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- - Feal-iits Dr.stocaat..' ':than jibe residue of .the appliances. 'Or if the
- 111 4ennittent SP l i4ull ll . - • - ' crater. contained some extraneous • sub Stances
gESSRS. R"orrons:4-Ia Comstock'sNatural, w bieb Eat some point in the passage leading
Philosophi,there. is a:the ry advanced to ex-. froni ;the reservoir; should collect: and `stop
plain that',',•C,lirious phen menon, .the intei, the egress Of the eater until the pressure be- .
.t . -
mttirng spring:'-; The ea ' tness ot this the- bind
'should force it through, thenlthe.siiihon
oryll I lia%:eneveri been abl to see, and, have might be-made to operate; but if , the tuition
never f 6 nna any' ,— exPericheed teachers inchi- of the - si' hen at'.pe tion,
teed upon such Obstruction,
couldshOWits correctness ,
ded='Who •. Now 4
it
• work I
. t wonld beextrentelY lhible to render;, the
ttinee this work Is a text-book extensirely'u..;iii.i n terinissions in the flow Of Witterat the Spring,
...
Irt our sellools 11 1
, ad .. .is ttouriierfs toitic'Tiile;a6ri very' irregular in their oceurrtHnce; and: --
4 :
be
sound,.princifilestin naturrl science; an(t.i
o: side,' it would as easily account for such in
ehieidate.natUral% laiis juStly, and.us: 'it has:. termn4sion-withont as•withthe aid of the si'furthermore;
..
.'furthermore; passed thronoh one or tiro_ reyis-,.\ . ~- - : ..
phon.l - L.
ions still retaining this theory, I want,.tlire' i
,- 1. 1 1 - I ,can conceive of but. one supposition
..theritediunt of your paper, to ask some one; which , has any plausibility in.. relieviniiithis
eti,
Il II' tobestow thoughtu ''
-tany.t i one who
,p easest . P - : matter from inextricable difficulty,' Itmight
on the i snbject4-to tell us how the es -Plana-, be conjectured that the aggregate capacity
tlon alluded - to,lean be showntO be an.expla- . of the rills to adinit water, should be greater
. .t •
JiitiOn ' l . .. 1 .
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It is the supposed agency' of the Siphon t o diS t d uirge it, p rov id e d th e , wa te r was to
,
by whi4.-.lt.Dr. Comstock proposes to remove' flow through the channel in its ordinaiy Way
• . l.. through the
all perPlexity in understanding: the cause' of impelled simply by the attraction of graYitit
r , ...1
thenetioti otsuch springs. one word about
. i Lion . but that the siphonie action wo nidlj .ae .
, 7 ,
thi,,and then ti the subject. ' , celerate the discharget—weuld cause the IWa
,..
1 ., If a tube be bent in the form of an invert.- ,
- i• . , tilled with
ter te",flow mere . -?giddy !than it. .ordinatily
.6,1 u, and be tilled with water, or in 'any way would down t h e same declivity-
.
be exhatisted of the. air it contains,
.and.if, in Letius return to.the pail of water wirlilthe
this condition; one end of the tube be placed:
Sipin'in. em - ptying it. - Suppose the 'ends of the
ili a vessel of• Water or 00'r liquid; and the st ren ni ro f water in the siphon to Present lette
: - : 1 • i
:biller end of the tubt'-,t be d4l.Presseil below the' sotiarti inch surface, or in other 'words', that
level pf.the suriaen of the tluid in the vessel,., the sii?lion is made of a Piece of . inch pipe•
the fluid 'will .pass out through the tube, hud . ;; Let the downward pressure prodtteed.' brittle
the Vessel- be - emptied of its'cOntents..,. • Stich -weight of the 'water, in' the•sliort .kg of (pie
a tube, - so acting • is. .called a siphon, The . siphin or in that,inclining towards the .'t!'operation ~ •
cate - of thisoperation is simply this; .l e l bet 1 lb.; and in. the': long- kg,' 1 1-' ; ‘2)bs.
'• The a t i n c o.Oi er e p re , s, up o n 'the-surf:tee fikin , " , this pressure of-the water into eon4id.
I ' i'?
of the earth, and upon- all bodies on the earth, . 1 eutt i o u, the .relative • u p wa rd pressure wetild
With a forec.ehmil tolabent 15 lbs. eu every i he, in one' direction 14
.lbs•:and in the other Squar_eltiali, or witha-forCe sufficidet to raise 1 13 142 lb§. Brit the atmospheric pressure
a eoltimn of wafer some 33 teet: The: air, col i n t t i rpo i se it: se lf. H ence , it, is s intply ;the •
and allfluids p& ,- ,. - sess peculiar properties 1 1 actionlofgravity upon the 'preponderauee, of
Whilili. they transmit equally in all directions watet• in the longer' leg of the sinlion:lte
- .
any,pressure which the.. sustain.; I .
...,, so that the 'l-2 lb., weight—which gives motion to the
, .1
pressure of the 'superincinnbent
.air . upon the i whole) 5.:0. - that the jbr.rte Which . 'impels Wit
, 0
air around the. Rahn bones hand When ex- f ter to ilow ,' - irotioli the siphon is itiei4al
tendt.d horizontally, is . exerted upon the hand = 'with that which Impers it to desend Under
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equally` as anich IrpWard as, downward': -or .;. en - lin:lry circumstances Retarding causes,
upon ..
side 'as
one side !as the': other, *hen ' extended fas friction' and atitiosplierie,. resistance ! must
vertically- Hence the pres Sure on the body -,!' certainly 'bear as heaYilV . ...niCon.,siphonile tic:-
1 • .
orwateri. within the siphon ;would be, the 1; tion asrthe ortiiiiary'eases,lf indeed they :do
, .
same at" the end without the vessel as at. the not MOreheavily. - . ,
.
end. Within ? and thus.would exactly Counter- 1,. PoSAbly it might beeelainied that the air
balance itself; So that if the ettd, - -outside the llabove the water in the reservoir must beset).
1 ' ve.s..- Loud be.kept in the same plane With I,i posed io.be coaflacd—that the - cavity initst
.1 .-. -Thelrbree3.4.o,,Bis. -. . . 'T . •, , , . .
the of the -water -within' the vessel, the 1! . . imminicate with the external air only 'When
rich . '
gardener. went one day into hisgar- s u r f ace ,
.. ,
inactive, , .:,,1-0 , - with the_ . • . .., .
den with a cheerful and happy mind. As ho •siphen would: always:remain full and ' '
the siphon has exhausted it •of .water,l and
vas walking up . and down! !Ate .garden,i, he_. proViiiedsome irneans were employed to pre - :;that the elasticity
.of the air, pent.; . .up as'' it
1 . suddenly" pertierred-a - bird caught - in a net.{ .
