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INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
FELIJOW' CIT I ZENS 'appear before you
ttifiS" daY. to take the solemn oath "that I will
faithfully execute the office of President of
the; United States, and`will to, the best of my
'ability, preserve, protect and defend the Con
stitution of the United_States." In entering
upon-this great office, -I most humbly - invoke
the God of our Fathers for wisdom and firm
ness to execute its high l and responsible du
ties in such a manner as to 'restore harmony
and ancient friendship among the people of
the several States; and to preserve our free
institutions throuhout many generations.— :
Convineed -that -I owc - my election to the
herent love for the Constitution and the Union,"
- which still animates the hearts of the Ameri
can people, let me earnestly ask their power
ful support in sustaining all just measures
calculated' to perpetuate these, the richest po
litical blessings-which Heaven has ever be
stowed upon any nation. Having determin
ed not to become a candidate for re-election,
I shall have -no motive to influence my con
duct -in administering the Government, ex
cept the desire, ably and faithfully to serve
my country, and to live in the grateful mem
ory of my countrymen. We have recently
passed through a Presidential contest in which
the passions of our fellow-citizens were exci
ted to the 'highest degree by questions of
deep and vital importance. But when the
people proclaimed their will, the tempest at
once subsided, and all was calm. The voice
Hof the niajoritv,'speaking in the manner pre
ecribed by the Constitution ' was heard, and
instant submission followed. Our own coun
try could alone have exhibited so grand and
striking a spectacle of the capacity of man
for self-government. What a happy concep
tion, then, 'was it for Congress to apply this
simple rule, "that the will of the majority
Shall govern," to the settlement of the ques
tion of domestic slavery in the territories.—
Congress is neither "to leeiSlate slavery into
any territory, nor to exclude it therefrom,"
but to' leave the people thereof perfectly free
to'- form and regulate their domestic institu
tions in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States. As a na
tural consequence, Congress has also prescri
bed that when the Territory of Kansas shall
be-admitted as a State it shall he received
into the • Union - with or without slavery, as
their own Constitution may prescribe at the
time of their admission. ' A different opin
ion has arisen in reg,ard:to the point of time
*hen thalipeople of a territory shall decide
the question for themselves This is happily
a matter of- but little practical importance;
besides, it is a judicial question, which legit
imately belongs to the Supreme Court of the
United States, before whom it is now pend
ing, and will, it is -understood, be speedily
and finally settled. To their decision, in
common with all good citizens,'l shall cheer
fully submit; whatever this may be, though
it has ever been.iny individual opinion that,
under the Nebraska-Kansas act, . the appro
priate period will be ,when the number ()fac
tual residents in the Territory shall justify
the formation of a Constitution with a - view
to -its admission as- a State into the Union.—
But be this as it may, it is the imperative
and indispensable duty of the Government of
the United. States, to secure to every resident
inhabitant the free and independent expres
sion of his opinion by his vote.. This sacred
right of each individual must be preserved.
This being accomplished, nothing can be fair
er than .to leave the people of a Territory
free froni all foreign interference, to decide
their own destiny for themselves, subject only
to the Constitution of the United States.—
The whole Territorial question being thus
settled upon the principle of popular sover
eignty—a principle as ancient as free gov
ernment itself—everything of a practical na
ture has been decided. No other question
remains for - adjustment, because all agree
that ; under the Constitution, slavery in the
States is beyond the reach of any human
power except that of the respective States
theraselves wherein it exists. May We not,
then, hope, that the long agitation on this
subject is. approaching its end, and that the
geographical parties to which it-has given
birth—so-much dreaded-by the Father of his
Country—will - speedily become extinct?—
Most .happy, will it be for the country when
the public Mind Shall be diverted from this.
question to others of more pressing and prac
tical : importance: Throughout the whole
progress of this agitation, which has scarce
ly known any intermission for more than
twenty years, whilst it has been productive
of no positive good to any human being, it
has been theprolific source of- great evils• to.
the master,. to the slave, and to the whole
country. It has alienated , and estranged
the - people of sister States from each-other,
and-has even seriously endangered the very
existence of tleg:Union. Nor has the danger
yet entirely &wed. Under our system there
is a remedy,for all mere political evils in the
sound sense and sober judgment of the people.
