VOLUME 4.
(Brinimtl |3oetrn.
For THS Ctfaxiu
THE WIDOW'S SOLILOQUY.
Wliil* J B nze U P°" !»«< picture,
oli: whit nn»rnoriM ffciiwig my hrfclo
Of In.urn 1 spi-nt beside bitu,
W hi. h ran no'er return
lluw it |IIIIII» IUV hi-nri t-» linger
(Tottgiif <-f nntitocan never trH
t>o the tUi.uglit, that ray -Inar hu^hind,
I'ieicod with rebel ballets fell.
With the gory sward him,
With no cofWrtjt f<ir hU li»wl
But the c;tiK»|»y "1 heiven,
Thkrehi4 liiipfriturfl 'd-
Hard meihtiiki Iw-i 1m« dyinj.
Hard to "} ieM hi la -r.t »r a h
>ai awaj 112. oiu *iU n».l 1«»vr-.i ••!»<*— .
N'l^lJOto ciuno fjf'ieyt.i lu'deatb.
God heard, I'know hi hujiplication,
While hl-« li • «'i " • «• i «w*y;
And on uoK' 1 wnpg- hii "pint
Soared tor Mlm i 'f nllei lay:
And 1 ku >w ii«i •luil.-o me
With a tender hitd>-i»i r ire.
While hiii children kri ? i around ia«.
\V h«u we brc.iti.e «<ur evening prayer.
May the flod of heavrn protect me.
Guide aud guard out < hildron d.'ir:
Muv hnffivr me to h'id them
Through the pithn which we revere:
B()th;it wi eil lint life elided.
And till- 1.1 -t firewen m iriven,
We may meet, to dwell/orever.
Kouud the throne uf tiud iu heaven.
flow we mliw our hnnband—f ither—
liow we »«#ar th* e "it deninl
Of hi* i» eneiice ; none may krm# It,
Huvr th(He whh have hud the trial
Oft 1 twtj hiU> Ml fn| H? timber,
Willie riclllliiiK on Irty Wed,
I Krie*». to tin I 1.11 w AKing,
Tbut my loved ideal's IleU.
On the field th.* sirnnaer f<v>!i I him.
And prepared for him a grave;
There be i.led a L ni m mildler—
There he a Lilian brace.
O'ei hii K' »vein Houthern wtxnlland,
K.<<m th<» npritlg till rOtning spring,
TwlttMiing bird* aiiil ({euiM / j»hyr»,
hhall for him u requiem niug. ft. J. D.
DRIFTING.
it is one of ihe evils of strife, that an* I
tagouism. of itself, w:irps the judgment j
In the beat of contest even a ciindid man j
is tempted to hurl whatever missile may j
be handiest, though in so doing he on'y
occupies his adversary for the moment,
and cms hit own hand in the »ct. The
slaveholders' rebellion has not alone di
vided the nation, in its two phases of
eruption and subside nee. into two exhuus.
tive parties which, Srmly in each *tafcC
contended, or are now contending for the
rn s e y ; In t tir-t as well its lust it led
good men a-iray, in lucirg them to foilo'.v
at lirat the faint vestiges of sympathy or
h iSty and crude opinion, and leading
them at lengi h into liraily sett'ed. ev. n
acrimonious opposition to the natural die
tafs of their hoc •«» j«dgmeni«. TI"* 8
at the i ntset jiatriotie inert tit the South,
as ardent lovers of their land in the ab
stract us lived under the flig, were won
away through a systematic regard for
Stale and neighbor, and ill considered |
assent to glittering abstractions,to tbo en
thniiaftic upholding of treason and mur
der. Democrat-*.' pure and true men in
the North, by firee nl party drill ami
enticed tiy hopes of party a lean'aje, w re
restrained from s'epping forth from tin* j
ranki fri.m ihe h -;-t which ,<o long hi a ted
itsulf, and in truth was ihe govenfino i
class of the I nI. even llion_-h th vmi !
have tell intuitively tbat tjieir ii II HW ■ 1
in the wrong and their local leaders wcr.
actuated by cupidity Verversion follow
ed stifling, and '-aoill itini: voters fi.ni
became app audcrsof lie vilest apologists
of treason.
Th" saddest exhibition which the w r
afforded w is. undoubtedly, the growth c
treason in the N'Tth arid itie
nntion of go6d citizens to rebels tjen's
surrender (lid nil c in * a mi ncut tfn
early. Another V" ir of hlo nl an I strife,
and the 'Cow Wi till have made
the " neut til ■r •• " more
than the Pit e Valley or tin k v
llill route ; and ould have mil ■
tipl ed in P.*nn<vlv : iulH until human life
would have Ie * one hedrrtg it *a<"in
the mountains of tlie Oar< lin is an i 11
Tennessee. Victory overwhelm, ng
cruilrtug. Rii'ijligation—silenced clnmoi-,
aud dro\e the trader upon human weik
l)e<s to seek the cover of quijrudfc fir a
•seas in ; hut as the rceirirocil thrills of
joy and fear Have been calmed 'in men's
breasts, and revolving years have put the
triumph arid ilie defeat in the distance,
a new crop of fallacies In' a"iscn implant
ed by emerging {lctnagngues and fostered
in their growth, oftr ntiilies.by Wellmcan
;ng hut disputatious and impulsive pat
tio'ts
The problems of " reoonstniction " arc
indeed many, and their fit solution vital;
hut they arc not ni-vf, as many urge; nor
ihdirro.-u!u,lf rightlt investigated,doilbt
ful.
