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WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAY; WHEN" THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO
FOLLOW.
BY JOHN G. GIVEN. :
JSBENSBURG, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1850.
VOL. G NO. 21.
IVT ISO E L L A N E O XT S
From the Home Journal. '
BY METTA VICTORIA FULLER.
laugh is Jike the fairy's laugh.
So musical and sweet, -Jler
foot is like fairy's foot,
' ' " So dainty and so fleet, '"''.'.
Ilti smile is fitful sunshine.
iler haud is dimpled snow.
Her lip is. rery rosbud, '.
In sweetness and in glow.
MRS. OSGOOD.
"Hush! Did you hear that burst of
1 laughter! Let us peep in this rose wreath
" : ed wir.dow. and see from ' whose merry
heart came those gushings and musical
tones. .She must be beautiful?"
... "Who, Leslie?"
"Why, the one who created that laugh
; some fair, innocent young creature, with
a spirit like sparkling waters, and a face
all dimples and brightness."
"Ah, brother! in love with a laugh! I
shall tell Miss Merrill; she never conde
scends even to smile."
"Please forget Miss Merrill, till I catch
a nearer glimpse of the light from which
just glided past the window. Come, come'
whispered he, a moment afterward, as he
carefully parted the'twining roses from the
shadowed casementj"saw you ever a being
so beautiful?" -
"She is indeed, very, very lovely,"
answered Ada Herwood, as; she obeyed1
. her brother, and peeping through the win.
; dow.
A young girl, of sixteen summers, with
a'profusion of shmins: brow'n'curls, a form
-nf vnni;it ftrnppfulness. and face of soft
and vet brilliant loveliness, was leaning
carelessly against the high back of an an-1
lique arm chair. One bare and beautiful
. Uqu(
arm was thrown over ihe richly carved
and "polished ebony frame work, and one
tiny'foot was Unconsciously beating n mer
ry tune on a protruding rocker. She was
.alone and appeared to be lost m pleasant
. thoughts, for .a mischievous smile, stole
gradually out from the deepening dimples
of her ermine cheek, and played around
.her bright ' and half parted lips, whilst the
dreamy light of her soft eyes, grew clo
. qaeut ;; with sparkling merriment, y At
lengthshe started from her reverie, and
throwing herself among the cushings of
'the high arm chair, again burst forth in a
thrilling, crmisical irrepressable peal ot
laughter which rung .through the . little
. parlor, mora sweet , thau the warble of
I woodland birds, orj the,,-gush of a merry
rivuleL She ceased hot till the glittering
1 tears -stood:like:gems on' the longsilken
lashes, beneath which he violet eyes
shone" out like shadowed Waters; -and when
those tray ana : girlish: tones no longer
iffushed out upon the ears of the listeners,
i she bounded from -her; seat, and crossing j
the anartment to an ODen piano, ruii her
i fingers lightly over; the keys, singipgi
It is wicked 1 know to laugh -at 'him so
Cut he asked me to mary him dear!
Why! he fifty, at Jeast;"and so oddly drc'st.!
' And his'queuo and his edit are 6d qiider.1
It's, distressing: heighd! to lia've'lo say no
i ' . ' t j . j
To a quite 6!'d gentleman, too; .
I never could see, bow he came to lovo me;
I thought he'd forgot how to wwoy to woo
1 thought he'd forgot how to woo.
vSome.: sober, old. bachelor has ' i been
proposing, and that is what mikes her so
imerrv.!:' lUinrie " fehe does .not treat the
iyoung ones i so," ) and Leslie . ILerwood
sicrhed.; c: ;: :-i .i ', .liV .
