VOLUME 3. For the Cmio, MEMORY'S JEWELS. I lotb to wander back again, In memory, Where atan<l» bealde the nafrow lane My childhood! narrow cot, 1 fency that, while »tan<llng there, Within that cottage ioor, T .ee nif Mother's old arm chair, Right, wbrre It ntood before. •The plcitlrea too, are hanging etUI, Around the whlte wjudicd .ail, And faintly o'er the dlatant hill, t hear the water Me. kfj Father•' mild and jentle »ce Drawn by the peinter• hand, , In ■till in Its accustomed place, Just where It usedtontand. ffleet 1 GETTINGI^fNIGST" i The door was locked when I got home,' said Tom, "and how to get in without waking the governor, was the difficulty. I knew he would give me particular fits if he knew I was out after ten, and the clock had just struck one. The back yard was an impossibility, and but one chance remained. There was a porch over the front door, the roof of which was but a few feet below two windows. One of them I knew was fastened down, and the other one opened from a bedroom, which might or might not be occupied. An old maiden Bister of th« governor s wife had arrived on the same day, and it was very probable that she was in that room ; but I knew the bed was in the cor ner furthest from the window, aud 1 hoped I should be able to get through the room without awakening her, and then I would have a comparatively easy thing of it. " So, getting"a plank from a neighbor ing board pile, I rested it against the eaves of the porch, pulled off my shoes, put them in my pocket, and ' All right so far, but I thought it nec ssary, in order not to arouse suspicion in the morning, to remove the plank. So I dragged it up and threw it off the end. Down it went, with an awful clatter, and struck a stray dog that had followed me two or three squares, and who immediately set up the most awful howl that hound ever gave tongue to. This started half a dozen dogs in the neighborhood to bark ing ; a mocking bird in the window above commenced whistling as if he intended to split his throat at it; and on old wo man, in her night clothes, with a candle in her hand, appeared at a window across the street. I knew that I was safe as far as she was concerned, but if any one came to our windows, the candle gave enough light to have probably discovered me. — Nobody did come, however, and the old lady, after peering up and down the street for a minute or two, popped in her head and retired. The mocking bird still kept up his eternal whistle, and it was full half an hour before it and the dogs settled down and gave a chance to move. •' I then crept slowly along the wall until I reached the window, when I put my hand on the sill, sprung up, and with my legs hanging dowu, stopped to listen. Yes. she was in that room, for I was sure I could hear her breathing. After wait ing foi a minute, I cautiously drew up one leg and then the other, drew them around, put them down to the floor, and was just conscious that I had stepped on something sott and yfelding, and was about withdrawing them, when a wild yell broke out at my feet. The old maid jumped from her bed, cryine, 'Murder!' And the mocking bird sturtcd again. A little darkey was lying on her back under the window, and I had put my foot on her face, and, of course, woke her up. " I decided in a moment what to do.— The house would bo .aroused, and 1 was caught to a certainty. If I could only get to my room before the governor was up ; but I hadn't a moment to lose, lor the little darkey was screaming a*ay; so I started for the door, made three steps, struck a chair, tumbled it over, of course making the greatest racket that ever you heard in the 'dead hour of night' in a peaceable house: The darkey and the old maid screamed louder than ever, and it seemed to me that the mocking bir<J whistled louder than a steam whistle, and together they made a noise as loud as Julien's full orchestra. " I reached the door, however, and qui etly and quickly opened it, and just got into the hall in time to see the old gen tleman open his door, and with a candle in his hand, come harrying up the stairs. Now was the critical time. There was a wardrobe near where I stood, and I sprang behind it. Up came the governor, he reached the door, opened it, and went in; and in the meantime there were all sorts of confusion and inquiries down stairs as to what was the matter. Nobody else came up, and from where I stood 1 heard every word of the inquiries and explana tions in the room. Of course they could not make much out of it. The little dar key was too much frightened and too sound asleep at the time to understand the truth, and the result was they came to the conclusion that she bad been dreamiug, and the governor, after giving AMERICAN CITIZEN. her » sound shaking, and explaining Ahe matter to tlie aroused neighbors from the window, went down to his room again. "So far, so good. I had now