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POETRY.
To Oniln Heaven.
GEORGE D. PnE44iss—himself one of the
most gifted of the :American bards—thinks
that no living poeteis can surpass the grace
fulness and beauty d the following lines from
the music of A.macik . They are 'exceedingly
beautiful.
Pale star, that with,thy soft sad light _
Came out upon in bridal eve,
I have a song to sing to-night,
Before thou talstithy mournful leave,
Since then so softly time hath stirr'd, ..
That months haveislmffist seemed like hours,
And I am like a littlh bird'
That's slept too lcnig among the flowers, ,
Ind, waking, sits with waveleis wing,
Soft singing 'mid the shades of even ;
gat oh, with sadder t he
I sing—
I sing of one who dwells in heaven.
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'The winds are soft, the clouds are few,
And tenderest thoUght Ely heart beguiles,
As, floating up through mist. and dew,
The pale young ninon comes out and smiles;
Ana to the green restiundlng shore
• In silvery troops ttie ripples crowd,
Ti all the ocean dini,pled o'er,
Lifts up its voice tend laughs aloud;
And star on star, alltsoft and calm, ,
Floats up yon arcti serenely blue y'
And, lost, to earth an steeped in balm, --
My spirit floats in ether too. ~,
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Loved one ! though tost to human sight,
I feel thy spirit litiering near, •
As softly as I feel the light•
That trembles in the atmosphere;
As in some temple's holy shades, •
Tho' mute the hyinn and Itush'il the prayer,
A solemn awe the sdulpervades, ,
Which tells that Worehip has been there—
A breath of incense, lefp alone
Where many a cep** swung around,
Will thrill the wand*, r, like a tone,
Who treads on co rated ground.
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I know thy soul , .frn liords of bliss
e t
That stoops awhiliti t to dwell with me,
Rath caught the prier I breathed in this,
That I at last might dwell with thee.
I hears murmur front the seas,
That thrills me like thy spirit's sighs ;
I hear a voice on evo . 7 breeze, ,
That makes to mine its low replies—
A voice all low and `sweet like thine ;
It gives an answer to my prayer,
AM brings my, soul from heaven a sign
That I shall knotisnd meet thee there.
I'll know thee there t . y that sweet face,
Round which a te nder halo playa(
Still touched with thitetpressive grace
That made thee letvely all thy daps, •
By that sweet smileihat o'er it shed
A beauty like thelight of even,
Whose soft expressunfnever fled, -
Even when its 34 hat} flown to heaven,
111 know thee by thi : starry crown
That glitters in't#,Y raven hair ;
Oh'. by these blessed signs alone
Fll know thee theie—rll know thee there.
ri • •
For all ! thine eye, Itathin-whose sphere
The sweets of yo4l and beauty met,
That swamis love 4.c1 softness here,
Must swim in love• And softness yet, ' '
For sh f its dark sad liquid - beams,'
Though sadden'Oby a thousand sighs,
- Were holier than thf light that streams,
Down from the Mites of Paradise—
Were bright and rilliant lite the -morn . ,
Yet soft and demi as the eve ; ,
.
Too Bad for eyes w*e, - smiles are born,
Too young for et that, learn to grieve.
wonder if this coot sweet breeze
Rath touch'd tht Ups and fann'd thy brow.
For all sty spirit &Ars and sees ,
Recall thee to 14 memory now;
for every hour we kreathe apart,
Will but increase if that can be,
The love that fills (ilia little heart,
Alleady filled so fidlof thee,
Vet many a tea; th4e eyes must weep,
And many a sin *list be forgiven, •
Ere these pale lids ihall sink to sleep—
Ere thou and I shall meet in heaven.
?tiISOELLANY.,
Jersey ♦cuteness:
It is well known ihat there are wise men in
New York, for, as the old song says :
"Three lasi men of Gotham
Went to sefi in a bowl ;
If the•bow4had been.stronger,
Then this Fong had been lon g e r —"
lett it may not be 4s well known that our, sis
ter State of New *se/ is equally ha ppy in
being biased with buiterous wise and sharp
witted titian', as itl4) following anecdote, which
we find nneredited in one of our ezehanges,wll, l
Prove. As to the truth . of the story, it would.
be a sin to doubt—lt is.such a good one.—,
Here it is :
"A person madelapplication in a town -mee
ting of a New Jerity town, for , liberty to build
a grist mill, sed if 'they would grant him the ,
krivdege, 'Wend t grind for.the inhabitants'
gibe town for on4twentieth part of the grain.
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men to search into thmatte - r, who, after de
-Iliberating upon the Su b ject , told the miller that
one-twentieth part vofild be too much ,consid
ering the adrantage 4 * Would be to him, and
they thought he might! afford to grind for one
sixteenth. To this #tdb man, after some hesi
tation, agreed, and the place was granted him>
iscordingly.—Etie.Ast.
