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THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT. LIKE THE DEW8 OF HEAVEN. SHOULD FALL ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE POOR JACKSON.
VOL. 1,
PLYMOUTH, IND. JUNE 12, 1856.
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IYrsons advertising in the "Democrat" by the
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m PRINTING OFFICE.
We have on hand an extensive assortment of
And are prepared to execute
LM) FIMV PRLXTIS
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Of every description and quality, stich as
CIRCULAR,
IIAXDMLLS,
LABELS,
CATALOGUES,
PAMPHLETS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BLANK DEEDS
MORTGAGES;
And in short, Blanks of every variety and descrip
tion, on the shortest notice, & on reasonable terms
I PLYMOUTH BANNER, BY W. J. BURNS,
p rivmouth, Ind.
npmvK!.P.E it SHIRLEY. DEALERS IN
t Dry Goods and Groceries, first door east of
"an street, i iymouui, um.
nnk- KVANS DEALERS IN PR l
lood and Groceries, comer 31icluran anl
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La Forte streets, riymoutn, ma.
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PALMER, DEALER IN DRY GOODS Ä:
Groceries, south corner La l orte ani .wicu-
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imn streets riyinoum, um.
N.Ü.
OGLES BEE & Co., DEALERS IN
it Goods Ä. Groceries, Brick tore .Uicn-
igan street,. . .
rivmouth, Ind
" ,1"RS. DUNHAM, MILLINER & MANTUA
1JL Maker Plymouth, Ind.
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R O W N & B A X T K K, DEALERS IN
Stoves, Tinware, ivc, Plymouth, Ii:d.
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R. PERSHING & Co., DEALERS IN
. Drugs and Medicine,. ..Plymouth, Ind.
D A M vTnTn E D G E , WHOLESALE
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uid Retail Grocer, Plymouth, lud.
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M. L. PIATT, MANUFACTURER OF
Cabinet Ware, Plymouth, Ind.
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LUYTER & FRANCIS, HOUSE CARPEN
t r?& Joiners, Plymouth, Ind.
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. West side Michigan st., Plymouth, Ind.
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GOLLINS & N1CIIOL
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. . Plymouth, Ind.
JOHN D. ARMSTRONG, BLACKSMITH,
south of the Bridge, Plymouth, Ind.
ENJ. BENTS, BLACKSMITH,
Plvmouth, lud.
y'-n.'BUIGGS, BLACKSMITH,
Plviuxuth, lud,
DWARDS- HOTEL, BY W.U. EDWARDS,
Plvmouth, Ind.
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C. CAPRON, ATTORNEY .S: COUN
e!.rat Liw, Plymouth. Ind.
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II ÄS. H. REEVE, ATTORNEY AT I.AAV
tNotarv Public, Plvmouth, Iul.
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ORACECORBIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ph mouth, Ind.
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AML. I J. COR BALKY, NOTARY PUBLIC,
Plvmouth, Ind.
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BROWN, GENERAL LAND AGENT
Plvmouth, Ind.
rpiIIEO. A. LEMON, PHYSICIAN, SUR
JL G EON & Druggist, Plymouth, Ind.
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UFUS BROWN,
PHYSICIAN & SUR
, Plvmouth, Ind.
GEON,
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55. GEON Plymouth, Ind.
V. KENNET, PHYSICIAN Si SUH-
GEON, Plvmouth, Ind.
T" 7" LING ER &BUO. DEALERS IN LUMBE I
etc, Plymou th, Ind.
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HE N R Y P I E R C E , DEALER IN CLO
thing & Furnishing Goods, Plymouth, Ind.
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USTIN FULLER, MANUFACTURER
And dealer in Flour Plymouth, Ind.
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ENRY M. LOGAN & Co., DEALERS IN
uk::'i:::':'ViylwmÜ!:1
-TfOSEPII POTTER, SADDLE & H ARNESS
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MERICAN HOUSE,
G. P. CHERRY
...Plvmouth, Ind.
Son, Proprietors,
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ARHERING AND IIA1RDRESSING, BY
Alfred Billows, Plymouth, Ind.
