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iser.
- - Frum tbe New 'York 'Tribune. •,
'Henry Cliy.-
:Ttriten an his. 1 wiihdrawal frost 'MS' ,Ilaitsd
, !: Mates Senate.
per annum,
rtisemetrtmot
the year and
Those. who
eta.'
• The spheres in their lughirme afar?
Bring burial weeds? and sable plunie?
What! lifilthe funeral song. of wo—
Sach should o'er the lov'd one's tomb
iii•snrrow's tenderest accent flow !
Ah !Fre.rlom's kindling minstrel, raL!
Strike ! strike rth a triumphant hand
Thy harp, and at...s swelling roll
Speak, through the borders of our land,
The might, the beauty ififAhat . soul
Whose genius is our own guardian light
Through sunny ray-of darkling. tiled—
A worahipped:Paroa,in the sea,
- Lifting on high his fearless form
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To guide-Abe vesssels of the free
. Safe through the fury ofthe storm.
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Alluding to hi§ efforts as Republican leader
in Congress, during the late war. •
tWho can forget Henry Clay's bUrning elo
qnence in Advocacy of Grecian and South Amer
ican Independence?
P-IT
It was in the fall of'l 815, that a party set out
from a town in Virginia to spend a few days in
hunting. They, had ridden an hour when the
sun rose above the Blue Ridge, causing the face
of nature to mantle with a smile, and the hearts
of the sportsmen tobeat with increased joy. The
air was filled with the Melodious notes of ten
thousand songsters in their morning praise: the
flock which spotted the gentlY-sloping hills were
all in motiou,,and as they nipped the tender griss;
yet sparkling with dew; seemed not unmindful of
the Providence which gave them their daily food.
It was a delightful morning—such an one as •the
poet loves to sing of: such as fills the sotil with
emotions which all have experienced, but none
can describe.
The party consisted of three middle-aged men,
a youth of nineteen and a colored servant. The
youth was little accustomed to the use of the
having 4:ent his last foUr years within the walls
of a college. He had ridden for an hour in si
lence :.his thoughts were with die future, and his
keen eye flashed as ho anticipated the pleasure of
the hunt. Occasionally would he lend his ear to
the conversation of his friends, and be amused
with their several hunting stories, but his mind
was full of-the scenes in which he was himself to
act, and he was soon lust to all save his own
thoughts.
They had ridden twenty miles when they arri
ved at a small hotel on the summit of a hill.
We' will halt here, ' said One of them, and
follow the'i range of .gamo is aburilant;
and our horses will be well provided for -
.Agrevi, ' was the reply 'of all, and at the
next moment they had alighted; end after tieing
his horse, each entered the Hotel. Breakfast was
soon prepared and - eaten. Tho party set out on
foot, and had proceeded but a mile, when the youth,
who was a little in The advance of the others, sud
denly stopped and placed his rifle to his shoulder:
The eyes of his friends were directed by his piece,
to a Large buck lying in 'some bushes near him.
Hold! Harry,' shouted one of them, a finely
built man, whose coolness bespoke him accustoin
ed to the chase, hold ! you will miss him.
' Harry Brims, fur such was thii name of the
youth, heeded him not, and, .at the next instant,
fired. The buck sprang upon,,his feet, and throsi
ing back his head in defiance, bounded ofE Bat
he had not gone far . when the rifle of the speaker
was aimed, and the contents lodged in its -heart.
With one_ spring into the air, he fell upon. - the
ground to die.
'There is .a fine buck for dinner, my lad, for
which you are indebted to ms : Collegians are
poor shots.' - -
Yes, Cousin. Walker, but at college te.learn
other things than.deer-shooting; not so pleasant
in your estimation, but still, more useful. You
must remember too, that this is my first attempt,
so do not reproach me:
'.True you are a beginher, and base time suf
ficient tirimprove, but site must to work.:
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"I TEACH YOU TO PIERCE BOWELA;OP TaC EARTH, AND CRENG-OUT PROW TIIECATERN ..,
RENO= TO OUR /WNW AND SUBJECT NATURE TO OCR USE AND PLEAS RE —DA• ' JOONSON
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Wail for theglcirious Fleind fled—
Wail for the [ tie'er returning star
Whose mighty;music ever led
Pride of the Wept! whose clarion tongue
Thrilled grandly through the forest lone,
And waked to bounding life the shore
Where darkness only sat beferc
Beholding there a light divine,
Caught on the golden chain of lovo
Fr9in its majestic source above.
Srl of our Hope 1 When battle's call
Wad wove the soldier's gory pall—
When blazing o'er the troubled seas,
Death came tumultuous on the breeze,
And men beheld Columbm'a frame _
Scdichad 'by the lurid levin flame—
Thou! thou dici'st pour the patriot strain,*
And thrilled with it each bleeding vein,
Until the star,lit banners streamed
Like tempest-fires around the foe,
Whose crinison cross no longer gleamed,
In triumph where it erat had beamed,
3 But sank beneath our gallani blow.
Sun of the Fret where sommer smiles
Eternal o'er the clustered isles;
Where Greece unsheathed her olden blade
For glory in the haunted shade;
Where Chimborazo stands subhmo - •
A land mark by the sea of timej
Tiiy name.shall, as a blessing given
For man-oh, never to depart— •
Feel from our gladdened earth to !leaven,
The warm wild tousle of the heart.
