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From the Louisville. Journal
tiIUNHEAIIIS.
Life Gil Its shadows dark 'and !
In gloom is. many a spirit boweil,
But sunbeams linger ever near,
And sunshine still mustgild the,clotid ;
Come, look upon yon new-made mound,.
Beside kneels a motirner fair,.
Her mother`weeps ie grief protbund- -
'Tindark; but &re no sunbeams there!
Aft, yes!, though that dear voiee , no more
upon her listening car, ,
'llhortgh that fond smite , so loyediof yore,' 11
Is g;e, is lest forever here ;
Thou" grief would but the Sonlidespair,
And joy. and tope forever flee;
lane .ra3l of light yet lingers thereL
-1* Her lusband whispers,-“live.fo
We ca
' WhO,
Ts dying]
,taiti; her eliosen .
-coins of:life itself a - parti
and his kit loved- tope, 1 •'•
dly l on that.widowed hart;
her they wiltineet again;
py worlds beyond the aides,
her.hope, - hut ah.! in yam—
le he speak s his'spirit
• Falls
Be tells
In ha
Anti bi -
E'en wh
o'er-those tips' have pressed' :I
, load kiss on that pale brow, • • .
e,whale tones so oft, have blc-ied,
1 t-huSbed, forever now;` • .
enenth The damp, cold aiounk
that forni of all most_ (71 at.;
L IN her shrouding mantl
.round—
:unbeams cannot enter h .re.
'And it ;Eel
'Me I
Tigi, vs . ;
Is sile
Far off;
Is laid
Grief w .
Sure, •
1 lovely angel-ehild,' l
t i tiburn ringlets floating free,
• eyes so soft and mild;
woudering up the mother's knee,
ear marnma r dan't ery,"i lie.said,i
- es i your,' Willie feel so bad;" • .' `
er,meekly bowed her head, .. .
iou-S 'sunbeam Still she; had. ..,
nt by—all pale an*eo
upon his pillow lay,' i d
co. smile yet sweetly told,
P
ghtty closed life's parting day 1;
is parted simply were, , , 1
1 s pale, transparent broW, • ,
eye was beaming there,
a dark lashes hid it noliv.
1
p pure and _white was!pressed
ithine,one tiny hand, 1 :
ca ' aof the soul whose rest
w within the betterland;
r knelt in anguish 6y:4-
her only treasure gone,— -
e fixed her gaze on high,
rmured, "Loan, thyN•ill be done!"
I l
• hole light was here"
unbi.ains still around her shone;
Is, softly hovering iilear
o'er lierslie . wasl nog, alone'...
• above, from Ileaveh so hright, '
'aids as with his wa hful.eare,
!Th eloUds'Sornetimes 'all their light,
,
're are sunbeams cv .rywhere,
1
But see!
With a
And sun
,Clitubsl
"Please, i i
4 It eoa
The mou
One pr
A ye.ar w!
A lingeri ,
How bY
His rin,gl,.l
Upon-13
NO snony
The lo ,
A so,o1 . %(1!
Gently
Fit einble
Ytiras ni;
The mutlit
111.4 las!
But still,
And m
• God's..
And nog'
• Waicii
`Thus Go
, E'er g•
And thou
Yet,
istelian
riumir
re, or the De.
BY Et:GENE ST. CL
CHAPTER L
ved not wisety,. b
.
' Sweet Ella Clare, l Do 'yo.u.re tember her,
with her full, dark eye, beaming lin its divine
' beauty, like, a star, throu'ol the , !long troub
hag lashe. and her langhof inuSie; and her
tresses - of Olden trout !!• 1110 yOu re - mem- .
~.,
berher, N . ith the soft vermillion bloom steal
ing aero.. her rounded cheek, . like the Ifirst
rosy bloo 'of morn, and. hei "ripe - red lips,
tuOddled fter clipid's bow, ever wreathed,
lavittsiail -.! :Do- you rerne bclr her, - wjt.h .
;her form f exquisite grace and, leautY of
- propoitkt and her light 'stet , • buoyant land
free as th tof the wild. gaellel 'among:the
""green su ny . highlands". of - it a - oWn bleit.
Araby I , - ._, - - . i. :-
It - was this that is- - fi ./
when
r l t, 'she
S.llB.l.lc'T
ruiny, vision like
et Ella Clare I Th
owdale. She wa
dawned
• 'ret. of
the y•eung,.'and those whose endi-liere Bite
'With the' frosti Of Many win rs.t" Was 'ere
whose
a May-day fesLival,Nrhose,- e was sounded,
with such acclaim for queen, as hers! 1 1 1,Kas
there a 'village dance, what 'rilfalry rit 0... g 1
ms'
ii .4
the youth to secure ber a
partner'."'Was
there some poor, lone widow,, prostrated by
sickness and distress by penury,, who but the
gentle Ella was the first to tiring some long
desired'lniury; and, like a ministering am,..li'd,
prep nightly vioil by the lonelyleouch4..uniil
the long,,llon Iluts had waned ' and mein
•hroke on -h dim, weary eye 11 i - i
)
Ella's *g iteenth birth-dny wa.s i fast Ip
proachin ~and as ye; among the thrcmg of,
devotees :lio had worshipped atlthelshrine,of
her excellence and beauty, none had kindled
a reeiproyal feeling 'in her breast', it vie r s
not becaase shee - Was wayward rP es,prieidtis
in her,t.'iiste but because the air/ girl h4d,
like sill,' ler own ideal.. In all s er j rOnianti
dreams ofmaidenhood, there hid -ever'
. h4ilen
'a f • ' glorious face---posse&sed . ' i ot a Won
drous, charm; and` until the eeunnr , of; its
prototype; the heart of Ella-(.l l . nained
unehanged. ~ . !I '
~So passed the sunny-lined hours:of yolith ?
'The rose) and jessatnine Swined around the
'easement and - poured their fraoame.thrOugh
' the latti4 of her ffigasap t home. GailY„ ;at
, eventide; the song fleeted lout on the still air
'of the valley from the dare, Cottage,, and
*the old
man;_ ' 1
her sire—he of . Itha wrinkledbrow and age worn for would bend_ his
grey head on his staff, an as the teigr4te., p.
gatheivl in his dim eve. all' dOwn the blees-,
ingS oil high heaven •ai n the child of his
love, sittin g there so lovingly at his feetso
loifingly withher upturned, beaming fael ,e ,and
er curlino• .ttr., of golden bri•wnJ I 1
-86 pass;l the mniny-liubd Yours of 'youth !
