Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXL
LANGASTEH,  PA.,   WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1847.
NEV^ SERIES, VOL. IX.--NO 28.
pnBLISHED    BY
EDWARD C. DARLINGTON.
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LETTERFROM MR. EASTON.
Let the reader observe for whai purpo.se you drag in that Declaration of the Thirteen Uniied Stales. It is to prove thai your Pledge " is no( an. appeal 10 the Almighiv. nor noihing in the place of sueh an appeal, whicii ia the subsinnce ofan oaih. * For this purpose al^o voo introduce ii alter your absurd comparison respeciing ihe eflun to raise funds for ereciing a hou^e ot worship! Now did you Ihink ihe public were so blind as nut lo see ihe fallacy of your argument here? Did you think thai Declaration waa hidden like the B. B. m ft secrei Hall, and accessible oiilyTo your VV. P/a,—or, ibai the pubhc could not read ? Allow me to quole the well knowu words of iliai document, and ine reader will see at once lhe absurdity of your suicidal refei- euce. "We, ihereiore, the representatives of lhe United Siaies of America, in general Congress ns- FCmb\ed, (ippralinij ttt thp SuprpHie Jiidgif of the wortd lor ihr n'ciitude of our inieniions, cfo, solemnly pubii.«h auJ declare, ihal these Uniied Colonies are, and of righl ought lo be, free and Independent slates. And for ihe suppoit of this deelaraiiou, with a firm reliance on the proieciion of Divine Providence, we muiually plt:dge lo each other our Hves, our fortunes, nnd our sacred honours." These representatives ihus expressly declare that ihey did appeal to (he Almighiy, lhat in this pledge ihey really, truly, and uiientionaUy appeal lo the Ruler and Judge of the L^iiverse. 'J'hey were not so siupid as to imanine ihal such a solemn pledge cnuld be given whhoui an expresa or implied appeal to ihe Great Governor of'the naiions. And besides, did not you yourself say "associate wiih the pledge an appeal to God, and it becomesan oaih." Well, ibese emineni men did expressly do so, and ofcourse that Declaration, which you have labored to prove resembles your Pledpe, is, on your own confession, nn oalh. And yet, now much irrelevant cant respecting iis resem¬ blance lo your Order's Pledge have j'ou employed to prove that this Declaraiion is not nn oath. Is such so^hislry honesi? Does the truih need the nid of quibbles or acuic angles ? Why sir, you have beeu hunting up a comparison ihe most suitable in hisiory :/0H. could find, lo aid my cause and condemn your¬ self. This illusiration proves my position, that your Fledge is an implied appeal to the Almighty. Yonr tinfuir m.-sinuationsihar I have held up these Repre- €;entQiive8 to "the reprohaiion of ibe world," de¬ serve reproof. Shall I by such repealed disingenuous insinuations be forced to hold up i« terrorem cerlain jitaiements respecting the B. R. &c., and instead of rods employ scorpions. I had shown ihat the fam¬ ily, the church and the siaie as consiimied by the will of .Tehovab, alone have the right to require an individual to appeal unto God—lo lender the oaih &c. These Represemativea acted in the name and by the authoriiy of the slate—noi as private indivi¬ duals:—and ihough I do not say I can approve oi iheybm ofthe P/edge, yet, in (heir circumstances, lliey seemed to have a warrant and a call to appeal —and did appeal to the Almighty Ruler ofihe Uni- ^ verse. And remember there is no relevancy whai- ' everin comparing a secrei banded Oligarchyio ihese eminent men. Whai Ims their "Declaration" lo do with a useless and infidel Order, calling on men to Pledge ihemselves lo—iheir leaders only know whar. Have you forgoiien your mortifying repulse, when you atiempted lo pasa off. on ibe *' farmers of Old Lancasier, ihe Slavery of ihe Order as Liber¬ ty, nnd your Sajiship as Republicanism ? And you havc ventured now to refer to the Declaration of In¬ dependence ! What would tbe men who spumed the tyranical schemes of the B)iii»:h Governmeni have said of ynur Grand and M. W. Leaders, and the chains ihey have forged foryou? Yoti have sworn allegiance lo—you knnw not whom—ihe colonies at least knew ihe name of ibeir Sovereign: you bave sworn lo believe and obey al! lhe rules in a book you never saw—the colonists at leasi were
fiermiiied to read ihe laws made for ihcm :—you iave consenied to be laxed by your Supreme Power precisely as they please,—to receive such Constitu¬ tions and Lnus os ihey choose to mnke for you,— and as if Sub-Divisions were utierly incapable of self-governmetii—every Division and every mem¬ ber of every Division musi  agree humbly to bow :o, and ihankfully receiyft auy, and every alteration in vour Conaiiuiiion and Lawp, your leaders may order:—need I say, ihe Briiij^h Govprnmeui never dreamed ofpucb tyranny as ibis.    Nay, as ifil was- nol slavish enough lo be moved, and diciaied to, and ruled, as a few despoia please—you have consi'nted 10 speak only as your rulers bid you.    In ihe Jour¬ nal of lhe Grand Fountain Head of your Order for Feb. 2d, 1844, your Masters iell you thai someof j lhe •' Sons of Temperance are not yet cured of the | propensity lo inltle—lhat the f-ohmn ohUfiation laken by every one ai the lime of hia iniiiaiion ehould im¬ press ilself so sirongly on the mind-' as lo prevent any member from even whispering the secrets of 4.he Order—and ihat " solemn obligaiion" not being sufficient for some, •' the evi! musi have a remedy opplied speedily, which mi"ht possibly be found in the enactment of certain rule?, which should be in¬ corporated in lhe obligaiion, tte,"—"for," it is Btaied very gravely,  "ii is in be feared ihai the Sons of Temperance are mo nmcJi given lo lolk." You have consented also lo pui on ihe ridiculous Regalia your leaders have ordered for you,-io wear it when ihey command—lo put it off when they bid you ;—10 enter and leave the Secret Hall—lo read —move—act—dresa and  even talk, only as your Worthy Grand and Most Worthy Patriarchs', in il eir augiislness, may be pleased lopive permission. Can an order which requires a man thus lo sell him¬ self body aud mind to a haughly oligarchy, be en¬ tilled to the name of Republican?    Why Sir, the framers of the Declaraiion of Independence would havc cried ahame'  on ihe men who could submil TO such abject bondage.    You could not have writ¬ ten a more culling burlesque on yonr Order than you have dune, by comparing  it,  in any shape, Io lhe Declaration of Independence ond the Consiiin- 'liun oflbe United State*:.
4. The solemn obligation of the Order is obvi¬ ously 10 be undersiond according lo ihe (ininuis im- •ponentis—the inieniion of iheimposer. Now 1 have prooed from the lesiimony of your own Leaders and accredited writera, ihat ihe design of your Rulers was 10 impose, not a simple promise.—but a solemn oalh ;—" lo receive and regisier your sacred vow," while warning you " not to trifle with the Order's aulhority, or your own solemn, and oft and solemnly renewed obligations.'' And you nre bound lo view aud fulfil your " vow'' lo the Order, in ihe sense in which your Supreme Power nnderstand it. Sat.Tu has nlways soughi lo corrupt ihe ordinance of the oath and I do not deny ihat deception was designed by your Leaders here. Well knowing, ihat ilie solemn obliwaiion was really an oalh, they yei hoped by this scheme to draw in the unwary who were opposed to a formal oalh, and thus impose even on .some ignorant doctors of diviniiy. 'I'lie Pledge—the solemn obligaiion—was cunningly con¬ trived in this way,—
" As bowls obey by being made
On jtiirpo^efuhe.—and to be sway'd.'* But your asseriion. tbal what your Leaders desig¬ nate correctly, when it suits their purpose—as a "solemn obligation—an oaih—a vow;"—that whai you yourself confess is promising upo?! yonr honor— by your word &.c., is only a siu)p!e promise,—is loo simple to eway ihe public.
