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AUBK'l'LTTRAL IMPROVEMENT.
fl i. K-4.r iir from the
f'jrtljh U1 uig llrr M lite lo!lin inte.
irui ruii -" f-iliv il r il it
MMik ! ' " ' speiin-ruul fanning
v-l ai'tim-d in Yiiguia:
JBE3W833 rDSESf'-Staffard frosty.
i trfkrpf riim.,fi.uii.ii u wviiifrtif 4
i:, iW. flae a-lr .f ih n u!l of iifJuliy
Hud g U M,"i' ut. We .efe he
fr,n hi.!i n.-r alinl rdil.,;
BOMf
recuiHrii. iii pm.iuriive in ine
Tlii eiai- rme in'o ihf poeaioii of
5lr. Hy IVl'iogh. a few yrutan, and
r.i:ii I fiMitf nire hundn-d a t r. Ii
i. r4fd - fii li e l.(fj-i .f iltr t:ippi-'
fiu o- V livr, Iml waunive l!vif iV
t.iteni poor in (jultij an!
wii!miU iIik tulf uf rrUimtiti.
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lirn i
.Mr. t. tfU Mi-aewtim. Hie Urui iiudrr gi r, pvd; the annual pl.inu ruld
rliit i-M i.df! Iraa ilxn Ce l.ol. J ,,, , uu rii in ihrnajli ii. My d.m
id wltt'it . iie arrr. IMirtinf hs.l die , bP rr,in f; anrrrrdrd in ptie of a p elty
firm w.i iifrpi4Kle of iii;ffteuRf!i. I jrrre drought I h.ve lor many jeura
Mi..ra iijr n uJ. i.l bMpi-ii. rcy. hu h ia j W3y, ,,t,HlilP, (l ihe depth of eight l
r..m u-il4'lf in iV hihrat dre. Mr.! l.uttlii eeami I haerrorled
P. we t hi ik uj1i a ptirp.!!-. hi U' frm whirh lira cn.hr n:ine
APeraetjiMiiiiimi hiii!i!l with the ol,P,.,(t,;v
if hit fifin, Mr. P adopied tlie Pamun-j j),t i'.'txireh-U il nrrewiry to Sufe.
Iry or fie field lleihod of rid rrrtv vetr ?
fhel.n l. Ilatl.'a tn( Mi. f in the l)u UnJfrhi!!-l il.i-.fc nl I tit I
tlH ury of dee,- p'o ighiii;, the aub-i.d ' 1P; - mh.d.ui errry acre I cultivate al
ytein ri adored, and lite rem I art'
rich aa blui iai hi aiacr iiumiii cretin
litr ' I ,
Tlirre- liS never hren a pounJ of gnn
On t!te f.tr;n. ami ihf OkIv ci:npil red
n wen an appi ea:tn in nine j anu i- meaita ol i!rw ami rm hy Hew ern in
W2Mwin,-h -avycr.-p.. fchiver.pl .il ijl. ,i,nM 0f ,!r.ii2ht when a ttn-p-nlled
iH the arl under. The adoption of the' ti can lake il in, while a ehall w one
mb-itoil tiH.tU i f rt.lti rating the lnd, ia rannm. Up t-uhia day iheahaltow work
M wlut Mr. F. af ribittca hit iiere. ,r,i!a. 1'ine;ern oul of iwrnty fa'i
The entire r..a for manure lua Hut av- ufm ahttel. A farmer wh.i ran net
erarrd a co l of Wr $3l'0 in any irn tuet Imy b-Mika noratirn.l Fanner' Club.
f"',r' , , , ... J rau 4ierihele pUUjli deep. Irl hitn
- U fiere."a fe""rear ajjn,Tire huhi-la i,y ii. n, i he f-ila. lefhun com" in
nf wheat e.old not he grown, there waa t, f'iui, a, tr ul ff0! fl Form.
raied la-l yer over lorty huhel. andt - .., . ... , r,
we are aa.it"ed that ihe average nop. thia ; , fltlei or Cotti.- Mr. J. fc Haw.
