The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-26

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bill, and you have not misjudged
him in a single particular. Aud,
what's more, I happen to have a
fact at hand to illustrate your charge.
We1have a club for an excellent lit
erary paper in our village, and last
year that man was one of our sub
scribers. This year he felt obliged
to discontinue it. His wife was
very anxious to take it, for it had
become genial companion in leis-
ure moments bat he could not af-
ford it. The club rate was one dol
lar and fifty cents year AYE,
and so it goes said the other gen
tlemen well, that man S wife may
be wishing at this very moment that
she had her paper to read, while be
is paying almost its fun price for Q
year-for what? al And yet how
smilingly he does it, All ! those
poor sympathizing wives.toT How
many clouds often darien upon
them from the brows CT their has-
bands when they. ask for trifiing
sums of money, and how grudging'
ly tho mite is handed over when il
is given! What perfect floods OF
JOY might that dollar and forty cents
have poured upon the children ol
the successful billiard player. All
tbs we'll for such wives and chill
oren that they do not know where
the money all goes. at M
They had finished at the nearest
table. The two gentlemen moved
on, and Albert Landman arose from
his seat, and left the hall. Neve,
before had he such thoughts as now
possessed him !; he had never dwelt
upon the same grouping IDEAS
That very morning his own true,
faithful, loving wife had been sad
and heart-sick because he had un-
kindly and harshly met her request
for small sum of money. And
his sweet Lizzie had crept away to
her home almost broken hearted for
the want of q simple toy-such as
her mates possessed. And yet the
sum of both their wants amounted
to not as much as he had paid away
that evening for billiard playing.
Albert Landman wanted to be an
honest husband and father, and tbs
lesson was not lost upon him. On
his way home he stopped at Mr.
Grants and purchased the best and
prettiest hoop to be found, with
driving stick painted red, white and
blue, and in the morning when he
baheld the child's delight, and had
received her grateful, happy kiss:
the question came to his mind -
W Which was the best and happiest re
suit, this Or five games of billiards
The hoop had cost thirty cents
He could play two games of bill
lizards less, and be the absolute gain
er Of ten cents by the pleasant ope-
ration -r- 1893 s-
A few days after this, as Albert
arose from the breakfast table, he
detected an uneasy, wistful LOOK
upon his wife's face.
Kate, what is it?
albert, could you spare me s
half a dollar this morning ? -"
Certainly, my love. Anything ir
reason to make you happy
And out came the wallet, and the
money was handed over with warn
genial smile. What! tears at that
Was it possible that she had beer
so little used to such scenes On his
part that so simple an act of loving
kindness thus affected her? ~
+ How many games of billiards
would be required to create such
satisfaction as Albert Landman car.
ried with him that morning TO the
shop? Es II .q-
s A very simple lesson is it not:
But how many may gain lasting
profit by giving heed to the lesson
Robert j. Walker on the Law.
We print below an extract from
an opinion Of the Hon. Robert j
Walker upon the Presidents righ
to decide upon the constitutionality
of laws passed by Congress. 1Ir
Walker is a Democrat, and stand:
high in the confidence Of the Presi
dent. He is learned in the law, ano
thus disposes of the sophistries O.
the Democracy: ~ ,e--s
Il called says Mr.. Walker, 'upor
Gen. Thomas early on Sunday
morning, at the War Office, ant
communicated to him in friendly
way my opinion that any such or
der would be nullity, and would sub
ject him to serious consequences
especially if any such collision
should occur. / told him he hac
no right, "nor had the President, tc
disobey law of Congress upon the
assumption that it was unconstitu
tional, and that if this were not sc
the President might set aside all the
laws of Congress since the founda
ton OF the Government upon the
ground that they were unconstitu
tional. That the President posses,
sed no such power, because it was
not an executive, but exclusively 8
judicial power, and that all the laws
of Congress must be obeyed and eS-
ecuted by the President, unless theil
execution was restrained by the
highest judicial authority That to
declare law unconstitutional was
not only the exercise of Judicial
power, but the highest Judicial pow,
er, and only to be resorted. to by
the courts where, in their judgment
the act was clearly unconstitutional
and that in all doubtful cases the
court had uniformly refused to
interfere with the execution of the