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gu.oinc.si.is gircctovt?.
WILLITT POTTEKGER.
ATTOKNKY AT LAW,
I'LATT.SMoL'TII
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ill. ....... - ------ ( wuli Leans overllowin with joy and
li. 11. W nillllA-AZ, Wuh thanlgiv.nij to the God of IS'a-
CO'X'AltY J1M1G j lions, that our country is saved that
Av:, ' wars i ravages are over, 'flie Liberty
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, i loviii? of all earth look fondly, rever-
riro nnr! T i V ri I ilQ A T I .
Ai--ut r t
f .r rj-.l-l .-r-. tl
f..r tJie t--r Ji.i-
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un'l .tl- l.:iu.i.4 Hir) Itv pr.-nrl-
x i i.i-.v j an I mi. ml i. !'. -i-' i.i
t. l..-i-inL' .-f T-:i. :u-n!-. TiVlii' u' ul lAiiai 1U all
.a'.-n c.f .-.'ra-t :i ;in I Wc-lrru Ait.-ri'l t-
ail hn-iri? p rtn iriiri t-a iic:icr.il I.an-1, lio jraiifc,
'J'ltc r.iiti :iri.l ' 'ilt- ti.u A'Li.t-y.
t- t-i x Ij.jim-- i:i.-n iu N. l.TH-ka.
i'ittni..'iti. N. T . V..y 1".. I :6i.
I' Eat'tvis,
NOTARY PUBLIC! orange, how our Fathers could be
.m, j ri'ht in rebelling against an establish-
( VsC 111 i- J ed Government; while Jell' Da vij and
nai K-t.t A.-nt.Tax lviy rr.r i.,aaui . l.r.-n- his iiiinious are so palpably wrong.
k I I...II-! iii v.-.tvi.-i . a.-. To my mind it is niaiu. It is riahl
fwA :! t.in.ii.--. ci.:i u.f-1 l-j Li.-, car.- will receive J 1 ..... . . p
rr..nii: nf.-rni.m. I to rebel whenever releluon is right.
X-T if ' Whenever a people rebel against tyr-
Aalional Claim AfjeilfV. ! anny and to uphold liberty, they are
" nurd in &o doing. (Jr in the language
VVASHINGTCN D- C ! 0foUr Father "Reunce to Ty-
F. M. DORRINGTON, i ' obedience oGod."r Any oth
m u ufnt- er roMl'l,tl 15 erroneous, xcu ta!ie the
TT. TTSMOUTII - . NF.nrtASKA I Psni u 'hat in no case we have a right
u',y.Sx, ..j rr.-,-n'.,'c:,in,ri,er're! w overthrow the powers that be, and
t .. ..-r, -. c.,irt i.r ;.i;i.i-und I...-1--jiniiii- .us. 1 you strike down the ruling spirit of
.0. I'. n-i.:i-, li ..'.lit ..li.i Il .tifi'.v I. an. is -,. I - i - e
. :--i. ifc-.;! .u.-.-i...J!. !.,t-.ai. i .m mi t. the age, which is reform progress
ti..- n:i it.rit "I ! !u
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PLATTE VALLEY
G. W. CRCW, - - - PFop. !
I im prepare 1 to furmsli a'.l '!i i may favor me
. .itii ti.. ;r patronage, wiih loUini:. sin--.' meu or
4loarU l.v l!.- .-.-k. O. W.t'JtOW
i'l.irt-in nitti. Apri! 1J, yl
JOSEPH SCnLATEE.
; WATCyilAKER and JEWELER,
- MA1X STHttT,
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. J. welry. ilver War.-. Fuller (wil's Vi.iiins and Yi
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.mitlf.ll.) Uf care m l le Hocatikd.
April lo. -s.
