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1 i 4 : :f hi ,!, ft -4 a '.-5- f l; SPEECH OF MttRAYNEROFN08.TH C' OLINA, On tie Bill making an appropriation r the improve- ment of Harbor and timer, eo. idereil wilh reference to the jomgn r ationi of the Country. 1. nmmitt of the Whole of the House of Rcpre- sentativss, February' 26th, 1345. cOffCLt'DBD. Noons bus pore J over the pi?ca of history, recountini the achievements of mthlary prowess, with more avidity than I I. tvo. No youthful Hear was everted with more ardor than '";'- "' perusing the exploits ,.f military greatness U.idt.r the UMempered influence of youthful dreams, it Wlho feeling of my early life to look upon military achievement as the only road to glory. But this, like many o:her youthful vision, h faded before the realities of time. llvtlection has taught me to believe, that the horrors and agonies of mera war, are not calculated to elevate the moral sensibilities of our n.tture, or to advance lbs moral and social condition of a natron, liravery and generosity are, to be sure, qualities whic h muster command admiration ; but tho exploits of that soldier only deserve the homage of praise and sympathy, who draws his sword in a righte ous cause, and in defence of a wronged coiii.try. I have been surprised, as well ag paimd, to wit ness tho apparent anxietvjor war, which is fre quently exhibited here, 'it the subject did not in volve consequences so serious, it would bo truly amusing, to listen to the magnificent flourishes and high-sounding phrases, with which some gentleiricn speak of their readiness lor war ol our ability to cope with ail tho powers of the world, and of I he glory and triumph which await us in a case of a conflirt. This has ever been the language of poetry. It is a much more easy matter to plan campaigns on paper, than to un dergo the toil and hardship of camps to fight buttles in pompous declamation, thin on tin: tented field, surrounded by the dying and tha dead Horace could write soul-stirring verses upon the glory of war and valor in arms; but, when brought to witness the reality, he fled ingloriously, leav. ing his shield behind him. Unfortunately for mankind, tha duty of waging aa.l conducting War rarely falls to the lot of those, whoso pas iona and indiscretion plungo nations into it Rashness and folly may easilvplunge a nation into difficulty, whilst patriotism and valor cm alone confront that danger. T.nrdity in jiug-'t and evon impose on others, labors, from which it "would shrink in horror. The Cimbrian asms.' in who threw down his dagger, and fled in adVi'i at beholding the calm and noble countenance o( M:irius, would, nojaioubt, have coiio-gncd the mighty Roman to death without a ping of e:no tion, had he held a seat in the Sutialo Jionse, and it had depended on his vote. Notwithstanding Ihe declarations of the Ivtg lish foreign secretary, Lord Aberdeen, ' ill" con trarv, the jfround has been assumed, nitil portu t riously insisted on, that England has designs upn Texas; and that annexation is ,-iscesn iry as a precautionary measure, to anticipate h-.f inten tions. And lain sorry to discover that lurking hostility to England, and a desire to precipitate a difficulty with that power, pervading tho tone of debate, and, as I fear, constituting a loading mo tive in this Texas crusade, and its kindred mea sure, the occupation of Oregon. I tiopa I may be spared tho humiliation of witnessing the dis asters which await my country,, in cnau reckless counsels should plunge us into a war with Eng land, in our present unprepared condition. Gen tlemen talk of our ability to contend with her, and of our menus of inflicting irreparable injury on her; and the gentleman from Illinois' (.Mr. Wbshvorth) has more than mice, 1 think, alluded to tin; American eagle J..iving '.he British lion off the comment. The gijBji'est captain that ever let an army, once dacf'lretl that lie vvjuIJ p'.im Ins eagles on the ramparts of Lisb n, and drive tie; Eighsh lion into the ocean." I! .it that Ivilirdi lion still kept his head to- the northeast, and never stopped his pace, until ho had cliuibtul the steppas-ol the Pyrennees, and driven the Kroiich eagles froiu their mountain eyries. And similar, I tear, vvoutu be the realization of tin! vaunting p. edictious,' so rife on this iluor,.in casa we should he hurried into a war, in our present unprepared a; Tito. Let mo not be misunderstood. 1 am not und-Ti ating my country's powers and tlrengt'ii. So far from it, I think too much of its honor, its glory, and its greatness, to endanger either, ny pri,cil:ii:.i.eiy exposing it tolnzard through vv.ini ot pre;) iratio-i. Trail) the American soldier, and he is inferior to none on earth. The same Anglo-9 :xn endurance, which constitutes the excellence of the 15rili.sh soldier, enables the American to encounter him withequal chances. Put our country in prepara tion, and it can, as I believe, defy the world. But it is idle lo think of raw recruits contending with veterans. It is absurd to suppose that a few ships of the line can compete with fleets that cover the ocean. T'ime must arouse the public mind to a sense of danger the national spirit of our people must be fully awakened before our powers can be exerted, and its capability for tniirlity efforts rcalizeJ. Gentlemen had better calculate the strength of England before they provoke a controversy with that mighty power on account of some imaginary interference by Iter in Texas, which she has repeatedly disclaim edbefore they assume exclusive jurisdiction over Oregon, which we hold in joint occupancy with England, under the solemn stipulations of treaty. Let thcffiTefldcT upon the horrors and disasters of war, before they plungo us into its vortex. Let them reflect how many widowed hearts it would cause to bleed howr many suf fering