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POETRY.
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The MISANTHROPE'S WISH.
BY ROSE ELWOOD.
I Oh give me a home in some sylvan retreat,
Where the wild flowers spring up lor a carpet so
: sweot;
Where bright birds in hranchesof evergreens ing,
And the deer and gazelle over underbrush spring.
Where all kinds of sweet fruits are tempting the
sight,
And the moon softly ridos through tho star spanglod
night;
r Where sweet-scented zephyrs blow aoft through the
green.
And breathe tothe flowers the sweet "ale of ilitir love
While the bright summer sun rode in majesty by,
I'd have (or cov'ring I lie bright azure sky;
And when wii.tcr's cold blasts cast a chill o'er' my
' frame,
I'd build me a hut in this fairy -like realm.
In this place would I live, each day loving it more,
With no envy to tempt my ambition to soar;
No dom but the trees waving over my head,
And bright birds to mouin forme when I nm dead.
Bridgeport July 31st. 1855.
For the Chronicle.
BE KIND.
BY ROSE ELWOOD.
Be kind to the stranger who comes to thy land,
From a foreign and far distant shore;
For he's Ion ely and sad, without e'en one kind friend
And his jwn kindred he'll never see more!'
Be'kind to the stranger, and cheer his lone hours,
And think thou niay'st yet have to wend,
Thy way to a loreign and far distant shore,
Without e'en a tingle kind Iriend!
' Be kind tothe beggar who nBks alms of thee,
Nor drive him so rude from thy door,
tr For once he was hnppy and wealthy as thou ,
Though now he's so wretchedly poor.
Be kind to the beggar, for he has a heart,
And leelings ns tender as thine;
And poverty'.- chain! which now hold him so fast
May some time around thee close bind!
Bridgeport July 16th, 1855.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Putman's Monthly, for August.
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
It is a good thing to have an old-fashioned
fire-place in the country; a brood-breasted, j
deep-chested chimney-piece, with its old-,
fashioned fender, its old-fashioned andirons,
its old-fashic ned shovel and tongs, and a;
goodlv show of cheery-red hickory, in 0 glow,
with its volume of blue smoke curling tip the
thorncic duct. '-Ah! Mrs. Sparowgrass. what j
would the country be without a ch itnney corn
er and a hearth! Do you know," said I "the
little fairiesoance upon the hearth-stone when
on heir is born in a house!" Mrs. Sparrow-j
gr6s said she did nut know it, but, she said,
she wanted me to stop talking about such
things. "And the cricket," said I, 'how,
cheerful its carol or, the approach of winter."
Mrs. S. said the sound of a cricket made her,
feel melancholy. "And the altar and the'
hearth-stone: symbols of religion and of
home! Before one the bride beside the
other the wife! No wonder, Mrs. Sparrow
grass, they are sacred things: ihst mnnkind
have csery held them inviolable, and preserv
ed them from sacrilege, in all limes, and in
all countries. Do you know," said I, "hew
clear this hearth is to me!" Mrs. Sparr.-w-grass
said, with hickory wood at eight dollars
a cord, it did not surprise her to hear me
grumble. "If wood wero twenty dollars a
cord I would not complain. Here we have
everything
"content,
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
Ease and alternate labor, useful life;"
"and as I sit before our household altar," said
I, placing my hand upon the mantel, "with
you beside me, Mrs. I,, I feel that all the
beautiful fables of poets are only truths in
parables when they relate to the heaith-stone
the hesrt-stone, I may say, of home!"
This fine sentiment did nut move Mrs.
Sparrowgraas a iv hit . She said she was sleepy.
After all I begin to believe sentiment is a poor
thing in'the country. It does very well in
books, and on the atage, but it will not an
swer for the rural districts. The country is
too genuine and honest for it. It is a pretty
affectation, only fit for artificial life. Mrs
Peppergrass may wear it '"ith her rouge an,
diamonds in a drawing room, but it will no
pass current here; any more than thosimulat
ed flush of htr checks can compare with tha
painted in those of a rustic beauty by tin
sun and air.
"Mrs. Sparrowgraas." said I, "let us ha
aome nuts and apples, and a pitcher of Bing
hemtoii cider; we have a good cheerful fir
to-night, and why should we not enjoy ill"
When Mrs. Sparrowgrass returned froi
! giving directions about the fruit and cide
she brought with her a squaro paper box lu
ol garden sci'd. To get good garden see;)
an important thing in the country. If yi
depend upon an agricultural warehouse you
mny be disappointed. The way to do is, to
select the best specimen-) Irotn your own rais
ing: then you are sure thoy ore Itesh.ot leasi.
Mrs. Sparrowgrass opened the box. First
she took 01M a puckage of seeds, wrapped up
in a newspaper then she took out another
package tied up in brown papet then she
drew iurlh a bund'e that waB pinned uo then
another that was taped up then ano'.her 1
twisted up then out cume a bursted package
of watermelon seeds then a withered car of
corn ther another package of watermelon;
seeds from another melon then a handful of
split, okrs pods then handsful of beans.peas,
squash seeds, melon seeds, :ucumber seeds, '
sweet corn, ever-green corn, and uthei germs.
