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.A Family Newspaper Devoted to Politics, .giiciilture, Maniiiaotrares, Gommerc; aiid iscen
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fee SrftreUad ..titoniof Heart my Cnild.
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he brave and ptout of heart, mv child, '
I would (not have thee fear,
Tho' Btorras are shrieking iercc and wild,
' And aW kroxind ts drear. (
The lurid lighttilns'e threatening glare,
The ithupder's diemal crash, . -A - :
Are but the groans ofoundered air, ;
The jeleclric fire's tlash j j
And these',) although jfyey sometimes brave '
" Thejwortdrous might of pan,
.SeTve-pima8 faithful as the slave
That hoV3 at hit) command.
Tic brave oind ptout of heart, my child,
So travel you need not dread
The eyren jcharms that4iae l)Cguiled,
Those by fal.e pleasure load
To 'chanted proves, where 'every breeze
. Is marred by passion's breath.
And where) the foliage of the trees
Conceal jthe pangs, of death ;
STone but tilie feeble mind is lured
By guityy Pleasure's charms,
By braver earts joys are secured
"in Virtue's etcadt'ast arms,
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' Be brave atnd etout of heart, myjCliUd;
: When ot Life's troubled, sea,
tThe storing of sorrow, drear and wildj-
May h.ul their shafts atfthee,
Aifd pisappointment's troulbled waves
May wreck thy brightest hopes ,
Thy j'oya b buried deep rn'-gravea
s Where enidless misery gropes ;
But still hk brave tear caiinot drive
These evils from thy way.
To shun'tlfccm, you must nobly strive
; .In jltigh's determined way.
lie brave aind stout of hcunt, my child,
Shrink not, though dcatli be near,
I'd have nb thought ofthirie defiled
By! wretjhed craven Fenf;
I'd rather see thy life's blood -flow
From but thy. manly lieart.
Thaij.be compelled to feel and know
You played a coward's pnrt :
j For what is life? a mystift .thread '
Tlat biikds the Bqul to ilay ;
:f 'Tis severed when the soufj has fled
; To realms of endless da'y. ' ' .
mistcll
antous.
The Lost Bracelet.
Just one pen ay, if yc i; please, aia'am.
It iwjislthc day befonl t'ln-ist mas, and
late in t3ie afternoon, ia beautiful and
riehly drpssed lady was walking up
Broadway, with,, her arms laden with
brown reaper parcels. Hundreds of
people were i. Hurrying arong, jostiinp;
eaeh
the
othr u.i l hev paste I )uj and down
lerowdedi tnorouniiiaro : out -iier.
bright,. Uaniy lace was like a ray ot
sunlight in the; natberbiir .darkness of
the vvinferafU rnOon, and the owner of
the clattering shoes that had been fol
lowing b somo distanfo, took courage
fromj its nweet expression,' and put up
its modest plea for 'jusf one penny y
It' was a low pleading voice, scarcely
audible in the noise and bustle around
yet (the lady 'heaivi it, (br she turned
andjlookpfl an instant at the littlecrea
turer bcfdre.ber. 11 er scanty garments
were poflr protection liroia tlie frosty
a:r,j and her gloveless hand and pale
fu(4 looWed blue and pinched with the
cold; her miserable hood had fallen on
her
thoulderp and a pair of eloquent
ovds looked up into the lady s face,
while? with her stumpy . broom, she
-Mvept tile eross'in". !
'jNevei' mind,' said sle to li M-self, 'I
can. walk -home this poor- little thing
'. needs this uvorg than ,1 do;' ixnd she
dropped into the open palm before her
' I ' the only .(sixpence left. 'There child,
a mcny Christ ma to yon,' she said in
j x ' a sweet, sympathizing voice, which
made tb tears come into.thc dark eyes
f ' of the littlegirl, a she tried to. thank
l-:f : her. " '';' .' :j" '
It was a long walk t fiat the lady had
I before h'ir and tho omlnibusses rattled
I along with a p invoking enipty seat or
: two iusile, but her heaii t Was light and
L liappy vrith the little jsacrinVe which
, shtj! bad made,, and just as the jets of
gas begin -to blaze outi of the windows
she reacihod licr home. She had been
L : married! only a short; time, and she
looked around her pretty room which
her JiuejDand bad furnished for her in
,' their botrding house, she felt more than
i t ever grateful that Coil bad given her
i such a ttappy home. She had not re
moved ijtcr hat and cloak, when she
i heard bier husband's step in the hall,
and with a -smile and a kiss' sho met
j him at the doca. 1
'Whv Kate, how "tired you look
have you done a greatjj deal of walking
- J today?' '..I : v
i Kate Llusuedfa.nd sq-iled, but deceih
1 t ion was not part of her nature, and
, bhe replied : -: j
fYes, Henry, I walked all the way
: home.'.: " ' ''
You should not hayedono that,' said
I he, a little reprouchfuily, and then he
1 laughed! as, be continued : 'Did you
spend all your mony, so that you
. conldn't aft'ortl a sixpence to ride home
with?' , .',..; .'-.' ,?;'.-
Well, 1 suppose -I must tell,' said
Kate, with another blush. 'I did have
just one sixpence left, and was going to
ride up, when such a poor little girl- '
! 'JTeSjIthat's it, I knojiv what's coming.
