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The Coming Revolution.
We touch bottom. The descent
has been lon?, and to the lovers of
the Constitution, most painful.
Eut there is a point beyond which
the American people will not al-
low their liberties to be invaded,
their supreme law to be violated,
under any pretext, or in the name
of any cause, however specious.
We believe that point has been
reached and passed. The powerful
resistence made by some of the
ablest Republican leaders to the
usurpation of power by the Exec
utive, to the proscription of men
like Sumner, to the abuse ot pat
ronage, to the refusal of a Republi
can caucus to permit bills for re
moval of taxation to be even con
sidered, and finally to the utter
prostration of civil power at the
feet of a soldier who would be dic
tator if the people were as cring
ing and subservient as a majority
of "his faithful Senate," proves,
we feel assured, that a large body
of the Republican Voters will no
longer sustain the usurpers at
Washington in their assaults upon
the rights and interests of the peo
ple. These leaders, brave as they
may be, have not so sharply con
tended against the majority, in the
face of a proscription never sur
passed for bitterness, without
ample assurances ot support from
the people. They are not men to
speak thus strongly without arous
ing public attention and fixing the
convictions of thousands of think
ing men. The measures which
they denounce were so extraordin
ary that only a plain exposure was
needed to arouse against such deeds
the indignation of all thoughtful
and patriotic citizens. That ex
posure if made by Democrats alone,
would scarcely reach the mass of
Republican voters. Rut it will
reach them when made by Repub
lican leaders so prominent and in-
lluential. We look forward, there- j
fore, with confidence to a general i
and overwhelming reaction against
that power that has so misruled
the country.
It is high time. Year after
year Radicalism has become more
daring in its disregard of every
constitutional obligation ; more
open in its assaults upon the rights
of the people and their local self-
governments ; more rapid m its
strides towards centralization of
power; more shameless in its de
fense of monopolies and contempt
for the interest of the millions who
labor and are robbed of their earn
ings. Starting with a false policy
towards the South a policy of
oppression, severity, and force
instead of that statesmanlike lib
erality by which alone the-' bitter
ness of feeling left by a civil war
can be removed, Radicalism has
tried one expedient after another
in vain. Each measure has aroused
greater irritation of feeling and
ended in more conspicuous failure;
each failure has forced the party
to choose between a total reversal
of policy and the adoption of
measures still more harsh. Shame
to confess that they had blundered
drove some forward, vindictive
feeling some, desire for party suc
cess others, and pure ignorance,
misinformation, and utter want of
statesmanship made many the
facile tools of desperate dema
gogues. There are men who de
liberately calculated upon the irri
tation and violence which harsh
measures -would provoke at the
South as a means of reviving the
war spirit at the North and as a
pretext for resort to more shameful
abuse of power. Under these in
fluences Radicalism has been hur
ried forward in a mad career which,
in the nature of things, could end
in its overthrow or in military des
potism. Each new measure of re
pression strained the Constitution
still further. One after another
the safeguards of individual lib
erty and the rights of the local
self-government have been broken
down. Retween the Kii-Klux bill,
which empowers the President to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus
and use force whenever he pleases,
and a military despotism more ab
solute than that of Russia, there is
but a single step and a narrow one.
Let the next Presidential election
pass without reaction and rebuke,
and that step will also be attempt
ed. We rejoice, then, that reaction
seems sure and near at hand. We
speak not as partisans. Dearer
than any party is the country.
Higher than obligation to any
party is our duty to the republic
to that experiment of self-government
which, within a few short
vears, will either vindicate itself or
end in failure. That it mav not
fail Radicalism must be arrested
in its mad career. If the reaction
be thorough it was of minor con
sequence whether it came under
one banner or another. Possibly
public opinion might have been so
rapidly aroused that the Republi
can party itself could have cast
out its evil spirits; but the Ku
Klux bill settles that question ; it
is the clutch of despotism upon
the throat of that party which will
not be shaken off and a wise Dem
ocracy has now but to invite and
welcome the aid of all honest and
patriotic men. A better day will
dawn. Lawless soldiers will be
dismissed from halls of State to
make room for men who respect
the laws and know something of
statesmanship. Political freeboot
ers will be warned to seek other
lands, where Saxon love of liberty
does not forbid chornic revolution.
