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INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM,
ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST 12, 1851
Having assembled in National Conven
tion as the delegates of (he Free Democra
cy of the United States, united by a com
mon resolve to maintain right against
wrongs, and freedom against slavery; con
tiding in the intelligence, patriotism, and
the discriminating justice of the American
people ; putting our trust in God for the
triumph ot our cause, and invoking his
guidance in our endeavors to advance it,
we now submit to the candid judgment of
all men the following declaration of prin
ciples and measures:
I. That Governments, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed,
?re instituted among inen to secure to all,
those inalienable rights of life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness, with which they
were endowed by their Creator, and of
which none can be deprived by valid legis
lation, except for crime.
II. That the true mission of American
Democracy is to maintain the liberties of
the people, the sovereignty of the States,
and the perpetuity of thtUfliog^by the
impartial application to public affairs, with
out sectional discriminations, of the fun
damental principles of equal rights, strict
justice, and economical administration.
III. That the Federal Government is
one of limited powers, derived solely from
th# Constitution ; and the grants of power
therein ought to be strictly construed by
all the departments and agents of the Gov
ernment, and it is inexpedient and dan-1
gerous to exercise doubtful' constitutional
? fugitive Slave Act ofTSwr
n repugnant to the Constitution, to thfc.
principles of the common law, to the
spirit of Christianity, and to the senti
ments of the civilized world. We there
fore deny its binding force upon the
American People, and demand its imme
diate and total repeal.
VIII. That the doctrine that any human
law is a finality, and not subject to modi
fication or repeal, is not in accordance
with the creed of the founders of our Gov
ernment, and is dangerous to the liberties
of the people.
IX. That the acts of Congress known
as the Compromise Measures of 1850, by
making the admission of a sovereign State
contingent upon the adoption of other
measures demanded by the special inter
est of Slavery ; by their omission to guar
anty freedom in free Territories; by their
attempt to impose unconstitutional limit
ations on the power of Congress and the
people to admit new States ; by their pro
visions for the assumption of five millions
of the State debt of Texas, and for the
payment of five millions more, and the
cession of a large territory to the same
State under menace, as an inducement to
the relinquishment of a groundless claim,
and by their invasion of the sovereignty
of the States and the liberties of the peo
ple, through the enactment of an unjust,
oppressive, and unconstitutional Fugitive
Slave Law, arc proved to be inconsistent
with all the principles and maxims of De
mocracy, and wholly inadequate to the
settlement of the questions of which they
are claimed to be an adjustment.
X. That no permanent settlement of
the Slavery question can be looked for,
except in the practical recognition of the
truth that Slavery is sectional, and Free
dom national; by the total separation of
the General Government from Slavery, and
the exercise of its legitimate and consti
tutional influence on the side of Freedom;
and by leaving to the States the whole
subject of Slavery and the extradition of
mgitives from service.
XI. That all men have a natural right to
a portion of the soil; and that, as the uwe
of the soil is indispensable to life, the
nght of all men to the soil is as sacred as
their right to life itselC
XII. That the public lands of the Uni
ted States belong to the people, and should
not be sold to individuals nor granted to
corporations, but should be held as a sa
cred trust for the benefit of the people,
and should be granted in limited quanti
ties, free of cost, to landless settlers.
XIII. 'Hiat a due regard for the Federal
Constitution, and sound administrative
policy, demand that the funds of the Gen
eral t.overnment he kept separate from
hanking institutions; that inland and
?*? JHWtJge should be reduced to the
lowest possible point; that no more reve
nue should be raised than is required to
defray the strictly necessary expenses of
Ihefebhc ?enriee, and to pay off the pub
Itc debt; and that the power and patron
aja of the Government should be dimin
Mwed by the abolition of all unnecessary
emcee, salaries, and privileges, and by the
election by the people of all civil officers
ia the service of the United States, so far
as may he consistent with the prompt and
efficient transaction of the public business.
XIV. That river and harbor improve
ments, when necessary to the safety and
convenience of commerce with foreign
nations or among the several States, are
otymjts of national concern, and it is the
dntjr of Congress, in the e?erri?e of its 1
constitutional powers, to provide for the
same.
XV. That emigrant ami exiles from
the Old World should find a cordial wel
come to homes of comfort ami fields of
enterprise in the New ; and every attempt
to abridge their privilege of becoming
citizens and owners of the soil among us
ought to be resisted with inflexible deter
mination.
