Otor# A. 4 tt Last, ,abli44r', ottrg. , N ' An :Angel of Patience:. . • 'Beside the toitSodte. way, -I . -; - • . , Lowly and sad, by. fruits. and flower ablest, - Which my tone . feet tread Sadly, ti '' by 11 ~1 0 ;I- ... . 1 ' ' I.oaging in vain for relit. ; - i k i An angel softly Wallcs, • ' • ,With pale, aWeet Mee, and eyes cast meekly • down, 'The while• from withered leaves , and flowerless - stalks • " 'she *eaves My fitting crown: A slowitit ad patient graee„,_ A WI of firm endurance true and tried, Or suffering meekly borne, rests . on her face So pure—so glorified. 9, And when my fainting heart Desponds and murmurs at its adverse fate, Then quietly the nugel's-bright part, Murmuring-softly . 4 Wait.' Pfttleoceer she meekly saith— TePather's mercies never come too late, Gird thee with patient strength and trusting And firm endurance wait'." istellantons. illainors of the Rail. Passovers 1;y. the r likoad: who - travel Inuel:.t..have,--intlered not a little ; this • winter frOm . detentions occasioned .by l 'snow storms and snow drifts. We chanced to be one, of a coackload that was leleagued,,. a week or two ago, - for about three hours. on the., - Cen- Aral road.' - A light snow had fallen the night before upon the,mass of old ` snOw, - and the witfd springing up and blowing a gale, .the track was filled in in a deep cut. An army of knights of the shovel were soon on hand, And while- they were quarrelling with the drifts thepassengers:attempted to ' kill time.' They succeeded pretty'. well. tAnd elderly, jocund looking gentleman took 1 his turn to warm himself by the stove. While enjoying this luxury. he suddenly exelaiMed : • This is the meanest country 11 was ever. in . • • in my lifer .1 ' • .-. Presently he broke Out .• • I never did see such 'a mean; country as this is!. have heard Jell of York State, be fore. ThiS'is• the firsftime I . wa'seyer in it, • and' Ido hope it will .be the last :1' This remark aroused a cadaverous gentle. - man near by, who had been fOr fiYe minutes ~engaged in -devouring an -apple: • Said he: . • Don't see what you find to . Make • a ftis 'about--can't see anythine, from the windo,ks of the,cars that is derogatory to I New York al a State' • . . 'Can't .eh.?' exclaimed 'our grumbler.—,, Welk I can I see_enouth toclist,T s ust the with it, and to make me, wish Lli.sd never seen so -mean a State as Your State is! . At this a New Yorker fired and sung out: ' ' ~ • See heii; my friend'!'What is the mat ter with NeW:York I' ,_. -- .Mattel!' replied the other ;finntter elm A! "f ere is New York—the Empire . 0 S b bight and wealthiest State in the= r -., :,-' • We all know that-- Of course you do—no disputing: it ; but aid was saying --here .is New ,York, this 'great State, boasting of het square miles and her millious of population, and yet so mean that she eatet afford but three feet 0., snow on a level ! ! I detest such a State A roar of laughter followed this unexpect ed announcement, One old chap sung out : ' Say, Mister !' ' Say, what P . 'Say this. Yon talk about "snow. Ain't it, eep enough for you here 'I HOW deep is is where you cum from 1 Where did you co t r from I um a c nywayf' efrom the Superior Cunt r.y.' _ How deep's the snow tip your way r Deep ? Bless you; my .dear old boy We don't pretend to live anywhere where it ' ain't twentv-two feet on the level `and as to drifts! talk, about your Peak of T eneriffe and Himmalaya mountains ! Mere knolls com pareed with thein r They all idt , Old Superior' go, after that. Another old fellow insisted that the snow was deep enough in Otsego county to suit any body. He said' when: the third - storm came, the sclx)imaster was boarding out his peek with him. He stopped five.',weeks, and then began to' get uneasy. The school house was half a mile away. .One morning peda gogue determined 'to travel out - and find the _school rouse. He started en the icrust. and and after traversing the usual ronte, and get - Ping into what,..be believed to be the irn ;mediate vicinity' of the school house. he was pon-plussed., No building was in sight.— Ile thought it one timb that be hild found it but the object that attracted ,hiS attention turned out to he the top of a maple tree.—. Bearehing round further, he suddenly slump ed through the snow and laniel in the school room! Two days afterwards the trus tees drew him out with a rope ! Well: exclaimed another mat, 'this is a winter that Clay and Webster Would have enjoyed if they hadbeen alive? I Clay and Webster r cried out; a dozen ; ',what on earth'has this winter got to do with thetal !.. A good deal,' he replied ; it is a nation al winter. It knows' no north, nn south, no east, no west. Tbey are skatintr, in Florida, buried in snow in New Yoik, all ice and cold on the Mississippi, and are havitut considers- We winter down east. Just at this moment, the snow having been <cleared away, toOti toot! screamed the whistle, and the train moved on. -An hour was pleasantly killed.—AubUrri American. Thsrr,in a &Bilis at first 1:Ire a aNder web ;if neglected it becomes 1 a thread of of twine ' • 11y s ea .. 1,1 5 .; and . 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ANIEL wsßertut . ..,' a tuerele tterary - point of V , iew,this,per , may be' 4id.of \lt..Webster, that he is (.1 ' the on:). piuWe' (al and fervid orator, since the glorious days, _Grt..ece, whose style is so di s-, 4 - .iplitted,-thatknv of his - griat.... public ha rvitgues Mightkhe used, as models 'of comp..- i_zition. -Ills ItinVilage is beautiful). ruru,. and his. combreatit.:'s of it - exhibit More -knowl edge of the get it's, ,pitit,, and classic vigor of the. _English to.gue, Than it has entered • the /11 mind of any i4tes-..0r. of ' rhetoric to appre hend. As the:l:oost oupetguas sweeps of pis sion in hint ar.'l: ; perlakkA,and informe.l, • An d. guided hy; ilt:it i lrct : 'o t. l !