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The beauty of the day on which Mr Irving),
funeral twit place, a nd the charming ispect of
the surrounding country. in the 'gloriosa sun.
shine which them closed our long Indian Sul
nier, have prompted'the ensuing lines, which we
tare from a friend of the departed author, him.
self eminent in the worth of letters; •
The dear, quaint eottage, as we parrs:
No clambering rose or locusts bidet •
And dead leaves finch •the matted grassy—
A shadow rests on Sunnyside:
blot,t/ the flying Flood-wrack nut,
Nor by tbe.sommor foliage twed,
The shadow which the Pant
Lets fall where cherished joys bavh fled
goo,. vbo.4 fubey iron a spell
As lasting** the Scene is Adr,
And made the mountain, stream and' dell
- ilia own di m-life forever share;
Ile who with England's household grace,
And with the bravo romance of Spain,
Tradition's lore and Nature's face, _
Imbued his visionary brain ; -
Mused , in Granada's old arcade
As gushed the Moorish fount at noon,
With the last minstrel thoughtful strayed
. To ruined shrines beneath the moon:
Awl breathed the tenderness and wit
Tins garnered, in expression pure,
As now his thoughts with humor flit,
And now; to pathos wisely lure;
Who traced with sympathetic hand,
Our peerler chiefincn's high career;
His life, that gladdened all the land,
And bleat a home—is ended here.'
What pensive eharrns of nature brood
O'er the facailier sesneto.day,
As if; with smile and tear ; she wooed
Outhearts a mutual rite to pay
The river that he loved so well,
Like a full heart. Is awed tocsins,
The winter 'air that wafts his knell
Lafrsiosnt with autumnal balm.
A reit of mist hangs soft and low
Above the - Catskill's wooded range. .
While sunbeams on the slope below
Their shroud to'robes of glory eltange.
How to the mourner's patent sight
Glide the tall sails along the shore,
Like a procession clad In white
Athwart broad Godson's crystal floor.
So light the haze, in itsatiogehadts,
Like tears thropgh which WO dimly see,
With, incense crowns the Palisades,
With purple wreaths the Tappan Zee.
And neer did more serene rept,so
Of cloud and sunshine, brook and brae,
Round Sleepy Hollow. fondly close,
Than on its kiver's H.T.T.
TO MY BOYS.
Boys ! your lives are all before you.
Be they abort or be they keg— 2 - •
Whether good or ill come o'er you,
Never give nor take a *Tong.
• But stick together
Shoiild kind fortune's smiles attend you,
Ne'er lorgqt the kindred tie,
And should fate's herearstnent rend you,
Cling together till you di.;
Yes 1 , stick together
If success is life should vary,
Some be rich and some be poor,
Let no riches make you airy ;
Never scorn the poor one's door;
But stick together
Time s and chance may alter taus..
And the rich ones soon be polar.
While the Spoor ones Sake the places
That the rich ones held before;
• Then,stiek together.
*Should temptation lure a brother.
From the path be should panne.
Crush kiln sot, big ruttier smother
Anger with election true,.
And stick-together
Blood than water awe is thicker, -
When its ftiuntain is the same ;
Then kindred surely should not bicker,
And only kindred be in name,
• But slick . together.
The time,•my eons, ht fast approaching
When 19l slumber with the dead;
Then let me feel when death's encroaching,
And all the hopes Of life are fled,
You'll stick together.
For in !his wsiry wo eld of ours,
The Tic o& are the just and true.
unite their kindred powers
-And each to each their duty do,
And stick together.
Ai - Some* years 'ar,,a lady noticing a
neighbor who was not In her sett at church
one Sabbath, celled on ber return home to
inquire what should detain so ifUnctual
attendant` On entering the house she found,
tbe family busy at wink. ghe was surprised
whin bet friend adddreseed her—
" Wby, la! where have you been today,
dressed up in your Sunday clothes!"
"To meeting."
"Why, what day is it r
"Sabbath day."
