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KEAT1NU. ENtiLISH A CO
SO'DAY APPEAL
F. A. TYLER,
KDITOR
SUNDAY MORNING,
OCT. 10, 1869
NEWSPAPER SALES.
On the Slst of March last, the cloning
day of what newspaper men all concede
to I the buaie!t Quarter of the year, re
turns were made by the seYeral ne np
per concerns of this city, showing the fol
lowing reenlt:
Appeal I6192 98
Avalanche 4S00 00
We speak to-day, and, for the first
time, decidedly, for Andrew John
ho for Senator. Whatever personal
preferences we may have, and how
ever we might, with a clear field,
contend for another nomination, we
recognize the duty of the public jour
nalist rather to represent public senti
ment than private wishes, likes, dis
likes, or antagonisms. Repriseniiug
a no Inconsiderable portion of the jeo
ple of Tennessee tlu' patrrtns of the
Ai'i'KAi. and lielieving a majority of
our public desire the election of Ax
MBW Johnson to the Senate, we
have no dissisition longer to stand
neutral in the political arena wherein
our friends are arrayed on one side or
the other. The leniicratic North
tisks the return of Mr. Juhnson with
one voice,and the lli inocrntic party of
Teiineseo chooses him as theabteat
anil most efficient DMUs who can he
-ielectiHl to promote the interests of
the sstate. The chief allttkm we
have urged against him that be w ould
go to the BeMta to fight the battles of
Amh-.kw Johnson rather than to
look after tiie interests of the
State and to support the Con
stitution, are removed by tho
information tiiat this is no part of his
purpose, but that he will go ratle r to
win tiie proud name of Defender of
the Cons.itiition. It is this for which
we must battle, if we would have tin
ble-ings of free government restored
to as. We must look to the great fu
ture, and not to the dead and wroU-hid
J:it. We must let by-gones be by
gones, and forgive common errors, as
we would bi- forgiven. We have
cleen-d to office on that principle officer-troin
the ranks of our late ene
mies, having no questions to a-k of
them hut w hether tle v are our friends
ami will endeavor to serve us now.
The intere-Ls of the State are aliove
all jH-rsonal consideration-", and these,
therefore, we should cease to enter
tain when the public good for any
reason requires their surrender. We
have no mau in the State free from
disabilities under the fourteenth
amendment, and who can therefore
go unchallenged to the Senate who is
so well qualified to serve it as Mr.
Johnson-.' From the day that he
predicted that" " seoMsion would be
the death of slavery," and exhorted
Southern men to fight for their
constitutional rights on the liattle
nients of the Constitution," and Bind
for the In ion, and declared "dutii-s
are m iue; consequences are (Inn's."
He has sbssl firm and true to the
Cnion and Constitution. Whatever
else may be aaid of him, and however
he may have erred with other men,
this at least is true; Umt he has not
departed from the Constitution in any
thing but some past war emergency
and suppirsed necessity. He w ill sup
port it still with that courage he pos
sessed when taunt1, and brought to
bay by his antagonists, he declared
with a firmness and dignity not to tie
forgotten, "There are men who talk
about cowardice, cowards, courage,
and all that kind ol thing; and hi this
connection I will say, ouuu (ox not
boaftingly, with no auger in niy
bosom, that Uihc two eyes nevt-r
looked upon any l'ing, in the -ditipe
of mortal man, that this heart of
mine feared."' The hope for Liberty,
without liis-nse or anarchy, rests on
the stride.-! observance of the Consti
tution, and he who w ill plead with
ehspuence, power and effect for that,
is the jxsiple's champion, and will
have the people's stipjiort.
Mr. Johnson Is now the strongest
of the candidates before the Leg'da
ture. If In- i- elected by it, the enemies
of the Constitution, tho men of the
"highei law " will quail Is-fore him,
and a man will be placed in the Sen
ate who will vindicate the South in
that for which alone the South now
asks vindication the observance of
the lights o the people w hich have
tho guarantee of the Constitution.
Rut there are !H-,:de other conside
rutions than those which pt rtain ex
clusively to ourselves. Then
.. a
air
.Inlw L'i im-ii tit ll U'Kkltfs lirtfa... I
'""" i i . . '
and to our friends win, stand ,n the
.North battling lor con-uintionai lib-
-itnc i.s- ....liiril mil vliwlleflvn i
v, v i .. -
enemies of tho Itadunl p arty. We
E . . ABk. : . A . i
cailliol Send a SWongot lll.in ll ui'-ir
:iuii"i
P
knows the secrete and weak
theJpieniVj 4sMl will have
power over them in consecmcnec,
which, in these tlltUKMOllffi; no
other man in tilt State can ti
se. In I In' lmiL'Ua:e isf the
National Tnleiligemctr: " He fou
them in the sreat rcbelliou
of politics which succeeded to tht
great rebellion of arm. He stood for
wurd an the guard uiui protector of the
Constitution, endangcrcst ami assaiion
iv their treasonable machinations.
For three years he fought them boldly
. e ., ii,..,
JUKI earnttslJV. llrunni uit iu inh s
froni their assaults defl ated and dls -
i -i-1 . . r . . . , I . I. .... T
eoir.nusi. 1 Iiey i' hi IP i uiui ii 1 1 1 1 1 m
he sttod forth on the watch-towers oi
the jUqsjblic they oould not under
mine its pillars. His destruction was
necessarv to their success. They ar
raigned trim because he was tiie friend
of the people and the
guardian of their lilierties. He de
feated thoui and they gnashed their
teeth in theiriafned rmrr. His term
of orlicc expired they breathed freely
and in relief thf onhi tiifinu that
unitl mei't (hem am! arrett (heir
treumH irm urU ltd mien from tte fitirf
"He is about to return to the tight.
and ft-ar comes upou them. Will tlte
,h ;. of Tmmemm be euMocd or m
(imidiUed by (liese bad menff Tin
triolt tbuxervalirc sentiment of the
cowifri,jrom one etui of it to the tfthee.
demund (hat 'Jeniiessee should Ot true
to herself, and just to lite greatest of fit)
Ui iny sons.
"In the Senate of the United States,
Andkew Johnson, with, his vast oat
perience, his enlarged statesmanship
and unequatod powers of debate,
Would vindicate and Justify befon
the country those great principles
upon which our institutions rest,
and which Radical philosophy
ts discrediting and di-stroyiug
His plain and powerful logic
would scatter to the winds Sum-
nek's pedantic sophistries; and bin
powerful eloquence would expose to
the country and the world all legisla
tive and executive schemes to destroy
the remnant of our liberties and pil
fer our people. The great Conserva
tive arid Democratic party now un
heard, though respectably represented
in the Senate would in him have a
mmImALsI i-ii,1iI rinir from 1111.111 fo
, . - , . -
ocean, and inrose tnoeght into fnel
. i ' .! i,k.(,
minds and courage into the hearts of
the people. Do the people of Tennes
see expect any good from Radicals and
Radical rule? Their only hope is in
crushing the Radical organization and
destroying forever the Radical philos
ophy of government. To pander to
iu h a ystem in tiie hope of benefit
i- to warm into life the serpent that
it may be vigorous to strike its pr
-.erver unto death."