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ITCHELL & WILCOX, MANÜFACTU
rers of Plows, &c., Plymouth, Ind
ir:TE.STERVELT Sc HEW IT, DEALERS
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gi S. CLE AVELAND, DEALER IN DRY
VX. CoMi, Hanlware, etc.,. . Plymouth, Iinl.
II. CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Plymouth, Ind.
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A. HUGHS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Plvnioutli, Ind.
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A LOON, BY S. EDWARDS,
Plvnioutli, Iii'J.
DIL J. J. VINALL, HOM EOPATH 1ST,
Office over Palmer's store, Pl vmouth, Ind.
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HUME, HARNESS MAKER.
Plymouth, Ind.
BLANK GEEDS AND MORTGAGES!
. We now have a good wupply of Blank Deeds ami
Mortgages, of an approved form printed in the
irst style of the art, on fine white folio jK)st, and
or aale at one dollar per quire, or five cents sin,le
ALSO, BLANK NOTES ON HAND,
and printed to order on short notice. Justices
jlank.4 jirinted tonbr, and on reasonable terms at
This OrricE.
FÜRT FUR! TOR!!
r'V '"r uC,t rash price paid for Prime Mink and
JL Coon skins bv
J." F. VAN VA LK EN BURG 1 1.
At the Post Olhee
Th hi'ht market price paid i
Minkand Cooa skins, and Bee
in Cash for Dcci
ecf hides at
C. Palmer
Srbrffir )ottrir.
THE UNION FOREVER.
Perish the hand that would destroy
The temple of our sires!
Terish the heart that hopes for joy
In its consuming fires!
Let not the monster be forgot
Who dares to light the flame,
But curse him with a traitor's lot,
And with a traitor's name.
Our fainting hopes refuse to die,
Our tottering bulwarks stand,
And freedom's banner still floats high
O'er a united land.
The stars that gem the azure fold,
Muy cease awhile to shine;
But tremble not! the arm that holds
The flagstaff is Divine!
While the dark raven bodes despair,
And still our fear renews,
The noble eagle high in air,
His onward way pursues.
He dreads not there the tempest's wrath,
Though all its thunders roll;
But soars above the tempest's path,
Exulting to the goal.
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BURY ME WHERE I WAS BORN.
Oh! bury me, oh! bury me,
In the vale where I was born,
Where the babbling brook glides gently by
As a dream of peace at morn;
And eglantines and roses sweet,
On their banks recn bowers weave,
And gay birds sing from rosy morn
Till the dewy hours of eve.
There, unnoted, fled youth's golden days,
On light and airy wing,
As a cloud across a summer skv,
Or flowers of early spring.
Burv me, oh! burv me there,
In that dear old vale, and blest
By the dearest ties of human love,
That can thrill the human breast.
'Twas there my holy mother died,
Ere my heart knew aught of care,
Or had felt the pain and cold neglect
That the orphan heart must bear.
There grandpa watched my childish sports
With a beaming eye of joy,
And tears rolled down his furrowed cheeks,
As he called me his "orphan boy."
Then bury me, oh! bury me
In that hallowed vale and blest,
Where all the loved of childhood's years
Lie low in their dreamless rest.
Bury me by the dear one's side,
And let the roses' sweet perfume
Laden the breezes that shall wave
Tl'.o rri'i'ti yaoviT ny tomb.
From the Ladies Visitor.
COUSIN BEN.
UY MIRIAM F. HAMILTON.
i 'Visitors!' exclaimed Kate Ben net, im-
patiently, ns she laid aside the took which
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sue naJ ueen leading, ana in Avlucn sue
i cards which the servant presented.
'Dear me, how provoking! Just as I am !
in the must exciting part of the storj- and
that part, disagreeable Emily Archer, txo
she added, readiiiLj one of the cards; 'who
else, I wonder?'
Was there magic in that simple bit of
paste-board, inscribed only with two words
Richard Warren?' It would almost seem
so, so instantaneously did her countenance
change. The frown that had disfigured
her beautiful brow, had disappeared, her
eyts sparkled, And without another thought
of the book, she hastily assured herself, by
a glance at the mirror, that her toilet was
unexceptionable, r.nd left the room
As she entered the drawing-room, and
greeted her guests with all the grace and
j elegance of manner for which she was dis
i tinguished Emily Archer surveyed her
j wlth one rapid, critical glance; but dress, as
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; well as manner, was faultless.
