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h r I -TA N., s 'N C2. rV A. ST ' U IE SWORW. I T mAS PLA (ED A GREAT PART. BUI IT IS DOOMED serJ111 by Dr, T19l1ittgo na t the IIInklyj Acnilemy -Tie Sword na SeeI iI t tie lillit -Tn Use neldl AlbIKo by Na imnm-Tio4 Tawim co,1iZn 'Whenk Nitt lon ShAl NE 1ore.lIfl . w . iowrd Agunia t. Nattitoln. BROmOKIs N. Y., Jtne 5-hp lain T. D Witt Tauago lut Sun (lily preacied the aniual Keronilo he fore the Thirteentli regimeint, in tic Academy of Music. The titaff-oflicers and 1 meibers of the regimenit were inlunieditely inl front of the plitforll, and their friends thronlged the gal leries. The hymn sng w:s the Nat iomil Air: ''MyV ('otl it'y. ,ll.i 'Ot ti.-'. 5'WveT. lati 431IfI aberty." The subject of the serllnll Was. "-The Swvord- -Its Missionl and1( it., Dooni." The text, Isiialh xxxiv. 5: Mfy 8vord shall be batlied in1 heav hiree hullred and fifty oile tilnes does tihi( Bible spvalk of that sharp, kveen, curved, inlexorable weapon, which 1lash81ez uponl us fromu the text ---the sword. omictiies the ilention is applatudatory and sometimes danIi atory, sometimes as drawn, sOllie tiiiies Ias Sheathed. Inl the lible, amid il inich seculair literatirc., the svord repr("esets all javelins, all nmitslet., ill (.41billes, hl gulls, lilt police<ldubs, ill ba.le-axes, all w,'y for pys ical defeice or' liti Oek. It would be anl iiteiestdin;'1hi1g to give the his tory of the Plough, and follow its fur row all dowln liough the ages, from the firt crop inl Cliddenl to the last in Minn1esota. It would be iiterost ing to follow tle penl as it- has track ed its way on down through the liter ature of niationls. from its first word in the first book to the last word which some author ]last. nighit wrote as he closed his tianIuscript. It would b)e an interesting thing to counit the echovs of the hanunier from the first nail driveni, downi through lil the lmiechanlism11 of centuries to the last stroke inl tile carpenter's shop yester (aly. But, ill this, y annual serion as chaplain of the Thirteenth regi iient, I propose taking up1) a weapoln thatt hits done ia vork that ieither plow nor pen nor hammer * ver ac coliplishied. My theiie is tile sword --its mission anld its doolm. The sword of the text. was bathed ill heavel: that is, it wa.; 81avord of righlteouNIess, as anlolther sword may bv batled( ill hell,ald be t lie Sword of Crne11lty mid wrong. There is it grerat. difi'-relnev betweenl the sword of Wiiklereid anld the sword of Cataline. betwenii the sword of Leonidas and thesword of Benediet, Arnold li our. efrt to hasten the (Id f war, we have hung the swomrd with ablises and execrations, 'lien it has had a divinv miission, and wvhen miany Vcri:;es of lie world's history it has swung for liberty and Jistive, civilization anid righiteousiess aid (God. At ihe Very openinlg 'of t l, Bible, and (oI th . cat side of the Gardeni of Eden lGod phfiteed Ia flatminiug 5word( to defenid the tree of life. Of the oflicer of' thlelaw, St. Pau1ll declares: "Hie heareI'4th1 not the swor'd imi vaim." Through Moses G od commanlndedl: "Pt every man his sw~ord by3 his side." David, in 1ius pr'ayer', says': "Gird thy swvord upon01 thy thigh, O) miost miight."' Omie of the old battle shouts of the Old Testamnent wasIL, "he' sword of the Lord(lan d of G1 idleon." Christ , in a y great exigencey saiu1, that, suc(h a wea-'i j)on wals more1 impilortanimt. thian a ('oat. for lHe declared: ''He t hat hathi no0 Ewor'd, lot himit sell his garmiuenit and 1b1uy one." Again He delares': "I comle mnot to senld pceI', but: a swor'd. Of Chrmist's second comling it is said.: "Ouit ot