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10 FREIGHTERS and FARMERS! ered crown, disdaining the glittering
i)i i jfA.. diadem, and rising to manhood's lofu-
lilaCkSlllltll, UllllltUn2 et eminence, stamped the impress of
frcrdom upon a Continent. In ail this
ii lciiiAi; sieoi
MTr lave .;; -.-! a blacksmith. Outfitting and 31a
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Main Street, South Side,
'' Tu i au -t air lit.J cf j; k Jotie in our Hue
We La e a
Wage ii Shop
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W-.tc- sj my Land and i-eal li.n h day ..f May,
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BY
HON- T. M. MAR.QUETT,
AT
PLATTSirOTJTII, JULT 4th,18G5.
T..U. t.V. 1 .('. 7
A LAlT.MvviJlf Ul V tvili, a ;
2 .1. .M'jrqU ti, .
Sin: I- Lave
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l,een requested by numerous citizens of
this place and by the Committee of Ar-
rangements, to ask- you for a copy of
V'" yur 5Peecn delive red to that vast au
?;;',!; dic-nce on the 1th inst. Please answer
in!'" at yur earliest convenience.
Yours truly,
. WM. I). GAGE,
Ch'n Coin. Ar.
Pi.atts.moi:th, July 7ih, 1S6-J.
Will. D. Ciage, Vfia Com. .1 r range
meals, Deak Sxe: Enclosed you will
please find copy of my oration deliv
ered on the l'.h. '
Yours truly,
T. M. MARQUETT.
e Lave come with all the priJe
of ciKiscious iov tu celebrate the Anui
Vnui-
versary of our Independence... We
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lUal
A Iat:iot Bau1 was x.-em!ilHl,
TLi TjrAii. t.f ca:tU Uj ;
Atitt Tyrants have -ver siii";. irembled,
To tic ir of tuoi juith vfjulj."
We rejoice to-day over the result of
two rebellions one a succors, the oth-
er a failure. To tome minds it seems
b;nd irrevocably the manacles of the
down-trodden tyranny cursed of earth;
you read to them the doleful tale that
oppression's chains are theirs, theirs
forever, and their children's only lega-
cy. Men are true to the past, though
J ' J
records the truth. he iiumcrtalizes
a Wallace, cot because he rebelled
against England s Government, but be
cause he unsheathed his sword ia de
fence of Scotland's Liberty. A Tell
will live forever not because he was
a rebel again?t the Governor of Uri,
but because he drew his bow for free
dom, and sent his arrow to a tyrant's
neart. Washington we honor, not
solely because he rebelled against Eug
1 but see thai old, cardinal rule "That
thor.e who do not reign in righteousness
shall be banished from the earth."'
aN'mety years ago our Taihers, in the
Declaration of Independence, so well
read in your hearing, laid the founda
tion for a free Government, which
since has grown to a powerful Nation
spanning a Continent and taking
her stand among the prpvdett Nations
of the earth.
The question of what sort oFGovern
tnent will best enhance the welfare of
its suljects, can best inaiutain itself-the
most durable remain no longer un
answered. In the eyes even
of envious -Monarchs and aristocrats,
experitneui.. The greal problem is
.solved. The bloody struggle just past
must tatisfrthe world iliit a free Gov
ernment cau never be ovt rthrown, no
matter howformidable the powers that
aiterrpt it. The enquiring mind asks,
from whence comes- this national
strength and vitality ? Why is it that
we have crushed a rebellion such as
no other nation ever crushed ? It is
simply because our Nation rests 'upon
and 1 raws Jier strength and vitality
from the eternal principles of Tal-tii,
LiDtitTY and Justice.--Upon this day
our fathers laid her fooadaiian deeply
imbeded in ever-enduring Truth," in
these wordsi ''All meu. are created
equal; theyre endowed by their Cre
ator with Ccertain inaifCtiable rights,
among which are Life-j. Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness.' Tfiat to se
cure these rights Governments are in
stituted auirtig men, drawinglheir just
powers from the consent of the. govern
eJ." It is if ue our Fathers, in rearing
the superstructure, were forced," under
! existing circumstances, to put rn, alonsr
! wi'h o;hcr material, the r alien, decay
ing and decomposing, one, of Lunmn
Slaver u. Riuht here was our weak
ness. . To us it proved to be the for
bidden fruit . ...
