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BUCHANAN AND BRECKENJRIDGE
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL RESPONDS TO
TEIE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
Speeches of President Pierce, Gen. Cass,
and Judge Douglas.
From the Washington Union oC Saturday even.
ing 7th instant.
Nobly, patriotically, and enthusiastically
has the national capital responded to the nom
inations of the Democratic National Conven
tion. Without any preparation; and with
scarcely any previous notice, the Democratic
citizens of Washington assembled in mass
meeting at half past seven o'clock this even.
ing ; to ratify the nominations made at Chi.
ciunrei. In consequence of the unfavorable
state of the wea-the.r, the meeting was held in
Copp's Saloon. The saloon, which is one of
the largest in the city, was filled to overflow
ing. Hundreds were unable to gain admit
tance, and the enthusiasm of insPers and
outsiders was never exceeded at any previous
popular demonstration in the city of ‘V a shinu . .
ton. Several of the diitinunished standatd
bearers of the Democratic; party, as they took
their seats upon the stand, were vociferous')
cheered, The appearance of Judge Doug
las was hailed with deafening shoots of ap
plause. The veteran statesman and patriot,
Gen. Cass, was received with tremendous
cheering—the Marine Band, which was in
attendance, appropriately playing " Auld
Lang Syne." •
The meeting_ was called to order by Mr.
Ratcliffe, of this city, who moved that Him.
Samuel A. Smith, of Tennessee, be appointed
Chairman. The motion was unaidmously
adopte;l ; and Mr. Smith, on taking the chair ;
_made a neat and appropriate speech. A :lum
ber of Vice Presidents and Secretaries were
then appointed :
GEN. CARS'S SPEECH..
General Cass, on being introduced, was re
ceived with enthusiastic cheers. He said :
do not come here to make you a formal ad
dress. , f came to unite w you in your con
gratulations upon the termination, the fortu
nate termination, of the mission of the repre
sentative body of the Democratic pasty, at
Cincinnati. A voice has reached us from
the West, borne by that mysterious agent
which defies both time and space, announ
cing that the Convention has named to ous
party the name of a statesman and patriot
for the Chief Magistracy of the Union and
for our standard-bearer, during the coming
contest, who will unite the hearts and hopes
and exertions of the whole Democracy of the
country. And that man is James Buchanan.
He is respected by theAuierican people for
his services and experience, for his unsullied
integrity and unquestioned talents, his inti
mate acquaintance with psibliC affairs, and
for his patriotism and his devotion to the
country, in whatever Situation he has been
placed at home or abroad. He has filled with
honor and distinction 'various high stations,
and left them all enjoying a greater measure
of public confidence than when he entered
them—a rare circumstance in the life of a
public man in our country. And he is espe
cially respected by his own party for his at
tachment to its cause and principles, his fidel
ity in tryingtimes, and his rejeution of mere
local considerations, alwavg regarding with
solicitude the rights and claims of every sec
tion of the country. The labors of the Con
vention are closed, and well 'closed, and now
ours-;-that is; . yours and mine i .lhose, indeed ;
of. the -whole party,—begin. - Let us deter
mine to .elect our nominee. We can do •it,
and shall do it. . Let every true Democrat
buckle on his armor, notthe armor of Sharpe's
rifles, which are supplied by some of the
churches of the country, instead of the - Gos
pel of 'Jesus Christ, but the armor of truth, of
reason, and of persuasion, and ge csrth to the
combat; and he is sure to ge forth to victory.
And never was there - a time which more
demanded the patriotism and devotion of ev
ery honest-hearted American -than does the
present. Evil days are upon us, and in 'the
very wantonness of blessings and prosperity
unknown' elsewhere in' ancient or in modern
tinses,'We are.engag.ed in an angry and fear
ful sectional controversy, whose consequen
ces no mats should contemplate without the
most gloomy apprehension. One portion of
our country, not satisfied with enjoying Ora
rights of self-government, seem to desire to
govern the other. The day of Arial- has come,
and the destiny,of the Union, under the God
of Our.fathers.and our' own God, who ,led us
threa , rh the waters and
,:the tleseit to this
beautiful land, not of promise, but of perform . -
once—under His overruling Providence the
destiny of this Union is in the hearts and
hands of the Democratic party. Our old and
honorable opponents, the Whigs—the Whigs
of the days of the lamented Clay and' Web
ster—who so long carried on a contest with
our party upon great constitutional questions,
and m a spirit of liberal patriotism, are dis
banded. Its leaders are dead or discouraged,
its standard is in the dust, and its time-hon
ored distinctive principles are among the
things that have been, and mainly oat of the
ruins have arisen sectional parties, some of
them with avowed designs, fatal to our na
tional existence, and all of them without any
other connecting bond than opposition to the
Democratic party.
