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MBKIIOB. ‘ ’ 'iltme T tralhed on the OccatY strand, f pearly shell vras lntriy hand, stooped, and tvrote upon the sand , name* ihd the day; ' Asonwardfrom’ the spot I passed, tone lingering look behind I cast, A "fyfcye Cpme rolling high and fast, .. /And gashed my lines away. ' And so methought, ’twill quickly be . Wiib,crery rqark oni,earth from pan! ' A rjnVc of oblivion’s 5ea,,,.. - Wili amWp acrflsa the place, . I have ,trbil tho aandy shore . , Of tijne. uhii boen.to.we no more ; v r. Of ms* my .day,; the name ! boro, ' To leave no tractor trace. . And ret.with HiU who counts the sands, JbndLolds the water in-faU hands, .1 know* lasting record stands; 1 Inscribed against my name. Of all this moral part has wrought, ' Of 'in this thinking soul has thought, J 'And from these fleeting moments caught, For glory or fop shame. Cjimtt Ibid;. ' , ; f • “ From the True Flag. me ativb obgiwst of teisitv. A Tale for the 14th. of February. BT ELLEN LOUISA CHANDLER. Lore took up the harp of life and swept on all the chords with might, lie smote upon the chord of self, which, trem. bllflg, passed in music out of sight. [Tennyson. ITou ask me for a story about St. Valentine's 1 D.y. tarn remember but one, and that seems to tfi* feWost too solemn and too tender to be 3 let to the light music of ordinary words. Clyde Hepburn was already nearly thirty When he became thoorganlstof Trinity Church. It wai a little girl at tnit time, and it is many years aihOo I hare seen him, but now, when 1 close toy eyes, I can see bis tall figure, hU | high, white brow, and 4 his sightless yet wide open eyes as distinctly os,- opening them, I can see roy neighbor's son, coasting along the side* Walk opposite with his little sled. He would have been handsome but for the deep mournful ness of those blind, wistful eyes.’ Ilia features were very beautiful, but they had that peculiar and touching humility-which.seemed to say how very helpless he was against the storms of this evil aud troublesome world. He was a his ■ twtgUrhw-to this wmntry when ho w&s s tner«child. His father died & number of kindd«»rtcd t gentlemen bcopmingr idltui poor blind boy; and learning that'He possessed a talent for music, so won derful as to seem almost like. inspiration, had so far cultivated it, that, when 1 first knew him; he was considered the best organistio the city, and was able to support himself and his bow aged mother according to tho utmost o( &ur thftple wishes. The xnurch was always open for morning I rid eVeriing prAyers, and the organist was ever at his post. Passionately fond of music, it was one ofmychicf delights to steal into some dark oomerof;tho church, and weep, silently and un seen, as I listened to his playing. ] Uow shall 1 deseribo his anthems of joy at Christmas, or the penitential waits that broke on the solemn still ness of Lcntl Clyde Hepburn loved his art. arid frrbrstohim in place of shining stars, and grain, and all the beautiful world of nature forever sealed from his wistful eyes. At 4hirty, I think ho bad scarcely even regretted •that ho was blind. - tt vu hot long before T noticed from my quiet comer, * young girl who used to steal timidly ■&. nip tho steps of the choir, and. sitting down ’near the organ, listen like one entranced. She %*s about fourteen. And she looked, as I have fast Always faftcicd tho Blessed Virgin to have look* before thd birth of our Saviour—a pure, Ma* ||£ 'donna lace, with tho hair brushed smoothly stm Wlc from tho .calm brow, andj earnest eyes full |j||| *of visions'no other eyes could see. Her figure '|&B ‘hldno was not pretty. Tt was very thin and [*&&& Angular, suggesting painfully, the idea of him* ! ||p|l fgnv She always wore the plainest coUicodrcs* <aes, a course shawl, and a straw bonnet trim*! ||||b 'ined with faded ribbon. I found afterword ip|| ihst she was on orphan and earned a scanty s §pM support by working in a book*bindcry in tho |i|j| evidently came there from pure love of ||||| ’music, for. when the chants were over she would ,s|||| hurry away, as if she had not lime to wait for the concluding prayers.. It was not long be* ■|||||f fore I heard her sing. She would bo silent at WsM first, and then her voice, eo thrilling in its pyreetnes*,, would, as If involuntary, break out «&*£;• «nd Join with the solemn swell of the organ.— ||U;y Then It was that Clyde Hepburn and the child, I H'. r , Martha Warren, became acquainted. The first |M ' time ho heard her voice he paused a moment as I . if doubting his own sense of hearing, and after that he never seemed satisfied unless it blended I||& with his strain. One night she lingered until all the prayers 'were over, and Clyde had commenced playing *Bsln, os the people wore leaving church.— ,j| , "s?' Once more, as it were, involuntary, her voice iV Joined in the chant. The congregation left, one |y ;•!/ ifter another, until, save myself, there was no lII', • <onQ > n tho house but the organist, the young lO boy. whose business it was to lead Clyde Hepburn back and forth, and to I blow the bellows. It was a summer evening, land prayers had been concluded at half-past •six. but ho played on, until tho lost rays of the •sunset began to steal through tho stained glass %mdowfi and made the sign of a red cross upon 1 bis pale brow, and still Martha Warren song, ‘the boy at tho bclows worked—and t listened. .At Ust her voice ceased. "I must go,'* she bald, Ip a half frightened tone; "see, it is sun* •*I cannot see," the organist replied, monrn- .lcoald, I should look at you. You •are very young, are you notl" . J ' Y "And rtchU’ ho continued, with an accent '° r -X , i n .t7.ld, with Iho slightest possible mournfalnes of tone, "I am very poor aud an •orphan." Ilia faco brightened, he laid his hand upon her head, and then with the habit of tho blind, smoothed it down over her face, that ho might /plcturo to himself her features. "Arc you hopcM, child f Could you bear do work very hard, and bo a long than in win ding success!" , "Oh. yes. I am not easily discouraged, aud I >could wpty very patiently—lt would bo a Wea led thing, for I’ve nothing to wait for now." ‘‘Well, then, I will help you. Como hero 'W |H , Jrstf" ' / 9 . '' H'B IB • *(B B' n '■'• B - "ffi■".'!; »i ft ri»/ p 2 B S I'lH/<'o B H-. f B ( , , •, M. ( B . ,/ ■ BT fl Iflr' .B‘” 1 B f •■•'’ 'i fl'- 1 ' .