Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-07-08
The general aspect of the democratic


ty is now so small fraction as scarcely
to admit of division. In New York
there has manifestly been great
falling off among those who were the
supporters Of Buchanan in 1856. Penn
sylvania which was carried for Buchan-
an at immense expense and labor at the
last Presidential election, is hopelessly
lest TO the administration and the poll
icy Of the ruling dynasty. y strong
anti-administration organization has
been formed out of the party which
supported Buchanan, embracing some
ofEthc most prominent men Of that state.
IN the western states the condition of
things is equally unprOmising to the
continued ascendancy of the power Of
the administration. In Illinois the
Douglass and The Buchanan wings Of the
party are fully organized, each faction
having put forth candidates and com,
menced the war in earnest. The adhe-
rents Of Douglass in illinois appear TO
be considerably in the majority over
the supporters of the President The
late state democratic conventionin Iowa
refused by decided majority to en-
dorse the Lecompton policy Of the ad-
ministration. In Minnesota the same
state Of affairs has recently been cx-
hibited. a strong division of feeling
is now evinced in that new State be-
tween the friends OF Senator Rice and
the friends of Senator Shields. The
former being friend ofthe administra-
ton, and the latter decidedly hostile
In Ohio and Indiana, the alienation of
those who Were hardly two years ago
friends of Buchanan, is equally great
if the statements ofpublc journals and
the proceedings of public meetings may
be taken as an indication. Nor is the
desertion from the ranks Of the admin
lstration confined altogether to the free
States. Every intelligent reader of the
current events of the day, knows that
in Missouri, the democracy is constant
ly loseing ground and the republican
sentiment is every day growing stron-
ger. In Kentucky and Delaware, there
are evidences of growing discentent
with the rule the present dominant par
ty. These are not mere speculations
but facts based on tangible evidence.
BIRDs.-Much discussion is frequent
ly elected as tothe harmfulness or benefit
Of birds, and the propriety OF impropri-
ETY. OF their destruction. The questionIis
not only one involving utility but moral
ity. Birds like men, may be classed
good and bad. There are kinds of birds
which may deserve capital punishment
on account Of their vicious propensities,
and the sportsman may, perhaps, be
justified in shooting them with IMMUNITY.
But there are other kinds which it is
grossly immoral to harm-such as rob-
ms, blue-birds, &c. This is the season
of the year for testing the moral natures
of men; cherries, rasp-berries, and 9th.
er fruits are beginning to ripen. The
envious man, whose grosser passions
control his hulnanities, sees robin pick
a little fruit in his garden; his anger kin
dies and he hastily resolves to take the
life of the innocent bird. He does not
stop to weigh the reasons which orni-
biologists and naturalists have rendered
for sparing it; the good services which
the industrious robin has performed in
destroying numberless insects and BUGS,
that would have proved upon the tend
err plants, and perhaps annoyed him in
his sleep, seem not to be weighed in his
mind. That some birds pick fruit, no
one doubts, but the aggregate of the
evil suffered from them on this account.
compared with the good services, and
the pleasure derived from them, leaves
no argument for their Instruction.
The man who can with cool deliberation
shoot robins, blue birds and swallows. is
devoid ofthe finer feelings of humanity,
and is capable Of deeds to which public
opinion attaches higher criminality.
Such man, may be a christian, but
should hardly be allowed church fellow
ship.
RELIGIOUS MATTERs.-The secular
papers contain much less religious news
than n few months ouo eth H. 49,.