5. Let our readers observe that lliese remarks apply m full force even if you bad known whai you were thus unnecessarily swearing to do ; bui how is the sin of thai preacher and prolessor increas¬ ed, when it is remembered thai the candidate enter¬ ing lhe Order pledges himself in ibis way, to. hc knows nol what:—^for I again say—and you dare not again deny it, lhat you did not know and had not seen lhe contenis of the B. B. when wickedly
pledging yourself to all that is iu ii.    And when nI cliarge even of painfnl duties?
preacher promises solemnly iipsn Iiis honor—npnn his word  Slc. to  do uli this, and then preienda ihai it is all consistent with scripture  Slc. he may per¬ haps be fit fur the chaplainship of some eecret oalh bound Order, bm, lill cured of his menial imbecility and obliquity, is obviously di&quaiified for the duty of a leacher of Bible moraliiy.   A man may be weak, and for his weakness be nn object of pity, bui when in his weakness he seeks io sustain wicked¬ ness, it is time to expose his stuiiidity.    Worldly morality may denounce all opposition  lo minced oaths &-C. as bigotry, but then, hke the subjects of the  Order, this worldly moraliiy is a well trained animal that will move in any direciion ; and  like your Order,- is an awfully unsafe guide to an eternal world.    Careless men may say these rash oaihs ore liviie sins—if sins at all: or if oaths, they ore '* gen¬ teel oaihs,*' which genllemen and even D. D'a. ac¬ cording to worldlv moraliiy may swear.   Cana man break one of God's laws and be guilty of a Utile sint Is there any sin so small as not to endanger the hte of lhe soul ?   Ahl sir.   there are diseases in your Order and its chaplains more pitiable and dan- gerouslhan any that affect my " Conshohocken tnends and allies.*'
Let us look ai this subied a linle further. If you know any thing about the meaning of God's word -If you are eniided to ,he epithet of a teacher of bible moraliiy, you will agree with me -in telling our readers, thai to use such expressions o»-" my goodness—good heavens-mercy on me—bleas me -gracious me &c.' -,s in God'a sight swearing profanely and rashly : that " my goodness! " is on? of the Utles given to God (Pa. 144.) and ite use in this way a breach ot the third commandment, and taking God 8 name m vain: thai " gracious " U Another ofthe Divine titles &c. and ihai these min¬ ced oaths load the souL wilh great guili, and %vill soon .give place-^if mercy change not—to a raore .open e^d aaring^profanaiion of Jehovah's name.— WiU vmt not agree with me in telling our readers, tn&t tnese oaths are tbe laii^age not of heaven but 4fliell; and that the drofldml oaths common in po*
pish counlries, " the five woundsof Cbnst—by bis blood &c." are repeated bythe profane in , pro¬ ieslani countries." when they used the minced oaths' od's 'ound.-', 'blood &c.-lvvo letters only are left oul-and ihey are the terrible oaihs of profane papists thusconiracied " by the dread of expresPly namint' the blood and wounda of Christ. ' Ihe men who u.w ihese minced oaihs may noi.even know what their wicked worda mean, siill hnw dreadful iheJr profanity ! And shall we close the list here ? Will you nol tell our readera furiher wilh me that the judicious and pious Fuller is cor¬ rect in declaring that our Lord condems, as deiesia- hle profanity, all such phrases as—" of faith—By my troth. Upon mi/ soul. Upon my life. Upon my honor. Upon my v^ord ; and that by our Lords expo¬ sition of Mntt. 33. 16—22, all iheae modea oTspeak- ing be fonnd to bear a relation to Gud, to be a pro- faiieing ofhis name.';—and a pooof ihaiihe soul is under the dreadfnl dw«?a.<eof blaiiphemy. But no— you would not tell tbem that, for they could reply lo you—" physician heal ihyiielf." Yon swear in this profane way in your secret Holl,—in ihe books of lhe Order are regisiemd what she calls " your aacred vows,"' but which, God's word tella you, a judgment day will show lo be daring profanity. 1 repeat. " Because of swearing ilieland mourneth !" aud alas! how many encourage it w-ho should lift up lheir voices like a irumhei, nnd thunder in ihe cars ofthe guiliy the ihreaienings of Almighty God againat this awful sin. Think of 60 or 70 thousand members of your Order, weekly—{yea the public know not how often) causing your secret Ilalla to resound wiih sucb profane appeals—upim my honor —bl/ my word \.c. and ihat, wlien mauy of tliem know iiol for what or lo what ihey are thus swear¬ ing ! All ! sir, remember, thin if for every iille word must give account, how awful ihe reflection lhat for /)n'/)m« words God will not hold the soul giiililess. *' Because of swearing the land mourn- eih." And can we wonder, when if Harriaburg should resound wiih language ullerly unfit for Chiislian hp.^-"if ihe youlh ol our ciiies should be heard Rweanng"'f'y my troth" Iam only going lo " drink clear culd water om of ordinary glass tum¬ blers—upon my honor—by my word &c," there are dociora of diviniiy who would tell ihein to rush on and shout ihe profanity louder and louder still:— and should another oath bc added—" upon my soul—upon tny life—hang—blast—sink &c."— still they nre not according lo ibe Order*.-? molal¬ ity swearing at all, bnt simply promhing I Lel me'warn evt;ry reader, ibnl in God's sighl, as his word clearly show.*, all who n.^e .snch express- ion.s lire guilty of sivcaiing vainly, rashly and wiihout any proper occasion or lawful authority, are gnilty of profaning the nameof tho Holy God ; and shame on the preacher who can coun¬ tenance or defend a practice which cannot bul hardfu the wicked iu their profanity, and grieve the hearts of Goil's people. I niight safely call on the most hnmble individnal of yonr flock, who reverences " the great and fearful name of lhe Lord onr God " nntl loves his solemn command Matt..'). 37., to pfonounce on the cbaracter of your oalh to the Orderr
Would you dare to tell your people after Trad¬ ing the Savionr'9 words,-"Let your pommuni- cation be yea, yea, nay, nay *- for whatsoever is more than   these  cometh of evil:"—thnt  still ii waa vot evil to add to yea and  nay—" upon my honor—by  my v>'ord  &c—and that yon  did   ii every week  or two.    Yon  do tell them   this by your practice, but unless  ir is lil:e people, like priest.^," rbey conld see at once lhat ynur prnc¬ tice   is  in  direci violation of the Saviour's pre- ce])i.    How do you act when yon wish to reclaim and reform the moderate 7    Do you not lell him it is wrong thus to nse ardent spirii, because it ii? neiiher  needful nor  nseful ?    Do you not warn him lhat  mode ate drinking isthe downhill road to iniemperance,—that lie is in danger of increas¬ ing his intemperate appetite till it leads him down to a drunkard's grave 7    Now I ^ay, and the bi¬ ble sustains the po--ition, that the sin of blasjihemy, is in this respecl like the sin of drunkenness j bur how  different   the way in whicii  you treat it.— Yon tell the drunkard tbat strong drink is unnec¬ essary, and yon.   have confessed tliat a man may be ns good a citizen, christian   and temperance man as if he had taken the rash pledge of your Order,—and   yet, urge  the unwary youih if not to drink—to   swear ; to  slain   iheir souls with a guilt 'greater and more inexinsahle than drun¬ kenness; and   thus   practically say,  the Order's Pledge is necessary, wben  you  had also said it is nal 7    You  warn ilic temperate drinker   iliai be is on the rnad to intemperance, bnt the ynnili wbo begins to nse ihe minced oatb, wbo is entev- ing lhe path of blasphemy—tbe downward road to eternal   death,—-The youTli, whose  conscience perhajis  checks him when he   ventures to niter llie oath—bl/ viy wonl—iijion my honor, yon bid him not  fear: by your example you encourage him to sin in this way, you embolden him to fol¬ low you inio  the secret hall,  and   cry out fear¬ lessly, upon my word—upon my honor &c ; you try IO furnish him with argnment lo jn.stify lhis profanity, instead of telling him,  as the   Bible commands you lo lell  liim, that he bas entered the path over which the curse written in the siat- tuie book of heaven   is lianging,   " This is   ihe nurse that goeth over tho face of lhe whole earth, and every one thai, sweareth sball be cnl ofT."— Would you venture to swear in iliis  way before a jndgment seal?    If lhe Saviour sliould appear visildy agjin on the earth, would yon dare before him   to cry out—I ]iledge my   word—upon my honor—upon my   word &c ?    Wonld   you  havc dared to use iliis profnniiy had  you stood at the font of lhe burning mountain wilh tbe ihousand.* of Israel, and heard und trembled  as you lieard the God and Judge of all declare by an audible voice, that none who swear and profane His name shall be beld guiltless?    