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    REV. DAVID M'KINNEY,
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REV. I. N. lITKINNEY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
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REV. DAVID M'KINNEY,
Pittsburgh, Pa,
My Surety.
Look upon tho face of thine anointed."--.-Ps. wan:
Not on me, Lord, not on me—
I am all iniquity;
Look upon that Holy One,
Who, before thy glorious throne,
On his breast bears my poor name,
And my load.of sin and shame—
Look on him—my Surety.
Look on thine anointed Son ;
Only in his name I come;
Only far his sake I dare
Breathe to thee my suppliant prayer;
While I to bis garment cling,
While I hide beneath his wings,
Look on him—my Surety.
I have often broke thy laws,
Oft proved traitor to thy cause;
He that broken law bath kept,
He o'er my transgressions wept;
He, upon the orosslothne,
Bore the dread death•penalty.
Look on him—my Surety.
Now he pleadeth thee hefore,
And I kneel, Lord, to adore •
For the pardon thou haat given,
For the death-ohains he has riven;:.
Even when I sue for graoe,
Look thou on his pitying face; -
Look on him—my Surety.
—Tract .Tountai.
Co'portage the tilted' Metes,
There was a time when nations went for
their knowledge ...to parchment, and the
slow and limited groanso9oS ot, , tlitt pen ;
when learning lay hid' in the cloister, or
the schools of the philosophers were open
but to the .faVored few. Then„the greit
mass of mankind, lay in a state of unreadi:
ing, and unreflecting ignotancht• Now,
with our general systems of 'education,
with our school's and colleges . scattered
all over the land, almobt, within ,hailing
distance, and free to all, the Min who eau- ,
not read is well nigh a marvel. .The Press
is net, a bad substitute either, fot the
power of miraoled and the gift of tSeguei.
Though it may be made an engine.of : evil;
hough, perverted, it be but as the opened
iox of Pandora, yet as an. instrument in:the-
II ands of a true civilisation and'
ty, it is today sending its sttemis 9,f;light
o the darkest portions of 'our land, „
To the Church of, the.present day,:with
er Bible, Tract, and Missionary Societies;
nd all the modern appliances •-fot the
.pread of the Gospel;'-the - eciniersion orthe
orld seems to bh as''fully:Within the do.
, iiain of reason,,as,it Was once within the
each of faith. gurely ours is : - the age
!iredicted, when Knurly shall run to and
ro, and knoWledge he incieftsed?' Into
he dark places ot . otti s :lfind goes the toil
,ng colporteur, witli'messages of mercy, to
serishing thousands, whcs:cannot or will
of hear the voice 'of 'the-living preacher;
.siduously sowing beside' ail 'Waters, the
reeious seeds of
iilage, the isolatedfarmhouse, the remote •
g cabin of the far West, goes
.this , burtiii
le herald of salvation, wherever' he can . '
d human beings, to whom he may pro
,laim his glad tidings. : : Amid ~the vast
estitutions our. Peak) 'Coast, he: labors
';n over all difficulties, with all needful:
ii, to scatter:his bhoks and tracts; to give :
is earnest Gospel invitations, . and lift the
oiee of prayer in '.nniionenstoMe'd' l
; bout one-fifth of .our .presenkpoptilation
re destitute of theliVing , Ministry. These
ix millions of souls are in a measure porn
. itted to his thitS. The chiOeh t lite.
he world, has too, long loolied :upon. the
: mat work of :061pottage.as a ,purely
ercial transaction—aisort- of :selfstistnin
ng department, in 4hieh the colporteur
s a mere
,hawkdr, ,of'veligions books and
racs, lab:Pa furl
ng 'ong ,those. only, who are
ble d and willing .to purchase:. But Rids ,
ar otheridie: Its grand: featurh is its
ratuity. In Many extensive districts he
s the only permanent' stanilaTd-bearer
he Crotai and'the influences
rts, silent yet active, 'ars assuming shape ,
nd form in the moulding of
. maliy'a
.$ unity. But-lt :is' not alone in the far
eat, where this,pioneer is strugglingwith
he privations of If*O4tiii* life, that. the :coil
:iorteur sees, 0: mournful -destitution , cif'the
' ord of , God. Here and there he finds
if ember ofhihohdrge within the tioUht! - of
abbatb, bolls; without the Bible,: or
;,rioted page. Not ,only arena the:.
i edges of civilization,. but along-its gtout , -;
ighways, where-Gospel light isstreataing, 2
oes he find. those Who are sitting ,en ';the'
'shadow ifir dakth."; ' 'He penetrate*, filo •
iusy metropolie f lo" thbse, forms .
quellor and of sin flit like ghosts through
;is back alleYei leaving theA'BitiThiOlie:`
ovel of the p00r,., and ;ttiliigii* the :#46t;
into the haunts'oi - vice._
Every State of, our Union. has .beets the
field of thessiomisidonary operationg;- moro
partioulailtthe Pacific' Coast, comprising,
the vast tertitorlOS 'of . California, Oregon,
and Waiiiington. ' A great work, too, is in
progress:among ,the' large Freaoh popula
tion of North('fle Illinois '
,' the Green 'Bay
region of Wisconsin, and other settlements
of foreigneils in other States, W'ho. gener a
ally group themselves thus from a commu
nity of language and religion. But lately,
too, the ooltorteturlras kli work in the thin
ly settled' portions:of Texne;'Arkinfias, and
Florida. Now, the'infieneea which radiate ,
from our Nortkern Boards, stop short at an
immense picket line, that. stretches its ton
tuns length half-way• tickets 'mi. 'Continen t.
Behind' iteiltityjr . of bahMelfii tilefikqi.
lips
..
high oarelyg i .',ari,d boydn'd
. thel. lips igoesi
only the fedirallspy.. 'We are ini.the midst i
?
of' a war s uch as we , could never tatva*,'
ticipated. • .; From a contest whinh iwif,. .-,
cied would not assume any other tipiii, .., t :
petty aspect cf,bordsr
. Shiriiiihes, it is
expanded to its present terrible propor
tions, and looks ',darkly forWara td*ifdl ki
war of races , and of political . dreed'f„C r it''
has gathered shahsraiies as the world:104:
never seen ;' erg here, in, the.naidiiit of our
calamities, opens up a wide field of useful
nessifor the department of nolOrtale.: 'lt
must beiregardect as a tedeig / t 404 1 ,
rather tbhfl' liceal ailvantage,' : 29fi r tsiln.ea:i
Large aieernblo l getiof men, roof . :ed,:froin.
the kindly iailuenoes;of home, anitihe ad
vantars of well-regulated sooitiy,,, cak,
loudly for religibtili' restraini. citiontod.
pations; 'of all gr4deS of'chairter,:of 'Cisiii:
religious, persuasion, thrown into:close and
constant bompanionship,,the precious with'-
the vile. • Mostly are they Ude- of,leil,,with'
whole% watit.or oodlic i pley,lif no t : res t, and'
amid;the idleness os,t, cmiiiy.Aximos.. irida
with 0 8 ;ex Pediel4, tii.ifliji pitifia leiaute:
whietk l iiangs with,a , vreigiumspois liniiiit-2!