The madness of partisanship will
cool and give place to reasoning
and patriotism. That horrible ap
paration the man on horseback
with the naked sword visible now
these six long years in the political
horizon, and growing ever nearer
and more distinct, will vanish
forever. Justice, with her equal
balances, will once more appear-
Ilasten the day, brave Republi
cans, who battle against the wolves
of part' to save liberty and justice
from their jaws. Hasten the day,
staunch and patriotic Democrats,
who can well afford to forget how
long you have denounced this fatal
policy if in the end your country
may be saved. Join hands, both
in one vigorous and resolute effort,
not for this party or for that, but
to arouse the people ot this land to
a sense of their danger and their
duty firing it to a vote whether
the "peace" which we are promised
shall be such as the Czar gave to
Warsaw, Ering it- to a vote
whether free America means to
build up thirteen Irelands between
the Potomac and Ohio and the
Gulf". Let it be at once adjudged
whether all the industry of the
land shall be at the mercy of a few
monopolists, and all its liberties at
the mercy of a few demogogues
and one soldier! AT Y. World.
Off Duty, Eut Under Pay.
There is a forcible truth in the
words of the President's order
which declares that "Executive
officers may be required for emer
gencies which cannot be foreseen,"
and they now commend themselves
to him who uttered them with such
unbecoming emphasis. When pub
lic men accept high trusts and re
ceive liberal compensation, they at
least owe their services; such as
thej' may be, to the country. Presi
dent Grant has culpably failed in
this respect, and his conduct de
serves the sternest rebuke.
There arc now absent from duty
several of the highest public ofli
cers, among whom may be named
the following :
President Grant, salary 25,000
per annum.
Columbus Delano, Secretary of
the Interior, salary 8,000.
F. E. Spinner, Treasurer of the
of the United States, salary o,000
per annum with 10 per day, and
ten cents per mile additional, while
traveling in Europe for health and
pleasure.
W. A. Richardson, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, -$3,500
per annum, with ten dollars per
day and ten cents per mile addi
tional, while in Europe.
Resides these "distinguished" of
ficials, a large number of principal
clerks have been, or will be sent to
Europe, under pretext of some
connection with the proposed loan.
The people are taxed to support
this idleness and neglect of duty
while their interests at the same
time are wholly disregarded. We
propose to enlighten them on this
subject day by day, until the abuse
shall be corrected. "Washington
Patriot.
Swearing-.
What pleasure or profit can there
be in profane -swearing? In almost
all other vices the devil lures with
a bait; but the profane swearer
bites at a naked hook. Read the
following :
"It is no mark of a gentleman
to swear. The most worthless and
vile, the refuse of mankind, the
drunkard and the prostitute, swear
as well as the best dressed and cul
tivated gentleman. The basest
and meanest of mankind swear
with as much tact and skill as the
most refined; and he that wishes
to degrade himself to the very low
est level of polution and shame
should learn to be a common
swearer. Any man has talents
enough to learn to curse God and
impreciatc perdition on fellow men.
Profane swearing never did any
man auv good. No man is the
richer, or wiser, or happier for it.
It helps no man's education or
manners, it is disgusting to the
refined, abominable to the good,
degrading to the mind, unprofit
able, needless, and injurious to so
ciety. Wantonly to profane his
name, to call his vengeance is, per
haps, of all offenses, the most awful
in the sight of God.
Raw cranberries will bleach a
luminous nose, provided raw whis
ky is not continued as an illumin
ating agent.
Light Dawning.
From the Washington Patriot.
