COLU.VS 81 AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. : LEVI L. TATE, EDITOll. "TO HOLD AND TItIM TUB TOUCH OP TllUTII AND WAVE IT O'Elt THE DARKENED EAKTII." TERMS: 32 50 IN ADVANCE. BIA VOL. 19. NO, 43. COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. J3DXTUD BY LIJVl U TATE, r-fiUFIUETOKi Saturday Morning, Dec. 23, '65. For tht "Columbia Dtmetrat," I?cviow of "Observer'' on "Les sons In Division, Fits, Heifer and Dogology." Col. T ate : I noticed an article in your paper ol tho 11th ult,, of 'Lesson in Di vision, Fits,Hoifer and Doio.jy," whioh with your permission I will briefly re yiow. 'Observer' gives ns some excellent Poe try, which I suppose if bo had not thorc introduced, would have boon lest to the world, and that would have been n seiiom misfortune. But I do not quite understand 'observer' when ho 8a) tho "Poetical ef fusion that a boy, (Vmartboy that) lately put forth in a corn-field to tho tuuo of Mioguo's March' sounded very iappros' on tho awcot morning air.' No doubt jour correspondent meant to pay 'AriutOPos,' which is froneh, and means 'to tho pur pose' or appropriate, and would bo cor rect, and is pronounced 'appropo ' Again, after giving us the l;!t verse of pootry iu his eommuu'ca'ion, tho verso which for real poclry,Ulty conception and comprehensive historical facts,excels any thing I have ever read j ho 6ajs 'Doubt leso tho reader will say, Poeu masitar et now lit.' I am ati.-tiud that bo intended to say 'Pot" a utts'u ir i t non lb ,' which m-ty be translated thus ; 'A poet is born and not made.' That is, a poet born with his poetical talent, and isnot'tnadc a poet by education alter bitth. And I agree with 'Observer,' thai after rending his third verse, iho most remarkable poetie-tl production of too age, Ming too by a boy, (J should like to know thai doy) in a corn field, early in the morning to the oxe'i'log tit or of rogue's march, relating iu f-hort the njjltcthig occurrence that betel on in tensely 'Loyal Drafted' man, I saj Col, afier rcadiug all this, and inoro in that very eloqucut and comprehensive verse of profouud poetry any intelligent man would exclaim 'PnETA NAiITAIt Kr .NON l it.' That poet was born, and not made after ward. But Observer's chapter on that 'erea turc' or tool, (.is he iutimatcs) the two firnt letters of whoso name are commonly 'Professor Pealer,' ii much too short, At the end of it he should have written the word ' Addfmia.' When your numerous readers would have understood that 'then were aonie tbingfi to be added.' But as lie is not so well acquainted with the Profes sor as I nin, he is cxcueeablc for uot doing hlru justice. It takes me to do that, and J can hardly do it. Lot me Orst analizc his name 'Pro-fcs-sor. Well, Pro, is latin, and means 'for' that is, iu his case, 'pro' llutan's valuable Dog, anl erpccially 'pro' his fine 'Devon Heifer,' and moro than especially 'pro' his Sixty-fivo dollars.' and with a double es pecially 'Puo' Fiidan to get him into 'Fort MiJlin,' or hung, to keep him from voting the Dcmocratio ticket. ThU is clearly a csrrc.rt analytical re view of 'Pro' but what tho 'fc.-i.or' part ol the name meaus is not quite so clear. 1 think however, it refers to tho legal privi lege of voting and retiring suddenly from tho polls by tho Professor, hoad down,with n whole skin, persistently rofusing to an wcr Whitcnigbt any questions about llu tan's Dcg and Heifer ; and iu tho absence of a few platoons of 'soldiers' willingly conceded their Liberty and other lawful rights to Democrats. All this the Pro fessor was guilty of as witnessed by more than ma at the last October election. Having analizcd tho two first letters ol his name, I prococd to notice sorao other peculiarities that appertain to tho Profcs por, aud may mean Pee, Peeler, Feeling In the first place it is notorious that all liia fingjrs arc of a remarkable length ; quite to long for tho convenince of his neighbors, becouso those naughty fingers havo such a elrango and strong Vo-pcn-eity too apjro priate things to tho wrong person and place, for instanco, llutan's fino Dog, slpondid Devon Iliefer, and sixty-five dollars in