"Wtioe ruorti;! last--' brunalit Peatii Into cut
World, ' "
With le.-a of Edea." - . . i -., i .
YetitiM, in the bid-superstructure there
was so much ofrruth. of liberty and of
humanity, that she enervates her sons
with that which makes true hearts and
strong" arms, bhe aimed to wrong no
one, and tha ktvers of . right every
where became her friends." Imper
fect iri BOme things, she still rested up
on the correct theory. Unlike monar
chies or aristocracies, her blessings
visited not only the stately mansion,
but, descending to the lowly cot, there
dilTused joy. bhe fostered intelligence
and morality. The friend of science
and of arts, prosperity sprang forth at
her bidding, ind a Jong hlaze or glory
lingers in her traiu." .'1 he solution,
then, of that problem which ages have
been solving, is this : That Government
is tLe most prosperous, the most stable
and the greatest, whose principles are
Truth, Liberty and Justice. Let us
ever remember that these truths are
what constitute our strength- and dura'
bility. It is truth that makes nations
live, it 13 falsehood and error that
makes them die. It is ordained of old
that falsehood should he short lived,
whilst truth endures forever. W icked
as this world is, men still love the truth:
it may be hard to find; but when there,
who is it that does not lore to linger
amid her bowers and drink at her pe
rennial fountain. ' Our Nation has
more of truth, and less of- falsehood,
now than ever the had. This struggle
has pi rifled her. The rebellion came,
not because we were a frod govern
ment, but because the elements of tyr
anny were in our midst. Slavery was
its cause. It came because men in
our land became bold enough to declare
our Declaration of Independence a lie.
They forgot to celebrate this day.
They no longer revered the institutions
of our Fathers. They forgot the
teachings of the plain old Washington
of the Revolution, and' they became
traitors in order to establish a: landed
aristocracy, whose foundation was hu
man sdavery, and rebellion came. A
little over four years ago our Temple
of Liberty stood supported by thirty
four columns (the States). Nineteen
of these were composed of Liberty's
firmed, purest marble. The other fif
teen were made up or composite ma
terial ; intermixed with freedom, was
that dark falsehood the crimson-dyed
wrong from which the crime of treason
sprang. Many of these columns were
even then crumbling from the edifice
refusing longer to support it. For
nearly two long years did our noble
Lincoln, amid the crash of falling- col
umns, aided by our Grants and our
Shermans fn the field and our Sewards
and Stantons in the Cabinet, endeavor
to gather up and bind the falling frag
ments to our building ; but in vain.
The antagonistic elements of freedom
and slavery ' refused longer to adhere
together. They must be separated,
and the decaying and crumbling col
umus refitted, or the proud Temple of
Freedom must forever crumble to dust.
Lincoln saw that it was thus, aiid'de
tei mined that the edifice of our Fath
ers shordd be saved, let what else per
ish that might. Slavery was eradicat
ed all else was saved. We have come
to-day to proclaim to the world that
those column?, which envious mon
archs thought would no longer give
support to the American edifice, are
being refitted or I might say rebuilt
rising in majestic proportions, gilded
by universal liberty. : They are des
tined to stand, giving support to the
world's nob! est Temple, while man
loves Liberty or Truth endures.
Henceforth the Amerfcau Union will
be a Union of hands and a Union of
heart. . i - .v.
It would be unjust, perhaps, ifi we
were to pass over in silence the great
actors of this nvghty contest just past.
