JXiimicnu
BY JOHN B BRATTON .
VOL. 38.
3J}oltttCaL
Address of (he
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
jTo 'the Pcnphfif Pennsylvania::
Fellow-Oitizens—Tlio' Coptral .Committee,
nppointedby_the*Democralic Convention, which
assembled at'Reading on thodlh of June last, have
tosolvcd to.address you on some of the questions
\vhich ore to be decided at- the next general elec
tion. We approach the performance of this duty
\vilh, wo trust, a proper sense of the responsibility
It imposes upon us, and with a full determination
neither to exaggerate the importance of the issues
now ponding before you, nbr to use any arguments
which are in the least unfair.
The effect Which our election in this Slate may
have on the Union of the States, and bn the great
interests of the wholo rcouhtry, will I .claim bur at
tention first—because this is a consideration which
transcends all others in magnitude.. Wo solemn
ly believe that the re-election of Gov. JOHNSTON
Would bo fraught with danger to. the peace of the
country, and with consequent ruin to our .com
merce, foreign and domestic; while we arc equally
well dsfeured that the election.of .Col. BIGLER
.would.bo everywhere hailed, by all true* patriots,
-as a proof that our good old State, ever loyal to
•tho 7 Oonslituiion, Is'etill Vs true ns steel .to the
great principles for which our fathers shed their
blood.' f ' .
The Constitution of the-Uniled States is a most
ingenious piece of, workmanship. The wisdom,
displayed in the organic structure of our whole
system, *l9 only equalled by the patriotism .which
induced all 'the States, severally, to give up wliat
was necessary for the general good. One great
principle pervades the whole, instrument; and that
is, that each Slate, witbip her own sphere, is ab
solutely epverelgn/tmd-free.to do precisely as she
pleases in regard to her own internal concerns.—
Any inlstference of the people of one Slate with
the domestic affairs of another,is not only uncon
stitutional and unlawful, but it is sure to bo bitter
ly resented as indecent. Pennsylvania shams as
largely in this spirit as her sisters;-and would re
buke intermeddlers in her business as sternly as
any of them. This condition of things makes it
absolutely necessary that the States should abstain
from all impertinent Interference with one another;
or else the harmony which is neqpssary to the per
potuily.of the Union, will "be'broken up ami de*
► etroyed. When kindness of feeling, and confidence
in one another, have once disappeared, the Uniffh
will not last very long—for if cannot be
held together by force or fear. Tlie Czar of Russia
may fame his Polanders with the knout—the Empe
ror of Austria may reduce Hungary to submission
by murdering men and scourging womcn--rnf»d the
British Government may-keep. Ireland in subjec
tion by slarvatioiuand ihe bayonet—but' if the,
States of this Union cajinol remain united, without
such appliances, they will inevitably separate.—
We are united by moral ZiVs—not held-ln reluctant
connection by means of physical power. - Our feel
ings of fraternal kindness—our reciprocal justice
and regard for one another's rights—ourvoneralion
foe! the name of oiir' cojpmpn father,., the grpaJ
Washfngton—our rccjnectlon or the revolutionary
blood rhingfeU logeltfeVln the’samo fields
by the men of all sections—our love of liberty—
our pride of empire—the boundless commercial
prosperity which the Union will give ns, and the
shuddering consciousness that an unspeakable ruin
awaits us if that Union is broken up—these are
the bonds of our common brotherhood, and when
these are once severed, the Union will cease to ex
ist, as surely as the planetary system would fall
into confusion if the law of attraction were anni
hilated. To preserve them in all their force is the
most sacred duty we owe to ourselves, to our coun
trymen, and to our children.
. Negro slavery does not exist in tho northern
States, while In lhe southern Stales the people
have not determined Id abolish it. This difference
In bur domestic Institutions htfa given rlsoto dls
oussions whicb, at different times, have threatened
us with serious danger. The people of Pennsyl
vania have never lent a favorable ear to the aboil
lion agitators. - Wo aro thankful that wo have
nothing to do with slavery, and that Providence
has thrown the whole responsibility, of dealing
with that difficult ami dangerous subject upon the
Slates where it exists. Wo cannot intermeddle
in It without Constitution, and, if wo
could, we would north has the numeri
cal force which enables her, at all limes, to com
Irol every branch of the United States Government,
Executive and. Legislative. We Ought, therefore,
to behave with the magnanimity which becomes
fho stronger party. If nothing else would prevent
ns from taking an unworthy advantage of our
strength, a proper sense of self-respect and digni
ty should restrain us. The south is powerless for
any, purpose of aggression upon us, and has no
protection but the Constitution, unless she resorts
to a revolutionary remedy. t
Nevertheless, (here have been men among lie,
who, not regarding their constitutional duty, hut
taking counsel of their evil passions, have lent all
their energies tp the kindling of excitomentngainst
tho south. Coarse Vituperation against all south
ern men, and abusive epithets, harshly dealt upon
nil northern men,who ventured to put In n plea for
their constitutional rights, was the fashion of these
politicians. The southern people, inconsequence*
of these Incessant end bitter assaults, wore in a!
elate of high excitement at the termination of the
war \vith Mexico. A vast territory had been con
quered, at the expense of southern,, as well as
northern, blood and treasured • Tho contest which
then camo on In Congress, \yae long, angry and
doubtful. Tho boldest men feared, and the wiset
could not foresee what might happen. • Cut acorn
promise was nl length effected. This compromise
consisted of five distinct measures; all of .which,
except one, gave the advantage to the opponents
of slavery and illo south. Bet us enumerate them;
I. California was admitted into the Union, with
n Constitution prohibiting slavery, nolwllhstand
lug all complaints of irregularity and unjustifiable
extension of her boundaries. • . . . :
a. Utah and Now Mexico were organized into
territories, without any change In the existing laW,
which forbade slavery. . ,
3. Congress agreed to purchase from lexas a
largo pan of her territory, for the consideration of
ten millions of dollars, and thus, removed the ter
ritory, so purchased* from the jurisdiction of a slave
' 4. A law was passed abolishing the playo trade
in the District of Columbia.
fi. Tho fugitive, slave law was passed,
None of those laws, except the last one, .was
any advantage to tho or oolculaled to dp
tho South any service. -The fugitive slave law
they asked for in return* ond it was granted to
them; solely because they were entitled ,io it hyi Inc
erpress wards 0/the Constitution, To prevent any
mistake, wo will transcribe from that sacred in
strument the section which relates.to this sub
ject.
