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Liberty i"1 Equality, Man's co m m o n It i r I h r i g h f , Mod's r i chest g i ft K ligion an l L a tv their ilcfetie e.
BY POLAND & JSRIGGS.
JIONTPELIER, VT., TiirUSD.W. MARCH 5, 1816.
VOL. Ill, NO. 10.
GREEK
JL' JLVJ Mil Mil IV JL Jl
:h. Byct'iU'rCiiiinoii,
The Rv. Becchcr, in the following; letter,
brings the Cttsiion. of aicoiml drittking 'to , tiie
true test. houicCiill the clergy in tlie.-. Union'
declare the ke tratij from the pulpit, drunkenness
would s'ooWcrin'male. Ei. N. Y. Evanoi-;i.ist.
To E. t Velwan s ' .
DiiAft Sii A"l9iol, taken ms a beverage, is
always i n j t iVpHM.rt 1 to. 'lie quantity in
ken and tli j jliency of its use,, .
Its use inWfefore not onl inf x.iedient, as an
injurious exiuijile, but is nwriiM'yjtrong, both as
it end'artgcis health, and exposes to t.(ie.iiisidiius
dotou'iion; f3 .deadly habit, and coiiiitaitatices its
prc-ductidr aud Mse, n it 1 1 all- 'its sweeping desola
tions and woqs, ,
The use of Alcohol, therefore, as a beverage,
' is" in my judgment, both inexpedient as ail exani-
ple;-and;monily wrong, sj a violation of the ob
ligat4on to usp all lavvfut'iilotaiis to preserve our
bwfli and the life . of our neigclwors. , .
'I i i. Lyman Bkkoiier.
, : '. J ' ; .; '...'' , .
-.! ' 'Gallant. tt A, galjant wag was lately sitting
beside his-beloved, and being unable 'in think of
anjitlring else ito say, turned to her, and asked her
why she wh-likc a tailor. 'I don't know;' said
she. with.-a pouting lip, 'unless it is becais?,l
am sjttihgibesi'do a goose.' " ' :
From tiic New York Evangelist.
Tlit' Austrian Empire,
no. a.
1ST REV. JOHN S. C. AnBOTT.
1
I'he government of Austria is sleepless in its vi"i-
ice to protect the empire fivm any invasion of liber-
"pimons. A lew years ago, wealthy persons and
des w ere occasionally in the habit of sending their
is to enjoy the instructions of professors in foreign
aversitics. The Emperor, apprehensive that some
a" "nng rays of civil and relig-oos freedom might
is penetrate his realms, in the year 181;'' issued a dc
e, forbidding the young men of Austria to leave
empire in the pursuit of knowledge. lie prefers
t t liny shall he instructed by professors of his own
'ointment, who will illustrate l!"1 t"iidoncii-s of ju
dical) governments by lithographic prints of a
.eholder (hm-gin? a nirn. Alas ! that republican
icrica should, with so much seeming justice, he thus
itcmptuouly exhibited to the slaves of European
pnfisiu. .
I'his prohibition to leave the empire in the pursuit
knowledge, induced some opulent parents to invite
ned men, whose minds had been furnished and en
red by the more free institutions of other lands, to
omo the private tutors of their sons. And these
'inguished strangers were received with marked
isideralion. The eagle eve of Metternich instantly
Iv that this whs a measure fraught with fearful dan-
to the Austrian despotisni. . And hastily, in lt-,Ll,
ther decree was issued by the Emperor, forbidding
, family to employ a teacher froin a foreign Univer-
nd this decree was followed by another in iil,
ilubiting the dislrdiotion of the J.jiblo m tbC Alis
iii dominions that sacred volume; the chartta'-of
'nan liberty, and the guide to all v.hich.is noble in
'licet whicli 1 every tyrant fears, and which every,
ifligate hates. The.Kpmish jirieslhood devutes its
it, supernatural inflice to sustain the uucontroH
and irresponsilile powft- rif r'xjrdinand. It may al
st he s aid that the Emperor of Austria is tlfc; Pope
Koine. For that feeble old inn.n,(ii-egor)VIll.
o now occupies the. Pontifical chair, is but too hap
to receive anv intimation from his irood liiicnd Afet-
Jniich, respecting any measures to sustain the civil
id religions despotism upon which the thrones of Ita
iind Austria repose. Not long ago, the Council of
ienna adopted the plan of placing all the rleineiita-
ppdwt&ynjlm hands of the re-eslahlirdied Jesuits,
i to ever v.:il)ing tuois ol temporal mid spiritual op.
rohsioii.
