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TEE LEAGUE 0: FEZEDOII
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tl e: m o on: .m. h .t, and piatn,
eri, .. nl he.ll ell anti ear:h
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a h ands strugz e. smolt,
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Mot lwre Ito fin:l4 no more to cru,,h
,here no friend
Ili , aid m !end,
!for power on ear h. nor arm of in'ght,
.T 0 ace the herding came reliite 1
!riirPIII r.!ecloin e'er despair:,
'11: not in given ;
Intain wk. by summer air
11, nor er ye• beNt risen.
Tr., fop proud abutt hi- :krone
Sor mercy bred he:, nor trail is , known;
IC: dark in'rigne
He Conn, It . : ;7.'11%
T" nwrge the obey le, of all
In otiu 'l'd will, Ate ;vrant•,. thrall.
Ye of ed
(ha deares. hopes dele:!4l,
A. 1.1 :o .he• eatt-e for Nvh,eh ye Wed
Su r i.i•vou
v, in - heir-b n•-hment
Are from he peop v
11 ito-r word , ••re mine .
Tli a c ore,
To link he conquering, Itandi
frec.loin a .heir di-qaut lauds.
A. heave. 0;1 ncrrin's rising wave,
To .hitniler on he <hore,
the eo man: of :he brave
Swell in Air h ro tr,
When all tha,'s de r in human lire
reux e n he m s rile;
end whi e here's scope,
Ai cope
Tor Troeinen in each o her's cutup,
Their serried shl I no: paitse
THE NON GERRIT MTN ON RETURNING
FUGITIVE I-LAVES
As the candor, :1)1;0 . , and good sense of
31: h h s been so frequently vouched for
of i 7.;, by .he Aludnis ra ion leaders of hs
eonwy. NV e con.inue improve he favor. tile
oppormniiy of hiving before the people that
gets.:ent.n% , unanstaratle argument ag inst
re.Urllillg .he p.. 11 tug tugi ice lo no.n
oea er .he Sou h. Vi e presume h s new
admirers nii re. d he lii .owing et.r c from
Ys Kansas speech wi h avidity.--LDS. JOUR.
We have, now, di. posed of two of
the three clauses of the Constitution,
which are assumed to be pro-slavery,
viz : the appottionment clause, and
the migration aed importation clause.
The third refers to fugitive servants,
but certainly not to fieritive slaves.
Whether we look at th,rlittter or his
tory of this clause, it can have no
reference to slaves. No one pretends
that slaves are expressly and clearly
d fined in it ; and, hence, according
to the rule of the Supreme Court,
which I have quoted, - slaves are not
refereed to in it. Again, none deny
that the terms of the clat• _e. make it
applicable to apprentices, minor chil
dren, and others. All admit that, in
the most natural use of language, it is
capable of innocent applicationS.
The clause, under consideration,
speaks of a "person held to service or
labor in One State, under the laws
thereof." Now, unless these laws are
for slavery, the "service or labor"
cannot be slavery,—and if they aro
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for slavery, then they cannot hold ,
any
person toSlavery, unless they are valid
laws. But they are not Nall& laWs . ,
unless they are in limmony:with the
Constitution. If ,the ..Constitution -is
against slavery, then pro-slayeay laws
are but nominal laws. It Will be more
timely at the close of my arg,t — unent
than now, to av whether the Constitn - thin is agaiiot or ihr slavery.. In" the
next place, the clause speaks of a /ci
sod. hut, as we shall more folly see,
there are rights claimed for' persons' by
the Con-titution itself, which 'must all
be trodden under foot, befhie persons
can be reduced to slavery, Another
reason why the fugitives referred to
in this clause are not slaves, i:, that
"service or labor" is " due" to their
employer from these fugitives. •But
slaves, by every Ainerican• definition .
of slaves, are as incapable of owing
as are horses, or even horse-blocks.
