1 And "love
i That in all ou'rafter.years.I
Qfsjutns iioted'.dowrr on the lrgpre
E,
i.'-’am‘:o.‘}.- ' '
I
. f :‘ lI.l-ll...’~’‘3.-‘‘.lt'i‘.‘.S-.
Uh, tliere is a d‘r"_e'riV.ru[,‘i‘_ early'yo
‘it’ it ri'éiti2r, curries agtriri ; .;, . '.
‘ a.xrurrr.~s A
ti't'l_i‘,
*'I,‘is,a vis_ioi_r of ‘ligli‘r,'-of"-—|ifc, an
‘-',1‘h;’_it~fiits across the ‘bra-iii A: ,
istlib; 'tli‘crii'§.O'f_ll1'r1l early d r
,, So wild, so warm-, so new,
' deem
'I‘.liat‘early ‘dream tvetrrtie.
.'0h, that-eli§_ a 'drej§i_lll':t:i_‘l"t_llatiir'er years‘,
'-More 'turb"til'eii_t far ; . _ ,
’Tis a visioti'of bl't_i'o‘_rl and t'vornan?s' fears,‘ :
-{For the rrlsme ,of_‘_t.l,i§i‘t_ trlesln is war!_- . _
’ ‘ n_,lltle:liel_d,ofdatigel* aifd d’e'at,li, ‘
e,.:.rirri_r,‘ -
-.
bind we'toi,l'i
; :And slrotit in the battle ariay, _
,' Till we find that fariie‘isa‘bodyl,ess breath,
i',“Tliat_ vaiiisltelh swiftly away‘.
Oh, tl_ier,e is a _dt‘eil.lI‘l of hoary age,’
"Pls a_ vi"s'iou of gold in stor;_e-f-—
i d page, _
'To be counted o’or_ and o’er ; ‘
And wejfondly trust lr_i, _our glittering dust;
-, As a refuge front grief”-iiid pain, ,
Till our"lirhbs are laid on the last dark bells
”Wliere the wealth oftlie“ivorld is vain.
Andis it thti_s, frotn man’: birth to his grave,
_ In the path wliich-we ggll are treading ?
Is. there ilouglit.iri.tliat l_o‘rig career to,sa.ve_
,. Erotii £eri_ror'se and scl'l'-tipbi'aidiiig’?
0 yes, rlier鑧 a" drcrittr so pu'r‘e_, so briglit.-, “
,Tltat the being to wliorrrit is’ given, I
Hath bathed in~a sea ofliviug light--—
, And the theme ofthat (lrt’éIln I-lcaven.
-Frtom 'i"t't—ia cttitisariltrv‘ SPEC’1‘A'l‘0R..
’I'Ml_"I‘.~S,‘-._'.l‘ION WAVERLY NOVELS.
' 't~bs_ci.un=l;ll.
.— -.,Of the six Novels before its, the first two,
issue have arranged them, belong to the pe-
riod‘:of'tlie revolu'tior‘i ; the treat -two, to ‘the
era ofwitclicraft', and the \Vlllld(_3|‘ll'IgS Oflilng
Charles’ judges; and the last two, tothe days’
ofthc -Pilgrims. These three periods have
been pointed out by the North Atiiericari Re-
“ viewers, as abounding in all the materials of
historical romance ; -and the inaterials which
they are supposed to afford, the writers utider
review.have'attempted to collect and to em-
.body. And we are bold to say that they have
attetirpted it to little purpose. _
. In resp'ect~ to the interest oftlie narrative,
and the skill with which the plotis conducted:
and the power andvividness of the execution,
-.']_‘m,; Pi‘.;,o'r” is unquestionably superiorrto
all its competitors. It is evidently written
fr-.itli care, and by. a man of very corisiderablc
taleiits. The action is ‘rapid and varied, giv-
ing the author an op_portuiiify of (lesI‘rll)lllg, in
the history of a very few days, sea-figlils, and
ierupests, and a shipwreck, and thetavltrng of
it whale ; -.r!lt'vliich are so well done, that we
sliotrld lr-.rvu-kriotvn, even‘ ffllié had not _intirn- »
atedlit, that he has “ seen 11 wlialc.” Besides
this we have the cotnnion~pl-ace riratters of a
novel, such as mistakes and disguises, strata-
gems and counter-stratagetiis, the w_lirsperru,,-
of lovers,’ and the listeiiiiig ofspies, iriipi‘isoii-
tnents and es°capes, ntiexpected distress, and
:‘i_ril'ioped for deliverance ; all so craftily woven
together as to create a deep and feverish in-
forest. But the proper way oftcstiiig the
merit of such a work, is to rerun-ii‘ to it again
and again, after the interest oftliestory is
éxlia'tisted,a'rrd thus to study the skill with
wliicli cliafacters tire dra'wn, and the consist-
éncy with which ‘they are sustained. The
‘Waverly novels will stand this’ test, and at ev-
ery new perusal disclose njew bearities. Brit
he wlidapplies it to the Pilot, will find that tho’
its author has been retiiarltabiy successful in a
fewicaricature delineations, his other cliarac-
ters are failures almost equally rctnarltable.—
His two h'ero'mes- are astoiiisliiiigly affected
and _riniiiterestirig, and though they are fairly
inatched with their lovers, we can see nothing
about them except it be the “thirty thousand
dollars,” that could tetnpt a discreet baclielor
into roatritnony. Nor is he more fortunate
in his only historical personage—tlre pilot,
alias Mr. Gray, alias Paul 'Jones,—-a silent.
starclied,tnystery-loving man in a ‘pee jacket,’
who always comes just when he is rirost need-
ed ; who always does just what nobody else
could do, and who bears even less reseinblancr-.
some Paul Jones of history, than the Mr.-
iiiarper whoifigures in the Spy does to Gen.