Time is a great - corrective.
,Political subjects
which but afew years ago, excited and exas
perated ; the public mind, have passed away
and are now nearly forgotten. But the ques
tion of domestic. Slavery is of far greater im
portance -than of anymore political question,
because, should the agitation continue, ,it
may- eventually endanger the personal safety
of a large portion of ,our countrymen where
the institution , exists. In that event no form,
of Government, however admirable in itself,
however productive of material benefits, can
compensate for the loss-of peace and domes
tic ..security- around the family altar. - Let
every Union-loVing- man, therefore, exert his
best influence to suppress this agitation,
which, since.. the recent legislation of Con
gress is without any, legitimate s object. It is
an evil omen of the times that men have un
dertaken to calculate the mere material val
ue -of the Union. Recent estimates have
been prescilted of the pecuniary profits and
local advantages which would result to dif
ferent States and sectionsfromitsdissolution,
and of the comparative injuries which such
an event would - inflict on other States and
sections. ' Even descending to this low and
narrow view of the mighty question. all such
WILLIAM LEWIS,
VOL, XII.
calculations are at fault-=the bare reference
to ,a single : consideration will be conclusive
on this point. Went present enjoy a - free
trade throughout our extensive and expand
ing country such as the world never witness
ed. ' This trade is conducted on railroads and
canals, on noble rivers, and arms of the sea,
which bind together the North and the South,
the East and the West of our Confederacy.—
Annihilate this 'trade,- arrest its free progress
by the geographical lines of jealous and lios
tile States, and you destroy the prosperity
and onward march of the, whole and .every
part, and involve all in one common ruin.—
But such considerations, important as they
are in themselves, sink into insignificance,
When we reflect on the terrific evils which
would result from disunion to every portion
of the confederacy. To the North not more
than to the South—to the East not more than
to the West. These I shall not attempt to
portray, because I feel an humble confidence,
that the kind Providence which inspired our
fathers with wisdom to frame the most per
fect form of Government and Union ever de
vised by man, will not suffer it to perish, un
til it shall have been peacefully instrumen
tal, by its example, in the extension of civil
and religious liberty throughout the world.
Next in importance to the maintenance of
the Constitution and the Union, is the duty
of preserving the Government free from the
taint' or even the suspicion of corruption.
Public virtue is the vital spirit of Republics;
and history proves that when this has decay
ed and the love of money has usurped its
place, although the forms of free Govern
ment may remain for a season, the substance
has departed forever.
Our present financial condition is without
a parallel in - history. No nation has ever
before been embarrassed. from. too large a
surplus in its treasury. This almost neces
sarily- gives birth to extravagant legislation.
It produces wild schemes of expenditures
and begets a race of speculators and jobbers,
whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and
promoting expedients to obtain public mo
ney. The purity of official agents, whether
rightfully or wrongfully, is suspected; and
the character of the Government suffers in
the estimation of the people. This is in it
self a very great evil. The natural mode of
relief from this embarrassment is to appro
priate the surplus .iu the Trensary to great
national objects, for which a clear warrant
can be found in the Constitution. Among
these I might mention the extinguishment of
the public debt, a reasonable increase of the
Navy,—which is at present inadequate to
the protection of our vast tonnage afloat, now
greater than that of any other nation—as
well as to 'the defence of our extensive sea
coast. It is beyond all question the princi
ple that no more revenue ought to be collect
ed from the people than the amount necessa
ry to defray the .expenses of a wise, economi
cal and efficient - administration of the govern
ment. To reach this point, -it was necessary
to resort to a modification of the tariff, and
this has, I trust, been accomplished in such
a manner as to do as little injury as may have
been practicable to our domestic manufac
tures, especially those necessary for the de
fence of the country. Any discrimination
against a particular branch fur the purpose
of benefitting favored corporations, individu
als or interests, would have been unjust to.
the rest of the community, and inconsistent
with that spirit of fairness and equality which
ought to govern - in the adjustment of a reve
nue tariff. But the squandering of the pub
lic money sinks into comparatiye insignifi
cance, as a temptation to corruption, when
compared with the squandering of the pub
lic lauds. No nation in the tide of time has
ever been blessed with so rich and noble an
inheritance as we enjoy in the Public Lands.