"Sal. atop washing ins mioute I Sabbath'
day I Weft, I did titg. know, for my husband
baa got so-plaguey stiogey he won't take the
paper. And we know nothing. Well, who
prewebed r
" What did be preach about r
• It was on the death of our Saviour"
" Why is be deed r Well, all Boston might•
be deed, sod we know notbies atioutit I It
won't do, we most have - the itswrepaPer itgak!..
for everything goes wrong sailboat the !per
Bill Las ataxist forgot bar imam Polly has
got quite popish agate, because she has no
poetry sad storms to read. Wall, f we bare
to take a cart-foal of onitsmand potatoes to
market, l'm rePATIA t 4 twos cewspeper."
LIVING WHILE YOU DO LIVE.
BT ouv Eft OPTIC.
CHAPTER L
"But we need a center-table, Henry, and I
don't think. we can get aloe; without one,'
said Mrs. Greening to her husband, durirg
one of those sweet liule confabs that lighten
the path of the Benedict.
" A centreitable is it very, pretty article of
furniture, my dear," replied Henry, with a
smile which could sot be Interpreted with ,a
favorable omen.
"It is, and we can't get along a ithout one
any longer."
"S4poes we try, Janet r oontinued Mr.
Oremaivay, with that same. ambiguous smile.
" How provoking you are! • Of course we
cqn ges.along without it."
"The, that is precisely what we will do."
"We could get along without a dinoer-ts
hie, if you are coming to that."
" But we are not coming to that; we are
only going to do withoitt a centre-table, which
is a much easier matter."
" If you choose to do• without a bed, such
a thing is possible. The Indians and Hotten
tots sleep on the ground."
" But, my dear, we are neither Indiana nor
Hottentots," laughed the husband.
"Then do not let us live like them."
"I Invent the least idea of doing so."
"-Well, I think Ton have. You seem dis
posed to ignore the comfoits and luxuties of
civilised life."'
" Not at all, Janet."
"I have been waiting very patiently two
or three years for the utile to Collie when you
could afford to improve the appearance of the
house. • I give it up, now ; Y don't think the
time will ever come."
" Perhaps it will, my dear; don't despond."
"Itisof no use. I-see you don't taean to
gratify me, io • this respect," pouted Alm
Green way.
" I tic, Janet; but I cannot afford to do so
now"
"Yes, yon can, Henry. You get a Thous•
and dollars a year, and we do not spend over
right hundred. Besides, you told mit yester
day you hid over a thousand dollars out at
in rest." •
" That is all true."
" Tben, of course, you can afford to buy a
new oentre-table." •
.• If a new.centre-table were all, I could get
that; but it will only be a ,beginning. lon
will want your parlor completely furnished."
Mrs Greeowaycrould not deny this plain
and prophetic state mem., for she knew very
well that the centor-table was only the cen
tering wedge, and that she really 'wanted the
more elaborate furniture in her parlor.
" I am ashamed to invite any one into the
leolor,"
. .C.?ntioued the lady,. "If you knew
company, you would tome Mercy upon me. -
" Don't believe I should, my dear," replied
the unfeeling husband.
" 'foe don't care e straw for my feelings
now."
"Just u much as ever I did, my dear; bat
you know I don't believe in people's 'making
themselves miserable for nothing at all."
" Do you call it nothing at all to be be
hind all oar friends and neighbors 1"
" I do, Janet. I don't vitro what my friends
and neighbors have got in their parlors.
That is their busies, not mica. They mut
get what their taste dictates and their means
permit. We must do. the same, without re
gard to them. -This rivalry is worse than
fully."
•
" I don't want to be behind everybody else:
"Never mind everybody else. Now look
into our parlor. There is a good,' superfine
carpet on the floor, six hair-cloth stuffed seat
chairs. a sofa, a rocking-chair, a book-case,
and other articles in keeping with them. It
is a comfortable, pleasant, in good taste, and
as good as people irrour circumstances ought
to have. We connot afford Wilton carpet*,
French chairs, and rosewood tables."
" Look at David Benningtoo's parlor."
"I have looked at it.",
"Compare it with oars."
- "That lam not dispued to do. I dislike
this spirit of rivalry. His parlor , ie. elegant,
and no doubt it coat him a year's salary to
furnish it; bet thatis his business, not mine.
Now, my dear, it pains me to see you so
much moved by the splendor of your neigh
bors' houses. Do yoU know what that feel
ing is I"
"It is. something dreadful, of course." pout
ed his wife.
