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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR MDERTT. Vol. XIX. THURSDAY, JXAY 1C, 1839. IYo 070. Ttvm tb fta Atlas, W copy fr.i Hobaa'e Sketch of failed Suie Senator, lb author por traiture el Daniel Webster. It i drawn, ,i thick, wiili n common cloqueaec aa! vigor of pene l. anil villi ouch fide lity la tb greei oiiinai. DANIEL WEBSTER. There ere few nam nor consnien en in th political history of tht day than that wmen nesus irn article. I'ur aut to mf fied intention, I will car fufly abstain ibe portraiture which I Wl attempt U make vf this distiag uish- ti mJi.i'Ina!) fro every observation of plitical or partial character. The person of Mr. Webster i abort, hrg. besvy ! aa wieldly j in not tnrnt h alow nJ spparenily ioactit. H dresses plainly, in dark color, with asstness and tatte, bt without any at- tempt whatever at display. Ill cooote rate i ery reiaarkabl, hi complex in saturnine, hi eye and hair of dep black. II i hp art thin, hi testfi of dulling whiteness. Hi forehead i eiy pceuhar, of not uncommon msgni luK hi brow hesvy and lowering. Tb moAvnt that your ere reat upon him, yea conclude that h i a man of great mind, ana conscious ol loWHcciual superiority. II K future are not well calculated I (if powerful expression to pinion, ion will often observe, when he i animated, a eneer upon hi face, which aceoinpanie eery remark which prneerda from hint of particular force or evenly. Although enoat studiously ur baa in hi deportment, and from educa lion and diapinitio acne to giving p.m. yet, whan justified in ucb a court by th conduct of hi opponent, he it capable of wielding with rcadine a word of. ssreMO a aiir which cut with lit kenaa.of th acimiur of the East Mr. Webstar i diatinguiihed for olidity, strength, and power of reason ing. Ilia aiual manner I cold, and di daetie, frequently, howaver, extremely earnest and always wha earncit moi powerfully eloquent Although trained to th Mvre mental diaeiplin of the bar, h i fond of ornament, and I always successful when he attempt it. 11 pos aeaae a fine imagination, and ia never a vers, whilal traversing the thorny patha f political deputation, to scatter the l-iwers of rhetorical eleganee around him. II often display a familiar ac qoaintine with th poet. II ia a prac tical tad fluent speaker, and ready in debate. Hi iw of a aobject are el way liberal and cnlatged, and he en jiys th advantag of a fond of know ledge of the moat xtniv character, whih'hi well trained mind enable him to apply with peculiar advantag in de bat. The North ssldoro lurnishes a paaiionat declaim er. Th temperature of man generally partak of the nature of the clime in which he i reared. Th eoldn of hi home rigna throughout the manner and appearance of Mr. Web ter. II nvr thunder with Uie wild vehemence of Mr. Clay, or burn with th continuous warmth of Preston or Cat houn. II want th paeaion and enlhu- aiaem which i necevaary to eloquence of the moat overpowering and exciting cha raeter. Yet b i an orator of great ex collenre, and a most efficient speaker. Ilia manner auiie hi matter, and he die play much fervor you would deem in appropriate keeping with the sober ncaa and deep study which characterix ea all hi remaik. You always listen to him with attention, and when he con elude you invariably riee from hearing him with a firm conviction of hi great neas a mm, and that your lime ha been profitably employed whilst you heard him. IlisJiabits rauat be those of great industry, and whilal at Wsshing tun. hie lime, in Dublin, ia divided be tween th Senate chamber and the bar of th Supreme CVurt. In th latter forum hie nowers have frequently been tasked. and tested, by collision with mind of th highest order and most extended at tainmenis. Titer where hi greatest laurel have been won hi competitor ha been such men a Taney, 1 melt nay. Jone. Emmet. Wirt, and other, Ilia oration upon occasional subjscls, unconnected with politic or law, hivo added greatly to hi reputation, and ar preaervod and hold form to ine puuwo as models of literarv eicellenee. Hi pow er in debato ha been frequently brought into requisition in lh.IIouao ol Kepro eenlatisea and in th Senate of the Uni led States. The wricr of this had an opportunity to hear him during what waa called the panic session, nu witnea the whole of that intellectual combat which took place between Mr. Webster and Mr. Hayno, on Mr. Foote' celebrated resolution. I well recollect be expression of uomitigcl worn which croased the lip of hi Senator hen Mr. Ilayne intimated that he had puied bif Mr. Denton, to attack him, od that' Mr. Benton wa an overmatch for him. " Matche and over matchea I Thee lorms ar more pplicahla lwhere ban here, and filler for oilier assorablag ps than thi. Sir I the gentleman