VDELUMI ICEO TOAVANDA: tectnuabag morninn, %must 10, 1010. [For the Bradford Reporter•] k.THE EAR. 18 FREE. The soil is free ! the soil is free ! r And shall a freeman ever Diograce the name of liberty, The constitution sever 1 And shall the soil where white men sip Dew-drops from the mountain air, stained with blood by slavery's whip And black men welter therel The soil is free ! The soil is free ! Wandering streams declare it; No cane-tufts grow to shadow Thee Nor slaves as yet prepare it. And shall the sons of freedom's sires Be ever found to falter, And not re-kindle heaven's fires Upon their fathers altar I The soil is free ! The .oil is free ! And will ye not protect it strike ! strike, ye sons of liberty; Why, why so long,reject it I The time 's at hand, then freemen sally Finm united to the Poll Free—Free from shackles make ope One hand, one heart, one soul. Sasseutriar , (For the Bradford Reporter ] Thoughts as Slavery.—NiA BY J. F. GAZLAY "Pledged but to truth, to lsherty and law, No favor sways us, and.no fear shall awe." Mr. Enrroa :—Through the medium of your Re porter I shall take the liberty of showing up some of the beauties of the " peculiar institution," for as diamonds which lie buried in the mine require the hand of the wottman to be brought forth that they may be seen in their pristine purity, in like man ner I shall attempt to bring to light from chaos and ,darkness, some of the legitimate results th it flow from holding men in slavery. Rut before proceed ing farther, permit me to cbserve that I wish not : to interfere with slavery as it now exists, intending merely to show its evils, and as a consequence that by increasing the area of slavery, the evil must of course be proportionally increesed. Having had an ample opportunity of observing the institution of slavery in some of the principal southern States, I am perhaps better prepared to give it a critical ex amination than if not having been conversant with its hideous form, and still perhaps my pen would have lain dormant, snugly immured in its inky home, had not recent events caused it to awake from its lethargy and boldly toil in the cause of free dom. , . In vi w ing the platform upon which the wing party stands in the approaching canvass, t4.re is certainly much to excite our amusement and con tempt—amusement to see a party professing princi ples -endowed with stability, chamelion like, chang ing with the changes of the moon. But a few days since fiercely battling for the cause of human rights and a soil unpolluted by the dark stain of slavery. But •I presto," now how changed ! the tempest . which threatened to overturn the whole fabric of human bondage, is vw'kulled to a calm so still that I f not "a zephyr arises to dirturbe the magic the scene: The Philadelphia convention has min istered a charm So potent that that energetic ppeal which demandeftlie " Proviso" as a right now in soft and winning, accents, beating time to the tune of only 280 slaves.- What a delightful scene l in this advanced age to see us, one of the most en lightaned nations on earth, where perhaps the true principles of liberty are better understood than in any other country, holding up for the suffrage of 'a large portion of our,citizens for the highest office, in the peopl's gift, a cormorant who gluts himself from the sweat and blood of hundreds of slaves.— What a beautiful picture for the moralist to descant upon, to see the whole Whig party raise their voi ces in holy horror against the wholesale Murderer in Mexico, and southern slaveholder now loudly ' croaking the praises of "Old Rough and Ready," and proving beyond all.dispute, his principles to be a perfect octave4o the preamble of our Declaration : rof Independence, "That all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator Ath pertain unalienable rights." I hardly knSw which of the two - GreCian philosophers lie would select for his patron ; when presented with the woes of human life, one burst into a fit of laughter, the other melt. ed info tears ; but to y return. My present intention is fo show in a seris of letters, that slavery, if per mitted to be extended to that vast territory, new belonging to the United §tStes, must ultimately cause the northern southern nd States to disso lve their mutual conne 'oils with each other, and it re quires no Herculean task to prove that a train of evils- necessarily flow from this institution which inevitably tend to such an unhappy result. There is a principle adopted by all. of a system of laws instituted by nature herself, for the govern meat., and welfare Of mankind, and those laws when followed- according