And Iheyjv- do, iilo'VterhaJl teach, and
bar
11 he 1.'iffh'l.- "-' .'jp;,..774r-- . 'war
The censorship of Ihe press Is aiiother erTec'tua?1i7fi.V
or to inu'ress of knowledge. It surrounds the empire
i'lh a gloomy wnil, wliich can neither Ife umli'ruiined
ir ovorlcnjied. Twelve nublic- censui's are claUi.-di-
1 lit Vienna, to soiiie of whoin,e'vi;ry lioSifpuklWlied
ilhin the empire, whether original udnijJrii 4,: nlust
referred.. And it there 116 !iivy;iihi?iii even, t4.
m. cither in tiie religion or tjj(i,iiti(itic's of Tr!ie''cor,n-
V, the book is 'summarily coiivlenined. '...Tito isaine'
gid censorship extends' to all 'orcign j.ii,iirp,ts,;whi(!h
e pernulted to enter the. empire. , ;.Ai man can take
ny foreign publication without peniiissioii of the cen-
rs. Ann no liulilicatioii. v.vijch (IwiS'. not' advocate
pspotic ininc.iples can' be taken at, all. ' i
the Austrian Observer, whichis. published at the
ap'tliil, is the organ, of the govcmhtyiit. ft coritnins
ily those items of foreign intelligence which the- Em-
icrur. is willing that his subjects should know; And
i voice is ohseiniioui-ly echoed li- the few journals
liich, hI-t. un.lnr 'ijril:int c. n i: tiin 1.1--. I--J
n the iroi, ices'. Ill trie fftc'16 AiVsffinrt e'llipire; Cori-
lining a jioiulalion of fibnul thirty millions of inhabi-
uits, there are but. eiglit.V-e.ie journals pulilisiied ;;a-
lumber probably exceeded he the smgie cfty of Nev,-
ork. In l'ruli stunt rriusui tliere are two liimdred
nd eighty-eight journal!'. What a-'coniinenl is this
lion tlie zeal ot tne Ivoinan (. atliolic cliwrcli tor tne
list ruction of the people, .nd for the progress of r iv.il
nd religious liberty. : . .
.Russia, Austriaand Prussia,' were lire -throe impefiiil
ihbers who plundered Poland. . All ore aware tlttf a
w years ago, the Poles inhaljiting thai portion of iV
md which in the banditti division. of that empire be-
one the.-ooil of Russia, made a most heroic attempt
i escape from the thraldom of the (.V.ar, and to re-es-
iblish their national independence. Nicholas rushed
ipoii the p"ovmce wuii ins coiinhess legioiiv ami
mothere I Ihe l:olu. ftttempl in llame and lilooiil. frome
I the Austi'ians, ;n ibe vicimly ol these seen, s oi
iirnage and of woe, sent to their sum-ring neiuibors
istaiieo in ptovisions and money. I'he Hnijn ror of
iiHtna linm-aliately inarched nil army of lil'y I!hu-
uiu n. en into theii villages, and (i;art.ered Iheiu upon
ic inhabitants. Men oi all olassis, from the mi'-tij-
nstrions houses to the humblest peasants, were drag-
p.ii before a srerel tnlmn:'! at Leiiiherg. ..uultitiides,
poll the mere suspicion of cherishing friendly feci
ilgs towards the Poles, were thrust into prison, and
vrn put to the rack, to extort a confession from thorn.
I'he dungeons of tho Iioh"iiio:ii prisons- verc filled'
itli the wretched victims of despotic -eaoujty, where
tuny languished in misery till death released them.
Whenever there is aiu- aiiilearance of disturbance in
nv portion of thff empire, trooiw are flways bioughl.
roni nunc .dis'taiit jiroviuce to ipit'll it. Ho'ijfiirinii
i-no; .; 'vuKiMiiv shoof doA 'lioiieiyian peasants ; while
- i -' jury robbers from Loinbardy man the fortresses
f ii-iiiiga'ry, re.'idy at nnyVwiuent to turn their pons
gainst a jmople whose JiUiguage they do not uuder
and, and whoso customs they despise. Wherever, in
ny portion of the empire1, there are any indications of
iscontent, or any inanifestntions of the love of libeity,
ic government arrests and imprisons at its pier-sure,
'here is no habeas corpus act to bring the accused be
ire an impartial tribunal, and the dungeons of Austria
re now filled with those w ho have been thus desrjoti
ally immured, and wdio will never emerge tilKthey
re borne to their burial.
h tho year 1'iO, the Noapslilnni obtained from their
dug a constitution, securing to tl ion i certain privileges.
I'he fears of the Emjieror of Austria were immediate-;
i aroused, lest Ins people, minted by this example,
liouh! nbn demand a constitution. And be immedi-
itcly a -sured the Neapohtiihs that he should not allow
ic i an innovation m their government. I lie-, cen
.i..nj nf tlmii' iii-iliitltu tn resist tho uowerfnf armies of
i'erdinand, sunt Prince Ciinit.ile to Vienna,to endeavor
1' avert the threatened outrage.
5lL '' Tli'i.- revuhition," said Prince Met'.eriiich, the priine
minister .ot the Austrian government, add the very in
carnation of despotism, " is sowing- the- seeds of dis
content in other lands. It must be crushed. Implore
your king again to assume the reins of untrammeled
soyreignity. Punish the individuals who have promo
ted this movei :.-nt. Then will Austria simiioil you.
If you find itdilheult, Austria will immediately send
one hundred thousand troos to help you." Such are
the measures wliich Austria adopts to audi the slnig-
chi'ir spirit of liberty in Europe, nml to perpetuate.
not only in her own borders, but m the weaker nations
wliich surround her, the princijiles of unlimited des
pot ism.