“No person hold Ip labor or service ip one Stale
under the laws thereof escaping into another, shall
in consequence of any law or regulation therein bo
discharged from suoh service or labor* but shall
me delivered up on claim of the party to whom
such service or labor may be
Surely no part of the 0
ly written than this, nor no «•
fined, or more easily understood, than that which
it imposes. When it is recollected that a . lawyer
the execution of this provision was v o//'wQ gave
the South, it seems like an insult to the people to
doubt that thoy wilj stand by ihe.b&rgain in all
honesty and good faith.
In order tu understand fully (he importance of
this issue, itmust bo remembered that in most'of
the southern States the old party lines,havo ( been
nearly altogether obliterated, and lUb people have
divided into the Union and secession parties.- The
Union men assert their confidence in the justice
and honor of the north, and-their belief that wo
will .stand, by the Compromise, arid permit the
Constitution to.bo executed. The secessionists*
on the other hand, base their opposition to the Un
ion on the .supposed treachery of the north, rind
declare their opinion, that the fugitive slave law
will bo so opposed, and its repeal or modification
so loudly demanded, that-they cannot hope for
quiet or peace, or justice, accordinglo ihe.measme
of the Constitution. Union party is now In
the majority in all the States except South Caro
lina; but their enemies and the enemjcsof the Un
ion, will overwhelm them with defeat, if wb de
monstrate ip them,-that our loyalty to the Consti
tution, and our submission to the 1 terms of the com
promise, cannot be relied bn. "No wonder that all
friends of the Union, whether Whigs or Democrats,
are wailing for our election with, beating hearts
and breath suspended! Shall wo give,the triumph
to our enomies—tp those Who charged us with
treachery—lb* (boss who assert that wo carried the
Compromise by false pretences, and that we are
not to be,trusted to execute the Constitution! Or
shall we.so decidp as to sustain 1 ouj* friends who
have defpmie’d : our character, and.staked iheir suc
cess Upon our fidelity to the compromise! .
■ The Democracy of P’cnnsylvartia, loyal and true
to the Constitution, have taken their ground in the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the lime has arrived, when not
only the prosperity*©? our peoplo, but tho-nreßer
vation of our blessed Union, require that the De
mocratic parly, in all its.measures, shall strictly
and faithfully adhere to the fundamental principles
established by its wise, patriotic and glorious
founders; and among the most important of these
principles, we may enumerate a strict donslrUclion
of the Consiiluiipn of the United States—a total
abstinence on theqiart of Congress, from the exer
cise of alt doubtful powers—a sacred regard for
the rights reserved by the sovereign Slates.of which
(ho confederacy is composed—an absolute non-in
terference by the people of the several States, with
the domestic Institutions peculiar to each—and a
rigid-economy in.the expenditure ofthe taxes rais.
ediroin the people—confining the appropriations
of public money by Congress to national objects,
plainlyiiulhoriaod by.thn Constitution*
: llesblved, That had these yita! of De
mocracy been faithfully observed in tho adminis
tration of tho National Government since the ad
vent of tho Whigs to power on the' dlh of March,
1849; wo should not now' witness the spirit of dis
cord and alienation which at present prevails be
tween the North and SjJouth, on tho question of do
mestic slavery—threatening ns it does eventually
to dissolve the Union,. Nor should wo have to
deplore the enormous appropriations of public mo
ney, BppTonchWg In,o’ lime ff pence. laWlio< WH'r
expehdllurc;‘and fcndungerlng atienlail
upori ouV posterity dfriho fatal incubus of* perma
nent national-debt... ,
Resolved, That tho Democratic parly of Pennsyl
vania are true to the Union,.the Constitution, unrf
tho laws, and will faithfully observe and execute, so
fur as In thorn lies, all** tho measures of compromise
, adopted by the Into Congress, for tho purpose of set
tling the question arising, out of domestic slavery,
and this not only -from i sense of duly as good citi
zens of tho republic, but also from the kind and
fraternal feelings which they cherish towards their
brethren of,lho slavcholtling Stales.
ifraoUm, That tho sixth suction of tho act nf tho
of Pennsylvania, passed on the 3d of
Mardfi, 1847, denying, under severe penally, the use
of otir Stale jails for the detention of fugitive slaves,
while awaiting their trial,- ought to bo expunged
from our statute books, both . because it iplerpoios
obstacles, by 'means of Slate Legislation,-to tho
execution nf (lie provisions of tho Constitution of
the United Stales, and because it is a virtual disre
gard of’lho principles of the compromise, pml is
calculated Seriously to endanger tho existence of (ho
Union.
Resolved, That in Col. William Bigler, our candi
date for Governor, wo recognise a long tried, able,
and faithful Democrat, in whom there is no guile,
and a man, who by his own pre-eminent merit, has
risen to the exalted position which ho now holds in
the affection and respect of his follow.citizens. Wo
hail him as the'worthy representative and ohoson
standard bearer of our great and glorious principles,
and pledge ourselves, to do'battle for the cause of
Democracy under his banner, until wo shall achieve
a'signal victory and, redeem the" Keystone Slate
from (ho misrule of its present Whig Governor.
Resolved , That, wo will‘cordially support the
election of Sktm Clover, ns Canal Commissioner,
believing him to bo an able, honest, ond.moorrupli
bio Democrat, and well qualified to discharge the
duties of that important and highly responsible
office.