orphans it would maka cry for bread. Let them consider how ouny acres it would leave un filled how many sails of commerce it would fur! the cheerful blaze of how many hearths it would extinguish. And let those who boast of "their democratic tendencies reflect, that it is not the tenants of place and power, it is not the wealthy and the luxurious, it is not the politician and the statesman, but it is the poor mm, who must meet the brunt and toil of war. War takes the poor man from his wife and children, when they most need Ins protection ; and imposes additional ex ponso upon the Government, when the resources of the country are least able to bear it. And yet getitlemeit talk as flippantly of war, as though the iamoiitutiiiiis of bereaved hearts, and the cries of hungry orphans, wore nothing inoro than the r.rokkinst ot irogs as thought ilia sacrifice of hu man lifa.wiis nothing more than the slaughter of the shambles as unrig. 1 the expenditure ofinil- Jionsof treasure concerned the tax-collector alone Bit we have been told again and again that we should extend the area of freedom," that we should aid in giving full' scope and progress lo our free institutions and that a common kindred, a common lungajage.and a common religion should open our hearts lo sympathy 'for the bufferings, of lexis, anj utduco us to welcome her to our brotherhood. . This idea was dwelt on forcibly and eloquently by l he gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Owes) The feelings on which this argu :' mnt is based maybe right, but 1 lie reasoning is erroneous. Texas is already independent, and in me Hiijoyinem 01 irne anu repitbf ic.m institutions. I agrne with tha genileiintft frtw Pennsylvania, . . (Mr. C. J. I.iaECSoM.,) that her condition is as good as our wa between 17.43 and 174!). No one ttassyinpatliizid more wa.rm.y wilh Texas in ner struggle lor IrecJo n lliarl hiVe. hv one ; er prevent the peaceable annexation of Texas, has admired her sinrti. resistance to oppression, 1 to arouse against it all ihe angry feelings of fa and her brvry ni endurance in the hour of t nvicisni, and to destroy this Union in Uw conflict, trial. I never have tiitictioiied lli3 denunciations 1 it sietns t me thev could not hive taken a course against lite people of Texas, that they were a ; better calculated to answer their purpose. And band of plunderer and outlaws; and that her revolution was the consummation of plot in stituted by ipeculators and jobber. I believe har people to be as virtuous and as Intelligent as those of any newly-settled aud frontier country ; and that her revolution grew out of their Anglo. Saxon love of libertyt and was forced upon them by Mexican despotism. I believe them capable of sustaining their independence, and shall hail :ih nloasnre their erowth to greatness and. power. It neods not our aid to extend over theirj territory the " area of freedom." Moral causes are in operation which will ultimately extend that area, as I believe, from Hudson's bay to Cape Horn. But this must be the work of lime, and not in obedience to human law, but one of the laws.of nature's God impressed upon the human mind. Tho march of Anglo-Saxon improvement, and Anglo-Saxon institutions, must and will sweep on not by the agency of this Government, but in despite of it even.. The principles of free dom, to be sure and permanent in their establish ment, must depend on moral causes, which are slow' and progressive in their operation, lo at tempt to hurry their growth by untimely legis a tion, is like feeding an infant on tho coarsest ele inents of lood. History has taught us a lesson on this subject which is written in characters of blood. The French revolution lost its moral in fluence, and excited the horror of surrounding nation, s much by it: propagandisin, as by its itAreilnii!) hntehr. M HIV. who hl'St liaiU-'O It US MaiiyijWho hrst haiieu it the h irbini'er of Euroaraii freedom, turned from 111,, ..I '.,.!, ,,vroil itil tfl!l(!.'!lC v was to disseminate its doctrines by the strong arm ot power, aim lo convert every, ouiei ..... :, ;i ..... 1 u:.. -I..I. The Farewell Address of the Father of his country teems wilh. admonition on this subject One of the principal features ot that document is, that we should confine ourselves to our own domestic concerns, and not interfere with the af fairs .of other States ; tint our efforts should be directed to the maintenance and preservation of ouf own institutions, instead olatteinplingto force them on other countries, which tune had not pro pared for their reception. We shall lose our mo ral influence as a iiafon, excite 1 lie enmity ami smpicion of the Christian world ; and thus, in fact, injure the cause of freedom, when we deliberate ly avow it as one of the Isading objects of policy, to disseminate the principles of our system over other countries. Let us leave this to the more sure and lasting work of tune. Unfortunately for the peace and harmony of tlie Union, this subject of Texas annexation has been identified wilh lhat of domestic slavery, both 111 its organization and the progress of its discussion If ever 1'ierc was a question which should hav? appealed to Ihe sober judgement of the pitri.it and the statesman, which should li ivu been con sidered upon high national considc ations, l.ir from all section il and party bias, tins surely was one. Hat lite day .r calm utMioe ration ami un interested action seems to have passed away. I know not which to consider most reprclensi ble ."Northern gentlemen who oppose, or South ern gentlemen who advocate, tho annexation of Texas, on. tin- avowedly leading consideration of slavery. Experience should have taught both, that the introduction of this exciting subject nnut prove fatal to any thing like calm and dispassion ate deliberation. The ground which 1 have al ways