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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA.
SPEECH OF MR. CLAY
On the Resolution proposing to suspend
diplomatic intercourse with Austria.
DELIVERED JANUARY 7, 1850,
?it . .. The appeal, sir, which was made the
:, -, •-f3-•,,, ' .other day by the honorable Senator from
r : Michigan [Mr. Cass] to me, to aid him in
>,.....;::. sustaining the proposition which ho had
4%.,_ thought proper to submit, entitles him, from
W' '. the great respect I bear him, arising from
.
1 : ' the long acquaintance that has subsisted
~.t , '', ' ' ' between us, to a response. My worthy
0: . friend expressed a very confident expects
ir . Lion that I would succor him and support
k" the resolution that he has submitted on
't
tbiS occasion.
? : The honorable Senator from Michigan
• was pleased to express, in very confident
~.. :, tangunge, his expectation of my support
ri. on this occasion. He expressed in still
`.:, • stronger language his confident anticipa
, tier of the support of the American pea
`` pie ; and he will excuse me fcr saying that,
V . '• there being these two sources of gratifies
,
IT: tion to him, I think the latter will be ad
milted to be much more agreeable to him
than the former—much more available
12 .. than the gratification to be afforded by any
aid or assistance that I could render in the
• passage of the resolution that he has pro
kf,.z. posed,
Sir, the preposition which ho has sub
mitted to us fbr consideration, whether in
its original form or upon the amendment
whieth is proposed to it, is a grove and se
rious proposition, as all propositions are
that are connected with the foreign affairs
Of this country. The proposition is, that
the Committee on Foreign AfThirs be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of
suspending diplomatic relations with Aus
tria. The worthy member in front of me
Dlr. Max] proposes to comprehend Rus.
sia also. It proposes the inquiries not
merely in reference to any representatives
of this country in Austria, nor in respect
to any representatives of Austria in this
country. It proposes not the recall of a
Minister of our own, but it accomplishes
not only his recall, but the sending out of
the country the minister of Austria who is
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Sir, it is very true it is put in the shape
of an inquiry; and v by was it put in that
shape? It is not like the ord'nary case
of a private or local matter, in which the
4 Senate cannot be presumed to be in pos
session of a!! facts connected with the
case—in which it may be expedient, in or
.der to ascertain them, to refbr the matter
to a committee for investigation, and have
a report made by that committee to the
Senate. All the facts upon which the
honorable Senator bases his proposition
are, in their. nature, historical. They re
late'to the-War conducted by Austria a
gainst Hungary; to the rights of Hunga
ry as an independent and integral port on
of that empire, to the manner in which
the war was conducted, to the manner in
the F.:nisi:4lr nt-3 have been inflicted
-Upon thcae v.lto ur.rorttinately fell within
the power of Austri:!,, Alt the:,; sir, arc
n „tors of an historical nature not requi
ring the investigation of a committee.-1
They are known to the Senate; and it is,
my humble opinion that the proposition
which is now before us ought to be presen
ted as if it were a direct and positive re
quiremcnt of the suspension of diplomatic
intercourse with Austria. Sir, I have
great confidence in the members of the
committee to which it is proposed to ad
dross this inquiry; I should have been ex
tremely glad to have heard from my hon
- ()rabic friend from Alabama, and to have
known whether, in his mature and expo.-
riencedjudg,ment, in the superior know!.
edge of all matters connected with our for
eign relationa, the proposition now under
consideration does or does not meet his ap
; probation. I should b© greatly disappoin
ted if he had given it any previous, or
would bestow upon it any subsequent con
currence. But, sir, though I have the
greatest confidence in him and the other
_. gentlemen of the committee, I think he
will concur with me in supposing that it
is-not a fit • sebject of inquiry by n com
mittee. The:facts are undone! ; they arc
historical; they are known to . the whole
world, and we are just as much prepared
now to say whether diplorriatic intercourse
should be suspended with Austria & Rus
sia--for Russia, too, is named—as we
Shall be after the • most elaborate report
that can be prepared; after the most lobo
rious researdh by the Committee of For-,
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Sir, I 'think that the question • ought to
be treated as - if it were a direct proposition
to suspend diplomatic intercourse with the
Power indicated in the original resolution.
