Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 41, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 October 1848 — Page 1
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OUR COUSTHI-Ol'R COUMTRT'S IXTERKSTS-ANQ OWil COUXTRY'S FHIKXDS. BYC. F. CL VIIKSOX. RlUOKVlTr,E, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCTOBER G. 1S48. VOL. XVI NO. 41.
RELIGIOUS.
you may be sure he is a lazy! selfish being, and '
. . ( will not bear his end of the yoke. Being a Awr t. rTer. , 8,aT0 hlmself h, wi make y. Give ThednctionoftheFrenchannamentnnder the ..mUtec nnles8 re BUr Ih.DnkeD'Anville.intheyear lUG. onght to, yourenobeUer he wh!ch case b. remembered with gratitude and adm .ration by yo( Bre perfectly at ,iberty toUlMW ,Tery inhabitant of America. Ths fleet cona8t- w(f ,way pon fach otner.ChronolTpe.
POLITICAL.
ins of forty ships of war, was destined for the
destruction of New England: being of sufficient force to render that destruction, in the ordinary progress of things, certain, it sailed from Chebucto, in Nora Scotia, for this purpose. In the meantime, the pious people, apprised of
their danger, and 'eeling that their only safety ' was in God, had appointed a season of fasting ' and prayer to be observed in all their Churches. ! While Mr. Prince was officiating ia Old South !
church, Boston, en this fast day, and praying most fervently to God to avert the dreadful calamity, a sudden gust of wind arose, (the day had till then been perfectly clear and calm,) so violent as to cause a loud clattering of the windows. The reverend pastor paused in his prayer, and looking around upon the congregation with countenance of hopehe again commenced, and with great ardor, supplicated the Almighty to cause that wind to frustrate the object of their enemies and save the country from conquest and Povery.
A tempest ensued, in which the greater part ,
of the French fleet was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. The Duke D'Auville, the principal General, and the second in command, both eommited suicide. Many died with disease, and thousands were consigned to watery grave. The small number who remained alive returned to France, without health and without spirits; and the enterprise was abandoned, and never again resumed. With a reference to this and other similar instances, the late President D wight remarks, in a discourse on answers to prayer: "I am bound, as an inhabitant of New England, to declare,
Plea sire. What are riches, glory, pride, Laurel-wreath, or jewelled crown, When upon life's troubled tide, Weary, wayworn man goes Awn What are mankind's dearest pleasure, But the fitful meteor's gleam? What his grandeur? what his treasures? Moonlight on mountain stream. Soon we quit life's busy path, For silence of the grave, Soon the banner, mighty death, O'er the proudest head shall wave, Soon the dweller in the hall And the child of peasant birth Like the forest leaves shall fall Mingling with their mother earth. Prince and peasant, priest and king Like the flowers that blush On the bosom of the spring Time's unsparing foot shall crush. What! Oh what is pleasure then! Can it hush our woes to sleep? Can it still the throb of pain Rankling in the bosom deep? When the brightest cloud that swims, Vision-like, across the 6ky, Stays the summer's burning beams, As it floats unheeded by; Then shall glittering gems of earth Bid our sorrows cease to flow To the joyous laugh of mirth; Change the thrilling pang of woe.
irar H Ilenvrn.
Extract from a sipecvk of II M . Rata C'hoate. We should be glad to present our readess with this admirable speech entire. Our want of space compels us to confine ourselves to extracts; these will be found to the point, and without any of the freezing selfishness that marks the speech of Mr. Webster. Oea. Tartar Personally. Now Mr. President, I beg to say a tingle
word in this hurried and desultory manner,
without arrangement and without preparation
on another topic, and that is, the personal qual
ifiacations of General Zachary Taylor for that
great office to which we propose to carry him
I felt it incumbent upon me, whan that nomi
nation was made, to stndy the subject to the best
j of my ability I will not say reluctant or incred
ulous, but with the best lights to study that practical subject and I now avow my belief, it signifies nothing, but I am proud to unite with you in the avowal of that belief that in his mere personal qualifications, I believe we have the guarantee of an administration as honest,
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wiih.ii i nope & snaii never oe obliged to reau direct taxation was the best method of raising pensiti-s, guarded agnust tli.it evil, tad allowed Coorf. over again, that with a circle of Western men money for the support of Government. me to traffic on his political reputatiou, which While the steamer Michigan was lying In
around him and behind him, and stronger than j if by any contingency or combination of he considered of less value. Confound these ah- "droit on a trip down, a raw-boned hoosier en-
he, I gather that he is eaten up by an insane av- ' chances, he should be elevated to the Chief Mag- olitionists! We wanted their votes, not their Urei lhe cabin, confronting a large pier class.
