VOLUME 4.
Commercial Intercourses With the
"New Dominion."
Past commercial relations with the
British American Provinces should con
vince the people of the United Slates
that they ought not to be indifferent to
tho political movements now in progress
in tho New Dominion of Canada. When
the policy of the New Government is
fully developed, it will be found to em
brace a comprehensive and wholesome
plan for future action which must affect
the materi »1 interests of the States no less
than their own. It will depend upon
the States, however, whether they uso it
to their own advantage or disadvantage.
If wc examine the scheme under which
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and tho
Canadas have been confederated wc per
ceive at once that it !s as nearly republi
can in form, and as nearly modeled after
the United Statos, as is consistent with
their avowed allegiance to tho British
crown. In the first place, we see a union
of several colonies for mutual advautage,
just as happened here a hundred years
ago, each colony having its Local Legis.
laturc, aud collectively controlled by a
central government. Lord Monck is
simply the Queen's representative. He
appoints his Crbinet, as does the Presi
dent of the United States. The two
Houses of Parliament arc elective. Suf
frage is free and universal. The decimal
system has been in vogue for some years,
and tho dollar corresponds with our spe>
cie dollar in value. A national currency
will soon bo substituted for the miscel
laneous bank-notes now in circulation,
and will thus bo uniform with our own
whenever we resume specie payments.—
There will bo a specie deposit security of
33 per cent, upon the first issue of 65,
000,000, and 2o per cent, for each addi
tional 82,000,01)0, besides a deposit with
Baring Brothcis, at Loudon, ot the uni
ted debentures of the several Provinces.
A new aud liberal tariff will be adopted,
operating uniformly in all parts of the
New Dominion. The postal service will
be improved and extended. There will
be a central Treasury, with sub treasury
at the chief commercial ports. Laborers
are already at woik upuu the Western
Extension Railroad; the link between
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will be
immediately completed, and ground bro'
ken for the long talked of " Intercolo
nial." Provisiou for the looal army and
navy will follow.
This is the plan as laid for tho future.
It is radiaut with promise. Neverthe
less a very large portion ol the population
laek faith and avow it openly. They aro
apprehensive of untried experimcuts.—
The country is in a transitiou state, wbcu
all is uncertainty, hesitation, and chaos.
There are a dozen inharmonious political
factions, each with a policy of its own.
Some are exclusively British in their
proclivities ; others as decidedly Ameri
can ; and thero are numerous intermedi
ate shades of opinion. The lower Prov*
inces dislike to lose their individuality,
and aro jealous of Canadian preponder
ance. They have yet to loaru practically
that their Confederation is a strict part
nership—the members with more or less
capital sharing the profits and advanta
ges proportionately—and that consequent
ly the smaller Provinces, with their less
er revenues and lesser populations, must
hold inferior place to Canada. At pres
ent they believe that tho effect of the
plan is to give Canada the oyster and
themselves only the shells. In tha midst
of these perplexities business becomes
deranged; money was never so scarce ;
real estate never so low ; bank stocks de
preciate, while the rate of interest is
higher; laborers find little employment
and low wages, capital lies idle; all
kinds of business languish ; and there is
au unprecedented the people to
the States. (We speak more particular
ly of the Lower Proviucos.)
In such au unsettled stato of affairs, it
is natural to look in every direction for
relief. All are striving for tho attain
ment of one graud object —namely, the
improvement ot their present political
jstatus and the advancement of their ma
terial prosperity; Whatever step will
most surely conduce to such results, tho
inhabitants will be ready to take. There
are now but comparatively few earnest
advocates of annexation; but when com
mercial intercourse is actively cultivated
by the United States so as to become
profitable to the Provinces and render
the interests of tho two countries mutual
and identical; when the onerous taxes
which we now endure are reduced, so that
the advantages will largely outweigh the
burdens to be borne ; then our neighbors
will find the inducements hard to (eject,
and will look more favorably upon the
question of annexation. Under our
present policy' however, wc are simply
■iusing every means to discourage any la
ment inclination of tho sort. We have
repealed tho Reciprocity Treaty, which
t was one of the strongest cords of uuion.
We restrict trade by oppressive imposts.
We tax lumber at sueb a rate that our
ship-yards are idle, aud we cut ourselves
off from the rich timber* districts of the
Provinces, while we look about in vain
for means to supply that deficit in our
own resources which increases annually.
