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I have sworn upon the Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over tho JUud of Man." Thwjas Jefferson.
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ILUCY CAROLL.-A Sketch.
&'sT ake back the bowl take back the bowl,
Tthe bowl
, Reserve it for polluted lips;
I yyonld not bow a stainless ssnl '
vlVeta'calli its daolc and fould eclipse."
; -.'PUncy, my child,' said Mrs. (Jaroll, 'do
' youtknow it is whspered thalGeorgo Dur
'i wooiUia fortninff habits of dissipation '.
would not grieve you Lucy yet it is well
iittolbT warned of danasr; and when even
"WeAaS iUai he has altered, we have reason to
.MB.;JrtS." . . '
'r;',fearthal our ingonious atuUngti mindcu
: earVJo' the voice of that syren, the end of
. fJwoso sons is dcslrnetion. You liave heard
: .fth'cso renoiis, my child I
VujKf8licht nniver came ovor Uio lip of the
qung gin, who diuuu biil-iu uciuic uci
lotlier, ss palo certainly and as beautiful
the rno3t exquisite statute. 't Lifting her
atcncvl blue eys to her mother, whilo an
r".....1 .... l.i.nlU.I ; . I... ,
. ljYes, mother, Durwood's enemies hare
,n'bt,bocn spw in conning audi reports for
VirSytca1., .1 Tcnow I have heard them all,
J' ibat'I do not nolicvo taem.
Jlmtv, 4he innocent, the lovely, tho eon-
'Mdiui' LucV. spoke Vs she thought. In her
llieaVt she could not believe that ho whose
nature was so noble,, so penerous.who evinc
edrep :nany correet feelings aim principles
Sua' who posseted in tin eminent degree, all
raanly qualifications, sne coulu not uotievti
tat he, hv any nossiulo temptation, coulu
yield to the baneful insinuation, of the De
Btrbyor,aml degrade the dignity of manhood
below the brutes that parish.
HAnd why was it that aiaid tho censures
,.. .'.fJfimd harsh ludirraent ol the worlu, the so
jv :ii(j'cTet rogiels of his friends, and open attach
,'vorhis enemies, Lucy shrined deeper in J-e
leart tlio' imasre oi tier lover ( o lie loved
'him, and her heart, enshrouded in the
inantle of dovution, clun? witli increased
tToumi iIv In ill nhip.-l- mil! lllr lifrht of affoC
a?K J 7 " o
Ritfon skono warmer and brighter es tho shad
tows of evils alosed darker around hr be
:iJl0V8d.
P.,v ""Constancy is a striking and peculiarly
C'itieautiful trait in the character of Women,
.ailU III 1UVC UlllJ UUUV U IHCIU in suijjaa
ftine strength. It has nothing gross or earth
ly in its yearnings, lor its source id in me
pVircit lountatns ot Ihe heart. Aias lor in
sunless riches laid on the alter of lovo ! 1
is seldom worthy of its fostering.
IP but 1 was nrcsent at that imcai lor ijii
H '( lisenmft tlin vviffl nf fiennre UurWOod
1 'V VfiSal'-marked tho smile of conscious triumph
&nd exulting love, a3 before CmU holy al
s1 WfCl. l, nlinhlPil flint itnnn vnm 111 t)f? lier hllS
'Riband, comforter and protcctcr forover. And
'ho, the gentle being at his Bide, I saw her
ArtlOOU oi irusuuij ana eiinru coiuiniEc rw-n
iihe gave her hand to him with whom sue
ad chosen to tread lite s cratvueu patu. 1
Si-atehed that widowed mother, too, when
the gava her only darling to rn untried Riiar-
ianship. There was sorrow in the tones
f her loud and fearful blessing on th.it fair
oung btide, who was thus in the n-nduresl
. ... i r
'car- raving tno shelter and guaruunee oi
a niuiii' i f iuvu mrever. rtnu i ucaiu
'r'y 1ie soltimn injunetion nlio gave a& sho com
,' , mittfd her precious charge into his hands,
x . .1 I f.- 1 .! T 1.......1
, that ho should deal truly ind Klnfliy wun
, l.n na d tiniinil finfl'is lilnsainrr. 1 hnnrd
IVjOil, unu l turned asiuo 10 conceal uie icais
t-'whicli were umionsciously creeping into
P mv eyes. An ill-omened melancholy came
over I1H. ixii i airovc iu oaniau 11, uir wny
, Blioui l t aim mat lairy picturo oi uappiuess
with my tears ?
