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THE ..-SUMMER CI OS THE SILL.
BT THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Between broad fields of wheat and corn,
Is the lonely home where I was born ;
. The peach tree leans against the wall,
- And the woodbine wanders over all ;
There is the rnaded door way still,
But a stranger' fool has crossed the sill.
There is ti e barn and a of yore
" J can smell the hay Iroru the opeu door,
And see l!ie buy wutlow throng,
And hear the peewee's luourulul ong ;
But ihe darker coine oh ! paiulul proof
11 is sheaves are piled to the heated roof.
There i the orchard the very trees
Where my ihiMhood knew long hours ot
eae,
, And watched the shadowy moments run,
" Till my life Las imbibed uiore shade than
Mill, ' . .
The swing from -the tough still sweeps the
air,
Dui th strati;,
there.
' children are
swir)"it)'
There bubbles the shady prirg below,
With i' bulrush LrixA where il,e hazels
rrow ;
Twits there I lound the calamus root.
And watched ihi minrio pot.e oud hno'
And hearil the robin lave his wiii"--BuJ
the B'.ratier'e tucket tai ihe spring.
Oh, ye who daily en" the sill.
N1 lightly, for I love i: still:
Jinl when you crowd the old barn leave,
1 fifu thii.k w hat countless harvest sheaves
f Live passed within ihe ct-i!ed door
'J o gUJJen eyes that arc no mure.
Deal kindly with thn-e o chard trees;
Ai.d whe:i your cniUreri crowd their knee.,
Their weeii fruit ihey shall impart,
,. ii old ine:Riries siirreil the heart.
To youthful i-ori -til! tve the witij,
And in swret revere holt the spring.
Th barn the ires, dw brook, ihe birds,
The meadow with the-r.lowina herds,
The woodbine on the cottage wall
My' heart nil linger ty Um all,
Tc strangers on my na'ive fill,
Sep iijjbtly, fir I love it sti'l.
'What a fine head yonr by has,'' Said
n admiring friend. "Ye-.,." tii the fond
laiher; "he is a chip of ne"old bloclt ; aint
you sonny !'' ''I guess so, daddy, 'caue
teacher aid Jjtcrjay I was a young block
. . . ' .
- A row VhTifcee, in Kansas, sells liquor iu
h "gun -barrel instead of a g!a, that he m-iy j
j void ie law, and make it appear beyond
'isptjie that he is selling liqnor by the hur
"el. Of course the cote Yankee' custom
ers are liable to g i oil riall cocked.
Afellow who took the mantilla from the
boudoir of a pretty girl it Filth Avenue jus
tifies himself on the ground that "it is no
harm to steal from a thief ," as the owner ol
the mantilla has stolen the hearts of sums
lurry or fiftyr,old bachelor.
A tippler who squinted very much, ued j
sometimes to mourn that, his eVes did not
'agree, "It's very lucky for yon," said aj
Iriend; "for ii your eyes had been matthey
your nose would have set them on fire long I
The executor ot the Lincoln estate re
'ports its value at $75,000 a sum sufficient
thinks the New York Times, to support the
family without Government appropriations
or aid froai the people.
"Wiit did you leave your lat place 1 '
inquired a young housekeeper about to en
gage a :uew servant. '-Why, yoo see,
ina'am," replied the new applicant, "I was
tuo good-looking, and, when I opened the
door, folks took me for the misus."
.The black elephant U eating bis own
liead off, and the Abolilionis a want to sell
Tiira or give him away. Who wants the el
ephant ? Don't ell speak at once ! -
Among the resofutio s passed by the
Democratic Stale Convention" of Vermorit,
era Tuesday last, Was one agaiasl hegro
ulTrae. ; - ' - -
Chief Janice Chase, 10 the dishonor of
the Court of which he is (he head, is stom
ping it among the negroes, and insis;s thai
they shall o:e. .. . .
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On Sunday a riot occurred at Fortsmooih
Va , between the whites and negroes. Ser
jrral persons were injured, one white mao
Sverely. -
( A larce number of letters go to the Dead
3tter Office on account of baring .revenue
tampa upon them.
' T-'ie Ohio Republican State Coursntion
Where Was the Rebellion ?