'iVashington. It would be no doubt a very
useless question to ask this writer, whether he
can do nothing better for his corintry and for
the world tliaii to inditc such novels; and we
shall therefore content ourselves with suggest-
ing to hitri that his style betrays a continual
effort to be sinart‘, and that it were better for
him, ifliewill write, to say what he basto say,
without trying to say it so exquisitely.
“ Sarafoga” is a plain old-fashioned regu-
l'arly coiistructed novel, with a hero oftlie Sir
Charles-Grandison scliool—-the pink of corn-
tesy, the mirror of soldiership, perfcc|,in forrir
and feature, iioblein spirit, brave, and gener-
ous, arid‘ onafl'ected', breaking no hearts, utter-
iiig no profaneiiess, figlitiiig no duels. It gives
ns'the cot-rrtsltip of three pair of lovers, all of
whotn are .happily niarried-—as all lovers
sliould’-.b_t{;--iitaa-r the close of the second vol-
time. It iiifrodttcres its to British officers anti
i-evolritioriary patriots, to Molrawlts and qua-
Iiers, to I-rish emigrants and Ainerican refu-
gees; btit without producing". any very vivid
i'rtiprcs‘sior‘i‘oftl:e. scenes wytlt winch it is de
signed to at-qiiai-rit‘us. 'I‘bc author has mani-
fested his discretion by leaving. outall the un-
portaiil liistorical pt’.l'S'OflElg8$ of the period
Vvlrich-rlrc des‘cribr-s, with the single exception
of Benedict A~rnold,r who is“ iiitrotluccd into
only one short scene ;-—.-in which {aspect the
autliorof the Pilot tiiiglit profit by ll'lS’6X‘Hlll
ple. He has inanifested his decency by- leav-
ing out all-that profane vulgarity wliicli is so
abutidzint ill-'I‘lle Pilot. He has tiizrrrilbstetl
his respect for religion by leading his hero .o
talk and act like a Clirisliair, over the couch
oftlie dying ;—=-‘anti ilie moral t-ffcct of his
work icon the whole,-pcrliaps, as good as may
be ex‘-'pect‘etl in a work of this nature. It may
be less popirlar titan the Pilot, but it is at the
riarne time less‘ periiictotis in its tendency.-
And we will venture to add that in-other re-
spects it need not slirink hour the comparison.
If it exhibits fewer fiiglrt:-r of geiiiris, It never-
theless display s'rnoi'e,cor_rcctness of taste. 11
it presents’ less-to awaken admiration, it pres-
ents less also to occasion disgrusl. Born are
respectable wlleii cotirpai'ed with‘ Ol‘(lllIa'i'y
rrm'eI.s ;-= and both, when placed by the great
rnandard after whicli-'tliey were inodctleu, are
lost in their own itisig-irrlicatice. The ‘author
ol7Saratoga- has had little occasion, we be-
liere, torl.e'nitoi;-icatetl \lll._ll-tile popularity or
r
r :I‘ll6'll6X._I:_I'i0()l{'
I lbuoks. f1‘.he'gije
'- All iiiltintvitrclis, ahlliprorligiiius t'hiiigs';__
.-.. ,» . . '. ~r--. -
, and we would not raslily set ltniits to her fe-
_ l,h_.is prodttfcjioln as-lie seems to_be"aV mr_i_n
« § ‘=ofbon‘sirlbi'al)l,e’$eri§é,i\ve‘lTo}')'é;liQill3}’_ :59.’ P91“
{§_tiad‘e'd ‘ftd. ‘éii‘g‘a[”g‘e' ,.in'j’scine ‘ bdbupatifih‘, .tn'ore_
usefrllf-_‘to' so:t:,i;e‘t.'yv,,.:t‘llan .tli'c‘ \.m._altllfacl“llre.',‘ul
novels "eve-gr;w.a's,por—caiif:be.;‘;;;“ ' '
A " “u is "l-.;.rr.~.a.r"=r.I‘p-..a5r'3s.4 Wlilrlys
i F‘ '1',/tc ‘S]15_f’_:l,“fff€_ of ,tIte__1"(:ir'e,9t,7;’»l§s".,l° OUT ilppfe:
ltensioii, lire riiiost cotrteriiptiblé ‘6l”;8ll Plfislble
at poetfha,'s 'said,.th_at
' ' ~ I ’ . _ i
0 Nature bi'e‘erls peryerse,
\ V . . . ,”.
cntidity iu_tl’iis respect; but 8l,l?|' _}’_3_.“'"l“ll 3“
t-he stupidity, and l'narvcllmg at_t_lie ignorance
- and alrsrrrrli‘tv, ofthis book; i we were frilly of
opinion that “,.tlre_ force of 'rratiit’e could no
(Mme; go)’. If we. thought any good could
come of U. tntirnatton, we would gladly sug-
gest to the autltor, that General ~\‘\ iti. G‘r‘."flt=
was ‘,al_roeetlie'r"a‘ different being frotii Iris
‘ “s-pectre’.’——a_ tiislli of more dignity than it-
ruli about by night in a fool’s dress, frighten
iiig wttnferi and children out ofthcir little wits,
and a man or more sense than to thrust his
head in every where, to the iniminetit danger
of_his' own safety and the safety of all his
' frierids.