to forget whurc, ami what wo are, This ia a Smalt, Senate of equal of ab solute iadepeadeac. We Know so maiura w acknowledge dicutor. Thia la tall for nataal consultation and IdUcescioa ; not an arena for the ex bibition of champion. I offer rnyself, ir, as natch for no nan. I throw th challenge of debate at bo man feet. But then, air, ainc the honorable mem. ber ha pot the question in a manner that can for aa anawer, I will giro him an anawer. And 1 tell him. that holding myself to be tie humblest of n meruL-ars ucr. i yet know nothing in ui arm or bis mead from Mis sou ri, either alone, or when aided by th arm of hit friend from Carolina, that need dier even me from espousing w caterer opinion i may cbooae to es. pons, from debating whenever I may choos to debate, or from speaking what ever I may see fit to aay. on the floor of th Sen at. Sir, when ottered aa matter of commendation or complaint, I abould dissent from nothing which ti honorable member might aay of hi friend till tea do I put forth any pretension of my own. But when put to me, a mailer of taunt, I throw it bark and ay to the gentleman, that he could pos. aiblr have aid nothing lea likely than such a comparison to wound my pride vf personal character." I also well remember Li magnificent conclusion in this debate. The Senate chamber wa crowded ; th member of th House of Representatives had a bandoned their pons, to be present Surrouaded by th nodding feathers, the glittering ornaments, and rich and laan- ionable array of the beauty of the land, Mr. Webster advanced a step in front of Lis desk, which be pushed behind him, sad in a tone and manner of the utmost earnestness turning from th chair of th president and looking toward Mr. Ilayne with try littl ction at the commencement, but increasing in heat end vehemence a h progressed, until si length h beestn impassioned and vio lent in th extreme, and far more elo quent than I hid ever heard him, before or since he observed : I have not allowed myself, ir, to look beyond th Union to sc what might li I. id Jen in th dark recess behind. 1 bar not coolly weighed the chance of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite o together shall be broken asunder, I hare not permitted myself to hang ovr th precipice of disunion to e whether, with my ahort aigiit. I can fathom the depth of the abyss below t nor could I regard him as a aafe cornel lor in the affair of this Government, whose thought should be mainly bent on conaidering not bow th Union could be boat preierved, but how tolerable might be the condition cl th people when it shall bo broken op and destroy ed. While the Union last we hare high, inciting, rraiifying rroepccls spread out before us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penerata their veil. Uod grant that in my day, at least, that cur tain may not nee. Uod grant that on my vision may never be opened what lie behind. When my eye ahail be turned to behold for th last lime, the aun in heaven, may I not se him shining on the broken fragment of a one glorioua Union: on atatcs dissevered discordant bellirerenl; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched it may be with frater nal blood ! " Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous en sign of the Ke public, now known ami honored throughout th earth, atill full high advanced, it arm and trophic streaming in all their original lustre not a strip erased or polluted, nor a ingl star obscured bearing for it motto no aiich misorabl interrogatory nhat it ell this trortlJ nor thos other words of delusion and folly. Liberty firtt and Union ttjterwardt t but rery where, spread all over in charactera of living light, blazing on all it ample folds, as they float over th aca, and over the land, and in every wind under the whole hea vens, that other aentiment, dear to every true American heart : Liberty and Uni on, now and forevr, ono and insepara ble!" It is difficult to find any thing in Ame rican Literature transcending tho rich ness and beauty of thia extract. Th allusion to the flag of tho country is fine ly poetic. The example of Mr. Webater proves conclusively tbst the most ener getic and powerful mind are not unpro nitious to the culture and erowth of the more chaste and bolter productions of th imsgination. Th prose of Milton is ss powerful and nervous as hi poetry is pre-eminently sublime. Shakespeare is as renowned for his aceuraey tor his knowledge of man, and of the human heart, aa for the sweetness of hi verse, his taste and thrilling pathos. It i a cq. fsot that the earlier elTorla of Mr, Curran are plain and void of attempt a a 1 l . at rhetorical displsy, ana ne na uecur ft.i that all hi excellence for which he is so celebrated ;in splendor of expres sion and eaalern gorgcousnes and una . waa the