Rebellion against c'niHtitutcd authnri
ty is not without precedent—pacification,
after rooression. is illustrated in every
conceivable mode in history. Rebels
have been tremblingly dealt w'th by
tbo<e who h id the power, who wished to
wound and were yet afraid to strike, and
treason survived only to break firth in
better times and With more horrid front.
Traitors have often been pursued with
unrelenting severity until the peace of
desolation gave security to the avenger.
\ daring clemency, unhesitatingly,
promptly given, has disarmed every foe.
purged every dißteniper.nl soul and con
verted hostile subjects to zealous frieuds.
Whether to vacillate from extrcamest :
rigor to fitful gcutlcness I( tj crush with
mailed hund every muttering of discon.
tent or regret, or by prompt, great souled.
Icarless forgiveness to convert, lias been
our stndy for two years. In despair t.t
the hardship of choice between the Inst
two wo have ljller. op the Jirst. Wo
have hung Wirz and deposed Mayers,
but him who assumed the honors
and the guilt of the war. While no one 1
pities the who de»rvod j
the rack and impalement ns well as the
cord, few loyalists pan lie found who think
that his execution should stand simply
as a precedent. Hemp, certainly, has
jfWwn for otbors But if it must bo that j
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
no more lives .shall expiate the sin of
treason, let us not afresh be led Into er
ror by seeking to defend our policy upon
untenable grounds. Wide reaching, all
embracing, clemency inu-t be given as a
boon—as an act of simple grace —.to the
Conquered. God forgives man for his
sin- out of his love Where he might,
dc-trny, he simply pardohs If Christi
anity is to be curried into our polioy, lot
tlie Divine dealings be imitated On this
high, clear groun I of gri'u ly time s re«
venues arc certain and a dec ide of j- a-.-
wilr'cuuvevt ioitr PhilHtiu into a*)iml .1
pr. iMLi*. Hut we .hc-eve mi •■■"•lres if ye
I.a-e t:i« aut .uj .<oy l»ur i_ .-omit}- I ,l.e ,
Kditor lit' the Tri&uri'. yrl Hivpu
led tiim In yon i tee . .• -T . 'i .ih
shaking hands wi it i tin
repentant traitor, hi- been driven to his
defence by the ju itftnen the natiou
llaviug.erred in usurping the privilege
of a traitor fellow t> Jeff, It.ivis, in so'
liciting to become his bond-mm, and
transgressed in claspih'*, in the eye cf
'he nation, 11 hand which consigned thou,
sand* co illy tide ill), he is tung by re*.
pi'Oaeht'a to justification. His ill temper
poured out on the New York League ins
dieates a mini cajiable of' it*
Self by rudeness and 11 take sli Iter in
»<*; ln-.try. In ill.- J'riiiuw of Monday
June Bd, the warping, oi which, we C IIU<
plained in the big nniug of this article,
is sadly shown. Mr. is.le ito
multiply the points of resemblance be*
tveeu ttie joints of the American ttevo.
iuiion and the R. be lion They were
a ike he says, first, in that bit* were
formidable insurrections against local,
paramount national authority ; secondly,
both speedily obtained such magnitude
I that, quoting from Mr. Webster. '• there
I could now no longer be a question of pro*
ceeding aglinst individuals as guilty of
treason and rebellion." And in ad vocal s
nig universal amnesty in 1867, towards
the r bels, lie impliedly relics on our sup
posed bcliel that lieeorge Hid should
not have hung Washington had he crush
ed the rebellion, and up HI the authority
of Mr. Webster's assumed declaration
that he, also, thought so. Hot, as it is
ninety years since the revolt of our fath
crs, and we have inuglr oilier wars and
seen another great mm appear and d is-
a p|tear from our sight, we are cmancipi
ted as weil from the lending strings i»f
tradition as 'ram s .litary hero worship
Uir lijVolutioii apycars as it wis—a ro-
VoI against a 'thoiity and law justified
indeed by grievance* I > be red; e-<ed only
by lor.eo na-1 w rrr nit/ dby the eveui with
most, but yet a revolt punishable by law,
nd f0 undersold i,y those who it
in Lin.*oft) we have equaled Wasnii gton;
i hut while Heaven spuv l our Founder to
his people, it Was the land of * rebel
who bereft- us Wo do not believe, at
bottom, thai George Hid would have Yi
olatfd law or,right, in punishing i>i}r an
cestors I'ortnoir ITM- n A- 'aw and fight
i wore understood by him And who else
! shall int-rpre I'-e-n 112 Shu! th« enlfirit?
: Mor doe-< Mt. U eiister inplied v siy so
j I-I his Banker I'lli. s mvli ll< ,ivi t
I c Oil I now iii long r i>e jm;-r o pro
ceeiiiug ag.itusr in livj iu»l- j-x' y .1
ire !.-i iV) in- re' elliort. Wtictt ? N w oii
ri ig the «trilo. while halites wire lim:
and won on bitiier side, an! prisoners in
.cither's hands Why, ? Because ot re
talitftion. For no other reason. Ilad
ll.iWe hung a Continental, a rcl ciat
woul l have sWuni for him Kx^ediencV
oik 1 lie axe and the i I t.i'oii Km.
