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political.
Address of tho Democratic State Central
Committee* '
ft (hipeople oj .Pennsylvania }
tfchLow-ciTizKNaln a .government like ours,
where the sovereign.; power.U practically, as well as
thsorolically* Vested in the people, the highest polil.
ical duly that devolves upon the citizen is to'.fcol the
responsibility that rests Upon him, end to take a prop,
cr part in all that concerns the, public weal. ' .
In ancient. Greece there was a law winch compel
ed every citizen, under & penalty, to declare his sen
timents upon.all public questions. Hero IhorcWs no
such law, but it is not therefore less a duty in the
citizen to declare his sentiments in regard to public
measures and public, pten, and he who fails to do so,
docs not discharge his duty to his country as becomes
a patriot and good citizen. The price oflho liberty
wo enjoy was the toil and blood of tho patriots of
the Revolution,'and tho admirable institutions by
which our rights are secured, arc tho results of their
patriotism and wisdom.',) 1 ' . p '
. llojv can any, man wlip has to perceive,
through tho traditions anii'.lmlory of his country;
and a heart to realize arid fool what the men, aye,
and women too, of the Revolution endured to secure
dlio blessings of religious.and polilicaLfrccmen, and
•of good government, be indifferent to iiid preserva
tion of holy heritage t L If there bo such a man, he
as worthy pf "the land of.jbb free, and.tlio homo of
tho brave,” .
Out are there_not too many amongst us who do not
properly estimate the value of bur institutions—whq
view the rights they possess as ordinary.common
place things, and who are .content Ip enjoy, in ingle
nous ease, all the' blessings of good government,
without sharing .in any .of tho perplexities which ore
unavoidable in its preservation. These characters
aro generally first to complain when .anything, in
their judgment; goes wrong, and arc tho loudest in
their condemnation of others, forgetting that perhaps
it was their own negligence and indifference, at the
proper lime, that caused all the mischief which .con
stitutes tho ground of their complaints. Their ne
glect, perhaps, to attend a primary meeting, by which
some unfit person obtained a nomination and elec
tion, may bo the enuso of the very ovilof which they
complain most bitterly. No man .can estimate (he
value influence and veto at a primary meeting
to select candidates, or at- th.o' genera! election,—
Many of tho most important events in the history of
■our country havo been determined in our conventions
and legislative bodies by a majority of a single vote;
and going back to the primary.; assemblages of the
people, it will, perhaps, bo found that this voto in the
Slate convention or Legislature, dbpended upon a
vole of a single individual in some township meeting
or county convention. These occurences have been
frequent, and thoy go to show tho influence that eve
ry individual vdlor may exert, upon .tho institutions
of his country. It has boon said by tho great apes:
lie of Democracy, Thomas Jefferson, and very often
repeated, "that the price of liberty is eternal vigi
lance," and of tho truth of this maxim there can do
no doubt. It is, therefore, important to understand
what is meant by (his vigilance. It is to bo constant
and continuous, and relates to that watchfulness and
care which is required from the people in selecting
(heir public agents—in scanning with jealousy, but
at tho same lima with candor and liberality, their
conduct—in distinguishing between tho man of
sense and integrity and the demagogue and political
schemers—in sustaining tho faithful and just public
servant, and discarding tho . unfaithful and dishorn
Cit. . •
To an honest and patriotic public servant, there is
no reward fur his cervices an highly prized as thonp
probation and conlideco of his fclinw.citizcns, and no
consuro so unjust as .a withdrawal of confidence and
support without cause. #
We have made those general observations with a
view to impress upon each and every, voter tho lm
parlance and responsibility of tho trust confided to
him, and the obligation ho is under to exorcise it, not
only for his oWn benefit, but for that of the whole
community. Wo know of causes which .induce
many’good cilizcns to abstain from on active par
ticipation in political concerns, but wo know of none
that is sufficient to excuse or justify them. Those
who say that political affairs are managed by men
i» whom they have no confidence, and that therefore
limy have ceased to tako any-patt in thonif offer the
very worst reason for their conduct. If they boliovo
what they say, tho obligation resting on them to en
deavor to correct what thoy-rogard as on evil, is so
much tho greater, ns no good citizen will abandon
what ho boliuvcs to bo tho mtorcsiof the republic, in
despair. ’ .
. Having mado tlicso preliminary remarks with a
v >cw to their application In tho approaoing election,
w ° will proceed to offer some comments on the main
U r C «i l ‘ on n P w under consideration.
1 no coming election is ono of groat importance to
too ncopi 0 of Pennsylvania, and never was the duty
i tno people, (o examine tho question involved, and
decide correctly, more strongly suggested,by their
intercity than at the present lime, It Is a question
ot wliothor an honest and competent man* who. has
evoted himself faithfully . to the promotion of the
j°»l •ptorceto of the people, and under whoso admin
' Uralion tho public confidence Js revived, end tho
atc prospering k in an unprecedented degree, shall
° removed to make place for. a man without any
'flown qualifications for tho-place, except his udho
flee to a party witliout principles or measures which
°y dare avow—-which has on ail occasions hereto,
yosliow itself incapable of administering tho goV
flmonl without the perpetration of llw most signal
• lllSoß ' f°r which tho people have, in every instance,
ilin C i 11 / r . orn power thofirat opportunity. During
Lomi I m,n hdralion of Francis It, Shunk, wo assert
a v an( lli’ ur loßßly,tliatlha Executive dopartmcnlof
mi. £® ?crn, nont has been honestly and faithfully ad
,i >l ? l ® rci l» with an impartial and strict regard to
i, .Pffuts and intorosls of tho people., To this as
dlet!° n r 0 c,1a,10n B° truthfhl and successful contra
, ,on from any rosponsibo source. Wo invllojiny
difUi 08 !^ 0 ** r * ond of General Irvin, the'Fedora! can
jL . i®* 1° point (o any official act of Gov. Shunk
B . b .oen at variance with tho Intorosls of tho
P fl °plo at largo.