"John Brown was the first martyr of this
rebellion Abraham Lincoln was the last nameJ S Hazel was swindled out of four
The names of Abraham Lii.coln and John hundred dollars at Cleveland, under the fol
Brown will go dowu in hi.xnry together as lowing circumstances: He arrived from
the first and last martyrs of this rebellion. Camp Cnase, a few hours before, and stop
The war could not be averted. God Al- ' ped at the Forrest City House. There he
mighty is fighting this war lor the right. (ell in with a well-dressed, gentlemanly ap
Joha Brown played his part and Abraham peanng young man, with whom hebadsome
Lincolc his." Senator Lowiy's Speech. ! cou vernation. In the course thereof the
The above extract, from the speech of a stranger learned that his companion had
prominent Kepublican of Pennsylvania, j 400 with him. After that be was exceed'
challenges thought and inspires remark. If;
John Brown was the first martyr of '.the re- j
bettioti," then the Sooth did not "fire the
first gun," as has been so often alleged.
l Men, too, ' the rebellion ' commenced when
Virginia so much dared to resist John
Brown's effort to abolitionize her. It was
"rebellion" then for the S'uth to resist the
application of the negro equality theory to
her population just as much "rebelliou"
when John Brown attempted to entorce it,
as when Abraham Lincoln decreed it by his
proclamation. We can see now why Wen
dell Phillips said that "John Brown had a
better right to hang Governor Wise, than
Governor Wise had to hang John Browu.
The reason is obvious, for. according to
Senator Lowry, Governor Wise was in "re
bellion !' What right had he to execute
the laws of Virginia, so long as the object
Brown sought to accomplish was the high
and holy one of making Sambo the equal oi
the white man? his evident, too if the
position assumed by Mr Lowrv be ihe cor
reel one, that Governor Wise ought tn be ar
rested and tried for executing Jo'in 8rown !
For if he was in rebellion when he d;d it, ii
follows as a logical sequence that i; wa un
justifiable, indeed nothing less than murder,
! '" wn'cn he was a parlicrp ciimmii, and for
I which he may be justly punished,
If any
Democratic Journal had linked the names of
John Brawn and Arraham Lincoln together,
it would have been denounced from one end
of the country to the other; but a prominent
Kepublican doe it in a set speech, and, for
t aughi we knoir, it is endjsed by his pary,
! at least we have seen no protest aains I it.
i If V,r '-"'coin s poiiwcal lr;end are willing
' to rest r.is future claim .'or the gratitude of j
r posterity upon the same ground, that John ,
Brow,,' ret, his bitterest enemie. we ap- ,
prehend, will not be likely to otter a word ol !
j o! ject.on. If the names ol Abraham Lm-
, v fc ' houowii in ni-.-
, tory together, as the first and las- martyrs of ;
this rebellion," then there can be no doubt j
as to where thi rebellion na", and who
j were the rebels. Things same imes get top. i
: sey mrver in this world, and the laf four
' years will, no doubt, be regarded in the not j
far off future as e-sei-tiatly an excrescence
on oar history at oi.e of ihos? t.ods '
; when men go temporarily mad, mJ when
' ihe true tela ions of ?tto aud Pvil ri -ht an. I
( vi i -uu ev n, rirn and (
j wronj, seem to le entirely subverted. We
lru$l wtj are uow immergins from this in-
snii ty,antl that ere long matters will be seen
' in their true light Whei: that tune comes,
whatever particular place history m iy as
sign to Abraham Lincoln or J.ihn Brown,
one thing most be an J win r-e plain to ev-
ery inituf, viz ; that an attempt has been
rriade, not to preserve the government as it
was iormed, but to fasten upon the country
the most monMrous and most gigantic revo-
.nion that has ever been essayed in all the
':lidd of lime." N. Y. Day Book. j
A Cat Killho by uobivs. A most re-
markable instance ol the beligerent qualities
" V" ,u "u ''.
It appears that a half-grown cat, belonging I
to a citizen of the town, had a fancy for:
n one
vpeni mucn ot n. time in ciimoina trees, to
the great annoyance, doubtless, of some
robins which had built their nests there.
