BY D. A. & O• H• BUEHLER
VOLUME AVM}
TIRE CHILD'S STORY
This story is one of the most beautiful
pictures of life we have ever seen. Mark
how the child is lost in the youth, how
the youth merges into the man at the ad
vent of the pretty Fanny, how life gathers
interest as the children one by one join the
travelling pair, and then scatter in their
several ways—bow, in the autumn, each
go to their long home ; and the lone old
man, just at the setting of ids sun, brings
them back to his recollection, a perfect
family, as beautiful as ever.
Once upon a time, a good many years
ago, there was a traveller, and he set out
upon a journey. It was a magic journey,
and was to seem very long when he begat
it,and very short when he gut half through.
110 travelled along a very dark path for
some little time, without meeting any thing,
until at last he eaine to a beautiful child.
Su he said to the child, "What do you.
here Aud the child said, "I am al
ways at play. Coke and play with me."
8o he played w ith that child the whole
day long, and they were vnky merry. The
sky was so blue, the sun was so bright, the
water was so sparkling; the leaves were so
green, the flowers were so lovely, and they
s ticard such singing birds, and saw so many
butterfliesithat every thing was beautiful.
This was in fine weather. %Vile!' it rained
they loved to watch the falling drops, and
to Stria the fresh scents. TieU it blew,
it was delightful to listen to te wind, and
fancy alit it stud, L it Caine rushing from
its home—where was that, they wondered:
—whistling and howliag, driving the
clouds before it, betiding the trees, tuna,
hug iu the chimneys, shaking the honey,
cud making the sea roar in fury. But,
when it snowed that was the best of all; h 4
they liked not hittg so well as to look up at.l
the white flakes falling thick and' fast, like
down limn the breasts of millions of white
Lads; aud to see how smooth and deep
the drift was; and to listen to the bush up
on the patisrand roads.
They had plenty of the finest toys in
*he world, and the must astonishing picture
books; all about scituetars, and sluipe&,'
find turbans, and dwarfs, and giants, and
genii, and fairies, and blue-hearths, a nd
beau-staiks, and riches, and caverns, and
forests, and Valentines, and °realm; ; and
all new, and all true.
lint oue day, of a sudden, the traveller
lost the child. II 1. called to hini over and
rvtid over again, but gut no answer. So he
went upon his road, and went on for a lit
tle while without meeting ainy thing until
at last he came to a handsome boy. So he
said to the boy, "What, do yon here ?"
and the boy said, "1 8111 always learning.
Come and learn with me."
So he learned with that boy about Jupiter
and Juno, and the I;reeks and the Ronal's,
and 1 dun'; know what, and learned more
than I could tell, or he either, for he soon
forgot a great deal of it. But they were
not always learning ; they had the merri
est g ItHeo that et er were played. They
r o wed mem the river in mitioner, and ska-
tell on the ice in winter ; they were active
ou foot, and active on horseback ; at crirk•
et, and all games at ball ; the prisoners'
base, hare and limitols, follow tuy lader,
and mote sports than I can think of ; no
body could beat them. They had holidays,
too, and t.ellth e:ikes, and parties w he re
they danced till midnight, and real thea
tres, where they saw palaces of real gold
and silver rise out of th e earth, nod saw
all the wonders of the world at once. As
to friends, they had such dear friends and
so many of them, that I want the time to
reokon them up. They were all young,
like tkitt• handsome boy, and were never to
be strange to one another all their lives
through.
Still, one day, in the midst of all these
gay pleasures, the traveller lost the boy as
had lost the child, and after calling him
in vain, went oil' upon his journey. So be
wont ou for a little wiiie without seeing
any thing, until at last lie came to a young
man. So he said to the young man, "What
do you do here ?" And the young man
said, "I am always iu love. Come and
love with me !"
So, he went away with that young man,
and presently they came to one of the pret
tiest girls that ever was Been justlike
Fanny in the corner there—and she had
eyes like Fanny, and hair like Fanny, and
dimples like Fanny's and she laughed aqd
colored just as Fanny does while I am Mitt
jog about her. So, the young man fell in
love directly—just as somebody I won't
mention, the first time ho mune here, did
with Fanny ; and they quarreled some
times—just as somebody and Fanny used
to quarrel ; and then made it up, and gat
in the dark, and wrote letters every day,
and never were happy asunder, and wore
always, looking ontisTor one another and
pretending not to, awl were engaged at
Christmai time, and sat tilos° to ,ene anoth
er by the fire, and were going to bo mar
ried very allon—all exactly like somebody
I wont mention, and Fanny
But tlut-tkavelter lost them one day, as
be 4d lost the rest of his friends, and, af
ter' calling to tholu to come back, which
they never did, went.upon Sig journey.—
So, he went on for a little while without
seeing anything, until at last he carne to a
a middle-aged gentleman. So he said, to
the gentleman, "What are yeti doing here ?"
