•
ondef .
thi„,•11 41 0(,1410•01 riCt hO. OM ltit Utand' with
. pf he•- Sapretrie eon . the
their
' . .'.' • ittriedietion' sand set
. tip - .,e.elairn. to ~ fugitive
ha•t•shait''' 410 ii fine
of
'.,,•:•,.•..gtOOffitad - fifteen years': impri4onment.
nNl>iliorl:ri ;has enntinued'Urhil..tnifiti F
• . nt..tionest 'people' in'this s and•other laiuls
• : hitlie!! that !ltiveholding V! the` sin oe ales; the .
.-'eutnnfalli:_tiill'anies, let me: illustrate this' •by
an'incideat... in_ my own n . xperidnce.. • A few
eatal leek.from4he.eenter table of a MIAS
..
t lan tiMilY ri..BcPittatui • .tibena I had •he en
entertain .tt•Li re
'Anrierie,a;". .01 the .binek . lea f'
• • that; the had been be.;
„,:iliaVeadOnn•ene".•iCita,Children of the family
of dillieenee. in. nn instituttep .of
It'itt'plh..tiC.,•;.: The frcieti . cepieeeWas-aspicture of a
ttpailf.ai fierce: countenance beating , p
,naked.
eontents of the book :Were Pro
- • • compiled from the testimony nf Amer
. hpon the sill:jeCi of sin yery. • : •I dare • not
• *late in this pince the,•extracts
; It will be sufficient. •to
Isaj the(the•,..beolc asserts as undoubted' facts,
„ • banks' of . . the .Mississippi are.sfudiled
Withirrin the puriishment of slaves
•,tbgt, in qui city of Chrtrlestnn the. bloody
block Orr Which maiters • cut . ofF the hands of
.` dittibedierit ser,iinnts; May lie:leen An the pub
. • • liesiluarea; and that aim 'against- . .Chastitv ere
• • Common Ond.,uerstbuked in • professedly., Chris
' thin families.' • •
• ' Nowirimy lietirt.T did not
,feel angry etrthe
•author Of that hook, nor at tbe:Schnol teacher
who bestewett it urion hid/choler, ferAti
•tien eliatitY. I gave, them, charity for. htmelty in
•'. , the:Case;but standing, there a :stranger' among'
-the. vinirtir Memories nr
,eloticips land to
' . saltich•mv heart' haii:so often . inadeit ft: pilgrim'.
did feel that pm and OVPI y inarpin s
• kmeriCe.• was' wrnagrd by the rev iir of their
. , 'leave Inral, who' teach forrienors that hangir g
'• and off hapds,-nipleatieg "d'o'n rn, ate
• •chanieteri , lic'vif oer iffr and
. mann'er:.. •
• ; Bu tar p
t r eed : not go to for'eignlands for . proof
• thet,;aboiitFirtirn' has it NV Irrinn. by
the langpage.rif 'abuse.' • Thu rntial : meeting
• of. 11; • American;
. ,the evidence to oor. Ivern .
cie
citetomed to latigh .et ven7l exhibit inns
• of
.fanatieism, ant thinking, 'Perhaps . that what
•• wet fun for its wati . working death ..
to our brethl
• ••• 'yen whole property:at:4.separations :tv't -Ate
boatel to protect. The fart. is,' we. ha ve •sp ff r
, ,ed a fire to be'buili oitrraidsr• wiaise sparks
• hive •been icaltereddar 'n:pl wide, and - bniv .
*hen the smoke of- the ~roallaeration 'comes
. beck to • blind our eyes, c h it the hent'of, it
gigs - to: scorch 'oar in:lo'o6ld. end,
.coMmereinl
• ...interests, it Will not;.do. for tat to say thlit the
. utterances of that society : are ravings of a
fanatical and few; for the men
".• who compose it are honored in our midst Nei h
and offices. .• • •
• •• Its.PreSident is a Chief dustier: 'of the State
of, New Jers.;y. The , ift re re • who have
thrown•ptier its•doings'the sanction of our ho
ly religion are onoted and . magnified all over
; • ,the land-as the' representative men of ilfa•age;
• , 'and the man . who stood up in' deliberations
• in the'ysar iSti2 and exhausted the . ,voeabulary
• - of abuse upon the compromise •meastires', and
the greAt statesmen-who framedithem - , is now
ledge in our courts and. the guardinp of.our
• Diet: and our property. . ••. • '
It will doubtless be-said that miirrpresrnt ,
, • rifler: and abase hive not been . cot:pool, in the '
• ' , progress ef this unhappy env:fest', tathe .
• icknists.of the North: that. derriagogues and
. ' •aelfseekingltnee at the South have been 'yin
' lent and abusive,• end newspaners Trefessedly
in.the interest of the South','with a spirit which ,
... 'ran be characterized as little less
. 1
leali hive rverY'scandal in the most'
. 'iacravated and irritating form. Bet . suppose
' ell this to be granted—what then?, Can Chris
thin men juidify or palliate • the Wratliand. evil
' 'speaking • *bleb t hei r.' own doors - by
'..priinting•to ..whiek-they, have
. . provoked', from their • neiehhore? •- If I .were
• preaching to day 'to .Southern audience,. i t
, vrotild'be my, duty. and Utrest God would give •
. trie• grace to , perfornt .•iti•to tell them 'of their
sins in'this matter,' and esPecially would it he;
my: privilege. as a, •minister of the Gospel • of..
•. peacc--a•priVilegr •from,,which no falSe
. . of manhood sho u ld nre'venf exhOrt and
.• 'beseech' them as brethren. • li.would nssure
thein there aremultitades here who still cher
ish the memory of' the battle=fields - and coup-.
til-chambers where' Due; father:: cemented this
. .. Union of States,. and -_ who' still stand by the
compact of the constitution to the', eft - dust . ex•-
I Would tell the thousands Of Christ inn :
rnin
isters, iimong•whoin are some of 'the brightest
• .• ornaments of the . American apd the
- • , tehs of thoniandeor Chrfstian men and 'is-omen
•.
towards whom; whii'e the 1:01/8 dl Christ barns
in,me; my , heart can. never grove - cold. that - if
'they will only be.patient and hope to the, end,
all may yet-be righted. Therefore I
would.beseeel: then:print to pet it greargulf .he-•
tWeen:ns end car off fir very .opreirtanitylor
. teconiliation •nrioe, an honorable basis,l)3r• a
• reyolution whose end no luirrian:eye' , ean'see.,
130, then; I em tot preachine at the • • South.
stand here at one Of the main fnumairi heads •i'lf•
.. • the abase hrive ccinSplained of.•
•Istand• here to reduke'..thireeiti, and' exhort
parties to repent end forsake it. It •
' 'magnanimous. and Christlike'for those from
• whortythe firet. pi:avocet:On: Carrie to make•the
••;firet 'coneessioe. , • . . •
, .
