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VOL. XIII.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATUKDAY, JANUARY 9, 1864,
NO. 36.
£00 Angeles Star:
PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING,
At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Lo»
Angeles,
BY H. HAMILTON.
TERMS:
Subscriptions, per annum, ire advance. .$5 00
For Six Months 3 00
For Three Months 2 00
Single Number 0 124
Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars persquare
often lines, for the first insertion; and One
Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers.
San Francisco Agency.
Sir. C. A. CR VNE is the only authorined agent
for tha Los Anoblbs Star in San Francisco.
All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of
Washington and Sansome streets, Government
uilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to.
limttm Carts.
a.b. chapma:
ATTORNEY AND COtTNSELLOU
AT LAW.
IFFICE- in Tet
Offi
From the Golden Era.
DECEItlBIiK.
Lo I pale December treadeth the dull plains)
With icy breath transpiercing all the air,
And wintry robes, tbat brush tbe forest bou»bs,
And leave them brbwu and barren, At bis totidh
i Temples Building, near the Land The dancing streams have curdled and grown still;
aug29 The woodland's myriad melodies are dumb,
all its merry tenant bird
HOTELS.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
LOS A^QELES.
JOHN KIlVG & HENItY HAMMEL,
Proprietors.
mHE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
X named Hotel, wish to assure their friends
aud the travelling public that they will endeavor
to keep the Bella Union what it has always been,
THE BEST HOTEL
IN SOUTHERN" CALIFORNIA.
Families can be accommodated with large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished.
The Bills of Fare
shall be inferior to none in the State.
All the Stages
to and from Los Augeles arrive at and depart from
-t-bie-Hotel.
Tiie Bar aad Billiard Saloons
••hall receive the most strict attention, and tbe
patrons shall find that this house will be carried
on as a first class Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
WILLOW 6 mi house!
J. J. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR.
THE SUBSCRIBER having leased lhe
ribove house, wishes to assure his friends
I ,nd the traveling public, that be will en-
L'j'lVl .leavor to keep tho WILLOW GROVE
HOUaE
A FIRST CLASS HOT EI,.
This Home is half a mile East ol the Town of
I."xingtou, on the main road to tbe Colorado
aiv.T.
Families can be accommodated with large rooms,
as the »b»ve House has been newly furnished and
well ventiUt-'d. The bar is well supplied wilh the
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and
Corral, where the best of HAY. BARLEY and
CORN is k-pt for sale and Teed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
J. J. MURPHY.
Et. Mojjtb, Oct. 25. 18G3. oct3l-tf
THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the prin-
;ipal place of busines" in EL MONTE, is
signed for the ACCOMMODATION of
TRAVELERS on the road from Los Angeles no Sau Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are well taken care of at the
STABLE AND HAY-IAED,
Which U abundantly supplied with WATER,
and where FEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W. EVANS,
al. F. Q.U1NJS.
El Monte, Sept. 28, 1863.
Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,)
SAN FRANCISQO.
1 THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
of Vl'Jm Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
'l&SiJm loarder. that he has leased the above well
.ijrajsjj known and centrally located Hotel, and intends
i-'mlxM keeping it as
A FIHST-CLASS HOUSE,
At Moderate Prices.
In the last three months tnere has been expended a
arge amount in
Re-modellng and Re-furnlshlng,
the EXCHANGE, ana it will now compare favorably with
the first class hotels of the city.
WE HAVE SPLENDID
SUITS OF APARTMENTS
for'Families; also a large number of fine single rooms for
gentlemen.
It is the purpose of the Proprietor to make theEK-
HANGE one of tho most comfortable and home-like
otels in the State, and make the
Prices to Suit the Times.
rpECH T-A.-B Ij !EJ
Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords.
Attached to the house a^Tfine BATHING ROOMS for
Ladies or Gentlemen.
JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor.
CLARK'S
NDiUB
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
Por Marking Linen.
For sale bv the gross, at ,
305 vlontgomery street, Room No.
a, San Francisco.
ebii2 W. HOLT.
NOTIOE,
B. S. GRAY
W0U1VD respectfully inform the fraWle. that lieiKjre
pared tu perform all services pertaining to tho iii-
tenneut of deceased prers ns. He will attend to the laying outof bodies, arranging for funerals, furnish' badges,
gloves, ete., if requested. Any orders left at his residence.
New High Street, near th«Ca>th..lie Church, or at his storey
oh Main Street, opposite tbe New Market, will be promptly atteuded to, , .
«-N. B.—AlUrders for DTGGTNff GRAVES, must be
left at the earliest moment possible.
0$ Angles, June 13, Wi.
J. M. HEL,t,MAN,
ARCADIA BLOCK,
Next to Cotbitt & Barker's,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
liress Goods,
■White Goodg,
Embroidery and Lace Goods,
Dreg* Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, &c. jan4
S. HELLMAK,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, Los Angeles,
— DEALKU IN —•
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Sic.
CIRCIJIiATlNa LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C. WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND SjURGEON,
Office, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Los Angelee.
Office hourB, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
S. & A. LAZARD,
IMPORTERS,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French, English and
Dry Goods.
American
Jorner of Melius Row. Los Angeles. ' 1 '62
PHINEAS BANNING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGENT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
Por all its merry tenant birds are Howu
In terror of his coming. Yet bis bean
Is warm with love ami kindness, and beneath
His cold and shroud like coverings, he bears
Tbe germ of all things good and beautilul.
Tbe old man's eyes are dim, and on his brow
The wintry Iros's bave fallen heavily.
Yet, as the aged cling more close to life
That fadeth surely from tbem, so he clasps
The tarnished scepire ofthe waning year,
And. with firm step, ascends tbe tottering thfone,
With royal kinglike bearing;.
He has seen
The Months, bis children, perish, one by one ;
Their bloom departed, ahd their handiwork,
Sunk i' tbe remorseless Past that swallows up
The ajheivements of all time. He alone,
Remains. Ibe year's lull circle to complete,—
To count bis lessening pulses, and to Watch
The flickering flame of his own life die out.
Yet Is his heart not sad, for past the tomb,
He Bees the "resurrection and the life,"
And the renewal ol the beautiful 1
And. though the bird nnd blossom flee away,
Yet Earth's white souls, the children, stretch glad
hands
Of welcome, at his presence; young lips smile
To see bis white face at the misty pane,
And eyes grow large in wonder, when his hands
S'ring tbe great jewels on tbe froBen limbs
His first cold touch had rendered brown and bare,
the Christmas fires, that blaze upon Ihe hearths,
Of happy households, are the sacred names
Upon his altar: holiest .offerings
From gratelul hearts, of tenderness and love.
