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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
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~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