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DEVOTED TO POLITIC
Martha Phillips.
She was deatl. An olj woman
with silvery hair brushed smoothly
away from her wrinkled forehead,
and snowy cap tied under her chin';
a sad, quiet face, patient mouth with
lines about it that told of sorrow,
borne with gentle firmness; and two
withered, tired hands, crossed with
a restless lock. That was all.
Who, looking at the sleeping form,
would think of love and romance)
of a heart only just healed of a
wound received long, long years ago.
Fifty years had she lived under
that roof, a farmer's wife. If
yon look at that little plate upon the
coffin lid you will see "Aged 70"
there, she was only twenty when
John Phillips brought her "home a
bride.
A half century she had kept watch
over the dairy and larder, had made
butter and cheese, and looked after
the innumerable duties that fall to
the share of a farmer's wife. And
John had never gone from home
with buttonless shirts and undarned
socks; had never come home to an
untidy house or scolding wife. His
trim, tidy Martha had been his pride;
and though not a demonstrative hus
band, he hail boasted sometimes of
the model housewife who kept his
home in order.
lint underneath her quiet exterior
there was a story that John had never
dreamed of, and would have believed
impossible had he been told. She
did not marry her hive. When she
was nineteen, a rosy, happy girl, a
stranger came on a visit to their vil
lage, and that summer was the
briglitestand happiest she ever knew.
Paul Gardner was the stranger's
name; he was an artist, and fell in
love with the simple village girl and
won her heart; and when he went
away in the autumn thev were be
trothed. " 111 come again in the spring,"
her said. " Trust me and wait for
mi', Alattie, dear."
She promised to love and wait for
him to the end of time, if need be,
ami with a kiss on her quivering lips
he went -away.
"Mat tie Gray did not tell her father
and mother of her ke, for they had
mi lilung for .Loudon folks, and had
treated Paul none too hospitably
when he ventured inside their home.
Spring time came, and true to his
word, Paul returned; he staid only
a ilav or two this time.
I am going awav
in a few weel s
lie said. " I
to Itaily, to
sh.til Im one
study,'
two
years, ami then 1
.-mil limn,
liri'le.
They renewed their vows and part
ed with tears and tender loving
words, he put a tiny ring upon her
linger, and cut a little curly tress
from her brown hair, and telling her
always to be true and wait for him,
he went away.
The months went by and Mattie
was trying to make the time seem
short by studying to improve herself,
so that she might be worthy of her
lover, when he should come back to
make her his wife.
"It must be about time for him
to start," she said to herself one day.
And by and by, as she gazed over
a newspaper, her eyes were attracted
by his name, and with white lips and
dilated eyes she read of his marriage
to another.
"Married! Taken another bride
instead of coming back to marry me?
Oli, Paul, Paul, I loved and trusted
you too much for this.
She covered her face with her
hands and wept bitterly. An
hour afterwards, as she sat there in
the twilight, with the fatal newspa
per on her lap, she heard a step on
the gravel walk," and looking,, she
saw John Phillips coming up
the steps. Ho had been to see
her often before, but never had yet
spoken of love, and had of course
received no encouragement from her
to do so. He was a plain, hard
working farmer, with no romance
about him, but matter of fact to the
core. His wife would get few cares
ses or tender words. He would be
kind enough give her plenty to eat
and wear but that was all.
Xow he seemed to have come for
the express purpose of asking her to
be his wife, for he took a chair and
seated himself beside her, and after
the usual greeting, reserving scarce
ly a moment to take breath, began in
his business-like way to converse.
There was no confession of love, no
pleading, no hand-clasping, no ten
der glances; ho simply wanted her
to be his wife. His manner was
heartx enough; there was no doubt
he really wanted her would rather
marry her than any woman he knew,
but that was all.
Her lips moved to tell him she did
not love him, but as she lot her eyes
fall from the crimson-hearted rose
that swung from the vine over the
window, she caught sight of those
few lines again.
"Married!" she said to herself,
" what can I do? He hasn't asked me
to love him. If I marry him I can
be a true wife to him and nobody
will know that Paul has jilted me."
