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Y.l've conquer& the beat in tlieToinennwo,A, And the shark by the deep Mnelstrotri I fittinz foe lived longngo— The mighty rtitestotiotir His blue eyes bnively glance below— ,' The chief from his cliff is g v u e I 'Tithe whale! yon, whale, that..tetnpts his aail, • Like an island he moved' on— "By the soundlea: sea conquer thee, Tliou ocean hutstoiton !," Ile darted his skiff fi oin the feet of the cliff. All arn2a.'w . iili Lis corded spear; Soon the barb is d'ed -in the sea-beast's side, And away .to the . west they steer.- With his hempen rein, der the ocean plain, More fleet than ihe sledge they go; With the red .setfing sun a race they run, InAlie road of its turfy glow 1 . ..„ And the storm, waves kept glassy Calm, . That, strange first hark to see ; . And the sea gods Fuse the chase to charm • And ehouted—" We'll rice with thee!" And one of their troop the Norman chose To share it jiffs dating deed ; . White washer breag as ttie Fitliara snows, Her hair like th'e - brown sea-weed. -And thus they twain o'errode the main, And the N,,rseman's shirt of mail, With - his shield be clashed,;as they landward washed, 'Till he stranded the maddened whale That night, on thestcand of the new west land He built for his ine , insid bride A •bowe‘v hut, and the oil he cat, Fur a lamp, from the monster's side. And Born !bete two there F. pranz a crew, The boldest to Ices(' the sail; And on everyplain of the stormy main They cha . se the tutnbbeg whale isctitautous. AN INCIDENT IN THE MEXICAN WAR BY RICHARD EVERETT. The blond: battle of Malin del Rev was 'finished, and the §mericati 'arms were again victorious. -Bu tt proved a dear-bought victory: The battlefield was red with:Anglo- Saxon blood, for never dbl. the Aztec arms Make amore desperate defence. Tho.e who • participatedju that gloriou, battle wilt never forget:its man s eventftil'eircuniStanees ; how - at - faint dawn of morn 'when' the star looked sweettrupon the 'earth, - our army moved si lently into-its position; corps after corps, ar tillery, infantry andcavalry ; the muttered word - of command, the ittinltlinr. of "Wheels, and the mulled .'tramp? tramp? . 'tramp !: of devoted storming: party, which pioneered the main :force: It was five o'clock in the morning, when'the.battle commenced: With atimtirt4 that shook the earth:the heavy guns of Hugar's battery belched forth 'the signal of attack. Then the stortners. Carry; ing•their laddersand faricineS,startett forward, cbeering.as they-- r In, and were soon l u st -amid tire thivk mie Which - rolled from the Meiienn canon. • Now and then a broad . of flue •slyrive4 our - gallant fellows lighting barbilln hand with the enemy's • cannoniers. On -pressed. the centre of our, -line, aitrt like *rushing tornado, swept the 'enemy ft their 01,1,4 hilt bravely they- Attila and turn our troops 'were driven track. - Here the 'esrvage war dreadful. •-•( If tire .fourteen of the storming party,; eleven wire . , killed -or wounded in le .s - Alan fifteen mina •Mean time, Aain' each - ,i.ing, the fight plogie-,-ed with g reat, furt..and the front iof M•tlin del Rey anti Casa-de Mats-were rapid , • Iv Pio., up I,itth ilead and 'wok nil in front of those Ilefenee , the earl/Huge was ter rifle.. The gallant lite.-Iw-o-11. Was idot. "bile •eheering on Ids Me . h. Lieut. F,e,ott.fe II in the frunt.rank. and sho , trahle . IVaite-sunk under a mortal wound, AniOng t Nioxioans: t her e was a heavy- loss. of galleir idE l t e ill. Old Gee; Lt4rv..gray-iwired.liu! 6,11 of 6,e,•11;11. derez - Huerbt : litld 1t1eA.14.41 , 4,' itll Itel:llmi4j.4l4 .offieers. fought their last tight upon 'the t ant pail aof Opst• de Mum - - But-direful rot xns the .pontiiet, no power -eould.stav the Saiates:ced arm. Ov e r broken-ground.,mcd 'bloody rtx tniutrts, in the laze of ire and. steel, ,tile • American t roor Dressed foiward. , tintaptin.?lte loud bodies of friend and foe heneut Ir theft fret. tinttl coy- -eyed whit the «tains of battle, they wood =wham...upon tte. Mexican fortifications.— 'Obi it was a glorious moment alien,-as the 'smok e tolled away, the %tars at td , tripes wew seen sta.ing from the Mexican flAg staff, proud einlilerng of American valor. ' But vie did. not ittend.to describe the hat ftie,of del -Rey at- Slowly the" remnant of the American fore* retired from the hard earned 'field, and upon the Ninth legittient devulved ttiat must painful of , all do utakburring tlie'dead, tints picking up the - wounded. About sunset the labor commenc -ed.:. &me six hundred men; ...divided into innall.parties, pursued the trielanetioly duty. Dayladed, but-the !nom, 'soon rising. shed ti pale sipulchral light over the Scene, whirl tiri man could eotiteniplate without e.thrin .of horror. •Cfver-a-large expense :of ground the bodies ,of the dead-.:aid wounded:l anew nente,thickly stiffen,, .itte Ost,orne •te butv . dretiZorr•ett rinight -he feinted within the " 1 11411 Of # k!!' ierdi sandy soil Tas wet with human gore. Litrge pits were dug, and friend and foe found - a soldier's gave together. Death had - abolished ail dis tinction. American and Mexican, who a few hours btfore wete striking. for each other's . • lives, and now lay fivaeefolly side. by side, their animosity subitueci. Ambulances and wagons roiled away to the temporary tal filled with wounded men, whose groans of anguisli were awful to hear. It Wil:4 while the work of burial pro'gressed that a Lieweliant, in charge of a 'small party, came to a ravine not far removed from the main line of amp k, through which ran a bubblitig brook. Many tiountirti- men