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VOLUME IX. LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, \VE1)NES1)A\ MORNINU, MARCH, 21,1800. NUMBER (i.
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Marion C. II., Feb. 27, 1800.
To (he Citizens of this Congressional
District and to the Southern States :
I give heroin, a response, to a call to
Rervo as h representative of this, the has.
tern Congressional District, in the next
Congress. I uitist ohey the summons;
although I have but wtak hope of being
able to help the South, except, by help
ing her out of the faithless compact of
Tyrant Union, inilh the domineering
North. I write some of my sentfinents and
east my bread on the waters, that the
people of my native land may read and
know some of my opinions, as heretofore
?X| reused.
Tlie Union was established lor nothing
less than "to secure ll.e blessings of lib
?rtv." The >outli has long been satisfied
that her share of these blessings has been
alloyed by oppressions which freemen will
not endure. The Nm h has always had
the advantage ; and the fraud and in
(gratitude o! that section manifested itself
Mi the Revolution, even in the bloody
straggle which achieved the indeperdence
s>f the colonies. The continental service
during the war, embraced 2C 1,000 regu
lars, and New England alone boasts that
she had 118.000 whose names were on
'lie roll. Where were they during the
iasl three years of the war, when peace
reigned at the North, and the storms of
ISritisli verge ?nce raged at the South 1?
They wer.* quietly tilling the soil, and at
tending to i lie vwr;otis avocations of peace.
J'liev refute I to tight for the groaning
South, from whose Inanity and chivalry
they li.t<I seiute I tune y and abundant
Miccor in their ii urs >f need, during tin:
early period of ihe war. wht-n tlu* des rue
live demon, M if, gpiead carnage over
their He'ds and devo'ed ilieir oilies to lire
and sword. Kveu Genera! Washington
< mid not persuade theill to ?Rsi?t the
South. Not twelve soldier* ol liieii due
e<er fuught <ui Southern battle lieUls;
Mid although (irrrnc, Lincoln and i_i itc>
eiiM.e from the North, they hr? ught no
addier-*, hut filled their ranks with com in
gents drawn from Virginia, M inland,
N.-rili C iroiiiia, Scntli Carolina, Georgia
and Delaware. Toward" the close. "f i|i,>
w ir, w lien die lighting l ad e t8 :d. Gen.
Greuoe succeeded fit procuring a hody -f
s !<! ! . frotn I'ennsy Ivania, who actually
.sulil him to the. enemy, and were only do
tented in lime in ;?r?*veut his d? .ticry. I
am siipp it ted by history n a I this ; and
am tiin. li indebted to an excellent article
in the Soil'hero K vi-w f..r Ju'v, 18-lb,
iitMMied #11"11 id llie Kevo.u
( ' i," which firii'fchcs rcf< -rei.cc to the authorities
on this subject.
Mil' not,, j hsiaoliug this def dcstion
in do courage and patii-L>in of h N* r li
during tin' K-jvuI.i :o:it Low stands iIt account,
when the peii?,ioi o* have to he
paid by Congress, out of theitx*-* winch
have been levied clii>*ll> on the South
I tie northern pensioner* have received
tic?nli/ ri>/ht million* of dollars, and are
k ill drawing front tl.o treasury ; while
tii>? Sot.ihern soldiers have received only
neucii millions. Ii has been f??:etiou*ly
said that a Northern I'eiisioi er is iminor
tol. I might multiply instances <>f a like
kind hut I desist.
The s' stem of taxation ai d the mode
of expanding tin* public inor.ev, since the
Union wa? established. show similar in
justice and inequality. I he able writer
of h pamphlet entitled tli?5 "Union l'ual
anil Future,' shows froiu authentic documents,
thai during lli** jears from 184 1
to 1815, tlit* ainoiiu wl taxes paid by the
North Hti l South into tho federal trcasu
ry, in the ratio of the exports of their
produce, as follows: the South paid
$76,700,000, while the North only p.id
$10,425,339. This shows that the Southern
people paid in those year* $10 46 per
head, while the Northern people only paid
$1 99 per head. These are the calculations
of Mr. (iarneit, 6n? of the first men
in Virginia.
This immense revenue is almost wholly
spent to build up Northern grandeur
and power, while the oppressed South is
yet lying passively down, in submission
to the vampire which sucks the very lifeblood
from her juglars. Southern vnl >r
and treasure were employed to wrest from
Mexico, the Immense territories of Oali
forma, Utah and New Mexico, lint California,
embracing 168.000 square miles,
with the richest gold mines in the World,
has been taken by our enemies, from the
South, by thy artifice of admitting it as
a State into the Uuion, excluding slavery
,ln violation of the Missouri Compromise
and regardless of the fact, that the character
of its population should have prevented
it* admission into the Union.
The Mexican war which acquired these
territories cost the United States $100,000,000,
and the loss of many of the
braves', men ilia' vvqr furnished themes
for pcetry or history.
1 ho Mouth, as ail know,bore more than
an equal share of the burdens of this
war; but the lien*fit if it is seised by
the ahotilnxiisls ami fiiiiiiu.ili.ia in -a......
