Cjje Democrat,]
HARVET SICKLER.EdItir.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Wednesday. Jan. 16.J 1567
1-eT A bill lip been read in place by
Senator Conned, of, Philadelphia, authoriz
ing }>a\ lueot to .-Utc agents tor certain ex
penses connected with ibe procuiing of de- j
rters- The tale of this bill should
be an "act compensating certain politicians
for preventing citizen* from voting, in ur
*ier that Joliu VV . Cleary mignt be elected
Governor of iVnnsylvania. It the State
treasury is to be r<>bbed, it is no use of ad
ding lyiyg to the fir.-f-mentioned crime.—
Call things by their proper names.
——
Mr. Ashlev, of Ohio, who is figur"
ing with such prominence in the impeach"
iiH-nt programme, w as two or the years ag"
assailed by leading men ot his own paity,
iu* his immediate Congressional district, for
corruption in procuring appointments, it
was charged that lie traded in that business,
and not a tew etters written by h;m in re
lation to different nppointmen.s were adduc
ed to support the charge. And yet, with
each a record, Mr. Ashler rises in his
place in llie llouse and impeaches the
President for "high critic s and mi-demean
ors,'among which are the "corrupt use of
tht appointing power !" The honest men
of the land can appreciate the motives which
induce a man with such a record as that of
Mr. Ashley to malign and traduce the
Prcsidi nt.
P'vcreJli;f of the Judiciary tommtttee.
It is reported the Congressional Judici
ary Coiniiiitt'-e, at their meeting Thursday
morning, laid addc the impeachment ques
tion, and rc-opened the case of Jefferson
Davie. It was agreed, to summon Suratt
as soou as he is brought to the city, for the i
purpose of taking his evidence in regard I
to the complicity of Davis and others in ,
the assination plot, T tie object of reviv- |
ing that question is not exactly coinpre
h- tided outside, unless it is done lor the !
purpi-se of pursuing both inves igatious at 1
the same time, and charging the assas&iua- '
tion of Lincoln on President Johnson, as i
w ell as Jefferson Davis.
Sensible Talk to the Democrats.
Wo find the following sensible talk in 1
the Philadelphia Aye, and we commend it
to tbo attention Of those Democrats who
seem to think that printing a Democratic
paper, is an easy and profitable busbies-;
to those, also, who, being in posit ton to as
sist the editor, neglect to do il; and. e.-pe- ,
daily, to that more numerous cla-s who,
subscribe for their paper but arc negligent
about pay ing for i(:
"It is no more than justice to say that '
every man who now publishes a Democrat- i
)>Hj><n, does a self-sacrificing, work, and,,
taken as a class, we know of no truer or ,
more patriotic men than the Democratic j
editors of the .Northern States. A> a body.;
they nre-far in advance of the politicians, I
who, in marry instances, are deadweights
upon them. We say, therefore, that if
there is any dasaof men who deserve well
of Democrats, it is, taken as a whole, the
Democratic editors. We urge, therefore,
that Democrats generally should try to j
understand the difficulties under which
the editors labor, and wher, they see w hat ,
advantages the Abolition pros* have over
thein, tliey will feel like takir,™ hold and
aiding them with material aid in their une
qual fight.
As the New Year approaches, let syste-1
malic efforts be made to give a wide exten
sion to Democratic journals. Active Dem- j
oerats should commence early making out ;
li-i- of those who ought to, and probably
will take (if called upon) either a city or
local pap.-r, or perhaps loth. Let it be
the business ot some one to see his Dem
ocratic neighbors, and urge upon them the
necessity of sustaining 'hen papers. Dem
ocrats .must be doubly vigilant if they wo'd
perp'-tiiate their principles and save repub
lics- Institutions from complete overthrow,
and their children from the crushing tax: -
tion of a moneyed aristociacy and monop
olist's despotism."
—
The Democracy Sustained,
Mr. Justice Davis,of the Supreme Court
of the United States* delivers tllo opinion
oftlio Court in the celebrated Millignn,
case HI reference to military commissions
Jn that opinion he says :
"The Constitution of the United States
js law fbr rulers ami people, equal.y in war
and peace, and covers with the shield of
its protection all classes of men at all times,
and under all circumstances. No doctrine
involving more pernicious consequences
was ever invented by the wit of man than !
that any of its piovisions can be suspended
during any of the great emergencies of the f
Government. Such a doctrine leads di
rectly to anarchy and despotism; but the
theory of necessity on which it is t>ased is
false, for the Government, within the Con- 1
atitution, lias all the powers granted to it i
which are necessary to preserve its exis ,
fence, as has been happily proved by the
result of the great effort to throw off its just
authority."
