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ST YEEDERXCE TENNYSON. .. ......... , . ,1 • once the chorists of the Morn, 1 _ scatteed from its wheels the twilight dun;' 7 4 once the unimaginable sun I 'd godlike thro' the perennial clouds forloim, hown Its Beauty fora moment born; I - ly once blind eyes had seen the spring Mang amid the triumphs of widnoon T. it Once had seen the lovely summer !goon by in state like a full-robed king, silt -- ; time the enamor'd %v . / ea:olds lung , Ind . . y once dea f ears had hkard-the joy 1 I the wild bird, or morning breezes blowingi silver fountains from their caverns flowing, 1e +, 142, deep-voiced rivers rolling by, . 1 Night eternal fallen fro thb sky! If only once weird Time had \ ,rent asunder The curtain of the clouds, and Night CliMbing into the awful infinite—, [under! Those stars whose steps are world's, above and Glori,on glory, wonder upon wonder! i .. • - .1 ,- The Lightnings lit the earthquake on his w,ay ; The sovran thunder spoken to the wor . l4*. The ream-wide banners of the wind unfurled; Earth.Prison'd fires broke loose into the day; Or the great seas awoke--then slept for aye .1 , Ah! sere the heart of man, too, strongly tried By godlike presences so vast and fair, ! Withering with dread, or sick with love's despair, • Had Wept forever, and to Heaven . 'cried ;• 1 Or shuck with lightnings of delight had diCd! • But He, though Iwir of Immortality, • • With mortal dust too feeble to:t the sighi, • ' 13#4ws Oro' a veil God's overwhelming light; Use arms the soul—anon there moveth by ; A mo l re majestic angel—and we die ! , „ ; Flas And if on IN, Bu Pass Wha if on Or tor Then' 1. Alti,..aihiotiit, 1 _ flag and: youitfr—Their Seel I . and Associations. ' Bads are falling, leaves are swelling, . i Flowers on field, and bloom on tree; O'er the earth, and air, and' ocean,! , 1 Nature holds her jabilee.” .. : .• . . - The l spring-time of'the year.and the spi time of life have than resemblances. one i to a certain .extent emblematic of the other. .The budding flower andthe:budding form howfresh, roay, and redolent, of' \all that grand and lovely! What is More joy ous, careless and beautiful than childhood.— flow ` . .ti the morning of life, the preient alone is ree3gnized and appreciated, and the bhun ding School boy hurries home, hia daily I les sons conned and Lis task .of toil completed, utterly reg,ardless of the morrow, and! the coming cares of the future,) i Tile World to him is bounded within narr A pw . ; limits. He . has few wishes few desires, few objects of pur wit, and fewer anxieties. The rosy - ligla of \‘. Ilene kindles in ! his eye, and adorns land brightens all that eye rests upon. A ..-ell snnngl of pleasuregushes front his heart., 'and thus the morning hours! of life; like the sunny scenes! of spring, glide pleasantly and raj idly away.'And so, step by step, until' he attflins they ra of manhOod, and even then it often •liappe. s, that the buoyant 'spirit still liresrand e i . lingeni, and the world, its `chance; ,and its \!! ' chang6, are regarded in la ..: cheerful, rapier . than it dporidino• spirit; and pleasure, .is soughti in a thousand fairy but sometimes de- eeptir4 retreats. It.is' well that-it is.so. ffhe • ways of Providence are full , . 'of mystery nd wisdoiii. Better that the future of this wolrld, the mint' and varied scenes of life, should.be concealed from-us-, by an impenetrable t..iir tain, especially in - ibe golden houiS of yolith. It is proper, too, that that'.- happk sciison shouldi be enjoyed. . Care, and !pain and 4ax ' iety will come. soon enough, !and sliOnld not therefore be anticipated. The spring-tip:mt , . of the year has justcommenced.. The fieldslare . already green, and soon the buds will horst and the flowers'will bloom. , The wOodalare vocal - w ith the, songs of birds, and the air is . balmy !with the_rich breath of nature • 'l'\ • I . "O'er the Moistened fieldS, -• 1 \. A tender green is spread ; the bladed gr.tiss Shootsiforth exuberant.: th' awaking trees, I. - . Thaw'd by the delicate atmosphere; put.forth Expanding buds; while with mellifuous throat, The warm ebullience of internal joy; .4 ` 1 The birds hymn fbrth a,song ofgratitude '.. [. • To Ilim who shelter'd when the storms were - .deep, • • . • ; , And fe them • through the winter's Cheerless , loota." • ,• - • .. -• Butlhow many who live in crowded cities, who are penned up, as) it were, within brick ~ walls, !have no adequate . idea.,of running stream,, teeming. gardens!, grassy values, and the Many other tempting scenes of this' le lightful season of the year ! • !low few wan-. - der forth, to commune - with nat.nre and tO!di.... _ ,rect their thought. to the Great_relliteet of, the I.7tuverse; whose hand- bi - ! , nds. the gorgeOus,- bow, and pui)4s the tiny flower: ."Ann yeti it is well to go.abroad occasionally!, to' fl,rget'l for awhile the bilsy. haunts. of men, andf tO:1 revel in contemplation . ainong the..euiet seeiies and the touching. sights -of . nature. With man 'there is but one spring. Childhood and youth, once departed, never return.' The flowers lof life,.otiee withered,' cannot be re vired,nd made to glow and flush again with their[ea ly tints, and give forth . their ,rn.orn ak ing sweets: Not at least in this world. ..Out nature teaches us in the return of the seasons, and in the renovation of all her - workS,' that the apparently dead may be quickened with new W e Ancl_so the mortal may beeoine IralnorW. The perishing here May Leconte eternalLe.reafter. .- " . 'll j •• The' Ithoughtlms are apt to..regatd -the . yhanges in -the. Season' s with apathy aid in differente. And yet life limits bang 4.s certain and unerring.l_fan has - his spiing; .his sum ',liner, his•autumn, and his . ivinte.-+-, tut tqe are not so . palpable, because the i pro g ressl i is less rapid, and all are so thorough ly devoted to the pursuits of . the world, that.! few harthe time to pause, reflect and - coit- ~1 templet _the prospoet.