Oh I hail to thee, December,—Month divine t
Beloved of Angels, reverenced by man.
Tbon sufferest, that tbe future may enjoy,—
Thou sowest. that the coining hour may reap.
Thine is the premise, growing to its slow
Yi-t sure fulfillment; lo within thy breast,
Nursed by tbe dews of love, tbe seedling lies.
That yet shall sboot,—shall blosom and expand,
And ripen to the lull and perfect trnil.
For these, blest symbols of the sacrifice,
God chose tbee fot His fit and proper lime,
And placed within thy coronal ot days.
The great Star-Gem—the Birth Hour of Our Lord!
IV Jl • MLB V1 -E 4
(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,)
— "Wholesale and Retnll Dealer In —
wins ahd liquors,
Syrups, Bitters. Cordials,
ALB, ?OS,flSE, AITS CIGARS,
Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND
GENERAL AGENCY.
Furnteh all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
&c.
Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. feb22
FOR
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON and alter the firsMof April, and until further
notice, the steamship
^fifc SENATOR,
Will Make two trips per nfcnth on the Southern
Coast, leaving Broadway Wharf,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
AT 9 O'CLOCK, A. M.
j§|~ Bills of Lading will be furnished by (he
Purser on board.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at the
office of S. J. Hensley, corner of Front and Jackson streets.
dec9 S. J. HENSLEY, President.
LEMON TREES FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER NOW OFFERS
FOR SALE
3 AAA DWARF LEMON TREES, one
,UUU year old, which will commence
hearing in two years time; this truit tree cannot
be procured in any other portion of this State, aud
its truly remarkable productiveness recommends
it to general cultivation, needing no more land,
norgreater care for its cultivation than tbe ordinary California grape vine, the net income is ot
least TEN-FOLD MORE THAN THAT
DERIVED from the cultivation of AA Y OTHER FRUIT. Whilst the market can never be
ovci stocked with lemons, the owner of every garden should at least have a sufficient number ol
this choice frnit for his own consumption. Now
Is the time to transplant them.
g®-FIRST COME, FIRST SERFED.^m.
Trees neatly packed for transportation and lull
directions given for their cultivation.
SAMUEL ARBUCKLE.
Los Angeles, December 9ih, 1863.
EABWAIT'S READY RELIEF
Proves its superiority to all other remedies, in
relieving tbe sufferer of pain al once. A tew min
ntes is sufficient to convince the most skeptical of
in marVellods powers. So swift is its action in
soothing the most violent pain, allaying irritation
arid inflamation. in transforming the rheumatic,
the crippled, and bed-ridden, to the enjoyment of
ease and comfort, in curing dysentery, Disrrhasa,
and all internal and external pains, that patients
ascribe its tallsmanic power to enobatilment in-
tead ofthe plain mall er-of-fact tesults from its
skiliully combined properties. Whenever there
ie Daio tstse it.
HOSTETTER, SMITH & DEAN.
25W Montgomery st., (Russ Block.) ' ^ gtau(jing aCmies mi all those lauraerabW
{ban J? rauciscoe I
The London "Times" on the American Question
-American .'Union" Considered Impossibl*!
The cost ol the American civil war to one of the
belligerents has now been stated with some approach to precision, if not accuracy. The Northern States, we are told on "official" authority,
have actually sent intojthe fir-Id 1,276,246 men.
But this only brings the account up to January
1863, since which time the Federal Government
has made the most desperate efforts to increase its
forces. Upon the whole, we can hardly be far
Irom wrong inpresuming that a million and a hal
of soldiers most have been raised Irom a population oot exceeding tbat of this island—a proportion never attained, we believe, in any European
contest on record. As regards money, the facts
are more difflcul. to ascertain, but tbe debt incurred by the Northern States was ''approximately"
stated as $1,228,832,781 on the 1st of last September. Our correspondent, however, explains that
these figures convey no adequate representation 0|
the liabilities actuatly incurred, and tells ub lhat
ihe estimate of the public debt, formed by competent judges, places the amount ''between twenty-
five hundred and three thousand millions dollars."
In English money this would be between £500,-
000,000 and £600,000,000 sterling and tbe annual
charge at the current rate of interest must be
considerably above tbat ofour natioual debt.
It is natural, after sucb relations as these, to
ask once more what is the object of so tremendous
and exhausting a contest. Tbe answer is given in
a single word "Union' and we may, perhaps consi
der that this reply does really express the predominant feeling of the Northern people. No doubt
many minor motives are included, and many interests are at work more or less perceptibly under
cover of this universal cry, but in the main and
instinctive craving for the "American Union" is
probably the ruling passion. We think
tbat passion natural, but we cannot
regard it as resonably indulged. To impartial
observers that whatever might have beeu tbe character of the Union, it became a political imposibi-
lity when one-tbird of its citizens deliberately refused to continue it any longer. That resolution
might have been both destructive and suicidal, but
it could not, to any good purpose, be overruled.
Even if the Unionists could crush the seceders,
whicb seems utterly improbable tbe result, as we
are assured by Gen. Butler himself, would not
bring tbe Union back again, nor can even the
most complete sneoess on the part of the North
leave America anything but a divided and die
traded country.
The Americans of the old Union were bent upon
escaping the common political lot of mankind.
They were not in reality quite such a people as
they imagined themselves, but their growth had
been so prodigiously rapid and promised to be so
continuous that they may be almost excused for
setting no bounds to their own "destinies." They
concieved, ihefefore, tbe idea ofa nation not only
Incomparably greater, bu incompar«bly mora fortunate than any other nation ever known. Prom
this ideal State they banished all the drags and
drawbacks patently endured by European States,
the world in wbich they lived—that istbe'BFew
World—was to be absolntely their own, in undivided and indivisible integrity. Though they
might nnmber a hundred millions ol men, these
were all lo form one people nnder one Presieferit,
with one common country. Tbe great American-
Continent was to have bul one State,and to be ex
empted from all the obligations of political rivalries, all tbe exigencies ofa political equilibrium,
and all wars, except wars cheerfully accepted fo.
the sake of conquest of supremacy, they were1 to
be not such as we are in this "rotten" Old World :
and tbeir happy exemption from the common bur
dens of notional life,would relieve them from debt
adjustments and sacrifices wbicb tbe States ot
Europe are fain to make fort'ie sake of peace and
quiteness. Tbat Was the idea of the Americans.
