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T , rrr. f kt Ha Meal; ' 1 "OUK COUNTRY AND OUR COtrRTKY's WEAL." BY I. ADAMS. BOWLlXG-ftREE.Y, PIKE COUNTY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, ITIAY SO, 1813. Vol. II. No. 20. .. . - , i ' ' TERMS OF PUBLICATION. Tbi Radical i issued every Saturday morn ing, at $3,50, if paid within six months, snd if payment be longer delayed, Three Dollars will be exacted. XJTTo a club of Three or more subscribers, (i paid in advance,) Two Dollars. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editors. Postmasters are authorized by law to for. ward money to newspaper publishers, free of charge. All letters to the Editors, by mail, must be rosr mid. Rates of Advertising. One square, of 15 lines or less, for the firs insertion $1; for each subsequent insertion fif tv cents. A reasonable deduction made to those who advertise by the year. 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K. UITCHKLL. I've waited long, but not in vain, Though youth and health are gone. And days of sorrow, nights of pain. Have found me sUll alone. I've waited long for thee, and now Thou contest back to me, Willi sorrow on thy furrow'd brow A n-reck from fortune's sea t But welcome still, thou broken one, Tho' nothing's left of thee, But that fair name and thilling tone, So dear of yore to me. Tho' gone the flush of love's young day, Ilia calmer light will come, To bhed a purer, softer ray, Ou torrou's stainless home. Thou cnuldst not know, in brighter days. How much my heart was thine; II is when suns have ceas'd to blaze, That purer planets shine; 1 hen let the world frown on, since thou Art true to love and me. And I will (an thy fevcr'd blow And be a world to thee. From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Occupation of Oregon. Thelaleact of Congress, direct ing the immediate occupation of this territory, al though it appears to be re imrded with nerfect apathy by the nress. is certain to bring us - - - i ' into di - rect collision with Great Biitain, il r.ariied into effect. Il is true that al - most every previous act of Congress, with respect to Oregon has proved a mere brutum fulmen, a dead thunder bolt; for no serious attempts have ever been made under them to main tain by power, our rights in that re gion; but t'.ie moment any decided at tempt is made on the part of the U. States to assert her rights of sover eignty over the soil of Astoria and the Oregon Territory, by actual oc cupation, that moment there will be a figiil; and if it becomes necessary to send to Oregon a force equal to the whole standing army of the United States in order to maintain our rights, il trill be done. The British writer, whom w e quot ed in a late article, respecting this sub ject, developes ihe cogent reasons of his government for retaining that country and its commerce, an tor graspin" at every important trading post on"the Pacific. We will quote the passage: "After the signature of the treaty of Ghent, in 1814, the British relin quished the possession of Astoria, and the Americans resumed it; but there is no proviso in that treaty as to which party possesses the right to the post or territory ; and so this point re mained as undecided as ever. In 1815, the American Congress passed a law prohibiting all trafic of British traders within the territories; but as these territories were undefined, and the British companies were in pos session of the Columbia and its tribu taries, and determined to assert their rights by force of arms, the law of Congress has remained a dead letter on toe west coast of North America. Subsequent conventions between the two governments, have left the ques tion completely open, merely provi ding that the territory to the west ward ot the Rocky Mountains, togeth er with ihe Pacific co tst, shall be open to the traders of both countries. The conniry, both in commercial and territorial point ol view, is, however, so valuable, that it is to be hoped that of autumn and the frosts of winter, our government will not le guilty of 'she will be sure to repair thither a the very culpable infatuation of al-, gain in the spring, to observe in open lowing the threats of the Americans, ing blossoms and renewed promise of that they will expel us from so no- a resurrection and another life, w here ble an acquisition, of- which, having she w ill hope that parting and sorrow actually til-.? possession, and unques- and tears will never come. When tionably (as has been shown by us.) i she herself shall feel the langour of the right, we are consequently mas. disease, and perceive the near ap ters de f n do as well as de jure. Liy j proaoh of death, the bed of flowers making this coast the principal outlet, ol the lurs obtained to so great an a mount, throughout our vast North American territory ,'and adding to this stock wl at may be obtained by trafic with the natives along the coast, we might annually collect to the value of above HALF A MILLION STERLING, of an article singularly well-suited for the trade