davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27
John o. the S1nithy.

Down in the vale where the mavis sings,
And the brook is turning an old time
wheel
From morning till night the anvil rings
Where John O. the Smithy is forging steel;
My lord rides out at the castle gate,
My lady is grand in bower and hall,
With men and maidens to cringe and wait,
And John o the Smithy must pay for all
The bishop rides in coach and four,
His grooms and horses are fat and sleek;
He has lackeys behind and lackeys before;
He rides at hundred guineas week.
The anvil is singing its 'ten ponnd ten,'
The mavis pipes from birchen spray,
And this is the song that fills the glen
John O. the Smithy has all to pay.
John has daughter rosy and sweet,
My lord has son with wicked eye;
When she hears the sound of his horses feet,
Her heart beats quicker-she knows not
why.
She will know very well before the end;
She will learn to detest their rank and
pride
When she has the young lords babe to tend,
While the bishops daughter becomes his
bride
There will be the old, old story to tell
Oftyrannous wrong in places high;
A bishop glozing the deeds of hell,
The priest and the Levite passing by
And the father may bow his frosted head
When he sees the young bride up at the
hall,
And say twere better his child were dead,
ButJohn O. the Smithy must bear it all
The smith and the daughter will pass away,
And another shall make the anvil ring
For the daily bread and the holden gray;
But the profits shall go to priest and king )
And over the wide world, day by day,
The smiths shall waken at an early morn;
Each to his task in the old dull way,
To tread a measure of priestIy corn.
And the smiths shall live on the coarsest fare,
With little that they may call their own,
While the idler is free from work and care
For the best of all shall go to the drone.
And the smith complains of the anvil s
song
Complains of the years he has wrought
and pinedy
For the priests and rulers are swift to wrong,
And the mills of God are slow to grind
But clear strong voice from over the sea
Is piercing the murk of the moral night;
Time is, time was, and time shall be
That John O the Smith shall have his
right;
And those who have worn the mitre and
crown,
Who have pressed him sore in body and
Shall perish from earth when the grist is
q ground
And the Mighty Miller has claimed his toll.
i Atlantic Monthly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27
Radical National Platform
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO MAY 81, 1868.

ADOPTED AT CHICAGO MAY 81, 1868.
The National Republican party
of the United States, assembled
in National Convention in the city
of Chicago on the Goth day Of
May. 1868, making the following
declaration of principles:
First. We congratulate the
country on the assured success of
the reconstruction projects of
Congress, as evidence by the adop-
tion in a majority of the States
lately in rebellion of constitutions
securing equal civil and political
rights to all, and regard it as the
duty of the Government to sustain
these institutions and to prevent
the people OF such States from
being remitted to state of anar-
chy.
Second. The guarantee of Con
gress of equal suffrage to all loyal
men at the South was demanded
by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude, and of justice,
and must be maintained while the
question of suffrage in the loyal
States properly belongs to the
people Of these States.
Third. We denounce all forms
of Reputation as a national crime,
and national honor requires the
payment of the public indebted
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27
Young Men

1t should be the aim of young
men to go into good society-we
mean not the rich, nor the proud,
the fashionable, but the society of
the wise, the intelligent, and the
good. Where you find men who
know more than you do, aud from
whose conversation you can gath
er information, it is always safe
to be found. 4# #@s'i .f+
1t has broken down many a
man by associating with the low
and vulgar, where the ribald song
was inculcated and the indecent
story told, to excite laughter, or
influence the bad passions. Lord
Clarendon, attributed success and
happiness in life to associate with
persons more learned and virtu-
GUS than ourselves. If you wish
to be wise and respected, and de-
sire happiness aud not misery, we
advise you to associate with the
intelligent and good. Strive for
excellence and strict integrity,
and you will never be found in
the sinks Of pollution, or on the
benches of revilers and gamblers.
Once habituate yourself to a vir-
tuous course, once secure a love
for good society, and no punish
ment would be greater than by
accident to be obliged for a half
a day, to associate with the low
and vulgar Buffalo Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27
u. B. Watkins.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
II den, La. Will practice in the
10th and 11th District Courts. Prompt
attention given to all legal business en-
trusted TO his care. n23
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27
,OLand Jones. j. p. Harris
Jones s. Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
N Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. v4 n31
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27

