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-The Louisville journal ssyf.'—"We defy J
nttj tasteful Inter of poetry to read the fol
lowing lines, without exolsiming—'How
beautiful!'' * '
My soul thy sacred image keeps,
My midnight dreamt are all ol tbee;
For nature then iu silent sleeps,
And silence broods o'et land and sea j
Oh in that still, mysterious hour,
How of"from waking dresmxl start,
To finJ thee but fancy flower,
Tbou cherished idol of my heart. i
Thou bast each thought and dream of |
, mine-
Have I in turn one thought ot thine I
Forever thine, my dreams will be,
Whst'er may be my fortunes hnre,
I ask not love—l claim from thee
One only boon, a gentle tear;
May blessed visions from above
Play brightly 'round thy hsppv heart,
* And may the beams of peace and love
Ne'er from thy glowing soul depart.
Farewell! my dreams are still with thee,
Heal thou one tender thought of me!
My joys like summer birds may fly, . I
My hopes like summer bloom* depart, 1
* But there * one flmver that cannot die,
Thy holy memory in mv hear';
No dews thai one flower's cup may fill,
• No sunlight to its leaves be given,
But it.will live and flourish still,
As deathlexs a thing of heaven. i
My aout greets thine, unasked, unsought, '
Hast tbou lor me one gentle ihongln !
Farewell! farewell! my far-off friend !
Between us broad, blue rivers flow,
And forests wave and plains extend,
And mountain.. in the sunlight glow;
The wind that breaths upon thy brow
Is not the wind that breathe- on mine,
The starbeame shining ou thee now
Are not the beams tha' on me shine,
But memory's spell is with me yet—
Caiie't thou the holy part forget!
•
JThe bitter tears that tlton and I
May shed when'er by anguish bowed,]
Fvlirifod into Ibl UngßJale rf
May meet stid mingSe lit the cloud ;
And thus, my much-loved friend, though
we
Far, frr Bpart must I've and move.
Our soul", when God shall set them free,
Can mingle in a world of love.
This were au ec-tecy to me—
Say—wot Id it by a joy to (bee *
New Haven, Conn. * . VIHCINU . 1
From the Snturd"y Evening Pott. <
AS INCIDENT
IM TUB
LIFE OF .4 MINGLE NIAI*,
TlimiurtNC SOMK LTOIIT ON THE MVSTZRT
or HIS NtcMaiNtue siNCt.r ; roc so
. AMONG 111-PAFEH
BYJSUEA f
lam a bachelor; after hirty-nine years
sojourn in liua wilderness of lemale snares
and man-traps, conscious at every step of (
being on the verge of some unseen pitfall,
1 have yet, (owing to that singular acute- j
net* of perception which is such a distin
guishing characteristic of our family,) been ]
enabled to descry and shun the incipient
premonitions of female advance*, in hun- |
dreds of case* to which the society in which
I moved (the flrst circles) seemed perfeotly
blind. Many a stevpte greeting, many a
seeming formal note, many a glance appar
ently directed to some indiffdrent person,
have I thas been ettsbleo to resolve into itt
true insidiouenoss; and now, lam proud lo
repeat, at the 83a of thirty-nine, I am atill a
single man.
I am naturally a meditative person ; which
indeed, is true of all onr family ; if there ia
anyone characteristic for which we are more '
remarkable than others, it it that we re
flect.
1 was in ibis mood when, walking one
day to the exttcme limits of our extensive
grounds, 1 looked for a sizeable stream,
which I had been accustomed to see push
ing its way out of a sort of cavern in the
tide of the hill, and found to my surprise,
that tha bed of lite stream was dry.. Here
wae a novelty ; and alihouxh we are, as a
genaral thing, opposed to novelty, at being
subversive of everything, I allowed myself,
an-lbis case, t depart so far from my usual
rale, as to step down into the dry taod bed,
and sit upon a alone near the mouth of tha
cavern to reflect.
During that time, I thought of several
things : I observed in the diataaoe a purling
stream winding towards the river; and with
that aptneea for original comparison which I
may say ia proverbial in our family, I in
stantly remarked '.O myself:—"Even such ia
life ; we rise from smell beginnings (some
do,) and pursue ear headlong path 'mid
pleasees' votaries, and the deoeitfuloete of
riehae, until at length we am launched into
eternity."
I likewise noticed the shadow* ft the
tree*, and I aaki .-—"How little da we know
for what we are destined."
