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WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, HAY 17th, 1856.
SHUFFLING OFF PIERCE OB DOUGLAS.
If—says the New York Express—as al-
leged, the friends, vindicators, the props and
staffs of the Nebraska Bill, are to be shuf-
fled Off at Cincinnatti, and some non-actor,
such as Buchanan, is to come on to take
their plaCe, then we, opponents of that
wrongful act, haVé a right to say, even their
own party own up to the wrong. It will
be a confession of judgment before the peo-
ple of the wrong done.
Nevertheless, qnoth the Democracy, We
will make thát Bill the test of DemOcricy—
á principle of our own party, and lay it dofrn
on our platform. The principle of the Ne-
braska Bill—if it means, th'&t North " popu-
lar sovereigns ^ sh'áll Wish in ánd shut off
" Soüth sovereigns * with their negroes—
will not bé established at Cincinnati. Nor
will the principle—*i{ it means, that South
sovereigns shall go m with slaves, the sov-
ereigns, as represented in the Territorial
Legislature, excluding them, be established
there. As to " principles,'' there will be the
usual cheating. Even the Black Republi-
cans complain now, as the burthen of their
song, that the popular sovereignty principle
is not allowed to rule, in consequence of
Border Ruffianism from Missouri. Every-
body, except old-fashioDed men—students
of Federal History, goes for " popular sove-
reignty" now—but these old-fashioned men
think and say,Sad sovereignty that, which
removes the protection of Congress, and
sends off to the Borders, rough men, with
rifles in hand, to settle there the delicate
issues of slavery f'
Men often best personify principles, áhd
when you Change men you often change
principles. There is a whole world of mean-
ing in the position and personification of
Pierce and Douglas. If they are nomina-
ted, it is clear, that the repeal of the Mis-
souri Compact is to be vindicated as a right.
We can understand ail that without a Word
of explanation. But if John Doe or Richard
Roe is to be run on some Delphic oracied-
platform, John is here one thing, ánd there
another. John, North, Will say, "I vindi-
cate the principles of the Nebraska Bill: I
would have done it all if I liad been there,
but I was not there, and could not do it."
Men certainly can be pardoned, however
much we may differ from them, who sup-
port the Nebraska Bill paSséd, %ut whom
we could not pardon as its passers. To
break faith is a Crime. To maintain a status
quo, because of an impossible restoration to
the status quo ante bellum, is not criminal.
Pierce and Douglas broke faith, and tempted
the South to break faith—and, if breaking
faith is right, the Cincinnati Contention will
give us tttie or the other of them. They
were the great actors of the occasion. If
they ¡are thrown overboard, the Nebraska
iniquity is punished in the person of its
originators by a confession of judgment
against them, before their own friends and
packed jurymen. The victory will be a great
moral one, and the lesson most salutary
It will be worth 40,000 sham " shrieks for
freedom" from sham Republicanism.
HO GLOOM AT HOME.
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tent and wasting fretfulness should never
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hold deity. O! faithful wife, what privile-
ges, what treasures, greater or purer than
thine ?
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and beholds the soft light illuminating his
little parlor, spieading its precious beams
on the red pave before it. The night was
cold and cheerless perhaps, and the Decem-
ber gust battles with the worn skirts of
his old overcoat, and snatches, with a rude
hand and wailing cry, at the rusty hat that
has served him many a year. He has been
harassed, perplexed, persecuted. He has
borne with many a cruel tone, many a cold
word, and nerved himself up to an energy
so desperate that his frame and spirit are
weakened and depressed; and now his
limbs ache with weariness, his temples thob
with the pain beat caused by a tot) constant
application i he scarcely knows how to meet
his wife with a pleasant smile, or sit down
cheerfully to their little meal which she has
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hastily off. A sweet voice falls upon his
ear, and the tones are so soft and glad that
hope, like winged angel, flies right into his
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indeed she stole a little coqnettish glance at
the mirror hanging in its narrow frame just
to see if she looked neat and pretty before
she came out. Her eye beams with love,
her dress is tastful—and—what? Why i
he forgets all the trials of that long, long day
as he folds her in his arms and imprints a
kiss upon her brow.