•. Night the' Gulf of Mexico.
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a.orild scene bag - occurred to me du
rini my atratigely varied life-oruise, and many
a t hrilling • memory is stereotyped, upon my
minCyet none more -avidly than that which I
now, relate.
IW' middy on board of the sloop of war
BostOn; in 1838, and ;had the honor to be aid
to car,. E. B, Babbit, her cell:inlander. Both
Babbit h and the Boston, staunch and true crafts
they Were, have gone to Davy Jones' locker,
but lbng will' dwell ' their '
pleasant memories
with ;d1 who sailed udder the one - and in the
'other. -
7We were off Tampico in the fall of 1838,and
Capt. B. determined to visit the town in person
to seethe consul, and of ionrse mine was the
chance and duty to gn with him. Leaving the
Boston outside the 'him at anchor, we-rowed up
to : the town in pie captain's gig, a six oared
whale boat. We found every thing right on
shore, and accepted the consul's invitation to
dinner. It was nears sunset when wo arose
from the table and passed out upon the piazza
of the consul's bonsai; and as we stepped out
T saw my' old Captain take a hasty glance to
the,, westward, and following the
_direction of
his look, saw that the sun was
just being wrap
ped up .r the night in a regular storm blank
et, setting:in a cloud, as dark as a sinner's
sold. I
-We must get abdard, youngstg !" said the
Captain. ..101 blow like cats and dogs before
two hours have : passed over ! Go down to
the boat and have the crew ready to shove off!'
"Aye,'aye, sir !" Said I, hurrying to .ohey,
f)r already the black aloud had rolled up and
hidden' the sun, and the stillness of the air be
tokened •that Natiure was drawiag in her breath
for a regular puff
,Iq a few moments we were swiftly rowing
down the; glasq bosom of the Tampeco, all
bands of us, glancing hack frequently at the n
sing storm, which was fast .overspreading the
sicy, coming along growling,like xi lion over a
desert, hungry for its prey.
Before we arrived at the mouth of the river,
it "was down upon us," not "like , a thousand
of
brick?' but like itself alozie, for never before
since have I seen As' match.
-The clouds catneirolling along, wrapping up
!iverythiqg in condensed night ; the wind came
on 'with a force iwhieli raised the water behind
us in to a very wall of foam, that curled 'Up
like drifting snow aver the stern of our frail lit
tle boat. On getting to the mouth of the riv
er, we looked in vain to seaward to get a sight
of our vessel, which we had left anchored a
bout four miles froin land, and we knew. that if
she was still at herauchorage, it would be im
possible to see herXfor even when the lightning
flashes lit up the sky, we 'could not see half a
mile ahead to savebur lives.
We for a m, meat hesitated whether to at
tempt to cross he 'bar, which was now boiling
like a kettle of soap , suds, and at this moment
we saw the flash and beard the report of a gun
some miles to leeward.
"By 'thunder , that's the old Boston : she's
wider way, ,but still waiting for-us!' said Bab
bit, and then added': --
"Youngster, make sail on the boat and take
tbe helm! We'll,go ,out !," •
Orders must be' obeyed. I looked up at th
sky; tfien glanced out upon the hissing and
idaring bar,'..and though Ilared no# hesitate,
still I felt as. if I'd rather stay on shore, and
said mentally, if we do go out,larewell to all
my hopes of wearing an epaulet or seeing a
Mrs. Buntline , by my aide: - 44 .
. Hoisting iup a reefed, big foresail, I took the
tiller ,and told thelceir to shove off. Just as
we did so, another gun was fired from seaward
and this gave me an idea of the course I should
steer. '
The wind blew a gale while we were close in
shore, but now that we dashed out from under
the lee of the land . ; we found that it was a per.
feet hurricane: , Our little mast bent like a
loop-pole,) themen cling to the sheet of • the
lug with all their strength, and yet the wind
nearly;, dragged it through' their hands. Our
boat swept on like a grey gull through the i
foam, now rising over the huge w, then ap-1
parantly di4ing right through t hem—now fil r
ling with the 'water that "combed in , over
both bow and stern, and which the crew bailed
out with their heti'. ' They were pale with's'.
eitereadt, every nerve seemed upon the stretch ,
—notl. ne of MI spoke—we 'ahnost held , our
r breath. We drove before that fearful blast.
