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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1866-02-15

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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
q True SiOry-''G.a, Ever Thus
An AbofiiiOntSt in Trouble.

Not the least amusing among the city
sights yesterday was the following, which
we offer as an illustration Of the "signs of
the times: {" An old acquaintance of ours
known for the last six years as one of the
most bitter and rabid of the sect of North
ern abolitionists, presented himself to us a
candidate for an excursion into the coun-
try. The object Of the excursion was a
friendly visit to a neighbor, whose domi-
clle afforded the pleasures of the table, the
cellar and the parlor. Aside from these,
after dinner 4 dance with the ladies' of the
household was expected.
The carriages were waiting, and most of
the party had left the hall door
Our friend could not 90 with them, be-
cause at that moment he was engaged in
an earnest and heated discussion in regard
to the freedom and equality Of the "down>
rodden race" He maintained the course
of Ham was fable unworthy the enlight
enment ofthe present race. He instanced
ToUissant L'Ouvertura. Dumas. Fred
Douglass and others, and was, when the
carriage left, urging upon us all the CLOS
ries Of universal equality. An ebony scion
of the household urged our departure.
Our friend only remained to empty his re-
Gently filed glass, and, on reaching the
door, found us in the wagon He mounted
to his seat-the front, and then mounted
beside him "Old Zack," our colored dri>
yer.
"Let me out" said B. Let nc out"
"What for ~ said We
Cd d-n it - said he, do you sup
pose I'd ride to Mr.. -'s house before
all the ladies with d-n niger ~
Why, b." said We, "where are your
principles ,"
Never mind M principles, answered
b, "I'll see you in h-ll before III ride up
to the door where all the ladies are, along
side of a black sinking niger No sir .
Principles are all very well but d-n your
Southern ideas of equality -
The story may be dull, but it IS true
louisville Courier
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
A Long Lock Ahead

A cotemporary turns his visage to the
future, and in the misty distance Of two
hundred years sees aud describes the
following:
Scene -IIou,e Of citizen in New
York; -Time-A D. 2066.
4 telegraphic message has been sent tC
a servant, who presents himself at win
dow in balloon.
Master-John, 60 to South America
and tell Mr. johnson that shall be happy
to have him sup with me this evening"
Never mind your coat, 60 right away.
Ia five minutes John returns.
John.-Mr. johnson says he will come
he is obliged to 60 to the North Pole for :
moment, and will call as he comes back
Master-Very well, John; now you may
wind u2 the machine for setting the table
and telegraph to my wife that Mr. John.
son will be here presently. After that
John. you may dust out my balloon; vii
have an appointment in london at twelve
O'Clock.
John disappears to execute these order:
while his master rides down to the Wcs'
Indies to get fresh orange
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
The Republican Party.

One good sign that this thieving asso>
citation that has So long been afflicted with
hydrophobia, is on its last legs is, that
nearly all the INDEPENDENT neutral papers
are coming out against its course in
destroying all the old landmarks of the
Republic, and utterly breaking up the
Constitution signed by Washington, the
honored father Of his country, and perpet-
uating the disunion they first provoked by
refusing to obey the Constitution, in now
refusing to permit the Southern States,
always more faithful than the Republican
party. to return to the Union. We hope
johnson will issue his contemplated
proclamation declaring the radical Re-
publican members of Congress traitors and
dsunionists, but we do not favor his
ordering their arrest and Imprisonment by
proclamation Let that be done on afida>
Wit. according to law, before a judicial
tribunal, and let them have fair trial
There is no lack of evidence to convict
them of treason before any impartial judi>
cial tribunal
1t is also said that johnson will veto the
infamous Freedman's Bureau bill, passed
by the cut throat Republican Dsntons,
Murats and Robespierres, who now urge
their wicked revolutionary. traitorous
.chemes, planned in their midnight con>
,laves, upon an intimidated Cougrots.-
[n6,nropo'is HeraH
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
DP4fs, OF a. Free Government,

