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THE
TS.1IES.
M n.
speech or SMITH, (OF INDIANA,)
Or. ihe Sub-Trcaturtf Sisiem. Dfliecred in the St:ia!e cfthe U.iiiej S'ur , September 21, ISS7. (concluded.) I; is admitted by ai!, that the revenues of the Roverninent must be collected and disbursed; nnd that, in cri.'cr to perform this operation, fiscal agents niu?t he employed. The great question, then, subniUeJ to us, is. what sh-.ll be that agent? That xe !.t..v decide I'li't question, Mr., President, with s!i t!e lights of exper,eii ce and reason before us. it seems necessary to recur to the past policv of the
Government. 1 do not this, n'r for the purpose of
criiniiuting or reproaching itbers w ho have differ-
pu irnin me en this policy far, very far, from it I recur to it as a matter of history of r;a6t events
that should not be lost to the statesman of the present time, while anxiously seeking for the true po
sition of the vessel of state, ana for the best means
of extricating her from her perilous situation. The
peo(!e want to be placed in a condition that they can pursue their various avocations with Bafety. IV nutters connected with this bill should he finally and forever decided, not to be disturbed without gocd cause; fur it would be better for the people to know what they have to depend upon, though it mii'l not appear at first so beneficial to their intffOtis, th l ii to be eternally deceived and deluded by experiments" and "expedients," only proving that, even i.i t!ies days, there are men who are ' ru-h in promises, bat poor in performances." Sir, t'icSscal operations of this (Government have been,
Or a sre.it portion of the time since the adoption of
tiie feue.-al c-:titu:inn, aided Ity a natirn tl bank. Tl" first institution of the kind was established un lor the administration of, and approved hy, Pres.Jea Washington, the father of hie country. It jusseJ a Congress composed of a large number of 'V very men win formed our glorious constitution. 1 m-jntion tills fact for the purpose of answering an objection l.t a national bank, founded on these po:;iis: firt, tint it is unconstitutional; secondly, anti-repu.-hcan, and dangerous to liberty. I hear . ctions urged frori all quarters, by the - of the present day. Do these gentlemen fi::vi ;e tint tho f-arnc.s of the constitution rhsmfM?sii:J i:iit know what powers were intended to avii ;,y tint instrument, or that they would so r-n.!v n:teri!s ado.-.' inn wonlonJy violate its
and aumit the fact, that it (the "experiment") had on that is as the drop in the bucket, when compared neen tried twice before. 7,'ut tliere are two simple with the amount received by the Government from lac s, admitted by the President, that to me epeakjthe people of the States. Again: I oVct to tins volumes in favor of the wisdom of a Washington, a bill as being wholly illusory, and presenting n false Maaison and their cotemporaiies, in estabiishing a issue to the people. It "is not a question now. national bark; they aie these; that even the most whether the people would have specie or paper in cesperateof the ofiiccrs of the army that bus been i their common business transactions. This Gov-
emp,otu in the war against the bank while livirg.
anu against its ghost since its decease, cannot say haehot dared to say that it hsd not at all times discharged its fiscal duties with fidelity ; and secondly, it is-admitted, that the operations ofthe Government became obstructed, in oich case, when the Z?ank of the United Stales was dispensed with ns n fiscal agent of the Government. I come now, Mr. President, to speak ofthe bill before the Senate, known here as the divorce bill. I was opposed, as I have told von. to the one-innl
divorce; I was still more opposed to the obiectof
your then choice; aud had I been bete; in the name o'my country I would have forbidden the bans.