‘f Bn !i:< fl.;, Ba> ImL/ B/, BY JOHN B. BRAXTON. VOL 42. every night, after prayers .are over, and I will teach you music. Soon you • can > sing in the church, and then you edn leave ofl workihg; and study all the time. Your voice is wonder* ful; you Will win fame and fortune both, some day.” I don’t think the child had ever felt the need of these? she Was contented to be poor , but there was a world of pathos in her voice, as she munnured, “Perhaps, oh perhaps, seine one would lovd me.*’ Those few words gave utter* pnpe to all the heed pfW woman’s heart.. She missed nothing but love, Sitting in.the lonely attic of her boardingdiouso, she had no mother bq dear that her very reproofs sounded like a blessing, no father who could take pride in her swcct.youngface.no baby.brother losing to sleep,with her matchless voice. They were all gone, better of!, perhaps, in their lonely gravbs, than Wany of the struggling; toiling No matter, shb had found a friend. Her, pro gress was wonderful. Soon tho boy at the bclowswas released fnim the duty of leading the jofganist through the streets, and it' was assunied by his grateful pupil. Tt was not long before she was engaged to sing jn.churph, at a small .salary, it is true, but chough to supply her wants, and give her time for constant study. She looked nappicr now. Her thin figure was becoming round and symctrical, and her eyes woi ea took of joy, sometimes, which made them almost luminous. She was learning a lesson of love, though she knew it not. Sho only knew that her life was happier than ever before—that to her heart and mind her blind master was far nobler and greater than any other human being. And ho —the girl’s frank, guileless companionship was very sweet to his reserved, but sensitive nature. He had before now had benefactors, but save the poor, old mother, who would gladly have laid down her life for bis sake, he had never had a friend. The time came at Inst, when at sixteen,Mar tha Warren was engaged to sing in concerts.— Her master was present at the first one. Ho could not see how the flush brightened on* her Madonna face as she turned her eyes towards him. or how eery beautiful sho looked in her simple white dress, with the garland of natur al (lowers about her brow; but he'could hear her matchless voice in an ccstacy of delight, and looking only at him. she could see how bright a smile beautified his pale face, whenev er anew round of applause greeted her. For a few weeks she sang at New York, and then sh** left the city. The night before her depar ture, she went to evening prayers in the Church of the Trinity. After they were over, she lin gered a long time by her master’s side.- They sang over find over tbc old precious chants which had brought them acquainted, and then they stood silently in the Sunset, the red cross, staining the cast window, making, as it had done two years before, its dim shadow on tho pale brow of the Organist. The girl looked at him steadfastly far a few moments, ns if to fix his features eternally in her memory—she made of them a portrait'to hang upon the walls of her heart—the Grecian features,- the sweet, mobile mouth, tbc sod, sightlesscyefi^lan *-■ li '' * ' jdJLa-— <ogr®«rls—she would .gaao upon them many times In the silence of the long nights, wh«t scas-and mounUiria should lie vast or rise high between them.. At last she said, in a hur ried, excited torio: ' "You liave been everything to me, tnydeaf, good roaster. TUI I knew you, I had no friends, and no hope. I am going to leave you now, but I shall bless you every night upon my knees. Dear master, I have no one else to bid me God speed, no other farewell to make —will you kiss mo once?” bhS cast down her eyes timidly, as if he could have looked into them. She did not see the sudden flush that burned outward from his chocks, irradiating his whole face. Ho bent over her, ho raised his head, and then once more ho bent downward. With a great, gasping sigh, he enfolded her in his arms and pressed a single kiss upon her lips, and then, though a wild, feverish impulst lb IrbTd. her there, was upon him, opened his arms and let tier"go Again. In that moment he realized how hopelessly he loved her. She said nothing more, but taking his hand, she led him, ns was her wont, silent ly out of the church, and home to his own door. ■•God be good to ypn‘, dear master,” she falter ed, “even as you "have heed good to me,” and then, dropping bin hand; she hurried, tearless ly.away. Oh, how many times thereafter; that one kiss, the firsfany man had ever pressed her sweet, young mouth, since her father went to sleep in the churchyard, seemed to'burn and quiver on her oaco more 1 It wr* six years before they met again.— Meantime, she had sting to crowded audiences at tho South and Went, she had looked on tho sunsets and tho ruins that make Italy the fair* cst land the sun shines upon—she ‘was used,by this lime, to the incense of pride and llattery, and yctjShefcorac to New York humble-minded in her girlish beauty, and' innocent 4s ever, to fling with a favorite Italian 6pera troupe. The first night of her appearance, a carriage stop ped bcfor.o the humble door of the blind organ ist, and’a messenger said, as he entered "A friend is anxious you should hear'(ho new singer who appears this evening; A scat has been reserved for yo'U and the carriage is at tho door." • ■ ' * 'lt must bo Martha ! 1 * tho blind man falter ed: "what interest should I have in hearing any other, and who else would remember me I I will take tho music I composed for her.'* His mother, now very old, but still active, rose from her scat by tho (ire and brushed back his hair, folded Ins cloak over his shoul ders, and placed in bis hand a roll of music. * ' It was indeed Martha who had sentfor him. She longed to see if he remembered her, if he would recognize her voice. She had secured a seat for him so near the stage that she could' watch the very play of his features. When she began to sing, a strange, glad light of re cognition broke over his face, ho lifted his head eagerly, but ns she proceeded, he bowed it up on his bands and wept. She had improved so much—she was farther than over before him.