year, of ih.-land under ruliitaiinn. waa rU of llaliiiimre. uifornn ihe edit-r or
over forty huhel m ih acre ! Ahhongh" ihe Am-rieait Fanner, thil he look hit
l'n wa the arrnjr. Vfl there waa a p..r.
li.iil of the land iha' yii-ldid much I ng.-r
in t'.eh aimtiiity aa ahiioti to i.ppear
ineiedihle. A'mit filirrn aerra ol the
a . a a a t. - a ai. .a
lain PMti i ej i univ-n tiu'iiMti ti'.e a
e-l
I he enure rron thia aeann. oi wneai,
wat riin t ttoMiaoid himhrl I ' futniahe a valoahlo hint !0 all m.r rea-
The rorn crop wa on oine of the ,rrP. With doe aiieniion to pea ettlture,
pn.ireKt land : and i known, ihe eaon ,-0i k of all kind Way be kepi in good
wa deiii-iieMill-i the itriMih of ihia grain.' PIHllj,tilin. ()nP en hare plenty of milk
Yet with all Ihe diaadvariiage,-. Mr. F. and hntier, aod at ihe ame lime produce
are raj" d itflu bnel. or 4d hiiaht-N in 'he , Urge q-ianiitv of mpenor manure. IVa
arre. and lie feelt eimii.letil t?tal in 1833. vine rhn.dd oe euu cured and homed be
wiih a fiir ean.he willihm'iie in ijuan- r,rP ,ry rP rij,P. t
it' v hia pre-tnt ohi crop! Ill unire "
frop of corn will he about fire thoiian.r
buaht la. Ftl'y biisheU of Hulliti purple
i:raw wheat wa anwetl, nhh'h prodnerd
eleen hundred buthel. Twenty-ihrce
tuidicla ofcMte wheal waa put in, winch
yielded teven hundred hiiahet. I
A M evidence ol the meilio.1 purauen,
wo m-4V Hale, thai in ronneelinn witli an
oilier HeitMem iii, Mr F. hat a rtiiidiiiitor
uVr in .New Y'rk. for one tlcree of tfed
wlieti fr .in lite Iliihie, each year.
Tlie general arrangement of the farm
t excellent. Fi'je large ahrllert are pro !
vi.led fur atM k a well of exeellent wa
ler ia in the ham yard a pen fur ngti
r-'ihiiral imptemenit eneli field pr f ile I
wiih gitea fencing in fne order, and all
Ih.iee external which add in appearance,
conf.rt and aJvantagc to a Ure Irart of
land.
The f;inn occupies a decided'y preity
titirition, running front the pines in the
ra.il, with a graceful a.pe, down in the
w.iieisofihu II ipp th innnek. The man
Hon ovpthi k the entire irael. and occu-
Ir an elevation which rendcr-i it e:p ihle
of hein made a h iiming apoi. It is
ttlreadv ciiirouiith'.l hy hitntUnme orna
nenul tree, the walk gravelled, ami
luriiully fiivimned with rluateis of aweel
denied llowcra.
Weiiu-l the example of Mr. Fiiahngh
m.y hi apecdilv fitliowtd. and we .shall
! have niaffy ban ianne and proiluc
uv firms r i i n up' trout where there in
ifmjiht nnw .vc a wihleructt of j.inc-..
rovcrmg the nakeduet. of the toil.
DISCOVERY OP .NEW FARMS.
Lawyer;! have known for a lnn lime.
'it a landholder owned ever Iji down
Mow thtf (,rf.ice. But fanners lieci
I'sre seemed to mpoei that their deede
eve llicin -v tjht to more than abot.l
f's im hea of the Miif.icc Naib.tily h trd
V hat llioiij!,! ul.-oVinjdvepvi tltail liial.
ir. m
except if iTMfrr i4d tad water,
I he .r,I i retelling tnH.r
.rr,,.,. ..rr n.