A few days since, when puss was engaged
in her favorite amusement, some six or
f eiht robins seem to have combined to close
her career. They attacked her in a body,
pouncing upon her with great fury and
planting their beaks into her heaJ wi;h a
severity which caused thecal to indulge iu
frightful screams. Upon ihe inmates of the
house coming to her assistance the robins
retired from the conflict, and Ihe cat escap
ed under an adjoining kitchen. Not coming
out, and a rather disagreeable smell begin
ning to issue therefrom in a few days alter- j
wards, me noor was laiten op, and Hie cat
found dead, with ber eyes picked oat, and I
other evidences about her head of having1
been severely dealt with. We have never j
known a more striking proof of thedevotion
of the ' Red Breasts" for their young. We
sympathize with our neighbor in the loss of
his ' Cat," but we know our readers will
exclaim 'llul!y for the bitdi." Somerset
Democrat. - .
Printihs and Doctors. An ea-tern paper
very justly comments on newspaper and
medical credits'; "It is a notorious fact that
doctors bills aad newspaper bills are the
last accounts in ihe aura of every man's in
debtedness which be thinks of paying.
Whatever may be bia ability 10 pay, no dif
ference if bis chetl be filled with old rosly
dollars, be thinks some indefinite time will
do to settle the aforesaid accooats. People
somehow have a traditionary notion that
the practice ol a physician and the publish
ing of ne wspapers are mere amateur profes
sion;) followed for amusement's cake - and
for the cost of which Ultra or nothing is ex
pected. Yei there is not in the whole round
of business, a far as a know, a more ex
pensive employra anuhan that of publishing
Swindling a Soldier Boy.
On Tuesday afternoon, a young soldier
ingly polite to the soldier. Was glad that
the latter was going to Pittsburgh. He tra
'a rich Pittsburgh merchant and enrout for
( that city himself. They would go together,
and, upon arriving at their destination, the
soldier should have a clerkship in his store.
The verdant boy was delighted and'fascina
ted, and placed implicit confidence in every
thing the stranger said. Wouldn't be like
to lake a little walk around (town ? . Noth
ing vould please the soldier more; therefore
they started out.
They soon after met a well-dressed man
an acquaintance of the soldier' scompati
iou. No. 3 told th latter that he bad pack
ed up "them goods" ready for shipment, at
the same time presenting the bill therefor.
The bill was four hundred and thirty dollars.
No. 2 didn't have the money about him, and
the banks were all closed. What should he
do ? It was very annoying. Oh! said the
soldier, at that juncture of affairs, ' I can
e: you have tour hundred dollars, if that
will do you any good." No. 2 disliked to
borrow so'much money from a'manger, but
then he could give him a check on ttie bank
for that sum, which the soldier could col
lect in the morning, before they started for
Pittsburgh. Therelore No. 2 took the four
hundred dollars. 'Now," said he, ''you
just step back here, and wait'a moment till
I run up stairs, to myjfriend's office, to draw
the check." They accordingly walked back
to the stairway leading to theProvost Mar
shal's office, up which No. 2 and 3 disap
peared. No 1 waited allong while for them
to ippear, but they came not., lie iheii as
) cended the stairs, and instituted a vain
search. The brutal scoundrals hadjrun off
with lli8 money. When the poor soldier boy
,0!y realizeJ the terrible fact that his little
hrtane had beeil ,08l he fajc,eij away,
0(l Tuesday evening he reported the above
facIi , Marshal Schmitt. If the victim bad
bpe a m whom aga.and
a man, whom age 'and experience
should have taoght letter, the case would
not have appeared so bad; but being a
mere boy of sixteen and a faithful soldier
at that it was indeed brutal Pittsburgh
C zelte nth.
Correct Spkakino. We would advise all
young people to acquire, in early life, the
habit flf Cf.rrpfl njkinct anil U'rilinir int tn
-v. i . .
abandon a early as possible anyuse of slang
words and phrases. The longer you live
the more dfhcuh the acquirement of correct
language will be; and if the golden aye of
youth ihe proper seat-on for the acquisi
tion of language, be passed in its abuse,
ihe unfortunate victim, if neglected, is very
properly doomed to talk slang for life.
Money is not necessary to procure this ed-
ucation. Every man has it iu his power.
H has merely to use the language which
he reads, instead of the slang which he
hears; to form his taste from the best speak-
ers anj poe,3 j,, ,De country; to treasure up
choice phrase in his memory, and habituate
himsell to ihe ir use, avoiding at the same
,na ,h 0l.,r,; V k....
which show the weakness of vain ambition,
rather than the polish of an educated mind.
