. . _ .. _ . . .. . - ~......
.............,...
. . . . 'tteffig4olo4 o ,„ - , - , - - . •
- f'
, ',...40,. '/, -, . ' ,: .. ,'• •. : , :
• < „ -,,,v,, ,
: ilk ~„,., 4 _
~. • $ A ' , ' --
v
, - + 7, ' ' ' Wry • d• l es•,.. ''; - ' ' - • ' _ 44.,k- - -
. po osipp,,.. 07
1 — v 4 / ''•„,., .K , - , . , '
- . . ' -,„ , 4 , - N 4 , , 0, *, - , e7 -- oe •,, -"re -c-re - ~ - ----,N 7 4. \/ ,t • /,e.4 ' f ~ • - *
, h , . 4 , N' -
B, E: B. CHASE, PROPRIETQRS
12g17 , 117;
[From the Louisrille Democrat.} •
MY MOTHER•
Afr dear, lost mother, it is midnight now,
the ihy is dark and starless, and the earth
w ee rit , bound as with a spell of silence. AU
A m id is still andpulseless as the heart
lattice his has fled forever• At this hour,
Mel in my Listening I Can hear no sound
Sire the low earnest voice of my own sou I
Carl in grief to Heaven, I .would invoko -
7p ) Spirit from its blessed home to hold
fira4alaitn with thy child.
'My thought retains
Vjirrtip, =then of thy form or facie—
Petli
mok thee (rote me long ere memory
ti;nk d i punt the image of thy loveliness
'Cron rar Infult Oa Vet many friends
ihretold me thou nile!.l beautiful beyond
The poet: twilight imagining. They say
Tian Idly lair, blue.veined neatled'roid
The dark brown clusters of thy IresSe s
like
The ern of sweet purity among
The clouds of earthly gloom that thy black eye,
(alnt,p:osd, and be:lethal, beamed with the pure
11gb visloas of thy soil, as midnight wares
Gram with the dashing star-beam ; that thy
cheek;
faze living with the blended hues
pi rove and lily, seemed to glow with more
Than earthly beauty; and that thy red lips
Took added witcheries front the ' n eaming
And from the tons of gentle melody
..et erer hung amend them. Ay, I've heard
Full aft of thy enchanting charms, and mused
insiksec an them till my soul has sketched
picture af sinTassing loveliness
led fondly named it thee and oh ! feel
mild forever kneel and worship it
Rid eras); of love. Ido not know
I atle're heard thy voice, yet in my brain
ten is s soft mysterious melody
ertweeter than the Eweeten sound of earth
in f hare dreamed it is thy gent.e tons
teethed in mine ear iu early infancy
ud tingeing faintly still.
My mother dear,
lien the high mandate came that bade thee
take
Drerell of thls dart earth and reek thy home
(=tonality beyond the Emrs,
b did no feeling of regret' arise
tidtin thy pare and panting soul? 'haat thou
a ea:taring fears, sweet.inother, for the child
sou thou crest I, , nving In her helpless years
-id ¢ trorld of ? 'lnds; Mon no dread
1 het yc%ag feet should wdnder from the paths
truth. when Ebe should hear DO voice of thine
o irtna her of her perils' Mother, now
chid is weary of iife's age,
el rpar is oppressed on ittia dark shore
i;:me the burden of ex:sttnee fang
oil a heart to weak oLd taint to bear
•ears auLl games and site longs
o ofFlue to thee and weep array her griefs
Nu thy sainted bosom. Be the first,
be the first to catch the sound
roan; footsteps through the shad - awy vale
: . death, and clasp her in thy blessed arms
shy own Eden.
from thy home
kt - t,look dctrti in pity on thy child,
nr loeth orphan weridt•rer. Shelter her
Lte thy augelic triog la her sad stay
po;\ t'atet:th; breathe strength frum thy high
;vat
lobe rani; ph Fpna to her in drelme
hen sleep has rent her earthly fetters; tell
'er spirif of bright, the better laud ;
.d keep her hewn is all its wanderings pure
rem the dark stains el this mortality
Lnuisrille Or!. 2.5.
Alarming is tea Drinkers.
()are 11, a wh de au outcry is raised against tea
eeTee, and people who are prirt:al 'to the hot
' tens, are told that they are :wallowing slat
Tue analytical Sanitary Commission
Usdea, who probably think beer and porter
4 e:beverages than tea, have recently published 1-
szonent that green teas, with the exceptationd
Ilea of British growth and manufacture, from
are awariably adulterated—glazed with
- zgmatter of different hinds, as Prussian blue
tne pouderoind China clay. This is slat ,
enough, bat where is the article in general
- stet is not adulterated, and sometimes moat l
isetly ? Even the very conditnonts which
tasks health fu I stimulants, are subjected to
-I Metreutment, as Cayenne pepper which is
.l ;erated with red lend. Individuals should re
re then 'male pretty !Mich as they do their re
with a vast amount of faith. In doubt
Le ittager, and whoever goes fastidiously elf
g his lad, will find hirriself at the end with
celyeseugh out of the liberal provision which
1105 male to save his body from starvation,
lain sad coffee may be, there is infinitely,
danger of injury to the constitution from Their
luau there is Scum the daily indulgence in
,LT:qn distillations or the juice of the grape.
