Msteacnus *01.911- select j«caceuan». from tboNalload jtigmlne. THS MEWUU&Wti QSSAIL t ' l<., k f-Vil fi'>{ *vyx‘ i > *v-*> ?/•. .1 Janrts iifi-fceMF'iyw rff grtat ‘jß*tn\?g ; and ! fluU greats* ;*PPW.ri W* taboo) tMMll| moaLcwwM, of finy.sghoql within fifty<q)ifesi of £yigi#tn, ,yet Jw.rnqd esilydettgoated it bv* Cpllege,'* afld hiannpiU: ?hbi* forifleofboys-”. neverCtmsidered •• ibe aa,h s jEertned tbosf who,only learned English, v?ri ling, boy iahiseattmation, merited;;,naming or «oti»anhl he entered, Virgil.i'^began,bjs school catalogue, with (, (be .Vargilsjf bt|( was ao decidedly proudqf ttailotqariana,’' that ho often regretted he had.qqopporUtqjty of “taking thoshioo-qul oLthepaigqorap; chap* a(<Dublin Collie" by. a\display.pfhj« “firocioiwj! Vfive oral* deadheaded,; in? teUigent boys,,.*beta. bcoguea wereoqtbeir <hngoe,"*hoeOiOlotljes hupg qpop them my4tei!y;v«nd. yet,.-poor MowsLwerq.iM tfrtoud-ofiiteir Greek, and asfondof capping <Ladayerane, aa theii master himself. deserved hi* reputation to -a certain extent, all do who achieve one. In his boyhood he had Jieen himself a poor acholar, and traveled thecbuotry for bis learn ing; he had'graduated at the.best hedge school in the kingdom of Kerry, and at one tiraohad an idea oE entering Maynhdth' j but fortunately oi l unfortunately, as it might hi, Jfie iMl'btV Vocation by ' falling in’ love hnd Marrying Mary' Byrne; to whom, despite a tertain quantity of hardness and pedantry, he always made a kind husband, although Mary, docile and intelligent in every other respect, never could achieve her A, B, G; ihii be"was fond of .instancing as a proof of the inferiority of thd fair sea. James Jpoked toith the greatest contempt at the system adopted by r tbe national Schools, Latin to be the foundaiion'qf all intellectual •education, and that theman whohad no Lar in was not worthy of being considered a man »1 all. Donnybeg, the parish In which he resided, was a very remote, silent district—an isola ted place, belonging chiefly id an apoplectic did gentleman, whose father, having granted long leases on remunerating terms, fell him a ttain income, sufficient for himself, and ngt distressing to others. The simple farmers pad so long considered Master O’Leary a miracle, and he confirmed them in this opin ion so frequently, by saying in various.lan guages what they bad not understood, if epoken in the venacular, that whenanaliohal school was proposed in the parish by some, officious person they offered to send up their schoolmaster, attended by hia Latin and Greek scholars —tail fashion—to 11 bother the brood.” Tbis threw James into such a state of excitement (.hat he could hardly restrain himself; and. indeed hia wife does not hesi tate to say that he has never been “ right” since. The old landlord was as decided an enemy to tbe national school system as James himself; and the matter dropped without O’Leary’s having an opportunity of“flooring the boord.” which be bitterly regrets. James, for many years alter hh establishment at Donheybeg, was exceedingly kind to (he itinerant class, of whose merits he waaso bright an example; for a longtime his college was tha refuge of every poor scholar', who received gratuitous fast ruction from “ tie master'' and'the at tention and tenderness of a mother from “(he mistress.” Tbis generosity on the part of James O’Leary increased his reputation, and woo him a great many blessings from the poor, while pupils thronged to him from distant parts otthe kingdom—not only the itinerant scholar, but the sons of anug farmers, who boarded in hia neighborhood,'and paid large ly for (he classics, tod all the accomplish ments. This] James found very profitable; in due time he slated hia house, placing a round stone as a “ pinnacle” on either gable, representing, the one the terrestrial, the other the celestial globe; He paved the little court yard with the multiplication table in black and white stones ;.and constructed a summer house, to use his own jthrase, on “ geometri cal principles,” whose interior was decorated .with maps and triangles, and every species of information. If pupils came before, they «jijuqed_bn him*’ after his “ t’uscufum” vyas finished, and he bad its name painted, op .a Gothic arch above.lhe sate, which, such was the of