I else perceived at my feet sn extremely
though mepealul toad, which seemed
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I!L()OMSD\jjffoi^gßyjG'<JlWlWff, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 11, 1854.
to be fixing it* syes intently upon me. 1 im
mediately began to compose a moral nenti
me tit, but had only proceeded to far as—
"Even such,"— when' the creature bopped to
another stone just inside the cavern ; I rose
and followed, with the intention of catching
it, but the animal perversely slipped from
under my hand, causing me te lose my bal
ance, and disposed myself borixonteily along
,11m bed of the stream ; promptly rising. I
pursued the miserable animal into the cav
ern, which soon became so low that I was
obliged to progress hi a kneeling
and finally to creep. It also
and Ino longer aee 'beMgdjfßtelteA.
templed me j
hadhe F'tejug rngpS j
. es rif dpMee which ts-n stars! te our fsmV
ily, I firmly resolved to go forward. j
Darker and narrower, and more suSoca- j
ting; the water dripped from the top, ami
'.he sliminesi of the stones beneath made it
inconvenient to hold them long enough to
drug my body along,—but just as I sank ex
hausted with my last struggle, I became
sensible of a fresher current of air, and my
enraptured ayhs perceived a light ahead.—
With that indomitable firmness which, un
der trying circumstances, has never been
known to forsake us, I scrambled on, and
ten minutes later was rewarded with the
sight of day ; I should sty evening for the'
setting sun was sfanting broadly down a
street, reddening the chimneys, bronxing toe
tress, putting * flame in every separate win
dow pane, and performing other miracles,
such at setting the river on fire, and turning
j the peaceful figure of a farmer with a scythe
ou the weathercock, into an avenging angel,
| too dazzling for the eye to behold,
j 1 hadbeeiflfo long inlhe darkness of the
cavern, that the trsnxfarmations made by the
j setting sun appeared to me a* if 1 beheld (
for the first time, and so held my attention !
1 that I had walked several squares before it
struck me as strange that the cavernous path '
, should have led directly back lo the city.— .
, The slreel itself, moreover, I had never no- ,
ticed before, although familiar, as I thought,
with every part of my native B——. I j
; looked up at the corner—Squash Street ; I
j stranger ! I turned lo a small and rather
] slobbering boy, who sat on the corb-itone,
' chewing a leather shoe-string, and asked
1 him to direct me to Washington streer, at
which he fir-t stared disrespectfully, and
then said there 'wasn't none.' Grieved, but
I tot surprised, at this illustration of the nat
! oral deptavtty of the lowest classes, I next,
nddAooed myself to a quite maje-iio looking
Walked wttij%y#m?hT tbtnrgfit-c
lutly on the pavement. Perceiving it to be
I a female, I instantly aisumed that dignified
coolness ol manner which I invariably adopt, |
; as being calculated to repel advances, and
| ittquiied the way lo Washington street. !
j The person raised Iter eves, attd with a
i benignant expression of countenance, re
| plied:
j "You've lost your way, my dear; there's
no Washington Street in this neighbor
! Stood." -e
My dear!!
Recovering from my first recoil, I directed j
toward her a glance of severe reproof, which J
aha received with perfect self-possession,—j
in Isct, with a sort of benignant interest, I
which was really astounding.
'Madam,' I began, and a frown of wither- 1
fng indigestion Aafkenad my cour.ienaticv.
| 'I crave your pardon,' interrupted the sin
gular person, in a deferential toua ; 'I assure
1 you must sincerely I meant no disrespect ;
| Isr be it from me,' she added seriously, 'to
' take advantage of any one, much less an
I unprotected male.'
'Madam!' I shrieked again, indignation
' almost overcoming my natural dignity.
'Come, come, my dear,' aaid tha womsn,
with a sort of amused impatience ; 'this is
• all very well—l'm sura noonw admires prn
detice more than I do, but to the mother of
a family, and a person as well known in the
city at myself, it is really unnecessary ,* if
you still wish to find the street you men
tioned, and will accept of my protection, I
shall be most bappy—df not, I must wish
you a good evening.'
Heavens ! what a speech !
Then, probably mistaking the muteness
of amazement for acquiescence, she luck
ed my arm* whhm Iter* .m a gentlemanly
manner, and thus accompanied, I sallied I
forth in searvh of my native street.
Fust to the west; block after block of'
houses, so like the ones I was accustomed
to aee in my daily walks, that nothing but
minute inspection of separata door-plalee
could persuade me that 1 was not passing
tha mansion of some wealthy and valued
friend-
Then to the south ; through the locality ol
thai plas* of aociety which eata boiled cab
bage and ohiona and codfish, and live# in
houses where the front door opens immedi
ately inte the parlor.
