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Fisexizir.l.—Adiertiisements, 444...exeeellini. one *10 3 ;0.14. tinier) 'fan „bit Ineeited - threif times fer one twentjqltre' eentEr fbr vsph" ed.:M*4o3er -Tlioie "gienteit6iigtli, proportion: '" Jon Panmso—Such 118 Hand Bina P01t43114 Tanimblets, -..:Blanks; Labels ; ko., ke.; executed;rith mourner :and on , • ;shortest notice. - : - • . . . . , '-• THE FARMER. " • • The twilight of life's.siutumn time, liotv sweet its holy . spell To those ,who. rest rom earthly toil And know they've labor'd Snob joy as.thine, those.hands haie taught The wilderness to sidle, Thy. ptitient , years.of , toil have won A garden from the wild. Thy cheek, that harirests sun's have•tann'd, Still wears a healthful glow ; • , Ana love'e sweet fountain in thyleart with .peaceful flow: • The years that upon other brotis Have set the deal of care," But lightly passed o'er thine, and left A crown of glory there: The hoary head is beautiful • When found in wisdom's ways, With honor she has crowned thy brow, Blessed thee with length of days. On sunny hillsides stronger hands The ripened sheaves shall bind ; And younger voices raise the song, At merry.autumn time. Thon'lt wait amid the mellow light, 'Till angel reapers come To bid thee join, triumphantly, A sweeter ' , Harvest Home." KIND HEARTS Let but the heart be beautiful, And I care nut fur the face, I heed nut that the form may want Pride, dignity. or grace. Let the mind he filled with glowing thoughts And the soul with sympathy, And I care nut if the cheek be pale, Or the eye lack brilliancy. What though the cheek be beautiful, it soon must I.,se its bloom ; The eye's bright lustre soon will fade In the dark and silent tomb; But the glory of the soul will live Though the joyous life depart, And the m.gic charm can never die Of a true and noble heart. The lips that utter gentle words Have a beauty all their own, And more I prize a kindly voice Than music's sweetest tone; And though its sounds are h.rrAt or shrill, If the heart within beat free, And echoes back each glad impulse, "Its all the world to me. THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. Out again to-night . ?' said Mra. fretfully, as her husband arose from the tea-table, and donned his great coat. 4 Yes, 1 have an engagement with Moore; I shall be in early ; have .a light in the library. Good night ;' and with a careless nod, William Hayes left the room. Always the way,' murmured Lizzie Hayes, sinking back upon the sofa, out every night. I don't believe he cares one bit about me .now, and yet we've only been married about two years. No man has a more orderly house. lam not a bit extravagant, and yet I don't believe he loves me any more. Ohl dear, why is it ? I wasn't •rich, he didn't marry me for money, and he must hayed loved me then —why does he treat me with so much neglect?' and with her mind filled with such fretful queries, Lizzie Hayes fell asleep on the sofa. Let me paint her picture as she lay there. She was a blonde, with a small, graceful fi_ure and a pretty face. ' The hair, which showed by its rich waves its natural tendency to curl, was brushed smoothly back, ' it was such a bother to curl it,' she said; her cheeks were pale, her whole face wore a discontented ex prdision. Her dress was a neat chintz wrapper, but she wore neither collar nor sleeves what's -the use of dressing up just for William 1' Lizzie slept soundly for two hours, and then awoke suddenly. She sat up, glanced at the clock, and sighed drearily at the prospect of the long interval to be spent before bed time. The library was just over the room in which she sat, and down the furnace flue, through the registers, a voice came to the young wife's ears; it was her husband's. Well, Moore, what's a man to do! I was disappointed, and I must have pleas ure somewhere. Who would have fancied Lizzie Jarvis, so pretty and loving, could have changed to the fretful dowdy she now is? Who wants to be at home to hear his wife whining all the evening about her troublesome servants, and her headache and all sorts of bothers ? She's got the knack of that drawling whine so pat, that, 'pon my life, I don't believe she can speak pleasantly.' Lizzie sat as if stunned. Was this true 1 She looked in the glass. If not dowdy, her costume was certainly not suitable for an evening, even if it were an evening at home, with only William to admire. She arose and went softly to her own room, with bitter and sorrowful thoughts, and a firm resolution to win back her husband's heart, and then his love regained to keep it. The next morning William came into the breakfast room with his usual careless manner, but a bright smile came to his lips as he saw. Lizzie. A pretty chintz with a pretty collar and sleeves of snowy muslin, and a wreatth of soft full curls, had really metamorphosed her, while the blush her husband's admiring glance cal led up to her cheek, did not detract from her beauty. At first, William thought there must be a guest, but on glancing about he found they were alone. Come, William, your coffee will be stone cold,' said Lizzie, in a cheeryi pleasant voice. "c It must be cool till you sweeten my breakfast with a kiss,' said her husband, crossing the room to her side, and Lizzie's heart bounded as she recognized the old lover's tones and manners. Not one fretful speech, not one com plaint fell upon William's ear through the meal ; the newspaper, his usual solace during the hour, lay untouchel, as Lizzie chatted gaily on every pleasant subject she could