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Book iaan Arts - Union in itielfP '• voico of|lho Press hae prohoiincbd - 2 tbts*pdbli6atlUti'altho heat of American magazines. tolhc public voice; mcatia he has Iho abiliiy 'ond Inclination advertisements aro seldom wad, iho Book:meaneno as pdwlble.' ‘By reference to an advertisement pubjißb- . of iho Book, (a specimen of-wUich 10-ony .person requesting'it,-postage *js^y, | scon wliuria loUiodOnu.ln 1851. ,;|l ‘ and Mezzotinlo Engra- CdlQrcd Plates. ; 1 s*U pi®!® B advertised. by us, aro, all stool, bdtljl'WpOo cut.amongst them. When .you see a list & rpwlefv crt i s c d—inquire what they aro befo.ro jT Triable ribo. ! |r ondcniablo ; FASHION PLATE .'IN! EACH. ;; ; NUMBER. ■ ........ / .No lady, ojjn make a dress to suit our more refined ' / übuie.iflnd be* in, Iho fashion, excepting from •‘Godoy’s ii>'|^(«JlojFa«li l ions." ~ r 1 ,■ ■ ■■ .• :' ; ■ . ■ : "V* W E MODEL COTTAGES and in every No. will be some* - a ;ygiff Ut*THB’LADY*S WORK TABLE, netting, crochet, patch work, leather ribbon, chenille, and lace collar work ; childrens* and Infant 1 . clitKil.'caps. capce 1 , clicniiscUcS, and in f fact will please the ladles. 1 ” t > " , mtiOVtifED RECEIPTS ANDtiEfW v Mus/cy , , . ? Will also be gjyon regularly.. - AUTHORS , ;n>*Both mile and fdm’alc, will grlco the work by'their X -V tioAtrlballdfitl.. J in fact, performance, not promises, Is illifefpOtrtiHM Islcnt of the Publisher 'of the only La <dy*« Bdok Vtibli'shcd in America. Tlio Proprietor of Hhtf conducted it forbcorly 21 -years, . bwn taste far superior to any profes. t as a caterer for Iho amasement, and -* : Jflforwltrtrbr the ladies of bis own country. NOTICES. ■:Wm [lreet encouragement to American Writers, I «k * n l^,c P a^or every family In - Weelern Emporium. j that have come under out 1 no , Is,'decidedly the handsomest,and the host. ' r _ifiT t jtfe&porl Mercury, Book is the best and most highly pn '*Mi‘m«gaiinc of the kind in Iho country. , ”" 7> "" . 2Vewburg Courier, , Vdoy.is. evidently in the van of the p'ubHsb i class of magazines.—Times, Malrte. luliful engravings and clmete literary mat ir it to Iho Hmeido of every cultivated’futh its.—Ttnn. Chronicle, ”, \ *» Lady’s Book is certainly ono of the most it, and complc publications of the kind, in my other country, —Lutheran Observer,. •dendid, superb and unapproachable. Phil. Saturday Courier, the most superb engravings, and con* Kor literary than aity otlrq*. maga. io world. ScolPt.Weekly Paper; Philadelphia. aid bo welcomed into every family as an o and appropriate companroa for the and the innocent. , * • • ' ' j Waekinglon, D, C, lor, Mrs. .Hale, a lady, of genius and great devoted to the improvement and 'elevation >x bn Christian’principles* and is 'careful to from the pages of her Hook, dvcry lhlng of tendency on the score of t&slo and morals, ice that a magazine so widely circulated j hands.—Nero York Christiah OVHrvif, IS— -Cash in Advancp-—Postafcc Paid. 95 cents. iy, One Year, 9 .3< >dpy, Five Year*, 10' , l , 1 One Yoaff ‘ •♦•and an etfra copy lo'fho per. Uie club of 10 ’• 3®. TlnlitffllT — will not be departed from by any of 1 lire Philadelphia Three Dollar Magazine*. t ,,v ■ .i >* 1 £ A.GODBY, 113 CheanalalrUTbH.* 1 , _ ,i; 'f x ; ...fcarliu’s HlagazlHC. 1* f;! ...GREAT i' »T 0 lISCKIUE FOII THE.COMING VOLUME. m'uß publishers of Sartih’s MuguXifm pnnounco L that ll$»"h nV0 completed‘fetich arrangements for Uto'fotlheoininß volume ub ihall make it decidedly L' supefidrlo all former issues. • ■ T&t ■■ ,/|*j l 0 Edllotial Department will continue under the s. lIAUT.iJf Wa«toWto;' t. v ~“ ' ‘ MM.U..M. KIKKLANB, New 1 Oft,. \. Whb7bc»ldßS the cnnilonl contributions from thoir ? ' own pons, will continue to secure for it that onrivub ‘ )e«UrW of.writers which has.given to this Maga.- iioo aocli a superiority over all iia competitors. proprietors uru now making an urrungcmenl wh««' com l ~c!cil* W ‘ Jl Becuro for their work a ierWof Wftlclca on subject*, and of stylo and char fc actor entirely different from the usual mtgoxlno pro daoUona. They will roconunend Uiciusclvcb to the yfry'dVnfrrcpblio fur their brilliancy of stylo, as weU-as of Iho subject chosen, i department of thu Magaxinc will there Mtofetraarked improvement as in ■ * , v^vTh o Embellishments for 1851. the proprietors possess'd peculiar ■ fltlwrffry ’ Mr- John Surtaln, Mcxxotlnlo Engraver, i . %sUifrfb(t<*f*tho proprietors, gives tho best fruits .bf - every month.to tho Magaxino, .and directing tho other ombtiflifttn I *LsSS r i Embellishments now preparing for (uMalnfrtltfairaxino nro of a character at once strjk. 1 U*)f^*Sj«)i an d noVC, ‘. In addition to Hid rich • bad carefully "ptignveti Mexxotlnloslecl plates oTMr. j“h'i?S.r£in. «r Wl.lcl. will bo fr.ft Origin.! Polnllng. by 11.0 nrol mlloU of fcuropo nod Amerfo,,, \ ■ ilioro will SO interesting senes ol -subjects illus. iralingjltf,,... : „ . , r • Z iLjft?,of Man and of.liio i car* * la iho some pictures. The Wsgsxine will . ■ rS—X-numbor of_lllu.lr.lod Prim. f l )01 ,i 1 iful nrl of ciuiouo.PßlNTlNa* I whim, wiiudd greatly m Ibo .plondouf of lire work. .»'IT TERMS. ' # 'Sin#, briber.. ,g ®J. i •*“ «^* d an extrs copv la tho person sending tho club ot ten. p*. Thcsb lerUt* Will hot bo dcpurlcd from by any of IhoThlladelpuU threo-dnlhir Magazines, / •• * Xadre.i, JOHN SARTAIN & CO. I. Noy.ai, . Pliiladolpllla. riACK FLANNELS. Just received an additional CVWpiy df Sack Flannels, doik gray, light Brfy dSk' ufiff’lUhl Iduo, pink, green, &c.; o variety ol ,u U " l 'lo for “ ack, ~ Q W IItTWER. , n* l T;iAjl-CdI.OItF,D UONNETB. Tbo .