The decision was made. Her
cheeks were ashy pale as she looked
straight into his eyes and answered,
"Yes, I will be your wife."
Her parents were pleased that she
was chosen by so well-to-do a young
man, so it was settled, and thev were
married the same summer. People
thought she sobered down. wonder
fully; more than that nothing was
said that would lead an3'one to sup
pose that any change had taken
place.
Yes, she had sobered down. She
dared not think of Paul. There was
no hope ahead. Life was a time to
be tilled with something, that she
might not think of herself. John
was always kind, but she got wearied
of his talk of stock and crops, and
said to herself. " I, must. ?xirk hard-!
, HEWS,
OREGON CITY, ORRfiON. FllIDAY,
er, plan and fuss nn,i l,,,.. ,
other women do," tha I ZyZll
and grow like John. 7 loiget
Two years went swiftly bv. A ba
by slept in the cradle in,l r IT
sat rocking with on f,. ,. J , u
icu a oiue woolen stocking
w. .-sue Ivilll-
for the
r , liei'G was a knock at
the half-open door
"I have got on 'the wrong road;
will you be kmd enough to direct me
to the nearest way to the villa-e"
said a voice, and a stranger stepped
in. She rose to give the required
direction, bu stopped, short, while
he came quickly forward
"Haul!"
"Mat tie!"
His face lighted up and he reached
out his arms to draw her to him.
un a surprised, pained loo!
drew back.
she i
"Mr. Gardner this is a most unex
pected meeting."
.r'?r- G:mlmn":" Le repeated,
Alattie. what do vou mean9"
"Don't call me Mat tie," if vou
please, she replied with dignity.
My name isPhillins '
"Phillips," he echoed,
married?"
Are vou
"These are strange words from
you, i'aul Gardner. Did
vou think
I was wai tin
'0 .in mm iimt iui anoiu-
.ill !.;., t: r ... .i
er
woman s husband? Tlmr. T ivio
keeping my faith with one who play
ed me false so soon?"
." Played yon false! I have not. I
have come as I promised you. The
two years are but past, and I am
here to claim you. Whv do vou
greet me thus? Are you indeed mar
ried, Mattie Gray?"
She was trembling like an aspen
leaf. For an answer she pointed to
the cradle. He came and stood be
fore her with white face and folded
arms.
" Tell me why you did this? Didn't
you love me well enough to wait for
me?"
Sue went and unlocked a drawer
and took out a newspaper. Unfold
ing it ami finding the place, she
pointed to it with her ringer, and he
read the marriage notice.
""What of this?" as he met her
questioning, reproachful look. "Oh.
"Mattie, you thought it meant me. It
is my cousin. I nin not married, nor
in love with any one but you."
"Arc you telling me "tiie truth?"
she aske.l, in an eager, husky voice.
And when he answered' " It is
true," she gave a low groan and sank
down in a chair.
" Oil, Paul, forgive me, I did not
know you imii :i cousin by tiie same
name. I ought not to have doubted
you, but it was there, in black and
white, and this man, my husband,
came and I married him."
With bitter tears she told how it
happened. Willi clinched hands he
walked, to ami fro, then stopping be
side the cradle and bent over the
sleeping child. Lower he bent till
his lips touched its wee forehead,
while he murmured to himself
"MattiVs baby."
Then he turned, and kneeling be
fore her said in a low voice: " I for
give yon, Mattie, be as happy as you
can." He took both her hands in
his, and looked her steadily, loving
ly in the face. " I have uo right
here you are another man's wife.
Good bye God bless you."
He turned as ho went out the door,
and saw her standing there in the
middle of the room, with arms out
stretched. He went back, and put
ting his arms around her, pressed
one kiss on her cheek, then left the
house, never looking back.
She went down on her knees be
fore the sleeping baby, and prayed
for strength to bear her great trial.
Thev never saw each other again.
Seventy years old! Her stalwart
sons and bright-eyed daughters re
membered her as a loving, devoted
mother; her gray haired husband as
a most faithful wife.
