voDra2 . 3D'zio
V- - IV t
(From the-trisa
Indian Maiden's Toilette.
Jepths of a dark old wood
-fared foe had never trod—
cak and elra:in grandeur stood,.
. gowers graced the fallow 'sod—
irnaiqr,o's waters glide, •
Filyery song
5
wild that hung o'er the tide;
t he cyaves that dance along.
lasing brigbt in early.iune,
'ling birds were oh the breeze,'
-r playfd a merry tune
t he: bright-ltrretr whispering trees
*Wm dank tholrepi of 'dew
par kfing„ clung to rose and bud,.
1
Violet's eye of
as of joy; all trembling stood: -,
that pleasant liinpid stream
cky forest maid was kneeling,
'lose dark eye there flished• a g.l . eigt,
saris emotions all revealing
,„ F 313 warrior hold,
of a noble race,
nix . Jea's air her . lineage told, -
la& with cciman's meeker grace.
:ilithelt she clasped about • - • •
i=t=ao dace 4) fashion fell— .
;cobe which deftly wrought, -
i irerhandsZWOUld • honor well :
girding o'er that glassy.wave;
a mirror bright and fair,
eathed, the tioweis.the wild Wood gave
her locks of raven hair,, •
,
and pleasant tnia"the smile
iriored in that dear blue tide
j e t the artful mask of guile,
t the triumph bold of pride
'ler waa that Indian 'maid,
her simple toliettesthere,
mid the pomp of high paiade,
the hapghty pale-faced fair.'
I now, at balmy eve,
'that ricer's margin stray
Ay lay a requica) weave, ,
inetep carry passed away ;
ruthless band of wo
I.eavy on that fated. race,
;,k de. now in .ain to know '
reforest maiden's burial place.
• • E.D.W.
the:;l3einocratie Review, Feb. 1842.]
'l, )alias, of Pennsylvania.
Dallas was born in the city of
tlphia on The 10th day of July.
nHe-is the elder on of Ale Na-
,Ilali .
on:rof -the most accord
advocates and -distinguished
lea 'that have adoined.the legal
sign of the United States, or.sus
, in . important posts of public
the principles and policy pf the
lean party., lie received the. ru
ns of his education, at a schooUln
Intown, and afterwards at the
Aeaden4 in Philadelphia. 4t
ge of 14, he was enteietl at Prince
c;Qilege, and continued there until
)4\sbeD he was graduated with the
honors of .leis class: He de-
:Ted their caledictOry address, which
4111 remembered and adverted to, in
7ollege history as a striking exam
fee;ing, elOquence,
ed , as a public speaker, he gave
•promise of that excellence which
lee been d►splayed, ' in many of
rominent situations to which his
have elevated him ; and a pub-
oratipii, delivered Vihen . he - ivaa,
lenteen - years of : age . , and pre ,
in. the Port Folio,!strikingly
maturity :a his powers. .
leaving; college, Mr: Dallas
the struly of the law, in the
if his father, at Philadelphian; and
igh, in theintervale,of that severe
', the more attractive forms of
tura and - poetry were not-unfre
ily ctiliivated, he yet persevered,
unceaSing application in making
Af a thorough mai l er of the great
iples of the professibn 'of which. he .
iitee been so• distinguished a mem=
He was admitted to the bar in
Scion . after' tlie declaration of
with England, :he had - enrolled
111 ins vol u nteeiviips ;sand when,
year i 813, 'Air.' ?Gallatin was ap
;1 by Presiclent4ladison, a mem
( the commission f that repaired to
'etersburg, for the purpose . of ne
ling a peace under the mediation
ale emperor Alexander,. lie accom
td that minister as his private and
lential secretary. 'During a resi
,
0 . 1 more than a year in Europe,
'Dallas had an opportunity Ad visit
Russia, France., England, and Ihe
dands. White in England, a
connection with Lord Byron
at him into frequent assoeiatioq
that great poet, who then, at Melt - -
'e years of- affe. was , receiving in
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Londnii the general and enthusiastic.
