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VOLUME XVIII
1 2 *C011331VIC,4!LIa.
LIGHT AND BODO%
You who judge by what yoh iwe;
Often fail to judge arightl
Stars are shining solenutlyi
— lnthe - dayas - in 2 theitight;
All the day they lie concealed -
By the glory of the sun,
But at eve they shinelevealedi
In the azure, one by one.
So the daylight of a smile,
'May but veil the human face,
Hiding for a little while, •
,Doubt, and care, • and sorrow's trace.
So, when shadow clouds of woe
O'er a happy face arise,
Still beneath the shadows glow
Stars-ofjoy-in-gentle-eyes
Life is arched with changing skies:
Rarely are what they seeme
Smiles we have, and also sighs—
Much we know, but more.we dream;
Look beneath the outward show,"
To the shadow or the light;
And, from what you surely know,
Learn to see and judge aright.
GOD MADE TN HART.
God made the heart with every chord
Responsive to his love
To cheer, to bless, to keep his word
Like angel hearts above.
'Twos made to feel for other's woe,
Life's sorrows to beguile;
To sooth the tears the wretched know,
And bid the, mourner smile.
'Twas made to be the charm of earth,
Where all affections meet;
Where every human bliss bath birth,
And every hope is sweet.
'Tares formed the weak and sad to aid,
To Lid misfortune (lee;
Had man ne'er mar'd what God has made
How heaven y eart
kvi 0-11 !Pi
THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER.
It was the day before the commencement
at the 111— Academy, in the pleasant town
of G-------; and since early morn every in
coming4rain had disgorged crowds of young
ladies and gentlemen, all destined for its clas
sic shades,
It was now fivo o'clock, and in fifteen min
utes the last train for the night would arrive,
and many of the early comers were strolling
towards the &pot to witness the fresh arri
val of students.
They had not waited long before the train
came in with its usual screech and clamor
and another crowd passed out; two young la!
e new comers wis particu
les among
larly to notice .
One was short, with laughing blue eyes,
which made her the very personification of
fun and Mischief. Her companion, though
taller, was slight and graceful, every move
ment denoting by its perfect ease that she
was associated with the educated and refin
ed; she was dressed in black, and a thin veil
screened her features from observation.
They went directly to the principal's of
fice, and students were required to enter their
names before rooms were assigned them in
the boarding hall, The Principal bowed re
spectfully in answer to a similar •salutation
from them, and placed a large book before
them; the first entered her name as Jennie
Allyn, the other as Nettie Moore. The Prin
cipal drew the book towards him and glan.
ecd at the names, then looking up to Nettie
he said,
"Pardon me, but are you not Robert
'Moore's daughterl"
'"I am, sir," she replied.
"Indeed I I formed the acquaintance of
your father a short time ago, and he said his
daughter would attend the
_bi— Academy
this term; I heartily welcome you, and trust
you will have a pleasant time. The scenery
around 0— is very romantic." - -
"And this," said Nettie, "is the daughter
t-Governor:'--
"Ah I happy to form your acquaintance."
Tho young ladies had a pleasant and com
modious room assigned them, and their bag
gage arriviog,,they in a short time made it
appear quite home-like, and here we may as
well more fully describe Nettie. Her fea
tures were perfect in their outline, a fall high
forehead, denoting rare intellectual gifts; her
hair was dark and fastened in a band; her
eyes were also dark, and no one could look
into the liquid depths without feeling a pe
ouliar sensation. Without attempting a fur.
Cher ilescription,aullice it to say that in a week
__Ethe,.was-admited-by-all - tire - yeting gentl
end envied by all the young
The first week passed away in preparation
for the regular beginning, which' was to take
Rime the following Monday. Nettio's anpe
nor education' placed •her at once in the grad
uating clasi.
Saturday' came and several of the young
ladies were assembled in her room, drawn
there partly to listen to Jennie's pleasant and
ready wit, and partially.because it,made them
snore popular with .the gentlemen to appear
intimate .with , liettic.. ,
They had been conversing for , some time.
when Adele Vernon- proposed that: - each
should tell bar father's occupation. The*
was a simultaneous approval; ,and as Adele I
proposed it, ,they . decided that, she should
tell first.
Ma=
plied, "It is Nettie Moore; only a shoema
ker's daughter."
Walter regarded her for a moment with
an expression' she could not interpret, and
then looked at Nettie. Her face was flush
ed; she had• over-heard Estelle's sneering
answer..
