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VOLUMES IV.—NO. 11.
WILMINGrTON, DELAWAHB-FHB^Y, OCTOBER 27, 1848.
WHOLE NO. 167.
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1 hive mystlf, said Krentzer, witnessed
not so blood-thirsty,
many duels ; but
generally speaking,
We usually settle thoso matters
ewonl, a better method, hy the way, and
worthy of a soldier, than your cold, murderous
pistol-tiring. Any poltroon may pull a trigger,
but it requires tlio firm band and steady eyo of
to manage tlie steel. However, as I
at Jena , they called each other out as beaux
but the treading
you moral Americans.
with a
and belles to a dance. It w
a toe—the brushing of
accidental look that fell
»isiwid not obiêrvation, and tho nfxt hour, there
the clashing of steel, and the stamping of
feet upon the green sward, and tlie kindling
ini flashing of fiery eyes, and plunge and
psrry, cat and thrust, till one or both lay stretch
ed at length ; tho skull cleft down,
off, snd the blood bubbling and gushing forth
like a rill of mountain water. There was more
of those fellows—devils, I must say
elbow ; nay,
them when they
than
_who, when they found among them
dtratigé student, timid
character they
rags they doubted, would pass
sport i brush his skirt, charge the offence
'or retired, with whose
}re unacquainted,
whose
the hint of
.upon hlm, darr and
|û liaro, and dismiss him from tho ad voir
opened shoulder,
apology
humble foi |
(hronglt It is body.
!y wiii
daylight
j
,
ith impunity the
Tuert* «i*as among us a fellow nnmdd Ms
who UEBumcd and w
character «if, head bully. He wot foremost in'
... . I
oi'jnll Ins deviltry. Ilia pistol was death, and
, broadtUvtird cut like thb Scissors of fate. It i
; ™ "*«• 10 «* *bl* Ibllo# lire;
n ftJ «jood-llVö
. _ -,r J
, two, three,.
his nnirtgnnisl. Fils frffr»tl-|suirli
courl. d by a f ; for to be his enemy j
j was lo lioin a bloody grave. At length, grown
.;fe«rk'S8 ot being called to an account, ho took
pride in insulting stronger*, and oven women j
,,iB a l'T' arünCR was formidable ; a great burly
giant, with shaggy black hair, huge whiskers,
i n j grin, moustaches three infdieh long, twirled
' nn<!cr H ' 9 nosn ! A >ort of bw,n, y be had too;
and among the Women—heaven help us—
wherever those moustaches showed tliemscdves,
every opponent nbandonded the ground. It
last really dangerous to havo n swret
I heart ; for out of pure bravado, Mcntz would
[push forward, and make love to a lady,frigl
: her s\Vnin, and either terrify or fascinate herlêlf.
Should the doomed lover offer resistance, he
to do than to call a Snrgeon ; and
I happy enough lie considered himself If ho es
caped with tho loss of a tooth
Iliad killed four
inti
who had
him, wounded Seventeen and fought twenty
duels. Hb o
challenged a Whole club, »ho
had blackballed him anonymously, and
pacified only hy being readmitted, though all
the members immediately
cliib was broken up.
igned, and the
At last there came a youth into the universi
ty—slender, quiet and boyish-looking, with n
liandsemo face, though some« - !,at pale. Ills
dean uoor, though generally shy, was noble and
self possessed. He had been but a short t : nu*
inherit ns, however, before he W
iirdly cr#nlure, nod prime gqme fur the
devils In .keloese," nr the p.mi; <f >.t-n(/.
d themselves. Tim cov youili shunned
and réVclti of the university—io
; and if his jnantle brushed
ugiiiiist that of another, npohgjsrd so imme
diately, so gracefully and so gently, that tlie
devil himself could not havo fixed a quarrel
upon him. Now it appeared, too, that Gertrude,
the lovely daughter of tlio Baron de Saale, the
loast of all the country, upon whom the
of us Imd gazed as on something quite above
us—it soon appeared that the girl loved the
all tlio ric
youthful sthinper. Now Mentz had singled
Gertrude dllt for himself, and avowed his prn
Terence publicly. Arnold, for thus was the
young student called, was rarely, if everteinpt
feasts—but onfce he enrtir unexpected
ly oh a casual invitation. To the great sur
prise and di3glist of the company, Mentz him
self was thetc, and seated himself unabashed
and
eye
aud
lie
.
tlio table, tliongli dn Unbidden guest. The
witness the
had sworn that lie would
strongest curiosity &\ once a,
result ; for M
compel Arhold
pardon on hin k n
addressed his mistress. It had
tiieir first meeting, to beg
IbF tlio tiudacity of having
appeared
Hint Arnold ktu-W an^tliing of Mentz's charoc*
or
t
—1
tal
, for he sut cheerfully stud gaily at the board
:lt (he ihannrrs of a high-horn gen
tinman that every oho admitted at
» it).
his good
It'uf grace, nnd his bca'uly, nnd regretted
i the brink of which he unconsci
and
the nby
ously Stood;
What, Ito !" at length shouted Mentz, at
ing lind a little advanced, and tlio wint
o mount, 44 a ioasl ! Uome drink i
tlie
began
all : and Itc who réfuscs is a poltroon and a
coward. I quaff this goblet—fill to tho brim—
to the health and happiness of Gertrude de
Sanie, Ihe fairest of thé fair I Who Says he
knows a fairer is a black liar, rnd I will wfi«,. .