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struck with the want of sympathy . between
• the premises. , nnd conclusion of the honor
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the premises of 'the honorable Senator;
but what was his conclusion? It was re
, (pliring the recall of a little charge d'af.
fairs that we happen to have at Vienna.—
Why, the natural conclusion would be to
declare war immediately against Austria,
if she had committed such enormities; tho'
from the impossibility of coming in con
, tact with her, this recourse might be dn.
cult of accomplishment. But, sir, there is
another mode that is much more congeal
-1
al, much more compatible with the course
we ought to take. The exiles from suf.
fering and bleeding Hungary are now
scattered through all quarters of the globe;
some have reached our hospitable shores,
some aro now wending their say hither,
and many are scattered throughout Eu
roope. Let the honorable 1-.ienator bring
forward some original plan for affording
succor and relief to the exiles of Hungary
—something that shall be worthy of their
acceptance, and the besto%l lag of which
upon a brave and generous people shall
do honor to a country which is the asylum ,
of the wretched and oppressed of all guar-
ters of the world—something that shall be
worthy of tl e acceptance of the gallantry
and patriotism with which those exiles
fought in defence of flair awn country.— 1
When the honorable Senator shall have!
done this, he may call Ln me and call not
in vain, for succor and support in behalf off
a proposition such as I have indicated.
Why, sir, great is the, incongruity be
tween
the pr'emises of the honorable Sena-
to'r and his conclusion. To recall our ,
charge d'afibirs ! Sir, I think instead off
pursuing that course, by N 5 hiCh V, c shall I
close the door of intercourse with Austria,
by which we shall gain nothing in behalf
of the suffering Hungarians, and the suf
fering exiles from Hungary; a very dif
ferent course, indeed, would have been
one that ought to have been suggested by
the honorable Senator. Instead of sus
pending our diplomatic intercourse, I would
have sent from this country some eminent
and distinguished and enlightened citizen,
some one who possessed the confidence of
the country—the honorable Senator him
self would have been a very suitable rep.
resentative on such an interesting occa
sion—l would have sent him to the Court
of Austiia, to plead the noble cause of the
Hungarians ; and if she would not open
her ears to the dictates of humanity, which
might be infused into her through an a
gent such as I have described, I would
have instructed him to remonstrate in the
name of suffering humanity—in the name
of Christianity—to rebuke her for her in
humanity.
The honorable Senator, among the oth
er do .umeuts which he adduced on the oc
casion of the interesting address, referred
to what had been proposed by eighty-three
members of the British Parliament to Lord
John Russell and to Lord Palmerston.--
What did they propose? To stop inter.
course—to deny to the British Govern
ment any access to Austria—to recall in
a moment of resentment and passion, the
minister who represented them at the Court
of Vienna ? No, sir, no. The requisi
tion of these members of the British Par
liament, consisting of Lords and Com
mons, was that Austria should settle the
question between herself and Hungary up.
on some grounds that would be satisiacto
ry to both—to suspend the atrocious exe
cutions of the victims that had fallen into
their power. In short, the course propos
ed by the eighty-three members of the
British Parliament was to keep open the
door, and not to suspend all intercourse'
with Austria. But, sir, to look a little
further into this subject, we naturally in
quire, what is the object• of a foreign min
ister The honorable Senator from Mich
igan does not propose, as some of the wri
ters in the beginning of this century did,
to do away with ambassadors altogether,
regarding them only as a sort of privileg.
ed spy ih a foreign country. He does not
contend that there is no occasion, under
certain circumstances, of maintaining in-!
