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u voIaTIME
• hltsry)lliagdalene.
1. s. zrr.
o the'halki:or the feast came the sinfni and
fair ; • •
118he'llettrd in the city that Jesus was there ;
Arnheeding• tho splendor that blazed on the
She silently knelt at the feet of the Lord.
The hair On her ibrehead so sad and so meek
Hung dark o'er the blushes that burned in her
And so woak and so lowly she , knelt in her
shame,
It seemed that her spirit had fled from her
'fiaine;
The frown and the murmur went round through
APxfu4. •
That 'one so Unhallowed should tread'in that
hall ;
Aed'abtao abici the poor 'Would be objects' more
• meet, • , •
For the wealth of the perfume she poured on
his feet.
Sheheard bather Saviour, she spokebid in sighs,
'And she ,dared not look up to, the heaven of
hip-eyes ,•
-And the hottears gushed forth with each heave
'While f ;lt r i l i7i to hissandals wore throbbingly
Pressed. '
In the sky, after tempest, as shineth the bow—
In the glance of the sunbeam as melteth the
snow,
He kinked 'on the lost one ; her sins aro for
given
And hfiry. went forth in the beauty of heaven
Hose to be Happy
'Dr. I.lall, in the Journal of health,
gives en account of 'his own life, with
the moral to be derived from it :
Reader, I have seen a great deal and
felt more ;I have talked and traveled, arid
enjoyed and suffered with a ll s orts of pen.
plo ; hive been on the tea, and in it, and
under it, have been laughed at, shot at,
qt4rielod - at, praised,' Idathed,• abused ;
have
,been blown at, and blown up; have
had much, and 'had little:--sn' much as to
enfey neittitig ;in little that I would have
enjoyed a crust of bread; because the ship
went to tlie bottom with everything in it,
loving Me to float to' n sand batik, and
then' again, I have wandered over the earth
andunden it, and through it, itS Caves and
thmgcons and "darkness, after' stalagmites
,and stalactites ; after specimens of black
rooks and white ones, 'blue stones and..
grey ; livetifor months nn desert islands
just for the purpose of picking up new
,shells ou the hcaelt, Which the tide of night
inuverifailedio leave behind it; in those by
,gene .days, .1. had the great requisites
,of.autonjoying -treveler, to wit: plenty of
time, :plenty cf patience, end plenty of
itioney, so if the concfr turned over and
'.smashed , up, I ,could. , afford to wait until
another could be had, or if the ship went
to -the -bottom instead of to its destined
port, 'twits psi the same to me, because it
I rvaient at one place I was at another, and
there was always some strange rock to
Mak at,- some queer 'dip' that set are calcu
hating how many horse power it required
to make that rock just - turn so, and all the
million inquiries which geology, astrono
my, concbology, and a -dozen other dry
names suggested, which not only had an
effect to keep me from fretting, but kept
me in an interesting humor ; well, iu all
these different situations, and as many
ninro, I have' found out, amongst others,
three things 7
let —That a. man out of money can't be
happy.
2nd.—That a man out of health can't be
happy'.
Sid.—That a man without a wife can't be
htiPPY•
Therefore, I have come to the conelu•
Mon that the best way to be happy is to
take care of your health, keep out of debt,
nod get a wife.
Anecdote of an American Mink
' ter.'
The Ailbitving ineittent occurred to one
of the American Ministers sent nut two
I;ars ago by Me. terra, to rPpresent the
bite(' elates' abroad. It was related to
Me only lately, by an ailache, who was
eneie end ear tviinens of it
'lll6 Minister, soon after his arrival at
: the court to which he wit. appointed, v s
invited io a diplomatic ttoirce. At these
apireei, no matter iii what part of Europe.
'. tha..langunge of etiquette is tile
Bui der' 'minister knoW hot few wertle of
'that language, and English' is: little
-spoken, he found "timid!' hi 'a very' 'a wk
,pottilien: • The arrival of the Eng
' bah' minister naturally gave him great re.
' btit tie this gentleman enuld not . spend
the:whole evening with lain. lie was soon
':obliged teeireuse ttiteself, - nod' leave our
'l4ltitster again to big* emberasement'.' 4s
:he was leaving, however; he'stithlettly.
'tirtietl_,_round,rut perceiving 'the C6 ln , B
iiiinister from and said; to' 'the A-
nteeioan Minister; . "oll; there ie Coutit:li.
akin r(tgaka;"~'tiglish 1" '
Thte wee a god-send for the gentleinen.
,
16' dilemtiiti, who Iminediately begged to
Whit'k
in convervitiati'Wittiihe' . gehtleman' olio
. i spoke itu rsiokl!er aliti only tongue. The
' tnoilve of ttivietredtiction note, being for i. - ,
,derstoott'by the 'conversation
iindiertninn .as folinme :
t . - Ctiunt 13,..—"Mais,voug parley Franca
r, . .
• Minieter--o!qnpock o "(Un pest—a lit
tle.)
ct-rtall 1" , •
• • •
.11 " T ot roc . (jean WAIN KIM—BOOM
Awe-said to . have , been invented by the
Oautrene. They, wore,at first, made 'out
,offeatitsr, afterwards •of brass and iron.
andwere . proof against both cut and .
