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V tmM if i tm. m t't ' J ' " 'i IrH 0 O O ' o fo CD O o O 1 fir Ml e O O 5 VOL. 7 OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1873. i NO. 45. !'i ll I 1 IBS l Wa I 9 I SM V V 3 1 r3S . V I :-j H II jt Ml o 9 ' j, . i 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ;.IV i V35II.I.V!;. Airrun I hear thai enrdsing step! i.-'s r;iM Hii'i! "': T...'. well I'kiiow the bodit'g sound That IblnTS in a 1 "I"'. I ,,, sii.l tr in! Io when I meet '1 11.- stt'.Uesl . III.- . p,ut 1 b a i 11 ! it -i i I me from M Who conn s-- but never g- s'. fi ii-nd .. ilreiw ii:te, my easy-chair, ini a-ks about I J - news ; in 1 1' is into my manuscript, n! trh s his candid views: , u 1 1- me when- lie likes the line, .n ! where he's forced to -rii' ve; ll',- tik.s t he t raiiirest ) il .crt :es, ll.it r.'-vi-i takes his leave! r-'ads my 'bob pipers through Pel .re I'v s' :l Jb- y;i tie- ly: i - (t:i:it I wr -le) thinks I; ouile absurd ; II, :. biily mokes 1 1 iy last cigar, Aii'l l!v :.!s fi.r m .re : II,. oiier.-. eVt rvthillg be sees ;.r, J.t t il V t.o- l!i t.dbs :b. ut bis fiai ii. i !. 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It i ja- ! !i..v an;a t. -h -.M a::. i-.'ai : : u 1 - L t as ':' ai" ! i;V !ii- e:ite i i he ;i!b".-i id ; . :vb l-ir the '.vni n !t -v r iTcrotr t v 1 i n b.ieh the p'-o-ai ii. i:i despair, to t!;e re.-w t vrar.t. the i !. i i ', 1 1 I .if- 1 the a'iv . It is he ; ! i'i--:.ba-ii i ly H-ai:: war ii'.iiib ia ai i l;;t e.'M t. . 1 : u .-i.e.ld ; l- ait V.. ea-'C vt-i thrcat- .it la in the ijraxast evils it- irabirttl it' Cb orue the Ti.ir.l 1 s!i-.m-led tbe infant rej ub ii ;a its 1 i: th. Tht li.aisti-'ratie party ia tiiis Siata totb-y, shows its b.ealth t'alu.'ss I vhr-lt-v in makiirjr a di tvr laiii.'il -;a:;d a-.r.it'st the railroad ras- m1- . and s'a kiiu: tat' ihe maliaant and his crew y the honest Having f .; ;i tliis e.-U!i!i--ni'-nopt lits ( oil illy easy IX'mot-rMtie t rirai:: n : by w!;:.-'. S: a!'-, or-r-.l h I'l'i; u et" j:- t-e- 15 u'ie.-d Sr.it... tb.e i Uhl i; v,.'.bl an a il this-: v -, nr. a 1 ih.ii ,-:ir. ra: be an el th- tie :; m. Uli in is, but : to ( U' s thn l ta-'v i s'th.-i pa : .!. st rata-; ! i v.-f .a d til" pear b- that v eoubl be ti-. baled .iiis or biamht by lliink t;re- ale bv t i 1 1 1 1 I ! .1. ei tb M is far i- and s;. m;'. n! l.avc wi iiia :i i. iy or two re-ei-ii'i t!-.,. wort soi l or'.i 1 lak-eye "' Inau th.- ii riii'iiiiv.' popular list. They i.a -w ii .- the 1 1 iao.aaij..- party i-an i i il; ri.-r t K, ; l-.-.u-iu r .- r eon upt ion ot C.'.'e of an;- bm'. ovary b.-ader, aa I th.' e. ais-.l' e." r.ts t ! t hat P lit v are ai h- p, ,1. tin iist r.i i r i '- t -w n a ! si 1 ut. 111 'leprn. leu llll. ', mi to protect in Its w in 'l.-.-:.b in ss t ; . ! in ii v. t he virtue. an 1 intf'.i'.v ot' t!a" a t atest ?k litieal Vi -lunfefr ;s eia h is t veV l i'llli I: i a that tl-.is world 'lifitl. Tliat iartv :ii.;v U- jii t!a- i:i;;in itv. lilt liiiu. a ii v ;':: 'In 'till iu.-tii-e; it is the i minor- it.V th.a' v. ill i"i'r s'ari en.ler or sell "''.. m .; .-. Ib.w its 1: to be sold out to any t-i ! 'Dration ; a?iy ctimbination of i!'yn. T,ifit is i.otliiiur in a minority "i't'Aiko aars w i.ieh is a.t all ',iheai"t cairi.r, wfmi we --.insi.ii'r the nature aa l li-ir.ict -r of t!ie times. To disband :i; 1 ! i.-ak u ta;s noi l.' obi or.uiiza ; n. t h List', ,:-vof whose aeliic vfinents I'T.taf hist..:-v o'fthe eountry. is impos i' '. I; j' tl.,, i-,M,tfd in the '''U'ts t .." , , t ii re' million of voters. I's t.ry: oib- Hi. .n eyt.-nds into th" heart "tev, i y to itshpi aiitl preeinet in t lie 'aati v. Tie.- ;,Ut -not ot the new t-artv " n th,. li;',. ,,:'tho hale obi lem ';ey will in- vii.; lv f.ib That pavtv fp '', '-tb'uin-x -viih the fulness of 'r"- i ani p. :utv vitalirv when all the a-x -iniriti.ins t' the ja-esent i'1 i biiimr the eartli. burital -U .f aim mt ncrv ol men. ti. ''"r fooi v. vetch who einp-e-s bruin to Ibi Ids cfnnvvdi. o Free Trade and Farmers' Mights. Troni the New York World. Free Trade would rest from the Feueral Government its most danger ous corrupt hi"; instrument of eonsol- J Mated power; it would restore to the people not merely the wealth of j which Protectionists are daily rob bing them, hut the power, too, which the tariff jobbery enables Chant and his put y to combine and wield for the subvert iori of the State Government of Louisiana, and for the corruption of our society and our politics throughout the Union. How is it that 100 buf-helsof