THE PALINDRoME.-The palm
drome is a line that reads alike
backward and forward. One Of,
the best is Adams first obserya-
ton to Eve:-
''Madam, Pm Adamr
Another is the story that Ma
poleon, when at st. Helena, being
asked by an Englishman if he
could have sacked London, re-
Piled a..,5f
cable was | ere ! saw Elba.n
The latter is the best palm
drome, probably, in the language,
U Show us a "carpet- -bagger"
and we will show you sup
porter of Grant and Colfax. - NJ
Show us a loyal Southerner who
is true to his State and his coun-
try, and we viii show you a man
who viii not support Grant and
CoIfax.-[New York World. 49,
-~.-- i3Y WoA
EE There is no dungeon so
dark and dismal as the mean
J mans mind.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27

A ttorney at Law. Address Shreveport,
n La. VIII practice in the Courts of
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State. All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to.
REFERENCES -Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker g. Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon. II. NJ.
SpOfford, New Orleans; DR.. VIM. Burt,
Humphreys & Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. v6nl1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27

but the spirit of the laws under
which it was contracted.
| Fourth. 1t is due to the labor
of the nation that taxation should
be qualized, and reduced as rapid
ly as the national faith will permit.
| Fifth. The national debt, con-
tracted as it has been for the pres
ervation of the Union for all time
to come, should be extended over
a fair period for redemption, and
it is the duty of Congress to re-
duce the rate of interest thereon
whenever it can honestly be done.
Sixth. That the best policy to
diminish our burden of debt is to
so improve our credit that capital
lists will seek to loan us money at
lower rates of interest than we
now pay, and must continue to
pay so long asrepudiation, partial
or total, open or covert, is threat
ened or suspected.
Seventh. The Government of
the United States should be ad-
ministered with the strictest econ
omy, and the corruptions which
have been SO shamefully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson
call loudly for radical reform.
Eight. We profoundly deplore
the untimely and tragic death of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession of Andrew Johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted
treacherously to the people who
elected him, and the cause he has
pledged to support; has usurped
legislative and judicial functions !;
has refused to execute the laws !;
has used his high Office to induce
other officers to ignore and vio-
late the laws /; has employed his
executive power to render inse-
cure the prosperity, peace, iber
ty, and life of the citizens; has
abused the pardoning power; has
denounced the National Legisla-
ture as unconstitutional; has pre-
sistently and corruptly resisted,
by every measure in his power,
every proper, attempt at the re-
construction Of the States lately
in rebellion has prevented the
public patronage into an engine
of wholesale corruption, and has
been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and
properly pronounced guilty by the
votes Of thirty-fi7e Senators.
| Ninth. The doctrine of Great
Britain and other European pow
ers that because a man is once a
subject he is always so, must be
resisted at every hazard by the
United States as relic of the
Feudal times, not authorized by
the law of nations and at war
with our national honor and in
dependence. Naturalized citizens
are entitled to be protected in all
their rights of citizenship as
though they were native born and
no citizen of the United States.
native or naturalized, must be Ii
able to arrest and Imprisonment
by any foreign power for acts
done or words spoken in this
country. And if so arrested and
imprisoned, it is the duty Of thu
Government to interfere in his be
half.
Tenth. Of all who were faith
full in the trials of the late wa
there were none entitled to more
} especial honor than the brave sol
diers and seamen who endured
, the hardships of campaign ant
cruise, and imperilled their live
, in the service of the country. Thi
hounticS and penSiOnS provided
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-27


