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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
One Brick Wropg,

Workmen we're recently building large
brick tower, which was to bo carried up
very high. The architect and foreman
charged the masons to lay each brick with
exactness, especially the first course, which
was to sustain all tho rest. However, in
laying corner. by accident or carolessness,
one brick was set a very little out OF linc.-
The work went on without its being noticed,
but as each course of bricks was kept in line
with those already laid. tho tower was not
put up straight, and the higher they built
the more insecure it became. Que day,
when the tower had been carried up about
fifty foot, there was tremendous crash
Tho building had fallen, burying the men in
the ruins. All the work was lost, materials
wasted, valuable lives sacrificed, all from
one brick laid wrong at tho start. The
workman ut fault iB this thing little thoughI
how much mischief no was making for the
future. Do you ever think what ruin may
come of ono bad hahit,one orick laid wrong,
while you arc now building character for
life: Remember, in youth tho foundation
10 laid. See to it that all is kept straight.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

conpollcd them TO begin this lifds hard in
its trials at tho best. with tolls and manual
labor. But what do claim, what the Ro-
publican party claims as full answer to these
unbecoming sneors at Abraham Lincoln is,
that the man who from the most humble
beginning. with all tho pressure of poverty
and its privations 10 boar him down. car,
thus unaided how his way in life. and press
upward and onward. developing, strength.
cnng, and refining his qualities at each etep
as no advances, until he ia chosen for tho
hghost position to which any American
citizen can aspire. must hare much IN him to
make that choice appropriate But those
hippant orators and editors among our op.
ponents, who make their unworthy filings,
think otherwise, it may bo from tho con-
sciousness they feel that il either of them
had commenced his career as splitter of
rails no would oe splitting rails still. And,
my friends, when wo consider that this sue
cess, this now prominent position of Lincoln,
is but the fruit Of perseverance,, industry,
/ energy and unwaverirg honesty, who would
take away, by disparagement or scoffing, tho
noble and encouraging lesson thus conveyed
to the mind and the hear. of every young
man in America: Friends, fellow-ctizens.
freomen, should we not rather glorify and
rejoice in the institutions undor whose fos-
tering influences, in fair field OF endeavor,
every youth and every man in the land may
hope thus to rise and advance, no matter
how obscure his starting point Let them
sncer. Thore is in this simple history of
Abraham Lincoln, something which touches
| chord in a every true and noble heart,
that will vibrate and be felt throughout the
whole extent of this broad, free land. Alas,
my fellow-citizens alas for the Democratic
party ! may not this abandonment of all
their honest sympathies with struggling pow
erty and labor, be but another indication of
their humbling submission to Southern mas
terS. who have taught them to consider that
The ldboring classes can never properly boz
come, or be trusted as the governing classes
of our country Yes; Senator Hammond
of South Carolina may dare, from his high
place at Washington. to stigmatize "the
whole class of manual laborers and opera
tivos as Slaves" "wbite slaves, ""mud sills Of
society," but tell him, tell all the branch
es of party which assent to, or fails to repel
such slauder--I tell you a,l-that We mean
to take one of these "mud-siils," and by the
rightful exercise of that glorious power
which our common Constitution has con-
forrcd upon US, lift him up and place him
proudly where he shall be the very ridge.
pole of our political edifice
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
MOVE ON.

Tho march Of lifo should never Stay
All things should onward tread
Man should not clog progrossion's way,
But strive to movo and mend.
Tho waters move in depths Of ocean,
The streams along the dales,
And rivulets with onward motion,
Through sweet and verdant vales,
Movo on
Tho clouds movo gently thro' the sky,
Tho earth rolls ever on;
Time swiftly in It's course runs by,
And years pass, ono by one.
Men. too, should strive TO follow them,
In this their onward way,
Permitting naught tho tide to stom,
But ever, day by day,
Move oni
Men may bo wiser IL they strive
More virtuocs, If tboy will;
Add who, within this world. would thrive
Must aim at higher still
Lot bgots stand BY doctrines old,
The wise will pass them by;
Weak minds may cling with subtle hold,
But strong ones yaIinntlv
Move on!
Like waters rolling to tho ocean,
Down mountains piled on high
Like clouds forever in cOmmotiOn,
That movo across the sky
We will forever onward press,
Thus tetterlcss and free;
And dccming virtue happiness,
Our watch word ever be,
Movoon
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
FUN ITEMS.

