"WE CO WHERE DEMOCRATIC rill.XCir-LES POINT THE WAY ; WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW, BY JOHN G. GIVEN EIUCNSBUllG, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1830. VOL. G. ISO. 23. MISOLLLANL' O US. Hon. J- C Fremont. The history of this young man is high ly interesting. A few years ago lie was a Lieutenant u the army, and an attache 10 the corns of Topographical Engineers. His business called hmi much to Wash ington, where he became acquainted with j u. auuu fU..uS,v ... - "" fj .. ... A X . .......W...C. mini nillllltlflllC ' DCUlUll. 1 "Ull"! 1IVI"U3, uimcunMiiuuJi , . i- . ,,,; this stripling in epaulelte-r had the tcmeri-1 , ' ( tv to ask ihe young ladv s hand in mar- i . -, i ., , ! Tiao-e notwithstanding he knew them , much liigher in authority had solicited tiie i same in vain. Miss Denton most readily ! consented, so far as she was concerned but intimated that she had a lather who had manifested some degree of interest in her welfare, and might want to be consen ted in the matter. fShe laid the "proposal" before the old gentleman. He objected to the proposition in tolo. "His daughter, educated for a Prince, was not going to marry a Corporal" Fremont was forbid den to enter his domicil, and Miss Benton was put under guard. "Old Tom" had overacted the matter. He did not then know the young Lieutenant. His duugh- . . ... .1. ...... o it I r aliftil li.-i I ICr. lOO, lOOIV 11. -il i" .jiiw.r - ' , .... ... - JJtIllUl 1IU U3 -"WHi M UUI null LKJ the "Expunging Resolutions" she was bound to stick to her young lover against all the world. The next the anxious fa ther knew of his once devoted daughter, she had escaped her keepers, and in a pri vate parlor at CJadsby's Hotel was m.er changing vows before a magistrate with the banished Lieutenant. At last the old man raged, but soon was made acquainted with the metal of his new son-in-lw, a reconciliation took place and in Old Tom, Fremont has not only had a friend, but an admirer ever since. His travels, researches, scientitic explo rations and feats of valor and sutleiiug in the Far West, are events known to the world, and we say without a parallel. His collision with Kearney in Califor nia brought him before the country in a , new liht. lie was accused of disobeying j Sr fniiimind"? nf his sa nirni; :inil ti'plini- : . f- - n :..i .... I ..- f. . : . . , ,, , u i . .i ::u l''at loi'-raLly M.eedi'.v. 1 his Will ' Martial, demanded by htmseH. uut the .- , ., i , ! iU 1 . , i.i i inili the d-s red eastern -oute oi tins; country acquitted him, and although rep- , , ... , c , , , . . ; - , s. , i) i . i t-::,ce an.l all vt i I it. I lh;nk it equal- nmanded, by ihe rrestdent, ha was ap- ; , .i . i mi i , J I , , ' , ly certain that a toad will be made Ir.nn olauded rv the people. We were present ,- i i .it i r . v .. . . ,, ,'. , i i- : Ilushvilie to llainili' n, Ohio for those , at his trial m asluugton, and saw him i r i t i r ' , . : rnsi- ns: Earl v ne.u season the ro id. from confront th:i witnesses lor Hip Cioveru- . . , .-. . .. ; . . .r i i n . . i Ldiiiburg on the M.hIisoii and In; inapo.is ment, m the most frank and gallant style. , - ,? , ;i ... , ' i , ,., ,, .I- i i ro.iu, eat to liiisli i nle will he in opera "0 d J om sat by nun as counsel, and , - , . r .- fa l-. "gohtary and alone he encountered the j . , . e i i - i i j Ihe .Madison men have recently or-jan- 'craft of Ivcarnev and the contumely ol a . , , , f - . ? T , , , , r, . i- i ied niiiier tlic chatter lor :i toad liom Naval and Military Court, prejudiced'., , . r , . r .. , " . , . . J w . Coluiiihus, a few unless "nub of E l.uburg, affamst the ast)inng voung Lieutenant, tnen ,, . , , , ,. . rS'"'"' . " l, .r- i i-k- on the iM.id.ton and liiilianapobs ro.iJ, luxuratmg with the rank ol Colonel, ihs- u, .. r . f . . , , . ' Wi il to blooiiiiiigioii, a distance or some missed f.orn the army, he .coined to be 4o 5Q iu, j UIliIt.rsUllJ i1r. m am, reinstated, but he recommenced hisexplo- j (.Q jas .. 