A Cliziebar,
wet° discussing the merits
•npetane e and anti-temperance, in this tit)°,
iakite, among whom were two Irishmin.
kites eras an unscrupulous advocatefor
4 amp" to get drunk, and make ,
axes amend him miserable. The discussion
*alined, and when the- other Irlthmatt get
friends, 11l ten You' ek
447 7. Once the devil (dieted a gentlemen
It tem of money, if he would commit one of.
th4 iilimes, and might:hem° his choice—to
4', commit adilltety,i or murder. - An'
'4413 c10 get drank, jUst what:the devil
„ t qizi is, for after he got drunk, he Commit=
mimes willutt the asking.
EUttitalafftr.
Abdication of Napoleon
"The sunshine of prosperity had set on the
ancient chateau of Franeis the First, and was
about to rise in F4ris with the dawn of anoth,
er reign, and every one feared to be too late;
for, to be reasPect4of too protracted a fidelity
might become the crime of a whole life, and
give a deith.blow to that ambition - which the
had no idea of abandoning, together with the
Emperor. It was evideet-thatNaPoicon was
about to becomelho public enemy; the guilty
one, on whom was about to be 4aped every
description of Ouse and disgrace; in. abort,
the great proscribed of Purope opd of France;
and all trembled lest they should belncluded
in this ostracism., The marshals; with the ex.
ception of Macdonald, set the example ;•and
when the sword wavered, how could it be ex.
peeted that the rat of the court should resist
followhig? for it is not in the saloons of a
master that souls become tempered, and char.
acter
. hardened and proved., All, that was
wanting was a pretest to desert With decebcy,
which NapoleOn would. not afford them by his'
obstinacy and vacillation; and ho impatience
to abandon was changed into 'anger at the
stubbornnesi of tkeir master. The' courts,
halls, corridors, and even ,the anti-chambers
were filled with groups of hii ollieera, dignita
ries and servants, who loudly diAanted in
terms of severity and Contempt on his despe
rate struggle to reign; while tho sound pene
trated to the most retired part Of Napoleon's
apartments, like the voice- of 'reproach, and
seemed to increase in v9lume as each passing
hnur destroyed his last hopes. lie was obliy
ea, from tiros to time, to open the'do - or, and,
in a voile by turns imperious or severe, order
his chamberlain in waiting to silence these
muttered sounds of disaffection:" Been those
with whom he was most. intimate, Mad to .
wham he confided his-reveries and his tho'ts,
immediately reported them' in the conversa
tions of the palace, and thereby increased the
general fears and discontents. Every one tried
to impress upon his neighbor the urgtnt ten-
son for flight which he entertained; so that
the ingratitude, instead of being
might appear general, and already desertion
was loudly arid unhlusbingly spoken of. 'ate
party urged the uselessness of remaining in a
palace now rhqn,ged, into a barrack; and about
to become a prison; the others, the necessity
of going to Paris, to protect their wives,moth
ers, or children, who were becoming alarmed.
The latter showed letters from M. do Talley
rand or the senators, and the former suddenly
recollected that their names belonged in the
first instance, to the ancient monarchy; and
on its return to the Tuilleries they .could not
think of being absent. All of them bad cer
tain affairs, interests, family .concerns or duties
of situation, which ought to outweigh the usl.-;
less determination of sustaining a fallen sol
dier; and some of them being compromised
as accomplices, thought it necessary to seek
pardon by evincing an inclination to 'betray, as
a pledge of fresh 'fidelity to the rising power.
At the doors of all the apartments, in the cor
ridors, on the staircases- and in the yardsprep;
orations for departure were making without
restraint; the greater part leasing without the
.ceremony of a faiewell ; while every nods and I
then the noise, of a carriage rolling throtigh
the courts of honor gave notice of another
deserVon. In the morning ; the palace ; was
nearly empty; even the domestic household of
the Emperor having absconded. If by chance
he summoned any' of the dignitaries Of his
Court, the'olficers of his staff, or of his libuse : .
held, be was told that they were gone. A bit
ter smile and elpression Of cold disdain pass
ed across his features at each fresh proof of
the baseness of interested attachments, maim
seemed to fortify Himself. With that .contempt,
which he. had ever professed for mankind, and
when, at the same time, justified their person
al degradation: lie had never loved anything;
but had violated every feeling; how, therefore;
could he have any claim on thh hearts orgood
- feeling of his followersl met', with no
r.ympathy even froth those ot doMestie set
voids, who, in familiarity and long habit, fre
quently attach to the person rather than the
station. itichird bad his, Plondel, and Louis
XVI, his Clery; but Napoleon , had not even
I'his
,Mamehtke, lii court b a d corrupted all .
The soldiers alone, and those of his officers
least honored and distinguished, and furthest
removed frota his favor, showed theioselvet;
faithful to him to the last moment ;' providing
that the camp had at least - sustained their boa
or, while interest had corrupted the Court."