% The world is just beginning
to appreciate the value Of cheap
and rapid communication as an
element Of civilization. In this
country we are also beginning to
appreciate its value as an element
of unionism. But only after the
completion of the Pacific railroad;
when New York and San Francis
co will lie in the great highway of
the worlds travel; when, gliding
on the ''pale iron edge" across
the continent, we may jostle in
the cars Chinese mandarins and
Japanese princes on their way to
Europe, and the money-kings of
Europe on their way to the Col
condas and cottonfelds of the
East; when we, at last, shall have
fully realized that dream of cen
turies-a direct western passage
from Europe to midland shall
have grasped the rich prize Of
Asiatic traffic; when st. Louis,
situated near the confluence of
the Missouri, the upper Mississippi,
the Ohio and the lower MissiSsip-
pi, shall become the distributing
point of a commerce greater than
that of Tarshish, PhGnicia, Car
thage, Rome, Venice, and all the
caravans that toll wearily across
the deserts combined; then will
the real value and significance of
this great river system be under
stood. Nor until then will its
levees be properly rebuilt, will its
currents be made to flow in even
and regular volume, and this mag
nifcent Mississippi become, in the
highest sense, a liquid highway
to the millions Of people living on
its banks.
Already vast emigration from
Asia is climbing the western slope
of the Sierra Nevada. On the
completion of the Pacific Rail
road, it soon cross the lofty intra-
mountain basin of Salt Lake; it
will decend from the crest of the
Rocky Mountains in a food, COM
pared with which the present en-
igration from Europe will dwindle
into insignifcance ; for that high
way across the continent will
change not only the course of the
worlds travel and traffic, but in
time, Also, affect the direction OF
it's migrating races.
When the Irish shall become
reconciled to Ireland, and good
government attract the Germans
down the Danube to the rich
plains of Hungary, to the broad
prairies of Wallachia and MOlda
via, to the fertile but almost un
inhabited wastes of Bulgaria
! when Biddy shall get above "ser
vice." Patrick despise the hod
Hans refuse. to shire out" ant
Pompey become, landowner
then these soft, Orientals, living
on the cheapest food, working 70,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02

highly inexpedient. The fact that
county commissioners were authorized
to purchase books for the indigont,
has been used as an argument TO show
that school directors possess the same
power; but in our opinion a contrary
inference should be drawn from that
enactment 1t shows that when the
Legislature designed 10 authorize
such purchase, it was done in express
words. The school board does not
pretend to confine its action to the
"indigent," but 10 buy all the books
used in the schools.
1t must be borne in mind that not
more than one half of the people have
the benefit Of those expenditures; at
least one.fourth of the taxpayers
have no children TO educate, and an
other fourth do it at their own ex-
pense. There is not much justice in
heavily taxing one-half the communi-
ty, for the sole benefit of the other
half. We have already said that no
power is conferred OF the directors
to purchase books for the use of the
schools, and this idea is strengthened
by the provisions to buy for school
library, which is expressly conferred
where the fundsa voluntarily raised,
but in no event is any of the public
money TO be expended. The directors
are only used as instruments for Sc
lection and purchase. We are clear
ly of the opinion that the purchase of
books for public use, is set forth in
the stated case, was illegal. The tax
assessed to pay Therefore is unautbor-
lied, and cannot be collected. There
fore judgment is entered against the
defendant for thirteen dollars only
and the costs, as per the agreement
in the case submitted. Where the
tax has been paid voluntarily, it can
not be recovered back.
john ]. PEARSON,
President Judge.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02
REGISTER q RECORDER.

WE ara authorized 10 announce the name Of
w JOHN S. McKIERNAN, Of Gulich town
ship, as a candidate for Register and Recorder
subject to the action Of thu Democratic party at
the Primary election.
WE are authorized 20 announce the name Of
DAVID BUCK, Of Clearfeld borough as a can
ddate for Register and Recorder-subject to the
action Of the Democratic party at the Primary
election. .s
WE are authorized to announce the name Of
J. B. SHAW, Of Lawrence tawnship, eandi-
date for Register and Recorder--subject to the
action OF the Democratic party at the Primary
election.
WE are authorised to announce the name Of A.
W. LEE, Of Beeearia township,as a candidate for
Register A Recorder-subject 10 the action Of
the Democratic party at the Primary election.
We arc authorised to announce the name Of
PETER L0UNsBERRY, Of Bradford township,
as candidate for Register a Recorder-subject 10
the action Of the Democratic party at the Primary
election.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02