1
At 1,,t we pasSed the range of breakers up- 1
on thd , ar, and were out upon the less tesmy,
but d 4 -ty heaving ocean. Oh God ! I never '
shall fi)tget.how tinge seemed each ' wave .that
ro ledialong with our little shell of a boat, 'as a
cloud;, would I hear , a feather; they:want
'Pmount - ain'sne ' l indeed.. - .on I steered, heading
as near as I '4l4l,towards the spot where We
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ad / teen the flasl of the lait,gun, , yet nothing
ore could we,sec' to give
. us an indication of
be whereabouts o f: the ship. ,We were steer ? ,
iag odt t into uttee4arkeesi, out upon a stormy
0-eae., and. knew:not 'Whether , Our , ship had
&me In for, ,ti, or bia: borne' 'off before the
41511 . 4 r iiiies,so4 Aill iiit Pe ' li Pie 1 ;
1 the lehip, no is* it, guide us, ' The Wind'seeni
led to increase, the sea rose higher find higher
and:biteamarougber: Our men, old tars and,
.Itteed_ki peril as they were,:,new ,'turned Pali , 1
anaktheir lips quiyered. I could, see . , as the
lightning.gashes lit up each .face that ; hopoi ,was
tretading iwtheir.hearts, and that they -salt
, felt ;the danger of pur situation. • ,:, .:''i
"Koted better takti j othat Ipg, youngsteri4',
sa id iliesliptain,.. l ,Cal y, "It,sion't de t 4. :Fir-,
se far; to lenwantl'! , . -", 'is' i - . :i?.•.'
At'this moment the ; order war rendered 110-!
By sED BIINTLISIC
moNT/tog f! . 4..;,Timts•Sit NO
necessarylby the mast snapping short Alit the
thwart, and as the boatrpitched forward with
ce. puff Vihich carried away the spar, a sea
rue in upon us, 'which hi a moMent filled the
boat, ilrething us with spray, laud sweeping
away ourloars; sails and all.
I closed my eyea—l thought that all wab co-•
vgr with'" e, and' that indeed , my intended
Mrs. Buntline was a' widow; and 'the eeit mo
ment the 'gruff voice of old Charley Carey Shot
ted t , •
; "Sail ho Cloiwaboarti, gold by the • pipers
of Moses,lit's the old Boston 1" • . • ,
"Boat ahoy 1" shouted . a voice from'sbelid
of her, Which shoed that we were seen with
hi five mitiutes wt were tit safe on bolk. and'
Mrs. Buntline th t wasio be, was'at a arid-
Day l:l
hreke soon after we got aboard, and
then the 4 iiight the gulf" was ended. —A
nic-Aean
• t ery body la stiltew.
What '4
curio ~ strange port of a world this
is. Did you eve think of it i reader 4 'rust .
hiok aroulid you a little—not with common ev
ery 111)1 business eyes—but with Sober
thoughtf4 analysing eyes—for every maw un
less he r4s sadly deformed, has such'. ape,
though ho- may seldom think of using them.—
Sit dowwlf you have not a note to pay or an
office to ibn for, in which cases' we suppose it
will bo eipedient for you to be moving—wipe
the4erspration beta pout' brow, let the crowd
dash on .without you, and think five minutes
what the . are all about, and yourself among'
the rest. k What is it that, makes men get up
so early, icheme and dash about all day, cal
culate ch4nees, talk smooth, smile when they
would ilk§ to stab, stab when they think, it
would no( be known, sail under false colors,
pull dew** hills, drive, into mountains, meet
each . othei with ,ansions looks, and hasty . or
cold salutations and go to bed jaded out to
travel ,thd, same roads, perform the same. ac
tions, and, transact the same business again in
their dretns. What is it that keeps the crowd.
always mpring, meeting and mingling in con
fused an opposite current ; hot, feverish and
dissatisfied ? What is it that induces men to
spend, th 6; bright days -of their youth, the
strength ;',:of their manhood, and—alas" that it
should heiso, the weak days of old age in weary
toil and cecessant action.
Moneyi—money !—Oat's it, made!. The
greater ptirt of the world's machinery is put in
motion foi the purpose of getting money—;
smallround nieces of gold and silver that`shine,
ana makn, a pretty noise when dropped on a
dounter dud feel rather Comfortable than oth
erwise inn man's pocket—when be can get
them. Yepmoney is the thing which keeps the
world awake and sets it moving and keeps'it
moving, from January to December as if it had
St. Ant4ny's Dance. Making, getting, spend
ing, caletaating money, are the worthy objects
which employ God's glorious creation—the
civilized tart of it, we mean, of course: for
savaets—.:-nothing nan show true blindness
more strongly.—don't think much of money,
and they are, as we might suppose, a stupid
set of intirtals.
