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"Serve God and be cheerful !" The motto 1 Shall be mine, as the Bishops of ul«l; On my «ou!'s coat-of-arms I will write it In letters of purple ami goM. "Serve God and be cheerful Whether fortune smile sweetly or frown Christ stood King before Pilate. Within me I carry the sceptre and crown. "Serve God aud be cheerful!" Make brighter The brightness that falls on your lot; And the rare or the daily sent blessing Profane not with gloom and with doubt. "Serve God ami be cfceerfnl!" Each sorrow Is—with your will in God's—for the best. O'er the clcud hangs the rainbow. To morrow Will see the bine sky in the West. "Serve God and be cheerful.'" The darkness Only makes the surprises of dawn; And the deeper and grimmer the midnight The brighter and sweeter the m^rn. "Serve God and be cheerful!" The winter Rolls'round to the beautiful spriu?; And o'er the green grave of the snowdrift Tha nest-building robins will sing. "Serve God and bu cheerful!" Look up ward! God's countenance scatters the gloona, And the soft summer light of nis heaven Shines ever the cross aud the tomb. "Serve God and be cheerful!" The wrinkles Of age we may take with a smile; But the wrinkles of faithless foreboding Are the crow's feet of Satan's own guile "Serve God and be cheerful!" Religion Looks all the more lovely in white And God loves to be served by His servant When smiling he serves in the light. And lives out the glad tidings ot Jesus, In the sunehine He came to impart; For the fruit of His word and His spirit Is "Love, Joy and Peace" in the heart. "Serve God aud be cheerful!" Live nobly, Do right aud da good; make the best Of the gifts and the work set before you, And to God. without fear, leave the rest. The Buckshot War. A few days ago, a New York pa per announced tbe death in Ohio of ex-Representative Hamlin, who was believed to have been the last surviv ing member of the Pennsylvania Leg islature of the exciting session of 1839-40, when the efforts of the Anti- Masons and Whigs, under tho lead of Thaddeus Stevens, to secure control of the Legislature and the State Ad ministration led to what became known as the Buckshot War. Fol lowing close on the death of this long forgotten legislator comes the an nouncement of the death in Indiana of ''Baity" Sowers, once a Philadel phia terror and a rowdy, whose repu tation 40 years ago was national. Sowers left his haunts in Philadel phia about tbe time the war broke out, and until his death his wherea bouts were not known. He was the last survivor of the once notorious Spring Garden "Butcher Boy" gang, and his demise, almost simultaneous ly with that of the last member of the Buckshot War Legislature, recalls the fact that he was a prominent fig ure in that disturbance, and that, but for a fortunate chance, the career of Thaddeus Stevens, then just began, would have beyond a doubt been brought to a tragic close at bis hands, as one result of that political crisis The history of Pennsylvania has been written several times since the Buckshot War, but although that af fair was one of the most important and critical occutreuces in the State's record, the historian has not deemed its story worth the telling. Two bodies of men in session, each claiming to be the legal House Representatives; a Governor, the heads of every State department, tbe Speaker of the Sen ate, and other prominent men, all vir tually in hiding for a week; tbe State Arsenal in the hands of an nnautbor | ized force; Ilarrisburg in charge of a self-appointed Commitee of Safety; the State department building closed and, together with the Capitol grounds, guard by militia, and admis sion denied to all not having a mili tary pass — these, certainly, were suf ficient to have furnished material for a stirring chapter in any history, but tho story of it all is only to be found between the musty covers of official documents, where it is told in the dry, unsatisfactory, uudramatic verbiage of the State paper 50 years ago. In 1835 Joseph Ritner had been elected Governor of Pennsylvania as the Whig and Anti-Masonic candi date—Thaddeus Stevens, then a Gettysburg lawyer, was elected to the Legislature the same year. 110 had more than any other mao, built up the Anti-Masonic strength in the State, and he became Gov. Ritner'S chief unofficial adviser. The first an ti-slavery message ever promulgated by A Northern Governor was signed by Gov. Ritner, and the author of it was then, and is today, believed bv many to have been Thaddeus Stevens. It was referred to by