— Young, she was rich, in her wonderful talent, happy she must be; and he, thirty-eight years old, a poor, blind organist* with no hope for tho future. But ho listened. Though every clear, rich lona jarred his heart-strings almost to breaking, ho would 'not 'have lost ond note ;for the. universe, and when the applause was .loudest, when boquets fell In showers before jicr, and one, frpm a rich man who had sought htt live, and had followed her from Italy, was thrush through a ring set with diamonds, tiJD .organist bent forward, and guided by his uner ring ear, throw his roll of musio at her feet, and she stooped..and gathered it up, unable to re strain the impulse to hold it a single moment toherbosom., That night alia sat atone in her comfortably furnished room. The gift’s of the evening lay about her, but she had not yet gathered cour agotoopen the music. She read an ardent, Im passioned letter from tho wealthy suitor who sought her hand in marriage.' 5 She. answered it in a few,'words, coldly, courteously; but ucnerously, saying, with a true woman's frattlrncds, that she had no heart to bestow. Then she turned to the tnnslo,—' v l uA y" '-I “'6oi“d(jos^ttT-4ijf, 4(.w:Ays' bnl'wioKa, our cdusiei.” ,n ii :t .1 i•, ,} i J ’ * *' 1 1 r i 4- “■ Hetj face was ,ycry calc: and her hand trembled, but at last she unfolded ,si. It was addressed Wher, ind both thewords and the Vnusic were by Clyde HdpbUm. Shertad the lines. 1 He had not meant to betray bis love, and yet ’she sanr it in word, ehc,wha had never be* fort suspected it, not even in hia gush of tears is he heard her Sing. 1 " f She had thought him, In hef hweet humility.’ so very far above her, so much Older and Wiser than she, and she had nevcf drained he could stoop from nis lofty life of the soul, to think 6f huroaiilove.' What mattered it to her that ne -was blind, feave • that She loved him ten thous* and times the more tenderly for the very help* lessness which had clung for guidance tq her woman's* hand? Bis .love, was the, crowping glory of heir life;' in that hour 1 She 1 was prouder, than-a*princess. • ij m. ; , Then, she remembered that,U#Bs the even ing of. Vdcntine’s day.. Her other Valentine presents, Ihe love offerings of other hearts lay unheeded, but this one—oh, in giving it to her oh this night! of all others, hod not her beloved master chosen her to* be the companion of bis life? Her harp’ 'stood in the corner of the room.- She werittoU and commenced 'playing the musio, intO'Whieh Clyde Hepburn had nnedn sciously wrought the love of his life-time. It was the language of his soul, kind her own sdul interpreted (tl She could not sleep that night, and early the neat morning, putting on a plain travelling dress, and closely veiling herself, she hurried , along the street to his old home. His mother met her at the door, and recognized her at once. “Come in,” she said, sofllyt "Clyde is very ill. Ho has A brain fever—the excitement of last night was too much; but, poor child, you were not to blame—you didn’t Know how well he had loved you all these years.” Martha Warren trembled, but controlling herself, She said; "No, I, did not know St. but I knew bow J had loved him. I will help you nurse him.” She entered tho room where her master lay tossing in the delirium of fever. His sightless eyes were wide open, Ind his hands, thinner than of old- clasped together upon the coverlid. She knelt down by the bed, and buried her white (ace in the clothes, and ■prayed very fer vently forgraco and strength. Then she rose and went silently about the duties of the sick chamber. 1 <■' ■' For two weeks sho fulfilled 'allhcrerignge ments at the opera and watched beside Clyde Hepburn through every day, without a thought ,of fatigue. Sometimes he would fancy her near him. and utter her name iq such pupplicating, loving accents, as klmost broke her heart, be* Beeching her not to scorn him, telling her he was old and blind, but oh', hb loved her so’.— Again he would think ho was alone with his mother, and Implore her never* to let Martha Warren know that he died for love of her*—- “Popr, littlo. Alarlha, 1 * he would say, fondly, “I know how good sho was, and it would break her heart.” At other limeSrhewould fancy her his wife, and: his side. ' nlr '■' *' leave' him there &U aloTi*. And ahe, so nvucb' Ihe stronger,,in-her youth .her health, turdher gift offclgh*. would.wind her,arms .ahdatJus nsck» k’ss h» fevered Ups, apd whisper—-“Do you not hear me? Do you not khbW mo? • I will never leave you, beloved on®. Already she called Mrs. Hepburn “mother” and heard that sweet word “nAUghtcr,*’ in ro* ply; and sometimes, when his-'cries for her were very, pitiful, she would turn her.white face from the bedside and murtner —“Oh my Clod, what if I have found it out too late!" with such a look of heart-breaking agony, that the mother would weep and pray for her, no less fervently than for her blind son. A fortnight passed, and one morning as Mar tha Warren sat beside (hat fever couch, the sick roan sank into a quiet sleep- On his wak ing. she well knew hung the crisis of his fate. They scarcely dared hope that ho would live.— Hours passed on» and still those devoted watch ers sat motionless at his bedside* ilt-waa long past noon when ho awoke at .length, ftnd they saw, with Joy that-could only find utterance in prayers and tears, that (hoy might hope for nis recovery, ..There must bo suffering yet, and weakness, a tedious • convalescence and much care;, but to them, there was no more of sorrow ; aojr, When ho heard Martha’s voice he knew her at once, but ho manifested little surprise at, her presence. He fras quite too weak to reason about anything, and her tones were very soothing. She spent much of her i time with him during the next week. He seem ed scarcely to think of the suffering past, or the unseen future, absorbed in that great bliss of listening to her voice. ' Uo sal one morning in his easy chair at the window, when she came to see him, aa washer i wontj She brought a boquet of fragrant, hot house blossoms,-and placed them on the stand j beside him. lie loved flowers passionately.—*; Though he cpuld nft see them, it was to innate their fragrance .and pass his fin-1 gers over their velvet petals. But this morn ing he was impatient until she had taken the j low scat at his feet. ' , "I wish to give ypu my Valentine present, before tho season shall have passed,” sne said, half tenderly, half playfally. "You know it is three weeks already since the: fourteenth of February, and in another week the Valentino time will bo over for all tho year.”, "Rut what,” his“tono was almost biller, “wlidt could you give me that I would have? I want but one thing from you, and that is far beyond ray reach. ” "Perhaps her voice trembled—her eyes Were cast down and tears glittered on her long lashes, and on her checks, crimson with ex* ciletnenl. . "Perhaps not, dear master. Your Valentino, that musio, told mo all your hcaftt. I know now (hat I did not interpret it wrong ly—that the only lore my heart values, is my own. You used to say my name over in ypur fever, and sometimes called mo your tri/e.