One by one they tlew to Sin thir preds
--orrin -the dim and '9.lrad_ocy past, and as the.
distance Latieen. him a d th 1 dark „valley
tit* less, the; love tivt. "%Ili e-Haired' old
man' waxed Malin 'er aid sty i nfrer for -his ['
child..! , . o '
I i - • ~1
--- Poo old man ! hew rifle lie dreamed of f :,
the troof - thlt fate was w lyingiin the fit:spiny ' 1
of tllail llow little lie -new 4of the ni,ghti,
with thedark . stormcloti , dual , * soon was to;
.darken the home where e rose nod the jess-i
amine wined and Whogel l light was the i i love;
of the heautl girl; ---a night Of horror and
gloom,lthat would drive lies. fi.ith - td wither
und die alonti,itt the tentptst4—Poor 'doon36
over
" A wandering bark, non ' whose 'pathwity
shone 11: '•
All BINS of haven, except the guiding . One."
CIIAPTIER TY. 1
i , l " l'hydiiotn is settled': af, tis •
r the genius of your star had Writ IL"
I ' HUGALD
• . • t'
Seale .4 as
Then
wits seal
.
' wonders' . ild turignifice,nce of the. Oki World,
Geerge or mer had, dome to 'Willowdale
in search f he beautiful and picturesque ,of
his native 1 4 (1.'1. 0! the finest prderlof intel
fect,:his ri, in enitiVated, and ' his manmitis
polished by oreign travel, it,' did not - take
'prig erehe ' lime a 'Welcome and nn• i
hon
ored guest a . every fireside. - i .;.
llt rarelY ills - to theilo• of • min te' Possess
the rare; the noble beauty that• belonqed to .
the aceompl Slied Stranger. ..Indeed,: .1 knOW
'not if I ever died upci'll a face more Superbly
aeennt óriii". lectiially beautiful. .And they
trieT., he . sndlo la Clare—and then was her .
'ideal realized! There was' the' fare, the glori r •
cius.face, with ttil . .its, grandeur , or inado
thought- . -r-sriii. , .h ill its ~ nameless. charm-Lila
-
Niii?.. M and mptic fascination, .that had-be,l6.
With her, for itNirS, and formed the sum of `it,
thousand go. len drearns ! .• -
1 I reineinki how her dark eye withbeamed
iligliii brighter, purer, far, than any gem ere
' rank in tluktlaming Orient,' 'when first 06-,
met; 'and When . he talked with her, avid
told her, in that voice: of low;mysterious elO,
quence, strange tales of Eastern lands, ,wl.tre
he' hail jou rno I, she', hum entranced ev
e4;in
ry syllable that fell ,Ifront those thin, Grei
elan liPs, whi 11 seemed to 'tremble with eh);
- , • . ...
quent expret on. - : ! . ..-- ‘,.• 1 ,
; ' And the winged hours flew . oli. .Ilielie4t
Of that bright youngbeing anobject now On
which to poiir its long . pent wealth, • and 0;'!
hOw fondly-did she 'love him"- . Ile was her
i•
light—her life; and • I she had throned liiin
[there withini•-',her breailt; the only 'deity -that
she:could worship. 0 ! it was a wild idola•
try ! 'But_ aslvell might she have striven. t 6
breast the mighty torrents ofCanadian rivers;
Or• Toll Niag4ra's billowS back from whenee
they came, ass, check this. tide of wild, iingoi--
.
ernable 'hive I' • .
And how Ilia he receive this rich oblatiiin •
iif a pu,re voting heart!.- Could he %return.
Ithis fond deiotion—did he love her ! Alte,
1 with .such hike as the lustful . Tarquin bete
I . . j
the noble Roman wife 1 7 -Such love as hulls,'
•‘•
' down from ir,s pedestial of beauty the noble. 4, '
handiwork Of the Great Architeetthe loye
that withers•llike the . ileadly upas tree, all that'
comes wi thin. the . eirc:il - of its influence:
• ' -Ay, he lOLA her, .1 - , Li3( shebecame his bride .11
'Put there wi i i.s na priest, or altar—no.rin?.! iiii•l
'nuptial vows •, like as the gorgeous 4.44041
*•iles the treinbliiig-bird with her mysteriolii
Ifascination, io did George. - Mortimer, i
by the
. ,
l ming - ie . of iiii . eye-,-the.
...witchery
. of his loty ,
helrt-stirrini l, voice, -break down, gently, the.
-last-frail ly.thim lyetlircii - liim nand thc i n ivli•
less 0-ern hel: , oveted.: - - .
And so.slie fell. down, d4p - down from the,'
dazzling . ' pinti tie 'of lier 'purity !. Angels liii;di
-up yonder, far beyond the stainless azure,laid
down their. golden harps,
..and wept ;swill: :
. pearly--tearslas only, angels weep - Oyer the
fall of an eriin . 7., sister!' • '. . i i
And nowl . "'Ae, shadowlegan.to fall ; for J:to
dream was i)Ver.- 'I.IIJ - companions ,of 14:1,,
youth, Withii•evelings, passed her by on the
other sid , e - 411young, light-hearted creatures",
that knew not their' ' o* -n frailty. Tier Mir' ;
timer—her ,'god ; ' - was gone !—so the bloc ri
faded from her 'cheelltlie coral . no longer
lingered on the, quiver' g, bloodless lips-the
step lost its-leioyanaY,i! and the eye its glad
light of othei• days. 11 Like a weary -bird, tar
out at sea, with nought to rest its tired wing,
shed pined a‘,44, until the . urn- of death wits
• ~
operied-a •v4eleonie,l refuge to the AL'On4rOr i .,
1 stoOd-I.4ide herrgrave; and tient,la while
haired" old 'Dian leaning heavily on ids staff.
And . .isthe illeds' fell On' her coffin, ringing
the death-knell 'of the last hope that - hit/
Made life iv4rth the living; he turned 110,1
'away eto-his :?desolate borne, where the rciSe
and the' jessamine no longer bloomed, and t.li
sunlight hall t ceased
. to fall,away to his l (l4-
°late Wink l e, 'to lie own and die I The vq,A)
that fate had been Weaving was humped, and
the, niilit 'with : the *torn' 'cloud had conrel. l .
... piteof DIA Clare I_, l lTliu of the boMilig
eve and theire.sses of golden . brown ! 'llinti
li . itt •gene
'to' thy long long. home, beautiful
~,,, 4
..
one, and thOunsliiiie of '' eternity Is On thy
brow, and the clianoeless
.smlle 'is on illy li
but thou artinot fol,g,otten; for often lit, ale
shadowy tallight: young forms ard' sr;,_eti
around thy ilowly grave, and, forgefild,cif
• thy fall then drop there the "heartfelt: ' tribfite
of a tear. : . 1 ' • ci ~ .
•. •if i
i And the destroyer ;-did you ask what
I
Fix:Came othiim!o, he' went forth into the
-,
e ,
1 world' and wore: th• purple, and• drank de''ep
of-the'cup'of fame, and field high hiniorstlin
liii'dountry'S gift 'He sat in the natiln's
ir ..i
councils, and men whose years were m,bre
than twice his own gave him the precede lee
and sat enwiapt in vender. atliis eloquence.