`' tno;:t earnest sang files of itte11...d.. - eern . tole calmed and Made . gentle in 'ICIA- titernence 14. a more esseto , , „•114 . . ' 'f,,.. . itat ratioLvt:llsl td' iiiN . .. o. -: i hat i nipelious !hind. ,Lici, ,ii,fita: lit.to defy the universe., is _ e i ver subordit+, 1)),..:t ki0.14 facination, to [he pet fetit 13, - ,: ,- ..)f grace.. In I.k.ie Highest- of his intellecte - :, :d igits—and Who Can- fellow 1 the wing re I t of that eagle mind t.:.--in the widest of his it 4trial ranges+and , who shall measure theirtent. I—lie'; is ever moving . with-Abe Sever . 41. tone of heanty. •No one-- . would' think : 'f. l . ; saying that 14r. Webster's speeches are Al rOwn .otf with ease and cost Lim but little . Ort; they are clearly the , re -1 .salt of the int'i , est stress of mental .energy yet the mantle iis never discomposed ; the t decency :tiedpt i priety of the display never in terfered .witli •i- 'e. is alwat a fir , m3ter L oan his , . .• r genius ; you : , ... I the lebtli i but: not. -the. in. e. malt" of the In .O. Whether, - with extended ~ a i r uu,- he strive; e s. the ' yelulantes drircorges'of his adversary, fir, With eveV ficithy called . home, concentAtes the light and h e at of his bein!.:, n. in, devekiiiin ,, lute principles those great , r• sentitnentSandigreat ittsti4ts, which are his ,inspiration ; i •1111, - the orator stands forth with the - Majes $ 'and christened - -grace of Pericles himsel ':I .in the fircest of encoun ters with the d j dliest of fOos,the mind which iS . . enraged is ')never perthrbed ; the style which lelps lik'lthe fire ofLheaven, is never disordered.A . ;:,., in Guide's picture of St. , i . .. Mitthxtel liert4; the dragon, while ' . , the gnarled intlselOof the arms and hands attest the utmost stra h of the Strength, the counte nance remains - 11:lacid, serene,:and u isturb; 1 ed. In Ili i,a-g ' , at quality of mental j ignity, I I Mr. Webster's peeelies have becom l more and more eminent. , The! glow and - lustre which set his - •, ,. rlier' speeeltes a-blaze with sirlendor, is .in. its later dis Courses rarely set forth ; but the have gained mile in' the in erk,a,e of digni.o than theY: hare parted with in the diminut In - Of.hrilliancy. We regard ! hi , late speec*_., moil,efore the Merchants of -.Phil .ade.lphia as on l ' , :of the o moil Weighty and ad -mirable x)f. the ' ntellcctual 'efforts or his life: 1 The ran2e,of r ' found and; piercing wisdom; . 1 the exquistte a ,1 fault/es.s ' .; . taste ; but, above 10, the august tal indefectible dignity that I arc illustrated from the l'aginning' to the I 6'l of that gm '''.' di,iplay o' imiturei'l and fin ' i isl ccl strength •leaVeus ire, mingled _wonder e, .., i an] rerelepee. , 'There.is one sentence there, 7, I whi c h seems t<ll s almost to reach the Intel-, 4. tual subliffil : '.; and wiiiiih stirs within us the uepthS . of sfinristity and . admiration,. we cell(' heartily . *ish that the. 'young men of 1 Aricriea Would.:ijnhale 'the almost su,pra-mor ' tal spirit Whielfill breathes: , --' 1, Would not with any idola(feus admiration regard the Cf.4s:stitutiOn Gabe Unite& Suites,. nor any other, workofitan.: hot this side - of idolatry, , I•hiold it iti pr and respect. I' belfere that nolhuman :working on such a subject, no-hu min ability ?xe;lited for such an end, has ev er rodueed so much happiness, or holds out 110 ..to .so tnantmillions of people the pioi pe t, through - ...z - .lcli a succeion of age., .ind 1 , awl:: of sointulfiliappiness4a- the COustitu . 0(11 Of the ' 4ited Star. : . We who are het for 0ue12",f•,61:.17iii.,n--firr a single .li fe— mil yet in lour f. veral s.tAtions and relations: -iii ,ti.eietyintrwted in . s,.ine, degree with its prolteeii , 4l!atti.l.lilll:o!l". whitt.4lar does it de yoli-e, 1k 114 11 l; 4 <l••r= i' 'not deitfve upon . usl' In , '.be name 44,4t.0. , :ati awes'-and a remote poii 7 terity, we hail lie aiiitor Of this and similar ors ions, as Ni 4 b:.t..i. the Obmpian : - , i But we leav'iff,siitj.-,...1 WhielLwe have in• . cid i entalle totte:)ed, i‘ineerelv ti i , ,tinirni tug ant , atteinpt to ,-s ,4 llnate the'44jartioter or. define tlielgreltne . 1 ItVi...i.Ft.ir: hi 1-...f%-1 , -li..e to him : we 'feel, as.eie fo s!:id :o ;''t::L-,--ar, '.,Vil mil i .atr ie ,dl9,l4l7;l4:tierippit: • ..-.HI-L....-eu.--i.------------ ..fi: l'Ai-rrstiftit Piettire. .. • , )Life is l4,aiit fully cen-ifiaie , l to a fountain i fedllbr a ihol4d 'stream:, that perish if one It 1 - ' 'a Aver cord, twit , d .with . 21 -in' f, that pait asunder if one "be raiP nit thoughtless mortals are bY , ', Unainerable dangers, l'i -11 I , u ~ t. • - , 1 , re r . an.ge th.A . they escape so liatikliev almost all ' perish soil . ..,, . _ lariyt. We are encompassi with 'accidents ev tri da V - . to crush - the moulderio:• tenmepts we i"diaidt. The seeds of ~ 1i5.a.,.. h l 'are, planted, in: U— t constitutions by natur:. T earth and `..; linosphere whence we •iraw . •thei - breath o ~`. : life, are impregnate(' •, , ilh death : health . iit niade, : . to operate its ~ w n des ructiott,; le food that nourishes rxi.,ain. ing the element.)f det'44.Y ;! the soul i . :lat. an imates it . l4 inOrifyitigf.rstiend !i";-;ii2 , ir it. out by its own I.ctio - o; death lurk , in wa i bur' t alot*, : the ' ath '' s. '...INOtWir . P.:,1:11111111: , rr,i'7. is tile truth so 'l"..llpAblY Col:inii,',.l ..hy daily example beforo,iur eyes," how little.t). we. bly it t heart.! We . ssort ~Fee our friends a neigh bor amiing, usVie, but,-how seldom doe , i it oec i to stir thinights ;that out kW:lr shall per aps giie thal next fruitless warning to , the rt V. wo i 'a 1 ;-,1 ~' . 1 : i - .-----441-.---.0,•4‘-e--------• - ' . lftrEßEsti Ju:LE,-:i judge and joking law. , r 3'erconewere cone tag about the doctrine of transtnigration4f the. souls .of men , into ani ota4.