Vent t.lie, water l at the. end of the tube outsid 'l:would:bens soon as the Water• began tti) fill
Re immediatelyttook posse4ion of the tiny 1
[ I the vessel f alF` ltaving a plain sothice -nth) ';tale fir-t. and. lower portion of - the siPliiin,
creature, and was not a little surprise& to . : •., .l • . '.-. 'if ' i l . •':
• . .
I • assuming a °rives one. put the outer ems.
bear-it-talk talk as follows. ,- I . • • •1- - • l i t
!'would'facilitate the filling - of the siphon 'hie- -
Set' me at liberty, good. man: Whitlad-, be anade to all below the leYel of the surface l'yond - -)iis vertex. • But action and reaction
vantage would. arise:-to you, - if yon should, of the water' within the vessel, a larger, porti on i_e,ould Only be' egnal in this' case :is in all,oth
shut me .up in a 'cage I I base no gorrous l) e the!.. weight Of, water in the tube would ini- i . l ers .••-
platnaze to delight your eyes; nor tin I sing; The air could impart ;I°pr - es...sure in this
cline toward: :that end., •Censequently the
\' ' - 14' II ' (Id first 't
as other birds do, to please your ear. .Thus ~.., i
..,. ! .
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•-, \ i i way w le IA le water t not?;ire: i er,--
- I P
. water would move in ;that. direction,.. while [.,The effect would be. that the water woUld
You cannot any way amuse yourself with in..
And as to my - being useful for feed; you,!see, the water in the yessel 'Would be foreed in. - tp i r eac h .the. vertex. sooner than it ,otherwkse
that lam far too small to Satiate you Bat . supply its place:l just as two men pusitiui ; Would - , and before the water in the resetvoir
if you will release me; I will teach you three against each ether would remain - stationari ? -Pad reanbed the same height. But what dif
wise rules.thht will be usefulito.you all ?our ' .-: '1 • •. , -, 1 , . , • ~ p.
, I.solong.a,eachexertedl.the same
. amOunt of i Terence Could it-make - whether the ivater! was
life.' . ' •• ' - - 1 ' - - , !.
but if a third Man shoal& ste u '
' The gardener scrutinized the.littlehird,knid•' strength, ..
.p pi h roughi,.io the vertex of the siphon by, the .
said: " - If you do not sing,.you certainly eau- •and pullback Withn few' ands force upoa. l l pressure of air or pf water behind it? - One
not delight me. - But let me hear your iris- one of the antagonists,! the whole party would I 'arrived there; it. would follow the came iaWsi
dom, and if it will instruct nee I. will release
. .z
.; 11. ' : r l . P '
• 1. move, . . 1 ' : - I : .
-1 • ! in thepne case as in the other.. -Who I will
von." 1' s - ''' ' • - i' . 'Dr'. Comstock. supposes.that within the hill tell' usihow the siphon can preduce an inter-
Thereupon the little bird - said: "Di) pot' i , ..'f 1 i
be grieVed at thing that are-past. c4i e t or monntat near whieh:nn intertnitting; spring I olittetitispring ?• _ E. A. WEsror..ll
not that Which you.cannot . obtain. Believe is fonind i there exists o,:e.reVice or•open space i l Brooklyn, Oct.., 1854.•.
not , what is inipossible.."lj I , ' .i : ' Which communicates, by fissures or otherwise;
Then. said Ilia gardrier:, Von' have,: in- with the airabeve ; and. that into this cavity
deed,instrected :ate.; 'your Words . are ~ v4se ; ; - .
numerous 'little rills thus -it a
there take. our liberty, and - With thcaewords ,
~ .
slippy the
8055, ,. making -
he lel ed the bird, 'and was reflecting; on reservoir to sipply , the spring. FrOm - this
the three maxims, when he li - eird 'a twitter- .reserroir .to the spritig a channel leads in the
itigiike laughter from the Ininehesabove his shape , of asipliOn ;so that when, the rills fill
heid. Re looked up' and saw the birdl be the reservoir and•its si •;lionic outlet, the wa
had just -released. .."Ah,' de you laugh, so
terbegins to flew. at d s * d'aontin
, ping, an
joyfully rhe said. . - , . . i . • . .
~ . .
"Yes,: at the liberty whichl so easily gain= ilea to - flow until th,e reservoir is emptied,when
ed, and I laugh still more at the folly-of man, it ceases . entirely until the reservoir. is again
who ventures to Winn that lie surpiall filled ; thus at 'one.monient.thero is a , rapid
other creatures in cunning:
,-.llf you had hl C' en influx; of water" and at — the -next, none at all.
liter, -ink- ,Id.le - ' beer forte- • .1-i , .•', I - .
- ,stittt Ptirg
The Parting Paenuipr.
BY MRS. BEMANS.
,Th . ou'rt bearing hone° thy roses,
Glad Sommer fare thee, well,
Thotert singing thy last melodies
In every wood and dell:
But ere the golden sunset
' Of thy latest lingering day,
Oh! tell me, o!er this chequered cart
hast thou passed sway,
Brightly, sweet summer brightly
• Thine hours hove floated by,
're joyous birds of wOodlan3loug,l3s,
The rangers of the Sky.
And brightly in the forests,., '
'Fp the wild deer wandering free
And brightly 'midst the garden flowe
the hippy humniing bee. -
net how to human boioths, '
_ 'With all their hopes andlears,• •
And thots that make. them eagle-wings, ~
L To pierce the unborn years!
•
Sweet Summer! to the captive
Thou' bast iltium in burning dreams
Of the woods with.all their whispering I ayes
And the.blue rejoicing streams; " •
T 0.06 masted and the weary,
On the, bed of sickness bound,
In swift sliti4iu-shntasici,
'That ehSnged with every. sound
The .sailprun the
Is longing.wild and vain; .
For dm gushing founts and breezy
.And,the homes of earth
And unto me, glad Summer!
•
[tow bast thou flou:ed fo tnel•
ehainless rootsteps nought has kept i
• •
From thy haunts of song and glee.
Thnu halt flown in wayward visions
In memories o( U dead,
In shadows, from 'a tiruhled' heart,
- O'er th,rsuany palhway.shed.
IA brief and sunny stfiving,s
. - To . fling.a weight asisle- 1 -
Midst These thy melodies have ceased
And - rill :thy roses died.
Silt Oh, Thou gentle Suinmer !
