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sary for an American born and Protestant
man who aspired to Office or influence, to
deny his birth place and repudiate his faith.
The American people saw that sectional
ism was bearing the Union onward towards
dissolution. They saw that this growth of
prejudice between the North and South,
which made them to be regarded as two
distinct people, would end at last in angry
contention and open strife. That the har-
mony of the States was endangered by these
sectional contests, and that in the end this
great confederation would be broken into
fragments by them. They saw too, the
evils looming up in the future from the
growing power Of the foreign Catholic in
iuence. They saw that the institutions of
this country Protestant in every attribute i;
that religious freedom and civil liberty, fos-
tered and protected by the sublime liberal
ism of the Protestant faith, were in danger
of being overthrown or perverted by the abb
solutism, the persevering propagandism of
the Romish church. Seeing all these dam
gers rising in their view, the American peo-
pie were startled from their dream of secu-
rity and reused into activity by the perils of
the future. They resolved that the course
of political action. SO fraught with stupen-
dous evils to the country should be changed
and twas this resolution, fixing itself spon-
taneously in the mind of the American
masses, that originated the American party.
That party is national in all its attributes,
national in its instincts. 1t strikes down
sectionaism at the North, and it strikes out
sectionalism at the South. 1t seeks TO an
initiate all influences not native to the soil,
all influences not republican and Protestant
in their character. 1t would place the des-
TIMES of the country, the entire control Of
its policy, in the hands Of American and
Protestant men. ltwould restore the pride
Of nationality to the great American heart !;
mako it thing to be proud of 10 be the
descendants of Revolutionary fathers. 1t
would know no influences but those which
were American in the broadcast sense of the
term. 1t will ever fellowship American men
with American sympathies. 1t will know
no theory of politics, no party that does not
embrace the whole confederation. Its flag
is the stars and stripes, and it will consent
that it shall float over nothing less tran the
whole Union. It regards all the people of
all the States as great brotherhood bound
together by common love of country
common veneration for the memory of the
American fathers---a common appreciation
Of the inheritance left by them whose inter-
ests, whose faith, and whose glory are one
and indivisiblc. Its mission Is the restora-
ton OF harmony among the States, to wipe
out sectional jealousies. to obliterate sec
.ional hates--to restrain the madness of IA
naticism-to develope the mighty future Of
this Republic, by directing its energies in
the path Of progress, instead Of permitting
them to be wasted upon the petty objects
Of sectional ambition.
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SPEED THE PLouGu The New York In

SPEED THE PLouGu The New York In
dependent and Tribune, are urging the far
mers of the United States to increased en-
trrprise in order to meet the demand of the
world for all kinds of agricultural produce.
Wheat, oats, beef, wool, butter, haydn a
word, every article of farm produce is very
scarce and dear, the prospects for enterprise
In farming are much more favorable than in
commerce, gold digging, or any thing else.
There is little doubt, (says the Buffalo Re-
public we believe, that farms have been paid
for In full out Of last years crop. In 1866,
couple Of business men would 90 to new
State, such as Michigan was then, as a bu-
siness speculation, purchase 500 or 1000
acres of land, hire the necessary labor TO
clea, it, and sow it in wheat, and pay for
the whole of it out of the potashes and first
crop. And, from the present prospect, the
same thing might be done again by many
merchants, lawyers and others, who are
starving in their professions. When there
is an abundant yield of the products CT tho
soil, all branches of business go well, and
when food is scanty, everything else goes
i'll. But one element Of abundant crops is
to turn abundant enterprise, capital and Ia
Dor into agriculture. 1t is to be observed.
also, that the very time when the greatest
breadth Of land should be cultivated, is the
very time when, owing TO the depression of
all therinterests, commerce, railroads, etc.,
the greatest amount Of labor can be-had at
easy rates fer farm help. We would, there
fore, respectfully call on the farmers to SOW
beautifully for their own benefit and that of
Of the country and the human race. Let
"Speed the Plough of 1885," be the gen.
eral motto.
