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Hates ol Advertising.
Adm'i s nnd Eitrelor's Koticcs, each
C timer ; 2 f!)
Audiior's Koi'hcs, each 2 OD
Trnnu'icut ndverli: inc;, per square of
10 line or less, o times or less 2 00
for each subsequent insertion 'fiO
l'i'olosional cards, 1 year C 00
Special notice', porEne 1"
OMtuary nnd Alai ria;;e Notices, each 1 00
Yearly Advertising, ono square 10 00
Yearly Advertising, two squares 15 00
Ycni'y Adver'ing tlireo fqimres CO 0i
Yearly Advr r! isiug, j column 1" 00
Yearly Advcrii-dii.r, 4 ciliiinn 8" 00
Yearly Advert i.i'mg, I column '00
Advi rliser.ionls displayed more than
ordinarily will ho ediarged fur nt
the rale (per column) of (V) Oi)
KL.K ADVOOATK,
A LOCAL AND GENERAL KEWnV.ITF,
Ms ntbHshrd Frcry Thursday.
BY JOHN F. MODEL
Tor Year ia advance ?1 0
A H N M. he j
m gkfif'ftwsffp
H M M M Hi N VR 'J
Mr K
ES?-All subscriptions to.bo paid in n1'
vtincc. Orders for Job Work respectfully
eolicicd.
rOIuco on Main Street, in the second
Btory of Houk & Cillis Store.
Address
JOHN o. IIAU-,
EDITOR A rROrrtIET01l.
F Tilt X IT U n Li 1
mnii i:M)EilSlGNEl) T A K E S
JOHN O. HALL, Editor.
J. I'1. MOOIIR, Publisher.
TESZ.HVl no lYfrr hi .Strait cc.
zstDGir.il, i'2.r.r.t, suvt. xziii, rsow.
I pleasure in announcing to tlio citi
iens of r.i'1'.'wnv niul ndioinins towns that
lie has si opened n. lurniture Miop in
UMfra:!". u.i'l i3 prepared to sell nil kinds
of furniture (it (lie lowest priced. Ilia stock
consists in part of
COMMON' CHAIRS, TABLES,
BEDSTEADS,
SrRlXQ BEDS & MATTRESSES.
BUREAUS, WASH STANDS,
Cane scat Chairs of all kinds,
BABY CHAIRS,
CRIf.S,
SOFAS,
TETE A TETES,
LOUNGES,
3T-rsTxr.SS CAinS.
01IN U. II ALL, Attorney nt law. P.idg
vny, I'.lk coiinly l'a. mar-i: '; ly.
BLAKELY
1
I.'
and
AIM! IP. .7. BLAKEL 1 . Attorney
onnvllov at law. an t I . . I otiiims-
ioMier. lliJgway v. v. i-m i-uuuij. .
Liiiar-t.i.-iy.
QOLTIU:!! AND V. I I.f.TS Attorneys at
, Law, Eidiiwity, Ell; county Pa., will
ni t end to nil professional business prompt
v in:ir---'ilti-ly.
K. .1. S. BOB DWELL Eleclio Physi
cian. Late of Warren county l'n., will
. '. 1 ...,V. i
rnni!i v answer an ucnraui i.nu
nirht ov day. Residence one door east
the late residence of Hon. J. L. Cillis.
Mai-.lT.O-ly.
of
Star-Spanajled Uamiox.
Oh ! say, can you sec by the dawn's early
light,
What to proudly we hailed at the twi
light's last gleaming ;
Whose liroad strif es ..od bright stars
through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts wo watched, were so
gallantly streaming
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
I. YV. B. HARTMAN, St. Mary's, Elk
county. Pa. Laie of the Army of the
Pol. mine. Particular attention (riven to an
cases of surgical nature. uiai----UO-ly.
U. YV. JAMES BLAKELY Physician
and Surgeon, St. Mary's, I'.'.k county
niai-rtiiMy.
BEDROOM SUITS
f Plioatnnt. Mnhorranv and Black Walnut
nnd every tliinii usually found i:i n f.
class country ware uooui.
PICTURE FRAMES
or all sizes and of Mahogany, Rose wood.
Black Walnut and (jilt
D
Va.
