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Ie Reviews the History, Principles, and Purposes of the Dem- peratic Parly And Shows the Uitra-Sectional Character of That Or- ganization, Congressional Hegislation on the Currcncy Question, ““The Period Mas Gozo By When Any In- ercase of the Currency Wontd Do Good in Checking tho Panic.” Groenbacks, if Substituted for Na- tional-Bank Notes, Will Never Ba Redeemed. The Advocates of More Green. backs the Enemies of tho Greenbacks, Thelr Design Is to Destroy the National Currency, and Restore the State Shinplaster System. SENATOR MORTONS SPEECH. Bonator Morton, of ludians, sdarcssed s Re- publican mooting at Urbaua, O., on Baturday Iast. Ho commoncod liis remarks by reviewing the liktory, principles, purnoscs, and inevitabla tondencics of Ltho Democratic party, in order to Indicate tho coneoquenceu likely to rosult from its success, 'I'ho subjoined is an exiract from this part of the apeceh 1 THE DOCTRINE OF SECEERION IN THE S0DTI, Alexandor I, Steplicns, luto Vico-Vresdent of tho Southern Confedoracy, now u mwmber of Congrens avd tho ropresontativo mau of South- era opinon, in an nddross on tho Fourdh of July ot Atianta, strougly staled tho coustitutional grounds upou which tho people of the Houlh and the Democratic patty stund, 1o eaid that each Htato is a nation, “soparate, indopendont, and distinct from all the othors; that thie Htates Lelug sopnrnto and distinct nations aro attachiol togethor unla by the Coustituilon of the Unized States, which ia a treaty to which tho Btutes in their soveroign ‘indepondent charncter aro partles, aud not the poomle in Lheir wpgregato and piioary capacity. e Teptostnts the States as kovorolgy natioos like Lngland and Frauce, who bave formed a treats which thov eall & constitulion, orenting an artitl- cial confoderato Govornment, resting upon tho shoulders of the soparato nations euteting into tho coalition. Froin this constitution or confed- eracy 1t follows that auy of tho national partios buve o right to withdraw at ploasuro, and this s the doctrine which mado the rebollion posmible, by whicl it wus inaugurated, aod by wiuch oihers may bo upon any question, in_any part of tho country that way becomo dissatisfiod or p uudor the load of rebollious demagugues, which we now havo 8 living and pestilant brood. TILE BOUTHINE OF BECESSION IN TIE NOBTI, Tihun blood-ntained and trensousble doctrine is openly avowod iu the Souih, and indoteed by tho Northern Domocracy, uu ler tho phraso ahd labet of * Blato roveroignty.” Benntor Lator, of Con- uocticut, 1 b spieech in the United Btatos Beuale, Just beforo its adjournmont last epring, used the following Iangungo: What s this Government? T heard an honorable Benator on this floor, witkin the Inat twenty dagw, call 1t » novereijgn nation, A curtous fes that Seuatot b of & roprosentutive Republic! TAie Gurernment of ours, this areal confederation of Stales, ta not G - tion; 418G confederacy of nations, 1t fa componed of soverelgntics, I know tho Lonorable Senztor from Indlana (Nr, Morton] utated in his sest tho othor nfght that thero were no such tbings an fudopendent suver- chu Blates, . . . In the Stalo of New Jersoy,—1 beg to' aak of tho hionorablo Sonator from New Jursoy, la not New Jerscy o sovercign Stato, soverelgu in overything tha Htuten of this Union ary except 1n the powers delegatod 1o thiv organ of thelry, the Fodural Goverument? — And @ nation, 11t sir, 1 ahould disarace my vion State, 1 ahould foraet tus names of Bltacorth and Shesman §f 1 i € denownce thathercsy, . . ", A ccriain number of the Btatos, eloven, adopied nd ratitiod tho Coustituticn Uniled Biaton, Niuo was tho mibioun Hmit, Now, whut bocame of that little comtmonwealth 80 ably'repesouted on this flour by my distingudshed friend from Ithode Island (Mr. Anthons]? Hbo wus out inthecold 8 year aud s bialf, What was sbo, I beg to awk _my friond, the enior reprosentativo. from thoxdo Inland —what waa slie for that year and a balf? Not s womber of this nation, vr $hii Confoderacy of Hiates, Whot woe she, then? Sl wasone of tho soverolgn powers of 1hie eartl, small thougls sho was, and floated Ler glovious 1 Us tlag uver every eea, Nelther gentlowan from Ihode Tatand will deny taat e wan un tndepundent soverelgu power of the earth, What was North Carolins, that refueed to cowms futo the Unlon? One of the soverolgu puwers of tho eurih, aud cvery Beuator kuows it, Yol wa are told hiere that thero are no {ndupendent Btaios, Those Hiales wero suverelgn aud independeut, owinyg no allegiance to thia Coustitution of the Uulted Blates Thoy had delegated uo powara 13 the Federal Govurnt mont. What did thos fosa ? I beg to ask tho honors. blo Henator from Ithous Ialand, what aid Rhode Isle and foso of its soverciguty when it came futo 1he Un~ {on except {ho powers it deleguted when 1t camo inio the Federal Governniout 7 1 anuounce that evory btate fu this Confederacy is sovercigu, ta independeni, ws yoveraign and indepoiident us 1t wun in 1780, except iu the yowers it has dulegated by the Conatitutivn, 1 defy miiy nan or Souatur to succossfully controvert It Lers ur unywhiore, now or at auy tie, , , , Tils by g Uovernment of Hitatos, Thia s a dovernmest of Btatos, equal Blates, novurcign Statos, Sudopeudont Htatos, Waen it coases to Lo & Uoverumuont of that character, muy it belong aftor I have faid my oies o the ol nesr my owu river, ‘That s tho nuturo of this Goy- erunont in brlef, formed by indepoudeut saverslgus, formed Dy freo Staics, formed by cqual htates, TUE DOCTRINE OF THE KEUELLION, AND WIUAT IT COHT. Hero the Domocratle Beuator from Now Ene gland spoke the true sobumcats of bis Ymv. and proves it to bo the coewy of our natioual oxistenco, ‘Fhis Domocratio crevd is the doo. trino of the Rebollion, It has cost this nation half & miflion of lives and billlous of treasure, 1t has peopled the land with widows snd or- rh-ua, und tillod 1t with mourniug, 1 denounse ¢ an falo in facts aud logic. This Qoverumont waa not formed by tho biates, und is not the organ of tho States, but by tho poople of tho United States in their primary aud sggregste capaclly, Tho stwnp of falsobood is placed unon this docttine by the ‘)l‘lllluhlc of the Con- stitution, which declures, *‘Iliat we, tua poople of the Ubited States, in order lo forw s more perfuct union, establish Justice, fusute domestio trauquillity, provide for sho commwon dafunso, promote the goneral wellaro, and wacura the lessingys of