Democratic banner., 1848-06-12
Gen. Butler a Barnburner.

During the wal with England, Gen. But
Ter performed one of the noblest deeds of
heroism on record. In one of the severest
battles with the British and Indians on the
Northwestern frontier, a large number of
savages had found their way into a Barn,
from which they poured a deadly fire upon
the American troops. The American conf
mander said "that Barn must be burnt"
and enquired "who would volunteer to per-
form the p%erilous task" After a long
pause, the youthful Butler, CALAMITY stepped
forward, and, providing himself with a
torch, proceeded to the Barn amid a show
er of bullets from the rifles Of the Indians,
and soon fired it SO completely as to-e9yei-
|ope it in flames, and returned unframed 70
the American lines, when every spectator
considered his death inevitablei The FIR
ing of that Barn deprived the enemy of his
strongest position, and soon gave the victo-'
ny to the Americans. Gen. Butler is, there
fore, the right sort of a Barnburner--he
burns the Barns occupied by his country's
enemies--and he is in every other respect,
a man worthy the admiration and conf
dence of his countrymen! He and his
great associate on the Democratic ticket,
are bound to be elected by an overwhelm-
ing vote.-BaHimOre Republican.
SoRRow AND SYMPATHY.-Like a cool
ing draught to a weary traveller in the
scoI ching waste, so is the sympathy of
friends in trouble. We feel thankful when
we meet with those who can forget their
own ills, while they administer to others.
No Dool NOT avDanf n life of Continued
sunshine-it would be unnatural We must
have clouds, rains, and even desolating
storms. These are as necessary, mentally
and morally, as physically, to the produce
ton of a healthy existence. But evils,
though necessary, are seldom so great as at
first they seem to be; our interests are not
so conflicting as they may sometime ap-
pear, and often, through misrepresentation,
we are grieved by that which, if seen in its
true light, would be the cause of mirth, or
a fit subject for ridicule.
Evils anticipated are often the cause of
more pain than the realization of them
In this way they are doubled, and we are
made far more miserable than we need be.
Gloomy thoughts are almost always unpro-
ductive of good, so that it is better to in
duIge in those that make a light heart and a
bright countenence.-[Wright' Paper.
RcRech0n.-As in review we look back
on our past lives, we regret many a bargain
we have made, and many a step we have
taken. Here we went too fast, there too
slow; one day we lost by our folly, and the
next day by pride and extravaganza. In
reviewing the past we thus see cause for
repentance. But there is one thing we are
never sorry for, let us live as long as we
may-we never mourn a correct and virtu-
Gus life--When pillcwed for the night, we
have no reproaches for a good deed or a
kind suggestion. When the world has no
attraction for us-when its prospects and
its glories are fading from our gaze, and
the visions of an eternal estate are burst
ing upon us, it is then that we love to think
on an honest and uprigh. life. Who, with
the hour o fdeath in view, would perform
a wicked act? One hour Of serious refec-
ton will unfit US for any vicious society or
unholy career. How strange it is that, a.
mid the dying and the dead, mankind will
so far forget themselves and their creator,
as to serve a career Of folly and crime,
when the next breath of disease may sweep
them to destruction.