had crowded to the banks - of this stream to slake that terrible thirst which 'a Severe wound al• ways induces. As the party were collecting scch'injured soldierS its would bear remov ing, the wail of au infant suddenly attracted rhehymeminOS attention. trii listened, and agaitt,t he sound Came faintly on - his ear, so plain, however, that there , was noint-taking its source. & w eb was instAoly made ;don! , the margin Of the brook, and in a. few mto Meats it sight was disclosed at, which even the most Itaidened heart grew faint. Two dead bodies lay upon the smt, a •few feet from the water's edge.. One, a young Mexi , can artilleryman, a Luse bend was badly crushed, apparently by a I.,rge shot,the other : a young. and troy beautiful Mexican girl, flom•winr-e heck a tivulet of Mack blood was yet oozin, fora musket ball bad penetrated the jugitho vein. The young man lay upon . his back, apparently just as he fell, while the position" of the w•uniau indicated that she m coved the laud wound while kni.eling by his side. -But this was net all. Narked, and all dabbled Over with the gore of its parents, an infant, evidently about three moutls•ol.l, was )ying upon the breast of its dead mtuli er, waihng, and graspiug with its little hands her haig,' black hair, whi.•h was damp with the cold night dew. Oh i it was picture which made the heart .swell with emotions of deep for utterance—the helples., Docent babe stained with irm mother's blOtel Often have we thought of the ,4 readfithscene, for it was a picture never to be forgotten.— The_gloooly battle field strewn will! the dead and dying; the brook tnurmurit* gleefully along, unmindful of its bloody ripples; the groups of soldiers standing wilt' their spa d ••• and picks around those tlead parents and the babe, and over all the moon .beaming with : ghastly glare, form.ed a striking scene for the diem) pattiotma of war I The maw had • probably met his death while searching fur water, as a leather buck et—such as is attached to an attiliery car riagel—was lying near by.. The young wo n►an must have received a chance shotov hile bending over her husbati.t's •bo t ly —for the Mexican women. with heroic devotion, often followed their husbands or lovers into battle. The. Lieutenant, giving orders that the two bodies should be interred in one grave. wrap ped Ale. babe in a blanket, and in comiany ' of two of his men, started in search of au ambulamie„intending to. send the little or phan to a Mexican camp. He had no: pro ceeded fir when two Mexican friars were liscovered pole ling, as was their custom, among the dead bodies, in-search of plunder. qrder mg them to desist, the officer related tre scene be had just witnessed, and in con citision offered one of the priests a liberal re ward if he would take the babe _in safer) , to the camp of his countrymen. The priest as sented with alacrity, -and receiving the re ward took the infant and turned awry.. With a consciousness of having fulfilled the dic tates of.humanity, the Lieutenant prepared to Jun his party again. He bad taken but a* . tw -steps,. however, before an exclamation of horror front one of his companions carved hint turn quickly, and as he did so, they bounded from his side in pursuit of the two priests who' were 'uniting towards the Mex;• lean lines. A sudden suspicion •of horrible import *danced through the officer's mind in an itimant,4and called on his men to fire on the fugitives if they did nut stop. .he looked. earnestly along his track, and soon eis.cov er td the reason of their companion's conduct ; for. thrown down amid a heap of cornses.was the dead infant,. with a ba:%onet . compleely driven through its Loft I The Inhuman wretch, to whom the officer had confide.d his little enrage, had nut proceed..d a dozen yards before committing the atrocious deed. The pu , suit was suc.-esstul. and in a few too• ments kith friars were bnatglit back rrem blimr and in broken English !.*-gird fur )lltt jusiire was quit-1: and sure. 'A -file of uvriwere soon on the g - round. Ft e minute' for prayers," said tlo Lieutenant, looking at hi- IA:4;e1/—! . .6te bloody --coundrels.! ,Sergeant. tie their hands. - - Men, 'for vett pares in fr,mt. Those ra derswere quickly ob.-red, the victim: mean rirne be ll gAng for their lives-. "Four time is up" a,ul the I! is no use—a until wbo would murder an ,an infant deserves 'worse than death. Are you ready sergertn , . r " Yes, sir," War , the .• The. u God have illy c% on the souls' of these villains.. Pla _train t ready. a'rn. fire f" A sitar p report rang out _plin tite . still night air, and the two hi -ars %ere dead men. . . A TR AITO R... 6 RE.* A kr).— Yoe k Gazette, in notictitg . 71 visit of Mettear..one of the Dtim ocratie'tn,Mhers :of .lie-Legislat use who co. •ted for. (.I.ituntott;;for -United States Senator, to Ws i luane l itt, lila County, Fars lie ins a brief stay Underwood'a . tavern. during ItiO) time lie was .frecpwttilY • : t;'d with "Huzu for the traitor." . .4-1)own with Men var.!' eke. When Cher left the tavern, thew haul gone but a few yards heforethey reeeis , shower of. eggs from the bands of the tmstatulers, which' repated at various Owes along the street. He passed through town next day cat Lis .return . to Ilarri..burg, Le made no stop but slunk along liken. nasty dug when, caught killing sheep. „ f ar- Mr..” raid _ a talVatoupshoublera.l tad from the vomit/. to a policeman at. the door , of Barnum's ruusetint, one der last, week, 1 VAlculate you keep this show. flow large is , that, air lire whale you aliverti,qi to be seen beret. Ibgenough to : swallow a hull town, spcs.e., aim 4 4 1741Q' was the reply of the msg. "1 reciter' le can't ;mallow Any , more town!' on- ;.