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JOHN S. MANN,
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Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
btoiwls entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attentio • Office on Main st„oppo
rite the Court, ouse. 10:1
F. W. Kai OX,
TTOINEY AT LAW, Coudersiort, Pa., will
iqularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties. 10:1
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
PCORNEY d COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, 1 5 4. 1 will attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with promptuns and
ity. Wino in Temperance Block, sec
ond door, Main St. . 10:1
ISAAC BENSON.
TTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will.
attend to all business entrttsted to him, with
tare and promptness. Offi.ce corner of West
thd Third at.% - 10:1
• C.. L.-HOYT,
ENGINEXR, SURVEYOR .and
DRAUGHTSMAN, Bingham, Potter Co,
Pa., will promptly and:efficiently attend. to
ell business entrusted to biur: First-ehast•
professional references can bo given if re
quired. II:29-1y*
CHARLES REISSMANN,
ABINET MAKER, having erected a new and
tonyeasent Shop, on the South-eist corner
of Third and West streets, will be liappy to
twelve and fill all orders in his calling.
Itepairing and re-fitting carefully stud neatly
done on short notice.
n.biersport, Nov. 8, 1859.-11-Iy.
• O. T. ELLISON,
RACTICING PHYSICIAN, _Coudersport,
respectfully informs the citizens of .the vil
lage and vicinity that he will prowly re
spond to all calls for professinnal services.
Officeon Main at.. in building formerly oc
tripled by.C. W. Ellis f Esq. 9:22
COLLIS'S SMITH. r Z. A. JOSES.
SMITH 4k, JONES c '
DEALERS IN DRI/GS;IIEDICINES, PAINTS,
Otis, Fancy Articles, Stationery,DrY Goods,
Groceries, &c., Main st., Condergport,.Pa.
10:1
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DEILRR IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
Ckahing, Crockery, Groceries, sc., Main st.,
Coudersport, Pa. . - 1Q:1
M. W. MANN,
DRALRB IN BOOKS A: STATIONERY, MAO
_ AZINKS and Music, N. W. corner of Main
sad Third sta., Coudersport, P. .104
31ARK GLUON,
WIPER and TAILOR, lite Rom the City,of
Liverpool, England. Shop opposite Court
Rouse. Coudersport, Potter Co. Pa.
—Particular attention paid to CUT
TING.
6 . J. °LUSTED .... . . S. D. /SELLS.
OMSTE .HELY,
)EALER IN L
STOVES
&,
TIN k S K E E T IRON
WARE, Main st., nearlfopposite the Court
gogse. Coudersport, Pa.: Tin" - .and_ Sheet
Iron Ware made to order. in good style, on
short notice. - 10:1 •
COUDERSPORT HOTEL,
- D. F. OLISSMIRE,..Proprietor,. Corner of
Zan and Seepud C 0.,• Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter Pa , 11.4.1
ALLEGANY HOUSE, '
B.IIIL'EL MILLS,, Proprietor, Coleshur.g
rater Co., Ps., seven miles north-of Cou. :
"Pint Om the ' 4l4 llsrille Road. - *. 9:44
"LYMAN HOUSE,:
C. C. LIMAN, Proprietor; Ulysses, Potter. Co.,
Pa; 'This House is situated on. the East
tuener of Main street, opposite , A. .Corey
SOWS store, and is well adapted to weetthe
vitas of sirens and friends. 12:11-1y.
Vgrig tpTnfr.
the - kational Era
3101 E c'ilvAg. -
.11Y T. A. 0;
a Mort canvas i"- he shothed; itiie.ril*iotts of
boy
tore thronging, the brain of the - tnuin;loting.
boY: -
" Alc.tander nett naught this frenzy of
.
gxpan4intxvithAvery.remoe ofthegoal
infinite, truth, that is lendingme...•
More' canvaa then' give me,' While' glowing
rti c.
i ask antler bonor,:l care not for wealth, ; • :
To trace my dear. source is "far .better than
. . health ;•:;
Then give.me, oh, give me.l ask nothing more.