When Napolean was in his career of successful con
quest through Europe, he overran Prussia w ith Ins vic
torious troo)s, and quartering his soldiers in the ciijiital,
took possession for himself and his suite of the sumj)
tuoiis apartments of the Prussian king. After dismem
bering tho empire, and exacting enormus tribulo from
theM'ople, he left the king of Prussia humbled to the
very dust, with an imjioverislied treasury, an army near
ly annihilated, and with but the fragments of bis for
mer territory. The Prussian queen, upon her knees
and with bursting team, plead with Napoleun not to
plunge tho Prussian monarchy into such deep disgrace
and ruin. iler grief and-prayers were utterly unavail
ing. .'The" tears of a bhuutiful ivoinan.' said this most
singular of men, 'unquest'ninably arc very pathetic, but
surely' they are unwnrthjrof any consideration in the
great atJairs ot state.' l Ins remmds.us of tho remark
of Josephine, that there were not -mora than two or
three days in the course of ri year, in which, a lady
could, have any influence whateycr over thc'miml of
Napolean. The Prussian queen soon died of mortifi
cation tmd a broken heart. The great. and powerful
empire of Prussia W'as thus reduced to the most abject
weakness.: m ...
" I have' always observed," said onc.of"the vuleian.
trcncrals of Nanolean, "that Providence favors tlio
heavy battalions." lint before the wintry storms of
Russia, with whicli God frowned upon the armies of
France, it was found that there was a power superior
oven to Najiolcan's heaviest battalions. As this impe
rious compieror was fleeing, with the freezing and star
ving fragments of this cli-molishod army, from the dis
astrous campaign to Moscow, the enfeebled Prussian
king saw that there was a chance, in the final defeat of
.Mapolean, of his regaining his former territory and
power. ifo issued a proclamation to his subjects, in
forming them that he had no army and no money to
pay for troops. Hut he promised that if they would
volunteer their services, and vanquish their ronij'ieror,
he would, as a reward, confer upon them a constitution
securing to them many civil rights. Univ ersal enthu
siasm pervaded the nation. Volunteers, by tens'of
thousand.:, flocked to the Prussian standard. At the
bailie of Wale; loo. when the result of the terrible con
flict wiis in suspense; -..lieu Nujwk-.ni I.i claimed the
(by as his own, and Wellington was uttering the des
pairing wish, " O that I'lucher or night would come !"
iiliicher with h's 'heavy battalions' of Prussians rushed
upon Napolcan's a heady exhausted squadrons, and ef
li clod the rout. The Prussian army marched with the
fltUuiUiwens to I'arisilhaving secured the imprison
ment or r.apoiean upon tne reel; 01 rsl. Helena, re-.,
turned in triumph to Prussia, mn reinstated in all its
pristine grandeur. - . f .
The Valican.
This immense pile of building is beyond all imagi
nation. I was told its extreme length ihroii'di thoV
partments, and not duplicating a single room, was !,
000 feet, or nearly 11 English miles It lias -1000 rooms
and 200 flights oi' stairs. This immense pile contains
most of the antiquities of Jlqiim,.as well us most of
ithe celebrated statuary and paintings of the eariy as
.well as too moilern artists. J here you wril sec Knvl
pliacls immortal J raiisligui-atioii, as wed u.s the "a-eat
'frosr-.o of the List Judgment, with an immense mini-'
!,cr. "''.highly j .meritorious paintings. The sculpture
is also great, the jjiiniitablo (so called) Apollo lielvi
derc, and Ihu truly groat Dying Gladiator, w ith 1.0,000
more, soino ve-i-y iine, and others common ; all the Ca
snrs, and all the Iioman Emperors, Presidents atul.Hen
alors, ns well as the Orators and Poets. 1 n lu'is-i 'i,''
gods of sea, land, and air, In fact, if a person a-- vtR
v sit tiio'Y at ican once or twice, he only sens the bwbl
ing. It will take him HO days to get" fully ltao toe
routine, so as to understand the i o- .1 tiom room to
room, without, a yuiel. Tlr .. hole is a world of the
line arts, on a mid'.ll gi aitcr scale than anv other city
can Imasl ,f, in- f'utt, than all the cities, in CliHslendoiii
....il..,.. 'Iil.i a... . i 'i. .. ,
"' '"""n' "'i,wnon an uio doors
;." m, H'y ,n8". view oi i.mu leet, and
uiiynnrjt.wrfjiiu-onjirst emer wiirre ali Me lu.-crip-tims
FiT.;(Ta-4s12ttfcJic.:iMs on each side,
is immense. Th-.H-o ybu w ill see tluisiuiiUjjt''iyierii-1
tioiis, with the names of the uer-suis who. were mer
chants, or shopmen. in early iigri, giving a list "(phf-hr
.Jit.ems, and tiie .piaiity as .noli as price. Maity. oV
hese wo(C" fom i.'oinjK-ii, and some from the nffflS of
i i;.-o:oiiiiiooiiii -i-no vj;iy many oi uieii) ,lroui the Hat!
torcuhiiieiihti'Sfid Vjy many o
ol UapH alia, Klace and batfiSW riiesWi'sa rs. id
fro; Adrian's p:j.l;(ce, commonly called the villa ;' and'
also'frdnl thef Pantheon iui(riTemiilei,,cf Minerva and
l,,n;i ..l., LS.k 1 IW.:. I- !.!. .- -T
upiter. and otjwr Widraiiu'kl'eiwis. nmkin' i
iier almost incijudibW. ' '': -a-
y.- . .. .. i . .; - ,,
: M e tig ions . .
