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.. - LEXmX0 NO.12. VOL. 1. JlMfS A.. LOXG, Editor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY - r , JAMES B. S HE I TON. Terms : $2 a yearf in advance : 52 50 ffA" months, and 3.00 after twelve ' months, from date of subscription. Rates of Advertising. One-dollar per square (fourteen lines) for the first week, and twenty-five cents for every week there Tf er Deductions made in favor of standmg ad- ' rertisements as follows .3 MONTHS. One square, $3.50 Two squares, 7.00 Three " (i col.) 10.00 Half column, 18.00- 6;months. 10-00 15.00 25.00 1 irEAR. $8.00 14.00 20.00 35.00 Occasional renewals without additional cnarge granted to those who advertise regularly through the year. . Three dollars for announcing candidates for of fice. - Court orders charged 25 per cent higher than the above rates. Orders for divorce of husband and wife, $10 each. . , -; Persons sending advertisements are requested to state the number of insertions required, or they will be inserted until forbid ; and if it is wished they ihould occupy the least space possible, write upon the back " close." Otherwise they will be put up in the usual style and charged accordingly. r"No discount on these rates. At a regular meeting of the National Coun cil of the American Party ; began and held at Philadelphia, on the 5th of June, A. D. 1855, the following was adopted as the Platform and Principles of the Organiza tion : 1 1. The acknowledgment of that Al mighty Being who rules over the Universe, who presides over the councils of nations, whoconducts theatiairs ot men, and who, in every step by which we have advanced to the character of an independent nation, has distinguished us by some token of pro vidential agency. 0 II. The cultivation and development, of a sent'iment of profoundly intense American- feeling ; of passionate attachment' to our country, its history and its institutions; of admiration for the purer days of our na tional existence; of veneration for the hero ism thatprecipitated our Revolution; and of emulation of the virtue, wisdom and pat riotism that framed our .constitution, and first successfully applied its provisions, r III. The maintenance of .the Union of these United States as the paramount po litical rood : or. to use the lnnruarre of Washington, " the primary object of pat riotic desire." 1st. Opposition to all attempts to weak en or subvert it. 2d. Uncompromising antagonism to every principle of policy that endangers it. 3d. The advocacy-of an equitable ad justment of all political differences which threaten its integrity or perpetuity. 1th. The suppression of all tendencies to political division, founded on "geo graphical discriminations, or on the belief that there is a real difference of interests and views'5 between the various sections of the Union. , 5th. The full recognition of the rights of the several States, as expressed and reserv ed in the Constitution; and a careful avoid ance, by- the General Government, of all interference with their rights, by legislative or executive action. - "IV. Obedience to the Constitution of! these United States, as the supreme, law of the land, sacredly obligatory upon all its parts and members; and steadfast resistance; to the spirit of innovation upon its prinei- pics, however specious the pretexts. A voving that in all doubtful or disputed points it may 'only be legally ascertained and ex pounded by the judicial power of the Unit ed States." And, as a corollory to the above : 1. A habit of reverential obediece to the laws, whether National, or Municipal, un til they are either repealed or declared -unconstitutional by the proper authority. 2. A tender and sacred regard for those acts of statesmanship which are to be con tradistinguished from acts of ordinary leg islation by the fact of their being o'f the nature of compacts and -agreements ; and ro, to he considered a fixed and settled na tional policy. A radical revision and modification of the laws regulating immigration, and the settlement of immigrants. ..Offering to the honest immigrant who, from love of liberty er hatred of Oppression, seeks an assvlum in the United States, a friendly reception afld protection. Kut unqualifiedly condemn ing the transmission to our shores of felons and paupers. - 1. 1 he essential modification of the ' Naturalization Laws. . The repeal by the Legislatures of the re spective Statesof all State laws allowing foreigners; not naturalized to vote. Hie repeal, without retroactive operation. 