arice for more area, to be obtained by more war. istracy, I may be permitted to predict and de- allowance and we are at least on the platform, w,,i " is framed and set something like stateIn his hands, nnder his administration, I plore in advance, that whatsoever else he shall like a poor set of devils, n-a.l v to be turned cfT, TOom c'oor carelessly addressed his reflected im-
should expect to see this beautiful Republic de- give us, it will be the most subservient, slavish 'and no reprieve! Then that i:amad nigzer, P with the inquiry
scend to the follies of kings. I should expect, and Southern administration that the country Fred. Douglass, has the audacity to puiTme in; hen s this boat goin eout?" if I had the least particle of apprehension that I ever saw. I his paper, and congratulate me that I am at his Tending the answer he leiurely cast his eyes should ever live to see him President at all, that j But Mr. Van Burensays that he will not ye- j side in the good work! The villain will invite , arouIul lhe cabin, surveyiug the accommodations he would oppose the best interests of the human to a law of Congress refusiug to extend slavery : himself to dine with me some day, and propose , aml receiving no response, he hailed again species; the true glory and true progress of the j Into the newly acquired territory. Very much my marrying a comely wench to test my siucer- "1 "yi yu, when's this 'ere boat goin human race; all would be perilled, sir, to the .obliged to him, indeed. By the way, how are we iiy in this abolition movement. Here's a fix. eonl?" end that a few thousand idlers may get uncle ( know that? "Confidence," saij the eloquent ! We should have sold out to either party before He received bo response, but a load guffaw Sam's dragoons, and a few small politicians may Chatham, "is a plant of slow growth." How this, as there is soch a thing as getting far insd- from the chambermaid, who witnessed the scene,
grow to be great men. That is the first damn-1 does Massachusetts know that? Has she got ! vance of the starting post. If we beat Cass we i aad indignantly turned on his heel, soIHoquising objection to the politics of Gen. Cass. j rid of the sharpness and strength of those argu- ' shall have Tavlor and we are then damned I ke ' iDS
"fcidable stnrk up, that chap; needn't been
quite so prouu, for he didn't look as if he was much, any how!" IT One of the rales of the Cass and Butler
The next is, that that party, by a most extra- j ments of 1S40? He is very sincere to-day, I an ill-roasted egg, ou both side.. Well,
j , m w g, ' ' . ' " ' v. tiaTQ uu uvuut. uui purpose, gemieiiieu, mat than it is a crime, an euo.mous blunder, has j instead of being elected by the people, as we lent itself to tho extension of slavery in South ! know he will not be, he should come into the
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Western territories. Yes, sir, General Cass stands pledged t veto the law of Freedom. The Democratic Review, their ablest journal, allows directly, that philosophically and per se it is a right good thing, ir-
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mat, were mere no otner instances to oe touno. . blissful seats of their destined rest. But it is not
in any other couutry, the blessing coinmunica- j far. The c,ouds lhal ,liJe lhe shining world are
tea to mis would turnisti ample saustaction con-;
The journey may end this hour one
quiet and national as that which has cast such
a glory upon the unimpeachable name of Wash- i respective of all party considerations, to extend
ington. (Applause.) j slavery as far as our flag shall be borne. Gen1 0" ,L, - i wr i . i ' eral Cuss, to male lb. master rnln fnr liim will
cir, 10 ray mat uenerai l ayior is a greet ana " j patriotic man is to say nothing. Martin Van : ,8re to kP old s,aVM n1 seI1 nw one8t in in ;i,i tu. .ui -j u. i :j Infinite fenerations. That is the second dificul-
uuiu iiiiii, pt mat wi huh , aim iiv iiaa nm as much again as that of him, in a resolution ' with lhe Cass P,atfn-
; which I have in my pocket. I believe, upon all ' Ths th:rd ,s that iu " periods of its history,
me evidence to wmcn l nave nad access, that he f",ul'",a,lj ,u 11,0 wm n'innw, i'n"J possesses, in an extraordinary degree, the basis nas ,ent itsel1' t0 a morbid enlargement of the of administrative talent tf exactly the kind you executive power, recognizing with a good deal seek in the Presidential chair. I believe, from of dificulty that there is such a thing as Conall the evidence to which I have had access, that 6ress at al, or that there an' 8Uch lhinS
! h i thnmli .n,l ,,iv ! h;. ;.r,mai r n immediate instrumentality otchecks and bal-
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men reading character accurately, candidly and instantaneously. I believe that he possess111 a ri vilriAfiliiiinr .1 nhia om i. ca i, ,.!(, Aiki
Christians sometimes look far away to the ... , . f... . . , ,', . . . . . , solu and strone qualities of mind, of the old
Roger Sherman and George Washington model.
I understand him to be a thorough man of
Haw ac
lances under our system. Their government is a flushed majority and Presidential veto; and therefore chiefly it is that we shun and array ourselves, now aud forever, against such an organization, upon such doctrines as these. We know and feel, gentlemen
short step may place him in the world of delights. One dark hour may hang upon him,
that term administerine a laree estate and a lie in this; that the will of the people, uncheck
i great fortune with as much ability as a Florida d nd unembarrassed by any veto at all, shall
nr Mn f.mr,iim Amln fr-i h;. x--.,il, make the laws of the land. Uh: how false and
but the morning conies and no shade behind it. j upfrom Ule tim(5 he to ok armg u the hollow is such a Democracy as that which cries Day-bnght, peaceful, and etemal-succeds; a vice of hj3 couutryhe has hnd n unequivoca, out to the people, Say ye, rule ye!" but thwarts pang may wound for a moment and then it fl.es proof of a iof characler itt the confidence their will, and perverU their constitution away forever. A conflict, sharp and painful, . inm.M ,., , A. . . That is the third difficulty-
may continue for a night, but victory eternal " .,, ', 5, fmm v,m. I The fourth is britfly this: The direct hos-
ensues. How soon! O, how soon the Christian's w whocome8 withiu his r(,acll. Add to that tility they manifest against the protection of the
cares are oer-uis siruggung soul at rest, his the kindless of his heart-kind as a Nelson's, free labor of America. They repealed the tutiffi
eyessufiused no more with tears? Jsear at k;n, as womWs-and that tolerant humanity, hand is the laud of his pursuit. Hope cheers- ; and honpst incorrui,tible. which he.haknn..
