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BENNETT & SMITH, PROPRIETORS.
VOL. VII.
PLATFORM AND PRINCIPLES
OF THE
Sii>)oci'!|iic ‘{|i)ii-Tii)om li'oli)ii)(j
Party of Georgia:
ADOPTED
At a Mass Mutiny, held at the Capitol, on the
&th November, , 1855, at which the ITun. Howell
Cobb, Hon. Robert. Toon,be, Hon. Alfred Ice,-
verson, and Hon. Alex. 11. Stephen*, were pres
ent, and made Speeches.
Ist, Resolved, That as a portion of the
Democratic ami Anti Know Nothing party
of Georgia, we declare, in the language of
the Georgia Convention of 1850, . That we
hold the American Uuion secondary in im
portance only to the rights and principles it
was designed to perpetuate;” that past asso
ciations, present fi uitiou, nnd future pros
pects, will hind us to it so long as it contin
des to he the safeguard of those rights and
principles.
2d, That we hereby declare our full and
unqualified adhesion to the following Reso
lution of the Georgia Convention of 1850,
and our unalterable determination to main
tain it in its letter and spirit, viz 4th
Resolution, Georgia Platform: nThat the
State of Georgia, in the judgment of this
Convention, will and ought to resist even (ns
a last resort) to a disruption of every tie
which hinds her to the Union, any action of
Congress upon the subject of Slavery in the
District of Columbia, or in places subject to
the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible
with the safety, domestic tranquility, the
rights and honor of the slaveholding States;
or any act suppressing the slave trade be
tween the slaveholding States; or any refusal
to admit as a State any Territory hereafter
applying, because of the existence of slavery ■
therein, or any act prohibiting the introduc
tion of slaves into the Territories of Utah
and New Mexico; or any act repealing or
materially modifying the laws in force for
the recovery of fugitive slaves.”
3d, That we approve and endorse the ac I
tion of our last Congress in the passage of j
the Nebraska-Kansas act, and the principles j
therein established, and in conformity with !
these principles the people of Kansas, have
the right, when the number of their papula- i
tion justifies it, to form a Republican State !
Constitution, with or wtl|eut slavery, as :
they may determine, and be admi ted into 1
the Union upon au equal footing with the !
other States; and that her rejection by Con
gress, on account of slavery, would be a just
cause for the disruption of all the ties that |
bind the State of Georgia to the Union.
4th, That wo adopt and approve the fol ]
lowing Resolution passed unanimously by
the last Legislature of Georgia : • • Resolv
ed by the General Assembly of the Slate of
Georgia, That opposition to the principles of
the Nebraska Bill, in relation to the subject ;
of slavery, is regarded by the people of 1
Georgia as hostility to the people of the j
South, and that all persons who partake of
such opposition are unfit to be recognised as j
component parts of any party or organiza- j
tion not hostile to the South.”
sth, That in accordance with the above
Resolution, whilst we are willing to act in ‘
party association with all sound and relia
ble men in every section of the Union, we ‘
are cot willing to affiliate with any perty !
that shall not recognize, approve and carry ;
out the principles and professions of tlieNe- j
braska Kansas act, and that the Democntic i
and Auti-lvnow Nothing party of Georgia,
ought to cut off all party connection with
every man and party at the North, or else
where, that does not come up fully and fairly ;
to this line of action.
Cth, That those sound and reliable Derao- i
cruts at the North, who have patriotically
fought for the Nebraska Kansas act, and
the maiutainance ot the Fugitive slave law,
ngainst the combined forces of Kuow-Nolb- I
itigism and Abolitionism, (which seek their ‘
repeal,) and who stand pledged to support !
the admission of Kansas into the Uuion ns a j
slave State, should she ask it, merit the
heurtfelt sympathies, thanks and encourage
ment of all Southern men, in their patriotic
position. 1 ‘ r • v
7th, That in the ranks of the Democratic!
party of the North, alone have been found 1
those patriotic men, who have stood by the |
tights of the South, and. judging the luture
by the past, that party only contains the
elements of souudnese upon the slavery
question, upon which a national party can
be constructed with which the South cau
consistently co-operate.
Bth, That it is expedient nnd proper that
the Democratic and Ami-Know Nothing
party of Georgia, be represented in tbc Na
tional Convention of the Democratic party,
which is to meet in Cincinnati next spring,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
President and Vice-President; that the De
mocratic and Anti-Know Nothing members
of the Legislature, together with such other
members of the party as may be chosen to
attend, from their respective counties, be
and they are hereby requested to meet at
some convenient time during the present ses
sion, and select twenty delegates to said
Convention for thi# State.