" It is envy ; and I am sorry to see you
cherish such a. feeling. Just consider, my
dear, that our house is very comfortably fur
nished ;that_iie have all the comforts .and
many luxuries of life, and ought to be very
grateful fur the blessings we enjoy."
" Another homily on oontentment-.—pray
spare me," replied firs. Greenway, with an
expression of disgust.
"Iwill spare 'Ton, if the subject is disagree•
able-to you. "
"I think you love mony—that you like to
hoard it up: Do you know what that feeling
is called r
Perhaps I do."
"It is penoriousness'; and people who in
dulge the propensity are sometimes called
misers."
, "I think your conclusion is rather stvaintxt
We live well. I hope you have never suffered
for the want of good food, warm clothing, -or
any of the comforts of life."
, Of course, I have bot."
"By-sod-by, the time will come, when I
shall want to go into business, and if I spend
all I earn, I shall not be able to do so for
wapt of capital. It is best to think of the fu-
"There is somebody at the door. It is
David Bennington and Rath. They prom
ised to come over and spend the •evening
some day thiv week." Said Mn. Greenway,
rising. and going to the'dpor.
The Visit Ors were warmly welcomed and
Inhered into the comfortable parlor,which the
lady bad persistently decrial.
CIIAPTER IL
Henry Oreeoway was a clerk, and lived is
one of the suburban Mutts acij'oioiog the city
o f B o wes. lie was so iotelligeot, straight
forward ran man of timatyieven. who had
bean grunted four yam. sad hoped some
time or Misr to make bis fortuse by prar
dame, energy, stmi inindlig hie own business;
bat as be bee atiesdy . - Msde - his mark upon
the teider,ertrwlll not eatery upon his mt.
taoridests..• • •
Ins neighbor, David lisosisitos, was s
MONTROSE, PA., DEOEMBER 22,1859.1
young man, to similar cireatwitatices, though
his Wary was fifteen hundred dollars. Hs
was rather magnificent in his ideas of domes
do matters, and lived in the style of a man
alto has an income of thial thousand a year.
His wife was fond of show, and dressed her.
self, and furnished her house to such an ex
tent, that her husband's 'bills payable" would
have scared a prudent man out of his senses.
But David wits not dlstOrbed by' trifles. He
bad perils enough to affix his signature to a
Dote, and repeat the operation as often as his
wants or his embarrassments required.
Mrs. Bennington was eendessending to the
lord and lady of the bumble mansion, and
did not even sneer at tile
. haircloth upon
which she was invited to he seated. bit this
was no t b eem o se ;bare w no Apalice in ber
composition ; it was on - because she had
out-rivalled ber neighbo in 'chairs and silk
dresses, 'and was coUtplatient in the victory.
She soon brought on: the subject nearest to
her heart, and intimated Abet she bad just
'added an ekigain easy-chair to thespleadm
of liar parlor; which was done to play upon
Mrs. Greenway's. weak point.
. By VIM accident the gentlemen dropped
politics, and the expenee of.living became the
topic of conversation.
" h costs me fifteen hundred dollars a year
'to live," observed Mr. Bennington; and he
seemed to be proud of the fact.
- " It cats me eight," added Greanwnj.
" I don't see bow you'get along."
" We get along very well ; ws have all we
want." --
Mrs. Greenway glanced ai him.
" I must live we ,11"‘itdded Bennington.
, "So must I," said GP:litany.
Mrs. B— glanced at the hair-cloth.
"It is tine, my wife is in favor of more
show than I can at present afford ; but I hope
one of these dart to gratify her in this respect,"
continued Henry.
" Ile is as poor as a church mouse," said
Mrs. Greenway. " Ile thinks he can't afford
anything."
" Nothing extravagant you mean, Janet."
Mrs. Greenway, hoping to move her obdu
rate husband, related the substance of some
of the conversation which bad passed before
the arrival of the visitors. The parties were
very intimate, aid had been so for years, and
there was but little reserve tx i ttween them.
"I mean to live while I do live," said Mr.
I3onnington. "For nfy part, I don't intend
to go out the world without having enjoyed.
its good things."
' "I think its - best to look out for a -rainy
day," added Mr. Greenway. " I don't believe
in spending all you get, especially on fine
.clothes and foe furniture."