- ... "pi'*
printing all tho new territory to tiro in
crease of Northern power, by converting
it, with hot hunt*, into Slate., which will
exclude slave property, and nid the North
to accomplish the nefarious scheme* ol
abolishing slavery everywhere in the
Union.
One universal sentiment prevail* at the
North, that 'Slavery i* a crime again*!
humanity,"?a blot on the Union, that
no State holding slave* shall hereafter bo
admitted into the confederacy?and that
tire negro must and shall everywhere,
have hi* shackle* taken off. This policy
will tie adhered to and persisted in, till
the United States will he doubled in number,
when the fourteen siavebnMing State*
of tne South will have to pass under the
yoae 01 perpetual oonrlage to llie Moith;
or seek their independence in Receding
fr?m the Union and forming a new confederacy
among themselves. It we sub- ]
m t to the abolition of slaveiy in the
! States the people oi South Carolina will
iose one hundred and twenty millions of \
dollars, and tbe country wdi become a
how ing wilderness. Wo will see nearly :
four hundred thousand slaves turned
loose free in this State, upon about three
hundred thousand white people to claim
I political equality with us. The abolition :
j ists will neither pay the owners for then
: negroes, nor will they send them out of
1 the Stale The elhects upon rich and '
j po< r will bo equally awful. The ncy;ro |
j has neither the honesty, the sense, nor the
i industry voluntarily to m ike a support
I for himself, by work ; and when freed he j
will he forced, by -fort) mcsssitv, to plan j
i .1 . .1 . .. I.:-- < < ' '
i iHi* ?iiue iiiiiii v\ iiis 11 hi i earnings
| ;or a subsistence ; while ho will claim t<>
sit in public union if white ladies, and j
among w hite men in the jury panel. This ;
will cause a w ar of extermination to he
waged by the while people, upon the
bin ks, which will not end i ill the negroes
ate di stroved or driven oil' to perish ?
Such vrill bo the consequence of that spurious
niero which the ahohtonists, now,
madly cherish. From such frien is, the
negroes ought to pray fervent'y to the
Fountain of all Mercy, f.?r deliverance.?
And I trust they will lie delivered, by that
I l'rovidenco, which will i.erve our arms
I and inspire our hearts to save them ; ?
t while we preserve our dear and sacred
rights, from reckless misgot eminent, aid
insane philanthropy. Kmatuipation would
fall, its a burden especially on ihe po- r '
people of (his and other States. The tax- j
es w hich support the government are now
levied for the most part on negr-> proper
IV. Hut let the slaves he set l'r<-o, and
then the poor people will be ground into
the dust hv the enoimoiis tax<s which <
lliey will he ol iiged to pay, to keep the
wheels of government in motion. It i- j
not lily purpose to enumerate a I the |
wrongs which we are -tillering from t' c
Union. The S uilhern pe< pic, atel e.-j < cially
South Carolinians, are now chi< ll
concerned in dev :sing a remedy lor 111 ir
miiintoM grievances. A?! parties in i Male
desire n Southern IJottfederacx to u?
formed of iliis mill oii? or more of the
staveholdin^ Sla'os, i> il here the q ie
lion occurs :
11a.* i Stale the rijut to s>c(tlt t'lom
the Union?
This question liecoitto important., not '
from anv doubt which becioti Is tin* ri
of secc-siou ; it', from a denial ol thir'jjhi,
by our enemies a. tbe North ; bv j
certain venal minions of Kede-ai power in
tlie South ; and b\ a few in sguided fiictuh
amongst ui>, s iiiu of whom, I fen', seek j
to conceal a craven subtitis* ou lo wron_? t
'i denying our title lo tins remedy which
I opens ibe only way to freedom ? which j
we 111:1V /tenetah/'/ tread lor tlie inaintcn ^
a nee ol liberty ; and wi:|?out a ri^ht to
which we would have lo throw oil our
j oppressions, bv the- swotd of revolution I
under ha/atd of the terrible penultiis of
unsuccessful treason. Admit that seee*
?ion is only a rteolutionanj right, and
then a seceder wouul, in iaw tie a rebel j
and a traitor. Al ow a Stale, on the nth- |
er hand, the ri^bi to secede, and the Fed
eral < ioVcriunent would be bound to ae
in tin* exercise of tin' light. No
in tn can deny tho right of secession, ? ithout
advocating the right of the Federal ;
(r->ver 11 (ri4*iit to coerce it seceding State,
buck into the Union. Concede the right '
of coercion to tlie central power, ami tbe
S'ales would tben be swallowed no in a !
cMiM^luteil government. Their reserved
rights woultl i*>t oniy ill name, ami
would be us unr ubsiantlal and illusory as '
the spirits which (ilendower vainly sup
j posed lie could cad "from the vasty deep.'