• • . Tha:legialative • enactments which are in
• <lowan& acknowledged violation of the Con
. ittittitiori,'and• whose ' chief design is.to put a
•
stigma; upon isliiveholding,Mest and will be te.
• pealed. • Trtitffland justice will ultimately pre=
• • eailr y and Godhrbiessine . anff the ..blessings
gene,rationsi yet unborn will restimon that pay.
ty; id. this . unhappy .contesti - Who first' stand
forthlo utter, the, language of Conciliation arid.
preff . er.the olive branch of . ..Pe:ice.' The-great
• .: fe,er.is• that . the retraction come too Ante;
• hat sootier or' later it will come.. Abolition
,. to, end one -day • will ebange* the
mode Ol'its'werfare;and :adept a 'new. yoealm
.' in' the' liberty 'of the press and'
in'freedom of speech; bet I ,do not believn that
any: man.has a right•before God; or in theiiye
•
of civilized law torspeak publish Whet he
- • ,
'pleases without regard to,consequences.' -With
'the annselentimis eonvietions'af our &din* eit
.... neither We nor the law Sas .
right to
'.,,Ar.terferaf •but the law ought protect all men
Imnilh!mttatance of libellous • Words, whose
alleetisla create division and strife:, • I •
•,...;'„ : . , 4' • frusielt/id pray, and.call 'Olen yoti to. unite
with ma in !application that God .!Muld`give•
iepentance and iti . hetiet mind, .to
l,hat.siii,iiiineto•coitin they may at least- .. r1
„lettl e,tl;.%Pr . ..leciplesin decent and ! . respeCtful
hitiatYag, . . • <
111...;•--Ariorierierati:11Llielk9,•Ye,Bilp4ITIMP.6'• or
'pnopF:Ki TO triTßii.
• '
f4ri thug
J4P010( and will not be Mitr
: • _• ; ' l' do not Say:that abolitionism is
..I‘ . sre.als only - of tlie
the.s.tem n.c.jn ! lica . tdifin its 16,)%yi'd j riiici:
pleq.And;( . lornnsittited :froit'''‘••••
It l'ons.no . try Alavpry , by.the Ilib)e; Int. 76
rine 'Or 1 r e'c 7177 , ,
fr
ela.inti; it' •,•,trin .tbn . Bible by.. tbe InliiciPles . or
.he
I.lm t• tl:6;•trord. ol,Gnit must;
.be made to siniprrt , eer:tilin
utini) poi fit172:. ,) .T4:77 I.;:tray,
'not be sionlie.fi l d at 4 , 7:tinier . ..at inn on this' te,4ot,
let mee7inote from he: reeent',, w777:1;
. ; Barnesii rvAsciLie rest t
altoiyion !rwin •
4 , There:nre great principles in rniciiiittiirsas
whirii • faiiM , vrir be'set .
by . itii;y nitilthrity of a proresseir rcimiation.
abocilT claiming to' he • rev•platiOn•f root .God,
bynisk fair.interpretationolelended•filnviiry,. or
nhiced It on' til e same. basis•- as the Jet:Minn- of
lit:Shand and tVife, prerelif and child, •giiardiati
-and
not he received • bYlbe.,imlPS.:MS:Divinit
are - ,.earinblp of
Soilcing:herprr4tand what is to he oxpectrit in it
rovelation,- tie coCkiltrice's.ego,
svhich'iti mulliullnets liercsic's have hero liatebel.
i4 . 1h9 . -Piiilerys web •,tv-hich mom hat' , li
pit ()HI - lei: Mvolirtittis,' and clinzini tortvldeli.
they ludo at ternotrAl tO . -stvine over , tip• . yni'vn-'
ink riftyssot 'Alas liotv •itinni; hoVe
'fallen in and been to pliice!d • lirlien a.
.thati setsmithe great priiicipin nature:
•(bv tchih:•be nlways menus' his, own procou 7
e.eived 6111111011 g) .the snorerne- a tt•i;-
eVrio theliriv of. (3- , l :Wrist be ,tiir.ri
—iyhen n man S' , Vg the.- itbn
litinntem or f- will not - reecieti tin 10i.5 . a . 1: • .•
ready cot li : is. , (trim the sim
of faith.
Truil hilie6 says,, Lord,. thy -p-oft'rini • .
*hilts to hPar.'? ' Ab o nliiiiiiion says' .iSriettE
!ord. brit speak in nerinribirice:rwillt 'priffe,l•
theY . 'eantiotbie .rPciii
.ynd by thp.irilil mass 61- ns- a :Divimi
Ilevelm fruit of •Fitirti
.whit'jtrmnc.iplrs; is'
luht we: roiCht expA cr. • .Viii;
send . of nbiilitionirn bpon
.plehtlhibr rep .of ty ,
an;
lis:loievp:ost 114 •
pet hums:invaiinlrlt'd,rlinrii;;n.l ljeji 1110 tidy
. 61 frlallti . eS7l . tn, !hp - wit.rl: ni
.Clitlivl) tin 1 of
h^-4'lr:srliffpro , l .1 meati.tio'ilirm
art Ni'VV.EII.4I;IIIII-7-1 ,,1 he coral ITot•ii who
I dim c•• stand Ity,,t hr.:Mt.:Mot lan m v,arla and ens
tpipt"eitrileslly, for the- to"Ile)
trimiri dew! . tvlisis•c nifthe
hut'whn'does lint lointv r ! lin t Ilic iitnirs•iu.tvltit+
iimphs,•are nt . th
. n S•nm. Tirszp. 110 , rreat stron , 4-
bcll,lQ. infolellll,in: !lie lipid? often
. . .
thought that if . sente;of thee of l .I)°l4rirri . Igh
nrs. epilid conic , bni;lz. t 1 10.q,iyit end powernt.
