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From the American Monthly Magazine.
THE AMERICAN PLATFORM.
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i AVe have heard much of the political
platforms of the present day. Of late it has
been repeatedly charged that the platform
of tho Americans is built and kept in se
cret To show conclusively how utterly
groundless this charge is, we submit in this
article a programme of American princi
ples, which actually embraces everything
essential in the American platform.
JVoBe but Americans to rule America;
The Union must be preserved; No foreign
interference in American affairs; Inviola
bility . of national treaties ; No Uuion of
Church and State; Personal morality in
dispensable to office ; An open Bible iti all
publio schools; Thorough reform of the
naturalization laws; A capitation tax to
exclude foreign paupers; No appointment
of foreigners on diplomatic posts, A just
tariff on imported luxuries ; In all necessi
ties free trade; Strict economy iu the gov
ernment. .
This is tho American platform!' This is
the platform on whioh tho Americans are
building up the hopes and destinies of
America. ' Never was there a platform of
principles more sound or more glorious; and
never was there one reared in a more event
ful time than this. The well nigh mi
raculous progress of the United States, the
marshalling of the hosts of Europe in
arms, the startling revolutions iu Asia, and
tho Btcady march of civilization on the
continent of Africa, all unite to hold forth
the nation of the earth in aspect of ex
citement, agitation, and reform suohas they
never presented before.
. Well may wo, as Americans, say, at such
a time as this, " It is good for us to be
here.". .. , ,;
O America! happy now is the true Amer
ican that was born in thee 1 ' The hour has
already come when Americans are made
proudly conscious that their country is po
sessed of inherent elements of greatness
far superior to those of any other power on
the face of the globe.
The great question now arises, How is
this inherent superiority of America to be
maintained ? We answer, By maintaining
America purely American. Yes; if we
would preserve the true greatness of Ame
rica unimpaired, for ourselves and for our
children, wo must preserve her as sho
should be American in every part intact
and inviolate. America must be kept Ame
rican in her elective franchise, in her con
stitution, in her legislation, in her religion,
n her agriculture, her commerce, her man
ufacturcs, and her internal improvements;
in her social walks, her schools of learning,
her public press; in her science, her lite
rature, and her art.
In suoh Americanism as this there is,
there ean be, nothing exclusive or illiberal
nothing sectarian or unjust. The Ame
ricanism we thus hold dearer than life is
'confirmation strong as proofs of holy
writ" to the judicious practico of tho be
nevolent sentiment that America always
has' been, is now, and ever should be, the
asylum of the oppressed. For well does
the American know that tho only suro way
to continue America the refuge of the
down-trodden of the nations is to continue
her free from the control of all the elements
by which those nations have been trodden
down. This is self-evident. 1
Is America indeed to be. the light of the
world? Then must she trim the lamp of
hor destiny with "her own hands. Is Ame
rica to bo the salt of the earth ? Then
must she hold forever pure the savor of her
birthright. She must not hide her Ame
ricanism under a bushel, nor sell her inheri
tance for a mess of pottage. The sons of
tho men and tho daughters of the women
who first lit the vestal flame of liberty on
these distant shores must be her chief
counsellors in all her high places; and the
tup wherewith she pledges her faith to the
world must be the cup of Jacob, and not
of Esau. Sho must bo a living epiitlo of
virtue, breathing, speaking Americanism,
, known and read among all men. On all
hqr banners, on all her escutcheons, on all
her icmples dedicated to freedom, educa
tion, and religion, clustering among the;
tars and rolling along the stripes of her
national ensign, must shino forth the dec
laration, "None but Americans shall rule
America!'.' ;. - , ;,' t . , .
y That sublime sentiment, already ' em
balmed in the blood of American martyrs,
must be oponly, boI31yf and forever pro-
claimed. 1 It moves as steadily to the im
pulses of the Americau.beartas the needle
moves to the polo. Lot it go forth, then,
through the loogth and breadth of the land.
Let it be published from the house-tops.
Let it be read, as waa'thfr Bnered law of
old, in tho market-places of the people.