Resolved, That In llio mailer of levying duties
on foreign imports by the General Government, we
are in favor of llio reciprocal tntciuhango of our
products with the other notions of the oarlh, in con*
sunnneo with the enlightened 'spirit of the ago,
recognizing clearly the practice of.the Government
to maintain and preserve in full vigor and safety,
all the grout industrial pursuits of the country*
Those resolutions form the ivyo solid columns on
which the Democracy of (|io State and' nation rest,
so far as this question is concerned. Lot them bo
prostrated, and tbo Union itself will crumble to
piocas. Col. Bigi.eh has given. sanction to the son*
limonts they embody in the most unequivocal and
emphatic language. . ;
On the other hand, the Whig Convention, which
mot at Lancaster, refused to pledge their party to
an Unconditional supiptiH of the fugitive slave law.
A resolution was offered to that effect, but it was
voted down by a largo majoilly.
..-They norninalqi) a candidate for Governor who i
was, and ,Is, openly oj>poscd‘lo It. .Gov* Johnston.
In his meiiiugo Of January, 1851, took strong ground
against it.' In his speech before the Lancaster Con.
vontion ho declared thal lf ho had been a member
of Congress ho would have voted against it. lie
wont still further,' and expressed the opinion that It
ought to bo ao changed aa to make U“ more oonao*
nant to the, wishes of the people, moro acceptable to
them, and moro conformable to truth, jUatio? and
the requirements of (ho Constitution.* 1 These are
the strong words in which he has chosen la assert
(hat the law is /ah?, unjust, and unconstitutional--,
for that is the substance of his denunciation of it.
Wo do not pretend to know what ho means by the
allegation that it. is not "confomalls to truth,"
That Washington approved a law In 1793 Identical
with this In principle, Is some authority In favor of
Us justice , and Ihs solemn decision of everyjudicial
tribunal whore tbo question has been railed, ought
to settle its constitutionality* put Mr. Johnston is
opbosed to It, end, for his opposition, ho has thought
proper to give obsurd reasons rulhdr than none,
When wo speak of Gov. Johnston** opposition to
this law, wo aro not to bo understood as saying that
ho has over avowed his determination to onposo it
liy foroo, ar roßiut in execution with buck.hoi and
ball n. ono of hi. ptodeco.aorß oppo.od orul real,led
llio election law, but wo do •««*, lll »‘ 1,0 " J!' 110
to Iho law a. It .land#, and in favor of agitating Ibr
It. ropcal, and Ibuo defeating tbo groat pnrpo.ofor
which It a. woll aa Iho olbot oompromi.o m«a.ar««
<mua enacted, namely, a final and peaceful »o lie
■ and dangerous subject to
* ‘OURCOUN'
' • GAUMS
' Bui thitrds .not tho only evidence Gov. Johnston,
has given oT;Ms disloyally to the Constitution.. A
Idw was passed, by tho Legislature of
in the ycar'lB47|onb'section of which forbids, under
tho severest penalties tho use of the jnils for the cotu
fincmonl of o-,runaway slave. At tho .lime of tl.io.
passage of this.act there was no law in existence
authorising ogchtfl-or commissioners of the United
Slater to commit fugitives from labor to prison. It
Was,"therefore, almost a dead letter on tho statute
book. But, when the M fngitivb slave law ” of Sep*
lembor, 1850, was passed, it was found almost im
possible to execute its provisions unless this part nf
the Pennsylvania statute shahid bo’repealed. Ac
cordingly, the friends of tho Union, consisting of
Whigd und Democrats, proposed 'its repeal early in
tho lost session of tho Legislature.' The utmost in
fluence of Gov. Johnston’s special.adherents was
exerted to prevent the phsiage of this repealing bill,
and they succeeded in stayihg.it oft* unljl^wynoar- 1
ly the close of (ho it was
■'passed; and presented lo lus approval. He
ref used.to sign il ph the prejf£t''that he had not suf
ficient time for reflection i IloJias nol'sigDcil'ltyol,
nor has ho givon his friends any reason to liopo thal-
He will e|gn il—bul on. the contrary, the abolitionist?
confidently expect him to veto it, and ho as.confi
dently expects their vole in consideration thereof. ;'
In such waytrns these jias Governor Johnston com
milled ‘himself irrevocably to tho'phrposoyof those,
heartless agitators who have already driven us Ift
| the verge of destruction, and who, if they aro now!
backed by a majority in Pennsylvania! will plunge
us into utter ruin and anarchy. '
The Governor, has attempted l to j.dirtlfy the ex;
poriments ha proposes to make on the temper of the
people, by’dcclaring that tho UhlQ’tiifrui Uo klnd of
danger.’ Ho ridicules; scouts and sncoVs at (he idea'
that the Union can possibly bo dissolved by any
causo whatever. He thinks it slroijg enough to
stniy) anything. In this confidence ho is very sin s
gular. The'greatest) best, and wisest men in . the
.country, of all parties,.have thought, and do now
think, that unless justice-phd moderation prevail |n'
our councils," wo are in danger.. It odo scarcely bo
believed itini Wnahirigtori would have warned his
countrymen against dissolution if diesolulion bad
been an irapossiblo lhing. . Jackson was not apt to
bcfrighloncd by «\nd il ls wcH.knpw.n. that
anxiety for Iho Upion lay heavy, oh hid hcart'fpf
many years of his life. Still Mr. Johpsloh is Willi*',
out doubt, vcry slncorb. ,H’ : wolild v bbruhcharTtable
to believe llialho would, ailvocalo. tho doctrines lie
does advocate, for (ho mere sake of a few abolltioti
votes, if ho could sco the effect of them as olhes see
Wd are no alarmsisis.’ We, too', believe lliat' Ibis.
