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GOt'ERSOR WILA.IA91 BIGLEK.
Fellow-Citizen s: The FroviJence of God
Las prospered our great Commonwealth. The
Kill of the pecple has called an humble citizen :
xs the performance of the duties of her Cuief J
Executive office. In accordance with the reqni- j
jltlun thus made upon me, and in obedience to '
tae provisions of the Constitution, I appear be-
iire you to-day for the purpose of subscribing to !
the oath of oiiice and assuming the duties. I i
caibrace this opportunity to express the profound .
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grautuue i leei luwaru ue pei'pie lor mis uiauc
giisheJ mark of their confidence.
Ia contemplating the high and delicate nature j
c-f tLe Juries appertaining to this station their !
craplex and diilicult character, the magnitude J
of the iatesests involved iu their faithful per- j
fjoance, I am most solemnly impressed with
tie responsibility they necessarily impose. The j
junior of ail my predecessors in this high station, j
I eater upon the discharge of its duties with the j
r.nioit distrust of my own qualifications for the
task. I have, however, resolved to devote my j
test energies, my hopes and prayers to a faithful
discharge of the obligation I have just taken,
aad look to the people for that generous indul
gence which has ever characterized their action
urari; public servants who have honestly en
deavored to perform their whols doty. The cf-.
vrts of man, at best, are but feeble ; all the aid
that his wisdom can bring to the accomplishment
cf any great purpose must fail, unless accompa
nied and controlled by the guardian care of Him
who gives direction to all human affairs. Ou
His power and good pleasure all results must
depend. On Ilim we should rely in a spirit of
humility and Christian confidence.
Our republican institutions are based upon
the axiom, that the people are the only rightful
source of power. Under these institutions, thus
funded, the will of the people reflected through
the ballot-box, gives direction to public affaii-3.
Through this medium the humblest citizen, not
1 than the most distinguished, can stamp the
impress of his will upon the public policy of the
ccuntry. This feature of our Eepublican system
is its great distinguishing characteristic, and,
gxJed by the general intelligence and patriotism
the people, the cause cf our success as a na
is. The right of suffrage should, therefore,
te Le!J most sacred and inviolate, and its inde-
peauent exercise enjoyed by every citizen. To
prepare the minds of the people for this high
- j-t, by general education, by the inculcation
'moral precepts and religious truth, should be
counted the noblest purpose of the Government.
that we are, and all that we can Lope to be,
-i i nation, is dependent upon this source of
V-tr. The right of the citizen over property
t-s personal liberty and security the freedom
rf speech and liberty of the press the free
fc'.eratiou of religious sentiment are alike sub
terrient to this great source of human law.
important is it then that this great head
ould remain pure and independent " When
f fountain is pure, the stream emanating
-"efrom he also pure." Then, by pro
ving the moral and intellectual culture of the
people the source and vitality of our govern
ment our laws will be made wise, our iustitu
ions be preserved pure, and our country remain
v'e' Prosperous and happy.
The experience of the world seems to demon-j-te
that general intelligence and republican
's ust move together. The successful govern-i-n
f,tLe peoPle is the government of intellect,
by Virtue- A thorough education of
far J&Utb of country will, therefore, tend
t',emre t0 the "curity of our institutions and
otheraUltenaUCe f Ur natio;ial honor than
t means besiJe Common 6cbool educatioD)
instnT7 attainmcut a knowledge of the
n' fences, a comprehension of individual
p0. institute the
principles of the Christian reli-
very bulwark of oar republi-
cf,u i 1hescLemesandjnachinations
lit th . SSUC wm fiI1 harmless before a pco-
li V hrouZhy educated.
ecorruD8-0rOU3 tendencics of monopoly, and
C-Dftera t8 lnfluCnce of money. are met and
fowled! by tLc powcr nnd Tirtue of tLis
tent'f6,' Llberid expenditures by our gorern
arded ?Urpose of education, may weU be
,lPoDWriSid economy uuJ th Pajments of
4eotion t tLC 8uPPrt of tLi3 cause, as pure
k,:af( ! "publicanism. It ehould be the
or the parent aad the goverument, and
its fruits accounted the richest legacies we can
leave to posterity.
