LEWISBURG
BY a N. WORDEN & J.
Av TviiEPESDEKT FAMILT AND
Eighty ;
Eighty years have rolled away,
dinea thai hieh. heroic day.
When oar father in the fray
8trock the cooquerlns; blow !
Praise to them, the hold who spoke
; Praise to them, the brare who broke
Stern opprea-ion' calling yoke, -
Eighty, eighty year ago.
Eighty yeara ago !
Poor the wine of saeriUce,
Let the grateful anthem rise
Shall we e'er resign the prize!
Never, neer no !
Hearts and hands shall gnards those lights,
Bought oo Freedom's battle heiehta,
When he 6xed his signal lights I
Eighty, eighty years ago I
Eighty years ago I
Swear it! by the mighty dead
Those who counceled, those who lea ;
By the blood yoor fathers ahei.
By yoor mothers' woe ; -Bwear
it ! by the living few
Thoae whose breasts were scarred for yon.
When to freedom's ranks they flew .
tiahtv, eighty years ago!
Eighty years ago !
by the joys that cluster 'round.
By oor vales with plenty crowned,
By our hilW ops holy ground,
Rescue.! from the foe
Where of oi l the Indian strayed.
Where f old the Pilgrims prayed.
Where tie patriot drew h I tilde,
Eighty, eighty years ago!
Eighty yeara ago !
Should again the war-trnmp peal.
Then shall Indian firmness seal
Pilgrim faith and patriot real.
Prompt to strike the blow;
Then chill valor's work be done;
Like the sire shall be the son.
When the fight wa waged and won
Eiebty, eighty years ago !
Eighty years ago !
l,e Chronicle.
FRIDAY, MOT. 88, 1SS6.
For tb Lewiiburg Cbmafcla.
Foreign Seeds.
As I have received and experimented on
come Agricultural and Garden seeds reo'd
last winter and spring from the U.S. Pat
eot Office, I will now make a report of
results, and bope others who bave received
and tried seeds will do the same.
Ckinete Sngar Cane. Tbis plant, as its
name imports, came from China, where
sugar is made out of its stalks. lis seeds
are small, and of an exceeding rich, shi
ning, black color. I planted my seeds on
the 7th of May last.io a sandy loam.about
an inch deep in the grouud, in bills like
Indian corn, aud cultivated tbetu like corn.
Tbe growing plant looks very much like
Broom corn, but baa a richer greeu color,
and more beautiful form, than either our
Broom or Indioo corn plant. 1 put from
six to seven seeds in a bill, and tbey all
grew and ripened finely, making stalk
from ten to eleven feet high, whose tops,
like those of Broom eorn,were full of seeds.
And if tbs seeds are planted earlier, and
the season more favotable than our last,
dry one, the plants will, I am confident,
era from three to five feet higher. The
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sulks abound in a rich.sugary juice.which
induces cows and hogs to eat them up
greedily and in preference to moat other
kinds of food. The growing plant will
also thrive under a drouth that will parch
and dry up our Indian corn plaut and
this, in connection with its large yield,will
render it a desirable fodder plant to feed
and fatten homed cattle aud bogs.
Oregon Pea. On tbe eanie day, 7th of
May, I planted in the same soil two rows
of Oregon Peas, one row with one seed to
each bill, and tbe other with two seeds to
each hill,and about two feet or more apart
in tbe bills. Tbe plants soon came np
and had a healthy , e trance but (though
nicely hoed aud kept free from weeds)grew
Tery slowly for a long time, owing perhaps
to the drouth, and bore no blossoms or
signs of blossoms in June, July, and the
Boat of August. I noticed tbe first blos
soms about the 1st of September, and by
tbe 15th of this month tbe stalks (which
were now from two to fonr feet in length
and braocby and leafy) were full of pea
pods, but only ripened a few of tbeir seeds,
tbe main portion having been destroyed by
tbe early frosts of October. Tbe Oregon
Pea plant will also stand and retain it
luxuriance under a drouth that will parch
n most of our field plants. And it is said
by those who bave tried it to make a vol
liable fodder for borses,mules,eattle,aheep,
and bogs, and abra a fine soil-fertilizcr,but
I eaa say nothing reliable on these points
jet, though I am inclined to think it will
answer these purposes welL
White Lupine. Tbis plant is celebra
ted for its heavy yield per acre, and great
manorial properties, in Spain and Ger
many, and hence I had, from the fine ap
pearance of my young plants, fondly hoped
for it success in Pennsylvania, but our
not san and dry weather killed my crop
before it ripened any of its seeds. I think
our climate too hot and dry for it, bat will
give it another trial next year, as I have
a few of tbe old aeeds left
Winningttadt Cabbage. DO if a tew
tricty of Cabbage. It i a Tery early kind,
with, eaall heads of a sugar-loaf form,
and Tery compact and solid, aad of course
heavy for iu sise or bulk so compact that
no worm or other insect can get between
its leaves, aad henee iu interior, wbieb is
of surpassing mhiteness, is always nice and
Jaai posuaing a richness of flavor equal
fot superior to any variety of Cabbage
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NEWS JOURNAL.