*, * *
• . - _
" When he Itad risen he called for' taillaiti:
court, whom he could hope to decehre lesi than
.any other; for Ulla friend of his latter daja
had been conficientiaßycluagedi by himself ti;P
prepare these conditions which he had affeefed
to reject so haughtily., ; - •;,
"Nom hasten to the,nonehviiorrof
said to him ; "put this treaty, When I shall
have signed it, into the hands of the alliedsOi ,
ereigns ; let, them know thati tie:at Iniththern
and not with the, Previsional governinint; 11
which I Can dee nothing but .traitois and fad.'
thiniater • - ,
" Macdonald and how; j entered,, In
took the pen andidgned featcnvaiili
traces of disquietude of thosefght. and et_ the,
real or pretended agitation of hie Pia
forehead, concealed. 1n Ina( Linde :.was - =bent
downwards; -but .
tltanlr kacionald;
who. owed him leaUt'and had "done the.most
for bhp. By his bearing 'thwardi;llfacdeitald,
he nolfly avenged for the ungrateful
or the rapid burry of desertion of the others.
. ,
wootiti,.. to '0914,140 9 [gam s , matmetatc gonctaltatit* Aciiinger t , gm* Itta arsilEtva
"lifitrshal," he said,' "‘I am', no longer rich
enough to recompense your last and faithful
services.. I,,have s been deceived to your
sentiments : __ towards . me." , replied
Macdonald, with the generosity of a great
soul," I have forgottep - everything since 1809."
"That, is.true—l know it,"added the,Emperor;
!!hut since I can no longer iecompenso you j
according to the wish of my-beart, I wis)i at
leist to leave you a souvenir Of ine,which shall
remind yours& of what yore,- were „in these
days of trial.. CanlaincourtPle saiditurning
towards his confidential officer, "ask for the
sabre that was given tonic in. ggypt i ly Mou
rad. Bey-, ~and which I wore at the. battle of
Mount Tabor." The Oriental weapon being
biought; Napoleon, handing itto the marshal.
".There, said he, '`:is the onlyreward of your
I attachment that I have to give!Yon. Youiwere
my friend I" "Sire,",replied the bravq sol
dier, firessing the weapon to hisheart, " I , strall
preserve it all my life, and. if I shoule, ever
.have a son, it will be-his most precious ihher
itance." . "Give meiyour hand:_'murmured_Na
pnleon, =diet us embracer The Emperor I
and his general embraCed each other, and tears
steed in the eyes of both its, they. 'parted.
'"The 'signing of the treaty by Napoleon was
the Signal through the palace for almost ,uni
t versal desertion. Every ono began to think
only with making his peace with the new got
' erntrient. All hastened. to fly: every one
dreaded that the l Emperor would include his
nime j amongst'these.whose fidelity he would
invoke to accevapany hint in his exile. Murat
1 alone;, of all his old ministers, remained at his
IPost, as secretary of state, with his master,
now Without power-and without a court.
"After. Macdonald and Caelaincourt had ta
kenthe treaty,signed to Paris, the allied sov
ereigns each apppointed a commissioner to ac
company the Einpercir through France to the
port on the : Mediterranean.. Schouwolof for
Russia,,Soller for Austria, Campbell for Eng
land, Valdeboug Fruellssefs for Prussia, form
ed (he Court of the exile, charged to superin
tend, to serve, and, in honor the proscribed of
Elimpe;, The irritation of the south of France ,
was such at that time, against Napoleon, that '
herequiretra aafeguard,amongst his own sub
jects. In.the departments of the centre and
the east, on the, contrary, his presence
_might
awaken 'military enthusiasm, and give a chief
to insuireetiOn and the independence of the
country goal these two cpnsiderations, the
escort of the', commissieners, and of an impos
ing armed, f4ce, was trer'sq , ry to the sover
eigns and to; Napoleon himsett iris death
would have bben the crime of Europe ; his era:
sion and', his tall to arms would have been the
renewal of s war without grandeur, but with
out calamities.
" - Caulaincourt preCeeded, by a few hours,
the arrival of the four commissioners at Fon
tainebleau,', to prepare .the Emperor to receive
this foreign court. - The-palace already resem
bled alomb ; silence add vacuity reigned in
the courts and in the hails. Here and there
[ 'only, some groups of soldiers, less habituated
to the spectacle of vicissitudes, and less used
[to human compassion, wandering around the
'walls and aroand the gardens of the palace,
` , endeavoring to catch a glimpse,, through the
balustrades of the parterres audthe balconies,
1 of the fugitive forte: of their general, to corn-
I fortlim with an acclamation. • The Emperor,
{ appeared .0!:14 disappeared 'alternately ; he gave
i no sign or encouragement; nor even attention
Ito these groups and cries; he seemed totally
I absorbed in himself;_his body 'and his mind
were eqnally,deyOid of rest.
1 " With measured step, and slaw, followed'
by the guard and by his friends, he . passed
I throun•h the long *gallery of Francis 1. He
[ stood for a moment "on the landing of the grand
,
} jstaireaSe, and looked around on the troops
I dmwnlup in the court of the guard of honor,
1
• and on the innumerable •rneltittales, from the
,
1 , .
