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From the Southern Banner. ]
“HARRY AND ESTELLE.”
A Tale of ’66.
BT KNNF.ST.
The sun, pillowed upon fleecy cush
ions, was just sinking below the hori
zon, and the floating elondswerc draw
ing around themselves their golden
mantles marshalling themselves in tin
ted mngniflccnce, and gracefully glidiug
along to give a glorious splendor to
their King's entrance into other climes;
and gentle zephyrs, as they swept
through 'the tree-tops, in sweetly
mournful tones, chanted a tremulous
farewell to the bright departing glories
—while far off in the East the hand
maidens of night were throwing her
star emblazoned mautle over the scene.
Upon an eminence,in an elegant curricle
sat.a young couple, admiring this beau
tiful scene. Let us approach them and
scan their faces. The elder, a young man
of scarcely seventeen snmmurs, is of
striking pcrsonelle; his features, are
not strictly regular, but his dark flash
ing eye, his expressive mouth, the high
forehead, the weavy hair, and the lithe
and graceful form, completely neutral
ize this apparent deficiency, while his
whole action, his haughty bearing, the
grace wi<li which he grasps the reins
of his thoroughbred, the matchless
contour of his head, and the high arch
ed bro^v, all bespeak of him the best
blood of the South. His companion is
a natural expression of Raphael's ideal;
although only fifteen years of age, yet
beneath the maturing sun of the South,
sue unu almost ripened into woman
hood; and as she sits beside him, her
golden hair waving with the zephyrs,
her witching blue eyes flashing delight
fully, tier ruby lips just parted, and her
whole being enthused with the beauty
of the scene, no wonder that his dark
eyes is veiled with a softer light, that
his head is tossed hack proudly, and
that his breast swells with love for
fairy darling. At length he speaks:
‘•How sadly sweet, Estelle, all this
is. See those golden tinted clouds
calmly floating on through an mtherial
ocean to another world; why may not
we thus supported by each other's
love, float down tho river of life into
the ocean of eternity?”
“Ah Harry, remember that we are
mere creatures of destiny, under the
complete guidance of Providence, w ho
may have in store for us a bitter fate.”
But Estelle, although it may ho
wrong to speak it, yet I foci that with
thy love I could defy the w orkings of
i Destiny and Fate ; ay, almost defy tho
power of the Deity himself.”
"Why Ilarry you should not speak
thus, but you arc excited now. You
! know you have my love; but wo must
return; sec—already darkening sliud
■ ows are drawing around us, and we
have far*lo go.’ He folds her mantle
closer around her, touches his spirited
! steed, and they dash through the
streets of their beautiful city. At
length they reacli her home—as Harry
lifts her from the buggy ho asks, “can
I escort you to the soiree at Mrs. S's
on to-morrow night?" “I am sorry,’
says slie, “but Mr. Villicrs is going
j with me.” A light cloud—perhaps of
disappointment, flits across his hand
1 some face. Adieu is fondly spoken as
1 they part.
j And now, dear reader, let me say a
| word relative to my “persona; dra
! mails.” Harry II. and Estello C. had
I been friends from infancy, and us they
! grew older this friendship had given
; birth to its natural offspring, Love.
Tliis was their relation to each other,
theu, when introduced to you. Hurry,
being wealthy, talented and honorable,
Estelle’s parents favored the 6uit while
he being an orphan, was his own mas
ter. The Villicrs, iucidcutlv introduc
ed, was a foreigner, devoted to Estelle
—not of un olive coinplextion and ex
| pression, hut rather a good looking
i young man.
I “The night of the Soiree had come.
; Mrs. S's magnificent parlors were
| brilliantly lighted, and crowded with
! a gay throng—there were lovers and
, rivals; there were friends and foes,
j there were belles and beaux ; and there
were bores and that species of fungus
plant, attendant upon parties viz, wall
flowers. But prominent among all
! was our friend, Estelle ; surrounded by
| a party of young- men, foremost
i among whom was Villiers, it was
i easily seen that she was belle of the
| evening; and did she not wear hci
1 honors grandly ? With what aqneenly
i air did she receive the flashing sallies
1 and fond addresses of her satellites
I At lcnglit Harry enters, and smiling
crosses and speaks to Estcllo; not a.'