It is with us no new-fangled doctrine; no
latter-day article, of faith; iiq ehsveulh
hour plank iu the platform; no modern
shibboleth on the brink of victory.' -!
We rejoice, yea, and we will rejoice, in
tho onward inarch of thatgreat sentiment,
let who will embrace it, and let who will
oppose. i There it stands, in all its original
grandeur and beauty, TJie tinsel of flat
tery and the insignia of power annot add
one cubit to its glorious stature ; nor can
slander and envy, malice and revenge, mar
its' fair proportions," nor move it from its
deep foundations. vAs Americans, all our
dearest memories of the past, all our best
enjoyments of tho present, all our cherish
ed hopes of the future, are garnered up in
this. " The sons of America are fit to rule
their own country ; and by the help of Al
mighty God, they will rule it to the end of
time. .- ! "
"Tell our invaders this; and tell them too,
We seek no change; and least of all, such change
As they would bring us "
The scntiraeut we thus advocate is en
shrined at tho foundations of our Union.
It is ingrafted with the sovereignty of the
states. It will forever keep foreign inter
mcddlcrs from damaging the governing
powers of this continent. The spirit that
guides it will preserve inviolate all our
treaties with other nations, and thereby
prevent all lawless expeditions, and a too
great expansion of our territory. Actua
ted by this sentiment, the church and the
state must forever be kept asunder ; while
none but thdso who have personal probity,
as well as intelligence, can control the
councils of the nation. The sacred vol
ume, without note or comment, will speak
its sweet words of instructions and warn
ing within the walls of the school room,
where the children of the rich and the
poor meet together on equal terms. The
ballot box, the grand palladium of our lib
erties, will be guarded from the profane
touch of ignorance, bribery, and corrup
tion ; the foreign pauper and alien crimi
nal cannot burden our poorhouscs with tax
es, and fill our prison cells with felons; our
relations with other powers will not be in
volved by abrupt repulses on the one
hand, and entangling alliances on the other;
American labor will be fairly protected
against all unfair foreign competition ; our
excessive importations will cease; our do
mestio products will be fostered, adminis
trative extravagance, that bane of republics,
will come to an end, and, to crown the
whole, American presidents, with Ameri
can cabinets, and an American Congress,
will unite their counsels and put forth their
patriotic labors to hand down unimpaired
to posterity our broad inheritance an in
heritance purchased at the costly sacrifice
of the blood of our fathers.
In view of such momentous things as
these, who would not be an American ?
an American by birth not only, but, in
every sense, an American in heart and soul
an American in faith and in practice ?
And if we would come fully up to this
high standard, there s i still a vast work be
fore us. ' It is no less a work than that of
infusing anew tho patriotic current into the
hearts of the masses of our countrymen.
We must kindle afresh the altar fires that
yet bum among the ashes of our heroic
dead.
This spirit of patriotism is the Fpirit,
and the only spirit, that should be in
voked to direct the affairs of our rcpuh
lie. This is the spirit that forever
lived, and moved, and had its being in
the great heart of WASHINGTON
It is this spirit, and this alone, that can
ride the whirlwind and guide the storm of
sectional strife and party conflict. This is
the spirit that must and will be obeyed
when it says to the north, Give up, and to
the South, .Keep not hack ; that can band
us together like brothers, as it were, in a
moment, for tho common defence against
tho common enemy; and that, by the po-
tency of a peaceful, prosperous, industrious
and upright example, can make America
what Heaven designs her to be the light
and glory of the world.
