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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

GIVE ARE ALL CHRnrIAxs - n. r.,
loving beautiful story is told bv . corr.
pondent Of the Boston Courier, to ilIu,tr,,.
Inc uncomfortable power Of peace princi,
p'e'' The little town mentioned, GOT along
very we'll without military department,
have read Of a certain regiment order.
ed 10 march into small town lin the n,
roI' think, and take il. Il CHANGED ia,
inc place was settled by 4 colony who Be-.
ieyed the gospel Of Christ, and proved their
ia''h by their works. A courier from =
ne'ghbor'ng village informed them that
troops were advancing 10 take the town.
They quietly answered ifthey will lake Il
they must. Soldiers soon came riding il,
WIN colors flying, and flies piping shrill de-.
nance. They looked round for an enemv.
and saw the farmer at his plough, the black.
smith at his anvil, and the woman AT ,he;t
churns and spinning wheels. Babies crow,
ded to hear The music, and boys ran out 10
see the pretty trainers, with feathers and
bright buttons, 'he harlequins Of the nina.
teenth century, Of course, none Of these
were In proper position 10 b shot Al.
"nere are your soldiers? they asked. We
nave none'' was the brief reply. But we
ave come to take the town , We'll friends
!. lies before you.' But is there nobndv = q.
nsh'''No; We are all chri.tiaus.' Here.
= was an emergency altogether unproyidea
LOT by Inc military schools. This wa. /.
SORT oil resistance which no bullet conld III, II
fortress perfectly bomb-proof. The corn, a.,
mander was perplexed. III there il noho1v
~ - "sn w''n' OF course we canno, fight said
'e. .nds impossible 10 take such a town
as .n's 30 ne ordered the horses heads
y % turned about aud ,ihsy carried Tho
human ANIMALS out Of tho v;Il>6sy--~.:l.-..u
'ess a. they entered, and perchancs some
v hat wiser. IN -.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27
DANIEL WEBSTER AT THE MILK
PAIL.


q The New Fork. Fsrmersslb he fo,Iox
ing story about Danisl Wcbstert-
t.. 'Ibere-is an incidsnts scpnected Win
J Mr.. Webster's purchase ol MI. Welles. -.
lated TO Us from gentleman ia Butsn .
which shows that the farmer Of Maxsh6ald
knows how to select good cattle. He went
70 the stable where large number Of cows
we're kept and called for pail. The Gatten>
dants were very much amazed u this
question, and watched with interest the on.
era'Ion Of the man, who had delighted thou.
sands with the exhibition Of bis taieuls.
+ began milking the cows; and passed 81
from one to another, until be approached j.
the most valuable Of the herd.-- The owner
became somewhat excited at the man ner,f
testing his cows. Mr.. Webster soon ga,
DOWN BY his most valuable COW, and com.
meneed trying her milking qualities, and
after milking short time, says, this coo
oW do for me- Tie owner in reply said.
you can have her, but if you ever want to 10
purchase another COW of me, / think / shaNq
'ore something 10 say as TO tie selection
lyseD"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27
A HINT TO WIVES.

When woman seeks to guide her hus.,
band, i should not be like one who br :
horse to his own purpose, using BIT and spur,
now checking, and now goading his career
but, like the mariner who steers the ship,
and directs it BY a single touch, while
none can see the power tina. rules its MO.
tioa. ~ VA ssrls
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

moro noise than colony of screech owls
we vow they are no trouble, yet they mus
DC attended TO night ard day; we insist tina,
lney repay US for all their anxiety, thong h
'"ey 'ake every opportunity Of scratching
our faces or pokiDg their fingers in cur
eyes In short, we make it our business to
tell The most paIpabIe false hoods about them
every hour of the day.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

Babies 1T strikes us that more fibs are
told about babies than about anything else
in the world. We all say they are sweet
they are sweet, yet every body knows they
are sour; we all say they are lovely, YET
nine babies in ten have no more beauty
than pug dog; we all praise their expires.
sive eyes, yet all babies squirt; we call
them little doves, though one of them makes
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