result of labor and of stu dy. The timed and perfumed flowers ronuiro in rearintf tho same' aesiduous care aud attvutiuu which, aru UtisheJ up on the fruit and grain of autumn. Sue cess, therefore, in tbi department of mind, ia equally entitled to out eonaid. ration, a in th more valued attributea of the reasoning faculty. It is a com mon and injurious error tbst they may not be combined. Mr. Chief Juatice Mar.hall aid of Mr. I'inckney, of Maryland, that ho wielded the club bf Hercules entwined with flowers an ex pressioa itself a beautiful illustration sad example of th very merit in ano ther, which commanded ao apt and warm an eulogium. The writer of this is not of the number of the personal frierd of Ibis gentleman, and feels that in remarks which Cad their origin only in a sense of truth and justice, hi opinion is not swayed by predilections of any charac ter in favor of th individual of whom be speak. Th hialory of Mr. Webster is interesting ss tbst of one of whom it is our boast that our institutions are calcu lated to exhibit numerous instances who baa risen by hi own exertions, from an origin of comparative humility to posts of th greatest emutene ; and whatever may b the diversity of opinion ss res pects the weight or merit of hit view ss a politician, he ha won his way to icciy spread and enduring fame, and to th respect and admiration of his fellow eitixens, and no man, who thinks and feel a every American should, but is proud of Lim. From th Soathern Literary Messenger. I THE PLEA OF INFANCY. In the yesr !?. a young man named T E commenced the trsde of merchandise in a county adjoining his native one of B. Hi capital wa not more than four or five hundred dollars; and his stock ia trade consisted only of a barret of sugar, a bag or two of coffee, two cask of whiskey, one ditto of hard cider, sons nails, bar iron, and half a do zen of email " notions," auch as pin, fishhook, &c. dec. Nothing particular wa known of him in that neighborhood. though om of th wise testis bad been occasionslly shaken at the idleness of hi hi. It bsd certainly verged upon dissi pation. His father bad never controlled. nevrr usefully employed him; but bad suffered him to raise pocket money in the three stiges of childhood, boyhood, and youth, successively, by selling hare-akin and rackoon skins, and by gambling. II wa at limes B royslenng, turbulent blade, a ver pitched a dollar or drained a glaas; but like) moat do-nae-goods," be could be, when he pleased, smooth snd specious in word and manner, as lie lial himself. II waa moreover, hand some: of precisely that fsminin beauty, which in any man i apt to betoken a light mind and frivolou character, but in ono whos lot of life is low, hardly ever fail to indicate, if it does cot cause, ut let good-for-nolhingness. ! Such was onr young merchant. But non of hi neighbor dreamed of half the ill that was in him; the good waa on the surface, and every body w-s captivat ed by it Never had ao em. II a grocer so large a run of cuatom. His sugar and coffee had to be renewed every two weeks. E ' " store" bream tb favorite haunt of all the good fellows within five miles around. All Saturdays and many other days beside, were devot ed there to tippling, pitching wih dol lars or with fiat stones instead of quoit, playing old sledge" (or all-fours") with dirty, grcaty cards; quarrelling and fighting. E. waa the inspiring genius of every such frolic; not only by dealing out the liquor, but by mixing with the drink ers, and driving forward the jest, th lauRh, th game; nsy, ometimes, (for he could bully very plsusibly) lb quarrels and the fight. If Ae ever himself fought, it was in a very slight way, merely to maintain a reputation for irif, which was indispensabla to good standing in that region. It never lost him a friend, or gained him a black eye for mors than three day. He wa the darling of the toper. He was so gay and frank; hi laueh was such ready chorus to all their jrilies; ho poured out his good, drink for them ao ungrudgingly, noi oniy wnue their money lasted, but so long aa they had a cow or a feather bed at home; he took such car of thera when ihey were overcome with liquor--helping to lift them from the floor, where they would be trampled upon, to hi own bed in th counting room, and when that was full, to a nug corner where they might lie ,n,l v ! Then if oneol their horses at night-fall, tired of standing all day gnaw ing the fence rail to which ha was tied, happened to got looae and et off home wards, E. was sure to catch and aecure him for the night, either by tying him to the same stake again, or by pulling him in a pen hard by; often, too, throwing him everal corn talk to brows upon which the animal, if it were only for va riety'a sake, relished belter than the rail. Ther wa nobody like