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THOUGHTS FOR ALL.
Within each heart of mortal
- A magic lyre is placed,
i And its harmoriy or discord
t To the outer life is traced.
•-lif joy surround the pathway,
•
,T If love its tribute brings,
Then heavenly pis the music • .
VV,,hicla trembles from the strings
: .
But if harsh Words or careful - -
Rest once Upon the car, ,
The lyre - within the heart. is' hushed,
he voice controlled In,: fear.
goy, to the eye girt, brightnes,
Peace to .the - Soul a baltn , .;:
;.But the mystic lyre once :silenced,
No wore regaihs itK charm.
•
1 1 ben deem it, not. a triflo, -, • ,
t. • That hasty word of tVine,
)3ring a tear of wounded feeling
In affeetion7s to
Peal - pareftiny and gentl„
With the erring, loving heari i
its dea'olation
i Thy harsh. words have a partJ
-
T e o aliat,Cnugrii in our_
Office.
Thnn long,-tailed, ebon-eyed, nutprnal ranzror!
What led thee hither 'along the types and
Pidst then not 1:11° , 6'• that ranting - , Tnithright
Crier standing . :types k fraught with imminent
danger?
Didbutiget lead,:theel . did , ,t thou think to. find
.Somt: rielrohl cheese to 11 . 11 thy hung; t• maw 1
i Vitle( hope! romp Lute a literary jaw .
Cati•Maktiente our eml;ery ior the tr:inti.
•
Perehance thou host it: litetary taate,
lov:e tor44terA, and th-1. -s , n't of thine:
But thy,ithou wire tailed • trnp—thou vermin
. •
Mist thou butv.vAterr,istheilevour our p:;.‘to . ;
Lakad.throw , our typi-4)n pyrnruiti. of i , f ?
inir dooms deeree d lLll..r_. T0w! . .:1.z! :it him .
- : fly! • , I. .
iistdiantnits.
From' Pi•turs”ri's
I.iar 5/Ertc:T„tvr , s 'rEST.
-.1
• 1.
fifralti the•odd marl Las taketi
4t.:ititollis bead to s.•nd.l you adrift."
";Why . , ytiu
• 1"10trly -Oat he was talliitlg . ` vet y earnestly
Mr. Oale.horp as I into hi.- room
'ju t note, and a. they , :easi::d very ilis:r e et.iv
on i thy - entrance, I tookthe liberty . f
i - Atside the doqr•till't.4. conver4:iliith w , Ls re
aid I lteatj,ene ? ngh to siLigly tha't
Ogrel,:bo'r - p hus a nephew Id, gb uti t . t u t a k e
your
did r , ou, !"
1 ," --1 4e41v o &wore from each, Ogletliorp
Raid; ''Siii you think nit- ru iv'ill Ove ii )
.11 , iffiitilty in Vin t ; the Place 0 vour, head
'Oerk;" and Beak . replied :- ' •
4 ‘ iwhatever; t/ •clerk, '
, 1 , None . the other Philip
Walaen, ' i lia.; been -in nipeital,li,lnnent ;i long
ime', and can give him a little insight. into
-mr intsitiessaffairs if - peed be." 1 did not
ivnie to -hear in , ire, - hilt thatiii enoU ,-, 11 I
- thiuL" ' , . .
' .l So it Would was the reply,' in a
:. 1 .
t-totie.af deep d.....pond , tfev. ..,., ,
I. 4 it is mean i-u th,:.3 old than to •disellarmr_.
ts.,
,ion, and equally strwge ; if it was .me : now.
i should not think it so odd, 'but he has' all
along seemed to think so muell of you: '3 But
ti l t is just like him, alwa,vs (I , sin'r , someilnni=
:_-•
'out .7 of4he common wny.','
.1 .- Rieliard Will:I:h..; u - ar,t.:,o sick at heart to .
' reply. He turned to the desk 'and eudear=,
. tired. to Concentrate ids :Watbleri . ng thoufsht-2
tipOii his: Work, but' in rain. Tho i, t , ,r2 ( f ror ;_
rwl i
from itis'fine..-.rs and '•,"- i ti „ 33, I . 3 I
-• ! ' ~.,. t .•,1 J.!, iltrli• on
;ttitatid 111 nave full '.'copo to his sorrotvful
and indignant- fe r elings. , W l , e . r3 3. , 1 3e t wo gen
tlemen emerged froth M:;.13,., a 1 e , .,;
LT, rate room
he started like 0t , .. - ..,yuiliv of a secret crite,
and sn' atc lls- .lg - the pen pretended fo ` 1e .cll
tllisOTV'.. in . his duties: His flurried Inanncir
1 4:0 AttTerenCfrom! his usual qii3ct cornyosur - e;
'was ioticed 'by, bi,:eniploytr, who drew ,1:i.
. ( 3wn 'Cacnialugiotis therefrom. Mr. Oglethort3 .
W,a.s. returning to
. his• liotne in Baltininre. His*
f;o4kaccompanied::hint to the steamboat,
.tind' On returning closely obsered• his two
.41erksas he sauntered back and. forth through
the, store.
.Philip's appearance indicated
othing unusual . ; but Richard, tlrough he had
liartially regained his custonnry- coinsure,
~could not 'prevent a slight he_si whey :rid con
-4triintl'ulien replying to
. N.in_B-cale'i usual 3c
ittatks. :1 ' . - i
3 •
evra! Bars . after,Mr.Beale brought Rich
a letter Co seal and !deposit - in the post
at as 'h'ewent to diMier. , -At the same
-he sent,Philip to,a ._neighboring.store
misin6,' it, which would detain him sotte
e time- - ! he then returned to his private
ta. i Loft to hitia'self Richarrgaied on the
.ricrip ton of the letter - lona' and earnest
-" .o.'' , glth b6r p, J.,(1., Baltimore"—the
more"—t be
, t .
ilt tieented burned into his brain. What
Id ; , ;,13e:not give to know . Alie contents of
Letter ? Doubtless it related, to the neplt
1110 was 'to supplant 'him. Richard he-:i.
_tnrnng the letter '.over and over. Wily
, ldlhe not glance into it? It was not
*e► . d-4e would betray no confidence by
sa.—naost of the business letters were
O r • al bun toVnsWer, and certatiarlY to no one
hilhg Would De. ieveal the contents, whateV
.ertlaer might. be. These reflections oier
.olorltisetyong repugnance to thettet ; - -with
sltreMlalini hand he Opened the letter. and
read•
•-• : - •
•
wi.h your nephew Ar
iiive if ;Ooisible. by .lueidav the thirteenth,
sisg k a t :dair voting ki tag'. pa r, have
eiltilreti, 4 and .ft ls 4ettlrahle that hi - succestnir
-4otald!he on the spot tp .enter ',immediately
,fin ire d,ptties- Truly.vonrs,
AZALE.".
r , ":111le klotad Mounted to. Itiebaid'S hrow
1 , 0 ?elk]. • For an inf,tant'be . forgot the con.
