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her whatever transpired out of d(mn:‘
indeed she prided hersell on her hus
band’s devotion, and on being able to uuy|
that there was not an hour of bis time
since she had been married she could
not sccount for, that she did not know
how it had been spent ; Charles Linden
was a ‘pattern of a husband ! |
The evening he had been initiated, he.
had managed in this manner : —A friend
of hia who lived in Winthrop Place, was
an Odd Fellow, and to his house Charles
and his wife walked together after dark.
Here it was easy for Charles’ friend to
propose to him a walk and a cull, leav.
ing the ladies alone. Mrs. Linden im
pressed upon Charles’ mind not to be qui
long, and to come back by nine 1o see
her home. This he promised his friend
mving assured him that the initiation
would oecupy less than an hour.
‘I wonder where they can be going ?’
said Mra, Linden, when they were lelt
alone,
‘lt is Lodge night ; they must be going
there,” smid the Odd Fellow’s wile, aftes
L 8 moment’s thaughit,
Lodge nighn P
“Yes, Frank is an Odd Fellow ; the
Lodge meets Tuesdays.’
s imposaible Charles ean be going
there ! He i 3 not an Odd Fellow !
wonder how you would let your husband
Juin
‘I was ongosed to it at first, But he
brought me the eonstitution, whieh |
rend, and bo explained 1o me so clearly
and tally, the principles upon which the
istitution was established, that 1 gave
my eonsent,’
‘1 eonld never give mine for Charles
Do vou know the secret '
‘Why, no !
‘Have you never ashed 'rank for it
‘Yes, playfully.’
‘1 should e wretehed if Charles be
longed to a seeret Ocder. T should feel
I had but hall his heart. It would seem
veiled and covered up fromme ! Fam
rejoiced that he is not one. Hlow can
you erist and not know the secret that is
locked up with such ysterious awe 1
your hosband’s bosom ! It is dreadful !’
The Odd lellow’s wife laughed
heartily, and Emma joined o the laugh
with an air of seriousness, |
‘I do not think it would be right in me
to press Frank to reveal to me what hc‘
has pledged his honor to keep concealed. |
I wonld not wish my husband to perjure]
himself to gratify his wife's curiosity. 1
am satisficd Frank lovea me no less, and|
I have seca with pleasure that, since he!
hua hecome an Odd Fellow, he enters
wurmly into my little benevolent plans
for the poor, which he never troubled
himsell about before ; that K always
now sends money ‘o the destitd® families
I visity and sometimes goes with me him
sl He has taught me to reduce my
chnrities to a system, and how to accom-
plish the most i;nml with the hittle means
1 have.?
*You are so henevolent, Clara—you
are always doing good, somehow, | be
heve you had rather see a room (ull ol
rngged children, than a conservatory
filled with plants | vou seem (o love, and
tuke care of, and visit the poor [amihes
aust as | do my flowers.”?
“Well, the poor are wy plants, FEmma.
I love to water them, and tend them, and
«ee them grow vigocous and healthy un
der good apparel and nounishing food.
I would ruther see the grateful smiles
upon the poor child’s face, than the bud
ding ol the brightest flower on the rarest
plant.’
~ The conversation then changed to the
fashions, nod other gossip. A quarter
past mue the geatlemen returned.
‘Ah, truamt ! said Emma, smiling, as
Charles eatered the room ; ‘where have
yon been 7 Givea true account of your
seil’
‘He has heen with me to mect some
friends,’ said I'rank,
‘Where " asked Charles’ wife, seeing
him eolor,
‘Why, totell youthe whole truth, Mrs.
Linden, Charles has been to the Lodge
with me.’
‘How enn he go there 7 Ile iz aot an
Odd l“t-”uw,'
‘Yes, he is an Odd Fellow.’
‘Charles !” cried Mis. Linden, with
surprise,
“AWhat say, my dear.’
“Is it true, what Frank has just told
me
‘lt s true, Lmma.
been imtiated .’
The voung wile would gladly have
heen very argrv—bhut Frank’s gay man
ner, and his merriment at her surprise,’
drove the cloud away from her brow. |
‘Well, Chatles; if you have really
been soadle as to join this Grder, Lean’t
help it=Clara has been speaking highly
of it ; but yet I have prejudices. Come
now, divalge the secret and clear your
breast and conscience at once, and |
forgive yon’
“The secret is sitexce,” answered
Charles gravely’
‘Don’t tautalize, Charlcs. What is
the secret ?’
The newly initiated placed his fore-fin
geron hislips, aud then removing it said
inpressively .
‘lB silence P
“How movoking " eried his wife, vex
ed and laughing. ‘I declare |am half
i nd to—to get vp some ternble secret
as an oflbet to yours.’ |
‘Don't fear her, Charles,” said his
friend, “She would come and tell it to
Clica here, nod Clara would come and
tell it to e before we weat to sleep, and
then | oeonld ecmnmunicate the ‘terrible
aflarr to you, you know.’ ‘
‘I daie suy | have secrets, Frnuk,'[
which 1 vevertold you ! said his wile,
archly.
‘MHow proviking these men are,’ said
Mis Linden Come Odd Fellow, see
M von ean gt on my shawl! |
The next Tuesdny evening, at the tea/
table, alter a lutle embarrassment and
hesitation, Clatles Linden said to hill
.wn‘v -
‘Eomma, J ohall be absent part of the
evening.’
