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nnmr tin SPIRIT " OP tpk miiv vtr i( Tin i H n .,2 rX. .Fa-Si I. shts . - tKv ' f -v ' iimiig' ttospaper-iiiit to :)olitks, Jrowtfln aub domestic Ittos, I'ltfraturc, irts anb Sciences, Cshrcafton; jBarjf. JAMES RrMORRIS, Mlisher and Proprietor. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TERMS i$l,50 pex Ammi in Admccct ft.,??. '.-'- VOLUME XII. AVOODSEIELD, MONEOE COUNTY, OHIO, JULY 4, 1855. -16r tv V a . " w 1 ' 7 Lv ! I;- . :s-vx ; : U .:. it - V. r Hi 1 ; t- i y : : a ' ' . . ! li '. IPs , I - 1 1 . til' U- ! i I? '4? if : v i ft'' . .Til j. :K'-? ' VWritten at my Mother's Grave. -f2 ,?C ,; BT GBOHOB D. FBB5TICB. The trembling dew-drops fall ' Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at rest, The stars shine gloriouslynd all - - -- 1 -i t.. Save me are blest.? v : : Mother, I lore thy grave! - ' . , The violet, with, its blossoms blue and mild; . Waves o'er thy head ; when shall it wave s i j' ? ' Above thy child r : i , LsK .V-'. -5-'.' -. : l:v ::-.:-: -:x Tis a sweet flower yet must -. 1 1 . ., Its bright leaves to the coming tempest blow f Dear mother. 'tis thy emblem dust " -T v' - ia on thy brow. ' ' And I could love to die To leave untasted life's dark, bitter stream -By the, as erst in childhood, lie t ' And share thy dreams. 2ii"VjV- u?i "3 i-dl i. t .-'(V (, , And must I linger here, . - . , To stain the plumage of my sinless years, . -; X'And mourn the hopes of childhood dear ' , X'With bitter tears T ? n j :. - ' V , Ah, must I linger here, . x,: , 7 -A lonely branch upon a withered tree, ' '. ' Whose last frail leaf, untimely sear, ''" o P WeM down with thee I - ; , . '. 'V jr- ij.VI xruiu uien wuuonug minor, ; , In still communion with the past, I turn . . And muse on thee, the only flower :" In memory's urn. i -' X - r' - ' rcf. hsi:. f.y,yfrtr.;i And when the evening pale, , , Bows like a. mourner on the dim blue wave, I stray to hear the night winds wail -'i? ' Around thy grave.- - : VJ-" " 11, . -tr..' ,-. j : ..'--I.- . -. Where is thy spirit flown 1 -. . v-.v- gaze above thy look is imaged there -. I listen- and thy gentle tone Is iti the air. '-. :.i : 1 .fr k Oh, come whilst here I press ; v j lfy brow upon thy grave, and in those ' And thrilling tone' of tenderness, ' ' Bless, bless thy child 1 7 .O KxTes, bless thy weeping child, .. . : mild: i. And o'er thine urn, religion's shrine, r," Oh, give his spirits undefiledj'' 51 " To blend with thine. : ; t " ' - I i. . I .From Graham's Magazine.' THE ' QUADROON GI R L. BT 'VIOLBT. CHAPTER Iv " 'The tropical heat of noon was over, but jJGut air was still snltry.and oppressive. A .jlight breeze ha4 indeed sprung, up, but ctoo, langpid.to raise . the -heads, of i the drooping flowers, it only whispered to" jthem, perchance, in praise df their luxnri ous grace,- and then died again into : still nea's. ;::;:'. ;:" ' Lv ' There was but one moving figure to be ' aeen,' and' it ill accorded with the desolate character of the landscape, for Lucille, the Quadroon girl, was very beautiful, and, clad in the brilliunt hues which so well be- came her,' seemed to tread the lonely path "'Tby the light of her own loveliness.. V, . " r"It was indeed a dreary, scene, for she was, approaching one of those extinct vol ' canoes with which the island of Martin 'Mque abounds,' and the rugged ground was 'seared and darkened by the hot breath which had passed over it. -. ' Here and there fT' the i masses of gray stone were clothed with the' exuberant vegetation of that glowing climate, but for the most part all was bare " and black, as though' some ancient curse , "rested upon the spot, and chilled the gen tv'erous hand of nature.' ' ' Lucille seemed little to heed the scene; , .her large eyes, dark as night, and swim ining in liquid lustre, were1 sadly gazing earthward, and her . smalT head set so proudly on ; the column-like" throat, was ' bent dejectedly: Occasionally she raised "lt "to 'reconnoitre', and at last a gleam of ; pleasure and recognition shot across her " face. A stranger would neverbave dreamed of human habitation in tiiat wild spot, but IiUcille's eyes sought out a dark hollow in the.Vock," and already distinguished within it the stooping form of an Taged woman.' ; Ai ibe approached, her 6tep quickened. ' and at last,' seemingly in unconquerable fl; impatience,' she darted forward into the ' k WhaV Lucille' ! and hast thou come ''fat last?" said the' old woman, "and will 'Bought but' sorrow ever bring thee tofmy "side?. Kay,' deny it not,there 'aretears