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Ocannba9 ,Morning, Jun 21, 1818.
THE BOAT HORN.
11 - T OU. W. 0. lIVTLiII
0, boatman, wind that horn again; •
For never did thefisening air
Upon its lambent &Isom bear
So wild, so soft, so sweet a strain!
What though thy notes arc sad and few,
By every simple boatman blown,
Yet is each pulse to nature true,
And melody in every tone.
Bow oft, in bojthood's joyous day.
Unmindful of tilt lapsing hours,
Eve loitered on my homeward way,
By wild Ohio's brink of flowers,
While some lone boatman from the deck
Poured his soft numbers to the tide,
As if to charm from storm and wreck,
The boat where all his fortunes ride!
Delighted Nature drank the sound,
Enchanted—Echo bore it round,
In whispers soft and softer still,
From hill to plain, and plain to hill,
Till e'eff, the thoughtless frolic boy,
Elate with hope, and wild with joy,
Who gambolled by the river's side,
And sported with the fretting tide,
Feels something new pervade his breast,
.Change his light step, repress his jest,
Bends o'er the flood his eager ear,
To catch the sounds far off, yet dear—
Drinks the sweet draught, but knows not why .
The tear of rapture fills his eye.
And can he now, to manhood groan,
Tell why th(fse notes, simple and lone,
As on,the ravished ear they fell.
Bind every sense in magic spell!
There is a tide of feeling given
To all on earth, its fountain Heaven,
Beginning with the dewy flower,
Just ope'd in Flora's vernal bower—
Rising creation's orders through
With louder murmur, brighter hue--
j'T is sympathy! its ebb and flow
Gives life its hues, its joy and wo,
tMusic, the spirit that can move
lits 'waves to war, or lull tolove
- Can cheer the sailor mid the wave,
And bid hint on ! nor fear the .rave—
Inspire the pilgrim on the road ' , et.
And elevate his soul to Cod.
Then, boatman ! wind that horn again !
Though mach of sorrow mark its strain,
Yet are its notes to sorrow dear;
What though'they wake fond memory's tear !
'fears are sad memory's sacred feast,
And rapture oft her chosen west.
TOE LBO OF MUTTON :
01 1 t THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF A
WHO WENT TO MARKET.
•
BY STAMPEDE.
am going to mate to you 'he remarkable adven
tures of a very remarkable man, who went to mar
-I,.et to get a leg of mutton for his Sunday dinner.—
I have heard, or read somewhere or other, almost
siinilar stories; whether they were real or irrtagin-
ary, I am unable to say ; but I can vouch for the
,authenticity of my story, forl know the hero very
En
In the year 1812, it will be recollected that we
bad some military disputes with Englaicd, which
elicited some pretty tall fights, by land and sea, and
the land we live in was considerably excited upon
the,subject, and patriotism rose to many degrees
above blood heat. Philadelphia, about that time,
like all other cities I suppose, was the 'cue of
drum-beating, marching and counter-mar&ng, and
volunteering of the patriotic people.
The president sent forth his proclamations, the
goVernors of the respective Slates reiterated them :
utak a large portion of our brave republicans were
Toon in ormsirehing to the 'tjattle field. There liv
ed and wrought his trade, carpentering, in the
city of Philadelphia, -about that time, a very tall,
ahm man, named Houp ; Peter Houp, that was his
name. He was a very steady, upright ; and honest
,man, married, had a small, comfortable family ; and
to all intents and purposes seemed settled down for
life. How deceptive, how . Unstable, how uncertain
is man, to say nothing of the more trail portion of.
the creation—woman. Peter Heap, one fair morn
irig took his basket on his anti and off he went to
get a leg of mutton and the trimmings, for his hest
Sunday's dinner: Beyond the object of research,
Peler never dreamed of extending his travels for
that day, certain. A leg of mutton is not an indif
ferent article well cooked, a matter somewhat dif
ficult too, ti;'-amateur cooks . ; and as good legs of
mutton as can be sound on this side of the big pond,
can be fotimPalmost any, Saturday morning in the
Penusylvania market wagons, which congregate
along Second street, for a mile of two ina string.,
Peter:could have secured his leg, anti bretight it
home in an hour or two at least.