W have, Clnelea ! |
Ji s Lodge night, T would like to
go & far an Lour or twe’
M Linden looked very grave and
slightly pouted. She did not make any
reply. :
‘Shall | go **
‘As vou please. )i you prefer the
"mciety of your new ‘brothers’ to mine, |1
"have oething 1o say.’
LY not! | stay at home with you
every olther evening.’
'} have uothing to say.'
' *You look displeased. 1 will stuy at
home.?
*No, go. Yon have expressed your
preference. Tam willing you should
follow i,
‘tlow can you be 30 unreasonable,
Emma.’
Mis. Linden got up from the table and
left the room. Charles remained a few
moments thoughtful, and then rose and
departed for the Lodge. Oun lus return,
he fonud Emma had retired. On ascend
ing to her room, he found the door locked
within, A piece of paper was stuck upon
the outside pannel, on which he read,
conlounded,
No Admittance withoul the Countevsign’
At first he stood
ashwent, Then he burst forth into a
loud pealof Jaughter. There was a rich
ness and a bheautitol approprinteness in
the jest that pleased him, though at his
own expense. Ile knocked and said
“Love? ;
| *l'hat i 3 not the pass-word. No ad
mittance,’ said the triumpham voice of
| his wile within |
; After making one or two other equally
" unsuccessful efforts he was foreed to con
less himsell eonquered 5 and with an ex
lelamation about ‘the wit of woman,” he
'slowly vetired from the door of this Lodge,’
from which he was debarred; and spent
that night on a divan in the pailor, with
his eloak for a coverlet,
At breakfast next moraing, Mrs. Lin-
Cden was i finessputs. Charles was also
Chappy that the humor had tuken her thus
hindly, and he cheerfully acknowledged
Chimsell defeated. After they had made
Cthemselves sufficiently merry over the
Catluir, she sand seriously,
I *Buat, Charles, 1 still insist that there
can be no good in an ivstitution that
keeps a Lushand away from his wile til)
"alter ten o’clock,
“Your father was a mason,’ and [ have
heard him say that at the meetings of the
Royal Arch Chapter or some such things,
hie was sometimes kept out till two
o'clock. Did he love his wife less ?’
{ ‘But I can’t bear to have you away.
[ shall always regret your jomning it
| You speak of the advantages. They
(will do for those who are poor, but you
(would never think of applying for the
benefits of the fund.’
|
'} ‘] may have reverges.’
‘ ‘Not while { have mv own fortane se
eured to me. I you shodld lose all vou
lare worth, we should still be rich. Ican
‘see no good object in vour joining.’
- Tamaot sorry | have done so. It may
he of use some day.
- ‘1 am sure L shiall never be reconciled
to i’
|
| The conversation mentioned as having
taken place in Summer Street, ocenrred
(three weeks later than this. A few days
lafterwards they started on a journey to
'the White Mountains with Frank and
'his wife. Thence they extended their
Hjmlrnoy to the beautiful vailey of the
Kennebee. Descending a high hill to
wards the Capitol, the boit in the tongue
‘of the carriage fell out, and the end of
‘the tongue dropping in the ground, the
horses started at a run down the hill.
- With great coolness Chailes who had
\fspnmg to the box and taken the reins
from the alarmed conchman, guided the
‘vehicle in its rapid course ; and as the on
- ly means ol saving the lives of all, turned
Lt down a slope into the meadow. Hlere
' Frank leaped out and tried to seize the
bits. The carriage rolled over the sward
(Gl it eame in contact with a log, when
the horses broke away the swingletrees,
cand dragged Charles from the box.—
They flew like the wind, leaving him
senseless, The cariage moved by itsell
Hor filfty yards, and then gradually stop
‘ped. Charles was taken up and borne
Cinto town to the hotel. Frank had bro
"ken his arm in his leap. Here were two
| ladies with wounded hushands,in astrange
town, and at a hotel. Common humanity
at first saw every attention paid to them,
and the surgeons left them under the
‘care of their wives and ecoachman,
"They in a day or twosbecame fatigned
Hor want of sleep. Kmma was hemoaning
their being 8o far from home, and learing
they would suffer from want of attention.
I have to-nigh
“T'here 18 a Lodge here)” said Clara.
She sent for the landlord and inquired
who was N. (~
‘Are the geutlemen Odd Feliowa ¥
asked the host,
‘Yes air.)
“I'hen if they are sick here a year,
they will not want for attentien, or give
me any trouble.’
In less than half an hour the visiting
committee of the Lodge waited upon the
ladies. For fowr weeks that Charles
and Frank remained confined to their
rooms, they received the most aflfection
ate and untining attention from the Odd
Fellows. The two strangers seemed to
have gotin the midst of a band of brothers
who counld not do too muceh for them,
And when at the end of lour weeks (hey
were able totake the steamer for oston,
Fimma blesged not only in hor heast, but
1 eloquent words, the Odd Fellows ; ac
knowledging that her hushand’s recovery
was owing to the aitentive, nursing care
of the bretbhren of the Order.