of uooasions, advocated tho* nocosslly
mpi.,i , l ) taimn ß the public faith unimpared; ho has
O JL a i n ° oGß «hy of practicing tho most rigid ocon
coimi-I!'I?' ~o,din B public officers to a strict ao
dal * , l,t y» 4° Q s to enable the Treasury to meet tho
fund i- 1* llp ,°. n * l » and , ultlfnotoly, to form a sinking
lio d o i,» l,( ljl idato a portion of (ho principle of the pub-
PubUr Uurl . n ff his Administration the accounts, of
‘more nn» ?® r# ,. bav? * >oon more promptly settled, and
U « B |l balances,'duo from former delln
‘•halion 00 * ban during,any proceeding admjn
talaimr m lI ° i 8 °dvooaten the necessity of main
dc«Uuaiinl OU i- . ourrono /» an ‘l without aiming ot tho
“tophalloAUu , lh ° ban H»Uff system, ho hop adverted
upon Hi,, t ov, l* H* excesses, and urged
of fo*ir«fl® ,l, ‘ ,laluro *nd Iho people the importance
- miiqr aqd keeping it vidthin jrcaflonablo^
bounds,' in order that.’ its benefits .may bo enjoyed,
and its mischief avoided.'' 'J *-• .»
Ab a moans Calculated 16 oftect*thls great object
he has recommended that bankers] as well as other cor*
porators who.engage In business for private gain,
should bo liable to pay thdir debts as otherjndividu
als arei Ho thinks it unjust that p set ofindividu
als shoaldabtain a charter’ to carry bn-buaineag of a
private nature, anil, If successful, pocket tho profits
of tholr Cnterprizo, but if unsuccessful, thrdvV the
16ss, or at least a portion of it,- on the community at
large*-■ ttc does not bolievb that such a system is
Calculated to rtiako inch either prudent or honest,
and that,it Is, in mahy respects, of kin to tho princi
,plcs of tho bankrupt act, which discharged men, for
all time, from llio.paymcntof thoir -just debts, even
when they ard abundantly able to pay." lie believes
tliathoncst industryjihd frugality, and men engag
tng in such business as their means and (slants bring
Within their roach; mUbh bettor calculated to promote
real independence and. permanent prosperity, than
aggregation of capital under tho control of a few
Irrestmsiblo corporations. . At ailments* ho believes
Ihat whateVer system may bb adopted in regard to
any interest or buslnoss, it should bo regulated by
general laws, operating allko on all tho citizens of
Which all who are disposed may avail themselves;
and (hat the whole system of partial legislation, by
which special privileges are conferred on some which
others cannot obtain, is ot war with the spirit of the
Constitution, and tho genius of our free Institutions,
which regard.tho rights of all as'equal.
In these viows.of public policy, wo believe a largo
majority of the people, of the State p£all parlies con
cur ; and wero it possible to obtain a vole In relation
to.them irrespective of other parly considerations,
wo have no doubt they would bo sustained by Tour
filths.of tho citizens. . .
Z 50
In regard to the views of Gen. Irvin, tho Federal
candidate,'we aro left in tho dark. Ho
wo aro aware of, avowed any views of State policy
himself and, as he is tho representative-of si party
whoso settled policy is to avow no principles for the
public eye, wo can only judge of him by the conduct
of those in whose company hb is found. When in
Congress, We know ho was the willing sujtporlcr of
all tho Federal-aristocratic measures of tho day, and
followed humblyin tho lead pf tho great. "Revolu
llonizor,” Henry Clay and John Sergont. Wo know
Jio voted for a Bank of tho United Slates, and de
nounced John Tyler for’vetoing it. Wo'know.ho
voted for tho Bankrupt Act, and against its repeal.
Wo knppr ho was'tho [supporter of the distribution
of the proceeds of the publiclanda—tho abstraction
of which, from the public treasury would have ren
dered it nccosSary to lax the .poor man’s tea and
coffee to supply tho deficit. W.o know that ho was
in favor of the most ultra 'protective duties, for (he
benefit .of. special Jntoreat rcgardless*of the other
great interests of the country. Whether ho will avow
himself in favor of any or all these measures rfow,
no man can tell, for it is characteristic of tho party
to which he belongs, not only to deny their principles
and measures,' hut their very name and indontity.—
Wo lake it for granted, however, that these are Still
favorite Federal measures, and that notwithstanding
their denial of some of them, at least if they had tho
power they would carry them all inlo.effect. If they
have really abandoned a Bank oflho United Stales,
why a did they John Tyler as a traitor to
Whig.principles, for his veto of tho Bank?
Ther.o is ono measure, however, of State policy,
thqt-wo know tho Federal party is In favor of,, and
on that .wb join issue most cheerfully- On this meas
ure wo have (heir names on the record as late as the
last session of tho Legislature: we.allude to tho act
providing lor the transfer of tho public improvements
to a company. .
Onthe<.9th of Febuary last, Mr, Williamson a
Federal member from Chester county, road in his
place a bill entitled “An act to incorporate the Penn
sylvania Canal and Railroad Company, and to pro
vide a sinking fund for .tho public debt," which was
laid on the table.' Op the 12lh of tho same month,
this bill was committed to the Committee of Internal
Improvements, on tho 17th it was reported to tho
Senate. On the 23d itwas referred to the Comraitloq of
(ho Whole, and on tho same .day reported back to
tho Senate, and .on motion of Messrs. Carson and
Johnson, both conspicuous Whigs, the bill was im
mediately road a second time, and oh the question,
shall it pass? (he question was,on motion .of Messrs.