liut you married, and I now find the croom. and
neariy all the. wedding guests, in favor of another
divorce, bir. upon principles of common law, you are not citified to it; you winked nt nay more, you seduced your bride from the path of virtue; and you ought not to be 'allowed to take advantage ofi
jour own wrong. I5ut sir, J am ready to confess that I am much more opposed to the object of your
r ! 1 r-.n-. ..lfn
eminent has no power over the State banks; they are the creatures of the Legislatures of the different States; and whether this bill passesfor not, the people of the States will have a paper currency; and the true question for them to decide is, whether they prefer a local paper exclusively, or whether they would prefer a national paper of universal circulation, controlling the State issues within wholesome bounds, and convertable into specie at the will of t,hc holder. Sir, let us examine for a moment the consenuen-
ccs that must necessarily result from any measure, at this time, reducing the property of this nation to a metallic value. Would it not at once amount in effect, to a confiscation of at least two-thirds of the property of th? country 1 Would it rot increase, as two to one, the debts of the people? And how, let me ask, do gentlemen suppose the debtors either merchants, banus, or people can pay their debts, if specie should be required! Property must come to the hammer of the auctoincer: and the sacrifice would create ruin, wide-
third union, than I am to n E..r,-t;n fm-' ;pmad ruin. Sir, I would rather ee a foreign ar-
darlincr of vonr ser-nnrl rl.m j my in your country, than to see the property of
oeotor brought to the hammer on a specie
The desolation would be far less. In-
mind, the most alarming proposition that has evori nocenl nu unoi.onmng lammcs, who arc in sup-
Sir. this.Sllh-treK!!-V Kf!.tnc r.C ,t;rni-i;nr '.!eVeri
Rnrernmnnt frnm tlm lw-. .n,l ; :.. I demand.
-..w "..il!0 miu ULUJi.i Iff. Ill I. IV
been presented to the American people. In vain!
posed affluence to-day, would be beggars to-mor-
did our revolutionary tires shed their blosd in thej contest for liberty; in vain did the saires andna-!
triots of that eventful epoch contend for the glori-i11 co,' ous privileges which we enjoy, if, at this day of the J, 0 ,V10 republic, we are to s-j.-render up to the Executive. t--aroi,Ra i . , i - i: . ! . ... . . . . was cleht
anu i ma immeuitiLtj aavisers, the noerties oi tins grcnt people. Sir, when the patriot daily sees the immense powers claimed for, and exercised by, the Executive, has he not just cause for alarm! The veto power is his; the army is his; the" navy is his; the appointing and removintr power of all the in
ferior officers of Government 'is his; the eword is:
i row; thrown upon thj cold charitv of an unfriend
ly world. Sir, I cannot see it. I would avert it if I could. Hut, if gentlemen will go on, let them
responsibility. The Senator from South Mr. Calhoun told you that the disease
was debt, and he knew of no cure but to nay it.
This may be true; but does not that Senator know that it is in vain to tell men to pay their debts, if you take fram them the ability and means of payment? If you render the property with which they might pay, valueless, how do you expect them to pay?
I Do gentlemen suppose that there is specie enough
free and easy and iirpnrfant as (1kjv now nre. For my own pnr'., I delight in American children ; in those who . 'ire not overlaid with religious instruction. There arc insiancc?. a there nre every where, of spoiled, pert and sohish children. Parent's hearts are pierced tliere as elsewhere; hut the independence and fearjessncpsofcliildren were a perpetual charm it: mv eves. To cro no deencr.it is a constant
nence in the church, if his arduous pulpit !ilors and c!oc application to his tudy do net pat a period fo hisevsfenre wh'le yet in vonth. His great fiuit is a hoisterons delivery, and rather too rapid. His s!y'c is rather approaching the fluid perhaps to a I'm!. Though a native. Indhnian his learning is good; and when I examined the character of liis sermons.
and
aw
t a . I .! -'! - .
rt;:;ur.iiifii to see now uie speculations ot "c so :r ca r. i:
young minds issue when they tunc their own. way of thinking, and naturally say all they think. Some admirable specimens of active iitlie minds wire Ltd open to me at a juvenile ball at Kahimore. If I had, at home, gone in among eighty or a hundred litt.'e people, between the ages of eight and sixteen, J should have extracted little more than "Yes ma'am," and 'NY ma'am."
:is success, I was not at ail astonish
ed, th;;t though f-o young, his popularity should
;nd rn Is at a time
the rnlhuiism of mv feel
ings I wrote this as a trihute to what 1 deem extraordinary meri. Hoping that Mr. D". health y. ill improve, and that he will spare himself tt little more. I subscribe mi self. A TRAVELLER. Dy the 'Vay-Slde, Sept. ISt'i 1837.
THE DEATH OF KINGS. Wiiii un the First died from enormous fat.