That night she walked out alone across
the fields, Jennie being otherwise occupied.
She seated herself at the foot of a lofty
- oak and gaVe herself up to reflections.—
She did not hear the steps which were ap
proaching her from behind, nor did she
know a person , was near 'until a man rudely
seized her by the arm and attempted to kiss
her. She screamed and struggled violently
to free herself but the villain held fast, and
almost pressed his polluted lips to her cheek,
when he received a blow• that sent him reel
ing,•_to the ground.
Nettie turned to thank herpreserver and
saw Walter Percy standing before her.—
Her cheeks flushed for she remembered the
scene in the drawing room. He appeared
not to notice her embarrassment and said.
• "I believe I• have the honor of addressing
Miss Moore ?" •
"Yes sir, and I thank you very kindly for •
your timely arrival.
"I was also out walking when I beard yeti
stream and ran to your assistance."
:Daring the - conversation - the wrettliThinfl
arisen, from the ground and slunk away, mut- ,
tering threats his cowardly heart would not
dare fulfill. They watched him a few mo- '
ments, then turning, Walter said—
" Shall I have the honor of escorting you
back to the Hall r'
Taking his offered band she replied—
" Perhaps you do not know lam only a
shoemaker's daughter ?"
"Miss Darmount was particular enough to
inform me this evening; but she may learn
that wealth or station is not my standard of
affection.__My_father_was—bnce-a-poor-bo • ,
and'has taught me to honor the industrious
and good, if they are poor."
Their conversation soon turned on poets,
and he found that she, like himself was an
,admirer of the "Poetic Lyre" when swept
'by the hand of genius.
The' walk' back to the, hall passed pleasant
ly, and they parted excellent friends. That
I night he dreamed of sh'oemakers and their
daughters more than he din elf his Greek and
Latin.
, . , „
The weeks of the long term flew away.—
Nettie was reminded every day by slights
and other . insults, .that'she ••= looked upon
as an inferior. There were some who did
regard her so, and:there was .ne who show
ed her as much deference as , subject would
his monarch; this was Walter Percy. Since
the night he bad rescued her', -y had. often
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WAXNESROEiY, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNS
"My itither," and she "was formerly a
merchant in Ne*lirorlt, but bap note retired
from bilabial* and Hies lay a bealitifalhome
on the hankS'of the river Hudson."
"My . father," Said Clara Lincoln, , " , irsa a
phyaionin' in
filine,"' said tortenserSinclare "is a Cow
gr.ga 7 ri-o-f
ev — ffii --- martlergyman
"And wide," said Estelle Darmong i "is
a lawyer in
"My father," sakiJennie, "is Lieutenant
Governor of this State."
The ladies at this expressed considerable
surprise: Adele turning to Nettie, said;
"Yon areleet; what-does-your father-do?' - 1
"Well, girls, I shall have to acknowledge
that my father is by. trade a shoethakerf,"
Jennie oppened trer blue' eyes with aston
ishment and seemed on the point of speaking .
but a warning glance from Nettie slimed
her.
The others glanced quick glances at each
other, and in a few momenta arose to leave.
Jennie was warmly urged to return the call,
while to Nettie they were hardly oivil, each
giving a foimal invitation which was coldly
received. Jennie could hardly restrain her
-impatience until the last one had disappear
ed, and as soon ae the door
,was elos - e - dTex=
_claimed— - -
"Why, Nettie, what 'made you say your
father was a shoemaker?"
"I told them he was a shoemaker by
trade."
"But why did you not tell them what be
is now?"
"Because I wish to remain incognito just
for a joke. I will come out before I leave."
Jennie at once entered into the spirit of
the joke, and promised to be a faithful aid
er and abettor.
When they went down to tea that evening
they saw that the story had already gained a
wide circulation. The ladies hardly reco.-
nized Nettie, while the gentlemen who had
beenn so attentive stared almost
;palely at her.
Frank Needham, son of a wealthy Mtn.
facturer, had •been her opposite, but now he,
sat in front of the haughty Adele, while
Ralph Gordon, son of a poor but honest me
chanic filled his place; the two ladies exchan
ged quick glances and smiles; it was evident
they did not feel badly about it.
That night they visited the Principal, but
at the close of the conversation they all laugh.
ed heartily and declared it would be an ex-
;Ilent-joto,
Monday came and brought with it Walter
Percy, only son of a wealthy merchant in
Boston. His advent caused a great iensation
among the ladies, and they lingered long at
their glasses before answering the bell for
tea that night.