think of, warming by his grati-' fled interest and cordial manner. You will be home to dinner she said , as he went out. Can't to-day, Lizzie. I have business out of town, but I'll be home early to tea. Rave something substantial, for I don't. expect to dine. Good bye,' and the smiling! look, warm kiss and lovely whistle were a marked 'contrast to his careless, lounging , gait of the evening previous. I am in the right path,' said Lizzie in a low whisper. Oh ! what a fool I have been for the last two years! A fretful ,dowdy !" William you shall never Say that again. - Lizaie loved her linsbaid with real wifely devotinnTand - het - heart would quiver as She thought*of h is confidence to hill friend M.; but like brave littlewomau she stifled back the bitter feeling, and tripped off to . : perfect - - her plans.' The grand piano, silent for months, • was opened, and the linen covers taken from the furniture.— Lizzie thinking a He shant find any parlors more 'attractive than his own, I am deter mined' • Tea time came, and William came with it. A little figure in a tasty, bright; silk dress, smoth curls, and oh ! such a lovely blush and smile, stood ready to welcome him in • and tea passed as the morning meal had done. After tea there was no movement, as usual towards the hat rack. William stood up beside the table lingering, chat ting till Lizzie also arose. She led him to the light, warm parlors, in their pretty glow of tasteful arrangement, and drew him down beside her on the sofa. He felt as if he was courting her again as he watched her fingers busy with some fancy needle work, and listened to the ' cheerful voice which he had loved so well two Years before. g What are you making, Lizzie V A pair of slippers. bon% you remem ber how much you admired the pair I worked for you, oh! ever so long ago V I remember ;.black velvet with flowers on them. I used to put my feet on -the fender, and dream of blue eyes and black: curls, and I wished the time would move faster to the day when . I could bring my bonnie wee wife home, to make me music in my house.' Lizzie saddened for a moment, as she thought of the last two years, and how little music she had made for his loving heart, gradually weaning it from its alle giance ; then she said : I wonder if you love music as much as you did then. Of course 1 do. I often go in at Miss Smith's, for nothing else than to hear the music.' I can play and sing better than Miss Smith,' said Lizzie, half pouting. But you always say you are out of practice when I ask you. I had the piano tuned this morning— now open it and we shall see how it sounds.' William obeyed joyfully, and tossing aside her sewing, Lizzie took the piano stool. She had a sweet voice, not powerful, but most musical, and was a very fair perform er on the piano. Ballads, Lizzie.' 4 Oh ! yes, 1 know you dislike opera music in a parlor.' One song after another, with a nocturne or lively instrumental pieces occasionally, between them, filled up another hour pleas antly. The little mantle clock struck eleven Eleven ! I thought it about nine. I ought to apologise, Lizzie, as I used to do, for staying so long, and I can truly say, as I did then, that the time has passed so pleasantly I can scarcely believe it is so late. THE LITTLE BLACK SLIPPER. Said I : Harry, where did you get that slipper ?' Said 11% : ' James, this is the tale : g if anything will alleviate the little miseries of a two days diligence-journey, it is having as pretty, good-natured, and cosmopolitan a little widow for your trav eling companion as I had from Cordova on the Guadalquiver, to Madrid on the Manzanares. Tumbling into the interior' of a diligence at 2 o'clock of a June mor ning, after a few hours spent in vain at tempt to sleep, rendered vain by a legion of those tirailleurs du diable, long-horned mosquitoes, one is by no means as serene in temper as one should be. The writer was savage that morning; and not until the mayoral (conductor) had brought a light to see if the passengers were all properly packed in, revealing the cheerful little face of .a pretty woman opposite to him, did his good nature shine out as a patient reflector and dissipate the fog of discontent. A long journey before us ; let us make ourselves comfortable,' said the lady, the departing mayoral with light just enabling me to see that there was a smile on her face. Then there was a shaking of black silk skirts, Gracias a Dios I. there were no steel or whalebone petticoats on her blessed form ; two little feet 'sought re fuge on my side; two good-sized ones searched for an asylum on her side of the diligence • and behold, we were disposed to be friends for life. I don't know whether Tupper, in his 4 Proverbial Philosophy,' mentions under the bead of Friendship' that it is a traveling shawl,' but in his next edition he'd better do it, you know ; because it is ! At least this morning; when I spread mine over my legs, and extended the courtesy to the limbs (Lingua .smer icana) of the fair widow, she accepted the woolen with a kind acknowledgment that made me feel blessedly pleased with my self and with her. The bolls 'of the eight mules pulling the diligence were jingling ; the postillion on the right leader had set tied himself in his saddle ; the arriero had hold of the reins; the mayoral jumped into his seat in the Imperial ; and the zugal, holding his (mimes hat tight on his head, sprung out of the door of the diligence office, uttering fearful yells and cracking his whip with the ferocity of a mad monkey; when—creak, bang, slide, slip ? and we were launched on our jour ney to Madrid. 