I 1 propose, here, brifly to state some of ;
| the masons ami grounds, which support
I the right o' s?c-M?ion. The Union is a
0 'iipact entered into by tie States as
j tovertifms for the purposes provided for
n the Federal Constitution; ami is in tlm
nature of a /xirtiierthi/i which anv of its
members may leave at pleasure. lucre
is no provision in the Constitution winch
nal.es the Union perjtttual, or deprives
tins States of the legal right, according
to tliu codes of all civilized ii ition* of dissolving,
at will, their connection with each
other. This rule of law applies even to
partnerships between individuals. .In lire
Story, in his commentaries on K<iultv' (I
! vol. page 002) announces this doctrine:
I "In a joint tenancy created by an act or
agreement of the parties, in :i r the, capo
hie of interest, (lie J >in| interest sliould
continue (exactly ns hi case* of pailner .
ship) so loot; as, ami no longer than both
psrt'ca should consent to it*continuance."
I Hack" tone cite* the civil Law, in conflr- ,
ination of the common Law thai no man
can be compelled against his will to re
main in a partnership. Judge Story approves
of this* authority and concludes,
that, "therefore, a decree of partition
might always he insisted on, even when
some of the part owners did not desire
it." (2 St. Kq. sec. G48.) Tho reason ol
the ruin is staled hy this learned jurist to
be, that it is against good morals, to com
pel persons to hold a community of prop
erty unwillinglt, "since it could not fail
to occasion strife and disagreement among
them." I refer to (Jow on Partnership,
At pages 243, 244 And 945; Also to t!??
Ci*ll Law,?the Roman Jurisprudence, to
be fom.d in the Institute* of Justinian,
Hook 3, Title 28, page 4, where th?*e
word* ere to be a< en, turn uliffuis renvnritwrnt
?ocieUiti, aolvitnr aoeie/ror Thi*
in the Latin, ab taken fioin the book.?
The Kngliali trtn*Ution it; When any
one Partner shall have renounced a Partnerahip,
the Partnership n dissolved.
11 The Knglmh end American Law adopts 1
t 1m? smile rule. (See the cases, fX jtarte
Nukes, reported June 0, 1801, in Cokes
Manuscript lleporls. Sec also Peacock
vs. Peacock, 16 Ves 60 Also Urawshay
vs. Matile, 1?|. 608, aid the . nine case, in
1st volume of \\ ils. 131.
If this rule applies to a society of individuals,
how ii'Ucli -troiifjjer is its .ipplica- j
lion to sovereign States? It is a rule i
founded in a refined sense of justice, and
is well adapted to the promotion of the
divine doctrine of "Peace oil earth and j
good will towards men." The right of t
seceding from the Union is one reserved
b; the Stales to he exercised for causes of
which they are tin* sole judges j and thev I
have not deprived themselves of it lit aov I
provision in the Constitution. The l *nti>
amendment of that instrument is in these
words : " The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by >t to the States, are reserved
to tUe States respectively or to the peo j
I he C? n>titution was submitted in 1787
to tlte Stales for ratifieation. Its adop i
lion by nine States \v a a (ogive origin and
life (> tl e I nion. The whole thirteen
States adopted it, in their capacity of sov
ere-gn>; hut most ol them expressed certain
conditions, to be annexed to their
ad' ption. South Caioliitn in her cnuveti
tioti, on adopting it ('.Ml May, 17S8) '
antiotinced this solemn declaratit n :
"This convention doth declare that im I
section > r paragraph of the said constitu .
tion warrants a construction that the '
States do not retain every power not te I
linquished by thein and vested in lue I
General <i veintueul of tlie Union."
Yitginia bdared in Iter convention 1
('.'7tb .1 mo, 1788.) '"That the powers, '
granted on !er the constitution, being dorived
from the people of the Un-teil States j
tnav be res'.uneil by thetn whensoever the J
same slia I be perverted to 11t* injury or 1
oppression, and that every power not !
granted thereby remains with them and
at their will,"'
The Khodo Island convention (Mav '
27th 17UO.) declared. " I hat the powers :
>l the ti vefinneut may here assumed by
the p- op e whetisoever it shall become
necessary to tin if happiness."
i itUs a State may b^nc the I tit' n, at I
will, without en tl.i juntifi.uilion of an
injnr'i '
1 lii> iiventioii of Vi'W York, July '.(J.
lTttS, It id in i i>- ilit- same leciHraiion as
il.at '( i! .?" Islmil <?n this suhjeet, and
in il,.- -inn. rds. A Si'Ce "I course
must I i ill.. ? !? j'l.lMi' of what conduct's
to llit' |?i< pit.ess ot 11 |"'i p'c.
It in apparel t, llierefoto, that ?'trie >(
ihe S'me* xpresslv reserved tli * rioht to
secede, a- I anticipating soma difficulty,
in case a wish lo separate should ever
arise.
It I-. .*!>-1:r?l t.? supp >sc lint .s. 1110 of the
Sin'i - line t I'el.t lu s.'Ciln while i>;Iters
liave ii- t. lie express rc>i'ivation il the
right t'lMMidi 11>iilil i.nt make h* rouge r
a right, ?lil Ii was perfect without it ;
Imt it shows tin* meaning of the compact
ol I'ni.iM, in :t wav nut to l?e mist then,
and pi's ilte right of secession beyond
doul't or cavil.
