The Greensborough patriot [December 23, 1859]

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TERMS—$2.00 IN ADVANCE
VOL. XXI. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, DECEMBER 23, $59. NO. 1067.
BUSINESS CARDS.
A
. C, IIEDGECOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I, Lexington, S ».'. Feb. 17, 1858. __ 'J72 if.
,4ME8 A. LOMG, ATTOKNKV AT LAW,
GBEENSBOBOPOH, N. C
kR. A. A. III LI,.
j| LEXINGTON, N. C
(•mil it ITLEI, COMMISSION AND
Forwarding Merchants, Fayettpville, N. C.
r f. IRECMi^. WITH ABBOTT, JONES &
\ ■ Co., Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
,- Si 158 Market Street, Philadelphia.
,RS. «'. €. S. K. I.. PAWME, COPABTNERS
jF in rhe practice of Medicine, Obstetrics and Surge-
Lcxinglon, N. C.
jlMES E. TIIOM having turned his atteniion
,| HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, respectfully
- t he public patronage.
■.-IK rough, October, 1859. 67 tl
P. ni'CRS.Coiiinilwolon Merchant,
OLl> COCKT* WHAM,
Vowhern, X. C,
give prompt atteni ion to all business entrusted to
December 16, 1859. lypd
BUSINESS CARDS.
G-. Ju. MEENLEY,
/.
vBS. COFFIN &• COBLE, JAMESTOWN,
,F .N. C hare associated themselves together for the
se of PRACTICING MEDICINE in all its various
Special attention given to SUKGERY. Of-
. R ]:. Depot. Feb. 1869. 24 tf.
ruL JAMES K. II4I.E, HAVING REMOVED
IfloGi ens rough, N. '.'., offers his Professional
l | the public. Office on West Market Street,
-cci 11113- occupied as a residence by Hon.
February, 1858. 973 if
. ov « OI»4UT.\ERSllIP.—1. A LONG &
|1 r CALDWBU, Greensborough, N. C, having
I selves in the practice of the law, in the
, Lford county, will promptly attend to all
to their care. Jan. 1858. 967 tf
V>11\ W. PU\K, ATTOKNKV AT LAW,
,/ mi • I ermanently located in (ircensborougfi. N.
mend the Courts of Randolph Davidson and
: HI promptly attend to the collection of all
lin his hands. Jan. 9, 1857. 916tf
U'ATSOS & BiEARS, GENERAL COMMIS-II
sion Merchants, 3J Hurling Slip, New York.—
• .-,..•; .. j . of Grain, Cotton and
.- , I • in products. gfc^fLiberal advances made
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June ir,,1859.
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W< .l)(t\\i:i.l.> l'liotoi'.:i|.l.i.(.a!-
. Icry is now opened, and Cameotypes, Melaino-types.
and AMBROTYl'KS, which cannot be surpassed
for DURABILITY and BEAUTY are taken in Lockets,
Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
Having permanently located in Greensborough, they
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
B^yj"" Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starred, sec-ond
story of Garrett's brick building, West Market St ,
Greensborough, N. C. Sept., 185'.'. .03 tf
THE PATRIOT.
M. S. SHERWOOD. JAMES A. LONG.
SHERWOOD is LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS: $*i.OO A YEAR, U ADVANCE.
Rales of Advertising.
ONE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LIMES OE
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows:
3 MONTHS. G MONTHS. 1 YEAR
One square $3 50 $5 60 $8 00
Two squares, 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three - 10 00 15 00 20 00
N" M. MtRTI.W BRO. & CO., GROCERS
. AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 139,
Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Va.
N. M. MARTIN, SOX & CO..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Richmond, » a.
no. TANNAIIILL,
II. L. P1.CMMEK, JR.,
N. >I. MARTIN. JU.
Strict personal attention given to the sale of pro-duce.
Orders for goods promptly tilled.'%ia 40ly
N. M. MARTIN, SR.,
R. A. MARTIN,
W. K. MARTIN,
. imcnts. 915 if
II
II. W. I». PITCH IS PERMANENTLY 8ET-lled
in HIGH POINT, N. C, where he will give
1 attention to the duties of his profession.
nl attention given to Obstetrics and the Diseases
mei ni'l Children. July, 1859. 4-;if
DAVIS. w. H. IIAHHEE.
niVIS Ac IIARDEE, PRODUCE COMMI8-
]f -. n Merchants, Petersburg, » a.
.' L ieral CASH advances made upon consign- '
en de.-irod. Sept. 23, 1859. 546m
(MHLKTOX SllliPPERO, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, formeriv of Salem, N. C, but now of
Irwiiitor.. Cieorsria.
II practice in the counties of Wilkinson. Twiggs,
.- • .. Pulaski, Irwin, Wileox, Telfair, Montgom-id
Washington. Jan. 21, 1859. ly
*\ IT A MAI41NCJ.—Mrs. timeline Menlen-hall
having located at Itlooilllllgtou, most
« • . ly announces to her former customers, ami
B generally, that she will make l>resses
fii in her former prices, and will TRIM SON-ETS
also, at a low rate. Oct 1869. 57 Sm
II
M
O A. PLI.IIMER, IMPORTER AND DEAL-O.
er in English and American
HARDWARE,
SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND
CARRIAGE MATERIALS,
iVo. 10 Bollingbrook Street.
(SIfiN OK THE KEY)
NEXT DOOR TO LIBRARY HALL,
PETERSBURG, VA.
a®-ALL GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES.
June 1, 1S',9. 38 lypd
OTTO III It I Bt. JEWELLER AND
WATCH-MAKER. West Market, GKI.ENSISOKO",
N. C, lins on hand and
selected stock of line a
description, among which may be found several magni-ticient
sets of coral Jewelry.