admiration which the appearance of
his two beautiful poems, . the Giaonr
and the Bride of Abydos, could not fail
to call forth. It was in consequence of
a remark . of Mr. Dallas, Upon 'the popu
larity in America of Childe Harold, and
some of his previous poems, that' he
declared in his journal that these were
the Ark thing s that ever sounded, to his
ears like fame ; and that popularity in
a far and rising country; caused feelings
very different from 'the ephemeral prais
es of the crowd of fashion - then buzzing
around him. Through another relative,
the humane and eloquent.jurist who
was then the chief justice of the court
of common pleas, ii was _Mr. Dana's
good fortune to be thrown, not unfre
quently, into the society. of some of
those eminent lawyers who have, by
the brilliancy of , their genius, and de
votion to philanthropy, made their pro
feSsion,yet more distinguished than it
was in previous days.. Romilly. whose
benefieence flowed in a currents° trans
' parent, copious, and strong; Brougham,,
with' his far-reaching, 'inquisitive, and
undaunted utilitarianism; Mackintosh,
who'cOuld wisely and kindly' apply to
the heated actions, andin the busy fo
rums of men, the rules of conduct which
'he had dedticed in the patient reflections
of a , guileless life,---:-these were men
whose society, even transiently enjoyed
by one much younger, could not fail to
leave impressions equally permanent,
useful, and gratifying.
In August, 1814, MF. Dallas returned
to the United States: bearing the de
spatches from the .Ainerican commis
sioners then holding their sessions at
Ghent, which announced.* prospects
little favorable to a speedy peace that
are known to have resulted from the
earlier conferences with the British en
voys. On his arrival, he found his fa
they transferred from the bar of Phita
delphia to the head- of the Treasury
Department—a post requiring, in the ,
complicated state of the finances, and
amid the pressing exigenCes of the war;
all the resources of judgment and talent
for which he had been already distingu
ished, but which he was now destined
ed to display through' a brilliant ad
rninistration.of two years, under cir
cumstances and in a manner that se
cured for him a - yet larger share of the,
ap - pfause and confidence of the people
of the-United States. Hisson remain
ed with him for a time at Washington,
to assist him in the arduous duties , of
the treasury, and then returned to
Philadelphia, to resume, or rather 'to
commence, the 'actual practice of his
profesgion—an event that .was almost
immediately followed by his marriage
with an accomplished lady, the daUgh
ter of Mr. Nicklin, an' eminent' nter 7
chant of that city. •
The death of his father. which oc
curred shortly after he retired from the '
administration of the Treasury Depart
ment, took from Mr. Dallas, in the out
set of his career at the bar,, not merely
the benefit of professional assistance
seldom equalled, but those kind and
endearing associations which could have
grown.up only in intercourse 'with one
whose ,genius was not more brilliant
than his ,affections were warm. Self
dependent. however; he, applied him
self with the more ardor to the practice
of the law ; and beino.. , appointed, in
1817, the deputy of the, Attorney Gen
eral in the city' of Philadelphia; he soR
gave 'evidence of that skillln conducting
criininal cases which flak since always
.distingUisbed his - oceasional attention
to that branch of his profession. When,
is the following year, charges were in
troduced into the assembly of Pennsyl
vania against Governor Findley, which
resulted in a legislative iovestigation,
Mr. Dallas , as his counsel; and, the
firmness and ability which he - displayed,
throughout the whole prOceedingi plac
ed him at once; by general censent, in
a rank in his profession that has seldom
been attainaby so young an advocate.
It Pis scarcely necessary„,to remark.
that the exigenees:of a legal life could
not withdraw - Mr. Dallas from the deep-i
rest interestjo political topics. Deriv
' ing, from the conduct and counsels of
hislather, and from the , association of
'his 'earliest 'youth, as well as those' of
later years. a strong attachment to the
principles and , views of the democratic
party,,,he had never failed to co-operate
with his fellow-citizens in the measures .
Which were calculated to ithiance 4fiem.
The more tranqUil *administratibn of,
Mr. Monroe. succeeding to the' fierce
• ..
paltucatconfliets which existed during
the war with gnevd, did
.not present
many 'questions that rallied pirty'con
troversies on national affairs; - but the
election - of Grovernor:Heister in Penn
sylvania had, brought the federal party
into power in that,-State, after along
Regardless of - Denunciation from any :' I , # .1 %.
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POCIMAYRDAID . I33IAIDUOILD OKNIEVSI I ,9 11?Lo9 ,M 91634160,
Period of democratic ascendency; -and
no one embarked with more zeal than
Mr. Dallas in endeavoring to' effect the
restoration of the policy which he be
lieved to be essential to a sound •and
just adininistration Of the affairs of the
Commonwealth. These efforts-result
ed in the triumphant re-election of Go
vernor Shultze, the candidate of the de
mocratic party.
