Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-01

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We send our voices Ger the wave
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No voice can dad us-in the grave. H.
sCHUYLER COLFAx.
sAea. Saturday evening, Dee. goth, tho rel
resentatives Of the press at Washington. ga,
complimentary dinner to the Hon. Schuyl,
Noltlx5 Speaker Of III, House Of Represents,
fves. We take the following from the we
coming address Of Sam. Wilkinson, Wash
ington correspondent OF the N. Y. 7imss.
That paper 1.-THE West Bend Register, ! I a
ways read, both on the Tribune and on tn
Journal. read it for its own sake, for
swas wine, il was honest, it was we'll made, i
ever had news. Twas one of the few paper
in America. into which the scissors Away
went, or which always communicated to
daily political writer valuable political i'm
preston. And read the South Bend Reg
ister Tor another, reason, wholly peculiar t,
myself Eighteen years ago at one O'Clock
of wintsr moonlightsd, morning, whils- In,
'horyes 81 the stagescoach in which + Wal
plowing the thick mid Of Indiana, were be-
ing changed at the tavern in South Bend.
walked the footwAy of the principal street &c
shake of great WEAKNESS. saw a light
through the window. A sign, "TnE RRGIs.
TER" was legible above it, and saw through
the window = n n in his shirt-sleeves, walk
ing very quickly about like ono that worked.
] paused, and looked, and imagined about
the man, about his work, and about the late
ness Of the hour to which it was protracted
and wondered If no was in debt, and was
struggling to get out, ard if his wife was ex.
pcctfig him, and had lighted q new candle
for his coming, and If he was very tired. A
corning step Interrupted this idle dreaming.
When the walker reached my side Joined
him, and as he went asked him ques,ions--
and naturally they were about tile Workman
in the shirt-sleeycs. NV hat sort of o man ID
eg' "He is very good to the poor lie
works hard; he is sociabls with all people !;
he paya his debts be is safe adviser; he
doesn't drink waaisky folks depend OH him.
and all this part Of Indiana believes on him."
From that day to this I have never taken
up, the South Bend Register without Blinking
Of this eulcgy, and envied the man who had
justly entitled himself to it in the dawn of
his manhood.
The man when twenty FIVE years of age
ard again wfen!twenty nine years old, was
sent by his neighbors 10 the National Prcsi
DENTAL Conyentions--whcn twenty. seven
ySass old was sent BY his neighbors as = wise
political reformer to the Constitutional Con-
venton Of the State Of Indiana-was sent by
the same neighbors to Congress- in the year
1854, and kept there by them frem that day
to this. On the first Monday Of this month
Of December the Republicans Of the House of
Representatives unanimously elected him the
Speaker Of that body.
ap Ny brothers, you think you know the Sc
cret Of this uninterrupted favor of constit-
uency to repressntative--oft this continued
regard Of community for q citizen--of this
appreciation of statesman by statesmen
You find them in his fidelity to principlc--in
his talents for legislation--in their constant
and useful devotion to the public good. The
Congressional Globc and the traditional and
written history of Congress arc full of the ev-
tAsAccs of these virtucs, and Of this fitness
= for public trusts, and this title to honor and
confidence But you don't know the secret
do. ] learned it by chance. ! got posses
sion Of it by an unwilling and an unwilling
eavesdropping In the parlor of another no.
BIO man, j. w. Forney. Eighteen years af-
ter my midnight watching Of t9sat printer, in
his shirt sleeves at his solitary labor, heard
him utter this as his philosophy Of life ~
: consider that day wasted in which have not
done some good to some human being, or ad-
dcd somewhat to somebody's happiness. -
What success could recede from that man 8
pursuit ? nay, what success would not pursue
that man, and forcibly crown him with bon
ors'ena gratitude? Schuyler Colfax, editor
of the South Bend Register, Congressman
from Indiana for nine years, actor Of a phi
losophy Of human life that Socrates might
have envied, you cannot escape the love OF
your fellow. man. We Journalists and men
Of the newspaper press do love you and claim
you as bone Of our bone and flesh of our
flesh. Fill your glasses all in an invocation
to the gods for long life, greater successes,
and ever-increasng happiness to our editori-
al brother in the Speakers Chair.
DIRECTIONS AS 70 RECEIVING At
.TENTIONS."
We find the following practicable advice
adrift in exchange papers: .s... .
# A young man adnires pretty girl. and
snnst manifest it. He can't help doing so,
for the life Of him. The young lady has a
tender heart. reaching out like vine tcndrils
for something too cling to. She sees the nd,
miration; is fattercd; begins to love; expects
MS to decide that she will choose "a white
satin under thin gauze," &C., at the very mo.
mcnt the gallant that she loves is popping the
question 70 another Gamsel ten miles of =
Now the difficulty lies in not precisely I'M
derstand;ng the difference between "polits
attentions" and the tender manifestations OF
love. .Admiring a beautiful girl, and wish
ing to "makc wife Of her." are not always
thoc md -
that the damsel should be on the alert to dis
cover to which class the attentions paid her
BY handsome and fashionable young gentle
mon belong. First. then, il a young man
greets you in loud, free and hearty tone il
he knows precisely where to put his hat OF
his hands; if he stares you straight in the
eye, with his own wide open If he turns his
back to yoa to speak to another; ifhes tells
you who made his coat if he squeczes you,
hand; il he eats heartily in your presence il
cIiticises your curls, or fails to be foolish in
fifty ways every hour, then don't fall in love
with him for the world. He only admire.
you, let hin. do or say what he will. On the
other hand, If he be merry with every ons
else bat quiet with you if he DO anxious te
see that your tea be sufficiently sweotened
and your dear person well wrapped up whcr
you 60 out in the cold; if he talks very low
and never looks you steadily in the eye; i
his checks are red. and his nose only blush
es it is enough. IL he romps with your sig
ter, signs like pair Of old bellows, look!
solemn when you are addressed by another
gentleman, and, in fact, is the most awkward
stupid, yet anxious Of all your male friends
you may '.go ahead" ard make the poor fol
low too happy for his skin to hold him.
Young ladies, keep your hearts in case o
good leather, or some other tough substance