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JULY a, M7S.
rouxn pr juit nana
Th fart thai tb F rt Jly a -
inmd aa Baadey tbla year
UIU doaaiy irtcated.
' tie ehswlag tor that avrpaa CwAsudey,
there Men day. whit hot a few people
tlnicd eel h ration aa beta deyai
Mimsrln af diver aad aaadry
hraiioa day pb4 aaw alee alrtly la
aaa wo, vita IM asiatak
war bat fnlfllilag th de-
laf aatrtH , trudged patteatly
aWtaa atwUiag aaa latbavaaef a
4oeg in hi eddtgabreebead
d1aoeig mtrteU muet. m4 aat
wUhaealldla aar las for" aMrtal
hrtchrd th Pawlatatlea f ladpad
aaa, aad aa aaabltl mtor with
'Yladyiaatarto axtoUatf w atortol
bird,
gtorioa aaalvexaary Ikia year by
droaa aad aeeklag tba
atolL Thla
aaaalkl raeelattaa waa, Wvwveayshafcea,
and laally averateaa by tha aaeena
Matlbattha Waaaaa taffragtete ware
gala; ta aalahrat thaU wi aeasaal
at Boat lelaad. Monday, th at laefc,
aa tha day apaiatod for tbla grand
pica to tak rtaea, aad aordlagty
tha early aa ruing ef that day foaad aa
la tha aaaaaaay f a vwrt aaaibar of
frfoada aa board tha IM aid trala,
aoaaa aaaad Jar Aavera, aaa 4br tor
thaWaaaWIaaanaiiawflaaw.
Oeaasioaal glaaaai aaaa aa ahewod
tha aaaal rrt af etoat, vaD-kapt a.
Ml children
. wrttadag with tha awtoaaary tartar
thataatahraliaaa aad exewrveoa lava
itably dactotbeak.TiJk abaatatoaar
ba eywalty
tay. aa waald aa
sweat for ttMaawaa aabjaet Bttfe chit.
' draa to tha aaaaal tartar which tha
haat aad dart, laaapmiahla frea a Foarth
aTialy aalabfatfaa, lafJata aaaa tbf
Lrt mm aiadir aad ajaiaathaUa ba-
tJ kisiigtit a to Bock
JaUad, irhara jra irar by .
aaaMiaaaftaaaBalaaiaadatharaolaai
atoag tha II aa, aad a hMt ml: ealbl
i airy pnala, vaa, lsnralag1, wl
Craaa
dart aad ilwahrt atapatad tor tba
aatrioUaal Aarara. , "
- Of that qatot, alaaaaal enmaaar day la
tha ftaad aid woada what ahall wa aayf
Havaral haadrad npla art la aUaaUra
allaaaa alta aaaaaal apaa aaeh aaea
aloaa, walla throagh tha aaftly-awaylaf
toaaaaaa af tha yiaaTakle aad atalaty
traas tha aaHry Jaly hfaaaaa wattad tha
ward af tha -IVrararaHna af ' Iadrpaad-
aad Umi "TToaaw Dadaratiaa"
FBIDAT.
af tha aaaaa aaasbt ap iba nteia, aa
: tha Fraa aelpaHaa rnwla aHlaa - fcU
- wtihMar aad fafrlhla attacaaca tVaai
7 tha Itpaaff a aotorad hrrtbar, aad aarriad
ha vaa ward lta aaaaladiac lavatatloa
I'taf Iba "aaaal JaraU JodgaMat W au
' klad aad lha graelaaa tevar af Alaiighty
Gad," whleb wUl Utra whlla tha Eagllah
taagaa aada atlataacaTahaKTatar
aaaay tha af lha aadlaaaa, wkila
tha aratloa, aalqaa aa patriotic rtala ap
aad aat apoa tha torrid hnath af aaav
At tha alaaa af tha aratloa, tba ara
wailaaarta wara ra-amagad aa tablaa,
aad Uwat aaatad with aaa iy gaaa aad
rith
rsaadid by a rg TTr-THMtr t "lafilaad a,r for the orator oTthe
aad atwaibta atUaeaa af aar glartay, withtUkeea latulUoaof aaensl-
aaaiBMMwaalth. .. Tha
pilaa af good
thlaga, thaagh
wara, at tha alaaa af aa haar, aiaaitagly
, amrcaly dlailalahad, aad a tha ataa af
tba ftaat, a bug aaaaaat af aaileloaa
. adiblaa wara lartatad ta tha ptatfcorta
aaakata ftaaa waaaaa thay had aanrgad.
Aa hoar af atart dallgbtfal aaaaana
With frlaada JaUawad, whaa tha aWIV?
" lag waa agala aailad a ardar, aad
aaamaaa abaci apuahai llataaad toby
-: tha aaMaabtaga, Tbaaa waa aad eau
by tha traiaa thaa departed thraaga tba
tha ataitoar Tbaaa ftW a
r taara wara waa auaa ay
tiaialard, wa
know aat how leag, to aoatlaaa tha aat-1
ahratlaa.