Prido•df the Just! what though dark Hate
Her phenzied storm around thee rolls;
Has it not ever been the late
Of all this earth's truth speaking souls?
Lightnings may play upon the rock -"
Whose star-kiss'd.forehead woos the gale
While'shey escape the thunder shock
Who clviellwithin the lowly vale
Living tinuotedt-not so thou - t
Chief of the feartesS-soul and brow!
For let the lightning au the storm
Best on thy long devoted form,;
The silvery day-beam Minds: and, lo !
Around' thee curls the prlimiie bow !",
Leek ! onyoun height Columbia stands;
'lmmortal laurels in her hands!
And hark her voice; 'Rise, Freemen, rise !
Unloose the chain frorn every breast;
See, see the splendor in yon skies
Flashed from the bosom of the West !'
Roused at the sound, lo! millions leap
Like giants from inglorious sleep!
What cries are here! what sounds prevail?
Whose name is thundering-in the gale?
(Far ff in the mountains of the. North,
Fa in the sunny South away,
A winged lustre bounding forth,) _
The deathless name of HENRY CLAY! -
FOR THE 31E1E1Iff JOU/MAL.
JOSEPH. WARBURTON,
. THE OLD VIRGINTLI.N.
'• Happy if hill of days-but happier far
It ere we yet, discern life's evening star.
We can escape from custom's idiot sway
To serve the Sov'reign we were born to obey."
Cou7x7
AM) POTT
WEEKLY BY BENJAMIN BANIN.ANL POTTSVILLE, SCRUYKILL COUNtY,'PA.
At this the party: wise in action, Emil An it few
minutes the animal was flayed, the saddle wrap
ped in the shin,. and placed upon the.shoulder of
the servant. - During the remainder'of the day
nothing of interest. transpired ; they roamed to and
fro, along the summit and sides of the lull, but no,
more game appeared. Now they were strolling
apart from each other in search of deer,'and now
seated on a rock or lug engaged in conversation,
from which they were sometimes roused by the
rustling of leaves, or snapping of a branch which
seemed to indicate the approach of some uncon.
.
cious deer. - -
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The sun had well nigh perforined his appoint
ed journey, and his large red disk was retiring
below the horizon, when they began the prePam
tien for supper.. The venison, was nicely broiled
and the other provisions, which were to contd.
' to to the meal, were spread upon the grpund,
letin s 4lll partook of them with an appetite Which
charaaer d the hunter. .
I Come,' sal •Pattison, who appeared the most
experienced of th party, 'we must prepare for
the night—we are to le " 'n here.'
The necessaryfuel sires Ilected, and at the
approach of evening a' large fire as kindled.—
Soon all, save one—the watch—wer ost in' that
profound sleep which fatigue makes so ' ful
n:% N.I
to the weary, and not until the morning's'sup R
peared, did the Virginians,. arise to recommence
their wanderings. 1 .
' I'll walk to the foot of the hill, and meet you
at yonder opening,' .said Harry, pointing to a
clear spot at some distance; so hearing no ob
jections, he left the others and descended the hill,
Ho walked for halran hour engaged iti Sober re
flections, forgetting almost that he was moving;
when, looking up, ho saw a cabin and his ear
was charmed with thefeeble notes of a tune with
which be was familiar. He looked around for
him who sang it, and at the side of the hut saw
an aged man seated upon a fallen tree. When
he drew near the old man rose to greet him. '
' Excuse me, venerable father, said Henry, 'for
thus intruding upon your devdons?
'elco AV
me! young Juan, 11 3 0 am glad see you .,
—you remind .me of bygone days, welcome to
my home in the forest.'
' You seem alone—some dire misfortune must
have led you to a separafon from the
_world.'
' Be seated son; and you shall hear the,storrof
my-life.' The youth obeyed and the old' man
proceeded:—
: 'My son, I was once ns cheerful and active as
you ; my sole thought was of pleasure, and I was
surrounded by friends I respected and relatives I
loved. Time has revealed . the many 'Changes
which were in store for me, and you now behold
me an infirm old man, alone in the world with
no friend but my Creator, no hope but Eternity.
I would advise you for I know that it will profit
you; I would give you a sure foundation for your
hopes; and I shall tell yoq the story of my life
that you may see .the inability of man to pene
trate the future. ' , .
