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BY LONGFBLLOW.
; A. Yorru light,-hnj?rt<<l and content,
I wander thrfflQgp tho world:
Hero, Arab-like, is pitched my tent.
And strnighfcPgain is furled.
Yet oft I dream that once a wife, jg>. I
Close in my heart was locked; 1
And in tho swset repose of life,
A blessod child I rocked.1
I wake! Away that dream?away! i
Too long did it remain 1 i
" So long that both by night and day
It' orer comes ngnin.
I
The end liaa over in mv thouirht:
To a grove, bo cold nnd deop, ,
The mothor beautiful was brought; *
Then dropped the child aalcep.
Jv But now the dream is wholly o'er,
1 bathe mine oyes and see.
And wander through the world onec more,
A^'outh so light and free.
Two locks?and they are wondrous fair? J
Left me that vision mild;
Thebrowni^juoui the mother's hair,
The blotjNPpf'from the child.
And when I sec that look of gold,
Pale'grows the eveniiig ro^;,
And whence dork lock I behold, <
ft I wff h that I wero dead. ,
<0ueri|-?utj Itncij.
9 I qfnil (J S i 0 e Jr. 1
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MY FRIEND'S HTO^r.
I
"But, really, Mrs. Robinson is a very excel- i
lent lady. JYoi? certainly must have givon x
* her some cause of offence."
My friend laughed. "You are right," he <
said: "she i?, as you say, a very excellent 1
Judy, and I am as sincerely sorry for having I
offended her as a inan can be; but I did o? <
fend her a good .many years ago, and irre j
coverably sank in her estimation. Mrs. Rob
inson has never forgotten the offence, and I t
verily believe never will forgive it On my j
woro.I am sorry, but it cannot be helped." ]
"And the^offence I"
"Was' a very innocent one on my part, I .
assure yon ; though I can scarcely Ahink of <
it now without a blush at mv^ suporlative 1
simplicity. It taught me a lesson though." 1
"Which was?" 1
"Never to aocept a gentleman's invitation <
to a family qhjner. sf |l tell you all about <
it," said jpj&fricnd t and forthwith he tola
the following' tale: I
In was several years ago, as I told you,
f and I had been some days iu London?a
place, by the way, that I nato like poison.
1 had business to transact with Robinson,
and called at bis office about noon.
: v "I dine at two precisely," said ho, when
our business was concluded, "and if you'll
look in and take dinner with us quite in a
IP* family way?" x
Now Robinson, you knovr, is an old frifMj v
of our family 1 and that, one might, have
said was sufficient warrant for his invitation
Moreover, I had been paying him monarch
.? aud that, perhaps might have been cooridorcd
a second warrant. And at tho : vk of
these, Mr. and MBfe. Robinson had ApHWn
week, only the summer beforo, at my fathers I
house in the oouflurv. white thev had hecn.4
ftith his nceiJrtarned hospitaUiy;
iio, taking all things into o>ti*i<lcrnti9|| f
*?? W*nk enough to clinch the inviutffer
v withi acceptance, l>efoB|J knew what I was
? tfan^h^Lhat l^hod^ot refused ; for the truth
. in, I w&jt huyngry at the time, and had planned
to aifep at once from -Pokinaou's office to
certain dining rooms in the < itv
Now, if there is one {adeeming feature in
Uendou, it consist^ initfc facilities for eating
and jrinking. The i&j beau ideal of tliu^
ifc to bo attained, only in & London dining Jw*1
14011,1 caro-,^aA/9ttdP*yti,ink of
iU>,? hut for gafljpffwjwd well1
I cerediSfy, iuSAon dining *ome against
all the WtM.
W It happeneCtlUt oWknt day T had pl;m*
J ifi'; . ^la
ncd my dinner to a fraction?-where to dine,
what box to occuppv, whatjuiut to fix upon,
whui. vegetable, what pudding, wknt cheese.
T^fad deferred rending the morning paper
that I might look at it there at my leisure.