TOWhy, liateyon mak4 the very mis
chief t'anong the poor people and my
pennies! they are tli most ungi-atefiil
aet in tte world.' e
'But,' said Kate earnestly, 'she was
Ruch a delicate; halkclothed, and, 1 am
afraid, l(ialf-8tarvedrHttle street pweep-
erTr- . '" - i j -
'Street sweeper,', and , her husband
held up! his hands in mock hon or; why,
Kate, they pick up handfuls'of money
in a day- and did yod walk homo,' and
give oiiio a whole siLKpenee.- ' Ohf bb,
what won't your inrjocent little heart
do next?' - - j :. :4LiwA.
Kate bore this quizzing very well,
u j aoout to reply, whan, on pass-
u, Buaaenly; '(Jhj Henry, my jjrace
let is goue-tour ifu last Christmas-
wUat,j all I da? - Where cap I have lost
'That is too bad,' said he .thoughtful
ly v but the next 'moment ne continued,
snruggrng up his' shoulders rnischiev
ously : '.iay. be some honest person has
picked h up. beeing the tears conje
into his wife eyes at this speech, lie
put bis arm around her and kissed her, I
with 'Never 'mind; though, 1 can icplace j
it some time.' ' ' .
digress yourself any more about brace j
lets and street-sweepers ; here's. your !
Chr.stmas irift, and the next time you
gnuyover u, u lug, uu i ;
go down town, get a pretty set of furs
with it.' Kate's band closed over a
hundred dol'avbill. !
rni l - f li i i .
l no aay alter nrtsimns sne was a
gain in Broadway, and, as she tvaspass-
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ing
by the -identical I spot where she
had given awa the sixpence, shejelt
her dress'pulled gently, and, . turning
around , she encountered the same little,
half-clad girl i
'I'm sogladthatyou've come, ma'am.'
said the child ; "you dropped this the
other day, and JL've been saving it for
you ever since and pulling something
out of her bosom, sjie put it into the
lady's hand Ilustilyjunrolling the bit
of newspaper, Kate Alair saw her
bracelet. What a triumph for herself
and for Henry:. 'Thank you, thank
you, my child,' she exclaimed, taking
the little bare hand in hers.
'I tried to find you that day,' said the
little child, 'but you went out of sight
so soon that I couldn't,' and, with a
bright face, she continued : 'I want to
thank you, and my mother wants to
thank you, -too., 'for 1 'didn't get a pen
n3' all that day until I saw you, and
that, sixpence bought the 'medicine
which is going to rrake her well.'
Kate's eyes glistnd as she heard
this, and thought of the temptation to
ride home that God had nelped her to
resist. 'Take me to your mother.' she
said, still holding tne girl s hand; 'such
honesty and thankfulness shall not go
unrewarded.
It was a pretty long walk away ov.
er near the JNorjh river, but they final
ly reached a tenemeiit house, in the base
ment of which the little gir. lived..' A
pale, sickly '-onian was lyiu.i on abed
in the single room yhich they occupied,
but she looked up eagerly as she bean!
the child's voice say, 'ilere, mother,
the beautiful lad- is come herself,'
Kate sat -down by the bodtido-and tent
her oar to a tale of want and privation
of which, she had never dreamed -and
leaving what little poeket-inoney she
had with her she promised to see her
again; then she started forher husband's
office. Mr. Alair was poring over his
account Look when 'Kate rushed, in
with bright eyes and glowing cheeks,
and holding up the bracelet before his
eyes, she exclaimed : 'See there. Henry,
that's what came of giving my sixpence
to the street-sweeper.'