1t is Il melancholy spectacle to behold a
free Government die The world, it is
true, is filled with the evidences Of decay
kll nature speaks the voice OF dissolution,
and the highway of history and OF life is
strewn with the wrecks which Time, the
great despoier, has made But hopes of
the future bright visioE OF reyiving glory,
are no where denied to the heart OF man,
save as he gazes upon the downfall Of legal
liberty lie listens sorrowfully to the
aatumn winds as they whistle through
,iismautied forests, but he knows that
their breath will be soft and vernal in the
spring, and that the dead flowers and the
wthered foliage will blossom aud bloom
again He sees the sky overcast with the
angry frown OF the tempest, but he knows
that the sun will reappcar, and the stars,
the emblazonrv of God. cannot perish
Man himself, this strange connecting link
between dust and the Deity, totters weariy
onward under the weight of years and pain
toward the gaping tomb, but how briefly
his mind fingers around that dismal spot.
1t is filled with tears and grief and the
willow and the cypress gather around it
with their loving but mournful embrace
And is this all i! Not 80. If man die
shall he not live again Beyond the
grave, in the distant Alden, hope provides
an elysium of the soul where the mortal
assumes Immortality, and life becomes an
endless splendOr.
But where, sir, mall the dreary regions
of the past, filled with convulsions, wars,
and crimes, can you point your finger to
the tomb Of free commonwealth on which
the angel of resurrection has ever descend
ed or from whose mouth the stone of des-
potism has ever been rolled away? Where,
in what age and in what cline, have the
ruins Of youth regained their lost estate
BY whose strong grip has the dead corpse
of Republic once fallen ever been raised?
The merciful Master who walked upon the
waters and bade the winds be still, left no
ordained apostles with power to wrench
apart the jaws of national death and re-
lease the victims Of despotism. The wall
of the heart broken over the dead is not
SO sad to me as the realization of the fact
And all history, with loud, unbroken
voice, proclaims it, and the evidence of
what the past has been is conclusive to my
mind OF what the future will be. Wher~
ever in the dominion of human conduct a
people once possessed Of liberty surrender
ed these great gifts of God at the command
of the usurpcr, they have never afterwards
proven themselves worthy to regain their
forfeited treasure.-D. ~ Voorhees,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

Is there one being. stubborn as the rock
to misfortune, whom kindness does not al
feet? 1t comes with double grace and
tenderness from the old it seems in them
the boarded and long purified bencvolence
years as ifit had survived and conquer
ed the baseness and selishness Of the or
deal it had passed; as if the winds which
had broken the form, had swept in vain
across the heart. and the frosts which had
chilled the blood and whitened the locks
has possessed no power over the warm
tide Of the affections 1t is the triumph Of
nature over art ; it is the voice of the an
gel which is yet within us. Nor is this
all, the tenderness Of age is twice blessed
blessed is its trophies over the obduracy
Of encrusting and withering years, blessed
because it tells us that the heart will blos>
som even upon the precincts of the tomb.
and natters us with the nyiolacy and i'm
mortality Of love.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
Gen. SyiseS' Address to the Blues.
From the Petersburg (Va.) Index

FROM the IcterSDuIS y a. Index.
Speaking Of the duty of the members of
the Blues. once his comrades in arms, but
now again citizens of the Uuited States;
the General said his was peculiar case.
he was above their rank; he was required
to take test oath, before he could even
pray for pardon. "And," he continued,
lifting his solemn finger, ''your old Gener-
al will never take that oath. SO help him
God If | am traitor | deserve to be
shot; but neither the terrors of the mus,
ket's muzzle, nor the firing squad. nor
the halter, nor the coffin nor the grave.
shall influence me in that determination
one jot !" The General said it always
made him feel sorry when he heard dcs-
poudent young men talking about going
away to other countries, deserting their
old mother commonwealth, when she has
the sorest need for the services Of her sons.
As for himself he would live and labor.
and die by her, and be buried in her ma
ternal bosom. He had heard some young
men talk fippantly about the prospects of
foreign war. such as might result be-
tween the United States and France. in
regard to Mexico, in which event they
said they would take sides with the enemy
Let such spurn such an idea from their
thoughts, as unworthy Of American citi-
zens. Neither did he uuite with those
who whispered the hope that they would
live to see the day when the country
would be precipitated into another revolu-
ton. 1t is idle; The man who talks Of fur
ther resistance is fool
As for myself, 1 pray God to spare the
country another war-especially a evil
war. Boys, take back the old flag of your
forefathers. You have looked upon its
folds. floating from the battlemcuts of the
enemy's works, until you have come to
hate it. Take it back; it's the only flag
you have now. never hated the old flag;
[ never fought against it loved it
when young like yourselves; love it now;
and | will yield to 10 man living in the
earnestness and sincerity of this love for
the old starry flag. You, my young
friends, can make We old men happy, yet
before We 90, turning 10 Messrs. Tomkins
and Biggcr) Go to work; perfect your
organization; be good, loyal and useful
citizens, and labor for the prosperity of
your state. and her restoration to her an
cicnt glory and rcnown.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
Selections for "a Newspaper.