Wa aappaaiag to ha aaaaf lha trrt
atoaa, atarlad la anaipaay with a lady
frlaadla advaacaaf tba tart, aad halag
Ska aaraatf toad af walk.
itertitrrta
aaarty aailla
by tha aallglar aaadaalar aapaailid la
tha aaralag. That walkT Aa wa ait
taaaramaa,aar blkliwd tort aaaaaad
la atlppaia, aad tklak af iba baralag
aaa ararhaad, tha aaarckag taad kid
aadaf toat, tba dlaay bight af tha Iraatla
' . wark wa ahaddarlagiy rtipaiil
tba afagla halPrlaa hlaekaarry
w harrladly aaalakad toaa tba
tha rapidity with which thaawlliaiaa
' lag trrJadUragardiag ar AaaUaig-
-ato had gMflaalailoM.tpad' ky al wttk
aadlailalabad aalartty, aar raUaf whaa
Wa aaard tha ball aaaad, aad aaw tba
apaad af tha trala at toat akwkaa, tba
aatoalabtag aaaa at which wa apad
y toward It, tha laad toagh af aar wtoar
. aaaipaaloaa aa wa wara draggad apaa
-' -car, wbtoh aflatdad aa poaaiMlIty af a
Mat, tba aadlgaiaad m
wa plaagad agalart aar
la whleb
i darlag aar
aatlaaay with tha aaadaalar, la
.which wa, tor a waadar, aaraa aff ttota
rlaaa, aad wara dip wltod at Otaaaiah
w air whaa toaat aar aiatoiUfali IU
aauaa la aaraaai aaaaaay
aaaphaatty naiiliaa at baviag
tba raartb af Jaly Wa aavaVt, to
day, a vary asaltad aplalaa af paapto
waa ara toad af walka aad advaatarw
aadbtokaarrlaa,v.
Twa
i apaat ta tba caal aad abaa
ararlacto af aar ah!
aaa. waara tba
Iragraaaa af raaaa aad
vartaa Eahaaaadors,
kiaiytaakln,
tboaplcy
abaraa af Araky jH
la
thraash
Wla
Itop to CaaaaMh, aar
-WW
(rkadly Tka of tba long ago baJ o
ardlal wateoma, and wa frit (lttLll)t
axcaptJoe af tba blMarad fart aforaaaldj
A kladly frlaad toairjrVv ta tba
depot la Ua for tba apodal tnU: and
Uhla tlaa ecarlag a comfortable ml,
wa aooa foaad aanalf at botna, awrrttj
tiastod by tbaaa wbo. raturnad on tba
irala that wa raa dowa at Roek Island
aad daarrtad la dlagart at Caoamab
tba rear guard oMba picnic rzraraion
. Ia aa Baaing up, wa will aajr that tba
piealc la tba wood aoar Parrot brjde
la arary roupcct a, aaocaaiful aud
oaa.-.AU, without eaeeptlon,
to aatoy hamoilvca. The
paakara ataod wa beautifully arna-
wlth biwqarla af flwra, and
with tba flaart floral wreatb
af "rod, white and blaaH wa have aaaa
tor aaaay a day. Tlay banDara floated
Croat altboralda, aad aatraar aad patri
otic worda aa hava aaaa gl raa ta tb
Jaly aroacaa ltbaraar T5 aaeanded
frora Jha platform. Though- tba time
tor praparatiaa waa short, It waa, aa tba
mnal pro Tad, U Jraprovad, aad to
the growlan la tba auffrago ranks, oho
bara graeM4 wblla a tow did' tba
work, wa aay, aa eaergaile aad loral
few ara abta, If aieiiary, to raW iba
ataadard af aqaal lgbte aaf proadly
gtva lta aaa aar to tha b raaaa.
UX CILEBIATIOI AT. aZiTAIS.
' Tba patriot i etUiena of this coter
prlalag railroad towa begaa tha prepa
ratloaa tor a celabraUoa at aa aarlr pe
riod. Drtenataed art to be aotdona. If
eeaalad, aaywboro la "the State by eh
q aaaaa, loglo, bbtory, fancy, or facta,
tba coeaaslttee la charge of arrange
aaaate wisely eelected lion. J, F. Capita
aaaratoraf tba day. RasolTad to give
tba aaiapraaaotad wonea of tba Bute,
for lb t flrrt IIbm Ib JAm history of mrn'a
ladrpeadcncc days, aa epportunlt jr'to be
rapraasatsd la aoosa atbar capacity than
cooks, Ifra. A. J. Punlaty waa chosen
aa reader. Ia order that woman might
ba farther represented, a liberty car,
containing forty-eight future law-makers,
tastefully arrayed la red, white knd
Maa, wpresantiag tba different Btetes
Jrt" TerriforlrtwhreIdw6mUi shall
aaaaetlma he aoTerelrn, was drawn In
froat af tha procaaslaa Jhat aamberad
aaoaral tboaaaad souls.- To arown the
Drenarationo for tba Intellectual nortloa
af the feaat, tba Aurora brais band was
la attendance, dlacoarslng, la lta na
aaaaJad style, itf martial at rains of
"Han OalamblaM and "The Banner of
tUFrca.' '
Ka aaera newspaper report can do the
aratloa of Mr. Csplea justice. We hope
be will submit tba Ma for publication,
(bat the reader af tha JStw Xokth
ararr wbo failed to bear may have op
partaalty to read and appreciate It.
Tha grara la which tba celebration
waa bold la admirably adapted ta. the
shade of tba grand
aid trees, tba aatrety carpet of dried
lea Tea that suoceasfully shut out the
stifling dart, tba aeata aad stands
srauUJ be tha aanabla eo as It teal and
tba aamptaoos dinner, wer alike well I
aaUad ka tba enjoyment of a patriotic I
asalUtede.
Tba totallaataal exercise of tba day
wara a tot, aad wa were busily engaged
la disc easing the vised af a large fam
ily af beloved relatives under tbe shade
af a gigantie tree, whaa tba approach-
lag trala admonished as to repair to tbe
The atl fling beat waa Intensely
appro! v by thla time; but oar entbue-
ale man, bad proclaimed the glad tid
ing to lha waiting mullituoe that
womah aicrf as rau. Long live J. F.
Caple I May Ibo vote ef. women yet
end btai to Coagraa.r';XT- Tu.:
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CDITOKlAL 00E1ISP0IDEJCE.