So, too, by every English definition of
slaves. Says Justice Best, in case of
Forbes vs. Cohran: "A slave is inca
pable of compact." And another rea
son why this clause cannot refer to
slaves, is, that the fugitives in, it are
held by the laws of labor. But slaves,
no mule than oxen, are held by the
laws of labor. The laws no inure in
terpo-e to compel labor in the one
case than in the other. And still. an
other reason why this clause is not to
be taken as referring to slave., is the
ah...nrdity of supposing that our fitthers
cee(sehted to treat at slaves whatever
pertsolis, white or black, high or boy,
virtuous or vicious, any future laws of
any State might declare to be slaves. i ,
Shall we of the N,:ith be bound to
acquie: ce in the slavery of our chil
dren, who may emigrate to the South,
provided the laws of the South shall
declare Northern emigrants to he
slaves ? Nay, more, shall we be
hound to replunee those children into
'slavery. if they c-cape from it But
all this we shall be hound to do, if the
pro-slavery - interpretation (tithe clause
in quo- thin is the true interpret:l6mi.
Ay, a: d in that case, we shall be bound
to justhy even our own slavery,should
we he caught at the South, and legis
lated into slavety. This intimation,
that slavery may yet take a much
wider ramie in supplying itself with
victims, is, by no means, extravagant
and unautin The Supreme Court
of the United States opened a wide
do.,r to this end, in the ca . se . of Strode?.
and ° fliers against Gorhom,some three
years afro. In, that ca,e, the Court
claimed'" that a State has an undoubted
right to determine the xtaills, or do
mestic and social condition, of the per- .
sons domiciled within its ten itory."
By the way, this doctrine of the Su
preme Court, that there are no natu
ral lights; and that all ri . : , :hts stand
but in
. the concessions and uncertain
ties of human is a legiti
mute"out,jrowth of slavery. For sla
very i, a war upon nature, and is the
devourer of the lights of nature; and
claims that all lights and all interests,
natural and conventitNal, 'shall accom
modate themselves to its demands.
We need spend no more time - ou the
letter of this clause. We, will, now,
look at its history. It is afwell-nigh
universal impres:in, that this chose
is one of the compromises of the Con
stitution. But•there is not the slight
e-t inundation in truth for this impres
i 11. In none of the numerous plans
or a Constitution, submitted to its
framers, was the suhject-matter of this
clause mentioned. Indeed, it was not
m.nitioned at all, until twenty days
b,•tOre the close of the Convention.
T i elaure. when it, insertion was first
wed, contained the word " slave."
B it, with that word in it, it met with
such sti minim , opposition, as • to corn
pe the immediate withdrawal. of the
Awn. The next day„ In,wever, it
wis offered again, but with the word
"slave" snuck otit. In this amended
and harmless flam, it was adopted
immediately, without debate, and titian-
I add, by the way, that no
°Le believes that a clan:e pioviding,
in express terms, for the surrender of
the whole American soil to the elms
kg down and enslaving of men, wo
men, and children, could ever have
gained the vote of the Convention ;
or Vat,
_if it had, the Constitution,
with such a disgusting blot upon it,
could ever ha);e-liten adopted.
Another rPason for not claiming this
clause to be pro-slavery, is, that the
American people did, in all probability,
regard the word " service"• as • ex
pressing the condition of freemen.
I So. as we have seen, the members of
the Constitutional ConVention regarded
it and, inasmuch as they came -to
gether from all parts of the country,
and represented all classes and sec
tions of the American people, - is it not
a fair inference that they used lan
guage in the sense approved by the
American people?
We have, now, examined those
parts of the Constitution which are
relied on to give it a pro-slavery char
acter ; and we find that they are not
DEyoiEwro pal[Ncw4E..s or. DEMOCRACY, AND . THE-DISSEMINATION OF .MORALITY LITERATURE; , AND' NEW 4
cOL T ,PROPI:t7;,,POrITR:,c4S,OI'IIi7PA„..NoVE3.O3 - F,R 9;1854,
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proceed
to give it this character.
proceed to glance at si.tne; and at only
I =sonie, -Of those '-parts-of 'the* Comtitu
don .which deafly • prove •its
slavery. character;_ which are utterly
incompatible with slavery ; and which,
thCrefOre, &Mata its adition.
Ist. "Congress has
. poici.r to provide
!fir the con mOn defense and general
' -Metfare 'the'.United Strifes."
But Congress has net this' -poiver,-if
the obstacles of- slavery may be put in
the way of its exercise A•man cannot
he said to -have law •for driving his
carriage through the'streets,if another
man has law•for •blocking its wheels.