wheat buy less coffee in tlie United States than the same 1(H) bushels of wheat would buy in Ihirope '? And how does it happen that 1,(100 pouuds of native bar-iron buys more coffee in the United States than in any other coutry in the world? Thsse are questions which the indignant farm ers may prolitubly exercise themselves by inquiring into. Wheat and iron are alike American products, subject to the same natural laws in respect to the price of labor, price of money, and so on. "Why should wheat be more valuable, have more purchasing power as compared with iron and measured in coffee, in Europe than in America ? Hut iirst let-us put the fact of this comparative superiority beyond a doubt. Suppose we ta"ke 1,000 pounds of American bar-iron, which is now sell ing at 4 cents a pound, or say 10, a; ti exchange it for llio coffee in New York. The price of green coffee being 'Jo cents currency per pound, the l.t!'.;0 pounds of bar-iron would buy therefore 1( pounds of llio cof fee. A thousand pounds of bar-iron would purchase also "i:3 bushels of Chicago spring wheat, No. o. which is now selling at :l."d per bushel, and the -t - z bushels, would of course, buv 100 pounds of llio coffee in New YoVk. Now, then, let us take the 1.000 poun .s oi bar-iron and the -:a bushels f wheat to L,o:don, and then see. first, iiow lunch coffee we will get for them respectively; and second, how much iron -;i bushels of wheat will buy there. The pric? of best crown Stafford shire iron in London is at present .Ll l s. a ton of "2,-JlO pounds; 1,000 pounds would therefore f-.'tch i'. lis. .'".I. The price of llio coffee in bond in London is 80s. for 112 pounds. The .to lis. Sd., or the 1,000 pounds l.i.ini.ir-"! 1 viv-i i-iti v.tnild liliv :)S ia.tr as possible, lob'j pounds of llio coffee, or - - pounds less than in New York. The Chicago Xo. 0 wheat being worth lis. per cental, or 7.77s. per bu-hel, the 1::s bushels of wheat would fetch lb' -Ss. .Vh, and would buy of llio coffee at f-'0s. perewt. 1201 ) , pounds; mid bar-iron in London or Liverpool. Ib-ie's the rub. Coffee is free here, am! still the bushels of wheat purchases. IbO pounds of coffee more in London than in New York; aud of the iron, which is subject to a duty, liie 'Hi -' : bushels will purchas ia-arly bOO pounds more in London than in New York. In both i:e tama s the farmer ir. at a disadvantage by being an American, while the iron master the moment he removes his iron from under the a-gis of the tariff loses on the purchase of coffee, and if he v. ere b lay out his 1.000 pounds of iron for wheat in London, he would only get II. I bushels of Chit-ago wheat. No. o, 112.0 bushels less than What does the farmer think of this position? Is he .still of the opinion that th" railway monooolv is the source of all hh OeS To iKK Point. The farmers of Lu reau County, 111., are both sensible ami just in their conclusions. At a recent meeting of the ('range they adopted a resolution declaring that "The political party which for the past thirteen years lias had perfect and exclusive 'control of our State and national affairs with ample time and power to remedy all evils and correct all abuses within the scope of action, if it had so desired or intend ed, is fully and clearly responsible for the grievances of which we com plain." This is placing the responsi bility where it justly belongs, mid declaring the truth as it will be recorded in history. The oppres sions of the monopolies, just now the crowning evil of which the people of Oregon are now complaining, are due to the policy of lladicalism. The Radical party created them, and gave them, and gave them the power to oppress the people. This fact should warn the people not to look to that organization for relief. While it is true that individuals not of the He publican party have been the sub servient tools of the corporations, it is a well established fact that almost all the leaders of the Republican party have worn their collar, and slill do. Hence, we say, that the people must cut loose from the He publican organization in order to secure lelief from the oppressions of the corporations it has created and matured. Ckovvet. Henry Ward Reeeher's pajter. the Christian Union, has a de partment devoted to answering "in quiring friends'" To a correspond ent w ho asked the editor's opinion of croquet-playing, the following re maiicablo answer was returned: We think it is amusing to women agreea ble to men and fanscinating to minis ters. For all persons who need gen tle exercise it is even better than