I have said that Lucy Cnroll became tho
wiu. of Durwood; and alas ! she became his
victim also. The blight fell early n the
rose, and the worm revolted amid leaves.
Vo need not tru-a (ieorap Ourwood on hi3
erring path of loi; a id disstpuiion; enough
that ho did bow dawn his high spirit at tho
nholy shrine of intemperance.
1! nt Lucy she who in tho truotinp
oarnostnoaa of her pure hoart had thro ivn
oil on tho ' vonturo of his vow' she was
mado to foci the polishing of all that was
blight, noble and elevated it was her's to
eel iln most refined binurtiess tlio
wilheritlg blight ef disappointment, wlien
ho looked on him she called her husband.
For a long lime, Lurv's helipvii.fr spirit
suii&iried fier'iAiBut her heavy trial; (or one
iiopo hung even as an anchor to hur soul
tho hope that he would reform for he lov-
ee
her too well, she thought, to maRo nor
unhappy. Alas, deceived woman ! Love
may bo strong, but tho wine cup hathayot
mi"htibr power, lint tho truth camu at
last. That which Lucy had tbought a sin
even to think on, now stood before her la
montable and sure reality her husband was
an irreclaimable druukard !
Luev died early but not before the last
rav of hone was quenched in that stricken
bosom, and a death like withering had come
over her heart not until every beautiful
flow of affection had drooped and withered
away, and all geneious ani devoted feelings
had given placo to loathing anu indiOcrcncc.
lier last momeuls were unsoolhcu by the
voice of a husband's affection though at
times, indeed, n bloated visage, with hag
gaid expressionless eye, would bend over
her couch and mutter words of inebtiatc
and disgusting fondness; but with a look of
abhorancc sho motioned aim away who
had once been her blessing and delight.
Lot woman lovely, devoted, conuuing
woman, avoid even the ' appearance ot
evil.' Let her bewaie of the revel, the
wine cup, the feast for vico and intemper
ance are ever found in their train. Let her
remember that in uniting her destiny with a
diunk'ard's, she is drawing on herself a fear
ful down and incurring the heaviest euis? of
Heaven. It is like linking truth with per
fiditv tho dove with the vulture; it '13 the
wedlock of purity and pollution beauty
uud the pestilence. Let woman beware of
the Intemperate ! ,
Jl Real greak of Fortune. "Two days
ago," ssfys the Audience, "a country (.'irl
who h:d spent all her money it a lottery of
handkerchiefs, collars, and other articles, on
a public promenade at Versailles, offered
her umbrella to the keeper of the stall, as
ECcuiity for tome more tickets. Tho man
refused to comply with her request, but
told hor, tlsat if sho would allow him to cut
of her hair, he would give her,in exchange
for it, twenty tickets. The poor girl in the
hopo of redeeming her fortuno consented,
and in a minute, tlio scissors of the decpoi
Icr had deprived her of this ornament of her
sex, Tno girl played on until nineteen of
her tickets came up blanks. 1 he twentieth
v.as a prize. On opening tho paper, tho
lottery-keeper read it aloud to the persons
who wcr.c crowding around him, and who
wero convulsed with laughter It was
comb." Paris Paper.