'1 • •
L
f .I
sequences to himself of that threatened Mow
in indignation at his employer's duplicity.
"Four years ago," lie linurintired, bitterly,
-"aye, four - years next Ttiesdiv; I entered this
.Sui once since that day has he had
occasion to reprove the for the slightest neg
lect. or oversight; Vera and exacting as he is,
I have given lath no cause fot eoinplaint,and,
this is the - end ``;/his is my reward. I
to be discharn►ed to make,room for One of
friend'sconnecti l tms. am thankfUl I open
ed the letter,-- - -tmw I can
_prepare for his
trenclierv."
• With a calmness tha i ?, surprised.
the cletk valid be letter, and dropped it in
the post :is he had been direeted..i On his
war back to his employment he - called at the
eountitig tooth ! ci,t . tit - etch:lnt, whO•in as one
.of Mr; Beale's acquaititatee he - well! knew.—
. Richard wished: to make itoptiries in an indi
rect waj—fora situttion, ibut while he was
striving to form :some question to this end the
oeutleman cameito by asking if he
knew. any young man in !need of a : situation
Whom, he could rec. - minuend to him, as he
had a vacancy 11;r a clerk Riehaid eager
ry offered himself. Mr. Curtis was surprised
that he should wish to leave - his old place,
but gladly act:epic,/ hint; .having loth admin.
ed the its.tegtity mid strict upplicatitinuf the
young Man, %% hOyepraiseS her had fieque.ntly
heatd from Mr. Beale. • The yearly - salary
was-nam e d was one litindred dollars more
than Richard was now reeeiVing;
. itnd hav
ing engaged to enter on the dude, of his new .
Place ,at the'follow ingTuesday, he Went with
a light heat hisold eMploymem. ! lie did !
not tnenti, , n his intention to Mr. Beale, and
the week •prtil without Mr. Curtis
in= the store: • Or: hopeit : that he not
met lus enirloy, , , for Richard !tad a wish
that the laitth':•11!!)i141 nili , hearthat . his treach:
cro-d , sel.etne had be • en defeated till the la-1
moment.
Qn lli r eLard kmicked
the Aloor of Brake:, - )om, and in u.s. few
words as possiLklieptestei) tlk;
. v.agt. t ., duo to
was.eaf , 'a , t:d to . anotli'cr housc
, - -
on to?! morrow., ! I
I Irtve (1 riutr! engngotuctut
Wed n!-tia t , ' rtl ii 4. iII r . 13 alc . •1I r. Cur-
lis infoiMet.l tat? I ask the mouse
of this secre:. audiunuste. liroceeding:Mt your
pari ? I , I. ~aci
yOu 0.1 catu.r.i!ifir so.
:stultkli a determination to,Ttit my 01111',oy-*
ment 7 —did I r • • !
. ." NO cause'..' Rtelrin i
i .it.peated, . bitterly.
"Oh; no sir, no t.:4;:st-, ;if c.trur.g.:—.the.:lerk is
only the tlupe,,th4 slnve of, the werchhni, azil
It, lc,. ri , ht to 'corni , lninl of Any eorplii::t,
liotv,:,ver iniquitous,of t% hied he chitnees•t4.) he
the' vielimil"
i
! • .-
" Your Isari-asm is : ralicr out of place.
Yonne.. inli," replied, Mr.Reale,S. eoull ) . "1
a
. s
sked-i f I ittd given- yon ally, cause (ituric:lei!.
I koioir,-I have •not-- 7 -,•oti, fali . l , Y imagine tiro
•I • liaye..and dips iinvginiii_g you have dune
your•sell H great injury.:. - i...,.ti0 rine-stiom
-1 will ti:ll..you all: On the day that Mr.
orglotho: n"was heie.l noticed a great, altera
tion in you.; looksi your wools, yoiirj VC lifile
conduct. I suspe4:teil at lolice that Philip
had ovethedid odriconversation and repeated
it to you; in consequenee'4whicli,yrin weie
':disturbed in mitoll! This Was mithral, .and I
was tar It OW lilainiltrg-yout !hat it wllordt.ut Inc
orp.u . tunity for-a itest - whijlt I hatl.',Peculiar
reasons .for desiring 'to :ipPly. I viined!ii
brief :tote to Mr; . :qzlethoriii gave it iv' you' to
stal,-and Watched fon r rafter proceetilni: , ,s from
that window. -1 !thought', the . teinpiati on.
would prove a severe one, arid that if you ,
arose superior to it s I need! never haye any 1 • • , .
_ ..... _ ..77.1 . .
.ft.:it.,- Ct. , :let. - .q nine t u I was right, thetemp- 1 ! Tilt; repil 1 ailOn Ct r f pllViio ' Men- censtitute
tatton was strong-4 too strong fut our honor ian important eltonen% in the histiory
: iif our
or integrity tv - withstand, I saw you - Open the corn:try. It cannot be too far : above lupioireli.
letter, twin; enough. .4 did, not at -ail won-{ The example of nii upright ;oil:Cs:11ra during
der when I beard cif Your applying for a new i f ins lifetinie, is n source of} prim . and pow e r
situation; you thouglit I was acting - treaell- to IliS(j0111)::."1111.41, and a dow:oling and purl
erouslyto yo n; - 'and, tint you would intuit,,l'Ying reineiiiiiranee after IM iil:ls been giltii
n
i , •'1
111•:," . crud U. , his lioli."2::-;::• In Jaane: Duch:man we
..,
, Mr. Roire cease(' ' and b ; .,!;0 4 .-;:ed nxe , aiv at 1ir.:.1 Ai ',7,.,...(uut sti-p:cion ~ Jr. :,:aia.
•
Richardo , Wl'iose .whil)ie countenance - .Was suf- I)iiiiiig forty 3 (,ais of active and ano. ,, t,hun• - •
fused With Washes as the tthe nature; of his slant - service in 1 , i',:11 libli, r ti , B l P"' - iiic•ri't.lie
conduct was brought thus calmly t his view. ha 4 Maintained the sam m
e. tri:pill de..:ort
n hi, in lignant M!tiiiig: 'telt:id n0t.411 this 1 went: . the same scrupulous iegard for the
inumen t thought of ibis di:elle:ion 1)f-6On - e l- troth; the saute dignified wt'eidatice of corrupt
pl c in opening a letter not !Ititt - iti ! l . e ..-1 7 1 . u( IV compliance- and combinations. The. posier
mspeetion ; not% be WaS - tyi i erwitchued With itv• of the'd . iiends with whom h e spent his
Idiaine :tad ielui.irse.! cf.": lie`iyas naturally' up- I v . , 7milt, - are living around Lim ; and the.
right : 111 .-i- i.t l P' .. ,',.,nitis. l ! Mr. 13,Lale- :..... - uw iris won- I prophecie_tof those, who ouiv the proinie.. it
f'.:i'": alo.i 'xi; tied• to - his dii.,....1.- to pay what hs'early7years,:tre re-called hr their descend
was duo of .11;(Aiar(IN salitry,! loit first taking I ants,Aho'lejoiee in the traitp*ty of-his. itoel t
-som e papers from a secret drawer, threWthem lect,'llfesagacity of his: gtate . sniauship, a tt 4
on the table before the veang man..:l - '., thelVng list of ids public :ind piivate viz tues,
All this kat at; .en;l noW,'' he said, "fort its ttiC abilialiiiit fillfilment of the relic; ions
you inav- see
"host "I unjust: sour ;supposition .
of their f:ll.her e -• Per-ovallnalignity-has tiv
was to inc, heW injurious to vour-Self, as 1 er yet inflii•ted dishonor upyta his good name.
said its lit le ago." II Slande.r, eikhaustless in its resUulees, and a fit
. i .
