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rssa Vol -CXSII Whole No 117'.). nVllljIftf-TroiV, FKI1A.Y BIORiVirVtt, FEKIS1IARY 1.1, 18.10. Picw St'vieSj Vol. 3 No. it'J, mmmm ,,,i,n,i, iimmn i.unn imlJiimiixn m imm , liMiniuiMMiiiMpin.jmiuiiium muiiuii iu.-mmiu-Miuiiiii 1 1 m mm mmi uu.i i .i.ojimi . ijonn i i 11.11 1. u-jmm.iii j.'.1;' 1 ' wj'CT?CTy)WjwwiiJijii if I3ii3incaa lEarta. PECK &. DAILEY. Attorney miil Uo'iiicollors at T.iuv, BURLINGTON Vt. Arinr,,isi9. wuielppxic 11 .sr,tn, t.i i.. narpv wlltf 1.1 1.1.1 IVU l 1 illVlUw I J. MITCHELL, iU E 11 C II A X T TA t It O 11 AND . , fjMinril Ready-. Undo CloiliiiiR More. Church Street, Burlington, Vt. ""Strong:, Woolittlu & Co. DC.u.r.1 in imu-v and shbi.f .-tcJ3fr! Cutlery, bnddlery, Me ffiAHO VAR ehanic's Tools, House I'm- U2r2-D - ish bigs, Nails, Gluss.Win- ilotv Sish, Iron. Steel, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, Wire, P VA'W. OH., FWUIl, SALT, PLAST1UI, Grinl Stones, Dry doodle. Are. On-rnl V ;ciits uvl Commission Merchants, tuom imon, ) astSiJcCourtllouseSqiinre, no j r.t r t r.c. Chinch and College-sirs. LIVERY VlMM.E,gjigf By S. S. SKINNB K, ALSO Saddle, Harness nml Trunk Manufacturer East aide Cuart-lionse Sguinc, Gi:oi.i: I'lrpciisox, nr.At.LR IN QcgTff DRY GOODS, "rockery, Flour, Salt, Plaster, Window Sash.Glass, Hf.aiiv Made Clotiiinh, tosetlicr with a large variety of other articles, rinsr door .sonrti of the court iiouse. R. E WHITCOMB, TEACHER OF DA NCING, MIDDMUl'ISV. VT. go on MUSIC FVRXISUED FOR collision Parties, &c. Bept 11,1313. T. PA ISSUES. flONTISUKS J S IK ROOMS OPEN AS ?J usinl (the same In- has occupied for more than two years) wlieie i!ioii:iiiiIb ol picttiics have lieen produced to tlic general satisfaction of all. Persons wishing very superior pnitraits will do well to call aoon as."a veiy lavurahleoppnrtuuiiyis picsclitcd. Burlington, April "JG, 1019. wISyl ' HART'S OIL HOTEL," VA TER STUKET, BURLINGTON, VT. TITIis IIOTIifj IS SITIJATKI) ni:ak Tin: Steam Dint Iindmir, and but a few lod.i Irom the Hail Road U-put, iiiaUinu it very convenient (or businessmen. It ! one ol the i, itf: ks'P t:i, vss or woTr.i.s, nml no pilns shall be spared to make it a First Class Jlousr. M. I., IIAIIT. Uurlinston, Jan. 20,1319. M. O ST 1 1 EI M, 1 .11 P O It T 13 It A I) Y II O 1, R S A I. K PKinrr. r; Wff E 8 A IV Ei E Q 81 i9 Bg H , C I u a r s , F O 11 E 1 (1 AT l II E S I R V E S , ij- c . No. 1 1(5 T.iljerly Street, ( On the Xnrih lliirr side of llroadicaij.) New York. July II, '18. o dtvly H OWAPi D HOTEL, South West Coiner Court Ifon'o .S'iimre, n u a l i .n u t o .v, v i: n m o x t . April 20, 1819. vl3yl Blaaisiosi Hon itv Corner ol' Climeli mill lianl; Streets, Oppniite the Haul, of liurlington. l5urliu2ton,.May2I, 1819. dl2tf AMERICAN HOTEL. II Y W ILL1 A 13 .T . B U E Ii JL . South sitlc the Square, Burlington, Jan. 22, MU w30-y C. S. ADKINS, BooJzscllcr Stationer BOOKIUXDEli, 1'APEIt RULER, BLANK BOOK MAKER, Depot of lincrictin (Tract Socictii's I' IJ II 1. 1 C AT IO N s , One door east of the Agricultural Warehouse, College street. Burlington, Jan. 15,1350, w29lf E. F. MEAD, Attorney nml Counsellor nt I.nvr. MNUSBURGH, VT. May 1,1819. wltyl oJRS' LIVE It Y -STABLE, CHURCH AND PAUL. College Street. JASOxVC PIEKCE & SONS, AND Custom House Aents AND Coiuiiiiioii nicrehaiits, SAIT JOHNS, ( n. Ameriemi I'lour Tor Sale, Ui lloml. May 12, '19 dM&wl5inGI To Old Couiitrynieii. IASSA B5 CliltTIFBCATES FI'OII Livnripooi. to nhw york & boston, AMI BILLS OF EXCIL1XGE in amounts to hint purchasers, coxtinit.ii to r.i: nii.n at tub i:xiRi:s.s orncR, West ,SiJc of the Square, April 9, 1819. dOtf. MEAT MARKET. REMOVAL. O. &. O. PINNEY, FAVR JUST IIP.MOVKD TIIKIR 3lAHKr.T from their old stand tn the in.irket rerentivoe- wipied by 'P. Conner, near the I.ivery Slableof Hllia & Church, wlieie, as usual, they will keep at nil times Fresh and Salt Provisions which can be had at the Inwent Cash Prices. dflwl April II, '13. Burlington itt Press. Published at Burlington, Vt., II y I) . V . C. r Ji A It K K , dilor ana Proprietor . . ormst .... ,t, i i .t ToVlllageiubscrlberswhorecclvethcptipeiby J ' le ir!,?,! iii'nitvn'nr'p.' Tii'.OO Mailsubscribers and those who take It nt the OIllci .Oj) v 'terms 11 paid tn advance AdevrtIseme.nts inserted onthecustomary terms The S'i50 New Year's Present. BV MRS. CAR0L1NL A. SOULE. 'That is lie,' exclaimed llllcn Lee in a joy oih tone, n.i the street door was gently opened and chi"cd. ' How (jlad I am he has come nt hist ; I thoniihtit would never be two o'clock ; and ri siiiiT hat-til v. the shook an nnrondil of corneous I worsted upon the carpet, tossed her thimble in the midi't ol tlietn, anu was uown smirs ere no whom she had been impatiently expecting, had Iniit aitiln 111 4 nvprroftt. 'Oh, father! father!' cried she, grasping the , hands of a line lookin" man and gazing earnest-, Ivathim. 'lam ko triad you io come! U.i you know I have been watching at the window a whole hour for you ? I'ray, why did you stav so long V '"So long, Ellen 1 why, it's not late ; the clock is onlv now striking. ' ' Well, it lias seemed an age since noon.' 'Two hours, an age! oh. tho extravagance or these yoiing girls" and the parent, half-re-prnvingly, half-jestingly, place his lingers upon her lips. ' Now don't, father, pray don't use that word. You know two hours do seem a long while, when one is waiting for them to pasp, So now lay aside that down, for it was only because I wanted to see you so much, ioviry- much, that the hours dragged so.' ' But why want In see me so very much ?' answered he. in a bantering tone, as ho suffer ed her to lead him into the pirlor and teat him in his easy chair ; ' not, 1 hope, to get my cor sent to givinu' away this little ' ' Now, father, don't, don't lease ; you know I am never agoing to leave you.' Again were the lingers placed upon her lips. ' Jut now, an iige inent two hours ; and now, never is svnonvuious with a year, and perhaps less, if Im'e anil bu-iner can ajnee. Oh, P.Uy ! llllv ! I tnii-t chide you sometimes. Rut tell me.'why have you been so anxiously awaiting mo V 'I hen the daughter, nestling nt his feet on a ow stool, and resting her head on his knee, us he was wont to do when a little child, looked wis niiiy into in- lace, paneu uer lips as it to peak, and then turned a-ide her countenance s though she were half afraid to utter her wishes. You are strangely timid, Lllcn. What is it you want so very much, and yet dare not ask me for? Come, 'let me hear it quickly, for, if my appetite deceive me not, the dinner bell will ring ere long. I never refuse you any thing reasonable, do I )' 1 Oh, no, no; and that ' she hesitated. 