The tarana to portray the bri ,, ht realm;
• explore. • 1 • - •
" More canvas I" he shrieked; When in hunger
and paid, - .
To, clatn6r fur bfnd were ids darling ones
care.not.foi.visions of beauty end love s
and ideal themes Still a weariness prove._ •
Then let me, pig, wilLye not, .even to asap.
The craving- -or *ant, - your . Wired 'features
portray ;
I'll strive to annoint ye with heavenly gacc—
Moie canvas then give me: that so I may trace,
In actual.presence, the essence:l Jove, ..
And humbly pursue my'•.brigbt Pathway above
"More canvas!" he murmered, bitterness
o'er,
As, dazzling to view, arose Canaan's . bright
- share - - •
" No limit henceforth to my visions of joy,
Cr means to endow them; my soul shall annoy.
But worlds upon %odds, through .the ages
untold,
Are mine to enjoy, while their beauties unfold.
My Father, I thank thee, for visions like this
Overwhelm the annoyance of life with its
bliss."
Thus sinking to rest, with the evening's last
ray;
We trust he hnth entered, unchangeable day.
ALIIANT; March 11, 1859.
1 50
otitiral.
VIRGINIA. AND MASSACHUSETTS..
Interesting Correspondence.
Letter from Mrs. Mason of Va. to L. Maria Child.
'Mao, King George'iCa;.i. Pa., 1
NOV. 11. 4z59.
Do you read your Bible, Mrs. Child ?1
If, you do, read there —Mop unto you.l
hypocrites," and take' to yourself with
two-fold damnation that terrible sentence;
fur, rest assurtd, in the day of judgment
it shall be more tolerable: for those thus
scathed by the awful denunciation of the 1
Soh of God, than for You. You- would
soothe with sisterly and motherly care'
the hoary-headed murderer oflla. per's
!. A mdn Whose aim and intention
was to incite the horrors of a servile war
—to condemn women of your - oWn. race,
ere death'
,closed their ryes on their suf
ferings from Violence, and :outrage; to See
their husbands and' fithers murdered - ;
their children butchered, the ground
strewed with the brains of their babes.
The antecedents of Brown'S band prove
them to have been - the Off-scourings of
the earth ; and what would have been our
fate had they found as manv'Sympathisers
in Virginia as they . seetu to have in Mas
sachusetts?
Now, compare yourself with those your,
"sympathy" would devote to such ruth
less ruin, and say,.on that "word of hon
or, which has never been broken," Would
you 'stand by the bedside of an old negro,
dying of a hopeless disease, to alleviate
his sufferings as far as huMan aid - could ?
Have you, ever watched the lasi r linger--
iogillness of a cinisumptive, to . soothe ' as
far as In you lay, the inevitable fate ? Do
you soften the pangs Of inatiimity in those
around you by all the care and" comfort
you can give? . Do you grieve with those!
near you, even thuugh their sorrows re•
suited from their own misconduct? Did
you 'sit up until the "wee hours" to
complete a dress for a . motherless child,
that she .might appear on Christmas day
in a new one, along with her - Moro fortun
ate companions? We dothese and more
for our servants, and•why ? 'Because we.
endeavor to do oar' tluit state of
life it has pleased God to 'place ns. In
His revealed word we read our duties to
them—theirS 'to us are there;
only to the , .•ood - and gentle; but to the
froward."-7(7peter,ii: 18.) - • Go thonand
do. likewise, and keep- froth Charles
towa. if the stories read in the 'public
prints bo true, of the-sufferings of-the
poor of the North, you need not gO•far for
objects of charity. “Thou hypouritel take
first the beam out of thine own eye, then
shalt thoitiee clearlyto pull
_the mote Out.
of thy neighifir'S!.'' • :But if, indeed, you
do lack objects of syrnpathy near you, go
to jeffersofi
,Cautity,' the: Wittily - of
George Turner, a noble. thin-hearted Mau,
whose devotion to his friend . (Col. Wish•
ington) causing him to'ritkiiis life, was
shot-down:like a deir.-- Cir td that•of old
Beckham, whose_ grief at the:murder of
his,negro suborditiace'made him neediess
ly expose hitusclf to the aim of the aisas . ,
sin Brown: - And when you can equal in
, deeds of love and charity to those around.