Ellie. in atfend a tr . t.tind e.dehration 'he Cdvm
outh miFzht.lv,•ll'pronei - Corf this teNt:
c.if ye were AI raiyarp's r.en would do
the works Abi•ahain.:!'- The effect or . a holt
is no it cc strihing. and
mournful than its on'
ft is a remarkable arid iiistrn4iei . i fsref.•and.oty
a t•rtbirli Christ innrrfeo uhl do•,well t o • pa use
and consider, that in •t country all •the pro . M.
Mont leaders 'of .obeliiinnistii, :outside of the'
ministry; have' beenine penived • infidels; 'rind .
that all o;;r notorionS,aholition :.Preacher - S have
rennuneed•Oe grand 'doctrines of. grae•ri.n s• they
are tati;lll'in the . ndards. of the: reformed,
elinrehris- • -hdye resorted to the most' viorent
proe.,:sses of interpretation to avoid the
meaning of plain•Seriptural texts;..a.nd.ase.ri bed
'to the4postles pidneiples from yhieh.
'Wety and moral coon - tie. hintinctively revolt.
They make that to be sin . whielt.i . lie:Rible . .(to'es
not reirire' to he ilerionnee in' • lan
r,naLre ourh no the' sternest•prophets law
nevor employed, a lidation which , arid
his- A Postles.rbrostdzed. and ri;ealated,• They
seek to , institute term; - ter and texts :of Christian'
nt telly. a t•raria nre tfie.ors:ar
ic law of 01 - 6 . ehorell.aS • founded by its 'Divine
Fiend( and atteippiiug to justify this,' isrirpa_.
lion of Diviue prerov,atives by an appeal . from
Gott's Inir=to't he :dietates of fatlea •tiornon nn
!um', they'lyottld set up . a '.spiiitual • ty . r:rany
rpore . o.diaoS'and..insafferable;becattse.rn.r,i-e:ar;;
bitrar . ) ., , pad upre,rtaia in its deakions, than po
pery itself. A ad'as the. tree -is; sO have its
'fruitS•lisen. It.is,npt a iheciry,.htit .dempti'
4tratcfl(4ct; that 111)0th - 111i...11 !Kokto infideli
ty....nip!" 11.9 Garrison' and Gidainfts and .
Gerrit Smith, h., Ce . yfebled - to the current. of
thiiir own fulecfples . , dnd . thrown
boaad. Tlinusanris of humbler, men Who.linten
to abolition prrlaidleic and-.do
'And-whether it•h; restraints of Official po
sitirm„ or the prevent irig . fiance of .God thnt en
ables such preacbers,torow ti n the ntreatn.au-I
regard tlre authority' of Scripture In other m a t:.
lers,•their• influence upon.thiS-one•snbieet is' all
the . inore perlficions; becatiQe I hey.papplieny. in
the mime of Christ.; • In this sincere and 'plain
nlteaance of ;illy deep concictions,.l am .nnl3
dischUaging.my conSeience.to'wqrtis:ihe•• -fleck
over •which lam set..;'‘l'lien the shepherd sect h
the ‘colf:cOming, be is hound to Cite
IV,—AurfLeiros mut: - eftfun , e4l ~•F4l or , Tur.
Affi'FATES'AND . Tnn• thtnuiru ,IttAT
TllltEATENu.raffr: •
Ifere, as - tipnn the Preceding 'pointi.l will not.
be.mjsunderstomr."• not here as . tho advo
cate or opponent of any railiticaVparty; arid - ji is
no Mlore than simple juktice, for me. to say
plainly that I In not :conSider Republican and
.Abelitionist.as nne.esSatily syrionyinons terins..
There' are .tens•nf thousands of Christian men
who'vrite,i With the sneeesfnl iinrty it thelate
election who do not sympathize n'ith the prin
eiples'or aims of aholit.innism. ..A mong . these'
are some'beloved members of..my own flock.
who will not hesitate a moment to put the seal
.of their' appobation Upon .the doctrine • of this
discourse..., knq what is 'still more to ..the'
point,- - there . - S'eemsr to.be sufficient evidence
that:the: man who has.just been, choSeu to be .
the of this 'nation is arming the more con
servative and. Bible : lovitle men, of his party.—
yl7 e have no 'fears that if the new administrci
ti6n entild.beinietly inaugurate 4; it would or
could abolitionizethe government. There are
honest people - enough in the Northern States to
.prevent 'such a result. lint, then, while thiS is
admitted ei - a•simple matter of truth' and just-•
ice, it cannot, he denied, on the . other hand,
that...abolitionism did enter with all.its eharac
toristie liitteineeslnto the, 'went' contest; that
the result •never'eould have .lieep:acComplished
without its assi;.tance, nod that it now nppro
priates .the. yicinry in words' of. ridicule and
scorn thatetiMg . likeai, serpent. tet Me give
yea' aaingle specirtien.of the, spirir in which ab..
olitionism has•carriedwri, political,- - wayfare.
.by an.eatract from nAourrial which claims to
have - alrirger 'circulation than any•.other rAig
kits Opel' in the land. - ', I.quote from the .NeW
York Indefienjent, of .Septerriber, .11360: •
calie-peopte will'not levy'war. nor inangti
rate a revolution; even relieve Kans4s,.. until
they have first tried whit they .can' do. by. vo-
If this peacefill'rerriedy shsidd fail to be
• applied.this• - :Yeat; thim the 'people Will count.
'the cost and: decide. for themseves boldly and
littnry.Which is tliebetter waY,to:rise in arms
and throw off a•gov.ernment wors'e' than that of
r tlir f'ui
Kllle
tin,li i 9 loyo .fo . !hr,'roirs
thi s . .16-0 has into -61111
et , iitroj w:i•jr:tr.t,,' 1)41
d3ni.:we,llrrrivr_airLi.:;vrc if 'm
61i rpre9Plit . dagrers r!' !TA t .Fergit - o4
As* th',:(1:11-io ini‘t• tyihro r tho
in !ficirg;i..m!! . gl.• .limy in
!nrosts 8,01 . 0o:4 , 11r onro' to I , tcieo!'rt nll pa.rty
briek
osthoV.o'o: ^ o.-
e' livlilishrd t ty:Plity y.prira . nqn in . 1110•
P'rinc,tdri Cogains this rcinaloble Inn-
. ,
nlavellold inc is, itself. s
m l l . l pitidtiej. the rlis'ilninti of
tho Sta trig "ilr tlin rciylci.lll4
iii Ow' count {) F • inr , .55 tilts
npinirin tr . pro!,, it will.