And ins faiined.iii)on, and - courted, and,ar-
:PASO, 'rind 11ipnored among Bien, thronglitett
life;. and than came death ! - We , may ,not
Took beyond!the curtain' of the dim, mysteri
ous future, qUi who,. think .ye, will standOe
-highest" on- the ,MiglitY 'scroll, when. :Cod
li:flakes:tip 14 jewe e destroyer of ! , 114.S
1 -- --..tk \z,
•
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~ 'A iVi.tvoL6. F •antu.—The following table
will be . fetind .try "Anluable I to 'many . of lour
readers :2 '1 - 1 - I'" - . .---; i: , •
*-
A biix 24i1nelies by 16 inches. square "•iind
2 , § inches 'de :Pi, will contain a barrel, (5 bUsh
elS.) ',.. •-. 1 1, ll " * - - 1
'- i
~
• LA. !Sox 241ineheby . 16 inches square; ntIP
14. inches deep, will 'contain half a "barrel: 1
.. I lA' boir -26.1inch4S :by 15-2 incheS Siiiiare
. • r
and 8' ' h '''d 1. 11
fine es eep, wi contain one buSl:il.l
pi :11.414 1211 . tiches . hy 11-2 square, and 8
inehesdeeri,lw, ill +cititairrralf,abusheh !I
ik. hoz . 8 inChesiby 8-4 inches +care and 8
incheS deep,:;Will'cintairr one peek. 1". 1 . ; 1
A lboi 8 inchesibi 8` inches square, , ':',and
4- 1 2 inches 'ilin,..veill contain one gallon. :i I
' I . IA boas' inch . e4i l by 8 inches square; aild-4-
8 lin hes deep, will contain half
. a 'gallon: - 1 -
•
- 4A box . 4 ineheslby 4 inches square, and 14
1 'in Iles deep ' will Yeoutairi rl. quart..
'4, 1. • . ; ~ ' ....._ _.... _.:._ F • •,.
yer and
t boo well."
4 r4 1,
beam of f-4 - 1 4ry
pi l lde anti .ther
1 . . A
. - - I ; • - •
lifornlxi of a was ilidebiitingi.luP,
li
wishing to diiplai his prog leney in thd f lan.
lii.fua,*.v. witn.mo4d,t.g foTa7 idefinitt:4cijourn-'
unfit -of the dub 'said, "Mr ' President, 1 nioie
I,• ,
ir adjourn f3,,pluritts unurr. ' ' ;; I .
.• . 1 ~,
. ,
m , the destrnyer, 'and ht uooii
tourist, satiated with F. the
Sttirasha anb.
:REMARKS O.IF MR.
' .or WYOMING COUN
lii the. Senate of Pennsylvania,
Nebraska Resolutions, Marc
_
- Mr.!Ptgri rose and said ; • • • f'.
AfniSpeaker :—lVlett the re:olutions how
before' the Senate, were under discnssion.sev
eral. ilays•sinee; andc.stponed tlpon -my tmo
tion, it was done for the purpos of Ml:o4ing
mOtime to ascertain, sis,nearly as I . could,
thel state of public-senturietit. a ong my ' on
stitiients, in regtMl to 'the Nei-4 kavms ion.
I hirespent,some time recently amongt mee
I have - the honor to represent' n-I this floor;
and . I think I know *their. opini ne perfiictly
well ' - i
, . .
Meetings have latelf . been lid in mY)!dis
triqt, and from them I, Judge thyre is butf one
sentiment prevailing among thatWholopppu-'
lation; and I firinly Wieve that if the 'ques
tion 'was submitted tola vote of the people, an,
overwhelming - majority would bi.! given iti.op
position to the passage of the bill . l admit Ong
the4ortitories of Nebraska and! kunsas into.
the Union, with the right to intr4ice sla4erv,
should they deent proper;.-since, the : mdtion
Avtq,: . Made sonic time ago, to poStponis the
consideration of the resolutions tioW before us,
mass meetings have been held ia the coMtty,
of Stisqueltanna, at Which Test lutions Were
adqto declaring that the great,DemoCtiatic'
party occupy the same position, and . stand
al
upon the Sae ground,the same broad plat
forth which was erected in 1852. ' i .-.
• Now sir, I think that . that platform; land
thelvictories aehieved upon it, should -be en
tirely satisfaefory to Alto party. I Sir, I look
upOn: it'as wide enou2l) and broad enough for
the, Whole American p t - ople. 1
The Democratic convention which agent-.
hlt.N.l 'here a fewdays since, by a 1
strong . re.;o
lutitm,' re-affirmed, the dOCtri* . proclaimed
at4;aitiMOTe 1111852,..at is declared ini the
follOWint , resolution': '.l
following
` 4 Resolved, That the, 'Acme+ y of •Penn
:-
sylVanut adheres with: Unshaken fidelity to the
CorWitution and Unicirt of the:. States ; - ;and
relies upon the compromise of 1850, as; the
final t.itljustintnt of the' vexed aid tlttng,irotts,
question which then ,ttgitated Ithe - country;
- and menaced lie,eXistenee of the Un4.-;
.I3pOn"thisrati nap principle GO V. .Iliglevi en
tered upon the .contest of •1851,1 and with a
distinct avowal of his adhesion, was tritiMph
antly elected. At.ll.,a.rsCo .4.. , 1 t, \ t ,,,,, - v iii,,,,,.
was; ad,pted in 1852, as a distinctive feature"
in the national piatforip t and President Pterce
waS 'elected by au imParalleled majority,;thus
manifestitr , the popular assent, to' the *tits
and,conditions- of the ct - ,tiliwroutise. 1144ard :
ing it, as we do, as a.'solenin and deliberate
settlement of , contrOversy, conseCrated bi- the .
efiOrts.and• energies of, the ablest and be 4 of .
this State, we\therefore rrtifv and: adope, the
priiiCiples laid down in tbe Baltimore i)lat
, 7
fortn of 1852." ' , .
;s;'4.'7 . ‘c-, sir, the _terms: Wl‘i r b
plan . towards teen who take the 'view of the
gui,istion that I do; . ate entirely -unc.,alled -fur
and unjust; especiallti so when we niainrain
and advocate the recognized prinl;iples of our
parry,•asfdeclared by our late \ati•'nal
voition, and 're-affirn!.d be the Deinoei-atie
party of Pennsylvania; • . !
We have been detu4ninated :vgitators,! and
deUounced by' other opprobrious epithet 4, be
eaUse we have the ne . ct'e, to stand up agitinst
what we believe to he a gross wrcmg.
'I ask . you, where whs. ihi.4 .agitation tom
:i.,
menced ?* Who started this agitation ;that.
noW prevails through Out this country? i Are
we;!respbusible for it? l' We standup to meet
and .resist .affitation. , We are thel friends of
freedom, and will at all hazards guard i and
prOtect the principles Of *liberty asestablished
by our fathers. Can you find that it began
in the South ? This any of her stateßneln de
manded it ? Has tiled preSs in that ,section of
the cOuntry, urged it? The North has Am&
•
kiidemand, or even-rdluest, to interferovith
the exciting stilject of slaver No . sii!