We pay enormously for piaster, which
exists iu the Proviuces in vast quantities
and would fain seek a market. The val
uable coal-fields of Nova Scotia are very
many of them worked by Americans, ail
of whom are suffering from the effocts of
our existing narrow policy. There is a
large amount of American capital inves
ted in tho Provinces iu mines and manu
factures and miscellaneous enterprises,
which of itself affords a powcrfml ele
ment for aunexation. There have always
been considerable numbers of the native
population who squint toward auncsa-
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
tion ; and wa speak positively when we
state that very many, even of the most
rigid royalists, to-day confessedly accept
annexation as the ultimate fate of the
" New Dominion." Few of them will
deny that commercial success, the devel«
oprnent of the extraordinary resources of
tho country, and the infusion of ele
mcnts that will stimulate enterprise and
remove the weight that unaccountably
seems to crush tho efforts aud energies
of the Provincials, are the main objects
to bo attained uow, even though they iu>
volve the penalty of annexation.
We have, therefero, in the States a
golden opportunity such as was never of
fered before. We may take advantage
of the present perplexities of our neigh»
bors, aud of their earnest dasire to bet
ter their condition, to exort those all*
powerful influences which may eventu'
ally lead them to accept what most Amer
icans and many Canadians believe to be
their " Manifest Destiny." Ilarper's
Weekly.
One or the Other.
Secretary Seward's long letter upon the
subject of Santa Anna's capture shows
that ho does not mean to invent causes
of difficulty with Mexico. Indeed, after
a kind of congratulation upon the over
throw of the empire, he ends his letter
by declaring that only some great nation
al offense would justify the Government
in taking a hostile or even unfriendly at
titude toward the Mexican Republic.—
The theory that Mr. Seward wished to
make trouble with Mexico comes, there
fore, very suddenly aud exclusively to
tho ground. ludeed, to suppose that tho
Secretary seriously wished a war with
Mexico was to suppose that he wished to
make this Government contemptible in
the generous minds of every nation. For
we had just insisted upon tho withdraw
al of Fiance upon the ground that Mex
ico should be left to work out her own
destiny; and we should, in the ease sup
posed, have been deliberately repeating
the role of Franco in occupying aud con
trolling the country.
The disgraceful proposition of Mr.
.James liroi ks, in Congress, and tho tone
of very many influential papers in the
country, should serve to admonish us all
Of a tendency toward a wholly inexcusa
ble national conduct. For
also, notbiug was more timely than the
letter of tho Mexican who was incorrect
ly reported as a member of tho Cabinet
of J uurc2. In that letter he exposed the
preposterous position of this country to
ward Mexico; and if it was in conse*
quence of Secretary Seward's blunders,
let the Secretary bear tho blame. Here
was a person affecting to be American
Minister in Mexico writing to the Mexi
can Government from tho city of New
Orleans. This person remonstrated
with tho Mexican authorities in regard
to the treatment of Maximilian. lint
this person's superior ordered him to do
so at the instance of Austria, tho enemy
of Mexico, and Austria, in urging tho
remonstrance, spoke of " tho right" of
our Government to remonstrate. Yet
we who claimed to do this from especial
friendship for the Mexican Republic had
hindered its efforts to get arms aud aid
upon our soil while wo had favored those
of tho empire for the same purpose.—
With proper indignation, therefore, tho
especial claim of our Government to in
terfere was repudiated.
One fast is indisputable. Except for
us the French-Austrian Empire in Mex
ico would have remained and flourished
until today. Hut we opposed it upon
the principle of tho Monroe doctrine,
whioh was elaborated in Mr. Seward's
correspondence with France; and that
doctrine is the right of every country
upon this continent to manage its domes
tic affairs at its pleasure. That, as we
understand it, is our policy toward Mex
ico and the countries of Central Ameri
ca and bajtmd. If they will listen fo
our honest advice in any emergency, very
well; if not, we have no cause of com
plaint. That Mexico is a chaotic coun
try —that Maximilian would havo given
it a better government than can now be
hoped for—that Jua-ez is merely a par
tisan leader and will be opposed by oth
ers of the same kind—that Maximilian's
execution was a brutal bluudar and crime
—that Mexicans are ferecious and inca
pable half-breeds, and that all these late
horrors would not havo happened had
General Seott remained in Mexico, may
be all true statements, but they do not
toueh the case. Mexico lias tho same
right to manage herself as she pleases, so
far as we are concerned, that we have
ourselves until Mexico invades our
rights or threatens our safety, when we
may, of course, defend ourselves. When
any body proposes that, for the sake of
civil order, humanity, and tho protection
of the Mexicans, wo should invade and
oocupy and regulate the couutry, we shall
hare the same reason offered for making
war upon a neighbor that every invading
power has always urged.
Tjiere is no middle ground between
this conduct and the poiicy of independ
ent alliance which we are now pursuing.