' Her husband looked up, gad and sur
prised, first at seeing her, and then be
cause the bracelet -vas found, and he
listened while she told him her inter
view with the chi d and her mother. '
'And now, Henry I- -am going to ask
you if I'may do one thing 1 really do
not need so nice a- set of furs as you
have given the money for, and I want
to take some ot it to buy tuel and lignts
and provisions for these poor people ;
they bad neither coal nor candle,, and
nothincf but' a little cold cabbage Tor
their dinner.' "1
little wife tenderly; took her hand and j ) "Af a fi l The quinary tactics of partly fea'ch whose' cafdinat 'prTtycTpie shall'' be'' pursno that.patlii.Teootifiue- in 'on vn"tierTtfe--f ff o t -certift iowMie.
put something in it, closing the slender i t0Setncr, en more ninijjtnan Tie , discourage those hom-ctliey I To remove tn'efsriiedt of slaVcVr frbTif r :-biU, WwtverHta approaittgtor' lhao:er::fInchrihe
t 1,1 fi. . ,n I eomnact.of the Constitution itseiJ. has ?c :. . . - J . , J .. , ' . :. r' v L,.. i. r.. ? . . h.ii..s-
Henry shook his head, but it. was not j and unnecessary intrusion of the siavc
a very , negative shake 'Nobody can j ry question r.into party polities, has
resist you, Kate, said lie, smiling, -anu
von mav "?do as vou please with the
money ' Kate thanked him with her
moistened 033 more than with -her
voice, and as the door closed after her,
Henry said to himself, 'There :oes an,
angel? .and if ever that text, 'Ho that
givcth to tho poor shall not lack,' was
meant for anybody, it was meant for
her.' " ''
The little girfs mother did not get
well againj but before she died, Kate
told her about Jesus, and won lfer to
love and trust him, soothing her last
moments with . comforting, cheering
words. Even little Jane she taught to
say with faith, 'When my father and
mother torsake rue, then the Lord will
take me up.'
J3y-and-by Air, and Mrs. Alair went
to house-keeping, and they took little
Jane, now an orphan, to live with them,
and if there was one grace moro than
another that Kate prayed the child
might haye, it was that of charity ; for
Jane's growing beauty of character, arid
her constant gratitude, proved a con
tinual reminder to; her generous bene
factress of the sweet lesson of our Sa-
yiour s "it is raoro Dtessea to give
than to receive." j
Russian Statistics.
The population of the Russian "Em
pire is estimated at sixty-one millions
double that of France or the United
States. Of these one million are no
bles; twefre millions1 are commoners,
and forty-eight,, millions serfs." ; Ac
cording to the late laws in regard to
the emancipation of serfs, these forty
eight millions will in fifteen years be
free. Should the present enlightened
policy, which seems to influence the
Russian Government, continue to con-5
trol her councils', it is impossible to es
timate the advance in the arts, and
manufactures which the next quarter
of a century will chronicle. j
We suppose that the man who, in
the hour of danger, turns pale and
maKes nis "escape, may, .ne saia io
"come. ofT with flying colors?'
" Tin vou know. sir. iwliv Mrl -
hatchahg;ed his politics ?" ; '()Ht j
JMWva -;....,vu.j(Bs.i
- ana Peer W1U lur n' .-s.-.
Address of. the Rational Executive Com- party attachment is hejgenedl'y M?
mittee of the Constitutional ' Union ardor of expected successor ".iriftameij
Party, to the People of he . United bysthe zeal of opposition. ' But there
. States, i I4"' K' '- ' V are, nevertheless, junctures When hon
- The political aTpTtft of the country est-Wcd dt izens, vrijl .He plfeped,
fill, thrtuhlin miml wi th gainful a n-1 at an7 sacrifice of prejudice, . or:opm-
prehension. The people are every
where disturbed with the fear of some
i fr r i r ' : r i
disastrous crisis. Many are ' alarmed
f0T fa safety, of the Uniou, 411 are
conscious' that the sentiment of fm-
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been rudely shaken, and that discord !
crept into the relationahrp of com-
munitics which should have found, j
both in the interests of the, present j
and in the memoricrof the" pastjthe 1
stronrfost -motives for mntal
in
regard
ana commence. , . . i
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What has produced these general
and unhappy convictions?
It has been too apparent to escape I
the most casual observation that, for
some years past, there has been man
ifested a design, in the movements of
influential political leaders, to force
the country into an organization of
parties, founded on the question of
slavery. 4
' The first introduction of this stfbject
into party politics engendered a' con
troversy which has constantly inereas
ed in extent and bitterness, mingling
with, or usurping the place of all other,
political questions, and giving to thos'e
party politics a greater and more dan
gerous vehemence. Considerations of
the public welfare seem to be cast aside,
to make room for wider and more un
restrained contention on this single and
engrossing theme.