~ ~ , ,
For the Presbyterial; Banner.
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VOL. XT., NO. 27
ence. It is a necessity that they be sup
plied with plenty of religious instruction,
by the circulation of a healthy literature,
that there be not thrown back upon us a
dissolute soldiery—a catastrophe for which
the most honorable peace could but ill
atone. In the demoralization that would
follow, the country would feel the saddest
effects of the war y and sustain a loss, with
which her hundreds of millions of treasure
'are not to be compared. It is,
too, a most
hopeful,field. of labor. The soldier. stands
in the midst of " pestilence that walked) in
darkness and destruction that wasted' at
noonday." He sees death making •his
open assault, as well as his insidious ap
preach'. , And When:his 'every` surrounding
Itt 'tio•suggestive. of .the uncertainty' of Me )
it is at least natural to suppose that the
friendly - admonition or the Silent tied, that
'would elsewhere be disregarded, would more
likelybelcherished, in a close' companion
ship with danger and death. Orir:'Beard
has eagerly availed itself of this golden op
liortudity. It has among its publicatiohs
"everything suitable for ;camp , ltedpital, rind,
shipboard. It is estimated = that since
war, began, its agency alone has Placed a'
printed offer or salvation . in the halide of
at least 'we hundred and fifty thoudand . of
our soldiery. Besides 'this, nearly` every'
State' hat its ' independent 'organizations,'
sonie . :to - Wake specter' provision - for their ,
own soldiery, others indiscrimlatelY for
all—planinglthe Testament or traetin the
pocket of the new. uniform, or by their
agents distributing them in the field.
::;Not least among = these . standri the
• " Christiari.Commission,P whose agent goes
charged with .the double , errand of binding
up the broken limb'end the brokenbetirt-L
-along with, the little snp_erfluities of frione,
carrying alio the hi.ead of 'like: _
Biitthe demand of times never
been fully met. Many andAmportunate
calls have come tri-ihe= Board, and found
not a dollar in the treasury. Earlyin
eemiker an aprieal wag made for aid, through
the religious newspapers and
,by circular.
Many generous, responses were made, but
the treasury has Since been drained. riit
need we say about the neceisity of a Work
that seems so, absolute 'and so palpable I
What can we say.ehout its . urgency, when
to-morrow's, battlsmay place thousands be
; youd,the reach of our -benevolence
erality, is diverted into other channels.
fPhysical,suffering makes. . . its: : touching ap
peal,. and we run to its relief. . In the name
of humanity that is right But •
of ,the necessities, of ! the Board, and- the
importunate dementia madsnrion , it.almost
I how shall we measure , ourt
, Shall it , be.a dime„ for .the soldier
and 'a dollar for self? Shall it be a cent,
s:lforit tract and's dollar for the ally nStie
paper? Can it be thrit'when the nation
prising out its blond andt treasure like
: water, for the support of its institutions,
that the Church shall be forgetful of hers ?
Can it he, when beak and
'every - moneyed 'Sorpdration, will hasten
re •le • • but filt-1°
w ere security is oubt u that Ave
shall dole out but a mere pittance the
cause of benevolence, , whers the, security
is, that ",he, who giveth,,lendeth,to the-
Lord"
What - calamities the, fittuip may, hive in
store for'onitielves ithome, and our fad:fere
and brdthers in: the field, we 'know' not.
Great, events are .gathering, , which hang::
like,,-thunder -elands upon. our : Southern
horion. We stand, upon the tiptoe of ea-.
ger eipectancY, Ella read the telegrams
With bated breath: The political heavens'
are, otherwise: fearfully. overcast.. Treason
trailing...lb) slimy track, and rearineits.
Serpent in , the legislative halls ~ of
every loyallState: Apologists, too, for this
treason, aluiriat every neivt.hberhood, -,
hatching out atviper'sbrosd, iindeethe srin
shine of.s too mil&adtninistration of jus
tice. It is, but "0. -short time oince,-With
'true American. pride,- Newer° looking down.
'the vista of .yeersi.which,W4faneifid had,:an.
almost endless, perapectivebright with'
riremisei and only shadow.enougliTto give a:
prepereoloriog r .and :Wake ,a,natiolwatcli
'ful• Nowt ,W 1). are but peering into the!dark
ness and ,the most Bagel:ions •statesmen fare
but groping blindly forthe' , way; amid the
tumult; of hriman pasitions: One-who, from
,his :rinsition, and .ah'lllty, might . bee:called
the Delphic oracle'. ef -America, froM his'
-high watch-tower sof ;Secretary: - of State
lOoks out across the Atiantiei t, 9a g; vex
but ajlotibtfid rielirionite; • two pOwerfni ,
thertilaughingit OrifledratilitY.
With the keeti , instittlits of , the
'which hastens to: the decay Of.lnobler, : ne,
;Wine, Ihey,, fine:yr:they can ecentAtulflM
berinent ariclAissoll:o9oo4o,:witl a
hire's appetiteie l tand i readyfortheir . repflet,
Already,; one tirik.l."Cks AP.Fith
tion, and With - his Sword drawn to carve up
same of our - Stifitlfilfil blialiors, advises
us to be civil, ailatlf refiliim•froin a further
Shedding of blood!'
But whatever be. the.,polAcali result; of
'preient calamities ;,,whether rout, having ,
proudly :lid the pan, ,ge ainlking.te the
rear of raidions, rent and torn by, civil, dig:,
sentions a , or a prey te,,, the ~Te.ritteity of, for-,
`eignpowerii—thongh of future pa patio)]
be but t,guess and a i lear.---the ,Chnrehhae
a , prefniiie, whinh may anchor her ;
hopes, thiit',"6 Zion. Shall .be : 144, even ,in
trouble - 4i itritf,etrig the,preseritunT,
ceriainties,thkeeppiferting assurance, that
" these things shall turn, mit rather to.
the frritlieranee of the
Chairman,.of,, CRAlMittee,
Eldersridge, ltaicla 2d , 3.
Tor tliceitrioilvierlanUlalitiff.
• Riad lour Bible. --• • •
The conga est of. Iqsel over SMarek was;
i'eqired 'to be recorded rehearsed
this , 9f Joshua. thk daps of Snmast
thUlVO i rd, of Glod David
deemed itoili f oCt4e ;Jord more , deli
tilietwai the . iiottar
of i i i And tlin,
ra!e rye commende d.. s earching the.
o,4daY t
Sr l " 3 4
'ilOnld ro ad
the 'Word of,fikOd: •
Vat: 33e - 61mi it is the
• i fi kg 'giro b by . inpmation,
,ipauilisttions of his freative„pmr, , ,
Trauglit WitillEpintedAtimotOri!ti,ops.of 14,
dielike'fge ;. and
most
upon Ou t ,
.together m ost tont:lll44 proofa .9X,
mercy icrwlK 1F.Y.914 ta "• •
2a. f i l juiligkeppa laid, down ,124.1144.4:kf
/ 4 'V,olup unto the 4.‘ l ,6oa c iit.