bil liards, indeed it is a kind of field bil liards; or billiards "gon to grass." Any body that is to pious to play cro quet ought to be done up in starched linen, put in a bag and hung up like a suit of Sum lay clothes, ana not let out til! rocting-time." Why Should It Do So. -"roni tho Snn Francisco Examiner Those amiable people who favor thedisolutionof the Democratic par ty and the formation of a new organ ization embracing all the elements oi opposition to Urantism, a-.sert ; that the former is potent for good ; and that a new party would stand a I better chance of success. The an- j thor of tho new party mov-nn., in ! Ohio, in assigning a reason for his action, declared that the Radical par ty would not, aud the Democracy could not, save us from corruption. Ye iind his remark reported in the v ineiuiiaii j-.iifjutrtr, which savs ot it that herein the intent and 'good wishes of the Democracy were un studiedly admitted by the author of the third party movement. The whole question then turns upon this interrogatory: Is the Dem ocratic party really and in fact im potent for good? Can there be a new party formed which will have a better chance of success? We an swer Xo, to both interrogatories. Let us consider first the alleged impo tency of our party. Admitting that the Radicals have been dominant in the Union for a period of twelve years, how did they obtain that doni inancy? Through the intestine quar rels of their opponents. Lincoln had in 1H0O nearly two million votes; ami nearly three million were cast against him; but under our peculiar method ot Presidential election they were ineffectual. lb; came in ut the head of the minority party. Then happened the extraordinary folic of I Southern States secession, by which j was abandoned the Democratic ma I jorities in both Houses of Congress, 1 which so long as maintained would j have rendered 3Ir. Lincoln's anti- Southern inlluence entirely nugato j ry. Again in lSG-i, in the midst of 'war which excited the ljopulur pas ! sions ami appealed to the proper in j terests, in which nearly one-half of I the States did not vote, and in those j States which were wont to east a unanimously Democratic electoral vote. Air. Lincoln was re-eleted. In the first Presidential election after the close of the war, through the exercise of the bayonets in the South, Grant was elected against the exertions of the Democracy. Last year by the introduction of a new element the negro vote and by enormous frauds in the South ami in Pennsylvania, he was re-elected. It is thus that, in the National Gov ernment, we have been for four suc cessive elections defeated, twice by our own dissensions, and twice by fraud ami force, which cannot per manently be repeated. In every instance, in our defeats, we have never been far behind the. votes cast by the successful party, even with all our di' sonsions and with the ani mosities of a war against us. Are such kinds of defeats for fif teen years conclusive proof that we never can succeed under the Demo cratic name? Why. the abolition party ran four candidates for Presi dent, and in no instance did they ob tain a respectable vote in any one State. Suppose some wrong-headed man should have asked their dis bandnient, what would have been tb.e reply? In l-S-t-O, when the Whigs succeeded in electing General Wil liam Jl. Harrison President of the United States by three-fourths of the electoral voles, they had been regu larly defeated in every contest for twelve years. During the first twelve years of the Government, under the Administrations of General Wash ington and John Adams, the Federal Administration was against the De mocracy, but they did not succumb. Why, with these instances before them, should they do it now? The Liberal party of Great Hritain was mainly in the minority from the be ginning of the American Revolution in 1770 to the Administration of George Canning, a half a century after, ami lie was a renegade from the Tory party. Therefore in the lijbt of these facts. General Thomas Hwing may well admit the fact that fifteen successive years of disaster have not destroyed the faith of its followers in its destiny, or their hopes of its future success. Why should it do so? Whf.i;e the Shoe Pinches. The Co!'rirr-.o"rit'( follows in the wake of the New York M'orhl on the tariff ouestion. It says: A great deal has been said of late in the farmers' mass meetings throughout the AVest on the subject of railroad charges. It would be well to keep in mind that a considerable portion of these char ges the rail roai