I Ada was about rallying her.brother on
tbesodnen gravity of his .handsome face,
rwhich the soft moonlight made provoking
ly visibls to her quick, eyes,but. At that
. ' . -11 A i t
imomenl the giauy ,ereaiure Lwiinm came
felidinsr towards the window.stdl merrily
icarrolling iu.i peculiarly s.weeC bul unCul-
itivated voice, her lruprovisatncell song,
land the. two iNre're : compelledtfo jiiake a
hasty 'tetreatJ. , .1- r.v.K .7JZ.Z
l. "Well Leslie, ilxave; you : concluded to
make this quiet, beautiful village" our sum.
mer residence?" asked: Ada as they contin
ued their walk through the pleasant and
tree shaded street. . i -.i .
"Provided yoa. promise to procure me
an acquaintance with that bewitching
iyoung creature of the silvery laugh. I do
so love to hear a free, wild, musical, un
rcstrainecynust of laughter."
No doubt of it, Lei," replied Ada, with
Jier bright eyes sparkling mischievously;
"But I am delighted that you think of .re'r
maining, for our friends, and the Ilarveys",
Mrish us to very much, .and have, madejarr
rangements for a little party. Yoa will
have an opportunity of making the hearts
of the pretty . village girls thrill, when pre
sented to the dark proud eyes., shining
ringlets, and faiiltless moustache, of . the
princely Leslie Her wood, f, But take care
that you do not get served' like the. quiet
old gentleman, by the lovely girl we peep
ed in at.
"Don't rattle on at such an eloquent rate
if you are released from the bondage of a
formal city. No danger of my "
But the sentence remains even yet un
finished, for at that moment they met their
friends, who took them home with them,
to discuss the subject of the party.
The next evening came, and with it a
gay and smiling throng of village lads and
lasses, gathered within the neat and taste
ful parlors of the Ilarveys. Many a bright
eyed and dimpled cheeked maiden, with
an eye more brilliant and a cheek more
dimpling and rosy, was presented to the
stately and elegant Mr. Herwood. but his
restless glance found not the face it sought
and the music tones of the beautiful un
known met not his ear. At length the
buzz of many greetings and welcomings,
and words of admiration, reached him from
the adjoining apartments, and in a moment
the one he had so impatiently awaited,
glided into the room, smiling and blushing
and saying gay things in reply to the flat
tery addressed to her. . She did not for a
moment observe Leslie, and he had full
leisure to frratify his wonder and admira
tion at her exceeding grace and loveliness.
A dress of snowy muslin fell in drooping
folds around her form, which was of the
most exquisite roundness and symmetry.
Her beautiful arms gleamed whitely be
neath a fall of shadowy lace, looped up
with white roses, and her dimpling shoul
ders seemed laurhini at the tresses which
kissed them. xV wreath of lilies seemed
to confine her redundant brown curls, but
they were not used to restraint, and had
stolen in graceful confusion upon her slen
der neck and waist. Notwithstanding
her laughing gayety, there was an expres
sion ot spiritual purity upon her white
brow, and ever and
anon a solt shadow
in
her -deep violet eyes
She was just mak-
ing some careless repartee to the remark oi
a gay gallant, whenher eye caught the ear-
nest and admiring gaze of the proud stran
ger. The drooping fringes swept down
quickly over Iter crimsoning cheek, and
then -those large eloquent eyes were raised
to his with a timid, inquiring look - That
blusli: and glance how. should he; under
stand them?. The thrill of a long silent
chord in his heart answered him. Ad
vancing with a bright smile, he held out
his hand. -- - '' ' !
"Lillie Lelford! - It it possible?" T
. ; 'Quite possible, Mr. Ilowtird;;none oth
er than little Lillie, whom you gallanUy
rescued from a home amid the mermaids,
on the borders of'the 'Atlantic." ,'""".''
: (Ah! I suppose you would have been
very- glad to have reigned queen of the rev
els in coral palaces; but I prophesied that
to reign' the fair sovereign of i one warm
heart would better graify your taste.. Was
I ri2ht?"hndth'e-jdrew! -her'hand- through'
his arm and led out upon thevme-lrellissed
and star-lighted portico.' . r. ' i ,
After that evening, the shadow of Lillie.