1 the others did, but merely takes hci
[ I hand and looks In her eye.
. 1 “Can I have the pleasure of prome
nadiug with you?'’ says he.
! “I am engaged to Mr. Villiers for tin
; rest of the evening ”
( “1 would yield to you,” says Villiers
' I “but, to be from Miss. Estelle is liki
the body apart from the soul.”
“Your apology is unnecessary, sir,’
haughtly replied Harry, muttering ai
r i he turned away—“disgusting.”
Estelle was surprised and hurt_Rhi
had wondered why Harry had no
j sought her sooner in the evening am
now that he had approached her, t<
'! leave her, vexed, was indeed annoying
1 However the evening passed on pleas
antly enough, until, at length, ohanoinj
e , to look up, she saw Harry standiu;
j against a column in the portico, hi
1 head thrown back, his ct-es gashing
and his lips compressed; instantly she ,
determined to go to him.
“Mr. Villiers will please excuse me 1
for » few moments,” was her parting
apology, as retiring through a conser
vatory she approached her lover.—Ta
king his hand in hers she fondly asked,
I “what is the matter, dearest?”
I “Why do yon taunt me by asking?”
said he angrily. “I am mad because of
your course of conduct with that
Villiers. It is outrageous. If you are
in love with him, why not declare it?
Don't act the hypocrite any longer.”
As quick as lightning Estelle’s whole
manner was changed. “Harry, this is
intolerable—I came here to be ques
tioned ay, to acknowledge that I have
acted wrongly: but not to be insulted,
and I am not going to submit to it,”
and she turned passionately away.
“Stop;” and Harry caught her, “do
you deny that you love Villiers?’
“I assert that I love no one who
would voluntairily insult me,” and she
was goue.
As in a trance Harry remained
against the columu ; while There his
thoughts ran thus: She does love him
I know it—else why the continuance
of his attention? Why don't she dis
miss him? Here he stooped and pick
ed up her tiny glove she had dropped.
“Oh! Estelle, my angel, I do love you
so fondly—why will you trifle with
me! I must see her, and tell her. Here
he heard voices—they were Villicr’s
and Estelle’s—they approached—step
ping back he concealed himself.
“But where has that hot head ‘d
11n phi* A d if All Hr irnnn V’* c a ill Vill i apj
‘•He is here to answer for himself,”
said Harry fiercely, striding in and
confronting them witli Hushed brow :
“Well, and what has Monsieur Eaves
dropper to say for himself' “This,”
cried he, “and this,” at the same time,
with his clenched hand striking Villiers
two blows across the face. Villiers
seized him, aud being a man, while
Ilarrv was only seventeen, would have
injured him, so enraged was he, but
Estelle rushing between them cried,
“Harry, darling, cease! Mr. Villiers,
be calm !” Villiers withdrew his hand
and Harry muttering malediction,
rualied from their presence.
• ••****
On the following day, Harry passing
by a knot of men, heard the following:
“Why does not Villiers challenge him ?
Struck in the presence of a lady.”
“Because this very lady prevents—as
; Villiers is engaged to her he does not
I wish to bring the odium of a duel up
on the connection.” Almost stupefied,
Harry hurried on.
Thus the breach widened—pride
J withheld each one from advancing, so
silence reigned between them.
I ♦ *♦**»*
| On a bright Sunday morning, just
1 two months after the above named
| events took place, a crowd of young
people were collected in tiio aisle of
the old Methodist Church, and in the
couter stands Harry H., equipped in
the elegant uniform of the Southern
Cavalry. To-morrow lie leaves for
'■ Virginia, and is to-day bidding his
j friends farewell. As he passes from
i the Church he touches Estelle; she
drops in his hand a tiny flower—ah!
now'they are reconciled—alas, no, Es
telle's pride rebuked her for the act,
and she hastily turned away, and care
lessly and laughingly hurried on.
“Very well” muttered Harry coldly
—and cast tbo flower from him—very
well? Oli Hrrry! i? it well witli thee?
Is it well with time around the camp
I tire—iu the dasliiug charge—in tho
j wild molee? ah no! That sad face, and
! longing, wishful look deny the asser
: tion. And is it “very well!” with Es
telle, admired and flattered, as she is?
