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CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1860.
VOL. 7.-NO. 9.
UNDER THE MOON.
Under the moon, as the twilight breese
Hippies the water in pulses of light,
"Ve stand on the bridge by the sycamore trees,
And lift to the voices that come thro' the night.
I'nder the elm row, misty and dank,
Love's sweet laughter rings from tho bank
sprinkled with many a dim red lamp.
Stretched away through the distance damp
Hark ! 'mid the foliage blossomed with June,
TiDkles a serenade under the moon.
Under the moon, in the village street,
Uossipping groups in the shadow meet ;
Seated At dusky doorways there,
Ked-lipped maidens taste of the air;
Whispering now of their lovers' eyes,
HUie as the beautiful summer skies ;
Whispering then of their flatteries sweet
As Autumn's fruitage dropped i' tho heat,
I'ntil they cadence a trembling tune,
Soft as their pulses under the moon.
Under the moon, by the cool sea-shore,
The wind walks over its spacious floor,'
Courting the snowy-bosomed sails
I)aintily rippling through azure vales ;
Over the crisp foam bearing along
The musing mariner's midnight song,
As by the rising helm with hands
.Lit in the compass lamp he stands,
Thinking of those he left at noon,
Sad on the green shore under the moon.
Under the moon, by the dusty road,
Pace we on to the old abode ;
The listless splendor floating falls
Over its sycamore root and walls,
Peering into the casement nook
Piled with many a brown old book ;
Spirits are they whose pages beam
Avitb thoughtless ditty nud pictured dream ;
Hpirits. amid whose silence soon
Our own shall slumber, under the moon
PRIDE AND PRINCIPLE.
BT B. S. BCBTOX.
I was returning home alter an absence of
pight years ; returning to the home of my
childhood. The lumbering coach tht bore
rue rapidly along, was already entering the
little village where I was born, where I had
received the first rudiments of knowledge ;
where I had sported many a happy childhood's
hour, and where I had first learned to love.
Yes. to love the prettiest, merriest, and prou
dest miden in all tho village "not wisely,
but too well." She rejected my suit ; she had
higher aspirations- It was true she liked me
very well it might be loved me. but I was
not rich ; and she was proud and haughty, as
well as beautiful. Yet she was indeed kind
and charitable ; she did not reject my offer
disdainfully, hut seemed to study some meth
od by which her irrevocable reply might give
me no pain. I did not question her motives ;
1 knew them too well, and then and there I
resolved that if health should be spared me I
would depart at once from my native village,
and some day return a wealthy man not again
to urge my suit, not even to claim her as a
friend or acquaintance, unless it should be
her express desire ; for I too had a proud spir
it, and could never condescend to plead with
a woman.
All these thoughts passed rapidly through
my mind as I ncared my father's cottage ; and
I rejoiced to think that in part my purpose
had been accomplished. I was rich rich
even beyond the fastidious requisition? of Is
abel Ilayne ; richer than her father had ever
been, and yet my stern resolve had seen no
change.
I met my "father, now silver-haired with
age. My mother had been lying in her silent,
narrow home for ncarty two years. My sister,
my only sister, whom I fondly hoped to meet,
was married, and had gone to a distant place
o dwell. The spirit ot change had breathed
ipon every dear and familiar object. I met
lie companions of my youth, who welcomed
me back with smiles, which seemed the dis
torted mockery of the smiles that lit up their
happy faces in my boyhood's days. They
were growing old. Yet some seemed appa
rently no older than when I had seen them
eight years before.
1 did not meet Miss Ilayne ; nor did I even
inquire about her. She had probably gone
away ; or what was quite as probable, her
father might have become so wealthy that she
no longer moved In the village society. Per
haps she was married, and was living in some
other place. What was she to me, that I
should spend a thought in speculation as to
the cause of her invisibility ? And yet I could
not efface her image from my mind. If ever
in distant lands I had succeeded in banishing
her from my memory, I could not do so now.
The associations of home and familiar scenes
brought back the recollection of happy days,
and her name her form, just as she appeared
to me then was indispensably necessary to
complete the picture which fancy painted me.
There was a social gathering at a friend's, but
she was not there. Why should I look so
anxiously about, hoping and yet fearing to
encounter her beautiful face ? Why could I
not forget her at once, and for ever ? Some
one mentioned her name. "Why was she not
there?"
"She does not go out now since their mis
fortune," was the reply.
"What a pity! Poor Hayne ! They say that
she supports him by teaching."
