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LIFE IN . WASHINGTON;
1 . . u pttr iiibit OEti. WEBB, ) . ..,
.',,Prcon the Nero Yea, Courier and „Enquirer. -1- .
I • ''. . WASIIItraTOW,. May , , 4,''' 1856. .„;,
Those who..2.9tnesied . . the assault., say 'that
upiin receiving the.hlows given in quick sue T
cession - and with terrible..torce, Mr. Sumner
at-tempted .to risefelirri his_ seat, to -which he
'Kai in a measure pinkined by his legs beiti
under his deSk—the ;legs othieb,.lihe all tin:
:desks of the Settate" m echar have plates . of
iron fastened to them ~: and these plates are
'firinly secured to the floor. His first:attempt
to •('iseiva.s•arailhre,Spd - he fell back itto hi 4
'Chair, and the blows of his atsailant-cliStinued .
tothll mercilessly sipen his head;
he
His second
.his
ripped up the iron fast',
'enings of 'desk, and he percipitated him',
seltforward ; but bilipg blinded and stuniimil,
wide of - the directiOLn: in whiclx-Mr: Brooks
stolid. Prostrated,,lin; the floor, and•eovered
with blood- as I never 'saw -Irian covered': be' r •
foie, the assault continued until Mr. Hurrays
atrial Mr. Aforgan,-both ritembersof the House.
.of Representative frOtn New-York, had time.
to home from the extreme south-east angle of
the, Senate. Chamber ;•• and who; forcing their
.. way through the erOwd of Senators) and•Oth r:
ers, in the midst Of i' whom Mr.• Sumner ‘v•a;"
lying sensless and being beaten, seized
thet., assailant-and rescued the body of Sum
• nee. Of course, 1.0 not speak from person- -
al. knowledge; but Me,. Muriay-intornis m 4
that not only •did the blows continue until he
bad reachat the seet4i - of action and forced hi 4
Way
through : the crowd ; but when be firs(
threw his' arms arinnuf Mr. Brooks he failed
to *Secure his right - 84,11yard at least One blo*
wits inflictedupon. the prostrate form of . 'the
insensible Senator,.after he, Mr. Murray, bad
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laid hands on the assailant. • i
•It is not the assault Upon, Mr. Sumner pe;t i
• ist: , xliich I feel called to deplore and to hold
up to the calm and!indignant condenination
of ,the•people of the. PnitedStateS ; but bd.
tst,ise by this assault upon. a Senator of
,the
United •States,in his, seat in the Senate Chain
belt., and when in the discharge of • his -leiiti
mate diAies; the Consti(etiOn has been tram
pled under fOot, the I:sanctity of the Senatelas
been-violated, freedOtn of r'debate-has been-at
tempted to be supp4seed by brifte forcp_ c and,
Liberty - itself—constitutional liberty • and
_ freedom' of thought and action, :has been rinb-,
. leSsly assailed,. and the assault been justified
Ina applauded by graVe Senators, and by eV
cry • Representative of the people save - t w',,,
(Humphrylarshall. of Kentucky and - 11, 6
rYW -
.. II ian of Ciliary .living •in.the
• SbiYe States, and li- every IZep - resentative of
th'ePeople who spe i the sentim en ts In ell ts or sus.
tins the .measures:loMthe existing Ad niiinis
tration of the count'fi. ! I'.
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-• : After nearly thirty j-ears of editorial lahiir.
• always speaking mly sentiments friinkly and
•• - billy, •it is unnecessary - to ,remind J the daily'.
:• • reader of The Courier and Engu iiifr that. no
• 'Man in the United States has ever been -kill
ing tog) further in sustaining ••the eonstitn
, .tional rights of the South in regard. to the Fle
- mbar local institution, than ll,' have. l - haTe
•: repeated ly . pu blished . mid proclaimed that- I .
do no look upon B:nvery as a curse to .the
• slave; but on the contrary, in•the aggregate;
a great blessing,.anii so, I think, designed !.to
be 'by Geld • f bizethave ever h&ld and ptib
,dl, and .
lislie every /lay of my life I am moire
eOnfirined in the eciriiictios that Slavery isa I
_ . -airse to the country wheFe
.it exists, and tit
• ti4rly demoralizing to the 1..,e,0p1e who tolerate
• . it.. '
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' `That. it' is an- A'''ritlieratie and Anti-Repub
-lieaa
,Idstitution, i 4, :proclamed by the wry
, t‘irms-of•" Master') "
and' - .slitve -' by }whirls
'alone it can be described.; and like all aris,,to,
eratic . institutions, produces specimens of the
highest refinement, the gentlest habits and the
greatest culture, only to render•moie Conspie
(thus the general brlitaiity:and de:ba.sing reek
lessuess which 'it impoSes Upon:the great
-Mas• of the people;,. Lln what section of' our
. eliuntiy—whether in . theSlaye or Free States
-4—occur thd Most, Stteet fights, homicides,'
brawl's, and •acts otl violence 'I I am safe in
saying that duringl,the .past five years. they
deaths or :injuries in .the s - ,SlaVe States, &Om'
these mimes, would ',average at - least two a.
week; while.in ttni :Free States, during the
same period; they *Mild not averaetwo ;per
annum ;. and. •eveniin.those cases, the pr 4 ba:
, Wit) , is, that the actors. in them would prove .
. to be the inhabitants - ofilie,Slave States. i •
• ' Let•me . instance the occurrences of the ii..i ? a
• alluded to, within the.last five months, which
• ' have. happened . here in the capital of the Na-. -
• tion,•and in which Oembers of the HouSe- of,
ll,epis•sentatives baV,e - been the principal ac
tors. • I confine the • reCOrd to tbern - alone.
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i Firs, then, :William Sniith, an ex-GoVern
' Or of, the State of Virginia, and Membir of
- the House of. Representatives,assailedald
heat the editorof )'The Eiienirts , Sta,roni De
cember last,in the', lobby of the House. - 1 .
Seiond, Albert l l,lpst, a Member of the-
House of 'Representatives, froths Arkansas,
assailed anti, hieat the editor of The N. Y.
. . Tribiene...in tbe\.grcainds of the Capitol, Mune*
'• ..diately after leaving the House-of Reprtise,nt
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. atives. . -1; -- - . :--: ,
. 1 rhirct, Philip - .P.....Herbert -- of Alabainka . •
. • Member of
.Congtiess frOm . California; I shot
dewn •and killed .tin' Irish waiter at Willard's,
.and is noWlunde: bonds to appear before the
'Grand Jury :and: aiFait his' trial for such prime
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as they MaY,adji4e,him to'havecouirnitted.