—- Deaf master, f/lat is what I wont to be—will youletmc?” 11 She had knelt before him. bowing her J>cau* tiful head, and it sank still lower, a» he mur mured— "Now this is cruel. How can I say no, when she >s my life's worship? But I will not wrong her, I must Be true to myself. God In Heaven help mo to resist this great tempta tion ?” “Do you notvo mo, then ?” faltered the tremulous voice. 1 . “Lore you ! Listed, ftfartha. I at? blind —I never looked uport the ftice of woman, but I feel beauty ip ipysoul, The first time I ev •r listened (o your voice, it thrilled tno as tio other voioo ever did—l knew that you were beautiful-, I thought I loved.yoiLaaa young sister. You ,were a %callfl. docils pupil. It was very sweet to" teach you—sweet to nave you lead roe homo at night, with the soft touch of your childish hand. I did not know myself until wo parley. That one Was mealed all.— I loved you as'other men who are not blind love the beautiful women of their heart’s selec tion. For a time I thought I should go mad, but I tried to live for my mother’s sake. By and by i compogfd that; music,' It was * wmj —the cry of my heart for you. I ployed it ftlow \y myself on the church organ, and I CAfeLISLErM.) T' knew, sometime, you;?ouf^flD^er^tfin^'ii*, ..!;That kiss.’! sne^roum^tedl^ViU' hah been with me.qrihywhcjte any,rn‘an, Bave’ 1 my; dear ,s.thcrj cvir.prpssed upon thy lips. ,1 pavq truc-^-I■ have, kept all f0r,,y0u... "Will ypu.sepd roe.. ,ppw?”. .' ' \ r - . 'jYj :j.. v! ; '.i , '»|Yes, dear child,‘fop,yourowo You watched oyer h£prd me call 'ypurnatpe, (n. jny rreMy,/jiTid you? gmcroiis. the. t' bm MarthaJtplma. and olqj.lbl me dicatope-’f . v , ;Vi . dettr.maßlcr’S-oht jo what a ‘wealth of love words gave uUerqnce—-‘‘my besti friend— I had no friend till I kncwXou-rpQQnQ' eWcould love me os you do. If yofl sejid jnC from you> you will kiUmc,- Ghj Ijkitqw. if you dp not. that ]f anj ndt'.tTOrthy_of.yoq v ,But onty„let'mc,heyoufwM^:®® Cc >I I only.wanfto liycwitW you tcf&quirtiy,,to- Guide you with my ; ijscq, foclo-iii.' thcdcqr/pld pe.-'eyes fot.yAu, tpjtpvc and 1 to shard, yoqr. If yb^;.say, ; po v you will kill roc.*. r -, • , ,"w ~ • I Clyde Hepburn put her from him; He khplU reverently down'and oQcrcqonc, fervent, prayer of thanksgiving., that rising, hc,opctjed his arm? ahd said—; ".Conic to mcnow.Martta Sjpccyou love me, I will accept Uip saentjee—l will be ypur husband, your blind, bclpfesji husband mowing' all things to your love qad your cqro—Martha, taf pupil, my wife!” * , tr Her soft, womanly •arm< * jirere flroUnd. his neck, her wet cheek laid his, and. her Voicb feaid, 1 ‘‘Thcionly Yalcnline gjftjl could ever nske you, VdU have accepted, is myself—ihas-' ter—husbandT’ , . i l ' They were hot tnarriedat once, for Martha had' a year’s engagement’-to fulfil, and. she wished to bring dower .chough to her husband to maintain them in llicli; fumble fashion,in old ago or sickness. -They were to’ Hvc.-very quietly. Clyde Hepburn was still to be the organist at the Trinity. and,Martha was to be a paid singer in the choir, and this” modest, in* come would well suffice for,their modest wants. When their betrothal ,wa? made’public, it was a nine-day’s wonder* Tho', wise people who tinderstodd human .mjlqrc, cftlly, that If they waited. a year they woujd never mntry. Miss would betdp fond of triumph qhd r dislinctioiu.to leave That glorious pingcr, that pcauliful womap,.to marry ft Wind organist!' Absurd! • Cut for. once everybody Was .They were married on St..Valqnlinc ! s day. ( thcy walkcd'alone and chnrcli~tiw bridodrefistd m a simple cßy'fravclling' dpcsS; and when tho cercmbny was over, she put.hßr Imod into thutqf, her blind husband,-andjed him quietly away to his. Juimble home, had drtne so many times/bcforc; as/she was henceforth to do all Ihedrijs of Ids lifd. >M “ niEIHOXIioF JAMES B U€‘llAN AN, . , ~JOF • • Ui"\vv*Ha t uiVicat itr.’Eraur Central Coxamittcc oi.fcimHlvQnia.- • ; -The reputation Of our public men'constitutes on, important element in the- history of our country, j It cannot be (do-faraboro-roproach. The example of an upright slatesihnn dflring his life-time, is a source of pride and power to hia countrymen, and a consoling and purifying i remembrance after ho has been gathered to his fathers. In James Buchanan, we And o char acter without suspicion or stain.- Dunng for ty years of active and almost constant service in high political positions, he has maintained the same tranquil deportment; the same scrup-1 ulous regard tor the truth, the same dignjficd avoidance of corrupt compliances and combi- i nations.- Tho posterity of the friends among I whom hq spent his youth, . living around ; him ; arid the prophecies of those \rlio sa\jy the | promise of his early years arc recalled by their desccridantSi who rejoice in the maturity of his j intellect, the sagacity of his statesmanship,and the long list of bis public and-private virtues, os' the abundant Amilruent of (he., predictions | of their fathers. "Personal malignity has never yet iiiflictcd dishonor upon .Ins good name.— i cxhausllcsa in its resources, and sleeping in its vengeance, has. failed in every Attempt Against him. Men contemplate Mr. Buchangn, at this day, j not as one whom envy and wrong have persecu ted, but as a great public character, who has i 1 passed through, the fiery furnacp -\yithout tiro! smfcll of smoko upon his‘garments, and who stands out ready to submit to the tyst of any soHifiny Into his conmlct as a ciMzen -and a statesman.'. The day has cotqo jyhich is to prove (hot such talents as his, experience, sdih integrity, such fixed habits of wise fore cast,ore essential to the great destiny forwhich ho seems to have been reserved By hla country men, who.alwars demand the highest qualities of statesmanship in the highest position in their gift. Where, indeed, is to b« found a liv- Iqg. public roan, who presents eo fexomplary ami so consistent a rtcoijl, running through so many years T Even among those who have dc fiartcd the scene of human action, there were ew who could point to a more unbroken series of acrviccs In defense of great principles. If we look down tho gallery of tho long .gone past, and take up the portraits of tho great actors of other days, Kow comparatively few thertrfiro who exhibited in their live!