Suppose the right not to exist, and that
a S'ute slum <! !? ive the confederacy, has
tile t?eneial lioverninent the right to vo,
erce the tefiae'.orv member hack into the
I'nion ? It the right to c leice a State
dm-s not belong to the crural govern
inent, secession, whether it he a rielit or
not, may ho resoled lo with perfect iin
punilv, or at least with exemption fioin
Inutill punishment.
!t !? clear from tho proceedings of thu
comention of 17S7, wheiein tlio cunsti
tution whi framed, lliat the Keileral (iov.
promt lit lins no ru.wcr <f coercion over a
State.
The Madison p ipers inform us that tlrs
power w-:s proposed to he given, lint it
\\ .is Voted down and withheld A clause
of certain resolutions submitted to tint
convention by Mr. Kundolph, of V rg'tiia,
was us follows :
4 Ibso'ved, That the National Lcgisla
'tire ought to he empowered to call forth
the force of the Union, against anv mem
her i f the Union, failing to fullil it duties,
under the articles, thereof."
I his measure wa* defeated hy a unani
mou* vote?Mr. M idi*on declaring that
"a I iiion r>f the States, containing such
an ingredient, seemed to provide t' r its
own destruction."
Mr I'atterson also proposed to the
convention the resolution following ;
"Unsolved, That if any State should
oppose the carrying into eiecoth n tho
acts of the United Stfttea, tlo? federal executive
shall he authorized to call forth
the power of the confederated States, or
so much thereof as mav he neces?ary to
enforce nnd compel obedience to such
nets."
This resolution was likewise rejected.
The framers of the constitution were too
wise to insert a power, which would be
the soiree of civil war, and would arm
one portion of the Union r.gainst another.
The tight to coerce a seceding State,
however gr<?ss the heresy may he, i-,
nevertheless, claimed hv our enemies at
the North. Whenever we yield them this
right we will place the sword in their
hands for ottr destruction ; and the last
hops, of Southern Independence will expire.
South Carolina has already, by a
solemn ordinance of her convention, in
1833, denied the Federal Government
tee right to coerce a Stale ; and the in
famous usurpations of the 44Force IiHt'
stand relinked nnd annulled, hy the single
action of tins State, unsupported by
the countenance, co operation or concert
of any other State, in the Union. She
(Urtd alone, to oppo?? the threAtening
array of Perioral Towpr. I feel |?roii<l of
my country for this heroic Act?it will he
* bright Ami useful |>?g? in history?it
V. " \iV! w, ?
will make SimiiIi Carolina a rml.Ie exatnp- j
lur for oppressed nations nil over the :
world?it will cause nil manly hearts to I
pulsate with throbs of generous etnula- i
tioti, anil animate them to deeds ol ele- I
vale I patriotism.
Wm iitol ,n >t, a worthy example for
imitation in our present diftuuitie* with
tin-. N. rtl). As w?* ha\u the. r;o!.t, peace j
ahi\ ?o withdraw from the Urnon, and as |
the Federal tioveriiti cut has t.?? r _?ht t<> ,
prevent it, eillo-r by In sli'e :o\ or hv j
cunning c'rctiinvoiith/ti, the ??ny tor i? '
fujre is Unobstructed before its- t4"' Ih<! i
Sea opens wid.- : s waters?'he dry samls
iiivuw us in inein, Mi') i ri.arnoii
and bis nriiiv dare to pursue us, dr.a<!ful j
w ill be their doom, wntn ir.cens-.it Jus- I
tice, guarding our Kxodus, shail dose '
over iliem ilm billows of reinbutioii. Lei
lis oven encounter tlie trouoles of llie '
wilderness, rather than remain under
taskmasters ami t\rants. A just cause i
must be our "niliar of cloud by day and i
jiilier of fire b\ night." to inspire us with j
iailli that our ile'iveialice wii! be ichievcd !
hi triuii)|)ii : mini in i\ our glorious pros !
peels not b? blasted l>v the curse of far
lion or withered b_\ 1111i U conns- -. which
would persuade us that our enemies are
of invincible strength nud numbers, to j
whom we are as grass hoppers and ?ep I
lis? ami that we inr.sl mev italdv bow I
down our necks in hopeless, dead sub
niNsioti.
Such was not the soil it and sentiments
ol 1770. With a full knowledge of ibeir
weakness, in comparison witti their op
pressors, the people of the colonies,
through the congr. ss. announced to the
I>iitisli govi riuncnt that tlicv b id ' conne
l the cost ol the contest, ami were with j
oim mind, res? ve I to die freemen, rather
lb.hi live slaves."
Those who advise that this State
ought to submit on account "flier weak
ii ess, undervalue our strength and reject
the lessons afforded hv the hi-t< r\ of our
lb-volution. J boy find no encouragement
in the examples of Sw itzerland or Mod |
i rn (ircece, ami seem to suppose that the
pprevwni should never resist the arm of ;
? nmre powerful foe. Such men are al
ready slaves in spint, and the\ t.re pre
pi red !nr the yoke. I am happy to know
tl.al tiieiu is no such purl) mi South Cat- j
oiina.