- lie .hixr got rid of ,the it thee^ in low." ..!Oitiett cr ied, the green-horn. with eyes -pr, tar enough_ to., hang your het , on. "Then be s ;mellowed a city I Dew tell I mortal snaker Mottrityr t - Spe:rota•asity," relied , the -offit,•er, and littrriedmff, to help a , rattly mutate aetoto tee cromd4d therouglifsre, • • - •• 6 4 WE AZLE ALL EQUAL. BEFORE GOD AND THE, CONSTITVTiON.”—Jantes Unchanani entrust, Ausilutanird aun.tn, Penit'a, TAjurshil arc 12, - 1857 711 E GREAT D.fil IN WA S BING TON. INACGI4ZATI4N OF JAMES BUCHANAN, Fifteenth Pre,tdent' of the united States. Washentort, March 4th; 1357.—A brighter day sOdunni dawned upon .the Fedelal city than this 41h of Match 1357, which wan to wittiesm the retirement of Franklin Pietre and the accession of Jatnes Iluchnnan, to the Presidency of the 'United Stato. The sun rose clear in an unclouded sky. The air was cool, without 11.4n,9; uncomfortably cold, and tbuse who remembered the 'chill atmosphere,. the murky sky, aid the snow storm that dis 'finguilied Oe inauguration day of Franklin Pierce. could not rail to draw a favorable omon from the pleasabt eor.trast of 'tbia r kz. The city lia4 been .filling up with strangers from all . parts of The Union for a week or two, and )esketday and this morning, many thou. -and , arrived liv the trains and steamboats. Last. nigh'', there . were thiresands who tn eait,'ped in pailurs, dining rooms, and ;Tar merits, the sleeping roams of th#.publie end pii‘ate imu-es Wing' totally utierittal to %fie nerotnnhaiatitin .of the vast multit oat.. The event of. the night was Ihe Derma:rail(' -I tia tign ra 101 l Bali, given II the Twelfth Waal Deutoetatic As.s,velation of Philmiel- phut. I:. took place at Carusi's S f aloon. The tickets were five dollars, - and the proceeds ‘‘ ere f.ar the beatafi: of the poor of Washington city: A large nai:celhaneons company was resent, and the Pre - dent and Vice Plesident elect were present for a short time, being re ceived with :acclamation un thek arrival. There - V1 rre in the course of the evening sa lutes fired; rocket- dit-eharged, and various her dentonstiations in.view of the coining The city woke early -this morning, being aroused by new salutes and the ringiti7 of bells. The stiects were sOon 'slive . with 'nor.. ing multitudes-Pennsylvania Avenue .pre-, seined a most animated appearance. .Flags eased from all the bitilding4 and Crum many private 'anises._ The movement.. of nubility. companies,. preparing to take their places in the line a procession, gave a particularly lively chat acter to the following: The Lanettster . Fencibles,Captain Duchmun the special escort front Wheatland); the City -, Guard; t-/Ae Charlestown (Ma , ...) City Guard; the Aubutu (N. Y.)"Willaul Guard s ; the Albany (N. Y.) Buiges-: Culp.; the Cunt he.land comineni:ds, Captain Thurston ; the Allegheny Guard-, Captain Schley ; the. Richmond Montgomery Guards; Captain Moose; the 11. chard Young Guards; the Aleaandiia Rttle.:, Captain llerbert ; the Al• exatithia Mount Vernon Guards; the P o rts. mnuth killer, Captain Rteliartlson; the Bid- . timore LAW Grays, Captain Bowers; and the Baltruote German Rdles. There were also the full - owing el,tiqranies 'belonging to Wash ington- citi • the National Guards, Captain Tart; the . I'Y:intuit:a' Grit's. enoutin Tov. oh; the Washington Yeager', Captain Schwarz man; the lion Pofics,.Caption Bright; the .Monigoinely Guards, Captain lien; the Washington Light . Infantry, Captain Davy; the Washington Highlanders, Captain Watt; and t le Union Guards, Lieteunant 11'ii laws. Altogether lire volunteers in the city taking Fait rn the ceremonies numbered nut less than a thousand tank and file. There also delachnienis of U. S. Light Artillery from Fort Mellt.nry, and a corp-e o f seine three, hundred U• S. Marines. -They . were. :thunder the command et General John-A. Quitman. The streets were further eel veiled by the rxpai movements .1 eh, Marshals. and their d panes. These numbered altogether nearly two hundred men from all parts of the Union. ' The Marshal-in-chief and aids were de :iguate:b ht ellow scarfs, witlr • whitel rosettes, and blue 'saddle . cloths, with gilt edging. The marshals were designated by blue scatfs and white rosettes, and white sad dle covers termed with.blue. And they ear ned a baton two feet long, of blue color, with gilt ends about two inches deep. The assis tant • marshals wore pink i.carfs with white rosettes. White saddle. covers. trimmed. with pink. They _ also earried white batons two feet long. r pink 'end , two inches deep. The Fire Companies and the various pa: lineal and civic societies were also early in. trio. tun. preparing. to take their place* in the hue of. pioee,..i.m. Toward. nine. o'clock they end. the military began to form in pro cessi,n on New YOrk Avenue, the tiglit,con - -isting of the mili.ory, t e sring on t•ifteenth -treet. This is clo-e tri the President's House and the Piddle Itip , rtnetits. There was ne:tes-unit a good dear of confusion and 111 ffil liming IWO 141 t the procession g ot into ['Minn' a bout 1%1+1%1e al;14 a and ridvanced down Pellit.vkania Atenue. Its ppeas a nee, as a pi pillar demonstration, wit h iird, the trappings and insignia .of royalty; was very tine,.ar d the - masse: of people in the .meta e cheer-€.41 fterrently it passed. • On te4c•long the National Hotel there Was and- Mitt a - short .relay an elegant harirtsche,- dr tan by -four ho , se., containing- Prestdent and Ii e.President elect, joined the puce-slow immediately