Brit hours passed, noon came, and night followed
it, and in the course of time, the morrow, the joy
ou.s Sunday for which the leg of mutton was to be
brought aiid prepared, and offered up, a sacrifice to
the household gods aml grateful appetites: but nei
.:lier leg of mutton, or man Peter, husband and ei
ther Hoiip, darkened the doors of the carpenter's
luntilileldornicil, that day, the next ; or the next !-
I,cannoiof course, realize half the agony, or tor
tures of suspense that must have prayed upon that
mite's heart and brain, that must have haunted her
- leveusli dreams at night, and her aching mind by
day.
When grim deat, strikes a blow, wherievet io
near and dear a Itteii,l is levelled ; cold, breathless,
dearl—are see, we know there is the end ! Grief
has its season, the bitterest of woe then calms, sub
, sides, or ceases; but the /oit—wliich hope prevents
toriunl i n g as dead, and whose death hire absence
almost precludes the idea tkat•they live, engenders
itr the soul of true affection a gloomy, torturing, and
desponding sorrow, More agonizing than the sting
actual death leave? behind. - I have endeavored to
dopier what must have been, what were the feel
ings of Peter Hoop's wife. • She mounuxiand griev
ed-Ind still hoped on, though months and years pas
.se.ti,way without imparting the slightest. clue to
the lunfortunate fate of her husband. Her three
children, two boys and a girl, grew up ; ten, elev.
. P 3, -twelve years passed away, and no tidings of
i , ) , 1 nun :cached his family sbut they still lived
~ 4
IM=EM=Ii
with a bumf of despairirig bops that The husband
and father Weatd yet come Droste. And ioote did.
Let us eeo what becoHlra of Peter limp, the ear
pouter. As hostr4k4along With his basket under
his arm, on the eventful incasing be sought the leg
of mutton, he met a platotnt of tneif dreamml . up in
uniform, meads on their stOulders, colors flying,
drums beating, and a mob of hurrahers following
and shouting for the volunteers. Yet, it • was a
company of vottniteersAtott •about shipping off for
the Smith to jointhe.",oki tqek"of that day, Gen.
Jackson. Peter Hoop saw in the rank..s of the viol-
wipers several of his old shuts; bespoke to them,
walked along with the men of Mars, got' inspired
—patriotic—chunk.
Two dayzaiter that eventful Saturday on vhich.the
quiet, honest, and, industrious carpenter reit his wife
and children full of hope and 'happiness, he found
himself in blue brecches,'roundabout and black cap,
on board a .brig—tiound for, Now Orleans. A vol-
unteer for the warl - It was too late to repent, ithee ;
the brig was ploughing her way through the foam
ing billows, and in a few weeks she arrived at:Mo
bile, as she could not reach New Orleans, the Bri-
tish under Gen. Packenham being oil the Belize.—
So the volunteers were landed at Mobile ; and hnr
ried on over land to the devoted (or was to be)
Crescent city. Peter Iloup was. not only a good
Inan, liable, as all men are, to
. make a ftlse step
once in a We, but a brave one. Having gone so
far, and made astit so hard to retrace, Peter's cool
m ;
reason got bothe he poured the spirits down to
keep his spirits up, as the saying goes, and alran
doped himself to fate. Caring neither for his life nor
death, he was tound behind the cotton bags, which
he bad assisted in getting down from the city to the
battle ground, piled up and now ready to deferfd
his country while life lasted! Peter fought well,
being a man not unlike the brave old old Hickory
himself, tall, firm, and resolute looking—he-attract
ed Gen. Jackson's attention during the bank, and
afterwards was personally- complimented kir his
skill and courage by the victorions.Commander.in
chief. Every body knows the history of the battle
of New Orleans; I need not retail it. Aft& the
victory, the soldiers were allowed considerable li
cense, and they made New Orleans a scene of rev
el and dissipation, as all cities arc likely to repre
sent when near . a victorious army. Peter Houp
was on a 0 regular bender," a " big tire," a long
"spree," for one so unlike any thing of the kind he
went it with a pelfed looseness.