Greenbacks o tho Pro- flusnr's own behoof and Rutan to Fort Mifflin.1 liut it is rjaid, 'Birds of a feather, will flook tosethcr," and as tho ProleBSor is reconed among the 'Loyal,' euoh m Hut- ler the beast, whose fingers wcro so ureau ful long that bo has an item of sixty thou sand dollars to settlo in cold with m, Smith of New Orleans. And bssidos Butle, tbsre ate Morgan, Simmon, Brlu coo, Baker and thousands of other 'Loy alists' who havo kbown beyond ditputo that moy labor under tho same difficulty, nnd of whom Sonator Halo said, "that tho Liberties of the Pcoplo were in groatcr danger, than from tho enemy in tho open 11U1U.' But as tho' Professor has learned his trado of peeling from his wholo political party and especially from thoso high in Authority, bo may be pitied if not excus ed. For if the majority of Law-makers, become the first and greatest Liw brakers, as lias been the case for tho last four or five years, wc can scarcely expect to find honesty with such as 'Lucky John' aud thoso who arc not bettor baked than Pro fessor Pealcr. But I will conclude this reviow by giv ing you Professor Pcolcr on the flea : 'Ladye's and Gcntlcman,tho floois unnec essary, be bites hard and sovercly bo is too numerous to mcnshun.ho ia not natter ily dystrucktivo, but is maid so by his ap pytite which is vishus. The mail flco con sists of a lectio blak anaraylo with sum leggs on his stuuimick and a bed in front of his biten end. he giiiups wiili iiiimouso forco and bytes with rappydity on the plaso whero he bites, and he is wora dais than uitcs for to byto, for his deads are evil liko mo-t of his abol-shim brethren, who pla on a haip of a 10U0 strings to to carri lections. Tho flee kan be kotch ed bi wcttiu thC0'5 finders end puttiu em iinmcjitly on the critters bak this kunfusea him and you kan then squash him. ho will thon di. the femail flee konsists of a frymilair nnamal to the mail. She is tbercforo dyfront in that respeckt her habits is quoar.sho is cq l il ly numcriou as tho mail IIjo only she is dyfercut, She is allcrs kontinually bciu konfined, aud yet notwithstaadin she is al ters round with her family ,a biten of you. she is kctchel bi tho same mnjus apparen di that the mail iskctched, only the i dyfrent iu som rcspecks from the muil ike as before intymatid above. Ths knits is iuteicstin things tha air cp.3y weened, mucber so than wa rboli- tioners from the trcsury. tha kints konsist of the of-pring of the mail and femail flee aud air smaller than ether tha immojieily byte, (especially the Dymecratks) as soon as tha air konsbus of hoin a knitt in office. Tha air kctohed perciscly Iks tharo pa rints, butt lha air harder to fqiiash. the knitts konsist of mail and femail aocordiu to irgular rotaIiun in natur. only thair is nioai mails then femails, aud tha is kun ing and wote our abolishun tickits moar thin lawful, and ilia air dili-ent from tho fouiail and tnoar of em. and tha know whic jeudcr tha air, and whio cide ther biler end is onto, in very few minnit:- af ter tha is born into power. Knitts bvtc, msil floes byta faraail flee? byte, and the bedbug is thar rclahun and is a lectio bitin critter alsow when tha has a chaneo for a byto at undo sam's kribb. P. H. All thes git under a fellars clo-e, no matter of hes mail or femail iu the nito and byte kontinually without intcrmissh un and take a piece, aud pcaco rito out at cvra byto tyl tha Democrats say, tha hav bitton our konstitution aud us all to nuth iu," Thcro Col. yon have a very learned dig qiuition on tlio 'flco' which I hope you will publish ver batum, ct literatin, et punctatum, and oblige the Professor and your neighbor. CillAYDGAKD. HYDE PARK, Due. 13th, 1605. Col. L. L Tate Dear Sir .