For '(he Crctn-'Mountityt-Ft'cnnon
. ' ' ' ouliiorn Mrlliodisis.
'.JM"?. -1-iiuToiis. f .That- voui-readers may hr
sonic idea of the present state of affairs in relation to
the Methodists at the South, I send you for insertion in
the Froenia-n several articles which 1 lipi.e'tuf ff-riin the
Christian Advocate and Journal, a( pa'per Wik'-h ;iii,
years past has been noted for its hostility to' the-aboli
tionists, and winch has now a southern man for it.S ed
CEO I'UTA' M
iter. ' Vours respectfully, , CE
Wi!klim;iii. ,v!i;i! of IliXhihl,
' The sky is still overcast by dark clouds' in tk' Soi-dh
em iinrii-.on : nut wither may gatiier up hmjm
tempest, portending a yet fiercer hurricane, or? I
the terr'ihlo storm has spent its fury, and the iff f
nihgs w hich occa.- iou ally ifluine the horizniiJ
only the lmgi-i'ing- tumult of winds and cloudV?
em horizon ; but wither tlioy gather up tilr'aty-itucr
ther
glit-
eate
hie
have passed-eyor. we cannot .determine.
The sixteen annual conferences represented in the
Louisville (Vnyentloii Icu.e not all met since they ac
ted in that bodv by their1' representatives : but those
I tili'-M lie ve helil their sessions are in-ecisely those in
wii-h most opposition to ttie secession was expccLed:
and they have sustained the doings of the Cimvcp.tiui.
with great unanimity. ThelIoiston Conference was
nearly unanimous the Kentucky Conference had on
ly a minority of five: and the Missouri, :we learn, had
fourteen. So far, the preachers have decide-1 upon
their course and the jieojiie, for the inosi a.t, will
follow them; some, because they approve their mea
sures ; some, because they deem resistance hopeless,
and some are terrified by the cr, of " Abolitionists,"
waiich may bring Uj.on them prosecution and the most
fearl'ul persecutions. ' '
Of tln.se persecutions tie? public have already some-
intimations lroui the proceedings in Parkershmg, ( V a.)
which is not only wiihin tho Ohio Conference, but is
not even " a bonier stution." Vet the stationed preach
er was driven away by a mob, set upon him by a jior-
tion ot Ins breliiroii who svuijiathizcd with the ( mhe,
South; and the preacher who had labored aiitrflffflTif ni
fur the past year, mid who was about removing to tho
apjiointmeiit assigned him at the Ohio Conference,-w'as
notified by the mob that they would take him in hand
if he w ere not off by a certain day. Thus tlie: notori
ous "Judge Lyncih"'flsnfj the authority of the divine
Lawgiver and Governor of the, Christian Church, tak
ing irtt.uJ1iis hands the right to di- pose of, Christ's min
isters:'' It is a pianifcstatioit of the. satUft spirit w hicli
dictated the ciy, " Not;this'VnSn,' but Paralibas."
Bishop Senile is representeil asayingrin his sjiecch
at tho J(.ntucky Conforenco, that. " he breatlud a free
air as .no nn he into Kenlitrky" and..lho sentence
is italicized iy a (southern iMctli-iitist 'pi per, lis lining
worthy "of special attention. , But we' .s.iot belieVe
Bishop Soule mean, to lie miderStood us -the Southern
Editor seems to have construed the remark. It will be
remei-ibefed that the Bishop is aflleb'd with asthma.
and ho niny'hiiye intended nothing more than that In
found the tiir in K"iitucky more titvornhle to his res
piration than in Ohio. H could not have alluded, e-
ven in a figure, to the jiersonal freedom enjoyed ill
Kentucky ; unless indeed the wind blew directly f oni
Fayette county, where Cassius M. Clay.had tasted the
blessings of liberty regulated by Lynch law, and ad
ministered by a very genteel, (in a Southern sense)
because a very aristocratic mob; and where the sover
eign peojde had assembled am)' resolved to drive all
tho free negroes out of the country. Surely if the'
wind blew from tli it quarter it must have been perfum
ed with the odor of liberty ; to the very 'ergo of licen
tiousness. But if Bishop Soule really meant what he.
has been understood to mean, let him iro to Lexington,
and tell the peojile publicly, as. he told ns in Balti
more, that "no would not bring up Ins children in a
slave State," and it is likely he will get a taste ot this
liherty wlucli ho may not relish qiuteso well. But we
cannot, without, stronger evidence, believe the Bishop
allowed hnnselt so bitter and cruel a taunt to the marry'
brethren in the South who, still affectionately , adhe
ring to tlio.iUothodiPt J'j. Uiurch, are lowed, by relent
less denunciation and threatened violence, into tlto"nev
organization, or into other Churches.
We have been for some time prepared to expect vJi.
little opposition in the booth to the measures, oi the
Loiiisviflo'. Convention ; but it does not chaniro our o-
pinion with respect to the duty of the .M. E. Chtircff tfr
those wlio ito adhere to tier. I lie resolutrwuof tlic
General Conference have tied the hands c&ojlr bishops.;.