525() 00J t.f slo,k Ul lhis rations on his own account. , tM. , ., . r ,. lie raised a company ol men and start- ; ed for California by a new rattle with : I 'nrcrin " l.io I inu.'l? I fTlllll :lt 1 UUP Carson," his famous old guide at their head. Ten of his men he lost in th mountains by being imbedded iu the snow and literally star; ing and Ireezing lo death. I .... ' .n , P. With the remnant he reached San Fran cisco, and has been spending; the summer in the mines. In the meantime a com.n.s- OIUU IW. . U Ul l.Ol.w.l.g vw,. r.....-.ilrt.- - I biMiir,i''i.oinc nilib-n I ir. .ili ' " ,uuuu"'.' - ,--,1m,:'"K' treaty wr.fi :Ue.:co. i ins ne declines, ; and the next we hear of hini, he is elected j i. United -States - Senator from the new j State of California, and probably set sail j in the January steamer forl'anama, on his way to Hashinglon Mr. Fremont is hardly of medium size, j spare and light, with dark hair and eyes. ; His teinpera.ncnt is nervous, his counte- nance is highly intellectual and pleasant, and his manners sigreeable. He will be j , . 0 r . . r ho t'iiinrtncf mum bur ! omiIa lii? ri ..... ...... . ...w..v,...,.5o oemg it5s man loriy . v 1111 ue excep tion of Sam Houston, no Senator in that body can boast of so eventful a life. . Cleveland Plaindeule. An -anxious father,' writes thus: -What U1 U" w"" m lU!V lli ? 0r,l t . . r, ..-,, i.uaccouniames steals au ins mother S sweetmeats; worries cats, dogs, ..mu u...a ui. .c aii ooys, pnn iiuaui lour u.i o uui 01 uvp, ar.u uircaieus to set. ilio house on fire if I do not quit thiashir.g him.' Very dear and afllicted sir, the only remedy we wot of in such a case, i to have him run over by a wagon, Kicked by a horse, or blown up by gun nn,,,.L, i, ... . . ...il IJvJWUcr lll'ivill I inn intmoi im p ! hfit-ii I fine imVir " . '. v-VT - : bv - a. i s h'g M ,nle",9I,,,S:- SU,( an,,ab,e j bo, and should he not survive the opera- Hon. you will have the satisfaction of I learning from all the papers that condole Willi you. wiai his loss was deeply lamen ted by a large circle of loving and mourii incr friends and acquaintances. BvJJalo Express. Exactly. Courting, says Ephriam, is done on printing principles tfiere being a deal of the hand press about it. Ancient Sa!c of London. Under I'M ward the Fourth, we first hear of brick houses; and in Henry the' Eight's lime, of pavements in the middle of the streets. The aspect of London then experienced a remnikable change, in con sequence of the dissolution of religious hou.es; the city fro.n the great number of them, having hitherto had the appearance "of a monastic, rather than a commercial metropolis I " MM... ..lr .1 I ... .1.1 II r I walk, nnd.jjic gallant Laidon apprentice . " 11 brcnnif iron-r.oious. London, however, .... . . .. . ! was still in a wretched condition, compared ... ... .... , '.. , with what it is tmw. The slreetswhich had been impnssab!- from .iiud, were often rendered so with filth and It'll; and its homeliest wants being neglected, and the Ileuses almost meeting :tt lop, with heavy signs lumbering and filling up th- inferior spnees, the metropolis wis subject to plagues as well as fires. Nor was the interior of the In. uses belter rcgaided. The people seemed to cultivate plague. " 1 ne floors, says Erasmus, " ire com ' iiKiitly of clay, strewed with rushes, whicli are t c.isionaliy renewed; but underneath , lies uiiiiiolcjlt d an ancient co!lciisu of i Leer, grease, fragments of fish, &c &c, 'and eveivtliing that is nasty." Ihe i I'll modern hngl simian piques himself on h s cleanliness, but he should do ii modes iy, considering what his -mCestors could Ao; utid he slum Id doit not half s much as he do.'