old habits,'.always stood open (w the. wqa l of a latch,, But somehow though Jafnea’a there was wpaeihing his heart that was not right; hfahfgan'tpconsider (earning only valuable aa a mpana pf weilth; he, became-civil tp rich dunces. Sod,continually snubbed a, first rate " Grecian,” wi|a,)Ras, it ia true* pgly .a poor scholar. This ieming, like all others at first merely tolerated gained ground by de grees, until Master O’L«rV begarr 10 question to himself—“ Why 1 he 'shotlJd. do good, and bother himself so much, abotu those who did no good to Jtiml?l ? Halhad never ventured to say this out aloud to any ofiej but he had at laat Whispered it so often to himself that one evening; seeing Mltry busily occupied turning round some preparation in fa jliUlte iron pot, reserved for delicate'atir-abdut, gruel, or “ sup of broth"— which he knew «b that particular occasion was intended for the •‘Grecian,” who had been unwell fpr some daySj—after knocking the ashes out of his pipe, and closing apd clasping hia well thumbed- Ffohteiv’he laid, “ MVfy, can’tjve Ihe wheel,' .dqne.and nature beeping, aupprific f-r-tivbioh •atgnmes anJincUnatioalo repose, 1 ' ,® m ',hule, dear j'i’tk for, popf hes Ack entirely,.apd'haa po.oneto lookTto him, .the place where he, lodges has tto con vayntanoe for a drop ofwhey—arrf ifit'had, They T ve npthmgiQJumdtwith; and nothing :to makeiri ohnnw l’ll sit down at ofact,” > t “ Then why don’t-you;*it down at onct t Wwans. at ipia motneni—u p ipe present tense—.now, instantly.) « say : nothing of the sweet milk—and has goingtosay' V the-Aour,” but was.ashamed, and SO added, ” other.titingsr— for one who dobs no goodto-usiP fully back with her hprn. spoon; “No eood iu * ¥ biroTT-AbyGtadnal^itp; Ahy tboiG/acian— your'topiboyi at used to thayhiwold (|«lp ''' ' 1 .ti rrsib - >’■ ; <■_’ ’ ' 'wi> “'■)■? ,-«i; (~i i- :-,yj !j a Si, kitpyr-. / m»|.v on (>( :oY~ n ■i- ntMp: unit •»'« “,;l b-nS ,ii>.?ariioi c : gV T r -‘ in i,miidj.t.':.i. , t ■„ rt A <- ~4'^VrVj'if!^T?^—- -7/i-w^-'''■ ''. jp.f, BEGIWKIRQ d* ; 'Wlg»^ ‘ili vv*' tT: « >i-. a« usj he had no' giber dr feqhiniles, just (o aw. Jutji' s\ond at' (99 jtlpad heart.—Jts for Jjm,,it is— ,-~, ' -, W#|«B £f(),¥i!iqg-rnot .to «ay. pjijd, but -ww 9} "wfeTferaift it? raejrid^D,,. cst^-jpord 10 belhrowing away pursubslancs.oli the like pfAbyT-rTr’’ ~, , ,;;.■ \ .. ;“, Maty, ~,,.. , “ Ay,,indeed, ,Mary 4f .wn roust iconicioa period—a full atop, 1 mean—apd’’—hVoreytf adeep breath,, thpp added—and take no yof? poop scholars” . ' ; , “O.Jamea!/ don't say the,..like o’ that,’.’ said the gentle-hearted womifp : *; don’j,—a poor scholar never .came into the ibat ' I did’t fqel as if he brought fresh heayep with, him—l neyer miss the fait I give them-my heart warms to the soft homely sound of their bare feet on the door, and the door a’roost opens itself to let them in.” . “ Still we .quiet rake care of ourselves, wp,- man, dear,” replied James, with a dogged look. Why. the look should be called “dog ged" I do nqt know, for dogs are pay thing but obstinate, or given to it; but. be.put .on the sort- pf look so called; and, Mary, not moved from her purpose, cohered the mouth of the jug witha huge red’.apple; pptalo. and, beckoning a neighbor’s child who.was hop, ping over the multiplication table jn ~ttre lit tle court-yard, desired her to run for.her life with the jug, while it was hot, to the house where Aby’ilofipea that wedk, ,; and b6 f 'st!re to tell him he was to take it after behind said his prayers, and while it was screeching hot. She then drew her wheel opposite het husband, and began spinning. “ 1 thought, James,” sbd said, “ that Abel was a strong pet of yours, (bough you’ve cooled lb him of late—l’m sure be got you a deal of credit.” ,l AII I’/I ever gel of him.” “ O, don’t say that 1 sure, the blessing js a fine thing—all the learning you giro out, James, honey, doesn’t lighten whet you have in your head, which is a great wonder,' ■ If 1 only take the meal oo( of the losset handful by handful, it wastes away, but your brains hold out better than (be meal; take ever so much away, and there’s the same still.” “ Mary, jyou’re a fool, agra!” answered her huaband—but he smiled. The school* master whs'a man, nod all men like even from (heir wivds. y ‘ “ And that’s one reason, dear, why you can’t be a loser hy giving your learning to them that wants it,” she Continued; it does them'good, U.J itdoeo .son,nq.ha(t|l-” The schoolmaster made ho answer; ’fatm Mary continued. She was a true woman, getting her husband into a good humor before she intimated her object. “ I’ve always thought a red head lucky, dear.” “ The ancients valued the color highly,” he answered. “Think of that now!