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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
John Brown in England.

From the London Times Nov. 5.
These occasional outbreaks arc not pecu
liar to American Slavery, but were the
scourge of all tho nations of antiquity, and
OF nuuo 50 much as Bono ia tho very
pamicst days of tho Republic. A scryilo
war is u subject from which history willingly
avUrts her face, and tho outbreaks which
from time to timo havo takUn place in Amer.
lea Aaye been forgotten by tho European
public rs soon us they worO quelIod Ia tor.
turc and in blood. Gut each Of these in.
surrections, ,contomptiblo as they may appear
IN numbers, in intelligence, aud IN Urgauiza-
tiou,is o symptom OF q state Of things which u
wise aud understanding people will do well
not to neglect too long. That security OF
lifo and property. which is, after all, the
maip end aud object Of civil society, docs
not eXist-at least in the European sense of
tho term--in the Slave States of America
The whito population can never forget
either as judgcs, as Legislators or proprieturs
that they arc u small minority scattered
among u largo and bitterly hostile majority
They never know ia its full force tho mean
ing of tho worn security" IfihCy lie down
to rest thoy know not but thcv may DO
awoko Ut midnight by tho light OF their ba-
zug houses, aud the yeis of tho inconGia.
rius. Ii thcy wander in tho forest they feel
uu confidence that tho hand of tho assassin
docs not await thom behind every thickc.
Danger bogets foar, and fear cruelty, which
/ increases danger. Strong a5 is our sympn.
/ thy for the oppressed race that tolls bcucath
/ tho lash in tho Southern States of America
we cannot bring ourselves to wish that thoii
bonds may be broken by an experiment 81
| frightful as that which has once again beon
tried, and has once again failcd-the ex
pertinent of scrviIG war. There was q
! time WHOM the best tHon in America looked
! On Slavery as merely a provisional anC
temporary institution, and looked forward
TO tho time when tho bonds should drol
from the hands of tho African, and the as
scrtion Of the Declaration of Independence
that ali men arc free and equal should M
longer be mockery and a ruproach. Blu
that time seems TO have passed Ivy. and tht
language of the Southern stakeholder ia nos
rather that Freedom is an exceptional in
stitutiOE, destined one day TO be swallOwCt
up in tho moro natural and moro Euman,
rulo of Slavery. We cannot therefore ii
surprised TO SEQ such reasonors reminded
from timo to time by warnings like tha
afforded by the Harpcrs Ferry insurrectiol
how insecure is the basis on which the slave
owner builds, and how dangerous it is for
nation which carries SO veuomous serpen
in her bosom to be forever triflng with tn
possibility OF foreign war, the first cffec
of which nnst ulmost necessarily TO t
rouse tho sleeping destroyer into life an
activity.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
The Mothers Of Remarkable Men
BY HELEN MAR.

throughout tho pages Of history wo arc
struck with tho fact that our remarkable
mon possessed mothers of uncommon talent
TOR good or bad. and great energy of char
actcr. 1t would almost seem from this cir
cumstanco that tho impress of the motlIor
is more frequently stamped upon tho girl
VIC mean the montal intellectual impress, in
distinction from tho physical one.
1t is said of Sir Walter SCOTS mothor
that she was a small, plain, wcll-cducatcd
woman, OF excellent sense, very charitable,
and great lover of painting aud poetry,
and on tho whole n superior woman. Tis
evident from tho writings Of Sir Walter that
he had uncommon gift at word painting.
1t is said Of Byron's mother that she was
u proud woman, hasty, violent and un.
reasonable. with not principle sriIicicnt to
restrain her temper. Unhappily, Byron
had inherited his mothers iuhanablo tenn
per, and instead OF being suLduol and
soitoncd by tho harshncss with which she So
often treated him. ho was rendered more
passionate by il. Thus We SEQ that this in
trinity, which by gentloncss and kind trca;-
mcnt might havo been greatly checked ii
not cured, was suffered to euslayo one ui
tho most talented, brilliant, poetical minds
which ever shono among men. cutaiing Il
lifo of misery upon its poSsessor, aud al
early termination TO his career.
| The mother of Bonaparte was a woman Of
/ great beauty aud energy of character -
This last trait has been strikinglv exempi
| fed througout his whole life.
Tho mother of Robert Burns, tho Scottish
poet, WAS II remarkable woman. She wai
blessed with singular cQuanmitv of tenn
per, and her religious feelings wero con.
slant and deop. She used to give wings tC
| tho weary hours of her checkercd life by
chanting old songs and ballads of which sh,
had large store. Hey perceptions of char
actor were very quick and keen, and sh'
lived to good old age. rejoicing in tho fam
of her poet.son and partaking OF the fruit;
Of his genius.
Lord Bacon's mother is said to have bcei
a woman of superior mind, and Of grea
learning and docp pety.
/ Little is said o! tho mother Of Nero OK
cept that she murdered her second husband
the Emperor Claudius, about four year
aCtor marriage. Do VIC wondor that Ncrt
was cruel Emperor, if his mother was I
murdercss How strangely does tho moth
or OF Nero an ancient tvrant, contrast witt
I tho mothers OF some of our modern philan
thropists aud statesmen tho mother o
Washington, whose namo is familiar to ov
cry reader Of history the mother OF Johr
Jay, who deserves n place by tho side o
Washington. Mrs. Jay is said 10 have hat
cultivated mind, fno Imagination, ant
had u cultivated temper
The mother of Patrick Henry WAS
woman Of great cxccllonce of character, ant
marked by superior conversational powers
Hence doubtless, the ora:orical gift of he
SON With tho mother of tho Adamses al
arc acquainted. Where will you find NOR
real practical common sense and true on
orgy of character than John Quincy's mothe
possessed Mothors will do wcll to remom
bor that their impress is often stampc'
upon thcir sons.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

