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CIUl't'l.ATlON XKAHI.V 3,r i^o th * puMtaativu of Ui : l.iM of L<uiiri*, becaiii.0 it • lur^ciU iifi-ulûtlon of any pn|i-r in Dclnwnrc - I"; 1'iaiuiiuJ uvuiy 1'ii.iuy .MyruiiiK m yoiuv oi'jnll '• ''■îVilui^iiVirèo 1 rfiT.ri' 1 tvihn.lijMi 1 ' 'iM^nt'iàü , ÄÄfffÄtoÄÄ ÂÏTf ; h-mil to any part of th • City hy 1'iirriera. or t" nn.v purl n it will bo diMiiuiiiuu j : it »trfiii « it*» timr they •i mi until ft'H.i.t iimi iliur tli'dmiiun i M " M aU o.i.n'intrHtisn, n.,.i ' > Vnldiflfl I : I «J nutil all nnvaragi!« ar,' paiJ, at U» vt*"«" t E Rf IBEMRNT8 «> will fu imeftad tlireo time* lb cfiiM l if <-V 'ry tub.4H['iiuit in*n ISingl : iTKurlioii i!) i to b> |> ibltati s I, ma lu t'i > -urly » To i»on |>rn> :r éü'rattNAL P-OiBTBX. â VVrUlBW for Ul« Aditii-nril «»I Iht TtrutS If :hV Chirk«*». Mrs* llenlwl» Wriihli rlit-rlfttietl Fc«.'r.|to.-i«lly um ' Al Hr«l i loll n„ * if rliil'Uliiod. Mkt U'iÜ-.'li-ft« 1 . r,X,i. fW ' ■ 'h ''i"K ' i«av,-. Iliy Virlorj ! virSif tri li!*|ih . of ly r ■toit) . »Mt lietten«. r, 1 fmavcni^aity"' •Wqi.11.. pen { r «JWrwrtii. - IV" •gfciitl Û fttimi' «'1 {*>■*!* i. ,, j ,D n »,**1 1 *'f tint u. all «lirili *lr.i •MM (itAjiiili-'-ii"' " .- lullt ni jàvjier, •Uitibij rniiiit-id, Harp afvl^d^d Änf— \Vli I*blit An I th- Mr**t* " i.ttirt mI ln « hii« A» tonkinz • t! illf .V.ifrl tllrniiff n * L'Uirlu-n , .r m I.IKKA . It. ilt>Ul?EV, r.v iiifi-'t*Mil W.VY ME. ta-lo* «»t* by 1 & liie thml ml -il l in Ciiuiti niiiiiiclMft, < ililtildfclytn Uui*»vi»i!y " n«n tn atrniiiM I «Huff WiiHtd Itrtbri.: <-ar* tliiuc cj <n Hiiulii gluiuu. , 'lin hi ill tliu Wliait Iliy tend I'M« w And with sw. MrlicVa 111*: b flto finit I* li-JM. tl»«' uHil* the Tmui tuirti»--ra •• TliM Huron Wilkin tins (bit It rut bn»*m. fan to a In Jlijr or (jrirf wo've • il l eontJ but »« ] •ItiHit I not h eitvo th.! »tniffffttliK blute. li'i(t|iii-f ilny* ntn rd. Winn ittfrltt I» itark*-*t. Thrrc I* nonirthinj in my brenst, not unit« tbrftfikiMi ; elm II be blt-**'H; in ftlinll wakuu. Ttidt Vttywfl Thn, *«>*, oner tuoro And Joys soft «nnffu" Pcrrlmncc the portin* Hcffm or Ilf?, t»h*ll *hcH n ppiiccfnl «tinrhlne o'rr n* ; V,'„ K „ in tin ml we'll quit the - , *' <v With a bright, tlbirnl»!** pMh lieforc iih. SELECT TAM. tlir. STI I1EM A\U T1IÉ nl i.I.t ! OB THE COWARD UNMASKED. T. 8. FA>*. 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. 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