I had foreordained my afternoon engagements
Also. And all thisl wns weak enough,
as I said before, to set aside, to oblige friend
friend llobinaon, by taking a family dinner
Well, as I left his office the church cliflH
opposite struck one, and I had an lioitr^up41
on my hands. I had a call to mid? tjnfp$r
three miles away ; hut to go tht^Hg^^Kfr
turn punctually to Robiujmii'a nt
nrpoiH?lt' ww Am tl.? J l
J' VMV tliu IjUVPVlUlfcgWp'lJWi |
no resource but saunter awuV^^^HBftpas {
hour tbut intervened.
I passed my dining rooms with a sigh of '
resignation, stared in at tbo shop windows
walked down to Cbeapsidc, entered ?St.
Paul's Churchyard, looked up. at the dock,
apd found that a quarter of An hour bad
barely been copsutned. To while away the
succeeding half hour, I passed up the steps,
and entered the north door of the cathedral,
deposited the demanded two-pence in the
out-stretched hand of the junior, and sauntered
among the monuments?timing my
proceedings so well, that on retracing my
steps and reaching the door of Robinson's
private residence, the clock was on the point
of striking two.
"So far, well," I thought; "I shall not be
accused of keeping the family dinner waitiug
at all events ; though I dare say my friend
Robinson is got in by this time, lie said
two precisely, I remember." And I boldly
rang the bell.
"Mr. Robinson is.in, I suppose?" I asked i
of the servant who answered the summons.
"No, sir,. he is not at ho(ne."
"Oh, ho sobfl will be in, I dare say ; he
said jie should bo at homo by two. Is Mrs.
Rohiiaon within f'
"lea, sir. What name, sir ?"
And idter these formalities were duly gone
flfequg'h witb,l was ushered into a small parNBfcpd
informed that Mrs. Robinson would
jpfc^wn" directly.
* VW1, I sat and sat, and couid not avoid
bearing a hurrying aud skurrying along the
passages, up stairs, and down stairs, and , for
anytliingl know, in nay lady's chamber. At
length, after a quarter of uu hour's delay,
during which time I had beon^nervously fidgeting
about and longing every moment to
hear friend Robinson's ring of the bell, and
foot in the passage?thodoor slowly opened,
and iu walked Mrs. Robinson. She bad evidently?or
rather as I guessed, though rightly?been
caught in dishabille, and haaJUcon
occupied ever since my arrival in setth4Tfter?elf
to rights, or whatever else tire IndWwVnny
call it. ' Of course, this did not tend to make
tne welcome, though, to do the lady justice,
ihe was too well bred to show any particular j
iigns of displeasure.
On the contrary, indeed, she received me
with tolerable cordiality?was glad to see
tne and so forth?inquired how long I had
L?een in Londou, how friends were in the
country, how long a stay I intended making,
md all that sort of thing.
"This is all very well, thought I, "but it
?ays nothing About dinner, and I am half
famished. What canRobruson mean by not
keeping his appointment 1"
hive minutes, perhaps?and perhaps teu
?passed in this .sort of talk ; and the lady, 1
could perceive, began to grow might fidgety.
"Ten to one," thought I, "Mrs. Robinion
was on the point of serving up the family
dinner as I camo in, and she is afraid
of the rest being ovor done, or some other
catastrophe of like nature. How shall 1
manage it to set her feet and hands nt liberty,
and her heart at rest ?M
"Hope I am not detaining you madam ?"
I stammered at last fof want of something
better to say. "If you trill allow me, I will
take up a book and amuse myself till?"
My lady could scarcely repress a start of
astonishment, which plainly said, what on
earth does the man mean f 8he did not
say this verbaly, however, fagat supplied its
place with "Did you wish see Mr. Robinson
particularly ?"
.dirk.? ?? .i ? ? * *
t? iiy, my near umuam, i replied .with
a faint attempt at a smile. "I certainly did
expSfct to see Mr. Robinson ; he told ine that
two o'clock precisely was bis dinner hour."
This time thero was no disguising her reaj
feelings?Mr. Robinson's brow darkened liko
midnight. It was plan enough now?what
I had only surmised before?that Mr. Robinson
had not thought it' necessary to give
his lady due-notice of his oxpccted guest.