MH-ardio ffrul.i.Mr..i . new Lr,t-
c.8.ru;. .iihl-.rr,a.Cl r.i
fr...,iLtNffUl, U.naume mu-joo
i.iin if the !;
ani:lirrsir tftirrr nf 'lioi.i .ie nf l ine,
t t. . : i .. i . i- r
m i tmr wunn mm irw uruirr
1 in" an ilml iun tf iliei"i
una !urli:ri iirhi iirrji uirr ilir ;n;ireu aaong the ;ck, I uo not think jingmfj, wh.eli is the inor? enVetive, at .
fum. Tli re. wr ihr drluf f, l e mi j that I ever taw a case so violent bat it it aeeraa surjestl e cf omet!ing more 1 lttnrl C' J'
diturbr,l. il.e fr.t.l i.r. m.uiHi- I...!, teruunated tu death, h a oatr tirentod. behuid it. ' utsrtCTEB Hk.a cia ; I nrrr arc
lf.w....r il, r.;. ....,1 ...i.i.u r'ai.nmiOn the fiiurth rvrl1 lh rrt. () t t.nl TW V..!-- P"'"J ! hiMorv i.fiutuma whm the
tteueirate n. Ilwre il i and .a Wrn
arrtiinuh inf frtliouajiidiNT rear. into.
lull.earrjH when rrto! apply ihrme!rp
?mt me umrt in ten r rr piongii
deeper than fire iurlip.
Th Pt C4H-
. mpt .: !1(.irtWi, ,,, iliri.
,. r,nnill -(rlir, , ,ur f ,, r HI),t
hU ,P r ulT.ird a ub'oil pUtgh. Iri
i,;,,, e dawn nfurn iurlira into hit e-fnl
faint Mow an I l-e mjr tme a new farm.
C-mI (it fi-trm Tr ! n me. I never
iLnuelil umd il.i. veaf ih mr Umt. an-gravi-lly
land wtnird uHoling Ii i
very Im" !ai mti altno't wmlra in it.
Hal. terrh-t, ifiia year I ha e bbaoi
rd 12 M li inrhr drrn. and mv t'Oin mi
tlui nlhce h gi'tn me a dmiMe rrp.
I l ,,l l.,,tlittn nf tut rrf Iihi.k inn
I ' " ' "V '
all. i oitera'.ra. aU, nt a drainer. Il
aNti rrerivea the fertdiaer ffin lite almof
phrre. l he fir-t More of manure ia our
enrh ; the eieuiid one ia iuratuioplierc.
rtiai fioni li e hurr rntera ihe ear It hr
0ff an excellent rioter field an I fed
,,PI An the riuet of the Mck pra. The
rw,.t wa iIU iM ihe fi.l wirk their
pr-,doei of hotter waa niereaed from 16
. . .
i.ii i.., and in Hie reroutl a anil lariner
( liu ro'cntfiit f.oiH 21 to 24 lh.
'I ,, eiprrnnent it miereinitt, ati
itoiir.nr iiont .
A KCMIXJSCEXCE BY MCRIB TOOD.
In September, 1805, the yellow fever
prevailed to a fearful extent in this city,
As I never left town while it was rag-
mg, t wai Rttunj in in j icai uoor in
the cool of the day, antl lifting up mv
eyes I beheld a stranger, a rare sight
in fever times. He was moving from
Cedar afreet along Massau, having his
face set toward Maiden l.ane. lie
walked in the middle of the street and
was reading signboards on the right and
left. He paused in front of my open
door, and mine w as the only store open
in the block. Ashe stepped in, he said,
Mr. Thorburnf"
Where did you learn my name?"
I inquired.
" I saw it over the door," said he.
" I have just come on shore from the
ship Draper, from Liverpool. I am a
carpenter by trade; my name is Robert
lloe; I am now in my eighteenth year."
Savs I, Robert, was your indenture
fulfilled before you left England?"