how glorious the object that hope embraces-; him woM think 0 mon of 1;, lhau of
; putting himself within the rang of all the bit-
how holy its spirit!
Iawxr of n ad Mart Life. i tlenients of Monterey, or the whirlwinds of the cuIly-
ine ocauiyoi a lioly lileconsl.tutes the most fiulf. all the world may look upon him and say.
eloquent and effective persuasive to religion ' HERE ,s . M.N
which one human being can address to another, j 1 hear u whelher he hag the requi8ite Wehve many ways of doing good to our fel- ! degre ojK.fa'1 Information, and experience
low-creamres; doi none so emcacious as leacing jn pub,jc aflairs Sir j cannot belp believing a virtuous, upright, and well-ordered life. There that Genfra, Zachary Taylor is destined, in the is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's hands of providence, to illustrate the truth of life, passing the highest efforts or the orator's that nmk of that great observer Edmund genius. The seen but silent beauty of holi- Burke. .r have many times taken notice, that ness speaks more eloquently or God and duty men not prorrssionaiiy traioed n the details of than the tongues of men and angels. Let pa- public office, yet when called into great stations rents remember this. The best inheritance a hftve by the mere force of simple discretion, conparent can bequeath to a child is a virtuous ex- ducted the affairs of nations with distinguished
amp.e, a legacy oi natiowea rememorances and felicily and giory." I expect the illustration of associations. The beauty of holiness, beaming lhal wmark in tlm eighl yMrs or the fonr years through the life of a loved relative or friend, is cf the administration or General Zachary Taymore effectual to strengthen such as do stand in ,or. A his life long he has served his country virtue's was, and raise up those that are bowed in , department of ,he General Government,
aown, man precept, command, entreaty, or enarg;Dg a warning. Christianity itseT, I believe, owes by CMOfmere
of '42, and make the tariff of 4G; and it is no thanks to them if the axe or hammer is ever
, wielded hereafter by an American arm, in an
American workshop. That is the fourth dffi-
Trial of .Hat-tin Tim Bnrrn. The last time, I say sir, that we knew anything about him, or had anything to do with him, was iu 1840, when he stood before the bar of America on a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors as a public man. Here he was claiming to be President. They look him up and brought him to the bar, and indicted and im
peached him of high crimes and misdemeanors
against this Constitution and land. Sir, such a trial as that the world never saw before. Such
a culprit as that the world never saw before. Such a sentence was never pronounced before
in the hearing of responsible men. Charles I. standiug befire the aroused Commons or England, was a play upon the stage in comparison with it. I remember, Mr.Fresident, seeing you in that trial. I recollect he made an admirable
defence. His counsel said he was a most fair
spoken person. A gentleman bred and born
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tt-; nk;.t w I . ... ousiness.in me oest ana lareesi acceptance oi " - - r
to every pious man." Dr. Wisner. I.iurs Worked oa a ITeartBRaf Fair one, take heed how you advance, Nor tempt your own undoing; If you're too forward, fearful chance, A spark may prove your ruin. tJT "I wish the ladies had the privilege of voting," said a politician the other day. "Why," aid a bystander, "do you think your party would gain strength thereby?" "Not particularly that; but it would be interesting to electieneer with them ." Death af the Yoang. Weep not for tio horn the veil of the tomb In life" early besutv hath hid from our rye, Ere tin threw a blight on the spirit' young bloom, Or earth had profaned ht i born for he kit . The Tlisaiaa af II ape. I love thee, bright hope, beautiful harbinger of the future. For thou hast all along strewed
my pathway with flowers, even from the first
dawnings of my existence. And not to me only, hast thou brought joy and gladness, but thy tone of loving kindness have spoken to every human heart. The little child has uttered thy
promptings in its joyous laugh; for the youth
thou hast painted bright visions of manhood
and to the man thou hast spoken of a glorious old age crowned with blessinps and honor. The
beggar by the wayside has felt the inspiration which thy presence gives, while to the rich thou hast promised yet greater abundance. To the tick thou hast pledged returning health, and to the sad and desponding whispered of a "better time coming." The reformer, too, has recognized thy hand in the prosecution of arduous, but noble works. For every soul thou hast a mission, and there is no recess too dark to be illuminated by thy presence. Indeed life would be drear and long without thee! The present gives us not what we ask, but thy unceasing voice whispers, "hereafter." Yea, thou art everywhere a ministering angel, and I will love thee, bright hope, beautiful harbinger of the future. The Thanshtfal ;irl. There Is a sedateness in the appearance of the thoughtful girl; and, look at her when you will, she seems to know what she is about. She does