Perhaps ho had forgotten the lovilatiou he
himself had given two hours before. Most
likely so, 1 thought, for tire hands of a dial
on the mantel were pointing to half past two,
and no |4r. Robinson. . . n "I
am afraid, my dear madam," I said i
"that thore has been some slight mistake.
Mr. Robinson certainly asked me to dino
with him at two o'dtirtkg hut perhaps it is
not convenient. And M he probably has
been detained"?and I arose and mil my
band onsmy hat* I had better left.this unsaid
; it put the eaping stone^on my forfeiture
of Mrs., Robinson's good graces. Nobody-lifcee
to have the countenanae mad faithfblly
at ah tiroes. /
uRfaV, don't think of such a thing as leaving,*
RobiiWa axel aimed with a gripi
Mpile. ^Oft happy to see yon at on^Hpoor
A * a.
table. I daro say Mr. Robinson will be in ;
soon ; most likely, ;is you nay, be boa boen i
detained in his o'flnxj; ho often is. Perhaps}
you willbe so kind as to excuse me for a few j
minutes. Mr. Robinson won't bo long, I am ,
sure." And without waiting for a reply, the |
lady disappeared more hnstw than site had
entered the parlor. m3 * {'
Tbiuks I to myself, "rlortJs a pretty ir.?#i!
m I could but make my .exit unseen, !
I blushed to my finders* end .
tiTl iWy lairly tinglod. "Hang nil family | <
dinners, and the men who invito their friends
to thorn !" I unconsciously ejaculated, ns I
rosoijed myself in a mood of desperate resigniffllon.
i
JWoud Robinson's house was not a very <
raj^c one, and it was not lone before T heard i
Phctly enough, tho opening and shutting 1
of doors, not over and abovo gently. The I
street door was opened too and phut, opened
and shut again; hut not by Mr. Robinson.?
Soon afterwards, from the region below, I 1
fancied I board tho sounds of fizzing and fry- 1
ing,or something akin to it. Then in the din- ]
ingroom adjoining the parlor in which I sat? <
not a Couch of roses, by any means?<-1 he^rd ]
the croaking of an uplifted table flap, the <
rattling of plates, the clattering of knives, ,1
forks and spoo?Br and tho jingling of glass- i
oa. i
"Come," thought I; "it will be all right i
at last. But that Robinson?where can thei'
man have got to ?" j i
Thanks be praised 1 the door boll rinrrt i
at last?a tbud, sharp ring, which none but
the master of tho house is privileged, to give t
?and enter Mr. Robinson. !
"Ha, vou have been hero before me, I i
see," said he, trying, as it struck me, to look i
unconcerned; "I have been detained, but, J
bettor late than never;" and he.applied his 1
hand to the bell. *
"Tell you mistress tbat I am coine in, Sa- '<
rah," said he, when tho girl entered, fiery
red in the face. "Dinner is ready, T suppose
?"
"Mistress says I am to tell you that it will i i
bo ready in a quarter of an hour, sir," said
the damsel. * i
"Bless nie 1 Docs your miflress know i
what timer it is!" exclaimed Mr. Robinson, '
looking at his watch, which, as well as the 1
dial, pointed to a quarter of three.
Mistress wants to see you, sir, for a Thin- 1
ute, if you please," continued the girl, evading
her master's question, as altogether beside
tho mark. I
Mr. Robinson was obedient to tho Bum- i
mens, ami disappeared.
It is no use?if people will talk loud, it's
absurd in them to expect other people will |
put their fingers to their ears. I told you |
lust now that friend Robinson's house was ,
not a large one. And it was a very sonor- j
ous one. Now, there circumstances put to- gethcr,
will exonerate nie from the charge of f
listening?which I did not. Tho fact is, I ]
could not help hearing? (
First., a gentle murmuring in a female |
voice, from"some place below stairs?sounding
very much like a remonstrance, but the <
import of which I could not, and I did not (
particularly wish to make out; though I )
might possibly guess at it. ' 1
To this succeeded fin impatient MPsha'.v!