Lelford's eye grew deeper and t dreamier,
and the laugh seldom 'came from her quiet'
lip; and;when' it did, its tones were soloW
and sweet, and half sad,it:was like the
tiukling of silver bells rung at a fairy's; fu
neral. Then there was such a soft, sub
dued light slumbering all 'over her beauti
ful features; and it even seemed as if the
rich golden brown curls fell over her shoul
ders in less wild and careless rotundancy
than was her wont. Lillie was no longer
a child her young heart had thrilled to
the: music of words of lbve,: and its strings
now vibrated to the' touch of deep holy
inexpressible 'leeling,- till even her lair
foot pressed. lire earth with a more thought
ful, Step. i: ' "
The summer fled by, and Leslie, Her
wood and, his' sister Ada were compelled
to return to their city home. ' '
-"Do not weep Lillie," he said, hs he
baae farewell to. his betrothed,' ?the months
will soon, flee by, , and, by Christmas you
must be ready to return - with me. to my
home 'as my" bride ; A da , wishes to, write
to you and you must ' answer v' her letters.
Do riot weep we 'shall soori be hap'p-,"
Land '.the borrowing! girl' was .'left to wait
I patiently ,,for,the .time - when she, should
see mm again. . .. . . -. r
' Thrown bnce more among the life and
gavety of the city, ' for a time Leslie
scarcely thought of any one but his dis
tant love; but by-and-by her sensi tive heart
was pained by receiving shorter , and col
der and less frequent letters. Christmas
came and the lonelv' girl sat in her' cham
ber with a throbbing brow and a bosom
tortured to agony. ; No 1 word ho lover!
. - ..Where was Leslie Herwood? - At the
feet of his old love, Clara Merrill. Strange
that he could . forget the .young, pure and
bewitchingly1 beautiful Lillie, for that cbld,
disdainful," but brilliant creature, with her
scornful eyes arid sraileless lips.: ' Oh! it
was such a chance, and men lovq variety!
So "while one heart was silently .breakiaffi
another' was feeding its fountain of vanity
from the love-vows offered" by the proud,
the envied j the handsome Leslie, Herwood.
Clara Merrill did not love him, but she
was a belle, and it flattered self to secure
in chains the one, so many less fortunate
ladies were sighing for.
The winter was nearly spent when a
new star appeared amid the galaxy of fa
shion and beauty. Great was the commo
tion among the upper ten thousand; and at
the opera, the ball, the private circle eve
rywhere was ringing the name of the beau
ty and the heiress, Miss Manly. Leslie
Herwood procured a presentation to her
-what was it caused his heart to thrill
when her eyes met his, and made him for
get even Clara Merrill? She was beautiful;
could that be the charm? He gazed and
gazed upon her queenly and graceful form,
her classically formed head, with its hea
vy braids of rich brown hair folded around
it; her exquisitely sculptured features; her
gleaming brow and large proud eyes; her
clear pale cheek and lovely lip he listen
ed eagerly to every tone of her low, musi
cal voice, till he was convinced that it was
one of ;his boyhood's dreams, grown to
j perfection and gifted with life and breath.
, Clara Merrill's power was over.
Days anc weeks passed by and he was
ever lingering by the side of Miss Manly.
There was something ; mysterious and in
comprehensible about her which he could
not account for. She ever treated him with
the same unvarying coldness; she was
ever proud and dignified; and yet he dared
to love to worship her, madly and devo
tedly. She was so peerless; so unequalled! J
and yet every tone and look thrilled his 1
heart like the forgotten music of old. She ;
was very intimate with Ada, who, often j
threw out mysterious hints which he could
not understand. 'One day he found them
in Ada's boudoir, - There was a soft lixht
in the eve ana a warm jrlow on the cheek
j ot ..Miss J
Manlv which was indescribably
beautiful. ''On some ''light pretence. Ada
j left them alon
'and asked hei
e. - Leslie was embarrassed,
er to sing. -She hesitatedcol
ored, and began: - .