torcourse with Austria. He puts it on
none of these grounds. He puts it on the
sole ground of Austrian tyranny—Austri
an excesses—Austrian butchery—Austri
an disregard of Hungarian liberty.. What
sir, do we send a minister for the sake of
the country to which the minister is depu
ted? I take it to be for American inter
est-that he goes and. resides abroad • that
it is to take care of our commercial affairs;
to take care ofour seamen; to see that the
treaties existing between those countries
Mid ours are faithfully observed and exe
cuted. These are some ofthe duties that,
appertain to a foreign minister. We are
asked, then, by the honorable, Senator
from Michigan, by way of punishing Aus
tria for her harshness and ill-usage tow
ards the Hungarians, to punish oursaves,
to deprive our merchants and the SailerS
of country of what benefits Might re
doend froM having a minister resident at
Vienna. ; • •
Sir, my, worthy, friend from' Michigan,
among the' coriaiderations which 'he sc'em
cd to think entitled him to exiteet rnysup.'
liort,' did' me the' honor. to: cinote what!
had said on a farther 'occasion, 'and par;
ticularly:uponthe oCeasioif 'tarn proposition
Made 'by.* for the "recognition :of South
Arnericatfindependence;the:indetietidenee
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gentlemen seems to think that the course
which I marked out for myself - On that oc
casion necessarily calls upon me to co-op
erate with him upon this, Sir, what was
that .occasion? It was the bringing of a
nation into existence, or rather—for that
is putting it entirely in too presumptuous
a form—the object was to introduce into
the family of nations those who had been
gallantly and gloriously establishing their
independence. The proposition here is
not to introduce a new nation into the fam
ily of nations, but it is to blot out of exis.
tence a niitirgi, SO far as we can do it by a
withdrawal of our diplomatic intercourse
is'to blot out of existence, so far as
this suspension of intercourse can accom.
plish it, an ancient nation. MV effort on
that occasion was to send a minister a.
broad to recognize, to acknowledge the
Powers newly sprung into existence in
the Spanish dominions, on the coast of
South America. The proposition now
made is not to send a minister abroad at
all, but to bring a minister home.
there would ha\ e been some analogy be
tween the case in which 1 uttered the senti
ments
which the honorable Senator has
been pleased to quote anti the present, if
Hungary had maintained her independ
ence, if the I luagorians were still fighting
and struggling for their liberty; and I con-1
fess, that looking upon that stniggle, with
all the interest that could be felt by any
man in this Republic, I did hope that 1 lun
gory would have been able to maintain
herself throughout the past year; and if she
had done so, I believe that the sympathies
of Europe and of the world would have
Leen so excited in her behalf as, perhaps
to have obtained fur her some more sub
stantial and advantageous succor and aid
than that of calling from the Court ofAus.
trin n charge &affairs whom we have sent
there.
Sir, tlitfortunately, owing to causes up
on which it is not necessary fur me to
dwelloome of them of a very painful na
lure—among which are the rges against
the commander•in-chief of the flungarian
army, which, if wcll•foundcd, must cover
him 11 , WI infamy—unfortunately, Hunga
ry fell suddenly, and to the surprise of tho
American world. She is subdued ; she is
crushed.
Now, if we adopt this resolution, I have
born curious In satisfy myself upon what
principle we can vindicate it. What prin
ciple does it involve 1 It involves the prin
ciple of assuming on the part of the Gov
ernment a right to pass judgment upon the
conduct of foreign Nu ers—a branch of
the subject that has been well treated by
the Senator which sits belbre me. [Mr.
HALE.] Have we Ti n y such power ? The
most extensive bearing of the principle in
volved in the resolution proposed by the
honorable Senator from Michigan assumes
the right, en the part of this nation, to pro
, nounce upon the conduct of all other na
tions, and to follow it up by some direct
action, such as suspending intercourse.—
We are directing at present the exercise
of that power towards a nation on account
of the manner in which they have conduc
ted a war, or of the manner in N 1 hkb they
hare treated the unfortunate prisoners who
were taken during the progress of that war.
But where is to he the limit? You begin
with war. You may extend the • same
principle of action to politics or religion—
to society or to social principles and habits.
