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We 'meet as friends,—as friends we part,
— TliVtlitterhirliTt - rund - gbm c-hretz - ;
Thotigh they betray a conscious 'heart,
Cannot its full emotions speak.
'Tis better thus 1 would not tear
Away tho veil stiiVended there:
Nor wish to read one thought above
A sister's unimpassioned love.
But I must think of other days,
And other scenes to both so dear,
When I could tell in artless lays,
The tale thou didst not frown to hear;
Of hopes that` center'd in thy form;
or young affections, pure and warm,
A heart, before unchain'd uud free,
Then first and only bound to thee.
Bow, like a meteor. of the night,
Has Iled that: dream of happiness,
And left a sad and chilling blight,
On every good that comes to bless!
Nor thine the limit! May joy-as bright
As hope can paint, thy truth requite
While I at 'Me alone repine,
That severed thus thy path and mine.
As friends we part—a full, and kind,
And warn, farewell, my lips bestow;
And may the hearts with thine entwiii'd,
With thee the richest blessings know.
For thee my best desires shall rise ;
For me thy prayer ascend the,skies ;
Ambeherisli'd kindness thus dispel
The sorrows of this long la tewell.
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From "The Club Book."
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la JOHN GAIT.
"Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special ‘vundei."--7[.llAcarrn
Many proverbial expressions are founded
On experience. "The Unguarded Hour" is
one of them; and it has bacon) ~ so coininon,
that few of those' who ottcnest einplel, it are
aware of the inystry to which it alludes.
It conveys the.belielthat mankind are each
proteked„by a supernatural guardian. It
impkes'.t* that the angel at times quits
his peat, mid that in the interim, "the un
guarded hoiit'" the dei'enceless mortal is
liable to be assailed by the insidious tempta
tions of the universal adversary. IVhether
this impressive thesis be an hypothesis, or
an apocalypse, it baffles the human under
standing. It cannot be rejected as altogeth
er earthly and of mortal imagination, nor
accepted as divine and of celestial descent.
But it is not my present purpose to examine
the evidence on either side; I have only to
describe a series of seeming accidents, cal
' culated to enforce thedoctrine by the cir
cumstances in which their advent took place
and to 1 - Avaken at once solemnity, wonder
and dread.
"Many years ago," said a friend, when
- detained by indisposition in a sinall village
in Hungary, a discovery was one morning
made, by which the superstition of the sim
ple inhabitants was greatly excited. It had
been a custmn from time immemorial when
the j u d g crirtr-office--tfav€4l44l---througli--thag.
country ,to dispense justice,' that as often as 1
he came to Panigstein, and I believe it was
only once in a course of the cycle of the
moon, every nineteen years, and at the
change, that he held a free assize in the
open air, near the 31 arty r's cross, an ancient
- monument which stands alone oil the solitude
- of the igoor, _at the _distance of.n.bowsliot or.
more from the church. The cause of this
venerable ceremony being held at that par
ticular spot, was never satisfactorily explain
ed, but it originated either in a prediction
which had been delivered by the Martyr, or
on some incident connected with his doom.,
On every occasion, when the Court was-held
. at this spot; the inhabitants were sumin4ned,
in the name, of heave'', to hearken to the
list of offenders which ihemagistrate of the
district openly placed in the hands of the
judge, iid,,idl such as could bear witness to
f".attgr !+Fgarding . them were commanded to
emilif forward and do so.
"Although then but in shattered. health,
this reniarlable ceremony, which chanced
while I was at Panigstein, induced me to be
present -among the crowd of spectators when
the judge was expected to arrive. The day
was ,gray and silent; the sun was not invisi
ble, but l*s dim orb hung in the firmanent
with au-obscure lack lustre sickliness; and
all the landscape, and every living thing,
seemed overcast and dejected. The en
signs of judgment which marked the place
.' of administration added to the solemnity of
. the scene, and the magistrate, to augment
the gloom, had ordered a lofty new and
black gallows to be raised at a little distance
from where, the benches and table for the
,court had beim constructed.. . • ' ,
"Among other impressive customs eon
' masted with the free assize, is one of unknown
antiquity. The magistrate, in preparin ,,
the list of offenders for the judge, is. not al
lowed to divulge to any person the names of
tl)e crimfhals intended to be accitsed;. and it
. isalleg i ed, that this has a religious influence
0 the morals of the people, tiVone_being a
- re how his conduct may have been noted;
iti of what he may lie found charged with
ilhe-list. The crisis id, in consequence,
' I V aweul to all. ,On the occasion when I
::thore it was not anticipated , that 101
- , p 'culur crime would, be . divulged ; and it
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DUC IT AMOR ATR I 4 -1;; piton ESs E cjv LOVE OF MY OW NTIO7 1,1;A DS Mk: TO NTAGEirr irY FELLOW-CITIZFXS.”
