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m\\mT1 OF THE *M?fllMH ?CHOIAI?
POLITICS Ul'tn TIMES.
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AN ORATION:
ae^ai .a mm Taeadar. 1866< boforo tbo Lite*
nrl ioiS Unieeraity, Middle
teem, Oaao. .
UV flMMI WILLIAM ' ini.-.
ajiaTI i The S iiniru : M our I .'-mry iV.tW.
We ait- aol ? acholarty M iple, b 11 *? ?J. V 4mU the
BMyruf aaeiatBte MM of oar lorerieat days. When |
tbe ).*v<? are iJieoeat, nrni 'lie ;it ? i * Ky tf lii.c !
Iferoagh the gram; w?'.n plenty it oa ?:? I tad
apaaaear aa th* beerear, we gather from a thoeaiod
pmr-oite t<i celeb/ate Ihejabd.fthe * hol ir.
No iuhd who kma Hteratva, <>r who ran n nay way
?ka>m I be scholar'a privilege, but in Kind to aa-o
aiete lb*- beauty of the leeeoe w:'ti tl t 9ftj? 4 .f i be
oociaien, ani grace with gowere, aad raeahia*, aad
asnveraal Huinn > r. Ib. hornige wh:i-h ;?? thu* p od to
the ft. mal lateteaiBoi the human mind.
Mr ah' glad af it m nch data, bei aaaa tlx im oii i
tfa ayaabol <>f Iba character and influence of ach i irly
parto't*. Ijk<- aaaabine, a spirit of geeeroai tb >e*;ht
?WMiiKtutbiirnrlit Lihe treei of golden fraitia
the hvadaoape are tbc philoaopheia aad p eti in hi"
btry. Beppythedey! Happy the plane! I' r met
mud the Man wreatbeoor ftativalwtth an Lnuxortal
gailexd.
Too jon? % to h?- yoai gakaa aad phfloaopher, I mn
jm% aid eaeagh te be year fund. Too little :n ad
ea. aeal }on in l Im great battle of life to teach yon from
asperit u< e, I am y< t?Id > , oegb to aba'? ?? li > "i the
ynfii of the - ipi nei i' of other mea an 1 of I. rtor .
I do net <<ni?? today a amaated geaara). 1 hurry
at jour rail to placeaayaelf bcaideyoa, abaolder to
ehouM.r, a privaa: in tin-rank? We are all yoomj
m#*; we ate n I yoaag Americano] wa ar? a'l
yeasg Ameiicen P'tolar*. Our aif<rn" and du
fava are t*e aaine. I 'peak to you a? to 'omrndea.
Let ue rent a tnortVr.t that we may the b ltd r Ight,
Hate in Ihii haaathtd valley, ander theae apreadi g
tre??, we bivoaae for a Bummer boar. Ooi haapaaeka
are unaluuj;, and our anna are rtached. We giro
this trenqnd boor to tbc conai de ration of arpoaitioa
hi anrtiee.
Tbt oooaakna prescrib'-a my tin on ; tba times deter*
nine it? tr? MBM at.
Tnat tbt me ia the S. hi lar; tbi leaaoa lay la
the duty of the Americaa icbolar t.i p li< ice,
1 would fclaol) apeeh to yea of the charma of pa t
enbolathhip; of tbi dignity and wortboftbef b< i
ai the abtctaet rebttiea of the acbolarto the Stale,
Tke tweit air we bleat ic an'l the repnaa of mid
annmier breite a Calm ttbioal or latt llee' .i I di*oii ir?e,
Bat aaaM you have eoaa'ed ahaaftbrad o'firee sewbo
?ahrfly cheaa-ed the aoairac'-aatara of patiiutiwa <a
iLet Um ?k dun.in?-rday iliroui;b vbooa > opt leal itid iav
Baaital boara L niilrtai a/.u biatbreebaaj a ataod I
Thtra apyta for Bberty 1 Atel to <l*v, a* the aonoUr
toeili atiti tdat det'ii, the a<r that ate*'* in a* hi* w.n
dow ilaik* na hin atu? y ai.d aufl'ncat?-* tii a a- lie r a la.
Ihiftii k aeteaa a contiaeat ?i d bUgbting th? barreoa
that gdd it with pkaty i'mui tba a?aau i tu ihn M *
aBBatppi, a b'uefc i .uiul obeoarea the page t'.at reoorJi
aa old enine, ai.d eoaapebi Uei to know tn** tr.-. lo n
aiway* ia? Ha laaraaipyiie, aad that hie Tbermopyla
ia ceded KhiiMia.
lticaute we are n 'iol?rs of today, alia!' wa fhrink
from tout Litc the iaterc ta of to-daj ' It cu e *v?
are aebalaia. *hall we c, a-e to be eitiaeaa ' Beco i o
we are k bobua, rh*ll we e.iaae to I., mea '
Utntiiineii, i am phuj that, ap>?ahiag of the du'y of
the Aim ri. mi achoJar to tba time*, I eaa print to
one who fully uurei tniniw those datier and
baa Btaatraied iiirm an Miltoa did Among fallow
etiBiitiymtn that el oln. falb <i< fem lug the n ma *mi|
liahtaet bitcoaatryroea, aad one oi tbo?e cooutry.
ui.i. >?(..?? ia him or be In* inaeoaibie, and wdl ool
rai/a him brat hie methrea be mwondeaatood; aad
atMi'her turn* hi* imek upon hi* Meetlii getalleagae. be
caof e for two yean he baa Bot*%eea upoa apeakin&>
teruiH with him. GeaUeaea, the human bead ia jut
and no traitor to humanity e?en,.. - bia proper doom.
Bacitd biatory hand* down ?.. eaowaa infamy tae Pri< *t
aad tbe Levite who j.aKMii by on tae mbei tile,
Auiong gattltaaea thi* acbolai phmdatbe oaaee d ar
to tv?iy x? Blleniaa m biatury, a,.il a fully atiihea Id n
down, in a Bepablic of free men, tbia atstjnlai -(> Hk*
ftu Fn tdoin and bia blood ataioa the Senate door.
Time it will blu?h through all our biatory. Tbat
dun ... i apot wiii nev -1 ? nt from beamry, from ti adition,
oi from n..til" neun? E*?r/a ibe BTdegradm |ju order,
aim marta the i itj nf all gi Deroui meu. ? bo oan aee a
juet li1 eity Ihreetei < , w Itboal deierttug eeery .e'er
cai ae to t?friid Hbeity Of what nae are you baoki I
Ol ?Lat naa ia yoar aebolanahipt Without fn.ta
of thaaght, there ih no Piethaatton or human praan -*
and witLout freedom of ipteeb, liberty of tbooght aa
aaaahery,
1 hnoW well that a conventional p'tju lire eon
eetrotia flea oeeariofl to oull abattac:iona and timid
if not treacheroua geieralitie*. It miu .i ahow me to
ae*ak of the acboiar. a il of the Americaa aeholar.
an hia r? let ion to liretk roof* and peitjclea, ba' woahj
foibid mo lo tn? ntn-n hi? dutie? to Arne. ie?u topict aad
ti:i i ?? I nii|{ht -, m, of him M a profea or, a SialecU
enaa, a dictionary, a graaamar, but I mu-t not apeak of
bim ae a man. 1 know that a literary orator ia btdd
to be bound by the name decencies that rr-gulitc
the paaaehar. Hut w*.at are thn* ? tie. i Belm I I? the
preael tr to rilmke the an.a of Jeraaalem or of Phila*
?elpbia'f Ia he to any in e;, neral "beaood," when te
mea m ?iiat particuiaia we era bad aid ooeoael
?Baaea aad peace whea at'aaee aad peace art trt-aeoa
ta Hod ana tnati ? Ale ttie IhUI lo Pn te the pri tie'i^i,
?'it i? bot your baabMm t<i deaaaa ie i>> g, >v<- pay >mi
"toprtaeh agataatsia "' Bat the preaoher'a Viister
arieo, "W?e unto jou Bcrioeaand Pbahaeea, bypo
*'ciit* a, for ye dt muh wtdowa'hoaaea." He aj. e n-d
aina and rlaraitied ainnera. In our dav the hot ad
?" iia'ioti to a elergyreaa nut to aoil hia pulpit with poli?
ce it mtrtly the way in which the ametaeath ceatary
affera hlUi the thirty j.iecea oi ai ver
What aie |>oliiica but the Divine law applied to hu
arian k0\ an nient ' I'ontn * are th ? acieiCc of he rela?
tive of can in human ?uictv, aad aa the foaadaraf
Chiiatianiiy taueht peace and goad wiO to mea, how
ran the Cbirtiao pr< aclu r bettet *t till hi* office than
Byahewiag low peace and hikkI wi! may be iatro>
duced anwiip nun, and by rapoai ig ia all ti a ?< raw i f
tiutb tho?? whoae poll J iorte-a War and bttredanaoag
aoen f Why doea the pulpit command ao little cum
fierative reap.ct, but beeauae il doc* not apply truth
to l\f? 1 Whin the Aiiiriii an peop'e hat i,-rtat aina to
account for, tne amooin prtacbi i touch'a wit ti the dull
?dir?? of hi.* reproof the nna of the Jewiah peaple.
Ttnafore with ua the lectare-roem ia muri? throaged
than the Churcn.btcauae the lecturer eddreeae* tbe
BAoral aenae ot the peop'e upon their moral intertate,
aad the meat popalm lecturera are the preachers who
are mott faithful in then palpitataQod and man. foi
their cauae ia one.
vVbat ia true of the preacher ia tiur of tba mater.
I abonld inanlt your matihotal I a'.ould forgi t mr own,
af, in addieaaitir you to <U%, 1 ?In! not aar whet 1 coL
atiee to be XL* cuty of the acbolai tu day au.l here.
I. of the bVhabvr?The poj u aa of the
aeholar make* bim a paid wad am .1 booha, a
raeluae, a valatadiaaiiae, a- aapraetieal an) on
paaawfaebld nian. Ho ia a being with an aodleal
rapacity of itttraty ant aciaatific aeqaiaitioa.