nothing in a bnstlingor noisy maimer. Itisher practice always to think before she begins either to work or to learn. One would suppose that
he has read that useful little book, entitled,
'-Learning to think." Her mother rarely has to reprove her for doing her work wrong. She makes it a rule, when about to light the fire, or lay tne cloth, or mend her stockings, always to consider for a moment: "Well, here is this work, how onght it to be done? Which way will beet please mother? And she seldom fails in pleasing. Unless something very important occurs, he is alwayi at school, and never to be seen among those who arrive too late. Her books are never left at home: and while at school, she readily answer the questions which her teacher asks on the Scripture lesson; and the reason of all
her orderly conduct and good understanding is, because she thinks before she acts. Before leaving home she thinks, "Where am I going?" and prepares for it. Then, when arrived at school, he again thinks, "Now, what am I come for?" and the result is proper behavior. I wish all
other Sunday scholars were like her. eeret of Beaaty. A lady's beauty depends so much upon expression, that if that be spoiled farewell to her charms, and which nothing tends more to bring about than a countenance soured by imaginary cares, instead of being lighted up with thankfulness for innumerable blessings. This is the
cause of so many laciea withering into wrincles
House of Representatives, who can undetuke to say he will come out of it? This is what I want to know. With what new pledges, new ties, new fetters, new objects in his political horizon, new associations will he come out? If he goes in a smiling conspirator, how will ho come out? God have mercy on him, and guard us and him from that terrible temptation, from that severest ordeal. I hold
that no man knows any more how he will come
out than an unsophisticated person, who never
saw a grist mill, could tell how a peck of corn
which he saw put into the hopper, would come
out, whether hasty pudding, dry meal, or all dough. (Great laughter.)
I say nothing for myself, but as a great En
glish debater once said, and I am sorry I am so
nearly able to say it with truth, "I am old and
slow," and speak not my own judgment which
is nothing, but the recorded opinions of l' lfl. But suppose he would not veto the law of Congress, prohibiting slavery in th- new territories, neither will Gen. Taylor veto any such law.
On this ground, therefore, we will do just us much for freedom with him as with Martin Van Buren; while along with it you have peace, honor, quiet, and the whole vast body of Whig doc
trines into the bargain. Onward, Onward, Upward, Excelsior, Higher, Higher is the Course. Residing as we do, Mr. President, upon the sea coast, allow me to draw an illustration, which may not be so intelligible to all present. I have often thought, iu looking over the three
alternatives, what a very different thing this
great national ship of State Almighty God
bless and prosper her will be, if she t-houid fall into the command of one of the three great can
didates. Under Gen. Cass, she would be a buc
caneer, roaming all over the sea for silks and sil
ver, cannonading this fort, firing Into that fl.ig,
and making herself the terror of the Ocean. Under Martin Van Buren, there would be a gen
eral row and mutiny fore and aft, firing from
the quarter deck upon the officers, and from the
main deck through the hatches down into the
hold; and, according as one or thi other is in
command, cruising to watch for runaway slaves,
or to prevent slaves from running away, would be their vocation. Give her to us, and she shall
sweu away oeiore every lavoring iireeze upon
her errand of philanthropy, humanity and civilization; every propitious gale shall wift heron her course, aud she thull carry a thousand merchant-men under convoy, the pride and mistress of the conscious sea. (The Hon. gentleman
here took his seat umid applause long and loud.) i
foi
penny, in for a pound!" I'm rudy for any
thing! Cut the cords! go the niggers! swim the hedge-hog! gallop the muggot! double the
stakes! drive the ponies, sn 1 swillow the juleps! i Club, is that the officers shall be elected month
That's your sort!"
I'rre Moil 7lomnrat. The State Convention of Virginia, which met at Woodstock on the 20th ult., adopted Van Buren and Adams as their caiuiLl.iles, and appoiuted a committee to address the people cf Virginia The first State Convention of Pennsylvania met iu Reading ou the 12;h inst. Jo!:n Van Buren and Dr. William Elder were present, and received with great enthusiasm. A majority of delegates were in favor of making no nomination for Governor and Cannl CommisMuuer, but res-rving their whole strength for the Presidential contest. At the second meeting cf the friends of Free Soil in Washington, a Constitution for the "Free Soil Democratic Association" was adopted. About forty persons, prirripally Democrats, appended their names to th- rol! of the Association. Tim b-aiiing man in this movement is Mr. Fran
cis P. Blair, late editor of the Government organ.
The State Convention of Illinois was numer
ously attended. Tne deW.itcs were confident
that 4'l.nOO votes would le polled, and that th State couM be carrie for Van Buren, if proper
Iv canvassed.