If I.greet thy flowers once more,
Bring me again the buoyancy
Wherewith my soul should• soat:
ive-tne to•hail thy sunshine,: -
With' song MI6 spirit free, : •
Or in a purer air than this,
May that next..meetin.. be!
Alisallantons.
„re prinlent, you wou. lace .tn a
nate man nova, and :there would have been.
none richer than you.” •
"How were, this 'possible l" asked - the gard
ener, astonished.
" If you had kept tae, instead of settingnle
at liberty 7, for I carry in my body a. diamond.
as large as a bon's egg." • • .
. When' the 'gardner heard this,..he stood
if thunderstruck. Despair . seized upon
and after he had' recovered a little, be bean
thus, with flattering words You fitley
:vourself happy, 'because you are at-. liberty_; .
bat :behold the 'summer is. passingaWay,end
winter, with its howling storMs,.will soon. be
here." 'The broUks will. , be - frozen,. and you
will not 'find, a .drop of Water .to quench . ' your
thirstAifor'n grain upon the fields to satisfy
your hunger.. The biting fro 4 of whiter. Will
kill. eti. Dut if Tod coM'e•in mylMtise,
I will furnish far. : yott . a warm apanment
i-here every comfort will he. providedfoi
you.
Come down, and yon . will be convinced that
you will find butte:jure "uuder,xuy roof - than
under - the free sky.,.' .
Thus spoke the toaster of the garden.• tut
the.little, _bird laughed louder thati. before,
and . aggravated the grief of the gardener. At I,
length It said :1 4 teliold l 'me „liberty
fur the : sake of the
taught you, and you are so . silly as not) . to
• take- tliettl, to heart.. Yon thought tueindeed
' worthy to'be released •for those _ maxi MS, Orld •
yet you have in A few taionieuts forgotten,
them. ",I.)o not be •grieved ',at things, that
are past," ,",and you are grieved because
you set4ite free;.., "1)o not .covet- 'what. you
nantint obtain," and you ,desire that
.1. should `
go, voluntarily. into prison, when my whole.
life consists of liberty witfiout
. not live. "Do not.believe what is inapoSsi-.
ble," and you -believet hat-1. possess a diatrion_d
'size 4ofn eg7,- Arhen T Myself tun
scarcely half as big egg. 0, folly, ,
t
thttiameiti: wait . .
,A. new: style of hat has como in fisl4-
los. It is ealled the BoliSsr, and resembles
the .dilapidated shell.of an overgrown tortoise,
b. ly putwhed. -
tors.
• , And now as to the difficulty in making
this sUpposefl causeccount for its assumed
connence. ,1
ir
, •
The Itiggreg,ate tailacity of the rills to,:ad
• alit Water into the reservoir must be less thin
the car4city of 'the Channel to carry it to the
Bpl' i fig:, so that when, the water is flowing into '..
the spring it mast flaw from-the reservoir'fas.: 1 ,
i •I i
(ter or iii larger . drantity than the rills admit i
it, else the resert•oir pould never be emptied, 1 /
and .tlie flow at the pring would be constant 1
' instead t of intermittent.' Well, if the capaci- 1 :
ty of the rills td adViii. water, be less than
that of .he siphenic flannel to ' discharge, it, 1 ..
how can the rills.erer
.fip the channel so as to',
make the siphon beY t in' to act ? As soon as
the wafer, in.aseetiding 'from the reservoir
through this imagined siphon-shaped passage, 1
can . barely pass I otter_" the Vertex or highest i
, l
point in that passag4, whittl conceivable Inw . I
would, prevent. ',it rival descending to dig'
springin its oidinarly course, fast as fast Or,
and nofaster than itflozes in by the rills!—The•first particles of water that` should reach
the euhninating I-point in the sipho 't passage,
would pass over it. alai descend • h the usual
L '
action , of gravity • succeeding particle* would
, ?
follow thetn,.attd, So continually, without ever
being-able to 'fill the passage to a point below
the: level of the Water in the reserveir. It is
1 i •
true that if the head 'of the column of -water
as it rises th ugh the first part of the sup=
poled -siphon .sere furuislrd with . some kind
qf elastic dap 'stun, tolthe sides of the orfite,
so ns to reinst that ropertyoffluids-bywhich
e l p
their .particles so lly glicle loVer and a mo ng
each other, until, the actn&ot
, th a p at w
i s ai e as
bartli passed, dien the eip);er,t W . i?tkld , iust:tuar
lylie4in to net, ', Dat this' would be a very'
e i Bs. s : a nd. l2lllll W i . l 6l d U diti ka C' be ll. " a
th l iiis Cain far '"eis
less k sti i p tY p r Z the
ble
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Poutrose, llstitteljanna Cottitta, Vemt'a, I Tlitrsbag Darning, Ortobtr TO, 1854,
Sleep and Death.
FROM THE GERSIA.S.
The Angels - of . Sleep . and leatli, loCked
itim.ifiartn, wandered over the earth.i It
t t Yas eq i ntng. They laid theinselves dOW„n
!von a lofty..hill that overlooked the hal t ,-
ttations of man. A mournful stillness reigned
around, only by the evening bells
• : . . -
'whose. Round Came faintly from . the distant
banulet.:l Silent and speechless, as • is their
wont, . beneficent guardian . anger a
I n:11,km? , lay inclose embrace ; till the AnO'l
t . •
of Sleep! rose froth his mossy couch, and seat;
feral wall noiselesshand -the invisible seeds
Of slumber: The evening wind carried tbern
to the ilent dwellings of the weary husband
'men. Son sweet. sleep enfOlded in its gentle
e'tribraol the inmates of the rural cottages H
- the gray-haired sire, .whose tottering
"Steps. a ipti supports, to the infant in its
tera
.idle. Tbe'siek forgot his pains, the mourner
his SornlW. the poor his cares. All eyes Weie
'closed. 't Ilia task being finished, this 'benei,-
olent an t gel again lay 'down by hiS sterner'
brothr 4 El side." When morning breaks{'
`Cried!l
eikvith happy innocence, " all the world,
will 1, e'i me as their friend and . benefactot..
1
.
Oh: whitjoY- ' thus to:do gOod.in secret linl•
\ I . I
unseen.llow happy arewe, invisible tnesSetj
frers of the gocid spirit I—how. beautifid is
our qui* office "'Thus spike the Angell .O'f
slurnbeii„ The Angel of Demi): gazed - ut)ott
. in silensadness, while tears such as . itnmoi
tals weep stood in his large, darlc:eyes.-‘.Alll'
said he' #. would that I, like yop icould . rejOi4
in cheerful. thanks ; , but the world calls mein~
foeand joy'-destroyer." '" Oh'. tny brother;'
4isvi , ered the Angel of 'slutither, "will..init
. .eYery good man, upon awakening, reeognite
in thee liis friend,' and'gratefullY; bless th i el . l
Are we not brothers; and . chil dren ', of One
father!"; So hespake.—The tearful eyes Of
'the Acgtt :of Death shone with: a gleam- of
• jileasure, while'lte liressed, his gentle brotlxii.