o2Balzezaz3v:aao ak:LL te4f4z&LD,2:rz o uahypv&axSa o ..aawQ
should have ordered the gallows to be erect
-61; • indeed, in the opinion of the people; the
calendar was clear, so peaceful and free
from .all violence had been the county from
the former assize nineteen years previous.
"The magistrate I knew very %Yell; he has
sometimes invited me to his - tense; was a
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diate villagers. From small 1ie.„.,-iiiiiings lw
had raised an ample fortune,- was Cinied flu;
the strictest integrity, and distiie for
great benevolence and holy purity of life. It
was thought by many that there was a de
gree of all'ectation in his singular piety, tier
in his Naiiith he had been les,r austere, and
he had put on his sanctity somewhat sudden
ly, in consequence olan event which, though
distressing in itself, could not be said to . af
feet him're Than any other in the town..
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"It wi s • ^murder committed niwiteen
years before the very morniii , when the as
size was held. - No trite 3 of the assassin had
been discovered, and that ciicumstance, to
get her with the worth of the victim had pro
(laced a strong impression .- on every one;
but -on _none more than this magistrate,
whose litithful servant the victim had lon',
been. The crime was yet eis, fin
the man was poor, and it excited unikedsal
,-surpAse that one Who 10 il • vi oondition had
been so much respected should ever have
provoked a doom so sudden - and inexplicable.
Time had greatly mitigated the recollection
of the occurrence; it Was almost fbiarot.k.li
by every body but the widow told the chari
table master, who, with his family, constant
ly endeavored to sawn, with unavailing sy in
pa t liv, her !rliei. She, however, , became
old mid crazed, and when pointed out to me
was a spectacle' of exti.enie -misery. S:ie
was standing trar the Martyr's cros, , ,against
which, owing to my weakness, I was then
leaninfr, and perusing the gromal, 1 observ
edoher eyes vividly glancing with supernat
, . :, , , ....,.„,.,.
Iv: a •v•lgi lane*. S,iu was as soineth iltif-- wi al
an'il fieyce, ready t-) leap npon its 12.);!:i,k;,,,and
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watchinir for the moment. But I 'llittiltiaa
much time to notice her, fir the sound..of
trumpets proclaimed the approach of' tile
magistrate, attended by hisotlicers, and soon
after a movement in I . lle Dillibtlide ins.) il.l
- the COD - ling Or the judge.
'Wiwn he had taken his seat on thr! ju
dicial 'bench, and the lawyers had pl ici!il
themselves at the table, and the trinnpet
sounded a solemn peal three times, awl the
magistrate, with a roll in his hand, advanced.
At the same instant. the widow rushed, with
a shriek like the oracular Pythia in her ec
stacy, and placed herself at the side of the
mag,istrato, as he presented the roll to the
judge. The multitude was silent, and I
felt as if the fune,tions of my breathing were
stopped.
"The judge rose, and standing up, unroll
the paper, which, with an audible voice,
and religious thankfulness, he declared was
dear.
" 'No, no,' cried the iinpas=ioned and ve•
hement widow, 'it-is not so, has not my
hu, , hand's death.'
"'True exclaimed the mfigistrate i 4 l had
forgotten it, the deed was done so long ago,
could thrget the unguarded hour
"The words were repeated by every voice
I believe, in the multitmle in succeSsion, tind
the sound was fearful. "file unguarded
hour?' said the judge to himself, looking to
wards tho magistrate calmly; as if foe pies.
tioniaul scarcely more ineaninu• than w!;:m
uttered in echo by. the crowd—
"'Yes,' cried the widow aloud, 'his guar
dian angel was then away;' and she—nhclu
ded, by acciNing the magistrate, her own
benetiictor, and the gracious master of the
deceased husband, as the murdorer.