'I went to sleep, and had a pleasant dream of a cherubim, the kind that flew round Noah when, he was building, the Ark, and had no legs ! and having a dear pair of gaiter boots for. wings ; while I had for a companion another aeronaut with large blank eyes, apropos of which— " I never loved a dear gazelle And gazed upon its soft slack eyes, But what it turned out a d— sell— A damsel heaving gentlest sighs '— who was all thy's and thou's. In addition to black eyes, she had blank hair•and a traveling-shawl, and she had feet; and both -the tiny little ones were somehow thrust into the pockets of my shooting coat, and—l woke up, and found that there were a pair of little high-heeled, black slippers, with white stockings at tached, resting on the cushion by my side. :You may .talk about dream books, and explanations of dreams;"but such bona fide realixations please`Me most; and I looked down at them and determined . they should be mine if./ had td.gb a hand on them-- matrimonially, of coarse , a mod de ib offer mi this, hand. of > with piano - . 1 4 013 0144.10103. • , _ 1:4 Bat ahe> woke up , and :as the sun-was a THAT gown= is `TBII psoansome:lnuitit- LAak Osmium rirs'AsjAgint; UWA3D.' - LANCASM . TITESDAY- I, 4oNiNtr, M 4110312, 1861. now shining brightly, she saw me regal.' d ing those leather mice,'•whereupon she at'oncti bid them, not by rudely withdraw ing them but by cuddling them up - under ,one end of the traveling shawl; _which end was in close proximity with my,pantaloons pocket.-=:gow, reader, fancy my feelings nursing a pair of twins like those, belong ing to a very pretty woman—moreover a widow. Buenas, diar Senor P It. was cheer fully, pleasantly spoken, and with such a winning smile, and the, dark eyes beamed so softly under the long black eyebtshes, that: it, elicited all the writer's stock of . amiability in return. it came out in con versation that the lady was from Seville, was a widow, and her first name was Ju niata, (tad y tal, or So-and-So) and . as I had passed many pleasant days in Seville, and bore away gay souvenirs of the Marvel,' we were soon in earnest about its wonders ; and beauties. She was charming ly naive in conversation, and 'showed in every remark, what is an exception with Spanish ladies—an intelligent and anima ted disposition. At Bailen, whge we dined, 1 lost my heart when I handed her from the diligence--beside, she faintly pressed my hand with her gloved hand, and showed me those feet ! There is no use doing things in, a hur ry, so I determined, as we were yet thirty six hours from Madrid, to wait until we were within three hours of the city before I formally proposed- for her heart, hand, and high-heeled shoes. Sy, que gusto, gue placer • Again Was the. Old,.diligenoe en route again, the shades of night were on us, and the cool air brought out the traveling shawl; and again a joint partnership was entered into . between Juanita and me. Somehow' near Las Navas' de Tolosa, the diligence gave a fearful lurch, and Juanita was pitched nearly into my arms ; seems to me, she must have assisted the shook, else how, in all the darkness of night—for it must have been nearly 10 o'clock and raining—could I have kissed her and ta ken charge of her for nearly a minute, while the diligence was coming to time 1 ' QUIEN BABE! That's the way to get over the difficulty in Spain ; in Italy with a CHI LO BA ! or to hunt it up to headtartere in Arabia MA MIRO ! if you want it at home WHO SNOWS! That was a rose-colored_ rainy night—the diligence pitched several times with equal success. I made up mind to turn Spaniard, buy one of those velvet tiles, a black lamb skin jacket, knee-breeches, pounds of sil ver waistcoat and coat buttons, leather gaiters with long leather fringe ; learn to roll mgarritas and become a cigarrito ; go twice a week to the Circo Gallistico, 'where roosters do combat ;' bet my duros on the winning gallo, (not gall oh ! but on the contrary ;1 attend every bull fight, and mass once a week, to keep my hand in ; dance the bolero; drink aguardiente very cautiously ; shoot red-legged par tridges all the year round, and, to sum up, come out strong as a full-blooded majo ! either this or edit a paper in "bled rid, brogresisto. Again the morning broke and up cam e the sun illumining oar breakfast at Val depenas, where the wine comes from, at least the baptismal name of table-wine half over Spain. I determined to edit a paper in Madrid, progresisto ! The day wheeled by until we arrived at Tembleque, where our diligence was wheeled on to a railroad oar, and we were to make the fifteen leagues between there and Madrid with great diligence by steam. Tembleque means a diamond pin ; it sticks me with pain when I think of it, for there, yes there ! Juanitia was lost to me (as a wife) forever. At Tembleque, while taking a hurried lunch, I saw a bill announcing a bull-fight to oome off in Madrid next day, and was glad to be able to enjoy this amusement once more ; on my return to the diligence, I communicated to the widow the inter esting fact. 0 pia ! ' said she, how I do love bull-fights ! And, to see Cueliares with the cape in• one hand and the sword in the other, Hesoos ! he is a spades; but you should have seen Juan, (pronounce Whan) he always killed the first blow. .9y Car namlia! there was a man for you—and such clothes and such legs—poor soul ! that last blank ball from the mountains was too mitch,for him—too much, too much ! and-here the widow paid a tribute of two