smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

insult their spirit. Suppose that we


had in all public places, in churches


or in halls, coop in a corner for


the Portuguese or the West Indian


foreigner who might stray to our


shores? 1t would be q barbarous


folly. And if it were the native


citizen descended from Portugal or
the West Indies, the folly would be
only the more conspicuous. If it
became q practice, so fragrant an
outrage upon the equality of the
citizen guaran teed by the funda-
mental law should be prohibited
penalties in the common interest.
For the equality that we assert by
law, the law must protect.


That is what Mr.. Summers bill
proposes. 1t forbids distinctions
founded upon a system Of caste
which the law has abolished. It
prohibits, within its sphere, making
an American citizen q pariah be-
cause of his color. It aims to lift
from the colored race as much as
possible Of the consequences of the
curse which civilization has imposed
upon it. If we meant to keep the
people of that race an outcast class,
we had no right to make them
equal citizens. But having made
them so, we can not keep them out
casts without infinite harm to our
selves. However, we need have no
fear of appalling results. The
colored citizens are not obtrusive.
They are not disposed to go where
they are not wanted. But what man
of honor does not burn with in
dignation to see a polite and quiet
colored passenger refused place
in car or steamboat from which
a drunken and disgusting white
traveller is not expelled :? The funda-
mental principle of this republic is
that every citizen shall be equal
before the law. And whoever smiles
at MIR. Summers bill smiles at
the American principle.-Haper's
WeeklD.
Year: 1872

The means by which men win
success are strangely combined and
arranged, each man for himself
devising his cwn course of action,
and very few men agreeing in the
particulars of a venture to secure
fortune. The success of individuals
ought to be no more surprising
than their failure; because, after all,
that which enables men to prosper,
is purpose, and that which induces
failure is the lack of it. When a


man goes into business, or starts in


the world, with a fixed, determined


purpose before him, resolved to do


what he proposes shall be done, in
nineteen cases out of twenty he
succeeds; but when the lack of this
is the opposite, we care not how


intelligent he may be, the man fails.


We see in every community, men


of what are supposed to be ordinary


capacity, who make no pretension


to mental culture, who are unas-


suming in their intercourse with


their fellows, and yet these men are
of the utmost Importance in the
worlds business. They contribute
largely to the comfort, the pros
perity, and wealth of communities
adding to productive and enlarging
development in all directions. In
contrast with such as these, we have
the dreamer, the student, and the
theorizer, men of great mental
capacity, quick at apprehension,
keen in appreciation, eloquent and
imaginative, but who are failures in
the worlds business. They produce
little while they consume largely of
material things. The sneer at plain
business success as speculation, as
the result of chance, when in reality
it is brought about by patient and
untiring industry, inspired by a
purpose which is intelligent and
convincing of success. The young
man who begins life with purpose
to succeed in well-defned bust
ness object, seldom fails. He who
has a purpose in view, as a rule is
practical and sensible. because pur-
pose is an ingredient of common
sense essential to the strength and
effectiveness thereof. The man who
pursues his special business, who
makes it his thought, who eluci-
dates its advantages, and applies
his powers to its advance, has a
purpose, of which he never loses
sight, and in the presence Of which
he is always nerved for effort.
Every man of purpose is also one
of action-and when the purpose is
to do good, the actor is blessed in
himself and blessing to those with
whom he comes in contact. rr
Year: 1872

One OF the most serious ana
ridiculous delusions under which
some young men,labor, who cult
vate the society of ladies, is the i'm
preston that the fair ones prefer to
be all the time laughing during the
hours they pass in gentlemen's
company. Their manner of con-
Quoting conversation shows that
these gallants consider everything
the stupidest bore to their Dulcineas
but jokes, white lies and idle teasing,
and consequently they grin them
selves and endeavor to keep the
ladies convulsed from the moment
they simper, ''how-d'ye do, Miss
Mary jane" to the growing of ten
o'clock by sleepy chanticleer. If a
stenographer could stand behind
the curtain and take down an hour
of this wit-froth, what a mess it
would be to read! Such puns-
such "stories" to keep the converse
ton a going-such bare fattery to
make the fair ones blush and fut-
ter-such misuse of language-it
would be laughable if it were not
so hard on the poor girls who must
gabble with the geese and be foolish
with the fool?