hborty to ourvelves and pusterity, do ordain and estublish this Cunstltution for thie United Stales of Amorica.” Toshow tho utter abrurdity and folly of this doctrive I cite & siue glo fact, ‘T'bere are twonty-throu States formod out of the tertitory that belonged ta the Unitad Hiates, and which wes the propetty of the na- tion. Thede Hiates were creatod by nots of Coa- xuu, aud but for thous aots would Lo-day be {n- ependent Lorritorice. ‘I'hoy ara the offupring of Cougreasioual legislation, sud their righte, .flullnl, #3d prerogatives are prescribed and. dé- ol by s Conutitutipu of the United &tatos, 4 B CHICAGO, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1875. and yet, according to this Democratio th'cor!. [ oo a thay heorima Btatea by act of Congtoms they were ventod with original and inherent ov- oraignty, a portion of which they havo delegatod 1o the Grovernment of the United States, witlch is their mero organ snd croatiure,—which in just an rasnonablo au for & mau to clalm to b bis owy fatber, {Mr. Morton then proceeded to argue that the Domocratic 18 & sectlonal party by ita own con- foesion 3 that the poliey of the Bouthern Domoo- raay 18 *Tho reconstruction of the South upog the white man's basia"; that the lesdots of tho Domocratic partv are all Bourbons, * antalnted by a mingle patriotio reeolve or action for tho nupprosslon of the tobollion ”; that **Tho plac- ing of the Confederate upun the samo footing with the Unlon roldier, tho payment of the Con- federate war-clnima, tho abolition of all distino- tions in tho law betweon loyalty and disloyalty, the oxpulsion of the negro frum the platform of political oquality, and finally, payment for their ulnves, aro to-day tho cardiunl, all-absorbing, overrullug purposes of the Bouthorn Domucracy, compared to which questions of curroncs, tarifTs, and banks, are but as dust in tho balanc that tho tales of murder, oppression. and outrage, upon black and white Republicans in the Bonth, during tho past nino yoars, were genorally trua, aud thero fs resson to boliove that tho half has not been told ; that just now thero is no Inducement to cut throats, burn, whip, and drive ont, becauso thiero are no im- portant elections on hand in those States, and thoe peoplo aro staudivg on thoir good ba- havlor, but thio samo men are thero yet, anis mated by thie samo spirit and parpose, and rendy to resot to the unmo means whenever it be- catnes necereary to achieve succoes,”" Ho de- clared, ** Whilo I would Lury the animosition and hatreds of the War, 1 would wot compro- miso or forget {ho principles upon which it was fought, nor the momory of the men who died for their country. Wo hava forgiven thoxa who wero in Iiebollion, but forgiveness does nat im- ply honor or reward. Whilo we forgive the ene- mies of tho Ropublic, wo boliovoe thoere can bo na truo 1cccnstruction or reconciliation that is nat founded upon {Lo wnity of the nation, oqual rijghits, equal justics, equal security to all, full tuleration of race aud opluion, Until those things sball come to pesay, the Repnblic~ au paArty cannot ground its orms, nor can it bo said that ity micsion has been performed.” Tho Senator then took up tho Democratic chargea of corruption against the National Adwinistration, and said: “When wo coneider the wagwtude of the Government, the number of oflicers, tho oxtont of 1ovenuen to be collected, tho dilicultios attending the colluction upon certain articles, thero never has been a po- riod in the history of the Qovernmont when thore has beou less frand or peculation, or per- haps as littlo an now. Certainly there nover ling beon an Administration which has shown more rosulution, vigor, impartiality, or success tn tho discovery, prorecution, and punishment of cor- rupt ot nogligont publla oflicers, without respect ta persons, friendsbipe, or political associations," ‘e coneluding portion of Mr. Morlon’s speech wan dovoted to tho flusncial quostion, aud we givo Lis romarks on this topic In full,] THE FINANCIAL QUENTION. Dy the acts of Congress of 1462 and 1863, the Govorument was authorized to issue logal-tendor notes, commonly cafled greenbacks, to tno amount of ¥400,000,000, which woro issued from tuno to timo and put into cireulation, 18y an act pas:ed L 1661, to oucourngoe Lhe kalo of our se- ouities, the Governmont gava a solomn Lledgo toits creditorn that the whole amonnt of grora- backa to bs fesaed wboull never exceod S40t,- 00,000, Iy virtwo of subsoquent acte, pasnod in 1806, a portiun of tbess notes were rotired un- til tho amount in ciiculation was 1oduced to 356,000,000, Dut it wan claimed by the Socre~ tary of tho Tronwury and bis snccessors, aad sulrequently declared by the votes of both Iloukes ol Congross, that tho §14,000,000 thus rtetirod covstituted a rexorvo in tito Treasury, aud wight bo reiesusd whovover tho oxigencies of tho Government mado it unocessary. Aud in puisunuce of this claim of authonty the Beeratary of tho ‘Freasnry, in 1873, after tho “begitnlug of tho panie, put inty ciroulatlon £25,000.000 of additivnal greon- Lacks, Ieaving unigsued ouly 18,000,000 out of the 400,000,000, Tho most of tho grovnhacks bud beon ixsued and all wero autlorized, when what aro known a8 the 530 bond« were firat put upon the market, and it wan with thoro notes that the bonds weto purchosed [iow the trov- ornment at par, Yt was tho oplnion of many distinguiebied lawyors, in Congrros and out of it, thint oy theso noten by the terms of tho law wero mnndo o logal tender i payment of nll public dobls, oxcept interest on bonds and duties on Imports, the Governmens hnd 8 night to use thom m payment of tho principal of tho 5-30 beuds, Infavor of this op:nion, tno Finance Cowmitteo of tho Heuate unanimously reported 1 1860—8cnator Blierman boing Ghairman, o high authority, ho having_participtod in 1naking atl tho Jaws upon the subject. Lo this conclu- sion I wubscribed fully, ssu nL\mnnuu of law, but with thio exprossed opinion that thoy should not Lo used for that purpuse uutil thoy had been brought to par. TUE POISONED INOBEDIENT IN TIUE CAULDRON, 1n 1887 » new fioancial school sprung into ex- istence, of which Mr. Pendloton, of Uhlu, was tbo distingnishied head, assorting the right and the duty of the Governmant—then long atter the 5-20 bands liad been sold and in viclation of the Eled 0 given in tho nol of 183i—to make o further jesue of greenbacks to an indefinite amonnt beyond tho 400,000,000 aud compel tha hulders of ‘bonds