The honorable Senator before me [Mr-
Hale] has spoken of the conduct of Rus
sia ; • and undoubtedly, as between Russia
and Austria, I consider Russia as the most
culpable. It is true, she had a pretext for
her interference. She was afraid of the
contagion of liberty in Hungary, lest it
might effect her coterminous possessions.
That was the pretext for her interference.
In the case however, of Austria, though I
think Hungary was right and Austria
wrong in respect to the cause and object of
the war, still there were relations existing
between Hungary and Austria which did
not exist between Hungary and Russia,
Russia's interference, then, was voluntary,
spontaneouS, uncalled for. She had no
such pretext or ground for it as Austria
had, in endeavoring to subjugate those
whom she was pleased to call rebellious
subjects : and yet the honorable Senator
has permitted Russia to pass—and by-the
by, allow me to gay that but for the inter
ference of Russia, Hungary would have
succeeded,. She had succeeded and would
eventually have triumphed in the struggle
with Austria. The honorable Senator,
instead of directing his proposition against
Russia, as 1 would have done, directs it
against Austria, the least offending power
of the two, and proposes to'pass Russia by
unnoticed ; but if' the principle contained
in o he proposition be tree,. we have a • right
to'examine into 'the 'condiiet of Russia and
into that amber na.tione.' Where, then,
is 'the limit? You may
.extend it to •the
inquisition... 'Have 'lvo 'not an equal right
to•say'tO Spain, unless you abolish' your
inquisition we Will suspend diplomatic in
tercourse with 'you? 7 The'lionotabie Seri
et& stated that 'he had. visited 'Constanti
nople twelve 'ychres ago, that he Saw - these
the present Sultiit suirdtitided''by'ull' the
priild,\penip,' and eircutiittances of Otieri=
tolibr64l: - 'Si-, the-honorable 'Seriatim' Went
telthat tinder distiiignished'auspi-
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ces. I would be glad to know whether
he saw any portion of the palace, or wheth
er he was limited to a sight of the young
prince who is now sitting upon the throne?
The Turki have very peculiar notions.-
1 know there are apartments in the palace
in which no vulgar foot has intruded;
which no vulgar eye has ever beheld.
Mr. CASS. I did not distinctly hear
the question of the honorable Senator.
Mr. CLAY. Thcquestion, was, wheth
er my worthy friend had visited certain
apartments of the palace of the Sultan?
Mr. CASS. The honorable Senator
will allow me to say that in that capacity
' I will yield to him. [Laughter.]
Mr. CLAY.. If I had been there—lf I
had been p!eeed in the advantageous cir
cumstances in which the honorable Sena
tor was placed, I' think it likely I should
have had an opportunity of inspecting ev
ery portion of the palace that I desired to
see. The honorable gentleman went the r‘l
not, in the capacity of a minister to that
Court, but he was then a minister at the
Court of France, and was conveyed in a
public vessel. I have no doubt, if he de
sired to do so, be. could have answered the
question which I wanted to put to him—
that is, how many wives has his young
friend, the Sultan? [Laughter.]
Mr. CASS. That is a question which
the honorable Senator from Kentucky is
doubtless much more capable of answer
ing than I am. [Renewed Laughter.]
c 'Mr. CLAY. I urn % erry sot try 1 can
not obtain a specific reply from the gen-
Homan. I have adverted to this to show
that if we adopt the principle which is em-
braced in the resolution of the honorable
Senator from Michigan, there is no limit
or restriction as to Ille extent to which we ,
nay go in our investigations of the coll.'
duct of foreign nations, and as to the ex
tent we may go in pronouncing jndgement
upon that conduct. We may say, in ref- ,
erence to Turke our religion tolerates!
polygamy ; unW you change your re-,
ligion, and your habits of social life, we
will cease all intercourse with you.—,
rj.l appeal to the gentleman to say,
—he limit, if we undertake to pro-
Ce judgement upon the conduct , f nu
ns, and to regulate our intercourse with
them according to the estimate that we
may form oftheir conduct 1
ilia I have spoken of the more broad
, and obVious tendeney of thit principle em
braced in the resolution. It contains one
that is, in my judgement, of a still more'
questionable nature, and that is, the as
sumption of the right of interferance in
the internal affairs of foreign nations.—'.
