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WINCHESTER WEEKLY APPEAL.
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WINCHESTER, TENN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 185G.
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WHY DO IT J
The democratic press have teemed with
appeals to tho people to lay aside all
party prejudice and como to the support
of their candidate, en masse. There is no
reason, common sense or justice in such
appeals. Is it reasonable to ask Ameri
cans to disregard principles principles
they cherish as the true basis of our Gov
ernment and the landmarks of the found
ers of the Republic to support a party
at war with these principles? Would it
be common sense on their part to desert
their chosen standard-bearer who has been
weighed and approved, and who is' ac
knowledged to be worthy and well quali
fied, to place in power a man whose
soundness is at least questionable? Would
it bs justice to themselves and to their
country to aid in keeping in power the
party that has involved the country in tho
very troubles of which they themselves
now complain? When tho democratic
party took tho reins of Government in
hand, wo were enjoying peace abroad and
prosperity at home no civil feuds nor
foreign broils were even perceptible in
the distant feturc. Sectionalism had just
received a blow from which it would nev
er recover. The democratic party took
entire control of the country. The Pres
ident and both branches of the National
Legislature almost every State from
Maine to Texas and from Maryland to
California, all, all under Democratic
sway. It was thought then if Democrat
ic doctrine was calculated to benefit the
country, its good results must now be
felt. But in the space of three and a
half years what do we see? Sectionalism
rampant civil war the treasury plun
dered foreign embroilments degrada
tion abroad and confidence lost at home.
The President sits there a perfect pigmy,
the emaciated, afflicted subject of his
own follies. The House of Represcnta
fives he sold out to sectionalism tho
Senate repudiated him and his party
Stale after State has wheeled out of line
the country now groans beneath burdens
such as it never did before, all resulting
from Democratic rule. This, men of
Franklin and other counties, is the rule
you ajrtf asked to perpetuate. Will you
do it?
It is stated that the entire German vote
in Iowa was cast at the late clcction for1
the Republicans.
The Constitution adopted by the Abo
litionists of Kansas, at Topeka, excludes
negroes from voting at all elections.
The value of slave property at the South
-as estimated at 2,000,000,000 of dollars.
Dviner Words. Tho last words of
creat men are always remembered. As
John Quincy Adams expired, he said: 'this
is the last of oarth!' Daniol Webster
.uttered the words, "I still live!" James
Buchanan, surrounded by tho "Keystone
,Club," declared, as he took a last ling
,enne look upon .his mends: "1 am no
longer James Buchanarr."
New York. The accounts from the
Umpire Slate are of the most encouraging
character. The American papers speak
with utmost confidence of carrying it for
Fillmore and Donelson. There have re
cently been a series ofmeetings, the larg-
eitever held in the State, and the enthu
j!sm whcb pervaded ti masses was
roost intense.
Tin: little lone cj it ave.
To our mind thero is something exceed
ingly touching touchingly simple in
the following picture of a little lone grave,
encountorod in an ovor-land expedition to
California some four years ago. The in
cident is related by a California papor.
There is no true parent who can lead it
without a fruitful river in the eye:
"The over-land emigration to Califor
nia in 1852, was immense, and attended
with sickness and death. Hardly a com
pany that was not decimated, and many
doubly so. New made graves that, during
the first ten days upon tho plains, possess
ed at least a melancholy interest, suffi
cient to turn tho stcpeof the traveler, if
only just to know the namo and where
from, at length became so numerous os
hardly to attract a passing notice, unless
in the immediate vicinity of our camping
grounds. We had encamped upon ono
of the very small streams between the Lit
tle Platte rivers; we were all joyous and
happy; our animuls as yet in excellent
condition, our company all in good health
and wo had not been long enough on tho
plains to know or feel fatigue. It was
Saturday afternoon, and we had stopped
early, where the water and grass were
abundant, and intended to remain there
over Sunday.
Tents were pitched, our horses wero
quietly grazing, and mirth and gaiety re
sounded throughout tho camp. More
than one of us had observed a little strip
of board no wider than a man's hand stan
ding upright amid tho green grass but a
few rods from our wagons. One of our
company thinking it would make good
kindlings, went out to get it but returned
without it, saying nothing. Another went
and he too returned without it; and yet
another and another, and as they returned
all seemed less joyous than beforo. Our
own curiosity was excited, and we too,
with a companion, went out to see it, and
discover if possiblo its apparent sacred-
ness. On approaching it, we found our
selves approaching a lone little grave!