■ 9th, That oar delegates to said Conven-
ViSiltplour opinion, to be instructed
moiutMbaWi to insist
J upon the adoption of a platform of principles
| as the basis of a national organization, prior
i to the nomination of candidates, nnd that
. said platform shall, amongst other things,
I include in substance, the following proposi
• tions : Ist, The recognition nnd adoption of
j the principles established in the Nebraska
! Kansas act: 2d, That neither the Missouri
, Compromise, nor any other nnti-slavery re
| strictiou. shall hereafter be extended over
; any Territory of the United States: 3d, The
prompt nnd faithful execution of tiie Fugi
tive slave law, and its permanent continuance
! upon the Statute book.
10th, That no man ought to be held and
considered a member of the national Demo
cratic party, who does not recognize, approve
and adopt the foregoing propositions, nnd
that the Democratic and Anti Know Nothing
party of this State, through its said delcga*
j tion, ought not to affiliate or act in said
Convection with any delegate or delegates,
: who shall disapprove and vote against the
| same.
lltli, That if said propositions shall not
! in substance be incorporated in the platform
; adopted by said Convention, the delegates
I from Georgia ought, in the opinion of this
j meeting, to withdraw from the Convention,
’ and take no farther part in the nominations
ior other proceedings of the same; nnd that
j our delegates ought to be instructed so to
| act.
I
I 12th, That the Democratic and Anti-Know
Nothing party of this State, ought, and will I
i support the nominees of said Convention for j
j President and Vice-President, provided the j
i platform adopted by the said Convention be I
j in accordance with the spirit and intent of j
the foregoing propositions, and the nominees
1 thereof, be pledged, if elected, to carry out
the same in good faith in the administration
|of the government, and in appointments to
office under the administration.
13th, That we sympathize with the friends
of the slavery cause, in Kansas, in their J
manly efforts to maintain their rights and
the rights and interests of the Southern peo- I
pie, and that we rejoice at their recent vie. j
tories over the paid adventurers and j
i cal herds of northern abolitionism: that the
j deep interest felt and taken by the people of
j Missouri in the settlement of Kansas and
; the decision of the slavery question in it, is
I both natural and proper, and that it is their
right and duty to extend to their Southern
brethren in that Territory every legitimate
; and honorable sympathy and support.
14th, That we arc uncompromisingly op
i posed to the political organization commonly 1
! called the Know Nothing order, or American ‘
i* ° j
party, having no sympathy with their secre- !
l sy. their oaths, their unconstitutional de
; signs, their religious intolerance and their j
political proscription. !
! loth, That we hail with delight the late
j signal triumph in Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Maine and other States including Georgia,
i of the Democratic party, and of the patriotic
Whigs, who co operated in achieving these
results over the Know Nothing organization, j
j as conclusive evideuce, that in the great
practical questions involved in that contest,
Southern men may honorably and success
fully combine, without regard to past polit
! ical distinctions, to save the Constitution
l from desecration, and the South from being
i prostrated before the power of Northern fa
naticism and misrule.
I lGth, That the Democratic and Anti Know
j Nothing party in all our sister Spates, and
’ especially of the Soutljcrn States, are re
| spectfuily and earnestly requested to take
j the foregoing Resolutions iuto their early j
j consideration, and co operate with us in the j
j policy and objects intended to be thereby !
■secured j
! Splendid Premiums for Wheat.
The undersigned will give premiums for
j wheat shipped to Etowah mills and weighed j
and judged by his miller at the mills, for j
the crop of 1860, as follows, to wit: j
Ist. For the best and largest crop grown (
by one farmer, of Cooper Wheat, a Silver \
Pilcher worth SSO. i
2d. For the. best and largest crop, grown !
by one farmer of Walker Wheat , a silver I
pitcher worth SSO i
3rd. For 500 bushels of white wheat ether j
than Cooper wheat adjudged to be better for |
the mill and farmer, in this country than!
the Cooper wheat, a silver pitcher worth SSO, j
4th, For any variety of Red Wheat, ad- j
judged better than it is for the farmer and j
mill a silver pitcher worth SSO. J
sth For the best 500 bus , Cooper Wheat’
by a farmer whose crop does not exceed GOO
[ bush., a silver pitcher worth $25.