In the discharge of the various duties of the
oCce, I Lave just assumed, it will be my anxious
desire to Co equal and exact justice to all men,
of whatever persuasion, religious of political,"
and especially to advance the interest of this
great Commonwealth to increase the resources
of her treasury husband her means diminish
her debt, and elevate the standard of her credit
to favor such measures as may be calculated
to develope her vast resources, and stimulate
alike her agricultural, mining, manufacturing,
mechanical and commercial interests, and co
operate most cheerfully with the legislative
branch of the government in the adoption of such
policy as may tend to lessen the present onerous
burthens of the people.
Our vast debt should be reduced as fast as
practicable. Its injurious effects upon the growth
of our population, and the migration of capital
to the State, is much more potent than the
casual observer would suppose. This may not
be most readily accomplished by a too parsimo
nious use of the means already secured to the
treasury. It may be wise to apply a portion of
these to complete public improvements now far
advanced in construction, but yet unproductive.
The abandonment of such improvements would
involve the loss of a large amount of capital al
ready expended, and sacrifice entirely the chances
cf future returns to the treasury from these
sources. Indeed the speedy completion of the
Iorth Eranch Canal, is, ia my opinion, consistent
with the truest p rinciples of economy.
Pennsylvania is, perhaps, unrivalled by any
of her sister States in natural elements of great
ness and wealth. She is no less the garden spot
of our common country than she is the "Key
stone " cf the Federal Arch. Abounding in in
exhaustible and Taried mineral resources, an
abundance of well located water power, admira
bly adapted to manufacturing and mechanical
operations, together with a vast extent of the
best agricultural soil, she can doubtless employ,
subsist and prosper a greater number of human
beings than any other State in the Union. Her
mountains, her rugged hills and lovely valleys,
are ncn with natural advantages to man. Her
people are intelligent, industrious and enter
prising, and if not restrained by unwise legisla
tion, will soon occupy and improve these advan
tages to tbe fullest exlent, ami thereby render
our beloved State prosperous and wealthy in an
eminent degree.
A thorough knowledge of the science of agri
culture by our people will have a most beneficial
effect, if not quite essential to the prosperity of
our State. I am, therefore, much gratified with
the effort now being made to accomplish this
great end. Our own experience, and the history
of other countries, fully demonstrate the impor
tance of such scientific education. The study
of this science, combined with the practical la
bor of tilling the soil, is no less calculated to ele
vate dignify the farmer, than to reward him
for Lis toil. This great first, most dignified and
independent pursuit of man, so peculiarly adapted
to our State, and the inclinations of our people,
should command the fostering care of govern
ment. Pennsylvania is blessed with a rich abundance
and variety of minerals, adapted to the practical
uses and necessities of man. Her mineral inter
ests constitute a great and growing source of
wealth, contributing largely to enhance the re
ceipts of our treasury. The appreciation thus
given to the value of property the population
thereby sustained the improvements made for
their development and advancement, as well as
the direct trade they furnish to the public works
belonging to the State, greatly promote this end.
The rich and extensive deposits of coal and
iron ore within the borders of our State make
her particularly blessed. Her anthracite coal
beds, furnishing a choice and cheap fuel for do
mestic purposes, for generating steam for the
stationary and locomotive engine, as well as for
the propulsion of our steamships, give to Ler a
trade almost exclusively Ler own. For tbe sup
ply of this article, she is without any considera
ble rival. Although this trade is comparatively
in its infancy, it Las already grown to one cf
great magnitude.
The value of the product of the mine is made
up mainly by the healthy, invigorating labor of
the hardy minor, whils those engaged itLis
trade constitute an industrious and valuable
constituency, with wLose interests the prosperity
and greatness of our State is identified.
It will afford me the utmost pleasure to favor
all proper measures calcinated to advance our
great agricultural, minerarTuid other interests.
Intimately connected with the great interests
of the country is the subject of a currency. The
proper disposition of this question is not only
highly important, but one of the .most difficult
and dangerous duties of the government. The
errors of our eystem afe xf .the most seductive
and dangerous character ; consisting mainly in
the creation of too much paper for the amount
of specie basis provided for its redemption. The
utmost care should be taken to guard against
this tendency, and to secure the people in the
use of this medium. This security may be
measurcably afforded by imposing on the cor
porators individual liability to the fullest extent.