Is are forced to make in consequence of the heavy taxes thev are compelled to pay upon the iron rails and car fixtures which are imported from Kurope. For exam ple, if a railroad has to pay fo00,000 in the shape of extra duty on rail roa ; iron, it is plain that the road "must make up that extra cost, which is so much actual loss to it, by put ting it in its freight charges. Let us abolish the protective monopoly, and cease to force the whole country to pay an oppressive tribute to a mere handful of rich manufacturers to increase their fortunes. Winn pe Tkioiphaxtlt Elected. Th Richmond l)ipttrh says of the nomination of General Kemper for Governor of Virginia: He will be sustained with the greatest enthusi asm ami will be triumphantly elec ted. The Petersburg Iud-y says: The action of the Conservative Con vention, in the nomination of the gentleman whose name we this day place at the head of onr columns, is itself the harbinger of glorious vic tory. The wisdom of the Conven tion is made patent in the selection Oio bnnner of ; Ul Mlfll it U1UU It Il 'trill ws I the true people of the Common i wonlth thrnno-h the impending strug gle. a-a'jm-ijMJiuiUiifc. i. i. r I!on. William Allen. LIFE AND SERVICES OF THE DEMOCI! ATIC CANDIDATE FOK GOVEKNOR OF OUIO. Cincinnati Enquirer. Hon. William Allen was born in the year lSt)7 in Virginia between the Hlue Ridge" and Alleghany. He went to Chillicothe. Ohio, when a mere boy. He was there without money and without friends. He had energy, ability, honesty. Of his life as a boy and as A YOUXO LAWVEI! we have no time to speak. He first appeared prominently before the public in 18:315, when he was elected to the House of Representatives of the United States. He was a mem ber of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The circumstances of this election were peculiar and interest ing. He had paid his addresses to the daughter of Governor Duncan McAi ihur. ( lovernor AlcArthur was his opponent in the campaign. The young lover and politician was elec ted by a majority of one Tin1 daugh ter he did not marry until she had lirst married another and became a widow. Mr. Allen was elected to the Senate of fhe United States, tak ing his seat on the 1th day of March, 1S:J7. He tilled the office two terms. When elected he had scarcely passed the constitutional limit of thirty years, but he .soon took his place as OXK OF THE FOUEMOST MEN of that distinguished body. His Senatorial honors were not easily won. He sat in the Senate Chamber with Clay and Webster. and Calhoun and Crittenden and Renton, and Corwin s.nd Lwing and Ruchanan. Anior g such men he stood as their peer and commanded their respect. H.s first act as Senator w as to otter a i solution providing for a change in the manner of electing President and Vice-President. He possessed the impartiality of a judge, the aeuteness of an advocate, the sagac ity of a statesman, the eloquence of a true orator. His heart and judg ment were always on the side of the people. IIIS FIKST SI'EF.ril IN THE SENATE was in favor of the rigftt of petition; and he maintained this right of the petitioners, though he did not sym pathize with their request, and tho they lived in a distant part of the country. He was often on the iloor of the Senate, though less often than s.me others, and he always spoke ' straight on." His speeches had not only directness, but beauty and dignity. He gave Ihe closest at tention to questions of finance, to national Hanks, District of Colum bia banks, to the fndian affairs, to boundary lines, and to all details of practical statesmanship. lie was always the dvocatf of the oph and ot the J lejnocrattc party, lie opposed tariffs and excessive taxa tion. He defended the Constitution. He whs always in his seat. When he. had been for years in the Senate he was able to say proudly to his fellow Senators on a question of ad journment that he had not lost a day or a vo'e in the Senate, and to say also thirty-three years ago; however hazardous may be the question, ' I neither dodge nor flee." HE TS THE EAST SFRVIVolt of thrt expunging Senators." In is:):) the United States Senate, under dictation of Clay, adopted a resolu tion censuring President Jackson for removing the Government de posits from the United States Hank. Four years -later, soon after Mr. Al len look his seat, a resolution was passed expunging the resolution from the records, and of the twenty five Senators voting in favor of this resolution Mr Allen alone lives to tell the story. He was elected Chairman of the Committee on