"Live while you do Die, Henry."
" 1 intend to live well, and I do—just as
well as I wish to live."
is towards extrarigantoisplay, pursued Mr.
Green way, without noticing the remark•of his
wife. " I don't beliaieln it."
" I like to see a house well furnished, and a
lady well dressed," added Biruirington.
"So do 1; but, I don't like to see a man
exceed his income."
" I mean to live while I` do live."
This was Mr. Benniigton's philosophy, and
be consistently folioed oat bin principle;
w ith what result, let he sequel disclose.
" It is dreadful—iet it, Henry !" exclaim
ed Mrs. Greenway.
" It is indeed," replied her husband, sadly.
"What will his por wife do! She bas
been accustomed to tale and luxury, and
now site is thrown unit herself with two
children to take caret. What can she do I
"I hardly know." ',
We need scarcely Corm "the reader that
the poor lady allndecki, was Mrs. - Henning:-
ton. The time was the years after the scene
of our preceding - char. Her husband had
lived while he did liNand now, to their own
understanding, they itd ceased to live, for
they bad no meant( timke a show, or even
to parehase the nece*ies of life. •
David had - beconsiso deeply involved in,
debt, and hie cred iteeersecu led him toted
e l n
an extent; that he w bilged to give up his
house and board in city, His email ,. 1
gent habits follow , and in order to
meet the demands nit his purse, b e had ap.
propriated' a sum dine, belonging to the
firth that employed I—not, as he. declared
and acids friends Wed, with the intention
of stealing it, but i the belief that be
should soon be able. restore it. He was
discovered, and had to avoid the conse
quences of his °flora's wife was penniless,
the character of be and was destroyed,
and the future was irk as the soul of man
ever dares - Contemp;
Mrs Bennington !still at the boarding
house, but her shanktsio intense that sl.e
would have tied fret at once, if she could
have likund soothe e. -
Henry Greenwa been in business two
f
years when this sen t occurred; but he
had so far won his ver to his views, that
t
they still ocopied former 'abode. ile
had been remarkalirtunate io those 'two
-years, and was'noe point of erectitg
a. house in keepio his improved. cir.
fit
-
cumstancies.
" Cao,t we do thing for pooriMrs.
Benningtoo r as net, as they seated
themselves for di ing,
" I am glad toon ask that question,.
my dear, for it we- y tongue to propose •
something of the When I called ups- 1
0 1 1
on her this afters , told me bow it pain
ed her to remain il boardiog-house: All
eyes are Open berie is pittied and sneer
ed at, and is very i_py."
"Do bring hey kere. I will do every
thing I can for be-.
Henry Greeowped op,, and kissed
hi e wir e —they w ade— and his face was
radiant with pleas:
"It rejoices my t . 4ad that you feel
~
kindly towards be ed; "I was fear
ful that you bad ncl ten the satisfac
tion disused to eisTi when site out
shown us ie the apbd her artery and
bar furniture- I we, you would rer
Pica in her fall."
"I am Imre, I Wt.
to: me, though she )ok
me in dress sod eller
huven't SOD& h i Ad '
~..• 1 no glad ofit.
' " MO Pelt 14 . "
rum .
and bring her avid kr 610
Mts. Gireirnway app..
but:4lo,mA befell CM'
CHArEft 111
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It
as always kind
• k oukdoing
I am site 1
s her."
kit, Janet In
tent.*
of to ingitt."
of bet
Ms; Ban
,
Langton was weeping in the arms of her for
mer friend. •
" 'to think that this misery should coma
upon met" she exclaimed, as Janet removed
her cloak and bonnet, "But I suppose I de
'Servo it all."
• Be calm, Ruth. All our afflictions are
for our good," said Mrs. Greenway.
"I suppose they are; and if David hadn't
done that dreadful thing, I should feel hap.
py. I can-go to work and support myself
and my children ; I could bear everything
but to have him do such ailing.",
" Perhaps it is not so bad as you think."
"lie didn't mean to steal the money,
know, but, his character is gone now, and I
don't know what will become of him."
" I hope be will Dot come to harm."
"I am afraid he will: He has gone West,
but his employers told me they would nut
'prosecute him"` .
" Then he will come back."