Union will not bo dissolved; But wo base*!!)*!
opinion on our (inn conviction that Gov. Johnston
will bo defeated by. a largo majority. But, if'wo
could boliovo that Gov; Johnston, with such dpiaidps;,
as ho has expressed, and such • measures as ho;is
pledged.to, could possibly bo elected, our confidence
: in the safety of tbo Union would bo very much di
minished. ; We have already said that public opinion
in the South is dividod lie,tween adherence, to the
Union' and secession from it: Tho Union men dr ft
our friends, iho .frismfa'of the North, tho'fricndi of
the whole country. .They. vindicate us when ouf;
fume is assailed by our Ides, and boldly risk all Ihoic
political hopes on oqr good faith,. Never lus any
set of men rtlndo'o' braver or more successful »lrug£
glc, than the ftiiutls of Union and the cainpromhr,
over mtido In alt Iho'Houthcrh SUtcsVx£eptSouUi Car*
plina;- ‘ .of-Jir.b ndhero.in Uic*nnure J
on;ono express* l nmrJU«l»i» that the fugi
live slave law shall rcoiain on our elululo book as it
is, oiid bo faithfully' executed in thp North, .’Wo
venture to affirm that (hero bus never been a Stale
Convention, county meeting, or any other ossein*
blago of tho Union parly of Iho South, in which
their adherence to tbo compromise nnd thoir contin
uance in Hip Union have not been coupled with this
condition. Let Pennsylvania throw, all her vast
moral and political influence into the" scale of the
secessionists, by* re-electing n Governor who’is op*
.posed to the fngilivo slave law, and who rofuacs'tu
allow the repeal of n Slate law t which obstructs its
execution,and what will llid,clTecl7 It will flush
hur enemies with a Irlonipir-kyhlcli nothing else
could give thorn, and it will
ment, humiliation, grlof, nndt>V»irthrow id Iho friends
who have jong and gaPanll/ fBogl»t«for. us nnd -for
thdtlnion. ? Would to God Iho Union'wore not in
danger I But if. Gov, Johnston's rc-oloclion would
not pol it ic very great danger, then aro the.most
solemn declarations of'nll parties in Iho South but
as-sounding bruts and a tinkling cymbal, nnd (he
recorded opinions of tho Wisest statesmen in all
sections arid of all political creeds more idle fun*
cics. .
Remember, fellow that . Col.' Bioler’s
election will hold up tho hands 'and strengthen (ho
arms “of tho Union men. Remember also that Gov.
Johnston’s success will verily tho charges which
tho secessionists make against us, and probably give
them tho ascendancy in-evory Slate where the issue
has been made. . Supposing tho latter event to occur,
nnd a dozen Stales join South Carolina, how is tho
Union to bo preserved 7 Wo leave your imagina
tions to till out the picture. Rut surely np one who
has sense enough to. know his right hand frpm.his
loft, can fait to see that in that case there would, be
gin such trouble os we have never scch* ycl.—
Whether it would end in civil war or in peaceful
dissolution, wo pretend not to conjecture. The best
hopes of ovary pntrjot. would bo crushed, and Iho
prosperity of this groat country would bo gone, in
either case. ■'
Wo have, thus feebly attempted to do our duly by
faithfully warning, you of tho evils which tho re
election of tho present Governor may bring,upon
you. Tho pleasant task remains, however,, to' iho
performed, of assuring you that tho nccQonls ; wo
have received from all quarters, loaVo us In no doubt
that Col. Bjoler and tho'wholo Democratic Slnto
Ticket will bo triumphant by an immense inujorl.
ty, ' ‘ 'i' • ‘
This address having been already extended (o a
greater length Ilian wo hud designed, wo *tro com
polled to leave tho important questions in
volved in this campaign fiiVfulure dommunioations.
' WM, DOCK, :
, ‘ • , WM. ROSS,
WM. DEAD, f
TIIQS, J. POWER.
J* ELLIS BONHAM,
v JAS. BURNSIDE. "
; »v- • GEO. W. BOWMAN,
* ' / ' :JAS. t. REYNOLDS, ‘
;’’ / State Central Committee,
‘ Harrisburg, Aug. l. lf JL , ' . -V ~
r ' We Accept the Challenge!
Tlia Democracy of California havicß nominatail
Col. John Diaum a. thoir. candidate fnr Ogvernor,
have dppointbd-n committee Ig offaf a gii*i.i,«po® (o
the Democracy of Pennsylvania, a, followa:
■ “Tho Democrat, of California pru|ioso to prcaont
"tho Domborats of Ponnaylvanla will; a .plondid
“ Banner,embroidered with California gold, the whole
** to' be worth not less than $l,OOO, provided ( Qalifor»,
“nia throws a less majority fur Col. John, in propos
ition to the number of voles oast, than I ennsylyanja
“does for Hon. W«. Biuler.** ' .
On behalf of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, we
accept ,this .challenge with lively satisfaction—and,
although* wd haVd no dpubl lliul California wjll elect
her Bioler by a triumphant majority, wo are firm
In tho faith,that his. iiiiqtiikr, the candidate o| tho
Democracy of tho “ Keystone Stale,,' will doublo hla
majority in “ proportion to tho number of voles cast,”
tliorofqru, in. accepting thp challenge, wu fool well
assured that our noble old Slate will ho honored with
tho rocuipl of this mugnifioont Banner.
DEMOCRATS OF PICNNBYf,VANIA, WO must Hot IoSO
this golden prize—und .all that Is nooossary to win
It, is for every man to put on his armor nnd enter
tho campaign Vltli a spirit and determination to give
tho “SanniuKHANNA Raftsman ’* tho largest majority
over pollod.in the Stile, and wa wlll’do it just as cer
tainly as that tho day of election anivos. •
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*t'.. And that, unknowing what ho did**- t . -
} i lie leaped amid a'fnwriferoirt ba'ndi
.'«A mi sayed from outrage world liao/deaih, 1 * t.,
• >f\ , • ' ' Tlijg Lady ofthoLand., / ...
•f r . ■ ~ ‘ ‘ *'•
• if) Ami that slid minted In him’a*du r oi * .*• \ , '
• --j-vJ And how liit madqoM wftni away,- . .» .
Whcn on tho ycMow forcn'lcaVetf*, ' «, * ;
.A dying marine JaiVt; ;• ■.
: J ; '■ llis dying word—lratViiolrilr^icß^if 1
,*< Tliai tendcrest strain ,(fnyislitf«n)W 2. ; • ;
My Tailoring and pafi»lqg,‘hani. j .. . '
u -I .■ . Diiturbcd her sort! wiltf plGy !