I was born Within a few miles of thls spot,
of respectable parents. I was a happy riuth, an
only son, I loved my parents, ands was beloved
by them. I grew a man, was married and a fath
er. Tho war or the &Volution broke out, and
though my home was dear, I obeyed my coun
try's cue. U. I exchanged the life of
. a fancier for
that of a soldier;lhe comforts of home for the pri
vations of the camp. I served my country lorig
and faithfully, nor did I leave the battle field uria
til Americi was free; and this medal which I
hold dear as life, was given me by our immortal
Washington. - - The struggle ended and I rettim
ed to my home, but received not the expected
embrace of my family. 'No smoko from the chim
ney of my house bid me welcome. My wife did
n.:Ot hail me from the door, and no blessing from
my parents fell upon my ear. My house was
deserted .;;the parents whom I loved, and from
whom I pAtted with many a sigh, had .fallen vic
tims:to the crueltieS of our oppressors ; my sis-
ters were not ; and my wife and son had been
carried to a foreign land. They, too, now sleep
in death.'
A sigh from the youth showed the feelings
which agitated his bosom, and interrupted, fur a
moment the old man's story.
But I despaired riot,' continued he, ,f I took
`up my abode in the cottage of a neighbor, and pre
pared to resume my old occupation.; but the sight
of my dwelling filled psi heart' with sadness.
Fitiding that my health was deC4ing, and my
life coming speedily to a close, I disposed of my
property and resolved to retire to the woods, there
to end my days : and never since have I beheld
the place which gave me birth. Yliu_vieep young
man—it is well—your lot may be as bad. Ikly
hopes were oaco as bright as you:a ;but the youth
of happiness has become the old man of sorrow,
tho rose which once bloomed upon my cheek, has
given place to the wrinkle, and I took for the sulm•
mons of death with no fear.'
A pause ensued, and the silence which reigned
over the place was interrupted only by on occa
sional sigh from the old !Midler, and the heavy
breathing of his youthful companion. ' .
At length the matinf the forest arose and thus
addressed the ;young Henry We are scion to
part, end I ani, assured that we shall never meet
alive: but I ciienot suffer you to leave this !forest
without giving' you seine token of my repaid for
you. Then' take this book, sped it, and Iwifien
you reed it ;hied,. of me. With a graceful bend
and many thank, ho took the boOk; adding: '.You
and your advice shall never be forgotten': and I
hope that - your. life and mine may be spailed to
meet again. In a few years, at farthest, I I shall
revisit this spot, and than be able to administer
to your wants, if wants you have, and show you
that your counsel has no; been slighted.'
Ye, we shall n 4 meet: my life is near its
close. With a trembling voice the youthbade
the sire farewell, dec , hastened to join his ;coin
pinions. Several times he paused to look Iliatk
upon the old man and his cabin; and when the
tall trees hid them from his view, the'sad farewell
was again spoken. , An hear sufficed toSing
him to the 'clearing' whets the whole party l were
seated at their meal of venison.' His friends did
not observe hire until he was within a few yards
of them when one, looking. up,,shoutedl_ Ho!
Harry, welceme ! You have stayediong, where
-is your game 1 '.' '
I have seen
.none l but have a story for I you,
which will be interesting to \ fou:'
All signified they vwillingness jo hear, and,
ry, seated,upon a moss covered related! in a.
feeling style the aventawhichhad just transPired:
The sympathy nf the whole party for the unfonu-':
nate old
. man, was' visibly, :dePictedi, Upon itheir
countenances; end even Potiopey - , the servant; drop.,
ped his yenison,.and waist) absorbed; as tO .
his meal ungnishml Untilthe 41P 1 ,1 was
SATURDAY 'MO AUGUST 20, t 1842.
Although
. all Were much affected for the time,
the shades of evening had not mantled the earth,
before all thoughtbf the hermit was banished from
the mina of every one ; lave Henry. His aged ,
friend is 'sun before him, and his interview with.
him still exerts an influence over his thoughts
and action's.. He still recurs with mingled joy
and sadness to the place of their meeting, and the
soothing waters of Lathe's atream alone will ed
uce to obliterate it from his memory.
The hunt was continued for four days,but nosh.
iiag;of interest °Cecina. Suffice it to say that
they returned hoMe loaded with game, and well
pleased with the excursion.
Boyers!' years passed, and Henry Bruns was rid
ing near the habitation of his` kind old friend ;
when in acconlatice with his, promise hennaed
from the road to; visit him. „With an, eager eye
he searched fur the cabin, and when he beheld it
through the thick woods, hie, heart ben withrde
ligt.t. But the old man—where was he 1 He
looked for him in vain, and his mind was full of
fearful misgiving as he surveyed the, premises.
Upon. nearing thhut, he pereeivod , iftet ;round
its door grew thtvi
all grass, which for some time
had not been pres ed by the foot of Min. With
a faltering step he crossed theihresholl, and sank
to the floor as hiheld a human skeeton upon
the bed. A 'me al, suspended from the neck of
I.lie
he skeleton, hung Lover the side of the bed, which
he it ognized as t at so highly veluec.bythe old
soldier.' new/0 upon it were these words: t A
token from Vashington to Joseph Warburton:
The berme werii, co ll ected by Henry, and de•
posited in a grave a few yard's didance from
the cabin, end a neat grantutb;as placed over
it, pith an inscription : oln ory of Joseph
Warburton, a soldier of the Revolutkt."
