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LIABILITIES. ". ." -43.0611.68.
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.licks Sfgated nndrenewcd,tmthr an.dett , lgned; nt hie
offle2, irac aboetSeatla Mtmtmt , e, Pa:
10r2,1 y.
mt.!..]!sics sruotrn, 49:e4t.
11111STOYES! MN!
IIIt:At teuived . a large !Kock :of - roriStorec, for
JCL Cookln2, Parlor. (Mee end SthopyorposetqforWood.
or Coal, irltli Stove Pipe, Zinc. ece."„-' - ' „,,- L . . ~'
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on - the must faVorable term* for .0386.0:14 0 12 E 11 0 Siz
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New 31ilfortl. Oct. 2301, - 1800. • - : 1 - • --'
I , IEDICAL CAD
3P.."O7I.XsZIiZOCOZI. M. ii., thidiate
Lit of the Alluxiittc aud lioutieuuutlce Collets of Ned.
kale. would return hie ritnere [hawko, to thq people °fin. -
/lend and.vbibitydur the very liberal plitrOuage with
which they hurefitveredhlW4 &ad helot** byFtt strict at.
W.ltion to buylusto gueririt Ilber I share Untie public
coulidoutv. . , Great Beud.duguary 2311.1861.
Dudeliegi3Oo - ffee,.
HEALTHY 1 - Arm9ize. One potind of thisColkie
n';l ftiftfth tArl , pocnib anther Coffee. For
Pale ABEL TCRRELL.
We, Join Ourolves to no Party that ,Doea not _Carry. the
vot is. }
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and his teeth o.oe-while chattering with nothePr her until' shit was.
feer.' Never was a man. s e o .feightenedels and no wondereforthe oar,
he was at that,:mement. . Well; sir,-father and those who were in her
and I, once more lifted the rope, and Mr. „the grave. It was part .t.
Clements leaned back, over the edge. e -- 4`!" - a•FrenCh smuggler, lying's]
the cliff.Dctsitehe s ivept., We. soon lost ! that her crew, assisted li,y
sight of him. . 1 , 1 men, Were about to land;
"Working With his feet, as father told I taken ;.shelter in the !raver
him, we slowly 'supplied out the retie. as I alarmed 'at - the approach of
he requireil• it, he- moved safely „down Mr : coast.l, Fortunate :it was tlhe
a hit,sthen he rested on a jeting rock. Ail' eats pl•evented theeladies fn
this thilehe ,kept 'his eyes fixed 'on the I for assistance from them 4-
sky.: " Pressing irautieusly " With his feet 1 " Why I should have thee,
against the chalk, his body alrnoSt at. right I theittitigglers--7 • ,:
angles - with the (liar, - his Bands . graspuig "Mit, they, sir, not they,ansl.lli. Clem:
the roPe, "or slielteritighis face from show- cots kilew it. Desperate: men :like-them
erre of stone and !dirt . which it dishadged, . Wouldlhave left the poorAllings to drourn;
he had got about a hundred feet from the l or would heve.murdered.thern.' No, Mr.
top, when suddenly slipping from theeliff; i Clements knew better. ,He tried a last
his face and chest were swung violently , and, dangerous- chance, • but it was his
tigaitit. it. He endeavored to
.gain his • only ore; While the men had their heads
footinzegainet the andln doing so ! to thelopeningat the cavern; watching
broke through a reeolutiOn which lie had ! the boat. pOse, the sight of which, had
fornted, and looked beneath Lim. It' was i driven; them- into . it, he lifted the ladies
a rare sight thar, for the first time. Well 1 gently,. into the ! end
.'of the. boat. They
do I remember how my head. swam as I couldn't hear them for the noise of the
looked "at the water far, far lielow e end the , waves;; there was plenty of room for them,
waves which one cotild see and not hear : and he-Al-sew •sesail over them, • and Was
as they broke over the "shingle's. Pres.' just stepping in. himself when one of the
.ence of Mind, on which Mr. Clements had , men turned and he badonly time to conel
so remised" himself; *her e wa s :it then? : cent . lo:itself-under the bows of. the boat,
Re !Wes about to pull the rope, but, he • beformsbe was again moving silently out
thought of-his poer wile, and one thought 'of the llcave with ; :is her. crew little sus-;
of her was enough;
.I
• ' I peeted; the addition of tevoto their aunt-'
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• "Op Ite.went. To regain his footing I bet, since she had entered it. '
! ',
.was impossible. • Father and I kept grad. 1- • ... They went about. a quarter-of a niile
tmally.lowering the tope, and with his face; down finder the cliff, and landed ! le! hoe:,
to the cliff, his hands outstretched catching 1 who disappeared like,a-flash up the rocks!.
