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Year: 1872

That Horace Greeley stands forth in
no new role as the champion Of peace
and reconciliation, is shown by the let
ter which he wrote on the 23d of May,
1867, to the Union League of New
York-a body which took great um-
bragg because he had the courage to
put his name to the bail bond of jeff
Davis, and which assumed to set up a
standard by which he should be judged
for his action in that matter. Here is
the letter which Mr.. Greeley at that
time wrote. It proves conclusively
that he is not only not the weak, credu-
lous man which the administration
organs are now trying to make him out,
but that in 1867, as at the present
time, he possessed breadth of states
manship Of which they had no compre-
hension:


GENTLEMEN-I shall not attend at
tend your meeting this evening. I
have an engagement out of town and
shall keep it. l do not recognize you
as capable Of judging or even fully ap-
pretending me. You evidently regard
me as a weak sentimentalist, nlisled by
narrow-minded block-heads, who would
like to be useful to great and good
cause but don't know how. Your at
tempts to base great, enduring party
on the hate and wrath necessarily en-
geudered by bloody civil war, is as
though you plant colony on an ice
berg which had somehow drifted into a
tropical ocean. I tell you here that,
out of life earnestly devoted to the
good of human kind, your children will
select my going to Richmond and sign
ing that bail bond as the wisest act,
and will feel that it did more for FREQ
dom and humanity than all of you were
competent to do, though you lived to
the age of Methusaleh. I ask nothing
of you, then, but that you proceed to
your end by a direct, frank, manly
way. Don't sidle off into mild reso-
luton Of censure, but move the expul-
sion which deserve, if deserve any
reproach whatever. All I care for is
that you make this square, stand-up
fight, and record your judgement by
yeas and nays. I care not how few
vote for me, nor how many vote against
me; for know that the latter will re-
pent it in dust and ashes, before three
years have passed by. Understand
once for all, that | dare you and defy
Year: 1872

Fight your own battles. Hoe your
own row. Ask no favors Of any one,
and you'll succeed five thousand times
better than one who is always beseeching
some ones influence or patronage. No
one will ever help you as you can help
yourself, because no one will be so
heartily interested in your affairs. The
first step will not be such long one,
perhaps; but carving your own way
up the mountain, you make one lead to
another, and stand firm in that while
you chop still another out.
Year: 1872

The letters of Sumner and Banks are
producing such tremendous effect in
New England, that Grant may soon
have to reissue his veracious proclama-
tion of last year, and declare that
'a rebellion exists so numerous and
powerful as to be able by violence
to either overthrow or set at defiance
the constituted authorities of the States
and of the United States" 1t would be
quite as true of New England now as it
was Of the South last year.
Year: 1872

The boy who does stroke and stops
Will never great man be
'Tis the aggregate of single drops
That makes the sea the seq.
The mountain was not at its birth
A mountain, SO to speak
The little atoms of sand and earth
Have made its peak peak.
Not all at once the morning streams
The gold above the gray
IT'S thousand little yellow CLEANS
That makes the day the day.
Not from the snow-drift May awakes
In puppies, red and green's;
Springs whole bright retinue it takes
TO make her queen Of queens
Upon the orchard rain must fall
And soak frem root to root.
And blossoms bloom and fade withal,
Before the fruit is fruit.
The farmer needs must SOW and till.
And wait the wheaton bread
Then cradle, thresh and 60 to mill
Before the bread is bread.
Swift heels may get the early shout,
But, spite Of all the din,
1t is the patient holding out


That makes the winner win.
Make this your motto, then, at start,
Twill help to smooth the way,
And steady up both hand and heart,
"Rome wasn't built in day ~
Year: 1872

Will keep constantly on hand as good an
assortment as can be had in this part of the
country, both to sell at wholesale or retail,
for cash, and nothing else.


We buy for Cash. and Sell for


the Same.