Let us not underrate. the strength of that
opposition ; but let us prepare for it, and we
can overcome it In fair combat, and save the
Union. And here, this night, at this Demo
cratic meeting of approval and ratification,
in the political capitol of the-Republic, let us
pledge ourselves to each other and to the
party to do our duty, and our whole duty ;
and if this example is everywhere followed,
as it will be, the battle will be half won by
the determination to win it. Let every Dem
ocrat sacrifice his personal prejudices and
predilections, if he have any that will be in
jurious, upon the altar of his party. And if
L have one single friend in this numerous as
semolage, who, for the sake of auld langsyne,
has any regard for my wishes or opinions, I
ask him to do as I shall do—support zealously
heartily, earnestly, the election of James Bu
chanan. He will find his reward in the good
of his country and in the stability of her in
stitutions.
As to the candidate for the Vice Presidency,
the selection is honorable to the Convention
and to the party. Thoiii who know Mr.
Breckenridge best, best know his true dem
ocracy, his high and honorable character, his
eminent talents, and his , :daims upon the pub
lic confidence. He will be a faithful co-labo
rer with James Buchanan in the cause of the
country. Success to them both I but, above
all, success to this alorions Union, which has
given us a greater measure of prospetity and
freedom than et er before fell to the lot of any
nation I Withered be the hand that is stretch
ed out to touch the Ark of the Constitution !
During the delivery of Gen. Cass's speech,
he was repeatedly interrupted with loud and
enthusiastic cheers. At its conclusion, shout
after shout,- went up for judge Douglas. The
chairman then stepped forward and said that
it was almost usele.s for him to introduce to
the meeting one so universally known as the
" Young Giant of the West." As soon as
the wild applause which followed this an
nouncement had in a measure subsided, Judge
Douglas appeared, and spoke substantially as
follows :
JUDGE DOUGLAS'S SPEECH
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas said he came be
fore :he meeting with a hearty good will to
indorse and ratify the action of the National
Convent tort at Cincinnati. [Applause.] He
came not as a matter of form,, not in compli
ance with a custom, but vr ith heart and soul
in the cause. He carne to congratulate them
upon the unanimous a !option of a platform
hich commands the approbation of every
Democratic heart ; to congratulate them upon
the nomination of a candidate for Presidency
and Vice Presidency worthy to stand upon
that plat for in, and to receive the unanimous
support of every DemOcro. [Cheers.] The
platform and the standard-bearers were wor
thy of each other—each acceptable to the
whole Democracy of the entire country.
He felt more heart in this contest than any
he had ever before been engaged in, and there
was more of importance to be attached to it
in its result, and mere to-inspire the patriot
ism of every lover of his country. This
Union was made through the constitution,
must be preserved through the coast hution,
and cannot survive for a single day the obli
gations of that instrument. The Democratic
party now stands before the whole country as
the only national party in the whole republic;
the only party which avows principles alike
in the East and the West, in the North and
the South ; the only party whose principles
must prevail wherever the constitution reigns.
[lmmense applause.]
Look at the creed of the party as promulga
ted at Cincinnati, and then upon that disturb
ing element, the v exed question of slavery,
you find a platfokt,m which has received the
sanction of every Democratic delegate from
every State in the Union. Democracy is
now the same in Massachusetts, in South
Carolina, [applause.] io Michigan, and in
ll
fermis, in Ohio and Louisiana; and wherever
the American flag waves there the Democratic
creed is one and the same. What other party
can cross the Ohio river and ?Mason and Dix
on's lioe and carry their principles with then)?
[A. voice, None.] Can this Unroll be preset v
ed in the hands of a political party whose
principle of .action is hostility on the part of
one half of the States against the rights and
institutions of the other half of this Union ?