,Inail.thpqq,. whp:grifer-*
twin it•t o cacritico•s tri ratty it
nut slid ..Afreet.*: WA .hall
.
nG
1% 1 ' ,1. 1 1 ;0105 5 ." '
. .
PLr w nfd 9 Prophet le; 'n - nit
thriv who road th. ins (If the Jinn's rrimil -
Hint tho.porigil i fIII in draws •near.
In NI tit 'Orit•fosiii.t. ioal sottidtir;s thit
tbrojohl.i. nlrcoi lv
. in a errantn
'bf air glom ' rflittiints
nal into; arc ; roiit in ti.sni in' lit , the simpli3 (Ines ;
dibn slati.lirddintr, n sill?"
it yet-rernain.. t i he—senn whdthrr theAmnii 7
Trar.t.Sorii.ty.and the Amer - lean Board n!
'Foreign Will he. rei-nintionizetl and
ka
dnniribered hy• a contest Which, we ore .
i.z to he atintiallt:' reneired. Tit regord •to the
Uni o n orti o ,se f•ttotes thereiS: inn mach- reason
•tn that ,, Wu ore al rein'y two nations-in feel ,
init." and to tintieipote".tite nntir appinanii of,
the calamity which .
'of the
- .tar. in nor ensign, and iritiko us two potion.'
A nrl; what Ints:.brotirr . h . t .. nri.to the, norc;c.: a t
this precipice? What spirit .has riot
tv, br;rtvePrii thr ti• Pit of dhose rs:licror God by
hia.lik . asinri on I he", wirralorn"anti sacri.llo;4lifotir
tdrcrs &lade ono Wlrtr:t Itas.cronted,
ant fo4rf , i.ed ibis nl b+tiatiirn bet wean. the . :North.
Ord !ha Sonitcrintid 1.),c
whispor trd in'thc'eOrdterS—stalksj - nrth in.
dOvlisAt arid is rocorrnizerLas . :ra; neee , :,sity by
and! rodr,t of thinklrit , corn in all .scrldons the;
land?. '.l Ircirrrr God, that this. division
'Dr firclinld.,, ofvrtiich, actirnddis 'talon tvill,lnr,bot
thr - r.rrxtrres:rion,a64 e'rnborlirnend; wira bcgoten
o f abolitionbon; ,berrtn . rOcked in its crlnlle
and rod . with troiSonctl,oridE and instCtiolad
Iry its rninistcTs• until tritiled
which rorp , oc nrit•alto:l'aiher t hie l ' lppr.r . world,
kt• is talziorr, htrlirrtnon the...pillart of •the consti:
dittion find . shattcting- . fribric• to its.
• There. tirrir when the constitionaf
(jeStions between the: North- and'
,South—the
conflict of material interests growing out •of
their differences praduction,. were
ilfsetisSeil.in, the: spirit..statesmanship
. and.
•chris't inn eniteisv. :Then Strch men as Daniel
- Webs • ter rin . nn.e side,,and . Calhoun on the other,
=tend iip.face to fade. and - defended the .rights
of their respective constituency rn words.whieli•
will be 'quoted as long as the 'English tontine
shall endure, as a . model :of
,eloquence,.and
patern:of.'manlydebate.„Tint abelitionismbe
aqn cr ee p in. It came firstas a purelra , .....
( 0 1
al question,: Mifrvery.sbon its doctrines . . were. 1
einbraedrl - by'a sufftdient ntfarber'to . hold the
halance.nr:ndoier-hetween...contending. parties • 1
in runnydistrictsand .States. , 'Aspirants
tile PresidencY •.'seiz • eitupoti it as' .a weapon for
gratifying their ambition, or nvenekne their dis-.
apPointmenti. ....Under the slitulowhf their
.pat
fonage, sincere abolitionists.beceme mniebeld
and abusive in ndvneating their' principles,, ,
The unlawful, and wicked business of 'enticing
slaven . from , their, rnaSt.'riS was pushed In rwit.rd'.
with inereased•zpal. • ..Men•who in . the .'bette r .
days of the rerinblic could. notshave..obtained
the' smallest office, were :elected , to Congress
upon this' single issue; :and , ministers.ol• the
Gospel, descended. from t be' to•rniugle
I ii , laii.
i,nniMosity - with - the - boiling. cauldron 'Of
politien•l strife, Nor Was this process coughed
to on. side.le,thn contest. - Ahuse atwayspro,
yokes reciimiriation. .So long as bninan•rtatare.
Is passionate; hard %cords will be reSponded to
by lin blows. ..And noiv. behold the result?
rfl.thel balk Where . Webster and Calhoun, Ad,
tiMs and-McUtiffio rendered, the..very-,:nume of
•Arnerican . statesnanship illustrious, and revi- .
-veil the memory of s elatsie eloquence,' we have
heard' the..ent pouring of .both Northern and
.-.
-Southern :violence from men.whei.must r.aine
less in this sacred-place;. aril in the land where
- such slayeliidderS es Washington. and Madison
united 'with HaMilton and Hancnekin cement
ing the Pniiin which. they fondly hoped would
be' perpetual, comme:"ce•and manufactures., and
all our greatindustritannilgnyernmental,Mter...
ests, are trembling on the verge o(ilinsniutinn
and ma abelitionisrn is the area', mischief-maker
betweent he:North and South; Co it is the great
stitmblilig . block in
. i he syrtyref ti.prineefol
tlementbf oar diffichlties. • Its voice' in shill
for ' The spirit of . .-coriciliation and dem
-prn,'mise.it utterly alMbra, and, mingling'. liorY
rid mirth With its madriess,putsinto. the hands
of the. artvonates.of-secess.imrthe veryfatis With
which to.tilow the eMbersot strife.intoa flame.
One man. thrnw.a torch into thegreat temple of
the Entiesians•and.kindreil conflagratiOn.Which
a:hundred thousand - brave Men conic! net extio - -
.gnish. . One , man fid.dled mnitsang,' 'and, Made
his ecinrtiers - laughmtnid_the burning.bf Rome
-and the : Abolition preacher "feels good".anil
overflows with mdrriment whey he sees. our
merchants and laboring mon running after their
cheSfs anit the bread-of their families. "as if
all; crest ion were.nfter them;" pad snuffs onthe
Southern breeze. the scent of 'servile and civil
shatne that it _should crime to this
and the name of our 'holy' religion be so blris
phornedt. Lotus hope in Christian•charity that
such men do not- comprehend the dangers that
stares them in- the face., Indeed, whomf u;
comprehend it? In the eloquent words
of DanTelVebster, "While-the .Union lasts we
have high,- exciting . and gratifying . prospects
spread • out. before us, for us. and our children.