Savs he," I never was bound. I learn
cd th'c trade with my father; I can't find
wort. 1 have no money: can You recom
mend mc to a house an a healthy part of
the city, where I may board till I get
employment, when lvill pay them hon
estlvr" Tkncw the heart of a stranger my
self, and there was so much of honest
si in licit y in his speech arid deport
ment, my heart warmed toward him; I
gave him a chair, and ran up stairs;
says 1 , (iude wife, a stranger standeth
at'our door; shall we take him in?" If
thee pleases," she replied. " If he takes
the fever, will thee help me to nutse
him?" Ml will," she answered. "Thank
vou dear f r thie; God will blosa you.
Now, say I, come and look on his hon-
i nnriTT.-v wt . .jT.'-w ff'iii,nrii;w-;.'A.i il--n
est Elfish face. Tl;t imp cession was
jfavoraU, - . Say I Robert, thia ceich-
uurnwKi u accoiH.ua the not health-
tou shan't g ta t!e triB.
moreelusteniAaBworJi. Ahe had a
bwinrta aUruad, I adriied hia ta!M
tar at home. J
Ile fever eixed him, however, in!
thu a week. I procured aa euii!lid, and bhadd bf heavr, fleshr eve
)..... . ... r. I i ' i .. . -
"" mj vim; ihi i nurtetl'
itffician; mj wife and I rured
la sevenrn ftfrninera that I're
burning lever a coursing through
hi4 Teinv and drinkin? op his Knrluh
blood. Hit kkin btirmn? dfj and jrel
low, he-rt-aick. home-sick, all bound
sick) and hia spirits sank down to hit
heels. I tat by his bed side; he fasten
ed his restless evea on mine :
" I). Mr. T., Mr. T.. I hall die, I
shall die I never can stand this!" and
he threw hi brawny arm across the
bed, at if going to grapple with death.
" Die," says I, Robert, to be sure, we
must all die, but vou are not going to
die this werk. In this I spoke unad
visedly with my lips, but I thought of
rope I'iuj anil Ins bull, O wit, that
the end would sanctify the means, lie
wat under he influence of powerful
medicine at thia moment; I knew there
would be a lull, a the sailors say, soon;
and I meant to fake advantage" cf the
clrcilmstance to persuade him to live, if
Fosirie. rancy kills and fancy cures,
left him for fifteen minutes. 0;i my
return I felt his pulse; said I, "Robert,
you are fifty percent, better already, I
nope to see you walk from the bed 'and
sit by the window ta-morrow." I sat by
his bed conversing to cheer his spirits.
I continued, death is nigh at hand at all
times, an.l in all places; but my impres
sion is that vou will not die with this
attack. I hope to see you, a thriving
master builder, married to one of the
bonny Yankee lassies, and to hold your
granti child in my anas."
From this hour the fever left him.
Shortly after this the fever disappeared
from the city. He became a master
builder, and died in 1843 oged 56. But
his name will ncrerdiowhile typesare
set and printers breathe. Hot s Print
ing Prets is probably the most useful
discovery that has blessed the world
since the first sheet was struck from
the press. Formerly we paid one hun
dred and fifty cents for a bible; now we
buy one as good for twenty-five conts.
It may he said ot his sons, (a rare oc
currence in his country, that they are
better men than their father, inasmuch
as they have added many improvements
to their father's plans. Mr. Hoc dwelt
in New York thirtr-eight years. After
his recovery from tlie fever in 1805, we
met times without number; his never
failing salutation was, " Grant, as the
instrument under God, I have to thank
yotl for tnv recovery from that fever."
t have received many tokens of kind
ness from his worthy family of sons and
daughters. And nothing in my past
life affords such pleasing reflections as
this act of duty and humanity to a
stranger. .YVhen his aching head hy
on my breast, as I held the coolin'ir
drought to his parched lips, I tittle
thought that in this head lay the germ
of a machine destined to revolutionize
the world of literature, and shed light
on the dark places of the earth whose
habitations are full of horrid cruelty.