tears to his memory, and flourished her little hands and white cambric disconso lately. This Juan did not please me, although he had succumbed to the bull, and was gone where good bull-fighters go ; the tribute to his memory made, me a little slightly jealous. But concealing my feel ings, I asked as unconcernedly as possible —' well, who was Juan 3 ' Juan 1' replied the dear widow, Juan? why, he was my husband !' Farewell, orange flower wreaths, white lace veils, and so on—farewell; ideas mat rim6tial. Harry Buttons de Button vale, marry a bull-fighter's widow ! By the shadow of my respectability, never !' c Juanita, I never can be thine !' said I, in a burst of feeling. .Ay. Cqrambu I but, you will see me home in•a carriage when I arrive at Mad rid, won't you asked the. widow. * * * * I did—and she gave me the slipper.' A SENSIBLE GIRL.—The Madison (Wis;) Patriot says that a feW days since a couple of young folks called on Esquire F. and after considerable hesitation, re quested to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony,' which request the Squire at once proceeded to comply with. -The girl from the lateness of , the how.; and the peculiar nature of the oalli thought some explanatioth neocessary, and so very inno cently remarked,- 4 We came frem: Colum bia County to attend the fair, but finding the -taverns all- full, - _and no place for Aleok to sleep, we concluded to. get mar ried, so be could. sleep With me !' A. Widow lady, sitting by a cheer- Id fire, in a meditative mood, shortly after he I:timbal:bre decease; sighed out 4 Poor fellow—hoW he did like a good.fire I hope he has gone where they keep good fires !' 117" A little fellow one day non-plussed 'his- mother by • making the following in- Rain , •••4Xother, if a man is •a‘mister, ain't s' woman' a =MI= nwearalatear ADDRESS. PRESIDENT UNCOLN. ..FELLOW - CITIZJINS Or THE IIdthisOSTATZS: In complituride with a - ctistoin'as bid as the . government itself, I appear:before you to address you briefly., and to take in your preserice,the,oath .prescribedliy the,Con stituticin of the , United States, to be taken by the President before he'enters on the execution of his office.- I do, not consider it necessary-at preicent for me to discusii those matters of ,iy:lnsin istration about. which there is no special anxiety - or sllcitement. ;Apprehension seems to exist antong the people of the Southern States that, by the accession of a RePnblicaii administration, their` prop- - erty and their peace, and personal securi ty are to be endangered. There has never -been any reasonable cease for such an apprehension - . • Indeed, the, most staple evidence to the. contrary has all the while existed and been - open to , their inspection. It is found in nearly all the pabhshed , speeches of him who now addresses you:_, I do but quote from. one of these speech es when :I declare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of Slaiery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to'do so.— .Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them; and, more than this, they placed in the' platform for my acceptance, as a law to themselves and to me, the .clear and emphatic resolution which I now read: • - " Resoltxd, That the maintenance, inviolate, of the rights of the States; and especially of the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclu sively, is -essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless inva sion by an armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." I now reiterate these sentiments, and in doing so, I only press upon the public at tention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the prop erty, peace and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the new, incoming administration. ' I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully giv en to all the States, when' lawfully de manded, for whatever cause, as cheerfully to one section as to another. There is much controversy about the de- livery of fugitives from service or labor. The - clause I now read is . as plainly writ ten in the Constitution as any other of its provisions : " No person' held to service; or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be clue." It is scarcely questioned that this pro vision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugi tive slaves ; and the intention of the law giver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole constitu tion—to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "'shall be delivered up," their oaths are unanimous. Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or State authority ; but surely that difference is not a very material one ; if the slave is to be surrendered, it can be of but little consequence to him, or to others, by which authority it is done, and should any one, in any case, be content that his oath shall go unkept, on &merely un substantial controversy as to , :how it shall be kept? Again, in any law upon this subject, ought not all the safeguards of liberty known in civilized and humane jurispru dence to be introduced, so that a free man may not be in any case surrendered as .a slave? And might it not be well at the same time to- provide by law for the en forcement of that clause in the Constitu tion which guarantees that the "citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States ?" I take the official oath to-day with no mental reservations, with no purpose to construe the. Constitution or laWs by any hypercritical rules ; and while I do not choose now to specify