'I‘he " Witch qf'.N'(='to-England” is foumletl
on the satire ll_lsl0l‘lcEtI _facts_ with The Spectre
. of the Forest. lfwe were to instiltjlea stat
comparison-between the authors ofrhesc two
works, weinrglit say that the former has more
' mint], and the latter more t’:o'rl'ectiiess of in
formation—the former srriiietiiiies succeeds in
producing a passage of cnritparative interest
and power, the latter presents one dull, dead
' level of stupidity—the latter disgusts us by
bctrrryirig so i_iiiperfectr1n acqttaiiitance with
_ the scenery and manners he professesto de
scribe, the former arnuses us by his complete
and perfect ignorance of the same—-the for-
mer seems to have _wrought in all the undi-
gested historictil fragriients wbicli ho had
chanced to find either in the newspapers or in
the “Colombian Preccptor,” the latter re-
tainstlnougliout, ifwe riiistake not, the pe-
culiar graces ofbis own style and diction-Atlre
fortirer excels in syntax, the latter in orthog-
rapliy--tlie fortticr might write a bertt-_r_t_rook,
the latter has done his best, we. believei-'-liis
worst, we are sure——-we should be at a’ loss‘ to
recomrnerid the latter to any criiploylirerit ~;——-
the former, after a little more attention to the
spelling book, rriiglit tiiztke it decent school
uiaster. At any rate we dcsiretlrat both may
suspend the writing of “l\ew-England Ro-
inanccs,” atlr-ast enough to learn that thr-
’Ptl't'llal)S of Ncw~England were not “Pres-
'byterians.”
“ Hobomoc” is a book oftio great pretensions
and of some literary merit. The author has
laid his scene, in the very earliest p-.-riod or
otir history, at Saletii and Plyrrroutli. W
cannot say that he is.t-ntirely ignorant of the
Prlgritns; bttt we do say that he seems to us
like one of their dcgt-rrer-.lte desceiidaitts-.—
While he speaks oftheir cliaracter in the lair-
gnage of respect,lie eritcmiiris no sympathy
_with their spirit, and disguises not his cori-
tcmpt of their prniciplr.-5.
The “ Pee}: at the Pz'lgi'tms,”—if we may
judge not only by its crirrrson back and curi-
ously mottled covers, brit by the whiteness of
its paper and the elegzitice of its typography,
was designed to make a figure in the world ;
wliicli design, we must say, lias cmircly l'oilctJ.
Aside from its mechanical executirii the book
is in no way reriiarltable, unless it be for the
ten with a pectiliar interest on the business or‘
eating and drinking, as if each repast here. or
all hutnan transactions the tiiost worthy to be
recorded in his narrative. 'I'lie hero of the
story is landed at Plymouth ; and after stay
lug there long enough to fall in love, and to
become acquainted with the colony, goes to
Boston, to New York, to Saybrook, to the Pe-
qriod war, and gets back just in time to be
rrrarried , in the last chapter. The author
seems pretty well atqllitlllled with the history
and local antiquities ofNew-England, but in
describing the Dutchmen of New-Amsterdam
he places rather too implicit reliance on the
authority or tlieyudicious and accurate Knick
crbockcr. Our advice to him is that he keep
his " urrfitiistred matiuscripts” nine years ;———ar
the end of which period he will be in tho
corn-s_e ofrrature nine years older than he now
is, and if he is three ycarswiscr, he will be too
wise to publish another such book as the Peep.
Our readers have seen by this tiuie, that we
are not oftlie number of those wlio_tnake a
principle of praising every American book,
good or bad, for the sake of encouraging A-
rucricati Literature. We wish well to the
literary character of our trlraracter, atiu were-
joice in its rapid itnproveincnt. But we doubt
whether the literature of the United States
will advance nrore speedily to a poitit of high
respectability if
“ Every driiice whose fingers itch to write”
isto be daubed, as soon as his book comes
forth, with the uriteriipcred mortar of an uti-
discrirninaliug praise, than it will it the book
that deserves applause receives it, and the boon
that has no merit is neglected and coridcrtineu
We believe rliat the growth of our literature;
will be more healthtul, it not riiore I'alJld,o'Vh(:'ll
reviewers and declartuers shall let alone wha-
rS to be, and apply themselves to render (luc
jlI§llCB 10 “Hill. I5. !‘I WCBIC RS W156 I0 lllflf I'\
out the path ofari unborn meteor, as to de-.
scribe the orbit in which gcriius shall move.