Tin Louisville Exuniuer, the orjjin of the
emancipationists in Kentucky, Hunks it most
prudent not to form a Free Soil P.irty in that Commonwealth for the approaching contest- Ii
says that the moral eff-ct of a smell vote in the
State at this time would tell Mcuiust them next year, when they hope to be ijble, by the union
of all the friends of em;ii,cipatiou in Kentucky,
to elect a mnjority of d-hg ili s to ti e convention, and thus secure the great olj-ct thev h,tve in vi-w. Unfile rf Ihr f (evolution. Lexington, Ap'il 19, 1TT5; British, M. jor Pitcairn, loss 273 Ameiican yeomanry, loss 4. Bunker Hill, June IT, 1773; British Lord Howe, loss l,0o4 American, Colonel Frescott, loss 4")3. Flatbush, August 27, 177C; British, Lord
Howe, loss 400 American, Futnam an 1 Sullivan, loss 200. White Plains, October, 2?, 177G; British Lord Howe, loss 300 to 400 Ann rican, Washington, loss 300 to 400.
Trenton, December CC 177G; British, General Ruhl, luss 1,000 American, Genera! Vuhington, loss P. Princeton, Jauuary 3, 1 770, British, General Mawhood, loss 400 Anieri. an, General Wasli-
inpton, loss KM)
nd elevating him above the influennolitics. All his life lnnir now from
far the greatest part of its moral power, not to his vouth to somewhat past middle age, the ri- ""btedly he is. He squeezed more men's the precepts or parables of Christ, but to his own Der limBOf men'a life, he has been an ohserver hands, organized more caucuses, talked more
character. The be.uty of that holiness which 0r the forlinles tho policy, and the interests of democracy, "ved longer In the Democratic is enshrined in the four brief biographies of the the General Government. All his life lomr he ranks U,an man within U,e mrY of the
Man of Nazareth, has done more, and will do has been an equal associate with those great oldest inhabitant. The people, as I remember, more, to regenerate the world, and bring in an KenP3; in M hia interTa,3 of ,eisurei in hi8 wiu. did not deny a word of ali this, everlasting righteousness, than all the other a- terevenings, his furloughs, his retirements from But what said the people? Whatsaic1 you? gencies put together. It has done more to it.. r .1.- , ,. , what said your fathers and brothers? They
- i oimi I ' CT ' it- vi hit vamp, i in una urcu ou spread his re'igion in the world than all that has obsOTWf a gtudent and a thinker upon the great ,ooked throu6h 1,16 who,e of his ,onS Me and ever been preached or written on the evidences Ba,ion.i interests of the land. He has learned 8a,d all this was perfectly true, but they saw
o. vnnsuani.y.-vnaimers. them, sir, as Julius Caesar learned astronomy, ""g -S'"'"s birth" wems "the be-all and the end-all here." How to he Ilaaay I in the camp. lonS " of selfishness; true only and ever to e .g hjs fdthers A,
Said TnruhU farinar cnm Irrlitp vnKAl r- ., Tt. . I himself. 1 heV Said that BlltlOUiJll lie Had BCteU .....
, -f,"'j j i r or an tnese reasons, 1 ooserve in mm exact-i - do ciaunea lor mm on account ot this circum
t'hnrlit Frnncn AJni. j UuUnrdstown, J uly 1 1, 1 1 ;!.nlM-, General The, New York D.iy Book thus comments on I Frazer, and B iron K-ii!s-;i, lo 1 -0 American
the nomination of the little "Man iu Boston" for the Vice Presidency: Nobody cares for the Buffalo Convention Nobody minds its doings. Those who learn that Charles Francis Adams is nominated for Vice President, inquire who he is; and, being told that he is a son of John Quincy Adams, say, "Oh!" or, "Ah!" or, "indeed!" and further they say not being unable to perceive any occasion for more extended comment upon the
candidecy of a man of whom this "accident of
e, to a relative who lately visited him, "I have , t,le BbiIilv vou rxptxX from the Chief Magi fnd "Poken " 5reat Aeal in m,Wic V,(' fir,t "nd stance, or for an v nart which h ha,1 in selecting
lived on this farm more than half a century. trate 0f the land. He Is not to conduct our di- V' M"7 had "W fcsen able to trace to h, of h f. ncoorJ,j l0
I have no desire to change my residence as long plomatic correspondence with all the world ; he "P on B""11 thought, one grand sentiment one hm But jf he .
not avail him a vote in the coming election. And being, as he is, an utterly insignificant
as 1 live on earth. 1 have no wish to be any . ...i it,, r international inrisnm
ISUVvaU T" tllU iiiui io va !. j .- -. richer than I am. I have worshiped the God of dence;he is to execute firmly, humanely and
of my fathers wiiu the same people formore than stoa(ji!yj the laws of the land, which Congress
to hi it, one
winged word, or one masterly feature of policy
which marked him as a great man.
forty years. During that period I have rarely
ever been absent from the sanctuary on the Sabbath, and never have lost but one communion season. I have never been confined to my bed by sickness for a single day. The blessings of God have been richly spread around me, aud I made up my mind long ago, that if I wished to be any happier, I must have more rcligiou. N. Y. Observer. Frea.ent Prayer.
prescribes. He is to appoiut honest and incor
ruptible men to public office; he is to hold a
ti i 1 c nn:n.
l ue urunic wrrc nruumi iium hiuiiiihi;- r , r I " nprann m verv nnint nf vipr. rcTit na Itm nn
room of the merchant to the log cabin of Michi- . p..: i, ,i ,i, , P ,, of one rresident and the jrrandson of another.