"Yes, she is engaged in a school just beyond
the village. It must be a severe and humili
ating lesson to her; she was very proud."
I must confess I was interested, and desired
1o know more, much more ; bnt I asked no
questions I could not forget the past. ;
Not long after this I learned that Mr.
Hayne's house and grounds, which had passed
4nto the hands of some large landowner, was
fg&in for sale. I purchased it, having no def
inite purpose in view,unless it was the thought
that it would make a comfortable residence
for my father in bis declining years, since bis
own cottage was getting quite out of repair.
I at once set about repairing the mansion, for
that too had feltthe mouldering touch of time;
and for that purpose I frequently drove out to
watch and direct the operations of the men
employed.
I was one day driving leisurely along, when
l espied, at some distance before me, an old
man, bent with age, and groping his tedious
way along the road. Presently he sat down by
the roadside to rest, and when I came up I
offered him a seat in my chaise.
"Nevermind," he said, "it is only a little
J7 that I have to go; just to yonder school
hoose on the hill-top. I go there sometimes
when the days are pleasant like this to meet
rh!,Ug J? r and ccompany her home from
.. cbool. She is the teaeher, you know," ,
InVEn.g out of tbe cbaise tending him
my hand to assist him to a seat, as though I
0 1 " ma"cr of course that bo would ride.
"Well, well," said he. since vou wish it. I
will go with you. There are not many that
are kind to the old man now. 1 am not what
I was six years ago I I was a rich man then
very rich ; but speculation did tbe mischief.
See yonder houso just beyond the school j it
was mine. Ah I it was a happy home, but It
can never be roina again." .
And thus he babbled on ; for tbe infirmities
of age, prematurely induced by his misfor
tunes, had rendered him garrulous. He was
indeed changed ; for among all I had seen
since my return home, not one had grown so
old as he. He did not recognize me ; and as
I drove slowly along, very slowly for he eaid
many things that were interesting to me--I
learned more of his circumstances, and of the
sacrifices, concessions, efforts and filial aflec
tion of his daughter, Isabol tho name affec
ted me, I will confess it than I had previous
ly ascertained.
1 had often passed the school-house, as It
was directly on my way to my new purchase,
but had never before caught sight of the fair
teacher. As we now approached, I observed
the scholars rushing from the door, and before
we drove up, she herself emerged and stood
before us.
"Ah, Isabel, this kind gentleman urged me
to ride in his chaise, and I want you to thank
him in my behalf, because you do nut know
how much it has rested me."
. If I had remained unrecognized by the
fjther, I could not escape the searching glance
of the daughter. Her quickly changing color
indicated at once that she knew or at least
suspected Who I was. I turned round my
chaise, sprang out and offered to assist her in,
saying, "Permit me, Miss Ilayne your father
is fatigued, and I will drive you to your home
I shall have ample time to attend to my other
business afterward."
She stammered some excuse; but I insisted
upon her riding, and had the satisfaction of
seeing her yield.
For a moment I gave myself tip to the hap
py memories of the past. I was again beside
the only being I had ever loved. I felt the
rustle of her dress against my hand, and not
withstanding my exterior coldness and assum
ed formality, I could not suppress the tumult
within.
Isabel was little changed ; but changed
much for the better. The haughty maiden
had become the beautiful woman. She was
pensive, sad. But little was said during our
homeward drive, except that which was utter
ed by the talkative old gentleman. Isabel
said nothing. What a strange meeting ! had
1 been an entire stranger, as Mr. Ilayne sup
posed me, it could scarcely have been differ
ent. She did indeed smile when I lifted her
from the chaise, then lisped, "Thank you,"
then blushed, then paled again. Mr. Ilayne
cordially invited me to revisit their bumble
cottage, and solicited the honor of knowing
my name.
"Is it possible?" he exclaimed; "is this
indeed our old friend Temple's son ? and re
turned rich too, they say. Heaven grant you
may make good use of your money ; but be
warned by an old man, and make no rash ven
ture. Here, Isabel, daughter ! Did you not
know this gentleman ? This is Harry Tem
ple. You surely cannot have forgotten him."
"I scarcely recognized him," she replied,
somewhat confused, as she returned from the
cottage to lead her invalid father into the
house. "I hope we shall have tho pleasure of
seeing you here again, Mr. Temple."
It was the same sweet voice as of old, tem
pered by charity, humility and affection ; and
softened by the influence of religion and filial
affection.
