The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-07
tFDm the Washington UniOn.l
 EARLY pIETY.

"None to spsak of. Madam. ."--H0THe's SkefeAes'
 ss Sister, are you hsppy1'
 Yes, Deacon, feel as though Twas in Beelze- bab's bOsom.'
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 "Weil, some one of the patriarchs; doat care whieh."-Kaaps Exprieace.
 Early piety, like spring lettuce is most refresh ing to the spirit that has bSen fed upon the salt Junk of the world daring the long and cheeress winter of deusavity It cures the scurvy in the bones like
 auic and reviyes tie stagnant aud fever breeding blood In the blue veins of pollution. We love 1t in every station; 1t is green plant in the desert and the sigt of 1t to our mental is as asparagus to our phvsscsl appetite We would cruReh 1t n we could get 1t between our ivory upfights; bat fl beyond our reach, we would rejoice that gTeen thing was growing for somebody else to luxariate upon even in the sickly season of the "heroic age" John Randolph would have been miserable skeptc but for his early plety. He remembered, in the com many of the infdel the hour when his mother took his little hand ia hers, and made him repeat from end to end the cradle hymn of Dr. Watts
 The First Washington was noted for his early piety, aud the sages ot 76 were fasting and pray ing people In England the way to public office since the days of the sth Henry has been through ahe door of the established church; and no matter how great the hypocrisy of the official, the forms of holiness are serupuously observed, from the chance of Saint Pansto the sea shell altar at Lands Eud. In Rome and her dependencies the altar and the priest are constantly before the eyes of the wor- shippers--iwo very good thi gs, AS MT. Ewing can testify so-and under the arch of the Sublime Forte the Sultan knees, when the Muzzim calls to prayer from the lofty and graceful minaret of Saint Sophia. h this republic, where freedom moves aud gathers like an Alpine avalanche, aud where all religions, not dangerous to liberty, are established by law Co .wit the law of God, which the cabinet has not yes In express terms repealed notwithstanding they h~m LaI ii ut nd ali fv fercelyeariy pity, true piy, anl tasa9 picfy. are invaluable blessings and should be respected even by the most hardened sinners. The Second Wash ington Ia pious man. We have the certificates of pious clergymen that he is So that is, we had what pnrpofted to be such certificates during the presi dental canvass: but whether " our iTaehnan" or s' tAe Gartk of Ioara' wrote them, is than we dare qualify to. We doubt all certificate meu, be they whom they may, since the whig Roorbaeks Of lo44. True, Captain 1obin gave us last summer some specimens of camp pulpit practice from real l.!s which rather startled us having been brought up upon the SayGyeek platform; but as the captain had way of copying Horace which was astonish- ing to classical scholars, we were inclined to believe that we were only treated to the preliminary pray CTS, and that the fervent ou,pourings were left 10 find their way to Heaven us best they could, un- whispered and unheard by mortal ears.
 Napoleon, who picked himself out of Corsican gutter, and sat ia bloody tigts upon the throne of ChaFlemagne, was canonized as a slint, probably because he had cannonized or cannonaded so many saints while ho marched through Europe on his celebrated gunuing expedition after kings, emperors and other royal game. Wethink the Second Wash- ingtoR Is good in every moral principle, and is us much entitled to cano nization, Saint Napoleon, those who disagree with us in opinion are here tics, and should be transported to booby Bay in the vessel fitting out at Pensacola 10 find Sir John Franklin.
 lac datio far fact. day ia we presume the first decided Taylor measure that has appeared in print, and is bright and startling evidence of his early piety. The cabinet and the Private Secretary could have had nothing to do with cooking it up for 1t bears neither the of the Private Secretary nor the Secretary of State, and Is the first proclamation or heard of without a seal. Mir. Tyler, when he caused the country to just, because General Harrison had died and he had succeeded to the presidential chair, ne- yer put the notice forth without seal or a coun- tersignature. Who knows that Geu. Taylor made tho recommendation It may be a hoax, after all Official documents should be issued in a manner different from hand-bil offennga reward for a runaway slave; and proclamation 10 tine Ameri- caa people is not to be bundled offto newspaper office, aud set up by printers devil, without a copy in the State Department, duly attested, to show the transaction, when the files of the organ are in the hanGs of the'senior publisher to be bound. This nasty call for a stOse fast, In which many a hssty plate of soup will be swallowed by qTeeH-eyed monsters. who glory in "leeks and onions" Is partial in its nature, and was not we'll digested. 1t calls upon religious people only 10 humble them sdlves on that day, and leaves the great outside church standing in the entry like poor boy at a funeral. It invites the just men, who need no re- pehtance, 10 observe and perform the solemn duty of the day. and leaves the church of liberty alone withouts word to bless itself. The Premier, if he had this. would have altered it., provided il had haau hefnr hell Rnt guf. fered to slip out of Il,e White House with all its sins of omission upon its head, and win be looked npoa with doubt and uncertainty by one-half of the body polite, who will wonder where {" l.. 5 " is, aud who ran away with the words '' By inc Pres- dent: J. NJ. Clayton, Secretary of State" We hope Mir Clayton has not lost the great seal, nor, like the Earl of Derby in Peveril of the Peak, ' iutrusted ii to the keeping of that monkey in the green coat who ran up his railing few weeks since from an organ dreadiuy afflicted with the wind-siakes. The day appOi0trd for the fast Is too far ahead, and will hardly answer for St. Louis or Cincinnati. for they iii all human probability, will be either depopulated cured before the Sd of Au- gust. Neither can the fast be held in tine United states on the same day, for Friday st Boston will be Thursday afternoon al San rancisco and nearly every hour of the two days will be occupied in ob- serving one hour The precise time for fasting aud prayer. We think the solemn ceremonies should have been observed the day after the receipt of tlle order throughout the land. This is the way in which the navy lire minue-guns for the dead, and notwithstanding He order reached Bostsa 5,fore did ths Bany yard iH ceiinay the decease Of Hr. l'k, ee believe that Is sensible way of req uiring business 10 be doue, and we would earnestly suggest to our learned friend in the green slippers to siaer upon the propfiety of this plan before lie issues another pioas call.
 This whole recommendation is well enough as en evidence of the early peiy of the Second W ash iagtoD; but t is terrible hit al the religious people of this country; assumes that they require prompt ing, a the midst of coldness and aticton, to taSi and pray. IL ofieiOusIy, the part of the STATE, regulates the affairs of the CHuRcH; and we should not be surprised to learn that special Pope has been made by the Home Department; our venera- ble senior having been created by il an archbisaop, without Inc inc canonieals, short time since.
 The people of this republic elected President to do the duties Of his high office without shirking them of spon the shoulders of seven men not re- spoRsibIe 10 the people; and whsn they desire to have au INNOCENT FIRsr or PoPE JoAN Ia rule over them, with bell, book and eandle--ihe part of candle by MT. Warren--they will change the con. .l