, ~ No , ;
The truth and the facts are, that this agi
tation
. commenced' in the Senate of the lUni-•
ted States, and the independent freenign of
thiS country are now Stilled upon to froWn it
doWn. Sir, I claim and desire to "have ,my
pod=ition - fairly and
. properly. understood; as
well-on this•floora.s in my district and the
co il
u
ntry at lar!re.' lam instructed to vote for
thesA!. - re.solutions; and to resist the passage of
Juidg:e Douglas',bill, and I would say that, in
addition to the.iustructions which ,I halve re
ceived, it is my wish and in perfect 'a4,ord
anee with my views of:the subject„ . that Lobey
tle instructions . Besides, the resolutions I
hale read here this•mOruing, ciiminc , ' as they
do; from.Susqueltanna county' and7.4id Opted
V &large and respectable ineling coinposed.
t
of The leading 'men of 'all par t
es—of Men .I.s
sendded tog-ether without distinction.of party
,--Turther induce me to oppose the admission
o6Nebraska upon the terms contemplated,
' beinuse I think, with the petitioarrs, - that to
do so, would be a gro6 invasion! of -rill, law
and Abe rights of the ;Corti'. - •
lir. Speaker, I Will read the following.res
olntion, denouncing this agitation, as entirely
useless and uncalled for: _ - :
".I?c,yollied, That we call oponour Senator
and Ite.presentatives in the State- ,Legislitture,
by their-action to discourage in every proper
manner, this gross Violation- of Northern
rAOts." ; .
Now,,sir, that is the resolution; among oth
ers,'coming from the county of Susquehanna.
At it large and respectable meeting liCht. in
Bradford county, the following resolutions
were adopted, which I refer Ito,' in order to
show the sentiments Of the Apeoplq in that
county, upon the question now- under discus
\
sion . i • ••1 ' •
"Resolved, , That . the line of - 36 - deg. 36 rain., ,
secured by tne missoen eotnpronn.--,e, k the
bulivark left
. to stay the eneroaellit4; tide
oe,slavery' propagandism—the otdy barrier
which now . interposes to secure ;to freemen
and their children a share iu. tlie fertilci prai
rics of Nebraska, • and that its rep i cal
give. up ,to slavery the , possessi on
triellSC region, lying in the heart of 'the kepubt ,
and destined to..be'come; if he inay judge
by the past' prosperity of the country, n no
great length of 4,ime, of prepundera l tingmllu
Owe. . . • I ;
Resolved, That we protest most
84 lemn and earnest manner, aghinsti the repeal
of the Missouri compromise, as an bet iof in
justiee to the North and of faithlessness on,
the part of the South,:who, have already se
en,red all the -benefitsguarantia thtla by
, that compact., That While we could respect
[badness, even in.:: bad cau,sc the Icow t ardice
,
. - • ---.---
;1 • • ".
seek-s to bet
,y our rights.by, specious.
an& unwarranted prete:tts; merits' our
con
tempt,
;,; . . - •
: ",Res4 tved, That it is a Souo.,e 'of deep . lin-
Miliatioh that this proposition hhould'proceed
'froth a Senator front:the - free Slates ,;and that
iv hile - we would hot arraign thOhotives of any
legiSintOr; it, is too !evidently proMpted by
that • ; •
lNaiiltkng. ambition that overleaps itself,. • .
And !falls down on Vother sido. l
; •
", ;
Reie/vell That ewe call UpOn our, Repro
sentiitilies inCongress,
- and Upon our Senators
ftna: )tePresentives in tbe St.atel,egi'slature, by
their action, to disckminge every'. proper
Maniaef, -this grosi3 yielatiOit of :.I , torthern
iiglits.l
• ;
Istew;Mr. Speaker,. I will refer to the pre , '
0 • •, •
(Tedings of the Dentocratic National
,Conven ,
hdld at .Baltim'Ore commencing
Ow.lune Ist, and teitininating On the sth of
the ilaMe month. .1 , will read . that i
part of
President Tierce's h'itter of 'acceptance and re
_ , . ,
lyi:toJa counnitteet,Of,-gentlerhen ; appointed
to tii)dress ; him. Ire 'says: •':
"J accept the noinination Upon the plat
forty adopted by the :conveutiOn, net 'ibecause
icexpected las a candidate, but be
„ . met
eauSe the principles!it embriceS eoininand the
r,,pprobation of my pdbrinent.” I
'• ; viii now-refer tf, portion; of the Balti
more Platforin,Amon the campaign of
1802
; was tong ht, at victory at•hielved :
"IRisoived, That the-Denh)cratieparty will
,
resist all attempt at' t renewing, lin_ COngress or
Out Wit,- the agitati[oi of_the slivery question,
itiu-ltrwhatever shape or color the attempt .
May'be made." •i , 1 '
•
Note, sir; I have seen . nothing so' .far as
pre4ident Pierce` coneenied,;:at - least on rec
hkh.inducesto .beli ve . that; he. has
dhaii;;;...•sd his Views :regard to this question.
f wi;llnow adve - .rt tO that pare of Vice Presi
dent Kinces;letter, - dated Junet22, 1852;:
";The platform, af; made by tile Conventio n, ine - etS', my cordial approbation:: It is national
its all . 3 .its parts, aiid lain content not only to
standlupon it, but upon all oce4slons to defend
aitsn
XATTi
on . the
llnli
•18, 1854.
Then, sir , if you i t •tli.e what he sans in 1852,
iOqinOlSto • come to the conelu4ion :that' were
lie nOW living, he W l ,ould feel hewn" to stand
as Stand here to-day ; and deitouice 'the bill ;
fbr. the admission Nrebraskaas afshiVe ter
ptcry. - .1 r • .
I,le would declare : it, as .1 delare it, to be
gi* violation of!Northern 'rights.
assert that the agitatibu of this
mos • not froni thn p...111p. 1 . 1, is a que&-
.;in my j4dgrueiit; started.Witlibne object.