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KNITTING.

That good old fashioned accomplishment.
what pity it is out of vogue. We don't
mean tidy knitting or crochetfing, as it is
called we have little liking for that, as it
is almost altogether show business. We
mean the four slender, old-time knitting
needles. and the round, thick balls of warn
that were once indispensable to the comfort
ofihe tidy housewife. Il is pity that spin
ming and knitting have been superseded by
the loom and the crochet-needle. The spin
ming wheel was one of the great incentives
to industry whicf. our ancestors priced, and
that made them healthy and strong beyond
our present puny race. Now, instead of
weaving good substantial clothing, or warm
covering for the feet, our school girls are
made old before their time, their shoulders
bowed under an Atlas of learning that is
slfirked as som as they are forward enough
to entertain beaux; and with accomplish
ments which they consider of no earthly
use after they are married. They are edu-
Gated into selishness; every thing is done
with view to their comfort, their exclusive
benefit. They are not taught that an exquis-
lite pleasure is the result of laboring for
those upon whom they are dependent-ft-
ting and making for the little ones who con-
stitute the family band, or gracefully taking
from the toil-haEdened hands of the STOPPING
mother, the garment destined for themselves.
But the child is the young lady of the
family before she reaches her teens. She
cannot, as could in olden times the less fas-
tidious children ola noble race, point to the
piles Of stockings she has knit with her own
lit e hngers-the bundle of cotton and fa-
brics she has woven, possessing at the same
time the delicacy and all the thorough at
tributes of a-woman. She can direct your
attention TO dozen waer-color sketches,
dozen or two tides, and if you ask her who
made the dress on her own back, she will
probably inform you that her mother put in
every stitch, though she may no, add, while
sleepy and fatigued, latter hard days work.
The present routine of instruction is
wrong. Among all the young ladies of our
acquaintance we hardly know one who can
make tolerable garment, or write simple
letter without perpetrating dozen blunders.
Yet they can all make chair-coverings in
worsted, or knit everlasting tides; they can
all play, some in tune, few in time they
can all talk a little French, and they all
know pretty well how to behave before
gentlemen; in fact, they possess sma,ter-
ing of knowledge, they know nothing thor
oughly. And we contend it is not their
fault, but the fault Of education. Every pa
rent knows what is due to her children, but
alas parents, like all the rest of US, have
not courage to be singular. They follow
the prevailing fashion.
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Ovn LANDLORDS are getting mighty par.
ticular about their tenants as well as their
rents. liza body has half dozen children.
and of course more need of house than If
he had none at all, he is very coolly told that
he cannot have the premises.
Have you children, madam Z" inquired
one Of these sharpers, of lady in modest
black who was looking at one ofhis houses
just finished and in perfect order.
YES" said the gentle mother, 81 have
seven, but they are allin the church-ydrd.'
A sigh and the dew Of a tear gave impress.
siveness to the painful remark, and without
further parey the bargain was closed. Her
little flock were waiting for her In the
chudch. yard around the corner, and wers
delighted that she mad found snug house
SO speedily. The landlord thinks he shall
never trust woman in black after this.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-05-17

MecHAN,cs.-St Paul was amechanic-
maker Of tents from goats hair; and in
the lecturers opinion, he was model me-
chanic. He was not only thorough work.
man at his trade, but was scholar-a per-
fec, master, not only Of his native Hebrew,
but Of three foreign tongues. a knowledge
which he obtained by close application TO
study during his leisure hours while serving
his apprenticeship. TWAS custom among
the Jews to learn their sons some irade-a
custom not confined TO the poor classes, but
was also praciiced by the wealthy; and it
was common proverb among them, that
if father did not teach his son mechanical
occupation, he taught him to steal. This
custom is a wise one; and if the fathers Of
the present day would initiate the example,
their wrinkled checks would not so often
blush for the helplsssness and not unfIe-
quently criminal conduct of their children.