yet kuown io these part. 1 would advise
all lovera of cabbage and sour-krout to
procure this variety, and regret that I will
have no seed for distribution until oeit
year. Tbe Winuiogstadt Cabbage drew a
premium, nod Wan much admired, at our
late Northumberland Agricultural Fair.for
its pretty form and solidity.
Sew Mexican White Flint Com.Mj
farm-tenant who planted my package of
these seeds last spring, in lieu of some of
those which had rotted in the ground for
him, did not seem to think much of it at
the time, but is now so well pleased with
its Urge stems, ears, and grains, that he
intends to sere all the grains for planting
again next year, when we shall know more
about it.
Lotvt Corniculatu. I also received a
package of seeds bearing tbia name, and
without any description of what it is or
how or when it is to be sown or planted.
It is a quite small, round seed, and looks
like a grass seed. I presume it belongs to
the Lotu tribe of plants peculiar to an
cient Egypt, but, as I have no access-to
books on this sot ject 1 am at a loss to say
what it is. Will not some one who haa ac
cess to the fine library at the Lewisburg
University enlighten us on the subject,aod
its season and mode of Sowing and culture 7
Now let some of our Union County far
mers and gardeners tell us what foreign
Sf.-ds they bave experimented oo,and how,
sod tbs results.whetber favorable or other
wise, and it will be to our mutual advan
tage. A 0 Rico LA.
North'd Co., Not. 15, 1856.
(CompowbM oTtha UwUtrarf Chroaiel.
Correspondence from the North.
QoaBEC, L. O., July 24, 1856.
Within a walled and fortified city, at
last ! with soldiers and cannon, acd para
pets ; and houses and forU and churches
and palaces, mixed and jumbled together,
in the queerest entanglement imaginable ;
with streets so narrow and numerous and
crooked, and with such an indefinite vari
ety of grades, from sn angle of five to
forty-five degrees, that a s ranger, in first
attempting to navigate his own way with
out a pilot, is apt to find himself, like the
pig crawling through the crooked rails of
a worm fence, always coming out oo tbe
same side, or else be brought upstanding,
by unexpected obstacles, with his nose
pointing towards some point of tbe com
pans not contemplated at tbe outset.
Left Mootreal,iu a new boat of tbe same
name, at 7 o'clock last evening; leaving
tbe rival boat, John Munn, older and rus
tier by twelve years, to follow at its lei
sure. Some three miles down, met a stea
mer with a Montreal pleasure party re
turning from an excursion trip to Quebec,
wbcre tbey had shared in the publio re
ception given to the newly arrived regi
ment from tbe Crimea. Tbe deck and
guards were crowed with the joyous throng
who loudly cheered as we passed ; and tbe
vessel wa gaily decorated with a profusion
of British and French flags and streamers,
but tbe entire absence of the "stars and
stripes," impressed us Slates' people on
board, with tbe feeling that theirs wss a
jny with which"lhe stranger iutermeddleth
not."
Presently the John Munn came plung
ing along, at a furious rate, as if determi
ned to provoke a race, or leave ns in tbe
rear tbe bituminous fires burning fiercely
and dense volumes of black 'smoke rolling
from her cbimneys,and darkening the sky,
as if Tartarus itself were afloat on the
river. Onr Captain, however, did not in
crease his already rapid speed, but com
posedly suffered tbcm to sweep past with
shouts of triumph, that might readily have
been changed to screams of terror, by a
few sparks on the dry and heated deck
from tbeir blazme furnaces. But such a
catastrophe, though imminent, did not en
sue. Hsppening to waken about midnight,
however, I found things changed some
what; both boats putting on all steam,
snd rushing "neck and neck" down St.