1 all acts of OonoTPs mnkinnr (rrants rf and to ml naturalized foreigners, and allow- ,-, mff them to vote in the Territories. Hostility to the corrupt means by which the leaders of party have hitherto torced upon us our rulers and our political . rreeds. Implacable enmity against the prevalent demoralizing system of rewards lor political subserviency, and of punishments for po litical independence. Disgust for the wild hunt after office which characterizes the are. r hese on the one hand. t)n the other": I tmitation of the practice of the purer days f the Republic and admiration of the axim that ' office1 should seek the man, "d not man the office," and .of the rule, at the just, mode of ascertaining fitness VTce is the capability r the faithfulness, date'6 hnest ' of the incumbent or can- yill; - Resistance to the aggressive, poli-rj r r n r 1 cnrnintintr- tondpnnioe nf'flio Pnm cv and corrupting" tendencies of the Roman' atholic Church in our country, by tHe;'ad vancement to all ipolitical stations rexecu tive, legislative, judicial, tr , diplomatlo-rrof, those only who do not hold civil allegiance, directly or indirectly, to any foreign pbweK whether civil or ecclesiastical, ang who are Americans by birth, education, and training ing thus fulfilling the maxim: "Americans ONLY SHAiL GOVERN AMERICA.." v t The protection of all citizens in he legal and proper exercise of tneir civil and relig ious' rights and privileges; the maintenance' of the right of every man to the full,-unrestrained, and peaceful enjoyment of his own religious opinions and worship,and a jealous I resistance ot all attempts by any sect, de-J nomination or church, to obtain an ascen-; dency over any.other in the State, by means1 of any special privileges or exemption, by j any political combination of its members, of by a division of their civil allegiance with any. foreign power, potentate, or ecclesias tic. IX. The reformation of the character of our National Legislature by elevating to that dignified and responsible position men of higher qualifications, purer morals, and more unselfish patriotism. X. The restriction of executive patron age, especially in the matter of "appoint ments to office, so far as k may be permit ted by the Constitution, and consistent with the public good. ; - XI. The education of the youth of our country in schools provided by the - State . which schools shall be common to all, with out distinction of creed or party, and free from any influence or direction of a denom inational or partizan character. - 2nd, inasmuch as Christianity, by the Constitutions of nearly all the States ; by the decisions of the most eminent judicial authorities ; and by the consent of the peo ple of America, is considered an element ' of our political system; and as the Iloly Bible is at once the source of Christianity; and the depository and fountain of all civil and religious freedom, we oppose every, attempt to exclude it from the schools thus established in the States. XII. The American party, having a- risen upon the ruins and in despite of the opposition of the.jWhig and Democratic parties, cannot be ijn any manner responsi ble for the obnoxious acts of violated pledges of either. And the systematic agitation of the slavery question by those parties,' hav ing elevated sectional hostility into a posi tive element of political power, and brought our institution into peril, it has, therefore, become the imperative duty of the Ameri can party to interpose for the purpose of giving peace to the country and perpetuity to the Union. And, as experience, has shown it impossible to reconcile opinions so extreme as those which separate the (disputants; and, as there can be no dis honor in submitting to the laws, the Nation al Council has deemed it the best guaran tee of common justice and . of future peace, to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon the subject of slavery, as a final .and conclusive settlement of that subject in spirit and in substance. And regarding it the highest duty to avow their opinions, upon a subject so important, in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is here by' declared, as the sense of this National Council, that Congress possesses ho power, unde the Constitution, to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Stages, where it does or may exist, or to exclude any State from admission into the Union because its -constitution does or does not recognise the institution of slavery as a part of its social system; and expressly pretermittting any expression of opinion upon the power in Congress to establish or prohibit slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of the Nation al Council that Congress ought not to leg-, islate upon the subject of slavery within the Territories of the - United States, and that any interference by Congress witlt slavery as it exists in the District of Col umbia, would be a violation of the spirit and intention of the compact by which the State of Maryland ceded the District to the United States, and a breach of the national faith." XIII. The policy of the Governmen of the United States, . in its relations with foreign