maintained, and" which I consider the only safb position for the South on this question is, that slavery is exclusively a domestic question, of which each State is to judge for itself, and llut Congress can in no wise interfeie with it consti tutionally, either to check or to foster its advance ment. Much as I have been compelled to con euro the course of some of my Northern Iricnds, yet justice and truth force me to admit, that the blame of this lies at the door of 'those who nego. tiated the late treaty. Tin lato .Secretary of I State, Mr. Upshur, and the present Secretary ol State, Mr. Calhoun, instead of putting this ques tion u.m tha hi ih and nafriotic around of 0.1 tional interest, urged it mainly upon the ground j of protection it would afford to tha institution of 1 slavery. The measure, had its ui igin iu the fan-, ciful surmises of an anonymous letter in London, .that the British Government was intriguing fur j 'the abolishment of slavery 111 Texas ; and tins is made the leading point of the argument, 111 a grave State paper, emanating from the Secretary ol Slate I Vnd Mr. Calhoun, still persisting, in the face of the repeated disclaimers of the English Minister, writes a long loiter, as exponent ol the views ol tins Uovernuietit, endeavoring 10 piove that slavery is a great moral as well as p 'line .1 Messing. Deplorable hum dial ion of our diplomat ic character in the eyes of the world! Every man of enlarged views must admit, that Texas should not be annexed except upon high nation, d considerations, nppjaliug to the patriotism of all sections, and to all interests. If so, why not have rested it upon such grounds 1 Why appeal to a sectional interest and thai, too, the weaker when so doing must inevitably have amused the opposition of another and stronger sectional interest 1 Lot any man examine ilia correspon dence of Messrs. Upshur and Calhoun on this question, and ha cannot fail to 6eo, that protec tion and encouragement to the institution ol slavery constitute the main point of tli3 argument. Ihroughout. Although other interests are allu ded to, yet tliey are introduced as make-weights, subordinate and secondary to the main question. I he views maintained by these ultraists, woulil take from us of the South the impregnable posi tion which we have heretofore maintained on this uestion. Our argument his ever been, .'Jii'hMwaufett. vv-ith slavery as an institution, neither Congress, nor the people, of the North, can constitut ally interfere. If we admit that this Goiteral Uovern nieul can interpose lo extend slavery, as a bios- sing, we must also admit that it can interfere to arrest it, as ah evil. If the people of the North can be called on to extend lite area of slavery, as a precautionary measure for the protection of Southern interests, -may not the people of the south be called on to extend the area of non- slavery, as a precautionary measure for the pro tection of Northern interests 1 I do not choose to yield this, our strong ground. We ask no fa vors, no protection, no encouragement, for our institutions, except those which vve claim under the solemn guaranties of the Constitution. I am known to be one oft he most unyielding ad vocatet of Southern interests on this question. I have been freiuent!y called violent and imprac ticable. I have ever voted against the reception of abolition petitions because I believed the ob ligation to receive petitions rests upon a sound discretion of the power petitioned ; and because, iu the exercise of that discretion, I did not choose to eftferlain a petition asking for what was not a redress of a grievance to the party petitioning, and which I hjid no constitutional power to .grant. And whilst I deny to the people of the North the right to disturb slavery where it exists, I will not call upon them for aid, avowedly for the purpose of extending and. protecting it .in a foreign land. Whilst I would hang an abolitionist, without the forms of trial, for disseminating his hellish doc trines, I would spurn all aid from hint, except that which I had a right totJemartd, in virtue of constitutional obligation. The friends of Tex as annexation have no' one to blame, but its an thors and originators, for its being identified with the vexed question of slavery. Messrs. Upshur and Calhoun chose to make this tho turning point of lite issue. And if it had been the especial ob- ' irtct aiiJ dr-pign of those two gentlemen, to forev let the South know it, lot the country know it, let it be known throughout all time, that if Texas annexation is defeated, owing to its being identi fied with the question of slavery, tho blame Briust attach to Messrs. Upshur and Calhoun. , This whole question of Texas annexation comes before us so strougly tinctured with the taint of original sin. as to enlist my fee I i tigs, as well as my judgment, in its condemnation What was the condition of-the country Hi the time of its inception 1 Moral causes were grad ually at work, which, in process of time, would probably have resulted in the peaceable annexa tion of Texas, by the common consent o'f ftl I Two great and powerful parties in the country, numbering millions in their ranks, honestly dif fering in their views as to the policy of ibis Gov eminent, were marshalled under respective flags, on which wero inscribed the great vital and en during principles involved in the issue. They were about to appeal to that great arbiter of Irpo institutions, the ballot-box, and the nation was a waAiiig the result with a most breathless mil ab sorbing anxiety It was admitted by all, that up on the issue of the contest liung the political des tiny of tin! nation, for years and years to come. j Just at this period, a traitor, whose name had he ro'uo a by word and a .repr.ir.ch o i lie h eiesf anil ! consi.teoi of all inr ies-nho, vvhli ba-e ingr.'i. "iu !e, Ti of Gfiravo-(!ie;cminig--ntfs'?rti.''hitd , j elevated him to power who, serpnnt-like, nad i ! stung the bosom tli.it h id warmed him into lue I iv!i'.rwi!h' a craven servility, had fawned h inneil ' into I 'Hir v it: ihoro who hi d triJucnl Imnas 1 and whose nniir: Will go down lo j ufor ins pl .ee -a I to ever ast. ml 'my- ," ",L 4...