Wlren genius appears among us,we shall know
it ; lot‘ it will need no declairuer to ‘puffit into
notice, and in reviewer to direct its aim.-
When genius appe-.rrs‘, it will shine with it.-
own glory-—tt will lollow its own direction;
and till-it appear, let us ivait in patrcuco loi
its coming. W lint good have tire'Nortlr Am.
ltevicwers done by llltflt-‘ repeated declanra
«ions outlie aduptedtiess or our history to Hit.
prirpriscs of poetry and romance 3’ have they
called lorth trre man who could realize lilo
glowing prcturt.s'~ot5 lllt‘lt' fancy ?—Wliat then
has been the result Why, such books Eh the
novels bi fore us have come tip on the breadth
oftlie laud like the frogs of Egypt. A
After having sard=atl this, we srmll not be so
‘inconsistent as to‘say that our lirstory is not
‘adapted to the purposes offictiou ; tor rtwoulo
be as presumptuous to l-irnit the creations or
-geriius as it is idle .to direct tliern. But we
occur it ueitner inconsistent nor presutriptu-
ous to say, that before otir liistory shall be suc-
cessfully wrought iirto-fiction, some ni-aster
spirit inrisrarise, who shall " attain totlre first
truce,” and rank, at the I0\V€Sl’,—\V‘ll-ll H.-oiiicr,
-and Milton, and Silakspear-e. The iiatiotial
poetry of airy p€Uple_CDll:llSlS in their natroiial
rcelings and national l‘eC0lI8CllUl13.‘ In Eng-
land and Scotlatirl',_an_d"in ‘all the nations or
like old world, thc._e t't:GUllecll0Jl8.a!'€ such as
fact that the iiiitid ofthe author ,Se9_mS to fiass»
fiction. The poet,gather's,lfiS_1it3l6l‘l1IlSf __
the tprarry, and shapes tl1;l¥m’i1l"ll}ll.5, Wlll- 30¢‘
ottnliisttirv afi:ofd§—‘:ll0~q!l3l'l'Y—°ffilde and ‘mi
— sigliitly forrirs.’ -swam ‘.sc'ulPl°r,.-0.0"“. .°ll.i§.f=l-1
the _lliecirc;;ali Vélius i_nt,ol1_ _It.rst.r_e=._'¢=',.!..lt:,,-?.r.i.=,I_l .b.e'=%ll-:-'
ty 2-or shape tli_e-Byelfldéle ..A-P°ll°~g.l°.lllef
image ofa noblef-'maflllll°,55 -9 "K _-i . "
We do not say_—?.5.5.‘.'?l.l-‘- ll3.l/3 .’,§i|l<.l"-tlllill
orrr history is too. plain, too much a— matter of
"fact, to be rpoetical or. roiiitintic. Our. opiu-
ton is altogetherthe reverse of this} fililérl-V
lean liistory istoo poeticalfor poetry, too ro-
mantic for romance.’ The p_liilos0py ‘Of ‘ll?
fact istliis. 'The‘p‘oet‘aud the roinaiicer, if
they are to be successful, ru‘n_st transcend‘, or
at least, come tip tothe _pf§Vlv0ll5_C°“_°°P“9“5
of their readers; and our history is already so
abundant ifl lltigh and thrilling recollections,
that it seems to be incapal>le‘0f ll!Flll<=1'l=|1l-
bellishrnent. _ _ _
It may“-be that some great spirit will speed-
ilv coiue forth andrlenioustrate by experiment
the falsity of otir opinion., If so, tveushallnot
be the last to bail his success. But of one
tlrrngwe are well _assnr‘ed. The man who
able , to coriipreliend their character. He
should synipaihize with tlieirstern irrl‘lexibil-
it)’ of principle, witli the loftiness of tlreirpur-
prises, with the cntliusiasrn of tlie_ir~,lropes,
-with the fervency of their devotion.’ ‘Such a
man would_bave an advaiitage to begin with.
But such meti as the’ writers.ol' these novels-—
what can theyktiow ol_'ibe Pilgriiris? Noth-
ing. And the rirerriory of the fathers is too
pure and sacred to be profanetl by the - touch
of siicrilege. We want them’ off. Procul!
0procitl.' Tlic ground is holy, and they
may not pollute it. Shall such as they be
permitted to trample oti our’ ft_it'lrers’ sepal-
clircs? It is it profanatioti_ of things cotise-
crated. It is like lellltlg,_'_Il)_tl company ofass-
es lo‘ grafae on the sides, and bray on the sitin-
mit of_I’aru:.sstrs. Ur to use a more appro-
priate and less lieatlrenish coriiparisou, it is
like bringing the owls and srrtyrs of Babylon
to boot and to dance in the temple on Mount
Zion.
FROM Tm-: coiv}\'ac'ricU'r ousiznvrzn-‘.
- . (J()Nt\ILC’l‘lCU'I‘.
While we rejoice in the prosperity oftlre
other States, we rnay, without any improper
rain, at least, her relative rank in the Union.
The eye should not envy the car, not the ban-:
_ta.e he:.d—-for they are all ineiirbe_rs of one
body; but we should think it a mark ofserv
ility rather than of patriotism, if either of
these should be willing to change its station
for that of the f0ul.—~ On what can Connecti-
cut rely. lfsltc wishes to mainlaiii her relative
i'fllt6ItCC among the sister States ?——' ‘his is it
question which equally affects all die citizens
of the State, of whatever detioiiriiiation or
party. We all hold the same relatiori to Con
necticut.——-—It is obvrous enough, that slit:
must not rely on her population. In tzlcnt of
territory, Conn. is the ::3d in tank, of the U.