A greater mistake was never
made by these young men, who, we
know, really mean to be agreeable.
Ladies enjoy certain degree of
pleasantly and badinage as the
spice to social intercourse; but they
do not like that conversation which
is all nonsense and levity. By
nature more seriously inclined than
men, their choice is the conversation
which is made up mostly of sober
sense. Hence it is they are SO
often heard to complain that this
visitor els too foolish" or that one
"such a great Aatterer," and praise
in corresponding high terms the
visitor who pleases their self-respect
by leading to themes better suited
to their tastes and education. The
man always stands highest in the
esteem of ladies who talks to them
as if he did not them SO many chill
dren to be amused with the Jews
harps and doll-babies Of thought,
and makes fun and merriment the
exception instead OF the rule.


The habit we allude to is notice
able often in places OF public amuse-
ment. Hardly do they get seated
before this class of beaux commence
their everlasting nonsense, turning
to levity everything on Gods green
earth, and rarely giving their IN
Year: 1872

Rights bill receives the usual amount
of smiles and wonder at it's "fanati-
ciam." But a man who has sat in
the Senate of the United States for
twenty years, and who, having seen
Breckenridge in the chair, and hav-
ing been smitten to the floor by the
bullies of slavery, now sees Schuy-
ler Colfax presiding, and in the
chamber around him a vast MAORI
ty of Republican Senators of a
country in which war has abolished
slavery, probably smiles compass
sionately at the contemptuous smiles
Of those who think principle fanati-
cism, and consistency impractical
bility. Mr.. Summers bill contem-
plates the prohibition. to all public
institutions regulated by law in this
country-such as hotels, railroad
cars, etc.-of the recognition of dis
tinctions which the law has abolish
ed. Those who think that it is
foolish to attempt to make people
associate with those whom they dis
like, and whose conclusive argu-
ment against emancipation and
equal rights was, "How would you
like your daughter to marry a mig
ger?" may, however, be comforted.
They are not to be compelled to
marry their daughters to any body,
nor to invite distasteful guests to
their tables. But those who hold
certain grants under the law for the
public benefit are not to be suffered
to discriminate arbitrarily against a
certain part of the public.


The keeper of a hotel, for instance,
is bound to furnish entertainment
to all orderly applicants, unless he
has reason to suspect dishonest in
tention. He can not lawfully refuse
guest because of a whim against
his blue eyes or his straight hair.
He may, indeed, keep temperance
house, to which prohibitionists will
naturally resort or he may an
nounce his preference OF Baptists or
Presbyterians as guests But if q
Methodist traveller applies in good
faith for entertainment, the host
can not turn him away because he
is not a Baptist. Neither can he
refuse q guest because he is an
Irishman or German, because he
is of fair complexion or of o dark,
if there be nothing suspicious in his
appearance or conduct. But the
Baptist and Presbyterian, the ma
turalized Irishman or the German,
the man of fair or dark complexion,
have no more rights under the law,
as citizens, than the colored man.


Those who think that they have
an antipathy to colored persons
may be correct, but it is evidently
not an antipathy which extends to
the waiter who brings them their
dinner. And there are many per-
sons to whom the Irish citizen is
not agreeable. And to the warn
sectarian of any kind the Jew OF
the atheist is very repugnant But
we do not therefore permit them to
be excluded from places Of common
public resort. If we did 30, we
should nullify our own laws and
Year: 1872

Alone, all alone, with my thoughts and


my pipe,


II am dreaming of future and past
A past that l cannot from nv memory


wipe


And a future approaching too fast
While putting and pond'ring the thought


will arise,


OF the little experience has thought;
For still, as in youth, do dream of loves


prize,


So rarely attained though often sought.
To inger out life. with no partner to share
The Affections or blessedness we own
To dream that this world for US might be


fair,


And then traverse its mazes alone.
Oh, this is the shadow that darkens my


mind


And destroys every hope would raise
perish of thirst, and no water can find
To restore me the strength of young


days. ..I....