It was from this that /tomer eall•
ed the' Greeks brnzenfooted.. Formerly
Alin:Reece a great foot was much esteem•
nett; ,and the
,length of the shoe.. in the
~fourteenth century, "'Pa a mark of distine.
trod. bites a ranee were two
feet and
_at half long ; those of a baron. two
;6 1 (41 thoi9pf s a knight, eigiow inchee
•ii9Ulirrt •
(h 911,4 ,ma n ar o the Dal of:the earth
g kkist 404, OA lIF Al "Fir.
,Youtbral ProrauitY.
. Wbile aiittle,boy,.,somo bin or seven
years of age, was paseing My house en his
way to school re cently, he Was' nodded by
some of the fatuity to be crying • with the
cold. _ Inquiry was made respecting his.
dross, which was found,to bo.nothing more
thin thin cotton Ile "was called
in and 'asked, "Why do you cry so, when
on your way to settee], my little man ?"
Answer : ..Cos Pee so ,dnre enld." And.
it is - no uncommon
. occurrence, to hear
children of his ago use much morn profane
espresSione. When this little boy was
toll it was wicked to use such language,
ho. looked .aurpnsed, .as though ,he had.
never been, told so before,; and, probably,
never had been. Profane parents are not
accustomed to rebuke their children for
ssearing. But, O. how painful in think .
of the multitudes of children in enlighten
ed and. Christianised Now Englapd, who
receive their first knowledge, of their Ma
ker and 'Preserver from Ilia oaths and
blasphemies of their fathers and mothers I
for it is a feet many .mothers swear!
As a little gill was reproved. in school
by her teacher for ming profane laoguago,
a few diys ago, -she e xcused herself by
saying, Tallier mid mother swear!"—
Yee, it is true that there are fathers and
mothers who swear. And what fathers
and mothers ! What instructors of the
rising generation I What teachers of
morals and religion ! "The. Lord will not
hold him guiltless that taketh his name in
vain."
iiiid - respectability — a re - salon'
found in company. The profane cannot
expect Co- be respected either by other's or
themselves '
and much les3 by their, Maker.
Debauched expressions are stieli indica
tions of mean, groveling, sordid minds.—
They aro the filthy, corrupt and corrupt
ing exhalations of a vicious heart. 'ffor
out of dip abundance of• the heart tho
mouth speahetli." . Ho who profanes the
name of Deity, shows thereby his eon
tempt of Him, his disregard of the feel
ings of -seaside persons, and his utter
heedleasneiks,of.his own character and fu
ture condition. Such a person is unfit
for any decent society, and unworthy of
trust and confidence: It Is an old pro.
verb—"lte diet will swear will lie, and ho
that will lie will steal." Profifbity and
scurrility aro to the mind
. what intemper
ance and licentiousness . aro to the body,
and a , profane person in a community
is like ono infected with tho plague, a
poisoner and ccrrupter of all whom ho
upP roaches.
"One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest." .. ,
Some persona are so filthy of mouth,
that even a pure word cannot escape their
lips without being contaminated by cor.
rapt companions. Sack persons usually
supply the want of good• common sense
with the want of decency, and the want
of a good reputation with the want of
shame and a sense of propriety. Their
praise is a reproach—their friendship a
deep pit—their entupassy a contagious,
deadly dipase—their end destruotior..
This infamous and COII/111011 practice of
cursing and swearing upon the most triv
jet occasions, and loading even common
conversation with oaths and blasphemies,
prevails shamefully with many, both old
and young, whri are pleased to think they
live in a tlristiatt laud, though they .think
not what a disgrace and harden they are
to it. Nor is this custom less ridiculous
than impious, as it is the only crime
hn
mao nature is capableof committing, which
neither proposes nor secu res either pleasure
or profit, either honor or praise. It is a
colt nteer work
„of Satan to aid him in in
sulting the mujesty of heaven.
"Of all the nauseous, complicated crimes,
Which most infect nod stigmatize the times,
There is none that can with impious oaths
compare,
Where vice and folly have an equal share."
Ootemon swearing argues in a man a
perpetual distrust of his own reputation
for voracity. and is a public ackeowledg
went to all who hear, him that ho thinks
himself to be so great a liar that his word
will not be believed without an oath.—
And still he labors under the disadvan
tage of making all deimet persons suppose
that he Iles when he swears. to the truth of
what he says.
Would that the conversation of all wcro
such that the young might find improve.
'tient in it, itistead.of a pernicious exam
ple—cuminan, modesty—the avd, regret
tue . n, civility—and Jehovah, compla•
concy I "But I say unto you, that every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give awouni thereof in tho day of jutig...
anat."— CongregalionalJournal.
'AND .TDERN . SWEItE 01AN:rd.1X
DAlts."--Viilaile excavating reretoly. fur
the *teller of a lieu building. in Burlington,
lowai the Workmen broke ;arched
vault, six leet ileve and ten feet square, hi
.which they fuinitieight hirniiin skeletons.
oach - of:whiCh, wilco Aittle over eight feet
l o ng.:. . The walla.of• the 'vault were ls bout
14 Itches thiek, well laid up wtth.cement
or indestructible' mortar:
THE IRON OF THE WORLD.—The
an
•nual production of crude iron throughout
4110 world is estimated at 6,000,000 tons.
