National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-11-02


following is the
close of Mr.. Bright's eloquent speech
at the great Leeds Reform demon
stratiOn:
Il have mentioned the North
American continents. Tomorrow
is the greatest day in the United
States, when, perhaps, millions OF
men will go to the poll, and they
will give their votes on the great
question whether Justice shall OF not
be given to the liberated African
and in day or two we will hear
the result, and | shall be greatly
surprised if that result does not add
one more proof To those already CIV /
en- of the solidity, intelligence, ana
public spirit of the great body OF
the people of the United States.
have mentioned the North American /
continent. | refer to the colonies
which are still part of this empire
as well as to those other colonies
which now form this great and free
Republic, founded 10y the old Gen
oese captain at the end OF the I'll
tcenth century. a friend OF mine,
Cyrus Field Of New York, (cheers,)
is he Columbus of our time, for at
torno less than forty passages across
the Atlantic III pursuit OF the great
aim of his life, he has at length by
his cable moored the New World
close alongside the Old. Cheers
70 speak from the United Kingdom
! to the North American continent
and from North America to the Uni
ted Kingdom now is but the work
of moment Of time. and it does
not require the utterance even of a
whisper. The English nation are
brought together and they must
march on together. The spirit of
either Government must be the
same. although the form may be diff
ferent. If it be true that a broad
and generous freedom is the heritage
of England, our purpose is this, to
establish that freedom forever on
the sure foundation of broad and
generous representation of the peo-
pie"
CASTING OUG DEyILs.-We have
a friend. a Methodist preacher, and
a Jolly fellow he is. He has large.
muscular frame. with corpulence to
correspond has a huge hand, with
a powerful grlp--Save us from CIV
ing him serious oilense if he were a
common sinner. He is an earnest
worker, and has a well earned repu-
tation as reVivaliSt. Some years
ago he was holding a meeting, at
which quite an interest was aWak
. ened. a number of persons hao
come to the anxious seat. and some
had been converted. One evening
a group. consisting of two or three
Young men and as many young la
dies. were present, whose object II
coming was to have merrlment. Ih'
r minister having noticed their man
c envres for a while, and thinking i
= was time they were checked. to' II
;, his way to them. and address
= himself to the young men. kinul,
$ requested them to observe the deco
VI rum BETTING the place. One G
them, whose ideas Of pOliteneS
# were hardly up to the mark, vcntul
a. ed in a rather ungracious manner (
reply that they had - understood
u that miracles were worked up there
:, aud he had come to see some per
!. formed" Upon this our robus
= friend. the minister, coolly took til
(, Young man by the coat collier, de
% rperayr,,, led him down the aisl,
Il and opening the door. without Ger,
.r mony landed him outside, Quietl
-, remarking, " We do not work lii
10 lacles, bit zee cast oft deri'S,-E.
n. chaage.
IL A fellow coming out of tavern
- one frosty morning, rather to heav,
fell on the doqr step; trying to II
# gain his footing. he remarked: 50
it he true that the wicked stand o
slippery ground, | must belong to
" different class, for it's more than
can do"
IL AS cold weather come til
Ct good farmer will provide abunda
n shelter ior his stock from the vino
r and storms Of winter.
+ a writer in he Toledo Blade pre-
20 poses Schuyler Coifax for our ncN
~ President, and Hannibal Uamlin fc
,c Vice President.
ii An old crimina! was once aske
40 what was the first step that had L.
IN him TO his ruin, when he answered
no The first step was cheating
no printer out of two years subscriI
III ton. When | had done that the d
o. vii had got such a grip on me that
m could never shake him off,"
=, A LARGE EEL.-John G. Darii
.o and {. \. lIoyt recently caught q
tn eel in Chambers Pond, Wheeloc
:, three feet and four inches lon
which weighed seven pounds.
II. Eleven phcasants from Japa