Lt hi . nothing more nor leas than a did for the
P,reitilency. The • bill has b.en introduced
fOr the purpose of efitching,Sonthern . Votes in
the the
National l7onviltjon; and it is to be
•.
f4art.4,l that the inert who haVe diced the
ag,itation of this quWion have not at hearf,
the 'great interests br and 'they
care ,nothing for - the:colmequences, if they ()n
-il. achieve, the object which , thby have in view.
that when- this_ question 'conies to be
paslo upon by tbel„,ik':ople, they Will be pre
intrecl to meet it,•and they willirepel theagita
tiorl its well as the agitators. !Men May draw
nice :Constitutional :questions, and legal minds
ri'Plj• draw .distinctions, and
_upon: them at
tempt to establish principles l but after all,
theltinal decision Must eventually be, - passed
ti by the voters 'pc - this country ;
..turd when
tnekilearn the fact that this .vlsit: territory as
nbOree, and that the effort is .nOw.l being
triade to establish therein, human . biindage,
thief-: will act in acc,' , Orllanee with the iinpulSes
that 4irge ft eemen tp - action, slid will insiSt up
oh the compromiseline of 36deg. 30 min.—
- .8 . ..ndj sir, if you go beyond thht•, - .ypu extend
theitirea slaVory.! Break that "dotin, you
aIIOW and permit the peculiar institutions of
tlielSouth to occupy the ground noW sacred
tq . •
, e.dom. • , : -
I Mr. Speaker, NiCI . oro 'now - . told: that. ' the
lieniocratic. party-am abOut to ATede - • from
old i.and established, principle. in order to ac
cenimodate .certairt, aspirants for political po
sitiOn ; but it is well the people Yet
Wily do we non hear of opposition to. the
qpiiipromise 0f.1850, or in fact. to all cam=
proinises ever node. j The excitnicg and stormy
tinythat prevailed in this coitntry; was fol
leWed- by caltnnes&—Jpeace and quiet :prevail
ed throughout 'the length , arid. breadth of this
oecasioned b d a .hope this
tiett i was forever Settled by the action of Con
giess..in 1850. Bt Whv disregard these coin
prOnaises I for it islWeilknown that, out sys
temiorgovernmenti itt; to a great extent based
UttOn compromises). jln theearly organization
of*weietv, men were compelled to yield a
.por
ti4M of their natural ',rights, in . order to pro. ,
mete the public gdod ; and this is necessarily
so,qor we must hay? some Well esbiblished
of action by Winch all are to be, govern-,
edi - Otherwisei ndi vidtial.opi nion wotild aboithd,
inittead of a compromise of all qustions-_,ltnd
infdrests, well defined; -settled, and acquiesced
inJfy all enjoying the advantages of society
and‘civilization. .
-114, - then, now stand It'y' the comp ro
rrifse of 1850, whiCh I claim re-affirmsi if
needs be, the Compromise- act. of 10:10.
13ut in the bill that Judge ;Douglas' has in
tiOnced in the Sedate of the United States,
heiivislies to say tlutt the CoMproraise ant of
leso superseded the act of March 0, Iq2o,
and now.desires t 4 declare ft inoperative.—
Ots in other words',,tliat slavery can now:safe
l*O.Upon ground - that is chimed to be free
tertitoryf Now, if this be So; why introduce
itinto -tile bill l and thereby create this stir
ring sensation. in I the - public 'mind. Ifithe
C l einpromise_of. 18i).0 is repealed., all - has been
'accomplished th:4;slavery (night lo ask!. Sir,
liiOnen who .take that vievr of : thosubjeet,
st.od.ttp honestly Ibriti and Icarry it out. in
detail, by. reinoving - into the; territory of ]Ne
likaska and take With 'their What they; are
pleased to call their " peculiar institutibn,"
.nod the ,question Will be tj,iised- in a 14. 1 .0
form and disposed . .of by thei pro Per "judiCial .
Akibunal of the country ; and with I de-
Asion all shOuld, t and I pnisume would! be
satisfied, fOr I thilik that the time hai ;not
arts ve when • men learned; in tho law, will
die dare, that by iMplieation an act has been
repealed - that has rettutintlit on our statute
I • -
t boil:ilia, for it 'periedi apprOaehingl towards. a
!half a century. ;To this ;slavery will, not
lagiee, for in it there appears to noliepe‘
hnecess ; and
. those whol i ,Started the
wilt not assent, - for ilieir..grdat end' to lxiae-
Colrtplished would also fail, for by.- the farther
agjtation, they hope.. for public nitoriety !and
Hitical place.' Pi; South lean lose nothing
When Northern men. fotsake
.the. banner' of
freedom, and take the lead in fighting) the
battles of alaverv.i This Wing Ole ea . a , i, it
Lt.4:6;at..us to occupy firuilY our to.:itiot4and
t
resist nil further i agitation ;' for 4 'our most
,prominent men yield to the exacting &mends'
made by slaiery,lother -men of less:promi
nence May also be • charined.. by psomisas ~ _
given at,, , this time;to accomplish what I re-'', 1! • 1 ": 11 -e !--0 1. 11,. be, ii i 'li tkie . i -. 7 1 V9 - Us.'
Bard to be unjust And, 11dr.• Speaker,. I 'inn ! - gr. ! Quiff icy froth al i .minoritY of i e • select , .
here to-day for the purPoSe of opposingthe .1.• coramittce,p. whom was referred '- • much
further ngitation pf this qnestioni and partic-ti - 1 , , of the ' govern_ 'a. message at relat s to the
ularly when it inereasea.the area and boon- 1! rin4.qf the, Pu
.lic
,Tork . s . . of the gent* ow,.
&tries o slavery. Sir, I take it thnt the. t. !! wiaith,imade
,hi fal,latai4 report': -'• ,: • - •
pie of, the Northern States are not !prepared, t ' The nuclei-Signed, alininoritY,of tik e 'select
s i
at this
.1 - ate day, tO violate: all the - .Corniiro- 'committee, td . whorri *as 'referred t at,' - pait
'raises and-law by i which they haVe been goy- of the God-ernor'S'ineSiage_whlch red test!) . a
erne& fo - r, years..; I - repeat, then, that the Ti - e. i - saleef the 'public 'works, respectftill ) distsen't
braskit and Kanshs.bill is : a 'gross .violation of ifrom the report•of the - Majority:of ll eom-;
the act Of 1.820, Viand Which - . was - - ratified inn reittee, for thefollewini - r,aniort&otherjieasons,
1 • • , , „, - .
1850, and whit up to the presont . time l has viz .1.. •! •- . 1.•: - 1•1; : •
beeii . ensMined, INow, Mr. • Spe.alter,! ,it has 1! iirst.- 7 yrhe price. O . •sam-fixed- to 1 which
been argned thattlie CoMpromise'act, 0'185.0 the ' i Governor, is authorized and der feted to
repealed the CoMpromise' act of 182.0..-; I pre- sell thainne,!under. the hill' as r ilea, is.'
