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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30
GOD, A FATHER

We have rarely seen the q aracter of
the Creator of the universe, q Father.
described in more glowing colors than the
annexed eXuaot.--Aside from the sacred
nature of the subject, the language and i'm
agery employed are truly sublime.
"There is one distinctive featlre which
gives to the religion of the gospel glori-
Gus pre-eminence over every other system
ever devised by human ingenuity or address
sed to human belief.--And this were of
lseli sufficient to prove the divinity of its
origin, and secure for it the cordial assent
and obedience ofevery child of Adam. II
is the paternal character of Him whose spir-
it breathed inspiration into the sacred vol
ume, and stamped it with fhe seal of inf3lIi-
biIity.-The gods of the hoatbou delight in
human sarrfces-the smell of blood is
as grateful incense to them. TIE sword.
the hre-brand, the warhorse are sacred to
them, and the man of many scalps is great
in their regard. The Roman religions
worshipped their bloody eagle-sho eagle
was the emblem Of Jupiter. At Cor
inth there was huge brazen statue of Sat
urn, in whose extended arms children
were accustomed to be thrown, froa whence
they fell at length into a chaldron of liquid
IRE beneath. On one occasion 200 chill
dren of the first families at CoriLlh were
lhnS sacrificed to appease the anger of the
cruel god.
With what satisfaction and deli Int does
the christian turn away from this uournful
picture to contemplate the character of his
God. Here is no sanguinary al,ar-no
instrument of torture--no trembliu,. victim.
I mere arts haa ..,,.y~i --.---~.ey "a. Uuye
branch Of peace--the bright bow Of promise
spans the heavens-from the emerald throne
there comes a voice sweeter and clearer
than the melody of an Eolian harp, say
ing, There needeth now no more sacrifice
for sin, for Lamb without spot was found,
and he bowed his head beneath the stroke.
Here are no hidden images-no foolish
charms-no juggling priesthood. The eye
Of faith needs no visible representative Of
the Immortal and Eternal. Its keen glance
penctratcs the veil-darts into the 'holy ot
holies,' and sparklcs with joy as itbeholds
the Great White Throne and Him who sits
thereon. 'Our Father in Heaven
christian knows the meaning ofit--it is full
Of meaning, and its meaning is full ofjoy.
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean,
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can Sec
So deep in my heart the still prayer of devotion
Unheard by the world rises silently
As still to the star ofits worship though clouded,
The needle points faithfully DER the dim sea
So dark as | roam through this wiItry world shrou
ded,
The hope ofmy spirit turns trembling to Thee
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30
From Lord Bacon's Essays.
NATURE IN MEN.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes over
come, seldom extinguished. Force maketh
nature more violent in the return; doctrine
and discourse maketh nature less impor-
tune; but custom only doth alter and sub
due nature. He that seoketh victory over
his nature, let him not set himself too great
nor too small tasks; for the first will make
him detected by often failing, and the second
will make him small proceeder, though
by often prevailing: and at the first, let him
practice with helps, as swimmers do with
bladders, or rushes; but, after a time, let
him practice with disadvantages, as dancers
do with thick shoes; for it needs. great
perfection if the practice be harder than the
use. Where nature is mighty, and there
fore the victory hard, the degrees had need
be, first TO stay and arrest nature in time;
like to him that would say over the four
and twenty letters when he was angry;
then 90 less in quantity; as if one should, in
lorbearing wine, come from drinking heaths
to a draught at a meal; and lastly, to discon-
tinue althOgether: but if a man have the for
titude and resolution to enfranchise him at
once, that is the best;
"Optimus lille animi vindex ladents pectus
Vincula qu rupit dedouitque semel,"
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30
Number 23.
HAWKERS AND PEDLARS-