I otr, what is shown by vino-tenths of the
t Virginia plantations, thee by.your "eym-
i)Z . batZ fig firirtaipios of : @i:!!)96-43liffeeP.)$$0,401itio
COUDE,MORT; P,WW : OO.I, **:
pathy" whet,,tbe fo! °dr, tP.f . pata
and. kindle. the , torch that tlteS (Air homes
• • •
You reverence Brett , n,. fitr ttiA.Elententv
to liia prisoueis and 4113 W
, IjilStigfiedtink vtotk en, quin t s ',
to their daily titities; unarmed genttewen,
takeit fioin thett:' beds' at the dead hour, i:if
ni g ht, be six. men doubly and trebly art-
ed. Sepposeii - ehad hurt a. hair . tif their
heads, do you think end of the band of
desperadoes would, have left the engine
house ? ' And' did' not he know - that his
treat nuittrof iiitiia: , ivrag• i s only hope of
life then, as of ,clemency afterward ? Of
comse he did. .„The,United &tat.tt. troop
c:uld not have prevented him - front being
torn limb from ltuib.
I Will Mid, in 6cm - oh:mien; no Sotithern
er after your' letter to Gov. Wise
and to "Brwirn,. to read eittie of your cow
ppsitioti or - to . touch o magazine which
bears-your name in its list of , contributors ;
and hi this we hope foz, the "sympathy,"
at least of those at the North who deserve
"the - tiame of woman. M. J.. 0. MAsos:
WRYIA 31ass.,•Dep. 17, 1859
. . . .
Prolonged absence from home Las pre
vented my atk-werihg -yout - letter so soon
as.l iritended.. lime no disposition to
retort upon you the.." - , two-fold damnation,"
to;WhiCh You consign me. On the con
trary, I sincerely Wish You well; bath in!
this weed and the nest. If the anathe
ma
proved a safety-valve to your otivu
boLitrg spirit, it did .some good . _ to you,'
while it tell harmless upon me, Fortun
ately for all of us, the Heavenly 'Father
rules His - uniiierse by laws, which the
passions or the prejudices of mortals - have'
no power to.charge.. . .
I f
As for John Brown, his reputation may ,
I be safely trusted to the impartial pen ofi
history; and his motiVes will be right-1
&lusty judged by Rim who knoweth the
secrets - of all hearts'. Men, however great i
they may be, are of small consequence
in comparison with principles . ; and ,the
principle for which John Brown died is
the question at issue between us."
Yon refer um . to the Bible, from *Meh .
you'ilttote the favirite text of slave-hold
ers
" &Ts - ants, be subject to your masters with
all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but
also the froward: `--I Peter, ii : PS :
Abolitionists 'also have favorite texts,
.to scone of which I would call your at
tention : •
" Remember those that are in bonds, as
bound with them."—lleb. xiii :3. .
" Hide the outcasts. Betray -not Lim that
wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with
thee. Be thou a covert to them from the lace
of the spoiler,"—lsit.. xvi 1 3, 4.
‘ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the
servant which is escaped from his master unto
thee. He shall dwell with thee where it lik
eth him best.: Thou slialt net oppress him."
—Dent., tufa : 15, lit.
Open thy int:at] for the dumb, in the
cause of all suchoas are appointed to destruc
tion. Open thy mouth, judge righteoubly, and
plead . the cause of the pour and needy."—
Prov., xxxi : 8, 9.
-''-Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like
a trumpet, and show my-people their, trans
gression, and the house of•lsrael their sins."
--lviii : 1.