XVI. That every nation has a clear
right to alter or change its own Govern
ment, und to administer its own concerns
in such manner us may best secure the
rights and promote the happiness of the
people; and foreign interference with
that right is a dangerous violation of the
law of nations, against which all independ
ent Governments should protest, and en
deavor by all proper means to prevent;
and especially is it the duty of the Ameri
can Government, representing the chief
Republic of thenvorld, to protest against,
ami by all proper means to prevent,
the intervention of Kings and Emperors
against nations seekiug to establish for
themselves republican o* constitutional
Governments.
XVII. That the independence of Hayti
ought to be recognised by our Govern- I
ment, and our commercial relations with
it placed on the footing of the most favor
ed nations.
XVIII. That as, by the Constitution,
" the citizens of each State shall be en
titled to all privileges and immunities of
citizens of the several States," the prac
tice of imprisoning colored seamen of
other States, while the vessels to which
they belong lie in port, and refusing to
exercise the right to bring such cases be
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States, to test the legality of such pro
ceedings, is a flagrant violation of the
Constitution, and an invasion of the rights
of the citizens of otther States, utterly in
consistent with the professions made by
the slaveholders, that they wish the pro
visions of the Constitution faithfully ob
served by every State in the Union.
XIX. That we recommend the intro
duction into all treaties, hereafter to be
negotiated between the United States and
foreign nations, of some provision for the
amicable settlement of difficulties by a re
sort to decisive arbitration.
XX. That the Free Democratic party is
not organized to aid either the Whig or
Democratic wing of the great Slave Com
promise party of the nation, but to defeat
Ihem both ; and that repudiating and re
nouncing both, as hopelessly corrupt, and
itterly unworthy of confidence, the pur
pose of the Free Democracy is to take
>osscssion of the Federal Government,
ind administer it for the better protection '
>f the rights and interests of the whole
>eople.
XXI. That we inscribe on our banner,
Prkf Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor,
and Free Men, and under it will fight on
and fight ever, until a triumphant victory
^shaJI reward our exertions.
XXlT. Thai up8n this Platform the Con
vention presents to the American "People,
as a candidate for the office of President
of the United States, John P. Hale, of
New Hampshire, and a? a candidate for
the oflioe of Vice President of the United
States, George W. Julian, of Indiana,
and earnestly commends them to the sup
port of all fieemen and parties.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFOBM.
ADOPTED AT BALTIMORE, JUNE 1, 1852
I. Resohed, That the American Democ
racy place their trust in the intelligence,
the patriotism, and the discriminating jus
tice of the American people.
II. Resolved, That we regard this as a
distinctive feature of our political creed,
which we are proud to maintian before
the world as the great moral element in a
form of government springing from and
upheld by the popular will; and we con
trast it with the creed and practice of
Federalism, under whatever name or form,
which seeks to palsy the will of the con
stituent, and which conceives no impos
ture too monstrous for the public cre
dulity.
III. Resolved, therefore, That, entertain
ing these views, the Democratic party of
this Union, through their delegates assem
bled in a General Convention, coming
together in a spirit of concord, of devotion
to the doctrines and faith of a free repre
sentative Government, and appealing to
their fellow-citizens for the rectitude of
their intentions, renew and reassert before
the American people the declarations of
principles avowed by them when, on
former occasions, in General Convention,
they have presented their candidates for
the pooular suffrages:
1. That the Federal Government is one
of limited powers, derived solely from the
Constitution, and the grants of power
therein ought to be strictly construed by
all the departments and agents of the Gov
ernment ; and that it is inexpedient and
dangerous to exercise doubtful constitu
tional powers.
2. That the Constitution does not con
fer upon the General Government the
power to commence and carry on a gen
er*' "Zftem internal improvements.
3. That the Constitution does not con
fer authority upon the Federal Govern
ment, directly or indirectly, to assume the
debts of the several States, contracted for
local and internal improvements, or other
State purposes; nor would such assump
tion he just or expedient.