We owe allegiance to our friends in
the North who stand with us for lib
erty against the tyrant at Washing
ton, and we must act with them to
help their efficiency, and unite with
the West, as well as to benefit our
gdves. Caring for principles and re
sults rather than men, we seek the
man we are convinced now most voiu-
pltMjf rsmMnm the power with (he wilt
to accomplish (hem. That man of all
others in the State is Anhkew
ohnsox. The most violent of
the Radicals, the enemies of
the nomocracy of the country,
the hondholding aristocracy, and the
ntercsts which antagoni-e with the
We-t and South, all oppose him as
thev do tiie rights of our js?ople. The
official cormorants aud Kreodmen'
Bureau nogrodrivers threaten us with
their hostility If we dare to elect him.
Rut as that is better than their friend
ship, we can afford to incur it rather
than oliey the counsels or take to our
hOMGl the Radical robliers of prop
erty and liberty. The majority of
Tenncsseeans like him the lniter for
their enmity, and because their gold
and Treasury rings will neither buy
nor intimidate him. How it is w ith
Grant about the sjsjons wc don't
know, but we are rather suspicious
his xoldier did not take the silver
ware from his headquarters at Ox
ford, us lately explained in his do
icnse. uui we know that Johnson
ha- kept honestly out of the spoon
business, and has never entered tin
gold ring or been bought w ith coaches
and palatial houses. We believe he is
a oor tailor who never rose to the
iiiguuy oi uaving anv loitniNS or
Denis for brothers-in-law. Hut tin
people like him in like proportion as
the gold rqsvulators and bondocrats
will fear and hate. He will know
now io answer llieir argument-, ex-
isise their sophistries and os'ii the
eyes oi me country to their lalse pre
tences and swindling designs. If he
could have leen bought by them we
shonhl never have la-ard of their an
tagonism. It is fads of this kind,
seen by the jssiple of the North,
which Induce their earnest call on
Tennes-eeans to elect him. it is for a
similar reason, and because we are
satislii-d that, all things considered,
he is now most likely to lie efficient
and useful for the country and the
State, of all men we have to send, that
inducis us to change our m nit ion iron)
that of neutrality to a distiiict advo
cacy of the claims ol Andrew John
sin. Further arguments we shall
give hereafter.
jf A man lias nionev or pnuiortv
there is a prejudice against him in the
minds of some for that verv reason.
Hotter have a prejud ice against nn ill
use or hoarding his money, than
again-! Mb powuciMng It. A capitalist
may a- well t,ave "a nrelmlie..
igainst lalmrers, as thev anv airainst
j
bun. Men will not use their money
; , .i a " I
ean,.,,, ,,rom oy it, and nobody
hiuiU 1.1....... .1 i
i, , ,,, ,. a MHt.
V., I.... II . .. . I"
a "K'"- ouo Ulels-Slwe
v.mi wiui our own me capitalist with
.... .... .. . , u. in.xiiauic
.... ins ,HHOr. npwno builds houses,
orsieamiKmLs, or railways, is a public
tienetactor, and none the less so be
cause he profits by it. n order to
live aud do further good be must not
starve, hot amass money as the Inea4is.
Capital and Iabr are mutimlly do
pi'ndent. The Ubon-r who would
inrivi' MIUUIU Ut!r- inui thov wlw. '
I -I . a m 1
...III .. aVf-
"'" u private
and public improvement should
grow rich, so that they mavis, able ' -
- t,Li . 'a . ..
M.rnuui-iujiigiiLfiu, untiibyliH
earnings he shall grow rich also, and
Ia9 able in turn to become ;lli om
4uyer. It capital Will not yield a
pnttit it i Worthl. And it never
will yield anything if it is n.t united
with labor. A farm, a manufactory,
a store, a ship or railroad wilt No
worthless as weli as money if there
are no laborers to w ork and use them.
And hence every man who lias one of
iJiese is desirous of being on good
leruis with laborers in order tliat he
may reap the advantages of his eapi-
I mi. Aim nonce, mso, toey w no are
I willing to thrive by industry and have
I not capital, desire to bo on terms with
I ......tci;.,.. ii...i ti...i- ... ,,. i ..,l
it'iiaiiiiT umt tin j in.., itio iii-
J ploymeot and profit. The fact is,
1 ; i . . I .. rv. 1 . o 1.. .i i 1. 1 1 ... j . I kA
I i. .t j ii.ii .i.w i.in'ii iii-.i otr ii II-. i iii. in
friendly, in the Inrnds of wedlock,
liecause eitlier oue alone is as worth
less as one-half of a pair of shears.
If wo had a thousand men
1n Memphis like fJr.Kr.Ni.AW,
ncorruptibleinr Bi kfoRH or Jonks, mid they
could all make jnuney as they used to
do by buddiug homses, would not fifty
thousand laborers iiinl constant work
at full prices at once? But suppose
wo have but ten such men, and they
unable to make anything by improv
ing property, are not a few hundred
mechanics and laborers all that can
find employment among u-? The
more rich men we have, and the more
capital, the more demand for laborers,
and the more wages. F.very poor
man ought to wish the city tilled up
with the rich as much as possible, and
tliat the rich might thrive. When
that is the case all thrive together.
The lalKiring classes are, after all,
more interested in the general increase
of the capital of the country than the
capitalists themselves, who can in any
event subsist on their simulations,
and tho use of their mouev.
while the poorer classes must work
for little or emigrate where capital is
more abundant. That is w here lalmr
goes and what labor w auts the pres
ence of capital. We say, then, let the
laboring man and mechanic counten
ance no laws which hinder the use of
capital, which are a millstone on its
neck to drag it down or drive it away.
Taxes at eight per cent! Capital
runs away at that rate, and what la
the sense of asking it in? And labor
runs, too, because it can find uo em
ployment. How is the case now?
Have we not high taxes, capital w ith-
drawn, and ten thousand mechanics
... ....
laborers driven away? We
tell them this is caused bv
high class and discrimina
ting taxation. Vote down
the taxes from eight to one ier cent,
render them equal upon all capital
aud property-holders alike, and let
them teel secure amoue us. and we
tell you capita! and population, and
wealth wiii come in like a floixl. We
cannot prosper at the expense of one
another, but only when all have
nance alike. Men famishing in a
boat at sea may take the advantage of
the strongest aud tear and devour one
another. Hut all do but ill alike, as
weare deiug. If we vote aJtogethev
to reduce the taxes, we shall dc much
to open up good fortune. The capital
which low taxation and equality will
bring in will be so great that the State
w ill grow rich at one', and so that
two per cent, w ill pay a larger amount
than si or eUthL for all iiuriMises.