There still he reposes, in death asi life—
shutout from the world. No epitaph (f.prat - is
graven upon thealnne which 4 marks his resting
place; there is need of none. The huntsman as
he penes this spat, hallowed by the 'she's of a
Revolutionary soldier, coolly reflects upon the life
of him whose aged body rests bencatz this rude
abb.,. A feeling of patriotism posseseg his soul,
•and a leaves the place inspired with hve for his
country, and gratitude to those who purchased
its freedom. If the spirits of the good (Ter delight
to leave their celestial abode and revisit, the earth
to Commune with men, it is when the youth
stands by the grave of a friend: and if one spirit
thus descends, it is that of Joseph Warburton.
Especially mania it please him to hoes over .the
resting place of his body and read the heart of
Henry when he visits that spot. Ginned had
thrown him in his way —s stranger; bet they par
ted well acquainted. The one left win the hope
of again meeting his friend, but the other with - a
prophet's ken, scanned the future and predicted
that the meeting, was their last, and as, the distance
between them grew . greater, his spirits became
more and more depressed, until he looked upon
him for the last time, when he arose end with a
prayer for his Protection, resigned him ti Heaven.
Time rolls on, and the sire is almost forgotten .
—_his memory finds no abiding place in the hearts
of an ungrateful people. True, what it was
known that t the old hermit,' as ho was called,
was no more, a ' feeling of sorrow enured every
breast. His grave was daily visited by some one
who .knew him, and his history and leach fur
nished a topic for the conversation of every group.
But the cares of business gradually took the
place of deep impressions and fewer talked of
Warburton. Occasionally his memory is reviv
ed by a visit to hie tomb, but the soil of him
wholooks upon it as not filled with that grati
tude and reverence' which one should hal when
viewing the resting, place of him who contributed
to the purchase of, our freedom. There is one
who does notthusforget'the worthy nan, it_ is
Bruns. He has beenme..ti man, and Skilled in
his profession ; buSiness. cods upon him, mad
his labor is crowned with success. In each year
when the leaves are , falling, he tears himself from
his business to visit 'the grave Of Wart:lute:l: He
still indulges the hope that young- , Warburton,
who was takbn from his home by ouicountry's
foes, will return to his native land. Hi thought
his father erred when he pronounced him dead,-
but not wishing .o inspire him with a, hope
which might not bel realized, never comnunicated
to him his thoughts. He loves to talk of his de
parted friend, and when speaking of him often
says, . he was a good old man, let us igitato his
JUVENIS.
virtues.'
OftWIGSDIIIIG, August.6th
A TROPICAL CL beaaties and
blessing! of a tropical climate are thus desiiibed
by a writer who bad experienced it:
Insects aria the curse of tropical elmates.— i
The veto rouge lays the foundation of a tremen
dous ulcer. In a moment you aro covered with
ticks. Chicoes bury themselves in your flesh, and
hatch a large colony 'of chicoes in a fiss hours.
They will not live together, but every chicoe sets
up a separate ulcer, and has hie own private pus ;
flies get entry into your mouth, your eyes, and
your nose. You eat flies, drink fliekeand breathe
flies. Lizards, cockatrices, and snakes get into
your bed—ante eat the books..-scorpions sting
your feet—every thing stings bites or bruises—
every second of your existence you ire wounded
by some piece of animal life, that nobody hi:say
er seen before, excel Swammerdsm bed Miriam.
An insect with seven legs is swimming ; - in your
tea-cup—a nondescript with nice legs isstritgling
in the small beer, or a caterpilfer with several do
zen eyes in his belly, is haitening over your bread
and butter! All nature Wallis; and 'seems to be
gathering her entomological hosts to eat you up
as you standing, out of your coat, waistcoat
and breeches. Blichlere the tropic& AU this
reconciles us to our dews, fog vapor and drizzle—
to our , apothecaries - coshing about with gargles,
and tinctures, to our British constitutional coughs,
sore throats, and swelled face':
If you want to see a Whig hale a conniption
fit, say •AJOhn ryleel to him,— wobdeock Age.
What in thunder is a ,conniption
"What is a 'conniption fit l' -
Don'tyou know ? oh, the ignorance of some
folks.. 'Hut we Wont expose you. In all brother
ly love well endeavor, to enlighten you, and save
you from displaying . jour ignorance tOthe world.
A 'conniption fit' is like to no other kind of ' fit,
ills neither a tight fit nor a locale fit; a fit for
nothing elsitbut conniption, , and not fit .10' be
seen except , on Occeeions , entirely connipttotl,
being somebody elve.woUld . saY,,,e 4 Per le."
in fact, a conniption fit,.ktr.'Aurors; as you see
from the above, ls,.ind'alwayi must be, what it
elways has been, and With no . two ways about it
a conniptidp.fit..—Lot f ."67=.
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AL ADVERTISER.
Aj liellgtoas and Putsotia 4bedteuee' to
constituted authority, aprt 'nary oblige.
lion of American citizens.