7th. For the best 200 bus., Cooper Wheat
by a farmer whose crop does uot exceed 2->0
bus., a silver worth sls.
Bth. For the best 200 bus., Walker Wheat,
by a farmer whose crop does not exceed 250
bus., a silver goblet worth $15.,
9th. For the best 2 bus., Cooper Wheat, a
silver cup worth $lO.
10th. For the best 2 bus., Walker Wheat
a silver cup worth $lO.
The wheat shipped, will be paid for at the
highest price of the market, and shipper
allowed to choose his time of price payment
to Ist day of October 1850. A bill and R'.'R,
I receipt must accompany each shipment. The
’ weight per bushel, good order and purity of
j the grain, will be the criterion os well as its
I adaptation to milling and farming purposes.
A Statment of the mode of cultivation and
; time of seeding and ljarvesing will accompany
the loss of wheat.
The premiums will be awarded and deliver
ed at E’.owah Geo , on the first Tuesday in
October 1850. M. A COOPER,
octoler; 11, 1855- : o H
Siwk* fol* Qt Office.
8 9jfeto^p^p0 v —fieboLO so Siqie politic?, Jifctqiiire, iijc WfaHfrls, ‘foreign Domestic &c.
CASSYILLE, GA., THTJHSTDAY, DEC. 6, 1855.
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! the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land
Jor Negroes, must be published weekly for
Two Months.
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trators, Executors or Guardians, are to be
held on the first Tuesday in the month, be
tween the hours of 10 In the forenoon and 3
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| County in which the property is situate
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day of sale.
Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage, must
be published monthly fur four months. For
establishing lost papers, for the full space of
three months For compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, where a bond
lias been given by the deceased, the full
space of three months.
Citations for Letters of Administration,
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n person to take from the office newspapers
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dersigned, should lie meet with sufficient
encouragement by the middle of November,
to warrant the undertaking, proposes pub
lishing a small
D.ilL V AM) TRI- WEEK! Y PA PEL',
in Augusta, with the above title. It will
be his aim to make it what its name pur
ports,
Jl Local, News, Miscellaneous and Com
mercial Sheet.
r Augusta News will be neutral in politics,
.1. but the political mws of the day will be
promptly and faithfully given so that its patrous
will be kept well posted up in po.itical matters.
To keep up the spirit of the age, several new
features will be introduced in its publication.
The paper will be small and cheap, but will con
tain as much and varied reading matter as any
other paper in the city. The price Os the Daily
will be only Four Dollars, anti of the Tri-Week
ly Two Dollars per annum. The terms being
so low, cash payments will be expected in every
instance, from subscribers to either.
Advertisements will be charged by the line.
All under four lines wil} be charged ten cents
per line for the first insertion, and live cents for
! each insertion afterwards; for tour lines and
I upwards, five cents per line for the first inser
tion, and two and a half cents afterwards.—
These are cash prices. City merchants will be
accommodated with yearly contracts, on terms
that will be satisfactory to them.
The long experience of the undersigned, in
conducting a Duily paper for a period of more
than tweoty-snyen years, enables him to suy
willi confidence, that THE NEWS will be adapt
ed to the waiits of the Commercial Community,
ns well as the family circle. No pains nor ex
pense will bo spared to render it one of the most
interesting ana readable papers of the day.
Subscription lists will bo.found lifter U*-nior
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nited States, Planter's and Augusta Hotels.—
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SAM’LM.TIIO UPSON.
octal 80—
riuPEHioa Court Subpoenas —and in short,
£5 *• everything usually sought after” in the
line of Planks, for pale at the
Standard Printing Ovricn.
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THE STANDARD.
WOFFOED, BENNfiTT & SMITH,
EDITORS.
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING:
DECEMBER G, 1855.
Hvgfeo MESSRS. EDITORS
You please announce
my name as a candidate
for re-election to the office of Ordinary,
at the election to be hedd on the first
Monday in January next.
THOMAS A. WORD.
Oct. 1, 1855. 34—tde*
M ESSRS. EDITORS
Please announce ny name
as a candidate for re
election to the office of Tax-Receiver
for Cass county, at the election in Janu
ary next. ‘ WM. 11. PUCKETT.
Nov. 29—vrtlmj.
MESSRS. EDITORS: Please an
nounce my name as a candidate
for re-election for the office of Tax-
Collector for this county, at the election
in January next.