Can sectional strife, sectional animosity, and
sectional-warfare—a part of the North against
the South, a part of the South against the
North—produce that fraternal feeling and
brotherly love which :is essential to preserve
the'republic as our fathers made it ? Have
we riot the greatest inducethents to stimulate
our utmost exertions? No less than the in
tegrity of the constitution, the preservation
and perpetuity of the Union, depend upon
the result of this election.
- - We had a candidate for the Presidency
whose reputation was as wide, he was about
to say, as the republic, but he would say as
Wide as civiliiation—a man who has filled
the hiuhest offices in his cour.try, save that
only to - which he is to be inaugurated on the
4th of March next—kreat and continued ap- -
plausi,l--a man of wide, experience in the
House of Representatives, in the Senate, in
the Cabinet, in the foreign service, and wher
ever 'commanding abilities :and stern inte r -:
rity were required fur the discharge of • high
duties. Everywherein the line of duty you
have found James Buchanan elevating. his
own reputation, while sustaining and carry
ing forward the interest and honor of his
country. Lie was a man without, a stain
upon his private character, and with a politi
cal record equally untarnished, from the days
of Jackson down to the present time.
Allusion was made to the signal services
which he had performed, not the least of
which was the delicate duty. of. representing
this country at the • first court in the world,
during the present administration. Such
was the man whom the Democracy had pre
sented to them for their suffrages. The can-
,a- _
HUNTINGDON, JUNE 18. 1856.
didate for the Vice Presidency was too well
known to a Washington audience to require
much praise. Most of them knew him per
sonally-, and all that was necessary was to
know him in order to love him. He posses
sed the highek qualities for the office for
which he was now designated, or for a high
er station in future years when his experi
ence should be more fully matured. The
Democracy thus had standard-bearers with
which they could defy the combined forces of
the enemy. They were one compact party,
professing one common creed ; and they were
arrayed against the allied forces of Abolition
ism, Know-Nothingism and every other ism.
1-le rejoiceo that they had got all the isms
into 'one common line he had long been
wishing to get them where the Democrats
could rake them all down at once.
These isms were animated by one common
sentiment, and that was hostility to the Dem
ocratic patty. Abolitionism and Know-Noth ,
ingim were fist cousins generally ; but in
Illinois they were at least brothers, and
Siamese twins at that. They would always
go for the same candidate, no matter wheth
er he was a Know-Nothing or an Abolition
ist. The coming conflict, however, he be
lieved, was one in whieh the Democracy
would triumph, and the effect of that triumph
would be to restore peace, quiet, and stability
to the Union. There were no longer any
dissensions in the Democratic ranks; for all
who agiced in principle were now invited to
act together, without regard to past differen
ces. One of the great principles of their
faith was the equality of the States, ant. the
right of self-government in the Territories,
subject to the limitations of the Constitution;
or, in othet words, the great principle of the
Nebraska bill. [Loud applause.] There were
mure anti-Nebraska Democrats now than
there were white black birds to be found.—
The platform endorsed the Nebraska bill; and
what inure, said Mr. D., could I desire 3 If
there was anything more to be desired, it
was to be found in the residue of the plat
form, and he cordially responded to every
clause therein embraced. The Democratic
party was united with a common creed and
common objects; and they were marching
certainly and study to a common victory.
The platform was equally expliciWn refer
ence to the , disturbances in relation to the
Territory of Kansas. It declaried that treason
was to'be punished, and resistance to the laws
waseo be put down. That was the whole
question involved—whether the supremacy
ot the laws should be maintained, or wheth
er mob violence should overcome the officer
of the law. On this question, between law
and violence, the Democracy had , expressed
their sentiments; they sav that the laws shall
be executed so long as they stand upon the
statute-book. But the Black Republicans
say that they will trample upon the law, and
shoot down the officets who execute it, be
cause they do not like the law. The whole
question was ; whether law and order and the
cons itution shall prevail, or whether lawless
violence and mob law shall rule in their stead.
The Convention had met that question with
a firmness and directness that must, find a
cordial response not only in the hermit of every
Democrat, but in that of cvery lover of his
country, no matter what his political opin
ions might be. The great principle of the
Nebraska bill was the right of the people to
make their own laws; aud hence the duty of
the mince ity to submit to laws made in con
formity with the constitution and the organic
act. If they deny the constitutionality on
validity of any law, let them test it in the
courts of law, and abide by the result; or, if
they desire to have any of the laws repealed,
let them try to carry their point at the polls,
and let the majority decide the question; but
so long as the laws stand epon the statute
book, so long as the courts pronounce them
constitutional, just so long they must be
obeyed.