I surrounding country, which had assembled to
witness this grand historical event, that they
might recount it to their children. - What Con
tending feelings agitated the breasts of that
vast crowd, in which there were' M Ore - fICCU.
„sera than defenders! But the - greatness of i
the fall in soritC, the sorrow for misfortnne in
Others, a regard to - decorum in all, produced an
universal silent: Insult at such a _moment
would have been cowardly—the cries of " Viie
rEmperCur antockefy. , The soldierS therm
selves experienced a feeling too solemn, of too
i religions , an awe, to _think 'or ' acclamation;
1 they felt a deep-sense of ,honor in their
_con
sciousness of fidelity even in adverse of for.
tune, and felt that - now the sun , of our glory
Neat' about to set, arid' With-their chief to Sink
forever,behind the trees of the forest, and, the
waters of the tiwiiferranean. • . '
"They envied the lot of those of their core;
fides whom fatC or choice had favored by al.:1
lowing them toI be the companions a ' their
Exiled &Ten*. -Their heads. were tO,Wod
low, their looks mournful, and tears rolled
down the farroWed cheeks of the =nom:.
Had the donne 'been covered With , drape,it
would appeared ike an ninay perfiniaing the 1
obsequies of their _general. , Napoleon, after
castingaMartial and penetrating glance at his'
battalions eindgirtsari:lns, had in his • Counte
nance an expression-Of tender rigmd ,tmeinal
fOr-hisn,-, Whiif Zips of battle, .of, gloiy,,anci
Of poWer did not the sight of that army call to
his initial , Where now wine 'they whci , had
competed it 4 when it (taversed, with, him: the
Centinents of Eutepoi - Afriimand Asia I how
many* now Reigned Of thifte millions: hi the
remnant beffaii his 401'1. And,iet: th 6 so few .
were faitliftd ;Mad ki6 was, going:iii leav_tithent
for ever : The an4,wasidemelf. • • When he,
should no longer behold it l what woula hotel
MONTROM ' PA., THMAY, ' . DECEMit: . 4,', 1814,
'Ho owed all to the sword, and With the sword
he lost all'. He hesittited.moment -before
descending, and seemed as if about. to enter
the palace mechanically.-
"Ml:tilled, however, anti recovering him
self descended the stairs to approach hisiseol
diem.
.114 drums beat the salute. With a
gesture,he imposed silence, and, advancing In
front of the battalions, he made a sign tbatAe
wished.tospeak. The drum ceased, the arms
were still; and the almost breathless. silbrice
allowed his voice, reechoed by the high walls
of the palace,to be hei'rd to the remotest
" Officers,,Subaltems, and soldiers' of my old
guard," be said, "I bid you farewell. For
five.and.twenty years have I ever found you
walking in the path of houorSand of glory. In
these latter times, and in those, of our pros.
perity, you, have hover ceased to he models of
fidelity and, of bravery. .
" ilith men such as you, our cause Would
not have been lost; but the war was interme.
niabie ; it might have been a civil war, and
then it would have been worse for France.—
I have therefore sacrificed our interests for
those of our country. I leave yet; ' •
do you, my friends, continue to. servo France;
her honor was my only thought; it shall.ever
be the object of my, most fervent prayers
l• Grieve not for my lot S If I have consent
ed to outlive myself, it is .with-'the hope of
still promoting yonr glory: I trust to write
the deeds we nave achieved together . . • .
Adieu my children; I would fain embrace you
all Let me at least embrace you
general, and your colors!_ •
"At these v,rords the soldiers were deeply
affected; a shuddet' run through: the ranks,and
their arms quivered. General Tetit, who com
manded the old guards in the absence of the
marshal—a man of martial but sensitive feel?
ings—at a second signal from Napoleon;ad
mimed between the ranks of the soldiers and
their Emperor. Napoleon embraced him fora
long time, and the two chieftans sobbed aloud.
At this spectacle one stifled sob was heard
through all the ranks. Grenadiers brushed
away the tear, from their eyes with their left
hands. " Bring me the eaglet," resumed the
j Emperor, who- desired to imprint. upon. hit
I heart and on these standards the memory of
Caesar. Some grenadiers edvanced,bearing
before him the eagles' of the. regiment. He
grasped these trophies so dear to the soldier;
he pressed them to his breast, and placing his
lips to there exclaimed,in'manly but broken ac.
cent, "Dear eagle, may this last embrace vi
brate for ever in the hearts of all my faithful
soldiers! -
- "Farewell again, my old tompanions, fare
well!" -The whole army built into tears, and
the only reply was one long continued groan. I
"An open carriage. in 'which General Be'r. ,
trand awaited his master and .friend, received
the Emperor, who hurried in, and covered his
eyes with both his hands, The carriage-roll
ed away towards the first stage of Napoleon's
I exile."—Lamarline's Restoration of Monarchy
I in France. - •
How Longfellow got a 'Wife• .
It has been so often said that in Hyperion ,
are to he found the leading incidents of the
author's life, that it will not-he out of place if
we insert here the general belief of his read
ers. There-is. -something romantic about it.