Wbittier in a poem writen by him soon afterward, and created a great sensation all over the country. Thomas H. Burrows of Lancaster was made the chief of Gov. Ritner'B Cabinet, as Secretary of the Commonwealth. The political tri umvirate of Stevens Ritner and Bur rows soon became as famous in Pennsylvania as was that of Seward, Weed and Greely in New York State in later years Gov Rit ner' Administration was aggressive, bitterly partisan, and aroused the vio lent hatred of the opposition. Tho great political engine of Pennsylvania then was the Public Works. The State owned all the internal improve ments canals, railroads and every thing These were being increased in extent and enlarged in capacity. Thousands of men were employed on them, innumerable and remunerative contracts were at the disposal of those in authority, aud the patrrnage was unlimited. By tbe end of Ritner's administration the political machin ery of the Public Works was all in the hands of Stevens, Ritner and Bur rows, and there was no opposition to Gov. Ritner's nomination for a sec ond term by the Whigs and Anti- Masons in 1838 The last-mention ed allies of tbe Whigs bad decreased largely in numbers since 1835. Rit ner'B former antagonist, David Ritten house Porter, was nominated by tbe Democrats. Tbe adoption of a Consti tution was to be voted for at tbe same election. The campaign was the fierceest politically and personally, in the history of parties in tbe State. Thomas H. Burrows was Chairman of the Whig State Commit tee. The result of tbe campaign was the election of Porter by about 5,000 majority. The now Constitution was also adopted by a small majority. The new Constitution gave tbe Governor-elect all tbe power of tbe Governor tfoeo in CE fa tbo W*y of BUTLPR PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13.1858 appointments, until a law should be I passed by the Legislature under tbe | Constitution prescribing the manner of making appointments designed by J it. The Constitution also extended ! the term of tbe sitting Governor un til the third Monday in January, 1839, and in case there was a contest over the elec- I tion, he was to hold over until the ' contest was decided. The appointing , power was an important one, as 1 among tb# appointments were the Board of Canal Commissioners, which bad entire control of the Public Works, Auditor General, Secretary of tbe Land Office, and a small army of J county and district officers, including Judges of the courts. The election of Porter was entire |ly unexpected by his opponents, and the leaders at once set to work to contest the election. Steyens had been returned to the lower house of the Legislature from Adams county The success of uhe political plans of the administration triumvirate neces sitated their having a majority in the House of Representatives. The Senate was theirs by a sure majority, and to secure tbe House they must have cer tain members of the Philadelphia del egation, which wa3 to be contested. There was a United States Senator to elect, and Thaddeus Stevens was slated for the place. The programme was to admit to seats in tbe Uousa, pending their contest, the members of the Philadelphia delegation returned as elected on the Whig ticket, orga nize tho House, elect their candidate tor United States Senator, confirm all of Gov. Ritaer'S appointments, and pass all necessary legislation in re gard to them, as provided by tbe Constitution and then even if the Philadelphia members were unseated and the contest of tbe Governor's election a failure, Gov. Porter would be shorn of all patronage in the State and the Democrats would have gain ed a barren victory. But for tbe vi olent utterances of the whig papers immediately after the election, and an unwise and revolutionary address is sued by Burrows as Chairman of the Whig State Committee, the plans of the Whig leaders might have succeed ed. Burrows closed bis address with these words; "Let us trea: the elec tion of tbe 9th inst as if we bad not been defeated, and in that attitude abide tbe result." He called a meeting of the Whigs aud Anti-Masonic Senators and Re presentatives at Harrisburg several days before the Legislature convened, at which meeting their order of proce dure was agreed upon. The House of Reprentatives met on Dec. 4. Har risburg was crowded with all sorts of people from every part of the State, as a big figbt was anticipated. Fran cis R. Shunk, afterward Governor, was Clerk of the House, and accord ing to recognized usage, be called the House to order aud proceeded with the roll