High huts on merchants make high
prices on goods; aud thus the poor
pay them. aWeatBto they have to boy
U home. The rich can send to New
York or Liverpool" and save
much that the poor pay. Nothing is
truer than- that hcavv taxation falls
at last chiefly on the laboring popula
tion. liHlsiring men, will you not
vote down the taxes and demand it of
your legL-lators? How much are you
willing to iHiy to iatten oihcails and to
upiort Freedmcn's Bureaus? Are
you willing- a lew officials should take
twenty thousand dollars a year out of
your hard earnings? Do you want
negro suffrage, which has established
mil kept mom things up, and which
will be forever chiefly employed in
fattening thesbarks? Or do you w ant
intelligent white voters and legisla
tion and management, so that all may
thrive as we did in 1800, and we can
go Imek agaiu to baitdiHg-2900 houses
ii year?
The Nashville lianner states
that a memorial is being prepared,
and will Ik? presented to the next
Congress, for improving the naviga
tion of the Ttflinesseo river, and re
moving the Muscle Shoals obstruc
tions. This is a great necessity, and
a work ot national imMirtance. The
tVnoeWPB ranks as the sixth of the
great rivers of the continent, and
drains five States. Above the Shoals
steamers of three feet draft ascend as
high as Knoxville, and at high water
even further. The Banner savs:
.Ml ! lie i-ouimerco of Uiis nrnductl vt rc-
trinn, walcrcil bv mo many si resins, hits s
iiialcriHl ulnilruwiiiti in l In- main millet to
ttst Mississippi hii,1 Unit, In tiie Mnscl
Stiosls, closing up 13HU miles of navigation
in inn Tery mwi oi .America
upon
wlrmiiifi l-ainiii! territory of l.'..niK
square miles. Thus ihe iiet'ln i-ommer-
isl artery M the nation is liiratiireil a!
this iMiiul. A fan mil hons of dollars e-
lu'iinnd in thf removal of this one ob
struction would add millions to the reve
nue ol tin-(ieuural lovriimoiit. The ro-
EOUrOei of this IDIllltrv. Willi-..,. .' in
North Alahauia. Middle 't.-m R tsl
Tennessee nd isirtinns of- Oeoivln Vo -
Kiiiiiiaud Norlli Carolina, are throttled at
Musele Iio'iIh. Tliere areaUirui t In, iunk
!f llito HTf r, In K nih Alaisoun, l.iai.isj
"overienenr rann. l:rov ;s . - lil.-i -nesa,
whieh would be MHfM hut for
this obstruction. In juuioinl and airri-
".Itur.tl resourimi ther.- is no si.. .t mi ih.
(jiiilH- wlii.-li anrtass-i it In vnrieiv and
HbundHiii-e. We ti'inn and Iwlitive" (W
ss will aive liK-ral aid and DnooqrigS
nt to these l!rllpSls, imnrovemenis
HDdlriiMufir Listisliiime will also take
iriv a(lni to instruct our ivf.rrs.Mil .s-
.... - .i uiifi. tin- iiiijiio, euii'ji
tionsl I'liiiiieila, - r i
Hi.
Nil
CoMPTRi.i.LKR Fisk openly charges
A. R. Cor.m.v. CtKANT's brother-in-
law, with bavin orkdnated the o-old
. - is
-w in, lb. of W.,11 Ml... I..
r " omw, IU
Mnswertothei,silive.h i.i..lof IT.,,
ihn. He sav-
been a jwirty in Intenst with ns, and
others, whose name
it is not now
necessary to mention, in the nmal
gold specnlatiou, and that he was con
sequently communicating with ns-nspis-ting
the gold scrulalion. In
fact Mr. Coki'.in was in this specula
tion long before I was. It had been
orgauized aud carried on bv him
ml th.r Mnl..,A..
I knew of its existence." To
prove his statement Fisk publishes
,.vri ..ftidavt.c U Si. u. i
' -.uiii-iiiuibiiuci ,
line i
i
J'roui C W. Fold. s r.l)
broker, and which
h eu- Vort-1
a .ew i otk
fully suslam
him 1 tit ki!Ki...lv o hdfcaftf fli.it UUf
1 1 1 1 1 1 . aBr tm
the conversation l.-ueen him-elattd
UitAVi, on a S i u nd steamer,1 th
BBS
President whs the first to broach the
financial question." 1 levclopmontSj
have but jii-l began, arid nnjie are ex
pected. !.- the eat out of the bag.
and nive all a sight ot the .-diow. It
officers of the (io eminent have boen
siieculating with the money ol the
people, the people will take an intcr-
cst in knowing who among them an
the guiltv. Those who assume to
wield the money one-jiian wrr ov
tho country for private benefit must
lie brought to Justice.
In ot'u telegraphic columns ol yo-
terduy the public was iiiformedof the
death of Ex-President Fhanklin
Pierce. The sad event transpired at
his. home in Concord, New Hamp
-hire. The deceased state-Jinan was
in his sixty-fifth year. He was born
In HillslKirough, New Hampshire
November i'J, 1)W. His father wa
(ten. Bi...aain Fierce, a revoiu
tionary soldier, a noted Democratic
politician, and one of the most popu
lar of the Govoroors of New Hamp
shire, of w hich he was among the
earliest settlors from Massa
chusetts. The son of this
sterling patriot, the fourteenth
President of the United States, was
educated at Howdoin College, where
he graduated In 1S-.M. He studied law
at the law sclnxd of Northampton
Mass., and uuder the tutelage of the
statesman and lawyer, Levi Wixid-
iii uv.and Judge Parker, was called
to the bar in 1827 and commenced
practice in Hillsboro. He entered
political life in 1829 as an ardent advo
cate of Gen. Jai k;son's claims, fid in
that year was elected to the Legisla
ture of New Hamshire, in which
he served four years, two of
them as Speaker. In 1833 he
entered Congress, and during his pres
ence there, up to 1837, in the Ijower
House, stood fair and square with the
friends of the Constitution. In that
year he was elected to the Senate, of
which be was then the youngest mem
bor, having barely reached the legal
age. lu Is 12 he resigned his seat aud
retired to private life, whence he
emerged at the head of a brigade of
New Hampshire troops to participate
in the Mexican war. This he did su
eesstully and well, being con
spicuous for courage and gallan
try in action. lie served as
a member of the Constitutional Cou
veution of 1-S.sJ, and in iSu2 was nouii
nated to the Presidency ol the Haiti
more Convention. We will not at
tempt to recount the history of an ad
ministration during which was com
meoeeu that system of policy or sc-rie-
of movements which culminated in
civil war. Suffice it that Mr. Pierce,
ably sustained by his Cabinet,
throughout the four years of his Pres
idential career fullv defended and
upheld the I 'onstlttltion so ruthlessly
assailed by the men w ho istnblished
and who now lead the Radical party.