H is mioutli went a sharpll, two-edged swor'd." Thuns, souiio't imes figuraltiv'ely, bult ofteneri literaIilly, I lie dlivmle missionl of the( sword is anl n oiunced. WhIat, m1oreO concentr'atedl ting inl tile world thanu Joshua's sword, 0r1' Caleb',s swor'd, or (Gideomn's sword, or D avid's swordl, or Washington's < swor'd 0or Mai'ion's sword, or Lafay (tte i sword, 01' Wellington's5 swor'd, (or Kosciusko's sword(, or Garibaldi's I sw'ord, or' hlundr'eds of' thousands of againi beeni bait.hed ini hieaven. Swordi| of thaut kind hiave been1i ihe besi fr'ienlds of the humanili ralce. Thley haIve' slin C I3yrannIIies, pr1iedl oj)en2 (1ungeonis, anld cleaneCd the( wayt3 for1 ntfionsi ini thei' march uipwvarid. It wias betteCr for I Ilhema -to taike the sword( ~i a )n' efr i'C than20 lie unlder' the oppreCssor's hleel and( suifl'r. There is somaeini,g wor'se' than deazth anid that is lifeI if' it, muist ,crmige anmd cr'oueh before the wrong. 'Iurn'i over' the leaves of the w~or'1l' hiistor'y, amid finid thatt thereI' hast nieveir been a tyr'anny stoppedl 01' a naitioni 1l(ierated except by the Hword(. I am11 niot ,talking to y'ou about the way i timgs ought t,o b)e, but about the I wayv they hiave beenu. What forcei dr1ove b)ack the Sar'acens at Tours,1 and( kept Euhrope from bmeing over subse<iuently, all Amer'ien& giv'en over ' to Mohammuedaniismi? T1he swor'd of1 can dleal enough in infinities to tell wvhat was accomplished for the( woilId's, goodl by the sword of Joan1 of Are'? In Decemiber' last, I looked off' and sawV ini thl distance the I)t.II'e} 1o M~ar'athonm, and I asked myself whait< was it that, on that mlost t.remnd(ouIsi (11a3 im history, stopped the Persian hosts, representinig not onily P>ersia, 1 but Egypt, and Tripoli, and Afghan-. ustan, ando Beloochistan, and Arme. nia; a host that had Asia under foot aRn propOso(d to put Euriope unidr' foot. and, if sucessnful in that bmat1le: would have submlerged by Asiati as at Consequence in tfter f inm American civilizition? The sword of Atiltiade, and Themistocles. nm Aristides. At the waving of thes, SwOrds, tie 11,0()( lancers of Athem. on the run, dashed against the 100, 000 msolent Persians, anld traimple( themiil down or plihed tlleii back int, the seal. Thc sword of tiat (iay save( the Lest part of the heimiispliere, I trnity of keen steel flashing in ft two lights---the light of the settill sui of barbarism, the light of 0h, rismill suni of civilization. Hail t< these three great swords batlied ii Ileavel! What V uIIt uan (ld to iifiaimous Louli XVI's planl of u1niversal comiuest HI which England would have heel Ilfde to kneel on the steps of the Tuileries and the Anglo-Saxon rakc would have 1 been halted and all EU rope parialyzed? The sword of Mml borough, at Blenheim. Tiie :aic wihenl the Itoian war eagles. who. beaks had been punched into the lieart, of nations, mu11st be broulight down from their eyries. All other at I'ltlipts iad disgracefully failed, but the Gerians, the iigltiest, iationl for bnam aItid brainl, uni1dertook th' work, and under God succeeded. What drove back the Rom en1 Cvalry till thle horses, wounded, flung their riders and the last rider perished, and the Herevnian forest, bee:aine the senle of 1tome's humiliation? Thu sword, the brave sword, the triumn phiant sword of Arminius. While passing througlh France last Januarv ily inerves tingle'd withii excitveml(ei; and I rose inl the ear, tlie hoter to( see ihe 1 hattlefiel1 of Chalons, ihe Mounld'; and bre1 st.works still visible. though nearly 500 years ago they were shovelled up. There. At tila. the heathen mouster, (nlled by himself the "'scourge