Even il father INTENDED his son for one of
the professions, it would be an incalculable
benefit to that son to instruct him In some
branch ofmechanism. His education would
not only be more complete and healthy. but
he might at come future time, in case Of
failure in his profession, find his trade very
convenient as q means of earning his bread !;
and he must necessarily be the more COM
petent in mechanism from his professional.
education. An educated mechanic was a
model mechanic, while an uneducated me-
chanic was merely mechanic working un-
der The superin,endcnce Of anoth.r's brain.
Let the rich and the proud no longer look
upon mechanism as degrading to him who
adopts il branch OF his calling. II is q
noble calling, as noble as the Incidence and
inactivity Of wealth i. ignsbls.
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ny First Homo and my Last.
By AN Twain.

Out OF my first home warm and bright,
lpassed TO the cold worlds lowering night;
From 1--we more real than light or life.
To doubts and Jealousy, fears and strife;
LII hath it ended that well begun
Iato the shador, out Of the sun.
Out Of my last home, dark and cold,
shall pass TO the city whose streets are gold
From the silence that falls upon sin and pain
To the deathless joy of the angels strain;
Well shall be ended that i'll begun
Out Of the shadcp, into the sun!
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-05-17

TAG TPalcHr MAN OF BUSINESS. There
is no being in the world for whom feel a
higher moral respect and admiration than for
tie upright man Of business. No, not for
the philanthropist, and the missionary, or
the martyr. feel that could more easily
be martyr than man Of that lofty moral
uprighiness. And let me say more dis
tincily, that 1t Is not for the generous man
tina, feel this kind of respect. Generosity
seems to me low quality, mere impulse,
compared with the lofty virtues speak of.
1t Is not for the man who distributes chari-
ties-who bestows magnificent donations.
This may all do very well. speak not to
disparage it. wish there was more of it /,
and yet i, may all exist with a want of the
true lofty, unbending uprightness. That is
not the man, then, Of whom speak but
it is he who stands amidst all the interest
and perlous exigencies Of trade. firm, calm,
disin,erested, and upright. l, is the man
who can see anothers distress as well as his
own. 1t is the man whose mind his own
advantage does not blind for an instant
who could sit as Judge upon question be-
tween himself and his neighbor, just as
safely as the purest magistrate upon the
bench Of justice.
All how much richer than ermine---how
far nobler than train of majesterial au,ho-
rity-how more awful than the guarded
pomp of majestic truth! Yet it is the man
who is true-true TO himself, his neighbor,
and hls God--true to his conscience and
who feels that the slightest suggestion of
that conscience is more to him than the
chance Of acquiring an hundred estates.
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FALLS OF NrAeARA.-'rhe gross power Of
the Falls of Niagara is, according to Black
wells observations, equal to that of nearly
seven millions of horses; others, from diff Z
ferent data, make it as high as ten or twelve
millions, and even more In fact, taking
ing into account the constancy of its opera
ton, the effort of this great cataract will
bear comparison with that Of the entire
adult laboring population on the face Of the
globe. ID. a-.i-t+,s.
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Horace Mann says il is every way credit
able to handle the yardsstick and TO measure
tape; the only discredit consists In having
soul whose range of thought 10 as short az
the stick and as narrow as the tapes if
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Nisceiiapy.
THE TRUE OBJECT OF LIFE.

There maybe those who would spurn at
the thought Of laboring merely to live, and
who aim at great wealth. or station, or re-
nown, and yet the utmost stretch of their
ambition has never carried their thoughts be-
yond that little contracted circle Of which
self Is the centre and the circumference. To
hive for others; 10 bless their country TO
aim at accomplishing the greatest good in
the world-this view Of life wholly Uto-
plan in their esteem, and foreign 10 their
purpose, as il 10 contrary to their inclina-
tons. but as to the uses of money when
obtained, in their most golden dreams, they
are unvisited by a single thought Of any save
those which minister to their sensual or self
ish enioyments. Go through the ranks Of
men whose future in long perspective,
stretching upward through tire varied ave.