" 'She has been long, almost ever since
the fittal event, in a state of' insanity," said
the magistrate,to the judge; and turning to
his officers, bade them take the helpless
creature away.
" will not go—l will have justice,' she
exclaimed, wrestling with the officers, as
they attempted to remove her. The crowil
remained as-if frozen into silence.
"'Good woman,' said the judge compas
sionately, 'you know not what you say.'
" do, Ido ; let me be heard,' was the
wild reply; and the multitude,in the same in
stant cried out, 'let her be hear - d, let her be
heard !' •
"This is a vexatious busines,' said the
judge
,to the Magistrate, 'for the charter by
.which the assize is held at this place obliges
me to receive the.charge, and I . cannot de
part from its ordinances, nor is her evident
insanity a valid reason to reject the accusa
tion. Good Woman why. do you persist in
this extmtvagance—there is co evidence to
sustain the charge ?'
" 'There is, if you will fistful,' she impa
tiently again cried, and with earnest ges-,
tures - and surprising eloquence endeavore(l,
innumerable coincidences: that she had
remarked' in the conduct of the magistrate,
to stow the grounds of her suspicion.
"During the Whole time . that she contin
ued, speaking, the spectators listened with
the greediest cars,tind before she had finish
ed her impassioned appeal, it was manifest
,that they were all, convinced that the ma
gistrate was indeed the murilerer. The
ju'age listened to:all she said with. intense
attention, but the - accused maintaPned his
wanton equanimity.. was astonished that,
he. could' do so, for'serhe of her reasons the'
.14.1i'otn piobabili“: , %yew dike most tottch-
ing and pathetic kind; doubtless all she said
was void of evidAce: still, however, it was
feefully impressive, and .I could, not myself
.ivithstand its eßergy. When she had rath
er'"exhausted her strength than finished
'what she .had 'to say, the judge replied
r-44tZcIa' ean-,hayi tr-gl
to conceal fronetaich vigilance—this'is thy
work ndCOMA ktr possihilitiesof
human law!--There is reason, according to
the charter, that a regular trial should lie
proceeded with, and therefore let the indict
ment be prepared.'
"The feelings of the multitude were exci
ted to-the utmost, and took utterance in a
loud shout, not of joy or of gladness, but a
deep, olemn, and awful sound, whose rni, , ..;ht
and majesty were pOrtentiouslv increased
by tine distant low hollow echo (nine hills.
The accused stoat] a statue or consLEllat ion
!Or a moment. I looked at him with MM.:-
cribabie emotion, hut the paleness which
overspread his complextion vanished, and
he appeared as serene and as self-collected
as heihre.
'llhile the papers were being written I
o')served"the jtulge speakingeto the poor ‘vo
ttnd I heard Innt .sympathizint.dv en
quire respecting the are of her husband, his
gcliOzAl appearance and the manner in which
11C \MS drossect; to which she !rave brief' but
distinct iiiis‘‘ , •rs, as *lithe living prcseoce of
the nurdered man had been seen nc!ualk-
Irre her. She was, however, inwatient
at the judge's questions, and
,;oiswered him
peevishly, for7,lting the respect due to his
di:rnitv; indt4td, the (uestiot:s, at the time,
seente.d to nilt frivolous; 1 could not discern
their propriety nor why so grave ati uhlic e!,
the representative of' the emperor and the
kintr, so far lose all coasciousness of
the place and the occasi tit, as to speak to
!wt . in the manner he was done , . lfeaskel4,
for exathple, the coiort)l . he'r hn Mai
and she answereti Hail:, anti that he wore
iiiS Cap gallantly dolltd; then, after some
other itiquirief4-a.*:,4,o*tificant, he spoke of
his coat tuid the etilOi"Ol' it, but she lost tem
per: and afle.t• telling him it was blue, and
his vest was Iv], inti`'nat vl 11011 would not
prolte her wounded remembrance with mat
te:;
i.§l . this kind.