Grants predicted bloodshed and
murder in the South has commenced,
but not in the style he prophesied or
desired. Mr.. N. H. Thomas, editor
of the Choctaw (Ala.) Herald, was
murdered in cold blood by two Radi-
Gals whose evil deeds he had truthful
ly xposed in the columns of his paper.
Why don't the Radicals howl over
this atrocious act They would, we
presume had the murdered man been
negro or "carget-bagger" Being
Democrat, his death is to them a
matter not worthy of even passing
comment.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02
A Plain .fns,cer.

Among the people who came to
market one afternoon was a citizen OF
Wes. Jersey. He brought a stock OF
eggs aud butter. In big coop in
the rearmost part of his wagon he
had splendid peacock, whose tail
spread out, beautiful even TO gorge
business, like the trail of a lady's dress.
An lrishman passing, he observed the
splendid plumage Of the bird, and
asked its price. ''Thee can have it
TOR fifteen dollars" was the reply of
the owner, whose garb indicated him
as a member of the Society of Friends
That's good price," was the inter
rogatiye remark of the Celt, as he
smoothed the ample tail of the feath-
cred biped. "There are plenty of pco.
pie who will give that for him" was
the placid and very true rejoinder.
The Celt surveyed the bird, admired
his proportions, but still endeavored
to cheaper him. "Mister," said he
at last, 'people say these birds have a
bad voice" 81 have nothing TO say
about their voices" was the quiet re-
ply. "If thee wants the fowl thee
can take it; if the doesn't, its voice
doesn't make any difference to thee. I"
But" says the Celt, "don't them
birds hollow like the devil !" "Friend,"
was the placid reply, "thee probably
in that respect has the advantage
over me. Thee evidently has acquain.
tance that have not. II thee thinks
that the scream of this bird is like to
that of thy friend, whom thee has
named, l, in my Ignorance, will not
presume to contradict thee" The
next minute the Celt was at an oppo-
site stallin the market buying bunch
of carrots. He bought no peacock on
that day.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02


Wnerc tnc ncSsv~- i----~ stfO IsOfist-
cal power they not only deny tho
whites the privilege Of suffrage, but
do not allow them to own land. The
Richmond Dispatch says: '1n Hayti,
negro country, no white man can
own land. lie is disffanchised be-
ing-a pariah who is reprobated and
forbidden. In the Government of La
IBERIA, founded by the white people
of America, the laws are not more
liberal. There no one is allowed TO
vote who is not of African descent,
and no one but voter can acquire or
possess real estate in the Republic.
Thus no white man can vote or
hold real estate in Liberia, Republic
which was, as we say, established by
the white people Of this country, and
has been the especial pet Of the Amer
ican philanthropists. And moreover,
the United States is bound by treaty
to protect this Liberia from the hos
tile neighboring African tribes
Here is something to reflect upon.
This exclusion of white men from Ii
IBERIA was beyond question the sug-
gested policy of the white founders Of
that country. 1t grew out Of the evil
dent incompatibility Of the races, and
the white founders desired to protect
their infant colony from the troubles
that .assuredly would follow the intru.
sion of a number of whites amongst
them.
The same idea was indistinctly i'm
pressed upon the Haytiens, and they
have rigidIy enforced il since they
came into possession Of the Govern
ment by their numbering the white
people to whom the island ad belong
ed
Yet what do we behold here A
denial by the United Ststes Cover :
ment ofthis principle Of Incompatible
ity Of the races in the exercise of po-
litical privileges, and an attempt Alb
solutely TO place the negro 10 control
of tho white racel So great an out
rage on nature and common sense
has not been known in the history OF
government-nor has there been in
the history Of this country an act
which Is so disastrous to the national
peace and the national prosperity as
this enfranchising the black man and
making him a voter Immediately af-
ter he is taken out of state Of slavery.
Stanton (Va.,) Spectator.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02