The two great parties in the coun
try (the Democratic and Republican)
have been the chief actors" in this fatal
contest, if not its authors. Whether
they have always exerted themselves
to allay the excitement to whfch it
gave rise, or, on
the contrary,, have
both of them occasionally employed it
for the, promotion of party purposes,
it is.not for "us" to determine. It is
fW ;t nf tt-.
people has been. 'industriously exe'r-
i'ioil Ktt tliii ("nntnst tn tlir efrvifp rf
sprt'innal' nittinn. and that in its!cica-e the volume of the proposed or-
progress the teaching of the father
,
of the republic,' the lights of history,
the landmarks of constitutional power,
have been renounced, our old and rev
erend traditions of policy spurned, ami
the welfare of the present and the
Hopes of the future been brought into
jeopardy in the alternations of pas
sionate challenge and defiance between
the angry disputants. '
It is not Our purpose to arraign or
denounce either of these parties for
their past errors or transgressions, but
Ave regard if a-s an indisputable fact
that by their conflicts they have been ;
niamly. instrumental m producing the
present lamentable state of affairs. It
would.be easy to establish this posi
tion by a, reference to the events in
the recent history of the country, with
which the public is but too familiar ;
but we purposely abstain from alf com
ments upon them, as inconsistent with
the limits of this address, and as tend
ing to revive controversies which it is
i.t object to-, allay. We will simply
state, that the one, by its'", frequent j
exasperated sectional feeling at the
North and increased the, growing spirit
of disunion at the JSouth, while tie
other has been prompt to avail itself
of these opportunities for anti-slavery
agitation. .
After having so long agitated the
country by their reciprocal assaults,
these parties are now preparing for a
sectional struggle far exceeding in vi
olence any that has yet occurred, the
results of which may be disastrous to
the countrv. , ,
As an indication of the character of
this struggle, of its objects and possi
ble consequences, we need only point
to the significant fact, that a conven
tion has been called by one of these
parties to select a candidate for the
office of Chief Magistrate of the Union
from which, by the necessary logic of
its construction, fifteen States of that
Union are excluded.
' Solemnly impressed with these facts,
a number of gentlemen -from different
parts of- the country, among whom
were members of the present Congress,
and of Congresses of former date, re
cently assembled in the city of Wash
ington to deliberate on means for a
verting dangers to which they may
lead.- '- f ;
It was the unanimous opinion of the
meeting, ,that immediate steps should
be taken to organize a 'Constitutional
Union party," pledged to support "the
Union, the Constitution and the en
forcement of the laws."
- This organization was accordingly
pnmmpneed bv the appointment of a
'Central Executive Committee charg
'eclwitlrthe general direction of the
party and with the preparation4 of an
arjdress to the people of the United
States. " ' l ,
' We &Td not assvire you, fellow citi
zens, that we approach" this task with
dinldence and anxiety. Ve are av.a.re
of the difficulty which attends the 'en
deavor,' at any'time,1 to persuademen
to aDanaon pomicui aiuclalous
eal wHlch'they . are allied, either by. inter-
- ""Vt,- v'" -"-ir. , V'-
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ion. to nerform this duty to theirorrn-t
try. It is;tlie policy of te domirian
parties to underrate tm realsiVenth
of those whom disapprobation, mdifler
ertice, or disgust force into the posi
tion of
cannot
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J-Puiut
at the numbers who 6c;cupy
on at all times, and more es-
i"j:z
a most in?f ntl1 PStr of the whole
If the investigation could be
made, t nerej is reason to oeneve it
, .v..
omu rehuitiu uiuUSU,g iu
iless than a million of voters will be
driven out of the. sphere of active par
ticipation in the coming election, ?
The old Whig strength of thecountry
will be found to furnish, no ' small con
tribution to this mass. Even thosa pf
that association who have .been, induc
ed to take sides in recent elections
with one or the other of the Opponent
divisions, acknowledge but scant feal
ty to their new leaders ; and the great
er number of them will, it is believed,
be prompt to .join their old comrades
in rallying to a conservative field to
fifjht a new battle for the cause of the
Constitution and the restoration of lost
harmony. . Large numbers of the old
Democratic party, who withdrew from
the line of march when they discover
ed it leading towards internal strife,
and the assault of the traditional poli
cy by which that party achieved its
former triumphs, would,, we have no.
doubt, supply a powerful reinforce
ment to the friends of the Union.
In the American part, to which
the breaking up of old organizations
gave birth, and which has been active
in the endeavor to establish an inter
mediate power between the contending
! "'iT lorces mat nave cugrQsseu me
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held, will be tounu a very large ele
merit of conservative strength to in
ran:zation.
If we add to all these that mass of
quiet unobtrusive citizens, who have
always shunned the turmoil of politi
cjal. Iffe. content to lotivc the destiny
of the country in the hand-; of those
who, in the ordinary condition of the
national progress, were most ambitious,
to assume its direction, and who have
reposed such faith in the patriotism of
their fellow men as- to feel no concern
in the question of supremacy of party,
but whom the extraordinary incentives
of a' crisis like the present must awak
en to the' resolve of an effort to pro
tect the threatened safety of the con-,
federacy, we have elements sufficient
by their combination, to form a great
party, to which additional strength
will be imparted by the exalted patri
otism of its'principles and objects.;
Moreover, it is. only just to the two
contending parties tcj say,, that we do
not despair of finding in-the ranks of
each, numerous individuals who, tired
of intestine strife, and alarmed at the
threatening aspect of affairs, will unite
with the only party which holds out to1
the country a prospect of repose.