- ho neriil.-nt most arch hvtiocr.te of the a:r.ho.d by aif.KKlil the reins ol power, erful lor mischief, h element into the ro, Impotent ir g nut. inn pnrv iv noil d.s'iii'liiiig 1 threw. a- n. test. Appealing to the 1 1. 1 1 id j and the selfish ol both parties, he hoped to ur aw .li' ftnrni h nri!.h;rs from ihe rank-, of eai h, to 111:. I;e u ar. Un ilapl like. Ution bol Until:! to ilr.a- .-r.uv e.vi ent a few camo followers. vet 111.' suc.cocded, by Vtn.i ,1 h in uoikine the runs ol one ,r',. ,,.i, nr.- roiiiuelh il. in turn, to horr ovv I. o..i ,i'l.,r,. ., mi liie contest, on coml as I r,.;ir i"t will turn out, that he sh mid be allowed, in cam ol viclorv, to sli :re in the p lhu 'li we we 10 he it' 11 in lli-l co under. .Ai- eitest at Inst, art llery that its n! ina r.i a- yet 1 I ,lenr ih..! it was Mi it boriowe Ml' .-1, ,1 our defeat. It was the tins. cer, and !'..-, ign bandits, and in-'rce can e up. I ke 1','u' h r at WVerl.i trim. 11.-. I he viclorv w hen io -i vv.thiu :iries, that to sni't h our -,i n.l ilei' a . O.ir forces are last recovei log lioin Wo are again on larmg to renew Ihe con.i-M ; v, e, a men contending mr empire, as i.'tunted tiv high impulse ol love for our surt'-r o.ir councils to be d stracted, and giestob; paralyzed, by It s disturbing ot contusion! There are great ques patriots, conn' ry; oar oner e Client tions of dooie-tio policy, aOectmg our country interest's, winch demand our consideration, .before we enter 1 11 a wild crusade fur foreign territory. The w, mil, fa National currency for general use, and of an agent, t.i keep safely and disbnrse'lhe public itii hi v, as s iiiciioned liy our faihers, ile iniiids our elr'Hs. The deposition of the publit lan-.'s, fr tin e -e;,!, purposes of ie.ieliecMl il and physical improvement, in pursuance of the con ditions of their fii' iemler from ihe old .States, calls for energies. 1 r tectioii and eiicoi.ragcinenfrto all the great hr.ni il s of A nericjii industry the i iii-.L.jiliTient of the Executive veto within the scope of the s;,'r;t t.f our republican institutions resistance to sin; ruthless spin! of proscription for opinion an honest and economical adminis tration of the Government undying hostility to the agrarian aud picolnnical doctrines ol the de mocracy of the 'day and. above nil, the great principle which lies at the foundation of Whig policy, the itlev.vioi! of intellect and virtue 111 the political and social scale these require our iui mediale ntleniioii and constant vijriiaiicn. Let us first relnrm domestic abuses, and settle do mestic controversies, before we attempt to en large our dominion. Let us 110J attempt new plans ol conquest, when the citadel of our strength is guarded by sentinels in whom wc have no confi dence Let us purify our own altars. Let us expel " false doctrine, heresy, and schism" from Ihe bosom of our Church before we attempt to disseminate its creed 111 distant lauds. Let us not even seem to give countenance to the traitor, who has been theulder 111 our path, when on our inarch to victory and glory; who has blasted the hopes and b'lgl.fed the loud 1. respects o! 'thou sands and millions ; whose ' " Ti c noil, like a deadly blight, . ( 'auic o'er the en.incils of the brave, - To check them i" tlc-ir hour of might." It v.oiM Invtj been mot efatiiymg lf) m-, if the n unite. I a Wl! ti front M e.tell ii' ;s ol ties House l oukl Invo preseii 0,1 a Id unbroken philanx on this question ,1 sule by side on it during the past y nr. ue 10 L luisiana cheering and animat ing 1 .'i- hv our common invocations ot the Constitution, which we received irom ntif fat lior's hands. Shall vve now retire in desp-nr trout the Ihoalre of our glorv, after having borne without a I iniiriiiur the brunt and heat of ihe battle! iSltall ' u bui-omc lai it by the way. and ro: rare our steps, i ,-ificr such a perilous and fatiguing, march ! We j stood by our great lender m th-i..y of Impr; 1 !i nl we now disregard his ndiiiimi.i.ios In this; his i hour of u' n ! We heeded his wanting voire. ttlten lie clf-r'-tl us on to the cotillict shall vve so soi hi foiao-r il, because vve have ottco lost the day! W'o inut tlu enemy at every point, v, hen ln.no m-rvi-d our arms .-hull vve recede Irom roe, our priwpects ! v lieu t rcconetti 1112 seem-n which vve nil so often witnessed during tltu I tat summer aud autumn; when the enthusiastic stud patriot 11: Willi's came .pouring in thousands from mountain, and vnlley, and .forest, and field .ill swelling the chorus of joy and gladness, oi'con- gratula 1 md hope: pligb' in, ' '- i r f nth to oaeh other lo ,!u by the Constitution and the laws ; and the fair d i.i-ii!ers of the land animating them by their presiuici! and their smiles ! when 1 think ol this, 11. .1 hut see any one of lhat noble band 1 vvi I net s:y fullering, but iKiiiporiieing, on a iuc,oi-11 w it.cli they would not then allow jo I ibcn i hem Irom their prupriciy, I confess i am startled with astonishment, ;ir:d can only account it us on" of those mysterious wcjwi of the human lieari, which liiiuini ingenuity cannot ii'"u ri l.lli'. .Sir, 11 is loo bail ! I!y lh united action ol the Wing., vve could b.n-e preserved the Cm- stitution an 1 ins union inviolate, uete 11 is nun enough ; toil its disasters are aggravated, vvl.en our ri'tl-. ion is tliiit of lite dyiti'J; eaulo, that the anovv whirh -i'rccd our hearts vv.'.s fnaihor- d from our own wing. This sudden change of u. si. ion, in tho lie of the encmv, is .is d.inoar.,us in political .