ViLITIE KIM-NUMBER 46.
The Pass of the Merin
BY JOHN O. VailTTiEll
All night above their rocky bed
They saw the stars mar* slow;
The wild Sierra, orerhead; ,
The desert's death below.l
The Indian from his lodge of bark,
, The grey bear his den,
Beyond their campAre's wall bf dark,
Glared on the mountain men.
Still upward turned, with anxious strain,
Their leader's sleepless eye,
Where splinters of the mountain divan
Stood black against the Sky.
Theinight waned slow 1 at last, a glow,
A elbam of sudden fire,
liot ni:o behind the walls of snow,
Audi tipped each icy -spire.
iTp, nip i" be cried ; "yon rocky comb
To-day, please God, we'll pass,
nd look from Winter's frozen home
Oa Summer's flowers and grass I"
set their faces to the blast,
' They trod th' eternal MOW',
l And faint, worn, bleeding,. hailed at last
The promised land below.
Behind, they saw the storm cloud tossed
By many.un icy horn ;
Before; warm valleys wood•erubossed,
And green with vines and corn.
They left the winter at. their bacls,
- To flap his baffled wing,
And downward;,with the cataracts,
...Leaped to the lap of Spring.
Strong leader of that mountain band I
Another task remains, -
To break from Siavery's desert land
A path to Freedom's plains.
The winds are wild,- the way is (hear,
Yet, &siting through the night,
Lo! icy ridge and rocky spear,
. Blaze. out in morning light!
Pan up, Frlitont! and . go before;
The Hour must have its , Man;
Put on the hunting shirt once more,
And leap in freedom's van
TINE PILOT'S STORY.
Many years ago when I was 'sosmall ;a'
buy as to hardiy recollect it now, my bro
ther and myself were placed un board . t2
n'e
of tie St. Lawrence river - stealpers as
cabin boys and waitets, with a view to be.
come pilots when tic were older. That
was nearly .fifty years ago, and whechboats
were not fitted up in the style they are
now, nor were good pilots a thing to be
found every day. We • had run up .and
down seVeral times, when one mornin'.
we stopped at Brookville to take on board':
as usual; a .government liliut to guidr Us
down'the river:
. It WaS late in the season and we . had a
Atrong wind the night before, leaving the
river - rough, and our usual pilot had hard
Work to keep the boat in its. proper ,rack,
while it brought us
. into Brookville two
hours later than' the usual tube. The
cluuds over herd still looked cold, and
the wind blew fresh and strong, when
making all possible haste, we again ptit
out of the harbor and were • soon bound
ing on our way. Throw , hout the morn
log I had noticed an anitious. look on the
captatn's face, which bespoke his *ea
siness about the final termination Of our
journey..
We had a good many passengers on
beard, and although we , usually reached
3lontreal by four o'clock in the atternoon,
we should be delayed until six, if not
later. Above 'ten miles this side of La.
chine, a storm of rain commenced, which
rendered it almost impossible to guide
the bOat at4all,:while the rapids of that
name, the West terrific in the whole river,
were yet -to ha passed. Tho pilot was
one of the best en the route, but a man
of passionate temper, with a. peculiar,
dogged look. Between him and the.or
dinary boat pilot there existed an old
grudge, which once or twice led to blows,
when they came in contact with each oth
er.: That morning, when passiug one pf
the higher falls; they stood ; together at
the 1,1104 . when: owing to the strong :cur
rent of water, and the almost exhausted
strength of him who guided us all' the
night, one spike' of the wheel slipped
from hie hands'and nearly caused an ac
cident of a pretty-serious. nature. ;This
annoyed.his companion and hard ' words
passed between them, since which time a
sullen silence had been preserved. , !
When abo t two miles above the; ta.