And his answer was, "I am alwaysbusy.—
Conte and be busy with me 1"
So, he began to be very busy with that
gentleman, and they went on through the
wood together. The whole journey was
through a wood, only it had been open and
green at first, like a wood in spring ; and
now began to be thick and dark, like a
wood in summer; some of the little trees
that had come out curliest, Were even turn
ning brown. The gentleman was Lot a
alone, but had a lady of about the same
age with him, who was his wife ; and they
had children, who were with them too.—
So, they *ll went on together through the
wood, cutting down the trees, and making
a path through the branches and the fal
len leaves, and carrying burdens and work
ing hard.
Sometimes, they came to a long green
avenue that opened into deeper woods.—
Then they would hear a very little distant
voice crying, "Father, father, I am anoth
er child ! Stop for me !" and presently
they would see a very little figure growing
larger as it canto along, running to join
them. When it eerie up they all crowd
ed :wound it, and kissed and welcomed it ;
and then they all went on together.
Sometimes, they came to several ave
nues at once, and then they all stood still ,
apd one of the children said, 4 4Futher, I tins
going to sea;" and another said, "Father,
I uui going to India ;" and another, "I am
going to seek toy fortune wl,►ere I can ;"
and another, "Father, I am going to Ma
ven !" So, with many tears at parting,
they went, solitary, down those avenues,
cacti child upon its way ; and the child
who went to flown, rose into the golden
air and vanished.
Whenever these partings happened, the
traveller looked ut the gentleman, and sow
him look at the sky above the trees, where
the day was beginning to declitm, and the
sunset to come ott. Ile maw, ton, that hn,
hair was turning grey. But they never
(weld rest long, for they had their journey
to perform and it was necessary for them to
be always busy.
At last, there had been so.many part
ings that them was no children left, and
only the traveller, the gentleman and the
lady, went upon their way iu etimpany.—
And now the wood was yellow, and now
brown ; and the leaves, even of the forest
trees, began to fall.
S'o they came to an avenue that;was
darker than the rest, and were pressing
forward on their journ4 without looking
down it when the lady stopped.
"My husbaud,'' said the lady, "I am
They listened, and they heard a voice
long way down the avenue, say, "Mother,
in,ther !''
It was the voice of the first child who
had said, "I am going to Heaven !" and
the father said, "I pray not yet. The sun
set is very near. I pray not yet ?"
laid, t voice cried, "Mother, mother !"
without minding him, though his hair was
now quite white, and the tears were on
his face.
Then, the mother, who was already
drawn into the shades of the dark avenue,
cud moving away with her arms still around
lii.,. ucek, kissed him, and said, "3.1 y dear
;
est, I am summoned, and Igo !" And
the traveller and he were alone together.
And they wet:t on and on together, until
they came to very near the end of the wood;
so near, that they could see the sunshine
shining red before them through the treof.
Yet, once wore, while he broke his way
among the branches, the traveller lost his
friend. He called and called, but there
! was no reply, and when ho passed out of
I the wood, and saw a peaceful sun going
j down upon a wide purple prospect, be
came to a❑ old man sitting on a fallen
tree. So, he said to the old man, "What
do you do here ?" And the old :uau said,
with a calm smile, "I am always remem
bering. Come and remember with me !"
So, the traveller sat down by the side of
that old man, face to face, with the serene
sunset; and all his friends came softly
back and stood around him. The beauti
ful child, the handsome boy, the young
man in love, the faiber, mother, and
chil
dean ; every one of them was Mere, and be
had lost nothing. So, ho lovedjlem all, and
was kind and forbearing with them all, and
was alvqiya pleased widtoili all and they
all honored and loved him: * And I think
the traveller must ho yourself, dear grand
father, because that is what you do to us,
nd what we do to ,ou.
A taan who had made a fortune by in
dustry and close °collo*, in a retail busi
ness, at length retired from trade, and used
to loan, his Roney on interest. One day,
in midaunsulk a friend happened to say
to
him :
How pleweant it is to liFsre die tong,
right days."
" Why, y9-e-a," repliestlik,'”but Quilt
ong days the interest comet eoIWO*
God gives 1011i:the power of becoming
what they ought to be.
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING}, MARCH 11, 1853.
MY SCISSORS.
BY FRANCIS DANA GAGE
"Good morning. Mrs. Wick's ; hope I
see you well this morning."
"Well, yes, pretty well. 0111 but my
hands."
"Your hands, what is the matter with
your hands ; not been scalding them I
hope."
No! worse than that ; I have got them
all blistered up. trying to cut out the chil
-1 dren's fall clothes, with my old scissors.—
' I've had *ern these ten years, and they are
just as dull as a hoe, and evert• time I cut
a roundabout, shirt, or pair of pants. I have
just such a time of it. Susan Williard is
sewing for me now, and I wanted to get my
cutting done while my hand was In, so I
just wanted to see if you would not lend
Ins your nice tailor shears, a day or two,
for I won't do another thing with mine for
a week to come."
"Really, Mrs. Wicks, I should like to
accommodate you, but I ain very busy
with mine just now, cutting rags for my
pet, and could not possibly spare tl
without great inconvenience."