Lower still; amid a clacking of looms,
and whizzing of wheels, through whole
tracta of lean weavers and cats and onhealhy
babies, past a forest of golden bells and
tavern signs, iulo an ever-(luckening atmos
phere of old clothes, end bogt, and beer,
sad oyster-shells, and stale loafers, and rot
ten vegetables, and old fish, and stoatwfng
huckster-women, and swearing children, —
in ebon, wo were evidently ia the midst of
that degrading and offensive oiaae uuusally
known aa the poor. ■ ■ "
Slid Q® W uhtDjtoo §lfs9t
'Certainly not/! exclaimed, leebteg *p,
I indi|rtfci|iiffijTv*y AiWlb'gßfl,'Tte| as T W*
' lo this o"Pfaji*M* lueefcy '
|I. and ogr laniflf, Htet nevwi
1 been acriitntn|"illa, jM|WHe|F afaßTw
out inches—wrftel J
A I
bal aa night was •'VPHHRi WMIP
this tffn* eompleiety be 'RMjtei
silence to the dreadful
singular
young man came
bouncing into the arms of the fa
njte..: •-*■ '**- * -, 1
'How do, Alfjr T' said the latter, reward
ing him with a laconic kiss. 'Sir, allow me
to present mjr husband, Mr. Bertram ; I am
Judge Bertram, at your service ; my dear,
this young gentleman, (whose name, as yet
I know not,) having loat his way, and be
ing evidently tar from bis nwo residence,
has consented to remain with ua until the
morning.'
'Be at home, sir,'said the young gentle
man, appatenlly confused by the presence
of a alranger, but graceful
dignity ; than leading the way lo the parlor |
refreshment* were ordered, and directly af
ter, at my requeti, be rang for a servant to
conduct me lo my apartment.
I followed silently, fearful of violating, in
some way the etiquette of this novel.house
hold ; arrived at my room, however, I could
no longer restrain my anxiety lo itnderslaud
the mysteiies of the evaoing.
I looked at the servant; he had a fair,
round, good natured lace, with a cosy ex
pression, like that of a motherly toting pus
sy ; pethspt it was this, or perhaps my pre
vious confusion of mind, that forbade me
to recogsize him as an ordinary valet, im
pelled me absurdly 10 address him as 'cham
bers-mnid.'
'Chambermiin, sir, men,' he replied., so
suddenly checking a giggle, that it spread
itself mutely over hit face, just beneath She
surface—- Chamber—' I again began, but
bad, by this time grown so utterly bewilder
ed, heat before 1 could bring my mind to
decide upon the really proper mode of ad
dress. the individual had left the room.
Alter retiring, my thoughts still kept coo
problem, and
No ; and yet 1 would—and yet how could I
I? Mr. Cbumbermaid, or would it be Mrs?!
Some one musl kuow. I never was so puz- i
zled since 1 lay a babe on ray mother's !
breast—or was it my father's ! or is the
e'ismbeiman—'
Here my thoughts, in dispatr of getting at [
the true idea, went soaring off into the realm '
of dreams.
Next morning on my desrenl to the break
fa'l room, 1 found thai 1 had slept both well
and long' Mr. Bertram was still at the ta
ble, but the Judge, he informed me, bad left
on important business two hours ago. 'She
is so overwhelmed this year,' he remarked
with evident pride, 'that I really can haidly
catch her five constant minutes in the day ;
the children, 100, miss her greatly, poor
.(kiugs, in the busy season.'
Here he rang the hell, and in came a com
fortable-looking man, with a somewhat large
and also comfortable baby.
'You can leave him, nurse,' said the
young gentleman, taking it ralher clumsi'
iy
'Madam !—sir, I mean—' I exclaimed,
recoiling in horror, 'you're not going to—oh
for heaven's sake don't /'
'Oh, I have full charge of Itim now,' said
Mr. B. proudly ; 'that is, since the Judge
ha* been able to leave him ; indeed the care
of the darling has been a serious interrup
tion to the Judge's usefulness this season,
and one from which I would glully nave re
lieved her, had it teen possible ; but Nature
you know,' he continued, laughing tightly,
'has not designed lo entrust to us weaker
vessel* so important a oharge aa that of early
infancy.'