If the Union must perish in comelOliilir-il
/it 11
i very, in the South then I say, let a Con- j
vi ntion of tin Southern Stu.'et he assrmh/ul
a Southern Confederacy formal hi/
irhich mi or my may he orymnized to take
the Cujiitol at Washinyton, the Treasury
: of the United States, the amis, arsenal
i uiul .Vary, and with the /hitte.riny Hani j
of our /haver steik'i the /<'orth oat of litis
Confederacy, t>? enj >y tin- lights >1 the
Aurora /tomtits, 01 freeze in the l>rc;tth i
of h'-r itide Boreas.
I would wiite much in' to but wi!! do- !
fcr it. in ord-r to rjwak to vou in pul>!i?\
| A little m<>re, and I vmI' be done at '
! |?r?*ent. I.et us strive to conciliate the j
Southern States, so a- t > form a Southern
I Union, an<| the-North will either make i
aii the concessions to or, which we desire, i
' or take a divorce and .<a^e u>, in the cm 1
j >\ im-nt of superior power and inde j
! pi'iidiMiiv.
Commercial non intercourse witii the!
North, while we are in the (Jtiion, and
I' ree Trade w'ieu out, seem in my judg
inent likelv to bring about repentance |
I among our enemies. 'I I.is inav cause a !
-ate state in (lie Union by inducing an {
aitrralio'i ot tin* lederal Constitution, rv
{hiring two thirds in Congress to a
i law.
Keapectfully an<l truly,
C. W MILLKIt
The Charleston Convention.
Aa erroneous paragraph, with reference
to the numl?r ei.t ttc*<l l<> ? .? > in
! this Convention, having received smiiu
circulation, and in \ ie w of ?ij ? interest
full iu the subject in ihCcttv, w- win give
la proper statement of tho tads in the
! case.
The "paragraph afloat correctly repre-?'r:t-*
the vote of the Convention, mppo
sing ihnl it will he governed h\ the same
ruIt? of order a* the Cincinnati Conven
tioii whs. Tim Convention vole* i>\ States
and each State catts as m mv votes as she
is entitled to m the Kicctoral College ;
' liu', hy a resolution of theCincinnati Convention,
the Charleston Convention will
be composed of tw:?,i> a* loan* deb-gat's
as votes; that is, e et. Sti.te in allowed a
iluuhu representation
Classed a-, Slave and Free States, the
following t-ib'o repretn i t* 'he Dumber of
delegates entitled to seats in the ConvenI
lion :
; SI VVK STATES, KKKK 8TATE8.
i Prlawire, 6 Maine, 16
Maryland, 16 Sew Hampshire, 10
Virginia, SO Vermont, lo
North Carolina, 2o Mw^rlmacttl 26
South Carolina, 16 ftliode Inland, 8
(ieorpi, 20 Connecticut, 12
Floiuhi, 6 New York, 70
i Alabama, 16 New Jersey, 14,
Mississippi, 14 Pennsylvania, 64
I.oui<iana, 12 Ohio, 48
Texas, 6 Indiana, 26
Aikanaas, 8 Illinois, 22
Tennessee, 24 Michigan, 12
Kentucky, 24 Wisconsin, 10
Missouri, 18 Iowa, 8
Minnesota, 8
240 California, 8
Oregon, fl
I T?
besides tlie.se delegate*, lite mouthers
of the National Democratic Executive
Committee have seats on lite floor of the
Convention, but no votes. They are 33
io number. Moreover, it is customary to
admit distinguished members of the party
to tl-e floor of the house as a courtesy.?
So that thu Convention *tll be composed
of about 960 members.
J In: vote of the Convention < an not
exceed 303, of which two thirds, or 'lie
r. onisite nuinher lor nomination in prevo
ling Convention-, is 202.
('horlrstmi i\fncunj.
Who Taught 1 )u to Swear.
M ?nv \e.irs h<;o wiien there were few
ratio ad*, a |?.??l\ set out from a S u'h |
eru tit) for a weary j.n?rney hv stage I
coach. Amid all their Oi?eoinf.>ri , tliev j I
had one gi *al blessing I iic v iijiiitui i
eiiivor was very cheeifull, and seemed in ,
ten' on nftvkifg his passengers as much j 1
... .... .11 II.o 1/vnvi. i'l rill Y it ? t'Jtrv I (
mile over wretched roatln was beg i led by | i
li merrv ? li 8lie, or lively song , the I i
rains poured, I lie horses lagged, liut heard ! i
hIiuvh tile v. tiuls was the enriolled air ot 1 1
'lioiio- Swo.: 11 utile,' or tie h;i;S like :
whistle ul'Lliuceyeu Mary' < Hi. it is
Mioii a joy to see another satisfied and
happy in his lot aiul at his toil It j
makes the loivly look up in hope, and ' ,
die lofty look down in humanitv ; it
makes t; 0 rnillioiiii're, honor his driver or
his hotman.