Francis' Bay a long stretch of water,
where tbe river is fifteen miles wide from
bank to bank s if trying to get to "sun
rise" ahead of old Sol himself. But hav
iag less freight to land and fewer atoppa-
m to make, the "Munn" beat ns into
Quebec half an bour, after all.
Sunrise found ns near onr destination,
near 400 miles from the ocean, but within
reach of iu influence. Tbe tide was oat
and immense quantities of logs were lying
high and dry in tbe mud, at the lumber
vuds.in tbe cove above Quebee,and many
other poinu along shore, on both sidee of
tbe river. Tbe bank of tne river, ior
several mile above tbe eity, an from one
tit thraa hundred feet bisb. sometimes
wooded, or eloping and cultivated, and
sometimes precipitous) bluffs) but witb a
pretty fall sprinkling or bats, aria nooses,
eountrv seats, and an occasional ebapel.
The far-famed Citadel and Heights, pre-
sentlv made their appearanoe in tbe dis
tance, on tbe left bank ; and tnreaamg our
way through the shipping scattered at en
ah or nearly all over the river passing
close by tbe blaek, dirty old transport, just
arrived with tbe troops irom eeoaswpw
landed at the wharves at tbe eastern point
oftbe city and hiU ; from whence tbe land,
rises in a steep eloping way to tbe efowa-l
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ins? Citadel on west, which
0
upon all parts of tbe city.
Tumbling into a clumsy sort of. carry
all, began the steep ascent, reaching, in a
hundred yards.the first massive wall which
divides the Upper from the Lower towns ;
then passed under a huge granite arch,
witb a double set of hesvy iron gates, and
armed sentinels pacing their rounds, into
a bewildering labyrinth of street alleys,
rather and iu ton minutes were set down
at our hotel, in a locality from which
nothing could be seen but tbe sky snd
neighboring bouses, without the possibility
of conjecturing our exact wbereabouU, or
what route to take to get out again.
Some hurried off to tbe Citadol, to wit
ness the morning parade, and enjoy the
magnificent musid of the military band,
while others looked out for beeakfast and
preparations for a day of systematic sight
seeing. Perhaps I bad better tell you, at
the outset, bow tbe land lies generally,
that loeal descriptions may be better
understood.
Taking your stand, for instance, at the
walls of the Citadel, looking eastwardly
down the St. Lawrence, you find yourself
on the extremity of a long, smooth ridge,
or promontory, 350 feet above tbe river,
very precipitous, and somewhat rocky in
front and at the immediate right, and
extending westwardly, behind you, an
indefinite number of miles. On the left,
the bill slopes down to tbe river StCbarles,
a small stream coming in from the west
near the base of the bill, and winding
through a wide, beautiful valley, till it
unites with the St. Lawrence io a wide
bay close to the left and somewhat farther
west than tbe Citadel the St. Lawrence,
after passing tbe point of tbe promontory,
suddenly expanding from one and a half
to two and a half miles wider ; aud, witb
tbe bay of tbe St. Charles, forming a ca
pacious and noble harbor.
AloDg the slope of the promontory, on
the left, between tbe Citadel and tbe Su
Charles, lies the city of Quebec, extending
some two miles back from the harbor, west
wardly along tbe ridge, aod spreading out
over tbe low land at the mouth of tho St.
Charles ; part inside, but most outside of
tbe fortifications ; so that, io ooniiug down
ttuk St. Lawrence the traveler does pot seel
Quebec until he rounds the promontory
into tbe harbor, as it lies over on tbe north
side of the ridge, out of sight ; aod this
fact by no meau acooided with my previ
vious impressions. Just at the landing,
to the left aud front, there is a thick clus
ter of building and warehouses, but im
mediately below you, at tbe foot of tbe
precipice, is only a aingle narrow street,
with a few small buildings.
Directly behind you, about a mile west
of tbe Citadel, in a alight depression in
the broad rounded ridge, part under culti
vation, and part in open commons, are the
Heights of Abraham, where Wolf and
Montcalm fall Hi battle. The British
forces, under Wolf, having gaia "e
Heights from the St. Lawreuce.tue frencn
warcbed out of the Citadel to meet tbem,
aod were defeated. A granite column,
forty feet high, with a suitable inscription
nd surmounted by a stone helmet ana
Roman sword, marks tbe spot where Wolf
expired.