* and in their works a more conscientious and nigh-sonlcd' 1 devotion to the doctrines of the Federal Constitution and to tho right# of the States of the'American Union-! course of Mr. Buchanan hoi been neither erratic nor irregular? it has‘harmon ised with the purest examples of the past and present, and witli all those saving doctrines which he has devotedly practised and defended; and whether in tho House or in tho Senate of the American Congress i whether immersed !n foreign relations; whether at the head' of the most important department of the government under the memorable administration of Polk 5 on whether in the calm seclusion of his own homo, his well-balanced intellect and patriotic devotion to the Union, have always been‘dis played at tho right moment, and with;thumont striking effect. Progressive, not in tho spirit of lawlessness, but In harmony with tho steady advance of our institutions on this continent, and our example amonj* tho nations of tho earth • conservative, not in veneration of anti quated abuses, but in sacred regard for rights whldh cannot bo violated without destroying tho fundamental law ; ho fails In no single ele ment of public usefulness: political orthodoxy, or persona! character. Such Is tho impression made upon those who study tho' ’history, pub lic and private# of James Buchanan # such tho conclusive answer which’ the open and spotless volume of his career makes to all who have con ceded it necessary to atlnck his cinincut do servings and his lofty capacities. ' Mr. Buchanan is m the sixty-fifth year of hla, and in tho vigor, of health, intellectually , and physically, lie was born in the County of Franklin, in the ?tuto of Pennsylvania, of hon est and industriouM parents, ami may truly bo called’tlw Architect of his own fortunes; Hav ing received a good education, ho studied tho profession of tho Jaw, in tho Couoty of Loncas r::r r.u[;it*(»'i v: ■ v,! tt*; l in ! lhc samb State, which has ever since bijcfr ;hiB hpthe.' . In 1814 and ifelS he )WTIR, ehctcd to. the State Legislature, where be dis- by .those exhibitions of* in-' 1 Ictycct tvliiVK gaycproroisc of futuro eminence. fM; £i? ( Jpr?fcssion- -during many succeeding i years, he rose to. tho highest class of legal, minds..andv,at a period when Pennsylvania, Cpulo, bonpt of her Baldwins; her Gibsons, her -Epffies.lhtr Duncans. her Breckcnridges, her AilgbJhßlyiiibcrillopklmes, her Jenkinses, her -JDnUasaes, nndihcr' Senvples, he Was/prepared the" (dtuiyyaridj*<wn- became conspicuous : amdng those- VKohad but few equals intheirewh limes, and whose fame is 'stilTtherishcd amongour most agreeable recol lections; 1 1 t At.thia day, aficrraorclbAn halfaccntjiryV tlic peop\e of hfs.,dtva. immediate district,.and with the pro ,pfe'b/ ;oflcr haring- ishaied-Lho of successive Democratic wlminis-.. . iralionpafter having contributed bis energies fo^the overthrow of political'heresies without ,nuroW* he tnjght leave his case to thousands tens of thousands, who hare at various I times 1 antagonized his opinions, but ndw, with the anrlals of his life before them, stand- Beady to pay their tribute to his consistency'and'to -his-integrity as’ a public mart, by uniting wjth hid political friends ih placing him in thePhjSi dehtmVchair! Wlipt nobler monument cbqld be raised in coirijnbmpfatioh of any American pa- Inqrt V What’more significant reflation ofall. the'accusations,of heated party corobatantq ? yyhbt niorc conclusive proof could be givuvto the .nation at lafgooT thp fitness and the merits ofp*BlatcSmat\ who, after such a life-lime.finds hii'mdorscrs m hearts of the people among iWljbtn has alwaysi lived, and his warmest supporters among mon^who have for more .tu&Q forty years stood in opposition to his opin ions I , , It is said that the grave covers nil, thnt mal ignity.baits- at the portals of the tomb, ami that-from its peaceful bosom spring flowers of reconciliation and forgetfulness of all evil past aionS. Thofcc wltq'how mourn over t!)e bumble yel immortnl grave pf Jackspq, rarely think of the calumnies which purin)(sd him like so many unsleeping furies during his lifetime. In the bnivcrsnl hdmage paid to his memory, which nsre forever,Hkc to the. skies, how sel dom.do,we recall the bil,ler epithets with which he (ittack'ed during his uluslrious career I Alid’ycl-th'at ho iros attacked, and that pe tca.i ricpsccutcd'almost beyond parallel, is So. But he out-lived detraclton.and long before he pnss .cd.'t.olu3.rfinal account, most of his enemies ’ .Wsre translated into friends. We may say ot Buchanan;-that* although still in the . ißtxeitgihjdff'puhlio usefulness, he too has out lived ddrftction r and that thdcchocs of slander •Whichnsdiind iip 4 frqm the deep oblivion 1o -which the accusations upbn, his charactcr have bicn consigned*Tall the oar of the present'gentratioq. In the lojig catalogue of Jns’fruUlic RtTvlccSand private virtues, we low sight oftlie false charge of the personal foe, in Ihelurtuiiojis and splendid aggregate; of thc.pa tr)o\ld Character, which he would impugn! lion in-tlint body Tor ten ybafi, tiring-after tho-first Congress undertfn «/■?» iatrAtiorf-rOf . Jackson. ’ He -was the warm nncl-ardcut defender,of the Adtninistra tloaof Mr. Monroe, the activo-ppponcnt of the administration of Joim Quincy Adams, and ; the confident and trusted friend of Ahdrew Jackson.* -The proceedings show that while he retained a sent in the popular branch of Con gress. he look a prominent part in all the de bates upon great public questions. As early as 1815. he entertained opinions hostile to the constitutionality of the 'Bank of the United Slates, and in the fierce struggles which ensu ed upon the election of the hero of Now Orleans, ho was a distinguished champion of the Demo cratic party. Probably the most interesting part of Mr. Buchanan r s history, was his early and effective support of Ocn. Jackson for the Presidency.— He was onoof the first advocates of the hero of New Orleans. More than thirty years ago. as a member of the House of Reprcscntolivcs of tHc United States, he was recognized as b mong the most active and' demoted friends of Jackvon. -Distinguished for his cloqncnco and his judgment, even in that period of his life, he contributed greatly to produce the State of feel ing which afterwards put Gen. Jackspn for ward as the Democratic candidate.