Dll. V'.' W. SilAW Bran ices Medicine
ar..l burger'-. Cent i-ovi!L-, BH: county
r ,..o-i-,;,;.l
t '
-jrvTi. A. S. HILT, Kov-oy. 'ik county l'a.
VVi'.l proii.pi'y aunv.'er i,Riro:-i--inn.il
c.i'.;.; l.y ii'nt or l.'y. n- ir---'i';'-ly.
arc i'ullillcd, at if it wera Uanuenms to
leave a cnuimuuity outside ot the yreat
body politic.
Had the loyal Senators aud Represen
tatives of Tennessc been admitted at
once ou the assembling of Congress, and
in moderate succession, Arkansas, Geor.
;ia, Ahbauia, North Carolina nnd Vir
ginia, the public mind of the South
would have becu far more healthy than
it is, aud thuso States which fingered on
probation to the last would have been
under a more saluUtry influence to good
Gave proof through tho uight that our
lliio- was still there.
Oh ! say docs the star Fpangled ban. conduct than' if half a dozen armies
nor still wave, watched over them
U er tlio mini oi uie irec anu me nonie
once jimre in adjustment with tho Fed.
er.il Government will rule litis imtiun !
Tlic North is rich --never go lie!; ; the
South is prior never before s por.
The population cf the Noith i nearly
double that of tho S-uih. Tlio indus
try of ttie North, in diversity, in fur
v.'ardiies.i and product ivcucss, in all the
luiicntiiery arm i-nucatioii tc ; litre 1 l:,r
nianu!'ctuiiiir, i.i half a century in ad
vance i,f the South. Churches in the
North rrir.vn every bill, and rcho'lj
swarm in every ni'ii'iiooriiood ; wnito
the Soulli lt.:-t but seat it-red li.rh(.i at
Idler di';f.'i'K'o. lil:o li"'nlniM:os iv.'ii:
bury iii it Slavery, sectional animosity
and all strife.i and hatreds !
It is (it that the brave men who, on
st.i rod land, faced death to save the
natiuii, should Dov.-, by their voice and
vote, consuiuinaJo what their bwordsj
ri'inlered possible.
For the sake of tho ficcdnian, for the
ko of (ho South and its millions of our
fellow-couutryiuuti, for our own Bake,
and for the great causo of freedom aud
li''.it'ion, I iirjrn tho rouuiou of nil tLo
parts which l'cbcllion and war havo
battered. I am truly vours,
HENRY WAUU UKECIIKU.
s color v. ill
. . l- r .1.. .
last lorever. I'iit'v i.uuiy m .-iih-io. i
as a paekatre will last a
agent
t erson
MADE TO ORDER.
ALSO COFFIN." kept on hand, and li'.i. le
to order, of every kind and dcseripiion.
Please CALL ami examine my ruck ho.
fore purchasing elsewhere, for 1 hope h.v
strict ntleniion to business, and keepinrr nil
Iho market demands in mv line, to merit
il.n nmrnnnrrn of the puldie. Warertuiuis
on the corner of Main and Depot M reels.
HENRY II. TilOMAS.
May-17'CO-ly,
r.l.Vri:i. fklHAMpcr tUtj,
ATJSTS wanted, ladies and gcatlcrifa.
in every County iu the United States, to
sell the" Ink l'ovrdors of tho American
Iuk Company. The powder sells for
forty cents per package, and v. ill make
ink enough to till fifty bottles of the
s-ize usually retailed at ten cents per
bottle. A smart agent can sell a gra-s
of it a day, and clear -7.:.. The ink
can be made from the powder in " lve
minutes in co;unv:i boiling wate' . It
is a perfect black ink, the best i .1 the
world. It flows easily, does not corrode
tho r,i n a nartitle. UCVCf trUlus UP. is ! ''
iniiired bv freczilur, and I
v
1
will buv it
family for years, and ink casi be made
in small .uantttie3 as wameu. nii
each gross we send a thousand circulars
with testimonials from clergymen, law.
vor-i teachers, lnerchauls, c-nUimercial
college-, editor., kc, and tho
na-no'on the bills. Only one
will be made agent for a county, the
fir-t one sendingSoO for a grc s of thn
powder will receive it by return express
together with ono thousand ci; culms
and the right to se'l iu the county he or
she designates. If others send I' a- the
game county, the money will be returned
to thciikfrco of expeuve. To make sure,
one bad belter designate- several coun
ties, either of which he or she will take,
dare for trade list nnd circulars if you
Sendrun the risk of waiting, or send the
money for a gross. Letters addressed
to the Mayor, Postmaster, cashiers ot
the batiks, or tho express agents of this,
city, will show that the business is Lou.
orably and squarely conducted. An
Irk Powder will bo sent by mail to any
au h-c.ss, free of charge, ou receipt of
forty cents.
