Decatur Eagle, Volume 6, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1862 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE.

VOL. 6.

"■.’■ebh-j DECATUR EAGLE. is issued every thursday morning, by A.J .HILL, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson’s building, over the Drug Store. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance, $1 00 jf paid within the year, 1 50 If not paid until the year has expired, 2.00 No paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid except at the option of the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: • One square,(ten lines) three insertions. $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square will lie counted and charged as two; over two, as three, etc. A liberal discount, from the above rates, made on all advertisements inserted for a period longer three months. The above rates will be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work, in a neat and workmanlike manner, on the most reasonable terms. Our material for the completion of Job-Work, being new and of the latest styles, we feel confident that satisfaction can be given. _ SPEECH OF HON. W. A. RICHARDSON, THE ABOLITION SCHEMES OF NEORO EQUALITY EXPOSED. What the. Tax-payers are Paying for the Experiments- —One Hundred Thousand Dollars per day Expended on Runaway and Vagabond Negroes— Bullets for Armed Rebel- Ballots for Abolition Disunionists. Mr. Richardson —Mr. Chairman, desire this morning to submit a few remarks for the consideration of the House and the country It is not my purpose to discuss questions pertaining to the army in the field, which if judiciously officered and managed, is able to crush out the rebellion. I shall direct my attention, therefore, to the consideration to some of the many n«w qucaHons wine*) ar ■ cont-Pi uaily arising <1 tiring the progrees ol tins terrible civil wir. Mr. Cbainnan, there is a manifest anxiety, an overweening desire, » persistent purpose, up»n the put ol prominent members of the dominant p i ty m this government, to pl-roe up m ter us of eq talitv, and make participants with us m the rights of American citizmship, nn inferior race. The negro race, which is incapable of either comprehending or mamtaininw anv form of government —by whom liberty is interpreted as licentiousneg3—i9 sought to be exalted, even at the cost of the degradation of our own flesh and blood. We all remember w : th whn' intense satisfaction a recent order of the Secretary of State. Mr. Seward, one of the chief clerks of the President, was received in certain quarters, because it declared that no fugitive slave should be retained in custody longer than thirty days, unless ‘by special order o' competent civil authority.’ That I may do no injustice tn the h ad of the State Department and his unwarranted assumption of power. I quote the official paper itself; Department of State.) Washington, January 25. 1862 J Sir: The President of the Unite! States be ng satisfied that the following instructions contravene no law in force in the District, and that they can b« executed without waiting for legislation by Congress, I am directed by him to convey them to vou: As Marshall of the District of Columbia you will not receive into custody any person claimed to be held to service or labor within the District or elsewhere, and not charged with any crime or misdemeanor, unless upon arrest or commitment, pursuant to law. as fugitives from such service, or labor, and you will not retain any snob fugitives in custody bo- ond a period of thirty days from theit arrest and commitment, unless by special order of competent civil authority. You will forthwith cause publication to be made of this order, and at the expiration of ten days therefrom you will apply the same to all persons so claimed, to bo held to service, or labor, and now in your

custody. This order has no relation to any arrest made by military authority. I am your obedient servant, WILLIAM H SEWARD. While Mr. Seward was issuing this order (or a general jail delivery of the negroes, he was a so sending, under a usurpation of power, and in violation of the : laws and the Constitution, hundreds of | white men and women to fill the cells of ( ' the prisons in this district an ! through- ; out the loyal Stales. Against many of > these white men and white woman thus 11 incarcerated by this d-spotic Secretary ' of State, no charge has ever been made; they are imprisoned without the form or authority of law, and thus the personal i liberty of the Caucasian is ruthlessly vio- > lated, while the African is most tenderly ’ and carefully guarded, even to the nullifi- | cation of State enactments and the nation- ' al statutes. Let a rumor become current I that a negro has been deprived of personial liberty—either in this