‘I shall never speak of Odd Fellows
agmin,’ said she to Clara, "without saying
—(zod bless them.” And alter this she
regarded all Odd Fellows with kindly in
terest, and never again objected to he
husband speaking to men with paiot pots
in their hands, or ladders on their shoul
ders ; for she knew the value ol such men
in the hour of trial.
| The Destruction of the Catholic Nunnery
{ln the caze of Donaghue va T'he County of
‘Philadelphiia, the action brought in the 8u
| preme Court, torecover damages for the de.
latrnction of the Catholic Nunnery, in Ken.
eington, during the May riots, the Jury ves
Cterday goave a verdict for the plainuff of
#0468 V 6. Philadelphia Norih ylmerican.
- A Gown Tows.~ Beverley, in said to be the
[most moral town in Massachusetts, ifnot in the
Union. With five thousand inhabitants, thers
[ vae ot bueo o person convicted of crime for
e yran X lers 1200 rum sold there
‘Nurriar Lozar, No L,
vetrified with aston
HERALD (& THE TIMZLS,
From the Providence Jourual,
Rhode Island State Total
Abstinence Socicly.
" 'l'he third annual meeting of the
Rhode Island State Total JAbstinence So
ciely wis held in the Vestry of the Uni
versalist Church on the 3d wst. At 10
o'clock, A. M. the mecting was called
to order by Mr. Anthony 18, Arnold,
President. T'he meeting was opened
by prayer by the Rev. Mr. Granger, of
tus city, The proceedings of the last
mecting were cead by the Recordiog
Secretazy, and approved by the Society.
T'he ceiniicates of delegates lrom the
local Socicties were received and read.
. A business committee wos chosen,
consisting of the following peisons, viz !
A. C. Barstow, Samuel 1. Man, Dr,
Huoting, Samucl Rodman, Rev. David
Avery.
. Voted, That allthe friends of temper
ance present, or who may be present
‘during our meetings, be invited to par
tieipate i our Geliberations,
- Voled, 'That the business commitiee
be appointed to nominnte oflicers for
this Society (or the ensuing year,
Rev. T. T. Watermen, Correspond
ing Secretary, read several abstracts
[from the reports of the local Societies.
' The Treasurer’s report was read and
received, and ordered to be placed on
file.
i The business committee nominated
the following persons, and they were
unanimously chosen oflicers of the So
ciety for the ensuing year :
A, B. Arnold, President ; William
Pabodie, Dr. J. K. Weeden, of Wester
ly, Rev. Martin Cheney, of Olneyville,
William French, of South Kingstown,
k. W. Lawton, of Newport, Daniel
Ilale, of Manville, Vice Presidents ;
Rev. T. T. Waterman, Corresponding
Secretary ; Rev. Thomas Tew, Record
ing Secretary ;3 Henry Cushing, Audi
tor ;3 Henry Cushing, A. C. Barstow,
Joseph WV, Davis, William Chace, Ebe
nezer Carpenter, Benjamin Dyer, Ste
‘phen Arnold, Thomas G. Northup,
‘Henry A Howland, of Providence
{Charles Perry, of Westerly, Sylvester
Robinson, of Somth Kingstown, Henry
T. Chudsey, of Wickford, D. . Dyer,
‘of Cranston, Henry Merchant and Dan
iel Wilkinson, of Pawtucket, Rev. C. P.
Grosvenor, of Seituate, John W, Davis,
jr., of Newport, Executive Committee.
| The business committee reported the
following resolutions for” the considera
tion of the Society. They were read
and laid on the table :
- Aesolved, That we look up to that
Great Being who “crowns the year with
Ihs goodness,” in gratitude for the meas
‘ure of success which has attended our
labors in the cause for the past year.
| Resolved, That our watchword is “on
ward,” and that while there is a drunk.
ard or a moderate drinker left in om
Commonwealth ; while the fires of a
‘single distillery continue to burn, or its
pestilential vapors to poison the air
'while a single individual is found o de
praved as to be willing, for filthy lucre’s
sake, to put the cup to his neighbor’s
Nlips, and make him drunken ; in o word,
“wlnle there is any work remaining for us
to do, our hands, by the help of God,
‘;shult not grow weary nor our hearts
laint,
Resolved, That we have much from
abroad to cheer us in our work, lre
land maintaias the integrity of her tem
perance faith ; Fogland does not falter,
and Norway. and Sweden, and other
couatries in Noithern Europe look not
back ! And though our country gave
birth to, and nursed and cradled this
movement in its manhood it is striding
over the world.
Besolved, That we need not go abroad
for encouragement, but may derive sutfi
cient from the results of our own past
labors to nerve every hand and strength l
en every heart fo¢ further effort—and|
that we may see, in the increasing liber
ality with which our operations are sus
tained—in the swelling iists of mmnber.s‘
in our auxiliary socichies—in the favor
with which our children regnrd this
movement—ia the increased odium
which attaches to the manufacture and
traflic in spirituous hquors—-inthe higher
tone of feeling among ou legislators,
which finds expression through our laws,
and in most ol the departments of society,
such evidences of progress as are grali
fying and cheering, and ominous of
final success,
Risolved, That we aim to magnify the
points of principles and measures in
which we wegree, rather than those in
which we differ.
Resolved, That strong and persever
ing efiurts should be made to mercase
the permanent altractions of temperance
mectings, that a continued and healthy
interest may be cherished in the cause
which makes its highest appeals to us as
social beings.