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' Foureh,, Prestoq S.. Brooks, aT Member of,
• ' ',the -House ,of.llepiesenttives front: South
' Carolina, assails 114 beats unmercifully a•Sen-'
' i ator from 11assiteliusetts, when Occupying .his
'' I seat in the Seua.tosof the United Statei, -and
1 I engaged;ini thetrausaction of . business 1 legiti- .
-•, \ .-• mately appertainiqg to his. station, i • .
-. t: Here, then, ' . yeil have in . five months tau;
. flagrant 'breaches of 'the peace on 'the part, of
: Members' of :Con'Oess who were born and
bredlri Slave Stew, and whci are Ile &Icily.
ce.
- :, ' dennintlizeid •by that :institution ;- while (hir
ing the same period not-,a solitary-instance
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. hail occurred of *ratters frontthe.Free States
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forgetting- what is!due by - Public ..I.,cgslatitra
• to . Jaw and- order;' ; to civilization and Ito jthe
. . decencies! and eohrtesies of the ilj
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i which these- - ,tiagrtiat breaches of the peace by
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. -•• respect the: laus ':-'italve . been treated by`-the
• - : House of .whiela l tlie...offenders are, members:.
, , ThefireCand.-see‘d,ontrtwes—whipi,inel.ed.'
'tors wit° failed to piotedillkiry . ersotks from
polluiion ; by - 'pqauptl . y*- - reschippg ..farce - by
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sidered such trivial offenses, that the subject,
was not even referred to in the House which
was outfted by such, conduct on the part of
one of its members: . The third offense= e
"shooting down and killing an Irishivaiter , ,at
Willard's Hotel--was ;gravely considered , •
sthe Ifouks of
.RePresentadves and voted t,-
be an - occurrence:not meriting investigation
even i; and, every.supgortar of this Adminis.
tmtion i saVe one, united in suppreasing inquk.
ry ; and the offender daily takes his.. seat in
Congress, and legislates and aids in 'the pas:
sagaollawi far the government of the ,
Cry, while he himself is about to be tried for
the gravest crime which man can perpetrate
-against his fellOw man.
.The last offender, Mr. Brooks; of South
Cskrolina,' , 4l4.6t lea-t.„ hale his- conduct in
quired into; but .
it must, not be - lost sight ,of
treat such inquiry by the House, of which be
was a merribeki was strenuously resisted t
every
,member of that body save two, who
represent the Slave States, and by all . who
sustainzlhe rresent Pro-Slavery Adminis
tration. -
To, attempt to describe the actual state of
affairs here in: the Capital of the Nation, I
worild be : 4 hor.less task. It would not be 1
'believed were one 'from Heaven •to proclaiM. 1
it trumpet-tongued through the land; and 1
yet no oue:can live here; as I have for •thdl
last six .months,- without feeling • his' blood
boil at witnessing the fears and-apprehetvions
of fatal . unsequences, on the part I. oar
• Northern • men, it any one .ventures openly
and manfully to Speak the truth in .the bar
rooms, on thecorners of the streets; and on
the_ floor of•-Congreis. - And there is reason
Tot these fears.- This is a city in a Slave
trlct ;, its time is the tone and sentiment of
Slavery ; its. visitors are 'mostly from the
Slave States, and a large majority of them"
the better portion of them) carry .pis
tols and bowie-knives ; and
.what ispore,
both here and - elsewhere, prove 'that- they
Will.. not hesitate, on occasion, 'freely to use
ttiem.. They_ - are- overbearing,. threatening,:
and defiant in their manners, and our people
have been:oVerawed :and cowed. . .
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'lt is the ri-Tht. of Freemen boldly \ to ex.
press. their sentiments here, as well as else
where: I tell them, in all sincerity, that the
time has arrived when they must do .so,
courteously btt. fearlessly, on all '.proper
casions and iii all prZiper places4dwe shall
all, and speedily too,
become as completely
th slaves of the Slave Poweras are their
plantation chattels ; • or, - what is far more de
grading, we 4101 become the same pliant,
cringing, andSydppliwitic.instruinents of the
Slaveoeracy aYe the Northern - doughfaces
who are.' inalle- by thepresent Administra,
tion • to s diseotirse.. just S.u,:h music as -their
Southern-inasteri may be pleased .t.O'dictafe
for the time Lcina..
..Aside from the favored few in the S4ve
States; nineteen twentieths of their. pop&lit
tion carry arms bowie knives, pistols
and • sword-canes ! And against -V . :hom are
th.y, thus armed ? • Against a cinn mon enemy
or against their slaves ? 114 nzvsito, Sat
1 against each other. And this sOlitdry. fact.
and the conscluenees.lwhich naturally flow
from it.are conclusive as regards; the demor-'
alizingtendencies of an institution which the
present Adthinistration i acting under the die
•tation:of the Slave Power, and aided by • un-r
scrupulous politicians of the North, arc en
deavoring to force upon the free people and
the free.soil of Kansas. To this end the•en
-•,t •
'tire influence and patrOnage of: the Govern,
ment,
,eivil; military and moral power, •:-are
.all directed ;• and alongside of the. prcimi.
'vent and threatening, stands the Bialying of i
the Slayeomey, boastingly pointing [b: the
bowie:lttiife, the pistol and
,the bludgeonostul
7 impudently
.taun:ting. the entire North with
cowardice ! I cannot blame. them for their,
love of power'and their desire
,W extend it ;
I . do not quarrel with their rudei civilization,
,the natural offspring of their peculiar inStitu ,
andido. not wonder at their believing
•• that the' doughfaces of- the. North, :who so
meekly do their. behests, are btu, a type
:Of our,whole people, and that we can he - bul:
lied, whipped and' kicked" into any course
' „of policy whicih they may please to dictate to
• us:
- Will the-North—the free,_ and educated,
and civilized, apd,. peace-loving North—tame
ly subinie.to the'..empudenee and the bullying
ottlae.Slafce Power? This is the question
which I deStre to put directly, .to every law-•
abiding and Union-loving
.freeman. of the
North] I would, have the entire North awak
en to the attempt of the Slave'Power, to ex
tend the InStitution into Free Territory, .and
the - :means resorted to i to acxximplish 'the ne
fariothi purpoft.• - I would have them feel
. that the time fOr action Eas arrived i and that
not only must that action:be 'prompt and of
heieni,bif We. would .protect ourselves from
the encroachments of Slavery, but that if we
tamely submit to the blustering and bullying
habitually "resorted to 'here, in the Capital of
the Nation, we shall very / Koh be taught that
-Liberty of Sp 'eeeh is a Won which-weshold
subject 16-the Caprices of the Slave - Power,
and to indulge in it equally - with . . themselves
may• at any time be visited by. the discretion
ary applict,fon of the- pistol. and the bludg
eon. Of the purpose of the ',Slave - POwer. ,
and ite Northern allies in the coming
den tial, Election, there is po longer any doubt.