particular acts to Congress as proper to be enforced, I .do suggest, that it will be much safer for all, both in official and private stations, to con form to, and abide by all those acts which stand unrepealed, than to violate any of them, trusting to find impunity in hav ing them held-to be unconstitutional. It is scarcely seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our national constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have, in succession, administered the executive branch of the government. They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success; yet, with all this scope for precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years, under great and-peculiar difficulties. A disruption of the federal Union, here tofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted. I hold that, in contemplation Of the universal sentiment and of the Con- stitution, the union of these States is per petual. Perpetuity is implied, if not ex pressed, in the fundamental laws of all na tional governments It is safe to assert that the Government proper never had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. Continue to execute all the express provisions of our national Constitution and the Union will endure forever—it being impossible to de stroy it, except by some action not pro vided for in that instrument itself. Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of a contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to the contract may violate it, break it, so to speak, but does it not re quire all to lawfully rescind it? , 'Descending from these general princi ples, we find the proposition that in legal contemplation the Union is perpetual, confirmed by the history of the Union it self. The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in part by the articles of association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thir teen States expressly plighted and engag ed, that it-should be perpetual, by the Ar ticles of Confederation in 1778-- , and, final ly', in 1789 One, of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was " to,fortn'alnore perfect Union;" but, if destruction of the 'Union by one or by part only of the States be lawfully possible, the. Union is lesS than before the COnSti tution, having lost -the vital element of 'perpetuity. It follows .from these views that no • State, upon its own mere motion, can law fully get out of the Union that resolies or, ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any State or. Siges.agairtstibte artthoritypf the United Stites, are insurrectionary or rev°a lutiortal, aecording to circumsttuices.: Afterafo**Ni.ter"Mit;in Tie". IT,Ofttke I==l==== -- P.onstitutk4i , and•iiiiiwi, - ,ilio „Erni - on:is un- 1 in, acopmunity,where the" Moral sense of broken ;.and - to the:extent - 6fmy ability T"I the peopleAmpfirfeetly sappertslthe.litir, `shall take care, adthe • Constitution ; iieof - 4 itselt?` The'great hody - of the people abide_ tr expressly. enjoinun me, that - the-laws ofni - Wthcatikklegakobligations: m:both.;m* ~ the . Union be ' faithfidly eleented' in -ally) and few break over hi ! each. This Ithink the States. Doing this I demi to be only I .. eannot y beerfectly cured, and _ it would - a simple duty, on My - part, and I shall per- - . , be worse in - both cases after form „it sq. far as practicable N unless. my . of the seaioiisthiinNifcire. ' • • , rightful masters,: the American peOple,,c - The foreign slave trade; now imperfect shall Withheld the , requlalte means, ori in ..,1 jy - suppressed, would be ultimately revived some authoritative manner, direct the con-, 1 . . without restriction. in one. section ; while wry.. - . _ • 'trust this will not be regarded a men ace, but only as a declawed purposethat as to the Union, I will .constitiftionally de fend and maintain it. •• In doing thifs there, ; need be no bloodshed or violence;' and . there shall belfone unless it.be forcectup on, the national authority. The power con fided to xn,ci•will_txs'USed to hold, occupy and possess -the , property and • places be longMg to the . govenipaent-and3o Collect. the duties on imports;`. Wend what May be . necessary for 'these objects, there will 'l3 - 45 •no inimsion, - no;:uaing of force against' or among the people anywhere. Where hostility to'the United States in any interior loeality iliall,be Bosnia and so universal as to prevent competent res ident citizens from bolding federal'offices, there will be no attempt to force obnox ious strangers among the people for that object. While the strict legalright may ex ist in the government to enforce, the ex ercise of these offices; the attempt to do so. would benso irritating, and so nearly im practicable withal, that I deem it better to forgo for a time the uses of such offices. The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in' all parts of the Union so far as possible. • The ,people everywhere shall haVe'that sense of perfect security' which the most favorable and calm thought and reflection on the part of the Govern ment can give them. The course here in dicated will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modi fication or change to be proper, and in ev ery case and exigency my best discretion shall be exercised, according to circum stances actually existing, with a view and hope of a peaceful solntion of the national troubles, and the restoration of fraternal sympathies and affections. That there are persons in one section or another who seek to destroy the Union at all events, and are glad of any pretext to do it, I will neither affirm or deny; but if there be such, I need address no word to them: To those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak, before enter ing upon so'grave a matter as the deatruc tion of our national fabric, with all its ben efits, memoties-and hopes? Would ityfot be wise to ascertain. reviously why We'do so? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any por tion of the ills you fly frail have no real, existence? Will you, w he certain ills you fly to are greater than all the unreal ones you fly from? Will you risk the com mission of so fearful a mistake? All profess to be content in the 'Union, if all constitutional rights can be ain ed. Is it true, theii, that any ri. aly written in the Constitution hy e nied ? I think not. Happily, th, .... an mind is so constituted that no party can reach to the audacity of doing this.— Think, if you can, of a single instance in which a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied. If by the mere force of numbers, a major ity should deprive a minority of any clear ly written constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view justify a revolution. It certainly would if such a right were a vital one. But such is not our case; all the vital rights of minorities and of individ uals are so plainly assured to them by af firmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions in the Constitution, that con troversies never arise concerning them.— But no organic law can be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in the practical administration. No foresight can antici pate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor beKsurrentler ed by national or State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territo ries ? The Constitution does not express ly say. Must Congress protect slavery., in the Territories ? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and mi norities. If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the government must cease. There is no other alternative for continuing the government but acqui escence on the one side or the other. If a minority in such case will secede rather War • dcquiesce, they make a precedent which, in turn,, will divide and ruin them —for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such a minority. For instance, why may not any portion of a new Confederacy, a year or two hence, arbitrarily secede again, precisely as por tions of the present Union now claim to secede from it? All who cherish disunion sentiment are now being educated to the exact temper of doing this. Is there such a perfect identity of the interests among the States to compose a new Union as to pro duce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession? Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority, held in restraint by consti tutional checks and limitations, and al ways changing easily with the deliberate changes of popular opinions and senti ments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of neces sity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrange ment, is wholly inadmissible; so that re jecting the majority principle, anarchy and despotism, in some form, are all that is left. I do not forget the position assumed by some, that Constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreine Court ; nor do I deny that such decisions must'be bind ing in any case I.ipon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in, all parallel cases, by-all other departments of the government; and while it is obviously . possible that sudh de cision must be erfoopoos in any given 'cake, still the evil effect following it being limit ed to that particular case, with the chance that, it may be overruled and never be- come a precedent for other cases, can be better borne than could the evils of a dif ferent practice. At the same time the candid citizen Must confess that if the policy of the govern ment, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed hy the decisions of the Supreme Court; thein stant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties, in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own oil ers—having to that extent practicalry -re signed their government into the hands of' that eminent, tribunal.' • • Nor, is thereintl*i'yfew any assault up on the Court or the Judges? It is a duty; from which:they, may not shrink h to decide' cases_properly _brought before them,. and it is;_no .fault . of 'theirs .if others:seek to' turn-theirdecisions to . political purposes:' One liectiOn Of our country: believesiSle 'very is right- and ought •to-be extended, while the , other believes it isrovrong'and (meat: not to be extended, :This is: the only substantial disputa, Thafagitive slave elapse of the Constitu tion', and the' lain .for: the i sappteisioix of thaloteiga slave trades are esahtarwell ;:07.4*IldifeeOlis**** 4.Pr. evettili,be , 17 • Owe slaves now only:partially surren . dered; would not be surrisndeied at all by , , :the other. J • . - '•: • • •Rhytrically spearing re cannot separ!O. -Wc,can not. remove, our, respective seotions from each other nor build an impassable Wall' betNiettri'theinl A husband and wife may be -divorced 'and go out of the_V - re-' , sence• and beyond the reach of taw* other,- but the different parts °Lour country can , , . not do this. They cannot but'rernalp face to face, and an intercourse, either arnica bleni hostile; must continue between them:: Is it possible then to - make this