call. When he came to the members from Philadelphia he called the names from the list that had come from Burrows Secretary of tho Commonwealth After he had read the list Charles Pray, who claimed a seat from Philadelphia, arose and said tbat tbe list read by Clerk did not contain tbe names of the members legally elected. He produced a cer tified copy of what he said was the proper elections, and handed it to the Clerk. With the four members el ected, according to the returns from the Secretary of the Commonwjalth's office the Administration had 52 votes to 48 for tbe opposition, but if the four elected by the returns handed in by Pray were recognizrd the majority in the House would be reversed The claim of the Democrats was that Bur rows had suppressed the legal returus from certain districts in Philadelphia and sent in those prepared for tbe oc casion. Tbe returns that came from the Secretary's office included the vote of but seven of tbe seventeen el ection districts ot Spriug Garden and Northern Liberties, and were signed by but seven of the seventeen judges They declared rro one elected, but simply were indorsed as being so many votes cast for "members of As sembly," an office unknown to the laws of the State. They had been sent to Harrisburg from Philadelphia on a special locomotive hired at tbe suggestion of Thaddeus Stevens, it beiug understood that the first returns received at the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth should be re garded as official. Ttoe other set of returns was sent to Harrisburg next day. The Secretary declared tbey were informal and improperly ad dressed, and they were not opened by him. After tbe uproar that followed the production of the two sets of returns in the House had somewhat subsid ed Thaddeus Stevens arose and car ried out probably tbe most audacious aud unheard of proceeding ever known in a legislative body. Ho made a motion tbat the II >use pro ceed to elect a speaker. Toe motion being seconded, be put it to a vote aud decided it carried. He then ap pointed two tellers, and they took their places by the side of Clerk Shunk, who was about to proceed with the election of a Speaker in the regular way. Amid the greatest con fusion the two elections were held The Stevens party elected Thomas S. Cunningham Speaker vive voce, Ste ven's declaring tbe result. Cunniog bam was escorted to the Speaker's chair. The Democrats elected Wil liam Hopkins by calling the roll Cunningham swore in the Stevens members on a Testament he took from his pocket. When Hopkins WA* escorted toward the Speaker's chair Cunningham arose and announced that the House stood adjourned until the next day The Stevens party theu left the hall. Hopkins took his seat, and the Democrats organized the House in the regular order. Among the outsiders who had come to Harrisburg from all quarters of tbe State to take sides in tbe quarrel was what Thaddeus Stevens call "a gang rough ferocious men, addicted to the lowest habits and vices." The men thus described by Stevens were from Philadelphia, and their leader was "Baity" Sowers. He wa3 a Spring Garden butcher, which was the top round in tbe ladder of fame in rowdy dom in those days. Sowers original ly came from Baltimore, and for that reason he was dubbed "Baity." Tbe Democratic leaders always disclaimed any knowledge of tbe bringing of Sowers and bis gang to Harrisburg, and the weight of evidence is that local Philadelphia politicians, with a deadly grudge sgainst Thaddeus Ste vons, were alone responsible for "Bai ty V presence at the capital daring tbe excitement. There is no official evidence to tbat effect, but tbe con- TENYJTOWWOUS tefctlrafotoy OF QIOD and prints points unmistakably to tbe fact tbat if Stevens, Burrows and Penrose, Speaker of the Senate had been killed during the Buckshot War tbe mission of "Baity" Sowers and his Philadel phia followers would have been en tirely successful. Tbe uproar in the llouss during the organization proceeding was tame compared with the proceedings in the the Senate sooa afterward. When Thaddeus Stevens and his followers left the House after the Cunuinerham adjournment bo went to the Senate Chamber accompanied by Secretary of the Commonwealth Burrows. Tbe Senate had a Wbig majority. Char les B. Penrose was Speaker. There were several contested seats that ses sion, but the one that attracted the most attention was that contested by Charles Browa, Democrat, with James Hanna, Wbig, on the ground of gross fraud. The district was in Philadelphia The Senate Chamber was packed with