A rich citizen's house was robbed—barglariacia
ly entered and robbed ; and Peter Houp, dr staid,
plain Philadelphia carpenter, wbo would not have
,bartered his honest reputation for all the ingots of
the Incas, while in his sober senses, was arrested
as qne of the burglars, and the imputations, false or
true, caused him to spend seven years in a peniten
tiary ! 0, what an awful probation of sorrow and
Mental agony were those seven long years ! But
they' passed over, and Peter Houp again was tree,
not a worse than, fortunately, but a much wiser
dm! He had not seen or hesnl a word of those
so long dearly cherished, and cruelly deserted—his
family—for eight years, and his heart yearned to-
Wards them:so strongly. that pelmiless, pale and care
worn as he was, he would have started immedi
ately for home, but being a good carpenter, and
wages high,-he concluded to go to work, while he
patiently awaited a reply of his abandoned family
lo his long and penitent written letter. Weeks,
months, and aoyear past, and no reply came, though
another letter was despatched, for fear of the mis
carriage of the first; (and both letters did miscar
ry, as the wife,never received them.) Peter gave
himself up as a lost man, his family lost or scatter
ed, and nothing but death could end his detailed
wretchedness. Brit still as fortune would -have it,
he never again sought refuge from his so•qows in
the poisoned chalice, the- rum glass; not 14. Pe
ter toiled-, saved his money, and at the end of lour
years found himself in possession of sung little sum
of hard cash, and a fully established good name.—
But - all of this time the had heard not a syllable of
' his home; and all of a sudden; one fine day in ear :
ly spring, he took passage in a ship, arrived in
Philadelphia; and in a few rods from the wharf
upon which lie landed, he met an old neighbor.—
The astonishment of the latter seemed wonderous ;
he burst out—
"My God ! is this Peter Houp, come from his
grave I"
" No," said Peter, in his slow dig way, "I'm
from New Orleans."
Peter soon learned that his wife and children yet.
lived, in the same place, and ling mourned him as
forever gone. Peter llonp, felt anything hut merry
but he was determined to have his joke and a mer
ry meeting. "In an hour or two Peter Hoop, the
longlit wanderer, stood in his own door.
(-Well, Nancy, here is UT kg °imam PI and a
fine one too he bad.
The most excellent woman was alone. She was
of Quaker origin ; iober and stoical asher husband,
she regarded him wistfully as ho stood in the door,
for a longtime; at last she spoke—
" Well, Peter,. thee's been gone a Tong lime."
The next moment found them locked m each
other's arms; oveuasked naturd could stand no
niore, and they cried like children.
The carpenter has held offices of public trust, and
lives yet, 1 believe, an old and highly respected
citizen of " Brotherly' Love."
THE §citooLaor.—A Burs fatherless boy at school,
was one day writing the following copy in his
booly..—" Honor thy father and mother." After
having written a few lines, he laid down his pen
and began to weep. He b e gan again and wrote a
few hires more; but his memory was at work re
calliag to his mind. dip. happy days he had pasted
with his dear deceased, fattier and he wept anew.
He - could not go on, but sobbed aloud.
• "What is the Matter my boy V said the teacher.
"Olt, Mr. Blake I cannot write this copy ' for my
father dead. Please give me another page, and
cut this leaf out—l cannot write it."
Young rcaders do you honor your partials '
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY; : : AT TOiViliDA, BRADFORD COUNTY., PL, -BY. E. O'ItEARL DOODRICII: .
El itaiiiturfiOr
FILTION /ROM ANY Q JILTED»
TIM CAPTURE) FLAIL
A TALE Of THE MONTEVENAN WAR.
Io' WID
Carimba! •These-words
were uttered by a lovely woman, *hose flushed
cheek, flashing eye and knitteribrow, spoke , even
more than words of the indignation which filledler
heart
She'seas the yeast, wife of Cesoti#Sibte Coe, the
commander of a small navy of hiontevido. The
lady-was Spanish-by birth, as well.. as in feeling,
and the cause of bar-anger was:the sight of a ship
which had been for two days standing tatted- on
before the harbor, using every signal of insult and
defiaence to induce the vessel of Coe to come out
and fight him. This the lauer could not do, for two
reasons. The first was illness, which confined him
to his cotthe second that he had not one-third of
a'ensw—uot even men enough to work his battery.