inter-,' course more advantageous or more eatiim factory_after separating than before? Can aliens make treatiesoasier than frjends can make laws? Cantreaties be more faithful: ly enforced between aliens than laws a— mong friends ? SuppOse you go to war, you r , cannotfight always, and when after much` loss on both sides and no gain on' either, you cease fighting, the identical old ques tions as to terms of intercourse are again-4 upon you. This country, with its institutions, be longs to the people who inhabit it. When ever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise , their con stitutional right of *lending it, or their - revolutionary right to dismember or over throw it. ' . I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are de sirous of having the, national Constitution amended. While I make no recommen dations of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the. people over the whole subject--to be exercised in either of the modes prescribed in the in strument itself; and I should, under ex isting circumstances, favor rather than op pose a fair opportunity being afforded the people to act upon it. I will venture to add that to me.the convention mode seems prefera.ble, inasmuch as it allows the a- Oiendment to originate with 'the people themselves;-instead of permitting them to take or ;eject a-ppeposition originated by others; not `espbcially chosen for the pur poie, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse. . I understand a proposed amendment, to the constitution, which amendment how ever I have not seen, has passed Congress to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic in stitutions of the States, including that of persona : held to, fic'rvio* To avoid a mis construction of what E haveAaid, I depart from my-purpose not , to speak of particu ler amendruents'so as to say, that hold ing such alir4irision to be now implied as constitutional law, .I -have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable. The chief magistrate derivesall,his au thority from ,;the people, and they have conferred none upon him to fix times for the separation of the States. The people themselves cari do this also if they, choose, but the Execdtive,RB such, has nothing to do with it.. - Elie duty is to administer the present , government as it came to his hands-, and to transmit it unimpaired by him, to' his siip.cessor. Why shOuld; there not be a patient con- . fulence in the ultimate justice of the peo, ple ? 'ls there 'any, better 'or equal hope in the' world?" In otir . present differences, is either party with-Out falth of being in the right? If the:Altnighty Euler of na tions-with his eternal truth and justice be 'on yotir side of the North, 'or on yours of the Soutlii that, truth and - that justice will surely 'prevail by . the judgment of the great tribunal of the-American people By the frame of the.government under which we live, Phis sanilovople have wise ly given their public serv'ant's but little power for mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short in tervals. - While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration by any ex treme wickedness or folly can very seri ously injure the Government in the short space of four years. My Countrymen—one and all—think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If. there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time, but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Ponstitution unimpaired, and on the•sensitive point, the laws of your Own framing= under it; while the new Administration will have no immedi ate power, if it wanted, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissat isfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for pre cipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulties. In your hands, my dissatisfied country men, and .not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you—you can have no conflict, withdut being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect and defend". it. I am about to close. We are not ene mies but friends. - We must not be ene mies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every b'attlefield and patriot grave, to every loving heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of. the Union, when again touched, as they surely will be, by the better angels of our nature. " A Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin." On board - the bteamer Ocean, between Cleveland and Detroit; a-circumstance oe outredlately which is, pleasantly told by a coriespondent of the Cleveland Herald.. young girl, apparently about 17 years of age; was seated'upou a pile of cheese. boxes, with het 'two little brothers, aged 11 and I.g years. ' Thhy were orphans, bound from Allegheny, I"ennsylvania, to Michigan,' where they expected to find a home with an uncle. - • , ' After having • purchased: second.olass tickets for the three, the' girl had 'spread her old quilt on the pile of cheese boxes, and prepared to pass the'night in quietude. She had hardly arranged her nest, hoivoliver, before illiiiiiiiiiiciideWd*ififered by a second-claeS passenger, : a tall' young man of 23 yearsorka had loyed her in secret almOst fesui inAtici,‘Mid who, for. the past two years, had been rafting lumber'en the Ohie — rivef. irtiiiitg - acquired about two hutidred dollars' in hard ounenify;l he IMMO to Ohmalattd Ott the tenth to paitioi. pate in:,thep gelebration, _when as he ex. pressed itv94olPo ineaniminklmid -picked his pocket okeyery darned cent but ,fonr m em - tin - lige - to find tbh „*, the. MMM 4 ,t . f:1,P'. - `. , V . : _cif} '• • _l i i money,: he had Martell for theAreattlioith :the determaation - ta:bire ent.,es.4l firm. To hietnuvrise andjoy he handl Woolf en board the same vesaebvititthe o , llloof hifateut!a earjieat n_ffeetiono. Sliding up:to, er, he.Wii l 4 l /kAt , .mi i g Why, Cynthia •!fin!),l:,AY:h_f"tidit you do! 