üb.crUcr nf another coco of llicw desirable I » will bii soid.ot reduced pHtci. AUo of Bonnot B^nJ^w^nWp. wfiS* . .j)oettcaU ‘‘front tho.Dostqn Chronotypo., ; , I O\VB NO 9IAN,A. dollar*. .... •i: ’ ar cnAßtrt pl iiUßji'a. Qh,do not envy, ray own dear, wlfci 1 ’ " Tho wdAllh of our next-door neighbor, : :Dul bid m« stilt bo stout of heart,- ' ■;. : And cheerfully follow my labor. )■ You inlißt. knoiy; the thst of those little delta That have buon our lingering sorrow -Is naid'lMs night I 86 wo'll'bbih gd forth ' And shako hands wlth;Uie world.lo-ihorrotv 1-, Oh. tho debtor is but a sliftmc-fnccd dog/, .Withthccroditur's name on lilsc6l|ar, ; • * . While I’m n king mid j’on are a queunr', ' ' -’'FoHWo oWo no nian-a dbllar! ,J - J (W neighbor, you saw in Ins coach to-day, ! ‘‘iWilh his wlio ohd hla rinulitlng dinghlof, r : .While at our covcrlcM-board,; > . '• •” To a'crust and fcdp of Water. < . 1 saw thol the ieat-drop*lood;in your eye,', - Though you tried ybur' best to conceal ft; . -I knew that the contrast readied ynuriwart, And you could not help but feel it. l Hut-knowing now. that oiirscaolyfaro ' Hos frccd my neck from the collar, You’ll Join my laugh and help nio shout That we owe no man. a dollar T ’ - r This neighbor Whoso show hat dazzled your eyes, In fact, is a wretched debtor, - I pity him oft, from my.vory hoprt, A that his lot weia hotter. Wny the man is the veriest slave alive; ■’ For his’ifashihgWlfa and dauglnir < Will live In style though ruin phuuld some— . Bo he goes like a'lamb to thu slaughter; ; s, Cut hefeels it |ho Ughtercvery-day—.l l- Thnt terrible, debtor’s collar I . -Ohi'what would ho give, could hd sky with tis;' 1 ~ f That ho owed.ito man adol|arl , , . i ~,)i You seofti amazed, hut I*ll tall yon more 1 Within tWo hours I mot him; , , -• , *. • BneakiogkWay with a frightenedair Agifa fleijd had beset him;. , • . ■ Yct'ho fled front a very worthy than, . ,i • Whpin/inct.with the grcalestjilpasura— Whom'l ca]jcd by name, and,fi>rced,to stop,. . , Though lie said he was not at leisnrd.* Ha lield my last, notel so 1 hold him fast, . ■ ■ Till he-lrecd my neck from the Dollar;; ;r Theh I skunk his hand a* 1 proudly said «,< • • " Now-, f oWo ndnian a dolldrl” , l ’ 1 Ah! now you smile, for you feci the force ~ Ofthc truths I 1 vb boon repeating; • 1 knew that d downright honest heart ' 'lm tint'gentle breast wns beating! ' 1 ; To-morrow, I’ll mo with r giant's strength, ... To folloWmy daily labor; Dut ere Wesleep, let lis humbly pray ' ' For our'wretched noxtdoor neighbor ; . .. And for Iho'tlme when dll shall ho free, .Frfim the weight of the debtor's collar; Wlien tho poorest will lift his voice and cry, i- "Ndw.l oWe no man a dollar!" J&wcelljweotfgi. Prom’tho Nm|unal Ihtolllgenccf. THE OUCIYAN BOY.- Tlicbuyllo.oflho fight Warfbfrpr; the prisoner* had been secured/ and lifedcckSw'sslibd down, and the Bchuoncr once nibro relapsed inlomidnight repose. 1 sought my Hammock nndsnon fell asleep. But my slumbers were disturbed Uy wild dreatps, (he visions of a fever,'agitated and unnerved me.— Suddenly a hand was laid upon my shoulder* and starling up. ! beheld lha surgeon’s mate. “ Little Dick,,sir,'is dying," ho tyitd; , . ■ . Jkloncc 1 sprang from the hammock—LittleDick waaa sort of protege of rrtinc. Ha was a pule, deli, cato'child, said to bo on orphan, : nnd used to a gentle nature, and from the firs’l Jiour I. joincd tlio sohomior, njy heart yearned towards him, for I too once had been friendless andahmo In the World, 'lie had often talked to me in confidence of his mother, whoso mem,' bry ho regarded with holy reverence. -Poor lad i.his heart was in the grave with his lost parents. • During the lute fight, 1 had owed my l|fu to him far ho rushed in just as a sabre stroke was aimed at, mo, nnd'by interposing his fucblo cntlas, had averted the deadly blow. .In the hurry afterwards,.l tipd rfiilco forgotten to enquire whether he was hurl, though ul the lime I had inwaidly resolved to,exert my influence loprocurcliiih’ainidsliipmsn’swnr. rant. With a pang of reproachful agony, 1-leaped to my feet/ , . .. .t. „ “• My God!'* f exclaimed, "you do hot moan it; ho is not dying ?" ' i 1> , . . li i " I fear, sir,"paid (he messenger,shaking his (lead lhapiq'cannpl, live tflr morning.*’ , ■ .’•• And riiaVb'bdcn’lylng idle here" { exclaimed wilh remorso. Lead inu-to him." '•. ':j-- t, . , 110 is dctcrious, hut.ol intervals oflunpojnflo asks, lor you', uif/I undos the plan spoke wo alood by the bed of ltiß : boy.' ' ’ ■*'" '■■.■’ A batllu stained and groy-hiui'f(T>b*nian‘ stood be/ sidq him. liolding a: dull lantern jn-hj* hand, and gat ing mournfully on (he ruco oftlio suflfcror. Tlio iurgCort khCll wjlh his fingers on the boy** pulse, os I approached Ihey’ill looked-op.' The voterpii who held him shook Ids hcallnnd would have spoken, but ,(hc tenrp gathered 100 chokingly in his eyes.-' j 'The sur&taji^iaid—ho is going fast—poor little fellow—do yon'soo tins ? lic-spoKo, he lifted up n‘ rich gold locket .which hud Isldupon theboy’s breast. "Ho lips seen belter days." ~ »: ... . 1 could dot answer, my heart«svaa full—hero was the being to whom u fc\y fioiftis* '.before I had owed my life—a poor, alight, unprotected before mo with death, already written on his brow. They noticed iiiy agitation, and his old friend, tho soainbn/who held his sadly— "Poor little Dick, you'll never see tho shore yeti have wished.fop so Ipug. But there'll bo more than one, whqn your 15jfa butt 1 ’ lie spoke wills emotion— "to mourn over you." , .Suddenly the iittjp follow opcncd.his eyes and look ed vocanlly around. * »• 1 am herb,” saldlj taking the little fellow’s hand; “don’t you know me, Dick?” ■ Ho smiled fainlly ln my .face. . lie then said: “.You have been kind to me, sir—kinder than most people ore.to a poor or phan boy. I havd ho Way to show my'gratitude— unless you will lake the Bible.l have in my trunk. It’s a small offbring I,know, but 1 have/’ 1 burst into tears. -•■'•'K ' *< “'Doctor, I'nF dying, Mn’t I,’’ sold (ho little follow, {‘■(or my eight grows dim. God.