In administering this important trust, whilst
it may be wise to grant portions of them for
the improvement of the remainder, yet we
should never forget that it is our cardinal
policy to preserve these lands, as much as
may be, for actual settlers; and this at moder
ate prices. We shall thus not only best pro
mote .the prosperity of the new States and
Territories, by furnishing them a hardy and
independent race of honest and industrious
citizens, but shall secure homes for our chil
dren and our children's children, as well as
fur those exiles from foreign shores who may
seek in this country to improve their condi
tion and to enjoy the blessings - of civil and
religious liberty. Such emigrants have done
much to promote the growth and, prosperity
of the country. They have proved faithful
both in peace and in war. After becoming
citizens they are entitled. under the constitu
tion and laws, to be placed on perfect equal
ity with native • born citizens ; and in this
character they should ever be kindly recog
nized. The Federal constitution is a grant
from the States to Congress to certaTh specific
powers, and the question whether this grant
should. be liberally or strictly construed, has
more or less divided. political parties from the
beginning. Without entering into the argu
ment, I desire to state, at the commencement
of my administration, ;that long experience
and observation,have. convinced me that a
strict construction of the pOwers of the Gov
ernment is the only true, as well as-the only
safe theory Of the Constitution.. Whenever,
in our past history, doubtful powers have
been exercised. by . Congress,, these have never
failed to produce injurious and unhappy con
sequences. Many such instances might be
adduced, if this were the proper occasion.—
Neither is it necessary for the public service
to strain the language of the Constitution,
because all the great and useful powers requi
red for a successful administration of the Gov
ernment; both in peace and in war, have been
granted either. in express terms, or by the
laine - st implication. Whilst deeply convin
ced of these truths, I yet consider it clear,
that under the war-making 'power Congress'
may appropriate money towards the construe
tion of a military road, when this is abso
lutely necessary for the defence of 'any State
or Territory of the Union, against foreign in
vasion. Under the Constitution, Congress
has power "to declare war"—" to raise and.
support armies"—"to provideand maintain a
navy," and to call forth the militia to "repel
invar,ien." Thus endowed in an ample man-
s;"
. .
ner with the war-making power, the corres=
ponding duty is required. that " the United
States shall protect each of them (the States)
against, invasion." Now , is it possible to
afford this protection to California and. our
Pacific possessions except by means of a mil
itary road through the Territories of the Uni
ted States over which men and ammunitions'
of war may be speedily transported from the
Atlantic States to meet and repel the invader. -
In the event of a. war with a naval power
much stronger than our own, we should then
have no other available access to the Pacific
coast, because such a power .would instantly
close the route across the Isthmus .of Central.
America. It is impossible" to . conceive, that=
whilst the Constitution has expressly required.
Con g ress to defend all the States, it should
yet deny to them by any fair construction,'
the only possible means by which one of.
these. States can be defended. Besides; the
Government ever since its origin, has been in'
constant practice of constructing military
roads. It might also be wise to consider whe—
ther the love for the Union which now ,ani
mates our fellow-citizens on the Pacific coast
may not be impaired by our neglect or refu
sal to provide for them in their remote and
isolated condition, the only means by which
the power of the States on this side of, the
Rocky Mountains can reach them in sufficient
time to protect them against invasion.
I forbear for the present from expressing
an opinion as to the wisest and most economi
cal mode in which the GOvernment can lend
its aid in accomplishing this great and neces
sary work. I believe that many of the diffi
culties in the way which now appear formi
dable, will in a great 'degree vanish as soon
as the nearest and best route shall have been
satisfactorily ascertained. It may be right
that on this occasion I should make some
brief remarks in regard to our rights and
duties as a member of the great family of
nations. In our intercourse ' with -them,
there are some plain principles approved' by
our own experience from which, we should
never depart.
We ought to cultivate peace, commerce,
and friendship with all nations, and this, not
merely as the best means of promoting our
own material interests, but in a spirit of
Christian benevolence towards fellow-men
wherever their lot may be cast.