"I have Written to him; as be told me to
do, and I hope he will come back, for I.am
fearful that be may do something wrong."
Mr. Oreenway now returned from the its.
ble, sad declared that David Bennington'.
late employers manifested a very kind feeling
towards him, and that he might safe!) , re
turn,
"I will wtitehim again to-morrow, and
tell him what you say, and oh, I hope he will
return I"
" We can smooth it over, I think."
" He and I both have learned a lesson we
shall never forget. It was as much my fault
as, his," sobbed the suffering wife, "for' I teas
ed him to re-furnish the house, and. to give
me more and better dresses than be could af
ford. He was too indulgent, and now the
end has come—at lesit, I hope it has.'
Janet glanced at her husband, arid thanked
God that berried not permitted her to lead
hiarinto extravagance. Her parlor, furnish
ed just as it had been three years before, seem
ed like little paradise now.
At the end of a fortnight, during which
time the deserted wife and her children were
treated with the utmost tendernerl under the
roof of Greenvray, David Bennington return
ed,end joined his , wife in that hospitable
home. She was sadly changed since his has
ty departure, and looked as haggkrd and
care-worn, as though he had been chase by
murdered victim. But be was a true pen
itent, and . the tears he shed over his former
recklessness and folly,' watered the good reit
olutions which be bad formed for the future.
Henry took him into his store as a sales
man, though he could afford to pay - bitn on
ly a thousand dollars a year. His former em
ployers gave a plausible explanation of the
affair with them, Which, though it could not
loo t k a
.i e i . un lir a e llbou m m
ri
friend, anti. near
entirely'restore him to his former reputation,
that of his
relieved him of some portion of ids truilt in ,
David
trent man, and lived fur higher ends than
be
fore. In another and a truer sense he lived
while be did !ive.
.111111.-•4,.;
OUR LITTLE CHURCH.
FItOOL TILF. G Emu OF Katrmaucnka.
• Oh, only see how sweetly there,
Oar little church Is gloaming!
The golden evening sunshine fair -
On tower and roof is streaktieg.
How soft and tranquil all around.!
Whore shall its like on earth be found
Thro' the green foliage, whitond clear,
Itpecps out all_ so gaily,
• Round on our little village here,
And down through all the valley,
Well pleased it is, as one TOY sae.
With its own grace and purity.
Nor always does it five so well,
Where tempests rage and riot,
Yet even there the little bell
Speaks out—°`Twill soon be quiet!"
Tho' clouds look black and pour down
The sunshine brighter , comes again. [rain,
And whore the organ shines and sounds,
With silver pipes all glistening,
How every heart then thrills and bounds,
And earth and heaven seem listening!
Such feelings hi each bosom swell;
fat what he reels no one can tell.
Oh, see in evening's graden fire
Its little windo on glisten'mg !
Bright as a bride in gay attire,
With flowers and jewels beaming.
Aye, look ye now, it gleams and glows,
Fair as an apricot or rose !
Within, oar little church show. quite—
Believe me—quite as neatly ;
The little benches, blue and white,
All empty, look so sweetly !
Oh Sunday none are emptyfound, [round:
There's - no such church the wide World
See where, against the pillard wall, '
The pulpit high is builded,
Well carved and planned by master hand,
AU polished bright and gilded,
Then comes the pastor undismayed ;
They wonder Anis not afraid,
But he stands up a hero there,
And leads them on to heaven, •
Through all this world otsin and care,
The floc,k his god has given.
Sofffalls. his word as dew comes down.
Oa a dry meadow lurched and brown.
- Bat see tbo sun- -,already sinks,
And all the world is darkling,
Only our little spire still blinks•
With day's last golden spark !leg.
How still and sacred all around
Where shells church like - van be found
t ar A Paoor or YoinisquilL-4 114 sew
ing a gentleman ia a publio haw cutting eggs,
said :
4
"Be so good,Uie as to giro ins a little salt."
"Salt, for what
y t u
"Perhaps, sir, ask tne to eat an egg,
and I should like to be ready."
,
"What country am you frog l / 4 soy lad r
"Ps Yorkshire, sir."
"Titiought so. •Will, dram takeyour:ogg."