At the moment when she uttered the words
which commenced this sketch, Brown the corinhan
der of the Buonos Ayrean sliip , had hoisted a l flag
at his gall; whereon was embroidered, iu large leg.
ible letters, the inscription : 44 Coe the Coward
This was more than his noble, fiery• wife could
stand—for well she knew her husband's truth and
valor. After gazing one instant at the flag, she
raised her jewelled hand, and taking therefrom a
diamond . of great value she cried to the officers and
men who stood around her on her deck :
" I will gi ve this diamond to any man who will
bring yonder flag!"
For a moment there was no response. The men
looked at their officers, the officer glanced at cat•h
other, but volunteers for a service so desperate
seemed scarce.
" What, is there not one of you who will dam
the trial? Is my husband's ship indeed manned
with cowards V' exclaimed the lady, while her
beautiful lip curled with scorn and her flashing eye
gleamed with the fire of contempt.
A young officer, an American who had been ve
ry lately appointed, stepped forward and modestly
said :
" I was only waiting for my seniors to speak,
Senora. Ilad any ono of them volunteered, I should
hare begged to accompany him. As it is, I pledge
myself to bring you yonder flag before the sun ri-
ses again, or die! But I ask not your jewel as a
prize for my success—one tress of your glossy hair
shall he my reward?'
a You shall have both, brave boy !" replied the
young lady—and her cold look of scorn . changed
into a sweet smilo as she, asked his name.
44 It is Frank Bonnet, Senora," replied the young
man—and he blushed beneath-her earnest gaze.
He was slim, but well forrned--looked very
young, but in his dark blue eyes and compressed
lip, an observer could read one whose manhood
•
was not made by years alone.
The sun was setting behind a bank of slowly ri
sing.clouds, which threatened darkness and storm.
The moment that his services were accepted, young
Bcunet Untied to the crew, and as' he glanced
among them, said : " I want six men to man the
whale boat which hangs at the after davits?"
Struck 'by this gallantry, nearly one half of the
crew started forward. Now that they had a.leader
volunteers were plenty. Bennet glanced his eye
over them, and in a few moments. chose six by
name, men whoni he knew to be both daring and
firm. They were Americans.
"Go sharpen your cutlasses,'' said he: " I shall
not have a pistol or a musket in the boat. If we
fight ' it must be steel to steel and breast to breast
—for we succeed or -die."
The men answered only with a look. They
were of that class whose motto is " Deeds not
words." They hurried below to obey his orders,
while others proceeded by his directions to rata°
the oars of the boat, to put sails, water, &e l in it.
One half "hour later the sky was covered with
clouds, and darkness had set. in. Bennet had been
careful to take the compass v 0111703 of the enemy's
ship,when the last light of the dying day gave op
portunity, and by this alone he hoped to find her.
At this time the lady was on the deck, standing by
• the binnacle light, regarding the preparations of the
little party who were about to shove off. At the
moment when the boat's crew cried out that all was
ready for a start the young leader came all to the
side of the Senora, and taking from his neck a mi-
;nature. he handed it and a letter to her fraying :
" If ram not on bey at sunrise please send that
miniature to the direction of the letter." .
The lady looked at the picture. It was the like •
ness of a young and beautiful girl. A tear tilled
the Senora's eye.
" You need . not go !" said she. " No—you love,
perchance you are beloved. Your life is. precious.
I will not expose it. This ir--------" ,
' "My orily sister irlitim•l almost adorer' inter.
rupted the youth—" But one who would scorn me
it I played the coward or dishonored my name.—
Send that letter and the likeness to her if I tall.—
Farewell till to-morrow--or forever!" ,
The lady was about to answer, and again entreat
him to stay—but ere she eolithl speak he was over
the bulwarks and the boat shoved otf.
The night was pitchy dark. A calm was on the
sea and in the air, but it was portenthusof a storm.
A small binnacle light and compass had been plac
ed in the boat, and by these Frank shaped his
course, himself taking the tiller and steering.
"Give wary cheerily, men !—a long, strong, and
steady pull!" said he, in a lower ton as he felt the
ship's side—and he soon felt, by the trembling of
the frail 1100, that his directions were -Obeyed.
Out right into the offing be pulled, r%ardless of
the rising clouds—keeping his eye fixed steadily
on the compass, until he knew, if the vessel had
remained hoVe as she was at sunset, he must be
very near her. But he looked iu vain to see her
dark hull loom up iu the gloom—he looked in vain
to see a light which might guide. Admiral Brown
was too old a fox to be showing his position by
lights.
