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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, August s, 184.
"Terms, $2,00 in advance ; 2,25 half yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paid before the end of the year.
J2ciocratic Wilis IVominalions.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES IRVIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTV.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTV.
DBMBaaMMOMaautiuM
07s L. BARNES, at Milford, is duly author
ized lo act as Agent for this paper, to receive sub
- : -scriptions, advertisements, orders for job-work,
f"? 'and payments for the same.
UoaJti Warrant.
.We learn from the Easton Whig that L.vw-
renck Turn ev, who was convicted of murder in
. .April Jast, will be executed on Friday the 1st day
f October next. The warrant was read to the
prisoner a few days since. He received the in
telligence without much emotion, and persisted in
his innocence of the crime for which he is about
to die.
iKie-pcti 23's later from JEcsrope.
The Steamship Washington arrived at New
York on Friday last; after a passage of fifteen
days from Southampton, having left there on the
15th ult.
The political news is not important.
The decline in prices of grain and flour contin
ued for several 'days after iho Britannia sailed:
ibut a heavv storm checked the downward tenden-
pc)', and a temporary improvement of Is to 2s per
'" quarter took place. Every change of the atmos-
phere is narrowly watched. The weather had
been very propitious and the prospect' was excel
lent. The reports from the European markets are
good.
The potatoe crop is generally hcallh)
KIP When the " Monroe Democrat" talks about
TORIES, does it allude to Mr. Polk's grandfather,
who turned TORY during the Revolution, donned
a RED COAT, and took refuge in the BRITISH
CAMP?
ftj " Who are the Federalists ?" inquires the
Locofocos. Ask James Buchanan, who as one
of the leaders of the old Federal party published
an Address to the People of this State, commen
cing " WE AS FEDERALISTS," &c.
' ' The Plaiiificid Bank Again.
We copy the following statement in relation
io this institution, from Thompson's Bank Note
Reporter, believing that it may be of interest to
some of our readers.
"Of the assets of the Plainfield Banlc, over
$60,000 of notes, checks, &c, are in the hands
of an attorney, by the name of Brewster.
These had been placed in the hands of Mr.
Brewster by the Beaches, who had given the
Receirers an order for the notes, checks, &c,
nr for the money as it should be collected.
Brewster accepted the order, and estimated un
der oath, the notes to bo good for $34,000.
Since the return of Moses Y. Beach from the
south hp has caused a notice to be served on
Brewster, prohibiting him from giving either
money or notes to the Receivers.
" Again, a responsible man in Albany owes
the Bank $3500. The Receivers had about
concluded an arrangement to receive the money
in monthly or sixty days instalments. When
M. Y. Beach returned, he notified the man not
to pay one dollar, for he could defend himself,
and defeat the Receivers, on the ground, that
notes given in exchange for Plainfield money
of denominations less than five dollars were
null and void. This notice from Beach broke
up the arrangement, and there is but little proB
pect of getting anything from that claim.
"Again, The real estate at Plainfield is
worth $6,000, and would readily bring that
mm; but Beach has circulated notice there
that he will contest the Receivers' title to the
highest-court. Under , this threat nobody will
buy the property." -5
Rosin paving;.
A portion of one of the streets in Fayette
ille, .North Carolina, is actually paved with
Mid rosin. A correspondent of the Boston
post says, that he has ridden a horse and driv
en avcarriage over this novel pavement several
times, and a capital road it makes. It has a
beautiful clear .look, presenting a smooth hard
fcuiface, and it never rots. The manufacturer
means to cast It into blocks of the right shape
and size for constructing aqueducts, water cour
ses, and sewers.
A wagish son of Erin once gave the follow
ing aoast : " Here' wishin you may niver die,
nor nobody kill ye, until ye knock Jyer brains
out against the silver knocker ofyour own d,oor.''
General Irvin.
Was there ever such confusion and trouble
to find something to urge as an objection to a
candidate for office, as there is in the case of
the Whig candidate for Governor ? Trouble,
racking of brains, searching of records, and af
ter all, all ends in less than smoke. There
stands Gen. Irvin, unscathed, unharmed, un
touched no more impression made upon him
than the fly made on the horn of the stately ox.
Firs-t, in the -flurry of the moment, it was
said Gen. Irvin is wealthy. The. wiry edge
was all taken from fhis on its being ascertained
what an immense amount of money Gov. Shunk
had received from the Public Treasury, during
the score and a half of years ho has held office,
and fed at the public crib.