Our diplomacy should be direct and frank,
neither seeking to obtain more, nor accept
ing less, than is our due. We ought to cher
ish a sacred regard for the independence of
all nations, and never attempt to interfere in
the dthifestic - concerns - of any, unless this
shall be imperatively required by the great
law of self-preservation. To avoid entan
glingalliances has been a maxim of our pol
icy ever since the days of Washington, and
its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.
In short, we ought to do justice in a kind
ly spirit to all nations, and require justice
from them in return.
It is our . glory that whilst other nations
have extended their, ,dominions by the sword,
we have never acquired any territory except
by fair purchase, or as in the case of Texas,
by the voluntary determination of a: brave
kindred and independent people to blend
their destinies with our own. Even our ac
quisitions from Mexico form no exception.
Unwilling to take advantage of the fortune
of war against a sister Republic, we pur
chased these possessions under the treaty of
peace for a sum which was considered at the
time a fair • equivalent. Our past history
forbids that we should in the future acquire
territory, unless this be sanctioned by the
laws of Justice and Honor. Acting on this
principle, no nation will have a right to in
terfere or to complain, if in the progress of
events we shall still further- extend our pos
sessions. Hitherto in all our acquisitions,
the people under the protection of the Ameri
can flag have enjoyed civil and religious lib
erty, as well as equal and just laws, and
have been contented, prosperous and happy.
Their trade with the rest of the world has
rapidly increased, and thus every commer
cial nation has.shared largely in their suc
cessful progress. I shall now proceed to
take the oath prescribed by the Constitution
—whilst humbly invoking the blessings of
Divine Providence on this great people.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
LITANY.—IIere 15 a litany which, al
though not exactly orthodox, will pass among
sinners:
From tailor's bills, doctor's pills, western
chills and other ills—deliver us.
From Want of gold, wives that scold, maid
ens old, and by sharpers "sold"-,deliver us.
From seedy coats, protested notes, sinking
boats, and illegal votes—deliver us.
From creaking doors, a wife that snores,
"confounded bores," and dry good stores—
protect us.
From modest girls,-With waving curls, and
teeth of pearls—never mind.
From stinging flies, coal black eyes, ba
ker's pies, and babies' - cries—deliver us.
ENCOURAGE YOUR OWN.—Every man and
particularly every advocate of the protective
principle should supply his wants - at home.—
Support your neighbor first. Get, your boots,
your coats, your groceries and dry goods, at
home if you would have your town and - com
munity thrive. Amongst all your'practice
of this principle don't forget to encourage
your home newspaper, for that is a matter
we have some direct interest in. Be' content
with as good and cheap an article as circum
stances allow. Just in proportion as each
branch of business is encouraged will ambi
tion be stimulated - and the means found to
better supply your wants.
ta-An American Quaker said, to a gun
ner during the Revolutionary war— , .
"Friend, I, counsel no bloodshed, but if it
be thy deisgn to .hit. the .little man, in tho
blue jacket, point thine 'engine about three
inches lower.
IDS—Drop by drop falls into the clear Well
spring of your youth the bitter. water of ex
perience, and - there is no filter this side of
the grave that can restore the old purity.
-PERSEVERE.-
HUNTINGDON, PA., MARCH 11, 1857.
frit irti P vz(*) IWO b. Putz4
Queer Story
The following story was told as an. actual
fact by a sailor, who solemnly affirmed that
lie knewit to be true:
- I was on board a slave ship bound to the
coast of Africa. I had my misgivings about
the business, and .I - believe others had them,
too. We had passed. the Straits of Gibraltnr,
and were lying off Barbary, one clear, bright
evening, when it came my turn to: take the
helm. The ship was becalmed, and every
thing around was silent as the day after the
deluge. The wide monotony of water, varied
only by the glancings of the moon on:the'
crpst of the waves,made think me the old fables
of Neptune were true, and that Amphitrite
and. her Naiads were sporting on the surface
of ocean, with diamonds in their hair.—;
These fancies_ were followed by the thoughts.
of my wife, my children and my home : and
all were' wildly enough jumble together in a'
delicious state of approaching slumber. Sud
denly I heard- above my head a loud, deep,
terrible voice call , out "Stand from under '
I started to my feet—it was a .customary
when . - anything *as to be thrown from
the threads, and mechanically I sung put the
usual answer, "Let go I" But nothing came.