Of this',
,Grest Britain produees 3,000,000,
France 750,000. Prussia 300.000. Austria
250,000, Belgium 200,000, Russia 200,.
000, Swedeu 150.000, the lesser Garman
States 100,000, the United States 750,000,
and other countries 300,000.
A very curious innanco of confusion
has taken place in Lumber street, on Ar•
bor Hill. A mother and hor daUghter
were both confined on tha same day each
having a son. In' the bustle of the mo
nlont both babies wcro placed in a Cradle;
and, to the confusion of the mothers, when
the youngsters were taken from the cradle.
they unable to tell which was the
coother'i 'end which was the daughter's
son—a matter which, oteourse. must ever
remain a mystery. Tho family is in great
distress over-the ittrair.--.Mbany ,
414 A l / 4 4. tr ., Refl..," 44,4 .`4.• .4 I.
GtET i rYS.4URG,'PA.., FRIDAY :
An Ancient Docutnent.
ICrAt a meeting of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society, held recently at. Phila.
delphia,Mare, E. Bvl ra presented
the annexed doettment, dated Jiily 7, 172,6,
exhibiting the , opinion of the woman
Friende;of that day in reference to the van'.
hies and follieewhich, it would appear. had
already began to prevail over the simplieiti
of that primitive time. having •'a weigh. ;
ty concern" for the wearers of hooped pot
tient); and low.neckc'l or bare-breasted
dresses, we "solidly recommend" them to,
rood thia,quaint epistle of their fair and
sensible sisters of 1726:
rrom. Women &jowls at the yearly
mooting held at Darlington the 21st of the
7th month, 1726.
To Women ffriends at the several quar
terly and monthly meetings .belonging to
the same, Greeting.
Dear and well beloved Sisters.
A weighty concern coming upon many
faithful ffriends at this meeting in relation
to divers *Milne liberties that am too fre
quently taken, by unto that walk among
us and are accounted of us ; we are Willing,
in the pure love of Truth which has met ,
°Ally visited our aced., tenderly to Cau
tion and advise our firiends against, those
things. which we think inconsistent with
our ancient Christian testimony of plain
ness in'appirel, etc., some of which wo
think,,proper to particularize.
A timmudest - -fasbion - oUhoop - ..
ed petticoats, or the imitation of. them,
either by something put into their petti-
coats to mako them set full, or wearing
more than is necessary, or any other luti•
tation whatsoever, which wo take to be a
branch springing from the same corrupt
root of pride. And also that none:of our
ffriends accustom themselves to wear their
Owns with superfluous folds behind,
but 'plain and decent ; nor: to go .without
apronst,nor to wear superfluous gaiters
or plaits • in . their caps or pinners, nor to
wear their headedrersed high balm ; nei
ther to cut or lay their hair no their fore
head or temples.
And thin ffriends be careful to avoid
wearing striped-shoes, or red or white heel
ed shoes or clogs ; or shoes trimmed with
gaudy colors.
Likewise, that all ffriends be careful to
avoid superfluity of furniture in their hous
es, and as touch as may be to refrain using
gaudy flowered or striped calicoes and
stuff..
And also that no ffriend usetloor Irrever
ent practice of taking snuff. or handing
snuffboxes one to another in Meeting..
Also that ffliends avoid the unnecessary
use.of fans in meetings lest it divert the
mind from the more inward and spiritual
exercise which all ought to be concerned
in
And Mao that ffriends do not aectr4torn
themselves to go with bare breasts or bare
necks.
There is likewise a tender concern upon
our minds to recommend unto all 'friends
the constant use of plain language, etc., be
ing a branch of our ancient Christian tes
timony, for which many of our worthy EI•
dens underwent deep auffering in their day,
us they likewise did because they could
.not give the common salutations by bow
ing and cringing the body, which we earn
estly desire friends may beeareful to avoid.
Aud we further tenderly advise and ex
hort that all ffrienda be careful to maintain
love and unity, and to watch against whis
peringS and evil eurnaisings one ngainst a-`
nether ; and 01 keep in humility. that noth
ing be done through strife awl vain glory ;
and that those who are concerned to take
an oversight . over the flock, do it not as
lords over God's heritage, but as servants
to the churches.
Dear sisters, these things we gelidly re
commend to your care-and notice, in a de
gree of that divine love Which bath gra•
eiousiy mitnifeso .itself for thii redemp
tion of a remnant from the vain conversa
tion, costont and fashions .that litre in the
world. that we Might be unto the Lord a
clinseti generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people, shorting
forth the praises of Him who bath called
'us °mot darkness into his marv.ellouslighi;
that we may all walk as children of the
light and of tho day, is tho earnest desire
of our souls.
We conclude with the fttlintntion or un•
f e igned ' l ore, your 'friend= nod sisters.
Signed on behalf and by *Mar of the
said meeting, by HANruta HILL.
TATTLE IlLns4mui von Elnsvnti.—Oth.
ern I),•sideilie aged ire leavinv the carpe of
earth for the rest and blessedness of heft,.
1.11 ; those who have. scarcely looked he.
yoild tl.tf roset: med. bnimilitry of• infsnuY,
whose eyes hive never been wei
of sorrnti nt sprit, whittle hearti have
niwer implied with dissminintment. Lit.
blossemsewho linger_lovingir fora f ew
brief yearn on the threshold or Time, b l j,
of wham we think, even while worship.,
ping their besvty And inneeenee, are pass.
sinraway !"—Selected..