In thy neart hanging like thunder-rain in ; the heavens; and see,! the first touch of X my liand has brought the torrent downl" was wue. ljnciue naa flung herself to jjmio uuuu iu no. Bgunr 91 tears, ine yio '.jeKCe c( ber. sobs .shaking ' down her' hair "jxdto, V wilderness, -'of. darkness round her peSihed shoulders. ";tyery soon,' however, .likcthe. "storm-drops , tg i 'which the old . crone had compared them,' the largetears -'-". J -it i . A ij .1.. j' -'- , ceaseaio nyw. suu sue luuneu up. ' t 'i Jfother, ;you,- are right,", she iaid; whether Jbj'jtet power of 'that .dark art which; ia8c')rouj':o whether.' ly the love you bear . me," I know "not; but you read clearlyaft. ever J;he."secret'of 'myl tteatt,-aod I dare not,, if I would, deny it'; yxiV'Uatnel has deserted tbee;V 1&. t so f;It;i soi mother, but phi tell me, telj armeat' least that his heart U still jny own, e that he has striven to free it, but cannot.'.' v,.i' Locflle, canst thou bear it? I can tell iii&ee .lomewbat,- ii;rjii. "'.r3-.r . tfiiftfw Ohl mother, there is nothing I could not bear if only he love me jitill-irdid I - not tell you long since, .when first. I. bent mm- over him in that wild fever, that ; I could die content, nay, that I could live and see his face no more, if but once I heard him say that he loved me?!V V I - "And thou hadst that wish." ." Yes! dear mother, you foretold that I should live to hear those precious words, and I did." . "No great wisdom was needed for that propecy, chad," rejoined the other, with a fondness of tone that came strangely from her thin, withered lips. "Even now, I marvel as I see thee, that he could ever gaze enough on those eyes of thine." : Hush! mother, hush!" said Lucilla, im patiently snatching away a silken lock which the old woman was smoothing over her fingers; "you said yoa had somewhat to tell me; conceal it not, if it concern him or his." " Thine own fears have sufficiently fore warned thee, my child." The girl hid her face in her loosened hair. " He will mar ry!'.' she whispered at last, as if afraid to give voice: to the words, i flint mother. may he not love me still? Oh ! the white woman's eyes may be blue as our summer heavens, ..but will .6he love him as I have done?.. wilL her pale cheek burn as mine, at the sound of his footstep? .will she toil for him through the heat of noon, and watch through the silence of night?" Lu cille raised not her head, and her compan ion, in compassion as it seemed, broke the pause. t . . 'r:-...-. -i ' :.:,.,..,"..:'; V'Mj child,, he; may love thee yet.', ' ."Oh! thanks, mother, thanks, your words are ever true uow will I cast off the self ishness of this Borrow, and, if only he will sometimes say that he loves me still, .be happy as of old." She sprang lightly to her feet, and began to wind her scattered hair around her beautiful head. , ; "Lucille, what of thy child? he is wont so to fill thy talk, and to-day thou hast told me nothing of him." -; . There was; alas! no shadow of shame on the young girl's cheek, as she answered, He is. well, mother, and fairer than ever; you say that my skin bears scarcely a trace of the swarthy hue of our people, but his oh! ,it is purer than moonlight, our darkness has ' all fled into his eyes! I would that they had been blue, but he has at least his father's rosy month, and clus tering golden hair. ; Did I tell you, moth er, that when ' last Gabriel saw him, he wept?",. . i .. v Thou didst not, child. I am glad for thy sake that the babe is so fair, perchance even yet he may save thee, or even if Ga briel wed this Madelaine de Beaucour, who is doomed by some fate or other to cross thy path in life, ' even hef heart may be touched by. the beauty of this, child, and knowing the wrongs of our race, she may stoop to save htm from poverty and labor, and set him' amongst his father's people; Thou wouldst be a' happy, mother then, Lucille!'!: "I know"not that I could take aught from her hand,"" answered the girl, proudly, looking unconsciously so majes: tic in the queenliness of her beauty, that her companion wondered for the hundredth time how GabrielJDelacroix, even with his pride of descent and -worldly ambition, ebuld resist its influence.. . ' A moment's thought, however, and she sighed deeply,. What availed the charm of that mien, or the warmth of that heart? Did a European ever wed with one of her despised race? and was hot Madelaine de Beaucoar, whose, name rumor had united with that of Gabriel,' a daughter ' of the wealthiest family of all their wealthy op pressors? .; .'