of God for the puniish iltent of Christi:uis," his life a imssa ere of nations, camne to ignominous defeat, anid he put inl one g'reat pile the wooden saddles of his cavalry, and the spoils of the citics and king dois he had sacked, and placed oI top of this holocaust the women who had accolipanied him in his d(evastia ting march, ordering that the torch de Put to the pile. What, power broke that. sword, and stayed that red sCourge of cruelty that was toll - mng over Eirope! The swod of The doric ank Actius. To come dovn to later ages, all intelligent Englislimen unite with all intelligent-Ameriem is in saying Ihat, it was the best, thing that the Amei el coloilies swung off from i he gov riinent of Great Britain. It woul have bect the worst absurdit y of 1. 000 years if this continent, should have contited its loyalty to a thronc on the othier side of t lie sea. No one would propose a goverior general for the United States as there is a governor general for Canada. \e have had splended <ieens in our American capitol, but we could hard Iy be brought to support it (Iteeln on the other side of the Atlantic. lovely mad good as Victoria is. TIh onlY use we have for earls al lords and dukes in this country is. t treat t IteII well when they pass through to their h1unting grounds in the Far West. or wheni their fortunes have failed. rein force themtit by wea'lthy mtriin'itoniial :illince. JtIagine t his naition vet at Ipart of English possessions! 'The I'trouble the mnother' (outry is to - lay with Ireland wouuld be a para haici ('Ondition1 compared wi tI thle [roub)le sIhe woul have with us. Enuglanid and the United States make 'cellenit neighbors, but. the two famn lies tire too large to live in the same iouse(. Wh fat a god-send t hat we hioul have parted, anid paIrt ed long tg! But I can think ini no other nly ini which we could have possibly ichieved Amiericani inidepen dem-e. l('orge the Tlhirid,thohaitlf-cratzy kintg, hvould. not hiave let us go. .L4ord North, his primte miniuister, would not iaye let us go. (Genlerail Lor~d C orni ~vallis would not let us go, althoultgh flter Yorktown lhe was gau entouigh o) have us let him go. Lexington,. md( Bunker H1ill, andti moth, t md1( Trenttoit, andt( Valiley Foige, wvere )1:OOfs puositive that. they were niot villimg to let us go. .Aniy conutite( >f Ameruin going ncross ihe ocean 0 see what (could have been~i done( voulld.hatve found no better acicomi inodations tlhanu L..ond(on Tower The hily waiy it could havi~e.been (lone wasIi >y. SWOrd. Jeffer'soni's peu couldh vr'ite the Declarationi of Inidepe hence, but only Watshintgton's sword ould havt~e achievedl it, iand the other wvord~s baithled ini hieaveni. So now the sword hias ifs uses, al hough it, is a sheaf beds wvordc. Thiere N ntot tan armttor'y ini Urtooidynt, or New a'ork, or' Philadelphia. or ChItira':.o, or hariilestont, oi' New O)rleans, or1 anyt \m ericani city, that could1( be spared W\e hiave in aill ouri Ame'ricanit citiies a -ufliani )oputlation whio, though ther tre smaltl ini numbfiher, 'ompareit'(d wit Ib i good population, would again ,ai Lgaml manke r'ough tand st ormyt tiime's f, back of our mayors tad encontil ni flie armietis andxt arsentals someli CCoon steel wvuhi, if brought int o )lay, woutld imtake (tuick wor'k withl ntoboeracy. TLhiere are in ('very'~ grt(' ike a row on a large scale, anid t hey tent themiselves with sour miash ui >d rye and otherideoctios,enr0h1ice vith blue vtdriol, lpotash, tui'jent Luie, sulgar of lead, huIlphinu'ie tiid, ogwood, strychnine, high t shade aIh >thter pre'ciouis mngr'edient, anid take lown a wh ole glass withi a resoitl. ng "Alh. of satisfacetion. WXhieii hey get thait stufi in them, and the >luie viti'iol 'olles with thie l)otash-i Ld tlie turpentine wvith the sulpliu. 