Politeness, I may remark, has always
been considered a striking feature of my
character; on this occasion, huwevsr, even
politeness could no longer restrain roe—
•Man !' i began, in a voice that would
have been as thunder had it not been ren
dered faun by amazement. At this moment
a carriage stopped at the door, and in came
two highly dressed gentlemen, who seemed
to be intimate friends, for they found the*
way directly to the breakla-t-ioom. 4
'Welcome, right weltomk, 1 said Mr. B.
cordially, without introducing; me. He prob
ably forgot it. i
Perceiving myself unnoticed, I retired to
the deep-recessed window, and euteGnsed
behind the curtain, ;ook a minute observa
tion of the three. sl am ftttrrthly quick ut
noticing; I tunnedistely perceived that the
chief peculiarity of ail three gentlemen was!
their loug and silky beards ; Slid dux, strange
to sag, instead of marking them at once *.<
lords tl creation, was made by singe
lav pers&ne only antgher preoi of effeminate j
vanity,—that of Urn elder parted at the chin
and tied with streaming ribbon* ; that of Uin
younger flowing in auburn eurla. The vet
rat capa of both ware plumed and jewelled,
(heir cloaks of brilliant eoloia, ami richly
trimmed. The elder was short and modi,
ww epddtadles, had a harsh aeiwk a worldly
11 younger
in manly
great
as an el,
his eye,
tee ot hie
the elder
a, I don't
reek—el
and the
ir ; wha:
1, and ihe I
dear, my
fivedays j
, and yet
ibliged to
oy a wo
rn w. .!
'I wouldn't,' said Mr. B.'
'Oh, I know very wefl Stfcat yon think,
my dear, that we ought to entourage the sex
as far aa we can. poorthlfcg4 b "' "he fact
I*l there are some things tSatj men can, do,
and some that they can't; I now I believe
thai pantaloons are eeffci!y out of their
sphere.' v
Talking of scleras,' sank the younger,
'did you know (hat we ha-fa reel live refor
mer in the city, a Man's right* man ?'
'What's that V
'Oh, a man that dresses'badly and speaks
loud, and goes about making disturbance*
infamit.es; he came to our bouse with
some of hi* old spe,. dies about tyrtnn y and
all that, but I was too rouefi tor him.'
'Ha, ha, ha! whntdnl yoa say Augus
tas !' •;
'Oh, I told him that as •ffc-.yeprssentation,'
what did 1 waoFwtih a ayeyfxwbsn the Pro
fessor could goto thepJßts and save me
the trouble ? and as td owning properly, it
was ail in the family, end-it was just as well
for one to be bothered with it as two ; and
for gelling what 1 warned, I jpet told bint
how I managed all that ?' says I, 'if I want
a new carriage for instance, all I have lo do
is to dress for breaklasp'
•How V says he, astonished.
jjF'Puionmy richest moming-cown, and
snowiest shirt frill; attend my-elf to the ser- j
ving of breakfast; pick out the choicest i
piece of toast far the jPjfilesjor; above all, '
curl my beard.
'Ho* ?'says he again. *
'The Professor has a parfsion for the beau
tiful; no.w if 1 were to .appear before her
'with my beard in cui! ask her j
- • #*" .
—another cSrrtTaoAuguTWsYl aTn surpris
ed at your exiravtgat.ee—you had a new j
one scarcely a month ago!—(which is true, 1
but nothing to the purpo-e.) But if I ap- !
proach her thus, laying my hand on her arm
my soft beard waving in golden tendrils be- '
fore b*r shoulder* and mormor—'you char
ming fellow, how can I refuse you ha, ha,
hal'tho lie former conUin',l aay another word.
'Very proper my dear, the horrid crea- |
ture,' said the elder geo tieman—'oh you
pilty bessed tiddy ickle suga> tin* pum !' he
continued making a plunge at the infant in
a sudden effervescanse ot rupture.
lam easily disgusted : I became so at
this moment; turning hastily to the window,
I picked up an elegantly bound book which
lay before me, it was a romance, written by
Geo rgiana Chaucer, entitled, 'Griseldus, or]
the patient buabaod's w*yd. J read a- I
while, absorbed ia indignation; than, look,
ing up, perceived thai the friends bad gone,
and young Bertram was pacing the room a
lone, ins restless, troubled manner; at that
moment, also, the.Judga unexpectedly enter
ed.
' What's the trouble, Alfred !' said the fe
male, kindly.
' Nothing,'said Alfred.