The puny mound of earth was fresh, and
the green grass around it had hardly re
covered from its recent trampling; and
newly cut, as with pen-knife, upon the
frail monument wero these words:
"OUR ONLY CHILI)
DEAR LITTLE MARY,
FOUR VEAHS OLD."
But we had no means of ascertaining
whose Little Mary it was. As the sun
was yet an hour high or more, it was pro
po.sed that we should go on a mile or two
to other camping crounds; and without a
question being asked, or a reason given,
it was unanimously approved and carried
into effect. But tho true and only cause
was, the nearness to our camping ground
of that lone little grave and its frail mon
ument. The Pennsylvanian tries to recommend
Mr. Buchanan to working men by assert
ing, upon the authority of "a valued
friend," that ho once took "a warm and
decided interest" in the ten hour system.
If Buchanan ever favored the ten hour
system it was from motives of mere
arithmetical convenience it harmonizes
so beautifully with his ten cent system.
Tho two combined would certainly form
a wonderful " Ready Reckoner" for the
working man. With their aid he could
calculate his earnings "as easy as nolA-
Gen. John N. Purviance, of Butler
county, Pa., has declared in favor ofFre
mont for the Presidency. Gen. Purvi
ance is the brother of Samuel A. Purvi
ance, the present member of Congress
from that District. He was for six years
the Auditor General ofPennsylvnnio, and
elected both times as a democrat.
Still They Come. lion. Alfred B.
Ely, of New York, has abandoned Fre
mont and Black Republicanism, and de
clared for Fillmore. The F llmore ranka
are swelling liko the waves of the resist
less sea.
To ascertain tho length of the day and
night, any time of the yeai, double the
time of the Bun's rising, which gives the
length of the night; and double tho time
of setting, which gives the length of the
day. This is a little method of 'daing a
thing' which few of our readers have been
aware of.
If you would be seen you must shine.
HOW IT FUELS TO KK HA IS U ED.
An acquaintance of Lord Bacon's who
meant to hang only partially, lost his foot
ing, and was cut down at tho last oxtrom
ity, having nearly paid for his curiosity
with his life. lie declared that ho felt
no pain, and his only sensation was that
of firo beforo his eyes, which changed first
to black then to sky blue. Thcso colors
are even a sourco of pleasure. A Capt.
Montagnac, who was hanged in France
during'rcligious wars, and rescued from
the gibbet at the intercession of Viscount
Turenne, complained that having lost all
pain in nn instant, he had been taken
from a light of which the charm defied
description. Another criminal who es
caped by the breaking of the cord, said
that,- after a second of suffering, a fire ap
peared, across it the most beautiful aven
ue of trees. Henry the IV of France,
told his physician to question him, and
when mention was made of a pardon the
man answered coolly that it was not
worth tho asking. The informity of the
description renders it useless to multiply
instances. They fill pages in every book
of medical jurisprudence. All agree that
the uneasiness is quite momentary, that a
pleasurable feeling immediately succeeds,
that colors of various hues start up be
fore the sight, and that, these having
been gazed on for a trivial space, tho rest
is oblivion. Tho mind averted from the
reality of the situation, is engaged in
scenes the most remote from that which
fills the eye of the spectator tho vile
rabble, hideous gallows, and the strug
gling form that swings in the wind.
What a beautiful little waif on the in-
fluenco of a smile! Read it.
"A beautiful smilo is to the female
countenance what the sunbeam is to the
landscape. It embellishes an inferior
face, and redeems an ugly one. A smile,
however should not become habitual, or
insipidity is the result; nor should the
mouth break into a smile on.onc side the
other remaining passive and unmoved,
for this imparts an air of deceit and
grotcsqu 'nesss to the face. A disagree
able smile distorts the lines of beauty,
and is more repulsive than a frown.
There are many kinds of smiles, each
having a distinctive character somo an
nounce goodness, and sweetness, others
betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some
soften the countenance by theit languish
ing tenderness, others brighten it by their
brilliant and spiritual vivacity. Gazing
and poring before a mirror cannot aid in
acquiring beautiful smiles half so well as
to turn the gaze inward, to watch that
the heart keeps unsullied from the reflcc
tion of evil, and is illumined and beauti
fied by all sweet thoughts.
A Dangerous Aiuiitioii.