Well I don't know what I'll di
can't cut out any - more with mine,
Susan has two weeks to stay
you know of any one who has a
;pair!"
"No I don't. Would it not be bi
for you to purchase a good pairT Ic,
hard!)• get along without mine for a
gle (la), without feeling the wan
What did yours root?"
"Two dollars and a hag."
"Two dollars and a half—goodnes
Mr. Wicks would no more lei me
money to buy such a pair of scissors,
he'd IV"
"Oh, I think you are mistaken, ! !luso
ways thought Mr. Wicks was very in
gent."
"That's where you are altogether
taken. I hardly ever ask him for mu
but what he says something to hurt
feelings, and I (then do witlidut thin
really need, rather than have any wi
Why, yes, 1,1,-day I Milted hint for tut
to get my 'all trimmings for my bo
and Rollino's, and it watt all I could do to
get it out of
"Now mach did it require to fit your
bonnet , : op for the winter"
"Only five dollars, it "rota take ten
dollars you know to get us'both new ones.
I thought lie need not have complained at
fixing up the old ones."
..And you have five dollars in your pug
5C.181.1111-:'
"Yes, and we thought we would get the
trimmings at “rant's. That beautiful
royal purple with orange edge, it's a hive
of a ribbon ; and so cheap, only 75 cents a
Ya 4"
"My dear Ntrs. Wiek's, let me give
you a new idea. Would your husband
complain if you should trim your btinnets
with ribbon that cost only half that sum.
and appropriate the balance to the pur
chase of a new pair of scissors ?"
"No, of course he would not, but who,
I'd likikto know, is going to make them
selves flie town talk for the sake of gratify
ing a husband's whims 1"
"Do it to gratify yourself, to add to your
own comfort. My bonnet trimmings and
all will not east over one dollar and a half.
and I don't believe the town will trouble
itself one hit about it. Town talk or no
talk. you may he sure I'll never run about
with my fingers in rags while I can save
the price of a patrol' scissors in one bonnet
trimming. Now don't he offended, Mrs.
Wicks ; I know you really think you can't
get along any other way than just as you
do; but tf you will only make the effort
to economise in your items of dress, Sz.c.,
you will A. 11.11 f in dpint-sell amply suppli
ed with all those little household conven
iences, which you seem so much to want,
and my word for it, your husband will not
make hall the objection to furnishing mon
ey for usefuls that he now does for the
purchasing of nonessentials."
"Now there is neighbor Pennyman's
wife flourishing in a fifteen dollar crape
shawl, but her girl complains that she has
to borrow washtubs weekly. and that
Mrs. P. says that it 1a Mr. Peunyman's
fault.
Why Mrs. Smith. I thought you was
a Wolll4ll'B rights woman."
"And so I sin ; but I assure you I am
no advocateifor woman's injustice and fol
ly, and while I feel that the law of the
land end common justice greatly oppress
es woman, I also feel that she oftentimes
greatly oppresses herself, and lays heavier
burdens upon her heart than she herself is
willing to hear, and to excuse her own
weakness of purpose, her own foolish love
of display, lays all the blame upon her hue
band, who would willingly indulge every
reasonable desire, and only frowns when
ungenerous demands are made upon his
means."
“Well, I don't know, Mr. Wicks seems
more willing to give we money for dire
than anything else.”
"Is not that because he does not feel at
liberty to deny you any personal gratifica
tiotl because he feels that he ca. make
• on happier thus than in any other way
fry the experiment Mrs. Wiekoa tell him
you will reserve half your usual expenses
for household conveniences, and if he does
not fill your parse with a more cheerful
heart. I am molt mistaken in him.
gin on the so jailors, and if he makes one
word of an objection, I will agree to
change with you tar a week, and wear my
hands to blisters on your old ones."
4. Well, I'll try this dp onne ; good morn
ing."
"Good morning. Mrs. Winks."
Mrs. Wicks went home, and when her
husband came in td dinner, the first thipg
that took his attention was a beautiful pat
o' polished steel scissors. lot worth less
than two dollars.
“Whose are these ? beau borrowings.
gain. Sarah I”
iNe," replied Mrs. Wicke t 4.1 how bill*.
ieVed i ssi /weds yesterday with my iird ohs* ,
and tklionclitiled I would weer my. qld
114 Oft les triniturninge. and Wore roi i
g4dp*of ocissoWfoffor work. ' Don't.
..FEARLESti AND PANE."
you think they are hie. ones? I thought
you would not can how I spent my
money." Her voice was kinder than us
nal.
..Of course not," he replied. Nothing
further 'i hid. I i the evening, instead
of going out, he drew up his chair by the
workstand.
..Ain't you going down street," said
Rosin'.
"No, I believe not to-night; I like the
click of your ma's new scissors. and I
go down street I am afraid they will loose
their pleasant tone."'