A full report of the debate in
the House of Lords, upon the mo
tion of Earl Russel in regard to the
recent Treaty, is at last before us,
and it contains many interesting
and important revelations, which
were entirely ignored in the cable
despatches. There are several
striking coincidences, between the
views expressed in these columns,
as to the interpretation that would
be placed upon the "new rules" by
the Eritish Government; and the
declarations of Earl Granville,
speaking in his official authorita
tive capacity. In fact, if that dis
tinguished Peer had written some
of the editorials on this subject in
the Patriot, could not have more
exactly expressed the opinions
which he uttered in Parliament a
fortnight ago.
On the 22d of May, we had oc
casion to comment upon a letter of
the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, in
Avhich he defended the Treaty with
great .zeal, and sought to demon
strate the advantage of the "new
rule" to American claimants. Our
languge was quite explicit, as may
be seen bv the following extract on
this particular point :
"We take leave to say, that the
"new rules," upon which Mr. John
son lays so much stress, impose no
obligation on the arbitrators to ac
cept his theory. The real point
upon which the whole cause of
damages will turn, is, did the Brit
ish Government exercise "due dil
igence" in striving to prevent the
departure of the Alabama, after
having been warned by our Minis
ter? Mr. Johnson knows very well
that Lord John Russell has stated
and reiterated, in the most solemn
forms of official responsibility, that
all possible diligence was exercised,
and that a particular cause, over
which the Government had no con
trol, intervened to prevent the ar
rest of the Alabama."
This seemed to us to be a logi
cal conclusion from the terms of
the Treaty, fortified by the diplo
matic correspondence concerning
the Alabama claims, from which
there could be no escape. That
this is the view of the British Gov
ernment can no longer be doubted,
except by those who, after being
duped by the -superior skill of their
British adversaries have sought to
impose their own imbecility upon
the public, as a proof of diplomatic
succes?. Ilere is the answer of
Earl Granville, the British Minis
ter of Foreign A'T'airs, to all such
feeble sophistry, and in complete
confirmation of our position :
"The noble Earl (Russel) had ob
jected to the wording of these rules,
because he said that they rendered
us liable for the escape of vessels,
whose real character we had no
reason to suspect. That, hoicevcr,
was not so; for these rules oniij
provided that a country should be
liable when the Government did
not ?.3 "due diligence'''' to prevent
the sailing of any vessel which
there was "reasonable grounds to
believe" was intended to cruise
against a friendly Pow'er. These
words would certainly protect vs
against any liability on account of
the escape of vessels under the cir
cumstances referred to by the no
ble Earl; and the truth was, that the
terms of the present reference would
confer upon us advantages, which
we should not have derived from
any other, which had been hereto
fore proposed.
It is thus seen, that the precise
interpretation of the Treaty on the
British side, which we anticipated.
has been literally verified in every
respect, and that, too, before Gen.
Schcnck, to whose presence in the
House of Lords Earl Granville
pointedly alluded, as if for the ex
press purpose of giving emphasis
to his statements. And we now
express the belief, with equal con
fidence, that this construction will
be maintained by the Board of
Arbitrators at Geneva.
Upon the same occasion, Lord
John Russell took the opportunity
to say, in reference to the Alabama,
what he had repeatedly said in his
correspondence with Mr. Adams :
"that he, as Foreign Secretary,
had used due diligence in arresting
her, (the Alabama,) after he had
obtained sufficient evidence of her
real character, and that he was,
therefore, not answerable for the
injury inflicted by her upon Amer
ican commerce."
Other disclosures were made . in
the course of this debate, which
show how correctly we estimated
the benefits that would accrue to
England from this Treaty, and the
disadvantages to the United States,
by the introduction of a policy
wholly at varience with all our
cherished traditions of neutral du
ties and rights. Now that the
Treaty is ratified, the festivities are
over, and there is no reason for
further deception, people are bc-
o-innin' to discover the real char
acter of a bargain into which the
country was betrayed by a truck
lin"- aiid incompetent Administra
tion
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TTCTVFTCSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Fixed Eules "
The following rules were found
in the note book of Hon. C. L.
