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a a a a WM £t €tm& §m*tnL JANE Q. SW ISSnELM, EDITOR. Thursday, Fepruwty 28Ui, l£61, 1 ttin ii WOOD.—We want wood, and as thero area number of our subscribers who were to pay in wood and the season fo getting convenient to bring along our wood justas srtooas possible. .K^ WAJITKP-—In payment of-auhaaapfcions, tcooxl, flour, meal, meat, butter, or anything else good to eat, especially wood 1 Mottoes for the Day. 1 will suffer death before I will consent or advise iny friends to consent to any conces Hion .or compromise which looks like buying the privilege of taking possession of the Oov: erntnent to which wo have a Constitutional right hccfiuHe, whatever I: might'think of the merit of the various propositions before Con gress, I should regard any concession in the face of menace as the destruction of the Gov ernment itself, and a consent on all hands that our system shall be brought down' to a level with the existing disorganised, state of affairs in Mexico. But this thing will hereafter be, as it is now, in the hands of the people and if they desire to call a Convention to remove any grievances complained of or to give, hew guaranties for the permanence of vested rights, it is not mine to oppose—[ABBADAM LINCOLN. Inauguration first adjustment afterward. —[SALMON P. CHASK. I owe it to myself, I owe it to truth, I owe it to the subject, to state that no earthly power could induce me to vote for a specific measure for the introduction Slavery Where-it had not before existed, either south or- north of that Jine. Sir, while you reproach, and justly, too, our British ancestors for the introduction of this institution upon the continent of America, I am, for one, unwilling that the posterity of the present inhabitants of California and New Mexico shall reproach us for doing just what we reproach Great Britain for doing to us. If the citizens of those Territories choose to es tablish Slavery, I am for admitting them with such provisions in their Constitutions but then, it will bo their own work, and not ours, and their posterity will nave to reproaeh them, and not us, for forming Constitutions allowing the institution of Slavery to exist among them.—[HKSHY CLAY. Concession. The Springfield Journal, Mr. Lincoln's organ, has come out in favor of concession lor sake of peace. The Journal says: We want concession. We want the South em States which are clamoring about con cession and compromise, to concede that ours is a government proper, and not a compact between States. We want them to concede that a State cannot dissolve its connection with this Union at will. We want them to concede that this Qoverrment has aright to enforce its laws and protect its property, even if it becomes necessary to hang or shoot every traitor in the United States to do it. We want them lo concede that it is the duty of thi$ Govern ment to retake from Southern traitors its stolen forts, arsenals, etc. We want them to concede that Abraham Lincoln, having been constitu tionally elected President of the United States of America, ha* aright to take his seat with out any opposition from any quarter whatever .rand that if armed opposition is offered, it is the duty of the Government to put down or overcome such opposition at every hazard.— We want the South to concede that after Abra ham Lincoln has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, it is his du ty to observe it. We want them to concede that the seceding States have violated the Con stitution—that they are in rebellion against the Federal Government, and that it is the duty oj this Qoverrment to put down rebellion. We want •litem to concede that the taking of Federal forts and firing upon the Star of the West, are insults that should be atoned for. We ask 'them to concede that Northern creditors have "a right to sue for and collect their demands in Southern Courts. We ask them to concede that Slavery is the creature of local law. .„ ~j .- ^v.«v, "-«•«*•r ©•"••••e. government by retaking the United States i* crops wovcr, we hope they will makeit ,y•%—P property and hanging the head traitors, that it is better to take tlm regular legal steps for altering the Constitution so as to Up to this time wc have been entirely opposed to compromises but this one ap pears reasonable as far as it goes. With a few additions the whole difficulty might be amicably arranged in a very short time.