He at only a roaaaaaar, not a prod ace r; or, if ao,
only a prot ucer el Baelddi raaatta, l.eartinx ia aup.
poaed to be put intt? k m, u- t a* eegateblee in'<' the
groued, wneicc, aatbeyaprlag i.am, rorrnng the
?arih with beauty and <i adttag the ract ralearmagu
to flower into keroid daedd and ciaaolbtg thoegbta;
but it ia abaci bed by I im. na TVf/etabled nie t?.i,>< n
u lo a c? IIa?. wb?-re Lbi y lie huried, not piaatad, pro.
daaruiK ?n!y fooie |KWr, p%l id, uai Ie?a HBOOt, aa hia
haaramg only geimlnataa w.th aviae trea.i-e upon ttie
ablative ateolni,..
In the eld Bdaya and romarcee we have the aatne
picture o| anabe tat pedant, the ea*y prev of e\?ry
knave, the docile hu?baod of a te:ma<an'; who. be
rauae le comd tend a tragedy of .lVhylu*. could
not tie ? ?beee. Be b, kmgee kogp at eatabbdbmeau
aa aaeeoyejopedia, far the aaaae w?v tna? the to J be
lt*aK?-d to tlem a* a.,tat bta.k. hV^etan wen rwpanulT
none of tin-1 rlauoi*.
Tnia tatuxate grew naturally out of thi n ex -on
gjaaal charter ae monka. for, at the ba J iea L f
?awdaaa bharny bmraharraam out af th. Bwn ..',?,
Wlththf eca-I. naataca. By nbWtoaa VOWI the i,.!.^!
erere eept,rated horn all reamhu katereaU, uacladine tk'
fcrnily leiat.on. The n pa?atkm of the aebahu vll<
from the character of tbe monk Tba m .nk waaa <n? n
wbodoalt profeaaiona ly with I lad?lathaithaa an n Ha
wa?th*r?-for?) held to km w ooihiiijc of mea. Drearaaa
poet, vafralamd and BCbolai er? n to be ay: ..rwn,, .
oam.a. Hut Wbtla the maaa oi" monka undou'ifelly
Jaetmed thia judfrment, it h in the few and not ia tba
mara that their obaraeterulies are to be at>u^h
fchey wi re aocnaed of n.>t amowiag m- n, h .
On gory waa a monk, and they boloaged :<> tht^
rraoet aaeaoioua argaataatl m m bataan biatory, Tie
wert? ealled pedexta and mo!, a, but Ab? la-d and Ma-- I
tm Latter were cborch&en and a?hoiara. To a . I
frajamariaaa, forualiaai, nod awooen apocgee of ieara- '
eg, e-lokr* ? bljMl a parish ^??^^ JJ
?
Ml..n. Sy.Jn-> Ben?ht*** Dr. Oemge ?J*8;^
, i tb. c?l. K t.r ??? Press* kbjMl f^tl^i?
t*. bad b.a d.,?).t. *b.'her tie a-ug "i'b iD rb>
yoe utD r>r G*org? u.d Wobf *ni H a a - * ?,
?bat ? un- Uvej-.u for GorlM arm Brhtller'
In hi.) far. elaoatfloatlon of bemaa pow-r-a-'t p -
?tiit* tie scholar m tbe r prenentnt've >f thoig'it. Ue
vi .-t ?> :he fonteDiplan.Mi .if tnif: be i?, at i -'v-,
evubiicc?eac*Boeby abicb pebbc meaanre* map ba
?. Ud; t .. M-botarh Ol***, tl ref< n la erl n*>? M
nf aid,tbartlergj beioaf, M tbe ippet ho';ie, tc the
pa tie* of th- world.
h< w, there .- a eoaetenf tendency n material
ptoi polity *lbn W ia ibe pr ? ?> I a
ami 104 of tbe ma-, 'O reial the KTtrty of
pritcipbv 11,. n fore w.- led that the ?M of ?
Ibongbl in natl -nal kiWcey u> cot unually r?iHa?
lt rat with Iba great**' ' -' ?al ptoaperity, ?.?? ?
w?i not gn-attBt wo n rooiota ol aar 'i id OVed,
Boatc ?i? n-.? ui??-t iinp^r al la the voln ?' Boa ? ealai of
( oi ?tai.tii.'ip' h'ai decay, Ia* meguil^nt aanantoey
.,t Bourbon tyranny a Preece, ail the r< n t U
?I, ? bi < ping Kn /, war* aul tbe u"-?n1 erai -it fc
|. ???.rv. Rolland bevnn a? ?? Detnuelt a? I met
at it HoHaad bee eaah imo tie Imbecile apathy "f
commercial pne-p-r iv. without a-*, ? thoui hteraAnre,
?tafuu' a bobla ntleenoe i? tbe world, aad aritl
pteaa ae ol' bo ful jr
Wien Napote .a lev.|e.| Knk land f.? a ration of
?I 0] kn pert, if wan f, >? a'. III ? phraa*. Sm\
km ?? that Wh bhatOli a!;y a-ia in the I iSare
ol the cane, it w?it the t"iid?tiey of a nog peace
to lo*t<-r tia/ie, and that U in tbe Inevitable toad*
eiii-y of trade, wnnh iebeatdepoo aelf into* eat, to
ti 8'ioy u oiai courage, te eaaaa trete deman I- pan ???
a1 ai y pr eo, ami pi ace i* <,o^ii to be outvote <i ooiy
by pmcip'a. Wbea be ewd a aeriee of rhopkaepam,
ha dm ali a riturn *b<>e?- ral'n^ jti-???;.!? tree private
jjhiii rut jei than pabhc go ?d aim the angauioai ntler
hi- M hi i orr'iui k.ii a oowntdice sri-1 * i ?.
ThotM.deaej of aetdah tri ia le daaanralizla?*, be
oaaro ita oaa?-iteat bir paaoe oaaataati* lower* the
aaoial ieeal The nriTatn pockat utarttaaii hoi iraee
tie an it?r ofpnilk r-*? Phvatioibtf rtip|iin,t<
boar at] ; a* ph'ttkoboa tabeatba place of -mi m ity,
and lb* eet aio > vi * *.f the el * i:.^ ooodiUoa an: re*
oattly pnoritu to tbe ?pleooM ptaibflitte* of
jiii near.
Ihn* it *ri?e? that t'?- very tna'i-rial Wjeceaafor
wbitb La'ioo?, bk*" iTnliviet'i.il*, rrir?*. i? fnll of th
I av> ft i Hup- t to tin- beat life of tOe ?ta'e a* t,i* fie
ladir/iaeal. Bot aa ia ha i aa a at arc iiyelf ari foaad
tit qaaUtat* atbieb teatr>*a?ttoe ptoefiaity of an bv
dinMuaJ to nu aniii rK reotal cowardioe aa aaah
B*aa hi? a em *? ieaoo, a u.,-r>tl ni? atoi which aaoan ?
bha wtat in truly beat aa Matt-tdo ea baaot/ery
itt.te or ein??, wt il-1 by Ita wary character 1 dedieatoi
to ettn al and t.ot ta laoMrOf ??ry tateteaf?; vhoee bh a>
bar* an prta*a 11' tha nu d, i <?? of tba l"> I?, aad who
at. a?et?partly the otasarratir* party of i teUoeiaal
am: ti otal Ii? t Oi in.
Ibir, if I be e aa* of ii bolar?. Tbi* akTattbn ii .1 cot*
reciioa of pabbe aaatfaaaal u the aoholar'a taacef ia
tin ftute.
To tie right dtaebaif o of tbi* daty all hir baraiag
in n ? rely Mtwidbvy, a- u n be fad* to ii. eote it to thu
aoo tl h? r? er. ant to Ida duty. Th1* end of ?11 ???h ilar
ry atiah un ? rot k) to lira nobrp, Ifnaaaa read booba
in. te)\ b? bnoa bimkn, be Uatreaplanbtdonlj tohkar
ii if. "If lie read hook* to apply their arradoaa to lifo,
Iben bei?a tree plaat><! to b-ar rjjorioat friit. He
deta i.ot tbhth for btm .if a one, ror board a tboogut
a? a uoer a ilinmoiil. He apetdafbt the woili.
ScboLarktip u? i.ot only tbe bnoaiedge tba* :f,ak->
bi ob a, but tLe wiMinin weieb larjdrea tlet
knewledae. Tbeacbeleri* eet ai ei eeaifly a learaad
I nan, bu be ib a who man. It he be pi raoaelly a r^
i ohaae, be)voicearadiaflnencanrenarei nohadad. Ii tho
. nu". be a berndt, hia mind bacitiaeaoftae rV"t;t.
If I baa laebbefhi renoktr, an" the Nibo'ar'a urfiue,
j if N b? tiuly the con cienoc of tin- nt^te, the faadaaaea
i tal law of h> li'e m hbratty. A' everj otel Iba tiaercnotne
a--iitM ano Orfendfl Hoerty ef taoagbi aad liberty ef
1 apeecb. Uf aba* aa* to u men i? a taoaghl that n il.
belptbf world, ifbi eeonot tell It lo tha world I Beel
1 atBiOghteoaaeete him ** .iu(.if.r eaaaa te s-uoie.
i II? i* tmaauaa A by tho tp'endor Ibnt aeertjtly p.raaa
- In in. 'Ibe loaouitioB oondeiuae Qnlttoe* craed.
i I'ur muoi t?itiuit aarrea rcpuo* Galileo in bl* dan
' geon. ISranny poiaona tb? eup <?f Boernt?*} ?ie
I HeiHnary eraina it t" Iba It-alt' of tba world. Tbe
! CbntcL, low* tang eert aa i ba nahe ofoniTeraalaaper
j etil ion, la} a Ha attbetlog Anger npoathi treed orn ot
I tl i beaten bind, ni>u it- own child, loop! a fruna im
i boaoaa, tb aoaaei ? to the worM bin n,i.taar - n ail i--n.