of China, and thus realize a very considerable profit, as well as streng then our ciimiiioiri.il relations with that empire. At present a large pro portion ol the advantages of our trade in furs, is relinquished to the Russians, who, importing them from us in Eu rope, send them into China by the way of Xiuhhta. There is reason to dread that the litigation will be terminated i.y the ultima ratio return. the bayonet and cannon, lot the co gent application of which, our recent acquii:ion at 1 long Kong will, we . trust, allotd effectual means. If to jthis were added the acquisition of a j commanding position, in the Sand wich Isles, we need little lear opposi- ! lion or rivalry in the Xorth Pacifn ! Any demonstration in maintenance I iA .tt f rti rlt 1 a ti.-itii!il lift 1,-nlt cnrilkurt. cd bv some members of the present llOpilia ilOIl, IH IUlii Willi III IIIC I tlK-K which constituted ihe servants of the Hudson liay aud Aorlh West Comp.;- nits. Such are the views of British poli tiii ins, and they certainly afford am ple ground for tl.e o iaion we have expressed, that the late act of Con gress will occasion collision in that quarter, w hen carried into effect ; and as the struggle will be for a trade which, l v their estimate, will amount to two millions aud a half of dollars x-r annoio, it is not to be supposed that either party would yield without a tremendous ;;nd protracted contest. if an open aggression should once niimiii'ii e. The politicians of Great Britain w ill find out ere long, that the people of the United Mate have an eve to the teriitorvon the Pacific, with an coird interest to anvthing felt in Kng- land, and ihere is but one opinion in regard to its defence, from one end ol the country to the other. That de cision is, to have all difficulties, in re- Hation to the whole territory, peacea- j bly adjusted if they can be, but lorci- j ,v it thev must Rural Cemeteries. In the columns of the Courier, we have frequently spoken in terms ol the warmest prise of well directed ef forts to established for every consid erable town in our country a "home for the dead," where the choicest flowers grow and the birds love to sing their sweetest harmonies, in Chelsea, Mas., wc are much gratified to observe that a heautilul rpot has been consecrated, near the foot of Mount Bcllingham. Simon Butter field, president David Gould, secre tary. Such rural chmeteries are alone calculated to fill up the prevalent de sire of those who in life are dear to each other, that they may, afterdealli, repose in per.ee together, where their common friends who survive them mav often find a pleasant place to re sort for the purpose of cherishing the memory of the departed, and w here deep arid holy meditation may be best enjoyed. This Cemetary may nev er contain nny splendid and expen sive mausoleums or cenotaphs of the kings and lords of the world; but the more humble and appropriate monu ments of citizens who claim no pre eminence above their fellow men. may adorn the silent and peaceful city of the dead, making it more a greeableto the living. Husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, parents and children, will be called from time to time in such succession as God in his providencemay direct, to cccupy their respective places. To many surviving friends the place of their re pose will be a hallowed spot. When a mother resigns her infant offspring from her arms to lay it down among the flowers which her own hands may have cultivated, and which may afterwards be watered with her tears, she will find a pensive pleasure in the cheerful aspect of its final place of rest; and though the beauty of the flowers mav be marred bv the winds in which her inlant sleeps will con tinue to nourish. Ihe forget-me-nots will not wither, and perhaps the roses will continue to shed their fragrance on the grave of her little one, till she shall be prepared to lie down with her offspring, to be herself a new source of attraction fir surviving relatives and friends, to draw them to the twice-hallowed resting place of the loved and lost. And when the father of the family shall be laid to rest with the wife of his bosom, the sur viving children will (hmStless cherish the memorials of their departed pa rents. Such as may reside in the city will not allow the summer to pass without a visit to the narrow house of those to whom they owe their ex istence, overshadowed as it may he by flowering shrubs and trees, which the hands ol their parents may have p! mted. Arid when the withering flowers of the summer, or the faded leaves o autumn, strewed upon the tomb, shall most impressively teach the lesson that everv life deriving its nourishment from the earth must cease, thev may be warned to pre pare for their own dissolution. If it I is lietter to go the house ol mourn-1 j '"'"I I" j-" -- 'l'. VI H. U. .III,.. I surely it is better to visit the cemcte- ry of the dead then to go to the halls ol riot and dissipation; for this is in deed "the end of all nu n, and the living will lay it to heart." And will not friendship as well as domestic af fection seek the cemetery for the purpose of lecalling nunc vividly to mind "the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul?-' True, indeed, the spirit which once animated the mouldering dust of a tetrint of tl.e grave may not bi there; that cannot be confined, nor can we trace its flights; but where the last earthly remains of a friend are deposited, and where a livin friend may expect his own decaying Irame to lie. the endearments ol for mer years will awaken deeper emo tions that can be felt in any other place. Though mirth and levelry trail never find aliment in the cemete ry, vet il judgment and taste are employed in the selection of the dec orations and monuments which may be introduced, theie may bo nothing gloomy or forbidding in its aspect, On the contrary, there may be much that is ngreealle and cheerful; much, even with moderate expense, that shall be elegant and tasteful; and much which shall have a tendency to increase the health of visiters, both of body and mind, as well as to improve the moral and religious feelings of the community among whom ilis situated, and those of persons from a greater distance who may visit it. Christianity. When I consider the source from whence Christianity has sprung, the humility of its origin the mighty sway it has acquired, not only over the civilized world, out w hich christian missions arc hourly extending over lawless, mindless, and imbruied regions I own the awful presence of the Godhead nothing less than a Divinity could have done it! The powers, the prejudices, the superstitions of the earth were all in arms against it; it had no sword nor sceptre its Founder was poor its apostles were lowly fishermen its inspired writers, lowly and uneduca ted its cradle was a manger its home a dungeon its earthly diadem a crown of thorns! And yet forth it went that lowly, humble, persecut ed spirit; and the idols of the heathen fell; and the thrones of the mighty trembled; and Paganism saw her peasants and her princes kneel dnow, and worship the unarmed conqueror! If this be not the work of divinity, then I yield to the reptile ambition of the Atheist;! see no God I see no government below; and I yield my consciousness of an immortal soul to us boasted traternity with the wornnhatpcriShes!-C.,it7s,LV.suit,the clerk threw down a piece ( From the Globe. John C. Calhoun. The life of this eminent statesman has recently been published in pamphlet 5irm by Mess rs. Harper. We copy from it a brief sketch of his personal appearance and character: "In his person. Mr. Calhoun is slen der and tall: His countenance, at rest, is stiikingly marked with decis ion and firmness. In conversation, it is highly anirun ted. expressive, and in dicative of pertius. His eyes are large, dork, brilliant, and penetrating; and leave no doubt, at first view, of a high order of intellect. His man ners are easy, natural, and unassum ing, and as frank as they are cordial and kind. In all his domestic rela tions, his life without a blemish. He has none of the cautions reserve and mystery of common politicians, for he has nothing to conceal or disguise. He is accessible to all, agreeable, ani mated, instructive, and eloquent in chnversation, and communicates his opinions with the utmost freedom. Some politicians seel; popularity by carefully avoiding responsibility. Whatever popularity Mr. Calhoun possesses, has on the contrary, been acquired by bold and fearless assump tion of responsibility on all critical and trying occasions. His judgment is so clear and discriminating, that he seems to possess a sort of prophetic vision of future events; and on occa sion when most men doubt and hesi tate, he decides with confidence, fol lows up his dcision with undoubting firmness, and he has never failed, in the end, to be justified by time, the arbiter of all things. 'Few men have been called upon to pass through the scenes of higher political excitement, and to encoun ter more vigorous arid unrelenting opposition than Mr. Calhoun; vet, a- mid .'ill the prejudicie s which party leeling engenders, anl an the jealousy line j.o!i I j'VitUl. t I u -j UUW U4I Mli. Ul-lllti-J't ty of political opponents, no one has ventured to hazard his own reputation for judgment or sincerity so far as to doubt one moment his great and com manding talents. "As an orator, Mr. Calhoun stands in the foremost rank of parliamenta ry speakers. U:t first rising in debate, he alwaj s felt the anxiety of diffi dence, arising from a sensihility which is almost always the companion of true genius. His manner of speak ing is energetic, ardent, rapid; and maiked by solemn earnestness which leaves no doubt of his sincerity a. id deep conviction. His style is pure, forcible, logical, and condensed; of ten figurative for illustration never for ornament. His mind is well stor ed with the fruits ol learning, but still better with those of observation and reflection. Hence, depth, orig inality, and force characterize all his speeches. He lays his