—ajpd ahoy I saw to-day had just such another lucky mole as yourself under his left eye.”;' •‘What boy 7” inquired the master. “ A pooi fatherless and motherless cray thur, with his Vosters and little book 'slung in a strap atHiis back, and a putty tidy sec ond shule of clothes under his arm tor Siin day. It put me in mind oftbe way you.told me you set off poor yourself, dar (in’!—all as one as that poor little boy bor rin'the second suit ef clothes," What wahi?” inquired O’Leary, resuming his'bad temper, forMary<made a miitakein hersecond hit. Sbejudgedof his character by'her own. Prosperity bad-ren dered her more thoiighlfbt and anxious to dis- Esnse the blessings she enjoyed, but■•ft had ardentd her husband. ' ■ ' “ Just six months of your teaching to make a man of all." “ Has he money to pay for it J” - “ I’m sure I never askedhim. Tho'trifle collected fora poor scholar It little enough io give'him a bit to eat, without paying any thing' to "a »trong~ (rich) mariiiketyerseiF, JhmesO'Leary; holy just the ase* and’cod’. liniment it brings to one's sleep by night,end one’s work by day, to be aftei* idoitfg a 'kind turn to a fellow Christian*.”' “ Mary," replied O’Leary, in a stew and decided tone, “ tfiaVi allbotheraiim.'' * 1 1 Mary gave a start—she could hardly'be lieve dbe heard torrecily $ but there sat-Jaines [O’Leary lookinghs barn aaifhe had been turned fromarrian Of flesh into a"maD'oT stone. Under the imptessiod that he -wEa-bfe- : wiiphpd, ; Mary crossed bpfsqjf > he : sat there looking, a(\ejrwards.declared, nothing , , . ! v; „ .“Father o, I Mercy!" she Jjipake ogam, Oiaa aiijq I and tell us . is. jl.ypursplf L ‘V*i - , ' v- ■„ j ■ .01 J«pes j I .:^t i ,jp(y,w«)y.pr, humor-; teugly r . .hut a Ijjllle,, (dry,,. hplf-slaryed i laugh,, .lesftandtimogrynrfligßardly. !fore,he.:M dime,.te .^ly.sJlWcfteqjitPpeijfid 1 stefiy ,9f4,unii4iy«;«pd.ABh9fik pfcwiy.jed hphf. entered,; jio^dyßi^.ofJbfliiMyMwliiph ’it belonged,,. L^4 -y (t'! <■ i;nr.,r-,’i'. 1 “.Tint’s thp.bpyJ aaidMary.i ‘‘ Comp in,t»e r .boveM); wwelffa; in ji.now.eod *J(l,t*lMo ym dew*” * ■•fl&fctay advanced bowed boih hyptudy and^ptivqißrpinan.dihis f # keen, peaetretiiig eyeslooking,put from, be-, o*d»maojv| ( (He|p. " iJTlnuomi ■.•(! o! v«%iue , , ijjn ;io iowqY hilt'lia oonlm-i ') r.-i hiii Ly'ls-iy 'Wag 1 Edward !!?%^li!iti^V^^t ill ‘' HS’lttiJ, “ fK is Sr^^aa** (lis .ltbnot : would give him. ihe'rati orthe school, ap odd jeslonnow’ aq'd agaifl'andlet bimpickriapsmta^ .“.XoaH yh&fff irihufrfed; O'Leary; [i, ‘ will -«‘J a Tf!- '''■ ” . - ’i‘ fjjave.'bijt Utile, 'slK**'' implied'’tHe “ ror my lfas whosp faceWq never'sed, ri for in? shed vye sjarye tinder. ' Wy falhar is in for, ihp, kindness of the neighbors, and (lie goodness of one or two families at 1 Christinas and Whitsuntide, and, abode all, ihebfeSsing of God—whith never leaves us—We m'ight (urn out iipob thS rbad an'd Beg.” '■<■< ' “Eui'all that is nothing tome,” said O'- Leary, very coldly.” 1 “I know that sir” answered the btiy, yet he looked as if he did njofknow it; «though your name’s up in'the''cbuhlry for kindness, as well as learning; but I was coming to it —I jjave a trifle of about eighteen shillings —lkstdes five which,'the priest warned nieto keep when t Went for His blessings; a's he said fmight want it in case of sickness, and f Wds thinking; Mf yer honor Would-take fen otitdf the" eighteen, 1 for a quarter or ho.. 