It required a whole world for its fulfilIrbeat, but,
they were bent on satisfying the Cobdl ion. They
talked unreservedly ofthe time when all the other
States ol America would gravitate to their own
mass and become asorbed in It like comets in the
sun, and in the meantime they elevated to tbe dignity ot an indefeasible "doctrine" a declaration
that uo Euiopean power should venture to ar quire
on the American'doutinent a particle of power;
privilage or authority beyond the adual possession- .
This is the idea which the secession of the South
so rudely demolished. We admit lhat it was an
idea worth fighting Tor. if fighting.Could save It,
but the result was Imposible, and if the statesmen
ol the Noitb could have looked drap4ssidnntily
into the future tbey must have seen that, civil war
would infallibly destr.y those Very-things wbibh
it was designed to preserve from destruction. Tbe
founders ol the Republic forsaw as much, and many persons in America discern as much now. It
may be remarked, tbat scarcely any public man
however confidently he may fegrtrd the war, pretends to speak of the Union, as a thing Wbicb in
its old t-hape, will ever be seen again. They expect to see the South subdued and the American
uation left without a rival, but that nation will
not be the nation of former days. Whatever may
be the ravings of fanatics, it is iTposiple that an}
reasoning citizen can either desire or anticipate the
"extermination" of nine millions of people. The
South, even if it could be subdued, would always
be represented by a hostile and viudictlve population,and the North woiild aymply become a Russia
with a Poland.
Such a war aB this has been, and is likely ty be,
must uecessarily leave memories behind it aa in
compatible with national unity as territorial parti
tions ; nor is their any lorce in the argument of
the Unionists that the suppresion of this rebellion
Will prevent any secession in future. On tbe Contrary, tbat war has already brought out and disclosed the strongest incompatibilities between the
vari ius S'ates ol the Union, and set each group
meditating secession in its turn. There was a moment when tl e Northwestern States were actually
expecting to separate Ihoir fortunes trom (he States
ol the Northeast, and tbe divergence of their respective interests has been clearly recognized.
Yet if the Northwestern as well as the Southern
States bad declared for Separation, where Would
uad'e been tbe poW r to ptit. a force upon tbeir
will? If two Confederacies instead of one bad
been formed in the body of the old Union, how
could the remaining fraction have evaded the
issue? Does anything at this moment prevent, the
secession of certain S ates, except the presure ol
an enormous army, and what may we expect If
this army, as seems not improbable, should tail lo
pieces from ezhaustion?
It was natural enough for Americans to connect
the wars of the Old World with tbe divisions of the
Old World, and to strive for the indivisibility as the
means of preventing war. Bat when to secure
this, they went tn war, ttiey forfeited the very
paize for which they were contending. "We can
have none of your European troubles," they said ;
"we must have, on this continent, peace, un'on
and economy." But in contending tor these privileges they have had as much war, as much bloodshed, and as much extravagance of outlay as
would bave carried tbem over a century in the
European fashion. Their debt, iu faot, is as great
as ours already, so that, ou this point, they have
exhausted tbe spirit, il not the strength, of the
population, and tbey are raising such monuments
of domestic bate as generations will not suffice to
remove, ihey have incurred, in short all those
visitations, which they have been fighting to
escape, and hare only encontered tbe common lot
in a precipitate and extraordinary manner.
Tbeir idea! Union was a great conception, but it
was based on the assumption that human nature
would not be human oature on the American Continent, and that millions ol men distributed under
a variety ol conditions and a variety of interests,
over an enormous territory, would escape All those
influences whicb in other lands, had infalibly made
half a dozen nations out of one. Tbay speculated
not only upon a new world but a new nature, and
tbey have been disappointed by tbo event; bui tbe
worst tbat can happen, even from tbeir own point
of view, is that tbey should fare as all other people
bave fared before them. They hoped to do better
than this and are vex d at the failure, but the
failure from the first was irretrievable. They may
liquidate tbeir debt and replenish their poi u'ation
but they can never become the people tbey design^
ed to be. For the destruction of that ideal tbe
South is accountable, and must take the responsa-
bility ; but when once nine millions ont of thirty
millions had declared that they Would rather die
lhan remain in nnion with the rest, the political
Vision of the Americans was proved to be a delusion
Mr. ^ESSTEKSOS ON ODR GotER&MEST.—Mr. ifef-
ferson, in his notes on Virginia, well says: "An
elective despotism was not the goverotttenl we
f..Hght fo/, but ode whicb Should not only be
founded on free principles, but in which the powers ol Government should be so divided and bal
aweed among the several bodies (tt the magistracy
as1 that no one could trartsffend tbeir legal limits.
without being effeotully checked and restrained
by the others."
''You are about to remove, are you not ?"
"No,"
"Why, yml wrote U'p 'setlltig off''
"Yes; every shopkeeper Is selling off.
"You say, 'No reasonable offer refased.'"
"Why I should be very unreasonable it I did fe
ftlse such an offer."
"But you say, -Must close 00' Saturday.' "
"To be sure; you would not have me open
Suoday, woald you?'*
oft
The Working Classes.