George's 1) i)l. The i-io use l-»iii
musket.and ihe ean.i ij K,g men'-aa-.
batteries alone could >vi ve i;>)■ • Hie uieti
wlio used thiin i!il' vi Scßiriimr
equivalent to a ion n.r-'n Do we Are
execu e a crim ii.d in-fore we Cue.li hiir?
Rv«*a -drti. tii is, j,r» e -r rabbit in
haul i.cl'ore inukiog lij i soup.-
in piusocutii.it a war made necessary
by ihe number ol opponc'hts, it does
spee lily bi>emU> a q»e«:i >n, not of indu
v-iduuis, but of nn-ehanics—g ven so
much resistance to bo ovefptSinC—by wh»t
mean.- shai< it be sunn iunonj '( But the
disposition of ihe m.-inbra, the
treanmint of the inert frasr'nents, the
problem 112 fraction once solv>d. is anoth
er question. It is the same as if, in an
tic i pat ion of injury con ciuplated by an
outbreak, the Supreme power were seeks
ing to prevent its arising; save that the
two questions of vsugeance for wrong
and reparation of hurt i'-ourrfcd are add
ed. Security for the ftture is the i hief
cotisidmatwu in teuiuity lor the pust ac
sedes.
lu dealing with ,tlie-e two questions,
no miserable allugatlon, llnft in tho strug
gle to get the in tstery we dared not pun
ish, need tie our liartds. Law justifie.:
it. gu)lt deservos it. It is a fallacy to
extend the potency of roxsous which the
, chances of war alone create to a period
when they have ceased. Mr. (Jreeiey is
hot alone in this, however. He borrowed
it from the rebels who proclaimed )i as
tftate tallowed State in scei.Bs)on. Yet
even Toouibs said numbers only , '• mndc
treason rftspectablt-." We must not ad
aiit that the magnitude id a rebellion
changos its iharaoter. We agree with
Mr. Greeley lb it the Revolution »nd fbe
"etieiiiou ditierei iu their hoped for
: effects upon luank.nd ; that, tl.e former
was intended tw and has emancipated
many uieu from' misrule aud oppression,
and that the latter was intended and
\ doubtless woukl, f«r twenty five years,
t have life'steno I the ehiius ol four mil—
t lions, but tiiej dill'ered uot ouly i,u their
i intended results, but in their causes.
They did no! much differ in their ostcu
i t sible causes. Both bodies of insurgents
, I clamored of injured liberties—liberty
I j was the watchword in both camps. The
, | one was right, however, and tbo other
wrong Our ancesters had griefs—our
■ j lebels had n ne. Taxation without rep
j ! resentation and spoliation were griev
■ j oncCa —to be enamored of a Uprosy aad
.
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty afwe understand it"-- A LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1867.
i to be restrained from contaminating the
race is not a grievance. Nor is this do».
matism—the writing of Punic history hy
a Romm. And if it bs, are we not the
judjee—the nation,—at this crisis, and
who shall complain ? Puritan. Cove
nanter. dogmatism, is the life of the ni
tion—it has made us aid will sustain us
When ire weakly yield to latter-day in.
difference in all tliin.-s—the days of the
Consul* will he over and the Jvnperors,
vilb their luxury of life an 1 eif .- uin.iOy
d' th ujht «■ II come in.
The relie - tcrt* wro tzfh'en In #r : l«
wo ho ii onuse—li V would imve bemi
* ei/ iii w r II fur any em • \ sto jiu
.. i ne ; i II ■ . l-tl-r ml <•*;>' i ling if
•hoie i'C in ainj lo sn'ity valve in good
■rJer. Should any one Imr du- e:t keg
of gnnpr.vier arid a miteh he should
sutler lor,the•Coh-equnnces."
l»ut .Mr (ireeley ti-iundcrs still worse
in a succeeding paragraph, where he at
tempts to Construe the , constitution.—
Italicising "only" in the definition ol
treason, he, rightly excluding all con
sirneiive treason as bavins no foot-hold
iu this land, successively enumerates for-.
Ogners, Indiaiii. and Jjoiuu ywing allegi
auce {n»tiri*uiiz.?d cii.izeus) as not fiwillf
of treason liy levying war against the
government.
That British and Mexican soldiers,who
wage War against us, are not traitors is
seli-ev)dent, noraie Ip.ltan.B for they are
not citizens, if not taxed—yet they owe
a qualified allegiance in retura for our
protection, aud when they wag; war in
Colorado, Hancock and Augur will, seek
to kill them, and in peace we direct their
in "veuieuts. That in 181.3, England,
un Jer her denial of the right nt
tiitttio'u. thrt?atcne 1 t> bang Irishmen
who fought iu our lanks luij that we re
sisted h -r cliim, csrablishei only the cx
istence and the nat we of the different
opinions held bv the Iwi nations on the
question of man's right to shift his alle
glance lay changing his sky. In main
,aiuing the Irishman's right to throw off
t'iiigl sli lies, we asserted the strength of
tl os winch hoi ill him to us and con
..trained ourselves to the doctrine that to
wage war against us. being a citizen,
would he treason And, if we stretched
lie point.mid kept unnaturalized Irish
men inviolable, we did it on the ground
tmi an ocean inteivened and they were
denizens ;it 'oast of our land. In Wiek
low or iu I >ei ry we would not, and could
not protect ill em, nor even ill the Domini
inn of Canada
\ et, with Ihe entering wedge of this
Irish precedent, it is insinuated that sow
who ow -allegiance.may m ike war again-t
us. A more destructive heresy never
wa- enunciated. Allegiance and loyalty
are inseparable, Rut who are they who
rn ly war tig linst us ? Our own citizens ?