Now, sir, although Hungary was entitled,'
as an independant Government to direct
her domestic concerns, there nevertheless
existed a political connexion between i
I Ilutiff b ary and Austria. The House ofl
Hapshurg were the lawful sovcriegns, the
more especially as they were elected by
Hungary. A distinction should be drawn
betwr.en the case when a civil war exists
!in a fereign country and wlien the war !
1 lms terminated. The present is a very i
dilThrent case from that where a war is
still pending, t , nd where tEre is a govern.
I meat capable of exercising a SOVerign
power. There is a wide difference be.:
jtween the present case, and a case of that I
i l hid. Where a government exists, we
have a right to recognize that government.
and institute diplomatic relations with that!
government ; but the case ill which the,
honorable Senator invites us to interfere isl
a case where independence has been lost.
lie does not regret more than I do—no 1
one on earth regrets more than I do, that ,
the independence of Hungary has been
destroyed, has been crushed by a union of
Russian and Austrian power : laid, to use
the language of one of the documents re-
I ferred to by the honorable Senator, bloc.
ding at the feet of Russia, The war is at ,
an end ; Hungarian liberty is destroyed.—!
There is no Hungarian power that we can
recognize. We are called upon, then, by
, the honorable Senator to interfere with
, the government of the internal concerns
,oftt foreign nation—to interfere between
Austria and a portion of her empire ; and
we are called upon to do this, in direct
contradiction to the whole policy of this
government, first laid down by Washing.
ton and pursued by every successor he
has had down to the present day. And,
sir, if we were to permit ourselves to inter
fere in cases of this kind, whore, again I
ask, are we to stop ? Wby . should we not
interfere in behitlf of suffering Ireland ?
Why not interfere in behalf. of suffering
humanity wherever we may find it ?
Why not interfere in Atli the eases enumer
ated by the gentleman from New Hamp
shire, • and particularly in the case of
Roine,as"suggested by that honorable Sen
ator 7 I-do say, without meaning to 'die.
parage in:the 'slightest - 'tlegree Hungarian
valor, that in no quarter of the world, con
sidering the difference in numbers enga
ged 'in the contest between France and
Rome, ‘was , there:more' .gallaiitry itrid,he'.
roigna diSplayed, than:in the contest, •and
for , ti long time' a' doubtful contest, that was
ettitied'an 'by RoMe in-MO11I : 14th° ihVa
siOn of the'Freneh: . ''ll *ad taid"liy' the
erietniei otßotne'thatAe 'were diVided.
13tit every Manifestation,' '
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evidence, that reached : Me' . -,,,,,6t".
deriiithstrated that no 'Fe,
liIMIMIII
more firmly united in repelling the inva
sion ofan enemy than the people of Rome
in the establishment ofthnt revolution which
French power and French intervention
suppressed. Sir, if we are to become the
defenders of nations, the censurers of oth
er powers, I again ask the honorable Sen
ator where are we to stop, and why does
ho confine himself to Austria alone '1
Mr. President, the honorable Senator
admitted that he entertained an apprehen
sion that I was one of those stationary
politicians, who refuse to advance as the
age advances; one of those politicians, I
think his expression was, that stand still ;
that he was in favor of progress, of,which
the honorable Senator speaks. I should
like to hear a definition of it. Has pot
this nation progressed with most astonish
ing rapidity in point of population? Has
lit not far exceeded in this respect every
other natton in the world ? Has it not pro
,rested in commerce and manufactures?