!IThe States 'may establish- the most
! . atrocietis wrongs Within their borders,
and thus • create -an atmosphere in
Which the Federal GoVernment cannot
liVe, and move, and have its being ;"
then, within those borders, the Fedei al
Government may be reduced to
nullity. ~ The power referred to in this
clause Congress will never have faith
fnllv exercised, So long as it leaves
•
millions of fees. in the •bosom of our
country. By enrolling the slaves in
the militia; and yieldiog to their Con
!,stitutional right "to keep and bear •
arms"- 7 -which is, in effect,.to abolish
slavery Congress . would cc nvert
tho• e •file , into friend-. The pewer in
que-tion, .Patrick Henry, whb was
then the orator of America, held to
• be sufficient for a boil ling • slavery.
In the Virginia Convention, which
• 1••a;-ed upon the Federal Con,titutiore,
Mr. Henry said : " May Congress not
say that every black man must fight?
Did .we not see a little of this, the
last war? We were not so haul
pushed .us •to make emancipation
general: - But acts of Assembly
passed, that every slave -who would
g.,) to, the army, should be free. An
' other this. , :- will contribute to biing
this event about. Slavery is detested.
•We feel tt.s fatal effects. We de
' pho-e it with all the pit y of humanity.
4 Let all the-e (-onside! ations,. some
' future p . Jti-d. press with full frce
' upon the mind; of Congress. They
-'•will read that paper, (the Censtitn
' and see it' they have power of
,ion. And have they not,
sir ? I-lave they not the power to
provide tOr the general defense and
' welfare ? May they not think, that
' they call for the abolition of slavery
' May they net preneunce all slaves
free f—and will they not he war
' ranted by that power ? There is no
ambiguous, implication or logical de
' duction. The paper speaks to the
point. They have the power in clear
and uuequi vocal terms ; and will
clearly and certainly exercise it."
* * * * * *
6th. "The United States shall guar=
cinty to erery State in
. this Union a
republienn form ty* gorernment.
It is ,a common. opinion. that the
General Government should not con
cern itself with the internal policy and -
arrangements" of a State. But this
opinion is not justified by the Consti
tution. The case may occur, where
the neglect thus to concern itsellwould
involve its own ruin, as well as the
greatest wrong to the people of the
State. How could the General Go
vernment he maintained, if in one
State suffrage were universal, and in
anothet conditioned' on the possession
offend, attain another on theposession
of money, and in another on the pos
session of slaves, and in another on -
the possession of literary or scientific
attainments, and in another on the
possession of a prescribed religious
creed, , and if in others it were condi
tioned on still Other possessions -and ,
attainments ? How little resemblance
and sympathy there would be,. in that
case, between the Congressional rep
resentatives of the dillerent States!
How great would he the discord in
out National Councils!
. 1 - low speedy
the ruin t/ur National and subor
dinate interests . In such circum
stances, the General Government
would be clearly hound to insist on" an
, essential uniti , rmity in the State Go
vernments. But what would be due ,
from the General Government then, is
emphatically due from it now; Our
nation is already brought into great
peril by the slavocratic element in its
councils ; and in not a few of the
States, the white, as - welt as the black
masses, are crushed by that. political
.element„ Surely the nation is entitled
to liberation from this peril ; and,
surely, thee Masses have a perfectly
Constitutional, as well as a most
urgent, claim on the nation for deliv
erance from the worst of despotisms,*
and for the enjoyment of a ." republi
can form of -government." .
7th. "No - State'sliall pass any bin of
attaistdrr."
. But what is so emphatic, and cause
less, and merciless a bill of attainder,
as that which attains a woman with
all her postmity for no other reason
than.that there is African blood in her
veins I
Bth. "The privilege of the: writ of
habeas corpus shall not Ls suspended,
.unless, ; when, in cases -of rebellion or
inrasion, the, pubic sqlety, may
fin,re it." , .
Blacks - pronounces . this • ivtit
‘ the' mo;,t celelnutc4lN . Yrit of England,
-and' the, , ehief bolWat k . of the Consti
tution.", Otte • of_ editors, Mr.
Christian, says, that "it is this writ
- which 'Makes slavery iMpossible . it,
'England."' Ey.ndly impostiblei it,
theoiy, does it make i•ltivery in Ameti
ca. And in b t ,tlr commies -tire im
possibility springs thin the fact that the
wiit i, entirely. ineompatible with the
claimof
,property iu man. In the
preence of such a claim; if valid, this
writis impotent, ,for if property.:.can
he plead:iuthe prisoner, (and
.posses
sion proof ownerthip ,) the wilt is
defeated. ' .