For eign Relations then, as now, the leading committee of the Senate in bS4."), over Mr. Archas, of Virginia. It was while he occupied this posi tion that the memoriable debate oc curred on the question known in his tory as the question (if " FIFTY-FOUR OK FIGHT." This debate was the foremost one of that Congress, and if Mr. Allen took the leading part. He was overruled by the vote of the Senate, but his position throughout was that of an independent American. He intro duced .the resolution to advise the President to give notice to Great Hritain to terminate the joint occu pation of Oregon. Mr. Allen spoke on the resolution for two consecutive days, filling the time of the session. The debate covered several months. Toward the close his famous per sonal debate with Crittenden took place, and the upshot and issue was liis resignation of the Chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Rela tions. Mr. Allen has for twenlv-four years lived the cloistered life of A STUDENT AND A. CULTURED FARMER. He has rare scientific attainments; is devoted to astronomy, geology, mineralogy and literature. His hab its are sinqde and his home hospita ble. He is in full possession of all the powers of his earlier manhood. His commanding figure, his venera ble silvered head, his matchless voice, will shortly become familiar to many of our readers. The time was when great Lien would stand for hours to listen to him. The hide and vigorous ex-Senator who won lau rels beside Webster and Crittenden, Calhoun and Clay and Benton, will have something to say to the people of Ohio this Fall. It's a sign of a storm to tread on ..nvbodv's toe that has corns, if vou 1 waken the baby on a wash day; to call a baby ugly in the presence of I its mother; to spit on the parlor car ' pet when your wife sees it: to speak ' ill of yoxir wife's relations. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, me TtfCPQ TTY OF CALIF0PJJIA, The J'resdilent and the Hack-Salary Stea!. Recently, the Labor Reform Con vention composed of working men was in session at Lowell, Massachu setts, and among others adopted a resolution that that Convention of Workingmen looked upon the recent Congressional Salary grab as a clear steal, and consider those who voted therefor, and also the Pressdent who lobbied for and signed the bill, as plunderers, more worthy of the pen itentiary than of public trust. This is the most severe denunciation of the " back-salary steal," we have yet seen. The language is strong and very expressive, but it is only an honest expression of what others are more mealy mouthed about. We don't say that the back-salary steal ers ought to go to the State prison, but we do say that they ought to be compelled to go home and remain there. From the foregoing resolu tion the country learns something concerning the President that it did not know before, to wit: that he lobbied for the bill. It was a most unseemly sight when the Chief Mag istrate of this great people chosen by them as their representative de scended from the pedestial of honor upon which the people placed him, and condescended to leg Congress men to not only double his salary for the future, but give him double pay for the time he ha-i already serv ed. This beggar President with perhaps a million dollars given him in presents of various kinds, haunt ing the lobbies and committee rooms of the Capitol, crying, "Give, give," like th.e horseleech's daughter, was a spectacle for the civilized world. It was a humiliation to this great and proud people, and we do not wonder that the workingmen, feeding the disgrace keenly, denounce it in harsh terms. There have been in stances of ingratitude on the part of governments and people. The great Roman General Relisarius after win ning many glorious a ictories for the Roman empire, was compelled to beg in the streets of the Capital city in his old ag". This was a reproach to the Government, but the case is different with President Grant. The gratitude of the people has rained down gold, ami houses, and horses, and lands, ami honors. He has been made rich and been buried beneath the honors w hich have been heaped upon him. Such a man, so honored, begging for more pay in the lobbies of the Capitol! If it was wrong for poor weak vessels, like Sargent and Coghlan and Houghton, to yield to the entreaties ef the President and vote for this infamous bill, what should be thought of the President himself? Daily P.nit. ll-urd. --. - A Clreat Mvil. i'I:MAI.r, LOVE OK FINERY, ANDYHAT IT LEADS TO. The Worlil scolds the women