MAo inztkintand, eating ,the
the waY, n ,lll o`f,f.lie i?od 09! 1 0 4 V,..6 1 ”
'Birth 'on Iffroln 6;3 hallo Wed pagia , orlano
chronicle, of Diyine luYft•
3d. 'hi grekteitrAitivit wly, we should`
halo A c l ed
thins e u At ,Mivin
soodtl, 7.oist
I 41.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1863.
so to do ; and hl has expressly said, Search
the Scriptures.
They contain all the necessary revelation
'from God to man. Ancient Greece may
boast of her classic lore and profound phil
osophy; Anierica of her descriptiie genius.
It may be said of ode poem that it is• a fit
ballast for the mind amid the gayety and
songs of Spring; of another, that it dispels
the gloom of Autumn; but give Me my
Bible all the year: for the reasonings of.
St. Paul, the holy visions of the Evangel
ical Prophet, and the lithos of the Ges
'pels, far surpass the combined and co.ncen
tiated Productions of the 'mental world.
They, constitute a sacred piettire.:gallery
over Whose centre yen may see 'a 'Portrait of
Messiah croWned'ivith 'a hate a-boil continual
love and mercy. Yes; reader, Jana Christ
and "him crucified foryou, for me can be
Seen upon every page. There see man's
primal happiness . in contrast With his hid
ing the nakednesi which sin had di c selosed
'upon hini. -There we catch' a glimpse of
sinners' rejecting offered Morey . as they
.mocked a warning Noah.. A faithful 'Mere
a -
,wrestling Jacob, and: a, virtuous
Joseph, have left " foot-prints". Which we
do well, to ponder: There learn that no
f i ne ettit"withstand and, alf you' behdld the
hosta of prond'Pliarach prostrate alongthe
sea shore; and the majesty wherewith : God
clothes his law, as-.you see Moses ascend
ing amid the smoke, of trembling: Sinai.
and. Elisha, holy men of God, are
held 'forth in living contrast with. covetous
Abab, and wicked Jezebel. ' A patient Job;
the.prwises of David; the wisdom of Solo
mon.; the firmness of ghadraeh, MeShich,
and. Abed-nego and praying -Daniel, are so
many heavenly,miniatures at which-. we
should load 'daily: whilst - the pridelof Ab
salon:4 a revengeful Haman, and-the feast
ings of Beishaziar, are but so many rocks
of,danger of which ,we are warned. .
• "Matthew , Mark, Luke and john` the ho
ly Gospels wrote " ; then -you have por
trayed ! the perseverance ; and .arder of the
Apostles, followed byepistolary:charts for
the pilgrim; having,* whole ccriernded
by the Beloved DiEloiple's bead& of
New Jerusalem, the City of Our God.
Oh,. thoughtless reader, call them net
.common-place or . old-fashioned L,. _Would
you dare call yourself ".old-fashioned" T . .
,yet . you are the workmanship of the Author
of these Scripture, with whom there is nei
ther, variableness - nor shadow of. turning.
How many say, Whdt riff/ read to -night f
while your 'neglected' Bible lips on .the
shelf, covered perhaps with dust_
In obeying the commands , of God thPre
; Is great reward; then, since it is Born
eo
Mind, read your Bible, arid : in it'you will
find nemethino. new 'every day, etery tithe
you read.
Ohildre read icur Bible Learikthe
story 'Of the Cross, and how Jesus Wokeyen
little ohildren in his arms blessed them
and said, Suffer them, to, come_ unto rue.
Young mail,.read your Bible; and beware
least you turn away "sorrowful" when
,8 4 ,1iitgbirtterishmaj4;Ye
diinP ,but -then theth
-Father, read your Bible; that you.'may
learn how to train. your child in the way he
ahfutld go ,
'bi t ether, read yeo.Bible that it ; may he
said.: of the6, r. " She path " done ,What she
.Soldier r , read your Bible-and` learn to
be ,true,to,your eountry,and. your ',God , f it
viji,teach,you to : be a,p,olgpr ,of ,the cross,
4 )3T how to, tt put on the whole armor of
-
Sinner, read' the and' therein
Behol if the Lamb , Gbd."
ChristitT, ~rsad your Pible; and ,so
One and in s:ingwledge of our
Lord and Sa4iour, lOitti 3 Ohyi42)
30110er, : reSd your Bible, that you may
become *lgo ap E(1310413 t itnct In . andess,.,as
doVeS,ln.phn:holi.Juistnu:of
, J.M.H.
Nor therrobyteria, Bdnflr
Justification antiStinotification:
AN..P? ( TAAPTI
; .
" There is a vastolifference betneen jus :
tification and sanctification.i iThe'y'mnstNe
distinguished,,but mot-seputated , :l Justift,
'cation. changekour .statei'before God as
Judge; sanctification changes onr heart
anil lifeNefore "Am ,as 'our !Father. Jasti
ft4tion precedes; and , tauctification gallons,
as : , fruit and evidence.' Of it.' The
surety-righteousteas of. Christ imputed is
cottr justifying righteousness:; but the grace'
,of God..implauted!- , the matter , of our
sanctification. .Auetification.cis act done'
'Att once.; sanctifieation is; a' work 'whieh' is
c'fadual 'tiustifteation , remaves the guilt'af.
sm..;,,sanctlficatton,.the 'power , of A gus="
tification delivers us from the avenging
. wrath ° of qod,;,,sanccification, conforms,. us
to hisitruge. The one ,rogarde' aomething
deed fai'Vel the something doge in
us. The one the:other, a per
,
sOna i l.cha v rign,,; ,The,,onebt,lt chaugein our
.utate;' the other, our_ualmc. The, one
is, Perfeet al once', the `'other` is.' gradual. -This , ofte'is , deriftd from thWoliedgenChtlitb'
_ilaath of:-the Saviour;-the; other; from Nis
The,onexiyes.,uka title to heaven;
,greeiViii groin Coitdeiniation ; the other pr 0....
' pares us for immortal blessedness."