I - looked up into the shrouds-- 7 there was
nothing there. I' searched the deck, and
found that I was alone ! - I tried to think it
was a dream; but that sound, so deep, so
stern, so dreadful, rung in my ears like the
bursting of a cannon.
In the morning I told the crew what I had
heard. They laughed at me,- and Were 'all
day long full of their jokes about "Dream
ing Toni." One fellow among them was
most unmerciful in his raillery. He was a
swarthy malignant lodking Spaniard, who
carried., murder in hiS eye and curses on hiS
tongue, a daring and. lordly man, who boast
ed of crime as if it gave him pre-eminence
among his fellows. "A most uncivil ghost,
Tom, said he;- "when such chaps come to
see me, I'll makefein show themselves; I'll
not be satisfied without seeing and feeling as
well as hearing."
The sailors all joined with' him, and I,
ashamed, was glad to be silent. The next
night Dick Burton, took the helm. Dick had
nerves- like an ox, and sinews like a whale ;
it was little he feared on earth or beneath it.
The clock struck one. Dick was leaning his
head on the helm, as he said, thinking noth
ing of me or my' story, when that awful voice
cailed_out'frtim the - shrouds, - -- ""Stand from
under I" Dick started, forward like an Indi
an arrow, which they say goes through a huf-:
falo, and wings on its way as if it had. not
left death in the rear. It was an instant or
more before he found presence of mind to
call out,' "Let go !" Again nothing was seen
—nothing : heard. Ten nights in succession,
at one the same unearthly sound
rung through the air ; making our stoutest
sailors quail as if a bullet shot had gone
through their brains. -
.. At last we grew pale when it was spoken
of and the worst of us never went to sleep
without saying our prayers. For myself, I
would have been chained to the oar all my.
life, to. have got out of that vessel. But there
we were in the vast solitude •of the ocean,
and ,this invisible being was with us. No
one put a bold face on the matter but Anto
nia, the Spaniard. He laughed at our fears,
and defied Satan himself to terrify him.—
However, when-it was his term at the helm,
he refused to go ; several times under the
pretence of illness, he was excused from a
duty which all on board dreaded. But at
last the Captain ordered Antonia to receive
a round dozen of lashes every night, until he
should consent to perform his share of the un
welcome office.. For a while this was borne
patiently, but at length he called out, "I may
as well die one way as the other. Give me
over to the ghost."
That night Antonia kept watch on the deck.
Few of the crew slept: for expectation and
alarm had stretched our nerves upon the
rack. At one o'clock the voice called, "Stand
from. under !" "Let go !" screamed the Span
iard. This was answered by a shriek of
laughter ; and. such laughter ! It seemed as
if the fiends answered each other from pole
to pole, and the bass was howled in hell.—
Then came . a sudden crash upon the deck,
as if our masts and spars had fallen. We
all rushed to the spot, and there was a cold,
stiff, gigantic corpse! The Spaniard said it
was thrown from the shrouds; and when lie
looked upon it he ground his teeth like -a
madman. "I know him," exclaimed he ;"I
stabbed him within an hour's sail of Cuba,
and drank his blood for breakfast !"
We all stood aghast at the monster. In
fearful whispers we asked what should be
done with the body. Finally we agreed that
the terrible sight must be removed front us,
and hidden in the sea. Four of us attempt
ed to raise it; but human strength was of no
avail-r-we might as well have tugged at Atlas.
There it lay, stiff, rigid, heavy, and as im
movable as if it had formed part of the ves
sel. The Spaniard was furious; "Let me
lift him," said he, "I lifted him once and
can do it again. I'll teach him what it is to
come and trouble me."