UrABBuaeasarrasllBW Naa-ntWItrf: .
Agala we've fort ouraelf. Oat her,
la tba aeqoeetered shade of claaaia
Waablagtoa aoanty, w bit dowa to
dish yoa ap your regular supply of Ed
itorial Correspondence, dear reader,
with ao recollect too of oar, lea v lag-oft I
place, aad feeling too laty and Inert to
aaa ap IB tna iaa weea-e paper , . ..:
How. hot. It.JaJLA wcltwebbodOr.
goaiaa H never - prcparea ror . cuca
weather. ,llayba that la why. oar wlto
are goo waol-gatberingr Certe, we
haven't aa Idea. Bat let us pick up tb
raveled atltchea af thought and proceed.
wa toft hnma nn Tnaalsy,
after a vary abort visit with dear one
there, tor tba pwrpos of vlalUag at tbe
haassetead la For! Orove, where a be
bread slater wa sojourning for a time,
wboea wa had hardly hoped to meet
agala. Ia lha aweet aeclasloa of tb
dear paternal home wa remained till
Wednesday evening, abetf w repaired
to tha towa of Cornelius to meet tbe
denlsea thereof 'la tba lecture room.
Wara mad welooma la tba hospitable
CoL Pomelin and M charm-
tng maalTyVMid Trpatrad at nightfall to
tha arli etrl htHitv halt, wnera wa am a
gealal, listening and evidently apprc
ciatlva audience, to whom wa broke oar
gospel af hamaa rlgbte concerning tba
-Marriage Problem." ,
Took tb next morning's train for
BiUshara, a way station not recognised
aa tba chocks, bat very Important one,
aevertbelees, wbere w wara met by
Master Toaler ia a boggy. A pleasant
rldeaf half a isile took aa to tba happy
boaaaaf tbla actlv family of Womaa
rteffraglsU, whew w spent the day la
rest, readlrg aad recreation.
' Tb evening lrougbt out a fatf audi-
af wU-behaved aad atteatlta pec
a-ara -triJpK tha anbjart ahnaa fiw Ilia ncca
being MHeodlam and tha Temperance
Qaeetloo. macb good feeling waa
aanlfsatd that wa cooaeated to speak
agala aa Thuraday evening of thla
aMak: anhlart. i'Bovw,E.ih U: ar. How
wwaidryeaTIUlirTi-aayTW
dayV wa ara bound
for Columbia
Academy, wbara. If tba haat doesn't
aaalt aa, w expect to telk lo-nlgbt upon
tha "Tempera ProMea.M A. J. D.
ennsi -V w n Vwjs
From a private letter from sjaltnv W4
learn that Mr. lork, of Ban Joae, wboa
ability a a lecturer has been heretofore
favorably apokea of In three column,
baa born engaged for several ueeeealve
evening la holding meeting la tb
Opera House In live capital c!ty7"llls
lecture evince a high order of talent
and close, analytical thinking. They
are evidently' prepared with mueli care,
and are readily read from manuscript,
from which h devlata occasionally, a
circumstance may warrant. We are
surprised to learn ttiat this gentleman
feels aggrJcTel.at aur very friendly and
certainly truthful uotlco of bim la tbe
last week's "Kdltnrlal Correopoiideiice."
Perbapa a little plaln istk right bera
will, save our over-arniitlve Spiritual
brethreu aud sisters tu Oregon, wtio are
always Imsglbiug that we are (reading
upon their cnru who a don't do any
thing of. tl eort, from nurh ticedlesa
snxleiylu lte future. '
- The KpirltualUU pf California are a
dlaeordapt class of people, aa narrow a
predeettiiarian and at sectarian a hard
hell mptlits. ' Of course, there are
grand and noble exception ' but ttg
take tl.te Krw Northwest and pay for
t-rMkeOregotitnof their type and
they' have sense enough to know this
bit I not leveled at them. But tha dis
cordant ones are the ruling factloo, be
eanse they are the more oumeroua.
They (tb latter) never succeed In any
thing but tearing ; down. Having
grasped at the outer edge of a great
truth, whloh they are too narrow-vla-
toned to behold only a through a glass.
darkly, they pre suspicious, envious,
and jealoo pf all reformer who are In
dependent enough to row their own boat
and look through their own spectacles.
They will , not sustain a .liberal newspa
per, p k et h aj?f e WN o bt j i w F.x,b-
cnae oobody who'can W lead by Uia
ill publish such a paper, and
those vhota minds arc upon a narrow,'
Illiberal-plane, bare neither brains nor
enterprise, sufflcleut to ucosed. Ba,
these Imports from California, falling to
keep allra. tha struggling suffrage and
sensible newspapers in Han Francisco,
anriujy, earrylny pfT H ihanrplu-
money which they can get, and thereby
ertppllng tbe financial Interests of the
ou rocaf paper In tba Htste that will
give unbiased - news concerning all
thing temporal and spiritual of which
It Is cognliant; they, la tb mean time,
using every suspicious, sly endearor of
which, they are capable to Injure (is per
sonally, becaus. they fancytbat we
stand In their way. The flrt of these
nomadic pfrltuallts whom we en
countered waa Carrie Jf. Young, fthe
perambulated this, State and Washing
ton Territory,' professing to be a Metbo-
dist temperan
-Jecturer,- wa, ' uion
bile, 1. gratol tounly
advertising - her
very wber, and
hKreqUittrtbfav6r0Pw,,':' - ,: . - .
by breaking Into our. buslnea in every
e way. In the hope to break It
y-4njuring aa personally. Wa
ere joung lo our newspaper venture
then, aad not strong enough to fight, ao
we considered it wise to pat tbe band
us, knowing that to succeed we must be
wis aa a serpent and barmleav-aaa
dove.- - -
Tbn came W. II. CBaney, a strange
medley of eroditlon and inconsistency,
with an angular brain, a ready pen,
acute Imagination, and A black heart, to
whom wa ex tcndedjhc same courtesies,
becaus of hi professed love for freedom
and human rights, and who undermined
our'' business In verypoalble . way
among tba peoJe with whom be asso
ciated. In the hope," as the scjuat has
proved In 8an Francisco, that be might
build ap MlMuTotor ot hr-ewn--apou
the ruins of tbe Si N Obth wkt.