A younj heart is pining fyrsaken alone:
The gladness has fled from a once merry tone;
An eye has grown dim, and a check hasgroivn
She was loved, was forgotten an J
She attempted , to 'Suish, Lu ,lier- voice
tiembled, and she burst ;iuto tears. '.Les
lie's heart beat faster, and he felt it was
the moment 'to, decide his destiny. In ago
ny of mingled ' hope and fear, he poured
forth a wild and hurried confession of his
love. ne dared not look in her face, but
lie implored h'er to pity him, to speak and
end his suspense. Alow sob was the only
reply, lie raised his eyes to her face:.
tears were standing on her downcast lash
es, and herjeheek was burning crimson.
They told he was accepted, and he caught
her small soft hand in a delirium of deT
light, 'and pressed it to his lips. It 'was
withdrawn, nnd hor Inro-p r1rlr trrc
liftrid half nrmidlvl Wrilf mnnmCnikr in h;c (
and her tones were low but firm, as she '
said . , :
.'"Perhaps, under other circumstances,
Mr. HerWood, I might.be'- induced to ac
cept ' the jiaxd you ' have so generously
offered me. - But I have a young-friend
surely you remember her, Lillie Lelford;
and for her happiness and your own, I
must . remind ' you of .your. duty. Thiuk
not that I could ever consider you blame
less or worthy of love with the knowledo-e
embittering my existence, that an inno
cent, young being ; was sinking into the
grave because, her. affections had, been
gained and thrown away by one whom I
called - my husband. ' Dream riot, then,
that I shall ever listen to ' vows ' which I
have reason to believe false or unenduring:
but if I have any influence over your feel
ings, prove it by returning to her you have
"so heartlessly forsaken.' ' -
" She' arose and left him to the burning
thoughts of : shame and guilt and despair'
which, agitated , his, bosom., A .: thousand
conflicting emotions troubled his heart, as'
he tossed that night oh his restless Couch;
and when he came withheavy' eyes and
aching head' tdthTbreakfast table, Ada
informed-him: that Miss 'iManlv had left
the city that morning.
;,e l or a week he
roved I restlessly about!
me city, i plunging into every .kind of
ariiusement, and striving to forget his late
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refusal by renewing his attentions to Miss
I Merrill, but that lady, was no longer even'
interesting the name, "Lilhc Lelford"
was forever ringing In his memory. So
one pleasant spring morning. Ada was sur
prised and delighted at the proposition of
her,. brother, to return for a short ' time," to
the residence' of their friends, the Ilar
veys. They were soon borne, by car and
carriage, .back to the little village where
they had spent the' preceding summer so
delightfully. As they passed again through
its quiet streets,' a a thousand olden mem
ories" gushed over the heart-strings of
Leslie, and a strange fear filled his pulses
as: he passed by the silent cottage of Lillie.
What if she had forgotten' him what if
she were iEAD?; ; :-r. ' ; -
Scarcely were the greetings of friends
over, when Leslie begged Ada to call on
her of his arrival, his re
plead with, her to receive
him favorably. Ada consented to his wish-
esand half an hour afterwards he follow
ed 'her. How his heart thrilled as he
stood again on the vine wreathed piazza,
and looked into the little hall. A white
muslin sun -bonnet lay on the carpet,
which he knew to be Lillie's. He ap
proached the parlor door and raised his
had to knock, but his . heart failed him.
The voice of Ada re-assured him, and he
tapped lightly on the polished oak pannel.
The door was opened and he stood in the
room. A fair form was before him, and
as his eye rested on that face, he gazed
in mute bewilderment.
"Miss Lillie Manly Lelford," said the
gay voice of Ada. Leslie comprehended
all. Lillie held out her hand and her
smiles and tears told him he was forgiven.
"Strange that I never recognized you,"
he said, as they sat together on the sofa,
where they had so often sat before.
"Time and sorrow and entire change in
dress and manner, made the difference.
But I should have been too proud to have
won you back in that manner, had it not
been througn the persuasion of dear, good,
kind Ada." .....