.
Riehitrd 9 s eves were intentlyt bent upon the sleeping :in its 'vengeance., has faired in- every
paratrs.; • One Fits in the merchant's ; 'hatl- attempt against him. . ! . .
witting, aL notice of Riehard,.Wilkin:s having Men contemplate Mr. Ouch:Mart, at this
been:admitted as junior partner into his!old 1 day,u o t as one whom envy; and wron'r has
and established tossiness tirm!-;...the others were perA . -cuted, but as a 'great ---; public chim e :illy,
the neitestary legal papers relating thereto. who' has _passed through the fiery furnace
Richard
till
gazing on then; as if fas- without the smell of smoke. upon - his gar
cinated till the nieichant's ',voice broke the! meats, and who.staud out' ready to submit
spell. . . . . -.. • ! • , , -
, . .to the test of any scrutiny into his cot:duct
" Well, voting man, do yon understand' the l as a' citizen and statesman. 'The day has
-matter-now.' ' ', - ! • ! : come which is to prove that such talents as
"Oh, sir l' said Richard, turning his eyes 1)14, snob - experience; sueltititegrity. such tix 7 ,-
imploringly on I:lint-and then unable to to-, ed habits of wise forecast,- ate essential te. the-,
pres.Shis tortured fe c lings,.he bent, his head , greiil destiny for which . het seems" to have .
on the -table to conceal the fast gashing tears. been reserved by his countrpnen, who always
"Regret is unavailing:now," said! Mr.:!fiealc; denian(llthe big - hest qualities of statesmanship
in his clear. cold tunes. " I
.bad erery reitson lin the Itigh e st position in their gift. Whei:e.,'
to 'place . confidence in'ye n uj During these I indeed, is there to be.found tt living. 'public
foUr years I haye obeerved your conduct elose Man, who presents so exemplary and so con
ly. It was such aoo sati , fy 'me; - and resolv-
,sistent a' record, running ,ttiroogit 'so many
ing to reward your !strict integrity.ancrfaith- years? Ereu auiong thoseho have depart
fulness, I
as
decided to take.you into part- ed the scene of human action, thore are few
nersliip You sets -by theso papers, -prepared [ who could point to a more unuroken series of
nearly two months ago, and only wanted Sig- ,I servicesdn•defence of great principles. If we
natures and date. My friend Mr. Oglethorp !look down the gallery of the long gone past,
had frequenq mentioned his! nephew ' ,whom uutd.take., up the portraits of' the great actors
he much (desired Me to employ- - At his kitl . Of other days, how.cemparitively few there
vh.it.l agreed to doiso. :It was my intentiOn-l'are-Who exhibited in their li;VeS and in their
to give you an agreeable surprise tomorrow, Worksit - snore conscientious. and high-souled .
and, therefore, I desired to keep •all My ar-. deVetion . tOthe doctrines'of the Federal Con
!
ranntnetits secret, fertunatelys• I new' 'sea; ;stitution,' anti to the - rights ,Of: the States of
i .
for rev whim enabled me to test the'sttength the-American Union.. ' The course of Mr. 131-
Bu
of your priticiples."; -..---• ,•. -
1 -• . • ' . chanan has been neither ernctie nor irregular;
. "-Olt, if you 'could- only fkirgive me, Mr, it has lutritionized :with the purest •examples
Ileale,".exclaimed itielthrti ituPloringlY.l "It 'ofthepaSt and the. Piesept,and with all those
:was my first erior'in• this -regard-lam - sure saving "doctrines which he has devotedly &A
-U
-it. will prove my, Feat." .. ' - -;', •-•- - 'fised -., t 'atcd defended; whether •in the
For ell'asiVrer • Mr. - rßeale' iptietly • pushed Hotise or in the &Mate of the Atiteritan bon
the. money' ehad tcouttted over to - Richard,gress, whetherimmerSed With foreign rela- ..
and picking. up
. th•papers:: tent - them:At:lto I clone, whether at the.head of the most ithpor
small • Ngraents. ',The -yotmg- matnAciakfxl- tint department Of the goVernment under the
_sadly at Menai but IMOwing that remonstrance meinOrrible 4drninistmtion of Polk, or w . lteth .
or entreaty was -alike-- unavailing .. ititli 'the er reposing in the'ualut sedat = ion; "of his own
stern man,' he by I stmngfetfort , coniocred: bottle, his well-balanced intellect wd his pa= .
his emotion, and taking sip the' money howedj• tvietio'devotion terihe'.l:lition,, have7-always
hii thanks and•farsivrelt to irieOrte, etnPloYet,' deed displayed at the right moment,-' and
'and turned .40.4114 the .roam. As he laid With the right effect, Proguessive,not in the
. .
WEEILY JOURITAL-DEyOTEDTO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATI4E,
. ,
"No - I
did not think it neessaryto.speak
,
.1 of it," said Mr. Beak, ;" for I had teason to
1 think itr was your first' departurefrom the
straight road, and thorigh all business con
neetjulthetween us Ines. eeased;;yet I would
snot wiskio injure your ',reputation by reveal
ing an act which I . theught you would r e .
Bret. You will. find Mr.. Curtis a more in
dulgent 'employer than .you are leaving, v our
salary will be larger tintn it bas been bete,
- f,O that on the .whele f perhaps, you are no
loser, and I hope ft.ir voitr sake twat your first
.error twill prove.y6 •
I-tit-shard sadly lc t 1 the store. On the mot
mit- be entered on the d i fities:of his new At'.l
- • It proved agreebk, nutlike a ddi t ion
to his previous salary as of 'great use tti
him ;but what could silent-se remorse for the
act by Whieli- he had .nt! , t only lost so much
j in a peenniary point ofYiew, but also : sank
ittimeamtraLly in his on" estimation ?
