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VOLUME IX GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, FEI3RyARY 26, 1848. NUMbR 4G -0- 4- . "V ' " f)ubUsl)eb J0ttUln Y S W A 1 11 & SHERWOOD. t VaiCC.TIIBBB DOLLARS A TEAR, sfz.30, ir vai wirtiiross HoiTtitTiiTiiitiTi X..i- ,.V or sussrairTloK. . - .f , .. u failure in the part of any customer to or Jer discbntin- asnea wunin in rancnpuon yemr, win ue connucitu in Jiestiva of his wih to continue the paper. t A.NMVEK8ARV. (At th tti of February would fll upon TusJay oJ Voorl a particularly thiong day of county bu.im-M ihe "Garni" anticipated tbe d.iy ami bad thrir annivtisary parade tbe 19ih, when Washington's Farewell Adrraa wit read ty Jtal u. lixbsat, and an aiwrcss urllver. !d y L. Swim.) CaRtxsaoao.'.N. O., Feb. 21. 1848. Lyndon Swaitn, Eta Dear Kir As a Commiitee of the fJrccnsborough '.Guarda. we have been requested to tender to you tbe unan imous thank of our Company, for the able and eloquent Address delivered by you to them on the I Uth, mutant, and refluent a copy of the same foi r ublical Lin. Sincerely hoping that you will gratify the wishes of jour friende in this respect, we remain, ' ".' M. G. Thomas, ICoro. Gatixsaoao,' Feb. 21, 1S48- Gentlemen : You are aware that the Addieaa upon which .tour com plimenta are flatteringly bestowed, waa prepared in una - -aoidable hsttc Nevertheless, if tbe disconnected thoughts x. ' .which it presents, are judged to have any tendency to im " , prea tbe truth that what is morallt riout is mliti- V st to show the importance of" sustaining a pro- attention to the subject of the closing allusion, it is at your service. Yuurob'l servant, L. 8 WAIN. To R U. Lindsay, 8. G. Thomas anJ D. F. Caldwell, Committee, x . ADDRESS. ; ' Gentlemen of the Greensboro Guard : We bare assembled for the purpose of cele brating "be Ninth Anniversaryxof our association at military company, as well as Ho commemor ateibe Birth-Day of the' venerated Protector of ou r .infant liberties. X Jt is pleasant, and I trust not unprofitable, to ' come together as we do this day, to strengthen ' 'lOttraociul lies to renew our pledges of faith In ,. our country. I cannot look upon the purpose of -A . uch a meeting toenhit tf a tHefeWKfrtay- reetv- dres wbich has been so iinpresseely rend in ' your nering, give to tne nccasmn a seriuucneivs which touches the heart, h is. our purpose to ptofit by the suggestions of the day. in order to a thoughtful and proper discharge of our duties of r American citizenship. Gentlemen, there are Ci-riain sentiments, which, under happy turns of expression, striking a com mon chord in the public mind, have bt come fix 'lures in the dialect of patriotism, They are our national proverbs. Our people are fond of them, (because they serve to express their impulses and 'transmit (heir convictions aptly and readily. These sentiments are not in themselves the result of in vestigation or of logical deductions ; .but. struck out by the sudden1 inspirations of genius they re admired for their bri'liancy : the fresh emo tion of nn'.ure they kindle answering emotions ed' for their beauty and their truth. What, for r instance, cau more beautifully illustrate our form ..of Govern m"f it., or more truly express 'the senti meot ol union that dwells in the hearts of our countrymen, than the following toast : "The United States : Distinct like the billows ; yet one .like tbe sea !" We remember that the exprt s- - ainTose upon the ear, and filled the public mind, 'like a prevailing tone of music. But there is anolhor sentiment, come down on the popular voice with the sanction of over thirty years a sentiment involving the political duties .of the citizen and the morul duties of the man, -t which I design particularly rtrning your at rtention on this nccuj-icn. It wot, I t: li ie, firs', embodied in vits present familiHt (orm by our gul 3ant naval hero, Commodore Ut cntur: "Our Country : May it ever be right; but right or wrong, our country." p--- At first blush, this sentiment appears repulsive to a heart whose affections have been tenderly cul tivated ; seeminc, as i. does, to'involve the neces sity of doing wrong with one's country. And -some, I apprehend, misunderstanding the nature 'of their obligations to country and of their allegi ance to its instil uiions. have periniited a short sighted patriotism to urge them to the support and vindication of known wrong, for the reason that '(heir country was involved in it. Now, the man who recognizes the obligations to his Maker imposed, by the christian code, will not commit wrong, not even for the land ol hi birth '.and the institutions of his