In this direction is the trend of the nation.  States may lag, parties may hesitate, leaders may halt, but to this complexion it must come at last.  States, parties and leaders must, and will in the end, adjust themselves to this overwhelming and irresistible tendency.  It will make parties, and unmake parties, will make rulers, and unmake rulers, until it shall become the fixed, universal, and irreversible law of the land.  For fifty years, it has made progress against all contradictions.  It stemmed the current of opposition in church and State.  It has removed many proscriptions.  It has opened the gates of knowledge.  It has abolished slavery.  It has saved the Union.  It has reconstructed the government upon a basis of justice and liberty, and it will see to it that the last vestige of fraud and violence on the ballot box shall disappear, and there shall be one country, one law, one liberty, for all the people of the United States.”

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THE SOUTH.

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CHURCH BUILDING IN A DAY.

Condensed from the Southern Enterprise of April 18th.

Saturday morning, the 13th instant, at nine o’clock, was the time appointed for the laying of the corner stone of our first church edifice in Deer Lodge, Tennessee.  Rev. G.S.  Pope—­founder of the church, and now General Missionary of the American Missionary Association for the Cumberland Plateau, had been notified of the occasion, but not in time to be present, and the duties were committed to Rev. Aaron Porter, the present pastor.  The early morning was a little cloudy, but before nine o’clock the sun shone out, and the remainder of the day was as pleasant as possible.

The locality of the Church is on Ross Avenue between Knoxville Avenue and Spring Street, where four beautiful lots were selected some time ago by Rev. Mr. Pope and the building committee, and donated by Mr. A.L.  Ross.  At the appointed hour, the citizens and neighbors collected around the foundation, and occupied the piles of lumber as seats while they listened to the interesting exercises.  These consisted of singing, reading of Scripture, an original hymn composed by the pastor, prayer, address, enumeration of articles to be placed in corner stone, depositing, cementing and closing the box, remarks, singing and benediction.

After a few moments of interchanging of views of the situation, and of the good fellowship now prevailing in our pioneer community—­all the men present took hold, and soon raised the entire framework to its place; it having been prepared previously by Mr. Hodge and his assistants in such careful manner that every piece fitted to its proper place.  The crowd then retired to enjoy the good dinners some of the citizens had prepared for them; after which they returned to the grounds, and before sundown had the entire frame work enclosed with sheeting in diagonal style.  In addition, the frame of the tower was raised and encased.  Saturday was a day of pride to Deer Lodge, as probably the same amount of work has not been accomplished in the same time on any other occasion in this country.