'Then you want something unreasonable, do you I another silk dress, ere the last lias been worn a half dozen times ; or ' A now dress !' and the hp curled. ' No in deed. Rut, father,' said she, gazing into his eyes ns tho' going to exptess some startling fact, ' do you know it is almost Now Ycara'o ?' tie laughed aloud. 'Do 1 know it? Why, ves, I should think I did ; at least I ought to ; I have received billets enough to that import, this morning.' ' Unlets! lather; what kitul pray ! ' Those that nin-'t be answered hv bank notes, Klly. Rut tell me. did you watch an hour at the window for me, and fret another away, merely to tell me it is almost New Year?' Oh, no ; that is only tho preluce to my tale ; and I want tn ask yet another question, before 1 begin the proposition. Which is the wealthi est, you or Mr. Grey .'' What arc you trying to come at, r.llen r Don't you Ihirk you are a rich as lie?' Whv, ves, I .rui'ss I am. Rut why ask me such a question 7 You and Julia have not been quarrelling about you probable dowries ?' Julia and 1 quarrelling whv. latlier! tint you jest. I II tell yon now why 1 ve wanted to sec you so much. Mr. Grey returned lat eve ning from Boston, and lie has brought Julia an elegant gold watch and chain. Hut she is not to wear them yet, as he intended them for a New Year- present ; and she only told me of it, because si. o wanted me to have one just Iiko it, as wo have always dressed very nearly alike ' You needn't continue, Ellen I can easily guess the remainder of your story. It is only tin-; you want your dear lather to be us gen erous as Mr. Grey, and give you a waleh and chain (or the New Year. Is it not so, daugh ter?' and he playfully pitted her Hushed cheeks. Rut let mc see, are you old enough to wear a watch r Old enough!' repeated the young girl, in n tone of surprise; and rising she drew un her graceful foim to its extreme height, ' Why, latlier, 1 was eighteen last month ; why 1 shall soon be ' Old as the hills, shan't you, Ellen ?' said the good-natured parent. ' Rut come, thero is the bell ; we will talk nt this at dinner.' At the table, Mrs. Leo had so much to sav to her husband about souio preparations for the approaching holidays, that Ellen could not, with out obtruding, speak a word of the ro-tly gift, and could only wish, in secret, that the viand were despatched and she again at her father's feet. Rut, alas for her ! just as they wero on- tering the parlor, he was summoned in haste to lus counting-room, 'on important business,' ' Business business how I hate ilu word ! muttered Ellen, as she proceeded to her chain - her. ' It's always business with men, j ii 1 when their wives and daughters want them most, I wish,' but tho checked herself, good eriiso whispered to her, if it wore not for that business, ...l. 1.1 1 - i.l -. I .1 I. what would become of those wives and d.iugh ters ? ' Rut, aflei all,' said she to herself, when sl.o had again lou nil her thimble and commenc ed re-arranging her worsted, 'it was provoking tli.it lie Simula be call away so soon, wlien it will be so long before he will bo in again. Let me fco what time it is ;' and she glanced at the clock on tho mantel; ' half past throe, lour, live, six, seven three hours anil a hall. Father may laugh or frown, they will certainly seem an age. If it did not seem an age, it really did a very long alteriioon to that excited and impatient young creature. ' I do believe my clock is wrong : indeed, I know it must be too slow,' exclaimed slio, us it struck five; 1 I will go down and see.' Rut it was only five by the clock in tho par lor ; and the others told the same story. ' What sha'l I do to pass away the time ! 1 am almost ashaimed of mysell for being so childish, but I cannot help it; I do so want to Know vvnetiier I urn to liavo tlicm or not. I can not bear this suspense. Oh, I bethink mc now,' and her faco brightened; ' I will run over to Jnlln's and look nt hor's again ; I can then toll father nil about it.' Onco closltcil with her friend, sIio forgot the hour?, and was only aware they had passed, hy tlio entrance of a domestic, summoning them to tea. I C,. . ..!.!. . .1 -..!.! T..I!.. .71111, Willi nil, won I loll I Sill II J II 1 1 tit im. ..... r '..i.i i .i i "-'"i no, i.ih 10 i no vvor ii i pari ui. mi-, i . , . . . . ' No, I must see father "to-night about it, Cinml byo and she did not diaw along breath till she found herself bei-lde her parent, ' Wll'' wllal is 1,10 ?' said lie, in sur prise; ' are you frightened, Ullen ? You pant iiko a clias-cu tawiv It wn Rome moments ere she could answer; and then, with h1u.he and broken sentenre.", she lidd him she had hurried to talk with him about that jjold watch and chain. 