district or any- ‘ | whera else —and there are a dozen of ReI publican Members upon this floor striving 1 to obtain the attentioi ot the House while they may offer resolutions inquiring by what law, by whom, and where, these ■ objects of their undivided affections may have been arrested. But nevet yet has any of those philanthropic gentlemen ’ made inquiry for the law or authority under which white AmeWtan citizens have been kidnapped by the State Department, ’ drugged from t ett homes and l ift to pine, and di ■ p. reliance, tn some of the many bastile which the Administration has establi. lied. It is well known, sir, that if any white oitiz-tn, perhaps a taiher or brother, desires to visit a relative or acquaintance jin the military servi'Se of this Govern men’, he is obliged to recure a “pass” from some competent authority, and to retainthis, hro is required upon his ho or to dect ai ' e l’’ s l " v alty and fidelity to the q„ e ■ nment; But the reg-o goes and com i w ' ,hl the Itries ol oar arm” ' Wheth” ' ln ? il-s'mj'rotl bo towards or I frri n pie enemy: the otdor of the black j man is 1’" ■' ' received as .->q■livlJ* In,, ,o t '**e pledge of honor and of lovnf'-v " n "ar'-o’ the white p-rron. Tn th 11 U s '- r 'cl you have abolished slavery. You have abolished it. by c mp°nisation. hr adding 51,000,000 to the national h’bt. an 1 a tax o f $73 000 to be ! *Ad snn tial!y, as interest un >n this sum, , tax s imoosed upon the laboring white people of these States. Not. satisfied with Ljoing this much for your special favorite, vou ex'en I ll'e freedom of this city and the hospita itv of the G..ve nm-nt to all the runawnv negroes in the country who : chose to vis’t the District of Columbia — You issu« rations to them dav aft r dav, . nnd week a ft>r week, rations which .rust be paid for through the sweat and toil of tax ri l len wh't*’ men. You ar’ thus , supporting in indolence hundreds upon . hundreds o f h'ack men How many and 'at what cost lam unable to state, he- ' cause when a resolution, asking for this i informatin”, w !,s introduced f| )e j, on arable gentleman from Ohio (Mr Cox) it was immodia’* 1 ' v tabled by t| )P Republican mqmitv upon the other ’ide of the ■ House The’ • gentlemen dare not let this information to the country; they j shrink from the exposure which a truth--1 ful reply to such inquiry would make — The resolution of Mr. Cox also ask" 1 for ! the number of negroes employed as teamsters in the army, and at what wages, hut this was equally objectionable, for it would fiav 1 illustrated the fact that negroes U” the hundred are receiving bettor pav ns dr vers than our own white »ons nnd bro'hers are for perilling their lives as soldiers in the defenc t of the Union and the Constitution. Having Loon thus deprived nf obtaining official information upon those questions, T am obliged to gather rnv statistics I from such sources ns I can I shall make no statement that I havo not received . from respectable nnd responsible partie', and none which Ido not consider to b» rather under than abo ’e the true eetimnto. The gnver-ment is to dnv issuing rn- . tions to about two thousand negroes in this District alone, that cost over 2D cts. per ration—s4oo per dav, in violation of ’ law. is being paid for this service. The i government is hiring in the District sev- ' eral hundred negroes, sonae as teamsters nnd some for other purposes, to the exclusion of white laborers, thousands of whom together with their wives and ’ children, in our large cities, sre suffering for the want of employment. I snnnk advisedly when I sav that the republican party srfl already paving, of tax-gathered money, in this District alone, over three hundred thousand dollars per annum, to, buy, clothe, feed and exalt the African race. Thus for the negro you expend more in a single year in the District of I Columbia than you appropriate for the government and protection of all the propie in all the organized Territories of the United States. The negro is made superior, in your legislation, to the pioneer

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white men that settle the Great West, and, amid hardships and dangers, lay ' the foundation of new commonwealths; j the hardiest and noblest men of our com mon country. ! So the people are taxed yearly more •' for tho benefit of the black race in this District alone than it costs to maintain > the burdens of Slate Government iu either I lowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, : Maine, N< w Hampshire, Vermont, Con 1 necticut; Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delf' aware or Maryland. i) But it is not in this District alone that ' you require the people to pay tribute to the idol of your affection. Wherever you ' find our army, with one or two honorable