- in military vnrf.;i-c. It was not more fatal to tho Aus!ro-Rusiatt army 011 the fioid of AiHtorlitz. than il would prove to the Whig party now, if they were to attempt it. This is, in all probability, theTasf speech I shall ever make oil tins floor. Experience has taught me, that the strife and turmoil of political conten tion bring no substantial joys, and that, sifter all, true happiness is only to bo found in ihe quiet and repose of domestic life. Would to Hod, that my last wrds, like the song ol ihe dying nwait. could be my sweetest ; and that i could be in spired wiihthe-ability arid the cloquencpio arouse my gallant comrades, wilh Whom I lint lor six years here struggled in vain, to the imporiance of unyielding coHsisiertcy and redoubled exertion. Mv ambition would be fullv rratified. if. bv one word of admonition, I could stimulate them to a more vigorous resistance to' the corrupt ami evil tendencies of the times. Webnve been defeated. but not conquered. "Uur hearts are as proud and our spiriu as unsubdued, as though we were re- posing on our laurels, in ths prfrfe and flush of victory. Then I would appeal to them, by ai the high and ennobling consideration of virtue and of patriotism, of honor and of fame, to continue to " fight the good fight," and to "icep the faith." I woZ Id appeal to them by the precepts of our fathers, to continue Iheireiforts for the preservation of our freo institutions, which were the result of their wisdom, an 1 the herilage of their gift. I would appeal to them in tluitamo of a matilnted Cot stitution j which, hc the blood of Abel, cries from the ground for vengeance, to " fight on, fight ever." f would appeal to them, by all the asso ciations of mir common struggles ; by our bright hopM, which have been blighted, and our com mon sufferings under defeat ; by these, I would appeal to them, in the language of our late glorious chieftain, "to shake offthe. dew; drops that glitter on their garments,, and inarch once" more to bat tle, to victory, and to glory." A CHEERFUL OLD MAN. A curious letter from the eccentric Grant Tiiobburn to the Editor of the Boston Courier, appears 111 lhat paper. Here is an extract : For my own part, I think I have received more of the kind mere es of a bountiful Providence than falls to ih.; lot of most men. During fifty years I b-tve b.wi in A nfrica, 1 have not been confined ,v sickness one day. I have three sons and three daughters, not one of whom has given me a sore liemi ; I h ive twenty-six grand children, two of litem married. I am now in my seventy-third year, my health as good, my personal feelings as comfortable, and my heart as light as it was when in my twentieth year. I read without sped acles. In fact-, my spiritsat times are so buoyant, that lam obliged to lei off steam by writing some absltact, uncoiiimcled and incoherent ideas like Cob bett and his pigs, for instance ; .else 1 think some times the boiler 111 mv small carcase would burst w ith pure delight. There is another item among mv march1, on which I (though old) look back with delight, that is, the pretty Yankee girl, who b-'c mio my wife, waB Ilia first young woman in whose jiruale company I had spent ten minutes; yes and the first whose lips I ever lasted. You will laugh at this ; be it so, better laugh 1 linn cry ih .- ineny man lives as long as the sad so says Solomon ; and were I to begin my life anevV. 1 w. uid jus! manage my treaty of peace wilh the i is-es, Bltt-r 1 he same mode and form. This little .ml uld ii'i is a curious little article ; heart and il uh oiav tail (though in my case I feci it not ;) ye; iu the 'pie isurf s of memory, tho soul is as a:. it li alive in retrospect as it was fifty years ago. In 11) 'iiiiu I, I invo sometimes compared the soul lo tie- holler, and the limits, eyes and ears, lo the inaciiinrry; the machinery wears out by usiiig, and won't answer the impulse of the first moving ca,!" ; yet the lire and the steam are Ihe same. The tit.., of eighty, whoso eyes are dim, whose cars .irti shut, and whose arm has been struck with palsy by the impulse of the soul he may 1 rv to raise Ins arm ; it won't answer to the mo tions ol ihe soul, because the machinery of the arm is dead, though the soul is as much alive as u'leoi firs: breathed into the carcase of clay. Sco,.w me as active, lively, and young in ap pear nice, as I was forty years ago, I am asked by fi rm's how I live 1 I never was drunk in my life, iiml 1 never cat enough; I seldom sit ten iiwnres at table, and could eat as much more, were I to sit till my appetite was cloyed. The Washington Correspondent of the Balti more Patriot says : A good story is told of an ofTfe-lmnter, a me flnmc of this city, who applied to Cave Johnson for a place in the Post Office DopiTlment a few days ago. I understand the applicant tells the story, himself, after ibis wise: lleru'lad on Mr. Johnson wilh letters of recommend. it ion and iiitro iluetion from Mr. Dallas, Oi.-n. I)i.j!.!goo!eand oth er leading men of "the party" and told Ins tale to the new Postmaster Gaiieral. The latter luuc tioiinry listened to ail that the applicant had lo say about his toils and troubles aud hair-bread h 'scapes in riding over parts of .Maryland and Vir ginia to distribute Kendall's-Tracts and other pi oixr documents, and talk politics n! a dead loss ol his own lit.ie and money, and thun (scanning hint with his keen, p.-net rating eye) told him he was sorry to say he could do nothing for him! then? were no vacauc.i'?, and lie could not pro. serilie ! What," si.id the appli.