I.i. forehead with, red-lmt brand."
;A
!
;"»a 1
the word
Every goblet wr
plied but one, whifch
ted—untouched. On perceiving'
this the ruftian leaned iorward fixed his eye
the cup, struck his brawny hand down fierce y
on the table, which returned at' undering clash
and rutilé, and then repeated, in a voice husky
with rage— - .
44 There w a cup full { hy St. Antiiony I will!
. L„ _ . a ,
make the owner swallow its measure or molten 1
of
I
i
I
a
(
red another dryly, w
!" cried a third i'
pale, or thy young head
14 It is Mentz, tho duellist," said a fourty
Dost thou not know bis wondrous skill Η
if tliou wert a deer, if thou j
opposo him in bis wine. He is more merciless
thun a wild boar. Drink, man, drink !" I
During this interesting scene, the youth had
remained motionless, cool and silent. A slight
of indignation than!
fear, came over bia haiidsouio features; aud bis. 44
lead, if it rötnain
instant longer !'
Arnold, drink it boy ; keep th>"
band outof UBelttBa breito,- whtop.red a stuff nt]
him, rather advanced in age.
Drink, friend,
Drink it
of
44 or lie will not be slow in doing his threat, 1
promise thee."
Empty tho cup,
frown and
will lie lower titan thy feet,
to-morrow's
He vtill kill thee
of palor, but evidently
| eyes, dilated with. émotion, rested full Rnd firm
upon Mentz.
'
j
!" ho said
By the mass, gpftt!
j length, V I am a stronger iiere, and Igno.ri
tile uianncrs prevalent in univertiities ; but if
Jtimlcr person be hatte, and this no joke*- 11
Joke !" tliunderud Méntz, foiAning at the
I
I must milfoil that 1 c.11110 from a part of
take
"
I
hiajüps,
i ••
the country where wo neither give
jokes,
j " Hast thou taken' leave of thy friends," said I
Mcntz, partly hushed by astonishment l •• and |
an thou tired of life, tha'. thou.liurricat pn so
j blindly to a bloody pillow I BoyJ drink as 1
ihrtve told thee, to Gertrude, the fairest of tho
fair," and Ills liug'e round eyes opened line
those of a hull, upon his daring victim,
» That Gertrude do Sade is fnir^jpUfr'
said the youth, rising, •• may not bo denied hy
iho. But I demand by what thUchnnco I find
her name this nigbt common on board of rioter^
and polluted by tlw lips of a diunkard antj a
■!\ II: nil,.
ruffian 1"
By tlio bones of my fiithFr/' èaîd Menu,
a tone of deep and dire auger, which had
heait," 44 by tho
then appalled inany a
bones ot my father, ÿonr doom iê éoaled !"—
Be your blood upon your owh head. 44 But,"
said he, observing tlio youth, instead of cower
ing, hole himself
this ! Drink, lad, and 1 hurt tlioe
thy gallant bearing, and my gnme is not stich
loftly, 44 wlrat folly i
! I love
He added this with a wavering planner which
before been witnessed in him, for
before had he been opposed so calmly
and so flsrccly ; and for a moment lie quailed
beneath the fiery glances darted at him from
whom ho supposed uioekor titan the dov'. But
ashamed öf his transient fear, he added :
had
i,
, poor child ! Bring with
theelliy goblet—bertd at my foot—quail it h9 j
have said, and—out of pity—I spare thy young
What was tho astonishment of tlifl companÿ
beholding Arnold,
a moment's reflection, and the ferocious enmity
of so cob-hratetl nnd deadly a foe, actually do
ns lie was commanded. He rose, took tlie cup,
slowly approached the seat of his foe—knelt
and raised tho rim to his lips. Murmurs of
44 shame, shame, poltroon, coward ! came ho:
and thick from the group of spectators, who
had arisen in the excitement of their curiosity,
and stood eagerly bending forward, with every
eye fixed upon the objhct of their contempt. A
grim smile of savage triumph distorted the
features of Mentz, who shouted with a hoarse
aud drunken laugh.
if effectual ly a ti ed by
Arnold, however, only raised the rim to his
lips, and watted a moment's silence with an ex
pression so scorufuM and composed that thp
hisses and exclamations were again quelled.—
When every sound had ceased lo o doad silence,
lie said :
shall I refuse to drink
I ottco loved and honored—Gertrude,
Bui," he added, suddenly
Rio glory
Net
or a
fairest of tlia fair !
rising and drawing up his figure with a dignity
t liât silenced every breath
drunken, bragging, foolish beast ! I spit upon
—1 defy llicc ! and thus bo punished thy bru
tal insolence, and
sod
for thee, thou
pid presumption.