to Nature's Original dic tates are productive of the highest happiness which mortals can enjoy. but the penalties inknced upon those who break thethare so palpable that a series of misery and misfortune tacitly commands us to forsake the unnatural course and live according to the dictates of na ure. It is useless to. attempt to prove that holding a class of beings in bondage is not in accordance with natures laws, it is an axiom so palpable that the whole civilized world unite in its condemnation, and nearly all enlightened na tions having seen the evils which it naturally en genders, have given it a lasting and long farewell, _ and it remains for America, the " Model Repub lic," the " home of the Emigrant," the "asylum of tile oppressed," the " land of the free," to foster within her bosom a carniverous monster which preys upon her vitals and checks her giant growth. Why the cause of the present unparalleled prosperi ty of the northern States compared with the south 1 Why the difference in population, in enterprise, in wealth and in every-thing which constitutes true na- . . . . . .... . . • . , BRADFORD . . HE . . RTE . 111 . . 1,....„.i.:4: EP , •. , . .....„.„,. , 6 . I . .. . . ..1 . , • . . 1 _ - , . lional proetierity The southern - States with an area of Nome miles nearly double that of the north ern, yet showing, from the last census that she forms but about one third the populatiOn of thetnion, in- eluding her two and a half millions of alafes, with a climate scarcely visited by the rude - blast of -bo real and rivaling Italy itself, with a soil upon which the cornucopia of nature has been lavishly poured ont, and producing almost spontaneously prodric- lions which cof the north may labor for in vain, yet it requires not a very strong development oldie ocean of causality to perceive that the incubus of slavery has fastened herself upon the south and is slowly but surely affecting hei ruin. The genius of all laws as far as possible should tend to an equal distribution of wealth, and any government, whe ther of the general or state departnients, should ne ver encourage any institutions by "which the few acquire wealth at the expense of the many : thus the United States Bank and other institutions by which a privileged' class obtained wealth at the ex pense of the mass, has been justly condemned from time to time by the American people. Yet slave ry directly forms two classes, the patrician planter and the plebian latibrer; and while it permits the slave owner to acquire his thousands of acres, it compels the laborer to toil for life for only land sufficient to furnish him with a decent grave. We will take the case of the southern planter or slave holder, who generally own from 50 to 500 slaves. This property in blacks,. unless properly employed, instead of being a source of wealth, would soon re duce him to a pauper. But a farm, such as is used by our industrious farmers of the north, would be wholly inadequate to employ such an amount of force as he would have at his command; he must have a number of acres in proportion to his slaves. Supposing one man able to cultivate 40 acres of land, a planter with a hundred able bndied slaves would want of necessity, 4,000 acres to employ them in a successful manner. We often see the planter owning ‘5, 6, or even 10,000 acres of land, this sy stem of things being general over the south ern States, it wiU be at' once perceived that a land monopoly is of necessity created, vesting it all in the bands of the few, who from such an antount of land and labor, are able to lay up their thousands per year. n the instance above ment limed, the 4,000 acres if in the northern states would support,4o families of one hundred each, and give all a sufficient com 7 petence for life, but in the south, instead of main taining a large class of the industrious masses and having the soil and wealth equally divided among the many, it gives it to one and enables him to roll in luxury and live in the style of a duke; this then is the one reason why the northern states are more densely :copulated than at the south ; the described land at the north:maintams 40 families, in the south but one, and provided that southern states were as densely populated as at the north,it is clear that 39 fa must<be turned out of doors that the 40th May build a palace. Deprive the masses of holding real estate, and you strike a death blow to self-govern ment; other monopoliescan be endured ; but when the soil which was intended by a bountiful creator for the benefit pf all is juggled away from millions of the mass and 14d in the hands of a few slave holders, why are i.they better oft than, in the most lespotie government in turope ; nn. better than the Russian serf bowing and cringing 'before the titled lord. In any country where the bulk of wealth exists in the bandit of the few, in the same propor tion the people suffer for the necessaries of life.