" Never was a w oman more patient
and kind, and as good a housewife
as ever was," he said, as he brushed
the back of his old brown hand
across his eyes, while looking down
upon the peaceful face.
And not one of them ever knew of
the weary heart and broken hopes
that had died in her breast, nor ever
dreamed of the sad hope she had
borne through life.
Somi; Vkuii-'ied Piiediotioxs So
long as 1813 that great Whig states
man and orator and life-long enemy
of tiie Democracy, Henry Clay, de
clared that tiie agitation of the ques
tion of slavery in tiie Free States
would: First Destroy all hormony
among the Northern and Southern
States; Second Lead to division;
Third To war;. Fourth To pover
ty; Fifth To the extermination of
the black race; Sixth To ultimate
military despotism.
In the light of the present it is
plainly to be seen that four out of
six of the predictions of the dead
patriot have been verified by actual
results, and fear it is only a question
of time as to the realization of his
other two mournful vaticinations.
During a storm the lightning
struck one of the stove flues of the
Court house in Canyon City passing
down the pipe, thence down the two
front feet of the stove, sweeping the
sawdust that lay in front of the stove
clean from the iloor and scattering it
promiscuously over the bandies and
tables and, strange to Pay, without
doing any damage. About this time
an unfortunate Celestial, who was
confined in the county jail for pass
ing off bogus gold dust for that of
a bona fide article, made his escape.
The querv is, did the lightning from
Heaven unbar the prison doors and
let the captive free ?
The nearest approach to a confi
dence gaine is pulling a mule's tail.
LITTERATURE, AN 3 THE
Misdirected Zeal.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
While heartily coinciding with all
persons, whose efforts are directed
towards the abatement of the evils of
intemperance, in the general benefit
to mankind which would result from
the success of their endeavors, we as
heartily disagree with some in their
views as to the best means to accom
plish the desired end. Their zeal is
certainly laudable, but it is, also, as
certainly misdirected. The way to
remedy the ills occasioned by intem
perance in the use of stimulants, is
not by intemperance and violence in
tho work of reform. Tins is becom
ing the opinion of many, heretofore
earnest advocates of strict prohibi
tion. Among others, whose notions
have undergone a change on this
subject, we notice Pev. C. P. liovn-
ton, ex-chaplain of Congress, now
pastor of a Congregational church
in Cincinnati. On the 2d instant he
preached a sermon in the course of
which he took occasion to express
himself strongly in favor of a
license system for the liquor trade.
lie said he had seen all the phases
and examined all the arguments in
the temperance movement, and had
concluded that tiiese arguments
were mostly unsound, and that . the
temperance people would have at
last to re-argue the subject from a
new stand-point.- He believed that
the late phases of the movement
were misdirected, in that they aimed
at the liquor-sellers instead of the
intemperate men who were the
foundation of the trade. It was like
trying to dip a river dry at the
mouth instead of at the fountain
head, lteform in tins matter must
come from the purilication of indi
viduals and of society.
Recently, also, the London Times,
in reviewing the debate in the
English Parliament on the Licensing
Act, declares that "the Prohibition
ists seem to have learned nothing.
They might do good if they were
content to employ their energies in
procuring
tion of the
a better legislative delini-
conditions
under which
licenses should be
granted, but,
while they struggle for the power of
suppressing licensed houses alto
gi ther, they forfeit the help which
might make more practical efforts
successful, and condemn themselves
to an irritating and resiiltiess agita
tion. 'Although signally defeated
this Year, these, worthy and well
meaning, but misguided people, will
try again next year to make tho
many suffer for the sin of the
few."
It is rapidly becoming apparent to
all but purblind fanatics, on this
question, tli.it prohibitive or repres
sive legislation cannot roach the root
of the evil. Laws to regulate the
tralhc in sprituous liquors, to a
greater extent than it is no.v under
control, should undoubtedly be en
acted. These measures of restric
tion might be gradually increased in
stringency until, after a lapse of
years, prohibit ion w ould become a
fixed fact. 13ut any and every radi
cal and sudden attempt, in that di
rection, will, in all instances, prove
abortive. The real remedy, at last,
will be found to lie in the reforma
tory influence of men and women
over those c.f their relatives, friends,
and acquaintances who are disposed
to look upon the w ine when it is red.