A Washington correspondent of the
Nashville Patriot, thus alludes to Percy
Walker's accession to the Sag Nicht par
ty:
You have heard, probably, of the de
fection of Percy Walker, of Alabama.
It has bced anticipated here ever since
the nomination of Fillmore. In his
speech, announcing his determination to
support Buchanan, ho denounced the
compromise measures of 1850, and sa'u
that he was then for dissolution. That
the South in submitting to those great
measures of Clay, Webster, Cass, Dick
inson and Fillmore, had submitted to on
irreparable wrong. You will agree with
me that tho American party has not the
place for such a man. It is meet that he
should support Buchanan, but the Buch
aniers do not regard his support as a valu
able acquisition; they fear the influence
of his speech in favor of "old Squatter
Sovereignty" in the North and with the
Union men of tho South. Tho Black
Republicans, always eager to appropri
ate everything ro their advantage, have,
I learn, adopted his speech as one of
their campaign documents, intending to
circulate it throughout tho whole North,
for the purpose of inflaming the minds of
tho people against old Buch. Injury to
old Buch will be the result of the circu
lation of this speech in tho North. A
few more such acquisitions by the De
mocracy will effectually spike their guns,
and they will become captives of the Re
publican party. It is truly unfortunate
that the South will send such men to
Congress; they are an absolute and posi
tive injury to it in short they are tho
manufacturers of Abolitionists.
THE G EI LT Y CONSCIENCE.
Ono of the most memorable passages
ever uttered by Mr. Webster was in vin-
dication of the authority of conscience
and of Providence: "The guilty soul
cannot keep its own secret. It is false
to itself, or rather, it feels an irresistible
impulso to be true to itself, Itlaborsun-
der its guilty possession, and knows not
what to do for U. Tho human heart was
not made for tho residenco of such an in-
habitant. It finds itself preyed upon by
a torment which it does not acknowledge pie lessons of home, enameled upon the
to God or man. A vulture is devouring heart in childhood, defy tho rust of years,
it, and it can ask no sympathy or assist- and outlive the mature andless vivid pic
anco, either from heaven or earth. The tures of after days,
secret which comes to possess him; and j So deep, and so lasting, indeed, aro tho
ike tho evil spirit, of which we read, it
overcomes him; and leads him whitherso-
ever it will. He feels it beatins at his .
leart, rising in his throat and demand- j
ng disclosure. He thinks tho wholo
world sees it in his face, and almost hears ;
it working in tho very silenco of his ,
thoughts-
-it has become his master. It
betrays his discretion, it breaks down his
courage, it conquers his prudence. When
suspicion without begins to embarrass
urn, and the net ol circumstances to en
tangle him, the fatal secrot struggles
with still greater violence to burst forth.
It must be confessed; there is no reluge
from confession, but suicide; and suicide
is confession."
THE MODEKN JSULLE.
The daughter sits in ths parlor,
And rocks in her easy chair,
She's clad in her silks and satins,
And jewels are in her hair;
Shs winks and giggles and simpers,
And simpers and giggles and winks,
And though she talks but little,
Tis vastly more than she thinks.
Her father goes clad in his russet,
And ragged and seedy at that,
His coats are all out at the elbow
He wears a shocking bail hat.
Ho's hoarding and saving his shillings
So carefully day by day,
While she on her beaux and poodles,
Is throwing it all away.
She lies a-bed in the morning
'Till nearly an hourofnoon;
Then comesdown snapping and snarlin'
Because she was called so soon.
Her hair is still in the papers,
Her cheeks still dabbled with paint
Remains jof her last night's blushes,
Before she intended to faint.
Shodoats upon men unshaven.
And men with the "flowing hair;"
She's eloquent over moustaches,
They give such a foreign air;
She talks of Italian music,
And falls in love with the moon,
And though but a mouse should meet her
She sinks away in a swoon.
Her feet are so very little.
Her hands so very white,
Her jewels so very heavy,
And her head so very light;
Her color is made of cosmetics,
Though this she will never own;
Her body's made mostly of cotton,
Her heart is made wholly of stone
She falls in love with a fellow,
Who struts with a foreign air;
Who marries her for hermoney
She marries him for his hair;
One of tho very best matches
Both are well mated in life!
She's got a fool for a husband,
And he's got a fool for a wifo!
HAS SHAME FLED FKOX Till?
WOISLD.