-bless,-you; Mr. ;{Funforth.” .‘•Caul db' anything ;for 7" Paid) L— “You saycdpiy Ufa. , I'ydu(d.co}n my bloodlo liuy yours.* 1 • ' . ** I: have nothing 16 ssk—Idoti’l'wanlto live—-only if it’s possible, let mo bu buried by rny mother—you’ll hnd llio namo af tho (n rny-lrimh," , *‘ Anything, cvcrylhing. mypoor lld, M I ohswbrsd chokingly.- . , . . ; T ! , . •, ]•• . The liuk fellow,- amiM, ifulnlly—it, Was like'an angel's amilo—hut ho did not answer. HU eyes were fixed on thp stars dickering in that patch 6f blue sky over)t«»d. I|ismlpdwandcrcil.-. . •* llVnlong;Woy up there—but there sro bright sngels among them. Mother used to snyf I should ntcul hcf lhcre. llow ncar they come, and F ace sweet faces smiling im mo.from'ainong them. Ilurk! is that music?” sod;lifting\hls.finger, he seemed listening for a moment.. 110, full bapk, and the voU oran burst Into tears—the cjiild was dead! Hid ho indeed, hear angel's voices ? > God gronl' it. ’ .FaiCNPsinr. —Ponpt believe, bpcaMspa man sullies upon you, nnd seeks your society, that ho is ydiir frlond. Smilosond professions, olast arc so abundapl as to bo ‘of hoValue. 110 only p is ymir frlond whoso heart is in his words, and whoso notions illustrate thorn; Who stands’by ybu In . nil the vlclsSiludfis of fortune, “In sunshine and shade'.** When ynn find .null o boinu, make him ybur.ocond neifi cling; la hlln »o your very life, for Hie jewel, ofllio onilh era noorcc.and thcrcfiiro prcolim.! Tor tbo oond of life bat gllllor. lit Ilia r.dlnhoo of n high enjoyment, ■nd oven the gulden bowl id broken ol tbo fuantnin. , A.inw.r-Ncver permit, ynhr domr.lieo to trtko up nolieo in a; woodon vccl; nr, In dcpn.il tliom when removed from tbo bojjjljo, In pl.ooo whoro Ihoy will eb'iiro in contact wllVcombmliblo mailer.. 'f »OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS fc lOIIT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY ; ‘ CiUILTSLE, PA-, THURSDAY,, DECEMBER 26, 1850.' “GIVE! WISBtY.» 7 j AN ANECDOTE. ' *' / ‘ ~ Ono. evening, time since, the curate of fi., a shall village in the north of 'Franccj returned huch failig'ued to his humble 'dwelling. He had been Visiting a‘ poor family who were .suffering ffomboih want and sickness; and the worthy old man, besides administering the consolations of re ligion, had given few coins,"saved by rigid self-denial from his' scanty- Intomeiv.jHe. walked Hotnewards, leaning on his stick,'and thinking-with'sorrow how. very, small were.the means he possessed, of, doing good and; 'relieving misery. ' .. . (1 . ~ . . . ,As he enlered w {Uie door, hp heard an UnWonled clamorof the form of a by ho means harmonloud unkrtown male voice growling ‘ forth a bass, .which w(ae ; oom* pletelyoverscreecbed by a retnarkablejiigh-and tfiiri treblcVeasily/refcognisod by Hid placid curate as proceeding from the well practised throat of his hOuse-kceper, - the shrewish f*erpetua of a l>dn Abbondio. . • y > - < “ A pretty business, this. Monsieur.:’* cried, the damo, when hpr master appeared, as with flashing eyes she 1 pointed to‘a fiiirly lodklnyman dressed in a blouse, ; who stood in the hall;’holding a very small bok in his hand. . “This fellow,** she con tinued, is. a messenger from the diligence; and wants to gel fifteen francs as the price of carriage of that jlttlc box directed to yon, which I’m shie* I no mailer What it contains, can’t bo worth half the money*** . '1 •“ Leave,.NcnetU,l* said taking the.box- from, the, man.,who, at his approach, civil ly doffed his hahhe examined the direction. . : !t J was’cxtrcmbly h'eaVy and bore the suidp of Sin FraWiacofln California* together'with- tils own address,. Tho- curate paid the.fifieen francs, which left of.but a few-sous, and dismissed the.messenger. •. ‘ 140 -tbeW opened the box,'arid iHsplayoJtotlie asidnishfed 1 eyes of Nanette on Ingot of virgin gold, and a slip of; paper, ort, whlch'wcre written the following words i, , “To Monsieur the Curateß.. ; . ’ “ A sJighV token of eternal gratitude, in remem* brantte of August 28th, 1848. . ' 1 ■ CnXricts F— “ Formerly sergeant-major in the —th regiment; how a gold-digger InCalifornia.” • .-!• t l !. , On.lhe 28(li of August, 1848* the curalojwa.s on the evening in question; returning from visiting his poor sick parishioners. f Not far from his cottage he saw a young soldier wllh/a. haggard counte nance andwlld bloodshot eyes, hastening towards the, bank of.adeep and--rapid river,, which ran through the fields. The venerable prieat.sloppod him and .sppko to him.kindly. * ‘AI flril the young mon would ( not answer, arid tried to break away from his questioner; but the oufaio 1 fearing that he 1 meditated suicide,, would not be repulsed, and at length, with much diflicul ly, succeeded in leading him to his house. After some time, softened by .did tender kindness of |iis' host, the soldier ponfeSsed that lid had apbijV-itv. gambling a sum of monoy which had been- Oft-- trusted,to'him aseorgeanl-tnnjor of hia company.- This avowal, was madcmwurds, broken by -sobs, and.lhsbnlpriwepeateil several liineai .y. • “ v*' • “My poor* mother t my poor inollier I if sfie orily . . • . The curate waited until the soldier had become mpre calm, and then addressed-him in words of reproof and counsel, such as a tender father might bestow bn an erring'eon. He finished by giving him a hag containing one hundred and thirty francs, the amount of the sum unlawfully -dissi* paled... “It is nearly ,01l I possess In.the world,” said the old Inanj “ bfit'by the grace of CTod, you will work diligently, and some day, my friend,'you $ll return mo this money, which ifideed I ’belon‘gs mnre to tho poor than tome.” .. , .It would ba impossible, to describe;,uitf young . soldier’s joy and astonishment. . con : vulsively his benefaclWd hand, andafter a pause, said j_ ‘. . : ‘' ,»* MonSle«r» ln thfeo months my military en- .will he, cmlt'd. ..I solemnly promise ilihi, WjilijiliH nadpinnce of God, from that lime 1 wl 11 work *H llf f»c*Vitly . f V ‘ 8«> he departed; bearing with, him the money 'ajul ilm hlessfngwof the good man. , Much to the sorrow and Indignation of Nanette, lief master capllnced' to iyeti^4hrough L thn.enj|uipg. winter, tils bid tlirpodbare anil,' which lin'd in ten (I* ed to r.