1C ! from di inlw and from t!ie vioh nrr of his rv4-
disnisiinr.. I -
speculating, revealing in a
ciuinicu me. in private House-, the com-1 siacs which hi
memss.ippeuinaitanie oyincciinurcn.iverc 1Icnrv (he rir,t r,r tr:,)lMir. hnw;1Mr
jit ualUmore, a dozen iiovs
r.-iivil i-ii.T?.! rr.r. rni( iiti i iwr
i . i yj 1 1
way wfiicii cn-
Wiliiam Ilufas died the death of the noor
hunted.
often the most memorable, and generally the most amusing pari of the conversation." -
eaten loo much of a dish of iair.prevs.
Stephen died in a few days of what was called the i!!:ac passion, which we sunnose mnv
KEY
for prussick acid, or some-
r tt T T "TA I a .
i-rom iie inaiaiia jjtmoerai. !e a rcval name WILLIAM M. DAILY. i thinr likr? :'.
Last Sabbatli. I had the pleasure of hear-! Henry the second died of a broken heart, ing this young orator, of Indiana preach. atjocc.iHoned by the bid conduct of his children.
a ccimp-mcclin
near the Bluffs cf White Riv- j A broken heart is a very odd complaint for a
is ol the iilete.odist denomination, i monarch to ie o.'. I erhans 'ratsbane in
!:.t.--s:t.
or ca.i th 7 believe that these patriots
.o iv oni J Isava ad -.nteJ a measure anli-re-
din;cria3 to liber tv, so poon after
; i-..-e . vi,l
. ! . i.i rrx.vroj t e'-, in that glr:;;.: ."ttr.ition ol real of tli -se free institu
ions
with utifaditig liiir-
"gl- which ended in the cr, and the establishment under which we live, at
his; r.J he now ass for the purse. Shall we give it to htm Shall we surrender up the tcrasurcs of the nation the hard earnings of the people into his hands, as is proposed hy this bill?. Never. Mr. President, with my consent never, never. I spsak
not with reference to the present Chief Magistrate.
1 am discussing this matter upon principle. Sir, I
have reason for alarm, when I see the other rrawcrs
ofthe Government surrendered up. one at a tim. either before or after the exercise ofthe veto, to the
wiU oi one man. How can I forbear to look with
jealousy and alarm at a power so inordinate in its desires, and so engulfing in its effects! This bill, sir, surrenr'ers up the remnant of power which we had rati II left with us. I object to it because ofthe vast increase of Executive power and patronasre it
confers, rirst, hy giving up the sole control of the! revenues ofthe nation; and, secondly, by the vast increase of officers it authirizea. In addition to the! land anil CUStom-hnti3i nfna tiniv Ir, v I .-.- It i
,n i. , . . ;''! premium
in tliis nation to pay one-fourth of the debts, inde
pendently of answering the ordinary medium of! circulation? If they do, I can only say that tl.cy-!
have surely not examined the ruuject. Sir, I have detained the Senate much longe; than I had anticipated before I rose. I will say a
w
cr. lie
and I believe a native of this State. I had J porridge' irc int the same thing ns broken heard much of him; and had found that hell-cart. like all other aspiring young men cf any pro-;. Richard Cceur de Lion died like the animal fessi-m, was looked unon bv many with a f."om which hij heart was named, bv an ar
row from an an her. John died nobody knows how, but is faid of chagrin, which we suppose is another term
few words relative to the amendments cf the Sen
ator from South Carolina and Missouri, (.Messrs. Calhoun and Denton,) and rosume my seat. I cannot go for the amendment of the Senator from South Carolina. It assumes the same principle ofthe Dill; that is. that the Government, in the collection of its dues, will, at given periods, refuse to take the paper of specie-paying banks, an'l will collect all its revenue in specie. I object to the principle, and cannot give any vote that can
bo construed into a sanction of such doctrines. The amendment of the Senator from Missouri is still worse in principle.. That amendment gives