THE dog whose "bark is on the c." has
been engaged by Julien.
As general rule, a fashionable beau, like
bow in the sky, can't make both ends
meet.
An old bachelor is traveller on life's rail
road who has failed to make tho proper
connections.
"How do you get that lovely perfume :"
said one young lady to another. "Ifs scent
to me, replied the other ....
A MAN of philosophic temperament re-.
sembIes cucumber; for. although he may
be completely cut up, he is still cool.
A LADY. being asked the place of her ma
tivity, replied: Il am SO unfortunate as to
have no native place 81 wss the daughter
of a Clergyman"
LIFE, we are told, is journey--and to
sec tho way in which somo people eat, you
would imagine thov we're taking in pro-
visions to last them through the whole
long,h of tho journey. ....
"LANDLoRD, YOU DO me entirely too much
honor--you let me sleep among the big
bugs last night" "Oh, don't be too modest,
dear lodger. l doubt not they have your
own blood in their veins"
IHE OTIeicst cHaTge 10 jury III an actiOu
trial was given by one of the courts. 1t was
as follows: "Gontlemen, if you believe all
tho testimony in the case, your verdict
should bo for the plaintiff.
A SAILOR once had high dispute with his
wife, who wished him at the devil. "Shiver
my timbers. Peg" said he, "if don't think
should fare pretty well with the old fellow,
having married into his family"
A WORTHY Dutchman lately sued his
neighbor for killing dog. In the course
of his examination, the Dutchuan being
asked what was the value of his dorg, re-
piled, sash for tor dorg, he YES wort shust
nothing at all; but ash no was so mean ash
to kill him, swear make him pay to full
value of him"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

A SLIP OF THE ToNGuE.-A gentleman
who had carefully trained up his servant
n the way he wanted him to go, SO that
he might at all times be an efficient aid in
helping him to pull The wool over his wife's S
eyes, sent him one day with box ticket
for the opera to the house Of certain
Young lady.
The servant returned when the gentle.
man and his wife were at dinner. He had
OF course, been told, in giving answers tc
certain kinds Of messages, to substitute
the masculine for the feminine proUoun in
speaking OF lady.
"Did you see him?" asked the gentle
man, giving him the cue.
eyes, Sir" replied the servant, "he
said he'd 90 with a great deal of pleasure,
and that he'd wait for you, sir"
"What was he doing::" asked the wife,
careless'y.
"He was putting on his BoNNET!' was
the bundering reply.
"The fat was in the FIRE" forth with
and for the rest Of the day the splu,tering
in that family was so vehement as to defy
the sedatiye influences OF a new bonnet,
cloak, shawl and dress,
MEM-He didn't go with the husband
tha; night TO the opera.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

RIoHEs.-You may put man in tho midst
of all tho musical instruments in the world
and, if he does not know how to play on
thCm, thoy will afford him no PLEASURE
You may heap wealth upon a man until il
castles itself 10 heaven. and yot he may DO
paupor. The paupers are not in the poor
houses, but in mansions for a man is rich
ouiy by 80 much as he knows how to use
what no has; everything beyond that is
poverty. do not think the asses that lug
the gold ore from tho mines are rich (; aud
yct many men choose to take their places,
and spond thoir whole life, and bend them
selves double, to carry that which always
will DO a burden to them. They do not
carry it to make it a power Of usefulness
they do not carry it to make it infiame and
feed moral power, by benefaction--by a
large divinity Of bene6cence; they carry il
merely as gold, as property and they are
beasts of burden, burdeped. Multitudes
and multtudes of such beasts there are, and
ten thousand apiBg men running after them,
saying; "Oh that were they, or like unto
them" Add so the steep path frUm the
mino to the point where they throw of
their load is worn so smooth that many who
walk upon it overburdened, slip and 60 TO
perdltion.-Bseeher.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

WE have never heard a more beautiful
incidcnt IN the life of Mr.. Webster than
that which he related 10 a friend of ours
Ii was in effect thus when Lord Ash.
burton and myself said that great man,
sat down at opposite sides of the table.
entirely alone. as both had desired, to
consider the Northwestern boundary diff.
Guilty, said to his Lordship in the outset,
MY Lord. wish TO propose to you at the
commencement of this discussion, lhis
simple resolution, TO be adopted before
We 60 further, namely: that the question
at issue between your country and mine
shall be settled amicably and that the
enemies of the institutions and religion o
both shall not be allowed the delight ol
seeing both doing their utmost TO destroy
each other With the deepes, emotion
Lord Ashburlon replied IL heartily
accept the resolution a; the same time
grasped Mr.. Webster's hand across the
table
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