Has it not increased in power with a rapi
dity greater than has ever been known be
fore in the case of tiny nation under the
Sun? What is the progress the hon6ra
ble Senator means 1 I am afraid that it
is not an internal progress he is in favor
of; for, whatever his own peculiar opin
ions may be, the school of which he is a
distingukhoti•disciple is opposed, as I un
derstand, to the improvement of cur mag
nifivem harbors and rivers, of our glen-,
ous watercourses throughout the country ;
I did not understand the doctrine of the
party to which the honorable Senator be
longs to be in progress on that point.—
They arc for arresting ''progress. Their
progress is backward in reference to these
mutters; not intentionally so, I admit, but
by the course of their policy they- carry
us buck to the colonial days, when we de
pended upon •Great Britain for everything
in the way of supplies that were necessary
to existance.
' What, then, is the progress which the
honorable Senator seems so desirous of
making 1 Ah, lam afraid it is the pro
gress in the foreign wars. 1 am afraid it
is the progress in foreign conquests—in
territorial aggrandizement. I urn afraid
it is progress as the disturbers of the pos
session of our noighbors throughout this
continent, and throughout the islands adja
cent to it. If that be the progress which
the honorable Senator wishes to effect, I
trust that it will be long before this coun
try engages in any such object as that ;
at least, at the expense of the peacablo
portion of the world.
Sir, the gentleman says—what we all
know—that this is a great country, vast
country ; great in fact, and will still be
1 1 greater in future, if we conduct things
with prudence, discretion and wisdom ;
but that every greatness draws after it
I great responsibilities, and those responsi
bilities should incline us to use the vast
powers with which we have been blessed !
by the kindness of Providence, so as to I
promote justice, so as to avoid unnecessa
ry wars, maintaining our own rights with
firmness, but invading the rights of no
others. We should be content with the al
most limitless extent of territory hich we
now possess, stretching from ocean to o
cean containing, millions upon millions of .
acres, as vet uninhabited.
Sir, if the progres which the honorable
Senator mans, is a progress to be accom
plished by foreign and foreign cL n
quest, and foreign territorial aggrandize
ments, 1 thank God that I beleng to the
party which is stationary, which is stand
ing still. if that is not his object, I would
like to know what he means by progress,
I should like to meet with a definition of
the kind of progress which he thinks is
desirable for this country to make.
Mr. President, I have risen late in the
evening, really intending to say much less
than I have said, and I must conclude by
expressing the hope that the Senate ofthe
United States, when they come to delib
erate seriously upon the consequences of
I the adoption of such a resolution as this,
will pause ; that they will not open a new
field of collision, terminating perhaps in
war, and exposing ourselves to the reac
tion of foreign Powers, who, m hen they
see us assuming to judge of their conduct,
will undertake in their turn tojudge of our
conduct. We ought to recollect that, with
the sole exception of France, whose condi
tion
is yet somewhat obscured in doubt and I
uncertainty as to the fate of a repuli&
which she has established, we stand the
leading Republic amidst all the powers of,
the earth, an example of a free Govern
ment,
and that wo should not venture to
give to other nations even a preteNt, much
less cause, to seperatd themselveA from us,
by undertaking to judge of their conduct,
and applying to them a rule according to
which we may denationalize 'nation offer
nation, according as their conduct may be
found to correspond with our notion, and
judgement of what is right and proper in
the administration of human affairs. Sir,
it doe S-not become us to take such-:peri
lous and unpeeessary grounds, and trust
that' we shalt not,adopt 'such a:course.—
I see no necessity for referring this'rase.
iutiOn to a committee... I think it won't'
bci unwise to adopt it, and I trust that
Senate will at once 'negatilia -the resolutioxi s ;
or if it should be )ieferred,Coofiding Iry tie .
sound 'judgertlent of iße
IB'aeniben• 33.
FATAL CABLIALTY. 4 —At Plymeitith, Mas.
sachuietts; on Saturday, four persons wore
drowned by breaking through the ice ore
pond. Two of them were boys, BainabaS
Churchill, aged 10, and Charles Bates; lo;
these wore skating, with 41 lad. narrissi •
Leach, When the, ice gave ,
cries brought Mr.; Asa Cook to theleiifti ; i , "'
He saved. Leach with great . difßatiltyily
could not get. out himself, laving (bp );
through the Mr. GeoigeP.' -- -
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The Upright Non of Boldness.