It is openly proclaimed by-the Dernoerat
ie. press from' Maine. to Texas; and only this
day, the Goveruntent organ published in this
city,' boldly declares. that • " whatever . other
4icstioninay enter into the coming con test;ritu.
Si4vxavissot. as included in the Kansas meas
ure, must in will take preve4ence,
...In - com
parison with other questiOns are of mi
nor importance." And in allnsiOn to. Mt.,l
ochaitan's past - Federalistn and the suspicion
of cause' him •to, prefer his .1
mount and the:rights of Freedom to' mere
party;it s; " they' :pant nriman tehoie rec
ord is
. not hoirotighly : Democratic.", - ~T hese
declarstions 4 are .significant; and richly will
the people of tharee - North have merited the
outrages and contumely which;aredaily heap
ed upon 'theta - by men irpmeasdrably their .
inferiors •0 regards - rnatihoixl and civilization
if they hesitate to *vindiitate their right to
freedutn 'of
,speech,. or falter : Pi' their deter
mination:to • drive.. back ..into the. fens .and
marsheSWhereit,properly 7 helongs,. the in
stitution - which Washington, and Jefferson,
and Madison alike eondentited,..butof which
Pieta: and Douglas : and' the. doughfaees: - of
the North, noting nnder the lash of the Slave.
_Pow*,tai . e.beeotne..the . willint'propagand-
Ii is 'tine tO Stitimer :to atiy, as a Sot
fannliar':. to all who ate accustomed' to tea
ihe4obites the late; = that-iii:etteiriiind
\.:. 16 6 Ipl;?..ig:[s.©, z,mb.-120am'ctr.a Mat - 1..i1. - .L61,.4t - Em.l: - AO.,
every 'of the five last sessions of Congress,
Messrs, Seward, lalo and Sumner, hav,e re
ceived- at the hands 'of.Senators from - the
Slave States and ihe pliant tools of the• North,
ten times- . —nay, a hundred times the abuse,
which in his late incomparable speech he so
scathingly hurled back upon his assailants.—
4 II this has -heretofore been submitted to in
silence ;.and in My indginent, toOlting,' sub
mitteil to ; and new, when forbearance cess=
es to be a virtue; and the Member for Mas
sachnse. ita, in vindication of his 'Manhood and
in the'.exereiseo( his privilege, retorts upon
his assailants a tYthe only, of the abuse they
have so long and! so
.imsparingly heaped upon,
hinLand his friends, he- is told that his " au
daeity " is absolutely incomprehensible, and
his purpose inconceivable! - Aliko'astoundcd
that the man-of peace and the meek,' modest
and retiring scholar, should dare to repel any
attack %vivite . er, and .cowed.and crushed by
its scathing .severity, Mr. Douglas exclaims
under- the. smart of the wounds- inflicted,
`.• What does the Senator mean - by .this at
lacy upon the majority. of thiiiay ? - -What,
I aSk,.does the Senator 'mean? - What does'
hewant t't4 to do? W, alma refuse to
know bins socially. Does ho want us to kick
him ? '1 ask agaiti-Does lie Chant tts toatlcx
him ?" ' Mr. MaSon of Virginia follows in a
similar vein ; and Mr. Brooks of South Car
olina, a member
. or the house of Representa
fives' resort to the bludgeon, and. assails him
in his seat in the Senate Chaniber ofahe.Unit
,ed States. .' 1 ' : i -
. The - wrong lieS at the door of those whi, I
commenced the use of these personalities, and
the miserable Plea that because the person
thus violating the deeerum 't)f parliamentary,
rules, was willing to back hip-language by the
d.uel,:he was justified, in bit: assaults ; while
his adversary, ifnot thus willing, to follow up
his retort, is bound to submit in silence.L-L -
Snell,. I. say, is the!plea of the slave power. in
defense of their attacks, and in 'condemnation
of Sumner's resorting to the same weapon of
defense.. They . proclaim every where, that
their:attacks upon:the tion'-eothbatants of the
North, are justifiable, because those - making
them are trilling to fight ; and that unless the
assailed Senator Will adopt the law of the
slav(;.power thus Manuflictitred for him, he
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must submit:in silence or he beaten to death
with bludgeons, eie.ri in-the Senate Chamber
of the nation. , I .
MON.1110SE;:,, TtEIJ:4D:BI 7- , . J.
Have we no remedy fur this Are there
not amiing.us—ean there not he found in the
great
. North, men of -qualifieation.s.,f ir both
the S.enate . ‘.and the
. House of Representa
tives whO poSess the necessary Moral
daring and physical courage to meet. and put
down this disgusting bullying, eitherwith
pistol or with bludgeon, as. "circumstance.;
May require .If ther . e. I k e such, let theni be,
sent here as your 'll.epresentiitives :until the
SouttMre taught' afterafter their own fashion that
'there not only is a.North, but that it is unal
terably . determine d to assert all its rights and
to - . maintain all Its 'Privileges, at the same'
time that it will4in good faith. at a ll . tirric.e.
toia in .ii r it.,..,,Vromptly discharge all its
duties to the Utfipn, and hold sacred the
rights of any section of country (whether sec
local; or national,)
,under thatTonsti
tution to which the allegiance o'f all is equally
due. ,
THE SLAVE WIFE:
, OR • .
THE SUDDEN DUEL.
At the close of the Mexican war, the city
of Brownsville, on the Texas bank 'of the Rio
Grande .fiver, and immediately . opposite. to
Matatnoras, sprung up suddenly as if by mag
developing the full growth of an urban
- community withini the course daft.* months.
Its singular flow of emigration. and rapid .ad
vancement in business was the result of the
living spirit of American enterprise, the com
mercial passion Of a restless people, eager
alike for glory "and for gain.
Among the many aventurers whii swarm
ed to the Rio Grande in the first prime of its
Olden promise, * a.s . lk young -lawyer, one
Elam Parks, recently from South eitrolina.
Although descended front an ancient line of
ancestors, and bearing in - his Neins• the_ blood
of the revolution, and having received a etas
sic education, yet : his father's. vices having
squandered an intirense fortune, the son was
left poor ; to fight . ihe fierce battle 'of life, re
lying altogether op his own rotirces, with
ont the hope of aid pr comfort &Um kindred
or frietids. - . Naturejiad endowed : him with a
handsome' person, excellent judgment, and
true courage.