Then another bursted paper of watermelon
seeds. There wero watermelon seeds enough
to keep half the country supplied with this
refreshing article of luxury As the treasures
were spread out on the teble, there came over;
me a feeling that reminded me of Christmas
times, when the young ones used to pant I
down stairs, before d.iwn, lump in hand, to
IM the kindly tuv-gifts ol Santa Clous. Then 1
the Mental Gardener, taking Anticipation by:
the hand, went forth into the future garden;'
the peas sprouted out in round leuves, tomato
pttl forth his aromatic spread; sweet corn
thfUlt his gteen blades out of many a hillock; '
lettuce threw up his slender spoons; beans
shouldered their way into the world, like.
iEneases, with the old beans on their backs;
and wuter melon and cucumber, in voluptuous'
play, sported over the beds like truant school
boys.
"Here ore sweet pens on tiptoe for a light:
With wings of gentle flnsh o'er delicate while,
Anil taper fingers catching ol all things.
To bind them all about with tiny lings "
"Now," said I, "Mrs. Sparrowgrass, let us
arrange these in proper order; I will muko a
chart of the garden on a piece of paper, and
pu: evervlhing down with a date, to be plant
ed in its proper time." Mrs. Sparrowgrass!
said she thonghtthat an excellent plan. 'Yes,'
I replied, tasting the cider, "we will make a
garden to-night on paper, a ground plan, as
it were, and plant Iroin that; now, Mrs. S., I
read off the different packages." Mrs. Spar
rowgrass took up a paper and laid it aside,
then another, and laid it aside. "1 think,"
said she, as the thin paper was placed upon
the table, "I did not write any names on the
seeds, but I believe I can tell them apart;
these," said she, "are water-melons." "Very
well, what next!" "The next," said Mrs.
S , ' is eithir musk-melon or cucumber Reed."
"My dear," said I. "we -vant plenty of mel
ons, for the summer, but I do not wish to
plant half an acre of pickles by mistake;
can'l you be sure about the matter!" Mrs.
Sparrowgrass said she could not. "Well,
Uien, lay the paper down and call off the
next." "The next are not radishes, I know,"
suid Mrs. S.; 'tluy must be summer cabbages.' 1
"Are you sure now, Mrs. Sparrowgrass," said
I, getting a little out ol temper. Mrs. Spar
rowgrass said she- was sure of it, because
cabbage seed looked exactly like turnip seed. 1
"Did you save turnip seed also," said I. Mrs.
Sparrowgrass replied, that she 'had provided
one, but they must be in nno-her paper. j
"Then call off the nexi; we will plunt them
for cabbages, whether or no." "Here is aj
name," said Mrs. Sparrowgrass, brightening
up, "Read it." said , pen in hand. "Watc-;
melon not so good," suid Mrs. S. "Lay 1
that paper with the rest and proceed." 'Corn,':
said Mrs. Sparrowgrass, Willi a smile. "Va
riety!" "Pop, I 0111 sure." "Good, now we!
begin to see daylight." "Squash," said Mrs
Sparrowgrass. ' Lay thst paper aside, my
dear." "Tomato" "Red or yellow!" Mrs.
Spsrrowgrass said she had pinned up the one
ad tied up the other, to distinguish them.but 1
it was so long ago, she had forgotten which
Ml which. "Never mind," said I, "theri is;
one totnlort, they cannot bear without show
log their colors." "Now for the next." Mrs
Sparrowgrass said upon tasting the tomato'
seed, she was sure'they were beil-peppers.
' Very well, so much is gained, we are sure i
of the capsicuia. The next." Beans," said
Mrs. Sparrowgrass.
The-o is one kind of hean, in regard to
which I have a prejudice. I allude to the j
asparagus bean, a sort of long-winded escul
ent, inclined to be prolific in strings. It does
not climb very high on the pole, crops out In!
an abundance of pods, usually not shorter
than a bill of extras, after a contract; and
although interesting as a curious vegetable,!
still not exactly the bean likely to be highly
I commended by your city guests, when served
up to them at table. When Mrs. Sparrow
I grass, in answer to mv question, as to the
particular species of bean referred too, an
swered, "Limas," I felt relief at once. "Put
the Li-nas to the right with the sheep, Mrs.
S , and as for the rest of the seeds, sweep
them into the refuse basket. I will add an
other stick to the fire, pare an apple lor you,
and an apple for me, light a cigar, ana be
com fortable. What is the use of fretting
about a few seeds more or less! But, next
year, we will make all the packages with
names, 10 prevent mistakes, won't we, Mrs.
Sparrowgrass!"'