• chine rapids titans -of . the riggin4 ,aloft
gave way .tin the night pilot mounted the
upper deck' ith a ladder, and attenipted
to make it f st r . The wind blew fiercely,
and'While e erting all hi's strength to stay
the paisehief, he lost his hold and fell, the
ladder coming down directly on the head
of our .government aid, wounding him
severely: . Not pausing to look at the
mischief, he - seised the- unfortunate:maw.
and irith almost superhuman strength;
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lifted 1111110)4yd the boat railiniz.
other, quickly, gueSsing his meaning. ttio
winding his arms around the neck of his
companion they fell in the boilihg flood
below. , We lowered the lifeboats as
quickly as possible, ropes were; throwit
out and every effort made to save thom— t
but in vain. They rose to the surface of
the ; vv.tter still. locked in eachi other's
arms, and then sank from Our View for
ever. • •
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, • The boat now rapidly' rushed On,.
cont
ing near the frightful rapid, while terror
struek 'face's were around us, at the
thouglit that no master was near ito guide
"us through the dark passage beloiv. The
scene which we had just been called to
witness- only made our situation more
terriffie, • while wild and tearful eyes
around: us bespoke the agonizing appre
hension of the passengers and! crew as
• we went plunging madly to destruction,
scarcely half a mile from the gulf, whose
dishing waves we could dis'tinetly bear.
The captain had frankly told uS of his
inability to guide us • through the peril
ous passage. while the deck, gangway
and cabin were filli-d, with men 4 women
and children, some,of whom were!praying,
some weeping, others intensely crazy with
an .agony too intense for utterance
I Women eagerly clutched their children,
land liasband4 pressed their wive:3A° their
busoniS with only the hope of dying to.
gethee. The, captain stood at the wheel,
assisted by one of the passengers, vaink
endeayoring to hold out to the last .and
until every effort should prove fruitless
while With, strained eyes and looks of de.
spair, they gazed through ti'e almost
blinding storm
. upon • the craggy ricks,
lifting,' high their gray, bare heads out
the water, and, upon which they expected
every moment to.he dashed.
Just as frenzy had begun to calm down !
into sober earnest preparatien 'tor the
doom which awaited us, their came out
of the state-room a fair young ,creatute,
over whose head scarce sixteen 'stitutuers
has passed. She 'was of medium height,
and fair as the lily of the northern clime.
She donned a dies of plain black stuff;
while the zeta of one of rim de c eased pi
lots was buttoned tightly around heralight
form. Iler face. was ashy pale as she
mounted 'the stairway. and with her hair
disheveled by the'ivind, she exclaimed, in,
a voice w-hiell rung clear as the, notes of
a bugle above the storm :
know something of this Lachine
rapid, and will use my bestendeavors to
guide you,
q although we have everything
of wind and water ..gaintit us. ; Let two
OE you who are the strongest and m o st!
Self-possessed stand, by we at the wheel.)
while the rest invoke His aid who ever'
stilleth the tempest, to guard our lite
laden bark safely through the, troubled
waters I"
As if in derisMn of her matchless em u -.
age, the mad wares dashed higher, while
the thunder pealed a laud defiance to her
words.. With pale face and lips com
pressed, slte,took her station at the wheel,
while two poweiful men stood 14 to aid
her as far as possible. With a firm hand
she raised the glass_ and swept the scene
before-her ; bidding them to •have cour
age, the boat entered upon its f . earful
course, bounding'onward, as if conscious
of the hand that guided its destiny, tier ,
orders. were given in clear," lutid tones,
while she stood proudly erect her eyes
brightened into a darker blue, until one
would have fmcied her the ruling spirit
of the itorm The water dashed at
the side of the beet, crowning her fair
head with glittering drops ;. yet still she
stood unheeding,' while not.an eye iu all
that,group but gazed in mingled awe and
confidence upon that delicate form
Once agafn the spoke of the wheel slip
ped from the grasp of him - that held it,,
but a fair handitrresied its progress and;
stayed the , ..destruction which otherwise
would have followed its swerve from
ty, Onward sped the noble bark, when!
darkness shut the last rock from our!
sight, one deafening 'shoat rose. high . :
4ove the storm for her who had sol
bravely guided us through the st.aduw of'
death. • .