outsiders. The ac tion of Speaker Penrose in admitting Hanna to his seat called forth violent speeches from several Democrats, and Brown, the contestant, having ob tained tho privilege of speaking, made a harangue that aroused tbe crowds in tbe galleries that ware friendly to him and shouts of "Kill Stevens!" "Kill Penrose!" "Kill Burrows!" drowned the gavel of the Speaker and the cries for order. Stevens and Burrows stood by a window near the Speaker, S desk - Penrose finally left the chair and joined them. Accord ing to the testimony of George V. Hall of Cumberland county tho can dles had been lighted iu the Cham ber, it being late in the afternoon. From the outside Stevens, Burrows, and Penrose could bo seen where they stood. Hall was in the corrider where he and Editor Cox of tbe Ilarrisburg Iron Qrey, a radical Democratic pi per, talking with three or four rough looking men. He heard one of them say: "Anything less than death is too gjod for Burrows, Penrose and Stev ens " The fellows were armed with dirks and clubs. Cox also had a club. Hall hud been standing ou a stepladder near the Chamber door. While be was standing looking at the men the noise of a great fracas was heard in tbe chamber, and Hall ran to get his place on tbe ladder again. Editor Cox and the man with him ran too see what the fuss was, and they got a position near Hal! The commotion in the Senate had been caused by an inflammatory speech made by Brown, the contest ant of Hanua'S seat. The crowd had broken through the bar of the Senate and was making its way with angry threats toward Burrows. Stevens and Penrose. While the uproar inside was at its height a man came run ning iuto the corrider from outdoors, and tapping two of the men who were with Cox on the shoulder ex claimed: "Steven3, Penrose and Burrows have escaped by a back window." Cox and his companions harried out. Tbey ran TO the window, through which they had been watch ing the three Wbig leaders. George M. Phillips, a leading Whig and edi tor ot tbe Carlisle Herald, was jump ing out of the window as Cox, his rough companions, and Hall got there, "They're gone!" exclaimad Cox with an oath, "If we hadn't run back to the Senate we'd have had 'EM." Then they started in pursuit of the three men. It was afterward learned that one of the three men with Cox was "Baity" Sowers, and it was sup posed the the editor was with him,, to point out to him Stevens and the others. On the morniDg of the Cth, Cun ningham, Speaker of the Stevens House of Representatives, did not deem it safe to take the chair, and he deputed Henry Spackman, a Phila delphia member, to act in bis place. Mr. Spackman attempted to take tbe chair, BUI be was ejected from the House, and the Cunningham body met iu room 40 in Wilsou.s Hotel The Governor recognized it as the legal House, as did the Senate, but tho latter body bad no Speaker and no quorum for several days after tbe disturbance of the 4tb. and the Cun ningham House of course had no quorum. Tne Hopkins House had all the records aud appurtenances of that branch of the Legislature, and met daily, but had no quorum. The Governor called out tho militia and placed Gen.Patterson of Philadelphia iu command. He placed the State arsenal in the hands ot a force of Whigs and Anti-Masons, aud Gen. Diller, of the Committee of Safety, with a force of citizens, captured the arsenal and held it against tbe Gov ernor's people. In tho capture of the arsenal and the subsequent chase of a number of the force that had held it "Baity," Sowers took an em phatic but independent part, introduc ing tbe fighting tactics of Spring Gar den. The weight of popular sentiment was entirely against the proceedings of Thaddeus Stevens and Gov. Ritner. President Van Buren, having been appealed to tor United States troops byGov. Ritner, refused through his Secretary of War to send them. The proprietor of Wilson's Hotel, where the sessions of the Cunningham House were held, finally locked his doors against it, aud thereafter it met in the Supreme Court Chamber. After a week of this farce, which was a constant provocation to tragedy, three of the Cunningham House — Chester Butler and John Sturetvant of Luzerne county and John Montol ius ot Union — deserted that body aud took tbeir seats in the Hopkins House, giving that body a quorum. Thaddeus Stevens read the three men out of the party in a fierce arti cle of excommunication. The Sen ate refused to recognize the Hopkins House even after it bad a gquorum, but at last the Cunningham forces capitulated, and all but Thaddeus