'I know I ckn’t pay yer honorasi oughts only just for the love of Odd ; and if ye’d please to examine me in Latin, his reverence Said }*d be no disgrace to yon.” ! : '* Just 'let me see whet you’ve got,” said (he schoolmaster. The boy drew forth from inside his ' Waistcoat the remnant of a night cap, and held it 1 toward the sohoolmaater’s hand l , but Mary stood between her husband and the temptation. ' “ Put it up, child,”she said;" the masthdr doesn’t want it, be only had a.mind to see it was safe,” —then aside' to her husband—‘Let fall yer hand, James, it’s the devil that’s un der yet elbow keeping it out, nibbling as the fish do at the hook ; is it the thin shillings of a widow’s son you’d be aftei taking 1 It’s not yerself tbit’s in at all ;—then to-the boy —“Put it up, dear, come in the morning.” But the silver had shone in the master’s eyes through the worn-out knitting, the “ (Airtshil lings,” as Mary called them, and their chink aroused his avarice .the more. So, standing up, he put aside, jit's wife,' 'as 'men- l oft«o do good pourisel, With a strong arm and’declited that he Would nave’all or none, and that with out pay he would receive no pupil.' The boy, thirsting for learning, almost without hesita up some friend who would give him a bit, a sup, and a lock of straw to sleep on.” Thus the bargain was struck, the penniless child turned,from,the door, knowing lhdt,' at'least, for that night, he would receive shelter from some kind hearted cotter, and perhaps give in exchange tuition (o (hose who could' Hot af ford to go to life “greatmaster,'” while the dtspenserof knowledge, chinking lhe “ thin shiliirigs,” strode toward a well-heaped hoard to add thereto the mite of a Mapy crouched dverjhe cheerful'firfe, '’rock ing herselfbackward and for Ward in'ted I sor row, and determined tp Consult ihe'priest ab jo flip change' thalhad come over her Hus bandi turning bini* out ofhimselfeintb some thing “.not ,righ(.”' j 1 f •' | ijhiS|was Q’Leairy’s jfirst ’ attempt' to work thoroughly asbaipedjOf himsejfjhy did’ notepfe to on counter Mary’s reproachful looks, so heb'rd’t qyer his blotted desk,. aßd sal with his' hick to het,t ppparentty' ipfenidri' his books; but (jespite ail he could doj hls mind went wad deripgtack to (he limeh# was a prior scholar himself, antl nb (natter whether he looked oyer.problems, or turned’ theleavespfHriirter, there Was - the. paid face Of the pridr Scholar, whom he had “ fleece'cl"'(d the lilfermosb” he said, anxious td be reconfciled (o him^elf, 11 (herd 'neiler was one df tharri poor much as they hiirtenfleS. ‘' 3 ‘ v , r Wqs'jhat the way with yerkdlf, 1 fevfck'T’ ansWered, ’ Jdhieb'piishdd bdbkThe'tfesk, flung ruler pt thd'cal, 'bounced thd'dopr after h.iiri,and WSnf id bdd. : 'He , did ! no( ) fall aslepp. very adpTl, ' ndr When ho ‘did; ‘did'He ypry douiidly S hut I'urribldd : Wd'fo£&d ajidui m, k'rnoif' ifltinhbriMfo so 'that h!s pddll 'wife left off Tpckihg, and, taking out he? 1 beads', be'gbn praj ing lor him as hard ddd lasf'k'S she' cdtlld , apd she believed her prayers"(6dk effect, ‘ibrHebdon tranquil arid ho-Slept soundly; but Mary wenf orf preying; she was accounted f'What'was'dalfedthd siebdiebt 1 AariSfetpray- ; era'in the ' country,' but; 1 on' : this parlibulor tbe grey cock, who always droWed. at four. tm m, d'nd'ahie'thchigHt sfe might'as MW*? whenisHe liked, hlii blbep When she pfeh'sed]'.which il'MqudhK Wtfe'&sd !t 'As swn. iihW (hi Mwiitilf m ,»w4T. .cpdss. and fdmm gavd'if g'rdah'' affd’b .'aianjßnd daifeShdV4f“G{?d dipyeurW’ 'he said, s, l‘lhatl rnay khoWifi 1 yoji thdrs In fi?* '".Jllhry did'id/ 'Hadb “ Mary, my quid darling,” he whrspdrea, .Vvj’^A'ireftfjainnyrjjpndn^-^ w* rw!?)'; imr,., ji jnj, mthjg. ■ lheibpy.of ! inoy,J,i«l« «igft rt enduing (bpt ppff Rrienbqlnr’*, ,,fa)te tel! him I II p*yer* tpqph sa Rpjr cu^.-pp .**». I n '• 'ffoa -37 n • ~ Hr, —u i .-ti.; ijn l 1 ili vn ;; i.,' ■■■,' i Aungiugto faiai| nprioneofhit olass.andgive hire backshis cbiosof, silver •and bis coins Of braßaioDdMalryfagra, ifyou’«e*ha,power, lurn every boylniheparish into apoor achol. •r>'ihju Lmay baveihe satisfaction ofteach mg rtidin, fdriVo tad*>Dinuw, Maryland 1 lb tell it to ;ydd, Who^knowsbetter 'than thyseirhotrlbbe "grateful' for-such 'a ‘ warn ing-L-ihere,J piaise thehoiy saibrs'lisastfeak bf daylight; now l add "don’t intei-rupt Hie. I '' ’• ' “ I suppose iiVdeadl was 1 first,''bill any: how| i thbughtf was floating about fn a dark CVery tifm'iitt I wdnted id’fly bp, but sometbibg Kept rhe 'ddi'n—/ could nof Hse—and,as 1 grew used tb tho dprknea^ Ci see, ’! saW ’ tHhtgs tig Ul like myself— cUrious' shapes— bfae of themlwitH Wings' 1 like a‘ba|, bairie close up to me, all, what was u but It Homer; and f thought may be if vyduld help ,me up, bbt'VhenT made a grab at it it tlfrfied into smokethen came a great white laced owl, With red,'bothered eyes, and out of one of thepi glared a Vosler, and but of the other a Gough ; and'globes and iqk-horns (jhanged, Hilary, ip me sight of my two Joo'k jog eyes, into vivacious tadpoles, shimming here and thereand making game.of me as they passed. 