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POETRY.
From the Literary Emyior iunl.
FAREVVELL TO MY H.-XRI‘.
-My gentle harp-—-I lovee the well :
'I‘liou’st wreathed around my heart a spell
It cannot break on this side death,
Nor part with, but with parting breath.
”I‘is sad——the thought that I must die,
And leave thy long loved melody;
For the still grave will list in vain,
The music of thy melting strain.
These fingers that I've taught to trill
Thy wildest notes with magic skill,
Benumbed by Death's cold withering grasp,
Thee, to my heart, no more shall clasp.
My voice, that once would sweetly float,
Responsive to thy trembling note,
No more siiall answer to thy strain,
Nor swell its tuneful notes again.
Then fare thee well, may yet some one
Love thee as well as I have done:
And thy soft melody impart
Sweet solace to her faithful heart.
From (ire Literary Emporiwn.
TO “ HONEST JOHN.”
O, Hour-st John, bow glad am I
That you at last have spoke;
Your wintry mien and meek reserve
My heart had well nigh broke.
I've often wish’d your friend I was.
To cheer your lonely hours,
And share in life’s rich verdant vale
The sweetest, loveliest flowers.
-(‘I17-, lV'.‘._._.~. -%
'\Vcre I your friend by virtue form'd,
I'd banish care and strife;
0 then, my nobler passions \Varm"d-.-.
’1‘b,eii. -loll.n.1’d. be thy wire-
’I‘iius=1‘-mo .I.‘l_.\']_-2;.
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Front. the Literary Emjrori-um.
BENIGNITY IS THE CHARM OF
BEAUTY.
prion; T111-‘. FRENCII,
arpwas mp) Oneiiay, to Ilcapiy vgjin and proud
that Wm, her sweet Ilciiigiiily disputed
,_ \ . __ie honor great, of pleasing l.l.l0l‘}%ll lililll.
‘r ;" lid the ricl: gift ofspeakiiig to his lica!'l-
' Then sudden jealousyiiillaiucrl iuc breast
’ ." Of Beauty fair, and wiili iiidignani frown
She carried her complaint bc.loi'c the blullfi,
, Wlierc the affair quite serious became.
Before high heaven's tribunzil. both ‘arrayed.
Fair Beauty’s charms with tl_ziz.;,_lirig splcutloi‘
shone, .
\Vi,i|e a mild langurigc. and a modest air,
\Vcre calm l}ci'iiguiiy’s best advocaics._
Their learned judge and lTlFlSlCl‘_-I)6Slll]y,.
Ilcard all ilicy had 'to say,——thcn three tinics
—‘ coughed. I I ]_ I ‘
And his good sense to al i in court t i:-tp ayci
By this ‘decree wliicli he siraightwny prodoipiC-
Oil:
Viilioiit you both, Love could
earth;
born—’twould languish so0n—-Soon (‘@358 ll!
not live on
flourish, _ _ _ _ _
__ .. Fm. jj,,,,UW‘ ilioii II is, who giv 5! it lurih
Ir,"-H, An‘! Ihuu Beniguijyy yuuntor L()\rP (lull! ll(llll‘-
wt, . . ..,
loll.
CLIP;-‘OED.
l\'ew—I'Itl’t‘c7t, Fab. 28171 I837.
.__<———-:--’—"“'
A Ilfztrt of I-’ro.nc.r!y.-—A youiig man of Nyl-
..:iribur"li requested :1 lawyi':r In rccoIll_l‘l.l“-llll lll'll
7 toa fzirfilly whore. he was a dull)’ """'!""' "ml
where there was a liaiitlsoiiic daiigliicr, who was
I /. to _have a large fortune. The low.‘/"-"' “-'-'”’°‘!* !"”
fr». the fatlitrol tlic )'”‘'”.'l l''‘‘!)/ asked “Ilia-Llplmptlirrl
ty the young man had. Thc_lawycr sapiil Olen“!
‘not exactly know but would lll:l“”"' .‘ . "
time he saw his y0|lll.’—' lllellda “C 3~5l“3‘! mm ‘mm
, , had any property atoll-
'/ ‘No,’ rcplicd hc.
‘\Vell.’ said the l:i‘.vy(‘.l‘-.
any man to cut oil‘ your nose,
, 3.... 320.000!’
‘ Not for the world.’ |"‘l‘!
' ‘ Very well.’ rciuriicd ilic lawycr:
i':e:i‘son for asking-' .
