k. Vroprittors 'at try. Visions of the Past. BY B. M. st'LunE ~ . iOp from the dim old Past aro visions stealing, , Bright vioions, tinged with .memory's finebt i • gold; (That wake within the throbbing heart a feeling . Though in years grown old. 1 , • Oh silent Past ! from out thy ; dark dominions; • What scenes forgotten in the.. world's great strife,4 tome Sweeping upward on wild fancy's-pinions Once again to life. • 'Before me flit the friehda- of early childhood, Each rose-bud cheek just binding into 'bloom; Aod by•g•:)nes come likellowers of the wildwood, Yielding a rich perfume. i nem all my schoolmates, like tho pearls of beau , • 1 - , Are clustering 'round me as they did of yore ; Soft'hlite eyed maidens, with' lashes long and Sooty, •• • 'rz' And bright bOys a score.. And pirated upon his quaint chair, the mu tet !. Demurely looks upon those ibnds of hope That circle round him, and hig heart beats faster As they daily Ope, . • Ii See the river with its crystal waters • Still gliding onward through the 'field and wood ; Atribosomed in it heaven `s peerless daughters, - Starry sisterhobd. • Around my chamber, like the mists of even, L I Are flitting spirits Of the Irng-gone dead; Like angel visitants from far off heaven, • • ;•, • , Sounds their fairy tread. I sear their voices in, the darkness 'round me, I As Mods, deeß-ladened with, the 'flowers' per. fume, Creep thro' the casement—rend the spell that: bound me-- i • • 'fn through the gloom. here dAci!y• seen the form of a lovely maiden. Whose azure eyes are bright on memory's page; Who, beautiful as was a flowerl of Alden, . - Died in springtime age. Down en the churchyard where the tall wood ' darkens • 1 ~.. - Around with shadows where ',the days are . long; Friends weeping laid her when] the yellow Au tumn 1 , Wailed its dying scmg: .1 . • NO marble pile is reared above her bosom, To tell the resting place of one so fair; But, sweet and snowy as the hawthorn's blossom !.•• Are the flowers there. • Al i as, that beauty in its first warm blushing. ' • Should fide and wither as the forest leaf: That'll earth should die in their Pure virgin gash ' in fr • . Ah I and die of grief! Biit farewell visions of the dim atl ocean, Ittost mighty reservoir of by-gone ttg,esl I Lim away front thee with sad emotion, To mylleart's clivn pages. i And there in seeret do t read trite .histories Of loves, hopes, dangers in the past, all told; Bright treasures, ever to the, world great myste . . nes,_' .. ttt thell‘"ait's pure gold. Ilurt.ea., PA January, 1855. Visa!tautens. iltfort.at CUARACTER AND TitiSABBATII DAY. No young man can hOpe to risekin society, or act Worthily his part in life, without a fair Mal vAisracter. The basis of such a char acter is a virtuous principle, or a deep fixed sense of moral obligation, sustained, and in ,rigorated by-the fear and love of God. The, man who possesses such a character can be trustedp Integrity,,,truth, benevolence, jus ti4, are not words : [ without meaning. He knows and feels theiiiaered import, and aims in the whole tenor of- his life to explemplify the [Virtue theyexpmia. Such a man has de cisien, of charactes; he knovrs What_is right and!is firm in doing it. Such a man bas in deptmclence of character; he thinks and acts for hithrael4 and is-not to be a Insole a tool to Ferris the purpoies of - a party. Such a than has Consistency of character; be pursues ,a straightforward course ; _ and what he is to day', you are sure of finding him to-morrow. Such a man has true worth of character, and hie, ilife is a blessing to himself, to his family. and , 'to the world. . Remember the Sabbath day to keep it 'holy, This is the command runt from God; and were I to.comprise all my directions to you in one, it should be this. !loth' ng . furnishes so sure a protection against the 41Iurements of the world ; nothing tends so much , to, invigorate private virtue, and dif fuse around it healthy public sentiment,: a serious observance of the Lord's day. No yourg man, who lia"bitually keeps this day, is in danger of having his principles undermined or his morals erupted. There is something in the very act oicertiting from worldly occu pations-on this holy - day; and repairing with the people of God to woiship Him in the the sanctuary, Which wonderfully tends to strengthen all goed habits, and to adorn the disiseter with the charms of a fair and love ly virtue.' • Pairmoros, reading an .aeeount of a railroad accident, was much surprised to learnthae the locomotive lad been driien off the track by one of the switchpi. She shouldet &are thought," she said," that the great iron engine Would mind such - a little thing as a switch." "Yes. but you must re member, mamma," said Ike, gravely; " the lo comcitlie has a- tender 'eland !" I " Oh, that, indee4," replied the old lady, resuming her -paper, you needn't talk about it, my son, go-On,with your lesson." Er," A, Western' Editor complaining that he could not itleep 'one night,sunimed op the causes, A 'veiling babe of seventeen mot the-..dog howl_ kgunder the window=s eat l ln the alley—a col ored ltemunde l at the over, the way— a foothold*, and a pig-tryitig to get in at the back door. Poor - • iat A eritie once, with indefatigable picked oat all the fault* ofi beautiful' po em, pleated to Apollo._ The lgod Onieted a bribe( , ,of his beat' Parnaisian ' eat to be care fully elnilowed, and ite'presented the.critii with the chaff: . _ i. . - • ,7 . I t . . 1 • , • . • .. .........................m..........,............. .... _ . . . 1_ _ .... . v505 , • ' ~ • .I '' i 1 D I. - I 11, • . .• . . , , . .•, 1 s .. • • s. • - :, .. 1 .- . ... , , • . ..-- ' .. - --/r)."'. , : . : I I- ... - 1 i ''' - - -1 '. •. - .. . .. . . . • ' • - - -.1 . , cmri..,catrpix - I.' . . 1 . . . .. ... • ! 1 - . . . . t s - -- - t h - r. -. ' i , .. 1 7 - .. , . e 1 . -- om-- ' . L . • . .. • . _. i - : - '.. 