V Intuitively knew all about It from.
tb beginning, but Ignored it a tbe best
mean of lighting it down. . v
-Belle Cbamberrala next " appeared
upon tbe scenes, the noblest Roman of
tbeot pit. Never have we heard that
woman a wiuara a speaker, and she
wa nttcri;
trtgulng selflsbnew that characterised
bar forerunners. Troe, nobody liked ber
apparent Intimacy with ber agent; but
Ilka Beecber, she escaped atl proof of
criminal conduct, and Ilka him held ber
way, despite tba evil suspicions of al
most everybody. If the waa not chaste,
be certainly waa. not aly and selfish.
Tbea eame Addle U Batt
i a pretty
faced,
whom
ready-tongued little - lectarer,
w foolishly thought wa might
be able to patronise and encourage with
out any fear of suspicion or Intrigues
apon ber part. Bat tha Jealous, sly lit
tle body did her puny prettiest to under
mine us, putting on a sanctimonious air
of Injured exaltation when our friend
took ambrag at ber sly maneuvering
and setting a few of ber gentlemen ad
mirer Into heroics because tbeycousJd-
orcd we were Jtalout (T) of the fulmlna-
tltms witrt whk-'u1 she aa belngcromfaed
by a certain badly amlttea editor. Tbe
littl womaa went ber way at last,
abualngOregoa In general and os In par
ticuUr, ber exit followed by a volley of
blank cartridges, leveled at our devoted
bead, which burl nobody.
Again It Is a plritualirt from Califor
nia, and bl lima it la Brother York, of
San Jose; a gentleman af fin preeeace,
superior talent, and respectable eonoeo-
tlooa, bringing credentials from on of
LnufTOvvU!- I
tha beat lrlen.U we ev,rknw-a Wytofatf
banker of San Jose, wbo la a radical op
ponent of Pplrrtaalism, but a thorough
Womaa Suffragist, wbo commands the
respect jod admiration of tb entire
ithour heart glad be
ofladvtv
cause
lecturer, for co-laborers In aur. field art
badly Beetled. Through a preaumpUon
apoa his rort, this gentlemaaadvertiaed
a meeting In Oregoa City for two even-
tbe minor beauties.
I lbs same hall.' I ' macDinr . ioi
towtf and teeming that Ma bills wer
out, we, wishing to ba courteous, re
mained away from our appointment to
five blm a fair Held, ta flu J th next
day that the rentleroanly sheriff had
Informed the Uo'.arertlist we, not know-
tngof hi iateuliou to visit Oregon City
at that time, had prior claim upon" tb
hall; so botblectureefailed. ilieerfutly
giving np our luunded cnurae of leo
tur to accommodate tbe geutlamaa
from a distance, we.repalred to another
field, leaving appolntrneutalq tlioband
of frieods for the next weak, when, at
Mr. Y. Informed u, ka would bo re
moved to another town. 1'pon ret nrn-
log to Oregoa .City to ateet our re-ea
gagement, we received tbe gratifying in
telligence that his .meetl ngs bid become
aolnterostlng that Ibey were being pro
tracted at the request of Urany citiscna.
Of course, as In tha flrrt Instance, no
body waa ta blstse for the -clash iagef
appointment at least war aot,- for
wa bad bean absent from tbe Held aad
knew nothing about U. Bu Brother
York conteitdeoT tbat we were trying to
ekah aim eiT. Whereanoa a few of tbe
aarwwrlrlw,ttHraat
above alluded to, aaugbt up tb refrarn
and placed the brother, as;weow be
lieve by hi own connivance, before tbe
"faithful" as ay kind of martyr to "our
"Derei'utlona.n We knew the aforesaid
faithful were engaged In thl work in
Oregon City at the time, but trusted to
tb sens of honor In the lecturer, Who
knew tbe facta, to defeod us, area a wa
bad defended blmr Bat, Ilk th other
Caliiornlan above named whom wahad
heralded, be failed to defend us, and
complalntid, at tle- Book Island camp-
meeting, t$ wbleb be bad not been In
vited, but which he almost wholly, and
i certainly-very well meaopoHaed, that
"Mr. Dual way bad choked him off. In
Oregon City two or three times." -J
Now, It ia well knawn tbat wa believe,
from thorough sclent! fio Investigation,
la tb fact of tb modern Spiritual phi
loeophy as taught by Jesus, and andeM
itw,d P' IMaaaraH
known tbat wa bava been a member of
th church from childhood, and intend
to aa remain until death. But these
facte do. not entitle anybody to tbe as
sumed right to run, monopolise, or con
trol us; neither to tbey compel as to
looger submit .to all aorta of undercur
rent opposition without seeming to no-
tic use met auen tuny aware or it,
W
"have bn iuuLbed, or tried to beypocal iuiiIiij mslaHns, , ,.