Address, writing your came, town,
county nnd State distinctly,
AMERICAN INK COMPANY.
Manchester, N. II.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Clerk for i.hc Co., and Special Agent.
'ANTKjl. AG EN'J'S 575 to ?2:'Ki
VM AiONlll tor oeutlt'uicn
and 535 to 875 for ladies, everywhere, I
to introduce the Celebrated Common
Sense Family Sewing M chine, improv
ed and perfected. It wi.'J Item, fell,
htitch, tiii!t, bind, braid and embroider
bcaut'itully. Prieo only ?i0, making
the elastic lock stitch, and fully war.
ranted for three years. We pay the
above wages, or a commission, from
which twice that amount can be made.
Address with stamp, or call ou C
1JOWEUS CO., Salesrooms, No.
South FIFTH Street, Philadelphia, Pu.
All letters answered promptly, with
circulars and terms. May-31'Gd-ly.
EX.TUA 1JOTTNTY.--I
IMPORTANT TO .SOLDIERS:
I!,; it recent act of Congress, all soldiers
who nerved Ihree years, or those who were
ilihcharged by reason of wounds received in
service, and Iho
WIDOW, MIKOH CHILE2EN OE PAEEXT3
niiv meh sohlierswho died in the service
. t ii. I'nitail .Siiiiea. or of diseate or woun-ls
....irn. ted while in the uervice, are cutillcd
n nitrlitinnal bouutv of i'lOf.
By giviiifr, this ninttt-ryour lmmediule at.
tendon, nnd caPinj? on or writing lo the urn
ders'iKticd, these claims will secui o prompt
iilteniion. jyjn.y u. u.uu,
uug3Utf. ltidgwuy, Ba,
. Elll'.N 3. BUSS. Pi
t.i. Sr. Mr.rys Elk
lui.e-lll'il'j-ly.
and Sur-
TTVDi: nous
11 et.,,. i::.i:-
.Var-ll-'o-i-ly.
m. v.
ay, EiX.
i v.-'u-ian
c . nuiv B
MOf'Rl'. l'copri.
jimty l'a.
V.RSFY HOTEL, ('enli'vv'lle, Elk ,'Oim
5 iv. Ba., C. 11. L'ya.i, Br. iiuS'.''il'i
Hull &
augO'ilj-ly
of the brave ?
On the shore, dimly seen through the
mist of tho deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in silence
reposes,
What is that, which tho breeze o'er the
towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half concealed, half
discloses :
Now it catches tho gleam of tho tuorti-
ino's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the
stream ;
'lis the star spangled banner, Oh !
long may it wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home
of the brave.
Every month that wg delay this
healthful step complicates the case. Tho
excluded population, enough unsettled
before, grow more irritable ; tho nimy
becomes indispensable to local govern
ment, and supercedes it; tho Govern,
ment at Washington is called to inter
fere iu one aud another difficulty, nud
this will be done inaptly, aud sometimes
ling along tho edge of a continent of
darkness, iu the presence oi sucli a
contrast, how mean and craven is the
fear that tho South will rule the policy
or too laud : 1 fiat it will have an in.
fluenec, that it will contribute, in time.
most important influences or restraints,
we arc glad to believe. Put, if it rises
at once to the control of tho Goveni-
"NAUYi'.lt HOU.SE, Warren, Ba
j Hall, Vroj rie'.ors.
1.P1NH llOU.S'r:
f- man ivrcu, 1 i-.-priti
SBUItTZ, Harm
Mary'j Ba.. Her-
CIV' I 0.1
F.
unity.
oiy
of .1 V Aouk's Store.
s Maker. Rid?