There has been a great change in the at
mosphere within a lew days. The maple
twigs are ail scarlet and yellow fringes, the
sod is verdurous and moist; in the morning
a shower ot melody falls from the trees
around us, where blue birds and "pewees"
are keeping an academy of music Off on
the river there is a long perspective of shad
poles, apparently stretching from shore to
shore, and, here and there, a boat, with pic
' turesque fishermen, at work over the gill-nets,
' New and then a shad is held up; in the die
1 tance il has a star-like glitter, sgainst tin
' early morning sun. The fruit-trees bronzei
buds. Occasionally a feeble fly creeps alon
'' like a valetudinarian too early in the seasoi
at a watering-place. The marshes are al
e a-whistle with dissipated bull-frogs, wh
keep up their revelry at unseemly hours. -n
Our prest Polsnder is in high cluck, and w
r' find eggs in the hens' nests. 1 1 is Sfbinc
" Il is a good thing to hyive spring in the cout
trv. People g'ow young ugain in tlie spriii
u iu the country. The world, the old glut
, ilwlf. grows young in the spring, and why
, not Mr. and Mrs. Sparrowgrass! The city,
; in the spring, is like the apples of Sodom,
'"fair and pleasant ,to behold, but dust and
! ashes within." B'it who shall sing or asy
: what spring is in the country!
J " To w hat shall compare Itf
It has a plory. find naught else can share it:
The ihought thereof Is nwlul, sweet, and holy,
Chasing away oil worldlincss and folly."
"Mrs. Sparrowgrass," said I, "the westher
is beginning to be very worm and spring-like;
how would you like to have a little festa"
Mrs. Sparrowgrass said that, in her present
frame of mind, a fester was not necessary for
her happiness. I replied, "I meant a fcsla,
not a (ester; a little fete, a few friends, a few
flowers, a mild sort of spring dinner, if you.
please; some music, claret, fresh lettuce, lamb
and spinach, and a breikfaet ol eggs fresh
laid in the morning, with rice cakes and cof-,
fee." Mrs. Sparmwgriss suid she woa will
Inf. ' Then," said I, "Mrs. S., I will invite'
a lew old friends, and we will have an ele
gant time." So from that day we watched
tha sky very cleverly Tor a week, to ascertain
the probable course of the clouds, and con
sulted the themometer to ki ow what chance
there was of having open windows for the
occasion. The only drawback that stood in
the way of perfect enjoyment was, our lawn
hed been half rooted out of existence by an
irruption of predatory pigs. It was vexatious
enough to see our lawn bottom-side up on a
festive occasion. But I determined to have
redress for it. Upon consulting with the
best legal authority in the village, I was told
that I could obtain damages by identifying
the animals, and commencing suit uguinst
the owner. As I hod not seen the animals,
I asked Mrs- Sparrowgrass if lb could iden
tify them. She said she could not 'Then,'
said I to my legal friend, "what can I do!"
He replied thai he did not know. "Then,"
said I, "if they come again, and I catch them
in the act, can I fire a gun among them?"
He said I could; but that I would be liable
for whatever damage was dore them. 'Then,'
suid I, "It Would not shiwcrj niy object is to
make 1'ie owner suffer, not the poor quadru
peds." He replied that the only sufferers
would probably be the pigsund myself. Then
I asked him, if the owner recovered against
me, whether I could bring a replevin suit a
gninst him. He said thut, under the Con
stitution of the United Stales, such a suit
could be brought. I asked him if I could re
cover. He said I could not. Then I asked
him what remedy I could have. He answer
ed that if I found the pigs on rny grounds, I
could drive them to the pound, then call upon
the fence viewers, get them to assess the
damages done, and by this means mulct the
owner for the trespass. This advice pleased
me highly; it was practical nnd humane. I
determined to act upon it, and slept soundly
upon the resolution. The next day our guests
came up from town. I explained the lawn
to them, anil having been forlifipd on legol
points, instructed them as it, remedy for tres
pass. The day was warm and beautiful; our
doors and windows were thrown wide open.
By wav of offset to the appearance of the
lawn, I hud contrived, by purchasing an ex
pensive little bijou of o vase, and filling it
with sweet breathing flowers, to spread 0
rural air of fragrance throughout the parlor.
Tne doors of the bay-window open on the
pi.izzn, in one doorway s'.ood a tray of deli
cate confections, upon two slender quartette
tables. These were put in the shade to keep
cool. I had suhorned an Italian to bring
them up hand, in pristine sharpness and beau
ty of outline. 1 was taking a glass of sherry
with our old friend Capt. Bacon, of the U.
S. Navy, when suddenly our dogs commenced
barking. We keep our dogs chained up by
daylight. Looking over my gloss of sherry,
I cbrerved a detachment of the most villain
ous looking pigs rooting up my early peu
putch. "Now," suid 1, "Captain," putting
down ray glass deliberately, "l will show you
some fun, excuse me for a few minutes;" and
wiih ihut I bowed significantly to our festal
guests. They understood at once that eti
quette must give wuy when tile pea-patch
was about being annihilated. I then went
out, unchained the dogs, and commenced driv
ing the pigs nut of the garden. After con
siderable trampling of all my early vegeta
bles, under the eyes of my guests, I managed
to gel the 1 ingleader of the sw inish multitude
into my parlor. He was a lorge, powerlul
looking fellow, with a great deal of comb,
long legs, moltled completion, and ears pretty
well dogged. He stood for a moment at bay
against the sofa, then charged upon the dogs,
ran against the centre table, which he ac
cidentally upset, got headed off by Captain
I Bacon, who came to the rescue, darted under
our quartette tables, makings general dis
' tribution of confectionery, and finally got
1 cornered in the piazza.