But while unanimity. followed by
success, thus, attended .the course of
his political' associates in the State, the
elements of division among the democ
racy of the'‘Union, began to be appa
rent in regard to the individual who
was'to succeed Mr. Monroe. Early
-personal associations, as well as a just
appreciation dills distinguished talents,
lied led Mr. Dallas to uniW , with a large
portion of his politic.aLfriends in Penn
sylvania in a desire that the vote of the
State should be.' given to Mr.. Calhoun ;
and the success with which that states:l
man had conducted the adininistration
of the War Department for the eight-,
previous years seemed to give a certain
pledge, notwithstanding his coaipara-
Live youth, of the ability he would dis
play in any executive office • to..which
the voice of his countrymen should call
him. When,. however, the general
sentiment'of the •republican party
throughout the Union expressed a de
sire to confer on the' venerable patriot
who had oolong and so faithfully main
tained their principles in -various posts
of civil trust, And so brilliantly augmen
ted the glory of his - country in the field
of battle, Mr. Dallas, with sentiments
towards General Jackson in which the
friends of Mr. Calhoun in Pennsylva
nia at once participated, took th, lead
in suggesting that the younger candi
date should be presented to the Ameri
can people for the second offic e, while
the united and harmonious voice of the
=democratic party should name General
Jackson for the.presidential chair. In
every measure that resulted from this
determination. Mr. Dallas bore a pro
minent part: the eloquent address in
which the democratic convention of the
State presented their reasons for the
course they had adopted, is generally
understood to have proceeded from his
peni and when, in November, 1824,
th 6 unusually large majority of more
than thirty thousand democratic votes
showed the enthusiastic feeling of the
people of the State, there were, few
among them whose zeal had been mote
honorably and actively
,displayed than
his in producing that gratifying result.
The choice of the House of Repre
sentatives having given the presidency
to Mr. Adams, the imeceeding four
years only contributed to create the yet
stronger concentration ofpublic•opinion
in favor of Qeneral Jackson ; and i witen
he obtained, in 1828, the suffraOs of
fifteen States, the majority in Penhsyl
vania had been increased beyond fifty.
thousand. It %ids during this interval,
that Mr. Dallas received from the peo
ple of his native city an honorable mark
of their confidence by an election to The
mayoralty--:an office which for many
years past, has, in consequen'ce of the
usual ascendency of the federal party,
been seldom bestowed upon a person of
his political opinions. On the election
of General Jackson. he was selected by
him as the chief representative of the
executive government of the ,Union in
the same city,' by, being appointed to
the office of district, atttorney 'of the
United States. .To the same post his
father hail been appointed by Mr. Jef
ferson, through,the whole of whose ad
'ministration he continued to fill it, and
from that office Mr. Madison called him
to the head, of the treasury. His Son
_occupied that post for a much shorter
period; but, in the two years during
which lie discharged its , duties, several
cases Of public interest and considera
ble magnitude gave full
. ficope to his
abilities, and contributed their share to
his reputation •as a professional man,
which each year continued to augment.
At length. in the year 1831. a vacan
cy having 'occurred in the representa
_tion from Pennsylvania in the Senate
of the United ptaws, the legislature s e ..
lected Mr. Dallas to fill that honorable
post. Thus; in entering for the .first
time a legislative body, he found him:
self in the highest and most important
assembly that exists under the orovis-,
ions of the American-eonstitution. A
A new field. was given to his talents as
a statesman _and an orator.
, Having at
the bar of Philadephia few equals in
forensic eloquence. and being • Ifevhaptt
without , -a, rival-r—certainly without , a
superior--athinne.' on any occasion of
Wilier; and especially political diseus-'
sion."- - he was nowt required to .match
himself - with inen trained by exercise,
as well as possessed' of : distinguished
ability-, in. a scene ferbade the
logical' precision of ,a court, , ; and .yet
could 'scarcely call fOrth Or permit :the
animated current of spontaneous decla
mation, so often sticceisfully indulged
in the -lesser - asseithlages of his fellow
citizens.... His speeches in:.the -Senate
of the United
. Statea, throughout the
period that he rettiained there, were
heard • -with attention that gave evidence
of his complete success; -' Those that
have been more carefully'reported ; dis
play., on a variety of topics;• striking
political views; and they abound .with
passages of animated eloquence. The'
most interesting'subject of general'.dia, f
mission was that which made'the win-1
ters of 1832 and' 1833,m0re mernorable
in ourlegi f aiatiye - history than any"..peg'
riod since the war - :with England.' The
principles on which a revision Of_ . the
tariff of duties was to be made, - gave
rise, in the •former session, to warts
and long debates, which, in the follo4
ing one, led to those, that involtred the
serious , question of a right of one or
'more of the States to nullify a law mak-,
iqg such revision on : principles that it
might regard as contrary to.the provis
ions of the - : constitution. On both oc
casions. Mi. Dallas took part in these
debates. On' the former, after an elo
quent picture of the 'situation and re
sources of the United States, he touch
ed with a povierful, hot friendly spirit,
the various causes to Which, indepen
dently of the policy of protection gen
erally advocated bythe northern states-
man, might be imputed the distresses
that were supposed peculiarly to affect
and injure the' agriculture of the South.