by preacfiers,'Ieclurr, Woman Suflra-
glata whom wo bava placed In office,
and men and women of sinister motive
and narrow winds In private rank,
wbo leave us tbe fiaaocial burdens to
bear unaided, while tbey expect u to
blow their trumpeteunovaalngly to their
liking. Just as long aa wa propoe to
tend It. ' Our columns are open to every
Insinuating, ongeneroue thing tbey
wish to aay of uf but w will play no
underhand game ouraelf, nor In tb fu
ture wilt w allow them to play any
poa -i.!L' help 1L' If tbey
growU": MreUy73we
wo-don't throttle tbla demon of die-
eord which ba retarded liberal and
aclcnUflc progrees In California, and
cnok n down in its Infancy, It will aooq
bcLiald of Oregon, ik tbe teat expiring
wail of QnfUon .Vtfiue axelalmed ia Cal-
fiet refbriuen ar trbeof ervioeloTru poetry, -by showiug
bigoted and sectarian art,- too Intolerant
of each other to make any allowance for
difference of opinion In tba various fac
tions, and pot numerous enough ia any
faction to sustain an organ of tbelr
own."- ' .: - -
'Tb editor of thls journal do not act
up tbelr own opinion a Inlalllbla, I
neither do tbey Indorse everything tbey
printf but tbejr. bava always taken pe
dal pain to dea fairly, encouragingly,
and courteously to any . lecturer or
preacher wbo visits Oregoa without tbe
organised Indorsement of tba religious
aud secular presaBut hereafter wa
ball mtfte out sucb measure as I meas
ured to ua without delay, and all peri
patetic lecturer may expect It.
W hop Mr. York will soon visit
Portland and apply a common sens an
tidote to tb Hammond excitement; bat
Co need not coatelf oa tender-footed to
endure the pubiicatlon of the truth as It
Ulke Us when' we behold It. We bo
le ve blm to be. a gentleman." gad wa
know blm to be au. . able exponent of -wbat
be conceive to b acleutiflc truth.
Our column are open to both bim
and Brother Hammond at any time. '
BBOTHES H1MM03DJ 1171 VAX.
Our wblte-glosad brsthrea la tbe
ministry are certainly learning a splen
did lesson from tb example of Brother
Hammond, r While the man I no
preacher, lo the ordinary eenee of tb
term, be never having uttered yet, la
our bearlug, one logical argumentative
fact which the analytical mind la
search for cnur might feed upon od
demonstrate, yet hi style of working Is
so enibly human, as coulrastedi with
th usual narrow-walled sectarianism
of tha nineteenth century, tbat we bop
Wlt-aty..aowg4iaU turner,
keep the people stirred up. Oa tb
venlng of tb Mh, when rocket and
Are-crackers were tbe order of tbe day,
be treated saint and, lonr allk to a
pyrotechnic display of bis own la front
of tb rink, hardly aecond to tha Dutch
demonstration at Canyon Gardens.
X wonder .the children llks.Mau
HI religion, wbicb, barring It ostenta
tion, is very much II k tbe religion of
Jesus, makes them bubble over with el
and formality ara dissipated ooder It,
aud priest and people loee personal coo
sclousueas of imaginary dlfferencea In
moving to ind fro In the rink nightly,
engaged la conversation upon all aorta
will be bettor acquainted alth fte-owa
people after Brother Hammond's labor
ar over thaa It waa before be earn.
V I - J
sj ra ir wir-.i wwv r
neat and tasteful form. Tba Institution
has nvr been'ia a mora proeperooa
condition than now, and amply doaarvaa
tba attentive patronage It receive. "
BEOTHEB HAU1!0JD 3 UtSE,
rWf hav don ' what few - have
aver performed, and wbat we fear fewer
still wilt oon attempt. i nave, reaa
through. Brother Hammond's "Sketches
of Palestine." Tb book I for sale at
tb evangelist' evening meetings. A
good maay buy it, but we fear few read
It .It la a 'poem.' We supnoa It
should be called aa epic ' It ahall be no
fault of -our If It do notbeneeforwatd
raoelv more attention. Xsi ua remem
ber, however, tbat many of the greatest
effort of literary geplua hav often lain
uecleeted.Xor year after their flrrt
publication, and bavwVon their way to
recognition and fare only through the
alow Improvement af public taste. This
book la aa account of tbe Journey ing of
Earned PajtaaB aad hi Ida 1 .,
. laa of ta aoiaabaaa, . : ; ' .
through Earopa, Palestine and Kgypt
It open In the moat approved style,
Do bear raa ask, aar reader.
aby U eras thaaa llnaa a-ere wrtUra f
Thf war wrtltaa to five plasaura
tba Meads ot ElwrLPsj9ii.r!
, A captiow- critic might at the very
outset suspect tbat tbe reVeraod author
waa' fibbing a little, and that bl real
object was to gat certain ducat by Jit
aaie of a book. But w discard this
Idea. I1 us now begin with tbo poem
Itaelfr - v. '
"la tb aaoath thai b aa4ov4y, .--4
Vliis alt Nature's clot bod la venlure,
om a hrirbl aad mnny Msy-dar
Tnaa II sras a bapPT eoupla
Htsil - e-Jr Hyataa's attar. .
It wa Ibm thai lh7 both . . .'
Tbal Ihejr would foraaka all othm.
Aad ta love ellng to aarb otbrr ,
- Ia tba stone aad la tba aumbloe.
la tba days of grief aad ssitsnn',
As wall as la tba days of gladaeaa, .. .,-
Tbos It Was they war aalted
By tba ssaa of flod appotated ' 4
' Ta perws tbs holy aakoa.