exceptions, you will find that hundreds ' of rations are being issued daily to unemployed negroes who rendezvous in and a ' bout the camps, wherever the army is, they are being employed in various cn . i parities at good wages, and to the utter exclusion of white labor that now lauJ guishes in irksome idleness throughout ‘ our country; I state therefore, and I think truthfully, that the government is ■ already paying $ 100,ODD per Bay for the 'support and employment of negroes — ! ' paying it, too, out of money raised thr ugh j the toil, deprivations and taxation of our I I own kith and kin. i i In my district, Mr. Chairman, my constituents are selling corn at eight cents i [ per bushel in order to support their faini- . liesand maintain the honor and integrit-. , of our G iverninent. Shall money thus raised and for such a purpose be diverted ■ to the entertainment of the. Afric-iri? Will my people, will the people ativwhere in- » dorse the party and 'he A Iministiation • that thus seeks the elevation of the ne- ’ grd, even al the cost of rui; to their own race? One might, suppose that, yonr ardor in • the care and protection of the negro would • I stop and cool here; but no, you go still .'further. Having made him vonr equal |las a civilian, you now seek to pl-ice him on the stme level with American sail- . ors and soldiers. Firs’came the o der of the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, , as f iDotvs: f Navy Department. April 3> h, 1862. ‘Sir—The approach of the hot and sick- . ,!v season upon the Southern coast of the . 'United States renders it imperative that every precaution should be used by the .j officers commanding vessels to continue 1 the excellent sanita y condition of their , I crews. The targe numb.-r of persons j known as contrabands’ flockin’ to the protection of the United States flag aff'o’-ds jan opportunity to provide in every department of a shin, especially for boats i crews, acclimated labor. The flag-offi-cers are required Io ob'ath the services of these persons for the country by enlisting ; them freely in the navy, with their c nr sent, ratin? them as boys, at eight, nine | or ten dollars per month, and one ration. Let. a monthly return be made of the number of this class of persons employed i on each vessel under your command, ‘I am respectfully, your obedient servant. “GfDEON WELLES.’* Under tho plea of the approach of the j sicklv season, Mr, Welles issued this order;*the same plea the may he called into any service in tho South, though the sickly season, anil the terrible effect it might have up >n our srmy and naw, was not tnpught of by an} republican offij cial until recently. Having made this progrepsing sten in our navy, (as rnv colleague from the Buj rent! district [Mr. Lovejoy] would call it) it remains to be emulated bv our army, j Not Ion” does it await an imitator; Gen. D M Hunter, commanding in the military department of South Carolina, Gear ( gia, and Florida, issues «n order to enroll comnanies, regiments nnd brigades of negro *s in the military service of the United | States. j Thu’, in less than two years after the accession to power of the Republican par tv, tlm negro is made as far as possible, . the equal o’ the white man, as n civilian, a sailor, and a soldier. Nw, more than ! this, the Constitution is violated, that white man may bo bereft of guaranteed rights. White r-mn are stripped of the armor of American ci’iz’nshtp in order ; that the negro mav ho clothed therein — j All this has been di'O" against the enrnj eat protest of all conservative men. And propositions and amendments to hills appropriating money sot the suppression of , this rebellion, which provided that no moneys shout ! !e diverted cither to the freeing, support, or the enlistment of negroes, have been invariably voted down by the Republican party in this llou=e. Worse than this even, General Hunter. in his z»al for the negro, withdraws the protection of his army from the loyal citizens of Jacksonville, Florida, in order to perfect his great negro boarding house and African military academy at the mouth of the Savannah river. This is undoubtedly in harmony with his brilliant discovery that African slavery and roar- • ttal law are incotnp itible. Common iqinds have heretofore considered martial