SAYINGS OF CMLDREN.-A little boy three
years old, l believe. was blessed with new
little sister. Tho day following he was re.
quired to DO very still, and the reason given
therefor, that his mother was very weak and
his sister too. He obeyed the injunction
carefully. In tho course of the day some
play mates came to tho house; he rushed "a
the door, and putting his little fiHeer up ia
check tho noise, said, "Be very quiet-l
have got a new baby sister, and she is very
weak and tired-for she has walked all the
way from heaven to-day, and you must moi
disturb her. Little Pilgrim.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

moved hor lips in prayer, and thus she died.
| remained still knooiing beside that dear
form till my gentle sister removed NE
The joy OF youth had gone forever.
Boys who spurn mothers control, who
are ashamed to own that thoy are wrong.
who think 1t manly to resist her authority
or yield to hor Influence, beware Lay not
up for yourselves bitter memories for fu-
ture years.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

TWENTY SQUARE MILES OF GRAVES AT
SEBAsroPoL. appears by a letter of MIR.
Gowen, the American engineer, who is en-
gagged in raisisg the sunken Russian vessels
in the harbor Of Sebastopol, that the grave
wards of the allies number three hundred,
and that they cover twenty square miles OF
territory. Considering that the siege lasted
less than two years, and that these graves
comprise the dead of but one side, such
war, if continued, would in time have deci-
mated the nations engaged.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
LAW FIRM.

LAW FIRM.
A LFRED PHELPS g. Albert G. Riddle, com
IA posing the old Law Firm of Phelps & Riddle
aul Alfred Phelps, r.,have formed Copurtn
connection for the Practice OF Law, under the
name Of Phelps. Riddle & Phelps, at the old Ofiics
OF Phelps g. Riddle, where they viii attend TO all
law business which may he entrusted to their
care. ALFRED PHELPS,
ALBERT G RIDDLE,
ALFRE } PHELPS, in.
Chardon, December 9th, 1853 5l7tf
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
A Fixed Law in Nature.

There is one great rule in the opera.
ton OF natural causes and effects, that the
earlier oriental nations have always vio-
lated ill they have sunk beneath the wide
ocean OF humanity. That law is this:
What the agricullurist or horticultur.
ist would call cross culture. The whole
animal kingdom, man included, as well
as the vegetable world, deteriorates by
consarguineous propagation; and i'm
proves constantly and unimitedly by the
free sdmix,ure of remote elements. The
same law that rules in the vegetable or
ganizaiious and the inferior animal ccon.
omy. controls also the human family
And his lies in the whole race, from the
primary societies assembled around the
hearthstone Of parents,up through all the
widening circles Of provinces, kingdoms
and empires. Exclusiveness in nation,
that is TO close the doors by law or the
prejudice OF caste, against emigration and
the admixture Of other nations, will infal.
IDLY in the end work out the degradation
and ruin o! any nationality in the world
The doors Of China and Japan have been
barred agains: all o,lfer nations from ear.
liest history; and the result has been, from
fixed law in nature. that they attained
the highest point in the scale OF nations TO
which they were susceptible, thirty cen
turies ago, and have remained at that
point even since. Climate, literature,
religion, and all that, have had their in.
auence in parslyzing progress in those
nations, but the main cause is found in
the exclusiveness Of which we speak.
Those great convulsions Of the West
ern empires, Grecian and Roman, and
then those inund atoms from North East
ern Europe and the adjacent regions OF
Asia. that successively overran Southern
and Western Europe, during the third,
fourth, ffh and sixth centuries, poured
in the veins OF the masses the blood OF
all nations; and then rose successive con-
vulsions that occurred among the gov
ernments OF central Europe, until the
Island OF Great Britain became the thea
Ter of national strife. by Dane, Norman
and Saxon. These things make the An
glo Saxon blood. give that vitality and
energy Of character, and have elevated
Them above all others. This law of hu.
mani,y, fosleted by our republican insti
tutions, and religion. will work out su
perior race in the family Of man, in ths
course of years, 10 any that has yet lived
in the world.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

lDLENEss is the bane of body and mind,
the nurse of naughtiness, the step.mother
of discipline, and tho chief author of all
mischief; one of the seven sins, the cushion
on which the devil ehioAy reposes, aud q
greet cause not only of melancholy but OF
many other diseases: for the mind is natu
rally active, and if il be not occupied about
some honest business. It rushes into mischief
or sinks into melancholy,
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