4. That justice and sound policy forbid
the Federal Government to foster one
branch of industry to the detriment of any
other, or to cherish the interests of one
portion to the injury of another portion of
onr common country ; that every citizen,
and every section of the country, has a
right to demand and insist upon an equal
ity of rights and privileges, and to com
plete and ample protection of persons and
property from domestic violence or foreign
aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of
the Government to enforce and practice
the most rigid economy in conducting our
public affairs, and that no more revenue
ought to be raised than is required to de
fray the necessary expenses of the Gov
ernment, and for the gradnal bnt certain
extinction of the pnblic debt.
0. That Congress has no power lo
charter a National Bank ; that we hftievc
such an iinstitutiou one of deadly hostility j
to the betstti interests of the country, dan- !
gerous to our republican institutions and
the liberties of the people, and calculated
to place the business of the country within
the control of a concentrated money
power, and above the laws and the will of
the people; and that the results of Dem
ocratic legislation, in this and all other
financial measures upon which issues have
been made between the two political par
ties of the country, have demonstrated, to
candid and practical men, of all parties,
their soundness, safety, and utility, in all
business pursuits.
7. That the separation of the moneys
of the Government from banking institu
tions is indispensable for the safety of the
funds of the Government and the rights ol
the people.
8. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson in the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and sanctioned in the Consti
tution, which makes ours the land of lib
erty and the asylum of the oppressed of
every nation, have ever been cardinal prin
ciples in the Democratic faith ; and every
attempt to abridge the privilege of be
coming citizens and the owners of soil
among us, ought to be resisted with the
same spirit which swept the alien and se
dition laws from our statute books.
9. That Congress has no power under
the Constitution to interfere with or con
trol the domestic institutions of the sev
eral States, and that such States are the
sole and proper judges of everything ap
pertaining to their own affairs, not prohib
I ited by the Constitution; that* all efforts
of the Abolitionists or others, made to in
duce Congress to interfere with questions
of slavery, or to take incipient steps in re
lation thereto, are calculated to lead to
the most alarming and dangerous conse
quences ; and that all such efforts have an
inevitable tendency to diminish the happi
ness of the people and endanger the sta
bility and permanency of the Union, and
ought not to be countenanced by any
friend of our political institutions.
IV. Resolved, That the foregoing prop
osition covers and was intended to em
brace the whole subject of slavery agitation
in Congress; and therefore the Demo
cratic party of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by and adhere
to a faithful execution of the acts known
as the Compromise measures settled by the
last Congress, " the act for reclaiming fu
gitives from service or labor," included ;
which act, being designed to carry out an
express provision of the Constitution, can
not with fidelity thereto be repealed or so
| changed as to destroy or impair its effi
ciency.
V. Resolved, That the Democratic party |
will resist all attempts at renewing, in |
Congress or out of it, the agitation of the
Slavery question, under whatever shape or
color the attempt may be made.
VI. Resolved, That the proceeds of the
public lands ought to be sacredly applied
to the national objects specified in1 the
Constitution; and that we are opposed to
any law for the distribution of such pro
ceeds among the States, as alike inexpe
dient in policy and repugnant to the Con
stitution.
VII. Resolved, That we are decidedly
opposed to taking from the President the
qualified veto power, by which he is ena
bled, under restrictions and responsibilities
amply sufficient to guard the public inter
est, to suspend the passage of a bill whose
merits cannot secure the approval of two
thirds of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives until the judgment of the people
can be obtaiued thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the cor
rupt and tyrannical domination of the
Bank of the United States, and from a
corrupting system of general internal im
provements.
VIII. Resolved, That the Democratic
party will faithfully abide by and uphold
the principles laid down in the Kentucky
and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in
the report of Mr. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1799; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one of the main
foundations of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their obvious
meaning and import.
IX. Resolved, That the war with Mex
ico, upon all the principles of patriotism
and the laws of nations, was a just and
necessary war on our part, in which every
American citizen should have shown him
self on the side of his country, and neither
morally nor physically, by word or deed,
have given " aid and comfort to the
enemy."
X. Resolved, That we rejoice at the res
toration of friendly relation.* with oursister
Republic of Mexico, and earnestly desire for
her all the blessings and prosperity which
we enjoy under republican institutions;
and we congratulate the American people
upon the results of that war, which have
ao manifestly justified the policy and con
duct of the Democratic party, and insured
to the United States " indemnity for the
past and security for the future."