The energies of those who favor to
tal abstinence would therein find an
ample field for exercise, and proba
bly bring forth good fruit.
Pook rorAND. The defeat of
Judge Poland for Congress in Ver
mont proves the power of the press.
He had before tiie recent session of
Congress enjoyed in a high degree
t lie esteem of his people, having been
at one time a respected lladical Sen
ator, and twice subsequently a llep
resentative, but he concocted what
he thought was a clever and adroit
scheme to muzzle the press and pro
cure the extradition to the "ring"
courts at Washington of such men
as Dana of New York, who have
made so great havoc with the cor
ruptionists of tho District of Colum
bia. Hut Poland's little bill was as
maladroit a measure as could well be
devised and proved tiie cause of his
undoing. He tried to defend him
self before the Convention which
nominated him, and denounced the
pressmen as "liars," and so forth,
but he couldn't satisfy the honest
people of his district that the press
gag bill was innocently conceived.
The New York S"n, also, kept up its
ssaults upon him and his record,
and undoubtedly was the main in
strument of his disastrous defeat.
Poland lias fallen a victim to the ty
ranv of the Press. Alas, poor Po
land !
An amusing story is told in Srrib
ner MKjiiziiie of a verdant youth
who went to buy the practice of a
village doctor. The doctor said his
patients were so numerous that he
could not remember them all, but
his horse knew them and always
stopped at their doors. The next
day the country doctor drove his
customer through the town and, as
he said, the horse stopped at nea.ly
every door. The barcrain 'was con
cluded ami the money paid. The
purchaser remained in town and for
several days wondered why no
patients came. He ceased to
wonder, however, when he found
his predecessor had borrowed his
wilkman's horse in showing him
around.
Every capitalist, mechanic, stock
man, and agriculturalist will consult
their best interests by giving all pos
sible encouragement to every effort
put forth in the establishment of
manufactories in the State, however
small and insignificant they may ap
pear at first. So says the Record,
and wq concur.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BEST INTERESTS OF
SEPTEMBER 18,
Party Selt-lixamlna.tion.
From the Xew York Tribune.
Senator Morton, in his "great
speech," at Terre Haute, Indiana, on
the 151st of July, took occasion to
glorif3 the spirit of the Republican
party for w hat he called " its self-examination,"
the "exposure and pun
ishment of corruption," and "its
continued vigilence for self purifica
tion in doctrine and practice." "Res
olutions against corruption," he said
and very trul3", "are the cheap clap
traps of parties." The Republican
party, however, had shown its sin
cerity by this best test of honesty in
parties, a disposition to self-examination
and readiness to correct abuses.
In proof whereof he pointed out that
nearly all that is known of corruption
and bribery and abuses of power by
the adherents of the Administration
has been shown by the diligent self
exaniination of the Administration
party and the prompt exposure of
every political delinquent who has
been discovered. Against this intro
spective gift and this devout spirit
of self-sacrifice of his ow n party, Mr.
Morton sets off' the admitted corrup
tion of the opposition. "Nobody,"
he says, " believes that the Demo
cratic part' is particularly sensitive
about corruption. In fact, when it
was in power it was noted for the in
dustry and skill with which it cover
ed up the peculations of its own
members. Committies to investigate
the official conduct of its own mem
bers were so rarely appointed by
Democratic majorities in Congress
as not to be remembered." To all
which it is easy enough to reply, as
the party attacked doubtless will,
that the reason why investigating
committees were not appointed under
Democratic administration was not
that the party covered up the pecu
lations of its own members, but that
there wa. nothing of the kind to be
investigated.