These remarks were applicable not to the
laws of the Territory ot Kansas alone, but
to all laws. It was a universal principle in
every free government that the supremacy of
the law must be maietained; and it that prin
ciple should be lost sight of for a moment,
what would the liberty of the people be
worth?. Now, this was not the first time
that there had been a disposition to resist the
laws because some of the people did not like
them; not only had there been opposition to
the laws of Rattails, but to the fugitive-slave
law, and in each case they made the same ex
cuse. Indeed, no other excuse could be made
for refusing to obey. that law than that they
did not like it because it sends the negro back
to-slavery. But he ventured to express the
opinion that, if there could be found a hole
in it big enough to let every negro drop
through, they would call it the holiest law
that ever was made. The constitution says
that the slave must be surrendered; and those
who object to this . object to the constitution
of the country,
.and not to fugitive-slaVe
law.
'• The principle of - the Black Republicans is
to obey such laws as they like, and repudiate
those they do not like. They claim protec
tion under the constitution, and refuse to
yield obedience to it. The difference between
them , and the Democracy is, that the Demo
cfacy support the'constitution :in all its parts
with equal fhtetity, without reference to
whether they like or dislike it. It is no ex
cuse for a man to say that he does not like a
law, and therefore.w ill riot obey it.' Did they
ever know a criminal who liked the law 1—
[Applause.] Law-breakers never like the
punishmei.t that follows the act.. Law-abi
ding men have no fear of the supremacy of
the latqand the question to be decided in
this contest is, whether a law made in pur
suance of . the constitution, and as expounded
by the courts, shall prevail, or whether such
a law is naught, and whether cowardly lea
ders may shoot down the officer's of law with
impunity.
He.rejoiced that the Convention, by a un
animous vote, bad approved of the creed
that law must and , shall prevail. [Applause.]
He rejoiced that we bad a standard-bearer
with so much wisdom and nerve as to enforce
a firm and undivided execution of those laws.
When, he said, the issues were presented be
ween the two great parties—he said two par
ties, because Nnow•Nothingism was dead,
and nothing but Black Republicanism was
left, (laughter;] they would find such a ver
dict as this country had never rendered in
favor of a Democratic platform or a Demo
cratic standard bearer. [Great cheering.]
He hardly knew where the opposition
would get any votes, in order to let us know
when the history of this contest should be
written, who its candidates were.
The Democracy did not intend that their
opponents should get a single State in the
great North-west. They were law-abiding
people there. He was sure they had no hopes
in old Pennsylvania, the Keystone State, the
home of Buchanan. In New York, he said,
the Democrats are united, thank God. [Ap.
plause] Did any one suppose that lawless
violence was to triumph over the laws and
the judiciary of the country in New England?
Was it there that, under the advice of the
pulpit, tilled with Sharp's rifles, law was
spurned, constitutional obligations to be de
fied, and the mob to take possession of the pow
er of the government? He repeil thecharge.
He had New England blood in his veins, and
did not believe that the people of New Eng
land would decide for mob violence over the
Constitution, the laws, the judiciary of the
country, and every thing sacred in our insti
tutions.
New Hampshire, too, would come in. with
a glorious victory—New Hampshire, the
birth-place of Franklin Pierce, the star in
the East that_never sets ! Did any suppose
that she would join the mob-late party?--
Never, so long as she remembered the faith
ful administration of Franklin Pierce. And
when the history of these times should be
written, it would be seen that there never
had been a Chief Magistrate who had stood
with more religious lidelity by the Constitu
tion of his country than has the present Chief
Magistrate. [Great applause.] The prou
dest honor which his successor could desire
to have paid to him would be to say that he
had been as faithful to the Constitution and
the Union as had been Franklin Pierce. [Re
newed cheering.] Mr. D. said that he felt
it a duty and a privilege to have the oppor•
(unity of saying, under circumstances when
there was no danger of misapprehension,
IA hat every Democt at had in his heart to say,
that the country owed an immense, undying
obligation to this administration for the fidel
ity with which the Constitution has been
upheld and guarded.