He has also a stock of tine Gold and Silver Watches.
All repairing done in the REST MANNER anil war-ranted.
All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well
[From the Baltimore Clipper.]
The only possible good which the impend-ing
crisis could effect is of "smashing the Re-publican
machines," and crushing out com-pletely
the Northern Sectional party, which,
with tierce and threatening aspect, and appa-rently
overwhelming numerical strength, in-solently
demands the control of the govern-ment
of the whole nation. The resolutions of
General Clarke may have been presented in
good faith, to afford an opportunity for the
rebuke of the rampant sectionalism of the Re-publican
party and the arrant treason of the
doctrines advocated by some of its leaders.
They were probably intended as a democrat-ic
party contrivance to compel the Southern
Opposition to vote with the Democracy in
the pending contest for the Speakership, but
as parties now stand divided in the llouse,
such a vote would afl'eet no good purpose,
for the united vote of the Southern democra-cy
and the Southern Opposition, unaided by
Northern votes, would bo insufficient to
elect a presiding officer. The resolutions
ottered on Tuesday by Mr. (iilnicr, of North
Carolina, arc preferable. They embrace es-sentially
all that is contained in the Clark
resolutions. They conceal no covert pur-pose.
They are strictly and eminently na-tional.
They convey a rebuke to sectiona-ism
and to abolition treason, and they are
free from all colar of partizanship, and in-
^^^ving^p^dMand'weTllvite the support of national, conservative
D l fashionable Jewelry of every men of all parties. While they are not di-rectly
aimed at any parly or individual they
strike at the evil itself wherever it exists and
by whomsoever entertained. The voto upon
them will show who are for the country, the
to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is [ whole country, and who are ^p fast wedded
confident that he can sell as good bargains as can be | to the atrocious and abstractions and trea-sonable
doctrines of Abolitionism as to be
willing to "let the Union side," and invoke
the sad and terrible consequences of a sec-tional
contest in the maintainance of their
horrible fanaticism.
bought in this market.
August 1st, 18&8. 996 tf.
If LBS J. M. CI.AHK.
1LEEN & CLARK, COMMISSION MEB-
.1 ' HANTS, Wllmlnptoii, N.C. Promptper-n
given to consignments of Naval Stores,
■ oi other Country Produce, for sale or shipment.
Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, A:c
lary 20, 1859. ly
, P. SPERRY, ol" North Carolina,
.\. W th W.M GRAYDON ^ CO.,
orters and Jobber 01 Dry Clouds, 46 PARK
.. K and 41 BARCLAY STREET,
Mm ' raydon>\1B-_ Vor-U / Geo. H. Seeley,
ras.Gi **" *orU'\VVm. A.Scott.
BT, 1858. _^ "
vi, ROWLAND. « D. UTK0LD8. | ». H. BOWLAJID.
[)OWLAND Ai REYNOLDS, SUCCESSORS
II ro Anderson & Reynolds, Grocers and Commission
• .-.:.- NORFOLK, Va. t&" Pay particular at-
. . .. : rhe -: of Flour, Grain, Tobacco, etc.. avoid-
. nneoessary charges, and rendering prompt re-uint
December, 1857. 903 tf
(< ROVER ti. BAKER'S SEWING MA-U
CHINKS—The attention of Housekeepers Seam-stresses,
Dress-makers and Tailors, is invited to the
unrivalled excellence of (inner & Baker's
Sewing Machines. They arc simple in construction.
efficient and durable in operation, beautiful in model
and finish, and applicable alike to families or manufac-tures.
The company feel confident that their Machines are
the best ever offered to the public, and refer for confir-mation
of this opinion to the thousands of families who
have used them. Price from $o»>to Sl--r,«
J. U. & J. SLOAN, Agents.
September 23. ! 858 ji tf
SMITH WOOD FEMALE SCHOOL.-
This Institution is now under the care of Miss
I?.ILLFASHIONS—Mrs. Sarali Adams
■1 on Saturday the 8th instant, her large
Branets, Ribbons, Flowers, Rn-
Cbee, Ac., which for cheapness and beauty, shall
: in this "i" anyother market.
I TI CENTS • 1 TWENTY. DOLLARS.
: . ill. Octobei !. 1869. 66 if
[ EX1NGTON JEWELRY STORE.—
It Th< stubscriber has on hand the fine GOLD LE-
.. . 'H lii; I manufactured by Johnson of Liver-
, . I D:x n 1 f London. Also, the Silver Lever
. el common Virge Watch, with a variety 01
f all descriptions. All of which will be
. w for cash. Watches of all descriptions repaired-
- •; GEORGE RILEY.
. v , . JT_ WILL. L. SCOTT.
wIO'IT ii SCOTT, ATTORNEYS AND (HI N-
• . -.-Law. - - GREENSBOROUGH, N. C,
". ■ . • I the Courts of Guilford, Alamance. Kan-a,
Forsyth and Rockingham All claims
t, ■ † thei for collection, will receive prompt
• ■ †Office on North Street, fourth door from
: n er.
II J.MEXDENRALL, LAND AGENT, WILL
il, , i- ■, rernmenl Land. Locate Land
.. • . make investmen - for capitalists al Western
-.•..,. taxes, and transact a general real estate bu-
!t ■. .'. Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Address,
= . Minnesol 1.
•• • . lion I. M. Morehead, George C. Men-
1 1 Walter Gwynn ant lion John A. Gilmer.
i:... " -Mi-ll*
II. McRABI At CO.. FACTORS AND
*'• • ...--; 0 Merchants, Agents for the sale and
ft tton Flour, Grain, Salt, Groceries, &c,
" r , . , iv'ater Streets, Wilmington, N. C.
-.' I 1 Consignments.