C-tn, Illinois, or the frontier settlements, liul ... , . ,, . , . ..ii, v. j .1 nossessnr of rreat wenhli iiihuril.l from
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steaoy hand between this nation and foreign na- w-"lru lu ",,u " ihem, without their abilities, and the expectant
lions. Obsvrvinir honorable peace and avoiding ' fi . -of one or two millions of dollars additional from
entiling alliances with all. In all this I may r - iv a father-in-law, ho haprns to be the richest
I hope without extrava- " "f""" I " ftl man in New England, and nearly the richest
man in the United States he is dismissed from
recollection, without having the misfortune to excite any hostile feelings whatever in conse-
he permitted to say-
gmoe that I have the honor to regard him this
day, in comparison with any public American,
pre-eminently qualified for the station to which
we call him. I at least would rather give the
Bishop Taylor beautifully remarks: "Trayer is flg f my country into the hands of a man that the key to open the day, and the bolt to Bhut in ' carried it among the living and the dead, up the
the night. But as the skies drop the early dew, ' steeps or Montere , and against the trememlu-
and the evening dew upon the grass, yet it would ; 0us odds at Buena Vista, than entrust it to that
not spring and grow green by that constant and j man of Kindethook, who carried out that radidouble falling of the dew, unless some great ' ant standard, aud laid it at the foot of the Eu-
showers, at certain seasons, did supply the rest; ' glish throne. (Immense applause.)
so the customary devotion of prayer, twice a ! I could htve wished to say something more,
day, is the falling or the early and latter dew; but am reminded of the flight of time. ("Go
but If yon will iucrease and flourish in the works from the audience.) I will say, then, two
oi grace, empty the great clouds sometimes, and or three words more. I have the honor, then,
lei thni full into a full shower of Draver: close : ti lmM. that there is no need or saving, and I
out the seasons when nraver shall overflow, like find mvseir only having the honor to concur
Jordan in time or harvest." The Happy HeaHaoa. Agnr said, give me neither poverty nor riches; and this will ever be the prayer of the wise.
so early ia life; whilst nothing renders their Our incomes should be like our shoes, ir too beauty so lasting as that placid look or pure be-1 small they will gall and pinch us, but ir too large nevolence which emanates from a heart full of they will cause us to stumble and to trip
thankfulness to heaven, affection Tor those dear- j Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he est and nearest to them, and good will toward ! that has little and wants less, is richet than he
all mankind. t that has much and wants more. True content
Coe4 Hill to the Ladiea. ' mentdepends not upon what we have; a tub was We know that tobscco chewing, smoking and larg e enough for Diogenes, but a world was too snuffing, can plead what are called the highest little for Alexander. Colton. examples in church and state, bnt these nracti-! O "Why have woaten no beards?" inquired
ca all bear the brand of sensuality, selfishness one gentleman of another a few days ago. "Beand roily, nevertheless. And therefore we have cause they can't hold their mouths still long tome advice to give not to wives, alas! for them, enough to be ahaved!" was the reply, we wouldn't make trouble ia families bat to D David Graham or New York, leading young ladies. We tell yon this, young ladies,' Clay man, says he is satisfied with General Tayerionsly and because we know it'e true. If a lor's last letter, and does not see his way clear Utor for your hand aa i heart t-n-l's of tolMt-ce, iu further opposing his election.
with every one or you, with respect to the fel
low citizens and representatives of the great
Whig organization of Massachusetts, that in the whole history or our course, iu all the time we
have acted together ss Whigs, there was never one moment when it seemed to be so clearly
our duty and Interest to adhere to our name and
organization, as to-day. Oeaernl rax and His Follower
Sir, one would be enough, as in the case of
the absent witness who was dead, but there are
inst four fatal, damninff reasons for objecting to
the nolitics of Gen. Cass. The first one is that up Van Buron?
i
whether he made a slimy, torturous ascent. I
On that view of his fife, on it all, on that long
subserviency to the South, on that refusal in
1S19 to tkae part in petitioning Congress against the Missouri Compromise; on his casting vole
in the Senate, which authorized the Southern master of the slave to put his hand on the letter of a mercantile correspondent at the North, and ' open it; on his pledge in his Inaugural message, that he would veto a bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia; ou his sla-
h subserviency to General Jackson, and his
enormous heresies iu regard to American La-.
bor, they wrote upon his forehead and between ' his shoulders, "Northern mau with Southern principles.
They condemned him, and adjudged him lor-
ever incapable of bearing office of trust or profit
iu these United Slates. To that verdict Massa
chusetts co use n ted by tweuty thousand majori
ty. He now calls upon us to abjure that name
ly. The reason assigned for such frequent elections, is that the tendency of the feeling to bolt is so strong, that the members cannot be trusted
or a long period. New Hnven Palladium. Aa Idea. Pnrker Pillsbury, a prominent anti-slavery
lecturer and a gentleman of some ability is famous for odd and original expressions. It is
stated that Mr. P. iu speaking upon one occasion of the so called "Cottonocracy of Boston, said
that they would "dam up the river of life, that they misht build cotton mills in tl. fit O aT In.