-.ant, "am I to huve nothing after doing all that 1 have done for the -noil cause ! Are not the Wings to be turned out !" " Sorry to say vour chance for an office fii this Dep.H'tniOtit is .vivid one, sir," replied Mr. John son. "No doubt vou h ivu a good occupation. vVhv.not follow it, and cease thinking of being a politician, which tue,ht ruin you." "Dot," relurned tho applicant in an offended tone, "you, when in Congress, were for proscrip. lion ; though now you have got your own boots to lit youj don't care what becomes of us, poor devils, who helped you do the work which gave yo'u the high. place you hold. Is this your boast ed Democracy ? As for my occupation, I can get no employment at it. The business is too dull." " Oh, my dear sir," rejoined Old Cave, " go to Oivrron there is a line opening in that new couiiiry for all enterprising young men who can not find employment in the old country !" Tho applicant sloped, muttering thunder against Ihe practical democracy of his party and the new Post Master General go', rid of a man whose looks perhaps he did not like. , "Art and MrsTEity of Gambling." 'The GaiVibi.eiis' Mirhok."- These books written by (i l' II. Green, the Reformed Gambler, have been laid on our fable. A hasty reading leads us 10 think that a wide circulation will do much to wards keeping people out of the meshes of gam hlers. To many the scenes described may appear o. verdr iwn, but all who have seen the "facility with which Mr. Green handles a pack of cards, and the numerous tricks he describes as being per lo incd by gamblers, will at once say that tbe pic lures are correct. From a private exhibition of thr skill of Mr. Green, we are positive that tho man who plays with a gambler loses his uioiiev with a certainty, which no care on his purl can prevent. Mr. Green shows, to the sat isfaction of all, that not a single pack of cards is 11:1 do but can be told by Ihe bucks as well as the ! ;ce, not only the suit but ihe tiumuer. t'acHsol I- -.nls were shown prepared to piny faro, which ware cut so lhat in shuffling, al.the hiy h arid low , ards could be placed together, thus putting the Iwiter at the complete control of Iho dealer. B-'xes for dealing, too, were shown so construc ted that a spring pushes out, when necessary, two crds to, aid iho dealer in his frauds. After a lec ture and exhibition by Mr. Green, the man who can visit tho gaming table in the hope of winning must be obstinate indeed, and the man who could venture, after seeing how much a player is in the power of the initiated, can never loam anything except by such experience which will cost him all his money, and prostrate every feeling of hon or and of pride. The lect ures and exhibitions' of MV. Green are calculated to do much good, and are worthy the attention of all classes. N. Y. Express The Virginia Locofocog say that-Tennessee is doing very well. She did not even vote for Mr. Polk, her own citizen, and' yet she has the Presi dent, the Postmaster General, and the Consul to Liverpool"! The largest fish in tho sea of i spoils I Alex. Gazelle. Mr. Cu.tT.4T thb UAfcThi treMran patriot, at we learn irom the Alnoaraa Monitor, it again practising the profession of the law. - At tha age of 68, Mr. Clays return to the Bar with all the vigor and buoyancy of a man of forty-five. Sintt the Presidential election, hit health and cheerful ness have greatly improved. His neighbor re mark that they have not seen him look so well in many year. While in public life, or as a candidate, be was conscious that great responsi bility rested on him as a political leader. Now that he sustains no such relation, hit mind it re lieved from a great burden. As a citizen, he affects no indifference to public affairs. On the contrary, lie lakes a deep interest in them, and the last emotion of his heart will be for the wel fare and honor of his beloved country. li is said that MriClay visits his office daily in Lexingtotvand applies himself with the assiduity f . . , . . of a young man to ihe duties of his profession.- me practice is 01 course extensive ; tor scarcely will an important case be tried without his ter vices being engaged by one of the parlies. For tunately, Mr. Clay lias an iron conslitulion. His person is erect, and his eye retains tho fire of youth. Eloquence equal to his, at lite Iar of tho Senate, has never ben heard -in this Union; unless it was that of Patrick Henry. Between these tvv sons of Virginia there is a striking resemblance, not less in I lie splendor of their talents, than tho circumstances of fortune in their old age. After devoting thirty years of his life to the serviceof his country, Patrick Henry found himself poor and compelled lo toil at the Bar for the support of his family, and the. payment of his debts. Though Mr. Clay has a good property, yet lie is involved lo grime extent on account of others. His liberal hospitality has also been a drain to his purse. This drain ho will never stop. At all times, his countrymen who may visit Ashland will find a generous welcome. In gratitude and persecution will never extinguish the noble impulses of his heart. Philiidfljih 1a Inquirer. Climate fok Consumptive Patients Sir J. Clark, in an article on Tubercular I'luhisii'.,, which we find in tlit Cvrlei tr-J a ol Prat tical Median?, republished at Philadelphia by l,oa & Blanc hard, makes the follow una; remarks, which may be use ful to Consumptive patients contemplating a change of climate for the benefit of their health : Of all the climates with which we are acquain ted, lhat of Madeira is ihe. best, for consumptive persons. We Invo every year an opportunily of becoming acquainted with itsell'ects upon a con siderable 'number of persots who repair to it in different conditions of health, and we see no rea son to change? the high opinion wo have given of it in the article alluded to. Tin; beneficial effects of a residence for one or two winters in Madeira, have become moit apparent fduce the public have been impressed with necessity of adoptingchange of climate, ratheras a preventive titan as a means of cure. A fow years ago, it was a matter of little moment to select a climate for the consump tive patient, because he was gener?rTly'i'n the ad vanced stage of disease, without hope of recove ry, before tho measure was proposed or adopted; and its fatal termination was not frequently ac celerated by tho only means to which ho, looked for safety. In point of climate the Bermudas and C-tnary -Islands approach nearest to that of Madeira. The West Indies may be suited to soma consti tutions asa preventive; but when tuberculous dis ease exists in the lungs, we can only repeat, that tho concurrent testimony af all the medical men whom we have consulted on the subject, and whose opportunities of judging are ample, estab lishes the fact that consumptive cases sent thith er from tins country proceed much more rapidly to a fa'a! 