When Nettie entered the room most of
the students were seated, and she saw the
handsome stranger.but a few chairs above
her, conversing with Estelle, who had con
trived in some manner to be his opposite; as
Nettie seated herself he glanced at her, and
admiration ryas at once depicted on his coun
tenance. •Estelle noticed it and bit her lips
with vexation. After the Principal had in
voked the Diiine blessing, the hum of con
versation began, and Walter inquired the
name of the young lady who was dressed in
black.
Estelle's lip turned scornfull
ioet and conversed much to *the chagrin
,of
other young, ladies who could gain from him
mid:Angina cold
When he conversed with. bec:bii !gait
was deep and, tender, and there was a lighp
in,his eye which often pained Nettie's deli
cately tinted cheek b • ' '
_'hey visited together navy, of the , rotnintio,
places in the vicinity of 14-, taking
with them. Jennie and Ralph Gordon, who
though poor was handsome and one whom
Jennie much admired. _ ,
The term was drawing to a dose. The
twenty-four weeks had Awindled-:down-to
- foursthetii - M - e ,- /eisi happened which caused
much ezoitement.
A lady formerly a student of the Acad
emy was' to give.a grand party, and an in
vitation was extended to all the students.
To the young ladies wearied by the con
tinuous routine of study the excitement of
preparation was a delightful recreation, and
was indulged in to such an extent by some
as to bring opposite their names • numerous
black marks designed to show how black
spots had been stamped on their teaeher's
opinion in regard to their scholarship.
The invitation had I—been given long)
wen -- rNri ter sought Nettie and asked her
company- She_ - firstrefused;as - skehad not
attended a party since her mother died two
years before. Walter pleaded earnestly; and
finally gained her consent.
Estelle hinted several times that hie com
pany would'be agreeable to her, but he ap
peared not to understand her, and she was
finally obliged to find another escort.
Mrs. Jameson's room was rapidly filling
with the wealth, beauty and fashion, of
G—. Among the • gay assembly were
many whom I have before introdnced.—
Jeimie had refused many of the upper ten-
dom of the Academy, and was now prom
enading
through the apartment leaning on the
arm of Ralph Gordon.
Adele moved gracefully through the throng
attended by Frank Needham. Estelle sat in
the recess of the window, talking with Har
ry. Spaulding; while others promenaded the
rooms or sat in groups conversing.
wonder where Nettie is ?" said Jennie,
having sought her in vain, Just then cast
ing her glance towards the door she exclaim
ed "Ah ! here they dome
Walter and Nettie had just entered; as
they passed in the room, she moved beside
him with an ease and quiet digni_ly, fe_w_conki
+I it ta k e ne excel. Shiihad for a time laid
aside her mourning garb, and was dressed in
a rich but simple robe which floated grace
tally around her faultles person. She wore
no ornaments but a few white buds among
the dark braids of her hair- The evening
pasSed pleasantly, and finally Walter propo
sed a walk over the beautiful grounds which
surrounded the house and to 'which many
had' resort Nettie gladly consented. Wal
ter tied on her hat, and they stepped out on
the verandah and entered one of the paths
which led through the grounds.
It was a beautiful night; th 3 moon, slow
ly circling through the heavens, cast a silve
ry, radiance over all objects; no sound broke
the stillness save the sweet tinkling of the
fountain as it threw aloft its waters all spark
ling in the mellow light.
They wandered for a time along the dif
ferent paths, feasting upon the scene of beau
ty, an. ti en e trew er to a seat eside
as she re=
him on a rustic bench.
They sat there for a while in silence, she
gazing off into the dim distance, he watch
ing the changes of her lovely features..
"Nettie !" and his whole heart seemed to
go out with the impassioned utterance.
"What, Walter? ' '
"Nettie, since the first night we met I have
loved you deeply and truly, and now exis
tence would be a blank without your sweet
company. Oh, say can you—do you love
me?'
• At the first sentence her eyed sank • under
his eager (vase, and a rich crimson Suffused
her face; b uti as he finished her eyes sought
his, and she said :
"Do you not see, Walter, that I am treat
ed as an inferior by my. fellow students, and
arc you willing, with your - wealth, and your
bright prospects, to take such an one to your
heart ?'