a ... ... w m j v a uiv New Jerusalem." Rather tall, that. Vulj.nr. If I had a donkey as woul dn't go Do you think I'd wallop him? No! Nol Not I'd give him some corn and cry gee wo. Get up, Neddy. I.'rfinrd. If I had an animal averse to speed, Do you ihinli I'd chastise him? No indeedf I'd give him some oats and cry proceed. Go on, Edward. Hit bint Ag.iin. Take one letter from Taylor and you have Tyler. Ohio Staiesmm. Take one letter from C.;ss, mid what sort of an animal have you? Louisville Journal. O Roger S. Baldwin, U. S. Seu.itor from Connecticut, pronnncs a sratern-nt of tho Union, thai he would not go in for Taylor until he had a pledge upon the Wilmot Proviso, to be "an entire fabrication from beginning to end wilhonttlie slightest foundation in truth whatever." Mr. Ritchie must try egain, but it ia
lamentable to see him laboring so hard and so frequently to misrepresent the truth. fljr The Won. Davi l Wilmot, of Pa, has been re-nominated to Congress by the r gahtr Demo, critic Ci-nveiilion r-ren'.ly held in his dsstrict, although h- has avowed his determination to support Va i Biir-riind A ! am. nraan. A wrdding cccnrr.-d secently in Manchester, o:i which ocra-ion some youngsters, ormed with various implements, tinpaus, drums, &.C., besieged the t-nement In whic'i the happy couple were quartered. They continued ihck- delightful serenade for a few hours, and though repeatedly warned by the groom, would not s'op the confusion. Ho loaded an old slid gun with beans nuri fired it amoitg the rubble. The fifer, we l-Iieve, gnt a respectab'e sh:ire of the beans
in him. J fife were with diiiicuity rxtr.-cted from their mortifying s.t lalious. The bang went in an inch iu lonie places. We believe some others in the gallant band have honor iUh (?; marks. Served them right. Dearborn Co: n.-gist-r. Tliihi-irn for Tnilor. Van Btireiii.-m will destroy Cass in his own State. He never had nnj personal popularity ia Michigan. His aristocratic habits of life, and his cold-hearted selfishness forbids it. Van Buren was always the favorite of the Democracy of that State, and hence it is that thousands of them now go for him. Mr. LiltlejohB, a prominent Democratic politician is out warmly for Van Buren. Only a few days sgo, the HiiiiW of Grand Rapids got up a large handbill announcing Mr. Littlejohn as a speaker. "The nie-ting assembled," savs the Grand
Colonels Francis and Warner, loss H O, Bennington, August 16, 1777; Biit.sh, Generals Banm and Briymen, loss 011 American General Stark, loss 1(1(1. Brandywine, September 11, 1777; Briti.-h, Lord Howe, loss 500 American, General Washington, loss 1,200. Stillwater, September 19, 1777; British, General Burgoyne, loss 500 American, Genera' Gates, loss 250. Germantown, October 4, 1777; British, General Gr.iy and Coloiul Musgr.ive. lo-s C'O American, General Wnshinton, loss I. SIM.
Saratoga, October 7, 1777; British, G.-neral , River E -gV, "and a lusty call inatie for a speech
Burgoyne, surrender 5,752 in n, entire crmy, from Mr. Littlejuhn. Mr. L. arose and said he American, Genera' G tte. j had renounced the Michigau Doujhfice Red Hook, October 177-'; B:itMi. Conut ; coni-t go him didn't wish to disturb the fussT' '0iiS 50"-A,m'rica"' Colonel Greene. ; ilnrmony of the meeting, and desired to be exMonmouth, June 2. 177; British, General ! cused- This was a cooler. The little embusi-Cliiitou,loss490-American,Gen..ral Washing- aMn n'ilir:'red for the occasion was wrapton loss 130. I f""'1 a wet '''al,k't- The plan of the meeting Rhode Island, August 35, 177S British, G n- 1 faile''- Th" f,i;t!'fnl ,al'ored wi,h him a11 eral TigoU, loss 250-A.nerican, General Sulli- j "'eht n"d ,hrt "f the next but ,0 no av"iIvan, loss 211. I'riiht.'nl Proipm. Briar Creek, March 3, 1778; B i:i-h, Gcner.l ' II U cnrren!,r '"ported thata certain ultraPrevost, loss 13-Am. rican, General Ash, loss ! "-hM? prn-Tex Whig of Virginia de- ! dares that he won't vote for Fillmor unless he Stony Point. July 1G, 1779; CritUh. Gen-ral ! t'f"1;''" Anti-Slav.-ry sentiment, ex-
queuce of his present petition iu politics Happy man! More to be envied than either his illustrious and vilely abused father and grandfa
ther! History will pronounce him more fortunate thau either, in the undisturbed, quiet enjoymeut oi his -ast wealth . The Adams family may long flourish, and be green and sappy; for, like many succulent plants of radical virtues, "the best part of it is under ground." John Van Rnrrn. Major Noah, in hi? Suuday Tims, put the following soliloquy iu the mouth of the eratic
Barnburner, John Van Buren. Th" Major's: "hunker bias makes hi'ii r .r her severe on John, who, notwithstanding his faults, is a man of un- ' , doubted talents, mi I fearless in the expression of. his opinions. But to the s liloquy. It is utter-!