Would you Itave thoughi it  proper, wliile the fire of his glory was hefore you, and " the earth trembling at the presence nf God, the God of  Israel "—would you then bave dared to a-.ld lo tbe words of the people, your.silly and profane oath 7—" Ali that (he Ln'rd Iiaih syto- ken wo  will do "—{uponmy honor—by my word —I pledge myself 6,-r.)    If   ihe very  ihonght of sucli blasphemy  causes you   to   shudder,   how dare you  nse these profane  words in the seorei Hall i    Do you not profess to believe lhat He be¬ fore whom "the everlasting mouniains were scat¬ tered, and   the perpetual liilis did bow " is pres¬ ent in every plnce ?    Is not his life hent  on you when employed in the ridiculous innmery of the secret Hall; and can his anger but be kindled by the rash and   profane oaths of tlie Order, by lan¬ guage whicb resembles not tbat of the .seraphim whom Isaiah saw in a vision around the "throne high and lifted up,''—not that of the redeemed seen by  Jolm when in visions he  stayed on the tliresliohlof glory,but bearing too fearful a resem¬ blance 10 the lauijuage of that pit wbich resounds only with blasphemy and cursc^i.    And the peo¬ ple of Israel knew what they were promising, in dependence on divine grace,   to iwrform.    But your idol—your Pagan Order, by its chief priests represents you  as ready to swear to all that tlie Order demands  eveu before  you  know its be bests.   Thus inoneofj'our a>);iroi;t(//document? the   M. W. S.Oliver (formerly  at the  head  of your Order) in hisla.=:i   publislied report June 10, 1846, says some who onee opposed the Order, now,  having "passed   its  gates"—have  been ready to exclaim  witb   one of old, " wliat will thou bave me to do?" (! I)    You taunt me wiib digging   a pit for oihers.    Sir 1 forgive you the base, and aa yon well kuew, nnjust insinuation. Did you never feel the force of tbe solemn charge giveu to Kzpkiel ? (ohap 33. 6.) Is it charity to a hrother to suffer him unwarned to rush on insin? Sliould we  not seek to he   delivered  from  the charge of blood by  a   faiihful   and fearJess dis- Wbat a fearful
of ihings wlicn preachers are lo be fonnd advocaiing and defending such profanity ns yonr Order sancUons ; defying the avenger, yea glo¬ rying in their shame. Sir, there are jjits already dug, I need not say by whom, and 1 would not be in the one in which you have placed yourself for a thousand.":, worlds. Have you not virtually dared to "bid God speed " to profanity, have you not encouraged thc youth of the country to blas¬
pheme, have you nm presumed to tell ihem that vain speaking and minced oailis " blazing iu the iighl of the fire of that hell which bas enkindled the Tongne of Sin " may be safely followed ?— Ihave no desire, as you insinuate, to injure the mevihersj by " fastening on the pledge of the Or¬ der the charge of profanity," but I believe many of them have been deceived by assertions iike yours, and thus thouehtlessly dragged into sin ; and I believe it to be rny duty to call on them to come out, as the christiau soldiers in the army of Julian ilie Romnn Emperor caine out, and re¬ nounce the Order. This apostate Julian by a large donative of gold had templed these Chris¬ tians to throw a little frankincense on the fire as a mere trifle-: but on being afterwards told that they had been entrapped into the countenancing and commission of a healhenish rite, they, cast from lhem with abhorence tlie tyrants gold, and declared themselves ready even to die for Jesns. I hope Sir thatyou and many others,"will soon cast from you the traps and trappings of the se¬ cret healhenish Order,
Your comparison between the Order and thirty members of a congregation agreeing to pay cer¬ tain sums for the erection of a place of worship, is amusing. Let uelooh at the comparison when rriade relevant. They meet in conclave, by night, in a secret cave, arrayed In mystic robes, and appoint one of iheir niunbet Hieropbant of
the angusl mysteries ! He proceeds to initiate the members of the secrei Order of the "Burnt M. House," and demands from them, first a sol¬ emn pledge of .««r«cy—demands also that they should solemnly pledge ihemselves to agree to all that is in a " small book " he has wriiten for the —and pay all he has subscribed in their name, and " vow " upon their honor—npon fheir lOotd to do it! The "Sacred vow is then solemnly recorded"—the libation tasted and the oalh seal¬ ed by putting the Goblet to the lips, and ihus."Na- lure " invoked to witness and judge ; and finally, all join hand in hand, according to the form of .swearing oh-^erved in Egypt, nnd in further con¬ firmation of the oath, pass round and ronnd them mystic ring, and by nil this .solemnly ratify—o no, " sim/i/y promise to pay fifty dollars lo build a meeiing house !" Sir I pity tbe man, who can have recourse to snch subterfuges to cover up a ra-sli and immoral oath, nnd who imagines that such irrevelant compari.sons will pass wilh the public.
But I shall leave ihis for ihe present, and as you wish the public to believe tlie positions you do not tonch are very easily carried ! am! com¬ plain that you have .«o little to answer, I shnll proceed now to point out the immoral and infidel tendency of the Order. And in commencing, I shall quote from the Consiiiiitions and Jonrnal of the National Division, &c. certain Laws and ResolntioiiJ:, as it will enable onr readers to see more clearly the character of the Orderand rave repeated references. " The Grand Conductor shall see the officers badges in lheir proper places, and at the close soe them safely put away. The Grand Sentinel sliall guard the door inside, and see that none enler or retiie but those duly au¬ lhorized. The Outside Sentinel slmll guard the door ouiside nnd keep off intruder.^—or " eaves droppers, aud superintend the approach to our door." " Resolved, That a common badge of brotherhood is requisite and necessary; iherefore, the Grand Division (uf N. Y., then also exerci.s- ing the powers of the Grand Fotmtninhoad) do order tliat the collar and rosette as now nsed, he the common badge—aud that the ofHcers of all the Subordinate DJvi-^ions wear the emblems of their ofhces on the lefl breasl, in addition to the common badge, and that tbe colors and emblems be entirely uniform,—and that vo infrijigeme.nt ui)on the fonn ordered by the Grand Division be hereafler allowed,—and that the G. S. be required to communicate the foregoing to tbe Sub. Divi¬ sions. Thc Rejjort from the Commiltee on Re-: ealia was adopted—as follows : The color of the velvet to be scarlet; tassels for privalcs to be silk, G. W. P.'s gold, and the other officers silver. On moiion —Resolved, that a smaller blueand while silk cord he subslituted for the cheniel. On motion of Brother J. W. Oliver, it was Re¬ solved, That the slyle of Regalia be approved, with a smaller cord." And to render due re¬ verence It' these badges, it is enjoined Rule 27 : "Il is imperative upon W, P. and Divisions to receive with the usual Jionors and according to the Jorm established in the B. B.,ali ofiicial visi¬ tors, or Grand 0/fioers on business.'' &c. On general Parades, each member, shall appear in fidl Regalia, nnless oiberwi.se ordered by the Grand Division. Grand Divisions shall form in the following order :—Grand Conductor, with staff of oifice. Banner. Supporter with wand. G. W. P.—Supporter with wand, Ac.
At Funerals march in reversed order—with the excepiion of the Banner, whiih shall always go in front. The Grand .I^farshal and his two Aids, may wear scarfs in addition to the Regalia —the colors of which shall correspond witli the positions they may have attained in the Order : members of Subordinate Divisions wearing trhite —of Grand Divisions, red, and of the National Division, hhie. The Order shall march in advance of the corpse &c." The Committe on Emblems recommended that the Bundle of Rods be sur¬ mounted by tbe * All-Seeing Eye.'" See also the Laws of youv Supreme Power decreeing "that Snb. Divisions be not allowed to aller the Constitulion established for their government"— nor even be permitted to make their own By- Laws a rule, till examined, altered and approved, by the Supreme Power. (See pp. 68, 77, 98, 99, &c. of Journal of lhe G- D. of S. of T. of N. Y. from the formation of the Order Sep. 29, 1842 to 1841.)
In the Circular -=ent by the Grand Division of Pa. 10 all the Sub. Divisions in lhe State, is the following announcemonl: Wherea-i, the National Division of the S. of T. at its last annual ses.sion, adopted a resolution recommending the holding of a Grand National Jubilee of the Order on the Slh nf June next, in New Y'ork: and WhereaSy this Grand Division highly approves of tlie con¬ templated Jubilee, and will use its influence to hffve a good allendance of ihe Order pre.«ent, therefore Resolved, That all Subordinate Divi¬ sions of lhe S. of T. of Pa. are requested to at¬ tend ."aid Jubilee, clolhed in their proper Rega¬ lia:—as it is intended to make a graud and im¬ posing display at the lime and place designated above."