Sbe would.receive no thanks for her
self, but bidding us "give thanksto Hitn
whys!) imibe.ever ruled] the storm," she
retirOd. to her a tate•ruom, .. and was lost to
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Around tl:e eabin.tabla that night,
about an hotir before we entered the bar
bir of Montreal, we learoed her history.
She vas the daugter of the'inernbant who
owned the, line of boats, one of which
she Iliad. just saved from ruin. Her
mother died when she was a Child, and
her father had, Yielding to. her wishes,
allowed her to accompany him .in the.
boat of which he was- captain ' : By de
grees she had becatue acquainted .with
every bend in that Imutiful.river, . while
calm, and storm alike brought scenes , of
beauty.to bet: eye.,
,She was now on Ler
wayl to visit some friends in'-Quebec,
where- her lather proposed pining, her
to spend the winter.
A gentleman inlet .aketched 'a likeness
on .t}' leaf of hirportfolio l ea , elle stood at
heivio to 14e biqeipies" of DIV , 4na bisselqhmtioll of Ot'',4iitti , t-ii'o4 l #o. 1 0 1 " . I
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUDITY, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER ' 6, 1861
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the wheel, *rapped in the! pilot's coat;
with the glass in her hand ;land her full
length portrait still graces' 'the gallery ,of
fiat,. arts in Montreal. Many a roug
hand grasped the snowy fingers at part.i
ing, and many a blessing Crowned that
noble head.' ' f • 1 ,
A tnagtateot.t diamond bracelet; hear
ing' upon an inside plate the natue,of the
vessel and, date' of the aecurence r was
presented to her about a•week after her
arrival in Quebec, by the passengershO
were on bbard at• the titre; while loud
and triumphant were the praises borne to
the' ears ofa fond parent of the noble
conduct of ',that frail but fearless one who
,
Lad braved the dangers before _which
stout hearts and strong fortuS bad
quelled.,: . i. " 7-- ' I
"And what lecante of her aftenritidr??
1. inquire& .
married i - 'i ' ' i
.
"She nirried an officer in Quebec, and
her children still . live there. One is, u
noble b 4,, or rather a _ tnan now, arid
ploWs the:oCean in one of the noble bat ;
tle 'ships of . lingland.? I
A RISKY BUSINESS-
I TO inu, sir, it is a risky business'th
touch the brain. A minister of the GoS . -
perlpld iue of a member of his congrega
,
tion,‘als noble a fellow ar4 ever lived
generous-=there was not a member of
his church thai gave as inuoh as fie.
thOugh only a member of the congrega
tien, fur the support of the Gospel;
stopine: partner in a firm in New York];
with a' wife and one child ;I living in gond
stile. The only fault the minister hail
to find with him was. he would occasion
ally taken glass of_wine. and would give
it to the yOung twin ; and he said. he had
often talked with him *about it.: .Oise
day, he saw hint with his bt v .
and asked ;lihn—r.llo ion love your sou?'
'`Love [dui ! noble little fellow ! I hive
hiM better than my cro! "YOU
would not burin him ?" ,"Hartit
hurt my boy!. Never I' '.Now ybu
never . t.liongtit that a gl ss of Wine-,-"
"Stop you are a fanatic.; • 1 respect you as
a ministeri but not your lanatacisin nu
this point.: The idea ofa glass of wine
hurting . tllis boy-•- - that I an gonig to ru
in, my child ! Let this be a tabooed
il
question between us. I h Ve no patienee
to hear Yon talk st , foolis:A atuut. it "-'--
It? was about six weeks aft ;r that . oneof
the pattners in the house came' to see
him on soitte business, anti they rode to
a 'mantifueturing town abott tiveive wiles
distant. lie was one of those men - "migh
ty, todriuk wine, and a ina cif strengtirio
mingle strong drink ;" an there is no
blessing pronounced - on s 4 -,ten that•tie
can do in the Bible - .tiLt, he drank this
wan drunk fur the first ,ti rth hotel til e in his life;
and when' they guate city
c, ll
gentleonnt lat ghed at his Maudlin', con
pattion,
r a titi said. "1 wand r what his Wife
will saytO that " Return ug. they drcii e
up to t he .4:lte, at.ti - the - child. with moil,-
er; waS on, the nimble ste(s, svt.iting f.n
~
papa In stepping . frue.t the carriage.