!yore tenderly to big heart. . •
. , ,
:I A VH 4 IID . TO THE llovs.—Boys, did you
crier think that, this great world with all I:iis
Wealth.al3d woe, with all iti mines and . mouri 7
tnins, itiioeettni, wait, rivers,-steatnhonts anti
ships, railroads and' steam 'printing:presses,
magnetic telegraplis,.4ke., will.soon be gri.en
1),,,e.
over, to the bands of the boys of the prese4
~age 1 Ilielieve it and look; abro a d u n the
ittheritan'oe and get ready to enter u n pint.
Oties.' 1 . I '.
. 1,..
• ' 1
Solitudp and Societ7 aro two ogrt i llt
Wittgneta'which\ satrant snlnitind and. bqtli
!hive txclusive Claims to twilit, and both baY4
their - votftries. - I .
:t
Froth iho N. Y. TObono
SEE. ISIRLTE.
: JuSt opposite our bonser--stop a minute—
thereis-niusic• in those :two list words-let
, . f; 1 ;
usaal them again. How sweet-they sound
—once more—there is ti. great hill ,opposite:where we are sitting 1 repeating those two
words, aitd here they 'come hack -agaia.—
ExhoJs over there in the tieep i . shades of; the,
*trees' in the valley, and he says,. our /Mime;
Well Jastopposite out house there is-'en alley'
or eoart;leadingawayipsomewhere behind'
the houses, whefl! ther are other houses—
tenant honses- r holes 'for 'hereon - beings i to
'suffocate in. We haveitinver been tip there,
buttv.e know tliq thoSe wha t , live by labor
and have to - labor .to li e,' are tup there ; for'
often of an evening we see one of the tenant's
tome liotne with his dy ; and he unhitches
ti
hisilierseby the jump , utside, and tarns
round;antisays chine, and,walki` Up khe little.
cotirt;, with his faithfull tired
,Servant at his
heels,!and for a long f l ime.; we votidert.
.if
they ' both lodged' in thl same house, or if not,
d h
where die lodge his horse li So we w'nt
over One day as ho - was going tip, and Peer
ed into the conrt, and: bere we sate the men
open a little side-dOor;ruto which,aften.shed
ding. elf his .Harness—fer there, was notAcietu
enotigla fey - , anything brit his hOdy—the - herse .
cronded hiiiii.telf,; and then the man (11(1)0
another little door over his •ltead,--no, the
other :extreine-and th4te, in a little caddy
hole, was some hay for Which he whinnied
hi;,.gratitiie. -Then the man ,
went up toi his
own Cm - MY-hole, Whereinraler the bed hehad
a bag,of eats;--we knew' it. was .untier 'the
bed, fer. we saw the dust on hii knees where
he had knelt-down to fill ,the little tiieasure - ;„
for [which lie got more Whinnied:thanks from
a good :sers•ant, a . faitlifil ( - fiend, and' grate
ful animal, though it was a dumb beast. .'
So. day after day, forfroontha t and ;rears We
•havit- , Seeti the same man and same • horse— ,
latterrYthe horse walkstas though gettins.'- , ..
feelliis . . age and_• hard twOrk; and. the ina
looks 'eare t Worntired . of long toil that britig,S
lihn; nethieg but alesiOng in that same hot
oven, nearl*here he bozefi 'up; his horse !to
- sweet ;nil(' stew all night—bringS hini only, a
a small loaf, of. breld-itiqty ,are -very -small
ziow 'll-day,‘•,:fer his . _whole fathi Ivr - Yes, ; it .
brin 4 •S - him , :somethinm else--did hrin , :. :him
c• ; -
something else—every ight when he came
lieine, : it beought a littl ' girl about ten ;years,
old,',with the prettiest sat retiliair-Liye have
no fOnduesSlor red hair generally, ' bUt - this.
was 'petty4-bouading .I: l ,ke a fawn dewrirthe
court end tip on the dilly just ibefore .it got .
to tliellitmp, where it ,Iod .lo stop: it-cotild
not 0 . by, for the old'hppe had stopt,llitire
so long he Could net goheyond. that i r certain
fixed stopping place. It *as a short ride,
but-a nierry. one ;, t .'twas childboOd'S happy
i .
hour.. 1, • ,
Opt; Man Was an earl :riser, up and array
often before:we had drta'sed, but earty,as it
was, .tliel,red curls Were t here, and she would
bourni:up on the araS-..a0il etir t g to one stm
leVed An one mere kiss,atidpereleinc'ef':ti•itie
to the next Corner, and hen batik at a doub
le ettiek'step to thodoor, step Of the house
next:JO:" ottr•tilley,r. to catch a last -look, and
sendaAast _kiss upt.tit tli,4 magnetic telegraph
of a Waving hand, with i:tt 0 good byeitpapa,"
as he; Went_ round 'the - co .ner and , awaytohis
work , down ',Own. Ofte forlwe lieuP before
sun doivri she wouldsit 'Upon that door. stone •
watching that same corner for 'llie expected
one, for sonietinnes he cane at an early hour.;
and then she rtin to me.et him With Mere joy
in her lies, and( more .in; his:than all that ev
er was felt by -one who never heard the sweet
• . ,
sound Of," Oh ! there ecimes ptipa." I Sotne- •
time - S i she had company ;, a tall, t•aeeftil,neitt
tvantin'i; with pale face and frail pepen,whe
stood by" hei• • • looking in the sane direction.
Id, was. a good place too,- .. in the shade
. of some
dartgre - en trees, vvhithe she could come out
of that ffeul:deitae of a ;;c.otert,whereslie breath
ed het air all day; and c.isbenickas arrnight,
to get a little, snuff Of the evening breeze conn
ing up;tretatbe lower bay.' That hreeZejS: a
blesied' ; inheritince of the Newt York poor;
which they shotild enjoy,; but are cheated out;
of by ei• - ery Oil who builds their] house_;.
:,
One :eveningtwe notieell that Out little.girl
of the ANY fiver the way].. was net alone in
her usual seat upon the ( I dolOr Step. In her
lap lay ' - li littlesister, very young ~ - small -and
Pale- as ;her mother, with.
!. her, mother 'a own
.
sweet, trace.:: • Every'' pleAsant- evening - for '
.