Money; stretches the kitchen maid's patience
and the *master's conscience and puts a keen
edge on cie farmer's axe k makes the joiner's
hammer zclick ; puts an edge on the tailor's
Shears aid a long tail upon his bill. Money
makes the merchant stand behind his eounter,,,
and subthit to the- eternal meanness of higgiling
customer ; cut off a sample for an old woman
who has 4 patchwork quite half finished and
wants it - to lengthen out, and' unroll a dozen
fo'' a young one, saying all the while
pleasant-`things to her; Nvho no more thinks of
.buying than she thinks of dying. Money
build's f4toriet, and fills it`-with machinery,
andlaborets ; digs-canals-it dug one from
Northa4on to New Haven"a few years ago,
and there is yet so much of it as is yet filled
up with the bones 'of intestate kittens and hogs
who, hate jumped ''the fence of mortality;—
stretebeg the railroads from State to State ;
lifts the lash Of the overseer ; bridges the Ate
lantic ; and scatters whale ships from the Arc
, tic to thit Antartic seas. It makes boys—
very} much like quails, who run froth the nest
before they are free from the shell—jumpfrom
the fittitf i g pursuits of childhood, into a hard
busy, elOffering life. It makes men walk,
and, dream, and drive hard bargains, and,die
before their time comes. .
Is notithis the case, reader? .- Most certain
ly it is. Every man has some plan for making
honey.; and for making it out of his neightir.
I Thui the circles in which they purpose to make,
cross eatlh other, their plans interfere, and this
occasions the - jarring, and confusion, and dia.:
,cord, and heat that ire see around us. •
I, Mope* is 'the main-spiting of the world and
deeps 4 its wheels in motion . It is the prin
`Opal object of pursuit, notwithstanding men!
call' themselves rational beings. The "Al-
[,mighly Pollar" is eiery. where worshipped.-
41tarii a i i-e erected ta it in every high :place and
; low placn,• under every eeen tree and dry tree.
Meek, niodest-virtue isjostled from the world's
higliivag and, is obli g ed to wander in the fields,
of less crowded paths of life. Very • little is
thoughtl,of cultivating the 86611 sympathies.—
The intellect is only regarded.as the agent in
money ketting schemes and is educated and
sharpenpd principally for that _business ; while
always interfeting if free, is boxed
Up in. sttpl, and, not snffered . tospeak a word.
Such tl world . is, and Pity, tis, 'tis true."
Dar* 'cleigyman'in 'England, not !mg
since, adopted - -the folloiring lest: Wilt thou
To up t4iibottioiwith.tue at itamoth ,„Gileitd?"
bc peculiareiriphru3is with which the ques
tion wet twice repealed, induced a brim sol
dier to #uppose it a reality, End ho very cordi
ally, answered :
gentleineq, if you are all cowards;
'for one:" •
hat 4ineriesn writer, speaking -:of swain
No* tfirk oilwcolators, soma whom . prOMmed.
to js,ol,k4sidedly pious - turn, of mud, :lays
that . tour motto ought to bi-'-- 6 1otte prv."
',Eh BEll 4, 1847.
SPEECH, Oil HO. D. WILMOT,
•.• .• • • , 1 86W481 A 311LEXTINO i
Of his Cos stitnents of Tloga County,
Atha Cowrie Holum, in Wellsberro, on the
Eoenitig'Of Sept. 21; 1847.: !
. Th
Mk. rRICP/DRNT :--I respond cheerfully to
the call that) has been made upon me by this
meeting. It always affords me Measure, to
Meet with airy portion of my constituents ; and
especially, t,II intehangeEisiions with the de-
Itineracy of Tioge 0., to limn lam under the
deepest obligati ow o for th • - Unifoim - kindness
and support; r It.. , 1
, 1
When I turn td my Dititritikand constituen
cy,)l it is wit mingled feeli ge:of gratitude and
pride. Suci a constittie cy Will reflect honor
upon the h ble4, Hap sentative. The De
mocracy of : he twelfth '0 ngressional District
of Pennsylvania, by their evotion to principle,
ti
have acquit an enviable distinciton, -not only
in: the State but throughput the, Union. In
thja distric and 'iri this only, in Penn s ylvania,
Was the sta dard of correct principle, upon the
question (41 e Tariff thaintained m the Presi
dential con st of 84 , t1; Here only, that
question, c o 4 .d t banners of rival and con-,
tending p , les b 4distinguished. . l'he unjust
Tariff of 1 ,wh its biuden upon labor,and
gut
its bountieii tow ealth, ,-foimd no, favor with
you. A in 1846, after laving aided in
'establishing a moroequitablersystem of taxa
tion and revenue,i ou re-tiffinned your verdict
of '44, und cite mstances of difficulty, and
in the face , f opp sition, that would have de
feated the p rty i any other "district in the
State: ' Upen tb t ground where you stood in
'44, and agetn battled in '46, now stands, the
united deuiperacyj of the State. The banner
you then unfurled, is now borne with pride, by
the democrats of every county in this broad
Commonwealth. I Let its take courage from
-the past • ind while we exult in' 'the victory,
1 ,.1et..us al so remember the lesson it teaches—
' never to surre the "right for the expedi
cla." There is moral 'power in the . right,
Which neither tin bens` nor high names can o
vercome.