Labot, the most honorable and the least hohoretl
Of the servants of humanity, lfas ever yielded an
unmerited precedence to capital, and at all tirtieS
and in all climes has endured a kind of bondage
under the arrogant scepter of its twin element of
industrial progre.-8i Tbe many have always toiled
hat the few might live lb luxury ahd ease, and
the daily sweat bt the Working man mandrel tbe
Seed of wealth Irotnwnicli the already wefcljthy.reap'
new harvests. It is so orilaiui-d by a wisdom and •
justice that are uUfatbobi .ble' and beyond eithef
Criticism or appeal ; and il BiViliz-itidn will but so
regulate the great industrial system that labor may
at least earn a subsistence) doubtless the eyeless'
will roll on and honest industry will not murmur
at its lot
Our dertiocr itic inslltUtiobS and the boiihdleSB'
opportunity s offered by out young and vigorous
Republic, bave eleveted the Working elksses
of our country above tho.-e of. 5thef
landa The hungry and desityjlte dt the
old World have dome ib multitudes to tRSte.of tbe
oVi-rflortiug bouttty os Am-rica. Sometimes' the
the toiler would ascend upon a Iditunate wave ot
rise by dint of energy and thiift. tinul be towared
above his qu ddatn fellows as tbe represetatitie ot
Capital. Siill, the great hive War- busy aud bartho-
nions. and he who had fnod and raiment \q sufficiency be grudged not th» superfluities ol othersi
All is Clianged riow. and is changing wilh appalling rapidity. Oivilsiilfe bas claimed Mr its
owu eusiauces the su^tanee given by art and mjture
to clothe a»d feed the mlllions.ihe powerful and rich
indeed) out ot this chaos have gathered tbe ele*
ments of lurther puwer and ol great"f wealth 1 but
the poor have not only lost their political I beriies,
but also th-priVlege to earn their daily bread;
They are told that the North is prosperous; Tbe
organs of the Centralizing doctrine call their alten*
tion to the del that diamonds are b'Ught and sold j
that aristocrats ride in luxurious carriages, and
wear Coatly silks and velvets, aud entertain with
spleudid dinners and brilliant fetea. Meanwhile
ibe Working Classes wonder at the magilifloShce)
and suffer from cold and hunger. They do not
ask to be amused with gaudy equipages, to be
bliuned with the flash ol j-Wels, or to listen
to tbe sound ol reveiry ; tbay ask only a fair ptica
for their labor, a sufficiency ot depreciated curren«
Cy to buy the necessaries of life, and that the
■prosperous"'North cannot afford them. A'fe*
nights ago, the Academy of mhsiu blzed with eon*
vivial splendors in hoimr of the hiiehngs of a des*
pot whose scepier is crimson witb tbe blood ol.the
Countrymen ol the Kosciusko. Thousands apod
ihou-ands Of dollars were worse than wa'-ite.? in
cosily incense to that abominable sbfi3#f''Kloll
viauds tempted those already Satiated, atid wine
fl iwed like water (of those who onty thirsted be*
cause of their excesses. Now. tbe working classes
have tbeir gatherings, too; Tliey do not meej. iu
brilliant halls, among flower-, and perfumes, to
least and make mriry and nY'/ve io m iZjs to tbe
stjtmd ol stv'elling music ; but in thr-ir treadbare
habits,- with sad audraober visages, and I'osreljBdfng
hearts, they meei'to consider ibe meani}4ftf self
preservation. Thefe wa* many a belle at tbe A*0a*
■lemy, joyous of heaft and lovely In her exqif^itef
toilet, Who might hove paled itr'tft'e' ^lare ol tba
gass-light and sickened on the arm of h-iJIwrrteo*
vifebeau. had she beea able to glance from the
ball room to the garret, and to look upou the,sthin
hands that Wiled upon h.f beaUtji^li ^lldrysfK.yefr
plying tbe incessant needle farjpast tbe miduight
for the forty cents mocfeery of femuueiation/
Those are the people wbo assemble now, and llSeif
cards ol invitation issue Irom an exacting necessity
that accepts bo denial,
The "strikes".wifrf festore to fabof some pof'tioff
of its due ;' but something mofie.-ts essential to re-
-trsin the powef of eapltal,- at o ce its ally and its
foe. Our political! sysiem, un-ler the sway uf
Black Republicanism, is fast tending,toward centralisation. We commented a few d .ys ago upon
an article in the Tribune, in which tbe working
Classes Were depreciated, and alluded to In terms
of disparagement; as tbe principle of Ceuttal.U£a<
lion gains ground, the work ttgmeit will find tilnt
these efforts to disparage them will be redoubled'
Centralization aims at a weiiketijug of tbe power
ol the masses f and tbat they may be weakened
politically, it will be sought to degrade tbem in
the social scale, ai.d to rendir ilieni mote tbair
ever dependent upon capital. The -Coufir natjail
OS tbose arbitrary powers^ usurped iiy .Federal officials, Will perfect the league between political ^nd
iflnftfcyed power, and the Working classes will find
themselves reduced to the condition ol tbeiluXra*
termty in monarchical Europe, where the pe.tfsa it'
ry ere olten unable from ih 'ir scanty Wayes>ttf
provide a wholes..ffie ureal ol meat for their faint"
lies ad {Sen pines .n the course ol the yeaA; Let
the masses be sudden in the r application ol timse
lessons W.biCh tlietf brtet expet'i. ttee ol despotjsM
has already taught , for when i-hvy baye ouctf
yielded their political i' #unce to 'he spi^tof.pen
irahzSation,. their socul stilus w ll.be eqnul y-tjle-
teiioratedj add Revolution will, bij Mitfonly instrument of their redemption. It is only by reimitn-
iug trtte to ibe Democracy tbat they can protect
■ hemse.lves from the ultimate absolution of capital
allied witb political power. It is only by opposing the theory nl coercion, and vindicating tba
rights oi Slates and crnzenship, that tbey can be
true to the democracy. The pecuniary welfare, tha
social condition, the political influence of their
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| Title | Los Angeles Star, vol. 13, no. 36, January 9, 1864 |
| Type of Title | newspaper |
| Description | The English weekly newspaper, Los Angeles Star includes headings: [p.1]: [col.3] "December. By Ina", "The London "Times" on the American question -- American "Union" considered impossible!", [col.5] "The working classes"; [p.2]: [col.1] "The overland mail", [col.2] "Murder of Mr. Edward Newman", "Fire", "New Years calls", "Social party", [col.3] "District Court -- Benj. Hayes Judge", "County Court -- January Term -- Wm. G. Dryden, Judge", "From His Excellency, Amos Reed, Acting Governor of Utah Territory, we have received a number of the Union Vidette ...", "Pacific Railroad -- home manufacturers", "Mining interest", [col.4] "Marital Law in New Mexico", [col.5] "Summons"; [p.3]: [col.1] "Eastern Intelligence", "Summons", [col.2] "In the Probate Court of the County of San Bernardino, State of California", "Sheriff's sale", [col.3] "In the Probate Court, County of Los Angeles, State of California", [p.4]: [col.1] "The maid I love", "Eastern intelligence", [col.2] "The war from a scientific stand-point", "Gas and lamp-oil obsolete", "Artemus Ward on the neoro", "Russian ball", [col.5] "Summons". |