Montlisi ' that little girl 'L brought . the ;baba
;Alto . court, out into the open. street-to
feel thelsoft air of the sea;breeic. She Could
not nits 'tp:,'lneet papa, `but he l / 4 eyes i went ,
roundthe corner in shard glances, and she
'tried toi direct the baby's the same way as • Ata.
said , " , there comes papa.m! -So, as; she •could
not rtnito meet him, as soon as he turned tild
I..tobb i ni about towards the pump, before he
stopped unhitch, lie jumped off'. and came
and ;sti.:oped down and -kiitsed both. Oftheiri,
life in doers; we-know. nothing,, but ; one- so,
affectiptiate to his children, nrusi,, have been;
equally so to the mother who bore them.—=:
We ei,itild,hOve sworn it. Often, that be was a
kind, - git - ki husband, 'when we ilw the ',mar
ket basket upon his arm, ler -the i slep • bucket i
in his;band, and the little bits Ofikitllitig' I
ivood ri en his cart--all kindling the fires of Of
feetion in the heart, as we'll as the household
fire in ',that one room, where all lived and
cooked and ate and slept.; ' ' 1
i.
Oh ',What ti pity, we ate!' thought; that ,
such iptiustrY could not - ;bring a ' better re
ward. ; Out, in the country; ' to ;some snii7.,
farm-house, how the colon would;- come hack;
to that mother's cheek—for it was therethat
she wasiborriand those two children Would'
grow tip to healthy' womanhood. ' :
A yeti daYS ago we went out .4 . the (City'
---oue (of those burning ]days or .titat,' hot;
moutln ; Of
. Jiiiv7- 7 it; was that very day. that I
the. world of ; s ."Americans turn into all :fool's
day, and .burn tuns of powder, While they get ,
gloriously dtmik, Shouting " what! a glorious
!. • -.. •,,,
t ndependence. - 1 - ..
_I:,
. .
Chitin' the country in TAtedylgroves and
in dee); hookS', by cool springs gnshing out of
the roeks;ior'e:saW scorns o 1 city children,that;
live iii i 'titst such courts tt4.th - e , Cambia ; and
4 e
his na.iiteadedidaitglitei, Biid, they-Were.
so hap pi, and gave life' sulih. a . '4ealtk,ty Joy,
dint we;:wishshe too coup tt 'hovel been there.
Strange;; though -we had n verspeken to' this
gentie-iz*bild; what? a cord -.wet- from or
heart *heti. i, . I .
We:One back, the nextl day,. hut, w e', sdid,
not eeelJer4 :, Mortung awl .evetaing ;pad--,:
and shekwas not there;, and then iiwe,thonght
yes; welelt ; that sliehad gone te the ciia:
try ; petiirgiS,, l '?ust then ;watt sittiint witk
er and Mothe under thn shade'fath
of, just such a
group of fragrant cedars, on just such a rock,
near juststiph a- sPring as:we' had sat -by two
days, before, . with one, of the, clearest little:
girls, more inclined to. play, were_l enjoying
life with'high . glee all enni/ . •
We were almost sure ourSuriniswas,true;
because the cartitoodidle in the ' street; but
it only, stood so two days, and then we saw
-old Dobbin backing out of 'hip oven and coin, ,
ing_down the alley, and walking, in between,
the. shaft - Ss of the cart 'by the
. pump. It-WO
an old,.familiar sight, and we really felt coin;
fortnble to see It again:. We had just -4.akeni
a cold hath, as We, always do at 8. o'clock
ety .morning, ariOltat- made tis in , a ;mood
to be coMfortable With all- outside, iiithience.
There wasone thing, though, that detrriete,d
a little frOm our comfort. We 'thotight the
carman's ; !eyes looked a little uunsually.ted,,
and there, was leis vigor in . :, his- step I, than
ought to, follow . two days' recreation in the .
country;and w.el i ould ' not help thinking.
that lie ad' done 1 , lhat a million others of
hiS countrymen : had lloae:uplati; the i lsante
casioii, just " in . '. honor of the day.7-4- 7 gbt
drunk. flow. w 4 did wrong ithat Af
ter-he was all ready to start,. lie got down
and Went. back and looked up • the Court,'-..as
though lie bad forgotten something, or :ek
pected te see somebody:running down.. Why
did not.setnebody" Come . But she not,
atyt, ,- lo,Aarted away, looking back as- he
tent around the corner;; but nolpviti; glance
tnet-his; no kiss flew from a -waving ..hand,
like an - 'eTeettie. tla.sh to- his heartJ What
couldait Inean I 10; thought' We, he ha left;
them the cOtintry.,' Grandpa fell o. in
loie With the littlej i :,eity girl. that he Inust
have lier.:stay A While with him , and grand,'
ma thinks it. must lie too 114 - for the•baliy in
theOitv irind:nurina's health will -be sill .he.
lietter, fora week there:-
.
411 ; trrie; yet all 'fa lse . It was sO trite it
sers'ed fot a lull Of any anxiety in oar mind
until Satiirday,. and ihen somebody,, at 4 our
house wanted a : cart, and -called him ' of the
Opp l osite " While he was waitcng,'
said, 0 we supposed he Went to the conutry to
enjqv . the: Fourth of July?'
"}No, It was a day, of . little enjoyment, to
toe.l . • - •
"INVer'c' you sick r
"INo.::'
There-Was aos`tiange.usp'icion coming U%.er_
us. 1 Wu Areaded tol:asli for fear. it W ; :►s true,
but could not turn away, and so we Said': •
" Ansi our little girl'?" - I . • •
i l
,",She ik gone sir:, ', .
"To the country i" :' , . • .
--We.breathed freer, until he added : • .
'she has gone' to • the 'country —to.
• .
Greenwood?' • "
"And (belittle. one
. "It went- with her... - could not part
them. Her laSt words Were; " Oh,,take good
care of the baby till I eonte fur it. It won't
be long. Good bye'."
—she cattle for her "pet" at, dawn, and 7we
laid' it upon 'her breast, and carried them both
nway together:. 1 on. lave missed her .too.
I have often noticed - 64 looking. at us. :But
she is gone now." F
And „the•nnitherr I- •
" She Will soon fellow; I feat, and tiioi
I shall • r ,
lie turned to wipe away manly; lione,st
tears, :mil matter. 'We went
and sat down at our desk, took up a sheet
and wrote those , th ree, wards. that were ring
ing in our brain and hurtling -in our heart,—
"She is gOne"--7and .then—well, we did- not
Write wba folloWes-we only held the pen,
while we Were Only eons'eious of one thing--!
had but one, thought',—all else was , absorbed
in 'those Words--• She is6yone."