-- , r . • F 'l- :' • !: • ...,, .. . • 1 -- I.2foir said thjadge ' , 'suppose you and I w re turned iftto a: horse and ass; Which r - la Id you prefqr.-tO he 3' ti . . 4 , 'll e ass, til belaure,' replied the law. y 1 - el.. * I : 1 ..i 'f. hy ! , fts the 41 a : * ! . 11 4 g • ..R3e,r,atise,' ' s the reply; I! J. ,b4l,ve -heard. .. ot an ASS: Wflgi if tkiiii; - -Ait . of. a' .i 14311 0. it,ert. t: er.'J . le , ' 1314ne ' where ha ve you been r - : ;tar ' trowidgw.l±,olitonet's ball •"ind as iie ga4 tin:e we : hd or it, •Fourlg,itte• in ' fit tft,e minutes, li d kuook downs *id the t math:slam that 'l't,l)ut one whale time in the hones. and ibat?-fwionged to a tes-liettle.-- We'd, the lik ` wan fiver :to bo Rea since we r ag ow NT.calTy.' 1 i - r : • , • - - Naittrcit, ',3ttsque4altna Co' mail, Ititiett, An Experimeut. We heard a good story concerning 'a ceri tain town liquor agency not.'a hundred miles from Hartford -.which will do in print. A free mil easy looking ettlomer, applied to the v.:3rekeeper for: . n pint of rum for' me chanical • r ot, was furnishednud he disappeart I.tt t,o1: long afterwards ng:flu presented Ithwe!f-3: ill() counter .fir another pint. What ple,y , A, t z.ittg :to do —with this P . t")." ' 17.• t• arc using it foi mecluinie . al ju.st filown • The paid for, and dimppe.r. Li :;:r.!-eourse of an hour the Fraue unqonwr k'llee more appeared for th e third pint.: This the azent thought best to reftiAe, him until he was better satisfied of the use IClwlsis h it was to be appropriated.. What Bre yOu (Ming with so much rum r 4 0, it is ail right ;.a party of us aro try ing an experement, and. .obliged to use this to carry it put suecessftry.! - the agent handed out liquor, and ask ed, as :his customer receii;ed: it, • What is your experiment P , - v• ° Why. the fact is,' said Mr Coon, the bottle safely into his pocket, ' a couple of us are trying to see if we can - get . drunk your runt.. We have punished a quart of_ it so far without - much suers. x, and either we •or rum will have it upon' this bottle.' 6 God be with Von.' . flow the sweasimtid thrills yottr,ears, and subdue.. almost' to teats! ..Yott• scrtice , it a .sliiiineto your manhood for the *arm drOps to rush thus:from the fountain of stul-_ tie-.q4,.f0r it Was your - mother'l4 vo•ko that ;ut tered the •farew cli. • You see tlirotif , ll the it;ais fill her eves, a. - slie fondle 4;izes af ter the ref i realing carliage; and you throw vourself hank , upon the enshons, and dream waking dttlatua, yet full of the sober realities of life. Yon have .turned from the light of hothe, and are going forth late the world— . you have l e ft boyhoiid's joys and sorrows, and, alas, much a i ightdieartedness, in the old - borne, st e ad where they will miss you so minh—far you-are aOtan ,now and must work your c own . wa y ,through the world. Not even the re straint of ai mother's glance will be upon you arm fora thoment yon will smile a littk tri umphantly and nraw up your collar with new dignity, but it is only for a inotuent.' Tice, von will l e free frOm restraint, - yet who in that vast Multitude withw liOnt. you must mingle will there be to care for you.? You feel for, thekfirst time that you will be alone, and your heart growsheavier, and you Almost wish v-on nazi claimed the shelter of home a little longer, and been content with its hum ble pleat:nits. But shall you be alone? Not so - ! HO; can you forget so*toti the parting blessing, God be with . You .kaii so He will, if you carry - With ou the . teachings of your child hood, the pure precepts That dear !midi or gave—you will be in the world but not of it—and jet, you .will not be alone ; for He who promisls to be Father to the fittherless will go with you always, Should -the way seem -lark, Himself will be your light :.sliould you grow weary of I i battle, His own arm will strengthen and sup port you_:,shotild your heart _Stint, through• manifold tertiptatims, bcG not dismayed,, for he who is strorOr than the tempter will be your deliverer ; through life he'will guide you and when v.inr. feet are flea the shores Of Jordon,' rod and His' gaff shall Comfort you." "God he with von" to the mil for OUGIIT.TO GET MAERtED.---ror whvl 'Cause the rd,glitA • are sip cold, awl 'you're growing old'; and long keeping,' were told , Unless 'Us aa , 1 whisker ! ought to, g(:t. ma: 6(.41. For Why ! You'd 1 ; alk to: cheer v np ; !ovine; wife :ear lie , dl;, , ts would all fear volt, t-ro a' fry trawl r , : Provid , c: •,)11 got her cio , e toy ! Yoou °Li : riot t., married. For why I S;ngle li c has no bliss—and- it 'wedded you kls , , rigl.t or wron g hit or your wife mai her sisret, aridmaYhi yjur cousin --so shy. - You ought to • get married. Fot why.? • Married menail grow fat—ttierkhow, too what is what:- they wear a goof hat, and eschew . strong dtitric at that— ' So they say, but that's all in my -'You ought to get married. For why ? You'd:3 ;0 bit ttp stiutr, stai , J.t -mooch things mid rough ; if-your wife's I,m.ruo is tough, ,you'll (mice something to bluff, ;hat woftll-/gii.e yuu enough to do to keep- y our ear well starched, an,l your button:. but ton holes, stockings. and sundry go I)(..;ng lute pi. A :SCO . ILY iOitOfS . .--A'f..v: i? 1 our p'sr.Ly 4.1 11 . Or stni.c?th 111:1,:, ur !..wkl„ lira til:tt Pyr . : t.tr4sh ti ;•:11 ,() ` , .1) 1 1 il . :'•int IV ‘v . .Pla Irfl ija.% Itt.:; :t ,1a: "'e' at a t,aek own boy: bo, -I.k.t of thCselads will not ?;?c:in tile- tfierirwri - s,-portagain ; and :motil ef lick back upilti that 'bright wAref 'sl,i;:y.without a shudder. The story one. During their sport, * the sled or •,:le of thi. boys ran against that of a.play ft.ll,,w';. doitig-sotne slight injury. It was. peuvoking—it might perhaps, been avoided - -but hOcv does it compare with the terrible re:ollt that followed .! The second scene is two angry boys, with flashing eyes, and s fists clenched, fighting. And the next, one of, them lying upon the snow; 'whichis scarce pater than his cheek, or the. frighte* eountenances of those who bend over him.