The injurious effects of an excessive issue of
paper money, Lave been so frequently demon
strated in this country by sad experience, that
it is quite unnessaryto discuss the question on
this occasion. The laborer, the farmer, the me
chanic, the manufacturer and the merchant, are
all deeply interested in having a sound curren
cy. No pretext can justify the creation of a su
perabundant amount of paper money, and it is
with painful alarm that I have witnessed a grow
ing disposition over the entire country to increase
i the use of this medium, on Knmll cniig i.icio
j regardless of the inevitable effect of the large
accessions of coin which California is furnishing
to this country and to the world. Every peo
ple must have a circulating medium, as a mat
ter of convenienc. Ours should have whatever
amount the transaction of wholesome business
affairs may demand ; but unfortunately we are
too unwilling to stop at the proper period in the
creation of this medium. That as coin becomes
abundant it should supplant and render unne
cessary the use of paper, is to my mind the plain
est teaching of common sense ; such practical
effect is demanded by the true interests of the
people. A superabundant amount of money of
any kind, cannot fail to enhance nominal values
ftbnVA ft TlViTr e .i t, , 7 o . 1 1 il i i
j - - f oiuiiuaiu, iu a ititreLiy engenuer
; a spirit of dangerous speculation, and in the
j end prostrate the great commercial and manu
facturing interest of the country. The manu
, facturer is more vitally interested in this than
j any other question of governmental policy. "With-
ouuu-.t miTtiicy, me incidental aid result
ing to this great interest from the revenue laws
of the general government, can never have force
or stability.
I would not be understood by any thing I have
said, as holding the opinion tbat mere legisla
tion, however wise, will give prosperity to a
country, while bad legislation may restrain its
energies, no matter what the labor, industry,
virtue and patriotism of the people may be.
Wise legislation can only afford opportunity for
the legitimate rewards of naiural resources de
veloped by unembarrassed labor. There is, per
haps, no more dangerous political heresy t&ugbi
in our land, than that the prosperity of the coun
try is to be created by its legislation. A just
policy can only guard and protect the legiti
mate means of production from special privele
ges, the devices of the cunning and wicked.
The people should rely on their own individual
efiorts, rathe? than the mere measures of gov
ernment for success. Legislation should give
to all citizens an equal opportunity of enjoying
the natural advantages which surround themT
Corporate power and special priveleges too of
ten produce the reverse result, and should there
fore only be granted to facilitate the accomplish
ment of great public purposes, not within the
reach of individual meane. Capit! and labor,
co-operating in a proper relative position, have
made and will continue to make our country
prosperous and happy. The riehts of the L.ttor
should never be sacrificed to the interests of the j
former. Special legislation too frequently has I
this tendency. Capital can always command
employment and profit labor, less able to com- !
mand either, sh uld receive the watchful care !
of government.
I am most happy, my fellow citizens, to meet
you in my present capacity, at a period when
our common country is at peace with til the
world aad prosperous in an eminent degree. I
The dangerous conflict touching the subject of
slavery, which for a time seemed to menace the
stability of the National Government, has been
most fortunately, and I trust, rnn.ntl.
justed through the mediun of what arc gencral-
V "owuas tn e Compromise Measures. The
general acquieseuce of the several States in this
adjustment gives assurance of continued peae
to the country and permanence to ihe Union
permanence to that Union, the formation of
which gave our Nation early influence and dig
nity of position with the other powers of the
earth. Her rights have, consequently, keen res
pected by all, and her wishes heard with pro
found regard. In war she Las gained a Ligh
character for miUtary prowess, and in peaee Se
cured .the confidence of all mankind. The jus
tice and liberality of Ler institutions has con
strained the oppressed of every land to seek an
asylum within Ler limits, and enjoy, under the
ample folds of her National flag, political and
religious freedom.
The continuance of these unequalled blessings
is dependent entirely upon tbe perpetuity of this
great national compact, and this can only be se
cured by a faithful observance of the terms of
the constitution under which it was formed.
TLe former cannot exist witLout tLe latter, and
the latter Lad no purpose but to perfect and sus
tain tLe former. He, therefore, who is not for
the constitution, is against the Union ; and he
wLo would strike at either, would commit polit
ical sacrilege against the great fabric, sanction
ed by Washington and Franklin. The Federal
constitution must be maintained and executed
in all its parts. It is the paramount law of
each state, and it is the imperative duty of their
respective governments, to assist in thejust and
full administration, of all its provisions. To
Congress undoubtedly belongs, in the first in
stance, the duty of making provision to carry in
to execution the intent of this instrument ; but it
is the right and duty of the states, movinsr with
in the limits of their reserved rights, to co-op-erats
with the general government in this legit
imate work. They should certainly never at
tempt by means of their legislation, to embar
rass the administration of the constitution.