Shop in I he tin
(.inly -'i.
1v.
ST. MA11Y S HO I ii eneioioi i
Proprietor. Si. Mary's, Elk connly Pa.
Thislioiise is new aud lilted up v.'oh L-ia.
ial care for the convenience ami com. on oi
. ... i ... IV. , 1 !.,,.!.-. In
ue-!s, at inoueiaiu i.ov.
f.-r.i thH Utnot. tiood slahling at.
ached. mar- '''
ly.
7Nt'll.N".i: IKi'I'.i.. Ridv.iy, Ell;
county Pa.. David Thayer i'lvpric-tor.
I 1, ,,!!. U jdeasuitl-.- silaate l ou ino
liai.k e;' she t'l.aijn, in 1 he lower end ot the
town, is well provided with hou-eroom and
. i. ,'.':. mol itio i .-onvieH.r wi.l snare no
.-' , " i i
liiiiisli rondel-ino stay of his fsnv-ii Jrtn
ant and a:ireeal.te. lmai--ll
And where is the baud, who so vaunt
iimly sworo
That the havoc of war, and the battle's which have excited the nation
with great injustice for our Govern, ment, it will be because the North, do.
ment, wisely adapted to its own proper moralized by prosperity aud besotted by
functions, is utterly devoid of those 4-ovcliu g interests, refuses to discharge
labits and unequipped with the instru. its t-hare of political duty. Iu such
nieuts which lit a centralized Govern- case, tho South not cr.Iy wul control the
j Government, but it ought to do it !
2. It is feared, with more reason, that
the rcsf oral ion of the South to her full
independence will be deteriir.cntal to the
tnent to exercise, in remote Stales over
local affairs. Every attempt to perform
such duties has resulted in mistakes
Pu!
Usei'ul Proverbs.
Save the child and you save a man
No man ever sins at half price.
Net to care where jou go is to go
to ruin.
,if
-Look out for short doings and long
praying.
The apostles' tent was not built of
marble.
Never chase a bullet that has gono
by you.
Letter bow your head than break
you;- neck.
The chief of the Devil's Elaff ia
.i n
-ii.
There is no reason in faiso reason-
-Iv.
-SrAS'.iiNtiTON HOUSE, St. Mary's,
y' Elk eomity Pa., Edward Babel i'vri.
jirieter. This house is new nnd tilled up
with c.-'ieeial care for ilia convenience of
(bind stabling attacueo.
Caests
Mar-llii'ii
-o;M:V. l'.l.L AND M '..'SSEMi r. It Urucr
$ l is-. Deol. r.-: ia llnig and Chemicals-
Paint--. Oils and ariuOi. roriumery ion
et ari'u-l'M an 1 Stationary. Eid-wiy, Elk
county Pa. mar-H-rU'l-ly.
contusion,
A homo and a country should leavo us
no more :
Their blitid has washed out their foul
footstep's pollutiou.
No refuge could save the hireling aud
slave,
From the terror of flight or the gloom of
the grave i
And the star spangled banner iu tri.
umph doth wave,
O'er the land cf the freo and the
home of the bravo.
Oh ! thus be it ever when freemen shall
stand
Between their loved homes and war's
desolation ;
Llessed with victory and peace may the
Heaven-rescued land
Praise the power that hut h made and
preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause
it is ju;t,
And this be our motto " In God is our
whatever imprudence- there may be in freedincn. The sooner wo dismiss from
the method, tho real criticism should be our minds the idea that the frceduien
against the requisition of such duties of can ba classified, and sepirated from the
white population.; and nursed and do.
feuded by themselves, the Letter it will
be for them aud ua. The negro i3 part
and parcel of Southern eoeicty. IL
t-auuot be prosperous while it is utipros.
pered. Its evils will rebound upon
him. Its happiness and reiuvigoration
cannot be kept from his participation.
The restoration of the South to amicable
relations with the North, the reorganize.
tion of its industry, the rcinspirattun of
enterprise and thrift, will all redound to
the freedmon'.s benefit. Nothing is so
dangerous lo the freedmen as an unset
tled state of society iu the South. On
him comes all the "bite, and an-jer, and
caprice, and revenue. He will be limit
the General Government.