Then they must quit the land and enlist
under a foreign banner. It too must
protect ihcin if we threaten punishment
that is all the case cited suggests.
Why was it cited? Plainly, that as some,
owing allegiance to a foreign power, vlio
It to i quiitel their land and renounced its
protee ion as well as its allegiance, were
ne time projected hy ns when they
lo uglit fpr 11-, ih.it utider cover of the
ambiguity of the term "some,*' and the
slighting allusion to the circumstances,
it might be inferred that r> lior circnin''
stances could arse, when " ' mo" of our
i-itizm* might, war aj on.our own
s.iil, sit king rctire.-« [or fiilicie 1 griefs hy
I ore* when ihcy hud redress at law.
nch, unfolded, is 'li 'nji re'ice its re
sult the justifying i I all' who cTinse to
urge it for thcm'elvi's in the >S mth Un
derthesliiftingsliitldof the word • souic,"
all traitors find a surer def qce than be
hind the interpose ! States sovereignty so
1 mdly invoked in 18CI. Pirially, as an
ov idt.-i.i.c th.it Mr. Greeley is in the toils
of a sophistry to himself, and
employed only th .t in his exetise his
judgment has bent to his nefcess tios, lie
admits that " in the infhney ot the rebel
lion, the government might have seued
aud tried the leaifing secessionists as
traitors." What is this but an admission
that we may h eg when wo can hung?
Wherein does the Davis of 'O7 differ from
the Mavis of *01;-or the Lee defeated at
Five Forks, from the Lee in a Colonel's
coat, (rest) from capturing John Brown
at Harper's Ferry, offering his services to
the rebel chief? In nothing save that
they are fiv years oiler—and burden"!
With the crimes' it' K four years' merci
less war ! In 61 w« could have hunj
i hem because ihey were in our power at
one time So can wc in 'lit. with better
reason, if we please. TTie popular ju lg
incut is u i loubtc lly, still expressed in
refrain which those of us who hate ser
ved. have si often heard, when our blue
t coated defenders were ou the
rfng ! n_' ori the morning air. across the.
1 fields and throng!) the woods of the Did
Dominion :
- * We'll hang .Toff. Dnvia on a sour apple tree, '
Ah we go marching on.'
And so let it lie.-— Franklin U-positOii/
To TIIE (IMHS. —Girls, beware of
transient young men; never suffer the.
atlilresses -nf-a ntri>tiy r; recollect that
a steady fanner boy or a mechanic is
worth nil the floating trash in the
world. The allurements of t£ dandy
Jack witli a gold chain his
neck, a walking fdek in his paw,
some hoaest tailor's coat on bis buck,
and a briinlesa skull, can never make
up for the loss of. a father's hoilse and
' a good mother's and llic soci
ety of brothers and -isters; their affec
tions last, while those of a rich young
man are lost in the wane of the honey
moon. Tis true.
I know no manner of speaking so
offensive as that of giving praise, and
closing it witb su exception.
SATURDAY NIQHT.
ET **TTH "WN«ri«LP Toiat*.
Tlio cafes of the w«»*k nfo all ond«
111 toils n**J Its labors ure o'er.
Its j tn.it witii sorrows are blended,
filta'l bless «r oppro* 1 * us o«» mure.
VTIMi hvnts Idly Rildea we're sitting
Within the red lire light's glow.
M'hile slowrfv tho daylight is tlittinir,
r th*: world s!ialo»t« glow.
Oil, w»H 112 onr loads hare been lightenod.
Hv W'.jnU ot' affuctl-uj and love,
And well II tb«i ways hav her-i l»ri<ht *nsd
liy lu t from tlie raid! n eab v".
Tli«r«"VTlnliv Alley-? thiti«
O'er the treasuiHH ung-ifn* red and flod;
Aid main* n hsrt that is k* bp •>«
lu try twin love tli.it is dead.
fft» think of tliem now,-in otir gladne9«,
Mi I j> .v Ihe go > I ftrhei t» hltrn^
Th • h art* tlvit ar« lifavj n(th i«lne«;
W lli\ t.i soiro# i),i|H .-iwd.
How d r.; < *e.n» ' e •* -v -nid b<iw d v raiy
,\V i i (I vi IHH p md frtl !« i • fla 1,
Oli. lift* ui<;st be ion%i.M.*ri'l weary,
\V hcu U 'p« und mnbition .tie deal.
Tho busiest linnls may wo!l
Sit dreaming this Saturday night.
r.r~- R ■" r— F ' T ' T
Idle Sous of Wealthy Parents.