Beyond that I seek not le penetrate the
Owl grant that in my day, at least, that'curtain
may not rise." . •
A and wonderful. providence liaaan tern
pored the body, of these States fogether,.so
briund and . interlaced'thern
.wittCc . afit - imeraia
and.sneialtiet, to -Say nothing, of legal -obliga
tions, thntmo inemberchn.be seVered;:and es
peeiully no contest. canbe•Wagecl...nmon,g the,
merphers without 'quiVering and' anguishing; ev-,
ers"nerve; and a: stagnation in' the vital . Clll.-
1 nnts of all. Let one . star.lie blotted out, from'
'our enSign; toil the moral gravitation ,which
hobls.all in their - orbit; _will be paralyzed, if not
utterly 'de s tr o y e d.. The living example of suc
cessful secession far one cause,.will suggest:
the same .courae fOl.utinther; and unless .God
gives our public men wisdom and forbearanee.
of which the past feria years :have n - flOrded..too
little. the..dissolutien of this' Union
be the - signal for the - disintegration 'Of its
elements.: In . such 'a chaos let us not flatter
ourselime that We shall-be in entire pence : and
I,Ia!P f. 6,7 ... Tio'; or•ii , i , • , :, •on whei ,, , , ,*.p.•til ,, lis o'sl4o
.. , .re si.oin t•vstgi . ii'l, r itiiiirrt .lii itinrilir. q 8 ; 4; li"" 41
•
o,iir —,:il.rt hi? .11 - nitli, oil ntio pitip.. riii.l, fill -thi- ,
sl,ii•iliiiii t.liflot hig:. ..jr is • ily.c , oliflict
. .:,tlia.t..:will
ruin; the ploii2lisiiirii.rililliiisloii . thrimalr (Wfrk
• 'tsii , iitvi niiii4liborlingil .in'the laiiil. ; 4botiticin
ffatini, riity iiilk - almiit :What •• ‘wi: fi . 1, the .
N,iffli'?• .• will • tin'; anti ' :will' •nbt.....i1n.. ,n's
,•, , .
t bongo ort people 'had :bow e d dm.‘n tr !
Sidi; the, imagiithey hatUsetnp;.bitt'otityr men
'hesides'ilietri will claim the...right to speak , —.
-other interests, trill rieed'•to' : be conserved :be-,
the , causewhieh ..- : 'lltey • arm':
Et:ugly...assume' that victor)? and the
: smile of
•heavett !TR'S, not him' that-. pitttetlr net:
iiis.artnnr boast as -he that Anittailf it- 0ff.,"4-
When thri, thorrsands . of... Working , men: • whoCe : .
:subsistenei , depends upon !oar -trade , with. the
Srmt h. many . -rtf•Whom have.: been deluded by
nliolition' demagogues, • Shall clamor in .our
strnets for bread, freeedabor-may present some
probleins ecnonmy• 'ha's, not
snive 1, 'And when the. : *cosMopoji tan . city
parnlYzeil, and- all, her : benevolent inl
.al institnt ions 'are withering in 'the . .heatof this :
unnatural contest, it may becOrne -a question— .
nity;isit not alreadY Our' coutit
-init7(oll§.es,--Wh"iher this greatrnetroprd la can.
luehrperated froM the people with : whom.:her'
interest.and: heart is -bqund . - ap,- and continue to
lie controlled by a legislative policy trgainSt
which she is 'esontionallytirotestins,; , .- or wheth. :
the"great• lights . of .history, :she
will-at all hazards setup for- herself, -and
linking:lire gateway. of, her barber
invite - the - free : trade of the world id.pour its
riches- intatMr bosom?' Such are a few Of - the
•problinns. which lit'imx the question , era 'dissolu
tion home to is. If -we-were. Ore of a . .pencii-'=
ful whatever pecuniary
, 'or social
sacrifice,-we - woold not feel sotieeply•nr speak,
so . earnestly. t utwho - knoWs that it, will-tie
'peaceful.?- Where is the,surgeoti whri.can sev
er' even :One member 'from • the' body" politio-
Withirt"the.shedding,..of blood? Where is the,
Statesman or , politleal ticnnoiniSt.-. : Who"will un
dertake:to, control the
,parties; Or direct the' in , '
dostrial interests of any. one • State; .amid the .
ronfosipri and : alarm of dissolution? ;tot Its
: not
deceive trot - selves, The chasm before-cis is ir,
vriwhirigthyss,• : into 'whose depth'soneeve . brit
•Cforl7s; • can proetritte.- . Other men .- may. cry
"'who's afraid?"' :and whistle - -to keep. their
cn - tiratie'un;- but.l confess . ..my feari', , Through
the corrairithat Is.about to rise; 1 ser. OmiloWs,
at which the horror.of unreal darkness settle's.
down upon my spirit and the -hair of my flesh'
stands tip Lerus - appeal to the God - ofprase,.
in ..whose. hands are the hearts of all inen',.lo
dispel the fearful -Yisinn; to infuse his lovin,r:t
spirit into-our tiotiona'l, etoncilS; to give our
public rri4m; the - meekness-. of:„ : and to
hind tiro hearts theiieirple- once Mote in
bonds of brotherly kindness. • . , •
'fita • - if we should 'have 'these . ..supplicn thins :
. ans‘Vereil,- let us prove Mir faith by our works ;'
take the beam out of.eur
,own: eye, f?firi bs' . y
the tw - ofold.rirncrpt of the -text: "These things
teach and exliert;anl if any Man teach OthOr 7
wise, irMn such withdraw thyself.”- . •
: 1117.ticoi'‘,4Coilittp:•Mein:atiit.
Thursday, January 10, 1861
PROaftESS OFSECES9fON—Miss issippi,undobt
mdiy, pr6.sed an Ordinance of immediate S'CCe.S
sion, on Wednesday:
__i• • • :
.convention is now iii
A committe of Thirteen was;appoint- .