fathers. Patriotism '.exalted as the virtue is held to be among men 'is yet of human definition, and does not enter into tbe holy and sublime attributes of christian per fection. When God commands, never to do evil .Hi Child must vindicate the authority, and il lustrate the excellence, of the command, even a-' tnid the jeers of a world and the flames that i n circW tbe martyrji stake. .,;.x. But amid the necessilies'which "encompass "the ' luman Wind in this dark estate, I trust, my friend, , V Jwm sufficient light to perceive, that no man .1 the worse christian for being a true patriot ; and - ibat no man who is a true christian can be a bad .. patriot. So far as the gallant Commodore's ten 'timent involve moral duty, it is suijicient to tay. that the individual who doet -right -andet all cir- cumstances, does best fur Ait country. 1 his. is the highest and tbe holiest definition of patriotism. .Heaven speed the day, when it may-be recog. uized by all mankind ! It is a pleasing contem plation, that so many good hearts, and, powerful Intellect of our land,:ara constantly instilling this exalted definition'of this much abused term into the popular rriind : it is'the harbinger of that joy. ;'. .'ou period, wlien men will looV f0'" true mean-i- ing in the Bible-that' only 'stre foundition of rational freedom lo the world, r Uqt-your country; ometime.ooea :.roogi iWSit are you to do iL Does your citizenship bind ' you a moraj gent to sanction tho wrong ? NtTr f.zWiliyoo then-expatriate ' you Mell icao you -ieouswry u4is wong-behm "Tearucr c.f th r wrde world wtU yea flt. 10 find -i ..." 41 SIT- r- - spot where t here ia no count ru for you I a place where the blindness, tbe selfichneas, the ambi tion, the passions of your race involve no social error t You may lake the wings of tbe morning, nnd fly to the uttermost part of the earth, and you will find no rest for the sole ot your foot no calm haven fur your troubled and fastidious spirit. While you dwell upon the f-ce of the earth, you will find social and patriotic duties imposed upon you ; and where should you perforin them, but in this fair land of your fathers, of your binb, or your adoption ? f No your own dearest interests, the interests of your family and po-neity of your country men, of nii'ikiiiJ the giitfiou associations of the pugt, and the happy converse of the presirtl. bind you to that -land of every land the. pride," where Providence has cast your lot a a citizen. Uight ir wrong.it is your country. You ore bound to stand by it to live with it to rejoice with it to endure with it if need be, to perih for its good. When right, it is your happiness and pride. V hen wrong, it i your plain duty to devote the energies, which God has given you to '.he repair ing of that wrong. What true wife, when aho see a husband turning aside in the paths of error and fully, will straightway cast out his name, cut loose her af fections, and turn a way. from him as a heathen and n stranger I Ah! her love waxes stronger for the erring one. Even heir reproaches are those of love. She unbosoms her best affect tony; pours out all the treasure of her tears, and be come? more an angel in her mission ofxhe heart. n ten thousand instances of actual life H-e may see realized the pissionaje exclamation which the poet puts inu itoe tnouib ol bis heroine I know not, I ask not, if guilt's at that heart;' t know that I love thee, whatever tbou art !" Thus il " " wiiri ardent pairiotiSint"' Such are its generous, uncalculating impuUes. The more hat error u seen to arise, the warmer becomes the desire to shield the country from the evil and disgrace thereof, frothing else, except foreign insult, so thoroughly kindles tbe pure re on the altar of the patriot's Heart. ' ; In years pavt and in countries less free, those who claimed the divine light to lule, have-called that treason, m hich was, in fct, the most exalted lairutsni. The edicts of rulers, sanctioned by the popular spirit, (constituting the voice of the country and the essence of patr otism a then un derstood.) have made strange requirements of men.. In the reign of .Mary in England, the yen- eruhte Cratimer, Ridley nnd L itimer, nnd the three hundred who were burne'l t'i'Jeulhiu three yejkM Ai,iv petulMny juf ibeir faith, were sacri ktvA t f.en4:hr(ir$tr4;Kblt4fc'tvorUthen cal-'d.'pmrlotfs'iVf.'la.'ntl-'fey even a holier name The result of their mnrtvrd'om fans been a cleave rrrerw,ptoflrif ihe-imrgTrared - by-ttrat tfrmr I hoe Called " traitor ' and " heretics were the highest ttjfle of pntriotl. Their blood bus not only beni ilie ieed of the church 5 but political freedom lias alo found its fir. mm