,
sumo that the understanding 'Southern men too low - mid inadequate. From the #eeport of
have-tilthn this Subject, is that which Sena-the !State !• Treasurer. ;end Auditor • ' eneral,,
tor lloniton. Advocates and proclaims.! I-: - Made to the - Reuse of Representative ;in put.-
" I'Claim'the IllisSouri comproinis'e as' it Isuance of a. resolution of that body,. :used at
n . 4
now stands, ihalf of the SoUth: . I ask •i the pruent session 'of the Legislatur ,:' it, ap.;
Senator; to let its benefits inure torus, . I . do S 'pears that the aggregate - cost of tI ese im
not want it taken away. The South has not : provernents, eXclusive of interest' on loans, ne
demand A it. • In all the canvass' of laSt year, i cessery to Construct thesame, is - $32,542,207,-
did any southern man denuind the repeal •of i 71. IThe interestpaid on. these leer is,lWhich,
the Idisouri Colnpromisel ' Ilas•any! news-' however, is only Incidental•Upon . .the!rcosts, n is
paper stlid so? 111 its any voice proclahned i EiX5,i57,703,13.. The :bill:under Censidera
it ? 1 Nc I ,And I . appeal - te -, Senators. who l'tion proposes to autherize and 'direct,: a•.sale
sympathize witlCus iii our necessities And in iof the' itnprovements, !in divisiieits, 'or as a
.our app-eliensi+s i to remember that vre have •i Whole, for the. aggregate sum of $2O„ 00,000,
not ask Id.fOr the repeal.- - SuppoSe . a candi- ein is °. over twelve and a half Millitin of - dol
; V •
r
date. for the; Pieidency.iif the UnitediStates, !less 'below their original and :actual cost.=-•
during the lastlcanvass, at the last • Moment, ci This, the tindersii'oued
. regard as too great a•
when there wai: ',tad ! : time eitoup,di left_ to' sacrifice on the part of - tint - Corinrion'svealth,
send the news cover the wires to 91(... N'ariottS and 'that it would' not he justifiable - in - the
parts of the Union, had proclaimed that- lie.lll - I.egislature to direCt their stile to 'be made at
was' in &Vol of th Q repeal .of the Missouri, this rate.. - ; - .. i ..!• :. • • :
...
Compromise, hew many States. would he have, l• i &cond--Tbe . in-tuner and terms . , of pay
received 1 llow many votes would have en-1 meet, the! undersigned consider ;equ lly oh
'dersed him..? I wire not who' he !candidate ljectionable. - They; are the More SO. hen rip 7.
might have been; I care -, not • it it Mid bee I plied to any single diviSion, Whicliis Erected
General. Jack Son or General Wasidngton,they Ito lie sOld'under - the provisiOns of th bill,
could - net havelsectired 'the indorsctrieut . ofl Many of these divisions of thenublici prove- I
the 'American people. . . I I shoats; it is not denied, would comma dbigh- - -1
"' I nun now ~called upon
.to vote, , for the I er.priceS than those proposed; ! and ecitild be
repeal of the. 'Missouri comptoinise, . which *lt s'old.as tc) payments', len better:and'tre `fa
esteem cirytlitlig to the South=tttler which ( - Oreble terms.. - The ; bill ' directs ii tat the
it has p , .
cpered;.and which we - lieve alit i *hole, or ;'my single division thereof,' shall be .
acquiesfeed in Since its adoption - Which ,the )'.s.Old on the same 'terms, to Wit: 7 :--Taienty per
South united in epplyin,,, ,-, .•t0 Texas when it" Centurn„ in cash* or Slate bonds; 'andihe resi 7
was adruitted into the 1.7 - tilon ; and even Tex-1. due' in ten equal !anniabpeynientsJ, ..This is
as has prospered under . the infliction.: TeXas : Manifestly
.improper. I - While the-terms of
Was a Marty to the compact, and she has not), pavinent may' net-be So obienticamta i 3. , -.the`
repealed her pert of it : she has not assentpd l' .i.. fa:, ..r ~,,iiie 'or.ttie less valuable, and! profita
to the repeal, land' -I, as her representative,l Lie parts of the pliblici works, they ,4ould be
never
t ill. I !may 'be toted dOwn,•but I will i considered onlyas a Mere rental ; as' to other
subthitto the infliction of a calamitous *dis-!: (this' ions. There is a Wide difference between*
pens:ttion. - I ‘ - ill: - yield, if not cheerfully, If • lie ilelaviare divisioniof . cattai l ' the olumbia
at- least .will 'greitrir3ce.'" • ' '. ' ' • 'll.an'd l'hiladelphia - , railroad,and tle .17it,
"Mr.' President, my opposition to this bill, I, 13ranch and : other divisions. 'that 1 ight - be
• I trustovill not be deemed. of a.. factious on nanied, -' To give similar, ..er,eqnal rms- in
impertinent character, growing - oitt of the! ihe!pavnient for thes4edivisionS., is n
. t such a
present condit:ion of the countrv, l nor a dust-t: (;liscrintinittion - as their respectiV6: salue de
position to'oppese. a Measure introduced inter tierves. - -!. •• I. . '''
1 i; ' ' - ' '
. i n ' Go
this body.-. 1 o not know, nor. do I pretend . 1 . Thir.l.—The authoritY.Nested he Gov ,
-
.to knotv; the origin of this ineasure.• I do; Irnor to incorporate the purchasers into , cont
not eoneeive. that
: there w as the slightest' ne-1 piuies or bodies politie,39thout defining their
cesSity or its introduction; and when I "an i l rights, tlkirpowers,,Or privileges,'liid. with
the qut - stion of repeal come up—for. in fact itl . Out cleterinining in any respect, their hinitti-
Was thdt front! the - flist.of the 31issonri corn-; lions and restrictions, would . ' be -c.' nferring•
promise, I foresaw ,
the. consequences which! tipOn one Juan and upon that officer - a power
must necessarily arise fr o m it—the agitation; t imprudent in the extreme, unwise a -unwar
which. must by renewed in this . country, andii,..fentable.l Such a poWer iu one me . it is.ap.
whicli - I„With:overy.'other public functiopary,l- 4 •hreliende . d, has no preeedent in Pen Sylvania
with, !everfiriptte,rnan hed deprecated as! legislation.• • - ! •
.
one of the greatest misfortunes that cool& 1 : . Fourth. — An objection exiOs tot e propo:-•
happewto us. i Sir,-I was not prepared for I Sitien to - Compel a..sileof indqidwtl divisions
this ; and W-hrt . it did, conic up in the shape !tf.the . public ,works Without any di., ..retion in
and
. forin - which it has -as.sumeti, I had no al- the Executive, end. - Withont any.' id spositicat
ten:BWe left;but either to adhere to the pin- being made of the other pertions::•••'. e dem-,
ciples which Iliad formerly avowed acted I 'Monwettltli Should net - be co riipellt. •to part
upon and npOn which 'Texas was ailmitted,or i ivith such portions of her public-woks'r as are
to abandon: then , and . votefor • a totitraryll raluable and profitable,'and teretak'such as.
principle, repealing the acts - - which I hadl aeld.'no Profit, and area drain iipon hetreas 7
formerly recognited. Sir,, if • this gives of ry. Those which are 'valuable, an a source
fence to any,..l . 'regret it in the extreme. I f revenue to the Commonwealth :S. MUM be
took my gronnd cams upon the compromiselibfor their . full valne; othenViseili ysheuld
0
bill of ' \ lBso. ;•I rim not...behind any .man in be retained to - defraythe expenditu e on the
my devotion to it. But, previous to its adop-i unprofitable, and induce a 'fair. e of . the ,
tion, I had taken MypoSition upon the' Miss -i th n l,• ? ,..
. 1 , . . I . ,- .._„. i . ,:,_ .