Foremost among them is our Martyred
President. Of lowly parentage
springing from the masses he relied
upon them with a confidence vouch
saved to few. Well : he knew when
the dark clouds of rebellion first . rose
in our political horiztm, that the peo
ple -.rltSne ctnili fcn re th'e tountry. In
his own prairie home he received calm
ly the approaching storm, whose black
ness threw a lurid glare over the en
tire land. It was when that storm had
gathered, and all knew tbnt sooner or
later it must break with all its dread
consequences upon us; that he started
for the Capitol. Everywhere the peo
ple crowded around him. Mn his plain,
yet-eloquent manner he spoke to them
as if he came to council them; asking
them question of momentous import
questions which for a while became
the intellectual thought of the Nation,
and which after the? fall of Sum pier .
broke forth -in that mighty ; tide of pa- ,
triotistn, giving, as if by mag'tci seventy-five
thousand soldiers for - the de
fence of our Flag and Capitol. -The I
surging events'around him nerved him
to his mighty taski :Liki some deep
ly im boded" rock that stands) amid i aold
ocean, he itemed ta . court !theieiy
vaves.of rfcbeliioa'iorily to -j slash. ., ihetn
l. a.,. -in A i
cOufoliiiff inert.' tX.rv.eior3.: .years-;
the tide of battle ebbed and flowed.
The time, had come for a decisive step
to be taken. The Crisis of a jYalion
was at hand.i Down in the land of re
.bellion there - manacled were four
millions of Clod's people, silent specta
tors of the mighty contest. Liucolu
had long pondered whether if to give
that people freedom . would not place
them on the side .of the Union. At
length the d-itf is cast.. . lie seizes a
p8n ."and .writes them jiiee."
Next to our -Declaration qt Indepen
dence, humajjity's greatest victory
the world's noblest deed.. Making. : our
cause sdoubly 'dear;; henceforth our
brave men in the field fought not only
to preserve the nation, to restore the
Union, but also for liberty in its purest
sense. . And one hundred thousand
dusky forms, as if in gratitude for the
act, seized the musket. The tide of
battle turns in our favor. Victory hes
iiates but little longer until she perch
es upon our banner., This act alone
would have immortalized him. He
finished the work assigned hiiu. It
was nobly done; and then he was cow
ardly assassinated murdered because
he loved Liberty and .'-revered the in
stitutions of our .Fulhers." He has
gone gone to join the Martyrs of our
own revolution, and all that "illustrious
band" who, iu the world's history,
have fought and died in freedom's
cause. Angels . will welcome him
for .
'Oil, if there lie in tins innn lane Kplitre,
A boon, an ulieriuK Heaven holds dear;
Ti the lat iikation Liberty draw,
Froir the lie art that Llcads and die in her causa."'
His death .was the saddest hour of
our Nation. . Near his home in the
broad prairies of his adopted State, hs
sleeps. His "Tomb the Mecca of
our land." In Fame's Temple , he
takes his place by the side of. Wash
ington. The savior of our Country
and the liberator of four millions of
people. No marble column can add
to his fame. A bestoreu Usiox is
ii i s Mo.iVMEM. Universal Eman
cipation is uis . lifriTAFii. Yet he
belongs not to us alone".' 'All mankind
c'aim him. The world will catch the
glowing iheme of his praise, as upon
this day it wells up from ih "pride and
love or our own race, and from the
deep gratitude of another," and will
echo it back.
Xor yet !l Hero of ! Landalooe,
Fur tinue's a mu.f. all -N'alioli claim their own;
To every elime where breathe the irood and brTe,
Lchu'a the ju aitt thy uwn Country gave."
And hereafter when the historian
shall be called on to embody, iu one
man, all of the elements of a great
Statesmau, the love of Truth, of Lib
erty and of Country, with stern un
bending integrity and lofty purpose,
shall determine his choice. "The fire
of patriotism shall mantle his cheek
and enkindle his eye" as he writes the
name of ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
We will be forced to pass in silence
our warrior heroes. If we had but the
time and ability, we would love to stop
and wreathe a chaplet for the brow of
our noble Grant emphatically the he
ro of earth's greatest, grandest strug
gle, and tne woriu s greatest warrior.