togo down stairs, reach the back door, unbar it, get into the yard, make for my room, which was in the second story of a brick building that stood unconnected with and about a dozen yards from the main one. After giving everybody another half hour to settle down again, I started. "Boys, did you ever try togo up or down a pair of stairs at midnight without .making a noise? You may try it all sorts of ways, but every step is sure to creak, each with a peculiar noise of its own, and loud enough, you are sure, to wake every body. I had got nearly to the bottom, when a little dog came trotting up the entry toward me, barking furiously. A suppressed 'Come here, Zip,' silenced him, for he recognized me; but the little fellow started the mocking bird, and all the neighborhood, having learned to take the cue, of course joined the chorus for the third time. "Iran along the passage, reached the door, unlocked it, just as the govornor, roused the second time, opened his door, and seeing a man escaping from the house by the backway, of course cried 'Thieves! thieves !' and made a rush for me. But 1 was too quick for him. I opened the door, sprang out, made for the door that opened into the room below mine, and had just reached it, when crash—within a foot of my head—went a brick, and a that I knew belonged to our next door neighbor, Tompkins, joined the gov ernor in the cry of 'Thieves ! thieves 1 murder! murder ! I was safe though. "Running up stairs, I 'shelled, myself much quicker than I ever did before or since, and was in bed, sound asleep, in half a minute. "Wasn't there a row, though ? I never heard so many dogs before. The mock ing bird, of course, was outdoing all his previous efforts. The roosters began to crow. Tompkins was still yelling 'Thieves!' and calling the governor. I could hear screams and all sorts of noises, and talking among the neighbors, until at length the old gentleman's vwicc was heard in the yard calling— " 'Tom ! Tom !' "Tom, fortunately, was sound asleep. " 'Tom !' cried the old man, in a voice that would have roused a man from an ep ileptic fit. " 1 judged it prudent to awaken then, and jumping from my bed, raised the win dow, rubbing my eyes, and looking par ticulavly frightened, asked— " 'Why, father, what in the world is the matter ?' " 'There's thieves in the house,' was yjio reply. Get your gun and come down—be quiak.' " 'He's in thsroom below you,' halloed Tompkins. 'l'm certain of it; I saw him as he ran dowu, and threw a fire-brick at him. 1 know he didn't pass the door, Mr. Jones.' "I was directed to look out for myself; the governor stood sentinel at the door below, armed with a club, while Tomp kins had five minutes to collect aid from the neighbors, and in less than half that time, so thoroughly was every house al armed, there was a dozen or more men in the yard, armed with guns, pistols, and sticks. "Tho governor led the attaek, Open ing the door, he called— " 'Gome out here, you house-breaking scoundrel! If you attempt to resist, I'll blow your brains out!' "Nobody came, however. " 'Watch the door, while I go in,' and I was told to look sharp and bhoot tho rascal if he came up stairs. A moment ary search was sufficient to satisfy every body that the thief was not in that room. " 'He's up stairs, then !' said Tomp kin's, 'for I'll take my Bible oath that he didnt pass that door.' "Up they trooped, and IJiad lit a can dle by that time, but there was no burg lar there. The strictest search, even looking into and old boot, didn't show the faintest trace of him. The yard was examined, then the house, and everybody was tolerably satisfied that he had es caped; but I was appointed sentinel for the night, ond ordered not togo to sleep on my post under the penalty of a flog ging- "The articles missing, on a thorough j examination the next day, were two pies anJ an old lady's silver thimble. The thimble turned up in a week or two, be ing discovered under the carpet; but the pies have never been recovered. On oath I could have given very material testimo ny as to *the disposition of the stolen property, but the case didn't come before a court, and I remained quiet. "Didn't the local editors loom, though? One of them elongated himself through a hall column, aud headed the article,'A "let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do ou. duty as we understand it"— A - Lincoln BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1866. Diabolical and Atiocious Atte'mptat Bur glary and Murder!' describing with graph, ie particulars the fiendish attempt to throt tle Miss Land her servant, compli mented thft coolness of R. Tompkins, Esq., and perorated with a withering an athema on the want of vigilance display ed by the policeman. "It was fun for me to see with what wide awake sagacity the watchman uied to stop at our fronf door and listen, dur ing his rounds, for a month after. The excitement died away after a while; but I'll never forget the night I tried to get in without making a noise. "texas".