Show peculiarities of lima among the many contradictions and peculiarities of human nature stands forth prominently that disposition which from floru pure contrariety will induce ft man to act and speak in it a manner different own inclinations and wishes that men laen frequently act and so speak we kave before had bad reason to realize but not often sw so graphically as ag in the case of the late election where we have known 9 ile few we are arc happy to say a vert very few mea bien come to the polls and while we perio personally nally knew that all their sympathies and bishes were with the union IMM art ty yet hive have seen them vote directly in the teeth of their own actual and frequently expressed wishes all this too caused by sonic some trilling trifling quarrel some desire to vex sonic some misunderstanding with a friend or wish to spite a supposed nemy enemy I 1 how truly did not the pagan philosopher hilo sopher observe that men are arc re really ally lout but children 1 it is indeed jast for similar instances of action that children are put under the care of their elders ciders and punished when they disobey then their reasonable behesta behests beh beli ests there are doubtless throughout the entire country in instances instance stane in which agnor ince of ane facts has caused th the a 10 loss ss of votes to the union side and no doubt abin abundance dance of cases exist in which religious or class prejudices have caused u loss of tence on the side or of the government but even these are not so much to be deplored as is ia the want of appreciation of the value of his vote and his own dignity as an american citizen which could induce a man to cast away for pure his influence so politically felt tor for good or evil in the election just put that such instances have been few is A 9 cause of n rejoicing that they should in future be still ft fewer is highly desirable 1 and most of all is it to bo be strongly that our country may never neve again ragain fall kt such straits as to be at ull all at the mercy of men so wanting in principle f 10 or so ao devoid of intellect |