It is amusing and yet humiliating to read the read lhe  records of the " Fountain  Head"  of your Order, and to see, how even in what they have ventured  to publisii  to the world, its des¬ potic   spirii   is   manifested.    It is  linmbling to tbink  that  7/jf7/—freemen  and   Cbrisiian   men could be led to countenance such childish gew¬ gaws, or consent to be governed by laws utterly unscriptural and es.^entially despotic. Your Lead¬ ers knowing that they were building npon an old and rotten foundation seem to have deterniined for  that very  reason  to assume  a " Supreme Power" that mnst not be questioned, and lo lay claim to an authority and wisdom ihat "mnsl nol even be supposed oapable of error."    You are not al liberty to inquire into the propriely of the laws of the Order, or examine the -morality of the secret B. B. j and sliould you dispute the justice of the decisions of your Grand and Most Worthy  Leader.^, yon will  be  silenced  by ihe , Popish thunders tliat issue from the Patriarch's chair, or ignominioiisly expelled for questioning his infallibility.    Your Leaders lell you that you have noihing to do wilb your Constitulion, bul to receive what they "ordain" for you;—noihing to do witb lhe rules, laws &c. made by them for your government, bul to yield implicit obedience to lhem;—noihing to do with your dress—but to wear tbe collar they have ordered you to put on, —"no infringement on the form ordered by tbe G. D. being allowed."    The laws ot your Order plnce the foot of the Grand and Most Worlhy Pairiarcli on the necks of ilieprosirate members, while  that Patriarch lells them, as the haughty Henry VIII. of England answered tbe complainis of the common people,** that they ought no more to pretend giving a judgment, with regard to goverument than a blind man with regard to colours:  ami  we' he  added 'with our whole council, thiuk it right strange  that ye, who be but hrntcs and inexptirt foil-, do take upon yon to appoini us, who be meet or not, for our coun¬ cil.' "    Subordinate Divisions are not allowed to act even on tbeir own By-laws^ till tbey have undergone tbe supervision and received the sanc¬ tion of our Rulers.    And to console you for thus crushing the mind, and chaining yon to the cha¬ riot-wheels of the Order, your  Leaders seek lo amuse you by parading tbe splendiil regalia, and gilding the chains which bind you, by throwing over them *''tlie triangle emblazoned with sym¬ bolic colors," and  holding np to your admiring gaze  the " scarlei velvet—the silk, silver and golden   tassels"—to  which  ** according  to  the form established in the B. B.,"you vowed to pay due honor, wben you laiew uot but that B. B- might require you to kies the foot of him of the golden tassels, or bow to some image he had set np.    Judging from the conduct and language of your Leaders, and the Laws and dress they have made for you, they seem lo have arrayed you in the white  regalia (reserving for themselves the red nnd the blue) on  the principle spoken of by Dr. Johnson   in one  of his celebrated essays :
" The L s (Sons) might enrol themselves in
disiinct classes, nnd carry in open view tbe om- blems of their Order. Those that have no cha- I'H'ter at all may display a field of white enamel, as imploring help to fill up the vacuity." Tins enpa^sani. Your Order then is immoral and in¬ fidel in its tendency, because no one, in swear¬ ing allegiance to il, is following the example of Christ, or obeying, the imjunciions of his word. It is a fundamental principle taugbt in tbe Divine Word, that in seeking to reform and save our fellow men, we arc to follow the example of Christ,—to be governed by his holy word, and as his professed disciples lo bold no communion with immorality. -We are bound to follow the example of Chrisl as far as tbat example is imi¬ iable by us, and in nil companies and in all situ¬ ations should strive to act as lhat example teaches. *' He lhat saith he abideth in Christ, ought him¬ self also so to walk as Chrisl also walked. If any man serve me, let him follow me. Let the same mind be in you which was in Christ &c.'* (1 John a. 6. Phil. 2. 5.) It is obvious tben whatever leads us to walk contrary to the ex¬ ample of Christ,—whatever institution, custom or maxim tempts us to trample on God's law, or disregard the pattern Christ has set us, is iinmo- ral and infidel in ;i3 tendency. These positions will not, I tliink be questioned.   Now cau any
member of this Order for one moment imagine, that he is following Christ in entering the secrei Hali, and staining his soul with the ra5li and sin¬ ful pledge ;—that the  Holy Saviour would have paraded over the seamless robo the gaudyregalia of the Order, or subscribed the constitution and laws of a secret society professing to be a moral religious Order, when, in' that con.siitutioM, the very name of God is not to be found nor his au¬ thoriiy  recognized.     No;—all His commands, warnings and instructions, from N .zarelh to Cal¬ vary, proclaim and teach that to join such a se¬ cret band is to act contrary to his word andwill; that He,   lbe  Sinless One,  ne-ver would  have taken  or  countenanced his  di.seiptes in laking such  rash pledges, to conceal  they  knew not what—to (tbey ihey knew nol whom.    He. never concealed the truth,—never soughi to hide the means of reformation from the needy and perish¬ ing.—never by his example countenanced pomp or vain .show.'   Let the reader look back at the preceding quotations from the Laws and Jour¬ nals of the Order, let him read the rules enacled by the Supreme Power respecting tlie " honors" —the Officer's Rpgalia &c., and tbe biuding in¬ junction on members to be clothed iu the appro¬ priate Regalia in the mystic Hall, without which theycan  neither .'Jpeak nor vote nor " coi rectly perform the tvork;"—let him consider how in all the respects menrioned above, tlie Order walks contrary, to the example of Christ, and then see Ihe folly—the blasphemy of a.^seriing or suppos¬ ing that the Saviour would have coimiennnced such mummery,or joined such an Order. It would seem from the langnage the Saviour uses in one of his precious psalms (09. 11.) that bi.s raiment was plain and poor.    Tliough rich in all the glo¬ ries of the Godhead, yet for our sakes he became poor, and took ou him the  foiiu  of a servant.— He who cloihes himself witli light as wilh a gar¬ ment, was yet on his footstool, when suffering as our Surety, so poorly clad lhat he   became   be¬ cause of his humble appearance a by wonl, a, re¬ proach, a" proverb " to the haughty Jews; and when they saw an individnal in sackcloth or poor apparel, thcy .said, ** he looks  like Jes;is of JVaz- arelh—he is as meanly dresseil an the Nazarene." ** 1 made sackcloth also  my garment; and I be¬ came a proverb to them."    Tiie Holy Saviour re¬ peatedly censured   the   Pharistes  lipr their  self- righteous pride, aud rebuked them, when to grat¬ ify their love of parade, they brought oul thc ark into the middle of the street—made broad lheir phylacteries &c,   and   thus  sought the praise of the gazing  muliiiudcs.    And   w^ould  our   Lord and Master ha.ve becn any more likely to counte¬ nance or commend an unscriptural Order, noto¬ rious for its Pharisaical  boasting and pompous processions?    Would the Master whom certain chaplains of the Order profess to'honor, have ar¬ ranged himself and his dis iples in its sidy gew¬ gaws and gorgeous trappings *' lo -male a grand and imposing disjday :"—trappings and badges which, to say the  least, are grossly  inconsisient with, if not disgraceful to, the profession of these preachers,    fn theif Uenrts, \ doubt not, they de¬ spise lhe pompous ceremonies—senseless *• wor¬ ships " and glittering decoraiions of the Order. To, lhem, nil lhis—ifnot ihe Order's lools " Seems what it is—a cap and bells for fools" But bow will the follower of Jesns, if a member of this secrei society ; above   all,  how   will  the preacher who bas siained his soul   with   the sin¬ ful pledge-countenanced   lhia   silly parade &c, justify his  condncl ?    He dare not   say, that   in his heart hc ihought he was  following   Christ in taking on him the yoke, and entering the Hall of suc^j an Crder.    Wiien his Mayier is not there, j what right, what warrant   has the di?ciple   for entering ?    When he can .see   neiiher   ihe   Holy Jesus, nor the pillar of his word prccedhig him into   the  secret Hal!,—when   even  ihe caielcfs and irreligious =ee with wonder, and after  with conlempi, the professed servants and followers of the Son of God staining their souls with the rash oath, and engaging in tlie *' workings " of an in¬ fidel  Order,   is   not   such   unscriplnral  caiiduct deep^ to be deplored, and   is  it  nny wonder if careless men say ofsuch preachers, "aliTiost thou persuadest me to be au in,fidel,"
2. Yonr Order is inftdel if not atheistic in ii? tendency, because it recognizes uot the authori¬ ty of lhe Mo-^t High, confesses no dcjiendence npon Him, nor even mention* Jehovah's name in itv con>titntion.t or laws. There is a design¬ ed omission here. This is obvious from the maie- riai.s composing the fabric of the Order. Though professing to be a moral religious socieiy, tbat member would be laughed to scorn who should propose pure bible nioraliiy as a term of member¬ ship, or deny that men of atl descriptions—Jews, Mahometans, infidels &c, " could all muet in their cordial brotherhood." Neither in the constitu¬ tion of Subordinate or Grand Divisions, nor in the constitulion of the '* Supreme Po\ver," is there any recognition of chrj-stiBnily, or any ref¬ erence to its institutions. ** Every member is lefl free to apeak and think in that respect as he pleases." It is emphatirally an Order hai'ing "?/o God," Called by its members a moral re¬ ligious society, and yei telling of no God, reveal¬ ing no Saviour ; but ready fitted, in this respecl, a deadly weapon fqr the hands of same Ameri¬ can Voltaire, and bearing, alas I too sirong a re¬ semblance to lho.se secrei .sociciie.s which tti France sought lo dt^secrate the Sub'mth, destroy lhe Bible, dethrone Jehovah, and vampyre-like, feed even on the dead, by proclaiming death au eternal aleep. Amongsl ail tbe dociimenta be¬ longing to the Order I have seen, the only one wliich seems like recognizing even ihe ari.vtenn- of the Snpreme Being, is in one of its odes, in which it .apeaks ofa ** Greai Patriarch nliove."— And yet, let it be ob-served, it refers in this ."^oH lary instance to the Almighty ; only to 7iic/.-- name the Holy One, to prostitute " the gloiinu?* and fearfnl name of lbe Lord our God'," to do honor to its own silly and selfi.sh lilies.