By this time I was so much exasperated
I that I was capable of taking the life of the
1 intruder, and probably should have done so
' had my gun nol been at the gunsmith's. In
striking at him with a stick, I accident'y hit
one of the dogs euch a blow as to disable
him. But I as determined to capture the
destroyer and put hiin in the pound. After
some difficulty in getting him out of the
piazza, I drove him into ihe library and finally
out in the ground. The rest of his confed
erates were there, quietly feeding on the re
mains of the garden. Finally I found myself
on the hot, high road, with all my captives
and nne dog, in search of the pound. Not
knowing where the pound was, sfler driving
them for a quarter of a mile, I made inquiry
of a respectable looking man, whom I met
in corduroy breeches, on the road. He in
formed me that he did not know. I then fell
I in with a colored boy who told me the only
pound was at Dobb's Ferry. Dobb's Ferry
' is u thriving village about seven miles north
' of the Nepprrhun. 1 made a bargain will
the colored buy for three dollars, and by hh
' assistance the animals were safely lodged it
the pound. By tnis means I was enablei
e to return to my guests. Next day I found ou
'' the owner. I got the fence-viewers to esti
' mate the damages.
The fence-viewers looked at the broke
1 mahogany and estimated. I spoke of th
' vase, the flowers, green-houe flowers and
the confectionery These did not appear to
strike litem as damageable. I think the fence
viewers ure nol libersl enrugh in their vi2ws.
Tht damages done to a man's temper and I
constitution shall be included, if ever I get 1
to bo fence-viewer; to say nothing of exotics
trampled under foot, and a beautiful ilesserl
1 ruthlessly destroyed by unclesn anima's I
Besides that, we shall not have a pea until
everybody else in the village has done with (
peas. We shall be late in the season with
' our early poos At lost sn advertisement 1 1
appeared in the ci unty paper, w:iich contain- ' 1
ed the decision of the fence-viewers, to wit: I
WESTCHESTER COUNTY,
Town of Yonkers.
WE, THE Sl'BsCUinF.RS, FENCE-VIEW-,
ft of said town, having been ouiioiriti d by
Surnon Sparrowgrass Of said town lo appraise the '
daniuges done by nine hogs, rive wintered, tour , t
spoited oncl one white,) and four spring pigs, two 1 I
whitej distrained by him doing domsge on his londs I
ond having been to Ihe place," and viewed ond as- '
certsinedtnsdamigas.dottreby certiiy the amount 1
iliereof to be three dollars, ond iliat lhe lees for our I 1
services ore two dollars. Given under our hands,!
Una duv of .185. II
DANIEL MALMSEY.
PETER ASSMANSHAUSER.
Fence-viewers.
1 he uoovc Iioes are in the Pound at Dr.lih s AWm I
CORNELIUS CORKWOOD,
Pound Master.
"Under the circumstances," said I, "Mrs.
Sparrowgrass, what do you think of Ihe
pound as a legal remedy." Mrs. S. said it
was shameful. "So I think, too; but why
should we repine! the birds sing, the sky is
blue, the grass is green side up, the trees are
full of leaves, the air is balmy, and the child
ren, God bless them! are happy. Why should .
we repine ubout trifles! If we wsnt early
peas we can buy them, and as (or the vase,
flowers and confectionery, they would hove
been all over with, by this time, if the pigs ,
had not been here. There is no use to cry,
like Alexander, fur another world; let us
enjoy the one we have, Mrs. Sparrowgrass." ,
THE MORMON QUESTION.
SHALL WE ADMIT INTO THE UNION AN ANTI-
CHRISTIAN AND BARBAROUS STATE!
ri
This is a question that must be determined g
without further d lay. We have trifled with
the serious affair of U:ah Territory until it ,.
has grown monstrous, ond can be trifled with t
no longer; and It is incumbent upon us seri- I
ously to determine what we will do to pre- 11
vent that fearful consummation of an evil w I
have encouraged by neglect, if not by 2
positive countenance and support.