—Pennsyl vania taking the lead. Before tho House of Representatives of the United States proceeded to elect a President (the people having failed, Id 1824, to make a choice.) Mr, Buchanan op posed. with indignant eloquence, thb-motion to sit with closed doors while that duty was be ; ing discharged by, ff th« Tcprcsci\UUivca of the i American people. He said (Feb. 2,1825): “Ho protested against going into a secret conclave, when the House sb'ould decide this all-important question. "What are tho conscqucnccfi,” said Mr. 8., which will result from closing the doors of the galleries 1 We should the election an air of mystery. Wo should give exercise to the imaginations of the multitude, in conjec turing what scenes arc enacted within ihiihall. Busy rumor, with her hundred tongues, will .circulate reports of wicked combinations and corruptions, which have no existence. Let the 1 people see what we are doing. Lei them know that it is neither more nor less than putting our ballots into the boxes, and they w«H soon become satisfied with thc fipectaclo and retire.’ ■ When the memorable struggle of 1828 came on. Mr. Buchanan was prominent in tho con test. Indeed, he was so conspicuous that the opponents of.i Jaokson bestowed a full share of tho bitterness reserved for tho pld hero upon his efficient and faithful friend. Mr. Buchanan came into the House of Representatives for the last time In 1829. It was during this session that ho displayed those eminent qualities which proved him to bo ono of tho ablest constitution af lawyers in the country ; and in a bodv of which such statesmen as McDnlUc. Wicklilfc, and others. wcVo members, Air. Buchanan was selected as Chalmttm of the Committee of tho Judiciary*, a duty for which ho hod been well prepared in the debates which had taken place in former sessions, between Mr. Olay, Mr. Cal houn. Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Randolph, Mr. B«* ichanan himself, and others equally eminent.— When the celebrated case of Judge Peck.,of Missouri, came up before the House, Mr. Bu chanan was the leading spirit in conducting tho impeachment of that funCtionary.luTho House of Representatives, having heard the able arguments on both sides, decided to present to the Senate articles of impeachment against Judge Peck, and they elected by ballot (May 80,1830.) five managers,to conduct tho impeachment on thd part'd thoi ‘House. They i wore, James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. Ilen rv It Stores, of New York, Gcorgo Me Du mo, of South Carolina, Ambrose Spcnccn of New York, ahd Charles WioklifTe. of Kentucky.— Tho display before the Senate on that led trial, forms a most Instructive page in his lory. Messrs. Wm. Wirt and Jonathan Mere dltn, appeared for Judge Peck, and on the part of tho managers, Mr. Bqchanan closed tho »- gument in a speech of groat jengtU and profound ability and research. It la still quoted as ono of the most masterly expositions of conslltu-/ •il :'U,5.i! u ... .... .. . .. - _ '■''J- C “ ■* m.->Z 101 USfcy ■ < ?4v4w* Wp 1; *(■.>*,; I ■"IiIiBiiVM ullß'iV* ’' ■ ('{;»; H:.', «•■ •■ B I v B>v(H :js |l. H ‘| >, Rkff" K lili .-JB - ■.> I ; 'I :/SSyr A r, • \f/s^ fcil .t m AT $2.00 J?£E AOTUMy ; ' NO. 47. Uonal Yttf'bh the public records, i Aden ittiririg from Congress In 1631 , lie ro -1 wired from i Gca ? ,.Ja<jke9nrUnflollcited. the ten der of the miapioQ to Russia. Unaccepted that [mission. HowKe discharged its grave duties, the archives of the legation and 1 of the Slate, | Department, will show. Among other acta, he I rcpdt’rcd the country important and valuable 1 [service, by negotiating .the first commercial litittr bcttf&ft the United Stales and Hußsia, whlcmafcurcd to oar cortfmcrco the ports of the I Baltic and Black. Sea; and insured to us a val , uable.apd continually increasing trade. What i reputation he left .behind him. tboso who suc ceeded him Arc to attest. The chaste and manly tribulo'to his splendid abilities, at 'St. Petersburg, paid during tho proceedings of .the Convention, which assembled on the 4th of 'Mai;cb, 1856, by his immediate successor in the 'Artiericairlcgation'at that court, the Hon. Win. !WHkins,'Bhotvs something of the habits ancf capacities qf Mr. Buchanan. Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's return from the Russian mission, the Democrats in the leg islature of Pennsylvania made him their can didate for the U. S. Senate, and elected him.— 1 Be remained in the Senate from the Gib of De cember, 1834. until his resignation. March 3, 1845, having been J,wlce rc-clccled during that period Of time, ft is not necessary to rc-capj tblate the distinguished services rendered by our great statesmen, in tiro highest legislative body on earth, so well and so widely .are they remembered. In the debate on the admission of Arkansas and Michigan ; in his opposition to the designs of the abolitionists ; in liis .ro ■sislancO and exposure of tho schemes of the Bank of tho United Slates, after it had been transfemdjto Pennsylvania, as a vast political moneyed monopoly ; in his opposition ton pro fuse expenditure of the public revenue, for the creation of an unnecessary public debt ; a gov ernment bank of discount, circulation, and de posit under the British name of Exchequer ; a substitution of paper money for the constitu tional currency of silver and gold ; the surren der of M’Lcod upon the insulting demand of England; the unjust distribution of the pub lic revenue, to the States oi this Confederation; in his courageous hostility to special legisla tion, no matter how concealed : he co-operated with Wnght, Woodbury. Benton. King. Linn, and other leading Democrats of that day. ’ As chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela tions. during k aeries of years, in the Senate of the United States; he sustained the honor of the nation, by, his unanswerable demonstration of the right of each State to punish a foreign murderer,who, in lime of peace, kills an Ameii- , can citizen upon its own soil. His masterly expositions of our unquestionable titlc J to the Northeast boundary line, were upheld hr the decisions of Congress, and he won high honor for his opposition too treaty which gave a largo portion of the American territory to a foreign government. He was the adovnle of a liberal and enlightened policy in regard to the public lands- During the memorable extra session of one hundred days, when the opponents of the Democracy. In the Senate of the United States, 1 had resolved to push through a series of high | nedcral measures, 'beginning with the'Bank of ending wilh tho bank ''iSicte^oftnS"trfKynnrWTaTn trying