Tbea ibay baataaed to laara.' -
New tbla la floe. But we are sorry
tbe author was not oa bis guard against
tba "fatal facility" of this description
of vera. When it come to tbe us of
tbla verse, all artist ara ou a level
Just sea how easy It Is: ;
. Edward Fayes waa la love wil
Ida of the fMuqnebanaa, -Bosom
lass ut ansquehsifaa.
utraiehtear aiehin E.taiilEmiu
voantminauM msuinonr. -
hla baart at fast of Ida,
"Ay," said Ida; "marry. Is It f
- Ask My pa aad sail tba praarbet."
' Tbns It wss thay war united.
Piemlaed ba to pay ilry-cooda M1U
.rvoasbwd she to trail hltatiutin; .
Promlwd both to do thl, aloays.
Throofb tba storm and thrOucb the nnahlna.
- Than tbey ra bad oft to tha bt eataracc
Our last lin I somewhat unmetrlcal;
but so is lta model la Brother Ham
mond' epic This, however, w main
tain, la a pardonable fault, a email mat
ter We have Horace for it that even
good Homer nod sometime. We are
truly glad that the canons of poetical
criticism ara not able to trammer the
efforts of true genlns. A great poet ia
aa' broad and general as the
air," and cau not be. cabined, cribbed or
confined by all the rulea of all tba
ZoUusefjJivtng or deed. Oor reverend
author deflance of .irule wTTt, wctrnst,'
that criticism la not a Procruate' bed
to wnica all tna effort or the muse
must ba stretched r pruned.
I But we must proceed. There i poetry
la our author, aad it only want, like
BteraVa aterll og, "to get ut.J. After
Edward Payaao and hla Ids
had elaltad Vlsfara, looket-ai
and traveled, back acroea Canada and
New York to Connecticut, augmenting
tba bile of tbe honeymoon, na doubt, by
aundry plnte of peanut and bottles of
soda water bought on tba ear, tbey has
tened to take eblp for Europe. Tbe
port at thla point aay: - - i,
tt woatd Ut too loo to narrate
Alt tha auay thla that bSppened '
ua Uwlr voyac across tba ereaa." ' '
Now.w regret deeply tbat we are not
oattbi narrative. Tber were he-
roe beforoAgamemnorr, but tbelr
acblevamentanay perished forever
from memory, beca&se there was oo
port to embody them In Immortal vers.
Hera, the "many thing" tbat happened
on that trip acroat tb "Atlantic will be
fort to mankind throurh tbe nealact of
oor author to gtva tbenTto tb world.
Wa are, however; Infinitely obliged to
him for preserving a record for u of on
trlking fact. W quote: ,
"As hr y joameyfeverrt ward.
Tbiy eVwrviiT'thalr Watvbra mala
llay by day suea twenty ailnBtaa.--,;
With this fact was toaat imsuo
K. aasbudled la Iheee Taraaa. . '
Hera follow tba vera' with the lea
on, Tbey constitute an episode In tbe
poem; all great poema abound la epi
sode. Tbey are too long for us to quote.
Wa must content oureelvea Wltb noting
our aulbof s starlilug astrooomlcaj dis
covery, aud pass on, only remarking
here tbat If hla other observations dur
ing tb trip, which -b did aot record,
wara uC miuai laapartanc with title,
t
world haa sustained aa incalcnlabl ioaa.
aud wa tear an Irremediable one.
Th traveler passed through Eng
land. .What tbey aaw tber 1 related
la vera wbloh w may aafely aay ba
been equaled by nobody but thl author
blmeelf.. But It-1 In tb presenc of
th Alp, and under tbelr Iniratioo,
that Brother Hammond' poetry, aa
Mark Tapley would obeerve, "aomea out
atrong." .Tb aaa cam up, lifting tb
'Hhowla team where ha aaaa atotpta;'
lvaa lakaa of malrblea oaaair. '
"They wee alas mark aatoalabaJ, ".. "
Aa Ibay eased apoa tba antalae,
Ooablae from Iba lopa af moanlaiiia.
' How did gaads af water sat Uterer"
The pot,drlvea aa by tb torrent of
hla auhjart, fbantflJtppJoawer tb
conundrum propond
la tb lin but
quoted; ao wa ara again left la tbadark.
But let ua aot harry oa wltbbIigjo
ju tuma oi taai iter
ingiy boauurul tpraaaloa. Bo great a
poet ia comparatively free from tb xU
geacla of meter, and we uppoe there
for that th word, waa written M 'lvo"
b-J
to pro'jui-o "tln andstrikinj allitera
tion. 'rvr-irlaleaUJirJi li'inld,"
n..l.l k1..M 11. iL'iit'r kllll ItoweVvf.
I
wait. I"""" "'J . . GLTL.
and this ememlatlon anay b stigjeedf;
for a sacoud edition. . '4 ; .
To Venice, aud across the Adriatic
Ofcy weat,
l.MTo'Trtete,aa Aanriaa Citr, . r.
Aaa laenasn itvi srrai Vivaaa, . -,WU
WM li4 suns Tbex." "i ' " .
'"tb alova msy to Uken as a snrci-
9fjLnf.jJlSL.whlcU puiOijiiSiJ.t
is able lo handle tb evsuu of history i
for 'highest purposos pf poeti. art.
Further on, eometblug of tbe same anrt
appeara. Tbe party aaa in Egypt and
approaching the pyramids: .
rutins on. they rea-lKHl tba aWr
U almas boror atant-aMae luouailirnte
Whk-h ouc slacf were auea trStmd, . . .