growth in the same sacred ejeuu-iit. And tnose stern old Scotch Covenanters, who stood out against the constitu ted powers that attempted W enforce modes of .vor&uip and rul 0f faith up in their consciences, and wlio resisted tliem lo the denth were they traitors lo tliejr country 1 No. thry were patriots of genuine stamp ; and Freedom owes no high er debt of gratitude, than to that rptk- Lajid u( suff-r rs in hercntise. Ttiauks to the prowess and the wi-doin of Washtngtoti and his greut Cynipa;riois, we live under a government which makes no such exac tions. Il there is any one particular of the insti tutions which they framed more excellent than oiiother; it is that all leg il interference is forever prohibited in the relation bersvren the wdividiial and his God. The world knew uot before that I this Was ii point too sacred for human legislation. r.a.l l.i I I. I f - . i .vn a tiiotign tne uegreuation anu misery ol nui; the people of Europe to this day aiiest the enor mous & in of a State lie I ig ion j yet "the honors and revenues of lntoleranc,iii the hands of the great, perpetuate the crime. 13 ill in this free hnd, we sit every man under his vine and fig tree, with none to molest him or make him afraid. IV ac knowledge no goverrurig rule, except the will of the mnjority, under the direction of n well tiffin ed connuuiion. " Tne gr nt t good of the larg ft" number" is the founlatioii theory ol our gov. eriuiieii more thoroughly carried out in fact than in at.y other government that ever exist ed. 1 i While our forrn of government has abolished a thousand evils which heretofore existed hi civil society, and has ameliorated others ; yet we find human nature' the same that it has been in all ages liable lo run in the broad channels oferrrr, which its restless passions have beer. Wearing wide ever since the fall of man. There is an element in our country the ofljpririg, it id true, of that fundamental principle of our institutions, the will of the majority the influences of which are some times felt oppressiwly in society, I allude to Public Opinion a power that always commands the ready deference of the more disingenuous minds of ibu country, and weighs down and crushes numbers' of ibe honest and feeble.- Pub lie Opinion is perhaps generally right iii . its decis ions ; bum is not always so. And light or wrong, there s at times a fearlul intolerance in its sway, that requires to be checked by the defiant altitude of the bolder spirit td the l aid. , It has been said that "the voice 'of the people is the voice of God." The maxim has come down to us from a f eeole age.jind from a distant country, where deities ruled who possessed few of the lovely and revereni attributes of thst righte ous Governor of the tJniverse whom the worst of us now acknowledge. They were GoJs psrtisl, chnpgcful, passionate, utijuil; ' Wboec attributrs were rsge, revrngs nU UsL' The voice, of 4h people may nl wava, indeed be siroilnr io the voice of iboi cods In its power l but in its righ.lenu'sness and truth it is not always j similar to thbt of lh God a ho is Lord. , It w is a scorching sarcasm uttered by a l.idy. that whm the Redeemer of mankind wns upon "arih, this I'vice cried out "Crucify him ! crucify him 1" I tndvijje jig cnpimus bickerings agaiit any deciions of I he Doimlar iudgiiietit in our day. But liaribot subscribe lathe mixiin Vol popuV; Ii, vox Dei," because jt js'' false in fact, and be-. ! . . .'..:" v :sttJL" I - i. - i .. .... , ; i j cause it-woa!d be a surrender of that personal in- depefldenchicheTetycHinTiughttomfrTntainca o force or.JrrflucnclIromlwiihJ ideeoflWwe"hicbartHts in ir4 in nrt tviiK n'rniWniriunr v ' an.t rfiwnitv - His pubKcupair.:7ae-.ei'a asitme 'sfplractwaiyeital" ol ; taa-rtMry-.Withiti. iheii. noat ibaJesJiisy. interest, wtien we eaii tornina ine opportunnies we - ha?e hid tcbfrry-i poouTarTavc- to go ,' - " . 'r-:.' ' wrong. With some, the popular voice is the voice of omnipotence t they set theinselvra to inquire it direction with in assiduity seldom dis- played in tne search of truth and follow its man date with unquestioning servility. And Id ispnsi. tint ri ort he partnf we the people" to reward w it h our favors those who are so polite as to think precisely as we think, has put many a knave and ninny in to our public councils,- and kept aut men of ster ling integrity, latent and independence. I tiajre frequently called to mind, with feeling of. ad miration, an incident in the political life of the eccentric lohn R indolph t He differed on some important point from the people of the district be fore whom he was a candidate for Congress. Did he cringe, and nwn, and