I would especially commend to slave
holders the following portions of that vol•
unie, wherein you say God has revealed.
the duty of masters:
Masters,.. give unto : your. servants that
which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also
hare a:Master in leaven."—Col., iir: 1.
" Neither bo ye. called' masters; for one- is
your master, :oven Christ; and 'all ye are
brethren."—Matt., : 8, 10.
" Whatsoever ye weuld,that men should do
unto you, do ye in en so unto them."-:--Matt..
12. ' •
"Is not this the fast that" have chosen, to
loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the
heavy burdeits, and to let the oppressed go .
free,.and that, ye break every. yoke."—lsa.,
(viii: 6.
They have given a boy for a harlot, and.
sold a girl for wine, that they mialit drink."
—Joel,-iii t 3.
lip thnt opprosseth the poor, reproacheth
his Maker."- - -Prov., air : 31.
"Rob not the poor, because he is poor; nei
ther oppress the afflicted. For the Lord will
plead their cause, and - spoil the soul of those
•that spoiled tbem."—Frov., XSII : 22, 23. • .
Woe unto him that useth his - neighbor's
service Without wages, and 'giveth him riot
for his wages."—Jer.,:xxii :•-13...
" Let him that stule steal no more. but me..
er let him labor; working with.bis
ELM., lir: 28. .
Woo.unto them that decree unrighteous
decrees, and that write, grieyousness which
they hhve KesCrihed rto turn nisidetl4 needy
fromjadgmetit, - and to take away the, right
from the poor. that willows moy be their prey,
and that they . may rub the fatherlesslsa.,
l; 2.1 : ' •
" If I did despise the cause of rey man-ser
vant or of .nny maid-servant, when they. con
tended with me ;• what tben shall I do when
Ood'riseth up? 'and *hen he Cisiteth,
shall I answer him ?"--Job,-ixxi 13,.14.
Thou bast sent-widows away empty, and
the arms of 'the fatherless here .been broken:
Therefore snares are .round about thee, and
sudden fear troubleth thee ; and-darkness that
thou canst not See."--Job, xxii : 11..
• "Behold. the lire` of your :laborers, Who
have:reaped down Your fields, which is - of you
kept hack by fraud, crick!! ; and the cries of
the'd here reaped are entered into the
ears'of the tor& *Ye hare lived in Pleasure
on the earth, tied been wanton ; ce hare nour
ished your hearts as iu a day of:slaughter. Ye
hate ccmdenmod titakilled the just"- —Jac; N.:
4,5, 6.. : . -
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Jfrs.
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„ , -11-iiie;;itiroargiiiiitits;44otetinfratia,
notiittipittd.a, kopitilqi , oistlutit;MJtjt i .
etitlectti:tinniwitatirtiy ; t4ah altitakro• •
seure.:; , ifthelkintitittm*Artknitemit*.
lan ignored set of taw ties ' -,,yotumppot _
' They 'l2.•*iet forklitieCthel tintb eSibek i
i:i itl
,ere , :faelittaiovithriithictak. At sbo f4#7 - # •
States, - I . WI , ',i,:*i:4111 4 ,,nql _ .. • 1 ,. Jo k txt .,,
..spire:abbo z ,J , 634,111!gi
reflecting
..,' ;.: ' sg! i 'bptiminvi:
kdicesue. •••• .. joti.moix. teet,v.ii , tuigi*
F
1(dt . ..111116y- ',:. , . Nita'. sign t iO,ant,. owe,.