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This I haV i e ldng de -1 ferred, :1364USC in a 1:(oto - rcceiveci from Mr. Clarke I 'understood hiM to expiessa desiga .- • ' . i• to offersomething ~ m:ore. upon, this topic, Whiilli; I sliciuld be glad lo hear, as nOthing is so pleasing a . 41,.. satisfact4 r y . to me as to •know ther*sensi . the "whys,and wherefores," of any hing ...iinclei _consideration. ' Those wile ireceiv thirg,s On the •rtin, take flight:for gran ted without stoppir'r to. investigate cause... - -•.- Were oubilesi wearied.'iof• this long age, and iv ~ thought the subject exhausted. Those; also, giftedtwith iability toiOrceive original truths ' At a glance,iMaY have the start df[nie- 7 --.may have viewed the whole,l and are likewise tir ed. piit lam Confideat •that l Dr. Conistock'si theory el ciidating this' I phenomena,. has r.oti been at a I, e;-. ierally; nor siitisfactorily, nor .cor i reetly ti i i erstood. ' i . • iven Mr, Cliirkets first: E. , In pr . dpose dan—the one; In gene r ati terms—l ck,, c4celik. w 4 lint a,reit4ration•Of 1/r.C's: Irv potliesii., Mr. I Chirkelsl revised theory is in beautiful !rine. 'lts contemplation affords die light. . Itlisione of Nat'ure's. benefieent pro visions tlifitluinute tube's and porou's substan ces have power to transmit and retain fluids w . thout'tlic aid of the it - Hill's attMetion and ran in'oppoSition46 the;force of gravit2c.' It OprOliably 'in . p;irt (thcingli likely l in fiziall ' . iirt,).bY help of this capillary attractio4 that , trees and plants gravy their sustenance from the ground, and elilrry their sap throUgh their pores. The I lir niaryien i use of this (capillary action is tiot, soihr as 1 .. km l w,. understood any More ' than is the iprinciple of `:attraction in generali. . i 'True4 Dr. i conistock remarks in relatibli td iti that " their cause of this seems to beinothinz mode than' ; the ordirelry attracf tien . .4 the piII i r t r i cls of natter fe s r each other. The.sideS iof tsinitll orifbeare sonearlto each ot , er as to ttract•the pa'ticle l of,lthe fluid dii their Opposite sides, ;and as all attraction the dithcticin iof the greatest qUautity of mm- 4 ,I I i- • . atter; tan water s raised upwards, clirection ii)f the Ingthi of the .1 übe." i' This ap- I Ilears plaUsible. I nt suprirose a capilhiry thbe. has one half ;itslength 'lunged beneath the surface of ii vessel of liquid ; wouldlithere not be .a.mtnuch of th t eimatter 'of the tuidie below the' set* , as -mov - e 1, And would not this, matter ex rt its i attmction- to draw the water I ' the within th tubesdeiwnward as much as up .. ward l' . ow lin does isuch •!attrahtion aid the fluid t I li- in the 'tube ? ' 11 Sorne roily em she'll' epiestions iindacity, e i r sii6ile,4, but Dr.lCOmstock will Pot. Ills attainments and reidal.cli are too s4ta.ptial, and he foci muchiove.s i inVestigation flOrtruth's sciences sake--for sake.. i.:- f i • - , Bia t it seems to me that Mr. Clark's theo-. • • .1 :ry, pretty and:' satisfactory as it, its,i 1 irl not Dr. Com.stoet's theory, notwithstanding' Mr. Clarke a mid thAt iti, vindicates the latts' 'most .• trinmpliantly.l # ,, .. f - have' been asked4you will recollect; "9} , v ileasop as an 'establish= ed fact f"..." .I,atni t tiot a are.. that I iiiive done t so. II have te ir scirted a ainst an_ ev(dent im- . pos4bility; - vi': that - the .force of . the rills. above, as As plairili , indicated 'hy i Dr. Com , ic - i i stdck, could-e'er fill - the : siphonie (liannel so as to set the siphon in . operation,) aids the ' tins were! at the 'same tiine .hble .t keep the siphon .acting, constantly; Pr. Co tcck says that the sip . 1?.6 , . will begin. ito act. s oil as the Frills - lfave filed it' to its i ',4pez. •,,N w.I have t yet thleai i n how this canhe possi 14, with out. the. iiid \ • of more hocusPoeus thati•eVer the ighorant and Superstitous would be.apt . ts) at ., ,i , trionte. Whenee ecittics the necessarypre- I • , 1 pond e ranee. of ;water ? Indeed, trio . rill alone could never All itlie siphon o its verte , f 'Ca pillary attracithri or goonip other cause must . i 1 - 1 co-operate to ire'ach that poi;irit even; and when that is gainbcf, Sirbonic action could not be,- r 1 i 4 gin till the Sam *auxiliary t cause shoUld fill . the channel tai is point. just beyond this. . . I . i my . . H In last. ciinmuhicat,i . citi to the .Dc l noorat the following errors appeotrld : . . . 1, ••" Dr.C. wOuhl i despise lilerally all whO go in leading-strinfA." Not "liberally;" but. " lit. • ' tt l' ... : t t. • crarily,'i a word rise n without authority to signify " as legardslerudkion•and science." " ,, Tle-lPiti ;chapter of ist Corinthians." . - qleclianis (the sciefici) has never" &c. -Two or tree "•its".oeciarred -while the sub jects to whigh they rehit_ewas omitted.' •: The connqetion wasiii ine . plaee brof the insertion) of what was intended for , ginal note.. */ , ,-I Truly, ' ... 1 ' L. A. NvEsir , ... '18.5.1.. • • ' Brooklyn; 'Fib. S 14 -- ff• Two-printers in aid' Ply74oth Rork 't , . . , • i iirel'of taking unpressfous on the formso Paper tried it oh the'hearis of t Wo damsel; , ter several .settirigs up the/ auepele4ed in .g sigh rfair pruff 41' e matter that the mini the ty pTace Wt'eaii , ,In mi l d 'work:el. of the ' t i fo4r J erns iiv i bi l toi fo:iii 'editionii: leaving lufirxd up CO life. Nowlet tlietti . ‘! &cob dol.':utnehls."- - -ii viericail Banner . l ,,, • The , llocuaitds" will be printed and in lied,is of eenrse - . • i ' _ Mir" Dein sir," lisped it grim. lady,' terad l i the World's Fair, "Aare the ness to inforta me if them r are afibleriaia United States!" " YeA;itna'am,n answered a full fed JOn "I am one or them."„ ' far "William, Hear you are tergettin ! , said a bilghtreytiii girl to her sweet hea -other *. • , Yossure i , I have beers tot getting you two yesrs.". ? • - 11111 *EEKLY SIURNAL--DEVOTED ,TO NiVir4 Dolitrost, casquitanutt Cauntn, T'.