Feliciana Republican.
Year: 1872

A lady correspondent who lives in .
manufacturing town in Rhode Island wss
recently the victim of surprise party,
and relates her experience as follows: /
have never imposed upon any Of my
friends or neighbors by attending sur
prise party, and as long ~ I remain seue
] never will. But have been the uuwil.
ling recipient Of one Of those social nui-


sances dabbed silver wedding. Isaac


and knew as well a. anybody that We


had been married twenty-five years. but


we didn't wish to celebrate the event for


numerous reasons. We didn't wish to beg
for presents. Our house is not large
enough to accommodate all we would wish
to invite on such an occasion. and We could
not bring our selves to slight any; and not
being partial to large parties. judge Of our
by mob consisting of some Of our friends
and many who were not our friends or
even acquaintances. Tom, Dick and the
dragon. any one who could be induced to


sign their names to paper and pay their


money to help buy q tea set, under the


promise OF coming to our house and hay.


ing.a gay time, just as they would have


paid for going. to any place Of public
| AADu9SASht. uC PkcScutS WSES VSIy nice
indeed. but shall never use them, and


for them we are put under obligations to


class of people whose acquaintance we


did not desire. They rumaged and ran


sacked the house from garret to cellar,
looked into my closets and bureau drawers
and even counted the blankets on my own
and my servants beds, smashed my pet
cast, wore holes in my sitting room car
pet BY dancing on it, and have made capt.
tai for gossip out Of my household arrange
ments generally. There were even people
present to whom I was not introduced.
We have always been Independents; re-
tanned our old friends and made few new
ones. Now am expected to call ON Mrs.
this, that and the other, and to speak to
their husbands and brothers when / meet
them on the street, for their names are on
that paper which accompanied our silver
among the list Of doners. put down my
veil. hoping one Of these new friends,
who is somewhat intoxicated, will not
recognize me, and as get past hear him
say: Proud old vixen-wish had the
dollar throwed away on her silver tea
set!' l have lost my independence and
self-respect, and am quite miserable un-
der all this obligation, which can never
hope to repay. And look upon the whole
affair as an unwarrantable piece of in
reference, for which shall never pardon
the idle busybodies who. for the want of
something better for excitement, set it on
foot.-Sprinqfed Republican.
Year: 1872

THE S,0iSS Times says that a comical
story is told Of couple of lovers who, a
few days ago, attempted to commit suicide
in the Lake of Zurich, near Ruscblikon,
because the young lady'S parents refused
their consent to their marriage. In order
not to be separated in death the young lady
tied one of her feet fast to one of her lovers,
and they thus threw themselves into the
water. But the young man does not seem
to have been as courageous or as desirous OF
leaving this world as his companion, and
shouted for help at the top of his voice.
Help was fortunately at hand, and they
were both dragged out of the water and
handed over the police, who provided them
with dry clothes and put them under lock
ard kew.
Year: 1872

From the Selma (Ala. Times.


We have been permitted to publish
the following letter from Hon. Frank
Blair. 1t will be read with interest.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 81, 1872
Joseph F. Johnston, Selma, ALa-:


DEAR Sm-I have yours of the 9TH.
| entirely agree with you in the
South, which alone can cast an cleo
toral vote for the Democratic party,
should have is say on the present
phase ofPolitics.


[ agree with you also in thinking
that it is useless, and worse than use
less, to undertake to run a straight
Democratic ticket. Even if it were
passible to elect, the candidate would
be counted out, and, ifnOt counted
out, would be powerless to do any,
thing with the Senate against him.


In my opinion, the Tennessee lead
should be followed by every Southern
State. 1t can not be concealed that
the South is for Greeley, and is for
him not as an expedient to obtain
power over the Federal Government,
but as a means to obtain peace and
the restoration of good relations be-
tween the citizens of The Southern
States. and between that section of
the Union and the North.


The election of Greeley will not be
a sectional triumph. He will be sup
ported by both sections, and hence he
will be the representative of both, and
will be able to restore fraternal feel
ing.