emergen-, cics. An early and fervent advocate of the an- 1 nexaiion of Texas, he signalized his career in that body by giving his views on that impor tant question to Ins conntrymen, in a speech of unsurpassed ability and power. It is hardly necessary to go over Mr. Bu chanan’s record, to show how trm; he has been on all those great questions involving the rights of the States and the rights of the citizens of the Slates. On those delicate questions which tried so many Northern men, and which lost to the Democratic party of the country some of its most prominent leaders, who would not fol low the doctrine of stale rights lo its jnst and logical conclusion, Mr. Buchanan was found unwavering and decided. In the exciting de bate daring the Congrefls of UJ3G, on tho sub ject of citcumUng- puamdiary . documents through the malls of slie United States. Mr. Buchanan spoke repeatedly in support of the Message of Mr. Van Boren, demanding the in terference of the NationahLegisWuro to pre vent the dissemination, of appeals among tire slaves of the South to jjstf ip servile insurrec tion against the people'of 1 il>at quarter of the country ; and on the qucstjoiiof the abolition of slavery in the Distriet.'of'CblmnWa, Mr. Bu chanan used ll|C (gliding.cmphjitii} language: “What is now naked-by thosq memorialists ? That in this District of lea miles' square—a District carved tmlnf two sTavbholdlng Slates, and 6UTTOimdod;by them bh ail sides, slavery shall be abolished h i Wbat would be the effects of granting their request ? You would thus erect a citadel In,the very''heartsof tncsoStplcs. upon a territory which they hnvo cedld to you for a far different purpose* frofn Which aboli tionists and inccndißtitfrSOuld'fcroUrclr nttock the peace » Y«ui;a* tablish a spotudllua ‘lM p Suips which would be d cityof 'refuge" foV funawby slates. Yoq creatp by taw'fcdcnUa'l point from which trams of , gipipwderunftJJ hh laid, extending inlo_ t Ui^. Stator which may 1 , at any moment produce a. fearful, .and destructive ■explosion. By passihg slitlrff law, .you’introduce the enemy Into 'the very bosom of these two Stales, and ry opportunity to produoo-n-Rcrvilc insurrec tion-• lathtfre any* reasonable mao who can for one moment- suppose that Virginia and Maryland.would have ceded the District of Colutqbia t 6 tjjp United States, if they had cn teriaiwctf the slightest idea that Congress woald.ettr hse it for any such purpose I They cedocj“tt (br.your use, for your convenience.and not for. their own destruction. Wlicn slavery ecascfr tft exist under the laws of Virginia and Maryland; then, and not till then, ought it to be abolished in the District of Columbia.’* When, at tho same acssion of Congress, the , two bill* wore reported, admitting the lerrilo- . rios of Michigan and Arkansas m Stales inlo i the American Union. Mr. Buchanan was se ated ns* tb* tfbrtbchi Senator who should pro- 1 sent tha bilhadmitting Arkansas, and advocate it before the Senate, which he did with signal ability, and Air. Benton was cliosen as the Southern Senator who was to present and ad vocate the bill admitting Michigan inlo the Union, During the cxclclng debates on these issues,' Mr. Buchanan spoke rcpcattdly. llir took tho broad ground that iho pCOplo of'the territory, having formed a Republican Consti tution, after tho model oC the other Stales,' could bo and should bo admitted into tho Union irtopsetive of slavery, and that Congress could not and elvould not interfere to prevent their admission for any ijuch woaon aa ia now urged against iho admission dL Jlanfcns. It was during the debate on ,tbo .admission-.of Michigan that ho used these infch)ornblo words, on the first of April, 1830, in ■ his " place as h Senator from Pennsylvania: »d r ' ■ “Tho oldur I grow, Iho inoro A-V*il* c ' “mi.- to bo what Is called ‘a Slats- u jL nonce and security ot . *, r * n . giving to ‘l'" 9°^viu”a , !io °Md*upi>n it •true! lon. |null ; (, 0 ( I.j- Ingenious Sltriroollon*. to liicn-nro IUo piw> OMIIU /government, and thereby diminish lliouo of the 'Spates. of the States, reserved* to 14 -- sacred... If, ‘thou, .tho Constitution Wyfja to thfemtbdAridodccprdlrig to tlielrown, discretion, unrestricted ; arid r unllmltcd,;who ,»ba{i bo clco torsyitlollows as a necessary donscgnoDco that ttoy may, If they think proper, conifer resident aUona.the rjght.of npUng.ff &0., &o; .•Arid at tno same time, in the very same speech frora.wbich the above, is copied, he made the following fusion to tho,adopted “Tho territory coded by?Virgin!a to tho Uni ted States, was sufficiently oxlenaiVQ for nn im mense empire 1 .' - Tho’pnrticcto thlif colnp&ct of cession contemplated that, it-.would form five sovereign States R f this .Union., .At .that* early poriodj'TTo had just efoerged ‘front' our Evolu tionary struggle, and none-of tho jeSTousy Was thon. jfclft agaihst-.lhrcigbersi-rand particularly agaipst Irish foreigners, which now appears to haunt spmofgbntieraon. There had heed'no attemptemado to'gcthpn’Nallvo AatcriHcnpar ty in this country. Tho blood of .the gallant Irish had flowed freely upon every battle field, in defence of tho liberties whloluye nqjjffnjoy. Besides, the Spnatc will well re.collcctilmtfho ordinance was passed k 'tiuforo tho 'adoption' of ourpresont ConSTJtuilortj’ rtnd'whflst Manpower of naturalization remained nvjth Jho .several States. iHjSQnio, and perhaps, i,n a\l oijhem, It required so short A, rdstJcnho, ahd“aq'lnUe trouble tobe changed ffmrian ali<sn ; to r a ciflien> that tho process could ) .;pcrfoj;ujc(V w-(lhout the least .difficulty,.J f r.cpcat (hat iwEalouay whatever Ihori'uxlsiodagMnkt fdreftffdfiA I** 1 ** After the splendid campaign of jy t 4, ,/trhlch resulted In tho election of Mr. folic,"t0 s "whlch result Pennsylvania, led by JatflctfißntK&ttlm, contributed her electoral vop>, U>s ,£rofidpnt elect, casting his eye oyer (be long ocratic statesmen then living, claims and tho qualifications of 'each 1 and 'all, .profoundly sensible of tho exciting questions which m«sl come up for adjustment during Jilf Administration, and after consulting fhc 'verier able sage thon in the sunset of life ■ die shades of tho Hermitage, invited Mr. to accept the portfolio at the Slate department, tho head of his cabinet; and in 1845 chanau resigned his.seatjn fho Senate (to which ho had lately liecn re-elcetCd.) 