for their love of finery, a love of which it is sure is n ading many ei tuem, to infamy nuurietl us well as single and ruin. We quote: The love of dress in this country has since the war especially, assumed most alarming proportions, more es pecially in our largo towns. Those who look at this matter sniieriicially may think. "Oh, it is very harmless and dosen't mra-h matter;" and per haps tin's iinery fever is of compara tively little consequence; but it docs ami there are. yet many people who think it does, and whose opinion is entitled to some respect it matters very much indeed, inasmuch as it is tendjng to beget immorality in the women in this country. Xor is it the only Massachusetts' factory girl and such us she who is thus led stray; hundreds of married women in a much higher class, w ho would but for this accursed thirst for finery have been as true as steel to their husband:;, finding themselves in volved in emulation with women five times as rich, get into debt, fear to tell their husbands, and berrowing money from" men who are waiting to see them fall into the trap, rind them selves sinking into infamy which when they married they could scarce ly believe possible. Love of finery is in fact the parent of miserable matrimony and divorce. Xot only that; the editor goes on to reason, it is the same love of iinery that is discouraging matrimony. "Young men can't aiiord to take a wife." Resides (we quote again), ''The experience many of these same wooing men gain of other men's wivrs is very often by no means of a nature to encourage an ardor for matrimony. In conclusion, tiie Worlil expresses the solemn conviction that Men cannot be to resolute in the steps they take to diminish the great evil. Most women are amenable to reasonable arguments persistently urged by those they regard with af fection, and the remonstrances and representations of a father, especially are likelv to carrv weight with hfs children, whose errors often arise from the absence of such sensible counsel precisely at that period of life when it is most threatened. Vain Attempts. Zealous Admin istration organ, says the New York Tribuue, are wasting columns of space in vain attempt to show that the Republican party is not alone re sponsible for the salary swindle, since the Democrats helped to pass the bill. The scheme was originated by the best embodiment of Adminis tration principles and policy, Mr. V: F. Butler, and carried through by the Republican party, ami all at tempts to shift the disgraceful bur den will be futile. The Demejcrats undoubtedly helped the tiling along, but if they hadn't it would have gonc through just the same. The Admin istration ordered it, and of course it was elone. It was a simple act of lovnltv. r The F'irstvf all Requisites. It must not be forgotten that while the Democrat party is thoroughly in sympathy with the farmers' move ment throughout the eountiy, and unalterably opposed to monoplies of all names, natures, and descriptions, and shares with the Liberal Republi cans hostility to Grant and his in iquities; there are other questions besides those, to which it is and has ever been committed. With the farmers perhaps we agree in all their demands, which makes a close ap proach to the principles we have al ways maintained and contended for. The supreme motive of the farmers is not personal hostility to an individu al, but the protection, of their own interests. They desire better prices for the irodncts of their industry. They feel that they are robbed by the railroads, their profits diminished by the tariff, the value of their labor depreciated by a fluctuating curren cy; but they have no 'wide-reaching, comprehensive theory of government; they aim only at the redress of spe ciiie grievances. The Democratic 'party entertains the farmers' view of these particular evils, as it joins with the Liberal Republicans in an tipathy to Grant; but it cannot con fine itself to the accomplishment of these ends alone. Our party includes the aims of both; yet it compre hends much more us its policy. The Democracy are a great detil more than an anti-Grant party; a great deal more, to, than an anti-monopoly or an anti-tariff party. Democrats w ho are such from conviction canned yield up all that is most cherished in their political creed for the mere chance of gaining earlier possession of offices and patronage, and they do net sympathize witli any view which makes these the only objects of party organization. As a distinctive political tenet, De mocracy rests upon a profound con viction