As he spoko, lie dashed the contents of the
amplo goblet full In the face of Mcntz ; and
Uten, with all his strength, he hurled the massy
golilul at tlie same mark. The giont reeled
and staggered a few paces back ; and amid the
èhlnipg liquor
dripping features, a stream of blood
solved
.
« b * t «"''«<1 "P"» «
the i.nmediato brtgl
;A lotid and irrepressible burst of applause
broke from every lip, till tlio broad and heavy
rafters above their heads, and the very founda
tion of the floor, shook and trembled. Dutlhe
his drenched clothes and
ob
trickle down his features.
Never before WnB popular opinion
1 donly and violently reversed. Tlie objèct of
of a superior being
. . .
monce '
natc. Before tlio tyrant
1 , . .. , ,
stunned and bewildered franco into which the
i peal of joy nnd approbuti
I though tills inspiring drama had
uncertain how it might termi
ivcred from tlio
ceased ; for
bly
, , .. ,,
( usual on such occasions, addressed the youth,
w | l0 8t00( j c00 j an d erect, with folded arms,|aod
awaiting the course of events.
44 Bravo, Arnold ! Noble Arnold ! A
i' lant deed ! Tljie blood of a true gentleman in
his veins !" |
I »in only a «impie »tmto.it, .nd an artilljlti.
hy profession. I have devoted inyself to tlie.
pencil—not tho sword." j
j 44 But thou canal use it a little—cans! not V'
naked another.
I " But indifferently," answered the youth.
44 And how art thou with a pistol 1" deman
dod a third.
44 My hand is unpractised," replied Arnold.
44 1 have no skill in shedding human blood."
blow, combined with shame, grief, astonish
men i an j d run kenness had thrown him, several
Mht>t >ftl!r ob , lrepeNll . e,l| s for nileneo
But canst tliou fight ?" cried
-r
Jhat hasjpd
'A
youth,
•* For himven I then, ra^ji boy,
tempted 1W*te this fata)
*op|irel9toii,'t^-S
rin? I and n wl
B ubmit to insult,
thou shalt and tlr.it
» lo.i,,op
arttnÿ up
>ken voice'his
emity !
Hatre
•* lii^Jl ii*
rather th
Die t
's spAt !" thithdred Mcntz.
In phr«ii»y, and will» A hoarse an i I
that rondo tip; hearts of Iho he;gr»*r3
if ut (he
. M | challenge
" And I acccpMbe cliallengB,'? 1
•* It is for then to nume Stole, p'a« and
pon { but hs tliou Invest, me, jél it r Vbo longer
than to-morrow,night, or I shall bur : with rage
and impatience.
ami the ruffian lowerfed his voice.
Aiail T"
I of a dog or d
thee tô mortal cofnbaf."
" 1 love llieetooH bitte dog f" tep nd Arnold,
" but thou shaW not die so inglbri* is a death.
I will flgbl with thee, therefore! to- ight,*'
".L^y hcavon, Imy !" criud Ment more and
rpised, " thou art in hast lo p in hell!"
>• Art thou
Arnold ;
> iheet *t«ij in h«II, a
lHé6— •urtltpi, which 1
, thou btlr
" He |hat my .eliiiocc," answci
•* l shall not be:likely
Companion 90 brutid in
mean shall ho^ÿiô
panv." • Wfa.
•• To-night thiwyj
to-night my, hand id not steady ; fr
anger are rtervès.'U
Dost Inou refRo
the youth with a sneer,
" By tlio uiass, no ; but
moon is down, tho st
winds go by in heavy puffs and gt^j jähere it
," saiiiMeiizt though
■
I, thun !'( demanded
tÇ'mgjft j» dark, the
r< : clou:' I, and the
Therefore,^ said die youth, 1 apparently
coldly composed os his rival grew
perceptibly (igiwted, Hierdfpf)^ill we lay
lives here, in this bnO. j. this spot,
thoa -stand A t
this liisiaut,
•Them is noo/îb^erô who will b J.iy friend,"
saiil Mentz*, so evidently sobered I: > subdurd
by the toliu/ul.ir üHu vwiey - '
uf Ins abtiiuuniKU that ulfW+u,,,» —•I-uaLu
contempt,
44 N»i matter," cried Arnold, 44 I will niy
privilege."
stim'd.
If forego the
44 And yoor weapons V* said Meniz.
»plfed Arnold, driving them
44 Are ln>re,
from liis bosotn ; 44 a surd* pair never drew
blood. The choice is yours.
