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.
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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!
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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.