Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-22

winch he, at present, is obstinatelv refusing to receive from ourself. But we seriously ask him, if he would have voted against the Sen ate bll! for the admission of Kansas if he had been in Congress when it came up? Will he answer us?
 The Devil-A Poem
 BY ANDRE MATTEsoN-READ AT THE NATIONAL
 TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Ladies and Gent2emen-l hardly know W hat way to answer for the chap bel w! Bv your grim looks see you're ali agreed he themes very wicked one indeed! But, since the devils got me in the scrape, By coming in such questionable shapen Like Hamets ghost why I'll speake to him. = I'll call thee"-no, l won't I'll drop that whim: It won't be proper from the shades of Hades To raise the devil here among the ladies sing the Press," says Saxe-a fitting theme, To wake the numbers of a SaXe-on dream. And, with rapt visions of the future traueht To rouse each impulse. energizc each thought, Raise high each hope, each manly breast insi ire With lofty purpose, high Ambition fire And polnt each engrr soul the pathway bright upward and onward to realm of light But my more humble and pcd,stran muse, Unskiiled !" soar, l beg you will excuse If, on the subject of her tuke to night. She ventures in no dangerous upw..r,l flight. But ehun> the risk they run tha mount too hirh of losing ioothold somew here in the skv And. " Br"hma like turns back on heaven and
 grace
 To find ter hero tie otAer p7aee.
 sing the modern MophstophcIeS- Not him by Doctor fau,tu> called t. ease His indigestion. and by bio ld- seael bond Buy pleasure here at cost of all beyond- But ono of genIler less ironic mond Grim demon "r d better -na'ured brood. inNoked fIOm realms eyond the Stvgiun shore By potent spell of some lean editor
 hn, with tho occult lore of Fans.us filled And in the my steries of the Nach ujf skilled His power eXertS and, with the greatest case kalSeH the devil by such words d. these: " Wanted d boy to learn the printing art: H. should be quick to learn, aGd. rather smart: .thie to spell at least each common word; One from the country would Le prelerred' From home obscure in some sequcs+nrrd rlade A youth with hope elute to leatn q Cridc, Comes a the ca,l; but no upearthy >.ruke Attends hiS comnIing; no blue flame, or smoke; No dreadful thunder. no internal dim Such as ma4ivlatS raise the devil in
 \ silent, faced, wondering country lout.
 Y hose mother is supposed to know he's out His greetings brief no studied phrase en,floy, He only says, " Sir. don't you want t b "
 The cumpIcts quickly ma,ie: no ,io, and seal In blood Satan b,.rtere sou reveal:
 No co~tlier tluji is allowed to flow
 han ink each bottle cost 09f' vou know: No penalty our Faust is bound to pay.-- The obliGatou's ali he other way - And satan must to keep lis bond. % through More tasks than Nick the elder ever knew. First, to reform his imp-ious desires.
 satan is set to making n9oeks and ti4a,,s-- An occuPa5ion which, one may guess Suits hln but little, and the pres-Inan less: W therefore tine latter, with im2eriiI tnne HdtseS his form and i0toAtad stone Marks " here he lays it. whic upon the head euden slag tells that the form is dedd And near 1t, too, a pair oi Shotting irons Show how that firm was locked in it's envirous. Not that the devils dead. That don't say. thc P1oot think. i. qui the ether way:
 Since errors prove that. though he's left the chqs. The imp iS sill attending to the cast- Thus. by iUbluu> pair of paraduXcs
 ETT~r proves truth, ere yet he's learned the 6ores) Promoted from common inky knave | To higher honor- as gaNey slave, | He next begins his eXerriSe to vary. | To learn the irfHler and the heclti-at.g: l And tNuS is doomed t encounter ai, hc ills l WlCh Whlch it's may the monster Public fills | Leaders and le,'-thc ,st the common food | Or patriots, thrsting fir the cotr'ryS good; l News 't ths day: exploit, of the police | With AeadN oi sixteen aljecu>e> apiece | such aN. ' Most bl"o ly. savage ti.ullu fight 1 " In this tremendous thriving town last night, " Horrti hrart-reu ing >uui-revoltinr >iylt,. " SIX hundred valiant police pu to iigh.. . S''tnc people dcad-'hc rest on qeg tirhtr
 And add ,o these calalriticS most dire | Ny once week. "a most destructive fire'- | Y io strange ambitious scriburrs nccr should see
 Ausht, save in tn" snlerlative dcercc.l
 = S'"a>huP>" ou railroads. with no one to blamc | FNc IF the engine lwhnt dreadful shame
 Ina entA < slou.l m 're sense than drivers claim " ENl!o>"nS.1 too. of ste.mhoats. and of banks | Forwhch new>mcngcrs offer many thanks;
 = Mur'l'r most foul'- what mu.er>. pray are no Save hen s'uS timed by law are .ent t. pot, | As where the Indian Sepuy. Deaths new mode l beh)I'iing cries in wonder, " il be b.cwed!") | A1it. for the dessert to this gra ioli, feast, Y lUits." poems " romunces.n # enough ut least
 To sink oid Argos We're it not thr fact l That weights the quality which most it lacked | Yet are not these. in bulk alone. enough | To cause cen satan to cry q"aat1a st,iP
 Thus onward through each Purratorial scene, | here t'IeH are taken be they fH or lean,
 And untold horrors. wreckS of matter dead, | Dv llNilg hands are fast GiStftbated, | The primers devil. with not a qtin in bank, l Nor backed by influence of birth or rank,
 In the dun round of life, from day to day | PurSLes tn ~nereD tenor of his way | An humble instrument of Man and Might l thereby from chaos Truth is brought to light | But let each hopeful politician own he power behind the press well as throne, | hat. like the youth mid A pine glaciers bent, | His gaze still on d lottier summit bent | His foot inn planted on the rock of Truth, l His bosom glowing with the fires of vouth
 May yet, with weapon mighter than the sword,
 Hold the whole nation trembling on his word. | Turn from the picture thus imperfect drawn | To where immortal lights in glory dawn;
 Behold where Ilistorys glowing tablet shows | The name of one who from the station rose
 Of '' printers devil" and on the highest height l Inscribed his name in characters of light
 His grave is marked by no dmpcstnq St,ne;
 But more imposing far. his name alone | lis monument shall be, and every age
 Shall bring new hnnors to the patriot sage, | Whose pen against the arrogance of power l Vas ever used in Pcril'S Gal kcning hour;
 hes pre>> unshackled, worked for trnl and rigl | Iaheas of fire in Frrel.1m'> darkest night;
 W hose l'hosophic read Na,urc'~ laws, l Traced Che effect from pre existent cause Said to the iuId lightning Be hon stie!, Thy weF shall yield to mans all-conquering will | Long as the press fulfls its mission high,
 Long as ille lightning streaks the summer sky, ! Long Is the human heart with rapture thrills, 1 Long a> its wonttd course the eaIIh tnlfi!s | Thy name, new lustre gaining day by day, | As the long line of ages rolls away. Shall still iliumine Hstory'S ialre-t page l Thou Christian, Printer, Patriot and caee