' Nay, something is surely wrong,' she re.
aponded gravely ; 'moreover, samcthiiig hue
been wrong for some weeks past; is AUred ]
discontented ? lias anything which I can re- '
move, occurred lo cause him unhappiness ?' j
' No,' said Alfred, moodily—and yet lam
unhappy; lam ennuied: life is so dull, so
narrow. Each day rises and sit* *0 like the
last, that at limes 1 become almost insane
with impaiieuo* ; it may be absured, I wilt j
not attempt to altogether justify it, but at '
limes I feet within my soul a striving aud
pleading of powers yet giwgevefoped ; un
conciously I find myself ask lag,—if Ay have
I impulses, yearniugs-c aspiration#, it they
are never to be cotisumaied! Why have I
au arm that leugs lor some resistance a-1
gainst which lo lest it* might, for the aim- i
pis pleasure ef using the power! Why :
have 1 a tniud ever wondering, pondering,
fouling in ii* indiseipiined tasbion after the
thing*, ever thrown back upon
ami the daily small routine of my pres
eiu lifo ? Tweiny umus a day, a* 1 read or
hoar of h noble deed, or a daring exploit, or
a dupgeroadf itild adveninre, my heart leaps
up iq mail itnfturience to he, and kuow, and
4 Mopofxpoor chilil;' said the female, io
I'l'Vina *o(tiiakipeiil: 'have 1 aver restricted
1 for improvement ! Did
1 n<H veful you another diccing-master but
yesterday! Would yon bks to have some
new music.! Do 1 not buy you alt the an
nuals a* last as they coruc out ! And a* for
exercise, isn't" the bafjh*|Mvy onoagh !
Come, come, my deer, you'le nervous di
gestion probably aootewbst net of order;
dyspeptic people always have a-piratten >
depend upon it, my deer, dyspvpeia teat the
bottom rl more of the melancholy poetry;
•nd soul-yearuisga after the infinite, tha*
the majority ofeor poet-wofahippers dream.'
Hem the ooov*nation ceased, and the
parties left the room; I entered and sixed my
3hai and coat, resolved to quit immediately
and forever this atom unnatural household.
I accordingly wandered from street to street,
In a vain attempt to discover my octal neigh
borhood. Wearied at last, I stepped about
dusk at a emaH hotel, aa# having dined, im
mediately retired.
Early next morning, I sailed forth again ;
this time my attention was arrested by a
flaming sign, with these remarkable words :
MAM'S RIGHTS' DEBATE Tina DAY!
I entered; many women were there, tome
grave and dignified, some rude and swag
gering, hot all with a decided business look
sad manner. All the men etoept one or
two on the platform, wore long and silky
beards. * '
There was a general commotion through
out the hall, and look of disgust and ange*
on the faces of the women, from which I
interred thet the lest speaker had been a
men ; but now, from the general settling
down of the audience, it was plain that a fa
vorite orator bad the floor. I looked—fa
cing os, with a grave* yet sarcastic smile,
was thgt horrible ami seemingly Übiquinone
rentals, Judge Bertram.
' Mrs. Chairwomen,' she began, 'f fee|
that I almost owe tb'a assembly an apology
for rising lo answer arguments shallow and
preposterous as those of the misguided male
just taking bis seat ; nevertheless, for once,
and for the sake of fate play, we will even
enter the lisle with this mate logician 'Laugh
ter and applause.'
•The person partly bases hi# imagined e
qnalily with the higer sex, upon his equal
toughness of bone and muscle, be goas far
ther—ha nays,'if with .our present maotire
hot-house life, weare equal in strength of
limbs and power of endurance, reason sug
gests that if enjoying the advantages of out
door life, exercise, and incentive to action
possessed by woman, we should be in this
respect her superior.' Let us suppose him
lo be in this particular, equal, or even supe
rior, to the crowning sux—is brawn the test,
of excellence in imrrortsl beings? Doe*
:be person hold himself lower in the scale,
of creation than the elephant, or lbs hon
or the boa constrictor! Did the person ever
read that in the iitfauey of things ;Jthis earth
was swarmed with monsiers, ill-eha'pen;
sprawling ItiJeous, any one of them migh
ty enough to crush this boaster of brute force
lo jelly with one firm suck of its lips ? Doer
be know that after these came an order of
cwateres Sjfidi ".art* more nicely adjusted,
with foncltonemure complacate, with glim
mer'mge of intellect and with diminished
Mrength 1 Is lie aware that at the present
day, women,'l use the word of couree in
its general sense; at including man,' although
indisputably excelling the ancients in the
divine attributes, morality and intellect is
far behind them in eize and in strength
mucle! 'Applause and ulteers.'