R Savage, Cashier Bank of Cape
■ BROSSEI .v Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. &
Fries, Sail S. C. C. Graham .v Co., Marion C.
• ' ' Hunt, A 1 hrion i: Co., Lexington, N. C.
tAMl'L ti. THOMAS has removed his 1IAU-
• •■- SHOP to the rooms recent'y occupied by
': * i.i-f H. Esq., two doors North of LINDSAY'S
'..-.. . opposite the New Court House,
• • •• ii 1 he pleased i>> receive calls from his old
generally. It is his intention
' nsiantly on hand a GOOD ASSORTMENT
•I 1RNESS, and other articles in his line, which
I to Bell on reasonable terms.
'• ' try 20, 1859. 19tf
JAMES M. EDXF.Y. IT? chambcis-si.
' '•• * k'ork, ... - 1 very kind of Merchandize on the
, " ' •■■ -, an 1 forwards for 2} per cent, commission.
,' " in Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons,
■ -. H irps, Guitars, Stools, Covers. Music, etc.,
■ .V and retail. All Instruments warranted.
-'.• at for "Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden En-
'•. etc. Circulars of Instruments and Pumps sent
;•• . application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C P
:' • nhalL D. I.. Swain, and others. 960
1c'*«'.. 1S583 Hamilton * Grataaat,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
: to orivr on the most favorable terms.
■ WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For-
•i«ii and ltonicslic Dry Goods, selected
the Fall X Winter Trade, l(,r varietj .,,,-,-. and its adaptation to the
•■'•KUi CAROl is •..
VIRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE.
'.- :■• found second to nous Buyers from all sections
to a close and rigid examination of our Stock,
' "• "■ So. 60 SYCAMORE STREET,
Senteaabei 10. Petersburg, Va.
PORK KILLING.—The following recipes,
says the Due West Telescope, furnished us
by a good North Carolina lady, we had in-tended
to place it on our outside in the house
wife's department. But as they were over-looked,
we insert them here lest they be too
late in the season. They are reliable. We
have tested the value of onoof them :
Be ready at the time of cutting and salt-*
success ! i«g «' P«* t0, g>*«J Sil.USa^' ^i^0" j1 ,t0
in teaching will secure a liberal patronage. This ! your taste with salt and pepper. Make cake
School is pleasantly situated in the south-cast corner , of a common biscuit Size. Try them WOW-of
Guilford in Board; ly and without burning. 'When
iur
the
'er
Hill »'» f^l.LS, «>i/,i* ■•, in. u..^.,—. ...... VIMWIIiy,F». ; /— ._ ... . C< 4
branches. Music will be taught by the most compe-I them, pour in heated larU till covcretl. i>et
tent teachers, and strict care will be taken of the : them away and in the spring you will have
morals and deportment of pupils.
vorctl with a asausagc-griruler and cooking-stove
may put up many pounds in a few hours.
TTTOWLITT'. ! Place your soucc cake in a vessel of pic-
Jn/, HtiivilTT ft, SON. DENTISTS, RE- klejust strong enough to preserve; see that it
• spectfully otTer their professional services to the, js well weighed down. For use ; slice them
citizens of Greensborough and aU others who may de- and fry in batter. This delicy would keep
sire operations performed on their teeih in the most j . f|.esh Uian jt wiH generally last,
approved, modern and scientific manner. They are, 7 , . , , .J" ,„,.,. ||n nnncimrnil
amply ajaaUfied to perform all and every operation per- j . '1 [>e back bones and ribs may be preserved
tainiug in any way to Dental Surgery, unsurppssed for : in pickle several weeks.
ability or beamy. By following the above receipts, there need
ot'Uuilford In a strictly moral neighborhood Uoard : |y gjirj thoroughly WltllOUt Dlirnmg. \> tie
can be obtained from six to seven dollars near the ' tjone |ay them closely in a jar, and pou
Academy. It is the design of the proprietors to make ' J , ..lv Proceed thus till th
this a permanent institution tor the thorough instruc- !uI'°." «•"■-■" l''"- B*" 'J „,,„..,
tion of girls, both in the useful and ornamental ! jar is nearly full. II the lard does not COV«
August 5th, 1899.
p.'clsM(!TH;?Pr°i,rie,ors-
47 tf
The Senior of the firm has in his possession Diplomas i ^0 |10 Wastc of offal nor any necessity to eat
from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Ameri old-tasted meat,
an Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. 8. S. Fitch of . c"'* 0
Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice ot
the profession for over twenty years. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.—Last week the Con-
They have furnished their Operating-rooms on West g«tution, the official paper at Washino;ton,
s.reei. two doors above the BRITTA1.N IIOFSE, in a ; Senator Wilson of Massachusetts
handsome and comtmiable manner lor the reception of "ulJLU l"**| "-' "l . ,.
had attended a meeting in his own town of
Natick, at which the most treasonable reso-lution
we ever saw was adopted, without ob-jection
by him. The day after this publiea
'tion, Mr. Brown spoke of it in the Senate, when
; Wilson rose and stated, in substance, that he
I had addressed a very large meeting in strong
The undersigned having purchased the interest of disappFOValOf John B|™'!>""""B%"]
his former partner, Mr. Evans, in the above HOTEL,! that soon after 15 or 20 abolitionists hired
would call the attention of the public to its convenicn- | the same room and held their mooting. lie
Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found.—
Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired.
June 23,1866. 837
►TMIE FNION.
1. ARCH STREET ABOVE TIIIltD.
I>laila«lf>lpliia.
Terms—$1-50 per day.
ces for those visiting Philadelphia either for business
or pleasure.