A home where gloom is banished, presi-
ded over by one who has learned to rule
herself and her household, Christianity!—
Oh! he is thrice consoled for all his trials.—
He cannot be unhappy; that sweetest, best,
dearest solace is his-^-a oheerfid home. Do
you wonder that the man is streightened
anew for to-morrow's cares?
AH ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE.
The history of Mr. Fillmore presents en-
couragment to young men of talent in hum-
ble circumstances and of limited means. A
mechanic's apprentice in his youth, he has
by native energy of character raised himself
to the chair of the Vice-Presidency, and now
worthily fills the highest post of honor in
the world. He is the first of our Presi-
dents who has arisen from a similar em-
ployment and condition. Washington, the
elder Adams^tfefferson; Madison-, Monroe,
J. Q. Adams^Jackson, Van Burcn, Tyler.
Harrison, Polk and Taylor, were all men of
wealth, or had been educated from their
youth for the learned professions. Millard
Fillmore Iris made his way from a state of
poverty and apprenticeship to the high
places of the nation, and he has made it, not
by the arts of a demagogue, but bjfhis own
remarkable intellectual powers, his aston-
ishing energy, his unsullied probity, and his
manly independence of character, which
never turned aside to flatter rich or poor,
but trod with a calm and sturdy stride the
road to rectitude, asking no favor tc^which
he was not entitled to his own merits, and
seeking no wealth or advancement which
was to be purchased at the price of principle.
That a mechanic's apprentice should arrive
at the Executive Chair of the United States,
is not perhaps so wonderful, when we re-
member that the foundation of American
independence was laid in part by mechanics;
that among the greatest names of the re-
volution, and eclipsed in glory only by that
of Washington, are those Of Greene, the
blacksmith; Franklin, the printer; Sher-
man, the shoemaker, &c., and that Our whole
country is in a fact a nation of commoners,
with the exception of some who boast a
scanty patrican rill, trace 1 up to the young-
er son of some ancient family, but so liber-
ally miiTgled with plebian currents as to
prove but a homocpathic drop of blood in
a hogshead of rank democracy, fit is a sin-
gular fact that, in America, where titles of
nobility are abolished, there are more titles
of various kinds than in any other Country
under the sun. and that here, where we
have no nobility, probably not a family Can
be found which is not allied, inoré Or less
remotely, to some noble stock in England.]
We say that, in such a country, amechan:c's
apprentice should attain high posts of honor,
is not perhaps so strange, though, after all,
we apprehend it will not be found so easy,
when the poor and friendless youth has to
encounter so many of the old families of this
bran-new Republic, and to face competitors
backed by wealth and political distinction,
power and office. Such results arc most
easily gained by the Van Burens and Sew-
ards, who devote their lives to pandering to
the prejudices and passions of the multitude,
and are at any time willing to become the
dogs of party that they may eat the crumbs
which fall from its tabie. But Fillmore, his
worst enemies being judges, has ever pur-
sued a straight-forward independent course,
never at any time resorting to the arts and
tricks of the politician to advance the politi-
cal fortunes of the party to which he is at-
tached. That such a man should secure so
strongly the popular affections of his entire
State, is at once creditable to himself and
to the community to which he belongs-. He
is destined, if lire mistake not his character,
to fill the post to which he now stands with
an ability and patriotism which will cast
even all his past eminence and distinction
into tlfe shade, and to close his administra-
tion with an honor and success which will
make him the object, both North and South,
of unbounded public admiration and Confi-
dence.
Let thosé yoling men of our country who
have been more richly endowed by nature
than by fortune, and whose only reliance is
a superior ability and energy, of which they
may be conscious without pride or vanity
look at the example Of the President of the
Uuited States and take courage. It is an
example which will purify the heart while
it animates the mind. It is the example of
high station honorably obtained. It is the
example of an unfriended youth, struggling
from the valley to the mountain top, with
no aid but himself, and who, standing upon
the summit, can look down and say truly,
that he reached his eminence by one straight
path, and never turned from it to the right
or the left. Is not here encouragement to a
laudible ambition, in every condition of life,
to seek great ends by lawful means ?—
Richmond Reporter, 1850.