on the part ofthe Government of one
jealous eye. I was passing down tin river, and called at the enmd-meoting. When I arrived on the ground, Mr. Daily was pointed oat to me I ascertained the hour at which he was to preach; long before the hour arrived he was walking to and fro, evidently in
a deep study. At length the hour, arrived; a trumpet sounded, and the people crowded in romd the stand. The orator then appeared below the middle size cf slender
form, and remarkably pale every line of
his countenance gave evidence of hard study. As he rose l. ie passed his hand indifferently through his hair, which lay in careless curls
lor a oose or lieileaore. Henry HI is said to have
died 'a natural
o: ce t!.2 rnvv of nuv.iarHm an.l nri.l-. of freemen! .i, ' - ... u... - . "'V .-... lrJ government vau.ts, lor the
. ? w -w w wu -.aU veil IVWU U 1 1 Tl..IIIII iiil:i.iii . . 1
A .lor th.s bank ha 3 discharged the duties assigned to it for the term of its chnrter, the local banks Kere tried, fairly tried, and proved wholly incflicitr.tto discharge the duties which the IT. States liv.'i had r.rformei!; and ttie Government was com-l-e-i to r-sk for the ch irter of another national bank. This call was responded to favorably, by ilinost the entire democracy of the nation, and bv na:iy who had voted against the old bank. The ;t was ,-ipprove.l of by that great apostle ofconetitutional liberty, ."dr. Madison, it subsequently recoiled th j approval ofthe highest judicial triburai ,n your country, deciding the question of consi;iii:ionality thut great jurist, Chier Justice MarJtiall.on the bench." Sir, is this question of consti:::iiena!i ty never to rest? It has been decided in rrery way known to the constitution. Why, then, ct'irb it? I hive said, Mr. President, that'a great ?i-t of the time the Government has existed, she las used, as her fiscal agent, a Hank of the United tjstcs: and. let me add, up to the day ofthe removi, , of the. deposites, not one dollar was ever lost ti ti :2 liovernment, from any miemanageincnt on '. ic r"'- of this agont. Her revenues were receiv-
a an:l di5ht;.-scd, in every part of the nation with
STimpuiess anu saft tv almost incredible. The
wmestic exchanges of the country were aided, to tw entire satisfaction of all concerned. The cur-
"3ex, the vital principle of industrv. was sound.
tonisi,;ngIy sound; all of the banks redeeming
e:r notes, on demand, with sDCcie. Sir.it niav
f"!e.y oe said, that no people ever before had so safe
""o.in, and so convenient a circulating medium. as exactly suited to the er.terorise ofthe Ame-
icaa people a mixed currencv: a naoer currency.
ttnvcrtitiie into the precious metals, at the will of holder. I would to Heaven, Mr. President, 5,1 vre ,,ad j.ist such a currency t this time, in rtl'.l I ... ....
uieoeranged circulating medium wiiicu has .wen forced upon us, bv the mistaken policy ofthe .adaiiiiislration. liut, is this all! No, sir. Hs:al agent ofthe Government, the Hank of w I aited States, not only discharged all these
tj til! (.iivrn-nurl ,vif ....nl . I. A !r,cr,rt '..!.
1r,?'u.t u s-tual!y paid tothe Government the sum l,;i:!0,(!(5(i, as a bonus for the orivileire. Why,
why, let me ask, did the Government abanth.s pgrnt; give up the bonus, which was in?J t S'l,t'00,000 by the act which passed Con- . ,f!. aa.l met the veto power of the President; up the benefits arising from a sound and wholestate of the exchanges and currency, and ask delivered from that union? Sir, I was oppos-
- mat Divorce; first, because I thought the old 'vs;:i,i' a mainstay in the family; and, secondiy, iuse I could not discover any of the predicted tages that were to arise frou the new alliance "' the incal l.:,nliQ I ninu-oil tlm mrttter f hen.