1 rpeeb, of coerre, of tbe ideal *cboiar, of what tbe
i aebolar ongbt to be, rath? r than of tba biatorii ilinon
who have beea called rckotara; ami yel 1 think ea
. ahall find tin- man whom we abonld m mcI froai biafoty
? a- thi tekeittr, i- aim ?h.- man who um t nearly fulfill*
! lie condi'ien* I have mentioned,
i In Ki gaah bbteiy, which a* nbe oar history, whobi
tie rcLolarl 1? it Roger Aacbnaa, a padtat and a
boIhorrnealer I In it ll aJvaroa. wttn lu-< '??*? baa,
I cnmbiona aaee, Lou???-?>-? ?tubing, fighting bi*
tlnil, arilttjgbu play* and bill stately rene*, quo
lie Ith gup 'be ''Mi mmi.." wi h bi- ? itty revelry I U it
i ul ?r ol 11 e ebeicbBM Ii? ev- n Ji iny Tj_\ lor whune
written wbdom breatbea l*be organ ma i" through
KngHah bteratarr; er George lierbtrt, wneae lif*4
abtutne with the biuu'y ot aotiee**t I- it the aad
Bwi'l, il.i vtraatile AddiaoB, tbe kei n Pope, or the
fsatidkiv* Oray. noting when crocuai h opened and
reaei braoaned. weeing one poem and tbe rn-otd of a
life a- ittoffeoaiee an that of acoUoge Ctit; or lleiitley,
tu Pi rton, or Parr, wbo madu r?Jnable note* mi vniu
abb (iruk cliifihicn; or Dr. Johnson, gravely aepport?
log na uwtoorntie pablmpoUcy, wlnie be powaifolly
ai tl pet bi licall} n bebt <l aiMtocratic private conduct1
1a-\ the nariie of I'r. Johnson ntiir tie mentioned
aaaneg arbotera wi'l outa aad respect; bnt ii he, dbv
tiM tiie v, the tcholnr in Bogliah b'B'ory I
Hun m on* nmn gi\. le nan, I hare not mt-mmnel.
Vi ur hi art* go bet?re mj tongue to mine I im. Tech
aieel tcbol*rabip beaira m e dictionary and end* in a
gtan d'nr. Tbe anb'fatne rahobuabip of John MiNoo
ba can in bn ? at are ami ? nded in bb-.
tirac' ti wbhewerj mt e]l? <-t uai gift, be wa* peraooaOy
?oieaM > Ibnt tbe tonuimic wooo*ol \'adimbtoaa are
krvelbat oom tin i anacelalion wtth hta yonthfal tigure
sleeping in tbeir ahtdo. He had all the technical cx
calbm ien of the scholar. At aighteea bewrob bet
tir Latin verse* tban bare been writtas in England,
He replied to the Ita'.itm poets, who complimented
him, in purer Italian thnn their ow n. He ?i, pro
fi uticly nkiiled in tbeologj, in BOienoC, and in tiie pu.e
!,ti tatute of all lar cuari -.
These were hi" aocomplisbffli ntn. but i is genian was
veal und vigoious. WbHe yel a yeetb be wrote th,,ne
minor poeae wbkh have tho abtaple perfectioo of tre
rocuct oi s of natun-; aad ia the ripeaeeeof hi* wa>
on ei d power, ba turned bat btad eyei be heaven
and sonn tbe lofty aonat which ha? given i.l.i a twin
g i ry v :'b Rbabespenre in Bi ub-l n nown.
It'in mncb for one man to have >lbon*tod the htera
atin et other aa?neaaad to haeeearichad hm mm,
Hut other men bate dona tbi* In tatieee degreee,
Mi ton went Itejono it to eomplite ti.e cbele of bin
cbnrai 'er an the ni bolar.
11u kniw tbe sahabtaWioa of bit Hta, Tic ti"?t
nclo'nr in Keg lead and in the world at that time rah
Alb d tin i thee. His vocation aiakiag bin e-p^e:ally
ttu rtprtsentativa of liberty, be accepted tba pert to
whieh be wnn aatwiaii] oalled, and taraing aw?_\ irnci
*> 11 tlf blanoi, biueiitn of ense and lame, li gave L.itu?
et- t to Ubettyaad taamo toiity.
life icl,,,ii?r a pany liadd, eaafiwatttg man I John
Mi tm ibowtd Mm to Im the great*at cwiaaa ol tbe
areeteM CoauLOtweahb Diedeiaieg to ta k of tbe
ubi rtj el tin- M-unan :t?t? ahm the liw rtj ol Bi
n iiiwa-iii periled.be txponed tbe tJalalb) of 1 hlial
tyranny la aontn wbk I are ?t?I the delignt mid n tage
! (f Ire? dem. and whom- BaBBk in tnajr-tie aj tin
catne Ibe] cel. brat.. The rnduuee of tMOa BsAeolplaa
i is Mill tbi pkiry of bi.-ttiir. TBOf Will sctrch out and
aaaoae the ?ii.? ?\ tyraaaj, a* Ibaagbtaim great
i bin OfinL'.ng ai niiiii.i^tit ujwin a in.<untaiu top rc
veab tbe ttat* of tbe eatmy rbnlkiag a tba plain.
While Iba men of Nmfolk and of the fi u*
were mtatsekag te aaateb away for Bhcity lu retain
noaaeeo?he cid not atej to cotdagab Gtetb vc; ?? iu
a?t, no* eoactive that tee Bcheiar'a hhrnry wn- ki*
peat of boner. U werde tnataiethe atetaal rebekt
of i v. i v m Solar.. f ivety btarnty man. of m ry ,.f ?
?\n.si wbo b a day when banana lhaefy te tbrtateatd
c un not ataae for hnarty but eriagea ander the c jot
t, ?ii ? of penitioB. M: tot" t nen to im acnn?n ttv t i.un^r. 0
jtam, wai, avoice of mnilitadiaone masks, like Mat
Of a snat wind ia a formt: "1 lar.not pra - a
?fugitive andeloMtered \inu?, une\^nnaad ard nn
brtatbed, that aever Balbaa out ana aece her advar.
-n ry, bnt abnka out of tha race waere taat baaaoital
"garland ia to be run tm, netwithataadine dew and
'?htat."
Oaa joti id ft.n i the i.firi?b beailiea g. ning up Urj
w&ikirg rapidly away liom mcb ncntiiLiLtpT Cmm
you i.ot fancy a.i the noble and genenni? Li art* in the
amid fhonlit.' tLiough ah the ctutL.-.oe Mimen'
Aim e I '
MGentkmeu, the acholai i* lb* roptaaaatattve of
thought amont? men, and his duty to society iath*
tfiett to fartrodaoe laoagbl aad 'be ren*e of Jnettea
into human al)n;r?. Hi wa- Lot n.ad* a rohidar to
^9tl.-l^ ?wtewapapan or the par.rb beadwe, but tm
.nu (tod and man. V I ?'< otbei uien puiyue what i*
expednsnt. and watch with alarm the flickering of the
f?nde, he >? to pur>uc the tnitb and watch tha rnaj
iiw ,?' ???^tii'c.
Hut ii Ibw bl tiue of the scholar iu gmeral, how j>e.
euhai'y u it tru<' ot the American anaatar, wbe,aea
t itizea of a t, public, han aat only an intiaeu. a Ly hu
an ro atd eaaaapte, but, by hi* vote, a ?not tgenev
upon pnhHe atTiiirn In a woehfie wtdeh I* Urn
W >ti i - Wvetrmg the nat.oiial welfare by a rxajonty
of VOaeaa, whoexet refu.??* to v.^te ,n a lra:tor to b.*
2Jj5***5l waeaavat that oaaaa maw bei aad if *ty (
?cbobu will not v<xe nor have an aplakat r.poo grt?ai
,'i
pat'.'it'm.;?!,iure.thSj'v . .v la ma I ?
? ? if with p?-uii<-a, t/j? yj teete ctamed vrtb vagwe
^h)nj?tiOD ab<3''. '?..],? g _-\tv. IBO ?
the ? ?.? not* '?' J-V^u-n ? ???/* steHa leant, thei
that nLoia r ,, ft tra tot to Uberty, ad legred - h -
ndtr le? yatfi'tmgdn reproac) that tbi aehe.ei * ?
l''"',wanni OTM UimiDtl.
the AmeneeaeeSoUr, r-atl tarn, ha* ? put
y ? mgearaaL atdba baa, earanqiaatiy, ?ot5* 11
tvery p-'iti-ai <?:.-? .a m? "unty; w*?' !)'?" 1
III in thi? . tini "i .vir r. ttiawal atTVr* I ibfJ B0!*M
Jon M plcwrv on J TtMtbM 11ftf7?T0, ii ItBtf
dtaietd tobtt speech. To eayooog mea tbt rotat
tbif oeaatrj m it'ru'- L aaataa loei ; ',J*i
love and every hone-t m ir r?-v.r- ' Tbi- mm-* ?
Iheeawbo e>?v. th^ir yuc bamiatraagthto tbt saaea
wbb B ? wn'tir g for Ba tu nrt i*.
11. Tit >? t oft. u""i'- .-over-men' .?bon .-?n ::>erty.
Law? lattreintheen to-. i m tr tf tbt in Kvhtaal up?n
t? < .?ij? in order ttaf ai: it diviiuaia may' ?ecored
tbt tieeetpley ut tv.r Borer*. Tbit fa btcWW thi
etd of society hi tbt mat w n;cti. oifU t indirinaal
a- ti the 0..reiemacal of tbt race. Liberty it, ttj-rc
t. r.-, Hi* 1 01 Uttel of hnn a-i iamgren tad 0* - IT""
hj -tat it tbt beat r^?ratBtnt weich givea to awn tat
lere et liberty aaaf ooatttatry mufllflaa itterf la the Be?
ter? at of Frtecum. ,
H,e law-o' .iwittv, iti.i. e l, f)'|^riv m> t; <?' ?' Wy
ar,d area of We, hot oary wtv-.i bv eriaaa thtyhtra
becoBw iejerfoaate ia lety. Pie oaaaieatioa of tat
hit or nberti of the Ld vidua. aaderotbar riream
??ai'?t is the outrageof ibcaa ilghta ?bl hft - h>
ntlacti' - v peicttvod by every man, but are beyond
at, nn et.- 01 proof.