— His playmate. Lad killed him Anger came soddenly :upon -their- peaceful sporty t Anil now, boyspeture if you can; the agony' of him who has - taken the life of a school-mate!! What. would habOtgivoo, recall that blow And yet he cati no,.morado so than he can call back todifithe Cold remains of.the ac tive school, tnate, - . who,, but a week ago :shar ed in his studics4nd : sports. - He did not *mean tokill'hitt-play talky i he intended. nothing more than you; AvhO. .hundred 'times in a hundred.little.thinips,:have.given way to pas sion . Bops, think, of this-be gentle in yonv, spotut4efoiiieisrint and manly—for true manilueeais bear (Itliroris) Journal. Speech of Hon; 11, Cobb, of Ga. - Delivered at Concord, at 'a Mass Meeting of the Democratic .Partyy Merrimac Coun ty, 2lrew liiimpshire, Ftbriary, 1856. • - You have been told that the South de manded. the establishment of Slaiery in the Territories. lam -here tai deny the charge, and brand it as false. • We make no such de- - Maid. On the contrary hwe protest against - congressionaldutervention. Our doctrine is to leave it to those who are the most deeply interested in its decision!; We stand up on the constitutional principle Of popular ssiver 7 ebrniv, atid•offerit'as theiOulv -just and con; stitut . ional solution r3f an I.:wry and exciting • eontroversy. • It has a.,l , ptial, anti now- Jet us maintain it. It v‘;r.l . 5;....t0i1y to ,the Constitution and - poie tin. • It will calm the trouble-•i i ‘z o- crs ut sectional strife and-restore harir;,,f and la a distracted eoutoty. t...ontends itself to us foam its to.in intrin.s.c It come tit us sanctioned 1 . - 4 - the of our fath ers. It is right.in theory and right in prac tice. It has worked well in the: past, and will t•ork will in the P.itnre.. It presentS common ground npon• which all true men of of evert State and'sectioU can stand harmo niously together. It emnpraitnisea no pin ciple,.ad. sae:WIN:A 110 iinterest.. It is- the doe:rine of a coinonori ution : let it be defended by - a united- p4-4le. . - This disposition' to meddle with matters In which we have no concern, and 'about which we have no right tc-act; has led to legislation equally wrong and indO'insible. It is alb based upon that sidf-riiliteons idea that one man is called upon to the conscience keeper of another. It is.illustrated in yOur Maine lietior:law, Otte :Class of -the -people seek to take charge of tI4 morals of another ; and the strong arm oft.b4 law is invoked to aid in the work of 131pral eform.' The scared consciences. of poli;ical :pro , titutes are a wak .etied - to a tendei • senSibilitv. about their neighbor's moral condition. The convincing aro-ument of the , philanthropist, and.the strsiveappealsof good Men, teaching both -I by precept and example.; are thrown aside for the more 'effective weapon of'legislative power. The idea, of this class of reformers seems to be that men . arel . not to be reformed .by appeals to their.hearSandiudganents,but that the work can be more successfully cars Tied forward by . penal enactments. Bad men are to be made good nieW by. law. - I am 'no . enemy of 'the - temperanee reform. I - have hatched its progress with . interest, but, Pike all its true friends, I 'felt that a blow had been - given it by this resort to- unjust and tyrantti- . .cal legislation, from which it was not likely to recover for the next qttartery of a century. The.fundaniental 'error this Matter the, one to- which I have !called your atten-, Men Must - learn the important lesson taught by the'experience of the world—that they will best proinotie the interest of justice and morality by placing, sentinels over their own cOnsciences; instead,`, - of becoming the general conscience-keeriers- of their neigh bors.. • • : . There are_ other..issues involving Constitu tional. rights aridobligaii.Ops, upon' which•you `are renttired to pass judgement, and to which I wi4i to call your attention. A party dins 'recently sprung up•in your midst, and which, for a' ime, by its secret operations, concealed from the, public eve its objects and PUrposes, It originated in the same Lf . anatical .spirit -of intolerance which had marked the course of abolition aggression. upon"the Con:littitional righti . of the South, and, as was necexcArily . to be expected, included in its Casks the same eiaAs.uf men. In some diirk and hidden -re cos.: Abolitionisirr and `Know Nothingsim exchanged the kiss cif peace and brotherly . atlection, and the united band • in the-North era States have marched forward " harwoni-• o - us • brotlerhood,". in thei warfare upon the Constitution of their country.' Their hattle-i cry has been, " Down with the South—down with .the foreign citizen—down with the Roman Catholic 1" Thel . :Constitution inter posed no balder to." their ruthless warfare." l'assioa, pirjudice and iutOleratice were their. .clicis!en weapon - A; and they have pursued those Whom they v. ouldl . victitni , e, with. re• tentless ,and perst cuting spi ri t.,. eha racte, isiic ot a party based up....ins.tiCh principles, and 1 having t , uch purpo-cs in; view. - i • I come now to spe.tk ill'oie particularly of 1 the pro-eription of the . f‘'.ir‘.-igti-lairli citizen 1 awl . thell*.inan Caliohe, 1! Not only in your; own Suite, and at the Ninth, bat in Geo: , ria. and the South, has this know Nothitoz iially 1;m1 1 ,1 aur slo yeates .Illi , l, tleclii.letS a A1it.;•,..: ptti- scliiiiive : Uh l :intOlei;:tit !Ifoetrine. , :. i ;0:I , ;tre, that they deny the 1 :0 :lehallre ' we In•,1;, - - al..: ! :1:,4 Own' (f iirc , eriliti4 and jutoiefi.:nee; Itid to Their published plat- ; ,li.t ankl.!el7.ewhere, ',?: ,m,.,- i. 1 fare nut . t- : , \,oi,:ue ~.