On arriving at Ihis 'new sphere of act'tii,
young Parks encountered ,an Unexpected dif
ficulty. He discovered 'that there. was very
lucrative, business transacted in. the court, and
this had already fallen into the hands of a
. feW 'advocates, who 'managed adroitly to mo
nopolize every case of "the - smallest imp,or
tance... • It was evidently impossible to
,sit
d t own and .patiently wait- until matters would
Vend by' the doubtful evolution of time and
chance: , The price of board and lodging was'
near, and his wardrobe needed renovation
even before he was fit`to appeari at the forum
-at. all. in this crisis of his,fate be conceived
';plan that looked, in . the,li‘gdit Of sober rea
son, wild and ,visionary.' off all
his-books at auction,. and with the--,proceeds
opened a garden, within a mile of the,eity,
for the' purpose of supplying the market with
vegetables, which happened at chat period.
to be extremely. scarce,, as the natives of the
soil . wanted both the will 'and the wisdom to
-turn the'rich alluvial of the region to any Ite
count. As the -experiment i)linrished and
Mexican labor. was Cheap, the • ex-attorney
urged. his operations farthe,r, - and the little
gar6n soon . exptinded into a field. To stud.
up the general: result in a single sentence, the'
entiofthree years found him not only itide
pendent, but Vfealtiv. •
Having amassed sufficient fortune to satis
fy' his..desires,.he thought of selling out,
_sad
recurring_ again to . -the profession which he
,had been compelled to abandon,: When an in
"vident. occurred. to :change-46i pdrpose. , A
: fatuity by the name.of Garcia, tissutiled to be
Of Spanish origin, arrived at . Brownsville,
from New Orleans.. They '.were apparently
in, affluent tircumstances,--intelligent i .poliiihed*
it their manners, and remarkably..handsume
id their persons.. - They were all dark featured,
.is is commniiirtbefact With: the race whence
they ..claimed desbent. , • Indeed, they -Made
it a matter of boast that a slight, tincture ..of
Moorish blood colored - the, current- in their.
veins. Mtes3th' pOssessta iolden". key
iaulocle the most'exclUsive dOork and ':beauty
has the•-force:,.of .fire.; , to melt•theliardest•
heart—so that the new additidAt' goes.socie-
, •
ty of Rio Grande, tts one might imagine,
caused the. utmost enthusiasm, and was
hailed as,an era.in the histori of frontier
MI
' There : was a Member of this comely house
hold who immediately became an especial fa
vorite in the; community, and drew the•ad
'miring 'attention of 'every • observer •by . the
,peivers of her ,unspeakable loveliness. May
Garcia was one of those rare' Combinations
'Of graceful fort{', luminous feature's; and spin. I
'itual , expression, that resemble I the fitultles.s
.ideali of.iniaginatida, or the radiant pictures I
ot perfection . which glitter in the-dreams oil
early youth; rather than the shapes offlesh;
,Land
.blood that breathe commie . ) air '.and
mingle' with the things IpY earth: Her small,
regular, exquisite Wel - revealed • a complex-I
ion somewhat . dark :in I its tints, but, literally;
translucent, where the warni blood could be
seeo'spreading its rich, rosy sntlasion like the
unfading blush .of maiden Modesty: Her eyes,
.of the deepest, jet, 'ilitpeared to Sivitn - in a sea, ,
of light, waving and'• ntiked witletliquid fire:l l
Her long, dark hair flowed freely around a
bust and hostim of indescribable - symmetry.,
But her voice possessed, the most marvellous
fascination °fall. It *as: clear, silver); and
' ringing, with ''a gentle Cadence in its tone, tit
the fill of each sentence, like the lisping muti
, mur Of soft-winds arneitg the pine tops. • 1
1
' Vemales of s any description' were scarce in
•
~ the commun . t , y, and this beautiful creato*
ibti seemed to haveldropped, as it were, from
lithe eltiuds,.beEire the end of six months had
Ireftis'ed half `a - hundred excellent 'offers.-4
Illowever, the little bey- called Cupid, who
Isearehes out every fair tbrm•as a mark fbr
Ibis flaming arrows, fottnd, her at last.
hi company with a number of young per
sons she paid a visit of mere cariosity to the
1 'famous flower. garden land fell, in love at first .
sie-;ht - , -- witii - the handso ' tne proprietor; .t-vbe're
-1 spoecb.ti- to her iffectien with 'equal ardor.-.....-
I The fruits•oftheir unieri,•within three years,.
were:a soil and a daughter, who ; as a matter
of course, became the idols of thir fond fath
er and mother—for it] seems to be a general,
if not universal psychological law. •that• 'lo
nian parents, love t heir children in proportion,
to their passionate tenderness ter each other.
A,
ill:int:Mg white cottage in the Meantime
had been erected in the midst attic flower
garden, and the business of the happy horti
culturist prospered mitre than . ever, so that
with the addition of the ample fortune brought
into the matrimonial partnership'by his beau
tiful compankin, he might be well considered;
for- that_country, a man of great- wealth.
~
One bright morning m
in midsumer,„ upen
his return from a neighboring city,. the gar
dener was astonished to find his lovely wife
in a paroxysm orteatis,, 'and evincing other
tokens of the utmost( tkrror and atiguish.-.
But all his entreaties railed to Elicit any . ex- I
planation from -her / lips, except the asitu i ance
that she felt oppressed with a strange fire
bed ing, of some...unknewn - -MA mysterious'
but dreadful danger. I However, after, she be
came ora degree %ore tranquil, having anaf
• fair of importovrioo to--:....4...... 6 .,, 1,............6 sttr.....
to the town.
- On his arrival ti * ew accosted in the street
I by a person he did in
i t .recollect to have seen
before. The strati r 'was a Man of middle
iige,- with,coar se, s aster features, gleaming
black , 1e,..5., raven hair streaked with silver,
and a massive form, revealing the'appe,aranee
of herculean . strength] :and agility. He was
dressed in rich black ode cut-itt the latest
.aid
fashion, with gems precious ornaments.
A huge golden seal,- enclosing a costly stone,
dangled from his heavy watch chain whieti . l
he twirled incessintlY with his fingers. He
spoke in a loud,•brusque tone. "Mr. Parks
4 -they say that is your name—allow me to
introduce Myself. I aril Colonel Powers, 'of
Nevi Orleans, and have visited Texas in search
of runaway slaves.. I. am told that you-har-
L bur them." •1, .
•
'You' have been misinformed,' replied the
gardener sternly. • 'There is not a slave, er
even a colored person', on my plantation.'
-` No, sir, lam notinistaken„ . The woman
that you call your itt.ife is a shive,,and was
actually born in my kitchen.' Here -is a bill
Of sal4:eontaining the name of her father and
mother,
for whose bOdies I paid down three
thousand dollars. ;There you behold the
seal of the'recorder"* . .court. ' -
• The other reeled-as if he had been struck
a•terrible blow with lan iron hammer, and
gasped— ' ' II '' - .