, law and slavery, either (or whites or ■'blacks, amon” the most concordant insli ; 1 tutions upon earth. Thia procUmutm v commander, who vies in profundity with I the immortal General Phelps, undoub - • edly considers m irtial law the very casit kot jewel of American liberty. i My mind Mr. Chairman, revolts al i jtlie idea of degrading the cHizatr soldiety ,j of my county to the level of the negro. Sir, the American volunteer has always been our reliance in peace and our vindication in war. lam opposed, and vou l will find the volunteer army of the Un I' ion opposed, to the equalization in the i ' ranks, of citizens and slaves. Having m ole such efforts for the ne- ; groes oi the United States, it would serin tint our zeal in their behalf would lag and languish. Bui no; you now go wan dering among the islands of the sea end over the continents of the globe in pursuit of negro principalities and republics which you may recognize among tiro l powers of the earth. Hayti and Liberia furnish further matter for your intiitua , tion to fatten upon, an I you at once pro- , i ceed to establish diplomatic relations be- . tween the United States and these he- , nighted and half made pare lies up u) human government At an annual expense of thotisanda ol . dollars you propose to receive negro di- , plomats from them and sen ! Uniun States ministers to them: indeed are you tiro I champions of negro equality wi'hout re- ; ga dto cost, place, propriety or digni I 7I This Congress hasb”en in session near- . iy eight months, and all that I have rei viewed you have done, and nine you ■ would do if you could, for the negro — • What have von accomplished for the white man II iva you provided for the i payment of pensions to the soldiers who | have bi-en disabled while fighting the I battles nf your country? Have you ap I propriated money io relieve the wants i nnd necessities of the widows nnd or- . phans of white men who have perished • upon the battle fields, t’ef»'ndtng tit- Con- ■ stiiution and the flag of o'lr cotin'r ? — Ah, no; your time has been too much engrossed with the negro to think those . i things. You have not appropriated dfie ■ dollar for these pur uses—purposes [ which should enlist the ability and tyiu- , j pathy of every patriot in tiro Inn I , I If this statement is incorrect; if this r jßepub’>can party or its Adinnislration , j have ever made a single effort, in behalf »I of the maimed soldiers, a single apnroi priation for the support of the orphans . ! and widows of slain Roldiers, T hope some , i gentleman upon the other side of the . j House will correct me. There is no res- ( ' ponse, and I am reassured in tiie correct- , ness nf my assertion bv vour sil*nc” — . The alleviation ol the sufferings of wl.ite , > men or the protection o f t'cir righ's is i not in your line of philanthropy.’ Like , your illustrious prototypes. Mrs, Jelladv, [ of the Bori-bo la go mission, or the Rev. 1 Aminidab Sleek, in the play of the Seri- . | ous Family to the political branch of which you Abolitionists will soon belong, your sympathies arc never active in be- ■ j half of practical and genuine benevo- . j lence. Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to all i j these sickly schemes for equalizing the I races. God made the white man superi- . or to the black, and no legislation will • undo or change the decrees of Heaven — They are unalterable as the laws of nil hire, eternal as Divinity itself, nnt! to ■ legislate against, them broils us to infidelI itv and ruin. Since creation dawned, tiro . white race has improved and advanced in the scale of being, but as the negro was then so is he now. “But.” sav the Abolitionists, “the african has been hiesI sod wi h no opportunity for improvement. ■ Who gave the white min an opportunity. I God, in his infinite justice, placed the two races upon the ea th at the beginning of i time to work out their rfspective destii nies. History has faithfully recorded their achievemen s. To that impartial tribunal I confidently appeal for the verii. fication of the white man's superiority.— As God made them, so have t’rov remained. nnd unlike the Abolition equal!zations, I find no fault and utter no complaint against the wis loui and justice of our Creator. ' The evils of the attempted equalization of the races is illustrated by the history of Mexico. That country was set, ' tied bv the intelligent Spaniard, a race 1 not inferior to our own anni-stors. They I developed the resources of the country 'j by building roads high ways and cnnals. 1 , All along I heir line of march the church . and the schoolhouses were erected ns ■ j landmarks cf their progress. B t fiual--1 Iv the idea of the equalizing of tho races I became popular; the attempt was made, ’ithe races were commingled, and thence--1 forward the deterioration of the people 1 was rapid and fearful. This holds trim ; not only in Mt-xio and throughout C -ntral - and Southern America, but in all sections |of the globe, wherevor the white race 1 i was commingl 'd with the blarlt or the InI dian. This system of equalizati »n has

