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' ; NAPOLEOJT-AtfD DUROC.
PROM GEN. MILLERS LIFE OF NAPOLEON.
Napoleon was very fond of walking in
the streets of Paris incognito, in search of
adventures. Uu the-e occasions he gen
eralty wore a round hat aud a loug blue
coat, in which his appearance was not al
together preposessing. In consequence
of this, he wa occasional! received with
a coolness and indifference, to which, in
propria persona, he was unaccustomed.
(Jiic morning shortly Lclorc Um.stmas,
he-arose as early as seven, nud accompa-
nied by Duroo, Grau.1 Marshall of the ! Daring this addres.", Napoleon's coun--Palace,
(who wore the same sort of dis- tenance became highly expressive his
guie as Napoleon,) left the Tulloric- just eyes flashed, his checks were flushed with
as-day was brcakiug. After a walk thro' rage; at length ho interrupted her by eay
the Palace Veudo ne, thence to the Hue ing:
du Nnpoleou where he much admired f
the splendid mansions vincii hau ueen re-
ccntly i-rected there; chatting fa.uiliarly ! 'Eh! la! la! do not be angry, roonsier! ty. It is true that where there are ao- election was ordered by the Lecompton
with Uuroe, he observed: I have a husband, thank heaven, but hejtivo volcanoes, and they sulk for a aea- ' ites themselves, and they therefore can-
it, sceais iiuai. uic i in
ouartcr are very lazy, 19 keep theirshop-,
Khut at this time of day ' i
JJiscour.-tiiii thus tney arnvcu aj. 111.- ,
Chinese bath rooms, which had been re-
cqn'tly painted
aud
cm t'Cllished.
they, were
cojc which
criticising
the exterior,
the
belonged to the e-tublishmeut j
opened.
'Suppose we enter and breakfast here.'
said Napoleon to Duroc; 'what do 3 ou say!
has not your walk given you an appetite!'
. 'Sire,is too early; it is only eight o'
clock.' 'Bah! bah! your watch is always too
slow! As for me, 1 am quite hungry.
And without wattitig lor an answer
Napoleon entered the cafe, took his scat
at the table and called lor a waiter, and
requested some mutton chops and a bot
tle of chamber. iu wine; aud having break
fasted heartily, and takeu a cup of cof
fee, which he protested was better than
he was supplied with at tho Tulleries, he
called the waiter and demanded the bill,
-aying to Duroc
-'Pav and let return
now;
then rising and
oi:i' to the door,
he began to, whistle an Italian recitative, j 'This was wrong, Duroc, very wrong,
endeavoring to appear at ease. The I may be allowed to forget such trifles;
Grand Marshall rose at thu same time; tut you '
but after fruitlessy &oaruhiiig his pockets, j 46ire, I will immediately make the a
found that having dressed iu haste, he 1 viende lvonorable?
bad forgotten his purse, and he well knew i 'Yes, do; and let it be done in a way
that Napoleon never carried any mouey that will please ice; you understand At
about htm. Nevertheless the waiter camo the same time let the female politician be
and presented the bill to the Graud Mar
sha', who stood mute with surprise at not
being able to discharge it, although the
amount was only twelve Jrancs. Napo
leon not kuowing what detained Duroc
aud not accustomed to be k pt waiting,
re cntetcd, saving itupatieutly
Come, make baste, it is late.
The Graud Marshall was comprehend-
ing the unpleasant situation in which he 'Madame, did not two gentlemen
was phecd. and thinking the best way to . breakfast hero about six weeks since with
get out of it wis to avow frankly his in- out settling their bill!'
ability to discharge the debt, approached
the mi-tress of the cafe, (who was silent
aud indifferent at the counter,) and said
politely and confusedly
Madame, mv friend and mvslf o.ft
home this morning a little precipitately,
1 j j
we quite forgot to bring our purses but
I gue you my word that iu an hour I
will eeud you the amount of your bill.'
'It may be so, fir,' coldly replied the
lady; 'but lkuow neither of you, and wo
are every day taken iu in this manner.
Do you think that '
'Madame,' interrupted the Grand
Marshal, reddening with rage at this an
swer, 'we are men of honor; we are offi
cVrs of the guard!'
Ql, yes! fine excuses, truly! officera
of th'e.guard indeed!'