at each Object as he passed, .ehveloped in I A"
,dead silence ensued; no .one-ventured
a shower of chalk' and stoics, which- be i to speike the • men. rested, on , their - oasis, I
had not the power to "avoid, gasping and 1 and, the boat gently rose and:Sank, on the I
patitinge for bre- the- - poor Mr. Clements 1 waves.l" . At last* the silence-was. broken;
Elided for about anether hundred feet. I something dark.was hurled down. the cliff
Here the cliff arched, inwards,' tbrming alt' ac a slibrt diStance from the boat. It fell ]
initnense hollow,. like e•onder, . reek, amid , heavil, on the rocks. 'God forgive him,l
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swinging ecleand,f!e
ro,nuf -round an(fround, ! he's t, ssed over, muttered one of the
as it were betwixt.' heaven 'and earth, ! men. And so it was.. The poor .maleott 1
down lie went. At °tie moment the wide the 100 out was asleep .near the tap of the
ocean Met his-dizzy gaze, et
G unther, flocks : eliffeat d we often heard" of these men 1
of startled birds flew around. his hte . cd, tit. i rolling,'off in their :deep. • There's always 1
tering their ehrllleed :leery cries. - Ae•ain, ;:i reason for it, sir They were going to I
sir, he foetid himself sliding (16(eneigai nst ` land their cargo, when they hearth a giro.l
the side of the cliff, his ilesleell torn, and in the sltling e from oneof the king's cutters. 1
his body 'and arms in. absolute torture; The ablien had been given. Not a. mos
froth the pressure of the rope. Agaiii ini ment teas to be lost, aind.strainieg evert:
"agony - he. made a frantic effort to gain a., nerve they bore out to sea. •-. . . ! 1
footing, but in so doing, tiistened one of! They were out abOut. two miles froM
his legs in a narrow opening in the rook. ! shore, *hen some of-the men declared it I
Vain was the - struggle to release it, sir,' was a gust job, and that they could go-no
Mr. Clements was either too weakene ! furtheri, ' 3lrs. Clements w:i4 quite - sense- I
faint, or the .4imb' too firmly secured in with ,cold and eehauition, but her
ll ~
sister listened eagerly to what. the men I
the• rock... All his efforts were useless,
and I shudder at the bare recollection :. said. They had "some angry wortiii but,
while el tell -it, we continued to supply the nieludag of their eonvereation she (lid '
the repel Ranging by his lee., head down- not understand. . There wq a little boat I
e wli ell they drew
wards, there he Inv, the cormorants flit-'astern Of the larger, one
ing rotted -I, ite, and joining hint -in his to it, endentered one by out, the last nag
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ll! frightfal shrieks." ! . i calling oat, aS he stepped in, 'Now ilit.ftr,i
nv Atai - j11.11:31E 11.1.7VKETT., ' I - `SHorribe, was lie-long thus r 1- . hoys, ]lull for your - lires, tlik,yll make af
-1 1" "Noe long, sir.
-nth" seven discover. ster we-when they tied they I aye lost their
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' l -Ir Seas "
here, sir,! that ;dr. Clements ed that there was no 'weight or•ptill upon 'l!riz •'. -! 1 .
descended.
- : tie, tope, and judging fri!Ml his experience "The bOat had disappear ain the stir:
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. " How fearful!" I eieleiteed, seareelv of what had occurred we raised' it "a few. romelime thickness before the terrified ;
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.daring to look down a preCiPiee at least feet, and released 3lr. Clements from his lady cempreliended all, am then, sir in
six hundred feet deep. . .
! painfuh`pesitiore. Froin'this moment, he a inottieet the frightfitl truth flashed epee ;
To repeat the words that had occupied told me, he waefunconSeirets as to .whetle ' Mier-
. 1!" - he devils had ecutthel the boat,
nearly Mt hour, amid omittinthe moiler- , '
(r he ,was es,c'ending or - descending, until 311 ' 1 it was
.sinking fast. She • said one"!
!
sets .digressions, the smtinphire gatherees he heard his nalue.illsl ill a flare, voice. ;in-:es-ere and turned. to kiss her sleeping
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story rap thus: , - . ! e opened- his e ye w„.
s . ' e had e,,,,.,,e , sister, W
When Mr, Clement's voice sounded i
At the close of 'the last cesitire, he and' him over the • areb of an immense cave rn , S almost eat her :side. There! he was, sir,
Ihisfather,s:miphil'e getherersiby it'ade,hasi_wititin whieli. all iris darktiese. The sea there he was in the sel!:.s.mie little pleas
! asi.ested in lowering one Mr. Clements was rolling in beneath hint, his feet tend,- lire 1)0:4 whiOileabeenalio cause of all 1
.
! dewn the clitrunder rather "extraordinary seri it, he felt that Ile...muse . eith e r swi m their" misfortunee lie had just time fie
er
eireuthstancee. Mr. Cionentk was.retern. 1 drowp; he feebly graSped the rove; d life the!ladies out of the boat, and to get
I ing home. along the'downs from the then . thrill .of j i .y rai l thronell his eeins.as lie: clear • cif it when she went, down. The
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i retired but now filshionable to - urn ofe.---, Ibund an nuex! stud looting on a rock , revel* cutter- came up and took them
,i when . he recognized a boat !a mile fm ro cask:ceded by 'the waves in • ahemit three
I shore, strongly ‘reeeinbling ' the•'.one in feet'irf water; the deptleartentil Sir th e ! aimed fall alive; but many months passed
befbre Mrs. Clements. recovered from the
.1
I which his evi r fe and!sister were in the fee- present mattered not. He remained a few. events (If that dieadful night." • ' 1
nuent habit of passing hours ina little has- rinse/etas, miStientlese on the" ire-le His: " Wilat• became ails!. Clements. when !
lor 'inlet near 'the house. lie hastened , name was again sealled, it sounded from they left iiini , in the care:" - 1
1 home only to have all eloulemi removed es ! wirhin the cave. • - , i "Ileilleld.on to the boat for a few min- '
I" !