Now thai is the* bright side of our
voting si..gv.iiiver ; why must there he
two sides to evert dung i lielole the
patlv hailed, alter the tirst dav's jotirni1
! e jaded horses thought they had gone |
10 f tr as prothabh* ii.d it was contrary to
their sens,* <>f right dial the\ were piessen
011. Our hero on the hox eoaxeo, whis |
tied, patted, ar.d at last whipped them, |
but still ther drag red heavilv on ; when I
at ut I, losing ..II patience, die pleasant j
sou nis that had t-heeied the insiders
were changed. t here did not seem to I
he passion m ins tones, hut having tried
ail other motives to speed, the driver now
began to swear, as il ptofunilv could im
pel a worn out horse, 'ti.id,' and 'Jesus,'
that 'dearest of all the names ah.-ve,' were |
leM'itU'M witii >liocl<ii .i fr.-.j it'i cv and
earelestiueiui. Some of the passengers
were unmoved, but others could miv with i
the prophet, ' I lie reproaches of mem I
that reproached Thee. fell ?.>n inc.'
Amoi g the passt ngci* was ail aped I
minister, lie said nothing at the lime, I
Imi when they stopped for the night lie i
inttde himself ipete familiar with the I
\ ouiig driver, asking him questions about !
bis business and his t.. rses, manifesting i
?n interest in all that he found interested '
A I.i n ready to start at break of dav, ,
hu asked permission to sit on tlio box, i
that lio might see the country and talk i
with him, 'lor.' said he, 'I'm very fond of .
the company of young men.' I lii* I'umil j
iaritv and condecension completely won
the heart of would be John ; tinil in the !
l.it.dest maimer he gave all the infoinia
lion in his power to the ol I gemleman. i
Voni'e a minister, are you he a-ked,
. I..r >
\my friend, I :tin h liaplinl minis |
er.'
'A liaptist minister, are youi' lie eii<d; j
*vv!.\ my mother's ii li.ijitiht ; and when i
I get linine I'll t*-?5 lier about yo'j ;' and j
Miong filial love beamed in hi* eye.
'Then your inotln i is a Idaptist ; i? sin; I
a pood woman V asked tl.e old mat:.
'Indeed she is sir,' replied I he alle. tion j
ate son ; 'I owe her everything. I don't J
know a single thing which she did not (
teach me.'
"Are you sure uf that my young .
friend ''
Vi s, sir, for my f .ll.er died when 1 |
was very small, and left n- poor. We j
were three or f.nr miles from a school, :
and as 1 was lier all, sir she coiiidn't trust j
me so far from her ail das. > she tano t
me at lioine til] we moved awa\ from
I there ; and then I was old eiioii,>ii to go .
I to woik. \ es. sir. I will (ell it ! m i |
i credit ; siie taught m? all 1 know.'
ItiiI s/if tiuch yon to su'ni/', ti.y .ion 1
, .? ? mv; W|?? III i\ MrilHTIiin ,
v ;if, si ml h:s hiiui Iumvjv on
1 i1 c <11Ivor'* shoulder, *T?*11 ine did your
in-.'.I <: teach you t<? swear r The youth 1
.. < ! thunder struck lie colored deep
iv itini hung his head iu :-ilenc*
Come my Ron.' said the initiator. 'you
i have told nut that your mother was a
l'? ijitiio ; I want to know whether she is
the right kind of a Baptist or not , did
she teach you to .swear !
The young driver looked up. There
was none ?.f that dogged insolei.ee which
we somctimta see in persons wist line
het-n justly reproved; no look ol detience.
which stud plain as words could say, 'I
can swear :! ! please, I'm tnv own tnas
! <er. and it is not your business who
aught me '<> <h? it.' No, even in Ins sin
he showed the gentle touches of that
humble mother's moulding hand.
I'm mortified, sir,' he said, that yon
i heard me swear last night to my horses,
i I was very tired, and very anxious to
! reach L.'
'And d'd yourhorseafeel the oath more
than the whip, my friend ? We inside
could not discover that they were at ali
it financed by it,' said tho minister.
'Of course not, sir. And as to my
mother teaching me to swear, she does
not know that I ever took a profane
word <>n my lips. I Lope aim never will
know ii, for 1 bebeve it would break her
heart. I know as well as any Minister
ran teach me, that swearing is h low and
wicked, as well as useless practice ; but
I've heen thrown into a good deal of bad
I company in my business, and have fallen
into the habit, hardlv knowing when I
do it. I forget when 1 lose my patience.'
'Do you forget when at home with
your mother I'
'Never ; her presence forbids it. I could
not swear iu her hearing.'
'Ami yet you can do so in the hearing
of the f>od you insult, of tbt Savior who
died for you !' replied the old man. '<b.d
forgive the child of a praying mother for
such impiety I'
'Sir, I declare, with His help, that \ou
have heard my last oath,' said the young
man. deeply moved.
When 1 left my daughter's house,'said
t e Minister, '.she put a noble great ioaf
nl It.iit cake iti my trunk. When we part
I will give it to you for a present lor
your mother, if vou will promise to tell
lie: lio v you not it. and all the particulars
? I our interview Confess \our sin to
I -r and to (rod, at.d that, my son, will 1
>nab!e vou t" keep your good resolution." i
Tl >e driver promised to do so, and af
l. r ll.nl I 1-1 -
i..j ?fin unrr nearu to list' ;i
3oar.se or profane word. Oil, wliui a
inighu |io?it does a Chri-tian mother j
??111 exercise over lier beloved wanderers, \
restraining them Iroin sin, or drawing I
^liern out of its moslies when once en- ,
The Sympathizing Woman.