.:$?• - i-.; (X 4tv«•
Alllmpijlses of «ouj‘nf\d se‘n£r ,V •
_>?- Had thrilled iny‘ghilelodsG«A»ov«v4'Jf•**.«
•“i , The mußlcand tlicrdolt'ftri lids* •
•7|. •- • ■■‘•Vljjiorich and •***.'. **. iv'
•£V. ■
ip Amihopes. and/oafp l hntj £in <y j liftoff* c3 v y>.
,V ' An - ,/•, rn
‘ . AhdgouHe wwlieriamf rfMuK.ii, *•'•
\A 6ub(lucd>aml - .ijttr' bUiV'.J
.ij She jvopl with pitj-and d«]ioht; *
,y> _ She Mushed wit ft lovo nml Virgin sTiainc;
••Ami, hRo Uio murmur of,a dfanm,
I heard her hreulho my name.
She halfenclosed me with her,amis, .
Sho prcESjd niu with n meek embrace;
Ami bending back her hear], looked up , v
Ami gazed upon my face.
..-'Tvrna partly lt»v® unit partly feniJ V
2 3 ‘Uvha-it liiultfai on.- if *■■
‘ theA act** ■--> ~ - ■>••■
'' •’ , • bantings ofJicrliecif.
TIIK! BIOTHIEHIS ROCK.
Flumboltll, in lila celebrated .travels, tells us that
alter ho had'loft llio abodes of civilization . fur bo*
hltid, in tiio wilds of South America, ho found near
, the confluence of.tho Atabapa and tho Rio Terni
rims, a.high rook, called tho Molher's.Rock.
Tho circumstances. which gavo this remarkable
name to (ho rock were these:
In 1709, a Roman Catholic Missionary led his
half civilized Indians out on. ono, of thoso hdslile
excursions, which they often, made to kidnap slaves
fur tho Christians. They found n Gulilba .woman
in a solitary hut, with throe,children—^two/of.whom
wero infants. Tho father, with’.lho older children,
had gono out to tho mother in vain tried tu
fly.with .her babes., She was seized by llicso man
hunters, hurried into a boat, and: carried away, to a
missionary Ration atSan Fernando.
1 She was now far froriv.her,Ticino; bnlsho had left
her children llioro, who hod gone with’ their father.-
She repeatedly look her three babes and tried to
escape, ,but was as often' seized, brought back, and
most unmercifully beaten with whips. . -
At length tho missionary. determined to separate
this mother-,from her throe chitdrbn;and for this
purpose sent her in a hpat up the Atabopo river, to
tho mission of the Rio Negro, at a station called
Javltn. ; j .
Sealed In the bow'of hp boat, Ihomothar .knew
not where she was going or what awaited her. ■ She
was bound, solitary iind along, in. tbo bow of the
long bout; bill she Judged from tho direction of tho
sun, that she, was going ■way from her.children.
Dy a sudden effort she broke,her bands,-plunged
Into the'fiver, swam to lho loft bank of.tlio Alabgpo
and landed upon a roqkV She' was' pursued .and at
evening retaken, and brought back tplho'rock, call
ing for her children ; and tho rack' has over since
been called the Mother's Rock v Her hands wore
then tied upon her back', still bleeding from the lash
es of the.manatee thongs of Iculhtr. She was then
dragged to tho mission at, Javila and thrown into a
kind; of stable.’ Tho night was profoundly dark,
and it was in (ho midst .of tho rainy soasan.
was now fbll aovonly-five miles from hoi 1 three chll
(Iron in s straight.line. Between her and them lay
forests never penetrated by human footsteps; swamps
ami morasses, and rivers hover crossed by man.
hor'ohildron wero at San Fernando—and what ban
quench a mother's love?' Though her arms word
wounded, sho succeeded in biting her bonds with
hir ( toolhi and in tho morningeho was not to be
found. . At tho fourth j rising of tljo sun, sho had
pasted-through the forests, swam’ tho rivers, and
all bleeding and worn out was seen hovering around
tho lUllo cottago in-which’ her-little babes wore
sfio was seized onoo more, and before her wound*
wpro'healed, afto'whs agpfo torn from her children,
and sent Away to the mission bn the upper Oronoob
river, whore She dropped, arid 'shorlly’diod, refusing
all l(fpdf yf nourishment l died of a broken heart at
being torn,from her ohlldrph I Such istlio history
of The Mother’* Rook;
>SrECur.vriw.—Many stories have been lohlofma.
nta speculating*.' tlio boat hit at which’was mado In
io37»'by a western w,«g* It aooma ha had.watched
the inotions of the land doalars t and had noticed the
hunibug which they practiced in proodrlng elegant
mops of their property, with railroads, canals, A. 0.,
nicely done on paper. Bo ho purohased & cow and
advertised her extensively in the papers as for sale
at a bargain. “What is your price?” asked one.
"Slily dollars,” he answered. "sixty thunders I”
vociferated the countryman, "why what kind of a
cow must she be 7” . "Herb is a map of her,” said
the fellow,"pulling a paper, with a large oow picture
Upbf it, out of.h|a pocket. V You see hero the groat
‘Wildcat Turnpike runs Inmodiatoly under her tail to
the biiy ofSwamps; Loon Ldko Canal will intercept
her lioudbn the top horn side, and the.Catarapt’ Rail
road pauses very, near hot mouth. Gentlemen, don’t
all at unco !” - . . ' ..
Tjlioro arc nearly two hundred saw mills li?opera,
lion in Lycoming county, l*a., and n half million of
dolllrs invested in (he lumber Iradq there. ~
In the reign of Henry 1., about the year 1130, a
sho|p could ho bought inEnglnml forTourpenac, and
wheat enough for feeding one hundred inert a'whoto
dayj cost but a single shilling.
"WOMAN.
U*'' }■
j wibttAK teooBTT.
in yondcrsky that shine# . t*:**
- Can light HKo woman's eye imparl; 7
.’? '.The curtli.hulds notin pH U« jnlne* • ....
