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From vtfriettigtirAleils eull'it with care... 4
From the FrenO)l . of BeiangOr
SECRET COURTSHIP
.1./1 blind. mother sits in a cottage bcsidelerliretty
- daughter, and cautions her, against love; while, •at
• the same time, an amatory scene is going on:be
"tweeti the -ilia and the very lover whom the old
dame dread's.]
Daughter, while you turn the 'wheel, •
..risten to the wor,ls I say:
Colin has contrived to steal
. „-Z;our unthinkingheartawaY,
'OriiisTawning voice. beware,
You 'are all a blind one's care, •
•And I mark your sighs whene'er
Our youngneighbor's name is heard::
is false and 'winning--
'Hist!'the window is unbarred!
Lisette!:you-are not spinning! '
The roomis Close'and Warm, you say;
_
But, my dangliter;do not peep
- _Through it • ensement—night mid day •
Celimthei•e his wateh - dothVeli7 -
. Think not mine-a granibling'tongue;
Ah!. here at my breast you hung;
like you, vas fairlind young,
—Anal-know how-npt is love
.: To lead the youthful heart to'sinning:. - -
" • Hist! the door; I heard it move!
Al), Lisette! you are not spinning!
it is a gust of wind, you say,
That bath made the hinges .grate;
'And my poor old growling Tray,.
• Must you'break for that his pate?
Ah, my child! put faith in me; •
Age permits me to forpre
Colin soon will faithltiss be, • '
. And your loge faun abyss
`Pfgriefs will be The sad beginning-4
Bless Me! 'Sure I heard a kiss!
Ah, Lisette! you are not -spinliing!
..'-"Twas_yOur_little.hir_tb you sav,
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Cave this tender - kiss just - now: .
Make him cease his trilling, prays
'He will, rue it else, I vow. ___.
Loy% my girl, oft briligeth
-Shame Red sorrow. in its tram; -
While thefalse,-SuccessfuLsstaln - _
' Seems the heart it bath beguiled
''Front true virtue's path to smning-.-. •
• Hist! I hean.you move, my child! • •
Ah, Lisette!. you are not spinning! - • . •
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You wislito take. the air * yoa say: '
Thitik - yott, - daagliter, bell'eveybu?
mid young Colin
at once as bride iCoeive you!
Let. him •
go to . charch, and there
Show his puipose to 'be
But till then, beside my chair •
You must work, my girl, nor heed ,
Allhis'VOws,*so loud and winning—•
Tangledin love's web indeed;
Lisette, my daircter! iiiintryour-spinning:-=-7
COMMUNICATION.
THE HERALD & EXPOSITOR.
If you think the following coin
' Tfica
'don, on the pernicious effects of the..h. iit
professing cluistiOs — iii - zliiirean - d - at- --
ten d ing • on . Parties, &they are; commonly'
terrail;"Wiiorincotisistent-wltiv-theLgeneraL
purport of your paper; ;.you'• are %liberty, to
insert it at any time you mardeem proper.
The sentiments, itcis true, axe ',more appro
priate fOr a religions paper than:for
cal one, and for - this:reas - on - lou — may-per.. ,
haps object to its publication, butlbe want
' of the former in this place ; ,is the cause of
my sending it to you. . ' •
ON/TAItiTTBSi, . • • .
• :Whilit the obligations of religion enfOrce
the "exercise of that "charity Nvliich-hopeth
a'4thingS,"!they:at the. ‘ sails e , tin* require
that those who, prptiiiiii'iP7AO-V4113'
ifi•.preCpp,te :!` be ;riot' , 'Fpiieppip,6(l to this.
_World,'but.belranSicifill.q.d.by:tbe:retreWink
of 'their .'minds.",l2- , ::
only permit,. Init : ojoift , the..
courtesy, : they.. Ple!aibe ,beY O 4
which it is iiiiiife:,to; , Jin:riture, and; impose'
restraints Which it ie eqUally%their duty . and
their' interest le observe. The''ScriPtures .
declare that "_the friendship of the worldis
'enmity against God;" and enrigtipaisafe
' warned to "have no 'fellowship with 'the.
unfruitful works of darkness." Theapos
ie-i''aul-enjoins it as a - duty . on all christians.
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OrpgAgrxpwiquir„ Aipcs:Axp splENCES,..Appactmirp-RE,&C.
``WhaiSoever 'Ye !I' deed; ''clo
.all irt - the name :Octhe.
, • Jesu - s . -; giving
thanks unto God:and-the father : [ by•Hint.",.
prow thiS, is, an OitensiVe:praetiealPrinciPlee
Which is here:intended: •a; Principle
is to. influence . all the • actions of christians,,
without exception_;
- not only those actiOns,
:which are directly of a religious nature, bit.
th-eir ,
-.ricit'.orilYthe place
of 'worship - and'the but - the - farnilyv
and all their intercourse iii life: The same
apostle delivered : the iujunctiori
"whether Ye eat or-drink, or - .. whatever ye
do,
,do all to the glory Of God;"
- eept; like;the other, is not'iohe viewed as
a mere command to practice any particular
.