Johnson, loss G;l0 American, Genral Wavn-, lossl'H). . Camden, August l, 17H; B it.sh. Lord Cornwallis, loss 375 Atnericau, General G.tes loss C10.
pressed by him in 1C8. How under the sun
I can Mr. Fillmore get along unless Virginia votes ! for him! I 07" The Vermont Tatriot hss a letter from : Sudbury, crowing over the election of a Ca.ssite
to lhe L-'gi.-lature as follows"friend Easi-man: We hav met the enemy nd th-y i-.re ours. II. M. Merritt elected, a l)emocrat not a titlle of Free .-kil about him." This last Frnt'tiCi! sfikes ns as superfluous
under which we have served our county from ed nft.r hlliiijj a round of appointments in the
our mother's arms a creed which distinguish, s wi stern p.rt of New York: and honors us and forward him to the White! ''Well, we are in a hell of a fix, to be sure!
House. Why, sir,
" an these tilings be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud!'' Have we "eateu of the insane root," hich
lakes awav onr reasou? Why should we take
We have not changed. Has
King's Mountain, October 17, 170, British,; .Major Furguson, lis 350 Amiiean, Colonels ' Cleveland, Campbell, and Shelby, loss PG. Cow-pens, August Ifi, 17?1; British, Colonel j
Tarlton, loss S00 American, Colouel Morgan, 'saying he is for Cats would have answered ev-
loss i;.. I ery purpose. Greely. Guilford Courl-Hous-, March 15, 17?1; Brit-j U" John Joiiiff-is the Free Soil Candidate ish, Lord Cornwaiiis, loss 523 American, (Jen- ' for Congress in the VIT'h District of Ohio, eral Greene, loss 4-0. I JJ-Senator Dodge has arrived home and is Eutaw Springs, September !, 171; British, greyly alrmed :it lhe rxtnsive Free Soil feel-
General blewart, lo5s 10 I American, Geiierai ; is,g exhib:t-d. Css, it would seem, ia liislractGreeiie, loss 550. jng t party in that regio n too. It is gravely Yorktown, October 19 1751 ; British, Lor 1 ' said in the Van Bureu papers in that State that Curnwullis, siirreiider-.t 6,07.1;uien, entire army, C.is niil hardly receive as mtny votes as Old to General V!.ingtou. 1 Scattering obta ned in the Green M iuulaln This last surrender was the conclusion of the State. Revolutionary war. The whole expense to the' O" "Mr. Van Buren must re judged by his
Americans, ia round numbers, was $135,164,- preceding course, taken as a whole and from t00. I that let no man delude himself with tho belief
is fixed to any thing but his own interTh above is Charles Francis Adam's
The old gentleman is teriiuly frightened ut his ' position, and well he in iv be and he holds me i responsible. The truth is, I considered him be- I
hind lhe ace. and in mv efforts to raie him on : Clerical Jo
Ii.ia.i nf knr. tr u i. (T.,r.l him n full At a inef tins of liie Ciinrch the Distor tr lve , FST
... ... . . i. i ..i i,.. ....! ' oniniju of Van Buren in 1S44.
view oi tne pniiie.il Horizon, m-j u ...8 . ... . .
that h:
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.... .. .... m. . . j:.,.... .1. .:... I ,..... I. ... ii u uirii u'nun I in pihir s r rn iiHiri rpi
desperate, insane passion for territorial conquests he changed r tie says ne ins nol. mat great u,m, t uimme oxer ...e m ........ .. In the Peru S.ntmel, of a r.cci.tdit U,e edi-
and foreien war. Instead or recognizing that ooay oi pernicious uocim.e, i.ii .....oar.. ..u .. .. - . I t.,r tells oi a "lovely Mexican girl" being diseoT-
,m I. ldT larre enough tor a elory detected character of 140, has he improved iu
...hit the world has never seen, Instead of U single hair of his head? He says he has not.
...-in. .t home to decorate and adorn it, to at- Has he become sounder in r-gard to executive
" . j.i -r ku... I nnwer? Not a n:irtiele. Has he with regard to . belief of nolitic
Umpttoseiuu, , ...g " - . Whv heMidla8tweek. thttl hoov. We... most sons send their Mher's ly remarked, that it was Try mnb f, be r--
'"r"r'r'i.' - - - - .1. .. . , u :. vi..
withiu a inonlh. Sinner that I am, to have ru- ; lectmg Hie tune, couUl proceea no lartner man (
ined my father iu his old age, when he was get- , "I love to steal," which he did three oi four ...... .i .1. ! iL. titnaa 111 lilrposvinn tX" 1 1 Tl tils p'sTfr vmntl ill
tmg on so well iu deceiv.ng tne peop e .u.o me , . " " " ' . . ; owei her fait!,ic,s 0 all the way from her
is a- :
southern home. Success to her we ssy. Hope
rrcd iu that pi ice, dressed iu manly suit, her fair f.ice disguised with false whiskers. She had fol-
Wief or political consistency and unambitious order to relive him from the dilemma, waggi;
nations, I gather Trom his whole public life, and in hispoor jndgment and poor enough it weVmoney. My old g-nUrman. nn ing my pro- srern,
she'll GfJ hm wi'hcnt a psitner.