— For' instance, all parties should- oncede that that clause of the Constitution secu ing. freedom of speech and the press, is as binding in one -half of the Union as in the other that that clause guaranteeing to citizens of all States the rights of citizens in all the the other States, shall bo some thing more than a dead letter that the citizens of Northern States shall be as se cure in life and property while'in the Southern States as citizens of the South in the other portion,ofthe tJnion. Wewantall parties to concede that tarring and feather ing a citizen of Minnesota is as dangerous an experiment as performing alike service for a subject of Great Britain. Then, we want all parties to concede that the Con stitution was established to secure the blessings'of Liberty that Our Declara tion of Independence is a declaration of facts, not falsehoods and that "all men are bom, equal, with certain inalienable rights, amongst which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." We want them to corcode that no man or set of men have alight to annul the law of God by robbing men of the rights which that law bestows upon them that no man or set of men can have the right to annul the contract of marriage by- forcibly separating husbands and wives or the law of parentage by sel ling children away from the parents God hit commanded tbem to obey and paras rents from the children whom he has or- wmmm that honesty ia the best policy. We want them to concede that it it safe to do right at all timet and that there can be no safety in any othfcr coursp] ft Wh|n these Concessions! are made W«|tfje not be preserved but if theseare not made, then, they should all concede, after Mr. Lincolu has demonstrated that this is a. concede the right of every State which dc sireaTo'db soio wiihdrawm^ at a specified time and in a specified man ner. Those choosing to remain, to be bound in a government as at present, and to be held to their contract by the whole force of that government. We think it fully demonstrated that Slavery and Free dom cannot get along well under the same form of govcanment The Slave States never have had a Republican form of State government. Slavery and Republican institutions are incompatible and cannot exist together, If those States prefer Sla very to a government of the people, it is better the Free Statos should concede the right of separation than resort to the sword in favor of Freedom, as they willfinallybe driven to do, or to sink into Slavery, if they continue the experiment of serving God and Mammon. Revivals of Religion. In our last we promised to say some thing of that "Holy Spirit," who is sup posed to refuse visitiug St. Cloud on ac count of the misconduct of "professors." Weknowitis askingagreat dealof therealy good people, who are hoping for a revival here, to claim of them any charity for one who does not want any revival—tor one who would regard such an occurrence as a very, very great evil—for one who would welcome a circus, theatre, cotillion parties or anything of that nature which would hinder a revival. But truth compels us to say that such an one arc we. Miss Bremer lately visited the Pope and, in a conversation on the true Church, His Ho liness acknowledged that she might be saved without belonging to his church but, still, wc could not expect revival christians to entertain any such sentiment for one who does not believe in revivals. So, of course, we expect to bo set down as "a vessel of wrath fitted for destruction but we are used to it. Our special forte for the last twenty-five years has been per secuting the saints and we intend to stick to that business just as long as we live and there is no use praying for us. We were brought up an old Scotch Cov enanter, strictly educated in the faith of a people who laid down houses, and lands, and lives for Christ's sake and the gospel —who "dwelt in caves and holes of the earth and were shot down as wild beasts, those of whom the world was not worthy." These people never took any one by the collar, and dragged him iuto church com munion, as truant urchins are dragged to school. Withthem, admittance into church was held to be the highest earthly privi lege, even when to sign' their "Solemn League and Coveuant" meant a loss of all earthly possession and a price set upon the head of the signer. One has to apply for admission to that church then go be fore the Elders and be closely questioned as to his "knowledge to discern the Lord's body," in receiving the communion, "his faith lo feed upon Him, his: repentance, love, and new obediance." He is carefully exhorted to remember that the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was named "The Eucharist" after the oath taken by the Roman soldier, never to turn his back up on his leader. He is earnestly warned that in receiving that sacrament he vows to follow the Savior through good and through evil report—to a palace or to a prison: and that if he do not feel he can lay down all in the cause, of God, he shall eat and drink judgment to himself—that if he appear at the "Marriage Supper of the Lamb," not having on a wedding gar ment, i. e. the robe of Christ's imputed righteousness, he is liable to be taken thence into outer darkness. This church teaches that getting your own soul saved is only one part of the object in joining a