(111 Ijziitita rtidts. Wilmot on. the M i rka Question. The subjoined extracts from speech deliv ered by the Hon. WO) WILMOT, in Con gress, July 1, 184'0, we, publish for the pur pose of girl g oar readers same idea of -the gross and an Infest inconsistency between. his coarse then. nd the sentiments . Which he has more.reeentl expressed in his, letter to Mr. -Laporte, and Which we published some: two week's since We- allow to every mail, pub lie or private, ,the right to change his opin ions, provided he does so from :honest conviti lions of previous error; but: we cahnot sup pose, in. Mr. Wilmot's case, that the free tra der of 1840 would be-the tariff man of 1855 , if a United States Senator were not to be elected by the' present LegiSlature. The change of sentiment in him 'has clearly pro ceeded -from an iMpure and selfish motive, and we • confide in_the honesty and intelli gence of the Legislature to teaci him, what he does not appear to know, that, under all' eirenmstances, din politics or trade, honest and Manly dealing are the only sure*passpOrt to the respect andconfidence of the people "Sir, believitig as I do, I cannot give the influence of my voice, however humble it may be, in support of the tariff of 1842. I believe it. unjuit and - oppressive; imposing. heavy burtlefislupon the labor and industry of the country, for the purpose of builditigup , a monopolizing aria privileged class. lam opposed in principle to all partial legislation. I believe-it at War with the*spirit and genius of Oar institutions, and dangerous to the equal rights and liberties of the people. This gov ernment was established for the. - venal benefit and, protection of its citizens. .If confined within its, proper and legitithate action, its duties are simple: regulating our intercourse with foreign nations, affording protection to person and property, leaving each to pursue that particular employment or branch of in dustry which he may deem most profitable, or best adapted to his tastes and habits.' * * , "Tt is urged by the protectionists, that the imposition of high restrictive and prohibitory. duties. benefits the Whole country and every 1 branch ofdomestic industry. Thik, sir,,l-de ny. In my view the falsity of this propOsi t:on is as clearly dernonstrable'as any mathe matical problem.- If what 'was taken fro 6 one man . was returned to bini by another, and So on, throughout, the whole community or State, it would benefit no one, but leave tacit 'standing exactly where he was when the process commenced. Again, all wealth is the prodtict of labor. If, by any system of legis lation, you enhance the profits of a particular department of labor beyond what' they would other Wise 'be, you • must- 'of necessity -draw those increased. profits from the labor - of some - other. this proposition be correct; thestib-' ject would seem to resolve itself into an an swer of the siniple question: Do high protec tive tariffs increase the profits of the manu facturer ? If so, it follows that those_increas ed profits are drawn from some other depart ment of industry. _ It Would 'really seem un- ' nessary, to those having the.slightest knoWl edge of this Subject, to expend one moment in proof of.an'aflirmative answer t 4 this ques tion. WhO is it that year after year clamors so loudly for protection ! - Is it the firmer- 7 -• the industiious and enterprising artizan—tht, day laborer? ; these men are never seen - about your hulls, asking the speCial leg islation of this government In their behalf.— : • They rely upon their industry - and! eConomy to obtain fur themselves-and their families a: livelihood; It is t 4 manufacturers who come here asking, bounties and protection for the particular business- in which they have chos en to . embark their capital. Do they ask• this in order to lessen .their pricesand 'sh their profits? - his too absurd for serious . argument_ _ : "It is said by the; protectionists that the industry of the country must be protected.— This clap-tra4- phrase, together with others, such as, home markets, i rotectiou against pauper labor, &c. have los their power over intelligent and reflecting - men. Is : that pro tection to the interests of tie country which levies contributions upon ni te-tenths of its la bor to buildtup a favored an I privileged class? The boid.pioneer, whO with - his axe fearlessly encounters our heavy iforest. and subdues our rugged soil, makes a valuab e and permanent. Conquest over nature! for the benefit of man. I.le has added something tothe world's stack, and made that.whichfwas useless subservient .to the happiness . and- support,of his race. Has lie in his noble undertaking asked the boun ties of government in - his behalf 1 Has he conie with greedy and selfish grAsn, demand ing from the public treasury a. pr(ttnium up on the land cleared by 'him, or upon the wheat and corn raised as the product of his tabor ? Sir, this - man _Asks only protection limn - the' . spirit of rapacity and 'wrong. Iliit,. argues the protectionist; we desire to give to the farmer a market for his surplus produc tions. Give-to-ban, then, the - markets of the world—not seek . to restrict nitre in his- chOice, by 4 sys •o . restrictive and prohibitory du ties, whi. ;s to countervailing restrictions, and by l i - - , arro - w and selfish policy renders those whO. would Otherwise become purchas ers unable to buy. - lint it is a'home market that is . tohe given to thefariner. That is, by shutting 'hint - out from the markets of the . world, and confining him to- one, you place hint completely ' in the power of those who control that market, either to sell at their pri ces, or not . sell- at all . 