We copy with much pleasure the ensuinilez
tracts from a most admirable address delivered - by
the Rev. 11., V. D.-donsrs, et the inauguration of .
the President of the Miami University. The
marks of this pious divine are divine are peculiar.,
ly appropriate at the present time, when the user-.
cise of the greatest forbearance is requisite to 're
press the feelings of indignant sorrow that invol
untarily spring up to every bosom at seeing the.
interests of the people trampled on and disregard
ed by those to whom the people - look for protec
tion and safety: [ Balt. Amer.
The; season is favorable for considering just
such a topic as bat been proposed, for the very air
nhich we breathe, as it • wafts to us from every
section of our tend the tidings' of the day, tells the
humiliating story of outraged rights, growing in.
subordination, and popular disregard for the salu
tary restraints of Iser. In times like these, how
necessary is it to lilt the voice and proclaim that
a religious anthoritY is a primary obligation of
on American citizen f'
I stay not to prove theproposition which is now
proposed to you ; I should as soon think of at
tempting to slemonetrate any one of the plaiiiest
axioms of science. The sentence in which our
subject. is couched, contains altruth which shines
with a self-evident brightness, as clear and vivid
as the starve( our national banner. We, as citi
zens have entrusted the sacred deposit of our civ
il and religious liberty, not so much to'the sword,
the bayonet and the cannon, as to they guardian
ship of written laws, divine and human. Obedi
,ence to these laws, and to the authority by which
they are duly executed, is manifestly a priinary
religiotrA 'and patriotic obligation of Ameriran citi
zenship ; an obligation, the sacrednesi of which,
can only be estimated by the unspeakable value
the interests at stake.. What other notions
hay truggled for, and shed torrents of blood to
secure, rofess to have obtained, and proclaim
to the world, at we are a free, that is a self gov
erned people; li with an enlarging national
prosperity under the ad arch of just 'and equal
laws, derived frorn.God a d our own elective as
semblies, But what is the k -stone of this arch?
I answer, a virtuous, healthy, en • telligent state
of the national conscience, tenderly neatly° to
the prompt and cordial obedience to dulpeonsti
tuted authority. So long as , this lives M N -the
breasts of our fellow citizens, we are safe, nor shall'
we over blush at discovering that, our confidence
in republican institutions has been misplaced.—
But with waning public virtue and a lax and ea
sy conscience, in regard . to the universal obedi
ence to law which we should render, the key
stone of the arch of American freedom crumbles,
ruin follows, and we are crushed as a nation.
Religion and patriotism, therefore, bind this ob
ligation of obedience to duly constituted authori
ty.upon the honour and conscience of every citi
zen. We should drink it in 'with our mother's
milk, and cause it to grow with our growth, and
strengthen with our strength. .In itsyreservation
are involved our dearest rights, our Inest valued
possessions, and hence the man , wgo - threctly or
indirectly, either by failing to execute, evading or
insulting the laws of the land, contributes to the
weakening, of this obligation, should not only be
viewed as a traitor to his country, but an enemy
alike to God and man. In trampling law, he in
vades the general welfare; and in spurning the
restraints, of duly constituted authority, he assists
either in,driving society backward to a state of na
ture, or in urging it recklessly into despotism.
These are the alternatives to which mankind must
have recourse when divine and human towel and
lad:lent, fail in protecting their dearest rights, so.
ciety dissolves, or evokes the Iron spectre of mili
tary despotism—either of these extremes, odious
as they are, being justly esteemed preferable to a
government of law in name, but of brute violence
in fact.
• The time has come when religion and patriot
ism, must - awake to the duty under consideration.
The Christian patriot must ask what are hie re
sponaibilititici under the scriptural charge, the
' powers that be ordained aro of God ':--.. render
'unto Cmsar the things that are Cmsar's c' ' honor
all gain ; love the brotherhood ; fear God; honor
the ling.?, The republican paraphrases of which
is ' honor dha government.' And what are his
N
bounden obligations under the great character of
the American Coniflitution 1 'Has he no work to
dO when a spirit of evil import stalks through the
land, and threatens the very foundation of public
order with wanton insult? Would to God that
• our fellow ,citizens could be led to see that this ob
ligation is i no trivial matter, which they may re:
Spector ndt, but'one which is bound upon their
individual virtue and honor. We are all inter
ested in these inquiries; as it is a conceded point.
that in our , country, the stability and efficiency of
our institutions depend upon Cicifl, on the siate of
public seatiment—theyaggregate tone of the
thought' and feeling of the nation.