A Love Letter. Och, Paddy, swate rad
dy, if I was your daddy, I'd kill ye wid
ye
kisses entirely; if I was your brother, and
likewise your muther, I'd see that ye went
to bed early. To taste of yonr breath, I'd
starve me to death, aod lay off my hoops
ahogeiher. To joost have a taste of your
arm on me waist, I'd larf at the mainest of
weather. Dear Paddy, be mine, me own
swate valentine ; ye'll find me both gintle
civil, our life werll spind to an illegant ind,
and care may go dance wid the divil.
Thk Republican papers of the Stale, po
far as we have observed, haven't a word to
say on Mr. Johnson's declaration that to the
State belongs the right to ''prescribe the
qualifications of elec ors nd the eligibility
of persons to hold office." His decission
not to meddle with that reserved right of the
Stales, puts an almost insurmountable bar
rier in the way of forcing negro suffrage or-
on ihe South. Speak op, gentleman.' and
let ns know how you like Andrew John
son's State Rights doctrines?
A Jerseymax was very sick, and was not
expected to recover. His friends got around
bis bed and one ol them say : "John, do
you feet willing to die?" John made no el
fort to give his views on the subject, 'and
answered with bis feeble voice "1 think
I d rather stay where I'm better acquaint
ed." A Contrast. Two centuries ago,says an
exchangehot one in a hundred wore stock
ings. . Fifty years ago not one boy in a
thousand was allowed to run al large at
night. Fifty years ago not one girl in a
thousand made a. waiting maid of ber moth
er. Wonderful improvements in this won
derful age. .
An editor in New York is in a very pre
carious position.' He donned a subscriber
lor his subscription, which he refused to
pay, and threatened to flog the editor if he .
I
ORATION
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COL. WELLINGTON II. ENT,
DELIVERED
In Lunger's Grove, Jackson township,, Colum
bia county, Pa. vpon the Fourth of July,
1865.
Fellow Citizens: We celebrate once
more the anniversary of Independence at
ihe end of a great domestic war in which
we have been engaged for four years, and
when we have reason to congratulate our
selves upon the changed condition ol our
public affairs. Peace is restored to us with
innumerable blessings, and the Union which
was broken by revolt is substantially re es
t&blished. Not in vain have our citizen sol
diers undergone labor and suffering in the
public service during these weary years of
contest; for the object for which their ser
vices were enlisted has been folly secured.
It is true that the casualties of war have
thinned their number; they do not all re
tura to their homes and friends ; many
among them have fallen victims to battle
and disease, and -their places in the borne
circle will remain vacant forever. Never
theless, those who have died, as well as
those who snrvice, did not serve in vain. It
was by the common efforts of all, under
intelligent military direction, that Ihe result
was achieved ; and those who survive will
always stand prepared to assign a due share
of honor to those who have fallen.
What is now to be desired and sought for
by onr people,Jis, the complete enjoyment
by them of the proper fruits of victory :
And these are rot the gratification of re
venge and the exhibition of boastful pride,
but the re-establishment of just and peace
fu rule throughout the land, and the restor
ation ot amicable relations and commercial
intercourse between the populations which
have been hostile to each other. The days
of contest have passed, we may hope never
more to re. urn, and the arts of civil govern
ment and the exercit-e of the social and
civil virtues have a complete and proper
field'opened for their exhibi'ion. He is an
enemy of his country who now seeks to
prolong the days of violence, or lo create or
continue qceslious osecioaal difference
add dispute.
What were our reasons for engaging in
the war, or, in o;her words, what were our
reasons for refusing to agre that the South
ern States should secede from the Union
and establish a G3verument for themfelves ?
A brief review ot these will be instructive
and is necessary to enable us to determine
our proper policy at theciose ot the war.
We found ourselves unable to concede
Southern Independence, because it was im
possible to fix or conceive :ib'uc'.ory boun
daries between the two Republic which it
was propoatfl to esublih from the former
one. Neither mountains nor rivers present
ed themselves as natural barriers between
the Northern and Southern sections, and
great rivers., particularly i:i the Mississippi
valley, arising in one section had their out
lets located in the other. It was qni'.e ob
vious that in this case two powers with a
common boundary would not be able to
maintain peace wi:h each other; that a
thousand causes of quarrel wonlJ speedily
arise, and ibat both would be grea'Jy ex
hausted and injured in attempts to solve
them by force. Besides, they would be ri
vals in commerce, and through their re
speclive regulations would inflict evil upon
each o'her. It was also foreseen or feared,
and with good reaon, thai the natural jeal
ousies of ihe two powers and the dauger of
collision between them, would induce bo h
to keep large armies on foot exhausting to
their resources and fatal to their liberties.