Stevens and the four Philadelphia members claiming seats under the re turns sent in by the Secretary of tbe Common woalth took their seats in the Hopkins House and acknowledg ed its legality. Tbe contest ot Gov. Porter's election was abandoned. He was inagnrated, the Senate recognis ed the House, and the revolutionary episode W. aat an end. A Senate committee to investigate the "late disturbance" and its cause was ap pointed. Voluminous testimony was taken, but there is no printed re cord of any report over having been made by this committee. Among the interesting fasts thit were made known by the investiga tion was tbe existence of a conspiracy among certain Democrats to blow up tbe railroad train carrying tbe militia from PhifttdeJp'hia TO H&RRIABUI'G. THE leader in this conspiracy wns Thomas B McElwee, member of the Legis lature from Bedford county Gen. A J Pleasanton testified that McElwee bad purchased three barrels of pow der, and had arranged for the layiug of A mine under the railroad track, to be sprung as the train containing the solders was passing. The infor mation being received tbat the major ity of the troops wore Democrats, that deadly scheme was abandoned McElwee admitted tbe truth cf Gen. Pleasanton's statement Tbe position taken by the Demo crats in the Buckshot War —A name arising from the fact that the mus kets o R the militia were loaded with buckshot — was greatly strengthened by Brown, over whose case the ses sion of the Senate bad been broken up in so threatening a manner on the 4T.li of December, establishing bis right to the seat that had been gives to Han na, and being admitted to it on the report of a committee the majority of whose members were Whigs Thaddeus Stevens refused to recog nize the legal status of the House of Representatives, and in a letter to his constituents virtually resigned as a member. A special session was call ed to meet May, 1839. and Stevens took his seat. Representative Mc- Elwee raised the point that Stevens was not a member of the House. The point was sustained. Stevens was refused his seat, and Speaker Hop kins issued a call for a now election. Stevens was returned and at the next session bad tbe satisfaction of voting for the expulsion of bis enemy, McElwee, from the House for grossly insulting A fellow-member while drunk. The Justice's First Ceremony. Dick Brown, of the Seventh dis trict, hasn't been a Justice of the Peace a great while. He perfomed his marriage ceremony last week. It WAS a runaway couple and they were being hotly pursued. DLK is a little timid at best, and was depending on reading the ceremony. Ci rcumstaßces were of such a nature that it was necessary to perform tha ceremony at such place as the bride and groom would be safe from their pursuers He had to leave h ;me_and though tho moon was shining, the light was dim to read well by it He had been hastily summoned and in the hurry getting Irum home picked up a code of Georgia instead of the book containing the marriage ceremo ny He found tbe couple in a cot.on field concealed in a fence corner aad was ready to proceed. But oponiug the book he found himself iu a dilem ma He asked them if they loved each other, and being more familiar •with the form of deeds tbau of mar riaares, said: "Know all men by these presents tbat for aud in consideration of the love and affectiou they bear to each other aad by the authority in me vested by the laws of Georgia, I hereby pronounce you man and wife, with all tbe rights aud appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have and to bold to them and their hiirs in fee simple forever, and I will forever war rant and defend said title against all others " After congratulating the newly wedded pair he pronounced a bene diction, asked the groom for a fresh chew of tobacco aud returued home to speud tbe REMIND ;r of the night trying to memorize tho marriage cer emony.