,j,..1.444
The Thoughie of ge, . • ~
In 9,9P,:osnapz_.we • are .; everywhere sur
rounsled,with.ROXs thoughts. ~ O ur nature
'ft_lNtipitig.vollgooof,tibese. His sublime ,
7 thottglOpare, tbe,evetlastipg -Mountains -
his Aoft,,y ~thOughts,, thefdilit.antLstars; his.
ttrAla.—tligigkfe;.thei lighniing; and ;tem.;
4hest x ,_oo ..eartbrinalf* Iz and-,;yolcan63, tit
mio_gt_ t o,Jboxighlit of i.discr t iminating ,,. ifitrei t ;
Lthe,tiny,tnOßS:alkailiPlten. the tender grass;
l e tte_ i lily.'of,,Alei,,t_ald,;,ata pearly dew-drop ;
his ipviag thoughta f tthe blue. sky, the quieti
the,,appnyaghido; :the ,budding.thios
.Boina .apd bciauteous•Aowars; hit; joyful;
I thonghts, the singing streams and. ,sparki
r lirig wayes ;_his9ohargipg,.ihoof t l44s .thy iH
rook' 4 on 'Whit& Alm; waves are
in ilairi'apisilding their friiY:
ip..thaffiviiinte,fundefiriad,ooft;iii aysterioia
syinkpla, that shaken!, redeemed. by they
blood of, .49r i p,an ,dkosper, ,Oo„ true. Di m
vine hreathinge and .
.ofeilincek Otthe rely liesit of a reconoi4-
*titer: -* ‘.* -rt Christ'
eaehithougllt ;of ,GodibetOmea 4 " I piddioilPh
n7 a 3 aiLjpisteri,pg!lLElgetiof etionfortlaticNtope,
a deep pool of tinfathoraablp,igraae,.tu4o
Jove, reflecting . the im_agp_and„the pe l ace of,
He teqhfOlfd eladdeecirJao.6ll,4
upon which thoughts upon thoughts of un
utterable tenderness troop down from the
upper sanctuary.., * *
And how prectous are these thoughts'of
God l Well may he say regarding them,
As the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my, ways higher_ than your
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts "
infinite, immutable,'everlasting—a glorious
chime carrying their echoes from eternity
to eternity. * * * Oh, how should we
Alberish and garner his ineffable' thoughts
toward us I
,take them tosolve our doubts,
calm our fears, soothe our Borrows, hush ,
our Misgivings; it may'be to smooth our
or' our death:lol6We. These;
like. tremulous` music in> some billovied;
time-honoredlsanctuary, floating on the en—
tranced ear„have fallen with their heavep 7
ly vibrations on many a.;!,downcast, mourn
ing troubled, pensive s'i, 4 rit; and woke it
up to liope;'ind confides. .§i This;
has .been they experien4 of belidiArslit
every age.—J. R. Mac44,-.D.LD.,
Distractions in 'Troyer,:
I eannoi pray yet, Lord I 'Thou iitiowe4
Thu it.is to me' ,
To,bate vainly.stiuggling thoughts
Thus torn,suruy : frota type. ,
Prayer was'not meant forluinry; '
Oraelfish postigie sweet
It is the prostrate creature's
At big, Crator's feet.
Had I, deatte' rd;'zio•
, Aut.,jrt the qioughts of-thee,' • , -
I?rayer gourd have .comft o#Boughti , and - beet(
.4. truer liberty.,
Yet thou art``-eft nfosVpre,seitt, Lbitt '
$y
Inlviealtislistracted p - er; e.; -: '' ,-..'
A oinprro4pf heart l 7.: .ISetk,
Most often finds theilthere.
And iirayeithat hnnibles;i3nte the
; From ,
Aed.temehns,it bow ;,-
benr Lord, it, hangs on thee.
The seal ttiat. - ou self-saerifiee
FVill blase the chastehinViand that makes
It prayer its puaish . t
Ah,-Jesual,Why shouldtt complaint
And why fear aught . biti, sin ?
Distractions are but outward , things
Thy peace dwells far withini
These egrfaee trouhlesipme , audvi
LikeruMings of the ea, - •
The deeper dePth is oitt,ef reaoh , , j
To all, MS , ' God, Initdhee I ' [ F aber. , • ~. ) )
EUROPEAN ditiERPONDiNCE.:
Prusma's Convention with the Czar—The , Reclaim ,
InsurrettC9A and ih'e* Wngiish
PrfBB--Parito,the Emperor,, and-the ;." Mouth,-
piece "—Probable Remonstrance of France and
Eitgland 2 -Calenso's Second'
—Samuel, and not ~Mosea—Nathan .and Gael 4 =- 4
ortnibittiidn' ana bum
and May-be " Animadve •
Clarki' _Testimony—Political Parties in Ey
' land—The' " outie .and the' tine"
Lecture
_at ; Be fast by,an American act-Chaplain-. ,
The 4 , Times" and ,the Emancipation" Agita
tion-L-Poits
friiivaiy 21, 1863.
.Atu AGREEMENT 'bet,w6'dn Russia and
Prussiii-for 'mutual cooperation Ili . putting
d4wn the Polish struggle ,for liberty' ). exL
cites great indignation in this, ountry, and
through
,whole of 10:i eral,turope.-. This,
feelik' greatly' ilicreaae:khilthe I'4ll
- siiapieibri;; 'nay, - benvietion, that
,the -=Sing- - of has a double reason -
tor_all,: rusila :was
nue -9,f„ the . .F.'.enrPrn w 1114.11, ;.in Pie,day,
hailiree'xiiernity, whenall the horters,of,
siege, 4aoik, and' slaughter had been eon
min:mated—viz., Russia, Austria; and Prus
.sia.-.7-raveneus triltureii as ithey
into 4hr,ee the, 04tviivving des
Frotiion, ec . go
whieh Will beinfaminie to all time.
Prussia, retains hCr
;Provinces; .although,she, giVes4thern. the}
rikhtsZof Ofinatit t atiortal g4tti4 cpramou,to,
ithe kingdom,,and,a4mitiv Polish. deputie 2 l,
:to the Lower House.of Parliament. , These
- deputidef'r ant sorry to sap`,‘ ba'ok
obstinate. and-wreng=headed'Sfnei - 'plilieY, L
- and this from,,Romish:, and therefore - Aliti-
Liberal sympathies—afraid of tll i e Tosalts,
tofi the 'working "4:t j a".Constit l ution really
free, and alirayi )litittiui
" of sugtit k ' that'
would make .thii.people free, But Russia
has given i rto E QonstiVatiom.whatever to the
Poles. She has promised iniieh, but given
nothing. Like HUnrary, offors
!haih.been made
.steadfastlyi,refused, , ,them. ,But , .eirem
nzir ' Vefinn, nntorisselK up from • the AeSert ,
'wage • arid` a aeries of confiscations,
prise T timeitts, neentips t, rena l
bound up 'by -a '-eortiortlitfon 'by - rizett
over , Poland;:frrhieh; as haS.beenqvill said; '
r ~vas ,intendedito " dedapitate v.; the.. nation.::
,For, the object was to sweep away, front
every city, town,,and
edunktid:' thitilirdepairintic: youllg j inen /
and'ed destroy nascent libart 'iu its fe'zir
2 Not ivithoxit,,Ar feeling .4..)sympathy. andi!.
frespeet, dßj. a. r . ,44s.thipt "Ar i an the present
...Czar of Russia, iii . otirteerned.. For it, is he :
,that waii'4gasedloilfgtriniean war, and
.(hat has reaped_thil-ikt ter...faults-of what
liieholas sowed, who, has bg,ttip ,oppressed
twelve millions of 'Serfti i'd:go'free, and who
permits thp eirenlationif the ,Seriptur,es,to,
4n eXkleit :11°IiP°39)? etnoe , the slaYel,Pokol. ,
'Eth r,rPrAit e aPAeI• , 1 3eYP.4I , 1010 , 8 1.,40 c 1447
,/BDreSi4e7lliasß•kekt.lll.l[4 htholguit, ,
deliTgrffielY,. f Ac Lkn ip c §iy. so. IflAy o
.
interred to
pyp, ler liberty ultimntely,,,,
why 'ma k% & Iltoppirg .c„ 41 , 10 11 10 , Pfe*
ztrietinteto' martial . 'law, and the atroeionci
system—so long prevalent—of a simulta
tneons mithtight - swiliffi . m .. ' - 11(` - ')OiciiiiitiOn ?