Retween Mr. Morton's loose charg
es and the general denial we do not
propose to come. As a matter of
fact we do not suppose either party
is k sensitive about corruption that
it would provoke defeat or risk disas
ter in exposing it. In saying this,
however, let us be understood as re
ferring to the managers, rather than
the mass of either party. It is for
the interests of the party managers
only, not of the people on either side,
to conceal political corruption. Our
objection to the gentleman's argu
ment is not to his arraignment of the
opposition for protecting itself
against public opinion by conceal
ing the delinquencies of its members
which is no doubt true in a certain
sense but to the coolness and com
placency of his claim that the Repub
licans proceeded upon the priuciple
that self-examination and the expos
ure and punishment of the delin
quent members are the best guaran
tee for its continuance in power. It
is easy enough to say, as Mr. Morton
docs, that " the detection and expos
ure of the Credit Mobilier, Sanborn,
and District of Columbia transactions
were the voluntary and earnest work
of the Republican party." The only
pretext upon which such an assertion
can be based, however, is the fact
that the party was in power, and the
investigation could not bo ordered
unless some of its representatives in
Congress consented to them. We
submit to Mr. Morton's cooler and
more judicial sense that it was not
" self-examination " that prompted
airy of these investigations, though
it undoubtedly was the conviction
that to expose and punish delinquent
members was " the best guarantee
for its continuance in power" that
led to whatever such results w ere ob
tained. If he desires to be enlight
ened as to what did prompt these
investigations, we refer him to so
much of the speeches of Mr. Butler,
of Mass., Mr. Patterson of N. II.,
Mr. Pomeroy of Kansas, Mr. Carpen
ter of Wis., Mr. Conk ling of X. Y.
and other leading Administration
statesmen, as refers to the newspaper
press of the country. May we re
mind Mr. Morton that self-examination
did not prompt the Credit Mo
bilier inquiry until after the election
of 1872 had been carried upon the
strength of the sworn denials of the
leading Administration statesmen im
plicated in the transaction; and the
self-examination did not come even
then till the press of the country de
manded it, and the party loaders saw
that to investigate was " the best
Guarantee for their continuance "in
power
Mav we suggest' further
that the Sanborn investigation, so
far from being "the voluntary and
earnest work of the Republican par
ty" was forced by the press, and in
stead of exposure and punishment
following the self-examination, tho
chief offender was promoted to a
Judgeship by a Republican Senate?
As to the "detection and exposure
of " the District of Columbia trans
actions being the "voluntary and
earnest work of the Republican 2ir
tv" is it possible Senator Morton
did not read the Republican news
papers at the Capital, during the
investigation, and that lie had not
heard rjf Babcock's measurements,
Cluss's removal, and Shepherd's re
appointment ?
There is seldom anything lost, it
is said, by claiming too much. Mr.
Morton seems disposed to take the
chances at any rate in this elaborate
plea for his party. We should be
glad to believe that party under its
present management, acting even
from so low a, motive as that indicat
ed by Morton, to-wit, that it is "the
best guarantee for its continuance in
pover,"did practice self-examination
for the purpose of self-purification.
But the Senator may count upon the
fingers of one hand the active and
prominent men of the party in either
branch of Congress who would in
dulge in self-examination or expose
and punish corruption in any case
when such exposure endangers party-
OREGON.
1874.
success. They have only exposed
and punished when not to do it en
dangered the party. What the Sen
ator attributes to self-examination is
the work of the much-abused news
paper press of the country.
The Modocs and Their New Home.
A correspondent recently visited
the survivors of the Modoc tribe of
Indians at their home in the Indian
Reservation in Southern Kansas.
The Modocs now number, all told,
118. Of these less than fifty are
men, all that remain of the little
band that for so long a time kept six
times their number at bay at the lava
beds of Oregon last vear. The chief
of the tribe is Bogus Charley, whose
name will be remembered in connec
tion with the war. Among other par
ticipants in that campaign whom the
correspondent saw and with whom
he shook hands were the "old fami
liar" Shack-Nasty Jim, Hooka Jim
and Scar-Faced Charley. The tribe
live in tents, apparently preferring
the open plain to the shelter of the
woods. They are resigned to their
fate; and while many of them speak
English, the others are endeavoring
to learn the language so as to be able
to communicate with their white
neighbors. T h e correspondent
found them all comfortably dressed
and adapting themselves, as far as
was possible in their situation, to
the ways of civilized life, Major
Jones, who is in charge of the agen
cy, lives with his family among the
Modocs. Government provides
partly for their subsistence, but
clothing is furnished them by the
Quakers and other charitable per
sons. The correspondent visited the
widow and sister of Captian Jack.