I.fradl y4t;iatute-bookili. Oa ilviFpAco
only, to ,lance at x few, which indicate th e
teudiew . features of the -
system youl ehec- ,
bib so tenaeiouslyi. . t ;-- ... - • '...' •
• The-universal• rule of the Slave ,States •
lis that ” the •caild followsthe condition
of its m oth er. " This is a l index te many
. 1 •
, things. 'Marriages .betw,.eti white ,and
'colored peeple are forbidden by laNy ; yet
la_ very. large number of.' the slaves are
brown or yellow. 1 Whenafnyettei visit- -
led this country in his. old age,.beseid,he
4 .4
'was very much struck by t , egreat . e,bartge
din. the colored popillati
i n- of Virginia.;
that in the time of theitevolution.npyry
all the household' slaves,.Were black, b4t
' when he returned to Auierica he' found
very few of theta biack.J The.advertise.,
mauls in Souther-A newsplapers often d‘
cribe rut.away. siavei : that "pass there
selves for white men.", - Sometimes" they
are Aeseribed as having i "straight i light
hair, blue eyes, and clear. complexiow"
This cou,!d . not-be, unless their tatheis,
grandfathers, and great-
m But their mothers
g randfathers had
1 5
been.white
en:,
were slaves, the law p onounees them
slaves, subject to he sold on the
whenever ,the necessities or -con
ven!enec of their waste ys or mistresses
require it. • The, sale orone's, own chi'.
dreit, brothers, or sisters,{ has au tigly:as
pect to those who are unteustoined to it;
and• obviously, it cannot 'aye a good mor
al influence that law. and custom should
render licentiousness:a pto:filo/A vice: ,
- Throughout, the Slave' Stetes,: - the tes
timony of no colored person, bond or free,
can be receiveitagainst a I .vhite man. You,
have some laws; which",t on the . face 'of!
them; would seem to restrain inhuman
teen from murdering or. Mutilating slaves;
but they are rendered niarly mill by the
law 1 have cited. Any druikew master.
overseer, or patrol,- - mayo into the negro
cabins and commit w bat utrages he pleas-'
es, with perfect impunit , itno white.per
-1
son is present ~who oh uses to , witness
against him. North Ga Mina and Geor
gia leave a large : loop-Ind fcr espape, even
if White persons; are pr r ent, - when u ur
, der is committed. A la'w to punish per
sons for "maliciously killing a slave has
this remarkable; qualification :!, ".Always
provided dm i ta d s. act; sl all not eitend to
I any slave dYing of moderate correcti o.".
We, at the North find it thiPeult to up er
stand how nimkrate )unislunent: can .
causedeath. I . .have 'readieveral of (Jur
law:books aitentivnlY, add; I find no ses
of pimishment for the-tUurider of'a sl ve,
except by fines .paid- to the owner,l in
demnify him for theJoislot hiS prope ty:
the Same as if his hone or co* had een 1
(killed. * *, ,• -*, -- • 'l* - - 1 4 , :
1 [Mrs. Child then reviews thalawa:and ens-
torus Of southern States reSpectingthe condi
; tion and rights of '.laves, t which subjects:we
need not assnre ohr Teodoro, she does' ample
jnstice. She nesi-produces the unualiswera
ble!testimony against Slavery of such' Virgin
ians as St. George Teeker,! Gov.. Giles, •Thos-
Jefferson, John Randolph, and others of equal
w4;ht—the who)? requiring more space than
we have at our Command, Vvhich . we,sincerely
regret—and'eloses her letter With the follatv
ing unanswerable!paragraPha :--En. Joca.]
Looking at the -system of. Slavery_; in
the light of all this eyidence, do You-can
didly think we ilesefte -"-two-fuld dans ea ,
tion" for detesting it? iCan you notbe
• lievithat wei may hate ;the' system,
.and
yet be truly) yoir friends ? - :I make al
lowance for the excited Slate of your mind,
and for the prejudices idecod by educa
tion. Idu not care to 4bange your Opin
ion of me; but! I do wi i 6h• you could ibe
persuaded to examine this subject,dispas
sionately, for the sake pf the prosperity
of Virgma, and the..wlfare - of iinberu
generations, bath white ind colored: For
thirty - Years, AbolitioniAs bare been try.;
ing to reason , :with : slay holders,.through
the press, and in ; the : b llsrof•Tongress.