I pondered well the circumstances. Should
I yield to the yearnings of my heart ? Should
I again offer my hand, perhaps to be refused ?
Perhaps she would not a second time reject
my offer. I was now rich and she poor. It
would be nosaciifice of principle on my part
to offer to wed the poor school-teacher, altho'
I had determined never to renew my suit with
the wealthy heiress. It might have been des
tiny that decided her to reject my first offer ;
for had she not done so. I never should have
left home and friends, to wander in foreign
climes in pursuit of wealth. I might at this
very day have been groveling in abject pover
ty. I should have been utterly unable to res
tore the old man and his daughter to their old
home, as I now fondly hoped to do. Yes, in
deed, pride was conquered, and the principle
which had never been quite extinguished
within me, but against which I had battled
with might for eight years, at length triumph
ed. I visited their cottage repeatedly, and as
sured myself that the change in Isabel's char
acter, disposition and manner was deep and
radical. She no longer had high aspirations ;
her only thought was the comfort of her do
ting old father.
At length I offered my hand again, and this
time I felt no scruples about urging my suit,
since matters occupied quite a different posi
tion from that of former years.
I cannot tell yon how happy I was when I
pressed her to my bosom, and. knew that she
was to be mine. If I had loved her in my
pride, and desired to make her my wife, how
much more I loved her now in her humility
when I knew that I could protect her and re
store her and her dear old father to their home
again ! I was indeed happy when I saw her
shed such copious tears of joy. Ah, thonght
I, this retaliation, this happiness for unhappi
ness, is sweet both to the giver and the recipi.
ent.-
An Illustration. The Southern threat of
secession and disunion, in case their demands
of protection for slavery are not granted, re
minds us of tho threat of an Irishman who
lost his hat in a well, and was let down in a
bucket to receive it. The well being deep,
his courage failed him before he reached the
water. In vain did he call to those above
they lent a deaf ear to all he said, till at last,
quite in despair, bellowed out, "Be St. Pat
rick, if ye don't be "after drawing me up, sure
ril cut the rope!"
"Pickard's Dog" bite, it appears, was not
fatal to Andy Curtin. The "lottery" story
did not "draw." The "Dutch" seem to have
got into the notion of voting for the Republi
cans "through both their skulls." And the
Democracy will have ample time, during Col.
Curtin's Administration, to repent of their
folly in the renowned shades of Salt River.
Tom H ood died ccmrTosing and that , too,
a humprouB' poem. 440 is said to have remark
ed that 'he was dying out ot cnanty 10 me uu
(JcTtfk'cfy who vf'ed to earn a Uycly-HooL
"ARTEMUS WARD" SEES THE PRINCE.
Our good n at 11 red and facetious friend. Ar.
temus Ward," has been to "Kanady" to see
the Prince of Wales, and writes a long cora-
uiunicanon 10 nis iriencfs or the "Editorial
Korpse," giving an account- of his interview
wnn tne scion of royalty. He says: "I've
bin follerin Mrs. Victory's hopeful sun Albert
Edward threw Kanady with my onparaleled
enow, ana tnol namt made much in apecoon
ery pint of vew, Ive lernt surathin new, over
jiere on .British sue, where they bleeve in
Saint George and the Dragoon. Previs to
cummin over hear I tawt my orginist how to
grind Rule Brittany and other airs which is
poplar on British Sile. I likewise fixt a wax
figger up tu represent Sir Edmnn ned the
Uovner Uinral. The statoot I fixt up is the
most versytile wax statoot I ever 8aw. Ire
showed it as William Penn. Napoleon Bony-
part, dUReot Wellington, the Beneker Boy,
Mrs. Cunningham Ik varis other notid persons,
& also for a certin pirut named Hix. Ive bin
so long amung wax statoots that I kin fix 'em
to soot the tastes of folks, & with sum paints
I heV I kin give their fasisa benevolent or
fiendish look as tbe kase requires. I give Sir
EdmuD Hed a beneverlent look, & when sum
folks who thawl they was smart sed it didn't
look like Sir tdrnun Hed envmore than it did
anybody else, I sed, "That's the pint. That's
the beauty of the Statoot. It looks like Sir
Edmun Hed or any other man. You may kali
it what you please. f it dosen't look like
anybody that ever lived, then it's sertinly a
remarkable Statoot & well worth seein. I
kail it Sir Edmun Hed. Yu may kali it what
you darn pleese.'1' The showman .next de
tails the difficulties which he experienced in
gaining access to the Prince, and relates in
his own peculiar style a rather stormy inter
view he had with the "Kurnal of the Seventy
Fust," who was horrified at tho idea of "Ar
temus" seeking the presence o? royalty, and
would have made short work of his pretensions
but for his Royal Highness himself, who, in
the nick of time came to his rescue. The
scene that followed between the showman and
tho Prince is thus detailed i
"Wall," sez I, "Albert Edward,, how's the
old folks?" "Her Majesty & the Prince are
well," he sed. "Duz the old man take his
Lager Beer reglar ?" I inquired. The Prince
larfed & intennatid that the old man didn't
let many kegs of that bevridge spile in the
seller in the coarse of a yere. We sot & tawk
ed there sum time abowt matters & things &
bimeby I axed him how be liked bein Prince
as fur as heed got. "To speak plain, Mister
Ward," he sed, "I don't much like it. I'm
sick of all this bowin & scrapin & crawlin &
hurrain over a boy like me. I wood rather
go threw the country quietly & enjoy myself
m my own way, with the other boys, & not
be made a Show of to be garped a fc-by -everybody.