The Governments of each would assume a
military or imperial form and the experi
ment of free government, begun by ouf an
ce&tors, come to a speedy and inglorious
conclusion. Besides, it was obvious, thai
if this division were agreed to, the time
might not be distant when other divisions
would te demanded and obtained upon sira
ilar grounds, and thos (he Union be dis
solved into many fragments. Nor was the
fact overlooked that in case of war between
the United States and a foreign power, a
neighboring and rival power like the
Confederate States might give tae eViemy
admission to the heart of the country there
by enabling it to chastise and subdue us.
High considerations of policy and of interest
therefore stood opposed to the concession of
Southern Independence, and it was steadily
refused by us, and the war entered upon, lo
prevent its accomplishment. That war
grew into gigantic proportions, but under
an abiding consciouneps of the dangers and
evils of disunion it was prosecuted by cs in
spile ot difficulties, discouragements and
frequent failures, lo a triumphant conclu
sion, la history it will be jusily described
as a war for Union on our pari, begun and
waged under the most solemn conviction
of its necessity and justice. Aod this will
be our justification in all future time for
the part we have acted in this great emer
gency ot our national affairs.
Having by success in the war avoided ihe
dangers which threatened ue from disunion,
the question of our policy for the future in
oar inter-state relations preseuts itself for
consideration, and it is one of the highest
tnomeut. 1 propose to state the answer
which has been given thus far, to this great
question by our military and civil authori
ties, and to submit some 'considerations in
support of their policy o far as it has been
announced.
The agreement of capitulation negotiated
between General Grant and General Lee in
parties, and indicated, and in part estab
lished a policy of supreme, wisdom for the
present and the future. Instead of prolonging
the contest after reasonable hope sof ultimate
success had failed the confederate caose.Gen.
Lee chose to surrender his army and thus
conclude the war. By this act many thons
ands of valuable lives were saved and enor
mous additional expenditure upon our part
avoided. His course led to the speedy sur
render of the ot'ier armies of the South and
was substantially the termination of the war
We obtained by it immediate relief from the
burthens of the struggle, and security again1
the danger of foreign interference and all
the accidents and dangers to which the
prosecution of war is liable : and this upon
the simple condition that the Southern
forces should be disbanded and return to
their bomes upon parole notto bear
arms against the United States until
exchanged, and that they should not be
disturbed by the United States' authorities
so long as they observe their parole and the
laws in force where ihey reside. This ca
pitulation lo General Grant was followed by
similar capitulation of the other armies or
bodies of Southern forces, until its provi
sions became applied to all men engaged
in the field in the military service ol the
South. Substantially in its extended ap
plication, it was an agreement that the
armies opposed to us KhnuM be broken up
and dissolved ; that the soldiers and officers
should be considered paroled and shonld
not be molested or proceeded against by t
oar Government.
Subsequently, by ploclamation of the
President, amnesty has been extended to
the Southern people with the exception of j
particular classes of persons specially nam- j
ed, upnriacondition of an oath of allegiance
lo the Government of the United Stales. j
Thus was the foundation broadly laid for ,
relations of restored amity with the people
of the South who had been oppo?ed lo us j
in public war : while in the entire disband- j
ing of their armies and in the oaths of al'e- j
giance exacted, securities were obtained (
against ihe continuance or renewal of the
conflict. I
Following these events, the question ot
the re-organizition of State Governments
in the Southern country arose lor consider
ation. President Johnson, in several proc- .
lamalious recently issued, has announced (
his plan for accomplishing this object. It
is, that through a temporary or provisional
officer named by him, the people of each
State shall be called upon to select members
of a convention to form a Constitution (or
the Stale ; which, being adopted, will be
recognized by the Executive of the United ,
States. Of course '.he admission of Sena- j
tors and Representatives from such State
into Congress, pertains exclusively to the
jurisdiction of the two Houses. His theory
is, lo regard the States as never having been
in point of law out of the Union ; to hold
all ordinances of secession as utterly void
and of no effect, and a Rebel Sta'e Govern
ment, heretofore engaged in hostility to ihe
United S ates, as spurious or invalid Un
questionably, a State Government esfablish
ed by a popular con vaution in accord with
Ihe Government and in conformity with
the Constitution of the United State-, will
be regular m origin and legal in character.
