The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-19

I There was a wide and cheeIfUl circle this
evening round the hospitable hearth OF Les h
tea. The father 81 my friend, was PatrIar-
chal-l31king oh man, VITA cnuntena-sce
The most expressive have almost ever seen,
sat beside the wall, on a large OSAeu scale,
which also served TO accommodate a young
man, an occasional visitor 0f the family,
dressed IN rather shabby black, whom | at
once set down as a pruOatlnuer On divinlty.
| had my own seat beside him The brother
Of my friend "a lad cast IN nearly the same
mould of form and feature, except, perhaps,
that bis frame, though muscular aud strong
IN set, seemed in the main less i0rmliably
robust, ana his c1unteuance, though express
sivc less decidedly intelsctuaO sat AZ my
side. Nv friend had drawn IA his seat bc-
side Bis mother. q wrh-formed, mey 5ru-
nstte of about thirty whom N gpt
almost have mistaken for bis elder si,t,-
and two or three younger members of toe
family we're grouped bshinl her. Toe Gre
blsz a cheerly within The vide ana open
chimney and, throNiag {, strong HEnt o.
tile faces ana limbs Of tLe circie, sent Our
shadows dickeriug across the rafiers and
the wall hentnd. Toe conversation was nni-
u ten aud rational, and every one coutri-
buted his share. But ! was cughg inter
ested IN thp remarks VI th- 0.i man, for
whom ! already leit grosiug vrue5auun.
and in those of his wonderfully gifted son.
"Uuques. lnably, Mr. Burus,' sati ths
man in oiack, addressing Jbe iarmer "po-
ltenesS j. but Shad iE, as tAe poet natn n,
VI tie heart be wanting. saw, to-uisht, 10
suic,iy polite family, 50 marked PFC
sumption 0f tile Tack w tust uAtur alice
t1 f t.rrk r.Itrar.a-l hoe tE.. ....-r,..tr
ure ami semblaIce Jnat truly have been
grievei in my heart ever since"
"Ah, Nj. Addaeh,' said the farmer,
'tlcre y ever more hypocrisy ~ the world
than ia tie church, anl tlat, too, anon
tae class ot ina gentlemen and fire laal-s
wro deny I most. But the instance
'You know tbe f1mily, my worthy
friend" continued MI Murd0cn-'it u 4
very pretty one, as we say yrrnaculariv,
being numerous, and che sons highly grnteel
young men tbe daug tiers not less sp. a
ne'gnbor Of tle same very polite character.
coming Un visit wuen ! aas amung .atn,
asked Jne .ather, " the course Of a cos YER
satlon 81 which | was pryy, how he meant
60 dispose OF hiS sons when the fat ~ t.
pl-c that he bad not YET detefpiuei. e
visiter sad. tnat were IN h.s Fnce, se-si Z
they were al wei-edlcated yoaug u.e,., he
v luld send them abroad % which ihe sa-
lner objected the iniub table fact, that many
young men lost their allh IN foreign
countries and vary many tleT lives 'frl.
dld the visitor rtjliu, '5ut a. YOU have a
number Of sons, It Will be stra re o. SOME
9ne ~ them dles uat DIVE anI make fJr-
tune.' Now, M. Buru., w1at wi you
who know ths feelings o. paternity, ami the
iIcalculable, aai assure .lv Z ula -av. in-
valuable value Of bumin sll.-. tni.k when
| add, that the father commu. -.I tae bad,
Is showing tie wisdom ol q .'ifeNl man oi
the world III
even The chief priests" slii thc Old man,
pronounced 1t ualawlul % cast into the
treasury the thirty pieces of silver, seeing
it was tie price of blood out the gent'litg
Of tGe present day Is less scrupui0us There
Il laXity OF principle among Us, Mr. Mur-
doch, that, # God restore Us not, must end
ln the ruin 0t our country. saw laxltv Of
principle; for there have ever been evh
manners among us, and waits iu no lnc0u-
siderable number, broken loose from tht de-
ceoces OF society perhaps, IN my
early days than there arc now. But our
principles at l-as. were sound and not
only was there thus e restorative and CON
seryatlve spirit among us, but, Hhat was of
not less Importance, there was a bI Ioad guilt.
ike tha. "A the parable, between the two
grand classes, the good and tie evil-a guilt
which, when it secured the better class from
contamination, interposed no barrier " the
reform alton and return II even tie most vile
and prof gate, II Tepentant. But this gulf
has disappeared, and We are standing on
concernedly over it, 90 hollow aad dan
gerous marsh of neutral gr0uni, which, III
the end, If God open not our eyes, must
assuredy give WAY un5 Der our fest.'
TJ BE- CONTINUED