We cut fromun exchange a short par
agraph stating that the wealthy parents
of two young men of New York who
were tired out hy peeii g their buys do
nothing, stalled theiu in business with a
Uapital'of Bio,ooo ; and this paragraph
further states that in two weeks they had
squandered nil their capital and a few
hudered* over. There is u crood deal ti
this story so briefly and jauntily I old,
that is worthy o) earliest reflection on
the part of the aforesaid parents M' the
New Ynrk buys, and of wealthy pa en is
generally, there aud everywhere else. It
is, unfottunat ly, getting to he tno much
of n custom aiming men ia this country,
who have undo or inherited liu'tuues, tu .
cherish an l encoumge the mt ural desire,
on the part of their suns to spend in a
sort ol luxurious i llsness the days thin
should be devote I lo learn some useful
business, trade or prpfossion. nut only fir
the pui |)ose of earning means to defray
the expenses of life, but through which
lhoy Could be enabled to contribute thteir
share lo the production, and we.nllh
of the country. Such occurrences iw
ihat noted above are to some extcn' pub
as private matters, becai-c
whenever young men -are brought to live
of idleness, then? is so much ahstraefc I
frum the eomm in stock of wealth by the
loss of that wbieh tlioy-wouUl otherwise
have created, an 1 bccausf such idle lives
are uearly always sure to'.cad t ) vice an I
demoralization id various kinds. Even
overlooking the evil influences of such
matters upori feocidty at 1 irgc. nnd reginK
inir them solely in a motley roint of view,
how much cheaper it would have been
to the fathers of those y >uug men 11 have
spent a few thousand dollars of the twen
ty thousand squandered in two weeks at
having them so rancrhr and trained that
money would have been safe iu their
bunds; so as to make both it and them
selves useful to tlie r follow men ! In
these days, when cr. many men are be
c lining -ud leul, rich, and when there
*r»counter indications that so many -ol
ilieir pjstcrity may become suddenly
poor, thero is g enter cause than ever for
impressing upon tlie min is of parent
tho dangers of allowing their sons t'
grow up with habits oJ'iiHpness, uu l .wi h
• >nr li'i -w;..-lge I»f any (is i'u! oil: .i;< •,
•vli cli iliey miy be nhin IN earn liviijj
for tlibins 'ves. —/Vm'v In-Jarr
GEOW Iff GKM3E.
•• You must h iid mti.rcoui so with O d
qr your <ou| will die; you uiiist gruw in
grace or you wi(l lose t." j,
This inculcates the necessity of the
Christian tlaving fice intercoUiso with
God, by a ctoMuess in hiin, throatfh the
miuistr) of suffering, bercaveiuent or tlH'
duily lefineiuent uf our nature; through
trials, care, buffeting*, castiug all behind
him, and looking unto Jesus, the author
and finisher df oar faith, trusting in him
entirely; and taking his IJible he »its down
to examine Koine passage in the light of
the Holy Spirit, and to hold communion
with Go ', examine his prcs'ent condition,
talks with him about bis wants, his trou
bles, his hopss and fears, nnd he rcplifti
tiy sending the coti-fitting portinnol thn
iluly Spirit to Gli h.s heart and be h:a
monitor. The cvideuce of this
communion is in the life oT th"
lielieier, by.ln-i atUuiii ui tu rain rand emit
duties, his .-are In tlie lis*' of liinjiuage !•>
c inverse wiln sinners nr Saints, rcadi' g ilie
li'i be eaiefullv. tuer seeking to lean it
tru lis, wiih niueli p avei-; s -< win
s >uls io Jesu-. n e ft in the furthernnee uf
any s ct, 'Kit to lielfc on tHs jtfirt u. unity
id".aU iu Christ Jesus, wliu believe in him.
nnf 1 liis fiat liis aetious pro
ceed run the depths uf a he.irt full of the
OV- 112 (lo I. 'lhe last elai-a uf'bis
len -e Is one w i tli» A ten' ON of all I!U:?C
wlio li ive uiude it p ofession. j.f rellgi"n
once but who arc no v llv'rtfx in ihe world,
oi* of b.s bildest nd\oeates >1 aTI kinds nl
ple i-ure. but who knew nothing • 112 thecu in
qu ft gr iwth el spjji u ility -on the mill nf
ihe /I'JC iielie*'i - n r Hjutificy ever know it
util«<s they Abandon 'the' tforl l, denv il em
S'lveS; tifi tlieir enissl'S miff foif w
Je«us. It is tbe recorded testimony ' 112 ull
spiritual person", tliiV nil who liycf >r pleng
ure neither grow in grace nor win souls to
Jesna. I
" Blest ar«<!ie souls llint thirst f.ir grnc",
llung-r and thirs' for righteousness I
They shell be well suppll'd nnd fed.
With living streams nnd living breal."
ISOT.TTASV AS'D Al.ONK. —Governor
Orr, oif South Carolina, advises tlieaccept
aiu-e of the present plan of reconstruction
as the best thing fur the Stato. Coupled
with this ssuaiblcLPinclusion ho ventures
an Utopian recommendation on his im
mense State to form alliances with neither
of the great political parties of tho coun
try, but to stand magnificently by them
selves—advice which is harmless, howev
er impracticable.