Most people think the selection Of mat
ter for newspaper the easiest part OF the
business. How great an error. To look
over and over hundreds Of exchange pa
pers every day. from which to select
enough for one, especially when lis not
what shall, but what shall not be selected.
If every person who reads a paper could
have edited it, We should hear less COM
plants. Every subscriber takes the pa
per for his own benefit and if there is
nothing IN it that suits him, it must be
stopped it is good for nothing. Just as
many subscribers as an editor may have,
so many tastes he has to consult. One
wants something sound. One wants an
ecdotcs, fun and frolic; and the next one
wonders Why a man of good sense Will put
sueh stuff in his paper. Something spicy
comes out and tho editor is a blackguard
Next comes something argumentive, aud
the editor is dull fool. And SO, between
them all, you see. the poor fellow gets
roughly handled. They never think that
what does not please them. pleases the
next man, but they insist, if the paper
does not please them, it is good for moth
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

THE FREEDMEN's BuREAU.-The Al
bany Argus says: If any one had pro-
posed twenty years ago, formal union Of
Church and Stato-ii the same adyentur.
Gus spirit had proposed to organize an ar
istocracy-ifh ne had brought in a measure
to give judicial power to army officers in
time of peace, and to place the educational
and industrial interest Of the people IL,
their charge, he would have been regard
ed as a luna tic, insane with hatred Of
republican, institutions Yet all this-or
as much as all tnis-is proposed in Trum.
bulls proposition TO reorgunize and cloths
with executive, judicial and military and
parental power, the Freedmen's Bureau
1t stretches the arm of the Federal Gov
ernment, not only to the States and indi-
yidual citizens, but to the interior Of fami-
lies, and attempts t. regulate matters
which the law has hitherto wisely forborne
to touch
1t is precious, for !; Is based upon the
idea Of protecting he pless and dependen,
class. Weak minds are alway. taken by
the idea of the State providing for the well
pSlnE OI cillZeii>. Is IL the state Detu z SeI>
aratc existence and had power and func.
tiOns and revenue apart from the people
who compose it--as if the affairs Of the
State were conducted by an order Of be-
ings superior to men.
What then shall We do for the freed
man? Let him alone Give him fair
chance and an open field. and let him fight
the battle of life himself
The millions Of infants born into the
world each year have no special laws pass
ed, no nursery bureau established, to pro-
tect them The half million emigrants
who reach our shores are more protected
than the emancipatcd slaves. They seek
labor, earn wages, settle upon lands, ad~
vance in their. own generation, and lift
their children up to a higher level; but it
is by individual energy, and not by State
action.
Protect anl defend the freedman in his
newly acquired rights, and make him more
man by regarding him as man
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
Scene I'm Congress.