We.litinor the eitivalrona deferenee: paid
to women. It evinces. not•only. respect In
virtue, and desire after pure affection, but
:that Our women are worthy of such re
epee!. Btit women were not made•Meie=
ly to win men into their societY. 'To be
.ompanions, they 'should be fitted
. to be
friends;' to rule.. hearts. they should - seCure
the approbation of minds. .
TRUE, AND Want.--I like very, well to
be told what to do by , those who are fond
of ,me; but never, to be told what not *to
(ft); and' the more lend they ate of me, the
lest; I like it. Becalm, when they tell me
whet to no, they give me an. opportunity
of pleasing them; but when they tell me
what not to do, it is a sign that l' have dis
pleased, or am likely displease.—Lan
clor.. -• " •
Trim Bermuda poutto - orolps said
,to
be very large, and two cargoes have al
y.lit or reached New York.
'a FREE!!
t
"FEteRLEI2IB
EVENING, , MAY s , 3% 1856.
all ilDharactek
Buller and , on
. , .
.. ,„
11::ir Wei extract frO the speeeb of Sitt
ator,Stannor, deliye' .on Monday lilt,
the passages doseribio Ilessrs. Butler and
Douglas, which the . ikalric Brooke, of
South Carolina sough to avenge in - the
. .
• •
Senate Chamber s by iteowaidly 'attack
upon Mr. S. .while in .positio n in Which
ho could not • defend lb
V 'self. 'lt will be
~ •
seen that though "ter n .severe, there is l
not osiogle vulgar pe.„. al allusion to M.
,
I be ßu e t n ler iu el a t i h is o
b utt t . s i t: II I .: : tpi „ i f o o n
ti. m b i g l '4:tibia:lavas) ,
• ' '
opprobrious.. opitheto.; Itioh, throughout
the (lobate, have I.mett.:4 Of 4 by Mr. But-,
ler and against , 0 who entertain
.
ftoe Soil notiono. Ho ~..different in this
respect. is. Mr. Su mne .from the black
guard Douglas. . It i
_.: T histruth—the
. .
"truth. well told"--,that'wininds.
..-. ,
My teak will be divi4 . under three
different heads—nrat. TO ?ma AGAINST
KANSAS, in its origin and tent; Sedond;
Mt 'APOLOGIES FOB. ' i t' . ' , 'Clint]: ; and
Thirdly, the TaUE ItiAll Y. ' ,
But, before entering,upi 'the argument,
I most say sommingtif ag . !end character,
particularly in response to hathas fallen .
from Senators who have re cid' themselvea .
to eminence on thisAloo In. champion
ship of human wrongs ; I can rho Sena
tor front South Carol:tie (. r.,Butler,) and ;
Alin.Sanator_frouLLlliiioitt. r. ..klughts),,
who though unlike as D . Quixote and
Sancho Panza, yei, like t IS Couple, .sally
forth together in.. the' ay °Amiga. 'The
Senator train South-Garoli a lias/ . :atd : ma.
ray books of chivelry...oed, , eliovos himself
a chivalrous knight, , wit sentiments of
honor and ,courage. -Of course ho hao
it chosen Mistreat; trr who 'lib his made
his vows, and who, thougl ugly to others:
is always lovely to him ; . nugh polluted
in the Alight . Ol , the -wiarld; r i
:01148ttiid 'his
sight-1 wean the' harbt •Slavery,.. For'
her is. tongue is always pro 1 tse iiv.winsis.ss- . .
Let her be impeached in el eater , ur any
. ... o .
pro . pouttn made to shut It r Out from the
'extension of ber 'waniontiol and no extra v.
evince of manner or bardil idd of ossertion,
is then too great for this ' raptor." . . .. . I
The frenzy id Don Qui ow, in hohalf
of his wench Duicinea del' übas°, is all`,
surrasso.l. The asserted ri kb, of Slaveiy,'
which shock equality of all 'tidti',lire cloak-.. 1
ed by a fantastic claim of eq alitY..
,If the
Slave Suites cannot enjoy n, r. in nioulto
ry o f ithq...great.lethers..of...TAßWlP..o-
misnames equality under the constitution
—in other words, the full pow 'iu tho ne-1
tionai territories to compel ft, low-men to 1
unpaid toil, to separate Imam and wife,
and to sell little children ac: he auction
block—then, Sir, ,rho . ohiyalfic Senator
will 'conduct the ,Stato of South Carolina
out niche Union I Deroirlinight I Ex.
elted Senator I A second INlcisus come for
a second Exodus I
But not ccutent with this poor menace,
which, we hay°, beau twice toldwits,".inoa
sured,". the Senator, in
. t6c; unres t r ained
eltivaliyinature,
of his haSitticlertokin to
apply opprobiotis Words tolliOs6 'who rill
for from' hint on' this flitor:l He calls thein
"sectional and - fanatical.;7, : . and oppo,i,'
Lion to the . usurpetioti ,to Hauges, he
,ile
moutices as"an unealoolatiig . fenutteism."