Vallandigham, written by him in
August, 1843, when he was but
twenty-three years of age, and
which seem to have governed his
political life. They read thus :
FIXED RULES
Of political faith to guide me as a
statesman, in no instance and
under no circumstances to be re
laxed or violated, and this by
the blessing of Almighty God.
1. Always to pursue what is
honest, right and just, though ad
verse to the apparent and present
interests of the country, well as
sured that w hat is not right cannot,
in the long run, be expedient.
2. Always to prefer my country
and the whole country before any
and all considerations of mere
party.
3. In all things coolly to ascer
tain and with stern independence
to pursue, the dictates of my judg
ment and my concience, regardless
of the consequences to party or
self.
4c. As far as consistent with the
Xationai honor and safety, and
with justice to the country, to seek
peace with all nations, and to pur
sue it, persuaded that a pacific pol
icy is the true wisdom of a State,
and war its folly ; yet as resolved
to demand nothing but what is
right, so to submit to nothing that
is wrong.
5. Seduluously and at all times
and in every place, to harmonize
the confiicting interests and sec
tional jealousies of the different
divisions of the Republic, and es
pecially of the Xorth and South ;
and with steady perseverence
under all circumstcnces, to uphold
and cement the Union of the
States as the "palladium of our
rolitieal safety and "prosperity," ex
cept at the sacrifice of the just con
stitutional liberties and inalienable
rights of oppressed minorities.
6. Without infringing the rights
of concience, always to counten
ance and support religion, morality
and education as essential to the
well-being of a free government,
and in all things to acknowledge
the superintending Providence of
an All-Wise, Most Just and Bene
licient God in the affairs of the
Republic.
How to See Down a W ell.
It is not generally known, says
the Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer,
how easy a matter it is to explore
the bottom of a well, cistern, or
pond of water by the use of a com
mon mirror. When the sun is
shining brightly, hold a mirror so
that the reflected rays of light will
fall into the water. A bright spot
will be seen at the bottom, so light
as to show the smallest object plain
ly, f y this means we have exam
ined the bottoms of wells fifty feet
deep, when half full or more of
water. The smallest straw or
other objects can be perfectly seen
from the surface. In the same way
one can examine the bottom of the
ponds and rivers, if the waters be
somewhat clear and not agitated
by winds or rapid motion. It a
well or cistern be under cover, or
shaded by a building so that the
sunlight will not fall near the open
ing, it is only necessary to employ
two mirrors, using one to reflect
the light to the opening, and an
other to reflect it down into the
water. Light may be thrown fifty
or a hundred yards to a precise
spot desirable, and then downward.
We have used the mirror with suc
cess to reflect light around the
house to a shaded well, and also to
carry it from a south window
through two rooms and then into
a cistern under the north side of
the house. Half a dozen reflec
tions of light may be made, though
each mirror diminishes the brillian
cy of the light. Let any one not
familiar with the method try it,
and he will not only find it useful,
but a very pleasant experiment It
will perhaps reveal a mass of sedi
ment at the bottom of the well
that has been little thought of, but
which may have been a frightful
source of disease by its decay in
the water.
The Lord's Prayer.
I. It breathes a filial spirit
"Father."
A catholic spirit "Our father."
A reverential spirit "Hallowed
be thy name."
A missionary spirit "Thy king
dom come."
An obedient spirit "Thy will
be done."
A dependent spirit "Give us
this day our daily bread."'
A forgiving spirit "Forgive us
our tresspasses as we forgive them
that trespass against us."
A watchful spirit "Lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us
from evil."
A confiding and adoring spirit
"For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, forever."
Alabama-
The Congressional Ku-Klux
Committe got their fingers burned
badly when they touched Alabama.