Grant represents only the conquer
ing section, and has no faith in the
maintenance of peace save by the
sword. Local disorders, which can
only be suppressed by local power, he
makes the pretext of fsuppressing local
power itself. 1t is like curing tenn
porary lameness by cutting off a
limb.


| think the Southern States should
all declare for Greeley, but in doing
so should declare that they did so as
manifestation of their desire for
peace, and the restoration of harmony
between the sections, and with view
to inaugurating an era of good feel
ing.


Voorhees, is a man of strong feeling
and was warmly enlisted for Judge
Davis. He will. l have no doubt,
support Greeley, Notwithstanding his
present declarations to the contrary.
hope so for his own sake, as well as
for the sake of the cause. He can
not support Grant, and he will have
to choose between Greeley and Grant.


Yours truly,


FRANK p. BLAIR.
Year: 1872

The 10000 men who held Office
under Grant have re-nominated him.
Poor COlfax who gave the casting
vote which passed the Civil Rights
Bill, was thrown as a tail to the Gin
cinnati whale. Wilson is a more
moderate man and was nominated
over Colfax on a close vote. The
power of Summer in New England
had TO be offset, and his brother
Senator has been hoistcd for the
Vice Presidency. This ticket starts
out with the final tactics of the skunk,
which advances with the least often
sive end foremost and then whirls for
its attack. But ticket with Grant
at the front need never be turned for
the assault. The radicals may place
Wilson's name on that ticket they
may sprinkle it with otto Of roses, and
add to it the perfumes of Arraby, but
with the Grant end of it in front and
the wind unfavorable, this people
will not have it.
Year: 1872

arose earlier than usual, went to her
mothers room to attend to her, and
then was seen to take from her sons
satchel his small pistol. Her mother
supposed she was getting it for him.
Taking the pistol, Mrs. Harold went
out some distance from the house into
thicket, and there shot herself thro'
the left brest, and through the heart.
Three shots were heard, the alarm was
given, and soon after she was
found in a dying condition. It was
supposed the first shot was fatal, as it
set fire to her clothing which were
burning when found. She was carried
&c the house but died before she reach
ed it, never uttering word. Her re-
mains were taken home for interment.
The suicide following so close the 9TH
er excitement, threw Mr.. Harold, an
invalid, into dangerous state, from
which he has hardly yet recovered.


WHAT Is THOUGHT OF 1T.


Mr.. Harold, who is quiet man of
few words, fears now, that though he
assured her more than once of his con-
fidence in her, she had some fears. that
he and others did not entirely believe
her innocent, and that it weighed so
heavily upon her mind. Her son new
er heard of the cause of his mothers
taking her life, until the Rev. S. V.
McCorkle at her funeral sermon very
justly and properly referred in severe
language to the terrible lesson the
event afforded the idle slanderers who
had brought about the trouble.


We found all of the good citizens of
Greeneville, irrespective of religion or
politics, denouncing the slander as
false. Mr. Johnson declared the lady
never had been in his library. He
said she had been friend of Mrs.
Johnson's for half life time, but that
he had not spoken to her for week
before or at the time of the alleged Wis
it to his library.


A citizen of Greeneville, esteemed
for his veracity, showed us pair of
pants Mrs. Harold had made about
the time of the scandal. She had
made them for tailor who occupies
JOhnson's old shop next door to the
library, and second from Mrs. Ha-
rold's. 1t had been necessary while
making these for Mrs. Harold 10 go
several times to the shop, and thus
passing back and forth by Johnson's
library, is supposed to have been used
as some foundation for the story.


AS said before, Mrs. Harold was an
exemplary Christian woman of high
character, universally esteemed for
many noble qualities, ardently attach
ed to her husband and children, and n
lady of great energy and warm heart.
She was literally broken down by
these false scandals, and in an hour of
arrangement with q burning con-
science of innocence and without pow
er to resist the temptation she took
her life. The family have the deepest
sympathy of all the good people Of
GreenevIlle and the satisfaction of
knowing that no one who knows them
or whose good opinion they care for,
believes the scandal.


The author of the SANDER, we un-
derstand, has fled. If ever found, be
and those who have encouraged and
aided him, should be punished.