Their efforts, though di i eeied to the xis
ters only, heict'beeli; . et-;witli-•iviolenee
- and abuse almost equal- o thitt:pnifted on
the - head of John Brown , •TO sorely we,
as :a portion Of the unit) f itryielypd , iptie
13) ,
expense, - the - degeneme ; thedinger - and
the disgrace, of this` in quitaiiii, : aii , tatal
systPrit, have 6rigltt `t . siicak'd),Out lit,
and a right to le-hetet aliii':: - -1- At =the-
North, we - Willingly •Pu Halt ,Pse-Slayery
arguments, and ; ask .- on y i fair:field and
no• i favor for the othersi m . Butyou mil
not.oyen allew.,yoUr Ow . eitizeinieihance
to examine this, imports tlabjeet:. Yqur
letter ; to. me is .ptiblish . e in - Npithern i pa.
,pets, as well as Seuth r ein'i . .bit :illy. i,e r i i i
w ill. not be allowed to appear in eriY,..Seuth
ern paper. , The
,de - spoPtis measures you
to silence-investigapim, and 'shin out
the light froth ;pit An 'white - Ter-Oa'
, tion. proves how littleAliancelottritave
ou the strength - , of, youti, cause . :
,Ti thiS
)'enlightened age,''all'
,dc putisrd ou'At! to
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•fail,-to be:convinced. that .pa4iii4.&-.11191.P I
ar
pe'erful incentive tolabor thiEn the Lash;
and tar 82 toral4O. One - fact-in relation.
to those Islands is very significant. , While
-the-working-people were slaves,,it.was al,
ways necessary to order , out the military
during the l Christunia holidays; but ail*
emancipation t . pot a soldier is, to be seen.!
Alilladreddohn.Browns might land there;
without exciting the slighteSkalarm.
To the personal - cpiestions you ask me;
I I will reply in the nettle of .all. the was
men of New-England.:. it would, be ex 4
.trentely iLtficalt to find any woman iji our
villages who does not sew for the pcor;
I and,watch with the ,flick; ,whenever occa•
, sion requires,
~;. We pay our -domestica
generous pages ' with which they can par:,'
chase as , many- Ohristmaa:gOwns as they
plegseia Procesa.4 . ar, better for theireltari
I actors,' as weh as ourown, than tO receive
t h eir dothing as s.elarityofterbeing de l
I.prived of Just- Traytoent for, their_ labor.. .I
have never known an instance where the
I "pangs ofinaternity:' : did not. meet with
requisite assistance; and here at the North,
after we have helped the mothers i do
. we I
,
I not sell the babies. , 1
..I readily believe ; what you state con
, cerning the kindness of many Virginia I
! matrons. It is creditable to-their hearts;
but after all, the best that can be done in
that way is a poor equivalent for the per
petal wrong dune to the slaves, and the
terrible liabilities to which they are ail
ways subject. Kind masters and .irisi
tresses among you-• are merely lucky acct=,
dents: If any one nooses to be a brutO
despot, your laws add •costonis :give Jilin'
complete. Power to do so. 4 . nd.the lot of
those slaves. Who. have . the kindest mas
ters is exceedingly {precarious: :In case
ordesth, or pecunialry dslTcuities , or mar
rives. in,,the ifamily, ,they may at an
time be:suddenly , rans4 reed froas pro
tectiop and to personal degra
dation, or extreme severity; and if they
should try to escape from such siifferings,
anybody isatithotizedto shout them down
like doge.,
.1
• " 'With regard to :your declaration - that
"no Southerner ought henceforth to read
a line of iny cOmposition," I reply that I
have:great satisfaction in . -the coniciou.4-
;esti 'of , having nothing to lose in . that
quarter . ' I Tweoty-sever years ago,. I rib,:
liihed a book " 4 An Appeal, in=fo
half of that ' Clues o AMericans called At
riians." - 'lt influenced ihe minds of seii 7
eral young men, afterward conspicuous in
piiblie life, Orono% - whose' agency the
cause better-sewas: ed than it couldlave
beenlby ine I Pro that time to this,- I
1
I have labored too eailaciitly for the slave to
be • agreeable to `slitve-holders. Literary
'popularity was nev r a - paramount object
with me, even' in ni youth; arid novilliat
lain old,l I am utt rly -indifferent - tä , it.