'iC ac~id, the vietimts are' readi(y for my thing biut order' and1 decener and good1 governument. Again and( agai, mn our Amnrican cite. li-t te hi('' ii tly of homlle g.u11;ds" beenl dtnI(onrvsf You renlimber, how, whewn 41m;. diers wvere au'l away in. (I,. w:a. i: 18031_61, what c<n:llag rations WO kindled ill the trects of N ..v Yor. and what llegro.w" werv hung . i-)ooI. of ymu r-vinwinb i), h14 Ir.at rIts i I Philaudelphi.) aIt, ires, ;oIictilnics kinl dled jiust. 1*' I he o portulity of 11) roarl nud deioti.t 11in. 1 8i9 . -hiss atat flc tr(, -woul iharc relsltec NiN\w York jiel. mje il i lv(IIi111I4i iA> bef 11 I < t- . t he elier iCt11 nctm r rE-:win Por t evived inl -'l l:n fromn tlh frivinds oJ 3nr. 11wrmud, Jl English avlor wheln i.m at0-r alqp1ared inl New oiric in 11ainbth h, vie. ditinui-h(I En.,lisl Iunall wi'i hlise( and Ilobbed, thef wvalls of thef(. ci tY h:avv beln pla car-ded wvith t he ann11outnlcoi1int: i"Shll Aniericais4or English rulif! this city.'" Stri-vt -were 11lled with :I cro.1*VA, insarle with passion. 111 riot wvas ra,but it onl evke loude'r y-llk mid heavier vollvy:s (d stones, and t hlwob' NVIiU v wa WIirvnt Viend Nvith vi<:lince al aassination. But tlu. Ssv-ltli n ueld, 01"Ip; Genl. h'anm4lal throi-hI roid Away, pr-cror lc,l bly 1illniwd la rop11, all(- at, ti -c. il:elc "-'irc! (G uari: .Firv:!-eio s(-atteredl, andl N(,w% York wvas savd. \\'hat wolul l1av., becollte ()! ('ui r ;I ), Ii\ t or 4 iI. ItlaeiliI 1 wil l polive hy dc I(4 144 41 yea Will e lf-e. 11, 1 n i I ,1 t (1 11 I I,lI' svit'h 'is, It-U latilS i s: I 1ir :1.llill:4i1 (4f It '.11iary h r e.'n iVO. Do nlot cbar,, - uiCh sc(ne tupoll A lli icall it ot i il).(I T It. are,(, ats (hi) as the in 1111 0i howle-1d f,or t w\. honI( n; in Il'aulI 's t i InI ab1 out ithl Iheat re amid th 111 uv, <I -whivih L stood la .wao-y Thcj wel'(' witli's ctl ill IC1 ,. ill Londiw >. wIleltK hci :d.h :1 g 'e Lll cilltc1'rcl il il(lili1 i to ) 4)111 tilt'. inncIhinery of th's . wh, heaust (f t ji-ll VOL'w lvilt : o U ll ( llT ' l t I-w 1eSt. ,Ilwy wei4re wv il1c.;ist'd f l1 17:41 at the laIria) o)f L on! I ( ;hl 1or1'' ( WV do1 w. iwrc thof is a r liio 'us riot. AgainI], inl 171 ,. w1l., I ih rah bbdd. cri"d. "Donil with h >1o it byt rhuiait;is: )(\wn with nwetil.:, hi : Ther ha-Var lme it .. ,:'ql Vd--y ill be, inl ginca.t lou u i i - v!;..- .; ph. that m:no1 11trn themlve : I ' ich nh 111ur 1 ;.ucannt g()ven. anld 0ih-r :zr,- e:xi.,encies wl cll t)("Jll.; i 1) l h 1r( , I c.ll I I m t. AY01 tihte Ilnilii.ia 1-. thev Very last regil nt thla't e i 1 will be 1af4 to disbandt. A'rhitr. n -1nIt will In"ke h p of War ,i ween ?.1tion -t( I .in: .tion, and natimnal arnlit'S will k h: 44 .i a - m -4 . Sequwiece, mad the t inw. will coma (410d hst .. n it: -W1111ill ln' wvill bc no0 ne(ed of an Amifriva;i army or jut vy, or i .l('issial a mllly or n.ny. .1t11 SonIIV tinwic alI'r ba.,itiswill lul-e t o keep thiril. arli11 4rices u4d r 4inils:4 wOl. drillvd mlitti Ibevaus un'ic i til the Iillcunnial day there N,ill be popzlh tionls with whom ;m-b'intninIt will Ib as imnpossible ats tre-aty with a1 :1aver*(,n of hyenas or a .jugle <f simkvs. These 11mCw11'vho r-ob 1t(r1*V1.- m0111 give garrot(.r-S lilig, ad prowl alboul the( wharves at 1i i' :l-l iaf . l e( I-Alth the tli(-!l in ull nblin!" h ls, ti( a g( ) armild with pIS4 411"i <ik whInill rwrin fml 1iturb1nce 1'o1(f t puikl 1pwae ju1). ni prmoporion l Iht.hv - 11114 :Ou')I awkwan :uml. Auhil in iunger of shotin1g'each ille 144>y54 m'l'ist.d4, or los144in t eir own ' lif by1k1>king)1'own l.1ad4 Il,n o 11. ge ig lteir nin-o tha(t lIi1C h 4In, I A P s ill it, W3is.iSsip i:1 th , .