,ed fo"dofisidei • tirid report 'uprin'tho:neeeSsity of
setion by the State.: .. ., • • ,
th . e. th inst. ; the Convention
adopted a resolution declaring it to belhA ri!2,lit
ofStales.to witharaV, 'froth the,Unitifibildet cer
tain'calises,; . and dint those rinses now compel
Florida toexereise . tha'r This . •was s ear=
ritdby a vote of .62.t0,5.H it is reported' - that
thO.GOverilor: has • taken, possession or all the
forts anVother:Federal ptoporty. : .• •
t . Ktcx.ructir.—TwO conventions are in snssioh.
They gill prohahl.yresolye that, gnntucky.Will
.nof . hp.satisfiej.• with finytliing than. the
"concurrence of the. North With Crintien's
prope.ition. .•• .• •• • • • •
A dispatch' to. the
,convention,
.announeing
the defeat - of the Qiitfenden „proposition,: has
been recelvpd. Tt created great exciteineet.,
isIA NA .-SC) ' fiir 6s . - heard fforn secession
'delegates have have been chosen.-
Without dealt 'the •fifteen Southern States
will he b.e.united, and will, as sson as action is
hail; formally secede from the,..Tinion.. • From .
the feeling 'of the Republican, party, ' can
hope ter, no other result. The great 'ntieStioi
now before the people is, :whether•they . be
loused todepart in peace . ora War of 'coercion.
or.cedquest.be waged the part . of 04 NOrth.
We jrnoW that the. people,, if allowed to act,
are utterly. opposed to any 'such.Policy; never
'theless there fs'.great clangar .
that the Teptiblican • leaders . will precipitate a
bloody 'War uPoit - us. Many : of thenseemito,be .
actuated by - a blood:thirsty desire. to Shed, the
blood of their brethren.... Wc.have'heard. sev-.
eral Republicans express the hope-'.that - there
be no peaceable '
.settlement of the difficulties—H•
that they wished to; : see.the South conquered.
This-would seem like madness.on their part;
but still there is method in in it. Tne.Repub
.llcans S'eo a healthy reaction• at the North that
willinevitahly'sweep them frorn-p . oWer, as soon
as the people:cao :reaeh them: and.with thia.the
certainty of a "bread revolution". in the east
ern Cities, makethem antique to - create a di-•
'versiOnto . concentrate` public indignation'
againstthe secedirigStates, arid by .inaugura
ting a civil war, send off, the thousands of star:-
Yin; men, whom their policy has brought to
this extremity, to be r , foedfer priWder,' ; ho- -
Ping.in the general eoutusiqn and ruin s to escape
theyetribytion sate to follow the stieeess Of rte-
The Committee of the Virginia lionse'df..del
egatee have fixed ~upon' the 15th' 'Februry
for the Meeting of .the State eonventiob,.and the
Gth of :he same . month for.the election Of dele- .
egateS. The
,generel'epinion was that Virgin,
is wentdsecode ithout the . 2oth of February.
proposition . :tdappropriate ..$10,000,000 fo r ;
milita6t purposes, has bcen:refertetl tot corn•
HON JACOB Timm' , Rory, Secretary of the In,
dor, has.yesigned.:• The action of his Statc r
Mississippi, made his farther. stay:in the eabi
net'improper... ~ • •.
117 0 .1 1 .iyt , ;d0 , 6:e.1 th:i PrU•tinti 6f the
pap,r LrliUgla prook- forNvhic.h , , tye
a'Rk . the
poople view the:fristituilon of
verv, and the int=rimpi , rate
promulgation of;ti ,- ..e views has.'already - pro - -
d:67e(l totelilt, Al
pot s ,, ttled, in a 1en7,11160 , 1y War, and
the 'well tir:,cornesinS to
'examine I t he , (pi . 551100 of eiindnr, a nil divest nor
selves; s~
much as pOssible,_ of
and•Preroneqived'epinhics. ' •
•The Steamship Star which was
Charleston• with re'inforeernents
fory:3llnfor.,A nilOrsonf, ; lies not..beerl he'ard.froM,
'and collll . lllll,Niety • 10 felt, aS . threats were made
thtit nny yessed..bidnging succor to .the .tropps
in the' rer.tressWoold, be stink.:lly the inStirierit
gins from Morris islen I There Were rumors
in Waslingten:Tnes;l4, thift she had. been :It :
iri.theneii.r,hborhoti . do(Chnrjestrini.ned
that thu cify hail been cnnnorinded<by,• Major
Aridersor,.but little eredene.e, : hOWes:er .
given to the report.' : ' • . ".•
tt.cc.rms STkres SENAVAL. - -ED:
GAR A:Cowns, of IYestrOorelard. County, tuns
elected 17.•S: . :Seriefori. by Ithe,Legislature, oil
Tuesday_. Init.; ple.ce of :Mr. , The
feet tart Mi-.Cotron is an olil Clay . Whi g ., and
eminoOtli,conser.yatiye,• taken Nvith the' small
vote liven for
'N . Vil,elerred by a , stric:t Percy vote,.
FA . T ATINOL,D 3 Port
g . ilq;•kiliL , l , Ai . )9ir 61. s reqis, recently, but:t.w9
years otd;* that.weighell 799"ptittil.P.6(1' werik
Borth, at qie $106,00: , ` hi , i•
were short. -1161:41N1' Dorba : . •.'• .•
.•
Congress,- i I ttrt'to tlo Anything,
Tinz.VnottE
. - .Cengress haft net 'yet ditneanyth inc. t-O cairn
-to-trano,nilize the pnblic• and
-to a;ljest the,rnattefti,in ittintrot,M'rsy
itch Ntirth and , the south.' It is, nolMtint4tely - ,
tint •ten probablethat.Congreis .- vdtl' do nothing
to' furtler these great' The:Committers
of . the two have - held vorisitts 'meetings,'
and tmtertained and discussid carious plans of
•coMprOrnice- and; adjustment. Chief affirm!'
these : are
,the'plang 61-Mr. CRITTENDEN: Jittir t t
DOitor,is, - Mr.,lltrc; I‘.fr..Ans-r . and Mr. GiCIMES. ,
They have canit . a=sed and .they hOve;yoted on
all;'otie after another—but they liaitc. agreed On
none. To the" credit of the members, decorum,
digni,ty ,and - good - letnper hacO characterized .
their consul tatigns-ritid disclts'siorts.
