Southern Sccessiou :
Dear Sib We havo learned this
morning with much pleasure of'your ro
turn, upon a visit of a few days, to your
family. Without wishing to appropriate
to ourselves an undue portion of the time
which a brief respite from your duties in
tho field may placo at your ditposal, wo
beg, on behalf of your follow-citijeus, to
suggest tho propriety of your affording
thetu an oppoituuity of taking you by the
hand reassuriug you of their continued
confidence in your ability and patriotism.
It will give them no small gratification if
it should bo in your power to name a day
upon which thoy may tender you tho
compliment of a publio dinner.
You will permit us to express tho hope
that your presence in Philadelphia may
bo only preparatory to assuming your soat
iu the Congress which is about to assemble.
The circumstances attending your recent
election to this body, tho strong decla
ration of tho wishes and expectations of
your constituents, in conferring upon you,
without solicitation on your part, a posi
tion attended at this time with peculiar
responsibility, aro, wo trust, such as may
induce you to relinquish, at least for tho
present, that military life in which, through
more than one campaign, you havo al
ready earned a just distinction.
We are with much regard, your friends
and fellow cituen3,
Geo, Sharswood,
C. J. Ingcrsoll,
P. McCall,
J. Cadwaladcr,
F, Fraloy,
Joeiah ltandall,
G. M. Wharton,
Henry M, Phillips,
Wm. U. Hirst,
W. II. Drayton,
A. V. Parsons,
Geo. W. Diddle,
G. M. Dallas,
U. Ingcrsoll,
And others.
To tho Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, Charles
J. I.N'OKUSOLL, aud others. j
Gentlemen: I havo had the pleasuro
to receive, to-day, your communication,
and beg you to accept my thanks for the
fiattcriug terms in which you havo ex
prcsecd your views upou what has been to ,
me a subject of anxious reflection. i
It has been my earnest desiro, at this ;
great juueture in our National affairs, to '
give my humble services where they mayj
be most useful to my country. With this
purpose I took the field; and holding, (
during the period of the Extra Session, a
separate and important command, t did
not feel at liberty to quit it to tako a scat
iu Congress to which you had in my ab-1
sence, elected mo j
1 havo come for a day or two, from the
great camp in front of Washington, whero
1 command a regiment that has becu to mc !
a source of the highest pride and satisfac-'
tioti, and I shall leave it with fee) ugs of
regret that I will not attempt to express
here. But I yield to tho representations
of the wishes of my constituents, conveyed
to me in your letter and in other forms.
I shall, therefore, tender, through the
proper authorities, tho resignation of my
military commission from the State, aud,
as your representative, will return to
Washington.
It is true that, according to tho highest'
authorities, I might at once hold the two 1
positions; but it is plain that I could not
perform the duties of both, and, waiving
the bare legal question, it seems to mc to'
be incompatible with tho character of r ,
reprcscutitivo as a legislator to bo a paid
officer, subicct to the orders of tho Exc-1
cutivo, and present in his placo only by
tho revocable leave of a military superior.
I havo, therefore, rcachod the conclusion
that your representative must riot now be
thus trammelled yet, should . tho tido of
war, indeed, roll around tho National
Capital, I hope that my brctbreu in arms
will find room in their ranks for ojio sol
dier more,
My political opinions aro what thoy ul
ways havo been. I am a Democrat nev
er more one than at this hour. I rejoice
that it was with iny name upon your ban
ners that you overthrew the Republican
party in this city.
A hen 1 say 1 am a Democrat, I do not
mean that 1 belong to any knot of politi
claus. When I say I am a Democrat, I
mean that I havo ever maintained those
national principles which, under God,
made and preserved us a nation ; thoso
great national principles of justico and
opuality for all tho States, which, so long
as they wcro practiced, made our various
institutions, and interchangeable commod
ities bonds of strength and union, rather
than grounds for strife.
This, at least, wo may say for the Dem
ocratic party it rated at their true valuo
the fantastic theories, tho whimsies, tho
"isnio," tho questions of mere phraseolo
gy, that men calling themselves states
men have preferred to peaco, to union,
to tho gradual progress and development
of each section, and all races in duo rela
tion to natural causes. 'Ibis, too. we mav
say for tha Democratio party wh'tU it
maintained its sway, "Secession" was a
little pauicu clique; as the Republican
party arose, "Secession" besamo "an army
with banners."
Nor was the foresight of the Kcpubli
can. leaders wider than their patriotism. 1
Tho false prophets of tho party promised
their followers that three months should
see tho end of all tho troublo ; and when
war came upon them oven then they wan -
ted only three months volunteers to end
it. They oreatcd aud fostered that in-
toi,icating sclf-ccnfidenco that was tho
cause of our earlier reverses.