Can it be possible that, with so glo
rious a cause before us, an appeal to
the patriotism of the land, founded on
such inducements as the present exi
gency supplies,, can fall upon unheed
inZ ears, or fail to rouse the national
heart to the great emprise of this com
manding duty,? Now,- when every
honest and thoughtful citizen, within
the broad confines of this Union, every
true son of the republic at home and
every brother of our lineage abroad,
is filled with dismay at the sudden rup
ture of the national concord, can it be
that the power which is able to pour
oil upon the troubled waters, and bring
gladness back to every good man s fire
side, will withhold its hand from the
labor ? That this generation of Amer
ican citizens, awakened by the clamor
that threatens the integrity of our
Union, and conscious of its faculty to
command the ending of mad debate,
and to re-establish the foundations of
a healthful, just, and benignant a'd
ministration. of the duties, and .benefits
of the Constitution, will play the slug-;
gard in this momentous hour, and in
cur the everlasting shame of passively
looking; on upon the demolition of this
fabric of : confederated States ? that
this generation will prove itself so false
to all generations to come as to permit,
when it has the"power . to t forbid, the
destruction of this glonou3 heritage
fso many millions of frefemen, with
such immortal memories "clustering a -
i round the path ol their hiatorywiUi
such grand hopes hovering: over thel
career before them, the central point
of so many blessings, the subject of so
many prayers of the enlightened hu
Tv,.-Tsi-tr.f-T fVi whole world ? - . i .
Lot all men reflect upon the incred
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neutrals m ponucai 'wartare. tneir lianas is to organize a narrv iwr you to ueteruiiiisi wueiner uu;iuf v jiTOteiiniv wurs - m,u iucc jw-
ist. -xui me met is ueraoTi- ineiu ena pa rev -mure ;?:. anu if avr smxicdl' hi v u.mw, -icu5 ymuc miucui. )nvj .tv
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ma$f of lawabidlrtg cittzeril arelpok
iBe'irittawaiejnent;.;
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ible.folly of our quarrel, ! H ed dj, jne country. ; 3 3v
Th eounrry i wromrht into a tem-j .Xhefher any othr priiples. thao.
pest of excitement ' Two great'polit-1 those we have enumerated, . shall be
ical parties are con tendingfor wistery, ', enunciated, infill be, for the. Conven
Both are infuriated with a jrge thattfoh toj determine. 'PlatTormsaye,
Ktor, rWn1 ATtremes-r -Tbeat been so-TreQUentl3f:emploW
tie Bjepublic, iucji jwman paions
havenot created, ina TrHcfiutnant
wisdom xmayr not prevent. - ,
CW5 lite pointed out the chief solfrce
of. the .prqserii fagitdtioriand. thmk'y e
nl'BuficJerjLtfy fihqwn that.jieither of
.in.
the.two, pajrtie wpq are .bottt seekm
only wav to rescue tl)e country from
ii?ttheindependent- control- of -the i
States tawhich-it exists,- and ..totha
unbiased action of the. judiciary; ;:jrH
To remove all obstacles trom the duo !
and faithful execution of the nrovi-1
sions, for the ! rendition of fugitive
- . - -A I
slaves"; " '--''"'. j '
To cultivate and expand the resour
ces of the country by such protection
to every useful pursuit and interest as
is compatibles with the general welfare
and equitable to all ;
To maintain peace, as far as possi
ble, and honorable relations to all na
tions; , -
; To guard and enforce the suprema
cy of the laws , by an impartial and
strict administration of the powers
granted by the Constitution ;
To respect the rights ami reverence
the Union of the States a3 the vital
source of present ;peace and prosperi
ty, and surest guarantee of future pow
er and? happiness; -
To teach reconciliation, fraternfty
and forbearance, as the great national
charities by which the Union "r is ever
to be preservejl, as a fountain of per
ennial blessings to the people.
