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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05
~ when the light Of Gods grace

E When the light of Gods grace
comes into your heart, it is something
like the opening of the window OF an
old cellar tina: has been shut mp many
DAYS. Down in that cellar, which has
not been opened for many months, are
all kinds of loathsome creatures, and a
few sickly plants blanched by the dark
ness. The walls are dark and damp
by the trail of reptiles, it is horrid
fithv place in which no one would
willingly enter. You may walk there
in the dark very securely, and except
now and then for the touch of some
Shiny creature, you wonld believe the
place was not so bad and filthy. Open
those shutters, clean pane of glass,
let little light in, now see a thousand
noxious things have made this place
their habitation. Sure, twas not the
light that made this place so horrible
but it was light that showed how hor-
rible it was before. So let Gods grace
just open a window and let the light
into mans soul, and he will stand as
tonished to see what distance he is
from God. fs1S vofS eIeH
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05


You smooth the tangles from my hair ~ u
With gentle touch and tenderest care, =
And count the years ere you shall mark ,
Bright silver threads among the dark
Smiling the while TO hear me say,
"Ysu'll think Of this again some day.
Some daYp' ffa #,
do not scorn the power Of Time, 81 CrfrtF
Nor count on years of fadeless prime,
But no white CLEANS win ever shine
Among these heavy locks of mine -
Ay, laugh as gaily IS you may,
You'll think Of this again some day,
Some day
Some day shall not feel, as now,
You, soh hands NOV about my brow
I shall not slight your light commands,
And draw the long braids thro' my hands -
I shall be silent, and obey
And you-you will not laugh that day;
cUf Some day tl)
know how long your loving hands.
VIII linger with these glossy bands,
When you shall weave my latest crown
Of these thick braiding. long and brown,
But you will see no touch Of gray ~ l-A
Adown their shining length that day
~. Some day!
And while your tears are falling not
Upon the lips which answer not,
You'll take from these one treasured tress,
And leave the rest to silentness- titi Z.
Remembering that / used to say, lsf..cItTI
You'll think of this again. some day." ~
SoME Day!
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05
Warm Feed for Poultry.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Jour
nal Of agriculture writes
Last winter had FIVE hens three OF
them were late pullets. Having barn
cellar, / thought / should have plenty
Of eggs. The hens began to lay the
4th Of January, but not very well.
Seeing an article in your paper about
hot feed / thought l would try it, and
the hens more than doubled their yield
of eggs in few weeks. From the first
of January to the last of March, / re-
eeived thirteen dozen of eggs. / am
very much in favor of giving hens no,
feed"
There is no better feed for poultry
In the winter than warm boiled pota-
toes, mashed with ground oats and In
dian meal. r-r
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

sB- Why was Adams wife called
Eve? Because, when she appeared,
mans day of happiness was drawing
" close. ffN =
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

An Irish lady, in her viii, or-
aerea her body to be burned after her
death. as she was afraid Of being bur-
ied alive
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

TuRKEYs.-The simplest kind of
treatment with turkeys is the best.
Richardson, who is good authority
Unless IN very warm weather, the
hen and chicks should be housed for a
month. If they appear dropping, put
powdered caraway seed and little
Cayenne pepper into the food. Ifyou
mix the food with milk, let it be pre-
viously boiled. Unboiled milk will
purge chicks; but for my own part
prefer pure water. X
At the age of about two months oc-
cars the most critical period in the life
Of turkey called shooting the red,"
or the time when head and neck ac-
quire the reddish color of adults. This
crisis once past. the birds may be re-
garded as past danger, and exchange
the name of chicks for that of turkey
pouls. The only treatment necessary
q
when bird is shooting the red, is to
furnish nutritive food, with a small
pinch of Cayenne pepper. Bruised
hemp seed is also found servicable.
Take care that young turkeys never
60 out on any account Except in dry
weather,) until the dew is off the
ground; and this should be adhered
totill they get to be the size of an old
partridge, and have their backs well
covered with feathers; and in wet
weather they should be kept under
cover all day long. As to the feeding
of them when young, many nice thing.
are recommended-hard eggs, chopped
fine, with crumbs of bread, aud great
many other things; but that which ]
have seen used, and always with sue
cess, and for all sorts of young poultry
is milk turned into curds. This is the
food for young poultry Of all sorts
Some should be made fresh every day
and if this be done and the turkey
kept warm, not one Of score will die
When they get to be strong they may
have meal and grain; but still they al
ways love the curds. When they &c
their head feathers they are hard!
enough and what they want is room
to prowl about. =. ''i''s'
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05
DIR. j. C.. AYE Il & CO.
LOWELL, MASS. ~.
Price, 81 per Bottle; Six Bottles for S..
Ayers Cherry PeCtOral

