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RETROSPECTIVE.
To One who will understand It.
BV KEOKUK.
1 tbiuk ol thee when twilight sheds
Her sombre shades o’er field and bill;
wireu bii«» repos* in downy bed*
And every voice is hashed and still; ■
Thy memory then Imparts delight
Though absent is thy form lrom right.
When through the azure fields of air
I view the moon in grandeur glide,
I seek the antique terrace where
You oft were seated by my side;
And there in eolitnde recline
To dream of you and days “]ang eyae.”
I then enjoy anew the bliss.
We never deemed would end so soon;
And think, as I recall that kise.
Hew priceless was the golden boon;
Nor would I for my life forget
How well 1 cancelled there the debt.
If in year heart a single thought
Os me and other day survives,
Yon know how fervently I sought
Te reader happy both our lives;
And never once in thought impugned
Tby motives, nor entailed a wound.
But by yourself a fatal void
Was toon created in m 7 heart;
And honor never yet allowed
Gould Dot forgive the sullied part
You fain did play; lo my surprise
The film ar scales dropped from my eyes.
Enough for me to know yon (eel
Repentant, and would humbly sue
The fatal gap ta close and heal,
Bat time can never change the hne
Os such an act. so base that pride
Must banish friendship from thy side.
I fondly hope thy days mav yet
In happiness recede away.
That friends thy errors may forget,
And hope bestow 1 brighter ray,
But while I hold thy msm’ry dear
For these results "alas. I fear.”
Unless perehance a higher power
Encircles with protecting arm,
And opens Mercy’s sacred bower
To shield thy erring feet from harm
Then may yon feel again the bliss
You felt before you strayed amiss
THJK PLATFORM
Unan which Every Soonest White
“ itran in the Land can Stand.
The following is the platform
adopted by the National Democrat
ic Convention at New York :
The National Democratic party, in
National Convention assembled, re
posing its trust in the intelligence,
patriotism and discriminating jus
tice of the people, standing upon
the Constitution as the foundation
and limitation of the power of the
Government and the guarantee of
the liberties of the citizen, and
rtcognizing the question of slavery
and secession as having been set
tled for all time to come by the
war or the voluntary action of the
Southern States in Constitutional
Conventions assembled, and never
to he renewed or reagitated, do,
with the return of peace, demand—
-Ist. The immediate restoration of
all the States to rights in the Union
under the Constitution, and of civil
government to the American people.
2d. Amnesty for all past politi
cal offenses, and the regulation of
the elective franchise in the States
by the citizens, and the payment of
the public debt of the United States
as rapidly as practicable.
3rd. All money drawn from the
people by taxation, except so much
as is requisite for the necessities of
the Government econmically admin
istered, to be honestly applied to
such payment, and, where the obli
gations of the Government do not
expressly state upon their face or
the law under which they are is
sued does not provide that they
shall be paid in coin, they ought
in right and justice to be paid in
the lawful money of the United)
States. (Thunders of applause.) j
4th. Equal taxation of every j
species of property, according to its j
real value, including Government j
bonds and other public securities.— i
[Renewed cheering* and cries of
“Read it again.”]
sth. One currency for the Gov
ernment and the people, the laborer
and the office-holder, the pensioner
and the soldier, the producer and
the bondholder. [(Treat cheeri#g,
and cries of “Read it again. ]
The fith resolution was again
read and again cheered.
6th. Economy in the administra
tion of the government; the reduc
tion of the standing army and navy ;
abolishment of the Freedmen’s Bu
reau, [great cheers, and all political
instrumentalities designed to secure
negro supremacy ; the simplification
of the system and discontinuance of
GREENSBORO", GA., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1868.
the inquisitorial boards of assessing
and collecting internal revenue, so
that the burden of taxation may be
equalized and lessened, the credit
of the Government and the curren
cy made good, the repeal of all en
actments for enrolling the State 1
militia into national forces in time of
pea ce, and a tariff for revenue upon j
foreign imports, and such equal j
taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental protec
tion to domestic manufactures, and
as will without impairing the reve
nue impose the least burden upon
and best promote and encourage the
great industrial interest of the
country.