to recoivo tuem ju payment. "Plsin new schomo was tho posoned Ingrodient the tiuancial cauldion, and the wost demoraliz. :ug proposition ever thrust into American pols ticw, No word or doclaration of mino can bo found in favor of oxtendivg tho grecuback issue bo- yood the $400,000.000, Tn a specen in_the Sen- ato in 1874, just boforo tho pasrage of the bill which tho Prosideut voloed, I said: Wo must (ake tlie greonback aa wo find it, Itn char- actor ennziot now Le changed, and the promiseto piy 144 coin fa nn nuaneworuble reavon why It cannot be substitutod for tho Natlonal Lunk notes, Anutlier ses- mon why it caunot bo sutatituted for the Natlonal * Bank Notes ia that i e nct of Juna 20 {t wun declsred fhat, “nor mhall tho total smount of United Btutes nolos fas: b e svied, ever exceod $4%0,0 0,000, aum, ot excecding $30,00,UC0, &S mny bo ten; required for the redemyption of s temporary louu,” This i the nature of & contract with the purchanery of our bouds, that the amount of $100,000,600 canuot Le excoeded without & hrouch of fusth, THE AUT O¥ 1469, This new doctriue created groat excitemont throughout tlie country and alarm among the nationsl craditors, and” was justly regarded as flogrant repudiation, and I myrelf, at tha tirat opportumity, denounced 1t a8 suoh, ‘L'ain schome was by ith advocates blouded witl ausertod by otbers, to nuso tho original legals tender notes, authorized aud 1suuod Lofors tha bonds were sold and with which Ihu{ hal bosn Eurchuou Iu, poymeut of the priucipal of tho onds, and led Cougress, iu 1869, to pass & bill known as U declariug ouly In coln, The passage of that sct sttlod tho quostion, It was brought about by Mr, Pondlaton’s proposition, but settled the quostion oqually with regaxd 40 the onginst legal-tendor notes, Bince that time the bonds have Leen bougbt and eald on tho faith of tho oxpress declaration thut they woro Lo be pald in coin ; aud the attompt to pay them in uuy(hiuf: elue how would be ropudiation aud uational diwshonor. ‘Tho questlon, tuerefare, of tho niode of Payiug the B-20 Londs must be cousidered as saillod, if anythlog csu ba cousidored sottled whers tha Dowmooratio party {s concerued. If Dewmocrats now comgplain of tho scc of 140Y, lot thein cousvle themuaivos with the reflaction that it was tlo work of Mr. Londleton aud his disciples, aud was brought about by tho shock and ularui which his propusition gavato tho moral wouso of the nation. THE DILL VETOED BY TUE PRESIDENT, I now coma to the questiou of thu redumption of legal-touder motes, aud tho resmmuption of 'E.m poyont, No oune has evordoated that thows nates ato & proinise tu psy the amouht in com, wud coustitite a past uf tho public debt Iu Apnil, 1874, & bill passod Lotk [etsou of Cou- gress, which was votood by ibe Prosmdent, and iu roiard to whicl I wisli to say & word. The bill do- olared the waximum awount of greenbacks o be 8400,000,000, of whick all but 818,000,000 ware thon fu circutation, It dld not require the Gave ernmont to put the temuining 818,000,000 nto ciroulatior, ~but simrly doclaied us law to be _wliat Preaidans Graus aud the Lronsusy Dejaste mont, sinca 1469, had assamad it to be, that nn. dor the acta of 1362 and 1953, the greenback cir- culstion might ho kaept at $400,000,000, about which, huwever, thore was inuch doubt and dis- cussion, and buth the President and Hocratary of tho Treasury had awkcd Cougrena to nottle tho doubt, Tho bill fuittior mutborized the in- crease of tho National iauk circulation, in States liaviug fess thau their proportion, to the amount of 54,001,000, It was not expected thin circu- Iation would bo faaned rapidiv by the establisbe mont of gow banks, aud this has since been Juatified by experieuco, Bat the bill still cou- ed auothor provislon, roquiring Nations! ks to kecp thole grecnback rowerves in their own vanlts and not deposit them in Now York, whore tuey were losned to stock-Jobhers and pansed futo circalation, and ‘this, it was contended, would contract the aurculation, and undoubtedly Ravo rise to bitter opj.omition to the blll. The bill wan framod with & viow to the condition of the country, then suffering from the panio, and did not claim to he a full settlsment of fiuancial questions, aud foft tho question of returs to epecio paymonta to be provided for aftorwards, THE FINANCIAL ACT OF LAST HESSION. When Congross sssembled, last Decembor, thero was 8 general conviction mmong its mom- Lers that some finaocinl measura khould ho t-asaed to romove tho voubta und uncortsinties prevailing in tho country, and that it was tho duty of all to abato something of their onfnlonn, f acommon ground could be arrived at. upon tho moxt material questions, A preat diversity of viows prevailed among tho tnombers of hoih partios, A very fow wera i favor of repealing tho Leusl-Tender act, and thus forcing 1esumpuon &t an ocarly day. Bome were in favor of contracting tho \'D(umu of currency unlil that re:maming in cir- oculation was brousht to par, Utheis were in favor of fixing a day for reaumption so far in tho futnre that busmeds coutd propare for it and tho tranritind be gradual and eany, O:hors sgaln wore in_ favor of auch & o wiro a3 swould ennbio the curroncy Lo be expanded if tha busi- ness or condition of the couniry reyuirad it; hut tho nction of the Prosident und Lis own opininng precluded tho possibility of any such meaire, A Lill was prepaied which received tho votas of every Nopublican Sanator, save one, aud of all tho Ropublican tuzmbers of the Huuso, oscopt a fow from tho Lastorn States, TUE BILL A (0 Tho bill was i ity nature a compromire and middle ground, It recognized the greenbsckn a8 & port of the public dobt aud the ubhxation of the Government to payv them in coin, aud fixed tho 1st of Junuary, 1879, for tho period, four years from the fino of its paesage. 