| Subject (lcsh) | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers |
| Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic Subject (County) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic Subject (State) | California |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | USA |
| Coverage date | circa 1864-01-03/1864-01-15 |
| Editor | Hamilton, H. |
| Printer | Hamilton, H. |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Hamilton, H. |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created | 1864-01-09 |
| Type | texts |
| Format (aat) | newspapers |
| Format (Extent) | [4] p. |
| Language | English |
| Identifying Number | Los Angeles Star, vol. 13, no. 36, January 9, 1864 |
| Legacy Record ID | lastar-m507 |
| Part of Collection | Los Angeles Star Collection, 1851-1864 |
| Rights | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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| Repository Name | The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery |
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| Filename | STAR_981~1; STAR_981~2; STAR_981~3; STAR_981~4 |
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| Full text | fail VOL. XIII. LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATUKDAY, JANUARY 9, 1864, NO. 36. £00 Angeles Star: PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, At the STAR BUILDINGS, Spring Street, Lo» Angeles, BY H. HAMILTON. TERMS: Subscriptions, per annum, ire advance. .$5 00 For Six Months 3 00 For Three Months 2 00 Single Number 0 124 Advertisements inserted at Two Dollars persquare often lines, for the first insertion; and One Dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction made to yearly Advertisers. San Francisco Agency. Sir. C. A. CR VNE is the only authorined agent for tha Los Anoblbs Star in San Francisco. All orders left at his office, Northwest corner of Washington and Sansome streets, Government uilding, (up stairs) will be promptly attended to. limttm Carts. a.b. chapma: ATTORNEY AND COtTNSELLOU AT LAW. IFFICE- in Tet Offi From the Golden Era. DECEItlBIiK. Lo I pale December treadeth the dull plains) With icy breath transpiercing all the air, And wintry robes, tbat brush tbe forest bou»bs, And leave them brbwu and barren, At bis totidh i Temples Building, near the Land The dancing streams have curdled and grown still; aug29 The woodland's myriad melodies are dumb, all its merry tenant bird HOTELS. BELLA UNION HOTEL, LOS A^QELES. JOHN KIlVG & HENItY HAMMEL, Proprietors. mHE SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above X named Hotel, wish to assure their friends aud the travelling public that they will endeavor to keep the Bella Union what it has always been, THE BEST HOTEL IN SOUTHERN" CALIFORNIA. Families can be accommodated with large, airy rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished. The Bills of Fare shall be inferior to none in the State. All the Stages to and from Los Augeles arrive at and depart from -t-bie-Hotel. Tiie Bar aad Billiard Saloons ••hall receive the most strict attention, and tbe patrons shall find that this house will be carried on as a first class Hotel ought to be. Los Angeles, May 31, 1862. WILLOW 6 mi house! J. J. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR. THE SUBSCRIBER having leased lhe ribove house, wishes to assure his friends I ,nd the traveling public, that be will en- L'j'lVl .leavor to keep tho WILLOW GROVE HOUaE A FIRST CLASS HOT EI,. This Home is half a mile East ol the Town of I."xingtou, on the main road to tbe Colorado aiv.T. Families can be accommodated with large rooms, as the »b»ve House has been newly furnished and well ventiUt-'d. The bar is well supplied wilh the best of LIQUORS and CIGARS. Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and Corral, where the best of HAY. BARLEY and CORN is k-pt for sale and Teed. This is the only place where there is plenty of water. J. J. MURPHY. Et. Mojjtb, Oct. 25. 18G3. oct3l-tf THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the prin- ;ipal place of busines" in EL MONTE, is signed for the ACCOMMODATION of TRAVELERS on the road from Los Angeles no Sau Bernardino and the Colorado River. Animals are well taken care of at the STABLE AND HAY-IAED, Which U abundantly supplied with WATER, and where FEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms. J. W. EVANS, al. F. Q.U1NJS. El Monte, Sept. 28, 1863. Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets (OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,) SAN FRANCISQO. 1 THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the of Vl'Jm Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent 'l&SiJm loarder. that he has leased the above well .ijrajsjj known and centrally located Hotel, and intends i-'mlxM keeping it as A FIHST-CLASS HOUSE, At Moderate Prices. In the last three months tnere has been expended a arge amount in Re-modellng and Re-furnlshlng, the EXCHANGE, ana it will now compare favorably with the first class hotels of the city. WE HAVE SPLENDID SUITS OF APARTMENTS for'Families; also a large number of fine single rooms for gentlemen. It is the purpose of the Proprietor to make theEK- HANGE one of tho most comfortable and home-like otels in the State, and make the Prices to Suit the Times. rpECH T-A.-B Ij !EJ Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords. Attached to the house a^Tfine BATHING ROOMS for Ladies or Gentlemen. JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor. CLARK'S NDiUB THE CHEAPEST AND BEST ARTICLE Por Marking Linen. For sale bv the gross, at , 305 vlontgomery street, Room No. a, San Francisco. ebii2 W. HOLT. NOTIOE, B. S. GRAY W0U1VD respectfully inform the fraWle. that lieiKjre pared tu perform all services pertaining to tho iii- tenneut of deceased prers ns. He will attend to the laying outof bodies, arranging for funerals, furnish' badges, gloves, ete., if requested. Any orders left at his residence. New High Street, near th«Ca>th..lie Church, or at his storey oh Main Street, opposite tbe New Market, will be promptly atteuded to, , . «-N. B.—AlUrders for DTGGTNff GRAVES, must be left at the earliest moment possible. 