church. The business of a christian is to put on the whole, armor of God and spend his life in an unflagging warfare "with principalities and powers—with spir itual wickednesses in high places." It is his business to testify for Christ's crown and kingdom for his right to rule nations as well as saints. For this object they waged an unceasing moral Warfare on the corruptions of the British government and on everything in human laws, aa well in private conduct, which they held incompatable with the word of God. Es pecially did they contend against the dog- dained they" should bring up in His fear and narvlce. We wiantjjl to concedo thatJ ma t$at ''ignorant tb^mother of* dVstance^where i'XWftbortr i» W a oath suppor• the Constitution,-because it doeshot recognize thai law as paramount. They neither vote, norhold office under it and so resign all claim to powerand patron age at the call of duty. Yet one Of their old, hoary-haired martyr heroes, after a long life of self-denial and, persecution, would not dare proclaim his own saietship. One of their preachers who would stand in the pulpit and refer to his own conver sion as a foregone conclusion, would be deposed from the ministry for they hold that the internal assurance of regeneration and acceptance is typified by "the hidden manna," and "the white stone, wherein a new nameiswritten,which nomanknoweth, save him who receivcth it and which, is given to "him that o'vercometh." They insist that it is the business of the chris tian minister to preach Christ, and him crucified, not John Smith, and him converted. They believe that conversion, and the intend evidence of conversion are matters with which.the world has no thing to do that no man can read the new name on the white atone, "save him who rectiveth it." Well, we were received into full membership in this church before' we were sixteen and about four years af ter, our lost and undone condition attract ed the special attention of a set of revival ists. For seven years, they spent as much effort for our conversion as might, had it been turned in that direction, have,indue-, ed one, out of every hundred of their year ly converts, to have read the Bible clear through, from the beginning oi Genesis to the of end Revelations or, to have^tud ied the, ten commandments until they could h'avc repeated them from memory and given some general idea of their meaning. From the nature of the efforts used to induce usto"get religion," and the effect it appeared to have on those who did get it, we soon concluded that we would rath er get the small-pox. Wo do not pretend to say this was right, or is right bnt we teel just so yet. Wc have seen an average of two revivals a year, for twenty years. In two of these eight hundred people were converted—four hundred in each and if wc were on oath, before a court, wc should feel compelled to say, that to the best of our knowledge and belief, the effect was evil, only evil, and that continually. One of these bi«? revivals was got up, •*!.*• hcr COrDScommitted in the was educating the masses in the truths of the Bible, in. the different systems' and thoy faiths of different sects, in the history ofI pre the oWch in all ages and its bearing on- to how they felt and they Jiad nearly all history ofc the?jrorld. A cr|ld of or*' described their symptoms, when one) man $ UP in *\gjffl!pt' 0 0 4 known but one earnest, honest man who was a successful revivalist. Under his preaching people used to take the jerks It turned out afterward that he was a powerful mesmerizer and he himself toH us he believed this had been the secret cause of his success. We believe that a revival is simply an epidemic disease of the nervous system, brought on by fear of the devil and if a child of ours got under such an influence, we should treat him, or her, as if he had "St. Vitus' Dance/' and hold that man or woman a mortal enemy who had willfully, brought on the disease. Revivals have not only converted peo ple, but they have converted religion, from a vital painciple, governing every action of life, into a system of sentimentailsm and sensations. The question no longer is "What are you doing "but "How do you /eel?" So each professorfindsthe great point of interest in relating his own sensations. A spirit of Pharisaism and self glorification is thus substituted fcr a spirit of humility, and a desire to learn the path of duty. This Pharisaism is forever thrusting itself upon the attention of the public in professions of conversion and prayers to be seen of men. Profess ors thus eome to have such an idea of their own: importance that they patronize the church by joining it and if in it their vanity is wounded, they withdraw, and ex tend the light of their countenance to some other church, where they hope to cut a larger figure. They even patronize the Deity Himself and their prayers are apt to take the form of orders issued to a trades man, onlygiven in atone which no Amer ican tradesman would endure: as for in the Lord! is ordered to I'eotno nov this evening, and revive thy work I" her corps in the cella. make it appear them to become the teachers o. a worl. she had WeaDDeae havr lying itn ignorancet,hi» Cellasuicide. ftjg^M*i.