They had so prcsistcntly abused that
part of tho American pconlo that lived
across a geographical line, that they had
come at last, to uuderate and despise them,
and Republican oratory summoned its
hearers, not to stern encounters, but only
to plays and pillago.
When tho national flag was struck
down at Charleston, and the national Cap
ital was threatened by Seccssionism, tho
North rose like oao man. The world saw
with astonishment, the great uprising of
the people ; Europe prejudged the issue
in our favor ; yet, as if smitten with blind
ness, tho Republican leaders seemed stri
ving to waste and dissipate, instead of to
seize and to use, tha noble material for
great armies, which was with scarcely any
limit, placed at their disposal. The sol
dier who offered himself for tho public
service, found that he must car-wig some
politician before ho could bo allowed tho
privilege to fight or die for hii country.
Men began to say that tho war was to bo
made "A Blaok Republican job."
Politicians were put at the head of
troops politicians who thought that to
wear lace and feather3, and to pocket pay,
was the whole duty of tho officer feasting
aud frolicing and ppecchmaking took the
placo of training and discipline ; and
while the officer spouted and revelled, tho
rank and file were robbed of their first
right tha right to skillful guidapoo and
instruction. Tho reins were nominally
put into tho hands of a venerable chief
tain j but every politician, every "able
editor," took a pull at them, till they up
set the coacli
Amid shouts of "Onto Itlohmond," tho
North, with its teeming population, found 1
found itself outnumbered at every poiut of
conflict, and the battle of Bull ltun proved
that tho Administration had known neither Now, all those tneins which aro most liko
its own strength nor tho enemy's. "Where ly to tccuro the car of tho peoplo are left
then wore our legions?" we may well ask by Christ to the discretion of His friend,
of it. But the battle of Bull Run was not i They may use the market placo, tho hieh-
without its fruits for us. Panic stricken
selfishness, seeking self preservation, light
ed on thoso who could save it. The direc
tion of tho army passed into the hands of
soldiers. A General, born hero among us,
restored to their due supremacy the mar
tial virtues that insure sucocss in the war ;
trained and competent officers second his
efforts, scores of imbeciles havo been push- 7"8,010, and that the free populatiqn of
ed out of service ; and this good work still these fire slavo Staecs is 3,730,314, an ex
progresses. jcessof only 2,198. This fraction we will
The Democratic party will sustain the drop out, and speak of them as equals.
men the -ucl
have in charge
land and sea.
dlans tlie Uuponts who Now England, then, with an equal popu
tho honor of our flag on ! lation, has erected -1,607 churches; tbesa
Let, everywhere, the peo- five slave States have erected ti,OSl ahiir-
plo put in as officers men who will not sco
the war again become "a party job;" let
the administration of the Government be
such as to attract, not repel, the doubtful
States. Then the contest may be contin
ued with success and ended with honor.
Wo may yet tee the authors of qur national number of churches, and furnished aecom
troubles, those twin fomenters of discord odation for upward of a million more per-
ine .Auuuuuuisis ui lua nunu uuu mc eons to near tue uospci, man can DC aO"
Secessionists of tho South reduced aga'm commodatcd in New England. In Now
to the harmless insignificance in whieh Eng''10') 3i,5tii of its population (which
Democracy long held theui. Aud if the is nearly ono third) are excluded from a
event bafilcs these hopes tho Government scat in houses built for enabling persons to
that embraces tho great rich and populous hear the Gopcl ; whilo in these fivo South
Siates of tho North, must sink to no hum- crn States there is room enough for every
ble, no degraded place among the nations, hearer that could bo crowded iuto the
National prosperity is too nearly allied to churches of New England, aud then enough
dignity to suffer us to btand in the rela-1 loft to seat more than a million of slaves,
tion of tho vanquished to thoso who never I "Including slaves, these five Southern
can seccdo from geographical connection ; ' States havo a population of 720,410 moro
with whom closo relations, warlike or ami- than New England yet, while there arp
cable, must continue always. 1 720,410 persops less in New England to
The Democratio party tought to keep provide for, there are 200,0000 more per
tho pjacc among the States with honor to tons in Now Eugland who can not find &
them all ; but while the war lasts, into seat in tho house of God to hear tho Gos.
which the abolitionists of the North and pel than there are iu theso five slays
the "precipitatiomsis oi tlie souip pave
'precinitatiomsts
hurried us, let us d cm a ml that a firm and
wiso administration of the Government
shall evoke and honestly apply our mili
tary resources, in which the nations most
famous in arms have not surpassed nor
equalled u,
In conclusion, gentlemen let mc say
that I am deeply sensible of the honor of
representing this old city ; for our Dis
trict is tho old city that our fathers know
and loved.
As your representative, I will exercise
tho right of free speech, and will ftrive
to maintain for all, the cherished rights,
the enjoyment of which constitute civil
liberty.