Rut his eulogy, and tiiat of: fcherman,
Sheridan, and a host of others, I shall
lenve for filter tongues than mine to
pronounce. "We all owe them a debt
of gratitude which we can never re
pay. Yet : after all, our success
probably depends more upon the Amer
ican people at large the common sol
diery than upon anything else. Cod
ding truly said that "our greatest Gen
eral was our General greatness. J.he
inventive genius, the . general intelli
gence which, springing from myriads
of common schools and colleges all over
the loyal North, as if by magic, placing
on every cavigable stream where re
bellion raised her "hydra-head," those
terrors of war, our Gun-boats; and who
unaided, armed with the deadliest
weapons the ' world i ever saw, her
greatest army". Imbued with a love of
country, they marched steadily to their
purpose. .We all remember the in
tense feeling with which we . followed
the long line - of blue formed at Cairo
under the brave Grant, as onward it
went, planting our, banner upon Ft.
Henry's fortifications, storming: the
heichts of Donaldson ; down through
ShrJoah's bloody field to that master
bbw at Yicksburg, that shivered the
rebellion in two and opened the Mis-
issippi to commerce. They moved like
an avalanche; the mighty est open
ing up her arteries of trade, and crush
ing, her t country s enemies. . And
again; down further in the sunny south,
at Mission Ridge and at Lookout
Mountain, formed in eolid phalanx, the
same dauntless lioys in Blue, above the
cloudSr plant their country's flag in
triumph. " And in all that historic
campaign in which bold Sherman first
proved the Confederacy to .be. but a
shell, and then broke it, of never fading
green are the laurels interwoven all
along the battles line; from Resaca to
to Atlanta and from Atlanta, to Ral
eigh. Nor was it' in the.jar soutiy.or
west alone that our brave boys awoke
the admiration of the 'land.; On old
Powraac'rjshores; down where the dark
waters of the Rappahannock' flow;' the
world will talk cf fcoldiers there, who,
through lb treachery or. imbecility of
cfiicejra, whipped .ud, -batijedi-for jhree
tyettrs, axe seen gia: o .stapaon me.
l 1. c .i i3 -.1 .-. . J : : J
Jiydar w-4iAl3aiS 4010 tpA:
ed on their chosen battla field, is re
bellion's greatest army, led by her
greatest chieftain. Once acain the
word, which had became, a hiss and a
by-word to our. enemies throughout the
world, of 'Onward to Richmond,' is giv
en, and rebellion's death struggle com
mences. ' ' That balile 'lifie of blue, there
formed, never took a backward tep;
their onward,' steady tread,- though
slippery in the blood of " their fallen
comrades, wavered not;
uAnd backward the rebel best an borne.' ' ..
They paused but to bury their dead,
and aga i ti . seizing the, ; weapons of
death, "hurled them at the. foe," until
that foe, weakened and shattered by
the shock, seeks its formidable fortifi
cations at Richmond, as Us only safety;
and the word comes to our wearied,
battle-worn men to rest a while. Yet
another blow is to be struck; they wait
and abide their time. It comes at
length the hour of victory dawns. The
flans of Grant are perfected. That
eagle eyed warrior, Sheridan, is placed
in the van. The tocsin is sounded.
The hitherto impregnable fortifications
are scaled. The hour for which I 0:0
mac's brave heroes had so long, so pa
tiently waited and fought, and for which
their comrades had died, comes Rich
mond is ours, and Lee a fugitive. Our
brave boys pause but to give one long,
loud shout of victory, and then follow
the foe,
- MAs westward the din of battle rolls."
Far to the van, where the battle rage
is hottest, is heard at times the tones of
Sheridan, shouting,. "Men, advance.
press on, and. Let ts ours J These
words were but the prophetic notes of
one whose genius taught him how to
rule the battle's storm. And true as
holy writ, Lee was ours. The Ameu
icAn Union, tokeveh one, and Fkee
T T .all
DOM U FI VERSA L. All prUlSO tO OUr
brave Boys in Blue.