"'a.sewho nre askine for a divorce from that
' Kcm to view it now: an.l ireutlemen will ex-
me if I cannot hive much confidence in the
expedients'' of tlinee n ho. Iiki the Dresent
'utive. with a fail knowledge of the results of trials of the State bank system, still urged J!-01 tlj0 American people as altogether entitled
v..!iiuuence and regard. I was somewim prd to see the open avowal ofthe President. Lv 7tS-C' read to us a few days ago. He s-iys, r.iU 1,1 vc Qen employed for tho deposile ( .Oistnbutiotiof the revenue at nil times, par- ,' .vi and on three difiVrent oecaions. exclusive-
(h,,,rn; """terior to the establishment of the first v'r 11,0 United States; secondly in the interUt'ieentbe termination of that institution, and 'iiiurler of 'U uccr; and thirdly, during the Tb? I'eri?d that has now so abfuptly closed. nmitj2ex'n. thus repeatedly attempted, proved tdidi!f?on 'auccesivo occasion'" Then 0 ,l,"y rnrttoiti(finl Thev fyenly trow,
benefit of
gives one
. , ,u , , , ur:i Lcibi ,ui .... .lie u, i i,i..i. ill . v u:: lilili ur llr as sub-treasuries; add to these the twelve thousand eb.ors. What doc", this mean! What can be post duces, a.f of which are t-.. be little treasur.es , objecl! ,s jt d v h Jd f h BKI1 KIT I L O II ftin t l.A DK-.fAM T J
, ...c mjilcj uiiu cAaiiiuici: ',trr into I lie IJnvernmoi
ti... .,.. . .
u:itc, i ic.tM eacii jcar anu you nave an army oi officers, traversing every part ofthe country at the bid ofthe Executive, paid from tho public moneys by the President, and bound, upon pain ol dismissal from office, to obey the Executive or party fiat. Sir, I am unwilling, by any vote of mine, to contribute to this result. Hut, sir. will the public money he safe! This is a question of great importance. Experience tells us that it will not- and, my word for it, when it shall have been tried to the satisfaction of those who are pressing it upon us; the defalcations will be found a much more formidable
item in ne unavailable tunds than what appears
against the national bank. Dut, in addition to this, you give up the bonus paid by the Un ited States Dank. You give up the advantages resulting to
the country from a well-regulated currency and a
wholesome state of the exchanges, and you pay not
less than SltHM!(H) annually to carry on the ' ex
pedient," without one countervailing beneSt.
Sir, there is another objection to this measure
more rorinicahie, in my mind, than any of those 1 have attempted to urge. You propose to separate your fortunes from the oestinies of the great body ofthe people; to make this Government, which I have al ways understood to be a Government of the people, an alien to their interest; you propose to give the Government and its officers gold and silver, and leave the people to struggle on with such a currency as the States may lurnish. Sir. I know this people love the. Government; I am not unapprized of their deep-rooted devotion tothe institutions under which they live. Have they not on all occasions, in times of peril, when the existence of the nation was threatened by a hostile foe, rallied to the standard of their country, and laid down their lives a voluntary sacrifice on the altar of liberty! and shall they then be told, in times of difficulty and embarrassment, that this Government will take care of itself that it has no power to nssiKt the people that it will provide
per cent., Furely she will not pay it out in her ordinary business transactions at par. I cannot close my remarks, Mr President, without saying that I entertained strong hopes, when I came here, that we should bo able to unite on some measure tUxt would restore confidence, regulate the currency, and give relief to the people. Hut I am now compelled to say that, in my opinion, we shall do nothing to meet t heir just expectations; and my fondest hopes will end in disappointment. I shall vote, as a choice of evils, for the bill of the ffcntlemm from Vircinia; but I
must say 1 have little or no confidence in it. Still 1 do not think it so objectionable as the sub-treasury scheme. My opinion has been, and still continues to be, that experience has proven that a national batik, properly guarded in its powers, is an indispensable fiscal agent to the Government, as well as absolutely necessary as a general regulator of the currency, and of the exchanges, and of the issues of tho local bnnks. A majority hero, however, think otherwise; and it will be foi the
people ultimately to decide the matter; ar,d in that decision let all acquiesce. I am sure 1 have no personal interest in sustaining any bank. I never owned a dollar of stock in a bank in my life, nor do I expect to do so; but 1 have nn interest in sustaining those measures that may benefit the people. Their interest is my interest, and my inter
est is their interest.