At home and abroad he maintained tho
national integrity, anil so jealously us
to occasion the uiojt mak voleut oppo
sition to him by the agents ot Kuro
iM itn governments. Tho course of
President Fierce throughout th
Kansas troubles is well remembered
His subsequent conduct in private-
life was marked by the same jealou
consistency of a political record which
taoasured By the Constitution, is
hlaiuehsjH He was for tiie Union
and the Constitution during the
war, and was several times
threatened en account of liis fidel
ity to both. Nothing could move
or swerve him'froui the jiath in which
he moved all his life. A Democrat he
was born, a Iemocrat he listed and a
lieiiiiH-rat he died. He had seen par
ties ,,ne alter another succumb to pub
lie opinion, but in a long and eventful
career bo found the party of hi
lather's choice, strong enough to with
stand all the mutatious of time, and to
Ia4 to the close of his life, strong and
a- lull of vigor as when It elected
Jackson President. lOx-Pre-idont
pIMBMMeUed full of years and honors,
respected and beloved by his neigh
bors, and enjoying the reputation pj a
true patriot. He will always be re
membered by the people of the South
with gratitude, and by the whole
country with respect.
SHELLS OF WISDOM.
A proverb has Iteon well defined to
lie "the wit ol one man and the w is-
dom of many'' the concentration of
tiie common sense, and exisTience of
many into some nappy pithy expres
sion. The study of these ipiaint con
densed sayings has ever boen a favor
ite one with literary men. Cervantes
makes Sanctis Fanza's conversation a
whole string ot them, as in our day
Dickens has freely put them into the
mouth of the illimitable Sam W'eller;
while learned and grave divines have
found in these sparkling scintillations
a pleasant relief from more serioui oc
cupations. A recent lecture by tho
author of a popular work on the Life
and Epistles of St. Paul, present- an
interesting collection of those witty
aphorisms. Complete proverbial sen
tences are either exhortative, such as
"Make hay while tho sun shines;"
" Think of ease, but work ou;" ''Full
down thy hat on the windy side;" or
the Spanish one of "Dine with thy
aunt, but not every day;" or indica
tive, such as "Half a loaf is better
than no bwad;' "V here the hedge is
lowest most (K-ople go over;" or, as
PiMir Hichard says, "Silks and satins
put out the kitchen fire." Poetry has
always had a tendency to ruu into
rhyme and alliteration, and it is so
with proverbs. We say, "Time and
tide wait. for no than'; but the true
form is, "Time and tide for no man
abide." Sometimes the form Is mere
ly alliterative, as "Ever drunk, ever
dry;" Willful waste makes woful
want;" or, as the Scotch say, "No
swat, uo sweet." More often they as
sume the shape- ol atisolute rhyme,
such as "There is many asliola'tween
the cup and Hp;" "Well begun, half
oone; -April wer, good wheat;"
VWhogoea borrowing noes a sorrow
ing." Those oriental examples
further illustrate this: J1yjT
"Ond's mills turn sibw, - Who sues a mile
Win Uu-.v irlwl wt' Win .-sicu a bite.
"in the widow's home ' Wtivh the'sini Mr
rbere t no lot niuiisu.'' The sltsao' dies."
" Who doth tin- raven for n guide Invite
Mas) marvel not on ca reuses to light." '
. Simula yau nutatvrn with oisi wau-r fill
A dead ilog Jroiiped in li would delllt It
si 111.'
A good proverb soon spread-, and
i.ossis-.ses w-onderful vitality. "Hulld
ing a golden bnilge for a ilying ent - I
my is older than Hen lotus, and
'! .uok nut a gift lior.-e in 1 he mouth ''
Ibtmil
. - i - J. " , , ' I
louiicl iii medui-val history and
. . .
flllirincr Vrior.tioin tieoooelw 1 1... -
LU, i V -r . C '".'-"st
are still U'ing macle "Don't shiver
for last year's show," and " Some peo-
pie SCem to!.!' sian-hed Is'llire
are Wa-hed." are recent mldit
Li lie saint- truth is olieo !.vpri
icrentiy oy aiilerent nations. M
rritsland they s.iv, " Ihu'i sell vou
herring- lireou jaUvb them ;" w-
my, "wiui amy a pig ins ooKo;
Willie m the tropics it takes n iori
ot"JNonian buys yams while the
are yet in tiie grouial." e often
give point to our advice by saying
nun in me naiai is wortii two in
tin- ! isii " whlreon the hanks of tin
Nile, whore lyitues am abundant, tin
p.'opie srty, A thousand cranes I
tin? air are not eoual to one sparrow
fnthe fist." "Every" ortk wa- once
an acorn ' is in Africa "The great eal
auasn tree lias a scexl lor its mother.
"First build your bouse, and the
fnniK ot -your uiroituro;-' "Ainai
envies every other man except hi
son, and his pupil;" " At the doors of
taverns triends are plenty ; at the door
oi mo prison tney are all gone;"
"Throw plenty of mud, some of It is
sure to stick," are Hebrew proverbs
expressive of -airaeitv.
The French are fond of epigramatic
sayings. The adage, "One swallow
dfKs not make a summer." thev ren
der, "One flower does not make a gar-
latm." a ciuiraet eristic or their pro
verb is the frequent mention of
wolves. Thus "Talk of the wolf and
you will see his tail," iiiulvulent to
"Talk of tin- devil, and he will ap-
luMr "' oil i .. ullK, ,1...,
makes the wolf her coufesor;'
f " i .salt . ii, t 1. llll.l
"Niuie the dogs growltsi at eac
other, the wolves devoured the
sheep." Those are German examples
"Little and often makes a heap in
time." "Handsome apph are some
timisj sour;" "It is easier to blame
than to do better;" "Take the world
as it is, not as it ought to be;" "Our
neighbors' children are always tho
worst;" "Forgive thyself nothing
ami outers much; "lncaun-uialoulv
counts the bright hours ;" "He who
blackens others does not whiten him
self;" "To change and do better are
two different things;" "Revenge con
verts a little right into agreat wrong;'
"Charity gives itself rich, but cove-
tousuess hoards itself poor."
Spain is rich in proverbs. One of
them runs, "By the road of By-and-By-one
arrives at the town of Never."
There is much richness and beauty in
the Italian proverbs, as "Time and
patience change the mulberry leaf
into satin ;" but many others alluding
to vengeance are tornoiy significant.
The proverbs of Africa partake lferirel v
oi tnepnysicai aspect auu moral char
acteristics of the country. We say of
a lut-Ky person, " tie was born with a
sliver spoon in his mouth." Ou the
.Nile it is, " Throw him into the river
and ho will come up with a fish in his
iik mill." " A small datestone is hufee
enough to prop up a larire water iar
- tnecorn passes irom hand to hand
but it comes to the mill at last;'
" What tan I think of thy good qual
itles, O onion ! since everv bite draw:
tears?" "The beetle is a beautv in
the eyes of its mother:" " Sav ' ood
morning 1 to tho beansejler, not to the
itriiinri.l " itinun iiw. I 1..
w "e.ec-7M in. itij; 11 is oiriici u
be poor and well than rich and ill
" A husband liotwecn two parrots is
ukc a nean oeaieu wun two stick
ine cumci nas ins own opinion
aim ine cumei-unver lias tns, areal
Aim an.