0,1 thought the time waa a thousand aud every thing about me Iplkjpg bad Latip that would both er a .saint, and t without ppwer to -answer, or get away. . I’m.thinking 4 wbs the : .school-, piaster’s purgatory 1 ,wa» in.”, ~ “ May be so,” replied Mary, particularly apthey woaldo’tlletiyou correct the bad Lat in,' dear.” . •;; .... ,■ , ... .• h■. i - “ But it changed, iMary, and I - found my. ablf, after a thousand or two .years, in ■ the midst of a mist—there- was a mistiness-nil around, me, and in-my head—but it "was a cldar, soft, downy-like vapor, and I had my lull liberty in it, soT'kept on going up—up fcr ■ever so many 'years, and J>y degrees it cleared‘away, drawing itself imo a- bohreen at either side, leading forward, a great high hill of light, and I made slrdighl for the bill ; abd having got over it, I looked up, and of ail'the brightnesseei ever saw; was the bright neits above me the'brightest; and the more I Idoked at it the brighter it grew; and yet there was no dazzle in my eyes, and something whispered me that that was heaven, add Willi (hat I fell on my knees and asked how I was to get there; for mind ye, Mary, there was a gulf between me and the hilt, or, speak more tq‘ybnr UrWdrblari'dThg ) 'a ga'p; ifih’hllf Of light above me W'as 'iri dp -way joined to the hill oh which 1 stood. Sbi cried how was 1 to get'there. Well, before you could say twice ten, (here stood before the seven poor scholars, those sevea, dear, that 1 taught, * u t* u *«kqn the .vestments since. I knew them all, and i knewmcn. ■■ a hard day’s work I had gone, through with them, just* for that holy, blessed pay, the love of God—there they stood, and Abel at their head." “O yah mullafthink of that now,, my poor Aby"; didn’t I-' know the good, pure drop was in him?” interrupted’Mary.' “ ‘The only Way for you to gel to that hap py place, masiher dear,’ they said, ‘is for you id niake a laddered us.’” “Is jt a ladder df the-—" ' ' “ Whist,'will ye',” iuterraptedibemaslher. “ r We are the stairs,said they 1 , ’• that'Will lead you id that Holy mansion—all'your learning of which you were so proud—all your examinations—all your disqulsilidns' and knowieilge—your _a lgebra and' riosthd matics—your Greek—ay, or evph ypitr He brew,.if, yqu had (flat same, all are rtot worth a l fratwen.‘.',Al,l the nfirfly ,fiye ’ dolbgsj l(je greatness of mqn, or.qf .man’s are not the value d piingle ibjessiog. fler'e ; but we, maather,' jewel. wE ABE yjottK ties ; seven of us poor boys through yoitr means’ lear.deij tHelr'duty—seven of Us ! and Upon usr y'qu“(|ati Walk tip td lhafshining' light!and He liapp^forefer. 1 :,n ’ "‘•' "* “1 was not a blf ’bqihefed at'ihe idda 'df making, a step-ladder 8f r the kevep'holy drop (urea, thopghi theyh'ad bedn'jtdbr achoU J arp, where fajr Jte^r.ei myself t|h^re, W’q.ivere now ; .bu( as, the, Abel, then on Paddy Blake, on Bill Mur phy; b&aqyjjqf ${ $ the seven j(- fqgqd mote wanting,,, I.iriefl-to spring, and oily for, Abel.l!d:baye,gpnq^fflonj,,knqV ! -whe held,.me (Ml,; .kQ-tHfijlyorid, {at ! is,this the way wiitj.pap L ,afther ~pll,’ .j said, .‘ißoys—darlings.! ,can..yp„geV„popnq more than halfisvay afibenaUj? .. , ;j i “ ‘Sure there must be more of us to-ihelp you,’"mikes answer ye lived. triaDy<3rearBUn-tho.world afther,.wa left you/'eays Abelf unless you hardened pour Aeattyilign'f pbtsiblehul you must,have had a datei more of us.l.o.jhelp .-yqu.;.nSure you were faever -conientiohaviogi, tasted the ever-idcreasing'i'sWeetness' ofU seven ugood dddds,tostbpshonand-Faveyoarfask uhfin ishdd T- ri o, ttfdrijrif did; •masthar, , ‘'«aid rhopoOT'fellovPii if «yoi)<.did;(tl > aniyselfitbaPa sorry fey ' WeiljiMany,ogrq! lithough; my heart Would-bulrsh -opehu whetrll meniemt hatedi.Wltal,j,game,qyqr (me jigh^nd much ,raore-rAri|Hm9t(fi?