\bAthain, h1av I nV . ee wo n ri J-d r ih h t flkow!. C 1111 1( ndhi tIrfi'n If n.surtrect-in, : tihey .n th0e blu flowers il uStrAiv (If the SkiP.A 11hr711u9h whieh t hey aseclded. Bu tt thc -,wond is- don.Thivr(b is ne w nI t Ihat 1weds t:) he IN.I i t ten I Inl (vory thrmiw rn1, inl (,vry war. oflev. ill vV(Ty 1MVyy yard. ill every Initional coincil. 'I'T:tt vm t i- diN ? artnaninC1t. iti o v-erTlIjI(etf cnn _11,'ord t o O.hrmw it s.; v%(nrd nwayut ti . tht, gre-at -.1vbr;n 1t11\im a rt d t" d(I t he "'alnc. Ti1'o4 1the ilnih:lql; lir the0 r111 nA minv n tiont of Nortil a l Atlirvi.ze:li gover tlncnti a-;t4 'jolhino . to ). IA!d 11"wonigh the. Pca:w. Cmnventimn to) b. blhI l n'xt .J Ily il 1 ,01i il )n, .1:u t ot h0 v w ts " In wI h p;41 It' , inani" 4. andl(I n g.,.lA <liens, nd II sulII.,l I n andt exars shal tako xrt, aill civiediz4 liait ions will cmll> I , di:,m : and44 it" a few\ hb :u1-i:ml nesthrn I 't <-.: : thenl all Ilc'( 1 < t 1un t ioni'l v.-li S.Pnid %u n . - 4of cm int i 1m-l. ud ihl. !"t< w i / ' xviI i" I . 1 f 0i th v f:t tiri th Ini iser -n II t. . It :I Ii.al 111l ul:tl( I lie I d v'mIit al l .11 .1 eat )ij'j-;l' il y1 1iW l I' ven InI It 1hat d IIn.tlt s it: fortni,;s e :111d pi s it gulns 11u11 b- 'kt it I W:nt w l i p i- 1y I - vitv its twit -11struotion. Hupp-.. b ("r for i :,ue encral an nn,1' - in i i li ti Irow away iho' su>ili Ihink y uh' 'r:iu hai l fIrai,4jn \in (' rl<i8 h iN \\) <t-ll 1CC in i - ln ' sin 14 gl.C U ('t'SSLP kill ia ( iei-i s ,ji raw I A NI Wie (.in-i: lanW Inn wL m sna il il tsn' - ;iil I , 'C l(l l 4' si 'IIs. i.1 I. l : rew -Ml slitil l l ag<FcIl; ! ';,ll lit idt til.,i)t- 1 ,y ; swq>d, ;Al: il'. (-a!-h .S :III! vulturs aindt li<ms1, of( -urp, pmvw .r woumld .:' h forn piecf 401 thet i s4)118 a: IrI 'i lVis. II lit' Vitst - ,;:uT<M.'liel i o lf a liuntlt.IIC hliut. Iw l1n be.Im-fore the N:.u-rvowsI 1!' t )ui hi.irkor wo l be nh111"zm wvithi th<II ' il ling <f f> - n luni'm C.'rilim c to : theA ' tfl "Aly ()f t i ' "-Mon fl it CJe l w'sle tui twi' ( .)'gI --l-'d t vlti III111 iti~8 1 i 't. d it l1111st go. Complete zanntwt uni 2111)8 it) lisal-Invilt. At the sIn ninu0aC1t. l t off ha lt" all nations half nI IZ. A It the s:lne (10n1l1:', 1li ( i "g-roild arlil' " a.ll Iell ts 11uIp1 I )..'. A t t ii aIt 1 11011 1d l'r'nk r:liks all: This ayIl lircl (fIn ou Milk. Th" i:lin11 - ar-iy :;i ith Il i-h1n:it f >n. F4E nglani d m.nft's to fet ndrf it' iti1nannyv i:. b ii n u by it, Utis"ian n l taxcd to) da1 btI with it iupI s hn I thC. raillions AI(d idei 1,1c' ~1~ 41I 1 4L fl r of4 enbeloinl' SI the Shitdifg ni'r. Iivi o)f wAv rb :nd ill abs Ahite i4Lle s f -e p -Imi ve i nf st (i dlive s, cosnnr.Wmul no4It the( world's, prolt.ritis i( r, :Ca,li teiv world's i1. i( Illh 1wtcr! O hI r e yuIn . !h llte Ict l nlish ilen tha. \vtwn i.s nI I c'stry t o khill 'el'(e surplfuls Ipoplnl timn ofm, th.earth,. and" thati withou,it it, tim worb wi ild b)(. sf c1iWe4 d he VM l vocm I hf n rl4s'rved vatsa :Ini 10)41ufsteil , Ah I thilnk w1e4. l:i' trus-t in.: d he SIl f 1ers,1'1 andll il1L I 's ('i4nnf Irippe oW kil lt' the. peoplI. Ias worb'.lt Slets ftool l tl wi telil t blwup th'ew o li concern11 n( ~ Il at anolii c ther ' v <rl( :f 11l4n 14'1et tIAr tife Ildst 1':lt, of'aed. Ai sait.: t'Ih' ick loft th na peitentiharo u~y, an heti luies ('Ijh' o ' . I Ih 11 1 oT I If .14 w a qter! A 1 d1'Vtr1!1 .