td their identity, and` hurrying back to ! " "Extricating. himself from the rope, ',-rites, till they get, outside ; and then swam
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rocks, is '•
the spot. "where hee first' observed them, !he npule an direst to swims found that he; to the,bum. he foupd his. little I
: found to his extreme terror; that the boat
Karl More stireegtlctlian lie.thoughtiswant ! pleasure boar, en(l,, entering it, followed
! had been deserted' twits ocCupant4, who " for Ward threugh - the ! darkness up the (•av- : in the (rack of the larger vessel in titnesto I
I had - beeit seen wandering*dui;rucks' - 'l' 1 . 1
k• • •
the ern—he s I egg. er —eau —wee assam— , I sere the life of Mrs. Clements and. thaq
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Of her cater. -. . - I
' , under. the cliff. To aeisormtelli them by the:
1
, sea on either side in dine to 1 reeette them . made-one inure effort- s felt the sand, the I • llis sun is setting, air, said . +he stun-,
I froin their. inipending danger Wits impees ! entooth sand under his feet—Staoeered Phire gather, touchitig his hat•to MP.. "I
• .+....n
! sib's... The tide is is risen.- Fist sad their ' forward—reeled and—and • fell e el g usted 1 Lutist be going-homeward.' Meyhap," he:
I ,
Is '
destruction . seemed merit:one. In this , into • the
emergency' the seniphire gatherers were I t f theredays, vi . • ! •strollingl
"And his sister'?" .• : - , . •! ! os 1 :cp . yeti ere
I though of and sought Tor, tiro" declining i!. "'flue ladies were'beth there ; sire The on tire !reeks below, els ; you, will look at i
all their.! eflers, Cdempfits insisted upon !..caverte r was about fill y'feet.in depth, sloe. ! the CaVi?rim where Mt. Clemtts found his !
deicer:ding the cliff in the hOpe *of placi n g itig upward tosvem-dAlie back, and part e' Wife. You . Can imagine bett •r that I can
This- wife itinati !some rock spotwhere - flied AI s tonesd sand:• II ' ilescribe whet have be It their-feel-
ors 1 wi i _weeds, an ere., s. - ,• - must .
she might remain in safety till the arrival Mrs. .Clements and her sister had been : lugs Ml:it'di a place and, at such :/ . time,- !
iof the Lei:it:from —.. !. - ' - : driven to take refuge front the rising tide. 1 Good.Oeninge'reer." • . i 1
I Thee rush - ea the samphireigatherer ! get ' They. had laeiteri. front the boat on tii(?: t .,..;"' t, - . -I! .! '
Lit his stOry, which lie" was relating to !ne e rocks; at sonic distance below the rave, i . Linloln'ef Inaultufg ftddtoss.
las I was strolling along the c:iffe, .when the hopleof finding an outlet or pathwrze! Fellow Cilizen4 if-ilie United Siales:
i he. paused as I.have already- mentioned, I by:which they could escape up the chi 1 i 'ln 'coMplianee With a custom as oh .as
and - pointed
. to the' .spot,- where . Mr.!: After a long ntla hopeless search,•they be-"; the Government itself; I a mear Were
i ClementS. deseetided. • • .t .• •,. .. , thought theme'elves! of the 'boat, 'mind to s.ou to address you- briefly, : lid to , take,
I' • Follos s eing hie example, and takin c ,'reet ! their extreme terror, foetal that - it had ' ' ' '
- s' •.. , . in yopr . presence, the with 11 •- s'
tem: 'bed by
seat on, tile girlies, he continued his tale.: been :cameo -away' by the, rising
tide, ! the Constitution ofthe Unite States Os be
I give it lin his own words:" I - - -will li wow. , v : . • ''••••r- . ' . - •
.1 , c partlyco cesd the rocks. hev . s l ee t) by the Presidefit "boil re he enters
1 . "Well ,when *we 'foe' d ' ! had just time to climb.• i I ( ' • . '
L, , . .. a Vie, c o u ld
~ , J into tle cavern ,on the execution of his of '
oot perSuade Ithe to let-one of tiego down ! over the Hien rocks under time arch, when !
, I do.not consider it neeessa
I,in his piece flither, 'Ms, uSual • secured a the water, sweeping - in, closed till• 11 '•'
!
. a en- : t e r me to discos. those. matte
! • l• . , , .
I crow-bar into the !earth, a few feet frOm ; trance to.
-any but es siviinter. .. Although! isteation about 'which. there
' the edge of the cliff, and then twining the I tie title! was-fit rising, the ladies d e e .1 . s.- -•. • • '
rs i an.. erty, oi excitement.
le I
' the hope jrope epee round it, so as to give us the 1 each other with that they should ' . ....:
I. , ..,REASONAiILE AITREII
steadier hold 'on Mr. Clements, fastened i escape. 'Fortunately the darkiresS at the i .
lit under his arms. ;We. then made him ! hack of, tlie"eaVern :was suffiCient to pre" ; • -
Apprehension
,seems" to exi
1 cha agehiseciettStor one Of oar frOcktesuch.rveat their discovering hose high up the ' people of theSiMthern state
las yon e the Mammon "Peeple wear iniestater generallY rose. • !! ! Seeress:non of-n Republican ad
.; these pa, ts,• and taughtshimlllow, to put I, "As'you.mightimagine,:"itr. Cletrients ! ! their property and their
,pe
I both-feef.againit the side of the cliff—as ! was sometime before he recovered his'
, sonal stmetwitrareto be endm
Fit were thus, and made him take the rope'. senses. -Ills wife Was kneeling. Ise-Mel* There,has' never been an
between.lhis band§ just nboVe the - knot, ;him, chafing Isis brow, ivhee ca" fiat eher Sister ! ' r i°°l ' ana Pi' li ' l 'O si
1 end.teld !him to le out froth the rock as ' started Lip,` tilling teir attention '
1.0 thethe.: mostsample!evidenee tot
r far as heleould, - and..to wink! .downwardel rope by Which lie had descended..'- We - has - all the while existed and
1 with his feet, and look Itml lied keep a . Were!paltingsit up, MO he shook his head-! theirinspectioli ! .li, is - fetind
look-out for stones - and nl/Mob _which isees its disarmeareet ',Wet. - the - edge-Of
1 . ~ •• ,r
the rope • Might dislodge. We• told • him ;eavern: `I ; ell he knew!: how useless It' I
! all this, sir,anel bade him not be frightened ..iskiiild, have seen for, heta_ to 'aiteitisit tie • -
the; the published itpoi:hes of hi
. . ...„.
dresses yeti. 's- - '-. .- -•• I. , . .