The Dublin, Unire T nity Magazine, in review of
of Mr. Longfellow's works,says:
" -
With Hyperilin, the public have been, for
some time .familiar; but' it is not- generally '
known that. in this exquisite little-story are .
, shadoWed forth the - ,leading incidents of the
poees,life, and that he himself is the hero of
Ihis own romance. We shell give the facia as
t they , have come to our knowledge, and we
are assured'tbat they will not fail to ,interest
our readers.
"About the. year 1837, - Longfellow, Lein
engaged in making the tour of Europe, selei
ted Heidelbeig for a permanent winter resi
dence. There his wife was 'attacked with an
illness which ultimately...proved fatal. It so
happened, however, that some time afterward
i theie eanle to the sante roirizmiie'place a young'
lady of considerable personal, attractions... 7 l
The i poet's heart was totiched—he heel:tine at-'
incifed to her; but the beauty of thirteen did'
I not sympathize with the poet of six and thirty,'
:and Longfellow returned to America; having
last hisleart ds well Ps his wife; Thb young
lady, nisi) . nu ‘Amerietu3, returned home shortly
afterwrd. Their- residences, it tinned .out,
were Contigitons, and the poet availed himself
of the bportimity' of 00E1cm/ring his 'addre."l"
ho did for a considerable time with no
liefsuccess than str. first. 'Thus - foiled lie
I set himself down, and instead, Bite - Petrarcb
•
of layingsiege to the heart of his Mistress'
.throuilillie medium of sonnets, he resolved to
write e Whoki.,- book—a boolL which would
achieve tbe-double. oijeat of gaining her Abe:
lions, and=of establishing his own fame. Hy•
perion *n the insult. His labor and his eon
statiey tern not thrown-away , -they. Met their.
E due reward. The lady gave him her inimical
well her heart; and they,now reside together
at Cambridgd in the lame house which WIA
ington made his , head quarters when he ‘ - vnuf
appointed"" to the command, of the AiiieriBMl
crudes; These ipteresting facts info Comma
nicate-d to us hie, Very: Intelllgetif
gentleman whom we lia the pleasure 0f,m964 7 ,'
ingip thosarae placewhiell'was the iloeriO:of:
tiler poet's early
. dittapPiointincnt and. LIS sof-.
OW •
iiickssys, thit sine's of the
world, Am:Li fsartFint ttiosssid, Oilpimit of humid
bOlugshave been gain is the ,y,srisio ,ware:; that
men bee ward against his fellow nyux
The Sword and the Preatl
The folloniugjenutifurextract, illustrating
in a powergel manner the advantagea of print.
ing to mankind, is, from essay by. Thomas
Carlyle, ini the " British' Review," publiihed
nearly twenty yearsiago, when that soraewhat
noted writer clothed' his ideas in plain English
and his works could be read Without the aid of
.a glos.sary,iand understood Without an insight
into the mysteries of Traneendentalisra :
Whe6 -Tamerlane,' had finished building
his pyramid:of seventY thousand hunian skulls
and was seen standing at the gate of Inainas.
: ens, glittering in his steel, with his battle axe
on his shoulder, till the fierce hosts filed out
to new victories and neiv carnage, the pale
looker on might have fancied that nature was
in her death thrones; for havoc and despair
• '
had taken poisesSion of the earth--ti e Olin of
Manhood. seemed setting in seas of blood. Yea
it might have been that on that very gala day
of Tamerlane; that a' 'little boy was playing
nine Phis on the streets of Media whose Piste:l
ry was more important than that of tiventy .
Tamerlanes. The Khalil, with his shaggy de
mons of the wilderness, t passed away like a
whirlwind; to be forgotten forever; and that
German nrtizan has wrought a benefit rivhich
is yet immeasurably expanding itself, and will
continue to expand itself, through ail eountries
and through' all times. What are the con
quests and - expeditions of the whole corpora
tions of captains, frorn Walter the Pennyless
to Napoleon Bonaparte, compared iiith'those
movable types of Faust? Truly fit is a mor
tifying thing for your conqueror to reflect how
perishable is the metal with which 'he hams
niers with such violence ; how the kind earth
will soon shrond up his bloody footprints;
and all that7he achieved and skillfully piled to.
.gether, will be but lite' his own canvass city
oef a Camp—this evening loud wjth life, to-
Morrow all struck and vanished—'a feWearth
pits and heaps of straw.' For here, as alWays,
it continues true that the deepest force is the
stillest; that, as in the . fable, the mild sun
shall oil entlyaecomplish what the fi erce bins
teting.ae the tempest vain' es - 940d, Abeve
all, it is ever to keep in mind that, not by ma. '
serial; lint by moral pones are men and their
actions governed. Hew noiseless is thoUght?
No rolling, .of drums, to - tramp of titiriadrcis,
or iMmeasurable tumult of baggage wagons
attend its inovements. In what obscure and
sequestered places raiy-the had be meditating
which is one day to be ' crowned with mere
than imperial initherityl for kings and eiriper
iirs will lie among its ministering servants; it
Will rule ndt over but in, all head—and' with
these . solitary etembinations of ideas, and, iirlthl
magic formulas bend the world to its will !