—Cuthbert (Ga.) Liberal. The Modern Languages. Tbe gathering of so important & body as tho Modern Language Asso ciation iudicates the prominence which the study of spoken tongues has assumed in the educational sys tem of the day. These modern lin guists are not at war with the classi cal curriculum, in which most of them laid the. essential foundation of their latter studies, but they are seek ing to make the teaching of modern languages more systematic, thorough and useful- Some of them maintain, indeed, that even as a means of liter ary discipline the intelligent study of French or German or even of Eog iuh affords a field that is not inferior to the well-tried course in Latin and Greek; but there probably are few educators or educated men who would adopt the more utilitarian view often advanced, that a conversational knowledge of contemporary tongues is all that teachers or students need concern themselves with. It is only within a century or two that the standards of our own litera ture have been so established that the studyof English has claimed serious at tention besides the -ancient classics. The body of French literature is even more recent and the German more re cent still. To know either one of them well would make an educated man And perhaps it is of less im portance what particular line a stud ent shall select than that he shall pursue it thoroughly. The problem that confronts the teachers and col bge directors of to-day is how to select 'rom the multiplying mass of subjects that demand attention those which shall prove of greatest service to the greatest number. It is to one part of this problem that tbe M idem Language Associa tion baa addressed itself. It is made up mainly of teachers, each cue most concerned in his own specialty, but all interested alike in the common aim of making the coming generation of young Americana educated men and women. The teachers of to-day look back with envy to the times wben two or three languages and tbe mathe matics were all that an ordinary col lege had to teach. The modern sciences, which no man can master, the modern languages and literature, and tbe countless branches of knowl edge that used to be left to the learned professions, but now must be tasted by everybody, all are jostling for recognition. Even the professional men aud the college professors have to divide themselves up into special groups aud associations to keep in touch with one another, and the student who has not yet fouud what his vocation is can but look oa be wildered. — People will not have a new cough remedy, when they know the value of Dr. Bull's Congh Syrup. She stood at tbe gate in the late Spring twilight, and wben she said good-bye, she felt neuralgia kiss her rosy cheek; but she only smiled, for ber mother bad invested 25 cents in & bottle of Salvation Oil. — John T. Henderson, and wife, of Simpson county, Ky., will celebrate the seventieth auniversary of their marriage in a few days. The husband is 04 and t"be wffu $3. Home Song, Stay, iby at hjiu?, n:y heart, a:;.l real: Home keeping h> aru are happiest, Fir those tuat waaJrr they know not where Are full of tro'i I }!® ao't fall of cure; To star at home ii best. Weary, aiul homesick, an.l Jut'-esseJ, They wan ler east, they whaler weit. And are baitlel, an! beatea, and blown a?> .tit By the win-Is of the wilJcraess of doubt; To stay at hoaii is best. Then stay at home, ujy heart, and rest: Th« bird is safest in it* nj-t: O'er all that flatter A hawk is hovering in the sky: To stay at home is be.U. —Longfellow. SHERMAN Oi\ THE MESSAGE The Ohio Senator Attacks the Views of President Cleveland. WASHINGTON Jan. 4. S3nator Sherman to-day made Lis promised speech upon the President's Message. The subject came up under the reso lution for the distribution of the Pros dent's message. He said the President, departing from the practice of his illustrious predecessors, dropped from his recent annual message all reference to the foreign relations ut the country aud to the interesting questions in national affairs, even omitting the usual recog nition of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and postponing all thin?*, celestial and terrestial, until the sur plus revenue be got rid of. This ex traordinary message Mr Sherman felt called upon to consider, to inquire whether the dangers spoken of iu it were exaggerated or not and to ex amine the remedies proposed. The existence of a surplus revenue had been a constant occurrence before aud since the close of the war. Instead of its being a danger it was an indi cation of the continuous increase of the dor estic productions of tho coun try and its foreign and domestic com merce and of the steady improvement of its financial condition. ATTACKING TIIE ADMINISTRATION. The President, had on what Mr. Sherman regarded as a frivolous rea son, refused his siguature to the river aud harbor bill, which would have appropriated more than ton millions for necessary public work; and by bis yeto of the dependent pension bill he had withheld from Union soldiers ap propriations made for their relief. The House, too, had refused to pro vide for a system of coast defenses, for a proper increase and building up of the navy and