"Ab, Nettie, I should consider wealth and
all its blessings as nothing if your love was
denied me, those who despise you aro defici
ent in all that belongs to pure and noble wo
manhood. Oh say, Nettie, may I hope lam
beloved ?"
. "Yes, do love you, Walter, with my
- Whole heart," and her head sank on his
shunider.
CIE=
I will pass over the remainder of the term,
which was mostly occupied in preparation
for the , examination. Nettie, Adele, and
Estelle were the only graduates, and they
were busy at work on their essays, for each
desired to take the prize. This would also
finish Walter's preparatory course, and next
term he would enter Yale.
On the morning before the examination,
'as the students were all assembled in the
chapel, they were electrified by the announce
ment that the Governor of the State would
_ar ri-ve-th at-nig h t-and-reruain - t hrough - th - s - ex;.: -
amination. The students- were all excite
ment, and when the time drew near, expec
tation was on the alert. A. carriage was nett
coming up the road, and they allerted—"tho
Governor is coming The , carriage halted,
and a noble, portly looking
. man alighted;
but what was their disappointment, when
Nettie rushed out, and throwing herself into'
his arms, called him father.
-Heads were drawn back, and many said con-,
temptuously, "how absurd to mistake a shoe
maker for a Governor."
They watched its vain till tea was - dononor
ced, when they gave it up, , cotieluding'he
wouhinot come that night , , " '•
The etudeati _mere i'tetitdd *heti the'
Principal entered, acaompanied:l4 Mr:
. .totore
and Nettie: To the surprise of all; he 'gave
that gentleman the head of the. table, -while
LVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING,
": • , 1 am,d
be and Nitlie r tnnli Ole neio seats — below.—;
When all wee qiiiet;_linitiid,ia . a - clear, die
tint* tone, en, the k all ef3,ulll. hey; ,
4 Gioiernnr jou ask the divine/
It 'would be hail the surprise
. .
their had beenslighting and sneering at the
daughter- of their beloved 'Governor.
Jennie, who sat nest to Adele, whispered
in her ear:
"He was once a shoemaker, but now a Gov
mot".
It was frets : -- GWitor Neale, w
young man, learned the shoemaker's trade,
end worked at it maul yenta. He prospered,
and finally retired from business, but was
aeon called upon to fill the highest office in
the State, and nobly did he perform his du
ties,. •
Walter was greatly aurprised,, but this did
not intensify his love, for he had given Net
tie his whole heart, when he thought she
was only a shoemaker's daughter.
That night, when Nettie and Jennie had
retired to their room, the door opened, and
Adele, followed b • a number of the_ether_
• sung ams, entered to excuse their con
duct. Nettie received them very coldly, and
said, "I excuse your conduct, but as I Was
not worthy to associate with young the &ugh
ter of a shoemaker, I am not worthy as the
daughter of a Governor,"
. 'With this rebuke they soon left the room.
Nettie took. the prize and received many
congratulations, but none were valued so
highly as those spoken by Walter Percy.
She had revealed to her father her regard
for Walter; and when she presented him he
was cordially' greeted by the Governor, who,
by the way, was acquainted with hie father.
The night after the examination she and
Walter took their last stroll over those
grounds where they had passed 60 inanyhap
py hours. They were to separate on the
morrow; she would' return home, he would
ero the day was o'er be at old Yale.
But little remains to be told. Walter
graduated with honor, and soon brought to
his home the lovely Nettie Moore,
Not many years after, Ralph Gordon, then
a young and prosperous physician, was mar
ried to our old friend Jennie, and they now
live a short distance from Walter. They of
ten 'recall their school days.at 31--,----Acad
emy, and laugh, over the joke of the shoe
akees-datight- . •
1 1 1);$41#33MISOWIliii:13;010*J0
. [We give below perhaps The last speech of
our late lamented President which was de
livered in Washington at a celebration in
honor - of the surrender of Gen. Lee t on the
evening of the 10th:]
We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but
in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Pe
tersburg and Richmond, and the surrender
of the principal insurgent army, gave hope
of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joy
ous expression cannot be restrained. In• the
midst of this, however, He from whom all
blessings llow must not be forgotten. A call
for a national thanksgiving is being prepar
ed, and will bo duly promulgated. . Nor must
those whose harder part gives us the cause
of rejoicing be overlooked. Their honors
must not i e prowiled—out—with—et • :.
myself was near the front, and had the high
pleasure of transmitting much of 'the good
news to you; but no part of the honor, for
plan or execution, is mine. To Gen. Grant,
his skillful officers and brave men, all be.
longs. The gallant navy stood . ready, but
was not in teach to take active part.
