The National tribune., 1903-06-11

day, he set out on horseback to "explore
Illinois, with the result Of fixing on San
CANON County as his future home, to
which locality he moved in the Fall of
1924. There he lived for more than gen.
Grafton and half, identified with the in
terests and history of his imperial State.
an important factor in its growth and
civilization. AT that time Sangamon was
the perthernmost organized County in L.
linois. all north of it was an Indian
country, and though not occupied by hos
tile tribes, in, the sense of those infesting
Kentucky, they were degraded and shift
less, having adopted civilization" only to
the extent of accepting the ''firewater" of
their palefaced brethren. He Immediately
took work in the Conference, was assigned
to circuit, sparsely populated, and not
ern experience. 80
Reverting to the slavery question, the
inducing cause of his removal from the
South, and quoting from his "Autobiog-
raphy," he says: II will not attempt to
enumerate the moral evils that have been
produced by slavery: their name is legion.
And now, Notwithstanding these are my
honest views of slavery. l have never seen
a rabid aboiitionist or free-soil society that
1 could join, because they resort to unjus-
tifable legislation. and the means they
employ are generally unchristian."
His adherence OF slavery was only
equaled by his detestation of anti-slav-
cry agitation and underground railroads"
1t is not difficult to see how his views mt
that period should have proven unsatis-
factory to both sides Of this controversy.
BY some in the North he was considered
in sympathy with the pro-slavery element,
while by others in the South he was re-
garded as a confederate Of the abolition
lists. His views, in 1924, in effect simply
anticipated the position Of the Republi-
can party at the time of its organization
in -"non-interference with slavery
where it exists, and its restriction from
free territory"-he believing. as did the
fathers, its peaceable extinction would ul-
timately be accomplished. But, strange
to say, ne was always q pronounced and
aggressive Democrat in politics. The con-
clusion Of his memoirs, published a few
years before the opening of the great civil
war, records a pathetic testimony of his
fears for the safety of the Union, destined,
he foresaw, to be wrecked by the joint
wrong-headedness Of the abolitionist and
the Shareholders. But he lived until 1872,
witnessed the destruction Of slavery, the
triumph of the Union-and died q Demo
crat.
A SUCCESSFUL TANNING OF A sHREw.
After Cartwright assumed his work in
Illinois, he frequently met adventures sim
liar to those which illuminated his travels
in the slave States. He narrates one epi-
sode, however, in which his antagonist
was of the sex supposed to be the gentler
one. Within the bounds of his district
lived local preacher, who was a small
good -natured, pleasant man. He was be-
lieved to be also very pious man and a
useful preacher. His wife was directly
the reverse Of almost everything that was
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guage. She was overbearing, quarrelsome,
and violent opposer Of religion. She
would not mend her husbands clothes
when he wanted to preach, and was un-
willing that he should ask a blessing at
the table, or pray in the family. And
when he would attempt to pray, she would
make all the noise and disturbance in her
power. She would turn the chairs over
while he was reading, singing or praying,
and if she could not stop him any other
way, she would catch the cat and throw it
in his face. The poor husband was tor
mented almost TO desperation. He had in
vited several preachers homo with him to
talk to her. and see il they could not mod
crate her; but all to no purpose; she would
curse them to their face, and rage like a
demon. He had insisted on Cartwright
going home with him several times, but
the invincible Peter frankly confessed that
he was afraid to trust himself. He pitied
the husband, and so did everybody else ac-
Iquainted with his situation, but disliked
to mingle in the family row. At length,
however, he yielded to the opportunities,
and went home with the forlorn little man
one evening, intending to stay all night.
We will let the unwelcome visitor tell,
in his own way, what followed: "As soen
as arrived saw that she was mad, and
the devil was in her as large as an alli-
gator: and fixed my purpose, and deter
mined on my course. After supper he said
to her very kindly: Come, wife, stop
your little affairs, and let US have prayer.
That moment she boiled over, and said:
L will have none Of your praying about
me! spoke to her mildly, and expostu-
lated with hex. and tried to xeasoui but