premises on a foundation too broad, solid, deep, to be shaken, his deductions are clear and irresistible; 'the otrong power of genius' to adopt the language of the eloquent Pinkney, in relerring to Mr. Calhoun's splendid speech on the treaty-making power 'from a higher re gion than that of argument, throws on his subjects all ihe light with which it is the prerogative of genius to invest and illustrate every thing.' And his speeches, full of the most el evated and patriotic sentiments, after conquering the understanding, take the heart entirely captive, and carry along his hearers,oftcu unconsciously, and sometimes against their will, to the point he desires. "Mr. Calhoun had attained so high a reputation as a member of Con gress, that it was thought by many that he was leaving his appropriate field when he accepted the appoint ment of Secretary of War. On the contrary, his new situation only pre sented another theatre lor the exer cise of his great and diversified tal ents. The distinguishing feature of his mind the power of analysis was now to be exercised in the prac tical business of government; and at once, as if by enchantment, order, ef ficiency, and perfect accountability, sprang from the chaos in which he found the department, and demon strated that his energy in execution was equal to his wisdom in organiz ing, and left doubtful whether his leg islativo talents were not surpassed by his practical ability in administra tion. ' Poor Pay. A lady called into a store, in the town of Lynchburg, Va., for the purpose of purchasing some calico. Having looked over the as sortment, and finding none that would and remarked, "Madam," just conceit this will suit, and it will do." She told him to cut her ofT a dress and walking out without paying lor it, he accosted her for the pay, when she replied, '-Sir, just conceit you are paid, and it will do." Decision of Character. It is a noble theme, it is a godlike i schievment, to which wc call the : young men of our country, when we urge them to array themselves on the side of virtue, and to gird on the ! panoply by which everv assault of evil may be warded off. ith more than the Roman devotion of Curtius they must throw themselves into the breach and make the sacrifice, if not of life, yet in many cases of reputa- i tion with their associates, and be i ready for disesteem and ridicule on account of the rebuke their example may give to folly and vice. It is however by such a firmness of prin I ciple, by a rigid adherence to a man jly purpose of acting right without or with approbation of the many, that our country is to be saved. It is bet ter to be singular, if one must be so. while obey ing the mandates-of recti tude and virtue, than to win and wear the pal. ii of applause of thousands, by yielding to their flatteries, and solicitations to wrong. To our Young men let us say be gin early, without a moments e'elay, to form the habit of self-government, and to gain that true courage and practical wisdom which cm bid temptation stand aloof, and fit you to face the boldest assaults, and to tear oil' the disguises of the most cunning ly shaded sophistry. Plant your feet on the rock of truth, and as if crown t it by the love you bear to its ex cellence, suffer not yourself to be moved by any or all the efforts that may be employed to draw you from this impregnable fortress of your strength. Obey G 'd, revere the laws, live to do good to your country and the world, and great indeed w ill be your reward both on earth and in heaven. Sweetness of future. Suerely there is nothing in the world short of ihe most undivided reciprocal attach ment, which has power over the work ings ol the human heart, as the mild sweetness of nature. The most ruffled temper, when emerging from the town, will subside into a calm at the sight of the wild stretch of land scape reposing in the twilight of a fine evening. It is then the spirit of j peace semes upon the neaii, uniei- ters the thoughts, and elevates the soul to the Creator. It is then we behold the universe in his works we see his grandeur in earth, sea and sky ; j we feel his affection in the emotions which they raise, and half-mortal, half ethcrialized, forget where we are, in the anticipation of what the world must he, of w hich this lovely earth is merely a shadow. Mis Por ter. A Xtwsi'A per Patron. Some years' gone by, 'the good of the country, the welfare and wants of the com munity," (as the publisher's prospec tus had it,) required the establishment of a weekly newspaper in a then small town in the interior of this State. The community beinc sensi tively alive to the truth of what the publisher had put forth in his prospec tus, came forward, and some hundreds of subscribers were obtained for the paper. Among the number, the pub lisher noticed with some degree of pride the name of Mr. G W , u personal and political friend, a man of some influence in the town and country, but never celebrated for punctuality in the payment of his debts. Time rolled on, and for three years the