By these recent successes the reinaugura
tion of the national authority—reconstruc
tion—which has had a large share of thought
from the first, is pressed much more closely
upon our attention. It is fraught with groat
difficulty. Unlike the case of war between
independent nations, there is no organized
organ for us to treat with. • No one man has
the authority to give up the rebellion for a
ny other man. We simply must begin with,
and mould from, disorganized and discord.
ant elements. Nor is it a small additional
embarrassment that we, the loyal people, dif
fer among ourselves as to •the mode, manner,
and measure of reconstruction. ' •
As a general rule, I abstain front reading
the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing
not to be provoked by that to which I can
not properly- offer an answer. In spite of
this precaution,however,it comes to my knowl
edge that lam Mudh censured for some sup
posed agency in setting up and seeking to sus
tain the new State Government of Louisia
na._ln_this-1-have done-just - so,muck - and
no more than the public knows.
In the 'donnal message of December, 1863;
and accompaning proclamation, I presented
a plan of reconstruction; (as the phrase goes;)
which I promised, if adopted' by any State,
should be acceptable to and sustained by the
Executive Government of the nation. I dis
tinctly stated that this was not the only plan
which Might possibly be acceptable; and I
also distinctly-protested that the - Executive
claimed no right to' say when or whether
members should be admitted to seats in Con
gress from -such States. _This plan was, in
Adr
advance, anbmitted to the then thibinet, find
distinctly approvei by ever:) , member of it.
One of them suggested that I should then;
and in that connection, apply the Emancipa
tion Proclamation tifct,he theretofore except
ed parts of Virginia and Louisiana; that I
should &olio the suggestion about appren
.ticephip 'for freed'poOple, 'and. that I ebould
einititie • protest
. against in:y.own power in
**id. to the admission, Of members of Con
gress; but even he approved every' p arran4
parcel Of the plan which has slime been em
ployed or louchedll,:the action of :lattisia-,
The iew•Constittition of Louisiana, deck.'
ring 'emancipation for the whole State, prac
tically ApPlies the proclamation to' the' part
previously excepted. It does not adopt •ap
prenticeshiri
,for freed people, and it is silent,
as . it could. not well be otherwise, about the
J%PRL 2;.'8g5.
admission of membersAO Congress. —go abet,
is it, applies to„l.onisison s , every member of
the Cabinet' ully approved the plan. The
theisage *kit Coagraiis; and I received
'Many eniamendatibus of the pion; viiittda and
'irerba) and Dot 1 , 11, MP I gill I
anl professed Emancipationist, came to my
.khotvlecliie 'after the' sews reached.
- cp„
Naiillingten that 'the peoPleof Louisiana had
begiin to Move in iccordance with it. From
about July,
.186 e, • 1 - had — corresp - om e wt
different, ersons supposed to be, interested,
seeking a reccinetruotion of a State Govern
ment for - Loilielarill'itheri 7 the- message - or '
1863, with the plan-before mentioned, reach
ed New Orleans, General Banks wrote me
he was confident that the people, with his
military co-operatiOn, would reconstruct, aub
stantialti on thagilliti. I wrote him and
some of them to try it. Fhey tried it, and
the . resultis known.
Such only has been
. my agency in getting
up, the Louisiana government. As to sus
taining it, my promiselii out; as 'berore sta
ted. But, as bad promises are better-bro
ken than kopt, I. shall treat this as a bad
11/01111$13, I AA be
and break it . lvhenevar
Convinced that keeping it is adverse to the
public interest; but I have not yet been so
•
I have been shown a letter on shis subject,
supposed, to be an able one, in which the wri
ter expresses regret that my mind does not
- treem to be definitely fixed •on the question
whether the seceded States, so called, are in
the Union or out of it. I would, perhaps,
add astonishment to his regret were he to
learn that since I have found professed Un
ion men endeavoring to make that question,
I have purposely forborne any public expres
sion upon it. As appears to me, that ques
tion has not been, nor yet is, a practically
material one, and that any more discussion
of it, while it t h us' remains practically
immaterial, could have no effect •other than
a mischievous one of dividing our friends.