'It must be confessed that Kate Bennet
enters a room like . queen she thought,
with a pang of jealousy, as in Richard War
ren's face she read undisguised admiration
! of the lovely girl before them.
What casual observer, who had marked
the meeting of these young ladies wouh:
j have dreamed that, under all the outwart:
J friendliness, each hated tho other with their
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Yet so it was. Kate and Emily were ri
val belles, and their claims to admiration
were so equally balanced that it required no
little exertion on either side to gain the as
cendency and be acknowledged the victor
If Kate, with her classical features, quoen
lv dignity, elegant figure, and exquisite
taste, at lirst sight threw her rival into the
shade, Emily's piquant style, animated coun
tenancc, and sprightly conversation, were
by many preferred to Kate's statcsquo beau
ty. It was impossible to decide which was
the loveliest; each had their adherents and
admirers, but as they were equally numor
ous, it seemed probable that the season
would draw to a close without the all-im
portaut decision of the question, which had
been par excellence, the belle.
Just at this time, Richard Winter return
ed from Europe. Tho arrival of so untie
niably elegant, handsome and wealthy a
gentleman, was an event all the fashiona
bio world was in a flutter, and the rivals
show at once that the important epoch had
arrived. Sha whoso claim he advocated
whom he favored with his admiration, wo'd!
at once stand upon the precarious pinnacle
of blele-ship. Each left nothing undone
to win him to her side, though their tac
tics were entirely different.
Emily brought to bear upon him the bat
teries of her sprightly wit, while Kate
adroitly laid tho mine of apparent queenly
indifference. And yet, though it was evi
dent that Richard admired both, his pref
erence was not known perhaps he hardly
knew himself which he thought the mcst
charming.
But during this exposition of the claims
of the rivals, a lively conversation had been
discussed, as well as some of their mutual
friends, and in the midst of some wickedly
witty remarks of Emily on a would be fash
ionable lady, a loud voice was heard in the
hall. It came nearer the door, and the
words could be distinctly understood:
You no-brained, impudent jackanapes,
I'll teach you to laugh out on the other side
of your mouth.'
The door was flung open, and in walked
a tall, athletic and sunburnt young man,
whose really fine form was disguised in an
ill-gtting 6uit of evidently domestic manu
facture, and who stood for a moment awk
wardly looking around him; then hastily
approaching Kate, he flung his arms around
her, a loud smack upon the cheek.
She withdrew herself quickly and haught
ily from his embrace.
'Sir!' She said with freezing dignity.
'Law! don't you know who I be?' ex
claimed tho new comer, in no wise discon
certed. 'Well, now, I do actually believe
you've forgotten me. Don't you know
your cousin Ben? You see I don't like
farming any how you can fix it, so I quit it,
and come to the city. Joe Simpson was
to our place, and he is doing first rate here.
He said it was hard to get a start in the
city, but I guess I ain't goin' to slump
through where he gets ahead. I'll risk it
anyhow.
At the commencement of this speech,
Kate had alternately flushed and paled for
she was so deeply mortified at Richard
Warren and Emily. It restored all her
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pride.
I With all the grace of which she was mis
tress, she turned to the new comer:
You must excuse me, Cousin Ben she
said, 'that I had forgotten you. A few
years make a great many changes, and I
can hardly retrace in your countenance a
feature that reminds me of the lad who went
nutting with me in the dear old woods of
Hampton. Allow me Miss Archer she
added, turning to her, 'to present to you
my cousin Mr. Adams, and with perfect
composure- she saw his awkward bow and
scrape.
Emily Archer at once mischievously com
menced with Mr. Adams, and was proceed
ing to draw him outmost ludicrously when
Kate came to the Rescue:
'You forgot, Miss Archer she said,
that my cousin has just arrived in town
ind has not as yet hud any opportunity to
see the lions. He will be better prepared
to give you his opinion of them in a few-
days, Avhen I shall have had the pleasure of
acting as his cicerone.'