— It has been my intention in the foregoing commu nication, to probe that slavery being inconsistent with matures laws, is productive of the most glaring evils, and that among them is the concentration of land and wealth in the hands of the privileged few, and thereby depriving the main body of the people of a competence which we as a commonwealth en jny. Ido not intend to be understood that in eve ry part of the southern states this system operates in full ,vigor, but in the older settled sections where slavery has had an opportunity of developing itself, will the system be fount in all its naked deformity, and before closing this series I shall show that its direct tendency is to prevent matrimony, and there by hindering the *ream of population—to encou rage idleness by bringing the labor of the white man directly into competition with the slave—to engender ignorance—to make paupers—to render industry disgraceful—to form a vicious and tleprav ed community, and if extended will ultimately cause a dissolution of the Union : and my prayer will ever be that this unnatural system of human bondage shall tie so manfully battled by the moral force of pubic opinion, that ere this generation shall have . passed' away, that the southern nabob shall howl his last requium •pver the grave of de parted slavery. - Emma Btusrose Rsroaysa—Dear Sir :—As the Presidential election approaches, and since the no- . mination of Mr. Van Buren in the State of N. V., we regret to hear occasionally the project spoken of forming another Electoral ticket in Pennsylva nia, by nominating another set of electors pledged to the support of Mr. Vain Buren, It somata me that such a course would be perfectly suicidal to the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania, as there is not the remotest prospect of carrying the State for Mr. Van Buren. The result would inevitably be to divide and destroy the party in this State by giving her electoral vote to Gen. Taylor, in the same man ner that James Ritner was elected Governor in '35 Thus diminishing even the chances of carrying the election into the Meuse of Representatives—which is all Mr_ Van Buren s friends can hope to do under he most favorable circumstances. * No man has had a higher respect for, or been a warmer friend, or more devoted supporter of Mr. Van Buren than myself, and was he at this time the regular nominee of the Democratic convention, I should most cheerfully yield to him a cordial un divided support. But we hay. held our primary meetings, our county and State conventions, and PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0 [for the Bratthird Reporter It CANTON, July 21st, 18-1' " REGARDLESS 01 DERVaCIATIOR IFROX MIT qtrAirrEaP deleguted to good and inter men oar authority to make a nomination for us—they have done so, dis charging their trust Faithfully, and as I understand it, we are bound to sustain it. It seems to me, therefore, that no Pennsylvania Democrat should suffer himself to be drawn ham the support of the regular Democratic Nominee, Gen. Cass, as by so doing, his action tends to break down the party in his own State by defeating Gen. Cass, without enhancing the interest of Mr. Van Buren. Pouts truly, A DIEWICRAT OF CAXTON A Goon MAWS Lire.—The beauty of a holy life constitutes the most eloquent and efficient persua sive to religion, which tine human being can ad dress to another. We have many Ways of doing good to our fellow creatures; but none so etfica cious as leadiug a virtuous, upright, and well-or dered life. There is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's life, passing the highest efforts of the orator's genius. The seen but silent beauty of holiness speaks more eloquently of pod and duty than the tongue of men and angels. Let. parents remember this. The best inheritance a parent can bequeath to a child is a virtuous example, a lega cy of hallowed remembrances and associations. The beauty of holiness beaming through the life of a loved relative or friend is more effectual to strengthen such as do stand in virtue's way, and raise up those that are bowed down, than precept, command, entreaty or wanting- Christianity itself, I believe, owes by far the greater mrt of its moral power, not to the precepts or parable.; of 'Christ, but to his own character. The beauty of that holiness which enshrined in the four brief biographies of the Man of Nazareth, has done more, and will do more, to regenerate the world, and bring in an everlast ing righteousness, than all the other agencies put together. It has done more lo make his religion of the human heart than all that has ever been preached or written on the evidences of Christiani ty.