Tbv impany began now-to fancy that Arnold
bad (s, ocated in disclaiming sk1l
list, nnd, from his Invincible cotnpouirn, thought
fatal master of the werpou than the
bully Wintelf. The latter also ptttook of this
opinion.
duel
clouded and low ; but he
fart her.
said Mcntz, ;in a
pped t<ind said
Your choice !" said Arnoltj. presenting
desperately, ind said,
your distance." ;
44 Blood-thirsty wolf!" said Arnold, ''there
shall be no distance.'' He then timed and ad
dressed the compnny.
44 Gentlemen," said he, 44 deem me not r.ilhcr
•acrifitja myself and
the pistols.
Mcntz seized
at
of
in
savage or insane, that 1
litis brutal wretch tints beforeyoui eyes, and to
certain and instant destruction. For me, ! con
fess 1 have no value in life. Her whom I loved,
I hhve sworn to forget, and if I existud a lltou
d years, should probably never see again.—
This ruffian is n coward, and fear* to die; though
he does not fear daily lo merit death. I have
Ion; heard of his liaseiies:», and regard him as
assassin—the enemy of the human race and
of God ; a dangerous beast j whom it will be
a virtue a tufa merely to destroy. My
I would we| be rid of, but would not fling it
avtay idly, when Its loss may he made eubsar
vieht to the dsstruction of vice and tho relief
n life
of Innaiiityi Here, then, I yield my breath ;
and liufc, to4, this trembling ' and shrinking
craveiWhall cif«; his course of debauchery and
murder. My companions, farewell ; should
any one of you' Vreafter chance to meet Ger
trude de Saale, Jill her I nobly flung away a
life which Iter fapelmod made medepisc. And
, recreant," \r. said in a fierce
ing suddenly to 1
tol in my bosom,
Let one of the
Si
Mentz, 44 plant thy pis
,•111 plant mi
his countenance,
ffl!
old threw off Ins cap, (kplaylngIns nigh bron /,
arms,|aod glossy ringlets. II\ lids were closed and
linn ; and his eyes, wh\h plistoned with a
gal-deadly glare, were fixed ..it Mcntz. He then
placed himself in an ntlimlÀ . if firing, broaden
| cd his exposed chest full before his foe, and
with a stamptof fury and impatience, raised
artilljlti. wnapon. Th. brow.b.atn, bully att.ntpl.d
to do the same ; but tlie plaltf, held loosely in
j his grasp, whether by accident or intention,
wont off before tho signal. Its contents.
passed through tho garments of Arnold, who,
leveling the mu zzlo of his two, cried calmly,
44 On your knees, base slave ! vrte dog ! down,
or you die !"
Unable any longer to support his frame, the
'u »masked coward sunk on both knees snd pray
iliinc
y cry
and the third numbefavill bo the signai to firo.
With increased patness
hut with
hasjpd with right earnest vehemence. Again wild
'w«houta of applause and delight, and peals
riotoas hraghtor «tannud his ears. Ab he
,
bl^ii-JiOtliaiing JTbsttife. Arnold tonchcd
ffftfi r-iWtFtn p Turin sty whf* MB foot. Omnno
I nil hlMm now Wo to be „bi.jlrj with
I I -I ./ . 1 L! r A - -.1 *?
several missiles. Ment« rove red his face w nil
hands arid rushed from the form*; Ho neter
•ubseqocntly among us.
,,i 8 will close inv storr Arflo'd
ms will oiose my biorj. Arno u
the favorite of all ; recnnled
; ,h. fair G.m.ü. ... rn~m.
•
to the altar.
A !
became nt%
his
a twelve month had passed, lie led hef
FRKK SOU, KOR FRF.F, MF.N.
ting of the friends of A'an 'Buren
ij^dainS held in this city oil the 19th l:ir-tl,
pW-.Miattcc of a call of the Executive t'orn
milice of the Free Soil Association of New
Eastlc County, for theourj
Electoral ticket.
MAYWEM. 1*. nOTII ETIÏEE wasrnllcd lo
the chair, and SxMttt N. PessV appointed Sec.
On motion, Joseph Lloyd", John G. Jark«on,
lAcob Pusey, J. W. Duncan and John I.i
appointed a Committee, which coimnunt.
after eunsultalioil reported the following
At a
In
ef forming
;
1
ticket : _ f
For illcctnm qf President and Vice President.
Jokki'ii Listen,
Alkzasobh H. Dixox,
JleilBMiAlI Wi De« CAS'.
The following address einiunting from ihs Free
Association uf Mill Greek Hundred,and nu
merously signed hy the eiltzeus thereof, was on
motion read by the (Secretary, and being ap
proved was ordered to be pphlished.
On inntbifi the meeting (hen adjot
A1AXWE1 !. U. QCHI.ETREE, Pres't.