little sheet battled manful ly, and successfully too, for the cause in which it was engaged. But in time the publisher, in order to meet his engagements with the pa permakers, and with the persons in his employ, found it necessary to call upon some ol his delinijuent subscri bers for payment. One day, while on a perambulating excursion, com monly known as dunning, the publish er met his friend, Mr. G- -, in a store. He presented to him his bill for subscription for three years, fan cying he had been entremely lenient in allowing it to stand so long. Mr. G took tho bill, looked at it, and then at the publisher, his countenance all the while expressive of the utmost astonishment at what he deemed tho absurdity and injustice of the claim. After looking alternately, for five or ten minutes, at the bill and the pub lisner, he handed it back again, coolly remarking, "Mr. M , why I don't owe you any thing! I never intended to pay you for your paper! lonly took it to patronize tyotf.i"' Moral and Intellectual Cll tubk of American Merchants. The following is extracted from Rev George Putnam's lecture before the Boston Mercantile Library Associa tion, and may be found entire in the Merchant's Magazine for April, 1843: "I cannot tell, and if I knew as much of business matters as the wis est of my hearers, I suppore I could not tell, what is the exact limit which a young man should set to himself In the acceptance of credit and the ex pansion of enterprise. It depends much upon the man; and yet even here is a great source of error, for which one is apt to think himself ra- pable of anything in his line: it de pends, too, upon th merits and cir cumstances of each particular case. But the great danger is of excess. Worldly wisdom - should restrict a man very closely; and mora! wisdom conscience should restrict him still more. Morul wisdon should for bid his going deeper than he can calm ly and moderately go, with the de sire only of regular gains, and with out intense or passionate engross ment in business with the industry, indeed and fair exertion of his fac ulties, but without brooding, excited, enslaving soul absorption in worldly affairs. lie should keep his position such that he can contemplate it with out being bewildered by its vastness, and made anxious or oppressed by the complexity or amount of tho ob ligations il involves; such that the worst times, come when or how they may, will not distract him by difficul ty, or ofler temptations to deceit and fraud, to breaches of confidence and trust. It seems best, that a man, who his a line of business which he un derstands, and will support him how ever humbly, should confine himself to that, and not be drawn away into operations with which he is not fa miliar tempting paths in which ho goes blindfolded, ordazzeled by large and uncertain hopes. There is so much of chance and risk, of exciting; hope and fear in this, it partakes so much of each character of gaming, that it unsettles the mind, and is mor ally unhealthy, invariably and of ne cessity. What proportion, do you suppose, of recent disasters are al triijUted to some such departures from a nian-s regular walks to business as imprudent as they ore demoralizing involving all the evils of an exces sive extension of one's legitimate bus- mess, with tho added evils of a life and death game or chance. Look to your principles. Make not haste to be rich. Observe, and aspire not to overleap the bounds which God and nature set to your ambition. Devote yourselves to limited, regu lar plans of business; be content with regular moderate gains. Indulge moderate expectations as the onlv safe one. Reduce your wants and ideas of competency and comforts, rather than enlarge your plans and aspirations beyond due and sober bounds. Do not seek to be immedi ately or very rich, or you will be dis appointed! Be satisfied to labor pa tiently through youth and. manhood, with the hjpe of competency for the decline of life. This hope may bo somewhat more, or somewhat less than gratified; at any rate, it is all that a young man ought in wisdom and conscience to indulge in, and act upon. Be not idle or thriftless in your pnrsuits, nor bate a jot of heart or hope, but be wisely moderate. You will thus be more likely to pros per in the worldly sense of tha word; and it will be incalculably better for your minds and hearts, your princi ples, dignity and happiness." Temperance Among Sailors. Three ships, the Tamerlane, the John Cumming, and the American, lately arrived at Savannah, Geo-, the crews of which were all staunch tee totallers. Several attempts had been made on shore., at the sailor bjard ing houses, to draw them into Intem perance, but in vain. In on cise five dollars was offered to one of them if he would get drunk, but liri steadfastly refused. Life. Life has often been com pored to a stream, for grief muivnurs; anger roars and impatience frefs. Bui happiness, like a calm river, flows on in quiet suniiglu, without an ediiy. or a fall to mark the rushing on ot time towards eternity. i