Those who demaud " a policy" upjn the
subject mean that we should bully Mex
ico or devour it.— llarpev's Weekly.
—Daniel tlook, Esq., aged 80 years, a
native of Greene couuty, died at his res
idence in Waynesburg, ou the Bth uit.—
While sitting at his desk, and looking
over some old dockets, he fell back in his
ohair, aud expired almost instantly with
out a moan or struggle. He had been iu
his usual health all morniug.
—A poor man being asked on a late
trial for a certificate of his marriage
exhibited a large scar on his head
which looked as though it might have
been male with a firo shovel. Tho
evidence was satisfactory.
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"— LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 18G7-
A Plea for Youthful Enthusiasm
Think how, without a friend like St.
Paul to throw his mantle over him, Tim
othy's own modesty would havo silenced
him, and his young enthusiasm might
have been withered by ridicule or asper
ity. From this instance wo are cnablod
to draw a lesson for all ages. There are
few periods iu life more critical than
(hat in sensibilities and strong
feeling begin to develop themselves in
young peoplo. Tbejqucstion is about to be
decided whether what is at present mere
ly romantic feeling is to beoomn gener
ous devotion, and to end by maturing
into self-denial, or whether it is to remain
only a sickly sentiment, and, by redaction
degenerate into a bitter aud a sneering
ton*. And there are perhaps few «oun\
tries iu which the danger is so great, and
so much to bo guarded against, as here
in England. Nowhere is feeling met
with so little sympathy as here—nowhere
is enthusiasm so much kept down—no
where do young persons learn so soon the
fashionable tone of strongly admiring
nothing—wondering at nollnng-'-rever
encing nothing—aud nowhere does a
young man so easily fall into the habit of
laughing at his own best and purest feel
ings. And this was a danger which the
Apostle Paul knew woll, and could not
overlook. He foresaw the risk of paral
izing that young and beautiful enthusi
asm of Timothy by the party spirit of
Corinth, by the tear of the world's
laugh; or by the reeoil with which a
young man, dreading to be despised,
hides what is best and noblest in him
self and consequently becomes bard and
commonplace. In earlier day? Appolos
himself ran the same risk, lie set out
preaching all the truth that he knew
enthusiastically. It was very poor truth,
lamentably incomplete, embracing only
John's baptism, that, is: the doctrine
which John taught. Ilad tho Christians
met him with sneers,had they said' '"This
young upstart does not preach the Gos
pel," there would havo been either a
great teacher blighted, or else a strong
mind embittered into defiance and here
sy Hut from this he was delivered by
the love and prudence of Aquila &nd
Priseilla; who, wo read, "took him unto
theui, and expounded uuto him the way
of God more perfectly." They made al
lowances; they did not laugh at his im
perfections, nor damp his enthusiasm;
they uuited him with themselves; they
strengthened what was weak—they lopp
ed away what was luxuriant; tl.ey direo
ted rightly what wi>s energetic. Happy
tho man who has been true to tho ideal of
his youth, and has been strong enough to
work out in real lifo the plan which pleas
ed his ch.ldish thoughts ! Happy 113 who
is not a-diauicd of his first enthusiasm,
but looks back to it with natural piety,
as to the parent of what he now is ! But
for one of whom this is true—how many
are there wliotu the experience oflife has
soured and rendered commonplace ! How
many who were once touched by the sun
light of hope have grown cold, settled
down into selfishness, or have been the
mere domestic men, stifled in wealth or
lost in pleasure!
Above ail things, therefore, let us be
waroofthat cold, supercilious tons whioh
blights what is generous, and affects to
disbelieve all that is disinterested and
uuworl'lly. Let us guard against the
Mephistophelessspit, which loves and
reverences nothing.— F. 11'. Robertson.
A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND. —They tell a
story that one day R ibbi Judah, ami his
brethren sat in tho church on a fast day,
disputing about rest. Ono said it was to
hare sufficient wealth, yel without sin.—
The second said it was fame and praise
of all men. The third said it was pos
session of power lo rule the stale. The
fourth said it must be only in the old age
of one who is rioh, powerful, famous and
surrouuded by children and children's
childron. Tho fifth said all wero in vain
unless a man kept all the ritual of Moses
And.llabbi Judah, the venerable, the
tallest of the brethren, said : "Ye have
spokeu wisely, but one thing more is nec
essary. He only can find rest to all things
addeth this—that he can keep the tradi
tions of tho elders." There sat a fair
haired boy playing with lilies iu his lap,
nnd hearing the talk, dropped them in
astonUhment from his hands and looked
up—that a boy ot twelve—and Aid,
'•Nay, nay father, he only can find rest
who loves his brother as himself, and
with his wholo heart and soul. He is
greater than farno, wealth and power,
happier than a happy homo without it,
better than honored age; ho is law to
himself above all traditions."