I That vacant eye and listless look an
; swer too truly. Now my friends, to
J some of you this may seem nonsense;
j to you whose blood runs so sluggishly
! through your vcius that you cauuot re
| call the feverish surges of youth, or to
j you who have lain down at the altar of
fashion or mammon all impulsive
emotion, made yourselves mere conven
tional automata—you may say “this
bov and girl cannot love each other
! lim ing a protracted absence.”—But re
member, uiy frozen tufts of artificiality,
| that “absence conquers little passions,
j but aggravates large oues"—and re
member that love is a divine essence—
: a portion of deity itself, and not an ‘on
■ change’ speculation, or a point in
, etiquette—and my plodding, matter of
fact skeptics, draw distinction between
the superficial passion you affect, and
I pure young love, and then you will not
be astounded when l say that where
| first love enters a young breast, (unless
murdered by monsters of your class) it
j will, in spite of circuiustuuces, linger
I thero forever.
| • * * * » • •
At 2 o’clock, in the day, on which
the battle of Fredericksburg was
fought, Wade Hampton, at the head of
his chivalric legions, with banners
' fluttering gaily, with drums and trum
pets rending tho air, emerged from a
misty wood and dashed against the
1 foe. It was a grand sight, and Gen.
Lee watched with intense anxiety, the
1 charge—at length the shock comes, and
from the conflict issues livid flashes, as
l if a vsdeano had belched forth its fiery
’ | volume ; covered from sight the two
• ; hosts struggling for the mastery ; while
' | tho curtain of smoke that folded them
I in, moved to and fro, and rent before
; the bright red fiumes, and closed again,
: laud rolled in rapid circles round the
. spot, telliug plainly, to the armies be
low what wild work the stern Hamp
ton was making with the enemy—at
length the fire and smoke lessened—the
sulphurous canopy rolled away—and
lo! the Southern cross waving trium
phant. liut the battle is not yet done
—down the line dashes Gen. Hampton
—“I want a volunteer to carry dis
patches to Gen. Lee.” A stir is noticed
lu the ranks—and on a magnificent
steed, followed by deafening cheers, a
boy horseman dashes out—as, almost
maddened with excitement, with
quivering lips and sparkling eye he
dashes up to the Gen’s, side we recog
nise our young friend Harry—a grasp
of the hand and “God bless you,” my
boy, from Hampton, deafening ap
plause from his comrades, and he is
gone. Let us follow him In his wild
gallop—through shot and shell lie
dashes gallantly—but now see, two of
the enemy sweep out to intercept him.
Instinctively he grasps his pistol, he
tires, the foremost falls, but see, he
reels, and blood trickles from his face,
but still galloped oil. Ah, he has fall
en, but up he springs, attempt to disen
tangle himself from his dying steed,
but is so faint he can scarcely stand,
and now as be looks up to meet his
other enemy, he sees his rival Villicrs
with a fiendish smile riding down up
on him. “Ah you damned young
viltian, I have you now,” he throws
his pistol, Villicrs fires, as he falls and
swoous while his foe gallops over him
and on.
• *•***•
Iu tho drawing room of an elegant
mansion iu the village of Patapsco in
an arm chair, and in an absorbing
reverie site our friend Harry, almost
well. At length he is awakened there
from by the entrance of a girl of sweet
sixteen. “Oh Hr. Harry,” says she,
wc girls are going to have a picnic to
day, and we want you to go to it, won’t
you? “Well, l am an utter stranger
here, but if I will add to the pleasure
of your party, I will most willingly
go.’’ “Thank you, I will go and order
tho carriage,” and out she bounds.
While she is gone let us see by what
means such a change is effected in
Harry’s fortunes. Remember wc left
him apparently dead upon the field of
battle. W'ell, gentle reader, he was
found there in a deplorable condition
indeed, hut with life still remaining.
He was taken up and couveyed in the
house of Mr. Carey, a hospitable
Southerner, where he remained till
now.
The picnic ground is reached. Hurry
is lying on the green velveted bank,
relating some camp tales td a circle of
new acquaintances. At length another
young girl comes tripping up, Harry
rises to receive an Introduction: “Miss
Estelle C., Mr. Harry II," the words
are not heard by either, they recognize
eaeii other, their eyes meet, Estelle
blushes and looks confusedly down,
they of course explain to the company
that they have known each other lie
fore. But why lias Harry suddenly
become so radiantly happy? Tls true,
lie has met Estelle, but that cannot give
him happiness, for lie believes she is
engaged to Yilliers. Let us follow
him, and find out from his own lips.