Nonsense I" in the gruff, though subdued
tones of friend Robinson?"An old frioud, J
too ; how was 1 to help it f" ,
Then came again the murmuring iu somo- ;
what louder, and moro emj)hatic accents,
in which I could distinguish the words? ,
"Nothing but the cold shoulder?very ,
thoughtless and provoking 1" ,
Presently Mr. Robinson returned pretend- 1
ing to look mightj' unconcerned, but plainly |
enough ruffled and ill at case?the sinner ;
and desperate as I bad becauvo I oould but
be nmnsed with his blank and wofnl countenance.
Happily the longest lane lias a
turning; and just as the dial pointed to a
quarter past three, the lady once more made
her appearance.. with the welcome intelligence
that dinner was on the table.
Now, then, for Mr. Robinson's family dinner,
thought I. Ahem 1
But really, after all, it was a good externKreeortof
dinner; and if Mrs. Robinson ,
d only tnken it easy, and spiced it with
good temper, it would have been an enjoyable
one. It was evidently hurriedly made
up ; -fc dish of slices of cold shoulder of mutton?the
cold shoulder ; a dish of veal cutlet
which, no doubt, were hanging in the
butcher's shop an hour pr^iously, but now
nicely oeoked; a dish of mashed potatoes
beautifully brown; a fruit tart, probably
from the nearest pastry cook-1* shop; but no
harm in that, I should Impe ; a newly crusty
loaf, and a good Cheshire cheese ; a bottle
of ale, from the tavern around the corner,
perhaps; and a bottlo of wine from
rvoonisons cellar.
But whnt availed it that I put on a cheer-'
fnl countenance, and determinate!y set about
the business of the tablo, with a jojood apnetite,
asking no questions for conscience yake,
and exerted ray powers of conversation to
chnrngi^away tho frigid j>olUefc|fc of Mr>
Robiuson; and the uar
lence of her lord and master.
It was plain, even then, that I had offend
?d tho lady boyomi hone of renlody. l not
or knew the mystery or that family dinnoi
exactly ;"~but I had reason to euapqet thofr ??|
my arrivaMQi lady had .already diped?-at I
any rate, she took caiff tq eat no" part of oaf'
\ait!
family dinner; but sat lilco a dummy the
while it wh3 devoured by the husband and
his friend. Prob.ably,slio was in the middle
of house cleaning, or an ironing, or an exchange
of servant*; or she'had fixed on that
day tor a shopping excursion, or a visiting
excursion, and did not liko to be put off from
it. She might have expected her husband
to dine ?at an eating house, m 1 should have
been too happy to navo dined. In short, it
was evident enough that my intrusion was
eminently inconvenient; and that I was
looked upon as an incumbrance, ami aa a
spy upon the "nakedness of the laud."
"s:,. ti - ? -r- \?~
> >!>? tMiiiuouu^ i |>VHOIIIII pilM^IIlg,
ineffectually, Isucconabed to the force of cir;mms.tances,
subsided into sullen silence, And
so the dinner concluded ; and the lady, wit!)
much ceremonious politeness, which might
have been spared, withdrew.
The atmosphere cleared a little after that,
rhewine and biscuits were tolerable; and
the lines on Robinson's face relaxed and softened.
Nevertheless, be was by no means
perfectly at ease. He had Committed an act
of gross impropriety, and ho had not heard
the last of it yet. However, he faihtly hoped
(he said so, the hypocrite !) that I would
lake collec with Mrs. Robinson before 1 left;
mid looked amazingly relieved when I pleaded
business as a reason for leaving his table
abruptly.
Tf r. ? i--i- ?j r i i i .
??c?o in-.inj ?i?o uuwk, :uiu l naa tost
the best part of a day, whenturned from
bis door.
I did not see Mrs. Robinson before I left;
once or twice since then I have met her {"but
die looks darkly on me, and I understand
sho speaks of me in mysteriously reserved
tones. I see Robinson every time I go to
London, which is twice a year; but ho has
never asked me again to a family dinner.
He may do it safely, but perhaps ho is not
nware of this.
Well, but," said I, "1 don't see "
"Lton't you ?" interposed my friend, raising
nis cyobrows; "then I'll enlighten you.