Tlie Democratic State Platform.
If a new theory of the remarkable
coolness of the season wore nfce led, we
respectfully suggest that u plausible pile
might be constructed on the ground of
the approach of the Democratic Conven
tion aud its comically 000l platform.
That A pSrfy which ha* been traditionally
opposed to a Protective Tariff law, a party
tliat lias had tlie varied experience of
bo'h standing and .falling, of success and
defeat, for it-support ot free trade. s)iould
dpn once the Ikitpiibfiean party foV the
,fdi lure if ilia ''t'ftrilT law i'li tlia list ooa*
'sl-i-ss, certainly proves, if it prove* npth- i
iig 'eKt», that wi'itever of sterling j
te iil the Democracy bus losf of lite !
years, it keeps its sti«)k ot a-cartikin baser
metal un limitii- IIJ I. The Tariff, oft -n a
test question on which the two pirties
have divided, has been inttriahly sup
|iorted by t fie Republican party and op
posed by the Dfeuib'ehatlc, the few excep
tions lining easily accounted for by the
predominance of local considerations.
And the specific matter of a proposition
in the Seua'e ol Pennsylvania, uu longer
ago than last winter, to instruct our rep
resentatives in Congress to favor the pas
sate of the Tariff law, the nctien and
vote o" the Democratic members were
opposed to the proposition. TXtiee, we
are aware, as an election tHck—admitted
to ho such after election banner wis
paraded in MmteoiiMftes of this State,
purporting that the Democratic party was
in favor of the tariff of 1812 But the
c inye'nti/m'a denunciation of tlie ltepnb
liean party on Tuesday Instj is a trick of
brass that quite outshines the former one.
Again, the Democratic convention as
sumes a martial tone and says, it " will
resist to the last resort the threatened
incisures of the Republican party iu the
elective frarica'Bo in Pennsylvania."
I his fierce attitude is takcto against ii
man of straw set up by ihe (ionventiou
itself. No threat bus baeu made aud no
measure proposed hy the Republicans,
touching the elective franchise in J'enn
sylviinia If tlie bugbear of nbgr6 suf
frage is referred to. as we presume it is,
•'very person of avernure sense and infor
nation knows that this is not, has not
been, and during the coming oinvass,
■ i not he made a subject at issuo between
lie parties. It en unly he approached
under a proposition'to iitnen l the (lon-
SUfuttoa ot' the Stato on the suffrage
i|u;stinn, and any ameiiduiciit is jue
i.l iled Jura ih fiuite time, far enough in
the future t*i tj irty it beyond the next
■.lection. The negro suffrage question
IH used therefore hy this grave Btate
Convention merely for the usual purposes
aLsweied by bugbears nnd
As to another point in this extraordi
nary platform of ihe Demorcacy the
feature of the reconstruction plan tliat
admits the Ire id people of c dor t) the
right of suffrage— it i.s,sufficient to say.
as it is gratifying to knowfthat the wiser
men of the South, who are certainly as
good judges as the rtla s of the Northern
Democrats, arc approving the manner' of
rcoonstruotion that cuibraees negro
sutliagi), wl|i'o at tho same, time they are
let-lining Ihe couns.ds. the sympathies
aud most Hi irtil'ying of all, even the
party alliance ol flic Northern Democrats
liemiral 1 j-Iredirect says, in express and
n hly significant words, tliut, ' the
> iuih Ins uo interest with the
•ia c party, because of its opposition to
n-gfo suffrage." Similar Sentiments have'
been cxjireiwed by other*.
N't)i is it surprising that such a scnti
tp nit shpuld giin grpund am'tig the
S 111 them as they perceive the
true bearing ui ilie It p iblicau policy "n
their restoration to jlieir normal c.ndi
tioir in the Union, aad ou the lentpin
t.on ami prvspcity o)' thojr at',
furs. And lliat feeling will, ot course
become more extended an I influential in
the same quarters when ft is seen that
ihe policy of the Democratic party simply
regards the Simtheiu people as make
weights aud auxiliaries to it. This idci
cropped out distinctly in the speech'of
lion. W. A. Wallace in opcnHg the
Convention, describing"the enterprise nnd
purpose ot the party as doing battle for
the sceptre ei' doiniuion.
It is a strange position for a party to
lake. If anyt lung could demonstrate the
ibrlotu condiiion of the party as to all
live questions of public ptVficy, its own
platform does it riTOst forcibly. It pro
poses issues that are nit born, as well a«
hose lh.it are dead. It courts the S mill
l>y denouncing what the South has de
cided to accept, and seeks a fellowship, of
partisanship with the Southern people,
while they are wisely aril hooeitly re->
fusing it. It courts tfie American work
itl^iu.iß-by a pretoiieo that he knows to
be untrue, arid endeavors to throw the
•Jcjcrved odium of the Democratic bus
tility to a protective tariff on the Rcpub
fican party which is and has been its
■mly trne friend (JumnxerrSat.