: protitted- by die .less ,n, ; however. Y..arsaf;
ter he, ftMnd himself in a positibn prosperous
and enviable :is that which he had fOrfeked
•:•in early manhood, but Ito dying' day he
never tried to banish the humiliating but sal
utary recollection of ltisflrst and last devia
tion from the it l 'Mightfoiward .Patii" of honor
• .•
and integrity:,
a very hard mater to inipose ul)on him, att.!
ttiat i l- Weir the bad-hills; with which he ties
,- ,tack in the way of trade by his' traveliwe
cteitomeN. indeed he kvoudd take almost
'imvtiting.that was .olferad in,the shape of a
:'lllll, saying that bad nion - 17 was ::hoist as
goe:1 a 7: an . .,a5 some-how it wouNd'at stay
: in his ipoeicet. Onee. liwever, he took ,a .V
.whiehmuek to hirn like ft ',hoer. The More
he tried to' get rid alit, the more he e:Putd'itt.
Ile paid. it slut: several tithe:, but it cam,' i.taek
as
_often, returned as , 'ho: its - . 7 At leng . th. a
traveler ; with . Whom he . I,';ts. acvinted, stop
-11,(1 for dinner' e his wa , , , to Utien,•and .it
occurred to "Old Da:P . t hat his bill mi ! , ht go
down there, and stel'pittyr into the
.(litling
:i-com. with it. handed it. to Ails gln ,, t, a,ked
hirntolputit. (.4,tl* - rm the Arst•o.l f,,-71 he me:,
and he, w.ould.allow hinti. edialf the amount.
The vest took it, and pr>mised to do- as well
a ith.i(a4 he could, and, lecount for it milk.
return.: On his way tfaoc - from Utica, he
f . :!NIL and "Old Dad" ri.ked him • where Le
had p7iid nut the hill, as he had, got...it a,:zain,
but cokilif not, for the life lof him tell where it •
'll3 l.lseinete from.7--"WitY, 4 ,' ...aid( the friend.'
You told me to put it off on the: tir•-t old-f oo l I
41W atri SO 1 plil you fir my- dinner. with .
it." The old fellow con.idered himself sold
and after payin7 'his gue't half, according, to' ,
promi-'e,,and giving him. WS dinner besides,
,
insiste , l that he had fivedullar4 worth oflwisd
oin out of the operatiou/Ltrpers if , t9Cl- 1
, .
• ~ •
..-1;loptuli I
ond pehli 7 lied 1,,zi0i.i.1,:r . v . dee Derit•
- ocrqh.r Sidle Cryitrol comfitinee (:)..- Penn
syli.iftria.
II:Contro .se, `astineljaitira Coaittn, I,llon
his band on the. doorinob, -he pansvd.and
asked, in a faltering voice, if Mr. Curtis was
informed Of all this. - a , .
. OLD DAD.—"Old Dar was dip :familiar
title which was geilerally kn,ovn •Ow
eicentrie lac:Mork! of th f pi h,itel in Lowvill e ,
New %%irk. lle was a hoite , .t
an,l -tipsuslikioug, prefei•titig. to be cheatea
, ifice in while. ratheri than to b.. 3 always
looking. out : for; rogues; Hetwe it was not
Melo of r, of James fauellz ttart.,
OF PENNSYLVANIA
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spirit. Of'law!esSness, but in harmony With. ing mor&er•less than putting our ballots in.
the steady advance-of our institutions on this the boxes' and they will soon .become{ satis
continent, an 4 our example among -the tut- fied with Ihe spectacle andretise." 1--
ti o na= of the earth; . conservative, not 'in vene- • When 'be memorable struggle oil 1828
ration for antiriluater 'abuses, CM in. sacred' came on, Mr. Buchanan : was proininent .in
regard flit. rights , ! wlPh cannot be violated the come& : Indeed; he gas „so conspicuous
without destroying tire frindarnental law; he I inat'oppO.ents of - Jackson - bestowed la- fall
ii
fails lir no single \vientent of public usefulness, share of tie !bitterness resei-ve.d for the 'old
!krlitical Orthodox.. or personal character.— hero upon' his efficient and faithful, friliad.... 7 --
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Such is the impresstotrmatic•upon those who Mr. Buci+an came into the House of Ben
! ' study the historv e ptlh'iie and private,ofJatus resentatiqs 'for the last ante .in 18d9.. It
.Buchanan;, sucii is t the conclusive answer was during this session .that lre-! dis layed
which 04" opt n and t.-spotless' volume of his those eminent qualities :which prOved tim to
. 1)
career makes tonal who have conceived it I be one of:lthe ablest Constitutionandawl - erain
neeessnrt to attack his *eminent deServings the count' y; and in' iv .body..of wbidi such
and his iefty capacities. • statestnenl as, MeDuffie, Wickliffe and 'others'
. - Mr. Ruehanan is in his .sixty-fifth! year of were members, Mr. Buchanan was selected
age, and in the vigor of health,' intellectual- as . chairnian!of the Committee of th'e-Audici
le and Ovsically. He ,was bona in the ary, a dili• forwhich he bad been •Svell pre-
County of i;'ranklit,in the State Pennsylva- i pared•in tihedebMes which had-takeul place
nia, ,f honest and industrious parents, and jin forrueriise.ssions, between Mr. Cl 4, Mr.
may nuly be caldeil -the architect of his own Calhoun, Mr. Lowndes, '. Mr. Randolit, Mr.
fut tunes: Having received a gOod education, Buchanan himself, and others equallF, emi
he studied the profe , sien.Of the law, in the nent.-When the celebrated ease ofJudgtPeek,
County of L-olcaster, in the . same -State, of Missouri, Came up before the Housl, Mr.
which h a ' s ever - since been his home. In 18- Buchanan was the leading spirit in coliduct
-14 and 1815 he w - e. elected t.) the State Leg- ing the in peach:llene of that functionary.—
islature. Where be distinguished himself - by, The Ilous!l r " of It(•presentatisei claVingiheard
those efltittitions of intellect. apish gave the'able li.zuments on,both .ides, decided to
prombe of future •eminence.- In hi 3 ): prestos- prcs'mt. to]ille. Senate articles of impeachment
ion, during many succeeding year:,- he ro=e a s Julie Peek. and they elected by bal
to the *highest class of 1e?..t1 minds, 'and at it )4
lot, May . I t.), 1830, live . rriauat;:,ers to.conduct
period when Pennsylvania could boat of her . the impeaChinent on .tho part of the - ilouse.
Baldwins, her Gibsons, her 11. , sses, her Dun . They wire James Buchanan, of Piintr!sylva-.
cans Dun
her Breekintidges. her Tilglimans, her lila, Ililiri St o res•of New York, Georg ,Me-..