—Chalmers. Tire WOILD " SELAII."—The tran.lator of the Bible have left the Hebrew word Selah, which oc curs so often in the Psalms. as they found it and of course the English reader often asks his minister, or sonic learned friend. what it means. And minister, or learned friend, has most often been ob liged to confess ignorance, because it is a matter in regard to which the most learned have by no means been of one mind. The Targums and most of the Jewish commentators give to the word the meaning etrrnilly for fret. Rabbi Kinwhi re• gards it as alsign to elevate the voice. The authors of the Septuagint translation appear to have regard ed it as a musical note, equivalent, perhaps, to the word report. According to Luther and others it means silence Gesenius explains it to mean, "Let the instruments play and the singers stop." IVoelier regards- it as equivalent to sursum cordo—np, my soul ! Somner, after examining all the seventy four. passages in which the word occurs, recogni zes in every case "an actual appeal or summons to Jehovah. They are calls for aid and prayers to be heard, expressed either with entire directness, or if not in the imperative, " Hear Jehovah ! or awake Jehovah r' and the like, still earnest addres ses to God that he would remember and hear, /cc." The Word itself he regards as indicating a blast of trumpets by the priests. Selah itself he thinks an abridged expression used the Higgaiou Selah : Hig pion indicating for sound of the stringed "instru ments, and Selah a vigorous blast of trumpets. THE DEAD SEA EXPEDITION.—We are pleased to learn from private letters, that the Dead Sea explor ing party have successfully and satisfactorily com pleted their task, and returned to Jerusalem, where they were the 19th of May. They have sounded the sea in all its parts, to the depth of 600 fathoms, and found the bottom crusted with crystalized salt. The pestilential effects attributed to the :waters, turn out to be fabulous. Ducks were skimming overthe surface, ant patridges along the shore.— The party were upon the sea in their boats, or en camped on its borders for some two months, and their researches and estimates have been of the most thorough, and interesting character. All were in excellent health and spirits, no sickness or acci dent having occurred. By the Arnim they had been uniformly treated with the utmost kindness and at tention. The Syrians consider," the men of the Jordan," as they call them, the greatest heroes of the day. Lieutenants Lynch and Dale will visit, under the most favorable cnedmstances, all the pla ces made memorable in Scripture history ; and we may expect from them a highly interesting account df their' exploration of the Dead Sea, and their ad ventures in the Holy Land. Boston Transcript. MAtioixtsv.—Dr. Gibbon!, an eminent physici an. in the latter end-of the seventeenth century, had a brother who was the Ent that brought from the West Indies some mahogSny logs to London for ballast. The doctor was them building him a house in Convent Garden, and hisibrother, the • Captain, throught they might be otssriice to him, but the carpenters found the wood tog-hird for their tools, and it was laid asideSs usefesi. Soon after, Mrs. Gibbons wanted a Ca ille-box, and got a cabinet maker to make it out the useless wood lying in the garden. The box was made, and the Dosov was so pleased with it that he got the cabinet-mak er to make him a bureau of it, *Ad the fine color and polish of it induced him to irlvite a great num ber of his friends to see it, and 11 among them the Duchesi of Buckingham. • Her :race begged the Doctor for some of the wood, an got Woolaston, the cabinet-maker, to make her , bureau also,—on which the fame of mahogany at Woolaston was much raised, and it became the rage for grand fumiture.—Farmer and Mechanic. 'num.