we DelleVe tllat the existence of such
legal provisions as are contained in the
following article is not generally thought
oi-but they should nevertheless be rigid-
ly enforced. There are frequent instances
of table boiled men, and aliens, hawkinC
and pedding goods among the people, in
outrage of the law. The matter should be
looked to-We have our resident mer.
chants among us, who pay heavy taxes to
the support of government and contribute
their share to all the benevolent projects
OF society-and it is the height of injustice
to allow strolIing pedlars, who are frequent
Iy men ofinlamous character, to suppant
them in the ways Of business
Act of 2sth March 1894, 4 Dallas. r. .s72: 2
Smith, p. $40. Purdons Digest, edition
P. 799. Il supplement TO ".4n act to reg
ulate Hackers and Pedlar8."
SECT. l. No person shall be licensed as
hawker, pedlar, or petty chapman with
in this State, but such only as is a citizen
of the United States, and who from age,
loss Of limb, or other bodily imfrmity,
shall be disabled from procuring livele-
hood by labor, which disability shall be
proven by certificates from one or more
physicians of respectable character.
SECT, 2. If any person not being licen-
sed as aforesaid, Except such whose Ii
cense may not be expired, shall be found
hawking, pedling, travelling from place to
place through any part of the State, to sell,
or expose for sale, any foreign goods,
wares, or merchandise; every person so
offending against this act, shall be liable to
fine of FIFTY DOLLARS, or if any person
having license shall lend, or otherwise dis
the person so lending, and the person so
receiving the same, shall be liable to a fine
of fifty dollars, respectively, which fine
shall be recovered and applied as by the
act to whichthis is supplement- is drec-
ted and provided.
SECT. 3. No person licensed for the
purpose aforesaid, shall be permitted to
sell, vend or expose for sale any foreign
goods, wares or merchandise, in any pri-
vate or public house, or in any of the open
streets, lanes or alleys, or in any other
part or place of the city of Philadelphia,
the district of Southwark, or the townships
of the Nothern Liberties, Moyamensing or
Passyunk, or any of the corporate or coun-
ty towns of this State, under the penalty of
FIFTY DOLLARS to be recovered and
applied as before mentioned.
SECT. A. SO much of the act to which
this is supplement as is hereby altered or
amended, is hereby repealed.
SECT. IA. Sergeant g. Rawles, reports
30s, Hawker and Pedlar who goes from
house to house, or an unincorportod county
town offering for sale goods prohibited by
the act of the 2sth March 1899, and sells
any one article, even of triling value, incurs
the penalty of fifty dollars imposed by that
Gct. ...-.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30

The -Iew Orleans Bee ofthe 9th instant expresses
its regret at the mal-oppOrune arrival OF large num-
Der of emigrants from the north, and from Europe,
at moment when they are almost sure to plunge in
to a premature grave from the pestilence whchls
raging. PredispOsed always by their northern con-
stitutions to fevers of hot attudes, they douby
so Wien the atmosphere is maniiestly charged with
an endemic poison Thenuuber of arrivals within
the few days preceding the 9th were.
By the Caroline, from Hawe, l6l
-" Eliza, from New York, Sc
steamboat Alton from St. Louis, 8
Bayou Sara, 10
Two hundred deaths occurred at New Orleans on
the 9th, 10th and llth insts
TO REMOVE INK sPOTs.-The Wheeling Times
says that the tomato will remove stains of ink, and
what is commonly called iron rust from linen.
APLAGUE OF FLIEs.-An insect called the alfise
bleue has committed such ravages in some of the
vineyards of both France and Spain, that in the
churches of Malaga it has been prayed against
We have seen some excellent toasts which were
given on the last anniversary, but we believe the
following conveys the most liberal generous and
patriotic sentiment that we have yet soen by D. l.,
Pratt.
"The ships of our navy,
The Ladies of our land;
May the former be well rigged
And the latter be well mann'd"
Commerce is completely stagnant in Egypt.
Large remttances in specie have been made thhor
from Marseles and Leghom. The Pacha has
10000 bales of cotton, butwil not sell for less thaR
10 l-s dollars,
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30

MARRIAGE ExTRAoRDISART.-Mar at Sun
berry. Mass, on the 10th of August, by the Rev.
Mr. Cranberry, Mr.. Nehemiah Blackberry TO
Miss Catharine Elderbery of Danbury We hope
the decendants will not prove 10 be gOosebeyriss.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30

Come FRIEND said a creditor to his
debtor, Il want that money
i haven't got it,
But must have it now
'Well-if you get it before do, just let
me know, will youP
This is good one, showing heat on one
side and GOODNESS on the other.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17
THE NEW YORK ELECTIONS.