Such interference cannot fail to engender Los
tile feelings between tLe different sections of the
Union, and if persisted in, lead to a separation
of te States. So far as legislation of this kind
can be found on the statue book of this State, it
should be speedily repealed. Of tLis cLaracter
I regard the greater portion of the law of 1847.
prohibiting the use of our State prisons for the
detention of fugitives from labor whilst awaiting
trial. In that work I shall most cheerfully par
ticipate, as I shall also aid, as far as I may
properly do so, to suppress all attempts to res
ist the execution of the laws of Congress, wheth
er providing for the rendition of fugitives from
labor, or for any other constitutional purpose.
The necessity for such action is fully demonstra
ted by the consequences resulting from such an
attempt, recently occurring within our own bor
ders. The loyalty of Pennsylvania to the national
Union cannot be doubted. She is now as she
ever has been, for the constitution and its com
promises. She will mantain and execute, in let
ter and spirit, the several adjustment measures
as passed by the late Congress, on the subject
of slavery. She regards these measures as a
permanent settlement of this dangerous geo
graphical conflict, and will discountenance, to
the full extent of her influence, all attempts at
future agitation of the questions settled by
them. She has planted herself on the constitu
tion, and guided by its wise provisions, will
seek to do justice to all sections of the country,
aud endeavor to strengthen the bonds of the
Union, by cherishing relations of amity and fra
ternal affection between its members.
I need say no more, my fellow-citizens, of the
Union. You arc, I am confident, abundantly
impressed with its magnitude. AVithout uniou
our liberties never could have been aehieved,
without It they cannot be maintained. With the
dissolution of this national compact would fall
the Lopes of the world for republicanism the
cause of political and religious liberty the pence
and prosperity of our people. To the end, then
that its great blessings may be preserved, and
its advantages vouchsafed to posterity, it be
comes the duty of all to yield a patriotic sub
mission to the laws constitutionally adopted,
and cherish feelings of affectionate intercourse
between the several members of our glorious
Union. Admonished so to do by the immortal
Washington, ret the injunction be regarded by
each and all of us with a Christian fidelity. Let
our habits of acting, tLinking and speaking of
tie Unionise as though it were ind;ed '"the
Palladium of our political safety and prosperity
watching for its preservation with jealous
anxiety, discountenancing whatever may sug
gest even a suspicion that it can in any event be
abandoned, and indignantly frowning at the
first dawn of any attempt to alienate any por
tion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble
the sacred ties which now link together the va
rious parts." Then hall we have performed
our whole duty duty to ourselves to our sis
ter States, and to the cause of republicanism
throughout ihe world.
Judge Ilucr.
The followi ng is an extract from the speech
of Judge Ducr, of New York, upon the Hunga
rian question, about which so much has been
said in the newspapers.:
It seems to ie universally admitted that a
great movement is now in progress, upon the
continent of Europe, and it is reasonable to
believe that of this movement, Jvossuth, when
Le.sLall return, will be tLe leader and director
the animating and the controlling 6pirit. Is
it then presumptuous to hope? do not the signs
of the time even justify the belief, that, the
day, the hour, is at Land, is rapidly approacL
ing, when the exile from Hungary, the prisoner
in Turkey, the guest of America, shall be pro
claimed by rejoicing and grateful millions, the
Liberator of Europe ?
It is said by the poet who deplored the fall of
Poland in verses that can never die verses that
fix themselves in the memory, and sink into the
hearts of all who read them,
" Tha,t friedom shrieked when Ivosciusko fell."
But we dare to hope that in Europe, freedom
reviving from her long trance and seeming death,
will raise her exulting vo.ice, and raise her tri
umphant banner, when Kosevth shell return.
New Way to Dv The Fond Du Lac Repub
lican gives the following hint to its subscribers:
Spring is here with her sunny smile? and odo
riferous breezes. The thick-ribbed ice is fast
disolving away like the phantom forms, which
dance on the vision floor in our midnight dreams;
and the sleigh-bells merry peals are ag quick for
gotten as the cherry cheeked sweetheart of a Cali
fornia gold hunter. TLe rosy-fingered goddess
will soon scatter Ler flowers around her prairie
Lome, and love will frolic on undulating plain
and towering bill and some of our delinquent
subscribers will be dropping iu to pay us.