Its situation being but a few steps from the principal
avenues of trade, offers inducements to those on busi-ness;
while to those in search of pleasure, the Con-stantly
passing and repairing rail-way cars and those
in close proximity, afford a pleasant ride for the mere
nominal sum of half dime to all places of Intel !8l in
or alioui thi* city.
The Proprietor gives assurance that Tlie I'nion
shall be kept with such character as will meet public
approbation, and would respectfully solicit NORTH
CAROLINA PATRONAGE.
UPTON S. NEWCOMER,
Proprietor
Aueust lri. 1869. 49Jy
A I 1LL-D RI«HTI.\« & MACHINERY
^ TIIOS. C. HAM. lieinc-rsvlllc, N. C,
Would respectfully announce to the public that he is
prepared to put up al! kinds ol Mid-Work and
kindred Machinery on the most APPROVED
PLANS, with neatness, durability, and dispatch.—
Having had several years experience in the business,
I he feels confident of being able to give entire satisfac-
! tion to all who may favor him with their patronage.
He would further say that he is AGENT for the
i sale of all kinds of Mill-Building Materials, such as
French Burr, Cologne, Esopns,
and Coealico Mill Stones,
Bolting Cloths, Grain Mills, Smut Ma-chines,
Mill Spindles, Shafting,
Belting, Gearing and Cast-ings
of all kinds, for
Corn, Flouring and Saw Mills.
ALSO,
Circular Saws and Circular Saw-Mills, and
Portable and Station,try Steam Engines of
ALL KINDS AND SIZES.
All fitted up to order of the best material and style of
workmanship. All orders promptly attended to.
Address, THOMAS C. HAM,
Kernersville, Forsyth Co., N. C.
August, 1889. 5o tf
and others were present from cariosity
among them the leading Democrats, the
Pstmaster and other government officials,
not one of whom interfered. As his meeting
was not interrupted by the fanatics, so it
was not considered decent to interrupttheirs
Mr. Brown expressed his gratification at this
! explanation. Yet the very next day the
Constitution republished theolfensivecjarge
| against Mr. Wilson ! This is the way in
which bad men, for party purposes, stir up
strife between the sections. Wilson is bad
enough, but it may be doubted it he is as bad
as his shameless accuser.—Fay. Obs.
POISIONED EXTERNALLY.—A man named
(Jencral Bower, died very suddenly at Hum-mclstown,
Pennsylvania, lust week. It ap-pears
that he had a very large wart on one
of his hands, and was induced by some one
to cut it out, and apply arsenic to destroy
the roots, lie applied the poison after hav-ing
cut out the wart. The cut being very
deep, the poison communicated with the
leading arteries, and he was thereby poison-ed
to death.
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM.
A. DISCOURSE DELIVERED 11 r TUB
REV. FRANCIS TJ. HAWKS, D. D.,
Al Calvary Church, New York, on Thankigtring Day,
November 24tk, 1859.
[RirOETED VOR THE HEW YORK TIMES.]
1. Oh! praise the Lord all ye nations ; praise him
all ye people. 2. For his merciful and kindness is
great toward us; and the truth of the Lord endureth
forever. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm cxvu.
Men sin in crowds, but each individual in
those crowds must stand alone for final judg-ment.
Nations are now triumphant, and
now overthrown, but, be the event one or the
other, it is all transacted here—of the earth,
all earthly. Eternity knows nothing, in its
judgments of nations, its doom is ot the indi-viduals
simply that make up nations. And
why ? Because individual actions, of which
each actor has control, make up, in their ag-gregate,
the action of the nation to which
those individuals belong. The responsibili-ty
is thus proportioned to the opportunity,
and the means conferred, for regulaitng in-dividual
conduct. This is the equitable rulo
in dispensing the judgment of eternity. But
there are judgments upon earth for national
wrongdoing; and, therefore, the member of
earthly society has a responsibility to meet
hero, as well as a final, personal doom to meet
hereafter. His individual action as a citizen
here, may imperil his comfort on earth;
while, in the same act, his conduct as a man,
a rational creature, accountable to God, may
impart happiness hereafter. As a member
of society, man has no right to "follow a mul-titude
to do evil." Nor is his responsibility,
as a man, any the less, simply because he
acts in concert with that multitude; it can-not
be distributed among them! It may
seem to be less to men, because of the difficul-ty
they find in attributing to each/individual
his exact share in the production of the gen-eral
result of combined acting; but it is not
so to God, whose omiscience encounters no
such difficulty. Now, it is precisely this dif-ficulty
which makes men either less vigilant
over their actions as members of the body
politic and social, or, which is quite as bad,
indifferent to the performance ofany actions
as citizens, at all. Hence it results that in a
Government where suffrage is universal, the
work of tho State is apt to be managed by
those who trouble themselves very little with
the difficulty wo have mentioned, because
they feel no responsibilities either social or
individual. This state of things, however,
(if past history may be believed,) is i^ndura-ble
for a time only. It passes through its
regular stages of anarchy, civil war, despo-tism,
and finally terminates in a settled Gov- j
eminent of some kind, which, if it restricts |
human freedom(as it is apt to do,) at least
possesses vigorous strength, and affords, at
least, protection to the well-disposed. This
is the usual history of republics. But when
our fathers founded this republic, knowing,
as they well did, the lesson furnished by an
experience of the past, they were not ignor-ant
that a new element was incorporated in-to
their otganization which had been wanting
in the past—an element potent euough, if I
allowed to operate, to afford some security
against a reputation of the sad routine of |
past failures in republics, by enlisting tho
deepest and strongest of mad's feelings, even
the religious sympathies of his nature—his
conscience and sense ofduty to God—on the
side of the Government. That clement was
('hristianity. They were making a republic
for men who came of Christian parentage,
and had been taught the great truths of j
!T and marts happinessj, -iark, again, how our
heavenl^ Father hat* ti ed the period of our
giga-itu'Jlhough infa^* jfrowth. It is since
wo cam'into birth i a '• - tation that the three
great m^lcrn elemtiiii of human progress
have bnn developed* Steam has become
our steel, and lightiiilg our messenger, and
gold thiniuagician t!J;f{ lias set them to work.