Four GooD HABITs.-There nro four good
habits, a wise and good man earnestly re
commended in his counsel and also by bis
own example, and which he considered os
sentially necessary for the management Of
temporal concerus. These are Punctuality
Accuracy, Steadiness and Dispatch. With
out the first of these, time is wasted with.
out the second, mistakes the most hurtful
to our own credit and interest, and that OF
others may be committedi without the
third, nothing can be well done; and with
out the fourth, opportunities of great ad
vantage are lost which it is impossible ts
recall.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
The "Try" Company.

A gentleman who was riding III tho cars
noticed bright little fellow, between five
aud six years of age, sitting with his father
aud mother, and engaged in the attempt to
loosen the knot in u string that bound Il
small parcel. The knot had become well
compaclcd, and tho child's tiny fingers
seemed to mako no impression thereon.
Tho patient earncstncss OF tho little ono was
contrasted with the apparent Indifference
Of his parents. who looked on, but made no
attempt TO assist him. At last the gentle
man, whose sympathos with children were
warm, could bear tho sight no longer; so
partly to help the child, and partly to re.
buke the parents, he took out his knife, and
handing il to tho boy. said:
Here, my littIo fellow, try tho virtue Of Il
sharp blade. You cant unite tho knot"
To his surprise the knife was not taken,
but instead. the child answered with smile;
"Please, sir, father don't allow mo to say
can't; belong to tho Try Company"
Indeed" said tho gentleman, as no drew
back his hand, Il never heard of that com,
pany before"
"Oh, I've always belonged to it-haven't
l. father :" And tho child turned with an
expression of loving confidence in his face,
towards his father.
"He's q worthy member of that excellent
association, sir" remarked tho father, now
speaking TO the gentleman, and smiling, in
pleasing way.
"Ah! l understand you" Light was
breaking in upon his mind. This is q part
of your discipline. You never permit your
littlo boy to say cant"
"But instead, I'll try, sir"
Excellent" said the gentleman, "exccl'
lent. Hero is tho way that men are made
Il is tho cverlastiug"l can't" that is dwalfing
tho energies of thousands upon thousands
all over The land. A feeble effort is made
to overcome the difficulty. and then tho arms
fall woarily and tho task is abandoned.
can't is bad word. and tho man or wo.
man who has this word at their tongues end
whenever any trhng object presents itself
is suro to go plodding through the
world as when thcy first began, without eny
more at the end of the journey than there
was at the commencement Never lot your
children hear you say Il can't-neyer let
them use it. unless you would have them as
drones upon society-a curse, not blessing
Rather teach them that "therc is not such
a word as fail"
Learn thum to be patient and persevore
! to regard no impediment, and strive to ben
eft themselves aud their fellows by not
knowing any such word as Il can't"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
The Tomb of SWedenborg,