compromise, and explain . -.a- i : j . i . . j'a swiy wiiii noniea pnrase, in point hi uinerence i No. k torn every stump he mounted be told them they were wrong (arid what ia more, he con i&'kced thetu of ih-j fact so poWereful is the lan guage of honesty and independence. ucb lan guage always commands reeot, if ft doe not convince. The man who entertain view op posite to those of the popular mind, and has the moral courage to expiet them truly and boldly ; tfTough he may fail of success, he bears in his heart that sentiment of elf respect which ho would not exchange for all-the honors of place and all the sweets of popular adulation. W ere it proper on this occasion, I could point you to living men of the highett order of mind, and distinguished by eminent public service, who -have preferred, the right in the obscurity of retirement, before the attainment of the most honorable stations, when a compromise of principle Was suggested. .' " For mure true joy Marcellus, exiled, feels, Than Ct sar will! a Senate af file heels," '. Sycophiincy to the sovereign people, I look up on us scarcely 1$ degrading ;o the mindrTharr sycophancy to the sovereign king ; for each rs a truckling to power. The sycophant sells bis soul for a price a price that enures io his own self- ishness. not to the benefit of his country. The demngogue and the courtier should be classed in the same base vocabulary. The one, no more than the otherrenn never be-nn rxemplar of that style of independence which gires grace and dif nity to legislation or to the adminiilratinn of office. When John llnmpdeii uod up alone against the exnetiats f a powerful monarch, who was sustained by the court of his realm, and whose feet were kissed by a down-trodden people, did he display a soul to submit to wrong, even from the fiwwinted authorities of- his coor.tryJ The wirrilwind, and tle earthquake, and the fire of power passed by him ; but no divinity wa3 there. The si II small voice of true, potriptisoi ,jvhipered the rislikla-ftimi awtto thtrt aloTre" his sool gave iH'f-u ue uvvuuie-119 eipouuuer iiiiu ns tnairrjJion i?s influence spread to kindred hearts and strong; a4HMlt0ltSUUtt19ll all 1 n. ... oi a oroouy revoiMimn. was puntiea. I not man s name will be sainted in the calendar of lovers of their counli'. through all succeeding time. Everi in thiscoun'ry, cri thisfrte toil." his memory de serves a inonuiDent, to perpetuate. tbe stern-sen-iiment of independence that filled his heart. To him, American fellow citizens, to that stout hearted Englishman, do we owe the everlasting establishment of the principle, that the people shall not be taxed, without their own consent. The revolution which was declared in America in 1 77d. actually began iu the land f our trnns Ail.mitc fathers .one hundred and thirty years be fore. While Hampden, with an inflexible pur pose of soul ihm commanded even the respect of the cavaliers around the throne, put in motion the revolution that secured the rights of the people in his' o n counWf i-sh '''rrrt:thy-'::eoundatic4i'.ofHh great revolution on the Western. Continent, which gave, birth to the fairest, freest, nnppiest govern ment that ever, in the good providence of God, exised in the world. Fellow citizens, our chief business as patriots, is to watch our country, and keep it out of the wrong. ' The price of liberty is perpetual vig ilance." This is a maxim tvhich will never lose its ii.ipottance or its truth. And where should we look for' inroads' upon our popular liberty i Do ve fear tbe diplomacy or the arms of any foreign Power on earth ! The suggestion would be an insult to the patriot urn nnd valor of the American name. You, my friends, who sppeur today under arms and in this splendid military array, and stand ever ready to do oaitle for your faith and your firesides,", your gallant band is only one of thousands such,' animated by the same love of country, and the same willingness to defend it. The moment an invading army should put foot upon our toil, a million of swofds would be . ready io leap from their scabbards and smite them to the dust. American reputation for bravery in arms has been sustained in three sanguinary wars. Twice upon'our own soil, hand to hanj, and steel lo steel, with the uiOkt powerful nation of mod times. T T J he sword ol war had rutea in its scabbard for thirty years, when it wag'again drawn, against a iniore ignoble foe, but against formidable odds of numbers, and in the enemy's own lund.i ' Palo Alto, Rejaca de la Pulin Oloi'i terey, liuena , Visia i Vera, Cmz. . Cerru jlJordo, and the subuibs of the City of Mexico, tell( in blood the tales of our triumphs. For