Resolved, That systemalized eflorts be
put forth to inerease the circulation of
Temperance documents and general
reading, in the dilferent towns in this
State, as an important application of the
divine words, “The truth maketh free.”
MResoleed, That the recent and mourn
ful disclosure of the ntimate connexion
between intemperance and gaming, af
ford additionnd motives for earnest devo
tedness to the great cause of temperance,
especilly in reference to the exposure
of young mea.
Resoleed, That as “youth is the seed
time of Life,” it becomes us not only to
sow good seeds of teinperance deep in
the wfant mind, but also watch and wa.
ter them with all diligence, lest “while
we sleep an enemny come and sow taves”’ |
Resolved, That laws prohiinting or
tending greatly to restriet the sale of
spirituous liguore have a moral influence,
which is salutary upon the community,
providing such laws are strictly and im
partially enforeed : hut when wholesome
faws are suifered to stand upon our siat
we book as » dead letter, or when but
partially enforced, their influence is pro
portionately neutralised or destroyed.
Therfore Resolved, That “those Town
Councils and Boards of Aldermen to
whom is eommitted the power to license
or withhold license for the sale of spir
ituous liguars, who have resolved to with
hold, have done well, but those who have
ot only withheld licenses,but have been
vigilant in maintaining and enforeing the
Jaw aguinst ils transgressors, have done
beltey,
Rcwlufi
the fricnds
towns wher
That it is just and right that
‘prohibitory laws m those
hey are ina majority,should
se officers who are charged
fution of such laws, as great
eal in executing Temper
-ley do in reference to any
e laws upon our statute
require of
with the e
vigilance g
ance laws
other whel
book,
- Resoly hat we commend to the at
tention of adr legislators, whose duty it
i 3 o appoig®our Sherills and other offi
cers char ith the execution of the
law restricing the sale of spirituous li
quors, the spportance of selecting men
1o 1l the ces, who have hearts to
'sympathize@vith suffering humanity, go
far at lea shall secure impartiality in
‘dealing wili offenders against the laws
land peace®f the State. ol
. Resolved Thut we view with grief the
H{all of map®y concerning whom we had
hope that tley were rescued from the
paths of th&destroyer ; and while these
|cases of defections are a source of griel
to us, theyBhould but stimulate us to put
forth still gfeater eflorts to rescue the
fallen, as apo to throw around the re
formed a sfll stronger influence.
Resolved That the Temperance Re
format resent time is greally
retarded'by the course of those individu
als in the fashionable walks of life who
refuse to co-operale with those who have
been, and stll are, bearing the burden
and heat of the day, and therefore a
great part of the responsibility of its fur
ther progress rests mainly with them,
Resolved, That what is true of the
character of the traffic, is also morally
true of the renting of buildings for the
indiscriminate sale of alcoholic liquors,
and ought to be so regarded by all true
friends of Temperance.
The resolutions of the bLusiness com
miitee were then called up, in order,
and, after some debate, the first four
were unanimously adopted.
Voled to adjourn until 2 o'clock P, M.
Aflernoon session.—The meeting was
called to order by the President,
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DMr,
Blodget, of Pawtucket. e
The remninder of the resolutiops pre
sented by the business commiltee, were
taken up in order, and full and interest
ing discussions, were geverally adopted
with great unanimity.
The following resolution was offered
by Levi Leland, of Woonsocket, and
recommended by the committee :
Resolved, That, whereas, consistency
of character is one of the most important
clements of every great and good re
form, we earnestly invoke the Societies
in this State to disown membership with
members who violate their pledge, after
fraternal admonition,
. The above resolution, afier some dis
‘cussion, was adopted,
' Voled, That when this Society ad
journs, it adjourn to January, to meet in
Providencé during the session of the
Legislature. The time and place of
‘mecting to be fixed by the Becretary,
! Voted, That we now adjourn to meet
lin the upper part of the Church, at hall
past G 9)'6‘)(:1& this evening.
V' Evening session.—Prayer was offered
by Rev. 3. . Byram, of Valley Falls.
. Portions of the reports from different
Hocal Societies were read by Rev. T. T
Waterman.
| The Recording Secretary presented,
‘some facts, in regard to licensed hm)srs]
and shops, for the sale of intoxicating
‘drinks from which it appears that the
‘number of licenses in the State have de
‘creased since 1835 from siz hundred and
staliy to one hundred and sevenly-nine.—
"That fourteen towns have already with
held licenses for the saie of intoxicating
liquors, and that four more towns have
changed their town councils the present
'year, to accomplish the same desirable
object. g e 2
Dr. Charles Jewett, of Boston, for
merly agent for the State Temperance
Society in Rhode lsland, then address
ed the audience in his own happy and
interesting siyle, to the apparent satislac
tion of all present,
The meeting then adjourned.
THOMAS TEW, Rec’ding Sec'ry.
Fifteen Days Later frem Euarope.
The steamship Caledonia arrived at
Boston on Saturday morning at 10 o’
clock, :
- The intelligence is of ligtie importance.
Commercial affairs remain Prosperous,
'Co\lun was in good request, with slight
fluctvations in the market. Money wns]
in rather greater demand. |
A meeting of the Manchester Cham-!
ber of Commerce has been held to me
‘morialize government for the removal of
the duty on raw cotton, '
j O’Connell has abandoned federalism,
and is stronger than ever for repeal.