Hope Deferred. "Go to bod, sir, in the
closet there,"said an enraged father to a son
who had given him just cause of oftence:
"wero it not that these gentlemen sre pre
sent, I would give you a sound whipping
but you shall havo it before breakfast to
morrow, certain." The little rebel went to
Ins cnu with a heavy heart, ana the enjoy
ments or the party continued until a late
hour. Juit whea the parly was about to
break up, tho closet door wa3 quietly null
ed bsck, and the young offender put out his
head, requesting that the sentence might bs
put in exocution. "Father, would ycjust
gie mo my licks (whipping) this night.lor I
canna sleep without them:" The Luird
of Logan.
Old Hookey. We have often heard per
sons called "Old Hookey;" but we were
not aware of what gave lise to the cogno
mon until the other day, when a friend in
formed us, that an aid gentleman used to
pass regularly every inotning along tho
Strand, wearing an old fashioned coat, with
caning pocket holes on the outside. It
scarcely need be added, that he Was fre
quontly minus his pocket handkerchief, by
the timo he reached Temple-bar. A thought
struok him. whish he put into practice, lie
caused to bo fastened inside of his coat pock
ets several large fish-hooks, and thus pre
pared, off he went as usual. When nearly
opposite Essex street, he found a sharp tug
at his pocket; then turning round sharply
there stood a fellow making horrid faces, i
screaming out, with half a dozen hooks stuck
in his hand. ',Ah ! (said the old man,) have
I caught you al lasti"
Considering the punishment quite severe
etiouah. he let the lellow go; but ever alter
wards, when he passed the plseo.a parcel of
pickpockets used lo cry out. "Thero goes
' Old Hookey." London Paper.
KEEP IT BEFORE TlIE PEOPLE.
That the preseul contest for the Presi
dency ig einpliatifclly between old and
wull-iricd Di.jiocjAcy on the one hand, and
t ami nilL-ient :irul iiiinterilii Ki-.iir.iiAT Tsir mi
boud of tli.i Bveatjat number." the other
,.;,.,... i, l.i,iercd nrivilni (nt ill
t ky rAAfcwoLise of the MANY.
KEEP IT Ui-yf-OltK THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison is clearly and unequivocally,as
Anduew Jackson sxpresses himself in his
letter, "the representative of Federel princi
ples," and that if I5y any possibility he can
succeed to the Presidency, wo will have
the mouarchial and TORY doctrines of old
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton RE
VIVED in the administration of the general
government.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison, according to his own ac
knowledgement, was au open and avowed
SUPPORTER of the ALIEN and SLDI-
riOM laws, passed by the federal party
during the memoriable REIGN OF VER-
ROR, and ihat he esiturtuiued tho strongest
SYMPATHY for the administialion.which
passed and approved those laws and put
them into practical force and operation.
KEEP IT UIWUKE THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison WORE THE ULACK.
COCKADE in 1800, the distinctive badge
of Federalism, and chat in support of the
Sedition Law ho was heard to say: "Thst
it was l'Rorun for Congress, the Piesident,
nd heads of Department to have a
SHIELD thrown around them, that thev
should not ba in tlio mouth of every
liLACKCUARD that walked the street,"
thereby meaning the,' should have their lips
bEALlsD and GAw D, as his own arc ot
the present day.
KfcUSP IT HEt OKlU THE PEUPLE,
mat Harrison lor, a 1 umber oi years was
ono of old John Adims' OFFICE HOI.