S.v*«t;sL N. Fiskt, (Secretary,
ed.
To the Honorable John M\ Clayton, Presley ttnru
John W-. Houston, Members oj L'qn
frets from the Stale of JJeltnoare:
The undersigned, voting citizans of Delaware,
deem it our right and duly la present to you an^t
the public, some,of thç reasons whidi acfuatp
us, (in deçlining to support the party nominees
for tlié PicSt.lcncy) in llic nrèseÛLposturc Of.af
fairs, growing out of the action W the gojfern
. In most cases, the princijflcs mlvocmed.
„V vtitVn, I'injai bVi mtrmtwis from IVIimviiiv,
«CTffliÄn
I
A A ' '
t been taken and
p:c ;
of the positions which have
upheld by members of Congress latterly, hay?
given great dissatisfaction, and arc believe«! tp
lie contradictory in themselves; fur instpnccj
the adoption of the declaration that the late w
'existed by the act of Mexico., and which t
House of Representatives afterwards denied, by
declaring that it was 44 unnecessarily and un
constitutionally begun by the President.'' In
this s'atc of the question, we ;
any justification for ihe
and money to carry
terized by the people's representatives. With
out purs Urn a this branch of the subject further,
we come to the late compromise bill, as it is
called, It would be sufficient for us that wise
Cohgress disagree as to the result to be
a law; but we
i*s for supplies of
a war thus cln
expected from it, if passed i
point to prrsent.
nplaints against the King of England,
tained in the original draft of the declaration of
Independence, that he had forced the slave trade
nnd slavery
their wishes and rninonülranccs, and it was de
his American colonie.«, against
of the reasons for taking up
. And have the government
arrived
suffer the
it : the spread of slavery and
their free territory, lo be an
be submitted
revolutionary
and people of the United States s
at that period in llteir history, as
question, l
the slave trade i
open question, I
courts, however constituted, but especially to
such ns are or may be pro-slavery in their cha
racter 1 We hope not. It appears
inconsistent with the true spirit of the Déclara*
ration of Independence, and would evince dere
liction front duty, should Congress thus evade
this great question at this day, with all the lights
of experience and comparison before them. It
lit 1787; neither did
they evade a kindred question in 1820,however
injudiciously it was settled in Htat day of
parative darkness. W
no doubts. Compromises n
solcte. Vast rfriilt it tides of t
in the conviction that Liberty cannot make a
compromise with Slavery, with any |n«»W safety
or serarity than Virtue
Vice, and they do ask and require that the law
for establishing a gnvermnen lover territory now
from the blight of slavery, shall be positive
in its terms,.to the effect of it*«* *»ol«
slavery therefrom thenceforth forever.
(nblish justice. In promote the general welfare, and
to secure the blessings of I.iberty to themselves and
their posterity, w-efe the principles on which this
notion was Ushered into the world's family.
What a paradox, then, to leave such a question
open at this dnv.lo be determined by any court
however constituted! Let the Jetlersonian or
all the acts for es*
that
any court
In
not so in 1784,
Compromise«,
ppear now to be ob
lie people are settled
compromise
/ '
dlnancc of 1787 hr applied ir
tablUhing new governments,
for Oregon. It is enough that New Mexico and
California, have cost the nation thousands of
lives, and millions of money, without also shat
tering to atoms the gieat principles which lay
/, 0 i,/ cr9s -j*|, c question is not now an open one
t |, 0 «, e territories, it being understood that
Mexican laws will govern until others, made hy
""['^"priîSÂÏ^'iTiîch twenty millions
of p CO p| c openly acknowledge tlu'ii «overnment
to real, be put in jeopardy to establish or^permit
slavery to enter n free land^ ftod forbtrt!
V r '. 'Vrlnctptos «hieh « ».
s j ( t erc( t vital, have been utterly abandoned in
what are called id^mVof decem
practice, and by both par
JjJJ >i* wo lives of General Cass have becn
published ; one fur circulation in the face Htatos,
»he other for ' d^ntrcnUy frllrn the other. Hr
lumseuThas inglortoitsly changed his ground
on «he great issue before tlie country, and on
most quotums is now pretty wc un cratoo al
And
die
rib. The convention which nominated
entertain a re.siiju
•oNihg a reslricthVft of Alavt*rÿ to iispre
jtiatts^ml this-rèlnsal has dextrwed conti»
donee. Ui< pnoiiiau,that ot the cotivun-.
*iun. beia;: thus undefined, the conseqiiehuo in.
!*«■ » ■
*? , < n ^ Me ni Ilf restriction, and of live soil
for freemen ; ihu faul .is capable of proof ; while
ft the south tl»«y say, "if the nonli elinose to Jift
'I»»!! '* i S ■w k !I V?»n -ü"iî- yl 'ï '
ïï* n i And why AMmhUHey no« know him.