7th. The reform of abuses in the
administration, the expulsion of
corrupt men from office, the abroga
tion of useless offices, the restora
tion of rightful authority to and in
dependence of the Executive and
Judicial Departments of the Gov
ernment, the subordination of the
military to the civil power, to the
end that the usurpations of Congress
and the despotism of the sword may (
cease.
Bth. Equal rights and protection
for naturalized and native-born citi
zens at home and abroad. The as
sertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect of
foreign powers, furnish an example
and encouragement to people strug
gling for national integrity, consti
tutional liberty and individual
rights, and the maintainanee of the
rights of naturalized citizens against
the absolute doctrines of immutable
allegiance, and the claim of foriegn
powers to punish them for alleged
crime committed beyond their juris
diction. [Applause.]
In demanding these measures and
reforms we arraign the Radical par
ty for the disregard of right, and
the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which have marked its
After the most sMcumlTfiff unan-
imous pledge of both Houses of
Congress to prosecute the war ex
clusively for the maintenance of the
Government and the preservation, it
has repeatedly violated that most
sacred pledge under which was ral
lied that noble volunteer army
which carried our flag to victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it
has, so far as was in its power, dis
solved it, and subjected ten States
in a time of profound peace to milita
despotism and negro supremacy.
It has nullified the right of trial
by jury.
It has abolished the writ of ha
beas corpus —that most sacred writ
of liberty.
It has overthrown the freedom of
speech and of the press.
It has substituted arbitrary
seizures and arrests and military
trials and secret star-chamber in
quisitions for constitutional tribu
nals.
It has disregarded in time of peace
the right of the people te be free
from search and seizure.
It has entered the post and tele
graph offices, and even private
rooms of individuals, and seized
their private papers and letters,
without any specification or notice
or affidavit, as required by the or
ganic law.
It has converted the American
capital into a bastile.
It has established a sytem of
spies and official espionage to which
no constitutional monarchy of
Europe would now dare to resort.
It has abolished the right of ap
peal in important constitutional
questions to the supreme judicial
j tribunal, and threatens to curtail or
j destroy its original jurisdiction,
! which is irrevokably vested by the
1 Constitution, while the learned
Chief Justice has been subjected to
great and attrocious calumnies
merely because he would not pros
titute his high office to the support
of the falso and partisan charges
preferred against the President.
Its corruption and extravagance
have exceeded anything known in
history, and by its frauds and mo
nopolies it has nearly doubled the
burdens of debt created during the
war. It has stripped the President
of his constitutional power of ap
pointment even of his own cabinet.
Under its repeated assaults, the
1 pillars of the Government are rock
ling on their base, and, should it
.succeed in November next, and in
augurate its President, we will
; meet as as abject and conquered
“VINCIT AMOR PATRIiE,”
people amid the ruins of liberty
and the scattered fragments of the
Constitution; and we do declare
and resolve, that, ever since the
people of the United States threw
off all subjection to the British
Crown, the privilege and trpst of
suffrage have belonged to the sev
eral States, and have been granted,
regulated, and controlled esclusivo
ly by tbo political power of each
State, and any attempt by Congress
on any pretext whatever, to deprive
any State of this right, or-to inter
fere with this exercise, is a flagrant
usurpation of power which can find
no warrant in the Constitution, and
if sanctioned by the people,* will
subvert our form of Government,
and can only end in a single, cen
tralized, consolidated Government,
in which the separate existence of
the States will be entirely absorbed
and an unqualified despotism be es
tablished in place of a Federal
Union of equal States.
That we regard the reconstruc
tion acts of Congress, so-called, as
usurpations, unconstitutional, rev
olutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors,
who carried the flag of our country
to victory against a most* gallant
and determined foe, must over be
gratefully remembered, and all the
guarantees given in their favor must
be faithfully carried into execution.
That the public lands shoffld be
distributed as widely among the
people as possible, and should be
dispensed of either under tho pre
emption or the homestead law, and
sold in reasonable quantities, and to
none but actual occupant#, rad at
minimum prices as established by
by the Government. When grants
of public lands may be deemed ne
cessary for the encouragement of
important public improvement*, the
proceeds of the sales of such JfN.ds,
and not the land* tlww*»elyc*, ;
Tbat”he President of the Uni
ted States, Andrew Johnson, i*, ex
ercising the power of his offieo in
resisting the aggressions of Con
gress on the constitutional rights
of the States and the people, is en
titled to the gratitude of the whole
A merican people, and on behalf of
the Democratic party we tender
him our thanks for his patriotic ef
forts in that regard. (Great Ap
plaso.)