governments, is to exact justice from the strongest, and do justice to the weak etst ; restraining, by all the power of the government, all its citizens from interfer ence with the internal concerns of nations with whom we are at peace. XIV. This National Council declares that all the principles of the Order shall be i henceforward everywhere openly avowed ; and that each member shall be at liberty to make known the existence of the Order, and the fact that he himself is a member, and it recommends that there be no con ceelment of the places of meeting of sub ordinate councils. E. B. BARTLETT, of Kentucky, President of National Council. C. D. Deshler, of New Jesury, Corresponding Secret ay, James M. Stephens, of Maryland, Recording Secretary. In Dr. FranKlin's time, when the, King of England sent some of his con victs over to this country, Dr. F. sent a box of rattlesnaKes to his Majesity's- Prime Minister,- advising that C they 4 should be introduced into his Majesty's, gardens at 1 Kevv and expressing the' riope that they would propagate t and-" increase, until they should become as beneficial to Great Britain i3 tAe rBrity ' ish convicts were to this country ! Frnnv tUe LoiIdoa$peetatJr? ! ; Ail jrtjiing Uikethei'state '.of, excitement whleb lasCnight .existed in the - metropolis. tin. consequence of, the arrival of the news of f , j puwcBs oi me- amea armies at Sebatopol, has rarely' been 'witnessed. The announpementh the morning -'of lh 'cap ture; dfi'MalaJtoff. jwasvreceiYecL with , un bounded satisfaction, andcreated an intense; ii;uic puuu.c iniuiaSj.10, wnat was likely to fpw;; and"' this 'leeling fmatuted: into a perfect ehthusfasniv whemthe succes sive despatches arrived later-.in -the day an nounced the destruction of itheJJussian fleet, and , thefall- of South Sebastopol; l'tsel f. . 4 , , -i The impression at first, created among all classes' seemed to 6e that the "news was "too good tobe'trae for the reported capture of the great Bilsaiah-fortrss- itnmdiately? aP ter the. battle;of the Alma'was not forgotten. and a. fear was .entertained by. many : that there.wis at least .exageratiqn in the report ed "success -of : the'' allied atmies upon the present foCcasion. ! - H'. - - -The- cionseguence of this doubtfulrecep-. tion of tejglorious news was a tremeudotis rush to he offices ofv the evening newspa pers, "xv ich', up to .11 o'clock"4: last;;-, night, could with; difficulty meet trie demand made, upon thorns while'the nfewsToomsV coffee shop3, v ktid public chouses wereerowded. with people- anxious to read, or hear read thedespktcjies announcinjr.the success ; and it was impossible to discribe the enthusiasm evinced Hvhbn it riecaWe-'appareht that the southern) portion of Sebastopol was indeed in the hands of the Allies. -. .. . At 8 tj'clbck a large crowd had asserpbi-: ed.ijTfrojnt ;of:thq Mansion House. and,Itoy al exchiinsre,' iii tlie expectation that ine Lord Mayor,3 In robes of State, and with full civic pomp,- would make official-proclamation of the victory, as was done now near ly a twelve month ago on the occasion of the victriry of the Alma. No such procla mstionvboWever was made,- owing to "the fact thaL no j official intimation had been made at the Mansion House, -by .Lord Pan rriure, upon! tHe subject ; ahd the crowd .af ter xvitrjnff !patienU.for i5me time, gradual ly dispersed ' Ci 5' ' - The bplls at many of thepHncipal church es rang, qutjtheir joyous peals, while in most of the miairi thoroughfares groups of people might 4 seh standing around one reading i trie despatches by-light or gas-from" street lamps or shop windows. - ;i- . ' - f At.Su' Gporge's aqd probably at other) Barracks, the, troops were made acquainted with thejgiprioiis success obtained by their brothers; in jarms, at the roll calt at 9 o'clock, and the jfifes and drums struck up in their fullest power God save the- (1166'' and . Partant pour la. Syrie." At the! various theatres and places of.a musemeht the glorious intelligence was pub licly reajl bjy the respective managers, and the enthusiasm," in every instance was tin bounded, I" God save the Queen," " Par tant pour la, Syrie," and " See the Con quering Hero Comes," were played by . the orchestras over and over again. This morning the same enthusiasm pre vails throughout the metropolis.- - The cus tomary alutes of . 