~
I - tici:but,ildoie from ; ono of he-'se speech
ii est, whin - I:declare .that • "I hhve AM pule
I at, the birdS, as •thev would not hurt hint j.use it. • 'lt,: matters 'net,' he said, itliev
—the sun had see; - and . they always make I meaning its ' have gone, to—;' 4 a pose, directly or indirectly,;;llo inteifeiti
a horrilde sereeehing if you ! go' down the i Multi- have - boats liere soonwe ere sitre::... with the inittitiition.efilavery'itrthe States
'-cliff' after they are gone to roost ; and:that 1 quite safe,'. end se on, ettden-Yoring-i-o:keeP where it *Mtn. ,], 'I believe There fi , .Vlawi ,
,
if he altered his Mind, : andlvished tie comet up their spirits, While' be Well "Lkee se ! . - eh ee , 1 rid right to do seeand I ,havii•uoinelint
hack he:had only to - give: rope a! COn. I t he - boats *64111 never And the' olvie. -- ' \ I tion to do so."
.., . ; . .
,-,, - 4:and ; elected me
Those who notninitte , .
ple of pulls:and we d .pnll; turn up:directly. : ,-;.!,` TWO hont*-e*,,tWo ;164i liOrs pissed I ;
, /,' flid 74r.•Clenieitt4,.‘therg's no tin iti• - thiti*tiy,' - . and i•liir.: - Clenients had` did so lid) the knowledge -that I had
necessity for ehat. ! '!Wheu.. I f .get . to the given ukall hope.' The,iyater kept rising made thiic and many,Similer :deelliMtia r tin , ;.
• batten), welt -for a quarter of are hour; and . : awing, tall itt - lit'se..the'liiiiirOfi beejie at
end have itever:recanted them.• ‘l.
end
' li' • threatened -- - ' imitmv '4 iti pluiiiCiti:34' '-- - -
if at the of that-tiene I.give ! nesignal i their, feet; 7 - 04 OW instant: . . - ~ .. , -., ,. -..
Tor you to inn, me up, you Will know that A their "destruction: Ite"Tediei - Were al: And, - Mere : thtui - this, theyPlieed ip . Oa
'Aiy to
the . Judie* a re, safe, And, t...lte, Make' what i M.Oetdead'; with:: rw..-apd , nold, when ' ii , platform, for my acceptance,, as ik.-1,
e,', the,clear' and cm.
itaste.you can,. acid 'get. a - ,
11, t rota -- 77 --, ,e, heavy, putch s beelt „lecmat-you dot ' t themselves and to• In
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I - Itili ra11#.1107444i4.iie-: . !Tainfseojee, 16 Pe - 'snob now , sir'..--swep t Wititecareelr,4 phatiii . ifosollitiap*llich l'ao*:,tea4 ;-i- 7
~,,
- - sound,` under the arch into the tavern' her ; 'Resoled, - That'thicsiMiOttgmee: mvM
'Alb, imiiiptini: mows terelicas limier tee seediti4s, - ,•• • . -- • ..- .
whore IC.li!wpoortii - the :notlraWr.,:Aol4keli tee E l 29w ciose T!Pon we . v. ( 4 . •1 , Der. 1a,,.. of the 1104 11 P. .
pickling.. , . Clements and the tidies - veie.','The `did daily orbe nglit.Orestpli.Stp.te to
,birder.
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FooP.uP.Toili deunige. Na 1 24.1 •
Nor Auter on the tuickr. - • •
Lisa 'up, toll brivelY on. • .• • .
' And scorn to languish beat
A tine heatt rarely falls to
A will can make away— -l•
The daritesfulght will yield at last
Tinto the nerd:et day 1 1 .
See yonder little dower.
You've crushed beneath yon tread,
The sunshine and the shower !
Beat on ita liendeil head.: •
Though bowed, it is nut brokin.
It rises tip again— ' •
And shedra sweet peitunie actoss
D.
_W•11/W
. _Thelvent;ey desert Plain•
Then lite the tender, floirer,
SeDe ,O, 0, weary teen! . •
In many gays (Jod bleeeee - yoni
Deny ft is yon coo! I
ll'ou'vo tore to, cheer four heait :
You've 'strength and bracinghealthi
.rOr hoc kill ninny a lordly peer •
Would yield up all hiS w6.41t11.
•
serer despair! It kills the llfe!, I •
.
And digs \ au early gravel—
The man who ralla so much atyate t
•
But makes himself her alave4 •
Ve I rouse pl to the 4vork•
Itevolvel to victory gain ! '
• And hopes bball rike and bear rich fruit,
• - Whlci lOng in dust havolaln
J. L. READ
3 . of tlviitiptie days of old.
And they watch with stralnloglivlsion—
. • 'Watch as rillgrinni at a shrine
. Foi a &moo/those half-bidden
• ensiled srags along•the..lllln.
O'er all antic& lands theywander,
Ever ulth a new '
. Seeking nth% which are sacred
To their wonder-loving night'
1
Itut tiler know not that aroond!them,.
Close at home, 'are ruins spread,
Strange as those, that glimpses I give them
Of the age that are dead. , •
CruMbling tine or fallen turret,
Ruined moione or minaret, :
Teaches not the polemn lesson, . , '
Which tve learn lint to forget.
Ererywhere around are katterrd
Rained lives and broken heais,
Wrecks of manhood far more shattered
Than thesO fragments °float irta -
And we need not go to seek norm
Far from. oar own native land.
•
unntitel and forsaken.
'Near as many ruinf , stand. • ,
Saraphire Gatherer's Story.*
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Ocer Pe.l Andliver demrt,
Winia'ri elf a,wehry
By the lordly books - or Ganges—
. By the hoftly flowing, Nlle ; I •
Tr/Milers wouder,.-seeking ere ,
Ruins width 'wortales Introit'
Of the rude, barbaric hi;leudot4.