i
' But, if I eared f r the exclusion you
threaten, I I• should 6t leabt have the con
solation of being 4siled with - honorable
company. Dr: Chinning's writings, uiild
and candid as-they rare, breathe, what you
would call arrant treason.: Win:-C:-Brf
ant, in his capatiq of.- editcir, is: npeniy
Ton our side. - The-i muse nt'ae of Whit. ; , -
1
tier ha's incessantlyjsounded the trumpet
I for moral4warfare With your iniquitous in
stitution ;! and his stirring tines have been
anstiered, more or less loudly, by Pier
pout, Lenten, and Longfellow. • Emerson',
the Plato of Ameriba, leaves the seholas:
do seclusion he lovs so well, and, dislik.
ling noise :with all hts poetic soul, bravely'
Makes his stand.-among -the -trumpeters;.
Geo. - W. Curtis, the brilliant writer, the,
eloquentlectureri.thes elegant man:Of the'
world, lays the Wealth- ortia talents: mi l
the altar of i rrPedoin and makes conimon
cause with rough-shod reformer's; :•• ; il
I The genius - of .11.fis:.'StoWci: carried the]
I outworks of your institution at; one ilash;]
land lefr the citadel pen to besiege* wild
1 a rcl:Pot l ring `iii aniiiiu. - - In thcreliurelt,•on!
the tiitra-liherar side; it-is - assailed by:the'
powerfulliatterlug-ram ofTheodore Park-i
era elotutenCe.- oil the':-estreincrortho-i'
dos: de is aet t bi4e SW kindled .by- Eh i
bUrning . titir644 Br. Cheeter.: . -Between.
'thew is, genii Werd!Beenher;:senditig si:
j
shower cif 'keen "arrciivii into your entiench.
ments'Ouid-rittlaini:ritlea troop-of sharp
front; ail , ii - ctii:: I rf yott turn:- to
the literatureof Ettglind -or PM:nee:lop ,
-will Odd:Your institution treated iirith!as'
little favor. !':Tlie feet is, -the- Whelo iivi ,
ilized world" prbelailint Slateryl an ontlai;
and the best Inteliect etthe,age is abtive
iuhunting-itdovrn:' L. ktilitkCittth:
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i'difftetiliii* in ,our, progivitt, - bit cift 'each
I succeisive uemion the - imPen:444 ihnitt.
hui Veen diisipated et the etoment.ii lip-
'0;1.61 ready , to buret Upon our 'mail, And
the dtrwer. to Our, inatttlition. has Passed
away.: r iliy sve ever be tinder theDitinfs
guanine° and protection
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is ,-- .rottx tattplr.t. , ' .
Whilst it istle duty. e f :the V*litente
" from time to. time to give ,to *Cotigresa
infoymation cif the state ,of the Union,'
shall .not refer in ,detail_ to-the recontitad
and bloody occurrences at Harper's Per
ry, . Still it is proper to observe thatith*
events, honkver bed and cruel' ie. -,thelW
selves, derive theirphief importanCe rum -
;he appreliension that thpy-are but iiyaip
tomstef an incurable disease in the :pub
lic mind, which. , . may break Oat lin mill
more; dangerous 'outrages, and, terminate
at last in att,open war ,by the Ninth ,te
abolialt slavery , tu the gonth. Whilst, fee
myself, I entertain DO suchapprehenstou,
theiought to afford a soleinn warning - to
14141 to beware of the approach . of dant.
er: 'Our Union is a stake of inch ines
timable value as to demand our constant
and watchful vigilance' for Its.:presary.a
tion.i In this view,
. let me implore my
countrymen, North and .. -Senth, to 'Culti
vate the ancient feelings of inntitsl for
bearance and ‘ , 06d0,v ill toviards enebother,
and strive to allay the demon sptrit ofsec
tiunal hatred and strife now alive in the
laud. This advice proceeds from the bears
of an old , public funetioamy whose ieryi •
ces
_commenced in the last generation,
among the wise and conservatiie Otto
nien.of that day, now nearly ail paised
away, and whose first and dearest earthly
wish is to leave his country tranquilipres
perous, uni ed, and pewerful.