Mrs. Wicks did not look up, her heart
was luii ; for just they a litt/W:coll e"roy
al purple with mmeb etige o 7cheap at sev
enty-five cents, fell haw hiit'lep.
ALBUM OF T*E HEAVENS.
ON AN IMMO WALE IVITNI TUB CRILDRBN
IT suit" 'soma??
And the evlningspre beautiful! and the
heavens are full of Stara, mirroring their
and the still
Almonds, and
ig moon. And
ieplivrs soiled
ig on the pearly
ilty. And the
silvery sea,
the stars ; and
lien sapphire,
ping fondly on
It is beautiful
of our sight.—
lid read a few
the heavens.
the great Al
te suns are the
the letters with
idiwork.
,and" years tin
e same golden
look down On
name, and by
.. light they flocks to new
pastures.in the old world. And when the
fmtitain of die great deepwere broken up,
and the windows of heaven were opened,
and the floods cause, and a long tight of
darkness, the good man in the ark remem
bered the Blare that studded the firmatteht
boy hood'stime, and the names they
were culled by *gong the fathers of the
human race. And wheat the deep, black
clouds rolled away, they shone out of their
old places in the sky upon him, acid he
telt at home again. though floating over
the shoreless waste, of: waters, vvitliout
compass, chart ors helm. There they
were, just is - elliti,VErvii out in the sky in
the morunig ofcreation. The waters Oho
had washed from the earth every trace of
man's existence, had um quenched one of
the °lesser lights" of heaven, or moved it
A hair trinities place. Tnesplentlid Orion
had not lost a jewel from his belt ; neith
er the deluge nor the darkness hid -loosed
Iris bands." Ile walked the saute king.l
and wielded the same sceptre among the
stars thus evening, as in the first evening
that mantled the earth. The fiery Bette
gorse shone with the same red brillanity,
and the sharp-eyed Rigel glowed I/1 the
lett foot, a celestial diamond of the first
water. There were the Pleiades. the great
I)og star, and the lung 'Scorpion, trailing
its genus along the southern sky ; and the
eleven stars that the pun og Joseph saw in
Iris dream ; and the seAen stars which the
first-born of Adam saw in his intatuey.—
These were home stars to Noah ; they
were all that were kit on the downward
world, Wit lie had seen and loved in his
youth. He knew not whither thesmilless
unrutidered ark had borne him ; the
tallest mountain on the earth was buried
deep beneath the waters ; everything had
been swept away but the stars which he
had learned by name, perhaps in the tent
of his grand lather, .Methuselah, who re•
membered Adam. And he felt himself at
home.
Now, my young 'friends. a deluge will
never come again to bury out of sight the
green peopled world ; but storms will
come, and winds will come, and you may
drift far away frouttlie home of your child
hood. And what makes that your homer
If all your relations and friends shou ld go
I with you to far-off lands, and live with
you there, would you not have left
behind a great deal of your home 1 Yes
you could not take with you the old
homestead; the slag and the oak under
which you played; the hills you climbed
in slimmer to see the sun go down in the
west, or in the winter with your sleds:
the brook that purled through the mead
ows ; the mountains that loomed up in the
distance, like huge cushiontrof green vel
vet for the sky ; the 111tIs of alternate
green and yellow and the far-off woods.—
But begin now to look up into the blue
world above ; to make these star-fields a
part of your home ; to bring these glorious
constellations into the circle of your ac
quaintance, to call them by name, to asso
ciate them with , all the objects to which
your home allktions blingliid you may
carry your home -affections with you the
world over. Orion. Arcturus. Bentes,
Virgo, the cellistial o g i npaniona of Job.
Noah and David, i e;yOurs, in every
place and every condition ; acquaintances.
neighbors to , your I.ititlrnal homes. It
may be goutjot to see' t: a‘ittlespace
of the tiTirth's surface ; arid to WIN but
little moge of geography of the earth than
what you learn from your map. But here
you may slay the ge4raphy of the hea-
vens, and see every cultsetial territory it
describes. Without giting a mile from
your father's door. ID it eye may travel
►er worlds that arithmetic cannot corn
• ute, nor geometry mimihrit. Your eye
t
can do this, and when you ha i reached
the ex.uvin* of their v nt your
Monti% mango on fore intojibe
wort* beyond. Young frientle.auppose
you speo4ti half hourfieery bright erring
out in bo open air, in appropriati* skim
brilliaol oonsbillsOns t .in hcluglule 1 1 11 1 11
within the , itiliwit isinde of yotirequaiow
sees. • . , . 7
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R TRH FARMER'S LIVE.
"There is poetry In farming." This,
But I haws rvid.and so have ion,
.That "atrre.eci lends unto the view
Enchantment fair."
For instance: digging hold will do
In Summer—planting, weeding t hoeing,
And practising "Knis h's knack" at mowing,
(That science which you boast or knowing
So vary wolf.)
The *necking son no mean typo showing
Of what's alio! hell.