Since t coming
there h
import
and protective, as 'A
riner's i ^mpass, their
i 3 been,in a"
1 It to man, ii.
*cur blessed Saviour,
[story, no century as
s mighty results, past
present. The mar-of
learning, the
>;* pre
iij|?:val
inventi ■ of gunp<|\v-l«'r, the discovery of
Amerie
great e*
though
steppin
aceomr.
poses, is
of this
future i
back OP
erthele
live, as
man's t
the reform -iEm ofreligion, were all
nts—all, tc fee philosophic eye of
ul man, fqofc.ints in tho stately
j of JeboviilifSis he passed on to the
shmont of tig great but unseen pur-fulfilling
tUeTj.edormined destinies
orld whicl/J-o has made. But the
ironicler of -pfet events, as ho looks
the unrollejJ Lc -oil of time, will nev
write dowji Bb3 times in which we
art cf the{'^kurvelous century in
tions oi _
civiliza-' on from a
Nor 3t is this alj.l Unlike the elder na-
Christendo'i J:V e emerged not into
vious state of barbar-
■ the dark caverns of
>iho dying legends ol
i origin of our nation-ory
is all written in
e grope nol
• to find ij
iftc
antiqui^
some s«l ly tradition
al exisljt nee. Our i
authentic records ;^;V'.d our starting point
amongr'he nations ' i'jv-1:
from tlft beginning
the highest civiliza
our political institu
do, so incch of free
of that: jvhich had jfci
ual exjj^riment in
not obliged to
our warj, as it were' $e earth is one which,
ed us on a line with
n of .Europe. Hence
m, embodying, as they
p. Wo had the benefit
«/-ed tho ordeal of act-ther
lands. We were
gr»] ■ in the dark, and feel
jre» j i
^reat elemental prin-ciples.
gAnd now n bat is the natural and
fair inr.renco frort 'acts like these? Is it
not tha*j God meanj ur national existence
and ha«py conditicji o exercise a salutary
influenpi upon th4' world? Nations, like
individftls, must In
only. Jnd if this w
plain, a one of the*;
Shall n take all Me
serupuljjus as to thp
give tf 'm back I
we, wit a nationa'
justly < 'grade us |i
dom, practice the nj^
tho strt'lgth alone*)
him to jerpetratc ,
unresis'lng victim*?
como aiitommon tb .<
wherevjJr it can <n
who eattnot defend! I
honortiflle larcenie^
you, G|(Ji made out
But Mpun, then};!.mother very plain duty
which,;' think, W(|I*VJ to the world, and.
as I v*.ll show row presently', not to the
world 4nly* but ;,<. the honored memory of
our bu'Ied fathers} fi well as to the present
of ouraiivesand tke^itare of our children.—
:i land of nfnty, and our institutions
the polillaal freedom a reasonable
J.'IIP fame of our country,
1 [east, has gone out into
::uin The over-worked
krtizan of another hem-fho
wonderful story of a
the waves, whore
I live unto themselves
so, is not our obligation
fi.eat family of nations?
an get from them, un-teans
wo employ, and
nfl-etum nothing J Shall
lilfishncss which would
tlie eyes of Christen-i-;
ianded robbery which
a common felon enables
ir a weak and therefore
Shall tho nation be-and
pirate-like, prey-,
•.ti impunity, on those
.cmselvcs from our dis-
Was it for this, think
ation what it is ?
Ours is'
afford
man et
in thesj
all Ian
desire,
respects;
in Christl
serf atif the ill-pa
I isphere nave hoar
countrjJ far distant j-ver
such :l they ar.; titee and comfortable—
They 1 ,jk upon (Shi i wives and little ones,
and si: jidering ajlfttios of early association
and boj jie-born an^tf^ions, they gather around
love, and are soon toss-heading
their course to
axious and sanguine
made it an El Dora-t
is to the honest and
them t'te group the*
ing oi|| the billo-v^
this E*fl)orado of%aei
ft
Christ's religion. Whether this new element
will afford the safeguard which they hoped \;^*fAnd what &S
tor in it, um problem yet to be solved ; and ^ ~£ such in ^Jg ,
it is a problem simply, because, as 1 just re-marked,
to afford security it must be allowed
to operate. If it be thus allowed, there is no
doubt of its sufficiency. And this train of
thought brings us inevitably to this conclu-sion—
that all the nations in Christendom
there is none which needs Christianity, as a
silent governmental element, as much as the
United States does; and further, that there
industt-'ous cmignJt from other lands. Its
physitri'l abundan if is political freedom and
its natfjmal streno-t i —these are the bright
,od theso hopeful wan-these
are the particu-lars
Which fit our c HIntry to be a home for
men in»other land*
And i:.'the timely
the mui.culously i.
is not one which adopted a wiser measure to Q0(I •-,;' ^ 0(J(j
s.e_ c^.ur■e_ ttlha..t. antildl, *thI.a1*n«1 ■w■•>a>!s< s. h1 o. w - -■†n , lb.<y- .o..1u1r1 if'antllhl- • 1.