Bigler and Dimrnick, postponed for the present.' On
the 27ih, Messrs-Johnson and Smysor, both Whigs,
moved'that the Senate proceed to tho consideration
of the bill, when a motion was made by Messrs.
Blaok and Anderson to postpone, which was nega
tived by a party vote—the ln the
offirmalive and tho Federalists in tho negative.—
Tho question then recurring on tho first section of
the bill, passed In tho affirmative by. a.parly vote
-16 to 9, and then the remaining section passed.
On tho 3d March itwas ordered to bo transcribed
for a third reading. Oh tho Blh March it passed a
third reading by tho following vote,; Yeas—Messrs.
Boas, Carson, Cornman, Crabb, Darragh, Darsie,
Gillis, Harris, Johnson, Jordon, Levis, Morrison,
Rich, Richards, Sanderson, Smith, Smysor, Willikm
son, and Gibbons, 19, all Federalists except Mr. Gillis.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Benner, Bigler, Black,
Crcacraft, dill, Hoover, Mason, Ovqrficld, Poltoigor,
and Ross, 11, all Democrats.
Now wo unhesitatingly pronounce the passage of
this bill as tho boldest and most reckless measure
and tho greatest fraud on tho people of this State,
that lias been attempted slnco (ho passage of tho
Bank of tho United States in 1836, by a moat cor
rupt and foul combination, Mark follow-citizens
how these Federal Legislators attempt to deceive
you when they coiuoinplato a fraud upon tho people.
Tho bill which, contained the chancilerqf tho Bank
of tho United Slates, was originally entitled “an
act to repeal the State taxes and provide for a con
tinuation of the public improvements. Tho ono
under consideration was a bill to incorporate the
Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad company, and
provide a sinking ftfnd for ihe payment of the State
debt.
Mark tho deception; tho ono was to repeal the
Slalo taxes tho other to provide a sinking /am/.but
both in reality calculated to rob tho people and en
tail perpetual taxation on thorn. Now follow citizens
aro you not curious to know what this measure for
providing a sinking fund to pay tho State debt was.
Wo will (oil you. It was an act to takp from you
tho control of your whole lino of public improve,
monts from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, including the
Columbia and Portage railways, antflo place them
under tho control of a company for tho miserable
pittance of between seven and eight millions of do •
jars at most. That is tho whole lino was to ho va •
hod at twenty millions of dollars, and form a stock
to that amount in shares of ono hundred dollars each,
ten millions of which wore to bo sold to individuals
and paid for in Stale slocks which woio then worth
not moro than seventy dollars in tho hundred. At
this roto the post ot tho individual stockholders of
tho ono half, would not have millions
of dollars. By tho provisions of tho bill tho individ
ual stockholders wore lb receive fivo per cent on the
amount of their stock boforo tho State should receive
any dividend whatever. After payment of the ex
penses and five per cent to the individual stockhold
ers, then tho Stdlo was to oomo in fur hor di yid- end
on the stock retained, but it was provided that in no
event could she receive moro than livo per cent, tt
tho profits of tho company should over exceed nvo
per cent on the whole capital, then tho surplus was
logo to tho individual .-stockholders, and this its
null,ora had.the impudence to coll an act provid-
Ing a sinking fund for the payment of tho Slate
debt.
But l|»o bill contained other still more extraordi
nary provisions, which wo cannot advert in detail,
such ns conferring on tho company, power to con
struct lateral railroads and canals, and also authori
ty to become transporters and to.,establish Jines of
steamboats on tho 01,10 river. No* how did it bap
non that this bill was defeated. - It passed tho Son,
nlo and wub sont to tbo House ofßoptosontnlvoOm
Clio 10th of March. . On tho t3tli Mprol, being, Sal.
urday. and tho day of final adjournment being fixed
lor Tuesday thb 16lb, the House proceeded to tho
*‘our Country—may it always oe right—BUT right or wrong, our countrv. 1 ’
CARLISLE,'PA., THURSDAY? JULY 22, 1847.
consideration of the bill in' the' afternoon, and the
federal members attempted to force it through the
House without debate or amendment under the pre
vious question, which they werepnly prevented from
doing by tho enorgy.ahd determination ofthe mino
rity, who finding that tho majority was determined
to perpetrate an act,'which would fob the people of
their, property.; and inflict an irreparable injury Upon
tho-Com.monwcaltb] restored to all tho rights and
privileges which tho rules of the Houab afforded
them, and thereby prevented final action until the
hour of adjournment arrived. On Monday other busi
ness intervened and the bill could not bo taken up
out of order without two thirds agreeing, and on
Tuesday the Legislature adjourned. Thus was the
consummation of this outrage upon the interests of
tho people, prevented, and for which the Democratic
members wore denounced as rioters and, blackguards
by a loading Federal paper of this place.
r This very year we .feel assured that the, public
works will not a million of dollars, and what their
value may bo' iivonty-fivo years hence, with tho in
creasing population and resources of the country, no
man can now tell.
To thiVrncusuro then the Federalists arc pledged
on (ho record; end if they again,obtain a majority in
tho Legislature, and a pliant Governor'of kindred
feeling in the person of Gch.'lfvin, wo Jhavo a right
to anticipate its consummation next session.
. In opposition 'to this measure. Gov. Shunk has
rccomondod that tho net tolls of the public works to*
gethor with tho present taxer on real and personal
estate, bo pledged to tho payment of the interest on
tho.public debbandto.the crcalion.of asinking fund
for the payment of & portion of the principal, and
has shown in the most satisfactory manner that tho
debt can be so far diminished within a reasonable
time, as to allow of a material reduction of tho pro*
sent taxes. Here, fcllowtcitizens, are two destine!
lines of policy presented;. It is for you to decide
which yon will prefer.