1 find be came Secretary of State, under PrcsidfetATolk. Nor is it oucsssary that we shouldTCtepilajatO his services Id that department. They aro fresh and familiar in nil nifnds. In favor of the'clear, arid unqueitiUnablcff-lUle 01-tho American people, to all,Otpgrrny *rgn -fpr him the applause of the whale_ libertT world, and was published in,several ropc. Tlie States papers,\ on 1110' great questions proceeding from his peri during : il>® four years ho remained in the department’tef ■Slate, wore so many contributions ta„tye 7 iCfl' uiun which celebrates his eminent fitness,’and his unsullied Integrity. >\'hen tho WBoftt Proviso was introduced into Congress; James Unclnmau who at once denounced, and exposed, and rallied the Democracy agolntlfl. if was dining tho administration of Me., (hat Mr. Buchanan. In his letter (o the Uemb’c rnuy of Berks county, Pennsylvania, first’Wb* oaunfended to (ho Nprtb ami-the South*tbattho 1 Missouri line shouid.be oxlepded to thc.P£pifip> and that this should,lie midu the hasps of d final settlement of the slavery question in the terH(i>- ries. Thu war With MeSico* consequent.Ortlho annexation o( Ten as, a vaetmiupiroiln addition to tho area which constUulc'our belov ed Untbn.iifid In tho -arguments groWihg'ioht ot the acquisition of QpdtCurnia, Mr.' Buchanan labored earnestly nud effectively on (ho sldqof prbgress. Mr* Huclianap’a letter.on Vl’ns ’Bub ject is ■of-reeowl, ahdkfonkswrltdeTr. Itlshd »y to recall tho vitiiperaffotl whicSs hie proposf* 1 tion to vxleud. tho-JiUstourl.line called forth fironzitho -Iduiticaofitio North, from those'*ivho ! v bcit cajnior tor'jts restoration, ami who In Jb* sane forgetfulness of their hostility to ft d few years ago, set themselves up as its peculiar champions. Mr. Buchanan's recommendation ofonexteo eion ol the Missouri lino was fur in advance .of public sentiment. It was hailed in 4 tho TSoutb by all parties as an exhibited 01 firmness only too rarc'in thoso.dojs among Northern tncn,antl was appreciated by the truly national men oftbo free Stotcsi 'Would Itndl ho strangely hnjust, if this proposal ol Mr. Buchanan should now ho cited to prove him unsound .upon- gristing Ifl - sues? Tho spirit which actuated, Mr, Bpchan istaniW in hla an In 184 T, whciUiß-wralaOiX" * ‘fill Hall Lif - - 1, * - Union, by recognlKing the principle .of equality nmong the State®, 1 In regard to the common'' tcr ritorfoß of fh« people; and non*, tvhcn'fho Mis souri line has been superseded by onothet pUn uf settlement, the Nebraska-ICousas Act, based upon Ihe same sentiment ot Slate equality, nil patriotic men will cheerfully abide by and vig ilantly maintain against Dm inronds of that Abo lition fusion which once more llircatens .to. as sail tlic constitutional rights offheSbnth'. The country will fine, among Un public Weft, rfcftnl or or (Inner advocate ami dufcndcrol thatgrdQt principle ot popuar sovereignty, 05 embodied la ti\o Nebraska bill than James Buchanan.’ Mr. Buchanan remained In- connection I ''%fth Ur, Bolfc’tf administration until ..March -4lh', Ifhfdj.wban iu> once more, icUirned toPcfauayl vnnla. and (fom that period tip to tbo oleollo.li of (ho present onllghloncd Chief Magistrate,!!® engaged Jiimsel/ hj congenial to A statesman of largo ami extended cspcrlencd-i The conflict between (lie enemies 6f tbo Consti tutlon niirt the Democracy, did not find him an idle spectator* lie was in the fore front oCjtbo Democratic party, demanding for the South. n$ hollow ami hypocritical platform, but a radical, distinct recognition of those’ Hghl®;, which cannot be equal unless they are shared honestly and fairly boiweon the people of all 1110 sections <>( the Union. Everywhere, (h® Democracy of Ids State felt and followed -hW wise rind patriotic counsels. Whenever hd emerged from his quiet homo. It- was to de mand the recognition of all (ho guarantees of the Constitution to nil the States. His- letters and speeches in favor of the enforcement ol tbd fugitive slave law— In favor of the repeal pftho, laws of Pennsylvania, enacted for the purpose of depriving the Sor.fhdVh cUi7.ens of the-usd I of our Jails for the sftfo keeping ofh|s fugitives, and bis appeals to the Democracy of the. never lo yield to sectionalism, conclusively show that be had not forgotten Ids duly to great pridci|lles, and that hisdlientlon was constant-) lydlxcd upon .the Importance of discharging that obligation. Jin was na vigilant InTiW flu-* ties as a private in tbo ranks of th«peopl(ffcifMF •was prominent®* a conspllpr In aa a.representative and aynalor,i*t Coogtea®. . - ; 'During (ho Presidential, lit contest’ 3862 i Ml? .Buchanan rfloort fnibo vu« of tbo • Democratic rank* Thu followlnß rcmarkablo passngq from hla speech delivered by a jna?s. meeting; of. the Democracy of Western Pennsylvania, on IU0 7 7lli of October, 1852, al GrOrnsburg, WcattnoroJ land county, nro bo characteristic of tho ami bis opinions that wo do not hesitate tp’cppjr them. Hemomtter Itiat, at no time, did ho’evi' cr yield * jot or title sectionalism. lie against it Instinctively, and from the atari, 11$ said; “From my soul, 1 abhor tho practise ormlng ling up religion with politics. Tho doctrine of nil our conMltuiioiis, hutli Federal und State, Is that nver\ man bus mi Indefeasible right to wpr* ship his God according to tho dictates of ms own conscience. 110 is both a bigot and a ty-> rant, who would Interfere with-that sacred right*) When a candidate la before tho peoplofot; office,, iho inquiry ought hevcf even to ho made, what form of religions flutlrhb pVofoSbes? but onlyti iu (ho language of Mr. Jeflerson, ‘ls ho honest,, Is ho capable V’ “DcmorKtlC Americans!” What a unlho fpf* a Native - American party t When all the rob* cords of yur past history prove that Amort*, can Democrats have over. opened wide illolr arms to rccolVo foreigners flying from oppres sion la their native land, and have always be stowed upon them tho rights of American citi zens, after a.biiuf period of residence, in thi* country, "Tho Democratic party haro •iFff* gloried in this policy, and its to Increase our population and " • miSihl tho name of ‘Decq was nn'u'nfortunato designs-’ MorfvStho Native'Amoricoh party. . . J ?rTbdNotiva American party, an ‘American excellence.’ anil the glory of Us foundorsldp, belongs to'Goorgo Washington! fellorr clllsens, the American peoplb wlll rise up with ono accord to- vindicate the memory of that. illustrious nitui from such.ap imputation, A» long ns iho recent memory of our revolutionary btnigglo remained vividly Impressed bn thn [Concluded on Fouilh Page.}
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