-;, considering what he h-avrs undone- ii is ii e cisgixce of the city of London in pa licular, that it still continues to be uncleanly, except in externals, and even to resist tin. efforts of the b'i!eo!ent to j uii!" it. But time and ciiCUiiitances ullim.itely fo. Cr peoi le lo improve. Il was plague and fire that first taught the Londoners to build their city better. We hope 1 he autln lilies will leflect u oa this, and nut wail for cholera to compL-le the hsson. Tutilronds in liidiitnn. An India i.opoiis co: rcsp ndent of the liichmond Jeflersouian. iu a late letter, .iiiioijg other th ng.s .".ars: I think it niir be regarded as settled ! - i . . ' " 11 th l!'llf inu.il' roid wiil b mailt. wi, ()j a line of r0;ll fVu!l, :oomill,r. ,OM ; Iiu;11(a ejm lo Vlllt., ofso.,7e ... . . 80 m.les. Dv makinir a r -ad then, from itus Ii v i ih to II ii ui :it( ii, a tliiuiice I sud- 1 ! i ruM ul fK nil -' it. i tu' f iim t (! I... , , .,, . .. , i- r- . - i coniiiiu'ius r.M 1 Ir m Cm Jinn Ui. ri "l be M.ulis. n, 10 Itlr.omingli n. on the west side of O'tr Stale. The country Ulweeii lluslniHe and Hamilton i. able to make l!u, (. a(, J.ln,..11 t!.OM. I. t.s j .. jH . b iiulueed to .;o to b.-cmse it will b je a iiuk cf so long a line that it will put. Pniiisylvitiii.i liailnaj. The P..i!.id - pi. i.i iNorth American states thai the eflbrls of the corn-nilee appomted nt a meeting of tin stockhold- ,.rs f,r ,1. Pnmi,in, lu-l I m ih.. rU, .l5il veil to solicit" .uhs.-riptions for thai roujt ,MVt, lus fjr beef Sllcc ru . jt savs. i.'P..,, tVi.,l-- I r.., . .. r - 1 ne jjauks and insurance Companies I .V.e , ,MOSl :slanCcS doubled their tub- scriptions. Two gf ntlemen of the com mittee have obtained by their own per. yon.-il application, subscriptions amounting to inoie than a tenth of all that is required, and 1. tliers have be-n diligent and active. 1 hi t lino ic niir.rnaliit.nr T... i U.. ...I! ..1 "Jl" " wi i m- .in iu i lieu "leetlngin March. If the sum asked for bv the directors snv SI.0J3.0JJ is ob. lain,t, lt.forrt l!u, a(j0;in,ou tuun lakt.s :are ,u. u i0;t. of l,0 VvsU.rii Dlv is. on will be nut under contract - at once, and the early completion of the entire work will Le placed beyond all perad venture.'' One of look's. Theodore Hook once ilii-lifl It. ill, 1 .. . 4 1 x....i.w ...... d luiL-iiuit. my uear 1 1 , . ' leuow, said ins host, deprecatingly, -I'm -rry to say, you will not get to-day such n ilinnnr n .L. r-;.i -r.?. ir llc .f..,.w.,t !, .i:.i'ii' i. . uui, .V.'lll-U 111OtV, X lOIil a Hatchet one can expect nothing bat a chop.' iF" young man wishing to drown hi dog, pushed him several limes into the Seine, and the last time fell himself in o the water. The clog seeing his master struggling in ihd siream, held him above water till assistance arrived. Tiie Union. Tiie following passage from Mr. Webster's reply to Col. Hayiie. in the Senate of the United S;ntes on a former oceasion, when the Union was threatened as now, vviil be read with re newed interest at the present lime: 'When my eves shall be turned to be hold, f,r the last time, the sun in heaven, in y 1 not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glo ble and linger. ng glance rather behold the ( o . o o ! i .? i.i - i. t ii.;;o u iiuu noil ;i eu .:i i on l: iiuj i. vije e. 1 1 in , i i r ui, i ,1..,.. i -.? , ! sii.I lull I114I1 advance.!, us arms and tro- phies streaming in t!:eir original lustre. not a stripe erased or p dinted, nor a sin- ; in on ; on States dissevered, dis- . . ., .0. ; , , ... it . i , . of Mesiro, m April, 1817, was 7,221; the cordanl and belligerent; on a land rent . r 1 , . r lT. ...:".t, : v.;.. t v.,-,o .i . . i regukr . force on the frontier of Texas, Wtlli Civ.I ieurTs, or drencaeu, in uray oe, j .. . . , . ,.!. Ir.lMmnl WnnM T.,.f ,l.,.;r l-ir f...i- I M:'. 