the drunken ituttfa foul. 4, cauglit in the 1
rein.; and, he stumbled . , , fbe had been 1
,Sitber he ,
would have 'k.
[reins and! the accident c
{happened:. But it made
I selt-contrni was disturbed
jibe b‘iy by the simulde
laruund, and threw hint
to walk, they
to hall, and laid Win
fell of that on the Ito
Sleep. _
This elemphatt told in
for mu, and I never spe
'lry my life. There
the wife in convulsions.
a§leep 7 -aSleep, with- a de
Yellow: lucks were dabble,
in another rootn- - --usleep.
aieians tqing to save the
:--.-asieen node: . the
trine. ' When he invoke
waking. Pushing back lit
is the •Intitter ? Where a
is . thy ?' Where is
inert see him " "Yoit
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Must, I will .! Where is t r ay buy ?" ."You
cannot see him " .1 writ see hilii.l
'must see 'my. buy r Thy took hiiit into
i,
the room, and turned d Own the sheet;
and when he saw him• he -riett out, "Oh,
liy God "• and fell bac ' senseless."—•
That clergyman told me—and. I have his
name in my note-bOuk—"One year frOm
that :day I buried Ine body i , broUght frOm
8 .1 lunatic . asylum, to, lay side by side with
his wife a nd child."' : .. 1 '
, Young, man, thank Gor
tY, if You' . have ever 'darei
4• -- . /el O i ff ..oNr w,.
that ihieb disturbs tb action of, the
.
brain,:and brings a wan to a voint whereho kutiws not whit he „It is
risky business to touch te brain, mid it
is the'.basiness'of alcohol odo B.
Gough. '
WHEELS - ON' Prows. David White,
Bergen Go., N. J. The beat way to'se
cure a Uniform depth i plowing is to
Use a Wheel under the e d of the beam
An nuakill'ul plowman an make better
work with this'additiou ban 'a good-hand
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without it: - - ,
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Farewell to. Owl wall.
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BY THOMAS 11908.
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Swallows, sitting on the eves,
• See ye not thela.her' 1 sheavei
See ye not th&falling Oyes ?
, Farewell I •
t i
Is it'not time , to g 01,,. i:'
To that fair land ye I.Vw . ti
.The breezes as they 3 ' ' Al; : '
Of coming ;tinter tell, ''
And from the:trees sh 4 dowti
The brown'rl
And withered leaves. IFarewe
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Swallows, it IS time toltly : 1 '
See noi'ye.the altered
1 4
,Know ye not That winter's nigh?
Farewell! I 1 ' 11
Go, fly in noisybands
To those fat distant lands
Of gold, and Pearl, and? Shell, ll
And geip (of Which they tell ,
•
In books of' travel otmnge) t
I'? There range
In happiness. .i.reweikt
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Swallows, on.yoir piniOns i gli4
. O'er the restless,i•cilling!tide
Of the ocean &el) and ide;
Fareweif r 1
In grOves far,ifar awayii ',•, ,
In slmmer's sunny ray
In warmer regions dwell; •
And then return to tell
Strange tales of foreign lands;
In bands - • 1.• •
' Pereh'd on the eves: Farewell!
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ewallows, T coulif 'aim* pray -
That r, you,imigl4 ly.away,
And to each corning OH say—'
Farewell I
Yet 'tis my fate to liv.e
Here, and-with cares ti strive, )
And I some day play tel . l ;
How they beforeime
Conquered, Then cally die, ,
And cry
" Trials and ioils—FarL;Weirl"
.NOVEMBER.