Let these principles be taken to the
hearts of those who pledge themselves
to the support of the party, "and let
them actuate their private life as well
as their public; duty
To promote th'.s movement, meas-i
ures snouia be auoptea witn as nttie
delay as possible, such as will afford j
an opportunity to the party to exert
a controlling influence on the approach-
ing ejection, .ami to select canciiaate.s
upon whom its vote may be effectually
concentrated.:
To this end we propose that a Con-
ventkm be immediately held in -eah ;
Sif.jfci u4i'oh (clinll n ccnmai t liA rlntv m
uuuic, "luni ns- ;v. i
embodyine the. whole conserv
strength of each in such form a
make it most effective:
That each of these Convention shall
make a nomination of two candidates'
for the Presidency, (omitting to nomi -
nate a Vice President,) to be selected
from those most eminent and approv-
ed in public esteem, one of which can-
didates, at least, shall be a citizen of
some-other fotate tnan mat. in wnicn
c u c., i,..,,- ii.tsw.',
he is nominated : '' " ' -
That' these two candidates from each
State shall be submitted to the con
sideration of a General Convention,
to be assembled at Baltimore, at a
time that shall be designated "by-the
National Executive Committee, which
General Convention shall be empow
ered to select from the whole number
of the nominations transmitted-to- it, : ent tieht of the State was creat-ed uti
a candidate for President and Vice I (er our present system of taxatl'of
President, a3 the candidates of the
I Constitutional' Union party
That this General Convention shall
consist. of a representation from eah
State, com
posed of the same number
s as its representation in
of members
the two houses of Congress : v
Thatthis representation of each
State chosen either Irtthe State con -
vention itself, or in such other manner
as such Convention, m view of the
shortness of the time for the proceed-j
jng, may appoint.
A Convention constituted in accor -
dance with this plan, we think, would
be satisfactory to all parts of the coun-
try, and altogether competent to thei
duty of a discreet and judicious selec
tion of candidates. The people, who
have so much reason, in their habitual
experience of the insufficiency of Con
ventions, to feel no little distrust of
these bodies, might prefer some other
mode of nomination, if a better could
now be adopted. But in the present
emergency,' when delay would render
any attempt to make a nomination for
the coming election useless, we are
persuaded they will acquiesce in -the
piau prupuecH, . me uvb we nmc
win auow. pucu .a wjDTeuvion m
avoi
d some of the objections to,, which
the ordinary land accustomed composi
tion of Conventions is exposed. It will
be eonfined to thesirigle duty of - se
lecting the candidates from a number
ber of eminent-citizens presented by
the several States as worthy of the
first office in the Government ; and it
Trilk most
tcurring Opinion
veritionsOB favor of One or more mdi-
vidual?; a useful guide to the most ac -
ceptable-tiomination. And as it- will
' be restrrctediin its choice to the names
- i presented, it will underno crrcumstan-J
v I g nffond th nnblic. wish bv KleetifiPM
- ! candidates unknowii to, or nnrespect -
1 , .1 .
- j shallow; leyices , of, party; deception,
have come to bedewed with
j; hv thp nAonle. We know of
1 . . -
toratlon of peace-and harmony to ,ajt oeenyotrferwiser wie hfidntl loll
divided iind distracfecdicauntry, and no fia'mustlisite1 Dferi increaSetf Veictf
platform 'moret'ccxTptablo td' "every fold Tustea bf fbhfold . v!But rot4l
true'' patriot than , 1 'the . Union, the I if-adhering totn'o satbe policy. ujitiT
Gonjtitution, and Ve. ff ccia.eotof he debt la pah! which -existed whin, W
the laws." : - -. ; ls.wa3rinitiated, there appears "tprneNor
Fellow-citizens, the task that ltas'ilbe a peculiar appropriatchcwn'lnai:-'
evied from its porilotas position . It isTilerelopmentif 'wealth in 'Otif Stated
vlawry buWt.a tp a lirjfgthat was valuable before they ratjtke
cessation, cf stnie bMMot Atcwyavmiable that whwirvvas' unprontajpio"
ration of harmony; "?r ; , ; ,
, W ashd.qion, h ioou. rw
JOHNJ.CVRirTNTiENT.
-' ' : . '.1
-WILLIAM" C. RIVT&VVa.-,
, WASHINGTON UK NT. N. Y.,
WILLIAM A. GRAJilAM, N. C,
HENRY 31. FTLI.KR. Pa:
- JOHN P. KENNEDY Md:. !
HENRY Y. CRANSTON, R. I., ,
ALEXANDER 11. EOTELER Va..
JOHN A. ROCKWELL, Ct.,
JOHN WHKELER.lV t.
J. MORRISON HAERIS, 3Id.,
LEWIS CONDICT, 3? J.r " "
"CHARLES M. CONRAD, La., -
MARSHALL P. WILDER. Maes.. ',
JOSHUA HILL, Gal.
JOSEPH N. SNYDER. Ohio,
WILLIAM TEMPLE, DeLrM - 1
JOHN DUNHAM, Conn., ..
JOHN A. GILMERi N. af
C, C. LATHROP, Pi, ' '
R. W, THOMPSON;! Ind.r
N. W. SHELLY, Aii,
GEORGE BRIGGS-,-N.'".Y.,
. WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW," Tenn ,
WILLIAM L. TOOliE, Iowa., '
JOHN WILLSON, 111.,
' JERE CLEMENS, Tnn.,
E J. WHITLOCK, Y -
Committee
FRANCIS GRANGER,
k
Chairman National Whig Executive Com. ' ;
JACOB- BROOME.