Mr. Warren like a well bred gentleman
as he was, addressed some remarks to Mr.
tVdams on subjects with which he was fa
miliar, and shortly after, he, with. Miss
Archer, took leave, Kate could have cried
with vexation, as she thought of the ludi
crous description of the scene which Emily
would delight in giving, but she controlled
herself. She was a kind-hearted girl, and
could not forget the pleasant visits she had
paid to her dear uncieand aunt Adams, or
Ben' untiring efforts to make her happy
when at his father's house. She resolved
to repay him now, and her poor Ben, as she
made all sorts of inquiries about the old
farm .
No sooner had Richard Warren, with
Miss Archer, left the house, than she be
gar with all her powers of sarcasm, as
Kate had foreseen, to ridicule the scene
they had witnessed. Mr. Warren smiled but
seemed absent.
I had no idea the Benncts had such vul
gar relations continued Emily, well know
ing that the fastidious Richard Warren
would consider this a serious objection in
the woman of hiä choice.
'Notwithstanding all Kate's elegance,
there is a certain something about the fam
ily that betrays low blood.'
'Yes, returned Warten, hardly know
in'' what he said; and feeling that she had
gained one point, Emily walked on in the
best possible spirits internally triumphing
over the discomfiture of her rival.
That evening at tho opera, who should
be at Kate's side but Cousia Ben, dressed
in excellent taste, and evidently much in
terested in the performance, whita Miss
Bennet listened with polite attention to his
frank and sensible criticism. At parties,
too, he was her attendant; and this open
acknowledgement of her relation, quite
blunted the point of Emily's satire. Mr.
Bennet assisted tho youth to a situation, and
very speedily his rusticity woro off. He
had both good looks and good sense, and
under his cousiu's judicioiuj t!'ajoinr he
very soon did her credit, even among the
crowd of fine gentlemen who surrounded
her.
Emily Archer saw all, and bit her lip in
vexation. She could not but acknowledge
the superiority of Kate's strategy, and that
she hoped would humiliate her.
From that time Richard Warren was her
constant attendant, and ere long he had
openly acknowledged his preference by off
ei ing her his heart and hand.
'My dear Kate he said shortly after their
betrothal. 'I shall never ceaso to thank
Cousin Ben for giving me my bride. I ad
mired you as a belle, but his coming and
your reception of him proved that you were
something better than a mere fine lady
that you were a true woman, blest with the
greatest of all attraction a heart. Con
fess, dearest, that you owe him a debt of
gratitude, alsothat you afo as happy as
I am.'
Kate smiled one of her most bewitching
smiles.
'I certainly do not look upun his mal ap
propos arrival as a misfortune aU present
she said, 'whatever I may do in the fu
ture. Her glance of loving confidence contra
dicted her last mischievous words, and sirs
listened with downcast eyes and blushing
cheeks to. the assurance of her lover thaiV"1 wrc.nce; n tne fttate ol .Uas-
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no exertion of his should be wantuig lb keey
her from regretting the event whichhabV
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given mm a glimpse oi ner heart
Many years had passed.' In the sober
matron, Mrs. Warren, one wotild hardly
have recognized the flashing belle, Kate
Bennet.
Blest with wealth, a cheerful home a fond
husband, and lovely children, she had led
a happy life, and time had )ut increased
the attachment of tho wedded pair. But
cloudless as her life had been, a storm was
gathering. Her husband, a' ways cheerful,
grew moody, restless and unhappy. She
tried in vain to discover the cause of his
gloom, but he made only evasive replies to
her inquiries, and she could only guess at
his troubles; that they were connected with
his business, she imagined, and her sur
mise were correct.
lie entered the room whore she was sit
ting, one day, and exclaimed, flinging his
hat on a sofa:
Kate, we are ruined. In vain I have
struggled for weeks past; it is useless to at
tempt it longer. To-day I shall be known
as a bankrupt penniless, and worse than
penniless. In trying to double my fortune
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I have lost all. You and my children are
beirirars.
Why should loss of wealth trouble you
dear Richard?' said his wife tenderly, ap
proaching and taking his hand. 'This is
after all, but a trifling misfortune. While
we are spared to each other, blest with
health and good children, why should we
repine at the mere loss of fortune?'
The husband groaned.
'Ah, to be dishonored, Kate!' he said;
to fear to look men in the face because I
am bankrupt unable to pay my honest
debts. Kate, tho very idea drives me near
ly mad. To avoid this, what have I done?
I have passed sleepless nights and anxious
days but in vain.'
