Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-03
Eiouuent Speech.

GEORGE II. PENDLETON, OF Ohio, undoubted-
ly one Of the first men of this country:
But, gentlemen, passing away from this sub
iect to the material interests OF the country,on
which ] have dwelt longer than intended, let
me again call your attention to this fact-that
the great pole star Of the Democratic party is
the Constitution Of the u. S. (Applause.) Do
not, my fellow citizens, in the heat OF this ar
duous contest, do not forget that great lesson.
The Republican party believe they can amend
it; that they can change 1t and make 1t q
better Constitution than our fathers made itin
the days old. c'NeVer, never" and shouts OF
applause) | charge it upon you, Democrats
who are here tonight, never consent either to
its abandonment or its degradation. Do not
seek to amend it, do not seek to change it !;
do not seek to evade it. Obey it. Immense
applause) It was good enough for your fa-
thers 1t is good enough for you. II you
obey it, it will be good enough fer your
children, for a hundred years to come
Study it, understand it. Garry it about with
you as living presence in all the walks OF your
daily life. Take it to your home; read 1t to
your wife, teach 1t to your children; put 1t upon
your family altar, that when you bow your
head in supplicating prayer it may be there
next to the image OF God himself (Immense
appause) Do this, and then in bis own good
time. you will be able to raise up to that place
and power to which the bra2en serpent In the
wilderness was raised in order that the plague
might be stayed. Do this, and you will be
able to rear it up to that high place of honor
to which the Ark of the Covenant vas reared,
round which the unseen legions of the Almighty
kept ward and guard, that he who touched it
with impious hands should die. (Renewed ap-
plause) Remember, fellow citizens, that the
Constitution contains within itself all that is
good in the experiences Of the past, and all
that is hopeful in the prospects Of the future
1t is the ark Of safety in the midst of the flood
which is upon us. 1t may be tossed in the
blackness OF darkness upon the weary waters
for many days, but it will rest upon the noun
tain top at last, the sun viii shine, the dove
will leave it never to return, and now as then,
emblem of purity and peace, she will seek to
rebuild her habitations amidst the scenes OF her
former life CHEERS | do not despair. |
faith in the Providence of God. | know that
the pathway of history is strewn with the
wrecks of empires and peoples, and con
stitutions, and liberty; and it may be in
the Providence of God that this coun-
try of ours will follow in the wake of all the
nations that have gone before. If it shall be
so, let it not be owing to the faults or mlstor-
tunes of the Democratic party. Great cheer
ing. II it must be so let it be known that it
was the party ofour love that stood to the last,
with heroic virtue, to the principles of civil
liberty. fit must be so let us, my fellow
citizens, take consolation in the thought that
in the eternal circles of God, death is but the
precursor of resurrection and that the same
principles which hasten nations to decay con-
tain within themselves the spark OF living tire
which secure undying youth to our immortal
race. Great applause.
Time writes no wrinkles on its lar young
brow;
Such as creations dawn beheld, it sees thee
now"
Amidst the wrecks Of time its progress is
still onward and upward, higher and still
higher
and from the sky serene and TAR,
A voice falls like a falling star. "
Excelsior !" y.
Higher; as the eagle when he takes his
flight in the face of the sun. Higher as the
stars when in their eternal courses they en-
circle the :ootstool of the immortal throne J!
Higher; as the soul Of man when 1t puts aside
this tenement Of clay, and seeks throughout all
the ages the home Of its father and It's God.
TIE TENAcirY with which some men cling
to life is astonishing. We lately published an
account Of the Vermonter who survived thlr-
teen years after tamping iron was driven
through his brain. 4 man is still living IN
Eastern Ohio whose skull was penetrated by a
gas pipe The notorious Bill Poole lived sew
eral weeks with bullet lodged in the septum
OF his heart; and a young man named Cfyer
died the other day at Lexington, ky., three
weeks after bullet lodged SIX inches within
his brain, and another bullet had passed. from
his back to his abdomen. He retained his sen
Ses until his death.
HIGH HEELs.-The papers arc just now cry
Ing out against the high heel shoes, SO much
Worn by ladies', misses and children. The fash
Ion IS a very tall and very small heel, and it
Is Ealleged the gait Of the wearcr is often affect
ed, and the ankle rendered much more liable
70 injury. The poor support given to the an
klc by such narrow and elevated heels, &C
connts in part for the peculiar and sometimes
awkward walk of those who wear them. Es
peclaly is the walk o! little children affected
o9 the fashionable shoes put upon their feet.
:, a private letter received from Brevet Lieut..
Ool Welsh, Fortieth y. s. Infantry, com
'!ulnS post or WATERFORD, >. ", states tna|
while engaged in rescuing co!ored man from
On armed band of negroes, on the Oath of Au
gust ut, the Colonel's force of twenty men was
attacked by the mob, and skirmish of several
hours duration ensued. The troops we're frs,
hred on, and the Colonel thinks would have
Oeen defeated, so great was the disparity ol
nmun'oers, but Tor the superiority Of their arms
Nbreech-loaders)
Mrs. Maclay wife of Rev r. S. Maclay
superintendent Of the Methodist Episcopal Mis-.
Ion E IN China, arrived 10 New York, via. Sar
;niann,c!sco, on the 7th ultimo. She has beer
u China eighteen years She brings with he1
her SIX children, to be educated in this country