Htiniin iiaveryariaihilatea tbaeeneJifJeBsoi aaaaaa
prognra, Ita aeeearary rr?t:'t hi the dtttraettoa oi
1 nu.an.fv. ano tbdra not "ot ly direetry by it* taYtct apoai
th? tlare, bat m<: rectty by ;t?'fl\. t aawa tbe aMuaer.
|t tbt oat it dettroya" f-e aeaf-rwB?ei wbatb b taa
baaai fmaaronr? ana :?,h,i-a M|ietal critaa acamal
htBiaurty, In the other it harten ratde. hadowaot,
luxtii\.a"ad Mrrntiaatartr. whieb eaaaBybatbratetat
bee-an betef. laanfbri ia 8?re atatea tbtrt ia ao
Ireiatare. e-. art, no prwgnaaire 1 ivi.?.ition. Mtn
beta are f-?ni?-nc atd fieiee; bnte poraa ?urp!*nf*
aaral nhaerjrb , btadaan "f iptteh i* aaparaned ba
? aun the aauaral ipte hoi baaeoadaaMaSlarary;
a a ratthra vat. y m 1 alb I I uaor, and rwardly iwaaj
l<r,ehirabyrii ptetfbr aoanaa iidi troyadbyaalrer'
ral i ?at ? raaai ??. aay hrdiflereaae faeaOtd gailtatry>,
ai.d on impadaitl faaaihai t\, eordial tr. Tadapply by
a travtrty ot oonraat the want of marly h nor. m-n
rtbberattly rlaol taaai arba tapuaa tbalr fihabanaa.
TLei<?< r.- 'th?y go a Brad with lurree and pittob), for
it ia u ra oinal article of a e ?lt- -if haba boaa ihaf it
.a paar 1, t f,.r r. r<nl?y to braa 1 a g ath ;ntn. Y raadad
ui oa erbaa, f>4 bj m> otn.-r wur.l -'an man-atr-ah <g be
cnanc*<iiz?e, tba prerperity ofaaeh a paojleiaat
the u ? n y ot aa hrdagaaai j'1- lea. H< aea a *!av.- ??)
cnty h?? tba tharvtei-t a of waadoileg triaaa wbl
r b, and live then tare, irara enre in the *ria' me of ioi
peadiitg veageaaee? There in tofbiri? admirable in
aocb a mm '? ty bat what ita apbit ooadtaua; t!'-r9 ia
bothina pern.'?.bellt in i' bat decay. Agaiaat aata
a?air?t rtaroa, againat the l.ttman baa^BCt,acataat
ihe DfrbM 1??. taa iaatatatioa of h'im?n ?lavery
is tin na a I ineadfn'. that phflodophy emtem
nlafiH er ihe laiaeiaafbii eeaaeirea. Certainly
(? im itdivKBal rTaTebaaaara nr.- iroo.1 men,
but 'he n"'*-i of men am r?T.r better tbaa
tttfa initi'utiona; and rertt.ii.lv nere alavea are l?-ft^r
f<d aid lodged than mme free leborera, bat ao an
n nt.y hoi aea Better fed aad l-?-leed than aoaai tree It
boien 'a. thrttfore. a lali-.rertoa'teiieate hiamanbood
aim beoeaaa a hone I aad, certainly, aa It aihrta, <i "d
t;;'.j, in a e?rtain ieaaet be raid to permit it: bu' in
tieaarm iraj f?idiwinii led tbe alaaghter of the laam
citta in .India, aid he permitted the awfrtl radwav
amafbteri Betaaaoatb ano, near Phiiedetpaia. Do
ji 11 me?n H at a* mn.fort tor the motbdnaf Jadda,
and the noli 11* of I'enn*y!vatia '
Ilirti.ry nn liana at.af i'hi.o-npi.y t. hi-. The
Eaettra iia'iotM and the Bpaaita cobmiea, Rmaam
her retire ?ml the BVmtherB Stetea of Ameriea, dhe
j.i*y a roeiety of whieb tbe radttl a aiaadar. Beerarar
mach the [ihaaiain aa may dhSer. M ra1 aaJr^teapect w
tbe f'o*t t i minion of national life, a^ labor ia the fir<t
coaritbia of aathmal prmprrityj but taa lalairer 1 an
not havt n ortd n Pptel ut.h W he be free.
Tbe true national policy, therefore, is tl.tt wlu.-h en
robu* ntio digaiflea labor. CfaehBaetua Bpoa h:? fat in
i? t'e iiital ot the ri* z?ti. Hut Slavery ai gracea la
la r by mabiltg the labour a b u'e, wbfld il mikes the
rlavi BOlei r ti ?? HbBM diate ri\iil ofejie &tt laborer in
ailthemmbtti of'he world. Heart.TtberinaGrac
rhna, one of I he (-reafi ai of Kornau riti^n?, ?-arly raw
thai m 11 Mate where at, atajareby a* tae **.nn time
nMaopobaed aad dirgraetd labor, there Bmataeoee
aariry be ni-i deamiabaad poenhtlija, wbo would
demand tappt rt af tat State, and be rtadj lor tbe *??-?
vite ot the deoiagoeae, who ta alwaya the tjT.mt.
Giacebw waa killee, out the kraaapcored tba propbet.
The iHik?r which Beam cbariabed in her btaaum ate
i ut tbe heart of Raraa, aad ke empin wbeaa splendor
bathedorei tbewbohj world, fell Kae a btigbted tiee.
ft< t un'ii s an ry had liitbanri d the :;reat mn^.* o| the
It. in/110 ,1.4 li.'.n.u Call a |aa?w In lb* KarlMtrian? firooa
Bb ' ae.
Geatlcarra, it i? n diagraet for a'! of ua tLnf in this
tobiitry and in thi* year of oar biatory, the oecaaioa
?I mild r. gain me lo rtate rat h priarfp* s and facti a
tl.ise. Hatorr recma ta he aa eadbrna iteratioa. Bat
i? :* tot m>. po aot loee haart. It oary aeena ao bt
canat tbtrt baa betabal one great eanae la haaaaa
af)air??the cauae of Liberty. In a thouaand fonn^,
andet a tboaaand namoa, lot eld eeateal I,a* baea
aagtd I' divided the poti lea of Greece and
le nr, if Engbind, France, Amdrica, into two partita;
,-o that the Li*tory of hberty is the bintory 0: the
amid.
Aa AaBeriraa cftiaena wa arc enihd upon to gght
ihat battle by reaiatiag the ezttnrioa or tbe in*tit'i
tioti which I have described. I he advocacy of the
ati a of ifi exte Leios i--1 ot a whim of the glat a Poww.
hut ia baaed apon the abaowtd aeeeaaatfaa af the *y
t?m. Ar bmututioe which Ut mebtally und inora ly
pernickma caaaol be tct Boadcally aevaatageoaa To
raptioee ao 1* to a.^cu-i God ol outtmir a preoaiam
nia bg i.. The ayttena of SU\eI.at?orby demoralizing
th? lubi n r and ? Bhauatingtbt mil, abtolate y di in lada
expaaahm.
1 it ai-1 ceeomieal Cad there can be no coula. The
S'ate of Viifiinw, for tnatance, hai a frier cLma'e,
tu I ? 1 ind cheaper mOb, with lese exp^neive ineana
of ( 1 veil ] ii g Iba tr wealth, than I'er.n-vlvani/i, Bea
Vi ik and Meaaachnaette. At the Btvatetioa Vn
gla'a lao twice the popnlatica of l'ennayivaoi't,
much iror* dieporabld capital, and the I,,?! facili
tii a for astdraal caBanarce and irtir^a! rum
ii ur ? .tum. In I ISO the eaafa taiue ..t formt in Pemv
)ivania waa gfS an arte. Iu N ir^inia, M an acre.
In NewsJetBty, withaaeil iaferim to that of Vir?
giaia, the average vanaaef forraiag lead i?*uau
acre, (jovirror Johaaea, late Got tram of Virginia,
?ayatbatal ? p*noil tot rety reaaotd bar tradeea
ci it t! ut of all Bew-Eaglandi and Norfolk gur
pmeed Ni w-Voik in the extent of her th:p,. u,'.
At tl.e BeverBth'B the rommeira of Virginia Waa
four fines that of New-York. In J-.vi thaiaporta
iate Bew-Torh wre giao, 000,000, and lata Vhgiaia
It-e than 1400,000. Latos in Nirxicia -ftDabie of
ptodarieg -'? ta 80 batheb of wheat ta the acre, aad
: \ twenty font hi uia by rai trnm \ew-Vork are to
bi fact forafottirih of the price of timilar landein
Bea Tothi ?? :
Vtreinm id a Noethera 8lavd state, bu' a s?nat
fron. Alabama. Ii ? mos' eoatberaof tie Slave Sti.:ea,
ronferarBof hraowa State, "a ccuntnr in its in accy.
? where, flftj yean year- ago acaree a feraat tree tat!
" beta fel'to by the pioneer, i* already exhibiting tbd
''paaafai tigaa af aeaihty and decay apjiareat m Vir
"aiaia and the Paialiaae '
'1 beae are apecimensol thentatnti .* whisb are to ha
fi und in book 1 that any man can rea l. All the
trs^elei? nil the same etory. They rind fat slaves and
a Marved aad ixhumted -oil. ITaBolatioa, lute a
rinotiiia, bna da npon the land.
Bxteaakm of ana la ther?f..ra vital to the gyettiaa.
Bad are *l el Bad that the political power ot Slavery i:i
tit I'nltid Siatia ba* been con-tautly directed to the
?( ..i kdtioa cf tetntory,
when tbe Union wsa forraed, the avataaa of slave
lahor exited in all ol the state* except Ms.*aarhu-.- ts.
A' ?he North, however, I! was n im.tia oary; several
1 t t: e stM.? had jMorided for its n-rnoval, and it *oon
dhrrpi>eared. Tie C'ons-itntion aanaalty forbore to
in. 1 tint, ti e aabjeet < f Slavery by name; and it i- an
a.v. 1. thai <\iry grave S-ate "paper is to be In?
terpreted ly tne* well kown oideioae of it? aa
tlc.re ;u "tie matttra to arhteh it relai-e
lie rifrturt rebiti bt aattBas the CaaatBathm are
tli re which ie!afe 'o Slavery. The CoDVen'ion tbn-at
?ti d to t,- wrecked upon it. Now we have the opinion
of thai eabjett heU by the maetdaaaadal uieiril)-raof the
CcnetltatwaaJ Corventi. n. exjireeard e thtr in debate
uj*'B thi* vi ry ir strumi nt. or m -< me o'her ? onntetion
with the a-.me g-iaf queetion In 170( , Qaerge Warh
irgton wrote to John P. Mercer, "It is e njr.^ my
" ft-t wi-ki* to are some plan adopted w:,i.!