But you know, Mister Ward, I can't
help bein a Prince, & I must do all I kin to
fit myself fur the persishun I must sumtime
ockepy." "That's troo," sez I, "sickness
and the docters will carry the Queen orf one
of these dase, sure's yer born." The time
hevin arove fur me take my departer, I rose
up and sed : "Albert Edward, I must go, but
previs to doin so I will obsarve that you soot
me. Your a good feller Albert Edward, &
tho' Irne agin Princes asagineral thing. I
must say I like the cutofyure Gib. When
you git to be King try to be as good a man as
yure muther has bin. Be just and be Jenerus,
espeshully to showmen, who hev allers bin
aboozed sins the dase of Noah, who was the
fust man to go into the Menagery bizness, &
ef the daily papers of his time are to be bleev
ed Noah's colleckshun of livin wild beasts
beet ennything ever seen sine,- tho I make
bold to dowt ef his snaiks was ahead of mine.
Albert Edward, adoo 1" I tuk his hand which
he shook warmly, & givin him a perpetooal
free pars to my show, & also parses to take
home for the Queen & Old Albert, I put on
my hat & walked away.
Tho showman thus gives vent to the feelings
which swelled his ' bussnm" after leaving the
royal presence, ne writes : "Mrs. Ward,"
I 8olilerquized, as I walkt along, "Mrs. Ward.
ef yn cood see your husband now, jest as he
prowdly emerjis from the presents of the fu
tur King of Ingland youd be sorry you kalled
him a Bcest jest becawz he cum home tired 1
nite and wantid to go to bed without takin orf
his boots. Y'oud be sorry for fryin to deprive
yure husband of thepriceliss Boon of liberty,
Betsy Jane!" Jest then I met along per
seshun of men, with gownds onto 'em. The
leader was on horseback, & ridin up to me he
sed, "Ar you Orange?" Sez I, "Which ?
"Air you a Orangeman ?" he repeated sternly.
"I used to peddle lemins," sez I, "but I nev
er delt in oranges. They are apt to spile on
yure hands. What particler Loonatic Asylum
hev you & yure friends escaped from ef I may
be so bold." Just then a sudden thawt struck
me & I sed, "Oh yure the fellers who air wor
ry in the Prince so & given the Juke of Noo
castle cold swets at tite, by yure infernal
catawawlms, air you ? Wall, take the advice
of a Amerykin sitterzen,take orf them gownds
& don't try to git up a religious fite, which is
40 times wuss nor a prize fite, over Albert Ed-
ard, who wants to receve you all on a ekal
footin, not keering a tinker's cuss what meet
In house yon sleep in Sundays. Go home and
mind your business & not make noosinses of
yureselves." With which observashuns I
left 'em. I shall leeve British Sile 4thwith."
The Episcopal Chcrch in the United
States. According to the Church Almanac
for 18G0, the Episcopal Church in the United
States contains thirty-three dioceses. The
number of bishops is forty-three; priests and
deacons, two thousand and thirty ; parishes,
two thousand one hundred and ten. lhere
were ordained during the year seventy deacons
and ninety-three priests. Number of candi
dates for holy orders,two hundred and eighty
one ; churches consecrated, sixty-nine. The
baptisms were as follows : infants,thirty thous
and four hundred and thirteen ; adults, five
thousand one hundred and twenty-one ; not
stated, four hundred and eighty-seven total,
forty thousand and twenty three. Number of
confirmations, fifteen thousand five hundred
and ninety six ; communicants added,fonrteen
thonsand seven hundred and ninety-four ;
present number, thirty five thonsand seven
hundred and ninety-seven ; marriages, seven
thousand and fifty nine ; burials,twelve thous
and four hundred and forty-two ; Sunday
school teachers, fourteen thousand and ninety
one ; schools one hundred and eighteen
thousand and sixty-nine. Amount of contri
butions for missionary and charitable purpo
ses, $1,027,183 lij.