commercial marine, for postal communication with the South American States, and for the encouragement and support of schools It had also neglected or refused to appropriate for eight millions of the deficieuces admitted to be due, or to pass the Senate bill for the refunding to the teveral States the direct tax levied in 18(52 ($14,000,000). Had these several appropriations, sanction ed by the Senate, been marie by the House and approved by the President, and the residue of the surplus been applied to the purchase of tho public debt, the condition of the Treasury which now so alarmed the President, would not have existed, the public debt would have been greatly reduc ed and improvements of vital import ance to Americau commerce would be in course of construction. FAVORS REVENUE REDUCTION. He asrrecd (as he said more than once in the last Congresses) the rev enue should be reduced. It would be a pleasing and a grateful task, and the moment that the House of Represen tatives would give the Senate juris diction of the subject matter, the Senate would be ready to share in that duty, as it has done as many as six times since the close of the war. And if the Secretary of the Treasury would, from time to time, only do his part by applying the revenue to cur rent appropriations and to judicious purchase of the public debt, the delays of the Democratic party might bo repaired and taxation reduced with out crippling industry. He did not attribute either to the President or the Secretary of the Treasury an intent to produce the dangers and difficulties by which the country was threatened; nor did he call in question their integrity or fi delity. But when they tried to alarm the country so as to induce Congress to break down great industrial inter ests, he pointed them to tho neglect of a public duty entrusted to their dis cretion as the foundation of their woes. If evil came to the Republic by this surplus it was their fault They had this power now,and a pow er neglected was often as great a crime as a power usurped. An arti ficial scare could not be made to cover tho faults and defects of the adminis tration. SYSTEMS OF TAXATION. The country had two distinct sys tems of taxation; one upon the Amer ican productions of spirits, tobacco and beer and the other upon imported goods,the products of foreign nations. The first of tbe?e the President had dismissed with a single sentence, say ing that none of these articles were necessaries; that there seemed to be no just complaint of such taxation by consumers, and that there seemed to be nothing so well able to bear the burden without hardship to any por tion of the people. It might be that there was no complaint of consumers, but could that be said of the produc ers of these articles ? They were all either the product of the farm or im mediate fruits of the product of the farm. Their chief cost was in the leaf tobacco, the corn, the rye, the wheat and the barley. Did not the farmers complain of the tax ? If the President thought they did not he was greatly mistaken. Tobacco man ufacturers, distillers and brewers might not complain (because the nec essary requirements of collection laws gave them a close monopoly) but the farmers, who bad to sell to licensed dealers alone, did complain. But the President proposed to con tinue these taxes,without diminution, so that he might strike a more effect ive blow at the taxes now resting up on foreign productions. It was of these latter that he had used the epi thets "vicious, inequitable, and illog ical." It was at the tariff laws that the President aud the Socretary of the Treasury aimed their epithets and arguments—the surplus revenue being the mere pretext or occasiou. It was the protective industrial policy built op by the Republican party that they would bretk down. Ths Presi dent's message, fairly construed, was a severe indictment of all engaged in , manufactures—a sweeping accusation i against the policy of protectidn as supported by the great mass of his countrymen and recommended by hia illustrious predecessors. It showed that he frvored a public policy which wouli leove Americas manafae'.arers and workmen to the bard, sharp and grinding competition of the capital and labor of the world. Senator Sherman then wont into an argument to show the advantages of protectioa. quoting many figures to i rove his position. THE COUNTRY'S POSITION. Tn conclusion he said: ''We do nut appreciate as we ought the command ing position now held by the United States among the nations of the worlf\ Our fathers won the frefc