‘('hco, l>y warm garment* ; and hie dinner frequently consisted of bread and eonpe maigrtv . . “ All tHlsj” sajd the dame, I* for the jsake of a worthless stroller, whom We shall Aever aee dr hoar nf Bgain.V- : • -- “ Naneiie t ||; 8)}ld . her master, with (ears in 'his eyes, as ho showed her the,massive ingot, whose -value was ’ Hired ‘thousand francs, “ never judge hardly of a repentant sinner. It \ytis the Whep> ing Magdalena Who poured preciousointrnfnt on her Master’s feel f it was the outlawed Samaritan leper who returned logivejtimiliaoks. Our poor guest has nobjv. kept his >yprd. Next winter my. Will w'anl for neilltcr food nor medi cine ;'hnd ybd r must - lay in plenty of fl-inmd and freeze for our old,men and women, Nanette!” • Household Words, Tll'fc Novel’ marry a girl who Is fond of being always in llio street—who is fond of running to nighl'gnlhcr. ings—.who has a jewelled hand and' an empty head who will eco hef mother work and toll while she lays abed and reads novels, or feigns slckncis—who is nahlmcd to own hur mother bccuuio sho drosses plain,.never Jearncd grammar,or never wosoccub. tomed to tho ptiquol|o of llio drawing.ropm-—w|io la always compl-ilnlng (halsho cannot gel money c. nough to dress liko Mias Bo.tind*ao,or to go to par. ties IlUa .fVlins Suclfti-ono,—-who wears tier,-shoes' slipshod, or has a Ipjle.in.hor slocking bcoupßo ijlio Is too Ijiy jo mend ii. Should you ‘got such a one, deribnd upon.Jl you will havo a' dirty, untidy, miser. «b)o.homo and life of It., You will bo hrpl poor ,ijll your life, Dul the kind, nflccllanilte, tidy glil, .who helps her mother, father, brother,*, and .sisters ? Who is always klndjn fljo according to her means; who Is alwnys clicorful ond fond of accommodating others, ybu may marry ; slid If yojj got sudh a trea sure, your homo-will ho a paradise.. • • " fcMAMt SoeiKiv.—Vou know my opinion of fc mnlb.sooioty.. Without it, wo should degenerate Into [bru(Qß.| ,'J’hln observation oppllcs tenfold force to young tlioso who ore In the prime of life.—• ThoNltvraty hihn'niny hiukoii shift (a poor one, I grant,) lo L du/without the society ofladlos. f l o « yuung { mun, nothing Is. so Important ns a spM*. of devotion'(nexVid Ids Creator,) to soma nnjhihlo >vn-' mnn, whoso imago mny occupy his heart, dud guard It from ppl)nt,ion', which besots lion till sides. A imp ought <o l cllm>so his wife ris Mr*. .Primrose did her wedding gown, fArquiilllies (Inti “wear well.’ 1 Ono thing at least IstHio, that if matrimony Inis Its - cares, celibacy,, Ims no,-pjousuro.., A Newton, or ,a mere sehdlar ( 'may ‘find employment In study,; a man of literary taste,ban receive In' hooks n poworfiil auxi liary, but n man must have a’ bosom friend, and chil dren around him, to ahcrlah and support tho dreari ness of old age.— John Randolph, " J *: JL * i * u. . Sin.—Sin perpetuates Itself forever.. Like tlic occari i'lpplo/its influonco la’beyond alt calculation. Yet there is (his difference between them t- thd rlp pld grows fainich* and sinks lower ns Its circle widens nml recedes' froni tho ccniro. Not so wllii Wlioi was cripple at: first, soon) swells Into a wave;- over rising higher, till wo behold tho huge mountain billdw upon tho clenml shore*. 'Kloiincut arid Patriotic lacltcr'of tlio ';;'' 'HOBf. JAMES ,' ■ , Wheatland, near Lanoastkii, £ - .. November 19, 1850. ; y • ; I htvo.bpeh ,liohDr,btt.->y, Iho receipt ofyour invitation, “in bohaljf-of-th? friends of (ho Constitution and Iho Utiioh; without disiinc. lion of parity, resident in llio_ ojity- and county of Philadelphia,” (o allendia public picotlng, to bo licit! •on ihd 21sl maiunt, at the Chinese Museum. I rc tbgrot IhonjngttgemcnlPi which I need not specify, Will deprive )no of ,lho pleasure and privilege of unU ling with thp great, patriotic.and,enlightened com* •inunity ofyour City and Cyunly in manifesting.thojr iHtuchtnccttJot* the Constitution and the Unlu.n, in tho present nlaJining crisis in onr public affairs. ( - Ori V recent (jeeushn, at Iho celcbru’liop of tlio . -■w n ‘. */n'n' r’ccfint i> opening of tlic Knefcrn portion of our : greai CcrilVal.“ .. T '. p u J* ulcrn rlavoty, , Railroad,TrAn Philadelphia to PlHsborg, lAM that oftl'H prose, <*»“ » Legislature., Slain, nod llio cordial.nipport of,that magnificent improvementj C « a " l y Conventions, Ab.ihlmo Lectures, nod every wofl a plulfol])i on wlticll ell Pennsylvanians, of every ' oilier, .loot hod wii'cn fanatics end demagogues could poliiidirdmiinlmilidn, could stand logethei in liar-1 d “V“°; i I ° J ■<'«"««"• h “ pi Coy. The 'sCnlltnont 'elicited on ,biUoslaslio-rg.,ts? knl Imrri. riff .ice on the subject, of slavery., In .pome from all-present. wlicllicr'doihocrnti or •I'l’™ 1 *, 111 "' 0 ,cc " r ’ ,r l ' ffom 1o» I now unylimt Ihe.platform of oqr blessed UoiolMftS! , ! r ‘ , ! l»«"t Ibroughifiil (lie country, the meet i.Ue strong enough i.nji brood enougli.lo sustain oil lruo; , ’. cfft ; cl “d ,r 10-.orceie geographical licarted Aptricnm. It in nil elevated,' n g[6rioss P“fll.es. no muchdreaded by Iha-falhur of liU,oounlry, pldtfdrnt. dawhioh the down trodden naliohspl'lho ”,,'d lo e.lrniigelbo Norllicrn utid Southern division, cdrlh -hopo ami desire,"with bdmimioh 0 - ,0 . n 1 <, nod .astonishment. Our Union ill -llio Star of llio . ,»ftW l ‘‘“ >V ibuol. Pruvino vyos iiilcrpo.cd, Ibo Went, whore genial arid steadily, increasing influ- 1 “Million of.Usety in lira riot pi COIIIIIIIII.I li.id coed will, .llnst, should we .rcnOdnollunilcd people,. Uu.n tlla clileir V.Ome nl , Petitions, h.r: his drip'el tfic.globm 6f despotism ftWlho'sooieiit-ns. t) iousands, Irut.i ,men. iv,linen und-clnl- , lions of the-berth. Its' nibrnl powdr will pnlVe to b 0 , into Uongiess, session oiler .session.