Thank you, sir."_ •
they are great borawmailers in
your retry, are they anti'
"Yea; my father, though an booma t tnan,
mould think ari awry of takings /61.140
I would nf drinkbg yout shas of AV - i nk
lag it of. - ..
/ I _Yes, I see you era York Ire.."
ler :1:_,,0),:i
REV. JOHN CHAMBERS.
At the First Indepenelelat March, 'Philadel
phia, Thursday, Nonfat+ 240, 1859.
[The Speaker read as introductory to . his
Sermon, from Bth chapter of•Deataronomy,
and ;he 2d chapter of First timothy. Then,
after prayer, he said :
I have announced to yoe purpose to
relieve my beak of it burden that has oppres
sed me for a long time. -I am an American
citizen—an American Minister of the Gospel,
I love this Bible. I lure Ile God of this Bi
ble. I love.my country, its Constitution and
Its laws. lam a man of peace. I have a
beast tor the nation. I love it from its ex
treme Northern' verge to the utmost limits of
its Southern boundary. I love it from the
spot upon which fella , the first rays of the
m3rning sun, to that far - Off West, where
Begets the last beams of the sun's evening
retirement. I love - it frotO its centre to its
circangerence. I Itrtve it. as a wait. -I am
ready to live by it as a %tlt ; and I am ready
to put the blood of my heart fresh upon its
altar rather than see anything else than a
neje
The worth of this Union to ourselves and
the world of mankind is infinitely beyond
price. No powers of arithmetic, no mattne
malicel genius, howeveronitivated, can figure
out the intrinsic .valtie of. this Union to our=
selves and to the race. Thu eyes of the civ
ilized`world are upon ns to.day. Fixed and
steady is-that, gaze ' that. comes from every
quarter of the globe; it seems jlDt to hover,
in its burning look, upon this galaxy of States.
The nations of mankind areisatching . us with
especial interest, because we are engaged in
working out. the. great, the momentous pro
blem of self-grivernmeot. The finger of scorn
has been pointed; -the pen of the opponent
of republics has, been dipped long and deep,
and has dashed rapidly across the- page, de
claring the impoesibility of our success.- '
It has long been my fixed Opinion that the
monarchies of Europe, and especially Eng
land, were jealous of us. It_ is possible that
in this we are mistaken ; but the old adage
that "actions speik more loudly than words, "
comes in to our assistance. When small in
size and young in years, we escaped from un
der the oppressive dominion of that govern
ment; and in despite of heT armies, her na
vies, her wealth, we moved on with the
strength of an infant giant, and hi:tried from
our necks, shook from our hands, burst 'from
our feet, every badge and fetter of political
bondage, and stood up freemen.--freetnen
before the Univerke. Subsequently, insult
added to injury roused the heart of the young
giant, and brought hint into renewed con
'.t with his former oppressor! That at
tempt to crush us failed, as had the previous
itan.2.4a-Re, i t ikittk a wfW t sitat-afkr •use •
epitit of the Bible arid pattiotic unity. Why
did the second fail! Because the increased
multiplied 'States of this li epublic. felt that
they were bound together by,hooks of eter
nal steel; -as one man, they met the enemy,-
they conquered, they triumphed. The in
vading foe with fallen crest, were commanded
to return to their own shoreaand Tit us alone.
This -spirit of jealousy is, we think, mani
fest; and the monarchies, the despotisms of
Europe can today see no hope hf-triumphing
over this Western Continent in any other
way than by breaking no to pieces. They
cannot break tin; but we can break ourselves.
The combined armies and navies of the whole
tbree continents are not equal to the task of
severing this' Union, if we be true to -our--
selves.
Seeing, then, no hope, other. than by di
viding us against ourselves, our adversaries
are apt, as a matter of course, to seiseltold
of that whereby they most readily, engedder
strife—make us sectional—lift the heart from .