'Not only this , bra he must be prohibited from seeking the tk.st and cheapest market in which to purchase arti-' des necessary for the comfort of himself and' family, but must buy of this same.priVileged . class at she - prices they. may find it their in terest:. to demand. Thus. upon both sides the fanner. fleeced. lam answered by the, pro tectionists that this is not theease—that the fitritier is be r neatted by the restrictive policy, inasintiar as he obtains more from the' maul ,facttirer than he could otherwise get' for his prodnce,:and buys of him manufactured arti cles-Aeaper than 11(4 Could otherwise nrdc.ure theM.:. This, ?sir, is begging the whole ques tion,; It comma back to.the whole argument, that high duties ch4apen the articles upon. which they are imposed. I cannot but repeat my surprise , that any man who has given to this subject ,one hour Of, cool; unprepdiced reflection, should insist upon this position as 'corre i ct. Yet, sir, on thissubject such perver- - city ii.shown by the adi , Nkates of restriction, that the &pawls of amore liberal and 'sped 'policy are called +ln' to prove, over office it that\ rs., AS. telling ter of whole them to the and over again, the simplest xiem e of politi cal and economical science.' , * • ••. . • * * • • ' .1* "Sir, the efforts•to sustain , n the one hand, and to -break.down on the other, this protec tive, poliey,lis in my Nimble Judgment, a con test between capital and, ,labor _the former struggling to perpetuate; its [privileges acidthe. latter for its rights and-,rist •rewa;•ds.4- Why should. those Who ' re . already bles.sc'td with abundance and wea ill, 'iLsk of this goi ernment, that was established for and is sue - tained by the people, to regis ate forth eires pecial benefit 1 What right lave they,tode 'nand a- monopoly,.that ;they may inalk3lo. per cent. upon their capita' ) CI Ts it to enable them to take care of and prOtect Americin industry ? Sir,- it is an iarregant and inso lent assumption, and.shhould be met and de nounced by. every than whe ?dues the equal rights and liberties of theipeople. I solemnly. believe, if this 'policy sheep& be permanentk established that no one century would pats away -before the free an&,independent labor-, ers of this country} would be reduced to ilie degrading, condition'of the laborers of - Eti s rope. It would sap and milder:mine our re publican institutions. The people would lose, the control over their owb government, -and wealth become permatient)y intrenehed in nil the_ seats and high places in' pwer. -The vast:- ness of our country, and the cheapness of the unoccupied lands, have hitherto prevented `the fu I, development and wirkiiiers of Airs 1, i systei . Had our limits been confined lei- !says : • tween he. Atlantic and . the kllei7lienies We I "The• , -., 07.. should ere this lime wituesse I the fruits - of i f &natio, is, the result of the 4ignsl revolution this system upon the laboi• ofthe country. --1-, ; in the politics_ of this State, and of .my well* t i., We Should have eteen heir,:l in Englund, known pdsition, on one at least, of the-important imiu, wom e n and eltildrenvor - itig front foui- -issues upon which that revolution turned, and teen to eighteen I nut through Any vanity or "Saeming of ; my Ilium in a day for a' mere subsistence. - It i, this acetirsed policy of leg- I °"'',. . ' 0 islating for the capital of This is true. The Judge Was one of idiot:, - the +wry, togetlf I who, in the " late signal "revelution" in this er with the paper nioneY! system, thatleis contributed more than all Other causes to nii- I State, was calculated upon by the enemies of ten upon the Enelisli lab4er , it was well known, slavery wors t! than that of the lash. The C. intlition•tlf his 1 .' E llie.fleniocimic Party, and whb, undoehtediv, as Would forsake his old party to giye power to one likely to foie!. him existence is Work or stair s. IfrsicknessOr I .. 1 into the United States ; Senate.- His " Well accident interrupt his labdr tint for . a day, ili position" was antijNebraskaisin, and mine stanishim illilie fa 4. This is what th'e I known • this-was made the pretext in ! the North to capitalists! and •privileged i.claAses haVe done. • f ,,- . ~. ~ir , i t win aver"resolution:'.idielp on with' the "resolution:'. But, Judge for the English laberer. -,, Wi or'should remember that . .a - i light v be when wealth and privilelTelare allowed ti, change has been effected in Public sea invent. levy their exactions upon -:labor. When as- 1 , I . .Dernagogue.s.who Used the secret organ zation arice.becomesliberial—when Wealth ceases iii, for their O.WII ends, are not gulag to et i ppon. desire' new acquisitions—wihen capital is sat;- ' to take him under their wings, with anti-fie with _moderate. profitsHthen;•and not braskaisin flanging on to hisskirts.. Oh, no ! till then, will -latali, undeir, this.system, ret• ceive its just rewardi. It 4 does - not now re- A nationality is to' be given to -the know i s,. Nothing organization, and the slavery' ques ceive them, but on the other li rid, is cruel! and unjustly plundered of . it„S ightful earn- Lion is no longer te b a subjeet.ofdjscusSion, ings. All businem in whildi ' apital.aed la, de either iu or out of Congress: Fu4C-Seilistn done very well to help the car in motion : but as southern slaveliolders are invited - to take hors are: employed, is a jiVint enterprise in Which there should be a fair and -just division the. "peculiar institution "4nust . ,..iro of theprotits. After paying to capital Wfair passage , along.. Strange things will.h4ppen; Mite,•to interest; upon its ineestmeni,a;tnl a reasonable per cent. upon the risk ineurred, the•balatice ..see.the Judge side by side with slavehnldersi N, ~ought and of ritiit tlONobefealgl to labor. But is an ' ' labor obtains it mere subsistence, while (eta; monthgliliation veiittle .thought of.a !lew s - ago. .. . The disinterestedness, however of the Jedge, tal can ;e,:ireely count its ile.-iiiiS. Is.this jug; iin regard to the United States Senatorship, tice to. the, laborer? It isltlii.