duty ,or obligation, bur ratheras an:exhorta
_n _ .•
exhorta
tion to.tinploy.,:that general principle . Orre
ligion which IS pervade,and
.regulate all
the' Ordinary . ..a:CtiOnS - of
,ehristiana • in their
intercourse with the . world, Whatever
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therefore,ean..be Aone by theni„Without vio 7
preceptOlrermay - reasonably
,expect and • pray for a blesSing upon; and
may hope •in one Way or other, to receive
and. impart
,improvement . . Lin, Or: to be. of
some - benefit by means of it: Bilt,"do•-any
'Of Ttlmsdit flings ..apply to .the - present case,
'My object, Mr. Editor,- in - •seraing - you,
: .these—.rernarki, -- , and. in :'preseuting to the
:_nlied_i_of,your:readers-these.plain
precepts-is,five that .:they may arrest the
attention of such .Protcssorsof religion'par
ticularly,2as,areirf.dm,•habit of giving acid
ttucißing onthe parties, ,of alnuseinent
which . I allude, .and' to endeavor to,. bring,
`them to the test of that word, by Which
they are "to - be judgedif6r - the deedsi done
in — the - they -'to -- say._
that- there .is do harm, Tio - detrimeat to be
apprehended frOm
propensit,Yl. so, I Would; ask i
whether they - do return to their ." hoMes,
from these- places
s of merrim - ent- - - - - - oftirtint es
.at_a_latc_ hour of the night-a-prcpired for
•
devotional exercises, or better qualified, by
edifying conversation, for ennga - ging in their
their e s iernal interests? Most assiired
,
Their` c heaflp `and c'onscienees s , if
pern - Illed•to speak, ivitt thenilhaithey
are".aelnowledged, eveiV by ,their most de
votecLadMirers., and most strenuous - . advo
eates, to , leave ;behind them a:Void; a dis
reliSh for, and "an indisposition to,"thegreat
end of our being and existence in life. The
-thought of what they have seen, have heard,
hard' said, and have ' done, intrudes into
their minds, and forces the conviction that
the diversion has been contrary to 'their pro
fession ; and that • the , converSation,' the
amusement,' and 'even the:very sentiments
perhaps, • they have expressed, have been'
.made, to correspond s with the n0t0..0" . t
those whO are emphatically denominated
‘.!'the lovers of pleasure more thaatheloters
0(601"
--tdfy
it lie urged, however, that - tlie same
May be said of many secular employments,
which"may nevertheless be lawfully attend
, ed_to,--lthe-answer=is-obviens,----These-are
the duties - inares - station'in - life-;-needfuf
in society; and in,,yarious way's . profitable
to mankind; and while ;we May reasonably,
anticipate, atld pray for, a bleSsinyin, our
lawful business,. we May.r onfidentlY rely
on God, - and
beg ofto, be - preser ed
frOrn the dangers and temptations, connected*
with it. Now, he who goes to Parties,
in e. for amusement, for gratilic.atioM , or
a comPianee ivith etiquette, and pff'ers him
self,to be led away into scenes from , which
religion 'is, as it Were, systematically ex-,
Cliidedivhere the 'spititraruMitionrof - the
, .
World reigns witheut a rival, and-is so mar&
-fest-in-dreeS;--iirlattitii4e,_in extravagance
and display-of every sort. and to such .an
'extent, as, in my humbleestimation, amounts
'to a renunciation of ilk baptisnial covenant,.
etpOses , himSelf to temptation;' and there
fore-eannot d,Onsfstently-prattifibe-preserved
. • •
:from it: We are direeted to offer up daily
and hourly to. out' lleaventy rather, thiS
petition--" Lead, us not into teniptation:
but - such, 'neetllpssly, fwoithlptuously,.inq
delilreititely run into it, and.ofy course must
abide by the consequences. flur
.ought they, to encourage, the ",tpMpter, the
great, 'enemy.' of: their. seals ' , in .6heeking
their heavenly
„pi'ogreei;: and einlariger'ing'
-their- - eternal.-welfarMileic stieltishert
anWrriOirten6:olinners'
ehrifitians who'prefesi fove,the
.Gospel; above,
tend 6 every_tningonibServient'ioiitiiiiiiW
_ • . _f
sie
accommodatjo
principloitO the ,vague ands;mitneaniniouti=
. toms'., and -.-.glibne; of, a • entrap( nirdNinfq
world? t"4 ' is
ie lll PPAYeI,Pn
- d influence r and,subyert
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•. You. will. observe; 'Editpr; . that'in
this conirriunidatkin;i!efereiiPP is'had'entire
ly, to 'theinconsistenCy,of .profesSorS ,of' re
ligiolitbr - thuse • who:call anclprOtess;thput; , .
'selves Christians..-7,.,•by.1i ng...communicants
in. - , some outward church,, or
otherwise--in 'engaiiiik . With'SUPh earnest:
nose and ayitity 'as - wi'Sdffip . qiientlY oh=
serve, in the scenes oPfolly' and dissipation
-usually-attendant .on the parties
.10-Which-I
-allude,-?"Those who engage in may•
merit . the. Common appella'tion of mpral and.
respectable persons; they may, Trim'
ihpir.eleve.ted situations in life, be the more,
-the .- objects of observatkOn ind example
but I would ask,in the expressive language
of. the Savior,
.",Winit are 'they more:, than
others --- Do 'itui_ even the publicans flie
sanie.?' Do not the'C4 Ontiles e • in' this - . maxi- .
ner,.sepk after all these things 15'
That these observations, : _writteit as ire,
.trustotot through pique- or _prejudice;
witha`sincere'desire - 'of - acquiring -iniFiru
f)aiting pyoper iufoirnatiou' oil the subject,
may. lead. to a spirit of serious- and: sober
e - inittir*;. and, that they may : produce - as de-,
cided- a athwiction on the minds of other's
of . - the — irriPropriety of christians.uniting-in:
and countenancing assemblages of this kind,
• .
as they have upon' my own' mind, is, the
wish 'and - piayer _ _
Of .yours, respectfully;- •
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Prom the Ludy's Book: ' • •
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A
CII - RLES. BRANDON,
"ti'utitis strailgC, stninger tlittn
"Do you,'remenkr ChM.les ..Brandonr ;
asl - ed - my - friend: -I- was silting at the win-.
dew„ lost` hi reverie;-•and- gazing _ listlessly
.atT, 019 ._ eddying viaNT! of a • J\ip v e mber'
fog, whicli'liad for hours • been clingiUg to
the' bosom of,,our common nioffier, like re-:
meise 'tb` . the heart of a dying . sinner. "Do
you
,remember Charles tfrandoiir'
day dreUm \vas-dispelled,S "and : Mat
iMme unheard:for Years, caine thronging to
my hcarttriglit• visions ;_deariy da34:`
The green 'fields
.of childhood glowed
around me, and 'mid the.dear familiar faccS
:of frieos• long 'kparted,, that, scented to.