When General Scott waa nominated for
the Presidency over Fillmore, the latter
was wept over by the Pierce people be
cause ho was so goou and so sound a man,
and Gen Scott was abused becauso he
was so bad and unsound a man. Wil
any one think now that Scott and Fill
i n -r
more have changed places; jjocs any
human being suppose it possible that the
papers that then lauded Fillmore and
abused Scott, could now laud Scott am
abuse Fillmore? Alas for Sag Nich hu
inanity! it is possible. Tho Cincinnati
Enquirer that lauded Fillmore and abusei
Scott, now lauds Scott and abuses Fill
more. Hear it on Scott:
"It is stated that among the many
staunch Old-Line Wings who are op
posed to tho election of Col. Fremont
is Gen. Scott. That gallant veteran is
undoubtedly too true a friend to the Union,
which he has so long served with eminent
distinction and credit, to countenance a
faction which proposes to erase from our
national flag fifteen stars, and whose
leaders are well known Abolitionists sne
Disunionists. The old General now, as
upon the bloody field of Lundy's Lane
and Chepultapec, will march with no
party that does not keep step to the "flag
of the Union." His patriotism revolts at
the idea of tho North being arrayed against
the South."
THE FIUESIDE.
The fire side is a seminary of infinite
importance. It is important because it is
universal and because the education it
bestows, being woven with the woof of
childhood, gives form ami color to tho
whole texture of life. There are few
who can receive the honors of a college,
but all are graduates of the hearth. The
learning of tho university may fada from.
the recollection; its classic lore may
molder in tho halls of memory; but sim-
impressions of early life, that you of-n
see a man in tho imbecility of ago, holding
fresh in his recollection tho events of
his childhood, while all tho wide space
between that and tho present hour is a
blasted and forgotten waste. You have,
perhaps, seen an old and half obliterate
portrait, and in attempt to have it cleaned
and restored you have seen it fade away,
while a brighter and still more perfect pic
ture, painted beneath, is revealed to view.
This portrait, first drawn upon the canvas,
is an apt illustration of youth; and though
it may be concealed by some after de
sign, still tho original traits will shine
through the outer picture, giving jt a tone
while fiesh, and surviving it in decay
Such is the fireside the great institution
furnished for our education.
Old Line Whigs Head.
If any Whig thinks of acting with tho
Locofoco party in the coming contest, we
commend to his careful perusal tho fol
lowing precious extract from a tract is
sued from Democratic Head-quarters at
Washington, shortly before the Presiden
tial election in 1844, entitled " Trac No
2 Sub Treasury 'hat is it?" many
copies of which were circulated in the
country during tho canvass:
"When they the Whigs tako a man
Henry OlayJ foaming with passion, a
pistol in one hand and a p. ck of cards in
the other, as their candidate lor the 1'rcsi
dency, they may expect to win the sup
port of the moral and leligious by asso
dating with him a psalm-singing profes
sor, Thcdoro Freylinghuysen, with i
Hymn-Book in his hand and a Bible tin
der his arm.
"Clay half intoxicated with wine, rax
ing ata debauch and Freylinghuysen fer
vently addressing the Almighty in a pray
er meetinc;.
"Clay at the card Table and Freyling
huysen atthe Communion Tabic.
"Clay pointing witu deadly aim at the
Heart oi ins leuow-man, anu r reyiingnuy
sen lecturing against dueling as col
blooded murder.
"rsever yet was there a tyrant or
usurper so bloody and wicked, that h
could not find Priests or clergy of some
religion or sect to cloak his crimes and
mock heaven by invoking its blessings on
us enormities. Uur Wines have not
read history in vain, and they are attempt
ins to profit bv its lessons.
"Religion is called upon to take the
bloody hand of the Duellist and sit down
with him in tho scat of power.
"Religion is called upon to take to her
embraces tho devotee ol tho gaming tabl
and tho brothol, that sho may share wit
him the civil power of the country.
Theodore tho Gift of God, is to take
upon his sanctified shoulders, HAL, THE
PRINCE OF REVELERS, and scat
him in tho chair of President, that he may
sit by his side."
This is what the Buchanan party said of
Henry Clay in 1844. Con Whigs ever
forget tho base slanders then scattered
broadcast throughout tho Union? Ap4
now Buchananitcs ask Whigs to vote for
tho man who slandered Henry Clay!
They slandered him till he sank into the
tomb, ondnow they give him faint praise
to catch old lino Whi" votes. Will the
day of righteous retribution ever come?