AtOIL, moment, when he wen ,completely at a
taw which way to geer t the dark eloada.whieb had
been gathering over him, burst with a long.vivid
SO? of liglitning.and a. peal of deafening thunder.
He heard not the thunder, be heeded not the rising
storm. The flash of lightning had shown him ihe
Teasel, not one eable's length from him.
4i . Steady, boys 'l' he whispered, when the than.
der ceased—a I shall pull'slireedy under her stem,
and get on deck by the mused work and netting in
her quarter."
The men rowedssiowly and silently on, and ns
he marked well her position, the young officer in a
moment found himself close under the vessel's
stem. At this instant another flash of lightning il
luminated the sky and water—and then' s he glane-
cc up the gaff, where the flag had been hoisted, he
saw that it was not there ! It had been hauled
down
Ho paused—thought for a moment what could
n done—and then formed his resolution.
" I shall go on board alone, men," said he
-4 keep the boat where she is. If that flag is where
I think it is, in the admiral's cabin, I will have it.
If I am not back in five minutes, and you hear an
alarm, shovel oft ; Feud back to your ship, and tel
them that Frauk Bennet died likes man. You
must be very cautious; reef the foresail, for the
storm will surely be down upon us in less than teu
minutes!'
All this was whispered to the men, whose heads
were bent forward to hear their °niers widi they
dared not disobey, much as they wished o share
their leader's peril. 1
Springing lightly from the boat, Frank caught the
quarter netting with his hdnd, and noiselessly as
cending to the bulwarks. He could hear the regu-
lar tramp °Hie officer of the deck, who having al
ready had evetrhing reefed drawn for the blow,
had nothing to do but pace the dmk—but it was
so dark that he could not see him.
A second more and the bravo boy was down on
the deck and at!the cabin door winch stood slightly
ajar. He peeped in thorough the narrow crack and
siw tlio red faced Admiral. seated at his round ta
ble, with two of his officers by his stile, engaged
over the contentS of a square bottle which looked
like that usually found to contain schnaps.
A glance to the seuee just to the left of this ta
ble -stood the object of the enterprise. The flag
for which he had periled, his life lay there, where
it had been carelessly thrown after it was hauled
down.
The young officer did not pause long to consider
what to do, but quietly walked into the cabin and
taking off his cap bowed very politely to the offi
cer:L' and as he stepped toward the flag, said in a
calm and.courieous manner to the . Admiral:
'; I have come to borrow this banner, sir, to wear
to-morrow, if you please."
"Who the devil are you ? What does this mean?"
cried Brown as he and his officers sprang to their
feet.
" I am Midshipman Bennet, air, of the Illontevi
dian service !'' replied Frank, who had now seized
the flag—" and I mean to carry this flag to Com
modore Coe!"
As he said this he bounded to the cabin door,
followed closely by a bullet from Brown's pistols,
which grazed his ear, and em the alarm became
general he stood upon the taflrail of the vessel.
"Look out for me below 1 .-" he shouted, and flung
himself into the water without the least hesitation.
llis boat's crew recognized his voice; he was
caught in a moment and dragged into the boat, while
a volley of pistol balls were sent down at random
by those who were above.
The'storm had now broken, and the wind began
to come in with fierce and fitful gusts.
"Up forftails! Bo in a hurry lads! up foresail,
and let her slide!" cried the young hero, as soon
as lie could draw his breath after his ducking.
The crew did so, and the next moment the little
boat was flying in toward the harbor, before the
blast, like a glad sea bird winging its way to its
young one's nest.
The enemy opened a harmless random fire of
grape shot jn their direction, but it only served to
tell the anxious watchers on board of Coe's vessel
that something had occurred. The latter therebre
at once showed lights, and enabled Frank to make
straight course for her.
It was but half an hour after the first gun had
been fired by Brown's vessel that the boat of the
young adventurer rounded to along side of his owe
raft.
" Have you captured the flag 1" cried the Seno
ra, as Rennet bounded over the side.
The-only answer she received was the banner,
wet as from the water, and cut in two places by
the balls which had been fired at its captor.