1t wan provied i the bill that when tho tims arrived the Hecrotary of the Traasary might em- ploy the surplus gold in the ' exsury for tao ro- domption of greenbacks, nud if that was not sufiicieut, might procuro eoough. by the salo of Londs_at par, tho bonds uoi to Licar a greator fato of iuterest than G per cont, It was thought with tour years' notice tho busiuens of tho con- try could be propared, witlout shuck or injary, for resumption, and that, as tho timo approscbed, say to within two yeats, tho valuo of groonbacks would gradually appreciato nd bo ai par whew the tiwe arrived, and ihut thoo thore wonld noc bo a large demand to eychange them for coin. The bill provided that the grecubacks should not Lo rotired 82 us to lonve leas thun thres bundied millioun in cireulition, and it conlempiato that they ehould contivu o bo o jiart of the cireula- tio, aud the muin pucpose was to improve thoir quality and bring them to a par valae ; and witls thea tho banlk netes, woich woro redeoin- able in gicenbacks. Wheu the panic took place 1 bolinved that tho poriod of tesumption whs nee seardy postponed furn consideralio time, and thal the truo remedy aund rolief from the pauic waa thot which bad been enccossfally om- ployed in Eogland for moro than a hundred years whon finaveinl ponics camo—that is, w wmoderato increnne of the currency ; and 1 advisod the Presidont to pour into aircalution tho forty- four willions rencrvo of grecubacks thien iu tho ‘'reasury, 'Ilio iucroaen ia the currency which 1 hought by legielation was by the extonrion of tho national bunhiug system, and not by s fur- thor issua of gresubacki, In s speech i the Souats oa the 17th of Jun- uary, 1874, Lsmids 1 a1n not apraking of increasing the grecahiacka he. yond tho four luudred millins, mciudiag th forty- Tour milllons of reserve, but I ati speaking of in-ros- o the Natlonal Baak cleculation fory fans o iicly niiltioun, 60 wx th make the Btates eqeal, and requiriag itto bo roleemod in grooubacks, THRL wousl nut HISE, cliapen tne grochbacks 3 1t would not affect tho valup of our, aurraucy at all, Tho Nationsl Bank holes wond dll havo o bo radedined f grecutacks, and o sube uumber of greonbacks would not Le lncreaned, mit, therefuro, that (ncreamtng (o Nation.l L Toury to the amount 1 ypeak of, waich (s would not cheapen the valuo of greentac] nat increass tha premium ou gotd, would ot interfero itk o gradual rasti o apasio poyinont, that £ logs or. That the periad has gone by when any in. creaso of tho curroacy would d goad in eliocss ing tuo paic, L am freo to way.und beliove it 1nust run ita course until tie fimos aro rotieved by ocouowy, mdustry, aud the operation of geu. eral cauees, NELTHER CONTRAGTION NOR EXPANSION, The theory of tho bill in another resvect was, that thoro should be ueither contraction nor ex- pauston of tho currency, that the volums should bu maintained as noarly as possible nt what it thou was, Hankiog was ade f1co,—that i, the restiiction as ¢o tho amouns of bauk notes that might be (ssued in the aggrozute, or 1u any of tho Statos, was repesled, aud the posple left 1ron to organize now banks i auy of tho States or Territotien upou complisocy with the terms and gonditions of the Iaw. 'U'oprevcut tho ox- pauvion of the euirency frum tlis source, it was provided that for overy 100,000 of baike notes issued the Bocrotary of thu ‘Tressury sbould retiro $8U.000 in yroonbacks, which, adid- od to the grecnback resorve the now banks wowid bu raquired to keep tn their vaults, would mam- tain the volume of curroncy i eircuistion about the same. 1 had something to do with tho proparation of thia bull, votod fur it w good faity, sud intoud to stand by it until exporicnce has dowonsualed that 1t 8 impracticable or neuds mmondmont, 1ta waiu feature, fixiug a day for resumution and providiug for it, | had propoyni to tho Nenate six yoars vofore, sud whother tho tmy fxed i4 & propor oue or not, and [ shonld liave jreferred its Joaror two later, it 18 tue wethod by which 1 bliove wpocie nayments can aud will Lo reach- od. It eatablishos the polivy ol freo banking, tho slow, gradual, but certain return Lo spacie payments, and no contraction or expavsion of ihie currency until that time. DEMOURATIU PLATEORM, The Columbua Democraue plsttorm domands imuediato avolitton of the Nativual Banhing systom aud the substitution for National uoled ol & new fssue of giovubacks, A chauge o great and vital would b sttonded by tho muat disastrous consenuences, the extent of which no man oau uow fuzesse. Ii would require the banks at ouco 10 willdraw from thoe peoplo $950,000,000 in loana now outsisnding, which would undoubtedly result 1o the greatest distrees sud tho almost tolal suspeusion of buwinoss. ‘I'lio greenback airculation wouid be suddouly lucrvaned from §376,000,000 to $730,000,600, aud wauld inevitably greatly” depreciate. of gruoubacks uow 18 tantained by ¢ of e Goveru Dility 0t 10 pay thom sud by the pros- pect of such payment ut no 1emote tine, aud 1f tho nmaunt was g0 incroansed that the Qovern- ment could not pay them, aud the prospuct of pasmout lfinuuml outirely away, they would at otice loso the principal part of their valus. 1f, whun there Are bue §375,000,000 i circulation, aud wo are within three yours aud a lalf of the timo fixed for redemption, shoy are worih but 83 coutd ou tha dollar, what would be thei: value it the awount was inoreased to H810,000,000 or 1,000,000,000, with 0o hope, prospact, or pro- touso thatthey would ever be redeswod? Lot sy man of common sense answer, Lut it 18 vaid tLat tho lugal-tender quality, tho fuct that thu debtor can compul tha “creditor to tako thum u psyment of dobts, will presorve thoir vaiuu sven it thoy wro uover to be redeemed ot paid. The simplo auswer Lo this iy that, wheo the volumo o8 greeubacks is largely morossod, and all pros- peot or preleuse of payment is abandoned, peo- plo will refuso 1o sell {fhoir property or labor uuflnd.(cr:m:.ngh:nwmg that dmoy can ba gom- pullod o rec R Dayment deprociated paper xlxawr to e redoomed. Y K e AN UNAVAILANLE BZCUBITY, But wo aro told that any amount of this paper wili loat, Lucause the hni. esources, and credit of tho country are pled god for it. It thero Le 10 way 10 couvert Lha resuurces of crediy of the Uovernwment ta the priymaut of the nutes, what does the seourity ameunt ta 7 1f all tho real tuta fn the Union we.re mortgaged for the pa; wnont ol thess hotes., but thers is no way 3o fore- cluso, tu oullect, Lo convert, what does the mort- gaxo swnunt L0 2 Ktrip) d of all disguises uud Frotousce, tbo uf hutibution of gresubacks, for natioual Baok N otes will be usderstood by the couutry a4 & fleclaration that thoss notes will nevor bo redoo ued, THM DRMOOUN IIG PARTY THE ENKMY OF GREEE-. BA L Busl bery ancaak ihia whole fraud sad - posturs. The advocates of more gresnbacks in the place of Nationsl Bank-notes are tho enamion of tho groenbacks, as they have ever Leen, Thoy are uttorly opposed to s national currency in every form. Whon the greenback carrency was firat proposod in 1862, and was in- dm‘yaun-blu to tho wuppression of the Rebellion