Following the example of my illustrious
friend from Michigan, (he continued,) i wil:
say here, as I hope to have the power of say -
ing in a good many other places between this
time and the first of November ; that if I have
a friend in this Union who loves me, or re
gards my opinion, or has any respect for my
memory, let him put his shoulder to the
wheel, and do everything in his power to
win a great and glot ious victory.
Mr. D. took his seat amidst tremendou s
cheering, and the band played "The Star-
Spangled Banner."
At the conclusion of Judge Douglas' elo
quent and powerfully effective speech, the
Chairman announced that the meeting would
adjourn for the purpose of serenading the
President of the United States. Preceded by
the Marine Band, their numbers swelling at
every step, the mass meeting, now formed
into sections for marching order, proceeded
to the Presidential mansion, where they ar
rived about ten o'clock. Seldom have we
seen a greater : assemblage of people than
were gathered about the Executive Mansion
on this memorable occasion. The occasion,
the place, the presence of so many men dis
tinguished alike for their talents, their public
services, and their devotion to the Democrat
ic cause, the exulting shouts of the gathered
and gathering thousands, and the strains of
music—the more inspiring from their patri
otic. association--combined to form a scene
which will be indelibly impressed upon the
memory of all who witnessed it. Conspicu
ous among the crowd on the north portico of
the building were Gen. Cass and Judge Dou
glass. Their beaming countenances showed
how truly they sympathized with their fel
low-citizens on this occasion of general joy
and exultation. .
After the band had played several airs, a
loud, enthusiastic, and prolonged call was
made:for the ?resident of the United States.
Promptly and gracefully the President ap
peared, in obedience to
.the 'popular sum
mons, at one of the windows over-looking the
portico. ,tlis appearance was followed by
an outbreak of popular enthusiasm, which
has never been excelled in this or any oth
er part of the Union. Cheer followed cheer,
shout went np after shout, until it seemed
that the call was made not to hear but to be
heard.' The band struck np "Bail to the
Chiefi". but the music only added to the uni
versal excitement. At the conclusion of this
air - the President spoke as follows:
PRESIDENT PIERCE S SPEECH
I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, up
on'the occasion which 'tirings you here, and I
indulge the confident hope that the joy with
which you hail the harmonious and unani
mous result of the deliberations at Cincinnati
may be strengthened and deepened by the
ratifying voice of our countrymen.
It is pleasant to realize that, however oth
er parties may be divided and d;stracted,
there is nothing with us- but union of pur
pose,.and will be nothing but union in action.
From this hour to that when the polls will be
opened in November, all prejudices and per
sonal animosities among those who should
cultivate mutual regard and afford mutual
support will be laid aside, nay, even prefer
ences, which may bave existed in our ranks,
are already no longer remembered. The pre-
ference of the Convention is the preference
in this crisis of every friend who cares more
for the country than for himself. Devotion
to the cause, and an earnest support of the
standard bearers who are to lead us through
the great struagle, will constitute the control
ling sentiment of the Democracy, North and
South, East and West. We are ail, I am
sure, quite sincere in our convictions that not
only the prosperity of the republic, but the
perpetuity of this blessed Union, depends es
sentially upon the vindication and mainte
nance of the principles declared by the re
cent Convention. But these principles can
be vindicated and sustained only by concert
ed action, and that can only be secured by
orgnization. Hence, fidelity to this organi
t4tion and its usages becomes, like fidelity to
principles, a cardinal virtue. The latter can
only be manifested and made effectual through
the former.
My friends will have duties to perform in
the canvass which my position alone will
prevent me from attempting to fulfil in per
son. It is never to be forgotten by me that,
in 1852, older and better [many voices cried
out "not better!" ]soldiers than myself, (Mr.
Buchanan and General Cass)—men who had
been faithful and tried leaders through many
years of labor and conflict—were passed by
to call me f om the retirement whih [ had
sought, and to which I shall return without
regret. May I not add, gentleman, that, if
life be spared, I shall go back to the State of
my birth with a consciousness of having
adopted no single measure of public policy
during my administration which I did not
believe to be demanded by the best interests
of my country, nor one which does not, to
night, command the approbation of my judg
ment and my conscience.