Thae may come when Napolerin Minted Will
be better known for his laws than his battles
[rind the vietorpof Waterloo prove less nioinen
toes than the opening of thelirst Mechanics'
Institute."' " - •
True _Floquance.
Clearness, force, and eloquence; are the
qualities which produce conviction. Tree el
oquence indeed, does no' consist in speech:—
It cannot be brought .from far. Labor and,
learning "may tolifor 14 but they may toil in
vain. Words, phrases May he marshalled in
every way, but they cannot compass It
must exist in the man, in the _subject, and in
the occasion. Affected passion, intense ex
pressiOn, the pomp of declamation, all may as
pire after it r =they cannot tea& it. It homes,
if it conies .at the puthreaking of a
fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth
of volCanie fire, with spontaneous; origins); na
tive force. The graies taught in the schools,
the costly ornaments, and studied contra
.Jambe
of speech, shock and disgust Wen; When., the
fate_of their own lives, and :thelate of their
wives, their 6hildren, and their country; hang
on the decision of the hoar, Then, patriotism
eloquent;is
then;eelf-devotion is eloquent.—
The ilear conteption • outrunning the deduC.l
don* of logic, the htgh go.iposei the OM re
solve, ihe iatintless spirit, speaking, on the
tongue, beaming frbm the tiyei informitik,
ery feature, and raging the whole man onWarel,
right onward with hin obJcit 7 —this
queried; or rather it is something greater and
higher it;isn eloquenee, it Li action—noble,sub;.
ime, godlike action: _
TEE Eion'eal.47 One.
The editor is the dupe of destiny. _ His lel
was !mocked -down to hint a bargain; and p
turpt, out tt:;tie a take in.. lilt hold of prom
ise is a mountain stuffed with thorns. ;His I
laurel Wreath is a garland Of nettlei. hon:
,re resolve, theinselvea - intO a 4apital hossi his
pleasures are heavy penalties, kis snuff itt a
candle. his powerbut voltlmed crf dtnolt6: The.
edito'ili the Meat ill-Starred marr`alivi.
'nd he alone, a thousand pietendbre' . about
town tiottirithstaniling,, is indeed the identical
martyr, commonly talked . of as' the most
used liidividua. Ito semis to govern opinittn,'
and is in reality, a victim- to the °pintail of
others: tin iritirti more than. nine-tenths of
the risk and responsibility, and reaps less than
one-tenth efihe.reiiard and rePritation: • Time
defects'of his Work are 'Wray assigned to
him, the Merle are magnanimously imputed to
his correspondents.: fc;a bad article, npperynt,
the nditOr iry,tii .. .isparitigiftendenteedi :ifs
_brit.
lianfartlite be inSeited anonymonsMurirys_eff
the auloglunt, editorial function is sup.
posed to consist in'ettbstitations if it'bet
for it 1., andltlie thii.*orct hotrink
ar; here ind:to imPede the' ratireb:sif fine style:
c u ituuus'aiap*ns only' mailtS he is'
reputed to: Make; hie nitho Of fame i - Merety
a pirentinishi tit a note or adifliratlon
to genius; his life i 4, spent in'usheriim clever
peoide into deserveffr celebrity; he nit's as it
charioteer, outside the vehicle in , which prodi
gous talents are driven to. immortality. It is
his fortune to insert all his contributions lithe
temple of glory; and to exclude Mins& for
want of apace. - He'alivays hoPes to kcp in,but ,
expires unblessed at last. _ He bestows Oros- I
ent popularity'on 'thousands without =securing
liosthumos renown as his Own share. His ca.
reer in this life is a tale of nlistery.ato eon. l
tinned in Our next.'' : He is only thought of
when things go wrong in the journal. Curti
°sity then looks out the' corner of his eyes,
and with brows and lips'pursed up, ceeriously
ejaculates "who, is he chance; praise
instead' of censurir should be ` .nieditated, the
wrong man is immediately: mentioned. Peo
ple are only certain of their editor when they
are going to e'owhidd him. Is there a bright
passage or two, in an indifferent article, you
maybe sure that they are not indebted •for the
polish to the editOrial pew Is there a dull
phrase or harsh period in some favorite , contri.l
butionl Oh 1 the editor has altered it,or newl
lected to revise the proof! But it - the editor,
'is abused for what 'fie inserts, he is twice
!abused for what he neglects. It is a curious
feature in his destiny that if ho strikes out but
a single line of an article whether in poetry or ,
prose, that very line is infallibly the crowning
lieauti Of the production. It is note little odd
that When he declines n paper, that paper is
sure to be far the best thing the author
ever wrote. Accepted articles may be bad but
rejected ones are invariably good. It is ad.
milted that judgment is exactly the •quality he
has not. An author is praised in a review, he ,
is grateful to an individual 'writer, whose name
he has industriously inquired for; an author is i
condemned in a review, he is unspeakably dis.