' Merciful God ! iticannot be so. This man .
must be insane, ori'am dreaming l.': •
• '• 'lf you doubt my word,' said the Colonel,
seltwirling his: watch . angrily, 'yonder comes
old Judge hice„ whd ,is familiar with the eir-
Cumstanees, and can' prove every item of my
assertions:',. .
The indiVidual altded to, who has been a
mem b er of the Ne il Orleans bar for•, many
years, confirmed the, stranger'sstory in all its
particulars. : • i
I I
. .
It would he impoSSible to'give the faintest
idea . of •the , indescribable agony depicted
.in
the countettance.of*r; Parks, as the astound•
ing truth, with i
~ j horrible- consequences,
burst upon; his soul, like a flash of luri‘ight
tit
ping. -He, turned p le : as death, and stagger
ed, as if aliOut to fa II to the earth; but by a
great effort, he wreitled for a minute or more
with his' grief, and, conquering, became spa
tlealy calm, but stir pallid as a white piece of
.Pa,per.. '' •
. ' Why has this atter - been kept a secret
. M
So long?' demande4 the gardener-in tones of
'terrible meaning. ''.Was it a cunningdesleiv
to 'win gold out of,hutpantears and the blood
Of indecent heartS'it 1 --. • .
I - The Colonel, laughing with delight at- the
remembrance of his craft, boldly avowed his
,
own.iniamy. - i _ I
- ..' Yes," he said; ' I was smart. I noted
how' beautiful the slaves we e, and I deter
mined to make it 'phy` -. the hjg est figure. 1
1.,
had them well edUcated, 7 s d made them,
s
fools, think they were free. Under this im
pression they removed to the Rio.Grande.-
I gave them money which they have' increas-
ed, with more than Iconipound interest, and
nbvr I lave cx)rne tb 'get my pay for all my
trouble.' i' ; .
And the unblushing villain twirled his
watch chain-joyously. - -,
.. . - -
' Ilow much do !you expect me to pay fir ,
thy' wife arid children I' ;inquired Parks.,-with
'-an awful smile. 1%.. 1 „
= * ' I must have ten thousand dollars, besides
the return of her; , fortune, amounting to
as, much pore!' said the ClOnel - ,with the
most business like cpolnestr. " '
'Scoundrel, coWard, 'thief; aseassin I You
shall never 9wn ceileeel - from the etirtlings
omy yeitrs of toil r exclaitned.Parks, in a
yoke of uncontrollable fury. ~, , ~.
1 1 i
=INiM
NE 5,1856.
Mind what you say, for I will ha
satisfaction for every insulting wor.,
ploy,' said the
I Colonel, growing w
rage.
Then take it now!' shouted Par
ing the other with such force in thu
he rolled on the ground.
But Powers Suddenly regained hi t
Wiping crimson streams from his n 1
erated
mortal satisfaction on th
`.Yes, you•shall have it—now—
plied the gardenei, in a voice that
the wrathful veil of a demon. • I
The accommodating bystanders who had I
colleeted around the scene, proffi r red: their l e ,
services as second's, and the terms of the duel jbi
were immediately arranged. It %vas settled
that the two principals- should Eiaelajbe armed
with a piStol,!•and assuming their stations
tweily yards apart, it..the signjal might _
staff ll or' advance, and ire when they pleas- a,
ed. - • .
At the word, Parks moved and
steadily, with moderate steps, tov4trd his.en
emy. The latter remained fixed asi mar
ble statue in, position, with hii arm ele
vated and his dark eye! gleaming
through the sight with deadly aim at his mor- .
tal mark, When the other arrivell within a
distance of ten riaees4, the pistol, pointed at his
' heart, exploded with a loud roar. But he
faltered not—ipaused not- - --chang6l not his
march. The bullet had hit- a silver coin,
which bappened .tobe in . the pocket-or his
vest, and thatralone had saved hi life. He
never stopped till he was • with 4 three'.feet
of his foe, when; for the' first tiMe-, raising
the fatal weapon, - he blew out t 4 Colonel's
brains.
Park., with his: 'family, and all the Gar.
cias, the next day removed. into _ Mexico,
where they yet reside.—Yeto Yo'k Suiiday
Times.. . -
`From the Pittston Gazette
SLAVERY OR FRE'
A STRANGE MATTER, Ti l
-This is the-state of the case asi we under
stand it. ' At the accident last October, on
the Ne.W . York & Erie Railroad, near the
Great-Bend, a,plain,- respectable-looking pas
senger Was atnong the injured. ,ile was net
able,.he said,..to go onto the CitY,but wished
to betaken to Village-Green, by the Serail-
Um- road, where he had a Cousin ? and there
.
tarry till recruited ; 'but feeling very unwell, w
he got out at Our little town of roinfret, on
the South branch of the Tunkhannock, you
know,in Wyoming Comity-- - -where we nursed.
him kindly ; iuntil, being badly 14irt internal
.Iy, the good man- died,and we buried him de
cently. .We think he. was a sChool.master
When at honie, and a bachelor, as we never
heard him speak of either Wife al
children,
but he talked a great deal of a'Squire Gerritt
-q..it- 1 .--, .4.- in ; hi. r ,..t.;3 7. ....4 .1",.. 1 0.......t..5. - nint.:l,
named llynders, in the City, where • :he was
„
going. Said his orris name Was Peinsen, and
was greatly excited t n the silbje+ of polities.
He was a Van Buren man, but i thought the.
Clintons,ln old timek a .little more than per
fection,.and regarded Silas Wright, now gone
to his rest, the first saiht in the.political cal=
lender.. Ilebelieved Southern Slavery had,
in their days;troddenall these great New York
ers,under feet, and bad now nearly reduced
the Empire State to a state of vassalage, ren
dering her, and her Statesmen,] subordinate'
and degraded ; and now he thonght 'and ter
ribly feared they were gunig to force • back
the " Weolly-Heads,'! as he called them,and .
drive 'out the light-haired, blue-eYed, free
fla
borers frem,,what he often re eated, "the
Glorious Etnpire-Republie_„•' . aid he was go
ing down tOsee General Rynd rs about. it,
ashe heard he. governed New York City,
while d as'every body knows, the City. con
trolls the _State. lie had something,, he
• said, to
.print, About .an hour . before he
closed his eyes forever; he ' - male a ferient
prayer. Our minister, the Bev. Mr. - Do
good, and Esquire. Doolittle, ire both-pres
,ent, and said it was an exeelle t. one ; only'
the minister, wished there had ben More doc
trinal matter, and the 'Squire, that he had
reprobated—namely, the' crying sin of the.
mad-fly-away eustom oi the whole population,
rutining•from home Into the jawlsof dissipa
.tiou and - death on our-railways.l . .