The lights of the vessels gleamed not half so
bright as did the .lady's eyes when she caught the
noble youth in her argue r and kissed him again and
again.
C/a ?Ants C Es.—F.scellent breakfast eakei
can be made in the following manner: . Mix two
quarts of corn meal at night, with water, and a lit
tle yeast, and Felt, and make it just thin enough to
stir easy. In the morning fair in three or four
a liule saleratus, and a cup of sour milk, so as to
leave it thin enough to pour out , of .a pan ; bake
three quarters of an hour, and you will have light,
rich honeycomb cakes.
Size or Tue Fxstm.E.Wstsv.—Women ought to
irli
measure om 27 to 29 inches round the waist, but
25. ousands are laced to 22.—some of
o
most fem .do not permit themselves to grow be
yondthem els than 20; and thus by whalebone,
wood and steel, the chest is reduced to heaths pro
per size.
BesEVot.saca.—There•catrnot be a more glorious
object in creation than a human being replete with
benevolence meditating in what manner he might
render himiell most acceptable to his creatures.
Plato often inculcates this great ptecert, Do
owu wotk• and kuow ,
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HOW. AND FROM
Oh. there's .a power to makr each hour,
As sweet as Heave* designed it;
Nor need we. roans to bring ii hOme,
Though few there that Ned ii '
We seek too high for things by,
Andflose what nature found nal .
I For, litrbath here no charms AO dear •
As home and kiend% truaind us!'
•
We oft denim the potent joy
For future hopen=ands *lse 'them !
- MOH.* flowers rat seeetbkboat at our feet,
If we'd but stoop to raise therm; • •
For things afar sitillwireetesrare
Wherryouth's bright ipelllath baundus:
Dot soon we're-taught that earth bath naught
Like home and friends around us!
,The friends that npegd in dine diced,
When lioßk-lairreed is shaken,
T. show us still, that come what will,
We are not quite forsaken:
Though all were night—if but the light. '
; From Friendship's altar crowned us.
11 Twould prove the bliss or earth was this—
! !Jur home and friends around as!
THE PRE A
A' tontnes are thine, and they are heard
Speaking of hope to nations, in the prime'
'Of freedom% day, to hasten on the time
When the wide world or spirit shallbe stirred
With higher aims than now—when man shall call
Each man 'his brother—each shalllettioleach
'His tale of love—and pure and holy speech
De music for the sours high .festival !
The gentle notes arc heard, like choral waves, .
Reaching the mountain. plain, and quiet vale—
Thy thunder-tones are like the sweeping gale,
Hidding the tribes of men no more be slaves:
And earth's remotest island hears the sound
That floats on ether wings the world around !
The great contest for the Presidency has now
commenced. The candidates are in the field. Our
cause and principles are clearly Pet forth in the
resolutions of the late Baltimore Convention with
an energy and elckjucnce of expression which well
COMlllOrt with the soundidoctrin and patriotic senti
ments which they embody. Never was the bright
and glorious flag of democracy unfurled to the breeze
under circumstances more auspicious and more en-
couraging. It bears upon 'its ample and radiant
folds the most spirit-stirring creed for which any
party ever contended ,and illustrious names of-which
every patriot may be proud, and which zommand the
admiration and confidence of the country. We
therefore summon every democrat to rally under
the - gtorions standard of his party, and invoke him
to prepare for the momentous struggle which is im •
pending.
As we hive remarked, our banner bears upon its
folds the noblest political creed which can inspire
the enthusiasm and call forth the energies of our
party . First, we contend for the right of man to
self government: This great doctrine lies at the
basis of all true and rational liberty. It is the fotmila
don of all just, social and political systems. and in
stitutions and aims to secure to every eifizen a degree
of freedom limited only by the sacred and inviolable
rights of others, and the preservation of the common
weal. It presupposes the carteitY of the people
for self-government, and therefore it confides in their
intelligence, and their love of country. It asserts and
traintains freedom at home, and sympathizes with
and encourages the efforts of the oppressed abroad
who are struggling to secure the same glorious privi
leges which the people of this country *enjoy. De
mocracy is, indeed, the creed of hope, of confidence,
of sympathy, and of fraternity.