Aad b AbrUni ohefe ta r.rp; ' :
Ysa, by Jeremiah, area '
Alwbjr KasulMM Bonaparte,"
' If unity be a beauty In poetry, we
bava It here to highest perfection. It Is
only "tha r11"" aadliia fanUty diiliieii4wl
as Worusworth call IhU poetic- power,
which hi able to yoke together historical
characters so Incongruous, nd wake
tbem-do xiuty In. harmony 'with the
poet' higher pur poae. It I clear that
our author, as Denlncey ay of a great
writer, baa ability to pass on aerial
bridge over tb blgbeat -summit '-of
thought. No apavlned cob is his rega
sns. Which one of tbe tuuae can U h
tbat ha grauled blm ber favor ?TVe
ar almost ready to believe the entire
ein ar asalstlog bim, maugr tbat
skeptical exclamation of Lord Byrou'a,
lo tb effect tbat tba mnses 'did never
yetonaAneytal song Inaplr.". ' '
At Kaliburg" lli party halted. W
now learn tbla tremendous fact:
J At tha same hotel was atutlryi
I Aalhnr of tba 'Patch Kepvbll'."- :
U would be glad to learn a little
more. The poet I provokingly reticent
about tbe historian. WbaLMotlty or
dered for breakfast wouhl be something
to tb purpose; also whether b. waa
abaved with hot water or with 'cold.
But let u be thankful for what we get,
and try to be content with knowing tbat
"E." and I." stopped "at the sara bo
te! with Motley." ;
They now aooh reached - Palestine.
Among the flrrt of tbelr recorded expe-
ti
" Plesmnt It tot Inf-tit" 1 !
To ba pointed tath tonibatiiae ' '
Of M. Oearra, tb-CIrttlse martyr." ' '
- ' Doobtleee It Th provlnc of a gifted
mlud to. extract pteaaur from every
thing. To get, it from viewing tbe tomb
stone of a martyr must, however, be a
new sensation. Being now ready to set
out for the interior, tb poet procee.br:
" Kr thalr leader they had Michael. ' '
. Hitler known aa Mtehael Haoey."
Now let Michael be happy. Hi nam
I embalmed for preservation forever.
Lucky Michael ! '
Beaching : the Vicinity of Nabirfh'a
vineyard, they feand the place where
Jezabelmetbef fat. tay the poet:
Tbeaa parbap tba alnnea that rroabed ber.
cstng4Vhenjih fell rris ttiatJtUb window,
jJifwa npoa tba bard atou pavamaat, -And
tha MnJnes which are barkiBf
May ba- eoote of tha dewVndanU ;
Of tba Aim whleb aM up Jesahat t" . ..
Jtot yIvido t! Imagination
thl
poet may
comparison
unquestionably - challenge
with any. Ilia Imperial
fancy bring all thing under tribute.
Clearly the Horatlan precept le hi i
Son tali est pulchm pnemata esse cfuf
era urtfo not enough tbat poema be
beautiful; they must be aweet aim. -
' Our space Is exhausted ; with another
must tear ourselves
away from tbla. book.- Her 1 a thrill
ing Incident, relating bow Ida
frightened by tbe daring of ber Kdward
"Croaslng o'er tha plain or nhrn,
Edward a easetla spied flyla :
.. Ltba-rder aeauea-ibatv paiaway. t
Thaa wltb Mlebaal's T ba
'ltb hi Mtd bair-brvfl AralHxa;
Like tba wind ha a0 iuiihjy ,T
That hla Ida Waa aYIhted ' ' '
When aha aaw him la the dlatanca.
-W ace, however, fortunately soon tot
lieved from suspense. Uward didn't
get the "dear gaielle," and returned
luck lea from tbe chase.
Among tbe richest f all hi descrip
tion is that of. his ascent of th pyra
mid. But we trust we have quoted
enougn to give a taste of hi quality.
Until now we never knew the full obli
gatlonof the world to the writer wbo
first made extensive use of this species
of verse for narrative poetry. Shall we
say It ahall w aay It wa a Longfellow
jm,jg.t HnfflWlOWd, pnaalhU
we have a poet who ba tha daring lo
write on rjcrlpturat sutjectf as Doertlcks
baa written of "Yonnga Merrika, the
Mighty." It la an achievement.. It Is a
feat"" Home no doubt will declare it
empty, nonsense, but wbat aaith Dryden ?
"Great wit to msdaeea sure at aaar alll
And thia partition do tbelr feaand divide."
Therefore, If tba reader 1 not able to
find sent In thla production, let him
oensu re bl Own want of perception.
After going through thl pretentiou
meander through a meadow of mar
gin," be will at leert bava a better esti
mate of Brother Hammond a a preacher
than he ever bad before. If ha (ori
el ude that ona who dig ditcbe Well. I
oa the-, whole entitled to more honor
than one who wIte wretched verse
and preach podrerpiona, w cannot
help It, lle suay vu be ao uncharita
ble aa to think It no wonder that the
niece of Don Quixote InaUted on bar-
wruin boott of pw
tba otber trash of tb poor gentleman'
library, tearing, aa aba tamarked, that
bar . uncle by reading them might take
it Into bi head to tura poet, wbicb,"
b added, "ia, they. aay, ao Incurabi
disea." . '.a
Tbe IVsecber-Tilton Jury being totally
unablejo agree after eight day' dulib-
raj'.QJU fmr n Frld1
dlao barged by Judge Naliaon. I Is un
derstood that tl Jary stood Dine far de
fendant aad three for ..plaintiff. May
tba memory of tb disgusting fare fad
speedily away, aad th douafry. never
agala be Inflicted wlliriU counterpart.
EECLA2ATI0J Ot ISrE-
, to th course of baeian events
it.beime necessary for on sex r
peoplo to arie to tha political Javel
Uwhkh h!s King bee uoonnoiiica oy
uothei, and to aum'atnong th pow-:
era of tb earth th equal atetioa wltb
tlii-lr 'fellow-creature to wbirb tba lawa
of nf iro and ciLratura' GStl entitle
taiipcet-' tboapinlooo
of mankind requiree that tbey should
declare the cauare which Impel 'hem lo
tbe proposed acJon. ' f
Wa bold theae truth to be aelf-evi-dent!