The Egyptian says; " When crow
are the guides of a people, thev ieai
the carcase to the diigs;" " The'meri
belongs to the ljeginnir, should his
successor do even better." Turnin
to the W cstern negroe s we find : "Thi
fun is the king ot torches: ' " if noth
ing touches the palm leaveR thev d
not rustle;" " No one gives a cat to a
Hyena to keep;" "Tho leopard Is ab
sent, so tney play with her cubs-
1 ne parasite nas no root; " 1 Wc
crocodiles cannot live in one hole:'
IX not curso the crocodile's mother
before you i-ro-n the river;" "Human
blood i- he avy, the man that has shod
It cannot run away; ' " The frog en
joys itself in water, but not in hot
water;" " 1 no razor cannot shave It
self;" " Were it not for lingers tht
uaiiu wonici tea -poon."
The Welsh have; "Ifthou wouldst
have praise die;" " Bv the side ol
sicklier health becomes sweet)" "He
is nor Hitc.gcuier bad who maketh an
other lettor;" "No man is good un
less other are made better by him;''
" If every fool woreacruwn we should
all U kings,"
Ireland is not rich in provorfis, but
uiLs one is ciiiinicterisiic! "mm t
throw out your dirty water till vou
have got in your claue."
Many prov. rbs are strictly local, as
ot a lazy man, " lie is as idle as IiOii-
don's dogs that leaned against the wall
to bark; ' or, of one with no taste for
music, "lie is Itke .Mat Havies' bul
that tossed the tiddler into the tree.'
in classical writings there is an
abundance of proverbs having refer
ence to fowls and eggs. Juvenal
sp!ks of an uufortunate man as having
neon natciieii irom uniiickv eggs
i nereis a saying mat a "white egg
may come irom a black chicken
i ne i reiicn lay it down that, "it is a
sorry house in which the cock is silent
md the ben crows." In l-.gypt the
people give tins auviee, -'Don t sav
good morning to the cook," meaning
that it has been up early enough
without your salutation, fcvery trade
has its proverbs. A carpenter who
had bis mi eating an Immense otiantitv
tf walnuts, his plate being loaded
with shells' said, "Vou see, sir, a
workman is known by his chins.
And again, ' i ou must use the rasp
p. io,, m iniii hi nil sii no fiujjvi .
....il In.,. f.. II... O
it is no use nsning tin you nave
iiiitod your hook," is good advice for
a fisherman. 1 hese are sarks from
ttie smith s simp: "Some men are
mm hammers, and others are born
anvils." "If the hammer strikes hard
he anvil lasts the longest." "Once
he was a hammer, and now he is an
anvil. ' "it doesn't follow that bo-
auso your face is black that therefore
ou are a smith. "The sword has
forgotten the smith that forged it."
Of cats, mice, and monkeys we find :
The cat broke the china;" "All
ats are gray at night;" " Dout trust
the cat with the keys of the pigeon-
house;" "The more you stroke the
cut the more she sets up her tail ; "
l'he mewuig cat is never a good
niouserj" " W heij the cat dies, the
m ice rejoice;" " When the cat's a way,
the mice'll play." The Egyptians
have a proverb, " Mousey, take this
letter to the cat, and here are two
pounds oi
i of sugar for you;" but the
replies. " The pay is good
l, but 1 don't like flje business."
noust
notigh
'amiliar allusions are made to tho
at' paw, It was tho monkey that
ladeuseof the cat's paw for taking
the chestnuts out id the Are. " Dress
monkcv in silk, aud she will IsU a
monkey still." " The higher a mon
key climbs the more he shows his
tall." The kitchen is prolific in home
ly aphorisms: "A fat kitchen makes
a loan will; " " The proof of the pud
ding is In tho eating: " " Don't cry
over spilt milk;" "The pot called
the pan blackamoor." The Italians
any j " We don't care for Uie sauce as
long as there Is fish in the kettle;"
" What is sauco for the goose is sauce
for the gander." An odd turn js
sometimes given to proverlis. For
instance: " The earliest bird catches
tiie worm." This was said to a lazy
lad, who replied: "The more fool the
worm.iorge.twiigpswsooH. . lute
care oi the sense, the sound will take
care of itself, might be instructive to
those who want to make a display in
.1- . - . . , ..... i
thorr sreeenes. ,
IVfanv of the most current forms nro
verv exoressive: " Hell is oavwl with
good intentions;" "Pufl up the
storrps, you "lufrgards-, and break the
devil's head with them; " " You can-
not ninlce :i silk rtnrse out of n ivi-'j
I - " '
mr:': -'It is useless stretehitie- the
. r
!,..'......' ill,.., tn i.u:
gnisiiuiis'i n irxa, mam;
the breeksofTallighlander; "" There
Is as good fish in the sen as ever came
it:" "It's an ill wind tliat
HOWfJ nobody gcssl:" "It's a loBti
I i lie thiit never bus u tiirfiinuavl
' Drop by drop tills the bucket;"
Kvery cloud has a silver lining;"
" 1 be man bjsjts does not know the
nta in sho-s." Occasionally proverbs
are to be reprobated, ns, "Tuke care
of number one: " "Kvery man must
sow his wild oats; " " In for a peimy
in for a pound ; " " As weli be huug for
a sheep as a Iamb," etc.; but on the
w hole their influence and teaching
arc good. No country ts richer than
oar ow n in these witty and trenchant
epigrammatic sayings, but they have
not yet received that attention which
has been bestowed ujsm the proverbs
of other nations.
JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
THE IIORXKT.
The hornet Is an iutlamibel critter,
suddeti in hi impreshuus and hasty
in hit conclusion, or end.
Hi, natral disposishen r. a warm
cross between red pepper In the pod
und fusil oil, and his moral bias iz,
"git out ov mi way."
They have a long, black buddy, di
vided iu the middle by a w mat spot,
but their phi-iKal importance lays at
the terminus of their utssrb, in the
shafH' ov a javelin.
This javelin iz alwuz loadisl, antl
stands ready to unload at a iniuuit's
warning, and enters a man su still a
thought, az spry az liteuing, and az
full ov melMukolly az the toothake.
Hornets never argy a case ; they set
tle awl ov their dinvrencesov opitiyun
by letting their Javelin fly, and are az
certain to hit az a mule iz.
This testy kritter lives in congrega
tions numbering about one hundred
souls; but whether they are male or
female, or conservative, or matched
iu bonds ov wedlock, or whether they
are Mormons, and a good many ov
them kling together and keep one
husband to save expense, I don't kno
nor don't kare.
I never hav examined their habits
much, I never konsidered It healthy.