tailed to elevate the infi'tlor, but )uro always degf idrd 'tiie superior race. On the o'her hand, wherever tiro purity ol the while race lias tieeti preserved, the supeiiurily lias conticili l, and its (level opmeni, b.ith nietitrl and plivsurol, prog re.sK Neither soil ner climate,’ upon tin’s e intiueiit or elswhvre, has ever lowered the standard o' tiro gtiirornHig > roe. For three qu .rti r» ol a cutiirv I e Unit- I Soilcro have I d tiro v urn tlia j< great or uselui in in'en'ious We have ma le an era A liny of tiro light ning; we h ive nppiHed steam as a pidpel ling power in a singl year we h >v.- . demons'rated the traihy ol “Em’l iioih wooden w ills,’’ by tiro coiro iiicU' ii o! ,ouy ironclad ships I war; Hti.il, at tl.ei same time, bv t « same thought, uissipn ted all previously enter Mirod opinions o' sea coast and harbor fortifications Str. ! I am satisfied with ’’be history ol the ra joes as they are, as'they were created an I : jas our lathers legist io'<f trotn them I 'claim no originality lor tin sa liioughts; I tl.ey have been entertain' d by sumo ol I the ablest Rluleni.i n, put Ohly oi ODi country, lit of Engle-mi, among them I Mr Canning, who, when the British ' I’arl ament was consiilerino srlwin-- l< ndred to those now oceu'pying the alien li ti ol tie* Republican party ol this country. Said: “In dealing with the negro, sir, we j I must lenjeniEer tint w" are dealing wi ll ' a I), lag possess'ng the lorni an I strong h ;oi ti man, bn lie iiitellect only vt a cl.iM i'o turn him loose in the manhood ot hlj physical s rengili, m the maturity of I is phys.ui-.il p issions, but in the infancy of his uninslru ;ted re .sou, would <l. in raise up a cream, e iesembling the spi ndi<l lieu n (.1 a ri ci ill romance, tin- herb ot wtl ch constructs a human form, with ail the corporal i -ipab.. lies oi man. and with , the c ews uuii sinews ol n giant; l.ut being uimtile to imp .1 ’ to the work ot his hands a perception of right and wrong he ; finds too late that lie has only created a more than mortal po v. . oi doing m'S chi - , and Inio-elt r. coils Irom the nion S er lie lias Ula-le. Onu of tlii-ir greatest slattisinen of o ' a.', L- rd John Kuss-li whenever he alia IdeS to the biaoa race in America, and to a change ot its statu.-, talks only ol very .gradual emaucipa'ton, becau-e he knows that su uen an i u.icon . iiions! emancipation would bet dealt mon to both the ne,gro and the white imdi. British statesiii’ii oppowd immediate emancipation , upon ih« giuilpd *.i ixp oroncy alone.— American stab-siuen should oppose it, not only up -n that gn.uud bu' also upon I the ground that the constitution gives no I j power >o interle re with the domestic in - j stitutloi's oi the several Stales —no sum. I ; pow’i I eh her in peace or iu war Bin to r> ich the g"u ol their hopes, the abo hiontsts of tins country are wi • | ; ling to override exp dieoey. tiro law, and ; j tile constitution; to destroy the govern meat, itsvlt, tn older to > mancipate at once all the slaves of the Smith. I M 7 colleague ( Mr. Lovejoy,) troys two J thirds or tinee-'oui His ot tiro armv me abolitionists. Tlii* may be true, but up ion tiro trow cousinutiun for lt*e S ate ot j Illinois, which contains a prill roton to ex C ude negroes Irom locating w iiliiti tiro Suite, the soldiers do not. vole like abo lilionisls. Eleven o' our irogimi uro have already vutsd upon the adoption of 'hat cons' nu'io.i. Mr. Wickliffe—How did the y vote? Mr. Richardson — Sixty.three votes were given agonal it, and nil the rest — some several tnousauJ--we. giv eu tor' Throughout the State of Illinois, abo ' lilionisls are opposing this constitution.! olid Dvnio.trats ami consei vauve tneii arei 'tdvuci ting its adoption. Four fi'tiis, and perhaps nine-tenths of all die in. n that cany ixmskeis and knaps&cki in the army ol the West, are opuosjd to Hie docirmus ot negro equably and ntioliiiou as preached oy tiro getnlei niati Irom Hie Bureau District o: Illinois. l{ a is a min ot great uoliiiroes, appar. title, an-J 1 uuisl do him the justice to say that h" advocates uho ition’and its ennsequences wi-iigre i-. learl - ;,i. he is 100 discreet to make ai strong spiv ; .dies in Southern Illinois ai l-.« doiro nt . i Chicago II- and >-ro ral other g-n'.le-' j men o! kindred opinions f voied tie by canvassing t..ru;, my distiicl duiii-*. the la»l campaign that t ma le 'or Con- ' gress, nnd It gives nro great pl -r.snre ti _ I slate that they we>e xuile model He A Voice—Didn't tt.ey give you va ' tes. Mr. Richard-cn —Well, sir, they w. re' like the boy whom the ministei of the I Gospel found fishing oo Sun liiv. Said he 1 My boy, you are very wick -d: yon oti.’ht not to be sporting upon Uro Sib i bath.” “Oil,” sail il.-l-’y. “I ain’t wicked, for I haven’t caught a single fish.' (Laughter) So it was with my political Iricads when they sporte-l in my district; they were not very wicked for they caught no fish. (Laugher) Sir, I will n>t digress, bat return to the considerate-n of the solemn respviroi-

