The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-29

resentatives had under consideration
the Amnesty bill, and nnmbernof
members participated in the debate.
Hon. SaSo Cox Democrat, ofN.sY.D
said: yt,.uoa .e..eisog 40 ref1exigssI
He believed that the dominantipa par
ty in the House and in the country was
in favor of universal amnesty. He
did not findSin the message of the
President anything about general am
nesty. There was an expressive 81
lence in it on. that subject, which he
CCox) greatly regretted, more ,espec-.
tally as the President was still in fa-
vor of repressive measures toward the
Southern people, and had actually pro-
truded those measures into other
States not in the South. Still he was
thankful to the gentleman from Mass
achusetts- for reporting the bill in
spite of all its obnoxious,yc yclanses,l be-
cause il, gave. the, House an 5opportu-.
nifty to act on the subject, He eX-
pressed himself utterly surprised at
the speech made to-day by the gentle
man from Ohio (LaWrence).a That
gentleman had wished ifor, a hundred
/ first-class funerals after the war, Was;
f.tfiat4 the gentleman's Christian spirit!
/ What Sunday-sehool had he been
raised in? What Church did he be-
long to-? Even Paganism repudiated
such a, doctrine of revenge. He would
read to the gentleman some sentiments
written by Sir Thomas Brown in his
quaint style. Mr.. Cox read several
quotations, including this one: Let
thine arrows of revenge fly short, OF
be aimed, like those of Jonathan, to
fly past the mark. ~ =4a. - -
Mr.. Lawrence, said he agreed to all
that. t.T,.sI 70 raltgass yaBaah. lsqt ei,
Mr.. Cox-If my friend,is willing to
stand by it let him come up to the
s'anxious seat" and we will pray over
him in Christianspirit a(Eanghter.)
Mr.. Lawrence repeated his remark
about agreeing, to the sentiments read
by Mr.. Cox. ..s al; .f...s,, - a..
Mr.. Cox-If the gentleman will
come up and kneel down here per-
sistently we will have1a good oldeclass
meeting over him, (Renewed laugh
ter.) What was the title of the bill!
1t was a bill for. general grace, amnes-
ty and oblivion; but what was the
bill itself? Itwas the play of "Ham-
LETT not only with Hamlet left out, but
with Polonious and the king and the
queen and all the other characters, Lett
out, except the little play within the
play. 1t was like another of Shake
speare's plays. Shyloek, with all his
revenge, was all through the. bill.
Where was the grace. of rendering
redemption to a fallen world and ex-
eepting the chiefof sinners-the Sauls
of political offences? The offer OF
salvation should copy the eternal plan.
! Let all who repent and would be saved
+, come and partake of the water of life
freely. This bill eternizes Hate. 1t
was in no sense an amnesty. He had
dreamed a dream last night, superin-
duced, he thought, by reading the
Scriptures. (Laughter.) All through
his dream appeared the gallant gen
tleman from Massachusetts,. He was
at one of the great camp-meetings Oh
, the coast of, Massachusetts, near the
gentlemans district, and that gentle
man was in the midst of great throng
of disciples of John Wesley. There
was voice going round calling men
to repentance He thought he, saw
the gentleman from Massachusetts,
kneeling down at the old Methodist
altar with the good brethren round
him, and after while he arose and
took up the song:T,
''Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.''
. Oaughter9 [ seemed to him that The
gentleman was translated to another
sphere, and he thought he could SEE
him standing on the Basement of tht
. new Jerusalem, with white robes up
; on him anda harp in his hand, singing
, g Mercy is. free" Laughter.) He pro
!, tested against the precedent cited yes
! terday by Mr.. Butler for this bill. III,
l protested against reproducing th
: barbarism of bad country and a bat
]. age. He did not expect the gentle
j., man from Massachusetts, to cite al
: ; English precedent, in view of hi
e preiudices against England. In con
e clusion, he invoked for the people o
1 the South the principle of the Lord
q PrayerJso that when all came to tn
: great court of Heaven the genera
:, amnesty should include all .@55G'7Es7fI5
4 ROBINSON CRUsoE OUTDoNE-NINl
e 8 YEARS ON "A DESERT ISLAND. d.
}. A man claiming to be John Jarvi;
d who was carpenter on the Unite,
e States ship Levant, when she was los
: on the Pacific in 1851, made his ap
, pearance at his old home. in Ports
mouth, Va, last week, He says tina
a he has been Robinson Crusoeing on
desert island all that time, and pre-
) sented himself to the naval authori
" ties at Norfolk claiming back pay fo
. service rendered the. government i
e his official capacity while serving a
:, an officer of the United States. TIL
: fact of his appearance and his state
. ments coming to the ear of Secretar
. Robson, that officer at once commu
= nicated with the commanding navs
Il officer at Norfolk, directing him t
e forward to the Navy Department
" full account of the wanderers state
!. ment, and if in his Judgment, he con
u siders his statement worthy of Gre
Z, dence, to forward HIM to Washington
II with a view, if possible, to ascertai
~ from him the particulars of the los
: of the ill-fated vessel. A. .
q FEARS OF THE BRAvE.-It is a cur
:, rious fact that men who have bee
:, prodigal of their lives in battle, an
is have passed. through many Sshail
S, breath escapes + tn imminent deadl
IS breach should have so great a drea
: OF death when it comes from the han
= of an assassin. 1t is said that Cron
IS we'll was never seen to smile after
h had read "Killing no Murder" i
rs which was advocated his assassin;
! ton. Sir Neil Campbell, in his joul
: : nal, gives a graphic account of th
y fear which Napoleon felt for his lii
d during the journey from Fontaint
y bleau to Elba. On leaving Orang
where he had been received with d.
rision and abuse, he left his carriag
= and envelloping himself in Russia
- cloak, and wearing the white cockad
- in common round hat, he rode on
~ advance of his escort, accompanied u
y only single courier, and during til
- - rest of the journey repeatedly change
y 10 names and clothes with the commi
- !. sioners who accompanied him.
30 30 chary, then, of life was the hero
n Lon. e s'fI y rHEa4it.f asa EH