Nex it was said Gen. Irvin is an Iron mas
ter, and this was urged as a Bug-bear, if not a
Bear-hug. The thought perhaps occurred to
the accusers, that there are a host of men in
Pennsylvania who work in Iron, or use imple
ments made of Iron, against whom the cry of
smelling of Iron, will lay with equal force. So,
they musi ease off on this point, lest, they in
jure Shunk by that cry.
Next it was said Gen Irvin, when in Con
gress voted to tax Tea and Coffee. Then it
was remembered that only last winter, Presi
dent Polk recommended that a tax be laid on
Tea and Coffee, and an effort was made to bring
it about. If Gen. Irvin had so voted, to urge
it as an objection would be admitting that Polk s
effort to have Tea and Coffee taxed was wrong.
It was found too that Gen. Irvin was and is op
posed to such a tax, and his accusers must ease
off again.
The last effort, as yet, is the publishing a let
ter purporting to have been written by Gen. Ir
vin 16 years ago. The offence in the letter
is : it purports to ask some one to vote for him,
and makes Gen. Irvin boast of his liberality.
Now it is extremely doubtful whether those
who publish the letter believe it was written by
Gen. Irvin. It is so unlike him that it needs
proof. It lacks on the face of it one essential
requisite lo entitle it to credence. The name
of the person written to, if he had a name, is
withheld. If the letter is genuine would the
name of the witness be withheld 1 We defy
any one who has published the letter to give
the name of a witness. That however will not
be done. By and by they will doubtless be
come ashamed of it, and abandon that charge.
Why not come out at once -gentleman, and
make some charge, so -tangible and true, that
you can stand by it ? If you can find nothing
else, tell your readers that Gen Irvin's nose is
on the front side of his face, and that his mouth
is just below it. Tell them he raises cattle
and pigs and grain, and that he knows how to
plow, and gather crops.
We shall endeavor to keep our readers in
formed of the charges that are brought against
Gen. Irvin. Wilkesbarre Advocate.
JCffccts of Wliigisan.
The influence exerted by a Whig Canal
Commissioner and a Whig State Treasurer, is
beginning to exhibit in all the departments of
the State Government. Mr. Power, backed
by Mr. Burns, has been the means of saving
thousands of dollars to the State, and prevent
ing thousands more from being lavishingly and j
uselessly thrown away upon political favorites !
by the Shunk dynasty ; and Judge Banks has
so managed the affairs of his department that,
according to the statements of the friends of
Gov. Shunk, " the treasury will contain suffi
cient cash before the first of August to pay the
Com;o,.r,l inl.rncl nn lh Sil ,lDk, o.,rt hn
77 r i ,7 77, j 7 7 . .
a balance of one hundred thousand dollars to be
applied to other purposes."
These are important facts for the considera
tion of the Tax-payers; and if one Whig in
the Canal Board and one Whig " on the hill"
at Harrisburg can effect such a condition of
things, how much more zealous should they la
bor to place more such Whigs at the head of
State affairs. Mr. Power's management as Ca
nal Commissioner produces in one year 11 one
million of dollars prof t on tlte canals and rail
roads." and Judge Banks' few months suoer-
vision of the Treasury department, not only
produces in advance sufficient to pay off the
August interest in the estate debt, but leaves a
surplus of " one hundred thousand dollars in the
treasury for other purposes" Remember, these
are the admissions of the opponents of the
Whig party. Poor M.en," as well as the tax
ridden Farmers, would do well to read and pon
der on these facts. Lancaster Union and Trib
"une. The State Interest.
The payment of the semi-annual interest on
the Stale Bonds commenced at ihe Bank of
Pennsylvania, on Monday morning, with funds
enough on hand and two hundred thousand dol
lars lo spare and this too after refunding two
hundred thousand dollars borrowed by authori
ty of tho legislature to meet the February Inter
est, which came due immediately after the ac
cession of Judge Banks to, the office of Treas
urer. This is a rather flattering commentary
upon the doleful Locofoco predictions of disa
o - J
ter to the Commonwealth, umm th annnimr
w -rr .troops,
mentor a Whig in the place of a Locofocoj Letters from authentic sources at the Can
Slate Treasurer. Perhaps the people will con-
elude lo try a similar "change in the office of
Governor, and in the majority of the Board of
Canal Commissioners. Bucks Co. Intel
It is reported that some of the slave holders
in Maryland intend entering suit at the Supreme
Court of the United States against the State of
Pennsylvania, for the recovery of damagesus;
fained from the loss of slaves who, have run off
liate and Jasportaut from Mexico.