— , more p-pcnl- limn millions of armed ineromeii!ic».- - 1 , ’'MM* <M>«* “■'I 11 '"-' 1 ' He owner, of slave. within 4 n .d shall this glurimis slur set in dntknesii,!berure It I V||BSk'«‘: Ndljr disregarded. Slavery, tvns , : lrtd neconS(ilisl,ed the ono-lnilf of its mission? lie..' TOTM*-" 08 11 "in and n niiliiiipil disgrace. , vrin-forbidi , Let ell of us exclaim; with the. hernia JW* ll “ htvvspl.fsud.nnd the I .ws,pl men upgh to Jncften, The Onion must .and shall |m preserved!" , “!t?( l ? b s f? sl « l ““»“<; V■ > natteredl nolTi. the , J Pallid what'a Union thin lift teen I The history .of n r 9".t' '/* |hul lha.ahohliun of silvery in tWhdmlrt. race prc,ehi|»Steilel to lf. ‘ Th 6 bil!-'';°“ ld l c “' > l v sl l # Iplo.o otudel. ln tho midst of two infst.ippd limtlng; wlifoTl *jMfe-lio swiniy iwept *>W, holdiog. SUtos. Horn which tho |..b,dllh..i,sis front .the. ocean, by. the Bririfetvy, nedording 16 «™M McorelV .e.,U«. errotee, hrybr,nd. opd deaf, the, predictftm. of a British statesman previous m the a|t around.-: ,k mattered pol io then Hint the ahull, j lOar of 1812, is now displayed In eveiy een nod in W* o( !-Hyery-rpDistrict would ho a vi.i .lion o | everypatt otlho habitable globe. Our gldrloUs’.ta'rs “>? of ‘''l Pons Hutton nod ufthe-, mplled layh end ntiipce.Hlio flag of our country, obw prplenls to Mrarj-lond aud bee.nee the Amcyje.n. ineveryclimo. “I am Roman citiic,,;", ■' vh " tc ' v , or . ,d . 1 1 '" 0 ";? "l“ l I'? 'l7 oinsd I was ooc.o proud esclamatioo which sveiy wherd ki.vn ceded it, le the Union, had ll.oy imagined It shielded anLicieiil Roman eilixeit .from insblt and ’““W i“”r bo eonvarled bj-,Congress ,lnto n Tnjiistice. yfl'n,.. ah American eitlien!" is now'an [""» domestic peace and sccuntv m.g lit cxcldmatiohief almost equal patency ll.rmPgbeudtl.o •»* ' W'W civilized wePjd. Thi. is'n tribute due to the power '"?>«'? '* B nleven .1,1 furlhepa. .They agitated, aria tha fesdurce. of ihbke lliirtyiind United St'aics, to.UHU&sty, Id ajustcaiiro wnmaydafy the world inhims.srWe •"“•keM nayy.vards, whiai; he S,q( hernSlata. havp lately presented I spectacle which ha. asiuoi.li- «*> , ll !» Ui"on,l,ndcrthetoil.l,.utlo.., far eddven'lhe greatest Captain of the age. Atlheeill ll ‘?l>i»leclier, and defenea of the eennlry. - , . ■ 6f lltoir codhtiy, a host of armed min, and then Ibo :. 1 stood, the que 6 tiun «-hcn the VVilmol I rp- Skilled In tho uso of anna, aprunff up'liko the soldier# v »sq wna inlerposed, (oadd fuel -to the and of Cadmus, J/oni llio inountuinsnnd valleys of our the ,bp>i,Ulwn people, to tnodnosd. ‘ great cciirederncy. Tho struggle among (hem was , , President ,l*o!k. WO# .anxious to briny the war noi who sh’oold cnjny ttio privilege'of braving the with Mexico.to ap. honorable conclusion with the dangers umUlio privations of a foVoign'wnr In dc. Jeast poeaiWe delay;- ‘ Ho deemed it highly prnh*. fence of their country’s rights, fleavcqfytbid that able Uiatan.appropriation by/congrces of $3,000,- the qucalipQ'ofsljivcry sliopld ever prove to, bo the 000, to he pnid the-Moxioan Government imu»cdi« stone llirbivn Jnlo.tlroir midst hy Cadmus to VnnWe atoly nftcr the coneltialoh of peace,’might essen- Ihotalurn lAylr arms against bach other and perish tially aid him in arcomplishing this deslroblo oli in mutual cqbflict.'. < ;.••= > jeet. I He sent a message to Congress in August, I Whilst o\v power na a united people secure us 19 , 16; and whilst the bill granting the nppropna against the.injustice and ossaultsofronMcn enemies. Uon waB pending before the.house, Mr. Wilmol what hathtjli Dur-condilion at homo I Hero every o)Tl , h f pr „ v i S o us'on amendment,! chuen stnudsiierccl in tho proud proportions bestow. • ~ , •. - •' . , ed upon l|im"hy,hie Make}, and fools himself equal " l kl ‘ ’??*.. hy tt mammy of nineteen iSltls/olillifen. . [le I. .protected hyi govdrnt.tout .lhia ! lt been prqpqr ip il.jiistla-»3|h'ftli!i coWment of lift, liSorty and •*»'»*•!•«« «»''bimnnd out of plsoot beeiiuso down under his Own vino and Ids IlybodTiol I/cvn ascerJamyd wltellier .uesliou^doc- owb Hg und (here.is none to make him afraid. A vu«t confeocpicy, qomposed of thirty.onc sovereign and independent Sluice, is open before himj In which he feels himsclfto be cvbrjrwlicro al liomo, and may ony where throughout ifs extended lirnlfa seth hfa own prosperity and happiness In his own way.'