A Clay Man and No Mistoke.
Sayan ah Republican says they were re-
Gently shown letter from gentleman
residing in one Of the Southern seaboard
counties Of Georgia, which says:--"I wish
you to remember that have been strong
Clay man for twelve years-yery strong
for eight years--a little stronger for four
years, andfor the present unacountably
strong and growing stronger and stronger
every day" !"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

addressed the old man in the most afiec,io,
are and touching manner-ieIllng hun iba
such was the revere nee he felt for all thos,
who fought for our liberties, that he coult
not bear 10 see them lessen that respect b,
getting drunk--that he could moi but feel ar
everlasting gratitude towards him, and ali
others, who purchased at so dear a rate. the
Liberties which we all enjoy, that he would
not object TO an old soldiers taking an oc
cas'onal dram; but he begged him for his
own sake and for The sake of all those who
had won our liberties never 10 get drunk
again. He then gave the old man some
money and sent him home to his friends.
Mr.. Clay's sympathy and kind ness for
ne errors Of this old revolutions ry soldier
Will never be forgotten by an old BRICK
LA1Ek' Cincinnati Atlas.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

REVOLUTION IN HAyn -Advices have
oeen received by brig Eagle, from Cape
Haytlen to the l4h Of March, that the dis.
turoances in the island had assumed seri.
Gus aspect. Tho whole Of the national
army and all the national guard (militia)
were under orders TO march against the
insurgents. 2' 9'Aa ~ taas e
The President was collecting all the ec
iectIve force in that part If the island, and
u was thought there would be some fighting
but that the revolution would probably
DO suppressed without much difficuIty-Bos.
ton Mer Jour. ts -. ~
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

The Protective Principle .--The strong
cons'i,u'iona'i;y Of the principle Of pretee
ting our own industry, is contained in Ger
Jackson's Message Of 1880. We commcn,
il to the Democrats md others, who, in de
!, nying this right, labor to advance the inter
es,s Of Foreign laborcrs at the expense d
our own. Gen. Jackson is good authority
we presume: and when the tariff is called
a federal measure, the charge Is made di-
rec,Iy against him, forhe has always been
one Of its most ultra advocates:
"The power to impose duties on imports
Originally belonged to the several States
The right to adjus. these duties, with view
to the encouragement of domestic branches
Of industry, is so completely incidental to
that power, that ii is difficult to suppose the
existence of the one without The other
The State have delegated their whole aus
ihorty over imports 10 the General Govern.
ment, without Limitation or restriction, sa>
wing the very inconsiderabie reservation
relating to their inspection laws. This au
thor'ty having thus entirely passed from
the States, the right to exercise it for the
purpose of protection does not exist in them;
and, consequently if it be not possessed by
the General Government i, must be extinct
Our poliical system would thus present the
anomaly Of people stripped Of the right to
foster their own industry, ana to counterfeit
The most selfish and destructive policy which
might be adopted by foreign nations.-This
surely cannot be the case. This indispensa
BILE power thus surrendered by the States,
mus, be within the scope of the authority on
the subject expressly delegated TO Congress.
In this conclusion am confirmed as well
by the opinions Of Presidents Washington,
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, who have
repeatedly recommended the exercise of
this right under the Constitution, as BY the /
uniform practice Of Congress. the continued .
acquiescence Of the States, and general un- q
derstanding of the people, la
ANEcDoTE or Henry CLAY.--The wri> n
ter Of this, who in 1906 was an apprentice d
to the briek'aying business, was engaged in Il
building Mr. Clay's house at Ashland; and &
while most mechanics, in those days, were, h
BY the wealthy and purse-proud, treated but v
title better than negroes--I shall never n
erget his respectful and kind treatment to. Il
wards his workmen, whom he seemed to|it
as equals, and Jared as well as his II
'vn family. S,
remember one day that an old revolu.
ationary soldier, who wasa stranger there,
ad got drunk, and fell down before Mr..
Jays gate, where he lay in a perfectly -
enseless state, like brute; and as there ~ =,
as storm coming up, some one mentioned :"
lie fact 10 Mr.. Clay. He Immediately az
! went to the old man, and with his own ~
ands dragged him into his house, had him ~ :.
ashed--cleansd up, aid put 10 bed. The sn
sxt morning during breakfast, Mr.. Clay, 'n'
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