XI. Resolved, That, in view of the con
dition of popular institutions in the Old
World, a high and sacred duty is devolved,
with increased responsibility, upon the
Democratic party of this country, as the
party of the people, to uphold and maintain
the rights of every State, and thereby the
Union of the States, and to sustain and
advance among us constitutional liberty,
by continuing to resist all monopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit of the
few at the expense of the many, and by a
vigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises of the Con
stitution which are broad enough and
strong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union as it was, the Union as it is, and
the Union as it shall be. in the full expan
sion of the energies and capacity of this
great and progressive people.
THE WHIG PLATFORM.
ADOPTED AT BALTIMORE. JUNK 8,
The Whigs of the United States, in
Convention assembled, firmly adhering to
the great conservative republican princi
ples by which they are controlled and gov
erned, and now, as ever, relying npon the
intelligence of the American people, with
an abiding confidence in their capacity for
self-government and their continued devo
tion to the Constitution and the tlnion,
do proclaim the following as the political
sentiments ami determinations, for the
establishment and maintenance of which
their national organization as a party is
effected :
I. The Government of the United States
is of limited chaiacter, and it is confined
to the exercise of powers expressly granted
by the Constitution, and such as may be
necessary and proper for carrying the
granted powers into full execution, and
that alt powers not thus granted or neces
sarily implied are expressly reserved to
the States respectively and to the people.
II. The State Governments should be
held secure in their reserved rights, and
the General Government sustained in its
constitutional powers, and the Union
should be revered and watched over as
" the palladium of our liberties."
III. That while struggling freedom,
everywhere, enlists the warmest sympathy
of the Whig party, we still adhere to the
doctrines of the Father of his Country, as
announced in his Farewell Address, of'
keeping ourselves free from all entangling I
alliances with foreign countries, and of'
never quitting our own to stand upon for
eign ground. That our mission as a Re
public is not to propagate our opinions,
or impose on other countries our form of
government, by artifice or force, but to
teach by example, and show by our suc
cess, moderation, and justice, the bless
ings of self-government and the advan
tages of free institutions.'
IV. That where the people make and
control the Government, they should obey
its constitution, laws, and treaties, as they
would retain their self-respect, and the re
spect which they claim and will enforce
from foreign powers.
V. Government should be conducted
upon principles of the strictest economy,
and revenue sufficient for the expenses
thereof, in time of peace, ought to be
mainly derived, from a duty on imports,
and not from direct taxes; and, in levying
such duties, sound policy requires a just
discrimination and protection from fraud
by specific duties, when practicable,
whereby suitable encouragement may be
assured to American industry, equally to
all classes and to all portions of the co.un
try.
VI. The Constitution vests in Congress
the power to open and repair harbors, and
remove obstructions from navigable rivers;
and it is expedient that Congress shall ex
ercise that power whenever such improve
ments are necessary fur the common defence
or for the protection and facility of com
merce with foreign nations or among the
States ; such improvements being, in every
instance, national and general in their
character.
VII. The Federal and State Govern
ments are parts of one system, alike ne
cessary for the common prosperity, peace,
and security, and ought to be regarded
alike with a cordial, habitual, and immova
ble attachment. Respect for the authority
of each, and acquiescence in the constitu
tional measures of each, arc duties re
quired by the plainest considerations of
National, of State, and individual welfare.
VIII. The series of acts of the 31st
Congress, commonly known as the Com
promise or Adjustment, (th?e act for the
recovery of fugitives from labor included,)
are received and acquiesced in by the
Whigs of the United States us a final set
tlement, in principle and substance, of the
subjects to which they relate; and so far
as these acts are concerned, we will main-:
tain -them, and insist on their strict en
forcement, until time and experience shall
demdnstrate the necessity of further legis
lation to guard against the evasion of the
laws on the one hand, and the abuse of
their powers on the other, not impairing
their present efficiency to carry out the
requirements of the Constitution ; and we
deprecate all further agitation of the ques
tions thus settled, as dangerous to our
peace, and will discouutenance all efforts
to continue or renew such agitation, when
ever, wherever, or however made; and we
will maintain this settlement as essential
to the nationality of the Whig party and
the integrity of the Union.
John G. Chapman, of Md.,
President of the Whig National Convention.
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WM. A. RICHARDSON,
Dee. 10-St Seventh street, Washington, D 0.