In front, three miles down the liver,
rises the Isle d' Orleans, a mountainous,
bog-back island, that for thirty miles di
vides tbe St. Lawrence into two channels.
Laree portions of it are highly cultivated.
It was here that Wolf quartered his forces,
for some time, previous to bis circuitous
march upon Quebeo.
Across the river to tbe south, tbe high
bluffs of tbe St. Lawrence, with woods,snd
Tillages, and church spires, are the princi
pal objects, except here and there, in the
remote back ground, the knob of some dis-
lant mountain makes iu appearance on
tbe horizon's verge
Turning again to the left across the St.
Charles, from the extreme west, around
north to tbe far east, beyond tbe broad,
luxuriant valley, at the distance of from
ten to thirty miles, are lofty ranges of
mountains aud knobs, much resembling
oar owa spurs of tbe Allegheny, but lift
ing themselves np, three or four thousand
fset, into the heavens, like throned mon
arch in the magnificent scenery around
tbem. . .
Coming back once more directly beneath
tbe Citadel, at the base of the steepest part
of tbe bill, is erected a wooden sign-board
marking tbe place where Montgomery fell
When first pointed oat from tbe steamer,
the impression was one of astonisment,not
that he fell, bat that be should have
thought of assaulting the works at that
point at all, where a corporal a geara
could keep whole regiments at bay, year
in and year out. Bat tbe troth wa that
Arnold bad already safely crossed tbe
Heights of Abraham, over to tbe north
side of the eity, and bad commenced tbe
assault a poo one of tbe most important
ntes; and Montgomery and but divison
was silently marobing around tbe foot of
tbe bill, in tbe snow, to join aim from
the east. Tbe troops la the Citadel bad
marched to tbe defense of tbe cate assailed
by Arnold, bat a barricade had ban
tad aero tbe narrow street n which
Montgomery was advancing, sonwwtea
CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1856.
by a six pounder, and in charge of some
militiamen. Tbey, bearing the firing in
the upper part of tbe town, and wholly
unconscious of Montgomery's approach,
started to tbe relief of the northern gate,
bat concluded to fir off tbeir six pounder,
anyhow, before tbey went ; which they
did, and then took to their heels like fine
fellows ss if frightened at tbeir own thun
der. That random discharge mowed down
tbe head of tbe American column, killing
Montgomery and his two aids, and so dis
heartening tbe survivors that they beat a
hasty retreat Arnold being unsupported,
was driven back, and the expedition failed.
But I must return to the day's sight
seeing. Will give yon that in my next.
The Germans of Pennsylvania.
I UT. a. W. SU! IBS.
So deeply is tbe State of Pennsylvania
indebted for ber prosperity to the German
portion of ber eititeos, tbst we feel that
an article devoted to tbem, will not be out
of place io thit meridian, where they com
prise so large a part of the population.
The German character once employed tbe
pen of tbe learned and enlightened Taci
tus, one of the first historians of antiquity.
They evidently inherit all the virtues as
cribed by tbis author to tbeir ancestors,
with few of their vices, which Christianity
ba in a great manner banished from smong
them. These ancestors migrated chiefly
from tbe Pslatinate, from Alsace, Swabia,
Saxony, and Switzerland, with an admix
ture of natives of every principality and
dukedom io Germany. When we reflect,
at this day, that the tock of most of these
bold pioneers in the settlement of Penn
sylvania, consisted only of a few pieces of
gold or silver coin, a chest of clothing, a
Bible snd a Psalier.and that now their de
seeodeota are scattered over the whole
West, and own tbe most immense posses
sions, we are forcibly struck witb the mi
raculous changes wrought in the progress
of time by anOver-ruling and Divine Hand.
If it were possible to determine the rela
tive proportions of these sums, the con
ttast would form such a monument of hu
man industry and ioosomt as bas sel
dom been witnessed in any ae or country
on tbe face of tbe earth.
" Tbe principal part or the Germans or
Pennsylvania are farmers hardy and in
dustrious tillers of the soil the most no
ble of all tho secular occupations which
can engage tbe attention of man. More
skilful cultivators of the esrtb, too, we
hazard nothing in saying, can be found
nowhere in tbis country, or any other, be,
tween the riaiog and the setting of the sun.