181G- PSent aild absent, 3 .5 O I I til C ..wl.iivfwli.u,w..ai..'j.i.'k.v.iv.'. 1 . . . such miserable interrogatory as "What j br arm employed everywhere in the ,s all this worth? " Nor those other words ! f,ro1s0el,01n 0 lherw;ir- -cls;ve f July of delusion and folly. "Liberty fitst and j 5. 1848, the date of ihe President s proc Union afterwaids;" but everywhe-e Namation of peact, about 31,021; 3o.009 spread all over i letters of living light, ' Inc,(- were recruited from May 1st, 180, hazing en ail Us ample fold., as the V ' l" lU" ,crm,,,:ltlon of lhc wr ,". 18 i8:,3.2' Ho.it over th- sea and over the land, and ! 19a were put en route to Mexico, which mi every wind under the wh.de heavens. ! eeds the number joined, as reported on that oilier sentiment, d-ar to every Amer ican heart WL uertv an.J Union, now anJ forever, ne and inseparable." T r t jTidellti. Never forsake a friend 1 When enemies gather around when j sickness fills rvi lhe henrt when the , . . . . . . ... ...u.. ..Mumauuuima.ui, ihu umu ( to irv iri.. iVii-iidhin ii.,, i,..., , . , i..., to iry true inenoaiiip. i i.o lie.nl tuat ( -has been touched with the true go!d will i redouble its effort when the friend ir sad I and in t-toub:e Adveisity tries real friend- shi. They who turn from the scene of j d stress, L tray their hypocrisy, and ( nn.virs lliai intert-sl n;ilv innvfs ihem. If! you nave a friend who loves you who ; ..... i uas Miiuieu jour ini'resi aim Happiness 1. ... 1. 1 : 1 - i ue sure 10 sus-iam mm in au versiiy. Liei him ee that i:S ormer kirn ness m annre- ciated that his love was not thrown away, Ilea! fidelity may be tare bill it ex ists. in tiu heart Who has nut seen an 1 fell iu p wer? They only deny us woriii and powr, who have never loved a friend, or h.t.'ori-J lo make n I "tend-nappy . The good and ihe kind the aillciiouate and virtuous see and feel ihe heavenly pi in ci;!e. They wi old sacrifice wealth and honor to prom le the happiness f others and i;i return they receive, the reward of! th cou br I do not talk of mere beauty- of feature or complexion, but of expression, thai looking out of the soul through the eves, J which in my opinion, consumes true beau- tv. Women have been pointed out to me lifni ti !: I u-Ihi nni-np Iii iv itiinnn. wv. ............. a.. 11.1 . .i ted my teehngs Irom their want of coun- tenanee; and others, who were little re- marked, have struck me as bein.r cantivn. ting, Irom the force of countenance. A woman's face ought to bo like an April d ay s u s.:e p ii :i'it.- i.f. i-!.on.r -iiwi f-irir... variety; ' b it sunshine s!io-.;Id often gjeam over it, to i enlace tiie clouds and showers llr.it mav oliseure a lr.sier, which, poetical descrip tion apart, in sober pro?e means, that good hvinored sanies ongiu to be ready to chase awav. the expression of pensivensss or a face that knows no change. !houh it causes many? This is a style of looks I could not bare the sight of for a week, and yet such are tho looks that pass in society, for pretty, Iundsome, and beauli ful. isOoc to your Punctuation. A toast eir love, by syiniaUtiiMng heaits and lf )uo) iu iw.o. iunwu j , . , .,.,.. ,,, Mo,;.i?r (o J a:a disciplining tne i nlless favors, wiien thev have oeen -li' ,u'''i- i a.. .... l .i, i. r ,i. .;!i.., i ermni' sucli part ol ought low by disease or adveisity. u ". ts daddy s. j . . ,, nf?or :a ,,, ,. i ployed m the service ; I "Who is your daddv ? ', 1 ' - " ,f ," rervin" to the States. Cvnm's OiMtliil of BranlV. "I)on 1 "OJ kllow- U n-v Ul-cIc 1 c:s-i ,r .t.t r uL .h,- A hU (L. j appointment of officer; care mat seuument ot earthly ills calls! -v -oainoo, wnar j 011 geiuai watcn , . - r . u in any department or otucer inereoi." forth. Wom-n were meant to be exciters i vou wear to meeii:i' last Sunday? 