We ou ght to reflect that in this age
and especially , in this country, 'there is trt
.
nicesaut flux and reflux of public opinion.
Questions whiele in their day assumed
most threatenina aspect; hive now near
ly gone front the memory of - mai. They
are t. volCanues burnt out, and on the lava
and ; ailiCs arid : squalid . scoria. of old crop
t ions grow. t he. peacefill "olivp, , ;the cheer
ing vine, and ihesestaining corn.”: - Sueb,
in 11'1'y - opinion, will preve to be, the fate
of the presentaectionatexcitceierkabos4
those who wisely seek tO appli the retie
dy, continue always to confine their efforts
within the pate .of the Censtitinien.', If
this, course be pursued; the: existing agi
tatiiiinon the subjecfpf doinestinalivery,
like everythinghuman, will have
land give place - En other and less threatia
ing 'con t roversies. - Pugin, opinion in this
Icountry is alt-pow erful,
,a - ed whoa it reach
es a dangerous excess' upon any question,
1 the :good'senie of ihe 'people will feruish
the 'corrective, and bringit baek wiihist
safe limits. Still, to hasten this ansii
tious result,` at thepreient f iiiiis,:ic ought:
to r'emember-that every rationat,eriature
iintst be presumed to intend :the , natttiii
consequences of his own teachings. "Thole
who announce abst met ductrines .stalver
sive of the Constitution-and- the .Uriittn,
must riot besurprised should their heat
ed partisana:advauce one step - farther; anal
'attempt hy;violetice 7 te carry-, these. doe
iriues into practical. effect.-..,- In this view
of the subject, it ought never to :bet 'far:
gotten that,, however great may have been
the political advantages resulting front. the
Union to every portion of ear. common
country, these would all prove to. be as
nothing, -should the time ever arrive whin
they cannot. be .enjoyed without: serious
danger to the personal safety of-Ate- peo
ple of fifteen mciebers of.the Confederacy.:
If: the peace .of the Aoniesttc fireside
throttgitoi2t these States shonkl atm .bo
invaded—if theinothera of !entities with.
. in this extensive region ahOuld not biablo
to.retire_to rest at night withoia?sufft: -
ingidreadful apprehensions *LOA ; May
lietheir mon;fato .and,thie.of their;ehil.
dren before the morning—it wouldlie•vaitt
to: recount-to such a: people. &tie:. Tpolttical
benetts which results .td thorn lgont , tho
Union. 'Selfliniervatiositthefibt.in-*
stint of nature: ,and - theyeforeaeyllata
of sooiety in which the'swerclis,,all Ow
time' sgsmfded,oker thethia4 ottkeleo
pi-cite:est at last..*onie iute!emble, Rut
fiud,elge in-no , ' iuolugloenayfurebo4iggs
-Ozi die contrayr, Ilcutly beim thatcthe
eventr at - Harpegs .Ferry, :by: eausipttlie
Teoplelo tam aea.:xefidt, upon life VQ3-
sible'Peril - ta.theircheriAid inetitetiolt,
will'bO the :means; u - ndittlfrovideitmyer
allaying the existing oacaldniont i lligli 'pie
:ye nting:luttire, outbreaks ' of A•),iletilar
eliareeter.- -They will: resolve-Mot the
Constitution ; andthelTniciu shell it be
endangered by - rub .oeuusels,' kneAtrg
that,. should 4 . the silver: - cord; b 6 lingdo
or the golden bowrhe broken,. 2 1 ! . I' :at
the fountaio," human power could eater
rF:l"t ie~