^ial?l^u97-« J .had,full aqdjtpjjpjyy of'mel jhq 0 Ijljjiß, yqu gave anLI taught .oarne, ,ttjg T gard thoughtnWasbkfiAflliQkingimdagger iff tnyhearh-rajid; Ueokiugefa g!.o.ry.X,cpuld nevergreachubecauso of,, (nymtamped.; heart, aod-joBt;theo,i woke-i^UmisureLmust have hadtheipiayoreofeomeiwlyscceawe about me to cause such a warning.” .m\ Wary madelldTenty,‘ba> eank on her knees scholars To breakfast i r-ai)d darling, yquTJ ‘Jff .tilt- ‘ '*l- hT ft PUBLISHERS; , ,*rtt •’ r , l*..Lii - = look out rpr tnore.of them,, And, QI, but my heatt’n as ,light as. tbe down. of. a and all: through .my blessed dream,” .. n ABSTRACT dE PBESIPEtTFS ' ■’' i^"M3ESSA«Ei ■« ■- K ?erfefct : liberty pr asaddiatiop fat*’ political objects, anif the Widest scojtn ‘of discusslda, ard the fdcetved rind ordihaVy condiiidna of government in du‘r cdlirilry. ’ Our framed in the spirit of confidence" in' thd' in lelligence and. integrity of the people, do not forbid citizens either individually or .assoeia ted together, Juauack by wriiing, speech, or. any. other., methods short of. physical force, the Oonstiuutqn-aqd the very existence of the Union. Under the shelter of this great liber-* ty, jawn. pt\d, usages of the Government they. assail, associations have .been-formed, in some of the filtates, of individuais who, pretending to seek only to prevent the spread of the institution of Slave ry into the present or future inchoate Stales of the Union,-are really inflamed with desire to change the domestic institutions of existing States. ■ - ' To accomplish their objects, they dedicate themselves to the odious task of depreciating the government organization which stands in (heir Way, and of calumniating, with India, criminate inyective, not only I fie citizens of particular Sia,tes t .whh whose laws they find fault, but all. others of their fellow-citizens throughout the country, who do not partici pate with them in (heir assaults upon the Con stitution, framed and adopted by our fathers, and claiming for the privileges it has secured, and the blessings it has conferred, the steady support and grateful reverence of their chil dren. They seek an object which they well know to be a revolutionary one. They are perfectly aware that the change in the rela tive condition of the white and black races in the slaveholdidg States which they would promote, is beyond their lawful authority ; that to them it is a foreign object; that it cannot be effected by any peaceful instrumen tality of (heirs; that forthem,and the Slates of which they are citizens, the- only path to its accomplishment is through burning cities, and ravaged fields, and slaughtered popula tions, and all there is'most terrible in foreign, Complicated with civil and servile war; and (Hat (He first step in the attempt is the forcible disruption df a country embracing in its broad Jbosdm a degree of liberty, and an amount of individual and public prosperity, to which (here is no parallel in history, and substitu ting ip its place .hostile governments, driven at once arid Inevitably into 1 mutual devasta tion anil fratricidal carnage, transforming the now peaceful and felicitous brotherhood into ty vast permanent camp of armed men, like (lie rival monarchies of Europe and Asia.'— VVell knowing that such, and such only, are the means Buu of their plans and purposes, they endeaVor to prejm ro (hd people of the United States for civil war by doing every thing in their power td deprive the Constitution anflihe laws of moral authority, and to undermine the fabric of the Union by appeals to passion and sectiorial prejudice, by indoctrinating-its people with reciprocal ha tred, and by educating them to stand face to face as enemies, rather than shoulder to shoulder as friends. • It is by the agency of such unwarrantable interference; foreign and domestic, that'the minds of many,-otherwise good citizens, have been so'inflamed into the passionate condem nation' of the'' domestic institutions of the Southern States, as atlengthito pass insensi bly'td almost equally passionate hostility WWrird their fellow-ciuzeffs’oi those States, Shd thutl finally 1 trifall Into temporary fellow ship with thb avowed and active enemiea of the'Corib'tiiutidri.