!f we were called upon to describe Mis. I
lloldis, we should, without hesitation, call j
liet a sy inpailiizing woman. Nobody I
was troubled with any malady she hadn't
itill> red.
"She knew ail about it by experience,
ti <l could sympathize with them irotn
the bottom <?t her heart.
Hob Turner was a wag, and when one
lav he saw Mis ldobbs coming alone the
road towards the house, lie knew thai, in
the absence ol hi> wit.-, he would be called
upon t" entertain her, so lie resolved to 1
pluv a little on the good woman's al.un j
d a tit store ol sympathy.
Hastily prorating a large blanket, lie j
covered himself up in it, and threw him I
self on a sofa near bv.
"Why, good gracious! Mr. 'turner, are '
\ ou sick I' ashed Mrs Dobbs, as she saw i
lbs position.'
t Mi .r<M<ifully,' groaned the imaginn !
i v invalid.
NVhat's tin* matter !'
'Oli, a great many things; first ami
torcinost, I've got a congestion <>f the
in ait..'
* I hat's dreadful,' cried Mrs. Dnbhs. '1
came pretty near dung of it 'on years to
come next spring 'What e se ?'
'l>rotis\,' again groaned Hob.
'J here I can sympathize with y ti. 1
was troubled with it, hut filially got over
it.'
'Neuralgia," continued Bob.
'Nobody can tell, Mr. Turner, what I
have slithered from neuralgia. It's an aw?
till complaint.'
'Then again I'm very much distressed
!>v inlhiniinatiot of the- bowels.'
'If you've got that, 1 pit v you,' com
mented Mrs I>ohbs; 'for three years
> early I was aflhcted with it.and I don't
think "ve fully recovered yet.'
'Rheumatism,' added llnb.
'\ is. that's nreitv liL-elv in
i -* v *vr s'' ** *'''' S
wnli neuralgia It diil with inc.'
Toothache,' suggested Hob.
'Tii. re lime I ecu times. Mr. Turner.'
-aid the sympathizing woman, 'when I
bought 1 should hate gone distracted
with the toothache.'
Then,'said Hob, who, having temporal
:ly rut. oiii ot his stock of medical
tcrin?, resorted to a scientific name. 'I
am very much afraid thai I've got the
/< thyasuiirax !'
'1 shouldn't ho at a!! surprised,' said
the ever ready Mrs. Dobb*; *1 had it
when 1 was young.'
Though it was with gre..t dilliculty
that he could resist laughing, Hob con
hi u.-d :
'I am suffering a good deal from a
|.tallied ankle.'
'I hen \on sympathize with tne, Mr.
Tunn i. I sprained mine when 1 was
inmg along.'
'I' it tuat i-n't the worst of it.'
Hnt what is it,' asked Mis. 1) >bbs,
with cnriositv.
1 wouldn't tell any one but you, Mrs.
1 dibs, hut the fact is"?here Huh gioaned
? 'I'm afraid, and the doctor agrees
with mo, that my reason is affected ?
that, in short. I'm a little crazy I'
Hob took breath, and wondered what
Mis. lh.bba would sav to that.
't Hi, Mr. Turner, is it possible !' exclaim
ed tin lady. 'Its horrible! I know it is.
I frequent have spells of being out of my
head myself !'
Hob could stand it no longer; he burst
.. ..f ? . - .. i . i. w- i? i i
...I.' f i * ' r* i \ I I , rv M 11 II ill r >. I M >( ? I ?h
taking for the precuser of a violent paroxysm
of insanity, was U<I take a hurritd
j leave.
Paddy's Pt:rs.? Some twenty.five 01
1 thirty years ago, an Irishman, William
Patterson, l?-ft Krin's green :sle, to a home
' in America Having friends in the re
gion of Fair Haven, Ohio, he made his
way thither, 'faking dinner one day at
ihe house of 1 ?r. 1' , lie was treated tc
the American dish, wholly new to him,
i of green corn in the ear. Unwilling,
I however, to he thought green himself, <u
being anxious to display unusual sagacity
after having eagerly devoured the savory
corn, his appetite still unsp jrus tol, he
passed up the despoiled cob with the vo
rv natural request?'Plane put some more
pane on my slick !'
1 >r. Johnson made a large hole and ?
small one m the dour of his room for his
two cats.
'What have you two holes fori' askec
a friend.
'Why, the large one is for the l?rgi
cat, and the small one for the small cat.
'Why, one hole would hare answerer
for both.'
'Ah ! would it ?' how is the big cat t<
get through the little hole!' asked tb<
I astute Doctor.
'She can't. But the little cat can gel
through the large hole'
| 'Kgftd I 1 never thought of that.'
ilijiirulturnl.
Hints for the Month
Tiie month of March generally finds
everybody in a hurry. The anxiety not
to he uuidone by one's neighbor, or to
get a good start, unfortunately, too often
leads to the neglect of the very measures
which would put you ahead.