.. :
~
ouri comPrernise,,and I stand there establish il 1 .Fifth.-HThe provision in the first ection of
ed as firmly. its I now stand upon the c.elnproi
! he bill, - to Wit : That if said Works 'shall be .
muse of 18.504 I -aM the only} Senator] uponlpnichased by any incorporated company, the
. this floor who voted ;'straight out,"- as theylkarne "shall be held Under therterand:witli
say; for every measure of the final conipro-11 `the *powers, whichmich company 4-eadyltag
raise, and then for the, whole collectively. .A and .enjoys tinder itsicharteri.as if ,4. Pali, : of
Senator then from _Pennsylvania, Dlr..! Sturi. isrpther : works," fry uf the : jinlgmen t •of the
geonj voted 'also for every prevision contain= undersigned,. it inost• - ,dangerens, - . iicautiOus . :
ed in the bilk When I voted for thriti I slid t nndimpelitie prevision: There are incorpo
not suppose that I, : was voting to repeal the; o rated Companies of every variety f powers
.Missouri compromise." - • - , ! 'l' . 1 I.!which would be bidders - for. these improve,.
,1: •,
Now, Mr. Speaker, men irr the' Sontlr,,meit i rietits, not,only iit this -State . - ..bnt I. ill '. other
,
who occupy high places, make no attempt 'iStatei- and Abroad, the ." tenets" and; ".pow
to repeal . thi act.; but according to the view lets" of ;hose *charters, , as' . they ifiew exist;
of One southern
. Senator, at least, ;are (..allet.l . !could, not le.sanctioned by any.
„principle of
upon for the PupoSe off recording their votes justice or right in the . Commenwerilth, in principle,
against the repeal Of the Afiisoun-compromiser use and enjoytnent of these wOrki;•.aud Which..
So it seclus it is as wall understood by men would be ;wholly . "' inconsistent - Nv , .- sound'
in our times !us it
_WasTindays - gone by, that (public .policy: It Would be needl to cite
the acte.tif 18.50.1 id not . repeal, but ryas nit ;instances viiich might occur (uncle - thiS pro
tiffirmanee“Of the net of 1820. ' - I ; vision of. a_ most . alarming 'character. ' \ To
One ' other! point.-.- I - am not 'here for the igtiard against the power of the ' purchaSers-- 7
purpose of adoring the. African .race ;-..hut )• [to, d e fine, their
: rights and pi - rift:4e 'utier.tho.
tun here for the purpose of'defending the free . Ipurolia..s - e---- to protect Or own catiz ns against
white laberer of the country . frent encrolich.; , llnjustieennd the encroachments . 1, slick,. a
.ment Of slavCry, its evils and its depiedation. ;monopoly, should-be the care, the -aux-
Win- fequire the free honest - white laborer, lions consideration andthe early a tention . of
who i5.... - resipcted, ' although necessity may ?.time. Legislature, in the sale of th - . Works.
compel hint to care t a support for himself and 1 Ala in this:connection, the Unders gndd may \ *
family by lain own .industry, when his only Ibalpertnitted to remark, that ono, of
. tbe
capit:d ruay - lbe a.strong ariti and a•disposiF 'strongest and seundest Objections te tt, sale
tion tO.enduie the burthern of the day, to be 11, of the public, 74) . 44, of the 'State, is flue very
leveled dow4 to the, depraved poSition of the 11ditnger of this,powor, rigajuSt : - - whieli - this bill.
African and; slave. - , '.'.- *: • !' : 1
~. does riot' sufficiently proNd,' but - . which it-
I.
Si am 1u favor of. leaving. that vast teo
- free . fureyer for the white
.„.. . . . .
borer'of . the, country, and not comPel or rti;
quiro.Ute unfortunate poor than of the NOrtk
to work,' side by sidle,:- with
~dePraved slave;.
•Sir, the line; has been - settled, ' and net with
,
my conseri(or my vote will I allow•one_. fix:4,
'of \Ors territory to be 'given WI slavery4,ln 4
few years, tinless..the act ._referred , to s]rould
be repealed; some of our - oWn sons
as
lie
numl?ered in that 'far-oil territory, as it note
appears to be-, as residents ancitizens ; and . :
therefore;tie should feel' that We have' a p+ •
1.
sonal interet it the questiott,,- as well, as is
propprolixdischar s publie • dety, in resistii‘,7
ilciit.
this ogitesAk 401 c m _he rights ctffreedoth and,'
liberty. .t, therefore, in thyltposition: to the .
•
passage Of the Nebraskalllll - Kansas' bill, gto'
for protecting, the' white !laborer and the
freemen Of the North ; antl , l,l therefore,-trust=
that . the voteto be given peke- to-day, will'
•be recorded . in: favor of the I freedom of - anr
country, and in advancing tie cause- of liber
1— . ,
ty and civilization: I - 0-
! •• Hi-----0-14 1 D _.-40.---1- - - -- - :!.. • I •
- • flow'thelancholy the . moon must feel when
it h4s . enjoyed the fullness of prosperity and
got r.ducc(l,4 - k it.i . la-pt lituatia. — ~ -
• I
Viiii., : it- f '..:-)::.. - ii'it,
proposes most dinnierously,
nnlayge.: :Illndcr no circum§ nOs
undersigned giVe their `conned`.
such as thatembodied in thiS secl
bill. • Pennsylvania already reelSti
of incorporated monopolies withii
influence is her
in her legislation. ',•.The, tendeney
i eel- monopolies-i 9 .to-.CortAidath
power;
_,and therefore; toli,:tmich.
tton and can) cannot be observedil
of the citic - stion •under• conSideratiM
This (lispo*!ibrieflY Ofsetrie 'Of
which haye - infineaced Ihe - dhisant
dersikuel . to - the first divisiMi Of
-reported *by majOiity of the :
and they. proceed consider in•
manner:the seconddiviSion.j
Sirtlf.—This division of the bil
- eitfetat the third section,:preposes
tive,'that:if alh?tment§ .
made under. the first, the OCiN i 01:110
beeks,,receiVe. proposals, and :ore
panics #a purChase those *orkk at
- 14.0* •3 desagntited,i and on terms n
able to :the- Coinliionweelth,
ua~ eta T 4; prop,y44ls, to wit : to ihd
&11, i:3ltvtally ‘l,.lfeatod by this
_ ' . .• •
irottunt, It .15
Asfiutedly -there ivill :ix:e.ur no competition fbr
-theie morkn -vp , bile this nf- the bilt re-
Mains. IndividuaLeonipaniea most - in
doubtedly,:enmbine to prevent competidOjn
phypsals i with the view. of getting. thet tiMm
at , tlitl low, priees abpv,t) specified, by sulatiap
tionsliuthorized : to lie - made by the: bill, iiith
the :additional advantage of haling thatlo*•
monwealth a large f‘reholder i in the eompa
ny thus to be filmed.'
.:,Sevent/i.—Tliat the Commoirtrealtiu shall
be comp e lled to become a titoelihOßTeri*ilh.