41 guns were fired from the To ver and Park at an early hour, and directly ihe1 clocks' struck 8, the river and docks presented a most animated appear ance. Vessels of all nations were - dressed with flags- from the truck to thd waters edje. The royal; standard floated proudly from the toweprv Somerset House, the Admirality, and the qhurches of St. Martiri-in-the-Fields, and the els of the metropolitan and subur ban churches sent forth merryi peals. A grand irjsppction of the household troops took place ;on; the parade in St. James's Park, where the Guards for the duties of the day Were' trooped in the presence of the Deputy lAcjjutantrGeneral, "the Majors of Brigade and Staff. Similar reviews took place at Voolwich, where salvos of artillery proclaimed the glorious ,news. At Alder shott Camp a feu de joie was fired by the troops '4n ;the heath. In the .Artillery ground,' tisbury, three rounds of musketry wcTe tired by -the city of London Militia, and a double, royal salute was fired by the Honorable Artillery Company. . You y ill: notice that, although only the Southen) part of the town is as yein the hands ofUlie Allies, the universal expres sion is that Sebastopol has fallen. Per haps in the moment of success we are again deluding ourselves as to the . obstacles yet remaining to a complete possession of the pl.-ice.j It,!s "however, represented that the north -towncannot hold out lonar ; that the fortresses, though strong, are not large e- nough to protect a numerous garrison ; and that the Allies will be able effectively to at; tack them from the south town. ,The Rus sianarm is also in a very precarious "con dition, and all the advantages of position, numbers j supplies, and morals me now with the Allies. - v The other side -of all victories must suc ceed thelbright side.. Asyet.we only know, in general that the casuahties . were very heavylThe j English lost in ' killed and wounded two thousand men in the attack on- the Kedan and five or-sixburtSr'ed of thbse.are said to nave -been killed. - The Sardanians tdqk rio part inUhe: assault, hut, they had a few men killed in the trenches;. Of the" Frehch,Ioss we know nothing defi-f nite. fJ.ri i Gortschakoff's account of the e-' vacuation, he'-says : We v have not lost- more tna,n. one;, nnnd red men on ,tms t)cca-f casion. jAVehaveleft" only. five hundred. ,wounded on, the south side., But-of course I this fefersonly tri the . retreat of the garrison to thenbrth sidejrwhich lie says-rraS beenj effectecUimA extr&Minhnx sheens. 4 yll r -. . . - ' 'rheJprdprietorsTofthejestaurats-'and eat ing-hqoses in WasKingtonffave ihe; receipts of one day VbusinessTor tne relief Norfolk and Portsmouth. "The nackmen' didthe same. 1 T ; ' t lNotriinar ho wLreOJairiedbuL. to Visit ' the ?Cfl??en,01 ift.T1? J13 S?YQ?cj?n&e&, H'tarsraWere! . -S" 6 - . j kiuic. x sceue whjch presented itself on the - banks of' ihVT river? !elow the iral, was soraethinsrjfearv. lui.ueyonu aiscnption much more tearlui than -the ordinary horrors of. a "Rattle field. The canal .itself Svas choked witn the SeaA, most ,of,wh'om haddoubtless CallenrintoTit I living after :rolling;4ownJthei.liUl:;ide:; and twiii xcpusein; us. muaay,r4watfirs; tM-pfcen musketsV Hags of hread? catriges, one dark red satin" 6n Hhe whitl alone marked-the spot -where the-men -first tell; in-a moment afterwards 4umlled:back toperdjtion,j JVIanyhad fallenater scram liling up the . brink cf ' the aqueduct, . and ere they had time" to cross it, and if not caught in the bushes, rolled ' into the plain, break ing their descent,and lay there as we pass ed shtiekiug in agony, and-imploringjus to kill; them and thus put an end to their : suf fering. , Ne'yer did eye rest upon humanity in forms so mutilated defaced,' ahd disfiffur- ed -as these uhhappy' wretches,' writhinff in mere bloody rags, trreir races so Tplastered over .with gore and dust: that, would, never have recognized son or husband in those hideous masses uf mortality." Some, but they were a small minority, bought to drasr jthemselves to the shade of a few bushes that skirted the river ; some sought to hide Uieir heads from the fierv heat" of the' mrddn sun tinder the tattered garments, and others! lay with their faces upturned and ghastly, their limbs still trembling:. in the last -quiver and the . flies already Jburrowingl in their, wounds. ; Men sKot down by any missile aud lying where they fell, go rv andmUtiIa-' ted though they rhay be, is hsigHt'W-which" one" soon gets habituated, hat. woundedonen who haye been rolled bvcV. a 'rniuh .soil, and'-'their bones broken irr their proress,'is one of those sights that one rarely' wltrress and.whic)i le who has once seen it never' wishes to. seevmore On towards the .bridge the dead lay'thicker. and tliickeri ' .Qjv tjie bahks'of the river about it and in'le Tlr:;r; itself, they yere ' heaped ami" piTM '? -rh ost ly fine men,' in the - prime of' life. mauv with a vieux grognurd air, which bespoke long years of service. ''"Nearly every one had a brandy bottle, , either actually in his hand, or lying near.him, or hrokenr under him in his fall. I was riding with a Polish officer, vho conversed witK' agrcat many of the ' wounded, who ' inform e4?J us, thav lrge quantities of brandy had beeu served out to the soldiers before the .action, except the artilerymen. There were a great many small platforms lying about, some