STEPHEN GIRARD;
Hon¡ Robert T. Conrad narrated the fol-
lowing incident in the life of Stephen Girard.
in the course of an eloquent address which
he recently delivered, at the eight anniver-
sary of the Girard College, before the board
of directors, the city council, and others:
'; During the latter war with Great Bri-
tain, he again betrayed his unselfish devo
tion to his fellow-men. His credit, his for-
tune and influence were placed at the dis-
posal of his country. But throughout his
life, his benevolence was proved by daily
charities, given in the most unostentatious
spirit, but never without discretion, and
never to conciliate public opinions One of
his noblest characteristics was, that he lived
and acted under the dictates of duty, and
content with self-approbation, paid no base
tribute to the prejudices of the mob or the
moment. An instance of wises benevolence,
as exhibited by Girard. has not been record-
ed, and is worthy of mention, a robust men-
dicant applied to him, at his store, for char-
ity; " Work I" was the response of Girard;
"1 work ; why sh 'uld not you ?" •' Give me
work, and I will ask no alms," said the pe-
titioner; Girard directed him to bear, from
one side of his yard to the other, a huge
pile of bricks. The sturdy beggar applied
NO SUCH WORD AS f AH,.
Ho ! toiler of the ta'dody brow !
Ho! youth of downcast eye !
Why sliould'st thou talk of sinking now,
Why he&ve that .bitter sigh 7
Come, ■coin thy thoughts in hope's bright
mould,
And light your cheeks so pale, •
For youths like thee, so young and bold,
There's no such word and fail 1
Art crossed in love ? Let beauty frown;
Turn thou to surer game;
Turn to the virtuous deed's renown,
And earn a deathless name.
Turn to the works of god-like men ;
Hoist up a daring sail;
And if thou stumblest, try again—
There's no such word as fail I
The Spanish voyager crossed the sea
To seek another world;
And sickning in despondency,
His weary sails he furled ;
But, taking heart, he wended on,
Till land birds filled the sail *
Columbus saw his work was done—^
There's no such word as fail!
Thousands who rose fróm want ánd gloom
Are now in grandeur laid,
With storied marbles o'er their tomb,
In many a minister's shade;
Whifet noble yOuths, with bonded head,
Think as the brow they veil,
And learn the glories of the dead—
There's no such word as fail I
And ihou, oh youth of moody look,
Cheer up thy sinking heart j
Try a new leaf of life's worn book,
Con o'er a better part.
A mocking demon bids you fear,
But turn and cry—all hail!
And shout into his startled ear—
There's no such word as fail!
From the Camden Herald.
MY HEW HAT.
BY WILLIS BLANO.
Were my new hat hung on a nail,
AUd that nail drove into a rail,
And that rail fast to a fish's tiil,
And that fish were A great big whale,
And his head tied with ropés not frail,
To yonder sky, so, they'd not fail;
Unless tfoé sky Would shake that whale,
Unless that whále would shake his tail.
Unless his tail would shake that rail
Unless that rail would shake that nail,
I ne'er get my neW hat until
That nail, or rail, or tail, or whale,
Or sky. or rope, or something fail.
And O how F would weep and wail!
And wish that there would come a hail,
A whirlwind, hurricate, or gale,
And blow it off—and then 'twould sail,
Away to some high hill or vale,
Too far to get it by the mail—
All hail, all hail, all hail, all hail!!!
\
THE DUTY OF AMERICANS.
The enthusiasm with which the announce-
ment of American principles was hailed
some two years, is an evdience that they are
too deeply rooted to be suddenly destroyed!
It was no sudden gust of passion; no epi-
demic of fanaticism; no momentary excite-
ment arising from some transitory cause,
which destroyed the former bonds of party
attd brought Americans of every creed to-
gether in a common brotherhood of patri-
otism.