'■ Is it hot, follow-citizens,.most'extraorditypry that
in a party embracing so much talent as tho Federal,
ists claim, thaMhey bavo on all occasions whenjn
possession of power, shown themselves incapable of
administering tho government?** It has been so in
.regard to tho General Government, as well as in our
own State. They have been aptly called u Tho parly
of the Incapablcs.” In 1635 when they obtained
power by a division of tho Hemacratic -party, they
outraged lho,public feeling in the re-churlor of -tho
United States Bank, and other dangorous.moasurcs,
' until they closed their career in tho crowning scene
of the bticksliot war. And last winter when acci
dent placed power in their hands, so far as tho Leg*
islaluro was. concerned, (hey only distinguished
themselves by attempting Jto give away tho public
improvements and passing some corporation acts,
and foreign divorce bills for itinerant applicants over
the reto of tho Governor.
I. G. M’Kinlet, Secretary.
It. REILY, Chairman,
WE ARB GROWING OLD.
Wo tiro growing old—how the thought will rise
When a glance is backward cast -
On somo long remembered spot that lies
In the silence of the past;
It may be the shrine of our early tows,
.Or Ilia, tomb of early tears;
Qnt it eoems llkc a far dIT ielo to us,
In the stormy sen ofyenrs.
Oh I wldo and wild are the waves that part
Our stops from its greenness now,
And wo miss tho Joy of many a heart, . .
And the light of many a brow;
For deopo’er many a stately bark
Have thc wholming billows rolled
That steered with us from that early mark*-*.
Oh Mends I wo are growing oldl
Old in Ujq dimness of tlio dust
Of our daily toils and cares—
Old in the wrecks of lovo and trust
Which our burdened memory boars.
Each form may wear to the passing gaze
Tha bloom of life's freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our latter days
Whish the morning novor.met.
But ohl the changes wo have scon,
In tho fur and winding way ‘
The graves in our paths that hove grown green
Anil tho locks that have grown groyt
The winters still on our own may spare
. Tho sable or tho gold}
Out wo see their snows upon brighter hair,
And friends, wo are growing old I
We have gained tho world’s cold wisdom now.
Wo have learned to pause and fear,
But wiioro are living founts whoso flow
Was a Joy of heart to hear? ..
We have won the wealth of many o clime,
And tho inroof many a page;
But where is tho hope thataaw In tints'
But its boundless heritage 7
Will it come again when tho violet wakes
And tho woods their youtlironcwl •
Wu have stood in tho light of sunny.brakcs
Whore the bloom is deep and hluo;
And our souls might Joy in the spring.time then,
( But tho Joy was faint and cola |
For it never could give us tho youth again
' Of hearts that aro growingoldl.
JWtflCcUj-nitoutf.
THIS ARABIAN STEED.
DY T. 11. DAILY.
Ad\ was tlio daughter of a powerful rajah who, in*
tho reign of tho Emperor Akbar, dwelt m a superb
palace xm tho Jumna.
Tho rajah was proud of his beautiful child, and
loved, her, as far as his nature was susceptible of
such a pas'ionjr But tho duties of his situation and
his warlike pursuits called him frequently from her;
and much of the dark.oycd Hindoo's time was spent
in dreary solitude amid the gardens of her father’s
palace. ' '
Beautiful as those gardens wore, sparkling with
gilded pavlllions, the sir cooled with silver fountains,
and rendered fragrant by tho odors of every rare
plant, still this perpetual solitude wearied her, tho
society of her female attendants, failed to interest
her, and as she reclined beneath tho pendant branches
of a date tree, she sighed, and felt more like a pri
sunor In a cage, than a princess.in tho pleasure gar.
don of her palace. She hod dismissed her attend
ants and lay thoughtfully loanln{fhor head upon her
hand, when a rustling amid the branches of an'or
ange tree attracted her attention, and she started to
her feet in an instant with an exclamation of,alarm
and surprise, as she distinctly saw among tho clus
tering trees and blossoms, the bright eyes and glow
ing features of a man/
Tho branches hastily parted, and a young Maho
medan rushed forward nnd knelt bofero her.
“Who artthou?" alio exclaimed. “Mercy, mer
cy, I am defenceless, spare me!" •
“Mercy,” replied the Moor, “t!s I must crave
mercy of you; Icm defenceless fair lady, lam at
your feel end in your power." *
“What brought you hero?" she replied, .“.Know
you not the danger?" « ■r.->
“A danger 1 have braved too often to. heed it fqr
an instant now." v
“Often! what moon you?"
“ Daily at this hour, the hour of your solitary ram.
blc, have 1 entered thesogardens; daily have 1 lurk
ed behind the shrubs that surfoimd your bower, dai
ly have I gazed on you unseen,"
“For what purpose?"
“ My purpose I madness—death!"
“ Death! to mo who never wronged you, who nev
er injured a human being?" -
“To you* lady—"ho, no—not to you—l would not
harm you for tho world."
‘ “Death to whom then?"
“Me, myself."
“ Why—what brought you bore 7
“ Accident, or perhaps idle curiosity first brought
mo hero, and 1 looked on you for the first time; need
I say why daily, after 1 onoo beheld you, 1 came
again 7"
“Oh if you are seen," cried Ada, “nothing oan
savo you from my father’s rage; you know (ha bar
rier that divides your raoo from, mine—madihart, be
gone I" .