—Same idea of tiia stupendous frauils
practiced in whisky may bo reached by
estimating the annual product at 70,000,-
000 gallons—which is under rather than
over the mark. If the taxes were col
lected on the wholo, the product would
be 8140,000,000. But let one-fourth es
capo the law, and over $100,000,000
would b« obtained. Last year whisky
yielded only 5'50,000,000, with the pros
pect of being oncthird less this year,
the receipts the last two months having
been at the rate of 810,000,000 a year.
This is no doubt partly the result of
fraudulont evasion ot the tax imposed ;
and partly tho result of lessened prodnc.
tion in conscience of the unequal op
eration of the tax law , but either way
it works injuriously on honest taxpayers,
and greatly deranges business. If Con
gress should have any spare timo on thoir
hands they could not use it in a better
wry than in devising a mothod for in
suring the payment of Government dues
on all the whisky made.
—Tho number of emigrants landed in
New York last week was 5,0f); making the
number since January 1, 144,336' against
143,880 to the corresponding data of 18C0.
THE EMPTY SLEEVE.
BT "WOLT£ftIKI."
I want no pity, a*k no alms ;
Give me some work for Ibis on* hand |
Tho other, 'neath the Southern palms,
Ih rotting In the nhiftlng nana.
I left a home, a chlU, • wife,
As dear to me as your* to yon,
And freely offered up my Itle,
To aid a cause I knew wiw true;
And so, my fi tends, with your gujd leave,
Foplty for this empty sleeve.
I could not rest in Idle ease.
And hear of fiery deeds each day }
Although she, weepiug, clasped my kaeeo,
And earnest plead that I might stay,
•'Dear heart.' I said, "with steel and ball,
Beneath the banner of the free
I'll take my chance, fbr should it fall,
What wonld home he to me
Without the Hag whose sacred dyes
Are pictured iu God's lovsly bkiee ?"
Beerimed hy rawke and torn br shell,
Hut each star standing in its place,
Mure holy for the hearts that fell
To shield it from disgrace ;
It waves In Klory once again,
As in the bright old davs before
Its honored folds received tie xtain
Of kindred blood at Baltimore—.
Ere that old emblem sunk, believe,
I'd wish a shroud to wrap this sleere.
When the keen saw rasped through the bon%
From my pale Hps thoie burst a cry ;
*Tw.is not the stinging of tho pain aiono
That canied that moan of agony :
But thoughts of home smote on my brain—
Good reason had I to deplore—
For 'gainst two hands the wolf will gain
Oft times a seat at Labor's door ;
How should 112 then their wants relieve—
A soldier with an empty sleere ?
"Nay, d>n't despair; tak-* courage, lad,"
The busy surgeon kindly said ;
"Bo sure, to lose an arm is bad,
Hut better'tis than lose jour head ;
Whv, Ml on! tongues love well to wag
Of colored sergeant Richard Todd,
Whose arm was first 10 plant our H »g
Above grim A'agner's smoking sod ;
Think of the glory, man, don't grieve,
You are doubly paid for tho empty sleeve."
But glory will not fill the hands
Of thou® who wait at home for bread,
Upon our hearth a spectre stand s,
That fills our hearts with dread.
Seeking f»r work day after day,
Aud gaining nought but cold replies;
At night I see her turn away
To hide the tears that till her eyes,
And almost wish death might relieve
Biy pain, as I toy with the empty sleeve.
Daily are places filled hy those
Whocurssd the cause for which I blod—
Two years ago our deadliest foes,
Now on the public bounty fed.
Blust we who breasted rebel steel.
And b«»re ' Old Glory" through the land,
Now ask of pnssers by a meal,
Abject and humble, hat in hand?
Republic, can you thus disgrace
The hearts that held you iu your place 112
Does It not tell of hardships pv«*d—
The useless flwinglng sleeve of mills 112
D' ad marches in December's blast,
In pelting rain and shine ;
Of eory fields and ghastl/ slain,
Whose faces mtk the reel,
And maimed when shrieking ia their pain,
Where thundering squadrons charge ami wheel;
Whose fierce hoofed steeds, In the wild strife,
Crushed.eut t4>e little left of life.
Of midnight rigilj It doth tell.
In boardtd forests 'neath the stirs.
Wherethrough tho boughs tho moonlight fell
Upon the earth in silver bars ;
Of hospltrls where groa-lng rows
Of atrieken men draw p\infu! brealb,
And prison doors that darkly close
On horrors tenfold worse than death;
Think, than, will beggars' arms reliove
The bearing of this empty sleeve?