Tho Federal Government is unfit to
exercise minor polico and local govern
merit, and will iucvitably bluudcr when
it attempts it. To keep half a score of
Slates under Federal authority, but
without national ties aud responsibilities ;
to oblige tho central authority to gov.
ern half tho territory of the Uuited
Stales by Federal civil officers and by
the army, is a policy not ouly unconge
nial to our ideas and principles, but
nreemuienfly dangerous to the spirit of
our rove, anient. However humane
the cuds sought and the motives, it is.
iu fact, a course of instruction, prcpar
in" our government to be despotic, aud
familiarizing the people to a slretch of the scapegoat of lawless and heartless
it. YOLK. Manui'acli.rev
id Dealer
i in I.:i"i r Bmi', eiuioshc. Ihe Uailroad
Bepot, Si. Mary's, Elk county Pa.
Mur-12-d'i-ly.
Dealer in all
prill? Beds find
EN BY il. THOMAS
kinds of Furniture,
V a: I re-ses, 1'ieiuvo hriiaus ami toiiinsi,
Uid-'way Pa. Ware Bourns on the corner
of Main and Bepot Si's. r..i
-17'ltG-ly.
U'TH'AL CLOCK AMI ViAll.H-
VivEil. ST. MW.Y'S, LIU county
Pa. Edward MeUvid-. l.eeps eonM.iuUy on
hand and for sale. Watel.e-. Cock. Silver
Timed Ware and Jewelry of all descriptions.
jy...llo'--aH-ing neatly executed, and done
ou chert notice and reason ibl'j terms.
Mar It'.rOG.ly.
TOP. 1'itINTINO, such as Cards, Testers
D ib. ml Bill-. Bill Head.) Xc, tPnio nt
the ADYoCATi: OFFICE on short notice
and ut reaioiiii' do prices.
H.";-
McOC'NNEf.L. TInuse, Siprn and
Ornamental Painler. .Ml orders
pi-.ililplly OIICri'K-tl in v.u.l neatatcs ti'vi
ib.-titfli. loo -.lire at this otlice, or of the
fcub-criber at Kane Siaiion,
TOB WORK of ull kinds and deg.
,J criptionB dono at tins oilice.
- V.'. B 1 fd'Y. Rureeon Pi-nlisf, Saint
b Mary's, Elk enmity, Pennsylvania., of-
'i-t-s his i-rol'essit.nal services to the c.li.ens
Ctk i-.,iiiitv O ill co r-!il ' c.vnp X MO.
eau'sS.ore: (July o'-l y
1.1 VI' it
Whole
i- BACON. M union hirers nnd
ile lteiail Bealcrs in
FJoru-, iVotl and Oram,
VAXAL MILLS, 11UIK, I'A.
Orders solicited and promptly lim-U ni luar-
l.et rales. ana vui-n-J-iy
Uiniih shall wave,
O'er the land of tho free, nud the
home of the brave.
piiwi mil m law. .t7w.Ljwi.
Ijottor from Iiov. Henry
Ward coclier.
81,5001'
IMM: YKAll!
nit Acrenis eveiyiwieit;
to sell our iM:-i:tivi::i '-'1 Seivii!.' .Macliincs.
Three new kinds. L'n Br and upper lei"l.
Sent on trial. Warrants '. live years. Above
salary or la; - eoioioi -si -ms ) aid. 1 ,ie ONI.V
i,iat.lii!ie - s.it I in ihe I'li-u-tl t-tates tor less
than HI, vM.-h are .'.'' i.cen-wl l-U lfo.
U'o..i-.y It;.'. -,,. tUve.r .V JUd-r, A' '
V Co., cio .'iff.,.',, .-. .1,7 oilier cheap uui
chines are in, 'i.-, and the .' r or imt
are rclmhh- ., n;v,-.-.', .; . i)urii.uum.nt.
llliistr-iled e'rcu'.ai s seal I'm: A-'oiress, or
call ii noli Sliaw Clark, a itid.lel'ord,
Maine, or Chieoro, 111. inay-n'rji-ly
WIIELLF.n k WILSON'S SEW.