. The most perfect freedom of intercourse prevails among all the States. , Here l|>« blessing's 6f free trade have been rcdlizcd; under the Conslhution of the'United States, uhd by the consent of all to a greater or less extent than the world has ever witnessed. , O.nr dooieetio tonnage tjhd d'aiiitol'cmploycd in this trade, exceed, beyond i all comparison, that employed in our trade with all the world. ',-The' mariner of Maine, after braving the dangers Of the passage around Cape Horn, finds himself ul homo in hin own country, when.entering life distant port of San. Francisco, on (ho -other aide of the world. . . Heaven stoma (0 Jmvo hotiml ibbse'Slblcs together hy .adamantine bonds bf powerfoi' interest.' -They uio mutual!) dependenton each olhqr, mutually jicc* essnry tq cuch other's welfare. The numerous ,and powcrftil bonimoftwealths which are spVoad oyer, the valley of (he MlWssippi, must seek’the markets of the.world for (heir productions, through (ho mouth of the father of rivers; A atroiig jiavnl'power id ‘necessary to keep this channel always free in lime of war, and an imincnsp.cumtncrcial marine is required Id carry (heir productions to the markets oftho'world, nm| bring buck their returns. with almost equal forcQ-lo the eihlon grqwfng and planting Clslca on the Qulf of on the Atlantic. Wlio Js (o supply this novul /power and Ihis commerclal marine? The Ivmly and onlorprls* Ing buns ofllio North,hvh9so homo huo n Ivy ays been - on (ho mountain wave? ' Neither (ho pursuits nor tholhabils of (ho people oftho Western and Southern Stales, lit them cinyloymqnl. They are naturally (ho producers while , the Northern poopU}- arc thu carriers, Thjsbstabliiihcs a.mnUiul and pro. filnblc dependence iroon oacli other, which is ono of the .very strongest bonds of our Union. ’' • The common sufibiingband common glories of (he past, the prosperity of the present, am) the brilliant liopcs of the future, must Impress every patriotic heart with deep, love and devotion to (ho Union,— Who that'ls now a citizen pf this vast Republic, ex. tended lloin the St. Lnwrfcncu to the Uio Ornnde, and from the Atlantic lolho Pacific, does not shudder 1 at the Idea of being transformed into u oUizun!nf one of its broken, jealous, and hostile fragments? W|iut patriot would not rather shed ihe last drop of his blood than see (ltd thlrty-ono brilliant stars which 1 now float proudly upon our country's flag, amid the ' battle and the breeze, rudely torn from ihe national 1 banner, ond scattered in confusion over the fao9 pf 1 tile earth? I tllcbUossiircrv that all thd potHbtrfc cmollorf*,ofi ' every trod hearted Foniisylvnnlan, in-favor bribe 1 Constitution,roro shared by tho. Sduthsrn pdoplb.— What buille-fiold lias, not bepn Illustrated hy thpir gallant‘deeds { and w)ipu,.in our Jiistnry, (iayo they o^er* 1 shrunk fVmrt sacrifices ond sufTi!nbgifm>tho cause nftlibir cotmlr'y? i/l'lio sign# of (ho (lines are ■truly .punctilious. Whilst many In (lib South openly advocate (lip qiusu of secession and disunion,a large majority, as I firmly beljovc, still funnily cling to the Uiitori, nwnlllng-twllh deep anxiety (ho action oflho North oh (ho Compromise Ulciy rflVctcd In Oongressl SliDiild lhla.htOdisregordcd nhd ntillifiod by the citi xena of the PWtUi, the Southern people m.iy,bccomo united, and then . farovyclUtt,. h»ng farewell, lo om blessed Union. lam no alurmlsjf bul a brave and who mtiit looks danger slehdlly Wiho face. This is the bust-means of folding |(.V;Jfnm deeply impres. ; sod with (ho conviction that (he North neither *ull|, ' cicntly understands .or appreciates the danger. Fur my own purl, I hayu been Plon'dlly watching Its up. pVndeh for the last fiftcoh years, i (hiring (hut period I itava often soyndvd the alarm; but my.leohla warn lugs have been disregarded. I now solemnly declare as the deliberate conviction of my judgment, that two things are necessary to save thin. Union (Vumtlio most Imminent danger:— ; J ■' j. Agitation in thu North on the subject ofSouth urn slavery ihuhl bo rebuked and put down by a strong, energetic and enlightened public opinion. ■ 2. The fugitive slave law most bo executed in its letter und irf its itplrll. ’ On cash of (hose points t shall offer a fewobsor vations. ’ . Those are greatly mistaken who suppose (hat the tempest wMch .li* n,ovv<r;iging In thu Smith, lias boon raised solely'by the acts or umisyhms pf. \he present Congress. The minds of (he Southern people" have’ ticen gradually , prepared liir, this explosion liy . llld ’ neighbors living together, what would 1 jthintt events-ufilic lusi fifteen years';' Much and devotedly .one of should lie eternally interfering,ln>th* da they love the Union, oiuny ofthcin arc how taught domestic concerns of the oilier f Cooldlheypo#- lo bdlievo ijiatthe pdaco,uf. their oWrj firesides, and ( sibty live together in peace? v : ‘V'Vt * l the security of their families, cannot' bp preserved | Without reference to the harmony and safety 6f without separation friwn,;ua. l i Tiro iprueado fho jhe Union, What a blessing would this policy 9f abolitionists ngdinat their domestic peace ynd secu- non*interference be, not only to the slaves and tits rlly, commenced.in 1835.. .Guii. Jackson; j« his an. if reo negroes, but even to the caused message to Congrow,m Upccmbcr-o( that year, a j emanerpation 'ltself! ' ' Z speaka of ain the following emphatic language*, Vl (vSlflCo / he agitation commenced; the sVa*e hW nips . also invito your attention Ip Hie parnfu cicUe- b deprived of many privileges wllicli'he formed mcnt.pruduccd in tho booth by attempts to circulate , l : IK «^aauttoibtiaiim ihrdagli Uio 'muiU iiiflammatwy appeal., a.ldrcwd *S of ; ,h ° TT‘ft?SSS£ la tho puiisiona of tinslave, in p'rtnu,ami l»»,r.i«u» R°? led. 1 ed . "I 1 0" }M rtMrtefj to. provide,W, MM»«W e.orls, of, publications well, calculated, to allihulald dnd Ihnl of hlkTdmi«y. vV -. t ‘, '-y Jv-irot' them to Insurrection and to produce all of the horrors! k • * hfc.freo negro, for, the snmo, OTdrrhling r rCßpon, of a servile war.” isthrealehcdtviih expulsion, fforn tnq land pf-his, “ From that period, Ibd agitation In n-1 nalWity'in the Southland there arc strong Indus*- gainst Southern slavery, li.as.beon incoasantj by' lions in several of (lie Northern Stales ihat.lbajf q'ulrp any territory frocp Mexico; and In pnl'nVot rad, tho Treaty of Peace was not-concluded until eighteen months thereafter. Resides, this Provi so, by defeating the appropriation, was.calculated, though 1 do not believe it was intended, to