• lonly measure - is manifested in quite a peeuliar manuer, of justice - he Will ever receive a the hands of .. „ 1 ,1. %Alen he says : - . • !privilege and monopoly."- t . '* • *r * ; e While * . *.,:' * * i‘i I I elaini no eminent,q alifications or, - ii •• • r , , 1 i the efliee; /do nererthekss, believe dial my elec " I have been told here and 4sewhere, that 1 • 1 l i on i s e o ott i l . ( a l in union resrs, be renyttnate ; espee. no man can stand as the adVocate of this doti.; cementing for.futuro...ae trine. It may be so. - 1, ItOweYer, de not be; 1 li on the' m e t n ln w i h n o g' e n li eve the , lute signal veto. lieve it.. Of this lam certain'; ;that th.ereard.l . ry in this State." -! those in my State—nor are tlie, a few—who I No doubt his electibu . would, be very or ti f t - can, and dare,: and, if need be will! fall in i nate to himself, but would it not. be unfortut their.sup.pert. But e .sir, they ri ill not fall---' ; ha t e to t h ose w h o "'el now e ,,,,:„ g( A.in ,phis they can stand triemphanfly in these doe-!iterittK gnow-Know with the coat of trines, if they will but rely 'tip n the V ow - ''' irtueilnaliOnality ?II '' can efforts on the span Of and intellimenee of the people. Sir, this' re - ' ! tbe - Jiidee work out the result Which he an, a strictive system has not beep met in Pennsvl-1 1 titillates .: his election would :produce ? He vania as it onglit 'to have been. Prominent; i nia " " • ' in" y cement and " unite ' • this • State, ._ partizan leaderS-H-those who gave tone andl! ~ the leading., demagogues %silo' produced' the direction to public opinion4-wl o in d'greatll late ":revolution "'but how is lie to " cement" measure moulded the political faith of ouri; and "unite "them With slavehdlders whom people-bave shrunk from lOOkine• it full . in! '' l ° 1 liee has so often anti so bitterly denounced? the face. Bather than labbr for ,the reforo; - Again lie says, in his letter speakine• of of abuses, they, have found it_ e, seer to Salle-1 his - et Mrs tariff' ' - V - 15 . tion and .promulgate error.' i I cannot believell, 4 v 4 e on the . .1 -: • .on say the main elijeetion . nre•il • atel'aSt that the staunch republicanS, lof that noble o!d ! , me arises out of an impression entertained I by Conimonwealth, the: mightiest, sir, in her re-1 many that' lam unfriendly to tine great interests sources of all the states of this Union, will ul- li of our State. This is a total misapprehension t.imately sane: thin a system so fatal to liberty, ;!of my feel:ngs and position,and apriags doubt. so host i le to t h e . equa.. r i g h t 4. of h e p9 4 1 ,.._-,. lessfroin the fact, that in 1846,1 eould not net Time was when Pennsylvania pr .. -ate.' even''with my. colleagues hi a profitless and obstinate' greater unanimity in favor of a nlitional bank i support of the tariff of 1842." than would now be claimers; for tier in favor ' Vs hat is meant by the great interests of 1 , of the restrictive poliey. v et wh en - t h o - o r ..tour State rI . Judge WiLmor might- well say :options of that institution Leers ~ • 1e expOsed— that his freetrade noons are calculated. to when its vast power for Karin, its (lan ' i ' „eron m Produce the greatest. amount' of good, and th still be oonsiitent. : The advoCates- of free tendencies, were understood--he republicans were firmest and foreost hi the war against i• .trade, as Well as those of the tariff policy, say it. So, sir, I believe it will fie Mien boll and that their respective doetrines,if put in prac feirles.s discussion shall havexposed the i• flee, will promote the "great inteiests 'of our, egtintly ilangerOus system b:0 wh ch privilege state." So far as results are concerned, both sides sing the same tune, - and ;the presume • and monopoly seek to swalliov ip the just earnings of labor`- I have faith Sir in the in- ;the Judge-iutends always to be lon the safe we telligenee and plitriotisin of the People of my i side. . ft native State. I have never found - them tin-'But, setts as le his doubtful phrase, „ n ,f ersta „, l t h e ii ask the_ candid reader if Judge l'il..xt.stor, has willing to heed, pr. unable t 4 di m ., ii not uniformlfbeen in oposition to ''the arguments lof reason and truth. 1 In My tact,tylieriver I!went pending the canvass of il -} °iieY / . has he not, over . and ,r•over again, .1844, in patine and in privafe c on the stump, i!Yxcluitucti : against the " lords of the loom and 0, tand detioeoced thee' as wealthy' and in the confidential ciile. 4my 6y,, i!e spindle," limillionaire s , who. continually seek to obtain friends, I- toke upon - this SlilojeCt as I have ,!by legislation front the poor Whet is not their here spoken. Ne. 'banners Mere 'thereraised bearing imitiptiens for the tariff of 1842. Sir ;'duel 'And - -now, when. it iS„ said ho is I I am; fully 'ilwareicif the resphnsibilits of •ray i;misrePresented on' the l•anif question, we' find', position; but I I:hotid of. t h e I;liini forsaking his principle, 4 tfor''the very per-' r place I. ocinipy,,lumfo4 be, tinwo thy hy the' stupportiof a ipose of accomplishing what he Says lie has'' generous Constitoency;if like ill coward, ilno anxiety"to, obtain.. The wing press'of this shrunk front meeting that resneibility.— i'State, without an exception, point. to the Were I ambitions of other 'Usti etion than :course of Judge Witzior, when a member of that of a faithful Performance pfd' ty, I should ;Congress, as aim evidebee that.'the il l -Democrat . have remained . silent, and, by 'm course On - i l ,ie partY. .was' free trade in ;principle.. And 'this question avoided the bitipr denuncialion 1 now, after thisslang haiatteched. somewhat which I am . fully conscious 'will be poured I : to the parisf, the very man Who Was ,uno- of; out upon me by the interesold advocates ofl theinstruments by 'which. is was . etineted, high - duties. My district, sit!, - rimy 'lie made I coolly turns round,aialwiShes to he numbered' the theatre next fall for their ;combined ()per.. i among the advocates of the tariff of 1842, or r ations,. to to be regarded equal with them as an atione ! . to crush one who, in the diseharge of high duty, has-shared, in a felddeluanner, to I advocate of the taritr peliey. Is this not the boldest' species of hypocrisy which these evil vindicate the rights of the _petiple, against the times has yet thrown upon the pialitical star, encioachments of monopely.iand wealth. ; I should: not be surpfift4 were soul the case-; •Of;e'l Is it. nnt.tbn, • ~ and so sir let it Ixt.if monopt.3lV chooses .to i :.'