has won for itself such a renown for the of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been en-
ployed. As it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more than
the people its quality is kept up to the best
it ever has been, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has been found to do
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

@"Bridget, bring me the castor
oil, the baby is sick"
It's all gone, marin, not drop
left"
"All gone! why, We have not opened
the bottle
"Sure you have had it every day,
and I've seen you use it myself on your
salad"
"Why. you don't say We have been
eating castor-oil every day during the
salad season ?''
"Sure you have"
'But did you not see the bottle was
labeled castor-oil ?n
"Sure and ] did, marin and didn't
! put it into the castor every day %
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05
Price Is cents per Box; Five boxes for $100

Greatnumbers of Clergyrnen, Physicians, States
men, and eminent personages, have lent their
names to certify the unparalleled usefulness ofthese
remedies, but our space here will not permit the
insertion of them. The Agents below named fur
nish gratis our AMERICAN ALMANAC in which they
are given; with also full descriptions of the above
complaints, and the treatment that should be fol-
lowed for their cure. F
Do not be put off by unprincipled dealers with
other preparations they make more profit on.
Demand AYERS. and take others. The sick
want the best aid there is for them and they should
have it. -t
All our remedies are for sale by m --r
n. b. Holster and Asa Huntington, and by Drug
igsts generally. rra
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

A sweet girl is sort of divinity
to whom even the scriptures do not
forbid us to render Clip service"
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

~ 80 far so good,v as the boy
said when be bad finished the first pot
ct his mothers jam.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

W"I am going to draw this beau
into knot" as the lady said when
standing at the hymenial altar. ler.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

1T is good horse that never
stumbles, and good wife that never
gruinbles.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

Costiceness, Jaa1aaice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Dysentery, Foul Stomach, -E'ysipelas, Headache,
Piles, Rheumatism. EJuptiOns and Skin Diseases.
Liuer Complaint, Dropsy, letter, Ta'nors and
Salt Rheun', Worms, Govt, Neu.alyia, as a
Dinner PHI, and for Purifying the Blood.
They are sugar-coated, so that the most sensi-
tive can take them pleasantly, and they are the
best aperient in the world for all the purposes of
family phySic.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

~ There is lady in New yort
30 igEerant of all domestic work. thar
she cannot even Knit her eyebrows.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

w How to avoid drowning-al-
ways keep your head above water.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
Democratic doctrine,

II believe that the safety, the peace, the
highest Interests OF the country, require the
preservation intact of the Democratic party on
ITS old platform. Whenever We de-
part from that platform, which was adopted u
unanimously, we never will get unanimty in
the formation of anothrr.-STEPHEN 4.
DOUGLAS.
1yOf all the mad schemes that ever could
be devised by the South, or by the enemies of
the South, that which recognizes the right of
Congress to touch the institution of slavery.
either in States or Territories. beyond the single
case provided IN the Constitution for the rendi-
sion offugltive slaves, is the most fat STE
PHE.N A. DOUGLAS.
N-If facts can establish any proposition, the
Southern States have agreed to the doctrine of
non-interventon by Congress in States and Ter
rtories, and that the people OF the Territories
may deter mine the question of slavery tor
themselves, Gin their own way SUBJECT only TO
the Constitution OF United States "-HER-
SCHEL " JOHNSON.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
The Guhernatoriai Contest.