- Encolscd pleaso find 52 50, the amount of my sub- caption to the Columbia Democrat. oti will pleaso acknowledge the receipt of tho same. I was always of tho opinion that tho late civil war was commenced by Aboli tionism to break up tho Union. Tho con tinual hostility of this fanaticul party to tho Southern States, and people de nying them a represnntatiou in Congress alter pcaco is fully established com-1 plctoly confirms mo in that opinion. The Constitution as it was formed by tho wisdom of our Fathers, was always dis tasteful to them, and they ineau if possi ble to break it up aud I foar ihoy will succeed Tho blunders, wickednoss, and fanaticism ol tho day, seems to favor them in tho ostablisbmcut of their "new nation" consolidation first, limited monarchy next, is whoro we shall land ; unless tho goodnoss of God shall inspire sufficient patriotism in tho Chief Executive to thwart their almost accomplished design All at tlio presont moment looks dark and gloomy for tho future ol our onco happy Union Most reipcctfully youra. i . WM. MEIUUFIELD BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA Select JDoctrn. The Other Side. Wo dwell thin aide of Jordan's Mroam, Yet oft lliere comes a shining beam Across from yondor shorn j Willc visions of a holy tlnonp. And sound of harp, nnd seraph song, Sconi gently wafted o'er. Tho other sldo I Ah I there's tho placo U'ht-ro saints in Joy pnst times retrace, And think of trials gone i The veil withdrawn, they clearly seo That nil on earth had need to ho, Tj lirins them safely hoinc. Thoolher side ! No sin Is there, To stain the robes thatbless'd ones Wear, Made white in Jesus' blood : No cry of grief, no voice of woo, To inar the peace their spirits know Their constant peace with Rod. The other kidol Its shore so bright Is rndUnt with tho golden light Of Zion'scity fair I Anil many dear ones gone bcloro Already trend the happy shore ; 1 rcem to sec llieni there. Tlio other side I Oh, charming sight I Upon its banks, arrayed in white, Tor nu-a loved one u.ilts: Over ilia etri-ani ho calls tu me, Tear not -1 am thy ;ni,lu tu be, Up to iho pearly Rites. The other fdu! Ills w,d. known voice, Alula r lirifilit fin-, will mu rijoicu: We'll inert in fond i:iulira.e; He'll lead me on, until we stand, Kach with a paliu-liinne'i in our hand, Before tho Q.iviour's face. The other side ! Tin oth 'r si lo I Who nuiilil nut brave the swelling tido Of earthly tml and care ; Towiue line day, when life is past, Uvertlie at rr.i :ii T nt limne at last, IVitli ull the bless'd ones there 1 E R M O N or THE HEVEREND JNO. CHAMBERS, or rmi.ADi:i,rniA, ON THANKSGIVING DAY, Thursday, December 7th, 1065. The services of tlio day were commen ced by the reading of the 85th Psalm, in connection with the 4th chaptor ol tho 1,-t epistle to the Thessaloniaus. Tho speak er then said : Wc have assembled in compliance with the request of the Chief Magistrate of the United States, that we should, od this day meet and'"ivo thanks to Almighty God for the restoration of peace to our lately distracted and unhappy land not that I recognize the right of any civil magistrate to diefttc to tho Church of Christ in any way but a request, such as the one put forth by Presidont Johnson, must find its ectio in tlio Heart oi every mn anu wo man bforo me, and call foith unmingled gratitude to God for the meroy vouchsafed us in being delivered from one of tho most cruel, bloody, and desolating wars tho world cvor saw. At tha same time, I am sure that no one amongst 'us has waited UBiil this hour to pour forth the gratitude and praise which tho cessation of hosti ities must have caused to spring in tho heart of every Christian and lover of humanity. What minister of the Prince of Peace has not urged upon Lis people the duty of de vout thankfulness from tho moment that the last gun was fired ? For it is a glo rious truth that Christ, His gospel, aud His ministers are alike opposed to war, which in all its consequences is fraught with evil and evil only. Mr. Chambers then offered up a prayer, in which he thanked God for the return of pcaco and freedom, that tho writ oftt beis corpus had been restored, eo that men were no loagcr in danger ol being drag-1 ged at the midnight hour from their bonus and families. Uu ardently invoked the richest blessings of tho Almighty upon tho ! President of the United States, thu Gov ernor ol each rovorcigu Statu, and the Judiciary of the nation, dupromo and sub ordiuate. The sermou was based upon the text, St. .Matt. lOih chap., ad v. : "Can yo not discern the sigua of the