|iit one family, usually knew more of the Bible felt aa if some invisible" dentist had his and theology, at twelve years of age, than forceps on aback tooth, and was lifting it gratnfate themselves jm having, at the average,-preatbera now do*at forty, for outfits poekfltj.iegardleaaof the splinter- jouncj/iJState organ and one too, to whioh they held that faith should be founded on ing jaw bone but the pain appeared to they can point with a feeling of pride.— knowledge. When a portion of this peo- TielnTusstomach,ToFhtniepf one hand Thg-old iuecuucilalHe difficulties between pie established a church in this country .clenched on that region, while with the the Times and Minnctotuin \iwe ended inthinks they' examined its* institutions, and con- other he grasped1 the back of a pew, and the discontinuance of both, illeestablish began "My bretheren, boo, woo," here eluded that some of them were contrary on the peW back, with emphasis'. "I'm not ashamed to own that I am oh the Lord's 8 a II? ,U,\ •,?!) JOI! tl Thinks I to myself, thinks I, There's backing! surely "the Lord" will take cour age after this for. the whole idea of the meeting appeared to be that the Lord was trying, his very beat, to do something' which he could not 'accomplish but His prospect would surely brighten now, for the weeping brother continued, still clutching at the pain in his stomach, and again bringing down his hand with em phasis: "Yes, I'm not ashamed to own Jesus!"' W 3 were electrified with such, conde scension Not ashamed to own Jesus! and the man was worth not less than $50, 000, drove his own carriage, and had in fluence in the county. Go see this great man speak up in public and even his poor friends waa a sight which occurred to us on the instant to surpass in magnanimity and sublimity a London .rag picker who should be worked up into such a fit of des peration that he would conclude to own up that old Queen Victoria was his mother, and Albert his father—thai he was born a year or two previous to the young gentle man who is known as the Prince of Wales, and should declare that since the worst had come to the worst, he was not ashamed to own the old woman and her family. '. To our mind there is a strong probabili ty that although our humility might pre vent our being ashamed of Jesus, there might be some prospect of His being ashamed of us, inasmuch as there shall come who shall say "Lord, Lord, have wc not eaten and drank in thy name, and in thy'name cast out devils ?"L .J To whom he shall say, "I never knew ye! Depart from me ye cursed into ever lasting fire!" Wc do not believe it is the "Holy Spirit, the Comforter," who comes at the .call of desperately wicked men, to get up revivals, because the spirit which1 does this is sure to come in the night, when "beasts of forests creep aboard." It is not expected to. work evcept by lamp light and avoids the sun as carefully as an owl.dance, The Spirit at Pentecost camo in day, light and showed himself the spirit of wis dom and po#er. He did not put folks in r^_ by a.man who, there was £ood reason to all they would have to do for the balance ... 11 o*w1 believe, choked his wife and then hung of their lives but he miraculously fitted f0™80™"5 JJU* 800" .. .. .. .to 'o to make it them W me tastrdiera nf A wnrld .„ ... ror ofeour It is this revival spirit which has converted ninetcen-twentieths of the relig ion of to-day into a self-seeking, sentimen tal nainby paiubyism, hating no power to influence its professors in the discharge of the duties of life. Formerly all reforms sprang up in, and was prosecuted by the church. In obedience to their religious convictions men overturned corrupt governments, and delivered the people from unrighteous decrees. Now nine tenths of all reforms are out of the church and have to carry it as dead weight up to success, orfighttheir way against it.