resemb ling ladders with rungs very close, and car ried by rope-strings attached to eacff end, as bridges to be thrown across the acque duct. The great majority, however, pass ed without them. The Zouaves had made a general collection of crosses, relics, and medals, and retailed them to the visitors, in addition to which pickings from the dead bodies they made smalT collections of mo ney from the persons of the wounded, man'- aging dexterously to extract it from the in side of the trouse is close to the knee, where, the Russian soldiers generally carry their money, while pretending to examine into the nature of their wounds, thus avoiding giving any mental pain to the sufferers -Some very fine rifles, -quite new, and now seen for the first time, were found on the field, but wefc instantly taken possession of by. the military authorities, and the sale I prontnitea. juuging.irqm wnai i say my self and comparing notes with others, and without being able to say how many may be in the acquecluct, I shoidd say the num- beVleft on the field , was 1500; the usual i calculation is twice as many are wounded as are killed and this, with, betweon 5 "and 600 prisoners, not wounded, taken by the Prench and ' Piedmontese, would make the total loss of the Russians-little short of 5000" men tors du combat. The divisions en gaged were the 5th, 7th, 12th and. 17th, most of them belonging " to different corps iVnrrnee. One had never been ' under fire before, and had made a rapid march from Baktschi Serai, and rested eight hours be fore the attaek. One man, wkq fell high upon the hill side, assured us that he was in the last battalion of the reserve, and that every single soldier had been sent down from the height ; so' that ' had we pursued them we might have gained the Mackenzie plateau along with them, and held it. Prince Gortchakoff commanded in chief, and Gen eral Martinaloflf the assaulting columns. The whole force, including- cavalry and ar tillery, is calculated at 60,000.men. There were .60 guns in the field. There were only ten or twelve officers left on the ground, which proves that ajrreat many must have been carried off in the re treat. The Piedmontese have lost 300 men, killed and wounded ; I amongst others, Gen eral Monte Yecchio,j commanding .one" of the brigades, who was shot through the body, and was not expected to survive thro yesterday. The French hav about1 1,100 xncn liors du combat. : ' . ' I was standing. at the ."bridge while the French were collecting the.- wounded s.from the other side, and placing thenx in the am bulances. The Russians could see perfect ly well what they were aboutj from the Mac kenzie heights, and - nevertheless had the barbarity to fire from tne 'of, theirs batteries, right into; the. crowd on ;ihe road, - A scene, of great confusion ensued ; the ambulance mules gallopped" off, causing the wounded their were carrvinff'to'shnetwith pairri : 'It was iiuiasnort ot.a miracle tnat no oneway hurtby tbe,sbot;,whic!vI am toldf after 1 rfnnniirfi. (nntiiMirn in nenri ai iuicrvua during1; tne.noie day. ; , v v liAROEiAK.l here is a iiarge-oaK tree infJjitDberUnd county measuring thirty-four f feet around. its-base.,. . It is supposed to be. ' one thousand years old. rcUeriXorel ;lroccedIn?r wliolcsomc Ad- I -i Xtkecehtsinn thwniTiiiU'Ykfiit "MadiaonvtUeitflEait Tennessee judge; lawyers, ahd speetatrirs were Some what start-: tcu uyi.-jir. jLicivey, wuo asseu. permission to propound, some ; interrogatories to 4b e Court in relation, to the bearing of. ? the law uponseeret societies of ,rnenjconspiriftg; to' gether for political purposes,-wYtH an'inten tion tps6ntrol the StateCortgressiouaVand Municipal electipns." Mr.'Dickeywahted to know -if itwnot the duty 'of the grand jury, to present the officers and 'members of tha secret societies.' - MK DickeV 'wanted to f know--if-it wa'stegpaifor a-judge or magistrate 10 aaminister an oaui lor any purpose other than asievidence t before "some- court. : Mr. Dickey wanted to know-if onedtizen could administer to "t another a solemn oath" with jan . uplifted hand ;'.and. finally, the nowimraortai.Ir Dicjcey. wanted to know, if the violation ojf an extra-judicial oath was perjury. Judge Alexander, very curtly an swered Mr." Dickey, by respectfully sug gesting that, as a grand jaror, he would be more profitably employed in discharging the ordinary and legitimate duties appertaining to his position. The1 grand1 jurors are the conservators of ; the piiblic peacethe guard ian of, the public morals and the duties growing out of these considerations will give them abundant employment, without their ruhning off after doubtful or imaginary offences. Judge Alexander further intimat ed that it would be cause for deep regret, if grand jurors or, courts should so far forget their obligations and their duties as to be in fluenced in thfir