Stales—-wltile she is tlie,2d in dntsity q/'pop-
ulutitm. Or course, while the other btrrtes,
whose. territory is more extensive, and less
thickly settled, are increasirig rapidly in pop-
ulatioii——this State has so nearly rtaolicd her
lllaXIlllull),__lll2ll the l"c1ll0,t.f:i__|_ig,I;j_l,;,_g in popu-
lation is stiiull.
What are her prospects, ifshe rely on num-
bers, may be seen by the following facts :—--
Iti 1790, this State was the 8th in population.
1800 8th do.
1810 9th do.
1820 lrlth do.
Iti ten years she descended from the 9th to
the I4ll' rank, and with iticrcasirig rapidity.-—
The next census willplacel lier still low er.
Nor can she rely on her commerce to main-
idll] her relative rank and influence ; as the
lollowing facts show :—
lri l79t)_,tliis state was 7th in atii’t. ofexports.
I800 ' -9th _do.
1810 Hill do.
In I733, she was the 7th in ‘ amount of reg-
istered torinage employed in foreign trade.’-‘-
In 1810, she was the loch in tllltouilil of the
same. In H93, she was the 5th in ' Eprolled
tonnage employed in the coasting trade.’ In
H310, she was llll: 6th in the s.iuic.—-Here, too,
we see the same relative decrease. -
Nor can she rely on the value of_/i::edprop-
erl_iy—houses and lands. In 1798, Uo_iineou-
cut was the 5th in rank, as respects the varuc
of houses and lands. In 1814-45, she was
the 7th in the satire. ’Wneti the tirst direct
tax was laid, in _l798, Connecticut was the 7th
in the attiount pdltl. W hen the second direct
tax was laid, in 1818, oii'ttte census of 1810,
sire was the 9th in 3rank, in the amount paid.‘
[The tax on slaves accounts for the difference
between this, and the former iteti.‘s.] v'I‘hese
llrcrs, too,.~peak the satire laii,=,uage——‘Coii-
uectrcrrt is losing her relative rank atiiong the
.:at.rtesoftlre Union,’ How the iticrease of
uratiulacturcs iti Connecticut, may vary this
result, at the next census we have no ureans
or knowing. But we should not tltitik they
would couiitcrbalance the rapid increase of
tlicvalue of Idllflsltl the new States. Mill-
ions ofacres wrricli, at the last census were
wild land——antl estirnatcd very low-li_av_e.
since that period, been settled, and tirade a
vast addition to the fixed property or the
Western Slater}-
Llut il COllli.'.2llCl.ll cannot rely oti her pop-
ulation,—-on tier commerce and inanufatctures,
_,,,, her wealth for srtpportiirg her relative
rank in the Urirori, must s.-.e be content to sink
in the scale ? is there no redeetning po er ?
1‘hcre is—aud that potverjiirty be expressed
in one \vord——iltz'ntL We are not by tliisf,
claiming for Coiiuecticut all the ‘ talent in the
.Urrion—-we only riieaii tltat moral influence-—
moral power—-not nunibers—ii_or coriiriierct-Li
rtol wealth, constitutes her true _stretigtli.—-as
And if site wirl use tier advaiitagesiti this re-
spect, we ‘must be pardoned for saying, let
other states rise asfast as they will, Cornice-
ticut may inairitaiti her relative rank. No
stare has so mariyfadvaiitriges" for education.
'.'5.~srde that venerable Institution wliicliis tier,
ortianient, as it ought to be her pride,-slie,has
a provision for the educatitnrol all llet‘i}clll-
zerrs, greater than that of arty other St_at_e, it
we compare it with her populatioi-i. l o_u__r_
citizens wouldbc willing to zarmtiettiselves tor.
euucatiuri, to an atnouirt equal to-the dividend
they receive from the scliool-fund-‘the soliodls
in Conriectictit,'witlrout greater expense than
is-clielerfuily‘ borneiti other States, might 'r_~_tsc
to the wishes oftliose who think much yet re--
=rnaius to be done, UH-'llllS subject. » Goodlaws
and good iiistitutiorts have loriiied habits and‘
feelings iri'.regard~to political, moral, and reli-'
-gious subjccts,wliicl.i*will-bear a cotnparisort‘
j I r _. ‘ I
admit of,bein‘g-enibellislied by the ‘power, or
from l
.§ha_ll work the Puritans into ficlion should be: '
sectional feelings, wish Connecticut to main-’
5
-the people to their country, and‘ 50 Ellllfely.
with those in any partof, . H _ ..
