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tofi IN THE SIND.
■i"l'.nT'o; D. 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
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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,—'
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“'6oi“d(jos^ttT-4ijf, 4(.w:Ays' bnl'wioKa, our cdusiei.”
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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-/
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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
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