'Go rinjf thebellsf and fire the gnos,
Fllii(r your starry banner out;
Suuut Frt'lmii tid your lisping ones
jiv back their cradle shoot." -
We take a proud position among the
nations of the earth. The Cossack
warrior no longer boasts of the great
est army, even in numbers. For he
now beholds an army of over half a
million, whose every soldier is a ruler,
and whose deeds of coble bravery for
the last four years towers in solemn
grandeur above the military achieve
ments of the past. Proud thought
the mighty Empire of Russia; with her
oueLundred and thirty millions of sub
jects, on this d iy pays her tribute of
respect to us, and unfurls in her courts
the banner of the Free. By our every
atitude, France is told that the time is
now forever past when she can again
insult Freemen by invading the soil of
a sister Republic. We tell her "do
not longer trample upon the rights of
Mexico. Withdraw your armies, and
let Mexicans tay whether they want
Maximillian as their ruler or not, or
the laws of nations and of humanity
may demand of us to draw the sword in
Mexico's defence. We seek peace
with you, although we might rightfully
say that
"T ice have we so-ignt Can Alpine's Glen ia peace;
lint when we con.e again.
It will bo with" tirant and S'ierkln."
Anl to England we say, we are no
suppliant at your knee. Build and
arm again if you dare your Alabama;
place your seamen upon her; and in
stead of the hateful bars add stars,
run up your own proud banner. Ask
no Pirate Semmes to command her;
and prove, if you dare, your title as
Ounqueror of the Seas. Another
Kearsarge will be ready to meet you.
Bui beware . and have a Deerhound
ready; for, in the fiery conflict that
will ensue, your sluggish half-drowned
seamen as their ship and banner sink
beneath the billow, will perchance
again wish to Violate the rules of war
and flee inglorious from their conquer
ors. Know, proud Britton, that Amer
ican freemen have' wrested the sceptre
from your tar$. Your ships no lon
ger ride Mistress of the' Wave.. Our
own, though now silently moored in
ports from which peaceful commerce
flow, only await the dread tocsin" of
war to sweep our Country's enemies
from the seas.
Let us not retire from this scene
without a deep sense7 of the obligations
devolving upon us. The boom of that
cannon that struck the fetters from , the
Slaves and saved our land, has died
away. A sacred duty devolves on us.
We must preserve, by the ballot, what
our brave soldiers have saved with the
bullet and baybnet. No unsteady hand
should hereafter hold it. Let us pon
der well the lesson taught by the last
fifteen years. When JefT Davis and
the Southern fire-eaters first began' to
preach disunion in the halls of Con
gress,' vnsteddy hands too 'often held
the ballots of the North, and the re
sult was that, that strange compound of
human beings, made up-' of toadyism,
fear and love of power, known, I be
lieve, as Dovgh-fucca, went to Con
gress. Southern bullies, working tip
en their fears and love of power, ruled
them, and then flaunted their disunion
without rebuker And in this way, oh,
shame ! in those : halls where hangs
the image of Uit Father of his . Coun
try, it became popalar- to threaten to
destroy-theiUnion.'- Treasonable sen
unjentswutteredraild ' but'n few -. -were'
found txrebuke tteinv rXbe' Ctnor'toaJ
disunionist of 1SG0; the traitor of 1S01
and the condemned felon, of 1SG5
(JefT Davis), history will have" to tell
you, was the ruling spirit (made so in
directly hy the ballot) in the Cabinet
from lS-x to 1S57, and then became
one of the leaders of our Senate fjtiy
virtue of the ballot) from 1S57 to 1S61,
by which rime he was a full fledged
traitor. Ten Jong years had he preach
ed disunion. :.A traitor in theory; do
you wonder that he became one ia
practice? Why, there is no more
wonder in it than there is in the flow
ing of yonder turbid stream, or the wav
ing of your golden harvest, which,
springing from industry's hand, deck
your cultivated fields. Armed with
the ballot, a weapon mightier than the
sword, let us strike down disunion, se
cession, and all other enemies of our
Country. Humanity, and the Liberty
loving of all earth, demand it of us.