"In the me - an time the, mag,istrate was en
gaged with an advocate who was pertbctly
convinced, and so eNpres , :ed himself, that
the trial would soon he .safely over. Alto.
gkher the scene WIN most singular, hut the
passion of the crowd was become appalling,
and I was f.arllll lest the magistrate should
be made the victim ofsoaie outrage. Him
self calm, and certain that no evidence could
him, he was yet, visible disturbed: and
I saw him once Or twice start, and `slitulder,
00 donlit amazed that Arch a delirious act:u
s:it ion should have bee.: SU strangely imagin
ed against hill). •
"Wlicin all th - requisite limns wore coin
xletod, he was directed to place himself at
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the bar; and the uil[re accoaillg to the char
ter, called him by !Ernie to answer to God,
who was there present for the crime of which
he was accused. At that moment, and be
-foTc.thernixtd-ruptv-,—tre—AiliFiTiilMlTTlTip
and golden ray upon the &forehead of the
judge, and made it shine as if it had been
crowned with a halo. All the spectators
were witnesses to this glorious symbol; and
I could scarcely control my trembling Ihnbs,
so much did it shake my whole frame.
"The accused was evidently affected, tan
he- hatt-suciNinastery of hirn3elf, - .that - lie
answered with firmness, "NoT Guminr."
"A. pause of sometime ensued, and then
the widow was requested to come for Ward
with her evidence. She advanced ; and sud
denly cried, '1 have hut these tears.."
"frl.'he advocate with whom the accused
had been consulting rose, and animadverting
on the insanity of the charge, demanded an
acquittal.
" 'Stop,' said the judge, solemnly, 'the
order and-provisions of the charter have not
yet been.fultilled,-.---bid the trumpets Sound
thrice.'
"'The-silence of the multitude was dread
ful; the trumpets sounded, and the judge ri
sing from his seat, reverentially uncovered
his hoary head, mid said with a vtice of the
lowliest humility,
"'Heaven send forth thy witness.'
"I looked at the dismayed prisoner ; he
;Was pale, but serene. The judge then re
stimed.his seat, and the adVocate again rose ;
"'I demand,' sal(' , he, 'the acquittal of the
accused.'
"Another, short pause ensued ; and the
itidge;.rising, cast his sight to a distance,
and said,
" 'Make way for the witness.',
"'What % . vitnessi" cried the prisoner, in
visible trepidation.
"Mtt man in the blue-coat—he with
his cep on the one side—mako way for him
—he with the red waistcoat!'
" 'lt is himself that comes,' cried the wid
ow with an exulting shout, and all the spec
tators looked, back towards , the spot where
they expected to behold the witness, but they
saw no 'one ; and when they had again tail
ed their eyes to the bar, the accused had
fainted.' This confirmed the-amazed spec
taters, 'and the judgeskrieeled dowix With de
,Yotion, • and, raising his '''hands to heaven,
• prayed and 'kida-lint - nage te divine justice.
The wretched .4;16 Etti udtwas lett, l ving op-the
ground,"k all resent at the lame moment
.ittlicoveied titejt• li"ads, and witb lear,;.101;1
: n.nr+
awe joined in worship with the judge: A
more affecting scene was never' witnessed;
and when the adoration was ended the guilty
man awaked front his trance, rose and con
fessed the crime.
" seek not mercy;; fiatd he 'I have en
joyed it too long, vet my olliaice is not (Cm
a— --- blow;
— blow;
Yes, the hand of heaven is too visible, here,
that 1 dare not ask reiniz;sion, even if my hid
den misery were not pimishinent enough,—
there, take me,—be now no More del4.v.
The gallows is reads , and mercy dare not
in this place contend with justice..
' Pleasure is a shadow; wealth is vanity ;
and power p i alo but knowledge is cx
tatic enjoyrheiii-i-perrennial in fame, unlim
ited in space, and infinite in ilitration. .
. . In the performance of its sacred ofli.
ces, it fiat:, no danger—spares no expense—
omits no exertion. It stales the mountain-,
looks into the volcano—dives into the ocean
--perihrates the Cat th—winirs its flight into
the skies--encircles the globe—explores sea
and laud—contemplates the distatit-v
-ines the nnnute—cOmprehends the great
ascends to the sublime :—No place too re
mote ar its grasp—no heavens too exalted
for its reach.