times," and was as follows : No man ought to bo an idle or inatten tive spectator of poising cvetit-, or nbut his eyes to the signs ol tho times. But it is a melancholy fact, that comparatively few of tho great mass of men think for lhemse1ves,either politically or religiously, and henco they are tho slaves or dupes of others who bavo tho courage or tho ambi tion to bo leaders, It is known to the world at largo, that no pcoplo on earth boast more of their civil and religious lib erty than do the American pcoplo j but it is a sad truth that, in many cases, it is but tho empty sound without any f olid foun dation, aud that the many aro led cnptivo liv tlm fnw rsnficiallv nolitlcal! v. The J . " w - " 1 J --4 - past four or five years have boon among the most eventful of tho world's biitory. COUNTY, PENM'A,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 18(35 Tho great experiment oi solf-governmont has been stretched to its utmost tension. As a nation wo have boon upon tlio vergo of ruin, and I confess that oven now my mind is not satisDod that tho ship orStato is entirely oiftho lec-shoro or safely moor cd. Thcro is a wildncss in tho politioal heavens which to tho attcntivo observer must appear portentous of evil in tho fu turo,and what makes it the moro alarming is that tho linuienfo masi of our people aro ignorant ol their chartered rights. How few of tho teeming millions of this nation ever carefully read or studied tho Constitution of tho United Stales ? Do you suppose that moro than one in every thousand has ever done so t And yet this grand initrutucut ii tho book of tho peo ple not by any means tho exclusive prop erty of the juti-t, tho la wcr or (he politi cian, but, I repeat it, Iho book of lit" pco- p'e, mado for them and by them, and for ticir special benefit; and tho man who fails to make it tho rule of his lile, as a citizen, 13 derelict of duty. Hut let us now proceed to inquire into what is our present condition, and what our future prospects j aud first of all, I shall view tliem'as they stand related to tho JUblc standard of Christian purity and excellence. Let us iro to tho law aud to tho testimony. We read, Titus, Ud chap. 1-11 vcrsi's : "Put them iu mind to bo subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to bo ready for every pood work to speak evil of no man, to bo no brawlers, but gentle,howing all meekness unto all men for wo ourselves also were sometime foolifh, disobedient, deceived, icrviug divers lu:ts and pleasures, living in euvy, and malic, hateful and hating ouu another." I ak you whether this nation as a wholo, n-iy. evou that portion of it who profe-i and o-tll thcm-rlvs Christians, aro living in the stain of mind S3 b'.autllully desciibed by tlio Apo'tlo in the first two vero wliiuh I havo read, or whether, alas the condition to whioh he refers as beicg in the past with him, is not in the pre.-ent with us t Is it not an un deniable fact that, in many instauces,even the ministers of religion have not tho po liteness of tho publicans spoken of by our divine Master in St. Matt., 5ih chapter, verses -lij-47 ? Is that the spirit of gen tleness, meekness and foibcurance which tho Apostle, enjoins in his letter to Titus characteristic of those who call the sarao Lord, Mastor, and who declare publicly by their own act and word :hat henceforth they will walk together aceordiug to His commandment 1 On the contrary, is not the spirit of intolerance and persecution rampant in tlio land 7 What docs our Lord say, John, 1-ih chap., ISoth verse, "By this shall all men know that yo arc my diseiplcs if yo havo lovo ono to anoth er." liemembcr what St. Paul tells m, ''Love woikcth no ill to his neighbor ti'iercoic lovo is the fulfilling of the law. By their fruits yo shall know them." Is it true that wc, as a Christian Church, aro carrying out the principles of the good Sa maritan ? 