3. Yonr order is immoral and infidel in ils ten¬ dency, because it engenders a spirii, and coun¬ tenances   a  morality  at war with the go.^pel.— Wheiher a mau's moral character is formed ac¬ cording to the principles of the Bible, or a Koran, the Talmud or the Shastcr, it will not invalidate his claim to membership in this secret moral re ligious Otder.    Be he Jew, or Christian; infidel or   Theosophisi —a   worshipper  of   the   Grand Lama, an adorer of fire, or of demon.s ; let his moral character be formed asit tn»y—Jet hta- re¬ ligious principles  be what they may, no matier, if a   brother of the order, the chri.slian member is bound to take him to his heart, and prefer him before u brolher in  Cbri.sl, wbo is   not initiated iu  the secrets of lhe Order.    Of course, no one will undersiand me as intimating tbat we should not love, and do guod to all, whether civilized or savage, heathen or christian.    Tbis is  not  the question.    Here is au association  pretending lu tlic  purest morality; bnasiing itself a  religions society, an auxiliary of (he nhnrch, if not siipm-- ior to tbecburch ; while its morality i.s tbus ob- vion.sly of .sncb a motley   mixture, thai, it seems to me, the christian member even in the darkness of the lodge room might see, lhat   it is not Bihle inoraHty,    And are the principles  tanght in the Scriptures snch   as accomodate,  themselves to a band of men so indifferent to the truth, so diam¬ etrically opposed in their religions views ?    Can Ihey indeed, on the Bible plalform, meet iu cor¬ dial broiherhocd?     You   know   you   might   as rationally attempt to mingle light and darkness ; or make angels and demons meet in love.    Now the question   occurs, and it is oneof infinite mo¬ ment to every professor who  has thus  been en¬ snared ; how  cnn a disciple of .Tesus  join,  and countenance, and connive at a system,  which is thus utterly  inconsistent wiih  the   religimi   he profes.ses ; whicii advocates a morality so unscrip' tural, and yet be sinless ?    True there may be in every Slale, where  as citizens we  are bound to each other, in onr own lemperance society there may be infidele, deniers "of the Lord tbat bought us;"(and O how full of  pity should we  befor sucb, and how earnest m beseeching God to res¬ cue  snch from a delusion so deep, so damning:} yet, observe, this  is vastly  different  from   ban¬ ding ourselves by   secret   immoral pledges, t<^ ^n Order professing to be a moral religious associa¬ tion, and which even while  making  these loud professions of love to virtus and religion, is found discardmg the very first principles of boib-    But the Order has its chaplains  say some, the  Bibie is read, and prayer offered up in certain Divisions to a Three One Redeeming God. I grant this mav be so in some Divisions, though it wasnot with¬ out considerabl: opposilion and difiicnhy that the following resolution was agreed loby **the Grand Fountain Head."    ** Resolved, Tlmt i'. shall not be  considered out of orde, to open Subordinate Divisions with prayer, if two-tbirds of the mem¬ bers present at s.Regularmeete7igvote therefor.'' Still the Supreme Power has provided for a very different kind of worship, if necessary, and whicii wouldbe  perfecfly "inorder."    Thus   in   the Consthulion ofthe National Division  "the Mnsl Worthy Chaplain shall nitend  the meetings  of the N. D., and perform the opening and clo.sing solemmiies."    And again, *' the Grand Chaplain shall attend the meetings of the Grand Division, and perform the duties of his oflSce."    Observe, how  guarded are the expressions, aind how des¬ ignedly indefinite.     These  solemnities may be such as suit the notions of Jews', Mahometans or
Heathen: they may be conformed to the princi¬ ples and in accordnnce with the precepts of tbe Talmud, or the Kotan, or the Zenda, this will not invalidate "the solemuities." Be the Chap¬ lain, Jew or Turk, Brahmin or Christian, infidel or Theosophist, he can still ** perform the duties of his oflice" in the secret Hull.
Again, innny of lhe nia«lacliVf supporter? nml warmesl advi.caltfs nf ynur Order are men who not ouly lejecl lhe Bible as the slamlard uf fuilh and praclice, bul deny il:« ilivine Dfiijiiinl;—scoff at the De'iiy of Him whn.*e de:iili gives valiie lo all lis promises, and ridicule ils ktavenlif ntii.'.terifs. Yei with ihese, and such oh these you must meel, and sll in fellow iliip: andi? nol your exnmple hi lhis respect calculated to lead careless ones to auppoae, llial Ilm nmniliiy which siitisfies yi'U In the .¦secret Hall, is e.iougli oud su^cieui for litem ui any and every place ? Ia not lhis mingling in promiscuous biotherhood ihe pro- fiiie and lhe pinu-, ilie profiignle ami the viruiouF, ihe In- ¦'' '   ud itie L-hd.-'liun calculated lo bring reJigtou hno
O;;?- For good sense and juat observation, we have read lately noihing quile equal lo the following—a letter on the subject of New England characier.
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comempi, and brealt down all dislinclion between viriue and vice, truih and error? Ought a son nf ihe Most High Gnd Ul liiiiigle in living IiroUierhond wiili the profane, nr choose, :id the escellenl of lhe earih m his eslimalion lhe liceiiiinus or irreligious scoffer ? Il ia right unnecessarily ihu.s toaisociaie ourselves with carnal men, and chwfte iuc'basour oompanions? The Psalmisi declares lhat he shunned tbe company nf such: "I have not sal with vmn persona." Ps. 20. 4. lOI-l. We are indeed oficn foiced to mingle wilh the ungodly in the birslnessof ttte world, but ihJsis very different from banding ourselves with Ihein ill ^ysiic pledges and a sworn brotherhood. The inevi¬ table tendency nf such sinful association* will be to render the professed disciple of Jesns less faithful in rebuking error and vice than he ought to be:—it will lead him lo lempnrize when lhe truih of God ip al stake, and tempt him to accnmodaie that truth In the loose maxims and false principles fonnd in the secret HqII. If it is urged, in jnsiificQiion, ihnl our I^ird when on earth n.=socinled wiih dinners, I reply, the cases are ii| uo respect parallel, if we consider either lhe kind of aasociation, or the ubject which nnr Divine Mnsier had in view. We should bc obliging and kind to all, btii no e.iample of our Lord, lunjniy en- jdined by Him calls on u* m l)ind our.'elveri ia bondii of broiherhoo.l and iniimuie friendship wiih all. hTay, He lells ittj "lhe coinpaninn of funis shall be deslroyed" Kven in seeking wuh ihe best intentions the good nf othera Ihe use of -^ioAil iinauiliorised measures i.s noi piety bui prfsiiiiijition. Again, consider for wh'il end the Saviour went into ihecompany of " publicans nnd dinners.'* Ii \va^ 10 bear lealimoiiy u, ilie gospel wlitcit h<: broughi,—[o S| eale (if pardon tn lhe lost ihrongh his sufferings and ilealh,—lo invite lo Hini ilie wpary and the heavyladen. and lo " Unrii<itnass unlo the tnah."