Tliis is the language ot patriotism, of
truth and of the genius of our institutions.
For enunciating theße immortal principles.
Democrats have been vilified prescribed
and denounced ; bnt the dispassionate in
vestigation be the Supreme Court to this
Momentous subject, has yielded from the
pen of Justice Davis, an appointee of Mr.
Lincoln himself,\ his personal friend and
his executor , this most ample vindication of
correctness of the tenets of our political
faith.
The True Purposes of Had lea I Ism.
"IF THE LAW STANDS IN OCR WAT, BO
MUCH TUE WORSE TORTUS LAW." FORNEY.
Tlie above quotation occurs io an edito
rial in the Washington Chronicle, treating
of the late decision of the Supreme Coort
in reference to the subject of military colli
sions. With the proposed intention of
the Radicals to abolish the Supreme Court
or the arguments on that subject we have
at present nothing to do. The matter is
exciting the deepest attention of the coun
try ar.d will be presented to the people in
every phaze it can astfkne. But we wish
to point our readers more particularly to
the course of action which has character
ized the Republican party from its incep
tion, which the Secretary of the Senate,the
mouth-piece of Radicalism, at length ur
biuehingly announces. "If the lam stands
in our way so much the worse for the law."
Their party MCST succeed. They WILL
carry their point. What if the law it to be
violated in oid'-r to attain their point?—
"So much the worse lor the law.
The country is at length omrAt.LT in
formed that there is rib law which the Rad
icals will respect. They are determined
to revolutionize the Government and change
its form completely. They will abolish or
override the laws they so openly proclaim
they disregard. \N hat can we expect of a
party which publishes this authoritative
announcement of its future course? Does
not this announcement prove that they
went into the late elections as a mere mat
ter of form ? If they have no regard for
law, what is to restrain thern I Are they
not false to their oaths? Will they REGARD
the oaths they have taken to support the
Constitution and the laws, when they thus
proclaim, "if the law stands in our way, so
much the worse for the law ?" They swear
to observe the laws. After so swearing
they say, "we do not respect the laws?"
There is but one course of acti->n to be
pursued. The I>. mocrats of the country
mu.-f organize and be prepared for the worst.
The Radical party is already organized,and
disciplined lik* an army. They are ready
to rise at once in suppoit of their treason
able subversion of the Constitution, We
must be ready to meet them. Thevj-ecog
nize no argument but the one of superior
force—let us be prepared to give them that
if thev wißhave it, in the most decisive
manner. Organized and deterniined.readv
for another war,the Radicals of the conntrv
have officially proclaimed to the people that
if the law* should eoriffcf with their schemes
thev will abolish the laws! "If the law
stands in our way, so much the worse for
| the law !" What does t'lis mean but an an
nounce ment of their treasonable schemes,
and of their d-term nation to enforce th'-m?
And we. the Union, Constitution loving
citizens, will be fsl-e to our dutv if we per
mit a reckless and 'mall minority of the
people, a- the liadical party is, to trample
upon the laws, abolish the Constitntion.and
dt-j.tr .v the liberties of Ihe country ! Will
the \t< inoera vof the country heed our
appeal ?—Ejt,
"Bribery and Corruption."
The Radical members of both branches j
the Pennsylvania Legislature seem to be ,
stiieken with fear that somebody is about
to corrupt them,not withstanding old ThadV
endorsement of their parity. In the House
yesterday afternoon, Mr. Stnmhangh, an
adherent of Simon Cameron, stated that
there were many report? in circulation, in
the pub ic priut* and el-ewhere, that im
proper influences had been used to achieve
the election of United States Senator In
iustice to the House, therefore, he offered
the following resolution :
WHEREAS, It has been currently re
ported* for some time pa-t, and charged in
the public new-paper* of the day, that im
proper influences have been used to si-cure
the election of various persons to the office
of L'lUted States Senator :
And whereas, Such charges, if unfound
ed are derogatory to the character of the
Legislature and should be disproved, and,
1 if true, should be at once ascertained, in
order that the guiltv parties may be bro't
| to justice and pnnished ; thcrelore,
Resolved , That, if the Senate concur, a
joint committee of investigation, consisting
of thiec members from each House, be ap
pointed, whose duty it shall be to examine
into the truth of said reports and charges,
and report to each house the result of their
investigation, and that srrcb committee
| shall have power to send for persons and
j papers. _
The preamble and resolution were adop-
ted.