* The hearty Unionists of Texas have de termined to contest their State at her en suing election, though without a hope of success. That is right. Though they should now poll but Ten Thousand votes, they will have gained by organization a status and a knowledge of each other which will be of immense value to them in the future. Every year will increare their numbers and their influence, until the dicay of the rebel spirit will give them the ascendency. If all men voted, there would be a majority nowjwith two thirds of their number denied the Right of Suffrage by a Rebel Convention, they must "learn to labor and to wait." The following is their platform : "1. That we are unalterably devoted to our republican form of government, as established by the patriots of 1776, and that we denounce the assumption of those who seek to justify the late Rebellion by declaring that republican institutions have proved to be a failure; that we have no sympathy with monarchists or imper ialists, but fondly hope that our free in stitutions may endure to the latest pos terity; to which end we pledge ourselves to contribute, as much as in us lies, by a hearty and undeviating support of the constitutional authority of the Govern ment of the United States and of the State. "2. That we fully recognize the su premacy of the Constitution of the Unit ed States, and of the lawn mode in pur suance thereof; that we believe it was wisely ordained that they should be the. supreme law of the land, in all the States of the Union, anything in the Constitu tion and laws of the State to the contrary notwithstanding; that we regard the un ion of the States, uuder the Constitution, as the best guarantee of civil liberty to the American people, and that under the benign influence of the Union, we and our posterity may reasonably hope to en joy the fullest protection for life and property, and the largest measure of pros perity and happiness. 3. That we hold the act of Secession, adopted in convention, at the city of Aus tin, on the first day of February, A. D] 1861, to have been in violation of the Constitution of the United States, and of the constitutional obligations of the State of Texas to the other States of the Union, and, therefore, null and void lrom the be ginning. "4. That we feel, in its full force, the obligation which rests upon the whole people of the United States to maintain the National credit; and to that end we pledge ourselves to give a hearty support to the National Government in all proper efforts for the liquidation and discharge of the publio debt; and we will oppose every effort to repudiate the same, and every effort to burden the loyal people of the United States with the debt of the Confederate Statos, or any portion of it. "5. That we have unabated confidence that the wisdom and patriotism of the President of the United States, and of the representatives of the people in Con gress assembled, will prove adequate to the task of guiding the country safely through the perils and difficulties of the present time, and of restoring the States to their constitutional relations to each other, in such manner that the great prin ciples of constitutional liberty will be at the same time vindicated and preserved. "6. That wo acquiesce sincerely in the act of the nation abolishing Slavery; and that we will endeavor to ameliorate the oondition of tho freed people in our midst by treating them with justice, and by ac cording to them, not grudgingly, but wil lingly and heartily, the rights which are now, or may hereafter be, secured to them by the Constitution and the laws. "7. That we proolaim anew the liberty of speech and of the press, and the right of the people to assert and publish their opinions upon all subjects touching the publio welfare; that upon the preservation of these inestimable rights depend the permanent existence and value of repub lican government; that their suppression in this State, during the past five years, was both ruinous and despotic, and that we hold it to be one of the highest duties of the people to rally to their reassertion, and to fix them upon immovable founda tions. "8. That our form of Government re poses upon the intelligence of the people, and that an honest ana patriotic devotion to its {peat principles is entirely consist ent with individual freedom of opinion. Tkat we fully recognize the fact that very grave questions are now for the first time presented to the people, and that we, therefore, freely tolerate difference of opinion upon all subjects not embraced within the foregoing propositions. For the Cltiton. DARKNESS AND OAWN. When wares of sorrow 'round yon roll, And billows fierce, come sweeping on, Let this true saying cheer jour sou!,— " The darkest