.."" ; ' ' , '. . ' 1 , ' Lucille at that moment was saddened by.no such sorrowful reflections, her elas tic nature had already thrown' off for the time the burden of her grief. Of her pov erty Bhe thought ' little; flower-maker by trade, she could always earn sufficiency by the exercise other graceful art,: either amongst the luxurious ladies of the island, or by exporting her handiwork to Paris. To her position, sanctioned, alas! by cus tom amongst our race, there attached but little idea of disgrace, and could she have hoped to retain something, of her. lover's affection, . and to bring, up her child in greater ease and refinement than she had known herself, she might yet have been happy. "Mother,'! she said, after a paused "it wonld relieve my heart . to Jook upon tne oeauty ot. this white ; woman, Made laine.- I know her father's chateau;. well; I will take the boy in my arms, and if she is alone, I will even speak to her, and hear the voice that has charmed my Gabriel She cannot see.the child unmoved for he is fairer than the fairest babe ever cradled beneath their rich roofs." . ,l " Do as thon wilt, my Lucille,", replied the old crone, fondly, ."and,'.' she added. with a bitterness that seemed far better to accord with her harsh features, "woe unto ner and hers, if she show- thoe anght.of tne overweening pride, of her people.". iljt was a bright burning day, with scarce ly a breath ofair stirringi' even through ne cool jalousies of the Chateau Beaucpur," '"'The fair '.Madelaine lay languidly on a Bofa,'.the 'delicacy, of her transparent skin. enhanced bv the 'soft1; white drapery ind rich'lace" in whicV she was robed: ' Th room was partially darkened.' ;and on one pidp'of ber,kuelt a. servant,' r who gently agitated the ,air "with a krgc fan of beau- iuuj eastern worKmanship, while, on the other,;a young girl,' who , served . as com panion 'to"the heiress,, was reading to her the fast French novel.' " V " paces from the house,- poor Lucille had lain, crouching in the stifling heat, for ma ny hours; anxiety to accomplish her ob ject, and the fear of detection, having in duced her to take up her station much earlier than was necessary. The excessive heat, and the want of nourishment, had made her very faint, though her child, whom she had fed and rocked to sleep in her arms, lay still and peaceful as a waxen image of infancy. She had dressed herself with unusual care, and bore, in a light basket on her arm, some of the choicest specimens . of her skill delicate, night-blossoming buds, and gorgeous tropical flowers, imitated with wonderful accuracy and grace. At length her child awoke, and she be gan to fear from his restlessness that she should be obliged, for that day at least, to give up her plan; when from the lofty door of the chateau, Madelaine de Beaucour, attended by a lady and gentleman, enter ed the grounds. Lucille's eyes dilated, and her bosom heaved; but no! it was not he, she 'saw that at a glance, and her gaze was again riveted on the lady. Something like disdain flashed across ner Deautiiui face as she looked,' and then faded into an expression of relief and congratulation: truth to tell, the lady, with all the adjuncts ef weahh and luxury around her, could not bear a moment's comparison with the dark-eyed Quadroon, and Lucille felt this instinctively, Awhile she paused, irresolute,' then ca resssing her child, slowly advanced, with her stately tread, to Where Madelaine had seated herself; but her tongue failed her, and she could only Silently display her gracefully-fashioned flowers. ' The lady looked on coldly, and made no answer to her companion's warm :. com ments on -the rare beauty of the' mother and child. Her gaze was directed to the proffered flower-basket, and after turning over its contents with a careless hand, she glanced at the Quadroon, ' il Your own work, I suppose? ' Ah! I would have purchased some, for they are really very well done, but you have nothing all white, I see, and these gaudy colors hardly suit my complexion. Strange, is it not?" 6he ; continued, turning languidly to her companion, "that the absence of refinement in these people, should be so perceptible even in their dress; they .all prefer those glaring colors.",-.4 ! " Nay," lie answered quickly, but with as little care to subdue his. tones as she had displayed, " if they have all the gor geous beauty of this -splendid creature, they should wear no other hues." ; - "Lucille stood motionless, only her curl ing lip betraying that she was conscious of their words "Would, the white mag nolia, or the silver lotus, please the lady Madelaine?'