in the rear ot , the inditary: The Vise President elect was also in an open carriage, with' sev eral other gentlemen, aathe two ea/linges were surrounded the Keystone Club, preceded by the • milita'ry, and represen tit-ion try a ;tidy dressed' as the Goddess .4 Dire. ty on a high platform drawn by six horses., -followed by a reiniature -o•hip of-tear cif considerable size. made by the mechanics of the Washington Navy Yard. The crowd cheered tutnultoonsly as the President elect appeared. The 'procession •then moved on in the order agreed tipon, as follows: THB ORDER OF PRPCE.q,IO3. Aids.: • Marshel-in-Chief. Aids. The military under the eornand of General A. Quit in4n. A National Flat• with appropriate emblems. The President of the United States' with the President elect and suite; .r<ith Marshals on their left ; and the Marshal of the United States for the Dis trict of Columbia and his ' - , deputies on their right. A rigged shil),—an emblem of national unity • stud power.- - The Coingkittee of: Artangemeuti of the Seffiat.e. . • The Jick.on Democratic The Judiciary. Tiii3A iergy. Foreir Ministers. The Porpe piplomatigne. Members elect, tuembets, and ex-members of Congress, and ex-members of the Cabinet. Governors and ex-Governbps o f St a tes an d Territories, and Members of the . Legislatures of the same. Officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Military. Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution, of the INar of 1812, and of subsetilient periods. The - Corporate Authorities of Washington and Georgetown. Other Political and. Military Associations from the District and other parts. All organized civic societies. Professors, schoolmasters, and students within the District of Columbia, citizens of the DiAtict, and States' and Territories.. • There were a number of fine military bands I in the processiOn; including several from Philadelphia, - Seer York; and Baltimore, which gave additional eclat to the scene. As the litre wrm' on .towards the. Capitol, the crowd, which was.mucb more dense at. this end of the Avenue than at the other. re peateJlt• cheered the President :and Vice President elect, , and they hoWed their ac knowledgments on all sides. As the head of the column reached the north gate of the Capitol, which it 'did not until about one o'clock, it halted, and the military opened ranks, facing inwards and presenting aims, forming what the French call' a hale." or double line of soldiers, through which the carriage with the Presi 7 dent and President' elect I.roce to the gate. Theta they alighted, and were received by the Committee of tire Senate appointed for the purpose. There wits an enclosed passage constructed thence. through' which they were e-scorted to the not th door of the Capitol, and then to the Vice President's room. : IIIE SCENE IN TIM SENATE CITAIIDgr. The most interesting scene. though on al small scale, was that in the Senate Chamber. o%%ing to the .:mail size of the apartment only a limited number Of persons could be admit ted •,-_ but these comprised all the chief digni taries of the government. -The semi-circle gallery tans filled with ladies at an early hour, and members of the 34th and 35th Congress were admitted - to the Eastern- lobby. The Diplomatic Corps:.was in full force, and the i Mtnisters and Charges being in their full a i&ha costumes and looking quite resplendent i along side a the republican black coats of the rest of the at-sen:Llage. The: occupied a Ispace set apart fur them on the left of the 1 principal entrance. ,On the other side the I. lleads of Depatments, Governors of States and Territories, pnd some other privileged persons , were 'accommodated. In front of the eastern lobby wer(Tthe Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, in l thor official robes. I Various distinguished army and naval ofT,icers were also present. In front of the t'zecretatv's desk were chairs for the President and President elect. The 'Senate met at 12 lAtlork. On the the announcement of the arrival of tie Presi dent and President elect, nil ruse to their feet. The President anti President. elect took the places ast , irmed them, and in a few minutes, all ll'ting littirtred, the venerable Power B. I:met, Chief Justice of the Supreme,Court of the United States, adtaneed-with the Holy Bible in his hand. The President elect rose, anti then took the oath of oilier, as follows: " I do solemnly swear that I will .faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and v ill to the besi,of my atilitv pre serve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." . . - Those in the Senate Chamber then formed a line anti proceeded to the eastern portico of the Capitol in the following order : Tie Marshal of the District of Columbia. The Supreme - Court of the United States. The Sergeant at-Arrns of the. Senate." ' The Cummittee of Arrangements. The President of the United States and the • ex-President. . The Vice President and the Secretary of the Senate. . The Members or the Senate. The Diplomatic Corps. Heads ofl )epari mews, Governors of States anil T e ri itorie:, the Mayors of Washing ton and Georuetoan, and other per sons who had been admitted ; into the Senate Chamber. THE SCENE IS FRONT OF THE CAPITOL. There was probably never assembled in Ws - siring:on so vast i multitude as that,as sembled- in front of the eastern portico of the capitol. The procession that .escotted the President and ex-President had, been admit ted; but all carriages and horses were ez• clurledfrom the enclosure. There was a count. less crowd of men, women and children.oc cupyingevery foot of -pace that afforded an opportunity of seeing the ceremony on the portico. Asior hearing the addreis, that was only etj'yed by the privileged few. thousands that could gather closely around the portico. There was a good deal of confusion and scuffling in the crowd, and many grew im patient alter waiting long hoprs for the grand event of the day. A very - s,acions platform was erected on the portico; on which places had been assigned for all those who had been admitted to the Senate' Chamber. At last, tile procession emerged from the Capitol door, and appeared on the piatfortn. As the . tall &cure of the_President, clad in that famOus black snit, with. the thirty-one stars embroi dere& on its lining, became Yisible - ohere rose a deafening shout from the vast Hama ma'ss,... It spread over.the whole multitude, and it .Was some time before it could be 'quiet ed.'Tire President, with hat in hand, bowed. rep atdly in-acknowledgment of the popular acclamations. In the very front of the._ platfortn.waS a seat to which the Preiident was conducted. In his rear were the ex-President and Com mittee of Arrangements; back cf them were the Chief Justice and Judge of the Supreme : Court, the Vice Pr e sident and the members of. the Senate. Then came the Diplomatic Corpse in griend teriue, and then the other ;persons who had been in the -Senate Cham ber. \Then quiet was restored, after, the accla mations that greeted the:President, .he pro coeded, at about 1 3-4 o'clock, to delived • his Itnugural Address. -. .INA.IpGUitA G ADDEEINIL' FELLOW CITIZENS appear before: you this dig) , so take the solemn oath 0 -that I will faithfilly.execnte' the office. of President 'Of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, proteot and defend the con- stitution of the United States." In entering upon this great. office, I most humbly invoke the God of our Fathers for wisdom and firm ness to execute its high and responsible du ties in such a manner as .to restore . harmony . and ancient friendship among the people of the several Stites, ana to' preserve our flee I institutions throughout many generations.— Convinced that. I owe my election to the in hereint love for the C i .mstittition and the Un ion,..vvitich still animates the hearts of the American people, let me e•srnestly ask their powerful support in sustaining all just meas. tires calculated to perpetuate these; the rich est political blessings which.Henven has ever bestowed upon any nation. Having determ ined not to be a candidate for re-election, I• shall have ,no motive to influence my con= duct in adrainistering, the Government, ex-. cept the desire, ably and faithfully to serve my country, and to live in the grateful mem., err - of my countrymen. • We have recently passed through a Presi dential contest in which the pas.siOns of our fellow-citizens were excited to the highest degree . by questions of deep and vital im portance. But when the people proclaimed • their will, the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm.. The voice of the majority, speaking in the manner prescribed br the Constitution, was heard; and inst,knt sniirnis sion followed.. Our owit country could alone have exhibited so grand and striking a. spec tacle of the capacity of man . for self govern ment. What a happy conception, then, was it for' Congresis to - apply this simple rule. " that the will of the majority shall govern,'! Ito the settlement of the question of domestic ' slavery in the territories, Congress is neith er "to legislate slavery it any territory, nog to exclude it therefroth," but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and reg ulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitutiori of the United States. As a natural consequence, Congress : has also pre-cuibed that . when the territory of Kansas shall be adniiited as a State it shall be received into the Union wit'b or. without shivery, as their oWn Constitution may pre= sciihe at the time of their Admission. A dif ferent opinion has arisen in regard *to the time when the people of a territory shall de cide the question for themselves. This is happily a matter of but little practical im portance, besides it is a -judicial: question which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it is under:quo:3d, be speedily nudVnally :settled. To their de cision, in common :pith all .good.citizens, I shall eheerfUlly submit, whatever this may be, though it has ever been my individual opinion that, under the - Nebraska-Kansas act the appropriate period will be when the num . - ber of actual residents in the Territory shall justify the formation of a Constitution with a view to its,admission as a Stateinto•the Un- But be. this as it mar, it is the 6perative and indispensable duty of the GoVernment of the United States, to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expres sion of his opinion hr his vote. This sacred right of each individual . must be preserved.