The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-04-30
Old Ben. Wade Again.

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and others OF the National Execute
I'd Committee OF Colored Men:
H. "GENTLENEN-Since my retir
Of ment from public life, have recei
10 ed many kind and compliments
'e communications from friends, viii,
p l value greatly, but nothing b
e given me so much pride and satisfa
e tion as the proceedings OF your n
tionai Executive Committee. I
o know that ones labors are apprec
Ii ated and approved by those IN who's
behalf they have been performed,
e indeed gratifying.
, ''lt Is true that for more than thi
e ty years, whether in the LegisIatuI
e OF my own State, as a Judge upo
1 the bench, is the Senate of the Uni
e ed States, or in private life. hav,
4 with reso.ute and determined pun
pose, labored to bring the constitu
tion and laws OF NY country int
harmony with the laws OF God, VIII
''is 10 respecter of persons
, Equality before the law, an,
exact justice to all men, without re-
spect to race color or nationality, ha
been the polar star to guide me il
ell my efforts, and the prize fo
which l have fought. Nor am
conscious that / have ever during
that time suhordinated those grea
principles to any other, or compro
missed them for any other considera
ton whatever. Yet I claim no spe.
cial merit, for this it was but :
performance of a plain and palpsble
duty which every man owes to his
God, to his country and humanity.
Had l done less, it would have been
a self-degradation for which would
have despised myself, even as have
despised all others who may have
compromise these great principles
through cOwardice, self-iDterest, or
ambition. And now, thank God,
after a thirty years battle, i have
lived to see these principles trium-
plant, every man in our great Repub-
lie equal before the law, aud the la
borer relieved OF the foulest and
most degrading violation Of his
rights. tre rslL
''But, in my judgment, much more
remains to be done; for l can new
er believe q government perfect
while it is possible for one man to
appropriate the avails of the labor
OF thousands, while those that per-
form the labor pine away their lives
in poverty and destitution, or to
monopolize an unlimited extent OF
Gods earth to the exclusion of 9TH
ers These evils are yet to be cor
rected, and may l not expect that
you who have been so lately emsnci-
pated from the foulest oppression
and injustice will take the lead in
these great and necessary reforms
"Piease accept my thanks for the
kind sentiments contsined in your
letter. Yours with respect,
b. F. Wade.
JEFFERSON, Ohio, March 26, 1869.
Justice to Babies.
Babies are not to blame for being
disagreeabie; they can't help it
They want 20 be let alone and kept
out of sight, if they are well bred;
but their foolish parents won't let
them have their way, unless the word
is differently spelled. The unfor-
tuDate Babies must be taken into the
light, and looked at, and criticised.
and poked in the RIBS, and asked to
laugh little. The idea of laughing
under such circumstances Crying
is much more natural, and they, cry,
ofcourse. Who wouldn'tp To put
a sensitive and sensible Baby on ex
hibition, and insist on it playing
comedy part with dozen pins in its
flesh, and several doses OF medicine
internally, revealing the ignorance
of physicians, is much like insisting
that o bereaved son should dance y
hornpipe ct his mothers funeral.
Nor are Babies bound to resemble
their father, or mother, or both at a
time. They must have a confused
notion what their personal appear
ance is after being assured they are
exact counterparts of their parents,
aunts, uncles, granifathers, grand
mothers, and ali their cotemporane-
ous relatives. The truth is they
don't look like anything in particu
lar but themselves Beauty is I'M
possible to them. and they know it,
Their family pride is revolted at the
thought OF being compared to their
ancestors who may chance to be
comely. Their iDtuitive sense of art
is quite sufficient TO inform them
that seven to thirty pounds of scar
let avoirdupois, with -imperceptIble
noses, protuberant eyes, and entire
absence of symmetry, do not consti-
tute beauty. They are conscious
that they suffer by comparison with
other little animals, even with geese
and pigs, so far as aesthetics go, and,
therefore, beauty is a delicate subject
they would prefer not to have dis
cussed. Babies have no individual
ity of appearance whatever, and
discovering likenesses between them
and mature persons is as if we cam
pared the tenderness OF a steak with
the expression of human counte-
nance -Packartrs Monthly, for May
WE give below a brief outline OF
the new Homestead Law, which has
just passed the Ohio Legislature
This law is one in which the public
are. greatly interested:
lat. That it exempts homestead
of $1,000 in value, instead of 5000 as
blythe present law
2d0 In ease the head OF afamily
is not The owner of a homestead, it
increases the amount of his personal
property exempted 20 $500, in. addd-l
a. =. -.~.,,.; q a a RI alas Of no ranp q