Arrivals at N&w Orleans, bring Vera Cruz
dates to the ISih instant.
The report of the battle between Gen. Pierce
spread by the passengers who arrived in tho
cars, and does not appear to be confirmed by
the account furnished to the Picayune by the
captain oi me steamer " urieans. l nis ves
sel left Vera Cruz on the' Hth, at which time
Gen. Pierce had marched with 2500 men and
150 wagons towards Puebla.
The Orleans arrived at Tampico on the loth,
when the captain was informed by Col: Gales,
that Col. Do Rtt8sy had departed up the river
with 120 men, partly Baltimoreans, in search
of the prisoners released by the Mexicans, and
had landed 60 miles above, near Houzellan,
where he was completely surrounded by the
Mexicans ': but after a desperate Htruggle, he
succeeded in cutting his way through, and re
turned towards the river, where he was posted,
awaiting reinforcements.
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Col. Gates despatched the Orleans back to
Vera Cruz with a requisition upon Governor
Wilson for four companies of Infantry, and at
the same lime sent 150 men up the river to the
relief of Col. De Russy.
The Orleans arrived at Vera Cruz on the
16th and found the city in a state of great ex
citement. Gen. Pierce had encamped ten
miles from the city, when his scouts came in
and reported a large force of Mexicans at the
National Bridge, marching towards Vera Cruz.
Every thing was got ready for the expected at
tack, and the shipping was removed from be
tween the city and the Casile.
Gen. Pierce came in, and mustering a rein
forcement of 700 men, again marched to meet
the enemy. The requisition of Col. Gates
could not therefore be complied with ; but 25
marines were put on board, and the Orleans
started for Tampico where she arrived on '.he
18th. There the captain was informed that
Col. De Russy's detachment had returned, and
when near Huzetlan, he had been again sur
rounded by a Mexican force of twelve or four
teen hundred, who commenced a heavy fire in
all directions, but fled through the chapparel,
after six or eight rounds of grape.
Col. De Russy continued at intervals for sev
eral days, to fight his way back to the rier,
where he was received by Col. Gates' rein
forcements. His party reached Tampico on
the night of the 16th, with aloss oftwenty killed,
ten wounded, and two missing, as well as twen
ty horses and sixty pack mules.
Capt. Boyd and Lieui. Lannahill were killed.
Several balls passed through ihe clothes of Col.
De Russy. Capt. Wyse had three horses
shoi under him. The Mexican loss is reported
at 150.
Lieut. Whipple had been lassoed near Vera
Cruz. Lieut. Parker,-of the Navy, died on
board the steamship Mississippi, on the 12th
Capt Win. Duff died on the 16th.
The Sun of Anahuac of the 13th, says that
a private express from Puebla had arrived, bring
ing intelligence that Generals Cadwallader and
Pillow had arrived at Perote with the trains es
corted by them. They had been attacked at
Lahoya, and had completely routed the enemy,
with Utile loss to their troops.
This express left Puebla on the 3d. News
had been received there the day previous that
three Commissioners had been appointed to
meet Mr. Trist at San' Martin Tesmalaucan
on the 8th, (when he leaves Puebla,) to learn
through him the terms offered by the President.
A letter from the city of Mexico, dated the
U aJ "" ,,U " BllienailieU UlcU MIC
treaty will be immediately concluded by the
J . . , , r uu&"
Commissioners, and that the peace party is so
strong, that Santa Anna will probably pronounce
for peace. The names of the Commissioners
given, are Garotise, Barandaj and Tornel.
Gen. Pillow had arrived at Puebla. An ex
press rider from Gen. Scott ai Puebla to Vera
Cruz, had been murdered, after a desperate re
sistance. The Picayune express rider had al
so been attacked, and robbed of all the letters,
and left for dead. The editors have received
other letters, which state that peace is the or
der of the day, but believe that Santa Anna only
wishes to gain time.
"General Taylor made a speech at a dinner
given by tho citizens of Monterey on the 4th of
July, in reply to a toast connecting his name
with the Presidency of the United States.
The steamer Ann Chase, Brown on the Bra
zos with troops, burst her boiler on the 12ih,
killing
nine, and' wounding several. James
Dolen of Pittsburg, and others had died of their
wounds.