To Im'aure, these charges 'ill.greee if
originality. Micron siottitheik of truth ; but
the adviniturous Senator dies not it.so.lale.
He is . the uncompromixim,. unblushing
I representative, on. this floor of a flagrant :
sectional sm, which now domineers over
1 Our Repoblie, nod yet 'Tithe ledicious ig.
nomads of his own. positlottuneblo to see .
I himself as others see him.. s . sor with an . cf-'
frontery which even his white, head ought
not to pretest from rebultej_ be applies to
those hero who resist hi's'etelionaiism;•the
very epithet Which desigaltaihiniselC,.'
Tho men who strive' td bring back the '
, Government.to its original, policy, when'
Freedoru and not 'Slavery, was tiatiotial;
while , Slavery end not ,Freedom was two,.
tiotial, he arraigns Us SelliOniik This ' will ,
not do. It involveS' too gMat a perveraion
of tow. I tell that Sumter that it -is to
himself and to themrgaoisation" of which
he is the "committal adtsoate.." that this
epithot 'b e longs.. I now fasten it upon
tliem: . For myself,' leare little•for naniesi .
but since the question .htsa "been. raised
bore, I effirm that thoßtpublitem party of
tho Uniao.is in nu just scuseeedional,. but
wore then any other party, national i'anctr
ilia( it new goes forth to tlisltitlgo from the
high ;deceit of the Govermtent tho-tyrau.
nioal [motion:distil , of witch the'..S,stiator
from. Saudi Carolina is.osomfalie,utaddest
zaslots. ' ' , ..-.. .s •
To tho charge!' of faiMtidstel.ilitO reply.
Sir, f unitici-in is fouutl itt it.: ofithaissm ur ,
exaggeration 'of 'Opinion+, particularly oil
religious subjects ; but Mere tuity 'he a ht. .
oath:ism. for' evil: as. veil:
..ittrfor;gool.-- . -
Now,
..I`wiil not, deny t hat , t hero . pre . per
sees :a'aimig ue loviiig)ibeit y too well for
`thOit:liiiiiiitial goint, to 'faddish generation.
Sitolt: there 'May he. 'mil, for %the sake of I
their example, would thit them votes more !
;in ealhog , thein:Kent4ies'.' you cast con-
tamely upon, the nobb army' of martyrs,
from tlio'eadiest day (Ceti to - . thii hour; ..
upon the great tribune' of human rights,
.by4thont,life, liberty . and happiness on 1
carat hava berm securt,d; upon the long '
fiee - Of dureted patting whir, throughout
history, have truly loud their country ; i
and; upon ell, who, in table ; aspiration lor i
the kcneral good, °Min forgetfulness of i
self, have stood out bifore their ago, and i
gatheredhd into their Fuercius bosoms-the
shafts of tyranny ant wtoug, in order to 1
make a pathway fur tuth. . . . .
You discredit Lunar, when alone bo
nailed his artieles to. the door of tho church!'
ai Wittenburg, aud nen; to the Ituperba i
donriand '.01 , 11 to shothl retract, firmly ro- .
'piled, .'.Here .I . stand; I cannot do other- i
wise, so help me God l", You disoredit
Hompdon, whoa OM, ho refuied 'to pay
thole w shillings of nip-money,andshook ,
the throne of
.Clierle 1.--;., you 'discredit i
Milton, when', ami4t4‘productions of a
heartless Court', the lived on, the lofty
friend , of !liberty, above questions or sus.
"picion ' • you , discredit Russell and Sidney;
when, for the sake or their oountry, they
calmly turned from family and friends to
tread 'the 'narrow steps of the scaffold, ; you
; discredit the early founders of American
institutions, who preferred the hardships
of a wilderness,. surrounded by a savage
,foe, to Injustice on beds of ease ; you die
credit our later fathers, who, few in num
bers and weak in resoUrces, yet strong in
their cause, did not hesitate to brave the
mighty power of England, already encir
cling the globe with her morning drum
beats. Yes, sir, lf such ere the fanatics of
historY; accorditig to' the Senator. -
But. I tell that Senator that there are
characters badly eminent, of whose fanati- 1
vista; there can be no .question. Such
were 0 0 ancient Egyptians, who worship. '
ped divinities 'in brutish forms; tht Dru
ids who darkenod the forests of! oak:. in
whioli they'liied, by saeridoes of blood;,
the Mexicans, who,surrendered countless
victims, to the propitiation of their obscene
idols; the Spaniards, 'who, under Alva,
sought to 'force tho Inquisition 'uliou Rol.'
land. by'a tyrrntly kindred 'to that now
employed to force 'Slaoory,upon,Kansas;
and' such were the Mgerines, when in
golf.
onin conclave, a ft er listening , to a sp eech
not unlike that of the'Senator froth 'South
Carolina, they resolved to continue the
Slavery of whim 'Christians, and to extend
it to the countrymen 'of Washington
Aye, sir, extend id And , this same
dreary catalogyelaithihl history joust. re-_,
cord arwho now, in an aligh s i3gO
and in a lend of boasted Freditin, - sland upi
in perversion of the Constitution 'sod in
denial of immortal, truth, to fasten new,
BlitiCkei 9fin their --4ullow - man. If the
Senaior,wishCs no See fonatios,"let him leek
around among his own associates; let hini.
look ai ..! .