—Christ was desetted glorious morning of lighiand joy . It was a little, a very little before he triump hed gloriously with you ; heavi ness may end: joy and gladness may come in God steer you in the storm. Ile v = litle before the lawued upon him. at* his sad cry, lankno it miry be fixi a night, but , morning. tat over to be treated. Yf • -I Mike* dsth ei W Ihm. J. N. Comigiaa, Wllllme.lllllarret July Is4s, lip.. Ik. rellagrs of Me 111fripar Jrteliertsfs, from Jffeallefr. VOLUNTECaII :—ln the name of this vast ardience assembled here to meet you, with the feelings of onr whole community, we tender to you the embrace of kindness, and the right hand of friendship, in token of onr undivided joy at your safe return to eur loved Valley of Wyoming. War, rendered glorious to our cou try by the gallantry of her soldiers in the Ilrovin.7 and unfailing tide of their many victories, hasceased, and Peace ! Blessed Peace , !is once more within our borders. You, the partakers of the toils, the troubles and the trials, of the one, are entitled to receive the quiet, the enjoy ments and the blessiii. , * of the other. Nearly twenty months have Fasted away, since a gallant band of old Lnzeme's fearless sons left their Families and friends to answer their country's call to arms, and she, now returns in you, but a small and war-worn remnant. Your numbers have been sadly diminished :tome of your bravest spirits, assailed by the ruthlessness of the climate of Mexico, almost at the commencement of their ca reer, were compelled to crush the dearest hopes of their hearts, in the early abandonment of the expe dition : blighting disease disabled and destroyed others in the hospitals at Perote and Puebla ; death came to other 4 again on the lances of the merciless enemy ; and one alas! fell beneath the dagger of the dastardly We look among you and miss the familiar faces of many. Where is the ardent and galled Goff ? The melancholy burden you have brought back with you in your long journey of return, answers the question. He was with }on at Vera Cruz, and Cerro Gordo : he fought with some of you at the at tack of Huamantla, be pasted through other scenes of peril and y of danger, unscathed by the arms of the enemy': but when the joyous ears of all were lisening for the expected order to return, when dan ger seemed to be at an end, and he perhaps, was looking forward to this very day and this very hour, when the hearts.,of many would be opening to re ceive him, he was murdertal, basely murdered. We look arronud and we seek the face of another youth, carrying in his veins the early blood of war like Wyoming, and connected with myself in the brotherhood of the Bar of this County, the amiable and worthy Myers, and where is he Sickness marked him for her own, and away from his belov ed family, he died in the land of the enemy. Our eyes again are turned among you ; where are my neighbor lads Miley and.Heline fired with enthu siasm they marche.l, one with the Stockton Artill erist, the other with the Columbia Guards; they are dead—this place which knew them from their birth "shall know them no more forever." Where are Preece and Carkhufl ! Where are the many others ? it is in vain to endeavor to enumerate them : they are gone—gone. Peace be to their ashes! young in years but old in patriotism, they died for their coun try, the recollection of them all is enbalmed in the hearts of their reliitives and friends: the memory of them is enshrouded forever in the glory of their country When the war-cry of Mexico was most loudly sounded, and the fierce determination openly ex pressed to drive from her soil, by overwhelming numbers, the gallant soldiers, who had fought the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the constituted authorities of our Land called for aid., Pennsylvania immediately acknowledged her du ty, arid our late Executive called for the military services of her citizens—we say, our lute Executive, for we have all with sorrow learned, that the hon est and upright man, who then filled the chair of State, has lately yielded to the power of mortal dis ease. Death has been busy and has leveled with you in the battle .field and in distant scenes of sick ness, but alas! ruthless, and universal, he has also poised his lance in the mansions of Peace, (some of you have had touching proofs of this in your own afflicted households,) and the worthy, ta.ent; ed, and excellent Shank, who bade you God-speed ; as you went forth, has not lived to hail your return, but his eyes are closed and he sleeps with his fath ers. Truly would he have - rejoiced, had he been permitted to see this time. for he was the friend of his country, the friend of the Volunteers, he was your friend, and upon this occasion a brief and pas sing tribute to his memory is due from all of us. When the Proclamation of the Governor came, your company, Wyoming Artillerists, was the first to signify its willingness to raise aloft the banner of the State. You announced yourptermination ; no• !ice of the acceptance of your offer came on the 29th day of November, the order to march arrived on the second day of December, and