Tho young Moor, whoso face and form were ajjch
ao might havo boen chosen by a sultana who wiinro
to reproaont the porfeollon of eastern beauty* spolie
not* ttioVod riot; he continued kneeling before the
agitated girlj while his dark brilliant eyes fixed
upon her countenance* seemed eagerly to road its
Varying expression, that memory might have a store
of sWeet thoughts to llvo Upon; when the' reality
should no longer aland before him. *
, Ada couldfflot boar,tho oatncst-ga2o of these fond
dyes; where-Was her angor, her Indignation at the
intrusion of;the stranger?—gone. Sho called not
for attendants; no, she trembled lost‘they should
come* ■ ,ri
V; “ I wait my doom,” at length muttered lb# intru
der. “I scorn to fly; my dream of secret love is
over, my stolen Watchings, so dear' though so hope
less, - are at end» you will call your father's guards
and I shall die." ' ,
.‘•No, no,—you shall not die—not if Ada Can save
you? I will not call them,no I dread them coming.**
, ’ «< Then you forgive my boldness 7”
y 44 Yes—only begone—save yourself***
‘‘Shall.we meet again?”
41 Never I”.
44 Then I will slay and dio; better to dio hero at
your command* in your presence, than to go hence
and linger out a life of hopeless love, never behold*
ing yoUHgain.”
Poor Ada had never been before addressed iniove*s
own language. Her hand had been sought by prim
cess and nobles, who secure in her father's sanction}
had addressed her in tefms of admiration, but whose
looks and actions ware cold and spiritless when com
pared with the ardor of tho youthful lover who knelt
before her.
’•For my Boiko, if not for your own, go,” she cried.
. “Then wo may meet again?’*
“ Yes only leave, mo now, you know not half your
peril. To-morrow is the annual festlvol in honor of
Vishnu. I will bo there and will contrive to spook
to-you—hark!”
She pointed to tho orange trees. A footstep was
heard at a distance. Tho Moor grasped her hand,
pressed it to her lips, and, was lost among the orango
blossoms, just as the chief officer of the rajah onter.
od tho bower to inform Ada that her father desired
hor presence.. She cast one anxious glance around
hor, breathed more freely when she found that her
, lover lay unsuspected in his fragrant ambush, and
. followed by her attendant, returned to the palace.—-
There was no festival in Hindostan so splendid as
that celebrated annually in honor of Vishnu in the
province over which the rajah governed. The gar
dens on tho banks of tho Jumna were splendidly
decorated for-tho occasion, and at noon wore filled
by crowds of persons, all eager in their various situ*
ations either to see or be seen ujo pay due rovcrance
to Vishnu, or to bo duly reverenced.
Kettle drums sounded, golden armor, glistened, end
downy feathers waved in costly turbans; cavaliers
bearing- silver battlo axes rode proudly on their
prancing milk white steeds, and princely ladies wore
borne in glittering palankeens on the backs of ele
phants; 1
Ada was there, palo and sad; her stolen mysteri
ous interview with her unknown lover, who was so
recent, ko unexpected, so unlikely to end happily,
that she lay on her roso colored cushions, fanned by
her favorite slave, without taking ths trouble to draw
aside tho amber curtains of her litter to look upop
tho festivities which surrounded her.
„ Towards , evening, tho .gardens were illuminated
with thousands of many, colored lamps; she raised
but glancing hastily
bvbr'bflgnt vlslas'and ra'dionL bowers, her oyc* rest
ed on a wide spreading tree beneath whoso oversha
dowing branches a comparatively dark space remain*
od;' She there saw the form of her unknown lover;
ho was leaning against a tree, with his eyes fixed
upon her; sho told her slave with assumed levity
that sho had vowed to gather a cluster of (ho blos
soms of that tree, ami wished to go alone to gather
them, and desiring her to await her return, sho has
tened beneath tho canopy formed .by its boughs.
Selim was indeed (hero.
“Spook not,"'sho earnestly whispered. “I musl
not stay for an Instant; 1 daro not listen to-you—
but mark my words, nod if you lorc'mc, obey them.
I do not doubt, your lore, I do not doubt your con
stancy, hut I shall appear to doubt-hoth when you
hoar my request”
“Go,” whispered Ada, “buy tho swiftest of Ara-1
bian steeds, rldo him across yon plain threo limes in
every day, for ono'year.”
“A year 7” , t . ■
“Yes, and at tho expiration of tho year, at this
festival; oh this very day, if neither courago nor
constancy have been wanting, meet mo again on this
spot I can wait for no reply—bless you, bless you.”
Ada with a few leaves of the tree in her trembling
hand, hastened back ,to her palankeen, and Selim
again, alone, gazed from bis shadowy, hiding place
on.tho gay festival, in which his eyes beheld one
form alone. How brief seems the retrospect of one
short year of happiness 1 How gad, how lamentable
seems tho space of timo in anticipation, when wo
know that at Us oloso some long looked for bliss will
bo obtained, some cherished hope bo realized!
* Solim bought a stood of the whitest and the swift
est province, and ho soon loved it dearly, for
it seemed to ba a living link connecting him with
Ada.
, Ho dally threo times traversed tho valley, and
thrice ho lorded tho'deep and foaming river; ho saw
not his love, ho received no token from her; but if
his oyos did not deceive him, bo occasionally saw a
female form on (ho sdpmit of her Hither’s tower,
• and a snow ,while scarf was sometimes waved as ho
speeded rapidly through (bo valley.
To Ada the year pasted slowly* anxiously: often
did sho repent of her Injunction to Ibo Moor, when
the sky wag dark and stormy, and when the torrents
from the mountains had rendered tho Jumna Impo.