We notice both in the Democratic journals
of this State, and in the proceedings of numer-
Gus public meetings, that the most gratifying
unity and enthusiasm IS everywhere prevalent,
especially with reference to Gen. H n. Foster,
our able and gallant candidate for Governor.
Whatever difference OF opinion NAV exist with
regard to other matters, Gen. Foster Is every
where hailed as worthy representative OF
Democratic doctrines AMI bis high character,
noble pnbllC record, and close indenticaion
with all the great and essential interests OF the
State, are calling forth the most active and zeal
Gus efforts 10 our behalf. No man has ever
passed the ordeal of active public service with
more success and honor than has Gen. Foster
aud his gaIlantry IN tunes OF emergency, and
his strict devotion TO Democratic principles,
have justly endeared hun to the Democracy of
the whole State. For more than twenty ears
il hard work was to be done, Gen. Foster was
.he man to do it ; and the steadtastness of Old
Westmoreand is largely due to his able advo-
cacy OF Democratic principles, his clear and ar
gumentatIve reasoning and high personal pop
luarIty which he has borne with the mudeSty of
true greatness.
Gen. Fosters record upon the Tariff while a
member of the lower House of Congress, is en-
viabie, and distinguished tor sagacity and devo-
ton to the interests of bis State. He was ever
foremost IN the recognition of enlightened views
of government policy; and the annexation OF
Texas, and the settlement OF the Oregon dispute,
in 1915 '46, found in him an able advocate of
enlarged American ideas. He is eminently the
man for the times, and we hail, as a matter o:
pride and qualification, the unbounded enthusi-
asm in his behalf now animating the Democra-
cy of the State, encouraging organization, and
giving the brightest promises. There is no.
where lukewarmness or lethargy. Discussions
are buried. The State is to be redeemed, and
all minor differences are made to yield to that
noble and patriotic purpose. nSyiranian.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
The Seceders' Platform.

As we supposed would be the case, the sece-
ders IN the free states are ashamed OF their plat
form, and some af their diSuniou organs even
have the hardihood to deny its most important
provisions. They know it is odious to the Dem
ocratec party, and therefore dare not advocate
IT. The seeding disunion Baltimore town
meeting which nominated Breckenridge and
Lane adopted the majority platform, which was
voted down at Charleston. The third resolu-
ton of this concern reads as follows: "RESOL-
WE'D, THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT.
WHEN NECESSARY, THE RIGHTS OF
PERSONS AND PROPERTY, ON THE
HIGH SEAS, IN THE TERRITORIES, OR
WHEREBY %R ELSE ITS CONSTITUTION
AL AUTHORITY EXTENDS" Now, some
OF the Breckinridg papers deny that the words
"hIgh seas" are in the platform, and charge
that Democrats have altered it to make it ob-
noxlous. This is not true the resolution above
we copied from the Jefersonian, West Chester,
OF July 9TH 1860, which paper has the names
of BreckinrIdge and Lane at its head ; and we
suppose il knows the platform upon which its
candidates stand. Besides, .hp resolution above
stated, isJust as published in the majority plat
TORN at Charleston. We hope after this the
seceders and their friends will come square mp
to the work, and not endeavor to shIrk the re-
sPonsIbility oftheir principles. We ask every
candid man TO tell US whether this protection
"to persons and property on the high seas
can mean any thing else than the re-opening
of the African slave trade? Is there demand
for protection to any other kind of property {!
Are not goods IN our vessels protected by the
flag that covers them and therefore they want
no legislation. Protection 10 property in the
territories means slave code 10 be made by
Congress, to compel the people to have slavery
whether they want it or not. These things
may be denied, but they are too garing to be
covered up by any sophistrY .-DogLestown Dem
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
The UnIucky Lincoln.