As the day advances the party scat
ters through the woods. Harry sees
Estelle standing alone. Heappraclies.
"Will you proinennde with me my
dearest Estelle.”
Inspired at tiiis address, Estelle
glances up.
“Yes, with pleasure.”
“You may be surprised Estelle,” lie
says as they strolled off, to hear me
speak thus, when wc both parted in
anger a year ago ; but, Estelle, from the
moment I met you I know that 1 was
wrong and that you did love me.
Your eyes told me so, am 1 not right?
Those tell tale eyes were lighted up,
“Y'es, Harry, you are right” lie said
not a word but folds tier, blushing, and
trembling, to his bosom and, are we
not right iu dropping the curtain.
But little remuius to be told. Vil
liers did not die, but is uow a Federal
oflicer, ruling a village iu the South.
But did Estelle marry Harry? On the
-day of-1807, surrounded by the
bridesmaid, mid admiring friends, Es
telle placed her band in Harry's and
accepted him as her guide through life.
Go to Fakmino.—A good living is
what comparatively few men succeed
in making in village or city
life, auc yet nothing is more easy ol
accomplishment ou the farm. Besides
there is a pleasure in cultivating, and
embellishing the earth, improving and
increasing its products, and thus ad
ding to the aggregate of human happi
ness.
Whjr then should young men hesitate
to become farmers ? It is both profita
ble and honorable. It is Hie nearest
approximation to independence that a
man as a member of society, can make.
A gentleman farmer, as all farmers are
or should he gentlemen—belongs to an
order of nobility, that is not indebted
to place holders for its installation, and
may, if lie chaoses, bo ranked among
the greatest benefactors of the human
race. Lot all idle young men go to
work ou larniB, and quit seeking third
and fourth rate clerkships. In short
go to farming and quit begging.— Ex
change.
dandy, smoking a cigar, hav
ing entered a menagerie, the proprietoi
requested him to take the weed from
his mouth, “lest he should teach tin
1 other monkeys bud habits.”
' How Sul l.ovrcood's Daddj act
ed lloss—What Came or It.
“Hold that ere boss down to the
yearth.” “lie's a spreadin’ his tail to
fly now!” “Keep him whar he is.”—
“Won.” “Woa, shavetail.” “He’s a
dancing a jig.”
These and like expressions were ad
dressed to a qncer-looking, long-leg
ged, sliort-bodied, small-headed, white
haired, hog-eved, funny sort of genius,
fresh from a second-hand clothes-store
nud mounted on “l’arpole,” a nick
tailed, long, poor horse, lmif-brandy,
half-devil, and enveloped all over in a
perfect net work of bridle reins, crup
pers, martingales, straps, cireingles,
and red feretin, who had reined up in
front of Pat Nack’s grocery, among a
crowd of wild mountaineers, full of
fight and bad whiskey.
“I say, you darned ash carts, Jist
keep yer shirts on, will ye? You nev
er seed a raai boss till I rid up. Tar
pole is jist next to the best boss that
ever shelled nubbins, and he's dead as
a still worm, poor old trickytail.”
“What killed him, Sut?” said an
anxious inquirer.
“Why, nutliin’ you tarnal fool; he
jist died—died a standin’ up, at that.
Warn’t that good pluck; Froze stiff;
no, not that, adzactly, but starved fust,
and then froze afterwards, so stiff, that
when dad and me pushed him over, he
jist stuck out so, (spreading his arms
and legs,) like a carpenter’s bench, and
we waited seventeen days for him to
thaw afore we could skin him. Well,
thar lie wag—dad an me—(counting
)iia fingers,) Dad an’ me, Sal an' Jake,
(Fool Jake, we used to call him, for
short,) an’ Phineas, an’ Simeon, an'
Jones, an’ Charlotcean, an’ Calline
Jane, an’ Cashus Henry Clay, an' Noah
Dan Webster, an’ mean’thc twin galls,
an' Catherine Second, an’Tom Bullion,
an’ (he baby, an' the prospect, an’
maria herself, all left without any hoss
to crap with. That was a nice mess
for a 'speclable family to slashin' about
in, warn’t it? I he durned if I didn’t
feel like steal!n’ a hoss sometimes.