" Father of Mercies l" said the dying man,
laying one trembling 'hand over other on
his panting breast, "Bless this ration of eon
gregated.States, which .thou 'hit so highly
favored, from Hampshire's stioW-elad moun
tains to. the golden sands ofi the farthest
West : froM the - orange groves 'of Florida
and Texas to the glittering . nectk-lace of the
teeming North. In, thy benefipent wisdom
restore the ferrule and. birch to our • schools,
that, our rampant youths, by bping taught' to
obey, may be fit to govern. -Give the pees;
ent and succeeding generations to feel the dig
nity and sesponsibility of. their Positions as
trustees, to transmit the Liberty- thou bast
vouchsafed 'to us.unimpaired to pOsterity.—
Let the North not interfere to disturb the re
lation between the master and'slaVe in those
States . where it exists,: It is. in the bond.—
We have' nothing to do with it. :But Q, give:
to - the free Men whose happy 14 it is to. es
cape the, evil, the sense tq see- the right and'
tlie firmness p maintain:it. May they with'
_unswerving firmness, with unflinching' fideli
ty, persevere in opposing, under - any pre-,
1.00, its introduction on one ftiot of Territd-,
ry consecrated, by compact, . td Freedom..---.:
But as there is manifold cause jto apprehend:
an intention among certain Unprincipled-AchW,
ophels, contrary t' the will of the conserv
ative portion of the -South', o lefrept their
own unhallowed; atnbitions-purposes i to force
the
. institutiontiOt only over 411 the tdrrit.o ,
iiies,:but.back- over all the Stages now free---;/
• Almighty Buterrof the-nniverst) if judgments
inu4 be.:Sent to punish us for, Out !ins, -send
Cholera, C i atiadalliistles,the Blasting,-wheat,
fly, ‘.‘ make the Heavens as brakthe earth as
iron; the rain as .powder," hilt 01- save us
save us, from the curse -of stastery"-- -and- he
Ceased to breathe,- -, -. : : .- 1 - : --- _'• ' '
--.. : - In Insictirpot-bag - Were fcuncl:-anumber :of
letters4.' What to do with then:l:Ansi been. it
perplexingiiinestion,' as' we know - nothing
about'Ryttders.' They seem - tOhaye, beer. in
tended ;ea- electioneering , papers. - As thoY
appPar to ' have - been - dravn. (witti:p3me la-,
bor,, - ire.!lnve-,coricluded, - ; Mr: ,B,icht4c• to ask
the: fav o r_ . th at tvciiii • print theft% iti. y 0 4 1: 94 -
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zette. , ! .:- - • •ir
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iiinuati 4,18541
BMW
e bloody
you, em
• ite with
s, strik
face that
feet, and
se, vocif-
spot 1
ere re
setpkled at,
r.:
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99
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IC
AZIER & S
CornOin,ltenue . a . tai 1.
. ' utTrsa x+
. , .
•
I wish to address fur
fellow 'eltiiens,..presentin .
sistent ; with - clearness, ;ti
Dress
i ,
On my Mind agains
Ire ; fie-introducing Slay
nd, meaning no tiiSreil
,pu ar standing wio t
sir to 'becoine my ea
eedotn!of addressing thl
4ut l 6 , d that the name o
:ra• - lt, the deaed atteti
In the outset I wish y
am about to preach, no
:cture to their masters.
e kept. where the . old.
cad ;and stout.hearts,,
upt 4nd you would not
'lit) Would disturb them
It has become openly_
tee! detl that.; . by the; Co ;
zn of the Republic has
!very part of the Union,
constrent right to tak
hiat i; that; Slaves are
tore,' the master has A C '
take', his Slaves *het it I
4111. his was urged agai
cus-sion on the repeal of
protitise. ; • .
States acting on their
ty; have forbid the bringh
linu r ts, d'eclaritig them, 't
to he tree.
'lsrOw ; it is held that . tl
rides:, and renders ivoi
meats. This point it,ist
gitei ;but merely to stag
The principle is', to
o' ii State in the Leritimp
been;;Made in Ohio in ti
recently " iti-_Pennsylva
cash ' rrom the eourst
l ,
infifenee, at least td m i
,h ; e helieves(no; ;11 - tvi;
standing that wroug)
that; Slaves'brought, int
notJ free as provided 14:
'.'he doctrine "eolitei
lished, I do not see; w
whir; has the power to i
liniii at all.
ik. ehOOses to pAss
NeW York with his ; 20;
to a tonal right,—whO sh
But convenience leads
—six months—a year,
Ajiin it may be aske7
, .
isiti,i .? 1.
lut does nett thelright to brinz-ls proper
tyl necessarily carry Aviith it,the right to use
it 1 . 1 Ile brings the Coach. - 1-larness,tCOachi
• , . •
man and footmen. ;May he not use his hors
sb47 ; May not the Coachtrian dilve ; then:?:
anfll his tootinan I mount behind?' tad b 1
eook provide his dinner- 7 and.his trained wait-;
eti attend his 014, ? Suppose. he chooses to
spe, id the summer at ,arattiga, and the South
-1
ern; gentlemen, not ) brooking the free or
, 44 , kward manners of Our white waiters, pre
fe their colored servants; may .
ths..y .. 6 .ii, tAs-s,
to ! the Htitel keepers, at moderate wages, 20
or, 50; more or less, s4y 'at half price, besides
the. further boon , of a very large influx of
SOuthern visitors whoj would be induced by
thiS agreeable coneeSstoo to spend their sum.
tnets in the North; liila hericeithe obedient,.
.sibserVient; woolyteads,.'would rout out, in
Nev, York, and all our cities or watering-plae
ess and country towns, our at present proud,
independent and beat:r. they • are free ;
citi
zens of the Republieand . voters, apt ; to be
stiucy ; il insulted or iniposed upon!: ; ,
A step further-4 a man triay , bring - his
1;
rop , rty hero by an in efensible Constitution
:lll right, does it not al-d.• follow that; ;he -may
fi
11 . it, \ and does ; not this demonstratively
b ing w4th. it the correlative 'Constitutional
rii,ht to buy 7. I I
L . .
I 'enough for an .
tbi, k you will agree
that' the matter is Of
'tat a great many. it
st, blush -might be it
DM
DOM•
1.1:MY!
• - •
Schoharie,:AtiOst
. .
1
.