With fondcares9Ts, soothing words his
wife strove to sooth him; but alas, he paid
little heed to her efforts.
Just then a servant entered saying that
a gentleman wished to see Mr. Warren.
Tell him I cannot replied his master;
'I will see nobody
But you will replied a cheerful voice.
and a gentleman who had closely followed
the servant entered.
How is this, my dear Dick?' he said;
'you are in trouble, and did not apply to me.
That was not right?'
'And of what use would it have been?'
returned Warren. 'I am weary of borrow
ing from one friend to repay another day
after day. Even that lias failed me at last,
and I have come home to hide myself from
tho prying gaze of those who will too soon
be talking of my disgrace.'
'I had heard rumors of this, Dick, and
went to your office to see you, as you'were
not there I followed you here. Now my
dear fellow listen ! me; you have two hours
before banking hours arc over. Hero is a
blank check; fill it up yJurself, and it shall
be duly honored. Repay it at your conve
nience. No thanks; it is only a loan. I
know your business well, and that in a lit
tle time, with perhaps a little assistance, all
will be right again.'
Totally overcome, Richard eoulJ only
grasp his friend's hand, while his eyes fil
led with unwonted moisture.
'How can we ever thank you enough,
dearest, cousin Ben?' cried Kate. 'How
can wo repay you?'
Tut, tut, Kate, I am only discharging
a part of a debt I owe you my dear girl.
I owe all I possess all I am to you. When
I first came here, a raw ignorant country
booby, you were not ashamed of me; and
moro than all unvarying kindness, offering
mo a homo and innooent amusements, in
your society kept me out of many tempta
liyqs he'je ft I?ue1y, inexperienced lad
such as, without you, I should have been.
I thanked you for it then een when I did
appreciate the sacrifice it was to a fine la
dy, to have a pumpkin" like myself about
her; and when I knew more of the world
and understood the rarity of such conduct,
I love you the better for it, and felt the
more grateful. I had no opportunity be
fore to show it in any substantial form.
But now you see you are under no obliga
tion, I am only getting rid of alittle of the
heavy load you placed me under long ago.
Be off with you, Dick; hereafter, rely on
me in all cases like the present. Don't get
discouraged too easily business men, of
all others, should have elastic temperments.
Good bye, now he added, as Warren dis
appeared, kissing tears from Kate's cheek,
'and be assured that Beu Adams, tho mil
lionaire, has never forgotten, and will try
to pay your kindness to your poor awkward
cousin.'
'I am richly repaid she murmured.
How little I dreamed, long ago that twice
in my life I should owe my highest happi
ness to the trifling acts of -kindness towards
my good cousin Be;i.
m From the Chicago Daily Times.
A Striking Coincidence.
In the Territory of Kansas there is a
L.'.011 IT T .1 J. r
sTcnuus mere is aiso a city caned Law
rence ;indeed, the former ;vas named after
the latter, and intended, like the latter, to
do honor to the nnme of a family widely
and favorably known4as merchants, through
out the Union. The city of Lawrence in
Kansas, has lately been made the theater
of scenes of violence. A Sheriff and a
posse of twenty men have taken possess
ion peaceably of the guns, annon and
ammunition, which had been there gather
ed for the avowed purpose of resisting the
laws of the land, and shooting down the
officers and constituted authorities of the
Territory. Over this "outrage," this
" horrible atrocity," this " fiendish pursuit
of freemen," as Reeder called it, the Abo
lition papers of Chicago and of the coun
try are howling with excessive unction.
We wish to call up to the minds of these
men and to spread before the reflecting and
intelligent men of the day, a brief chapter
in the history of the country, and a chap
ter not yet two years old.