„:,.[l ' ~I 2 i ll 1.--'• '. , :d the . • .: . i •.,",.: ~......• i.: . ..4: ,, 1 . -...1ti1i*, , ,?;,, i,,,,y, v p . oerp, e s ttiz.a L.o. n:ete itet ) ,:te;:tn l '44 c' 1' 'I••• S•'+' .r . Nati:/al . Conventioak 't r:,•: l'..vm by wa . ii tb.f : , , bgri l kic'u. , - , (.1. ii-xl ii.,--!inile:::::1 t, • ; . 1,.• • : : ..,‘: i.•••:,:),,, '.,.• ci)l:lo.rV, •• • ' i' • Lr... • . •• : .4.••••:.•11 ^:44 , _ ,, . , 27 li: , . oltili ,',.•...,:;.1 ; C:.. , 4•1)1..1;it , !!'; ti , ..". , ii:tVi.;'Vt!l -....i,+: i!V :1 4 -1.1.:: , r: Th, It'ieMbers .:1 this.order . hack , slop( ri, ~ r ti . .i;;. , -?,;,. f 1., 1 1‘: i• Luo kilt ri• ly declared, to the tollowi::.: ~:1:1,, in tilisiattee t * That. you will not Nu t c nor-give your influence for any wan fir anti dike in tl..e. gift Of the pee pie, unless lie . is an ' ~.linek'ican,boriz Citizen, in favor of Americans ruling America, nor if he be a Roman Catholic;;" and " that you Will, when eleted or appointed to an official statibn - conferrin ,, upon yeti the power Ledo so, remove' nil - fo ls reigners,laliens, or Ronina eatholies, from office or place., and that you will in case"appoint'such to any office or place in your gift." . •: :• •,1. • - • The ground upon, whieli{J make the charge that . these oaths have h4n taken - by ,the Members of that order is, it has been repeat edly Charged upon them; and publicly,admit ted bisome : of the party, and .not denied' by any of them, as far as I k ow or believe: An analysis 'of these oaths pr cents the platform of the Know Nothing par jr . condensed into the following propasitionsi • - . • • I.i No one but an American-born citi zen shall bold office. ' '.•- • ? No American-horn _Citizen shall hold office unless he in favor of Americana ( t hat is Know Nothings) - ruling - America; : ... . 3; No Roman Catholic ;ball hold office: I pass over their secre*their, obligation ticabide the.witi of the majority--and all the objectionable featurea of ti eir national organ.; iz*tion,-and confine my present argument to the prineipki annunctutc , Ciu the :proposit ions just doted. Darning-, prit .10511. I su bmit; it to yoit to-day_: a .. Are these principles in accordance with. the provisions of the Constitution, and are they consistent , with the duties and obligations of that sa-;1 cred . instrument? , If they. are, then stand by them, and carry them out; .- if they are not, then spurn them front you, and give youtaid, your countenance and support,' to its' true 1 i'rienils and, supporters. . This is ncit - the first time in the history of our . vouDt ry. when the rights of, the foreign- . horn . citizen Rave been assailed, and the psi- 1 sinus anti prejudices of our people soticht - to I be. excited against that class of our. fellow- j citizens: The dayS of the alien . and sedition - 1 haVe not . passed from our memory, nor are the swords of 2 Hartford Convention so deep- 1 Iy. buried in .oblivion land infamy that we, nut raH: the, 6rj,y origin of this proscriptive ua its hateful iin'get , It has played its 111.111 parvon the iscaitical stage at various iielods in 0ttr141.4, hi . , , torv. in -1842 it ae fori!reil snilivient -stre-ngtir to return to Cotill i ; F ags six repre..entatitvs of .it; '1:k ! Ift-A (:1,-.etion thereafter sva-11. all but one fr(iit the' I=4 , ard; and be was only• kft to eNlii.!)it in the foilowing election the last ag ..t oniAt . tg gasp 0: 1 the Native Ainerierinism of - I that day.. These were the days of its their, light dk:trionstrations: It now comes-- o the lag I trust—veiled in secrecy, clothed in the . habiliments of mystery and I midnight darkness. It reivaint for the pet), pie to pionounce once more their judgment of conGerrinntion, and put to - the final rest this 'proscriptive warfare. It is said-they on• ly seek to prevent tireintthigration of paupers and criminals.-: .Such is not the_ reading. of their oaths. It is the foreign-born 'CITI;EN'--- thenian Who has been clothed• by our laws with•the_insignia of American citizenship - - - 1 tliat„ - is 'proscribed;anti cleaned by theie oaths to be unworthy - of public eonfidence,-1 andr, therefore. to be excluded from. his Con- t stitittional right of holding office. The question is then presented by this issue: Are , our foreign-born citizens unito tliv and eught;theY to be...:t.bus 061.1aci4.1 Where -do the Know Nothings Stud the l evidence uppn whitilt to make these tharge ? The history of your', cOuntty furnishes a proud denial of its. trtith.• In that. mighty struggle for American indeiiendence, there were found !in.the ranks of the IRevolutiouary army men for all 'nations and 411 relimions.. 'The foreign -1 lborn and the native, the tn Protestunt and the Catholic foug ht side by' side under - a. coin; • - linort flag for'a. common cause. There is not la 'battle ground of the Revolution where-their (blood did .not . flow in one common strearnl 'notan - altar at which their prayers did \not ascend together to 'the common God. When ,and; where was it that pie Fattier of his court try (paused in.the Midst: of the battle .to ask his 3, s noble followers, Where were - oti born! 'N ' ;n ' my linoiloNothiug friends, • you next ..: .r eto your midnight retreat, and there tis Goer eves upOn them :Aikiln ilig.whi.i ll )(. ;yon Lave desecrated into 'an emblem of your ;order, remembet that it was ! under that proud io ~ann i i er that the foreign-born and ' Catholic Lafitvette toimltt side by side with the Fath ff hisc ' •! rememberthatit' ler o ountry „ Am'erican flag for Which Pulaski died ; and . iin Which - NotttgOrnary was shrouded ;-remetri lber that it' was the blood of .these men .and !theii brave associates—both foreign-born and and; native; . Protestant and•Cotholiethat ptir:hased for . yon'tlie very right, you now !seek-, to exerdise. 