ers, in refusing to fetter men's consciences,
and in leaving each man tree to adopt that
form of Christianity most in accordance with
his own views ofduty. Nothing short of a
deep sense of obligation to God, recognized
by the mass of the people, and lying behind
all our municipal regulations, giving to them
the moral support which human law must them. i'Ho may triple uude
have in its administration, can possibly BUS- tcr w ;icn uis iat|1(|ii wisely fr
other inrposes, aa j
provided just such a
pie. Off these thi
physi.ijl abundant
for
How THEY VOTE IN NEBRASKA.—A Nebras-paper
gives the following to illustrate "how
they vote in Nebraska.'" A "sovereign"
came up to the polls, and voted in his blowse,
stepped a few paces aside, exchanged the
blowse for an overcoat, and returned and vo-ted
again ; passed back, took of his overcoat,
and returned in his shirt sleeves and voted a
third time; went out, and in a few minutes
returned in citizens dress and voted tho fourth
time ; then he got an old hat, a ragged, dirty
coat, and came up and limping and voted the
fifth time.
tain in perpetuity, political institutions like
ours. If you will build on the virtue of the
people as a foundation, you must, of course,
make your foundation strong by enlisting
some agency to make the people virtuous ;
for then only are they competent to works
ofself-government, and where will you find
this agency but in Christianity?
Tho custom of our country has appropria-ted
the exercises of the pulpit on this day
more particularly to a consideration of our
duties as Christian citizens. Let my them1;
of to-day then bo American Patriotism—I
mean the genuine patriotism ofan intelligent
Christian man.
And first. What does the Christian pa-triot
of this country owe the world? Every
nation has its own concurrence of providen-tial
events which indicate its peculiar duties.
What then is our position anil power as a
people, and what may be our influence on
tho world without our borders ? With a ra-pidity
so marvelous that to all but the blind
it indicates the special hand of Providence,
we have grown within less than a century,
from a few poor colonies, struggling for life
on our Atlantic coast, into a mighty nation,
j stretching, in our territory, from the region
[ of artic cold, down to the clime of tropical
airs and ever-verdant vegetation—and com-
: prehending in our lateral grasp a broad con-
I tinent, washed on its opposite coasts by the
I waves of two great oceans. Within this
i wide expanse, with every variety of climate
: and of soil, with far more territory than we
have yet population to occupy, with untold
and almost incredible mineral wealth beneath
the surface of the earth' and a profusion of
God's richest vegetable bounties upon it;
with an intermediate position between Eu-rope
and Asia, indicating a rapid approxima-
' tion to the time when our continet must be-come
a middle ground in the great lines of
transit for tho commerce of a world, what
what more of natural advantages could Hea-ven
be6tow ? But this is not all; as if to
facilitate our efforts in subduing and utilitiz-mg
this immense domain for God's glory-loss
happy than we are.
scovery of America, and
id growth of our nation,
roviuence, meant, among
I religiously believe, to
home for just these peo-
•o particulars, the first,
•, is likely to continue ;
tlvisl. is God's i/ift, and man may abuse,
but capnot destroy U- The other too, how-ever,
political frcedi'iii and national strength,
are ccijfided to \takn, and he may destroy
uuder fool the char-ramed
to secure
the fitpt, or by foulj corruption miy destroy
its proper exercise • and he may lay the last
in rui:s, by sundering rudely- the bonds of
union Which his lalji.ers wrought, to link it
together forever, ir^>ho might of an invinci-ble
strength. Thill he may do, and in doing,
destroy the Ilejiuljpll and rob tho world of a
sate rl'fuge from tj tenuous oppression. And
ir. of the 4imcs give but
J'ear that this is precisely
king to do ? Are there,
ho openly contemn the
1 country—none who, by
alas ! do not the si
too much reason |i
what some arc k
lor instance, none!
Constitution of tlrej
tho exercise of ji
has sh line enough
pervert it from i ^ plain
legitimate interprje
who have been wjl
executive powers i
tivo into executive
men row of that
crs (taught by
union alone dep*
tional existence. J
this opinion of
trample on their I
wisdom ? Let fa il
'^corruption that scarcely
jo keep itself out of sight,
declarations and
Btion ? Are there none
ng and ready to convert
to judicial, and legisla-
And how speak some
union, of which our lath-
;• volutionary experience)
thought so mnch J|j They had purchased it
for their children jjith their blood; and that
blood had flowed liimi Northern and South-ern
hearts alike; I made one common pool
upon the battlc-fiii* ; they knew that upon
led a strong, proud, na-o
all their sons adhere to
eir fathers; or do they
mories, anj despise their
answer. What means
the angry and intji* ting languago of portions
of the* Press boI'n North and South toward
each ^thcr? \\'\g do flippant sneers and
taunting insinuates, and insidious affecta-tions
of candor, auf false assertions, and vul-gar
vituperation,!)§rm so much of the edito-rial
staple of certifefl prints? Is it thought
to ahoy skill offei.jo in intellectual gladia-torship?
Whether it bo quite as clever
writing as its auljCj-rs suppose may perhaps
admit of doubt; majgrant that it is, tlie sober
American who htU.ino personal vanity of au-thorship
invelvet Many
is either patriot r
fuel to the flame
well ask whether it
..Jmnsoal exasperation al-ready
burning, aup! too brightly;_or to sac-rifice
the interests and happiness of our coun-try
to the gratification of some author's
wish to attain celebrity as the writer of in-sulting
sneers and trenchant irony. Our
country is surely worth more to us than the
gratification of tho personal vanity of any
man, and while it is cheerfully conceded that
tho Press should be free, and may often fur-nish
information and instruction to the pub-lic
mind, yet it would be hard to show any
lawful power it possesses to assume over it
dictation or control. Tho mode of saying
may be often more offensive than that which
is said ; and the.ic is a mode which does not
conduce to Union, because its tendency is to
destroy fraternal feeling. If any American
citizen wishes to be without a country that
can command the respect of the civilized
world, let him contribute his aid to dissolve
the Union of these United States. In the
fulfilment of his unpatriotic purpose he will
find his punishment, for he will have ruined
himself. Ho will be crushed and bruised
under the cdifico he has assisted to under-mine.