Richmond, July 31.
The iew Orleans Picayuno learns from a
source entitled to all credit, thai Pierce did not
leave Vera Cruz on, he 17.h. bul expeced .0
..... on .he evening of .he 8.h. U,s heanh WitoAnd olher .b (,h. H Z Job nV
was eon.ple.ely re-es.abl.ahed. M,on dimming) thai the tic fa
I he Governor of Vera Crnz had received ,n- mcasures lho of ,
formauon .hat an at.ack wou d be made on .he umve(1 and did' ,lot ,,, (j"n rU j Walker
place as soon as General P.erce lef., and be .it ,hal eenag, proposs a ,a mI mZ
took the necessarv orecaultons to rene n r - - -.i - 1 1 ""J mex
mad
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I he letters pub lshed in tho Picayune say
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s- j nothing in relation to the foice collected ai
j National -Btidge to oppose ihe, march of
ai me
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our
iial, received at "Vera Cruz, assert positively
lnal Santa Anna was in favor of peace, and
that he was only waiting till the, peace party
acquired an undisputed ascendency before de
claring himself.
' It was unknown at Yera Cruz whether the
Peace Commissioners were selected by Santa
Anna or Congress,, or whether Congress had
assembled at all. It was understood that Con
gress had been summoned to assemble on the
7th. ; .
;Tbe Commissioners named-may be classified
!as follows: Tornel is a partisan of. Paredes ;
Garostisea" represents the moderate party, and
Baranda is a creature of Santa Anna.
The Sun of Auahuac says that the Commis
sioners represent the views of Santa Anna, and
j therefore is decidedly of opinion that Santa An
'a s lavoraoie to peace.
j 'ne Arc0 Iris of the 1 3sh says the Commis
sioners have accepted the appointment and de
parted to discharge their duties, and that this
course is approved by the majority of the men
of influence, who in a ureat degree have con
tribufed to the adoption of this measure.
One letter mentions as appointed on this com
mission, Cuevor Corlina and Serro- Luea.
Santa Anna continued in power, with no change
tn the ministry, and that a majority of his cab
inet was in favor of an adjustment.
The news establishes the arrival of Gen. Pil
low at Puebla on the 8th. Gun. Sco't had not
moved toward the Capital up to the 11th.
The Picayune gives the speech of General
Cushing and the reply of General Taylor at
ihe celebration of the 4h of July at Walnut
Springs, and the toasts and speeches of Col.
Wright, Gen. Cushing and Gen. Taylor at
Monterey on the same day.
Lieut. Fuller, of the Massachusetts Volun
teers, gave the following toa.it at the celebra
tion of the 4th, at Monterey :
" General Taylor We hail him as our next
President may his civil be a brilliant as his
military career."
Gen. Taylor in responding tp this sentiment
spoke as follows :
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: I never
had the vanity to aspire to or look for that ele
vated situation which has just been alluded to ;
but if my fellow countrymen think proper lo
elevate nie to so distinguished and honorable a
position, 1 certainly will do my best to dis
charge the duties of that responsible position
faithfully ; bui if any other candidate is prefer
red and offered, who may be more competent
than myself, I need not say that I acquiesce
most cheerfully in their decision, and shall re
joice that theje is one more worthy to repre
sent them in the highest office in their gift."
The following despatch, received subsequent
to the above, again throws doubt upon the ap
pointment of Peace Commissioners :
The Commercial Times states that a French
gentleman arrived at Tampico, who left the
Capital on the 6th, declares that Congress had
not yet assembled, and nothing was known as
to the appointment of Peace Commissioners.
ISow the War was bruugSif a3osil.
The New Orleans National puts lo Mr. Bu
chanan the following serious questions, and in
such a manner as to amount to charges.
1st. Were you not, as well as Mr. Polk, in
formed by letters, that if Gen. Taylor moved
his forces, and took a position opposite Mata
moras, thai a collision would lake place, and
were not those letters from such a seource, as
you could not and did not (as subsequent events
prove) discredit them 1 Have you not these let
ters on. fie among the private papers of the de
partment of State? and did you not refuse lasi
winter to give copies of them ?