—,--Nay, there Are mine. , who deltide themselves with .the . belief Putt the winter of age. and of death will ( neviir conic, at lease:they act as if such were, the_ impression. Alas! for the folly; and yet how ! Widely each prevails. Year, after year glides by; and each record of' its departure!. only brings us nearer to the grave. And yet how many shrink from the fact, and not only shrink fronfit, but, avoid its obligations and' respon't . sibilities' .The spiink,..time of the year. and the sprit;; -time oflife are; or should - be, joy bus andhappy seasons 1 - . • ' - L All whose eyes! rest on these . linesmay noo reali4elkh,.but there are few who may wan,i i I 011111 ' 1 • : abroad whenn-i. the leaf is in the .bud and ~ b nil is on tliej , ough," without feeling the litt.itide of the selison,in every vein, withOtit pug ibe-spirig of natiire, ik we May so ei . )it, without_ fleeting upon the wonder-, process bY. l wlall. the eartic , is' made tie s d forth its many fruits for the use•of man lvithout casting the.eye'and the mind ni "wapt,' vs'itli a st4ise Of gratitude 'and - hive, at th i i neoneeivable wi'sdotn, skill and power of , Pr/ videnee. A ratable in the fields and tlii,i. _the woodi or a clamber 'up - the' nionntaili side at OA budding and gushing season Of - tit' year, icanii4t b tt prove healthful, ,as well fdr the.. Mind as the body. • "God made the 1 co ntry,"but niMi undo the town:" and if We lop - only; to t4e werkinanship -of Man, wk ship be it to Iforget the mighty wonders 4f. till Unive, •e,.,and..he countless mySteries.Of . the great*reater. On the one ban I, all is .htiitle, life, activity, and the pursuit Of man'!- Men. Flitch_ indi:idual jostles :tgainst his neighbr.and-tice sto have no idea, no oh : jeet; - but the gain, he position, and:the - pow , . er•Of thislearth.l . n the other, naturq is out sfri. ivy] iii in atiy ' tempting form, and bit), ant rockdandtree and ,Yalley;- -enchant the • eYet refre4. thelmi Id, Mid' lead to thoughtf4l 1 and salutary rifle dons. • ' How many whfi weile here i last snti 2.; will never see another I l I • !' I. rt this earth 1 1 - 1 2 liey have gone like, earlY ! 1 lint 1 1 . . they l 'II I owerst . . mat jiite not hope wt rtr • iy' in an - alierspllere, fl and wander throtigh. fiefs „„,guild Iree,`llo that are not only 4. briLlit-and gloti l °us, but everything! - i' •.1 1 J - I, ----d•-•----"-- . ' 7alo4nd-irenatte-Ac*deany Tale. ;The 16ickertfocker inaoazine f4ir September hits the following, ,relating how a, proftr : was sold: ; A c`Orrespentleht relates how at a "Male and Female Aeademy ‘ " sundry. coup les had brOken the rule which prohibited the caged bird's to associate. .: ,-.•- • - i' And at ilength ittbad -come L to the ears Of . the factillY, that such .:Avit. the case, and that on sundry occasions pairs, male and .female. hind been obseryed to enter the front gate •Of the yard, from the yillage street at unseemly hours of the night, in 'direct contravention Of the .statute in such ease made. and provided. This was a breach of discipline " not: to bb., tolerated hy no inanntr of timansV.and as a remedy, iC was preposed . inlselenin convocat tion of the, powers that. were, that one of their ,nuMber wliusc..roont-Nia.S conveniently situaL ted 'for the purpose,s_hould keep earefulwatch and ward and. that when. he shOuld See a guit- • ty pair approaching front their nocturnal vier latiOnof thelaw; lie 'should stealthily crimp out„ , .pounee,Upon them, and-having caught' them infagrtaitte'delicto they should, before tliC aSseinbled - School, Lein de to (eel - the ter'.l r - Ois Of thelaw 4 . i . •t i , , "This sedieine soon became known to .some 1 ~ of the sinneN, 'il \ tid no sooner known - ; than a counteri,lot 'was hatched. It was determined 'that one of the.bOys should array himself in the dregs of alady, or hi so much of a latly' dresS \ as he . c.Mild get, and he knew how to; get on ; thattutother young gentle Man should accompany; thi counterfeit lady Uponan eve , ning's' Walk; and that, when they returned they should take good care to be .seen by the -Official spy.", . • To obtain'thb necessary znatetials: for adds;: .. , .guise,'a)deseenf, was made upon the painting room; where the yOung ladies_ kept the gar t . inents WhiCh they used while pursuing their sttidil*;th'te.a gown, shawl, and hood were procured, and With. these we made what \ s.erv.l, td Our turd fora lady 'on the pecasion; not Very graceful, t eertainly, nor calculated for el* ins : petition, but u she" did; as the sequel showed.: Thus equipped, ;the 'lady :and her attendantgentleman sallied forth II ' - . . , "It was abotit eleven o'clock of a-beauti-, ftil .sunimetlS evening; the moon shone bright 4 ly H in mid heaven, and not a sotindwas to be: 1 beard save the faint chirp of a Cricket, or the, . . 1 far-Off barkinf some sleepless cur.) The faint 4 1 . .... 1 1 . ,- ett foot tall i vi as painfully distinct. /The guil-i'. 1 tt• pair pa+d through thefront *gate into th : Ifillage streei, and in a few .minutes'rettirned,E as it had-been arranged thai.theY shOtild be, detected at;, this stage t,f :their crime. AS, they entered . the gate,.a Signal .was Made l one of theeOnspirators to attract the atten-i \tion'of the Official look out. ' :\TIe appro4clied the minden. 'of . his roolll looked out; ','Wheti,-lo.! to his eager. gaze, c in, 'plain sigliq appeared the kAlend ing pair, 'apJ! parettly, , nnelonseions of their danger, and en , : joying. With great gusto their stolen interview.;. .lle quietly Slipped out . of his room and passed doWn the std •in front, land . there, in the ishadow of th ~ buildingi awaited ithcir ap. preach.. The pair stop about mid-way of the yard and seem to be gazing at :the stars.— Vie guardian of the night grows iMpatient, and saunters loWly, toWards• ithein. i They -cozn nieuce a SloW retreat. He quickens his step, and they kee l p their distance. Ile grOws ftt-, riOus at the 4uda-ciou4 attempt to, scape, and Ineaki into a desperate rtifi., ' , „".Alid(noni, 4or mencesa. race,i the like ofr whichl maylnev r hope to see-.again. .The lady and heri 'i,itt ndant gentletdan, take to flight likOtartled, deer. The itepS . .of the . ptirsuer and parsued resounded 'biro' the :de serted, street - like the charging of a squadron of''horge...," On; on they flew;, the pursuer ; k4itis. the gallantry of the gentleman leavis Itini,l,and wit lillit be leavesthe lady.; and now, peorithing I, hat shall . she do f The foot steps\ behind . her grow more distinct every Morhent ; she ;[,strains ; every nerve, • but :her „, diress . impede ;Mier steps; it . will net doe; she inustAtither skid to her fate or else adopt) a: 'desperate i anlOast resx,rt. Anil' alien, in her frenzy thie-wing aside ,all - s.rtiaideii , modesty, ,she seizei'the, Skirts of her : di:4.9:s, and quickly drawing ilientjup around her waist, with freed limbs she dart' atiy, 4wl:is soon beyond the. 