But .I have not done with' the Senator,
There id'Skon!4ey, mattlrrctiarAlled,by hum
or quo . ' coopequence that b e " interpolated
it film the speech "of the genet& from 'New
_fratdpShire, (Mr. Rahn) end else :annnon4
ced thittlebad prepared himself with it,
to take it. in - packet the waY., to
Boutoe, when ho expectedtp, address
Teeple of that 'community. .011 thiti aer
count, and for tho sak4 of truth. I - titep for
one momeht, arid tread-it to tho earth...»
.The North, according te the Senator, was
engaged in tho Olive trade. and helped to'
introduce slaves iuto Southertt'States;
-and 'this um/soluble feet' be proposed to
establish by ittatisdes, in stating *Mel:l.lli%
errors 'eurnassea'
his sentences in, LH bor.
Irtitlerth6lBliiikW tiktlireilanS - Viet r
may deal with hie ergument, . .
Pray, sir. IS the , acithOwledged turpitude+
of a departed generation to become an 'ex
ample forms? Am! yet, thesuggestian of
the Senator, it entitled to auy' considera
tion iu this disouv 4 ion, must, bare thi s ex
tent. I join my friend from New. Hemp
shire in thanking the Senator here South
Carolina for addocing"this instance; for it
gives mean opportunity to say' that; the
Northern merchant% with homes ,in Bos
ton, Bristol,,,Newport. Now,;.. York ,and
Philadelphia,. who ea tored , for Blardiy da
ring.theyeara of the slave frado, wore the
lineal progenitors of the Northern men;
with bodies' in these faucet, who lend
te moire's. to Slavery : ln, -,our day.; .and
,especially, that all. whether.Northor
who take pin. directly Or indirectly.- ` in
the cottipirady against Kan'atti, 'do but
continuo "'.`the. work of• tho alive traders
whitilryou condemn: •
14 is true, too true, ales l that our fath
ers were engaged in this truffle; but that
is ti) apology for it. And 'lit repelling
the nut Itority of this exaMple, I repel also
the trite 'argument founded on the! earlier
example of England. It is ttuo that, pur,
mother, country, at the peace of Utrecht,
extorted from Spain the Assionto Contract
securing tho, monopoly of the shire trade
'with tho Spanish Colonies, as the whole'
price of all the - blood .of great victories;
that she higgled at Aix la Chapelle for ttn
other lease of this oxelelire traffic; and
again tit the treaty of Madrid, clung to
ihe • wretched piracy. It is true that in
Ellis spirkthe power ,of the mother Country
was prostrated to the same base ends- ; in
her Americin Colonies, against iniliguant
protests from our fathers. All these,
thiogs•nuiv . rise up in judgment against
her. • 114 not follow - the Senator -front
South Carolina to do the very evil to ! day'l
which in another generation cod
deum
As the. Senator from South Carolina is
the Don Q.lisoie, the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Douglas) is the squire of Slavery, its
very Suictio Parma, reedy. to do .41: hi
humiliating OffielLi. The Scooter, in los
,hthorcd . address, rittdianiing,his labored
'report—Tiling , ono mass of elaborate error
'upn another tnass—Constrainedhimself,
us 3 , n u will' remember to unfamiliar de
eetioies of speech. ,Of ;het address I have
nothing, to say , at this moment; though be
fore I sti dewn I dila! show something of
its fnllaeies: flutl- go 'back , now to. an
earlier occasion when, trite to his native
impulses, hi, threw .h to this discussion;
.:for a charm of powerful trouble'," per
tonalities most discroditsble to this body.
I will not stop" to repel. the imPutations
which he cast upon myself, but I mention
them to remind you of the g.swaltered
venom Fleeping got," whielt, _with other
poisoned ingredients, he 'east into the caul
dron of this debate. Of other'things I
speak. Standing on this floor, the Sena.
for issued his nnuiript, requiring subtnis.
Kim, to the usurped power of Kansas ; and
this was accompanied by a manner—all
his own--4uch es beat the -tyraniaal
threat.
Very well. Let the Senator try. 1 tall
bias nor that he oannat enforce any such
submission. The Senator, with the Slave
Power at his back, is strong. but he is not
strong enough ,for this pus e." He is
bold. He shrinks from nothing. ;Like
Denton, ho may cry; ol'audate 1 loujofirf
taudace I" But even his audacity can
not compass ibis work. The Senator cop
ies the British ()Moor, who With bosstful
swagger,
,said that 'Atli the hilt of his
sword he *oak Cram the 'ostainp*". damn
'the thioats of the .A.merican people, -and
ho will meet: risithilar failtiret. He may
convulse this country with civil feud.—
Like the ancient madman, he may set fire
to this vast temple of Constitutional Lib
erty, grander than Epherlan
. dome; but
he cannot enforce obedience to that tyran.
ical usurpation.