| Negro Capacity for Freedom The
Rev. DR.. Capers, in letter to The editor Of
the Pttsburg Christian Advocate, correct
ing MEASUREMENT of his views in relation
to slavery, as connected with the office of
bishop, for which he was recommended
says--"After the death Of my former be.
loved wife, % years ago, having few
negroes in my possession, felt inclined to
Try what they could be induced to do for
themselves, and gave them The use of a
farm in good state Of cultivation, with full
provisions Of corn and bacon, cows and
calves, sows and pigs, my best farm horse
and farming utensils. promising them that
if they should only keep themselves and
farm without expense TO me, would con-
tinue them under the advice and protection
of one Of my brothers hard by. 1t resulted
as was advised it would. They die not
make corn enough, or provisions of any kind
to subsist them; planted little cotton, but
neither ploughed nor hoed it, SO that It pro-
duced not one pound, made way with all
the stock, except the horse, one COW, and
few moiherless pigs IN miserable plight;
lost most of the farming utensils; and, in
word, sunk four or five hundred dollars for
me in one year. But did not emancipate
Them, only proved TINT they could not bear
It. Nor have i-been tempted since to
Try their competence to provide for them.
selves"
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He 1arH--Ws take the following
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27
THINGS WE LIKE, AND A FEW WE
DON'T LIKE.


Is we like TO see people attend church o
o. the Sabbath day instead Of "loafine'' DO,
: me corners Of the streets, or lounging 10
8, tavern bar room. The man who attend
= church regularly on the sabbath day is no
9 likely TO become drunkard.
Z we like TO see every body jealous in tht
temperance cause; for it il great cause
and every body's cause, and il is good to be
zea!ously effected in good thing.
] r. w !ikstosce every body, n,aie and fe-
male, attend temperance meetings for it is
me right way to make The meetings interes
ting and the Cause prosperous.
we Ike to attend weddings without wine
Tor some how we can't help thinking that
II IS bad sign when, in these tempe rance
days, people must have wine at their mar.
riase.
These are few of the many things tina, 9
we like. The following are some Of the $
many things that we don't like: t
We don't like to see people (black ard Fl
whte,) crowding the corners of our streets Il
about church time, tosun or show themselves. b
we know not which, But we do know that Il
It lsa breach of good breeding and piuri> d
'us to good morals; and that it is very annoy. n
ng to ladies' as they pass to and from church, a
md is dark spot upon The moral chars u
cter OF any city or town where such is the y
ractice. Up,
We dont IKE to see men and boys crowding !.
ing about the church door as the congrega. ~!
on is assembling instead Of going in de,
emily and taking their seats.
we don't like to see man especially TT
oman speak lightly Of the temperance =. :.
ause We are always suspicious when -
zen is the case 'ha: they have complaint. ~ ~
: Western Star. ar
We
in,
DON'T FRnT This is world Of ups and
owns, Of crosses and contradictions. Every fee
y turns up something 10 disturb the una il
nifty Of ones temper. But is worse than -
'eless to fret. Fretiing is like caustic ap> bo
led to sore. 1t inhames, but never cures. ton
fretful spiri: is never happy, and i, drives
ON all other spirits with which it comes
contact. We say, then, the world goes Sa,
rong. and does that pretty often, don't fret. cen
a man cheats, and then laughs at you for res
verdant one, make the bes, Of it and keep cou
Of. Fretting will only make bad thing YOU
orse. If you break your leg, or fad your Ola
vorite seat at the Lyceum occupied--if for
e stage upsets, or the cars leave you be- yea
nd-f the cook spoils your dinner, or the stro
lex headed servant mis- delivers an mpor. eve
At message-if the "dear image Of it's beau
a mother rePays your caresses by thurs
g it's tiny fingers into your plate Of soup v
d wiplng them on your snow white shirt bau
som--if the bank fail and State repudiate hor.
keep your temper. Repeat the alphabet, now
ID the hundred and nineteenth psalm, do ID
say any thing ''lovely and Of good re- and
y" but as you value quetness Of mrd non,
the good temper Of others, don't fret, Ii ton
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-27