l1i?l»ll08Sllllg' .10 says’ ', ‘il'97.5‘%?.F{".lll?f!"‘3.TlTl: .9 f‘ _ ,
,Srar.es. in .t,h.e.' same. ..8-ter.rt;.-painrains more
ychiirclres,'.or"‘abler<_Pasto'; . Alld ' ' if
_fully'tlfe t,r_.t'itlr of _tlie;ijeiii_ ilt=,:?.-tltat-a’ "r;c‘i--
ra i1'i'o'ti_i_rt"o,t' jnijoral pmver; is ‘not. form of
Union. in t-lie"-sanie cotiipass,.tlian in.“ M _ rt’
little ,State_.’TILe_t.'t,liis _po_w;e‘r. be'con'dticted
tliroftigh tbeproper,ychannels, and iti"w'ill do
more to secure the r_a_iik' and iriféiuencc of Con-
iiecticut, than any’tlt_ing"e'l‘se'.' -If" her r=eple;
séutation to Congress‘ is stiiallr-let it make up"
in Weight what it wants in iitimbers. Let the
‘gflVel’tllllelil.,Of the ,Stat_e---let our halls of_le'-_
gislation—-let"-our raw; and political rrieasures,
testify that we know whereour strength lies ;
in taletits—in integrity»-iii-education-éin an‘
elevated tone of uio_ral sentiinent—-—in the in-
stitutions of religion-‘-atid in an example of
piety. Connecticut has advantages no where
* surpassed, for excellence in these, and if sire.
rises them, while she relatively decreases in
population aiitl wealth, she will grow -in" that
which is more lionourableiin itsclfand more
respected by others.‘ '
_ . irrioiti {rm-: 1'ROY'SEN'1‘lNEL'.
K.l_3N'I'UCKY,.-—.\_’,\’e are happy. to learn
from the Kentucky ‘papers that the Relief
Party, with Governor Deshrt atits ‘head, has
suffered signal defeat at the late election in‘
that State. General Carroll» is elccted_Gnv-
ernrir, and the friends of justice, law, and or-
der, will have a large majority in the iiext lo-_
gislature, as well as in the next represeiitatiou
to Corrgre-s’s. _ - ' ,
As samples ofthe cliaracterof Gov. Desha,
illltl ofthe part ofwliich he is the ringleader,
westate the iI)fi0\Villg facts on the authority
oftlie fnost respectable paper's in Kentucky.
During the late election, governor Desha at-‘
tended the polls at -‘Frankfort. 'I‘lie votes
were taken at one ofthe windows of the.
Fi'aiiltlort Court Housc,.tbe voters going up a
short flight of steps on tlief-outside of the win
dow, and pronouncing the uariie of the cart-
didate, for they vote there 1'i2;a voce. Desha
not cotiteiit with coriirtetrriticitigliis partisaiis
by his mere presence, (even this would -be
thought grossly indecorous in this part ofthe
world) took his station in the t_brong near the
abovcrrretitioiied steps, and iris'tead_ofpermit-—
ting voters to ascend the steps in regular suc-
ccsseioii_, raised his friends up to the wi_ndow
by main force! At Lexington, the Relief-
men were guilty oftlie infaiiious outrage of-
putting tartar emetic into the punch of their
successful opponents. I
"Tire origin of the parties referred to was
substatttially as follows‘. A few years ago,
during the great pressure for tiioney and the
etnb:rr'rasst_iients wlricli prevailed throughout
the country and indeed the whole cotniiiercial
world, at law was passed in Kentucky, ch.irfer~
ing the coiiirnorrwealtlt’s Bank, it tnarniiiotlr
.irrstitution, which was to dispense with the
use of the precious rnetals_,,supply the country
with a circulatint__-. medium, realize by rneans
of nothing but paper the fabulous blessittgs of
the golden age, and give universal relief. As
soon as this Bank note niillcnium cornnieiic
ed, the-bills oftne Coittmuriwe:iltlr’s Bani.
were lbsuetl to such ati t‘D0l'lnUuS amount,
that they depreciated soiiiewhcre about titty
per cent 5 people were near being absolutely
ov.erwlie.lmed with relief..._.,.Otli_er laws were
their passed, suspending the collection or
debts by execution, unless the notes of the
_Co.irriiouwealtli’s Batik were taken in pay-
ment. Tltcse laws so directly impairing the
obligations ofcontrticis, and virtually makirig
bank notes a lawful tetidcr, were _dcclared by
the Court ofAppc.ils to be, as they most cer-
taitily were, uiicoiistittitiorral.
This decision of the Court rendered the
judges excessively odious in the eyes of the
Relief’-iiieti, audit ‘was necessary to remove
them. This could not be done, however, ac-
cording to the state constitution, without the
votes of two-thirds ofthe Legislature, and a
two-tliirds vote could not be obta_iried. Fail-
ing in their direct attack on the judges, by
object by abolishing the tribunal itself, and
jrirmediately erecting another, rrpon the bench
of whicli- they placed their owti partisans.-t
The old jriuges protested aguirist this species
oflegislation, struggled for a while romain-
tain their autliority, and then retired frotii the
contest. , Tliese proceedings wrought up the
gum», by pretty i‘a_pr_d degrees, to a fcverisli ex-
citeniertt, arid the whole coinrriuiiity was bro’t
into action. . V
Such was the origin and‘ progress of the
com;-iversy which liasjtistmrrntrirrtcd in the
prostratiori of the Relief-rtieu, wliose_disas
trous dominion is at an end, it is to be devoutly
hoped, forever. Their priricrples,tiicas_utcs,
-‘ind condud, have opcr'.ii‘t:d upon the State
with better effect than their own vornirory
powder in Mr. Wicklil‘fe’s' priricli, and she
has cleansed her bosom or them and their
“perilous stuff.” Kentucky may now look
uptvard and forward with better hopes than
she or her friends have for a long time been
permitted to cherish.
rttoilt THE HAR'1‘FORD MIRROR. _
The London Courier, we |lCl'C3_lV‘7a has 1“
last got the news of the dili'ererices between
Georgia, or rather its (:‘roveriior, and the U.