2d Were you not shown the correspondence
of Gen. Arista with a gentleman of high stand
ing in the United States, one who has held an
important diplomatic office in Mexico, in whith
Gen. Arista stated that the Government of the
United States could get by treaty or purchase to
ihe line of the Rio Grande 1
3d. Were you not shown a note of Gen. Aris
ta's in which he slated thai if the Government
of the United States acquired title by purchase
or treaty to the Rio Grande, that the provinqes
. of Tamaulipas, St. Leon, and Zacatecas, woufd
unite themselves with Texas, and come into the
confederacy oj the United States! ls not the
letter alluded to above, on file in your depart
ment ?
4th. Were you not informed by an express
direct from the camp of Gen. Arista, that the
Government of Mexico would receive a Com
missioner to settle ihe boundary question, bul
would not receive a Minister, and was not Mr.
Slidell sent off on his useless errand after you
received the express from Arista's camn 1
Have you not goi the letter sent by that express
, .yvui Pu"c"'u". anu tuner,, subsequently
! W"TnV 8ameuhand from New 0llo.ans ?
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iu. -l-mu yuu uui iiuvu several private inier-
views in Washington, with the aenileman who
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!8ent the express from.Arisia's camp, in which
you inanKeu ntm in behall ol the United States,
for ihe services he had rendered the govern
ment, and did you not, as well as Mr. Polk, en
tirely approve of his views? and did you not
endeavor to detain him at Washington, to avail
yourself of his presence and information?
6th. Did you not, at a Cabinet Council, lav
! hpfnro t Ji o mumharc I Va -j t It I m . . - 1
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ico wun a sianamg army of oUUU men
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'UI' umu yuu not ueen ureti ov mon in
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. and out of nower. to nrodutis the lntiHr n n.loi
In :.h(lln lit rnlinvn ..I" I. I, n C .
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v i j uu j i .nr? timi u oi acting
with duplicity towards Mr. Polk, and of pro
tending ignorance of the facts contained in the
correspondence we have called for?
Singular DcatSt,
A child of Mrs. Charles Chapman,
bury. Conn., was pojsoned on ihe 6th
of Dan
inst., by
putting a visiting card in its mouth, which its
mother had given it to play with, ancPdied in
Ibrty-eighi hours. An analysis of ihe card, by
Pr. Uennet showed thai the enamel or coating
was composed of carbonate of lead,. -
HCFThe debis of all the Stales in the Un
ion, amounfio -423,8 X ' :
senaots aeiivcrcci on July 4tSi, i.
(ContJntietl from last weeks Republican..
Text Hebrews ii. M. 15.
But, it would ill befit my profession, this ho'
way, emu your ietnuitis as uunsuan Amprlr.
were i merely to descant upon the Kevolutinn,
Sfiflflpq. finr fpvt enm mnns with tlia .-.,..!, .
' nuiigo, utucia, vvuiuu C4uajiy uecoine u
A greater than Washington is here. 4
W nnw turn tn nn ornni rKirN onn
interest, the achievement of American lttdepe'n!
k.ik, no iuuuii no tut giuijr ui v-Tuu s uirone tlnoo
me iu mining ui a siar. ivs a ouciiets drop ;0 tj.f(
uugu uctian, let us, lor a moment leave a linndf
men subject to political oppression in the wilds f
America, and turn our attention to a mi'htu wnri
oj immonai oemgs, oounct in the chains of inors
bondage, ana doomed to perpetual slaverv in t4l,
pit of wo.
This is a theme above patriotism, increases tb
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scends to crush them, and curse the very nrounri
iui iiieii saivca : tr nu suuu uunuuut mis orm,.
campaign, tor wnich the mighty Arch-angel is ai
little qualified as the meanest insect ? Who sha.;
sustain the combined shocks of three worlds, eniau'
ctpate a race ot rebels, and- war with devils Ye
Heavens speak! Or, thou Earth, tell me if thou.
shall lead the van in this tre
mendous struggle, and secure eternal fn.iepend
ence to those who are the destined heirs of a burn
ing hell But one only, of all the intelligent ranks
of being is qualified, and u Glory to God in the
highest 1" he has entered on the arena of contiict.
" Foiasmuch then as the children were partakers
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took
part of the same, that through death he misht de
stroy him that had the power of death, that is the I
devil; and deliver them who through fear of death
were all their life lime subject to bondage.
To this Chieftain were the eyes of all worlds
turned on that eventful day, on which he secure.l !
the worlds redemption, tearful indeed was the
enterprise. The finances of mankind, like those
of the Colonists were fearfully embarrassed, and
the sources of revenue fearfully exhausted. The
race was bankrupt, and the divine law prosecuted
its claims with rigor at the bar of eternal justice.