on the seventh day of the same month you started for the seat of war. He, who afterwards, by ,the vote of the regi ment, becaula sour Major, the bold and undaunted Bowman, was then numbered among your officers. : We, who were at home, anxiously_ watched the course of your journey, and sought for your arrival ai the place of hostilities. we read cf your debar king before the castle of San Juan IrUlloa, and we that under Major Bowman, and your own brave Dana, you with one other company, were the first to draw the blood of Mexico at the sand hills of Vera Cruz. We beard of you at Cerro Gor do in the most trying situation, in which even a veteran soldiery could be placed—with other com panies of the Pennsylvania regiments, drawing the notice and the fire of a much otunurnberina enemy, with orders not to chsrge, but in the arrangement of the plan of battle, to fires the enemy in the order of snack, and divert his attention, while by other troops, his flank was turned, his rear carried, and the victory won. Your guns and your hearts were ready, but you obeyed the directions of your Offi cers, and tho' the standing tan - et for his artillery, with unflinching courage, remained firm 'in your allotted station. We have heard of you thro' the ceaseless fighting and the deep privations of the hartantanestp continued sir u p of Puebla, and honor, high for your conduct and your gal lantry has ever heir awarded. We might refer to WWI MEARA GOODRICH. the bOld carriage, and the acts of military daring of your Captain, of Lieutenants Wae'der and Miner, with the other officers and privates of your band, thro' special scenes of the! memorable siege; we might repeat tire story of the battles of La lieya, and I tuamanda, and tell the tale of Al aco, in which Major Bowman and some members of your- com- patty were engaged—we might mention other times and places at which the brave and soldiery deport ment of that officer, commanding other companies of your regiment, was shown , brit time will nut per- serving at Pulebia, you were not in the battles near Mexico; there too, however, may we claim with pride that Luzente was honorably represent- ed. Shortly after your own departure from among ns, our esteemed townsman Lieut. Leclerc, of the Columbia Guards, left with several of oar youths to join that company, with you they landed at Vera Cruz, and there in a skirmish with the enemy- first ,roved their coolness and their courage, and acquir• ed reputation, under the temporary leading of that brave young officer—side by side they strove with you at Cerro Gordo, and afierward by their deter mined spirit and unwavering ardour at Chapultepec, Moline Del Rey, and the Garita, entwined around both officers and men a wreath of imperishable fame liiiiiiffi It becomes us, to say that we have ever heard our Volunteers applauded for , their readiness and the willingness With which they submitted to the often hard requirements of miltjtary discipline ; du ties, so difficult to learn. and still more difficult to practice, by three who have been accustomed only to the ordinary restraints of civil amity, and tru'y honorable In their falfilmeet, alike to the private as t o the Airier. But as letters from the army and the official rerrorts of the superior officers seeking to Jo justice, hare been universally read throughont this communitY, your fellow citizens know and bear in mind these things, and will ever remember , , the sufferings,' the endurance, the constant watchings and the ruimy trials of their noble soldiers, during the .whole active period of Weir military; ife. , li In addressing lin ever, you our ,Volu teens, we must not forget to mention, that Wyoming was fa vorably known and honorably represented in, oth er branches of the serviec. In the riular army the fearlefe and indefatigable Dr. WStit, of the medical establishment, Colt, Allabach,!sand others in the Infantry, were in all me engagrunetAs with the enerni, excepting, only Buena Vista; from Palo . Alto to Mexico, and stark 4 too, with the brave Loui sanians, was in the thickest of the fight at Monte rey. The 'Pennsylvanians in Ith situations in the Army, have ever sustained and supported the Amer ican Eagle in its onward flight, baldly and steadily advancing, and never resting save on the pennon of victory. But it is not our intention, my fri4ds, (permit me so to tall you) to detail acts of periopal gallant, ry, or th various instances of eget - duct Wour sol diers, meet for approbation andkaise, or to men tion all the many individuals, lofficers, scbeltems, and privates, whose names the pen of history will remid upon the scroll of glory—hours upon hours would be, requirred so. to do : i. is enough to repeat the flames of places, to touch the chord of recolec tion.in the heart of each person here present, and to raise the !universal shout of " well done, brave and faithful tiddlers." In the beautiful and eloquent address, ! Which was made to you at the time of your 'departure from among us, you were told " not to forget for a moment that you stood not alone, but were they' representatives and the special guardians of the honor of Luzetne, and that in the raging of the battle!, and the rush of some desperate fight, that you Were Pennsylvanians, and had the charac ter for chivalry ol our noble Commonwealth to sus tain."