Ilopkinsel , , her Jenkit‘es, her .Dallases,. and i Dadile of South C'rili ran, Ambrose Sven ter of
tier Sempl e s,- he wag prepared for the st•tug- fNew York, and Charles Wickliffe of liintuc
gles of the future, and soon became : commie, ky: ,The ! isplay' before the SYnale on ;hat
no us am oirg those v% Ito. had • few equals in .cekbra . ..ed!kri,d, forms a mostiastruetivt page their:own Juno:, and wh m
oie fame is cherished it) hNI
istory.,l ,4,rs. Willi:oh Wiit and,lona
among cur most agreeable recofie&tions. than Mcredit'h ap•wared fur jtig,! i'ecl;,•, and
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At ta s.j.aav, anot !acme than li:df - a Cent n- lon the pal ! 0... the manlgers Mr. tic tanan
rv's in...!..,n;10ur. , e as t tnan and boy with the ! closed .thei mizament in a speeyb !'of
! great
pe•iiple of i his own hanediate , district:, and [length amT.profound ability, and rese*lL--
1
w&e!) th e poople of Bennsvit ania; after haviriv It is still tilt i tOted as one of the most tint
liguted ptimnuentiy ill theconniets: of par- i expositio4 4;f constitutional law od the pub
... . A
tic ,•; :itteN:avir,g shared the c.entiden;:u utl
succes,ivel)orn9cratic adtnini.tratio*,: Auer
lather e,Mtriboted his.cnergies to At l i !
throw of iinlitical hr?sies tcitliout .numher,
lui mi L , dit leave hi case totho.dsands mid : c i,s
~f thonsanils, %vim have ut VaribUs' titlW6
loit now, with the au=
orlifelbefore them, stati l l ready to pay
their nibi l ) e to his consistency and to h;A in•
tearvy n< n-publie man, by uniting with his
politied friend; in placing him in.tlte Vresi
-dontial chair : \5 hat uiobler monument
Le. raised in ,cOnamenmration 4t tour
Ara-Aivan patriot? What more signifi,ant
refutation Of all the , acermtions of ; heated
party eoinbattants What more conclusive
proof entfai be given to the nation at huge
of the tit treSs and merits-of a f.tate , man who,
after such a lifetime, (Inds his -indorsers in
lie •
ho the - lle %rho , - he h'as
the hearts e ptionle among whom..
alw , tys lived, and warmestsupporter;
among metiwho hai.ic for mote , thau forty
yeais st.io.t til oppo,iti...n to his opinion , !
It is :.aitr''that the .grave =Covers all, that
lkilts'at the portals .of the toe.).
and that front is pencyful hosom spring flow
eis of ri:conyiliation itn.l forgelcultin•zs : Of all
evil pagion;_.. Those who now 'mourn ove - r
the .hutiibieNet immortal 07
of Jack'
rarely thinli . of calumnies Which pit .
like so u'aiv -unsl s eping furies during his
11; the
. univers.al honinge paid 6
his memory; which-rises forever like incenses;
to the ski ,iliow seldom we recall . the bitter
"epithets which he was attack . cd.during
hits career: Anil yet that he we
attacked, and that he was persecute d almost
beyor,d jar lilel, is-.A• But: he outlived de
Imetion,,aniflong heroic he passed 'to his. fi
nal accotinq most of his enemies were trans
lated into friends. We May.say of James
Bechanar., that,although still in the strength
t.fpuhlic usqulnc ,, t, he to) Las outlived d e _ .
trite:i6u, ut;d ll:Ut the echoes slander which
the'cleep- oblivion to which
the at-ctis2thins iip . on his character have been
cot; signed. 4411 faintly upon the ear :of the
pro.;ctit gcnetation. in the long catalogue of
h, public -stip-ices and private virtues, we
lose sight of'-the false charge of the personal
in the luminous and splendid . :l; 2 7re t zate
of the patriotic. character which he would im
pugn !. " - •
In 1820, Junes I4ttelMnan was elected' to
the IL,use 4111eprescutatives,, ltntl retained
his position ilt that body for ten years, volitn
tat reti:eing afterlthe first Congress. under
the adinini-trnthat of Andrew Jackson. Ile
was the warit. and ardent defender of the
AdministratiMt of Mr. Monroe, the active op
ponent of thetadminf-tration of Jofin Quincy
Adain--,and ttiu consistent and trusty friend
of Andrew Jackson. Tlue proceedings show :
that while la4retained it seat in Hie popular
branch of evti,,gre.;s, ht:,4400k - a prominent part
debris all the dees upon great pubitc Attest:on..
As early as 1815,11 e entertained opinionsit::s.
Ade to the conititutionality Of the Batik of
the United Suites, and in the fierce.struggles
Ivhicli ensued inpota the election of the hero
Of. 'New Orlenns, he was a distinguished .
champion of the I)emocrat - 1C party.
,
Probabis th most : interesting part . of
13uchanatt's Idltory, was his early and_ -effec
tive support ofitrenerll.lJacksonfor the Pres- .
idency. . Ie wps one, of the first advocates of
the hen) of Ne* Orleans. More than thirty
years ago, as a!meintier of tbe - .lLur-e Repre
sentatives of the Utilied States, ho recognized
as among tlitt most: active and devoted
friend of Jackson. Distinguished for his
eloquence and his judgment, even in that pe
riod of his life . , he contributed gr eatly to pro
duce the state of feeling which :dterwards
put General Jaeksoi“orwartb as the Detllol.
cratic- candidate, Pennsylvania taking , the
lead. Before tfja Ilouse". of Representatives
of the United States proceeded to elect. a
President (the Oeirple having failed, in 1824,
to make a choitio) Nit: Buchanan opposed,
with indignant eloquente,.fhe motion .to
with closed tioor,4 while' that duty was'being
discharged by the representatives of the A
merican people.; :,' lie -said February 2; 18-
52: -
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He protester agausst going into .a H sOc; . fet
conclave, wheolus House should decide this
all-iinportant,44*tint4;
Wdiat are the constivence4' said Mr.
`which will, result •-frorn - closin,g rthe-.dooA of
the iallwjeal .We ?should impart. to , the
olecticti an air of al4t.. - -We nhoUld-gite
exercise to t.heiceaginatioxiof the muliitiule,
in coujecturciuW: Oat.. seeues are 'clouted'
within titia hall., Busy rumor, with-her hur.
drei& tongues,-will - circulate repods of j wick-.
ed coutbitustionSAndcerruptiotas, which have,
no existence. '..iwitAist people.. see' whet, we
are doing. Lel ths* know that- it is' noth;
ARIC7LTURE, SCIEIRE,; AND. MOPALITY.
yin ,►pn:it 24, 1,g51:
liel ei!Ctrtit'j '
.Afrer re . iring from Congress in H13:32, he
received frOu General ;Jackson, unsolicited,
the tenderikrf the mission to liassia.! Ile ae
eepted thttl t'ii;i.si • on. iluw he diseliarged
its grave d' i tties, the arellivezi-.of they legation
and of the Mate 1).-trirtinetit will :show,--
,Ainong otlier nets, he rendered the c untry
la
important ; -ervices, by_ negotiating', the first
comtuerciti treaty betweefi the . ll;•.Stitts and
Itu,sia, %%II: ch;Fi.curetl to otir eutitt.netle• the •
ports of th,•l3:;ltie sad Black Sea,: and in
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sured to itsa• va.uable and continually in
creasing ti,ible..• • What reputatiOn he left be
hind
him, 1111 , so who :succeeded him ard,..wil
ling to att4t . , The elia • s.te and Yu:illy:I trib
ute to his , lendid abilities, at St.). l ,etet burg
paid durino the proceedings of the Cciilven
-1
li,iii, -whiel as , einbled on the 4th of :March
-0. - ,i.
