Democratic banner., 1847-02-22
EXTRACTS.

men, standing WIN It's hl1ll p~lnnacIeS III thu
distant plain. TIE storm beat upon 1.-THE
God Of Nature hurled his thunder bolts a.
gainst it; and yet it stood as firm as ada.
mant. Revelry was in its halls-the gay.
the happy, the young, and the beautiful
were there. | rcturned-and the temple
was no morc!-i,s high walls lay in scatter
ed ruins; moss and wild grass grew wildly
there, and at the midnight hour the OWLS
cry added to the deep solitude;-the young
and the gay who revealed there had passed
away.
/ saw a child rejoicing in its youth, the
idol of his mother and The pride of his faith
er. I rcturncd-and the child had become
old. Trembling with the weight of years,
he stood the last Of his generations stran-
ger amidst the desolation around him.
saw the old oak stand in all its pride
on the mountain-the birds were carolling
on its bough. returned the oak was
|~leailess and sapless-the winds were play
ing at their pas,ime through its branches.
sWho is the dcstroyer:?' said l to my guar
dian angel.
1T is Time,' said he; 'when the morning
stars sang together with joy, over the new
world, lie commenced his course; and
when he shall have destroyed all that is
beautiful on earth-plucked the sun from
its ~sphcrc-vcilcd the moon in blood-yca.
when he shall have rolled the heavens and
earth away as scroll, then shall an angel
from the throne of God come forth, and
with one foot on the sea, and one on the
land, lift up his head towards heaven, and
swear by Heavens Eternal--sTime is, time
was, but time shall be no longer '-Pauld-
ing.
THE OMrss;oN SrppLirp-P0rd1n Of
the .7nG- R~cnkcrs.--The omission in the
message of Gov. Young, Of New York, to
mention the Anti Renters, has been suppl
ed by a sort of codicil. lie has issued a
Proclamation liberating the Anti Renters,
which is twicc as long as was the message.
This was quite an ingenious mode Of max
ing his first message" a short one. The n.
Y. Evening Post has the following in refer
ence to the pardon of the Anti. Renters by
the Wing Governor:
"Of these convicts, two, O'Connor and
Van Stecnbur Oh, Lad been found guilty of
murder by a jury, and sentenced to be hang
ed by the court. Their case, and whatever
extenuating circumstances were connect
ed with it, were carefully reviewed BY Gov.
Wright, who committed the penalty Of death
for that of Imprisonment for life. They
now come in for a second exercise of elem
cncy, and without the discovery Of any ncN
extenuation of their crime, receive a par
don from the hands Of Governor Young, as
was stipulated before the election.
Governor Young, however, has left
thing yet undonc in regard to these men
O'Connor an Van Stcenburgh, together
with two Others of the Anti-Rent conyicts,
Bouchton and Earl, although released and
turned loose upon society again, are not re-
stored to civil rights. Roughto", our read
ers will remember as Big Thunder, the re-
.donbtable leader in the Anti Bent violences
i'm Columbia county, and Earl as the prln-
icipal in those disorders which ended in the
murder of Steele, the deputy Sheriff. A
third exercise of the prerogative Of mercy
is required before these men will stand on
the same footing with their fellow citizens,
who never committed murder, nor dei'ed
the law with arms in their hands, nor COM
PEELED their more pacific neighbors to vio-
late the law by threats Of force.
Many are schocked that an imprisonment
If a few months should be deemed by Gov
Young a sufficient expiration of the crime
of shooting down public officer IN colo
blood. This is a just ground OF dissa'ls'
faction. but is still more atroclous offence
AGAINST public morals, that's bargain S"oule
have been made by the friends OF UO'erno'
yo,no. nrofessing to act in his name' D!