At the-e words, men of honor and of
cers of the Guard, wheu Napoleon had
overfieard, he turned round,, iu a voice of
wbichhad caused heroes to tremble, de
taauded ,
'''What is all this about!;
But at a sign from Duroc, he remained
impatiently where he was The waiter
pow stepped forward and voluuteered to
fjQ answerable for the debt, with which
assurance the mistress of the cafe was
.satisfied. Duroc regarded the young
man w'th surprise, and drawing from his
pocket a watch encircled with brilliants,
flaid to him.'
'My friend you have acted nobly; keep
thi3 watch till I return to recompense
you,'
V Six.! -said the .waiter, lI have no wish
to 4ake it; I feel convinced that you are
men jpf ..honor.'
'Good,, my friend,' said tho Grand
Marshal, 'you shall neer repent your
confidence iu us.' He then rejoined the
Ejnperor.
Djurpc recounted the particulars of jthe j
adyjntur.e to Napolppp, who laughed i speaking ill of . the Government Jag tyou Qn the recent occasion, all the dogs in
heartily,, -and was pleased, with, the gqucr- always do: and this to the Emperor him- tbo neighborhood of Vallo howled before
osjty .of the poor w,aitcr, ;who,had become , self! When will .you learmtp cease your the people' were sensible their 'of dongcr.
security for them without knowing who , cursed( bubbling? Ah, mon dicu! X'am To account for these circumstance,' it is
they were. Ou their ,way to the pilacp, ; a lpst man, I shall be shot'.' conjectured that prior to actual disfuf-
they came to the Passage des, Panor.am a,s;, J Here fright nearly overpowered the banco, noxious gases and other exliala
whicb was then one of 'he most elegant poor mar who seemed shocked that his tions are emitted from the interior of the
Pa3sages or covered ways in Paris. There
a auop auracicu mo aueuuou oi napuiu-
on. It contained a fine collection of
porcelaiu vases. Two superb ones were
exposed to view, aud appeariug to the
Emperor very tasteful, he entered the
shop and demanded the price. The mis -
tress of the shop, with a sneer on her
countenance, coolly a-ked if he wished to
purchase them. , notes for a thousand francs each, he prc-
j 'Why, madamc, I should not have ask- scntcd them to the dealer who was trenr
' cd the price, utiles I had thought" of pur- bling with fear, and with great difficulty
chasing them,' said Napoleon, irritated advanced to receive them. And now
by ihc imputation of the woman with that peculiar sarcastic brevity with
"Four thousand francs (100,) not a which h invariably spoke when ho wish
, farthing less, monsieur.' ed to reproach, he added:
! 'Four thousand francs! that is horribly :I went the other day to your shop.
dear, madauie; much too dear for me!' (I bargained for two vases; your wife ask-
Aud, touching his hat, be was about
to leave the shop, when
the mcrchande,
with her bands in her Dockets, added
sarcastically;
'They cost me five thou-and, but itls
bettor to Mill at co-t in these times than
starve. There are fine doings now-a-duj.-J
always war! all the world com
plains! Business is at a stand still now,
and the shopkeepers are ruined; but we
; do not pay le:8 taxes.'
'xMadamc, have you a husband! Where
is ne: Kjmw i l see mini
" gxu" . wumj. jjkau
; can you want with him when I am here?' j
'Enough, madnuie, enough! I wished j
10 icu your uu-i.aiiu uuu "eruaps x
should send for these vases '
lie then left the shop, di-gusted with
the mcrchande, where coolness aud
ttc- had so much exasperated him
'I'aith! said, he, when he had rpjotned
Duroo, l havo had a sound lecture from
a foolish woman, who seems to atteud
more to politics than her business! Oh!
I will have her husband's head shaved;
it is bis fault
The Emperor and the Grand Marshal
now returned to the iulleries
having
both met with adventures, the one with a
shop-keeper, and the other with a waiter, (the churches were througed with cougre- stitution is not now the choice of tho peo
About six weeks after these occurren-jgations, that Lisbon was smitten to the pie of Kansas, but that it was not their
ces Napoleon said one evening to Duroc: : dust. On the afternoon of a i-iinilar fes- choice last winter, when the effort was
I have uothing to do now, suppose we'tival, beneath a calm and cloudless sky,
go and see how
the shops look. By-
the-byt, how did
you settle the affair at
the Chinese Baths!'
