Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-24
BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNA, SATURDAY JUNE

President may be brought into state of
grace on the coming anniversary Of our
National independence, will meet re-
sponse from every pious and patriotic
heart. There is something truly grand 10
the conception of his conversion at such
time-something in keeping with his ex.
alted position as the head of this emanci-
pated nation. 1f"there is joy in Heaven
over one sinner who repeute,h," fancy the
intensified delight of the celestial compa.
ny at the conversion Of our President on
our national hoiday-at the spectacle of
him sinking on his knees amid the roar of
cannon, the waving Of the star-spanged
banner, the cheerngs of the crowd, the
rhetorical bellowings of thousand orators
the explosions Of pop-bottles, and the
cracking of ground nuts between the teeth
of a million loyal little boys. You have
a sense of the sublime, dear brother, of
which hardly suspected you-a concep.
ton of dramatic effect rarely found outside
of the theatrical temples Of sin.
1t occurred to me, at first, as a possible
objection to your plan, that, life being un.
certain, even in the case Of exalted officials
our Chief Magistrate might unfortunate
ly be cut off by casualty or disease before
the day appointed for his regeneration
But moments s reflection assured me that
while this sad calamity might deprive the
country of most agreeable and striking
religious spectacle on the day OF its great
festival, it conld by no means jeopordize
the prospects of the Presidpt in the world
to come. His distinguished services to
the cause Of freedom as Military Govern.
or oil Tennessee and elsewhere afford abun
dant data from which I feel, dear brother,
hat you could arrange his salvation on o
most satisfactory basis. While we will all
look eagerly to the Fourth, therefore, in
accordance with your suggestion, we will
feel liz tho interval no nervous alarm about
the distinguished candidate for ropen-
tanoe.
One more thought. Speaking Of the
Coppcrheads and sympa.hzers, you sug-
gcst that their only refuge to save their
children from infamy is TO have their
names changed, or TO emigrate to foreign
lands. l concur with you in this kind sug-
ges,ion, and have read that portion Of
your discourse to certain Copperhead
neighbors Of mine, who have been sorely
puzzled 10 know what to do with the
weight of infamy which is nccumulatine
= upon their back, and as you eloquently
remark, is branded on their forchoads.-
. Strange to say, they lcapod eagerly a
u your generous proposition. Two Of then
immediately begun TO pack their trunk:
] and expect 10 take ship at New York mex
: week. One ofthem has already sailed a.
, steerage passenger for Bremen. Other
> are, as rapidly as possible, inventiug nev
= names for themselves. From but one hav
received any insolence, aud he is low
J fellow whose heart has been with the Cop
: perheads from the beginning. Change
II my name J" said he, with impudent bra
j. vado. "What shall l change it to- If
!. call myself Grecly they might think tha
u I wrote that poetry about the .fauntin
o' lie and the starry rag If l call myscl
i Garrison they viii swear that was til
!" chan who denounced the Constitution c
~ the United States as covenant wit
= Death and an agreement with He'll. II
call myself Summer might be mobbed 70
saying that the man who obeyed the Con
n s,itu,ion wus a dog. III took the nam
of Wright, who knows but that l shoul
II be followed up as the bowling ipddel VIII
70 said that if God Almighty did net abolisl
r slavery, He Was very great ssounlrel-
'f And certuinly shan't call myselJ Philip
v for fear excited bondholders should lyme
"a me for proposing to repudiata the nation
g al debt. No Judas" he concluded If
n' have to drop my old name and take ne'
~ one, you hpUe q d-n'd poor assert
st n,ent in the Abol,tion vocabulary TO choo'
W from" I need scarcely remark, revel
IN end and dear brother, that was only re
lis strained by the prominent muscular deve
nj opement of this profanc wretch frol
%, knocking him down on the spot.
G. Excuse the length Of this episte, de'
,st brother, and believe me, yours, in the hoI
to of political salvation,
an JUDAS |. PERKINS.
. PHhApELpHIA, June IL, 1856.
At meeting one evening, q gentlem'