Chairman Nat. Auieriann (Executive Com. ft
From the Franklin Qbscper, ;
Advalorem Taxation 4. , ?
ip '..".t-.fi
The change proposed to be made iff
0ur revenue laws, and the change nf 1 1
cessarv thereto in oUr State (Jonstiti
tfon, must be considered in the ligSi
0f a practical question, and all the c4
ieetiohs to such a 'Ichange should ft
airiy mct whether such objection
; may appear to us frivolous ' or othet
'wise. We have admitted that o'i
Constitution ought hot to be tamper
wit.h for slight, or transient causeaR
T.l 1. .1 il..,i
uut u nave smjm Luat t,a.aioH
;s -hnt thev have af nht to CxTreert1
j levying taxes, and that-under the pri
! sent Constitution,' equality, or as iuli
j commonly called thn? ad valorem praf
i 0ple cannot be adopted, and theref
j the change in the Constitution is Ju:
-Us necessary as the change in,o?
i '- -.is- t " i 1 v
revenue system. Me nave aiso nt
ticed the objection, :that such achah"
Fpuld add to the strength the easter'
portion of the StaKe' already ha's!
the Senate of bur-'State Legislaturef
i shasi now consiner an oojcction
1 this reform, which
appeared- a fem
weeks ago, in tlie If Urn ingten.Jtotdh
n ai :
--'
vThe position takep is, that the prei
j in should be paidrlunder the samdd
land if ad valorem taxation 13 "to 1-?
j adopted as the true policy of the StaUl
j jt -should be deferred until' the debs
j contracted under OTsjr" present s
j are discharged. This view of th
ysMi
the sir;;.;
i ject may be correct, but if .so, I ait
knowledge my inability to sompreae
lf. .'Piie"'circumstaic:e that fives viti
; itv to this Question! the .fact that h
' given prpmineyceljb the. subject
taxation in our Staie, is the creatic$;
!pfan enormous State debt, whm
;ery few years! To pay .the intercJ'
upon that debt se-nii-anriually, and 'f
provide for the liquidation of the pri
cipal as ip tails duei is the great tmaf
cial question for ourl consideration an;
immediate action. Remove this necefi
sity for , increased taxation,' 'and afr
though tho principle of .ad yalorc)
taxatron would remain true, it3 nnpo?-
tancc'would sink into comparative in
significance, j 1
After the' disease is removed, -vt?
should care bqt littfe about the reme
dy. But if this:viqjw of the subject
correct, everv mi fc" our Leeislatursl
revising our revere --laws, from' tp
creation ot tlie State jtieDt to wie pir
sent time, has been wrong. ? Uur bfc
. began to accumulate when our s
tern oi internal improvement commecf-
ed in 1849. At.thkt time, tw we hafb
Bhown heretofore, ur feveri.uep;we'c
derived from taxes on real estatd d
polls, together tritl a srnall tax ori:a
few other subjects!! IVow n.the ea5
i.iL-:i l;t" it-l"!;
hte continued oni the ,8am4,iu
Hhat .were then taed and no otuerfc,
increased onach of them jo 40
1 sarae ratio: Instead of that however,
yTQ find the next Legislature, and -M
m,Wp
1 ?ects of -taxation, arid-incfe"a?5neris4
. . .
amount' levied - on all- subject wKh
but 4 i ttle regard. I o the relivept
portions that had been observed hefq'je
the creatiou of the debt,,', IpdeedVJp
radical havebeen. he changes,, il tt
largely, over naif the "articles, of. pro -
! ertv now taxed in our , tare . we.
i never ' embraced In any;4 royenue ' 1 1
ten Veura ar0. not nerhana tnousuww
( .