'Indeed, sire, I am glad' you
mentioned the subject lor I had
forgotten all about it.'
have
quite
ordered to send her hu-band here, with
the two vases which I looked at when I
paid her a visit. I am somewhat in her
delt. Ah! ah! 'tis mv turn now. aud we
Duroe having piven precise directions
to one of the imperial footmen, despatch
i ed him to the Chinese Baths, when he
thus addressed the mi-lress of the cafe:
'Yes, mousieur,1 replied the lady, very
much troubled, seeing that the inquirer
wore the livery of the palace.
'Well, Madame, those gentlemen were
the Emperor and the graud Marshall of
f " o
the nal'ice! Can 1 see the
waiter who
became security for them!'
'xos, certainly, sir.'
The mistress rang the bell and felt un-
ca-y; she thought of nothing less than
going to the palace and imploriug the for
givnes of the Emperor. When the wai-
. . . J!t r . 1- ill
ter appeareu me tootman gave mm aroiijtowarda uoon beneath a clear and almost
. ot ulry N apoleons, and said to him: j
. 'Iu addition to this, the Graud Mar- j
shal has charged me to say, that if you j
uaio any lavor to asK tor yourseu or 5cil wcre desolated in tho year 135.
friends he will be most happy to . grant it. At ten o'clock, two hours before the ruin,
ihe name of the waiter was Dorgan; the inhabitants remarked with surprise,
he ha-tcned to accept the kind ofler of,ns altogether utiu-ul. lorgo flights ofaoa.
the Grand Marshal, who instantly made fowf pussiu; from tUe ooa,t toward the
him one of the impvnal footmen. lie jnterior. atl'd tbo dogs at Talachuano a
Boon gained tho confidence of tho Em- l)aI)lioneli the town before the shock
press Josephine, and became her special ' hich ,evelcJ fts buildings was felt. Not
attendant. After her divorce he accoin au onilnalit 5s believed was in the place
panted her to Malmaison, and singular j whe tl)e destruction came. In 1605,
destiny of men at this time eventually prcvious t0 an carthquake exparienced at
entered the service of Wellington in 18-j NopW, which took place at night, but
1 was most severely felt in the provinces,
After his visit to the cafe, tho imperi-ltie oxen amI C0Wrt began to bellow; tho
al footman reached the Pa-sage des Pan-l8Uecp--aild goats bleated Btrangely; the dos
oramas, when ho entered the shop of the j bowjed terribly; and the horses fn-tcncd
voluble merchatide. 'in their stalls leaped up, endeavoring to
'Sir,' said he, adtires-mg the ma-ter, break lhe haltera which attaci,cj ihcm
'you are reque-ted to go to the palace t0 the mangers. Rabbits and moles were
this instant, with two vases which the leave their burrows; birds rose, as
Emperor inquired the price of about six ;f Scared from tbe places on which they
weeks since in your shpp. Hmtnperial i,ad aljgi,ted; and reptiles left in clear
majesty is now waiting for you.' Iday-light their subterraneous retreats.
Heaven!' he cried, I shall be shot.' Some faithful dogs a few iniuutes " before
Then addressing his wife,. who was terri-,tne first shock, awoke their sleeping
bly frightened and unable, to speak, be:Uiast0rs by barking, and pulling 11100
aI las if anxious to warn them of im-
1 have no doult but tbat you ma'd--pending danger ; and several persons
ame, have been talking to the JSmperor
wife should have taken the Emperor for
a ponce Pj nowever, ne uiusiciuu uu
his courage and arrived with the vaes at
the Tulleries, where ho was iaomediatclj
ushered into the presonce of Napoleon,
who thus addressed him:
j 'So, sir, I have found you at last I
.am glad to see you here.'
Then taking from his desk eight bank
ed four thousand francs, telling mo they
cost her five thousand. Well
although
that was a falsehood, I now give you
eight thousand; take them. There are
four for yourself. But tell your wife
that if she docs not attend to her domes
tic affairs instead of politics, morbleu! I
will send her where she will be taken care
of, and you too, to nach you both to be
more silent. Go, sir; that is all I have
to say to you! Bon Soir!
Earthquakes Brute Sagacity.