'bsted with the editor; Week after week,
month after month, the said editor shame the
oppressed, rabies up the weak. applauds virtue
exalts talent; he pens , or promulgates the
praise of friends, of ttieir books,, pictures; act:
ing, safety , lamps and steam paddles, but from
.the catalogue of golden nauies ble:own is an
eternal absentee.
Baboxi.vN, Oct. 25, 1851
Ilfr.II: W. Wißiami—Sir: The undersigned
being a committee nizointed for ihe purpose;
respectfully solicit - folr-pl:lblication, ,a dopy Of
your address delireind on the occasion of the
'Coneocation of the Sons of- Tenwernites., at
Brooklyn, on the 4th day of Oat: l . lBsi. We
are dear sir, • Yotirs very truly,
Gra: 1..- Tztrxsnunr,
A. IL GERE, COLD.
Realm, Oct. 31,
:=—Your • polite note of date the
25th is now before, nin. If - excuses did not
seem to profolle criticism, should assuredly
inform you of the circumstances under which;
the address Was written, and of the Consegilent
relne.tanbe I feel in complying With yotir
quest. Os it is, howevet,- I console myself
with the reflection, that Temperanee is prover
bially a" hackneyed theme," and that the more
fa.stidious will forgive to the subjebt; what
would otherwise have been
' • - I remain very truly yours, -
11. W
To G. t Tcßhsbtiry and others, Coin.
ADDRESSI
i'lresbspr Miff MINCE
• I shall not, on the present occasion, Weary
You with an exordititn; though Tam not insen
sible of the fact, that under eircunastsrAs like
the pre:seat, an alicitegY might iiagonatily be
expected of the. Not shall I pause fo ettlo
gao:thd Chaizieter of our great, efficient, and I'
will add, glorious Order, though no 'theme
tore pleasantor inspiring Could bngage oar
attention. • The Order of -the "Sons of Tem
pemnbc,'; thongh iomParatively in' its infanCy,
/Me already - net ompllahnd stuck—enough s at
least to dettionstrate: its Widdinit and - utility ;
end it now needs - tici:other; or more glowing
eademilith; thaii that which its" mien worka pro:
nonnce. Wi,have come titi hither today; as
Mete:mit Of thia great frafenity, to strength;
' en each other in oue doeotleti to . the sense of
TeMperance, and to renew our vows of peeper;
tad !inanity to - that' vice which is of all Vices,
the most inaidiott§ and rttinotis. Let us there;
' fore; from thti*exalta position we now oCcupy
--tho present--look back O'er the burial place
9f departed yearklind 'see if from, amid its
chin recesses, we may not draw a -lesson that
shall be . worthy . our chnsideetillem Intem.
Oriinee begari ltd ratageS - Catly in fife histhry
of man.' We find it mentioned oven in the
days of the Patriarchs, and in later.times the
destruction of Babylon/ and Still. later, the
shameful, the trbise than ignominious death
9 1 . Alexander, are . renordCd as, among its #l
- At length we find it deified, and .nn.
der the name of Bacchus, receiving homage . as
Worship was eonduetieewith the
greatest pomp_and solemnity; -
" : lath garlands
'bound upon their heads, the Baechatialianii
joined in their religious rites; and ditring their
continuance, the voices 4f' man, Women,
the brave and beautiful; alike, • mingled. with
the discordant noted at the drum; tied the
low btaits." Bven, young children joined in
the infermi): iiTtes, and adorned with: their
wreaths, .to /.the , God rot,
As'ln the wystirious , ceremonies barite wor
ship; so' attertifards in- general into, ;via:tied
aid: figp oda yottth; beComing
Its devotees 'and But„lt spa t'not,
until the diseeverg of distilled Alcohol by tie
;Arabian alchymisti that intemperance eomple.'
Wits character,;iuul perfected- its power,-
~,~;
VOLUME VIII:
Hitherto the wine-item* •toiettJq ,ems
agent; but now tbd Ws:tolls VI ; toil ixt
service, and :sand- titi its usaSsiet*Arts
Contaminate the very air,' The, golden vision
that danced before the' intaiiisitt*Stiftsi eL
ehrnist, ren2ains unreilized;, tinC the -*odd
has le/4 stern reality , as the, *EWE et dud
discovery. instead' of conterthriether bad
metals into gold, this magic vent, ftstistikiti
thi‘pare gold of *tuff and isfintorientf
_ ,
thedipas of vie& sad bratality. Such 'hal
teen its and-fearfully has, itlierforatid
zt ' The young !Irani *O . ho..d tAt# gray'
hairs," the,letOed and The &netlike
fallen viclinis, 4.'s powef his . iaiB Itit
ban 4 on genius; and small:let:A -74 n Oared'
fires—on the fair reputatior4
tln iispiringintelleet, end itinihedits end
ergies7-oxi 1.11,1 child of hope, and hie Wag*
was darkened forever.- It has penetrated tioS
SanetOsui, has le:sped the pulpitoweended that
hen* and - kolked hold!) , into thir• *WOO
halls: No rank is so high; but Ohne -
it; note so,loti, %Lit has fOnrat, Ileithee
the purple robe of the Prinoe f oic tho - t,attarea
garments 1 , of the beggar, havni afforded th!.
slightest security against its linaldiouS api
proaoh; for both prince anabeggar have gam.
down, theanii from his paltiOe, the Ather-frotet -
biara,7,3, to sr, drunkitfas gra* With its Ids.;
tory, so fat as Onr own Emily, is 'Conternedo
ye aro all' fumitwr. , its ravagekitaielieta by
_ .
tended in their reneb, and leirfni in Their red
onita In . their variousions they hart
teaebed,•not only the t byline); tioi social i► h d
intellectual, but even the ThOinl; and *aided.