skill in our officers, and bravery in our soldiers, the cam paigns ol Taylor and Scott scarcely have a par allel in the history of iuode"rn warfare. The in domitable valor of our countrymen is vindicated, ! even though, it may be, at the expense ol the gentler virtues which had adorned our name. . No we have waxed too strong for the ' attack of ny nation on the glube. Foreign force or guile we alike defy. We are conscious of our giant strength.' His the tune come, ihen. w hen we may fold our hands io rest, and 'eave the jewel or our Pop ular Freeduiii,Yijhoutw n(id ward t - Wiihjaui suhjeciihg myself to the imputation of parnzin feeling on this uccassion, I may be permitted to express some honest fears, that in the crowine creatness of our power as a Nation, we are neglecting the liberty and happiness of the rod odiyiuual ; in the 'accumulating glory ot Jonfederac)', forget'ing the rights, and posi- s the L i lion, and importance uflbsj' separate Stale. It .should every where be lolerrfnly impresed upon the people, that ihe internal ecoriomu of iheir go wrnment demands their firs', and most anxious I "- aav u v HiailUI tt!V4 M , aarvsjsj ua'wwe o force orJnuucnc.fJromv 'out. the decs vof liberty can- alone - ber in -JO : eyes i our poinoi waicners u .uir.uv-.uiuu. c public i . - ' -; '. cles,-r-we may aafely be exhorted to ty tho Surstion by the stnndad , of the Farewell. Ad res which hss been read Tor our improvement lL. ' ' " . nai paper was compose a niter age ana expert ence had ripened 'almost to perfection the natur ally profound judgment of it author. . N?" to mo nir iong rrumpie oi patience, courg ana fi delity of the great and good Wasbineton, . we ought to cherish the advice which he left to poc teiiiym this Address, imbued with its spirit. nil fqarinff.our lives by its counsels, our lib erties will be ssfe thro'iirh all cumin? time.' It Were well to put this question to our hearts, If uib rjnrii oi v isningiou were permiitea io min gle its guardian presence in our affairs, how much of our conduct would he approve, and bow much would meet bis disapprobation I , In conclusion, geiuleiiien-it matters little how you keep alive the- sentiment of patriotism t whether by apt sentences by popular songs by imposing monuments by - storied urn, or an imated bust." Tbe act and utterance that finds a ready echo in the popular breast, will always show the" state of feeling ard of virtue m a nation. Some great iuan said, Let m make the songs for a nation, and 1 care not who wakes their laws." He understood the force of popular sentiment, to which every thing mm1, bend ; and he knew, too, the influence carried into every corner of a nation on the pervading voice of music. Why the tune, alone, of Yankee Doodle," embodies a senluneut cotemporary with the birth of our nai. lonul independence '-and to this good ay ns kui gularly mellow note animate ilm old and inspire the young. It is the offspring of the same lively genius that has given utterance to our riational proverbs. It is heard uilli MnxtK,, when even the siulelv and-Jabored cniiipositioii ofilail Col m(tlV fulls to charm, (t is. suitable to all.situ 4 aiionsnndeinergenciee fitted togwee a triumph. or to soothe disaster. And u lwulhie one itiall ; cease to charm the American ear i its associa- ; a ii a r . . i n lions, aias : win oe lort'o.ten ; its seiitiment will be dead ; the Spirit of Liberty, whose rones ore sung to it stirring cotes, will be fled forever. Monuments efjected iy- public gratitude, to ihe illustrious dead, were raer useless heaps of stone, except for the sentiments they perpetuate. They are profitable, they are beautiful-sublime, as they convey to successive generations a continual memory of the benefactors of our race. Witnes ses of the good which departed patriots have done, the multitudes who gaze, revert to du? purpose of their erection, and emulate the virtues f which they bear record.. -Certain u renowned men of the Roman com- inon,weji.h used to fa.y,sthni,. whpnererjhey bt; held vhe-imngesTof their ancestort, they fdHLeir . minus veneiiieiuty exciieu iu virtue, xwvttvm me . t L '.L ..... . .1 . L ' , be the wax or the marble that imssessed this "now ! . f -,... : died a generous name in tnerr oreasts, not to be , quelled till they also by virtue had acquired equal -,l ' 1 own, gentlemen, that I should feel a patriotic i pride in seeing n monument of during granite rise j even here upon this spm to the memory of General Natiiaxaei. (jrkknk. there can be i nothing invidious in the selection of this name from among the heroes of the Revolution, connec ted as it is with the South, and with oat immedi ate vicinity, in its great associations. - Indulge, me, genileinen. in a brief reference to this officer's connexion with the Campaign of '81. On the direction of the .Mister Spirit of the Revolution. Greene penetrated the South, when the thickest gloom of war hung over our desolated ! plai.is. Civil srife had added horrors to tbe scene. :W his 'power to send snlo'i.