1. LEiTytit . 2 O. -..n. --- .• .
i Haying shown in 4rly..tast. that if the doc
trine now urged be Maintained that the' slave
holder has a constitution' ri g ht to - bring his.
slaves.here.r . .the Wait is at our. Public houses,-,,
tiils coachmen, the ha k and nmnibus.drivers;
', mt. be prepared; to lye up their places and
ek eMployrned. eIS• •where---1, leave for. the
the ftther efftvt upon individuald
nun
examie its probable influence
nu, the•Sia,te at large.
IjNow,,New York . a
llconsidered as two,;
Img succession of yel
( I L
fihusbandry, New
- . paying liberal priced
l•Inloor,.. ming no iiv4
t 4 advantage, 'of se
du of her female .1
' r6ing - and derearidin
New York hasl4ol
, /
<:'t.)%
1 Nirginia 61,00,1),. •of
.or, exceeding in the e l
MMaryland, or three
1 , -
necticut.
, New York ha on,
IVirginia some thr4
'New York has otu
entre.
i .
Virginia severs!.
New York rani;
r mites on the &ix
1 Virginia is situr
elimate in the wb, cl
1 Very well. t ttui
sgement be best', she
i6O years to haie gr
New York in pOpUl/
genet and wealth.
eholy, The details
j
_chal.lengeti to•give ti
.hrs,we need asirno
day , , , the echo arcs
terrp ' is the old'ad
1 tiers,and isjustitied]
give,us your sttent .
with, a very long on
figures, but let us
4y. Special or i lix
ry, may, by soine, 1
aneount for the;mor
perity of our cities..
tie two into,
.
orz.—Ait tionlar to
tearlesi
-,-
PIJBLISHERS- -- VDr , :g; ; : '
~N : a
%%dent, Mit
ran
r five letters : to toir
as brieflY as is con-.
1 0 Objections which
the projected mew
ery lute New York,
ect,i lint froth' your
'hose whoM I most
ers, have taken the
6m to you; feeling
Isaiah, Ryilders will
"On: : •
u to understand that
religious or moral
Let them, negroes
.evolutionary
cant they should be
I'lid me among those
irowdd and broadly'
Jstitution, .very
11 . 1 . right to' go into
and: goinz—baS.
.
his • property with
ropeity:. and, there
nstitutiomil right to
is his pleastire to go.
I And ?Again in the
dis
the 'llissouri Com-
reserved sovereign
alg.ofalaves into their
so voluntarily brot'
ie Constitution- over
ri, those State enact=
lot my purp6Be to at%
the fact.
be contested in our
I T case—Ahe point has
he Denison ease, and
Oa, in the Wheeler.
;e of ' Judge Kane the
lii mind, is clear, that
ill not. do his Under: -
1.,
that he would decide
o Pennsylvania were
.) her laws.*
nded for being- estali
ere the limit is—of
fix that limit, oe any
.
through thi3 State of
ff Negroes. A eonsti
-1111 . say him Niiy
him to, tarry a month
where is the limit&—
who. S:hall say. him
ntroduetary Letter--1
with me, CoVitynders
more momencand thay
ore interests, than .at
•
ingiiied,.
CORIiELIIIS Rg.MSEN.
7; 1855.
d Virginia may be fair
great farnis,:til led for.a .
Ctrs on different systems.
York with free labor,
Virginia with,,Sbtre
efi, and rni?iinover. with
ping. the surplus. pro
battels to a constantly
market:
I 00 square miles &Ter-
coarse 21,000 the most
-eess the whole State of
iroes the area. of ,Con-
fine seapoq. ,
eor four.. :
noble- river through the
p And is hounded for
L 'en line of banadti:
in the most delightfu
Virginia& mode of man.;
l inf
oughth t,.9,_l ong run o_
trAll far, kr; FA ahead. of
'Lion, enterprise, :intent.
The eantrast is inelan
iptkinful, hut when weer':
ca our system and adopt
pardon but_ pursue, as a
"LoOk 'before you
e, you know, ca pt. Ryn
ly comilton sense. Caine,
Won't • bother y ou
a perpleiong, amount of
a. what. official htatisties
~;1 causes, and not, liYfr
le hupposed partutliy , to
rapid growth-and pros ,
Let-us, therefore,*ing
luxtapositAnn. - •
use Knoi,fill. tis.noble:iust
M
' •. ~ ....- rocrt4.rtri2t.
- • 1100' - - -''[l . B3.o' ''''• 1880: .. -
New Vgl n Y i ° a, rk .' il4 74ol.' : • ' •9 9 4 9 , 1 42 9 ',1. 1' ,211 5 4 9 6 -B: .t ,'
Froth 1830, 20. yeak.tn.4B.s4sew
hasline`t'eased one rniflion,,One,:hundr
enty.eight thousanOsevelf'.:hiltidre.d . ;;,,
six. . . _
.. ; : 1 • . ; :-•-•--;' :-
- For the same !.10 -- rars-Virgini4 --,
and charming Virginta, formed by mit
'be the Queen sister of.the {I had like
said "colfedertteY, bet - feared:._ the -gh
• . ,
Daniii - Webster - Would_ start . jip....k
" Ne'ho, lin . Retesoh,,het baniedera.:
.Union.")- Very Welli-haVe it io,-.Qu-
ter of the Union,' .:..-• •: ' :- ':_''
In the same 20 .Years Yirginie - had'
ed only 2t0,256.- "The - eliriefettuiel'
nut come." HOW is thiadisparity of
and prosperity to - 'be acenented for I
is but one ansWer.• There is not a
common sense and - common intellig:
the nation but whit, leashed; would.,
iltos SLavetti. - : ;Theinuinher of ,slav:
-061. set down, butit -, "is manifest
enough, to paralyze ail manly .exertio
...• DO you suppose, Clipt.r.Jiynders, t
intelligent gentlemen of Virginkfare,.
.ble to the evil? Far otherwise; but`
ses upon them - like al heavy . ilii.tiitior
feel it—know what it is•tfiat'iapressi
them, and they lie nerveieis, - poWerl
the infliction. •To me it appears ' in.,
to ttie matter as;if the whole cOnlmii
drugged by chloreform, : deadeeing \ atr
Eying every sentiment'and ; . passion
and -that uneAttieketiing into morbid .
mature activity. '
- I , tite no assailantof Virginia, Orth
Whatever it may 'hive • once 'keen,
longer a question xlf-Ne . ii-o - SlaVOy.'