_lle took the body
round the'waist and *attempted to raise it.—
Slowly and heavily the corpse raised itself
up. • Its rayless eyes opened—its rigid arms
stretched out and clasped its victim in a close
death-grapple, and rolling over the sides of
the ship, they tottered an instant over the
waters—then, -with a plunge, -they sank to
gether. Again that laugh—that wild, shriek
ing laugh—was heard on the winds. The
sailors. bowed their heads and put up their
hands to shut out the appalling sound.
I - took the helm more than once after but
we never again heard in the shrouds,'"Stand
from under."
Practical Joking in the Middle ages.
The Castle or chastel d'llesdin, was a fa
voritti resort of Philip of Burgundy, and a
place of rest to which he retired to amuse
himself at his leisure. It contrasted strange
ly with the pleasure palace of Louis the Elev
enth near Tours, where the grounds were
known to bristle with various deadly instru-
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rnents intended to maim tresspassers. Hes
din was as full of pitfalls and trap doors as a
modern theatre; but they only served to per
petrate the coarse though - harmless jokes, in
which fun of the Middle:Ages consisted.—
They seem, indeed, to have only suited• the,
robust and healthy constitutions of the pee—
ple of those days. A few examples, taken
from the records of the Castle, may not be
uninteresting. A stranger issuing, , for in
stance, from a gallery into •a neighboring
passage, was startled by the sudden appari
tion of a wooden figure spouting water. A wet
ting' and a fright were the necessary conse
quences. But when the joke was carried
further, of set of brushes were put in mo
tion,_ and the patient emerged with a white
or black face,, as the case might . be. Anoth
er still more powerful engine was one which
seized a man and thrashed him soundly.—
In the centre of the . great gallery 'was a trap,
and near it the figure of a hermit who pro
phesied. •Ladies were his most frequent vic
tims. They no sooner felt .an interest in the
telling of their fortunes than the ceiling open
ed and poured forth rain; thunder , claps fol
lowed in quick succession, preceded by ap
propriate lightning; and as the air grew
colder, snow fell.
Taking refuge from the storm, the patient
entered a dangerous shelter above a pit-fall
leading into a sack of feathers, from which
escape at last was permitted. The castle of
Elesdin was full of tricks of this description.
Besides the pitfall just described, there was
in the great g allery a bridge which dropped
saunterers into the water. In various places
there were en g ines which spouted water
when-they were touched. Six figures stood
in the hall spouting water, and wetting peo
ple in various ways. At the entrance of a
gallery were eight water jets rushing up
wards, which wet people passing, and three
small pipes were so fixed close by as to cov
er them with flour. If the panic stricken
victims rush up to the window and opened
it, up came a figure, wetting them, and clos
ing the frame. If a splendid missal on a
desk caught a curious eye, the person who
went to it was either covered with soot or
dirt. A inirror.close at hand betrayed the
trick; but whilst the victim wondered at the
blackness of his face, out rushed a flour
dredger that made him white. The most
elaborate of all these tricks' was one combin
ing almost every species of deception. A fig
ure of a man was made to start in the great
gallery, frightened people by talking or cry
ing. At the noise, the loungers in other
rooms rushed in, upon - Whiah a •inumber of
figures, armed with sticks, came forth, dri
ving every one pell moll to the bridge, when
they fell, of course, into the water.---The
Early Flemish Painters.
Some people are exceedingly fearful of new
things. Perhaps this has characterized the
majority of mankind in past days. They
have been slow to receive inventions and dis
coveries ; and have required the best evidence
of personal observation to overcome their un
belief. The saw-mill was introduced into
England from Holland, but the enterprise
was so strenuously opposed that it was aban
doned. The Power-loom found few admi
rers in France, when it was introduced; and
it was finally destroyed in the most public
manner, and the fragments sold for old wood
and iron. Robert Fulton was ridiculed and
reproached for his invention of the steamboat.