The cause which lead to that demonstra-
tion of popular feeling still exists. The dan-
gers which excited an unusual exhibition of
nationality of feeling are now none the less
iminent, and the strength of the party which
these have created is now as fresh and in-
vincible as at any previous period.
But no degree of strength is sufficient to
conquer the enemies of Americanism! unless
it be wisely directed, exhibited for legiti-
mate purposes and brought to bear on the
proper occasion: Unity of purpose, agree-
ment on men, and action according to
well arranged plans are necessary to a
triumph.
There is no need of urging a true Ameri-
can to see " that none but Americans" be
called to administer our city government
and protect her most vital interest. But it
may not be amiss to suggest that the best
men of the party must be its representa-
tives. There is too much self-respect
among Americans to adopt, as leaders, men
incompetent, immoral, tr unqualified for
responsible trusts, and too much intelli-
gence to assent to vote for inferior men
when those of the highest qualifications
may be obtained. This point it is all im
portant for those to whom may be entrust
ed the duty of the selection of candidates to
remember. There must be purity and dig
nity of character and the highest qualifica-
tions in the candidates of the American party
for municipal officers. We should act wisely
to consult the opinion of the masses in our
selection. We have no favoi ites to reward;
it is the public interest alone which we aim
to subserve;
And we are Certain to succéed in achiev-
ing an undoubted triumph. This city has
not been virtually disfranchised by the
Democratic legislature; its citizens have not
been treated with obloquy and contempt;
its will has not been derided by a reckless
faction, without nerving to more than ordi-
nary exertion to obtain ample redress, those
who hare seen popular suffrage made a
moCkery, public laws a farce, and public
peace jeopardised by the madness of factidn.
Americans have in J Une next ufare tháu
their principles to preserve—they have their
honor to protect. They have not only to
maintain the system of economy and wise
administration established by .our city coun-
cil, but to preserve their own rights in the
BLINDFOLDING THE PEOPLE
The "American Party,"—say the jour-
nals in the Black Republican interest—are
trying to frighten the people with "false
alarms" about the power of the Pope, and
the designs of the Romish Hierarchy in
this country. " The power of the Pope is
gone, both in the old world and the new,"
quoth one of these worthies, who is either
so ignorant or so blind, as not to have heard
of, or seen, the Holy Father's recent Con-
cordat, which places—one might say^^-all
of Austria that is worth hiving—temporal
and spiritual—at his feet. k The Romish
clergy is this city a-e not striving to acquire
temporal authority," says another, while a
third, resolved on making a deán breast of
it, tries to fling a handful of dust in the
eyes of his readers, by telling them that "all
the outcry at Romanism in the United States
is ' Much ado about nothing.'" Let us see.
Archbishop Hughes—the head and front
Of the Hierarchy in this country—has de-
clared the grand aim and object of •' tho
Church" is " to make Rome the District of
Columbia fbr the whole tcnhrld." Is that
nothing?
Archbishop ¿"¿¿Res Is It this m¿nW¿t
engaged in raising an immense, fund for the
acknowledged purpose of establishing a
College in Rome, for the education of
the United States, the Pontiff deeming the
education Of his priests defective, if obtained
in a land of liberty. Is 'thit nothing ? ,
This same Archbishóp Hughes, there is
every reason to believe, has actively en-
listed for the Presidential election, and in
order to break the ''spinal chord of the
American par'y,-' (the vem .expression he
makes use of.) the Irish Aman Catholic
vote is to be fused with the Black Republi-
cans—the BlacK Republicans stipulating for
special legislation for Rome, if they get into
power. Is that nothing?
Orestes Brownson—a leading authority-"-
and one of the most zealous apostles of Ro-
manism in America declares that the Pope
is his interpreter of the Constitution of the
United States. The Supreme Court is sub-
ordinate to the Vatican. Yet, is that noth-
ing ?,
. A Papal Nuncio wás sent from Rome, not
long ago, cloathed with a foreign authority
to adjudicate upon a aecular question, aflect-
ing territorial jurisdiction, even in this
State. Is that nothing ?