States. It quotes certain txpressroris, such
as “ Having exhausted our arguuients, we will
stand by our arms ;” “ As Athens, as Sparta,
as Rome was, we will be; they held slaves-
wo hold them, Sac. ;” and from the wild let-
rer-ofa crazy Governor, and the riitist violent
expression in the rejected report of a l0,(')llS,ll
cotntnittee, they argue the destruction of this
Union. .‘ Statesn-ieri, (say they) on both sides
themselves the utter itnpossibility of the Utlri
ted States ot"America continuiiig utider the
present forth of government. What such
stufl'tneaus, we can scarcely guess at.‘ The
Federal Government, without accession or
decrease of relative power, has been growing
stronger and stronger every day, srrice the
adoption of our Constitutiori. At no time
__has it enjoyed more security than at present;
at no time was the pt‘0.~pect of perrrraueucy
more clear than now. The time was, when a
threat or even a hint at the dissolution ofthis
U,l)lOl),' would have aroused, all thelrieiids ol
_orir present form of Governiiient,_&r.- the clam-
or would have lung in the ears of hint who
had proposed it, till the bell s’h'ouldjtoll for his
deatli.'—-'-But now, so wart-nly attaclicd are all
confident are they in its streiigttiaridjdurabilz
ity, that they laugh at such iioriseuse. In‘
.Georgi‘ti'itsell'it.is colifideiitly bellev/etlthat a
‘nurtrerical rnajority, besides a very ‘large por-
tion‘ot7 the .rr-rcti-of-' taleiit andIinf1ueuce,. are
5 .rrrarrrry.qnraard'ré‘lllie-ilrlsarnrstlaatetangles‘l
tr’ ,7arid"th‘i§,',h‘efajti_$tl:o_ g, 9 ts"
impeaclimeut, the Relief party elfeclcd this .
oftlie Atlantic, have never dl§gUlSB(I'i'I'Ottl_k—_
..cotiven~ieiit situation for a
‘property _ was foriiierly occiipred' and owiied’-’
-by Pe£er,.§anie‘e,"deceased, it being bis"liou'ie"
tiit::tdoiv,zilid orcliardg 'For;fIi_rthcr partied‘-' '
lirrs and conditions, ap'p‘ly'to.B'ar'naba‘s Mars?’ 1
‘vin, Es‘qr."or to the subscriber, at ‘_fNathai§=._-. ‘”
\
'ecuriV°~‘-.v-ir1A‘Pf!li. .. . .. .
.ca.-.-—tli'at g‘nra.ptbred§;adm,ire -of. a.-republican“
‘_forin_ro.fl.Gi'>v’el niiieh
_tratrsaction,,tliis'.clinclirsiop, that oor.tn(1dé’;iif¢«i.
Goverrimeiit is “ zi‘"l'orrti Sllllh‘-l8IItly~.w‘ell}itl3’p' I
led, "perhaps-, to the watits of an,_inf:rn_t“S_llta,
but“ tt'liolly iriadeL']uat'e, to those _of',;a,. r_i_tatii
one.” ~’l‘liis' Georgia biisfness proves_lirt_le Mo.
be sure; but gal‘-ax as it goes,.it ‘certainly-'l’e'ad§
to ‘conclusions far -frotti being utifav_orableLlo
-the sti‘etigtlr_.a:itl durability of the Tunioiij.
_ .f 7 ‘
these States.
surviving Officers oftlie Connecticut Line oi?
the Revolutionary Army, met at_Iiipleyfs Cot}
fee House, in Harjtforrl, on Wednesday the A
30th. nlt. agreeably to previous iioric'c, to con;
stilt respecting an applicritiori to the rieizl‘.
Ct;iigrc_ss_.for an adjustnicnt of'rlieir.clainrs,fot '
services perfoinicd during the wa_r_ofthe rev?-
olt_itioti._ A petition, to Congress, wevuiiderf
stand, was prepared. At the close of the,‘\v:ll'
there wereabtrtit 240 General, Field -8:; Codi-;
tnissioned Oflicers oftlie revolutioirai'y»arniyf
.liclurigi:ig to Court. of wliorri -.we;liave'_beet:‘
informed about 528 are now llvingjn tliisfitaitéi
—-and a few others‘ tiiay be living in’ btlher
states. Oftlie-sc,‘lb or 16 were preseni,t-ill~b‘f‘
whom had been in the service riiore than 8
years. Geu.Huntington \\'ll.~ prevented ftoin
attending by t_lrc dzttigcrous illness of one of‘
his farnily.——At the formation of-the Cincin-
nati Society,Ql7 were-menibcrs from Corin.-.—fl-‘-'
H few of whom did not belong to the Line.-'
Ouly 2 of the field oflicers now survive.’ All
oftliis generation, who are enjoying the-,b|e§-”
sings won by the toil and blood ofrhese brave
patriots, nirist wish that their services slioold
niect a reward as full as it is l_ate.-—-Con. Obs.