\ 4Ilte IIt! i11 -ler 4e411 "'s Ai e w:u-25' h: 11wru'h LIchi ruelrs how W W1 illw. o I n I' tIv 11v o t OI ldI I couh l s end insonli- diliailed f4rt n-, throug-h which the I stor illy w itI o I wl. (uive I hini f(or aI )ill,ovw a hat tered shiwl l let his bed bv l1:in wit h the r11stoledI Ityonets of the slainI. (Cver himn with llte coarmest b141wta iht picLet ever wore. uid let, Iis (11lY uip hv )4' the bleaclhed honle of i o),t, his war-char--ers, Iuit the last t a per by his bedside cxpirv t' the lih Iih blast sighs into his var: IT'l.w ll of the( 'wicked shall be) put mut.- Toniiiht.against t1h sky of Ilhe !jloriOui fuit urn, I sevi a"great blaze. Ii i" a ; foImId ry inl full hhast.- Th'le W(Wokinln hmve stirrved the fires ilotil t11.1 hunI1:1cees are soveil fiimes heated. Thm 1.a:,t wagon load of tle world's s1onilas been hauled into tle foundr, :lll tllh..y are h ullblvd into (1ho 1,urnace. su1d tIly Iginl to glow au-d reddenl a12d m(elt. and il hissilg uisakigliquid t hey r-oll onl d wni tl-14 thl e c(.vive of rock tinl til 1l1Y fall i i nl) 2t 11old shaped like I1w irin foot f 21 l.gh. Then the liid1141 vo11" off into at hard Imletal, and,1 bru ut out (Inl anl aivil. it, is heat n :i[ poun<-d 1n1141 fashioned. s Irtokv !ter st-rokc, 1nitil that which was Ia" ; I waponl to reap harvests o f 1141en1 Iwc o -ws till illiplenll ent turnint., ihe soil for ivirvst 40f corn,l--t swo11r1 d ' h vilng. l hi e w (plowsIar. (Mliccr:- :ni co a e fit thet Thir Ill, i ut he ye111 r4 1 of '-i p t tl f - ula]an t 1n I':1 1111L4 11 4 1. Y(I.Z11 I. I2111 IA .l: IS I (I IL.' <! intnv I yo w it a ;:Ialut - I i2 ) in: l i up 'io f v I w I wS. toII 14'-(w. I It t l w Il res4' Id"' ev lin t14 t Y 4 it of Iw be1 1 1, Iw l m lcr h Iu,I lct Its dodientc ourh ves ancw t1 o 1o, I1 :. IIi I counltryv and hlollc! I n th I I A - is cmnilict, called "The \\:r I! thll s, aw!.- . whitf. rosw was tIe h:e'1 1e14- o. '1'f th housi-1 Ie I -i of Yori, and 1i1- red rw;c ithe blad.!e of flw flllusv (of 1 -:tm-a I st'r. : I with th e I wo coIl I ws I h Y 1 1 ps ei e I vachlI 1. r In ha)'it tO2. 14' i \ t u in Ihe I ( I 1[ y \\'iVar fr w Il tat ' 1 ill th i 4 ' 1 (' 2 i1 1iat i., wr n mg' I pill ovter youmr henart, t wo luo)It( -( 4 t I414- u ve 1121' of I he b d Sh ed .( I wo )IuIr re-Cth-11npt ion an the III oither !YnIolilt Iof a1 (ill liv:uh whitec and 1( -.1 I lqso of mar ILI a I(l t lI I AY:.j4'i~ of 1)w 4 Val.. II Iv. I I1:124I2' 44 4'c I I Ii a ,142t4'. Y I)l ,o hV y I- Ihi b An' 1i~ ily G ;''. -14 :l12' J: .o RETURNS FROM ORECON."4 I. v u I n )11' li r --2 at I A '4m41 1 A2 V I 24 r111'. ans2e1 Ibera'wt' 4 4sic overao-. 4 I lil' s froi il il.- s ite verY i'11111_ p1 ic. The olection of f erman ( lie pl 4idwa l 1,s "1. )'1 HCl 2 I . )F's.V Isll I I. (h1ver1 t 1 wl is ill donbul. jf i he ch.vers in fn vor f 'e11t m1111>yer. ( l)i ocrat ). T'I'l H-puiblicanns ch-e. ilml rin1.1ndeur oIfmlit 'Stale .t!i(.1 a lld a 1 . .11oit 1 i t b 1 1 br:lnhc s I fthe W i t T4111 - 114 or l 'alac1. ( -. \ 111\'ison a 1 :1T1xa I r11, r'n h ii N,-,\ York ill' I .httv hr parf. of N .nI 4i r with a c<'11on4' ni1 11 o f 'i-11 'w<4 24 a~ I-i I a2 i i purchase'14 112y ii1n \dal'e, ial w' eet b L hi e ' Ix I(1l1 l et I hi' the14 lt'n'ia.. ()44 4122 aft e noon 4of 124' inber 2 I Ih4)4e op' ra. Iin 'was '114 (1rf 2rin4 by1 I rs . .L . 4I ',. several141 n,on hs4( 1\\'i1o4 .012 ,: nouri21'sh .n1-it4through a 2slver iuh,.\:l. iner'b-114 il4s his2 44-sopha4S. ju ls b4eow the. 1n ' i s want" 1in 11: the h sital 411 . 