"NEGRO EQUALITY."
The Democracy are pretty much bankrup
ted for arguments, but they have one last re
source when everything else fails everlasting
-"eser equality." ut couise there will be
no "nigger equality" where there are no"nitr
gers," and as the Republican party propose to
save the Territories for free white men, while
iuo democracy leave a way open for their in
traduction, it is difficult to see how the slang
fiuuao uere quoted applies 10 any other party
than themselves. But there are a few facts in
this connection which have a more special sier
nificance, as fixing upon the Domocratic par
ty iue responsiouity or all the negro equality
which prevails in the United States. We quote
Hum me unicago Tribune :
"In the State of Maine the negro is acitizen
.ine&tate of Maine, at tho. time when the
laws were enacted conferring citizenship upon
negroes, was overwhelmingly Democratic, and
me democratic party enacted by law that no
groes should be citizens!
"In the State of N ew Hampshire neffroos are
citizens. The State of New Hampshire at the
time when citizenship was conferred upon ne
groes, was overwhelmingly democratic, and
that party enacted tho laws which gave them
me ngnt 01 suurage I
in tne estate 01 Massachusetts necroes are
unicua, ana tne elective irancnise was con-
ierred upon, them by the Democratic party of
mat otate at tne only time when they ever
held the reins of government there !
"In the State ot New York all colored per
sons who own $2o0 worth of property are al
lowed to vote. The Constitutional Conven
tion which conferred this privilege upon them
was largely Democratic was presided over bv
Martin Van Buren. then the Democratic lead
er of the state and the same Martin "Van Bu
ren, was subsequently elected President of the
united Mates by the Democratic party of the
nation I Aud at the same time Richard M.
Johnson, of Kentucky, who had married
colored woman on the most approved princi-
pies-oi amalgamation, was nominated for Vice
President by a National Democratic Conven
tion, and elected to that high office by Demo
cratic votes 1
"In the State of Ohio persons of one-half
negro blood are allowed to vote. At the time
this privilege was conferred UDon them the
Democratic party was in power.and they framed
the Constitution which extended tho right of
sunrage to persons of color!
"borne years ago the Legislature of Wis
consin provided for a popular vote on the
question of allowing negroes to vote at all
elections, the same as white people. At this
time the Democratic party was largely in the
majority in Wisconsin, and they are responsi
ble tor the attempt to establish negro-equality
in that State I .
."Now, let ns see what the Republican party
has done in the way of negro equality. Will
any gentleman Democrat put his finger on the
act which couples them with that doctrine 7 It
is most true that the Republican party are op
posed to the enslavement of any one who bears
the Divine image and likeness. It is equally
true that no man can be a good Democrat in
these days unless the first article in his creed
is that he "don t care whether slavery is voted
down or voted up." But here are five states
admitting negro equality into their laws and
constitutions, and a sixth where they propos
ed to do so, though the people failed to ratify
tne proposition and ..all done by the Demo
cratic party. And not only so, but the Dem
ocracy of the United States elevated to the
'residency one of the champions of the doc
rine, and to the Vice Presidency a person who
was actually married to a colored woman and
who, in the event of the President's death,
would have been mistress of the White Honse!
Quite lively she would have lent grace to the
Presidential levees. Quite likely she would
have received tho foreign Ambassadors with
dignity and suavity ; we have always heard
her spoken of as an accomplished lady. But
O, what a comment on the Democracy and ne
gro equality !"
Those Dreadful Wide-awakes ! The op
ponents of the Republicans are very hard to
suit. When we consider in what a desperate
condition they are, we can pardon them for
being a little hypocritical. Cassius M. Clay
has lately told us that his neighbors were e-
qually displeased with him, whether he bad
slaves or not. Some of tho anti-Republican
papers have complained that certain Wide-
Awake'clnbs were turbulent and noisy. But
it seems that they are as much displeased if
the Wide-Awakes are quiet and orderly. A
Philadelphia correspondent of the New York
Herald says with evident solicitude :
Indeed, tbe exactitude of their march be
comes painful to observe, when the quiet pro
cession moves along tbe highway as if one
power was moving it, and this formality is
compared to the gay .romping crowd of "devil
may care" fellows, who have hitherto compos
ed our political clubs, aud infused a life into
national politics with their wit and song.