About seven years ago I stept from
the cars it a country town. Among
them who were looking on, stood a man
of genteel appearance; said I, "Sir, I
wish to Btop here for a week; I don't
like to put up in a hotel; can you direct
me where I may lodge in a private fa
mily r" He said he could. We entered
the next street, and stopped in front of
a respectable two story brick tenement;
on mc ironi sioop sat. a comeiy matron,
She might have seen twenty-eight sum-'
mcrs; on her lap sat a babe. Said my
friend to the matron, "Gude wife, this'
rue, mis
York; he
is Mr. Thorburn, from New York; he
wishes private board for a Teek; can'
you accommodate him?" " Yes," says j
she, " for a year or for a lifetime, if it
is his w ish. Oft has my father told me.
that when he was sick and a stranger,
Mr. T. took him in, amPministered to
his wants." "
Vlit ! viiiir fithfir's n,mr" I
inquired.
" Robert Hoe," she replied.
" And is this your child r"
It is."
. I held the babe in my arms; it smiled
. v . w m
on mv lace.
I
madam, this day,
" Now." savs I.
my prophecy Is fulfilled
it's just forty years, at a
in your eves
a critical per.od,
in your father s life."
Louis Napoleon.
t t.Aini Vmnlpon is a little under
size say five feet eight inches high Jvade the whole sentiment, in every
with rathrbroadatidsIiMaroshoaldera,Word and idea. Ths eartridje-box, n
& somewhat thtck tirtk, and a Ger
nan rati tr than a French head. II i
complexion and expression, hit wide
complexion and expression, bit wide
iacer las ample br.ia, expanded at the
all auid hav? led ,e. had I.ee0 b!u
Of r:nan. Hi,hair is dar trowii.
moustache err marsr. aad redduh
rv n :hi e isiIarkirravidkUup. al-
most coveretfbr thick and folded e t-
'bruwa. H; moeiucnt$ are simple,!,.
ftataral aad moderate, with a touch of .
uruws, ii.s uineiucnt$ are
ctfght past in the crowd as an ordinary j . .
man, unambitious at heart, bound o no.'5 .
fame by fortune, consecrated to no high' f.1
fame by fortune, consecrated to no high
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purpose or achievement by Providence.
I looked intently at his countenance
for koine trate that might rewind c. f
i . f
Josephine, whose blood beats in h;4
heart, but m vain. I looked again for
the semblance of the Great Napoleon,
or whose lineage he i. w hose namt he
bears, -whose sceptre he all but wields,
It may b fancy.'yet I thought I could
perceive .Wnet)iinx 1 that badness so
. i ,m , . . t . v,
i.:. l... i:.u. -A. J
L . . -V 6 1 u u
pot he repul.tve Asiatic gloom which
blackened and made terrible the cloud
ed countenance of the Corsican. Oa
the contrary, Louis Napoleon's face is
decidedly benevolent, h:s smite is pleas
ing, and the play of his features rather
social and genial ; yet there is a sadness
and a tinge ot mystery about him, like
that of a man trained to disappoint-'
ment and . little accustomed to hope ;
one who has walked thcorld by htm-
elf. not refusing sympathy nor yet
de.gning to a.k it; one who is accut-
tomedtn be looked on as a riddle, which
he would not or could not solve. He
does not look discontented nor the con-
trary; neither happy nor unhappy ; ne -
mer exancu nor ueptesseii. it is gen
oral rtniKilinn i tli.it-if ctoaitinnuo
Scii-po58caSion, niouc.iy. w , . ,r e j,, far f am enfurcing
of melancholy which irresistibly invites ie flimprowijift f,f ,( Con.titu.itH.;
smypathy and begets favor-the more. etf tiMet in ,,,e IP,0uliont and ad
perhaps, because of thtblaxe and pomp !rMf- d ,Ct, , C(MirPlltioilf ;alPv M.
with which he is surrounded, and which ',embu?a ;,ul,4 have teen'wuh
he seems to command. I can very ea" we ihtmt ,hal ,,,e f llion
sdy comprehend, now, the p .wcr which ! jhrrei.ce lo ihe compromise mea.urea
I j, - ,
iMtis iNapoteon exercises over a con -
aiuerauic pan oi iue peopie o r ranee. ' ,mrllBeil, nre dccl .red in be require,
in spite of tiie difficulties of Ins situa- ,rpfh itsPir H(lmiit.Ie; at if th re
tmn, and the many things, good or ill, ' qilirPmPnU f ,,e Uontiiiution, in carrying
which he has done, and which of neccs- , mej,t9 par, of ur n,na, tom.