We have thus given the slander and
the facts to the end that the story
might be arrested. a general denial
ought to be enough, but denial in
detail and circumstances refuting the
SANDERS can do no harm. These are
our motives for again referring to the
unfortunate affair.
Year: 1872

Grant in 1868, and are almost certain
to so heavily against him now. Nor
do we in thus confning ourselves to
the figures of 1868 take into the ac-
count the effect of the popular i'm
pulse DOW appearing all over the
country, and which, if brought into
full play against the candidate of the
Office holders, can scarcely fail to
sweep away all barriers and carry
him down with a crash,
Year: 1872

The PhiIistines of SIMPSONS day
INDUCED in the silly dream that, be-
cause he delayed the execution of his
vengeance upon them, his purpose
to destroy them no longer existed.
The radicals who point to the silence
of Schurz and Sumner concerning the
Greeley ticket may take a lesson from
history. Those men are merely wait
ing for the modern Philistines to con-
gregate beneath the temple of their
despositism before they exhibit the
least purpose to overthrow it. We
make one prediction, will our readers
please mark it. After the Baltimore
Convention shall have adjourned, both
Sumner and Schurz will boldly take
the field for Greeley and Brown.
Year: 1872

PERHAPS Greeley may have been
the first mover for the suspension OF
the baJeas corpus, but Grant is the
present mover for keeping it suspen-
ded. Now Greeley proposes to aid
us in suspending Grant and to get it
done, we would take a rope from any
puortpr
Year: 1872

The Senate took no action in these NOM
nations.


The House committee on Pacific Rail
roads made a report yesterday upon the
resolution of February 18th, to investigate
and report upon the actual condition of
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
The statement is voluminous, embracing
all the evidence adduced before the COM
mittee.
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Drop
sy( Incontnence of Urine. Brght's disease Albumin
r and in cases where there Brick dust deposits or
the water is thick, cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of egg threads like white silk there
IS morbid, dark bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking burning
sensat on and pain in the small of the back and along
the Oins. In all these conditions, Railways Sarparl
Ian Resolyent, aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back, and
Regulating Pills per day will. soon make a complete
cure. In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without pain. and the
Urine will be restored TO its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1872

THE PRESENT FEELING OF THE DEMOCRATIC MAN


AGERs AT wAsHINaToN.


A Washington paper says "The indications
are that the Democratic party will ratify the
Of Horace Greeley and b. Gratz
Brown for President aud Vice President, and do
ali that it can to make the Cincinnati ticket
success The drift of opinion is all in that direc-
ton, at least among the leading Democratic poll
ticians in this city. Southern men who have,
hitherto been bitter and outspoken in their hos
tility to the Republican party and to the North
seem to be enthusiastically in his favor His
strength with these gentlemen lies in what they
are pleased to call his magnanimity in bailing
Jefferson Davis, and. at the close Of the war, in
30 strongly advocating amnesty for political Of
fences. His scathing denunoiations Of the
"carpet-bag governments" some time ago also
helps him with the same class. They are will
ing to forget his anti-slayery record and to re-
member only his services and labors in their
behalf during the last two or three years.


The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Times telegraphs that journal as follows
lone thing seems assured beyond all question,
and that is that the Greeley nomination has en-
tered into the Democratic camp as demoraliz-
ing influence. Heretofore the l,assive policy OF
the Democrats has permitted them to observe
with malicious delight the contest going on in the
Republican Party. Now that II has produced
such an abortive result, it comes straight home
to the Democratic Party to poster 1t with the
question of acceptance. Already nearly every
prominent Democratic member of Congress il
bored with an abundance of advice both for ant
against the Endorsement of Greeley. The natu
raj impulse of nearly every one is to reject it a
once But other considerations come in. ant
this renders many of them non-committal. It /
reported here, to-day that Pendleton and Hen
bricks have given in their adhesion 20 the ticket
but that Groeebeck declines. The Republican
In Congress are far more united than before tn
Convention, and the general feeling anon
them is one of hope that the Democrats wi
take up the Cincinnati nominees. Those mem
bers from Ohio and Illinois who have been locke
upon as sympathizing with the probable issu
OF Cincinnati are now entirely cured OF any ten
danoiaa in hat diraofinn.n