••• • •
No sooner had the 414 st frost fallen,
though it be entire first I (7:ay of Atituniti,
than people begin to talk of the I . nditin
Suunner, as if that per 41 (were .as well
settled and aseitsify discerneu ls,the . reg-,
ular season. Soil*" r4ently' consulted
the
. clerle tir the . mut her„l we propose to
post our readers upon.thiimost (eh:min
ing period of the year. Whitter(with a
true poetic instinct : . has given us la com
plete piOttire of one of thifse li3tiiazt Stub
, flier • days.] We see the.;qeetniti i ." mist
which is no 'nisi at all, fir the . Mornitig
is as dry as a July wort:tin:l(in droutli.
A soft haze hangs over fii:ld and forest,
subduing the radiante of the'sun, (eve:D.:it
midday. It is thi4. unuinal .Outnished
light that throvis such ulcharm eiver the
Inudscape. The clear ouiline of objects,
so noticeable U. 13 Suinnier day,.'
is no 'longer risible; and ithe ituaguratioit
t. ealled into play, 40.0 Op thedefectiee
vision. The itilands that he slOnibering
ou the distant 'Sea; or lake, are' elevated,
and so•seeni to : ' hive collie nearer to us.
pt hold of the
)41d not, have
him antiry;
and he toelr
, twisted him
down. As
trried
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as if they had Chart* their places in' the
night. The trees lookltalier,,ad . the
hills grow higher, the ; raters are agni
-1
m
fied, ai,ild the distant' pinin ha
,a wider
expanse. The, deep luxuriant green of
Summer has gone, but: the 1 laUtiscape
looks far more beautiful than in its rich.
est dress.., We, have th+, "diM religiinis
I light” under the open stay,. and ,eVery ob
ject seems glorified. The feelings very
naturally take the hue iof surrounding
objects, and we lolk folith upenl nature
with a subcrltiietl enjoyhtent, a, perfect
contrast to the rapture ',With which. we I
hail the bright' skies, and the opening
Bowers of Spriug.l 1 .1
Every one Mart be ebnseionsi at'titts
season, of the stwrfug ofilsolue tit 're pow
erful principle within luta than i tere an.
iinal life. The spiritual that uie, is quick
eued, and there' isla longing after some
thing higiier and,better 1-. than eM-th can
give. The stillnesi that reigui every
where, the sober lines of the landscape,
the fallin g leaves, and; the baie fields,
are powerful aids to reflection' nod the
mind, relea.sedifrotu the pressing l ;eares - of
Summer, now falkinto genial musing.—
This is one reasori, prty;bly, why these
days are so enjoyable: _1 Faculties that
with multitudes are parlial.y suspended
under. the preSsure of busihesS,!lare now
called into the highest
: aetivityJ, i
- These Ihdian Sueut4r' dayal are Lie
baautiful to come all together,i.Orto kit
long. They begin , earliest- at ' l ithe tar
North. and follow] the retiring SU , lntner to
the far South. ' The beit autlitirtties put
them immediately sf ter 4 Squaw ,! Winter,
which is the first tmld step that i ti
ut estroys.
tender vegetation. •Thiits often am:o
putted by turries!of - soo and
,the freez
ing'of the ground, as if. Ithe real Winter
had entumenced. This tarei,y comes be-
fore October even in. New England. The
true : lndian Stputber thiin begios, nod ac
cording, to the ,lialeudei we '.roOst have
wed ve of these d4,ye beepre the'ieal Win.
, ~
n a settee ,
she
and iireut: to
i
• —"Th:ey • sent
.'t suck a night
at child
and the 'en
I'd chilli, whose
in blei'4,lyip' g
wiq, two phy
ife of his wife
influence' of
it way it fearful
huir+" What
a) ' Where
ley 1
minuet "
for your safe
to with
ter coin iene s. We have. the:most of
them in Nov tuber, rarely, hoWever, Om-,
,- .
mg me , Oil 'i cue day:at a .tithe -at this
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late se : on. ji ; ; i;!' -
They are found in .greateSt. perfection
arcing the Atlantic coast, where the influ.
epee: Of the i Gulf stream iti...felt. ',. A
breca.n from; the' South or!