. Meetings have been held in various
‘parts of the kingdom for the relief of
Father Mathew from his pecuniary em
‘harrassments. The sum of 20,000 is
'proposed to be raised, which will be
"nuflicient to pay his debtsa and te purchase
Hor him an annaity.
' The American Minister (ransacled
Lusinegs on Saturday at the Foreign
otlice,
The Royal Exchange, Londan, will
not be opened for public business until
Christmas.
The Anerican Coiswd.—The newly
appointed Consul for the United States,
the Hon. Joel W, White, has arnived in
Liverpool, and having been approved of
by the Queen, has commenced his offi
cial duties at the port of Liverpool.
A New Yankee En!n-priu.—Some:
Yankees, who are familiar with the ice
business, have gona to Chusan, on the
northern coast of China, where they in
tend to es'ablish ice houses, 80 as to sup
ply Canton, Macao, Hong Kong, and
other ports in that quarter, with “north.
ern ice,” cheaper than it can be shipped
by the “outside barbarians’’ of Boston.
Chusan is about 1200 miles north of
Canton, and i« already the seat of an ac
tive Lusiness bhetween the Americans
and Chinese, since the Chinese poris
have been thrown opea by the British.
A lard oil factory is tabked of, at Can
ton.—The Chinese mast-fed hog is said
to he one of the most oily bre:ds known,
and the animal is just the thing for the
lard ol makera
Fight on, Fight Lver!
! tion. J. P. Kennedy, a high-minded
‘Whig, and a distinguished citizen of
‘Maryland, has addrossed a letter to R,
G. Campbell, President of the Young
‘Men’s Clay Club Association of New
‘York, which contains noble sentiments,
and spirited appeals to the Whigs to
‘maintain not only their principles, but
their organization., Read Mr, Kenne
dy’s letter. We agree with the New
| York Tribune, that ‘for puriiy of senti
'?monl, elevated patriotism, and classic
ieleguuce of style,it has been excelled by
no political document that has fallen un
der our notice since the election.”
Bavmimore, Nov, 21,1844
Dear Sir @ 1 have received your note of
the 30th ult, informing me that 1 had jbeen
unammously elected an honorary memberj of
the Young Men’s Clay Association of the
City and County of New York., 1 desire
thut you will express my thanks to the As
sociation for this compliment, and assure
them that I set the highest value upon their
esteem, 80 kindly tendered to we by your
letter.
T'his manifestation of the goad opinion of
the Young Whigs of New York, is not the
less grateful for reaching me at a moment of
unexpected disappointinent to that noble
party of which it is our pride to be members.
We may all gather consolation in this disas
ter, from the generous alacrity with which'
every true Whig in the land renews his
vows of devotion to his country, in this her
moment of peril, We have lost our battie it
is true, Qur present hopes have been crush
ed in a great national calamity, but the spirit
of the Whigs has not been crushed ; and we
look steadfastly forward to the dawning of a
brighter day, when the still persevering
energy ol our friends taay retrieve the shat
tered fortunes of the Republic. The whole
{lnml, not the Whig party alone, is likely to
suffer under the scourge of the recent elee:
llion. T'he tribe of demagogues may rejoice ;
a few political leaders may rejoice ; some
chosen seekers of oflice, out ot the thousands
who hunger and thirst for government emolu
ments, may rejoice ; the tens of thousands
who have been duped may rejoice, perhaps,
for a little while ; but the great body of the
‘American People, even those who have won,
as waoll ag those who have lest the victory,
!wnll mourn over a trivmph that, it will event
ually be found, has struck down the integrity
and prosperity of the nation. It will turn out
10 be a triomph only gained by the tempora
ry alliance of discordant factions, who can
come 1o no reckoning with each other of the
true issues for which they strove, without a
mutual scorn for the dissimulation by which
‘each has deceived the other.