To man, nature affords no symptom of
the approach of an earthquake, even of
the most destructive description, in time
to put him on his guard, and enable him
beforehand to consult the means of safe-
auu, ur cuusu iu shiuku as usual, a eon-
vulsion in the vicinity may be predicted
with tolerable certainty. But tho day
anu uour 01 its occurrence is a proiouua
secret; and the event is often warded off
by the craters resuming their activity.
poli-'Down to almost the latest momcut prior
to the dread event, which will slay its
thousands, convert their houses into se
pulchres, and demolish the marts of com
merce, the hall.- of justice, and the tem
plos of religion, both heaven and earth
appear as on days destiued to pass peace
fully or gladsomely away.
It was on Old Saint's day, which
broke with a serene sky and a fine ea?t-
orly breeze in the early morning, when
Caraccas perished, while the moon hung
her brilliant lamp over tho ruiued city
at eventide, and the night of the torrid
zone set in with peculier loveliness. If
long calms, oppressive heats, and preva
lent fogs have been the observed antece
dents of many catastrophes, it is certain
that the events are merely coincident, and
not physically couuected, siuce such
states of the atmosphere oftc.n occur with-
out being followed by terrible .phenome-
na, while earthquakes have as frequently
transpired during the gales of wind, un
der the brightest skies, and when heavy
rains have been pouring down.
A3 the solemn crisis approaches, hu
man intelligence seems inferior to brute
sagacity. Men buy and sell, eat and
drink, marry and given in marriage, on
the eve of a ohange which will nullify
contracts, and terminate the engagements
of life to the busiest plotters for the fu
ture; while many of the lower rennounce
their customary habits, aud di-play uu
mistakeable apprehension of some alarming-
though unknown incident being at
hand. Rats, mice, moles, snakes and liz
ards abondon the holes and cavities in
the ground in which they dwell, and run
about with evideut trepidation. Some
of the higher species also, especially goats,
hogs, cats and dogs, with horses and cat
tle in a lesser degree, seem to scent the
coming earthquake, and exhibit remark
ble restlessness.
Various interesting facts havo been
noted iu relation to tho demeanor of aui
Jmals prior to a great convulsion.
It was
1
cloudless sky, with the sea-breeze freshly
bowiug) that the cities of Conception aud
Talachuano, ou the coast of South Amer-
were thus enabled to save themselves.
earth through crannies and pores of the injustice originally contemplated. It pro
surface, vinvisiblc to the eye, which dis- vides that, becau-c the people of Kansas
tress and alarm animals gifted with acute would not submit to the putrage of hav
organs of smell. This seems to be the ing a Constitution imposed upon them a
true explanation, for it is undoubted that gaiust their will, they must be punched
gases of various descriptions are thus set for their contumacy by being kept out of
free, both while earthquakes are in pro- the Union. Because tlcy would not
grcss aud antecedently. In 1827, when tamely acquiesce in the infliction of one
the valley of Rio Magdaleua was shaken, wrong, another is to be meted out to them,
largo quantities of carbonic acid gas cs-,The highway robbers of Mexico make it
caped from noiuc crevices, which killed a . a rule that if a traveler peaceably submits
considerable uumber of burrowing aui- to the plunder of his pockets, he is in oth
mals as well as reptiles. It has likewise er respects treated as a gentleman, but if
hnnn frnminn? nkcnKnn'il (Kf fl.n cni.fnA.1'
nvijuunjf uuaitbu wi li 1 iuc ouuauv
of the sea, or a river, has exhibited the
appearance of ebullition, owing probably
to the disengagement of gas air from the
bottoro. In a report from the Syndic or
Salandro, one of the communes which suf-
fered severely from tho receut scourge, it
is stated that nearly a month, about two form another Constitution, have it rati
miles from the town, a gas was observed. fied at the polls, and ask admis.-ion iuto
to issue from a water course, which ccaa -
ed altogether about a wcok after the first
shock of the earthquake. Leisure Hour.
The Vote in Kansas.
Thc freemen of Kausas havo spoken in!ucr Pe0Plc. t0 add lo tuc measure of their
thuuder-tones against the Leeomnton '"ju't'ce UJ voting against her admission
(Innsttnitmn Tl... mt,...nJ nf .i, ,1
only serve to swell the tide of condemna -
: tion which has swept over that scheme of
despotic iniquity. But one' or two coun-
ties have failed to cast an overwhelming
maioritv arraiust it. and there ii
scarce-
'lv a township in its favor. This
not question Its legality. Tho vote
polled a"ain-t it aresufficient! v snnptinn
ed by thoir own provisions to be a fair
index of popular will, even according to
their over-nice technical method of ascer
taining it. They had clothed Lecompton
in purple and fine linen, and arrayed it
in all the tempting respectability that the
land ordinance, immediate admission into
the Union, aud Calhoun's certificate
could give it. But all would not avail.