Hi* location u> anxmg them ; Ihs assormimni,
In.-» slat «.-holding JdVP'C^I. a^d .%11 the inOtycticcs !
,^ÎJ!SfÂ.Â
knowing their nn,n-lhn, hb.nl .Aon. who it is
undcr.vtood has declared, tluil Itc has uu cnijpeul
rqin his cotiiitrtinen, and yet not one sa- ;
try wo-d can be obtained from him, clear
• Cîeiieral 1 aylor, would
tismcriirf.. _
ly loueliiiiR the (frent qtieMton of die day, that
which is ngiîatipg, and
agitate the people throngl
breadth of (Tie land. M e do
this species of honesty.
Further, it is strongly urged in favor bf Gnh.'TBjl
ftûï
us natufc tpusi
the length and
highly e.^ceVrf
Pay lor, that lie is opposed lo tl
navy er, with
ie re.iso of the
tplo exceptions. It apj
in us' that nearly, or quite ail tlio vetoa that
Ira vo bpmàpplted. ^r prnuAlked' In advhncb ht.
legislnlion, lortbe last iwrtnty years, have emu
■d from the slaveiiok'ing power or its inllu-i
enqc ; and should Ibis prove to be a historical
fact, it wnu|d argue great Want of discernment j
and foresight in the peoplp, ■should they
dial pnwdr to any man, whose inter -, 0
est, and the infiuem'es of whcsis mind must be|
il, Uli, l d i reel Ion. KlavHlioUi.ir. m >■■ «lomeili
or iidlllloill boWç», has l.ocii, an. il »ein,« lo us,
necessarily be the ahtbgonist of iho pros
rerity^fnon-slnveliolding states, because oGthe
adaptation of the latter to increased population
and w ealtli : bow can we then foster und spread
such I» political poWcr, tin* antagonist of tho li.
bertiea and prosperity of Frcepiva. Our govern
nient and Iho noople oonininKj |he miIm»
of Huron, tor ih.'ir proprofis ' loivuril Iho J.llib
li.hnMrnt of rtlAl»./fffrtWy, While wr, oilrs.lv™
Ii.to rrlroirradßd. drerenihd lodarltaud iptuolil.
Slruoirlu« and di.|,ulado.i. tor iho »id,,V«d
Of U OVO, Va.t 1,00 h„„l 8 . Wtott', iî^,
IlirOu, ili.ll paiadoxionl rxhihilion arr llie t'ldlrd
jS* 5 Li ^ »
W. Ipiirrhnnd Und n pM* danjrrlWn llii.
lias yet encountered, will grow out of
ibis auliirol if |l ho not nloarly srl-lrd in to,'
Hut (.III 001.0,1. ibônlcil.lon ofdKVr
tm*V to come ; ami our i||'pre|ir iiA ., w
i« Jl.Ls, that jf the.North and WaKc
jUrar «.till disunion, on account iiftrie
-actions ohlio slave pnw r, it wlll haVe much
mriing than any former threats of this na
. ThU people are awakening |n the danger
of increasing that power in the Senate hy tlie
duplication of States, comparatively without
citizens, and by this process making aGovurn-°l
incut of States, to tlio exclusion j( tho peuple
i„ f.flVrt.
General in sulistauee, " That
W'
I : I
yMi
founded
come faiu
General Taylor says in sulistauee, " That
Presidential velos should not be interposed
where questions of power or domestic policy
have been settled by tlio various départi,
of tit« Government, and acquiesced in hy the
people," very good ; but mark, wo liellcVo that
the various departments of the Government
have nut settled it and tlio peonlc have
quiesoed in it that slavery shall
by die action <
to spread Itself otter hrritnnj
understand this question, the language of Gun.
Taylor, above quoted, does
cannot, for it is a new qucstl
dien are we to Infer would be hh course
this grcai issue ! Our unavoidable conclusion
is that slaveholding influences will prevailwiïj?
him. Aui.111 in Ihn v™rlR2H, VVliiir nrrfot«
(palrlols limy ivoreth. i. call,-,I hy many an,I
»■ill, .nine show nr In.llrn Inn,) warned Ihn
neonlc in il» mo.l i,nn„..,ivn l.nunann, nirnwn!'«"S
In ...». .rthunlor. „vor ami »vor .pi* .ril»,
■mdton t„ nur fron in.tit.lions which
wnuhl rneult I'rnm clo.alinn morn milftry
ohi.ft.in., lo Iho lirad of Ihn covern, nanl ;
ihn .red. of thiw mrniog worn «own hr,,a,I-1
rant throughout the land ; they were cherished
as they deserved to he hand, d down from
- • The
hp permitted,
inaotio.t ol the Governninnt.
free. If we
ill rely. What
It
a
ripened till now
.] now tho crop must he gathered, there Is no
alternative ; ten» of thousands of Whigs ami j
Democrats, utterly repudiate what an* called-a
tho regular nominations, and though otto or the
other may be successful, yet there is in our ap.
prehension a probability of that success being
immeasurably worse for tho country thandefaal.