FARM NEAR WASHINGTON FOR SALE
TilK subscriber offers for sale his Farm, situated
about five miles from Washiogton, D. C., in Prince
George * county, Mil- It i;ontains 178} acres, mort
thau SO of which is a fiue alluvial meadow, prwduoing
a ton and a half of hay to the acre, but whieh un
der improved cultivation would produce at leant two
ton*. Hay sells in tho Washington market at from
$16 to $80 per ton. About four acres ol' the place U
a marsh, covered with seiaral feet in thickness of
black aartb, the result of decayed vegetation, which,
properly composted, is a louroe from which the up
land may be enriehed at a reasonable cost. About
00 acres of the farm is woodland?growth principally
oak and chostnnt. The lsnd, except tho meadow, is
undulating, and affords many beautiful sites for build
ing. There are many springs of exoelle~.it water on
the place, and it is noted for its hcalthfulncss. Tho
soil of tho greater part of the upland is a sundv loam,
underlaid by olay?in some places, clay predomina
ting. About 75 acres could be divided into small gar
dening farms, giviug nearly an equal quantity of wood
and arable land to each. There is an orchard of 160
pouch trues and 60 apple trees on tho place, all bear
ing. Thcfarmiswollfenocd. The buildings are?a log
house of four rooms, witb a frame addition of three
rooms, a meat-house of sun-dried brick, a log kitchen
soparate from the dwelling, a corn-house, stable, car
riage-house, Ac. There is'a stream of water running
through the plaoo, with sufficient water and fall for a
small mill. Price, $50 per acre. Torms?one-third
cash; a long oredit lor the residue, if desired; or, it
would bo exchanged for real estate in tho city ot
Washington. Address MARTIN BUELL,
Washington, D. 0.
Fifty acres, about half ?f whioh is woodland, and
which could be divided into three gardening farms,
with woodland and a beantifal building site to each,
would be sold separately. Or, if preferred, I will sell
the other part of the farm, on which are the buildings,
orchard, and meadow, which cannot be conveniently
divided. M. B.
K IR >1 FOR SALK,
WILL be sold at private sale, that well-known
Farm lying on Seventh street Plank Road, in
Montgomery county, Maryland, about right miles
from Washington city, containing .'17a4 acres, more
or loss ; about 100 in meadow, 100 in wood, and the
balance (172}) in cleured fields. The Farm can be
divided into several, giving a fair proportion of wood
and meadow land to each. " The whole Farm is well
watered, several never-failing streams passing
through it. The fencing is good, and there is a
large quantity of chestnut timber in the woods, suit
able for a farther division of the fields.
In point of health, beuuty, and location, it is not
surpassed by any farm in the State of Maryland. It
has always been remarkable for its beauty. The
dwolling contains eight rooms, kitchen, pantry, Ac.,
garret, cellars, Ac., all surrounded by a neat paling,
with a pump of good water in tho yard; barn, sta
ble, and other out houses; good spring-houso, with
a never-failing spring ol delightfully cool wator at
tached.
Servants' quarters for as many hands as would
ovor bo necessary on the Farm.
A good apple orchard, and some excellent peach
es, pears, cherries, Ac.
The road being now of the very best charaoter,
produco from the Farm and manures'from the City
can be hauled at any aud all soasons of tho year.
This property will be sold twenty-Jive per cent.
cheaper than any other property on the road be
tween it aud the city. With an ordinary horse, it is
not moro thau an hour's drive to the eity
Any communications addressed to CHARLES V.
GORDON, Washington, D. C, will rcoeive atten
tion. Dec. 15?ftteow
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aminations at the Patent Office, prepares Drawings
and Papers for Applicants for Patents, and oan be
consulted on all matters relating to the Patent Laws
and decisions in this and other countries. He alse
continues to devote especial attention to arguinp
rejected applications before the Commissioner of Pa
tents, in which line of practioe he has succeeded in
procuring a great number of valuable patents. Hi*
tee for an examination at the Patent Office ia live dol
lars ; for other services the charge will be reasonable
Reference can be made to members of Congress, or Ic
hose for whom Mr. R. has transacted business during
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BRYAN'S PULMONIC WAFERS are unfailing
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cipient Consumption, and Diseases of the Lungs.