Quiet men are dangerous."
The Richmond (Va.) Whig appears greatly
disgusted with the "people living m the ex
treme Southern States." It says that they
are eternally threatening to break up the
Union because of the aggressions of the North 5
and, worse than all, they insist upon dictating
to the border slave States what they shall not
do. This "gracious interference" does not
please their border bret hern; and the Whig
is inclined to think that it is not quite disin
terested inasmuch as the danger, if the Union
were dissolved, would, be, not to tne liuir
States, but to the three great border slave
states, behind which the Gulf btates are-en
trenched. It goes on to say that upon these
border States falls the weight of loss from the
runaway slaves, yet their people are not as a
rule, thinking about dissolving the Union.
There are many grains of sense in the Whig's
rebuke of its more Southern friends.
There exist in Ireland at present about 70
towns containing from 10,000 to 25,000 inhab
itants without a book seller s shop; and six
whole counties are found without either a pub
lisher, bookseller or circulating library.- In
Scotland the number of booksellers, as com
pared to Ireland, in the proportion ot the pop
ulation, is nine to one.
The Next Dodge. Now for the disunion
howl ! Pennsylvania has gone, Indiana has
gone, and now tho disunion nowi is in oraer 1
Let all Republicans be prepared for it for
proclamations by Southern. Governors for
jeremaids by the Locofoco press for diatribes
of proslavery orators ! 4 his is tne next dodge.
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SLAVES AS PROPERTY.
The aigume'nt so often repeated that it has
become threadbare, advanced bv the advo
cates of slavery extension, that slaves should
be classed with that which is recognized as
property by the laws of the Northern States
or in other words, the Southern negro, who is
represented as a "person" in Congress, should
De classed witn the Jive stock of a isorthern
farm yard, in order to secure his admission
into a territory is so fallacious that we "are
surprised that even Southern men have the
effrontery to advance it. And yet it is the
foundation of the slave code idea, and is nrg
ed with a pertinacity that seems like infatua
tion, not only by slaveholders, but by men in
the North who call themselves "democrats"
and "conservatives." There is not a day
passes that we do not find some demagogue
contending, with apparent earnestness, that
the owners of slaves should be placed, in fliis
respect, on an equal footing with the owners
of horses, oxen and sheep. As this class of
individuals generally recieve with great def
erence the opinions on the subject of slavery
advanced on the south side of Mason and
Dixson's line, we beg leave to direct their at
tention to the following extract from an arti
cle written by a Virginia editor a Mr. Park
ins, ot L-narlestown who although he sup
ports Breckinridge, has some misgivings as to
the stability of his platform. He proposes in
this article to abandon the slave code, and
compromise the vexed qnestion by dividing
the national domain equally between the slave
and free States lor future settlement and oc
cupation. Tbe portion of the article, bower
er, which has attracted our attention is that
which draws the line of distinction between
the different species of property, and which,
in our opinion, refutes the position of the
slavery propagandists in the North and the
South on this subject :
"The Breckinridge party rests its claim'np
on general principles of equallity and the
Dred Scott decision. They say it is unequal
for the N orth to be allowed to carry and pro
tect by the arm of the Federal Government,
if necessary, all their property in the Territo
ries, and for the South to be refused like
privileges. This, as a naked proposition, is
certainly correct. But how Is it when yon
come to look at the concomitants of eacu
species of property. Slaves are men. Men
affect the order of civilization. The North
has as much interest in the order of civiliza
tion as the South. An order of civilization
is as dear to a people as property, and indeed.