- Ardently attachedlo liber ,ty in the abstract, they do not stop to consider p'raplicaliy hdwthe'dbjißcts they would attain can'ba accdrnplish'dd, rior fo reflect that,even if .ihVoyil we're as gffeat as they deeht il, they have no remedy ld apply, and that it can bo only,.aggravated by their violence arid uncon stitutional action.'" A q'ueslidtf' Which is one of the most difficult ofjaU .the probletris of social institutions, pqljtical''dfl6ridray ‘and .treat[with ml'emperance of thoughtand languuge I .’ Ex jreipes bpget extremes. Violent aiiack from the, ISorih finds its .inevttaljle consequence ia tbe nrqwth pfea spirit of apgry dqfiance at Ihe.Squlh. Thus inthe progress of 'events we had reached;that consutnation, which' the yoice of the people has u.ow so pointedly re buked) of a. portion pflhe Slates* by a.sect ionai .qrganizationpnd nipvs meat,ita.usurp, the conttql of the Goverariieat Pf - the United Stales; <i J,confidently -believe that .the great body, of those who inconsidetslely took, this fatal step, are -sincerely ! attached to . the Consiiiuilop rind the'Unionv They would, npon dalibera lido,-shrink witbumaflecied hortor from any -feonsciouh act df disudioaot civil war., Jdut ■ihey hive enidred iotoa path which leads nq ,Where; unless it be to civil War and; disunion, •snfl Which has no other possible «uilet.„They ha’ve'prdceeded thus far ia ibat -.direolion in COnSequehcC of the Succossive,;aiagp« of lheir prfigreis haviog • conristed ofia,Series of seer ondary issues; each of which be codfided; Wifliin ! constitutional add-peaceful lirhii«-,-btit which attempted' ibdirectly what few'itfeii 'were WMlliog : ‘te do 'directly, that-is, to act aggressively ffgainsf the coristjuuionti rtgfrid’df heh'Hy' one-half of the 1 thirty-Pne States. •; ■ ■" " '"-i-'.o, ' v ' Ip theTdng dbries of arils of indiscrcßt ag 'gres’sidri, (Ke nrst Was (he sirdnudust agilalion, o'f ! diiiienB if.rttd I ,‘Northern iu Gdm cress a'nddpi! ofjt, of tho‘ r, boes'tidtf'of negro aS ;iTheisecQno.r!*tep -sistedofe a'ctSiqf i the; pebpleofrthe. rNc-lherp Btuffil severtHridtantes of their-Gov !wnt^elit9,l’aifi(§t d'"’febilitiio the cscaif f I persons held to service in theSoutheraStates, and to prevent their extradition when re claimed according to law and in virtue of ex- of i To ipromoto-this'object.legislaiiveenacidißnta' iaad otberroeans .were hdoptedtotake away |ordefehl riflhw whWb tho Cbnsiitmion so), 'emnly oguhranteed.; - hi order ia nullrfy the, | then existing act^ofCoogresiconcerning the 'extradition offugitivea ’from -eervioe,. laws' I were'enacted id many States forbidding their iofficdrs, under theseverest : par .l licipatointhe execution ofaoyact OfiConv gress whttievhr.' .;Ih this waythat sybtetftdf harmonious, cooperation between theauthori--: liCsioftheUmted States 1 and tof ihe- several' Stales,r for whfchthe maintenance of their cOmmob institutions, which existed iotbo early years of the Republic, wasdesttoyodji conflicts of jurisdiction came tobe freqnwh;: and Gongrere found itrelf compelled, for tha tioD'of its power/ to authorise the appoint, •pept of'nbtfoffifccrsxharged with theexecu-' (ion of its acts, as if they and the officers of the SiateS were the ministers, foreign governments in a stateof mutual bo*v. tilityi • rather- than fellow magistrates -of-a common country, peacefully aubsiaiing.uoder the protection-of one .well-conaiituled Union* Thus here, also,.aggression was followed by reaction i-andithe attacks .upon .the Constitq lion at this point -did buti serve :to raise up_ .new. barriers for Us defense and security* The third-stage of .this unhappy sectional 1 controversy was in connection with the or ganization oi Territorial Governments, and the admission of new Slates into the Union, When it was proposed to admit the State of Maine, by separation of territory from .that, of Massachusetts and the Slate of Missouri,, formed of a portion of the territory ceded .by France to the United States, Representatives in Congress objected to the admission of the, latter, unless with conditions suited to panic? lar viewrof public policy, The imposition; of such a condition was- sucessful. But, at the same period, the question was presen. led of imposing restrictions upon the residue, of the territory ceded by France. Tbat>ques. (ion was, for ( ;ihe time disposed of by thp adop tion of i geographical line of limitation. In this connection, It should,not be forgot