The multitude pitied him for his fully, and
very few persons cheered him with words of
encouragement. When railroads were intro
duced into England more than sixty years ago,
the
. London Quarterly - uttered the following
Words :—" It is certainly some consolation to
those who are to be whirled at the rate of
eighteen or twenty miles an hour, by means
of the high pressure engine, to be told that
they are in no anger of being sea-sick while
they are on -.;,' e,. that they - are not to be
scalded to dea ? Or drowned by the bursting
of the boiler, a``': that they need not mind
being shot by the scattering fragments, or
dashed in pieces by the flying off or breaking
of a wheel. But with all these assurances,
we would as soon . expect the people of Wool-
Wick to suffer themselves to be fired off by
one: of Congreve's riehechet ree&ets as trust
themselves to the mercy of such a machine,
going at such a rate." The opposition to
this new invention rose to such a height that
the most laughable objections were made to
it. Some contended that the smoke of the
engine would kill all the game, and that cat
tle-would not feed in the pastureS through
which the tracks were laid, and the cows
would cease to give milk. Others said there
would be no market for hay and oats, the
value of land would diminish, and many of
the trades would be ruined. Such a speci
men of the fear of new things which has dis
tinguished the human family in all ages of
the world. The same things appear now,
both in relation to great and small affairs.
A few days since a gentleman called at the
door of a friend with the Patent Skirt Sup
porters—a very humane and necessary inven
tion for females. The lady of the house did
not know about purchasing 'new fangled no
tions' until somebody had proved their worth.
`But,' said the husband, 'only a glance at
this shows it to be a reasonable and useful
invention' `lt appears no more reasonable,'
she replied, 'than a thousand other things,
which are now considered useless. There
was that flat-iron to be heated with alcohol.
I told you it would prove good for nothing.—
I don't believe in buying every new thing.—
It is time to buy such things when somebody
has tried them.' 'But,' rejoined her husband,
`if every body should adopt your policy who
would begin to prove inventions 2 The truth
is we should look at these matters in the light
of reason, and not reject a theory or inven
tion until we have seen whether it is reason
able or not.. This would have been a sorry
world 'by this time if art and science had
found no better patrons than yourself.' `All
that sounds plausible enough in talk,' contin
ued the wife, 'but you know one half of the
discoveries and inventions are no benefit to
the, world. If I am at one extreme you arc
at the other. If I have,too little faith in new
things, you have too much. There is your
Editor and. Proprietor.
Fear of New Things
' Fountain -Pen' which you thought WoUld
almost, write letters of itself, cast aside as
worthless. I told you it would bo so When_
you bought it.' _
Here ended the chatter. Truth was' utter
ed on both sides. Mr. A. was an earnest be
liever in human progress, and hence he gave
every new invention an enthusiastic welcome.
lie scarcely stopped to put into practice his
own counsels, in respect to the re'asonalileness
of the lICNIT thing. His wife was the other--
extreme ; and these tiro are - representatives
of two , classes of men and women at the
ent day. It is a subject that - deserves-some
attention. It is an ago of progress, and nevi
things are multiplied on every ladiad: We
should recognize the law of human
merit, and rejoice over everything that really
contributes to the public:, At the same-time
we should be discriminatihg and just. We
should weigh all things in,an even balance,
and be willing to lend our aid to „promote tlio
smallest invention that will do good._ - ExCes:
sive fear of new things is just what le to the
persecution of Gallileo and other benefactors
of the robe:
NO. 38.
Thomas F. Meagher, the Irish orator, late:
ly delivered an address in - New York entitled,
" Contrast between Royalty and Republican:
ism:" - After describing the terrible scenes
through which Napoleon 111. passed on his
Way to the throne of France, the speaker drew
a contrast between the crowning of Napoleon
and the inauguration of Mr. Buchanan, in
the course of which he used the following.
glowing language :
" Enough to say, that having from hiS
Rest manhood served his country faithfully—
having honestly honestly worked out his apprentice
ship to her—now in the solid maturity of his
years she rewards him - with the largest shard
in the concern. Enough to say, that having'
with diligence, spotless rectitude, and the'
steadiest ability, labored for years to &mist:lli: .
date her interests, augment her fortune ar4
domain, extend her salutary influence and es
tablish her good name, never, having, as the
Prince of darkness ruling France had done,
disturbed the public peace to aggrandise him
self; never having steamed up the Potomac,
with a starved eagle under his arm, to pounce
upon the .Treasury ; never having sought to
corrupt the army, the clergy, or the magisz
tracy ; breaking nulaw, oath, or covenant ;
sturdily devoted - to reptiblicanism here, else
where, and everywhere, in London as well as
Lancaster; without resorting to the least in:-
trigue, treachery, or violence ; without -a
speck of blood upon his hand or the shadow
of a falsehood on his soul—he is declared the'
First Citizen of America.