The demon of rebellion too was exciting the mot
horrid disaffection throughout their ranks, and the
chains of slavery were forging in the foundenea
of Perdition for their rebellious necks. iSuy.ii
thundered, "Obey ye rebels!" but the disease w.it
so general, revolt so universal that obedienc e was
impossible. There was no avenue of escape
There was no alternative. Mankind mtibt eter
nally perish. All, all was lost, and death, tem
poral, spiritual, and eternal was their inevitable
doom.
Just then rose upon a benighted world the glo
rious star of Freedom ; it was the Star of Bethle
hem. Then appeared the man who resolved, at
all hazards, even to the spilling of his hearts blood,
that mankind should be free! And now think O
Americans, who by experience knew what eman
cipation means! Think how magnanimous this
man was ! Did vour beloved Washinaton rphn-
quisn uie uumiuiia ui nunie, auu leave ins esiuies,
to unite with his countrymen in aggrieving their
wrongs 1 lie did. But look at this Man. " In
Him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."'
In Him centered all the royalty of the universe,
and from Him eminated all ihe beams of divine
splendor which illumined heaven. Before ILs
:u .t. r.in ..ft .1 i i -
thione, the crowns and diadems of principalities
and powers fell, while the angelic hosts ceased
"not day and night, saying,.Iioly, holy, holy, I.rif
God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to conic."
Tfiis Man leaves his paternal estates; throws
aside the sceptre ot eternal empire ; changes ltis
nature from a God to a God man, and enters a
world stained with rebellious blood to fight m
Freedom's Cause: ''As the children were parta
kers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise
took part of the same."
This was becoming one of them indeed. We
here see, not a general occasionally stooping to
mingle with hia men, while he remains their lori
ly superior still; but a GOD stooping from the
Throne of Heaven to become one like unto them
selves. This Man had no inferiors. He was
"made like unto His brethren; and like them
"tempted in all things." He had no inferior
guards to protect Him in the hot shocks of battle;
nor gallant steed to cairy Him to some safe re
treat : " The foxes have holes and the birds of
the air have nests; but the Son of man had not
where to lay His head." When the enemy's ar
tillery roared, shaking the wqrld with violence, no
corps de reserve brandished their battle axes in de
fence of their Chief. "They all forsook Him and
fled," and, He who had taken flesh and blood was
deserted by every fleshly aim. While the spears
of His foes rose in forests around Him, He coin
batted them with His huge arm, and His fiercest
weapon was a prayer for their salvation : ' Fa
ther forgive them, lor they know not what they do.'v
O Washington ! what was all thy patriotism com
pared with that of the Hero of Redemption 1 Be
hold Him alone, sustaining the shocks of heav?nv
earth, and hell! Again. Did the patriotic Wash
ington descend into the arena of conflict and lead
the broken forces of America to battle ? He did
But was not this all 1 He endured privations and.
sufferings doubtless ; but his person was sacred jx
the eyes of the people and the chances were in iiw
vor of its being preserved from peril. Was it so.
in this case 1 Nay : This Man took flesh and
blood " that through death He might destroy him
that had the power of death." Mankind then were
in worse than British bondage. A power had
bound upon their necks chains which could be
broken by finite arm. Eternal death was aheady
written upon their foreheads, and that old serpentv
called Satan and the Devil had the power ol" in
dieting it. Over them he held the scorpion lash
of oppression. So long accustomed to the voko
they were become satisfied with their horrid state,
so much so that they were his willing; slaves, chnl
dren of their father the devil, and "led captive bv
his will." But who shall break this infernal pow
er 1 Who shall disturb the spell which made mea
contented with damnation, and snap the chain
which, held a race of immortals in satanic bond
age Who shall enter the jaws of the lion, break
his teeth, and with his own blood pay the price of
their redemption 1 Here comes the Man, Jesua
of Nazareth has already suffered his glory to bo
eclipsed, and now, calculating, not upon the safety
of Jiis person; but upon death in its fiercest forms.
He enters the field and never quits the cause of
immortal liberty until death and hell are swallow
ed up in victory. This patriotic Chief was well
aware of his tragic conflict; of the horrid result
to which it would load, and his motto emphatical
ly was " liberty or Peath l" The world, my heas-
m