The Senator dreams that he can subdue
the North. He disclaims the open threat,
but his conduct still implies it. How lit.
tie that Senator !ports himself, or the
strength of,the elms° which lie persecutes
lio is but a mortal man; against him is
an immortal principle. With finite pow
er he' wrestles with the infinite, and ho
must fall. Against him are stronger bat
trillions than any marshaled by mortal
arm—the inbornoneradieuble, invincible
sentiments of tho human heart; against
him ip,na a iure , ip all her subtle forces; a
painat him is HMI. Let him try to sub-
due these. • '‘
Mr. Clay on tilarritryln the Terri.
torlesi.•
We gave a few days agent: extract from
A . speoch,of Mr. Webster, to allow 'that in
his opinion elavery was a local institution,
and existed solely by municipal law. It
required a positive enretment to make a
human, 'Ming a chattel, while the Fredoss
of men rests on natural'and inalienable
righis. Below ore take an extract from a
speed! . of Mr. Clay; 'tielivered •so -late -as
1850, Which forcibly argues that slavery
.not' extended to tho territories of tlie
United States by the the constitution, and
cannot therefore be legally introduced in
eueb territories ; • ,
%lin my-opinion therefore, the supposi
tion that the Conatitution of the United
Statet'sarriei > Shivery into. California,
supposing her not to be a State, it an as
sun/Nino totally:ln:lmre toted y the Con
siitutiun. Why, if the Coiistitution
,gave
the privilege, it would be incompetent for
'California to adopt the provntion which she
has in 'her Constitutiou. The Constitu
lion -of-the linited States, being supreme,
no State could pass , all ettactineut in con.
iiavention of the Conititution. My rules
of interpreting the Constitution of the
United States are the good oldrules 'of 'BB
and '99. I have,never in my life devia
ted front those rules; and what aro they?
'pheCenstitution is en aggregate of coded
powers:, No pewee is granted except when
trirroretyfyetegatett - orstrheni - it IV ha:.
pessary arid:proper to-earry it into effect
Its a delegated power ; and if in aoy in
stance the power to carry• slaves into the
territories is guaranteed to you by the
Constitution, or is an incident necessary
to the currying out of any other power
that is delegated-in the Constitution, I have
been unable to perceive it'unlidst all , the
vicissitudea of public: life and amidst all
the ehangei and Coins of party. I never
in thy life' deviated 'from them great fun
datintatal,' and I think:indisputably: true
prineiplesof interpreting the Cnnatitution
of the United States.. Take these princi
ples to bo tine, and where is the power
Can any betty point out'to lila ?. What
gives yen the right to carry your slaves to
California ? ' 'Wham is the delegsted pow
er. to•which it a:Molten as necessary
caries ? It is no where to be found. You
must resort to 801110J1UOil genera principle
us the •Federalists did it; the , early hi ;tory
of this,country, when they contended for
the,doctrine of general welfare. But you
tenant put,your finger upon any part of the
Constitutien which conveys die right or
the potfer to carry &eves front,onoof the
States of the Union to, any territory of the
United States. Mr., President, you will
remark that lam - expessing opinion
upon the power. the Constitutional right.
I do not go into the question of how the
powers of Goveroment are to be exercised
or applied in the bourse of administration.
That is a.dtfferent question. am argu
ing the question, of : Constitntional Power.
Nor, sir. can I admit fee a sir•glo motnent,
that there is ally separate or distitiet right
upon the part of Steles or indiiidual mem.
hers of the State. or r anr portion of the
polite of the United Siates, to tarry sla yes
into the territories, under the idea that
those territories are hold in cent:nun be
tween the several States." '
i
Slavery is now in Kansas, rind it s there
under the assumption that the 'Constitu:
•
tibn carries it there and protects it. This
is the doctrine of the Pierce party. It is
dbetrine fraught with'dangor, and Sub.
. . .
verstve of the !thirty secure to winch the
Constitution ttiandepted. it not Isar-
Is
prising that soine - old Whigs, Who revere
the memory of Webster 1114 d Clay, are slit
.
Ming with the men 'who. slandered them
when alive. Ind repudiated their doctrines
when dead ?
, . .
' ' QUANTITY,' , or' Sun YETI itCRE...-Of
timothy seed we would advise half* bush
el.tin-acre on strong land. - in England, a
bushel is sometimes sown. In tbis count
try, four quarts are considered by some
quite sufficient. But recollect. ifyon sow
gram you, will grow gross. If you sow
weeds you will only have weeds' for a crop.
Which is ,most profitable t Timothy
sown in Mareh will make a better crop than
if sown later. We have seenit big enough
to ntav4in September. It is better to let
'it stand uncut. Wei have seen good tim
othy crops , grown from seed sown upon
the mien! in. February anti March, over a
wheat field. This is a very good plan
whore the sowing has been neglected in
the
. Full. or when the ;onus plants have
been killed by drotight.
A HINT:-11 your flat irons are rongh
and smoky, lay a little fine salt on a flat
surfacti and rub Item well ; it will pre
rank them from sticking to any thing
starched and make them smoo4t.
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INDIBEE, 6,
Kunnas Investlgatkay.
MS'We give below a aynopeid,of.ayon.
tion of slie testimony taken before' tha
Congressional Investigating "Jmnraitte.—,
lc trill be Been that the worst litanies •fiairt
bean confirmed, What giya,•• additional
force to this testimony as that it comes
generally from pro-slavery reelt: Some of
the must darning evidence of firituf.'olitrage
and crime, are testified lolly:men who
had moved into the territory from 3lissou
ri, and who in many cases were personally
acquainted witlt'the ruffians,. who were; in
their invasion's, thus flinging contempt'on
all law human end, divine. We carn-.
mend, the facie to the-Pierce Democracy.