.individuals companies - in „tinl , porebooe. of
,these worki l / 2 adverge to the vlewkannottnea`
ed-by the Governor, in
~ his atttind merai s re,
n and does not meet .the appobetioh.of
dereigneil, If the ComruonwOdth, ,to, be
interested in these improvements ; let fier.Owtt
Ahem awl control them. Iler'partnershipre
,lations heretofore Inge provett; by expermlnce
not to have resulted to her benefit
,or atlTatt
, take, This provision is an i operable' okiei4ion
,to the LILL . -
uts.
general featuro pf . the - bill,
and its details, do: not sufficiently :restrict this
rights, privileges and powers of, the. perinea;
ere do not properly guard the e'punnortwealth
against injustice, rejury 'and wr - ong,, an& do
not protect in an ample manner -the: chimp)
inf the use and enjoyment of these greathigh
waYs- • '`
Under fall the circtimstsnces:therefore,tpd
in - order that the Legislature of this Comitti;)n
wealth may act Prudently, intelligeedy 'and.
cerrectly, on u queition of sucli great mar
tilde andimportance to the.people%nd State,
the undersigned Lave been: induced; from!the
foregoing and other elmsiderations, in Bei of
Abe bill reported by the Majority of the Conii , '
mittee, to. submit respectfull) . rfor the consid
eration of the Senate the Joint, resolutions
_hereto appended.
fio-*1)..t,:.-:: - gtok(1
,
• The, Little Courtesies . of Life
The little things of life have far more effect -
upon character reputatimt, frieiwdship, eid
fortune,.than tf:e heartless unit superfu.lial site •
apt to imagine, - They are few indeed, hcs4ri.'
ever rough by nature; who are • not Weas
and softened "by.- kindness - and cotateay... IA
taint Word, afriendly remark,. a generous coini , l
plimeut, an affable bow. of recognition =- - All ,
have an influence—while surliness, incivility, .
harshness
. and ill-temper, 'naturally
,enough,
.prodnee an effect exactly to therto-eser.;: . , ',ltter
AniZlican people, as a whole, are perhapslnot
remarkable for courtesy. - They . are so active
ly engaged in the bustle of: life, in 4711*1114
movements of commerce and trade, that tey
have little leisure to cultivate. and price :_,
these - polished refinements, - which are the re= ie-'
ti
sults of education, of trivel,- - and 4f:4*ln
intercourse with society; 'Neverthaess; ,we ,
rsd
ate not : a disceurteOus people; and in the gr eat ,_
cities the proprieties of a. manner, and the ci
vilities of form are attended to;with:a coin-\,
mendable degree Of exactness., _' - 1
Still we are bohnd to confess that we , are,,
. , i
deficient t many of the little courtesies of.
life—courtesi& that are; admirably calculitied
to sweeten the intercourse of society the in- .
tercourse of friendly feeling, and the general
communion that takes place from day today;
between' neighbors and companions .
. The ex
case with many is, that they 'have not time
to Pre.tiee the civilities to Which WO Zeferk"
that they are too much enfted in more inn-
Portant. matters... Thus a :friendly. tisit Will
not be iepaid,,a polite note will beleft unan
swered, ameighborly call will bedisreguided,
a pleasant, 'smile will he met with; a- ciild look,
of indifference; and\ a cordial s grasp of . the
hand will be responded to 'with reluctanCe, if
not surprise. • All .this - may ,seem- uothihi f
and yet the effect upon the mind .•-sind the
heart is chilling and painful,—Phite Aura-
Holy .tite: :‘
The. beauty .of alife constitutes the
most eloquent and - effective persuasive to rre
ly on Whici one..lintuan being. can iiddieee!
Ito;:niidtlier., WO have' Many nays,,. of doing
goodjto,Ouir fellow creatures, :bAt..l.lo,lle..io.ef
fieacious ni leadin„,, - r• n :virtniiiis, -- honcst,- ••
ordered'life. - .. - Thern
Off, of Moral suasion,in a — good . man's life,
;passing, the, highest efforts of, tin. orator's go._
The seen i - but Silent beauty: of holineiii,
speaks more. eloquently - .of ,Gon,_ ana.duty,,
than tlie tongue of men „rind angels Let
pare.nts reinembex:this. The best inheritance
parent'Cau heveth a
,child, is' virtuous:
example; a legacy of hallowed'. renieinbraii•
ce,s and as .The. beauty of holineii
beainiug through the life 'of a loved Math%
is more effectual to, strengthen suck-as dci
stand - in virtue's Ways, and raise up theftewlin.
are howetl down, than Precept,. command; en'
treaty or waining,.• '-Christianity
sieve, owes by fir the greaser part ofifflllo l Do'
. al power; not to the: preceptsor, parables of
- Christ,. hut to his own character. ; The'benu4:
ty of that holiness which enshitned in ilia`
four brief biog,raphies of, the man. Nazareth'
has done more, rid will 'do more, to regen
erattl..tlie world, ,Und bring it to lan evertor.
Ong . righteousness, than all
_other agencies
put together. It luis done more to spread .
Ids religion in the world, than all that has
ever been preached. or Vritten on the eviden
ces of Clipstianity, . • . . „,
. .
ipOit.and.
oath the
CArAris t s LECTEME.—Tha.Churc.4I ;•-•
slab, says the .11 7 :. .17. .Evening Post, was filled
by a large congregation last-evening, to lis
ten to Rev. E. IL Chapia!s lecture on. "
plemeuts," giirttu for thebenefitSeel-
ety for.the Relief and Enifdoyment of the
Poor.' In the; Course of - his - remarks
- •
" All implements are sithowlinitt-the me.
elianie was greater his tool, and the-ar
tist superier.to his material." It was a great
mislay to be charade . .rie.d.by what wahave,
rather than What we - are, and.. to draw our
dignity from our eondititbn. greater -
than implemega+L—henti.: tl . la, Ants
tiee of any system that bou4ht him, sold him
orirsed him istereVi asi'an itnikaulat for
Nish purposes or despotic icitprzes... Thagreat
and; of matt vas 'net; to,?e, - adjusted to the
ivood, but to rise above it. Cansidering i tho
valna of implements, ,---we-finiilV arrived, at
thel - tiuth thatiWe did not grow j),rl . . thet*but.
what they ieheld; us to attain. ; Cerra)
,
then; every nveiiter of every Apple (hscovery
of he'past. and the- preseut.?7' Let -tha: long
line march before ns ,with the- emblems of
civil:lli:aloe glittering in their hands. Let
privilek . o:
1- on .of the
iriliffuerke`e
her bOr-
Olitis anti
f all legal
ai and too
eunispeo
t dlspOsp*
he reasons
of the wri
the bill•.ns
omriiittee4
Las brief a
• whieh.et -
aa•a.lterea-_
have, been
sluAlt poll
.anize 'ern
; the 1 r icer
lot-E443
t f
Vor
e obj et of
ite ei-) peti-
I alter ative.
1,
, i
G
MEM
- J. W. QUIGGLE,
LEVI FOULEOD.
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