Credit need hot be asked for as it will
not be granted. We are bound to sell as
cheap as any one for money, and hope to
give general satisfaction. (20yl
Year: 1872

Whether il can be frustrated elsewhere remains W
be seen Here we are forced TO confess, 10 could nos
have been, had we foreseen everything IN advance.
The bribery and corruption wonld none the lees
surely have swept away the voters, even nan It oce'
known what was coming.


A WARNING. TO OTHER STATES.


II was not want of leadership ID was not want OF
organization il was not want Of canvass OF tne
voters az has been alleged by various correspondents
who have been sent into the district. Not one, not
all of these canses touches the root Of the matter
The Liberals are beaten by money, by bald, gross
bribery, by unbushing and unparalleled corruption.
They knew before the election. from canvass IN
detail that they had 10 per cent Of the Republican
voters and they know it now. That the election
does not show il is because they have been defraudeu
of the legitimate vote by bribery or sucn nuge pro-
portions that no individual effort could meet II;
To a great extent they got their anticipated
Republican vote, but they lost portion OF
Where all were alike swept away by the corrupting
floods of the Administration, II would he m
yidlous to enter into comparisons. me statemenS
so hippantly made that the Liberal RepuDhcans
failed for want of organization. is "A suggestion OF
the enemy to cover their own cininality. There Is
nothing in it. The Liberals knew their business,
and did il as well as il could be done in the limited
time in which they had to do il. Success is cOnad-
cred the evidence of great mer; defeat is regarded
rs the proof OF the want of it. Shallow mnd prae
OF the skill exhibited by the Government party IN
this election. We demonstrate that it is nothing
but amazing crminality that has won its triumphs.
Let the country Judge for itself whence this cOrrup-
ton leads The power the Government has exercised
is fatal power, fatal in the end alike to those who
sway il and TO those who its victims. And now
that this With District in Maine has become III some
sense historic ground through its demOralizations,
let il be beacon To warn other Congress Districts
of the methods by which they too VIII be approached,
and il may be- temporarily swamped by the swelling
tide of corruption now threatening the whole
country j. 8 r.
Year: 1872

purpose 10 elect him as President for tho second
term am quite we do not make ourselves misuI
dersto0d to-day by expressing any llfeclngs TOWARD
our late enemies in the field because have such
iieelngs and know that the hatchet is buried and
disposed do all IN power TO cooperate win
the people all sections OF land in forwarding the
prosperity of opr country but for rulers comrades e
select who in the hour OF their countrys peril


Let OF ali things refuse our support 10
men who believe that there right of secession.
Year: 1872

A Portsmouth, n. H., man who hired
a special train in Boston for $75, the
other day, upon reaching Newburyport
was joined by Clergyman ard several
ladies, who entered the car without in
vitation, apparently thinking it reg


ular train. The rightful tenant of the
train said nothing, except to ask the
ladies' permission to continue smoking.
The minister was highly incensed there
at, and after reading a long homily on
the evil effects of tobacco, branched off
on the impoiiteness to his feller men
and winning" in thus smoking in
public conveyance. The smoker said
nothing, when the minister became en-
ragged and started for the depot-master,
who, coming in, told the occupants of
the car that it had been hired by the
gentleman using the weed, and who
could smoke, drink, chew, or stand on
his head the whole journey, if he
pleased, and if the people in the car
did not like his style they could wait
for the regular train, which was COM
ing on behind. The dominic apollo
gized amid the titters of the ladies.
Year: 1872

No part of the dress of man is really
more absurd than the hard 9 stove
pipen hat SO generally worn, and yet all
attempts to subvert it have proved
abortive For thirty years we have


worn this kind Of head covering, and
we like if better than any other; we
have tried hard to like the low, soft
hats. but we cannot; and this is the
experience of thousands. Absurd as
the high, hard hat is, it does keep the
head moro comfortable, 1t does main
tain more equable temperature, it
does feel better than any other form OF
head covering and SO let us continue
to knock them against beams IN. attlcs
and the branches OF trees. Ii they
serve a good purpose in brushing cob
webs from the roofs of old garrets and
stables, they also protect us from bad
bumps, and keep our heads comfortable.
From DR.. Nichols Ffresades Scaeqace.ati
Year: 1872