. ,
t It was May-Tday, and the bells of the
little village rrang merrily. The snowy
muslin curtains, in a certain parlor, were
looped back by wreaths of pale roses, and
the fragrant breeze, as it stole into the
apartment, fluttered the. white robes of the
orida. Orange flowers were twined among
her twining curls, and a pale rosebud nes
tled on her bosom. The shadow had
passed away from her clear soft eye, and
her dewy lip quivered with unutterable
feeling, while a smile beamed ever and
ahoii for" a moment on her soft cheek, and
then fled back among its dimples as if
afraid to appear. She was very, very
beautiful, and the deep proud eyes of the
bridegroom rested on her blushing face
with a look of holy tenderness, too deep
forrwords. ... And -Ada, who, had brought
all this about, was wild and merry as a
bird, as she kissed her sister's cheek and
cal!ed her Mrs. Herwood.
Self Respect. ; -r '
Every one has some-sort of opinion
more or less . distinct, of all persons witli
whom, he is acquainted. This opinion
may 'embrace intellect, disposition, virtues,
vices, personal appearance, deportment,
condition in life. ' So also" every one has
some opinion of himself on the same, and
on many , other subjects best -known to
himself, he seems to do it as though he
were another person. He uses the eyes
of others. He turns aside, as it were, by
the way, to see himself pass by. The
judgment which one forms of himself
is
?ftcn much morc unsou,1l tha" that which
he forms of others. The eve cannot, see
itself; so neither can one see himself. He
must use a' mirror.. ; There are many of
these; history,' books; daily example, his
own experience,1 every person he comes
in contact with, are mirrors.' If he sees
himself in these, and thereby corrects his
own errors and, follies, and gives , himself ;
reasonable and just credit for his attain
ments,' he may1 come at length to be enti
tled to entertain a respect for himself.
There is a certain best thing to be done,
and a certain best manner of doing it, in
all possible circumstances in which one
may 'find himself.. .Nothing is entitled to
be considered best which does notconform
to natural law, the law of God, the posi
tive law of the land, the conventional laws
of society (so far as. they are founded on
reason and good sense,) and to the deccn
cies'of life. ,To that best thing, and to
that best manner, no 'one, perhaps, ever
perfectly! attainsi but it cannot be doubted
that there is such a standard He who
comes the . nearest to it Is he who is enti
tled to entertain a respect for himself.
A Newspaper ia a Family. , '
.One of the greatest ' advantages of a.
Newspaper in a family of- children, is a
constant i stimulus, which : the facts and
statements it coutains give the to the ac
quisition of historical, scientific, and geo
graphical knowledge. Who, tlicn, that is
a father, will be so penurious, not to sav
unnatural, to refuse the tender objects of
his anection and responsibility, such an
important aid to their advancement.
...;Ia, Missouri,-the Germans are manufac
turing a wine almost equal to champagne
Many vineyards are in, successful opera
tion near Jefferson City. : '
A coflin-make r having apartments to let
posted his bills anriouncing the same, upon
the coflins in ' the window; "Lodgings for
a single gentleman."- ; . '.
The man who has nothing to boast of
but illustrious ancestors is like a potato
vine the only thing belonging to him,
worth anything is under ground.
Liljie, and tell
pentance, and
The Giant of. (he West. .
A late number of the Duolin Nation
makes this impressive reference to the fu
ture greatness of the young republic:
"In the East there is arising a colossal
centaur, called "Russian empire." , With
a civilized head and front, it has the
thews and sinews of a savage barbaric
body. There one man's brain moves 70,
000,000. There all the traditions of the
people are of aggression and conquest in
the West. There but two ranks are dis
tinguishableserf and soldiers. There
the map of the future includes Constan
tinople and Vienna as outposts of St. Pe
tersburg. "In the West an opposing and still
more wonderful American empire is
emerging. We, islanders, have no con
ception ofthe extraordinary events which,
amid the silence of the earth, are daily
adding to the power and pride of the gi
gantic nation. -Within three years ter
ritories more extensive than these three
kigdoms,-France, and Italy, put together
have been quietly, and in a most"matter-of-course"
fashion, annexed to the Union.