'reach of - intritit! ' , : . , ' " And,the Pursuer F There he stands, the picture of astortishmentland..chagrin. = l en he saw the; hrst upward i Movement of" the lady's dress, ant had,stopp'ed, (he was a 'trod- est inan,) trati4ed with hbrror at ,the i idea ,that such deprity.shoukl.Oxist and be dis iilaiyed before!}} islaceatidieyes; and next, as the Upward .inOvement displayed . a 'pair of stO tit calf-skin ;baits and car,si mere pantaloons, the 'ConseiouSttessof having : been` sold ' flash- . 0 over iris mind and completed his discom fiture; whi c h Was in. no Wise diminished!' bY three hearty cheers front thethroats of the young seamps Who had 'Wught hint so cheap ly, lie ctgpt;b4s.tk tohisii:•-prin 4 . sadd er s . dd er ~ • 1 but a wiser. man.'." :fL tier, the, inth euji pre{ The Tioi Times #iy.. the water in the irivCr . tiittt city 4, by , iianal 4neasnr eilien t,, eighteen•feet and leven *hes. low er th an the .highest point attained during th e l l ,;: r i nc, ,, freshet..- , • , • •k,• WEEKLY SOtTPL'YAL--DEVOTEII '''Ed POLITICS NEVI LITEr• AGRICULTUPZ -- SCIBNCt Alill BiIOPALITY a), , i; i i'' ~ .~ ~ i.. - I I • • ! t Aialltrost . -isquebaulta Conittil ilurshu6rniitg :,*tptember 21, 18.54: aliticnZ Artitits. ADDRESS OF TOE STATE CENTRAL COMMITEE---ICO. 4 To O f t People of Pennsylvania i ,:5 ; • . Allow Citizens —Thereilinve been antrigo ,, - nistical principles" and' antagonistiCal ilattit.,, j in governments, from their first institution to thel_wesent time. The one, taking frornhlie people all power of self-government,:l iii , i, etTeet denying their right. s welh as their ca- pacity to govern . theinselves: The ether, el/tithing in. the language of our . Declaration of . Independeuce i .". - that all nien' are crintted equal . ; that they are , endowed by theiricrea tor :‘,'ithi certain inalienable - rights ;1 ; that among these are life, :liberty and the pitrSuit of hitipiness: ,That. to secure these r,ights gov(iruirients are instituted among - inen qeSiv ingll4% ir just powers from the consent if the gov&neel ; that ' whenever any form -of gov , -, ernii7e,nt becomes destrnetive of these ends, it is the right of the•people to alter or abolish it,,,.and to , .institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles,, and organ izing its powers 'in such form as to thentlShall seem. .niost, likely to !effect their safety and happiness." '. _ • mlc • - IV-Was these antaonistical principles That . ::. led te our War of independence:. The !great mass of the American people. then asserted, . distinctly and unequivocally that all' power was suliereut in the' people. That they not oilly!possed the right of self-government, _but the capacity also to exercise the right.— The.*itisli.of that' day, and their . adhJ-rents, in this country, defiled this' right as 411 as ' this Capacity. Our fathers heroically , itiain-.. taintith thei r positions, and established; heir g.overrinients upon _the principles for ''o . ,llch they Ifought,• and the right of man,to gOvern liiinol, and his capacity to do it. in - thiS 4ou n try 4 ltiast.; are truisms which, no manldare denyii, , . . ~ • il teat although we conquered from reluetant Englhfid, and'• obtained from all the geyern thent'a, of Europe the recognitionVof .our,!gov erniMint, thuS established, yet the despefs . - of the old world have ever looked With a jealons . l , . eye tip( . .' lii our republican, institutiens,.and we had al party 'among us during, the war o the revolntion, and weave never been without such itt! party since, that practically have de nied titan's right and dbility to goverrtihim . self: j;: • • ~ . - li Wl l ien the constitutions of the saveral states of thel Union were ' rii tidc4. consideration , this partyi*ithout . an exception, were strentious . in their; endeavors to.clothe the goverment with StrOng, if not with arbitrary power;; to. keep,iivt.they.said, the people in Cheek. They toOk'alllthe power they could from .the(peo plc akd vested it in the government., tbuS.re versing the declaration, that governrrienta tle- Tivolitheir just powers. from. the consent of the gtierned; and it has taken the friends of the Hiple. from .that timeto the present; to. correeythese arbNiary previsions in their . or-. gaincl flaw. In some Of the statcs,'the .ris toCkie,i has so intrenclied itself behind l ,, the barr9 4 ,s of wealth and exc4usive privile!!4,lthat even Othis age of ' progre.fs's, the people have ' not yet been able entirely' to dislodge th'elti ; `and, ifinot • in their organic law, in . thei4 or tlinarylegislati the people of those states have ;.seen -SUbj cted to a restriction of their right and a tyranny ,in their government scarcely exceeded in 'those countries >wltere despotism prevails.' • . In framing the, •Censtitution of the United - StateOliese opPonenfs of the ivople's rights' endeavpred-to establish a consolidated gov ernment,;,,which should tend to centralize in the. geneWil government all the powers and rights; of the several states,' as well of the peo. pie, / They -claithed to establish a strong and maginfieent government With numerous •OfF ce7i MO salaries ; a standing army,. and a large navy and whenever they were in pow ter, and! , had the opportunity,. they cariied ' these Views • into .effect. ' . I _ • ' Thebtlier party, in the days of the revehi tion,'N4s composed of those vAo asserted and: 'maintilned the rights of the people, who pit. . forth the, Declaration of independence, and based their government upon the principles . contained in it. Ours I was the first govern ment ever established I iiimv.those 'principles,, • and it lbas been a model for all Subsequent governMents. • In the stormy days. of the rev olution; the Union of the states washeldh!to ft-ether More by a sense of mutualsdatiger l rind • , a send !Of mutual dependence, than any etier • dive atithOrity existing in the g , overnnienti of the UtOn. In the organization of,theSeyer al stfitii governments; the friendsof the pp& pie• end6l tired !to . make them as democratic,,,, as they coultl. Still, the influence