Hornets blld their nests wherever
they take a noshun to, and seldom are
disturbed, for what would it profit a
man tew kill 99 hornets and hav the
one hundredth one hit him w ith hiz
javellni
1 hey blld their nests ov paper, with
out enny windows to them or back
doors. They hav but one place ov ad
mission, and the nest iz the shape ov
"iy overgrown pineapple, and iz cut
up into just az menny bedrooms as
their iz hornets.
It iz very simple to make a hornets'
nest if yu kan, but i will wager enny
man .100 dollars he kaut bild one that
he could sell to a hornet for halt price.
Hornets are az bizzy az their second
couzzins, the bee, but what they arc
about the Lord only knows; they
don't lay up enny noney, nor enny
money; they seem to be bizzv onlv
jist for the sako ov working all the
time; tney are aiwus in az mutcii ov
a hurry az tho they waz going for a
dokter.
1 suppose this uneasy world would
grind around on its axle-tree oust in
-4 hours, even ef there want enny
hornets; but hornets must be good for
suiathing, but I can't think now w hat
it iz.
There haint been a bug made et in
vain, nor one that want a good job;
thare iz even lots ov human men loaf
ing around blacksmith shops and elder
mills all over the country that don'i
seem to be necessary for anything but
to beg plug tobacco and swear, and
steal watermelons, but you let the
cholera break out oneo, and then you
will see tht- wisdom ol having jist
sich men laying around; they help
count.
Next to the cockroach, who stand
t.-w the head, the hornet ha got th
most waste stummuk, in reference tew
the rest ov hiz boddy, than enny ov
tho insek isipuladiun, and here iz an
other mystery; what on 'arth duz a
hornet want so mutch ruservtd corps
for
I hav just thought tew earrv his
javelin in ; thus, you see, the more we
discover atsmt things the more w
are apt to know.
It fz always a good purchase tew
pay out our hist surviving dollar for
wLsdum, iind w isdum iz like the mis-
ttM-ious hen's egg, it aint laid in yure
hand, but it iz laid away under the
barn, and yu have got tew sareh for it
The hornet iz an uushoshall kuss
he iz more haughty than he iz proud
he iz ii thorough-bred bug, but his
breeding and refinement has made
him like sum other folk I kno ov. dis-
-iti-Hed with himself and everv
boddy else, too much gessi breeeling
aoKts mis way sometimes.
Hornets are long-lived I kant state
jist how hng their livi-; are, but 1
know from instinkt and observation
that enny kritter, Is1 he bug or 1 he
devil, who iz mad all the time and
stings every good chance he kan git
generally outlives all his nutters.
The only gocwl way tew git at the
exact fltein weight ov the hornet is
tew tutcb mm, let him hit vou once
Willi his javelin, and you will Is- wil
ling to testify in court that sumbodv
run a one-tined pitchfork into ver:
and az for grit, i will state for the in
formaslpjn OV thoze who haven't had
a chance tew lay in their vermin wis
dam az freely a i bay, that one sin
gle hornet, who fistls well, will brake
up a large camp meeting.
What the hornets do for am uzement
iz another question I kant answer, but
sum ov the best read antl heavyest
thinkers amung the naturalists say
they hav target excursions, and heave
their Javelins at a mark, but l doiri
imbibe this asserahun raw, for i never
knu enny boddy so bitter at heart az
the hornets are to waste a blow.
If the hornets made liaff az mennv
blunders az the men do even with
their javelins, every boddy would latl
it them.
Hornets are clear In another way.
thev have found out, bi tricing it, that
all they kan git in this world, and
brag on, iz their vittles and clothes.
and yu never see one, standing at the
corner ov a street, with a twenty-six
inch face on, Itekause sum bank had
run oph, and took their money w ith
him.
In ending oph thisessa, I will cum
tew a stop, by concluding, that if hor
nets was a little more pensive, and not
so darned pei-omptory witb their jave
lins, they might oe guilty of less wis-
luin, but more chanty.
Singular Discovery in Bay of Bengal,
Among the vessels lost in the mem
orable cyclone that sweptover the Hay
of Bengal In lsu7, were tho steamer
Thunder and tiie ship Morayshire.
Surch was professed to be made for
these ami other missing vessels among
thetsdonderbuns, but no trace ol them
was discovered, and it was taken for
granted tliat both Inn J gone down at
sea. The other day a party of fisher
men, driven for shelter into an out of
the way creek, some four miles in
land, stumbled upon the hull of a
hip, w hich proved to be the Moray
shire, and further hi found a large
steamer, with masts and funnels still
-Ciiiilir.i' u.-hii'h . 1 1 - .i ..v. .. I i. fi... .1.-
scription of the Thunder. Thestwin-
r had 105,000 on board, which is
aoubtJs yot in her bullion hold,
i.llinfu sueeuhttioiu are. of course.
IS! " ....... ........ , . . ..j. ...
paij up H to the fate of her crew
nml oi,r,.r. Vln.t th.it fat. u.a
nmv io.v.tI,.. ,iu,-. ,v..r.-i it Ij maw.
jectured that they couid not have
livtst Ions?, even if thev survived the
cyclone, as the plaw Is malarious in
ft... nvinniin ,m,i ;r,ji.i .,.;iii i;..
..' . I l I I 1 1 11. H' . I .Villi 1 ltl-1.!,
U'hut u irl
....... .- , , . . . ... , ..... ,,1,1.1.:, .11, . .
. 11 t 7 , , I
idiu tuese vttsseis nave oeeii iving
here two years within a few miles of
the moutlt of the lltOphJy.
DARK OR FAIR
.Idsu tsJS
Willi the gnlitn hair
Hwsi tjrmiti
With locks of jet,
As you tiiKlu -i In l,y std
Om
tin- iiiioa.-oi tlwttue.
1 kunw nut uu a ii
Iilcu my r.esrt I ih. ulil set
The h.izl orb
Will tin-in-art absorb.
Ami the a v nl Mile
Is tender sin! true:
but wbeu tsiiti ar tistethsr
Yliis sunshiny veaUirr.
Taelx powers iiuuluneil uiusi uur peace uuiio.
Reantlful pair,
ISir l-iisoiiis -tparr!
The bmmm autf ttiesan
Shine never as one,
And i ; '. 1 1 i . i yon two
Hot. I rise .111 .jUl . ie
Wlieu eitlot ilooekadir worafop w n
From crown, unto feet
In U-silty tsiinplete,
t ike Hi- night aiai Un day
Toni-fTier you nrrfy.
Fast tSe sier anil the -Sslilii
So dalntfly tripping
in your prelty, oewi lulling, uiieousclous way.
M suleii fair
1 WOrrtd lait
My darllt-i
There'- rti. (lsi
u lirutiulte'
Ann I vuu- on niy aoul
To say which 1 preferred
Is .1 nueSUon a an ten l:,l,- ,. .lit Oesel.
What shall 1 do
To ctoi-lfle'twlxt the two?