13, ut for them, you • would to-day be the. huMble vaSsels,of oppression, instead -of the free and proud American citi enSl you. are. Itetnember these things, and then, if. yoe can, repeat again the oaths you have . taken, and.once more sivear hostility to. your brothel-in this bonds of a common Con- Stittition. • , 1 1 • , . • 1 • 14resent to-you, to day the Constitution, 1 audi the . laws passed in. pursuance of it ou Ithissubject, and commend. tlieip to your fa-. I Vor,;contidence,- and support. Our fathers, .! their witnes.sed;the heroism and. loyalty of their foreign-born I brethren in- the -Revolu , , i tionary struggle, have-given the. evidence of their faith and confidence in them in the i2onstitution and laws • which ',theyadopted: ;'ln that solemninstrument, prepare&by them I vhilst the blood of the revolution was , vet 1 port them, it was 'provided that the nattiral- 1 ; i ized citizen should b,3 entitled. to hold all i I Offices in the Republic, with a solitary excep7 ; 1 iien.; The term of probation for'the natural ; izatipn of those who would seek a - home in . l•our land,' was fixed by the sane men •in a I 4/1,,. Tient h , gislation of Congress. . Thetuit- ' 141:41,'zation passed-by. our fathers, and sane-. • I ;1;, ,, al•I U Wa.ltli ton, still stand upon your tat-,ite-1601:, loving recei':•ekl the aequiese i yt!,7.2 'or . every republiclin President, from ,4itat.1,1: , : ',.. to the" present; time. Could a. law I (iom+ to von sarwti',,ned by higher authority? ,i , k,i,i !16 ti'..:st:- C,...:111 : 1 ,, 11ia1S yoUr own know.l - 10g..-;..1.. ~... ~ lie ;:Lill, a. _ 3.1 t.. ent,e of our * tote.-I,,,rit citizens,have over - borne to the ..,,,.',: . i,..; ~i t iiiigj taut then t.:.!! me if you• are n,_,- '• ;,ri,,ii fit: to abide. the Constitution' and T. ; ,..•;,. ; •, , ,,..:I;;rit c ,:-', and the men of the Rev- •,:ezi; , 4 made them; and ' as ..they .have been isust:,,tted and sactiOned by JelferSon,hdadison, r, .fackson. and yotir republican .fittherS h , Tile advocates of this proscriptive -doe -trine sometimes's:lY ; that their .object is sim ply to;arrest the tide of pauper.and criminal iintni , Intion I. hive shown von;_ by refer ence ;to their oatlis-;--tlps. true test •of their faith H-that such is not the case. If, in fact,. their', opposition t0...f. 4i:in-born -.men was cenfibed to tiq'ith l ni:gration of rappers and criminals, and if they • mean by the term "patiperS ; " vagrants, who ari, gut jest by our lawlito criminal prosecutions,. I have.only to say that the levy; already provides for this evil, ;and its. faithful execution will amply meet: -their demands..., But I apprehena• 'that !they Mean mere than this. They would not be content . .tolexclude 'the criminal and - the fagrant, but.w,ould - seekto place the poor but honeat emigrant, who seeks an asylum frotni the oppression of -despots and tyrant?, tinder the same-ban. Themf men aro not to .be trusted, 'though they'. -have : abandoned hOrni , , kindred, and. all :the lasso ciations -or . itigir! early days, tor a . land of freedom, and a hoMe. , where the; gallin g yoke of oppiessioti Will 66, : more how;" them owa ,in.. tame sub• ; . ansspatf, to titled! lords - and excreting task-. Master?. It Would be ststinge,indoeil,if; after all, „ the. sitsrifieee :' of . feeli n nz ' és:ldeation' and pre4iidloe ~lnoidental- to -.leaving - the land. Of their, nativity,they shoals:if:44re oi be 'willing 1 to overthrow the git)Ternment . wbiab hid giv- ea them freedom, , and . coniMit t them from safe andivassels mto.:,Atierinan- reemeir—r *anti ivpropOsitlea is inpadieted . by the 'very . .knatkiintav of our ustarei..aed 'la : branded,as_ false and unjust by the, natroteri eikertetW4. . . , 11l •_„,i ~ . . t _, of the country. Of all others they most fully . realize the blessings of-our free inststutions, and will be among the lesttosurrendet them. The very mew- who exprtns so many fears about the poor but honest erifigrant, -are the• first to welcome to our shores those whose coming is heralded as' the 110 . 19.16 of dis tinguished hems, whose: veins ancestral blood is said to run. To them is extended_ the sickly homage paid to fictitious great.; ness, bOth at private and public : xpense.-- For myself, I would prefer 'to stand on our Atlantic shore, and greet with a hearty , and cordial weleottie the honest laborer, driven by•oppression arid persecution from the land of his birth to seek a home for his. honest in dustry. Let them coineanthwerthip with as at a.common altar stand, by a common des tiny. The winds of a kind , Providence have wafted them to our shores; the hearts of it generous people will , welcome theta to the, blessings of a free government. The _true American sentiment on this - subject was ex pressed by the Father of his •Country, she he. declared-that" the bosom of America *- open not onlito receive the opulent and re spectable stranger, but the oppressed and perseCuted of all nations and all , religions,— whom we Shall welcome tqa partiCipation in all our rights and privileges.' , 'There remains one other' doctrine of the American or Know Nothing party,_to which I desire_to call Your attention—the persecu tion of the Catfiolies. And here we are met again with a denial of the charge. They.de ny any such purpose, and utterly reprulate the idea - of altering.the Constitution, or pro viding by law. for die 'exclusion of Catholics from ,office ; and hence they profess t? make no war upon the Consfitutional rights of that class of fellow citizens. I must. again call them back from their vague and indefinite denials to flair oaths and• obligations. " They have . sworn that no Roman Catholic shall receive their 'vote for. any office ; and - that, if in. office, they shall be removed whenever in'their power to do it. They seek to induce their fellow citizens everywhere to take simi lar oaths;.and .if it was right for them to take•these 'oath; -it - is right for everybody else; and shoulti their 'precept and example be followed, thaTesult would be' that every man in the land i ,:not a Catholic, ' would be thus solemnly tend in his individual action - as a voter to apply this reliiious test to „his neighbOrsond his official capacity to apply the same test. If it be right for every indi vidual citizen thus to bind himself, and thus to act.