-rs to the South ; but he sent a General and that General effected, by the force of his ha-acter aline, such union ami com bination of the scattered and discordant nmteriais of war, ns had been considered before hopeless, and. became hunself the centre and roul of the A merican cause. But after all bis exertions, how incomplete was his preparation to cope with tile Saxon valor and serried array of Cornwall;?, fight ing under siafiuaids on which the eagles ol tory had perched for a thousand years ! Not but bis patient bravery, and an abiding sfise of right and duty, could have sustained htm in the dreadful emergencies of that campaign. AGen eral inspired by the hope of miliary renown al one, would have given up theeontest in despair. The patriot cause had ben rashly risked at Camden, and the resullis described as ' one of the most unalloyed cajaniiiie of the refofiJlionary, war." 'FreedornfiriekedV whenDe Kalb and It's fony ne mallei I. Thff birrie-rs.of eflectusi resieiance-wy broken dowiutand the invaders poured imdqur iuierior.with standards advanced, devoiicrng all before them with steel and brand. UiUVjreene opposea nis staiwnri arm io ine rusn- g war. On h held of uuilford he vindicated the strength of the American inns and retrieved f the fortunes ol the S.wth. Compelled to retire before the best disciplined troops of Europe, fight ing under the eye of the first Geneial of ihe age. he retired w ith his face to the foe ; leaving six hundred of the flower of the British army to bi e the dust in death.- Cornw;allis staggered for a moment in the arms of this sad victory, and re Vested precipitately toward his ships. Greene was close upon his rear; and blows were follow, ed up, until success crowned the patriot cause at Eutaw Spring. ; Then Liberty smiled, and spread out her hands in joy ond triumph ; and Peace bean i.o rebuild herboweiTs, and scalier her roses over the- blood stained landlj, '-" '. r Under Providence, we owe an incalculable debt of gratitude lo this departed patriot, for the blessinr we nowniov. - And her in the midst , of a thriving populaiion in the vicinity of that hard-fought field in a town wiwcu esrs nis nam, who would not be proud, to have laid a : sione in a Munumeni erected to tbo niemory of Greene, and devoted to the . perpetual Union of these States? That whenever a thought should arise against the integrity of he country when ever a hand should be raited to cleave down lib erty, a sight of this during record of virtuous heroism! sbouldhamothef the-trVaenerou thought in iis conception, and wither the, hand in it trai torous acu- That every, passer iy.ior a thous and years," might look upon that pile, and call, to in Jid ihe meniofr of one oftFe best indbravegtv , .. or the gallant spirit wno. rtnwugo pern aim a- 1Tae 1e tenderncs aroan has' in hts nstute, , the tKrifci'.iffViutr from othtrs. v ;'-: s '-: : , ? ! , from the 8l. Louis Jteveille. : A Leap Year Story. ; 6am. Smith tat t home, on New Year day, in dishabille. His beard was unshaved, his tair was uncombed, his boot were unblacked, and he was, leaning back in a picturesque attitude, a hh his heels against the mantlepiece, smoking ai rigar, bam thought to himself that it wa Leap Year, and how glorious ft would be if the ladies could only be induced 10 pop the question, in ac cordance With their ancient privileges. A he tat watching the smoke which n gracefully cur led;, his fancy glowed .with the idea. How de lightful it would Ie to have the dear creatures fondling on him.' and with tender grances endea voring to do the agreeable ! - As he meditated hi heart softened, and he begin to feel a squeamish. womanish sensibility diffuse iisejf over bis feelings, and thought! ho vwoul'l (aint with propriety the first lime a young lady should rqueeze his hand. Rup, rap, rap," sounded at the door. Sarn peeped through the Venetian blinds. , "Mercy,' exclained he, " if here inY Mi.s Jones, and I ai II in dishabille, arid looking like a fright goodness gracious', I must go, right away, and fix myself yft he lelt the room AI is Jones entered, and w ith a composed nir intimnl d that she would Wait. Hiss Susan Join s '.las n firm believer in woman's rights, and now tl, the season was pmpitiou., A she determined lo luke advantage thereof and to di a little courting mi her ow n hunk. ' It w as one (d iiniis privilege, writcn 1ad been usurped by ihtMyranl, man. and she wosdeteiminedto as sert her rights, in spile ofthe hollow formalities of a false syslenYxif society. Meanwhilei whir a falpiiatinghrart, SamSmiih w-at through a series of personal sdornments. The last lwi was givefr to his collar, the U't twirl to his whiskers, apd. w iih white cambric in hand-, hed semded to the parlor. Miss Jones rush ed to recei ve hiui, and grasping his band with fer vor, aid t 'N Dearest "how, beautiful you look," accompany ing her words with a glance of undisguised ad mirttiioo. 