•c • The . Kitt - of 'PrOfsia:' his signed a Con
vention with ItussisdAt.oo l has 70,000
troops. Rll.**ArcTtken;. he elKeeurelll'er
It, r eatitt u F i q7 e i a" ki i P i2idiellli
t o
.4 ' . 11°;kii iPcriika;itrne.t.Pot;hifrAntt.b
coedeittif.oz one, w . sh,s tilTA : stitteckSte
tin tili, : 46010 pc , / a4t9„ - :#0.9;l: 10 49.11M:
sion iitlerevsahflon . l m Ili ,g 4 54. 4eovgiA
-49r8a4111'640,44%!"1,14,0% tiittolosl-,,
.." BliV4atily rpotmi Beff,i l 4/Y ,!-W4XSItaA..
414 4E (611 41 ?,Y 1 ,V ii, - '. l .;ePPd <ln: the eFRPPIACir:
-or tti,Cbpurt iii,i,ity , ,.in 'Prpk4a,. ef f p4c4
in olOoill'oif to I `lothim*„_ot'Aep . pt;ifys,..,
ythioh,ts,teketmlOulmork,g r libifi t y In, ow /
Ratifil: -- It )ii an. Old s. asyp3e of, !mints
.at..
h°° ' 4 , - *' 2 ,6 f -tilii:i-PilA•Cer/t• exPAditIPPE , n Aft,i
.iiiituid die . r . ntaptit;?id.o.lisat t , l tllp,.drt&nw
in order t iCidisiroliOgrAm.At,te4prOtpffi,i
their iiiiirveriatipi And fhptr: cppretwisios. I
Thi gliabilh i , e wftf3sl, 4 n.ifi4M l Lß9 l 9g ,
t k e ° Ma r 9 116 ti/MBROI T A : b , t4 46
-
French Press lama take the same course,
if it dare, but Imperialism at the Tuillerieg.
is at present qUite conservative. It affects,
or feels, as much disgust at what could dis
turb the " Czar my brother," as if it were
not an upstart And a parvenu, and as if he
were not an Emperor with .an ancient lin
eage. Oh, yes; we are, at Paris, very con
servative just now; Italy may keep maun
dering and moaning about Rome as her
capital, but she ban 't have it; for the Pope
.says; and Anton too, "-Hon-possum:us,
we cannot conscientiously give ,Up what
God himself Rave his Vicar.! ..And then
as to Poland, why, says- M. Renault, , the
Emperor's paidserving man, crator,, and
mouthpiecemonth=pieces is the Senate,-'" France" does
riot lose sympathy for Polandi . but she has
no faith ininsurrection, and trusts rather
in the generosity .of the Czar.'," Thaw
cunning and eruilty,go hand in ' hand, but
"the' Reid :tieeth the end is coming."
conic speed • -
-tvgbArCitilan inipresision in Paris thatrtik
, EinftPrfik , after having Aberated ,some stu
dents who had, made, a demonstration, and
previpuslysanetioned their ari-est, may loin.
Erigliind.in:PreitiOnstranee addreseed to the
Czar -.nil reference to Poland.. Whether:
'this is W4lll bunded, time .Ouri
own Cabinet, no ,doubt would do its part
and Earl Russell is
,ppbably endeavoring:
ia r secure'the sympathy of France -
DR. ,OpLEpi§q-bep,published.a new work
on the,Pentateuch-and the Book of Joshua.
His object is to prove that, the, Pen t tateliCh
was 'n'ot'writteh Moses, rho is- with hini
a inith, but- moiety 4)y- at:Thiel! 1P sup!.
ixtses,that,the earliest.portiona'Of the Pen T
tateueh including the moonlit ,of tb - e
Eiodus itself, or " thefirst, amity sketch
of it, were written four years, at
leistV after the supi3 6101 tithe . ' Of the'
dual ne , abierves thai dater -*riler&
tiara no historian oft earlier date thanSainnel s
Xathan ,and Gad; !.! so that whoever, ryote,
the Book of Judges, wrote, most probably,
frOin the mere legendi or ,( traditions of the'
people" And thuii"ltis not necessary Co
suppose that the-'narrative ‘,.of Samuel is' a
PlirPflotion;;, , in short, a piouS fraud:" It
is vory , pessiblethat these may ; have, heen,,
floating ithonC in tlid;memoriesof the He.
`brew tribes, Piiiii'legendiry stories of their
ancestors;a; and of great eVents—how they
epee, fled inn ; a large body, out of Egypt,lun. ,
der an _eminent lcader such as 'Noses; - how
,they had been lOa - through
,the great and
terrible wilderness, "and had encamped Un
der the dreadful mount; with its blackened
peaks ;and precipices, , asaLtheY hadßheen -
burnt„with fire,- low ,they had lost"lthem ,
selves in the dreary_ waste and struggled
on through 'great ~ sufferings, and, many
died; 'but the TestfoOtt Cheir into the
land of , Canaan; and "made good' their' fool
ingsjamong .the.,ltribes,.which, they found,
there,, ! being oalled,-by the people, ,_
breis that is ~people who had crossed.'
the
complete the y ' supposition, Golenso
airs :
.....- ..a:ceE trirriF..:tminds•of - the people,
sod may have been exaggerated, as is the
intpe frith,lBgends general)y. wkioh - siren
lated iii r thinr iih anal passes on by word
of .mottilii frointilioio seri; in the interven
ing age. In this• way, natural facts may
have been • triageifiedrinto 44 prodigies, and • a
few thoussnkonitiplied'intelVal:thillions
Of people. ; . It
~ , is .quite te poseitita,that, the
passage of th e Red Sea, th e' litana.,the
• quails, slid other "thlraolel3, may haie r al, real
1 historical foundatioipas swill:-be shown' in'
;Onr.,efitioal -Torfiew,orrge different:books of
, tike .. p e pt,,=4, eue l i ,
iii ,Aq u Samuel may. ,have
,4(isitid to collect theie Telkends, and tpttke,
Itliein: th a liwAiiiif 'S,' . iilikrai!vi; by 'w, lila 'he ; '
'being: dead," might yet" speak' to' 'then : with
44 sErophet's
. voice; ,and., While rejected by ,
•them as their ruler, might,,y,et•be; able,pa
triotical ly
,te .o help !4 forward their _ civil
and relief* welfare tifideFliiifir*Orii
' Men t, -and more= especially: itnder;othe-rule
of shis l favorike..Dayid, whose deep,nsligious
feekkog.aelopied .with his own •sentipeete
so 0 . a , a4 tnoreful,iy,' than the inystt.or-, ar-,
,W* 3 , POiver Of Saul. His *lntel . jjoir
',4ya'of itieife'wheti he iie'nt t *in y ear tb •
‘year,in. oiretit-toi - Bethel Gilgid,..iiintii
pplrOup4ll Oiled: Israsir in/ all- those opines
(I,,Sam.Aii:
. ).%)..woßld N haye.•,-givewlhinst .