It is the creed of patriotism. The heart of de
mocracy is ever withits country. It beats only for
her honor, her glory, and her prosperity. When
ea:sailed by a
• fineign foe, 4amooraey,nateo to her
defence and rescue. When insulted : and her rights
trampled upon, democracy is prompt to repels the
insult, and. to avenge the outrage. It is never
heard raising its voice in justification or apology
for a foreign enemy. It never opposes its country
in a just and righteous war, , nor in any war; for
where its country is concerned, if it cannot approve
it will not condemn. It scorns as the foulest and
basest 'disgrace to give " aid and comfort to the
enemy," by speech or action. It bears no brand of
"moral traurn." upon its . brow, to disgust mankind,
and to repel its, followers. It is the creed et honor
of courage, of patriotism, and fidelity to country.
Such is the Democratic creed in the-abstract. In
practical application to the affairs of gcivemment,
contends for a strict construction of the constitution.
It asserts the sovereignty of the individual States;
the inviolability of their domestic institutions, and
their absolute right of internal administration. It
opposes a national bans, a high and unequal tariff,
the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands,
an =constitutional system of public improvements,
and all legislation which tends to create monopolies
and privileged classes, thus building.up the few ai
expenseof the many. k coniewds forthe glory
Old honor of the republic, and for its increase and
expansion as lime and circumstances may demand.
h does not believe that the Misslssipp4 should hate
been, its ultimate boundary, nor that its present
boundaries swat' be permanent ; but it holds that
this great and glorious Union shall grow and expand
and diffwe the blessings of liberty over contig,nons
.States and Territories, as destiny may dictate, and
humanity and justice may demand.
Such are the sentiments and creed of the demo.
erotic patty of the Union. That great. party pro-
Claims boldly its faith and its principles, trusting
codideStly that their simplicity and beauty will in
vite the friends of liberty everywhere to embrace
them. it has no concealments. It gives out no
.
promise to fati
the tons, or the treacherous, that its
. principles have become obsolete,.and that its orga
nization is therefore useless. Nor, by disavoiving
'its principles, and attacking itself to- if leader, the
only inscription upon whose bariner is " No Party,'
does it seek to decoy to its standard the false or the
unwary of other parties. It scorns to contqa and
seduce, or to mislead and entrap, by allurements
land rewards, or by device and triekery, the rank
and file Of the enemy. and by such disteputable and,
.tunstet means to attach them !o its cause Its grill.
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ginafir vtorlgt4lo l lo eanadrocf sad our alibi ,
stippoit
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uireiriaticitiven mAras . ifis*
of Um Calopaiga.
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for the two highest ?ilieerviithin their git. n dat
name of Lititiit CAit i We iiitti.tat j u t a Oda.
gnisited 11.1450;0n & fia Weal ; idt&e4neig awl
ber:l - 10:i . ed tow lamov
giori and o f frOiry, - sl.4ierisiVit;
years ago itri l 7;ao tail toeuoiie
hi. his eisatifs -, bidary.-1 I Wbes war hilVetirOVlll
the frontielysed theurrsitaryy stichlas simegnnin
into great anapowerful stars; lirsorlhtesietied *be
overrun by our British 'mealy :led hissetagersnies,
General Cass was among the &SS kr reih athletic.
fence of his country aping the, pan whiehibreet.
erted her. All we fomikar *Mb the affirwand
()striations which heesbibkerl pithy. areasion i ssid
htiw earnestly he stforeiCralreTt tbd diorieer whieh
fell like a chilling frost sport the hewn ef the
try, In the amender of Hull. All know that is the
cOuncike which Frreceile4 that diortseeft4 Omit, the
voice of the heroic and pffi►fia& Cion trail for bat
tie, cortfitleut of victory. Had his -commit% balm
followed, file war would have opened to IlthunPh
and in glory, mad the emMtrY Would have 'been
saved from the divorce and discouragement Whit+
followed from the cowardly surrender of. General
Vince then, the meet of LeWri , Clllll has
been stooribeiratearnisioncif Ifinemphs. llle
-
Ems filled theism eimspietrioni andeitsporosible offi-
ces in the gikaf the crxec wive sof tle pee*, the
duties of all which he has diadems! with maim-
male ability. In all the positions in which he has
been placed, he hap displayer& talents orther.firetor
der, and an integrity unimpeached. • ATLI throtkrb•
out his long public career, his heart has ever been
devoted to \his Feeney. • In what controversy with
a foreign power -or enemy has Lewis Cass , bien
found against the laud of his birth I. 'When was he
ever found advocating foreign intentattri-Os-sYmPa .
thizing with alureign enemy I *Ter. The heart
of. a patriot beats is his bosom, whose impulses
have infused eloquence into his tongue, and power
into his pen when advocating his country's came.