4 - a -.. ,-.r j said Sam ; Bpplymg his' caimbriC7 lo"his -face to .y. .... . ... TV...ilSiW..i. Nay, my loe, why so coy saidusanT . - -1. I i J s -turn noi away uiose inveiy eyes, oaru os me hut sparkling oiuhe. diamond. Listen to. the vows of fond affection. Here let us rest," said ghe, drawing him to a sofa;'" here, with my arm . , .. , . ... ... . . ,, orounu n ee, i iu i rjen my uue aueciion. "Leave me, oh. Jeave me,'' murmered Sam ; " think of my youth, my inexperience spare, oh spare my palpkating heart," -Leave thee, said Susan, pressing hinrclos e r to her; "never, until the story or restless nights, of unquiet days, of aspiritian; fond emo tions, and undying love, is laJuVoefore thee-. Know that for years, I havenursed for thee a secret passions Need Ijjtell how "e8cn:r'rrtiinjyv beauty moved me ; how worshipped like a sun? flower in the liirid light of those scarlet tresses; how toy fond heart was entrapped in the meshes of those magnificent whiskers; how I was willing to yield Jtfp to the government of that imperial'; thyrnanners, to modest, so delicate, enchanted e joy lo me for thy joy was my joy. My heart is thine take it take it but first let me snatch one kiss from those ruby lips." The over-wrought feelings of the delicate youth were too strong, and he fainted from excess of joy. Meanwhile the enamored maiden hung fond ly over him, and , Slowly the eyes of Samuel Smith bpened he gazed wildly around him then meeting the ar dent gaze of his lovyer," Jie blushed deeply, and behind his ktrchief faintly fullered out Ask my Pa." Philadelphia. Dec. 1817. ( From the Homo Journal. ; Aravclling Sninmer Sckool. Gentlemen : I know thnt your paper is di'- vtled to the interests if home; and presuming thai you consider education 6s one of, its dearest ond most important duties, l,iake the liberty to address vou, feelinir that, as"a widowed .mother; 1 may claim yoiir attention, and ask your assistance to aid my views on this subj-ci. lhave healthy and intelligent boys, who have been for soine yearsa first-rate,,'bodiilir.g school, and believe that t,hey enj-y all the adva-.iages to be derived from such an institution. 2ul when I watch their prfgr.es, and see month. after mo'.ih roll away in the stme dull routine of recitations, 1 feel that the present sy stein of education is. very defective. Xn :he winter, I believe it may be the best plan to force boys to close application, to study lessons froiw' liooKTo be 'leelrtv4"'lirclai,s bonwhen; the glorious summer cocaes on, and iGj-eat-Giver ef all things scatters bis bounteous store of beauty over ihe face of Nature when Jock, and hill, and field, and stream, all speak K'ssons of marvellous wfsdom and power thenw hen- thai -acuve. t.f dervl toy longs for freedom and the open' air, lo chain hiir. down to a dull lesson iri tne Latin Gram mar, in a warm chool-room, or keep him at hi desk dosing through the summer day.over hisi stl gebra, seems to me an outrage naponjMtu re and Common .sense. . ' ' '. '.f V';r" : Nyvyjl-havfta plaa'of educanort (or tKe?WrhT uier months, to which 1 wih to draw your aHert, iior). A you are much Veiter tcquainted mlk society than l ani, yoq may perh.ysV ibS crude ideas, form some practicable plan to AMWti the purpose I desire I ccompIih. l1 I should propose to om wet) uahl54 yonn man to advertise for scholars, for a irmveSinf tummtr-tchoot. Let him fix upon boom ccrtBiaj spot, say the city of Albany, m rerTim'. Having .collected a ufficient Dumber of bora. each dressed ia good trong uit of ctoth, ansl provided with kospsackj cootfioinr a ebick of linen, stockings, and such book as naj b necessary ; let them et out early ia tbenaanatr to study, not only nature in iu different cfepar ment of geology, botany, &B.,bul to visit mtBa factbrh, ro'echaBica shobs,' iNilrMrls; caasyI! everything that can attract the atteotioo, ao4 iid io tne oseiui iniormation of toe pupils. , TBy might walk a few mile every dy. and who they rested, arrange, review, anti insle aosiaii of all they have seen and learnt. After one nega borhnod has been sufficiently explored, let tbeQ journey lo some other iocatiott. In almost f Very village a temporary home could be procured! sin til it be advicible to remove some otr.Waeu: My own experience, tad ace me to behevej thesaost valuaklepsrt of education is acquirer from nhservit ionfor oWuoa teaches tbe use of books.' Sorely one half the year would be sufficient to 'drW' vote io i books if the other half were emlsed(aa. i' nrrnrse. At least LUheators do riek tears aarsMseh: lh,y mi probtbly be better formed aod beaXbielE men than if they bent all tb long aammer dT over the desk at school, ifyoo will rrifo Miii , ikle on this 'subject, jou will oblige . . 