•lood:opportimitios ,' for, gitt,heriug „sue.h. ftto%
did; its , vilri is' (if ' ktioiving thoroughly the.
ffere
dint pards'ttiiid' PlaCa r. Ortilai 61114 . 612
tozi which those legends weretattacheff. ' He
t
ma,T,,,kkava spent a great' plirl of hiplife, 04.
1 ) 19109,, t't q)(4 .3 Soß a t t tr of ;:th ,siPPgt Saul:.
criti,:io,AlioAroookiiii?dvlitttifosey,wn# re-:
lived fretiethe Ssiteit t ..cif gOierfitaent,. in 'th . e
elahOttitioifif lid& ?al Nalkillis :aria; fill
m .ifrom,his Arultt . intind; ivernisiy,;doneeive,-
the blanks j left in anch.legendary , accountso
and 'certainly impa,rtißg : to they' .thsir,high,
4eligions and and character:
r...! " •
~ i,...• '4 ' •f , i , :,
.It is not my speci e bustnes.s to analyse.
!or; )34088 i:thez4'orsefikkhiiii ehallowitiiti - of
th i kendless may-best of .thimmost'eittiordir •
Airy,. witervirliosEßOfink 4Q.•llo..l.oappfile;of!
"0611, "Ituppmn7
:g.,,aDY,iPfuc i Ps l e:15937•:;
thing which ' can beinied, e to pass.muster, tn.,
it' d' 'll " tiliji't If "'settr"thT ierteity`•
Is ar ng up, Dg ; , t
:apd 'authenticity" toUtherinfatetielif r- But'
Ant?lfeela tillushi tharist.land--• indikdaltitell fi'
wrltiPgtli9Pfgt.llo..l4lawbiAlst do* allrtbbse
at t 4 7,lo d 1 0 5 0 b i ll Oil Ilekiftl4 , l )ll, PP. e 9;
ice against the God - Of truth, y represOnt-.
ingtiblWisen l fsibivaut;'Blniiiil, tltet"i'it.alad
•of i God ;"' ti itenti ifl 1 mayoral& le Irailii aferi
Pra b.
YOrsoas plithipg.: bettert:thenithe alooksi
f'tift Ptiree AgASOrittkit stif9fferer of:
t ' e IV I Ye' %° f3r4ve h tl 'Ab* e nt 9 r teg
1
apparitions t o ,. the , Yii:g i.. o,T .
,o .wilutA:.
padres, bletidiiteettiti'imfogad't e:likue
faotion'of, the - blood I '66' Saint. geitiiiiiiii's in'
medern,times..l•l'Fdri , if nwit at. Celeriac). eap-+
P° B lf);i4 .1091...§, 133 FELP11 , atilt, RTPr9lNAdl_his•
torlik9:aß4, fl9Tifkr,' blot P9jn K-41, ,tilf's o .4.ve
and` editihts dim iige ti, leait, f is fliftyiii',
lyini, of& iiiroir c er s'igaiii'Vii i ih i e nfT.itt4 of
the -P.ltioiff, of4Hbritss Sittenell'iiiiites° tth
b 0916 of Gown, itella::of , therOreition;the
TeMpt i ,atipn, ,flie n ' kellge,,- T all, ne.any,ths,; ,, ,
but t hen he 4 intrittlicibese and other nar ,-
Patitesi° 4 4fieir • hiXti'LreligiVilll'lntlii and ,.
b
~,: . •
s ppituakehaiticiter:'?-,'''ScPOPtlikigithei•four'
:bookitof,the,Pentatftuohizi•Tlipre knife
!:4'94,gi.tiv:?-
.1 -74 9 5P1. fi 'APaur: :9* Pru,FegYOt
(who { can . to 1 us even l ot; that . positibiAty,
o .pl } olonifty II tvokenpvibc - kri ihowogi
lint Wig pr ofs a
s gaitinel to :-wit,'? fmakeil the z i ttudibffi l ' 4 OW
lit'illitp_usj i Lli Apdrao I owlithi• eiKrythinielseit
incAding the, !Tattle,p,Fe_gipices ' ; , :lolactk7:.
enact as With- fire." " %%OM) list a*Agettk
'ad 'ttiliFi'diatiiiivki 'Of / ilki,J9tli of Exodus,
that -! l "diffottelt Silal!wili t ilitolatt'a' on
a'smolreilleoliise Jehovah %da ,en'ded' on'-it
iri fire,", ev,en n tle._4,mottut , -. , that mighkbe•
ieuebedy l icsiorthig )2 . ,tlitp.,,,Wpisod Xan,l,,(a.
ample nof
vox azd it ptonaly f i rand l
l';' , • • 1 1 0 . ir • •
•I; ' .; 1 1 71 41 U l 3 F. i: '"' ls ..7 , 4 - .• c .
WHOLE NO. 547,
ulen t endorser of "a pious fraud "
was he, Dr. Colenso ?)
Samuel's closing years must have been
well "spent," truly, in getting up a " his
tory " which puts words into the mouth of
a Moses, as Leader and Lawgiver, who-nev
er existed, and yet makes the great God
speak to him, answer him with an audible
voice, and, nay, sends him away down from
the Mount, with his face shining from im
mediate. converse with the Divine Majesty 7
Samuel's "journeys " gave him a noble ad
vantage in picking up old legends and
"stories," and ". elaborating them .into.,a
tissue of pious frauds and falsehoods, fill
lug'up without
. scr4le, every hiatus 'in
" 'legendary accouritsf-ont own
imagination I . ArabiamNiglate-Entertaii
ments ;" Walter scott's Neve:toccatereyrs
,Iteliques of Ancient Poetry , iilipscer's
"'Fiery Queen "..,what: are these comparld
with the RomaM3i4riiiing (*A 1 46-
gen ds!!' tad' .s Ilk
tAel the ;
AndfliPiPP.lP.o9 liplieltiglinitffinin hie
'amiatOing.remarka,' the, first
,of,whimh
'is; digt, most probaily
origttiated in a D'ol1 t
e r eitort'ofin illustriou,s
man, in.an early age of the Rehreirthista
.Tyl;4o,train fbitpoplii- in ;the faith:ends fear
of the 1 1,i,v,ingigod,7 tbo- foltlo4o Pus
fogs ;he 9plars t.o,bayp adocked:thitorm
of *history, baseif upon the fidtalitg. le :
kenddrand traditiioiiii of 'the time, filling up
lir town. narractiv.e; we may beljeve, perhapti
toe 4. 1 ,ge i409t1, : 'own itnagina ,
tion ; Whell.,thette, f4 l 4Pd) P i A l4.! .