of the capacity of man for self-government, and an equally pro found sense ef the constant tendene-y of political power to steal from the many to the few. It is the chief aim, therefore, of true Democracy, to cur tail and circumscribe the si'here of governmental actions. It does not look upon man as a wild beast that needs a keeper, or as a slave that needs a master, or as a child that needs a nurse, but as an intelligent being e-apable of self-direction. The Democracy of this country have al ways been distinguished us the party denying to the Federal Government all authority to which it cannot dc raign an unimpeachable title; the party opposing the exercise of con ceded powers by the General Gov ernment in such a manner as to in terfere with the freedom and self-directions of private business and industry. For the first sixty years after the Democratic party came into power it had a great and victorious career. But the civil war undid a great deal of its past work. War is always unfavorable to Democracy. The necessity ef putting forth the whole strength of the country tempts the Government to assume vast pre rogatives and accustoms the people to acquiescence. The enormous growth ef patronage and expense, besides its corrupting tendency, fosters the habit of looking up to Governments as an irresistible, overshadowing in fluence against which it is .vain for the people to contend. Democracy was on this account hindered in its successful progress by the civil Avar. All true Democrats recognize the difficulties of the situation at this time, and feel that a work is laid em them even greater than belonged to the generation of which Thomas Jefferson was the leader. He had no such obstacles to encounter in reducing Federal authority to its just proj ortions as confront us when the patronage eff the Government has been increased fifty-fold. His great battles, as those also of Jackson's time, are all to be fought over again, and the Democrats of this period will not show themselves unworthy descendants in the political line of their liberty-loving ane'ostm-s. The farmers must lind in democratic suc cess their truest hope of a rectifica tion of their w ings; and if the Liber al Republicans have any permanent principles of actiem they must see its fullilment is cemtingent on their joinder with the old and trustworthy party of the people. As our contem porary, the New York World, states it, the first of all requisites to suc cess is a clear perception of the ob ject to which American Democracy has always aimed the w resting of power from the Federal Government and its restoration to the people. Why you say that there are no real stars, because you sennetimes see me teors fall, which for a time appear to be stars? Will you say that blossoms never produce fruit," because manv of them fall off, and some fruit which appeared sound is rotten at the core? Equally absurd is it to sav there is no such thing a,s real religion, be cause many w ho profess it fall away, or prove to lie hypocrites in heart! Or will you say that a medicine dex?s no good, because, though it removes the fever, it does not restore tiie pa tient to perfect health in an instant? Equally groundless and absurd is it to say that religion does not make its possessors better, because it does not in a moment make them perfect as the angles of Ged. Virtue and Knowledge. Virtue j is a power for good in itself. On j the other hand knowledge is power for good only as it is allied to virtue. Unsanctitied knowledge is often a dangerous instrumentality, while un lettered virtue is a tower of strength to society. -A character in its near est perfection, combines the two, virtue religion and knowleelge. These form the safeguarel of a nation, t and are objects of the highest im ' portnce in th? State. Hints ou Politeness- My little girl asked me last night to give her some rules on politeness I promised to indicate some verv plain rules w hich govern well-bred persons in their intercourse with the world, premising what I think Haz litt said to his son, that true polite ness requires little more tlvan a de sire to make those in our presence happy. My readers- must remem ber that, if some of these- rnleW ap pear frivolous, they are given for ihe instruction of a child, and that possibly our elder children who are at the boarding schools do not al ways receive1 proper attention in this department of education. As I can net of course exhaust the subject, it may be that your gooil aunt or mother may be induced to give it some consideration. 