My stay hero docs not allow mo to ac
cept the compliment of a publio dinner,
to which you do mc the houor to invito me,
To sco you aud other valued friends will
at all times afford the greatest pleasure to
mo.
Respectfully and truly your obedient
servant,
CHARLES J. BIDDLE.
A Ke?n RirLT. John Wesley, in a
considerable party, had been maintaining
with great earnestness, tho doctriso of Vox
Dei, against his sister, whose talents wem
hot unworthy of tho family to which tho
belonged. At last tho proacher, to put an
end to tho controversy put his argument
in the shape of a dictum, aud said
" I tell you sister, the wrico of tho peo
ple is the voieo of God,"
" Yes,'1 she replied mildly, "it cried
'crucifhimrucifaJuraXi;
Mr. Sumner and his Statistics.
According to tho wnna nf Ififill tlin
value of Churches in tho free States was
S07. 773 . 477. in tho alarn Rtatn. rqi ..
074,281.
Ioj.-x.ci , i '..
1 . Suc,h. Mr. Sumner mode o staUng
i tuo religious advantages of tho North and
ho South, respectively ; and ho would
havo the publio infer that bectuso tho
I church- edifices in tho North- havo coat
i ., . , , , ,
tbr:ce " n"ob 113 tbo3e of tho South
therefore tho formor is better provided than
the latter with, the evidences of the Gos
pel. Now, what aro the facts ! Tho forth
coming volumo of Cotton is Kins thus sett
at rest all cavil upon this point ;
" It is my purpose to compare some t(
tho most important of these facts whioh
have a bearing upon this subject, I shall
take, for the mot part, tho Sis Now Eng,
land Statc-i on one tide, and five old slavo
States (extendiug from and including
Maryland aud Georgia) on the other sido,
for comparison. t
Now England was settled by Puritans, who,
wcro rcinarkablo for orthodox sentiments
iu religion, for high-toned religious consci
entiousness, and a rigid personal piety l
whilo these fivo slavo States wore cither
settled or received character from cava
liers, who rather scoffed at pure religion,
and were highly tinged with infidelity.
At the cqd of moro thaq
two centuries we aro comparing tho prog
ress which these fivo slavo Mates havo
made in religion with the progress wado
by tho six non-slaveholding States, whoso
subjects, when originally organized into
communities, were in advance in personal
piety and religious conscientiousness of any
communities that had been founded since
the days of tho apostles, and that havo
been in their onward progrcsi from that
timo until th'u, free from all tho supposed
evils of slavery. The fundamental law of
uqu, lor its propagation, requires tuo gos
pel to bo preached to every creature ; be
cause, in the divine plan, faith in the Gcw-
pel was to mako men Christains.
This
. faith was to bo originated by hearing the
Goapel. For faith cometh by hearine.'
ways, tho forests or any other place which,
in their judgement, is most likely ta get
t.A f tl... - 1. ' P
'! With these views to guide us in eati.
mating the valuo of tho facti to bo oxam-
incd, we proceed to tho di-cloiurcs mada
by tho census of 1850. Wo thero learn
that tho population of New Rutland is S,-
cues. 'Jhese Iscw England churches will
accomodate 1 ,893,450 hearers ; the church
os of the fivo slave States will accommodta
2,606,472 hearers. Thus we see that
these slave States, with an equal free pop
ulation, havo erected narly double tb.8
1 states.
"The next met et forth in tho census.
which I will examine, i. equally suggestive,
These 4,007 chuiclies in New Eugland are
valued at 819,302,0.14. Tho-e 8,031
churches iu tho tivoslavi- States are valued
at 11,140,118. Here is an immense ex
penditure in New England to erect chur
ches ; yet wo see that those'Now England
churches, when erected will scat 1,003,044
loss than those erected by the slavo States
at a cost of 58,113,510 less money. What
prompted to such an oxpendituro as this?
Was it worldly pride ! or was it godly hu
mility ! Docs it exhibit tho evidence of
humility, and a desire to glorify God, bv
a provision that shall enable all the peoph
to hear tho Gospel ! or does it exhibit the
evidence of pride, that fcccks to glorify the
wealthy contributors who occupy these
costly tcropcls to tho exclusion of tho bum
ble poor! We muit all draw our own con-
elusions, 'i he bavior informed
the messenger of John the Baptist that one
ol tho signs by which to decide tho pres-.
cneo of tho Messiah was to be found in tha
fact that tho poor had tho Gospel preach
ed to thorn. When wo exclude the poor.
wc may safely conclude we cxcludo Christ,
"it is legitimate to conclude, tuercforo,
that all the arrangements found among a
people, whioh palpably defeat the prcack.-
mg oi inn uospei iu vuu uqr,ufu arruugu-
ments which throw a shade ot deon suspi
cion upon the character of those who make
thorn. Costly palaces wero never built for
tho poor ; they aro neither suitable nor
pqoper to secure the preaching of tha G-e
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