LOVE vs. TALENT.—A moral writer, in
a very flaming article about beauty and the
tender passion, says, "a man oftalonts spurns
the idea of stratagem to obtain the atlbetions
of a woman, that he will not sacrifice his
li. , elings or his good sense to the degrading
resort of hypocrisy, but will at once avow
his love," &c. Without pretending to un
derstand one half of this eloquence, we hum
py conceive that a man of talents is not par
ticularly apt to show his good sense on such
occasions :—he generally cuts twice as
many . dihtlsical capers as ordinary men.
-It is the prondest triumph of the "urchin of
the bow and quiver," that lie makes a man
of sense a fool.
SECON - D MAnirrAcEs.—On the sultject of
second marriages, the Boston Statesman of
a late date, has the liAlowinol—How rare is
the tidieity of a second marriage, wheiS eith
er party has any children by-the first. Step
fathers and step mothers too often trample
upon the rights of those who are not. the or.
spring of theic love, but only the objects of
their care. Parental regard can only ariso
from filial love, where there is no regard
there is no obedience; and where there is no
obedience there can be no love, between pa.
rents and...children. Ifa woman is left with
a family of children, she seldom desires to
marry—she is too wise to desire it; but v.ben
a man is left with a
. farnily, he is often fool
enough to =nix, and' generally lives long
enotiA to repent it. We oficn see women
left without any fhrtune, bring up a large
family, usefully, decently and- respectably;
and often see a man, possessed of a large
fortune, take a new rib—so-61.001;0 - d it can'.
not lie still—make his house a bedlam, and
his former children vagabonds.
A correspondent of' the same timer thinks
siTuret ot sufficient importance to arrest
Legislative attention, with,a view of abolish
ing this practice. He remarks that not a sin
gle instance of a second marriage proving
as happy as the first, has ever Come under
his notice; and that he knows of more than
fifty cases of second marriages which have
brut] it misery upon the oft'spring of the first.
DI:ATM—It is doubtless hard to die;
hut it is agreeable to hope we shall not live
here forever, and that a better life will put
an end to the troubles of thug.. If we'were
offered immortality on earth, who is there
would accept SO melancholy a gift? What
resou*, what hope, what consolation would
then be left us against the rigour offortune,
and the injustice of man?
R1r;71%-A preacher being requested to
'perform the last sal offices a young wo:
man at the.poinSf death; pressed her to be
lieve that flesh rind blood could not.enter the
kingdom of Heaven. Then lam safe, said
she, for I am nothing but skin and bone!
ME USE or A TEA-linrri.n.—;A scho
lar who was reading at night heard a: thief
breaking through the Avail of his house.
Happening to have a tea-kettle of boiling.
water before the fire, be took it up, acid
plaeing' himself by the side of the wall, wai
ted for the -thief. The vole being made, a
man thrust his feet through; when the scho
lar immediately seized them, and began to
bathe them with boiling water. The thief
screamed and sued for mercy ; but the seho..
lar replied' very gravely, "Stop till 1 have
emptied my tea-kettle." •
A LONG TEXT.-A clergyman was once
going tolireach upon the text ofthe Stimari
tan woman; and after reading it, he said,
"Do not wonder, my beloved; that the 'text
is so long, for it i 6 a woman that,,ipeaks."
A conceited coxcomb once asked a bar
her's boy: "bid you ever shave a monkey?'
"Why no, sir (replied the boy,) hut ify(fiu
wilt please to sit,down, I will try.".
IThe follo*Mg toast was given at .thelate
tpitle show dinner in Coneord:,"Qld Bach
,clors and, OW 3lnids, a coltset; may they
Lt:V.; toget4ero'''l,
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Whole Number, 98.
„ S(jPREMACV OF THE LAWS.”
We now start for natinnal campaign.