'Wo have, at this day, thrown out upon the world some four millions of human begins who nover before had any care about the future, and what is being done to render them comfortable or pro vido them with the moans of a honest, Iionora lo self-support 1 I acknowledge tbero is any quantity of blatant oratory on this subject, but that unfortunately neith er feeds, nor clothes, nor obclters tho mis erable and unhappy creatures whoso pres ent condition, if wo may boiicvo one-half even ol what we aro told in tho public prints, is horrible in tbo extreme. We are told upon the best authority that they aro dying by the hundreds yea, by the thousand. Tho public journals of tho day inform us that hospitals nnd alms houcs aro bo'ng prepared for them. These arc both new inventions so far as the negro is concerned, and never wero needed for him before. And not only aro wo told that their phjsical condition is deplorable, almost beyond description, but that the hot breath of moral pestilence is sweeping over them liko tho sirocco of tho desert. Moral disease, moral death is worso than any temporal calamity. To rcscuo them from human servitude,only to loavo them to the bondage of Satin, is poor compensation. Therefore, 1 hold it is tho duty o( thoso who took these people from their former condition and through whoso agency thoy now occupy theit proem ono to pro vide ninptij for them c-pioi ally that por tion of tli American people whose ances tors wero chit fly concerned in bringing them lo tuete rhoro and whoso children children are now living on the princely j " " - " O I J fortunes mado in tlio Afrioau tlavo trade, , It ii a well known fact that t'ia pnnviple part of that trado was carried on by men of Massachusetts and llhodo Island. Why then do not tho men who havo filled our laud with confusion nnd misery without delay import into thoso two States at least ono million of thoso homeless destitute creatures in order that they may bo cared for by thoso who ought to consider them solvos their natunal proteotors under exist ing circumstances ? Another fearful sign of the times is the general demjralization which wo find meeting us on every side. It may, indeed, bo said that "iniquity abounds," and yet what indifference there is to tho increase of crime. Tho press teems with murders, frauds, defalcations, robberies, Sabath desecration, druukennsss, blasphemy, nnd general lawlessness. Somo tell us that this is the necessary result of increase of population, but that cannot be. Wo have lost moro men by tho war than wo have gained by emigration. No it. is in a groat measure owing to tbo four years of blight ing, desolating hojt'litics through which wc have passed, in which all the evil pas sions of men, and 1 blu-h to say,of women, too, havo been ca'lcd into action and kep1 in "onstant play, and which have so com pletely gained tho mastery over us as to refuse now to be allayed. This alarming de moralization runs through all grades of so ciety. Who does not know that in our leg islative halls wo are largely reprcsontcd by corrupt and venal mn, aud lhat it is an understood and accepted fact that in many caes it is but necessary to offer a bribe sufficiently largo in order to have your point carrwd ? The ballot box, of which wo boait so much, is rotten to tho core, aud our independence, in which wo appear lo glory, ii little more than a farce. It ii a tact, ns patent as tlie noonday sun, that Jcc American can be, aud aro bought upon election days as readily as you can buy sheep in tho market, and that the party which has the most money is tlio winning one. The tyrant, too, who employs labor will compel his employees to vote in tlio way to suit himself, or dis charge them from their places. Aud this employer calls himself a free American a lover and promoter of civil and relig ious freedom ! And the mon who thus obey his behests arc called freemen, and challenge tho world to admire the liberty of thanking and acting lor themselves, which tho institution of their country guarantee to them! Am I wrong in de nouncing this so-called freedom as a farce when euch things eau uu cited as facts ? What significance, tao, has tha common cxpressiou which many of you havo heard, "lie can be approached " Wiiat does it mean, but that the man is in tho market, and up lor tho highest bid ! My hoarerSj it wc do uot awake to a full sense of our dancer, wo vtiil bcswptby this tido of