About the same time that Mr. Stum
| bangh was making this virtuous display in
, the House, Harry White, au adherent of
i Thaddens Stevens, offered a similai resolu
tton in the Senate, After some discussion*
Wliile's resolution was postponed and the
Stumbaugh resolution from the House tak
i en up and pass"d.
We hope the Radical members, with the
aid of tin joint committee, will be able to
save themselves from being corrupted I
Brooms 11 vs, Stevens,
We copy the following flora the procead
ings of Congress of the 9th inst.
Mr. Jl room all, of Pennsylvania, ad
dressed tlie House on the subject of recon- ]
struction. In discussing the question of
suffrage, he remarked that it was
often asked liow member* of the House
would like to have negroes occupying the
seats as Representatives, but he thought
that it they were content to sit here with
gamblers and blacklegs, they were preclu
ded from making any complaint on that
score. But a negro was now and always
had been open to election of Congress.—
There was nothing to prevent their elec
tion if they could find a constituency
to elect them.
An Eastern paper,—the land which
boa-ts tb.e birth of Stevens, animadverting
upon the arts of Congress, styles Stevens,
a '•scoundrel,'' who spent his nights in gam
bling halls and hu days in plotting treason
in Congress.
Organize fur the Revolution.
Democrats !
People of America!
Whtle you are sitting by your firesides,
toiling at your labor—working for money
to support the Bond Holders—tbe negroes
and to protect and care for the poor of our
land, a traitorous, sectional, treasonable,
law-hating constitution-cursing party iii
Congress in warring upon your liberties as
never before, 86 worms eat their way to the
heart of the loved ones in tbe city of Jhe
dead. The time for argument with the
party in power has passed. The Republi
can party came into power to champion
freedom, honor the Constitution, enforce
oh> dience to the laws, benefit the negro—
give blessing to tbe whites and protect the
people.
It trampled on Free Speech.
It ignored the Constitution and tram
pled on its teachings.
It trod civil law uoder the brutal heel of
military tyranny.
It turned slaves from happy serritage to
unhappy pauperized freedom.
It makes tbp poor support the rich.
It exempts bond holders and quadru
ples the poor inen.
It is binding the generous West and
South for the benefit of Puritanical New
England.
It openly defies law, precedent, Consti
tution States and people.
It taxes States ahd people without giv
ing them representation.
It swca r s to wipe out bounderies aud j
obliterate the great political mosaic of
States, and to retard national progress by
creating a despotism which sLall make ter
ritories of all States which would demand ;
but their rights under the Constitution
which govern all.
It propose* to govern without the con
sent of the governed.
It would mike a cowardly minority of
people rule a majority, still more coward
ly if it tamely submits to such degradation
insult, outrage, and despoiism.
It is time People were acting. It is
time those who love law, order, liberty,
Union, prosperity, and domestic tranquili
ty were organizing to defend themselves,
their States and their honor.
We must have law—order—the Con
stitution of our Fathers— Equality of
States, equal taxation and honest repre
sentati<>n. If w e cannot obtain these
without, we must do as did the patriots of
the Revolution, rise up in the gigantic
might of outraged manhood and win our
independence by tbe sword and deeds of
noble daring.
Let a crazy, fanatic, impious, besotted,
treasonable Congress go on with it* hell-
Mi orgies and disregard of Law and Right.
Let the madmen there in power run wild,
and become drunk with power. We have,
as Democrats, stood by our flag—stood in
the ranks of death—have gone down be
fore the iron hail of those who have, rights
as we have in the North—have g ven our
selves to death—to abuse—to pr'sont
to mob* and violence, rather than hold
back from the Rights. We have stood hy
the government till has gone down. And
now let lis leave Congress to fatten on its
spoliation while we organize anew—ami
prepare for the great movement which
will give us back the ffiuht by the ballot
or a Revolution and the bayonet.
Democracy is not dead—it cannot die.
Let us organize as never befor—know
who our true men are and ♦ ally* from the
Ea<t and the VVest—the North and the
South—for a common canve and a com
mon country.