For what is past T jet can say,
1 cherish not one vain regret;
Do not, then, make me curse the day
My old blue coat with blood was wet i
Spare me your pity. If you plouse.
And give me work 112 r this yno hand ;
The other, 'neath the green palm trees,
Is rotting on tho shifting sand;
O. grand Republic, give me leave
To procdly flaunt this empty sleeve.
WIT AHD WISDOM.
JtfeifSoft words scald not the tongue,
{kiyllas any person ever tried liarey's
system, of horse taming on tho night-marel
BSjy-Oivo strict attention to your own af
fairs—nnd consider your wife one of them.
a woman does keep a secret it is
pretty sure to bo with'"telling" efToet.
SJay-Tako caro to be an economist in pros*
peritv : and there is no fear of your having
to bo ono in adversity.
ftrjyDr. Holmes says that easy crying
widows take new husbands soonest; there is
nothing like wet weather for transplanting
Befir An exchange says:"To make a muss
—Pour a quart of molasses in your wife's
new bonnet." fiidiculousl.the thing wouldu't
hold a pint.
am going to the Post-offioe, John,
shall I enquire for you 112" "Well, yes, if
you have a mind to, but 1 don't think you'll
find mo there."
ftayTho Scripturo says,"The glory of a
woui.ui is in her hair," but nowhere i|oe« it
say that tlio glory of any wc man is in any
othor woman's hair.
hard working, eminently pious
woman once said: "I don't want togo to
heaven as soon as I die, but rather to sleep
in the grave a thousand years or so, to got
rested."
'Aunty," said a threo year old, one
day,"l don't like my aprons to be starched
so much. So much starchness makes the
sliffuess scratch my bareness.
ttofThe man who can harness lightning
may not be able to harne-s a colt.
By?"The young man begins by his glass
to sow his wild oats ; in a few years, the
policeman, dragging him to the station
house, gathers the harvest his oats have
grown.
BSay-"Wcn't you take half of this poor
apple?" said a pretty damsel. "No, I thank
you ; I would prefer a better half." Eliza
blushed, and referred him to her papa.
S*£f Ta»e heed not to be overloaded in the
soft luxuries of wordly enjoyments, for he
who drinks too deeply of pleasure, will find
sediment at the bottom, which pollutes and
embitters what he relished at first.
J6£fWomen fill up all tho intervals in
conveisations and ill life like the down
placed in glass boxes ; we reckon the down
us nothing, yet everything would break to
pieces without it.
BSaT""Jennie," said a Puritan to his
daughter, who asking lon'ent to accooipa>
ny hoi urgent and favored suitor to the al
tar, " Jeniiio' it's a very solemn thing to get
married." " I know it' fat.ier," replied
the sensible damsel. " but it is a great deal
more solemn not to."
JPST-Mr. Jeukins was dining at a very
hospitable table, but a piece of bacon near
him was «0 Tery small that the lady of the
house remarked to him: " Pray Mr. Jenk
ins, help yourself to the bacon 1 Don't be
afraid of it.'' "No, indeed, madam—l've
leon a piece twice as Urge, and it did not
scare mo a bit."
SSjjr ' So you are going to ke»p bouse?"
asked an inquisitive maiden of a bride.
" Yes," said she. " Going to have a girl,
I suppose?" " I really din't know,"was
the reply, " whether it will be a girl or *
boy."
Total Abstinenoe.
Dr. Guthrie, in one of his charming
magazine articles, holds up the remarkable
example of the Ilechabites, who in spito
of temptation and of tho general de
generacy in Israel, adhered inflexibly to
their ancestor's command to drink no
intoxicating liquors. In the easo cited
in tho Scriptures, their fidelity to
principle was most note worthy. Ho
says :
"Tho instructions of Jonadab to his
children, in conformity to which, einco
example is better than precept, ho prob
ably shaped his own practice, were these
as recorded in the thirty-fifth chapter of
Jeremiah : "We will drink no wine,"
said h's tribe, "for Jonadab, the son of
Reeliab, our father, commanded us, say
ing : Yo shall drink no wine, neither ye
nor your sons, forever; neithor shall
ye build houses nor sow Bced, nor plant
vineyard, nor have any; but all your days
ye shall dwell iu tents."
Thus steadfastly adhering to a prac
tice which the founder of their house
had enjoined, and age had made venera
bio in their eye 3, the Rechabites an
swered Jeremiah, pushing away tho cup
he offered. Though not without God's
sanction, and indeed in obedience to
His express directions, tho prophet had
put these stout men and their stern
principles to no ordinary test. It was
iu the very temple aud house of God
that the wine was offered. It was
poured out by tho hand of His most pi
ous servants. He was a prophet of the
Most High God who invited them to
drink, —what, apart from tho prohibition
of Jonadah, they probably had no ob
jection to use.