In the midst of this general sorrow which i
pervades the ranks of the \Whigs, we are not|
without topics of joy and congratulation.—’;
We have a joyful nride in the consciousness |
that the great wass of the worthy, the patri- l
otie, and ihe intelligent of the land are uni- |
ted, strong, and true to onr cavse—tie more |
united, stronger, and truer, in this its adversi ||
ty, because they feel that it now invokes a |
still more earnest proof of their attachment |
to the country, Never has there been a|
more visible demonstration of the hazards to|
which popular representative government is|
exposed, than that exhibited in the elevation
of James K. Polk, with all the impediments
of his undistinguishied history, and of his
equivoesl prineiples, which no zeal of inves
tigation has been successful to explore, over
tlenry Clay, the most eminent of living
statesmen, the purest and brighest ornament
of the nation—that men, who, of all others,
has most thoroughly identitied bis name |
with whatever, in the public annals of hinl
time, has made our Union a powerful nnd‘
happy community, When such a man as the
firstls deliberntely preferred to the latter,
we may cease to boast of that distinctive ex
cellence in our scheme of government, which
attnbotes to the selection by suffrage lhcl
certainty of an abler chief than he who suc- |
ceeds to magistracy by the accident of birth. |
T'he history of this canyass has proved to us |
that, 1 an unh:nppy emergeney, men of H‘-*
nown, of known service, of acenmuluted |
honors and of long avowed political senty |
ments, must needs be thrown aside for nnc'
whose whole strength is fonnd 1o his dcsmu-'
tion of all these, and in the unexplored med; ‘
ocrity of his fame and talents Jn the g
tagonism between these two opponents, the
wiser and the better has been overthrown,—
{ What frue lover of his country would not
count it a greater honor fo fall with Henry
Clay, than rise with such an adversary ? To
fall with all those who have striven to pro
mote the great American arms emblazoned
upon his banner, than rise with the shifting
eqnivocations which, on the opponent flag,
have fluttered in the rot less variuble breeze
to which it has been flung ! Ashamed of its
false vretences, its concealment and 118 dis
cords, Loco Focoism made no proclamation
to the people of Its designs, Its May Con
|mnlinn practiscd the ruse of gppointing a‘
lcommitiee to preparc an address of exposition
(of principles, but November came without
that document. No committee had the Imrd-'
luhnml to venture upon the ordeal of such n
proclamation. ‘l'he labors of the canvass
were found to be more profitabiy directed to
the coinage of local tenets, adupied io prc-l
vatling local opinions, and, sill nore effect-
Iwol_\'. to the task of calumniating, by the
| basest compost of falschoods, the most i!!us-}
{trious man of the republic. By such arts
have we lost the day. Glorious defeat ! hon
lnrublr: disaster ! How much more prondiy
lumy we take its burden upon us, than suffer
the blight of vietyry which has wen nothing
but the day !
Happily, Itie not aften our lot to witness
a political contest which leaves behind it
|n|(m: than n remembrance of ilts excitements.
|4t is the misfortune of the late struggle, above
|nh others that our country has ever engaged
{in, that the victory leaves no space for the
|{coneilintion of the good will of the vanquich
ted. A 1 the strife had heen to establish a sys-
Htem of adwinistration, which was opposed
from a difference of opinion as to its value ;
11t the ascendancy of one set of statesmen had
been contested against the effort to elevate
enother set 5 if it had been in any pomnt a war
of conflicting principles, the popular judg
‘ment might and would have challenged del
‘lcrvncu and respect, and all asperity would
'have subsided with the subsiding ardor of
{eontention. But this has not been the char
(acter of the fight, Onr opponenta have found
| motive to exasperate the public mind against
| the Whifs by sharper devices than argu
{ments, They have assailed, as | have said,
with unparalleled malignity,the honor and vir-
tue of that great name whom we had cliosen
to represent our cause ; they have made u
their chief labor to convert that name into
the fonlest reproach whicl can be heaped up
on the most infamous ; they have ecasayed to
strike down that precions famd which, earn
edina long life of devotion to his country,
has beeowme rather the property of the nation
than of ite pereonel snbjoet. 2'he insult we
resent and must ever reseat, Itis a rare
compliment to the virtue of Henry Clay, that
they who are so expert in the use of the wea
pons of slander should find it necessary to
wupply their magazines with =o moch froshly
}almnl'ml venom, and to tnx their skill to such
“l niannl "fl'nvln; ne |lw‘yfl'l|‘n'vre” ;-i'vabl;\yvd "
|, s conteet, In lesy dogree, the whole Whig
party have been made the object of similar]
assaults. ‘They, too, have beecn thickly as
sailed with slanders as poignant ‘as the ar
row that flieth by s'y°.l. das inwsidions ‘as |
the pestilence that w;;lkn*'n darkuess.’
Open war has been wagred a L every
substantial interest in the nmon’- which
the Whigs edild in any manner be connected.
Poverty, one would inter from the many res
olutions of this party, to be the only demo
cratic test of Republicanism ; the moment
the poor man becomes prosperous by indus
try, he would seem, in their philosophy, to be
converted into an enemy to the State. Sue
cessful thriflt wasa civic crime; capital was
‘the badge of aristocracy ; the patriotism that
would cherish the labor of the American ar
tisun was stamped with the obloquy of mere
monopoly and extprtion ; devotion to the pol- |
ey of Madison was the rankest extreme of
ancient Federaiism—that term comprising, in
the vpinion of those who uttered it, the su
perlative of deopest infamy; Whig merchants,
struggling against the supremacy of English
lopinium of trade, were denounced as the
agents of Britieh corruption ; those who in
vested money in Bauk stocks, if they did not
favor the Loco Foco ticket, were derided ns
‘Rag BCarons and purse-proud upstarts ; Whig
imnnufncturcn were held up to public odium,
‘aB Lords of the Loom and the Furnace ; me
‘chanics who voted with the Whigs were
taunted as slaves to a master; Whig Catho
lics; who were too manly to surrender their
(opinions to vulgar clamor, were scoffed as
[the allics and comrades of church-burners.