. ,- 1 . : !.,- • -1. Base . bowing of the.itriee, ' . • make that its battle-ground. The fight will .1. .. :, That thrittemy follow fawning?" not be mine, but- .the peOple'; their dearest / And yet_ we are told that he is not' "selfish". - rights and not my Nimble still, Will be the Or "nrobitionsl",and that lie, will not visit stake at issue. The resoluta tin favor of Harrisburg for far of -being 1 1 subject to ems the tariff of 1842, passed by liedate legisla7 Picion I" . ture of Pennsylvania, and which bra 1e been .:. The letter, taken all.in all, is - a Curiosity -, presented to this House, weretipen y and ably and rives the Judge either a •iniserable . pol- 1 ' opposed 'by representatives falai, 4.4istrict; itician or , what we always thought him, a and - sihile I.entertain the big* respect for mighty W,eltk inan': Ile came down from the an expression of so enlightened rit'd . patriotio Bench last fall, worked bird ini favor- of ebody,'l bold myself responsible._ my - con- the Whigs and- Know-Nothin g s . fle threw! ; (411 stituents alone for My course up, n!..this and •aside the judicial ermine tebich.thedertioem: all other - questions upon which I Way be call- ny, in pity for hint, placed : llp° - ifhlsshOulders, i . ,I• - - / . . ed upon to act. To their ;nett. ig,.ti4iis I would And clothed himself iiithiegitimenta of a rid cheerfully .. bowl however mu h 'they Might itician; forgetting The earliest appeals he made conflict with my opinions." . -to bir. old party to 'do something . for . him. itG*CULTURE, SCIENCE ? 111.1'D MORAttri. r rs4an Vorning, I ftbruarn .'22))1855 • I Hon. David Wilmot and the United States Senate. • . A perusal of the letter from lion, IYAVto • WILMOT, in answer to'one written Mtn by B. LsecurrE, anti which was published sotne.days ago in the - MOri!iity Herald of this place is well calculated livcreate the itn , pre:4ton that the Judge had _no "sinister" mot-ive3 in the course he clloSelto - pursue du ring the last political'eontestl-in this State. Bnt, although the letter is wiiktert'with that smoothness and, apparent . - tlisinteresiedneis for which the - Judge is peculi . 4 . rly 'fitted, he has, unconsciously, iu'drawing up the! cloak .to hide his face; left tin.)cloven foot sticking out. That the diligent . efforta 'he made use of to defeat Gov- Broi.Ert and elect GoV.Poi,- .LooK, Were the-result. Of an i-anxiety 'to. be eleeted .I.7nited- States Senator, is beyond all doubt; and that this letter was written with., the hope it would minister to; , ltis election, is . , equally clear. - The idea time, he was ,misrep resented herein regard to his Course on the tariff question, while a member of Congress, is ‘yorse than folly. No ore . thought of such a thing. He represented a . constituency who 1 were, with one voice opposecr'.to' any and whO, of all others in the State, were most inclined tci.favor }fie ddctrines. of , free trade.. Men -may pelitin pofitical somersets 'on questions of minor importance,. butfor the Judge noW to say' that he.wail even a mode- rate_ tariff man,.is too absurd :for a moment's congideratioti. But to the letter. TheJtidge And'whY was-this? Does any 'man ,auppOSe .he worked for principle—for the . mero. par-, pose of creating a ".moral.effect " ,in regard to the Nebraska and Kansas bill ? No! ;be was Working for the United Slates Senate; and it is the worse specks of - Mee . option' for him now to say that, the SEnatorship wasinot a part of the game he was playing. - Judge Wri-mot has left ;the Democratie party--forsaken its principh*-L-sold his "birth. right" to get n " Mess 'Of - pottage,' and We hope he tuav,•have a good .titne.ia . "cementin g . an d a' un ilina..n -s. the heteroge.; . _ neous!mass of.whieh • Ite.hak now become •.a part. If the Keow-Nothings have- as . 'much, trouble with-him as die detnocraey Inta had; they Will find their hand's `When ..they least suspect him he will kick over thetraees and step the wagon. The only .vrey for do with.liim that will' approach 'success, is put a choke lineon him, and when "he. cuts up any of his shineN7 draw. the lin? tight, and render him •Vn, Behuties of know-Notbingisni..i. „ ..... - NI , eicall the special attention ()four readers to the speech of Mr. Lrrri.a.rotts, the Speako of thelNew York ,House of RepmsentritiveN upon the subjectof Know-Nothingism. \ lir; beauties are:faithfully set out,' and forcibly presented,. . ' . I .`Mr. Littlejohn . (the Speaker)-hadsUpi4 that When' he last addressed the House . t.' would ibe the last he "would•have -to Say • o ;this question. But. since -then nothing. bt t i charges upon charges had.been . -mat e again. t his character - as a man... Ile was n . man ' f change. Ile Would, in What he ha l . to sa •- endeaVorto treat every- man in- the prope spirit. The gentleman from New Yerk,: (M Petty)lhad-said, he (Mi. IL) bad, come, dow . on the lloor to speak. • Mr. L. said if, •whe he took the Chair as Speaker' of . this bus his constituency was to be deprived Of .hi . voice, forever begone the 'honors of the Chai . With regard to his feelings' that = the Cause' needed, assistance,llr. L. said it was not Wi4. 