For it will have its powers imparted to it in ,
the usual manner by the people over whom
it is established, and be without taint from
the revolutionary principle. But who are
the people or persons w ho shall reorganize
6uch Government for a State ? It would be
a strange and dangerous doctrine that the
mere will or pleasure of the President or of
Congress should dominate what should be
ihe sovereign act of the people in the form
ation of a Constitution ; while on th.9 other
hand it would be unreasonable and absurd
that unrepentant enemies should be per
mitted to participate in the proceeding. It
is, therefore, provideJ in the President's
plan, thai the qualifications for popular suf- .
(rage in selecting a convention lo reorgan j
ize the Sta'e, shall be the same as those
which existpd under the Constitution of
ihe State when ihe rebellion began ; in
other words, the qualifications of suffrage :
shall be identically the same as those fixed ,
by the State i 'self prior to secession, sub-j
jecl only to the condition that the right be
confined to those who pledge their fealty j
lo the United Siates by the amnesty oath j
before mentioned. 01 course the question j
of suffrage in a State for the future, will be '
rein'iatd by its Constitution when formed,
and be no longer a subject of inquiry or
concern to the Federal Government. It is
expected, and will no doubt happen, that
all me States in question will at once adopt
the proposed ainenedmetit lo ihe Constitu
tion of the United State on the subject of
slavery , but this being an act in its very
nature voluntary is not enjoined.
Such is the Presidents plan, deliberately
announced, under which the reorganization
ol States is taking place in the South ; but
it encounters vehement opposition from
what are called radical men, iu the North,
who are disinclined to abandon their trade
of agitation and sink themselves into politi
cal insignificance. True, the slavery ques
tion is ended ; but may not some other
question be made to succeed it for the pur
pose ot contiuuing or re creating a sectional
dispute?
If the President's plan be executed with
the general acquiescence of the country,
peace, amity and coccord will be thorough
ly re-established between the sections; for
mer feelings of mutual good-will will 'be
restored, and the pecuniary interests of both
sections promoted. And these will consti
tute the best securities against future con
, , '..in , n -v '' ' I " 1 ' i ir r i- i 1 inn
But what will become ot the agitators? and the James in the Carolinas and on
Deprived of their vocation they will be the th& broad plains of ihe West, are fast dyin
nnhappieBl of men, for their importance out. The rugle no longer sounds the call to
will be decreased, and there will be no field arms to resist an approaching loe. The rat
left open for the exercise or gratification of ; tie of musketry, th9 clueh of sabres, and
their passions. Hence, it is (he most nal- , the hoarse thunder ol artillery, no longer
urahhing in (he world thai they should op j inspirit men lo chivalric accorrplisbn.ent
pose the President's plan and announce, from i in battle. We are not compelled lo break
their head quarters in Boston, a fresh agita-j the vigils of dying men a midnight, in
tion for securing the right of suffrage to the ; stealthy inarches across ensanguined fields
ignorant negroes of the South It is ooth-
ing to them that this race is utterly unfit
for suffrage, and that the Government of
the United States has no rishttul power lo
confer suffrage and citizenship upon them ; j Maine l,lDB SoIden 8ate ol lhe Pacific, the
nor that the Nation require repose after a hi"8 a,ld val!fly8 are to day echoing the joy
war ot almost unexampled magnitude and j ful houl9 of lhe people. And now as we call
violence. Their love of rule, and their vul- i ,0 mind ,he bleaching bones which mark
uar and auiltv desire to imoose their will i
o - - o j -
upon others, exclude all considerations such
as these. The gratification of their selfish
passions is everything ; the public interests,
including the peace, harmony and prosper
ity of the country, nothing.