1 You will give them to me for a New Year's present, won't you father? Now don't play fully covering his mouth as ho was about to I apeak 1 don't this time have n long string uf preliminaries. Bay yes, at once. He shook his head. ' Well, then, begin. What is the first thing to be considered ?' ' How much will it cost, Ellen ; a hundred dollars V 'A hundred dollars, father! Whv, vnu don't ppo-o you coniu uuy a iianunmo watcn anil chain for n hundred dollars ! Why, Julia's cost two hundred and filty ' Two hundred and fifty! Bless mo; that is twice as much as I had laid aside to purchase New Year's presents for all ol you. I think you are growing modest, Ellen. What is the style of Julia s present? ' nil. ii Is heniitiriilevfinlsiielv so 'nml then I she went on with a long and minute account of it, concl'iding Willi .Mi, u ) says he Jon t think there is one in the city like it, and there was only one more just like it where he purchas ed Julia's ; so, father, I want you to decide soon about it, so that we can send for it, if wo can not find one here.' ' Ye-", yes' answered the father, musingly; 'but Ellen, if 1 give you the watch and chain, 1 shall very soon h ive to give you a new breast pin, anil some new bracelets, for, as tho man said in the story, the watch and chain will kill them.' ' Oh, nn, indeed. I would not exchange these for any in the town. They are as beautilul as I shall ever want,' ' Rut of what u-o will this present be V ' What u-e ? Why, father, a gieat deal more ue than mv pin and bracelet-'. Indeed, 1 al ways tho't I should like a watch, for the ery rea-oii that it cotnbMies utility with nrn unent.' ' Utility ! ye, it will be very useful to you, as we have only live clocks in tlio house.' ' Rut when I am out, father.' ' Were you deaf, its utility might come in play then but as it is, the town clocks acipi lint us of the hours. And then, il it is only lor the utility of the thing you desire it, why, you can have a good silver one for ' A -ikcr watch on a young lady in these days ! why, father, how it would look !' ' Iiok ;" ah, yes ; I suspect look has a little more to do in the case than utility ; and see here, Ellen, if I giie yon this watch for a New Year's pre-ent, I ought, in justice, to purchase lor your mother those elegant silver pltcliers which she has so much admired ; and buy Ilany the pony he has coveted so long; and George that mocking hiid in the gilt cage. It Would looll rntliur purliiil in inn, anil I m Sllre would make you (eel unpleasantly, to show to your friends a gift valued at tw hundred and iifty dollar--, while your mother and brothers could only exhibit thosp which co-t live or ten dollars. Ilaie you thought of this Elly ? you are not wont to bo selii-h.' ' Rut, father, you are rich enough to 1 uy the pitchers, poney, bird and all, even though you should give me a watch and chair. II I thought that oil could only gratify my wishes at tho ex pense of mother and bothers, I should despise myself for asking it nf you. Rut I know yon need not do so ; so come, bo a generous Sinta Clans this time.' ' Is there nothing else you can think of, for a New Yeai's girt?' ' No ; il I can't have these I don't wan't any thing,' said she rather pettishly. ' Two handled and fifty dollars will buy a great many thing! ; a good many barrels ol Hour, and cords ol wood ' Whv, father, yon talk as though you were poor, i on don t expect wu II have to no any the less bread or fuol the coming year, if 1 have a watch ?' 'Oh, no; I wa not thinking of ourselves. Ellen. I had tho poor upon my m'nil. Such sum would by a forluno to many u family in this city. How many, many comforts it would produce; how much sorrow and suffering it would relieve.' The young girl bent her head, and was silent some time. Thero was a struggle going on in her heart; pride and pity were at war. Which shall conquer.' Upon the lapse of some moments, she spoke; ' Rut, father, were you to give to the poor not only the money which I ask you to expend lor me, but even the value of the pitchers, pouey, and bird, it would go quite a very little way to wards relieving poverty, even in our own city. The mass would be as poorly off as ever,' 'That may be; but tho rellectiou that I had made two or three, or even one family, com fortable, and glad, would add not a little to the pleasant memoiies, to the substantial happiue-s nf my life. And then, though it would but a mile, if every one who is blessed as we are, were tn do the Rame.thero would be soon be but little misery lelt. .Never refuse to do good, be cause you can do but a little, Atoms make the world.' I'tiorc was silence. When Ellen spoke it was in a subdued voice I wish I had not set my heart so upon bavin" a wntch and chain, but it seems' and her 1 .1. trembled, ' As though it would break if yon did not have them.' 1 'Oh, no, not quite so hid as th it, father ;' , and she tried to smile ; but I should feel very, ' verv much disappointed." j lAnd you really think tho possession of tlic I enveted object would make vou a great deal I I . A . " happier ?' Oh, yes, a thousand' s-lie paused, fancying slso felt the fingers on her lips. ' But why would they make you so much happier, Ellen? ComeJ tell me that, and may hap, if my purfo is long enough, you can show as splendid a g'.ltas Julia.' ' Why why you see you know, father,' began the daughter; and then she slopped. ' I hardly know vvfiy,' said she, at length, ' but I feel that they would,' ' Well, if you cannot tell mo why you would be happier with thoiii, perhaps you can tell me why you would he sad without them. Would you nave thought of such a prosont, if Julia had not received one t' Shu did not answer. ' Come, now, be frank. Would not the great- er part of your sorrow arise from the fear that i -lb2 81-1 i!(3. In the first three months of 1818, Julia would eclipse you ? And would not thej it amounted to 83,937 lu'O 30, nnd in the first pleasuro arise mure "from a feeling of gratified , three months, of 1819, it amounted to ij 1,297, vauily than any tiling else ?' 737 2(1 ; showing that the increase in the Still she made no reply ; she did nut even amount of laud disposed of keeps pace with the look into his lace, bhu thought thero must bo a frown upon his brow ; for she knew that few things were more despicable in his eyes, than the desire of making a show, or having certain things merely because others did. 