Our readers are familiar with the history (
of the Mormon imposture. They know the 1
story of Joseph Smith and the golden Bible; t
of the organization of the fanatical and li- 1
centious vogabonds that gathered around the 1
impostor; the sttempl to establish a military c
despotism over them, and wield on imperium J
in imperio in Missouri and Illinois; of '.he 1
robberies, murders, and domestic Btrife that
ensued, and the expulsion of the intolerable
gang beyond the limits (of civilization. We
need not relate the disgusting history of the p
social life of these people. If ever there n
was a religion devised for the kingdom of s
hell on earth, Mormonism is that religion. p
It is a religion which restrains nothing but u
virtue, encourages nothing but vice. It uses t
the tremendous sanction of the Holy Name c
to tear down all defences from innocence, to r
destroy whatever may remain of conscience, 0
to give free rein to riotous iust, and to com
plete man in the imt.ge of the devil. The J
world has before experienced, in many in-
stances, the wickedness of nations who for- s
get God, in one the frightrul abandonment t
of a nation who defend God: but in the 1
Mormons we are witnessing, and to witness, f
the horrible depravity of a people who bias- f
pheme the purity of God, by proclaiming I
Mat the instigator and rewarder of their a
abominations the special patron of their t
putridity. Wickedness has an energy in it c
which is terrible. The lawless lusts of men,
under the fuU impulse of the diabolical allla- c
tus, ore unspeukably dreadful. Every day r
we 6ce the frightful destruction, the intoler- d
able misery, which can be accomplished by a
tho instrumentality of a single individual t
moved by a power like this. The Mormons s
are yet to exhibit to us the horrible works of a
an armed nution of such men, sweeping in v
furious and unrestrained license over a wide s
and defenceless country.
Wo do not apprehend that their march will t
be toward our own frontiurs. The leaders c
of the Mormons are neither ignorant nor fan- i
alical, they ore merely wicked and daring
In a contest with the people of the United 1
States thoy would be swept away as chaff
before the wind. The first murder commit- 1
ted by tt eir invading force would be the sig- '
nal for the extermination of the wholegang; 1
they would bo destroyed with as little com- t
passion as a nest of home's. The Mormons
know this well enough. But to the south- 1
vvesi of us spreads out a wide and fertile. St 1
yeiopulent country, temptingly inviting the
spoier. A mixed race of people, which
seems to have inherited bul the weaker points ;
of both progenitors, occupies Mexico and
Central America. Without intellectual ,
cultivation, or religious elevation, indolent
from the combined action of bad government,
climate, hereditary constitution, and deficient
civilization; unwarlike, disunited; they are
thinly Hcattered over a country singularly un
compact, and defenreless by a central sov
ereignty. This country, seized by a war
like and disciplined force, acting upon a
common principle of selfishness, with just
fanaticism enough to sanctify their ferocity,
would be(a helpless prey to brutality and I
avarice H- re might be established s power,
entrenched in '.hejnatural fastnesses of so de
fencible a country, which would invite to itself
the able-bodied wickedness of Europe and
' America. That such a power would growl
b vsst accessions of adventurers, is ss cer-1
' tain as that hordes have followed Attila and
j Alaric. All Central and South America 1
( would be before them; horde after horde
would pour over these devoted lands, and a
vast military domination, resting upon and
defending a moral condition and social state
vtt y worse than Mohamnaedanistn, would
e
be established from California to Cape Horn.
Let no one suppose that the ebsurdity of their
creed and the grossness of their immorality
will prove a sufficient preventive to their
pxponsion. Absjrdity is not necessarily
iissgreesble. If it involves practical advan
tages, it will be at cepled with eagerness.
Let a Chrislisn minister and n Mormon
missionary stand side by side, and compete
or disciples among the workmen of Man
:hester, or the rabble of Paris; let the one
nreach repentance, the other emigration; the
jne exhort to self-denial, the other proffer
inrestricted license; the one promise heaven,
he other a free form on the prairies, and sn
eternity of sensuality hereafter, and there'
:an be no doubt which would be the most
lUccatlfUl. As to the immorality of the j
Mormons, so fsr Irom repelling men, it is'the
nost powerful attraction to them. Any re
igious sharr. which offers indulgence to vice,
ind impuni'y to sin, will be considered very
easonable. If, in addition, it secures a good ,
iving, with little toil, it will be exceedingly j
tuccesslu! in winning proselytes. No scheme j
tan be more ridiculous, more grossly shocking 1
0 common sense, than Mormonism but none!
10s been so successful. We do not know the j
lumbers of those people, but they are nu-,
nerous enough to send out and support seve- j
il hundred missionary agents, nil of whom
re busily ot work to procure emigrants to!
me chosen place of assemblage, w'tere,,
overed from the public eye by distance end j'
n interposing wilderness, they are maturing
neons and plans in entire security.