'' Mr. President we Mutt defer the past, for
interest apgertaiming to the, present, and the fu-1
tore. , In a feways, the freemen of this com-
I monwealth,i will he called - to the performance of,
the high duty of }selecting their Chief Magis
-trate. The earnest democrat, will ever be
'found ready for the discharge of all those duties,
be owes to his country. If there is not an in
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tlifference to the result of the approaching
election, th rc is at least, an,, unusual calm in
the frolitics of the State. - SP free are we from
,politieal exeitement,. that, I almost hesitate to
intrude my, voieetinto a stillness so profound.
I know not, whatithis quiet, upon the eve of a
most importantection, may forebode. To
some it ma for eshadow a shock, that is to o
-whelm th e d; of this Si *.-i dip
' de s*
locraey of tL State in disas
ro me it has no such pollen-
Oueitpeople have been wea
ent.. They require rest, but
ep. cannot' believe, that
ifferent 'to the success of
r their ;party,—that, after ha
I lion the great issues, State and'l
as agitated the country for
~ they have become weary in,
re, prepared to surrender the
.y a hard fought field, into
enemy, without a struggle or
the deMoetats of Peunsylva
ul, Il 13(
verwhelm the
ter and defeat.
Lions threatening
vied with wite
not:the rest of sl
democrats are in
their principles,
ving triumphetl
National, Which
the last few year
well doing,, and.
trophies ofso ma
the hands hf the
an effort. No si
I • per-
nia, I am persuaded, will be at the polls on the
second Tuesdayf October next, again to vin
dicate the' prix iples, and : assert the ascen
dancy of t eir p rty. '
Fedem
li mis t this day' the same that it
ip t
has ever been. - Its organized and extensive
.system of fraud this State in le3tl,ll — s" not
fOrgotten. lts isubseenent treasonable at
tempts at 4evoli don, when an arnied military
force, at the comand of a whig governor in
vested the leapit I of:the Statd , and with "buck
shot and ball ,' is nght to overawe the Legisla
ture, and resist he declared will of the people,
constitutionally missed through the ballot
box, is fresh iu t c memories of all who bear
me.
Why li is 'it, M. President, that democrats
are appealng to the past, and whigs always
)
croaking a out e future 4' The history sir,
of the past, affer a complete vindication of
the gener4 poll of ,the .democratic party,
while every pag beers recoid of the follies and
blunders or fede ' ism: It is to silence this
instructive lesso , taught by the history of
parties in j Ame that our opponents ever
seek to down t e voice pf the , poet, in noisy
and ill-omened opheeies of the future.
lam yet sir, young man : but the events
of the few years hafl have :been an actor upon
the stage of life, Yenta abundantly satisfy me,
if history Were s' ent, 'which 'party had the
strongest Claim 'Upon my confidence and sup
port. I have ii ed n leligenough to see Feder
alism driven fro t. one ,position to another—a
bandoning issue after issue—concealing its
principles; and .hanglig its riame—predicting
ruin and overth .w of ', Liberty, and laboring
with tinpatrioti seal,iforthe fulfilment of its
gloomy prlopbec es., , • ) .
The war we_ d by, thcAink of the United
States, against he'replend the Government
of the country, ' urmg the- Adrhiniltratien of,
'Gen hokbon, p . vas $ll that• I bran here char
ged iipon he P. liartY. All who paatici
pated is lin ' ly. exalting:lstria of that
clay, will em . . tba desperat i on of Fideral—
t
iem. wit . its . aa Idol was. son& down.—
'How we our re iiiiiiiiikairith imprecations
and enrse upo. the bead of that good old 'man'
who,' Nit ftd to hittrbst, , 4tood like a Ronk in
the midstiof an .4444 Wan, calm and resol
ved, beading he .k
• the, sines of 'prruption,that
for a tilove . helmea ' N all beside. Federal.
ism heirs' ea's .. • nititittion reentered into trap
Tents,ilsod p . ,- ' Inct i ll a ke'conntry in the midst
of a wrolption. Se 14 thundered forth its
imPuo*stS, . ' 11. Party eXcited to 01411001,
*Ten .ered, .r tba blnod of tbeol4 *map. ,
Yet g e‘a i p , t ' .rndi inbsided: Instead of it
einittituti 'bin on; Ili bialebeiliflienniei-
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led ; and the;country sprung forward, under a } any cabal or canons, IT . eoceasitni : Whieh cal
new impulse, to a higher ',prosperity.. i 'tied .or it, arose. but a few hour litifoie`thesdi
Again, under the administration of Mr. Van jou
~ mentof the fret
,Se . sion of the late Oall-
Buren, when the Banking and PaP i erlmonny gre s.V.which tnuli l place t t 'l'4_ o'clock. 111.„ . of
system, had ekploded from, its . own inflation, -M0 day t
-10310th All at. - :On tie 'Bittur. l
that sagaciouS striteimattlund sdiindl - domtierat, da . borer:4,oqm_ ensage f the president ; ask;
advised a return,on the part of the government ling thattwo mittions be, laced at Ida disposal,
to the currency of the constitutibn, and tha es- we. received and rPiilkin the- #ouse of Bei*
tablishment of an independent treasury, in sea atives. It was A',fle a l bject of "gene4lsel
which the public monies . should bei kept for in k and opectilation. -11114 (.4.3 , at 4.suer.,
public purposes, instead of being dep osited' in the conversation, ttirned upon! it;, in >; Which
banks, and lonned (V to - tipeenla O ra. The Bo ert Bale Owen; of Indiana,
_Robert; i i ,
1 passage of thiS just and cohatitntion 'Measure. Du . ,of Maine ; 4acob , S:, Ynst„_of.Prinnsti
by Congress, was the iticenaion of renewed ex- va fr,. and . myself, trek :a , park, - I ',re; Pia&
citeitient and ;agitation, $ violent' . anki..itoisy, t. , it was Blear,. *hat ,
. el , 1 4 6 j nitlio' n&ini k ,
for by the ,Preeident„vr ..to.bei;paid,:it . oia 4
that the Voice of reason and argument was for
a lime, untieedeti and 'unheard.