BTJBIAL OF SIH JO 1121 ilOOEE.
No a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged Lis farewell shot
O er the grave where our hero was buried.
We buried him darkly, at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning;
By the struggling moonbeam's misty Tight,
And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coflhi enclosed Lis breast,
Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him;
But he lay like a warrior taking bis rest,
With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short weie the prayers we said.
And we spoke not a word of sorrow; '
But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed,
And smoothed down his lonely pillow,
That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er
Li3 Lead,
And we far away on the billow.
Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone,
And o'er Lis cold ashes upbraid him,
But little he '11 reck, if they 'II let Lim sleep on
In tLe grave where a Briton has laid Lim.
But Lalf of our Lcavy task was done,
When the clock struck the hour for retiring -
And we heard the distant random gun
That the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down,
From the field of his fame fresh and gory ;
We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone;
But left Lim alone with Lis glory.
THE WAY SIIC TL'RA'ED HIM.
A writer in the St. Louis Spirit of the West,
tells a good story about a Western politician,
which is as follows:
The most bigoted and unreasonable party
man I ever met with, was Jack D., now a pros
perous and influential Attorney, in S
County, in this State.
At the hour of which I am writing, he was a
red hot Democrat, and Lis chief pleasure seemed
to consist in making the fact as notorious as
possible to the world. His friends and acquain
tances, who knew Lim well, and whom he had
repeatedly "victimized," with one consent pro
nounced J ack a bore, and Lis politics a nuisance ;
but with a 6tranger the thing was essentially
different. Seized by the button, at the moment
of introduction, Jack would astonish Lim by a
rapid rehearsal of the articles of his political
creed branch out into an interminable rhap
sedy on the manifest destiny of the great pro
gressive party, and if the victim was unusually
passive, wind up with an eloquent eulogy on
the great "I did," as the living embodiment of
Lis peculiar opinions, and, in consequence, the
greatest man of the age. Soon was Jack D.,
at the time of our story, acknowledged, on every
side, as a firm and incorruptible Democrat.
But, alas! let us, however, not anticipate but
to our story.
One unlucky day, Jack met, at the house of
a friend, a young lady of great personal beauty
and accomplishments ; attracted by her loveli
ness, and captivated by her intelligence, he be
came assiduous in his attentions, forgot for a
while Lis "principles," and without inquiring
what might be the political preferences of Lis
"lady love," imprudently proposed, was ac
cepted, and tLey were married. i
The wedding was over, the guests Lad depar
ted, and the happy pair had retired to their
chamber, and were snugly ensconced in bed, i
when Jack, in the course of a quiet conversa
tion with his wife, unwittingly alluded to Lis
favorite subject, by casually speaking of Lim-
self as being a Democrat.
"WbatI" exclaimed she, turning sharply and
suddenly towards Lim, " at e you a Democrat ?"
"Yes, jnacUni," replied Jack, delighted with
the idea of Laving a patient listener to Lis long
restrained oratory. "Yes, madam, I am a
Democrat a real Jeffersonian Democrat, at
tacLcd to tLe principles of tLe great progressive
party; a regular out and outer, double-dyed
and twisted in the wool."
"Just double and twist yourself out of this
bed, then," interrupted Lis wife. " I am a
WLig. I am, and I will coyer sleep with any
man professing the abominable doctrines you
do."
Jack was speechless from absolute amazement.
That the very wife of his bosom should prove a
traitor, was horrible she must be jesting. He
remonstrated in vain tried persuasion 'twas
useless entreaty 'twas no go. She was in
sober earnest, and the only alternative left him
was a prompt renunciation of his Lerc6y, or a
seperate bed in another room. Jack did not
hesitate. To adjure the great and established
doctrines of his party to renounce Lis alle
giance to tLat faith tLat Lad become identified
with his very being to surrender these glorious
principles which had grown with Lis growth and
strengthened with his strength, to the mere
whim aud caprice of a wouiau, was utterly
ridiculous and absurd, and he threw himself
from the bed, and prepared to quit the room.
As he was leaving tLe door, his wife screamed
out to Lim, " I say, my dear, wLeu you recant
your heresy, aud repent your past errors, just
knock at my door, aud perhaps I will let you in.
The door wus evidently slammed, and Jack
proceeded wrathfully in quest of another apart
ment. A sense of insulted dignity, and the firm
conviction that he was a martyr in the -ri-ht
cause," strengthened his pride, and he resolved
to hold out until Le forced Lis wife into a
capitulation.