? B v- ry in tin* coaatry may be abo.jjhed by laa;"
anc by tie be aaaaadpated tiie own nagroea
1 hon.a.- Jeffiri-.n -aya in his Noteeon Virrrinit, "The
"whole ooom tree I. ttreea mvt-r and sla\.-;- a ooa
" tii ua' eaereitt of the ua>at un?emi:-iug deej- ;>m on
"the ot.i- part, fiid doirradtng submission ..ri the
"Other. " Indeed, 1 txesabla for my . ountry
"when I nfleet that lo-l is just, and his josti- e can
" t ot rln p forever," ai d Jefferson Introdaceil into the
fingier* of the old Cobfedration. the famoue ard
rob:.- me e'ause d! tie Borth waatOtdiaaa^e. Benja?
min Fraiklm was the pieaident jf the nr*t Abolr.yn
Shitty. In the CawveaBaa fm-tvera.ur Minis of
Fi nnsylvania cecJared it to be ' The :irt* of Heaven
" npon th.? State wit ra it preraDtd.' Klbridge V**rrj
??t Ma--a> I :?? "* -' "-? re ?:? n ti.u?: ?. a.
ral n.: ? give any aawstiaa td """.?verT. Jam?
Maj.aoo ighl : maag U admit ai the Ccmtutw
' t.oa ti. lava uttt bare *joio bo prttaarty
trs-. <iad i am g ad to wry, npea ibe boaka e/
I*f Rivit the! two A th? ft+*t ?? ^nnr-ticnt
Mftttotbot CM?o?ttn?tf>fr-TT Flu? worth mI Begat
sr,,-i^>'''. I "'"'..! au'vrv any sanctum ol fc,s
rye-en by the Co ?? ' '
H - rt lost t*t4 w era ",<v?bd Slavery
w t'i iwerriea, ted im on ,r,.? tntioi * > t.-m
pnrery ai it?? nn'ure 4ftA{ atlougb eeaeedktBy
hostile to the ""cry objects: of tbe leion, it
ri ou d not bo % 6v to naioe. Bat hating it, nad con?
ed of ; ? temporary i hariv:er. they arool 1 not
allow tbe great charter of our Hb*rtJea to ba d?tii<sl
-th nanu1. P'-r-oaded by tbe sAtm- satrH of con
<?.-' i<.d to a tcaaporery evil, fb?-y ai.?>wed tbe sieve
trade t-> ? OBtbsee > Bit] the year 1-0?, then to be tei rai
tiatui :t Congress villi d.
Hot with tae beginning of t-:e row (. iTectBBBBt be
gBi ?!>? debateopon iwrery. In the very first Gon?
gten-, M-. Parker "f Virginia said rhat the rUu-?e
r.;.(.?:i a tbe slave-trade wa* on'rary f.. revolutionary
principal, and Wnght n< t to be permit i d. Petition*
uga.i t|,.- ..ate ?trade and S -?v-ry bet an to f> e-eni
tl.i met vi Benjanin Frat klin headed an Ao-i Slavery
petition to tbi fint Congress which doeo tbe eyaa good
10lead. In the debate upon tcooifanf tha peti-i'ios
'orcitomg the slaw-trade, in whu b the Slave party.
'i? lore tl r lii-n wa? a op-rut ><n. berat with the ery
if cist nu n. Janien Ma.t>' i aaid ;ha: Ccngres? might
taaid anaiiiBt the iaixodw tioa uf nlevri udo new ttr
ritory.
Tbe petitions rehntirg to tl e subject win- genera'ly
retotntd. and the pititonem w.re in every way re
wiled at d trto'ti d by the mi k Slav e Power.
It 1199, upon the question o| tl e ? n ?' of o Ter?
ritorial Uov, rr.mtnt tor Mnvissippi, tha bil! declared
thai the Ti iriti ry al.on'd be regelated in every respei t
like tie tetritory notth-wst of the Ohio, exxeptieg
niilv thai Slav, rj nlonld n.it be pfohiMtad.
Mr. Thatcher of Massachusetts mond to ntnke
aej the inception and prohibit Sar-ry in
aoet rdaace with Jeden m*s original plan of
nrobihttion in all new tenitorv, Booth as well
as torrf; of tie Oaio. lie said, and bis words
1 ave Will tbe e ' qe< aee and peetiaeai e of tm h, " Wa
??are atoit t<> i-tabli-h a Govenuneef f"r anew
"conntry. rbe Govwaowet of which ee forts a part,
" orunull d fr -m at d ie foonded npoe tea r gtitn of uvw,
" and utcn that ground we mean to uphold it. Wi h
" e. hut j renr?ety,U)i n ran aOon 'nun iit ? abaaatefroai
"ir n watch Stavtry is tot oely tolerated, bnt aeae>
" tinted by b>w ! It I a*Jadead,beaa argad that a* th i
?? 11 rtitety will be settkd oy eojigrente been tne South
' ?ii M;.t? i tbi) Baal ba allowed te have elavee, as
"n aefa a? to >ay ti.at th. peopk aftbefl letbare tit foe
'? notbhtgbwl slaved'ivtra; that if left to their "?'u labor
" thej woirld warve.M
At'euch siLtiuiiit* a? ti.i-e, bobBy atteted by an
An i r,.-*n : . i nmii wl an ?Mooatntry wa-- yet wu?k with
arencaytara'straggle for fieedoaa, Iba BlevePowae
iboob Ha bead indignantly, ate. raid that i-ach rem-irk?
wirt-\i-ry mini ic\, uc, oud rejected Mr. rout'u?t :<
motion.
Ttc ccn.-tant tin at of disur ion whic'.i was trebly
uti? red by tbe slave Power had He effect. The un?
til ual ahjva trad- waa prohibited, but not without
i!uUb?s which annulled the principle of tbe bil!. for it
allowed tht fo;ftittd eleven to be aoM, if a state ?o
deeri id.
Tl c SlaveSenatoresaid that undoubtedly s awry was
a n b fort tu e. Mr. Meeoa of North Carolina -aid it was
a corse, bat the eoeatry liadit,andmuxt not talk aboal
it, but enr urc it. This habt coiiCes-ioii (if the jui
liea of the An?dBaear) aaatbwaat, the estreaaa
i filenJUee of inengnrating tbe i ew Government, aad
Ibe determination of the knave Power tobe bwareored
at to <ii iehre the (Jaioe, gradaa ly tilenoec the rjiaeae
ei?ii. EveeJtffeiBonehnod biaaaaatb. Otherlaee*
tier * of hnawdiaie taanoitaace areae. The War of
|gl1 wn? to be fought. Meanwhii" tha introdactioa of
11ii Beathera Stati ? eapaolatly adapted, as wa* a*
rcrted,to ilavc lstn-r. tLe nudd^n and imoensa in?
en b-e of :be rotten mterert only eervtd to 1? solve the
> nvi I'oai 11" i ,-ike the li,u;- - .1 :.i f upi u'hi '(,:? -liou
tLe fb i p of deeih.
Hut En laia the volcoa began to stroke oeco
more. TLen toiik piace the u'reat dtbate upon
the Mir-i-nri t'on?pion,i-c. Mr. Talhaadge Baw?
Yei k tpohe on the oi i asioa for America und manko d.
Hi- woids bare so liagnUrapertii enoe lo the debates)
? f tir*f day in Ci Bgn aa, that 1 qaoto a b w of them:
?? If it in not raf.- now to din -un- Slavery on this door;
if it cannot cow coo>o baton n aa a proper tabled oi
_-i-iiiiai rrghrlnthm. what wili be tfie't-ult wuen it
w -triad throogb yeur tridely-^ztended domain'
Im prtsent threatewag aspect, aid the violence of
|raaapi?<<rttiH, mi far turn iuhn ing me to *ield to ih
progn t*. pu mpt rxeto rciu-t it.-march. New u< the
time1 The mini-ion .-t the avd niu-t bow be pre?
vented, or tbe oppoitenity will be loot forever.
It the Western roan ry caaaat be settVd wBboal
i .?. ;\, gladly would I proven! Mi tettkrawnl till time
-! :. I 1" i o more."
Mr. Cobb ol fjeorgie,anfing bkeye apoa riiUrno-'tri-,
lau1, as the Sitw section baa altreya seid, that If the
Northern member- peraisted, tbe (Jnioe would be ein
lolvi d
Mr. Talhnadgr?bH u- mnember hai nenne, yoang
Arneticons, n ta those ofonrgraal men?Mr. Tall
n.?egi vatd: ** Lengnngu of itin bwi tu uo aaTaol
"apoa tie. My perpoaeU riicd. It is interwoven
"wih my txtaitnco. Hn dnrabiHty it limited with
" my life. It in a great and gfaaioaa cause, setting
" bouiM - to Slavery the in?-t creel and debasing tbe
?? Hind ban aver wkaeeted. It in the eaaaa ol the
'? tn > dole of man."
Ii an- the most famousdi bate in our bbdory. Bofee
King ti m kU deckwed that it was a qaaation of alave
or free policy in the Rational GevernaMot. Every
argun .it ti at baa bi en aaed iu the disc nation by the
Suit Power during the last two yeata was tbae pre
lenti I and completely refuted by the repreeooteuvai
of IWedona. Tht Legt*Utnreaol the State.- (.npiM-.iiiiy
ifiitiected tbetr repreeontntivea boa to votf*. The
com try -hoi k ?e in tlie tot1.- of an eartbquaKc. The
vote wan trihi-n and the Slave Power i onqwrod. The
alave dilcgatioos votid in a bo.y tor the
hill, and Mr. Phnebaav wrote botne oa the day
of the di i ieion, " We neve triaaspbed." Tha Blava
Fowl r aod Uhnwpked, hi ennee the Ci ngrenn of a free
peopk haa ugiei d to a.low Slav* ry in territory when
it had the power to probil.it it. tl.m power being
expru y eckiowledgeo by a Slave IVenidint, and
t M ;i i t of w hich John ('. t'all.oun was n member. It
bad i tti ad? u to a Pree Territory tbe (ir.\ ib ge of repre?
sentation upon a bai?ia of nlave.s, thun aeiirjerafcly
prafetrHgtae dare syatom of labor to which privi
H-ge then wim not the shadow af i laiin, and which
badhtei v ranted to the Rovolatioaerj S'sve BteAea.
in consideration of tbe mien whieh existed there at
the time of the formation of the I'nion, and of the
gnat mutual itrugx-b- just pa and. John Qaincy
Adan;?, a!-o one i f tbe (.'ahnet, reeordad bil opinion
tLht't waa a triumph af the Slave power. It was - ?
roasideti -j tbi a. Tune has proved it siuei-.