'enninnt am, than in temperate climates. Italy, Roino, Pisa, and Nice, afford the best climates for consumptive patients during the winter; but no part of Italy is favorable to bu?Ii invalids during the summer. In the south cast of France, Hyerto po.-t -scs ihs lu st climate; 111 tho south-west, the climate of Pan is the mild est, and must favorable, particularly during the spring. "THUT1I AND JUSTICE.'" Dh. Nott We have been looking over wilh great interest, "Counsels to Young Men," by the venerable Dr Noil, published by the Harpers; a small volume with which every youth ought to be familiar. The following sentiments cannot fail to commend themselves lo the conscience and heart : "Truth and justice are immutable and eternal principles always sacred and always applicable In no circumstances, however urgent, no crisis, however awful, can there bo an aberration from Ilia one, or a dereliction fr.iin the other, without sin. vvitn respect to everyiiiiiijj i-ibe, ue nuciMii- inod.aling; btft here, be unyielding and invinci ble. Rather carry your iuteeiiiy to the dungeon or the scaffold, than receive 111 exchange for il liberty and life. Should you ever be called upon to make your election between these extremes, do not hesitate. It is bettor prematurely to be sent to heaven in honor, than having lingered on the earth, at last to ni:;l; to hell in infamy. In every Ritui,l ton, a tltsHeit man- Mr .nttcsraoie,. and a lisr-is still more so. " Truth is-one of llto fairest attributes of the Deity. It is tiie boundary which separates vice from virlue ; the hue which divides heaven Irom hell. It is the chain which Linda tbe man of in tegrity to the throne of God ; and, like the God to whose throne it binds him, till this chain is dis solved, his word may be re ied on. Suspended on tins, your property, your reputation, your life, are sale, lint against the malice 01 a nar mere is no security. IK can be bound by nothing His soul is already repulsed to an immeasurable distance from lhat Divinity, a sense of whose presence is the security of virtue. He has sun dered lheJast of those moral ligaments which bind, a mortal to his duty. And having done so through the extended region of fraud and false hood, without a bond to check or a limit to cor,, fine'him, be ranges tht; dreaded enemy of inno. cencc whose lips pollute even truth itself as it passes through llicin, ami whose breath blasts, and soils, and poisons as il touches. The Office seekers. The President will find it hnrd, in the disjiensatioii of the .appoini. inents, to satisfy and reconcile sectional demands, and still harder to appease lite vanity and ambi tion of individual applicants. On the threshold he will painfully experience the penally he has to pay for his high fortune;, penalty which every step of his progress will render more and more disquieting. Louis XIV. sand, strikingly, that when he gave away an office he made one ingrate and iiinety-nine enemies ; aud the rage for office and the clamorous eagerness with which it is pursued in this country, s it beggars all ex ample elsewhere, so it must, when disappoint ment follow the pursuit, be attended with pro portionate resentment Jitcnmonti Whig. Virginia ii.bctio.v. The canvass in Virginia for members of Congress aud State Legislature is going on wjth spirit. In.the lliohmond city district J. M. Brttts is tha Whig, and Mr. Seddou the Locofoco candidal. WATCHES, WATCHES AND JEWELRY!! Watches! - THB largest and aiatt splendid assortment cf Watches - in the City, is lo be funtid t the Subscriber'! w be j C'lomniiT reccKinK situs, t scripuons of void and Silver Watchei, of the newest nyles, from the manufacturers in Ed. land. France, and Switzerland, be is enabled 10 olisr a larger awnrlment and at much leas prices, it Uj. tail, than any other house in America. Gold Watchrt as low as 30 to 25 Dollars each. ' Watchei and Jewelry exchanged 01 bought All Watches warranted to keep good Ume THE MONEY IlETUKIXED. Walchaa sad Jew elry repaired in the best manner and warranted, b rS'n?! s place Gold and silver Pencils, Geld Vbams.-Keyi, anu Ladiea' Bracelet Pin, and Sterling Bih-et Spoons, Silver Cupa.-Foiks, Ac,, for tale very lew. jr. V. AMjEjEN, Importer of Watchee and Jewelrf, Wholesale and Retail, No. 30, W all Si., New York, (.up stairs Jan. 24. 