.' she asked, in -her soft, rich voice. '' : : , " ? "Yes; -either would do," replied the lady. "You may make 'me a wreath of the white magnolia, I think, and bring it here by next week not later," she added, with a half-smile, and waiving her hand in token 'of dismissal. ' But the young girl by her 6ide had started up" Ohl Mad elaiue, the child, have you noticed it? I never saw anything half so lovelyl ' What magnificent eyes! May I not hold him a moment," she continued, with a pretty be seeching look at Lucille, and already ta king one tiny hand in hers. 1 , ' The mother's face softened, though she held the boy yet closer to her bosom. ' Therese, Therese, of what are you dreaming?" exclaimed Madelaine, angrily, rising from her seat. " -" I - forbid you to touch the child; every other girl, of com mon modesty, shrinks from these low-born creatures, and the offspring of their de pravity;" and she swept haughtily into the chateau with her companions, the abashed girl givinga deprecating glance at Lucille. The Quadroon followed Madelaine's re treating steps with a look of fiery disdain; and long after the party had disappeared, still she stood, transfixed to the spot, ev ery muscle quivering with suppressed an ger:''' . . ,; :. : - .Her boy's soft fingers wandering in won der, over her averted face, recalled . her thoughts, and she turned away with a step of yet statelier pride than the lady, ' Through that night and the next, and again the next, two women sat 1 together in the cavern of the gray rock. Of nought pure and holy was their talk; for as the hours sped by, the beautiful face of the younger woman was transformed to some thing like the bitterness and "cruel rage of the elder. , Her occupation accorded little , with the expression of her features, for she was skilfully fashioning into all but living beauty, the snowy flowers and swelling buds of the white magnolia. " ' ' Are you sure that it cannot fail, moth er?",,, she whispered,- after a long pause. : As sure as that the sun will rise to morrow.".. ," -" V.. .. ; . " But, you have not tried it," she added, hurriedly; with a creeping shudder.. ', ' ! For an answer the old crone-tottered across the room; and uplifting the folds of a bnght-bued shawl, which lay heaped up on the floor, displayed the motionless form of a small mountain goat. - It seemed to have lain down and died there without a struggle, so peaceful was its attitude, ' The girl shuddered , violently as her companion dragged ' the s body across the leave, and precipitated it oyer the hill side.;4' J ; J:$ou8m shall (livV'to' bear him,'? muttered the old wopian7 fiercely, as she took the wreath from the girl's hajwiithen drawing a vial from her bosom, she poured into each open cup and half-closed bud, a few drops of clear white liquid. The following day was one of rare fes tivity at the Chateau Beaucour. A grand fete, at which the heiress, in her bridal ar ray, was to appear . for the last time as Madelaine de Beaucour, had been planned; for the next morning was to see her the bride of Gabriel Delacroix. As she sat in her chamber, robing for the ball, she was told that a Quadroon girl waited without, asking to see her. " Ah! my white magnolia wreath," she said, gayly, " 'twill be more becoming than this tiara of pearls; bring the girl here, Therese, quickly." Withher own hands, Lucille placed the clustering flowers amid the lady's hair, and then retired with a deep reverence. Through the open win dows she watched the bride elect, thread ing with him the graceful "mazes of the dance, her cheek flushed, her blue eyes sparkling. Still she watched on, and prayed with clenched hands, until she marked the la dy's cheek blanch, and her hand seek her brow with a troubled gesture. Then she laughed wildly, and sped away from the perfumed' air and the brilliant light of that festive scene. Even as she fled, the bride had fallen to the earth, and was borne to her room,' silent and motionless. Only when they uncovered her pale bosom,' and loosened her shining hair, her hand, in obedience to some strange spell, sought the flowers on her brow, and none could remove them. The next sun .rose upou her, a bride indeed, in her bridal array, fair and flow er-crowned, but cold, voiceless, and still forever.. :. . - Exaggeration. . -. If there be any one mannerism that as universal among mankind, it is that of col oring too highly the things we describe. We cannot be content with, a simple rcla tion of truth we must exaggerate, we must have a "little too much red