1E 4 56, by his immediate . successor • in , the A
merican le4ation, at thatcourt,the licrti Win.
slioNs sornething'of the habils and
cap cities !g B
r. uchanan. I •
Sliortly after...Sir.:Bncliannit's return! from
Ruszia mi4ion. the Democrats iin the Levy
islature of. Pennsylvania made him itheiirean.-
didate for 'the United States Senate) and
eleted hini, lle rem:iined •in the Senate
.from the:6ol of llecetriber , 1834,'Ms
resignation) 'Mardi t3d, 1845, - haying been
re-eltted during that, iieriodlof
It is not net es ,, arr-to recapitulate the distill
! •
guished ss. eryiee re idered 1w our great t,tates
, 4 I
man, in the highest legislative-body ; on earth
so well and sc., widely are
.they retnendereft.
In the deb4tki on the admission of I.A,ransas
and Michigan; in Lis' :opposition to thf de
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flbolitionists; in his ;resistance
of the .suliv,inei of - din:B:4lk of
signs of th
and expo::4
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the United Stites, after it Jiatl beetr.transfer
red to Pennsylvania, as a vast political imon--
ied monopt;ly; in his opposition to in profuse
expenditurola the public revenue, fOr the
creation ol'an unnecessary publiC d 'bt; a
governmentibank of discount, circulatio and
/1
deposit, um_ er the British name of Ex'plieq:"
uer; a subs itution of paper money, for the
constittition tl curierief. of silver nnilittobit,
the, surrendirr ll'LeOd upon the insUltin t i de-.
mated of Englithd; the unjust distributiiir of
the public.rexenne, to the States of !Aril con \
federatioli; ini his courageous hostility t spe:
cirri legislation, no matter how ecmcealefl; lie
„ o . .. o p ernlef t - w jth Wright, Woodbury, I - Intiin
King, Liirn,,aud other leading Democrats of
that day. 11 . -
11 . .
Chairman i o fthe Committee - Mi l for i eign.l
Relations, daring a 'series "of years, i 4 the
Senate by his unanswerable demonstrati'o'n of
the : right tifitcli State- to punish 'a fol-eign
-murderer, who, in time of peace, iiiillS :91 A
merican 66471 upon its own soil. yisimas
.terly expositions of our unquestioniibla.i title '
to the Noithicast boundary line; were tq l dield i
'by the cjecis*ms of Congress, /mill he won I
hig . ,ll licipor fpr - !ills opposition to in treaty
y.-hich gave :n large portion of the•Xmeridan
territory to
,P foreign gaernment. 'IEI was
the advOiratel, of a liberal and: enlightimed
policy in regj:trt.l to the -public lands - bu
m r
ing the /net extra session of one hun
dred lay`:, lii i lto the opponents of ! Orel De-
Mocritey, in'llio,Senate of the trnite4 Sit i tes,'
had re, , OlVeiti i. push through.;h.
fial‘iral measnres: beginning wi the:l3afik of
the United ,t.itte-s, and enditig with the. bank
•• .
rapt law, Mr;yl3uchanAn was Conslantly iu
his ,i,trat, ateq was frequently put
.fokyard as
the leader ol d ' his -party, in - certain!trying
emergencies.]! ' :An Carly and a fervent advo
cate of the annexation of Texas; hot sigualiied
his career in;that- body by - giving his views
on that impc4tant queition to his Country
men, in a speeCh of unsurpassed abilityland ,
• - 11 1 .
'roger.
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It is liardll- . .neecssary to gO over .14.1Bu
chanati's rec9rd.to show how true he'
,ins been -
on all those gieht - queStions involVincr ! the
rights.of the4S. tares and the rights of,trici cit
izens\ of the Mates, - On those delicate ques,
tions which o..iud so many Northern :tnenland
which lost 1-,
t i; the D:Rnocotie phrty ofdie
country some lof its mot prominent leaera,
who would not follow the .- .doetrine i of Mate
: right's to its . Just' and lojical coneltiSion,i me.
Buchanan .wits . found unwavering Una 4ecti
tleil.,. -in the pieitiagdetAte during!re.Cun
greSs. of 183 E, 'on . the - subject of,cirepla Ling
incendiary cli•Arutite•nts through - ,,lhe Itunia of
the . Utrite . ri Stntes,lir, Buchanan tipoke re"-
pentedly in tiutiqx*"6l .. the'.lle*sito3 (A Mt
Van'Beren,demendink' the:interferente:of
Alie:Nationaiiialatuf:e to prevent i thdia
ls
teminatien Ofiappeals-amcing the itlay
. of
tlie . Sontti to 'rife iri orYiles luau r roe ti oh *gni nit
:the peripte•4 that. quarter ..of the - OeitOtry";
and on the qpestion of the abolition Of slavery"
In the Distrlet..of Columbia,.. Mr. Buchanan
Wed. the fol, *lag emphatiis langtiagat+ "
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11 2
" What ill, ow, asked by theee nieo3orii9- .
,
t , ,
ists ? I That in this• District of ten• miles
.
square.—a District carved out of two alay4, - .
holding States, - and surroundtid by theM Ot•
all sides, slavery 'shall be ibeliShedl \Vhat
would be the - a'ect of granting their requeat ?
You would thus erect a citadel in the very
hearts , of. States, upon a eirritory whi4
they have ceded to - you 'for a far (Mike%
,purpose, from which Abolitionists and 'ince*.
diarie l a could securely attaiik.- the peace ; acid
safety of their 'ellizens. Vitt establish a spot
within the slavehcAdj.ng ,, aSt"eftti" , 4rll4:ll tvott! ' (l
be a - City of
: ',,n4t- , - -- -tesir runaway- slaves.. Yea
create' by law - a i iaintittl' - point from WhiCh
train's! of gurillowder, may -Le securely , ,laid,.
extending into the surrounding Statea,.whieh
may at any moment produce a fa . atTul . and
deStructive explosion. By passing such a
law, you introduce the_ enemy: into i the very
bosom of thesetwoStates, and afford him eta
cry opportunity to produee a servile insurrees
Lion. Is there any. reasonable man' who can
Tor one moment - suppose that Virginia and
,Maryland IVould, have • ceded the Disfrict Of
.Colunibia to the United States, if they.had
entertained the slightest idea that. Congress
would ever use it Tot% any such
, pOrpose ?.-- 7
They cededit for your use, Tor your convert-.
ience, - and : not for their owe destraction.--L- •
When slavery ceases Co exist under the laaya
of Virginia and Maryland, then, and not till
then, ought it to be abolished in, the District
of Colutaleisar ,
. .