They cannot, it seems,, send ministers to tlni interiorof
the oSoutli, or even njijiouit lienisters alrqady thcrc.-tr)
the ' cxcvc,iw3 of the pasfrial oince, oversoeifltieH -beyond
the 'harder.' But tho Church will acknowledge,
them asJier' children, will-cherish them in her heart,
-..,1 .....1 1.. - tl...... l.w C,. t. ':L'V.'..r:..S..
n-iuj lyo itiiu iioiioi uirm ojij uiuiu- mi inuir. siuieriii". .- , 1
TheFiiexi CeneniJ Conference'will most .(UnmiHii-:.-n.,'y 8 w,jrK-' '
voko the resolutions which have occasioned the jircs
cnt enibarassmcnl. It will not recognize a power in
that body to transfer the members of tho Church by a
treaty to other churches, It w ill not maintain a osi
tion which limits by human statue the commission of
the ministers of Christ to carry his message of mercy
to all the world. It will not n.tily a treaty by which
the M. E. Church is prohibited for i ver from sending
missionaries to the Indians who inhabit lh'3 inmiene
territory included m tho Indian Mission Conference,
which has for its i:u'' nies the Missouri river on the
north, the slates of Missouri and Arkansas on the cast
the lied river on the south, and on the west the Rocky
Mountain', while every other Christian denomination
may bestow their benevolence- upon them. The next
Ce'neral Conference will free its: II and the M. E.
Church from the unconstitutional bands and fetters
which the last so imlintanately, lli.iugh with the best
intentiicjs and jiinest motives, ro. ited upon them. The
confcrciiuo was misled by a sophism. A necessity for
division was plead an absoh.;, inevitable necessity :
and the conference was led to provide for the necessi
ty. Pot ;f is apr areiit niiw that no necessity ex'sie.l,
or was likely to exist. t'o fin- from it, the division
could not have been efii'cieil hut for the provision made
ford by the (ieneral ('(inference. Indeed it must be
clear t'Mjyeijbo.dy ,11ml; that whirl) will necessirily
come to .ass does not require to be jirovideil for by
any body.
Put there is now ni) remedy for tho evil until the
next (ieneral -Conference shall assemble. We can,
then, only ndvi-e our adhering brethren, whether few
or many, w ho feel themselves bound to bear a lestimo-
ny for the truth in this lime of. defect inn and peril, to : m,,UOy in his pocket, and proceeded to put on
endure to the cud. (io.l can brhr' deiivrance liv ! ,, , . , , , i- .,,-, i,
,,.,,,-,, , - . - .;. the other shoe, but how great was his astonish
ways and mcaiip ol wliu-li we know nothing. He will ' ... . ,
raise them up rhmchcM after his own heart ; and open ' )"'cnt when he l.mnd the other dollar ! His feel
the way lii' the preachers of the M. E. Chinch to go to ings overcame him; he fell upon his I-.ikv-, '-v.k-them.
The people, ol'tlie South who have been t night ' t.,j ' u.t tl) jIMVL,M nil,l uttered aloud a i'l i v -nl
to look iiiioii tjiese preachers as incendiaries, will, lif-l,, j . . . , - , , , r i -j,
,.(, ,i, i i i r i ic. - thanks'.'iv in", in w neb he spoke ol Ins u lie pick
ti'V'tliey liave tunc tii cool, he (lisrdiused of their erroV, ! " ' ., , ,
,i ,. i'-.i .., i ,.. : I..- i" c Mini lti.ble Mid his c :; dren v. it hunt bread.
V" H' '""n'-' mi."su"V IllHT II li "V -ponn.ioi .
their jiopniiitmn ; niiuistry or reclesia.-iical coiineeti-m
which they do no! conscientiously approve.
Our letters fi.-ru the South exihit a state of tliiifts
which the Cliristjan world is hardly )repared .to linr
of as occurring in a Protestant country, and in the;
middle of the nineteenth century. In many places the j
"M. E. Church, SouiV is eslablisbed by law, so far as ;
the exclusion of the original M. E. Church iscoiicern-1
".1: not inMCeil by slitnle law, enacted by tne consti
luted aulhori-ies, bill by a mob law, a monster as bigrj
oted, fierce, and inmpprasable as the Iramisdiou l'sell.
How iiiliuite.-v prtv.-imis in il-e sight of (iou aie tlmse
who abide faithful in this tiioe of trini 1
3'' f Yoiistg; Ifti.
To Vbiidi .M'.'i!,
'? liVH,;W. IIRl-XIII-.K.
I warn you aawist tjunking that rielics neres
sarili confer liajfjiiness-'; tirtd? jioj'ertV., unhapjii
ness. Do not beVm life supposing that you shall
be heart-rich, Miln yoii tire purse-rich. A man's
li')iiiess depends primarily upon his ditnonitian ;
i ii.ni l. 1 -ii 1...