The people knew it to be an abomination,
conceived in fraud aud brought forth iu
tyranny, and they slaughtered it without
mercy.
This vote, therefore, shows beyond
doubt, not ouly that the Lccomptou Con-
persistently mad
e for weeks to drag them
into the Union under it. There can in
future be no donbt or cavil on this point.
It is clear as the noon-day sun. Every
Lecomptocite is thereby convicted of hav
ing endeavored to enforce a Government
upon a protesting people against their will
of establishing a Constitution contrary
to tho views and wishes of those who were
to be governed by it of violating the
fundamental doctrine which requires the
consent of tho governed as the corner
stone of all political institutions. Be
tween despotism and republicanism there
is uo wider channel than between the rule
j of the minority, which the Lecomptonite?
; have sought to establish in Kansas, and
, the honest rule of the majority. Those
who demand an eudorsetnent of the Ad
ministration Kansas policy by the whole
Democracy, wish to commit them, there
fore, against the right of local self-government,
against Popular Sovereignty, a
gainst the rule of the people. They do
maud that tho Democracy of tho nation
shall, in violation of the traditionary pol
icy, their platform, aud the sentiments of
tho people, array themselves against the
principle upon which aloue free institu
tions can rest. No party occupying such
a position can preserve tho public confi
dence or loug hold polical powor in a re
publican country. Either the people must
lose all confidence in their own system of
goverumeut, and be willing to subvert it
by substituting tyranny for freedom, and
the will of tho. few for tho will of the ma
ny, or they must crush out and subdue
any party which teaches the despotic doc
trines ot Ijecomptonism, anu seeks to es
tablish them. They might as well toler
ato and sustain an avowed party of mon
archists at once, for au insidious organi
zation aguiust free government is not
more daugerous than an open and a
vowed one. All the past glories of the
Democratic party cannot save it from an
nihilation ii it does not cast from its neuk
the milestone ot Lecon.ploi)i?ui.. Let the
honest members ot tho party, North and
South, take a fair view ol the - prospect
bclore them, and be uisu iu time. Let
thoso who erred by endorsing Lccomptou,
aud who have .heretofore shielded, them
selves by claiming that it wad uot legally
siown (hat that Constitution did not rep-
represent the will ot the people of Kan
sas, remember that the late election af
fords new and incontrovertible testimony
011 that subject, which cannot be disregar
ded. The Democracy of the North have
lippri wrntwr Kuril rrtfnvn rn nnlitSxnt niinu.
tions, and when they discovered their
error they yielded gracefully and
recanted their heresies. The Dem-
ocracy of the South are clearly wrong jterminc .to do, generally is. none, bcarce
now, and if they wish to act justly,' nudity does a plant break from the ground
to save their party from annihilation, they I sooner than this enterprise showed first
must ubjure Leeomptonism; aud now evU j root, then trunk, then blqssom and fruit,
idenceof tbe hostility eutertained, towards j It is. ono of tho most marvellous things
it by the people of Kansas gives them a! that this has -been done with so few mis
fair pretext for placing themselves in a takes. Lfcit summer tho ships went out
nrbn'nr 'Tiositibn before the American neo-1 and nut their les down; this summer
pic, and regaining the ground they have
lost by the endorsement of a gigantic!
fraud and wrong,
The English Bill, which was substitu-
t i r ' i i it
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an expedient which only aggravates the
ho rOsUtu tlio rklinvn tin !.. ... .. s ...... .1
v iiu mi. iuuuuij ia iiiui UL'l ru.
, TheEnglishBillKansaspolicy isbased up-
on a principle equally just and . humane,
It is worse than idle it is wicked, fool-
isut and unjust to persist in a course
founded on such an idea. When the peo-
pie of Kansas peaceably and honestly
(the union under it, woe to the men who
DJ a blind adherence to the English fi-
, nality, may endeavor, after attempting to
jorag Kansas iuto the Union as a slavo
State, with a Constitution obnoxious to
as a tree State, under a Uonstitution rat-
1 ifie1 antJ approved by her people ! They
' WI" bo du'y conaemned by thcir out-
i raed constituencies, and fall from the
I U1gu stations they have disgraced, "like
Xiuciler, never to rise again lite Z'rcss.
:Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the At
lantic Telegraph.
There was a celebration on .Monday,
! at Fishkill. New York, of the laving ol
! tllC Atlantic Telegraph. Henry Ward
Beecher wa-i present,
and he made the
following address :
I have been brought up, fellow citizens,
in suob habits of obedieuce, that 1 never
think of disputing a command that has
been given me. Therefore, although I
am a stranger among you, aud it seems
to me should have been preceded by your
own citizens to nigl.t therefore 1 obey
the injunction, and speak first, and prob
ably shall speak the briefest and the
worst; therefore if I tiro you, remember
that I am tho soup, aud the solid courses
come soon. I am glad to meet such an
assembly. It is good once in a while for
all sorts of people people of all sorts, all
kinds, prejudices, party connections, re
ligious feelin, from all neighborhoods
to come togetherand to feel a common
magnetism. On the Sabbath day we
gather together in groups, according to
the elective affinities of our religious
fcelini's. At various times we como to
gcthcr to our public meetings now and
Uhcn it happens in ever year that there
are some such that briug ail men togeth-
er,
and that no difference of creed uud
none of party; and to night we are gath
ered together 1 oanuot say in common
with thousands of men, for 1 know not
whether or not anywhere else there is
such a celebration but in our own pla
aud residences we have come together,
forgetting everything but this, that we
are men and common citizens.
In other lands it may be proper for joy
to be expressed merely by squib, aud
muskets and cannons; but in a country
where public education has so long pre
vailed, where newspapers belong to every
man that can read and for a native of
the country not to be able to read is con
sidered a disgrace in such a country it
needs bo that something else besides mere
auimal excitement mu.-t grace the celebra
tion. There must be speaking, there must
be thinking, that shall satisfy tbe under
standing aud touch the heart also; and,
therefore, you have mo-t appropriately
come together, and it is not an ill omen
that you havo assembled in this saorei
enclosure it is fit that religion should
deck our celebration to night.
We are gathered to express our joy at
the apparent consummation of one of
those enterprises peculiar to the ceutury
in which wo live. Do you reflect that
there are men living amoug you to night
that lived, and were not very youoj be
fore there was'a steamboat-on our waters!
There are men here that lived before
they milled tho water with their wheels,
ami since thoir day and within more easy
reuiemhriHicq railroads have been inven
ted. I remember when the first oue 61
these was laid very distinctly. It is with
in our remembrance that the telegraph
was invented, nnd by au honored citizen
iu thii vicinity all this coming far vvith-
iu. the remembrance of our young, men
But now this is not so much au mvbutiou
m fin nrmlioation. We have tried the
-we have learned that by stretching
I
air
wiro from polo to pole wc can. gird the
land. We. havo cmc. to tho sea coast
and said, Who shall-guide us across thh
rcat deep ! Who shall bridge it ! And
1 there, it was thought, would be au end to
I - i.rnrir. linr no; enterprise Said,
jif we cannot faallpu tho doop, nor bridge
it, we can telegraph it, and so they de-
termincd ,to do Itj.aud what Yankees de-
'they went out and put down tho Holes of
their feet, Ihey tnen weui uaci to tahe
another start; now it is none, anu tuu two
continents are connected by this cord. I
...innt nf f-nnrsft I shall not trespass
' much upon the themes that are kindred
to-this In'et; I shall 1rVo them to those
who sjo to do all the profitable arid' m
teresjiiiir .-peaking to night; I shall leave
this thoroughfare untrodden I do not
propo?e mysilf to go over the wire. j.
I cannot hrlp thinking that while they
win itiau'e fome allusion to the
of the human mind,, there is.a
progress
poetical,
that I will disclose. I have thought , all.
the way down to nicht, how strange it'
will seem to have that cord lying in tho
bottom of the sea, perfectly undisturbed
by the howirug of storms and the thunder
nf linn.... f .. I 1 .1 . .