officia? action by :partizan or political considerations. It is to be hop ed thai all good, all patriotic men will set their faces firmly, determinate against, a precedent fraught with so much unfixed evil., -It is a matter of public history 'irnd certainty that.there are new snd ever have" been in this country .political societies and associations, but we have no evidence to believe that they or any of thci. . j obnox ious to the public laws of the cSuiitry. I know of no statute or principle of common taw (says Jude Alexander) forbids such or ganizations anV more than Lodg'es'of Free Masons, Odd Fellows, or Sons of Temper ance, js- In conehiion, I say to yoif that, in my opinion, the inquiry of : the grand jury embraces no case calling for or justifying any examination or action Dii the part of the jury. If you and I will attend to our own business, and let politics alone, we shall fincl enough to do.'V Let Judge Saunders learn a lesson of wis doni and judicial propriety ?Irorh Judge Al exander.- rrrrister. Read ! Read ! Read ! " Old Documents are Daxgeroits Things." , Now that the hulk of the bogus Democra cy are enlisted in behalf of the foreigners, and are slandering the American party, it may not be inappropriate to give some "old documents," of high Democratic authority, to.show what estimate was placed upon the mongrel hordes coming to this country from the Old Worll, by the Democratic party, a few years since. We copy from the United Stales jMagazine and Democratic Peview, of July 1850. We ask the candid Demo crat to read and see what a wonderful change has taken place with the present leaders of the "progressive" party in re gard to the immigration of foreigners to this country. Memphis Eagle. These European reformers are flocking I hither by thousands, bringing with them the pestilent products of the worn on? soil of the old world which, it would seem, when ever it falls into labor, produces nothing but monsters. They bring with them a host of extravagant notions of freedom, or a plenty of crude, undigested theories, which are utterly irreconcilable with obedience to laws of our own;inaking, and from a constitution of four r own . adopting. -They come with their heads full of a division of property, to a country where it is already divided in a manner most salutary to the general , wel fare, by existing laws and institutions, al lowing 'every man an equal chance, and piacing. no artificial obstructions in the way of any; It is not here that idleness, profli gacy and extravagance are shielded from their otherwise inevitable consequences poverty and contempt by laws and insti tutions expressly devised for that purpose. It is not here that property is perpetuated for ages in one family, and that the laboring classes are forever excluded from their share. But it is here that industry, economy, pru dence and. enterprise receive their due re ward ;'and by being left to themselves, pro duce that general diffusion of comfort, as well W that salutary distribution of proper ty which can .never be brought about, or at least perpetuated by any other means. 1 lie socialists, hovveverr who are come and coming among us, either from not com prehending that, they have got. -into a new world altogether different from the old, or from a wild and reckless spirit of innovation, are silently making an impression on the people, of our great cities, where all the sweepings of the country are gathered into great mass of ignorance and corruption. I They are instilling into them principles at war with society, and have attracted the at tention of the federal leaders, who begin to nibble at them, and discover evident ympr toms of a design to enlist them in' their great army of rag-tag and bob tail; clothed in the many colored patches of anti-masonry; anti mailisin, abolitionism, socialism, Fourierite ism, .-St. Simonianism, and heaven only knbwsf what besides.. .: . ' . .' . " ; Jri conjunction with these,the Abolition' ists xcUl be able to pbU vot'es at a great ' rate.' 'Ihey will be worth purchasing, at the sacri- nce oLUie unurch, tne- fetate, the laws and constitution. There is. no country under neaven wnere lanaticism can find such fuel for its1 fires as, in the. United States; or be come so dangerous. We say it with the deepest regret ; but it is our firm belief that ifa sectAojaiiowed worshippers cf 4he evil BfySciereta jspring outr-as is not wilikcbj -from lh i fed-hdt , lavit of Abblit ionism in sitffipenf humSeriJo'deetde tht: iltctioh cf a Presidenly theriidre spoilt icians and polit ice! ' leaders jbho ywouid court, their-support by I Uon. JopTk llerf. , ; - : , zTkin distifignished gentleman, at a barbe cue given by. the iJemocrats of Granville, as a compliment io Mr. Branch and himself; declared nimself now a member of the Dem- ocrtic .party., . . ; i Jrom rumoV which hate frequently