. Snuthwest
binga.:the attuosphere-•of the ;;tropics,
and 114 mostilenjoyabie - . tvettthe.r,' of t :the
year. ' !When ' - the Governor guesses right,
and.Thankt , giving week fallay+upon In
dian S' tomer, the cup of ble s sing runs
over, a d there is nothing : more te,beAe•
fired j- Theold homestead is eerie:in - than'
it be Olowded, and the. last , ! 'graodeinld
to be brongh!! , to the.fawily gatnering.—
The vratrat sunshine Of tirebeart Ands its
fitting iesPonse in the tinter ',World, and
the chiq olodd of age is qtackened with
a Sumner I glow again.. Oki ,tig,e,, sur
rounded with children . and; th,ildren 4 .B -
ahildrin, Is Mtich like the ledia. Suui
mer. i.. 111 Itetbetween the netiVe thities
of life and the Winter, which :,we tall
Death,: but which is seally, tie Winte'r Vet.
Suring titue i l if life have lieeM Well spent.
It is ao rut genial, and. the!activities 1
are . subdued l /
tho-passions softened, Ina I
-
ing it-tbe ripest, best period Suuttner
life. '., 1
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nisi rs it e month in which we ;usually
pay ' our reSpeots to
. ..the ~eldii f ollis at
hoine,7i, and a: we ha vall:0 abundantlY
of plani.ing•and hoeing; ' haying: 'andhar
vestinl4, for the edificat4an ofotir . ynuug
and Middle aged' friends We intpose now
. •
to saia word fur that less' numerous, but
not leis honored class, ,whO only 'read
thestiutges Ihrough the aid Of
. glasseS.,,
It is Stiid, with hot?mitet trtif.jr . the; can'
not•tell„ that
,the custom of •returning to
the'old hotnestead to , keep' thettly festi•
val in;the Ptritan yew', is not so goner- ,
ally iiServed as in the last I g'oteration,
before, ;.the advent. of ' steamers laud ;rail
roairs,lWhibill Would seem 4r . ,iilakili the
trip . moch more safe and pleasant. It, is
certaially. true that the day is i nictre .teide
ly obse;rved, ntarty all. the States takinei
mbliemetice of it, the. elturalid.4 tiAther•
bSIFS.
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ing foil worship, ,and familie4 !doing am.
ple jitrtice to the roast turkey and' Ole
chicken pig: BUt the charge that the
son., _Who left,l the; farm in early
Who hr been prospered in the pity. Oafs
at•wore agrdeable to spend the day :'round
his own matitiganY,' and inside hisovirti
oittrbi fic4,l.t . lian,,to make a Pilgritim,tie
to the 'tum b le 'dwelling that tqlelterctl
his chilidliond and there keenthe feaSt in
planter; style; with father'. and ,another.—
lie has hose his relish,. not only fur
try Hi, butffer the tiotple.thanners and
frugail.fare,of the 60a old people ithat
gave lion being, , nouri - shed his! helpless
infane , , and trained ;bilis 'tol habits tf
-
virtue; nd industry. U hall forgotten
the Pliun,-,+anite rook wheepe he was
hewn; !and 4ffe' cts marble! ; may be
ptittit4 the !case rather, strong, for btisi
ness Cares rather .thati.. pride, ! . would
gladly lbeliei:e, wean- . ions acid
from the of hemisredil. 1514 is - ,pay•
ing itiOl high u Hee for worldly sneeess,
hossrer pilaf, when if bluutglilial tiffee•
mien, and weati, us from the assiditities
that U , e always rice to- parent 4:
Tlpilgrimage at an reasona
ble 4aerifiee; Will Make better sons and
daugliiers, atid.give hap2ioess that ' , gold
can not onichase. The of - folks are . Oft
en loinely at the eventide of life,: having
sent [nut all their ahiidreu tit new. and .