Following, then, the course of, general
opinion, as well as the deelaied 'policy
of Pennsylvania, as 'evinced inqhe re
peated votestof her legislature, he pre
sented, in a manner not often surpassed
in force ,and Clearness, by those, who
have treatedthe matter ' in the same
light, the 'views then entertained on the
best - Mode of adjusting 'the delicate
question, so as to save th 6 South from
any real injury, and yet preserve from
destruction the labor and , pursuits .of
the northern and middle States. When .
the heightened excitement of the follow
ing year produced that gloomy epoch
iour fraternal annals, which was mark,
f ;
e , by serious discussions on the. ex-- .
tent of force that the general govern
ment might 'exert upon the opposing
latvsof the States, and the consequent
• ,actions of her authorities-and people,
' he sustained that power in the Union
which he believed to be essential tolta
preservation, and warranted • by the
spirit and terms of the contract,. but de
precated. in so doing, -every measure
not clearly necessary for, those . objects..
On all questions appearing to involve
any differences of policy Or interest
among the States, Mr.. Dallas appears
uniformly to have leaned to that course
which, he deemed most calculated, even
at some sacrifice, to preserve: the har
mony .of thowhole. I -
On the 3d of March, 1833, the.tettn
expired for which he had been,elected .
to the Senate. -At his own request, his,
name was withheld from the legislature
as a candidate for re-election. He was
desirous to ,return." to. the bar, from
which such an: occupation, necessarily
withdrew him ;
,atill his tieing So was
speedily 'folloWed
_by his appointment
i 0 'an office ; ' whose duties:; while not
unconnected.- with' Politica ? ( were far
more in accordancewith his profession
al pursuits. He W.B - 6 )aelected by Go
vernor Wolf as theiettorneY general of
his native State ; ,and he Continued to
holdit with increasing reputation, and
With a degree of approbationand -con
fidence on the part of. the, w hole com
munity never exceeded, tioroften equal
led, until the 'change in-the! executive
adminiatration of the State, by the elec
tion of Gov. Ritner, of cow* induced
him to. withdraw. .t , '
Mr.' Dallas ' had scarcely r retired to
private life; when . he was made the ob
ject Of one Of the most remarkable pin
ceeding:that have ever 'characterized
thepolitical course Of the - Party oppos
ed to democratic principleelduring any
of the intervalS of their'. temporary as
eendeAqy. 'Under the :pretext of in
quiring into the character laintacts of
seeret'associations, several ;of the lead
ing members - of the republican party
.
were_
summoned. 'tO Harriaburg in- the
tin, defiance
middleof the- Winter, and,ln, defiance
'of the positive provisions 4fihe emisti
lution of the State, a rightivai nssuined
by: a committee of tho„legislatine:to in
iestig,atotheir private • and social con
duct as members o( masonic societies.
Of the persons stibfected ti this anitige
itiquisition,:•Mr..DalleS *as . . One.:
. He
obeyed the stim niciee . issued under the
apparent".,'itanctiOrt of 'the 'House of Re
presentatkies, and :appeared befOre the
committee;, but. . when, ,asked.,to take
the oath' hi — w hich h he ivasriqui're'd vir-
tually to acknowledge the right. .'of in.
etituting ad inquisitiOn so unheard of,
'into-the private and hartialess conduntof
himself and, his associates, he, t refused,
in a 'short_but most impressive address,
and displayed, in terms that led to the
abortive termination of the disreputable
affair, its injustice. illegality, and folly.
'He. perceived, on this 'occasion, the se•
cret operetions that Soon' ripened to so
fatal a result, by which the Bank of the .