the great ark of the covenant of the Union,
and put it down in a little spot here and a
little spot. there. Hence it is yon tind Eng
land particularly, most impertinently officious
in.attempting to interfere -with our institu
tions. Her press, her pulpits, bar forum, her
Senate chamber, roll out anathemas upon us,
and endeavor.toTstretch forth the band to fly
it upon that which belongs to us; with which
they have 4Q -business. And', as the Lord
lives, if they are not - careful, that arm will
one day be smitten from the shoulder, in its
intermedliog attempts. We are a longauf
tering people;
but, brethren, there was a
point at which we found' encroachment un
endurable; add there may be smother. If
we are cspabie of working out the great
problem of self-government, we are capable
of taking care of our own institutions, what
ever they may be—cototnereial t agricultural,
domestic, civil, religions; we aie capable- of
taking care of our own institutions, and we
must be let alone. -
If, however, the enemies of the republic
can, by the utmost stretch of their cunning
and their power, urge us on ton spilt of mu
tual jealousy, of anarchy,: of confusion; if
they can discover, (and they •think..they have
discovered it.) the mains by which an enter
ing Wedge of separation' may be introduced
between these States, now bound together by
ten thoUsand ligaments of the human heart,
and cemented by oceans of holy and patriotic
blood,--if they can discover bow they may
divide and and • disrups this Union, they will
•do it; and when it shall be done, they will
put the iron heel' of despotism • upon the
scattered fragments, as may suit their pleas
ure or their interests. But, 0 God! that day
caouot come, that- day will never come, if
we be true to ourselves!
I have no apprehension from the malignant
influence of any power, unless it be seconded.
by our own fully.. Sometimes men' tell toe
If we should hare a war with 3lngland,
our enemies would horn Boston, and burn
Newyork, and burn Philadelphia, and barn
Baltimore; ,they will burn every city on the
Atlantic shore." I do not believe a Word of it.
That is not the kind of staff we ire , :made
of, to tie thus ,btmuid. But we may barn
'ourselves. -While no other band dare grasp
that helm of the ship ort3tat . e, sod drive that
liable reseal' Upon the trnabands, or the
rocks, we may do it. • •
In viewing the aspects of riblio morality
in this, country, one of the most alarming
signs-ofthe times, to my mind, is the utter in: .
did's:snot that seem to Pauli with furl
to the solemnity , value and importance an
oath: Every President, every governor, every
judge, allthe . mayon and lawyers and mar
shals mod 'lceboat orthe pow, ill the mins
berewf Congress sad of our respective State
VOLUME: XVI,•N.UMBER 50.
Legislatures, are sworn, solemnly before tied,
as they will answer at the Great, Day, • to
stand' by the Constitution and the laws of the,
ilaited States. This, is the oath that thee
take. It is no trifle. The question is, now,
is this oath Complied with! All naturalized
citizens—(and I want this . heard, I wait , it
uuderstood)—all nauralized citizens areo if
possible, more solemnly bound to tbe Con
stitution and laws of the United states by
oath, thou either the President, the Goveruor,•
the Lawyer, or the Magistrate. Forjthe man
that comes to this country from abroad arid
is naturalized, first solemnly renounces alle
giance to thei Government under which Le is
born, solemly declares his abandoutnout of •
that Government, and then he solemnly
swears or affirms before the great I AM; that
he will maintain the Constitution and laws of
the, United States.
I ask, then, are our official own faithful to.
their oath Amour naturalised citizens faith
ful to their oath I What do they seearl They
swear to stand by the Constitution and laws
of the United States. What do the Cointi
lotion and few* require! it your busluess
to know; it is your duty to know. If, as au
adopted citizen of this Republic, you base
not examined ,that Constitution• and those
lawn, you are bound to examine theft& that
you may know what those laws teadL , uud
what are your duties in regard to thew,
The Constitution is the compact. It does
not belong to the North nor to the Soutl:, to
the East nor to tbe-West. It is the covenant,-
my brethren, between the States of this Un
ion; and while that Constitution remains as
it is and what it is, you are bound by it.
Yon may possibly say to me, " But Lain,
native-born. Lnever Wok this oath of fidelity,
to 'the Constitution and the laws." But, my
brother, your birthright, holds you to that
Constitution as solemnly as the oath whinh ,
binds the adopted citizen. You arc born -
under its obligations. Being born here, you .
are bound to obey the Constitution and the
laws. No man has a right to set them aside.