'Both - u p on all-, as the firstinstalm t,,efpure . hinie'. , tnntiel,,
- ....,La..- - to *. .I- - for large aceessions.df territirY,fro.ol4iviti
the Bank and the Independent Treat ~ have
the triumph of our principles teen Itignati , and ti
complete. Fidetialism now-gives acorn instead P
of reverence to its fotmei,Jdol. :' I openly re- C
pudiates, of carefully conceals an &sue, upon ir
whieb, a few years sinceit stood and battled ..t 1
as for life. The Independent Tivasary; re-es- ri
tatdished and in successful operation, i nd lon
ger assailed. ' Indeed, lhazarduothing in. say- a
ing that, a large majority of the' ;federal party,
that saw in this meaaureUnly hopeless and lir-, vi
retrievable ruin, are even ignorant o the ifiet, ti
that for more than a year past, - it bite' lied' the ti
established law of the land. a'
In the late;Presidential election, 'the Tariff !"'
--•"er` • --- . -------- ne4, in out , . . .
of 1842, was put forward as the controlling
rersation with r several , linembers. Therm that
and all absorbing assns. To this Federalism
1 =ow recollect, il wereittr. Grover, of. New
clung, as to its last and Most'darling measure. . k , Mr. Brinkerh4 of Ohio, and Mr. thin ;
The ruthless Democracy, that respected noth
li i of Maine._ We agr-•,. to advise . With oin
ing venerable or good—that delighted inruin,
N , them friends goner y, when we re-assem
was about tolay its sacriligeous hand - ou this
hi , din evening sessio and 'if the measure
the latest born and best beloved. Oh !` how
L m ,t, with : their approbat in, that. it ahead be
black—how universal was to 'be that i riiin
i - r , .sed. .- We aia, 80, l la, so 'fat. as I heard,
which was to follow the Tariff , of 1842 r — E,
.04 irthern• democrats w e unanimous in favor .
"Your canals, a solitude, and your Lakes a de
of he Movement., WI i. n the Bill wasintro
seri of waters," ir,ere as a shadew, to that pre
d ed, or called np, s •ral gentleinen collect
found abyss of ruin,hat' was to overwhelm all
ed tege th er,.to agree.up!n. the form and terms
classes, and all condi tions. It was a ruin that
the proposed amen. , ent. , I well recollect,
was'to . come home in its desolating
influences, ib t Mr. Rathbutt, 2 Mr ~ , 'rig, and Mr. Grover,
to the fireside 4 every family in this wide U• of New York, Mr. ,B inkerhoff, of Ohio, Mr.
nion. The fires of the forges Were to go out. H uain, of main el„ an jio •
gii•Tholipson.and
The loud breath of the engine, and , the ;l4sy m • self of Reans i yivami . ;:were of the, number ) if
hum of machinery wereto be silentHthe, plow
iv , did not ‘ constitute he entire grotip. Some
I to stand sea iu the furrow, and the axe e
f ' the w• re engaged in drafting an amendment, my,
poineer to be no more hard in tbe 'forest.— i
se f among the namber, and several; were sub-
The arm of Industry was to _ be, peralYzed, a nd . in tied; allofiwbich anderwent more or lima
the strong muscles and sinews of the laborer, a l . • atieue,.6t the suggeStionsi. of those stand
to become relaxed and' powerless. Oh ! such
in around and takin part in the business ge
e ruin ! ;sucha ruin ! isu c h a nuts !