ative meet the necessarT demands of ok
s eIuU ; Statej is a 'matter tif momentous" c.9'
r J sequence : to 'our people, :that ' caua'lltle"
Ihe deht. The delit yas ' created for
tthe- ititemal improterhen"tr ,nd1,othet'
J-jfnHhejH fttlrati-capijal $ft4;
enierpriz Trom-am?tancy, uu3-caus-
dads pnd ?mportant ,,worlcs'-pas $ tO"
.'out-strip the les favored; potttoTtS-pT
rfthe estate, in the afquisitiou-ot wtmiMT
, and in the! general progress of huhflaii'
''improvement; ,J " ' :
; Ip Tfiese adttntages ae the direct -re-f-insult
Oi that leg!slaUonT11i?ne
tour State to be irtdeht, hnd snaliiot
MthoseKvho eniov'them'hssist:ih riavirtsr
tnar aeoc in proportion to Tne vaae
of their -t property even - 'though i suitor
property hid 'no existence Until ateV
the debt was contracted ? And indeed
the iler of real estate lfas it td ldoC
If his lands are increased in valueifmir
fold He Mi taxed oh it accprdjnglyi
But if the lave property is equally1
enchanced in value, ho change is to ho
made as to its tax until the debt
paid and the necessity ; for increaked
taxation shall have passed away. i ,No
-r-If ad yaldf'eni taxation is" 'incorrcci"
in principle, if it be not tlie tini poli-'
cy oi aoriu vyaTuiina to wvuer vut--zens
in proportion to the taifrej of
their - property , this should be shQ w tf
by meeting the' direct quefrtionlrtd
showing its injustice, unfairness W
whatever other unfa vorable-beafifi it'
would have on ourcitizen,s. ' If onho
other harld;it be .the -true policy of!
out State, and the-correct 'pf'incrploT
taxation,"-then we ought to adopt'if
-and we should have
it now'" Noii-is?.
the-time its benefits woukj-'he felt:r
J Arid if the Constitation stands"ih vthe
wayof its adoption now -then no H'
the time to remove therestrietiorrlrom
the - Constitution. ' And if thepotfstM
thtion cannot be changed in 'aWomlftt,'
and ve must - wait the regular course"
of - thrngs; fifrst to hangd the"!
tion and' theft to arrange -Hiff details'
of a revenue law on'principUs'ofequ-1
ality at' all ? -events, now is he time
to. begin. TBegift the reform noT?', tar
ryitout-aS speedily- as the nature. of?
the case tvill admit, and the end will
be attained two years sooncfthai it
can-be if put off for tho present. We"
can gain nothing by patiently waiting.
Time will no I effect the change. - The'
issue must be met. Action -is netes'--sarV,
and the chances of success are as'
favorable if we prcs-tho question
lienceforth afl tliey -aTe likefy to'hf if :
we defer iFtcJ a future occasion. tP
riv '-'nLMA"0OK;i-'
. IA Coiuuetor Sald,.
j Tf-yS
Conductors 'pL railway, passenger ,
trains iiee-abuut as muchtulife,-,ad
J come in contact with a greater vanity
of .character, thari , almost, any.oUc,
class, of men. -Often tinjes he pu4? .
nd'litt!etroublo by thoie who-patron .
lze his train, and, no. matter- whether
1 it is -iomc dissatisfied. , s,ourcaane
t old maul, wlip would monopoliser
nis aitention r vgy n .iA-jw-
teen; vnth . .y .iOjtv oi - a.Vpug-f i(jC;tl
dirty polfdle that , wants watervricU f
she. tlitis, liim ir;duty. houri'tt3i5ittpr
plyj he. .inust preserve, juis cquanimky
ami Jje excccedingly polite. , , It soinc
lime.r happf-na, however, that- some
rouch hewn specimen of humanity an
swer to the call "all aboard'Jkfcj Uk-
ing hb seat in a car, with whotnj he
thir.ls he can take some liberties. We ,
have a .case in jKunt : - , 1 r. .
lS';t long since, a' rough-looking per r
sonae entered a second class 'tnii on
one of our trains and with a self-sat isr
tied air, z
appropriated a scat. When t
the Conductor applied to him for hU.
ticket, apd whenever he passed thrpugh
the car, ihe unknown gentlemaajiad
a thousand and one unirapprtaht.an
noying qucstious to, propoundr to all '
of wbjchras was fxpectecl,'the Con-,
ductor made a respectful reply, JJy-and-by
the trainKivas, stopped at;o
unusual 0mend" place,rftnd theXonr
ductorufriedihjough to tlie engine
to j earn. the. caiiae.. Ashe paiscd the.
traveler the latter seized hold of Jiiw
arid said-h-"j say, cap'nf where 4o
you water your horse agatuT'-r'? We,
water the horses about nix miles above
here nd the jackatses abiut twenty'
miles "'beyond," impatientl? replied the
Conductor Wellf" aul tho stran
ger as he drew bis tickler, lyoh'4 bet
ter take a drink noR fori I -idoa'i b'
lieve you can hold ? ou t - till yon gct
there."? The passengers alhreottd
roared at the reply; while the Conduc
tor firidinn- he had A waked Hipi'tbe-
and fairly struck'
a snag,V raised the bottle; to his lips,'
and after pretending to armic return
ed it to its owner and beat hast jr roi
treat-Ju&wtf America: u a Jt
j j"
j Q
fe in 'tbe inornlrie aa - at ' night,4 be-
caustyiieJs let out at night and taken
"rhis horfcather is verr' trivrp in-
deo'despccially to fatfq!k".;.
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