T E . The women of the neighborhood, ono might well think, would b with most dif ficulty won over to E.a interest Their discomfort certainly increased with his trade. Huabands and fathers wr oftn er and oftener seen staggering home, with rod bloated faees, shiny, stupid eyes, their whole persons exhaling insufferable odors, and their temper ready for fari- ou outbresxings. female waiting were aomeumea beard, en ucit occa sion. Mother began to wear clouded countenance, and lift op deprecating hand and cyea to Heaven, when they heard their grown op sona talk of going to E (tore: daughter Lung their heads, and almost bid their facta in their long' eared calico- bonnets, to conceal their sor row and bruise, aa they entered the meeting-house on a Sunday after one of their fathera convivial Saturdays: snd wires drooped in silent, unutterable woe, under the brutality which wse now re quiting the surrender of their young hearts, and constant devotion ol all their womanly energies. Yet unaccountably, tbey did not view T E as the author of their griefs. It had always been die custom, tbst every man who could find hi account in celling spirits, should do so if he pleased. He never bad been regarded as a miscniavous tempter; nor had any of the misery he caused been hid al his door. Besides, E. personally, wss so pleating he flattered tho dame and flirted with the laase so winninely be was to demure and mors! when it was hi cue, and so bsndsoui at all time that he was no less a favorite with the women, than with tho tippling men. Anion hi female friend, waa a wi dow woman, who became desirous to turn her littl farm and farming atock in to money, which ah thought would yield her a more certain and essy support. So Infatuated wa she with the manner and ostensible character of T E . that she suffered him to b th purcbsser, at the price of 1500 dollars, upon hi own, unsecured bond, for psying her an annuity during life. It never occurred that this flourishing merchant and charm ing young man could possibly be insol vent; nor (what proved more material) that he was hot of an age to bind himself by a contract. For one or two years, the annuity was duly paid; but for the third and lourth. it was unpaid; and all other means hav ing failed, the bond was placed in my hsnds, " to be collected by suit." Tb suit began, snd proceeded to a stage, at winch, it no ucienco were roaue, a juug mcnt by drfcrnU would be confirmed against the defendant. Just at that stage, he, by counsel, entered his appearance and pleaded infancy; i. e. that when he made the bond, h was not twenty-one rear of e. Tho esse wss laid over (continued) till the ensuing term, at his instance, the loose practice then preva lent; not requiring bim lo make affidavit that his dsfenee wss just else, in ail nrobabilitr. he would have ao worn. J At th nexl term of the court, when the cause was called, both parties sn nounced themselves ready for trial. My client had for her agent a kind neighbor, who aaw to the aummoning of her wit nesses, and served as a link of commu nication between her and me. Her ad versary wss present in person, prompt ing his counsel, and holding earnest con versation with hi only witness his fa therwho stood near, with a pursy book like a Bible, under hia arm. Aa we could neither ellecs that the obligation had been given for ntctitaritt, nor that the defendant had confirmed it by any promise mado since he came of age there was no alternative but to dipute the fact of infancy. The great question to be tried. therefore, was whether he was under s?e or not, when the bond was made! In opening the case, I slated lo the iury the nsture of the transaction; exhibited th bond; lold them what ques tion they were to decide, and that the burthen of proof was on the defendant, to show his infancy; touched briefly up on th general dishonesty of thai defence; adiured thera because of that dishonesty, and because this money was literally the all of my poor widowed client, to be sa tisfied with none but the most clesr and convincing evidence of what her debtor alleged; and then recited the circumstan ces on whinh I relied, to repel his alle gation. These were merely, that he had transacted business with many parsons on his own account; that his father bad not, for a year or two before hi becom ing a merchant, exerted the slightest sa thorit over him; thai his features and appearance were those of an adult; and that he had voted in an election previ ous to the date of the bond. The defending counsel then rose, to make the opening statement on behalf of his client. He justified the young man for pleading infancy by the general good policy and presumed justice of the law which anthorixed it, and by the particu lar fact that in this instance he had, through inexperience and youthful