The people of that State persist in
being Democratic. In short, there
are no Ku-Klux in Alabama; life
and property are secure there; the
only class of people who are trying
to breed discontent and bad feeh
ing.arc the carpet-bag gentry and
the scallawags, and tliese are con
templating removal to more prom
ising fields. The Congressional
Ku-Kluk Committee have no doubt
concluded that the Republican par
ty have nothing to hope for from
Alabama. Things looked hopeful
when the Rev. Mr. Lakin testified
before the Committee that thirty
three indictments had been found
in Judge Busteed's Court for vio
lationsof the Civil Rights bill. If
the Rev. Lakin had sworn to the
truth, that would not have shown
the necessity for P ederal interfer
ence with State affairs, or estab
lished the justice of the Ku-Klux
bill. But when Judge Busteed.
himself a Radical of Radicals, ap
peared before the Committee m
obedience to summons, and testi
fied that the Rev. Lakin's testi
mony was "entirely untrue," the
Judge put a great gulf between
himself and the Radical party, as
wrell as an immense ocean be
tween honest men and the Rev.
Lakin.
The testimony of Judge Busteed
was conclusive on that point. The
Rev. Lakin probably doesn't know
more about the records of Judge
Busteed's Court than the Judge
himself does.
The iJally State Journal, the
organ of the Alabama Republicans,
thus referred to the "Radical vul
tures," on the 23d ultimo:
We have lived in this State foi
more than a quarter of a century,
and have never felt insecure in
person or property on account of
political opinions. We are sincere
in our Republicanism, and we feel
safe because we love our people,
and honestly beleive that we are
pursuing a course that will redound
to their peace, happiness and pros
perity. Those men who call them
selves Republicans, and who are
-continually trying to get into of
fice, stirring up disorders and strife,
and poisoning the minds of voters
in secret dens at midnight, when
honest men and sincere Republi
cans are plotted against simply be
cause they are honest and sincere
and have social standing in the
community, may feel unsafe. Wc
indorse no such libel upon the
whole population of our State.
Radical vultures, Ku-Klux office
seekers of every party, are doing
us more harm as a people than all
the libels ever written. We be
lieve that every honest man is safe
in Alabama, no matter what his
politics arc. .
The Committee ought to send
for the editor of the State Journed.
His testimony would be interesting.
The Milwaukee Sentinel prefers
Grant to Greeley as a candidate for
the Presidency for reasons which
it states as follows :
"Which will be our safest leader,
the hero of Vicksburg or tiie farm
er of Chappaqua? A gleam of
steel in the background will be
more reassuring than the hazy vis
ion of a field of gourds."
Perhaps in Milwaukee the sword
maybe thought intrinsically nobler
than the ploughshare, but such is
not the opinion ot people elsewhere.
They believe that it is a good thing
when war is over to beat swords
into ploughshares, and to take a
farmer for President instead of a
general. Still more is this the case
when the general has already
made an egregious failure in the
Preidency, distinguishing himself
mainly as a present-taker, and when
to nominate him is to nominate at
the same time a horde of worthless
relations and corrupt hangerson.
Let the Sentinel think the subject
over, and perhaps it may arrive at
the conclusion that the steel had
better be put so far in the back
ground that it can only be found
by those who hunt for it with dili
gence.
-JYl Y. Sun.
A Good Way to Make a Foe
Tuxn. We once heard of" an hon
est old gentleman who, by indus
try, energy and perseverance, had
accumulated a fortune of one bund
red thousand dollars. On being
questioned by one inquisitive neigh
bor, as to how it was that he had
succeeded so well in making mon
ey, replied: I made one half of my
fortune by attending to my own
business, and the other half by let
ting other peoples business alone.
Query: Has that man any rela
tives in'this country, who have a
prospect of succeeding as well by
the same process ? If he lias, we
should be pleased to make their ac
quaintance. Some wit has discovered that
the "embers of the dying year"
are September, November and December.
The Slanderer-
The first slanderer wras theJDevil.
He poisoiied the ears of many hap
py angels in Heaven by libelling
our Great and Good Creator ; by
his supreme evil eloquence he in
vented plausible lies, and aroused
jealousies where before peace and
immeasurable joys ever reigned.