We cannot suffer the opportunity to pass,
while yet this revolution is fresh in our minds,
of expressing the qualification we feel in re-
ferring to the patriotic course of several of the
leading administration papers in this state,
and Of according to them the highest credit
for their manly efforts, though unavailing, to
rally and unite the party upon what we hum
bly, believe to be the true doctrine.
OF the number Of those who steadily and
firmly resisted the schemes of the disorgani-
zers, we may ,umerate the N. Y. Times, the
Onondaga Standard, the Utica Observer, the
Pulaski Advocate, the Cayuga Patriot, the
Ulster Sentinel, the Poughkeepsie Journal,
the Saratoga Sentinel, the Penn Yam Demo
crat, the Tioga Gazette, the Sherburne Patri-
OF, the Ithaca Journal, the Broome County
Courier, and several others not now before us,
all Of which, we believe, are Conservative.
Although defeated, they will yet be cheered
by the reflection that they will not be cursed
with the bitter remorse Of some of their CO.
temporaries.
sentatIun VI cause and effect in Ulster county
| 1t states
1t is said, and perhaps truly, that many republic
| cans who doubted that there good chance for
the election of a Conservative Ticket, made choice
of evils between the Loco Foco and Wing tickets,
and threw their votes in favor of the latter. We did
all could to keep up the hopes and spirits of our
friends. They in common with thousands Of their
political brethren throughout the State, ought not to
| Be censured. The times are out OF joint" We
| had most excellent ticket-a better set Of candi-
dates or more worthyset of republicans, was never
selected But reheartiiy rejoice IN the defeat Of the
nominations made at Rosendae. We made the most
equitable and honorable proposition to the men who
there assembled But il was insolenty rejected by
the persons who presided over and managed the ma
| iority They, with foolhardiness and stupidity
almost unparalleled, boas;edt that they could beat the
| anti-juntoes and the wings both together" They,
disrcgarding all principle, and all regard for the
union harmony and welfare of the party, again rails
ed the antBank cry, and nominated Tor their candi-
dates some of the rankest desruetiucs in Ulster
| Mark the result Their whole ticket is lost; and
| their Clerk their highest candidae-notwthstand
| ing the many whig votes which he received in
Kingston-is defeated with the rest. II this should
| not Be lesson of wisdom and moderation for their
unprinciped leaders, VIC do not know what will.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17

quest of the reward offered to adventurous
industry in the intenninable forests Of that
vast country Are these TO be the senti-
ments on which the people are to rely for
wise administration Of the Federal Govern
ment! Heaven forelend
From the moment that misunderstanding
journal--the official organ, announced the
course of the Administration in the melancho-
ly crisis to which our commercial, moneyed,
and political affairs had arrived, in every cleo
ton, one State only excepted, the Republic
cans have expressed their determined hosti-
lily to the scheme proposed, for the future
policy of the Government. Maine, Connec-
ticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and
lastly the friends and neighbors of the Presi-
dent-his early supportersrin the Democratic
cause, the people Of N. York State itself, a for
mer citadel Of Republican and Executive
strength, has spoken as such State must
ever speak, in tone of indignant and an
cry thunder Thus has the ball rolled on,
ahu 10 u utdi car SLii tutHcu W thO 'oiSCs VI
the people! Will faulty still rush onward
in its career till the final and fatal step shall
be taken We hope not.
An open and manly abandonment of the
ill-starred Treasury scheme is the only mea-
sure Of peace, the only step likely to effect a
reunion of the republicans, and perpetuaie the
benign influence Of their principles. If this
ungrateful scheme be passed, their doom is
sealed. Believing that much will be added
to these observations, by sedatc reflection on
the results of the late elections, we omit
much that might be said. The recent de-
monstrations Of public sentiment will have,
we sincerely hope, their just and opposite
influence; if they should be set down at too
light an estimate, it will not be our fault.
They unerringly point to the prospect before
us, if this ungracious scheme be not aban-
doned
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17
FALSE ISSUES.