knite - o" rice - morc - irt - mine.;----{lashed-again
with all its wonted fire, the soul-speaking,
eye of dip Brandon. lisee him
just _as_he_tooked.wheit ' with liis_yoimg
phati sister he • first became a° resident of
our village. Nis handsome - features wore
the high stamp of intellect, and his dark
brown hail. turned graeefully , from abroad
and polished 'forehead. Ilis compleion
was clear, though .dark, and his keen hazel
eye, shining at one moment with suiprisiiig.
aid almost fearful'hrightness, then ILllCX
pectedly assuming an expression of alluring
softness, won a't'onrce the unresisting heart: l
His presence often inspired a kind of awe
in others, for which they vainly endeavored
'44:l46blitit- and, ever and anon., a scarcas
-tia:-Sinile.-plitYed-about9tii,,-facoand-when
his path was 'croSsed," - ileV.'essence.,: s of
visible in the emitemp
, Mous ,sm4l , hich 'lvreatheditta Curling; lip.
As a sucdesftil laiv -er'his name s i read far
and Wile, an: each .clay graced his brow
with some new lanrel.- rosseSSing great
suavity of manners among. his friends be
:held . tile_rank,ofgorieraf favorite.. '
_;And his sister—,with whpi• reverence of
.affection dick slie bow to tliisrlie guardian
- Spirit of her -- youthacknowledging no law.
but hiti opinion, and seeking higher'
reward - theri.his approVing smile How
careful ;Should we be of. the influence we
exert oit others, and doubly eautiotitslioidd
those be..onwhoni Cod has bestowed a,poW
er'of intellect- to sway at will 'their: fellow
men.. !
.Iliandon'Wee a semplie,and the writings of
Pine, 'Voltaire, and
.npussee'u, were, too
often the Companipta of his leishre .hours.
ws moral character, however, stood fair,
and forects-Of disintereeted benevolence no
one_miglirwin a brighter
avails the semblance of
. puritb: . )vitert
heart is corrupt; the veil soon falls, -and the
Feharactern .ppears-fira IHtdeforinity .•. ,
'Twas lnidnight,,oand Carolitie Brandon
sat alone anxiously listening for the coming
foofsteps of 'her'brother, The 'dock struck
two, her heart alreidyoPPressed with strange
forelm_bings 'died within. her. - She knew
no'cause for thfs delay, ab - sence at
such an hour, . was, a thing, too, : unus9l :.to,
leave Win' her power,to ;'await-.the , issue;
calmlY. I Was sad to mark thenaental an='.
guish Whieh 'betidyed jtselfthe , quick
chariges Of, that, lovely counteriant6 f l. NY by
is it' that the .yoting heartthuSt thms-iorn
tirith either the .real or iniaginary dangers
its' friends? ' Nirhy-',.mnit-4he` rosy ;c'heeki
grOni, pale, aii& thOparkiiitg luiltret orthe
0111.1144im watching :the
sinking_s(ari - )6ieli,ptideif.the - ddstintes , ,`.4if i
thoSe 'pejiipmt - ,Au . S„:tict jt
theneit:,l4Or'Ong.'4. l v • Q4deq, Brandon at
the •Sidrof gay as
cd throw; the. absent..llioxights,'Mpl' - the 'utiLl
hiddeach§rtii, Which ,Oftery eiinivulscclfiirr4
son l'PXOlatl'.t°;thPrkeall VP II -t atie,o l o..Oi
Mititt,ls4ill'afeitifqt - ;= , Frtitirr thatiltiYa etou4'
res'teCOU - Ahq.
JeY.P l64l V , P l4 4 66 (ihe:
fore St ., reierful - : .the, infer Vii)
Anxiety, apprehent r
sibiOntl'areadkshoolt-her-Oole'fraine]--.1.-
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TOintericigatd-himil*cntirdnOtah4",tlar,e-,
Anti
i?!At length the: was
•EieriConneefiaticeA6la - twai..4 ause
-of terrible interest:Ltta .a haSteging,p4,l4l6,
prisoner ma ... a - annonnced,' 0141' of aiiaiety
L ran frorri'heatt
.16:.he . aft jllifedighittiVihe
crowded atidience,- - andWhen Oharlekßraiii--
Ann took his place at Ihn-bar,!, Iris " erect
mein, his dignified - Step, - ,:atid!the , ginuf*al l / 4 . •
hie paleness of his' brow, *llA:the gay,
breezes of heaVen hadnotAblined-fOrmonths,;
with the saddened _ - smile • whiCh- -;lingered:
.abotit his featureS, aWakeried . in every heart
a sympathy strong beyond expression; and
inspired a hotie noxt in..lasatirance;'-that'in.
'his bosom guilt had ` 'Had
that heart been unfolded' to thentris'.a'ge
to read; they -would have learned.that, at the
very moment while. he - eibod`::thus liefore
them; remorse was busy. there, and-hia:sciul
.was writhing ender the horrors.of.guilt
the , dread of inevitable disgrace-and, the'
hastening certainty of his dobirri'' the:trial
proceeded with the usual forrns,and after- a
-laborious, and thrilling investigation;- the .