1 . ' r 1" ..V".:' . 1 These are iltespeeinc powers delcg ! of all that is finest in natures -and the i "How vou know I Itab a watch?" j ' ' "; -, ' V.,1t C,'Vi'w,v. '7- ' ta Congress cf the United States, 1 soothers ot all that is turbulent and har-di. "lieKasc 1 seed de cnatn Hang out de ; . , r, . ,' . , . ,;ie Trainers of that mimilEl.Ie mo ' ,xr 11 , i I . - r . 1 OOl L'il'll i.'n'U, Ui.iil V.llli;;ie5S M10U.,1 ,i . . , 1 , i , j Oi what use ilien, can a handsome autom ' pocket in front. j ,.iniroro,1, c.rm .icS.,mi,,a- POw- ; of !!"an wisdom, and which ahnc aton be after, one has got acquainted with ! "(- -va.v n??er! Snoseyou see ai ' a f " yi J tiie authority for its action, and the drun.v at a 4t!i of July celebration was j blasting. One clwge t brew out full twelve j The Dril:sh government arrogated to it- i is declared given as follows: - j hundred yards ' I rock, by measurement. Se!f lhfJ ri.r,,t ,f) tax lhe coloi,ics u iihoul AnT. IX. The enumeration in the Con i woman wittioutner, man would be; a S.ivage. The Boston Post thinks the punctuation erroneous, and should be corrected thus: "v oman, icdliout her man, would be felt for miles around, but without damage, i i;iJCrtv and it lo a savage." j wPt in thr shariering of the S1- IW the' iVeeJom A young gentleman was frequently cau tioned byjiis father to vote for "measures, j Phenomenon in Orcgnu In the Cas nottnen. He promised to do so, and 1 CvJo mountains, in ihe m nth cf last Nc soon aiier received a bonus to vote for a J vm, r ti;Cre were heard bud reports, 1 ke air. 1 e.-ii. His iather astonished at his j distant thunder, and imn.ediatel v nfier voting Tor a man whom he deemed objec- Silver Creek dried up for twenty-four t.onab e, man. red his reasons for doing so. J hours. When the water did resume Us "Purely, father, said the yonth.-'youlold ; course, it was so thoroughly impregnated me to vote for measzt es. and if a Peck is j .v;th alkaline substances as to h iv'- the not a measure, I don't know what is." appearance f strong li-. and as also to ' . cause t lie death of the fish in the stream. Matrimonial Sociability. -Henry, ! About the time rf the cccuicnce siri-nc my love, 1 wish you would drop that i winds prevailed hom ti e south, a heavy i-.ooi- auu wis witn me 1 feel so dull. A long silence and no reply. -On, Henry, my foot's asleep.' 'Is it? well don't talk, dear, you might wake i:.' hool and tails. Wltli me 1 feel SO dull.' Inxpsrlaal Report cf the S:crslary of War. The Ss rretary of War lias laid before t'12 House of Representatives an exposi tion of the character of the forces employ- J ed in tiis Mexican War, and lli3 losses of tiie respective arms of the service during hostilities. Ono, of the tabular statements shows j that tho strength of the army at the com- i r ,!... :: ! .!. i , - c , ' J.T - . , ,. divisions ol tJiy army in Mexico, including recruits, 27,470, of whicn 15,735, were of , ,, ... . . "3 old estahhsumen!, 1 1 ,180 new rcgi- . , . ... . , msnts, and 518 marines which, added to tiie foreo on tha Rio Grands in May, 18 40, makes lbs whole numbar of the regu- the rolls and returns. Recapitulation of t!i3 casualties incident to the whtde number of volunteers, under various periods of service, is as follows: Discharges before the expiration of the term, 9,16a, of which 7,200 were for dis- I jlj, fjr.t!3 7 fit ft tn wil- fl-illniri- f. . , 1,1" 1 f .. 