Cun ynu bear such a lesiimnny in your secrei Hall ? No. The will nf the Order, wilh which the By-laws nf all the Divisions are in accordance, declares that ** no subject of a sectaiian characier shall he introduced before the Divi¬ sion"—nr ns it is Slated in ihe Laws made for nnother Division; "no reUgioua or politcal subject shall he in/ro- 'lIICfd or entntaltieit whliiii lhe Hall or nnie-chamber£ of the Division.eiiher before opening,diiTing lhe delibertilinns nr after the closing of tlie businesa of lhe Pivisiou.''   The erasure of the very nameof Qnd from your Consiituhnn, and lhis voiing Uis religion nut of every Hall, and every ante-eiiamher, and every rnom of every Hall, is in good keeping Willi your parading in public shows !   The Order agree.* m permit Sub. Divisions lu receive and parade the Bible, merely, assomenf your own members assert, to gel rid ofthe charge of infideliiy, nnd Ihen or.-tir.i religion nui of its hallS; ami the nameof lhe Gnd of lhe Bihle from iis Consiiiuiinns!   Itwill beshnAii presently thai ihe mo¬ raUty the Order boasis it can cpread is any thing bui a scriptural morality; and should yon introduce religitms conversaiion into the secret Hall, how would the infidel brrihreu reiifh il?  Should you seek to say someihing for the Saviour and His cause,—should you seek lo induce the members tn imitate thi; conduct of the disciples as they journeyeil to Emmans. and strive., by conversniinn respeci- iiig n crucified Redeemer to cause the hearta of the hfeth: ren 10 bnrn wilh an holy love to a Three pjje Bedoeming Jehovah, ho\y long- wr^qld siich conversaiion be loleraieu by die mystic brnifierhood 1   Would ihey not quote against ynn the law nf the Order, and vote ihe subject ont of the Hnll ?   Vc.-', there are many, who, if j'ou ?hnu!d venlnre to say onc word for your i^ilaster. or speak ns he spake, and commands yon lo speak fnr him, would say to ynn in the Inugnage of Pope Leo to Cardinal Bemhus—¦' Apuire has nugn? de Christo—Away wilh these babblers concern ing Chrisl "   And is it right to bind ynurs.-lf to meet every week in a place where ilicre is no room for yuur Waster, and With men who would trample hi-* hnnnriu th? dusi'J I knnw nnt of wlial mau'rial? your " fjiyiginn Slaie Capi¬ iol '= is composed ; llie inembprs may be all religious men j bnt I speak of W'lial is lhe ca=e in some Divisions, and ac¬ cording io ynur Consliiulinn and L;»W3 may be ihe case With all.   Is it righl, I ask, to band youtself in a sworn broiherhood, and meei weclily wilh men in the atrictesl bonds of feWowship. from « hom, if yon shnnld epeal; of .lesa-: and his juslifying righteousness, ynn would receive, if they li=;lcned ai all, nnly conlempi and scnm, and whu i\onl.l as snnu as possible c-ill for lhe " Omnipotent ftjal- lel" ol lhe Worlliy Palriaroh in silence Ihe bqb.bler.  You cannoi enlev the secrei Hall «Iihoui lacilly agreeing lo iis infidel demands, thai no meniion there shall be xx\a.A? of lhe truths which involvp die desliny nf lhe snql, ancl the honur of the Saviour.   1 beseech you seriously lo consider how you can justify yonr willfully silling down with scorneis,—willingly and nfyour ownchoice banding with ihnse whndcspi,-e Hirf> wJmisyour bpsifriend—wiltiugly antl without necesdiiy enleriug qu nn«oripinrul Order and engaging, while ni ii'i service, lo Iqy aside your religinn, QHd at le^ai tacidy qdtnil dim the Iruih* you preach in ihe pulnit. are unfit fnr lhe '* ears pnlite" iu the secret Hall. \i inis love to precinns Christ ?  Is. this faithfulness m pe¬ rishing snuia ?   Vnn have un warrani—no right tn pledge yonrself in an Order which thus forbids you in its secret Hails to spenk of Jesus: and is not such an " Order" obvi- onsVy infidel in iis tendency, when, though permiiting iu Grand nnd Mnst Worthy Patriarchs lo canse the halls of Subtirdinale Divisions to re.-iound wilh their blasphemous Ijoasting.-'iU would yei hi?*ai thntglorinussong wuh which all heaveu is re.«!oundiiig—-" Worlhy— Worthy is the Latnb ibnl   wns   slain "    The   jifculiarifies  of  yni^r  rellgiMUS opininns, as the Order deem^ all d(*ii|ieiioiis between Jew and Heathen, Tifrk ar\d Phrisiian, are in its eslimalion sheer absurdiiii-s—peliy trifle?, which  you musl leave wilh ynnr hat at lhe donr of the secret Hall, and which, when you comt nqi, you can, if yon choose, pick up ngain.
[cONCI-UnEp IX 0(IB NE-XT ]
Fro7n the New Orleans Delta, May 2'i. The Heroes of MoNTEREY—Juat one year ago there marched ihrongh our streets as noble and splendid a body of men as ever went forth to ballle. They were about nine hundred strong. The men were in lhe vigor of yotuh- ful manhood, and as, in perfect orderand wilh military precision, ihey paraded through our city, the admiration of our people broke forth in loud applause of the gallant array. Thia was the first Tennessee regiment, under lhe heroic veteran Col. Campbell. They left our cily, fresh from lhe'«ro\vn happy home.s in the mountains and by the river-aides in healthful Tennessee, full of hope, ambiiion and patriot¬ ism jthey departed in cheerful spirits, and with impatient ardor, for the scene of war.
Arrived in the hosiile couniry, they were soon involved in all lhe sufferings, depriva¬ tions, ennui and sickness incident to camp life. Disease made fearful havoc in their tanks. Scores returned to their homes, broken down in health and spiiits, ere they had seen a hostile face. When the dulness and mise¬ ries of camp life were changed inio the stir and e.vcitement of the march and Jhe battle¬ field, this regiment was the foremost in the storm, and the first in the havoc and destruc¬ tion which the enemy poured into our ranks in the bloody chaige at Monterey. One-third of lhem lay gasping in death, or under severe wounds, on the plains. But those who were left were undismayed, and nobly su.stained their giouud amid the iron tempest hurled up¬ on them from the enemy's covered works.
IVlonlerey yielded to the tiresislible valor of such men. Then ensued a long camp life, more tlreadfui to the soldier than the blood¬ iest battles. Then came long toilsome march¬ es, terminating in no glorious or animaiing re¬ sults. Then ihey embarked in Scoit's proud army, forihegtaiKlaflfairai Vera Cruz. Ne.xt we lind lliem in the charge ou the formidable batteries of the enemy al Cerro Gordo. Again they join their hurras with those of our whole army overlhe triumph of ourarms, Bul their service approaches a close. Having failhful¬ ly served their country, they desire to give way to others, ant! return to the bosoms of their farailies, where an.\iou8 hearls have so long pined their perilous absence.
On Friday lasl the whole of lhis gallant re¬ giment, whose history we have thus briefly sketched, arrived in our city. It numbers juit three hundred and fifty; about one-third the force wilh which it left. And this loss it has sustained in a twelve-months, campaign. It has averaged a loss of filty men a month.
How TO GO THROUGH THE w'oRLD.—It wa.s the piouE John Newton who said: "I endeavor to walk throngh the world as a physician goes throngh bedlam; the patients make a noise, pes¬ ter hiin with impertinence and hinder him in his business; but he does the bast he can, and so gets through." There is truth and wisdom in that remark. At the present day, when there are so many opposing opinions, a man must be a very magician to pass along without coming in con¬ flict wilh some of them. Whether he moves to theright or to the,left,pr siands still, he is sure to be roughly jostled by .somebody. The only aafe course is to move straight forward. The physi¬ cian in bedlam, may serve vety well as our mod¬ el. We are sent into the vast bedlam of the world to try to benefit those therein. *¦ JVfad- ness is in ihe hearts " of those with wbom we come in contact, as the Scripture snys, and ihey may often try to thwart our purpose or to put us in a passion. But we cannot afford lo pause in the work assigned ns to reply to all that is heap-' ed uf.on ns, or to give vent to the rising feelings of impatience or anger. We must do our work —do it as well as possible—and then pass off to onr resi and our reward. Tt does not matter how many altacks we encounter: the important matier is to do our duty—not needlessly exci¬ ting opposition, not shrinking from i^ when una¬ voidable. Happy those who thus pass through the world.
THE NEW ENGLAND VILLAGES.
We are inclined lo believe thai the priv'a- tions incident to a counliy life cunJuce more essentially lo the peifecling ol' human charac¬ ter, than is generally supposed, and in the re¬ maiks that follow we ouly propose alluding to someof the characteristics that, in geolo¬ gical phrase, bouMer out, and arrest the atten¬ tion of lhe visitor lo New England.
One ofthe most striking features of this peo¬ ple is the well-heing antl toM-duing, thai pre¬ vail every where, and this is the legitimale offspring of character. Private character is the controlling, commanding power, in all communities, for, by lhe ordination of naiure, man must chiefly act in il. ft is the secon¬ dary atmosphere of earth, and aocording lo its purity so' is the public health weak or strong. Prominent and siriking traits are more hunted after, courted and maivelled al, but th'ey ate in themselvea subordinate to pri¬ vate, and must always be.