in the brush." We never heard of a dark night that was not "pitch dark!" of a 6tout man that was not "as strong as a horse!". or a miry road that was not "tip to the knee!" We would go "fifty miles on foot'V to see that man who never caricatures the sub ject on which he speaks. But twhereis such, a man to be found?, ; From "rosy morn to dewy eve," in our conversation we are constantly outraging the truth. If somewhat wakeful in the night, "we have scarcely had a wins of sleep." li : our sleeves get a little damp in a shower, .we are "as wet as if dragged through a brook If ajoreeze blow up, while we are in - the "chops of the channel," the waves are sure to "run mountain high," and if a man grow rich, we all say ."he rolls in money.", imo later than yesterday, a friend who would shrink from wilful misrepresentations, told us hastily, as he passed, that his newspa per had nothing in it but advertisements, The Grave of Jefferson. , The following description of the place where rest the mortal remains, of the sage of Monticello, will doubtless be interest ing to every reader - . , I ascended the . winding road, which leads from Charlottesville : to Monticello The path leads a circuituous ascent of about two miles np the miniature moun tain, to the farm and the grave of Jeffer sonr On entering the gate which opens into the inclosure, numerous paths diverge in various directions, 1 winding j through beautiful -groves to the summit of the hill, From the peak on which the house stands, a grand and nearly unlimited view opens to the thickly wooded hills and fertile val leys which i stretch out . on . either side. The f university, with its dome, porticoes, and colonade, looks like, a fair city in the plaint -Charlottesville seems to be direct ly beneath. ; No ; spot can be imagined, combining greater .advantages of; gran deur, healthfulness, .- and seclusion. : The house is noble in its appearance; two large columns support a portico,, which extends from the wings, and into it the front door opens. The v apartments are neatly furn ished and embellished with statues, busts, portraits, and natural curiosities, v The grounds and outhouses have been neglec ted: .Mr. Jefferson's attention being ab sorbed from such personal concerns by the cares attendant on the superintendence of the university, which, when in health, he visited daily 6ince its erection commenced, At a short distance behind the mansion, in a quiet, shaded spot, the visitor sees a square enclosure, surrounded by a low un mortared stone wall, which he entered by a neat wooden gate. This is the familybur- lal ground, containing ten or hiteen graves, none of them marked by epitaphs, and on ly a few distinguished by, any memorial. On one side of this simple cemetery is the resting-place of the patriot and . philoso pher., .When I .saw it the vault was just arched, ami in readiness . ior ., me piain stone which. is to cover it. "1 May it ever continue, like Washington s without any adventitious attractions or . conspicuous ness ; for when we or, pur posterity need any other .memento of our debt of hbnor to those :Baniesj iuu mnr pimpie inscrip tion on paper, wood, or' stone, gorgeous tombs wouiu oe uiuceryp jieir, memo ries. When gratitude ehalfcease to con secrate their remembrance in the bearts of our citizens, no cenotaph will inspire the reyerehqepwe, owe tq theni . r;vT 1 i ULCLAlt ATI ON OF INDEPENDENCE. . : In Congress, July 4,' 1116.'. THE UNANIM0U8 DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dis solve the political bands which have con nected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the sepa rate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. - We hold these truths to be self-evident : that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the gov erned; that whenever any form of govern ment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people, to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new govern ment, laying its foundation on such prin ciples, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. ' Pru dence, indeed, will - dictate, - that govern ments long established : should : not be changed, for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, -than to right themselves by . abolishing ' the -forms : to which they are accustomed.