avcrice, of graspiug cupidity, which is wi dening aud decpniug every day, into the maelstrom of irrecoverable ruin. And then, too, let us see what is the stye, and what tho character of tho men who aro solec'ed to represent us iu the law making, as well as iu tho executive departments. What is the first question ? Not, "Is ho a man of great moral worth oftpotless integrity and unflinching courngo in the dischargo of his duty of the proper iutol lcotual calibre or educational fitness !' Alas, it is ouly, "Is he available ? Can wo by any menus, fair or foul, elect him !" Ilcnoe it is thai the varicst dolts aud most illiterate of men aro elected to fill places for which they havo not ono quali fication, unless it ba to receive pay for their vote. Look in upon your councils. By whom aro those seats filled? By your bct citizens your experienced nnd staid men jotir moat honor.tble and ca pablo financiers utt-n whom ovcry oitiaau would bo proud to call our city fathers, not on account of their eminent qualifica tions aud fitness for placo I But alas, this is not the caeo. Iu mauy instances half fledged and not half educated, young, aud incxpericuoed men, who havo nothing at stako and nothing to lose' but every thing to gain, aud who very rarely havo the moral courage to rosin tho outside pressure brought to bear upon them, when for ox ample a pet scheme lor coutracts is beforo the pcoplo, aud who can be ap proachtd such I say, aro tho persons elected to fill offices of publio trust among us. Then, again, look in upon the Con grcss of tho United States of to.day and comparo it, if you havo sufficient temerity, with that of thirty years ago. Call up to your remcmbriiiiao tlio mighty men, tho intellectual giants who thou composed that body i uu ol sterling worth, ol uuim npttohablo integrity mon, tho clash ol whoso pen would mako thrones trembio aud IjranlJfjrow paU--Welutr,CUy,13tll, Benton, Calhoun, McDuffio,Coss, Choatc. And tho lowor House, too what an as eemhlago tbero met the gaze. Lived thcro a man in thoso halcyon days of tho repub lic who would havo presumed to lobby a bill through in cither or both Houses by tho use of monoy ? Thorc aro sitting be foro mo now grey-hoaded men who know that tho man who would havo ventured such an attempt upon tho integrity of ono of the thou representatives of tho nation, would havo becu roughly and properly dealt with. I sadly fear the sun of thoso days has set to riso no moro, unlois we havo an cutiro moral and political reform ation. Another alarming sign of the times is tho growing spirit of insuhordinatlon,oora menoing in tho family and running trough society in nil its ramifications. Behold tho vorical boys and girls who throng our thorougbtaros. What boistrousness,what profanity, what obconity ! And yet those are the germs of our futuro as a nation. Then, ngaiu,look ai tho frightfully grow ing disregard of law, both constitutional and statute. Bat, perhaps tho most dan gerous sign o( the times which wcaro call ed on to observe, is tho assumption of all the military ovor tha civil power. Tho knell of all former republics tolled out up on tho morning of that sad, sad day, when the n.ilitary triumphedover tho civil au thority. You have but to rofrosh your memories with tho biitory of the past to understand this thoroughly. And there is nothing more true than that ''history re pents itself." When that great privilege of which England and America boast a tho bfightsst cvidoncu of their civilization and Christianity, the writ of habeas corpus, was assailed, and you wero left at the mercy of anybody ani everybody, it re quired but anothar cast of tho dio.o fix upon jou a military despotism. Then your light wodid have gone out at noonday- ISieodomus a?kcd with startling ompha- si, when the chief Priests were olatnorous for the blood of Jesus: 41 Dot Ii our law judge any man before it hoar him and know what he docth." So asks the habeas corpus, why arrest this man why ruth- lesly tear him from his wife and children ! Doth our law judijo any man beforo it hear him and kuoiv whit he docth ? Aud in thunder tones it rolls out no ! no ! and thus tho