At the raa.e time with ti.i [mesa^e of tb? Minroun
< uWipnmiae, Prraident Monroe ceded bo fipehi Um
. ? a bow known ns tl.i S-n'i- o.' Ti ia-. in coasidera*
tioa of Ibe Territory embraeinc the State of Florida.
TLin Kmpletl d tbe hie Of Slavery atOBg the Atlnii
He. The Prceidi rt was reprneebed by the slave party
for thai ceding UnHorv which woald allow a Pree
sta'. to Iii on tin very nnea of Slavery. Mr. Monroe
wrote to ?;?n. Jaektou that the ceesion wan aoeaaaary
to peeify ibe Nottbera reatimoat He knew thai
kavhjg itenred Plotide to Biavery, Tezaa e >uUi ba re?
taken wt.n wanted. Qen. Jaclsaoo rwpUad, thatM far
?'the preeeat wa ought to ba contented with the
?' Flonca*.' II e mtan:ng tht Slave party,
.\ Ibis i< what ishumoiou-lytenried a si-ttlenvnt'
ot 'I c niave question?the Slave Power hiving "nat
tfcd" tke qamtioa of tbe Teniton*-s blU Texas at the
aoU Milled Little Bed Biding Hood and LHtls Bed
Hn ii g lbnd e tirarniuiotb.,. Tu.? wo.-d ' -ettli-ment'
is tLe eternal ttagicsl joke of our [finical aistory,
Fornme yeais alter 1 MO the ?ubj. 11 was not diroctjy
vexed, tnt ti e rmolution of tue Slave Power never
n-ltied. If the moial minority irom the North v?o?
tend a word which favored a decent rnop*ct for tba
ptiixlplea of our rakrveramsat, tbe Slave Powar hat
only to rhake fit gory kwha and cry "dmunion, ' and
ti.e frijihfei.ed Not - bumed to abun ate it* CvnstitQ
tiinal riehm and moral honor.
In 1835, Mr. ( a loon, the moat sagacious of
s Liitrn statesmea,rppoaedthetreepttoaefpatirioei
bi l loagTI ns which alluded to the rutysct of Bbtvary.
Fin in the District of Cohwahia, Slavery denied th.
tifht of petition, bt cause it must, in the nature of the
cafr, dery e> ? ry natural ri^ht of mtin or of fraeaksa.
It. D-r.. t. .:? i'y. t.i adeil hv John ^uincy Adtms,
whrtr^headed eeirbwch of Coawitetieeel Liberty,
.in l " ? Mr. Calhonn cn?d ''ii>union." Tue
Slave Pt wtr echoed '? c.-umon," and tbe righ'. of pett
tu n whn d?ritd to freemen by tho leginlators fht-y
had Ibaanatlvea appointed.
Tb s waa an immense victory for the Slave Power,
for it r?vea ed to them estate of demoralization rc the
tatty of Frtedom. It showed the Have Power that it
eealn accmp ish its ends by dependmgupon the moral
w.hknnnof th. enemy ratl er than upon its own nu
BWlical ttrttirtb. The b^tonan ci nmiemo-ates a
tational iTime when bt records that during all tUe-e
rb bat. I the party cf Preedom Lad a majority of vi>tea
bl Cor grenn.
Fr. m the monur.t of this clear pereoptiaa of North
im demorabzation the conrse of the S ave Power has
been swift and fearful. Texas was, of toane, soon
tntaken, entailing upon us a war with M< xico. anl
opming an outl.-t i t Sktvi ry ?Lieh s-erm-d ilnmitabb
simrg the miwrabbl S'at.n of the gTeat lithmas,
Durug the few subee^uent years the nat ional de
maraBialhai seemtd to be complete The great
Ameri. an uperimtnt was palpably failing. A Re?
public or geveraaxeat of the majority. wbc?e perma?
nent BleepsrHy mutt depend nr>m free Iaint.waayield
;r g to the po! cy of -lave laVir ae a national prin< i^le.
The Fideral C?o\ ?-rnTnent :n ita mos* ixp<Trt?it
.?n:.**..-?* final "u. that c: making ti,e ateaai
aws of aew tarritO at, wan s<hT.uii<e-''d ej. ;..
s vely fot ths r>#n?f *. A h noa.1 prv.aij-vj eaaaa, that
rriviif?e rett.ng u[a ? ibe raesC '-ihm huoaau i-rline. 1
nTi,.*.?!'^?. Ii ?v. p-.C.tlyun.ter.N-M
Utlltalpr^^ntd.^ i.-.n-uh-..-v,en .
, h* Klave P..w?. He only B >ul.i b- ; , vnm g
freeatra-h! o.iy btad of ??overn-mmt which wat
fooadtd tom-ir.'?beb;^ii?^of Uberty.WBd fas B* I
the eifer*ion 'f human Sl*v?ry.
At the North the whoie .-u.-etioo wa? *fttleai r>y ml
i.c it a very difficult qm *km.Jo ebmrJy entvfamd
weretb?hrrereet of trade- sod tlv. -lav* ays-em, that
?,. taaject w?e not showed to be gheemed.
The piot? ?vd AboliMoniet* were revi ??d as
fuatJrai brai*on ?nd the entire j.ra.t.cal et
?Ben of the North was io-tiri.d by eating;
ttot Iba din ?ion of the auhjevt bed oely m
momd the drffieuitv b\ it flaming the Slave I' * ??'
as if, beraOM a burglar may shoot yotl if yea ?pP?M
him th? n fore butgurv must n?f be BBeBtiuaed. Tba
qees'ionwaaeeea&redeodifBcalt thai it wann?-?er
Blhtd. We wer* fink rsr .?.?# per find deeper to tt.e
iloaab. and, becaaee it wee ao verj hard to get oat,
wo aiaet not area mshe the eBbrt to escape . v
:i. n Good c.snn.r- forbade nit aPae on to Slav. ry. AH
I sets whieb Nortberaeis aad aVrntheiaece freqoe ted,
Newport, Saratoga/he losntafaaa among whi<-? Libei
|i nan bt ra, and the ?ea ov. I erbieh the ho- tied metij
trah - to fonna h?r lIDIDOrtal empire, and whn t. ?-- the;
v.ry symbol of Freedom, wm- adrat over the
-nr.adlig w milt BOB Tbe I'ulpi' hold its teagae
th.- Press, which m a free Imd should be tba alarm bell
of liberty, wae mufti, d. If a man from tbe Free
States 'died for liVrty, ae Ia.v. pry died at
Alton he wae mied a Manttieel fool, and Free
deal tad lo ether epitaph for her amrtyr. Other
ronatriea to whiob we MpercUioatJy aewrted oir
-th in r:tv nabed, confcinptuoiuly, "What u tbil
Repub ic which makes cvtk of men,aad whips w .men
wt. ti "lev gm rs that their children areaotd away from
?1 .nd And we repUed: " Y..u .lou't omit retimd tbe
pecolaiitwaaf the ntuation ' We tried to b. .? re
am the Slave Paw eriegrettt d Slavery, because it e,.ta.
with ? -.ery n. w Ink Of us .heir, it hugnl. that it WSJ
a great merfortaie. Bat whea the eham wa, kwig
i Dough and strongenough a* it hau now grown to m.
the Slave Power deierUd tbe old gn und that th. - -
r-m was a nccteeaij but tenporary evil, and i latmed
that Slavery was a divinely appointed mhmioaan tyi
tern tor the JdHoaae aa iastrtniioa Jaard ia iteell ?od
ptedttablo for the ooaatiy.
Thetwomo?t .min.nt living itatesmen, Mr.t ty
i Mr. Wabater, proteeted, indeed, that th-% wjre
opposed to the extension of fileVe territory. H.r Mr.
< ,sv wae biamclf a slaveholder, and a little later Mr
Webster rafaasdta vote ta piohibit slavery ia Free
tanitory, ,
The Slave Power was mad With us own 10 fee* Its
piide grewpnrplewith audacity It failed mo th,
ronpiaktart men in the FreeStatea, who forbore to
?v tl al Shivery was a tin, and who worhed hard in
the tut.-r? tt of the Slavs Power, pairiote aad lovers
ol tbe Uoioe?en if a political aad camamrcia ihm
n igbt net be bought at 100 dear a price, liat. pur-i.
i e its grta! - i d?aaaaely tba absolve annaerioal coo
tr?d ot"tt.e Pediral Qovernawnt Una slave Power
tried once more theqnnhty of Free-Statehaaaaoity
and 'iitnotirm. The rngitlve Sieve bill ??. paw ad.
I -ay tu mo:e of that ti ll than that it uiaiete-r y
prtters the lnhonmn letter of the law to the Jost! a
abkeh i* the end et ail lau. It waa a measure
iu the int?r?e? of Siaeery and not ot Freedom aad
:t w.is pareed under the old threat of dtoaakna
ftora the glare Power, Bel the North eeeaaed lobe
. a:, r f. ; -harne. 1 he Free Stale* harried to k:s- the
fool of tbe monatroaa tiower that ebdraed the m.^t
lervUe allegiance. Geoler pat his cap npoa tba poht,
11 c p.. i ,'e now. d in homage, ami tii>- Uniting hope ,.t
tbi world mummied, '? Then Wulien Ti li ia dead."
Ihftoiy ia not a rarieaol caaaeleaa coaaegaences.
Km lit all Iowa ?-v? nt iu tiuie>, as mi ute follows
Bubi tt in the day. I tell }>>u that if the Slave Powei
bad ai t f..uDd itself obaeqaioaely courted by what was
called the respectable pablic opinion of Dsetoa to do
ttsworw arrottg ia tbe very sbadow of FaneaU UaS a
ion 11 li. c-t? t: and a Beaali r irww hlaaaachajatta arawld
I.. \ 11 have bt aa t mitten to the rloer. unaware* and da?
fanstleaa, for having ep ken to a gn at.-r baaeoftba
?an e i ause for whieb Sainu< I AdaiBI and Jamia t^tie
.-j ohs ai d Joseph Warren tell.