- -.1 ,- Consumption. , - • ,' •
ConSuniption, mourned - Over as it is, seems .
to me a:gentle Untying of the knot of life,iin
stead °f thc,sudden mid harsh tearing asun
der
,of its ihreads;by other disease—a tender. '
ness in .the destroying angel, its it were, which
greatly softens, for some;: his inevitable 'er
.
rand to all. It isilt et:ay. with little 0r..',n0
pain, insensible almost in its progress, delay
ed, sometitnes, year after :Fear, in its more
fatal apprOaches. And itis notalone in ',its
indulgent- prolonging . ,and deferring, that con
suniptionislike a ble-Sing., .The-cords which:
it first looriens are coarser ones- most cSnfin
ing to , the mind.; • 'The weight of the, M4teri
al.ser,nses ii gradually taken • frotif. the - - vita
with tite lightening"of their food; with - the
leisening Oft.heir strength.. Probably, till, he .
owns himsellait invalid,;no man has ever giv
en:the wings 'of his spirit' room enoughlt
few,*if any, have thought to adjust the, Min
isterings to body and soul as to subdue the
senses to their .secondary' place and . 'play."
.With illness euoiigh.for this, and not enough
to distress:Or Weaken—with consumption, in
other, words, as most commonly experienced
--,the mind becomes`-conscious of
. a most
wonderfull' new freedom 'and
. predoMinanee.
_Thingsaround altertheir value. Estimates
of persons' : and PuhUtits.,sirangely change..
:Nature seems as newly beautiful as if a film
had fallen" from.the eyes.. .The pact; atfiectionls
the-impler, motives, the humbler, and more
seclUded rellancesi)r,syistpatliy, are &tin() to
1 haVe.' been the closest linked .with - thoughts
I bolder and-freer, Who has riot wondered - ,nt
the cheerftilness Of consumptive persons 1; It.
16 . because,with "the sensciS' kept under, by
.in
validalid treattne,nl,:there is no '` deprission ;Of
spirits.", With careful regimen and the- sys
tem purified and disciplined, life.; what there
is of it, is in the,, nicist, exhilarating balance'
' of its varied proportion's. j: Death is nototlreadr
' al, where there. is, ; thus,, such a conscious
breaking through of the winv.cif another IA
freer aik - d•higher.L.--.M, P.Williq
_,- . 1
" t A celebrated elergYrnan, who' 'paid
particular attention .to the .conversation of
pretty fetnaleA one evening 'at a " meeting"
(a reyiral) ; was going the round as usua
H hisperi ntV words Of .consolation and , advie
to all, in his peculiarly affectionao manner;
when his attention was attracted by 4 female
dref.ssed in deep . inourninl4 apparently in deep ,
suffering. Illeectukt not. pe reel ve her features
for her face was veiled, - but 'her beathiftd
whibiliand: and handsoine forth were -'cuff
eient to eliCit his wartust - . 'sympathy. - Q„uil.
i etbr he cultic to her to arnage Itergrief,gen..i
tli he lealiCa,over the petv-oh;he was such
a good •Inith--steitltltir he .. paiseit his aril t
strocind, her ;neck, lie bre:itbed soft words, had
her'ear, how stkettly.die ;spoke. .Soh :Aftei
sob, and, tlo elergytunn grew wort" loquacioua.
Finally the'iyeil wis .rai: , ..lfi, iobs.vrere ImSlted
•a -
void forth <" tlitirll do - - Voir.—Liha,
t.t
i gnite endug6, ! 'Ske was his Wife, and had;
1 pu-paedy disgnised herself, to test -deo truth,
fof reports' she had , beitrd respecting her .11w
, hand's fidelity-,
~ I ~;
Silas Wr,ishit OIL Slaveiy.
As a useful roWiniseencelof the opinions:of
Silas AVrighten the luesticin of slavery, the
fugitive slave law ske., we copy from an era
don of his deliver At-Canton, St. Lawreneie
county, New Yorl:, on the 4th ofJitly, 183,,
the' following eloiuent mid Prnetieni passage!.
They deserve the eateryl reWetiOn of northern
tnen: . , 4,
•
ulty of equal Tagni.tade
ley wet our venerable fath-
On of 178.7, at the thrfishold
~nsible labors. One 'of the
"Another difli
and superior deli
cis i'n,the conren
of their most; rest
earlict featnms
•
Great Dritani tow
was the firm and e
,rds her. American colonies
tensile establishment with.
in them of. the insittition ocdcim(..%tic slavbry.
At the time of Wli eh we gpe,lilli, the institution"
) - .,
existed in a large lutajority i of :,the northern
and middle Staten, • and, - . frotn. the 'circum
stancesl3f cliinatcyptirsuits,liabits,. and -vieriT
(415 other accidents of cstal4ished and settled
'"society, was Muchmore extensively and friw
. iy incorporated with the existenceand pros
of the southern States. :.!Ilitherto,"%the
.slavery - ekisting:iti the coloaia:. had -!been a
'subject over which cplonista had had tno",eon,
"trot, and for which they could be held in no
Way! responsible. • The poliey of _the mother
E!..lmtiltryl was markil and settled, and its purl-1
isuit wait delenuin and..?unyielding. - Every I
attemptt on the:pant of any one of theoolonieft.
!to check the grow li,or ameliorate the condi
'.tion of
,tlie iustituti ninor even to remonstrate
!atainstlthe poliey, Met. tile - Stern rebnke end
.l',.thc, indipant- frow -of power at home. This
'state of things had continued for More than a
d - .
lhandre years, wh n the of the
wtir of the reveluti a madethe 'colonies !free
ttrid 'independent. . .liet),:fOr the first tiine,-it
deiolvelAnon the to' manage and direct.
this .. cagily-rooted, r •firinly4itablished, and
Wldely-disseniinate evil. !A. ,forced ' inheri
tance , .-
c from an unki ulAniotlier, it was upon
their hands--- , Aras i corporated with the` very
Orir,itnization 4 of their soe ty,.habits, - and par,.
~,i,... It was thus lilac! as - much 'beyond.
the reach ef.sudden and vielent. - remedies as
is"that,:discaSe ofthe hunian body which ,has
its seat in: the heart and g diffuSed,. with the
blood;` over o'ery l Aiilition f
the sYsteint - The :)
• idea - of a
. republic, jerefoire., must be entirely
liliandoned, or the . emit* anornalymust be
. enccoritered of 'org, sizing la .free republican
confederacy With tl e. extensive existence of
Shivery within the . tates kshichshotild• eona .
ptise, it.• This was he alternativelvesented
i
to; the Convention. o 1 i i81..! Could the patri-•
otic delegates.whe ompese that body—men
whose devotion, to Iherty bad made them . t.he...