0$ Angles, June 13, Wi. J. M. HEL,t,MAN, ARCADIA BLOCK, Next to Cotbitt & Barker's, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Gents' Furnishing Goods, liress Goods, ■White Goodg, Embroidery and Lace Goods, Dreg* Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves, &c. jan4 S. HELLMAK, TEMPLE'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET, Los Angeles, — DEALKU IN —• Books and Stationery, Cigars, Tobacco, Candy, Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Sic. CIRCIJIiATlNa LIBRARY. GARDEN SEEDS. DR. J. C. WELSH, PHYSICIAN AND SjURGEON, Office, CITY DRUG STORE, Main street, Los Angelee. Office hourB, 9 to 12, m ; and 2 to 9, p.m. August 1, 1859. S. & A. LAZARD, IMPORTERS, And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in French, English and Dry Goods. American Jorner of Melius Row. Los Angeles. ' 1 '62 PHINEAS BANNING, FORWARDING and COMMISSION AGENT, New San Pedro and Los Angeles. Por all its merry tenant birds are Howu In terror of his coming. Yet bis bean Is warm with love ami kindness, and beneath His cold and shroud like coverings, he bears Tbe germ of all things good and beautilul. Tbe old man's eyes are dim, and on his brow The wintry Iros's bave fallen heavily. Yet, as the aged cling more close to life That fadeth surely from tbem, so he clasps The tarnished scepire ofthe waning year, And. with firm step, ascends tbe tottering thfone, With royal kinglike bearing;. He has seen The Months, bis children, perish, one by one ; Their bloom departed, ahd their handiwork, Sunk i' tbe remorseless Past that swallows up The ajheivements of all time. He alone, Remains. Ibe year's lull circle to complete,— To count bis lessening pulses, and to Watch The flickering flame of his own life die out. Yet Is his heart not sad, for past the tomb, He Bees the "resurrection and the life" And the renewal ol the beautiful 1 And. though the bird nnd blossom flee away, Yet Earth's white souls, the children, stretch glad hands Of welcome, at his presence; young lips smile To see bis white face at the misty pane, And eyes grow large in wonder, when his hands S'ring tbe great jewels on tbe froBen limbs His first cold touch had rendered brown and bare, the Christmas fires, that blaze upon Ihe hearths, Of happy households, are the sacred names Upon his altar: holiest .offerings From gratelul hearts, of tenderness and love. Oh I hail to thee, December,—Month divine t Beloved of Angels, reverenced by man. Tbon sufferest, that tbe future may enjoy,— Thou sowest. that the coining hour may reap. Thine is the premise, growing to its slow Yi-t sure fulfillment; lo within thy breast, Nursed by tbe dews of love, tbe seedling lies. That yet shall sboot,—shall blosom and expand, And ripen to the lull and perfect trnil. For these, blest symbols of the sacrifice, God chose tbee fot His fit and proper lime, And placed within thy coronal ot days. The great Star-Gem—the Birth Hour of Our Lord! IV Jl • MLB V1 -E 4 (SUCCESSOR TO GEO. THACHER & CO,) — "Wholesale and Retnll Dealer In — wins ahd liquors, Syrups, Bitters. Cordials, ALB, ?OS,flSE, AITS CIGARS, Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO., Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st. SAN FRANCISCO. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND GENERAL AGENCY. Furnteh all kinds of help for Families, Hotels, Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops &c. Also, have a Real Estate Agency, and attend to business in that line. feb22 FOR San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego. ON and alter the firsMof April, and until further notice, the steamship ^fifc SENATOR, Will Make two trips per nfcnth on the Southern Coast, leaving Broadway Wharf, On the 3d and 18th of each Month AT 9 O'CLOCK, A. M. j§ ~ Bills of Lading will be furnished by (he Purser on board. For freight or passage apply on board, or at the office of S. J. Hensley, corner of Front and Jackson streets. dec9 S. J. HENSLEY, President. LEMON TREES FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER NOW OFFERS FOR SALE 3 AAA DWARF LEMON TREES, one ,UUU year old, which will commence hearing in two years time; this truit tree cannot be procured in any other portion of this State, aud its truly remarkable productiveness recommends it to general cultivation, needing no more land, norgreater care for its cultivation than tbe ordinary California grape vine, the net income is ot least TEN-FOLD MORE THAN THAT DERIVED from the cultivation of AA Y OTHER FRUIT. Whilst the market can never be ovci stocked with lemons, the owner of every garden should at least have a sufficient number ol this choice frnit for his own consumption. Now Is the time to transplant them. g®-FIRST COME, FIRST SERFED.^m. Trees neatly packed for transportation and lull directions given for their cultivation. SAMUEL ARBUCKLE. Los Angeles, December 9ih, 1863. EABWAIT'S READY RELIEF Proves its superiority to all other remedies, in relieving tbe sufferer of pain al once. A tew min ntes is sufficient to convince the most skeptical of in marVellods powers. So swift is its action in soothing the most violent pain, allaying irritation arid inflamation. in transforming the rheumatic, the crippled, and bed-ridden, to the enjoyment of ease and comfort, in curing dysentery, Disrrhasa, and all internal and external pains, that patients ascribe its tallsmanic power to enobatilment in- tead ofthe plain mall er-of-fact tesults from its skiliully combined properties. Whenever there ie Daio tstse it. HOSTETTER, SMITH & DEAN. 25W Montgomery st., (Russ Block.) ' ^ gtau(jing aCmies mi all those lauraerabW {ban J? rauciscoe I The London "Times" on the American Question -American .'Union" Considered Impossibl*! The cost ol the American civil war to one of the belligerents has now been stated with some approach to precision, if not accuracy. The Northern States, we are told on "official" authority, have actually sent intojthe fir-Id 1,276,246 men. But this only brings the account up to January 1863, since which time the Federal Government has made the most desperate efforts to increase its forces. Upon the whole, we can hardly be far Irom wrong inpresuming that a million and a hal of soldiers most have been raised Irom a population oot exceeding tbat of this island—a proportion never attained, we believe, in any European contest on record. As regards money, the facts are more difflcul. to ascertain, but tbe debt incurred by the Northern States was ''approximately" stated as $1,228,832,781 on the 1st of last September. Our correspondent, however, explains that these figures convey no adequate representation 0 the liabilities actuatly incurred, and tells ub lhat ihe estimate of the public debt, formed by competent judges, places the amount ''between twenty- five hundred and three thousand millions dollars." In English money this would be between £500,- 000,000 and £600,000,000 sterling and tbe annual charge at the current rate of interest must be considerably above tbat ofour natioual debt. It is natural, after sucb relations as these, to ask once more what is the object of so tremendous and exhausting a contest. Tbe answer is given in a single word "Union' and we may, perhaps consi der that this reply does really express the predominant feeling of the Northern people. No doubt many minor motives are included, and many interests are at work more or less perceptibly under cover of this universal cry, but in the main and instinctive craving for the "American Union" is probably the ruling passion. We think tbat passion natural, but we cannot regard it as resonably indulged. To impartial observers that whatever might have beeu tbe character of the Union, it became a political imposibi- lity when one-tbird of its citizens deliberately refused to continue it any longer. That resolution might have been both destructive