V .' rich an womnn’Bjicarl; - ~
-» Ilcr voicois Ilho thpnintlc'Mvrißi *. •
,* , Pouml out from ’ .
•' l*lhtf'that', when BtormsTnoro fonilly heat,
,’.i( I. ii-ylpW*Ttt clearer richer lono;v •• ’> ■
I, ! love's n holy light,’ \
;Tltntlbrlghicr. brighter burns for j x .
Yonni cannot dim itffrodiancfibrJghf,, 'VSY'
’’-yi -Nnf'even falsdiooils quanchita rtfy*S“ •
* ,• • But Stnr of Detljlchenv.w *!<•*.
! Ofold tn IraoPß - v«, i•,
" •'- * il mnrahalft with lls steady flame,S •
, r U‘hq erring soul of mnu.ltf Hcavpiu » /.‘‘t* . ,
> following ‘pathcflVctfpilgfr ftiusl awalieh the
’patrtQtiim4fbvcry , tiadei t t'r'>. jj- ‘; ‘\ : ‘ ’
i.'e'i *■' xWSatlTjiut <hls felrwldjiii/unVon up 7 > * *
i An’Rotofarftv?3ft.’irlKi;ftr9. , : 1
( '- ' - Juft fur a.tnuh(lciin pasßOl of ’ •
x f - w - • Emancipate! plggcra 7 -■■■l i
'yi»e I3<igJ« > op'A/T)erlliy. - , . ~ . ■; - .
*TUnt/nJoaeroßß thc'seed; • • • *•*
, . , An/ihpoda tho blurhly'DrUiah^tloh,
KentuiTfjfbpfin/iJi'neiis‘l,. ' , \
’ gay—Ebnll.ivn /edniijn iim/romUm,
V V M’lng totjifif,
j‘. Aiid«vory J BeppjMtpr«*fttlier; ' •
j A flyin n 4 Wio other* v St.-* '
' ' HOMKi . ■' -I
»' <l‘kn6iv tjf.no passage in olassTcal'.lluirliturcr mp;e;
than lhal-whdr6-X«nophph,.in'
his Anabasis describes (ho effect produced! on. the
rcpinant of UMhousand Greeks Avhpn.after passing,
lliro’ugli’'dangers without number,'they at. length
sacred'mountain; and ftohv ils peak .and
Summit caught'sight of the Wn«r* Basiling, aside
bpqklqrs) with a hymn of joy thoy
’9o%.forward. Some wept with the fulness,of their
tfcliripos pleasures,"'others laughed, und ; raqro fell pn
and blessed that brbad ocean.. Across
its blpo walorSflilUo floating sea birds'; the memorials
,pf theirihappy homes, came and faifneQ Ihclf weary
(Souls. ( All ..(he perils they had thp
cojhpampns they had lost, all the miseries, they, jtad
crtdurcd,wbrb ; ‘in an instant forgotten, and naught
■Wds'with’tbqnt but the gentle phnnldrrrs of'past and
future joys. One was ogain scouring on .Ills flcpl
steed across the hoof trodden plain* of Thessaly;
another .reclined beneath the flowie crowhcd rooks
of-Atcadip, and gazed into tho dtopmy cybspfflicr
whosp fbim, amid battle and bivouac, was ever, with
Mnn* / t( lliird 'ro6alled a proud day vvhfcn boforotho
stfoamlrtg'oycs of his overjoyed parents;-and amid
theaodUmation.of all Greece, ho'boro off from thd
- fo(npcti|qrj!* c lho laurel wreath of, Lhq 'Olympian
victor. ' ij •
‘ ' Ohl iwiftdj.majjical spell,' all powerful homo lliota
slrorig -muat l 'have been thy-influence,' wlibii tl/y
faintest toainbry could cause' these'bronzed hordes
pfa, thousand fights tuweepliko tearful, women 1
SVith the coolingYrcshncfis of a desert .fountain,
with (ho sweet fragrance of a flower fbundjn.wintori
you esmo' across tho grijst waters to those watfdcr*
ing *1060,00(1 beneath (ho
vying? their souls found rest! *
' '■ LOVE. ,'
How bright and beautiful is*love in.ils botirprpq
rity'and Innocence—how'mysteriously does itch's
realise every feeling and. concentrate every: wild aiid
bewildering impulse, of tb‘q heart. •
.lovßarit Ivlhe.frailaivjL
Jlhfl. .idredm gf-lhff. hcarl~lho impassioned peelry .of I
rpdaTrtrd •Uorjgiled]
(ipT *fn tfr Off
fppdiogjpol ofi.'tho peasant and .thogorgeooi pafneo
its holy glcain ofjigbt .upon
the measured track of tho lonely
about the imperilled barque of the storm-beaten mar
iner—enfeebles tho darkly bonding’wing of the muW
tcring tempest, and imparls Additional splendor to
tho beacon that burns “ on the far diatom shore. 1 !