'Am I not right, diughler?' said ho very gently. ' You would not Iiko to have folk wonder why Ellen Lee's father did not make her as co-tly a present as Mr. Grey did his. Yon would "not like to show your young beaux, on New Year's day, a less expensive present than hers.' ' Do not go on, father, prav do't ; I see I am very foolish almost wicked; but I am so young. 'Young I thought you were old jnsi now, Ellen. Rut we have moralized long enough here ; I'll warrant the tea is stone cold. A word in your car, for I see mother is watching us very closely, to see how our talk terminates ; not I suspect without some selfish thought.' I le bent forward his head, and whiuered something to her; when ho again continued, audibly, 'and now, d uightcr, for a kiss and our tea,' ' A dozen, a dnzn kisses, lather!' cried (he young creature in a tone nf estacy, half smold ering him With passionate embraces ; forgetting all the significant reprools she had just receiv ed, in the excitement bugotten by the hope of soon gratified wishes.' ' Oil, I am so happy now, so very happy ;' and she sank upon a sofa, buried her head in its cushions, and dreamed away tho evening hours in golden fabrics, seeming even her father said so to be imbued with the very spirit of happiness. The Illusion lasted till she had sought her chr.mber, and laid her head upon her pillow, Rut as her heart prepared to commune with holy things, she realized that it was excitement, not h ippiuess, which thrilled her. She could i nut conceal from herelf the truth llint she had desired the watch nnd chain, not half so much as a gilt to ba treasured in alter years as com ing from a father's hand, as to gratify a feeling of vanity; and she lelt the surmise was too true, that the pain of disappointment would arise chielly from the mortification of being outdone by a companion. She began to wonder, too, what her lather would have given her for a present il she h.id not to ised him fortius one, acknowledging it would have been much better to have received a free-will offering, than what she feared he would no give against his judg ment. He was always generous to his family; nover gave tlietn a mean pre.-cnt ; and he had even said to her that he had appropriated over a hundred dollars for their New Year gifts. Rut now. why, how much these holidays will co-t him,' she said and began to calculate: but cea-ed when she had added the price oT the watch and pitcher--, and mused again, 1 But then, he's ricli enough,' murmured she after a while, and, stilling her conscience, closed her eyes am) tried to slumber. Rut the winds or her rither, ' iceis thinking nf the pocr,' would recur to her mind. She knew him to bo very charitable; and she knew, also, that if ho were rich, his position brought with it many and heavy espen-es. Resides, there was a limit to his wealth, tor he was very f.ir rrom being a millionaire' Perhaps if he made his family such expensive New Year gilts, many pcor families would suffer, who otherwise would have received aid from his purse. She had a kind, noble heart, and though van ity might reign in it for a time, with calm tho't its crown would ever tremble. It was long ere she slept that night ; and when at length she did, gold watches, and ragged children, brilliant chains and pale-faced men and women, were blended in strange confusion. (T hi Continued.) The (Jreat Disaster in New Yorlf. On Monday Morning, the 4th inst., as the readers nf our daily paper have already learned, an explusion of a steam boiler occurred in Hague Street, New York, causing a dreadful destruction of life. Tho N. Y. Courier and Enquirer o( Tuesday morning says: The most fatal disaster which has ever occur red in this city, happened yesterday morning, at the Machine shop nf Messrs, Alvaii B. Tay- i.oii it (,o., No. 3, Hague street, between Pearl and Cliff street. Tho building was a substan tial brick structure, live stories in height. The tir-t and second stories were occupied hy the machine and press making establioiiment ol A. R. Tayi.oii Si Co., and the olhor stories bv i Messrs, Bi'iin & Co., hat body manufacturers. In the basement of tlic building was a steam Ii uler, belonging to Messrs. Tati.oii, and ii;ed for driving the machinery employed in their business, 'Phis boiler exploded at 15 minutes before eight, yesterday morning, with a loud re port, which was heard at a diance of a third of a mile. The report was followed in a few seconds by a rumbling sound, caused by the I ill ol the building. So tremendous was Hie force of the explosion that the building was raissd entirely from its foundations, and fell up on the spot were it had stood very little nf the rubbish tailing into tho strce'. The adjoining building or .Messrs. W. IIifLL it Sox iib-tan-tial and with walls of immense thickness was severely shaken by the explosion, and the walls have bulged out perceptibly. The alarm of fire was at once given, for the mass of ruins had instantly ignited and the firemen resorted to the spot with their usual alacrity. And now a scene was presented which can not l.e im iginrd by thooc who did not witness il. Ilur.i'd beneath these burning ruins were scores of men, many of inem still living. Thoflunes were rapidly extending, while tie application of water in sufficient quantities to check them, was prevented by the consideration, that the water might provo fatal to those who might es cape the ravages of the lire. The temprature of the atiuoipliero was exceedingly low, the day being one of the coldest of tho season with the thermometer at 18, and added greatly to the agony or the sufferers. Indeed, it will bo seen by the inquest, that in ll,o opinion of the physicians, the cold had proved fatal to one of the unfortunate men. Thero was a veiy largo body of workmen employed in this building, tho greater portion of them (probably over a hundred) had ontercd the fatal walls previous to tho explosion. The number of killed is variously estimated at from GO to 100 1 Tho Express of Tuesday says : The ruins in the courso of to-day surely must bo sufficiently cleared away to bring to light the remains of those who, there is too much rea son to believe, are buried there in greater num bers than wo dare at this writing to estimate. The I'l'iimc Lands. From the report nf the Commissioner of the General Lmd Office it appears (hit during tno pist year, upward of six millions of acres ol land wero adverlised for sale, and more than six ami a half millions are prepared for niaiket.a great part of which will be proclaimed during the ensuing year. The report shows that the quantity of land disposed nt in 1S17, by warrants equivalent to cash, amounts to S:t,flUl!,25 1 03, and in 1818, to 5, increased population, . J , I armer iV .wc- rAnir. SPEECH OP Mil. PHMM'S, OP VERMONT, ON TIIU SUBJECT OF SLAVERY, &C. In the U. S. Senate, Januap.y 23. 