hour precedes the diawn." If e'er misfortune* cloud should lower. And no bright hopes should cheer you on, Let this Inspire your heart with power,— 44 The darkest hour precedes the dawn." If friendship** brittle chain should break, Or lore's dear light grow pale and wan, Then this blessed troth your comfort maka, — " Tho darkest hour precedes the dawn." Wh en hosts of sin are pressing hard, In error's path to lead you on, Resist them, and your sure reward. You'll And in truth's delightful dawn. And when death holds you In his power, And all your hopes of life arugone, Remember then, the darkest hour Precedes a bright and glorious dawn. Butler, Pa , May 21st. A M. C. Coituntmiration*. (For the Citizen.) A Few Words to "Unknown." You appear to think "The readers of the Citizen'\ were startled by the publi cation of the "gri at Calamity" at Peters ville. You fay the conjectures were "many," and "varied," as to whom the writer was. But the appearance of your article caused great wonder among the "Ladies," at least, as to what "gentle man" in this civilized and christian land, would express himself in such a manner. I have no doubt, but "Betsey Jean" can defend herself, but I wish the privilege of also saying "a few words" in reply to your communicatioa. It has always been one of my peculiarities, to defend "our sex" when I hear them attacked in what I consider an unwarrantable manner. This I think you have done, when you make the assertion general, that we mar ry for "money," not for "love." You speak of "love" as a mere "matter of dol lars" and "cents;" you consider that (rue love no longer exists in the heart. My friend, this is a sweeping declaration, aud I beg leave to differ with you, I will ad mit that Bometimes such things do occur, but I have good reason to believe they are "The exception, not the rule," and in my humble opinion there are ladies of the present generation, who possess hearts and who love as deeply and devotedly as did the ladies of "Ancient Greece," pro vided they meet with an object worthy of such love. It is mockery to call that feeling, love, which rises "in tho expectation of a rich husband." I think either ladies or gen tlemen who marry for riches, do not pos sess the "wisdom of Solomon." They are certainly very shallow and they gener ally reap their reward, but we have no reason to believe all ladies so foolish. All observing persons know that the gentlemen are as apt to think "All gold that glitters," as we. Who has not no ticed that if one of us possesses a few thousands, how attentive tho gentlemen are to that one, while others equally wor thy (minus the thousands) receive no at tention at all. And would we not con- 1 elude from this that "rich wives" are as much of an acquisition as"rich husbands." We conclude from your manner of writing, that you speak from experience, that you are cngulphcd in the matrimo nial breakers of martyrdom," and will suppose you "have caught a tartar" and that you arc now floating on the "seeth ing Ocean of Eternal Misery." If so, I sympathize with you. But who is to blame ib the matter? If (as you think) the ladies are looking out for "rich husbands," should not a man of good sense be sharp enough to see thr'o their designs ? Should he allow him self to be "duped" by "managing mammas" and "marriagable daughters ?" And if he is entrapped, why should he think all others as miserable as himself? and that all ladies are like his "Tartar?" Had you been more particular in selecting a wife, your ideas of "connubial happiness might have been very different. I am certain there are ladies who would prize a geutlcmau more for his worth, than for his "gold." Who would consider good principles, industrious habits, and a good, honest, affectionate, heart, of more value than "the mines of Golconda."— And if there are tome who would be wil ling to barter soul and body for "gold," you should not include all, nor should you conclude "Lore in a hollow cheat, * Arid all who strive lo win Will meet with sure defeat." In conclusion, permit me to say, I am neither a "managing mamma," a "mar riagable daughter," nor yet and old maid, but am a firm believer iu the exis tence of that "Tender" and "Holy" pas sion which you consider a "grand mis take." BELLA. Be CAREFUL. —A child in New Jeff erson, Indiana, was fatally poisoned a few days ago, by chewing pieces of an enam eled paper collar. Death ensued in two hours and the body turned purple imme diately after. As children are apt to chew at most anything, these collars should be kept out of their reach. CLOSING A DEBATE. Speech of Hon. Tliaddeu* Ste venson ('lotting Debate on the Reconstruction Amendments The following speech of Thaddeus Ste vens we take from the Conyreuional Globe .