But it is time to pass on to the considera-tion
of what this country owes to itself, as
well as to the world at large. Our country
is exempted (at least for the present) from
the intestine convulsions of revolution—how
long it may be before opposing hosts may
be marshaled on the field of carnage de-pends,
under Cod, on tho calmness, the cour-age,
tlie prudence and the patriotism of the
wise, the thoughtful and the good men of all
parties of the Onion, who lovo their country
better than they do any party, and who
have the sense to appreciate its value to tho
world and to themselves. Ot the men who,
in their moral and numerical strength, are
able with perfect case, if united for that pur-pose,
to rebuke with a voice of thunder—
nay, to crush into hopeless extinction—the
ultraism of all parts of our land, Whether
North or South, East or West, (for there is
ultraism in all,) and to say we will have no
more of this wretched insanity of a few thou-sands,
assuming to itself the wisdom and the
right to overthrow the government and abol-ish
the Union, which our fathers shed their
blood to make, and under which so many
millions of us are quite sure wo can live
peacefully, prosperously and happily. We
are Americans, and patriotic enough to lay
for the time our minor and temporary differ-ences
of local politics on the altar of our
country, and there sacrifice them without a
second thought. (Jive us but honest and ca-pable
men to till our offices, we care not from
what party they come, or by What names
they- may have been called, and let us sweep
corruption and disloyalty from tho land, now
and forever. The majority in our country,
I am persuaded, have this feeling; !o. them
be but as active in its exhibition as tho mis-erable
demagogues, and office-seekers, and
political profligates are in their mischievous
and dirty work, and in less than a twelve
month tho land would bo frco from these
offensive vermin, as loathsome, aye, and as
contemptible in their individuality, as were
the insects of tho third plague of Egypt.—
Hut, looking at our condition as it is, one of
peace, 1 proceed to illustrate the duty wo
owe to ourselves, in the remark that wo are
not altogether unaffected by tho disturbances
of another hemisphere. I speak not now of
the derangement of our business relations
with the world without, nor yet do I allude
to the danger of our departure from a wise
neutrality in tho conflicts of other and dis-tant
nations; but I mean to speak of one
consequence of the troubled state of Europe,
with which the providence of God does call
on us to deal, whether we wish it not. Tlie
population of Europe, as 1 have already inti-mated,
has come, and probably will continue
to come by- hundreds of thousands; and
whether it lie agreeblc to us or otherwise,
we have to deal with them. We must "A-mericanize"
them, or submit to have them
revolutionize us and our institutions. There
can be no middle ground in this matter. Wo
may as well look the fact in tho face, and
understand it exactly as it is. It will not bo
prrtended that of the vast numbers that
come, many can understand our political in-stitutions
or the theory of our government.
Thousands of them, as wo know, cannot
speak our language. Some of them, who
have long groaned in Europe under a de-grading
serfdom, construe their newly ac-quired
liberty into a license to trample upon
all law and tlo what they will. Again, oth-ers
of them who can read our languago but
imperfectly, necome at onco dogmatical ex-pounders
of our political charters, and, with
oracular gravity- inform u-4 that they know
better than our fathers did what our Consti-tution
means, nay what true liberty is. We
are tempted to smile at tho cool inipudcnco
of this assertion, and ask when and from
whom they were to learn the lessons ot lib-erty?
From what region do they come?—
From that country which furnished, in tho
ancestors of theso very men, the mercenary
hireling soldiery whom our fathers met and
conquered on the battle fields of the war of
Independence. What did any Hessian of
those bloody times know of rational liberty?
Nay, what did any principality in all tier-many
know ? And yet sonic of these are the
men who clamor loudest about our institu-tions,
and our sacred, inalienable rights as
American citizens. Our institutions! our
rights! Why, if their lathers could have
performed what they were hired to do, in
the work ol'slaugliter, thoir sons would not
be here to-day to howl out party slang, in
broken English, about their rights and privi-leges
; we owe it to our own lathers, not to
theirs, that there are in existence such things
as an American Republic and American citi-zens.
WeH, yet again there is another class
among them quite guilless of ability to utter
one word of our language, or p« reliance to
read one word of any other, who have mere-ly
transferred to our soil till the ignorance,
all the prejudices and all tho practices which
belonged to them at home; and who, in an
occasional outbreak, riot or murder, exhibit
their profound and intelligent appreciation
of the value of free institutions. Here, then,
is the evil, and 1 think that every honest
man here will admit that it is not exaggera-ted.
With this, then, (whether we wish it
or not.; we are perforce required to deal, if
indeed we are not prepared to succumb to it.
