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Show 72 TilE GOLDEN HOUR. II d the N or· tll been determined, outspo. ken, his bent. a [ 1 rnu ·t have been fa1 Lhful . 1 [ l to her cl ' s to and fa1t 1 u .. 1 t have averted the tutnor 1 S uth and mlg l ' . also to t 10 ° . ' , Southern brother's heart, In-which now cats Into her stead of fo tcring it. . , ays the Brahmin, "is the · rrl ty ruatter, s " What ID 1 o 1 . . . f the sea-g.n · t e arth to those ·who cannot subJugatron ° N t 11til we ·have conquered 1 OS " O U subdue thcrnsc v . . 1 manity in oursel ve ; not ss and rn Hl this dappcrnc t a ·k ·what sh all be done '1 tl North ceases o . untl te .1 t1 infarny of Illinors Black ~. not untr 10 with negroc" ' tl an Carolina lave Laws, . l lu to be deeper lc Laws 1s 1c . ,,1 victory. Through soH~ gaul any nou c -can wr e the only pat l t con Lrol ; at pre ·cnL we l 0 control 10s 1 t 0 arc worLhy to win the have as YC t to prove t ra w . · f Liberty and Law· vrctoncs 0 . . f 11 to the 'taturc of man-ti North nsc u Y When d olCT asps the sharp l . of the Southern Ache- lOl n hood, an o 1 lonrrer 111ccLing horn . tl hurnan bane'-no o lous wr 1 . . a then that 1l orn .11 break off and become Wl ' wrth horn,- f 1 ty A touch of pure . t' the horn o p en . for th1s na 1011 b ll" · ld a fruitarrc humanity can n1ake this Rc c lOll yr . b ,·t and honor for ·which we might of peace, prosper 1 Y' A.1 had we . h had to wait a century. t, otherwise ave . cr h t hand is stronger than horn, a Hercules, knowrno t a to guide us! A POST-PRANDIAL POINT. 73 X I I . A POST-PRANDIAL POINT. AT a dinner given in W :l.'!iington to Mr. Prentice, Mr. Secretary S1nith, replying with warmth to some strong antislavery sentiments which hau just been uttered by Mr. Cameron, said: "If we, being eighteen 1nillions, cannot put down this rebellion of six millions without freeing their slaves, we ought to give the war n p." Doubtless the Secretary, when he got off this bit of wisdom, had been paying n1oro attention to his own Interior than to that of the country. Six bad men can burn up a half-dozen blocks of a city, and de troy a thou and live , before they could be arrested. It would be a fine thing for such to retain at their trial Mr. Smith, whose opening position woul<l be: "Gentlemen of tho Jury, if several blocks of a city and hundreds of people cannot keep from being burnt up by six 1nen, they ought to be burnt up!" The remark brings before us the inequality of tho combatants in this war. Some years ago Daniel W cbstor was challenged to a duel by some booby fro1n Texas, (I believe,) whoso range of ability was lirnitod to tho skilful n ·o of rifle and bowie-knife. Mr. Webster was inclinod to accept the challenge; but his friend interfered, and dcelaretl 4 |