Some politicians may live long enough to be
mosl astouishlngly mistaken if they expect that!so
thn .iconic wjll continue to allow the stave
fftTCtritf the t*föporti««n of forty-eight years mit
of .Ixtv rf tlio I'reBi.li'ttcy with it» l«ttioti»i-"
and intl.ienc» i Utils tor tt areal portion of UK!
time suffering such i.iUtioncM lo coiittoul .ndM-«
shape neatly all tho important acts of the
Government. There are sumo indications t|ial|
tlio people ^arc moving towards taking this buri
their own hands, and the. signs of the
premonitory that it will boat no dis
d'ltv. Home thousands of voters supported
1814, in the belief that they
iuiportant service to their
t of good, un
, and have taken deep
this seed
the crop
father
havest fr
of
hy
| n
an( | j, j„ „humlani^y confirmed by tlio reeeni
■ c 0 u Vl .ntion at lluOalo in every po'nt ffotn whiel:
that convention can hr justly viewed. Tin
Eh'tte ' initST'ml«M dto^ret'
in wit j ( ( , lfl 0 p| n j„ ng orartious of Martin Van Bu
| ren ,,n soinesnhjicia olsrtondary consequenrr
| we, ° ^»vinced that cnhini ' w
ônî^ÏÏfetVonthosubjrït lî/ulovsryHJX^si.
| ^> ^ con y linUpi , pwu . 0 J . ^ lhuy ot)U id ,, ol |,e
Hr : istied tlmt tho best candidate lor pc-ac 'lui ob
,j®°to was him whose hands were K*Mtig it
on "i 1 "'?"' h ' 1 ' ,, b *1'.!, ; Jli'i uf °l ihr r i v
al c
Henry C ay, in
rendering
country, and supposed tlio bnl.
der every view was greatly In Itis favour ; and
we have reason to believe thnt a very large
number gave their support to Jas. K. Polk under
like convictions. It is in proof that very great
dissatisfaction rvist
the Union, growing
Generals ('
in
of tho nominations ot
and Taylor for tho Presidency,
this dissalisfacti
those w ho
tin
led
cjnired the elevation
day, of tho o.wnnr*t
slaves, if* wit»'faylor. Nor jot to ole
who (Ufiireditd OQUtinsr ail V)â hid
shamefully shifted his ground tm the Proviso
etn^d 1 it i i ml lirnliin inijjiHVftriisiilln.
in „„.ill »T« .l..«Ù}«.W
m H and take iiOsAeauion of Free Territory, ut
'„it, (**;„, It is to bo honed that the »woplo
have at length awakened lo the fact that
' «M»t every occasion, when none but jilqvuhiild*
in« or pro-sin very candidates have 1
r. 7 . ■ " r ltf in
! interest i- tlfettv ^
-toto.wUW.fctoiM*.
1| '» N «"> """ «""I"" *'
* l would lher«Ti
; a,,, iueiicß when the North
»»roused to (ho power they
•the» Presidency,
holder of
this
h u ndted
al
in the
slavehobllrijj
of sneoèSs : Why 1 be
he a natural
' got ('illy
(ho power they can wield when iint
: to seetienal noruina
, unless Southern politicians
*hfy will be driven
1
men ought to receive
k how lug their rights, dure maintain them ut the
li«Hot-hi>x,'regardless of Tariffs, banks, sub
i or lu nd money,; t|iese last measures
' L * - ""—— i w lie no v«r
improper eit
tili thou,
permanently and
jdotails less ultra in tbeir
tloas in self-dcfe
j'ioaiiiuseii-ucience,---- f .... .—
'shcEv a disposition tn lm cortetifi*d with n pro
puftionaio share in tim affairs of government*
and abandon the iurtlmr propagation of blavery.
; slayc-holders pr pro-slavery
ivellm vntne uf freemen, who
"Wtptiho'x
twi*bri*b_
'''*■ ■ rpRC * vu Iho. people.s atienlion
c . an S W- 0 .! 1 'bent clear of nil in
lr *" vn "* »^^nees r then, h
j Wl11 '."''T 1,11 be settled
sooirand. tdotaus .«o» u«un
0 baratter than they iiavo ever yut been.
I hua have wo honeatly soiig.it to jirrspiit
J™ «" vl " w " »" <> f , 11111 "" ,5t i»i«m.,nioa.
«'»» hrounlll hofoni II» p.nplo of U
and with tho respect Vf hielt is
YO" a ' ,d as jiolding tlio Congrexsion
Powgr of this ^t.«to in your bauds. W c sub.
scimo nur liâmes,
... „
1 ,,K \ ? IC . E . . ... .