1 ; -it; killed in battle and died ol wounds,' , . ,Q9 ' ; UJ' aci.inen.ai, designations, 2U; desertions. 3,870. i. , , i i . , , i'orces empioved and mustered into ri. ;,..M;r!.,M, ir, Additional fore? 11,186 rM ggregate of regular army i;G,022 T f .1 1 1 11 f o r rrm fonn".tl c.f.ir ' " - 0Tw. II...' iMitti i!s Z11111 1 inis A...iii o r j ""J1 ioiai.-. jou vuiuiuwn j.oo,i.-t l a t ii f ii-i li'Mii'j , it m. ti - r I ar.d wounded. At iiueua m . - , i i , i . ! i i ' lus'eil two d vs. Ii : . I -a lor s loss w:is 072. The former was bv far the mns-L i sliarply contested fight of the war. j scc i n- IlliC'iC.' r I . .. l I- "y you arn oi removeti irom a ' fool." : "Well r.s we are not more than three ; , feet apart 1 gives in to that." ! "vood morning. ' -'(.ifjod inornunr. Vou aid nt come it 1-,at lmiG stranger." ; S'Tn Paris a new style of pockets lius been intrdnccd -ours is without change'' says a candid contemporary. liniter roiiini my necii vou imic dar is i l l i i horse inside of me?" Heavy Powder Blast. On the nei line of canal of the Hudson and Delawre Canal Company, now in progress of con- fdructicn in Ulster county, there have " w .' linen so.n' hrire onoralions in the wav of' J Ano'!ier;uirew oi.t ten per cent, more r..ck, I '! rh;irrr. in t Ii mi Cinin st.'il i f t in J hundred keg or twenty-five hundred ' pcunds of i owder. Thcconcujsion was- i fail of nfirs uas noticed in most units of j fail of ashes uas noticed in most jk tins valley, and a dense cloud of j settled in the atmosphere, shutting J light of the sun f jt nearly a week. smcke out the Of the 15.730 men of tiie old line, 800 : " " j n0 appropriation of money to that -.1 i -it i .ii ii liberty ana independence. i nev were . ,. ; r , , were either killed or mortally wounded, i , - , , , 1 , r i shall to lor a longer i? .i . of,! t . ri.'. i : chastened bv danger, anu punhed bv sut-. Or the 73,200 volunteers, CU0 only were , c . , -. , , r 1 , - , ' years. killed or mortally wounded, showing a . . . . ., 1 . "13. i o proviuc Aur....n n;, a. m. i ;, , ny. l.ns beautnui monumenl ot tr.eirvxr- t4,.4 n- ,,. . . . . . v.'liic'i !!i-' . . I 7" ' . I 1. I . . l . ' . w.w i Jones. i , L-1 1 L. o .i. t "o vou are the son of vom uncle.' i - ,. . - J , . ' r ol 'ie nrcseibed by Cor.-Tress. , ' t i i . "i -v- ; country, which secures to us our choice , l-pJ' r', 1 cu .-v ; . , ., . 4 Whv, yes, I calculate 1 am. i on i , , . . , . , ,. rl .417 l o evercie exclusive Irrislation . ' J . . . . : .'Csninrs. ntv sustains lm in the IJ-H'tV of I ' lu CAC v'1-1- i'0isiautii, dad got to be a widower, and 1.1:1 r-j r 0 .. , c . in 11 cae whatsoever, over J-uc'i district T , , ... freemen w hich enables us to worship 1,1 -u t-J-t-- " --:. u "- - ' '--- d motiier s sis.er, so l recKon lie s my , ..,.a:, ti,rt a:,.,, Ilf I fnot exceeding ten miles square,) as may. .1 ly R J5 P O R T . Mr. Beaumont, from the special commit tee appointed in pursuance of the follow ing resolution to wit: "Hcsolved, That a committee be ap pointed, consisting of five members, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the existing federal relations of this State as a member of this Union, and make report of the re sult of their inquiries to the House," have authorized their chairman to submit U12 following report: The system of the goveriiment, fcrmEd by the Fathers of this Rppnblie, is, per haps, the most perfect, und best calculated to secure the b!.isshig of civil, religious, and political liberty to our race, that ever was devised bv the wisdom and benevo- lence of man. To understand