- counsel - onreither aide poured fofth a torrent
0113nrningnhitinCticev==A7hejudgeseletiml
and -feelingly charged the jury.— The 'as
..se:rnblyrdispersed, and the jury retired, With .
the fate of "a fellow mortal pending on their
dccisipri;- As 'the sun, that .Went down hi
the - west, methought: his last beams Shope
sadly-forth, as if ceriseiouS - of the fatal-4;er-1
- diet. to be_ determined and prcineunced; - ,,ere
lie again illuriainated with his ascending
.rays, the cold fealties'ot earth.-
Twilightliad scarcely disappeared, when
the - fiistant.o'ole - con:rt . roOmlitit "tog' :
plainly:told'. that`-the' die was' cast, and 'the
'destiny' of Charles Brandon irrevocably
fixed. Again_ the ;prisoner was led 'forth,
...and_again.die appeared with the saine, proud
.air that had marked his first entry. -
ness and. sadness hid alike fled . froM his
featnies, .aind. in ;heir place sat firm - deter-
mination and natpialified-scorn.
who knew him could Well read-in 'that quick
!and restleas -eye, a
.tear of the , agnniziiig
sitspenSe; Which was then - weighing down.-
ihis
heart, and thrillingwildly On his..burn
' big -- brain. , - - - ;,„ •
At - that - moment he would willingly'have
offered np his stained life-a sacrifice-on , the
altar of virtue - and principle. But the ileci- - ,
sinns - nt :,justice could not be .stayed-..'_, A
death-like - stillness reigned throughout the
anxious inultitude--notn creature moved—
the Verdict—the fatal and appalling verdict.
was declared, and .Charles Brandon stoodi
forth—a murderer . ,
Brandon had played pnce—twice—bis
fuhds were exhausted--thrice--his sister
washeat-fared,---HoW-dreadftilLy_..didte
trim-6111s . fortunes. Temptation met him;
and for the - paltry. stun of a .few thousand 4
he becameA murderer ! As the Werd
'!guilty" fell Trom the lips of the foreman,
a slight confusion stayed' for an instant the
inehnicholy 'proceedings ofthat angustcourt,
and, quick as thOught, Caroline Brandon
'was at' e bide of her brother,: Whatever
might have been the soul of Brandon, he
had not shrunk before the crowd, but. the
sight of his sister at such - aft hour as this;
was like a dagger to his heart; his 'stern
lip. qui'Vered-, and a tear trembled.on his eye-
BOT - for — lbefe 611 - 6 s:todir - pale4o - d
less. 1-ler eye first rested - ort . " him; then.
turned imploringly on his judges,
denly starting, like one in the bewilder
. ent - 17f - a - dreamishe exclaimed—
• "Charles, let'us fly Allis horrid .place.''
But soon the dark reality seemed again to
Como over her, and like a bird "stricken, in
'ts - nPure'rdilight;' - shethowed , her head , yip
silence, and covering her - faCe7Witli - her
handi, - fuTerfaTiii - §ideT — Tgre - nourt-pausedil
-not leng. the formal question dictated, by
law was put to the prisoner..
,lle'deigned
them no reply, but proudly raising himself,
the haughty flash of his eye seethed to dare
the utmost shafts of fate: Sentence Was
accordingly passed, and Brandon was . ' con
ductetb a - Convicted murderer, back to his
gloomy cell: , - 2 • '
Caroline had' imbibek the sentiments, of
her brother,, and was herself - a wanderer
froin her god/ Yet 'stice,eisfultr did - the . -1
Christian minister show her, in this dispen-
'sation, the overruling" hand. of- an,all-Wise
- Prcividence - , --- and-With.`-tears=-tiestnightiihn_,
prodigal's return. ' She -groaned - , and_wepf; '
for sorely WaSighe - stricl en.
pray for, her,- and, that-pray,er; so deep ! , •
fervent, "ascended incenSe7before
throne of 'crod, and ~deSeended, like - 4talm
Kum her wounded • Spirit. •
'Twas a black s day,bitt., the Warring of
the elereents - 4ounded - tratefelly upon the
ear 'of Brandsin, fori,ik , ‘Upeorded,
the'fitoriuthat was raging--in his sianli. and
as'lie gazed upon the fatal : vg, still - 'iii }tio
possession,`. he Stilled,. bitterly'' .`an
pliantly at' the idea thet::,hielife'WaS'Yet, iri
his_own ponreri,and'a*Mient's,hriglitnwri,l
passed, alptie 10: -brow;.l 3 .'Thilyi
chased thenght4eonld, he'aglitilo3loipon
the dbath-like! - Ciiiptenarice'Ohts
must ; the last tie-that bound her Aci,'o4lth -bo.
rtdl`,•rent orse tw - 1 6 , e6kf1y,:,
har - niada - , - *Prkailladfitswitt
the.tifchii9oni
, :abserfieif
tut, a ! ity,,yet dovoli n g.!4,4ol:*Aleie#
down b,is;::whide ;it:*s - ,a,'4Utt;:? - thp',
,tlfOght , ''pf ',which; tilled 4, ldirryith Ya'glony;'
'l't , Aii4W4tV" ` OW`ertil
Y
do}vpA his
' , roopoe:., A echoed.
:
'l64ooPaioinP r ßrandoii
,
befiere,Jiim.
Illipatifietati f ,in.ibes4igenee,!Ofrk superior
spirit: we he - kheiv•her 'errand.- She bad'
-coine 7 ,*bi -a eu--to -allfthat_was dear_ to_
1.0 ''"'lUP3'4B4‘.
MI
:her. on earth, Charles Wae , the lest- of .her,
rae,e,'. _but ~the , deadly. Siroo-:'of.
, 4.
,bieathed hp - Ofiltith;" . atittl.hey".hriterliarti Ae
slie,,tlips that beamed 'frcim
her:dark' eye, her' 7 '.ealht'iriaiMer; argi-'her
firm;:tone;,all-testtfied iliac 'the hitte'rngsssof,
partirig - rs Test, and the.uheohiplered spirit
f6fid:
That crushed tilt then, hiOked'forth from-its abode,
o'er. the atoririaand,paaaiOnOf the ",earth.--
..._.,-
Sheifthe deep ealin of its immortal '": •"
The door turned hastily MA* hirfgee, but
heeded - if ot - arid withalieSty e e
soon"reached` the eell.'Of -her. brother. He
was lying MI a. bed ih• , ithie',. - corrier io ,' of the
room, fade . "buried'
. She
ealled his name'. He - fiiis‘Vered•not.. - , `'She.
gently.. raised" his,. .pillow,'lept should'too.
suddenly break his srhinbers. -Hi's ghastly
featurel startled_ her ,and placing +cr.:hand
dpon..his forehead, she shrieked! She faint,
ed! Her brother- was dead—yes - , ChOles
Brandon' was.dead . ...; - ","And there, the hahglity
being who had. trampled 'alike on the` aws
of God'and man, lay a thing of naught !