'' As sure as the Devil looks over Lincoln. y
Is ProVerb popular in England, and it seems
as II the unlucky. Abraham has been under tie
same supervision here. His good luck when
be has any has been worse than his bad. He
has always been all oilce-Seeker, and has al
most invariably been beaten. Up for Congress,
the Democrats beat hun. Up tor United
States Senator, the Republicans rejected him.
Stumping for the same honor, Douglas dslanced
him. He got into Congress in 1916, and so
dIsgraced himself that he had to go into retire.
ment for eight years IN order to be forgotten. q
The Detroit Free Press says o. this passage
of his life
"When he took his seat in Congress the
country was involved 10 war, and tie brave
and patriotic sons of the country were making
The most heroic efforts to sustain The national
arm 10 the inter ior OF the enemy's country,
and this they continued to do until the close Of
the war, and in the end conquerors, and more
than conquerors notwithstanding all the adverse
powers which they had TO contend. While
-ihey were doing this there was a portion of
their countrymen at home who not only oppo-
sed them and sympathrsed with the enemy, but
actually encouraged the Mexcans t. resis-
tance. There were men al home who hoped
and prayed the Mexicans would .'welcome
them with bloody hands TO hospitabIe graves"
and there were men who responded to the senti-
ment, and among them was Lincoln.
"During the war George Ashmun, of
Massachusetts,, the same who presided over the
Chicago Convention, introduced resolutions
into Congress declaring that the war with the
Republic of Mexico was uncDnsitutional,
unnecessary and unjust, and these resolutions
received the prompt and ardent support of
Lincoln. II Is now matter OF history that
the opposition that was made TO the war in the
Enited States but served to prolong and ernbit-
ter it in Mexico. The speeches that were
made in support of such resolutions were
promptly transferred to Mexico and published
IN the newspapers, read al the head of the
army, and otherwise oStentatiously displayed
These proceedings, to winch Lincoln gave a
hearty concurrence, but served to encourage
the common enemy, prolonged the war, and
cost hundreds and thousands of lives of
volunteer soldiers who had flock ed to the field
at the call of their country. 1t was for this
reason that Illinois rebuked him by refusing
him a reelection, and it is for this reason, a.
mong others, that she has refused him any
honOrs since, and it is for this reason, among
others, that the people of the whole country
will but confirm the decision of his own State
III the coming contest. Americans want
somebody 10 rule over them who will not take
sides with the enemy, in the time of war, a.
gaInst his own country"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
FIom the DoyIestown Democrat
The Platforms.

The platforms Of Messrs. Lincoln and Breck-
nridge are the same IN principle; 10th denying
TO the people OF Territory the right of self
government. Mr.. Lncolns friends say "No
more slave States" making il condition to be
attached TO their admission as a State, that they
shall not al any future tine admit slavery. Look
at the case of Texas when her annexation was
ratified. She was a sovereign and inGepen-
dent State, and not Territory, belonging to
the United States, therefore she was free con-
tracing party. A solemn contract was enter
ed into between the contracting parties that
when the territory should become settled it
should be divided into four States, and be ad-
mItted into the Union with or without slavery
as the people of each State might determine for
themselves but Mr.. Lincoln and his friends say
no contract OF the kind has any binding force
with US where slavery comes in question. The
South conceded the tight of legislat ion IN the
Territories, and therefore the legislation will be
against any more slave States.
Mr.. Breckenridge and his friends claim the
right to legiSlate for the Territories bv Con-
gress 10 case they refuse to Iegslale or the le-
glslation is unfriendly 10 slavery thus depri-
wing the people OF the right to Ieglslate for them
selves in their local affairs, subject to the Con-
stltutIon Of the United States; and they offer
as a reason for their change of opinion since
1856, that the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott
case, settled the question Of Territorial legisla-
tIon, upon the subject of slavery against the
Territories. Mr.. Reverdy Johnson, who ar
gued the question Tor the South, says that the
question OF Territorial legislation was not be-
fore the Court, and therefore could not be de-
cided.
The friends of Judge Douglas take the same
ground that our fathers took IN the Revolution,
that the people are sovereign and the officers
are servants and not masters that all power
not delegated to the United States, nor forbid
den to the States, is reserved to the States and
to The people that the right TO legislate Tor pr-
vate property in the Territories has not been
granted to Congress. This is the first lime that
Congress has been asked to legislaie for private
property in the Territories. The people con-
tend that the ssme Legislature that legisIates for
all other property, is competent to lesislate for
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27