They have no taste of medicine, and any child will
take them. Thousands have beon restored to health
that had before despaired. ? Testimony given in hun
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Ask for Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers?the original
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T11IS remedy l? offered to the community with tht
confidence we feci in an article which s*ldon
fail* to realize the happiest effect* that can be desired
So wide in the field of iu usefulness and to nnmernai
the cases of ita euros, that almost every section of the
country abound* in peraona, publicly known, who
have boen restored from alarming and even desperate
diseases of the lung* by its uae. When onoe tried, ita
superiority over every other medicine of its kind is toe
apparent to escape observation; and where its virtue*
are known, the publio no longer hesitate what anti
dote to employ for the distressing and dangerous af
fections of the pulmonary organs which are incident
to our climate.
Nothing has called louder for the earnest inquiry
of medieal men, than the alarming prevalence arxi
fatality of consumptive complaints, nor has any one
cla? of diseases had more of their investigation and
care. But as vet no adequate remedy had been pro
vided, on which the public could depend for protection
from attacks upon the respiratory organs, until th?
introduction of the CllKRRY PECTORAL. This ar
tide ia tbe product of a long, laborioua, and I believe
successful endeavor to famish the community with
such a remedy. Of this last statement the America!
people are now themselves prepared to Judge, and I
appeal with confidence to their decision, If there ia
any dependence to be placed in what men of every
class and station oertify it has done for them ; if wt
can trust our own senses, when we seo dangeroua af
fectiona of the throat and lungs yield to it: if we can
depend on the assurance of intelligent physicians, whe
make it their buainex* to know; In short, if there i?
any reliance on anything, then is it irrefutably proven
that this medicine does relieve and does oure the claM
of diseases it is designed for. bevond any and all oth
en that are known te mankind. If this be true, it
cannot be too freely published, nor be too widely
known The afflicted should know it. A remedy
that cures is nrioeless to them. Parents should know
it: their children are priceless to them. All should
know it; for health caa be priced to no on*. Not
only should it be circulated here, bnt everywhere?
not only in this country, but in all oountrice. Hon
faithfully we have acted on thia conviction, ia
shown in the fact that already this article has mad*
the oircle of the globe. The sun never sets on iu
limits. No contiaent is without it, and but few peo
pies Although not In so general uae in othor nation*
as in thia, it la employed by the more intelligent it
almost all civilised countries. It- ia extensively em
ployed in both Americas?in Europe, Asia, Africa
Australia, and tbe far off island* of the sea. Lift if
as dear to its possessor* there aa here, and they grasj
at a valuable remedy with even more avidity. Un
like moat preparation* ef it* kind, it is an expensiv*
composition of costly material. Still it Ik afforded to
the public at a reasonably low prioe; and, what is el
vastly more importance to them, ita quality is never
suffered to decline from Its. original standard of es
cellence. Every bottle of thia medicine, now manu
factured, la as good n* ever has been made heretofore,
or as we are capnble of making. No toil or cost i?
spared, in maintaining It in tbe beet perfection which
It ia possible to produce. Hence, t!ie patient wht
procures the genuine CHERRY PECTORAL can rely
on having as good an article as has ever been had by
those who testify to its cures.
By pursuing this couim, I have the hope of doing
some good in the world, as well as the satfa&otion of
believing that much haa been done already.
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cenU.
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m (jKKAT A.milAX fS?PKKAi?lt TALK
MBS. BEN OiKBY;
OR,
THE WEAL AND WOE OF SOCIAL LIVE
One Volume 12mo, SI. <?
THE objeut of this tale ia to exhibit in difToront
phases, in high life and low lite, the accurate
otlocts ot intemperate drinking, the bauo of souiat
life, tho curao of civilized man. The chiiractors arc
well and sharply drawn, und tho various scenes arm
dcscribod with much spirit and graphio effect. * 4
* . We. are- disposed to rogard the book as tho bca?
of its kind that haa yot appeared.?Button Traveller*
It is not ofton that we read a story of any kind,k
but we bavo broken our practice, and have read thin
book, not only with pleasure, but with a gratification I
which but very few novels have ever afforded us. It 1
is a quiot and simple, but still striking and effective
picture of American social life.?Chicago Tribune.
Written with marked ability.?Zaiussvitle Courier.
A thrilling picture of tho effoota of that infernal
bane of social life, intemperance.? Richmond Put- i
ladium.
The style is attractive and fascinating; there is a
freshness and originality about it, that is very pleas
ing. * * # One of ita chief merits is the oxcol
lonce of its conversations.?Enquirer.