— This beinig acComplished, nothing- can be fairer than to leave the-people of a Territory -free from all foreign influenee,to decide their own destiny for themselves, subject only •to the constitution the United States. The whole Teriitotial question being thus settled upon the principle of popular sovereignty— a as ancient . as free government it self--evervthintr of a practical 'nature has been decided. \o other question remains for adjustment, because all agree that, under the ConstitutiOn, sla.i:ery in the States is be- YOnd of any human power except that of the respective 'States themselves wherein it ex ists. May we not, then, hope that the long agi tation on this subjea is approaching its end, and that the geopraphical parties to which it ha: given birth—so much dreaded by the' Father of his country—will speedily become extinct ! Most liatipv will it be for the country when the public mind shall be di verted from this question to others of more pressing and practial importance. Throughout the whole progress f this agitation, Whiels has Scarcely known . any intermission for more than twenty years, whilst it has been a prolific source of . g rent evils to the master, to the slave, and to the whole country; it has al ienate4l.and.estranfred the people of sister States from each other, and has even serious ly endangered the very existence of the lin ion. • • Nor has the danger yet entirely ceased.— Under our system there is a remehy for all • merely political evils in the sound sense anct sober judgment of the people. Time is a great corrective. _Political subjects . which but a-few years ago excited and exasperated the public mind, have passed away . end are now nearly forgotten. But the qtiestioe of domestic: .Slavery is of far greater importance than of any _mere political question, because should the agitation - continue it may eventu ally endanger the personal safety of a large portion of our countrymen where the institu tion exists. In rhat event no form of Gov ernnient, however admirable in itself, how productive of material benefits can compen sate for the loss of peace and domestic secu rity around the family altar. Let every Union loving man, therefore. exert his best Influence to supprem this agi tation, which, since the recent legislation or Congress, is without any legitimate object.— It is an evil omen of the times that men have undertaken to calculate the mere ma terial value of the Uuion ; reasoned estimates have been presented of the peenniary profits and local advantages iwhich would result to different States and sections from its disso lution, and of the comparirtiye injuries which such an event, would inflict on other States and sections. Even descending to "this low and narrow view of the mighty question, alt such calculations are at fanh—the bare ref erence to a single consideration -will be con clusive on this point. We at present enjoy a free trade through out our extensive and expanding . country, such as the world never -'witnessed. This trade is conducted on railroads and canals, on noble rivers and arms' of the sea, which bind together the North and the South, the East and the West of Mir confederacy. An nihilate this trade, arrest its' free . progress by the geeiraphienl lines of, jeelous and bostile States, and yon destroy the proeperity and onward march of whole and every part, and involve all h. one common ruin. But such considerations, important as they are in themselves, sink into insignificance, when we reflect on,the terrific. evils whiCh -WOulti re sult from disunion to every portion. of the confederacy—to the North no more ,than to the South—to the East tio more than to the West. These I shall not attempt to•pc.rr= tray, because I feel an hu.nble confidence that the kind Providence which ;aspired-our fathers with wisdom to frame the most per• feet form-of government and Union ever de.'l wised by man, will not suffer it to,per:sh, un til it shall have been peacefully instrumental by its example, in the extension of dill and religious liberty throughout'the world. INeXt in importance to the maintenance of the Constitution and the Union,', is the duty of pres.erying,the.Government free from - die taint or even tile suspicion of corruption.— ,Public 'firths is the vital spirit of Republics; and histoty proves that when this has decay ed andltbe.love 'of - money has -usurped its although the forms of free Govern ment may' tetnain for a season, the substance has departed forever. Our present financial condition is without a parallel in history. tio 'nation Las ever before been ernbarassed firom too large tt sur plus in its treasury. This -almost necessarily gives bith to extravagant lezishition. 4 pro duces wild schemes of expenditures And . be gets a race of speculators and jobbers,' whose ingenuity 'is exerted in contriving and pro moting expedients to obtain public money.— The purity of official agents, whether' right 7. fully or wrongfully, is suspected, and the Government suffers - in the estimation of the people. This is in itself a very great' evil. The natural mode of relief from this embarrass- ment is to appropriate the surplus in the Treasury to great national objects, for which a clear warrant can be found in the Consti- tution. Among these C might mention' the extinguishment of tile public debt, * reasona ble increase• of the Navy 7 —which is at pm eta, inadequate to the protection of our vast tonnage afloat, now greater .than that of any other nation—as well as to the defence of our extensive sea coast: It is beyond all question the - principle that no more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expenses of a ;vise, economical ~ and efficient adminis tration of the Eovernment. To reach this point it was necessary to resort to a modification of the tariff, and this has, I trust, been accomplished in- such - a manner as to do as little ; injury as may have been practicable to our, domestic maaufac tures, especially those ;Oeccessary for the de fence of the 'country.. ; Any' discrimination against a particular branch for the purpOSe of benefiting favored ; Corporations; individu als or interests; would have been unjust to the rest ofconimunity, and inconsistent:with that spirit of . fairness and - evality . which.