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reach to see that highway, and know
that there will be earthquakes that will
shako tho world, but the cord will bo un-
disturbed. Markets will come up, and
fortunes will be made, and down in tho
bottom of the sea the silent wire will car-
ry the news to us.
down, aud the silent
Fortunes will go
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message: aud thus, without voice to speak,
it will communicate thunders and noise and
earthquakes. But all the-e things will. go
though the sea quicker than thought they
will
come, and then fia-h out ou the oth-
i er.-tde again with freh excitement. To
i me the fuuetious of that wire seem tub-
Mine.
Fellow citizens, mark the advantages
which are to be derived from the connec
tion of the two constituents by this wire.
To me tho pre-eminent advantage e'eern'
to be this it is bringing uations nearer
together. We mgur the best of results
from this. It is the separation of nations,
as of individuals, that works mi.-chief.
The silent man is u-ually a man full of
prejudices full ol miseonct-pttons; bring
ing" mun together, we uot only rub down
the rouh corners, but we al.-o take down
the wrong impressions. Men that wear
satanic varments and cloven hnnf nra
after all, lound to be very little different
from other people. Bringing people to
gether i-. the way to disperse worlds of
unkind feeling. The more intercourse
nations have with each other, the greater
is the tendency to stir the world into hab
its of good-will. Bringing the nations of
the earth, thus as they are, together,1 will
contribute to hasten the day of universal
brotherhood.
But mark one thing: while this wire
will in the first instance work towarde
monopoly, in the second and main instance
it will work towards diffusion and the
common weal; for though merchants and
politicians will iu the first instance be th
u.-ers, yet in the main the people will Be
the ones that will reap the benefits. If
it were possible for knowledge to bo con
fiued to a few if it wcre possible for mo-nopoli-ts
to lock up the emis of this wire,
it might he disastrous to the people and
to governments; but now it has a tenden
cy to make knowledge co extensive with
the globe, for what is known in London
in the morning will be known here before
the evening. What is .spoken at 12 in;
Loudon will be known to us at 8, accord
ing to our time, and the enterprises of all"
the commercial centns and political cap
itals of the world will be Known to usitr
less than an hour's time; and when revo
lution shall move the old kingdoms, when?
these throes begin to be felt, in one hour
wc shall feel the same apprehensions and
torments. It is no longer in her own bo
som that France can keep her secrets.
It is no
loner in
the old British isles
that their kuowledge can be confined; it
is flashed over tho world, lhe globe will
have but one ear, and that ear will be ev
ery where.
Now, this instantaneousness of know'
edge, this diffusion of knowledge so that
all men are brought together, this is for
the benefit of the common people, this is
what gives them powor to enlarge tho
minds that God gave them, aud by which
they will be greater than ever dynasties
will bo. I dare scarcely any longer think
ot what f h all be. I remember the deris
ion with which Whituey's plan of a rail
road to the Mis-ippi was hailed. I re
member wheu it was disputed whether a
strtamer could cross, the ocean or not.
All these marvels, when they first werof
proposed, to lis seem incredible; but ono
by one they have been executed, and DOW
I am prepared to believe almost any
thing; If a mau proposed to communicate
with the moon, I should no longer thiuk
ho wa's" moon struck. (Here some boys
bewail to imitate the crowing of- a'ceck,
when Mr. Beecher facetiously said)ltIam
not prepared for that, for I cid not know
that it wa so near morning. 1
Fellow citizens, before I give way to
those whom you may desire to hear
your own townsmen and friends let mo
say one other thing; I do not say it be
cause of a.3' profession, but because, I
think of it. Thu faei.ity 0 our intercourse
is not to be over e-tiuratcd, but we must
notuuder-tstimate the power of our nation.
You may put a cable in every sea portfr
you may build your warehouses where
they stand five stones or fifteen, and you
may fill them with the costliest merehaur
, disc; you may increase your science and
skill to any exteut, yet jou are uot more
powerful, for power is not iu the materi
al texture, but power remains in tho man,
in the individual, the family, the village,
the State, the nation; these. arc-the roserr
voirs of power, aud while we ore enlarg
in' the sphere of action let us see that, at
homo we spread our common school,
multiply our newspapers, make bopka
more plenty than the leaves, sot hat eaoh
man will be an nc;torj and when aH.raeja
arc over the globe are actora, wbenoai
the rising of tho suu to the going downof
the same there is no barrier to free inter-