Slavery cannot be legalizea short ef
sulmudirg the wrivol habeas coning,
in 'the case of the slaves., Bat, inas
much as the Constitution .provides for
ua rush stuTen,ion, there no legal,
slavery 'in the nation. •
. I add, that the Federal Govertmelit
should seet(i it, that,-in every paiit of
the nationovhere there are slavezi r if
need be, in. every -.county. or even,
toVen, there are Judge:, who will faith
fully we thi , writ for their deliverance;
9th. "No prsota .'bell Ir drprirtd
I , :bcrig, or property, wieliout dog .
plocese of law."
Let thi prcvi• ion lave free course,
and it faits an end to Atneripu
It is is claimed, however, that, inus z
much as the slave. is held by law,"
(which:in point of fact,he is net,) aid.
theret6re, "by due prt,cess law,"_
In can be gained for him from
this pritvision. - .But, inasmuch as this'
provisitin is an organic and funda
mental law, it is not subje ct to any
other law, but is paramoimt to every
other law. I\lot - cover, it is , a great
tni .thke to confottml the laWs,so called,
by which persons are held in slavery,
with "due process of law."
Justice Bronson says [Hill's Re-,
ports, IV, 1.161 of
. this part .of the
Constitution :
-"The meaning .. : 1 the section Yhrn
stems to be, that no member V the
State shall be ci.:franch.sed, or de=
priced qf any t/ . his kights or
priril
eges, villesi the Matter dial! Le
'Judged aga i ns t hint, upoii trial hail,
accordibg to the course of the coin mon
'
He •
acids :
TLc muds; 'due process of law,'
in tbii plat;e, Cilllnfit Meal' less than
a pros t ecution or suit, instituted and
conducted ' accto ding to the pre-
scribed forms and solemnities fbr
ascertaining guilt, or determining. the
title to propefty."
Lord Coke explains " due process
of law" to lie " by ihdictment of
presentment of good and men,
bore• such deeds be done in due
manner, or by suit original of the
common law."
linpoitau,(! (.4 a " D."
Somebody iu the Be, ton Transcript,
writing from a. place called Jernsalf2m,
in Virginia, tells the following good
story illu.trating at once the impor
ance .of th© letter "D," and the bad
odor of Abolitionimm in . the old Do
minion :
Theodore D. Parker, Esq., a Mer
chant of Boston, happened a 'few
weeks since to be a guest for one night
'at Knapp's Hotel in this place. Atter
tea, as he was enjoying the coolne:,s of
the evening on the piazza, he noticed
a gentleman in the office who was ex
amining the
- book of arrivals, and-who
anet wards, walked up and (Iwo the
piazza, :.calming him (Mr. P..) Very
closely. Some ten or fifteen Minutes
passed in this way, when the stranger
broke the silence by addressing him :
" Is your name Parker, Sir'!" .
"Yes, Sir."
• " Theodore Pat ker 1"
" Yes, Sir." •
" - Do you come-from Boston I" -
" Yes, Sir."
Then, Sir," (with a look as if the
idehtity of the individual were fairly
e:tablished,) `f I suppose that you are
the . person who "goes about in New
England villifyiug the instituthitis of
the South!"
. 0, no, no !" answered the aston
ished Mr. Parker, befitre whose eyes
a bag of feathers and a kettle of tar
danced a.nromentaty.pas de deuce.; "I
am Theodore D. Parker—l am.a mer
chant in .Bust,in—l am nut the Minis
ter whom you speak of."
"Ah ! that alters the case then,"
responded thechi•6lric Virginian in a
milder tone ; " but allow me to give
you one piece of advice ; and that is.
that it . ..you are going to travel
them.: diggins,you had better, in kuture;
when you sign your naive, be particu
lar and put that D. d—d plain
ME unfortunate youth who was
drowned a few - days ago in a "flood of
tender recollections," is slowly recov- :
ering.
From the .N. Y. Tribune.
TEE WOMAN'S RIGETS ,CONVEITIOy.
OCt. 20, 1854
• Except (Perhaps) the outpouring
of the spb it frt , rn • one . nr two rather
,ardent Quakeresses, there has not
been a 'single t-peech, by a woman,
which
. I.VI 'fluent, pointed and
telling. If there have - been poor
-speeches !made, it. has not been done
by the zrqnit:it in the Convention.