and suicidal, but it could not, to any good purpose, be overruled. Even if the Unionists could crush the seceders, whicb seems utterly improbable tbe result, as we are assured by Gen. Butler himself, would not bring tbe Union back again, nor can even the most complete sneoess on the part of the North leave America anything but a divided and die traded country. The Americans of the old Union were bent upon escaping the common political lot of mankind. They were not in reality quite such a people as they imagined themselves, but their growth had been so prodigiously rapid and promised to be so continuous that they may be almost excused for setting no bounds to their own "destinies." They concieved, ihefefore, tbe idea ofa nation not only Incomparably greater, bu incompar«bly mora fortunate than any other nation ever known. Prom this ideal State they banished all the drags and drawbacks patently endured by European States, the world in wbich they lived—that istbe'BFew World—was to be absolntely their own, in undivided and indivisible integrity. Though they might nnmber a hundred millions ol men, these were all lo form one people nnder one Presieferit, with one common country. Tbe great American- Continent was to have bul one State,and to be ex empted from all the obligations of political rivalries, all tbe exigencies ofa political equilibrium, and all wars, except wars cheerfully accepted fo. the sake of conquest of supremacy, they were1 to be not such as we are in this "rotten" Old World : and tbeir happy exemption from the common bur dens of notional life,would relieve them from debt adjustments and sacrifices wbicb tbe States ot Europe are fain to make fort'ie sake of peace and quiteness. Tbat Was the idea of the Americans. It required a whole world for its fulfilIrbeat, but, they were bent on satisfying the Cobdl ion. They talked unreservedly ofthe time when all the other States ol America would gravitate to their own mass and become asorbed in It like comets in the sun, and in the meantime they elevated to tbe dignity ot an indefeasible "doctrine" a declaration that uo Euiopean power should venture to ar quire on the American'doutinent a particle of power; privilage or authority beyond the adual possession- . This is the idea which the secession of the South so rudely demolished. We admit lhat it was an idea worth fighting Tor. if fighting.Could save It, but the result was Imposible, and if the statesmen ol the Noitb could have looked drap4ssidnntily into the future tbey must have seen that, civil war would infallibly destr.y those Very-things wbibh it was designed to preserve from destruction. Tbe founders ol the Republic forsaw as much, and many persons in America discern as much now. It may be remarked, tbat scarcely any public man however confidently he may fegrtrd the war, pretends to speak of the Union, as a thing Wbicb in its old t-hape, will ever be seen again. They expect to see the South subdued and the American uation left without a rival, but that nation will not be the nation of former days. Whatever may be the ravings of fanatics, it is iTposiple that an} reasoning citizen can either desire or anticipate the "extermination" of nine millions of people. The South, even if it could be subdued, would always be represented by a hostile and viudictlve population,and the North woiild aymply become a Russia with a Poland. Such a war aB this has been, and is likely ty be, must uecessarily leave memories behind it aa in compatible with national unity as territorial parti tions ; nor is their any lorce in the argument of the Unionists that the suppresion of this rebellion Will prevent any secession in future. On tbe Contrary, tbat war has already brought out and disclosed the strongest incompatibilities between the vari ius S'ates ol the Union, and set each group meditating secession in its turn. There was a moment when tl e Northwestern States were actually expecting to separate Ihoir fortunes trom (he States ol the Northeast, and tbe divergence of their respective interests has been clearly recognized. Yet if the Northwestern as well as the Southern States bad declared for Separation, where Would uad'e been tbe poW r to ptit. a force upon tbeir will? If two Confederacies instead of one bad been formed in the body of the old Union, how could the remaining fraction have evaded the issue? Does anything at this moment prevent, the secession of certain S ates, except the presure ol an enormous army, and what may we expect If this army, as seems not improbable, should tail lo pieces from ezhaustion? It was natural enough for Americans to connect the wars of the Old World with tbe divisions of the Old World, and to strive for the indivisibility as the means of preventing war. Bat when to secure this, they went tn war, ttiey forfeited the very paize for which they were contending. "We can have none of your European troubles" they said ; "we must have, on this continent, peace, un'on and economy." But in contending tor these privileges they have had as much war, as much bloodshed, and as much extravagance of outlay as would bave carried tbem over a century in the European fashion. Their debt, iu faot, is as great as ours already, so that, ou this point, they have exhausted tbe spirit, il not the strength, of the population, and tbey are raising such monuments of domestic bate as generations will not suffice to remove, ihey have incurred, in short all those visitations, which they have been fighting to escape, and hare only encontered tbe common lot in a precipitate and extraordinary manner. Tbeir idea! Union was a great conception, but it was based on the assumption that human nature would not be human oature on the American Continent, and that millions ol men distributed under a variety ol conditions and a variety of interests, over an enormous territory, would escape All those influences whicb in other lands, had infalibly made half a dozen nations out of one. Tbay speculated not only upon a new world but a new nature, and tbey have been disappointed by tbo event; bui tbe worst tbat can happen, even from tbeir own point of view, is that tbey should fare as all other people bave fared before them. They hoped to do better than this and are vex d at the failure, but the failure from the first was irretrievable. They may liquidate tbeir debt and replenish their poi u'ation but they can never become the people tbey design^ ed to be. For the destruction of that ideal tbe South is accountable, and must take the responsa- bility ; but when once nine millions ont of thirty millions had declared that they Would rather die lhan remain in nnion with the rest, the political Vision of the Americans was proved to be a delusion Mr. ^ESSTEKSOS ON ODR GotER&MEST.