Well, we waited an’ rested, an’ rested
an' waited until into strawberry time,
hopin some stray hogs mout cOme along
but dog my cats ef cnyjuch luck as that
ever coines whar dad is, he’s so dratted
mean, an’ lazy, an’ ugly, au’ saTage, an’
trillin'.
“Well, one uitc, dad ho lay awake all
nite a snorin an’ a rollin an’ whisperin
at mam, and next rnoruin sez lie—‘Sut,
I'll tell you what we'll do; I'll he hoss
myself, and pull the plough, while yon
drive me, and we'll break up the corn
ground, and then the old quilt (that's
marm.) and the brats kin plant it or let
it alone: jist as they d—n please.’ So
out we goes to the pawpaw thicket, and
peeled a right smart chance of hark, and
mam and me made gears for dad, and
they become him mightily; then he
would have a bridle, so I gits an old
umbrella what l found—it's a little
fork-piece of iron, sorter like unto
pitch-fork, ye know—and we bent and
twisted it sorter unto a bridle bit, small
shape (dad wanted it kurb, as ho said
: ho hadn't worked for some time, and
i might sorter feel his oats and go to ca
vortin). Well, when wo got the bridle
jail fixed on dad, he chomped the bit
j just like a raal boss (was always a most
| complicated durned old fool, eny how,
j and mam elways said so, when he
warn't about,) then 1 put on the gears,
out dad and mo goes to the field, I a
leadin dad by the bridle, and totin the
gopher plough on my back. When we
come to the fence, 1 let down a gap an’
i made dad mad, he wanted to jump the
! fence on all fours, boss way. I hitched
I him on to the gopher, and away we
went, dad Icauiu forward to hisyulliu,
: right peart, and we made sharp plowin
! dad goia rite over the bushes and
sprouth, s one as a raal hoss, the only
difference is, he went on two legs.
‘•Presently we cum to a sassafrac
patch, and dad, to keep up his kuracter
as a hoss, bulged square into it, and
I tore down a hornet’s nest nigh on to as
! big as a hoss head, and all the tribe
i.:..a v.:_ i.a .........1
und kicked once or twice, and fotctied
a squeal won nor ary boss in the dis
trict, and sot into runuin away jist as
natural as ever you seed. 1 let go the
lines, and hollered woa, dud, woa! but
you mout as well of said woa to a loco
motive. Gewhllikins, how he rust!
Wheu he cum to a bush, he'd clear tire
top of it, gopher and all: p’iap«*he
i thort there mout bo another settlement
of bald hornets in it, and that it was
safer to go over than thrue, and quick
er dun ; every now and then he'd paw
one side of his head with fust one fore
leg and then tother, then he'd gin him
self an open-handed slap, that sounded
like a wagon whip, and running all the
time, ifud karried that gopher just
i about as fast and high from the yearth
i as ever a gopher was carried 1 swar.
When he cum to the fence lie busted
! right thrue it, taring down nigh on to
j seven panneU, seatterin and breakin
' tlie rales mightily, and here he left the
1 gopher, gears, single-tree and klcvis.
: all mixed up, not worth a durn.
Most of his shirt .stuck oil to the
; splintered end of a broken rale, and
; nigh on to a pint of hornets staid with
! tbo shirt a stinging it all over, tlie bal
ance on etn, about a gallon and a half.
I kept on witli dad. Ue seemed to run
{jist adsuetly as fast as a hornet could
fly, for it war the tightest race I evoi
j did see. Down thrue the grass the)
all went, tlie hornets making it loot
j sorter like a smoke all around dud'i
bald head, and he with uuthiu ou bu
the bridle and nigh on to a yard of
plow line a sailin behind him.