In recent London letter wo find the
following paragraph:
A few days ago inquired at ono of the
thousand old book shops for any Of Swedeu-
borg's books, and was .old by the old man
that thcro was of lato great inquiry for
Swodenborg's works, but that none were
oiferod 70: sale. From thence l went to
visit the tomb OF the greatest man Of learn.
ing and picty of whom there is any record.
Swedonborg died IN London in 1862, and
was buried in tho vault of the Swedish Luz
theran Chapel in Princes square, Ratcliffa
Road City. 1t is quiet. neat little square.
not moro than eighty yards on siGo, and
tho littlo chapel surrounded by two strong
iron ratings, stands in the middle of tho
church yard. Two ole Swedes in attend
unce unlocked tho great gates and door of
the Chapel and we entered the prettiest
place Of worship remember to have seen.
On the northern side wall there is a neat
white marble tablet erected to Swedenborg,
and tho guide pointed out to us tho spot
whore bis remaius lie in throe hugo cofins-
learned that the number of visitors to tho
tomb was yearly increasing, and although
his doctrines and faith were not quite in
harmony with those of tho Lutherans, that
nevertheless, his memory was much revered
by this congregation. The house where he
last lived and died was in tho neighborhood, i,
but is not exactly known, so little notice
was taken of him iu London; for be lived
in great modesty and quietude, occupied
with his mperishable works which now are
attracting the attention of wise people OF all
lands.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

PREDIcrroNs.-It is amusing to one
whose memory can reach back as far as
a single year, to read the predictions Of a
cold winter which are now being indulged
in. 1t appears that there is considerable
commotion out West among the squirrels.
and his is construed into ar Indication
that severe winter is approaching. The
s.. Louis ErIreSs says
about ensdays ago drove Of gray
squirrels, numbering hundreds Of thou
sands suddenly made their appearaece on
the Merrimac. covering the trees and wa
ters like pail. Thousands Of them were
afterwards found dead in the river and on
the ground. They crossed the Mississippi
at that point. and worked their way down
the river, until on Wednesday they reach
ed Cape Gra,Geau, crossing the river at
that point in countless myriads. The cit
izens turned out en- maSse, and killed them
by hundreds. Every tree and bush in
that vicinity swarmed with them until
night. when all disappeared, and have not
been heard Of since. Their route was
marked as by devastating storm. Trees
were grdled and fields destroyed. Old
French settlers predict very severe win
ter, as il was noticed in 1884 and 1882
that immense droves Of squirrels sudden
y made their appearance, followed by in
tensely severe weather"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
Iualienable Rights,

A wae has made up tho following summa.
ry of what he calls "lnalcnable rights OF
Americans" and which are not enumerated
in the Declaration of Independence:
To know any trade or business without
apprenticeship or experience. To marry
without regard TO fortune, state of health,
position, or opinion of parents or friends
To have wife and children, dependent on
contingencies of business, and in case OF
sudden death, leave them wholly unprOvidod
for. To put off upon hireling strangers tho
literary, moral aud religious education OF
children. To teach children no good trade
hoping they will have, when grown up, vii
enough to 1.-Two on the industry of other
people. TO enjoy tho general sympathy
when made bankrupt by reckless specula.
tions. To cheat the government if possible,
To hold Office without being competent to
discharge its duties. To build houses with
nine and six inch walls, and 60 to tho funo.
raj of tenants, fireman and others killed by
their fall, weeping over tho mysterious dis
pensation of Providence. To buId up cities
and towns without parks, public squares
broad streets, or Ventilated blocks, and .cal
pes!ilenco visitation of God.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

LADY FRANKLIN PooR.-It is stated to bo
we'll known fact in England that Lady
Franklin has expended nearly every shilling
she possessed, to the amount of 100000, in
hor various endeavors TO ascertain her hus-
bands fato, and that she appears destined
to spend the remainder Of hor life in penury.
IL has been suggested that the women of
England and America who appreciate tho
unwavering herosm and constancy which
hayo marked her search OF her husbands
fate should unto in subscription 20 raise
fund for her future support. Why is not
tho idea good one ? Should any action bo
taken upon it there certainly can be no
doubt Of the result. Let the married wo-
men take the lead in this matter. The
ladies of Boston who contributed ono thou.
sand dollars to tho fund of tho little heroine
Mr.. Patten, should not fail TO DO among the
foremost in contributing to any fund which
may be raised in behalf of the truest living
women Boston Courier.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
From Chambers Edinburg Journal.
THE BETTER THOUGHT.