In the month of July, 1851, a few brief
hours after the celebration of the glorious
anniversary of Independence, a band of
"Ruffians, twelve hundred strong, living
in and about the city of Lawrence, in the
State of Massachusetts that soil, which
Sumner calls his home, and wherein the
Abolitionists declare no man can stand ex
cept as an equal in the eyes of God and
' man m that city of Lawrence, in the
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State of Massachusetts, on the Cth day of
Julv, 1854, this band of 1,200 "Massa
chusetts freemen," without one word of
provocation assaulted at midnight the hum
ble tenements and cabins, inhabited by free
white laborers, and their families, and in
two hours leveled forty of those dwellings
of the poor. In vain did woman shriek for
mercy at tho hands of " Massachusetts
freemen ;" iu vain did children implore
that aged parents be allowed to clothe them
selves in their usual garments the ears of
"Massachusetts freemen" were deaf all
such appeals. In vain did he husband
ask that the humble roof which 'sheltered
the person of his wife then intthe pangs of
child-birth, be not fired until he could pro
cure another place for the agoniaed wife
and anticipated babe ! The hearts of" Mas
sachusetts freemen" inhabiting the " City
of Lawrence" refused the prayer, and
thrusting wife and husband out upon the
barren fields, where with no other canopy
than afforded by the stars, a child was born
on the soil of the humanity-loving Massa
chusetts ! These things occurred in Law
rence, in the State of Massachusetts ; and
who ever read an article in the Abolition
papers of the country calling on men and
money to defend tho homes of those free
white laborers, outraged and torn down iu
the city of Lawrence, in the free State of
Massachusetts ?
One of the victims of that night of atro
city in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sadly
injured by a blow from a stone cast by one
of the ruffians ; both he and his ruflian as
sailant came to Chicago the latter stalks
tho streets, bawling for freedom in Kansas,
while the former reposes in the cemetery,
hastened to an untimely grave by the ruf
fianism of the " freemen of Massachusetts,"
committed in tho city of Lawrence !
Tho free white laborers of that city of
Lawrence, resolved to submit to no repeti
tion of the outrage of the " freemen of
Lawrence." One of them, now a citizen
of Chicago, repaired to Boston, and there
purchased for the use of himself and his
companions, and to defend themselves and
their wives and children from violence, a
sufficient number of guns, pistols, ami
powder anil ball. These weie packed in
boxes and conveyed to Lawrence. Upon
their arrival there, a select number of the
lluflians waylaid the wagon, and attempted
to carry off tho boxes containing tho noa-
pons of defence the driver succeeded in
reaching the houso of tho owner, and there
for hours a contest was waged in the streets
of the city of Lawrence iu the free State
of Massachusetts- whether free white men
were entitled to the constitutional privilege
of keeping arms. The arms were soon
put into the hands for which they were de
signed, and then by armed fortes dhese
men drove back the llullians, and vindica
ted their own constitutional secured liberty?
The Mayor and the authorities of that
city of Lawrence, seconded the demand f
the Massachusetts ruffians that these guns'
should bo delivered up. Who has evor
hoard that this reckless, brutal outrage,
committed by the "freemen of Massa
chusetts" in the frco city of Lawrence,
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condemnation
wiiii one
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from any of those presses which are now
filled with such indignant invectives against
Sheriff Jones and his posse, who have
taken possession of the other city of Law
rence in the Territory of Kansas ! The
owner of these muskets, purchased as we
have said, to defend the very hearthstones
of free white men in Lawrence, Massachu
setts, was that night assailed in the street
and stabbed with a bowie knife in the side.
He drew his pistol and fired at his assail
ant, wounding him in the arm. For this
he was seized and thrown into prison, the
Judge who so ordered it saying that to re
lease him, would be to insure both his own
and the prisoner's murder by the armed
bulltes, hunting to death the man who had
purchased firearms to defend the house in
which resided his wile and children. The
Court itself, satisfied that the accused (now
a citizen of Chicago) had committed no
offence, declared that to release him would
be to decree the murder of both Court and
prisoner. And this was in Lawrence, not
Lawrence in Massachusetts ! Who can
remember that the Abolitionists of Chicago
ever held a public meeting to sympathize
with, or contributed a dollar to assist those
free white men, who were struggling upon
soil long since consecrated to freedom, for
tho humble right of living in their own
houses, exempt from midnight outrage and
brutal violence! Oh, no! Goodrich and
Arnold and Blackwell and Yaughan had
no tears to shed over the outrages in Law
rence, Massachusetts, because that was a
case where the intolerant spirit of Massa
chusetts bigotry was outraging the rights
of free while men. No regiments were
raised to march to Lawrence, Massachu
setts, but tho unfortunate victims were
compelled to defend as best they could the
commonest rights of humanity.