JOHN S. OWENS.
Dec. G—tlmj.
Democratic Anti-Know Noth
ing: Ticket.
For Sheriff',
JOSEPH BOGLE.
For Clerk of Superior Court,
JAMES WOFFORD.
For Clerk of Inferior Court,
JOHN F. MILHOLLEN.
For Ordinary,
J. W. WAITS.
For Tax Receiver,
D. 11. TEAT.
For Tax Collector,
JOHN C. AYCOCK.
For Coroner, j
RICHARD GAINES.
Mariiiage Licenses— The best looking lot!
that’s been along lately, and wifi please !
themost fastidious, for sale at the
Standard Printing Office, j
MAGISTRATE’S EXECUTIONS—in per-j
feet stacks—ns a body might say,” and ;
fixed up “ according to Iloyle,” may be found j
the Standard Printing Office, j
\ f"AftrSTR ATE’S SUMMONS—a largequan-
J.vl_ tity just printed—“done up brown, uni
hand and for sale at the
Standard Printing Office, j
From the Ark, and Odd Fellows’ Magazine i
Friendship, Love and Truth.
Sweet Friendship ever has a charm
W’biuh thrills through every noble breast
lor there affection, pure and wiirm,
In mystic words is well expressed.
Love constitutes the bliss of Heaven,
Where all the blessed are,
Dwells iu the heart by sorrow riven,
And drives away despair.
Truth is the everlasting base,
The deep, the Arm foundation-stone,
The broad, eternal resting place,
Os Earth and Heaven's eternal throne.
When Friendship, Love and Truth combine,
They form the bright, the mystic chain,
Which charity and union join,
This world can never part in twrin.
OCX ‘ ■
A Slight Mistake.
A few days since, a German was riding
along Sansome street, in Sacranidiito, when
ho heard the whizzing of a ball near .him,
and felt his hat shako. He turned about
and saw a man with a revolver in his baud,
and took off his hat and found a fresh bul
let hole in it.
* Did you shoot at me ?” asked the Ger
man.
. Yes,” replied the other party ; ■< that’s
my horse, it was stolen from me recently.”
• You must be mistaken,” said the Ger
man ; *. I have owned the horse for three
yenrs.”
Well,” said tho other, a when I come to
look at him I believe I am mistaken. Ex
cuse me, sir ; won't you take a drink ?”
The rider dismounted.nod tied his horse.
The two found a drinking saloon —they drank
together, and parted friends. This is the
California way of making acquaintances.
Cjjoire |)oetnj.
Why Art Thou Sad?
Why art thou sad ? Has life no charms
To win thee from thy gloom ?
Are there no flowers in love s bright wreath
To cheer thee with their bloom?
Oh, throw away these idle fears
I Os coH neglect and strife !
Dry all thy burning, wasting tears—
Look kindlier on life.
j The world is not made up of hate,
| Os coldness and deceit;
1 , Though silly misanthropes may prate,
Life is not all a cheat.
i
l Tears cannot chase thy feat's away,
Nor sighs remove thy pain :
Then droop no longer thus, I pray—
Be merry once again.
i
| Lookup! It is a joyous earth,
This good old world of ours :
Smile on !—Enjoy its scenes of mirth,
And cultivate its flowers 1
All Nature woos thee to dismiss
Thy melancholy lay:
She courts thee with her scenes of bliss
And asks thee to be gay.
Kind friends are clustering round thee,
Who strive to make thee glad,. [too,
! Bland are their words—their hearts are ;
Then say, why art thou sad? [true,
!
I Wait for Thee!
The hearth is swept— the fire is bright,
The kettle sings for tea;
The cloth is spread, the lamp is light,
i The muffius smoke in napkins white,
And now I wait for thee.
Come, come, love, home, thy task is done; !
The clock ticks listeningly ;
The blinds are shut, the curtain down,
j The warm chair to the fireside dt awn,
The boy is on my knee.
I
Come home, love, come; his deep fond tye
j Looks round him wistfully ;
I And when the whispering winds go by,
As if thy welcome step were nigh,
He crows exulting!)’.
In vain—he finds the welcome vain,
And turns his glance on mine,
So earnestly, that yet again
His form unto my heart 1 strain,
That glance is so like thine.
j Thy task is done —we miss thee here;
Where'er thy footsteps roam,
( No heart will spend such kindly cheer,
No beating heart, no listening ear,
Like those who wait thee home.