But is there nothing in all this to inter
fere with the mission of America as the
almoner of bounty to tho nations ? No !
emphatically no ! America, under the ex
elusive rule of Americans, must still be
the home of the stranger and the pilgrim
from among the suffering nations. She
stands at tho portals of her ample doors
thrown back on their hinges from the At.
lantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the
Gulf, and beckons the outcast wanderer
free from crime, and willing to labor, to
enter in, and eat, and drink and rest. Sh
invites all, under regulations she hersc
has made, to plant and sow, to reap and
harvest, her fruitful furrows. She signs
the barks of lawful commerce to sail upon
her teeming waters, and bear her products
at a just prioe, to all nations of the earth
She opens the mines of her hidden treas
ures to the Virtuous children of toil. She
marries her watercourses to the dashin
wheel, and lights up her factories, like bri
dal chambers, to tho inusio of the dancing
loom. She spreads the wings of her eagle.
as he floats along the sky, whero the sparks
of the forge and the smoke of the furnace
ascend in the air. Sho utters her voice,
from one end of her inheritance to the other,
in tue tnunaers of the railway train. Mie
steps across her splendid rivers on the sum
mits of triumphal arches. Sho carvos out
her' turreted cities from tho. very heart of
her primeval forests. She wakens tho
echoes of the boatman's horn amid the si
lence of her mountain gorges, and tunes
the rude whistle of the ploughboy along
tho slopes of her verdant valleys. , This is
America our own united," beloved, inde
pendent America ! This may she ever be
the daughter of tho revolution, the bride
of liberty, the mother of - nations.
But let it uever be forgotten that, with
1 this, ours is an American country.' .; It
is American by discovery and settlement ;
by purchase and conquest; by inheritance
and government. America welcomes tho
strauger to her, domain as a guest, not to
be her ruler. If the foreigner from abroad,
unites with the sous of the soil of Ameri
ca to develop her resources, to increase her
wealth, to extend her republican glory, it
liould be enough for him that he shares
in the grcnt and lasting benefits she confers
upon him ; that he is protected in his per
son, guarantied in his property, and guard
ed in his rights against all the tyrants that
would oppress him. What more can the
foreigner justly ask? .But let him ask
moio cr lea, he may rest forever assured
that America will always keep her own
honor in her own hands. She never will
confido the ark of her liberties to the caro
of strangers. What the Irishman does in
reland, what the Englishman does in Eng-
and, what tho Frenchman does in France,
what every native 'recipient of power docs
in the land of his birth, the American
docs, and docs rightly, in America. When
the upright foreigner has resided in Ame
rica twenty-one years; when ho has care
fully studdied for that length of tirno our
form of government, and the practical
workin of our democratio ' institutions ;
when he has thus witnessed the operations
of onr laws, learned to prize, at its true
worth, our system of universal education
and entire toleration in religion ; when he
has washed away, at this free" fountain open
ed in the wilderness, every alien prejudice,
every extraneeus alliance, every vestige of
devotion to kingly rule and papal suprema
cy then, but not till then, is he qualified
to assume the high position of an Ameri
can elector.
America owes it not only to herself, but
to the exile, too, that she should hold in
her own grasp the covenants of her power.
Our country is well called the home of the
ppressed, not the stronghold of outlaws,
t is the house of the pilgrim and the wan
derer, not the castle where the malcontents
may concoct their schemes of war. It is
the field for honest enterprise, for peace
ful labor, for virtuous repose, not the pyro
technic laboratory where masked engineers,
skilled in their foreign plots against foreign
tyrants, may manufacture their wild torpe
does, and launch their infernal machines.
Are wo enemies of the fureigner because
we tell him these vital truths ? No ; we
are his friends. Thev are his enemies, and
his . worst enemies, too, who flatter that
they may use him; who cajolo that they
may control him; and who, while theyack-
er him all over with honeyed words in pub
ic, sneer at him m secret, and having em
ployed him for their selfish and slavish
purposes," are the very first to cast him
away, les; it is the Americanism of Ame
rica that must make her a real blessing to
other natious. It is only by keeping her
self purely, intensely, strongly American
that America can do her high part towards
the final destruction of tyranny, and the
redemption of the world.
Heed us well, O foreign brother ! and
be not angry with us that we would guard
the sanctuary and shrine of our destiny.
It is for your good as well as ours that we
thus rear aloft the standard of a living na
tionality. Let that standard be borne
above you by American arms, and you will
be safe, prosperous, and happy. Strive to
bear up its glorious folds in your unprac
tised hands, or, worst of all, seek to era.
blazon upon them any imported insignia
of superstition and wildfire, and instantly
you meet the fate of tho profane wretch"
who fell dead in his mad attempt to steady
the ark of God. For we remember the
farewell words of Washington, our father,
when he sa id'Against the insidious wiles
of foreign influence the jealousy of a free
peoplo must ever be awake."