Can We name a principle, which, if generally
diffused, and tightly apprehended; will be of a suf
ficient energy to secure the success of the great
scheme of government under which we live? A
principle so energetic and conservative as to ren
der a goirrenurient of law every where, in our
schools, or sanctuaries, end in the state, a safer
protecuon for the rights of person awl property,
than a government of force 'f* J believe that we
have named this. principle when we announced the
theme of our address; and that it let° be found in
the conviction; which should be lodged in the mind
of every American youth and eitizen,`that it is his
1 1
duty as ireligiceas patriot to render a chee fel - O:
indiepce to every form of public authority uly
constituted; and n )
ot only-to obey, but to id in
sustaining Zech authority
. The state of our country, and the great experi
ment of government which is here being made;
calls for the union of the wise end good of all
names and patties; and for concentration of their •
influence, iii sustaining this principle, and in plac
ing it on its true basis, religion and pauiotism.--
°umbel° frame of government, and the entire
structare, of . Ameritan society, proceed upon, the
sappositioni that out citizens-will virtually respect
their own laws and be ready : to vindicate them
when atiiiiid.. - WO have solemnly assigned the
power of making laws to our judiciary, sad the ex
ecution of these laws to. the eieentive *Officers of
cidiMate. egovernment; n 1) - general and hail I
may observ e , that these remarks ire equally tele
emit to outecclesiastical and hterary institutions.
ThepeoPle of our common country have so de.
.eiced ;- but Of- late their Belem) decree' has• been
scomeddr4lainfided. =A doctrina•has been pro
thulgited in the high j twee of official- power, and
hastily espedised"by the enemies of republican fib.
erty, Which ' - ,ikrtuall,r . recalls these grants of power
lir
from our Legislatures, judiciary 'end executive;
confuses and destroysthedivision and distribution
of powet, and bids each , private citizen, whenever
he feels himself aggriev ed ,
z take the law into his
own hands and interpret and execute_ it as ho
i deems , proper. A Jain!, deadly docirino this,
OCious and fasinaiing as it may at times appear,
51\d:defended by pleas drawn 'from the fancied
necessities of the times; a doeirinu
,dear to the
heart of deaPetism,'but over which, if allowed, the
-star-sp , an:gled banner cannot long wave in pease.
It is not to be denied, that for some years past,
the spirit of fawless insubOrdination has been on
the fearful iffCresse through our'horders, and that
all the officers of public puthority in,institutions
of a civil or literary character. have beeif,consciotis
of a grossing difficulty_ in the discharge of.their
publicAutiea. Witness the impotent:it', of the
speaker's chair in our balls of national leiishition:
the confusion and tum Ult,. and gross personality
in debate. Mark the e ff ect of such example in
our State legislative bodies. Behold the subjects
of public justice, tornfrom our jails, and executed
by the populace; an important commercial city
eat of the mountains, for a day at-least abandon,
ed to the fury of the mob'; a whole body of singu
larly deluded men it is true, but not (or that, in
the eye of our laws to be outlawed—expelled from
the state in which they•lived. Recall the anxie
ty felt by the lovers of peace and mar, on the
eve of the elections of the last Autumn, mtilti
tudes of citizens going armed to• the polls. Suf
for me to point you to the unhappy relations of
our Government, to (ho 'greatest maritime power
of the world, arising ontindy from the:disregard of
a handful of our citizens for the sanctity of law.
Whitt are,all these things but signs of evil import
--symptoms of growing want of respect for the
guardianship of law, and for meting public au
thority And hence the remark, which may be
too often heard from Maine to Georgia, that • the
time heel come when wo want a stronger gaunt
ment."fhere is throughout our country, humili
ating as is the confession, an increasing sense of
insecurity in every right. Distrust is written up
on the national countenance; and the American
citizen is more respeCted and safe• abroad-in for•
eign lands, than in many sections of Ins own
home. •
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such is the state of ourtountry at this)hout,
and the evil originates, where ! but in crittunal•a
bandonment of the obligation alike of religion•and
of patriotism, to inspect and obey duly appointed
lurblic authority. Our laws, what are they but
the `ordinances of God? ' And our public officers
—dare e, with the Bible in our hand, regard
them in any Cher light than as the ministers of
God to us? G . cial station, the will of, God to
to the contrary not Ihstanding, is less and lea.
respected every day ; ak the love ofrder and of
law is giving way before t
, :. shydrie•ipirit of liber
tNati
ty, so called, but licentiousnesta fact.
The hopes of freedom rest upen`the expulsion
of these odious principles_and practicaod upon
the diffusiou of a religious arid patriutic ' a s tve of
the ot:igation of every good citizen to render a
ready and generous obedience to duly constituted
public autheiity, for the nationercooscience seems
to have becoine seared 'upon this subject.
As we are the most free people on earth, we
need more thaia all others, a loftier than Roman
virtue in our.devotion to the sacredness of public
authority. Hence, 'I call it a religious and patri
otic obligation, one which descends from God and
strikes its roots deep into our piety and love of
country. We should therefore guard the energy
and majesty of law as we would the apple of our
eye. As a high self respect to the only true foun
dation of character In individuals; and as the man
who. loses it is lost, so an elevated respect for
their own laws and officers is the only basis of
national glory ; if it wanes, dishonor and ruin are
ineyitable, and the American eagle abandons her
' proud position among the arm oriel eruilerus of
the older nations of the world.