• Mr. Btevens—Mr. Speaker, I rise to conclude the debate, but I will not move the previous question until I finish what I have to say. lam glad, Sir, to see great unanimity among tho Union friends in this House on all provisions of this joint resolution except the third one. I am not very much gratified to see any di vision among our friends on that which I consider the vital proposition of them all. Without that it amounts to nothing. I do not care the snap of my finger wheth er it be passed or not if that be stricken out. Before another Congress shall have assembled here, and before this can be carried into full effect, there will be no friends of the Union left on this side of the House to carry it out. I should be sorry to find that that provision was strick en out, because before any portion of this can be put into operation there will be, if not a Ilerod, a worse than Herod else-r where to obstruct our actions. That side of the House will be filled with yelling secessionists and hissing copperheads.— Give us the third section or nothing. Do not" balk us with the pretence of an umendment which throws the Union in the hands of tho enemy before it becomes consolidated. Gentlemen say I speak of party. Whenever party is necessary to sustain the Union I say rally to your par ty and save the Union. Ido not hesitate to say at onee, that section is there to save or destroy the Union party, is there to save or destroy the Union by the salva tion or destruction of the Union party. 'J'he gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Bing ham) who has just taken his seat, thinks it difficult to carry it into execution, and he proposes to put it into a bill which the President can veto. Will my friend tell me how much easier it is to execute it as a law than as a provision of tho Constitu tion? I say if this amendment prevails you must legislate to carry out many parts of it. You must legislate for the pur pose of ascertaining tho basis of represen tation. You must legislate for registry such as they have in Maryland. It will not execute itself, but as soon as it be comes a law, Congress, at the next ses sion, will lesislate to carry it out both in reference to the Presidential and all other elections as we have the right to do. So that subject falls to the ground. Gentlemen, tell us it is to strong—too strong for what? Too Btrong for their stomachs, but not for the people. Some say it is too lenient. It is too lenient for my hard heart. Not only in 1870, but to 18070, every rebel who shed tho blood of loyal men should be prevented from ex ercising any power in this Government. That, even, would be too mild a punish ment for them. Gentlemen here have said you must not humble these people. Why not?— Do not they deserve humiliation ? Do not they deserve degradation ? It they do not, who does ? What oriminal, what felon deserves it more, sir ? They have not yet confessed their sins; and He who administers mercy and justice never for given until the sinner confesses his sins and humbles himself at his footstool.— Why should wo forgive any more than He? But we are told that we must take them back as equal brothers at once. I shall not agree they shall come back except as supplicants iu sackcloth and ashes. Let them coma back and ask forgiveness, and and let us then consider how many wo will exclude. All I regret is, this is not sufficiently stringent. Sir, they tell us, I hear several gentle men say, that these men should be ad mitted as equal brethren. Let these friends of secession sing to me their siren song of peace and good will until thoy can stop my earn to the screams and groans of the dying victims at Memphis. I hold in my hand an elaborate account from a man whom I know to be of the highest respectability in tho country, every word of *which I believe. This account of that foul transaction only reached me last night. It is more horrible in its atroctty, although not to the same extent, than the massacre at Jamaica. Tell me Tennes see or any other State is loyal of whom such things are proved ! I regret that the true men of those States ennnot be brought in with rebel constituency be hind them. Tbey .would misrepresent their States. Therefore I cannot agree to let them in under the present state of affairs. Let us have probation; let us be sure that more than willingness to come in has been felt by them. Mr. Speaker, 1 do not intend to occu py many minutes. I was indeed aston ished to find my respected colleague, I will not say so tender- hearted but so le nient to those toward whom mercy is not rendered necessary. But I know so well his natural kindness of heart and his proximity to that eloquent divine who so lately has slaughtered whole herds of fatted calves, that I cannot be much sur prised at it. But, sir, if he is so fond of such associates, let me suggest in all kind ness to him that he can find better com pany nearer home. He lives very near Cherry Hill, whero there is a State insti tution containing several hundred