W henever men of substance, ofenterprise, of
’mduutry. of thrift, of respectable aims, of
honest and laudzble ambition to enrich and
‘aggrnndnu the country, refused to bow to
‘the great ldol of this modern New Light,
which calls itself the Progreesive l)emocncy,l
‘they have been proscribed and denounced as
lnlmost guilty of incivism—enemies of the
‘public weal. The bonnet rouge, fit emblem of‘
‘this intolerant scheme of socinl mastership,
*hns been hung out,during the whole canvass,
from the head quarters of the Democracy in
{this city, and it has been borne in procession
Ithr(mgh our streets, to symbolize the opinions
‘of the thousands of American citizens who
‘marched beneath it. There are some char
|acteristics of the contest through which we
have just passed, and in these signs our ad
'versaries have conquered—have won the tri
‘umph in which they now exult, as so auspi
| C:W; to the happiness of the American peo
ple:
[: Still the Whigs are not subdued. The bcnll
)]nnd purest and most patriotic party that ever
‘blessed a nation remains in all its integrity
remains as firm, as gallant, as true, and 1 may
|say as hopeful, as when it first entered the fieid.
The vicror has nothing to boast ot An acci
(dent has given him New York. New ank;
(has given him the day. Even in the minority
[in that State, he owes his success to the fataity
ol'a political sect, who have been cajoled into
' position which has deprived the Whigs of
[the majority, and given to their opponents a
bare p{urulily. Almost every where olse
Loco Focoism has been run to the top of its
speed—beaten even in the land of the Hermit
‘age. Our defeat is not overwhelming. The
President elect and bisfriends have but a feelile
‘guaranty of popular support, even il the hy
[pocrisy and dissimulation of the canvass have
not alfeady prepared for them a Pandora’s Box
"ufdumlly distempers.
| Tho Whigs are notsubdued. Wo have heen
}clv:fculud—-nul fuirly, but by political legerde
‘main, by slight-of~oath and juggling disguises
|—wo have been Plaguemined out of the elec.
(tion. Weare vanquished,therefore—but ready
L:for more work.
1 say to the Whigs—Raise again your ag.!
‘Stand firm in your presentarray. Go nnluimrl!
!inlunny other combinations, but stand yom
ground as Whigs. The recent election h:wl
'l'mcod upon our adoption one addition to our
old formula of principles—a groat and mmucn-l
|tous abuse calls for the aid of the Whigs to the
REINFORCEMENT OF THE PURI'TY oI
t'l'llli BALLOT BOX. liis fundimental in
{this Government that the true People of Amer
tica shall epeak teuly in theie eloctions; that
l‘llwir voice shall not be suppressed hy frand or
lviolence. and that neither shall it be outweigh
led by voices un-American—l mean by that,!
(that no man shall vote in our elections who has
not a heart to feel with Amevican people, and
a mind so acclimated as to understand, at
least, the difference betweon American and
fereign interests. T'o compass this great end,
Lwe must hare a modification of the Laws of
| Naturalhization—such modification as shall
[lengthen the term of probation, exact greater
}c-:ms in the introduction to citizenship, and
[ strengthen the securities oagainst fraud. We
i.un\' with all our heart—all hospitality to the
';stumgcr, full privitege of holding land, I'ulll
protection to property, full encouragement 1o
l his labor, but no privilege to inlertere in the
| Government or Legistation of the nation, until
e has Lived long enough in the country to
junderstand its interests, to resist the cajolery
Jof demagogues who would make him, through
(his ignarance, the instrument of the basest
designs 5 and until he has sufliciently identified
himself with our people to feel that their wel
|fare is more important to him than the welfare
{of all others. Ourlaws, at present, do not give
'us these securitiag; and we may presume that
[there is notan intelligent, honest-hearted nat
luralized citizen in thys Union who does not
feel and acknowledge the necessity of this re
form. In accomplishing this great purpose, it
(will be tire resolve of the Whig party to stand
by Religious Toleration, ever spurning the base
l’:mompt which has bheen made, and will not
[cease to be made again, to connect the Whig
]‘ruu.-m with the odium of Religious Persecution.
' I'or these ends the Whigs need no new or
g vization, no new name. ‘T'hat which we
| bear has been consecrated in many a battle
I field of Yreedom, and it will, I trust, long
l'serve to rally the brave and pure spirits who
I stand up for Popular Right and Free Govern
i'ment in time to come. Let us not assnme
|lanother.
f What trials are before us, no man can now
Horetell, because no man can distinetly read the
pledges of the party which has Lecn bronght
into power, “Pllm late canvass, on the part of
cour adversaries, has not been a mere imposture,
'a piece of super-subtle hypoerisy, a trick pluyed
(olfupon popalar cradulity, we wmust have imme
diate annexration of Texas and repeal of the
] Tarifi. Now the nation will receive these we
‘may conjecture. lts patience and its forbear
‘nnco may be brought to some severe tempta
tions. If the successful party however, as
!tlu:ru is goud reason to suspect, have not the
[nerve to dare the fulfillment of these promises,
"what thunders of indignation, what threuts of
ltmllifimmun, what torrents of vituperation for
[faith betrayed, may not awnit them from that
l,tiery South, whose lot it has always been to
swell the triumphs of an uncongenial Democ
ruey, and to receive its pay unl‘{ in Dead Sea
‘.\lnplun' disappointed hopes, and querulous re
{qucsll! Unhappy may boe the fate of the new
[President, standing thus between engerly ex
: weting factions, and conderaned tu the 1 ossis
‘I.In task of gratifying both, Locofosuistn may
'llmn, inits own discord, meet its doom. "~ Tt will
fturn and rend its keepers, T'he thonsands ol
Heluded honest taen whom it yet nuinbers in
'iu ranks, will fly Jrom it; and soboe opinion
Lonee more rising to the Judgment Sent of the
| Nation, will quell the phrenzied zeal of party
jand bring the peonls back into the path from
which they have ({up.nlml. All good men, in
‘llhiz contingeney, will thaok the Wihigs for
ilmvin' preserved a platform on which Patriot
ism vy tally its votaries to save the Republic
1 I view of all that is belore us, thorefGre—~ln
view of the worst—l say to the Whige, every
where, stand firm upon your present organiza
von!' FIGHTON, FIGLHT "2\'[’2“ "until you
have plucked up the drowned honor of the
conuntry by the locks, :
With sentiments of the highest respect, for
Ithe Association over which you presle,
lam very tenly yonrs,
¥ |z KENNEDY
Rowewr G Canenvrr, Bey Prosident of the
Young Men's Clay Association of the City of
Now York
Hevaly of the Times.