~ It is in - on. After various drafts had been drawn
frightfnl to look back upon the spicture. . ,The •id altered, the language in which • the amend-
Tariffvf 1842 is nersatEn. There is a great m• nt was offered_ w finally agreed upon, is
noise and tumult in the land—but the " n t, c result of our.tmit ii. labor s. I well reinem
shines, and the rains 'oescenii—the seed is i r, that my, ;none gae, Judge Thornpooh,
sewn, and the harvest riPelia• From every ' , ode, in, the ipregtes „of the matter, Various
Whig press-i, articulate by every Whig tongue s iggestions, setae , e which were adop •
ted.:.-
; in the laud, icomes up the cry of ruin l ruin. ! True, he afterwards,
• and in the hour of trial,
1 , OUP 1 but like the spirit of the vasty deep it voted against the "revise," '
because, as he
will not come, * i . , * * *
declared, of the:: lin - of its introdaption, • end
Mr. President, I approach a question of mo- tsePlace it men ied t He vies aprineipalln
mentous import to the American people. ; One ti e. treason, both as. time and place, if there
iwith which my own Gainer • has becomesomewhat wis treason in it. However,:at the time,of his
intimately associated. ' I refer to the question rte, he aVowed:himSelf in favor of the prizet- .
between Freedom and Slavery, involved, in the p e and ultimate object of
. the "Proviso:" I
iitiendment offered by 'me, to the Three Mi ll - t -t I shall find hita where ' I
left him, andnot •
ion Appropriation Billy, I would have refrain- ii favor ctf.compromifing the principle upon the
ed from anyidiscussion [on this subjeet, at this li ,eof 36 deg. 30 ruin. North latitude.
time, as having no direct hearing, upon the ' I have given,a brief history of the "Provi
!more immediate objects this, meeting, was de- si," and; its introduction into Congress. In
; sig,ned.to promote ; but friends have otherwise n i conversation: or usultation that ,L. heard,
advised, and I come to the 'subject ,with that t , uchiog it, was. the subject - of President4a
confidence, which truth, and a, consciousness of kng introduceo4 •li , effect upoePresidential
having, to the hest of: my ability, discharged e ndidates, was : never, to My knewledge, the
my duty to you, and to the• country, justly in- t earn of speculation ( Its effect upon, them
spires. If lam right,i, so straight! and plain si ce, has been Pretty elearly;seen, The mar
-1 are the ways of truth, ;that t 4 weakest,advo- it: of the measure,: and the prepriety of the
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sate may walk therein with -confidence and ' t ti ,i e and occasion of bringing it forwardenly
safety ; even though `the authority of high wre canvassed, . I t rust: I have said sufficient '
names, and the weight r of shining talents be a- ti ,exculpate.md from the charge of hastility. to
gainst him. , If wronsk I derive consolation in tl 0 administration, , pr of schemin g, foF i a Presi
the reflection, that error will be made mere ae- d..ntial candidate in .1848... NOW, Sir,
,tek f ilie
parent, from , the feebleness with which it is de- i ing itself. i . : 1.
fended. I I have beau misrepresented,, because What is the "Proviso" ? *hat isle effeek
of my agency in this movement. , After dew).- object? Although. plains in its language,
ting l a Lew moments to the vindication of my i . clear in its design, this 4 empirY, becomes
conduct:and motives; I will: proceed. , toxin ex- n essary, from•the Overt manner in which it
amination of the merits of • this qUestion—its 1 8 intinnally ,ossail 'd, The, whole Southern
bearing ;upon the ;; onstittition, .., add . the. p ,ss - end Governme t Omens , of the North,.
"Compromise of the onstitutioti",-,and also ; r:present ikas some king that affects fir biter.-
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its lasting influences u ion the character Of our f ; , .8 w ith sl av e r y in th e stai es , where Slavery
and t he ell e lteing of our people. e 'tits. Even,_; ; great Inen..i!dien writing or ,
I have been charged with an ietent to em- s 1 ca ki ng u p o p i th e s ai ee t, persist,, i n j4k mg
barrass the admin i stration; in the a out the abelitien, 'f slavery, and the, right of
of the war against MeXieti, My, personal re- t o Slave, State s ;_ if the Proviso propileed
lations . and ', feelings towards ' the . • 1 . resident, tie: ADO, or inany, re spect hiterferedwith the .
