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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
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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
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