tiistant homes. Pik, year, the , war has
taken the hist son from, spine; of these -
homesi, and 'the Benjamin cif the farnilv
on whim they laidleined for support, wilt
spend this fcstlial to the tented fitid. 7 " .j
These who can, should, go to cheer the - sel
ber'eaved hearts, now :•mitiene-t1 by Ia dhuble
grief, I their, cuunfry's . and 4heir own.—
Aineriicau Agrecu'ltue4st.l • •
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Quincy Adams on slavery
,ad Emancipation as' Af
fected by War.
184 T, kApril 14,) , johm, quincy
we made.in the liunse; of Represen-
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Ada in
tatitjeli. a speech on apprehended war
with "Great Britain 'and' critli'..' Mexico.
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whereof the followtug extract will be read . '
with lively!interest: : 1 i !
iiltsaid that. as far
,t 4 I; conid under
,stand the !resolutiona proposed by the
gentleman from Ohio t Mr. Giddings,)-
theie were some of thenf for which!l was
ready to vOte and 'same Which II must
vote against; and-[ ,wi)l now tell
,this
Iluns, miconstituents AO the world a
manitind.. 'that the , reseintion ; against
whieli I wouid have 4nted Usti that in
whO he' ;declares • that ,what are ;called
ihe' t ahtve S , ates haie the ‘xclersive right
of Consultation on the sithject of slavery.
Yuri that resolution' I : ' .nevernhi wo.:iote;
becattse I believe that I inn nOt Mist and
&es hot contain consii!iitioual (doctrinal
I. bslileve that so long ha the Shire States'
arela let'n sustain their itintion with-1
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out;in... abroad; or dlli .. upon other
parts of the Union to:id rbetn.or Uct. Gal
the a bjeci, so long I' Will ne'vet oOnsent
to in erfere But I( thei come. to the'
Free Scam; and . say ;to' thent
. imil must
help us to', leen down -air-''slaves,, you
most aid "cts in - au iinutrecitiou au4, a aivil
tERIES.:SI:OO PER
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war, then I= say that with that
. call 4 mess
a-411 and :plenary. power , ttr thra ~Ele.USa;
and to the Senate oast , the. whale., subl:
ject. It is a war porter.„ I say,
war power; and When year country is rte. ;
wally in war, Whether it' be - a war, of in-, -
vasion or a war of iusurrection, Cengreal:
;his ,power to carry. :on the war; must cap ,
ry ken
,accOrtliag to the laws of war
and by the ,taws of war .an invaded caatt,
try has all its laws and: municipal :4 1 1:
tutions swept by th e hoard; and ;nint h
law takes the placed them.' This,' pow,'
er Congress has perhaps. never beett •
called idtd eziercise . under Alio P*1:14.,
Constitution 'of the United States. .Bttt.
when laws of warfare are in force, ,What,..
I ask.iscne of those laws? It is
that when , a country is invaded and two
hostile armies are , set in,martial array, the.,
corn nftip der.s of,6ptli armies •Aave power, ,
to entan4rte t% iIIC slam in theinuad.....
ed territory. Nor, is this it
, ipere theor l
etic -statement. The history of , South:
America shows that . the doctrine has
beep carried into execetion within the(
last) thirty,. veara. Slavery was alxdished.
iir Colunitria, first-by the Spanish Getter,
al Mifflin, and seCondiy by the Atneri l
can General Belivar. It was abolished
by - virtue>f a wiliniry command [gives,
at the head of the army, and its apojitiop
continues . to
.be a law to this day.