Tbe Germane set a great value upon
patrimonial property. Tbis useful princi
ple in human nature, prevents much filly
and vice in young people. It, moreover,
tends to lasting and extensive advantages
in tbe improvement of a farm ; for what
inducement can be stronger to a parent to
plant an orchard, to preserve forest tttw,
or to build a commodious and durable
bouse.than the idea that they will be posses
sed by generations wbo shall inherit bis
blood snd name T
What strikes a traveler through our
German eouoties most forcibly, is their
mammoth barns, called io their own lan
guage Schweitzer Siheuer. Indeed it is
their invariable custom, in settling a new
tract of land, firtt to provide large and
suitable accommodations for tbeir horses
I aod eattle.before tbey expend much money
in building a bouse lor themselves. An
feature in tbeir character spesks so loudly
in behalf of tbeir humanity ,as tbis willing
ness to suffer discomfort themttite rather
than impose it on the dumb and uncom
plaining beasts. Tbey believe with King
Solomon, that "a righteous man regardetb
tbe life of bis beast." But from tbis let
it not be inferred, that their dwellings are
deficient in the comforts of life. The re-
Terse i true. No elass so emphatically
live "on tbe fat of tbe land" and none
boasts of so maoy and such substantial do
mestic enjoyments.
Another fact, which never faila to rivet
the attention of a atraoger, is tbe extraor
dinary site hud strength of their horses.
A German horse is known in every part
of tbe State. lie seems to "feel with bis
lord" tbe pleasure and pride of good and
bountiful living. It is a well established
fact, that tbe German bones of Pennsyl
vania perform donble tbe amount of labor
of tbe New Eogland or Southern breed,
from tbe fact that tbey are more plentifully
fed. For tbe same reason, tbeir cows
yield double tbe quantity of milk, aod of
a quality vastly coperior.
In a word, a German farm can be dis
tinguished from tbe farms of other eitisent
by tbe superior size of tbeir barns the
plain bat compact construction of dwell
iocs tbe height of their enclosures tbe
exunt of their orchards tbs fertility of
tbeir fields the luxuriance of tbeir
dows tbe giant strength of their cattle
and by a gsusrsl appearance of plenty and
prosperity in all that belougs to tbem
The favorable influence of Agriculture,
aa conducted by the Germane, in extend
ing human happiness, ie manifested by the
joy tbey express npou tha birth of a child.
Mo dread of poverty aor dutrtut of Provi-
donee from an increasing family, depew
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the spirits of these industrious aod frugal
people. Upon tbe birth of a son tbey ex-
n t in the gift of a ploughman or a wagon
er; and npon tbe birth of a daugbter,tbcy
rejoice in tbe sddition of a spinster or
milk-maid, to their family. Happy state
of human society I What blessing can
civilization confer, that can atone for the
ancient and patriarchial pleasure of raising
up a numerous and healthy family of chil
dren to labor for tbeir parents, for them
selves, and for tbeir country; and finally
to partake of that knowledge and happi
ness which are annexed to existence, both
in tbe life that now is, and that which is
to come J The joy of parents npon tbe
birth of a child, is the grateful echw of
creating goodness. May tbe bills and
valleys of Pennsylvania be for ever vocal
with songs of joy npon these occasions !
Tbey are tbe infallible signs of compara
tive innocence, absolute industry, wealth,
and happiness in the State.
The German Mechanic too, is a most
useful and enterprising citizen, possessing
all tbs traits of character in common witb
the Farmer. .. His first ambition, in start
ing into life is to become a freeholder, so
as not to live in a rented bouse and the
highest temporal delight be eaa enjoy
springs from bis ability to declare, u Ibis
bouse ia my own." Admirable equality,
that which renders him afraid of Debt,
that prolific soaroe of Misery, and Want,
and Crime I " The borrower is servant
to tbe lender." " Owe no msn anything
except to love him."
But tbe genius of the Germans of Penn
sylvania is not confined to Agriculture and
tbe Mechanical Arte. Many of them
have acquired great wealth, too, by for
eign and domestic commerce.