have heel/ ropresented aa'hastile an unkind.- o ,er., it does.net, ropetie, either to abolish,
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This I deny, Towards the presiden 1 enter- a., triet„,or. jalltaY tinneners,t9 interfere 'l,O
tarn respect„ and, unreserved good , , i ll, I have . . v ery, • in any Of thtStates ,of this Union.. -
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given support to the measateX Of. tis, • adminis- Is, solo object is, te , ecurefrom,the:iffiledifal
tration, ,when some thos'now c hallenge .my a :gressiou.s pfslav4ry that tcrritorP_o4i:s
friendship for him, sine* ii-.distance, utter- i m ,f ree , , In, cppoeing it, conti nual use ,
ing censure and compliiint. Sir, Oa president , lade of the words . "Constitution, 9,Ciantiti
knows where to find Me, _
,Ori a vete, When the , 'isms of the Ciitiatitatien,":and. "Ccinirivfilia
principloa of my paity are, at issue,ll,ata6Om?t ,
,u , dm. the .ConstitutiOn," as if the former`was
ed withont tieing sent for or , se.etr. I,llmiegm- v elated, and the latter assailedby-tee:iilirovi
en my support to the war, - and all eits eslfor ~" If thm-he ao - 11pledge mysel(to - ihindon
its vigorous prosecution. It Certainly, , was i,. ' . ~ .1 ~„ i , ,.. .. .! ~
farthest froM my wilil4to embarrass the' Exec- , The Conistitetien, was adopted Si 00.614-
utive, in the discharge of any of 4,11 m the,
. ental law of : thisßepublic, , It preserg#oo
responsible duties,
.rightfully ,app paining :to . ties, arid define.a the. ppwere o f,- the grim'
his' high *Mee. If, forgetful. :If t pie ,duties, g 'remittent. ~,Att thhtimO ofits febnatuliA.lo
he, or the members is, pabinetiliaVe enter- a , op . tion,alariTY,:g4tOdip i . ,6 3 6 Of tin:Stites,
ed the, Ilallii of .1;' ' tiOn,' l mid ,WithlittiO- ad au .c;thenvit no, prohibited. * The Slave
nage, enileiWored to,. oriel, the , ii4ep . oodeiit S ates;l3eforkentor; g the v 4 eion, AisiriA eei
action of the people's Itepresentat yes, in this, in , oeheesilione or., omprepmes4Puellingtheir
I may havei.embarrassia them. -, charge no „ : .u)iar,institutiom , They Oili!t#tion pits
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latch highytiademea , upon him orAlienz Pr = f. r its - OPourityklegli tit : :al.4 , trqmifeOnge, w,., i, ll `
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but if V.Olierod any, bursitis; tto tlia.ad- .. i • ontha - parcof,this ocIO41 , 141: gOaTmo_ i_ in,......•
niinistotion it was of his chap ! I pil:ly la- 000rdingly, theirhole : spos u tlon ,of emire . iy, is
bora Irer,e - confined to 4 appro pr i at e Wier. of t., Sr:me - 047 ...4- . -exostak., *sac.* the
my datiOs as so Amiul'ean.A.pr totive., l 4t i , n4titut*.lext9..t4Be States I ,ooetirtl2_
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haa. slaw been , char Aka, Alter* political ‘ : aqh.Shtvcs44, in dividually and ffii... itself , ,
designs,dooking to ,the,..elsotiOn ~totailE'refiidnnt i th inthe it'alttP.o,i ta, Owe baukd a o e liA t o:# o
,in i&lkims the gresP,obecti'd l 9 friftn4,l4 the le ap4e - cleprgt,eptitr,ol eier . theirbelegumi.. :
' "Proviso" bad in Nte*,, , Oa: ir 1111 1/.4 1 4:400 -- t omorAftverirt?legelet e' •#. ens l. 4 ti l igli** . "'
anted itathis charge, .1/F•have IlinOW1Ogo:4 „the i the Liege in the ililinifey.4i,„e Anitl; 'i,31 ,- -
' motives ' , of lathers, ll.ideelare it . equally * tales t i ~exere*ocitali.)veTelitti fieWar, - ,', #4,:4 :77 - ,
with-the:tither.' . I *siert. pIAYMI --,lot,tlieugelne. 1 tbef - 109.4ee!A19.4. 1 0 6 ali° • l4.4° l i rllt.L*4, s4
of President-making4l)anVic..tbeiproceedinge s avco,woro,mtuMoraled iifteit*pliomp,..,T,lN
of the liiit , Baltiotore (leaven, ies4blish tion a 016,* 0.1 T9,'Pitfixi,l,4*,mmilaron
j og* two.thirsloculelmiaTalra 'example, of the. : Yen the rig44: o, Priue - 4 1 0,# ~ . ..#o:litatis
principles vihieltSaYatki U*4.ti a4 , 4 1 40X4 4 4 i . f4i 1 4 1 141*.A4d; .re4 *z!l 1 4,,,: , ' 7 :l4t s
stakes Gitlin; Toni .0.14,14• - • 1,-. . ; --. , 11 1.. i;
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a t b s i i ll ay..e , t r o y ,m sh o
it ry acquired virtue of such appropriation,.
Owen objec4d,, t ,:al,4, - saiilibe. world Plidie!
1 4 eech against .4t,, .. i gpv.. Puntap and Mr.
i'la t, approved ot_ouch,ll:n ameadinent, and ad
ds d me to, adhere, to , l my .p a e ans ., If say
hi g of.the kincf i butt lien SUfgestek lietore ,
b House tonic,: a reces ter
_dinner, I cannot,
to I have tried, - to.do .p, recalect,it:::l.would
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