-.4,pat it, to you as candid men— Would not be.right to incoroorate l it,.nto the. Constitution ,„ Will any mart,-prel'end for a moment that it is right to,adopt• a i principle of„aie-tibn-; swear to conform to it, - and-.yet that'itis wrong to put it tri the_Constitutiont In other-words, Know.. Nothings pitOpose that the united voice of the people, under the :Op eiation of their oathi, - shall . - speak .one lan guage, and the Conatitatien shall speak an 'other and .tbey insist -.that. they both are right. ThiS cannot be. The one or . the oth r er is wrong... Both -cannot . stand together ; and We'imust decide 'whether we will main n the_ oaths of Know Nothing or the Con stitution of our country.! Lei.. us applk a practical test for the solution of-this question.. Suppose that.a member of.this order should be - oiected President of the United States. He has aliendy sti-orn that he will, "when when elected to an . otEcial station confeiTing ortliim the power to. do so, remove all Ro-. man Catholics 'from. office." That oath -rests upon his conscience.. Ile feels bound iii goOd faith to - carry it out. It: is his tutdarght covenant. Before he enters'npon. the duties of his office, he is ieqUirett to take another oath—an oath to support the Constitution of the United States.' In. swearing .to. support ,that instrument, be swears to every . clause and paragraph; and if the oath was •thns acri" 'ministered by, paragraphs, he would be re gliired, to swear that, " whilst! am President of'the Luited States, ' reiigiuus test, shall ever, be . : r'equired' us a qualification to any office .or, ' public trust under' the United State's? ". • . There stand the two oaths : one that he will remove every Roman Catholic from of fice—and the other, that lat . witi not'apply,a religious test, Here is .a man in office-hon est,,-faithrul, and competent, possessing qaul ilicatiens tor the faithful discharge of his duties; but he is a Roman Catholic in reli gion.. The Know Nothing oath requiNs and demands his removal. The oath to suppOrt the Constitution ferbids the test to be applied. Tell me, honest and' conscientious man, can your Know NothingPre.sident electdiseharge his obligations both to your order and the constitution, and save his conscience I Theie is but one tnode by which the members of your order can be rescued from this dilem ma, and that is by the people seeing to it, that none- of you are ever permitted to reach the position where you *ill be required . to take the second oath. The illustration which' I- have just given, shoWs that the-Know Nothing oath cannot be consistently taken LI- any one who may be Balled upon to swear to support the con stitution. If it is wrong and volative of the letter of the constitution when taken by 'a President, I ask you if it is not wrong and 'and volative of the spirit of the constitution when .taken by any individual citizen 1 And what is your constitution worth when its spirit is trampled .111;$0111 I The late .. of it remains, and the parchmont , too,.upon which it. is written ' and the one is as worthless as the other., It is the constitution both in let ter and spirit which, commands our admira tion, and to which - 'our hearts -have sworn allegience. When its spirit which gives it life and vitality, is gone, like the lifeless body of a departed friend, it is ready forits final resting plae,e., •• Again I invite you to commune with the spirits of our republican fathers, and learn from the teachings of the great and good men of revolutionary days, lessons of instruc tion for, our present.conduct. When our fik: them had passed - successfully through : the struggle fur American indepeodenee, - they met trt 'convention to establish a constitution for the protection and government of the people. Wiser, purer, and 'peeler men were never assembled together, The - constitution whichthe adopted , : end the government they orga nized, have_ rendered their names immortal. When they had perfected the machinery of' govennnent,arsr were approanh!, 'jag the . close of their labors, We find,:- as. he lvt.ciowning act of their glorious tleeds,that provision to whieh I 1111V0 already called year ttentien, “ No religious teat shall "OM tie I required as a cpudifloatkes to any office; or trust under the United - States:" > Itults the ~ .-:fillOnelt-It***.,:j4,_ keystone of the, mighty areal. Beriguniklim , dooni,had been punt:mai with the Weed 40 : martyrs—religious freedom emu peg by the wisdom of patriom - In that body were aireeniblid ate °taw- ferent nations and different religions. glory of acqiirim Arnericsa freedom did ea - belong exclusively to. the: Darla bent 04 - the Pivitestut o nor was dm duty imprisidn't on thern.aloue or Perfteting thS "NA Wo of AMerican iedependenti* Bat native and foreigli z bom, Protee•Ant and Cutbelie; ing purchased with their anima blood the soil of-Americo, miter*, bretbren sif a commove togeth faith r and dedicated it fro the rinW -- of civil and religious freedont. GeorgeWrido• ingtini, this Protestant; and Chad& GOA . _ the Catholic, sat lit the• aims eonvetnion e worshipped at the same rah; mari invoked the same biasing§ of the itimtliioduPots- ;the -I-. same common co:imam; Whorjr pledged themselves 'and nor to the other, that no miler** ted er be established in this country.' as