All, now along the crisp walk fast !
That well known step doth come;
The bolt is drawn, the gate is past,
The babe is wild with joy at last— j
A thousand welcomes home. j
51 Capital Itnrtj.
! Jl)c 000-jicilotos’ Seci'cl CksciJ
OJ*
Aunt Sukey “Taking the Degrees.”
FOUNDED ON FACT.
A Lodge of I. O. 0. F., in Woodatown, dc
j termined lately to have their room somewhat
i <• fixed up;” and it was resolved unanimous
j ly that <4 Aunt Sukey” should be employed
| to do the job.
j After the meeting adjourned, the guar- |
1 dian, who knew the inquisitive character of i
Aunt Sukey. procured a billy-goat, and j
i placed him in a closet that was kept as a j
! reservoir for the secret things. lie then in- I
! formed her of the wishes of the Lodge, and j
| requested her to come early next morning,!
as he would then be at leisure to show her j
what was, nnd what was not to be done. j
Morning came, and with it Aunt Sukey,
with her broom, brushes, pails, tubs, &c ,
prepared for the job, and found the guar
dian waiting for her.
.. Now, Aunt Sukey,” said he, < I will tell
you what we want done, and how we came
to employ you The brothers said it was
difficult to get any body to do the job, and
not be meddling with the secrets in that lit
tle closet; we have lost the key, and cannot j
find it to lock the door. I assured them that |
yon could be depended on.”
Depended on!” said she, •< I guess 1
can. M.v poor dead and gone husband, who
belonged tu the Free Masons or anti-Masons,
I don't know which, used to tell me all the
secrets of the concern, and when ho showed
mo all the marks the gridiron made when
he was initiated, and told me how they fixed
poor Morgan, I never told a living soul to
this day ; if nobody troubles your closet to
find out your secrets till I do, they'll lay
there till they rot--.they will.”
u 1 thought so,” said the guardian, •> nud
now I want you to commcnoe in this ooruer,
and give the whole room a decent cleaning,
and I have pledged my word and houor for
the fidelity to your promise--*now don’t go
into that closet,” and then left the lady to
horseljf. 1 ; .1 v
No sooner hnd she hoanj the sound of his
feet on the last step of the stairs than she
exclaimed -. . Don’t go into that closet! I’ll
warrant there is a gridiron, or some non
seusc, just like the anti Masons for all tho
world. I’ll be bouud. I will just take one
peep, and nobody will bo any tbo wiser, as
l can keep it to myself.”
Suiting tho action to the word, shesteppod
lightly to the forbiddeu closet, turned tho
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
j button, which was no sooner done, than bah !
went the billy goat, with a spring to regain
his liberty, which came near upsetting her
ladyship. Both started for the door, but it
was filled with implements for hou3e clean
ing, nnd all were swept, clear from their
j position down to the bottom of the stairs.
I The noise and confusion occasioned by
such unceremoneous coining down stairs,
drew half the town to witness Aunt Sukey s
effort to get from under the pile of pails,
tubs, brooms and brushes in the street.
Who should be first to the spot but the
| rascally dcor keeper, who after releasing the
i goat, which was a cripple so? life, and up
lifting the rubbish that bound the good
woman to the earth, anxiously inquired . if
she had been taking the degrees ? ’
Taking the degrees !” exclaimed the la
! dy, uif you call tumbling from the top to
! the bottom of the stairs, with the devil after
| ye, taking things by degrees, I have them,
j nnd if ye frighten folks as ye have me, and
hurt them to boot, I 11 warrant they'll make
as much noise as I did.”
• I hope you did not open the closet, Aunt
Susey,” said the door keeper.
n Open the closet ? Eve eat the apple she
was forbidden! If you want a woman to do
anything, tell her not to do it, and she'll do
it certain. I could not stand the temptation
The secret was there, 1 wanted to know it
I opened the dcor, nnd out jumped the tar- !
nal critter, right into my face. I thought
the devil had me, and I broke for the stairs :
| with him butting me every step; I fell over
i the tub and got down the stairs as you found
I us, all in a heap. ’
<. But madam,” said the door keeper, .vuu
! are in possession of the great secret of the j
i Order, and must go up and be initiated, j
sworn, and then go on in the regular way.”