inmates who— Mr. Thayer—Will tho gentleman allow me to correct him in his geography ? I do not live near Cherry Hill. I live on the top of Chestnut Hill. [Laughter.] And I would like to know the name of the distinguished divine to whom he re fers. I cannot recollect any one. Mr. Stevens—lt is the late Henry Ward Beecher. [Laughter.] Mr. Thayer—l understood my col- league to say a noighbor of mine. l?Ir. Beecher lives about a hundred miles j from me. Mr. Stevens—Well, that is iu the neighborhood in this country, three thou sand miles in extent. [Laughter.] Mr. Thayer—The gentleman himself is about as near and much nearer to him in many things than I am. [Laughter.! Mr. iStevSus—How near does my friend live to Cherry Hill ? Mr. Thayer—About ten miles. Mr. Stevens—Well, let him walk ten miles, instead of going two or three thous and South, and he will find, ns I said, three or four hundred inmates, whom, if ho wishes to forgive and enfranchise, he will find at present restrained of their rights. They have done nothing but err. There is uo blood UJIOU their hands; they only erred in committing suoh little acts as arson and larceny. Let him go into one of those corridors and aause it to be opened and they will flock around him, and he will see men that are not half as bloody and have not committed half as many crimes as the rebels whom he wish es to see immediately admitted here. Now, sir, for my part I am willing they shall come in when they are ready. Do not, I pray you, admit those who have slaughtered half a million of our oountry-. men until their clothes are dried, until they are re-clad. I do not wish to sit Bide by side with men whose garments smell of the blood of my kindred, Gen tlemen seem to forget the scenes that were enacted here years ago. Many of you were not hero. But my friend romf Ohio (Mr. Garfield) ought to have kept up his reading enough to have been fa miliar with the history of those days, when the men you propose to admit oo cupied the other side of the House; when the mighty Toombs, with his shaggy locks, headed a gang who, with shouts of defiance on this floor, rendered this a hell of legislation. Ah, Sir, it was but six years ago when they were here, just before they went out to join the armies of Cataline, just before they left this Hall. Those of you who were here then will remember the sceno in which every Southern member, encouraged by their allies, came forth in one yelling body, because a speech for freedom was being made here, when weapons were drawn, and Barkudah'i bowie /cni/e gleamed before our eyes. Would you have those inon baok again so soon to re-enact these scenes ? Wait till I am gone, 1 pray you. I want not togo through it again. It will be but a 6hort time for my colleague to wait. I hope he will not put us to that test. Mr. Thayer—Will the gentleman yield ? Mr. Stevens —Yes, sir. Mr. Thayer—This amendment does not affeot the eligibility of the people to whom ho refers. That portion to which I directed my remarks excludes them from voting; and I wish to ask my col league in this connection whether he thinks ho can build a penitentiary big enough to hold eight millions of people. Mr. Stevens—Yes, Sir, a penitentiary which is built at the point of the bayonet down below, and if they undertake to come here we will shool them. That is the way to take care of thess people. They deserve it, at least for a time. Now, Sir, if the gentleman had ramenibered the scenes twenty years ago, when no man dared to speak without risking his life, when but a few men did do it—for there were cowards in those days as there are in theso—you would not have found them asking to bring these men in, and I only wonder that my friend from Ohio (Mr. Bingham) should imitate a desire to bring them back here. Mr. Bingham—l beg the gentleman's attention one moment. I have not by one word or voto of mine ever justified him in saying that I consent ever to bring them in. Mr Stevens—Never; but the gentle man wished to strike oat a section and kill this amendment, the most popular before the people of any that can be pres ented. Mr. Bingham—l ask the gentleman to indulge me a moment. The third sec tion does not touch the question of their coming in. Mr. Stevenß—Then why is it you op pose it ? If it is going to hurt nobody, in God's name let it remain. If it is go ing to hnrt anybody, it will be the men that deserve it. Now, Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my mo tion to recommit, and move tho previous i question. Mr. Nasby in the Anguish of His Soul Uttereth a Wail. CONFEDRIT X ROADS (which is in > the Strait uv Kentucky. ) I am a kittle full uv cusses. Under me is burnin the firo uv rage which is being continyooally fed with the oil of disappointment. And I bile over. The Civil Rites Bill which our Moees put his foot onto, we thought was dead. And we fired great guns, and