NEVER KI-SSED A WHITE Glߣ'.:
.Some lime ag > a p'anter a shbrt. Hlstanoc
! riom Mcnijims gave a pSrty tTthty<>niig
folks in the neighborhood. It was a gty
one and in the course of the evi-riog the
l.oys and girls pj,id b.r.eits. While this
was going on, lj. chaiiced that the sou of
the planter, a nice, modest fallow hail to
etsihi a Tirrelt of .ionic of the girls, but
he was ovcicnno with diflidcaee. lis
ahead, John,' said Ihe planter, -and kiss
sotue of |he girls.' John hitched from
pnu foot to the other blushed, and linilly
blurted out: 'l—l never kissed a white
L'lrl, father.' The laughter that ensued
may be imagined.
Gen. Longstroet peblis'-ies a let- 1
ter in a New Orleans phper rccomen
ding coißpliiiice with the military
reconstruction bill which he says "is
a peace offering. ' ♦
THE PRINTER'S ESTATE. —Tlio prin
ter 3 d illnrs—whore nre tlioy ? A dollar
here, and« dollar there scattered over
numerous small towns, oil over the couu
: try. mi e.s nnd miles npart—how shall
they us gathered together ? The paper
maker, the building owner, the journey.
IUJII compositor, the grocer, the tailor,
j and all astistunta to him in carrying on
I his business, have their demands, hard
ly ever so small as a single dollar, lint
the tii'tes from here and there must be
diligently gathered and patiently hoard
ed, or the wherewith to discharge the
large liabilities will never become suffi
ciently bulky. We imagine the printer
will have to get up an address to these "
wi lely scattered dollars syuiething like
the, following ,
''Dollar*, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all manner of fractions into which ye
ire divided, collect yourselves, nnd come
home I Ye are wanted ! Combinations
of all sorts of jneu that help the printer
to become a proprietor, gather such force
and demand with such good reasons,your
appearance a' this oouuter, that nothing
short of a sight of you will appease them.
Collect yourselves, for valuable as you
are in the aggregate, single, you will nev
er pay the first cost of gathering. "Couie
in here, in single file, that tlie printer
may form you into hatallion, and send
you forth again, to battle for him, and
vindicate his credit
Header, aro you sure you liav'nt a
couple of the printer's dollars sticking
about your "old clothes?"
Poppi.voTiiu QUESTION. —The'Chim-
ncy Corner has the following on "char
acteristic popping
Yankee : Jonathan—-"Sal, der yer
love doughnuts ?"
Sal—'-Yes, JohnAtban; why?"
Jonathan—' Oh, nofliin'; only jnSoon-
I sider me one o' them doughnuts.'
Western : LuqactoOs individual.—*
"Hollo, oil gal— see here ! I've scatter
lofisticate l all over the equinimity of
this 'ere country, looking for just such a
critter as you. Whatsay, will yer hitch?"
Western gal—"Oh, slrueks, I ealkor*
late; so let's git upani git."
utch : Haris—"lt4i will h*l>ea you,
Johanna*., I loves you more bettoi thin
i do >s mein ligur beer."
JoUanna«-i-"Oli ya. Hans, datis goot."
French : French Gallant—"Ob, Mad
emoiselle, yon will do me le very much
honor to accept, *3 hind ?"
Mademoiselle—"Oh, Monsieur, you
make my fice very much rouge. Ask
madam. Voulievous ?"
.low : Ilamman—"Matilda, T have five
gold watches. almost as good a*, new, von
good lot of scond band clothing, nnd
von-good camel hair shawl, which I will
give to- you if you will bemine bride?"
Matilda—-"Pcnr Hmnman. T can't ro
(3i st ; hut lot mo see the cum el hair uhawl
first."
Irish: Patrick—"Biddy, darling,would
yoez like a new house, a cow, a pig, nnd
tnoself in the bargain?"
Bridget—"Och. Paddy,don't be tn/.ing
| mo ! "i'is the p'nste wore aftor wauting."
Trite BHST INHERITANCE. —The
following paragraph we clip from ono
of Ifeivry Ward lloecher'a recently
published sermons:
" Not money, not honor, tiot even
a good name is the best inheritance
of a child. Far above all secular
gilts is a parent's good name ; but
there aro some good things that are
better than that, namely, those trans
inissable moral qualities which put
t'to sole, frop. the first, under the
dominion of the higher instinct.—•
bYmn my mother I had a legacy
which I would not be able t) thank
Gr tl enough for in this world, if 1 was
to live for long ages. Have you not
nason to thank (rod that you sprang
from such parents as yours Were? And
doyou not know that the nature which
they h mded down to you was one that
represented, as it were, in our jour
nal, the point at which they left tho
conflict having gained victory upon
victory that your warf.iro might be
less and your victories easier ? And
that which youhave inherited of tend
encies towards things noble and true
and away from things selfish and false
Vnii may transmit" with augmenting
power. " Here i3 a great lesson of
life.
■r-. TX>- ■ »
13 ,73 U.siN'a To3 \C: J V stro ig and
sensi ' e "vriter says a govl sharp thing,
an 1 a true one, to>, fir bo/- wio u<e tihac
eo: 'lt has utterly spoiled and utterly rm
incd th titan Is of boy t. It re i ' .j the
softening and weakening of*tho bones and
it greatly iti}t)ers the brain, the spina)
marrow, and tho whole nervous fluid.—
K boy who smokes early and frequently,
or in any way u*es large quantities of to
bacco, is never known to make a man of
much energy, and generally laeba muscu
lar and physical as well as mental power.