In winter—tugging with the Sail,
Or sledding in • cutting gale,
Such as would scud a gallant sail
In bare poles seaward,
And News yourfore•nag's lusty tail
Straight out to Jeeward
In plantar literary talk
With compeers in your daily walk,
It's "Shall you top or cot the stalk
Of chat 'ere crop 1"
Or, "Bold Ter cattle I—howli ye chalk
To sell or swill I"
Nest half the ►toss may well he told
Which aroma every day behold
In summer hot and winter cold.
Doll as 't is mai t
Yet we've incentives manifold
To the ideeL
The pictures In the book of Sone—
The glorious dawn—the balmy moon—
" The dewy see—the rising moon"—
. All there, onre,
And all the recompensing Welt,
Of birds and dowers
When Winter hurls his storms
Oft piteous is the farmer's most
Night comes—the blazing ehimney-place
till• all complaints;
Thaws out his features, till his lace
Shines like a seines.
•
There, while hbs cheer reek' to ths ceiling,
He gets most comfortably feeling,.
Thinking how barn and battened shieling,
e first evening
Id up into the
the illutntnut
,er. And the
gazed at those
that saw the
Secure and worm.
Hi. poor dependants safe ere shielding
From the wild storm.
There he me► read, and mum, and ponder,
Upon this life. this world of wonder;
There, judge-like, he may set asunder
The truth from errnr,
And ime in men of "blood and thunder"
Nn cause for terror.
There he may form just estimate
Of those the world cells good end grim!:
dee 011 TON 1,, CHICVNIPTAIIet, .01)1.1 laTt
Create renown,
And give ► knaves chair of state
An ass a crown.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF PRESIDENT PIERCE
MY CousrravAtax :—lt is a relief to feel that
no heart but my own can know the penisi)nal
regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been
borne to a position so suitable for others rather
than desirable for myself.
The circumstances under which I have been
called for a "period to preside over the
destinies of the Republic. fill me with a pro
found sense of responsibility, but with nothing
like shrinking or apprehension.
I repair to the post assigned tae not as one
sought, but in obedience to the unsolicited es.-
pression of your will—answerable only for a
fearless, faithful and diligent exercise of my
best powers.
I ought to be, and I am, truly grateful for
the rare manifestations of the nation's confi
dence: but this, so far from lightening my obli
gations. only adds to their weight. You have
summoned me in my weakness : you must sus
tain by your strength.
When looking for the fulfilment of reasona
ble requirements, you will not be unmindful of
the great changes which have occurred, even
within the last quarter of a century, and the
consequent augmentation and complexity of the
duties imposed in the administration both of
our home and foreign affairs.
Whether the elements of inherent force in the
republic have kept pace with its unparalleled
progression in territory, population and wealth,
has been the subject of earnest thought and
discussion on both sides of the ocean.
Less than si sty-four years ago, the Father of
his Country made the (then recent) accession of
the important State of North Carolina to the
Constitution of the United States one of the
subjects of his special congratulation. At that
moment, however, when the agitation conse
quent upon the revolutionary struggle had
hardly subsided; when we were just emerging
from the weakness and embarrassments of the
confederation. there was an evident conscious
ness of 'vigor equal. to the great mission so
wisely and bravely fulfilled by our fathers.
It was not a presumptuous assurance, but a
calm faith, springing from a clear view of the
sources of power in a government constituted
like ours. It is no paradox to say that al
though comparatively weak, the new-born na
tion was intrinsically strong. Inconsiderable
in population and apparent resources, it was '
upheld by a broad and intelligent comprehen
sion of rights, and an all-pervading purpose to
maintain them, stronger than armaments.
It came from the (unarm of the revolution,
tempered to the necessities of the times. The
thoughts of the men of that day were all praoti.
cal as their sentiments were patriotic. 'rhey
wasted no portion of their energies upon idle and
delusive specitlations, hut a ith a firm and
fearless step advanced beyond the governmen.
tel landmarks which had hitherto circumscrib
ed the limits of !111 WWI freedom, and planted
their standard where it has !mood against the
dangers which have threatened from abroad,
and iritkrnal agitation, which has at times fear
fullymenaced at home. They apprevied them
selvelgequal to the solution of the !creel prob
lem, to understand which their minds had been
illuminated by the dawning lights of the revo
lution.
The suldpot sought was not a thing dreamed
of—it was a thing realized. They had exhib.
lied not only the power to achieve, bat what
all history affirms to be so much more unusual,
the capacity to maintain.
The oppressed throughout the world front
that day to the present have turned their eyes
hitherward, not to find those lights extinguish.
ed or to feu lest they should wane. but to be
constantly cheered by their steady and incest.
ing radiance. In this our country has. in my
judgment, thus far fulfilled its highext duty to
suffering humanity. It has spoken. and will
continue to speak, not only by its word', but
by its acts, the language of sympathy, encour
agement and hope to those who 'meetly Ile•
ten to tones which pronounce for the lured,
rational liberty. Hut, after all, the most gni- I
mating enoouragement and potent appeal forl
fropdq. will be its own history. its trials, and i
its triumph. . : .1
Pre-eminently die power of our advocacy
rows, in cur eitifiiple; but no example, be it
miliplowed, can be powerful for la tips good.