fjroat chirt of tho American citi- zeu's liberty stands by his side as tho mil tiary despot drags hiin away under tlio C )ver of midnight, and "pleads like an gles; trumpet tongued, against the deep damiiutiou of his taking otf." Lat us bo fearlessly jealous of our rights. Wo arc tho sovereigns. Wo make tho laws. It is we, the p.cof b- of theso United States, who mako Presidents and Governors. Thoy arc our servants appointed to sorve us, and if they do not please us, wo put them out and put others iu their places. What other nation can, liko oursolvug, make use of iho plural pronoun, We Wc tho American people lc tho sovereign pcoplu. Thank God for this proud dU linction '. Let us uevor loo sight, of tha fact that as tho Union is mado up of seperalo and independent States so also aro tho States mado up of individual sovereigns, and just so long as each citizen maintains his in dividuality amenable only totho laws and Constitution, so long wo are s-afe. Tho mon alarming thought to tho right think ing man in this matter is tho fact that wc are departing from our old landmarks. Would that 1 were ablo to impress upon an my countrymen tlio uangar oi sucu a oourse and especially the necessity of guarding against all fanatical and uncon stitutional innovations-, What cm bo more unnatural amalgamate discordaut ule.nents which God never intended should be uuited f Wo are a nation of whito niuti. Our uational compact was formed by aud for white man- The con vention which assembled to form our Cjiititutiou was composed of whito mon and tlio chairman of that body was no less aper-on than Goorge Washington tlio pure umcompromisiug patriot. Think you thai ho or any other of the wise und good men cnwpoiing their assemblage; ever contemplated iho idea that government thoy wuro ming iheir best efforts to estab lish wns to be any thing but a government ofwhitomcu! Thank God I havu nover scon tho lime when I could say "let the Union slido" when I could pronounce tho great chart of our nationality "a cov enant with death aud an ogreoment with hell." or declare the flagot our country to bo a flaunting lie. Lit as koep our gov ernment as it was originally intended by it founders. Tho moment you admit tho ne gro to tin equality of citizenship you muko hiin oligible to any offioo withiu tho gifts of tho people from the Presidency down otherwiso ho is uot your political equal. All I ask is that tho man who is so clam orous for negio equality should throw open the doom of bis house and invito bim lo sharo his social enjoyments permit him to take a scat ou his urimsou velvet sofa, tcte o-tcte with hU beautiful daughter and freely accord to him tho right to de mand her hind in maimer it tn bo fo VOLUME 29. inclinod. Thou and thou only , will I believo in and renpect his consistency. Until thon I deny the propiety of his as suming as hi own any suob characteristics. No man is a better friend to tho negro than I am. I would Invo him cared for ptotectod and elevated in tho scalo of hu manity as fur as possible But it must bo in his proper placo and position- If you havo any rerd tcgard for him or for the comfort of tho whito man do not ottompt this pernicious this fatal work of equali zing tho race. My dear pcoplo you havo long known that 1 entertained tha wont scrioui fears iu regard to the final issuo of this quosliou which for many years has been ogitating tho minds of tho' two sec tions. It camo at last and in such horri ble ehapo as nothing but tho lapse of timo can banish from the memory of any who lived during that fearful period. Thank God it is over and now our duty is to en deavor by every means iu our power to promote as far as in us lies tho pcaco and happiness of the nation now once agaiu united and above all, to allay that thirst for Blood which I am forced "to fear still lingers in the breast of many who bear tho name of Christian. Let us now consider what aro your pros pects for the future. I must confess that to my mind it bears ajthroatcning aspeot and lhat the wholo political hcavons aro overhung with olouds surcharged with ruin. What can ward off the impending doom. Can armies or navies 1 