We would particularly warn boys, who
Want to be anything in the world, to
sTiun tjba;o> as a most baneful poison.
The laws of health arc infallible; the
1 relation between transgression and the
i penalty is invariable, and tho infliction of
1 the latter is certain to follow upon the
| fjrmST. "Tfttrffi* nothing about which
I young persons aro more boguiled and de-
I luded, than the belief that they can trans*
I gress natural laws and jump the penalty.
'• I'uuishmeut for a Violation fo natural laws
is just ar certain as that tho suu itself
shines, and none can violate a law of his
bidy. or any part of it, that there is not
legif tired iu him a penalty.
Why is n bullock a very o'jndisnt ani
mal? Hecainse he will lie Uotvu if you axe
I him.
NUMBER 88.
Our boasting of privileges without
I duly improving them, is like pleading for
our ottn condemnation.
The remains of the bachelor who "burst
into tears," on reading the description of
married lifj, have been found.
r
—lt is remarkable that the worda in
all European languages whieh express fat»
giveness, or pardon, till iniply free gift.
—We see. in a reoent statement
that the Census enttimrea seven militia
of women. Who wouldn.t be Census !
. —Gen. Fremofit has pnrchilsfed tha
late residence on the iiudstrtf of Gen,,
Watson Wobb, cur Brazilian minister.
—Beauty iis a great Rift of Heaven j noi
for the purpose of female vanity, but a great
gift for one who lores, and wishes to be bo
loved.
—There is no policy like politeness; ani
a good • manner is the best thing m the
world, either to get a good name, of to sup
ply the want of it.
—Wonderful ! that the Christian rolii ,
gion, whieh seems to have no other object
than the felicity of another life, should also
constitute the happiness of this.
—Attach not thy heart to those treasure
with which this fleeting life is adomtd. If
llinfl enjoyest, learn to lose, and. if happi'
ness is with thee, remember grief.
A WAGGISH editor says that tho
streets of one of the Western citip? are,to
bo lighted with red-headed girls; We'i
liko to hug the lamp posts.
A contemporary suggests that a lady
on putting on her corset, is liko d man
who drinks to drown his grief, because
in so lacing herself she is getting tight
«. . »
Young ladies, now a days, when they aro
fireparing for a walk, ought not to keep tlioir
overs waiting as long as they used to do,
for now they have only to put their bonliet)
half cn.
A lady took her little boy to oburch for
the first time. Upon hearing the organ ho
was on his feet instanter. 'Sitdown,' said'
the mother. 'I wont,'he slfoutod; ' 1 wanf
to see the monkey.'
A wag seeing a lady at a partt, witir
a low necked dress and bare arms ex
pressed his admiration by Saying sfe&
outstripped the wholo party.
—lion. Hen Wade is the favorite
Presidential candidate of many Ohio
politicians, and Senator Chandler is said
to liave promised to eiprt hi* influence
to secure him tho delegation from his
State. w
" *of my existence, will you give moan
askod a young printer of his swoot
hcart. With an ! atsuch an? shemadea
at him, and planted her tST between hi*
IPs. "Such an outrage," said Fanstf
looking ff at her, "is without a ||."
—Spend your time In nothidg
you know must bo repented of. Spend
it in nothing in which you mi ;ut not
pray for tho blessing of Ood. Spaai it
in nothing which you could dot review
with a quiot conscienco on your dying
bed.
A text of scripture, verse ofu iiyir.n.
or a sweet song of Zion, often proves to
tho weary and timid Cristian like the
sprig of mass in tho desert which s,ni
matod and inspired Mungo Park. Let
Christians often speak in psalms, snd
hymns, Add spiritual sodgs, da the pil
grimage of life,
HEART RELlGlON. —Religion is I ji
an eminent degree, the science of tho
"heart, and he who does riot reboivo it
into his heart studies it to verj little
purpose. Evory Chris tain ought,theuf
fore. to study with the heart Ai well
a3 with the head; letting light and heat
increaso with an equal progressitJU,
and mutually assist each othft.
NEVER mako use of * woman's
name in an improper place, or at an
improper time, or in mixed company.
Never mako assertions about her that
you think are allusions that
you feel she hersolf would blush to
hear. When yon meet with men who
do not scruple to niake use of a wo
man's name in a feckless manner,
bhun them, for they are lost to every
sense of honor.
INFLUENCE OF WOMKM.—If wo
wish to know the political and niofal
condition of a State, we must ask what
fank women hold in it. Their influ
ence embrace the whole Of life. A
wife, a mother, two magical wo#ds
comprising the sweetest scourcc of
man's felicity. Theirs' is the reign of
love, of reason. A man takes coun
sel with his wife, he obeys his mother,
even long after she ceased to live,
and the i lea which be has received
I'rorn her become principles stronger
even than his passion.
HE is the most thoroughly educated
ftun Who derives his knowbdge not
from books alone, nor from men alone,
bat from the careful and discrimina
ting study of both. A truly learp.ed
man is liberal towards opponents,, toN
j erant of error, charitable toward
frailty and compassionate tdvanis
failure. Only the ignorant and half
, 1 educated arc dogmatical .illiberal ami
i intolerant.