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eaoh other their lives; their fortarmAnd their moiheloroptiety regititied only tpthe lie* of'
sacred honor, for the acquisition of the Fatal . * ahle fee the seenraplishinensisrthestes,
lees inheriumc°ll " lnnifit ' d t° llll4 400onorifY teas occupancy can confer nu prentigativeye
with which that gopeteostaletwilsopemed• and nor treportnnate demise for preferinfintirtY
under the guidanod"of a qtinifeshand benilicens e lff es, the public interest inventively ,remands Providence ; .the ..nano laming -endurance ' that they be considered with ei:referenceto
with which it wasp rostituted to. ha - consum- n t h hau l m so be pe;forfeed. "
minion. were only surpassed by theolailoto Good citizens may well sea the protection
and patriotic spirit of concessive ivhlother- of good laws and the benign ini.lelleN of good
acterised all the counsels of the sarlyiffibers. government. but the slabs foe officials whattlie
One of the most impressive evidences of Stet people of s republic should :never recognize.
wisdom is to be found in the fast that the sou- No rat isoteible man of any pair Will eimect •
al working of our eystem halt dispelled a de• the edmiiiistration to be no regardless of its
gees of solicitude which at the outset disturbed responsibility and of the obvious (demands of
bold hearts and far-reaching intellects. 'uncouth as to retain persons known to be tone
The apprehension of danger Hem extended der the inffnence of 'political hostiOty nod par
territory,multiplied Statesmoodopelated wealth, dean prejudice in position* which will require
and augmented population, het proved to be Rot only severe labor but cordial co-operation.
unfounded. The stem upon your banner have Having nu implied engagefients to ratify.
bottoms nearly thregrold their oriel:di nuts- no reward, to bestow. to resentments to re=
her; your &curly populated possensicho Akin I member, and no person'sl wishes to consult in
the shores of two great oceans, end yet this selections for official station. I Altai! .fulfil this
vast increase of people and territory hes not diffieull and delicate trust. admitting no motive
only shown itself compatible with the harms. is worthy, either of my character or position,
Mous action of the states and federal govern which:4les not contemplate an effinient
dis
ment In their respective constitutional spheres, c h arge o f d u ty and the byat interests of my
but has afforded an additional guaranty of the apantry,:it
etrength and integrity of both. With an ex- I acknowledge my obligatiods to the masses
perigee., thus suggeraive and cheering, my ad- o f my alaanttymen, and to them alone. Higher
ministration will not be controlled by any timid objects than 'personal *grand izenient ;mein:
fore-bodings of evil from expansion. reetkm and energy to their exertions in the laid
Indeed. it ie not to be disguised that our at. campaign, and they shall not he disappointed.
thuds as a tuition and our position on the Ohs 'rho, require at my finds diligence, integrity
tender the acquisition of certain possessions e n d espsetty, wherever there are duties to be
not within our jurisdiction eminently Wiper- performed. Without. these qualities in their
tent for our protection, if not in the future es- p no men. etringent laws for the prevention ,
sential for the preservation of the rights of or tuniebment offraad. negligence apd peen
commerce and the peace of the world. Should h i t on will will's, val e . IKrlrh them they will he
they be obtained, it will be through no grasp- unneetemuy. Bat theseare Rothe only point.
ing spirit. but with a view to obvious national to which you look for vigilant watchfulness.
interest and security, and in a winner entirely ! The dangers of a concentration of all power in
consistent with the strictest ob e of na- i the general government *fa conftoitrsoy so vest
Sone! faith.. ,sours, are too obvious to bedisregarded. You
We have nothing in oar history or position lave a right, therefore, to expect your aged%
to invite aggression; we hive everything to , in every department to regard - eirietly the lint
beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace its imposed upon them by the constitution Of
and amity 'with all. nations. Purposes, there- ' the Untied stress.;
fore, at once just sod pacilio will be sigitili• j The great scheme of per rionstitutional lib
cantly marked in the conduct of our foreign af- i erty rests upon a peeper distribution of power
lairs. between the Saute and Pedant' authorities;
I intend that my administration shall leave I and experience has shown,sluit tint . harmony
no foul blot upon our fair record. and I trust I i end happiness of Cur people utast Upend upon
may safely give the assinance that 1101104 with' a jest diseriminition between" the separate
in the legitimate scope of toy constitutional ' rights and responsibilities .of the Bates
control, will he tolerated on the earl of any poi-i your °common rights sad obligations under the
lion of our citizen*. which cannot challenge a general g ov e rnm ent. And hem. in my °pi:t
rendy justification before the Winos! of the ; ten , are the considerations which shot*. form
civilized world. An adminiekation would be ! the true boils of future cOnconl in naffed to the
unworthy of oonfidence aihnme or respect to., questions which have mostreerlooslydieturbed