—You have fulfiled this behest—pure anti un sulliep in your hand, remains the honor of your an cient Country; and Patterson and Cadwallader, and Wynkoup, Black and Bowman, the lamented Rob erts, Geiy and Brindle, with their officers andenen, skilfully and workmalny have fitted the Keystone in the broad and chivalric arch of our United coun try's kite. Lnzerne receives back her 'quota of these gallant workmen, with cheers of three times three. and Pennsylvania may well be proud of the bravery tot her children. You have been with your Wow tidier!, the .1 agents m mighty works—the progress of our in vincible! armies tbro' the various mittens of Mex ico --their steady advance without a serious check driving Ipefore them the largely. outnumbering forces of a emit and treacherous enemy—the indomitable spirit which enabled them to overcome porlacles apparel y. insurmountable — ever victorious tt and ne ver de fi eal+wid under the guidance of Generals whose skill in strategy has received universal ap plause. , Thm . e indeed were mighty events, and considqring the limes, the places and the circum stances knay well be called trotukrful. Invidious individuals in other countiies, jealous of the charac ter of our civil Institutions, may sneer at the feats of a republican army, and seek to undermine the name of our land, but truth, all prev ailing truth, will enter the feats upon the tablet of eke; with the ever pciinted graver of time, and the soldiery of the MeXican war, can leave to hts children, andltis chilihens, children, thro' all coming generating-slim rich I%iscy of his Well earnt Military reputation. i s It adds to your character, that you were not 0 , 111 decimate soldiers of tyrannic power, a conscriiit '. l band torn unwillingly from your friends and your homes.! You were volunteerst-Citir.en soldiers freely Offering to the invitation ofj your country in her need, the services of her sons sand now when her welfare no longer requires your services, as freely rind happily =turning to thticalm enjoyments of the rights of civil citizenship. I . r For years has young America :been teaching to the old land haogiry nations of rope , these sub lime titan', that an men are nature bee and equal.that all power is legitimatt4y 'in the people, and that Mere are bet the Wingate ' and agents It these Mighty sovereigns. These truths ridiculed and dispised as they have been, are now working among the intelligent and the irsumi.4 other)lll* - and the teleheieel abroad, are telling tit, that they ars known and felt .The flag of true republican. ism, first ranted in our owe beloved Land, has been unfit - led in other inky's., (may the virteous of all - nations rally around it and sustain it, against the schema mid nrachluations of the ambitious and the -wicked)) and threantnt monarchies of the world are Innetirg and , trembling before the brightness, and the splendor Of Its folds. You, with your v& unteer compatriots in the war which hoeing been ' closed, have aided in establishing another truth, to be added to the list of those we have already ma. ted--that a free country can ever rely epee the mil itary spirit of he people, tebniterifito be made el: (Mire whenever her necessity shall ,require it. Em perors and Kings, claiming by rights, falsely term ed# divine, but in Met originally stolen and usurped Irem the people,'may demand an oppressive stan ding army, to support their power ; bat in a free country, the prompt and ready wills-of the soy. erign people, patriotic and energetic, and each one regarding the rights of the public as his' owe, are ever sufficient to defend her. At Monterey,- at Buena Vista, at Vera Cruz, at Cerro Gordo, at' the seige of Puebla, in the various battles of the valley . of Mexico, in the many skirmishes with the fierce and predatory honks, of Guerrillas, the Volunteer stood in the ranks with the Regular—the threats of , the great Captain of the enemy, backed by heavy foftes did not