- ought to govern in thadjustment :of 'a rev enue tariff .• But the s i molderin. of the pub lic money sinks into (comparative - insigiiifi eance, as a femptatioi to corrtiption, when with the spiandering of the public lands. Ni" nation in the. tide of time has ever been blessed :with so 'rich and noble an inheritance as we enjoy in the Public Lands. In administering ' this important trust; whilst it may be Wise to grant pottiona of them for the improvement of the remainder, vet we should never forget that it is our . car dinal policy to preserve these lands, as much as•may be, for actual settlers, and this ',at moderate prices. —We shall thus not only best promote the. prosperity of the new States. and Territories, by furnishing, them a•li . rdy and ind‘Tendent 'face' of honest_ and industri ous citizens, but shall secure, homes for our 1 children and our children's children, as well a, for_those exiles front. foreign shows Who may seek in this. country - to. improve their condition and enjoy 014 blessings of eivil'and : religious liberty. Such emigrants have done, much to promote the growth and prosperity of the country. - They have proved faithful both in peace. and war. - .After, proved" citizens, they are entitled under the Constitu tion and laws, to be placed on perfect -clunk ity• with native citizens; and in this character I they should ever be kindly recognized. , - The Federal - Constitution is a . grant frOm the States to .Congress . to. eertain specific powers,:and ti'e question whether this grant. ,hould-be liberally or. t•trictly construed, leas more or less divided Political parties from the begiOniag. ' Witbotit entering into theargil-, meat, I desire to state, at the commencement of my administration; that long experience and observation - Lave' convinced me that-'a strict constructionof the powers, of the ,Gov ernment is the only true, as well as the only safe theory of • the Constitution.' Whenever. in our past history,doubtful powers have been exercised by Congress these have never failed: to produce injurious and.unhappycionsepten-' cgs. ; Many such instances, might 6e . addqeed, if thii were the_ proper occasion.'. Neither .ii, it necessary for the public ' . iervice 'to - strain; the language of the Constitution,- be, cause all" the great-an& useful. powers required for 'a successful admirostratioo of the Government, both in peace and in war, Nave been granted either in expresstertns, or by the'plainest:im plication.- Whilst deeply conviriced - of thes.e - tit ths; 1 yet consider it clear, that ander the war-mak ing.power Congress may, appropriate .money 1 towards the construction of a • military road, when toward_ absolutely necessary for the . de. ] fence of any State or Territory of 'the U13:1614 as i tist 'foreign invasion. ' - Under the - Consti.; 1 tution, Congress, has power " to . declare *le -" to raise and support . aratiets"—" to . .iiiii.,... vide and maintain a navy,',and call forth the militia to "repel.invasion .". , Thus eadocied, in - an ample manner., with - the war . making power, •the - corresponding :duty : is 'required .e that " the United Stateashall protect each of them (the States) against . inyaeion.", .. Now is it possible to afford this proteetion.tacalifer:. . ma and our Pacific posaeasiorts, except by ', meant ofa MilitarY road through •the ' Tern tories•Of the United Stites over Iwhicli Met' and munitions ofWat. may Ite spenVily - trans ported: from .the Atlantic Slates ti meet : and repel:the invad,et I —.. • • ,' : ' °" • - -,ln , the event of a war with a. naval - power it ocil -stronger than oar . tawth , washould.t,hfm: hare no other available access to, the Paifie c oast, because inch , a,,norrer Woud instantly an close . the route aCiolii ate Isthintis.of 'Central America. , It is important to: conceive-011'st whilst the Constitution - has exptessly required Congress to , defisnd all. tie:::Stated, - it .shoihi yet deny. to them by -STY: ifsir ,:tanNt_riAqiN . the only possible reesettby Which One :ll ' these ; States' Can be ddendoil.'BeSidet(the - g:oreri-: ment, ever sins its origin,-Lau been' -m''th4e cot;tstant practice Of - constructing- military 04itlifi'144'-: .5404-07.41-', • • • roads. _lt Might a1..t0 wise 4 to : consider* • whether the lore-fur tli,- ; c:rsion, which noir; animates out athOc.Panilic *-- co: t, may not be impaire4 by onr neglect or -. refusal to provide for- tlir..rn in their: ;emote and isolated coniiitieo,:,llie - ;00 1 ,Y, .which the Power : 4 the„giateion this side of. _ the rocky, Mountains can reach them - in clent time to protect thencagairis4nrasion.: I forbear for the.present from exyressing an opinion as Co the wisetitand.emmonii43 mode in isthfch rfingorefrinient, can lend ia'aid in accomplishing thii great MOnecem i t .v c. I believe that iitianir ut - thediffin - n - ltiea - way which now , l great degree,- vanish• as;- and best'toute shall have ~ , been,natisfactoray ascertained. : ; It may be right occasion I should make, some brief remarks in rerrrights an4ard to our rig , itutieis it's a ' 6 - 3'e 4 .r bei of the great family of nations. - '; ln aoiizii tercotirseorvith..thern;- thew:are:wet' principles approred by. our = owit--esperientta from which we should never depart :., ought to cnitirate peace, cOMmeriie and friendship with 'all ntions, and this, fiot merely as the best• - metrni' - of- probotingloir own' material interests,:brit-in spirit of-Chriii- tiara benevolene.eitowords.lengsr tutforwberer - ' er. their lot 'may be east. . Our diplomacy should be - direet'imd .. tranir„ • neither seeking obtain mOre,'firirinOaiiiiiig less, thania our . due. °'lVe ou i tirebitiih a sacred regard .forz the- independencer-it nations, and never attempt to friterfercin'the domestic concerns of any, milt* thissball by imperatively re - quired bythn , great sell-pieseryrition: aroid - entangling' all) { - ances has been a maxiin.of orr policy, ever. since the days of Washington,anditkwisduitt *lnoue will . attemptto •disput,e.! ;1- In short, we ought to do justiecio a 1.144. ly spirit „to, 'n patiOns,. rid , just ce froin thein inietnrtr. - Itls.our-giory lhat 'Othei:tatiOnts have extended their dominions, by. the 'swan% we have never . aequired any: terr4m , except by fsir purchase, °rots in the caw* of l'exesi by the-voluntary determituition: 1141*4 kindred and - independent 'peOpte their destinies witri our Own: 'Tire' igta ftaisitions from Blexicaform: no: exceptiotionir Unwilling to take advantage of. the AZAD" of war against a sister Rei/bile, wo,pyrOiiist r ed these pwes . sions under the treaty'Of for a sum which was conside.red'itt - the",timet . a fair equivalent. Our past• historyii forbids that we sho uld in the future acquire territoryi unless this be sanctionedby_the laws ofjett! Lice and honer. Acting - on this principle; no. nation - will have a - right to inteifere'cir "tri complain, if in the prOgresfrofeventirwe Shall still further extend uur fussessions. - . Hltherta in our aconisitions, the people, under the protection of the American flag, bave_*oy ed civil and relizioui liberty : , as well is eqne( and just laws, and have been:mititented, prait perous and happy. Their' trade with the mai o f the wbrld I s rapidly.increaseil, .rind 'tb every commercial nation hasshared _lsrgely, in their, successful progress. I shall new pro ceed to take th - e oath presetiVed- by the CO:. ‘ stitution—whilst humbly invoking the tiless= . inas Of Divine Providence on this greet :pea_" ple. • 4-431 ES BUCHANAN. At the clo.e of the Addresi, 'the 'el-fires dens advanced rind offered his coPgratuletions' to the Prelkident; and' heWas-followed• hY the:: other dignitaries. ' The crowd- , at 'the.--sitmer, time renewed . their cheering, and the guns on i the Capital 11111 bellowed out the news that, a new President had entered upon' his ter of office. Thesalute'Consisted of thirtir-bia' guns—one for each State of the Union ? ,,;'• The ceretiwny being-concluded, ; dent'returned . to the Senate. Chat:abet! ! . 11 44.1 soon after resumed lils',Seitin the ,carnage,- and was conducted to the White gottae,'the' ex:Pre,ident andothers accompanying hniaj ..:The ruilit:try and a -great pnrtion -trithal prOcession formed again, to escorts 1 11 0 - , President and those along with. hiM., to the Executive Mansion. , • Bond Street igurdei. 'The Grand Jury have so far- enaorsea' tha ,l verdict of the Coroner's Inquest as te runt' fiat - bills of innicttnent agisinst and John J. Eckel for the - tnnrder of Dr;-13nr-`:, dell. They: hive discharged the diughtgravii Mrs. - Cunningham and held Snodigrps-to . as a - witne.s. ,The theory of Oeroper Peppery - , . and of the' facts and circumstances -as were permitted to , s - ppear before hiat - Meths-: that Eckel personated-Dr. BurdeP in the'inav!-- ria,,,, , re with Mrs Cunningham,. and 4itat: ahes.: and Eckel conspired to and. comeiitted the, murder of Dr: burdell that they might epjoy, the third of his reported -sloo.ooo,:ahe""aiir the widow and he 119 be, r , pars ta our beeti' somewhat shaken by the affidavit Spi-s cer,- formerly the partne,r of Dv.,Burdell, rbtch has .been made since the,verdict of til)-•ColY,tt-- tier's Jury, and, whose important testimony be strangely, and,- we are led to say, Mirruptli' qdused to heat, although Dr. Spicer ' : le a -ma of high and • unimpenched character, :- came purposely to . New, York to-otTerit.;. - Df-$.O-.. cer swears that_Dr. Burdell distinetiy,aeante4, him that he did tharryiMrs.Ctitinitigtiiii, but; he wanted it. kept a'secret. Dr. ,Spine;. states that heiiit Di. BuideWs of 4thetili e_. angrily:accused Ifni. Cunningham beforelini'i: • of stealing from. him the.ll6oo.note, , 4hritf_itt - • the .request of Mrs. Cutiningliam,-heiP,444ii cer, searched , the house . fi3t. the cote. out,' 09u.4 4 1 not find it , - and thnt Dr. ,Burdell 'efteirrardt_ confessed to him that Mni. ;Cunt ingiiani had taken no note—that he_had onljtabingialutin' _ - with it - to get-rid of" her.. • :,-,-,.. ..,: -,‘„ ::;.',.,, l' • - Clouds of mystery- still- bank ~ ,orfir, tidsi bloody tragedy:which:we bust theretit l og l to be empanelled to try_tbe_acOttOed -will be able to dispere4ot the guilty,:inty be brought to iitiniAmeot and the tneonowt-,!W-- tiered from suspiciOn. •.:-. ' ; :',."- - - -''' t' • The liew'', York papers; ininlgitigliesile kinds' ef gossip for the amusentent eenel edli-o) cation, of their greedvvolereonyetetieuelto hint that another persorria ausmt4 Awf-,t4;. murder and:that the V 011136 n u& after' iiip.—..l 4- _. This ' ruttier; whethir; trio im. ' .'Pat holtoi' , iii, keep up theixeiteMentli*ihe*ese;',.•'- , '• vl4l* 'The notoriety, girt% telbe erseirioiiiirw: wads an of witnesses and4estimonywhielObe**- steou'mulated-sicon4l4vill "readeviititi— ' .-„,.. 4 than tirdinstils, dillioulkte : ebtain n,„ if '''r ' iltPirtild 441' PI l i ty illi 01 . W.,44 ' 4 4, . it will hi disposed of An't4ti'ef ' ' ' - i` ''' -1 , - the ipnblio. mind ; iii loireraittick.' *WI' . 11 0T04,4- - lltta thi4A boOtql tgel=m3***ltti*A 17 protected:` by_ be Pr° 144 ,roPt o.44liPka isionent° of him 'why ; Muiaerniiitetiiittail it.- away, • . . - - -'-'..4, • ' - -- ii~~~ t .. - ... i~ v ~ ~~- ,
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