of lia,"it, an attachment to the ordinary forms to which they had.been accustoMed, a partial igno r ranee di the forins hi Which their PrinciP)es 'could E 4 best Carried out, - and a disinclina tion .to',ienter upon neYdand untried thearies,. ?. t i _1 • din preventm as full and complete a reform 5 • their g 9 vernments as, experience has since ' shown to, be necessary; and-enabled thoselof -the the other'party to - succeed in 'their views to a greaterlextent than theY ; ought to have done. ' When the throes and the troubles.of the re',v;o iution s.' re passed, and it Was found necessa ry to establish a betterlorm of government for the Union than the Old articles of confed eration ;afforded, the conyention of 1787-8 as -1 sembled to accomplish that . piirpose. ll!,re the saute tintagonistic elements were found ht 'Work. Ihe friends of the people, .believing that they Country was beSt governed in whlch the government was least felt by the, peoPle, 4vere injfa . vor.of retaining to the people dad . to the state governmentS, all ..power . Lot ri'' -' • esSarily!requisite .to the transaction oftip , busines.4 of- the general government. They wished tee confer upon the 'general gOvern ment oily certain specific; .and k nuine: rat4d powers; that were absolntely - . necessary.:fOr such a - lithited governme , nt or confoleratien. , . Their opponents, as has been stated, were filo. clothing the general government With -alinitiit unlitnitedl,' powers; which, if granted, must have made it a consolidated government, and in the eridj swallow up the state governments • entirely.; ;;The result.of that convention , Wlts to establish a government, for the 'Union, of - , utiriyalltid: excellence,.. Which combines the Tederative!and , the demearatic principle,. at4l .. makes it: ,6 government. lof compromise;:in which the powers of government are litnited, . ,mstricted and confined,i to those oxpres4y ::granted,ior which follow, iby direct and nod :essary ‘(not, merely convenient) implication frot» . tholid, granted. Thili government„when .properlyladwinistered, lia. all - the • pewer 'itti- g 4 i forV44.' . c s.r . its pimp., s,. and ,'yet leaves ) .p4P4 and the stat,o4 all their rights fritif.ed, .: i t • - - i I T, lie immortal Washington was; by i ni°lo, consent, plaCed at'-the head of the ernnient. lie calla around i liim the mtatid soldiers of Ole revolution--ye caiiiet, were, found `'v discordant. ma Bali the . mitagoniSt'tal principleto we have before alluded idol there reps edi . and it icquiredi the whole . weight t enfittent.man s charahter to -prevent the er: . tiOn to the prejudice of the country. 1 61 . .IJIamilton, a than undoubtedly of till, 1 ... en ;4 . ,• t, W1i0 had beeni,;eonspicuOus for hist:A:mil-, ces in the revolutiOni.try army,, during .I Wlilf.'di liejliiid enjoyed.'initeli of the; ' confider ce of Gear. II Washington, )'bad been selected r tlie situatiOn of secretary;cif the treasury. n the convention of 1,787143 he hashowever, hoWn his predilections' fort a 'strong- goyim wept,' wlrhif adopted,'WOuld hate made .11 - little be . er 'than an elective monarchy, with a pre's-, •ident and senate fur; life. lle of course ;head ed ItheParty who 'pOineided !: with his VieWs; and distrusted, orlatketed to clktrusti the . ,, p • 1 - ower of the people 1° govern theinseb,r es. 7- TheY a.i`suniedto tlOiliSeiVes the name of fed eraiii;ts, falsely/ alleging that they were the ex cduCi iVe.friends of the !form of the generatgov ernrieritithen f)rga4Ned ?rad in praetiet . . Ttl&,inlloortai .T Jerson, the great apostle t,i the I .e—ara 'of republicanism, .t re author 'i ) , il tioa:of. : linlependenc4 ; was selected for qecre ; tary:' l 4•l'State. Ile I.4Ponsed the cause of the ' ' I "" ' I l' the Peglf e,.a-m o state, and fav(a.ed a strict conAtruetion of the ieti..stittaioa, .11e ; Wala,ble .: to a•-svc.ry greatexte:ti 'to counteract, the oda= ). - ence efi.Alexanderillamilt6a. ;. Ile wa4, not, hoWi. , .Yer,•able to g4ekeed iii all thingsanil Ilatitiltim, to the great regret Of the repiildi ciins cif: that day; .i:ticeededF fn.' establiOling theiOldßank of tlii. 11'.iiited States, which ve ry sOoilprestit nted 1 tlell to . poi meal . pu rfioses. 13, - ,foreilie close of ti4:4l. Wasliingß)iis mi,nfin . ikratiLM ,Mr. Jeffersbalwitlitlrew from it, Its he Wasc'emille to atliliat'e, with Jul. Ilian4lton and:tho'se Wholield his politiCal views. I ' • In 1799), (. - ;:en. NV:lsiiington!liAving de \ elined a seeoad re-election ' 11ohn. Adams, theni 1 - ice pm :I - dent, and Mr, ,J.,iffitison ipec - ame eotmp liet iforSifq! the presidential chair. As tlicilaiv theritstriCid, the candidate who receive' .the. trigliese.,i,:ote because [ipresident, and he who received l the next highest vote..the vice Presi dent.; On counting, the electOtal totes itl Was decided 'that Mr. Adains was eleeled presi dentarlit Mr. Jeffersofri vice 'Ptesid(Pt- -3 : 1 ' 3 3 . per,),Ons however were levert,th:en strongl . i ; ini pre.d.With the belief-that this result %vat lin fairiy. produced. .34Tri; .Adatas eatered . upon the 1 prOidential duties' on the 4th March, 1797 1 ; and affiliating to a grat extent with . the . vietY, of _OA liamilten, selected his _cab-- inetl frolii those, entertaining, like views, and disKsedi Of. the, patrontge of the general goy ertnent4mong those j sff like Character. With the ii(* . r'S . 01 . - thafgo4rnment and the mon ied influence of the blink conibined; this ad miniAtration soon began , to'show their dispe .sition f4;:arbitrary •poWer...l3v the sedition law ,they ~,sought to prevent :'the freemen of the leconitry from -peaking :their thoughts. and Lniade it a .criminal offence punishable by fine .' /to ! hnpri,ionmept; to eitlien . verbally Or. •in Writitig comment upon. or investigate the imprOper acts of the gOvernment ; thus effec-. tually criishing . the liberty•of the press, the greapPalladium_ of the people!s rights. By the Hailiti theyh.laW give • therpresident the ,_,.. .. power to order any alien out Of the , country . at his dhicretion, , and In case, of refusal, to suffer; haprisonment see long asthe president .might•think thepuldiesafety required. They raised allarge standing. army unnecessarily .expendell'inillioris in thelnercase of the navY, duipciti,edldirect and indirect taxes upon every tliinf e ,l that the citizens l owtied, and filled the couritrv-With hosts: of revenue : officers ; that, like theilocusts of Egipt, ate.tip their sub stanCe and Accame the pliant- tools 'of the governirlent being spies upon the, people and :pro4ecuting them i for alleged sedition and treason, tirider the laws to . Which 'we have already 'referred.' 