—Mr. ifef- ferson, in his notes on Virginia, well says: "An elective despotism was not the goverotttenl we f..Hght fo/, but ode whicb Should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers ol Government should be so divided and bal aweed among the several bodies (tt the magistracy as1 that no one could trartsffend tbeir legal limits. without being effeotully checked and restrained by the others." ''You are about to remove, are you not ?" "No" "Why, yml wrote U'p 'setlltig off'' "Yes; every shopkeeper Is selling off. "You say, 'No reasonable offer refased.'" "Why I should be very unreasonable it I did fe ftlse such an offer." "But you say, -Must close 00' Saturday.' " "To be sure; you would not have me open Suoday, woald you?'* oft The Working Classes. Labot, the most honorable and the least hohoretl Of the servants of humanity, lfas ever yielded an unmerited precedence to capital, and at all tirtieS and in all climes has endured a kind of bondage under the arrogant scepter of its twin element of industrial progre.-8i Tbe many have always toiled hat the few might live lb luxury ahd ease, and the daily sweat bt the Working man mandrel tbe Seed of wealth Irotnwnicli the already wefcljthy.reap' new harvests. It is so orilaiui-d by a wisdom and • justice that are uUfatbobi .ble' and beyond eithef Criticism or appeal ; and il BiViliz-itidn will but so regulate the great industrial system that labor may at least earn a subsistence) doubtless the eyeless' will roll on and honest industry will not murmur at its lot Our dertiocr itic inslltUtiobS and the boiihdleSB' opportunity s offered by out young and vigorous Republic, bave eleveted the Working elksses of our country above tho.-e of. 5thef landa The hungry and desityjlte dt the old World have dome ib multitudes to tRSte.of tbe oVi-rflortiug bouttty os Am-rica. Sometimes' the the toiler would ascend upon a Iditunate wave ot rise by dint of energy and thiift. tinul be towared above his qu ddatn fellows as tbe represetatitie ot Capital. Siill, the great hive War- busy aud bartho- nions. and he who had fnod and raiment \q sufficiency be grudged not th» superfluities ol othersi All is Clianged riow. and is changing wilh appalling rapidity. Oivilsiilfe bas claimed Mr its owu eusiauces the su^tanee given by art and mjture to clothe a»d feed the mlllions.ihe powerful and rich indeed) out ot this chaos have gathered tbe ele* ments of lurther puwer and ol great"f wealth 1 but the poor have not only lost their political I beriies, but also th-priVlege to earn their daily bread; They are told that the North is prosperous; Tbe organs of the Centralizing doctrine call their alten* tion to the del that diamonds are b'Ught and sold j that aristocrats ride in luxurious carriages, and wear Coatly silks and velvets, aud entertain with spleudid dinners and brilliant fetea. Meanwhile ibe Working Classes wonder at the magilifloShce) and suffer from cold and hunger. They do not ask to be amused with gaudy equipages, to be bliuned with the flash ol j-Wels, or to listen to tbe sound ol reveiry ; tbay ask only a fair ptica for their labor, a sufficiency ot depreciated curren« Cy to buy the necessaries of life, and that the ■prosperous"'North cannot afford them. A'fe* nights ago, the Academy of mhsiu blzed with eon* vivial splendors in hoimr of the hiiehngs of a des* pot whose scepier is crimson witb tbe blood ol.the Countrymen ol the Kosciusko. Thousands apod ihou-ands Of dollars were worse than wa'-ite.? in cosily incense to that abominable sbfi3#f''Kloll viauds tempted those already Satiated, atid wine fl iwed like water (of those who onty thirsted be* cause of their excesses. Now. tbe working classes have tbeir gatherings, too; Tliey do not meej. iu brilliant halls, among flower-, and perfumes, to least and make mriry and nY'/ve io m iZjs to tbe stjtmd ol stv'elling music ; but in thr-ir treadbare habits,- with sad audraober visages, and I'osreljBdfng hearts, they meei'to consider ibe meani}4ftf self preservation. Thefe wa* many a belle at tbe A*0a* ■lemy, joyous of heaft and lovely In her exqif^itef toilet, Who might hove paled itr'tft'e' ^lare ol tba gass-light and sickened on the arm of h-iJIwrrteo* vifebeau. had she beea able to glance from the ball room to the garret, and to look upou the,sthin hands that Wiled upon h.f beaUtji^li ^lldrysfK.yefr plying tbe incessant needle farjpast tbe miduight for the forty cents mocfeery of femuueiation/ Those are the people wbo assemble now, and llSeif cards ol invitation issue Irom an exacting necessity that accepts bo denial, The "strikes".wifrf festore to fabof some pof'tioff of its due ;' but something mofie.-ts essential to re- -trsin the powef of eapltal,- at o ce its ally and its foe. Our political! sysiem, un-ler the sway uf Black Republicanism, is fast tending,toward centralisation. We commented a few d .ys ago upon an article in the Tribune, in which tbe working Classes Were depreciated, and alluded to In terms of disparagement; as tbe principle of Ceuttal.U£a< lion gains ground, the work ttgmeit will find tilnt these efforts to disparage them will be redoubled' Centralization aims at a weiiketijug of tbe power ol the masses f and tbat they may be weakened politically, it will be sought to degrade tbem in the social scale, ai.d to rendir ilieni mote tbair ever dependent upon capital. The -Coufir natjail OS tbose arbitrary powers^ usurped iiy .Federal officials, Will perfect the league between political ^nd iflnftfcyed power, and the Working classes will find themselves reduced to the condition ol tbeiluXra* termty in monarchical Europe, where the pe.tfsa it' ry ere olten unable from ih 'ir scanty Wayes>ttf provide a wholes..ffie ureal ol meat for their faint" lies ad {Sen pines .n the course ol the yeaA; Let the masses be sudden in the r application ol timse lessons W.biCh tlietf brtet expet'i. ttee ol despotjsM has already taught , for when i-hvy baye ouctf yielded their political i' #unce to 'he spi^tof.pen irahzSation,. their socul stilus w ll.be eqnul y-tjle- teiioratedj add Revolution will, bij Mitfonly instrument of their redemption. It is only by reimitn- iug trtte to ibe Democracy tbat they can protect ■ hemse.lves from the ultimate absolution of capital allied witb political power. It is only by opposing the theory nl coercion, and vindicating tba rights oi Slates and crnzenship, that tbey can be true to the democracy. The pecuniary welfare, tha social condition, the political influence of their class, depend apron the speedy cessation; of hostilities. Let tbem, therefore, organize in support of the Peaoe movement—not only in the spirit o( patriotism to save tbe Republic, but in tbe spirit o f self-preservation, to bring labor and capital to their level.—.Vettf York Weekly Arcws. SfoTJBSS ASolwhmj PAfKloWssSl—The p*in«tpal spring ol our actions is to keep the government of the country iu our hands—onr pri no pal views, the esoneervatiod of this power—great employments to odfaelves,. rtnd great opportunities afrre-' warding tbose wbo tuVn beip.d to ra se us ind of Uttrmiug those who eiaud iu opposition to Q3< CO co CM o co CM ^_ CO CM 1--. CM CO CM o to CM CM e»_ CO CM CM CM — — CM CD O CM |
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