4{i :4t 4reat1deal, hmu-n-r,'S hsm4)''4 t(' i ta tion42 1b1in2 d4)fective.h li1)5will ,)21o1y spea 444112So 1wbat rlkulai2h-. '2iThLe lot' fodf taste :uI)'41 W'1inell. d4 wll 1124 141id 1is a very di)icult tas for1y hhn,Ib as he4 1124 lost1the' power to ilp5444 143'1 whichtheo 4)1gu giv'1es.c \\atson was2k'lpi aig al.)41Sb in erp ou-r for (Wit EIFIlTION I' WS DECLARED BY THEdREPUBLICANS TO BE OUNCONSTITUTIONAL. AItImitslerivigsympiisb oft Pl*rekim-- N v Slliot1 4 .11 h Pi 'll- l 1o)t 1 (I)qj I osw 'iii te' ohMne Elect iin tDi WASIiII-rN, D). c., nt e i.-ei t nIijmrity reportiIk i Ihe caseof I l leur vS. llio tt ft-i l i ll,r e ' 1 . s 'i re StitI Ellitt romthesevnth South Caro-t liia district Was Sinitted to th iI f Holus Colillittee onl Elvetions this ni n 'ori h eport, is somewhat aI w n11satinial inl that t the very begin - uinig it. declares that the( vintire South I Caroliina registrationa and elciny laws ainii. constitutional. Thu ha- e sis for tihis dec.I.lraLtion ats datc(d inl thle report is that thlle State Ilw imo V poses ai 111n11ber of restrictions 111o <PI tie 14'rcise of the right of mufralY . l' which are inl conflict With thMint ,ti t Constittioln. The Costibutiol te t prives at personl of th' rights of Sut a frage only uponl conviction for IuIIII der , fulony , dulellinl-f .(,:l Irao . ThSt laStitl fwsi prohibit tie cxrcisc of thl.e right, of slifra"t. by persois t wh%-to Were nltit ilb t) ruzistcr i. I IKSI and nIleh-ted to d() Kso, alls)\ those who in'0Ve11 it' t hSt at a<lt nelecd tted t riter ait the fiir I-c istration and on tlS. eho sold their re istration certitittes for Ia vallm ble consideration. The rpt,ort sayvs I thata niuner of nie-igos have beein con1411elled by poverty 'while wvaitinlg the( mnaturity of the( cottonl crop to ne111Otitato their vvrtifientv.< to tnader.;a wI inIaIeIIdiately Send ih m tIto p iliti < (i 7he vhileartr ith (1. w esut t tha t tih Ic-trwer. arix per>ilaenwill I ':'li franWhi,1vi. After layini;,, d wil t III pr(ps): i it n thi e report lik v'Is t d the lergal aspects, 4of the <It c tion fnon the stial tan-point tal reci':1V St falCt 0t.0 li ftithat t pro VIne(Its wh at Iaeou lt to lanl , d111ca tio ild test ani ! thrveilire an ilIc"'al 'i iest ) w st'i ilvledi bY lettering ) IIc 1i1m'lot toxe" Which wtere sivparatc in thw case 4'feach '1i lev,1i and that vo)tt.rs, Wel'tr dvcCiVed byt1 ui)Lt ilten ltiOnatl Shift ill of )x s o that the udes ( I 1tio wIl blo t) throw oult all ballots cast inl the. wronm bxs.Thr was Ialso, Says the- report,. viIt'I of hal)t box fstfulit, ,oinl':lir up, it is fodli il that, t i t e i po)Sitioin1, inost favorable o ihesittilir. tiu inuber, ti(he contestant, it'll'r hadl a ntjuift y of 7>7, 'while, if tiht law was t rictly rr m vvd. haziltliso I4 lit'y iS'llilItcach $4 .ig) w;ilmm-Wi 1731 f"it' u' ri)514 N iv r p44n. ill( lit loity rulmlrt. Meni<d 4I'Servive Pensin, l ASiI NW'ot N, I-). ('., Jti f :t.-- It a ' I ' esI1'erday ))(v lit, Senlat or Davis Itid Re-pr'esenltative eri, cl.11.'n11 of I'th. two re. llIliNilve on Itesioll, it was belit-ve< h n Iatrenilt, would bte fially ad f 111allyyreached to-daty by t he colnfer-O's I' te gencn penl.sionl hill. i'ut wli stw H llse coniferev, cn ulitp I MoNil's Nvhioing io Ihe iistruchions of f liII. Repuibliai calfns of last, hto m'innininil thie principle ( c pensions, it was 2Imit' St 1I.at, air wtlcoul not hbosevicunSatill der th(oSe. coliitions Meil t i i vot tio n-pot :t, ig43 11ev i t Io ite rtsplr f.]i)ve bonss w:ts a1 thed. I thet vIot-e1 pensiov(o' fthiue was4heg.] .one tt('ud iri of i-lit' JleI tpl)1wh -b ih .A(h'noue. lo p's , ,1ne1.-leatle Tall a tintl i in a posit' in to hn-i MR. PORTER AND HIS CENSUS. 1hot Tetlpervr Talreti Witer n fo fat ()n'jec:t 144 1>I) Qutes l.onii ,'Except in Inwr Ap I dpIin IIls ffIn iho CrI InalII Claswvoes. W.minIIo, .June 1.