Here, then, at tho portals of Washing
ton s tomb, we rest the American platform
. . For the True American.
" . "Andy Stewart'i War"
Ma. Editor. The "Union of yester
day (Monday) evenin g contains on article
under the ominous head of "look to tho
consoqupttpp ;" in which the redoubtable
editor makes known to a "gaping world"
some astounding results which must neces
sarily follow the suocess of the "American
Party' -His very extraordinary astuteness
has enable jjhitn to tear the veil from the
future, arid in a spirit of prophecy foretell
the coming of "wars and rumors of wars."
No doubt this very alio article has cost
J'Andy" innumerable night sweats, v We
have wondered for several days why it was
that he has looked so wise ; little dreaming
of the '''workings of that mighty brain ;",
from .which was to spring a "paper mis
sive" before which'Young America" must
bend its towering head. "Andy" has set
his wits to work and by means of tho Bulc
of three has figured out a result, which he
seems to think is enough to frighten all
good citizens from the ranks of a party that
thought they could find a belter man than
'.'Andy" to represent them in the Halls of
Congress. Fe has labored through two
columns in his futile attempt to show the
calamities that will fall upon the nation
should the American principles be carried
out.
Tho poor fellow is on nettles for fear the
Indians and Negroes will join with the for
eigners and catholics and assert their rights
by the forco of arms. , Now "Andy," we
think that what little wit "dame nature"
bestowed on you, must have been unkind
enough to desert you in time of need or
you would not have been so obtuse as to
put this chimera of yours upon paper for
tho publio to read. You ought to know
"Andy," that if the Negroes could stand
the Democratio rule under which the fa
mous Nebraska bill became a law ; or if
they could submit to the fugitive slave law
of the Whig parly ; that there is but lit
tle danger of their rebelling against the
American party even if they should forbid
foreigners and catholics to make their laws.
Neither can we see in what way the Indi
ans will be injured, by the demolition of
tho Whig and Democratio parties. Cer
tainly they ore under no very great obli
gations to either of them ; for they have
never been such "pets" with tho "old fo
gies'" that they arc in gratiude bound to
dig up the hatchet in their defence.
These two classes compose one half of those
before whose "angry breath" the Uuion
bakes like a leaf in the winoY You had
better try it again 'Andy," and now that
you have realicved yiurself of this 'ridicu-
ous mouse.'' We hope that you will feel
better, and calculate or little closor the next
time. ,'' "ONE."
Mr. Editor : We had thought that a
nights rest would have quieted "Andy's"
nerves ; but he appears as pugnacious as
ever. It is likely that the result of the
cction on Monday did not have a sopor
ific effect on his system. Well "Andy"
tho people will have it io and you had bet
ter not fret yourself about it. How does
it come "Andy" that you havo changed
your opinion about tho Know Nothings ?
Some-time ago you seemed to think that
ey had run their raco ; but now you say
that "these results did not disappoint you.
You think the "tide will ebb by and by"
do you? Well if it does you will havo
some company ; for you need not fear that
any of them will be left higher or dryer
than "por Andy." ONE.
We felt a little extra interest in the result
of the election in Wayne Township, as thero
was a question of veracity involved iu the
issue in that township. The editor of the
Union is respectfully refered to the action
of last Monday for a reply to certain scur-
ilous references contained in his sheet in
regard to sundry gentlemen in that Town
ship. But the Editor of the Union says;
in his paper of the 8d inst., th-'se results do
tfot disappoint us. How does the state
ment correspond with the assertion of the
Editor of the Union some few days since
in regard to this matter? But wo wi!