(uous and dangerous. Then on hor knees on tho
rajah's iowsr sho would watch for her lover,—dread
ing at tho moment least fear should mpko him aban
don both her and her enterprise, and then praying
that he might indued forsake both, rather than en
counter the foaming flood 1 Soon sho saw him speed,
ing from tho dark forests; he gained (ho opposite
shore; again and again she saw him brave the diffi
culty; again ho conquered it, antPogain U was to bo
encountered. A't length tho annual festival arrived,
the gardens wore adorned with garlands and
od with rapsio aiy) gladness: onco more, too, Selim
stood beneath tho shadow of tbo wide spreading tree.
Ho saw tho crowd assemble, but ho hoedld them
not: ha heard tho crash of symbols and the measur
ed boat of ilto kettle drums. Tlio rejah passed near
him, with bis officers and his armed attendants, and
these wore followed by a troopof damsels; (hen came
Ada the rajah's daughter. Sho wae no longer tho
trembling bashful girl ho had soon at tho- last festi.
val. Proudly and self possossioned sho walked tho
queon of tbo procession, hor form glittering with a
kingdom's wealth of diamonds. Selim's heart sunk
within him.
. “ Sho is changed she will think no more of mo?"
ho involuntary exclaimed. And at that moment her
dark oyo glanced toward hie hiding place.
* Sho spolto to iler attendants, and tho procession
paused as sho approached tho. tree alone, and afloo*
ted to gather somo of Its loaves. >,
"Are you faithful 7" eaid she.ln a low tone I" nay
—I wrong you by tho question; I have aeon that you
aro so; ifyou havo courage as you have constancy,j
you aro mine., And I am yours—hush —where is
your steed 7" , ' ,
Selim held Its bridle rein.* ' , . „
•• Then In your hands I place my hspvmo.s. «w
oddod; "Ihoso gem. «holl bo our wcofrti, »nd y our
Irulh my tru.t—owoyi 1 ’ . , , ~..
Selim in or. in.lont boro Ado jo Oi> s“^"^
rSf%Kr;r : s‘£‘.,‘K
''"‘'roflmv!fbllow'"'erie'l ‘ho foromo.l,•• wo(join
nn them. WP will tear her IVom.tlio grasp of thjMo r
They opptoooh llio tiror’o bink nnd tnr
will either perish inits waters, or woehallsoizo them
on its brink.”
StiUthoy gained upon thorn; tho space between
the pursuers and the pursued become smaller, and ‘
tho capture of Ada seemed pertain. When lo! to tho
ostonishmont of those who-fallowed him, Selims well.
trained steed plunged into the foaming’ torrent, bat
tled bravely with its waves, boro his burthen safely
through thorn and bounding up the opposite bank con*
tinuod his flight I
The pursuers stood baffled on tbo river's brink;
tholr horses .having . been trained to no such feats as
they had just Witnessed, it would have been madness
to have plunged amid the eddying whirlpools of tho
Jumna* ,
Every talo should liaVe its moral. What then, can
be said of mine, which records tho triumph of a dis
obedient child Ip a secret unauthorised attachment?
A temporary triumph which so rarely leads lo hap
piness ! For this part of my story 1 have no apolo*
gy to offer; but from tho little history of Selim and
Ada, this small grain of moral inference may be ox*
traded: Ladies will do well to try tho integrity and
prove the constancy of tholr lovers oro they marry;
and lovers should endure trials and delays with for
titude and thus provo tho unchanging, truth of their
.affection* ..
Tim SOLDIER'S BRIDE* v
FROM THE FRENCH*
During one severe season—a winter remarkable
for Us long and inclement frosts, experienced wilh
equal Vigor throughout Italy, France* and Germany,
: where the largest rivers were rapidly congealed,
I and people were seen to fall dead with cold; in the i
[French town of'Meta, a poor sentinel was sent 1 ,
upon guard on one.of the bitterest nights, when aj
fierce north wind added to the usual cold. Hist
watch was in the most exposed situation of the]
place, and he had scarcely recovered from a severe 1
indisposition; but he was a soldier* and declared 1
his readiness to take his round., It chanced that 1
he was betrothed to a young woman of the same
city, who no sooner heard of bis being on duty*
than she began to lament bitterly, declaring It lo
be impossible for hun to survive the insufferable
severity of such a night, after the illness under'
which he still lingered. Tormented wilh anxiety,
she was unable to close her eyes, or even to retire
to rest j and as the night advanced, the cold be
coming. more intense, her fancy depicted him strug
gling against the fearful elements and his own
weakness, and at length, no longer able to support
himself, overpowered with slumber, and sinking
to eternal rest upon the ground. ' Maddened at the
idea, and heedless of consequences, she hastily
clothed herself as warmly as she'codld, ran out of
the house, situated not far from the place of watch
and with the utmost , courage arrived alone at’the
spot. And there she indeed found her poor soldier
nearly as exhausted as she had imagined, being
with difficulty able to keep his feet, owing to the
inlenseness of the frost. She earnestly conjured
him to hasten, though only for a little while, to re
vive himself at her house, when, having taken some
refreshment, he might return: but, aware of the
[ consequences of such a step, this he kindly, though
[ resolutely, refused,to,dq v . . ■ - ,
, only jqr a^frimmulesshe continued, 1
. “while you melt the horrld lrosl, which has almost
. congealed you alive,” ‘ ’ ‘ ‘
; “Not an instant,” returned the soldier; “It wore
1 certain death oven to stir from the spot.”
“ Surely not 1” cried tho affectionate girl! 11 it
■ will never be,known; and-if you stay, yohr death I
: will bo still more certain. You have at least a
* chance; and it is your duty, if possible, lo preserve
your life. Desides, should your absence happen to
bo discovered, Heaven will take pity upon us, and
1 provide jn'soiiie way for our preservation.”