They are comforting •
John Davidson, sworn—testified •thb,t
he came to Kat,sas from SEstiourl; that
I large bodies of Missourians came in hts
precinct at election ;said that under Judge
Douglei' Bill, they.liad as gond aright to
'vote as any body; said they V6 7- 0111(1 vote
or fight. '
John Day, sworn—Red Robison hid
large supplies of bacon, flour, whisky, eta..
in his house in Kansas as a sort 'of , Oct.
vision depot en avant, for. the insviling'
army which was expeeted on the day of
election ; testified to tho ahootlng by Mis.'
'counties at two Flee Statemens named
Stearns end Bond.'
TholllllB Breese—testified that he was
from Missouri and was in favor of making
Kansas a slave State; testified theta free
State man named Farley, had been driv.
en trOm his own house; burned it dowia
andhis family turned out of doors; !aid
the men who "done it" were all from
Missouri but two. McKenny. a
slAve," corroborated the above.
' Gov. Robison testified to all the facts
in relation to the siege of Lawrence and.
the repeated invasions_ Of die Territory
just as doi have reached us before.'
• Perry
. Fuller testified that at the March'.
electiott, 1855, out of 180 persona
whose names were on the. poll •book
having voted 'in the IV. District, 'only 26
Were residenta at the time.
Oil the of May. the Commission
rpm mil Lawrence to. Tecumseh,
and the 'first witnebi brought' forward
Was James Recd, who testified to the fitont
Of the Inastion and produced his poll-books
With the Moues and number•Of actual retti;'
dents as compared with those of . actuals
voters. As may be supposed the. latter
preponderated strangely.
• Mr._ Zunntermuo testified that.he Jeer,
fns) hi/ ' Territory from - Pun nf.
.Was judge in the election ; saw the polls
taken irassession of by men with hemp in
their button boles ; the men. were from
Al.ssouri ; saw the invaders pound an old
'man • and boy, till they were , bloody.--
Zimmerman refused to sign the certificate
detection. • • -
J. F. Marriott tetified that there were
300 strangers at Tecumseh who voted ea
blotch 30. 1855.
B. A. Stephene saw the polls invaded
at Kickapuo by 25 men from Platte goon..
ty, under the command of , that noble
Democrat, Stringfellow., Stephens • had
heen.driven from. his home and elaira
in, Kiekpoo, and 'dare not go back.--
"Why dare you not" asked Mr. !AA
field, 'tlleustise I am a, Free Slate ~ mac"
was the reply. To this same effect, both
u regards the invasion ef the polls and.
outrages upon all persons whom these saw.
ages from Almond saw fit to call "about.
Mows," was tl:e tertimony of Messrs.
!blights, Johnenn. Moore, %Vestfall, Ar •
-
thur.Stewart and others,
The St. Louie Democrat gives volum.-
inous reports of the testimony 'introduced
the,Congressiotial Comminee. it(
fiof
is general v con rinntory whet we•
.
have already published, and but few new
points are made. A full history is given.
of the difficulties which' occurred while ,
Lawrence wait in a state, of siege ; and_
proof is , introduced to.show the affiliation•
that then existed between. Sheriff Jcines.
end Gov. Shannon. • '.'
Otte of the withesseistated he was one.
of a parte sent nitt 'by the -fijitieachusetto
.. .
Aid Society, but thatno questio n were ,
asked-about his politics beiore starting;:
and that the only advantage he received;
trout the Society, was getting his passage:
five dollars cheaper than he otherwise.
c.ould. have done. We add a few fat-
Ater extracts' from the testimony :
Letiii A, Prather, called and sworn,
.Come to,Frank lin 6th July, 1855, from bliss.
soini, was below Independence, Missouri,
in• September last, a body of men overtook
mo,ol whoa I asked, where areyou
They told me, they were from Salineactons
ty, Missouri, and were going to Kansas, Its
vote.. I saw them again near .Weetpert,
their ntimbera had increased,. blew they
voted, mod - near, the polls at ,Frank i litt.
and saty.tlisin.,. Debora we got to MAW
port DM a hemp• sm . & and hemp <rope
hanging out of one of the wagons, which.
they told me' was to hang the Abolitionists.
—with Is Robert Grant, he told • mo when,
he learned how much opposed 1 was. es,
their coming here to vote, 1 - should,be re
warded with the rope first if I did not leek.
out, they claimed the right to sow ceder
the acts of the Territorial Legislature *
there were about sixty, they - did not claim
to be citizens, I asked them particularly:
about one of them said, we hoe
claims is the Territory. atwitter seta ilia.
what is the use at telling thaislo r ..6o $
sou know we "'Talon% to Tote the*sorits
as we did on Ike aOth of Mareh. and Ut.
.turn,' they said they ,were going to 1111,
down Lawrence and Wide the 4soott tom*
into the lifer. they wanted to know whir
the Free 13tats men were,OM goiark,
vote op the atoms Joy as thoy: did* / NM
towered-that the Free t 3 tate pont sqossols
i 6 floe. Reeder on 'that Vic; y
said 00% 11 4 0: 1 0 ,
i„ Irr •ckr a. a, 141.-or.
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