1 I The reign of this patty, - emphatically - and • truly styled_" the reign't terror,: happily was of sliOrt duration, and expired 'with the term for Widen Mr. Adams'had 'been declared to be eii;eterl. Federal fituperatiE, tt and to : without stint, to ca um ail.m.se had beenr i csorteil Mate 'tliegreat republican Penton of our chi.... 'zens. The horrors of the French revolution• were hell.) nip as bugbears to frighten the tin id, and dedlared to be the necessary result of :the delnOeratie tendencies - of the republican. party.,: The terms deModrat and Jacobin were, !heaped tipon them as names of i.eproach. .The republican party, be , lievingthat-the tenth denioerat4 Which in its signification meant an . 'advocate', 0 . the governMent df the people; :was .cOrre`pt, assumed the name tindgloriou.:- dy criiried out its meaning. Pennsylvania . the - 1;444n° of the poltiol arch, in the eke ; , ,ti o n of c,l 99,' glOriously ftritiMphed in her. ''. principles; • 1 . :demoeratic .1,n1 gavelan earnest of what .Was:to follow in thesuceeeding year.— In the fidl of ..1800 thelpeople of the Lilian eleet4 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the two- highest candidates ter president and' vice president of the Unitedtates, each'receiving -an e q i.: lt tl:nUmber of rotes; althiAigh it was . perfeOlymirderstood that- the former was_ to be the pre:Side - tit-mud the latter die vice Presi dent. 41.10,'ielectiOn had tO pass into the house of representatives to select the President and vice, firesiqent from the two, a 4 if we before hadi , sPeidinens of federal.arro,,ance and tyr i ann ~:vvethen had exhibited the fullest evi . - dene.:or i !their utter profligacy as a partv.— They ivlii*red,into. thel ear of Aaron Burr, .whop Was!re bold, bad inati,kis the sequel shoW ed,; that if, ihe would accede WI : their views . ' they Wotild defeat the clioi e:.of the people-" they *culdruake him _pil,csi ens,' They were ,'• enabled fO . r.,,l'iong tithe (the members voting a • . by statelto prevent the amionty of the states • 1 for . going, Mr. Jefferson: They pet r . were able' to Obtain - a inajorityi for Burr. Time dem . 1.. •.! ocratie niembers proved true to their, trust, and Itlie fed'cral inetribers Of one's : tare : fat length yielded, and Mr.`Jefferion received the major 7 ' ity.d lile.was inaugurated the 4th of Mardi, • 180, Ile', surrounded himself With the ableSt and'..P4St :Men of his party, and hiving obtain ed theinalerity. in 'each house of !Congress, he rep 4141.1 the obrioxioui laws passed - during the adiniiiikration of his predecOsior, simpli -fied'Or 4overnment,refOrmed Ole abuses in its adMititstration, lessened its eipensesi; and abolished nil parade and ostentation—in fact - made it the model of republican government it was Origirially - intended tube, and general ly has been :since. ' Aftei administering the - n'overainela for ei g ht yrs• he; .voluntarily - ... , ' t" • - q.l withdeew4 and was succeeded tif Mr.3ladkon. --- • , Duking : the. whole Of the administration, of these •two statesmenj m federal party: were rancorous and malignant in..their opposition to the .government Of . the,tinion„,' (verging well nigholf• to treason in.the doinoms of the Essex e 2 - .tl ef ' Juntotbe .llartfo ' id 6uven tot ler usal te.farnish men and means Itolearry :on the war in which we were engaged-With Great Bri tain from 1812 to 1815, emp hatically called the second war • oflindepen enee, and, their constant apologies for; the a ts of Great 130- (1 1 . ) min during that war, MOurning:over our vic tories and riljoicing at :these dour enemies, i.hitikseti,ltowever, ended that war in a blaze of glory at..tiewOrleans .on the Bth,lanuary 1815. - Jacksoff fought thanyhattles, 'martial and civil, for . his country. . - - ; • ' L . . , up to the time of this war, federalism'- al though foiled and defated, had held its crest, erecl r and displayedja portion of its former prid&and arrogance. During this war„how ever; it assumed the - name of the. "peace pdi i!)," and . since the has been: • known by al- most as nianyl nams : its there have been po litical conflicts in ,the country. About the conclusion of the war, one of its leading edit-. ors in writing to anOther, about equally prom inent in its rails, advised a Change ofEtactics urging that it Would, be better to Waive the prondpretensiens.theY ,had assumed, a ims se.,:sing.:lll the MleniS, all -the deeciutv, and all the learning Of theonntry, and seek success " by fanning the . e 'berg of disconten(in the i . democratic ranks." Th'e hint was . ,taken, the party mune was droppe4, antlsincethen they have been fuund f upion every , )eeilsion,-"fotnen! 7 Ling divisions in tlid dentoeratieranks; by in' 7 flaming time pasion's and p ejodices of :MY- Portion of our Citizens affectem , either from the intiztenee of ciicun+tarices and trade upon their pecuniary affairs; from Ipoliticaii.Or per smut] disappointinents, from local prejudicesor habits; from; 'sectariainiqn or-faaatieism in religion of any! otWr cause. ! Big they have never changed the 4 principles.' Whig:o4.4N' 6f the present day is the federalism of i itio„ grown more - cunning. It has stooped mini its. high pera, and is now a -merei.truckier for' otliee, in Which, if Once firmly . 'reinstated, it would show all its obnoxious 'traits of chara6 ter over again. The.attemptito elect Burr in 1801, - ant .t 4 attempt to defeat the election in Pentisylvania . in 1838, by the acts cemieci ted with the .Buctshot war,' are•but different "efforts of the same party ".tmlm treat elections' by the, people as though .theyl had- not taken place." :. ' _Tim MB= e goi' tatesl in 111:4 which f that ir p, _Lim deniocratic party have ever ..en: true to their.. professions.: Recognizink to.: their fullest extent the right and ability of the:peoi ple to govern themselves,. they . haVe deemed it the bOt policy' to have the peopTegoi , eined as.little as possible--46 abstain from jhe pass•:, age Of all arbitrary lags affecting their person.