Love is the mystic and unscon'spClt that harmo
nizes and “ soothes, unbidden," the'wild and frigged
tendencies of human nature—(hat lingers about tho
sanctity of tbo domestic hearth,tha worshipped deity
of the penetralia, and unites in firmer uqiondhb af
fections of social and roligous society, gathers v.crdanl
freshness around the guarded cradlo of hclplcas in
fancy, and steal* its moonlight darkdob* up6n : the
yielding heart offipspalring ego—it.hpshds'Jpto re
posing calmness tho chafed and Bruised Jjnd ,unrc
slating spirit of sorrow, and bdnrs’it’ffdnrt th’b exist
!ng and anticipated evils of life, to : jIV tnknTjfight
and sheltering power of u
generous repose tho exacting dos/rM,pfyulgpt inter
est and sordid avarice, and melts.inlb Myofful Com
passion the Ico of insensibility,’’
Tho imago which holy nnd UTidecdyed , lovo hrts
once poriraiturod oh tho deep shrine of the'heart,
will not vanish like Ilnamcnts which childhood's
fingor-Jn idle moments, may hove traced upon the
sand—that image will remain there unbroken and
unmarked—it will burn on undcfaced in its lustre,
amid the quick rush of tho winds .and tbo worring
of the tempest cloud—and when tho wavering M star
of our fate seems declining," tho bowed and bewil
dering spirit, like (ho trembling ortho dove of tho
patriarch, will meet its homo and its refuge in that
hallowed fane whore love presides os high priestess
of its sanctuary, and consecrates to unbending truth
the offered vows of her votaries,
Kduontloii*
A'man is not to bo considered as educated beennso
some years of hi* lify have boon spent in acqniring
a certain proficiency in ,lho language, history, and
Geography of Greece and Romo, and their colonies,
or in bestowing a transient attention on tho princi
ples of mathematics and natural philosophy; nor is
a woman to bo considered as educated because sho
can execute n difficult piece of music in a brilliant
style, vr apeak French, German, or Italian with flu
ency.. Buolt attainments require little mpro than
mere mechanical recollection, (he lowest of all (ho
obrebal.fae'ultlcv,- or the rapid transmission of on im
pulse from tho sensitive, ppllo nerve to lho motor
ones of tho arms and fingers, which,!* nothing bet
ter than the instinctive movement* of the onlm«I»
neither can the storing pp of tho opinions of others,
or tho aocuslo/rilrig the Longue to Che idioms ofolhor
languages, be properly termed on act bf thought:
fur in sifeh oases tho obpaolly of edmblnlng’ldoas, of
weighing and judging ore a course of action la adopt
ed, remains oven less exercised than in (hose who,
though they are turned into the world with the mind
as it wero a tahula rasa to reebivo any impression,
and (66 frequently a bad oho, yet amld'lho difficulties <
and suffering* of poverty,sometimes learn to think. ‘
It is from tho depth pf-man's interior life ih&t ho <
must draw what separates hlm from the brute, apd 1
halldwe his animal existence; and learning is no I
farther valuable than as it gives a quantity of raw 1
material to be separated and worked Up in tho intel- 1
factual laboratory, till U comes forth as now in form '
and as Increased in volub, as tho' porcelain vase
which entered the manufactory*ln'lhe ehapoofme- I
lallio sail*, clay and safi d.*—-iVor/o/A Argut. . 1
Deatti * Levbluii.—ll is very slrpngo hqw the
fact of a man’s death often booms to givq people a
truer Idea of his character, whether for good or (or
evil,’ than they have over possessed while ha was
living and acting among them. Death is so genuine
a fuel that it excludes falsehood, or betrays its omp.
tineas; it is ii touchstone that prqfcs the gold, and
dishonors the baser metal, Could the departed, who.
over ho may bo, return in a week after his decease,
ho would olmoat,invariably find'himself nth higher
or a lower pa,lfit than ho has formerly occupied, on
(ho scale of public appreciation.— Jldwthorne,
A stranger passing through one pftho niountanious
towns of Kow England <enquired, " What do you
ralso hero?”
Tho answer was: "
"Our land is rough and poor; wo bun raise but
little produce, so we build school houses and churches,
and ralso men.”
' NO.Md..
Tilled \ V-' ;
The ■ Constitution .of- tha United States
(ho granting of any ; u Title .of Nobility: ’ the
government. Now, docs it not follow, that what tha
people have prohibited lo'.thd gdtorijmonl they have
prohibUod-to'thbmsolvea? . Can we conventionally,
po that which Conslitntiorfplly forbidden*
Not honcally—-not dohaislentry—riot reasonably.-—■
Honorable **’;iB as much a lilfo of nobility atf®#?lf-
Morquis.or Countj yet, by some sort of.“hocaa
pocds.V'wVhaVc'fallen Into the vilo habit of append
ing that high sounding and unmeaning prefix to _
public officers, members of Congress, end even mem-,
bers of the Ucgislataro, Il ls a pity, and “pity Ub
’lis true,” Hint tho use of the title could not produce
the thing signified, so that ‘‘Honorable* ’*
might bo honorable by'principle.- To be sure, '*"*•
quiro"-is quite as. silly as "Honorable; '.botb.-of
which.apply with,squal reason, and tbal.is do.wri* .
rightjidnsensc, Ip men of all grades of merit, ®njl
shades'of character. .• Wo laugh at the silly sanity,
of tho “ Sir Jerry go nimblea ** of .England—the. ?
■hirtless Counts of Itaty—lhd unshaVcd Rirona of
Germany; ami the coat-patchcd Marquises of France.*'
(“Ah! moh Prince,'*) .us. French Republicans call
their President! Bui oro'wo not equally a butt for
ridicule, a subject for satirej fo* our honorablca—
laughing stock to all Europe and “the rest of man
kind.’*. Now, as all our “Honorablca** who are
tickled wilh titles, would like to belong to the nobili*
tyj why not go it on that string,.and let Sir Rovor
encq'bo. (ho title of the Ex Honorable!
Hapff, the title continues, alter the office has been 1
lost—in-that case, we must invent a title ior-tne
son’s of»thc Honorable*, for Esquire is now (db'ddm*-
monj-pnd of course wo must bo exclusive in
matter of titles, especially as they apply tp lb® f»ir»
as weU-us tho Browns, -Upper lendjoQVcould never
exist Without lilies. How shocking to see Hannah
Snubbs on a card, instead of tho Honorable Hannah .
Snubbst—Jemima Jimcrack, instead of the Honor*
able Mrs. JlmcracU!
•• ph! would the Rods the gift but gl'ut,
fj'fl tec oursel* ns others see u»." .
THE rattlesnake;
jn\cso Tcnomous creatures abound through Ihn
plump of'Texas and New, Mexico. Wo meet thew
continually in our path, and theyalwayteivo orno- -■
lice of* Ihotr proximity , by shaking theßralUet.
Often did 1 heat this warning without discovering
tho enemy, and on such occasions it is best to gel
out of tho.way. Tho rattlesnakes never attack' ex
cept when provoked, and they aro easily killed. A
blow with a stick will disable them, when.(hey sro
easily despatched. The young men of the expedi
tion wore fond of shooting (hem witfa thoir pislolv
bul.Bo ntUQh ammunition was wasted in (his eport,
if it may bo so called, (hat it became necessary to*
iss.Up.an order forbidding it. Wo had some expert
onco of tho effect of tho bite of this snake.