A Romish Bishop is an adjoining diocese,
declares that " Catholic electors in this
country, who do not use their suffrages in
behalf of the separate schools, are guilty of
mOrtál sin.' Is that nothing?
A Roman Bishop, is our sister Republic
of Mexico, but a few days ágo as it were,
was heading a rebellion against the Repub-
lican Government of President Comonfort—
putting arms into the hands of his flock,
and his brother clergy, even, to fight against,
in order to overthrow the government. Is
that nothing ?
Remember—théSe áré things that are
manifested—not Simply Ott the historic páge
ten, twenty Or a hundred years ago—but
to-day—now. They are the deeds and de-
clarations of the present, and not of thp past,
The pást speaks for itself, too loudly ágáinst
Rome, and its warfare against civil and re-
ligious liberty, in every nation in which* it
has had authority, to much need a re-en
forcement of its admonitions upon an intel
ligent people, like ours, who are readers of
history, as well as of newspapers.
Political demagogues whose policy it is
to make " dear friends" of Romish Arch
bishops, in order to get the votes of which
they are the brokers—and Archbishops who
in turn make ''dear friends" of political
demagogues, in order to procure special legis-
late for the benefit of the Churcb i
America, in order to deserve a Cardinal
Hat—in Rome— had bettér tiót presume too
muCh upon* the ignoranCe or credulity of
the American péople. The arrangement is
a Cunning one—the gamesters aré desperate
—and the stakes to be played for are cer-
tainly worth á Presidential campaign, but
if the players are not bankrupt in the end,
we shall forever after bé content to be put
down as the falsest of all false prophets.—
¿V- Y. Express:
DARK LANTERNITES.
We learn from a New York paper that
before the nomination of Gen. Pierce by
the Baltimore Cohvention in 1852; that
there was a '• secret organization" in that
city having for its object the nomination of
Mr. Buchanan. Thfc organization has been
revived for the coming campaign.
. Now the existence of this ''secret Demo-
cratic orgaization," dates báck beyond the
birth of the American party, ánd has not
for its purpose the ovérthrow of an insidi-
ous foe who is aiming at the subversion of
this land of the free—it is battliner for any
great principle, but shame upon thenl! they
are banded together, meeting at the dead of
night, having for their aim individual politi-
cal promotion, and the spoils of office. In
the language of an exchange: " When mem-
bers of the party which has been so loud in
its denunciations of the '' dark lanters," can
form " secret Orgádizátion" for such selfish
and unpatriotic purposes, it is to be.feared
we have fallen ititd evil times;"—Lexing-
ton Advertiser-.
himself vigorously to the task, and, having c!'> but ™ preserve tneir own rignts m tne
faithfully completed it. claimed pay and fur- ftheirs by terth and in entance. We
- have no doubt of the result, not simply be-
cause we know the strength of the Ameri-
can party, but because we believe the names
ther employmenti He was liberally recom-
pensed by Girard, who had supervised his
>abors from the window of his counting
room. " And what shall I do now ?" said
the beggar; " Take the bricks back to the
place where you found them," and Girard;
who, upon satisfactory evidence of his in-
dustry, gave him permanent employment."
ii n
The tariff it is now said, will not be alter-
ed during the present session of Congress;
which will be présénted as its candidates,
will command the full approbation of those
who desire the prosperity of the city.—iV.
O. Crétíle.
i
" Get Out, you insinuating sucker," ás the
lady said to mosquito that was buzzing in
her bower.'
^^ANKBENOTION:
One Of t^^Bost amusing facts connected
with Mr. ^^rett'8 late speech reaches us
in the columns of the Baltimore Sun. The
print says that since the speech to which
we refer, acquired so large a hold upon the
public mind. Mr. Everett has received á
proposition from a rhetorician of some rio'te
td relíete him of the task. This unassu-
ming gentleman represented that he was
perfect in his oratorical acquisitions, voice,
gesture, intonation, 'good emphasis and
good discretion,' and could impart to the
eulogy that grace ánd effect in which he
thought Mr. Everett Wás deficient. He only
stipulated for orie-half of the proceeds as a
reward for his distinguished services, Mr.