Yay, iniiriii:lieTnsi4ts that there is npt the
slight* reason to suppose that the 4rst
writer oCtheatorref the 'Pentateuch ever
professed : 4:o be , reording infallible truth)
or even4otual. historical truth." In the
same-,spirit he replies, to "one of his awn-
friends" who said,'" Twould rather believe
that twi'and - two make . 'five, th'su aflittn thit
auch amen as' Samuel could poisibly'liaiii
been guilty;.of so foal .an offeube against
the laws -of religious truth and common
morality;" ,he first, justly enough, con
,deiniis any one who . would, under any cir-,
cumstithees, believe" that " two and
,two'
make five," but he retutna' to --histlasphe
miss by, declaring that anr implicit faith in,
all the dntni i s,of••the ,stoTy . -of the Exodus;-;
as ieloidti .. Ventaieneh, involve*
and r ataiii, assent to
,piiipogtions as.
inept
luvl'absitid as 'the above state
ment tumid twin .arithmetic.. -And then
bAigoes. AA ; treat ,with insult , conteMpti
an4,injtittiep, the believeM,in the.plenary
irisniratio,n of the Bitile, I;y:declaring that
"bey cannot glorify God by setting up an
idol. of. their: own -making''; aid,'" It is nnt
illFlle'require you to abatiden theordinary
oti RS of . tfie, I.4 l m49 ,, Authottaiip, - and •an-,
tiqpkty of the Pen tatel4ph'; it is the .1)0T1,4,,
whiich - aims so?" gonliflolinCiicaulpition
go•fartlier?'
One argument to pro v ethat' . ;
the ; miiin author of it liel'entatettakia, :that
up to Samuel's , , ape, : tjeboyill ria•littla
used and thal
"after - Samna,' intro:
duced into the Pentateuch, notlliell;lint
oewionally, the_ name " Jehovah," .in ad
di( ion ta . -".44),14m,". Prom t, his
tion' he' arg*sek_ap . it were, against the
:611sseta; ficimfhp iff days, of
lve downward ta .
the age. Of
ileseph, ' of
thpiname A 4, Jehovah," 'that ft the ifehoyistio
story" (part of the Pentateuch; and AVrit-.
tbnby, a ".later " writer than can
not,Sumuel),
'be ,
.tori'oally; true. ‘•
"'confusion" is "worse Onfound
'44."'• 4 :All'Abii:poitiems4' we are assured,
books' and of the bcaOf
are - not:'44 - € Cu:the Filohiet,
were composed by one Or, two ivriters.whp
'wrote in the latter' days-'of ih •
the early part of Solomon's reika 7 —with Of; •
exception. , , of-some interpolations; otiibieli
a few smaller oi*.s . .-accur in GOneiliei but
larger ones in Exodus, Leviticus; Niunbeis
anCJoshua." ',although 'the .Bible
`sbilei,:of the fifth book of the. Pentateuch;
• w'rhese , be -the•mords which Moses spoke
tuft all Isra4;l;'!..;,and. which, Moreover; is
• a'rehearsa of tbs. wanderings' in the wil=
diamess, Ste.l, yet Pr.,9,:densc ,says that t l the
lizoOk '9f afetiterQP - 9. 0 03',w 4 8 wr,i,4ll4:locltt the
* _or Jcsiaks . ailA / Pc.9 2 f).-..T?Dr B 4)IbY
the haudOtthe *.r(fibet Jeremtah,?.,
Vet Me conclude thip some,w,bailaWiltus
• analYaia of the second tooOlc,o4l4.oeleneo
heresy,; lijl, ,ibsiblauguto
A di FT CIP.I [ P.: :"YiNtrY: 611.,qm
-R.e'e.dicin...fi44l.;.;ilitilislit.944 71;0109Cin
krAnte4; t4. 6 q4.'PPti#43lek
..,the.work of Moses. For more .than AMA
.years, this : has been the invariable opinion
of were "Wit qualified-to foim Car
:lt,etAndgment on.this Subject: --The Jewish
;Church,,.,frgui,.#@ mosk:remoto..antiquity,.
asorilled.,tbp•
. rurkto, l no
. 91.11,er hand
iaticftbe Chris ti ark Ohurith,,fronkitik fqn,usja-,
atii!ilintel' it "td . ` tlie _ Jewik law
'giver( alcare. hie mo ' st'respeuable y ) ieathe~a;
hay.e.-,; concurred .in testimony:'' Jan&
and his. Apostles :hal; e .-camplete,d,
s.didence, and have put the question beymd s
O'e possailitybeing cioutVl.lll4:Ost j tphq
profess 'to Viliee'Fhe ?lake distiientiptt.t i o
the -.lYeio;fietitafiaite* 'Unto liarroiti
the Aueationt I...Chiistqand'his 'Apbetlia•
'bsvet:,QpdoSaed,Logge;as:real period, ..the
reeopd !gets .polense.
'God. w i nder, tieicifore, ,the.
'l4dirffalbi ofto s ildon,`ii.a..elatiVbire; . on
7 Siindiy eveliingsr wreadigsi" from` Obleii
se are preferred tot anj..Leeturer,
POLITICAL' PARTIES sirFatiriWaiiillirif
Worthy, ,of, notice; as hearinigginvitheratilitrat
the :$0114, 1 4 ap d the -
yrcoil'pects,„itid l iigt7 be, app ) %heppioni
of 'OW" 'Two or three elections heye,'
Ntelfr d4ei,Jeol oti
'not ; 33 ece se aril 3; *or Teeny' TOry'eyilipa:-
•thie4,l:llt. Is l oolilooaheanees; and . Mismanage-
P'e E 'i t ! , •9! l -9 1 9 11.0.0-thits/41 0 1Kaia , . -Bet Tins
this ay the mictigity 44( ij t lseliis~plla~q :,
id the llbuse titConincepitts decreark
ii' inosier.,.:lDatiJetrihot! ibiervii hoei'
the le!idtielm ealtmogito conimitf
,theineekTTANß-„v pcn,i4ktopir.policy as , re,‘
garde' the cdnfe4istAte i filtatep a. lin4 • him the
StaliVa,r4 said 'lMo'rnlyte l Hii•dia ere trying:,
• hardi to proitvihit:lftei - till, doinisitiiaiFie
.M.intitry, t yronlitibe ea . ( trienary to4tifllgiaz
-10P9PielMakitt:Yalintirstimeabintit.
last, theiint494 44.4 1 , 1 39t0110dAra
not helitive The want ., oc truf LIY:mPt
for, Italy, the he'arthiniiiisecit
•Off4nsiveneasoF the humbling old DtlAtili t .