'il Bpt SCRIDER. . ;- '. ... ;.. i . pmmcns of Plaia English.. Thb moralist sometime inquires now ft Wpulvt ! be if all people were accustomed to imik bt. . cisely as they tbioki Thai question, ire do Bot.v pretend to answer ; but we belie to that ' if soma ' people spoke precisely as tbey thought, we sbouli ' hear, occasionally, such dialogues as the follovf , 'nff- " v .;" ' . , .x, ."! THE LOVERS. Youth. The time, dearest, bas now arri" .erf w4wrh f - that mrik. mmniA. uS . InnmmB-.Atrtm-m'::''. ffW propos.mg.thiit our.-marrtage. aboaj4 Jn stnnslvlnke place.... My doubt, fair creature, ii 4.:. Rhndtn. alwav feared that von did not love me for myself alone, and now i se. cjearlr that you only want me for my money, yon selfish; fellow. ' v.'. . " Vouth.'So love, tot excijy so. doti'l ieelc I io mafrv you merely for. your money;, buj ,! I should not like to marry you without yOM, fjaos riey. I hope what I bare said has not oSended " yru. sweetest ! Mmlen.r-Yn itha; and I do not, think Jfltfr thai we are made for one another, so we bad bet ter hreok our engagement off! : Youth. ! am grieved lo hear you say so for I certainly like you a good deal, aod should your " papa one of thse days, leave yoa w(iaj be, afji ie would, I shall deeply ..regret that I did net make vou mine. . V - , , Maiden. Now co awav instanllr. and - never let me see your face again . ... . ; . Youth. Well ; 1 suppose that 'ia tj?a Wsfthips; I can do. I hope you will return all my pre- tm. . ... Maiden. I will, since I shall otherwiso-bs) thought mean ; but I would very rnuch-ratber keep them. , y PRAPFR AND CtSTOMER. Customer.---What is the price of this muslltf dres.if --......,,,.. . . V Draper. Four'.een-and-six. Mem. Iam'af. raid you think you could get it at other houses thirteen-and two, and have a strong suspicion tst it is worth only twelve. Customer. I shall see if I can fret it cheaper at another shop ; and if not I shall come back to this and do my best to beat yoa down. , .,. Draper. I hope they- will endeavor , to cheat you at the other establishment, Mem, and notsoci ceed. and that you will return for the fljphj to us. Customer. lam in hope that tbe people, at, the other shop are bankrupts, and selling off at a loss. ' " - Druper. My object is to get s much as least for my poods.. .. . r Cttomer.l want lo get as much as I can for rny money. " V X-.' .',"'" Draper. Off ours-. Merri. . I am aniloos to make all the profit by you that I can, , lHVSICIAKS AMI rATIBN'f. . j ' 1 Potirnf.-T' Doctor. I am ill til over. I, bav a swimming in the; head, a sinking in the etoin ach, an oppression at the chest, a numbness jn the limn, creepiojr from head to foot. ) Physician. I have not the siisttest idea what is the matter with you. 1 can attribute your symp toms to no real disease whatever. 1 will WrhW you a prercripti.in,and you are to take tbe mixture) which I shall order for you, night and morning. V Patient But what will be the use of fpaf prescriptions! Awt'cion. None whatever beyond this. thai vou will perhaps fancy that it ha done yon good. However if I were to order you no medicine'. I fear you would consult somebody etter .an 4hntig II JffiojajhJf ao witnout your guineas. ,-, Palient.l think I had better bare further, ad. ; vice, v I am afraid you don't understand my cooa' . plaint at all. r .'' v , , ... - Physician. Well, ir, good morning. I sbouli l'' be very sorry, indeed if so. good a patient as yoa : ' are were to place himself in the hands ofnyjDtbrlJI er practitioner. -- - '. . zzT-lJ. ' IZlLl-. '. Patient. 1 wish! knew what to make of you. I don't know whether you are laughiog-at me oi ' ntnr am half-inclined to think you are ""a re" Pfctabld man, and half-disposed to consider yetfsf ' humbugs ' v--;". " .r-.; . ' ThiJ faults: nf U'nmn Arrrin tu1 i. itXf louusui men, avanaor :.-!. 7.--rF ''-r-. 'r'S' Vr
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1848, edition 1
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