The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-01


easy conscience, the stiil eutcrprising
Edward Stephens accumulated res pecs.
able fortune, nrtch Of which was spent in
charity. 7-ffasS 6a.' cr d 2
Philip Sidney aied in,ls47, and Ed.
ward Stephens ln 1864. Z I.fa g'ac
From q private .oufeewe have al the
facts we have recorded. '.|'1 Is.
Is not 'truth stranger than Action!" -
The Lesson of The Election. .s
Tho moral effect of the election both
at home and abroad viii be of the most
i'm pressivs character. Itshows our for.
eign enemies that they have nothing, to
hope from the divisions Of this country,
while the rebels will SEQ lin it the With
ering aud invincible purposes Of their
loyal fellow citixens, who ask Of them
nothing but obedience to ths Constitution
Of the United States, am tho laws aud
act, made 10 pdrsuance Sit. Whenever
they shall choose to overthrow the mill.
tary despotism that holds them fast;
Whenever they shall see that no great sec
tion of this, county can, under equal
and respected laws, have any permanent
and profound interest different from all
the rest, then they will find that the
loyal pen of the county a.e longing to
throw down their arms and cement a
nuion that shall be eternal
But the main lessoi, of the election is,
that every constitutional act and law must
be absolutely respected. There must be
no threats, no reyolts, and no hope of ex-
torting terms by arms. The Constitution
is the sole condition Of the Government;
and if citizens differ as to what is consti-
tutional, that difference must bo peace
fully and constitutionally settled This
is what the people have declared BY four
years Of war, and this Is what they con.
firm by the re. election Of Mt. Lincoln.
In himself, notwithstan ding his unwea-
ried patience, perfect fidelity, and re-
markable sagacity, hc is unimportant;
but as the representative Of the feeling
and purpose Of the American people, he
is the most important fact in the world.
p One other Of the most significant les.
sons of the. election is, that the people
are conscious Of the power and force Of
their own Government, They expect
the utmost vigor in tho prosecution of
the war by every legitimate method, and
they naturally require that the authority
of the Government, which is to be estab.
lished by the continuance Of the war,
shall not be endangered by its end. When
the authority of, any government is open
ly and forobly deied, it must be main.
tanned unconditiouslly by arms. When
that authority is established and unques.
toned, every wise Government will be
friendly, patient, eoncilia,ory, but firm
and just. ,-,e----< p.
Yet the grandest lesson of the result is
its vindication of the American system
of free popular government. No system
/ in history was ever exposed to such a
strain directly along the fibre as that
which ours has endured in the war and
the political campaign, and no other could
possibly have endured it successfully,
The result is due to the general iptelli.
gence of the people, and to the security
Of perfectly free discussion. Let that
be maintained and jealousy defended by
all parties in the land, at every country
cross road, and in every city and State,
and the Union and Government are for.
ever secure. They have been main taincd
by tho authority Of the Government itself,
and we see the result. Thank God and
the people, wo are nation which corr.
prehends its priceless importance to
human progress and civilization, and
which recognizes that law is the indispcn
sable condition Of Liberty.-Ha,per'
Weekly. ...,s -.
Baron Munchuasen In India. "a Bufinlo-
Tiger Story.
A paper published in India tells this
remarkably exciting story about an ad-
venture there of an enthusiastic cntom
ologist: ~.
"One very hot day, shouldering hi.
chronological net, and with his bottle o.
cyanide of potassium in his pocket fo1
the purpose of killing his specimens, h
had succeeded in taking several species
of moths aud beetles, when, suddenl,
emerging on an open space, a gigantic
female buffalo charged right down upo'
him. Quick as lightning the narrato
sprang up tree which fortunately hap
pencd to be near, and almost before b
had comfortably settled down upon on
of the branches, buffalo calf appeare'
upon the scene, and both mother an'
ffsp,iug sat down st tho foot Of the tree
directly under his position: 10 order !
attract the attention of his friends VIII
were iu the neighborhood, or Of any ns
tive who might happen to bc near, h
shouted until he was hoarse. Ever an
anon, by way of variation, with the vai
hope Of frightening awsy the buffalo, h
awakened TIE EXTREMIST echoes Of tn
jungle with his yells,e and tperpetrate
the most hideous noises ever produce,
by the human voice. All was Of no avail
no friendly hand came to aid him, AM
the brute still lay placidly licking an
caressing its caf. He was about t
assume standing attitude in the tire
when suddenly his left hand, with wbic|
he had seized . branch above his head
was severely stuug or bitten BY som