Bui, it was not for these men it was not
to subserve their purposes and gratify their
pass.ons-inai me men wno nave lougnt on
our side in this war, entered the public ser- dre-?ea on lrie 8ul,ject of President Lincoln's
vice. The object of lhe war, entertained j assa9Hir,atl0(li the ground that his death
by the great mass of our soldiery and of j wa. Providential that it was ordered by
the people of the country who supported GoJ fof SOfTJe wise parp0dQ, &c. This was
them, was, the preservation of the Union j lbJ p03lilon of tnQ clergy it was theargu
and ihat only. That object being accom- j menl o! Kornev , in his political harangue
plished, the object of ihe war is accom- j ,ast week 5eforQ 0 ie of ,h 80Cieiies of
plished ; and all ihat remains is for those 'Dickinson College. Njw, wa have nit
in civil authority, by adopting a j'jsl and
wise policy, to establish the general pros
perity upon a firm foundation.
As between the plan of the radicals and
that of the President, 1 do not doubt the
choice of the great mass of the citizen sol
diers who have fought our battles in the
late war. The views of their great leaders,
McClellan, Grant, Sherman and Meade,
upon reconstruction, (which agree with
those of lhe President), will be Iheiis ; and
those views will prevail in the policy of
the country in spite ol radical opposition
and denunciation.
Fellow-citizens, the Independence of our
country was maintained by the war of the ,
Revolution : its rights upon the ocean by
that ot 1812; its honor in that with Mexico,
and its Union in the recent war. Thus,
much has been accomplished by war at
different periods of our history ; but our
usual state has been that of peace, and oar
amazing growth and prosperity during
times of peace have prepared us to bear
the burdens of war. And upon what foun
dation has our great growth and prosperity
rested? out of what have they arisen ?
by what causes have they heen pnmoted ?
This is a question appropriate to Inde
pendence Day, one of vital importance.
But it is ot wide sweep plnd requires high
intelligence as well as fidelity in its discus
sion. One man will say, that our country
was naturally favorable lo the growth of a
great nation, and that emigration to it was
alo'ie necessary to the result. But did lhe
Indian turn natural advantages here to ac
count ; or would African or even Asiatic
emigration have teen adequate to build
here a great and prosperous power? Anoth
er man will say, "it is to Liberty we owe
our greatness ; its existence here has in
viied labor to our shores and incited it to
unrivtled energy." -
Another will say, "it is lo Ihe civiliza-
ticn ol modern Europe, brought here by i does it is either aa Idiot or a foul. Car
pur ancestors, that we are mainly indebted ; tide Volunteer.
the laws, religion and institutions borrowed
by us from abroad have here, under favora
ble condition, produced their happiest ef
fects and L.iven cs oor eminent places
among the nations." These explanations
are true but they are incomplete. They
announce most of the points which are im
portant in our inquiry, but omit one which
is vital
Onr experiment of settlement and empire
building in the new world has succeeded,
bccaue (in addition to other circumstances i
already. mentioned), it was undertaken and
ha been controlled by the Caucasian race'
or division rf mankind, lo the exclusion of!
others. There has been no partnership
with Indian. Negro or lower Asiatic, in tho ..... , , , , . , ,-
. . . ' Mr- Skeesick would do his shaking on a
business or political control of Government, I . . . . . .
' . ,. , . '' chair, so as not lo get the beadstead apart."
nor any extensive blending with them in.. ., , .. i . . ' ct,. .-.,.
, , , , , I This was the featner that brofee skeesick'a
lhe relations of social life. Thus have we ' , . . . , , K
... bachlorship. From that moment he resolv-
escaped lhe Hybridism and Mongrelism of: . . u- (.. r
. . . . . i ed so connect his fortunes with a piece of
Mexico and other Spanish American States,
with (he terrible evils, political and social,
which run riot in those degraded countries.
Their vices aud anarchy have not been
ours. In short, we have had self-refpect
enough to avoid pollution of blood and to
keep political control in intelligent and j
competent hands.
These remarks have particular applica
tion to the question of suffrage and to (be
blending of races, rather than slavery, and
they are made because tbe subject lo which
they relate is one of great importance and
interest at the present time. But I shall
not prolong them as other speakers are to
occupy your attention.
A few words to the soldiers present and I
am done.