The Black Repliblicap Members hay . ° obSti,
nately. refused to . cume• up to:the reeinireinents
of
,They haiard revolution and
a_ bloody war, by 3.olfully . refusing
rn ingro meet the
crisis in a conciliatory .libcial . ..and •Statcsan-,
like spirit. " • • , ,
11.1Cantvlille'other initriimentalitits are:being
invokell:, The .tor:mliers. of • the Houses
frorn.the border States, slave •nad •free,. met in
WashinetOn to einsidr;r the • erisfs..on Friday:
evehinr last. They ,remained conf7en,ce
some time and adjourned ovot:toanother day..
„There is still . ,another movement on foot, Says
the intelligent correspondent of the Bal-
Orrinie . ,S/in . • .
. .
. "The cirenlar..t.irefiered by Mr. Breekinriiige
and addreased trithe border slavnholding, States:,
rrromrrientling; of. those' States
to be held.at Baltimore:lin the 12i'h of Febrnary
for . t.he pfirpose of Considering the defies and
iitere§ts filthee Stfites in relation to the petit - 7
ieal crisis, 'finds mach favor. It. has' heen,al•
roadk' fiy • tunny .• Representatives
Senators from the. tiorilrr.Stairs. • •...
"The. movement is loolcecl.te as one that af
fords a possible ehance- 7 the besx chance -that
-afferiltid hi any •rynarter=tferian ail,itisfrnient
of the vending di(ifiOiltir.'betweeri: thn' , North
.and tlte•South, or for the peaceful establi.htnent
of new confeileracies. . • • • • ;
begin to despair of any . lielp'from . the poi
ticians 'Raw assernbkd atynshingfon•: TieSideS
being identified With many of the matters in
difference, thby 'have distrust and ill-will to
wards. each her. and suspect : every plan to be
a trap sett° catch, there. • • • .
Mr.l;incoln, who could, if he..clinse,licCom
plish.mndb good,. 'maintains , %%dint his ft lends
consider a masterly 'reserve and inactivity, and
refuses to do anything openly.
Under theSe.cireumstances,.our only hope is
in
,the people—the fnassrs . of the. north: .
. .If
they' will throw their leader? oviWbOard,deeliire
.VartiPon the politicidns,.liol , l:masS nieetings
:shut out the demagognes from tneir' consulta
tions, and 'speak and actfor'lliemselves, s• then
'some good .may be arrived at. In 511C11 meet
i the re'solittions and the proceedings are al
most invariably rrianage'd by tocksters, • who
stifle the real feelings of the people. Should
the inasseS:6l the North r.ct, •asl.'ve hOpe they
will,. they ought. hy all, means to emancipate*
themselves from rho influence of the selfish lea-'
ders and • Por-liduse mint •-•
.•
WAsliiN6yox,, Jlin: 5
. On inquiry at the proper quarter, it' has been .
ascertained that before June last; it'heing found
tharthe arms aV the.se . v.eral arsenals. were .not
proportionately diStribtited, and that . the'South=
ern-arsen s als'we're quite deficient in :those stip•
plies, n. distribution:was made for equalization
only, and for no other object; . •.
'They xvere printipally a7,vnfrom the Spring : ,
field armory and the arsenals at Watervliet,
N:
N: Y., and Watertown; 114 ass.
The..seeession trouble's, it is'lmown, had not
then commenced. After the 'distributiOn was
Completed, there remained 'a perpoderance of
. arms at the North.
.
. .
Y7.7Lt.•Gen. , Scott was - engaged' , till 4 o'clock
this.rnorang. on busineis connected with his
. ~ .
department, ..
. •Tlie' Republicans were again in, c caticns. -to
day, ].heir. object., being to' agreelrOn iiniform
legislative 'action. ...- . , • . ' ,
' Nortrorx, Friday, Jan. 4.
Yesterday great exertNrifmt prevailed here in
•consequenee . oPtherepert that four companies
of soldiers at, Fortress Monroe had been order
ed' to Charleston. • •
. .
' Lieut. I. H. N6rse has: sent - is 'his resiina-
The c‘Broolclyn" i, coaling and getting ready
for a . eruise: Tt is rumored that iler. deStinatiOn
is Charleston, ' •. • • •
MOBILE, Priday,: Jan .„.,1
. . .
The United States. Arsenal was taken at day
light this morning by the troops bf this•city.—
ft.contained six stands of arms; 1:,500 'barrels
of ponder, 300,000.rpunds ormuske!..catrtdges,
and' other munitions of war.' There was no
defence. ' rt,is iminored that. Vert Morgan W'CIS
taken. last night..', • - . '• •
WAsitiNtiToN, Jay., S.,''
.
It is iipilerstooti hat protnincnt . ,
entrisilthive,addre!ißi.ff goy
eminent in re ference to to the . eoinmercial. in
tPrekts of tiirir iei,pectiee vii 4 of
the press , political ;degree
Of protection may be exricte.ii, som4!thing to
this e ff ect. 'The * government — hoivever has,
not fel . •
. .
, .. ..
.
' • Retnins: are (laity received it the . .prolier' 'of..
:flee' !rem Sow"' carbliba pes;filaSters . ; shciwing
that, business has progressed as, heretofore, , hi
'eliuling.' the honoring of eonn•aefors' .orders •fbr . .
pay rind 'pOrchase of posialge examps. ..,',....
. -Salutes ,wpre,T!red here to.4lny in .honor of the
Battle of.New.Orleans. .. - .- ..' • . ..- • • ..
'pit, AT hae . li!en found eitha,.
and io.anii: quantities; ankof . aneb:it ?Mility;
ao.to:Warrant the opinion ihat,the SUpply'ii
in
"eshanstiblk;"..ind the imali!y-Supelior
yet discove r ed. The; Well is less - Olen 'fnity
foot . ; deep; • . and yet file supply iee:hual.l,o'frit
4r : re . lS;'i. day:- Our, f(!llow eitizer[.. S. • W;:.
is' the fueky.nwner: of a :of.- this
enterpriSe, and we' are Oa& of it: We yi . islf.he..
may refilize.s,million dollars MOO. "from`it.
We know of no man we wmild•sonner see «rof
dng in BradleY.—Oreati4d,
lerliser; • . • . .
•. . ••
~..Tonuary•willA n
te n important - month 'for
cessinn . 'conventions.: Thb Stotcs which Are
expected to follow the . lead.of Smith. Carolina
will hold, their convention's on. the folloWing
dayS.: Floridn . ,:Jtin..• 3; Adaliomn;
Georgia, Jait 31h ; .Louisiana, Yap, 23dr Texas;
°STOVES! STOVES!!