Everett to receive the other half, and *tbe
whole of the accumulating fiftne. This is
about the Coolest piece of Ya'rikee impudenóe
we have heard Of; It is needlesá to Stfy thát
the proposition was declined.
ÍWfeá . " -
Louis Napoleon is 43 years old, and the
Empress 30.
AMERICÁHf DEMAHD PROTECTION.
The American mechanic demands pro
tection from the competition which every
year is growing sharper, stronger through
foreign emigration. This competition is felt
in our workshops, and in álmost wery field
of labor. Scarcely a branch ó? Mechanical
employment that does 'not feel it. It is a
notorious fact that the cheap and general
seeond rate labor and skill, imported from
the old countries, has driven thousands of
industrious ánd capable mechanics, born on
American soil, from oUr iron foundries, ma-
chine shops and manufacturing , establish-
ments-generally. The competition is ruin-
ous to the native citizen. Le$ the foreign
mechanic manufacture at feome in his own
country, and American skill and enterprise
will match him in the market of the world.
But let him come here, and propose to
work for two thirds the wages of the Amer-
ican mechanic, and no degree of inventive
genius will render the competition an equal
one só leng as community is content with
se'cohd rate resplts. ..The American me-
chanic mUst first come down to the standr
ard of his foreign competitor in .social Con-
dition, ánd therefore in the expense of living
and in intelligence, before he can stand along
side of him m the workshop. They must
be alike in these respects, before the com-
petition will cease to be ruinous to the in-
telligent and generally refined American
mechanic.
, No,w. against all this, Americans demand
protection—not in tariff laws or revenue en-
actments, but by the cessation of that policy
which the old parties have so long pursued,
of inviting to our shores, of payng a pre-
mium for foreign mechanics, and of prefer-
ring foreigners to Americáns. generally.—
American skill and labor have been too
much lost sight of by the old parties^ Poli-
ticians have had almost exclusively the for-
eigner in their eye's—not that there ,wás
anything in him superior, or even equal to
the native born, but beeause the new-comer
to our shores was found to be easily mould-
ed asan instrument for the accomplishment
of party purposes. This discrimination
against American mechanics and laborers
has been going on for many years. The po-
litical demagogue may have made by it, but
surely the native born citizen not blessed
with a patrimony, has lost.
The time has come to apply the remedy,
or at least, for Americans to look at the mat-
ter sober and earnestly. The mechanics
and laborers of this country comprise the
great proportion of the voting population of
the country. It is for them to ascertain the
remedy and apply it. Anything that will
cause the influx of foreien competitors to
diminish, or cease altogether, will be a rem-
edy, and there is no remedy but in a diminu-
tion that will relieve our countrymen from
the competition that has driven so many
from their hitherto renumeráting employ-
ments. This broad ground may as well be
taken—for it is the only true ground—the
only ground the bone and muscle of our
country can stand on and protect itself.—
Knock off' the premium which politicians
have so long placed on foreigners, and you
have dohe it alL Let them come here if
they will, but Only to wait a suitable period
before they ¿an become the equals of the
native-born. Let Americans act as such—
let thefii maintain their párty organisation—
stand shoulder to shoulder in the protec-
tion of their rights and interests, and if the
mischief which politicians have already per-
petrated be not repaired, a repetition will,
at least, be prevented in future.—Albany
Statesman.
TRUST IN GOD'S PROttDEHCE.