I)' mocrats —stand bv each other—orga
nize and Se bold in educating people for
the RICUT. — La Crosse Democrat.
. Intolerance.
The man wl.o despises his neighbor be
cause lie professes a different creed. is des
titute of the foundation of all religion—a
reverence for the work of his Or ator.—
The various sects ot religion may be corn
pared to many streams of living water
flowing from the mountain side; some of
them dash with rapid currents over the
obstructions in their course, and bear
down opposition by the impetuosity of
their stream. Others glide with gentle
ripple through p'easant vales and flowery
| fianks, sparkling with joy in the beam of
the morning gun, and reflecting back the
lustrous Pea ities of the sun-lit skv. Oth
ers again steal with dark and slender tide
along the most rugged and desolate tracks
—"beneath the shade of melancholy
boughs;" occasionally wrecking the ad
venturous voyagers that trust their glo.'mv
streams, by hurling them over some unex
pected precipice, and dashing their hopes
beneath the cataract's foam. The water of
some of the streams is pure and clear—
others possess a muddy quality— a slimy
taint, that mars the taste of the good
tilings of this life, and clouds the facilities
of the mind and heart. But all the rivers
j ultimately gain the open sea; and if we
ido but steadily pursue the track thai we
conceive to be correct, aud stick honestly
to the navigation of our own vessels, with
out endeavoring to run down our neigh
bor's craft, or to run np other people's
creek* with evil designs, we shall eventu
al y cross the wide unfathomable ocean,
and obtain snug anchorage in the haven
of our hopes. — Wm. E. Burton. •
RIGHTS UP RAILWAY TRAVELERS. — A
gentleman traveling in the West lately,
put t ihe lest one of the exercises of "dis
cretionary power" which conductors in
general are apt to car'y to an extreme.
He had nurcliased a first class ticket.—
There were but two cars in the train —one
for smoking and one for ladies. The gen
tleman in question, having no traveling
companion of the tender sex, was directed
by the brakeman to go into the smoking
car. He remonstrated and demanded a
firgt class ticket. The conductor b> ing
appealed to. sustained the brakeman; and
the traveler refusing to give up his tieket
till he bad received his equivalent de
manded, both officials combined to forci
bly eject liim from the tram. The gentle
man immediately made bis way back to
the office of th<- railroad, and the mana
gers made the amende onorable by paying
bim liberally for his lost time, dismissing
the ••(Tending conductor, and promulgating
to all its employees the sensible rule that
first class tickets convey a right to first
class seats.
A Brief Sera ai from St. Paul.
mt Mack." the able correspondent of the ;
Cincinnati Commercial, preaches a long ser- 1
mon from the text —"And if any provide
not for his o* n, and especially f<T those of
his own household, he hath denied the
faith and is worse than an ir.fidel." He
shows that this government is not in the
bands of "Infide's," thl our rolers
have provided for their own household
Here is one of his illustrations :
"Let me call your attention briefly then,
to the legislative branch of our Govern
ment and see if those engaged in it have
denied the faith and are wore .• than in6dels.
Come with roe to the Senate Chamber .and
let me point you to the most conspicuous
genth man in that body—Mr. Fess ndea of
Maine. Hath he denied the faith? Hath
he nor provided for his own ? Let the fol
lowing fact suffice : C. S. Fes*enden, Chief
Examiner of the l'atent (tffiec, at a salary
of *3,500 a year —brother of the Senator,
Joseph F< ssenden, Postmaster at Lewis
town, Maine. *3,000 a year—a brother of
the Senator; Charles Fessenden, Surgeon
of Main Hospital at Portland, Maine, *.4000
a year—brother of the Senator ; Daniel W.
Fessenden, Clerk ot the Supreme Court of
Portland, Maine, salary $,900 —a brother
of the Senator; T. D. Fessenden, County
Attorney for Androscoggin county, Maine,
salary *3,000 —a brother of the Senator ;
Henry Fess'-nden, assistant in the Cnstoni-
Hou-e at East port, Maine -big salary
brother of the Senator. Then as to the
sons there is General 4 Frank Fessenden,
who was wounded at Gettysburg, and aft
erward promoted to Brigadier in the regu
lar army, and retired on full pay, whilu
those whose relatives had denied the fa-th
were put on the pension-roll without any
promotion.