sity have olten lallen withannoyingem- paplf wa$ (lf higher obligation than any
pham.upon the clashing interest of lir,iny ,cl of legislation,
parties, cliques and cabals." ,, jefWeillt ,,rrtf,e, ,hat there rt-
quires lo be more generally uiliiel a
A Plixim Of Washtngtoa " Inbor, apirit that wi l not tamper with potitieiant
to keep alive in your breast that little tvhoe cimm mtiai inevitably lead hi the
spark of celestial fire, conscience." was deirueiion of ihe t'imatiitiiioii; a spirit
one of a series of maxims which Wash-hint will not hold roimniininn with those
ington frametl or copied for his own use
wheiiabov. His rigid adherence to prin-
ciple, his steadfast discharge of tiuty, !
his utter abandonment ot selt, his un- j Union; who inertly scquieace brcauno they
reserved devotion to whatever interests have no alternative, while on ull important
were committed to his care, attest the ' occasions they loo plainly diacloac, under
vigilance with which he obeyed that! a flimsy veil of apparent contentment, a
maxim. He kept alive that spark. 'determination in resist and opposo the ef
He made it shine before men. lie kin ' fort of the frie nd of the Compromise
died it into a flame which illuminated j and the Union.
his whole life. No occasion was so: We feel confident that yon will not fa
momentous, no circumstance so tnin'vor the aheitors of such doctiinet, but Min
ute, as to absolve him from following er reprove and denounce ihem. We
its guiding ray. The marginal cxplana-. therefore iepecifully but earnestly ask of
tioti in his account book, in regard to 'you in leave for a time your retreat in
the expense of his wife's annual visit Kentucky lo appear among tit al New
to the camp during tie revolutionary;
war, with his passing allusion to the
self denial which the exigencies of his
country had cost nun, turnisiics a
had cost him, furnishes
charming illustration of his habitual ex
actness.
The fact, that every barrel of flour
which bore the brand of George . netrated by these feeling, nor more de
Washington, Mount Vernon." was ex-jsirous in arkiMwIedge those obligations,
etnnted from the otherwise uniform in-, thai) your fellow-riuicns generally of this
spection in the West India ports
mai name oeing regarueu as an ampie j
guaranty of the quality and quantity j
of any article to which it was affixed j
suppu
his ex
supplies a not less striking proof, that;
his exactness was every wliere under j
stood,
A Witty Truth. The celebrated
Dr. Johnson said that in epigrams truth
was generally sacrificed to point; but
we insert below a case in which truth
'adds point to" the sentiment. At a
;. ..C I..-, AtU .,fl..l Li
vvivuiattvii ui iaofc -m w, ui,, mt
vticuiattvii ui iaofc -m w, ui,, . . , . r ... i ,
Paris, byamnnber of Americans, thfefUrk- t'namg from a tource to highly
. ' . : racnniiuhle anil imnnin(T. Irnm lrii-ntl anil
following was one of the toasts given at
the banquet :
7Vie Cartridge box, Ihe Ballot-box,
and tht Band-box i The external, the
internal, aud the eternal preservi
0f Republicanism."
atives
r. , . 4i,kc
. . Fourth of July,'
in America or Europe. It is worthy
of being placed at the head of Lord Ba
con's apothegms. The true spirit of
philosophy, patriotism, andbeauty per-
Hur" i'ttti
t!e fcandj cf brave tat, rear le tfr-
lticf of republicanism from external
r i . . .
enemies ; and the ballot-box, kept pore.
!2r
H1
'and AboKiionisti not exceed. Bat
wthe-cf repaUIca:im. and. it nai
te added, of irtritlnartUevtr&ml
rrtini.
tee conpzennn heasures.