confi dence, been induced by, the plaintiff's artful representations, to offer her twice the value of her property. Aa to the question of infancy, the learned counsel said (with an air of undoubling triumph) that he would offer proof which would defy all my ingenuity to parry or elude and any amount of skepticism in the jury to disbelieve; proof, by tho oalh of his client own father, a man of onimpeacn able character, thai on the day when the bond boro date, the obligor waa only nineteen years and some mouths old. Tbi wa what I feared. The old man waa sworn in solemn form (snd me .nought toe cieiK propounded tb oath with unwonted eolemniiy) to pek M ib truth, the whole truth, and nothing but tr truth; ao bclo yon uoJ! u was than desired by ny adversary to tell, if he knew, on wbat day or vhai year Lis son, the defendant, was born? I objected to bis answering the ques tion, if there was a rtritter, any where. of tho on birth. The register itself must be produced: bo other evidence waa admistiUe. The court assented to my proposition. The adverse counsel and client exchang ed sly look of triumph. Their witi.ca top, looked wis and self-important, aa with an air which said I expected it I am ready for you he produced from under las arm the pursy bowk above men tioned. Here's my eon birthday, written by me with my own hand in thi here Uille. Ii my own bandwrite. Read it," said tb counsel. Th old man put on his spectacles, and read an entry, importing that T E . son of tho above" (meaning hi parents, whose marriage waa noted on th earn page) was born on' auch day, 17; being just nineteen year le ven months and six days, before the date of the bond. " When did too write this!" said the counsel. Th very day after Ac was born, said the old man, nodding at hia sou. ' You ar clear and distinct In your recollection of that!" " O yes; for I've hsd the Bible ever since, and read over this register a thou and times." Very well, aaid the counsel again. and with a big, exulting look: I era aa' tiafied and ao, 1 presume, aro the jury. But perbsps, Mr. W., yon $ttu wish to cross-examine the witness!" I certainly did wish to cross-examine him; and said ao. Meantime, I had scru tinized the old man's Bible. It had no pages msrked off between tho two testa ments, for a Family Record, aa modern Bibles have : th register or marriages. births and deaths, was written on a blank leaf at the beginning. It was observable that all the enirus, though purporting to cover twelve or fifteen year, war not only in th same hand, but made with ink of exactly the same color. Several different pens did appear to have been used ; but this, it struck me, might b only a finesse, to make the times of wri ting seem different. The identity of ink and handwriting, was extremely auspi cious. Mr. E , said I, "upon your o- lemn osth do yon ssy, ihst you wrote this entry of your eon, 1 . a birth, here in thi Bible, on th very nest day after ho was born I MYs, if I wa to die tbie minute, I ssy ao 1" ' And did too writ these other regis ter!" I did at th pariikkler time every one of 'em bar date." ' Then, if so, why i the ink in the last, exactly aa old-looking aa the ink in the fittt, which, you say, ia fifteen years older 1" I don't know the long time, I sup pose, has msda'em sll look old alike. Can you aea any difference in tcelh, be twixt a horse that's fifteen and a horse that twenty! Beiiles -ihe ink is pale, and her was different pen marks; that evident." And his counsel, de lighted with hi reply, held th book oa-J lentatious v towards the iunr; who seemed but too much of the. old man' mind. Suggered but not desperate, I again took the Bible and turned to ihe title page ; where It my surprise and joy, I ssw thsl it bad been printed only onb tear before the bond iltelf had been ex- ecuted! Tbe book had not existed, un til nineteen year after the lime when as the father swore, ho had there registered bis son's birth! indincmv ior. however, and com posing myself aa much as possible, I a gain, by reiterated questions, made the noAr old man re neat berond all chance' for retraction or dVnial, hi well conned story; and then by reading oloed th nrinted data in tho till pare, and bow ing it to th jury, I satisfied them that the book had been oougntana in en trifl made, in rale. oldish colored ink. tith nens mirnoselr varied, tine the pretcnt tuit began, and for thit very oc casion. Th wretched father sunk down if con fusion, upon the witness bench. Without leaving their box and without another word of testimony, tbe jury found a ver diet for the plaintiff. EDITORIAL ADDRESS. Rivington, the Kiug'a printer, it is -a Inrrihta tnrv during th K IIU - " " - m - - - w - J f Revolutionary War, and waa alwaya in inn nniii. r.mn auin. iub dare devil of Vermont, determined to give him lirkinn; ml asm reminiscences in thn Vw York F.inreia. show the clever manner in which Kiviuglon got rid of Ihe Unpleasant auair. lis bad been bold in his cusrrpreseala lioo of th Rebels, and o person aj in hi remark ib.it a!iLoul !