Rousseau, Black Republican: If
were arrested on the complaint of negro
and brought before an agent of the Freed
mems Bureau, when I became free woul'
shoot him"
Grinnell, Black Republican: "Gen
Rousseau; you degrade yourself and you
State"
Rousseau II pronounce your asser
ton false and slanderous.
Grinnell: The gentleman language
is no offense'
Rousseau The gentleman is an un
charitable preacher who slept at home, in
safety, while others were fighting"
Grinnell: Il was man before I was
preacher" (What he is since he does
not say.)
The House: "Twaddle, Twaddie, lei
us proceed to business" ="
So, it seems, Gen. Rousseau is against
this sort of East India Company Govern
ment called the FreedmcD's Bureau.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

Mr. Greeley Falls Among Thieves

The following story Is told about Uor-
ace Greeley:
The distinguished journalist was coming
one afternoon. more distracted and sloyen>
ly than usual, from the Bible House.
where he locks himself ia every day and
labors on his American Conflict, when
he happened to be swallowed up in the
crowd of vagrants and thieves that arc
daily sent from the Toombs (city prison.
to Blackwell's Island, on the East river.
The white coated philosopher, finding
himself in such company, endeavored to
get out of it; but a Jealous Dogberry
thinking, from his costume, that he was a
yagrant desirous Of escaping. seized him by
the collar and marched him to the boat.
amid the jeers Of the unfortunate wrethes,
who believed him one Of their crew.
Mr.. Greeley protested again and again
that he had severel editorials to write Cor
the TriGane, and must not be detained ;
but this declaration caused the policemen
to declare that the ''old cove was crazy
and must go to the lunatc asylum.
The boat, full of male etactora, had all
ready steamed out into the river, when
some one on the vessel recognized Ii. G.
mad as hornet. and using some very
strong explctives by this tme-and releas>
ed him from his disagreeable predicament,
greatly to the delight of the perplexed ed
itor: and to the profound modification Of
the over earnest policeman.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
REGISTERING Orchards.

Planters who have set out young orchards
should not forget to register the names OF
all the sorts in a book 1t may be done in
a common account book, and then will be
always at hand and ready for reference
Commence with row on one side proceed
regularly to the other, in this way every
tree may be found. Planters receive their
trees labeled from the nursery, and cares
fully observe every kind but in two or
three years they forget them, the labels bc>
ing ,ost or Gefaced, and when the trees
bear the first specimens, arc puzzled to
know what they are. They call on wise>
acre. who gives half the names wrong, and
misnomers are thus multiplied. Now is
the time to register them Country Cen
ieman.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
Examination Of Attorneys.

The following racy examination OF
candidate for admission TO the bar is taken
from the Wcstcrn Lac Journal, and is de-
cidcdly good hit:
The examination commences with
"Do you smoke, sir -
II do, sir"
"Have you a spare gar:
YES, SIR" (extending a short six
Now, sir, what is the first duty Of
lawyer?
10 collect fees
fright What is the second?"
"To increase the number of his cll~
euts."
"When does your position toward your
client change?'
when making bill of cost
"Explain.'
'Wo then occupy the antagcnistic po-
sition-l assume the plaintiff aud he be
comes defendant"
GA suit decided, how do you stand with
the lawyer conducting the other bin"
CHECK by jowl.'
Enough, sir; you promise to become
an ornament to your profession, and wish
vou success Now. are you aware of tho
duty you owe me: :"
Perfectly
Describe it
at is to inyite you 10 drink"
"But, suppose l decline p
Candidate scratching his head)-
"There is no instance of the kind on record
in books. | cannot answer the question. "
''You are right I; and the confidence with
which you make the assertion shows that
You have read law attsntively. Let's take
a drink and J viii sign your certificate
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
Democratic Con
VcntiOn.

Hartford, Conn, February 7,-The
Democratic State Convention assembled
here to-day. The Convention is the largest
held for many years. Hon. j. Il. English
of New Haven. was nominated for Covers
nor by acclamation, and Ephriam l.. Hyde,
of Hartford, for Lieutenant Governor
Mr.. English accepted the nomination in a
handsome speech. Resolutions were
adopted by tho Convention favoring the
restoration policy of President johnson.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