■/’ “ Yes,” said (he soldier, “ but that is not the
’ question; for suppose I can do It with lmpuni(y,isj
U noble or honorable thus vilely to abandon my
post, without any ope **>•'. -
“ But there will be some one; if yon ConS&nUo
go, I will remain hero until you return..'} am not
fn (he least afraid; so be quick* and give mb your
I arms.**- , . .
This request she enforced wilh Bo toUon Wtf- i
! quonce and tenderness, and so many tears, that the <
poor soldier, against his better judgement, was fain i
to yield, more especially as he feliblmself becom- j
ing fainter and fainter, and unable much longer to j
resist the cold. Intending to return within, a few i
minutes, he left the in hU place, i
wrapping her in his cloak, and giving her his arms <
and cap, together wilh the watchword ; and such i
was her delight at the idea of having saved the life |
of her beloved* that she was fora timo insensible
lo IhS intense severity of the weather. Dul juslas
she was .flattering herself with tho hope of, his re
turn, an officer made his appearance, who, as she
forgot, In her confusion, lo give the sign, suspected
that the soldier had cither fallen asleep, or fled.—
What was his surprise, on rushing lo tho spot, to
find a young girl, overpowered with alarm, and un
able to give any account of herself, from extreme
agitation and tears!
Being instantly conducted to the guard-house,
and restored to some degree of confidence, tho poor
girl confessed the whole truth; soliciting, with the
anguish of doubt and distraction, a pardon for her
betrothed husband. He was instantly summoned
from her house, but was found lh such a state of
weakness, from (he Bufferings he had undergone*
as to leave little prospects of his surviving (hem. It
was wilh much difficulty, with the assisfence of
medical advice* that ho was restored sufficiently lo
givo an intelligible account of himself, after which
he was placed in close custody* to ajvaillho period
of his trial. . . .
“Far happier had H been for mo,” he exclaimed
on being restored lo consciousness, far happier lo
have died at my post, titan to bo thus rascrVod for a
cruel and ignominious death." And tho day of his
trial coming on, such was tho politic severity of mar
tial law, os ho had well foreseen* that ho was con
demned to bo executed within a foW days after bis
sentence., • Great as was his affliction on hearing
those tidings, it was little in comparison with the re
morse and terror that distracted the breast of nlsbo
loved girl, who, in addition to tho grief of loseinp
him in so public and ignoninious
herself as tho cauao of tho whole calamity- Ho, to
whom she bad been so long and
was now Wall, .. it wetoby lh. hand of hi. b. rolh
ed brld.7 vfcjioh ws« tho .IrongcncM and .uddon.,
no., oftheov.nl, that bar fceing.bolngwralitHl apt.
tho high.Bl pilch of oiciUllon »nd WJ>[' J
and InAuonc. () P
fulhoronh.’ftolh nilehlb. aoa.pt.d in L pl.c. of
h *T/.o oircumalaricea being made k n “™. '“ ol ’ ' v ’! ]
the lemlorneaa end eompnaalon excited n her behalf
and iuoh Ilia admiration of her conduct. .1 once eo
“% 0 h on ;l."ntc'r«lcd <l ro l i'“i. P rr.”nd*u“. f .J| h °h h o i ‘ I mo. t t !
laudiblo C «norlB to obtain a free pardon for the poor
soldier. The Indio* of Ibo piaco olao eaeUtng lhe r
influencs. tho governor no longot proof agninkt this
torrent of public looting, granted him forgivoneai,
on the condition of hla being immediately united o
tho heroic end noblchoarled girl, and accepting with
her a email donation—an example which waoapecd-1
ilv followed by people of every rank) eo. that the
young bride hod the additional ploaaute of present,
no her beloved with n handsome dower, which satis*
fled their moderate wishes, and crowned then hum
ble hsppincßs. •
AT $2 00 PER AfIRUM.
PLBASINO UfCIDEUT.
One of . the most pleasing scenes in the Presi
dent's late tear Was his reception at Gardiner in
Main,, the residence of the distinguished Whiff
Senator, George Evans, Esq. We find it narrated
by “ the Doctor,” in the New York Herald. It
is one of the strongest proofs, (bat while parties
must exist Republic, on all syllable occa
sions the voice of party is hushed and all unite In
a spirit of devotion to the Onion and the inesti
mable blessings we enjoy under its beneficent op
erations:
A multitude of several thousand persons was soon
accumulated around the stand t whereupon Hon.
George Evans, In behalf of the citizens; of the
townships of Gardiner and Pittsfield, lying on op
posite sides of the river, Welcomed the President
among them in their name. We cannot give this
speech; we have not the time. There has been
nothing in the whole journey in the shape of an
address of welcome at all comparable to It, either .
as,a welcome ot*a local eulogium. The citizens
'cordially extended their roost respectful consider
ations to the PrgSiteni; they were gratified that
he had come to this portion of the greet republic
oVe{ which lie presided. Mr. Evens branched off
into an oulogium upon his fellow citizens. Their’a
was a hard soil and rigid climate; but their indus
try had clothed the hills end valleys with verdure.
He spoke of their manufactures—their mechanic
arts, their ship building, their commercial, their
fishing and navigation interests. Theirhardv sai
lors went forth, wafting iheir.commerctJ toalfsfeas
and to all lands. He spoke of their charitable say
lumns, their tempelsof religion, their schools and
academies and colleges, at once the fruits and the
proofs of. their industry, their benevolence, their
intelligence, and their Christian character. He
dwelt upon their devotion lo the Union and the Con
stitution. He hoped the President had been favor
ably impressed by his visit, and he knew that the
more they ivere observed the more they would be
respected.' He bespoke a blessing uponlhe'Pres-
Ideni's journey—his safe return, and his continued
health and happiness. They had known each oth
er ninny years, and nothing had ever occurred lo
’ 'mnr theirpersonal good feelings. He was glad on
, this occasion to be the organ of his fellow-citzens,
i and repeated their most respectful considerations
. to the President, and their thanks for the visit with
.which he had honored them, " .