and tha preservation of the Union, the Demo- cratic leadars everywhoro denounced 1t a8 un- conutitutional, did averything in their power to maxo 1t worthlesa, and Lo bring it into dishonor, Thin warfare agaivat tho coustitutionality of Ewanhmkn haa naver boen relingutshoed to this onr. When Chiof-Justica Chase, with the majority of the Supromo Court, docidod that tho issuo of’ greonbacis during the War, undor a military Decernity to proserva {ho lifo of tho nation, was unconstitutional, the decision was heralded ovarvwhers by the Democtatic parly a8 tho prandsst triumph of coustitu- tional principles knawn i our Lintory, and when, afterwards, during the sdmunistration of Gen. Grant, the membership of that Court haviog sumewhat changed, the Court decided by s ma~ iomy of one that the issuo of greenbacks dur- ng tho War, under pressure of uational militaty nocessity, waa ooustitutioual, tho Democravg party with one_accord throughout the United Hiatar, declared that tho decision was_corrupt, an:d thiat the Court had bccngncked by Presidott Grant for that purpose. And you will romembe-r that, during the canvaas of 1472, tho cuargs of baving purfied tho Bupreme Court to procure a decision sustaluing greenbacks, in flagrant violiv t1on of toe Coustitution, was the nost porain .~ ent and clamorous tosde sgainst (Jou. Grant and tho Republican varty. Democratic leaders haso not changed their oninlona upon that aubjost. Only the otber day, at Gallipohs, Mr, Pendlston sunerted In tho strangost terins that. as & mos.- ber of Congresu, e had oppossd the inkue cf rreonbacks in 1862, becanuso thov were unconst - tutional, that he had nover cuanged lita opimo: aud bohoved that Cougrens had no sich power. Mr, Thurnan, Mr. Bayard, and I Lelicve overy Demceratio memoar of the Henate, Lave frotn timn to timo denied the powor of Cougross to wnake grecnbacks s legal-tonder, cliarged thu:t tho Bupremo Conrt by whiels the decwsion was mada was packed, altbouph tbs decision went no further then holdiny that Congroes lind tko power to pses such o Jaw in time of war. the Democratic leaders now bcliove that greos - bucks are unconstiwutional, huw can we sulf . ciently condemn the hypoetlsy of the demand for & new isana of hundreds of mulions to tako the placo of Nauansal Bank votes 7 If they be- lievo them to be caretitutional, no condemna- tion cau te severo enough for thoir conduct dur- fug the gor, when thoy,denicd their conxtiiv. tionality aud did all iu thoir power to dishoner thom, at a time when thoy were nocessary to preserve tho hife of the nation. ‘I'hio nuestion a8 1o whotner a Treasory noto cnn bo misile a legal-tonder in payment of debts it purely & quostion of law, to ba deriled finally by the Saprome Court of the United Statcs, and thero 18 not s rovpectable Democratic lawyer now 1a the State of Obio who does ot believe that & new aw creating s fnriher isane of precn- back au 8 aubstitute for National Bank votes, or for any nther purpose, would bo declared by that Conrt unonstitutional and void. HESTORATION OF BTATE DANKS THE ULTINATUM. ‘Tuin wholo rebhome of a further 1vne of preeu= backs, in lieu of National Bank notos, I arraigi hero ti-day 8s_bypocti‘icel aud treacherons, di- signed in tho firat placo to effoct the dostrctia n ot Nat oual Danks, and then by their volnmn, aud by tho deciion of tho Courtw, to dir stroy ~tho groeobacks themselvow. and pave the way for the rextoration of tho old Htate Iank system. The Staio sovoreignty party nill nover stop short of Htate Lanks, .A vational curroncy, whether of greenbacks ar bank notes, i hatoful to suat party, which ak - hora the natioval idea aud declaras that thero i s not oue oetion, but thirtz-seven judepender t and rovercign powera. Tho parky which clamot 8 constantly ahout contealization and Federal ar - sumption can naver be the friend of the greor - back, which rapresents tho hiwhest form of Na - tional soveroiguty. Evely year ise propovitio a has been brought Torward in Congress 1o ropes | tho law taxing tho notes of Stato bauks, whic a dirose tho+o banks out of oxistence, and the r¢ - peal of which would again open up tho foot - guten for public and privata robbory by ttro ee - tabijslunent of inoumerable kiting and worthloa s Dbinks tn all the Btates, Only last yoar Mi . ‘T'hurman and overy Domocratic Heaator voln | for a propoeition to repoal thut law which wa ¢ offered ns an amendment to s financo bili. I'ho restoration of tho Htate-bank ayatot 1 meaoy ss 0any systems of banking as thore ar 3 Siates, violent expansions aund contractious, bun - dreds of broken bantes, and nillions of bank-pot 3 traatt dyiug in tho Lauds of llmvco{uln. Itmenu 3 tho Western and Southern States shiall again pa; 7 mlions of tribute to the Lisatern States in th » THE PULPIT. ) Sermon by the Rev. Vernon B. Carroll on the Imme:tality of the Soul, Lessons Drawn from the 0id Testa- ment---How the Jew May Be Convinced, Analysis of the Character ‘and Oareor of Andrew Johngon, The Lessons of His Life as Pointed Out by the Rev. Dr. Fallows. Discourso on Miracles by the Itev. Florenco McCarthy. THE SOUL'S LIFE. AERXON DY THZ HEV. VERNON B. OARBOLL. The Kev. Veruon B. Carroll, uf New York, preachied the following sermon yesterdsy mom- iug at the New England Congregations! Churcli, taking as s text Qur Harior Jeans Chirist, who hath abolished deatl and hath Lrought e sund Jminortalizy to ight thraugh the Gonpel.—{1. Itmnthv, 1., 10, Death, 2a tho Apontlo hero and olsawhern cmuloys the word, is the compreliensive term which ircludes all tho p-mal consequoneen of sin, It meaus not ouly tho censing of tho bodily life, but alyo the ruin of tho mumortal soul ‘That death which bas enterod into thie world by #in, aud has paesed upon all men, both as to their phiysical and their epiritual natures, our toxt declares Josuw has ololixhed. Aoro ex- actly— o took away tho poner of death, Ho made it of no effect, and broacht 1o light, lifa, and iocorruption.” For it cannot bs said that doath, na it concerus our bodws, hss been abolished, en, oven Chnsiiau men, die, depart fiom their earthly exislence, dntlv, and will die on to tho eud of timu. But tho literal trangiation of the word expresses the truth: * Jesus has made death of no effect.