| *< Regular way!” exclaimed the lady,
! t< and do you suppose I am going near the j
tarnal place again, and ride that nr critter i
without a bridle or lady's saddle? No,
never! I den t want nothing to do with the
man that rides it. Id look nice perched on
a billy goat, wouldn’t I? No, never! 11l
never go nigh it again, nor your ball nuther, i
and if I cau prevent it no lady shall ever ;
join the Odd Fellows. Why, Id sooner be !
a Free Mason, and be broiled on a gridiron ,
as long as a fire could be kept under it, and j
pulled from garret to cellar with a halt'erj I
in a pair of old breeches and slippers, just j
as my poor dear husband wrs, and lie lived j
over it, but I never could live over such an
other ride as I took to day ”
A Short Polittikle Sermint.
My Breethring, I will take i'or my text
the same which was preached unto you by
my brother, at Brandon, Mississippi, of I
which you all have doubtless heerd : .. And j
j he played on a harp of a thousand strings
i sperrit9 of just men made perlic. ’ j
i My breethren, there is as many strings to !
, politix as there is to a lyre—an a good nia- j
Iny liars to eny most every string; then there |
j aint but one ou ‘em all that rings out the !
j music of the union to which every true pa- ;
j triot had ought to keep step—for .. he played ‘
j on a harp of a thousand strings, spen its of j
just men made perfic.”
Fust there's the know nothing ! His ;
nnmo expresses the amount of his iuforitia
| tion, but it don't convey an idee of his re- ,
sourced. He's the most extraordinary am- i
Dial in the slipw—he is for and against a
variety of topics; he's temperance and lie
drinks; he's for the Maine law so pervided !
he can violate it; he’s fur and aginst fusion
he's an abolitionist and be aint an aboli
tionist; he’s here and ho's tliar, and he will
be no whare in November--for .. lie played
on a harp of a thousand strugs, sporrita of
just men made perfic.”
Then there's the polittikle cobbler, going
round like a roaring green bay Jackass,
seeking where he may humbug somebody.—
He's all the colors of the rainbow, and more
changeable than the Camelia Jopouiky. He
is a whig and anti whig, and know nothing. ‘
nnd anti know nothing, for I'urriiicrs and j
agin furritiers, for every body and agin ev ;
ery body: but principally a long, heeled,’
woolly headed, ranting, raving niggerist I
nnd abolitionist and Uisunionist —. for lie
played on a harp of a thousand strings,
sperrits of just men made perfic.”
Then tliar's the straight out whig; a re- !
spectable sort of character iu contrast with
the preceding, who represents the fusionist. j
He don't want to sec the Union destroyed.;
but he knows lie can't help it if lie runs on j
his own hook,—nnd lie plays on a harp of a 1
single string, but his execution is imperfect ;
Then tliar’s the liberal and the genuine
old fashioned democrat. They don't go!
whirling round in circumbendibuses ; they ;
nint afraid to speak right out in meeting, j
They aint afraid of nobody nor nothing --- j
They carry their Union fl ig aloft; they go ‘
for personal freedom, for popular rights, for j
justice to all men and all parts of tho emiu- >
try; for light instead of darkness; for open j
discussion instead of midnight cabal ; for j
self-government and not for oligarchy ; and !
they go in to win, for their instrument is 1
tuned with popular feeling,--and they play !
on a harp of a thousand strings, ami every j
string an honest principle. Post.
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On Fretting, j
• Fret not thy soli',” says tho Psalmist.— !
Mankind have a proneness to fret themselves.,
Their business does uot prosper according to i
their expectations ; customers do not pay !
promptly; competition is sharp; those in:
whom they have confided prove treacherous;
malice and envy hurl their envenomed,
shafts ; domestic affairs go contrary wise ;
tho wicked soem to prosper, wliilo the right
eous are abused. In every lot tlpere is ample
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! material to make a good of, which may pierce
J and rankle in our souls, if we are only so
disposed.
Fretting is of the nature of certain disea
ses, assuming various types. Disease is
sometimes acute —coming on suddenly in
the midst of health, and with but little pre
monition, raging violently through the
system, causing fever nnd racking fains;
soon reaching its crisis, and rapidly running
j its course, ither to kill or to be cured. So
| with fretting. At times it overtakes the
constitutionally and habitually patient and
gentle. Srong provocation assails them un
awares, throws them off their guard, upsets
their equanimity, nnd causes an overflow of
spleen that they did not know was in them
.to that degree Even the gentle may thus
have occasion for taking heed to the injunc
tion, >. Fret not.”