IT lIAS BECOME A QUESTION OF TIIIITE 8
•
. - •
It haS become a q ue stiont . whether
stitution shall te . er4mitte,d.4oikn On.
here, in New York. ! Slavery, by, ;
cunning - and tactics,thas long rete*
catty ; and now, when tke.evidenee-.
niably.',l)owerful that a - scheMe W:O.
introduce Slivery bodily - us;
reduce - the wages ,of (air workmen
eempetition—open 4.neiF markek_fo
is 4avea - -drive away our labOrers w
choose to sink, with_their farndies,t
el. of the African, in Self : , defence it .
.an iinpeiqoes , duty to inonire . what_l
,the eflects of ,slavery. wriere - eiperie
blesSing Or, curse . , has-heert-, most. pek
bilked. -. .
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•
I have U . very euriou - S', matter, sir,
..lo your notice ; I I.`presuine you.,-a.
;that the - simple statement of :a : pers . l
trenzis is as , available 'in coartas
in*calth, -.; . ;•-. _ . .`,-
SO* 25
.}ears ago the torch of in
was lighted iiiSouthamPtonXiigiu*
11
lives were' lost." - The - emente.-..was
'quelled; but 'the shudder 'Of :',alatin
through-the whole community, jus
deelartion; ao, touchingly_:lnautifu .
Rihdolph j. ', -. ; , ' •• ..'
-*. " The midnight ' f bell d oes - hot 'to
in
,Richmond, blitthe„. '.MAt i lkeer•-•
taut closer to:her • Iziiont,. - •
The alarm mese alniost: to ..phie
the, horrorS OfSt.Demingo wale
the soul. Not only -'vhia - • the ekee_
cence and beauty blatielied,,WAtkfe
tierves, of the -bravest ,slialten: . (a
men than Virgima•prOnees do no
is proven through ;ail her.ftiStorYil
ington ; .-- 34fOrgan, Lee, to :our pre _
cominanderrin-ebier) ..- .- '..- ..;,...
The Virginia ' asSelnfily.Met, an ,
]
the matter. Their ..whole pre
preSunied„ may be found:in; 'Nit -
of 1830 to 32. They alight to be - r
el
in.a handsome volume or num er
to he, read univerSallyiln'the:free,-
.thOsit'whUre- slavery preValls; 'nit w
served for their.historiCaV interest,
public and _ libra r y . private
‘ - . .2.
. ... .
[ prom Irelea'-'.ROister, Dec.lo2
The followieg eloquent memorial to&
of Virginia has beemforWarded to the El
Richmond Whig from the'.ecanty Fluva
ladies of which county, itis understood,
tensively signed-: 1 ' ='-
• To the General Aisembli Oftho.Co
tie memorial of the 'FemaleCitizens
ti l
ty of Fluvanna, most respectfully shewe
Your memorialists have hitherto been
contentment in.the happy priincy of 6
ment, where they bare'-eujoyed peace
under the wise institutions of a free,
nor have they' until aOli Jad °Crake?'
the guardians of theit_country'S right's
any national grievance; hiving a/mm*l'c
of their heaventivored land with:teen
trade 1.4) the Author of all good, -Miil;to r
guardians 'and protectors. , They re
recollection of the patriotic'exertionio
censors in oflice,.when the:Lind of their
the fettat of foreigri thilliacin; att:thci
a mighty nation were invelved in, your,'
as a legislative body; The spirlt,nowin
counsels which then triuMphed over, th
of,Great Britain, 'end bore 'Us safely
perils of an unetpialicontest. -,_ 2 , ,
e
The som wiitioni pervad4 your
whichnfinmcd, fiir 'our - enninciPattare*
of laws unequalled in the•'3ndverse• '':•_E r
utary code we hive seen oar sons - arise
unfettered by abject restrictiotin, mid c
fill their allotted istations;kinong the hoi
of a Wee. hind.
~.! , „,. -, , ~,.„
% But a blight now bangs OveroUr if, ', plirprospecti -
and a cloud' &Ms the .surtabine, of do map° peace
throughout our State ;,, tinFeers hare", • iitutia,wail-:.
ings of distress and a Mysterlentedre ' *Of wit).
fearful snspicion'iliaturbi the . .. Mired quiet okour
homes. •We cannot cot4eal from , elves: that al:
'evilis imongs iii, *Mehl threatene „i , t,ut,grow; the
growth,tind eclipse the o
~ o : brightnessour national •
blessings. A'slualow, deepeis..river pie land, ar&
casts its , thickestgitic4i i . ) upon Ate- sa• , d, shrine of --;
domestic,bliasi darkening over ustis_ Ina. adrauces. ~
`Vice reflect with'grtitittide that no or r in the fra-.
users Of our conititution entailed this • ..11 npon•os:--,
WO dreir the Minffmni - the bosom , di' t :fosteradm4, ,
and it , bee grailaidli mingled:with, the_.. ltd. principle ‘ -
Of ournatkinal existence. It can Ito ' ° -, g,er. tectiagi
dormant and inert iii oar v 9,004144 buttialhiliand-,
ly for redress km the sages of "our,l, 4l . 7:Aire ' t:ire
feelinglyuware dike arduous •, 0 , • i. &set tiliease -
in questiolyend,nothing . but the.fiale toididance in
the wisdtim and prudence of ourliee , ° t"ReeMlils.
ti
joined to enema Cruet 111 : 0 "''G thi q 1 '
' " 13, - -could
indnee.us thus to intrude Millitihio •-• tirucations
which engage yeti!...titie' Mid i Yew a tention:' 'We
feel, confident of .your sympathy in id 'lli'ilingers, '
and trust that none,,of !Mg reverid .. , i r jakupure.
rild
our interferena in, his delicate, matte to * it - amble
degree of timidity_ , either will you .. Fite to s the
extravitant esPec anti* your, - itt , est'exeitions
can elfectiOt hilin ' ' 1 - renicvel ...er ' .. -ett it"' de -
plore.- We are), ' to:,,ettdiMi , * ; hog° Pm. ,
timi tiftlicalaittnoi. i'hig.,cur brief , of.-“Fftr :
but,we rook forisurd to the time whet our childtftt's. ~
Allilre 4l will Well e illtronlielt -Thitee*Ww
-ns - tio tim&:.i'lfiliotild'yOur wiedoniaelletititalOncf
alleviittingotte natiotudinitifortune; ~ • :Rifigui be ".,
inaetiei.lto:-„Ytto feu: tilwsevirlil- - , *encomia°.
Ipluirti,t Our davgateei 04 their; , „ ,tarsotredes
alientdix4iol4o. iiitbiakiF l 4 a1.t.44, ''. •"',lbiteres l at
Itelphisibitiney,thedirectersofdei . ; ~ intchilailecd.
, and the eirelieldeee - of tbeitticithate • • Ywill Weee - .
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the: legitleilve 44ll4o9 4 ive- ' nn : .t.f their etnm
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