"What is worth doing, is worth doing
well," will always bo found a golden max
im in plaiilafon economy, and you may
rest assuied that every scheme embraced
now, to dodge work, will be found a "lion
in your path," the season round. Take
, - ... |r. v|"*? ?? j> V/?H nail, 11IIU
su'l take pains in planting your crop.
Tins is tiie great month for Corn planting.
We arc inclined to think that no
crop pays so poorly on thin land as corn.
Our average coru crop is a very light affair.
Can we not improve upon it ? la
nM the practice of running over ati immense
deal of ground for a few nuhbius,
a ruinous one, and would it not be the
better policy to make a smaller area produce
a larger crop ! Can it be done economically
1 The frequent recurrence of
summer droughts has made the corn
crop a most uncertain one, and everybody
who does not luxuriate in bottom lands,
has begun to feel the necessity ol looking
mil for substitutes, or a change of culture.
Subsoilmg is declared by some to be a
sovereign panacea ; but subsoililig is not
only an expensive but a tedious operation,
and not likely to be adopted by people
as long as and is cheap and abundant.
Hut we can all d<> a little better, doubtless,
than we do?let us try. Let us de.
termitie, by experiment, whether it be
best to piatH corn deep between the beds,
or shallow ; whether more corn can be
irroWII l>\ crowdllllT or hv irivin.r <lial < ?...?
r. O " "V
for sun ami air to exert an influence ;
whethei there is unvtliing in variety, as
being ndapied to particular soils, or liable
to atfnks of insects; whether there is
i.rre better than cotton seed for
.lie same price.
liu>, do what you will, try to do it well.
I When your ground is ready, and not a
bit too wet, wet your corn and roll it in
i strong limo before you plant it; if you
! wish to keep c?lV the crows, drop four or
five grains it! the lull, and cover it carefullj
according to season or soil. As to
i the cultivation, every man thinks he
knows best, and we would prefer bearing
th** matter discussed by our readers.
Cotton.? lied up your land tor cot'.on
as rapidly as your other plantation duties
will allow, so as to gel cotton planting
over before your corn needs work. If
I \<>u use Guano, mix w ith it its weight of
Plaster or coal dust, and sprinkle it from
100 to 200 Us per acre, in the furrow
I and throw your bed upon it. Long nmi
mire may still be applied in this way.?
In fact, w?- believe all manures should bo
! deeply covered in this climate, the "mod
era doctrine to ihe contrary notwithstand|
infc"
Wtt Days.? Select seed corn ; assort
I tu, HI 111 VIUlllH'g.
Biscuit.?One quait of buttermilk,
) two spoonful# of cream, two teanpoonfula
of soda, one teanpootiful of sail. Use
1 tlnur enough to form a still dough, kneading
it well.
j Buttkriulk Pie.?Three pints of buttermilk,
two egga, four table spoonfuls of
t sugar, a teaspoonful pf flour stirred into
1 the milk, and half a rutmeg Stir well
| together, and bake like a cuetard pie.
| your ci tt<mi heed ; haul out manure ; repair
pear; right up fences and farm buildi
ii?gs. luok to your plough stocks and
I plough irons ; have mii extra supply of
i heel screws, false coulters, clevis, plough
I handles, swingle trees, hatnc strings, and
j plough lines. ISte that yoa have plenty
I of coal on hand for the season, plough
' stock timber, hoe helves, ?1tc. These are
I small matters, hut w ill pay well.
Keep the ploughs moving every hour,
j when the soil is dry enough, but be eare]
ful not to plough land wet, while March
I uind-wblow. Keep an eye to your fences,
and keep fctock out of your fields?an
I old sow and pigs, in a few hours, will uni
j do the work of ten hands. The breaking
j up and preparing of land is heavy work ;
| notice that your plough hands have the
gear properly adjusted, the chains the
same length, hack'hands in the right po
t-ition, hatties fitted snugly, and ploughs
running smoothly. It is very hard on a
mule lo carry the weight of 160 II>b avoirj
dupois, on its plough handles, and as
hard upon the negro, to he shook by a
jumping plough stock, as if he had a
; third day ague. Notice your horses shouh
der* carefully, use a wash ot alum and
vinegar if necessary; and if the skin is
rubbed otl, spirits of turpentine and varnish
brushed over will often cure right
away. If you can, grind your corn ; if
not convenient, soaking it now ?nd then
in salt or weak lye water, will be foutd
i very grateful to the animal, and improv'
ing.
Stock. >- Vour Cattle will require espe
i cial attention during this month ; give
them the benefit of all the protection you
can against March winds', turn the calves
, on barley or clover lot*; give salt and
soot regularly ; notice if they are infested
with vermin ; try white oak I ark tea,
strong snuff, ashes, l'altne Christ) boiled
in lard ; the animal will never thrive until
a riddance is effected.
Domestic Recipes.
Cold Clbtahd.?One quart of new
k milk, one-half pint of cream, lour ounces
, white sugar, a glass of water in which
an inch of washed rennet has been soak.
.1 ?