The United States are nursing on their ; 1
erritories a brood of serpents, which will j
oon be too formidjbls to be crushed. We j 1
ay nursing, lor we have not only permitted 1 1
hem to occupy our land, but have coun- j I
enancedthun by actually appointing the,
hief cf the tribe governor of the territory,,'
nd thus investing his denomination with j
he authority of our sovereignly, and one of!
heir dirty clan has been permitted to sit in (
ongress. We hove been entirely patient',
nder their insults. We have permitted:,
hem to drive away our officers, and at this1 ,
ay they reign in undisputed sovereignty ' ,
ver a large ond fertile territory of this I
Jnion, and are impudently in"iting the vag- I
bonds of all countries to make their homes
here. Most of these people ure fugitives.
t is impossible that they con have any ley-' 1
ty to the American Union, and it is shame- ,
ul that they should have ever been recogni-jj
ed as a lawful community. I ,
But the Mormons will apply to the next!,
Congress fur admission into the Union 1
A'e are asked to take into the fellowship of
he States a Mormon sovereignty; to admit! ,
0 entire cq uality with us an assemblage of'
he worst men ever combined for evil; to
omplete which the very offal of Europe and
Vmerican beastliness has been carefully ,1
craped together. We are asked to lake into
1 union of Christian states, another state. I ,
irorse than heathenish; to bring into a con fed- ,
racy of people united for the lawful pur
oses of life, a set of reckless conspirators i ,
gainst all social good; an armed baud, ,
trengthening themselves for plunder; a peo-
!e among v horn perjury, robbery, adultery,,
vjrder, ond treason, are the fruits of faith; (
tie violation of every commandment of God, (
ompatible with n good conscienc. , and com-1 ,
ion decency, the moot uncommon of all ' ,
ccidenta.
It is strange that any man, not himself a
il irmon, con desire such 0 union ss this. ' .
Ye are confederated for strength, but what!,
trensth. will these) obominables bring with ,
hem! Could we trust them in war, even if .
ro had the battles to fight! We are con-!,
ederated for counsel, for the interchange of
,'eling, for Ihe expunsion of civil and re-',
igious liberty; in short, for all great political I .
ocial and humane purposes. What sdvan- I ,
age would an alliance with a mass of moral
orruption be to us! 1
But it is said that we have no right to ex- .
lude them. That is, that any horde of (
uffians from any quarter ol the world may sit
own upon our unoccupied Isnds, appropri
te the inheritance of our children, estoblish
hemselvcs in opposition to all that we hold
acred, and after having grown numerous by
ttracting the flouting blackguardism of the
yorld, may demand to be recognized as a
nvereign state, with full power to regulate
ts domestic concerns; nsy, established polyg
imy, ordoin "cyproin saints," trample Ameri
tan .omen to the utmost depth of degradation ;
D short, may outrage all decencyefore God :
ind man, and we must yet call them brethern,
ind sit in counsel with them, own them be
ore the wi rld rs our countrymen, and defend
hem sgainst the insulted honour of msukind! 1
rhis is sheer nonsense. The constitution of
.he United States gives Congress the right I
o mini it new states; it does not require Con
gress to do it. It leaves it to the judgment
ind feelings of the country to determine
vhom we will admit into our portnership. No
leople have any right to be admitted into '.he
Cm.- ; it is a valuable boon which v.e can
rant or refuse at will.
The Christian religion is tha acknowledg
ed religion of this country. Our fathers did
not make this article of the constitution.
They are U Id not have degraded the national
faith in God by making it even apparently
depend upon an instrument subject to change.
They no more th ught of recognizing God by
statute, than they did the sun, or earth, the
sea, or sky. The existence of the national
faith was a truism, upon which the constitu
tion itself was to be maintained. Yes, by
the fear of God men were to be sworn to
keep it inviolate. In those days the man who
would have questioned whether this were a
Christian nation, would have been treatei as
a fool. He would at most have been pointed
to the limes of the dale of the instrument,
"in the year of ur Lord," and asked the
meaning of those words. As a Christ'an na
tion can we consent to take anti-Christian
states into the Union! The object of the
Union is our own good. In the presmble to
the constitution, it is decWred te be its pur
; puse to "establish justice, insure domestic
tranquillity provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the
1
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity." When we csn co these things by
admitting a Mormon state, let us admit them,
but not until ther..
I will be well for us always to remember
'he precepts of Washington, snd among them
this passage of his farewed address:
"Of sll the dispositions and habits wlrch
lead to political prosperity, religion and mor
ality are indiepensshle supports In vain
would that, man claim the tr.bute of patriot
ism who shou'd labour to subvert these great
pillars of human happiness; these firmest
props of the duties of men and citizens. The
mere politician, equally with the pious man,
Might to respect snd In cherish them. A
volume could not trare all treir connexions
with p'ivate and public liberty. Let it simply
be asked, where is the seruiity for propertv,
fur reputstiun, for life, if the sense ol religi
ous obligation desert the oaths which ore the
instruments of investigation in courts of
justice! And let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be maintained
without religion. Whatever may be conced
ed to the influence of refined education on
minds of peculiar structure, resaon snd ex
perience both forbid us to expect that nation
al morality con prevail in exclusion ot retig.
ious principles. It is substantially true that
virtue or morality is a necsssary spring of
popular government. . . . Who
that is a sincere friend to it ;an look with in
difference upon atteupts to6hake the founda
tion of the fabric!"
If these things be so, Mormonism must be
lirectly hostile to the institutions of this
tountry, and if we have hitherto "looked
vith indifference upon their attempts to shake
he foundation of the fabric," we surely need
lot take these blasphemers of God and trait
rs to man into nnr political Fellowship and
locial Union. If, Y. Christian Advocate. j
HOME MEN.