% ze n :property or rights-to. require the cite to', give up ; fewest of, liis natural right. 1 , t at! Will be Colisistelit with. the safety of soci y, and clothe the publi4 servants with only those: powers that are.absolutelv neclesmry for these: , ends—to require that. all . 1 perwtlr, delegated to public, servants, should ,returit at stated 444 Short periods to the iieeple, to Ivi'lloin all: pow .er belongs, .that the same Maly be conferred eitheron the former incurnbenlts',:when . found , . wOrthy,:or upon others morel meritorious.--' For afiliOugh power dee s not always corrupt, Of 'Which we have had :many admirable ex.: amples, • yet its tendency is. to corrupt,. of Which .we regret to' say we hive had not a feW. .: .1 - , . . The principles' Of these twoantagonitical 'Parties-.are . involved-in the coniiiigeontot in 'Pennsylvania, -The democratic party,!, ever. honest and candid, avow their principles .in open - day ; they hear the same• honest name' they have hornoOr more than half a century. That name conf*ed upon theth as a term of .reproaelt has i oil its way t public confi dence and estee ,land" so um lis the power of than name .f t l i .that antic t ..federalism,: now- modern w iggery„ has of en sought to steal it, to dece - yo • the people - Democracy advocates the equal rights} of all our citizens, it :abhors all exclnsive priVilegei to the fevr, it knows no distinction betweep our nativeborn and naturalized - titizenl, !other - than those whiCh the constitution has 'created. One of its 'first nets when- Mr. Jefferson came i into pOWer. was to amend the laws Wand facilitate the means for the naturalization of foreigners. It remembered among the caus assigned for declaring our country independ nt, an impor tantone,,that the king of En' land - had 0b 5.... strncted the laws for the naturidization of for eigners ; , and in this as in all 'other acts they have carried out the principles of 1776 7 ,-not; the principles of the miscalled 4. .50n..1!•0f . the sires of '76." • • i • , . . I Our adversaries are endeavoring to crawl into power at this time - by aconcentmtion of _all their own partizans proper, and an attempt to excite aniongothers prejudices foreign and. inimical' to the constitution of the United States, in relation to two subjects calculated to excite the Sympathie.s 'and prejudices 'of portions of our citizens. The constitution of the - United States left the institiftion of slave ry, 'which hind':, been imposed upon. us by the - mercenary cupidity of. Great Britain, just Where it 'found it—a mere municipal regula tion of the states in which -it existed. • Penn s.ylvania; immediately - upon the close, of the revolution, abolished' this institution - within' her border's, aiid almost all the northern states. have since follbwed herexample. E . efore the revolutiOn, it existed in - all the states. 'lf the true-motives, of its abolition could be.reached, we fear that the 'northern states would not be entitled to as.rnuch credit as many claiiri for .its abolition. - ilt was found that slave labcir was unprofitable for mere farming purposes, and these,. °lei motives of pecuniary interest, •superadded tolivhat were deemed the princi ples of humanity, procured its abolition in all. the original, sates north of ' Maryland and Delaware. he compromises of the'constitu tion upon this Subject, -whieli ,preveitted any action by the general government OR , the sub ject of slavery, have been I faithfully carried out by the democratic party, in every portion of the Union. :They hold that no ore state has aright to :iiiterfere with_ what appropri; ately belong to , another.. The congress of the United, States has the power to , admit new states: into the Union,- and they, liave; wisely ;determined that, in• creatin g territories and admitting new states; people of . such • new states or territories shall, have a right to Wake their own laws .upon' therinbject of slavery, or _any other sub=' jeeLthaChelongs rightfully' to a municipal government. ,Our adversaries taking advan tage of the agitstilm.prodUced On this Bab iect of slavery by, the erection - of the new territories-of Kansas and N'ebraska,.are char- ging,the democratic party .with favoring the . ~ . . . cause of human slavery. „They have clone no such thing.' They have Merely deter' inined that emigres, according to the constriution, leas' no. right to ;interfere ;ttith the Stibject, And "that to the, people. of , the • territories and states, reSpeetively',::thiS 'whole , subject 'belongs, and they have unquestionably !deci ded :rightly. l l'Minsylvarrin, -or any' other state of the Unien,l ;might - tir-marrowl revive the institution. if it Were thought right, Yet our adversaries are endeavoiing to.exci your . " symni pOthies, in the cause or"huanity, Soil,to induce you; practically, .teVielate . theleonsti tniion of. our country: 1 . - i •• - . . ' They are :lisp endeavoring to foment 'difli cid ties, between di tre*ii t classes.of eur,Citizenk and to array our native boin : and mitninlized citizens in oppositiMi to eaeli-other, lend to. effect ; this they would bring to. their aid sec tarian' feelings in religion. ; ' , Our forArthers wisely inhibited this, !when, - in every state constitution We find-a provision substantially declaring that everyman has a 'right ItO en joy. his liberty, of conscience oird. 'to. Worship' Althighty God in thernainler he slialli think to bemost acceptable,' and the constitution of the United' ,States prohibits -the general government froth giving preference . l'Ar any one religious ,denomination .over another.— That constitution,to°, confers' upon natural- . ized citizens all- the right's conferret' 'upon those. Arl to - are native born,' with •on e - excel) - tion. ' \ We, therefore, protest, in the iiipstdis tinct and- solemn; rnan.ner ; against any indireet attempts to accomplis h that which . the . Cep stitution". and . laws of the ;United States. a nil of the' several States so pointedly and so prop, erly prohibit , : 'lt. wouht be sapping the fowl- . datiens . of our fiee,institotiors. It would be loosening the bonds which hold bus together. It Wotild bed practical . Wrong upena portion of our citizens,' who haVe equal riglqs, with ourselves and making a disti iiait - th whreli the_ constitution of the tithed, States d°,es not I make 'or permit. , .. We should guard against all' oiterilrpts to. violate the principles of that constitution. It is theark ofour political isafety. - It'l i ;slitruld never he touched with -unhallowed tlii6.