As .wo were approaching tho Concho river, one of
our horsemen discovered a largo rattlesnake directly
in out trail. lie gave him his six shoot-',
cr, which took effect, neatly cutting bis body in two/
Ho,then attempted (o.tide-over lum,-when thesnakn
raised his head and siruc)t tho horse in the hind leg,’
about a fool above the hsf. Seykral saw the effort
of tho snake, and wc slopped to see whether any injury
had been done. Wo at onco discovered the marks _
where tho fangs cnlfcrcd, from which the blood win
oozing. Within fivo minutes, tho llorao„wbich
a. very* fine one, began Ip limp. Soon after, his leg
1 began to "swell .so that ho could not walk, onit, and.
4 ft wo'a’wllh ‘difficulty that., ho could bo led into lhp
’ Cahift so gfao’CappVari.d to. bo ]»ia*gony. - ' / \ ‘ ,J
* .Within half an fcppr'.wo reached our oatOp/AodT
prbcepde'djo ofieviate 'the sufferings ' of (be poor anif
tni’ali * A : araoll air pump was applied first, and spend
blood' drawn, from, the wound, poultices were.after*
wards applicd, and tho horso was watched witboarq
during tho night, as ho lay at length on the grass,
In tho morning his entire log and thigh were mush
swollen i. nevertheless, ho was led along after tho
wagons. . After a few days (he swelling subsided,
but lie showed symptoms of sickness, which Increased
su-thot nt lust wo were compelled to abandon lilmr
iW.o .savv many other snakes of different kinds,' *
sotpo of them of tho most brilliant colors, which .
put away in alcohol. Thcrojs ono species known
as llio-,chicken snake, whicif at first gavo us tihibh’,
alarm. This snnko we always found in llio topsof
the trees, moving witli os mucji rapidity from branch
to branch os a squirrel. For this motion, his form
seemed.admirably adapted by its gfoallength, which
was from 5 to 6 feet, though his body wasnotlarger .
(hah that of ,oilier snakes of half tho length. ‘The
chickbii:snake, 1 afterwards learned from Texans in
ls harmless. These menwooldcotch
(bom by (hotr (ails and snap them like a whip.—
How (hey derived iholr name, 1 know not. This'
much is'certain, (hat (hero ere nochickons.in.tho
region where wo met them. It is possibje, however/*
that in tho settled portions of Texas they may Infest
the poultry yards. • " ‘ '
An Ercsilropper Ini a Tight Place*.
Dick Corncraokcr was a rcsilpsS, fnlschievoaihoy,'
whoso prying l -curiosity led him* into a hhddred
scrapes cvciy year; but the hardest one of ell wac*
that in which his oar* were noorly eoraped off his
bond In the following.mannert •' 1 : • v
Dick had a sister,who had 9. bflad, And Dick wti*
anxious to pry into the.mysteries of* 1 courting,*’—--
So ono evening after the twilight had faded away
from tho landscape,' and (ho best parloriiluminatetf
faintly—for lovers In anticipation of the chapel scene;
prefer u dim, religious light for their late a telea— a*
sonic,of thp family woro absent. .Master Dickroj
Solved to cxocijlb a plan which he conceived
dayd previously, and make himself matter of tho :
modus operanOi of the preliminaries to marriage. ‘ *
In tho parlor there happened to be an earthen 1
funner; placed there to admit (he passage of a ilovo
beioWi which was connected with a u duiplf
stove tho chamber above. It being summary
tho stoves woi'o removed, and our youngnerp foqnd
1 (hat ho could introduce his head throbgh the epoN
1 turo and listen to tho convocation between the loving 1
. couple. He listened accordingly, tery attentively*,
for some minutes, unobserved by the ocoupantsof
(he parlor, who wore too. much attracted by oaol;
□(her, to observe (lie inverted loco above them!
’ At length Diok, becoming tired of bin constrained
position, ond of the conversation, which - latter h« .
avers to this day, was extremely Veiokieh,” attempt*
cd to withdraw hie head from tho trap Iptp which h**
had thrust It. "
' To his'dlsmay,- however, ho fohnd htmtelfftataned
as aecoroly u an dx in a atoll. He oonld not pull
his hoad out without elrippinjjr it of U» ears and.aoalpj
so ho hung fait until his emotion,- and
withal, brought tho blood irtto hla hood, and hogrew
quite black In (Ira' Taco. At this tritfcal Jdnttdre/
hit noao titillated, with ebrao particle* of an|
lie sneezed. . Thia awakened the lovers from tfaahf
intoxication, and they soon discovered the prying
rogue, who finding himself to kloc
and roar lustily for help. •
All hands were called oh deck, and It wea foynd
InVposaiblo to ortrioate tho unfortunate youth* with*
out firel prying out tho earthen funnel, and shivering
it to fragments with a hammer* Dielt wee
forward cured of evosdrppplng end U el.lhU dey *
vory gobd boy.’*—Ybhftee JBlaae, ’
YoDNa Amemcs*-tV Father,” exclaimed the typpsh
ful son end heir of a gentleman of our, acquaintance,
one day lust week, while tho latter wan congrituhu
ting tho youlh'upon hti smartness Jo hiasdholaitld
Bludioa—tho youngster having attained eight years
of ago—“ Father,.l’m un American, ain't 17" ;
** Ycaj my bo’yj you ore,”'responded tho delighted
parent.
il Well, father, you ulnt, aro you 7” '' ' .
“ Not hy birth,-my mm.'.’ ' v ' .'.'v 1
• “Well, l(iou, uxulujmtd Young Ar»®Wos* «*•*
thoughtful inaimor,. Uwhen _
will bo'able to lick Ucolikf * * f ,■ ~if !:/•»’[
Never ln .<l»or.ll>.
I,Vilen a l< ruonln, round the bellom'inMl
turn upward:—some ■ ’
» /•;:) ■ ' -
iß.Appr