Combinatron 'i!rick. dvon Gmking: tom
I:.VVEN.TION . •OF TI ;Abli,.)
T. NOUBSk:r.e"ipeelfully
A
tion s‘f those..wiqhik new Cooking
1.0 the.Fi;re Iti•iek,Elee . nteo Oven Cooking Stove,
‘..hie.h took the Pies'ts
Fa ir,.aq well . .615: at numeroa's State' and County
Faits threpl:,fioet the'Unt tea Shies:' .
i11f'y . :1.1.2 i1: . 1 nickstilifrabl,.6 Si.o.f6nsirtiiiled r
Ahd the only one . sthat , is eqiu,il to, the old fash-
Ovon,:.fot .Baking,
\VARII.A_Nr`II.I-D Yl;:AltS!
. .
.Ther.g. S'ovps trill be - soldat—greatly reduced
prices.. '1 rim supplied with all kinds of •
COOKING, PARLOR & BOX STOVES
Toanther tvith a full assortment of
TIN-WARE,
(*L . 1 T.Oll.
Job Work,
.
of all kinds. done. with 'dispatch, and in a satis.:.
tory.mannee,:at 'the loWest possible prices:
and Copper,. Rags, Bra S e ., lead, ; Pewter, Oats,
and in fact everythflig you have will betaken
in 'exchange for goods—even to Cash.
.•
Give me a call, at 'the old stand; • • . •
ONE DOOR WEST OF. THE ASTOR HOUSE: .
Sniethoort, Jan: :.tpi IS . OI. ,
A.:GENTS, ..WANTED:
A 'Eook that. every Farmer,
2!lccha.nic , and BUSiIIOSS
• Elan Vintatt;
, di - 7ST I'I I IIT,ISHED,..
1' H E
.Tcry.Vas . Jlll) . Milt LOll Laws:
.
OF Till.: STATE QV TESNSYLVAITA...
Compiloki frirm.i.he Acis.of ArOmbly b•• Wni:T;
Hy• • • . •
EDWARD F: JAMES;
This work contains over 460,pagtoot of 'closely prlnted,l
•natiter, rani wi.1.1 be solol. by subscription.,
it tracho's'llat olutio‘s.torolustiers 'of the Peace, with,
for ns for lhr trunractioon.a
It troche"' the ohitios:rof etonstahles With all the necea-..
sary forms'appertainins .. too the-taco ,
• It canton's the olatlas of the 'Patpervinori (Wormy
(Inottiy cool 'fooWnsloip.in ti n e State.. ' • •
• It 6,otnins the 'mole of . praccolurn for the laying poi
ant ottocroiohnef public" and private main+, of vacating' and
altering roraoht;the : •
•I(cot to to ins the Connote!' School Law.witli-hirplanatinils
oleclotionom noel direrticons, together with forma for. needs,.
thothir, Contracts, Certificotcoi; Rc kc. , This dc!partment •
the work cos ernopilool at I larrisborg by Mr Samuel P •
Depu . ly liapeliottantletth nut - is alohe worth oho
price of Ike yolnine to any Attic Interested la Cayman
. . .
, . .
I 1 t. eoglaissllig'd„slies'orTownsllip Aullitnrs:• •':
It grtlalt,s the laws relative 11, bogs and Sheep -:, • . ,
• It gool,lnu the diztiss t,l Aftsgssnrk..', : •„..
-'lt ecinfaigs lho laws is relatioli to strays . , Mules Ana
lie - laws rolatit . O to renccn• and Fenco
' II •onthinr, tholarrs relatiriT to:Quite' Trout
It contains tii&f:te,ction Laws ,with all tlle' necesiiiry
•It cotiLdits the .Nateritlization Laws, With nil the
.ere.sary Forms for Application: • •. '
It contains :{ large number of. i.egal Fornis which atria
used iri the every day transaction of business, Backe*
AaaiielrAl.rmeat., • Affidavits. -Articles of Agreements
and Cant recto, Paitnershipe,..Apprentieles, Assignments,
Attestations, Bills of EXchatiite .and Promissory Nettle,
Bills of Sal t.;• Rondo, .Cherkm, Covenants. Deeds, De'posi
•tion; Due. Ili Is and Produce'Notee ' Landlord !and Ton-•
ant, Leases, Letters 'of ..At llareirtge,..Mortgages,.
Receipts and Releases.- The work is hound in law sheep'
and 'will be sold to subscribers at:. i 5 per copy, payable
on delivery of the'work. The work has Passed the , re
vision of many of the best Lawyers. in the State and has
-received their titeptalified apProbation, as a reliable hand .
.boik of reference upon all subjects upon which It treats
vlinlit 'is arranged in ouch a manner as to!present
plain, concise and explicit stntement of the duties ofrall
Township 011icers, as may lio readily understood by - any
One. • Iit'REAN and CAMERON Counties *Mike thor
oughly canvassed Mr the - work, and the eithein re,
spectrally snlicited. '• •. GEORGE 'IL ALIEN; •
• General A geht for .ll'Kean & Cameron Counties.
• Coot. Cansaakre are wanted in oil parts
of this County for the above'Work, to whom
eral compensation given... Application
whielimust be made nt an early date, addreseed
to the General. 'Agent; as above • ' receive
prompt attention. "-
• .• 16-8 w
• •
• • ',lSt. OF . LETTERS; • -
D MAIN LNG. in ~the Post-Office. at Smeth.
it port,. at the close of '.quiFterending -.Dee.
•
Staikweather, E. • ~. Oshaa,-Jannea r.
Manly, Rada ~ • Martin, David •
Kline, H. M. • ..' Sador, Harriooh • •
Cutter, .• • • 5; T. •
Blickly,C.harlotte•M.Dairon' J. W.
Rodgers, H. Gold
.: s . .Jotins,N. N.F. : • •
• _ • . -S. SARTWELL, P..M
i\TOTIVE.—‘ All persona are hereby notified
.1,11 'that I•will not be responsible for any '
grain brought to the mill at Smethport, • unless
the bags contaMingit haye.the Owner's =Aft
legibly marked
I3ESTER CORWIN.
Smehport, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861.: .
• ' KEROSENE .OIL,
IVlEfrorrl COAL, with LAMPS to burn
the same, at WILCOX & EATON'S, .
Olean, • •
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