How to‘ hurnlmg a Landlord.-—-A writer in
"a l:Il6,Kt‘lllfl(:l£y paper relates analuecdote of
a getitleitiaii who now occupies a Iiiglijudicial
station in‘ that state, which proves that how.
ever limited his legal ar:qniremen_t might be,
his adroitness in getting clcarof a. tavern-bill
is at least ni:qu«_stioiiable. 'I‘lie statement
runs thus: Some years sinc_e, the gentlernan
allndt-d to, being then a resident of Illinois,
entered‘ into a written agreement with his
Landlord-, by the terms of which the latter
boiiiid biinself to board the fortner, 8: to _keep
his horse attire «rate of one dollar per day,and'
to allow him a creditof one dollar -for each
_.tlay he was absent from home. Nitie months
after-wartls, a settleiiictit took place between I
fonlface and his guest ;w hen it appeared that
the latter had spent three months at the tavern
and sin: abroad, he claimed of " nritie liost’?
pay for three months in order to balance ac-
counts. It is not stated whether this equita-
ble derrrand was allowed.
A book _binrler ofVienna, in Atistria, has
obtained a patent for art _iriveiition in his art.
Hts bindirigis not ofcalf, sheep, ,0I’,l)llffalQ,
but ol‘imri‘,,so exqriisitely wrought, that it is
taken for delicate lace. A Homer has been
boritid in this style for the Library of Vietiria,
which is said to be itiiriiitably beautiful. ’I‘bi_s
artisan, whose name is ll'Iousnianii,'has sub-
of France.
VVANTED, _
A MIDDLE-AGED W-O;llAN,ofindiis-
4- trious habits, to take charge of a family
in the city of New-York. To a person well
qualified for the situation a liberal c_ompeiisa—
tion will be allowed. Apply on ‘or before the-
lfilh of Septeinber, to ENUCH ST. Joan, of
New-Canaan. Aug. 9.5, l8£5. *:Zw28
SEED WHEAT.
4. QUANTITY ofthe first quality of Seed’
-‘ WHEAT for sale by ' ‘
VViLI.ix_iii ST‘. JOHN.
Norwalk. Aug. 30, 1825. 97 _
R.\NAVVAY.f'rririi the subscriber orrtlio
Plstliinst‘. an iridented_ appreirtice to‘ the
Slioe-makingilsusiness named John .Nash, 18
years of age._All persons are forbid liarboring
or trusting‘ him on penalty of tlrelaw. VVho-
ever will return him to the subscriber shall be
entitled to twenty-five cents reward, brit no
charges. James Gitarrr-:'i‘it.
Norwalk, Aug. 29. I82’ 27*
J-
TO J_OUI{NEY.\lEN I-IA'I"I‘ERS.
\7{/"At\"I‘l<ZD iniuiediately l0Jorirne.ymen
H-.rtters of steady liabits, and good
workttien, to l-\'llOll) curislrrlil employ will be
given—non'e other need apply. ‘
' " _ Russet. Jo.\'t=:s.
Wilton, 27th Aug. 1825. 2”’-’
TRAYED from the snbscrib
her the last ofJuly or tho
-7- first of August, l9 SHEEP,
. Ewes and Latnbs, marked with
c..r.'.g on .the side. with the letter I. J.—-
Wlioever will take tip said She ep, or give in-
formation where they may be Ol)l£lln8d.8ll3\iI‘
be reasonably rewarded by the subscriber.
Isaac Jones.
27* "
HEREAS my wife PAT1“', has left my
bed and board witliorrt any just cause’
or provocaIiori_ this is to forbid all persons hart
bouring or trusting, her on my accotirit, ‘as 3-
will pay no debts of her coritractin-__r.
‘ James DAN.
00' 27*
Uaun -
Stamford, Aug. 27, 18°25.
Poundrid_ge, August 29, 1
’ , BOAT FOUND. .
0UND,on-the shore near P-arrick’s I-Iorsc?
a SKlIf‘F_ BOAT, clinker brtilt, arms
)5 feet long, ‘with a green bottom arid'yellow’"
waist. 'I‘he_owner car) have her by p_ro_viug‘_«
property‘ arid-patyiiig charges, by applying. to
ELl'AKlBi- Srtirrir.
Nonvalk,-Amgr-rst 25. tires: _ 27-1°
F O R S A L E _
A VALUABLE tract ofLrintl,+
_ containing 9 3 4' acres, ‘doll-"
, sisting of Meadow, Plow, fll)CP1*.
_ . _ . Orchard, all ofgtlte fiist quality.-«'.
bani pi. .1,/s:l'I
the Beldeti Hill road, and is :ineligible sitna’-'
tioii fora Dwelling House, and coiisitlerédfa.
mechanic‘. '.l‘lie7
Nash’s. _ ,Dx'ivi_’i;1—.-. Nasal
'.N~o:tva‘llt_, August 23, 1-825'. 21- -rf7—'°j
rile editor or the -Iron,-,, ‘i
don‘ Coh‘rier,--'draws~fromth'is‘yery Geor ' ia" 7 '
y is situatedin Wilton, adjoining:
_Co'nnectz'ct‘tt Ref'c!utionér_7) O_flice‘r.‘s.-—TliéiU.*
c- - ,
n‘
mined a specimen of his work to the Institute '
.._.s....-._.— »
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