'principle and prominent . advocates Of,thesi - ai
Of• the revolution and , tim independenteof he
- eoloniesl—mostof Whom lied -devted , th tit-
Selves to, aintencountered the_ perils - of ...he
_public service thrOnghoni, that- pro:tree : ed.
struggte=ant - t-luaaji. of. whOnt, With `tr : il. -
i;tlsttiotis President at their bead, had olloiv.
ed the fortunes of the war; and freely.otfered
their lives as the price ofthe : liberty they eon,.
tended: for ,- --could, such men dolibt what was
their!diity ? what choice- they should make!
.The fact of the slayry, or; the extent of its ex- -
iStence in thb count yovas - not to be affected
1
!4-4.certainly not - stre Owned drlmagnified,-
by the plain 'coarse • itf right and reason. The"
'Opposite alternative an utter; abandonment:
Of - all effort to organize al, repliblie—might,.
iedeed,,have aVoided the apparent coutradie:-
*den of
. a free .geverninent With the 'toleration
Ot - dt,tmestic - slavery,: by continuing the white
tribe in 1 4 tn endless subjection to-'that despotic
.and artutrarY•er, pow similar, to. that 'front
...
Which they had just. discharged . themselves
by the fOrce of arm - sit - Ma an ituttiensn,
„eXpetir.
'difure Of blood :,anti treasure; . 11. making
them thn, 'enduring object:sr : of the oppressions,
e*netionS., and contMnely of such a power,.
and thitti ,constitutinT for them a slavery, net,
-..Perhaps,4as perfect, but, considering the cony.
ditien_ottlie two raco, fari more galling' and
tinendunable tolhein than is .that to the ' At,
rican which holds hint in involuntary! genii'
Ode. Then, toe, might African slivery have .
priserve4 its existence, baits full extent' :and:
vigor, to this day,.iniall the,',States - where it
-w r as instituted.._ INStere our reVolutionary . fatli; .. ,,
ers.te h,:)the autliorslofsuperaddeif evils like
these to our country, and theirtellow-Citi7ens I
Neveri•
_The del ,e , rates assembled in .convew
tiOn 'did chOose, and Our present free and7hap.;
py institutions. oflgovernment are the result of
their choice. The.prestHiat !greatly increased
and rapidly increasing pops ation and wealth
andpower of these States 1 are the fruits ~of
that choii...e.. And . dees any one Who- hears'
nie-i-rdoeS any Aniericlan .wholoveS his tons: .
ley; - tier insti tiitiong; and I her piesverity-be-:
lieTe,-or.feel,Abnt the elatiee thus made lulls
:unwise or. unputriotie 'I? .7 i Can any one make
himself believe that therenerable fr . :tters _of.
the constitution of the Vnited States were
leis loverS of ther country and of liberty than
their 4.lCeinhints of the!lyres-eat generation I'
that they were less - pine!, and pkriotie, and
eduseient!ous than wei:tri I. And yet; under
theeircumstanCes in 'ti - 1114h,they tolled . theta-,
selves planed, they did, tint Consider it a l fatid
impeachment of their republican, principles; or
a violent Outrage tipoti their - ccrisciences,..to
tolerate domestie-slavery, - when it
. beeame es
sential to the establishinentOf a. free . govern
the five eitiz‘us of: their free, coml..
mint for
try. ,
la Thi s i vas , ,
a t th a t t mo, a great and ciau
minidiuminterest in th 'iStates of the confed--
t,
.eracy. •'gar own Trotull and _powerful, 'and
ntiw free, tate was „then an extensive holder
of domestic slaves. Stich, at that period, was
the fact with many of er of the present :free
States. The interest, t 'eider°, wAs'one to be
11 .1
compromised by the-c nventi'on,,or their la.
hors nine' come to -a isele termination,—
They did comprtanisei .;..and how. _ _ ,
",The nature of the i stitution was such as
4 -that 't: 'or. ' sl la h' I fi,, -—•
rc aired i,pu e, , ton ee , unLon
dittonally; with the St: tes where it eXiiteAi.
It Was to left. Its couti nuance or abolithin *as I
purely a tinitter"of Sul intisiest, when the_l
police was devolved bp it their local govern..
me,nts, and when 'all.; questions , 'of ~private
priqierty ;were, of Con „question's ;lietireen
the State tend its.citizet s, and, were, - like - ' all.
titheiittestionsin 'refit nee ,tei all descriptions..
i
ef,propertitin all the 8 tes, to be left - to the
, Iltateadtamistration.., - So far,therefore,- the'
1 only, duty, of the convention was not: to inter,
flip iiithlhe State, s iovethigatieS. 'Yet, there
, irere Other c&isiderationa.connected kvith i ,thiti
I 41,elicate,atal .troitblesortie suhjeet'which could
detfaii to be pressed ,tiPort - the : ecnwentiou •
ited,,to
‘ r,ec t igretheir aettou, - Th of-the
the
s' are States IT:e ognizealthe*ves•to4
,Onlyas
pivPerty, but as persons.; and; so far as they.
] partook of the latter chtiracter, they necessa=
1 lily forme& an ingredient in thattasis of rep-
-~-= ~r~
the policy
. adoPted by
3.ot . itni . :--11-,:•'.li"**.ko:::,'-4.g.',1:
imentation which ''was established upen pop-.
'elation alone, without reference to property
A' recognition, too; of the institiition,-, try ite
anomalimsibrm, in the provisions of the fedl;
eral compact, was a matter.;Of vitatilitenist.
With the States of the South; where ,striveri i -
existed most broadly, and was most ..4eeply,
interwoven with the existing organization - of - 7.
iet4,. The beoi" of federal popular:
fruition' and. taxation 'adopted in the ;cotistii
ution is. the compromise of 'rale convention, - -
upon these points;:und it, will not to , tie ,? t '
Marked that, while the free States,hirti: feel
the rule Ofre&e.rientation is Janfasectable - tOT
them:the !dare Staid eannet forget that : the/ ' - '
pay ler any advantage they recerve r n,.. 1 - 1 P
of taxation. The terms of the provisten are:
"'Representative and direct taies shill biap-, •
portioned among the "several States: trhicli )pay
be included within this Union acentilipg :to their
respective numbers; , which shall be' determined
adding to the whole norther of free persons; .
including those bound:to service for a term of
years, and excluding . Indiana not taxed, three:
fifths of all other persona.', I' _ , .' •-,
"A further concession waijiehied:by:the -
convention to this great interest fOr ; a ...pioat
valuable equivalent. It was vitally essential :
that the power 'to regulate, Commerce , with
elbreigu nations" should be cOnferred upon the
national gover,nment„ as neither internal
iind harmony, nor external. quiet and prosper. -
ity, could be reaionably hoped, to be secured,
without, this -grant._._The_tipprehensionts of
the slavehohling interest formed -a strougim. -
pediment_ to su*.ess; and .:iil.comprowtse• of- .
thatinterest was effected in the fofloWing priil
provision: , -r• ; i ' . -,
"‘TheJnieration or importation of each Per.
sons as any of the States now existing : * sif •
think proper to admit-shall not bo prohibited' by
the Congreas prior •to the year one thousand.
eight hundred and eight,bnt a .tax or duty may
be impOsed on. such, importatitin, not vatemalhig
ten dollars !or each person: ilr '„, ; :.: ' ; ;,>:,.