How , natural in these circumstances
for them to gay—That cannot be forbid
den which is offered in holy vessels, nor
wrong to which a prophet invites! Yet
they put away the cup saying, "We
have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, tho
son of ltechab, our father, in all that he
hath charged us, to drink no wine in all
our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor
our daughters." Happy family ! —of
how few, if any, of ours could it bn saidl
in which for throo hundred years there
had never been a drunkard to break a
mother's heart, to bring shame on those
who loved him, to fill a dishonored
grave !
However people may, or may not,,
think it duty to set tho example, and
rear their childron up in the customs of
the Rechabites, they cannot but admire
the wisdom of this nsnn. Holding pre
vention to bo better than cure, and that,
as all experience proves, it is much
easier to keep people out of temptation
than to save them in it, Jonadab, while
enjoining his dccendants to drink no
wine, seeks to protect them from temp
tation. The general lesson which Jon
adab's injunction toachos is one the truth
and importance of which nono will ques
tion. Peace of conscience and purity
•112 life turn mueh more on our avoiding
than on our resisting temptation. It is
wiser, if it be possible, to flee than to
fight it.
Patriotio Lotter from Gen Eose
crans.
Gen. Rosecrans was lately invited to
attend tho Union ratification mooting in
Ban Francisco , but he could not go;
but ho sent a long letter, from which we
extract the following :
It is clear to mo that we must have a
National party for tho future, and
equally so that its bones, sinews, life
blood and intellect must come from the
Union men of ihe country. It ought to
be, and must be, composed of those who,
when told " the nation is lost," bravely
answered. " Never till we perish shall
this catastrophe to human liberty bo re
corded"—of those men whose thus tried,
courage gave promise of that magna
nimity which I have so often witnessed
with a thrill of secret prido aud joy they
filled me with hope and confidence in
our future. If I could I would say to
those bravo men now frankly accept the
decision of tho questions they fought
on, cast your lot with the Union men of
this nation, who opposod and fought you
—trust them. Let not a few extremists,
excited by vague or unfounded appre
hensions, by personal interest or ambi
tion, prevent you from meeting the great
body of tho National Union men repre
sented by Congress, and closing ior
ever the agitation about reconstruction.
This is our common country. You are
our brethern. Wo shall not become
excited against you because a few hot
headed or a few decaying politicians
attempt to work on your feelings for
their own advantage. Meet us with
trust and cordiality, satisfy the appre
hensions (even if you know they are un
founded) of a true though uninformed
loyalty, and you will find us bravo, truer
and mere generous friends than those
who claim, par ejcctlk.ice, to admiro you
and deplore your present situation.
Those are my profouud convictions. I
rely on tho men who fought and labored
for tho utility of tho nation to be the
most intelligent and persistent maintain*
era of the autonomy of tho Statesjagainst
the extremes of anarchy or consolida
tion. I know the men of tho South
ought, by tho instincts of conservatism,
courage and interest, to bo with thom.
If these views are correct, it is obvious
there should be no wavering in our
support of the present general policy of
Congress, however its details may or may
not lequire modification. No represent
tative ought to be elected to Congress on
platforms of oppu or covert opposition
to measures wherein Quality U more im
portant than detail."
The Issue Determined,
The hope that was at ono time enter»
taioed that President Johnson would
submit to the verdict of the people upon
the appeal made by him to them, may
now be regarded as finally ended, and
an a consequence it may bo safely con
cluded that the chasin that has so long
yawned between the President and the
people cannot and never will be bridgod.
The lingering coutidenoe of many of our
most charitable people that the Presi
dent was honest in his motives aud that
he really intended to govern himself by
the fairly expressod will of the people,
lingers no longer, lie has thowu down
the gage of au uncompromising contest
in behalf of hi* own impracticable
measures, which have received the ro
peatcd condemnation of the people, whose
judgment he has challenged. Qe has
practically declared that ha will never
submit, until tho people, by their ballots,
have accepted his monstrous theories and
rejected the wise, prudeut, and efficient
practice of Congress. His parallel in
muriy respects is found in the solf opin
ionated and boasting juror, who explain
ed why tho jury failed to agreo, by say
ing that the other eleven jurors were
tho most unreasonably obstinate follows
he had ever seen.