Months have rolled
.away.._ The tolliug
of the bell: announced that a spirit had One
from the earth. The priest staitds at the
d-of-the-grave surrouh - i,the,
bier.,The solemn rites are thuslied;ara
and -
Caroline- ltrandon sleeps bY the side of 'her
ill-fated brother': ,
POLITICAL.
OF EDWARD ,Toy Moititis; OF, PIiILADEL-
In Mg.:lnd-Van Bitrett Young Convan'tion'at
Readini , June 5th,1838,---
. _ -
- Mi. Presidenti- -- arid.:Gentlenien of,: the-
C onVen tion-I - ain lint 'on :the thresh hold of
manhOod,- . but, L common-with- ibel in comon with- my
eotemporaries; the younginetrofihis body,
6 - iid - off interest in the Objects-fof.whielt-this
.Convention is ‘ assembled. - We, sir, who
are jnel entering upon :active life,•es.nnot be .
- indifferent to political conicAs, which.: in
rvolvem
so uclipf higliiiiiiiaiple," 'and . pave
snch . an imPortant iiiflnence, for ; good' or
-i ti pll, ort - Abe- for tunes, of .the Go iri rn onivealtli,
and outseltPes,•a - S - tlfai Which is approaching
in . Qctober nest.: While a personal interest,E
to secure for our term of life o. government, - .
which shall be :promotive of sochlsedurity
and happiness, urges us to • - in politi
cal :warfare, we,are impelled by the iluty
we owe to our. eii - ulltry, and the institutions
Which - have shielded, the liberties, of
. our
ancestors, to range ourselves with the - ANnig
criarty of the Union', and to join in the,great
1) - iittleTwIlichis - tiproaching - far - the - Fviiitli , :
cation - oli a violated constitution and an op
pressed people. If: any - apology, then - ,lis
needful for oureerly .participation in-politi
cal contests, - It IS - lo be Tothid7-in-7-then-great
principles,.Which are nom . , at jssue, and-the
deep stake we have, as individuals; in their
dccishin. •
..
~ •- .. . . : . •
We are gathered together, in this ancient
town, like the. Greeks at the Olympic
games , . We itaVe „dente "up from -All parts
of this. widely. 'extended Com monw,eal tit,
like them, to strengthen our devotion to a
common epuatry, by an interchange of sen
timent, by personal converse, :and by mu-,
tual vows of fidelity to' our institutions-.--
We meet -xv idrthti - same _
,object--the -same
- defence - of onr-liberties-Viand- we co-operate,
with the unityof feeling and
,sympathy that
belongs to men engaged • in` a sole mwand
import Nit undertaking. Slight 'shades of
oliticaldiffermicirare --- abliterz_etl, and — al
personal and' patty feelings are emerged, in
the zeal that possesses us in , behalf • - of. our 1
country.. This'i.s. no time' to divide, and
'irtta
rregupon podsor minor interest -L- Thli
`perilous and-tremendoui.erisisime,arriyo4,l
-The exkqtenee.of\the4Constitution is periledi
anarchy and soCial7confusioaTiffreaten . o
engulph all„, order -4 and liberty,.
~.,,,All ineti'
are tailed upon--bylhe regard they,bave for
the Well regulated freedotti •we enjoy, ;and
their. apprehetaffoni it:-the — ii - Uittil — Consez• -
quenees that must ensue Ailion its destine;
tion, to eonfedetate in
,this' lionf, Of ',need;
and to join in' ti hotycfu.sade,to'recover the
constitution front the - .infidel hatithk'34l4ch- , 1
area now, desecrating_ its sacred,' ehOracterZ
-Tic tvho can be, indifferent; at.sach a crisis,
is 2 'eosirarcl, - afdi he' whejalier's between
party 'and'VerSertal,prejudioas'Atitthis duty
..to_the,,•country,,ii a„traiter, ahtl . ::daei met
ileServe'tcilite Maler - otiFfien'forin - o( - gov ,,1
eininerit:';',
~, : ' l, * :: ;:',.'' ' •
W - 4el l4 4Ooti;ahrOattAwrAnit:Otatert.:atn
1 .. irririsgd , .'at -0,0 extent - . of - ,hei;iiatural, re
-saarees.atidp:Orer:;,:lefinsylVania stretches
over an . eitetit',of;, tetritrii7; large enough
for half-a dozen . jtalian kingdoms ; 'and "alt
.m6St`. as • capacioni'alb,!.lslqud of Oreat
aritain- 4 -itself.':;-=—W ; o; l •aieidicotl----, -in-the
gap - ,between r :the northern ~.; a nit seatliern;
sections.,i•ni;;the. l lUttiotp;-5.a0.d.-arA4lte . great
avenue of ,tiatisit ,hetWeen',oo4o.*ilartitat ,
s drifisiOne•:.:Withiii - tur berdetsi ; heyondjbe,
mottittaitis;,qriee'Aliii , Cs44itc7o7 l o, iii - i'l7rivo
witieV,Otia4 a -ieliannel,:or,re'canntunteatlan
for us tvliteiiikgtkiliget, regions Of ',the
i;viii 4 :ii t isitiaNietilledA- -, iyot.":;:, -,,, The , Deli-
/rP6', - -'llli4--..0004''1i,11/15r90, current
b)';'lliet`,l`Alk.o.4ot..oll7-,111.14Pi'.4411i1a into
41,1 q!••• '0 6 )9 :bfiltliCAT.4) An .gives ,11. a wide
:** - )0 4 1 1 e. Mt tioOkm*,liiqh`7oar, inly,
40010; 0 9 , 0 , ;. t° ,;'_ 3 , l lffi e. 41.101C.ii10- of
ilid*Olit t 4r, olf;)Ti614: .boxinteQo tts
I d
rtfakiiigiO .4PI i I : _iilbiTines - giA ll o l §ti:
t
1 bleAniperaloyealth are buried.'
r e , Very wheie
'beneathlWailiface; • Teworinglinautitainsi,l
1 2-yhOse,suititnitiare - batlietfitiatraimaaphore .