DERS, and must of courto have justihed
tho measure ol that ttdtninistralion, 111 send
ing ARMED SOLMERS among tho peo-
to nruvi
Irojn nrectigJjlbi!.K-
I I I'ULli
that have been alrenuy erected
KEEP IT liEl'OUE THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison voted in the Senate of Ohio in
favor of a law, selling free WHITE men
into SLAVERY for DEBT, under which a
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER could be
SOLD into the service of a FREE NE
GRO, aud led into captivity by his sable
.MASTER! But for the exertions of ex
Governor Lucas and other distinguished
Democrats, Harrison would have succeed
cd in introducing this revolting law into the
free government of Ohio
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
that in the state of Indiana, (when there wa3
no Lucas to protest in solemn terms against
its passage,) Harnsop actually Al'fKUV
ED and SIGNED such an iniquitous law
to which was super-added the penalty 0
THIRTY-NINE LASHES, if the white
slave, ba a male or FEMALE, sought ii
berty in escape and was apprehended
law which we vonturo to assert is without
a paralcll in the darkest and must barbarous
ages of antiquity, and tho cruelty of which
would causa the heart of even a Sontli Sea
Islander to bleed in mercy
KEEP IT UEFOHE THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison by this law placed lha the
LIBERTY Of the POOR man and tho
MONZ?Y of the RICH man on au equality
1 ho man who was fortunate enough to
have MONEY could pay his fine and BE
l'tvAA, but the mm who had not money
must necessarily FORFEIT HIS LIliiR
1 Y, and utonu for ins misfortunes 1
CHAINS & DUNGEONS! Here is th
prima essence of Aristocracy ! I Laborers
and Mechanics I railed upon it, when th
HYPOCRITICAL SCRUB NOBILITY
would feigu present Gen. Harrison as you
Inond ! ! !
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that Harrison as Governor of Indiana also
Af PROVED and SIGNED a law, imps
ing a PROPERTY QUALIFICATION
upon voters, to cntitlo them to tho right of
suffrage ! I The man who owned
FREEHOLD OF FIFTY ACRJiS of
land was allowed to appioach tho ballot
boxes, but ho who did not own such free
hold, wa debarred the privilege of voting.
vu tins manilcstiug love lor tho poor
man (Heaven defend us from "lovo lik
this !
KEEP IT B-EF0R2? TILE POPL,
that Harrison RZ.'SIGNJ?D his commits
ion during the last war, during the hottest
and thickest of tho right, and returned to In
home, leaving the fighting to be done by
th gallaut and intrepid JACKSON, who
onded the wai in a"blazo of glory" at New
Urlaans.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the Senate of the Unitsd Status imme
diatcly after the vrar REFUSED lo present
Harrison with a medal and vote of thanks,
although it was proposed to do bo, and that
on motion of Abner Lacock of Pa. (one of
his own parly,) "the name of Hanison was
STRICKEN FROM the rt-Wuiion."
KEEP IT BEFORETllE PEOPLE,
that the select and common council of tho
city of New York about the simo time, by
atotoof 12 toC, REFUSED granting
Harrison the freedom of the citv. althaorls
they had previously ihu honored DtfeatUr,
1'
erry, &U. The fodera'iila h"ve besn re
peatedly CHALLUNGiiD lo assign a
cause for this refusal, but they DAlii1 not
llempl it.
Keen it before the people, that Harrison
in 1824, ran on the Adams electorial tick-
t iu Ohio aud was defeated; that ho ran in
1832 for Congress on the federal ticket and
was defeated by majority; that in
13J1 he ran on the federal ticket for the
lower house of the legislature and was de
fcalcd; that in 1820 ho ran on the federal
ticKct lor tiovernor and received but
,:M8 out of nearly 50,G0 polled, in
his own county he received not a single
vole, and that four years ago President Van
uuren utat him &l55 votes in ms own
county Does this look like being popular
at homo I
Keep it Before the people, that Harrison
by his own walteu and printed acknowl
edgement, "became a uiember-of.an .6ot-
Hon society at the ago of 13," a toot which
he procured hi; friend Judfjo Gatch to certi-
Iv to, and that he has never renounced his
allegiance to the society, but declares he
raithlullii perjormed all its duties!