Upon this platform the Democrat
ic party appeal to every patriot, in
cluding all the conservative element
and all who desire to support the
Constitution and restore the Union,
forgetting all past difference of
opinion,' to unite with us in the
present great struggle for the lib
erties of the people, and that to all
such, to whatever party they may
have heretofore belonged, we ex
tend the right hand of fellowship,
and hail all such co-operating with
us as friends and brethren.
Pat and the JCrowned
HEADS OF EUROPE.
Avery amusing anecdote is told
of an Irishman who happened to be
in Paris some time ago, while three
crowned heads of Europe were
there on a. visit to his Imperial Ma
jesty, Napoleon. These distin
guished persons were the Emperors
of Russia and Austria, and the
King of Prussia. One day, hav
ing thrown aside all state ceremoni
al, they determined to see the sights
of the beautiful city on the Seine,
for their -own delectation, and for
that purpose they resolved to go in
cog. so as not to be recognised by
the people. However, in their
stroll through Paris, they went
astray, and meeting a gentlemanly
looking person, who happened to
be an Irishman, they politely asked
him if he would kindly direct them
to the Palais Royal. “Faith and
bedad that I will, my boys,” says
Pat, at the same time taking a men
tal photograph of the two “boys.”
“This way, my hearties;” and so
they were conducted to tho gates of
the Palais Royal, and the Irishman
was about bidding them farewell,
when the Emperor of Russia, in
terested and pleased as much by
the genuine politeness of Pat »* by
his naivete, and witty remarks, ask- j
ed him who he was ’ “Well/’ re
plied their guide, “T did not ask j
you who you were, and befoie T an
swer you, perhaps you would tell
me who you ntay be.” After’some
further parleying one aaid, “I-am
Alexander, and they call me Czar,
or Emperor of all the Euswias.”
“Indeed,” said Pat, with a roguish
twinkle in the corner of his eye,
and an incredulous nod of the head
(as much as to say, “This boy is up
to codding me a bit.”) “And might
I make hould to axe who ye may
be, my flower?” “They call WO I
Francis Joseph, and the Emperor
of Austria.”
“Most happy to make yout ac
quaintance, Frank, my boy,” says
the Irishman, who thinking he was
hoaxed, in his despairing efforts to
get the truth, as he conceived, out
of them, turning to the third one,
and said, “Who are yon?” “They
call me Frederick William, I am
King of Prussia.” They then re
minded him that he promised to tell
them who he was, and after some
hesitation and mysterious air of
confidence, Pat, putting his hand
to his mouth, whispered, “I am the
Imperor of China, but don’t tell
anybody.”
Fate ol' the Apostles.
Matthew is supposed to have suf
fered martydom, or was slain, in
the city of Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the
streets of Alexandria, in Egypt,
till he expired.
Luke was hanged to an olive
tree in Greece. •
John was put into a boiling caul
dron at Rome, but escaped death,
lie died a natural death at Ephesus,
in Asia.
James tho Great was beheaded at
Jerusalem.
James the Less was thrown from
a pinaele and beaten to death.
Philip was beheaded.
Bartholomew was skinned alive.
Andrew was crucified.
Thomas was run through with a
\ Jailn ou abatiinoakk akK **_
TrowsT
Simon was crucified.
Matthias was stoned.
Barnabas was stoned to death.
Peter, after his release, journey
ed to Rome where he held at bay
all the secret artifices of the people,
and even confounded the magical
qualities of Simon, the entertainer
and pleasure-maker of Nero, tho
Emperor. He also converted one
of that monarch’s concubines to
Christianity, whicli so fearfully en
raged that tyrant that he ordered
both Peter and Paul to be arrested.
Peter was taken out of prison for
execution, which was carried into
effect by being fearfully scourged
and crucified with his head down
wards.
Paul was afterwards beheaded by
Nero's successors.
Platform ol'the Boys in
BLUE.