But another act which ipeaks louder in
tbeir praise than any other, is this, that
they are particularly attentive to tbe reli
gious instruction of tbeir children, and to
tbe establishment and support of the
Christian Religion. For tbis purpose
they make the erection of a Schoo! House
and a Place of Worship tbe firtt object of
their care. But they do not stop here.
Tbey take great pains to iotroduee in
their offspring, not only habit of labor,
but a hue of it.
iu w mcj auburn totne lrreversioie
sentence preooanced upon man, in such a
manner as to convert the Wrath of Heaven
into private and publio happiness. " To
Fkab God and to Lovx Wobk., are tbe
first lessons tbey teach to tbeir children.'
Aa members of Civil Government, too,
tne Germans are, in the most exalted
sense, patriotic and useful. Strongly at
tached to tbe principles of free insti
tutions, and contributing largely to the
public revenue, tbey constitute the " bone
snd sinew of tbe State." Many of tbem
have become eminent in the Science of
Government, and tbey bave furnished
some of our most distinguished States-men,
wbo bave served in tbe highest Executory
and Legislative offices. We will be con
tent witb reference to a single illustiiuua
example, the revered Simon Sntdxb,
whose name has become the very syno
nyme of sterling sense, unflinching hones
ty, and farseeiog sagacity and whose ad
ministration of tbe Chief Magistracy of
Pennsylvania, for a period of nine years,
is referred to, at tbe present day, by men
of all parties, as a very model of good
Government.
Tbe Germans of Pennsylvania, to their
credit be it spoken, never besiege the Gov
ernment for favors in their domestie pur
suits. They are never knowd to crowd
the legislative balls, clamoroua for special
privileges, and rely for wealth and pros
perity, not on Acts of Assembly, but on
tbeir own daily acts and industry. They
are, perhaps, tho only class of people who
practically regard Government, its object
and its functions, in tbeir true light. All
that they desire from Government is to
be let alone.
As neighbors they are extremely kind
and friendly. They frequently help to
assist each other by loans of money for a
abort time, without interest. But, to se
cure their confidence, it is necessary to be
puootual, as tbey never lend money see-
ond time to one who bas onoe violated his
obligation. We have beard it remarked,
that daring the War of Independence
there were very few instances of any of
tbem discharging a bond or a debt, in de
preciated paper money I
Tbeae are some of the trait of character
which bave raised tbe Germans of Peon
ylvaaia to a degree of moral and politi
cal elevation surpassed by no other race
of men ia tbe world. From this proud
spectacle we may learn to prize knowledge
and industry in Agriculture, coupled witb
a doe observance of Christian duty, as the
basis both of domestie happiness aad na
tional prosperity.
FREMONT'S STATES.
in HaiL Hew England!
Tbe New England State are tbe model
Commonwealths of tbe world. Tbe histo
rv of all tbe sites presents no such eommo-
aitiee of intelligent, virtuous and Demo
eratio freemen as New Hampshire aad
Maine and tbeir neighbor 8tatea. All
asneible men agree that these Bute sum.
ber aa retelligeflt snd honest tottn
TEAR XIIL... WHOLE NUMBER, CW.
At $1,50 Pra Tsar, alwats kc Adyaxc.
proportion to the population as personal
aod domestio peace, knowledge, and good
ness, as any other part of the world.
Glorious New Eogland 1 the borne of
Democratic institutions, of free men, of
free thought, and nnequaled personal aod
political freedom I the land of Lexington,
Banker Hill and Bennington of free
schools and universal education of schol
ars and workers of writers, inventors,
and philanthropist of Putnam, Haneotk,
Adams, Sherman and Stark is tbe chosen
soene of universal Republican triumph.
Tbe east wing of tbe American hosts, well
strengthened by iu numberless schools,
colleges, churches, and homes, and invinci
bly armed with books, papers, aod free
speech, has driven all before it,and remaina
in triumpbaut possession of it post on tbe
field of battle, with all iu free banners
streamiog io tbe November air, and its
bright-eyed and strong-armed legions ready
for further advance 1
Every American can well be proud that
he belongs to a party which embraces all
the New England States. Tbey acre never
thus unanimous before, but now tbeir pro
verbial and uuequaled intelligence, virtue,
and practical Democracy, rallied them all
under tbe banner of free tabor and free
soil. Tbe descendants of tbe Puritans, of
the Pilgrim Fathers, and tbe Minute Men
of '76, bave taken tbeir immovable stand
on the aide of freedom.