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nVi itce UU tho lion.
b!d ami n,atl v coon . the .igriMia fore- j
ami linielv and perart rung (Tone of
'"' .T" -' P'"7 "
an a i u ji . I rf I tal I lata ttmtttm
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1'!'" ,h rn'
f'T m 'V
mg tmee ot ma wi and
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we go rn T require in vm iepeair ami
"P''A d 'allieao..od th,u..ghout
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f iumuiion for lemming harnvmv.
I ha. sn.ee, however, heroine but ion
t'P.rent that eon.in.ed and unretniiled
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neertary rit the runriit of error.
and at ruio ihe maintenance of found prin
e.ph a of attachment in ihfc t!oniitution,
in order that our eountry may reap the
ldred fmiia that were expected from ihe
compromise of peace.
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ej0(lm.hPead power; and. e l,a.ihoghi
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! We ha tM-ilLrniiiiiTHii ennrielinn
iiti-t,aaa vi iiv rw ..! .
I..I ll. f 4.,..,:.,.. n.nnt
: u aro,ded or e,;,P(!t ,hai inoJifi,i0 ,d
' wlm adrance and support doctiinet, in re
j latum in the great national ailjus'incnt. fi-
tal in tho future ne.ro and harmony of ihe
lork.
i no peopic are iiroiouiiuiy graieiui inr
your past efTorta, and are proud and will
ing in acknowledge your timely and effi
cient tei vices. They know and honor
. i . i r ii e i
your Union prinnpbt and your national
sentiment; nd none ate more deeply pe
.commercial emporium; and did we not
iiuiik tuai iue presem runs lecimreu your
warning voice, your presence, and your
name tn arouse your countrymen to
tense of their duty and their danger, we
would not aitem pi in di&tuib ihe repose of
ihe sage l Ashland.
Signed hj Jlvt hmdrtd ctlixttu of A. York.
Ashland, Octobers, I8S1.
Gextlemrs: I have ihe honor tn ac
knowledge ihe receipt yesterday of the
address which you transmitted lo me from
a number of gentlemen in ihe city of New
respectable and imposing, from friends and
fcllow-ciiizens sn numerous and intelli
gent, and to whom I am under such great
obligation, I have perused it with pro
found attention and deference. Alter ad
verting In the present slate of public af
fairs, in the spirit adverse to i he measures of
co mpromise adopted during the last Con
great which prevails in certain quarters; to
the neeess ty of .unremitted exertions to
preserve ou,r glorious Union; and lo what
has heen so seasonably and wll done, with
so much ability, eloquence, and patriot
ism, by some of our eminent countrymen,
you invito me to leave, fur a tune, my
II o. ICC7.
Intel ahndtf here, tn appear in ynr greu
riy, ami tnaJdie my fellow-ciiiien on
ihe artuaf condition aad ibCHarm darger
f (iiir roumry.
I feel, gendemeri, wiih the gieatet !
lereti and ihe deepest tolieiiude, the full
force of all that yuu be rs prosed; and
I wnuIJ gUiIlr comply with yoer arjahet. ,
and even dedirai the remnant of a life,
ihe Lo jrt and heti pari nf hieh bat been
speel ia the ntd.hr ttiirr, lo therause if
ihe UiHon, if the tutr of my heslih would
allow nr. and if I brlieiel that ai y fieh
exenixn of mine would be urrfbl. But
vrr aiure the long riiiii of the lat
t 'iH.gre, during hieh my arduout tlu
ii a were greater than I wt well able to
enrouiiirr.my health has been delicate, an I
it ha remained roihiouglinul the paai sum
wer. I hope that it it improving, but it
till lequir, a the nui asi-itluout care : and
I enirHhin aeriout tppreliensions that if I
w rt tn aecept y.ar int itaikm, and throw
myielf mm the teenet of excitement inei-
lem tn il. my strength might fail me, at.d
my prrteni debility niighl be much in
ereased. There is n i n'acr. I am fullv
aware. here I alinuld find n ; ardent
aiitr-etnhuiaiic friend in one party, and
mote eoirieiy an I respect tu the oilier.
iliantn the rmtimerrial metropr.lia of the
Union. Wltilsl am eonttrair.rd, with
irfiich regret, rctpecifiitjy I decline the
iii-e'.iiig ydM pmpoar, I avail myself of tia
oceasion to present tome view which I
have lake of public affiir. and which I
hiusl may be rereived a a tubsiiuue for
any oral exhibition ol litem winch I could
make befine a large eoiienurae of my fel
I w citizen iu New York.