The attractive charm that hangs around a New England village hag been created, and is still preserved, by a high slandard of morals, and untiring induslry. The climale, though', in the main, not unfavorable to longevity, is proverbially denounced as unfriendly lo per¬ sonal enjoyment and high healih—those deli¬ cious elements lhat mark ihe climale of .some portions of ihis great republic, inviting an un¬ heallhy repose, and prodncing l;i.s3iludH ol body and mind, do nol prevail here ; and we deem lhe exemption I'oitunale—weroit other¬ wise, we should probably discover less mus¬ cle and less virtuo, more temptations and less resistance.
New England villages vary of course in al traction and inieresi, but il would be diffioul- to tind one devoid of bolh. There are gen¬ erally a dozen persons in every village who deem themselves included in the category of " first men." Every man is, more or lesst a check on his nelghoor, and no enterprise canbe projected without undergoinga ligid scrutiny; an operaiion which isvery aptto p'omote a just ancl heailhy tone of action in the neighborhood.
The paternal characier here seems peculi¬ arly marked—children do not seem to be rear¬ ed for the mere embellishentm of hnme, to be the recipients of parental flattery and indul¬ gence, to loll upon sofas aud ottomans wilh the last novel in their hands and imbibing their seductive philosophy. No, they are trained to severer occupations—the great truth lhat theyare to take care of ihemselves distils upon them from the roof tree, as regu¬ larly and silently as the dew upon the grass, and there is no escaping its infiuence—it neives the arm and stienglhens the heait for battling successfully wilh the conflicting ele¬ ments of lite, and when old age places his leaden hand npon them, they can point lo, and talk of the ships ihey have buill, the success¬ ful voyages they have prosecuted, and the inheritors that will soon succeed to names untainted, and possessions unembarrassed.
Connected with this hiah standard of life are certain drawbacks. A visitor, especially from the Southern Slates, would remaik lhat the asperities mingle loo largely with the amenities ol life—that suavity of manner was neglected fot the cnllivalion of mind, and lhat personal interconrse was more deficient in grace than strength. Poor people do not aeem so poor here, nor the rich so rich as elsewhere.
There is a strange misapplication of words prevalent, even among females who have been respectably educated. The word beau¬ tiful is the most sinned against—it is applied to barn-doors, band bo.ves, squashes, etc., eic. Not long since, a Lyceum lecturer selecled this obno.xious habit, as a fitting lopic of re¬ mark, and very properly.
II a son is stupid or lazy, he is most likely urged into a voyage lo Canton or Calcutta, where he may see the routine of life under differeut aspects, and have his faculties jog¬ ged into someihing like activity—he cannot easily escape from assuming some sort of re- sponsibility,lliat may prepare him for manship The influence of woman is here marked wilh the distinctness of a sunbeaMi—almost every house conlains lhat most respectable character aud overseer, an rM maid, some¬ times two or three, and it Ihings do not go on straight, and exactly so, it is not iheir fault— more faultless, evading specimens of human¬ ity, the world does nnt furnisli. The sup'^r- visory care and atteniion that they e.xeicise can only be mensured by the length ol the day, month or year,and if they shonld, by any charice,suddenly disappear, anaichy an.l con¬ fusion would descend upon the homestead the next day. They are in the highesi sense school mislresses, and il is nlterly impossible to evade their intluence—their oneness of life makes them less indulgent to the failings of others than their more fortunate mates, who have achieved the distinction of donble-bles- sedness, and lheir insular position confers boldness of thoughi and aciion,somewhalallled to dfetalorship. No house will capitulate, where one of these expeiienced peisonages keeps sentry, neither will ihej' be rauch fre¬ quented by fashionable bores, who diop in, in some places about dinner-time—they are the veritable interpreters of the mollo "cui bono,'' and will defend it to the very death—in a word, they are so provokingly thoughtful and jusl, watchful and true, lhat it is impossible 10 do with them or wiihout lhem.
We think that no person possessing much discrimination can visit the villages and lowns ofNew England without discovering that the general standard of churacter is higher than in any other number of Stales so geographi¬ cally connected, and lo that alone may be traced whatever they posseiss of comfort, wealih or dislinclion.
(n taking a general view of New England society, wenatuiallyrecur lomodesol thought motive and action, by which all comnuinities are more or less disiinguished. A slenle ."oil and savage neigbors called upon the early sellleis for thought. To live niiii nol die wus a greal molive. Thoughi and action were then married. Coniinnous labor did effect for the physical, what an unfaltering trust in a good Providence did for the spiritual. From that momentous period, she buckled on her industrial armor, and to-day, il is as brighi as ever.
Il is a very easy thing tn censure and find faull,and we cau imagine that casual observers may remark severely upon cerlain manners, cusloms, etc., lhat seem to conflict wilh the standardsexislingelsewhere, but it only proves that-they are true to an inheritance, unlike any other that modern times has transmitted. It IS exceedingly doubtful whether under any otherauspioes a community could have been so formed at all.
Some of the prominent Irails of the early Puritans are still visible in lheir descendanls ; and we apprehend that any thing less mark¬ ed strong originally, could never have struck so deep, or lasted so iong.
The people are aol joyous. They have nol time. Besides, the word is not in their caie- ch'sm. They are eminently sensitive lo duly They invariably manifest a very nice sense of its importance, and meaning, and it is never turned, twisted, oi tortured into any thing that
The City of Jal.4PA.—The most interes¬ ting letiers, to our mind, that come from Mex¬ ico, are the purely descriptive. Many of the letter writers have a pretty taleni for pen- and-ink drawing; and the scenes lo which they introduce us have the charm of novelty. Here isa pleasant sketch of Jalapa, ftom a correspondence of lhe Boston Daily Adverti¬ ser ;¦ -
itis nol.
Amusement, small talk, and even courtesies, give way to ils imperial sway. As we have before intimated, there seems always more to do., than can conveniently be done, and hence they are continually on the spring, and never done doing, what they conceive to be their duty.
Politics, which craze half the people of sorae States is not a alandaid, but an incidental top¬ ic. They hate war, and love peace, and what they pray for, is to be lel alone, quite satisfied that they po9.sesa the qualifications for doing il.
If they falter or fall down, it is only to rise again like the fabled Antaus, to (reah sirug- gles and. new triumphs.
The crowning cause of all this is the inti¬ mate connexion that exists between intelli- I gence and labor.
Jalapa, May 3d, 1847. At the close of my last epistle, I was abont introdncing you into this city, after having ta¬ ken a general external view of lhe place and lis environs.
On entering it, and proceeding toward the central part, you find the streets well paved, sloping loward the middle, and furnished with good side walk.i of flat stone. They are in general not wide, nor inconveniently narrow, there being usually sufiicient room for two wagons abreast. The housea present an air of eomfori; many of lhem are in modern style, some with pretensions to good architecture, and many are painled in the most fanciful style. They are mostly two stories high, and around the outside of Ihe second floor is in most cases abalcony, upon which the windows open, all in the form of folding doors. The floors, bolh in the first and second stories, are of brick, as are many ofthe atair cases. A common slyle of building is wilh an arched entrance, leading to a court yard in the cen¬ tre, from which is an ascent to the second flonr.
The sireels are filled wilh people, giving the place the appearance of being densely popula¬ ted. The lown has about 12,000 inhabiiants, bnt the number is now nearly doubled, bylhe greal numbers who lefl Vera Ciuz when lha cily was ihrealened by our Iroops. These be¬ ing chieflypersonsof respectabilily, one meets a large proporiion of well dressed persons.— You pass genllemen in large broadclmh cloaks thrown over the shoulder a/'Espagnol; now andthen a Mexican officer,mingledwith Hades- men and connlrypeople in short jackets or blan¬ ket.-; women in coarse mantles with baskets of produce on Iheir heads: boys selling cakes and candy, and tho only thing which reminds you of being in an enemy's countiy, is meet¬ ing here and there a soldier, or crowds ol slovenly volunteers, or passing a sentry in his pipe-clayed bells, quieiiy pacing in front of the quailers, his burnished mnslcet glancing in lhe sun, or ringing as he salutes a passing officer. The slreets are often [crowded with large wagons, conveying the subsistence and stores of the army; Utile Mexican horse.s, gai¬ ly caparisoned, the saddles often monnted with silver; droves of pack mules, in strings offiveorsix, the haller of each tied to the braided tail of his "illustrious predecessor," and donkeys almost eniireiy concealed be¬ neath immense bundles of straw or forage.