New Tork I
There stands tbe Empire State ereet
and impregnable with her over 200,000
majority against the Cincinnati Platform,
and 400,000 against her own son who
turned traitor to Liberty I Her atordy
farmers, children of New Eogland, over
bear the corrupt vote of tbe Cities. Her
iant voiee is for Free Soil, and for the
Railroad, through Free States, which shall
make New Tork and San Franeiaco, tbe
London and the Canton, of this Western
World.
tne Great West
This glorious land of glowing skies, and
iparkling waters, of wide prairies and
miebty rivers, bas responded to the voice
of the New Eogland States and to New
York. Her sons, animated by tbe spirit
wbieb is borne upon her free breezes, bave
.OTvct ttacit aoiei uiiHotiov iu siana uy
tbeir fellow citizens in Kansas. Tbey
have seen aod known that many of tbem
were trampled down beneath the brntal
boof of power. So far aa tLey could
throw the ahield of tbeir protection around
tbem, tbey bave done it by their voiee and
vote.
The Yonng Giant, the " Empire 8tate"
of the West, leads tbe column. Michi
gan, Iowa and Wisconsin are following in
the foouteps. Indiana and Illinois msy
falter for a time, but they will hereafter
spring forward with buoyant energy to
take their places in tbe army of freedom.
W do not doubt tbe devotion, the faith,
tbe strength, of their sons.
Not oue of all these Western States can
prove untrue to tbe memory of the strong
bearts aud vigorous arms which drove back
the savage and conquered bim, which re
duced the forest and introduced all the el
ements, comforts, and elegancies of civil
ised life. The deeds of their pioneer
fathers are still chronicled in the hearts of
the present robust race which peoples tbe
wide plains, smiling valleys and lofty hills
of the West.
The farmer, tbe artisan, the hunter-
all feel an intense, absorbing interest in
tbe great question of free labor.- Tbe de
scendant of tbe Meigses, the McArthurs,
the La Salles and tbe Coles, are bathed in
the living light of the principles of free
dom end true Democracy, They bate all
shams, pretences, and political hypocrisy,
and tbey have repudiated the practise!
aud professors of tbem Stephen A. Dou
glass, Franklin Pierce, James Bu-shanan,
and the other leaders of tbs apostate Dem
. .
All bail te tbe mignty ana growing
West, the future heart and centra of our
national empire I All hail to tbe land of
quick Impulses, generous hearts and coura
geous ouIs I Whilst it is thus peopled,
the nation may repose with exmndeaae
npon their broad sympathies snd courageous
devotioo to the Constitution and the Union.
Tile Presbyterian Cnwrch oat tne)
Ride f Freedoms.
In 1787, the Synod of New Tork and
Philadelphia, then the highest body in the
Presbyterian Church, recommended, "in
the warmest terms, to every member of
their body, aad to all tho churches and
families under their care, to do everything
in tbeir power, consistent with tbe rights
of civil society, to promote the abolition of
Slater, and tha instruction of negroes,
wbetber bond or free."
Again, ia 1818, the General Assembly
took unanimous action on the merit of
the Slavery question J and npon a resolu
tion ofiered.tbat any person selling a Slave
ho should be a member of tbe church,
should be debarred from Ike eommunion
of tha ebnrah, a long report was prsatnted
written by the late venerable and distio
guiabed Dr. Ashbel Greene, of Princeton,
from which wo sa tract the followiag ooo
elasionn I
, "From this view of the eeussqaeoecs
resulting from tho practice into which
Christian people have nrrm iacexiSstWtly
fallea, of enslaving a portion of tbeir bre
theru of mankind for God hath made of
one blood all nations of men to dwsll on
tbe face of the earth it is manifestly the
duty of all Christians who enjoy the light
of tbe present day, when tbe ineooaiaUoc
of Slavery, both with the dictate of hu
manity and religion, has been demonstra
ted, to us 3 their honest, earnest and un
wearied endeavors to correct tbe errors of
former times, aod as speedily as possible
to efface this blot on our holy religion,
and to obtain the complete abolition of
Slavery throughout Christendom, and, if
possible, throughout the world.
"We rejoice that the church to Which
we belong commenced as early as any
other tbe good work of endeavoring to pal
ao end to Slavery, and that ia the easse
work many of iu members bave ever since
beeo, aad now are.amoog tbe most active,
vigorous and efficient laborers."