The coaraaol the save Pawn was cowreeh'aaa,
Thi re w a? to H neer ne< d of ooocealmeat oraaodera*
? .ti w 11 d Ita natural enemy wu* it- must -et vie airy.
Ii n folvi 0 to ttnke one ga?l b ow to ..n-ure the- futuro
and tu pnt the qneetkn < f Slavery Krtonsion i?. >nnd
nbate. Uaman aflaaa are anoertaia. Theaapport
it bad received from the Nmtb Blight be withdrawn.
Th. t?- mieht be a react ion. Fr..om might ri -time
that at t'lal eoperimity which il -till had namerk a Ij in
Coi gt? is. The circaaaaiaaeea atteadiag the pas-a^e >.t
the Fugitive Slave bill having exposed th- eniite de
Boraiixat'OU of the fr?e unij.ui'y, it was to be sup
peaed thai tu? r. -istanie woakd be m?.de t" an> an
up city.
latbat spii't, and wifh that knowledge, the Mil
mail Com pa n.i^e was repealed, and all th.- Western
ti niton of the I'nited States, larger in ar-a than all
the rettled Rtatta. wan opened t?.ih.- possibility of
f'nvi lafier Ihe glava Power threw ofT ovary m"?*k
of amionahty, of common honor and ofcoaanmede
eency, It d?-ibi ratcly di l a c. .*i wbiah wouid
bavi canacd aa iadlvidaa] to be booted from
11 e ?< i n ty of honest im n and hr-tndtd as a bar. It*
..ml r^; do'tune w;i- that the linou is a confrai f. But
n national ? on tract . x Ha on y in the honor of 'be ptr
lie?, and ti e Slave Power repudiated its honor us it
I d it- ai tt a. As a me.n swindles a fiii-nd to
-nj p< r* a p'leditote who nuts him foul and body, mi the
Slave Pawer brehe its faitn with tfie Praa Stales to
d insh an institution wh'ch hae been its phvasnal and
moral dtetrnctfom Whom Ihe Gada woald drvtroy
tl 11 1 r-' madd. n, and so lii'.tleea *<? aedectoas, ao ap
paliii u' wae th>n a?-ault upou the i-lav rli aabwhasBM
ot the Free K'atc*, that it inhtat.tly r? >f.ireil tbem their
right if aal tt en wreaith, aad. Oed willing, the gud
lnti.re -hall cry that William Teg waa not dead but
?1? aping.
I ehall not repeat the hietmy of the Kansas iniquity.
Y< u ki ow that every t*e of the e?^ht pi. ton?ee of
proticMon for fiee mutitulion* m Mr. Don^lda'a bill
waa hmaediately dmtroyid. Tea haow that the hill
atJtt tid to adow Uie p.ople of Kan.ae t?i settle th-.r
own fiov.rt n tnf, and you know hat the Preaideet of
tbd Dl itcd Stat. B aatd Wl iofa passed the bill, himself
led hordes of mea hem Mieeeun and ceatroikd the
ilecli te acainst the p.ople of Kansas. Vou know
that Iba tielegatea,sn aheted, pa^-.-d lawa f.?r the
Ttnttmy, which oatraged humanity, eomaaoa
siure and the (.'uneiitulioo of the Ut..tetl
States. Ton know that the p.ople of Kamme refaeed
to^ubll.lt to a Mhmrari aaub. |*aa kimw thut the
President of the- Utdtad States eBdeavorad to coraoel
t: a* -ubmieeion by means ot the National Arn.y It
was the ftaal triaarph of tbe Slavs Powm. lUsaocess
rouldnot he gteater. Tho l'raeident of the United
Statea orden tae aimy of tl* United Stated to force
Slavery upon a Free Territory, aad while I apeak to
10b tte crime gods on. But Bkm while I apeak to you
tweaty ad bora of a moral people, p., Itioailv decicated
h Libetty. are a.-kug them*.Iv.a whether their dor
. n,m, nf ehall be adsnfeisUred solely ia tho interest of
thr?e haadted and fifty th- usand aluveholdere.
At last we ore overtakeu by a reasd of tbe naadaai
Of the uaue before us; but ao long did ?.,d delay tho
dawnmg that good men despaired ot day.
Do you ask me our duty aa Khalam. Oaut'. ineu^
thought, which the scholar represent*, is life anl lib?
erty. There is no intellectual or BHKal lifo without
libirty. lh.r?f..re, a* a mar- rrnet breathe and re. be.
forehd can study, the scholar mua? have liberty. Irrd
if au, aid aa the Ammsoaa e/ holar m a mau and has a
voice in hie own (Jovernmenf, -o hia tatareat tn pobtt*
eal affairt n,u*t pram de all ocht ta. HK mu*t build his
home before he ?an live in it. He niuet be a petp? t
usl iL-pirat.onef freedom in tadi'iea. H? mine re
"?gamd that th.- iatelhgeal eamama of poiitiaaJ rights
nh.ch us a pnvi.ege in a Monarchy, i* a duty m a Be
pubic irae'atE wi-h hi? ease, bis retirement, Ua
taste, bartacy, let itelaafa, bat let kirn do his date
The tonne of events is inc-asant, and when the go-?
dl ad is alighted, the bad de.t.1 m done.
V<.in .- scii.lnrs, yourg Americnrs yoaac ..
are all i ad? c upon to do a gn at da'y. Bobodr is ro
k .1 from it. it in a work to be done by hard eir..k*e
and ev. lywhete. I fee a natag ? nthu*ia*m, but er.
thuna-m :e Lot ap ele.-tion; aim 1 hear chee-re from
tbe beeit, but eheera are Dot va*ara. Brav* m*u
n t.st laf>rr with hia neighbor, in the etn et, at the
p,. w, attach at b,earlyi ad late,at horn.-and abroad.
Uettrairy we an eoaeetaed in iketioaa with the
mearnre* i f Gaveraawat Tkia time it is with tbe
?"?rertial principle of Government itself. Ther.f r.
th.remtn-tbe aaaeaht atx.ut oar ktadar. Be marl
Bat irevan. ate, .rOardin the fag, or use term-to
court popular fav r which ev. ry dexagogue and traitor
baa alwaj* need. If he say* he fsv.ire the mten at of
the who,, coun-ty, let him frankly say wfcelc.-r he
ttiLkstte interest of the whole country demand the
'ittnskn of ?avtry. If ha dedaiea for tha Uaioa.
ai bim say whether he means a Uaioa for Freedom or
for Slavery. It he swea/e by tbe Cotetitution, let
lunrtate.iothat the hamhlist free sahareraaa haar
and understand, whether ke brhevta the Cotirtitution
n eat- to prefer Slave Labor to Free Labor m tha
National rtprtstnutionof theTerritorita. A.b. h-tn ae
an 1 oe-eet man in a great crisis if be be for the Uaioa
ie CeaeGtathm, and grnvary Extend or for
L,b*rty and umon, now and forever, ram and in
an i BMI man m a great tnsis if he be for the Fnioo
be toLst.tu ion. and .Slavery Exten*.or, eTS
' Libert u and union, now and forever, ram and in
separable." Ui 1D
Scto'ate, you would like to loiter in the pleasant
paths Of Stadv. Every man loves hia ease-JovaTS
plewe h,? taste. Bat into bow man; home? rdang hi
bvebr ralry came the news of Lexington and BaaJbW
??y^J^?*t y<>?* ?arhaara, eawag
r must tor - ak<- th.
golden with bar
bi athera and aaam Eaew liatSaataariUSm
Saa
i-day .l Ike -id cbvzK parent* wh>.ch.id, njttx
ggs] go away to nn 'srtsin war. PtihnAiri hovd ?
cub al Ms pl"'i*fh, ?0*- ****** W ?0 Without w%4
\V< Mil r heard it, e> d ob-ye<L 0
Not Urn btvely m those day* ???f^u? peivefrd?tiw
not heeioff thin Summer sii. Ufa ?wl* irondWr^
I eau'iful tu the*--- young OH d, bj it it to at whoabai
pp ? tht r rrrevee. Bit IV .-anew lib- and (.??,) wtri^
Car aid beeatiful those own w.nt out bravely t<??V
bi o dir. Through thine very n'r.-. f* they mAr h*,i/
r . ver r?tnrii?d TWj B?B and ?T?rt '> .r . -J bjj ..;
cm never tie Hot tweeter ere *kt bower* that ?2
voui vs.'!. v ?aii. nut gTMM r ate tk* pi tea ?bat |lf,
u.ur river it- imm, the* tkm KmtmVMJoi Ib? br?,,
bun wto died he Prendoa*. Aad jet, no y
ihoee days, sfctpiog aadertbi we.?leet of Oehna?,
,.. > ??,.'(? truly a mwtrr o Uiwnytaea
? Ordered aaaa whose bor,.a!-e ld.-a.-mu? in Otrntnoi
Oi. r sui noon the silent plains of Kansaa,
Gent It men ?bist era read kistory we aaaae hbfen
It, ooosc our hil. bj n.unlit m tbi' great tv?o,e wt a**
,,,t bodo "> ens-ape ugh ing Il.ca.ise t?ot*ot4to4
v.ars ag" I..?? ?In.- sto.nl agau"t \trx.-s, we mast;
1. pi oar t..nt X> tk a ma* Mia, tn.r, thank IhX, t,v
I^oWaafa tot iaaaoetal Erery treat crisis of aaaaj
1 ft oil is a para of Ihernaopyla*, and there it tl
n a v i a LeoBibee and his tbtee buadred I a ale ia ?
they eoaaot eoteoer. And ao ha | a- Liberty kaaaa
i artyr, to oeg as aww drop oi blood wpouredoatlj
i .r ro long froaa tool sisalo drop of Moody ewee'.a;
tba ag. n? > f i Boaaoity shall spring boote as count a?
as'i- fomt ?avi-?i?)n vbti UtheBStV
Bro?H rr' it mil ba- OOBBStoaa. I bring -t boyoe
? i, .au r.tna's I -omo.?n )ou to tbe great nghtcf
rrtcdraa I call apoajoa to sei ,aMb f*m i ?*>,
?benevei tin oe< Baton idfcra, and wrhr? rv.,?,. ^
th. di s roo ? -. tbai apaa ifaee hrim, Bah - at Kaaaa
? n ? ,'m-v h.-a:t of the e. t tm.-i.t, the I ma baaaj
Mai rry, ditpfseasjc * nth d. *r< u,?>n national p- repeajj
ud opoDfiee Labor stall n#*er ** plants lasj
b ii ot..pan' tberwtba ,,..1 a of P?aeo,tbavb>aaa4
m . olive <>f aCbrbstiaa ci? latioo. leal spayu
i0 deteimioi wbttber tlb) rrrwol . xpenmen oi honn
free rm,, wbbb bsabewotb. icoea of de-po ^n
P> its fat-aie, he al-<i oor sia aad -ham-. i eel opm
toa to doftad tbe bop* of tbe woild.