biliti- s that are resting upon us. Our conn ry is menaced Ly secessionists in arms, rebels upon one hand, and by abolitionists, iiulliti-rs ot tiro laws and the Constitution, upon the other. Sir, I prop.roe bayonets tar the former, ballots (or the latter. Th “e two classes dispose I ol an i there will be a return to the prosperity, the peace and hapiness ol the earIn r d ivs o! tiro republic. Sir, these hi-iiii.-s wi-re raised tq execute the lawsHii.l maintain Die authority oi the Constitution in .11 the .Stales- Tin V are. sir, t> -oppress armed violations of that instru ment. And. sir, it r-m mi- for tiro p> o •>le at the h illot-bo.x to suppress tlieiNorthern violations, if tin i would prei serve the rights aud liberties of American freedom. This great work accoujplishfd, grimvisag.'d war will Huooth his wrinkled . front. The din of arms will be lost in the bum of contented indiial.i v and th.. iivmn oi dom-slic endeai mem. Tiro Constitution as it is. will siaii l sublimely forth an endearing monument to the wisdom of our fathers, tiro States restorjed, Ike st-iis that have wandered, to their original places in "lilt Union s it was;” our people once more on the highway of nations, and on the march towards tiro lulfillment ol that Grand de-• tiny which God has assigned to them i For one wherever 1 am called, an I whenev->r.l shall nlw-iva be ready to dis charge ,i'V portion ol this duty. Neither the cry ol disloyalty, nor the charge ol sympathy with the rebels, whether i. emanates from usnrpera of the p opie’s rights in high places, or from the base plundeieis ol tiro Government, who make the negro a hobby hotse upon which they ride to enormous and extortionate contracts—neither, sir. shall d<> ■ ter me from the full and complete fulfillment of my duty as a li q resentative.— I denounce here—and no one shall gain ; say my right to do so ns the li•presentativ« ol so gallant and loyal people—tiro j action of this Congress and ot the several Departments upon the negro question. I denounce u us naviug ueUiratiZ'-d to i great extent the i-fforts of man, 1 of tiro, hard earned victories which our »oldiers have fought and won for ‘ the Constitution as it is, and lie Union as it was.”Ti.is, sir, is what life and happiness has ! been perilled tor in Ii« Icy d States; for this I now a.id reel yon ; .or 'his, upon this issue, I eh II go beio e tho people of ' mv .State during the Coming fail; for this, sir, [ shall expi’c there ti peak, to act, and to vote; lor this, sir, I < xpect that xlreme men, abolitionists nnd disunionrots, will be bani’hed Irom the count: Is of i the nation. All these tilings I hope for, all these things I shall real’z”, unless the people j are again eceived by abolition under ' som° new name. Under the name of re publican. abolition can do no more harm: in that role the cbara ter .s ended. It will next appear in anew dress. Already its lead rs are calling loudly lor ; the formation of aso called Union party I—this is ndeed an Rtfenv Ito steal lie liv rv of heaven in which tv serve tn • devil. Let the people, being forwarned. ' Iro fprearmy'd against then’Xt arpo.ii - nn'e of abollt'on. Trust i.o such affiliations, for one more success of the ntx.lition party, under whnt< v r name it may assume, an I our nationality is lost torev.r, anil the wreek ol our Republic will strew the pathway of nations with those ; of Greece and R-.me From the cont niplatimi of such a future I turn in horror—upon such scenes, Mr. Chairman. I bust mv eves may m ver rest, over such reI sal's never we- p Dead Letter Office—A postmaster out west, writes as follows to headquarters: 'All of us out here do not un 11 r - land as yet about these ‘dead letters’ re-turnr-d to the wrhers. A tew evenings since hi aged widow eomu to the office inquiring for a letter quite anxious to hen- from her son in the armv. On receiving her letter, she whe was told that it was trotn the Deed Letter Office. She ran home crying, 'Oh lk« i« dead! Ike's dead! I'vo ins' ; ; ■; a letter Irom the Dead Letter office. zA clergvm m ol the t atalD'shed church was call d upon to i sit. n dying man—bitten hj a rsttjesneke — alter searching his prey. .’look about twintv minutes, !nj said it was no use, they must call somebody else, there was no prayer in bis book lor the Lite o f a rattle snake An old author remarks:—“ln borrowing money he precious of your word (or lie that Lath care ot keeping days of payment is lord of another man’s purs-.” What is the difference between a drum-mer-boy and a pound of meat? One wei’hs a pound, and the other pounds away. The women of Poland have a watch-, till eye over tlroif daughter.-, an ' make them wear little bells to dcti e where they ar and i‘l. rb ut

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