materially affects its value. The rights of
an "order ot civilization" are as sacred and
as much for a government to protect as rights
of "property." Ihe Sourhern order of civil
ization displaces the Northern as effectually
as a Wilmot Proviso does the Southern
The two owners cannot co-cxist upon tbe same
soil, any more than a State can be at the same
time a slave State and a free State. Besides,
the legalization of slavery in a Territory
makes it as fully and thoroughly a 6lavo Ter
ritory as if there were a multitude of slaves
therein. It is this legal character of the Ter
ritories that is looked to and that all this con
tention is about. The question is, shall tho
legal status and character of all the Territo
ries be free or slave? Tbe Lincoln men as
sert that they will pass the Willmot proviso,
and make them all legally tree; tho Breckin
ridge men, on the contrary, assert they will,
by the Dred Scot decision, make them all le
gally slave. This view of the demand of
Breckinridge looks as unjust and unequal
to the North as Lincoln's to the South. The
Dred Scott decision seems to be confined to
property, and takes no account of persons and
orders of civilization. A decision covering
the whole ground, it would seem, should ap
ply to all. Again, are there not principles
of common law which might modify this par
ticular decision 7 Though, as a general rule,
there is a right to carry into any of the Terri
tories all sorts of property common to any of
tho States, yet common law principles per
taining to nuisances and injurious species of
property might possibly apply. For illustra
tion ; lead manufactories are property in the
States; might they therefore be carried into
any of the Territories ' and placed in any of
the towns, and constitutional protection claim
ed and common law principles defied, jnst on
the ground that they were property, though
spreading poisonous fumes abroad ? Perhaps,
if slaves require slavery, as is a fact, and sla
very excludes the free order of civilization
which is Northern society and thereby pre
vents the North from their rightful and equal
participation in the Territories, some applica
tion to it of those common-law principles
might be just."
Here follows the proposition to appropriate
equal portions of tbe public domain to free
dom and slavery.
Deaths from Spider Bites. Dr. Wm.
Feasel, formerly a practising phj'sician at
Hannibal, Mississippi, but who has recently
been engaged in farming near Barclay Station
was bitten by a spider on the end of his great
toe, coming down from Keokuk on Friday,
from the effects of which he died on the 19th
nst. At first he thought it was the bite of a
musquito, but when the wound became infla
med and commenced swelling, ho called on
Dr. Duffield, but, alas ! too late, as the sequel
proved. He leaves a wife and three or four
children to mourn his untimely death.. A lit
tle son of Cbas. Goit, of East Laneboro',
(Mass.) aged five years, died a few days ago
from the bite of a spider. The little fellow
awoke in the night crying, and on his parents
seeking the cause of his grief, they found a
small black spider was biting the calf of his
leg, and appeared to be sinking itself into the
flesh, where it hung very tenacionsly until re
moved. The leg swelled to a very large size,
and his sufferings increased till they termina
ted in death, about 48 hours after he was bitten.
Mr. Yancy, the great Disunionist, in his
New York speech, exposed the real secret of
his hostility to the election of Lincoln. He
Raid : "Now, then, what would be the result of
putting Lincoln into power? Why, gentle
men, it would build up an additional party in
every Southern State, and there is no doubt
of it. There are men in the Southern States
jvho would take office under Lincol n, and they
would, of course, be the nearest to sympathiz
ing with him in his rule. I tell you it would
not take long for them to sympathize entirely
with him at least so entirely as to be able to
keep the office."
Mr. Yancy is right. Tbe mere probability
of Mr. Lincoln's election has already built up
formidable Republican organizations in Mary-1
land, Missouri, Kentucky and Delaware.
MR. LINCOLN AND THE TARIFF.
A correspondent; of tho Philadelphia North.
American furnishes the following from the
journals of Congress as a part of Mr. Lincoln's
record on the Tariff:
"dpril 1848. C. J. lngersoll moved a res
olution, tbe object of which was- to throw off
15 of the 30 per cent, ad valorem tax on
French productions imported into the United
States.
Tbe subject, after discussion",-was laid uppn
the table, Lincoln voting with John Blanchard,
Jasper E. Brady, George X. Eckert, John
Freedly, Moses Hampton, John II. W. Ilorn
bnck, Alexander Irvin, Lewis C.LeVin, Andrew
Stewart and John Strohm, in favor of laying
Ue resolution upon the table, and thus pre
venting the proposed reduction of duties.
See Congressional Globe, vol. W, p. 688.
Again. June 19, 1848-Andrew Stewart,
of Pennsylvania, moved a suspension of tho
rules to enable Lira to offer the following reso
lution :
"Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and
Means be instructed to enquire into the expedi
ency of reporting a bill increasing the duties on
foreign luxuries of all kinds, and on such for
eign manufactures as are now coming into ru
inous competition with American labor."
Yeas 80; nays 82. Tbe rules were not sus
pended, two-thirds not voting in favor there
of, but among the vote in favor of suspend
ing the rules is that of Abraham Lincoln, of
Illinois. Congressional Globe, vol. 18, p. 852.