'of - 'eloucl,- are,''clethed,'frimn .htt6e'' to°,s'tiettite
'. 4 1 -r-t -, , i... ,, t t y - -- 1 .,.--'...-...i.,,, 4 1' . Irl , -,
,V 4 1 0k05,i.. ? , c ,
fire o, yr l 9..§ l 2.;,,us,coli4.lnrtz;
iOilleAhettiOtes' p.iellied:viilVhafW,43l7,
1 e:oo:#*h 'oinjoi.th - e , lvy;llo . artsf'thi
'lt 4itafain::`-, 7 Peeatiftir `strtiains,' , 'Ofil'N'Vater ,
coarse': thcoState in every direction,' opening '
ettannehiol.ebnVeYance....*_aimgg_i_*°!l'
ran
~a, ~,1
MS
SPEECH
PUIA - c
MEE
winds
.Solernb stillness, among, ,tlie`inost remote
solitudes, giving life and.: . aninintierptninert:
laboC '
.lir:lieril - refleet; % : that, inaddi4ohth,tlooo,
hipt.tiaLgclvaitßgo; 7 ,4ur populatichi,. - 0t444 ,
up Of the descendants of the, most
Oug - _arid . Moral : nation§ of.Oirnpe i 'k think
'the
possession elenteiile, that, tend
rriake up, a -tOverful T and
nionWealtlL , ..::!..ll6..destinies'Of;inenn'state. :
onght.telie„,"e - titKti4c#l:o . Jotig:;tried;'fifuro*,,
porieoc,pd
o tipotents; are". too . ..Menu. and- sordid iiitheir
.vieW§g , k.,'elevate4;lti'aity",,thini,ofAf&y:
.
iStration- - t - ---I)kthe4astrres§:.and.§P . lenderi';'of
their Rolitie,aliiiiSseSsionentrtiSted:'their
keeping The ,connan ,
itiealtirtaVelci:dOcidc,.:bytbe:,:i3plee;titiii:or a.
Govern_or;i r n:October;;a`questionwhich:wi l'
have innstAinpOrtant;bearing, tipOn:the
-tereste of lads.. State . for _.-th-e7-e-os.iiingEtliree
candidatesJOs'dph.ltitner7the.present
.erner, -and'David - I:L : 1'0,0er:
eationn..-tintijnorits-or7the.-`onnitird‘atteKed
by:nhighly.-4:§,nee-444--.-ind7,-beitedeial-..-§t1;:
.ministration„:: - Of the other; al:libli; ihno"
ways known his' public acts;'- we' knOW•
mithipc•ekeept,,Stritat ,we gather. frorn--ihe
'pledkeTd" proliii§o§'Othis - -sparty - T-a - 'Tarty
proverbial-for its - panic faith, and grossvio~
latiOn'of,'sOlettiadittraet§:and:ptociirAT.: :
RitneOs Pennsylvanian,
bOirt; and bred, on nfaint .in -Washington;
county. Of, simple tastes: and.- habits ; -he
haS . carried - intnpublic -life.that plain
nionsense„: : prridence- hnO, , 'ecoqcirpy sirhich
d is tin gu
•Undt" , r - his ad ininiStratioit the state , has pros-'.
pored_ beyond:fireeeilein. The State debt
has.beendiniinisheds„lnte,rmil;linprp.crement
pursued on a liberal, - and ,- ektentheil. Seale,-
and a just diserindriation:. exercised -in the
Chartering of 'corporatiOns, so -as.to prevent
`individnal.-entorprize from being erushetl 7 bY," -
:the - irresiStible.rivalship of la rketrron - Opolies-,
The character •t4nd , institutions o 1 the state:
have been - Upheld,againSt'the dictation
:abuse.of. the Federal tliieCutivearidtis
gans:' Duffing=the-- adihihislration of Goo.
Tennsylvartia - -:was a'. 'servile . 'vassal_
in the train of a foreigii . power. • .I\roji-rie
of policy. could- be pursued, or no :tti6asurn,
Sanctioned which Was not first approved by
- •
the cabinet at Wasiiiiiktotr: • -- The indepen
dence of our, State; Riecdtive was but a!
Mockery, and Pennsylvania, inatead - of be-
2iii_. - 0-,..p.vernntLatHarrisbure,:was, in re ali
ruled by, .at.:W_ashington.:=,... We_
were. mortified Witnesses of the pliancy of
o:Pennsylvania:o Vern or„ . i it (le °Faring !
iself_ionc_day in_favor tif the' United . States
Bank., and. the next, iniiliedienee
instructions, consenting to, be, the vehicle of
abuse - and 'calumny against , the Same instl
tution.--,- Ititner---•-tev.olted-1-atLisuelt_n_
shameless deba§enient •of :personal di mity
and character, arid in hi§,first .message, _he
absolved the state-faint - lite' tmhely connec ,-
tip)! with the corrupt cabinet at .Washing.
tbn, and declared his'lntention Qt governing,
Pennsylvania by, her - OWn,Constitution and
netjhe it , filitig - Viil , Prejndices of.: the, Pe de ,
ral ExecutiVe: He •tas . ated
intention's, and has liberated , the Statnfrom
a thraldom, whighAlventened to destroy all
ter native energy of charaeer, and her as
pirations after commercial and Sri
,
But, Mr..,President; great triurAph of
Mr. Ritnees adrninistratiqm and I may say,
the tiobleSt`benefaCtiv-That hus --ever been
oitterretlinpoif - TPORey
eeS.sfal e r stablisbinent of2a. syslem of '• eom-,
inmi St pools; •
State:`;; tate:, • 4-iive,
, •
his - predecessor-eredit-for_his:efforti_inAhip
Philanthropic cause, 'hut'' I claim:tor Mr..