[The multitude tverb stilled by thtoelo'ifuence of
this eloquent man, And eagerly bent forward as if
anxious spout the President’s capacity to meet it.f
but (heseqoal will show that, tie rose with the do*
bd&ioh&hdlhe man.] ■ •
The President, in reply to Mr, Evanto, Said-*
I feel, I Oannot adequately express my
gratification at my distinguished retention among
the people of Main, hot toottvey th yttto the plea l .
store which t htove experienced In Witnessing thto
beneficial influences of our institutions,sto forcibly
And pratotically illustrated in the high State of im
provement Which marks the fate of this portion of
our country, And lh tpotoonSlAnttoVWenttto of the en
terprise of the people of NeVv England, As exhibU
ted in her prosperous and flourishing tohdilion. t
havo 'oomo here, U is true. As the Chief Magistrate
of the United States, but I also may fclalra to ap
pear amongyou as a citizen, and as sutoh to meet
you upon that common ground of equality which
is of otor institutions. In other
countries, Ahd toh'der 'otheV governments-, Where the
chief representatives of the government la the ru*
ler not the Servant of the pto'ople-, if he should Ten
i lure abroad amongst them he must be protected by
> an escort of soldiers, but heVe, sir, the Chief Mag
) istVate of.thto government finds his protection til
I the approbation and in the hearts of thto people.—i
(Applause.) You haVo beeh pleased to allude to
) ihe Union of the StAttos as the medium of otor gen
i era I happiness and unprecedent growth *ih all the
’ elements of national greatness. In this sentiment
sir, J contour tWih you in (hto most'cordial assurance
of my heart. We JiVe Under different latitudes f
We are engaged in different pursuits, and it Is nat
ural lhAt we iholtid entertain, more or less, a dli l
ferehtoobf sentiment on questions of a local or see*
{tional ’Characterj but still, We are all brelheron.—
Let us then adhere to the Uhloft tof the States as
the last hope for (he preservation of those benign
institutions, which under thto Provident* of God*
as his most favored people, it has beeh otor bless
ing (o establish and enjoy. Let US hold to the in
tegrity of tho Union as the bond of our
of our independence, and of thto blessings which
it so bountifully diffuses attoongsl Us. 1 have been
pleased--! have been honored and instructed in my
visit to the State of Maine; but viewed in another
aspect, she lies along the boundary (o the north of
a province under the government of
Contrast the condition of the people, and you will
at once distinguish the manifest advantages which
flow from tho blessings of popular government.— 4
They are all derived from thecompact of the Union*
framed by tho wisdom of our AnctostoTs*qeroented
1 by their bipod, and‘consecrated by their noble deeds.
(Cheers.) Vours, indeed, sir, Is a hard soil; but
1 from the persevering Spirit of jts hardy sons, it
' has been made to smile with botontifbl harvests.-*
1 (Cheers.) Arid hot ohly so, blit in tho tented field,
the toons ofMain'e haVo shbwn thotoamtoindonmita
ble energy of character. When has Maine been
called upon that she has failed to btolhtore t Even
noW, sir, her valiant sons are fighting foHhto instl*
tutions and In the batisto bf the Union t ahd I am
protod lb hive It to say that one of youroWn blood
is among tho brave men who havtohoblVmaintain
ed tho country’s glory in thto field-. [Tears drop-*
ped from the byes of Mr. EVahSj and the people
cheered from" t|io spontaueous electricity of tho
pointed allusion] Sir, I thank God there la an uni*
ly of spirit In the American people for the Integri
ty of tho Union-. If one point bb assailed by a
foreign foe the spirit of rotoisltonbo is awakened iri
tho opposite extremity; If the Keys of Florida
wero to bo approached by hostile feet, the I hardy,
pStism of Mninto, slde oy sfdewiih
of llle eXlromb South, ’ vou ' d .f a l t^ r ® 1 .3 cm*
intruder Upon our common soil. Lit J 9 * con*
1.“. y >r,i
,‘h“ Smplmbabb. and ineatiroablo 1.g.0y to po.-
lariiV 1 havo not only to o.ncnr with yon, air, In
voUr advancement in agtioullure, in tho evidence.
nf ihn skill, ingenuity, nnd enterprise of the peq*
pin ofMalno in tho mechonloartßjbut al.o In their
■uporior enlerprlaa In commerce and In navigation.
Wherever ft aail whitens tho water, of tho ocean.
ion* will bo found Hie hordy sailors of Maine—in
Jio far Wesi, where now houses, and villages, and .
cities are taking ihe place ol ihe forest, there will
bo found the sons of Maine felling away the tree#
and opening thd wilderness 16 the onward march
of civilization and Christianity, Go to the far
South, and the decendanle of their granite hills
will meet us there, and we are glad, to eeethem
among us. You have to the long per
sonal acquaintance that has subsisted between os.
Wo wore together, sir, in the public cbimclle, be
fore either of our heads were greyj and though
there hnl.wßAn.jm unohypnlllloy -
I nueatiohihf out day, wo havo always haM “a «-
Valfon unimpaired between uaof personal menaii.
.. th# Vtdaidont, in conolußiom
himaeU that Mr. Evans had h‘«> Jff»e(?
organ of his foilow oi•**®”* * ( ,/,,d eeartlof. rt*
, come, and through the inJ h|* wl,he * ,
. turned hia Ihaaka toproaparltj-; CT h *.
. their continued '''W/J „(,««>!ahd the artfllary
. people.ranHha? j; iim( , of, (ha river.]
fired (ram ll,e
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