not press tho question. " , ' ' ' '
J6SS" We have attended the Temperance
panrama, of Large & Anderson during thei
stay in this place ; and havo been highly
gratified with their exhibition. Its char
acter is such as to make a deep and lasting
impression upon all who sec it: and 6
think it is calculated to aid the Temperance
cause very much. The; go from here, to
Cadiz; where we hope they may have
large audiences for they certainly deserve
ulation not exceeding 8,200,000 free white
persons found themselves in possession of
a territory of near 1,000,000 square miles
in extent, being a fraction over three in
habitants to the square mile." Qf this ex
tent of country, more than 380,000 square
mites, which has since been formed into
seven State's and a portion of one territory
was an 'uubroken wilderness. The title
and jurisdiction to this wero in tho United
States. ' Thus situated the United States
devised a system of subdivision of the
publio lands into Townships of six miles
square, which were again subdivided itito
Sections of one mile' square. - This sys
tem, witn a few exceptions, principally in
Ohio, has been' carried out. As a part of
this system one section, section sixteen,
in each Township, being one-thirty-sixth
part of all the public lands, was set opart
and devoted as a fund forever for tlie se of
the inhabitants of Vie Township, for the
education of the youth. Congress has
since granted equivalent quantities for the
benefit of those districts of Ohio not in
cluded in this system of surveys, so that
one-thirty-sixth part of the landed surface
of Ohio has thus in the most rolemn man
ner been devoted to the moral and intel
lectual culture of the successive rising
generations forever.
Ohio is one of the seven States before
referred to, and its area is about 40,000
square miles. This will give about 700,
000 acres of school hinds in the State.
As a perpetuity of leasehold estates is con
trary to the genius of our institutions and
greatly retards the substantial and perma
nent improvement of the country, many
of thoso sections and other lauds given in
lieu of them have been sold and tho pro
ceeds loaned to the State as an irredeem
able fund on which tho State pays an an
nual interest of six rer cent to the town
ship to which the land belonged. By the
operation of tho laws now in forco all
these lands will bo sold and the proceeds
be so invested. The fund now amounts
to about $2,000,000 on which an annual
interest of $120,000 or near it, was paid
in 1854. This fund and the interest up
on it arc constantly increasing. . By a ju
dicious management of tho sales of these
lands this fund might swell to seven or
eight millions of dollars and the annual in
terest to half a million of dollars. This
interest is raised by a general tax, which
forms the first item of tax levied for school
purposes.
There was also levied upon the grand
list for the year 1854 for school purposes
one and- six-tenths mills on the dollar.
This on a grand list of 8750,000,000
probably not far from tho available amount
would givo a school fund of... $1,200,000.
Interest on irredeemable fund. ..$120,000.
Probable amount of special tax
es for school houses and for
prolonging schools $180,000.
doned and spurned by the virtuous, moral
and orderly portion of community; his
reputation gone, patronage immolumcnts,
and offhie ceases; sympathy he need not
look fprj for to the abandoned,, this world
i3 a hard taskmaster. By deep and abid
ing repentance, the libertine may regain
some friends,' but still the eensorious will
mistrust him. nis past enjoyment with
his paramour will be but aa the fire" of to
phet to his troubled conscience, ever re
minding him of the loss of a wife's affec
tion, and of his children's disgraco. , "O
that men were wise,' that they would but
consider their latter end." "Then "would
peace and happiness flow as a river,'' in
that family, where virtue and constancy
are enthroned.' ',;-! .. v, V
"Let thy fountain be blessed ; and re
joice with the wife of thy youth ; let her
be as the loving hind and as the pleasant
roc ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times,
and be thou ravished always with her love,"
is the advice of him whoso experience was
greater than that of any other man ; in
whose warning voico, still speaks to the
simple to beware of the "strange women,"
"from the stranger which flattcreth with
her word ;" in her pursuit of a victim,
"she is loud and stubborn ; her feet abide
not in her house, now she is without now
in the streets, and lieth iu wait at every
corner." "She . caught him, and kissed
him and with an impudent face, said unto'
him, those peaco offerings with mo ; this
day have I paid my vows, therefore came
I forth to meet thee ;" with her much fair
speech she caused him to yield ; with the
flattering of her lips, she forced him.