come to us weconfess that this act on the pari of Mr. Kerr has not altogether takett vts by surprise. r,rhough of late differing with ci with regard to the American party f we Jiaclf hoped that tHoso principles which he held, jn common -principles - which . he had so ably, advocated, would never be deserted by, him,, any especially for the purpose of affili ating.with a party between which and him-, self so little good feeling has heretofore ex- isted. t When, during the late, canvass, he declared in his letter,; published in the Fay ette ville Observer that "he was now as ever a; whig,'' that he r "still cheerished whij ' principles," we did . hot' expect so soon to hear of h;s' saying that the only .hope ot the Union now rested upmr ihe Jfational Democratsand that he did not hesitate to declare himself now a member .of that par ty." ,As personal; and heretofore political friends of Mr. Kerr, we regret : deeply that he has adopted a course which must be very disastrous to his fame. We cannot perceive any change' that has taken place in the re lations of the two parties since the first of August; that can justify his course, and the inference forces itself upon the : mind that his dissatisfaction with the WThig party is the consequence of his defeat in the elec tion. ' -:.i?i'-'''- -' ?J- -"- 'J w " ' Some of our coteinporarieg are placing irl. ju'xtaposiiionithe sviolent abuse which the; Standard fieaped upon Mr. 1 Kerr, a few "years?. ago ad the, fulsome eulogies . with which V r now extols; him. But. it gives us no plcasu rc to add tothe'humniationof Mr. Kerr, and v'e only hope that his future in- tercourse witl'f- his new friends will.be more pleasa nt 'thaiit n is vhsiBi1lsboro Recorder -Z l:- : j ji If A JW CASfc- i j -' ' f - -: - : We little supposed'' that in-this chriW tian and enlihf ened conruTirity,it yvould; ever become our duty to record so flagrant a case of intolerance a occurred, in this place a few avs ao ; but the facts are before usand-ivehaven;?.0? It is our duty, as faithful journalusts 10 record these things. It appears tho?t German Catholic died on Thursday on last week, t His bereaved friends were taking the steps necessary for his 1 inter ment, and were about preparing his last resting place iii the Catholic grave-yard ; it being in accordance With the wishes of his family that he should be buried there. But they were interrupted in their labor by the priest the last rights of decency and respect were denied- a, burial place was refused. And why ? Simply because' the demands upon his . slender hard earned income , made by this priest to sustain the Churchhad so reduced him, that it required the whole of his meagre wages to support his wife and six children 4 and in consequence of this, he had not, for some time past, at tended mass . During his illness the Sacrament of Extreme Unction had not been administered, his soul was not re commended to God in its last passage, and when it took its flight, the body was refused a burial place. , The body, after laying from Thursday ; un'il Saturday, was decently interred in Green Hill Cemetry., We are told that the f iends of this man are highly in censed, but as flagrant a case of intoler ance "as this is we have no doubt there are some vyho wHundertake to justify it. Now, in view of these facts, does it not become us to ask ourselves vvhat this Church Would do with us if they had the power? If. the poor Catholic, who is not able "to pay "the, exhorbitant demands made upon . him, is refused a burial place when he died, what woula they do with the live heretic? . t The Seventh Trial.- There has al ways been a mystic reputation for the number seven, and although the number of believers in such thingsrnay be less in these latter days than formely, yet they, will all notice that the French at tack on the JVIalakofi was only success- ; ful on the seventh assult. The amiable . Pelissier must believe in number seven, . for his first start in life was when he was thrown, by request into an Arab fort, from 'which the French troops had been six, times - republished. In the Crimea .he probably remembered this, and.the story of , Bruce, Who, when a prisoner, watches a spider building his web; six times the- spider attempted to fasten, one of his supporting cables six times the spider failed, but the seventh he was successful. The Scottish -Kinj toox heart of grace from the persever ance of the insect. He had been six times defeated, but the seventh was the battle of BannQckburn," quite as impor tarit n .that day as the MalaxoC These coincidences are iuterestinand convey a good lesson There 'are Malaxoffs in every man's path, and if he will -but perserve till the seventh time, he will sure to have them at last-AT. Y, Herald,
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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