11. SeWaril that he loved, lint: . his: peinciideS.: He disclaimed "that 'he asked a. single voee •i to : place him in the.Cliair of the House. ' . .STC) 1 true liad a wrap} of paper froth him. contain- , ling. any pledge.. Thus he denied that he had deceived any one: Whenever•spoken to on the subject, lie had always replied' that I l i' I intended to leave the matter to the _Whigs o the Ilotis e .- Re never belonged to a' Know Nothing lodge in his county, anti never Mad any prOniise to.vote against - Wm. IL Sevrarti.: go had never beet Onside of a Know-Nethin' - lodge; :; He-had.nOt Wanted to be returned t 1 the House, but his party.friends insisted npo his receiving the 'nomination, and he toOk :i AsltO the Temperance.noirdnati o n tlftaig he received such nomination,•it was withou his influence or advice. As to his connexto with ,the Know-Nothings, he would tell all b. knew , of it: Last:Match, while a niernbcr ii this Honse, some of his friends asked him t attend i lecture..- He Went with them .to, room,. Where he was assured by. the officers o that. SeLicty that he, was to do nothing this was . cOn!frary to anything against which hi. - conscience would revolt: -He *as - asked td, make . a:protnise. He did make' the. promise . and if. his recent cour,e :was treason, :make the 'most °fit- If had . perjured himselt make ':tbe trick of that.. He now -• declared himself Opposed to the principles of this • Asi sociatien. •As to his Pledge to vote against 4 WilliaM IL Seward; • rooted might be hili. tongue to his inouth, if he ever made 'such a pledge. ! He..-U f -ohld .give, 'as briefly. as 4 7 1 could,i a !complete ezposition .of :Know-Noth4 1 ings ; blit he 4-otild 'say, freen . the mome'ut piac fleft thatlroom !in this city, to., this, he never ; entered it again: It was enough for him .td say that Ihe saw in that' room-what t i vOuld prey vent an ponest man from' ever_ entering again; As to w io- be :saw there, their. names . would 'never be divulged by him. He admitted that. the foreign vote had an rindue influence in our election.; - And lie saw this-in the last Pres idential election. . •Had Mr.'Se . ward theintlttence overibreign , ers ascribed. to . Min, do you:suppose- 'that Mr. Scott would have been defeated ? It was this feelingagainst the influence of foreign voters which led 'him to go to, the meeting he bad alluded - to: This organization, in its original idea, was sitiiple—to meet the banding .of men on One side, to .meet.tbe banding, of men on the other. itt no, political nomination , was to be made. • And thus far it. was tight: But what Was it now I, -Was. itan institution to which an honorable man—a freeman—a Christian-- , -cotild belong'? ' He thought. it was not. He believe:l men here. belonging to it were honest, but iheyiwere . deCeived by , political, tricksters.. In 'July last: . a - Grand Lodge was organized called a Grand Council. Go to New York and you find .the .Grand President--. 4. W. Barker—occup - ying.ll pow- • er in the State - equal . to a Monarch.. And tbis'Grand President alone Apix)ints:one dep' ntv in each county; and. What sort of a man will this deputy be I Why a second .self.,- , And what does this deputy do? :He is arm ed wiWttie power to•create :is man} ' lodges in the,)toWns of the State as 'he pleases, He' selects nine men tia. the nuelnes - of these ledg-: es, to establish them i this second Self of J. W. Barker selects these nine mcn,""aild these.nine tnen select three dele#ates to tite.Grand Coun cil, to nia4e , nominations and Oaths to hind body-md:soul of 'the innOcent nteMbers - i . o the Order. These officers are thus the crea- , ture of One man—James AV. Barker,.in New. York. : ' -. . • *- . . . .. Did ever atnan conceive anything so ,huni ble in a Republican Governmetii.' These del . ,egates areto le-main as such dirrs— yea.-, Two _hundred lodges send thus - QUO Men to this-Council—all of whom, are ; . the, creatures of Barker. The .duty of. these, men,-,-this Grand Council is. to- make 'oaths tf; bind - iuen who are invited to 'hearleetiires and leMake no., nominations: - .Original know-Nothinegr ism was to use influence:again & 1. 1 foreign - -iM lluence., This,as:a'Whig, he, Mr. L., _Could go :with. -- Mr . . L. had read 'lai, , the, • proceed.iugh of the .Graud . Connell,- ill' purports ; of which - vias,i, that no delegate w s-to be receiv ed w ho. didino t sustain their Stato -tiqtet, and membetsnoVveting for . 1.1111amt4.. wore oxpell- ed......MN. , L. amain:rented On, these., proceedings 1 pointiOg out their . tyrany.'',,,llC-inquired if fa ' Europa there was any power ;sp. deipotie: Had- anything i n'thia - broad: land . evet.-:been - 1 beard_ - of equal to this t • Vaa - ,ever. fl .. ..rnan I called upon and requiredr-tosay,' under - oath, i . Avbether,he did that which. the.. Cenititut r ien; I Says luir,64-40., WhetheX:l4 - vefed. - -!. - agatinit, I a certain tioni-1: . - And liduitrus-tho - minDis: of I I vOtioirfot Geis'.l - Clarkt- -.Aitd-yet.thii Society called .krtieri. - can,•expelled inet.for .tiotiitior 3 ttaiuntt I - Su:Ott' i:n; Gov Clark. Was smili a Seciety,worthy of the name of - Americin 1 - And he would`' that in twenty four months no man- will . be found Who will acknowledge : his CODEleetkill with sire') a. political Isamu.... Who'were the turn on this ExecutiveConunitteeV He would not say it of all; butsome of theta were-men of broken reptitation—whose,inames were:oii : the criminal ialendar : of New ; York- 7 -men corrupt.. . There was anotler pinkerf, entered with 'these nine men, which , was tkat ithy five men of these Councils may rejeet Idea-ball any applicant. Was-this _DemdchttiP But why_ was this Why, James. T.Barker might , lose the power and eentior. liebad;*.Tbis scheme was pe rfect and could lint be altered' in three years: There 'we's - prer to'altei it. :It has been .said .- " - ther gotmcils may in" struct these - three dele,itita4, - .td- overcome the _designs of 'J.- W.