“I seed now that he was aimin fur a
ewimmin hole, in the kreek, whar the
bluff is over twenty-flvo feet perpen
dicular to the water, and it’s nigh onto
ten feet deep. To keep up hiskaracter
as a hoss, when he got to the bluff he
jist leaped off, or rather jist kept on
runnin. Kersplunge into the kreek
he went; I seed the water fly plum
above the blnff from whar I was. Now,
rite thar, boys, he over did the thing—
if that war what he was arter—for
there’s nary hoss ever folded durned
fool enough to leap over such a place;
a cussed mule might have dun it, bat
dad warn’t acting mule. I crept up to
the edge and looked over; there was
old dad’s bald head, for all the world
like a peeled onion, a bobbin up and
down, and the hornets a sailin nnd a
circlln round, turkey buzzard fashion,
and every once in a while, one, and
sometimes ten, ’ud make a dip at dad’s
head. He kept up a right peart dodg
ing under, sometimes they’d hit the
water, and the water was kivered with
drowned hornets. What on the yeartli
are ye doin thar, dad ? sez I. ‘Don’t
(dip) yon see those infernal varmints
(dip) after me ?’ “What’ sez 1, ‘them
are hoss-flies thar; ye ain’t really
afeared of them, are ye ? ‘Hoss-flies
h—111’ sez dad ; ‘they're raal (dip) gen
uine bald hornets, you (dip) infernal
cuss!’ ‘Well, dad, you’ll have to stay
thar till nite, and arter they go to
roost, you cum home and I'll feed yon.
And knowing dad s unmodified natur,
I broke from them parts and sorter
cum to the copper mines. I staid bid
out until the next nrtcruoon, when I
seed a fellow travelin and sez I, “What
was going on at the cabin this side the
creek when you passed it? ‘Why,
nutliin much, only a man was sitting in
the door with nary shirt on, anil a wo
man was greasing his back and arms,
and his head was about as big as a ten
gallon keg. and he hadn't the first sign
of an eye, all smooth.’ ‘That is my
dad,’ sez I. ‘jBeen much fitin in this
neighborhood lately?’ sez the traveler
rather dryly. ‘Nun wiith speaking ol
personally or particularly, sez I. Now
boys, I liain’t seed dad since, and would
be afraid to meet him in the next ten
! years. Let's drink.’’
j And the last we saw of Silt, he was
! stooping to get into the doggery door,
. with a mighty mixed crowd at his heels.
A low Comedy itlule.
N. V. Correspondent of the Cin. Enq ]
In the spectacular performance of
Ilumpty Dumpty, now running at the
! Olympic, a small mule is introduced,
’ and is made to appear quite comically
J by the dexterity of his heels.
About a fortnight ago the regular an
i imal fell ill. and an amateur was sub
! stituted. When one of the characters
touched the new mule to make him
kick, he began in an admirable style.—
lie kicked off the fellow, anil kicked
him twice before he touched the hoards.
Then ho ran towards several of the
dramatic persons, and kicked them.—
Every object on the stage whether ma
terial or mental, he hicked off, next be
gan on the scenery. Ho kicked down
a whole forest, three good-sized cot
tages, a picturesque cascade, a granite
prison, a robber’s cave, a royal palace,
the ltialto, and Vesuvius in eruption,
and was about to attack the “grand
transmutation scene’’ from “Mid-sum
mer Night’s dream,” when a rope was
thrown around his neck, and lie was
dragged off by the whole strength o!
the company, assisted by all the able
bodied supernumeraries.
The audience many of whom sup
posed the obstreperous mulo part ol
the performance, were delighted at hit
energy, and demanded with deafening
plaudits, a repetition of the scene.—
Tho uproar was so great that the mana
ger cauie out and said that an intermis
sion of fifteen minutes would he given
to enable some of the actors to recovei
the breath that il—d mule had kicked
out ot them, and pledged lus honor
that the brute should never make an
other appearance on the Olympic stage.
At this the audience roared louder
than ever and for nearly half an hour
the performance was suspended by the
universal guffaw,
Every night since, the kicking mule
has been called for and the manager ot
the theatre has, in consequence, iusert
| ed in the daily papers that the auirnal
! was mysteriously knocked in the head
the same night of his highly successful
j debut.
Eloquent Extract.—There arc men
who desert altars of a Lost Cau9c.
i round which they once stood with tbt
blood of their hearts panting for liber
ation, and who kneel to offer homage al
the altar of successful wrong. There
i are men who trample the very standards
that once floated proudly over them
| There are men base enough to lift their
i hands against the very rights for whicl
they once uplifted swords. Me are noi
such, For us, principle is principle
right is right—yesterday—to-day—to
morrow — forever. Submission te
might is not surrender of rigid. Wi
yield to the one, but shall never yieli
i up the other.—Father Kyan.
great observer of humai
nature remarks that when intoxicate*
a Frenchman waids to dance, a Gerntai
to slug, a Spaniard to grumble, an Eng
lishiuau to eat, an Italian to boast,
Russian to be affectionate, an lrishma
.! to tight, an American to make a speed
The Chicago Platform.