The Loco F"cos console themselves with
The soothing idea that Martin Van Buren,
was driven from the administration Of the
Government in 1910, by the tremendous
and astounding majority of las thousand
ireemen of this land, in drunken deIirium
Grant j. is SO for the present And what
iollowsl Why first it was spree of The first
magnitude. Secondly there must have been
some pervading, deep, potent and EXCITING
cause Tor such wild and universal debauch
among = the counrymen of Washington and
franklin. What was ii Wha, so enrared
and ,nebriated the people? Such splendid
lor disgusting effect il you willy must have
mad broad foundation in something. That
something was in the Administration of Mr.
Van Buren,. 1t was either right or wrong
Now which was il. Wesay it was wrong
1t was the wide spread, universal and bra
zen and shameless corruption and wicked.
ness too, Of his administration. Il was his
at pecnlation, his sanction Of
Negro testimony, his splendid Standing ar.
my scheme; his destruction of4he finances
his foolish devotion to State Banks, until
hey rotted in his bosom and drove him into
Blllingsgate ablse Of his former mistresses
! was his foolish extravaganza, and spIen-
lld fr'ppery, and costly dandy ism, thai
rove the people to madness, if, indeed they
we're mad. sI.speaks we'll for the. honesty
nd intelligence that they became so. i'll
ny Loco deny this, or any part Of Il, we !,
all upon him or them to say what i. was !,
lat was right in Vans Administration that
addened the people? What was ill what :,
as ~ what was il? You might call till !,
'om's day and hear nothing but an echo \.
It was not right, but wrong, grievous r,
ID corrupting wrong, that excited The PEG.
agains, tina. dissraced administration .
nd re knows but little of the people who is w
eak enough to think they will! recall the ia
per that stung them to preside over their -,
terests again. Hurry Of Tie Wess. W.
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Is marvellous how much good nature and
pa"e"ee Will DO towards curing the ills 10
which flesh and the spiri, are heir, -,
New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-01
New-Iersey-HiekoryP Poies-Annihilntion
of n Loco Lawyer by . Farmer OF West
eru New York.
CoI.esp0nGeHcs Of I BE Tnoune-
NrM-BKCNswIcx. y. J. Jun,

Correspondents Of The Tribune
Nrw-BKUSswIcx. y. June %. ls4i-
Another Hickory Raising came OF In the up
per part Of the city on Thursday evening, aHid
the usual rafting OF drum and life, and all the
appcndeges OF Yankee ram, and the s:eFeotyPed
abuse OF Henry Clay and Wing Principles,
\ young LAWYER Of this city, well known as IN
no wise tenacious OF the truth, was the scaveageF
for the srening, in vilifying the character o! M
Clar. and lalsifying the creed OF the Wing party.
Much OF this was condemned by many OF the
party present, and two OF them have since re-
nounced the Loco faith. The young lawyer as
serted tba, James Il Polk was Tariff man, ad-
vocating a duty sufficient TO protect American
Industry This f4sehood appears now to be
used by the party in the Northern States
Mr.. DeMlyc KELLY f:om Erie County, \. \.
being in the City and present at the gathering.
informed a. Wing friend that he should be graft
fed to have an opportunity in his plain way to
reply to the assertions OF the young lawyer. Ac.
corcinply il was noised about town that plain
Farmer was to chase up the young Blackstone IN
the evening at the Club Room. At : O'CLOCK
the spacious room was filed TO overtiowlng, and
the wav the Farmer of Western Newfork
walked into Loco Fcco.Sm was g caution TO Folk
Il Co.
Mr. Kelly informed the meeting that only nlne
months hss passed since be was an out and
ou, Loco. Foco-Tha, he had waded through all
theimeasures of the party, until he had a, last be-
come satisfied that their policy was destructive
to the best inter es o; the country, and OF every
honest man seeking hvelehood Tor his family
Mr.. Kelly reviewed the origin OF the great Nation
al questions, dividing the Wing and Loco-to
parties, in PLAIN and forcible manner, and the
inconsistency OF the party was admirably por'
trayed. at was rich treat to hear PLAN tar
mer, talk about the the theoris OF Free Trade
he gave simple, but most effective illustrators
upon the workings OF the Protective Policy
and used the Loco party without gloves IN noml
mating an open and undlsgused toe to the Tart
of lS42, NEARLY to pander to the passions OF Null
ticauon.
Mr.. Kelly made favorable impresslon-th'
audience were dclighted-many Locos presen
gave assent to the strong positions assumed by
the speaker At the close Mr.. Kelly was greete'
with three rounds OF applause, and voted an don
orsrv Member OF the Club Rely upon 1t, ih'
practical speakers are the boys that can reach th
understanding of the masses. There IS an homes
ty of purpose about them which fastens upon tn
audience, and produces the best results,
New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-01
The Uprising Of otseso!
81. EI,,or
CHERRY VALLxT, Otsego County,
Thnr,d.Y. June Gtn. 5 2. VI.