13nt tr4elVeyei 4ndlicart 5 , arc hi , avy
Gazing on them. cothe, the thought,
That. though - rornkcd able and column
Soon Khali Crtunble into nought,
Still there darkened human ruins,
1411 rebuilt Khali one daretand,
BeiCateonsfanes and noble struCtares,
- Within Cod'a mot glorious land.
MONTROSE, PA., TWURS
at . 14#4: Keep: 1 I,i3tep - :-Ito -. '
IAY, MARC 44,-1861i
. .
i ' the cave, 1, and consr)l' ''own aomestic,' s itttions,
were Muffed; according, to its owns judgment exclusively I.
were silent as is essentiid,to that balance . - of :power on 1
• f .the-cargo of , which perfeetiOnnntlendurence of our !
few-miles:off, : political i t alirie depend. - li9d we. denounce li
. -some fisher- ,1 he laWlessl in vasion; liy an armed .fOrce,
and they had !'of the Sol) of any State or *Territory, no i
i t having been ' matter under what pretext,, as among the
'n boat up the ; gravest Jr t.rittios."7 -: - :-. i• , ,
hat Mr. Clem*, 1 • . 4 . ltOxiierioi3 -FOR AL:I., *ll-EfiZATES, .
ln
•o calling out
.1 now e
keiterate these sinii nt and in
. ~ ne s,
....,i, • ,
doing so only presa upon the public at- 1,
ight that even ! tention the ino4 :conelustre 'Cr idencti of!
*. *
- - which the 'else is auSCejitible-L—that 'the
' property,lpenee, and security of no - section
are to litel in anywise endangered. brthe .
new, hie(ming Administration. - • • .
I . .: I add, *op, that*alltheproteetiini which,
i
consisten Py with the Constitution and the!!
i laws, canlbe given, wilLbe•elieerfully . giV- 1
en to all til l teStateS WhetilnwfUlly demand
' etl, for w atever cause, ' nl3 - cheerftillv to
1011 e Seetion a 8 to another,'! •
1' • • PE:drrivxs FROM sEnVicx.
.•
1 There i • inuch- controVerar about • the •
1 Jelivery 6fbigitiiesfroniServiee or labor.
I The clan+, I now.reatl..is as plainly written
in the 'Constitution' as any : other ofits pro-
j visions:--• :,
' . ,
o"No nCrSon held to Service or labor. in
ne Staid under the laws thereof, escaping ,
! into another, shall, in consequence . oh any '
!law or rekulatioti therein] he discharged
1 from such Seniee . or labor; . -but, shall. be
delive reclinp on. claiin Of the party: to 1
' whoin Stieh service or labiir may be due." 1
- • It is s(Jrcely:questioneil that this pro
lllviSion 'wtik intended by . thos_e'who . made
If
it or the! of -,33diat . We call fu . ... I.
gitivo sla •esoind the intention orthe law 1
oiver is t e law:, - All menibeil- of Con- !
c..
.: gress swqar their snpportto the whole
Constitutinti—to this provision as tnuch
as to any other. T 9 the proposition; then,
that slavt i s, whose:cases . itionie within the
terms of t' us clause, and
',',-Shall be deliv..l
ered iip,r -their oaths - are* unanimous. !
f Now it' they would make! the - effort* hr.!
1 good temper, could they not, with nearly
equal unanimity, frame 'and pass a. law ;
1 by ineatisL.of whioli to 'keep good that I
I unanimPu oath? -. -' :I •• ••• '.
--. I
! There t : some: difference of opinion !
! Whether this clause should : be enforced by I
National
l in. State authority; lint surely 1
that•ditre le
is not a-very material one. 1
I If theslalets.'l,6 be surrendered, it can be,
!,of little consequence to liiin . orto others by I
which_ auquirity it is done', And Should.'
any one, in. any case, be content that his r
oath shalligo un kept; on a merely unsub- !
stantial e iitroversy as to how it shall be I
kept ?
1
Again
not!
onglit
lon)%vn
dunce to
inammay
;is a slave]
Ana ►ini.
to p i
ment of ti
gu
each Stat
lieges and
several St
CONSTITC ON AND LAWS TO DE RESPECTED.
• I take the official 'Oath - tit-4y, with no
mental i-E.'iervation - , and ujith no purpose
to constr4. the. Constitution or laws by_
any hypercritkal rules. .And do
nof **
choose . to specify !Particular acts,
to Congr*ss as proper . to 1 be-enforced; I
• do•SitggeSt. that -it will IMMuch safer for
all, both in Official atutpriVate : stations, to-
L coutOrin - tip,and abide' by,! all' thnse acts
which stai I,•inirepealed, than • to violate
any of theta, trusting to find-impunity. in
haling th4m held to be un ! constitittional - ...
. • _ TDE UNION PERPETUAL.