Tho situation is clearly marked anil
defined. The President, as a dispenser
of an amplo patronage, has called to the
support ol the bare shadows of a polioy
which virtually surrenders to the rebols
the legitimate fruits of a loyal victory, a
political party which acted iu tho inter
est of the rebellion from tho beginning
to the end of the contest, and which at a
critical period of tho struggle declared
that tho war was a failure, and virtually
proposed a buse surrcuder to the rebell>
ion ; to which party may be added a
few deplorable examples of self-styled
Conservatives, who swamped what little
loyal principle they had in an ill-judged
pursuit after the fat spoils of offico.
Congress, on tho other band, stands in
trenched in tho affection of tha loyal
people, by whflse self.sacrificing devotion
to the Government in tho darkest and
most trying hours the torrifio contest was
brought to a victorious issue. . A year
sinco tho lenders of theso two parties ap
pealed to tho ballot with promises of ao
quiescence in tlio result. Congress was
triumphantly sustained, and instead of
submitting to tho sovereign will of tho
people, tho Proaident most deliberately
and insultingly disregarded tho popular
verdict, aud with deplorable imbecility
continued his appeal to tho people.
Since that time the people havo not
changed. The determination to gather
the fruits of our triumph over treason is
as stern as ever, and no signs can be
discovered anywhere of a disposition to
recede from the contest. Indeod, whilst
tho President, by his enoouragemont to
the rebels of resistance to the measures of
Congress, has developed unfavorable
traits in tbo rebel character, tho people
havo demanded tho enactment of such
measures as may bo necessary to cir>
cumveut tho macniuationa of disloyalty
in whatever guise they may appear.
The people of tho South may learn too
late that they havo Binned away their
day of grace, and thoy would do well in
the recess ot Congress to look the issue
squaiely in the face, and by prompt ac
tion avert all future danger. If they art
wise they will tako heed of the settled
determination of the loyal North. OB
our part tho struggle will not bo pro
tracted beyond tho 4th of March, 1869,
and on theirs it cannot, for the unwise
and obstinate President who now defends
their cause will then rotire to a most in
glorious seclusion. Two sessions of Con
gress at least ciust intervene, and what
further legislation may bo demanded by
tho situation must bo determined by
their own conduct. A quiet and cordial
submission to tha laws will probably be
met with a softening down of some of
tho harsher features of our reconstruction
measures, while a continued resistance
must naturally provoke tho passage of
more stringent aud effoctive laws. Tho
counsel of Andrew Johnson if longer
followed will in tho end accomplish their
total ruin, while an honest compliance
with tho laws of tho nation will anchor
them in peace, honor, safety and prosi
perity.— Pilltbunjh Commr.rcial.
Juarez Defended
Mr. Edward E. Dunton appears in the
New York Times in defenso of President
Juarez, witli whom fur ton years he bad been
on terms of personal intimacy, during which
period he has rondored the successful chief
tain all the assistance in his power. The
defense is hearty and will be read with in
terest, even If it does not effect the purpose
for which it was written. The main portions
are as follows:
It is true that Juarez is a pure Indian of
tho Toltecs r.ice—a people that were in pos
sesion of Mexico when the Aztecs arrived
there. Taking tho few remaining Toltecs
as on* family, Juarez can trace a purs lin
eage, clear and distinot, a great ways
further'back than the Hapsburg family.
He comes from tho mysterious regions of
Mitla in Oajucn, where the winds sweep
mournfully through the stately groves of
cypress tU.it shade the graves of the kings
of his ancient people—graves whose dates
arc lost in Ibc un knowen past.
Juaroz was born in 1800. He is short of
stature, thick sot, has an jntelleotual head,
something, perhaps, of the gnarly in its
configuration, and though his face is not
handsome, a good and pleasing expression
frequently breaks through the grave repose
it usually wears. He has tho Spanish polish,
dignity and stately suavity of manner in the
highest degree ; he is thoroughly educated
in the profession of law, and his attainments
ere various; he never attempts to speak
English, though he has a pood understand
ing of the language, and his reading of it is
extensive. Juarez is probably the best read
and them >si solidly informed man in Mex
ico. Ho has a large and exceedingly well
balanced intellect, of thf Webeterian
NUMBER 33.
order of astuteness, and though it mores a
little alow, it moves sure. That he possess>
es extraordinary deoision of character and &
tenacity of purpuse that will yield only with
death, the onemies of the Republic of Mex
ico have no doubt ascertained to thefr full
satisfaction.