alarm—the entrenched camp, the fortified mountains flashing With its lances, and groaning under the weight of its heavy arrnaments, the castle and other buildings thoroughly garisoned 1 and strengthened by walls and ditches, did not 'de ter caber the one or the other—in the ardour of at tack-and in the coolness of defence there was no difference; neitedis the weed of praise to each. But we detain you from the many hands which are stretched forth to grasp you : Excuse, me, for my heart is full, remembering in sadness the absent from your. ranke; yet filled with gladuets at your return, and with joy at the overflowing measures of our country's glory. You have been in the. Pro vidence of wonderfully preserved, the weapons of the foe and the sickness of that terrible clime have paassed you by—to Him, be our thanks and praises for Ever and Ever. Sons of America, yen have nobly apbeld the bon: or of) our flag—Children of Germany and of the green Isle of Erin, you - have nobly stood by the' Mother of your adoption—citizens of old Luzeme, timbre and adopted, the highest tribute we can ren-• der you, is to say that the sheen of the ancient spir it of Wyoming, the spirit of 78, has ever brightly gleamed inure splendor of your own achievement". To all of von, we again say from our hearts, wel come, right welcome! All hail to our returning warriors! REFVSINSTO DRINK WINE WITH WASHINGTON...-- Towards the close of the revolutionary war, . says Dr. Cox, an officer in the army had occasion to transact some business with Gen. Washington and repaired to Philadelphia for that purpose. Before leaving, he received an invitation to dine with the Gener4 which was accepted, and upon entering the room he found himself in the company of a lar;e number of ladies and gentlemen. As they were mos3jy strangers to him, and he was of a na turally moirest and nuasstimingdispoSitiur., be took a seat near the foot` of the table, and refrained from taking an active part in - the conversation. Just be fore the dinner was concluded, Gen. Washington called him by name and requested him to drink a glass of wine with him. " You will have the goodness to excuse me, Ge neral," was Me reply, "as 1 have made it a rule not to take wine." All' eyes were instantly turned upon the young of ficer, wnil a murmur of surprise and horror ran round the room. That a person should be so un social and so mean. as to never drink wine, was really too bad, but that he should abstain from it on an occasion like that, and even 'when offered to him by Washington himself, was perfectly intoler._ able ! Washington saw at once the feelings of his guests and promptly addressed them : • "Gently:ken," said he, " Mr. —is right. I de"not.wish any of the guests to pa:like of any thing against their inclination, and I certain)y.do not. w'sh them to violate any established principle in their intercourse with me. I honor Mr. for, his frankness, for his 'consistently in thus adhering . to an established rule• which can never do him lia*, and for the adoption of whidh I have no - t d he has good and sufficient reasons." GEMS SWIM THE MINE - or KINDNESS.— , WOUId it not please you to pick up a string of pearls, drops of gold and diamonds, and precious stones, as you passed along the streets! It would make you feel happy for a moment to Come. Such happiness yo® can give to others. How, do yoU ask T By drop ping sweet works, kind remarks, pleasant smile, as you pass along. These are true pearls and pre cious stones, which can never be lost—of which none can deprive you. Speak to that orphan child. The diamonds drop from her cheek. Take the hand of that friendless boy Bright pearls flash in his eyes. Smile on the sad and dejected. A joy suffuses his cheek, more brilliant than the splendor of the precious stones. By the wayside, amid the city's din, and at the fireside of the poor; drop words and smiles to cheer 'and bless. Yon will feel happier, when resting on 'your pillow at the -close of day, than if you had picked up a score of perishing diamonds. The latter fade and ennoble in time; the former grow "brighter with age, and prolate happier reflectionNiorever. Nothing is more easy than to magnify a trilling circumstance into a serious Misfortune, by suffer ing the mind -to dwell upon and place it in every^ possible point of view, each assuming a darker shade than the former. It is the common fault of a vivid imagination to exaggerate either good or evil. . The wcathiest people are 'the most injured by slander, as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been picking at: ETEMIIII3 1:63
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