So beautiful Isith
That to cti.ii.v I am loth.
Ami which Hie falrisit,
TliaWeteani rarest
I could not declare, were 1 pot on my oath !
Ilrunutte ami i til maid
I.Iks sai shllie ami -iin.le-
ahsS
Karh lu her spassre
I- the lovelies! her,
A lid I own iin as fond
Of uranette as or blouda
khockiug conieasion, i very much fear.
A HAPPY LETTER.
ily Hear Cousin Kate! rtoch a change ha
pssaixl O'er my earthly lot. since I saw y.-.u laat.
That I eannot rest UU uiy pen extends
The Udina so Joyful, to ail my lrlends.
My burden is gone, and my sky la blight :
My spirits are calm and rut heart Is light;
I am a happier mother, wile and self,
Aud I oe It all to a llUlsolt,
The kindest fairy that ever was seen
-My Whei tki: 4 Wir.sos srtwiMO M i-icvi.
But to corns to the point I Isad almost forgitt :
I had now ijnlte as lief liave a hosiMutd as not :
He, timidly last week, brought ine a pile
Of shirts to be made, which I took with a
smile.
The nrst of the kind which he ever hail seen,
And I thought he would kiss iny sfwinu M a-
chixe.
You'll think me extravagant, I will engage,
Bui this Is the aublei-t, m dear, of the age:
Tbe world la divided, 'twlxt those whohave
got
The Fiwin Machine and those who have
at;
Alas! wnst pitiful objeeu are they
Who are 'loomed 10 .-w In the old fashioned
way
liemmiiig and XftfrhlMg su.l darniuc and
mending.
Year In and year out a dutv unending,
And though the eyes swim, the hmi throb
with pain,
Though heart and side aclis, naught avails to
complain.
And nov
And wel
be:
'. Cousin K;i!e. I want yon to see
understand what this wonder may
Ho come and seek not your duties to s'ork.
Hut come with kii evtra trunk lull of work,
You will never ro h;u-k to your hmne, 1 ween,
Without taking with you aSKWiNoMacitixK.
Uut, if you can t conn tht- fairy to view.
Why. then have Uie fairy cuiite unto you.
I know you'll not ask which kind Is the beat.
For that ls a query luug since put to rest;
And I ran now say, aner mil reflection,
of SgwiNo M ai hima unue Is Uie perfection.
Some uike such is unisc. as uoue uau it.-ity ,
One srao-e Oould liuar 11 tin baby should cry ;
While Wiir.Ki.EK 4 Wttnon so uuletly go s
That I on read sloitd whllemy husband sewn
It tilK 'S laTer i h.in i .1 ll.-l 4. a hiiiliUnlIle stll' l
so alike un both sides you can't tell whlcn Is
which.
liiiiust the otheis 1 won t write a word Keir a
letter.
But merely remark I wish they were liettsr
And W hbblih st u ii.-. in is the one that
UllSU
When I sing the deligiiU of the smisj lt i
aarwa i ours, etc., -j.
Dar.gera of Monopolies.
Tho ( 'hicago Tribune publishes a full
report of the speech of 1'idttsl States
Senator Matt. If. Carpenter, at the
State Fair in Madison, Wisconsin, on
rnuay last, "on thegrowthof iilouot
oly iu the carrying- business." II
MM the roiort of the shipments frm
.Milwaukis- to the Rwteni markets for
iNtWasan illustration, saying that their
total value w as f-D.L'ls.uiK), on whieh
there was an expense of l,tsVl,."i99 for
transportation. Admitting tliat these
transport, it imi compaiiitM, under
proer restrictions, are not only harm
less, but absolutely a necessity of our
modern civilization, he urged'that our
institutions are now in lar greater dan
gex from the combinations of capital,
the great trinity of powerful railroad,
express auu telegraph oompunit,
which are struggling to control the
destinies of this country, than thev
ever were from slavery: because the
public sentiment of the country antl of
ine wonu was against slavery, and the
people always had the power, if not
the constitutional right, to suppress it
at any time. Ourgreat passion Ls love
ol wealth, and as every man is iiti.a-
t lent of results, ine great tendency is
tc ifthe consolidation of agencies to at:
eompli-di vast results speedily, so tliat
whenever competition U gins consoli
dation results. We have seen this lu
the express business, the competing
companies Having come to the not un
natural conclusion that it would he
more profitable to unite and plunder
tiie people lor ttieir joint oenettt than
it was to carry merchandise for too
low a rate to amount to compensa
tion. Various telegraph conianieg
nave passeti tnrougn ttie same experi
ence and reached the same result,
fiailroad companies ne continued, are
not la-hind in the wisdom of this gen
eration, and sire now bending all their
energies to a consolidation which will
prevent competition, mid deliver the
js-ople, bound hand and toot, into
ihelr tender keeping. For all practi
ral purpo-s-s we have hut one tele
graph company in the United States,
and but one express company. If
nothing is done to check the present
tendencies, it will not be long tuitil
we shall have but one railroad com
pany In the United Stab's, slave
Holders could plot in secret, hut thev
mast go out publicly to execute their
plans: the railroad, cxdiths and tele
graph business of the United .Sut;,
embracing untold millions of eapital,
reaching into every village of tM
country, may all lie mauaged by a
board of fifteen directors, sitting with
closed tloors, by candle light, in Wall
street, vt tint they detennlne uton
they need not submit to public exam
ination, nor to the contingency of a
general election by the (siple; and
thus a power more formidable than
the powers of this gigantic National
Government, because more closely
touching the rights and pockets of the
people, win come 10 oe exercj.secl by a
few men whose intermits in ail thing
are directly opposed to the iutercst-i
of the people, without the consent or
even the knowledge of the people,
llallroad companies nrst sought
M - .. ... d. T
mncniges irom tne wtate upon the
ground that railroads were public
highways, and as much under the cou-
troi of the legislative power wa any
other highway. Then, too, the influ
ential and wealthy men of a commu
nity formerly became stockholders
and controlled the road in the inter
ests of the communities along the
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one. -sow an mis is cnangcsi, and
the stock holders, i nsteftt of bel tig hid
ing business men of the communities
n forested in the management of the
roads, are a few immense capitalists
residing elsewhere. The theory upon
which the roads wore built b also
hanging, and the Supreme (Jourts of
Wisconsin and Iowa have recently
decided that a railroad company is a
mere private corporation, over which
the State legislature has no more
power than it has over a bank, a man
ufacturing company or a gnat mill.
The Supreme (Jomt of Iowa in a re
cent case said:
It is to be remembered also that cor- .
porations arc not organized ror tne pur- j tne ot.Ject of our marriage to divide as
pose of developing thu material protper- netttlv as may be tile burdeu between
fty of the State-tMisls ,. mere i.ici.len of t Aral yet women who have
the business they prosts-ute. But thoy 'r(k vorvti ,i . , ' , rh .!;
are organized 'y to make mouey for fv rv thing to lose amt nothing to gain
their W-khoMers. and the Legislai unt ! bringing this law into disrepute
has no more power orer their property are directing their sharpest weapons, '
and rig-tits than it baa over ih Uk prop- against it.
erly and riifhfs of natural sixus or othr
sirpiratioiis."