- kaJ assurances from Governor Clinton of safety for person and property, ye that were soma expeeteJ iaiiera iLat La diA not w'uh U see. The foremosi of ibeje aa Ethan AlUn. Umngton waa a fine poitlr look in r maaand aniMr. At last Alien appeared. Hi clerk w ho first saw mm, wcu Knew oi master borror ft Allen. Itivuirton afterward lo Mr. Dunlap the following account of the meeting: w I was silting after a good dinner along with my bottle of Msdexia before me. when I heard unuiukl bum in the streets, and a huxxa from the boy. I was in th 2d story, and on stepping to tbe.wiodow.saw a tall Crura in tarnish! regimenUls, with a Urge cocked bat and . mm an enormouaiy mug award, followed by 8 crowd of bo vs. who occasional! ehrar. ed him with huxxa. of which be Memed inaensibl, U came op to my door and topped. I could see no more my heart told me it waa Ethan Allen. I shut down my window, and retired behind coy tab! and bottle. I wa certain the hour of reekooior was come. Thera wa mo retreat Mr. Staples, ny clerk, eame in paier wan ever, ana clasping hie hand, said, " Master, ho hsa come. I kaew tU He enlereed tbe store and akd if iamse Kivington lived here. I answered, yea. sir." I he at bont!" I will go and sse, ir," 1 said; and bow master wbat is to bo doner There be is, sir, in th store, snd the boye peeping at him from tbe street I had mad op my mind I lookad at the Maderia possibly took a glass. Show him up, aaid L and I thonrht if auch Maderia ran not mollify him, he must bo- harder than aamanu t nere was a learlul momeol of ausnense. . I listanJ I heard him on th stair, and heard hia long sword uaniing on every atep. iatie talkd. la your nam Jamea Rivington" It is, air, and no man could be more happy to see general Ethan Allen take a chair, air. by th table t and afterwards glass of this Maderia. He eat down and oegan oir, i comer' Wot a, word, reneral. till vou lake a e-lass: and t fiUatl ten. rear old. on nv own kcenin another glass, sir, and then w will talk as .... oi old anairs. sir, we Qnisbed two bet tics, and parted aa rood friend aa it nothing bad ever happened to make tie otherwise. THE UNITED STATES AND TIIC CAN A DAS. In tbe Official ppej of Tuesday cran ing is publtahsd a letter from the Collec tor of tbe port of Cleveland, in Ohio, to the Secretary of the Treasury, transmit ting a correspondence which has taken place between him and th Colonial Go vernment of Upper Canada, on the sub ject of lh outrage lately committed by some drunken Canadian Militiamen, on an American vessel (the Stephen Girard) passing through the Wetland Canal ; in which the latter expresaea great re grtt so well a indignation at the occurrence, and assure th Collector that Ihe per petrator of thi outrage shall b visited with tbe severest punishment the law will permit; and, that auch effectual means shall immediately be adopted to prevent ite recurrence as will enable vessel of the United States to pas through th Canadian canal without tho slightest danger of interruption, or an noyance or any Kind. Upon the fact disclosed in -thia tor- respondenee .our Official psper (the Globe) make the folio win remark. whicbr though little tart, are true e- nough. Nat. InleL I ho English and Canadian, who cannot prevent auch attacks as that on the Stephen Girard.Tbven witbin'the lie its of Canada, and with a powerful mi litary to aid the civil autrmriUes,"shou!d not from their glass houses, throw stone at the Democracy of thia country for k becility in preserving order. They will find the great mass of our people -aa rea dy as themselves lo'ackoowledce and re dress manifest wrongs, when notable to prevent them amidst such onmeroue and extensive difficulties a exist on th Co dadian frontier, aggravated ae they aj- a. a waya nav oeea oy loreign agitator and refugee from Canada itself." I wish You would ive me that roU ring on your finger." aaid a Tillage dan dy to a country girl, for it resemble the duration of my love foe you it ha n end." Excuse me. eir,' aaid eh, I choose to keep it, for it is likewise em blematical of mine for you it has ixo oegiuuing. , : Shakipean Modernized. Two loaf- era were apouling tbe other day in front ot a cans, wnea ono drew a wallet from ' hie pocket and aaid, "ho who aleala my purse sisals trash." ; Ys," replied ihe other, "and he who filchea from you your good name take that from you what you never had. The maiutainsnce of ibe police force of the city ot London for the year 183?, cost 81,018,800. I A knav discovered is the greatest fool.
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