Y<>u are a young fellow," said lie, "and I
shall bo an old 0110 soon, if I livo long
en ough; and take lids bit of advice?never
fuind tho philosophy of it, buUtake it: never
accept a gentleman's invitation to a f.ttuily
dinner, if you can help it; and secondly
being a married man yourself, novor t invite,
your frielul to a family dinner, without your
wife's knowledge and consent. And there's
good morality for home for you. Take it,
and make you what like of it."
First Stri-to Ruin.?"My first step to
ruin," exclaimed a wretched youth, as he
tossed from side to side on his straw bed in
ono corner of his prison-house, "was going
idling on the Sabbath. I knew it was
wrong, uiy mother taught l>o better; my
lister taught me better; my Riblo taught me
jotter; but I would heed none of them. 1
lid not think it would come to this! I am
mdone ! I am lost!
What a warning "in the above lines to
?abbtth break ens! The w anton de-ecreation
jf that holy day, may be looked upon as a
light thing, by a thoughtless and frivolous
young man ; but it is not so. God, iu his
Wofli and in his Providence, makes it n serious
matter. Itis more corrupting to the
heart thau many supposed It seems to lead
directly away from God ; and consequently
to crime, with a strange facility! Just
watch the, course of the habitual sabbuth
scorucr, and, you will most likely ?eo him
come to some bad end. Perhaps he becomes
an infidel, and "says in hi* heart,
inero is no Uo<lKewiiro of tho lirst
step to ruin 1"
An Editor's Rawche.?A letter from
Nov/ BrnunfeU, Texas, to the Galveston
News, dated February 22d, says:
I paid a visit yesterday to the ranche of
O. W. Kendall, Esq., of the New Orleans
Picayune, and found him busily making improvements
on the beautiful site ho has elected
for his future home. Ho has already built
a good substantial stone house, commanding
atinoview of the surrounding country, which
extends for miles through a romantic region,
interspersed with wild scenery ?>f the finest
character. His chief attention has been directed
U> the raising of s'ueep, in which he has
succeeded well since his removal to tho valley
of the Com si. His stock is the linest 1
have seen in Texas, being ooniposod mostly
of pure-blooded Meritioe?, which produco
tue finest and moat costly wool.
A ronxo wife remonstrated with her
spendthrift husband upoti bis conduct, lie
took up a New'^eslamont, and pointing to
the t"Xt, "TWHKmy love," said be, "{ am
like the prodlffirs son, I will reform by-andby."
MGuegs3roSy there's something in the
text will euh me too; I thiuk, until you reform,
it will bo ns well for me to "arise and
go to my father," and off sho started accordingly.
r
- - ? fi..
"Pom j? ?r? kf a journey round dis
world liao a cat's tail ?" "Well, I- doean'i
adzactly see any sendblance twixt the two
ms Well den, I spec I'll have to tell you
?bektso it am fur to de eend oh lit'*
"Well, den, spoeo by some onacoountable
aarkurasUnoe de caPi tail .should axklontly
jaIMMdd ?" "Why, in dat case, it wotlldn I
jk &
'Stotmstmg ftlisrellnmj.' |
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The Havana correspondent of the New'
York Express gives the last scene in the life ;
of Pinto, who was sentenced to bo garroted
It say?:
May God have niercv on his soul. "This
rooming, at 7 o'clock, Pinto was garc|gd.
Is there not enough of horror nnd mi$ry
in this fact alone, to make one's very soul
turn faint ? I feel so worn by contending
feelings of nity, sympathy, disgust nnd downright
dread, that I shrink from a description \
of* t!io Ktcl'idinuy tt-uifAilv wlilrli thic nmrn
i. , ?~?-*e> " "to?? -* ,
mgs-fcun has looked upon.