Bin bow shell-this sterling devotion to the main
tenance of public virtue be sustained Whence
spring the danger adverted to, and atm are the
Parents of existing evils in the land 1 -
I trace the evil to an infidel pervesion of the
very spirit of our free institutions, which tor forty.
years past, has been insiduously diffusing itself
through our whole social system. First relaxing
parental authority, and the just governmiiit-of the
domestic circle: entering next our schools and
- seminaries of learning, depressing the authority of
the teacher, and elevating the independence' of the
pupil ; thence passing to our ecclesiastical bodies.
turtling aside the ancient discipline and overturn
ing the ancienk creeds, confessions and forms of
faith and worship; swelling out in prouitandlin
gry controversy, and afterwards flowing in mis
chievous malignity over the surface of the politi
cal world, the vast mass of the public mind and
sentiment. Here is the evil w hi ch now threat
ens, and more than' threaten the peace and order
of American society. 1 call it a false, ipfidel
. no.
lion of liberty, derived out from the word of God
or the Constitution or our government; but front
a perversion of the' spirit of our free institutions,
born in revolutionary France, but fostered now in
America, and which, I fear, as a desolating popu-.
lar delusion, will yet bathe the world in blood , be
fore is hushed to rest; for, if this destructive
and delusive error reaches maturity, government
ceases A to exist,•and the civilized world will hold
America reSponsible for its results.
I sheuld ho happy in being pointed to a single
form of authority 'either doinestie, or social, civil
or ecclesiastic 1, natural of conventional, state or
national, which has not been weakened, or at least
shakened by itslinfluence.
The parent laments the growing difficulties of
domestic discipline, and ths master the loss of ne
cessary control over his apprentice. The child
too early asserts his liberty, and grows op a stran
ger to the habit of obedience ; while the dppren-,
ties is but half taught the art which he was -too
free to receive at the humiliating cost of the twee&
miry subordination. It almost seems, that those
restraints which were once thought solitary, now
serve but to teach mankind insuboidinaticuu ' Ea
sy facilities for obtaining divorce, invite to the.
Frei ti'aCy of ippeals for unclasping the marriage
cot
e at ; while the charteredlightskdinvitatmenta
i ted to benevolent and literary
d sv
poryities, are
c i
allo lid to be alienated or invaded; and of conise,
a large artery of pions benevolence is like to be
'
hermetically sesled: •
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I .. submit to ovary, ffispassicinstic and reflecting
mink what, under such infidences, can we look'
•
for in the mass of the edminianitA but frequent
,
olefin°, insubordination and . disregardfor whole.
some law and public authority ; jd •other=•words,
fearfully rapid-elflike:of liberty towards lawless
centiousitess;• when parental, scholastic, end ee.
clesiastietil authority Axe broken down and tramp-
lint in the duo") •• if the discipline of4he family;
the schooLand the sanctuary of God'is - relaied,
shat of evi . lizitiv.we, not expect in • country and
udders government like our If our youth grow
strangers to that viholesotne restraint ethic/Orsina .
the mind to habits of order; said to ber
.lieaverr's
firstlawl; Shit hat the leachetto:elpeet slims that
youttiletransferiato.his card And' if;duting
the period .
of academic and - collegiate cditure, that
youth lefSses'iliOeieasureit of 'control Fro indispen- .
'cads at ibis_ 5r:v.1.44 and'passes from the college to
the world, a port Fit novice to all prineiiilcs of am
thoiity; ;vial has society to expect from him T .
Will he; who has been lawless from hie very cra
dle, be be a law-loving citizen, when . surrotu3ifed
by the tempting popular spirit of our day
my frietils, wo•eni not so weak as to look for
change/rot character. , . '
I haven" forebodings of our free institutions, so
long as love of order, and devotion to the priser
vation of public.authonty iakethe lead. animated
and aultained by 'the solemn senetiona of religion
and the noltle breathing of patriotism, but if Mein,
give way and recede heroic the frenzied forms of
lawless violence, we as o people are gone, and
the hope of die world Will expire, or faintly live,
amid the dying embers of AmeriCart greatness.
I seem to stew the genius of (Mr country.
ing from her lofty spherimithscaltimeiii anti com
posure mingled with' pity, OD Europe in
and Asia end Africa in chains! In her face not
a single &attire indicates the least apprehension.
Ilut'when her eye turns from abroad and traverses
the moral and political aspect of our land, the et
pression of eonscioussecurity is exchanged for:,
ono of deep anzieiY.',_ , I'read in hercountenance. , i
the wanting which seems' tO say, No fordituteiti
pun can ever inflict a wound on the vitals of A
merican freedom, but may the God of nations
save us from the ingloaious graie tic:national gni..
NQ 34
The Disinhig Rod.