- " Here, again it will be solin thatthe pow. ,
er i of taxation, tort limited extent, -was given
for thetemporary. privilege`conferred, -Wait.. '
Mg the force andieffeet of the clause to-the .
strict letters of its terms' But it is now,Mat.
ter of history, and nniversally o conceded, that
'the fair eenstructioa of the p vision gave \ to
Congress thek power,• after the time limited,
(1808.) to prohibit the ittiportionof persons,'
I and thus to cut up t he forec slave - trade al.
',together, without being compelled .to resort •
tor that important power to the general,grant :.
of power 'to regulate commerce with foreign ,
nations: ' 'Pie practiee of our goven,unetit -
Under the clause has been, since the expire- .
tion of the period of limitation,:in conformity .
with the construction
-here decliwed i and it iii ,
gratifying to.-be able to state.that this prac-..
tice has been no mere strongly._ seconded by . •
the . representatives of any portion . of ..the
American people than 'hy . the- representatives -
of the slaveholding - States.„,,Was•nOt here a •
compromise entered into upon sufficientequiv-.
alents I and has it
,not already resultedlu in -
immense alleviation of that evil '.in faVor o'f • '
which it purported to be made?
. ” A single other provision I'd -the constituT.,
tion touches this delicate qnestion, .and its
justice shall be plainly submitted. , It is in
words •
these : ,
1 • :
,
"' No persthi held to, seiviee or later lit - one-
State, under the laws thereof, escaping: Into an-
other, shall, in consequence of any law or...ree
l:Om therein, be discharged from such.-service .
or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim - or
the party to wheat such service or labor may be ..
Joe •=. ` ' '
"Jhrit this clause of the constitution is tip- '
pliCable. td the fugitive slave i s unquestiona-,
bly true, as - lie - is held to service in the slave_ -.
State 'under the laws thereof ; and that it is . -
as.applicatie to_ the legally-bOund apprentice ..
and servant of the free States is equally plain
and true. Does the fact-thati the provision is ,
broad enough to.enibrace the. slave vitiate it, '
and make wrongits insertioti -sa apart of the •
sacred, instrument? Is it no t just, and Prop
er in itself, and ought not' thfriendly rela- - .
i
Lion. to exiat and he - perpet al among the _
States of the Union ? As applicable' to tlie
slave; is it not dui to the previous t;r4iltisiOn4,
which recognize and tolerate. the imititutlen'
of slavery, and r&pect.the 'yi fits and litter-'
ests of the shiveholtling'Atri 1 : OtinlitAliti;
fair faith' implied by' these provisions be car?
ried Out without this one? and Canthey now, •
be nvailahle, in the 'true spirit of the compac t_ ' '
.
between the States, without a faithful obser-'.
Vance' of this covenant also I ' - `-' ~ -
..'-
kAre there any-who.ivill' Waite our vener
able fathers, the delegates in e convention 1
of 1787, for giving their amen to this clause_'
'of our constitution? All Ili , old ‘ , thirteen
States assented to It, and to al the other con-,
ill
cessions and- compromises which "have been':
mentioned as connected With, the subject 'of'
domestic slavery: •• - The pee le of .411 the'
States assented - to them; andeftY, yearn of'
internal , peace and abundant rosptmtyhave'',,
attested the wisdom of the_ convention, the
patriotism and devotion - Of the Statee tri•thi
federal Union, and the intelligence Miditis-`
lice and faith of the people. F e WhatAmeri4:
can eitizenevill nom rise, and, lahnitig 'tO be
purer then Washingtok thepresident of that'
convention—pnrer and more',lpatriotie.:_than -
the sages who supported him.' its the',greak 1
work of: forming our conatiOtien, as they -
had previously in the •achievinent - of our - in; "
dependence—trill east,' the first 4;tone, al' that \ ,
temple of human liberty,vltich they erected l'
Wholthltt hives liii,olititiy will': or*. again;
the delipate and trolibleseniti . .cetiaproemses t °
thus aolemnly-fermed, ofice4l ' th the'hoPe'&
reachier. better resuite from4h preientleiV
si .
per anefeeling of the count '1 - - Who - c'irilt.,.
cast upop' the ocean of timela ri p etuul';'2'ilirit:-,
invaluable bleseings we have inifid;': : , 4 ••'''''
' umph to human 'liberty sie - lt i Secti„A ;Ter'
the +lark mid, stormy prospect iihiclipresents'
itself of more perfect suceessyn a new effort t• - •
[ Who will wantonly 'trample Jpen the faith --
we havesokinely , pledged tO our .bretliretiof., ,
ithe other States Opop entering time confeder
1 nov,,arr4 menni of mouldi ng's em te - a `
,lielding'disposition iii so efuture compact 1 . ..
tt
Ai hol will boldly Strike t - 'tleUnion Itrelf,;
and-stake its fate against his itilistitielatie
• the shave'? , ..
,i , 1.- . ~"
, 1
r • ;" , Look, fellow-Citizens; at , t o piirot:;''tipoiff
,which the fete of this`fair fabric•of otltittilli; l `'
'el`.' . One'Stato wits entirely inr*'pliiitiiited in' :
the conveotion of 1187:: A' -majority . `of the •
delegationt -from tiro- of, the ' States,'ernolig, i
the itirgest.elassoind them both ski: ' 's..tates•r",
declined-tehaigtviheetcometititain 'SS dOPted '
0
'by thenonSention :- A' merely'' , equa l rtion
of ihe delegates from two others of th State'
•
and one the second likrppiatien, cOuld,con- -
seuttos 2 giVe it' their signify:o,es. Majorities -1 ,
—'-and; in some co tes, bare intOorities—from.'
four Othersiautecribed to the instrument ; end'.
in but 'four states out of the twelve did the
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