Section /. Section of chapter fifty-five of the
general laws of 1866 is hereby amended as to read
follows: Section four of chapter fourteen of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by adding there
to the following pr0Uded further, that the governor
may IN his discretion, before taking action upon any
such charges made to him against any such officer,
require the person persons making such charges
to execute and deliver to the governor bond in the
penalty of one thousand dollars, with or more
sureies to be approved by him, conditional (condi
tioned1 for payment Gin such officer shall not be
removed) of all costs and expenses actually incurred
by the state, and such officer in the examination
and hearing of the case pr0vided further that such
bond shall be prosecuted by the attorney general
before any court having jurisdiction for the benefit
of the state and the officer complained Of his le
gal representatives only in when the governor
shall certify in writing that the charges against such
officer were malicious without probable cause.


Sec. q This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
Approved February %, 1872.


Published March II, 1921


CHAPTER 4J-General.
AN ACT to amend section twenty of chapter seven
fence viewers of pounds and the impounding of cat
tle.n


The people of the state of Wisconsin,
Senate and Assembly, do enact follows:


Section L. Section twenty of chapter seventeen of
the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding
the end of said section the folowing pro1ided that
in towns having less than three road districts the
inn


Sec. 2 This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication


Approved March z, 1872.
Year: 1872

In a breach of promise case, tried in
California recently, the. plaintiff was
woman who had been divorced from
her husband because of his neglect
and cruelty, and the defendant man
whose wife had obtained divorce on
the very grounds Of the plaintiffs di-
yorce. This inconsistent woman mag
aged to get an award of $500.
Year: 1872

-~ Men Of bus. ness, believe me, there
is now and then a profitable venture in
doing nothing at ALL In the pover To
put business aside, and abiding now
and then in a perfect quiet. things
sometimes solve themselves, when we
give them that advantage, which refuse
to come clear for all our trying. We
all know how, by simply taxing some
pcrplexity into the deepest liiqnce this
side Of death--a good nights sleep
we can do better sometimes than II we
sat up and wrought at taae all night
When Matthew Murray, Of Leeds,
wanted to see his way through some
sore perplexity in his inventions, and
all other effort was Of no use - he
rested day and night from all noise
and all effort except the effort az act
i've man has to keep himself quiet {;
and then the thing he wanted would
steal in and look ct him, and light on
him. and stay, a. birds used TO night
on the old hermits, no more AFRAID OF
them than the trees under which they
sat And mothers, yon may toll
and care necessarily for your little
ones, never resting moment III your
devotion and then, because you never
do be quiet, but enter into your very
closet with little frock to mend, you
shall never be quite able to take ne
whole sunlight and sum Of your myth
erhood into your heart. You VIA be
80 fun Of care about the bread that
perishes az to miss tho bread that com
eth down from Heaven. No person
needs 50 much now, and then TO be still,
and open her soul only to the silence
ONLY az an earnest. energetic, whole
hearted mother This eternal activity
is almost certain TO run at last into
shadows. RoJeH CoNyer.
Year: 1872

The Chicago Interior concludes
an article on the subject Of personal re-
ligion thus:


What our land and age need more
than ANYTHING else, is men of the right
mold in their sentiments, principles
purposes and cundnct. What each
man needs---and that alone, 90 frigo-
ious in everything else. is character
formed on divine ideas and ideals, set
on fire by the spirit Of duty and fall
of the powers Of the faith S,Uch are
the souls that know how to do and to
endure braveIy all God . appointed will
These are they who enjoy life as 1t
passes, and reap rich moral haryests,
while they SCATTER the precious seed
everywhere, Of all good things to be on
earth, after they have left it. In death
they carry the sheaYes with them, out
Of earth into Heaven, and are the only
bearers of earth's bounty and beauty
into the presence Of God forever But
alas what famine is there Of real
practical, vital godliness over all the
land
Year: 1872