NN NS NN
NEWPORBTT.
THURSVAY MORNING, Dec. 12, 1844,
CoxGressioNaL.—The 2d session of
ihe 28th Congress, commenced on Mon
day, the 2d ,inst. A quorum of both
louses appeared in their seats at the
opening of the session—27 in the Sen
ate, and 175 in the House.
In the SeNaTE, no business was done
on the first day but to send and receive
the customary Messages.
In the Housk, a resolution passed for
the appointment of a Chaplain, after
some debate, in which Mr.'Petit, of In
diana, proposed to pay the salary of
Chaplain by voluntary subscription.—
This proposition was rejected by a large
majority,—ayes 20, nays 152,
Mr. Adams gave notice that he should
move on the next day to rescind the
25th rule—Mr. Duncan that he should
introduce a bill for a uniform day for
choosing Electors—and also a bill to
extend the jurisdiction of the U. States
over the Oregon Territory.
In the Sexate, Tuesday, Dec. 3,
Nothing important cccurred but the re
ception of the President’s Annual Mes
sage, which was ordered to be printed,
'wilh 3,500 extra copies, and 3,000 of
the Message and documents. [The
Message will be found on the outside of
'this number. ] s
! Inthe House, Mr. Adams, in pursu
‘ance to his notice, offered a resolution
;rcsci_luling the 25th rule, (known as the
‘2lst rule,) of the House, which forbade
(the reception of any petilion praying
(for the abolition of Slavery. A motion
‘was male by Mr. Thomypson, of Mis
|sissippi, to lay this resciution on the
}’ tubla, but the House refuscd by a vote
of 81 to 101, and it wos then passed,
l’yeus 108, nays 80 —~So the 25th rule is
‘lrcqcinded, by the perseverance of the
| “‘old man cloquent.”” All the members
from New England were present and
!volcd for the gpescinsion, excepting
| Mossrs, Norris, Reding and Furke, of
” New llampshire. The President’s
| Message wus then read, und a motion
l;mnde, which was referred to committee
iul' the whole, to print 15,000 extra
lcopies with the documents, and 5,000
:witl:out them. The Mous: then ad
'journed,
In the Sexire, Wednesday, Dec. 4,
the Rev. Mr. Tuston, of the Presbyte
rian C;hurch, was o.ccted Chaplain,and
after the adoption (" an order offered
by Mr. Benton, divccting that the Stand
ing commitices be appointed by the
President pro fem., that body adjourned.
o the House, a committee was order
ed to be appointed to inquire iuto the
condition and business of the Banks in
the District of Columwhia, with power to
send for persons and papers.
Mr. Duncan’s bill for fixing a uniform
mode and time for the election of Presi
dentand Vice President of the United
States, was made the order of the day
for Monday.
~ The House then elected the Rev. Mr.
Daly, Methodist Chaplain, after the 3d
Dballot, and afterwards adjourned.
‘ In the Sexate, Thursday, Dec. 5,
};\lr. White, of Indiana, on leave, intro
duced a bill for extending the Cumber
land Road, and a bill for a grant of Jands
iin behalf of the Wabash and Erie Ca
nalg. Dut little other business of a pub
lic nature was transacied, when the Sen
ate adjourned to Monday.
’ In the House, several members gave
knolicc of their intention to bring in cer
tain bills ot an early day.
' A resolution was adopted directing
‘rlha! the petitions and papers not acted
on at the last session, should be refcrrcq
tothe same committees as before.
Mr. Steenrod, of Va, offered a reso
lation for printing 10,000 extra copies of
the report of the select commitlee on
the Dorr rebellion ease in Rhode-Island.
M. Causin, of Md., objected. Mr. S,
then wmoved for the suspension of the
rules to enable him to offer it. Updn
this motion, the yeas and nays were or
dered, and it was lost, two thirds not vo
ting for it—yeas 92, nays 75.
The House then edjourned ts Mop
day. :
' The Supreme Courtof the U, States
‘met at Washington on the 2d inst., Chiel
Justice Taney, presiding. All the Judg-
‘es were present, except Judgo Story,
The Chiel Jostice announced that the
!Cuuvl would proceed at once with the
el Docket,
- Bamuel A, Coy, Esq. of Westerly,
‘wag appointed by the Electoral Calleyo
%nf this State, messcnger to carry the fone
Whig votes of Rhode lsland to Wash.
‘.nghm
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