---- -tObVert4, P. *rter, superintenvident of the CV1nsus, mns recevivedl telegramlls from about >Ie hrildred superlvisors sta-tilg that lly were thorou 'Igly preparvid to en clr 111n 11 till- W 11k of tiking the celn i sn Al onda la ,: t il I that every hing is in rc:tdiniess to) ptish the work WWrIAdith iaccuneanc.v d rapidity. The11 telegrm111S W(TreI i r'S1on1so to II(eSssagqrC li1nt, out frloni Washingtonl vsterday. All the supwrvisor; heard rom reported that 1it) trouble had et occurrl-ed, aid Ilait noseilousdifli ultics weitre apprvliended. Por-l'.r hIUim:tt(-d veryV plainly thlis Veling thAt so far as tlt, 4-chroiic i.as. (JIc.m;tii)In- werc cmncerned, was Iot I1-t ilitelit ion of the oilce 1 1l414-avor to) b ..in Jl t I' P 1ishmW t, L ho i> wre reluichmtt to maluke uswrs, 1but as tc the "mortgage 1estionl he h 'lit hwig-liage not (iite o ceerng orlhoqt whoz. have de (1n11il<ed l()t t<o a.ove. t is pArt of ht( Kched4ub1(., th'ulh the( probability sdrn H'at \\-n ; Ill bot dlonle vih r.eut m this tim t ter. He 1preIY hivisl i ry1'v' arnestly, mIIWOVe1r. Wili reca,nLi' to) bringiiig the ;-v-to) 1w-tr 1ponltl s who willfully cf tu o): s e a y:.tl <1,1tstionls mt to tl Im I tv 0 mu ( n'11e111wrators. Il' y wi ji h ('Wll ll o iiA i I at4lsw 1, I ai. or It) takc tit( e 4 Iksctlt ence(s of, h4ir reHusal. 1i them:ht there;was v sibily ti6 n b11111!s of the .igv of th '.if In--- -:1.4 a tha m.] ny i f r!: in h t e t,o b4.' 4 n11111ir n rators. and h1 s1 at t fl hat. i C N. E A 14. * 1 w .1 ., 1;;-: 11 1. ) . 1. 1r -. he It'n r I n fr. toI t h.' w1,ishw o 1 '1 rw.:e -Vi v Iwr.ptl li-iiil pis bwcn crli*blyv inf-tirm d by I ritl d f ( .n. -t. thal ]w 11he ha . -< <o)t4 to ciocr 14 I- race for gover nl wl*. 1J (t )r:, a14d 1 it taio h ve part'. f the .tate fo- :l il w IO,l pa l. ta llo I m hu n 21. 4 U'l e to, yiell h) thwir dth ali . :11(i t up1>1 t1i4 ( nllva,4")s o1 the S 1 at('. n Ea: lt-. hin tif. is abwr nt II from itI.he city a dot tt his 'fh ;'ll lIIti-s ;, Colmhia :wl t wa u'passible 1 o m b t inl aI ft.w\ tlays h wIll, d141 <" hi Lii 09 %te Sioila Smi all ('I.n - Ag4, i 1hle Rvv. Samill W. ,:tll isama Of Inan'ly 1in<ls. stvera Jile lw 1 Esoll cIh111-c-1 311ad wAS -ollfimile -,it St. 1'hilip-s, Athu.IItil. A Iw 11onths biater. 1he 44ua1( ; 1-c-re Il:a;kable sp'-fch mn Ihv lical of a har -cl il the trot-11ts of.A tlanta,. ann1loin ng his colnvers'io(n. 114' thn e11 mmlect d himlsclf with the( .11 clIthoi:4 t 4lohrch till] Y (1'I O t il -1i 11i. ; 1 )(.1 "- bI- 1m11 1-81 Iarnr i with II S:Il Jome fi n 1vai- rI- f wo, ). Wilvl f hw prir ler hilio .1>h-cd, Small %% n'1 it hl4).for .% whilill m the vang,lical woik. l 8N In- I'llirt'd h ck I't A h ulta 111d1 :li Ias an lh-pund-h 111C:,ildidaiv fll.or ir -'on 'bt 1)lus 't l verl mot hs4111 11t414raw fr.m .the I tle thodis' 14lau-ch4( 40s0a4'b \ly reapp1ear4" ',,in Athmta1 I unlida41(te for the1:', Leishiure. His j4i1)1o 14)i ji;cid -1 jin 1s.y41. W1:lver lep bljriI1e iiidn of141ls1 the .1tah uiver-' lre te \,11(ih.- L p:1li1(n. Ti ,his indi di1s that i r.14 144' will4 renounce l-.. 14l1itcal m 'hliim 414 1mot t h Epi4'1sco ' a raly;I git 14144 14)0 am)l81is haiale i4success 1m a t :my' 1 l1ine4' he 1may bo .l(' W ha).c t h Iis44 l\ ill be:1 i -w4I months lwnnlL'.- it 41 i 14a1way 'fie,' 14) 114 1m:14 wIr'ever hi may go, ' VInall42 his 14(r15to at tract atenHon.C 14 mli.u1 1111d 10Cbniay, 1)41u (lOOP, d - dist ie, ii ampbel i1ount 41Iv. l ie 4y1wi1h' a011(l 11all'n of1 1: vhiskOetr. il:4.1 jIohnls hi he conh' aen 11..41 .1.1(1 got 14 nual' o(1 a.ied Kiillof 1'he ditller's4i1d43 forte 1ne d(' sonut 41ty tookF4 his''j( 1ist0 from hone. They 14ft,:)unthen a.411 miliI away Lindsy