-- But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pur suing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their du ty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future secu rity, -v Such has been the patient suffer ance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to al ter their former systems of government. The history of the present king of Great Britain, is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct ob ject the establishment of an absolute tyr anny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary.' for the public good. J '.' . :' ' He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing import ance,' unless suspended in their operation, till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.- -' He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people," unless : those -'people would relinquish the right of representa tion in the legislature--a right inestima ble to thcra, and formidable to tyrants only; He has called together legislative bod ies at places unusual, uncomfortable,'" and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposiug, with manly firm ness.his invasion of the rights bi the people". ' He has refused," for a Ion" time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative "powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise the state remaining, in the mean time, ex posed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within." :- -" He has endeavored to prevent the pop ulation of these Statesf for ' that" purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to' pass others to en courage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of' hew appropriations of lands. 5-'-- rs?C: i-W'l.. v :r He has obstructed "the administration of justice,- by -refusing his assent to law's tor establishing judiciary' powers. 1144 ' - He has made judges dependent on bis will alone, for the tenure' of their offices, and the amount and payment of their sal ales. , ..,-. .:-.. P r.- ...ii: . ; ..ue nas erectea a multitude of new offices, and sent hither Bwarms of officers, to harass our 'people, - and eat out their substance.' - -- : -' f - ' He-has kept'7 among us in times of peace, standing -armies;1 without the con sent of our legislatures. '? 'f ' - Heba3 affected to render the. military independent or, and superior to, the' civil power. - I - '-"''' " ' ' " He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to onr consti tution, and unacknowledged by ourj laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretend ed legislation : - - ' - ; ' ' 4 .; For ' quartering; large bodies of armed troops among ns : i - ' - For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these States'r'i!i - '-k --1 !' ' For cutting off our trade-wUb all parts of the .world: V '" J - 'For Imposing" taxes on Sas "without oui- consent r1-' i--J ' - ..-'-- ? a?-. For depriving 'tis," 4n 'many" cases,' of wie ueueuiB oi iriai uyjury : ' '' For transporting us beybndHseas' to be tried for pretended offences -: -N' ". For abolishing the free' system of En glish laws in a neighboring province,' es tablishing - therein - an arbitrary govern ment,"' atfd enlarging its boundaries, so as to render if at' once an' 'pxample and; fit instrument' for 'introducing the same ab solute rule into" these colonies; "V"V ' . For taking away our chartres, abol ishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally, the forms of , our govern ments : ; . :;' -. , '. . .-; 7 For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. - He has abdicated government here,' he declaring us out of " his" protection, - and waging war against us. " ' ; - He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns; and destroyed the lives of our people. ; He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death, desolation, and tyran ny, already beeun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy,- scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally, un worty the head of a civilized nation , He has constrained our. fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves, by their hands. V He has , excitecL domestic j insurcetions amongst us, and has endeavored to . bring on the. inhabitants rof- our; fron tiers' the merciless Indian savages, whose , known rule ot warfare is an undistinguished des truction, of all ages, sexes, and conditions. In every, stag of these oppressions we have petitioned for, redress in - the .most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only - by repeated injury. A prince,' whose character is thus marked by every act which "may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. -. ; Nor have we been wanting in attentions td our British brethren. ; ' We have . warn ed them, from, time to time, of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwar rantable jurisdiction over us. We have re minded them of the circumstances , of our emigration and" settlement here. ' - We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity; and we have conjured them by the ties of our -common -kindred -to disavow these usurpations, ' which would inevitable -interrupt' our connection ' and correspondence; ' - They too: have been deaf, to the vice of justice and of consan guinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce m the 'necessity, which denounces our separation,1 and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind- enemies in war, in peace friends. " w ' -r.