broad, shouts it anise to be infliieneed by the, p u blic tranquility. , 4
conviction that ild.pppateat advantage can he' ' If the Federal onvernmentwill conlitwititelf
combatted at a priotso deer as that °Crostini"' ; to the exercise of the powers eiessi, Ilsonted
wrong or dishonor.:lF ! by the conatitution.ll can hardly happen that
It is not your privilege as it nation to /peek ' h e a c ti on upon any question should endanger
of it distant pest. striking incidents of kite institutions of the Steitescor interfere with
your histriry replete igp instruction. and fur- 1 their right to manage matters strictly domestic
'dialing ! abundant grounds for 'omelet cone.; atieording to the will of their ovisapeopia.— -
dance, are coin wised is a period ormipanitlye- j In ',eventing briefly,my views on an. lumpy-
Iy pipet. But 'rye'', ffeskislimited, your fuel tent subject which-bee recently *glutted 'fie
But the vast interests of comineme era common . ; onion to a most fearful degree. lour moye4ify
to all mankind, and the advantages of trade j no ether impulse than en request de.iire fur the
and internationtil iiitercuuse must always pre- ! perpetuation of thet.Unlett whkeh' has madeas
sent a noble field for the moral induence of II what we ant, showering upon us blespingcatid
great people. With these views, firmly end conferring a power And influence which nun
honestly carried out, we Imes d ngllt to expect. i fathers could hardly have anticipated esitu with
and shall under all circumstances require , their linnet sanguine hopes diteeted tOtt filr Off
promo reciprocity. The rights, which belong ' ; future.
to us as a nation, are not alone to he regarded, The sentiments I now announce were not
but those which pertain to every citizen in itia unknown before ti t ealcrsaionAf the!. Vol
'individual rap:miry. at Notate and abroad, metal, Which calleditie here= 7 l l lfiatMslwartiPi
be sacredly maintained. this subject woe clear and unequivoeill. Gem
so long as he can discer n every star in its the record oc,rny words and my;ticts, end it Is
place upon that ensign, without wealth to per- only recurred to at this time betsause silent*
chase for him preferment, or title, to secure for , might perhaps be misconstrued!. With. the
him place, it w ill he his privilegeond must be ; Union my best end dearest iraithly hopes are
his acknowledged right, to stand unabashed, ! entwined ; without it, what ant we individual.
even in the presence of princes, with a proud I ly or col lectivelye—what becomes of the'noblest,
consciousness that he is himself one uf a maim' field ever opened for the advancement of our
of sovereign.. and that he cannot in legitimate j rtsce in religion. iugOVIIIIIMAIII, its the arts, and
pursuit wander so far front home, that the agent J in all that dignifies and adonis mankind.
whom he shall leave behind in the place I now' F ro m the radiant oonstellmirm. which both
occupy, will out are that no rude hood of power ! illuminates our own way and point's Cat to
or tyrannical passion Ss laid upon him with int-1 struggling nations their course, let hot a single
purity. He must realize that upon every ono ater he Inst,stid if there be not litter darkitetal,
lure is Uoundless. its obligations through the; the lustre of the whole is dimmed'. SW any
unexplored pathway of advancement will be enentryinen need auy newnesss dell such a
limitless Its dUralliess. Hence a sound and cos- i cautatriiphe ii not to overtake them while I
prehensise policy child embrace not less the j pOlll/1401% the power to stay it It is .with ate
distant iiiture , ilisti the urgent present. ;1111 earnest and vital belie f Mot as the Union
The great objeets of our pursuit as a people' has been the source under Pmvidenee (Ow
are hest to be maintained by peace, and ore en. i prosperity to this time, so ii is a ;ledge ;
tirely consistent with the tranquility and inter- continunnee of the blesaing* we 'gave ere
eats of the rest of mankind. With the neigh• jnyed, and which we are sacredly Mond zu
boring nations upon our continent we should tranitnit undiminished to our children.
cultivate kindly and fraternal relations.
We can desire nothing in regard to them so
much ns to see them consolidate their strength.
and pursue the paths of prosperity and happi
ness. If in the course of their growth we
should open new channel, of trade end create
additional facilities for friendly intercourse. the
benefits realised will lie equal and mutual.
Of the complicated European systems of na
tional policy we have heieutfore been indepen
dent. From their wars, their tumults and anx
ieties we have been happily almost entirely ex
empt. Whilst theseare confined to the nations
which gave them existence, and within their
jurisdiction, they cannot affect us except ns
they appeal to our sympathies in the cause of
Kaman •freedoin and universal advancement.
and on every soil where our enterprise may
rightfully seek the protection of our flag. Amer
iion citizenship is an inviolable panoply for
the security of American rights. And in this
oonnectlon it can hardly be necessary to wear.
firm a principle which should now be regarded
as fundamental. Tim rights, security and re.
pose of this confederacy reject the ides of in
terference or oolonization on this side of the
ocean by any foreign power, beyond pOwitent
jurisdiction, as utterly inadmissible.