it is to admire it with profound reverencs All the con fusion, or derangement that has occurred since ils organization, has been occasioned by an ignorance of its admirable relations, or hostility lo its safe limitations. Right ly administered and undisturbed by faction it moves on in perfect harmony but guid ed by unskillful or mischievous hands, its symmetry is destroyed, and ils harmony deranged. Like all benevolent institutions however calculated to secure the happi- ness and welfare of man. it has its adver- .. - i u lr'iri'h ' running para lei with it. i bus , .!. r i i, i : . I i.'', nuwctci, usiameu uy ins lij.i :uusiii iin ti ii ui; jii.o jjii , iiiiuci iiic favor of ji kind 1 rOVlUfUCe, It liiiS SUTVIVCU ttl 0 UlipatrtOllC ...... . . , , nuc.hinalions ot its enemies, and still stands u,m:i!l. ,,.i (im; .... ,iir, ,vnri(!. . , . , , . .... ; It w as lormed bv a body ol illustrious men i , . : , J , r , i such as the world never seen before, and j probably will never sec again; men who i had passed through the hardships and pri- . ... vations attendant on reclaiming a savage land from its barbarous possessors: and . . . , x,.10 jia(j walk ,,rM .Tn Vpirs I ben lot us rady a- 1 1 i c-Mi'vl it . . . I . r-, n. nn: !' daivn ; w iiio-5'j wuo mav occupv our in aces, ... . . J 1 - 1 ' as fresh and unimpaired as we received it ! at the hands of our patriot fathers. fo secure the coniinuance of this Union ....... . ark of our safety, 'and in! ns-neuees, is blended with cur duty i our .Maker. i ...... . . . iKil tins Union cr.;i only be preserve bv a strict obsetvanco of ihe solemn slip- nlatior.s and covenants entered into at iu r;.r;.! .,i. .,;,.:.,.. u,. KM Ut'illUii) 1U4 i't lii.'ii.i. m,i,? 4.,f Congress, from the exercise of all forbid- i r..,M o ,.v .-,: c;,-, f ., fa ('' A. den or doubifu! powers. Quad dubiCc . ;., .. " c ...,.:,!.. ,i. r. ,i.,,..i goVernment in the exercise of power.. It 'is not enough that a power may be Va- i cant unless that power be clearly c!c!ega- ! ted to Congress" bv unequivocal nrm.C it T?, iv,ii c eu liirougu tne nerv orceat ; , , . ..., war, with lluvmost lorm- , ttIO , B . Tt-.f i - ti ii -v f o-i- I hit rMirTii?t" n n:r i have been produced bv the exercise of arid I Pres3 -"f OI lis "J'")' ,uc""--'.,!.,...: -,rt.-..,..,ra Ph,rW,i,. ! And in order to render th:ss guaranty . fir", collected "ship money," and attemp- ted the exercise of other powers, .without ...i,,,,.:,,. r n.,rv, nt n,,,!;,,',!,,..,,,! ! ',i ,i.' c. ',.:, 1, : ' r.' .t i" ,wi ..Ll(ii:.l. i.ill..lh,.rilii-.J,ili.i.4.A.3.4t..li ! ..,. i.... i,.t;. -r;...-. r i io iT.t.lnr- i i mi.. P presentation, and to transport persons ' slitution, of certain rights, shall not be con ivond seas to be tried for alleged offences j struct! to ileny or disparage others, retain- be v and to do many other violent acts .-.gainst the setiled usages and maxims of linttsli ost these colonies; and and greatness of these States Tiie Union was formed oy thirteen m - ilnnniwUnt Trivei-nvrnties. so declared bv '1 'el b I ' '. . ' ' . nrincin i's hi :i neneei were drawn together oy common triumphs couimon interests, and t!iu insiincts ol a common saletv audio ward c.T invasion and violence iVnm hr.s-,A veern n.r.on- the cbicCtS tO be attained by this union. It was appa i-vS 111 LA o' w la v f av'w - - - - - - Q - s , the immortal declaration of -1th of July. ! constituents of the t edeni oovernmeni. 