He goeth after her straight way, as oil
ox goeth to tho slaughter, or as a fool to
the correction of the stocks ;. till a dart
strikes through his liver; as a bird hastcth
to the snare, and kuowcth not that it is
for his life."
"Let not thy heart decline to her ways,
go not estray in her paths', for she has cast
down many wounded, yea, many strong
men havo been slain by her ; her house is
the way to hell, going down to the cham
bers of death." A.
v Albany, April 4. The temperance bill
passed the Scnato last night, 21 to 11.
For the True American.
In this number I propose to treat of the
School taxes. It would be a very lean,
meagre and unsatisfactory view of the sub
ject, merely to state tho amount of taxes
evicd now in Ohio for 'tho purposes of
education on the other hand, it would
exceed tho means at my command to en
ter as fully into the subject as its impor
tance demands. ( It would also exceed the
demands upon your space to which I have
iiuitcd myself. I shall therefore confine
myself to the system of common schools.
Education is in every respect tho foun
dation of a successful popular government.
It includes moral as well as intellectual
culture, nistory abundantly proves that
a highly scientific age may be the volunta
ry slave of the most arbitrary and irrc
sponsible despotism. This is equally
proved of individuals and of whole na
tions.
On the othef hand, no. educated peoplo
has ever within the range of history, ex
cept by tho resistless force of external
pressure, surrendered the control of its
affairs to other than its own voluntarily se
lected and responsible agents. ,
The great men of our revolutionary pe-.
riod, originated no new doctrines upon this
subject, for they had been trained in the
U-ery vestibule of its hallowed temple. As
the wide horizon of the futuro expanded
beforo them they found the elementary
principles of the system in which tliey
had been' trained comprehensive enough
to include the whole field without change
or modification. . . .;? '. " '."
In providing therefore for tho futuro,
education formed a prominent figure in
the foreground of the system, ; At the
adoption of the Constitution of the, Uni
ted States the country found itself the
possessor of a patrimony such as never fell
to the lot of any people since tho days of
Pelcg two hundrod and fifty yearg after
tho flood when the ", earth was Vdevided
amongst its then few heads of families,
Total of school taxes for '54.. .$1,500,000.
Tho above sums levied in 1854 are for
the service of the year 1855.
According to the census of 1850 tho
white population in 1855 between the
ages of five and twenty years cannot be
far from 850,000. Tho above fund will
then give about one dollar and seventy-
five cents for each child of a suitablo ago
to attend school, and under a well digest
ed system of common schools should be
sufficient to banish ignorance of the com
mon branches of education from the rising
generations if persevered in. In 1849
tho whole amount distributed for the use
of schools except tho sums raised by town
ship and district taxes was $293,317
Tho amounts raised by township and dis
trict taxes that year was no doubt large,
but I have no means of evon conjecturing
the amount.
In both years there is to bo added the
rents received from unsold school lands.
AN OBSERVER.
inn -
Boasting.
Columbus. The Know Nothings elect
ed their Mayor in the State Capitol by 83
mafority. Last fall their majority was
411 democratic gain 328. That will do
for six months. The democratic vote was
the largest ever cast at a city election.
Daily Union, Ajril4lh,
If our memory is not at fault, there is
about as much imagination in tho above
as in any thing we havo yet seen latterly.
Last fall the Know Nothings supported
candidates put in nomination by the other
parties and of course tho majority above re
ferred to, wss the result of a combined
action. Now they run against a union
ticket composed about equally of whigs
and democrats and headed "Anti-Know
Nothing Ticket," and yet they carried their
whole ticket triumphantly, except one
councilman in the German ward, the only
ward in the city which did not give a Know
Nothing majority. Such is this boasted
gain. Surely this is "whistling through
a grave-yard to keep up couage."