not meant as revenue bill, it IS SIMPLY meas
ure oil iavorltism TO few classes of nanufactu-
rers and nothing Else. Those who expect 10 make
money by IT are trj ing TO force il through Con-
srsss by talking about our empty treasury. A
mother class perceive IN it what seems to them
dexterous electionpering measure, and favor
1t tor that reason, and With this class we have
as little favor as with the protectioni8ts'
These are unpleasant facts for the contempIa-
ton OF those Republican journals in Pennsyl-
vanla who wish 10 make some political capital
out OF this question. Coming, as they do, from
che leading organs of their party, they must Ell
iS.eF cease TO hunbug the people, or expec: TO
have their tricks made public.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
Signs of the Times.

The political heavens are full of pro pi:ious
signs.
The Nicholsonvlie tKy.) Democrat, publish
ed in Mr.. Breckinridge's district, hoists the
Douglas and Johnson flag and saws
Il has ever been, and is now, our fixed and
determined. purpose TO support the man for
President who fairly and justly obtained the
nomination. While we admire and love Mr.
Breckenridge, we cannot foresake the modicum
of nationality that yet remains to the Demo-
Cracy to promise his interest to the detriment
OF that party whose recent rupture has cast
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27

such gloom over our land ard nation. We
ioVe tue Union. We will never knowingly
take position which will array one sectlon
OF the Union against another. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge did hot receive the vote of Kentucky in
Convention, and he will not receive il in No.
yember next. be accepts the nomination
from the handful Of delegates who seeded at
Baltimore, 1t will initiate against the success
OF Mr. Douglas, while it ensures his own
overwhelming defeat. At time like the pres
emit when the greatest harmony is needed 10
insure success, it is suicidal TO attempt victo-
Ty with divided front.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
The Republicans and the Tariff

We copy the following article on the tariff
from the New York EUening Post, the repre-
sentative of a large body OF Republicans in New
York, and second only to the Tribune in gen
era influence.
The Post has repeatedly charged that the
Republicans of the House did not vote their
honest convictions by passing this bill, but were
influenced entirely by policy. From the course
of the Post, we may learn what would be the
action otthe Republicans on this question, if
they should b-come responsible for the legsla-
tion OF Congress, and compelled to vote in ac
col dance with their honest convictions. A
a;e Number ct this paper says
at Is said that the Committee on Finance in
The Senate, to whom was referred the new Tar
if bill, comoL ly called Morril's bll-a meas
ure, we must say, almost as dssgraceful 10 its
author as the one called the English blll-have
concluded to report it with a recommendation
that it bp postponed to the next session. This
is altogether the best thing that could be dohe
with it. To ask the Senate to vote upon it un-
derstandingly, at this late day OF the session, is
as absurd as to Insist that tyro in the langua-
ges shall learn to speak Greek in twenty-tour
hours So complicated and confused Is MorlPs
bill, such jumble of specific and ad uaforem
duties, laying both on the same commodities ;
such mass of disguised prohibitions, some of
which must seriously affect our commerce, that
no member ofthe Senate could vote for it with
clear conscience, on the short notice that its
advocates have given.
"This bill, 10 which the name of Morrill,, 10
bis shame is attached, considered as revenue
bill, is the merest deception in the world. It is
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27

over the spirit OF his political dreams Reader
We eau tell YOU STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS IS
THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY THE MAN PUT FORWARD BY
THE DEMOCRACY TO BEAT LINCOLN.
That accounts for the sour milk in Jordan;s CO
coa-nut. Whenever garbled and altered ex-
tracts from the Gaesfte appear in his organ
hereafter, the people ~iII know the reason
why.