Tbia report was unanimously adopted,
has never since been rescinded, and still
remains aa the recorded opinion of tha
General Assembly of Presbyterian Church
(prior to the exciaion)oa the Slavery quea
lion. '
Southern Sentiments.
What tbe South Expect -
From the Hem Orkam Delta, the ersjaa nt
Jefferson Davis, who is a leading Dis-Ca-ionist
of tbe Snath snd at the saOM lias
Beeretary st War under Pres. Fierce.)
The Presidential contest of 1856 ia
ended, end that of 1850 bas just common
eed. Tbe struggle for the Presidency ia
ended, and James Buchanan is eleeted bat
the issues involved in tbe contest are not
yet settled. These are yet in the womb of .
the future, and what tbe next four yeara
may bring forth, we must wait to see,
hoping for the best, while we should bo
forearmed against the worst.
Tbe resistant attitude ef the South,
combined with tbe division of tbe Opposi
tion, led to tbe result we bave witnessed.
But tbe confusion ia "its ranks, now, it in
likely, will be succeeded by a harmonioo
organization io 1360.
When the admisaion of Kansas into tie
Union comes to be acted upoo, tbe South
will learn the manner in which tbe bit
contest was conducted. She will find, wa
fear, that the Aon-Extemion of Slavery
wa the middle ground on which the majo
milu nf Mm finr a ' a
North agrftd to eland. Sbe will fiod it will
be difficult, if not impossible, to Iriag
Kansas into tbis Union as a Slave State.
She will fiod that the day Mr. Buchanan
signs a bill to that effect, if ever passed,
his party will be dead and buried at tha
North.
There is but one offset to this condition
of thing, and that is to make tbe South
so strong in ber material progress, ia her
domestic reforms, in ber social convictions,
in ber political attitude, as to keep tho
North iu check by the only arguments
which remain to be used against free soil
rXAB, AND I.NTIftKST.
If Mr. Buchanan rely npon old explo
ded expedients for success ; if be devotea
himself to a laborious do-nothing policy,
converting the foreign department especial
ly into an immense eircumlocation office,
be will signally fail, and find his adminis
tration, at the end of four years,rnnk lower
than ever plummet sound. He owes bia
election to the South, snd to the defiant
attitude of resistance which sbe wa begin
ning to assume. He should bear that
fact well in mind. He will be a rrator,
and insensible to every manly feeling of
gratitude, if be forget it and disregard tho
obligation it implies. Then let him live
up to the letter and spirit of tbe Ostend
letter; let bim look to our interests in
Cuba, which, by right of geography and
of political necessity, should be our)
let bim fortify Walker in Nicaragua,
and forestall Spanish and French design
npou Mexico ; let bim place the great Ta
huantepee rout beyond the hazard of being
lost to as, by securing tbe grant of a strip
of Territory serosa tbe Isthmus j Let bim
do these tbiugs, and w can Iaogh to acorn
tbs subtle policy of Seward, the rhetorical
raving of Sumner.and the blatant menace
of their followers.
Nut alone in tbe South, would he nod
approval for such a course. Tha aeqnaition
of slave territory, by conquest or aSOeta
tloo, would fiod nearly a many supporters,
avowed or ailcnt, in Boston, New Tork,
and Philadelphia, as in New Orleans.
There would be a bowl from the Aboli
tionists and free negroes of eourse.
We will have Joba A. Quitman, of
Mississippi, in the House, and Jefferson
Davis of the same gallant State, in tha
Senate. They are both men of principle,
regarding fidelity to noble ende minitel
mora honorable and glorious than Ignoble
success. Tbey are inured to the battle)
harness, both eivio and military, and ia
peace or war, the South will always know
where to find them. They bave no mean
past at their back, bat tbey are men of
the future, too, aod in settling the great
question which must be met sooner or la
tor, they will have eonspieuooa parts to
enact That queetisn is this, to witt
Wbetber tbia Union ahall be Northern
and sections! to nee a seeming eoalra
dietioa in term or Southern and na
tional 1 .
1 ". r&rnxu, Nov. 15. A new HQ fcr
tbe better prosecution of tha Liquor La
baa passed tha Bens of Representative
in Vtr77 ewveety majority.