The great TARIFF BARsscUE Is adjourned 10
evening, and seize moment to give some idea
OF it. 1t was probably the largest assemblage
ever convened in this old and Populous County
certainly larger than the great Wing rally OF
1910. The People assembled IN the village BY
immense lines of vehicles from every point Of the
compass, and thence proceeded to beautiful
grove half q mile East, where substantial stand
had been prepared, and g noble Ok roasted. The
Procession Of wagons was about three miles
!Ong-DAvIp H. LITTLE, Chief Marshal Arrived
on the ground, the meeting vas organized by
choosing Hon. JAMES BaAckETT, President, with
Joseph Phelon, Robert Campbell, and Erastus
Crafts OF this County, Loren Ford Of HerkimeE,
JudgeT. P. Danioyth OF Schoharie, Peter J. Wag-
ner OF Montgomery, and Charles hathaway OF
Delaware as Vice Presidents.
Hon. JoHs A. Klse of Long Island was first
called 10 the stand, and spoke for an hour in an'-
mated and effective exposition of the Texas plot.
lion. JoHs A. COLLIER of Brcome succeeded in
lucid and mastery exposition Of the Improve
rnept policy and Financial condition Of the State,
showing the hostility to our Public Works which
dictated and the injustice OF perPetuating the
MIL Tax. He spoke nearly two hours, almost
entirely on this subject.
Hon. JosErH L. WHITE OF New York next en-
chained the attention Of the vast concourse with
speech Of over an hour in exposition and de-
ra,ce NJ a Protective Tariff. His argument was
homelv and cogent. and enliyened with anecdote
and humor 1t was q capital speech
HoRAcE GREELEY of Ncw-Iork next spoke
some forty minutes in farther elucidaton Of the
Tariff. and especially IN reference to the claim Of
the Loco Focos Of this region 10 be Tariff men
and the Incdentalsm of James h. Polk. II
was now 50 late that extended remarks were not
in order.
|, was now announced that the O1was wait
inr to be eaten, but the People would not adjourn
without "Another Song from 10. HoxIg," which
was handed out accordingly, with capital ad
dress Of FIVE to ten minutes in advance of it.
The meeting then adjourned to the OK and The
evening, when it will reassemble in the Academy
Yard.
The number present is estimated at fully TE'
| THOUSAND.
The day has been hot, but favorable; general.
cloudy, with light shower at O'Clock, which
did not at all interrupt the meeting in It's well
screened arbor. There is a glorious spirit here
and OrsEGo MUST GO WIG. II. c.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-01
Your hnmbe servant ....
WILLIAM II. SEWARD
To CALVIN TowNsLEY. Esq and Others. HhS State CeHtrdt
Committee, psrm0Rt. :, ,s.
RrrrALo. June II. ls4l.

GESTLEMYS-I have this moment received Yout KIND ana
nAeflnc invitation attend meeting of the Wings 0i Yer
mont NJ burlington the Goth instant respond to the nom
,iuu Clay and FelnchuySen, recently made 81 The ia
unore and that previous enSa cement,
nr. such will e Of tn comply WIN )opt
request But state where II would give me ir
pleasure Ia visit. Though am myself II native OF New "th
yet my father born under the shadow OF the 6cen l"
uin nud childish >luiel with the thCnei> o
War that proclaimed deadly conflict 10! liberty. which re-
slt-d IN the triumph of General Stark at Bennington he
srrns events TINT follow ed the Revolution IN that state ae
engraved upon nv memory and their tahonary history was
the romance umy juvenile yerS But these scenes atfi
Ell ms buyish fancy and wonmy childish admiration;
and heightened Democracy OF the Wing. Of that distinguish
ed State the deep veneraton oi ny mature
The glorious Wings OF Vermont have never yet DOW
cd the knee To Ban Their Democracy exhibits vedufe
as perretua of her and stnoiy ~
imnovale Ms her evcusin: hills. True 10 themselves ana
the nion they will most henrty response 10 TIE
nomination Clay and Freng ghmySsn, and that may aoh
with confidence the triumphant success Of the Wing ticket
m that State this fall.
would avail myself Of the opportunity 10 say something o
the Importance Of the approaching contest to the A" ad
especially 10 Vermont when candidate presented by our
opponents no himself opposed 20 anu JGT Cr T0
,te.top and IN srcr imrtedIie -7urs-dfi0H t Ie
Bot the Court and csDno; command my te
and mus, therefore myself by expressing my grateful
Tor the at,rug manner m which you were
pleased u speak my public services and u assure you oi
my sincere respect and esteem
] have the honor to be your fellow citizen; o,,,
c. TowxsLEy Esq and others, Fi- STATE Central Com
or rnffnf