— Why? Simply because thousands upon thousands of timid, vasodilating, ignorant, self-seeking people have been brought in to church membership, in times of excite nent and, by the force of numbers, have crowded out the spirit of true religion, which is one of stern battle with the wrong, and have substituted a system ofsensations. Chrit's professed army is thus crowded with cringing cowards, who have betrayed His citadels, made terms with his enemies, and lost trace of His footsteps long ago. A profession of religion is brought into contempt, for men of true courage will not consort with cowards. So, may God grant there may be no re vival of religion in St. Cloud but may He send us all courage to do right, at all times and in all places and leave.the con sequenoes with Him. "Martha" spoke, last week of the "afflictions" sent on this place because people do not go to prayer meeting. What afflictions Is it that more angels are wanted in Heaven and that there were only three in St. Cloud, ripe, and ready to go? Is it that this winter has only folded three lambs in the ... Shepherd's everlasting embrace—safe from ruary." ments and good will have been centred in tfiff r^gyrrand it-4tnHthat eaw he dceiiod as an exponent of Republican principles of the backbonefetamp. Itirwhat one might expect of $r. Marshal}, one of the tried and true, who fought the battle of Free dom, and found themselves, when she could furnish her soldiers no rations but a sense of duty performed. While in all that per tains to the Agricultural and Mercantile interests of the State, it is all one could expect from Mr. Wheelnck, our late State Statistician, than Whom none other is better acquainted with our resources, or wieldsan abler pen. We congratulate our Republi can friends on their new organ, and hope they will have the, manliness to give it a triumphant support. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY—Never flags in interest. but we beg leave to say toour good friend "The Professor," that we know "Elsie" juat as well as he does—that every reader of the Atlantic is as familiar with her peculiarities, as if they had every one gone to school with her, and recited in the same class. We, at least, do not hold her amenable to the samelaw which would apply to "Ellen Darly," or to any body else and he need not keep on pleading her cause, by describing her again and again. Why, he had fully won his client's cause in thefirst)ozen sentences utterd in her behalf and he may safely let the ease goto the Jury. As for Miss Prescott's tales, which are so much admired, "The Amber Gods," Midsummerand May" and so on, we would respectfully suggest that they savor of "hish hash," with a slight touch of balderdash. They arc a kind of Eugene Sue romances, done up in a frag ment ot lunar rainbow to mystify and con fuse the outline and movement, but none the less sensual for all that, as illicit love is no less impure on Termination.Rock or Ta ble Rock than in a Parisian saloon. A SERMON.—Rev. A. J. Nelson propo ses to preach a sermon on "Christian Amusement'," in which we expect to see oursentiments on dancing handled with out gloves. As it will be quite impossible for us^o give even a synopsis of his dis course, we trust there will be a full atten that those who have read or may read our views, may be able to judge un-^ derstandingly of the correctness of his or our opinion .„ ,. ance. as much as a question of ethics can to spasms as if they had a combined at- .. ^,At ,- tac1 of cramp colic and jumping tooth- -aj. -. .^•» .. JE. ii -. s°n• reflect and decide on any question of and carried on by Maffir, as thorough a ache, then set them to talking about their' A *L ». .» law or logic So, be sure to turn out and scoundrel as ever ran unhanged, the other own feelings and sensations as if that was be and it will do our people good to rea- UM °J .„. ii ,i bear Mr. Nelson. He will be sure to4tell to hear and if he convinces us of the er- ways, you wil be itff6n, last,the tnp It is a question of imporu abledto judga of th arguments whichlmay lea us to public profession of repentances-Next Sabbath evening. 'r By the following item from the St. Pe ter Tribune of the 13th, we learn that our quondam friend Jim is still alive and flourishing: ,, ALMOST A FIRE.—The elements seem to be against pur office. Upon entering it last Monday morning the rain bad made its way through the roof pretty freely, al though the damage to us was not as se vere aa to Mr. Ackerman and Mr. Green, who occupy adjoining rooms in the same block. About noon of the same day, an alarm offirewas given, and the roof imme diately above the Tribune office was said to be in flames. It proved, however,tobe only the soot burning out of the chimney, although. the roof would probably have caughf fire from the heat had not water been poured on in time. Mr. James Hor ner on hearing the report that the roof was on fire, rushed into the office, and on attempting to throw open the double door, found one part of it bolted. Being a large and powerful man (weighing nearly 100 pounds) he bjs wholejW.eight'f on the obstinate half, and splintered it into leas than a thousand- pieces, breaking ev ery pane of glass in it. We came down from theroofin time to prevent his carry ing out the presses, imposing stones, &c. When we actually have afire we know who to call upon, •—Ono fact, it is said, is worth a thou sand speculations. Here, then, is a fact which we copy from a South Carolina pa per, the Greenville Patriot, which is more significant than all the nonsense so glibly uttered by the rebel slaveholders about the