prolong tho war. The Wilmot Proviso, until near the termination of the last session of Congress, defeated every at-| tempt to form territorial governments (o our Mex- 1 icon acquisitions. Had stlch governments heen , established at the proper time, California‘would | have changed her territorial into a SiAtn govern men!, and would have come |nto tho Union, as naturally as $ yoifng man enters upon his civil rights tu thfe,bgo of twenty-one, producing scarce* ly u ripple.upon .the surface of public opinion. What consequences have resulted from the Pro viso! ', It placed tho two divisions of the Union In hofqilc array. Tho popple of eaclt. Instead of considering' the people of the other.as brethren, began] tO :View ;ench other ns deadly enemies,— Northern Legislatures were passing resolutions instructing their Senators sod requesting their Representatives to vote for the Wllmpt Proviso, and for jaws to nholisli slavery in the District of Columbia, Southern Legislatures and .Southern Conventions* prompted nnd sustained by tho in* dignant apil hulled-voice of the Southern people, wore passing resolutions pledging themselves to measures of resistance. The.spirit of fanaticism was in the ascendant., ,To sunn ‘ft 1 height had it ! mounted, that a.lull imrotfgccd Jplo.lhe Uquso of Representatives by Mr. Giddings, during the last session of Congress, authorising the slaves In the District oft Columbia to votu on (he , question whether they themselves should ho freemen, was defeated on tho motion of my friend* Mr. Bmnrt* head of this State, by the slender majority of only twenty-six votes.' Thus stood the question when the present Coh: gross assembled. The body at fust presented the oppeuiancoof a Polish diet, dtvtdqd Into hostile parties, rather than lhai of the Representatives of! a great and united people, assembled In tho land of Washington, Jefferson and Jackson, to consult and act together as brethren in.pfomovlng tho com -1 mon good of the >vhold Republic, j ' h would ho tho exireuip of dangerous infama l tloa lo suppose that llio Union was not then in se* « rlous danger* Had the Wilmot Proviso become ) a law, or,had. slavery heen abolished in thu Di«- a tri'et of Columbia, nothing short of*n-special ih-l I torpositlon of Divinn Providence could have pr«- ' vented tho. of most, if-nol all, of the • slayehcldlng States. V/ * r ft tvn%* farin'.ltd*' greqt rtnd glorious old Com monwealth', rightly denominated’ flic “Keystone (of Urn Federal Arch,” that tho first ray of,light eihlnatcd tri dispel the glOp/n. She is opt,con scious of her own power, She stands as the days man/heiweod (lie North and liar South, mid ran lay her hand on cither party nnd sayj “thus fat ' shall.tlmu gp and .no farjlnq," -|’J ho wisdom, i inodentllon and firmness pf her peojdo ealculalp her eminently to.net as ihu.jusi and tquiublo uni- t piro between the extremes. ~. t* . t- ! It was the veto of our State iloyso of Represen. 1 tatlVes,*refusing toqomtlder llur IhßfruMlng revo* ‘ liitlnns In favor of the VVVhUoI Proviso, which first J cheered tho honrtol overypalrlol In tho land.— < This wns speedily followed by n voloof the llohso j of Representative# at Washington, Pitilliig ( lhe , VViMiot Proviso to .the (abte. And hern I ought ( nol.lo forget tho groat meeting held in Philadel- j phla on the hirlh-dny of tho Potjirrof his Country, i In favor of tho Union, whlcli gave a hnppy and ir- i rosiglp'blo Imnulsu ,lo public opinion throughout i tho Slate, and I may add throughout the Union. Thu honor of the South line been- aaved by the Compromise. Tho Wilmot Proviso- la lorover dead, nnd alnvcry will never bo abolished In the District of Columbia whilst It continues to exist in Maryland. The recoding storm in the Houth still continues to dash with* violence, hut it will gradually subside, should agitation oeaao In the North. All that in necessary for us to do la to ex- ' eculo tho Fugitive .Slave Law* and to let tho [Southern people.alone, suffering them to manage llhoir own dolufeßtib concernsln the.ir.qwn way. A | Virginia farmer onco askedyno if there were two At $2OO . _ ... Quvt*rm or (lie rn fc»taie» t will refuse lo afford him an asylum. - ~V * The ohuse'of emancipation itself hasauffered by the agitation, If left to Its boufttitutionnl and fft turn) course, laws ere this would probnbly'Hdve j existed for'lbe gradual abolition of slavery’ltt’lh'js [Stales of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and | souri. Tiiocurrenl df public opinion waa running strongly in that direction before the abolition ex citement .commenced, especially in Virginia,*** There having directly in vtew.lpegraq no) nboljttpn of slavery, offered,tpo by the grqqd* s >n of Thomas Jefferson, name within one role; It. my memory serves mo, of passing the HouSaVof Delegates. Throughout Virginia, bn Well-da in (he other three States 1 have ineniiqncd, ther.e svMri (hen a powerful influential arid growing 'fmfiy m favor of gradual emancipation, cheered on : to>xef«» (ion by the brightest hopes of success.' .'VVhVthii now become of this party 1 It Ta pnpei-' li li numbered with The things that.'hdye liitVrferehcn of Northern fanatics with the insiifty* (ton of slavery in the South has so excilcd.bnd exasperated tho people, that iherojsuo-nianip that region now. bold enough to uUer f n sentiment in favor of gradual emancipation. • of tho abolitionists.have long, very long* postponed the day of emancipation in these States." Through* out tho grain growing slave . cnuqcs-.were in operation, which must, befma many years, have produced gntdualeiDancipstrohV These have been counteracted by llie violence and folly of the abolitionists. They hard not ; orilr brought.the Union Into imminent peril, buT tlicy hnve inflicted the greatest evils both on this slay* and on tho free negro, the avowed objects of their regprd< ; * • ’ r . ‘ Lpl me then, call upon your, powerful and Iqfla* as.they value the union of .