The former, Lizzie, received him
seated on her throne of skins and
sticks, and the latter, Mary, a neatly
dressed and pleasant looking woman,
stood by. She looked at the visit
ing party, shook hands with them,
and then sadly covered her face with
her hands. Since the removal of
the Modocs to their new home nine
of the number have died and four
have been born. They express no
desire to go back to their old lands
around Lake Tide and Lost River,
and say that Ihey fought because
they loved their hunting grounds
and the graves of their fathers, and
there wanted to stav.
Ike lr.Tix.;Tovs Composition.
"Plymouth Rock" being the subject
given out for the exercises of the
school, the teachers and boys were
astonished at the following lumin
ous composition by Ike Partington,
which displays great historical acu
men and a most astonishing chrono
logical faculty: " Plymouth Rock.
This rock was brought to this coun
try in the Mayllower, in the year
U'J2, by the Pilgrims, under the
direction of Elder Osman Brewster,
who afterwards moved to Boston
and became an alderman of that city.
It was on this rock that Governor
(Jurver first shook hands with Samo
set, who said, 'Welcome English
man!' It is recorded that when
Samoset came up Governor Carver
asked him if he was a real Injine or
only a member of an Injine com
pany. The rock has long been
regarded as a famous place. The
American Eagle, for a great many
years, used to come and whet his
beak on this rock, but in IGoo Miles
Standish in order to keep it from
being stolon, carried and put it in
front of . Tilgrim Hall, where it re
mains at the present time, invested
with great interest and an iron fence.
The fence bears the names of all the
Pilgrims in cast iron letters that
can't be rubbed out. The rock is a
good deal worn out by the allusions
touching it that are thrown off by
Fourth of July orators. Plymouth
is the corner-stone of the cellar
wall of our Republican structure,
parregorically speaking, and the
spirit of liberty sits upon it with a
drawn sword in one hand and the
torch of freedom in the other; and if
foes invade the shores of Plymouth
at high water for they never can
get in at'low tide they will throw
this rock in their teeth. It is a
precious legacy from the past to the
present, and from it may be record
ed the Pilgrim's Progress."
A Radical, organ confesses that
the political affairs of the South are
in a very bad condition, and says :
"That "they are in such a condi
tion, the South can blame itself
alone. The people of the South
forced upon Congress the measure
giving the negro the ballot." This,
as we understand it, is a plafn con
fession that the bad condition of
political affairs at the Sotith is due
to negro suffrage. We think the
conclusion correct, but deny that the
Southern people "forced upon Con
gress the measure giving the negro
the ballot." The necessities of the
Radical party forced the measure
upon Congress. It was necessary to
invest the negro with the ballot in
order to enable tho Radical party to
carry the election in the Southern
States, and Congress did it. Thad.
Stevens, on the floor of Congress,
during the pendency of the question,
assigned that as tho chief reason for
its support. It is true that other
pretenses were set up in support of
the measure, but they were all too
thin to deceive any one,
Some villain placed a railroad tie
across the Dalles and Celilo Railroad
near Willow bridge, and a rock on
the track near Simpson's ranch, on
the 30th ult. The O. S. N. Co. offer
a reward of S5U0 for the apprehen
sion and conviction of the scoundrel.
A minister once prayed: "O Lord
we thank Thee for the goodly num
ber here to-night, and that Thou art
also here notwithstanding the inclem
enov of the weather."
NO. 47.
Voting Direct for President.
Whenever an opponent,- political
or otherw ise, utters a sensible remark
we are willing to acknowledge it.
Eyen the devil is reputed capable of
wise and true speech at times; so, al
so, may such a man as Morton of
Indiana emit a ray of light out of the
clouds of darkness and prejudice,
such as the following from his late
speech at Terre Hauto, which, to say
the least, deserves careful considera
tion: j
Another question of paramount
importance, rising high above the
ordinary political consideration, 13
the proposition to amend the Consti
tution so as to elect the President
and Vice President by tho direct
vote of the people. The dangers
and imperfections of the present
system are well understood and may
plunge the nation into civil war at
any time.