1?7G, and crified by the triump'i of our ) which consequer.tly, imift be Jimited arms and tho treaty of ITS:), acting upor i stricily to the cxeirise ol the powers delc- 1 o nromote t ;l arts of the so peace among" themselves to guard each and that any oostac.es interposed, -or laws other's individual sovereignty; to secure enacted . by any stale, in derogation of the'interest of a wido commerce; to main- ! any of the covenant? contained m the Con- .b. dm r,bii,M-e r,f with :.ll nations. I siitutioii, arc revolutionary, and s,.ouW be rent that some power must be organized t to exercise certain functions which could not bo exercised by these sovereignties individually. To this end a government was formed, by a Convention of the States and invested wiili the following specific functions: In article first cf the Constitution of tha United States cf America, section eighth, it is declared: "That Congress shall have power- To lay and collect taxes, duties, im posts, and excises, to pay debts and pro vide for the common defence and general welfare of tho Uniled States; but all duties imposts and excises, shall Le uniform throughout lbs United Stales. "2. To borrow money ou the cedit of the United States. "3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian triSes. "4. To establish a uniform rule of nat uralization, and uniform laws on the sub ject of bankruptcies, throughout the Uni ted States. "5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard cf weights and measures. "3. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. "7. To establish post o2ic2s and post roads. "8. To promote the progress of science nd useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclu sive right to their respective writings and discoveries. "0. To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court. "10. 1 o denne and punish piracies and . Comh;cd cu he g, seas, . .v r f:, i oilences against the law of nations. "11. To declare war, grant letters of con- but period than two and maintain a navy. f. ir- jtif rriit.-r.n- , ,., ,.r ,u. innd sn;i nn-.l forces. "15. To provide for calling forth tha milttia to execute the law of the Union, s"j'pres insurrccuon, auu rcpei in.ss-on. V1"- 1 M ioi urgatiuiu", iui. nmua, ana lor gov- thein as mav be era- of the United States, respectively, tha s, and the authority ! of training the militia according lo the dts- tO ' lVIil Ul Jldit.UIJi .-, i.S i acceptance of Congress, become the seat 1 I... nAfiAi. r-l ...1-if. RtTlnc . 1 t 1 l-i r j of government of United State?; and to i i:t . .!. t :.!. rci u.-ve aumr .y o. ...u x.egi uuu.o '- --l th' sjn15 .sha!1 be- lor tho erection of forts, raagizmes arse- ua:-?, i;oc..-yuii.3, iui5 i.twi-i uu.iu- i i i i- i ir..i i iugs; end . in i it i . l. -iii i . l o n.aiie au laws winca stiaa uo ! necessary and proper, lor carrying into I execution the torogomg powers, and all other powers vested by tins Constitution - government of the United btates.or m any depariment or orucer mereoi. a'.cd by nument are ex- t - .. i :.: . i . . : . ' exercises of arbitrary and uu- delegated powers doubly sure, our pru- ! dent fathers "appended to ihat instrument I by way of amendment, the following ar- by I tides: id of --amendments,' l i'1'' it , ed by the people. Art. A. 1 he powers not li.dcgatea to i the Uni'ed States, by t!ie Conatitution, nor ! prohibited bv it to the States, are reserv- ed to the S.ates respectively, or to thepeo- j plo. i Hence lhe Sta Fovrreigntics are ihe o ...... . .I... si.t. i. . ; would loiiow, mai ...i. . unum. i . ..i . .. i r. u:i in i rrri l f .T,l, ' comply uin ;" "" -" emu s:iidatioiis of that instrument; promptly repealed and removed. Io State sllOUtd avail itsdt of the benefits of this great compact of the Union, and at the same time refuse or neglect to perform tne 1:1.1 i i:1. ririti it 1.1:1 . ;iiiu 111.1:1? 1 u.ca . 11 liiir.r jiiili su.jLUiiL iiiiiiii.D aiiiv. i nev 1 rueu 10 o. --
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