.,V-I.Jfc . ..l.U.:. I .r.. .. 1
such folly..' If wealth deseeilii- irpb.ii- Av.uiin-:,
does it ( ttller happiness ? It bjighls the' "hchrt,
as autumnal fires ravage tlic irairies ! The eye
glow .. .lji, greedy ciiiiuing, cons.eieiiee shiivels-,
the light oj'love goes out, 'rind ihe wretch moves
amidst h .) coin no better, no ' happier than a
4l''lii"i.t: toad hopping in a mine of gold. A
lrcary Hie oi sett-love out ns in tne oo.som oi me
yyojo. m- g'u., ooe;, mi. onn- pleasure; uiu , ,ruri- , ,-g7,----- 1 hat tliey (!,) not "put all cue
only1 vexation, if that be evil. To lavish money i ,ny j,(, tht.'lr ir.oulh," not only "to steal away
upon,sliiniug t.-ides.,,tO(piuke an idol of one's self j t!oir briins," but to steal away the bread fioin
for fobls to r ;.'.e at, to 're.ir niaiisious bcyuinl otir . ju.;r children's mouths, and peace and harmony
waiUs, to :- ;.niish tjieni for display, and not for j from the domestic, fireside. If the rich man
iJ,t7,.ii. and clmlti r throirj'h the .'heartless j , JC "joined to his idols," we can almost say
rr nnrkW pleasure, jo lounge, to g.-pc, to simper I oi,,, l,;.., at0i,c; Let the gout seize his feet,
avaricious rich, as a herinits flame in a rumod clli-t:!!!, but a blighted memory and pasted lain
tcmple i", tho desert, The lire iski . lied for noj ;y ;0p,"s follow the cause of the wrkiiig-man's
deity, anil is odoretts with no incense,' but only ; riliu. Beware, then the first stejf, and beware
warms tjic shivering anchoret. ' j every s .ep in the drunkard's downward progress!
Wealth will do little for i.us-r, but to Inxsieu -J?;af(0,, p(ij,r.
its corruption. There is no more happiness in a j . "- - .--. .. -
foul heart, than there is health in a pestilent nio-j
rass. tfitisfaotioii is not nvadc out of such siiili'j
as fpthtifi" carousals, obscene revelry," and uid-j
night beastliness. An allig.'itor, gorging or swt In j
...;Ti, , j..;,,., ;,, ,i, ,1 s-mw-'
M It 1 fill 1 1, I L U li WTiJ iiin in uiv, . . . i..i i- k.
hii)j)ineis vv hicrVfiches brings to the Imuran bruit,
J . ... .
who cats to oluttouy, (IrmUj to drunkenness , a
d
sleejis ti stupidity. But rjches indeed bless that'
heart whose almoner is- ni.M.voi.Kxci-:. If the
taste is 'refined, if ihe affections are pure, if con
science lv honest, if charity listens to tlia&nsdy
jenci'osity relieves them-; il t ie public
iteil liaVid fosters aj that endjeHishes and all that
ennoljl"1) society i hen i.1? the rich man hnjnf.
On the other haijd, do not suppose that fvcr-
ty is a y.iste and novvlin g wilderness, lucre is
.. ..I t i"i. nin'i.i 1 ..-it liutn in (ivf.i-iii
with all the sores of depravity. There k a prv
erly of indolence where .yi.rtues sleep, and :f;cs
siotis fret and bicker. 'J'lit-v.e is a poverty which
despondency makes a deep dungeon, in wliich
the victim wears hopeless chains. M ly d'o.l
save you from that! There is a spiteful and ven
omous poverty, in which mean and cankered
hearts, rcaii ing none of their own losses, spit
at others' prosperity, and curse the rich, them
selves doubly cursed by their own hearts.,
But there is a contented poverty' in which In
dustry and jieace rule ; and a joyful hope, whicli
looks "tit into another world where, riches shall
neither (ly nor fade. . This poverty may possess
an independant mind, a hchrt' ambitious of use
fulness, a hand quick tn sow the seed of. 'her
men's happiness, and find its own joy in their
enjoyment. If a serene age finds you in such
poverty, it is such a wilderness, if it be a wilder
ness, as that in which God led his chosen people,
and on which he ruined every day a heavenly
maiiiia.
.- If God ojien to your feet the way to wealth, en
ter -It cheerfully; but. remember that tidies will
bless or curse you, -as t our own heart deter
mines. But if circ'tinisn-ibed by necessity, .you
are still indigent, after till your industry, do not
'..corn poverty. Tltcre is olten. in the lint,, more
dignity than in the palace; more satisfaction in
the poor man's scanty far 3 than in the rich 'man's
satiety.
A PteiiKl Surprise-,
A young-man, of eighteen or twenty, a student
m'.-a university, took h walk one day with a pro
cessor, who Was commonly called the student's
friend, such was his kindness to the youilg men
YtJioseollice.it was, to instruct.
" While thev were now walking together, and
the professor vas-fcjti;ig to lead the -conversa
tion to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old
,'s.hoes lying in the path, wliich they supposed to
tbolong to a poor man who was at work in the
ftghl close by, and who had nearly mushed Ins
Thc young student turned to the professor
saying, "let us play this man a trick : we will
hide his shoe, and conceal ourselves behind
those hushes, and watch to see bis perplexity
when he cannot find them."
"My dear friend," answered the professor, "we
must, never amuse ourselves, at the expense of
the poor. But you are rich, and you may give
yourself a much greater pleasure by means of
this poor man. Put a dollar into each shoe, and
then we will hide ourselves."