1850. The Senate having resumed the consideration of the motion tn print tho resolutions or the Cioncm! Assembly of the State or Vermont on the Subject oT Slavery, which wero some time since presented by Mr. Ui'llAM Mr. Phelps. Aflur the few remark, which I made the other day, I entertained the hope that I should not find myself under llie necessity at present of participating any further in the debate on tins question. Rut, sir. after what has fal- len from the o'hor side or this chamber, I feel! it due to myself, and due to the Slate which I, in part represent, to offer soinu further remarks in vindication of my course and their course. Mr, I have been called upon to ' t ice the music." I have nn disposition, Mr. President, to avoid the " facing " of any " music ;" but I must be alloweJ lo say, ir, that I think we have some very bad " miwi'c ' on tlii- floor. I have been culled upon, sir, to meet the issue. I make no issue hen; which lam not piepared ti meet, and I trust my coii'tituents will miko no i-sue here which I am not prepared to meet. Nay, sir, I am prepared to meet the approiching is sue, pregnant as it is witli cunsequences to this country. Sir, it has been said by gentlemen on the ether side of this chamber that this great issue was forced upon them. It has not, however, been forced upon them by the officiousness or any portion oT this country ; it is an issue which has rorced itseir upon us, an issue which has come hero uninvited and unwelcome. It pie sents itseRas one nftliat train of consequences which many of ns foresaw and resisted. It comes hero as the consequence the necessary consequence of a train of measures which I for one have resisted from the outset. It is one uf the fruits of that spirit of aggrandizement, and conquest, and military acquisition, which .-cems to have infected and infatuated every republican Government. Sir, it is one of the fruits or our Mexican war the rruits of that policy which originated in the disposition to ex tend the area of our power, but which carries in its train the element which may in the end dissolve this republic. Sir, I am not surprised at this issue. It is what I have long anticipa ted ; it is an i-sue which we cannot avoid ; and here, sir, lies its difficulty and its il mger it is i quejtion to be settled ; but h w settled no man on this lloor now can anticipate. Sir, in approaching this question, I am not forgetful ol the pledge which I gave the Senate on a former occasion, that I -limiM appro icli it coolly, deliberately, and wilh feelings of concil iation ; that I should approach it with an ardent attachment to the coi.s.ilution and to the Union. Sir, I shall not be diverted from this determina tion, whatever may be the tenor or the tempei of the debite. It is true that there are many considerations, some of them of great magnitude, pressing upon mo not to depart in the least from what I consider a cool, and dispassionate, and rational consideration nf this question. Sir, we are all attached to the Union ; wc al" value the harmony and stability of that Union ; and no topic which tends to endanger eithei, should, in my judgment, be discussed here in anger. .Sir, these profession' miy b? doubted. My professions tlio other day seemed not to have carried with them the most implicit cnntidunci on the part of some gentlemen. Sir, if proof were wanting of the sincerity of my profess ions on this subject, it is to he found in the his lory of my public life. There are passages. Mr. President, in that life here vvh'ch Senators ought not to have forgotten. It is but a revv mouths since, in the situation where I now stand, I advocated the measure alluded to by the honorable Senator from South Carolina. I al Wide to the territorial bill reported by the se lect committee, commonly called the Clayton compromise. Tho honorab'o Senator fiom South Carolina the other day pronounced tin1 bill satisfactory to the South. Ills expression was, that it was " framed to save the honor ol the South.' 1 sustained that bill ; and under what circumstances? Sir, I knew from the outset the position I was about to take in con senting to be a member of that committee I knew that il was no enviable but a perilous po sition. I knew well the difficulty of recon ciling the excited feelings of different sections of this country : I was not ignorant ol the dan ger of any concession with a view to comprom ise. I knew, sir, the temper of tho people ol ihtierent sections of this Union, and tint every concession on either side, however sin ill. woul. be viewed with extreme jealousy. Sir, I might have avoided this position ; I migl t have gone further, and when the bill was reported I miglii have consulted my own popularity hv going with my friend- of the North, and in following the ciowd in denouncing the creature of our own creation. Sir, it was not iiuinticipated that, in consequence of my course upon that bill, my name should be a-sociated wilh ternif ol reproach ; that opprobrium, personality, and. sir, I ui ly add, personal insult should be cast upon me. R it, sir, I trust th.it I was iuflnenc eil by higher anil better motives tit 1 1 1 the mere love of popularity. I hail a duty tn perform here; I desired toseo this troublesome and dan gerous question settled; and, in tho di-charge of that duty, I came boldly to the vindication ol tint-lull, while it was denounced by the almost unanimous voice ol the N rth, ami I may add by the almost unanimous voice of my own con stituency. 