The following is the platform of
principles adopted by the Conven
tion of Soldiers and Sailors at New
York:
Whereas, A national interchange
of views between tho members of
this Convention aud delegates to
the National Democratic Conven
tion have fully confirmed us in our
previously entertained opinion of
the purity and patriotism of that
body,-and fully justifies the belief
that in the election of candidates
and the construction of a platform,
the Convention will be governed by
the spirit of the address adopted by
this body on the 6th instant; there
fore, relying upon this belief, be
it
Resolved, That wo will support
its nominations for Pres’dent and
Vice-President of the United States
and that, on our return home, we
will induce our comrades in arms
to unite with us in yielding to them
an earnest support.
Conversation. —Clothe not thy
language cither with obscurity or
affection; in one thou discovered,
too much darkness, and in the otherl
too much lightness; he that speaks,
from the understanding to the un- J
derstanding, doth best. Know)
when to -peak, lest while tiiouj
sheweit wisdom in not speaking,
thou betray thy folly in too longs*,
leiica. If thou art * fool, thy silence
is wisdom , but if thou art wise, thy
long silence is folly. As too many
words from a fool's mouth gives one
that is wise no room to speak, so too
long eifonce in one that is wise gives
a fool an opportunity of speaking,
and makes tnee in the same, meas
ure guilty of his folly, To corn,
elude, if thou be not wise enough
to speak, be at least so wise as to
hold thy peace.— John Hall.
a fool an opportunity of speaking,
and makes tnee in the same. meas
ure guilty of his folly, To corn
el ude, if thou be not wise enough
to speak, be at least so wise as to
hold thy peace.— John Hall.
Friendship.
1 Deeds which appear to be of the
most disinterested friendship often,
on rigid scrutiny, are found to be
actuated by mere selfishness.—
“Summer friends” are numerous.—-
When our sky is clear and cloud
less, our prospects bright—when
fortune smiles upon, all our under
takings, bask they then in our sun
shine. But when fickle fortune,
desert us, and we are encompassed
by the dark clouds of adversity,
those once deemed true and tried
vanish like the inconstant shadows.
A true friend is more valuable
than great riches. Many a poor
wretcli has fallen into poverty and
disgrace through the lack" of a
friend with his kind word of advice
and “God speed.” “All’s not gold
that glitters,” nor all professions
real. Look not for a friend in the
gay circles of fashion where decit
and selfishness are parts of educa
cation. .'All can be friends when its
costs nothing, but a “friend in need
is a fnend indeed.”
When selfishness is the prevail
ing motive in all the transactions of
life, a deed actuated by a motive of
good to others stands out in bo]d
relief and claims the admiration of
mandkind. A friendship existing
in the face of conflicting interests,
is one of the most sacred ties which
bind men together.
Hal Moray.
[tY aver ley Magazine.]
A yoang Ijass who went to a
camp-meeting and ca mo back full
of the revival which they had ami
• ‘ Slioat! stout, je.gaiiaing grtfind!”
She had the tune so pat, that all
she said was but a continuation of
that song, and not unfrequently
the rhyme was too long (or the
tune. Old Joler slipped in -and
took a bone off the table, and just
as he was making for the door, she
out;
“If you don't go out, 111 knock
you down, * •
. Halle, Hallelujah ,
You nasty stinken Hop'd eared
hound,
O, G'ory Hallelujah 1”
The disrespectful fellow who wrote
the following, is daily expecting an
indiscriminate attack of broom
sticks :
Duplex hoops and painted faces,
Patent calve* ar and foreign curia,
Waterfalls and costly lues
Tell too plaiiil; wb&l are girls.
When a good wife had prepared
an excellent dinner for her husband,
and he declared he liked it, she
said, “Well, kiss me, then.” “Oh,
never mind that, my dear,’’was the
reply, “the necessaries of life wo
must have, but the luxuries we can
dispense with.
A little fellow, tired of tho mo
notony of the school-room, began
to amuse himself by malting laces,
blowing through his bands, &c.—
At last lie whistled aloud. “Who
whistled ?” “Pill Cole,” answer
ed the boy who sat next him.—
“Come here, Bill Cole,” said the
master —“what did you whistle
for?” “Mnthtcr, I didn’t whitiilcd.