• It is Seall•Ply• - seventy-twit year§ since,
the first niangurtition •of President wi
der ourN l ttional Constittition. During
tkat• period,. fifteen different and greatly .
ilistin . frnished citizens bard, in snaceSsien, -
adin liste4l• the Executive branch' of the
f:',overnmelat.,. They have conducted' it -
through math f perils, and genet-ally with
great sitetti.•. Yet,AVith all l this scope
•
fir preyed I . noW enter ttpon-tlte same
task, for' t he' brief terin of four' years, •en
der•g-reat and peculiar difEcUlty.. A dis
ruption of the Federal I.7Dii.m,- heretofore ,
ottlS - Menaced, is now formidably attempt-.
ed. I hold that• in contemplation of the
universal laW and. of the COnstitation, the.
tuicin_of these States is. perpetual.' -Per
petuity is miplied, •if not 'expressed; in the
fundamental, laws of all National Govern
ments. lel safe to assert i that .the-Guv
• t •
erntnent .proper never had-A provision:in
. l its ort-anie lit.w furies ,owniterniination;
• I shalt continue to. eNeelite
. 1111 . the `e-
Spre.stt pro‘lsiMlS vhf oerNational - Colistitu-
Abut; and the 'Lipkin. fcirever,
it being impossible to 'destroy it,, e,ve . pt :
by'SCHili2 action not rrovid(a Orin that in- .
strumene Again, if the -
United
State be .116 e. a government prciper,. but
an association of States in' the nature 'of
contract merely.- can it -be Peaceably' un-.
made by .thati all the.-parties. who
made it ? , One party to the contract may.
violate. it, break it, so 'Speak; tut: doits
it not require 'all to laWfiillk rescind ;it
ry at present
rs ot':adatio
s Ito •:Spcdal
'taint - ig - the
that by the
ninistration;
ec and per
gered.
fil CESSION YLLi IL.-" '
Descending fromthese general principle:si
ve - pnii , th4 forcipoition-thlt: in legal-con=
te:inplation, , the 'l.7nio,r is perpetually
firmed.iq j t4c,liis,tory -of the
Union,mnch. oßer . On') the,Conti 7 -
tntion ; it witsfoi*l I,n gni't
tiCki of Askociatiiin
,reationablo
'n. Indeed ;
be
,eoritrary .
eensopen to .
in nearly all
who-'now
It was nuttfired:and-,conAnnid, by. the
Dechfration of Independence in 1176. -It
was further maturedvan4;!,ke frith of all.
the then thirteen States . expressly,
and engaged that it ; shin* tksp . erpetiial
by the articles of contecieifitinn, in 17
and finally in 1169, s. 'One Of the declArect
ottie,etkror Prl4ii;i4' - 'i/iffi pp' tablishiag the
Co9stituflOn, was to'thrpf a pitre. rreet
ITtnoifj: hl4 , :ittiffigirtrnetion ne , ,1:/ . 67.
i le
inn by ' one iir."l4 ' A tar* imilk; l nct it (3 States
150 . 141 q9k,0 5 0b 1 N0i!/ 1T111714/:csO I TO,
lughi4,' ' .- ' '."-.' ' ''_ :-+ --•
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"' The"COnSfltution'firindfiefk - the.'vitai
elinierit; Of Perpetuity, iqosiirifrini_i these
views that' no state,; u ' n its 'MI6'. mere
motion, can lawfully _' f, Out lifOirtrpion;
and thht resolves o ordinances .to'llint
a r e a are legally void; nii4;that - Acts' Of v,i
olen'en within arra/State nr States "'Against
' -
• _
the Music -of the Whole
41f CS'ITIES OF CITIZENS
. ,
„Initny law upon this subject,
I 611:.the slifegnards of liberty
civilized and httnnitie jurisiiru
ce introduced, that
. a free
lot be, in any case, surrendered
• •
rht it noN,e well, at . the Same
Hovide Ity law . f. T the enforce
at cl.•uise in tlie Constitution
trantees that the citizens of
shall be entitled to,all the `priv'-:
immunities of ;citizens in the
; ites.?" •
- I ,11:1
,
the ituthokity of the United States;;re in
surrectionary or revelutionalY, atieerding
to eircnuistances.
Tax nn/02t, VNIITtO}Mt ,AND TUE LA S TO
I therefore Coiiiideithet, in vie* of the
Constitutien, and laws, the rnion' , is Jl
broken, aild; to the extent of
. iny;ubility,
I shall take earey'es the COlistititution ex
pressly enjoins on me, that the laivs' of
the Union- be'faithfully executed heel! the
States. , " •
THE' BEDE.E.4I PROPERTY 101_ 9 110C
• i'-! ,! •
II
Doing this Ideeined,-to be only;a aim
pie duty on my dart, .and I shalt perform
iit so-far as practicable, unless My Cightful
masters, the Amerieanpeople, ihalt I With
hold the requisite - ineans, - .ortn soMe oth2
er'anthoritntive manner, (Urea theseentta
ry: 1 - I trust this will-not be regarded as a
menace, but only asthe declared: PtirpOse
of . the 'Union, that I will constitutionally
-defend and Maintain it.. 'ln doiqg. this
there need be no bloodshed or viblence,
and there shall be none, unless it' be forc
ed upon the' titional. authorit3% CO— • ;
• The pnweitonfided to me -will be used
to hold, occupy, and . possess the prOperts
and' plittel. belonging to the doverinent,_
and to collect the duties On importiii; but
beyond what maybe. neeessary.forlithese
objects, there will be no invasion, Ms; using -
of force against or among the.Peoplo any.
where... .
o 91 , FICEPS TO, BE i•bincyn.t7roN: lITOSLLE
• Sicrtos. -
Where hostility in - any interior iiiefility
'shall be so great and 'so uniVenalhas to
prevent competent resident eitizenal- from
holding Federal offices, there_ will be nd
attempt 'to force Obnoxious sti7angers.
among the people for that Object. iyhile.
the strict legal "
.may. exist. the
Government "to enforee. the •exerkiSe of
these OfliCeg,'theattemptto do
be. so irritating and:soln.o44.:tinfOesable
Withal, that I deem it better to forego for
a time the uses of such Offices. '
' TO P.E . CONTINI:O. I .
TAO mails , 'unless repelled, wilt continue
to be furnis hed in all parts of the tnien,
so - fir ns possible. • The people ?every
where shall have that.sense. of "perfect
entity whichthe most faVorable and; calm
thought and rcfl e etion'on the the
Government can give them.