The better Thought how oft in days
When youthful passion iirod my breast,
And drove mo into devious wave,
Didst thou my wandering step arrest,
Aud whispering gently in my car
Thine angel message. fraught with love,
Check for tho time my mad career,
Aud mc!t tho heart nought else could
move
Thiuo was no stern anil harsh rcbuke;
No friends advice 81 true, so cold;
No message wso, such us in book,
Or 10y the teacher oft is tuld,
Which like the pointed arrow falls,
And Rugs perhaps with hollow sound,
But nU'er the wandoror recalls,
And noer intlGis the healing wound.
Thy voice was gentle. winning, mild;
Thy words thou told wore from above.
Like those " iih which the wayward child
Is wooGd hy fond mothers love;
Or like II strain ut muse stealing
Across the calm and moonIit seas,
Which moves the heart of sternest feeling
Aud wakes it5 deepest harmonics.
Sweet was thy prosoncc welcome guest;
Aud |, responsive to thy call,
Arose, and iuit within my breast,
A power that made the fotters fall
From off my long cnthraIled SOUL
And wove, as with n magic spell,
Gricfs which yet owed the soft control
OF hopes that might all yet. 10 we'll.
But. ali! thon vert an ujurod guest;
How SOON departed. soon forgot,
We're all the hopes of coming rest
That clustered round tho Better Thought
Tho tender grois, the firm resolves,
Tho ycarnings after better days,
Like transient sunlight which dissolves,
And leaves no traces of its rays!
Yet despair not-through tho night
That long had rcigncd with tyrunt's sway
E en- now sce tho opening light,
The harbinger of coming day;
To heaven now direct my prayer
o God OF Love, iorsuku me not
Grant that my waywardnoss may ne'er
Quench tho returning Better Thought
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

An American traveller who recently visited
Bernc, thus expa;iates upon tho peculiar
perfume which pervades tho air of that city;
did anything ever smell so bad as Swiss
cheese: You can imagine tho delights of a
residence in Borne, when l tell you that
Berne is one great warehouse for Swiss
cheese-that tho fresh air of your morning
walks, and the still atmosphere of your
room, and the dignifed enjoyment of your
dinner, arc all spoiled by the odor of cheese.
Cheese is the Berne's otto of roses"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

PERSEVERANCE. Man is curious com
pound. His ways arc not easily discovered
his means are incacuIablo, bis end Is rotten
ness. He can do strange things, and his
mode of doing thom is stranger. But to
what account docs he turn them when done
What docs it amount to if he mako tho best
Of them Ono spends his whole life, from
infancy to manhood, in learning to dance on
Il ropo-a sport for children of various sizes
Another, through the Same long course OF
years, bends overy faculty, and stretches
every power of igenuity, that he may be
ablo to perform sundry evolutions on q
horse at gallop. lio arrives at perfection
his amazing dexterity excites breatbless ad
miraton but what is il when it is dOn0 p
What steadiness of neryo, what precision OF
ego, what regularity Of movement, are ro'
quired TO accomplish all this with the skill
and grace which these heroes display =
How much toll, anxiety and suffering must
be experienced ere tho professor arrives al
the summit of his hopes And yet al
seems to be done with ease. Tho difficulty
was in the beginning. If any one thinks
there was mono, let him 60 10 "Astleys,
and try step Mt a gallop. If he breaks
his neck, his opinion will fall with him, and
let him blanc tho latter and not the horse
as bad riders usually do.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