ING MACHINES. Tho under
tinned havinj. been np oiuled Solo Afent
for Ihe sale of heeler ,s; Wilsni'.s Sewir.
Machines for r.lk county. II o keeps an
assorliaent eenoiiiutly on hiind- Macliiues
Boidnt Thilndelphiuai.d New Yor prices.
Any parties desirous of obtaining theuicau
address J. K. WillTMOliE,
March Ot '00 ly. nt Bidgway, Ba.
And the star spangled banner in tri- authority which cau never be other
than dangerous to liberty.
I am aware that good men are with,
held from advocating tho prompt and
stiei.es.sive odinission of the exiled
S t -. t 1 bv the fear, chiefly, of its chect
upon the parties, aud upoa tho freed
men.
It is said that, if admitted to Con.
gross, tho Southern Senators and Hep.
rcsenlativcs will coalesce with Northern
Peniocrats ar-d rule the country. Is
this nation, then, to remain dismember
ed to forvc the cuds of parties ? Have
wo learned no wisdom by the history of
the past ten years, iu .which just this
course of sacrificing tho nation to the
exigencies of parties has plunged us in
to rebelliou and war ?
Even admit that the power would
pass into the bands of a party made up
of Southern men, and the hitherto dw.
honored aud misled Democracy of the
North, that power cuu'.d not bo used
just as they want. Tho war has changed,
not iilouo institutions, but ideas. The
whole country has advanced. Public
sentiment is exalted far beyond what it
lias been at any former poriod. A new
party would, like u river, bo obliged to
seek out its channels in tho already ex.
is'ing slopes and forms of the continent.
We have entered a new era of liberty.
The style of thought is freer aud more
uoble. Tho young men of our times
are regenerated, ino great a.-.ny uas
been a echool, and hundreds of thous.
auds of men are gouo home to preach a
truer and nobler view of human rights.
All the industrial interests of society
arc moving with increasing wisdom to
ward intelligence nod liberty. Every,
where, in churches," in literature, iu so
cial questions, in ua'ural sciences, iu
physical industries, as well as in politics,
the Nation feels that tho winter is over
aud a new Spring hangs in the horizon
aud works through all the elements.
In this happily changed and advanced
condition of things no party of tho ret
rograde can na'utuiu itself. Every,
thing marches aud parties must march.
I hear, with woader aud thaine aud
S3jm tlio ".' .f fw tVnt tho South
Lev. Henry Ward Leccher, in the
following letter, takes a position which
deserves the careful consideration of ev
ery man who Las tho welfare of the
frer l. ic-n at heart. Jlr. Lecchor has
dcvuu;d his life to the anti-slavery cause,
aud has ever been u tshioiog light
among republicans. To that portion
of them who are hoaent in their nexlely
to have the negro protected from vio.
leuce, aud do nut use him only as a hob.
by, this letter affords food for reflection.
He contends that immediate- restoratioii
of the Southern Stales brings with it
law and order, and is demanded by the
interests of the frceduien. That exclu
sion from lcpresoutation necessarily and
naturally produces irritation, discontent
aud disquiet, which exhibits itself in
riots and iu the cruel aud lawless nets of
violeut uicu. That the existence of iho
negro clement among them being the
apparent causo of their exclusion from
participation in tho government, upon
this clement falls the weight of these
disorders. We give his own words :
C. G. JMptne, Bm: B, !j. Gen. ; II.
If. iSuciim, Mi. Gen. ; Gordon
Granyr, Moj. Gen., Committee:
Gentlemen: I am obliged to you
for the invitation you have made me to
act as Chaplain to the Convention of
Sailors and Soldiers about to convene at
Cleveland. I cannot attend it, but I
heartily wish it, aud all other conven.
t ions, of what party soever, success,
whose object is the restoration of all
tho States late iu rebellion to their fed.
era I relations.
Our theory of government has no
place for a Stato except in the Union.
It is justly taken fur granted that the
duties and responsibilities of a Stato iu
federal relations tend to its political
health aud to that of tho whole nation.