-. t ; ; ' We, therefore," the representatives of the United States of America, in general con gress assembled; appealing to the Sunreme Judge of the world; fori the -rectitude of our intentions, do,' in the name-and by the authority of the good people of these col onies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united . colonies are, and of. right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, aid that "all . politi cal connection between them and the state" of Great Britain is, and ought to be. to tally dissolved ; and that, 'as free " and - in dependent states, they have full power: to levy war, conclude peace, contract alli ances establish commerce, :and to do all other - acts and ; things - which 1 indepen dent states may of right do. And; for the support of this declaration," with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,-we' mutually pledge to each other orm -lavEs, ouu fortunes, and our sacred HONOR. 5- "- ;"::'" ' ' '' :'; ' -- - i With and Without a Purpose. ; ' The secret -of i much of the discontent and want 'of success in life, is the lack of a - well-defined - iMyiMi'iTa; a:an- whq has noobjeci for which" to live' and strive; life canihave?l)ui rlittlettticommendiit. To suffer ' ourselves to have- no abn' above the mere - act ' of .existence," is i debasin g man's" lofty nature below the brute' to the base level of mere thingsj "It.Tequires.no examples drawn from the past to. illustrate this principle,".tta)ughi the qjages ofvthe past be replete: with instances of heroism and dishonor--success and disgracer "each condition: growing 'to "tt great iiegree out of the possession or want -of firmness of purpose. The . present " to-day ;is filled as well with : spiritless, aimless, 'purposeless drones, as with active inspirited,; earnest souls. To" the - latter class, i every day, hour, moment is conscious life; and eve ry exercised ienergyi ai development and Btrenetheninc; of -the power of ; mind or willi 'The - former -float lazily rupon.: the surface of: time's tide. - Effortless and aimless,"' they!; are ; censors pf 1 all rGod's providences . and ' in grates of bis mercy w Nor. need'. we .visit uncivilized races," bor quote the loathed mendicant of Europe or . the East, to prover the' existence of such .an useless 'class." Our " own land abounds in such. , They lounge in every city and town.', j " . ;' ".?.'". V - V I " They are among bur acquaintances, "bur relatives we find them jn" our. homes. -We do not believe it is natnral .for man kind to be lazy,T-but must admit It abad habit .very"" easily formed: Indifference to future circumstances" 'and' exigencies may'be" aVvery : comfortable condition of mind,, though it sap the brain and heart of all th.eir " vital energiesA&mehwho have no. apparent business object or aim, are. hbt lazyt ) or .rdese'ryin approacli! There be" those in community,1 honest .in dustrious, worthy men, who toil faithfully and hard and yet; accomplish' but little in the way V bettering their own ' condition, or of adding to the general stock of wealth, or convenience, or information' 6f society. But do not such," toH , more "for present gratification than for'ahy" future good.'--Do they hot expend 'their.neries, to pro- vide "daily bread'! merely, for Jhenselveg and families. rather than to accomDlish ft cherished plan--fiome, hbnorable; areful adapted, but well denned purpose.. ; a 1 ; For the Spirit of, Dethocracj, .. NICHTS WEISER: A TBAGEDT IK'ONEfACT. Translated from tbe Illncloo, BT FELLOW CITIZEN. Scene Assembly Rooms, Philadelt phia.. (Enter Samuel North and Samuel " South masked. Samuel National, their common parent, sitting on a seat so con structed as to enable him to turn his face whichever waythe wind blows. '.Z. ' North. Glad to meet you brother South, . I hope the Union can now be saved jrith- . out much difficulty;r ,li vVSriiaj- ' : South;;,, It must be saved ; sir; it. -shall N be saved. . . . .. .. , i :, . . . , ' North. I am happy to inform you dear brother, that I am authorized to yield al- most everything td you, and shall asjf but little concession.