In seventy years, seventeen new sover
eignties, the smallest of them larger than
Great)Britain, have peaceably unild them
selves to the federation. No standing ar
my was raised, no national debt sunk, no
great exertion made, but there they are.
And this late mail brings us news of the j
organization ot three more, great states
about lobe joined to the thirty Miriesota,
in the northwest; Deseret, in the south
west, and California, on the shore of the
Pacific. These three states will cover an
area of earth equal to one-half of the Eu
ropean continent.
. "Nor is tin's a mere addition of domin
ion on the map. It is not piling barren
Pelion 'upon uncultivated Ossa. It is an
actual conquest of new strength and new
resources. Already Minesota has its cap
ital St. Paul which has its churches,
schools, journals, parties, interests and
speculatioKs. The. Mormon founders of
Deseret are doing what the Puritans did
in Massachusetts two centuries ago -talking
care to possess, themselves cf the
best laiids-and waters in their hew state.
Instead of booming' a lawless horde of
adventurers, the settlers in California are
founding cities, electing delegates,- mag
istrates, sheriffs and congressmen, as
methodically and intently as if they still
trod the beaten paths of life on the. Atlan
tic shore of the continent. ....
; "And with this increase of territory
there is a commensurate increase'of indus
try in .'the older States. Uy recent statis
tics we perceive, that menufactories are
rapidly increasing, in what were "the
southern states" most in the Carolinas
and Georgia. .The cotton mill is now
built beside the cotton field a formidable
sign for Liverpool shippers and Manches
ter Mill-owners. In the northern and eas
ier states every torrent trained to work
Sampson-like "in the mill.'
"The census of 1850, about to be taken
in the United States, will show a growth
of numbers, territory, and industry, entire
ly enexamplcd in human history. Let
"the great powers" of the old World look
to it let the statesmen of France, Ger
many, and Russia, read the census care
fully, though it should startle them. Let
despotism coun every man of those mil
lions as a mortal enemy, and every acre
of that vast Commonwealth as the inheri
tance of mankind most gauged to the pause
of freedom. . .. . ...
Ijet England's ministers, too, read and
ponder well on this, and ask themselves
whether, with such a sea and land rival
arising against England, they can afford by
legalizing famine, to force one half of our
race to flee for a home and law into our
arms and service of .that rival already so
formidable? - "
. "But let Ireland take it to heart above
all.. .( , ; --,..'"..-..;' V
- Let her learn that the growth of nations
has not ceased. Fertile energy and the
will that will not bend, still build up states
.whether in the wide pampass ofthe New
World, or the studded and straightened re
gions of the Old. America is as 'grand a
lield for human enterprise as when the
ships of Columbus first ncarcd the shores
of Guanahani; Ireland is not only still the
land of promise to the, Iiish race, but a
laud rich in hope, inexhaustible in the pri
zes for devotion and genius, if the Irish
people rise to their fortune.
'There is a great demand," says a Yan
kee pedlar, "for a species of plaster, which
wiil enable gentlemen to slick to their
business." r ' ,
- Cassius M. Clay objects to the propo
sed new Constitution for Kentucky, on
account of some grammatical, blunders in
it. The Bible is liable to the same objec
tions. I : t ,
Two daily German papers are now
published in Milwaukie, makingyco daily
papers for a city not yet 11 years old.
Great Letter from Senator Ilickifixoa-
The subjoined letter from Hon. Daniel
S. Dickinson, Senator from .New -York,
sent in reply to an invitation to attend the
Democratic mass meeting at TanianyJIall
is a production of uncommon; vigor and
eloquence. The writer fearlessly expres
ses the true constitutional doctrine and ex
plains the duty of the Demcraiic party in
the present crisis. Let those Democrats
who are invited to unite in ,he. Free; Soil
movement, eare fully read this. overwhelm
ing letter, so full of manly .and patriotic
truth. It io wortv of the hirh character
0 -M
of the distinguished writer: ;..!