As yet, whatever it may hereafter become,
that question is bad-as the basis Of a contro
versy, and good for nothing at all—a merely
pernicious abstraction. We all agree ,that
the seceded States, so called, are oat of their
proper practical relation with the Union; and
that the solo object.of the Government, civil
and military , in regard tp those States, is to
again_get them into that proper practical re
lation. I believe it is not only possible, but,
*-trfactreasie
-1 , 101 - Ifts,-without-doelding or
Sven-considering-whether these States have
ever been out of the Union, than with it.—
Finding themselves safely at home, it would
be utterly immaterial whether they had ever
been abroad. Let us all join in doing the
acts necessary to restoring the proper practi
cal relations between these States and the
Union; and each forever after innocently in
dulge his own opinion whether, in doing the
seta, he brought the States from without in
to the Union, or only gave them proper as
sistance, they never having been out of it.
The amount of constituency, so to speak,
on which the new Louisiana government rests,
would be more satisfactory to all, if it con
tained fifty, thirty or even twenty thousand,
instead of only obout twelve thousand,. as it
really does, It is also unsatisfactory t o
some, that the elective franchise is not
given to the colored man. I would myself
reter—that - it - wertrziow eon erre• on t e ve
ry intelligent, any on those •who serve our
cause as' soldiers. Still the question is `not
whether the Louisiana government, as it
stands r is quite • all that is desirable. The
question is "Will it be wiser to take it as it
is, and help to improve it; or to reject and
disperse it ?" "Can Louisiana, be brought
into proper practical relation with the Union
sooner by sustaining, or by discarding her
new State government ?"
Some twelve thousand voters in the here
tofore slave State of Louisiana have sworn
allegienee to the Union; assumed to be the
rightful political power of the State; held e
lections; organized a free government; adop
ted a free State constitution, giving the ben
efit of public schools equally to black and
white, and empowering the Legislature to
confer the elective franchise upon the color
ed man. Their Legislature has already vo
ted to ratify the constitutional amendment,
recently passed by Congress, abolishing sla
very throughout the nation. These twelve
thousand persons are thus fully committed
to . the very things, and`nearly all the things,
the nation wants—and they ask the nation's
recognition and its assistance to make good
that committal.
Now, if we reject and spurn them, we do
our utmost 'to disorganize and disperse them.
We in effect say to the.white man, "You are
worthless, or worse; we will neither help you
nor be helped by you." To the blacks we
say, "This cup of liberty which these, your
old masters, hold to your lips, we will dash
from you, and leave, you to the chances of
gathering the sPilled:and scattered contents,
in some vague and undefined When, where
and how." If this course, discouraging and
paralyzing both white and black, has any
tendency to bring Louisiana into proper prac-
tical relations with the Union, I have, so tar,
been unable to perceive it:
If, on the contrary, we recognize and sus
tain the new` government of Louisiana, the
converse of all this is made true. We en
courage the hearts and nerve the arms of the
twelve thousand to adhere to their work, and
argue for it, and proselyte for it, and fight
for it, andleed it, and grow it, and ripen it
to a , complete success. The colored man,
too, seeing all united for him, is inspired
with vigilance, and energy, and daring, to
the'same end. Grant that he desire's the
leetive- franchise.' Will he not attain' it soon
er by saving the already advanced steps to-
Ward it than by running backward over
them ? Concede that the new goirernmeat
of Louisiana is only - to, what it4houlit he iv
the egg is to, the fowl, we shall'sooncr have
the fowl by hatching the egg than hy.
mg it. [Latighteil
Again, it' we reject TJouisiana, - we also re,=
sect our voteia favor of the proposeditaend-
02.00 I:o4ol4olrimazi.
,ment to the national Constitution', To meet
this proposition it has been argued' that no
more than three fourtha of those States Whioh
have not attempted. secession' ate necessary
to validly ratif • the- amendment. Ido not
commit myse agaidst this, further thin to
say that such a ratification would be ques
tionable, and sure to be persistentiy question
ed; while a ratification by three•f'ourths of
all the States would bean • • :
questionable.
L repeat the question:. Can Louisiana be
brought into proper practical relation-with--
sooner by sustesininy or by disedril
ing her new State government 't" What bee
bee. said of Louisiana will apply gendtellir
to other States. And yet so great
ties pertain to each State; and such import
-
_ant and sudden changes occur in the same
State; and, withal, so maw and unpreceden
ted in the whole case, that no exclusive and ,
inflexible plan can 'safely be 'prescribed as
to details and collateral.. Such exclusive
and inflexible plan would surely become
new entanglement. buportunt principles ruby
and must, he inflexible.