' Frieuds, allow me to repeat the order
of creation ; first the vegetable world, then
that scarcely liighergrade of life which lirtka
the vegetable with the animal, then up from
step to step, to the highest order of brutes;
the elephant horse and dog. Then comes
direct from the hand of the Maker a glori
ous creature, combining the excellencies of
all that have preceded; bold aa the lion,
wise as the serpent; keen aud proud as the
eagle; bearing himself as should the first
created beinf destined for two worlds—his
feet tread the earth ia mastery—his face
scant tbe beaven.
' Friends, have we yet arrived at the crown
of human creation f Was there not yet an
| other being formed, of texture lea gross, of
mould more exquisite, instinot throughout
with a more clherial essence! Do we not
find in the conformation of this new being,
a fuller development of many rough eng.
geottoni in the first. De we not also find
her endowed wiih a more vivid sensibiliiy,
a finer moral nature; in ahort, has she not
taken one oiher step from the physical tow
ard ihe divine, thus proving .'herself imper
feot though she be the higest earthly type
of created being! 'Loud applause and
thumping of large parasols.'
'Mrs, Chairwoman, let nshnmor this mis
guided male by descending to particulars. '
hj modestly d iclaret tha sex to be fully e- ,
qual 10 the positions of doctor, lawyer, and j
priests 'Groans, and contemptitoa* flirting
ol large para-ols.' Lt us imagine him to
to be a doctor ; even supposing him pos
sessed of the requisite knowledge, which 1
wo are all aware thai he is not, where i* the
superior order of tact and delicacy, the in- ,
tuitive perception of the patient's condition, I
qualities at least at essential a* medicine to j
phyt'cian's success t
' Or again: supposing him to be a lawyer, |
still taking for granted the attainments which
they do—not possess where is the quick- j
ties* of repartee: th* subtil aptness for eva- 1
sien, above all, the infinite cum maud of lan
guage, possessed alone by woman! 'lit
metise enthusiasm—two large parasols mu
tilated.
'Most proposteroos of alt, let n* call him;
for ibe moment a priest—l use Ihe won! in
it* largest acceptation. Bee him clumstly
builoiug wordy structore* of morality, dic
tating to th* keaner inspiration of woman;
how she shall believe ami supplicate, and
worship ! Groans; hisses; flouncing ol latge
parasols.'
'Friends I feet thet it i* wasting your time
and patience to multiply arguments, when I
might bring forward one which is in in It
self sufficient to overwhelm the** rebel lions
with iaetant confusion and shame. 1 ap
peal to all present to answer: why hs* Na
ture herself provided that tha faces of males
should be veiled with flowing beards! why
if not lo teach them beyond tha possibility
of dispute, that they also should veil them
selves iu meekness, modesty, devotedaase,
and all the catalogue ef domestio virtues
which have always constituted their legiti
mate sphere, and wich make the true men
so charming and convenient, and comforta
ble and except able to woman ?'
[tVJiirldwimlr of applause, and frantic
waving aloft of large peraeol*.}
In Ilia midst of the acclamations excited j
by tha last address, I aaw a well dressed 1
and neatly shaven gentlemen mount the '
rostrum ; but hereupon arose a tempest of
indignation, amidst wich I could sometimes j
distinguish cries of 'Bareigeert ! barfacsfK" '
and one furious old lady rushed toward* the !
platform, pointing with her large parasol, !
and shrinking; shame on the b*tufaced roan.'
and now. the uproar became so general ind !
terrific, that with that singulkr prudence ;
which joined to valor, he* always been so
much admired by our firier.de: u instantly ;
stepped esiile through a private door, which '
leiftte a dark antry; and thence into the
Bring walked as before; until !*e in tha
I paused a moment to rife. The
slB&s declining; the red light cr|pt along
Mbchmtney to chimney, and lighted the
I oppose windows; pane after pane, khen all
at once it caught the figu.e of a farmer wjth
a soyth ; on the weathercock ot 4 house
which I bad passed and re parsed q dozen
trmes without notice ; but nojgf oh,' magio
transformation of sunset! I pUceivsd it to
be the very square into whtoh t had I emer
ged on that fatal day when 1 left the- cavern
ous opening I
I Behind me on a heap of large irreglular
stones, stood a marble fignre with a goblet
out of which she was evidently in the habit
ot pouring a fountain of water: at presdnl
the goblet was dry.
A powerful instinct impelled me to rush
to a heap of stones, and rem five the Urges:;
here was an opening at last! |
Without a moment's hesitation; 1 left this j
atrocious city, and after an hpur's endurance J
of the most frightful hardships, from being
! oblige! to travel in jj inconvenient and un
dignified po#luret_f fou nd myself silling,
once mars iu ihejßtd ot the stream, in our
own extensive giofudi.