The nexl morning we visited the Plaza, oc¬ cupied generally more or less as a market, where we saw exhibiled for .sale lhe mosi various productions. This place is about the size of lhat in your cily ealled Bowdoin square; il has a considerable slope lo the Soulh, and is overlooked on one side by a largo church, whose external style, a most barbarous com¬ posite, "without form or comeliness," carries one back to the middle ages;—on the oihers, i! is surrounded by houses and shops, many wllh porticos in front, and the former barracks ofihe National Guard; or miliiia. fn Ihecen- Ire isa founlain, somewhal scantily supplied with waler.
Bul it is on Sunday that lhe Plaza should be .seen, and the view is then more animated. This is the principal market day, and the whole place is covered wilh the venders of comestibles, seated flat on the pavement, each by his or her little stock, which they bring on their backs from the country. These people have sirongly marked Indian features, and dark complexions; the men dresa in jackets or blankels, wide trowsers, and large slraw hats; the women in a lighl upper dress of cotton (camisa) with or wiihout a coarse "reboso," or shawl, and .skirts usually of brilliant colors.
There is just room enough to pass between lhe lines of traders, and inspect their atock. The arlicle which seems to be brought in greatest abundance is Ihe red pepper—but you find, besides, the greatest variety of others. One woman has perhaps adozen chickens and aluikey; another a few cabbages ; heads ol splendid lettuce and greens, among which I nollce the flowers of the pumpkin vine, which are much prized foi lhe table; next is a man Wllh a lol of plantains, bananas and oranges, and a llitle baskel of eggs; near him you fiud a peck ortwo of turnips and onions; a woman recommends to you her pine apples and me¬ lons; piles of beans, green peas and lemons; and baskets of blackberries fill np lhe gaps: fine lomaloes are abundani; and besides lhe fruiis [ have mentioned, oihers whose names are qnile unknown lo us. Many beauiiful bouqueis are olfered for sale ; and on the out- skirls of the crowd are billels of wood, each a load for a man or woman, and liule packages of charcoal. So yon can buy your dinner, and just fuel enough Io cook It every day. ftleals are sold elsewhere. In lhe neighbori^ig shops arc expose<l rice, sugar and corn, and milk, which lhe venders assure you is fiom the cow (an imporiani fact. In Ihis region of goals and asses,) and not watered. Next to the variety of produce, j'ou are struck by the very small quanllles in which every thing is brought for sale.
On Sundays, too, one sees what is a rare sight on other days,—the ladies of Jalapa, picking their way across the market place to the chuich; many are of unmixed Castilian descent, and quite beautiful. I know if you were here, you would follow some of them into the church ; very well, the bells are ring¬ ing wilh redoubled energy, aud there goes thel padre,—the corpulent gentleman in the blue gown and broad brimmed while hat; suppose we lake a look at the interior. It is paved throughout wilh brick, a,nd on lhe flooring kneel side by side the rich and the poor, the Spanish lady next to Ihe poor Indian woman. There are a few seats at the side, which, be¬ fore our leveling race entered, were reserved for the dignitaries of the stale; now generally usurped by heretics who do not kneel. An immense expense, it must have been, the fil¬ ling up and decoration of this interior. There are twelve altars, with altar pieces reaching to a height oi twenty or thirty feet, uf wood elaborately carvod and richly gilt,—images of Ihe Virgin, gaudily and expensively diess- ed,—crucifixes, paintings, and ornaitjents of silver, mostof lhem in extremely barbarous taste, and deaigned "ad captandum vulgus." Gilding and tinsel predominate in the view. One is soon satisfied, as there is nothing worth examining  in detail.
As you come oul of the church, you see a crowd in the portico opposiie—that is a litile market in itself, but of commodities quite different from thosein the middle of the plaza. Il is a resort for the venders of confectionary, of which these people have a greater variety than I have ever seen elsewhere. There are boys sealed on the pavement, with trays of cakes ofevery description, from the most del¬ icate sponge cake, bown to sweetened biead; and women offering "iortillas,"a sortof hoe cake prepared from maize. There you find pastry whichis a triumph of Ihe confectioner's art-and of preparaliona of sugar, and candied fruits, there is no end. I have lisked Ihe lo¬ tal destruction of my digestive oigans, in ma¬ kmg researches among these articles in the hope of being able lo give you some account of their qualitiea; but 1 abandon the attempt— they baffle descriplion.
While there are delicaciea lo please the mosi fastidious, temptations are not wanting to those whose alender puraea constrain lhem lo less refinement in appetite. Women are sealed ijefore little pans of buiningcharcoal, wilh the materials for a species of extempore pate be¬ fore them :of what composed, I cannoi tell.— When a purchaser appears, some of this com¬ pound ia placed upon a piece of thin paste a- bout as laree as the palm of one's hand, and
er claas of people. Pols'of soup, most suspici¬ ous looking slews, and incredibly amall pieces of freahly cooked meal are also sold here, and little cups of chocolate. When the evening is advanced or the material is exhausted, the dealers put the furnaces on their heads and march off-ihe fire still burning.—Speaking ol chocolate, one does not know what the per¬ fection of chocolate is, until he comes to Mexi¬ co. The Mexican chocolate is a fine, rich, spicy drink, scarcely imitated in other coun¬ lries. In Ihe evening, the plaza rings with the cry of "nieve de leche y Umon"—Anglice ice cream and lemon ice. They are about half frozen by the helpof snow from the moun¬ tains, antl quite palatable and refreshing. But enough of the "creature comforts."
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March 17, 1847 ly-16
Johtiston Going jShead ! !
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Is   , wholesale  and  retail
just reet ived and   for  sale cheaper than elsewhere by
PINKF.RTON Sc SMELTZ. North Queen street under the Museum. March 17,1847 IC
No. 80.
JUST received freah GROCERIES, Spices, t^ueensware. Salt, Fish-Oil,Tar »&c. Also Or¬ anges, Lemons. Figs, Ainionds, Filberts, Cream and Ground Nuls. Also, a varieiy of Marketing, Cloihes, Sdwing and Fancy Travelling
BASKETS,
Basket Carriages, Cradles and Basket chairs, w ilh
a    variety   of other  articles  which  we will sell
cheap for cash.      PINKERTON Sc S.MELTZ.
March 17,1847 17
TOBACCO.
K t\ BOXES and kegs Creaners, Lolliers anil <l)\_/ oiher brands, Plug 'i'abacco. Honey Dew, and line cut, cut and dry. snuff pipes and all other articlesin lhe Tobarco line
200,000 SPANISH, Half Spanish nnd Com¬ mon Seenrs for sah; wliolei-ale nnd retail bv
PINKERTON &. SMKLTZ, Nurlh Queen Sircet, under the Museum. Mnrrli   17. 3rn-16
LE,4THER, MOROCCO, FINDINGS, LASTS, &C,
rglHE  Siibwriber  respectfully   informs  thoae M.    Itiat deal in thc above articles, lhat  he  has made arrangements with the different IMan'ufaciu- rerfiof such crlicles aa ho does not manufacture himself so as to enable him to wbolesale them as [OW as they can be twught in Philadelphiu, JUST RECEIVED FROM BOSTO.N 100 Bushels Pegs 40 different sizea 500 lb. Shoe makers thread warranled 50 doz. Shoe knives, black handle 10,000 lb. Uaughers Sc  Rouaers very best sole 1,000 lb. Sparables from Sanford Sc Shelton which he  can  and  will sell as low  as can   be bouchi in Philadelphia.
H. C- LOCHER, Next door to J, F. Steinman Sc Son, Weet King St. Lancaster,
April 28, 1847 2a_
JUST Received and foi sale 1500 SACKS OP CROUSD AHM SALT,
which will be soid aa cbeap as nny in lha cily.— To be had at GrealTs Landing, and at the old Warehouse on the rail road formerly occupied by R. Moderwell; also, al the Grocery Store in Cen. tre Square, J, HOWETT. April 28       20
BRIGG'S RUSSIAN COSMETIC,
FOR lhe Rrstoral'ion, Growth, Preservaiion d: Beaulifying of the   Human   Iiair.    A most excellent arlicle.    Forsale at
JOHN F. LONG'S Drog St Chemical Storo No, 8 Nonh Quecn Sl. April2l, 1847. 21
RAPE ORCOLESEED.^
JUST received a supply of Rape or Cole Seed. Also, Sugar Corn. Cashaw, Pumpkin, Canle- lope,Spanish Melon, Early While & Purple Top Turnip,  Ruta  Baga,   Sugar  Boet and   Mangle Worlzle Seed    Forsalo togetherwith a general bout as la'rge as the palm of one's hand, and  aasorimeniof Fiesh Garden Seeds, the whole is laid on Ihe burning coals,- and in At JOHN F. LONG'S
a few minutes is ready.    This preparation    Drug & Chemical Stcre No 8 North QueenSt. seems to be much in demand among the poor-'    AprilSI, 1840, 21