When at the. same session a Coll" b fe,S'•, ti`e
-
two bills were reported, admitting, the tern-•
tories of Michigan and Arkansas, as States
into the American Union, Mr. Buchanan was
selected as the Northern Senator who - should
pre - sentthe bill admitting Kansal, and • advo
eate it . , before the Senate, which he dlsb with
aignid ability, and Mr:Benton was chef , en as
Ithe Southern Senator; who was to - present
!
i and abvocate the bill'admitting:•Michigaa in
[to the, Union. During the exeittng ;-.lebi,6
Oa thea3 issue=, MN.Bachanarr 5p.)11,.?.. repat
'ally. .'• Ile took the broad ground that the.:
\people of the territory, having
. formed a Be
pnblican Constitution after the - mod e l of the
- other States,could be an 1 - slaaeldbe admit ed
'into the Union iireapective a slavery, and
ti COngress should not interfere to revertt
their admission for Any such - reason as i A n ote
urged against the ad tuissionof Kansas:-. It
was during the debate on the, admission Of
Michigan that, .he used these, memorial - 4
words, on the first of April, 18:36, in ids .
place as a Senator lion: Pennsylvania.: , :1
a The older lvrow, tine more I o nzind;tted
to Le 'ghat is called a States rights'.- inctrz.—
The peace and security,uf this Uuion,lcpenil
upon giving to the Constitution a literal and
fair construction,such as Would be placed uP.-
,on it' by a plain: intelligent maul; find not bY
ingen'ous coastruetioas, to ificreat-e the pow
er of this .o.overameau, and thereby diminish
those of the States. Tice . rights of the States
reserved to them by . that instrument, ought
ever to tea held seemed. if then-, the COnstitti
lion leaves toltileni to decide according 6
, their 'owe- discretion, unrestricted and unlita
ited,whe shall be elector-, it follows as a nee •
essaly consequence that the: may, if they
think ievper , confer upon - resident aliens tin,
riollt of vo , ing,.' Area Or. . ...
. .
.
And at- the same time, in the . very ,'wine
speeeli from which the above is copied,. lte•
made the adlowing - eloqueut allusion to' :the
adopted citizens : - _ . -,
1
The territory ceded by; •VirgiLia to - the
United States, was• Sufficiently- eaten:lve. fat
al: immense empire. "The parties to this - soul; -
pacit - of cession contem .t, plated! that it would;
form five sovereivm states of this Union; At
tliat early period, we ha lia-4 'em !rged fro:a
our revolutionary struaa-de, and none of the
jealousy was then fell: against foreigners, and •
particularly : against the :fish, foreignera,
.which• now appears to haunt sornef-TeritteMar(
There had been. no . attempts Made to get up
a 'NatiYe AMerican party . in thismountry.H
The blood . of the gallant Irish had . flowed
-freely upon every battleground. in defence Of
the liberties which we now enjoy, Beside',
the Senate will that the ordnance
-was, passed btsiOre the adoption of Oar I lsreSs
ent : ConstitutioA:and • whilst the. power . of ;
naturalizations
,remaified ~with the, several
States. Iu so r me,afid perhaps in all of their
it, required's° short a residence,' alai solittl,
trouble, to be changed front an alien to a cit:* -
izon, that the .process could be 'performed
•without the least difficulty. ' I repeat tbat - n° .
jealousy whatever - then existed
_ag,ainst furil
eigners: . . ~
• . •
After. - _the splendid campaign of .184.4
which resulted in .the eleetio a or Mr. Polk, ta
result Pen'tisvlvani a. led by Jamei
chanan. cr:-ntributell her electotial vote, the
President elect, casting his;eyes over the long
roll Of Dotocratic then
wr2i , liing the clahu.s• and riaalitioatioas
030 - Land all, profoundly , sensible
ting•qu,istiois which miL come up for
juitructitiduring his aitninistraziou, and after,;
consn!ting the venerable sage then in the'
sunset of life in the Shades - of the tlerinita:::e l ,i
invited Mr. Buchanan to neeept the portfolio!
of 'the .State departMent, the head of his!,
cabinet ;•and 41 . .1845., !kir. Buchanan resign.'
.ed - ..his seat in the Serile - (tp . whicih be- ►ad
only lately been re-elt cted,). and- hecatne Sec=;i
rotary. of State, under President Polk. 'Nor i
is it fteeessai - y that- vie should reettpitttlatell
his services in that. department: They aie
fresh. nn familiar in all minds. Ills argument
in favor:of the clear and unquestionable title
of the Atuer4nn• people. to all . Oreon, won
for.hina the applaucc of the whole liberal;;
world, and was Published in. several lattg.na•J
gel in The. State papo - rs -en` otheill
great questions, pro - Cat:ling from his pen du 7
ring thefour years remained in
..the_departi
ment of State, wens many nontriliatiOna
the-column which celebrates his ethinet.
nest; and usual integritv. When _the
mot Proviso was.'' introduced into : Congress}(''
it 'was - Jaines Buchanan who at once depOund
ced, and - exposed and rallied the Dcmooracvi
. . • -•
against it. . -
•- • I
was during; the.. edit:ill:daintier) 'of -11.1t.1
Polk, that Nr. Bdc,hanan; 'in his letter-to the!
DemOcracy. of Barks - County, P 4 ;first reeo=
mended to the North and . the. South, that 11
the Misionri 'line should ,be extended Ito. the
Se . ifie, and•tkat this should be made the - ba 7 l
sis of final settlement of the slavery qtiestien;
in the' territories. The, war -with ..M`exidoil
"consequent on the annexation of Texas, gat*
us a vast . ern pire' iu addition....l6 .;: ; the. smal l
which: Constituter!, -.ourteloved Union, and,Atil'
the -- argunients.grOwing out of il l e86 1 141066 !?I'
of-California, Mr. Buchanan labored; .'earnesti;
and e ffectivlY _On . the sidiof progress, ?A;
Buehinan'a letter on this subject - is: of recordT
and Speaks for itselic-At.it.easyl,o'reeall ; thof
vittieeratitio which his Tirorc*itign 'to extea4.l
.:- • - ..itotitint 13,-; ' Viiinbtx -:,17:
the lissouri line calls forth. from the &nit.
ids of th© North, from-those who now clam
or for its restorationond who in insane for
getfulnen of their hostility to it a _few yam
ago, set them.selves up as its peculiar cham
pions.
Mr.