In all that constitutes what ii termed the
gentleman, the Indiau citizen Juarez was tho
equal of the deceased Prince Maximilian,
while in soopa of intellect, solid acquire
ments and all those qualifications that oon*
stitute the wise statesman and ruler, (he In
dian President of the Uepublio of Mexico,
proclaimed au outlaw with a price set upon
his heal, was far above the so oalled Km
peror, the scion of tho royal house of Ilaps
hurg. A more kind-hearted and pure man,
a more determined, courageous and exalted
patriot than Benito Juarez never lived. Thv
more I study his history the more certain I
feel that ho will rank with posterity as one
of the greatest men and finest oharaoters of
the age, and that his career will beooniid*
i ered the most extraordinary of modern
times.
Now that Juarez has savod his country
and retirod from tho cares of State,l hop#
tic inay be induced to visit the United States.
1 shall he most happy ii the honor of hav
ing him. as my guest, though he is a full—
blooded Indian and has a red skin.
In this connection I will state that I find
it impossible to aooount for the faot that
many newspapers and individuals in this
country, originally prominont as abolition
ists, staunch supporters of the war to liber
ate the blacks, nod who now vigorously ad
vocate their social and political equality, are
the chief mourners for Maximilian and his
fallen Empire, and tho most bitter in their
denunciation of Juarez and the Mexican lie*
publicans, bocause thoy are pure Indiana, ot
of mixed blood and have a dark skin I
Instinct Without Brains.
Long ago it waa aacortaiuod by natu-»
ralists that worms and inaeots are witb»
out a brain, and yot they pursue a oouraa
of activity which bears ao much upon tha
domain of reason wo aro accustomed to
say they act from instinot, which is no
explanation at all of phonomena in tha
higher ordora of organic lifo which havo
thoir origin in tho brain. If that organ
is severely injured, so that its normal
functions aro no longer performed, oons
soiousncss aud ordorly manifestations of
its influencoaro interrupted orsuspendod.
But the insect world swarms with be
ings of the most delicato construction,
without hearts and without brains, whoso
movements and habits, independently of
thousand of contingencies to whioh thoy
are expose!, prove in tho most satisfac
tory manner that thoir acts are a near
approach to the olomonts of a reasoning
faculty, if thoy do not indicato reason
itself.
When, by accidont, a throad of a spi
der's web is broken tho little weaver ex
amines tho misfortune with extreme oaro,
and, by taking different, positions, sur»
veys tho damage, and then proceeds ar
tistically to repair it by splioing or in
serting an entire now cord.
Again, when a wandering fly becomes
entanglod in the not, tho cautious ap
proach of tho owner of tho tray, lying
pationtly near by for game, indicatos.cal
culation in regard to tho charactor and
strength of the victim. DoosJ it not
strangely rosomblo roason when all its
movements, under suoh an aspect of af
fairs, shows beyond a doubt tho spider
considers the matter in all its relation*
before venturing to seize the prey ? And
yet spidom are without a brain.
A very nico question hero very nalt»»
rally suggests itself, which learned ex
ponnderi of phyaiologioal laws are res*
pectfully requested to explain. But,
puzzling as this may bo to answer—how
there can be thoughts, and evon an ox
erciso of the kind of judgmont employod
by the spider iu monding its web—thero
aro other subjects for philosophical reflec
tion quito as difficult to solve in tho do
maiu of vitality. But what process do
infusorial and microscopic insects oon«
duct their affairs, which seem also to bo
tho result of something more than mero
instinct, in their extraordinary exhibit
tious of themselves?
Tho Day of Reckoning.
"The day of reckoning," says our
Democratic neighbor, "cannot be far
off." We quite agree with him, and
are gratified to see that his mind in
turned to such themes. The day of
political reckoning, according to our
estimate, is distant about six years,
eight months and say twenty days.
Not to bo too particular, it began in
the Fall of 1860 Anno Domini, and
in tho year of the reign of a bogua
Democracy, tho last. Since that timo
it-has been occupying a left hand po
sition, sufforing all the horrors of an
out-of-power and out-of-credit condi
tion. Tho shattered, demoralized
and despondent state of tho Demo
cratic party is the best practical
commentary on the subject of politi
cal retributions. At tho bar of en
lightened, loyal public sentiment, it
stands condemned for recreancy to
all patriotic American sentiment and
for, at lea3t, complicity with the atro»
cious and life-wasting rebellion.
Talk of "reckoning!'' Yes, it has"
been going on for seven years. Tho
culprit has been cast out in every
loyal State of tho Union, and even
the disloyal States, which it deceived
into rebellion arc now taunting it witt)
reproachos well deserved. With
such a record and in such a condition
the hopes of tho party, if they really
have any, in the coming election aro
irresistibly comical—brilliant as spe
cimens of tho ludicrous. The best
historical parallel that wo can accord
to them is that of the outsido observer
of the weather prognostics, on an
ancient occasion, who rather thought
it wasn't going to be much of a ehomr.