In the_plesent_situation,--as-the-pltr.
goes, it may bo my duty to make some now
announcement to the people of the South,
lam considering, and shall not fail to act,
when satisfied that action will be proper.
The speech was applauded throughout by
emphatic sentences and loud cheering. We
have purposely omitted each burst of appre
.'ral as it occurred, to avoid marring, or, at
all events; breaking the cousequentialnes3 of
the argument by ionuweaable parentheses. •
Our House
There is a place called "Oar House," which
everybody knows of. The sailor talks of it
in his dreams at sea. The wounded soldier,
turning in his uneasy hospital bed, brigh
tens at the word; it is like the touch of cool
fingers on a burning brow. "Our house,"
he says, feebly, and the light comes back in
to his dim eyes, for all hareely clirities, all
fond thoughts, all purities, all that man loves,
on earth or hopes for lu 'heaven, rise with•
the word.
"Our House" may be in any style of arch.
itecture, low or high. It may be the brown
old lurm-house, with its tall well-sweep, or
tho one-story, gambrel-roof ad' cottage, or the
large,—square white house, with green blinds,
oder th w-ind-s-w-ung-elms-i3l-a-een tuft - ot.
it may be the log•eabin of the wilderness,
with, its one room, still . thereois a spell in the
memory of it beyond all conjurations. Its
stone and brick and mortar are like no oth
er; its very clap-boards are dear to us, pow
erful to bring back the memories .of early
days, and all that is sacred in home-love.
There is no one fact of our human exis
tence that has a stronger influence, upon us
than the house we dwell in, especially that
in which our earliest and more impressive
years are spent. The building and arrange
ment of a house influence the health, the
comfort, the morals, the religion. There have
been houses built so devoid of all considera
tion for the occupants, so rambling and hap
hazard in the disposal of. rooms, so useless
and cheerless, and wholly without snugness
or.privacy, as to make it seem impossible to
live a joyous, generous, rational, religious
PRESIDENT LINCOLN A, CHRISTIAN
(Extract of a'sermon by Rev. J. E. 'Carey;
of Freeport, Ill.) A gentleman, having re
cently visited Washington, on business with
the. President, was, on leaving home, request
ed by a frieno, to ask Mt. Lincoln whether
he loved Jesus. The business being comple
ted, the question was kindly asked. The,
President buried his face in his handkerchief,
turned away and wept. Ile then turned and
said "When I left home to - lake this chair
of State, I requested my countrymen to pray
for me; I was not then a Christian. When
my son died, the severest trial of my life, I
was not a Chriitian. But when I went to
Gettysburg, and looked upon the graves of
our dead heroes who had fallen in defense of
their country, I then and there consecrated
myself to Christ. I do. love Jesus —lnde
pendent. •
==:==
Tnn BRIGHT SIDE.—Look on the bright
side—it is the right side: The times may
go hard, but it will make them no easier by
wearing a gloomy countenance. It is the
sunshine and not the cloud that make the
flower. There is always that before or a
round us which should cheer and fill the,
heart with warmth. The sky is blue! tea
_times_where it is black once. Yon have
troubles; it may be—so have others, none
are free from them. Perhaps it is well that
none should be. They give sinew and tone
to life—fortitude and courage to man. That
would be a dull sea, and the sailor would
never get skill, where there was nothing to
disturb the surface of the ocean. It is the
duty of every one to extract all the happi
ness and enjoyment he can without and with
in' him, and shove all he should look - oaths•
bright side of things. What though things
do look a little dark. The lane will tutu and
the night will end in broad day..
We expect, and hope, and pray fora crown
of glory, but we need , not expect it without
labor.. God has scattered Christian ditties,
like grains of gold, all through the sands of
life, and we must pick up from the dust of
the earth, one by one the grains of gold from
which we mould our immortal diadem; The
More abundant the grains, the greater, the
richer will be our croo►o:'' lie who gathers
not these golden grains. :will never be king:
A, Cool Oil speculator iallantiegdon re- •
teetly : fell asleep while in °honk fills/ whielt..
be was awakened by the pastor reading:--
Surely there is a vein for Mk. gold and a •
,plaee for the silver where tbify find it
Zumpieg bin feetiiralitiEdi 'paha,
book at the'nfinister,lie ieil out
take five hundred . ohms Dusk Creek ad
Cherry Ituti.Th
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