-l'he ert of discovenng Water course* unde r the
surface of the earth by wine of a green rod
newly cut from the prod), hazel or c herry tree,
has beer. known in Europe fir severa lyears. It
is said rho discovery MS mat!!! in Germany, but
by whom is uncertain. Until'ivery lat'nperiat
it has been considered an imPosinre, arid iankcil
'with the arts of magicians and other Vain.pretend ,
era to mysterious powers. This opinion tribe kw
er of • the divining roil' or 'magic-wand; as it tins
been termed, has undeuboldly arisen from
fact that in the bands ul many peratis thrtiction
of the rod is wholly imperceptible, ':Whilatl:in oth
ers the attraction 'of the water, especially if it be •
near the surface and the vein large, is surpiisiugly
great. When the wand is of a brittle 'Gahm the
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attractive power is so forcible as. frequently to
break it, •
. ,
From the numerous experiments made in
France, since the commecemeut of the 'present
century, by Thouvenel and other"rnen irof !science
, ,
thZicluiais of the divining red are. found Wrest upen
well known material powers. The art of finding
water by its means is well established and prowl'.-
sea to be of great utility to , our country. 'The the.
ory explaining - the phenomena of the r magic
wand,' supposes that the water farms with the
earth above it, and the fluids of the human body,
a galvanic circle. This circle is more or less
perfect, Emilie state and condition of the .body : •of
the operator qualifiies it to ho a beiter'or worse
conductor of the gals Ink fluid. The human body
is one of the best conductors yet discovered, end
weakly or debilitated persons are said to be better' •
conductors than persons in sound health, and the
attraction is greatest when the skin is wet, partic
ularly the hands and arms: Salt water, or a week
solution of the muriatic acid are the beet fluids for .
moistening the skin. The effect will be increased
if the operator be *clouted, his feat and hands -
having been kirevitusly wetted with either of the .
aforesaid fluids, but if ho have silk gloves or silk -
stockings on, the rod will not be suspended by' an •
electric, or in iinmedits contact with en electric, • ,
no attraction will be felt, and the degieo of Muer
:oti varies as any substances lying between_ the
ware andthe hand of the, operator, are more or
less ada ed to conduct the galvanic fluid.
Such are onto of the facts stated by writenvori :
the subject. but-of the reality of the tinwere ettrjb
uted to . the divinlti rod,' we now need no for
eign authorities to carry conviction. to every intel
ligent
mind. We have-in this city several opera-
tors ; men of the most unquestionable character, . .
whose powers have been tested by the severest
scrutiny and who hiive never failed to convince
the moat incredulous. The writer has known soy-,
era! stout unbelievers thrown into the , most ludi
crous predicament. by suddenly discovering dial
they themselves were among the magic; arid had
all the powers of the best water finders! The -
powers at-' the magic wand' being natural powers,
it only requires that the natural meanipe priiseiit -
in any indisiidual to pr 'duce the necessary meek.
An person may dicover hether ,or not he
t t,
has thnspowers of awaer fi er by the following -
experime4, Let him a branch orpeach or
N., ..
cherry \ tree,, hoKing a fork with two twigs of a^
length and thickness \ trarly equal, and slender 'l3-
nough to'be quite flexible. If formed correctly it'.
, will nearly represent theietter Y. Let him take
the small ends of the twigs,ime in his right hand,
and one in his left, and hold iia4l that . the main
uppermost
branch, where the fork begins, 'll uppermost ' :
and nearly perpendicular to the earth-, b te_ little. .
inclining forward=holding it in this; position let
him walk slowly and carefully over the gruff ri d'
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where water is to be sought for, and if the body N s,
of the open;tor be a-good galvanic conductor, the'. N
wand when over a vein of water that is near the. N s \
surface, will be- drawn forwards and downwards;
with considerable force ; and if the vein bilarge
it. will point directly down to the earth. The r•
causes of this phenomenon being natural, and in
variable as the 'principle of gravitation, water will
always be found nearer the surface of, the earth,
when thee indicated by the divining rod; than in ..
other places.—Delaware Journal. . .
:
BOOK PrnsTEs.-The London Morning Chron
cle, alluding to the letter of Dickens, in relation
o an international copyright, 'my. • -
.Ve understand that already the publishers of
this country-lave in the case of 'nearly all works
for which a demand would have existed in our
colonies, been supplanted by the American pi
rates. Letters have been received from New,
South Wales, and other colonies, from booksel
lers who used formerly to take perhaps fifty-
pies of a popular book, requesting that in future
none may be sent, as Amencan copies can be had
at less than one-fifth part of the London prices."
Tux FIRST Farr. SCllool..—The &ilea;
zette.says Grammar Scheul in Salem is
known` to be the first free school in the United
titateii, and believed to be the first in the world
where every person within-certain geographical' •-
liruits, and possessing certain requi-ices of study,
bee an equal right of tultrossion• free of cost. It
was founded two hundred and five years ago, when
our population consisted of less thiati two hundred .
families. and halt continued Without inteiruption;
we believe, giving thorough
.preparifion u s •stu.:" •
dents for college,' to the present day, •
. .
The Washington papers say, they' einnof c orn=
plain in too strong terms of the Persoinanticipat;
mg tha conditions of, the new treaty. haweeii •
Great 'Britain
. and the Republic;, particulUtlY . '
when some erase ungenerotis as to receive every •
idle story afloat that is prejudicial to lltoe,nor:
of: this' government,' and on this building tip ar-,
guntenti ioAneet points Which do not' ectist:--,
The fdll terni6 of the trpaty cannot at thiri
meat be...made public.
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