Until yesterday morning no certain
I knowledge had boon received as to the sentence
of this man who lias so long been the
centre of public interest?in fact, until an
early hour, Pinto himself was not certain as
I to his fate, lie listened with perfect equan|
iroity to the reading of thefatnl paper which
I bade him prepare ere twenty four hours had
j parsed for that dread change from life to
j death, from time to eternity. Calmly lie followed
liis guard to tho chapel iu the "Real
| prcsido," and there lie passed many hours
in prayer and confession. Let us hope that
those prayers were not unanswered by tho
Ruler of all things'.
I am no lover of the horrid narratives
which aieso often offered to the public of
tho last hours of a criminal. Let us then
; drop a veil over those last sacred hours, and
| let us leave the prisoner untif we shall meet
j him on his last walk?to the scaffold.
It is a beautiful morning, and the bright
j sun looks down upon a dense crowd of 15,j
000 people, assembled in one compact mass
in the largo arena around the "Punto." The
I crowd is very silent?very composed. In
I the midst of this mass of human beings is a
liirfrrt ariwi ktsoaa Kurrnimdhior llin ?a? (Thirl
It is not always neocssnry that-tifitfb
should be embodied. It is nil suflicienf if it
hover spiritually around?if, like the sound
of bells, it float with earnest friendliness
through the sir.
A man cannot properly be said to live tUl
he rejoices in the well-being of others. ' %
Piety is not an end, but a means, through
' the purest repose of tiro spirit, to attain the
highest culture. .
Wherefore it may be remarked that those
who pursue piety as ao end and aim, aro
mostly hypocrites.
A duty discharged still seems n debt, for
no on? can satisfy himself.
Tht greatest esteem which an antho.r can I
express for the public is, never to bring forth
*
by a large body of soldiers. There is a sudden
nervous movement in that human mass.
What is the cause' The cathedral bell is
striking seven o'clock. At the first stroke
the procession of death moves from the Punto
towards the garrolo.
How solemn ! The criminal is an old
man ; he is dressed in flowing robes of white
?his priests are by his side, and whisper
words of consolation in his ear, pointing to
that future now so near, where alone there is
to be found mercy for liiin. llis step is slow
but Arm, and a sad smile is on his face as
his eye for a moment rests on that mighty
crowd. He reaches the scaffold?he mcunts
?each step brings him nearer to his ifod !
lie calmly seats himself in that chair of
death, the fatal colnr is placed around his
neck?he leans forward one moment?'tis j
for one more word to his confessor?perhaps
a last "adois" to those dear ones ho is to see
no more?ho leans back, and * * Pinto
is no more. May Heaven have mercy
upon him.
The Spanish garroto is thus described :
"The victim being placed upon a stool, with
a post behind, to which is affixed an iron
collar with a screw ; this collar is made to
clasp the neck of the victim, and drawn tighter
by means of the screw, until life becomes
extinct.
t-tOK
Goethe's TiJqxIto3.
Goethe (says the Christian Spiritualists.)
nowhere richer or more peculiar than iu his
aphorisms and smaller poem#. In the former.
he usually presents one side cf some important
truth, or hits, with unerring aim,
some prevailing error or folly. The trans
lation from the German is bv G. E. Brown
well.
How sliall we learn to know ourselves ? I
by rellection ? Never. Only through action.
Strive to do thy duty ; then shalt thou
know whAt is in thee.
But what is thy duly I That which is before
thee?the task of the day.
In the works of men, as ig those of nature,
ainis anil intentions are specially to be
rogarded.
Botanists have a division of plants which
they name "Incompleteone may also say
thai Iber* are incomplete men ;sucb are those
whose inward longing and striving aro cut in
proportion to their powers of action and execution.
Incessant activity, of what kihdjjweyer,
leads at lust to bankiuntov of health/^
that which it expects, hut what he himself
with that degree of culture native and foreign
to which ho lias attained, discerns to
be right and useful.
It is l>y no means easy for people to understand
one another, even with the best will
and intentions ; but to tUeso must bo added
ill-will, that disturbs everything.
Life, as common as it loojtfs, as readily as
it seems to settle down into the commonplace
and quotidian, stiil cherishes in secret ^
higher aims, and is ever quietly looking
around lor the means of attaining them.
It is rquch easier to discern error than to
find the truth ; the former lvincr on the snv
face, is readily perceived?tfio Tatter reposes
in depth, whence not eveay one can cJw her
forth.