The heart Of God lies about our
lives as closely as the air. There is no
smallest act or Thought that does not
echo itself in Him, and this divine
presence is intensely sympathetic 1t
is not the mere overnight of a judge
Registering praise and blame. Ii is the
compauioi.ship Of one who Tcioiccs in
all our JOY, and suffers in all our pain,
There Is no glad heart-he At in the world
that the Almighty heart does not beat
with gladness IN response, There is 40
little ahild's cry of sorrow over its bro
ken toy that a more than mothers love
does not catch.
Year: 1872

--Somc men may qav, "IP | wcro
not crihbrd and confacd as am here,
and if had that mans means, would
not be happy?' let his condition
be changed. At night, when he is
asleep. put him in the circumstances ot
that man whom he cnvied While the
novelty lasted he might experience
some pleasure but no sooner would he
get won ed to his new condition, than
the SAM causes which wrought discon-
tent in him in his former state would
make him d~contented sill. You can


not make n diacontented nature happy
BY covering it up with silks You
might wear diamond ring on every
finger. and a coronet on yonr head, and
might be the center Of admiration in
yonr circle bu. if You had not the
qualify Of being happy in YOU you
would not be happy You cannot, by
the abundance Of the fnings which he
possesses, make man happy Why, a
child may put it, hand on harp that
has been chorded and tuned, and music
will come ont Of it but giant might
smito against the body Of an oak tree,
and there woul9 be no sound Of music.
There is no music IN it. II IS the
quality of the thing struck that deter
mines whether it is musical or not.
The chords are in rs, or nowhere. II
you have not the nature in you which
tends to the production Of happiness,
all the influences which you can bring
to bear will not make you happy plea
sure will bring no melody; riches viii
bring no deep-seated joy and honors
and aspirations will yield no happiness.
Year: 1872

"a thnead can hida star; q six
pence can hide the view of anything
around us ; and man with bwt little
Of this feeting world may blind his
mind harden his heart, and he may
lose himself and be cast away.
Year: 1872

--Thinking inca to day hold that re
ligjon is but a farce unless it is taken
into daily life. AMI becomes part and
parcel of those who profess it, Its
mission is to elevate and refine: II
point cut the way tna better and a pu-
rer life to shgw that morality mast
begin At home, and tha. faith is not a
moro SUNDAY fragment, to be put OF
once in week and then laid by in
lavender until the church bells ring
out their next summons tG worship. IT
cannot be admitted that bad citizenship
and immoral habits are consistent with
the profession Of Christianity, or that
true religion is alien to ANY Of the
least or the greatest concerns of human
life. The distinction implied in the
terms sccnlnr aud religious, conveys an
error handed down to US from the days
when a priestly olcaroi,y cHislci, and
when religion wa. cmp'oEci mcroly a.
AN agent for thc furtherauco Of sinister
ends, Fortunately those days are past,
never to return, and nov mqn seek to
extend religious influences throughout
society. rather than to Yestric: them to
certain set occasions"
Year: 1872

I've do not make enough Of the
beauty which God has placed all around
and above us. We do not study so
gladly as we ought the charms of the
tiny crystal, the anatomy of a leaf, the
structure of the lily, or the fibre of the
oak We turn away from the glory in
the grass, and the grandeur in the flow
er, to gaze instead with curious admir-
alton ON some idle gaud of human arti-
flee, and thus perycrt our taste, and
come short of the JOY provided for rs
in the great festival of beauty present
ed by the generous hands Of returning
spring.
Year: 1872

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES


OF AMERICA.


WHEREAS, Pursuant to the first section
of the act of Congress approved the eleventh
day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty four. entitled IAN act to pro~ide
for the execution of treaties between the
United States and foreign nations respect
ing consular jurisdiction over the crews of
vessels of such foreign nations in the
waters and ports of tho United States" it
is provided that before that act shall take
effect as to the ships and vessels of any
particular nation having such treaty With
the United States, the President of the
United States shall have been satisfied that
similar provisions have been made for the
execution of such treaty by the other CON
tracing party, and shall have issued his
proclamation to that effect, declaring that
act to be in force as to such nation


And whereas due inquiry having been
made, and satisfactory answer having
been received that similar provisions are in
force in the United Kingdoms of Sweden
and Norway:


Now, therefore, be it known that /,
Ulysses S. Grant. President of the United
States of America do hereby proclaim the
same accordingly.