United States was iinposed. b.y corrupt
and dishOnest means, CM the people of
the' United .States. and 'especially of
Pennsyliania, is a State institution.—
He lent .:the aid of his' intlirence . and
talents to resist it while he: remained
at Harrisbnrg ; and on- his return to
Philadelphia, awakened his democratic
brethren, in public discussions,. •to - a
full sense of the dqnger whole near op
pro'ach had been carefully concealed.—
The history of 'that disastrous mea
sure, and the means by which its suc
cess Was achieved,.if not yet developed
in all their details, are yet generally
known. In consequence of it, the
Stale was plunged into the "long train
of disaster from which its citizens have
not yet , been able , to extricate them
selves, and, of which the effects, extend.;
ing far beyond their iminediate objects,
hive produced - the most deplorable -re
sults on the . business; prosperity. mid
even character of the American people.
Even after the shackles had been fixed,
Mr. Dallas was among those who sought
to relieve the coral:l:Amity, from so fatale
thraldom. Taking advantage of the
approaching convention. - when the pee
pit of the State were to meet with eve
ry attribute of original sovereignty not
restrained by the constitution of the
United States, and of which the assem
bladge was promulgated by the vote of
the I people before the act in question
was passed, he called to the considera
tion of the State, in an able and elo
qiient letter, the propriety of examin
ing into the frauds that had been per
petrated, and relieving the Common
wealth, by an edict of that body, from
- all fraudulent invasions of Its rights,
due-care being taken to pretect and in
demnify individuals . concerned in the
institution from any , pecuniary loss. .
The political history of the following
winter was marked by the election of
Mr. Van Buren te_the presidency; and
one of the earliest (if his acts was- to offer
to Mr. Dallas the post of envoy extraor
dinary and minister to Russia. In that
country he remained till October 1839.
The only portion of his official.correa
pondence, while' there, that has been
made public, is his discussion with count
Nesselrode. relative to the territories and
commercial intercourse of the two [na
tions on the coast of the Pacific ocean.
It developes several points 'connected
with the rights of the respective govern
ments on these shores, presented with
great clearness and interest, and destined,
no doubt, at a day, not very distant,to
become subjects of still more general , and
minute examination. The claims and
rights of , the -Americans are sustained
with great ability and spirit. To those
objects of inquiry which, in such a coun
try as. Russia. would naturally attract an
intelligent mind, Mr. Dallas devoted
great attention. Into its history, and a
study of the habits. manners, and char
acter of its people, lie plunged with a
natural enthusiasm, and collected - a va.
riety of facts tending to elucidate all these
subjects. In a public address, delivered
not long after his return to the United
States, he sketched with a vivid and
brilliant pen, several of these topics ; but
it is 'Om hoped that, from the . materials
he has collected, a work Of a more ex
tensive kind may be
`which
giveß to
the public. It is one which is rendered
Peculiarly interesting, from the-nature of
the friendly
_relations that have existed,
and circumstances will probably long pre-
Serve. He 'remarked with great truth,
;in the address referred to, that 4 .. such,.
;for more than -half a century, has'been
the strangeness and perversity of other
international pretensions, that this repub
lic 'and that despotism, though widely
separated, recognized the wisdom of
closely cementing:, their- mutual amity."
'The freedom of - the seas, the rights of
neutrality. the searchless shelter of the
flag. were' e a rly; links of sympathy and
confidence Which the forecast of Mr.
Jefferson strnve to
. rivet: To these:ties
are since • added others, springing mainly
from, a. 'corn - Mon ronsmousness, that
while there can seldom, Weyer be:points
of enmity; Sieir geograpical relation on
opposite flatiks of rival and ambitiou'S
powers,' give.s ttf their declared friend
ship a vast efficiency : in discouragtng as.;
saults or,encroitehments upon their own
security, pursuits, and itideVendence.