We are compelled to defer the review of
the rest of this case, till to-morrow.
We publish, with pleasure, the follow
ing article from the Philadelphia Ledger,
a neutral paper. The subject is becoming
of momentous importance :
The Kansas Troubles. We have dis
patches in this morning's Ledger from
Kansas, bringing rumors of a battle at
Lawrence, an 1 the burning of the town,
together with tho hotel, at Kansas city.
We know not, when we are getting Kan
sas news, whether we are getting real facts,
or only the exaggerated distortions of crazy
partizans. It is a little singular that this
news, which was telegraphed to the city
on Saturday morning, should not be better
confirmed by Sunday night. The dispatch '
received last night, at ten o'clock, which j
numbered the fourth from Kansas, has not
a word concerning this reputed battle, and
and destruction of the town of Lawrence, i
Such an event, if it had occurred, we shoud j
suppose, would fly through the country as
quick as lightning could carry it.
The last dispatch represents that the
Committee of Safety of Lawrence had de
termined to oiler no resistance to tl.e'U. S.
Marshal in the exertion of his writ.
Bv such
an occurrence as reported, if it '
is not yet improbable. The state of pub-
lie feeling in that territory, the result of the i
preachings und the teachings of the fana
tics, North and South, tend to that result.
Civil war once begun in Kansas, and where
would it stopand when would it end? It
would ivt.stop until it had involved all the
other slates of the Union, nor would it end
while either party had strength to contin
ue the contest. It would not be a mere
separation into a northern and southern
confederacy, whore each would flourish
under institutions of its own liking and
choice, but war, bitter and unrelenting,
would be waged as long as the separation
existed, until these would be pnothing left
of this Republic but. tho miserable ruins
our folly had caused. Yet this is the ral
alcholyand wrenched condition to which
many of our newspapers and politicians
are endeavoring to drive us.
On various occasions lately, we have
noticed articles in certain journals, as well
South as north, pretending to prove, by
statistics assumed to be reliable, that the
Union is comparatively worthless. On the
one hand, the New York Tribune has "facts
and figures" to prove that the North is
financially, morally and religiously a loser
by our time honored confederation. On
the other Charleston Standard produces
"column, of arithmetic" to demonstrate
that the South would be more prosperous
and happy if it would cut loose from the
North aud even re-open tho slave trade.
It is a sufficient reply to this surt of ar
gument, that, if statistics should establish
such two opposite conclusions, they must
be misunderstood, if not entirely garbled.
Such, in reality, is tho fact. Nothing is
more unanswerable than statistics, where
they are both comprehensive and correct;
but nothing is more valueless, as proof,
when these qualities are wanting. It is by
quoting only such figures as tell in their fa
vor and by forgetting that at best not one-
thinfof the actual statistics have ever been
reducod to figures, that ulras. North and
South, fancy they demonstrate that the
two sections of the Union could be better
off alone, or rather better oil" if engaged j
in an internecine war, as would bj the ;
inevitable consequence of a separation.
For the value of the Union, after all,
cannot be estimated by dollars and cents. !
Its advantages ramify so intricately into
the economical, social and political life of
the people of the several States, that no
calculation of the pecuniary, worth is, or
even will be, possible. There is net a bit
of property in the Middle State, for exam
ple, not a farm anywhere iu the Great West;
not a manufactory in New England : not a
mercantile lirm in the length or breadth of
the land ; not a plantation in all tho South;
tu a steamboat, railroad or telegraph ; not
a canal or chartered company, which would
not be depreciated, permanently, by a dis
solution of tho Union, and not a trade or
occupation of labor which would not suffer
incalculably thereby. To enumerate even
thoso things in which the injury would be
the most apparent, would require entire
i columns. nVc must content ourselves with
putting a single illustration. Where "would
be the prosperity of Pennsylvania in tho
event of a dissolution 1 A border State,
certain to become the battle ground of the
two exasperated communities, its field
would be ravaged, its trade ruined, its
population drained, its people everywhere
impoverished. Ten years of disunion would
undo for Pennsylvania all that seventy
years of union had achieved.
The blessings of peace are proverbial.