Mr. President, I know I have occupied too
much ofthe time of the Senate; yet I offer no oth
er apology than the importance of the subject.- and.
in resuming my scat, I return to the Senate my unfeigned thanks for the marked respect and at
tention which it Ins honored in a with in this my
first attempt to address it.
over a nonfe loreneau, irom unuer wincn, looked an intelligent black eye. The intro
ductory services were finished in a very tremulous tone of voice. He rose fo an
nounce his subject I trembled for the spca- palaces at
ker his voice feeble audience large, and a complaint
stiff breeze coming in his face, w hen a dark cloud hung ever the sun. He looked over his audience he looked upwards and appeared fo pause, as if apprehending a failure. His subject was the truth cf the Bible by fhe time his subject was introduced and the discussion commenced, the audience was
chained the breeze had ditd away, the leaves hung motionless on the frees the c louds dispersed, and the sun shone out beau-
1 1 f u 1 1 v : every lliinc appealed favorable. As
death,'' which with kings in palaces means the most unnatural dti.th, by which a mortal can .shufile off his 'mortal coil.' Edward the first is likewise said to hare died of a 'natural sickness," a sickness w hich it would puzzle nil the colleges of physicians to nominate. Edward the Second was most barbarously, indecently murdered by rufnans, employed by his own mother, and her paramour. Edward fhe Third died of dotage. ' Richard the Fourth is faid to have died of 'fits caused by tmcasincsr,' a d uneasiness in
those, times was n vcrv common
Ilenrv he Fifth is said to have died 'of a
painful affliction, prematurely.' This is a courtly phrase for getting rid of a king. Oh! that the glorious hero of Agincourt should have been got rid of by ll.c priests 'by a painful afiliclion, prematurely.' Henry the Sixth died in prison, by means known then onlv to his tailor, and known now
only by heaven. Edward theFfth was strangled in fhe Tower, by his uncle Richard the Third, whom
he advanced his voice became clearer nnd j Hume declares to have possessed every quali-
for its own officers the precious metals, although the co isequeuce may be ruin to the people? Sir, let those who are pressing tit is matter upon them not presume too far. It is not your parchment roll, called a constitution, that holds this people together; it is a supposed community of interest; and whenever you shall satisfy them that the Government of their choice has no common interest with
the penpiet the governed, that moment they will lose all attachment to tho constitution, and eithei dissolve themselves from a Government of requisitions and burdens, and not of benefits, or they will seek redress in a change of rulers. And, 6ir, I am no prophet; yet, judgirg from the voice you have heard from the West, and the responsive ech
oes from tho East, if you entry these measures, in the course of ray senatorial term of six years
you will 6ee these tables turned, and a confident majority reduced lo a harmless minority here; nnd in that event, mark my words to-day you will hear a voice long and loud coming from that minority crying for another divircc from the evils of this measure. I hope in this I may bo mistaken; but such are my opinions of the evil consequences which must result from this measure, that I hazard the opinion. But, sir, as the representative in part of one ofi tho Western States, I protest against this uicas-l uro as being of tho most noxious character to ourj interest. Does not every western man see that! its practical effect must be to drain all our specie from us, through the land offices nnd post offices, j and expend it horc and on tho eastern waters, in the creation of a navy, break-waters, light-houses,! fortifications, &c. Acc-1 Since you have abandoned the doctrines of internal improvement, ie have
no objocts for national expenditure,-except, to be ""'VV? ure. thd Camrlmd rc; and the xpilmt pledlbctfhiltfrWi
AMERICAN CHILDREN. The following is nn extract from Miss MartiT'cau's ''Society in America' on American children. They arc highly complimentary and many wiil pronounce them just: The instruction furnished is not good enough for such a country; but it must be re- ! that the same kind and decree of
instruction goes much farther in democracy than elsewhere. The alphabe itself is oi little or no value to a slave, while it is an inestimable treasure to a conscious young republican. One needs but go from a charily school in an English county, to a free school in Massachusetts, tosec how dilferenttbc bare requisition of reading and w riting is to children; who, if they look forward at all, doit languidly, nnd into a life of mechanical labor merely, nnd to joung citizens who aware that they have their share of the work of self-government to achieve the early republican consciousness, nnd the fact of the more important pi ice which children occupy in a society, whose numbers nre email in proportion to its resources, are tho two circumstances which that freedom of manners in Ameri
can children, of which jomuch complaint hns
heen mnda bv observers, and on
much remonstrance hnaHecn wasted; I say wustcd, because it is of ncavail against a ncccssnry fact,, Tilftho Untied Stales cease to
' I .1 ,LM I..'.. ...411 rnnliml). to be
I 111 I W "I . "
stronger, his keen eye would sparkle with every unfolding idea, until his whole countenance was lighted upas with heavenly fires, and the little pale faced man was lost sight of, and a giant in intellect appeared before u, unfolding the rich stores of his subject, lie seemed familiar with all the arguments ofVoliicy, Vol lair, and Faine; and by his clear and conclusive reasoning, aided by his wilhciing satire, demolished them nil before
him: and I was ashamed to think I had ever doubted. He manifested nn acquaintance with the literature of Greece and Rome, and familiarly conversed with the spirit of her departed grcatnos. "But,"' said the
speaker, "though the sun of science rode high in eastern skies, and shed unusual splendor on Greece and Rome, lcok at the lameness of her morals, tho uncertainty and inefficiency of their religion." From this he argued fhe necessity and efficiency of the Christian Scriptures. But we were carried on with such rapidity, that there was no time to ex-
sg only what the orator men
rapid, In his
amine ativ
was a?