Mr. Elwird Bates, one of the most talenttdl
ittorr.eys and wiseslstatesmnn in the count-y.
vas solicited a short time ago to Become a I
;andidote for the U. S. S -nate. But he de- i
:lined the honor, and, in a letter to the com
nittee said:
'My hahils are retired and domestic, and,
ill my sources of happiness ore at home.'
Upon this are we indebted to the Episcopal j
Record, for some true and eloquent remarks.
I'he editor says. 'Well fjr Mr. Bates that It
vas so, and well indeed for others.' Mark I
he difference between th? home mid? chir
ICtar, and that which is made out of the 1
loors! History with its coarse pen dwells, it
s true, almost, exclusively on the latter class;
uut in that great book in which the incidents
of oil real lile are written, how predominant
will be the former! Tiie example of gentle
tenderness ul the fire side or manly end yet
delicate adherence to truth of severe honesty
in private business when coupled with such
eminent success as thdt of Mr Bates, tells
on the commenity far n-.jie effectually than
the dashing exploits cf the Gereral or the I
brilliant oratory of .he Senator. Viewed
;ither in a perscnal or a public light, the his
ory of the home-made man stands in a bold
elief.
'1 have witcbed two racs of p oliticians
;o the grave,' said a l'te eminent Judgf , 'and
lave eeen nothing but vanity and wretched
teas ., It is the fashion, it is true, to sneer
it the 'slow dullness of rierely home life.
Uut it is by the fireside that practical genius
thai genius which helps itself wbll helping
jthers takes its origin. Watt was watching
the pot boil ii) the chimney when the action
f the steam on the liii, brought home grad
jally to him the great discovery h hich im
mortalized his nainj. And this indeed, may
be taken as an apt illustration of that wouder
lul influence which radiates ftom the cor.tr e
table where the children sre gsth-.'rej
together under the light of the astral lamp,
and which leads to these signal discoveries
jy the younz philosopher hoiv self conq jests
ire the greatest of oil conquests how loving
others is the best way of loving sell snd
how the home made hecrt is the on'y heart,
which by being independent ol the world
makes the world both itB ser' tnt Biid its
beneficiary. And then the home becomes
thus the best preparation earth fur hea
ven. The worldly man has no points we
speak with reverence at which divine grsce
can reach hira. Take way the object of hit
ambition, and he is soured; add to it and he
becomes intoxicated. Send him sickness
and he only withers like the wounded suake.
But the unsealing of the home heart by cut
ting off its earthly objects of love, turns the
fountain of that ljve direct to Heaven. The
bereoved soul look its Heavenly parent in
the face all the morn clear'y because of its
chastisements. Sacred indeed then is that
hearth fire whose presence gives happiness or
earth, and even whose extinguished embers
serve toopen the visionto the eternal glory 0
Heaven.
Railkoad Pjetrv A correspondent o
the Broome Bounty Republican describes hi:
jaunt over the Syracuse aid Birminghan
Railroad, from Cortland, in the followinj
poetical strain:
So much I 'rote in Cortland's bounds
and would have finished the e, hod not the
down train's whistled loud resouiiding tbrougl
th air. So shaking Fairchild by the hand
who said cotr.e up ogain, I bid farewell t
every fear and jumped upon the train. Rush
ing round the hlil side, darting o'er the plain
over tho rivers under the roads, Van Bergei
drove his train. The moon threw brigh
effulgent rays on each suisll ripple crest, thi
river seemed a ribbon stretched across thi
meadow's breast; the evening winds cam)
stealing through the csr with gentle sigh, ant
brought a cinder from the engine spang int
my eye: few and short were tho prayers I said
and I spoke not a word of sorrow, but I rub
bed at my eye till I made it red, and kne-
'twould be sore on the morrow. We soon go
home at the rate we ran, at an hour just righ
for retiring, and down from his post earn
the engine man, tnd the fireman ceased hi
firing. And thus I loo will cesse with thii
a moral to the tale be alwayssure to "rr.iit
your ej'ss," when ridtnf on 1 rail!
Death or Jurx;e DArr.NroaT We hsve
j received intelligence of the death of Hon.
John Davenport, at his residence, Woodsfield,
Monroe county, Ohio, on Wednesday last.
Judge Dsvenport had attained a good old sgs
and few men have rendered themselves mora
I useful in life than he. He waf among tho
esrher settlers in Bornesville.and noone.frnm
' the period of his location in Ohio, down to
, the time of his death, enjoyed to a grester
degree the esteem of his fellow citizens. He
! wss elected to the House ot Assembly and
the Senate of Ohio several times, in districts
of opposing politics, and such was the con
fidence reposed in him by the people, thst
they returned him to Congre-s, tw ice in suc
cession, by a larie vote. He wss also tha
second time oppointed Judge of the Monroe
Judicial District, by the Legislature of Ohio
in which capici'.y he exhibited much ability.