Two men used to work in the fields to-
gether. One of them was cheerful and hap-
py, but the other was always full of fears,
and miserable. The (fearful one would say
to his companion, u What would become of
my children, if I were to die?', And the
other would try and persuade him to be
thankful that he was yet able to work, and to
earn bread for them ; but he could not com-
fort him;
Now in the fiéld in whibh they were at
work, they spied two nests in one bUsh, and
they Used to watch the Old birds going in
and out all the day long, with food for their
little ones. And they often spoke to each
other about the enre of these birds for their
young. But one day, just ás one of the old
birds was flying to his nest, a hawk pounced
down upon him and carried him away.—
And now the poor man who had been miser-
able before, beconie ten times more misera-
ble. He could hardly sleep all night, for
thinking first of the poor little birds that
had no parents to feed them, then of his own
children who would have no one to work
for them if he should die.
In the moning he went softly to the bush,
and looked in at the nestá, for he thought he
should see the young birds in one of the
nests dying. But he was astonished to see
they were álive in both nests, and chirping
as merrily as if no hawk had eter come near
them. He cduld not tell how it could be;
so he sat down close by to watch them.—
Presently he saw tHe old birds, belonging
to one of the nests, fly in. and they fed the
little ones in one of them¿ and then they
went away, and came back with food to the
little ones in the other nest; ánd so they
went on all the day long. And he called
his companion, and almost wept for joy as
he showed him this thing.
So they said to each other, that they
would imitate the birds, and work as well
as they could, each for his own family, so
long as he wás able; and if either of them
should die, or be unable to work, then the
other would go on and labor for bath fam-
ilies.
What a blessed thing it wbuld have been
for that poor, feárful man, if he had known
the kind words the Sávior once spoke, ''Are
dot five spárrows sold foi tWo farthings,
and not one of them is forgotten before
God ? Fear not, therefore; ye áre Of more
value than many sparrows."
The Maryland Democratic State Conven-
tion was held in Baltimore week before last
Electors rOr President ánd Vice-President
tfrerij selected. Resolutions endorsing the
Administration of President, and recom-
mending Mr. Buchanan as the candidate for
¿he Presidency were adopted:
NUMBER 29i
THE fcWRY AND ZBE L ...
In ancient times, when flowers, and tree$,
and fairies, were oa speaking terms, and all
friendly together—one fine summer's day,
the sun shone on ,a beautiful garden, where
there Were all sorts of flowers that you
could mention, and a lovely but giddy fairy
went sporting about from one to the other
(although no one could see her, because of
the sunlight) as gay as thaoraniqg lar It-
Then says the Fairy to the Rose ; Rosé,
if the sun was clouded, iióá á storm c&me on.
would yt shelter ánd love me still 7" "Do
you doubt me ?" says the Rose, and red-
dened up with anger. "Lilly," says tha
Fairy to another love, "if the sun was clouds
ed, and a storm came on, would you shelter
and love me still ?" ' 01 do you think f.
would change 1" says the Lilly, and she grew
still paler with sorrow. " Tulip," said the
Fairy, u if the 6un was clouded* and á ¿tóná
came on, would yOU {shelter and love sm
still ?" /' Upon my word," ,says the Tulift'
making, a very gentlejUanrmanbow, "ye*!#
the vc^ry first lady that ever dodbtea my
constancy.";,, ... ' ,•
So the Fairy Sported On, Joyful to think
of her kind ánd blooming.friend& She rev-
elled away for a time, and then she thought
of the pale blue violet, that was almost cov-
ered with its pale green leaves; although it
was an old comrade, she might have forgot-
ten it, had it not been for the sweet scent
that came up from the flower. " Oh! vio-
let.*' sáid the Fairy, " if tte sun was cloudr
ed, ánd a storm came o&wóuld ye shelter
and love nie still ?" And the violet made
no answer. " Ye have known me lon£
sweet Fairy, and in the first spring tuné •
when there were very few other flowers, yá
used to shield you from the cold blast under
my leaves; and now ye're almost forgotton