Now, for example, the Constitution must
positively and absolutely—in the plainest
and most unmistakable manner—provides
that a fugitive from labor, escaping front one
State into another, shall be delivered up. This
is the Constitution. I am not t?.) -day touch
ing slavery,. right or wrong. Baru looking
at things as they are. This is the pros hion
of the Constitution. If, then,-. the President
Of Governor, the judge, the lawyer, or the
magistrate, the citizen (native born or adopt
ed) does not comply with that provision,
when it within his jurisdiction to dh so—
il he connives-atits evasion or if he aid. Or
abets the fugitive in his flight, be ii-beforu
heavens a perjured man, and the waters of Zhu
ocean could not wash out the stain. • .
With regard to the. Fugitive Slays lay:,
is not my purpose to say whether that it a
right law or a wrong law.. But it is the -law
thaland jag s enitoted by a majority of
our represelt Trtsrener T ew.:st--e
of the President. It beeamsfa law. Every
public officer is bound by oath to obey it.
Every adopted citizen is ' by his solemn oath,
made when he received. the rights aulpri
vilegett of an American citizen, bound
obey it. - Every native born citizercis Visaed
by his birthright to obey 'it. If the donsti- .
tution is wrong, the people who math the
Coesitution have the right and the ps,rer,
acting through the legitimate mean, have
'the power to alter it. If the Fa.giti.e Sayo
law Is wrong, with the people rests the law
making power; and, thank Gad, they have
the right, acting through their rePrese t etives,
to repeal that or any other law.' But nu in
dividual man has a right to igOrre that law;
While it is theslaw, 'you and [I and all the
citizens of this country are.botind by it. If
therefore, we, as President, or je!dge, or tau,
yer, or magistrate, or naturalized citizen, a id
or abet, countenance of encourage the viola
tion of that law; or wink at iii evasion, we
are perjured. I defy mortal man to contra
diet this. If it be not so, taw is corthlesa,
and an oath is a bagatelle. Unless an oath
is to • hive. some solemnity and ohligatiori,
unless the Constitution and the Ilaws are to
r have some binding force,
all
Cray as . weli
throw up the game and let all gol . After theses
general preferatery reataks,lnosi take up the
question of questions, "Can this Unic u be
perpetuated?" I answer yes. By what means,
thett I By taking the Bible for our rule.
This, as I have indurated, is the sheet• tint:bur
of our hope. If this be faithfully watched
and guarded, the ship of State need fear na
peril. The 'winds may blow, the political
sea may rage, the wrathful waves may mount,
the political heavens may gather blackness,
the lightnings may fiasfr and the thunder
bolts may be dashed down: but' I tell you,
my brethren, if this Bible be followed, striet
-Iy, prayerfully, earnestly, no storm that curd
ordeal may raise, uct temptest that crowned
heads or despotic sceptres can 'invoke, w ill
over throw out ship upon the lee shore ur put
out the light of this American-Union.
In coesiderieg the means by which this
republic is to be preserved, I would rernaq;
in the first place, that goverumeut 'is of di
vine appointment. if we ' turn to the lath
chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. we shall
6rd' this enesuon definitely and absolutely
settled. We there read : "Let every soul i•ir
subject unto the higher powers" (the cil
authorities.) "For thorn IS DO power Let o f
God : the powers that be are odnii3ed of God."
God has appointed civil governineet. Ido
not say that God has- given absolutely any
specific form of government. Ido say, I fear
lessly, say, that the men who cieitu the di
vine right of kings, claim a right, which God
gave in His wrath. God. did giVe a king to
Israel: but God gave him in Ilis wrath.
That, however, is merely by the way.
In a government of the people, the lees.
are of their own selection. We are inject to
a Constitution seleCted by ourselves. The
formation of the Constitution wits an c;isjerrt
of long rolicitnde to wise beads and noble
hearts. YOU remember that those Fargo
minded patriots in the dotaititntional Con
vention expended upon their task five weeks
of anxious thought and consultation"; yet a
satifactrity issue seemed still far; distanti no
daylight seemed to breaknpon theta. Theo,
Franklin, (though he Ims.beett arespected of
rather skeptical views on the shbjeet of re
ligion,) made hi. grand proposition. lie rose
and said that the Convention had been la
boring hi the dark, trying to get along alone;
be desired that they would get some -light
from God, and proposed that prayer should
be offered. The proposition visa adopted ;
and, if I recollect aright, in •three days after
that; the' Constitution of tho United Suites
lea completed and signed.