Done at the city of Washington this elev-
enth day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
two, and of the independence of the United
States of America the ninety-sixth.


U, S, GRANT
By the President:


HAMILTON FISH,


Secretary of State.
Year: 1872

tell me that that man Jones is com
planning just because the water from
your dam happens to back up into his
little spring. and he is threatening to
sue YOU. Well. all have to say is. let
him sue, and he'll rue the day he ever
Thought of it, Us sure is my name is
Barnes"
Year: 1872

state stands in loco PARENTS, so far as
education is concerned, and if parents
or guardians neglect or refuse to pro-
vide educational advantages, the govern
ment, having regard for the interest and
welfare of the whole people may compel
the performance of all obligation rest>
ing upon those who have, by the laws
of nature or otherwise, the custody of
the rising generation.


The right of parents to keep their
children IN ignorance is subordinate to
the rights of government to make them
good and valuable citizens In every
we'll regulated government parents are
compelled by Jaw to support and mains
tain their children during minority if
they have the ability to do SO. If, then,
government can compel parents to pro-
vide food and clothing for the bodies of
their children, by parity of reasoning,
it can compel them to feed and clothe
their minors as the law referred to
directly affects large majority of the
citizens of the Territory and imposes
penalties for a non compliance with its
provisions, We will publish the amended
school law in full, SO soon, as we can OBJ,
tam full copy.
Year: 1872




TIE opinion that failure to supply
the rising generation with proper and
adequate facilities to acquire common
school education is rapidly gaining
ground, and we are glad 60 learn that
the legislature at its late session incor>
porated into the school law Of the Ter
ritory an article requiring parents,
guardians and others, who have control
of children between the ages OF -
and - TO keep them at public or
private school at least - months rim
each year. The system OF comrulso y
education is not new. 1t existed in a
most rigid and thorough form in the
ancient Grand Republics, and included
physical as well as mental culture. The
high literary and intellectual eminence
and the splendid physical development
attained By them is attributed, by many
to this system. 1t. has also for IN ny
years been the settled policy Of Prussia
and other European States. At first
thought it may be regarded as an inter~
ference with the reserved rights of the
people as an unwarrantable exercise
of power by the state or a nation.
Bat the slightest reflection will, we
think, satisfy everyone that legislative
authority constltutionally and righttully
embraces this subject


Among the reasons that exist to sup
port Legislation of this character may
be mentioned, that all governments pos
sess the power not only to punish but
to prevent the commission of crime
Ignorance is fruitful source of crime
Criminals, in large majority of cases
gre ignorant, and it being one of th'
plainest duties of the government t.
punish crime, it must necessarily have
the power to remove or destroy the caus'
by any means which will not infring
the inalienable rights Of the citizen
If, therefore, ignorance produces crime
it is proper for the government to pro
vide that ignorance shall no longer ex
list.


Taxation is imposed on all for tn
support of free schools, whether the ta'
payer has children &c be educated 0
not, on the principle that the who'll
state is one family, and that education
should be provided for all alike. TIL
Year: 1872

A New RAILWAY PRECAUTIoN.-A
Michigan railroad company has attached
to thirty,four of its locomotives new
style of alarm bell The bell is SO at,
tached that when the engine goes, the
bell rings, being struck by the hammer
once Mt each revolution OF the driving
wheels. Being placed directly in front
of the boiler, the sound of the bell is
seldom heard by the engineer or fire.
man on the engine, aud cannot be heard
on the train; consequently it is no an
noyance to passengers, while, 1T is
claimed, its position causes the sound
to be thrown forward, and conducted,
by the earth and railroad track or rails,
so that it can be heard a considerable
distance in advance of the train, thus
giving timely warning. The General
Superintendent Of the road thinks some
recent accidents would have been GER
tainly prevented by the use of this in
vention.