The national Republican party of
I Hie United States, assembled in na
tional convention, in the city of Chi
cago, on the 20th day of May, 1868,
make the following declaration of
principles:
1. We congratulate tho country on
the assured success of the reconstruc
tion policy of Congress, us evinced by
the adoption iu a majority of the States
lately in rebellion, of constitutions se
curing equal civil and political rights
to all [applause], and regard it as tho
duty of the government to sustain
those institutions, and to prevent the
people of such States from being re
mitted to a state of anarchy.
2. The guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage to all loyal men at tho
South was demanded by every consid
eration of public safety, gratitude, and
of justice, and must be maintained,
while the question of suffrage in all tho
loyal States properly belongs to tho
people of those States.
3. We denounce all forms of repudi
ation as a nation#! crime; and national
honor requires the payment of tho
public iudebtedness in the utmost *
f/v all _ i. 1__ __ 1
abroad, not only according to the let
ter, hut the spirit, of tho laws under
which it was contracted.
4 It is due to tho labor of the nation
that taxation should bo equalized and
reduced as rapidly as national faith
will permit.
5. The national debt, contracted as it
has been for tho preservation of the
union for all time to come, should bo
extended over a fair period for re
demption, and it is the duty of Con
gress to reduce the rate of • interest
thereon whenever it can honestly bo
done.
6. That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is to improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan
us money at lower rates of interest
than we now pay, and must continue
to pay so long as repudiation, partial
or total, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
7. The government of the United
States should be administered with tho
strictest ecouomy; and the corrup
tions which have been so shamefully
nursed and fostered by Andrew John
son call loudly for radical reform.
8. AVg profoundly deplore the un
timely and tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret tho accession of
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency,
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the causo
ho was pledged to support; has usurp
ed high legislative and judicial func
tions ; has refused to execute the laws :
has used his high office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws ;
has employed liis executive powers to
render insecure the property, peace,
liberty, and life of the citizen; hag
abused the pardouing power; has de
nounced the national legislature as un
constitutional ; has persistently and
corruptly resisted, by every means iu
his power, every proper attempt at re
construction of the States lately in re
bellion ; has perverted the public pat
ronage into an engine of wrholcsalo
corruption ; and has been justly im
peached for high crimes and misde
meanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by tho vote of 35 Sen
ators.
11. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European power, that because a
man is once a subject he is always so,
must be resisted at every hazard by tho
United States as a relic of the feudal
times, not authorized by tho law of na
tions. and at war with our national
honor and independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights of citizenship, as though
they were native born; and no citizen
of the United States, native or natur
alized, must be liable to arrest and im
prisonment by any foreign power, for
acts done or words spoken iu this
country; and, if so arrested and im
prisoned, it is the duty of the govern
i mi ni vvr niiwiwu in iuo
10. Of all who were faithful iu tho
trials of the late war, there were nouo
entitled to more especial honor thau
the brave soldiers and seamen w ho en
dured the hardships of campaign and
cruisp, and imperiled their lives in tho
service of the country. The bounties
and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders of the nation are obli
gations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the wards of the people—a
sacred legacy bequeathed to the na
tion’s protecting care.
U. Foreign emigration, which in tho
past has added so much to the wealth,
development of resources, aud increase
of power to this nation,—the asylum
of the oppressed of all nations—should
be fostered nnd encouraged by a liber
al and just policy.
12. This convention declares its
' sympathy with all the oppressed peo
ple who are struggling for their rights.
tag” A farmer wrote as follows to a
distinguished scientific agriculturist, to
whom he felt under obligations for in
troducing a new vat iety of swine:
“Respected Sir, I went yesterday to
the cattle show. I found several pigs
' of your specios. There was a great
j variety of hogs, and I was surprised at
'; not finding you there.’’
I®* A western paper says that an in
diarubber omnibus isabo.it to be inven
1 j ted, which when cram full will hold •
. I couple more