8 3m N OTIC 15. To the Creditors of tbe lute firm of COLLIES & GIWTER, of PiltsboroV TAKE NOTICE, that come time in the year 1838, Ihe said Collier & Glintel convey, ed to ihe undersigned, as Trustee, a vatiety of Prop erly for tbe benefit of their Creditors: That, agreea bly to tbe provisions of the Deed, the balance of the proceeds of said property, after sutinfying certain debts peciflcully mentioned in the Trust, was to be divided amongst their remaining Cn dilois pro rata. Tbal the underigiied has proceeded 10 collect, and rednre inio possession ihe Trusl Fund, and thai a'setlltunn.i ol tho account of the Suli-criber will be had on the first day uf May next. Those Oediiora, therefore, of the said Collier & iUK(ii', who hove a lien upon the temaiiiiler of the fund, are notified to pri-aent their claims, properly authenticated, on or be fore iho naid Is! of Miiy, for the pin pose of receiving their disiribulive share, if there should be anything remaining ; otherwise, I will pay il over to the said Trustor. JOHN iN EAI., Trustee. Piltsboru'. March 10, 1815. J'r. Adv. $4 21 wtml Ran Away 1 Unit iKo QntcriliK, I, ,,,., In IVsetiinotnn County, Mississippi, in June last, a yellow inun named SIMON, about 25 years of age, five feet nine 01 ten inches high, rather heavily made, but very active 110 particular niurka remembered lie will perhups endi-nvoi to make Ins woy 10 North Carolina, r ruoltlin County, where it is believed he was raised by a Mr Tlnifi. or to Alabama, where be bad been hired out in 1811 or 2. Any person ik-liveiing him lo me or securing him in jail so that I can gel him, shall he liberally re warded. S. WORTHING I ON. Eggs Point, Wasbincton Co. , Mississippi, January 3D. 1845 ) lf A BARGAIN IN A RALEIGH FARM, AY he hud by applying lo the (Subscriber on the premises, or to Isnlnll Kespass bsq., in VV ahiuglon, in this Slate, in lhat handsome, heallhy and well improved Farm wilh 370 actea of land in a bod, tailed MargareUa ; adjoining the City lands, and only a few minutes ride or walk distant from Ihe Capitol, Public Offices, Court House, Banks, Stores, Churches and Schools ol the City of Itiileigh having the City open to view. Than which, there is not a mure desiia'ulc family residence, nur one capable of greater profit, near the seat of Goverliment The Landscape is beautiful, tbe air balmy and healthful, with delicious spring water issuing from the Hocks in the luwn near the Dwelling house. This ia a well built, well finished and showy house contai niig aeven aood roums. each with a fire place, beside cellar, por tircis. ninzas. closela and China presses, and in Ihe midst uf spacious, well shaded and ornnmented yatiln. The out bouses are numerous and xcellent of their kind.-. 'I he land in its present neglected condition is capable of making 850 barrels of com a year, be side oihi r crops. A liille nains in a Market Garden and Dairy would enable its owner to sell in the City, every day in the year, $2 worth, or upwards, of Milk, Cream, fruiis nnd vegetables. Tbe farm hands, at leisure times, could make 011 the farm $1500 worth of bricks, fur Maiktl. At a very small expense, a 6'rof Mill, fitted for grinding Meal and Cobs, Cum d Shucks, can be erected on the Mill branch, in the 1'urm where has been a Mill and the dam and stonen are nill there and beina fed by Springs il roil muni 8 hours out of every 24, and pay all of j3 11 mil .I .!!,. R n k Cutters say thr.1 a surface Quarry of the finest building granite can be opened in tne irom 11. which would pay a rent of several hundred d.dlan a year. A rock wull encloses a pari of the front of tk (arm and miiy be cheaply extended at pleasure There is wood enough on the land for the use of the farm, and lome say. $10t0 worth 10 sptire Mr. Charh a Pa'rrish paid for this land in woods, thirty vears ago, more than $6 000, as bis Deeds in my possession, -show, and he certainly eiiended morel than 4.000, in its improvement, niiuienwi ho raided on the Farm some years, 350 barrels of,.orni and 40 bales of Cotion, beside crops ol wheat oats, peas and potatoes, all of which, and clover, grow well on in, laud ; and it being mostly red land, it is suscepttWi nf hiih and nermancnl improvement by proper cul ture. Any man who will work it right, can support Ihe family and atork'on the farm and nelt $i0o0 s year from its vield k and the property is obliged t teailibncra n - value AS a axeie imii:: ' it would be highly profitable property, or to a getille ; .inu ,vi,nirw. who had. or had not. chiMren to educate, and desiring profit as w" j 1 .,.t l. , 1 1 .i... t.u ai.,,iiiiiiion. or tot tlCaim, It WOUIU in; , ih. n,nf ....I Hlind Schools, no place could surpa" and certainly none can be had, that would answer so well, at twice its cost. . .. . -iM.: - fl.m iliUund immcilia1 j ins enure iiu'ri,T, 1.. ua sa (inn one third Casn hand, and one and two vears credit on the '"' :l ..'.,.1.1 Iu, l,.Lpn in N0" u" a t , ..i i.i.l ttnms endorse linn osnK oiock, or in in . , ..f sums rjfjl by the Siale, or in approveu -iim,- ..-.. ... ... Iv divided is three earts. I will so divide and sell each part HJ ralely. if soon applied for. Tho front ' Mill branch, and up the branch to contain low with tbe Mansion house and its out hou,e'CbM lh mill privilege and grwti? .'" olier cr0 1 ol wnicn, iso najre - . r iUu pa wore made three years ago. r al separately, is 25 per I' . se(.Bt(,d. Alih) balf m one year, at '"" aA. n, . whe Mr. Par.ish paid for mud. o. . rf1(J fr, bushes, .d lands adjoining it bare J . . B.:..i imorovemi mJ to S5 per e.e, Willi " ' . '. r.e.e, win ' ---. L,:i.coniail on Ihem. Tt.. land tastoj inc '"-.. ,nd b about x-eu acres pan v, - .,,.01 '4 "".."t Thresh tbe Overseers bouses, two n,n "" ,0 ra Maditne. Tbe tenant now mere -- , 100 barrels oleorn oestue -y . t0 ball tne open una mm jemr. . - - -- . a3( I . . .nllaftlSini. I i lis" r view, Oi a nnespnng very koiit.. .- f-,hi, paitJ Uauiifulfimiily 'residence. The P 01 ' " ,M pat.lr.i. 5 per sere; jJJ lately sold for 15 per net: Th. 'M would be about 0 acres on the .Ksc. . (i adimning Mr. Korke's and mr, noy.-- , . . , -. r I n il. eOVri is s nanusome sctie ior nunuins - , r . . .U - I J 1. mrrr lent SBO " grove ot toreai trees, ino iwni- , makes fine farm, and when Mr. Hoym cleared il would have tbe city m TM:"' if in f,-r this part separately, is 1S per scrtv nsi sndhairTh one year. Adjoining fcnd , sold from 830 lo 50 per acts, ummproveo. d0i"glin- JOSEPH B-mNTON,; .,. l. w n u...h 1.1. 1849. w natetga, . v. -i
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