™ ‘Thouwh tho Lody must be Iaid in the grave, it is ot in tha power of the geave, but iu the handof ths Lord of Lile, who, alzo, has redeered the ®pirta of those who tmet n Jim. Ho brought lifo, even spiritual Iifo, eternal life, and incor- ruption, even tho possibility of o resurraction to tho body that now molders in tho tomb, Thin iife snd this incorruption Ho brought to light through the Gospot. It is throngh Lhis wo learn the bieksed truth, nover atisined, or attainallo, Ly unaided human powers ; knownouly in part, and by anticipation chielly to tho Old Testament nuints, that man 8 immortal, that a conscious oxistenzo throughout ctoruity is the doatiuy of humanity, that a glorions life of & seuctified spirit, abiding iu an iucorruptible body, i the romard of each such ono us through fuith ehall iohorit the promises, Jewns Chrint brought thewo facts to light throush tho Gospel, Thoy wers facta before this 10volation, but wers only dimly apprelionded, wero almost luddeu from evon tho mout favored of Johovah's eaints, Thoy wore certaiuly uot diecerued with any confidenco by tho lgut of watural religion. Human ressoning could not, with ite mwost strenuony aud extraordinary oxertions, attun unte sesursuce of tho immortality of man, E.g.: First, What did tho hoathen sccomplish in the way of knowledgo in this divection ? ‘fhey had thio longing after inumortality; the hope that their imaginigs may bo tiie; presumptive proof, judeed, bat aver a want uf proof positive. Yerlinys tho oarliest account which we cau flud form of exchange. It means that the citizeno Obio cannot pay hin hotel bills 1 Now York a = Bueston with bhlu meney, withont suffering i 4 shave or buyiug Enstero funds. 1t nicans tha t 1o mau ean Toecivo the price of & Liorse withoa t exutninimg n ceunterfeit-dotecior o soo tuas thy > money 18 good or that the bank is not broken . “I'bo old Hrate-bauk sveton s noceasary to th 3 Htate-Rights Democracy, Tho party that denio 1 tho nation aud hates evervthiog national turm ¢ with aversion from a uatiooal currenvy. btau roveroiguty and State bauks are twiu rolica o ¢ tho tunca that we foudly hopo Luve passod aws; / forover. THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION, srenal inapateh to The Chiaao Fribune, WasninaroN, D, C., Aug. 7.—Private Repub « lican advices from North Uaroliva, judicats tha t the Republicans have carried the State by a pop - ular majority of over 15,000, and that thoy havi 1 n majority of st least 10 in the Coustitutious | Couvention. The tajority would have boot 1 groater but fortho fact that tho distnicts bavi » beou 8o gerrymaudored that thoy do not reprs - sent the popular vote, Large Republican dis - tricts have ouo delegnts, while #mall Domocratis 3 diatricts are alluwed two delegates. 'The Dema - cratd threaten to take advantuge of techud - calities to defeat a poseible Ropublicsu majorit) » 1n tho Conventlon, WiLasaros, N. C., Aog, 8.—Returns re - celved during the past two days leave tho ro - #ull of tho election still in doubt, Both partiol + claim a majority of delegatos, Bevoral oxtromi y Wentern counties ura not yot heard from. It i s not probnble that the wajority will exceed ;2 olthor way. THE KENTUCKY ELECTION, Louisvirry, Ky., Aug, 7.—Roturus from fifty - gix out of tho 110 counties in the State give M¢ - Creory, Democrat, & gain of about 1,000 ove ¢ the yoto of tho same counties for Leslie in 187, .. BLOCKADE IN THE MISSISSIPPI. syecral thapateh to The Chicana Tridune, LA Cnowse, Wis, Aug. 8,—Tho waterin the Miseisuippi Rivor is unusually low, aven for thls penson of the year, sud oavigation tho past woek hero has boon very ulow st tho best. From the Captain of the ateamor Silas Wright , which arrived from below about noon to-day, It 1 learnod thiat quite a serious blockade exists at Crooked Blough, 50 miles bolow this oity. Last evoning a large rafi, in tow of the steamnar Wild Boy, awung across and bocamo jommed ity the obisunel, which ix vory parrow and shallowy st that point, and at tho timoe of the dopartuny of tho Silau Wright from the sceno of tho biock- ado, thixn morning, affairs wero assuming » very ugzly shapo, with six steamors already at thi blockade unable to prooeed ou thelr tripd, BT LN s s GEN. SHERMAN AT OSHKOSH. apscral Diapateh to ‘Ihe Chisagy Iribuna, Osukoss, Wis.,, Aug. 7.—Gen, Bherman ar- rived last evening aud attendod the theatre, hstenlog to Jobn Ditfon m * Life in Cuba.” 'I'his momniug, acoompanied by ex-Congressman BSawyer, Gen. Allen, Gen, Bouck, sud about fifiy promineat citizens, he went ou wh ex- enrelon up Wolf River, returning iu the evenlug. At Winueconnse the exoursion was grested by tho tiring of cannon, ‘Yhe party spent s pleasaut day, the General expressiug pleasuro at witness. ing the dovelopment of this wection of the oountry, - The rapid rebuilding of Oshkosh also attracted bis attention. lo was warmly wrested by thoussuds of our citizens, many of whon served nuder Lim, aud with whom ho was per- wonally soquainted. 'The Guueral loft this eveu- ing for 8t. Pauy, vis Greeu Day and Lakoe Bu- porior, —_— ANDREW JOHNSON. Meupnis, Aug. 8.—A meoting of citizens was hield at the Exposition Suildiug isst night to ex- presa sorrow at the death of ox-President John- sou, which waa addressed by Ilenry C. Craft, Judge Pieroe, aad Oapt. J. A. Brown, Resolu- docossod and the lous to the State by hiy ware adopted. tfons setting forsh ¢he lifo and services os t::Lynmlhm-uh. in which o in the hieathen world of a beliof iu an existenco after dooth is based on an oid Egyptian romance traced on papyrus thirty-Lwo coLturies wgo, ‘Ilue 18 but a fanciful story of tho thtting of a soul which has 1-ft o huniau body, anl is iouud, now iu a true, now in a billock, and_ ogain in o treo | The only hope which ia_forsshadowed is that of a conscious existence, Ignorauce of tho couditions of this futura exintonse; wileuce ns 1o 1ts duration, Thus far, buv wo farther, cvuid they 0. Later in the history of tho same nation we have the concejitiun uf an sudividus: immortahty of & cortain kind, snd of s judgwent aiter desth; bus tho Life to come i8 couceived of a4 listle clse than o coutinuauce of the mothods of tis pros- out oxisteucs, Fuod, and dress, und imploments of war, of business, und of yleasuro, were placed near the corpse; Wfo were pitared on chiefly to gratify and encoursgo dead; prayors for his direction and ol fortalitics, as passports on hix jour: through the unknown land, wero ndded. ilero aro stray fragmeuis of tragh, mingled with Li- man errors and superstitions—bits of brightuesy with blotches of bisckuess, ‘Turn to ludiv and tho intellcctuality of the Brabmaninm of to-day. Its doctrine of immor- tality Liaw beou thus