His enunciation, na'urally
became more so as he advanced.
flights he moves with the velosity of lightning around the earth, across the sky, and thro' the heavens, quick as thought. When he
came to speak of the spread of Christianity . . . ' ' .i .: l .......
anil
acter
comforts, he was truly overpowering convulsed bis audience, raised them to (he ir feel,
and
III" lO spcilK Ul lllU rji.:w V ,... j i I its happv influence on the national charer the social relations, and individual
1 held them trembling at his .viil tiie tires j the dropsy
of his own soul binned in his eye, w I, lie he chaUer.ged the infidel lo go with him on contemplations trembling wing, by reasons glimmering ray assisted: survey time; search the chronicles of eternity ; and find any tiling to compare with the majesty and glory of thristianity,in her m? rch "through, and effects upon asm-ruined world.7' '-Even now," said he, "the mosque of the Musselman is ciumbiing. the heathen temples are fallen and the rose of Sharon is in bloom in the desert, and blossoming on the mountains cf eternal snow. He preached till all his strength was gone, and then closed with what, lie called "the grand Millenial shout." In doing this more than a hundred voices were mingled with his, to
which so shout the dial triumph ofthe cross. Hun
dreds wept, and none were asu.nuru tenrs. 1 never had such feelings before, for the looks of. the man was as one from the
dead.
ty for irovernment.
Richard the I bird waskiiled in battle, lairhy of course, for all king? were killed fairly or died naturally according to the court circulars of these days. Henry the Seventh wasted away, as a miser ought to do. Henry the Eighth died of carbuncles, fat, and fury. Whilst Edward the Sixth died of a decline. Queen Mary, the most heartless, or the most bloody hearted wretch, is said to have died of a 'broken hear!,' whereas she died from a surfeit from eating tco much of black pud
dings, her sanguinary nature ocuig prone lo hog's blood, or blood of any sort. Old Queen Bess is $;iid to have died of melancholy, from having sncritied Essex to his enemies. James the First died of drinking, and the effects of nameless vice. Charles the First died a righteous death on the scaffold. And Charles the Second died suddenly, it is said, cf appoplexy James the Second died abroad, thank God! and we trust that the duke of Cumberland w ill do tiie same. William the Third died from a consumptive habit of body, and from the stumbling of his horse. Queen Ar.r.c d'ed frcm her attachment lo 'strong waters,' or in other terms, fiom drunk-!-.; U llw i.bxsii ia'is Politely called
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This youn" man is destined for future emi-
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Gr oie,. iho Fourth died of drunkenness.
which the doctors as politely called apopiectiek tit. Gcoige the Second died of a rupture on tne heart, which the periodical of lhat day termed a visitation of God. It is fhe only instance in which God ever touched his heart. George the Third died as he lived, a madman. Throughout life he was at least a consistent monarch. George the Fourth died of gluttony and of drunkenness. William the Fourth died amidst the sympathies of his subjects; nnd may it be a long lime before wc have the means of describing the death of his successor. London peper.
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"Tom, my son," said a father to ms wua , . .i.iTi... .in i-z-iit intend to
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:m-I w.-i vwartl son.
do for a linng vou scamp? ' "1 tlonl , father, I ml her think I !.H enlist in the lt
war.