The theory and reason for the es
tablishment of the Electorial Colleges
are but useless machinery, potent
only for mischief. Electors being
chosen by general ticket in all the
States, a small majority may deter
mine the whole vote of tho State,
and this has often been controlled
by the fraudulent vote in a largo
city, which was the case in New York
in 18G8. There is no provision in
any State for contesting tho election
of Presidential electors, however no
torious the fraud or Aiolence by
which they may have been chosen.
If no candidate receives tho vote of a
majority of the whole number of
electors, then the election of Presi
dent is to be made by the House of
Representatives, in which each State
has one vote; Nevada, with 40,000
people having the same vole as New
York with 5,000,000. Such an elec
tion of President is anti-republican,
grossly inequitable, presents the
grandest opportuninics for corrup
tion and intrigue, and is fraught
with imminent danger to the Repub
lic. In 1S25, Mr. Adams, who had re
ceived less than one third of the pop
ular vote, was elected President by
the House of Representatives over
Gen. Jackson who had received a
plurality of the popular and elector
ial vote. In this election Mr. Clay,
as a member of the House, cast his
vote and influence for Mi Adams,
afterward became his Secretary of
State, and never recovered from the
charges of bargain and sale. In the
other election of President by the
House of Representatives, in 1S01,
Mr. J efferson -v? as chosen after a pro
tracted straggle, running through
many days, and it is now a well es
tablished fact that three States final
1? changed their votes to Mi Jeffer
son, giving him the election upon an
understanding in regard to measures
and the retention of certain per
sons in- office, which would now be
regarded as corrupt.
The path of duty is the path of
safety. We should brush away the
electorial machinery and the election
by the House of Representatives,
and choose the President and Vice
President by the direct vote of the
people, giving the election to the
candidate who has the highest num
ber of votes. Eitamlner.
Declined to Accept. Charles N.
Davenport declined to accept the
nomination of the Democrats in the
Second Congressional district of Ver
mont now represented by Judge Po
land, but was nevertheless voted for
at tho late election. Mr. Davenport
said: I have no ambitions which
prompt me to membership in a body
which, as a whole, represents the
monopolists and corrnptionists of the
country; which, as now constituted,
has neither the ability nor the dis-
X"otion to give to a plundered and
tax-burdened people an honest cur
rency, an honest" revenue system,
and, above all, an honest civil ser
vice. Sensible Negroes. The negroes
of Marengo county, Alabama, have
resolved that they do not desire nor
ask for mixed schools, and that as
for social relations, they are govern
ed by the law of nature, which can
not, even if desired, be controlled,
regulated, amended or repealed by
any laws enacted by man. In Lee
county the colored people declare
that they are unalterably opposed to
any kind of legislation, State or Fed
eral, favoring mixed schools, mixed
churches, or any mixture of races,
or bearing on the question of social
equality.
Pat.sox "What's a miracle?"
Boy "Dunno."
Parson "Well, if the sun were
to
shine in the middle of the
what would you say it was?"
Boy "The moon."
night,
Parson "But if yon were told that
it was tho sun, what would you say
it was?"
Boy "A lie."
Parson "I don't tell lies. Sup
pose that I told you it was the sun;
what would you say then?"
Boy "That you wasn'tsober."
Talk Business. A young lady
who had been greatly annoyed by a
lot of simpletons who stop under her
window of a night to sing, "If ever I
cease to love," wishes us to say if
they will cease their foolishness,
come in, and talk "business," they
will confer a favor.
Warner Wygal, sent from Baker
county, sentenced for two years for
larceny, and William Andrewssent
for same length of time from Union
countv for larceny, were discharged
from the penitentiary last Tuesday,
having served the full time out for
which they were sentenced.
A man advertises in a Aew iotk
paper for a bar-keeper, "who must
be recommended by his pastor.
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