*Mhisieovering them es ivit!tionis 'vest au
complicated net sink of iil. Indeed, tbkt iet
roXpeetion need not extend far,t , hetahall espy
us Ina to the time, when- the ,Bottle *IA tow
sideredindlepeusable tsio!ery • or social
. .
gathering., ' Even the marriaga, supper was
incomplete without its preseinte; strut ho' was
deemed either a nigganl or o bight, who itaied
deiriate from the established ciothao in this re,.
,
!Aped. TO what; let me ask, ate we to attaib.'
ute this rapid,growth, and astonishing preva.
lence of-intemperance I The insplrt,i putt
man, had many. centuries ego; asked' that sig.i
nificant question " - whit hatirsorroWi who
1116 woo r and be bad given , in answer the -
startling announcement; " theythat,farty lone
at the Wine, they that go to, seek string
Even the disSipated Horice s .coul&Wirtt his
companions .to "."o'erstep:nof:tiai.honeds of
moderate indulgende," yet in 'deflate of tint
Warning voice of both-God and min ' the evil
swept oil; ; Tite_etrftli groWytead,and deeps
and rupili and tatted •
°Like the destroying.gnat
Which Strips the trees, end etreive the• earth -
with death."
It Was not, tberefdrei-ignerinee of the ten.
dews) , of intemperance that waS instrumental
in extending its powei; nor was It haint,alote;
Habit may, indeed, coil its Audtri solirtnly
around its victims as to hold then, .dispitei of'
all their straggles; but nuassistett, it is not 4:
gressivo. Can ifind those - Only, who aro al:
ready within its grasp; The true . riaixin that
•of the prevalence of intemperahee • May lie
found in the fact, that other influences have
been empidydd to dtor ttion'on, until habit.:
confirmed insatiate habitcoiald !AY its' iron •
hand upja them, and then, the Wink was done:
These influenceS are numerous, -and war=
They hate been SloWly, yet constantly . - scam:
ululating; and intemperance' has ektetided
blighting influence it different p..riods in pro::
ti Edit addrassaa laelf
Rortion,to, t ae .
to a particular Clam of society; fretttl.Whielt; it
has enlisted, and drilled its
,Eiertiits; prepare:
ter,v, to shirendering them trp tti that great via
endissimo thd Among •these:
example has. done much: -Mirth has taken
the bowl; smiled ovet sparkling deaths;
and beekoned tot its 014 votaries. Its cute"
has been sanctioned hy,thAtomblnit
iriBueaee -
of wealth; of talent, and bt6tsial station. Pleat:
tire has throtni itstriaritle over it--ths faecitits;
lions of tiong,have been made 'tributary to
and it Ina pushed on its _tame' of_ itireanliy,
meat; and ctintinestitintli then common ctuttote
has been forcedi'llot only -to approve; •htit;
ndoit it; and men have drankhave beeismii
Idrinakinds4eaduse,
blandiehmentt Of ode or ahothererthettelittfitiz,
ences, theywere induced Ustakethefiret ghee: '
That first glass-0; it le too oftet(as ytegitaut
with ruin to the moral tbainftei of him Whet
quaffs it, as Was the firs t to the holiness at
our fifat parents;„ y ,• • •
tilt be indeed true that inteiriPentiAs
much of its prevalence, and:posver,tti.thetWiti:
ftudort oi whith We have anon", or WSW;
if it owes it to thO
moulded by the combined power ; thitti Ins
flumes, then;net Only
point temperance men to a frefontuttlall
Oar as this great ttiOnin ilitithg A
change, in papilla?. 'Eltibli..Rab to a
considerable extent, though• not ifiatolp,or out.
.ficieritly; been:the tendeliny.tig thither :organ%
-
Salons. .Like ittp entekitnic
Owl Of Sti natindeiteOldiaitSibio, - busies Idift; , •
nor rather.with and them a sin
gle suffer t, than in 41(1W/cube ito "stay the
progress:of the .&nisi Which are rapidly en.
t'SlO,iittLfkiaultadi every'elde;andother.
lag aidOrti . ,ltieilitibie fury as oe y adilalaaj
so thelthasit iikOt to misfit lufraird Ins.,
the udtskof theiti wha'
were yet iiiinainied t
the tinnier; and tint thorilitr ot optaitat
60cire4, back oPoO at:eat isoOlOitstka •
until its fires ahould titienstted forever'.
Still they have aoeinnyllidled totit4l ma%
, that those 'Plaids 'are, not Itt ;villa pops*
_loinieu has'seasOid 'to 40:He Otsettetf to
WIZ=
non 41