God banished him from Ileaven,
and his poor dupes forever share
his eternal shame and damnation.
The world is full of little, despica
ble human devils, that, in their lim
ited sphere of action, ape their
great prototype, and poison the
whole atmosphere where their pes
tiferious breaths have' voice. So
cial assassins, whose "highest ambi
tion is to blast and mildew the
fair reputation of all above them,
and wdiose greatest pleasure in life
is to watch their accursed and
venomed poison work its hellish
purposes gloating over the wreck
and ruin of character, and all the
unutterable social miseries that fol
low in its train. The purer, the
nobler, the more elevated, the more
worthy the victim, the greater
their infernal joy.
Assassin-like the slanderer ever
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strikes in the back. Whilst in your
presence and under your observ
ance he is the smiling, toadying
sycophant; behind your back, in
your absence, it is, he cautiously
whispers in some willing credulous
ear his libels oft under the pledge
of secrecy.
"Knowing himself a villain damned,
He puts faith in none."
Coward at heart, he is envious and
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jealous of every noble quality and
attribute in his fellow man, and
his deformed moral nature wreaks
its vengeance by smirching the faiP
presentment of "God's noblets
work an honest man." We said
he was a coward at heart : we erred,
he has no heart ; instead he has a
liver, all blue and livid spotted,
lringcd with white, the fretted bile
of which inflames his tongue and
slobbers forth its corruption on all
that's decent and resjcctable.
Community has no curse so
blameful so destructive of good
feeling, faith, friendship, and all
that goes to make the Sum ofsocial
pleasure and happiness as the
slanderer. Beware, then, of the
man or woman who is ever eager
to pour forth into your private ear
some report, or tale, discreditable
to the virtue or honor of your
neighbor. Ten to one it is wholly
false, and ninety-nine to one it is
an invention, bred in the malicious
brain of a slanderer.
If in hell there is one lower,
hotter pit than another, it is the
sure future home of him or her
who wantonly or secretly murders
the character and standing of a
good woman, The very devil will
blush with shame as he ushers into
his eternal abode his earthly imita
tor, and frown to be reminded by
so insignificant a soul of his own
first great sin n heaven.
Despised by men, hated by the
devil, ignored of God, the lowest,
meanest, vilest, and most cowardly
of all humanity is the slanderer.
The Xew Departure. The?
telegraph informs us that the Cal
ifornia Democracy have quietly
and kindly taken to the "new de
parture." From all that we can
learn, the dose was swallowed
without even making a face.
We once knew a child that criedQ
for "castor oil," and it must have
been a like perversion of taste
that led our Democratic friends of
California to so eagerly svallow
the prescription of Ohio mediocs.
We trust that the medicine will
set well on their stomachs, and
that when the returns of the Fall
election begin to come in it will be
found that the unsavory dose was
the harbinger of victory. Wallet,
Wa.Ua Statesman.
A traveler who saw a pretty girl
in the same car with himself, says:
"In a few years," thought I, "that
infant will be an ornament to soci
ety; but had she not better die ?
Very soon they will tie some dead
woman's hair to the back of her
head, fasten her ribs with a corset?
and hang a bird cage around her
lower limbs. Worse than that;
when she arrives at maturity sho
will be compelled to determine
whether she is for protection orfreo
trade, to understand the intricacies
of pig iron, and go to the polls and
vote.
Mrs. Moore is of the stuff heroes
are made of. Recently, at Nash
ville, when her son fell down, in a
well 21 feet deep, she neither faint
ed nor screamed, but instantly 0
swung herself down "hand over
hand," caught the child with
her feet, drew herself and son all
the way up again, and then, wo
man like, spanked the boy for fall
ing. 0
A poor man who was ill, being 0
asked by a gentleman whether he
had taken any remedy repiied :
"Xo I ain't taken any remedy, but 0
I've taken lots of physic."
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