Keep it before the people, that Harrison
WS3 nominated by means of the influence of
tho Northern Abolitionists and as a propin-
tation to their support; thai ho i3 secrethi in
league with these dangoroua fanatics, court
ing their favor and promising them his
countenance and support,aIihough ho holds
nothcr lace lo tho South, am. al tho eatno
lime (Janus like) endeavors lo conciliate
their support also 1 Can either party trust
a hypocrite7.-'' No I
Aeen it betoi e the people, that Ilarhson
presents the first, (as we trust for the honor
of human nature it will bi the last,) exam
ple of'art itJprranf far tkf PfestoMlial Sjfcsdr
standing mule before his fellow-country
men, whese suffrages ho asks.nnd refusing
to "make any declaration of his principles
to tho public eye ! would Washington,
would Jefferson, Madison, Monroe or the
gallant Jackson havo done sof No ! they
would have scorned conduct so diametri
cally at war with tho genius and spirit of
our tree institutions.
Keep it before the people, that Harrison
has entrenched himself behind an irrespon
sible committee of three, 'composed in har
dened federalists, who direct his footsteps,
lead his counsels, dictate hi actions, and
write his letters, taking care however not to
commit him either ron oraoaixst any im
portant measure of publio policy ! Still they
ask you to tako him as heU for your Presi
dent without letting ynu know whether he
has eyes to see, cars to, pour, or a tongue to
talk ? Will you, freemen of tho United
States, will you do it ? Are you prepared
to carry the federal "credit system even
to such an extent 33 this?
Keep it before thcpcople also, thai Har
rison still hangs on to his clerkship in Ham
ilton county, and won't rsig-;i,allhBUgh his
friendsffect to believe that his election to
the Presidency is certain! Does this look
as if ho believed their assurances himself?
Keep it before the people, that the Harri
son patty lias thrown all principle or pro
fession of principle to the winds, and now
put all their hopes of auceesj in idle mum
mery and unmeaning pageantry, such as
log-cabins and canoes, hard-cider and roll
ing balls, silver pencils and earthen pitchers
golden breast sins and bass-wood snuff
boxes, coon-skins and caricatures, tattered
saddles and hard cider walkins canes, silk
handkeiclnefs and log-cabin letter paper,
pictures and pin-cushions, liv 0 eagles and
dead cangarobs, aud all the other gund
paraphernalia of federal humbuggery ! ! By
these things, reader, they hopo to deceive
you and impose upon your intelligence ! I
Will you thu3 be imposed upon! No,
wo arc ours you must feel yourself insulted
by the attempt and will nobly redress your
selves al the ballot boxis 1 1 Finally wo
aSk ynu, Democrats one and all.
Keep it before the people, and more es
pecially before the people of Pennsylvania,
that Harrison is tho candidate of the base
faction of which Rilner.Burrowes. Slovens,
Pcnroso, &c. aie the leaders. He is the
candidate nf (ho men, who in in tho fall of
'38 conspired to " treat tiiij election
A3 IF IT NEVER HAD UEEN HELD," who
when tho legislature met, attempted to car
ry this threatinto execution by with-holding
lho legal olectiou returns from the legisla
ture, and sending in false returns, to smug
gle men into there, who had been rejected
by the people; wUofled from tho back toin-
dows of the Senate Chamber, lo avoid thai
patijjs of conscious chill; who subsequent
ly called more than one thousand soldiers
lo their aid, and marched with "buckshot
and ball" into the csnitol of vour siau
with instructions to shoot down as wolves
of the forest all wiio Bhonld raise a tongue
againt their daring usurpation ; who afier-
warus, on nnuing that 'J'J out of 100 of tho
military of this state were DruocnATs, anil
would in cam of tho coming of ihe worst
ha a turned their luuonelx nnnn th tnur.
pers, and not upon the people, called upon
mi- ucuciai viunErnmeni wjr me L'nUnl
oiaics Jirmy, to assist them in their trea-
jcn.which was however righteously refused
by President Van Buren. Had Gen. Har
rison been in lho Presidential chair at that
time, think you not the request would havo.
been granled, and that htoodu civil wnr
would havo ensued? Fellow countrvmon!'
pause 1 pause 1 -pauso ! before ivou aet'en
suicidal a part as to commit Ihe'ostiniea
of our happy America into the hands of so
a vile faction I ! ! I
From the Spirit of the Timec ,
WIIO ARE DEMOCRATS?