What, then, is the remedy for it? Ami this
brings us to tho question of doty. What
does the American patriot owe to his country
and to himself in this matter? There are
but two remodies, and and of these, of which
I shall speak first, is but partial only, and
guards against the future without providing
tor the past. This remedy is an abaolutc ex-clusion
of refugees from our shores. B
what man of humanity or political sagacit
would think of applying this? Wo Aav<i
broad territory, where honest industry is
warded with abundance, largo enough at ',
rich enough to afford asylum for all the po
or the oppressed who choose to como. Man
too, of those who would seek it are excelle
and worhy; and, in one way or other, mi
have doubtless been tho victims ofa hard at* 1
tyannous oppression. At all events, the -
arc men andbrothorn of our common lumiu
ity. I cannot, therefore, find it in my hear t
to say aught else than "Let them como and
find bore comfort and a homo." In truth U
think God made us what wo aro as a natio
that those might have a place to which th
could come. But while they here find coi
fort and a home, it is a solemn duty that
owo our children, to let them know from tl|
hour of their coming, that there must be i
improp.ir interference or their parts withoif*
comforts and our homes. They are not rj J
take our country out of our bands, and U*l
us, as some of thorn have done, that if wo ttO
not like the arrangement wo can leave i r
country. Now I know that the good, the
orderly, the religious, tho industrious, vi'U
not wish thus to interfere with our right,
They will not bo noisy politicians, brawling
about a liberty which they do not understand,
seeking only to procure offices which th y
know not how to fill, insulting the Christi m
feelings of those who differ from them, and m
short, somewhat unceremoniously denyi >g
our right to the enjoyment of our own on* i>-
try and laws and usages, even though tl y
havo cost both our fathers and ourstl M
some treasure and some blood. Let our II vs
bo such as will protect tho worthy- emigr it
of all lands, and secure to him tho fruits of
his honost industry; but let them also put in
his proper place him who has no propel I
or the kindness shown him In affording i^m
a refuge
and a homo. And, above all th ii*,
st
te
ir
in
'g
i is
rs
m
ies
lie
in God's name and for tho 6ake of our d. ar
country, put men in power who aro hoa
enough and courageous enough to ex< c
thoso laws. Tho exclusion ofemigrants j h
either in whole or in part, is not tho pio
remedy.
Wo ask, then, what is the other and oily-remedy
to which wo have alluded ? It if
moral and religious influences, and noth
else. Christian patriots must work in t
direction. You must enlighten the strung
as fast as you can. You must give th
knowledge, secular and spiritual; and litre
the American patriot, wlio unhappily hi jut
a Christian in name, may perceive the fi*ce
of a principle, which you who worship hfro
habitually, will remember to have heaid Ii >m
me more than once, for it is a vital princij !c;
it, is this—Governments are more dope id nt
upon, and more indebted to Christianity^ tl an
Christianity is to them Man makes :oi us
of government, but God made Christitian Ly.
Man's work, at best, is tainted with hansM
fallibility, and man may niter and deal oy
it; but God is unchangeable, and, tfaereli re,
Christianity is an eternal practical truth It
will live in frcshncssand beauty when bjinjM
governments are all gone. Andinthifeworlof
enlightenment you must work 11 lefty a n£ng
the young, for they aro imprcs.-iblo—the !>ld
aro petrified. Tho children aro to bo arii'Jng
the future men and women of the count!jr—
But in tho instruction you impart, forget jiot
that education for eternity is more important
than education for lime. Cherish your j.jib-lic
schools, but banish not tho Biblo lij;ui
them; but your Sunday chools and share
must go hand in hand with your pa
schools. Tho physical, the intellectual, ml
tho moral part ol a nature, must all be a Ice
under training. To teach the heart is n iro
important than to teach the head only. ' ho
first will give a safe direction to the h»,t ;
but tho last alono gives no holy and bh J M
influences to tho first. For good or for*il,
then, children must grow up among UH ;#or
good or for evil, they must bo among j he
men and the women who aro to shape tho fu-ture
of this Republic. What shall that future
be ? Ah ! I have asked a question of sol. mn
interest to tho Amorcaii patriot. What hi.all
the future of this blesHod union of now ■ n-federated
States be? The timer, the tiijics,
my dear countrymen, surround this qaoaiioa
with an awful interest. God only can an-swer
it, for to God only is the future a part
of the ever present now on which he Ii iki
perpetually; known unto Him only aro alf his
works from the begining. But I have hhred
to think that our dear country v as madi»for
high, and, as yet, unfulfilled destini -ti J
have loved to think that in tho gradui-1 tir.-
rolling of tho mighty scroll on which Gaahaa
inscribed tho story of tho futuro (foi ;t is
God who makes all history,) ineii should »cud
in long succession, as fold after fold was
spread before tho nations, cinbl;.zoned iijlet-ters
of living light; "this," and "this," Jind
'this," is the work which my providen •••jhas
allotted to America for performanct .'\ I
have loved to think that it was ours to •-ear
high the beacon light, and keep bright'the
llashing blaze, within the Uluminatioo of
whose golden glow would hoc r,high ;:■ -ed,
that all the earth might look upon her Queen*
like majesty,the genius of ration a lunlighten-cd
Freedom. 1 have loved to think that it
was our glorious destiny to prove that Cod
would bo most truly and devoutly wc-r bip-ed
where no force was put upon the con-science;
that man was bestgoverned, Where
he was onlightcded to understand, and ] ejmlt-tcd
to assist in making the law-, which gore rn
him. I have loved to think that in the migh-ty
coming conflict among the natioi :*
of this world, on which none but a fooljcan
shut bis eyes, between the giant, nntsgpnjs
ic powers of earthly absolutism on thelone
hand, and human freedom on the other,what
it would be ours to stand in the vaultbe
gnat embodied exponent and represent ti" o
to tho world of tho blessing tn bamaniu a|
liberty; liberty under law made by ours ivee.
1 have lovod to think that in the StTUgg'ea
made by our crushed brethren of oar bonv
mon humanity in other lands, to rise- to a
higher, better being than a State oi -crl'lom,
they would gather encouragement frotnl our
example, instructive from our doings, light
from our illumination, and courage aa (hero
fell upon their ears the distant cry of ouij sen-tinels
upon tho lofty citadel < I our freejoin ;
"All's well—for (rod, for our country, ai^i for
Liberty." 1 have loved to think of the nug-nificcnt
development of our country, Ii iked
together by holy ties of brotherhood, u litcd
in enduring bonds of interest, streti ning
from polar ice to tropical verdure, spai ning
from ocean to oceau; too strong to I ag-gressive,
too magnanimous to hurt tho- cafe,
just to all, and standing with proud am qui.