For the world hereafter will come to
the American ballot-box to learn her
destiny. And when she come?, let
her find no traitor there none but the
truly Loyal, who have looked with
sorrow upon a land draped in mourn
ing, who have wept over her three hun
dred thousand new made graves; and
who now, with bold hearts and steady
hands, declare that, no matter what
else may perish, they will at all haz
ards preserve (by the ballot) those in
stitutions so dearly purchased by the
blood of our Fathers, and reconsecra
ted by the fallen on every battle-field
in the great struggle just past. That
they will make secession but a fit ob
ject for scorn to point her "slow unmov
mg finger at," Disunion hateful, Trea
son odious, and Liberty, Union and
Country, Forever dear.
We are, to-day, the model Govern
ment of the World. Peace reigns
throughout our land; not the peace that
comes from right compromising with
error, of liberty giviDg up a part to
tyranny. Thank Gud, Loyalty made
no compromise with Treason, and so
peace comes clothed in Liberty, Justice
and Humanity, to bless not only us,
but our children and our children's
children. Who is there now that ic
not proud of being an American
but thauks his Maker that his homo is
here ?
'CJreaiGed we thank thee for this home.
The bounteous, Birtli Laud of the free;
WhTe wanlerra from afar may couie,
Atid breathe tin air of Liberty. -Still
mar her Flowis uatranieh-d spring,
Her Uarvosts wave, her Cities rire;
And yet, until Time shall fo!d her wiii,
Keuiaia Kar.h' loveliest I'aradie."
Vocal The following
are from "exquisites" who
examples
call Old
Hundred and Hail Columbia "country
Are you fond of hymn singing ?
Take a note of a few. The first is
the hymn we heard at the chapel the
last time "Gh.take a pil, oh, take a
nil, oh, take a nil, oh, take a pil-cnm
heme !" The hymn Brown heard
treble and soprano by the fairer por
tion of creation "Oh for a man, oh,
for a man, oh, for a man-sioa in the
suies : ine one l'auniiins nearu was
"Oh, scud down Sal, oh, send down
Sal, oh, send down Sal-va-tion !"
THEXAKLU ISSL'L:.
The negro has been liberated. Gov
ernment announces to him that he is a
freeman. As such, he becomes amen
able to laws and subject to obligations
which did not affect him in his former
condition. He must suppoit himself by
labor. lie must pay taxes, He must
meet various other requisitions. He
cannot be expected to do well to ad
vance in the social scale, to accumulate
means, to develop intellectual capacity
without the advantage and encour
agement of the political franchise. lie
must have the ballot to protect himself;
to enable him to overcome the effects
of prejudices which would else con
tinue him in virtual Slavery; to give
him a substantial contFol over his own
position. As a measure of safety, and
for the support of Government in the
South, he must be allowed to vote.
This is the naked issue. Public
sentiment is very generally coming to
the conclusion we have indicated.
But the movewent cannot and should
not be forced. A revolution so over
whelming and complete requires time.
The negroes are to be made ready,
and the loyal people of the Soudi are
to be ' made willing. This is the pres
ent task of the Administration and of
the temporary' Provisional Govern
ments. Opinion in the Northern
Stales is right opinion in the South
will be made right President John
son is traveling as rapidly as the pos
ture of affairs justifies .him in doing.
Let those who are vager . for a com
pletion of the revolution have'patience,
and in due season all will be well.
Albany Evening Journal. !
Modest! Mrs. 11. E. Lee, wife of the
late Gen. Lee, has wrtten tathe authori
ties, claiming Arlington Heights Lor
Eroperty. Sho complains that the grounds
ave been greatly abased by' the Govern
ment, and states 'that she will visit Wash
ington in a few dare, for the nurpose-of
flsiaaaiipglhcmficia Prcslicpt Johnson. 1
"PAY AS YOV CO"
This little maxim has been modestly at
the service of tho world for ages, sup
ported by no particular pretensions to
rhetoric, cadcnc3, or pompous period, but
brimful!, and running over with practical
philosophy, plebeian sense, adapted to the
latitude and longitudo of every human
creature. It contains within its blessed
monosylables an analysis of wealth it is
fortune's stepping stone and a letter of
credit none can distrust wherever it goes.