There is no being in the world for whoin
I feel a higher moral respect and admira
tion, than the upright man of bainess.--,
No, not for the philanthropist, the 'mission.
ary, or the martyr. I feel that I could
more easily be a martyr, than.a . man of
that lofty moral uprightness.. And let Alb
say yet more distinctly, that it is not for
the generous man that I feel Ihis.kind of
respect. Generosity seems to me a low
equality, a mere impulse, compared with
the lofty virtue I speak of. It is net the
man who distributes charities—who W.
stows magnificent donations: They mtiy
all fit) very well. I speak not to disparage
it. I wish there was more of it, and It
may all exist with a want of the trucylon
ty, unbending unrightness. That is - not
the man of whom I speak ; but it is he
who stands amidst all the interest' and
perilous exigencies of trade, firm, cairn,
disinterested and upright. It is the man
who can see another man's distress as
well as his own. It is the Irian whose
niind his own advantage does not blind for
an instant, who could sit a judge on a
question between himself and his neighbor,
just us safe as the purest magistrate upon
the bench of. justice.
Ah! how much richer than ermine"r
how far nobler than a man of magisterial
authority-4--how much .more awful thanthe
guarded,,,pomp of maksty, is that simple,
magnanimous and majestic truth. : -
CAMEL TREATMENT OF AN EMIGILiNt
WomAN—On the night of Friday, tho'llth
Jan., a female emigrant on hoard the Brit.
ish passenger ship David Cannon, named
Sarah McGuire, gave birth to a child,—
Next day the vessel rirei% el at quarantine,
where the passengers had all to pass tho
inspection of the Doctor. This poor Wo
man was forced on deck among tho rest,
and exposed to the cold. The result was
that she died that very day. Ber child:ii
still living. To aggravate the ease, - the
husband of the deceased came to Alio res
eel to look eller his wife, and was treated
very inhumanly, getting no satisfaction
whatever about her. We know not exact
ly who is the party to plamo in this trans
action, but it is a case that loudly calls for
searching inquiry on the part of the Com,
missioners of Emigration.--N. Y. Papa.
A ROIMEIt SHOT.—An attempt was mails
a short time since to rob Peter Sarnpsot/.
Mr. B. lives in Guyundotte, Va.; and . hiad
been on a collecting expedition 'at Se'veril
towns down the river, At Hrnittoti, Kk t ,
he procured a horse to go on to iltir ; litik,
ton. When he had proceeded bud fevl
miles, he was stopped by's couple of men,
who demanded his money. He immedi
ately drew a pistol, and fired at the fella*
who had hold of the bridle of his hOrse,
and the shot took effect, ns the man fell to
the ground. He fired two more shots,
which caused the other to fly, he *then
made his escape by putting spurs to his
horse. On the following wonting a hat
was found upon the spot, perforated just
above the brim, and it was stained with
blood, which leads to the suspicion that the
wearer was killed. The body had beeri
taken away by his companions.
Cincinnati Atlas,
DIST 2 ESn NO ACCIDENT. Mr: John
Richards, •superintendent of the Franklin
paper mill, at Richmond, Va., lost his life
under the following distressing circuiristan
c.c.s : Some irregularity of the water-Wheel
directing his attention in that. quarter, 'he
was in the act of stooping to examine into
the cause, when he lost his foothold, and
was precipitated upon the wheel and car
ried under it into the narrow space reser' ,
ved fon the passage of the -Vater. :The
body—being thus forced Into the norm*
aperture—choked off the water, and emit'.
ed the stoppage of the wheel. In this
dreadful'situation he remained crushed foI
some ten minutes before being releaSed,
which was done by cutting away portions
of the wheel, and in that way reaching bin
body. He lived a few minutes after the
occurmitee.
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