they Mite with the history of-- - tha-pelfe from which they had learned the fiot that time and again religious intolerilme and per'. secution had drenched the world in bleak - - and knowing th.ar there was no spot on air where there exit pure and nnadalteratid — . religions freedom, they looked upon they vie , gin soil of America, which . they 'had nobly . rescued from the grasp of 'tyranny pression, with generous and grateful hem and erected upon it an altar consecratadby. • their blood and dedicated by their etiidona t o true - religious freedom.' When 'that convention adjourned' alarthel, members of it were retiring; to their respect.' tive homes, let me suppose that one of your Know Nothing officials had approached George Washington whilst the pledge Of ligious tolerinee which he bad thus_ ly made was yet fresh npon his lips sad warm, in his heart, and asked the Father of his Country to go with him to one of 'his, mid night lodges, and thereltneeling at the altar. of Know Nothingism, solemnly swear that if elected.Piesident, Clutrhakearroll should bey er hold office under his administration : ii there to be found in all this land one th, steeped in religious bigotry ' so regardlenrW the fair fame and reputation of -the Father of American liberty, who, will say that le bor _ Neves that George Washington in or it any other period of life, would have tn. , / ken the oath_against his CritheJie bredirerir, which now lies so 'heavily on the ,coescience of every sworn Know Nothing within , tit* hearing of my voice it - If, my friends, it IrAtil wrong for Washingion.to havir taken that oath, it was:wrong for you to take' it. he would have spurned--fromlis-preserice the' -. man who had thus offered an insult to his' honor, I ask what better treatment dons a" , ma d eserve at your hands I It Ares the . glor • of Waihington te have Made yin*. tom: - stitution ; be it yours to Maintain, it in „its- - strength and purity.. - . - Upon'all these questions there is but Ott. safe rule of conduct, find that is; to stand by, - the Constitution. , It is the sheetsaielaw our hope. It has made the history :of oar country glorious in the past—and, if faith- frilly adhered to, 'will make it still =region- - ons in the futuse. Remember, that widtont .- the Constitution.; there is no Union; stain rain the one, and you preserve the other.— -4 We are told, by high authorityi-thst it is -" not every one that saith Lott!, Lied. shell; enter into the kingdom of beaten;" nor is it every. -one that cneth Union, Union;- that should be counted as a true friend add sip., porter of the Union. The man who, iegard less of th'e obligations of the Consfitution talks of preserving - the Union by the strosei arm of numerical power, is-an enemy in tits Constitution, and deserves to be branded as a traitor to ,his country. No elicit Union was tOrmed by our: fathers, and no such-Union , can be maintained by their sons.l'he of our Union is not be found in the ___strong" arm of Miliiary power, but has its sinWv.-- place_in the hearts of the AlkietiCan It is not'the regular tread of the stmtinel eel- - diet. before his door, - that gives to *lt Matti— can citizen his consciousness of security . - safety. lie looks upon the flag of his den* , try and sees his protection there. It is dot In the strong arm of hireling soldiery thistle looks for the power to bind him to his sksin- • t r y, but in the nghts and bleiiings enloyeri by bird under his country's. Constitnthin.;—= So long as the flag of his county affords him protection, justice and equality, he will 11011- - or defend it. Convert s ifinto ,the emblem of injustice and degradation, and he will spurs and despise it. To preserve the Consdtutios and the Union, as we ,, : received them from our fathers, is the great mission to slash et- _ ery patriotic hearis nailed • and *hp win refuse to respond to that calif Itkt glee rious work, worthy_ of our nobleit•~L T 0,.• the hands of the_ Deniocratior.party- of union this trust is committa l . ,Against -us are those who war open the constitutional- . tights of the South, the foreign-boru citisfs; a and the Catholic. We have to forttend;?ng---. gte handed„_agninst all -the paitto,. fectoSta,' and fanatics of the day. - The I S. Its, 'oath their oaths of proscription and intoteriiiii, —the Week Republican% with their ilteißits•-• al—the Abolitionists, with their false and heartless sympathies—however ing from each other'upou some velum* idt• unite in a common feeling - ofliestality tog the 7. Demoi:retie party. Wt. *tote stead babel; T the country a united pail'', .naty.enti audconstitutions,' . prompleih - Utanitandi f ir„ the same !great- political : truths' upon t he shores of the, tlantic end Pacific,iptik the soil of New ilimpsldie r and in tny.en.ssuF. ny South. The saute proud Vanattlit#4 hold up before you toslay, having upon its broad and_ aruple - 40asi!..liallk, Equality, and the , ,Rights of the Stete,;:=Viiil and Religious : Freedom,' llorttaotekba MEd* • .. of the Saugus' Demacraey _thtottOoitythow land. The principles whioill.haVso Lobittid - , before yin aroproclaimed a*l responded' be in every State and 'seetiouotad.**Mottli and defender bt civet trus,bukted. Desiciorst -in our'Countrp AbtYr-dOt dlatif* a noble mission toNthich ;die_Wive beei can ed; and may I note who tilr - sato fa -' his duty at this tqlng 'Knit t • - Thestem old Democrat Who *lye bea : traittiiiitioltirs will be found it yoststreidirivid Whirs to-41)- - butleA*44. fano ot hie, tiatehonoredprbutleeL, those democrats who ltitOebeawiledesil , their first lose by A. amilaineligkoleirs ots'aid_'oanthir - (timbal' tatimev-frost''''r wanderings, - ,--to cliplll4:afgaiii-;thiii.;. faei last POW 4 esirroduw , 10 4 1 14 1, ter , - Our., patty will vault Obta'•liatt Witt *Nal
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