Can ha tred or strife ? Neverl Wo must coma back to tbo old landmarks as I havo told you before. The pulpits must ceaso their cry for blood and vengeance and preach tho gospel of peace and good will. Every American citizen must bo a man, and a whito man too. Taking for tho rul of his political iilu the Constitution as prepared and interpreted by its framors and having an intelligent perception of iho rights guaranteed to him by it ho should execrciso thesa rights without fear or favor. And this brings to my mind an overflowing compliment mado by an En glish paper to the former slaveholders of ihc boulh in which it said that inasmuch as tho leading politicians of this country propose at once to confer upon every nc-r groover ai years ol age the right or suf Iragc it is of course to be taken for grant ed that these negroes must havo been well instructed by their masters in allquostions of political ethics and consequently all that has been said and writen as to tho condition and ignorance and utter degra dation in which they were kept to the mo ment of their emancipation goes for noth ing. .'o 107 friends No such means as these will avail us if wa wish to esoapo future destruction. Tho evil U too deep seated for inero patching up or temporizing to remedy it. We must strike at th root of it. Wt must, as people be imbued with virtue intelligence and scriptural pioty. Then and only then will wo be safe. These alone are tho bonds which can hold us together. Our dctiny is in our own hands. The men who fill all official sta tions must bo men of unblemialiod integrity. Thoso whom wo appoint to make our laws must ba of tho highest prder of intellect and morals The ermine on the judicial robes mut bo as pure as snowflake on its way to tho earth. Evory man who goos to tho ballot bos niuit go as a free man untrammelled by. fear or bribe. Our no ble manhood mutt be untarnished by pas sion, prcjudico, or avarice. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. St. Pauljsays, "Happy is ho thatcondem neth not himself in that thinz which he alloweth,'' and David, tho King of Israol, with his dying bro tih charged upon his Son Solomon, "1 go the way of all tho earth be thou stronir therefore and show thysell aftnan" andj Paul again exhorts nil men thus "Watch y0 stand fast in the faith and quit you like men bo strong." lie also dedarcs, "When I was a ohild I spako as a child I understood as a child I thought a child, but when I becamo a ?)!(! I put away childish things." Let us understand aud apply to ourselves this glowing and eloquent admonition. As Amerioan citizens let us be wn strong in our politioal rccitudo. and in every Christiau grace and virtue. My people I have d:no. I havo ondoay orcd to give you my simple yet firm con victions of what I brieve to bo the stato and condition of the country, aud of what the future will be. 1 beg you to believe that it has been done iu all truth and hon esty without any attempt or design at dio tation or interference with tho conscienco of others. I am too willing to accord to oihen tho right which I claim for myself that cf thinking aud acting for myaalf. But iu my humble position aa a minister of the Church of Christ I feel that a sol emn duty rest upon me to warn thosa who are my special ohargo and care of tho perils which surround thoai in this day and generation aud to iniploto each and all to exert his indiviuual iufluenco to avert tho consequenoes which must befa.l this nation in tho ovent of no effort being mado to roll back the tides of sin and ruiu whioh ato day by day rushing in upon us. Lot each one lend his voice to swell the cry of "Pcaco on earth and good will to men." And when tho last great day thai) como when Gabriel with one foot on tho land and ono upon the sea, shall sound tho trumpet whioh shall oall the nations of the earth to judgement may ycu and I mino aud yours bo of that mighty host who shall tako up their march around tbo throiitt of God bnviug roreivetl from our Lord and Master tho welcome, "Will deno gojd and faithful servant, enter thou into tha pT cf thj L"td '
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