Ilaa ao many thrilling passages and well drawn
characters, that you read it with absorbed attention.
It onnnot fail to achieve for Mrs. Collins an enviable
popularity. She takes us with her to the drunkard's
home, and tells of the hunger and the foar, the toll
and the suffering, that are there. Sho paints, with
a woman's delicate skill, tbo mock paticnce, tho
long-abused, but unchanging love of the drunkard'a
wife, touches the deepost chords of tho heart, and
makes them vibrate with pity and with indignation.
Christian Herald.
Though Mrs. Collins has already hosts of admi
rers of lier literary productions, this work, we pre
dict, will increase that number ten fold, and give
her a reputation worthy of her high talents.? New
Albany Tribune.
The style ia easy, natural, beautiful, chaate, and
at timea very eloquent. We would comtnend it es
pecially to young ladios, that they may seo to what
dangers they are exposed, In forming alliances with
the fashionable in high life.?Ohio Organ.
A deeply interesting and powerful wt>rk. It vivid
ly portrays some of the terrific exploits of strong
urink in both high and low life. Nor are such scenes
as it depicta either imaginary or few. Let thia book
circulate. It has a beneficent aim, and is the vehicle
of admirably old and most salulary lessons.?Pres
byterian.
* * * Has sketched it in its daiutiest form of
fascination, aa well as in its giim and dismal aspect
of open degradation. Rarely has a woman ventured
to hold tho torch to such a dark recess of human
woe.?Daily Time.*.
We know of no passage, anywhere, moro uniquely
beautiful, more intensely absorbing, more overiiow
ering in tho pathetic, than the thirty-fourth chapter.
It is indeed a gem. We doubt wbethor the cclebra
ted chapter devoted to the death of Eva, in Uncle
Tom's Cabin, is superior. ? ? # it i* cortainly
the most powerful temperance tale that we have ever
perused.?Jam iuiI and Messenger.
Beautifully written. * ? # A work of great
strength and power.?Go*/*/ Herald.
* * * The incidents dramatic, and the inter
eat intense to the ond.? Ohio Statesman.
Wields an easy pen, and sketches men and man
ners to the life.? Presbyterian llrraJd.
Graphic, truthful, chaste, and doeply affecting, the
story winds itaelf into our feelings, and we become
absorbed in tbe plot, as if wo beheld before our own
eyes the realities of the author's delinoations.? Dai
ly Sun.
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POETRY OP THE VEGETABLE WORLD: A
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Firat American, from tho London edition of Hcn
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the " Class-Book of Botany." On* vol. 12mo. Il
lustrated. Second edition. $1.25.
It ia aa interesting aa the moat attractive romance
aa beautifal aa nature, and aa ploaaing aa the finest
poem.?Boston At Lis.
LIFE OF THOMA8 CHALMKRS, D. D., LL D. By
Rev. James C. Moffat, D. D., Professor of Latiu
and Lecturer on History in Now. Jersey College
Princeton. One vol. I2m0f pp. 436. With a fine
Portrait on steel. Third oflition. $1.25.
As an orator, a philosopher, a profeaaor, a philan
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divine, Dr. Chalmers stood foremost not only among
the groat men of Scotland, but of Christendom. -
Commercial.
THE THREE GREAT TEMPTATIONS OF
YOUNG MEN. With several Lecturoa addressed
to Business and Professional Men. By Samuel W.
Fisher, D. D. One vol. 12mo; pp. 316. Third
thouaand. $1.
We shall put tha book by upSh one of the choice
shelves of our private library .^-Boston Congrega
tionalist.
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A auccinct compilation, from authentic documents,
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lateat dates. The work bears the marks of indnstry
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A treatise of sterling merit?AT. Y. Tribune.
The simplest, most lueid, and satisfactory exposi
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JUST READY:
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i THE LIFE OF BLKN.NERHASSETT: Comprising
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H. Safford One vol. 12ino; cloth.
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The following Is an extract of a letter from Hon
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" Yonr analysis of the slave laws Is very able, and
your exhibition of their practical application by th*
Southern courts evinces great and careful research
Yonr book is as impregnable against tha charge of
exaggeration as Enclld's Geometry, since, tike that,
it consists of propositions and demonstrations The
book is not only traa, bat it is nnqu*stio**My true."
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