Ititner_ the Anerli,roc , porn pleting and 'Per-,
reefing- that, Whichdwas_ but in its infancy
- When'hk - took- if-to -hii-eharge,:- '4-Vhen--- he.
conuneaed hisadminietratien, he found the,
bject of C .. ninfon - -Bchodl 'tio
strange fo'say,'lrtrytinp9ptilar.- -,-Itranne ells.'
triet opponents had- aehieirect -- 41:1.' over-
:iWhelli iiig;majority, under ;
no I , Cieram'on gehobld, and Indeed;
throughthit the state the pOpolar teeling•was
strongly 'adverse. to' the_ syit'api ;,bat; sir,
Mrh. - Bitner; as 'a - legislator and
_citizen,' was
bnptessed with- ; -tbe;all importance of:;,rdu=
eation,in,a freo.-.State knew that loiiii
_ continued i_ Mt:stance: must , debase the pub 7
lie mind, - atid that it must generate,7witee -
tioUeneei '-..4liiely - ,,sooner • of - :later;,, would
usurp - the: deniniMic , 4 or - ,'order - , and
deliverup 't - q:#iiaimid.kai,f4 cumkul4%.
Mored bk;thoSe: "philanthropic impulses he
cointnittaVhimselflitithe:advocacy,_of Cow,".
14)4[1 . ,5ci100l 3vith
indepenclenee,t - Jeg4r4l9,s§';.Ofs'personal con
sequences, hei;determined .to,; stand.oy.fall
in Ids eirorts",tO e,haitge=lhe -popular -inindlu,
'',l"o,or of 'the, - system. perSevered,':uu-.'
daunted with repeated and, :dishearteuilik
repulses,- until 'he - brought. the-,wbrileco-m
-.Mbuwealth to : hiti 'aid .andlaueceeiled
establishing:AM 'S),‘stem; .J.lNaiterity
will bless the name of Man; 1.041i0.1003t
I generatiOn,l4o: . gave , :iliip"2:4Weduotbilihn ,
-cestry; and InnuTedlitturd, , tolherti• thelews
and liberties
,of ;PennsYl”nialiVrO fi ed'
i114010,-14: - .a41111/2LP (1 04e,FI - .p,c l ,
4 - htenetl:Men..; vip:*eozi.tri s ery
tot..pfili:As beliefaotbr:
`fi 0000 ilflx:OP,P, l o. 904 .highest
• Interisutof - .litmiteitYk!4'llie, : *94qMit,
to 0 6 wi''saYa Po'•
eiMiOiniat„.. ' lV:FOrp none gel* "before
c 2B b f
8:.2 2 . 29 r 9 J. us rtous :; ; ,ene e er,.•h
-o nurse
!than . the warrior who.. &Mid up whole
Iteeittombs, of Slain' ta' his toner. Ho*
,lunelf More deseiving'Of,Pofular gratititude
is• he, who 914 , Farmor Governori en-
• d
SERIES, railit. 32.
.
dom.'s - a State with universal •Edtication ? • - and ...
enlightens the Minds of. the people with
the kitoWledge that-leads to the.:jintsuit'and
iecitisitiOil - ;,0f.',211 -- thatAs :desirable in life.! --I:
NO ..0,
miSfertunes,.,,r disasters, politicaor .
...,
eivi4.,ean take frorn4ltiti man:; the ; sweet: en- i
foyinent; - Thet'a•.retrespeet-:Upon:ltis:suee6ss - t'./ :2
:futlabors Or. Editeation,,must; give IthrtAli
.:
the, lateithetirs!, of tire.... in.-All -viciSaitudes-!:;!..
hg...F.:lltil:oolT.tbe eery, ‘ Of - 14 aehieyettient,
and thOtioviie„may-be!:!torne. doWir!bY-re! ,:"
-VerSei . t,- . iii''.thelaoguage of the Latin J2,',047:: .
'10n10....r - 1
,exclOini-,witk *
a trothltieh7futuritY;'
will confirm,--, ' • 7:- • t:.t.-'. :p'
'. '' • " Eii - es4 - il)nuniptituffi iticiftennitpt, , ~,, ~ , r ; • .-.--
, I.ol4lyrie situ pyraptidqin.4lfttus; :.. .- , • . •
''' ". • t),Roil'noiilnitier, - efli4;:iton Aiiiiilia itilisi4(iiip • •
•- ' PcAsliil4.l,ol.6;giii irifidnier*lis',.' .•
' '
. ' /..Anift*thi'VeFiei,'et ftiga=teitin
i6ru.!' , . ' ~- . - '.,
I
~ • turn,- sir,freuf this • - humble acid
. itnftr !
feet -revieW:.ofthe service of I.Ylr.4litner; to- ' -
those:: of • his, opponent, ,David .11. Porter.
on. the,Threelihold, - .I am-Compelled to join - -
in the:geberat inquiry-,-)Tlie js,hel 3 .' No-.
-one-seems-to-Itnow --any, thing-tit thli'ne*
:candidate;
,Wherteci;Jhe - eotnei, 'what ' he 'has ' --
done,- or•in fact Acr_h4 - iriaiiitef_Ofman - . lte , is: ---
:Upon .minute--irtquirY; : it..is•foun.d - recorded , .
-upOri;the-kturnalsof the,Legislature; that he '
-has.,lsberi-UT-neln bet':of iltat !body, let coiner .
- 12! years,- -but-nothing-Mora-is told:of, ituri...._ '..
than that lie .has been 'a:sada voter all that
tithe-, No important ~
:With -hirn;-rincl-no -speech-has-04k; heeu-de ! :-
-livp'ted'by him, by, which we- might &age: -.