That ail men and women are cre
ated equal ; endowed by their Creatof
wUb-oertate lemlignablp- rfgb't that
among theae are life, liberty,' aud tba
pursuit of bappina; tbt .toaceeretbea.
flgbUgoverumentsare instituted among
man Sand women, deriving their Just
powers irom in conaeutof the gov,-.
ernmeut become deatriH-ttv of thaaa.
8
T
endalt is th right of the people to at-r"
ter or 'abolish It; to- Institute luch
change o gnveftinjeut, !ayllfou,'nda-
tion-ou such principles, aad organize
it power In such form a shall cem to
thm moat likvly to effect their safety -and
bappi nesstr- -- - -
All iriencbaifiso6wu
women, are more dlpw,t to auffcr,
wTiile cvlla are uffera'ble; ban to right '
tUemK'lve'.by abolialiittg thforinji to
whli'b tbey ar accustomed. But, when
a long train of abuse and usurpation,
pursulug invariably the same object,
reduce tLeuTuuder bThkiIu to despotism.
It Is tbeir right, and beoocuee their duly,
to throw off aucb government, and to .
provide hew guard for tbelr future se- .
curlty. Huch ba been tbo ptlet suf
ferance of tbo women of theae I'uited
Stater, and aucb I oow tb neeeasity
which ctmatrato tbem to demand an .
f Iteration In the systeiu-of government
which ImpoM law and penal tie upn'
a 'sovereign people without according
thent the right to personal represent
tioor The history of men' absolute
governing power In tbeaa United Htatea
is a hlH'nry of repeated Injur! and -Uwnrpalious,
resulting In the establish
mentof aa aboteeapo(yhifr ovlha
women of theae htatee, to whom I de
nieu ail cnoic but ubtuiaaicil', . ' '
To prove this, let facts be aubmitted
to a candid world; '
Our brother, man, ha refused to pnaa
or to asaent to Uw the moat wboleaoma
and fM-ceesary for tb public good, and
has utterly neglected measure of vital
Importance to lb people at large. He
baa refused to pa law for -the personal
fepresdutatioM of twenty million of -women
a right Ineatlmabl to tliem,
and formidabl to tyrant oalyMIa haa
subjected us to a Jurisdiction foreign to
the spirit of Freedom, aad deoounc
by law of bl own making. T For Im
puaing taxaa on us without our conaent;
for depriving us, In ail Instance, f th
right rtflal by a Jury of our peer ; for
declaring Uiiuself In rested with power
to leglalate for U la atl Case whaUo
aver; for denying ua tha right to ad
mlnister upon eatate ; fur robbing us of
the" Control oflwo-tbirds of the property
rightfully - belonging to. u It ow-
widowhood. 11 ba mad us political, '
fluanclal aud personal nonentltie. I'ro-n
feaaing the utmost regard for us, bo
nevcrtbele classes us In th legal and
political category with criminals, In
sane persona, chlldrcit, ldiota and China-"
men. 11 ba plTep ppr nlri t.w,ih.
tea the same power to Impose taxea
upon u without our'eoueeut that ho
ha usurped for himself. He ba excited
domestic insurrection among ua by de
priving us tf" the control "of our. own
earnings when married. He baa denied
us the right to oOr taatlmooy before
Uta court ia case wherein only our-
eeivea ar the Interrsted partle.
In every stag of th s oppressions we
have petltiotied for redrcaa In tbe most
bumble terms. Our repeated-petitions :
bava been answered by repeated Injury.
A laaa-of person w boa character ia 7
thus marked by every act which may
define a tyrant la not fit to rule over -
frc peopl. " V
Nor have w been wanting ia attention
toour voting bretliren. W have warned
them from time to time of attempt, by
their Irglslstnrvs, bofb Htate and Fed
eral, to extend aa unwarrantable Jurl-
diction over us. We bava arpealed to
to tbelr native Justice and magnanlm
itj, ami mm hnvt) conjured them blTie"
tie of pur common kindred to disavow t
these usurpation which Inevitably tend
to work hardship apon us and no bene- '
flu upon oaraelvec They have been
deaf to tba Voire of justic and coosan
gululty. W protest against class leg- .
lalatlau in all form and. capeclally do
w protest acaluat tba perpetuation of
ocbclaa legislation as tend directly
to building up and sustaining an aria-
tocracy of seXji'
We, therefore
repreoetitotlvM of:
Hi politically uureprfweuted women ef
tb United Htate of America, la general
conference assembled, appealing to tb
Huprem Judge of th world for tb rec- -
titudc of our Intention, do. In th nam-
and by tb authority of th good women .
of thee Htatea, solemnly publish aud i
declare tbat women are, and of rlghp-
ought to L, ra k 75ois'prrKjfjpST;
that wa are resolved to stand a political "
peer of oor fellow-men henceforth; that
all political distinctions between u and '
are, and oaght to be, wholly abolished;
and that w are, and of right ought to
be recogniaed, a a free and Indepeadr nt
people; a co-laborer with" U.mlve;
with cjual right with them to aid In
levy lug war, coucludleg peac. con-'
tractlng aliUocea,"
establlati
conr
mere, and engaging la all other acta In
which Irtdcjy.rtdejrtjheopU any nf right,.
And, for th support of tbla Ifeclara-
tlon, with a firm relisnc apon IMvlu j
Provldeoce, w mutually pledge te each ,
otber our live, our fortuaa, aad aur ,
acred bonor. ' - ' "?" " :
July , 170.
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