The United States have outstripped Europe
so enormously in prosperity, not only be
cause this was a new country, but because
the Union secures a lasting peace between
tho several commonwealths, and with it the
advantages that flow from peace. Hero we
have no war taxes ; no frightful public debt,
the result of preceding wars ; no passport
system to check travel ; no custom-house
at the frontier of each State ; and no in
ternational jealousies and misunderstand
ings preventing the business men of differ
ent nations from entering into thos3 close
relations which they otherwise would, to
the mutual advantage of all. In fact, so
common have the blessing of peace be
come; as between the different States, thfit
few men realize what disasters would flow
from an opposite condition of affairs. -We
do not exaggerate, however, when we say
that a dissolution would lead to a repeti
tion, on this continent, of the incessant
wars which have devastated tho great
Christian commonwealth of Europe lor
centuries back, retarding incalculably its
civilization, and rendering the religion it
professes a hissing scorn among the na
tions. Satan, it is said, assumes the garb
of an angel of light, when he would delude
and mislead. It is a trick of the- day for
men, who seek to advance their own ends
even at the cost of the Union, to pretend
that the love of liberty is their ruling mo
tive. Yet the preservation of the Union
is the only security freedom has, here or
abroad.
Stupyixg Latin. The New Era relates
a story of a young farmer whose son had
for a long time been ostensiolv etudving
Latin it: a popular academy;
The farmer, not being perfectly satisfied
with the course and conduct of the young
hopeful, recalled him from school, and pla
cing him by the side of a cart, one day thus
addressed him:
Now, Joseph, here is a fork and there is
a heap of manure and cart; what do you call
them iu Latin?'
'Forkibus, cartibus, et m.muribus." said
Joseph,
'Well,
now said the farmer, 'if x ys
don't trke that forkibus, pretty qurckibus,
and pitch that manuribus, into that carti-
bus, I'll break your lazv backibus
Joseph went to work f jrthwithibus.
Sold. 'Bob, that is a line horse vou have
what is he worth?'
'Three hundred and fifty dollars
No, not so much as that!'
'Yes. every cent of it. aud another fifty
OII top of it.
Are you sure?'
Yes, I'll swear to i
'All right.'
o
'What are
you so darned inquisitive
Merely for assessing purposes. I am
assessor for this ward, and. only wanted V
know what vou rated vour n.t'' at
Hints to Promote Harmony in a Family.
1. We maybe quite sure that our will i.
likely to be crossed in the day; so prepare
for it.
2. Everybody in the house has an evil
nature as well as ourselves, and therefore
we are not to expect too much.
3. To learn the different temper of each
individual.
1. To look upon each member of the
family as one for whom Christ died.
5. When any good happens to any one,
rejoice at it.
C. When inclined to trive an angrv an
swer, lift up the heart m prayer.
7. If from any cause we feel irritable, to
keep a strict wauli upon ourselves.
8. To observe when others are suffering,
and drop a word of kindness and sympa
thy suited to their state.
9. To watch for little opportunities of
pleasing, and to put little annoyance out of
the way.
10. To take a dieerfiil view of every
thing, a id encourage hope.
11. To speak kindly to servants, and
praise them for little things, whenever you
can.
12. Iu all little pleasure which may oc
cur, to put self last.
13. To try fr the 'soft answer that turn
eth away wiath.
I I. When we have been paired by an
unkind word or deed, to ask ourselves,'
Have I not often done the same thing and
been forgiven
15. In conversation not to exalt our
selves, but to bring others forward.
16. To be gentle with the younger ones,
and treat them with respect, remembering
that we were once veAing Lo.
17. Never judge one another, but attrib
ute a good motive when we can.
10. To compare our manifold blessings
with the trifling annoyances of tho day.
East. As father Morris was walking
through a parish noted for its profanity,
he was stopped by a whole flock of youth
ful loprobates of the place.
"Father Morris! Father Morris! tic dev
il's dead!"- .
"Is he?" said the old niau benignly.
layitig his hand ou the head of the nearest
urchin, "You poor, fatherless children!"
MoiEHS' Injunctions. Go ye into Kau
sas and preach the gospel according to
Garrison. Let your loins bo girt with the
New York Tribune; put on tho hdf.et of
Abolitionism, the breast plate o .ow
Nothingism, the bowie-knife of A-fc;:nsa,
and a Sharpc's rifle and preach disunion
to every creature.
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