BuchanaWs recommendation of artez . :
tm.tioa of the Itlissoiri-line.tvaa- far in - - ad. , .
v'ance of public sentimons. it - was itt:
the South by all purtieias an -exhibition -.a . .-
.firmness only. too re . * among -.Northera-men::
and -it.-A% as appreciated by the, truly_. national'
men of the '-free, States.: Would'. 'it: not -be ;
strangely unjust; if this proposal
chanan should now be cited toproie.hirn un
sound- upon existing iseues-f The spirit which;.
actuated Mr. Buchanan in 1847,
,when 'ha ,
wrote hie'letter recommending the Extension;
of thelMiisouti line,, was to Froniote harmony
among the StateS of the Union, by recogni
zing the priacitile of equallity - among the
States, in . regard to - the common territories-of
the people ; ana now, when theldi,ssouri line.
has been superseded by another plan of set
thiment, the 'Nebraska - -Kansas Act, based up
on the same settlement, of State:equality;alC
patriotic men will cheerfully abide by and
vigilantly Maintain it against the inroads. of
that abolitiOn fusion which once more threat—.
ens..to assail the . consti tu tional :rights . - of _ the-
South. The eountry will find, ummigits Pith
lie nien,po truer or firmer advocates ana de
fender of that . grcat principle of popular sov
ereignty, as embodied in the l `iNebraska
than rues Buchanan.- •
Mr, Buchanan remained in connection'
With:Polk':4 adMinistration tntil March . 4th,
-1849,- wn - eu he once , more returned to Pena
4ylvania, and from that period up to the_clec--
. tion of the presnit enlightened Chief Magic-- ;
trate, he engaged himself in pursuits - conge,
ilia: to a statesman of large and extended ex
perience. The . conflict between the enemiet:
of the Constitntiou and the Democracy,..: did•
not find him an idle spectator.' He ""was in 7
. die:fore front of the.llemocratie party demw,
ding for the south no hollow and: hypocriti 7 -,
sal platform, but a broad, radical distinct ra--.
cognition of Those rights, which. cannot .'be:
equal unless-then are shared: honestly 'and
fairly between the people of all sectiona -,_of
the I:Man.• , Everywhere the' Democracy • of
.
his State felt ;and fulloWed his wise and. pat..
riotic - councels. 7 Wlic . il he emerged froin;hik
qujet, home, it: ivhs to' demand • the recogni--,
tion of all the guaratees of. the- Constitution-.
to-all the States. His letters and - speeches in
favor of the repeal of, the .lawS of Pennsylva-,
pia, enacted for the purpose of depriving the'
use of our jails - for- the safe-beeping of ~ hia
fugitives,. and his appeals to the. Democracy.-
of the State never to yield to"sectionalism;,
conclusively show that Ite.had•ricit, forgotten.
his duty to grciat principles and that hii at-:
tuition was constantly fixed "upon thelimpop
tance of diicharging the.obligation. : He was
:is vigilent in hi.; duties as a 'private, :in Aer
ranks of the people as he was prontinetq, as a:
councellor in the Cabinet and as a 4ept i esene: - ,
tatives and a Senafor in 'Congress. •:. -
During the = Presidential contest
. in 1852,
Nr:l3trehanan - stood.-in the van of the Dem
ol a tic ranks. The following rernarkaide*4.-
ages from. liis speech delivered_ to a Mass.
meeting of the Democracy of Western P,enn
svlvituia, on the ' ith of October, .1852.,:at
Greensburg, Westmoreland county, are so
characteristic of the' Man and. his opinions,.
'that_ we do not hesitate to.copy them.. Re-.
meruher - fliat at no time. did he' ever yield a
Jut or tittle to . sectionalism:„ He Was against
it instinetiyOyi and from t4estr.:if.i _ He then'
said :---- •
"FAA') my I abhor .the practice -of
•iningling up religion with politics.. The doo
trine of all "our Constitution=,. both Federal:
and Stap,.is, that- every man. has an hide
leasable tight to worship his God according
to the dictates of his own conscience. ne is
both a bigot and A tyrant, who would inter
fere with that Marred right:• When a, pandi . t
- date is before the:people-for ofll4::e,'the
_ought never - to be.made, what forip. of re,
• .ligious faith • lie possesse but• °Or in
_the
language of.te. Jefferson, Is Jie honest,.ic
be capable • •
. _
• "Democratic Americans!' :What a name-..
for a Native .American party
,When all the,
:records ol'aur past bititory provelltat Amori
,eati 'Democrats have ever opened
_wide their .
arms to • receive 'foreigners flying from - Op.:
pression in thi4i: native, land, an% - ..haVe
ways bestowed upon them the rights:of timer-..
jean eitizons, after a brief period...of residence
in this country. • The Democratic party have,.
always gloried. in this policy,-and .its fruits;
have been to increase our population and our
power, with unexatripled.rapiditY, and to.ftir - -
„..
ilisll our country ivith.rast numbers of iudys
trim:, *patriotic and :useful citizens . . Safely'
the
,nante of Deniperatiu Ainericaus'.a.as
unfortnnate dgiigoation - for, the native _
jean party,
" The Native. American party, an 'Ameri- -
can excellence,' and ilia glory of its fourid--
ership, belongs toGeorge NVeshingtotil No,-
fellow citizens, the American people will rise
up with one'aecord to vindicate the memory
of that illustrious man'ffoni ouch. an irnput 7 .
ation. As long as the recent memory_ of our
conatrymen;kno such Marty. could have ever
existed. The recollection of Montgomery, La.:
Fayette, 1)e Kalb, Koseiusco, and a long - list
Of foreigners, both. officers'aud :soldiers; ::who -
freely f-ited their bloittl to se'enre our
would have rendereirsuChingatilude impossi
ble. tiu.r revolutionary army, was filled with; ~
the brave and patriotiotnatives of their land.s
and George Washingtonwas theii command-
er•in-chief. Would he have ever closed,the
door against the admission of foreigners to: :-
the rights of. American citizens!, Let hi; acts
speak. for themselves. So early as the 20th
of March, 1790, General. Washington Asa
President of the United States,'improved : gip
first, law which ever passed Congress on the
iiibjeut-of naturalization ; and this only iegnire
ed a residence of two years, previous to thixt ;
adoption ofa foreignerc.B an AMeriCan oitizen
On the 291,4 of January, 1760, Shiterm, -
residence ?as extended by - Congress -td Ave
years, ;and thus it remained throilhout..-
Ggperal Washington's Administration, and
uatil the accession of John Adds' ato he
Presidency., In his adminietiation, which
will ever be knewa in history as,the'reign - of
terror, asAte era of alien and ,fricdition,
an Aut. was Tossed on the 18th of ;littne,44oB;- 71
which prohibited any , foreigner be*,
a citizen- until after a residence of,- fOideen,- - )
ears, and this is the IWO e4e,.PefPetial
exclusion, which General, Scott re ferred; and
which . the Native American .parity . btividesire
to .restore. -
sr • - ' • , -
liThe Preektooliatolitotloo or 1800 secured.
4 1 0 iseePaeicir of the Penreoratic ptirtT,