The course here indicated will .ble . 'fol
lowo, unless current events and eXperi-'
etiee shall show a Modification or Change
to be proper ; and in every case and exi
geney my best discretion shall be eXereis
ed accoidinsr 'to eiremnstanees
existing, and With a view'and a hOpe of
a.peaceful solution of the national tqnbles,
end the restoration of fraternal sviutiathies
end effis..tions. •
That there are personS,. in one SectiOn
or another, who seeks to destroy tl't
ion et all events, and are glad of any pre- :
text to do it, I will neither nor- tl6.
ny • but if there be,sneh need;7addrea. no
words to Ahem., .1
, .
! . . •
ArrEAL TO THE tNIO.V.I.STS h - .
. ''
To the - se, however, who • really love the.
; UniOn.; may I not speak betbre entering
!'upoti stigrave a matter as the'destrnct ion
ofpur national fabric,-with all its 14etits
its tnemorie and hopes? Would It, not
I be, wise to ascertain -previously why we
i ... „ .::.
do so? .11 11l you hazard so desperate a
I
step; while there is any possilubtl ! that
any portion of the ills you fly from,tf have
Ino real existence? Will-you; whqe the
Icertain il:syou ily to are greater than. I all
the unreal ones you fly from ?; Will you
risk the commission ors() fearful a miStake?
I All profess to be content id the Mil t on; if
all constitutional rights can beinainiained.
/ HAVE moms, BEEN BENIED ? ri,,
1 'ls it true, then,: that any right. plainly .
written in the Constitution has be - en de
nied ? I think not: Happily the human
1 mind is so constituted that no, part k. can
r reach • to the 'audacity of doing this. Think .
1 if yoit can, of a singfe'instance. in :which a
plainly written provision of the Coijititti
! tion has ever • - been . - denied. ! If, by- . the
: mere. force of numbers, a majority. Should
deprive a minority of any clearly written
COnstitutiOnal right, it might; in a littoral
• point of • il6i , . !jtitify.o.. rerolutiOlt. • It .
certainly. would; if sue!' a right were a. vi
i tal one. But.such'is•not our. case!, • All
the vital rights of minorities and of i l, indi
viduals - are so plainly ass:M(ll4o thttn bY .
affirmation and negations, gt. tarapte4s and
prohibitionsin.the Constitution, that con.
troversies never arise concerning thm,. ,
cOxylev:EgsiEs ON . TUE EON:011'61U N.,
,
But nOorgaqie law can be.frained with '
a provision specifically applicable to [ever+
question .Which - may occur in the pret,it'•;l.
adinioistration . : - 1 No President can ant ici-
I pate;', new' any, doctuitent: -- cifi reao r nable
length - contain, express provision'. fi;il. !all.
possible, questions., !--, . .... !... . j . . • -
1 Shari fugitives froin lalior b stare : n(ler,
/
ed . ..l4 . nationar or State atitjlority ?I! The
COnstitutibn'doeknot exPOssly.sayll.3Tay
-1 Cerigress prohibit slaw,* '. in !the Territo-•
I rieS ill
~ T hii.COnstitiitio .dries not express:,
ly,.'say.2Front , ques ''cina of. thi.ih:ctoss !
spring all our C,ousti itiona cotifroversKs, ,
and we diode tpi-S
. .theq jilt°. Majorities,:
! •i - ,.iiiitiX! • -,AND iitiorirris...
'_lf On . intUar y will 'not - acquiesce, - the l
Majority - Um, ;or the Goernment,':rnitsVJ
Cease. '- - -•-srh . re is , no other ! - alternativit for
contiimin the; Government : but az/ttises
i
I once o n he one side or the other.
..1 ;
...If a; inority in such a arse will secede
ritthopf than Miquiesce;lthef make , it Yircee . :
den( Whictrin turn,Will divide' and ruin
the* for a!miwarity of their own, will se : .
defroui., Ahem4henexer : a, majority, re- .
ill' 5419 • bo. Ontrolled'hii;aiieli - a' . -nilunrity:
- .FOr-iriitance, *by pay nOt any POrtion
Ofifne* CotifedeineyOf ye:war two hence ;
arbitrarily again, precisely. • as per.
tions.Of :the present Ainion, now; cla An.
aocede:froOpt?.,44lt.who:cherieti 4tOnlon
rseritiiitepts,nio noWlieinOedtioated.to the
'
exact Of doini this. ,‘ -''' j.j j .--
'"'retliiii%'aitali it Verfeet identity of inter: 1
ests amongth a States' to tofpoo4o - . a n ew
1J0i04911 tA. radßoFluo!l7,i!P!4Yl and
ArIYES-zile'YO secession l .: ---.: f.t :,‘
~::,
the
the oontralidia . of - iiiiieseibit' la
Ile eaSence'of marshy. LA itiajOti,tyiliOta '
i n iiiiraiit liy.tianstltOntna - ehedW aid
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;:Tirs- office of the -Montrose Metsoerat
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laEr Job work sod Dhaka, to be.gold for on &limy
and limitation's, andalivays changing : nil- .
lyyith the deliberate'ellanges - of poplar.
opinions and sentitnebts, the only tru e
sovereign oria free Teople; -
Whoever rejects it, does, of pftessity k .,
fly to anarchy •or to despotism—unanim
ity is imposale. The rule of a minority
as a permanent arrangMerit,ls wbolly
admissible, so thht, - rejecting the majority
principle, anarchy and despotism, in acme
all.that is left.
DECISIONS OF . 'um SLTREYE cotirr.