As from habit, one looks at a watch which
no longer goes, so turns the eye to those of
befjuty, from which love no longer looksout
to us.
Beauty is a revelation of the inmost lws
of nature, which without her niediatio#0nust
ever have bec-ii concealed from us.
Music, in its best sense, is less dependent
upon novelty ; yea, the older it is, the more
accustomed vno is to it, the greater is it# effect.
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[From tlie M urfrccsborough N. C. Gazette. ]
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At this time u strife is going on in tho
United States between Romanism and fts
friends on the one side, and Prowsiant&m
on the other. We arc aware that sqinc who
are now advocating the claims bf the Roman
Catholic Church will object to a discrimination
between thciri and Protestants, but
there is no intermediate ground. A warfare
is going on between ltomauisis and Protestants,
and though a man may appeal to tlio
culture of a Protestant mother?though ho
may loudly protest that all his predilections *
are for the causo of Protestantism-?if his
voice is for Romanism, if he pleads for it, can
ho be regarded as a Protestant ? What
avnileth professions when every action of
the man is against them 1 Reader, what
would you think of an Kditor's Protestantism,
who would appeal to the powers that
be to silence a eotcmpotary because bo
writes an article against the evils of Romanism
? What a thorough contempt should
we feel for any man who, feeling his consequence,
thinks by his ipse dixit to deter one
from the free and independent expression of
thought. Wo assail no one, .but ho who
lifts his arm, nerves himself and strikes "for
the claims of Popery, inflicts n wound on -i
Protestantism. The war is actually - going ?
on : it is a rentou. Iwiifoox ..Aia:-.! v_-?
, _ vvm |/unuci4* iwuinan*
istn and protestantism. Can any man, who
lues a particle of love for Potostanrism, heai- late
as to what course ho should pursue ?
Can any nnin doubt for a moment under
which flag he should march, when not only
our religious immunities arothreatened with
invasion ; hut, wheu the civil liberties of our
land, bequeathed to us by the hallowed blood
of our revolutionary sires, are trampled in
the dust aiui despised.
There is no such thing as separating the
religious from tho political assumptions of
Popery. It strikes at the conscience of its
deluded followers, fetters the mind and lends
the man i? willing captive?a slave tq act, or
to be acted upon, at the mere ontfon nf *.
pampered and licentious priestcraft. In or- 4
der the more effectually to do this, it does as
certainly contend for political supremacy as
for universal dominion in religious affairs ;
and the only reason llio Pope has not commanded
political homage here as yet, is because
he dares not do it, lest he should fail
in plans of proselyting the land. But tho arrogant
presumption of that church cannot
ho denid. It lias been too short a time that
a native boru American has had his life endangered
because-he. would not take off his
hat when meeting tho Bishop in procession.
We would not dony them either civile or
religious liberties. Hero wo have a vast extent
of territory, stretching from tho Atlantic
to tho Pncilic?hero they may como and
worship God or Baal as they may prefer; f*?
! sing psalms, keep mass and carry on All
their ridiculous tom-foolerics, and we would
say disturb them not; but when, they grow
restless of those privileges, when they demand
the right of our conscience and mpiire
to teach us the meaning of liberty, we should
meet them at the threshold. All who bold
dear the liberties of our country, should do
it. It becomes us nil to east aside cverv triv*
ial consideration, to cast off all projudiqe,
and to look at this matter calmly and dispassionately.
Itom^ri-uvis ? curse to any
land. It mattlrs'TKit Bow fragsnt the broezo
thai floats from ipountain to valley?it matters
not how rich the land in gUitinritrg ore
?it matters not whether wide spread bar:,
of calm*rolling riveiw man out the land,
wherever Romanism f>reva1c% the trail ofjthe
serpent is seen?there-ih^ tree of liberty !"
' withers?there the flowers of virtue never
bloom, and tyranny, licentiousness and
| misery reign supreme.
I * '
"Night threw her mantle o'er the world
i and pin'd it with a ?tnr." lieohledly tasty.
? w asn't slm ?
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