The local interest is over for this year, and
anti-masont.y is set far enutigh.allead to bring
a full and final Irwin th wilhin our reach if
we are active and vigi ant. Ilways be it
remembered, that "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty." To establish the surnE
-31.1eV OF LAIVi;', we now start for the
election of WILLIAm WII2T. The supre
macy of the laws! . Who could have believ
ed that it would ever have been necessary,
in our republic to organize a political party
for this object. Who could have believed
that any party could look off with the most
cold blooded indifrerence, and we must add
with absolute connivance, and see justics
trampled upon and exiled from her own
sanctuary. Be it so. Those who have
read the history of
.the western' trials, and'
the trials Of.. Washington county, and the
absolute refusal of our government to inter
fere when legitimately called upon, have
seen masonry and the ruling party blended
together, either tor or AGAINST law, as may
best subserye their ends. Those who have
not read must do so now, for the ion
will certainly_be all engrossing.
the' "infected anCrier, - nor the
New York, nor the whole northern sta
can longer•be the bounds oftinti-masonry:
The question_is going before the. nation, :
and the citizent of the United States must
each sit in judgment upon the matter be,.
tween masonic domination and the wr
MACY OF THE LAWS.—Elucidator.
From the Norristown Free Press..
VIEWS. OF THE MORALS OF POLITICS,
• From one of the old-fashioned school of
patriotism, or pure republiCans.
"We are Republicans when we neither
live nor act, nor undertake any thing, nor
choose a profession or situation, nor settle is
life, except for the public good.
"We are republicans, when, from love of
the public, we endeavour, by example . as
well as precept, 'to stimulate our children to.,
active beneficence; and seek to render therm
useful to others, by turning; their atteritiont
to such pursuits as are likely to increase tic
public prosperity.
"We are republicans when we endeavour
to imbue the minds of our children with the'
love of science, and with such knowledge as
may be likely, in mature life, to make them;
usefill in the stations they may be called to
occupy; and when we teach them lo "love
their neighbors as themselves."
"Lastly, we are republicans, when we
preserve our children from that self-interest -
ed spirit, which, nt the present day, seems
to have gained more ascendency than love
over a nation, whose people have, notwith
standing, reason to regard each other, and
to love each other as brethren, but the great
er part of whom, care only for themselves,
and look only for the public good when they
compelled to do so, Far fi•onl'us be
this spirit! It is as anti-republican as it is
• ati:chri *ln."
These sent iments, from the pen of an able'
hand in Germany, in 1794, and addressed
to, the younger inhabitant, are worthy of a.
niche in every newspaper on our Continent.
Read and remember *lay be subjoined; to
the youth And 'not to them only, in the. Uni
ted States. Pure 'iepublicanism, is of rarer
existence than some
Noisy demagogues Oho are driven on,
ward by their hope of promotion are fond of
bein g stlyed republicans. Are' they such ?
fitr from it—Pro prirata re, not pro re pub
liea, is 'their true motto:, They have their
own advancement uppermost in their eye,
and the state may sink or swim provided
they can gain their aims.
A man to be a republican must be a good
man, if the fOrmer definitions'are correct.
A selfish, narrpw.hearted, heated partizan
cannot be a republican. He is a tyrant, a
despot, an enemy to the welfare and aflvanc,e
-ment to any but himself: •
Afriend to Repablie
as explained above.
The prospect for Mr. Clay's election to
the presidency is
.Mterly hopeless. The
New England States—Massachusetts,.llon
necticut, and Rhode Island—Delaware, five
votes in Maryland—abd Louisiana—in all
40 votes—are - all that he can Calculate up
on; with even reasonable probability and as
surance. .Yet, with such prospects, Mr.
clay is willing, for the mere gratification of
his vanity, to be held up as a candidate be
fore the nation. Is it generous, to ask of
his friends the sacrifice of waging a • vision
ary conflict.? Is it Magnanimous, to permit:
them to toil on ineflectually in the ranks of
a hopeleSs minority ? And it may be asked,
is it politic for himself Ad accumulate defeat
—to tempt a certain,,lnevitable-r-ignomiiti
ous, overthrow?—Cin. Rep.. 1
MESSRS. ,CLAY AND WlP.T.—dome of lylr
Clay's partizans are flattering, themselves
that Mr Wirt will be. withdrawn. They ,
deceive ,themseliea greatly. It would not
be „a very 'unwise bet ; that Mr Wires_aggre.
gate vote, With the people, of the • llnitedof i U
States ? will exceed . that oceMr, Play: A.
vast puinherefpgesOnft,i4iffOrquttist*
them boat politiCally,Vill for Mr. •
as a man t)f . seundqr Itidgrifient, greater learn,' •,
ing, virttty •
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