Fellow soldiers and comrades of the
army, you have seen honorable service,
and I am sure you will both merit and en
joy the respect of your fellow-citizens in
the walks of civil life. Yours is not the pro
fession of arms. You entered military
service as a temporary employment, intend
ing as, soon as circamstances permitted to
resume the character and pursuits of cit
izen, and prepared always to rejoice in the
termination of the war if It came with the
Union restored and the public authority vin
dicated and secured. The camp-fires on the
j are not called upon lo drop a sympatnetio
tear u pon the rude couch of a lacerated friend.
The pliant finger ot Peace halb stopped
up the brazen throat of war, and from
lno P'ace8 our couia.cw, ' pieugs
anew the friendship cemented by tHe blood
of the brave dead, and let neither time oor
circumstance prevail against oor fellowship
in the future, nor cause a single heart. to
hrob except in unison with all the rest.
'loyal" Inconsistency.
Mo3, of lhe eeiecled orator9 WQ0 raade ad.
much faith in this kind of doctrine; we
don't believe that od willed that Abraturd
Lincoln should visit a theatre, there to bs
murdered by Booib. But, if the friends ot
the deceased President do believe this, then
why is it that they were so fierce in demand
ing the blood ot Bjoth, and all others who
connived at the murder? According lo the
belief of the "loyal" clergy according to
Forney's belief, Booth and bib accomplices
were God's agents to commit this" atrocious
crime. Then why puuisb them? why everi
denounc e them ? Ah, we fear these syco
phants who take this position are bad teach
ers, and know very little oi God's doings -
Too long have they, impiously, attempted to
back up their wicked sayings and develistl
doings, by claiming that the Almighty ap
proved them. -'This is God'S war," were
the stereotyped tvords thousands of 6conn
drelj used lar four long years, when addtes
sing lhe people. Sanctimonious preachers
spoke these words from the pulpit, as
they taught their people lo put at deG
a ice the teachings of the Son of God.
Shoddyites and thieves re-echoed the senti
ment from hoarse t hroats as they ihrust tbeir
big hands into the people s treasure. "All
God's doings," said they, as they gloated
over some brutality or theft committed by
"beast Butler,"' or some other licenced
marauder. And now they tell us that Mr.
Lincoln was murdered in Ford's theatre by
command of God Aud yei they say "hang
the murderers give them no quarter!"
Here is an inconcistency that we would like
Mr. Forney or eoaia other political mounte
bank to explain.
No, no, the Alu:ighty had Loihm to do
with the assa-sica'ion of President Lincoln.
Had il not been for bad brandy and whis
key, in all probability the crime never would
have been thought ot. It i wiAed, infa
mous and reckless to 'hus trifle with the
name of the Almighty, and the man who
Ost Uea-on ton Marryivg A bachlor
friend of ours is about getting married for
co other reason than to have someone to
take care of him when he i ill The treat
ment be received at a fashionable boarding
house the last time he bad the ague, bat
cured him not only ol single life, but single
bedsteads and single mattresses. He order
ed, he says, the servants to bring him up
some gruel on Monday morning, but which
he never got tili Wednesday afternooa.
During bis whole confinement hot a 6iogle
soul visited him save ihe youu? gentleman
who cleaned the knives, and he came not
for the purpose of consolation, but to inform
h'tn tha! "Miscni nnnld hn mnMi nhiicnd if
dimity. Who can blame him? No one
who has ever passed through a confirmed
bronchitis in a fashionable boarding-house.
How to Cool Water. As this season of
the year, a cool draught "of water ia luxury
which we may enjoy with a little care. By
the followiog method, simple and inexpert
Five, water may be kept almost as coll a
ice: Let a jar, pitcher, or vessel used for.
water, be surrounded by one or more folds
of coarse cotton, to be constantly wet; the
evaporation of the water will carry off the
heat from the inside, and reduce it to low
temperature. In India and other tropical
countries, where ice cannot ba procured,
this expedient is common. Lat every me
chanic and laborer have, at the place of his
work, two pitcher thus provided, and with
11 Ja or covers, one to contain fresh water
for the evaporation, and he can always have
a supply of cold water in warm weather
Any person may lest this by dipping fin
ger in water, and holding it irt t'te air o i a
warm day. Alter doing this three or four
times, be will find his finger uncomfortably
cool.- This plan will save the bill of ice,
besides being more healthy. The tree ffse
of ice water often produces derangement of
the internal organs, which, we conceive, is
doe to a property of the water, independent
nf y f nldn a '
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