~lt
mut abolfidiej by the laws of war, and,
out by•tounicipai enactments. The pow- .
er was exercised by Military:commandan t :
under instructions, of muse, NM their,
reSpective gevoruments. • Congress. is.
now about passing a t grant to refund to,
Gen. Jackson the amount of a certain '
foie imposed upon him by a Judgennder, '
the laws of the State of labuisiana...
lire:going to refund him the money with,
interest and this - you. ire going to do:,
because the itupoqition of the fin, .was,
unjust. And, why . unjust .13enansa`.._
General Sackson was acting under ithe, t
laws' of - war, and because the moment?:
you place a military commander in a,
trim which is the th;Jater of.war ! .the laws,
of war apply to that district. I ;have a :
correspondence betiieen General Jackson
and the Governor of Georgia, durum the ;
Seminole : Campaign,' in: Which .Genera,
Jackson asserts the principle that Aie, its
Governor of the State within' his . (Gin.
JaCkson's) military - division, bad no right .
to give a military order while •he (Gen: I
Jackson) was in , the field: The Gover.
nor contested the power of General Jack...
son, and said ail he could for State
rights ; but General Jackson had given
an order, and that order was carried into„
while the order of the Governor. '
was, suppressed. General . Saeksou heti
the right of the question. '
might famish a thousand proofs to:
show that the pretentious of gent .. .len:lea_
to the sanctity of. .tu
their unicipalinstitu•
tions.urider a state,pf aptual invar;oll
a actual war, whether servile, eivjl or
foreign, are wholly nufonnded, "end, that
ili-O - hme,of war do, in nil such cases, take,
preacience. Iby this down as "the law
of 'nations.. I say that the military au. 7
thurit t y !Ass, for the tithe , the place
all:Municipal-institutiOnsi gave)* among
the rest. U V oder that state of things, eo
fari from — ifs Deng true that the ; States.
where 'slavery .existp Dave the
sot.
management of the subject, uot o nly the,
President of the United States,. but the:
commander of the army 4as ispuler' to .'
order the Mrcveria/ emancipation of th'e
dares. ; .
"I have riven more in detailW . Prlaci t
ple which I''have asserted .. .en this floor,
before now, and of Which - I-have no more
doilbt,-finin that you, sir, occupy that; '
chair.. I give it iu its developtnent, in,
order tb: t any gentleman, from any Part
of the Union, way deny, the truth
this - position, if he thinks proper, and
way maintain his denial, not by
Lion, not by passion ,and, fury, but, by
sound sober reasoning from the laws of,
war. If my, position can bo answered"
and refuted; I shall receive the :eft:att.:.
tion with pleasure. I shall' be glad to
listen to reason, aside, liis 1 - say; from in. :
dignation and passion. If, by the font,'
of reasonft; L ,cr. wy ttnarstanding can bet:
convinced, I here,ple4ris myself to terinl
what I have asserted. '
"Let., toy position be answeroa; Jet trte
be told, let my constituents be told„ let.,
the people of wy State be . told, (a Staley .
whose • soil' tolerates' not this font or o k `
slave,) that they.are bean& liy 'the Con-
Atnut ion;
,to ;.a long and toilsome Ararch,;-
under burning sututues . suit s,
ly Southern clink:. forthttauitPlevrion : ot,
a servile war. That they - . are Patina
lenve their bedies.to rot upon tha . sank'
of Cara ; to4fave tlrik wives; "Odom', ;
and their children, orplians;: that tho.a,
cannot starch- are bound to pour oat their
treasures, while their sons and-brothel-3 . ot*
pouting out their. blood to autpress a, serviley ,
war: . combined with a cittil era foreign:Nat;
and yet" that there exists:no power theyormi .
the litaitsd the stave Statertwhemaoch a *sr T.
is raging) to eroaneipate the slaves.:, .I R et this
he proved:l:Say:l *mot en to conviction; bfttr
till that conviction- climes, I plait: sari,b,:ltat,::;-
as a dictate of featly. but cuta setded usa.liexi .
of the laws of nations that in such a rast — i . W.
military power-suporsedsr the ;Mt ps-v-e
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