summed up : Lverlsting tranwmigration ot souls from budy to body, to plaots, animals, gods, men, without rep.so, plunged into the Lorrors of eizut and twonty liolly for their nius, or, by their virties, raised to tho rauk of higher boings, until absorbed nto tho fmovable lirahma, from whom thoy ivsued au the part oternity, As o Htream from its sourcy overlasting the changa of eouls, overlasting ovolution, with oeverlasting reatworption—th iy tho fature lite in which six ilions of the humau race this day believe, As to Buddhism, which js Brahmanisin reformed, its inmortabty is tiat state which 18 followed by no bLirth, and after which theto is no renowal of the myetenes of oxistenco, It In bavond the world of senua- tion and of chango, Hure tuero 14 comung and #oivg, chauge and motion, fulness aud manifold- ness, combiiation and iudividuality. In Nirvann 18 rest aud stilloess, sipheity sud unity fure ever. Hera are birth, sickuess, ago sud dunth, virtue and vice, merit and demorit; there i the sccoes of daily mmy-cases, thoe tho oternal 1epuse, ocomplite deliverauco from exwtence and all the condltions of oxmtenco, Tio roul can - uo longer bo bury, aad, vigo, cau no longer die, ‘T'his day is the dunily vnderstood and obecurely xprossod faith of miltions mare of our racs, Nor did ever cvlturod (ireeco and Ilome, with tho mighily scope of giwnt ntellect, attain unte tho trath of man's nunortality. 1a the old Grevk port wo Linve nothing boyond this—tho dinsolutivn of tha body, the perishing of the wpirit, tho oxistence of the soul, benvath the earth, tu a sad, droary, dremmiike life, mund- ful, indeod, of past pursuits, but uvuble to su- Later, though the punishment of ibio wicked i» wnde & more promineut feature, the pictute is not alierad oxcept by ita increase of gloom. Unly sorrow ia possible, Not moro succossful were the puilosophers, Plato moets the question again aud agsin, It fescinstos . Tho statement is true that **nevoer was u uobler effort wade by mau to attain certainty on any question affecting his own pature and des tiy, aud nowhbere 8 thers to be fouud a uore sigual proof, that, by the noaided reason of niau, such certainty cannot be obtsined ; thut, as & la- o lumsulf confusses, man ueeds a dising teach- or to expel his fguorunce, and to cast hght upon lite aud immortality,” Inoue of his bucks o cousidors lumself * to lave provad that the woul cannot die, though ho aduita that there wuy be ground for disputing thesuunduced of his ressoniug. Iu nuotbor, bo thiuks ho hos established, boyond the reach of doubt, the im- mortality of the soul. But iu third, true to Lis priuciples, hie cunfesses hie iguorance, To fesr death, Lo arguos, would ba to protend o a kuowledga which b does not protess, {ur 10 ous knows whiat death is ; for augbt that appears to tho contrary, it may be the grealess of blesaiugs, and yet wen fear it as if they knew it to ba the greatost of ovils. For tuough Lo doos ot kuow what slall be heroaftor, yei hie does know thut fnjustioo and _dusobedionce to one that fa better thau ourselvos, be Lo God or man, is evil aud itle Death iu elther liko & dreamless uiuep, or migration to another plase whero the rest of tho duad ara gathared, & atate of rewards aud each. man recaivoes hiy ing 8o tho thinga he hath done Bus onsarve s wmosal disiinotions. seutonoe ia the bydr. NUMBER 350, The bad were those who had wrongéd thoir fellov-men or oftended the gods ; tho fiod Hose who bad r:nnflod therasciven sufliciensiy by phil- osophy. Theso wera to livo wholly without bodiea for the futura, and rise to most rlorious batitationw.” Thin much Plato sccomplistiod. Ifo provoed the abmoluto dislinction betwoen mind and matter, and that, orgo, tho soul was immoterial. It {8 not & nenessary onnsequonce, howover, that it {s jmmortal. = The Romno Cicora, graat admirer though he was of the Grook rage, did not £sel the convincing forco of his rossoning npon the question of fmmortality. ** Whtio I am readiog his treatine,” ho rays, * [ ansont to his rensoning. Whon I Iay down the bock aud think over tho quention of immortality mynnlf, my assznt slips away from mo.” But whero le the intellcctual giant capabls of accomy hisinng, nnder tho samse circuinstandos, tuat whormin® Plato failod ? _ 8ave ono of his most competent oritics: ** Philosophy domon. siratos that thern {8 fn man a principlo that cans not perwh, Hut that this principle appears in an- other world, with tha samo ordsrof facalties and the rame laws which 1t has hero; that it carrion with 1t thero tha cansequences of the good aud evil actions whizh it has uore committed, this I8 & aublime probability, which doos not admit, pothapy, of rivorous demonatration, but which iy authorizod and consecrated by tho wocret trust of thehieart and tiie umiversal conscot of thy Beyoud this “subiima probabllity,” 8specilation, vven up to the predeat day, bas not brought ua. Matorialism ideutifies tho brain with thought. #o when (he brain s resolved into dust thought ceases, the moul, nu lougor exieta, “Hers 1 no immortdlity, Pantueism gives & 1uture life only to the thinkers ; ouly to those who couceive the fdea, who have the konse of mmmortality—thora is ng immortality for the multitudo, Hut what i the finmoztality of the Paotheint? Hin eternal stata tn which thore is no perronal God, aud no orsonal human sonts, in which the divine thing wiuch iu in < is abrorbed by tho divine some- what which ulls and jucludes immonuity. Tha drop is lost 1n the groat ucean—fndividnal cou- nctouscess and ol peravnality ava gono. 1h that immortality # I it & notion wortheven contend- ing for? We inust ndmit, thon, that whila yoarning for immortality—call ib ovon tho ingtimet of immortality—is jn_tho heart of tumaity tho askuranco thersof 18 not given by any effurt of human reasou. ‘The doctrino, wittlo it is in n cottain Aense an inheritance (rum tho earlicet generntions, indopendont of revelation, is pro-omineatly & Seriptnral thonght. But wolio it is iovolved m tha bistory of the creation of man n Goa's image: of bis fall through which nlone, death was introduced; in the promstacd vietory of the seed of tho woman ovor tho secd of tho earpent, which could be fuity realized only na man's existenco should extend bevond tho boids of time ; iu the translation of Euoch sud Llijal without the experience of dentn; in tho desiro of tho rotneschs, rather seonin thoir lives than keard in tteir utterances, tho dosiro for n better conntry, that 13 a beavenly; whilo