The only men who have thus far
bc:RU prinnitient deliberations
of the ConVention ate . Me'ssrs. Ourri7
son and Higginsrin . of Massachusetts,
though several, male . speakers from
this b icitlity have also participated,
with 'cations degrees of success.—
Amoi4r; the rucy. Stone has
been; of cotirse,.. the •ol;F.erved 'of
observers. it is•tematkAhte to iniviCe
lmw the "-public mind instinctively
fa tens upon this little person as,,being
(what she•really i-) the heart and soul
of Yct it dOCS not scent
to destr, , y the simplicity and qraight 7
forwardness of her character, alike
unmoved .by cheers, or hi.ises ; and
her peculiar vtice, (in which lies half
her power) has loot none of its sweet*
ness since I last 'maid her. But there
are other excel,ent speakers here.
- firs. 'Emma R. Coe, of Buffalo, is
well . knoWn ; she is - tis unlike Lucy
Stone
.as, possible; an artistic and
drain tic speaker, she plays off
a whole battery of rhetorical arts
upi - in the audience, and with almost
unlitiling - success;. she has them in
her hands and she knows it. Mrs.
Gage, of Missouri, is a much older.
woman, but of fine figure and appear,
;owe; she has, 1 understand, reared a
family of ei ,, ht children well, and
having done that duty, thinks she has
a ri! , ht to claim a healing as a woman.
She i= a simple, sent ilde, able speaker.
Susan 13. Anthony is also a fine-look
imy, woman, with excellent business
talents, and full of tact: which she pre
"sents vividly and well. Mrs. Tracy
Culler of illittok
_1 believe, a new
i)ersou in Conventions ; she is a good,
wide-awake Western woman,
and speaks well to the. sympathy of a
popular audience. Mrs. - G
age, of New
York, seemed inexpetienced in public
oratory, but said some good things.
Miss Ann Preston, Professor in one of
the medical colleges, made a very
plea-lug and' mcdust adds ess. Finaf
lv, Mrs. Rose, the President, did her
duties with
~ - , - reat - dignity ; and her
occasional sl l Tiirt addresses showed
wide experience, and a more cultiva
ted mind • perhaps, than any of the
ther ladies possessed. And Lucretia
Mott was, as usual, clear-heinied, mo
therly, and wise.
A good deal of information has
heen communicaled to the meeting, in
regard to the . extent of agitation
throughout the country. These , wo
men are really working hard. One
in New England, another - in New
- York, another in New Jersey, another
in Ohio, amither in.. Michigan and Illi
nois, another in MissOuri, have held
,Aneetings with great -success. Mrs.
Coe was allowed the use of the Rep
resentatives' Hall in • New Jersey, fir
four evenings, an. 4, naturally thinks
that the banner State. Lucy Stone
has spoken in Louisville, Mrs. Rose
in Baltimore and Washington, and
Mrs. Gage in New Orleans, and have
been treated with respect even among
the slaveholders.
AN AUCTIDNEEDING JUDGE.-- The
Hon. P. AlcKenua, the well-known
Pitt:buig auctioneer, who was almOst
as famous in the " going—going—
gone" bu,ine. , 's as Robbins, the great
London Knight of the Hammer, was
t.t . iint; time . ago appointed - Assock:te
Judge one of the Courts of Allegany
County, Pennsylvania, and the wags
Of the press are telling some capital
stories at his expense. Among them,
the following is going the rounds of
our exchanges:
• It appears that during the delivery
of au Unconsciously long, prosy
speech to the jury, his honor, who for
several nights previous' had been
broken of rest, fell into a comfortable
doze, which for 'some time he was
permitted to enjoy, till the attorney,
commenting on the prices of certain
articles involved in the controversy,
had occasion to use. the term' " sixty
two. and, a -hall." Thereupon his
Honor, becoming partially aroused,
and fancying himself' in his auction
room, hammer, in -band, sung out in
that stentorian voice for which he is
remarkable—" Sixty-two an"all, an'
!all, an' all done, gentlemen 1—
au"alf, an' - an"alf,—ttot a third
the value of it—an' 'all, an"all, an'
'all,—why, gentlemen, is it pos—."