1 stood alone of all the people ol the North ; I followed the dictates of my own judg ment ; and I can say in all sincerity that judg ment is now what it was then, Sir, I regret that the bill did not pass, and I believe the country will yet regret it. 1 was willing, if necessary, to make myself a sacri fice in older to attain the great object of harmo nizing this Union and of putting au end (oiever lo the question which now agitates and ilaruis us, II that object could have been attained by the sacrifice of my public pretensions, I would 1 have considered the object very'cheap'y pur-1 chased. Sir, vv hen gentlemen rrom other sec-1 lions of this Union, when gentlemen from the South, will place themselves in the gap between i tho excited feelings of their condiments and I the harmony of this Union when they, disie-, guiding the excitement of the moment, will i breast themselves to the storm or popular pre-j judice, hazirding their popularity and tin ir good i name with an excited constituency, I pmniscl those gentlemen I will never do them tlmnjus-1 tico to doubt tho sincerity or their professions, j I will pursue (his subject no further. My ob ject is to satisfy tho Senate, that in wiiat I liavc said in relation to the cultivation of a haimom.l ous spirit, whatever professions I have inula of a il'ispo-itum to harmonizo the different sections of this Union, and settle I'oiover thU trouble some question, my sincerity is proved bv the course I have heretofore taken in my action on Ibis floor, I Sir, one object I have in addressing tho Sen ate on (he present occasion, is lo vilalicite the resolutions presenteJ here from the State vvhieh I in part represent. 'Pho-e resolutiona have been the object of no very conciliatory comment. Almost every epithet in the whole category of opprobiuin has been bestowed on them. Sir, I believe I can vindicate these resolutions, beforo the Senate and bcrore the world, Tliey have been, sir, misconceived lieto, and piost grot-sly misrepresented elsewhere. They have been pronouncod on this Hour offensive, violent op prohloiis, vituperative, unjust, Insulting, (rea sonable, and untrue. Sir, if thero is any thing left in the category nf opprobiuin not bestowed upon them, It may well be regarded as surplus age. Lot me revert to Ilia resolution-) themselves. I have said that thev have been tni-nonslriied. Sir, if they have not been mot egregiottsly mi cni strilcd, I have not the capicity to jml.rr. I , .1 I..I. They are drawn not, neilrip-, in skilfully as iney ougtii to be, i no language is perhaps niit precisely what others would have employed In express the same sentiments. 1 will read them 'Phe liist resolution asserts " Tint alnl..-l In n r-rimi. nirninut Inn.,.,,;,,, nn.1 sore evil in tiie boly politic, that wi.s exeii-ed hy the Trainers ol the Federal Constitution uia crime eut.nl - ed upon the country by their preilrce?ors, and tole raieu as a Hung ol inexoiatile. necessity." Tho other day I tool; the liberty of remarking that the sentiment here expressed was the gen- ,t-!ll sufilif,,,.,,! V.I ll.n ..!,.; i... ..I ,..!. I I., r.l. itig this rem ilk I really regarded ii as la rl common place. It s-e'ii-, however, tub it been received as offensive, and was so consider ed, probahl v'jbecanso I ho resoliit:nns thun-elve-were considered to convey an offensive impu tation. Sir, when I undo the remark, I r.n'isi dered that these resolutions cast no iiupu'aiiou fill n,, ni.llnn r f ll.lJ l?i..n t ...I...I ,1... resolutions ns merely expressing an ub-tract j opinion, dnectly implicating nobody; and hiv ing this view of their purp'.rt. I felt at lib erty to endorse them, although if I Iml regarded Iho resolution as containing an olfen-ive impu tation on any portion ol the Union I should pn b ibly have avoided thu expression. Rut there resolutions me'ely express an abstract opinion. Wlnt is it .' That slavery is a crime, nr. if jou please, an otumco again-t humanity. Wnom , l ., . . i- . V i i . does this implicate ? Upon whom H censure cast? Upon those, and those onlv, who parti- cipatc it. the oflence ami are response for the crime, if there b3 a crime. If criunna ,ty is mputed to any one ..; part.culai, it ,s by in - lerence only. Wha t sir, have you, an. wha heard, from our ch ldhood, on this subject ? e havo all heard aiul reltthe force r Ihe vin - dicationof tho South on tnis siibiect. Origi- i i siiuject. ungi- nice cf tins .1111- gent emeu of the i.it thin ii t( iii it uuting as it may, the omnium tulion has been vindicated by .)ouin : nrsi. on ine grounu mat uiuv are not responsible hV Us origin ; and, second, on the ground that ilsexistet.ee being u matter of inexorable necessity, they are not respou-ible for that continuance. Sir, this language has , ,1 i ' i i i i 11, nut 1 nave ueu mis language mysell among in? own constituents, in excuse, if you please, P,uis Ihe progress of tin) a-e-Tor nro-ress hi or 111 vindication (it you p ease to u.-e the term) mrality and political ethici! The sentiment uf the people of the bouth lur their participa- t,,s uttered 111 llie very heart of the country lion in thu institution. I repeat, wo all felt the force of the argu-; Jefferson with tiie approbition of hi own couu- tn-nt. Let it beau nfiance if you please; those try, his own people, and of the world when who brought it into the country aie responsible, . repeated by my humble constituency, in less, iho-e who patticipitc in it are responsible for 1 pointed and less vigorous terms, become "fa its continuance when its abolition can be nude iialiciiin! ' consistent with their safety I have ever felt What have we done here? What sort of tho force nl this argument. And wh it say the btand h.is Congress put upon this institution? resolutions? They express the opinion tint 1 Sir, at the very outset of our legislation, tlio the institution is an offence against humanity, subject or the -lave tradu was taken up. As They proceed further to furni.