TO vote for the ratification or rejection
of tie Constitution at ihe polls herein
authorized, and assumed 10 be 10 force
before its adoption. In disregard Of
the law of Congress, the Constitution
undertakes to impose upon the elec-
tors other and further conditions.
The fifth section of the eighth article
provides that all persons, before reg
istering or voting, must take and sub
scribe an oath, which, among others,
contains the following clause: "That
| accept the civil and political equali-
ty of all men, and agree not to attempt
TO deprive any person or persons on
account of race, color or previous con-
dition of any political or civil right,
privilege or immunity enjoyed by amy
other class of men" Y#. .U
1t is well known that very large
portion of the electors in all the States,
If not large majority Of all of them,
do not believe in or accept the politi-
cal equality of Indians, Mongolians
or negroes with the race TO which
they belong. If the voters in many
of the States OF the North and West
were required to take such an oath as
a test of their qualifications. there Is
reason to believe that majority Of
them would remain from the polls
rather than comply withits degrading
conditions. How tar and to what ex-
tent this test oath prevented the reg
istration of those who were qualified
under the laws of Congress. il is not
possible TO know, but that sueh was
its effect at least sufficient 10 over
come the small and doubtful majority
in favor OF this Constitution, there
eau be no reasonable doubt Should
the people of Arkansas, therefore, de-
string to regulate the elective fran
chise SO Ms to make il conform TO the
constitutions of large proportion Of
the States of tho North and West,
modify the provision referred 10 in
the fundamental condition, what is to
be the consequence Is il intended
that a denial of representation shall
fellow, and if so, may we not dread,
at some future day, recurrence of
the troubles which have so long agi-
tated the country Would it not be
the part of wisdom to take for guide
tho Federal Constitution, rather than
resort to measures which, looking on
ly to the present, may in few years,
renew in an aggravated form, the
strife and bitterness caused by legis-
laiion which has proved to be so i'll
timed and unfortunate.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1868.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02
PEACE PROCLAIMED.
THE WAR OVER IN cLEARPIELD.
KNOX TOWNSHIP QUIET.

Nearly all the Contrabands going back
to their old masters; but mary one
going 10 old Massachusetts, where
they Dere loued so long and so ioeil
/ N consequence Of the above facts. r. SHORT,
i Of the old "Shori Shoe Shop" would an.
nOunce TO bis numerous patrons. and the people
Of Clearheld county at large, that be has nov
first rate lot Of good material ju't received from
the East, and is prepared on snort notice to make
and mend Boots and Shoes, at bis new shop in
Grsham's row. He Ia satisfied that he can please
at home patriots.) Heis prepared TO sell low fof
Cash or Country Produce. Don't forget the
Shop-next door to Showers A Grahsm's store,
on Market street, Clearheld, Pa, aad kept BY
fellow commonly called
jy2,67-y "SH0RTY."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02

Some Of our Radical cotomporaries
are specializing extensively upon the
chances of Chief Justice Chase elec.
ton, in case he should receive the
Democratic nomination for President.
We suggest TO our amiable cotempo-
raries that the less they say upon the
subject the less time, trouble. ink and
paper will be wasted. Judge Chase
will not receive the nomination, but a
true, tried and straight forward Dem
ocrlt will, whose election is as certain
as the coming Of November.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-02
THE WESTERN HOTEL
cLEARFIELD, Pa.


TIVE subscriber having leased for a term Of
IL years this well-known Hotel, (kept for many
years by Mr.. Lauich,) and re-ftted and rrfur-
nished IL throughout, Is now prepared to enter
tain travellers and the public generally upon
terms Il Is hoped alike agreeable TO both patrons
and proprietor. His TABLE and BAR will
be sup lied with the best the market affords;
and M pains will be spared on his part to add to
the convenience and comfort of his guests.
Livery stable IL also attached to the a..
tablishment Horses, Bugries. etc, furnished
on shor notice, or persons taken TO any point
desired, JAMES A. STINE.
jelS Proprietor.