As q good reason for disseminating
paper, a Western print thus goeth IL;
1--WE strike the names OF two OF our sub
scribers from our books this week, who have
recently been hung in Texas. We do this
because wo are not advised, as yet, of their
present locality"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14

A QUAKER makes pleasure OF his busl-
ness, and then for relaxation makes bust
ness of his pleasures.
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4. H. THRAsHER, l.. E. DURFEE, !. N. HATHAWAY
Chardon. Nov 25th, 1859. 5l5tf
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The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17
WHOLE NUMBER 1905.

mcre, Who was the strongest man IN this company,
IA Sc received the Electoral sste Of but one State,
"a voice-"scarcely that" "The opposition have
adopted ad ralaresn in this State rs their hobby,
and have sent forth standard bearer, who, . few
short months ago an oath, as representative |"
the Legislature of the State by his vote declared ad
edtoress to be wrong in principle Ihey resolve
warmly in favor of internal improvements and fol-
low as near as possible the platform of the Char
otte Convention and to carry out this they select
who first distinguished himself by overthrow
ing western democrat upon proposition Of inter-
nal improvement man who has uniformly voted
against every Railroad proposed to be built during
his keraa in the LegislStnrc. They magnanmou-ly
awarded their special protection foreigners while
they select as their gusrfiaa. third degree know
nothingr' He regarded the opposition platform
masterpiece Of contradiction. contraricty and
antagonism.'' at was thoroughly 0ppostion -
Professedly conservative" they had seized the
pillars Of the Constitution and threatened to shake
the fabric toits basis They proposed to violate the
compromises existing between the East and the
West"
They tell us the democratic party must go down,
and that must be overthrown this question.
WE'LL if must will have to say that fall battling
for the Constitution Of my country, erected by
fathers in the revolution and baptized with their
blood-battling for that glorious instrument under
which three generations have lived and prospcred
unsurpassed by any other in the history of the
world.
"Seward says that the democratic party must
fall; and what say they3 They say it is responsi>
BILE for the agitation Of slavery the history Of the
party believes this but were their assertions truce
the party ought to be dislodged. They say the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise was the cause
of the agitation; yet, the who ia said to have
drawn up this libel himself roted for it. repeal.
In conclusion, Gov. Ellis bade his friends be Of
good cheer and promised that ere the summers
sun arose in the heavens they would see their op-
ponents scampering away from their crazy platform
like rats from a burning barn." (Applause.)
We regret that the report of this mastery speech
is so imperfect that injustice must be done to It's
distinguished author,-but it is the best we can
produce
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

CuRRAN AT SCHOOL -Curran, the Irish orator
when a youth, had strong defect in bis artic-
ulation, and at school he was known as slut
tering JackGurran." While he was engaged
in the study Of the law, and still struggling TO
overcome his defect, he was stung into e'o-
auence by the sarcasms Of a member OF dcbat-
ing club, who characterizedtahim as " Orator
Nam :" for, like Cooper, when he stood np to
y p
bten able to utter single word. But the
taunt raised his pluck and he replied with II
triumphant speech. This accidental discovery
in himself of the gift of eloquence encouraged
him to proceed in his studies with additional
energy and vigor. He corrected his enunci"-
ton by reading aloud, empbatically and dis
tincty, the best passages in our literature. for
several hours every day, studying his features
before mirror and adopting a method of ges-
ticulaton suited to his rather awkward aud
ungraceful figure. He also proposed cases to
himself, which he detailed with as much care as
if he had been addressing jury. Curran com
menced business with the qualification which
Lord Eldon stated to be the 6rst requisite dis
tinctio. as barrister, that is, to be not worth
a shilling"-Smiles' Self Help.
The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-03-17

Gov. WISsIow.--Fhis distinguished gentleman
called upon yesterday having come to visit hi s
famiIy-he looks well. It is not every day have a
call from one so prominent the nomination of Vice
President Hurrah for Winslow for ice President