hung out, our flags, which we laid aside in 1860, and made a joyful noise. For we said unto one auother, — Lo ! he is a true Moses, inasmuch ez ho is a leaden us out uv tho wilderness. The Civil Rites Bill wuz the serpent wat bit as; and he histed it, that we might look aad live. Now let us be joyfull. For the Ethi opian is delivored into our hands, bound hand and foot. Blessed be Moses ! Wo will make him grind our corn, but he shall not eat thereof. Blessed be Mosw! NUMBER 25 We will make him tread out 4)urwhottt, but we will mutslo hia month. Blessed ba . Moses ! He shall pick our cotton; bat the hire he receiveth ha shall stick in hia ey<f wittyut injuring the sight thereof. Blesk sed bo Moses 1 He shall toil in the sugar mill, but thd 4 sugar shall he not sell. Blessed fee Mq ses! His sweat t>liall nourish our corn, but he shall oat nary ear thereof. Blessed be Motes! We will burn his skool houses, and des troy his spellin books (for shall the negro be our superior?); who shall stay ouf hand 112 Blessed be Moses! The skool teachers wit! we tar and feather, and whar is the bloo koted hire ling to make us afeerd ? Moused b« Mo ses t We looked at the bigger, and said, ha J. ha ! the last stats uv the chattel is wus nor the fust; for before, wo hed his labor wile he was strong and healthy, but hed to take oare on him when he was sick and old ; and now we kin git his with* out tho care. Blessed be Mo4U The Ablishnists cast out one devil, and garnished tho room, but there wus seven devils more stronger and hungrier wich rushed in, and preempted the premises. Blessed be Moses I But our song uv joy Was turned into a wail ut anguish. Moses sought to hist the serpent, but tho serpent him. He's on a pole, and the bitin North wind is a blowin onto him. Ho can't get up any higher be cause his pole ain't any longer, and he can't got down because he ain't no place to light onto. Ho vetoed the Bills, and Oongress. her vetoed him, the Civil Rights bill tl*?y passed in a uncivil manner. Now bein the niggor het rights, he is our ckal. Our ekal is the niggor now ; and onless tho skool houses is horned, and tho spellin books destroyed, he will 60on bo our superior. We wnz willing to give hhn tho right uv bein B<jed, but alae ho kip sue. He , kin be a witness agin ns, and be can set his face agin «urn. Our wise men may make laws to keep him in his normal speer, but uv wat avail is they. Wo kin buy and sell him BO more, neither he nor his children. The men will cleavo unto their wives, and the wo men unto their husbands ; and our hand is powerlis to separate em. Their children kin we no more put op at auction and sell to tho highest bidder, we pocketin joyfully tho price thoroof They have become sassy and impudent, and say, 'Go to, are wo not men ?' I bade one git orf the ssde walk, and he bade me be damned. I chucked a nearly whie one under the chin and smiled onto her, and she squawked; and her husband heain the sqaawk thereof, oame up and bustid my head, even oz a white man wud hev dun. I chastised wun, who gave mo lip, and he sood me, a Caucasian, for as sault and battery, and got a judgment. Wife! for Moses put out his hand to save of these indignities, but hiz hand wuz to woak. We killed Linkin in vain. Our Moses is playin Jaxon. Hofanci eth he reeembleth him becoe Ms ioishalg is the Bacie. He resembloth Jaxon mucb )y—in that JaxoD had a policy wich he ooo<i carry out, ond Moses hoz a policy wich he can't carry out. And «e he can't carry oat his policy, the people are carry, ing it out for him. Wich they do ahold* in it at arms length, and holdin their noeos. Moses is a cake-half baked,-*-he is hot on one side and cold on tot her. He darsn't let go uv Ablishnism, and is afecrd to com to us. He hez been takin epeom salts and ipecac, and one is workin up end the other is workin down. Where kin we look for comfort? Do we turn to the people 7 Connecticut an* swers. 'Ror for Hawley,' and New Hamp shire goes Ablishun. Do we turn to the courts ? Lo ! Taney hex gone to his re ward, him who aforetime dealt out Dim ecratic justice, and who understood the nacher uv the nigger, and Chase, who iff pizen, reigns in his stead. Raymond is grown weak in the knees, and Doolittle id a broken reed on which to lean. We are to short at both ends. She! wo goto Brazil ?lo I there they put niggers " in office ! Mexico holds out her hands to lis; btat lo 1 there the nigger is considered a man. We have no escape from the Etheopion, he is around us and about as and on Wp ov us. I see no Post Orfis in the distance, no hope in the future. Hed I bin a Ablish unist, so ez to make the thing safe in tho next world, I shood be glad to die and quit this. For my sole is pregnant with grief, my heart bulges out with woe. PETROLEUM V. NASBV, ( Lait Pastor uvthe Church nv tte >•>» Dfrpenttshua.
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