-b the vnidica-' early as 1791, although the importation into ii"n which the South hive ulway urged lor this country cvuld tut then Lj prohibited unjjr thetnselve0, tlio fid that the institution was en-! the aonstiti-tion, laws were pased against car entailed upon them by those who had gone be-! rving on the foreign slave trade, with the se lore them, and tint its continuance with Ihem verest penalties attached to their violation. As rests upon inexorable neces-ity. Now, sir, early as May, 1800, another act was passed in having this view of the resolutions, finding tiny ' volving the forfeiture ol' all ves-els built and presented at the satno moment 111 which tliey equipp. d for the purpose, and all persons em uranded the institution as a crime, the excuse , ployed 111 the business on b.urd those ships wero .11 i-Aciiipauoii 01 me onuiii, i coniu not regaru ; the sentiment as an imputation up 11 them. It was with this view that I hazirde.l tiie remark vliich I then con-ideied and now consider rath er as a common place one, without (he slightest idea it could give offence to any one. Rut, sir, does the a-sortion need proof ? Does the opinion that the institution is inconsistent with the dictates of humanity need proof ? Sir, what has been the op nioti, an I what is now the opinion of the civilized wjrl.l ? What has been the language uf the ablest and the aest men of the South ? What language have tliey held, and what In the civilized world at large saiil and dune on this subject.' ny.sir. .1' wo look abroad wo lind the opinion of the civilized nations of Europe expressed by theii ids. Great Britain has put an end to th in stitution : France ilemuli.hcd it at a single hlow, One of the liist acts of the French lli niblic I rpoal. ot it m it is existing now vva t ie abolition of this institution totally, univer sally, ab-olutely, without reservation and with out qualification, tlnoiigliout h r .1 minion. Sir .ow, did wo feel, and now did tins Senate aei 111 regaid to that matter .' Hive gentlemen for gotten the resolutions uf congratulation, and sympathy, and approbation which were tran--inilled from this body lo France immediately after her lale levolution .' And have gentle men forgotten the remark which 1 thought pro per to make on that occasion, when we were expies-ing our gratification that, among the first acts uf the new Govi riunent with whom wo weie sympathizing, and 10 whom we were extending our congratulations, was the absolute and unqualified execution uf a incisure about winch my huirtble constituents were not even permitted to talk Yes, sir, the axe was put 10 the root of the in-litution. It was done bold y, pronpilv, decisively; and yet, at the mo ment when we were thus t xprcss.ng our sj in pitlue and extending our cungratuiali ui, the subject when pie.-eutei! here lium a constitu ency represented un tins tljor, was laid upo the table upon the question of reception, Now, sir, 1 find 110 fault with that di-posilion ol the ' pn.so ? They propo-e not to open new markets subject, so long as il is brought hero by Ihe nl- in territories where Ihe institution docs not now licioiis lan.iticisui of people who had belter lat exist, lor tin future encouragement of a trafic it alone. Si long as it is the mere topic of which tue almost entire civ ilized world has com- deuingogueiMii ami popular excitement, I care bincd to suppress. not, il it is presented here in that spirit, if it isj Sir, are not the cacs parrallel ? If we are put under your table. R il the subject piesents justified 111 putting an end to this trafic ; if vva itself now 111 a different spirit it comes to us, are justified in endeavor. ng to clo-e the market as I have already remarked, uninvited and un- in other couiilrie-, how can we be justified in welcome. It is "in intruder upon u.s ; hut even opening Ihe.-e im oen-e territories, that have though It is au intruder, it must be received for been cnnq'ieie.l by uur valor, as a new market we cannot get rid of it. 'Phe isue is made in lor tiie introduction of this species ol proper lespect to these lerntoriss in relerence lo this ty ? institution, and it canuut be evaded. Jt must Mr. President, tiie second resolution his, if be me, and it iiui.-t bo decided, for it is inipassi- possible, been more misconceived than Ihe first, ble to avoid it. Under these circum-tances it It has leen asserted here, and it has been assei is tiie right of every State and of any State in tul elsewheie, tint the second resolution claims this Union to express its sentiments upon this a right in Congre to interfere with the instil engrossing subject. It is tlio right and duly, tutions uf the van. -n States. Sir, the resolution in this aspect ol the question, Air every Statu to c.l;nii)s no such right. It will bear no such con express not only its o,'ininn as to the piopriely structiun. It is hut a sub-t uition of one ex i.r extending this institution to our lenitories, pro-timi for another, by which such a construe but its opinion ol the iii-litution ilself. lion can he fhed upon. What is the language R it il I was not right in the remark I dropped of the resolution ? the other day with reference to the view, and .. T,,i the so called ' compromises or the Conslitu opinions or the civiliz.'d world with the e.- t,ou' ifir.im.d the p.-dei.u Government Horn inter ception perhaps of a small poitiun ol' it in tereuee vnih slavery only 111 the riiutesin which It then which tho institution eMsts.