The student did so, and then placed -himself
with the professor behind the bushes close by,
through which they could easily watch the labor
er, and see whatever .yonder r joy he might ex
press. The poor man had soon finished his work,
and came across the field to tho path, 'where he
had left Ins coat ami sloes. While he put on
the coat, he slipped one lo I into one ot Ins shoes;
but leeling something hard, he stooped down
and found the dollar. Astonishment and won
der were seen upon his countenance; he gazed
upon the dollar, turned it around, and looked r.
g.iin and ,-i"ain; (hen he locket' round him on all
sides but could see no one. Now he put the
-'-. -- . I
i itn tl,.L. imuilii l.,Litnl' tmiii viviun llllhlliiHll I
hand would save from perishing.
'I'he young mad stood .1 here deeply affected,
and tears filled bis eyes ;
"Now," said the professor, "arc you not much
better pleased than if;, on had played your inten
ded trick."
"O dearest Sir," answered the youth, "you h ive
taught me lesson now th at 1 will never toi-gei.
1 feel now the truth of the words whicli I never
lel'ore understood, "it is belter to give than to
" " 'lt' . . . . ,
Vi e should in vi i iijiproacli the poor but with I
the wish to do them gooi
,tig)'ici!li;ritl.
Workiiiii men. lfiii lli
trkin-Men, cspeci illy, he.v.iro of the'
er. Let them sec to it that they!
jl'il Uf'St
body, and bvt.li the entire system. A blank in
creation 'thus caused, that may often be better
fillc(brya thrifty operative by a whole man;
.and the-concentrated poperty of a wealthy in-
dividual -is often scattered, profitably to commu
nity,' ainongst relatives and friends. But the
hard-working man's hands once disabledby dis
ease and death, his capital is gone forever. No
i t,m.: ' iiiiCiU i.
:frc! of improvement
Th
e pri
cannot fail
to
equalize ttu-.con'iitions ot ih'iiikiiiii, wuaieu.i
its om.onents tnavlsav to 'he contrary. The
.nditions o
its opponents may ;say
- i i j ,
J'i"ish farmers nejw complain that they cannot
hir'elaborCf.i so ele:ip as formerly, and the con
stMiurfie must be 4i red-icti.:i of the. rents while
t h.!
i) lug their iiroiliiec to market
Estill increased, This rich landlords begin to
find themselves mete dependent on the laboring
..I ll.-n iIipv have been lyillin-' to admit.
SriiJiti'c American.
h Sii vo von i'
iji-kw-'.iol sell liiciii.
Pliose who havrj good ashes are informed
that over one hall of nil earthly matter in pota
toes is jMire polth-h, from the lack i f which
most farmers hue from "0 to 100 bushels per
acre every year. Suppose one has available
potash enough to produce 140 bushels of this
valuable crop per acre, and enough of every
thing else that Nature uses to form potatoes to
make 300 bushels. The absence of this in
dispensable alkali will occasion a loss of 100
bushels. And yet in one ton of good potatoes
there is but 12 lbs. of potash. As we have sta
ted in another article, .19 per cent., of the .-ash
of corn stalks is carbonate of potash (pcarliis.li.)
Save the aLiliit and give them to your hungry
crops,
For wounds
Horses.
Wtii I e writing, 1 will give you the following
recipe fur a preparation to cure wounds in hor
ses. 1 have never seen it juiblishe.l, and if it
is new lo von. Derhans it may be of service:
Take one gill of turpentine, two gills of
whiskey and one egg. Beat the egg well, and
mix the three together. It should be applied
with a feather or swab, twice a (1 iv. It keeps
a wound healthy, and prevents its healing too
rajidly. For its efiiency I can vouch. fV
Mb. Cul.
Sore Tiiroiil,
We have known several instances in whicli
this distressing complaint, even in its worst sta
ges, has been immediately alleviated, -and speed
ily cuied by the following remedy. Mix a pen
nyworth of pounded camphor wilbi a wineglass
of brandy, pour a small quantity on a lump of
sugar, and allow it to dissolve in the. mouth ev
ery hour. The third or fourth : generally cm-
blcs the patient to swallow with ease.
IVefcr solid'seiisc to wit; never study to be
diverting, without being useful; let no jest in
trude u'pon manners iior anything that offends
modesty.
Tli 13 F1U2U51AN-
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Pro-Shivery 0!j'clions lo Anii-Slavery
Aclioii. iiiiswcrctl.
(Cunlinued.)
Tur Constiti no.NAr, (Icfstion.
Ano'her objection urged against the action of the
Liberty party, is that they cannot, abolish slavery be
cause the right, of holding slaves is guaranteed by the
Constitution. It is true that in article 1st & 3d article
of section second, tee spirit of caste is introduced by
acknowledging that there were ersons residing in the
United States, five of whom should be reckoned as
three men. The v. ords " free jiersons' arc likewise
used w hich convey the idea that there were persons a
moil" who were not free. Likewise in article 4th,
second .-vcliun and article '.'.id of that section jiersons
held to .---ivice are spoken of, and it is siiiposed that
those terms indirectly .-.llmle to slaves. The most that
can be urged in favor of the idea that tho Constitution
guaranties tho right of holding slaves is the fact that
it indirectly acknowledges the existence of slavery
and establishes the three fifths of a loan principle.