An article in the st. Lawrence IN. w.
Republican, doubtless from distinguished
source, makes issues with the "conserva-
tives," which we have also seen attempted by
some Of our contemporaries, which will appear
on the slightest examination, very unfair, and
wholly groundlcss.
|. 1t endeavors to identify them with the
federalists, by throwing together federal and
conservative influence in the scale, on the
side of the banks, leaving us to infer from the
position taken, that democracy is opposed to
banks
Experience" says the writer, :" is the best
of schoolmasters," and we think it teaches
us that federalism is opposed to banks, and in
favor of consolidating the money power in
one Bank. On this subject Of paper money,
we are content that the very personitication
Of federalism should speak. FISHER AMEs
said" in defiance Of demonstration, knavery
will continue to proselyte fools, and to keep
paper money faction alive. The fear of
success has annihlated credit, as their
actual success would annihilate property"
Democracy, we had supposed, fostered a
number of banks, for the democratic purpose
of more universal distribution Of money
We believe this is the effect Of State banks
in high degree
The conservative doctrine,' is spoken Of
as " aem doctrine"
We should like TO be answered, has not
democracy ruled this country during the whole
period marked by a singular increase ofbanksl
The conservative doctrine is to preserve and
regulate, but not destroy those institutions,
created and fostered by the democracy Is
this then NEW doctrine.
We consider then these two points estab-
lished:
/: That the conservative doctrine is in no
degree sympathetic or identical with the
federal doctrine.
2. That the conservative doctrine is not
"ncw doctrine" but the old, doctrine of the
democracy.
IL. The writer imputes to the conservatives
the argument, "that the money of the people
will be most safely kept by the State banks"
and answers it by saying that the banks keep
the public money altogether too safely for
! the public good"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17
From the Bellulic (Iu.) Representative.

The failure Of the Subtreasury plan (the ayes and
noes of which will be found in another column) has
caused much modification Of the friends of the
Administration while to others, who quite sin
system devised, by which safety may be insured, and
the of the money be enjoyed by the States but if
this cannot be accomplished, they will concur in the
adoption Of the Subtreasuy plan, some less objec
tionable alternative, at future period
1t to be regretted that the ndscreet zeal Of some Of
the Administration presses should induce them to de-
nounce such Of their party differ from them in some
particulars. though agreeing in essentials aposates,
and identifying them with parties TO whom, politically.
they are as inmical as mad dog is to wafer Such
men, differing, have the same confidence IN the inte-
gritty Of the Administration they ever had and they
will not permit themselves be driven from its support
by what may be the emanaton Of blind zeal perhaps
unworthy subserviency.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17

The readers attention is invited to the third
letter of Mr.. SMITH, of Maine, and to the
able and interesting communication Of Mr..
WHITNEY. The address Of Mr.. Whitney, re-
lates to that interesting period which terminal
ed the connection of the treasury with the
late deposite banks, and throws much light
upon the causes of the financial difficulties of
May last. We repeat, nothing ertenuating,
nor setting down aught in malice" our columns
are open to any gentleman who wishes to re-
ply over his personal signature.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17
ITEMS.

The N. York Stock Exchange Company have
given $llO0 to charitable institutions
The Vice-President of the United States is in
Philadelphia.
The ~ Y. american says
eve hazard little we apprehend, in stating, that
before the first of May, ls3s-and within less than
year, therefore, from the period Of suspcnsion-the
banks ofhis city wiH resume specie payments.
GEonGn-The Legislature of Georgia assembled
at Milledgeville Oct. 9Th. Robert M. Echos, Of
the Union party, was elected President Of the Senate,
by a majority of nine votes and JOS Day Of the
same party Speaker Of the House, by majority of
fourteen votes.
u States Bank stock in Philadelphia is quoted at
1875
Mr. SHERRARps majority in Frederick County,
(Va.) was 2S7 over the Sub Treasury candidate.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17