----' ' - - - South;? Concession it Talk not to ma of concession. That word sir,' neveTgoea -; south, of Mason and DixOn'8 line. s ?NorUu-H But my dear brother-, iomtf of ' my servants are becoming '. factioo;3ad " a very trifling concession "would reconcile ' themr ' - - --'W -Mvt V'-fc- . t' - - South. 'Your ; servants becoming fee- tious ? How. long is it since job told toe your clan was composed of - broken dowa ' politicians and old political hacks;1: men , whose principles' could be moulded into .. j whatever form best; fitted their purposes? .' And how eay you now they: are becoming' ; factious? '?;iff.,,,v'?5i".S" . North. So we thought brother, but by , some unfortunate accident a number of . J ho'nest men were admitted, and the refuse to be bought and sol(L r j 'fo C.T j -1 South ' Well, sir, the blunder was yours, the consequences be yours. 1c I sever yield " a hairs breadth; c No sir, on the contrary, I demand a platform -more nltra Southern r" ..' than" any ever made, and for me to demand is to receive: .. --i :-." y-North. J5ut brother I must respectful- . . ly remonstrate against such a proceedijag,''' , for it will sink me s beyond .he- ;reacJh of ,:, resurrection, ru pi -..'ari i IV i South . ; - Sink or, awirnv sarviye or per , . ish; come to the. line which IchaH:or.I'Il V wipe -your-whole- clan, out- of existence: V -V ; :- i North.- -,Sir,. your proposal .would imly ', , leave -me to; decide-whether IwiUibe y drowned or-hanged.i;; I will choose aejthep , -, aa- the life I have- led but illy, preparee.me , to die'. i st' .ccuvia-.j'94C''''::'':' -' .South, r ThenK . sir, upon. .this grcond i, we fight; and I charge you to reflect-r y: ,, life has been spent in scourging men twho ' thought not of resisting; butairwhenlmeet resistance I'm terrifilci South.sdta'fts long heavy lash;) " North Fight then we will, i and I ,T charge you 'to bewares j Who twa:-tho . hero of the: Cincinnati riots?: j Who., de stroyed .the ballot boxes? ;Who.TdroTe the Catholics and foreignersftom the polls? Go to Cincinnati and you'll find that every . Irishman and Dutchman , bears o"n; his Jg- " norant head the macks of my valor ,t Look : r at the trophies . oC my - victories, fi. (North : , here presents a broken shillalah and de -molished tobacco pipe.)- , ... ?i . s V .! ' .-South; Sir, 'tis but suicide for you, to- , contend : with me. ;.-Asv often, as we have ; met, you-have been vanquished, , and long ere this you shouldr hayaarned submis-; V sionr.ut sirvrwords n.oniore Ianvim- . patient - j.to-. pitch "Jnte-ty ouVIraw.his lash and North dodges.) t&'trziiii''.' OldjSauk NationalellloiiL Stay your guilty hands. -. How am I to.beepms Pres- ,; ident if this, discord prevails? " p- ' trrSouth ,(To-North. fApxtoii: pitch4n?f.-wvf :-rryri. !:titrj&i-- -.Northm near.;bar venerable. paj:e.nhe' . . maxeavA'my: bide attt $ " PldtSam .stfy: 4?w.'jbildre' iX,:wilt propose,- a compromise.tAsSputb .baa . jess cpflsciencend more courage lieajhalln. . have i. the pjatform all hisowB way. - .siNorth (Aside,) : Farewell vai world I haint time; ta stay in yon any longer". ' -.. " Old Sam. - It shall be ultra Southern but you,- Northv shall, not be requited to ; eodorse; ti -5.j &:an &d; 3n South. (Asid&.)t .The dickener j "7:.i 'r- iNorth: (Aside,) vGoddl GdmetotMiik: ." of siV- it wouldn't: be. right' to leave ftill " after the Ohio election-v- j j i isva . . Old iSam. - YoirwiU secede and go; home there you irill form- a platform, out- Freesoiling the Freesoilers and CatcW them V. if 'you' can? -; If you1 'succeed 4 you -4ay carry your State elections this vfalirr'f "Too will for the present repudiate our platform, . -but ; rememberr- 1856 you'art lo'lour if our head a' South, 'and yd southern tnat--;: ures, and a southerner for PresidwtS (:,. T N&rth. (Kicking up his heels.) :. JH do ; it, Such- a' trickls jus'tomy "hand.. 1 (Here north takes his hat and shins It or Cleveland;) fn. - - South:- '(Throwing ?eff:krmaaC"and; ' leaying.) I'd like totavelrivea him in bthet thrashing just for exerciser I'll giy him" fits- in 56V t ' Old 5a.: (Sola? Thete; o " i cat is out of the walleU" South has. thrown off his mask and shpws i ungainly; farm inT jrbad daylight . AH mjbopes gon , ; at; one fell swoop'. "rsa ft used up- patriot emolUhed extmgiiished caved In. Goodbye KwQthigism? Goodbye PresidencjcoGboat. go., un. . (Curtsiik