That instrument, strictly const rued gives no riphl to
hold man as jiroperty or to enslave men. All that tho
slave power can jios-sibly claim according to the tenure
of tint compact, is th -t enslaving men is not strictly
forbidd "u and that the fratners of it consented toper
mi' it to exi t. for a time. Article lOlh in the amend
ments, which says -The sinv era not delegated to ti.o
i 1 1 -1 i-d SfliHWlW C.inslil.Oi,.:,. nor laobil.itnrl l,v if
- i ,
to the Slides, ere reserved to the States respectively,
cr to the pi op'.o," is claimed as a r-'rong hold of slave
ry. It ii believed that the art'.-lolliat declares that no
jiersnn shall be d'-je ived of liie, liberty, or property,
without due jirocess of law," is a. jiowerful check to
that article. The article that says that " the citizens
of each State shall he entitled to all the privileges
i and immunities of citizen; of the several states," de-
s'r.vys its power to sanction slavery, if it is admitted
j th.it slaves in the Soulli are fccitiseiw" and their right
j to citizenship is nowhere (
o'l i.. i r . ' ., .
lenied in the Constitution.
The
!rti oi lie- oceiarauoii tn i . . o, oi me
preamble to the coiistituli and '.('the constitution
itself, is aii'-igeiiisiical to o i.-ry, and it is fully believ
ed that it vas not the design of onr fathers to guaran
tee the existence of slavery, and to bind their children
to .---..i'.airi it forever, in all its extended and aggravated
forms.
If the Constitution both in sj iril and letter had not
been repeatedly violated on the part of the South in
order to strengthen and erpetu ite oppression, slaveiy
would have been crippled long since. New slavehold
ing Territories have been failed, and a system of con
tinual aggression established, whereby ounce after
ounce has been removed from the scales of justice, un
til oppression is branded upon Ihe national forehead.
Free citizens from other states are seized and thrown
nice c.f th-t clanse of the Constitution, that tho "cit
,ens of eacii State rfhail be entitled to all the privi--gc.i
and inmniiiilies of citizens of the. several States"
-and when a sister State sends an agent to remon
strate, and demand justice lor Iier citizens, they have
been compelled to l'ee to escape assassination!
Should we bo satislied to see gross injustice perpetra
ted contrary to the Constitution, and feel contented?
S'ciil the slave power rear fmtiiications around the
system of slavery in c-'tianee in just law the spirit of
which cannot be mistaken and we be so fearful to ex
ecute justice Py putting a liberal construction on an
article of doubtful tenure ': Sh ill the known spirit of
that whole ir.strumoi, with all the evidence of the nn
ti slavery f -eling of the father, at the .South as well as
at the North, at the time of its adoption, bo perverted,
to give place to the letter of an ambiguous sentence ?
ohoeid Congress abolish slavery in the United States
at its next session it would not be so jdain a breach of
iho Constitution as the South have frequently perpe
trated. They have always been aggressors in sup
porting slavery, and il is lime for us to awake and
change this order of things, lint there is much that
can be done without interfering with the Constitution
as it is intci');eted l y Southern men. Slavery can be
abolished in the bistricUof Columbia, and in the Ter
ritories under the General Governiuciit---tho inhuman
' black code" of the Capital revised tho oppressive
national laws which inculcate the spirit of caste rc
lcalcd the inter-state slave trade abolished, we can
defend oursitvi.i from the aggressive and growing in
fluence of the slave power manifested in opjiressing
the free laboring people at the ISorth. We can refuse
to elect to offices of honor or profit all slaveholders and
their apologists, nud thus repiovo and rebuke them.
Such action would be " moral suasion" of the right
h ind which could not be treated with disdain and open
scorn, and if the above measures w ere carried into ex
cculioii it is believed that the way would bo open for
further action. The ojien discussion of the subject is
dreaded by the South, but it will be discussed, and anti-slavery
feeling must increase until it shall bo by
tho South. The time has arrived when a man of anti
slavery )rinei)les is excluded by Southern votes from
the highest oflice in the gift of the peojile. It has been
so for years, and there is no probability that there can
ever be another President elected who is not strongly
plrilged lo SHjrporl sltmri, until the North resists such
a stale of things. Is it not high time that this state of
things should be reversed ? Shall Liberty be proscri
bed and live in humble vassalage while Slavery is en
throned ? Who deserves tire name of freeman? Not
he who basely yields his rights and kisses tho feet of
his oppressor, nor he who with fawning sycojilmncy
orias into favor with the slave party; but the man
who uses his constitutional rights in favor of justice,,
mercy, and tho establishment of Liborty and equal
rights. But says the objector, the South would never
submit to such a state of things, and this leads ns to,
examine another objection.
Whitinghain, Vt
Tliel'iiiiili.
iTe reverence the man of God who proves
the holiness df his calling by a simple, yet hon
est discharge of all his duties.
There is c lo(Uc;ce in the voice of the minis
ter; it falls like sweet music on the car when it
goclhup 'in prayer, or swells like a terrible
iilast when it lays bare the breast of the sinner;
yet there is a deeper eloquence still in a holy
life. That speaks to the soul as words when
wrapt with fire, fail t do. It is the crowning
beauty of goodness. Men gaze upon it, spc.a
I w