nues BY which men reach the gaol of their
ambition, and ask of each the question,
Is What would you do if you were rich :"
and then listen 10 their answers! They are
ali Of fields and farms, of equipage and dis
play, of mansions and villas, of tinse and
travel. the appliances of pleasure, the para
disc Of fools. That man should thank
fully enjoy the fruits of his labors. or the
bounties Of kind Providence, is both rea-
sonabIc and right. But that he should make
his own selfish enjoyment the object Of hts
life and the end of his efforts, is both wick
ID and degrading.
In q world where there is so much of hu-
man sutisring TO be relieved, and Of wrong
10 be sedressed; OF misery 10 assuage, and
ignorance TO instruct, and error to combat
where the heart Is addressed by all that is
exalted in sentiment or touching in sorrow;
where the understanding is alured by all
that 10 glorious in the discoveries Of the
past, and truth is still revealed to a patient
scrutiny; and in country where every cit.
ixen is an equal partner in the grand conied-
eracy and every great question ocpublic in-
teress Is submitted to his suffrage; where
the blood-bought heritage Of patriotic sires
IL the sacred trust OF successive generations,
and The guardian care of all that pertains TO
the welfare Of society is SC. directly devel-
opcd upon individual ci,izens---that any man
should be content to live without some wor-
thy object and exalted aim in life, and suf-
fer present ease or sordid appetite to quench
each noble aspiration, is to render himself
less than man, and unworthy the name of
q citizen.
To preserve the fair heritage of freedom
II no less impera,ively ours.,lian il was the
mission aud the glory Of the fathers to win
il. Though no hostile foot now ,reads our
soil, or serried hosts OF armed invaders men,
ace our homes. yet there are dangers to he
INST and victories to be won. Not the dam
gers Of foreign aggression, or the victories
of ensanguined field but the greater dam
Cen n guilty apathy and y sluggish ease;
and The nobler, because the bloodless tri.
umphs Of intellect aud energy on the fields
Of science, industry and art.
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BUNKER H,LL.--A Yankee gentleman
conveying British gentleman around TO
view the different objects of attraction in
the city of Boston, brought him to Bunker
Hill. They stood looking at the splendid
shaft, when the Yankee said esss
"This is the spot where Warren fell.
"Ah! :" replied the Englishman, evident4
ly not posted up in local historical matters,
" did it hurt him much q ya-ts.'~
The native looked at him with the ex.
preston Of fourteen 4th Julys in his coun4s
tenance. eAf4
"Hurt him ~ he exclaimed, "he was
killed sir! ss4+a 10 la
"Ah, he was, eh!" said the stranger.
still cycling the monument, and computing
its heigh, in his own mind, layer by layer.
=" Well, should think he would have been
to fall so far se.la slF19s
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Jacobs ladder. which conveyeth to heav4
en-, may have its foot in the smoking cot
tsse; and there may be a trap-door In !
stately palace which may let down 70 hell
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Mems feelings are always phrest and
most glowing 10 the hour Of meeting and
farewell; ike the G aciers, which are trans-
parent and rosy hued on y a sunfise and sun.
SCI, but throughout the daf w and cold. u
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SiLssr lsFLurSck.--lt is the hubbling
spring that flows gently, the little rivulet
that glidcs through the meadows, aud which
runs along day and night, by the farmhouse
that Is useful rather than the swollen food,
or the warning cataract. Niagara excitcs
on, wonder, and we stand amazed at the
power and greatness Of God, as he "pours
Il fromhis hollow hand" But one Niagara
il enough for the continent or world, while
the same world requires thousands and tens
Of thousands Of silver fountains and gently
flowing rivule,s, that water every farm and
meadow, and every garden; and that shall
Cow on every day and every night, with
quiet beauty. So with the ac,sof our lives.