The conduct of those older and better sol
diers of whom I have spoken, anti of the
younger but nevertheless better soldier, [Judge
Douglas,] now standing by the great, vener
ated, and good man, [General Cass,] who, for
so many years, has hadl not merely my con
fidence and respect, but my affection, will
never cease to be gratefully remembered by
me. They were all in the field, not merely
to encourage and direct, but actually to lead
the columns. Their energies were not put
forth because the standard was in my hands but
because its bearer was, in their estimation,
for the time being, the impersonation of those
sound constitutional piuciples which they
believed could alone give stability and per
manence to this glorious fabric of our insti
tutions.
lt is cheering to know that the action of
the late Convention places the statesmen and
And patriots, who are to lead us now, upon a
platform identical, in scope and spirit, with
that which I accepted with full conviction of
my judgement and with every sentiment of
my heart, and that they are to occupy it
with the standard lowered never an inch, so
far as the strict-construction of the "constitu
tion and the vindication of the constitutional
rights of every portion of the Union are con
cerned.
Much and justly as we admire the patriot
ism, attainments and private virtues of our
standard-bearers, there will be nothing like
man-worship in this contest. Men become
comparatively insignificant, except as instru
ments, when great principles and the vast
interests of a country like ours are involved.
Thew will be, on your part, no appeal to un
worthy passions, no inflammatory calls for a
second revolution, Me those which ate oc
casionally reported as coming from men who
have received nothing at the-hands of their
government but protection and political bles
sings, no declaration of resistance to the laws
of the land, no invocation to the shedding of
blood by those who have had none to shed
when our countrymen have stood face to face
with foreign foes. But the issue will sum
mon you to a calm, earliest struggle for the
Constitution, and ; consequently ; for - the
Me ion.
You will bear yourselvelves like men de
termined to cling to that sacred instrument
as the only security from general wreck,
and the only refuge from universal ruin.
Men who feel and act with you will cling
to it with patriotic wisdom and steady forti
tude, and they will defend it, if need be,
with heroic valor aganst all assaults from
without or from within.
That a signal triumph awaits you in such a
cause I entertain no doubt.
lf, as I fully believe, our fathers were not
only guided and sustained through the chan
ging scenes and straggles of the Revolution,
but were inspired after its close to devise and
adopt this Constitution by Omnipotent Power,
we may repose upon an bumble but unwa
vering faith that that Power will not per
mit the rna6ness of their children to destroy
it. •
Accept, gentlemen ; my best wishes for you
collectively anl individually, and my thanks
for this grakifying call.
1:1' The tear of a loving girl, says Moes
er, from the German, is like a dew-drop on
the rose; but on the cheek of a wife is a drop
of poison to her husband. Try to appear
cheerful and contented, and your husband
will be so; and when you hallo made him
happy, von will become so, not in appear
ance, but in reality. The skill required is
not so great. Nothing flatters a man so
much as the happiness of his wife, he is al
ways proud of himself as the source of it.
A bay's character is al says known by the
company he keeps. If be associates with
rowdies, he is a rowdy. If he associates
with liana and thieves he will soon be a liar
and a thief; consequently boys should* shun
the company of all such lads or young men.
Q A child in this town received the fol
low•ing name not long since : Frances Corne
lia Amarinthia Olivie Sarah Resecca Sophro
nia Julia Josephine Victoria.—Utica Flag.
There is a young colored gentleman in this
town who rejoices in the name of George
Washington Winfield Scott Horatio Gates
Francis Marion Daniel Morgan Zachary Tay
lor Santa Anna Lord Raglan Conrobert Pelis;
Bier Brown!
VOL 11, co. 52t
SUNDAY MUSINGS.
When Sunday morn beameth.
How sweet 'tis to stay
In bed an hour later
Than on a week day.
When the early bell chiming
Says " be at your cage,
You can go to your breakfast
As late as yoti please:"
CULTIVATION OF THE RUTA-BAGA
TURNIP
It is too scion by same weeks to sow the
seed of this excellent variety of the turnip,
but it is full time, for those who intend to cul
tivate an acre or so of it, for the winter and
spring feed of their stock, to be preparing the
ground and providing themselves with ma.;.
eure. That all owners of cattle, sheep, and
hogs, should provide these animals With suc
culent food during winter and spring, we have
never entertained the slightest doubt, that his
interest would be greatly promoted by en;
grafting the root culture upon his system of
farming. Every well informed reader, and
careful observer of the Agriculture of Britain
knows, that the turnip culture has added mill
lions to the value of tier agricultural producti4
that lands, which, prior to its introduction,
were comparatively of small value, have, by
its means, been rendered the most lucrative
portions of the kingdom, and that the consti
tution of the soils of vast districts of country
have been zhanged by it, to the pecuniary
benefit of their owners. The knovk ledge of
these facts has made us warm advocates of
the culture, and incited our exertions to actir=
ity, in our endeavors to render it popular with
the agricultural community of our own coun
try.