len that France of her own accord, resolved for considerations of the most far-sighted sa gacity, to cede Louisiana to the United Slates and that accession was accepted by the Uni , ted States,; the latter expressly engaged that “ (he inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of tbe United States, and admitted as soon as possible, ac cording to the principles of the Federal Con solution, to tbe enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and iumunuities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected iq the free, enjoyment of their liberty, property,.andiho religion which they profess”—that Js to say, whiled,remains in a territorial condition, its . inhabitants ate maintained and protected la the free enjoyment of their liberty add prop., eny, with a right then to pass into the concfi. lion of Slates on a footing of perfect equality.' with the original States, . . The enactment which established the res trictive geographical ■ line was acquiesced io rather than approved by the States of the Union. It ’stood on the Statute book, how-, ever,, for a number of years ; and the people of the respective States acquiesced in-the re enactment of the principle as applied -to- the State of Texas; and it was proposed to ac quiesce in its further application to the terri tory acquired by the United States from Mex ico. But this proposition was successfully resisted by the Representatives of the North ern States,, who, regardless of the statute line, insisied ppon. applying restriction-.to new territory generally, whelhes lying "north, or south of it—thereby repealing k as a leg?" islaljve Compromise, and on the port/bf the North, persistently violating, the. compact, if compact there fas. Thereupon this enactment ceased ,to . have binding vjrtuo in any sense, whether asj re spects thq North or the Squib ,; and soan ef feqt it wps treated ontheadmjssioqoC the State of California,-and thp organization pf the territories of New .Usxiqo,, - Utah and, Washington. T ' j “", Sach wias the state of this question when •he time arrived for Territories of Kansas and-Nebraska., t|n the progress of constitutional inquiry andre* fleet ion,'it hadnow at length come.ta-iier sqeifc dearly , that Congress does not posseaacpju siitutiooal power to Impose restrictions ofthi character upon any present, orfuture .Slate, of this Union. In a long series of ducisiqoa, 00 the fullest argument, and after deliberate consideration, the. Supreme Court of the United States had finally.doterniiqej this point, in every form under which the question could arise, whether as afleqtjng 1 public or private rights—lnquealiona of- pub lic-domain, of religion, ofnavigatioq amhof; servitude. . . 11T > ■ 1 NO.'2ov Still, when the nominal restriction of (hiV nature, already a dead letter in law* was, in. terms, repealed -by the last- Congress? ioar. clause oT the Karisas»Nebraeka act; that iew: peal Wasmadethe occasion of a widespread ahd dangerous agitation. This argument against thercpeal of,iha< statute'lihe iOqueslion, was accbmpauedbyl another 1 bC congenial character, and equally with the former'destitute offbuadalion in-reas son and truihV'lt wdfc imputed- that the meas> ure> originated in the conception tho'lirnils ofSlave-Lubbr beyoadlhosopro* viously assigned to it, - and-that suck Was tit* natural as ilrelNs intended effect ;oand these baseless - assoroptiofos wore.mitdeji inrtlift Northern Slates, ;the ground,or unceasing at< saiili'-upoo consiitutiohal right; -’' / ■ Thfe'repejil-in Hernia'of a- statute-which was. already obsolete, end alto null'for uncbnsjiJf lilt tori&litvqljboOld ■■ have; no influence to oh struct or to promote the propagation ofconi fliotiogviewsof political or Bociallostitution. When thb-abl l Organising the TerrilorieboP Kansas bud 'Nebraska wad passed, f bedew litrfent eßfeili Dpon that'portion oflhepubllo dbmain thua opeded l to’legal seulemanr/waa to admit settlers from all the Slatea of-lho each, with his conyjqfioits of pub l/ft pplicy s a n ,'j»ijiv tolaubhlimitationa as (W IJJob apd a'cis' of Cbti|fei>a might p l rOscitbe,,'npW^"Slates;'hereafter «4iS} ,ini( i,ihe *w£S' a hfbe WsfiG bpen'TtJike to all,. Vhetlier tbe White i'me j« ■ >t! i.i'S
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