It is the right bower of economy, .and
maid of honor to pleasure; fills the day
hours with quiet, and drives tha bailiff
from the night dream. "Pay as you go,"
and you will know how fast you are go
ing, how far you have gone, and when it
is time to stop tradesmen will bow
when they meet you, and debt, with its
hungry wolf tread will starve on your
trail. "Pay as you go," tempers luxury
and chastens waat, adds dignity to the
poor man and grace to tho rich man,
wrongs none and is justice to all. Hero
is an antidote for much that is tho phi
losopher's stone here is a motto for
manhood here la a leaven for any sized
lump. Young man, "pay as you go,'
and when j-ou get old you will not depart
from it other virtues will certainly
cluster about you; and, wkon natura
bauds in her last bill, you will be all the
better prepared to "pay as you go."
Josh Billings, anglicised.')
Ficut Yovk Way Ur. The Many who
have to take the world rough and tumble
are prone to envy the Few who ' roll
through it uojolted, in cushioned vehicles
on patent springs. The toiler as' ho
stumbles through its thorny thicket, and
limps over' its foot-blistering gravel, is
apt to curse the ill luck that placed him
on such a hard road, and sigh for a seat
in one of the splendid equipages that
glide so smoothly over Fortune's Mac
adamized turnpike. Born with a pewter
spooa iu Lis mouth, he covets tho Silver
one which was the birth-eift of his do
nothing neighbor. Tho more fool he.
Occupation is tho 'immediate jewel" of
life. It is true that riches are no bar to
exertion. Quite the reverse, when their
uses are properly understood. But tho
discontented worker, who pines for wealth
without being willing to labor for it, re
gards the idleness in which ;t should en
able him to live a3 the acme of temporal
happiness. He has no idea cf money as
a great motive power, to be pplied in
enterprises' that give healthful employ
ment to mind and body. All that ho de
sires is to live a feather-bed life to loaf
luxuriously. We have no sympathy with
such sensuous longings. Pcoplcwho in
duce in' them never acquire wealth.
They lack the energy to break their way
to the worldly independence for which
they yearn and whine. They don't know
how much more glorious it is to tear
aiiluence from opposing fate by maia
strength of will and iuflexibility of pur
pose, than to receivo it as . a windfall.
There is infinitely more satisfaction ia
conquering a fortune with b.ain and
muscle, than was ever experienced by a
"lucky heir" in obtaining or dissipating
the golden store that some thriftier hand
had accumulated. Your accidental Croe
sus knows nothing of the pride of success
of the honest exultation with which the
self-made man looks back upon tho pedi
ments he has overcome, and forward into
tho fair future which he has earned tho
right to CDjoy.
At a large dinner party in a certain
city lately tho frosty weather had dona
considerable duty in supplying conversa
tion, when a plump, happy looking mar
ried lady made a remark about cold feet.
"Surely," said a lady opposite, "Mrs.-
,you are not troubled with cold feet?e
Amid an awful pause, Jshe naively an
swered, "Yes indeed, I am, very much
troubled but they are not my owb."
Read tiie Advertisements. We hear
this every day; "People don't look at the
advertising columns of n paper." It is
not true. People do read advertiements.
We 6honld have a peor opinion of the in
telligence of a man or woman who doea
not look over the advertisements of.apa
rer, especially if it is published in their
own city or neighborhood. The New
York Journal of Commerce, the largest
paper in America, in an article on the
subject of advertisements not soliciting
them, becauo it has as many as it wants
says that thousands of people take that
paper for the advertisements alone; they
are the first thing looked at, and present
a much better idea of business in the city
than tho mere editorial and news columns
can do.
How to Get Sleep. A popular au
thority says if a person is disposed to be
wakeful at a certain hour of the night, let
him at once get up when ho awakes, and
"stay up. Repeated three times he will bo
cured, or, let him go to bed as many
hours later as holies awake at night, aii
he will Eleep all night. ' " ' . ,'""".
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