“Master, be did. 1 saw him do it."’
“Mathter, I didn’t, tbertainly, lisp*
ed the littlo culprit, ‘ it whithlcd
itself.”
A Frenchman, meeting an Eng
lish soldier with a Waterloo med<
al, began sneeriugly to animadvert
on the British government for be
stowing such a trifle, which did not
cost them three francs. “That is.
true to be Blue.” replied the hero,
•‘it dfd not cost the English gov
ernment three francs, bat it coat
the French a Napoleon.”
Firmness both in snffarance and
exertion is a character which I
would wish to possess, I have al
ways despised the whining .yelp of
complaint, and the cowardly, fee
ble resolve.— Burns
Flattery Is an er-tnaring quality,
and leaves a very Iw.g-.-ro us im
pression. It swells a man's imag
ination, entertains his vanity, and
drives him to a doling upon hi* own
person.— Collier.
IT. H. MORGAN, Primer.
NO. 14.
Ladies’ Talk.—They have a
readiness of resource which enables
them to say the very thing that is
most right, at the very moment
When it is most wanted, to rectify
the blunders of other people of
their stupid male relatives notably;
to anticipate and prevent some
threatening contretemps, or to coun
teract its effect a moment after ils
occurrence. It enables them to
set the talk going at critical mo
ments, and to keep it alive with
bright answers and lively repartee
always. It gives them the power
ot keeping people in good hnmor,
or of restoring their equanimity
when it is gone. This abundance
of ideas and quickness of fancy
with which women are for tho roost
part so well endowed, leads then, in
certain cases, to all sorts of good
and wholesomo results.
Wisdom. —Never be ashamed of
confessing your ignorance, for the
wisest man upon earth is ignorant
of many things, insomuch that
what he knows is mere nothing in
comparison with what he does not
know. There cannot be a greater
folly iu tho world than to suppose
that wc know everything.
“Good morning, Mr. Ilenpeck,”
said a printer in search of female
compositors ; “have you got any
daughters that would make good
type-sette; s?” “No, but I hav»
got a wife that would make a very
fine devil.” •
An editor once said to a young
man who was about to wed the scis
sors and paste: “My young friend,
you are about to become, I learn,
an editor of a newsjfeper. Permit
an old man to give this advice. If
‘you desire success in that capacity
you should in each paper publish
one column for a mwm,
i two for a £yol.” 4
' wWdo % people
got their lasmonf from ?”
“From Philadelphia.” . #
“Well, where do the Philadel
phia people get them ?”
“From England.”
“And where do the Ei ?lisb get
them?” **
* “From France.”
“But w l —-e do the French peo
ple get ti tn
j “Why, ' 'ht straight from the
! devil—now stop "your noise.”
j It is proposed to establish in
some of the manufacturing cities,
an institution, to which the sciences
of spinology, weaveology, and
cookology may be taught to young
ladies, and where, after obtaining
these acco: iplishinents, they may
receive a diploma, with a kind of
degree of “F. F.' W.”—Fit For
Wives.
Clouds aro like flowers, in their
fading and passing away. We lose
them with regret. Thoughts of our
last hour come upon us, as we watch
them die, and we almost wish to die
with them.
Nothing unites people like com
panionship in intellectual enjoy
ment. It does more—it gives them
mutual respoct, and to each among
them self-respect—that corner
stone of qll virtue.— Sir John Her
tchel. -
Well, Jobti lam going Bast;
what shall I, tell your folks?” “Oh,
nothing; only if the)- say anything
about whiskers, just tell them I’ve
got some.”
Woe to tho Belshazzar’s of Rad
icalism. They tremble in their
boots at tho coming wrath of the
American people, They read the
hand-writing on the wall.
The Oh ten go Convention had no
trouble in fitting its candidate to its
Platform. Like the potter's clay,
he was pliant in the hands of his
masters. . J
Gen. S. B. Buckner addressed
the Soldiers’ Convention in New
York, and was greeted with rounds
of applause.
Tho professions of the Radical
party, like its paper issues, are
1 questionable value.
Fancy and humor, early and
constantly indulged, may expect an
[old age overran with follies.- Watts
A husband can foot the bills of a
wife who is not ashamed to be seen
footing hi* stockings. •