(bea* greatest political blessings eyercori ■flpcd* by a bountiful Providence upon roanvkfc they yaluo lho well being of tho slaVe art'd-freb negro; as they .value even the cause of ; constitutional emancipation, to exert-all theitVilp orgies In pul .down,the loiig continued agitation In the North, against'slavery ln f tho Smith.* - IsTi unreasonable that the should make this dc4 mnnd 1 Tho agitation has reached Mich.alieighy that tho Souiluirn pcoplo feci (heir rity lo bo involved. It lias filled the minds of th* slaves with vague notions of emancipation, an<V in the language of General Jackson, threatens vtb stimulate theni-lo insurrection and produce all'th* t horrors of a sqrvllo war."- nny suelvat*' tempt on,thoii part would-bo easily and speedily- suppress'd, yetwbni horrors might'riot jo.'lhdMb moiintime bo perpetrated I Many n ulothfer 'MWp retires to rest at night under drpadfdi apprehetUA. sions of whnt may befall,herself and tier-family before morning. Self‘preservation is the firltln stinnt of nature; nnd, therefore, any state ofsbclcf ty in which the sword of Damocles is bit the lime} suspended overtho heads of die people, most, at last, become intolerable.. To Judge correctly oi, dm* relative duties loxyardathe people of the tfoutb,' wo ought to place in>their nnsiti»n, do unto them ns wo would they shnuld.do uiilous under similar cumcumatauces. This IS thegoldeA rule.- lt,was under its benign influence that ouf Constitution of mutual compromise And concession was framed, nnd by the same spirit atone can'ft he maintained. Do the people of JheNorih act in this Christian spirit, whilst stigmatising their, brethren of the South with iho harshest epithets* nnd imputing to them a high degree of mornj guilt, because slavery has been Cntalird Upon them .to their forefathers; and thin, top,.with nkoowfedgq, that the of ihesh nssaultinmutt be ip place in peril their personal safoiy am/ thnl pf ilf they hold most dear on 1 repeat that this constant agitation must bo.arrested by (he firm de termination and resolute .action of.the vasi.ronjo-t rity of the pfoplo of the North, who are known im disapprove, it, or tlm eucriftnn of our ploflorte* . Union .mAy, and. probably will, bo ol fast tbs’ consequence. , j • • y’•.* y.Vv? 3., I shall proceed to present (o you Soma tiew4* ( . *_ upon the subject of the much misrepresented gttc slave law. It Is now evident, from a|l’tnV signs of tho llmcf, that this fs destined to hebotmi the principle subject of -agitation at tho next ftes**;.* sion of Congress, and to take tho pUcoof the VV.lt- 5 H I mol Proviso. Its total repeal or Üb.material mod*' ideation will henaeforwaid bo the battle-cry of lh* agitatoto.of the North. ... • • 1 And what is the character of this t ' It was paued to c.iny into execution a plain, ileal- andmiridalory; ' provision of tho Constitution, requiring (hut fuglfiva.’ I sieves, who fly from service in onq-SUle losnothbfl,^ 1 tgpll tie delivered up to their masters. Tlilit'prpviiii-J . lx so explicit that ho w ho' runs may rend.' Np. inenUry can present it in u stronger light linin'fits' 1 . plain word* of thu. Constitution. Ft Is 0 wolf krioWti '. historical fact, that without this provision, thy Cod. * siltntion llselfeould never have existed. How could - this have been otherwise 7 Is it possible fqra ino. ! ’ moot to btfiovo that Iho slave males would bafr' ’ furmcU it union with tho States, if under it Ihe sUves' ‘ by simply escaping "cross the boundary,wb|ch sep.' antes litem, would inquire ell the rights «Tfryemont Tills would have been to offVf an Irresistiblejlelnnlts* (bm 10 till the shveyofihd Shulh to precipitate Ihcnf.'-* selves upon the North. The tbdural tberclbn*, recognises in. tho clearest andihoSt empliq./. lib tertiif, tho properly In sltvns, and property by prohibiting tiny Sl .to irlto which aVbiva; might c»c tpe, from discharging him fYniiV. lin'd.by requiring that ho shall be delivered up Id mo * mo>u > r .'. -/ .V t | Dill, say tho agitators, )tie fugitive slave Jay? I\«gu « ~ icd for tho purpose of carrying liilo effect an. tiprjbtq „ | provision of the constitution, is ilsslf unconslllidlurv aI. 1 shall not slnp tp urgua aucfi a point at length,',* deeming this t»» be wholly unnecessary. The in every one. oflls essential prnyisiq'ns, Is the jfvyjt saino law which was passed.ip February, Congress, insriy of whoso members had.coms fresh M from (ho convehtlno which framed the fcdcrali stliutinn, and wot approved by the,,Father,ofhia Country. If this ho so, it may. bo.asked wlieitce rfie/ \ necessity of passing fho present low?. .Why nut rest upon the act of 17931..Th1f question is easily an-',. Bwcrcd.- Tho act of 17D3 liad entrusted its qwu eg... 1 edition not only to tho Judges of tho Circuit and.' * District Courts of tho United States, but to all Stale miigislratcs, ofony county, city, or town corpuraled,-. Tho decision of tho Supremo Com I of tlxr-UnUcd*.) Slates, in the-cute of tVigg us. The Commonwealth! -( of Vonnsylvaula, deprive (heso State' magistrates of/ acting under the law. . What was.the consequents ?*•,-; Let us takblhe State nf rennsylvani-i for an exuim> r pic. There were, but three individual* loft whole Stale who could judicially execute the pfrovl». •* •ions bl’lhe net of 1793—the Circuit Judge and-Iherr•« 1 two District Judges.. Two of (lira* Judges reside : ' in riiiidelpbis, and one! of |hem«l riMaburglt, a dls-*) . (anco of more than Ihroo liundrari.inilysypart. Itii ' 1 . 1 » {ComUM on the Ud Va^e.) .’••■'nv.u ••I‘ i no. 2k.;.- >
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