8am Successful in Wayne. ,
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, 2. Baoan. A few weeks since we in
formed you that our Order in Wayne Tp.
had not suffered much by desertions, and .
intimated that at the proper time we could ,
produce convincing evidence of the truth of
our statement. Last Monday evening on
examining the ballot-box, its contents ex
hibited the proof to which wfl had refer
ence. - The whole American ticket, except
two supervisors of roach, was elected by a
very handsome majority about two to
ono-this showing thf most, increeuloua
that Sam had ; been" '-'about." ( The old
"red eyo'' opposition, thought to win great
honor by ( Concentrating more . than two
thirds of their whole township force for the
purpose of electing the keeper of a whisky
doggery to the pffico of supervisor, but the
watchful eyes of Sara detected' the pricks- -in
time to spoil it.' What a signo tt'w
umph it would have been if they could
have elected oue of their true nice men to
an office By the way their candidate most
narrowly escaped going to the eounty jail
for a gross violation of the liquor , hwji
and as he is now standing on a very slip
pery spot, he may yet slide off. before his
sympathizing supporters are aware.of K
Truly they havo fallen upon, bai;, times
here and feel rather used up. , ' ,.' '?'
Bloomingdalc, April 5th. WAYNE. '
. New Comeustoyv.n, April 3d. .
Mr. Bagax:--I hasten to inform you
of the total defeat of tho old Iron Heads,
and the triumphant election pf the Amer
ican ticket. Early iu the morning they
brought out their nags and hrtd their '
whipcrs'on' tho ground, aod was sure of
certain victory, but lo, and behold,' when '
the race was run, they were found want
ing. Tho averago majority was twenty-
five, this we consider a glorious victory
when wo consider the great lengtft'of time'
the old fogies have had the rulei ' "
In Oxford Township, Coshocton counr
ty, tho wholo American' ticket is elected
by a very largo majority. The old Iron
Heads did not know that they had any
opposition in the field, until near evening,
and when the vote was counted out, men
were elected who did not know they were
candidate's. 1 1 T. 'M.
For the True American.
THE LIBERTINE.
How lost to every feeling of coujugal
affection, and refined sensibility, is that
man, who regards not his plighted vow of
constancy and faithfulness, to the wife of
his bosom; but seeks togratify his sensu
al appetite in the embraco of strange wo
men, lie ponders not upon his down-
ward course ; nor, tho gulph to which he is
hastening. With the artifice of the har
lot, he too, thinks he can indulge in his
licentiousness, unknown and unsuspected.
How short-sighted tho man, and how de
lusive tho hope. Can he hide himself
from the All Seeing Eye? Wfere it so,
can ho expect to escape the wife's penetra
tion, who can read his inmost thoughts ?
Will not his coldness, his neglect, and his
uncalled for absence, betray him? But
could he even escape all this, is there not
a publio eye, that watches and reads every
man's movements? ,. Will the' secret and
assumed accidental meeting, pass unno
ticed and unread? Will an interview at
distant points, he unknown and the con;
necting circumstances untraced, and the
incongruity, not noted? "If the guilty can
not escape the All seeing eye of Jehovah,
the publiceye, and the wife's scrutiny,
and if (conscience yet has a lodgement in
his heart, how poignant must be the foci
ing of that man, upon being publicly ex
posed as an adulterer? lost to the affection
of his wife, to. that of his children, his
family abandoned and disgraced. , She
who once clung to him, as hor life, aban
doned and made to weep in retirement,
with no hope for happiness here, but lin
gering secluded, with her offspring, (un
important to Postmasters and the Pnb
, lie.
. In addition to the official notio of the
Post master General on tho subject, it may
help to disseminate tho information if we
call special attention to the law just passed
by Congress, modifying the rates of pos
tage, particularly to those provisions re
quiring that all letters between places in
tho United States, shall be from and after
the 1st of April, 1855 prepaid by stamps
or otherwise; and that from and after the
1st of January next, postmasters must place
postage sta mps upon all prepaid letters
upon which such stamps may not have
been placed .by tho writers, or whioh
may not be enclosed in stamp envelopes.
From and after the first of April, 1855, the
postage to be charged on each singlo letter
for any distance in tho United Slates, not
exceeding three thousand miles is three
cents, and over three thousand miles ten
cents.