TIE LITTLE FOLKs-Wc love the lit
tie folks They are the future. No peri
Cd of life is more full of interest than that
of childhood. We watch the expanding
mind ola fine boy as We DO the unfolding
flower Childhood is the primrose sea
son of life /; and when We see cluster Of
little innocent urchins around the hearth.
if our wishes could be realized, all theis
after days should be those Of sunshine and
happiness We like children, and sympa-
thize in all their little eYiets aud share IN
all their hilarious and boisterous merri-
ment Ia this season Of festiyity tAey
should never be forgotten. Send them
early TO bed on Christmas eve, on gooi
terms with themselves and the rest of.ths
world and then fill their suspended re
ceptacles for the bountes Of st. Nicholas
with trlnkcts, toys, and the good and
wholesome comits Of the season. Oh, the
pleasures of these Offices none but pareu.
ever did or ever can conceive it Look
at their bright and shining faces in the
morning, and read your reward in their
astonishmcnt and gratitude. Parents
neglect not your little folks at this season
of the year. You purchase large amount
of happiness at q trifiug cost. Never be
unmindful of your duty in this respect
Please your children on proper occasions.
and they will please YOU in after life
Mind, never put rods and other emblems
of reproof in the stockings Of your dear
little ones while they lie dreaming of to
keus of kindier feelings from their patron
saint. We do not envy those mistaken pa
rents who could wantouly wound the sens-
bilities of their offspring and call tears to
tbeir cycs instead Of smiles
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
New EEampshfre DenOCra tic
State Convention.

CONCORD, n. H., Feb. The New
Hampshire Drmosratic State Convention
have nominated Hon. John G.. Sinclair. OF
Bethlehem, for Governor, and Colonel
Geo. H. Pierce, of Dover. for Railroad
Commissioner.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
President johnson in his endeavors to
have the southern States represented in
Congress, and discountenanceS any amend
ments to the Constitution.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
What Is Life 2

A Rift Of sunshine on the plain,
A surge of gloom upon the main,
A tinge Of blue that decks the sky.
\ map of storm-clouds rolling high.
a star that beameth in the blue,
A mist that hides il from our view,
A sun that sets meath aureate bars,
A gloomy night that hath no stars.
A flower that sparkles in the dew,
A forgetting heart that is not true;
A land that beams with sunny hope,
4 moonless shore where wanderers gr0pe
A stream that glidcs long a flow'ry shore
A ship that's wrecked andS seen no more
A changing, varying, April sky,
A throb of life, and then we die.
And this is life.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15
BOILED PoTAToEs FOR MlLcu Cows

BOILED PoTAToEs FOR MlLcu Cows
A successful farmer informs Us that he
has practiced the last summer. giving to
each Of his milch COWS five quarts Of cold
boiled potatoes a day, aud that they are
worth half dollar IA buShel for this pur.
pose. His old potatoes were worth moth
inc in the m:rket, and SO he boiled up
some twenty OF thirty gallons at time
He says that he could see no benefit what
ever in feeding them the old potatoes in a
raw state. There is period from the
first of July till the first of August when
COWS need some additional food, and if
boiled potatoes will help them to hold on
their milk till it is time to feed out the
southern corn, we may hope to carry cows
through the whole summer season in CON
dition to yield a good profit, especially on
farms remote from the mark ket-Wainc
Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

The IdaIlO Legislature.

SALT LAKE, February 1.-THE Legis.
lature Of Idaho has unanimously indorsed
;he reconstruction policy of President
Johnson's administration.
The Legislature has granted Territorial
charter for branch Of the Pacific Rail
road from Salt Lake to the Columbis,
through rhe valley Of Snake river.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

] gave her rose and gave her a ring.
and asked her TO marry me then; hut she
sent them all back, insensiblc thing, and
said she d no notion of men. told her |
had oceans of money and goods, and she
answered she wasn't brought up in the
woods to be scared by the screech of an
owl l called her a beggar, and everything
bad, sighted her features and form; till
at length ! succeeded in getting her mad
and she ragged like the wind in a Storm
And then in moment turned and smiled
and called her my angel aud all; and she
fell in my arms like wearisome child,
and exclaimed: "You bet, wc'll marry
ihi. fall
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-15

1NRJ. M.CONFER, late Surgeon Of the
IL 29th Indiana Infantry, offers his profcs-
oaal services to the people of Marshall County.
lT Office aud residence west side OF Michigan
Street, three blocks North ofthe Ed~srls House
Plymouth Indians, '9n32