In the morning she met him as if nothing Lad
happened, but whenever Jack ventured to alludtt
to the rupture of the night previous, there wa.
a "laughing devil" in Ler eye, wLich bespoke
Ler power, and extinguished hope. A second
time Le repaired to Lis lonely ouch, and a sec
ond time he called upon Lis pride to support
Lim in tLe struggle which Le now found was
getting desperate. He vented curses, "not loud
and deep," on the waywardness and caprice of
the sex in general, and of Lis own wife in par
ticularwondered Low much longer she would
hold out whether she suffered as acutely as La
did, and tried hard to delude himself into tho
belief that she loved him too much to prolong
the estrangement, and would come to Lim with
morning perhaps that very night and sue for
reconciliation. But then came the recollection
of that inflexible countenance, of that unbend
ing will, and of that laughing and nnpitying
eye and he felt convinced that he was hoping
against Lope, and despairingly Le turned to tho
wall for oblivion from the wretchedness of his
own thoughts.
The second day was a repetition of the first
no allusion was made to the forbidden sub
ject, on either side. There was a look of quiet
happiness and cheerfulness about his wife, that
puzzled Jack sorely, and Le felt tLat all idea of
forcing her into a surrender, must be aban
doned. A third night he was alone with his thoughts.
ills reflections were more serious and composed
man on tne nigbt previous. What they wer
of, of course were known only to himself, but
they seemed to result in something decided, for
about midnight, three distinct taps were mado
at Lis wife's door. No answer and the signal
was repeated in a louder tone; still all was
silent, and a third time the door shook with
violent attacks from the outside.
'Who's there!" cried the voice of Lis wifa,
as if just aroused from deep sleep.
"It's me, my dear, and perhaps a little th
best Whig you ever did see."
The revolution in such opinions was radical
and permanent. He removed to another County,
became popular, offered himself as a candidate
on the WLig ticket for the Legislature, and was
elected, and for several sessions represented Lis
adopted County, as a firm and decided WLig.
Love and Liking.
That women were "born to love" is cs cer
tain as that General Jackson was "born to com
mand," or that everybody was "torn to die".
Their very dialect shows the strength cf tLis
proclivity. They use the word to indicate any
sort of affection, passion, penchant, appetite, or
"fancy." They "lore" their lovers, and their
husbands, fine dresses, ani fine dinneis, sweet
meats, and "sweet ribbons," with apparently
the same sort and the same measure of afLclion.
To "like" is too tame an expression fcr a lady's
choice. She "loves'' everything ( that she docs
not happen to hate, ) and can find no other word
in the dictionary that is equel to her need. That
this everlasting and indiscriminate use of the
highest and holiest word in the laniruacc is im
proper and even indecent, there can be no ground
for debate. "O, I dearly love turnips !' ex
claimed a lady the other day at the table a la
dy who merely meant to say that she liked tho
vegetable in question. "The h-11 you do !" sail
an acostic old bachelor of her acquaintance who
sat opposite. "What more could you say of
your husband, or that beautiful child of yours,
or even of your Redeemer, madam ? love Tur
nips t I hope you may yet find something more
worthy of your affections I Boston rost.
Clerical XI It.
Watty Morrison, a Scotch clergyman, was a
man of great wit and Lumor. On one occasion
he entreated an officer at Fort George to pardon
a poor fellow who was sent to the Lalberds. The
officer offered to grant Lis request if he would, in
return, grant Lim tLe first favor Le would ask.
Mr. Morrison agreed to this and the officer im
mediately demanded that the ceremony of bap
tism should be performed on a puppy. Tho
clergyman agreed to it, and a party of many
gentlemen assembled to witness the novel bap
tism. Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold up tho
dog, as was customary in the baptism, and said:
As I am a minister of the Church of Scotland,
I mut proceed according to the ceremonies of
the Church."
Certainly,' said the Major, 'I expect all tho
ceremony.-'
Well, then, I begin with the usual question :
You acknowledge yourself the father of this pup
py :
A roar of laughter burst from the crowd, and
the oSccr threw the candidate for baptism
away.
M-vjiuxony. Hot buckwheat cakes warm
beds cemfotatable slippers smoking coffee
round anus red lips Ahem !J etc. etc.,
shirts exulting in buttons redeemed tocking
boot jacks happiness, &c.