It struck me as singular that the sun was
yet an hour high iu the hyaven ; it was al
so a remarkable!j|ct thai my clothes were
not at airJdii&t oy 1 my* peculiar ' mode ot
traveling, but these discrepancies were in.
sianlly put to flight by enraging the discov
, ery that while 1 was sitting flat and moist in
the sand, the large round stone was oecnpied
by ihe identical load which had been the
cau-o of my woes.
1 looked ai him fiercely ; lie returned my
; look with a protracted state (hen perpetrated
an in-ult which has never before or since, '
been attempted iu my presence—he wink
ed.
Extraordinary speech of Mr. Thompson
ot Kenteeky—Us Ihe Uoaaestend Bill.
1 Delivered in Congress on the lltk rf April,
! 1864.
| Mr. Wade moved 10 amend tbe bill by
striking out that part which limit# the beiyt
j fits of it to those who at the time of U* pat
sage are residents ef tha Uiuted State* or
I Territories.
j Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, said thie a
, mendment was intended to extend the grant
j made by the bill r.ol only to all Americans
] and foreigners now in the United Stales, bat
] also lo all foreigners who may come here,
upon their filing declaration of intention to
1 become citizens. To lbs bill, and especial
ly to this amendment, he was entirely op
posed. In the oiher end of the Capitol, it
had lately been declared thai no opposition
to give lands for the support of these unfor
tunate people, insane, who, by the visitation
; ot God. were unable lo provide for them
selves, was unconstitutional. But the Sena
! tor from Ohio finds no snch difficulty in pro
posing 10 give bomes and lands to all the
! vagabonds, paupers, and criminal* which
the arm of pubiio justice or political events
compel* 10 come to onr shores, and to the i
-1 die and lazy loafer* of our own country.
He had thought of moving to recommit
this bill, with a view of making it more e
qua! in its bounties. If it be right and just
to give land* to tha landless, and hemes lo
the homeless, why uot give money loth*
moneyless. If anything likejustiee or equi
ty be intended, why overlook ihe mechan
ics, tbe professional men, and all other* who
know nothing ol agrionltural pursuits?—
Why shower all this bounty upon those who
can follow agriculture f He had always un
derstood that the public lands were solmaly
pledged for the payment of the pubiio debt-
If this were so, he wouUI like 10 know how
they could be legally taken while under mor>
gage, and given away to persons were ali- 1
one iu language and blood, and to .loafers at j
home! ,
He wished lo know any good cause for of-1
faring this bonne, 10 all those foreigners who
seek American shores—to all those who
leave th ir ceontry, perhaps, for their coun
try's pond, or who teav* it because they are
somwhai liberal, yet not liberal axough to
fiuht for liberal princi plea and institutions !
Why offer this bonus to all the laay, idle,
good for nothing loafers at home who n*v*r
had two hundred dollars to buy e farm, he
fexusa they were too idle cod lazy to work
NUMBER 16.
or ill What good sffeo' could bs accom
plished by Milling public lands with sonti
people 1 To got them logo there and settle
upon land, yon moot eay to thorn, hero if ft
nice liulo farm for yma—go take it; gmfcaow
yon or* too laxy and worthies# aver to bo a-
Mo to boy one. or hoop one when it la giv
on yoa; for the reason we will oovar U with
a sort of bankruptcy to oentlmte for ever
Ton need not be afraid to taka it— neither
Sheriff nor Constable shaft ever lay hie
hands upon it. It is forever to be bankrap
to your creditor*. [Laughter,! And these,
are the men to whom such inducement*
| have to be bald oat, that are to flit op, oo
j copy and become communities of aew
| States. What lIMM communities they will
i be—the vagabond* qpd criminals of Europe
j and he loafers of our own country. [Laugh
ter ami applause ] TWbtH wet Utijekt fj
enutlier aeaon. It wae a discrimination in
|fa vor of pauper*and idlers, against the hard
working and industr ous pioneers, who bare
cut down their forests and paid for their
land*, and settled the Western Stales. The
industrious American pioneers have baca
made to pay for their lands, and it is given
I away to the criminals, ragamuffin* and pan
' per* of the werld, who are now fiyiag and
will fly to this country, like buzzards to A
cartas*, which they will stiok to till they oat
it op. [Laughter and applause ]
He saw from the nespapera that there were
proposition* pending to bny the whole M
gicne of territory. What faff Was it to
pay for it and then give i( away! Another
war might follow, and It wae better to keep
•II the land and vote it away as was done
before, in bounties to otd soldier*. Ir. these
days there was a universal desire to acquit*
territory; there Was hardly an old fashioned
Whig left wbo did not want to annex all Ca
nada, or swallow one or more whole States
of Mexico. If they could not get them one
[ way, they wanted a fight. Now-a-daya, the
American people bad become so bellicose
that they much .resembled certain kind of
men, who seamed to think they would
-'spoil about the head and shoulders," unless
they had a flight on hand. [Laughter.]