It wat not tiippoaed hy the auihort and
suppnriert of ihe compromise, in the last
Coiigrest, that the adoption ol the series
of measure which composed il would se
cure the uiiauimnna concurrence ol alt.
Their reaaonahltt hpet were confined to
ill great maj rity of ihe people of the
United State, and their hopes have not
been disappointed. Eery wheie, Nnnh,
tmiuui. I'.ast, and VI est, an immense ma
jnrity of the people aie tatiafied with or
acqtuetee in the compromise. Tht may
be rnnfi Irmly asserted in regard lo thir
urn of the slaveholding Slate, and to
thir ren, if not four eon, of ihe free States.
In a few of both classes of the Siatrt, and
in tome partieiilit localities, ditsati aetina
existsr t xhihii'uig iist.ll occasionally, in
word of gteat violence and intemperance;
but thia feeling is, I trttt, where il hat
most pre tailed, gradually yielding to an
enlightened sense of puhlte duty. will
present a rapid surrey of ihe actual ttate
of thing, at il appear to me ho.h at the
North and the South, brginnjiij at the
former.
In all that region there ia but one of
the variout compromise nvasiires that it
terioudy asiaiied, and that it the law.
tna-le in ttrici ennfnrmily wit Ii the consti.
union, for the surrender of fugitive! from
tawlut tervire or labor. But the law
iiaelf, with two exreptiont, hat been every
where enforced; opposition to it ia con
ttamly abating, and ihe patriotic nbliga
lion of obeying the eonatitiiiion and the
law, made directly or indirectly by the
people thetnselvee, is nnw almost tiniter-
tally recognised ami admitted. If, in the
execution of ihe law, by the publie an- '
thnrity, popular discontent ia tometimea
manifested, it hat, with the exceptions
mentioned, been invariably repressed, or
prevented from obttturling the oflieer of
juaiice in the performance of thrir dotie.
II I am correctly informed, a great antl
talutary change ha been made, and i yet
.t aa -
in progrest.ai me worm, which atithnitzes
the confident anticipation that reaon antl
law will finally achieve a noble triumph.
I he necessity of enforcing and main
taining that law, unrepealed, and without
any modification that would seriuly im
pan ua rinweney. must ne admitted by
the impartial judgment of all candid men.
Many or the alaveholding States, and
many public meetingt of the people in
them, have deliberately declared that their
adherence to the Union depended upon
the preservation of that law, and that
its abandonment would be the signal of
the dissolution of the Union. I know that
the Abolitionists (some of whom openly
avow a desire to produce that ralainitotis
evem) and their partisans deny and deiide
the existence of any tueh danger; but men
who will not ptreeire and own it must be
blind lo the aignt of the limes, in the sec
tional strife which ha unhappily arisen,
to the embitteied feelings which have
been excited, at well as the tolemn reso
lutions of delihcraiive assemblies, ttnanU
mnusly adopted. Their disregard of the
danger, I am appreheaive, proceeds moro -from
iheir desire lo continue agitation,
which augmeuts it, than from their love
of ihe Union iuelf. .
You refer, gentlemen, to " resolution!
and addresstt adopted at conventions
lately assembled around u, in which we
have teen with regret, at well at alarm,
lhat the question of adherence to the com
promise it avoided or evaded," ami yon
justly deprecate the tendency of these re
solution. ' 1 have not been an inattentive
or indifferent observe of them, and with
you 1 deeply, regret their adoption.' I
wish that these respectable bodies could
, have been less ambiguous aud mere ex'
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