Washington, Feb. 14, 1850.
Gentlemen: I am honored with yours
ofthe 11th inst., inviting me to attend and
address a meeting of the Democratic Re
publican electors of the city of New York
to be held at Tamauy Hall, on Saturday
evening next, for the purpose of taking
counsel upon the present crisis, and adop
ting such measure as may tend to preserve
to them and their posterity the blessings of
our great and glorious Union. . . I will not
withhold from you the gratificatio.i l have
cxprienced since learning that the sterling
democracy of that great city were about to
take measures so eminently worthy of the
proudest State in the confederacy, and so
imperatively demanded by the temper of
the times, and should most gladly unite
with them in this their high "and holy ef
fort, to restore fraternal relations between
an estranged brotherhood; but imperative
public duties will deny me that pleasure.
I have long contemplated with gloomy
solicitude, the ferocious demon of section
alism, which like the unclcau spirit of old
has been walking up and down our land.
But I aver, in the fear of God, that I have
never known a moment when the patient
lorbearance of the wise, the charity of the
christian and the firmness of the; patriot,
were more urgently demanded than now,
by every consideration that should elevate
and influence civilized men. -
The States of this Union were declared
by the instrument which signalized their
emancipation from the British crown, to
be ."free and independent;" and without
abating or merging their complete sover
eignty, they agreed by a solemnly execu
ted and well-fined compact,; to unite to
gether, for .certain great and common pur
poses, upon terms of perfect equality All
had inherited from a common ancestry-the
institution of slavery;. -a portion has since
abolished it of their own volition, in their
own time and mariner, withunt officious
external promptings, and others retain it
sitll, and, even were they so disposed,
conldnot suddenly cast it off,' without vio
lating the best instincts of humanity, and
doing irreparable injustice ..both to them
selves and us.. While, in legard to the
subject of domestic slavery, we may with
propriety indulge as a sentiment the feel
ing common to all free States, we should
remember that the southern States contin
ue an institution which they did not create
an institution which we knew they held
and proposed to continue, when we joined
hands under a common compact ani in
stitution that we, comparatively speaking,
have but recently abolished, and that, too,
more by the operation of our soil, climate,
and productions, than by reason of our su
perior morality or benevolence. :
' It is now theirs, and not ours. If its
influences are pernicious and demorali
zing, it degrades them, not us, in the scale
of social and political being.' If it is sinful,
we may console ourselves with the reflec
tion that it will be laid at their (and not
our) door in the lastgreatday of accounts.
In the mysterious dispensations of Di
vine Providence, we all sec and know,
notwithstanding the metaphysical subtle
ties of the speculating ethnologist, that the
negro race was constituted so dissimilar to
our own, in its moral arid phisical organi
zation, that both the senses would revolt
at an attempt to associate them together
upon terms of social equality. They can
not, in our midst, be elevated to our con
dition; and any attempt to achieve this
triumph over the laws of Heaven, must
terminate in degrading us below theirs.
We have . heard much and often, of the
dignity of free labor, and doubtless most
from those who care least about the sub
ject. But be. it remembered, that it is not
mere slave labor . that is degrading to t!ie
sense of the white man, but negro labor,
whether in freedom o. in bondage; for no
white laborer will conseut to toil side by
side with the blacks, either north or south,
upon terms of equality. Let him, there
fore,' who does not intend to invite amongst
us, the emancipated and fugitive negroes
of the south, so that the vicious may fill
our prisons, and the decrcpid overrun our
alms-houses, and the residue compete with
and degrade our worthy white, laborers
and their families, permit the slave States
in conduct their domestic affairs in their
own way, and upon their own respond-
bility. A
Thmirli I lv no means hold the acti
' unon the sectional con
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