I dentit . forget she' position assumed
,by some, that constitutional questions are.
to he decided by the:Supreme Court.—
Nor do I denythat such decisions must
be binding in any. case, ,apim the parties
to a snit, as to the object :of, that - suit,
while they are alio entitled to very *b*li
respect and consideration-in.. all -.parallel
eases by all other--Departments of Ibis
Government. • And _while it is • obviously
possible that such 'decisions may be ,erro
nerias in anygiven eas. '
e still the evil effect
following it being limited to that partici'. -
larcase, with the-chance that: it may be
overruled, and newer becothe a precedent -
for those cases, con be. better borne than
could the evils of a different p . ractice. .At
the same time, the candid citizens mast
confesa, that if the policy.of the Govern 9
went, upon vital questions affecting the
whole people, is to be, irrevocably fixed
by the decisions of the Supreme Court,
'the instant they are made in ordinary liti
gation, between parties in. personal actions
the people will have ceased to 'be their
own rulers, having to that extent _pnieti
°ally resigned their government into the
of that eminent tribunal. -
Nor is there in this view . any - assault
upon the Court or the Judge - s.- It. is,- a
dutyfroin which they inay.not shrink to
to decide caseS,properly
_brought before
them, and it s p4 no faultof theirs-It- other*
seek to :turn their decisions -
purposes. - \ • . • ). •
. ST-AVERT TEM \ 51CliSTANTIAX,
One section of-our country .belieivs;
that slavery is right and•onyht to be ex
tended, while the other believes that it is. '
wrong and ought not
.to.'be extended.---.
This is the only substantial dispute.
!file fugitiv.e slave 'clause of- the' Con;
titution, and the law for the suppreisior , •
of the foreign slake trade, are each as well
enforced, Iferhips; as- anv•law•ever ean br
itfu &immunity where the moral sense of.
the people imperfectly supporta . - the law
itself. The great body of the peopleabide
by the dry- legal.ohliption in both cases,
and a fein break over •in . each, -Thiif, I -
think, citnnot be perfectly cured,- and it
would be Niorse -in . both- cases- after -de.
separation :of thc; sections than before.
nusurrs UNDER SECESAION
- The-foreign slave trade imperfectl y
suppressed, %%\ouhl be ul NIA.
timately revieß4
without restriction in one s section, while
fugitive slaves, now only ifartially surren
dered wouldnot be surrendered-at all, by,
the other. '
NO PHYSICAL
. SEPAIIA.TION POSSIBLE.
Pysically speaking, we cannot. eparate,.
-we cannot rehiove our respective sections
from each other, nor build an impassible
wall between them.' • husband and wife
may be dkorced, and go out 'of •the pres
ence, and. beyond the . reach 'of each other,
lint the different parts of our country can
not do this. They cannot . hut remain= face
to face, and 'an intercourse, either amica
ble or shotile; Must. continue• between
them. - ' , •
QUESTIONS .FOR CONSthEIIATION.
Is it possible, then; to Make that inter-:
course more advantageous or more sate..'
factory after separatii4 than Wore? Can- •
aliens make treaties easier:Alma, friends
can make laws ? Can treaties be; more -
ihithfully enforced between aliens than. •
laws among friiinds? Suppose you.go to ;
war, you cannot tight al Ways, /and • when
after much loss on both sides and no gain
on either, you cease fighting, the identical .
old questions as to terms' of iutercourSeir
are again upon - you:
. This coantrv, with'
longs to the plxiphi,
ever 'they-shall giro;
Government, thr
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rEart.E's.moirrs. .- .
'lca - of he ignorant of the fact thab
nian worthy and patriotic p 'citizen* are:
desi ni of baring the National Ccinstito.,
tio'n amended. :... .
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While I make tie - reconiinendations . of
amendments,i. fully recognize the rightful.
authority . of the people - over thil•-:-whole.
subject, to be exercised in either:Of' the'
modes prest4ibed in the instrunient itself; -
and Ishould, under existing circumstan
ces, faior rather than oppose, a•ftliedppor:
thrifty beim -, afforded the :petivael-er act
upon it.. rwill - veatnro :te- - addiVthnt to
me the Convention mOde seem*pre . ferable, --
inastntich.as- it allows the -amdnd,metit to.
.originate with the - petiplcitheuiselves, In- •
stead of pormitting,them to -takd dr reject
a proposition 'originated by othdrs 'ltot: es--
peel:illy chosen - for the purpose, ' and which •
might not -, be precisely. such. as they.woid'•
not wish to either accept or refuie...\ - -, .-
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' 'Foci - LAW.'or 31A hell FOURIII. A I ' •.. -
stitutional nigh)
revolutionary/
throw it. •
AMENDME
.1 Understand - a pmposed amendment to
the Constituticm•"—whieh amendnien t A botr, -
. ever, Thavit not seen—has pasatld 'Con_
gress, to the effect-that the Fedeial Gor.:,
ernment shall never interfere'• i , tthrl the
domestic institutions of the Staten; lacin-.
ding that of persons held.. to sen*:- Tci
avoid a misconstruction of what.;' - have said, I depart from' my purposellnii' tc;
-speak of particular amendmenta,Oitr as'
to say that holdingestielt a provisso*, - to ba
now implied as Constitbtional laii,lheve_ .
no objection to itabsins triads ex:Ores and
irrevocable. -._ ~...• • -:-. •.. .'.•., -
Yet ttir tnivuttuinv: ' ' -
.
The Chief,Magistiatti derWesidtbi l s au
thority from tbe' peOple; 'and they haire
3.te
conferred none Op on him to iii to :foe
the sefaration of the States. - The . oplci
themselves - caw do thissalsaittbei wee;
but the Executive., as such, has-nothing
to do with it. We duty is to aditdail . 3ton -
tiitiant Government as it cartlol his.
*pride, and to - transmit 'it -_unitopei)reg by
hinit.o.is' euocaor, ' -' ,•:' - - 1, . k -
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institutions, be--
, o inhabit it, When
, weary of the existing
can exercise their con-.
, of 4mending it, or' their
ight to dismember or over,