Diseases, however, often assume the chron
ic type, becoming embedded in the system,
deranging its organs, interfering with the
; performance of the natural tnd healthful
| (unctions, nnd lingering year after year,
like a vampire, to extract the vital juices.
In like manner (Vetting becomes chronic.—
Peevishness, iritability, censoriousness, com
plaining. indulged in, assume a habit; gain
ing thereby strength and power, until the
prevailing temper is fretfulness. It arguea
a sadly diseased condition of the soul, when
this distemper becomes one of its fixtures.
To such an one everything goes wrong. The
whole mechanism of society is thrown out of
gear; instead of moving sfnoothly, as when
lubricated by (he oil of kindness and chari
ty, it* cogs clash, and its pivots all grate
harshly.
Editorial Life in California.
Editorial Life in California is thus de
scribed by one of them. He (s referring to
the daily routine of an Editor's life there:
Gets up in the morning at ten o’clock,
dresses himself, puts on his hat, in which
are six or seven bullet holes; and goes to a
restaurant for breakfast. After breakfast,
starts to the office to look over the papers,
and discovers that he is called a coward iu
one of them, a liar in another, and a puppy
in another; he smiles ut the pleasant pros
pect of having something to do. fills out and
despatches three blank challenges, a ream
or two.of which lie alw-ays keeps on hand,
read)’ printed, to save time ; commences wri
ting a leader, when as the clock strikes 11,
a largfe man, with a Cowhide iu one hand, a
pistol in the other, a bowie knife in his belt,
walks in, asks if his name is , he an
swers by knocking the intruder down two
pair pf stairs with a chair.
At 12 o'clock finds that his chnllengfS
have been accepted, and suddenly remem
bers that he has a little affair of that nature
to settle at the beach that day at 3 o'clock;
goes out and kills his man, and then comes
in and dines on stewed grizzly; starts for
ili** office, and while going there, gets mixed
in a street row, and has the heel of his boot
shot off by accident; laughs, to think how
beautiful it was done ; arrives at his sanc
tum and finds an *. infernal machine*’ upon
the table; km ws what it is, and merely
pitches it out the window ; writes au article
on *. moral reform,” and then staits for the
theatre; is attacked on the corner of a dark
alley by three men; kiils two of them and
takes the other to the station house. Re
turning to the office at 11 o'clock at night,
kills a dbg with a paving stone: gets run
over by a cab, and has the tail of his coat
slitted open by a thrust from a knife, and
two bullet holes put through his beaver as
be steps within ids own door ; smiles at his
escape writes until 2 o'olock, and then turns
in, with the happy consciousness of having
two duels to fight tiie next day.
Whiskey and Newspapers.
A glass of whiskey is manufactured from
! pci haps a dozen grains of con, the value of
j which is too small to be estimated. A pint
! of this mixture sells for one shilling, and if
| of a good brand, it is considered by consu
i mors well worth the money It is drank off’
I in a minute or two ; it fires the brain ; rouses
I the passions ; sharpens the appetite ; deran
! ges and weakens the physical system—it is
i gone, and swollen eyes, parched lips, aud
| an aching head are its followers.
On the same sideboard upon which this is
i served, lies a newspaper. It is covered with
j halt a million of types; it brings intelii
| geuee from the four quarters of the globe—
j the newspaper costs less than the glass of
; grog,—the juice of a few grains of corn. It
! is no less strange than true, that there is a
j largo community who think corn juice cheap
; and the newspaper d.-ar.
How is this ? Is the body a bettor pay
master than thb si ul, destined for eternity ?
Is the transient tickling of the stomach of
more consequence than the improvement of
the soul, and the information that is essen
tial to a rational bting ? If this had its
real value, would not the newspaper be worth
many pints of whiskey Forest City.
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The worth of every thing is deter
mined by the demand for it.
1 akis SriiciAL Notice.—We roquest our
subscribers, living in the vicinity of Cass
ville, and who wish to pay their subscrip
tion in advance, to bring us bushels of
Corn, for which the market price will be
paid, and placed to thoir credit on onr
books. We want some 60. or. 70 bushels,
| ami by doing this it will bo an accommoda
| tion to us, and an easy way for you to pay
j your subscriptions. Bring us, say 1 barrel,
I each, and we will give as above stated
! Call at the Standard Office.