;Of Norinatiki; the •*Advoetite. GitileiaVor
;Kings end ( sud Dukes, and the iniaohiew
ous endoroemAgt>9€llo slapdere ,. which Lord
beFby has ° °c F su M a llY ob•iik7a4Sl_
well'
t and treasured up ,in
. ti l e
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PROvalatol PUBLlalalli.
that a party in power' gets into a rut, is
equally true. Dr. Campbell, of the British
Standard, writes on this topic as follows:
" It behoves the Liberals: to mind what
they are about, or they will shortly have to
change sides. in the House of Commons.
Both Devonport and Cambridge, two Mot
important scats, are lost to them. 'Tliela
jority for the Conservative in Devonport
was.Bo, in Cambridge 81. These are filets
which speak for themselves. They still
further go to show that the House, in its
• ilmOst equally divided state, is a tolerably
..fair representative of the nation. *Noli;to
be frank, we do not' wonder at this : as
. matters stand, nearly all the• greatques
tions of the day having been settled, i there
is but little to choose between Whigs and
Tories: Let it never be forgotten that the
Tories, both in the matter of church-rates:
and of reform, showed' far more sincerity
awl, earnestness than their opponents.. •Mr.
Walpole acted wisely and .honorably , in,the
matter, of church 'rates, and proposed a
; fialiiiiil3 which 'had great claims to consid
.erition:%:- MKT D'lsraeli, too, however levity
might laugh lit what wah•flippatitly ailed
fancy franchises,' :exhibited the best
outline of it bill that,has ever yet been pro ;
;posed. It provided for the representation,
lief-merely of property, but of intellect, and,
• with an honest, earnest House, it might
have been framed into an excellent system
of representation. •Iftiless then, our Lib
erals, so called, shall wake up, they may
prepare for that I whish,will inevitably one
day conie--it'cliange of:places. Both par
arethe better; periodically, for an air
ing. f A lengthened-tenure of power tends
to:,eogender: conceit, confidence, and inso
; lenee.. Tern about is a good rule. Again;
the Tories have been far less wasteful than,
the' `'Whigs of the nation's substance.,
TheyWOuld never have run up the preient
• enormous' list• of expenditure.'
•The“perilseof. Ministers are very much'
=exaggerated, as there are many on the.iop.s
pTisite benclies,who prefer Lord Palmerston
to anyother statesman, and who especially
alike t. 45 be led by D'leraeli. Besides
this, the proposed' onalgughts in connexion'
with financial, economy, and the readinees
of, Lord Russell. to cede the lonian Islands . -
.te,t i lie Greeks, have been marred. Great
reductiOns are being reduced—to the ex
tent Of more than' one Mallen. sterling—in
thef..Naval Estimates;-'and this without re
ducing the number.of trained seamen!' The
revenue. returns stamp ; approval also on Mr. .
Gladstone's,Riee Trade policy, which
denouncedkithe - Tories„a,nd its very elae-_ f
ticity. , teill enable the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequei'ke Mike such redtidildni 'in taxa
tieu f as:VilLgi.ve fresh - life to. the Cabinet:
True, there, are possible perils 7 --if. the Irish -
Brigade,
,",Ivlp3, are bent on Galway jobs,
beeaiikellkitire Irishmen, and are hostile
to' Italiiiiliberty because they ar' Papists;
even on- a olost division, ciujit; to hive
—which
joined them'" the thoughtf , 'generous;
cultivated. Radicals , represented by.' ML
and Mr;Cobden, at present d: .
ennain public affairs." • ' •• 7 ••• -
As. to .ability and honesty, as well: as '
real Libendism,,the actual holders,of office :
.4-(ont iientioning one or two suspicions
atibordinates)---the Liberals, have the ad-
Vantage; ••'" With the exception of Lord
llarby and .hie son, there is no•com mending
a.lAlitt, of, any. sort in the Conservative, - ..
ranksi andalnquent, : clear, and sensible as
Lord Derby is,. adininiiitkativk skill : is
- There lino orie along ihe dp'po 7
sitionstateamen,'•Who, for • siiiiiiiti-conl;erit
ical • judgment, capacity for win*, nnimpres=•
sible • end, imperturbable sobriety of mind, ..
can .be pained along. with Sir..q.! Q. : Lewis;
nor Cab ` any one 'lonic, without dismay, op.,
the possible' i.ulietitutieri Inaraeli
forlirriGhedritoi3e, 'at the heiirOf the for
tunea;ofttke, coutitry.'! . •
A.MBRItiAN AFFAIRA' are still thesitgeot
of constant thought and daily. disetundoio•dt ,
The Times does, not Shink..that,:if ,thell'etta
erals reinvested, gliarteetip,il47sPgo l 3rt: :
after the Confederate aestinction of -gtip
boats off- reharl6ten, • iliii 'Clattal"_
of raising the bleekade will be :regiitdedaii' . .‘
valid. Put it is felt that3ho Confederates'
are- ac,quiring ,nsval•rirsonrinia, ,unexam
phikehrinithrand no great confidence is
felt 'to thi•,`Ciptii•e - or
The•Belfeat • Baliityer; the' 17th inet: : "
advertises sitniblie'ineetiiikpativbieh
• Gibson aniZ.at *hick elate , . •
ifiaiß( l e Y-VfiP7.4I I PY)4 I 4 #l.B c,
States Army is to lec t ure ,
cyf
Cans
and 'Coiulequii'n'oes of The to`thri
advertiseindfit is prefix'ed' 'Margot of the
.
` speech of ..the YieerPresidon'tfoftlitiCanfed- '
erate ",.African—Bideery:was thes.l
, luimediateeause .the latikAgptire
, present'reiroBiition." • , c, ~ • .
Last evening, hut 'One, nietitiii
Emancipation Sobiitr; and ibi
was held;at St::Jasiee Kati rßt 'watch
l imabirsiopa /gam wodedgi liason's.reoent.4l
'a Peach .at i the LordMaysesAiike---theAskid, u
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beingraei for x, ead. n 4rvik
ingj 7 450# Zalky ityniii:athiak: 'Teair:" .
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119 000 n 9;000 biiis,ll,ol66 eofai,"
erguardir and 87,000JootistivoleihiSifal*Itlibd4 1. •''
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imesentTexperietei, a•ltiatiiik
° sail—hie name, abode, calling, hisoidecizorl
aftaeritd 77 11 . 1 :d , •Pful 3 PAge) il)fanlti?)
home ; there are tlioge, r,lamA r bt„ith atu
detie is 7 gotid• ltar Oa great com.pa
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latmg it: ey quit. it, happened at ~ angheit .11
do not let it pass, a iinatputl7 p, eqrAltcp.l,...,T
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' if liiligliohttinns 841 :all?Wed, ,eve,ryv2lo%, / ii
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