As a merchant he was extensively and favor
obly known throughout Onio, and in Balti
more and Philadelphia as a man of integrity
and 'ruthfulnass. Judge I). was a very be
nevo'ent and public spirited cltlten, identify
ing himself with everything wbich prom'srid
good to individuals nr ihe Siute. As a Chris
tian and member of the Me'hodist Episcopal
Church, he was exemplary in his profession.
A Urge circle of warm friends, among the
merchants of Baltimore, will regret to hear
of his death Buff. Put.
The St. Louis Republican of Saturday say:
"A d.spatch Iroin Independence speaks of a
personal rencontre ot H'estport, between
Gov. Reeder ond Mr BtringleHoW, in which
the former got the worst ol the baf le. it
aoes not Bppr ar w hich of the Stringfellowa
as concerned in this affair." Liter iniel
ligence assures us that the statement is nol
believed in Independence-
The foil ving is the ucc Hint gtv.?n of it by
the correspondent of the Republican.
Yesterdf-y morning Gen. B F Stringfellow,
ol Weston' Ho., proceeded to Reeder's resi
dence, neor the Shawnee Mission, ond after
introducing himself to tha Governor, said. "I
understand, sir, that you have publicly spiken
and written of me in the East as a frontier
ruffi in, ari'J I have called to ascertain whether
you have done 6o'"
Gov. R. "I did nol 30 write, or speak of
you in public."
Gen. S. "Did you speak of mo in those
terms anywhere or at any time!,'
Gov. R. No sir."
Gen. S, Did you use my nune at all!"
j Gov. R. ' I may have usee your name in
private conversa' ion."
Gen. S. -Did you use it d are? pectrully?
j D d you intimate, or in-inuate, that I was
I other than a gentleman!"
I li a- II. ' I in, gal have done so."
Gen. S, "Ttien sir, you uttered a fahe
J hood, and I demand of yen the satisfaction of
I a gentleman, I very much question your right
' to thai privilege for I do not believe you
to be a gentlemin; but I nevertheless give
you the opportunity to vindicate your title to
that charae'er, by allowing you to select such
friends as you mav please, and 1 will do the
same, and we will step out he-e and settle
the m itt-'r as gent'eui"!! ususl'y do."
Gov. R. "I cannot go. I am bo fighting
man."
Gen. S "Then I will have to treat you
as I would any other offensive animal."
And with tbst, he knocked R?edrdovvn
with his fist, I suppose the Abolitionists will
pronounce this a "ruffianly attack." Let
one of them do so and then dare to show his
face in Kanzis! They will not say so, how
I ever, but pruiuunce it a proper punishment,
wl en they hear that as soon as Reder re
turned he expresses himself satisfied that
Kanzas wouid be a slave S'ate; and that he
was in favor of '.hat institution. I learn it
for a fact, and I learn it from a gentleman
j who heard him, that he fo expressed himself
on the steamer coming up the river, and also
I alter he had landed.
FlVH Pirsoxs DsowHEO Shock
in" Occurrence tt a Mormon Baptism. -About
IibJi past 5 o'clock yesterday morning says
I the Cincinnati Daily Times, July 2d a party
! of Mormons, numbering probably obuut fifty,
! under the direction ot Eider H. Grcenholy,
I I crossed the river by Capr. Air's Ferry, for the
ipuipose of adn inistering baqtism to some
J eight or ten converts. They proceeded up
the river bank to the foot of East Row.where
the converts, composed of both msles and
lemalea. were prepared for baptism. This
pr.-para'ion was indecent, to say the least
; Both men ond women r.'ete required to strip
I to the r linen, und in the midst of the crowd,
and upon the river bank.
I The E.der led en old man, aged about fifty
! years, by the name of Alexander Williama.
f who resided near the corner of Western row
I and Front street, into the water, and baptis
r'ed bim according to Jthe eeroatoaiM of the
' faith. Alter this, the old man, who was a
1 good swimmer, struck out Into the river, for
' the purpose, it is said, of taking a swim. It
I , is supposed that hi drawers slipped duwnluver
I hia feet, which, destroying his motion, caused
I him to sink. His son, also, nsmed Alcxand
1 er, aged about 23 years, and who was strip-
ned for baptism, seeing his father sinking,
1 plunged in after him. He cou'd not swim at
' all, and getting into deep water, iinmediete'.y
1 sank. 'and drowned before his father.
l Dragging hooks were obtained as soon aa
' posaible, and in about an hour's time both
! bodies were recovered. Coroner Foster, of
I ' Campbell county, hold an inquest ovei tha
! bodies, and the jury returned a verdict of ac
cidental drowning. The bodies were deliver
ed over to a son and brother, who were pro"
t sent at the holding of the inquest,
t In addition to this, the Jime informs ua
s ' that two Germans wire drowned, on the pre-
vious day, in a creek near Cincinnati, and an
Jj American boatmen, nsmed Marcus Lung, u.
the Ohfo, os the t iMtMl