OF THE SOlL.—This turnip delights most
in a deep,.fertrie sandy loam.
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL.—The ground
should be twice plowed, and plowed deeply,
and thorourhly harrowed, so as to reduce it
into as fine a state of tilt!' as possible. The
first plowing should be given some time this
month, and the second just before the stied is
to he sown, or drilled in.
OF THE MANURE AND ITS APPLICATION.
The turnip, like all things of rapid growth,
requites to be well fed. So far as the expe
rience of England and Scotland has gone--:
and these countries have had more expe, ience
than most others—bone manure seems to be
peculiarly adapted to the sugces..ful growth
of all the vat ieties of the turnip family, and
most so when mixed with other active cop. , .
cen:rated organic or animal manures. Its
view of the observations made by us, and our
own expel ience, as well as by our reading, we
have come to the cuuclus•ou, that the follow.;
ing kinds and quantities of manures will
glow a good crop of Rutabaga Turnips on an
acre of suitable, well prepared soil.
10 two-horse cart loads of rotten stable or
cow house manure,
5 bushels of bone dust,
5 bushels of ashes,
1 bushel of plaster, and
1 bushel of salt:
Moozs or CULTURE.—The best method of t
eultivainig the tuta-baga, as well as all other
turnips, is by the drill etilturt., though like all
other varieties, the rutabaga may be grown.
broadcast.
1r grown in drills, after the ground is thor
onghly and deeply plowed, as thoroughly hav , '
rowed and rolled, furrows should . be made,-
north and south, 27 inches apart, 4 inches
deep ; then apply the manure in the bottom
of the drills, cover the manure with the plow,
roll the farrows, then with a drilling machine
or other implement, make drills 1 inch deep,
over the manure, and drill in the seed very
thinly. If the drilling machine be used, it
will form the drill, drill the seed, cover them
arid roll the ground.
If the dials are made otherwise than with
the drilling machine, the seed must be cover
ed, the ground rolled, or compressed with the
back of a shovel, so that the seed may be
brought into direct contact with the soil, in or
der that germination be thereby accelerated.
If the seed be sown broadcast, the manure"
must be evenly spread over the ground, prior
to the second plowing, the ground thoroughly
harrowed, and rolled prior to being sown.—
The ground being rolled, the seed must be
sown thinly, lightly harrowed in with a light
harrow, and then rolled.
When the seed may be drilled in, the plants
must be thinned out when 3 or 4 inches high,
so as to stand 8 inches apart in the rows.
When sown broadcast, thin the plants out
when 3 or 4 inches hiL;h, so as to stand
inches apart.
The drill system is decidedly the best and
will produce the most turnips.
APT.FiIt CULTErRr. —When the plants first
come up give them a free dressing early in
the morning, with a mixture made of 5 parts
ashes, and I part plaster k this dressing should
be repeated for three or four successive morn
ings, while the piants are wet with dew. If
ashes and plaster are not at hand, soot wilt
answer in their place,—or the whole thteei
when at hand may be mi.ted together.
The crop should receive three or four early
weedings, so as to keep the soil open and free
from weeds. •
We copy the above from the Arne? itan.
Fanner. It is very minute in its directions
but as there are many farmers even in Penn
sylvania who do not thoroughly understand
the cultivation of the ruts.-baga, these details
may induce him to adopt a portion of them.
The time for sowing here is about the 20th of,
July. Seven and eight hundred bushels to
the acre have been raised in this county.-- ,
Other than the drill system for ruta-bagas wilf
not be pruftable.—Editor Germantown 2'ele:
graph.
QUEER EPIT/M4.-1t is said that Lord
Brougham 1. tely, in a playful mood, wrote
the following epitaph ou litmself :
llere, readers, turn your weeping e,yes„'
My fate a useful moral teaches
The hole in which my body lies
Would not contain- one.balf =3F stpe6c.ll4l
KIS