tous tho doettine underlies vo mach of the toachiug and 60 many of tha incidests recarded in the Old Testament Beripturos, there s little, aven in thuke writings, to yivo that full nsourance of which we spralt, The light s clearors n part of the truth is bettor discerued than ovor beforo, but the revetalion is not yet perfest. Do not concewo frous this, tnt wo belleve the doctring af a futitre 1ifo nut to bo contaived 1 the Old Testnment Seriptures. Theis it mort certainiy i thatco, in greatest messurs, did the Jewy bo- foro tho cuming And a% tho time of Christ do- rivo their belief, as expressed in tho faith of tho Phnrieces, viz.: & resurrection of tho dend, both of tho just snd unjust, Dut still it re- mwing true that o and jmmortality sre brooght w0 light anly in the Gospcl of Josus Clriut, We stiall, porhnos, espreas our thought moro cloarly by cclling atention to samo pusages from Old Testatncot writinge, Tho DPatriach Job aesignates the futare sftor death nn @A Jand of arkness: an darkuess itwelf; and of the shadaw of death withont any order, andd whor tho light is ne dariiness” ; aud doatls iwsalf la calls ** The Kinz of Terrors,” “Tho P'snlin abourd i despairing oxpreexions, thus: 1o death is uo romembranco of ‘Thes,™ “$Hhall tho dust prawe Thee,” *Basll the dead ande aurd praiwo Thee "' and in tho rane paalin, *Tho doad Lt liu 1 the grave Thon remambes ent uo moro—thiay ar cut off front Thy hand ; < Btull Thy wonders bo known in the dark and Thy rightaousacs in the fandof forgotfulness” ; and yot later, *Tho dead prae not Giod, notther any that go down into eilence,” In the Prophet Ivalal wo have Lh record of tha trembling aud uflrighted cry of King Hezekinn at the approach of death, onding witl tho sontie ment, **'Tha grave cannot praise Tiea; dsath “caunot coisbitate Thea: thev that go down futo the it eannot hope for Thy truth," Laking ouls theso aud similar passages wo minht fnagmo that the Jow, if ho had ony bo- Jief at all 0w consclons oxistonca after doath, had cortainly no comfort in tho thougnt. MBut it i por ol gloom. Rays of Divino tight and Lopo will, at tinwes, broakt thraugh the thick ctonds of durktcss, 'Tho Paalmisichoors himeelf with the thought: 1 ehall bo satistied when [awake with thy likeness, Iothy presencois futluess of joy: at thy rtight haud there are picasures foreveimore.” *Thou will not snffer thy boly eno to ses onrraption. God will redasm 10y soul from the power vt tho grave.” The Froplob Tsaiaby brouky forth with exuftution in u passaie, wluok, whilu its exact intorprotstion may bo & matior of disputo, i+ gortatnly very suRgesve : “Thodesd men whall lve, togother with my doud budy rhall thoy ariso ; tho earth shali cant out tho doad.” Btill u later praphet (Luuel) spoals in Isuguaga whick would ‘searcely havo soemed ambiguous except from tho fact that it wag uttered in his day snd not in oum, of the time when *Mauy of thom thet sloepiu tho dust of the earth vhall awako ; somo to overlust- g hfe, sud #onis to shume and everlasting con- tompt." Tho valloy of dry bones, i the visiou of the Drophet Ezokiol, may woll i as o type of tha renurroction of they dead, though given to convey o dilferent leseon irom that. ~ Agew, in the famous srguraent of {he Apostle Faul, on thu rosurrection of tho dend, wu find what is ovi- dently a dwect ruiorcuce to passages from tho Old Tostament Prophots. You will resognize thie from Ienmb i *‘ile will swallow up desih tn victory”; und this from Uoses, * O death I will bo. thy plaues geavo I owall be thy destruction.” l.arlior than all othems, per- bupa, 18 tho well-known passage from thoe Book of Job 1 * 1 know that my Redeomer liveth, sud that, at lust, Ho shell arise upon the ostth (duxt); sud alter my skin has boon thus porcod througn, yot from my tlesh I shall bohaid God, whow I shall butiold for mygwelf, sud mine oves shali bobiold, und not a stranger's. My reins are conswned within mo,"~—1, 8., with desirs tor this event. This vassage is oudeared to many persouns iu thy form fu which it is given iu our Loglieh version of tho Seriptures, by #ad, yot sacred and most toudor, reouils:tions, Muuy, Ao, Of the best ontics o to-day etill bold to tle upinion that it bus dircet relerenco to a fu- ture alier doath, if not also to a tesurrection of tho Lody. Uthers, however, ocunsidoriug the soape of the poom, whioh seems an ondosyor to explaiu the sutlorings of the tigbteous without Liaving roconree to & future state of recomponse ; considering tuat no even ludiret roferonce—i this bo uot one—is wade i the book to the dov- tiiue of smuortanty ; coneidering that Job rew celvod rocomponss iu this life, aud that his con- dnigt wad, 1.6 easure, robuked of God; and con sideriug, dually, thab tho 6XWOL sones of tha origiual doos not domaud a refereuve to suy wveut that might not fall within tho unhere of the Patriaich’s earthly experionce, have con- cludod that Job bhere expressus his faith thut, at tash, even though his skin ba tairly peroed throngh with bis fearful dieeae, Uod, Lis Rodesmer, wiio now ssems so indurervnt to bis sulferings, will sriso frow biy apparent lothsigy, aud Job, even Job, suall see Litus, with bis oW eyos, from his owa flesh out- Jookiugg, sud then “shall the mtegiity of this el sulfering wervaut of Johuvab be vindi- catul ogmet £he susplcious and accudations of his fulsd 1riends. No wouder thiat Lope deferred has mude bis hoart wick, 8o that his reins are connumed witbiy him with desiro; whila yet ho warua his viliflers of the Divine judyment that will overtake them because of thow injuatice to m. Dut lot us hero sumn ap in brief what we may bavo discovered voucoruing tho faill of the Jow. Wo sy use, in part, the couclysions of others, and oven thow lsugusge, st last wheto our viaws colpcide, Wo fiud then that * Tho future 1ifo, a8 & doctrino, ocoupies no prominent place in the relizion of Musus and the Prophvis. Tho fwmortality of tho soul is ueitbor argued nor wftivmed, Tho resuricction of sho body is keph iu the Lackgronud. At tirst sight, and on's carelosd oxamivation, thers scema (0 bo no ad- ce upon tho pagan systems, so fur as ! article of faith 18 concerued. In the ues rospocs of denth tho other wosld iy, uvon o the rmlhlu!. tull of gloom and terror. The dead sre without sensation and withoub hope, forgotton of God sud uwvable to prelse Hiw. 1bcsanot bo deuiod, $han, that 50 far a3 auy distluos Luowladge of a tuture lifs went, the Jow Liad litsle sdvaciage over tho Ghoule.