"On the fourth day of March he will pro=
eeed to the Capitol, and there, in presence of
the Senate, the messengers of the electoral
college, the House of Representatives, embas-:
sadors of foreign courts, delegations from ev
ery State, officers of the brave and 'enlight
ened army, to whose custody is committed.
the ensigns of the Republic, officers of the
Navy, whose wooden walls bear through the
storm the thunderbolts of Freedoth—standing
on the steps of the Capitol, in presence of
this great audience, with head uncovered, he
will call upon God—as God will be his judge
—to be the witness of the truth with which
he consecrates himself to the high ministry :
of the Commonwealth. In ite mei:l,OA T , pm 0.
decorum, sUbliine significanee—with liberty
to illuminate, the spirits of the revolutionary
fathers to sanctify, and Providence to bless
it—it was a scene which would infinitely
transcend the baptism of the child of France,
the obsequies of Wellington, the installation
of the Eagles in the Champ de Mars, the
masquerades of Windsor, where a duchess
studs herself with a million worth of diamonds,
or the coronation of the Muscovite."
"Be still—make no noise--let me die quietly."—Tlon
"Be still!" The hour of the soul's depai-:
ture is at hand ; Earth is fading from its visa
ion; Time is gliding from its presence!
Hopes that cluster around young life, that
swell in the bosom of manhood, have fallen
from around it like the forest leaves when
the frosts of autumn have chilled them unto
death. Ambition; with its hollow promises,
and pride, with its lofty looks, have vanished
away. The world, with its deceitfulness;
pleasure with its gilded temptations, are
genie ; and alone, in their destitution of all
that time had promised, it must start on its
solemn journey across the valley of the shad
ow of death!
"Make no noise!" Let the tumult of life
cease. Let no sound break the soul's emu . -
munion with itself ere it starts on its return
less flight. Trouble it not with the accents
of sorrow. Let the tear stand still on the
cheek of affliction, and let not the wailing of
grief break the solemn silence of the death
kcene. Let it gather the accents that come
from within the dark shadows of eternity,
saying to
..it, "come home!' Afar off music
comes floating to it in the air. 'Tis the
sound of heavenly harps touched by viewless
fingers—mar not the harmony by the dis
cord of earth.
" Let' the die quietly !" The commotions
of life, the struggles of ambition, the strife
and warring "with human destiny.are over,
Wealth accuniulated must be scattered; hon
ors won must be resigned, and all the tri;
umphs that come within the range of human
achievements must be thrown away. The
past, with its trials, its transgressions, its ac-'
cumulated responsibilities, its clinging mem
ories, its vanished Hopes, is rendering up 'to.
the future accounts- - --disturb not the quiet of
that aWful reckoning. Speak net of fading
memories, of afflictions whose objects perish
in their loveliness like the flowers of spring;
or wither in a slow decay: Talk not of an
earthly home where loved ones linger, where .
a seat will soon be vacant, a cherished Voice .
hushed forever, or of the desolation that Will
seat itself by the hearthstone. The soul id
at peace with God; let it pass calmly away:
Heaven is opening upon its vision. The.
bright turrets, the tall spires, the holy .
domes, of the Eternal City, are emerging.
from the spectral- darkness, and the glory of
the Most High is dawning around them.
Thd white throne is glistening in the dis:
tance; and the white-robed angels - are beck:
ening -the weary spirit to its everlasting
home. What is life that it should be clung
to longer? What the joys of the" world that
they should now be regretted? What litid
earth to place before the spirit of a 'man to
tempt its stay or turn it from its ; eternal
i?egister.
VE:9—A little girl asked her sister, "what
.was the chaos; that papa reads about?"—
The elder child replied, "Why, it is a groat
pile of nothing, and no place to put it in."
kte- The man who confines his desires to
his wants, is more wise and more contented
than any other mortal.
An Eloquent Passage;
Let me die quietly
PRESIDENT KING