-= Open 'And bold-attempts t° violate ittire seen through, and at, once excite our. resistance..--- It is from secret, insidious; aid undetected at `tempts to undermine it, that We shall ;be ex- posed to the greatest" danger. .. 1 1 Oppositipn to those- of foreignbirthconsti tntes much of the political 'capitol of our ad- Versaries of the present day. In this they are close imitators of the "fedeialits of '9B. By the third section of the alien law s , every Master or.cOinnrander 'of Any, ship orivessel, 1 which shall enter any !girt • o(' the United Stith*, shall immediately Male report in writ ing to the colleetor•or paler chief officer, of the'custoths, • of;a11 aliens'on board hisiveSsel, ripeeifYinco, their, names, age, the place !of na tivity, la, country:from 'W hich they shall have: come; the.nation. to which- they ! belong and . owe allegiance, their - occupation, . and, I . a itc scriplinn: of their, persons ;1 and on (entire to do fio, to forfeit' the sum of: three hundre i d doh lars ; and 'in default- of payment. the ;vessel . was. to be!detained by such cell acir 4 other -officer. The collectOr was:lois° r quired forth with to transmit to the dePartm nt of State true copies of all -such - returns: Thi was closing our barbers to foreign emigratin, at i the most important crisis 'O , the Irish Irebeh lion, when many 'of the heroes 'andpatrots of thOt gallant people Which !rendered so much service to the' cause or liberty in our Os n rev, olutionary.struggle, were engaged in tmitat- . ing our example, and being unsuccessful were chiven from horneAnd cowry to seek an asy..' lu m' elsewhere. ':' 'I '. - ' 1 -.. Many •of that noble and 'generous but un-' fortunate people, lifter they, had fail;dintheir exertions to emanCipate their bleeding eoun try;relying uPon the, assurance given by the congress of 177 1 5 :.to - ; the" Irish nation,!i that "the. fertile regions or America would .afford theth a-safe asylini from oPpression," resOlved upon Making thislconntry their residenCe.--.- Butes King, a , high-toned-J'edemliat, Mie of the party of" the Well-born," and a faithful representative of their intoterance and' bigot:. ry, was, at that tithe,lthe American minister in London, at the Court of 't. lames, and re= sisted the emigration of .th' Irish patriots. A number of them whO were confined-ii dis. mal 'dungeons, and who-had an offer of !their release on condition-of their gOing to- AMeri 'ca, applied to, Mr. King to withdraw his Opp°,- sition to their' so .dOing. In answer to n, let:- tei written him by one of the,lrish/statetpria ; oneris, Mr. Henry`Jaekson,' an 'avOwed repub lican,. and an enthusiastic friend of liberty, :Mr King said: ,1 ; ' . . ', . . ; ' - "I . ought to inform you that I reallyihave no atairority)tci giie or refuse 'permision 'to 'you 'or any olei foreigner to' go to the United States; the admission and residence of Oran gers in that country, being A matter, that by A late law, (the alien law) e.eclusively belongs to the-President. • It is true t that." the glyefirr . ment'of this country, (England,) inthe CCurs'e' of the last year, in consequence of my inteller . , ence gave me assurance that a particula de. 'strip/ion:of persons in Ireland, who, - it was 1 • understood, l were yotny to . the'. United ..5, ales, should not be alloWedta proceedwitlithit our consent. This' restraint would 'donhtlesis be 'withdrawn in faVOr:ofpersons against Whose emigratiOn \ ./ 1 should not object: II ' , am 1 1 S i orry -to make, the remark, and. 'shall stand' in;j need 'of your candor in doing so, that'a largeillpor lion of. the 'emigrants from -I:Veland,.andlespe- Cially in thi Middle Stattls, have`• aV ii kyed themselves on the side of the . ; malcontents,. (i, e., the democrats and adherents of Mr. 40er:- son) If the opinions of, the emigrantSl fire likely to throw them into 'the class ofOnah Contents, (democratsin plain It Eitglish,)lithey Might becaine a' disadvantage instead 1;of a benefit to our, country." . ' . . . 1,,1 Of course they would, in the opinion Or Mr. King.' Hero w as a denial ;of ho s pitality as ,Cruel as it was anti-republic On. The sUffer ings which were caused to many of the Potri ,et Irishmen, by this l conduct Of the fedeqists, are incalculable. "As to me," said Mr.lltm- Met in a letter to Mr.,King, ."I . Should have brought along with me my ; father ankhis family, including 'a brother,l (the lamOted .Robert Enimet,) whose name. perhapsThven . you will not 'read without emotions of syMpa;-; thy and r&pect 7 -anth-others nearly -conueot ed ;with me would 'mire Imconie partue in My, ethigratiOn. But all of them have • n ee ptermtfrom:the. I- have been prevented " f tom Sating a brother, front receiving the ,drying Messing of a father,. mother and sister; ; and from soothing their lasi agonies by my Cafes -1-and thii, Ali, by- your unwarrantable I lland Unfeeling interference.': . , . ~.:._.' .., 1,.. ' - , This is the leaven' that has leavened, the Whole:Jump. The demoerats'and theiii'Olit- ME&U ilettune . 11, Vuntita 38; leaf opponents liave-eter be at issue :upon ' this subjeet of foreign erolgrarMii.• and- tliti '- laws of-naturalization: • !the one constituting PA a fundamental 'pri nciple, ;ef- their . politica faith the free and• extension of the rights and blessings they enjoy. all, the - human family that desired to partake them, and ithli - sought our shores,as :a refuge from oppression , in their native land. The other' party dread 7 • ing the expansion of that spiritof liberty, awl that hatred . to titled- dignitaries and trait:4a_ : forms of oppression in. monarchical govern-. •moll.s, that urge continually the tide of etrii•;. - • ("ration. from Europe, have always ,advocated-- suchrestrictions upoacitizeaship,and-pqrsned. - such a hostile policy .t 9 forOgners,--that had they . e.!ontinued iapow r er ',and beenenabled.to Carry :their views into effecti'the now flottrish- • ing arid populous western States of- this Un 7 - , -ion, W''ould have , still been territories, and. our uatio4al character .degraded. and =disgraced,._-_ instead •of having a4great name : and power. and glory -among the 'nations of the earth, The; first naturalizatio4,laVv, TLassed in 17103,- ~ only r`ciptired a residence:oaf two years to 'lq come a citizen. The act: of r 179,5 extended. 