-if I am in error, i visied, and Irom uiteilereniv with the shive trada let gentlemen point to me some spot in the'ci- ''"'.V '"tu lll,mi;J which lias long smce expir vihzid world where tl;o institution does not now exist mid where that civilued people de-1 .Now, it is to bo reni.u ked that tho word res- innid its introduction. Sir, who de-nes it? trained n used in the past tense ; it is used in When and where, 111 what poitiun ol the globj reference to the ilfecl and operation of theCin- do yon find au earnest wish expies.ed for its ttilution at the lime it wa ndnnted. Well, sir, intindiictiun where it has not herelotoro ex- is not tho assertion true ? If tlio comprouiisos isted ? What now is the sentiment ol' the pen- of the constitution, which restticted Congress plu of all these Territories What was tho in relation to this subject, tcstricted them in ro- sentiment of Oregon, and what is the sentiment Ittion too: her territories than tho Slates where of California ? Sne has presented us hero a con. ' it then existed, I desire to bo informed where btitulion, In which the people have attempted to that territory is ; lor at this time we had but prohibit the institution. Rut. ir, I need not go abroad for material tn vindicate my expres--ion; I may apie.il to tho expressed opinions or the ablest and the best men oT the South , the ablest and the best men wbrm this country has ever produced, What wero the opinions of Washington, or Madison, and of Jefferson, ?. Sir, gentlemen seem lo have forgot I cn the expressive language uf these men, when they regard tho expression of similar sentiments iii j these resolutions as olfMisivo to the South. SJil- In, I...., - .1 . . i Sir, let me adveit lo mmo of the opinions of i noma- jt iieisou on mis sutijec.l, and let ma . nt tho same time advert to the course of Vir- ji til.i herself in relitiou lo the ilitindnc;ion of j 'his institution. Mr. Jefiar.-o-i tolls us : ' "lldrill the reial f jOVprllllient u-. t.irt nl .!. obfiined a law which impos-d sii'jh a duty on the im, 1 puliation ol slaves as anicniuted neany to a prolubi- Hon, when one mi on-idcate. Assembly, placed under a peculi irity ut iarcanitanies, repealed the lay. This lepenl met!! j.lti smctioii Irotn lb- then Sovereign; and no devices, no expedients which could ever otter be niteiupp-il by subsequent Assemblies. and they seldom im t without iiltemptiim them could succeed liiilmrn ,1 vj-ik-i iiiiicui, um .vs-euiuiy p-iss-ii a law tor the per pMual prohibiti iii ui die nup irtanoii ol slaves, This will in soiii" weisute slop ihe incieuse ol this great political mid moral i vd, while the mind of our citi zens nmy he lip-ne 1 tor a eoinpWi; emnneipntiou of human u ilure. Nutesou Virginia, pp. 161, 1G2. the seii'.iinotit.s lure expressed are tlia " ""n " u,l.v 1,1 "l0 iroe mines, ami 11 an apology be nece--ary on their part for their ex-pre-sti ti oere, it is to be found in the fact that the laugUHge is that of a distinguished states inin iiiui patriot ot the bouth. .Mr. Jefferson says farther : ' And can the liberties of a nation be thought se cure when we b ive iemuve.1 their only tinn IiTisis, a conviu ion ui the unnds ol the p-opl" that these liber- , ,l "?' .'!? ??' b? m.ii iii iii i tuii'-t-u i iicimnt; lor my i country when I rellect lb t God isjust; tint hujus. tice canuut sleep forever." dame, p. 3JU. j W,v tre.n .le I II slavery be no sin and no . ,rira.,e , l0 ,fcib0,irjri otut God , , j,t . ?UMlt u , , WM , u 7. ()f t . j , ,ul(1,m in. ., was the Ungnageof a n. in moro '.,,,;, ,,,, .,j ., v;,. ,!,, ,.,? i, ' . J T ... . u"l ()l,ur min wi, UVer ,ut nimip,. 0f ,Ul, (j,,;,,,,. lUl lhij language, than considered , ia,l;,uuge f the puilo-oplnr, the patriot, ... 1 1 . . . 1 ....... 1 . ' . ,,i n,,, ,., , i, , . ,,, .' clll riMipUnie. from the soil of Virginia to the free soil ot the North, these sentiments, wlic!l atone time did honor to the he;.d anu' the of lho ,mnitr ,MVe mnv lU.,,eU(?mtt.j ito Jtttiatici'iiri. 'Puis probably is an illustration nf vAut tll0 tfen-itor from Michigan (Mr. Cassl lit sentiments ry heart of the couutrv where this ins.it uttuu exists uttered bv .Mr. mane nauie 10 a penalty ot ;g.uui), and itnpri onment for two years. In March, 1807, an act was pa-sed prohibiting the introduction uf slaves into the country alter the first of" January, 1808, 'Phe law also provided that all vessels built and equipped for that purpose should be forfeited, anJ the penalty of the persons engaged in fit ting out such ves-els was fixed at a fin-; of 00 000. 'die penalty for the im,i .rta'ion of the .-laves into the country was imprisonment for not more than ten nor le-s than live years, and a tine of not more than $10,000 nor less ihan $l,0.)0. Tneact of HIS ,vas a similar one. In May, 1 3 Jll, the trailic was pronounced .maey, and puui-ueii vv ith iieatli. Now.sir, is mis tr.uli'!, which yno ileimmni ite piracy and lunish vvi'h death, tnbj denominated a crimo or not ? 'Pue t-x,ress,i in ilu., lesolution as, siime- that it is a crime. If it is no crime, whv pronounce it piracy and punish it with death? Sir, 1 am aware tint tlie-o penaltios are duected agaimt the slave trade, and that it is the u;iialation of slaves which his been made the object of thu e siringcnt and severe prohibitions ; but is not the institution itself a perpetiiition of Ihe offence agiinst iiiim iinty ? It originated at tiieou'et in vv hat you deem pi racy, and, however lung ,t m iv Lontiiiite, it par takes still of the ch trader of its origin. It is of the blood of its own lineage. Sir, the pre-ent generation may not be res ponsible fur its origin it may be au evil which .hey canii it remedy. Rut, sir, do these consid erations render the institution less oppressive, or 111. no consistent with the dictates ol liuiiiin ity .' This i not all, Mr. President. In our treaty with Great Bulain, citified ill 1S12, we .stiptf lated to employ a force 011 the eoa-t of Africa for the suppression uf nm slave trade, and fur ther, th" pirlies t- that tieaty eugiged to exert their influence with nations still permitting thp tiafic, to put an end to it, by clo-ing their mar kets. It vva. thought to be the bJ.t mode of discouraging this di-giisting trafic to cio-e the markets. What du mv constituency now pro-