Il 10 not BY great deeds, like those Of the
martyrs, that good Is TO be done; it is by
the daily quiet virtues Of life-the Chris
tian temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit
Of forgiveness, to the husband, the wife, the
father. the brother, the sister, the friend, the
neighbor, that good is TO be done.
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"It will not strike thee, bad mans" said
a Quaker, one day, but will let this bills
ct of wood fall on thee" and at that pro.
else moment the /" bad man. was fcoSed
BY tile weight Of walking stick that the
Quaker had been known to cafrys
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VIRTUE THE FRIEND OF HEALTH.-Ths
mind has mighty influence upon the body
and operates either way, according to the
quality or reflection. Tho disorders of
passion or guilt infame distemper, enve-
nom wound, and boil up the blood to a fe-
yer. They often battle the virtue of drugs
and the prescriptions of art. On the other
hand, when the review pleases, when we
can look backward and forward with delight
Ito be thus satisfied and composed is al
most cure Of itself. IT'S true. good con-
science won't make man immortal. But
yet the quiet of his mind often keeps him,
from wearing out SO fast. 1t smooths his
passage to the other world, and makes him
slide into the grave by more gentle and in
sensible motion. And when the body 10
shaken with diseases, when it bends under
time or accident, and appears just sinking
into ruin, tits sometimes strangely support.
ed from within. The man is ptopped up
by the strength of thought, and lives upon
the cheerfulness and vigor of his spirit.
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TnE HosEsr DsproR,-A man ot,pbt q

THE HoNEsr DsRroR.-A man ought to
be in straitencd circumstances at least once
in his life, time, to know how to sympathise
with thosswho are poor and unfortunate.
If man fails, and it Is utterly impossible
for him to meet his just demands, what
wrong motives are imputed to him! He ID
looked upon as rogue and william. The
tongue of detraction has no end, and he 10
made to fees its poisonous pangs. g Here
is debt he honorably CO ntracted," will be
remarked, "and he will not pay il. He
doesn't care how much he owes, so long a.
he gets good living" II men who make
such assertions knew the sufferings Of the
poor debtor. and how much he Struggled 70
free himself from his liabilities, they would
feel more like throwing the mantle Of charity
over him, and lending their assistance. -
There are few men, we have charity to be-
lieve, who would not exert themselves to
the utmost to free themselves from the gall
ing chains of debt. !,
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No men are 50 of in the wrong, - thoss /
who pretend ss be always IL the right -
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-22
The Presidency.

The present signs of the times indicate
that The voice and vote oil Pennsylvania in
The next national convention will be given
for James Buchanan. II is certainly in his
favor that hs has had lifelong experience
in public sfiairs, until he has not only Illus
trated anG adorned the history of the repub-
lie, but bis own life has become part of
tina, history. Since first he went into the
Senate he stood in the foremost rank of
statesmen, and his would be- no obscure
name for President in any corner of the
Union, nor indeed IN any eopntfy In Europe.
The present complicated affairs between
England and this country will sffofd MI.
Buchanan another chance 10 90 himself
credit; and such he will do il he shows him
selfequal 10 his vindicalion of The Amei. lean
cause in the Oregon boundary difficulty, AMI
TO his management of the State Department
during the Mexican war.
But 10 this matter il must be ever kept In
view that the candidate for The Presidency
is 10 be the representative and embodiment
of public policy and political principles, aud
MOTTO be a candidate for his personal fame
II is 10 be remembered too that in Re-
public oi 25,ooO,oOO people, each can
not have his choice; and there must be
great concessions of personal preferences
for the sake Of union and harmony, and for
the success of liberal and sound principles.
Tbs enemies of Democracy seek, nothing
more than TO create jealousy aud dissension
in our ranks. They would like TO see the
Democratic party SO divided in sentiment,
and each part 20 welded TO its choice that
ii could never unite or compromise. But
every true Democrat will see this, and look
ing first 10 principles, he will strive only in
fralernal rivalry, and rejoice in any resul,
that will give him faithful and irusty STAN
dard-bearer.