Captain Samuel Fessenden, in the regular
army, is stationed at Fortress 'Monroe.—
Hon Edward Fox. United States 1 i-trict
Judge in Maine, is H brother in-law of the
Senator. Wm. Fessenden, a cousin §f
the S< nator, was appointed Pa\masfer in
the army, hut for some human frailty was
dismissed; but, though cast dowt., he was
not forsaken, for the Senator got him into
a Treasury clerkship at SI,BOO a year, j
Thus we have hmth-rs, sous, brothers-in
law, cousins, all provided for. Aunts, and
u> cles, and grandmothers, too, no doubt
were the beautiful truth fully known.— i
Brethren and sisters, does this look like J
denying the faith arid being worse than an
infidel ?
L"ok at the army register, my brethren,
an-t how many beautiful and tender recol
lections soring up at the sight of famihar
names Son aft r son, nephew after nepb
ew of our great statesmen appear on tlut
roll of the patriots heroes as Postmasters
and Quartet masters.
Breakers Ahead,
The Radical journals begin to see break
ers ahead and are sounding the notes of
warning—loo late, we fenr, to be heard
Tire New York Commercial Advertiser
says:
"The erratic temper of Uongrcss is be
ginning to create a certain degree of . n<-a
sine*s among capitalists. Ihe many •x
--tteme pioj>o*ed within the first
wet-k "t the session naturally produced a
feeling of uncertainty about matters likely
to be affected by current legislation.''
The New Yoik Post, another
paper, also sees nothi ig but danger in
prospect:
"The tone of feeling in IFall street is
one of su-pense and ineptitude. Ev'ry
on ■ -eeins to rega* d the state of the cur
rency with distrust. Consequently busi
ness is depressed aud cotifideuce is per
turbed."
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE J Radical or
-1 gans a<e crying out about an impending
financial crash and hard times hut seem to
be entirely oblivions to the fact that Con
gress and th* Radical leaders are alorve re
pp nsible for the present state of the coun
try The business and finances of no
country can bear up long under the con
stant threats of a dominant taction to de
stroy its constitution and abrogate the re- j
lations of the States comprising it. Had |
the President's Union policy been carried j
out, the country would now be at p- ace i
instead <>f being agitati d and embroiled
Everybody would have bad wo k to do,
and all who labor would have b- en on the
I high road to prosperity instead of being
upon the verge of ba kruptcy or threaten
ed with privation as they now are.
MIST "OWV UP." —The dissimilarity
j of races is stamped upon their forms and .
features. Their mental and moral diversi
ties—the superiority of the one, and in the
inferiority of the other, are in like manner
stamped npon their daily life, and in a
larger sphere npon the histories of, or lack
<>f history of the races. Even Schuyler
Colfax, radical he is, can see and ac
knowledge this inferiority, as be did in a
recent speech in Detroit, as follows:
"I never b< 'ievd in negro equality. I
believe God made us for His own wise
purposes, a superior race. We have
proved ourselves, bv our advancement in
science, history and philosophy, to be su
perior. Ido not believe in Chinese equal
ity, nor in .Waylay equality. God made
us the superior race, and with its greater
responsibilities. But God forgive me, if
while 1 think so, I would endeavor to
grin 1 down lower this oppressed race. Oar
principle is liberty to all. VVe shall all
meet at the same judgment bar. But I
think I can say without any impiety, I
wish He had made all of these races white.
•*Smon Says Thanhs Up."
At the disunion caucus in Harrishurg,
on Thursday night, Simon Cameron was
nominated for U. 8. Senator on first bal
lot. The member from this county voting
forhm. Forney was knocked completely
off the ira k ; Stevens, who dpserted his
seat at Washington, io attend to his own
chanees got but seven vote*, alas for his
popularity, while Curtin had twenty three
What will the speeial friends of Curtin in
tins oounty think of the action their mem
bers.
Hon. Edgar Cowan is the Democratic
nominee
Of course, unless, there is a division, al
together unlocked for, Mr. Cameron wUlj
be the Senator. .
CM{rtM Ran Mad.
In the House of Representative?, the..
Radial*, attacked by something worse
then that terrible disease culled hydropho
bia, resolved by a vote of 107 to 39 upon
the impeachment of President Johnson.— !