At this stage of the " sale," his H o n o r
waS• suddenly restored to entire con
sciousness by the uncontrollable Mer
riment of the audience. He never
•since engaged in the business of auc
tioneenng on the bench.
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SLAVERY AGORBBSIONS.,
The Express referring -to the lite
impoitant letter from &minimputt
list cd by the Baltimore Patriot, says
" after, all what we have copied
the . Trilaine to the contrary, thp
Deminican Cdn'greSs 'adjourned With
utecimelnding 'a treaty with the T...Ttii
ted-.States. •The only cotiventhro tiv•
gutiated, it is said, opens
. tolnir ;
zees a country represented to be rich
in mineral and staple productions."
This only proves that." all what' kve
copied from the Tribune," was copied
with a singidar lack of intellieguce
even fbr the Express, All thelaffirna
tions of. the ,'Tribune and :its corres
pondents, were perfectly confirmed by
the litter of the Pati iot
,quegtion,
while that letter stated . other facia'br
great Conseiiiimice, to Which the Ea. 4
press and:'all other journals would .do
well earnestly to direct the attention
of their readers. It al pears, we
have always supposed and stated, that
nen. Cazneau has made a Convention
with the Dominican Government
lowing Ametirans to buy and hold
lands and work mines in Dominica
without being naturalized; it is also
true that the same Gnvernment has
granted to the:United States . the right
to establislLnaval or military &pots
on the north-eastern portiott.of the
island, and this is the whole of "all
what we copied from the Lunt:NE."
The . treaty which the. Patriot's corL
re dent states to have failed from
the adjoutlllllent of the Dominican
Congre-s was one for the annexation
"f that Republic to the United States,
and this treaty, .according to the same
will-inibrmed writer, was shaped out
by President Pierce. Thus nothing
but fears of invasion from Hayti,
excited in the Dominican Legislature
by the British Consul, prevented the
ad”ption of this treaty and the annex
ation of Dominica at - the next session
of Congress, always - supposing that
the body which made the Nebraska
Lill the law of the land would not be
qualmish about extending to Domin
ica the same great pkinciple of squat
ter sovereignty and, universal slave
driving. And in this tian , action Pres
ident Pierce is so far involved that he
shaped out the treaty under which it
was to be consummated. But that
treaty having failed we are now to
have it diluted into a Convention for
the recognition of that negro govern:
ment and, the filibusterin g of the is
land, or at least of the Dominican
pat tof it. Is the Express in favor of
that measure!—\..Y. Tribune.
A:country gentleman lately arrived
in Boston, and immediately repaired
to the house of a relative, a lady Who
had married a merchant of that city.
The parties were glad to see him, and
invited him to make their house his
home, as he declared his intention of
remaining in the city but a day ur two.
The husband of the lady, auxiOus tri
show his attention to a relative and
friend of his wife, took the gentleman's
horse to a livery stable in Hanover at.
Finally the visit became a visitation,
and the merchant, • after the lapse of
eleven days, found.besides lodging and
boarding the gentleman, a pretty con
siderable bill had run up at the livery
stable.
Accordingly he went to the man
who kept the livery stable and told
him when the " gentleman -took his
horse he would pay the bill.
"Very good," said the stable keeper,
"I understand you." .
In a short time the country gentle
man went to the stable and ordered
hi; horse to be got ready. The bill,
of cours-e, was presented.
" Oh !" said the gentleman, "Mr.—
my relative, will pay this."
" Very good, ?iv," said the stable
keeper, " please to get an order from
Mi.—, it will be -the same as the
rlintley
The horse was put up again, and'
down went the country gentleman to
Long Wharf, where the merchant kept.
" Well," said he, " lam going now."
" Are you r' said the merchant;,
" well, good-bye, sir !"
" We - 11. about •the horse ; the man
says the bill inut4 be paid for his keep
ing."
Well, I suppose that's all right,
ME
" Yes—well, but you know I'm
your wire's"cousin."
" Yes," said the merchant, "I know
yi k u are, but your horse is not !"
rxnuct.nity JUDGE.—The most
extramdinary instanco.of patience in
modern - times, is that. of an Illinois
Judge Who listene d silently for two
days, while a couple of wordy attor
neys contended about the construction
of an act of Legislature ; andthen•
ended the controversy by very quietly
remarking, " Gentlemen, the law is
repealed."
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NO. 25.
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