The law does not change the existing
rates or regulations in regard to letters to
or from Canada or other foreign countries,
nor docs it effect the franking privilogo.r-
Tho provisions in regard to the registra
tion of valuable letters will be carried into
effect, and spcoial instructions issued to
postmasters on the subject as soon os the
necessary blanks can be prepared and dis
tributcd. National Intelligencer.
prisoned a it were) from publio gaze
The United States in 1789 with a pop-! while he, an outcast upon society, is aban'-
Good Advick. Girls, let us tell you
a stubborn truth.. No young woman, ever
looked so well to a sensible, man, as when
dressed in a neat, plain, modest , attire,
without a single ornament about her per
son. ' She, looks then as. though she pos
sessed worth in herself, and needed no ar
tificial rigging to enhanco her value. If
a young woman would spend as mucli time
in cultivating her mind, training her tern
per, and cherishing kindnecs, , meekness
mercy, and other good qualities, as most o
them do in extra dress and ornaments, to
increase their personal oharms, she', would
at a glance, bo known among a thousand.
Her character would be read in her ooun
tenance..- -. ;,. .-
Cincinnati, March 8. It was found
that a ballot box in the 1 2th ward con
tained 50 mord tickets than there were
names on the poll books, whereupon one of
tho Judges insisted on throwing out thd
eutire vote, but the others would not agreo.
Meanwhile, a body of men entered the
room . and took tho box containing the
tickets forcibly from them, and burut the
ballots nnd tally sheets in the open streets
Thus, tho vote of the lllh and 12th
wards wore disposed of, uud the remak
ing wards give Taylor 447 majority.' The
American party contend that a ' largo
amount of illegal voting was done. It i
reported that Taylor, will not accept thu
office under existing circumstances.
SECOND DISPATCH.
9 o'clock at night. Tho most in
tense excitement prevails. ' The cannon
taken from tho Germans yesterday by thf
Americans, was quietly conveyed from the
publio binding this afternoon by the form
er, and an immenso number of people are
now assembled in 5th street, market space.
They havo sent a committee f tho caii-
non to Freeuian s Hall, over tho canal,
and have resolved, if not delivered forth
with, to go and tako it. This they will at
tempt to do, iu which case there will ba a
serious riot." ' - ' ... .
THIRD DESl'ATCH. 4 t .?.
Excitement increasing. ' The Germans
refused to give up tho cannon, and fight
ing re-commenced over tho canal, and it
is reported that several have been killed.
The Germans are mostly armed, and havo
fortified themselves in their houses. - The
Americans are also well prepared. - The
probability is that matters will be measur
ably postponed until morning, when it is
toped that the feeling will have somewhat
subsided. ' - ' , i -. ;
yOURTfl DISPATCH. '. (
April 4th, 9, A. ' M. Nothing , special
transpired after my despatch lust night.
'This morning a crowd re-assembled in 5th
steeet market spaoe," and the greatest ex
citement was manifested. Tho military
aro under arms and awaiting ord'ers. The-'
Germans have agreed to deliver up the
cannon at ten o clocj; if this agreement
is complied with it may prevent collision.
FIFTH DISPATCH. J ; "
One o'clock, P. M. -No fighting td-
day. The Germans delivered up the can
non, but retained the wheels, i , Tho par
ties are now quarreling about the latter.
The military arc now under amis, and the
indications are that the difficulties will ter
minate without further bloodshed. i
! Ear AcnEEar ache may be relieved.
by dropping a little sweet oil and laudan
urn, warm, into the ear, and apply hot salt
in flannel bags, so as to keep the narts con
sianwy warm-
. Cleveland, April 3. Castle, K. N,
candidate for Mayor, was elected to-day
by about 500 over ex-Gov. Wood .The
K.tf.'i are victorious in Columbus, an
theanti-K. N.'s in Toledo. . ,.f ..
Syracuse, April 3. The cars which
left Bingtiampton at 7 yesterday morning,
did not reach here till half-past seven this
morning, having encountered siow drifts
from 12 to, 15 feet V'-'Z-l; ! '
' PnrsnuRtf, April 4 noon., Rivcf I
feet 7 inche?,' aud falling weather" cleat
and" mild." " "l " '''' ' ' ' -: ;"