contentment and loyalty of the negroes: "JPcter, the slave of Mr. Franois Daven-them port, was last week tried and convicted of »w »ue vanim uur IOC column tot a, insurrectionary conductj and wassentenced meeting to raise funds for the sufferers in **k^fota Fanner gaer and ». In an article ofl imates the number of I culture in i860, at that of 1850, and the average about same, making'over 6,000,000 bushels for the State." But the editor of the Gardener thinks rwifthfitflfjO,fKMhnwhrip^rdge the Legislature should make an ap propriation to aid the State and other ag ricultural societies. R. J. M. Hastings which ,i& ex^n«vt^cuse4^s a substitute for coffee, and recommends its culture-in Jlinnesota. P. T, Watson giveathere •ult ofjhkijist yeaVl k^i^^k^T yattogjSprgham, nod.saysx ., "The yield in this vicinity, (Lakeland,) was from/fifty to hundred intffiay gallons per acre nnd the cane' which yielded the most was the best mitaA&L'** A. B? Webber says there was paid to the -farmers of Freeborn Qo^nty, for beef cattle, last fall, six thousand dolhirs, and claims that J. S. Trigg, of that equity, has some of the finest woolcd sjaWp* in Minnesota. The thrashers report shows that the average of wheat per aare inDa cotah County, 25, 34400 bushels peracre. This is by machine measure. By weight it would be much larger. *,"' The Farmers' club of the Legislature report: Resolved, That in the opinion of this Club, the average amount ot Wheat raised per acre, in Minnesota the past- season,- is twenty-seven bushels per acre-by'weight, and that the amount rrrisedin thw--Stateis eight million bushels Mr, Desnoyer, of Ramsey Qo,. took two loads qf^rkito^ujEwrror wbich ire sold for seven dollars pcr^ hundred, and cleared money by the trip. The, sweet4gtaio, of the Nansemond variety has been success fully cultivated in Banisey Cpuhty° Mr. Ford says_."it fe admirably adapted to our climate and with proper management on suitable-sops-a-fai*^ crop can be realized nearly ^very ye5r lie, urges the culti vation of the small fruits, and we say, amen. Rev. John Mattocks! contribuie* a valuable article on the ••Fertility ©f Min nesota Soil^" which he argues^is largely composed of disintegrated volcanic rocks, instead of decomposed vegetable matter as is generally supposed and that hencjei it is not liable to become exhausted for-^a^es. He says:.' -'P '•'-.''. 'i'3".13?'**^ Garden and field soil, in and around Saint Paul, much like ar^fgr^htness, has exhibited a productiveness fyr yea^, without artificial dressing," .Unsurpassed by the most cultivated gardens of the East. My own garden in St. Paul, has been cultivate*"«Myears, without&fessing, ex cept the slightest in extent, and still shows signs of dec iy. A friend of mine, who 'had travelled in Palestine, tolii me that he had visited the Plains of Esdraelon,'whieh had been cultivated since the da- of Abraham, 4000 years, with no abatement of fertility, and said that he could pierce the soil with the whole length of his cane. The fertiUnrig elements- of disintegrated yoleanie rocks arclrgtfie soil diffused with just proportions for agriculture! But, get the Farmer, and -£haxdener and read the balance yourself.: It is only 91 per annum --Cassitta^M^ Clay after: a few days spent in Washington^ has changed his com promise views, and come back to his old ground, the Constitution as it is. Good! -rThe Springfield Cor. of the. Boston Advertiser, says Horace Greeley has been there and talkedwith Mr. Lineolnuntil he knows'what horn to blow.' So'the Pres ident's views may be gathered from the Tribune. He predicts that forty diyi at least after the Inauguration Mr. Lincoln will order Gen. Scott to retake, no matter at what cost of money or life, every,Fort Arsenal &c., stolen by the traitors. So may it be. .. —^-Peabody, the great American banker in London, writes to a friend in Boston that any, compromise with, or^ooncession to the- seceding States,.will greatly injure, if not ^UJB.. American credit abroad^ ss it will destroy confidence in the stability of the Government. KANSAS.—The accounts of destitution in Kansas are heartrending andso substan tiated by the reports of eyewitnesses, that we do not see how any oneean doubt their truth. ^The tale that itV is all a political ruse, was. started by^en.'ffarney^tfcc man who was couvicted years ago, by a Saint Louis Jury, of torturing and starving a woman to death in a dark cellar. It is in character that he should bo indifferent to or rejoice in the torture and starvation of thousands now but wjll people of any hu manity permit the stories. of audi a mis creant to deter them from aiding their starving brethren. We trust ourLegis kture will make an appropriation fbrtbeir relief. God has^bjessed ua with over- flpwjng cranaries. ^J®J* fffi ,not share with the starving multitude? So th call our localv column lo a cy in your"hour of nee'di *&Kmu»t£&te&i^-&3^