But this is not all. Lewis CAE* bag palmed through -
all the varied scenes dins eventful life with a heart
pure and character unspotted. The man does not
live who dares to breathe a stain upon his private
life. He stands before the world courage:roe is a
warrior; brilliant, as, a statesman; pate and.anspuo
ted, as a man. Such a man merits_ the Confidence
of .he American people. Such a man the Ameri
can people will delight to honor. Such is thecao
didate of the.Asnerican democracy for the.highast
office within the gift of his country.
The dernectedy of the Laien-sue also finless!' in
the selection of Wo.t.tut 0. Bumu3 Jar thersactod
office in the choice of the American people. °if
country scarcely bears upon its annals a itamemore
brilliant, or more chivalric. Trained in the school
of Geo. Jackson, he early imbibed the troilism*
ciples and patriotic sentiments .of that iiholtions
friend of the people. like then. Jackson, he has
lived the lite of a civilian, entering &vodka/yaw.
*icc of his country only when her exigencos-dto
manded the devotion of his filet to her cause. Ile,
too, was a soldier of the last war with England.-6.
He was one of the few brave Keutockiaas wheeler.
tired the horrible butchery at the river Raisin. Ile
was vrithtoen.Jachscra oldie battle of New Oo
leans, on which eccusion,l by his ':: courage,
he extorted from the aid Hem of th - Here, as
the chivalric Ney did of N:' , . - , • ' the splendid
compliment of being the 'it brovest .. the bran."
On the close of
„the war, like 'Gee. :, our, be m
tired to civil life, became * id* ~,. . lawyer, ,
and finally a representative in Comma.; Ile is
now, us our readers well know, the commaildevin
chief of . the American armies la Mexico. Throt
out his whole career, he has evinced the highest
order of talent, and the most chivalrous cecina,
and the purest private virtues and accomplishment.,
Ges
im
which have commanded the caufidencerual
meat of all who know him. • Heim, like
Cass, presentee private character without r or
blemish.
Such are the comae and principles, and surt fits
candidates, which the democratic party of the Union '
presents for the suffrages of the American people.
IVho will not say that they pre-eminently teetiOne
confidence and support of the great American de
mocracy, and of all who prefer their country and
, its pmgrero and prosperity to mere proy,l What
democrat,. but &traitor to his cause and principles,
I will oppose - them I ..,
la conclasion, we repeat, the-haute has beret.
Our banner Is unfurled to the breetei presenting
upon its folds .
our glorious creed, and the namesof
the illustrious citizens who have been selected to
impersonate it- We again invoke every democrat
to tally to the standard of his party, which is WO
the emblem of his coentry'scause ar4 hiaciarotry's
glory. if any are lukewarm, we call-upoutinattio
arouse from their indifierente. Huey have disap
point/news to brood over, or fancy they have been
wronged, we pray them to, sacrifice. their private
grie t fs upon the altar of the common good. We in.
vite all to take a pan in the contest .in which we
are enged, that they may participate itzthegiory
of th e great victory which is destined-to eterev the
acitts of the deinocracy at the Iluioa ht Norma
ber. Let us remember that " umax is acacias."
CiateseN.—Childrert are social beings. They
bring into the-warkl with them the enofereloped
eleinents of these vary affections to Which they
are indebted for presereatie" n and &piled coutfoits
during the most helpless period of theiveriosence
as well is all other soft ondealteeents killife in the
several stages of its pregretet. Catiositet . los* dale ,
mace there certainly are in thin respect as well as
every other. Some, Children are - naturally vitae
social and affectionate than ethers. Thiseverry mo
ther must have observed Pu her'own nursery. But
whatever diversities may exist, tha - general consti
tution is evervihere the saine.,:,!and the social
affections need to be watchfully' and judiciously
(tit/will i es° lessen!: the intellect and the conscience
ffilffinaN