me. But let it pas?; try my, truth, if evek
you should meet ihisfortunc but I say nóth-
VVell, the i"airy skitted at that, ind dap-
ping her silvery wings whisked off on a sun-
beam, but a black cloud grew out of thé
North all in a minute, and th« light was
shrouded, and the rain fell in slashings liké
hail, and away flies the Fairy to her friena
Rose; " Now Rose " says she, the rain has
come, so shelter and love me still." " I caá
hardly shelter my own bnds," says the
Rose, " but the Lilly has a deep cop." WelL
the poor little Fairy's wings were almost
wet, but she got to Lilly. •* Lilly," says =
she. u the storm has come,; SO sheltcV ind
lové me still. "I am sorry," said the Lilly,
'■but if I were to open my tup£ tile nun
would beat in like fun, and my seeds wotda
be spodt; the Tulip has long leaves." lbs
Fairy was down-hearted enough, bdt she
went to the Tulip, whom she always thought
Wás sweet-spóken gentleman;. H^certtali
did not look as bright ás lie had doiijg in the
sun; but shfe waved her little wáúdánd
" T¿lip," says she, " the rain and storm ar^
come, and I am very weary, but will yon
shelter and love ihe.still ? ' " Begone!" says
the Tulip, "be off—a pretty pitklé I should
be in, if I let every wandering scámperer
come abQut me." , ,
Well, by this time She was . very tirea,
and her winps hqng tírippjng át her btfck,
wet indeed; but there was no Help for it,,
and, leaning on her pretty silver wang; she
limped off to the Violet; ánd the darling
little flower, with its blue eye, that's clea^ *
as a kitten's, saw her coihing. ápd never •
word she spoke, but opened her broad grem
leaves and took the wild wandering creaturq
to her bosom, and dried her wiog% and
breathed her sweet perfunie ovér ^er. and
sheltered her until the storui wás dean
gone. Then the humble Violel spoke and
said: " Fatt-y.Queen, it is bad to flirt with
many, for the lóve of One trué heart is
enough for earthly woman or fairy spirits i
the tried love is better than the gay com-
pliments of a world of flowers,- for it will
last when the others pass away." And tho
Fairy knew thát it wás true for the Violet;
and she contented herself ever after, and
built her bonny bower under the wide
spreading Violet leaves, thát sheltered heir
from the rode winter's wind and the hot
summer's sun; and to this very day the
Fairies love the Violet beds.—Púrtlánd
Transcript.
What i hate noncna)-
1 have noticed that all men speak well of
men's virtues when they are dead; and tho
tombstones are. marked t^ith epitaphs of
"good ánd virtues." Is there any particu-
lar cemetery where bad men are buried ? . .
I have noticed that the prayer of evepy
selfish man is ''forgive us our debts," but
he makes everybody pay who owes him to
the utmost farthing. *
I have noticed that death is K th'erciless
jüdge¿ though, not impartial. Every man
owes a debt. Death summons the debtor to
lay down his dust in the very currency df
mortality. .
I have noticed thát he who thinks' every
mán is a rouge, is very certain4ia see one
when he shaves himself, and he onght in
mercy to his neighbors, to surrender thé
rascal to justice. , •
I have noticed that money is jhe fool's
widom, the knav's reputation, the Wise man's
desire, the covetous man's trouble, the poor
mac's desire, and tne idol of all. _ (
I have noticed that merit is «ways mea-
sured in the world by its suooess.
I have noticed thát in order to be a reason-
able creáture. it is necessary at times, to be
downright mad.
I have noticed that as we are always'
wishirig instead of working for fortunes, we
are disappointed, ánd call Dame Fortune
" blind," but it is the very best evidence that
the old lady h'as the ufost capital eyeáight,
and is "no granny" with spectaáes.^
1 have noticed that purses will 1
nies as well as pounds. ,
I have noticed thát tomb stoínés say "Here
he lies," which, no doubt, is often the truth i
and if men could see the epitaphs their
friends sometimes write, they would believe
they had got into the wiyng grave.'
The Hon. Miss Murray winds up hier book
orf tHe United States with the following sen-
tence: " One might as hope to improve
the nfo'rats ánd increase the happiness of an
idiot, by turning him out of an .asylum as
to hope for benefit for the negro from abotK
tionism."
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