Evcu Territories aro hastily brought in,
often before tho prescribed couditiocs
men. I uless wo turn uie uoverumeut
into a vast military machine, there cau
not be armies enough to protect the
freedmen while Southern society remain
insurrectionary. Jt southern society is
calmed, sealed, and occupied and sooth
-d with ucw k.-p-i aie.l prosperous ni
dus!, tos, no armies will be needed. Hi
ots will subside, lawless hangers on will
bo driven oil' or better governed, and a
way will be gradually opeued up to the
frecdman, through education aud nidus.
try, to full citizenship, with all its hon
ors and duties.
Civilization is a growth. Aono can
escape that forty years iu the wilder
ness who travel from the Egypt of igno
l once to the promised laud ol ciwliza.
tioti. The freedmen Must take their
march. I have lull faith iu the rest.h.-'.
If they have the stamina to undergo
ti e hardships which every uncivilized
people has undergone in their ttpv. a-.d
progress, they will, bo in due time to
tako their place among us. That place
cannot bo bought, nor bequeathe. 1, nor
gained by sleight cf baud. It will come
to sobriety, virtue, industry and fmgaH.
ty. As the cation cannot be soinil un
til the South is prosperous, so, ou the
other extreme, u healthy condition of
civil society in the South is indi.UH usa
ble to the welfare of the freedmen !
llel'u.sing to admit loyal Senators and
Itcpresetitutives fiom Hie South to Con
gress will not help the freedmen. It
will not secu'-e for ihetn the vote. It
will not protect them. It will not secure
any inieudment of our Constitution,
however ju-t aud wise. It will ctily in.
crease tho dangers aud complicate the
difficulties. Whether we regard the
whole nation or any section of it orc'a s
iu it, the fnvt demand of cur time is.
entire reunion !
Oueo united, we c?.n, by schools,
churches, a free press and iuerea .-.in-free
speech, attack each evil and secure
every good.
Meanwhile, the great chasm which
ilcbelliou nude is not filled up. Il
grows deeper and stretches wider ! Out
of it rise dread oiicetrcs ond threateninc
souuds. Let that gulf bo closed, aud
Some persons live on the kindess of
others and claim lo be their benefactors.
On the road to ruin every traveler
pays bis owu faro.
lie who is willing to bo what he ii
is a real man.
IIo who leaves duly undone will
soon find himself undone.
A penitential tear in value surpas
scs a wealth of words.
The great aud essential element ol
happiness is holiness.
The gayst smileis are often tho
saddest weepers.
A compromise with sin is a surreD.
der to the devil. 0
An impe; tinent sinner has no rnoro
right to sin than a saint.
Pride cau 1 e as i-isolent in rags as
in purple and Cue linen.
A man may havo much of tho
world ond not be much of a man.
Proles.dng to bo a Christian does
not solve the obligation to be one.
The heaviest tiotibles under which
many persons groan are borrowed.
Act where you are aud you will al
ways have a place to aet.
The best way, though it bo further
round, is tho shortest.
Fear to do wrong, and doing wrong
win uever cause you to lear.
Tho Law of God, not tho conscicneo
of uiati is the rule of duty.
Whcu it becomes right to do wrong
the Pevil will becomo a saint.
He who stands by the right can af
ford to have the Devil laugh at him.
Ol'ieuliuir s villi each new year, wo
seek less and go further to obtain it.
My.-ieiious disappearances aro of,
ten better Ihau mysterious appearances.
Some people seem to have no con
fidence in water power.
When the Levil is at a fellow's el.
bow he causes it to lip too often.
Half the truth may bo a lio in tho
abseaco of tho other half.
Unqualified opinions aro often ex.
pressed by unqualified men.
There is an earth. lax upon coffin?,
but no sky-tax upon their occupants.
A man's brain may bo thin aud
his skull thick.
-Never buy what is useless, because
it is cheap.
Every wife should havo a lien on
her husband.
Peware of a tall man ; he can over
reach you.
Ho who makes long prayers on
.sim lay and cheats his neighbors ou
Monday is a rascr.l, nevertheless.
Thf re are mortul flowers that aro
gathered cheaply at the expense of
bleeding hands.
The villainy that accomplishes tho
mo. t evil is tho mc;t accomplished vil
lainy. IIo who conquers himself does
more than Alexander, who conquered
the world.
Tomorrow is the road that tlum.
uuds travel to the bottomless gull ut
never.