4. the time' to five rears. Bat the: federalists discoverinm that when foreignefs'were -- natnr- -- . •al zed they generally.. votedl.. the ,repulilidan • ticket i C.Fnct.ived the idea' efpunisbing them "for. their ; coils Lunacy,: and accordinligly the time of 1 - r,ll.ettion - was still ftiither eitendeLlhy • - the. act ettA une . 18, '1798, t 4 fourteen. years, , and a'd eClara ti on ofintetitioii frele years be fore .• the admission of the applieant to the rights of citizensijip. It is somewhat remarkable that • his act; it as passed the . 1 ithi June, 1798; the.. . lien lair on the 25th Jutte ' and the sedition la* on the li.th July, of thei, same year., It would seem as if tile whole energies of feder alism were •roused to one tremendous exertion to crush the spirit of the pcciple, and destroy , the liberty of ,the country.l An these...acts . were repealed on Mr: Jeffersen'saccession . to -the presidency - ,,and the time; of residence ne- • (...-essart,for a foreigner tc) heconic a citizen beouglit Juds, to five yearti, at - which it has - -, ever sin wined'. Nearly - every ciVili4ed nation 'has 'adopted liberal naturalization taws, particularly -where they have been situated, 'cre - are with spare° population, and exteuive:regioin, mil, .noels of acres of uncultivated !lands. It is our. policy to draw the power find predlictive in dustry of other nations to onrselt,. 'Firance, llolland, Russia, and evenigngland, hsve all' in. turn pursued this policy. to . great Idvan 7 - tale, at different' periods in theß:lllsjory:,., Itk the time of- the Edwards, the inettiik . :.'itnd: in the reign of Elizabeth, all !citizen's and Mann- . faCturers were invited to tug!anitarld natur alized without any previous residence;-or even an of alle(riance.l . • . . But the miserable finoW-Nothings of the present day, have refined upon, the cruelty and tyranny of - the -federalism of '9B-,—for they would repeal all naturalization la*s;and-pre . vent foreigners from becOMing . pitiiens at all. They would also add-religious-to political in toleranee. :They would trot Only enact:laws by .which•those not ?born nn l American soil . . would be shorn of all - the httributes 'of free dom, . . but they would .deprive t native 'as well: as foreign born of the blessed Privilege Of wor ', shiping God according to theldiCtatesortheir= own conscieneeS. The comparison is mani festly in. favor of:the black! cockade federal- - ism of " the reign- of • terror,"- in the-time. of . , tbe.elder Adams. , • t. 1. •. ' :' . - . The deinoeracp respect all 'religions, and in. the spirit of our institutions! tolerate .all.—' This was the. Spirit of our xevelutionary\ Path-. ers.- ;They - persecuted,neitheitprOestant nor' , catholic; neitherpuritan'ncir quaker,. but ex tended' the broad tegisOf the fundametital law: of the land over-• them, for their proteotion.-• . In December, 1781, General Washington wrote to the Reiman catholicsli of the'United. States as follows.: - V ..r . J . • . , . "As mankind become More liberal; 'they will. be more apt to allow that all- those - who Conduct themselves as Worthy. tnembersof the community, are equally entitled to - ihe pre- . • tection of civil. government) -. ll hope ever to see America among the , foremost nations 4 ~ examples ofjaitiet and liberti , Aud I pre-:. sumo that yofir felloiv-citizens;will not-forget • the patriotic : part you- took in the accomplish= . mentof . their revolution, - andl the establish= . .. ment o their government, eri the; impcirtant • assiStance.received from - 4 'nation in - which • The catholic.religio - n is professed. 7. ' : '; \ - :- When, therefore, fellow-eitizens,Ve find that • • .aeonsolidatO government,=„a . lcive for'exelni. sive privileges and-monied corPorations; 00; sire to draw implied, powersi.from the consti=- tution, and exercise them for their own selfish tour Poses, and to establish 'n*triction to Cit. ! i;enship, constitute the favorite dogmas of oil political adversaries, it is reasonable to believe. that a change. iri our very' sys m : of govern' . ment would.follow- their ultim to success.. ..i, , .. This historical view Of th parties their' principles and theifacts ha's eupied more space than was expected, ;ilia , 0 must hasten to the concliihis oat last address,— ' Reinethber, fellow-citizens, that the .inotto of party is,. " prineiples - not.men.ti Yet in . .poli- ~ nlar elections men. Must beij selected as Pe standard bearers - of parties.and.of their pkin ciples. They, however; acre but the-. repren-- tatives of their party; and are:bound to ea vy out its principle's. .Test the', coining cant:fist, by principlelet no- false isSuc , be ifitroduc- . ecl into it: Confine the i,,iie to that :for `which our fathers fought and'bled—the rights .. ...ef the people. . Every other 'element atternpt:;', : ed to be introduced into it -ii a device of the . ''.meaty--a stepp \ ing stone to get themselves into power, which, whenever . .possessed, they have abused.. Remember the Cause of the o 1 4einoeraey ;Hits _uptight, -" ; itraight-forward course. Rear,,ita banner .on i • high, march - I boldly in solid - .column to the !fight—victory ;will crown, your efforts, and the cause - o(p* ~ ularights will be safe. .=I . r i - -- --. ••• - : J. ELLIS BONll'Ailf,!.Ctiainkm: -'.., GEORGE .C. Wm.xcn, Se*tary.. . IP. lIE GRAVE ' OriEDGAR 1 0 6 ..--A oonw pou lent of the St. Louis Republican isealling, public attention to - the fact that the remains of the late Edgar A. Poe' are still reposing iit an obscure corner of the:. Potter's Field, of Baltimore. Nye quote thin Oriplusion tif 'his communication; upon the subject. - "It seems mit, la the 'Monumental Cit ti little slab, at least, might be wised, od with the po6t's name. ?It would 'speak many hearts. roe, the .noble,i though shit tered column in ..our Muses' i,enTlet _ whose mints, like some of Coleridge ! and shelley, tremble with that strange melody whieh _ls• not voitichsided J to be breathedd, by human tongties. Iris tomb would be pleasurahlennd useful to Many '1.1.10 lap to pay piouspilgriat.. I a I - ~. ;
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