The severity of our remarks unon tho.
hypocricy of the whigs, and the mass of
testimony wo have brought to prove their
adoption of the old Federal crced,ba3 woko
up from thcra, a continuous discharge of
their small arms, aud even halencs, agaiHst
our devoted Load. Let -it come. W do.
not blow the horn before wo draw tha
sword. Confident in a good cause', in our
own rectitude, in the virtue of lho people,
and in the malice, folly, and desperate de
signs of our foes, we fear not for the result.
They have only to be exposed to bo desert
ed. Already tlioir fabric i3 tottering to the
base: a few strokes more will bring it tum
bling about their ears. Their bitterness,
their shameless libel?, their almost fiendish
malignity is only a proof lhat our blows
have been well sent, and that,
' 1 ho galled jade winces
The democratic party is the only oce in
our country. Every othor clique of politi
cians, or oven league of cliques, js nothing
but a taction, unless men can prove them
selves, toio unblemished Democrats they
cannot liwc "s:ii;ees, Th -WJHja them
selves adibitted the truth of this icmark by
discarding their old name of National R
publieans aud salting up for Democralcjbut
they have opened shop with such a scanty
stock in trade, that, like the apothecary's la
Shakespear.it presents only "a beggerly
account ol empty bexss."
1 he leaders of the Whigs have been long-
distinguished as the enemies to tho republi
can parly. Iu the early days of Jackson,
when his antagonist called his supperters
democrats eonteaiptuoucly, and thonisclrcs
"1 he JNatioP-al Kepubiieans, were not
Clay, Adams, and tho loadins Whigs of
this day, tho open foes to the hero of New
Orleans? Havo they not ruuscquently
continued their deadly hostility to the ven
erable General, persecuting him even in his
retirement, and denouncing every man
who supported him or his principles?
Do they not now, in the faee of day, ma
lign liia successor becauso as they chooso
to have it, "he follows in lho footstepi"
of that noble he.o? They do all this T
and yet ihey call themselves Deaiocrais.
Thiough years of toil, danger, and many
a dsporat field ihey ha-a been known
aa lho bitter foes of democracy. Tho
conversion of such men is oven beyond!
hope "Isreal it joined to his idols, let him
alone."
Nor are their principles mere in accor
dance with the Democratic creed. All lho
leading doctnr.es of tho old Federal p-irty,
tho Whigs of l'ie present day, aa wo havo
shown at various times, assert and main
tain, soma with more boldness, some with
less, somo with variations, some wilh none
but all with singular pertinacity, the sams
disregard lo the e'xpressed will of the peo
ple the samo flagrant attempts to set aside
elections by gjerut ana romstimeu even
open fraud the same pretended love 10,
but nnl hatred of the honest, hard-wor' in-r
man the samo favoritism, in all tiit ir I ,
islation, towards the moneyed elas- .a the
expense of the laborer, anl, finally, in)
samo determination to fain tho funding
and banking systems on our country by
means of which they can enslave vs iu fact,
though nominally wo shall remain freo,
distinguished the party of Jno. Adams, who
would have betrayed tha constitution, in.
like manner, as it distinguishes the party of
Harrison, by whom, if successful, that con
stitulisn may bo overthrown. Who iheu
are the democratic party. Not the profiV
gate faction now struggling to obtain power;
but the friends and supporters of Martin Van
Buren.
Appropriate. The Federalists of this
village had in their Log Cabin procession
on the 12th, a throne with a king ee.ted 0 i
it dressed in the royal hcdiiliments. A fit
ciitbleni. Rome Sentinel,