? Tl >? voiOB of <im broth* n who are rLeedint?. no k*j
tbanol i bi tail era a bo bi.d, bbomb *ai aa ba tbai1 a
I, 8balt>>. el.ili'ren of ui b-'in ?.-i.era'. ii.-, I ? ^r
, vertbai rarl Weotata Batpiro, r-.-e ap aaa] ,
os bbvsod oi cetaetl Hero ara our Marathon %oi
1 , b ri are our B*robt ti. Id*. Tbe h-ar*.,,:
a'llg.?ti iion ?'e?? with bb. I h'- fight it asaBB-H i
.. . with i;.<d. Hut tiod i- jix-l.
THE dirs ISC, of Tin: jo us j ti'.
To ?*? Ksbasr -ir !?<? v i T>.b i#.
S.I?: In PTlday'aTaiaoaa it isca'ed that agsslW
mar. who I.-t Oi'dw il on Tbaredayaaaraaaf aabj|
I j been ascert di aal that at least fifteen are dead ui
:, . .i tti) :ln- bnrnirg of tin- st?-am.-r J i'ji J?y oa
Labi George. Ibe whole number of pMisagm n
l oHid ws- at). There w.re-i\ taotra to have baa
loi-t, ana 69 in the li-t of the -aved, .earing nice nu*
f'w/aOOB N?ard Of the boat wi'b my wife, aal
Garfield eatry th.- oea?. BBotaiag for Ca dwell, b--i-.re
?in names ?v.r.- takoa. Tbara were aba aa ooarJ
aio -aveit M'. Hntchtosou and lami yoi l'hlut i. nbu,
irboen aol m th?< ti-t-. they were n.-veu ? aaataar,
which accoaati lor allot tba aaiaatag.
i r? ic, JO .n n \v
M - Patet?? r*-. aaj ' ' >?
crop PR08FMCT8.
We piitit a f. w items from cv-hnagca ao<l corrt
rpoadents, ot tin- erop pro-p-. M in their pa-tioalar
localities. Perhaps the ralaof yeatarday w ? Lave
(Jutt8eetto mattiially eliange .-ome of these pre*.
piets.
a. coTTcapoaideBt at Haarsoa, Aagaet 4, arritat I
lit ra n oi Wtduirday, ae lollow-:
-'ii. ropioaa sboware ol yaatarday attaraaaaaat
tl ose oi ti l- BMraiog gaarai tea to tae finrv rn and
s arc tin i e m rbi-i vicini y, and for milt- aid ? M
aionnd, a full crop, if not a bountiful one. f r nev a
ii DDt* it has b.-.n veiy In t a d d.y , the ? h? .-nio.n ?r
raognganosl oftbat tim- tVoai ba toioioeg. Tne
fear*ol bdrou'hfron tin.- ceaet ai? aosrdCpe'tsd.
CbeeiinlaetB pr^vaiW vbera before waa daepood acy,
Tba teadatc) of thin st?te of tblage aaggaeU to th.
piovideot bosbaadaaaa mid < bM valor, or un ige, au)
rsptcia ly inigatioa. la our ooaatry ire weat al I
ill . and 'In- run.
?? (.Mr- and rye were never BBei and better ' got in '
thea during ib? pie-ent harvett. 0<us?an average
crop on I i:h 'und, <arly .-own; . ace bent on !^ ? .inns,
aid oae fit Id ia partnijelar, which I bare Jat r twaed
bomvndting 'got iu' jnet iu time,aaa in ex >? ,.? ?
order. One lot ot ^-ra.--, but , ne i -, l i e-tunitea *>
ite owai i toio h i - to been y ielo.'d ov r on* kmmdmei
'? I, ? ot buy of unurtiul exeell. nee. Ctthbag' -. aeoH
Bower b ."n oli, Scotch kah- tbe seed troui th" i'at
intOfice- lire in exoeUeal gtoeiag 'tritn.' Swe-t
oi ti apt i ara well, und ton ato I men are as pea ? an a
Itth. Pol at one aafftr tha mo-t, but these raiae atB
ivo an e v< rej. e orepb"
Tbl booth ? or bus been V0TJ bvl iu WeObm V. ?
giria. Tht lUpmbltemm, pthrted at Charten' in, Va ,
Jaly S9, tbiike the Cora erop now beyoatj reootaiy,
v in bil July tln-y have not bad rain i n^ugb to lay th?
dust. 1 he Potato crop is already almo-i a total fail?
ure. The pasture-, are dried up All the wia'l sfroami
arc dry Tbi.- in bad for tho BXteaaive graziers n that
jart of th. 8 at..
In biuth Carolina it doe.- no! appear to 1 I?.u
a? tot an here,
7h Ckarlnion Af rc: ry of Aug I, in / i i?'th
rargc of beet here, m)i
"Thetemperetn*n efCbubwfea is awie^erate ecm
partd with buc'i fiery LutenMty aa in indicated by
tt'eea Bga/ea. Teeterday wn;, another very auruiday,
thoagh. te our rVeUnga, more endnrabea than Wednes
oaj. In the nun, however, it was oppressively bo*,
Bnd bat few e nie b-ngwita?taad its hfaaaoa. Two
of the Day Police, Mr. HyaaSfl and Mr. Levy, w'.i*
on cuty, Were eomplttel) pro-'iated by tae heV, and
wtre coveyed ia aa iaaanaibU coudkioa to their rtsi*
d< m et."
Pavit Cnor is Onto? j% O'raefaadHafilaakj
-. . opt! h n flat there will be very little fruit m that
section tbe present sea bob. Tin- in-aeti .-rop w.ll br
litrli better I baa a oae. Out af whole orchards) hi mtay
? nr.- leeiealya peach wt? begnahared. App'-n&re
nie. plantifnl, but there WiB uot !>? a^ many m
aaaal.
In Maine the potato rot has Bunde iti appear taoo .n
icatefieldaearlier than tmual, b it as the rtaei are
st.l grew big rigeroeeiy, it fit hoped the r ?p w ll not
I. gtaaraUy injered.
In Verateat the drouth icvete. ArVsead haat
rVoan then saia tbe Greea MonnUius are no brager
griin. 1 he bill pant un .- an- l.-mbiy ba-i ' .,. 'J''i
Bmrlinfton /Vet Press of Aagaet 1, nay-:
"Tbi hi nf m not no exctnri\e a- it has bona, buf th.
wantofraia ta thai plaaa aweaate to ?aoaiWadreal
'lie com is wuh'-nng, polaloea are rip?nu,g prema
turery end rproul ng ra tae bfllai the soil ia a iretreets
bj 'nint aad a.-hi n,' and the iiiui.rsphere u about the
tasae*
A letter from Hurlington, August i, says:
" In - ur \ u inity the diouth baabeoa v< ry-? vere,
bat we bed seaaa rata jeatarBay and th.- p-?)-?,. ?mr
n ore ait fai orabte. The corn and pot^t) . ro^a are
i.ot nuite dead, and a eoukm^ rain would rwvivt UbSBI
i ttu.-t w. sball have it. Tae wbaea ?ml o*'e bm\>
let n fojnri d, bu' Lhata wfll l-a a f-.u- yield.'
r?i< ti ?n i KutMiM..- It ia stated that d ir ng tby
Into -?-anor> a erop ? f wheat wa? ra sed by MV. Qaorgi
\N Diilard, of Bsaaa, Va., froaa six acres of lead
abb h netted 310 bunbels, wi .glnn,; *,2 rxmnds to tba
bi.nl tl. The erop waa atdd e few days aiace, a BeJtb
mcre, Bhdbroegbl 01 09 ptrbu^bel
7'*e (,ar ten State published at Lod., 111., tslhi the
G j.wing ttory of laeeawfal bwajbjg in thu Btatei
"In 1854 J J. Taylor purehan-d QBO baadlOfi Pad
si.ity acitn ot prairie land, whtjofe ho hired broheu and
fttct-d, and nowed to Kali wh.-nf, eitbtr by the dnv or
tjoL ecu ract and erected a mat and .-onvement
ta u. hon e. Hin wheat cropinl- ii ?*s ga'berwd,
thr&tl ed and n.arheted the name w?y i and out of tbe
pr oi -1 ri.- ,,f i, m crop Mr. T. paid for hi- laad?i'ir -be
ft: cu g, breabinir, sowing, bui c ings, and in.i.-?d every
expetcitiireeonncted with i.in farm?b-avin?'a bii
Bice of tl43!
The iditor might have told of a fhonnar.d ..there
that Lave not n-ado $143 n t-n years in IV -aine
btate._^^^^
An Awkwabo Mtaraaa ?The compomioi wi le u
sp.ah of Mr. lb B*oe'a greet worn, ye>tor i?y, as
** 1 hirty Bicm in the Dntted States S'ntte." The
correction wen made in the proof, but the o.Mnpwi'.w
inn-'ta i a bevilgtt " Beoi>, '?no rlonbt fir^^tt ng
tbi importsnt faOl that tbe Baa ats, iu Mr. Ben'on's day,
aaj a \. ry cilUrtut bodv of aninitls from what it ia
at i n seat, [Savannah Republican, Jlst.
Gm vi Han or riOaV-?7hf Clubcrme -Vf.**.)
Tr?nten:t rajs that there were so.no lli,0f.w) wil'e
Bah ceegnt by one mtinc a nigbt or two sin -e, on
Pnsquo l ie Point, and the night befOM Bbou'. 7 000.
The 10 COO weru Urge, fine lish, wortb aboi* fl,3v-0 an
tbey were taken ont oi the wa>r. A p'f'.ty good
bey w. I
[ghTa ?
orb ior eight or ten men.