"" V» voie should not bo
";nllnu hi hivoi of all. lor 11» Êsntral Abo
llu ™ « "*• ,™ a " »'»H *l«ho. II
ll,or ,'- „In-endy tlmai do. 1
'if.i.O.U» «»a i'inMdnnt ofihp Suciel, »ktoh
BSMM« 1 «W#* 1 I'f 1 " 1
nlraUmiunl rf MaVory..
JJBU'Ä'"TÄtTÄ
»*» » •»«> ° 1
' r i , * • i i r
JArto^-" W««. I «etoM. tof
!*> »<»•» « ».»MtlU.O«l I. JM.k
Luromp P Elu^aih i n in sd t L aM . is man . v\g w
**4*/f* toil, tamine, siripes, iuiprisc»niuimi i
1,1 vindication of bis n w a* !i !>•*-«
""a ' ,,c next moment bn deaf to nil the motives
t ,owor him «brough hra trial,
and 'ntliel on Ins fallow
höt|» ot which is Iru'ight with
a B'*8 ?» " ,al " btcli he
> [' 09R v . , !.. ,
Ina letter to Dir. Price of London, Who had
tnioresiod htinselt m behalf uf umaucipution, he
Ukroks
Rtrvom*
n bondage,
misery
in rebellion to
That
the
that
Gun.
-|-, M ImU
,!>»»* ky llmo mni ihnl lh. O-Hl„ai.ci! of
an,I 1187 wa. ,|.,n,*na nnd pa».oJ. I h.Orf.n n •>
Ihn I'ndilllilMl 8 avenr in all iho Imrilory thon he
nirnwn!'«"S 1 ,"« Fnil.,1 Xlalni. 1 ho Wi limn.
.ril», r " ïl80 »«I'M »«d <« !?" °"
M 1 " 1 "* •( Th. lender, of th. Un
*""*»• P»nh.hl|. d the ollclnn ■>(SI»«r,j
; "'P '''"ï rn..«»ied. 0» l.f
hr,,a,I-1 »re do orminod m follow their
P lü * £V ' *' "lube.
from
The II i
44 Northward of the Chcsapeak«', you may
find an opponent to your doctrine, as you may
find here and there a robber and a murdeter, but
in no groat numben"
Patrick Henry 44 Would any ono believe
that l am master of sin _ . ._
I will not, ( caimot justify it* 1 would rejoice
iny very soul that every one of my fellow be
ings was emancipated."
Monroe.—" We havo found thnt this evil has
preyed upon the very vitals of the Union, and
has bbeh prejudicial to all the States in which
it has existed."
•n choice Î
we
Adiium, Madison, Hush, Gates« Jay, all c
curred in these view
sentiments.
; expressed similar
:,'l
Du
ing enough to notice ihe iguornneo
[of town-bred children of the commonest
no tors of country life, A friend tells us
ami j I Mb girl from the metropolis who had visited
called-a town not a thousand miles from New York,
the was filled with sururtbu at the sight ol n girl
ap. : milking a cow. 4 1 dm t know you did m that
being way.' she saM, will. 4 round eyed wonder ;
j ' I thought they took liuld ot the cow s tail, and
be pumped the milk out of her ! What s the got
that!so long a toil kr * I here was a who chile
stave for Ütis cnliglitencd 10th ccutury !
mit
•» ' jr-nttot.ii
UK! '*»K on " l""'t»J. harttiB a lt«ht Run,fa w
.ndM-« "»Id "« Wh ffa»» !'• » »"'1' »uvatit.
the "nd desired him to pa», it on the toad. At
t|ial| night ho asked him if Jtc Lad passed tlio
buri- guiitea 1
the " * B8 * 81
dis- jontodlio bo _
: lin aklasl and at dinner,
they * had foar-penco to oar
their two _ half-pence, and tl
un- pocket and never saw it,
that a
hut •!
" replit d Teague,
•ry »ly ; the people relused it at
pike, where
I whiped it in between
put it into his
reeeni
whiel:
Tin
Bu
ob
it
and
large
under
great
c.— Ina neighbor ing town,
liich they wore building a railroad, a party
fltnpl' yed there, we
s of a real live Yankee, au I thinking they
would show a specimen
deliberately
A Y
of
, wh
tl.f
in
pork," whereupon the Yankee
I handed
iderstand
ot
off th
. I
A ud
ther calling a yard of
inly replied the Yankee, cool
couniry th/to
joke, asked :
you would he
, and is that
ing
?"— 44 C
ly, 44 don't you know
ittl malic u yard ."
All preach humility, none practice it. The
masters thinks it goo«l dfjetrine for his servants;
" - w orldlings for the dorgy, the clergy for thb
congregation.
Hale nothing but what is dishonest, fear....
thing but whui is ignoble; and love nothin^
but wlut is just and tipporablc,
w ho
tin
led