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If them again and again. We ire in almost

craft UNIVERSAL. we SfsIh, tttIeio'E, t""e
W. do know when we affirm that Masons as
a whole, are moral, true, and upright men,
lovers of their country, and quiet aud obedi-
ent subjects of law. Yet such men may be
led astraY. False reports may be raised, the
pnrest spirits may be deceived by false hoods
and exaggerations, aud even our institutions,
venerable for age, grand in proportions, pure
and virtuous in its principles, may be made
the medium through the Vaccinations OF false
brethren, of Incurable mischief.
Brethren the partisan sheets OF the coun-
try, North and South. those, we mean, whose
mission seems to be that OF stirring up mortal
contention between us, and 10 break up this
government by false issues, declare nothing
but lies when they say the North > arrayed
against the South, and the South against the
North. 1t is false. We have lived more
than twenty years iE the south and more
than twenty years in the North. For a large
portion OF the twenty-five years we have
been engaged in travelling, have seen every
portion, made personal acquaintanccs with
every shade Of thought and feeling, and we
testify TO the utter inIqutv Of such state
ments. II is but the cry Of denagognes and
traitors, who will rise only upon the rn!n oil
the nation, If the nation does not take warn
ing in time. The feelings of Southern peo-
pie is a whole. aud Of Northern people as a
whole are still kind and brotherly towards
each other. But it cannot be denied that
the evaporation of party feeling is smtltter-
ing every thing, and the proneEess of feeble
human nature to follow popular leaders right
or wrong, may destroy the last remains Ct
national affection if we do not guard ourselves
against it.
Brethren of the North you are mlsinforn-
ed upon the subject OF slavery. 1t Is not The
! .I1:k .-.1 $50, h.,n b.. $,n,tk y, ho1t.,.
It. Visit the South and you will see il. You
have been misiniormed too, in regard to the
Southern people. They are kind. loving, and
generous to a fault. They are brave, true TO
their friends. and, as Mas ons, God never
made better
Brethren Of the South you are misinform-
ed as to the general feeling Of the Northern
people relative to slavery. Whatever it may
be in some localities. ridden to death by
demasosues, yet, in the broad lands of the
North and West, and even in Canada, the
popular sentiment is to let the sub iect alone,
and leave it with those who are personally
interested with it, You are misinformed too,
as to Northern people. They are studlous,
industrious, lovers OF order and OF law. liberal
in a good cause, earnest in whatever they
undertake, and. as Masons, conservative and
systematic in the highest degree.
DJClNIeU Oh UOtH SECTIONS. tueIe Is aDSO-
lutely nothing between you but to love one
another, and to persevere in the grand design
Of doing good and being happy. Let dema-
gogues rail and lie in vain. Treat all their
threats Of secession, Of opposition to law, Of
raids into neighbor.ng vineyards, Of D%uIlIfica-
ton, &c, with contempt and abhorarce.-
Disregard their statements that American
people are ripe for disunion as a direct IN
%vention of the father of lies. Blacker false
hood was never invented. Search for sober
law abiding men, conservative in their habits
Of thinking and action, and entrtrst to such
the banner of all good Masons.-"Union first
Union last-UiIo ion forever !o-Toice 81
Masonry.
LINCOLN AND THE AExT CoNGREss.-The
administrative government at Washington is
made up OF two cooperative departments
the executive and legislative. The Repub-
licans, though advanced in the possession of
the executive department, will be pow.rless
to carry out their party programme, with the
legislative. or with either branch of j, opposed
to them. That the Senate, during the first
Congress, or at least OF LircoIn's adninistra-
ton, will be opposed to the leading measures
Of public policy embodied in the Chicago
platform, we know. At tn. present the Ser
ate stands thirty-eight Democrats to twenty
five Republicans, two Southern Opposition
men, and one vacancy, showing an anti Re
publican majority which cannot be overcome.
under ordinary contingencies. until the second
Congress Of Lincoln's administration The
present House Of Representatives is thus
divided:
I"Ehocrat> 81
Southern Opposition ........ %
Anti lecomp'oni,es. ....
Vacancies
Mr.. Pennington, the~Republican second
choice candidate, was elected SPEAK er BY
the maJorityaof l1s. including three anti
Lecom ptonites, George Briggs, and one
Southern Opposition man, Henry Winter
Davis. After this achievement, too, the Re-
publican party in the House found very little
difficulty IN carrying out their projects. big
and little, except in the matter of orsauiza-
ton OF some five new Territories, where thry
stuck fast between ths WiImot psoviso and
squatter sovereignty.
From all this it would appear that while a
conservative opposition ma lonty in the
House may be used bv the Republicans upon
almost every question except the almighty
Niger. this is the point at which they will
fail. 1t is Of the highest moment. therefore,
to secure a conservative, Republican
majority in the next House Of Representa-.
tlves. to which MIR. Lincoln, from the White
House, will address his first annual message.
Thus far for the next Congress, seventy-six
members Of the House have been elected,
and thus far the Republicans have lost four,
having secured but forty-risht in the next,
while they have ffty-two from the sane
States in the present House. They have alSo
lost Sc veral assistant anti Lecomptonites; so
that with anything like proper management
among the conservative anti Republican fac
tons IN New York and New Jersey. a deci-
dediy conservative Congress in both branches
wiz be secured tor the management of the
first two years Of Lincoln's administration
N. Y. Herald, 1871.
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