The opportunities of observation furnished
by my brief experience as a soldier, confirmed
in my own , nine the opinion entertained and
acted upon by others, from the formetion of the
Government, that the maintenance of large
standing armies in our country would be not
only dangerous but unnecessary. The' also
illustrated the importance--1 might well say
the absolute necessity—of the military science
and practical skill whieh has made your army
what it is, under the discipline arid instruction
of officers not more Ilistingqished thr their solid
attainments, gallantry and devotion to the pub
lic service, than for unobtrusive bearing and
litei moral ton&
' The spy, as organised, must be the nucleus
around frhick, in every time of -need, the
strength of your military power, (the sureithl•
wark of your defence,) a national militia. rosy
be readily f p to a well disciplined and
efficient urgent ' And tie skill and self.
ilk ,
devotion of the lly inure you that you may
take the performance of the put as a pledge fur
the future, and may confidently expect that thO
Bag which has wavering untarnished folds over
every sea, will still float in undiminished honor.
But these, like twiny oillikrsubjects, will be
appropriately brougt at a Allure time to Uko at.
tention of the co-ordinate brenehes of thy
ernment, to which 1 gill always look . with
profound respect and With trustful confidence
that they will aoslird to me the aid and support
which I shall too mock need, a blob their
experience and wisdom will rigenggest.
.. ,
In the administration. 0 f domestic Ohl to You
expect a IF tai • integrity in the public ear.
?Woo sat observance of rigid 'economy in
observance
ell depot* to, so marked as never Justly to be
Au *aeti.....,.11.4114 reasonable expatiation be
not . I Betillly confess that one .of, y'
lOodko ' harmed to dleappplatmeat; and
as
tint In. a very huportant particular
milk molt in a humiliating fititurts Olacce
:wasp SL.
'rho held of calm and free disauseion in oar
oven country in open. end Will always be pu.
but lIVVer has been, and never can be traversed
for good in a spirit oh sectionnliemond. un
charitableness. The founders of the - 141xublie
dealt with Hinge as they were preeemed to
them, in a spirit of selfeacrificing • partialitie s
and, ss time has proved, with a ecomprehenaive
wisdom which it will alweya hmele-for uts to
commit. Every measure tending to strengthen
Atm fraternal feelings of all the mensbereatotte
Union has bad my heartfelt apprutentonT 'Vo
every theory of society or governs:writ. *hethr
the offspring of feverish ambition or of mortild
enthusiasm, calculated to disselve the hinds of
law end affection which unite us. 1 shitil•luter
pose a ready and stern resistance. -
I believe that involuntary servitude, asrk
exists in different States of tilts Uutatirrinej.
is recognised by the Constituting. I behove
that it stands like any other adistitted riglit,end
that the States where it exists any entitleo 1,1
efficient remedies to enforce the conetimilonst
provision, I hold that the laws bf Il3.so.'eratt.
wonky nailed the compromise monsores. e ve
atrlellp isomaltutional, and tete ttniteaitating
ly curried Into effete. I believe lust the con.
"timed authorities of this pisteblir are, boultd
tettnigraid tie rights of tit+ in this 100,1 W,"
eft they would vie any °the. I .lffil mid"""
stitutional right, tiWthat tbe laws in satfhirre
them should toe Repeated and obeyed, nut with
a reluctance encouraged by alsetreet unionists
as to their propriety in a diffeget Chute crimson.-
ty, but cheerfully and accerding in Ow tilt' '-
ions of the tribunal to which Bleb expatiation
belongs. Such have helm and ate my einume
done; and upon them I shall act. I &Pliantly
hope that the question it at rein, and anal Ito
sectional, or ambitions, or huratient exeliement
may again threaten the durability of our itodi.
moons or obscure the ligbtad Our prodpeatty.
But lit not the foundation of oar hope net
upon man's wisdom. It wilt Ont beettilicient
that sections! prejudices Intl no plans itt the
public deliberations. It ii ifl nut be
that the malt counsels or human legation are
,rejected. limiest be felt that there is no pi
tional security lint in the natimie hnrattle. se
knowledged drprodroce upon God end Me
overruling Providence.
We have been carried in safety through a
perilous crisis. • Wise eiiiinsels. like titose
• Melt gave its the constitution, prevailed to
Phold it. Let the' period he remembered se
autonteaeragetrent in atiy archon of the Union
to mike experimants, whewt*experintenta are
frpaght with each fearful haserd.
Let it be •Impterated upon ell hearts. &at
limmtiftil as out fabric bliceo earthly power OW
wisdom could ever• reunite its broken Crag
mints. Standing inie . :l do, Monism within view
of the pool_ slopes 01' Monticello. and as It
were within result of the tomb or Washington,
with ail the cherished tneinoriett of the poet
gatheri n g around me, like eu many eloquent
voices of exhortation from heave*, I me 111%•
press no better hope for to country titan that
the kind Providence which sallied opt: 4 T
Babes (nay enable their thlliiree tit' pr
the Irlosidage they have Inherited.