-Birk - en But;' this i s_'riot true. The by-laws gave the :Tight :of appeal.. to .I. l ' W. Parker from. -'the Grand COuncil. - These schemes.. are - - perfect, -they-are not iknown Co the inissehad Hof been to him but he bad learned them - since] Is arrival in Albany, Mr. L. had 'read rsolutions, directing emissaries to 'be-rent to, Albany, to defeat the ,re-election... of 1Vra...4. Seward'; as also other prOceedings,exhibiting' the powbrs of the Ori n , - .nose proseidings were read from a neyrs per.' t The first re.s'o- - lution,said Mr. L., required the collection of some thouianD men here to iiitruct memberS -here how to vote on the Senatorial question: Had the people sent idiots hereto represent The next, wis directing measures to be:taken in regard to Offending Councils.' And 'what wars the offende? They had dared to;act, independent ly. ; Grand Council . had made nominations —not knowing, perhaps, theY ked,been made=, they were to be eipelled. If this'. i Grand Coun cil could do this muol, What :was 'there they might not do? lie remembered the Inquilition =the: acts' of the fesuits—lmi their powers. would be - as neught i e ockpared with -thiii Mgani: , zation., Who knowa,but tite,thumb : serew=the tortures, of the Inquisition =might yet be ordain 7. (Id by this Noir York Connell,/ •lint 'American poWer and American freemen will never, ho be lieved, submit to the. , establishnient of this'Urgit 'itization. Mr: L. had read proceedinge of &Conn ' eil in Brooklyn, which took place last November, denouncing the action :of the ; Gptad_C,onneil.= lie only had _ thii scar to.show that that had al ready contmedeed;"Which "[Pi carried out throughout the 'State.. He meant that this-pollt .ical.engine would be hurled i from power in this State. There aireadz exists i. 'anothe r organiza— tion which carries otit that iriniple. I . lie found.publisfied 'in the! Times reselntions, to all which be could assent. ! He formed a yes olution denouneing_Slavery as. a =Oral and Polit . ieal evil; and all the , others her-could assent to. Those 'who - ex perieneed the : trite-:irrieisenii * Feet: hag conid join this ,organization. :And he 'baited . his - wediction on this moven:fent; in 'which - men whe . felt the yoke of the other orpnization,woeld turn lo . this for relief and power to overthroW s thd others. Thortfore, could an Oath, which was in violation of a manVconscience; be binding.= The sin was intentionally_taking such an oath and he censidered it brie which he ought now to • be forgiven. It was a sir; against his coantix.— nias like an oath to commit a murder. - It was u'inurder, of the' i man's. rights, •If n man, breaks, a wicked ,oath, would the, Creaior punish-himfor. it? No, sir. Ile was willing to risk his reputa tion and all ell upon it. I - And se will the - 1*- 000 _others, w h i n they Wijl _come to hare calmly considered this question. He had read an oath puoshed by. this Association, taken in the third' deg e, in which men are required to swear the.t will not diyulge the secrets of the society,' evert - before a legal! tt,lnnel„.2 • E IVe'clip the following from thePns -• , - I sytconiaa; and think it chronicles l a fact.wor . 1 thy of imitation' by "other Tresses th at are en ' gaged in the bad work of sustaining a _Secret politicalorder, whose deeds done wider cover of night, peril the peace of the country. Lit our friends in this section who 'hare been toe-i . - trayed into - a conviction with and - suppert of this treasonable i conspiracy take courage froM the, example of the bourii.r and niake taste to "do likewise:' ;._ , • - TERRI) 9? BAD Courssi.--=-In sepeaking of the political organizations'of Kriow-Nothings, ' the Lebanon Courier, which has hitherto warmly advoeated the principles. and policy ot . this dangerous and anti-repulican -body,. ~ titters the following condemnation of put-. - poses, after fully nnderstanding them :- , _ " For our part, we have no iympithy for se. eree3 7 , In political action, and we hope' soon to see the 'day when all secret - political aooeties - will be dishanded, and the motives and Princi ples of every party hung On the - ,banner an the • outer wallichallenging the-public , scrutiny and judgement," - Ile Ccitrrier,here takeslbe right , view of political parties. There is no Seeurityto,pri= vate rights or petion,al safety. irt‘ - any . Other titan . an open political organisation. ' The - Strife ft r power in thet.SeeretPrder is as fieroe: ha out ait, andle who gets at'llie,..head of .. iliac! body, acting,ai it does by the most Clan- ' destine tneans,'would he - ii dangerous man in any community. It should be recollected that p wer stilfintexitate the, best hearts, as wine t strongest heads. No man ic wise °Hong! ,or good enough to be' trusted ' , With 7 10 unlimited power- 7 4hr, whitteveriluallitleationti m he ay bave 'evinced toentitle him to - the - took - session Of so dangerous a privalege,let itiety - in full , posiessiop,;others: can- no longer „an swer for him ; bec ' ause he can noelottge.r in, steer for himself. The imwer ofitin?w4tat'.- ingism spriing trtainleflomthe _See - rosy' and suddenness. of its atm* - It!was,Mora -to' be (treaded:from - this laot :than. Erato ito nnigni tilde or prepiblolurition, flullie stor ms or . life,,thoe that are foresee' ass hal(overeome., - The .7(foon, (we bad almost Sitittiiii:',Viany) is aiust cause of alarm to!thebelronnetsponir. - ci ng on a vessel, as in tat t le on' Ita'prey:-..- . ' We have - seen and - know t edirngerandtbert fore hare.its.wrilaludf, vonqdered alraed,y. -- A little. (bum Olen:" *id prudent* on - :oit -• part to the•iihoionorthe candidates for lititoT - ", lio offieei.vvill consign the Order to - the " tomh' Of .. tlie tapulete," a fitting, reoeptaele.*lfi_ hing so corrupt. - : - ..: ; i--, --. ,RATHER PERSONAL.---k D er r tOtk":o4itOr ! finding a cabbagaseo - in 4, letter received from a.,brethei.qeill, meets fp know hta correapOilvierlt hat the habit Aciatching his heal nhile I ___.l -~ ~.. '-~ .: i.