1. Girls should rise when an elder person ef either se.c enters the room. 2. If a gentleman e'alls upon you tlo not hesitate once in a while to ask him into the family room, or give your parents to understand that you want them to come into the jiarlor to see your company. The youngr gentleman who does not wish to be occasionally in the company of your 2arents is not worthy of your society. 3. If a friend, of either sex, calls upon you when it is your duty to bo at family worship or at the prayer' meeting, let it be known. A true gentleman tr gentlewoman will not lie offemled. 4. Re a true lady at home, espe cially at the table, else you will fer get to act the lady abroad. Sit straight; eat deliberately. Don't bow your head too low to eat or drink. Don't go to work picking your te'eth or paring your nails after dinner in the presence of otlvers. Some gentlemen spend two hours a day picking their teeth. Don't rock or put your feet en another's chair, or look at a person's" manuscript w hile he is writing or take a book from him, er ask him what he has in a package. Every exhibition of ielle curiosity is annoying to a refined person. 5. Do not address a person with out speaking out the name. Sonio persons will take hold of your arm, or touch your shoulder, or look at vou. This is impolite. Speak out the name Mrs. , or Mr. , err Miss. , or the given name. G. Don't speak in a loud tone un less your friends are deaf. Do;ot whisper in company unless it lie comes necessary to say something of importance to your mother. If an eld gentleman effers you his easy chair, eie not take it; ami be sure not let your mother do anything for the cemifort of visitors if you can elo it yourself. 3. You will of course never look behind yon to notice a jerson whev has passed, nor stare at any one on the street, or in the stores. If you have fine clothes, do not be ambi tious to display them on the streets or in the church. The drawing room offers opportunities sufficient for the wearing of extra jewelry antl an expensive apparel. 8. Fix an hour for retirement, and do not deviate from it except uneler an extraordinary pressure of circum stances. Y'ou need not hesitate to tell your friends that you must bo at home at ten o'clock. They will excuse you, for yon must have restr and have it regularly in ortler to pass the coming day cheerfully anel profit ably. - Tnc Negro Question. The Nor folk Journal, a very moderate Con servative paper, discussing the ne gro question as applicable to Vir ginia, says that " originally and in his native character the negro was not to be feared. He was humble, affectionate, and perhaps even capa ble of devotion. But he is also in firm, impressible, and easily led; astray. In the hands of political ad venturers he has been molded like wax to suit their own purposes, and by long habit, it is to be feared, has become permanently hardened into a mere instrument of these corrupt and designing creatures. There is matter in this for Virginians to con sider. The vital necessity is made painfully apparent of retaining power in their own hands. However remote it may be, we think with an involuntary shudder of the chance that, like the citizens of Louisiana, we may be exposed to th mortifica tion of asking terms of the negro, and of having them rejected with derision and insults." Art of Swimming. Men are elrowned by raising their arms above water, the unbuoyeel .weight which expresses the head. Other animal have neither motion or ability to act rn this way, ami therefore swim natu ially. When a man falls into deep water ne will rise to the surface, ami w ill coutinne there if he does not elevate his hands. If he moves his hanels under water, in any way he pleases, his head will rise so high as to give him fair liberty to breathe; and if ho will use his legs as in the the art of walking (or rather walking up stairs), his shoulders will rise above w ater, so that he may use less exertion with the hands or apply them toother purposes. Theso-j plain directions are recommended to those who have not learned to swim in their vo-uth, as they may be found highly advantageous in may eases. Mr. John Owens, who latley died at Jackson, aged 114, was in somo respect a remarkable man. He blush ingly admitted that he bad used whisky since he was ten years old, and had ehewed tobacco and smoked, more or less, for one hundred and three years, but he never claimed that he had seen Washington. When a man's necktie fs untied how untioV ho loots. O o o o 0 o o o O o o o o G o o o 07- o G' o o o o c o o I I