Again, in 2d Session of 30th Congress, De
cember 11, 1848, Mr. Eckert offered the follow
ing resolution:
"Resohed, Thai tho Committee of Ways
and Means be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of reporting a tariff bill based1 up
on the principles of the tariff of 1842."
Mr. Lincoln voted in4favor of the resolution.
Congressional Globe, vol. 20, p. 26.
Again. January Z; 1849 Upon considera
tion of a resolution of Mr. GTeeley, inquiring
of the Secretary of the Treasury as to the tar
iff of ;4G on flannels, &c, and asking why the
tariff on these articles was lower than on tho
raw material. On motion to lay the resolution
on the table, Mr. Lincoln voted against laying
on the table. Congressional Globe, vol. 20.
p. 147.
Thus it will be seen that every recorded
vote of Mr. Lincoln in Congress, on the tariff
question, was in favor ot the highest tariff
proposed, and if he did not commit himself
any more fnlly on this question, it was because
no opportunity offered whilst he was in Con
gress. If his acts and speeches out of Con
gress be examined, they will be found to bo
perfectly consistent with liis vote in Congress
on the tariff question." . .
OLD-TIME DEMOCRACY.
"Slavery is an atrocious debasement of hu
man nature."-Zr. Franklin.
"Slavery is contrary toJhe law of natnro
and nations." William Wirt.
"It is wrong to admit into the Constitution1
the idea that there can be property in man."
James Madison.
'We have found that this-evil fsiavervY has
preyed upon the very vitals of the Union, and
has been prejudicial to all the States." James
Moriroe. y
"I never would have drawn my sword fn tho
cause of America, if I could have conceived
that thereby I was helping to found a nation
or Slaves." Lafayette.
"The earth, which multiplies her produc
tions under the hands of the free born labor
er, seems to shrink into barrenness under tho
sweat of the slave." Dr. Rush
"It is a debt we owe to the purify of our re
ligion to show that it is at variance with that
law which warrants Slavery. Give me Lib
erty or give me Death !" Patrick Henry.
"bo long as Crod allows the vital current to-
flow through my veins, I will never, never,
never, by word or thought, by mind or will,
aid in admitting one rod of free terrrtory to
the everlasting curse of human borwiffge,"
Henry Clay.
"Slavery stifles industry and represses en
terprise ; it is fatal to economy and Provi
dence; it discourages skill1, impairs our
strength as a community, and poisons morals
at their fountain head." Judee Gaston, of
ftorth Carolina.
" Your late purchase of an estafe.with a view
of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous
and noble proof of your humanity. Would to
God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally
into the minds of the people of this country."
II ashington's Letter to Lafayette.
"It would rejoice my very soul, that every
one of my fellow-beings was emancipated. We
ought to lament and deplore tho necessity of
holding our fellow-men in bondage. Believe
me I shall honor the Quakers for their nobro
efforts to abolish slavery." ParticU Henry.
"One hour of American Slavery rs fraught
with more misery than ages of that which our
fathers rose in rebellion to oppose." . . "
tremble for my country when I remember that
God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep
forever. A revolution is among possible e-
vents. The Almighty has no attribute which
would side with us in such a struggle." Tho
mas Jefferson.
"My opposition to tbe extension or slavery
dates farther back than 1844 forty years fur
ther back ; and as this is a suitable time for a
general declaration, and a sort of general con
science delivery, I will siy, that my opposi
tion to it dates from 1804, when I was a stu
dent at law in the State of Tennessee, and
studied tbe subject of African Slavery in an
American book a Virginia book Tucker's
Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries. Tho
mas LI. Benton.
"Sir, I envy neither the heart hor the head
of that man f rom the North who rises here to
defend Slavery on principle." . . "1 give
to mv slaves their freedom to which my con
science tells me they are justly entitled. It
has a long time been a matter of the deepest
regret to me, that the circumstances under
which I inherited fhem, and the obstacles
thrown in the way by the laws of the Jand,
have prevented my emancipating them in my
fe time, wnicn it is my iuu inienuon 10 ao in
case I can accomplish it." John Randolph.
In Calhoun county, Florida., on the 25th
ult., the "Regulators" killed Jesse Durdwi,
William Musgrove and Lark in (J.ilusgrove.
The First Brigade of Florida malitia has been
called out to operate against them. Judge
Finley, of the United States District Court of
Western Florida, has declared the country to
bo in a "state of insurrectionary war," , and
tbe United States Marshals were summoning
forces to ai the militia.
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