considerable damage, but he was not angry.
Tor no had something of more Importance
to think Of llo went and sat down bonuath
an apple tree and pondcrod
BLESS mo IL no hasn't put the case down
about square y ho said to himsclfa at the ond
OF some minutes meditation. Let mo SEQ !"
no pursued, "thcrU's iiyo shllings for spirits
-FOUR and two pence for alo-four and
two pence for soda. Aud that's within the
last three days. Thirteen aud four pence
1t is possible? Over twenty five pounds u
year Aud yot | can't afford ton shiIlings
fora gate, nor gunoa that my family NAV
receive religious instruction for year.
Walter Gray hwk you had better tarn
orSr a nc,r ieaC"
And Walter Gray did turn over n row
loaf On tho very next day ho did two
things, thereby astonishing two parties. lie
had now cato mado for tho entrance to
tho gardru, and thereby astonishod his wife
and no refused to toss up" for the alc, and
thereby astonishcd Il crowd of expoctan,
thirsty oncs. For a mouth he pursued his
course, aud by tho end Of that timo ht
could fully appreciate tho new blessings
that were dawniug upon him. ltO q scov
cred that he could afford everything which
tho comfort of his family demanded, and ia
arriving at this result, ho had only to re-
linquish those things which no rcally could
not afford 1t was a wonder to him how hC
could have been so foolish. Whom ut tn,
end of the year no had paid his note, anC
had twenty pounds loft. ho felt at first TIM
there must DO some mistake but whcn hi
wife went over their household expenditure
with him, and showed him that all the
needed had been bought and paid for. b,
saw just how it was. llp saw that for year
he had been wasting hs substance. and do
| priving himself and loved ones of tho com
forts thcy needcd-not Intentionally, bu
through tho same mistake that loads thou
sands in tho same course. But he did SO II,
moro.
Sometimes. even now, Walter Gray says
Cant afford 1t !" and he says it very em
| pharically too. But it is not when his wifi
and children ask for comfort and JOY, no
yet when tho needy poor ask for help an
charity-for ho can well afford all that
but it is whom wild spectators or tho loos
companion asks him TO engage in som
game Of hazard which may rob him and hi
family OF thor substance. Thon no says
aud repeats it. ifnood be-"Cdnt afford a.!
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

GARRIcK said of Sir John Hall, the ply
sician and author, "Tho worst wish the
doctor is. that no may be compelled TO take
his own physic and road his own plays: =
"You mnst reverse the punishment, said a
wag "any man who takes the doctors
pbysic won't have to read his plays"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02

THERE arc some persons in the world who
never pormit us to love thcm except when
they are absent; as, whom present, they
chill our affection by showing want Of
appreciation of II.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-02
Dean Swift,


Such was Jonathan Swift.-in his day the
man of tho Irish poope--and, probably, tho
most powerful lIish genius that ever lived.
Endowed with an Incompatible variety of
mGntal powers and an intense vtalitv,
favored By circumstances no would have
mado tho most effective statesman Of the
age. In speculative insight, in scope and
practical onorgy, no would have proved
himself equal to Lord Chatham, and the
superior of Edmund Burko himself. In-
famed with a generous hatred of all untrutb,
crooked counses. sellishness ana intrigue.
possessed OF official power he would have
used it with an admirable experience of the
public necessities, and with that high pur.
pose of effecting tho general good which is
over strongest and most active in great
natures. But men, like him, original self
sustained. indcpondent in SOUL infloxlble
and proud, seldom make their way to places
of executive distinction aud power; these
generally being tho reward of mental ser.
vices, ,prevarlcation ,trickery ,obsequiousness. a
faculty OF familiar adaptation, and u certain
mean dextcrity in managing tho nominating
conventions and disbursing magnatcs of So
cioty. In 1877, having earnestly expressed
q desire to have some official control o..
public affairs in ireland, believing ho could
be of service to her in sphere of political
activity and influence, Sir Robert Walpole
the Primo Minister to whom he had laid
baro tho miserable and appalling condition
of tho country, took good care to prevent
his having any such control. His bold ro.
bust, intractable gouiuS was not suited to
Iho low pottitogging policy, tho conspiracirs
aud dodgcs OF the Castle. When Lord Car.
! Earet, the Lord Lieutenant, refused to make
| him trustee of tho limo board, or even q
justice of the peace, his cxcelcncy flatter'
! inglv observed:
"Why, Mr.. Dean, you must surely dos
piso these feathers-thoy aro uttorly bcnoatI
the consideration of such II man as you arc !!
My Lord" this WAS Deans reply,"l d,
not dcspiso them, but well l know, tina
wero u j0bbcr, governed by your excclen
cy and suffering public abuses to pass unno
ticcd, or were | member of Parliament
voting for the court and selling tho country
your oxcellency would readily grant my
request"
What, think you, was his excoIloncy'
roply to this storm and scathing speech =
1t was an honest one-a bravo one.
what you say, sir, is literally truo, und
FOR this reason you must hold inc excused.
And for this reason, too, did Jonathan
Swift, scorning to work in plated harness
with tho common stud of politicians, stand
apart in lroland-sIncero, incorruptiblo
fearless. solitary and impcrious, nevcrtho
less just, humane, charitable and gracious
as Pope asserts him to havo boon-to Tho
ond unpurchased and uncompromsed-tht
meridian splendor of his intellect not tht
less memorable that its expiring rays liz uI
IA wreck drifting to the verge of tho otorna
sea. and woro extingulshed in dissolution