Ashley, of Ohio, claims the paternity of
the specifications and resolutions follow
ing-* ,M"
Ido impeach Andrew Johnson, Vice
President, and actintr President of the
United States, of higfh crimes and misde
meanors. I charge him with usurpation of
power and violation of law : In that he
has corrup'lv abused the appointing pow
er ; in that he has corruptly used the par
donintr power ; in *hat he has corruptiy
used the veto power; in that he has cor
ruptly diposed of the public property wf
the United States ; in that he has cor
rnptJv interfered in elections, and conspir
ed with others-to commit acts, which, in
the contemplation of the Constitution, are
hicrh crimes and misdemeanors:
Therefore bi it R'*olved. That the
Committee on the Judiciary be and they
are hereby authorized to inquire into the
official conduct of Andrew J>hn-OH, Vice
President. dieharoin<r the powers and du
ties of the office of President at the United
States, and to report in tiiis House wheth
er in their opinion the said Andrew John.
s<n, while in said office, has b* en guilty of
acts which were designed or calculated to
overthrow, subvert or corrupt the govern -
ment of the United States, or any depart
ment or officer thereof; and whether the
said Andrew Johnson has been guilty of
any act, or has conspired with others to do
acts which, in contemplation of the Con
stitution. are high crimes and misdemean
ors, requiring the interposition of the con
stitutional power of this House, and that
said committee have power to send for per
sons and papers, and to administer the
custom iry oaths to witness.
The New York Tribune, strange to say.
deprecate# the course of Congress, aud
thinksnothing hut disaster to the country
will follow. It forcibly asks :
"Are t''ere no issues of more importance
than this? Must all this Congress be
wasted and the next, perhaps, in a pagent
and prolonged debate, endless jarring of
Lawyers and Senators. The currency calls
for relief. Labor suff rs under this fear
ful inflation. OurtHiiff wants reconstruc
tion. There are a hundred questions near
to the prosperity of the nation which must
suffer arid die because of this measure."
True Democracy.
Saint James defines true religion to be
this: "To visit the fatherless and the wid
ow in their affii* tion, and to keep himself
unspotted from 'he world."' The underly
ing princip'e of this important armuneia
tion is embraced in the underlying piinci
pie of Democracy that the greatest good
to the greatest number is to be kept main
ly in view, while a due respect is to he had
all the whi e to the rights of the minority.
In other words, that no one in the sociai
community shall In* neglected or iiis right*
ignored or disregarded. In this view of
the ca*e we remind our readers of tin*
treatment whieli certain citizen* of the Uni
ted States rev ived at the hands of men
who now assume to he the loyal men of
;h country treatment received di.rii g tin
war.
The inen who were instrumental in in
fl Cting these indignities are, many of them,
before the people, ar legislative repreveiita
lives, officeis in other capacities, journal
ists, and otherwise. We can only say to
the Democracy, beware ! It is too early
'in the .lay for Dem crats to stup fv thein
selves,and rcno tice their manhood by tak
ing to their arms the men who insulted
the persons, destroyed the property and
attempted t > add ignominy to the names
of men whose aims, during the war, were
a thousand times purer and mote patriotic
j than those of the patriots who stayed at
j home and shouted treason. It is a lamen
[ ta-de, a disgusting fact, that we have men
| in our county professing to be Democrats,
I some ot them in position* of high trust,who,
| after this short lapse of time affiliate and
i -ret in concert with these mobiles, and af
fect t<> be the Democracy. Shame, where
is thy blush ! Manhood, bow low have you
sunk !
We repeat the caution, and shall contin
ue to repeat it, beware of such Democrats
(/). They are not equal in decency even to
the whited sepulch'-rs spoktn of of old, for
they present no out*ide comliness, while
inside they are filled with wane than dead
men's bones.— Ex.
TUB Lawyer IN thk SrrtuOL ROOM,—
This remarkable little book, by M. McX.
Walsh, A. M. L. L. B, (a New York
lawver,) is full of useful and reliable in
formation for everybody, but especially
for teachers, school officers, parents, minis
ters. editors and tnemb rsof the legal pro
fession. The first chapter, "Of Schools
and Government." is a sufficient explana
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ernments, ancient and modern for the dif
fusion of knowledge among the people.—
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rienced statement. It is not imaginative.
It is not imaginative or speculative, but a
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charm of romance. This chapter alone is
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which tbev but a tew minutes before had left, dis
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iudeed every article contained in tbe twe rooms was
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