This land, when acquired, had to be paid
for eitlie repurchase money or in war ex
penditure*. Why was it to be given away !
th>w Uooeihiß bill effect the descendants of
those pittlPn fitter* whose blood secured (he
independence iu this nation. 7 UndffHt* policy
they are told they shall have none of the public
land for railroads, for churches, for theirdeaf
dumb, blind or insane, for school or school*
houses. They ere 10 have nons of the pro
ceeds of its sale ; they are to derive no ben.
efit of any kind Irom it. But they are fur
ther told thai while none of yon shall have
jsny of It, w* will give it to some Hoaaicj*
Jsho-e aricestem uuul.crmi yonrs for hire in
fhe days ol the revolution. Applause. We
will not gi'e it to your people tor schools or
school-houses, but we will give it lo some
Dutchman with such a high back, an-J feet
so broad, that it will take three generations
to lick him into the shape ol an American
gentleman. (Loud and continued laughter
and applause ) The old States, hy policy
ol this bill, will be entirely excluded from
the public lands. The people of one half of
them will he to'd when they desire lo go
there—you can't come in, yopr larnicd with
negroes. Was it just? And if unjust, why
this radical change in the system of admin
ia sring public lands ? These prsposed chan
ges were somewhat peradical. Sim# per
son or another, for political purpose-, propo
ses til build up lor an approaching Presiden
tial eßclion a new-partv—a German party,
it may be, with ill ceireat Cinctoatti or Lou
isville, and they are rq control and govern
the American jieople, and require the pubiiu
lands to be given away to their countrymen.
It was the boasi that this was en A i rf>->vt
on tfople. who hd for a b.s> urn.'), fsel
ruln.l by a hull-crazy breed of Germim sing*,
and queel!*, was there not danger that this
German party would rule thisnaiion 1
h was this aspiration after the Presidency
that lead lo all such measures as this. Wheat
men once think of the Presidency, when
they sen the purple, and look towards the
White Houe, they cease to be sane man—
" Laughter," Their heads go round and
round, as if afflicted with a vertigo, and in
their disordered imaginations originate all
kinds of extravagant propositions. At such
a time, one of them, whose boast formerly
would have been that he was an American
was now going about declaring that his fath.'
er was an Irishman, and his mother a Dutch I
man. "Loud laughter." Though a man
knowing bat little, and caring less, about re
ligion in any form, he may be seen going
around the country making the sign of tha
oros-, and miilienng most unintellijable jar
gon, to enfeh Catholic votes. "Laughlei."
If not doing this, he will be *een talking to
the foreign population, cajoling them tor
their votes, promising them land for nothing,
like the old fellow who promised our Savionr
all the kingdoms of Iho world if He would
fall down and worship him, when in trath
the old rascal had not a single fool of land
of his own to give away. "Loud applause
anil laughtet."
Suppose n territory—Nebraska, for In
stance—i* lo be rallied by a population only
induced lo go | hare by snch a bill as this
What a con fusion of tongue* will be there.
Men of all nations of the world, perhaps
combining within their nnmber an amount
of degradation, idleness, crime and villainy
which, if entered in any metropolis, would*
destroy any nation, however pure and pow
erful. Suppose a member of the Senate
should co there anil set'le. They would nat
y*"V aiclaim "You are an American—how
did you get here* "Daughter." What
mn.fc you come here f Did y, H t murder in
Kentucky, that yon had te fly t0 this pUoe t
5-augter. What, did you rob and steal in
New Yoik, that forced yoa lo leave there 1"
"Applause apd laughter." Was this the
way to raise up and people the new States of
the Union 1 Ha was no Native American.
He was not Hostile to foreigners. But he
was opposed to holding oat a boobs lo wor
thless criminals from all parts of tha world
to eoma and tabs oar land.
He repented his objections lo tha bill and
said that though apposed to the sxemise of
ths one men power, yet if this bill passed
and President Pierce sl.osto veto it, he did
not know bet Ik at ha (Mr. Thompson) would
support htm for the suacessor io 18-
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