Sueh a decbtration, Mr. Carpenter
said, was not h imfNiriant ami start
HiiKthun the Dred aU dts-isiou; for
it is evident th.it if tin- o-a-irioe be
conceded that our. r.olrouds are mere
lrivnte uri.js-rtv. and LeKhtire8
States :tssumed the riq;fit to nifulate
the rate of interest rm money, w here
there can x' no monoooly, ah it Ls
within tho iwer of imxst eMirM to
loan it. Thi-iv diottid Is- control over
railroatls, lasause they are necea
rily monopolies, with which citizens
cannot onmiH-te.
Coining to the consideration of rem
isli, Mr. CnssnMr eontendetl that
althouKb an effort to control railroads
on the (art of the ililfert-nt States
would result la confushm, m mhiiv
railroalscruied sevenai States, it was
still withiii the constitutional power
of the Uenersa! (Government to control
, thc-m, under the ohunc which given
I r.irvsrre tber ltower to rfsruUtc evwYi-
ui-'ii -iie States. He also
contended that as tbe power to regu
late commerce hi etudes, the power to
iMcJIitalc commerce, the (jovernuMMit
ijiftrht biirTd road' between sarh prom
i i.eart siims ns the goMral intmests of
commerce might require, and make
them common highways over which
anv merchant or ferttrrsr mhftrt nra
train of cars, ou cotit -rming to such
regulations as sbouid be proscribgMl.
Tiits, he thought, the (ioverument
could do much more cheaply than
would ts- jios-ibio for private corrwra
tions, because the tbrmer has greater
means and c-an do work upon a greater
scale, while the corportmn Is oftwn
compelletl to morttriige its road before
it is completed, and to ive oontraets
in which directors are Intended. He
also thought the corporations are sub
ject to more losses from swindling by
contractors than the Government
would Ite. The money appropriated
lor the building of pid-ofHoen and
court-hous had Ims-ii honestly up
plied, and "if th Government cannot
find a rattng our people honest men
enough to administer its attaint, men
who will disburse its funds without
stealing, then it should stop and prt
nounce free institutions and govern
ment by the people a failure and an
impossibility."
Woman and Marriage.
The Birnf persistent snd outspoken
oplsmi nL- of mama' at this tbtyare
found among vvoiut u. That claas of
women uigarly t -riiied stroug
inrndod, almost without exception,
wage again-d this institution a cease
less wurfare. Nun written by wo
men dwell with tcauvhlrrg and long
drawn pathos mi tho kitoliciues of
married life. The active female mn-
jjr- s up horror-. which it charges dt-
rectly upon the relation which the
laws of society compel the sexes to
hold to each other. The progressive
spirit of the ag,., us exemplified hi the
writings of females hn i Tiiancijiafed
itrndf fmtn these shackles. Ttie word
has not yeit gone forth that women
-hall not marry, but every measure la
adoph -1 to bring the xHiUou of wife
hood into disrepute. In fact, thai
cjuictold fogy women who art-content
to become wives and mothers are re
garded half pityingly and half con
temptuously. The bold, pushing, ag
grwwlve female admits reluctantly
that this kind of lift' may do Air some,
but not lor them. They wera created
tur a higher purpose. . LK thow
suckle fools w lui w iU, the task Is out
lor them.
The Woman's Rights movement is
practically an anti-marriage move
ment. Its advocate, almost without
exeeptlon either rake ground openly
against marriage or k by covert
sneers to weaken its bold upon the
public mind. Untler tho guise of a
distinct individualism, an individu
alism which shaii rule the marriage
relations as well its other relations of
life, a rule of action is advocated which
Is incompatible with any relation but
that ot voluntary association of the
sexes. These lectures do not ail take
the ground openly, but the animus
w hich directs i heir assaults upon the
marriage relation can be seen. We
do not believe that all who sympa
thize with the movement understand
the full purpose of its leading advo
cates. They know doubtless of in
stances of domestic infelicity, and
their sympathy goes out in a vague
way as it always goes out to the un
fortunate. A story told with strejuo
ing eyes touches their hearts. They
see only ttie point at which their view
is directed, l be suffering and atigeiic
heroine of the novel or lecture en
grosses all their thoughts. The har-
nionv and Isauty of the system Is
lost sight of in conteiti illation of some
exceptional iiijustice resulting from It.
in this way, Ov having their minds
constantly directed against excep
tional instances, many wiHuen lend
the, influence of name and positiou to
push forward a work from w hich they
would shrink in terror could they see
its legitimate result.
Whatever unequal burdens matri
mony may impose utson women, anv
other conceivable relation of the sexes,
wouiu oe inmiKeiy worse. Make
women Independent if they dmire It:
open to them aU trades and pro,
sious. endow them w ith the balk
and tne right to hold office; place
them, so far as money-making U con
cerned, upon au exact equality with
men, and iu the race of life they w ill
be weighed down with a burden iin
poesible to escape. Without marriage
men would cease, in the holy sense of
the word, to be fathers. Women,
however, would continue to be moth
ers. There is a destiny from whieh
neither law nor lecture will relieve
them. If the child is a drag upon the
mother, w un me miner to aid in ih.
support and education, what w ill it
io with the rather estrangM, free to
fount the fact of paternity and free to
evade the responsrbtllty when admit
ted? Nature has sealed the rtflVpring
to the mother, lu the drew! hour of
maternity she finds herself with the
helpless infaut upon hor bosom. Th.
father may have pa-sod from earth, or
the bulk of the globe mav be between
them; yet then: is the "child. The
mother cannot, If she would, deny
her offcoririg.
Subject to these conditions, the rbrce
of which every woman must feel. It U
inooneeivahfe how a sane, right
minded woman should make war
upon ttje only relation which holds
rnan equally responsible with the wo
man in the tare unit education oi
children. The relation may not be
perfect at least its results are mrf al
ways what we might desire yet it
may he said that human wisdom has
exhausted itstelf in rejieatod attempts
to perfect it. The evident aim of the
marriage law is the procurement of
justice. Tiie weaker party In the eoe-
tract is as carefully protect tsl as barren
words oan protect her. The law can
nut secure love, kindness, apprecia
tion, not the least of the thousand
nothings that make marritsj life a
beautiful existence; but the law Can
punish gross Infractions of tho Implied
tonus of the contract. The law ean
not make men just or w omen virtu
ous, but it can offer a premium on
justice and virtue. This our nifurlagtt
law does. Public opinion hohkTu
deepen-on tempt the man who neglects
to proviue ror nis wmiiv Hum the man
who steals thrnigh devotion to It.
Neither law nor public opinion can
relieve woman entirely from the bur-
den impoa-d by nature; but it, seems