Speaking of the late Elections in New
York, the Ulster Sentinel, very well con-
Quoted administration paper, says :
So much for the attempt to force upon the
country ultra measures. So much for the re-
commentator of the Sub-Treasury scheme
and the Bankrupt law So much for the effort
to destroy the state institutions and to suppress
the circulation of all bank bills under five or
ten dollars. So much in short, for the attempt
to force down the threats of the people, Loco
Focoism
The republican party has only been able to
gain and preserve its ascendancy heretofore
by pursuing mild and moderate course, and
by avoiding all extremes. The men whom
they place in power must pursue this course,
or the sceptre will most assuredly depart
from their hands. The people have spoken
in a voice of thunder, and that voice must be
obeyed.
For our part, we still keep the Conservative
ground 1t lies halfway between the ex-
trcmes of whigism and radicalism. 1t has
for its end the preservation of state rights and
state institutions. 1t is not in favor Of consol-
idating or destroying either the moneyed or
political power Of the country. 1t is equally
OppOStu W tic COuCtHtldIlou vi VIC Cdpltdl vi
the nation in the hands of the President of
Bank or the President Of the Republic. This
is the old and true republican ground. TWAS
occupied by Jefferson and Jackson; and it is
now defended by Rives and host Of other
democrats. 1t is the only ground which can
be defended; and although many of its advo-
Gates may be driven from it for while, it
must ultimately be regained and rc-occupied.
1t will be- as it ever has been, when reason
and principle sway, the rallying point Of all the
true friends of republican government and the
best interests Of the country.
AS for the triumph OF the wings, it will be
like the triumph Of the mis-called peoples
party" Ii. e. the Adams party) ofls24 Their
reign will assuredly be "a short one and a
merry one" They never yet obtained power
without abusing it. Their victory, however,
will have a tendency to purify the political at
mosphere, and then sound democratic princi-
pies will again prevail.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-17

The Secretary Of the Treasury sufficiently
answers this, by saying that, individual
agents are FAR Less SAFE, responsible, con-
venient, and economical" than banks that
the losses from one merchant had exceeded all
the losses from the banks and in his last re-
port, that banks have usually in the end,
paid most Of their deposites."
Ill. The writer continues, i" it is urged
that the State banks will be made insolveni,
and will be wholly destroyed, IL the public
deposites are NOT kept NTH them"
As this argument has been repeatedly i'm
puted to the conservatives, we beg to call the
public attention particularly to it.
The conservatives have never pretended to
urge that, the mere pithdrapal Of the deposites
from The banks, would destroy those institu-
tons. The present condition of things would
falsify such an argument, the deposites being
already Withdrawn. The deposites are no.
thing, and the places of deposite are nothing,
compared with the other details of the Sub
Treasury scheme.
But the true shade Of the conservative argyll
ment is, not, that the mere taking the public
deposites from the State Banks, is declaring
and waging an unjust war against them," but,
that, the craction Of SPECIE SOLELY in payment
Of the public dues, would have that effect.
They still maintain that, the establishment of
such a principle, as the permanent policy of
the national administration, would be required
by the dominant party to be carried out in the
states friendly to their doctrines, and thus
force an exclusively metallic circulation, to
the discrcdit of paper currency of any de-
scription, and the consequent and inevitable
destruction Of every bank
This argument is Unanswered, and we be-
lieve unanswerable.
Nv. The excuse for the Sub Treasury
scheme is, that the banks failed to fulfil the
conditions required of them by the " law re-
gulating the deposite 81
History, we think, will show, that the sus-
pension of specie-payments by the banks was
not justly SO much attributable to any fault of
their own, as to an Infringement Of the laws
Of finance, operating upon them from quar-
ter which they could not control, through the
deposite act
When the country is in the full possession
of the facts, we believe that, the people will
accord TO the banks, legitimately and truly
their own institutions, the praise Of higher ho-
nor and ability than the history of such nsti-
tulions can afford in the civilized world.