Balky Horses. .Many persons aro an
noyed occasionally by balking horses
We have lately seen A remedy success
fully applied which was new to us and
may be to some of our readers. It is
quite a simple one, but we havo reason
to believe it is never tried in vain. Tic
a small cord directly under tho feilock of
one tho horse's front feet, and go before
him and pull the foot after you. At first
he may refuse to move, except to en
deavor to detach the cord, but in a thoit
time he will move kindly. Try it with
a little patience, and our word for it, it
will make liiin if the load is not too
heavy. It is much belter than the un
merciful beating we fe some inflict at
ueh times.
A SIXGl'LAlt AFFAIII.
A man at Haguo, becoming tired of his
wife, attempted to poison her in tho fol-
owing manner:
They had sat down to dinner, and while
le had left the room, or her back was
turned, he put the poison in her soup.
iMot uaring to trust himself in her pros-
enco, ho feigned some excuse and left tho
room. By a wonderful Providence, when
she came to the tabJo, a spider had drop.
pea irom the ceiling of the room into her
soup-plate. She was especially afraid of
piders.and her husband had often laugh
ed nt her for it. So she carefully took
the spider out with a spoon, and finding
that she could not bring herself to eat af
ter it, sho, in the absenco of husband,
hanged the plates, and eat his soup.
He was immediately taken with convul
sions and expired. Before death ho con-
fessed that he had poisoned the soup, and
that it musthave been place! beforo him
unintentionally by his wife. Now, how
narrow was the escape of his wife, not on-
y from being poisoned, but from being
lung. If the man had died without a
confession, the woman must have been
immediately arrested. Poison would
have been found in the man and in lha.
soup-plate. Sho gave hiia the soup.
Hero would have been circumstantial
evidence, strong enough to have hunglfer,
and an innocent woman would have ex
pired, but for tho confession.
Withdrawal of Buchanan.
A few days ago, the Washington Organ
stated that the withdrawal of Buchanan
from tho Presidential contest was under
kerious consideration in a Democratic
caucus at Washington city. This state
ment was corroborated by the Washing
ton correspondent of tho New York Cou
rier and Enqaler. We find in the Natch
ez Courier the following postscript to a
privato letter written at New York by a
Mississippi lawyer of high standing:
Fillmore stock is unqestionably ris-
in:, and the withdrawal of Mr. Bucha
nan is seriously mooded here among the
few leaders left of the Democracy.
The nomination of Buchanan was a
mistake; it has failed entirely to effect
what it was intended to effect. Ho was
nominated with the hope of luring back
into the Democratic fold sufficient North
ern strength to keep the harpies of the
Democratic party in power and place,
and the fruition of public plunder.
It has already been ascertained be
yond any doubt, that Buchanan cannot
bo elected, that ho will be tho the third
man in the race, and tht keeping him on
the track will only increase tho chanecs
for the election of Fremont. Many lead
ing men, who were originally for Buch
anan, have become cbnvinced that keep
ing him in the field will only serve to ob
struct the progress of Mr. Fillmore in
ihe South, and aro anxious for his remo
val. They sec that tho contest is be
tween Fillnioro and Fremont, and that the
corpse of the squatter sovereignty is only
an obstruction to tho Union party. Re
move tho body. It encumbers the Way
of the party that is fighting against sec
tionalism, and for tho Union and the con
stitulion. Away with it and bury it at
the bottom of tho garden or at the cross
roads. Lonisville Journal.
All our information from the counties
above us is of tho most cheering character.
A centleman who has traveled through
"Mjaost of the country north or the Tennes
'""Tsee, represents that the American fires are
burning brightly on every hill-top, . and
that there will be large gains for Fill
more in almost every county. From be
yond the mountain the most gratifying
intelligence reaches us tho canvass U
being most thoroughly prosecuted by the.
Fillmore speakers, and their triumphs are.
so often as they speak, and accessions arc
daily to the American ranks. Of orir
Own iulmediato section, wo caa say to
our friends abroad, All's well. E5t Ten
nessee will give a rots' ng uiejoiity fo
Fillmore. Athens Post.
The poor pittance- of seventy years i
not worth being a illaiu for. What
matter if your neighbor lies ii a jridiil
tomb? Sleep you in your innocent c.
Percy Wkei or Alabama, has beta
severely denounced by iba Americana of
Baldwin county for his desertion of the
Artericsn flag, and inited to. u Lit
jcat in Conjre.
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