'kis but a ireisonable.curiositv which
'seeks to understand a nation, more likely
•
than any oil i er to be •thc permanent,and
pacilk ally of the United States. .
d~
tt:nr too 04, acooz;plaota. atom;
'Since Mr. Dallas's'-rettin from Rtis'•
suia, he. Ints,deyOted himself exeltiaively
to the -Practice of his prokssion ; and
though, it- is generally linderatood,• that
not long after that, - a seat in ' his cabinet •
was tendered to °him by. Mr. Van Buren,'
-he has, so far, adhered to his.determina
lion t6remsin , fir private life:- .'-That he
,will be long permitted 40116 so, wevan
not think, unless he shall strenuously re
sist the wishes and the judgement of his '
fellow-citizenir, To the confidence re=,'
posed in him, founded in his adherence,
from earllest youth,' to the aceepted doe=
trines of the republican party on every
great national queStion, he adds a bril
liancy of genius, 2,Spotless personallife.
and qualities so cl e ulated to win the.af
fection and regard of allt with whoin, he
is called into association, that hisoative
State, placing him as she does in the
highest class of: }ter favorite Isons, will
scarcely consent that "the riper years of
Ids life shall be iwithdrawn altogether ,
from her service, and that of the people
'of the United States; Adorning and fill
ing. as he, would -with eminent distinc
tion, the most .exalted Offices-that his fel.
low-eitizens can bestow, their hope is
certainly as general as it reasonable and
just, that hone of the tecidents which'
hang upon all human footsteps may With
hold' him from the honorable 4iseliarge of
those public trusts which are conferred,
by the willing suffrages or a free people,
upon those among them who have been
found to be the' mostdeserving. -
In personal appearance and deport-
Meat, few.,men blend more simplicity
and `dignity ; and' as -a public speaker;
his manner Is singularly' prepossessing.
'Though , not hasty or unusually - rapid,
his lively-imagination and success in hap
py' illustration give to his speeelies, even
when, least premeditated, an attractive
variety, aptness and ease, and make,him
one of the most fortunate of orators in
occasional addresses to popular bedies,
as he has been one of the most success
ful in scenes requiring the highest talents
for debate. To letters he is known to
have always been as much ilevoted as
the occupations of an other-arise active
life 'would permit. His . 'numeions politi
cal papers give evidence of an excellent
style,; and it is not many years since
his occasional contributions in the .vari- .
ous branches of elegant literature were
to. be found in the publiCations of the
day. If the wish may be fairly indulg
ed, that one wliosepublic life has hither :
to been so useful, may not be hereafter
withdrawn - from a participation in public
affairs, the hope may be expressed with
equal justice. that 'literature may yet re
ceive from his pen many of those con
tributions, in which 'genius and taste are
brought to illustrate the dictates of a judgr
ment always, enlightened, and the honest
sentiments of a generous heart. •
Beautiful Extract.
• • If
,‘ If I had been ambitious- I- should
' have sobeht an alliance Willy that pow
erful institution.. (the ,United States
',Bank) which, even now aspires to no
-divided empire.. If ii had been, venal I
should have sold myself . to its designs ;
had I preferred - personal ease; to the
performance of my ardous duty.' I
should cease to molest it: in the his
tory of conquerors and usurpers, never,
in the fire of youth. nor the vigor of.
manhood.' find.an tatraction to
lure me' front the path of duty; -and
now, I shall scarcely find an induce'
.ment to commence the career of 'ambi
tion, when g,:k7 hairs 'and a decayed
frame, instead - of inviting to toil. and
battle, call me to the contemplation of
lather worldsrwhere'conqueors tease to
be honored, and usurpers cease to
ex
piate their erinies:: The only ambi
tion 1,. can feel 'is.:to aequit Myself to
Him, to whom I rOust . sootr render an
account of mystewardship,46 serve my
fellow men and live respected and hon
ored in 'the history ormy.6,ountry. No;
the only ambition' which -leads - me on,
is an anxious desire and:a fixeddeter
mination to return to the people; unim
paired, die sacred trust they have Ceti!.
tided ..td my.: chargetto: heal' the
wounds of the constitution. and to"pre
serve it - froin . furtheryiolation ; - to per
simile- my countrymeii.'so far as 1 may
that it is not. in a- splen'did government,
supported . bY. powerful' niOnopOliesAnif
aristocrancat . establishments, 'that they
hapPmesk, , or their...liberties
. „
, protection.; .hut, in' a, plain system' void
of 'pomp' protecting :all and - granting.
favOrs to none ; dispensing its blessings .
,like the dewe 'of - . Heaven,.Onseen 'and
unfelt save in the.freshnesiand beauty
thev contribute , to produce."—Gen,.
Jai:Lon:x.lW° of U. S':llrnik. •
Tun eILEyELANTAPi.iI*DEAER;I:eads
itßrnarnagelist ihe word %Qin - J . /excl.
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instead ofinarried.
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