'didn't hardly know your Why. ow you ve,growa. Where are yousoing, 4 I'm' going to uncle ' s, 'in biiiiiigi(n,' was ihe feeble reply, $ ramikciiiik - biother was dead, didn't you r ' . . : : n; '''` • 6 Why no :' and his voieb":'ilofteniid. When, did she Ilie;qyittbikAnnt l 6 She died last January! :Uncle Trete to me. that if I'd come up *ere lie'4 eve me and the boys a h0me.',.,..,.,, 6 Cynthia Ann !' and , the yOung ,piel's role° trenihed -- -- there ' ain't n o man'll u be - so glad' to give you a home as I *lll r rye alters thought li heap'of you Fl_told Your mother when yon wasn't' MOIVEI ' 0 1 'high, that whenyou'groiteil up I was goite. to have you. Now, 'Cynthia Anni jeat-say the word, and you're to hum nom.!' ,, , ,- i Whatql_benome of the boys 'l' inquired the agitated maiden. , . ;: •( 6 Pll go with you, and leave 4 ,6l4,ta your imeleli, and then we'll go West and hire out, this . ; fall , and winter, and then .next spring we'll buy a small farm and" lin, to hum ! , The girl gave a;warm sigh of acceptance, leaned her head against the honest - 'breast of the 'hardy youth, as much as to say4if you want anything, take it. The man snatched a kiss from her Abe, ruby lips, sprang dawn from the loheese boxes and exclaimed : clf there's a minister or justice of the peace on this boat, I've got a job for him !' 4 I am a justice of the peace,' remarked a venerable looking old man from -York State, remount the cheese boxes, and you shall be a married man in less than five minutes.' _ _ - Well, hold oni squire I haiti't got no j money, but I'll give you an all ofired good axe.' 'Never mind about the pay,' said the worthy 'squire, I'll take my pay in seeing you happy.' The fellow remounted the pile of cheese, clasped, the hands , of his dearly beloved, and in three minutes the ceremony, ,vyas performed—he had entered into a new ex istence. Kissing his little bride once on her' ruby lips, he seated himself on a big cheese, and commenced; no doubt, for the first time' to realize what he was, what he had done, and what ought and must be done. Starting up suddenly, he exclaimed, half aloud, to himself, Well, by hokey, this is a pretty hard way of passing the first night!' The bride blushed and replied, c Never mind, John, we are just as happy as if we were rich. Come sit down. But John had an idea, and he was bound to put it in operation. Going to his pile of baggage, consisting of one large meal bag, containing a change of shirts nooks, neckerchief, and old boots, he took from the leg of one of the boots an excel lent axe, and walking up to the clerk's office, he exclaimed— , I say, look here,Cap'n, I've paid-for a deck passage, but want a bed for myself and w—i--self.. I haint got no money, but here is an all joftred good axe.' The gentlemen in the office replied that the clerk had stepped out, but would be back in a few moments ; whereupon the man went book to the pile' of cheese •to look at his precious treasure. Having our sympathies aroused, we hastily ran among the passengers,". told the story, and took up a collection to cure a state-room for the young c6riple.— To the credit of our lady passengers, they were the most liberal in their donations, and in less than ten ,minutes we -had col lected $14.92. Presenting this surri,to the agreeably astonished: young 'man, we informed him that he could now progord a stateroom with two beds One. kidi for solf and wife, the other-for, the hops. Thank ing us with his big watery eyes, he 'lashed to the clerk's office,where he was met by Capt. Piered, - "agent Of the 1in0:3,-04ot. Evans, commander of the boat, and Mr. Carter, the clerk. Capt. Pierce exclaimed— , Here, my good fellow, here's a ticket for yourself and, wife to go to Chicago. Get West as fast as you can ; go to work on alarm, and look out for the land sharks' ' Capt. Evans pulled out a glitteririg coin and said • here's five dollars Keep yourself in good condition, and—' . .here the worthy captain forgot his speeeh and ran off laughing. The clerk, Mr. Carter, handed them_au a key, and said, You are welcome to one of the best staterooms on the borit. It has two beds, one for yourself and wife, the other for the boys. Capt. Evans having returned, exolaim ed-4 Give the boys another- room ! -They haint no business in therm. 'They- - haint no business'—here he broke down With laughter again, and hurried sway to .give orders on the,., boat._ The .4?.0414, now retired to tbeir sumptAesios i Apartmrth i pt happy as mortals are this earth, and th.epiesenge knots to praise -the' liberality_of earned, and the eomioaroddity-Of Capt. Evans. THE. LANCASTER • INTELLIGENCER • JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT No. & NORTH DUKE SERSICT, LANOASTER t , PA.. The, Jobbing Department hi 'thortrtighlY thrill' W with tiny and elegant type of eltory deecripttori; Wattle under the charge of a practical and experienced AO Print The:Proprietors are prepared to • • . PRINT °FLECKS, . NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS, CARDS AN-O. 01:11= 4 - 112, BILL READS AND HANDS:ELLS , • PROEM& ANDPOSTERS, PAPER SOOKSAyD PAMPHLETS, . 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