"his mental, depth or -his pelitiear,prittuffdity:--.
-In .faet, sir, his political life is-'A. - - perfect •
I blank, and hiswarinest friendieonfess!they
have nothing to Urge in his behalf-but - his
votes: - - Even - ::These - bring -nething T 4o:. his J .
:credit,- for having -been a. vielenti-partilati
-tlitongh--his-whole4ifeiatelias votedaccor ,
diitg to the mandates and. requisitions of his
political leaders,• and tiot• - accorclingto the - •
unbiased dictatesOf bin-own judgment,- -116 - .:!.
has-therefore:not-evert -had an _op,poritiNtyL;
of - exercising -his - - own jtllgipept.. I. am '•
within_the strict limits of truth, when 1 say •
- iliat he _is..shallow-in !intellect:, paltry!in_his._
acifuisitions -- , - and-:Without:a'singletrait-that,-
capacitates.-,a man -for Governor: of this , "!
state. -.: Hp belongs tp L the - - extreme sect -cif--;
Tan Buren politics. He is a Loco Focoin
'theliroadest sense of the word: He supper
ted•Gen. -Jackson in. his most arbitrary acts,
- sided / With him- in his-attacks-ou-rentisyl--
.vartiainstitutiens, is an ardent friend of the
new 'experiment of political, cOrruption- ,- -
Ahe- 'Stib-Treasitry,• 7 --amr_radical, to a dan
gerous degree, in all his political opinions; -
• Is it to such a irian;sO deficient in all the
high. essentials Of- mental . qualilication,, and •
so naiiOiv
.iii.lifs7 -- iTe tri:gillifTrit - 67 -- d - c-F --- • •
'liver up
_the- destinies of this great-State?. '
Can - we. trust the interests of Education, of
Internal Itnprovem eit ts, ,- -ainl of all the - great,
concerns - of- the-commonwealthoe..a.m.an_of_
such - paltry. pretensions 1 - No, sir, I shud,
der to. anticipate the -ealamities tltat . must •
_falf_Opon_uSl!kontun administration',vided
by such hands.. heaven forbid -that we •
shouldfall iotosucbkeeping. , ' We should
be delivered op, bottnit hattdand foot, to the .
Kitchen Cabinet, and'ive could eXpect noth
ieg 'else than.a. desolating War upon our best
institutions; ,and •themost cherished inter
ests:4 A 3 6 - !h§yjivarlia t mid a total-wreck of •
otir ptiOsPeitye'lr::',;. :: .1,,,,,,„.
~,!
..
I Cannot conclude, sir, Without alerting
tit terma of gratitude to-the illusitious - ser; ---
vices of the two great Whig leaders
. .iti thd
-Benate of the United States.: . In the darks- .
-4-hour-of-„-despoodeitcy4-under-tiMi.iron—
rtde of 'General Jaeltsim, in The very crack
'-of doom, when the veil of the temple seem ,
ed about to be rent, •andthe' agonized Spirit
f-the-conatitution_Seentr:..dabout_to_expire--
In - a - convulsion; that should agitate 'all -na
l-Arpin_ its, centre,- these - great men, amidst .
the itniversiil,'consternatioe, .maintained
- -FoltipOSett front, :They' stood - the_ brunt of
,the - tempest with hearts: of steel - and called
.upon: -the
~ people to be of good elicer.—
_Through .the gloom' of •• the night lie
we lard
voicesin
the of bur pilot steersen a d foll O
wed thentwith - ch . eerftil - confidence: '!„.They
_ .c.
exhortedilte.peOPlUith - words - r_of might
that Stink deep intethe:minds of men, and,
thOgh• their influence was nOt,immediately.,,
felt, they: hate, ** nrierated to the univer
'sal awakening of the nation: - The mighty
werds,tbey nddressed to a slumbering peo
•
.p e were_.
From-tlie..fieree.demagegUe's unthinking nage
'l'o madden for'it moment nr.tl expire; ' . ''-. —:-----
Ilut word's *ltich hcsnr the . spirits of orest'llenils
__WingldforstlieTtittireLiVhich the dling'breuth
d . .
, Of Freedom's martyr ames os tt ex ialel, '
, And to 'die most enduring forms of errth
Commits- 7 .t0 linger in the craggy shade. .
orthd huge caller 'neuth the engle's home, . ~ , •
-Or, the-ten's.five, ti here th;tempest sleeps,'
Till, some , heroic lender bid them wake. • .
,•:T4 > thrlll_the world ivltlibebdes."
I.lenry.elay and , antelWebster were
the pillars ' ellight thatjed us in our wan-
dellitgli'dirough'llre deOrt; 'and now when
'the.,pinViets,preelaire to, tie - frem the Mount
-ot Isgalt.t, la, tip nn
t osed laud is in ht.
letats'not,Sor'get the,m43 !I. who; milder o
videnee, saVed dir libertieS fron4overthrow,
and broughtt*people , to a lattil of rest and
hereki:, , , ' . --, , : - j e, .
:' l'hoissue of ibis . great contest, Mr. Pre"
sideittos in .the hands' of the people,.and it
,is-with.,tbein,tite deeido-whether-rennpYlVi=---'-
nip: shall liparken-te'Ahe voke,6%.(ler Sister
States to join. ,the .oerieus rankifif the , re
-I.gelleaVed , or.. whether she shall ~fall bank.,
'into , lier.fitrinar'/-degetierateentlition:; - 0.
cannot' Olievo; . but ":_tiiat„she will be "trite. to ,
:herielf an&the countryiand,lin the ,- ..trjuni..
sliat*eleiitiOnitlf,'JoSeph- - Ritner; , iher.will
give as sitranOr et .the soundness of her - pa,'
litienVEfaithi - kid' the advent oft . a . nevt:and •
brighter day thl'il has ever sbdineAfee our .
beletlOeetintfy Awe the conalittltien . wen ,
fronylhe night of our dark. . and blOodf reveo.,
lution.
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NOt such words as flash