' . . ’ ' ~ r he said
j‘ Tile ncx! “Inc he 57]“ {TIC girl 5 I‘dlIl(:.i .
l ' ___r1haveinquiredingi)iliey()lln§1‘lT|f1ll5 cilrcurji-
lgmncegz hehag.-,n,j,,,-.1] no ready inoucy. int ic
\, ‘N a imvfl for ‘v1li(n}‘ go my certain knowl-
- * , - 1.0.000
edge, he has been offered and rcfuscd .9
jf /-,dullars.’
twould you still},-i‘
iflic slioiild givc
ii-ii the yoiiiig Il'l'lll.
‘I have a
«J
This induced the old man toicollficlll I0 ll)?
marriage, which accordingly took place. .lll0”.’-’!'
it is‘ said in the seqiiel he often shook his head
when he thought of the jewel.
.,Pai-,1‘ ‘ ————--——'—"""“"‘
If you want to make a sober man a d.-nukard.
give him a wife who will scold him every time
-, he comes liome—thcn storm at her son Bill-—
‘ knock Tom over with the skillet hanrlle—slap
the disliclout into ILllen‘s iriouih—call tlieiu by
every opprobrious name in the scold's vocabula-
' . into the kitchen with a broom-
_ry. and drive them
_stick. Such a woman will probalrly have the
satisfaction of raising a Il0])(:’fl.l-I faniily. anppslic
m33'7’035lbl.l/ £5711” lhe good will ofiiie_neig l inr-
' bond; for we never knew a downright scold,
. who was not an odiousslandercr and liar, and
' . spi‘tcful witbal, as a snapping-turtle.
I. A Long Reason.—Tlie Porilandcr says that
the reason why the Vermont. and N. OHHUIPSIIIIZR
boys are so tall, is because they are in ilie habit
of drawing themselves up srras to peep over the
mountains to see the sun rise. It is dreadful
_ '‘ stretching work.
Aquarrel between two individuals is often
like a suitin chancery. It is never decided im-
, til the parties have devoured one another. The
if first offence given is followed by another by way
if‘ of retaliation‘. That offence must also be reveng-
ed, and so on to the end ofihe chapter. Ifthe
ll‘ first offence were overlooked, all those which
follow would be avoided.
Some years ago a fanatic went about the
streets of. New-York with a trumpet prophesy-
...ing that the world would be -destroyed in forty
ls days from that date-—adding, by way of post.-
script, that he had a fine farm on Long Isl-
and which he was desirous of leasing for five
‘' ‘* years.
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A head properly constituted can accommodat.e
‘ , itself to whatever pillows the vicissitudes of for-
tune may place under it.
4
MISCELLANY.
.
THE. TWO EMILIES.
' ‘ . (C0ncluclcrl.)
r'~"' .
It was while proceeding one afternoon, on a
I I lesion of this nature, to the cottage of an old
Scotchwomari, a pensioner of Mrs. Betty’s that
Emily and Ponsonby had been induced to pro-
long their walk. The evening was sultry, al-
2 most to breaihlcssness: and so Emily lcant on
E the arm ofher companion, slowly pursuing their
way, a more than usual constraint seemed to
weigh on the spirits of both. Few words had
'1’ V-
Jstood. Oh, God! iflhat had fallen on you !’——
“ no.\'"r civic on Tim: snip.”
‘VGL. ‘.30.
been uttered by either, until they reached blind
tVIargarci‘s door, and they felt it a relief when
the old woman appearetl, seated in her usual
sunny corner at ilie end of the house. Shcarose.
and spreading down her apron, seemed prepared
to welcome them long before the silent pair be-
lieved it possible for her to be aware oftlieir ap-
proach. ‘Well. Margaret, and howare you io-
night?" said Emily advancing; I have brought
a friend with me to see you, and you must tell
who it is before he .spctil;S.- You know I al-
ways said you were a witch, Margaret, and now
I am sure o.f‘it. for you rose to night to receive us
before even ‘Fine Ear’ in tlicfuiify tale could
have told we were coming.
‘Na, na, Miss Emily, I’m no a witch. nor as
little a fairy,‘ said ilie old woman; ‘the gifts
which witches and fairies possessed are no be-
towed on mortals now-a days; yet God has gi-
ven a sense to the blind which amaist irial-ges up
for that which he has seen fit to deprive them
of, and Itlinna think it needed ony witchcraft to
tell that it was maister Harry, coming iip_ the
loan. switching the thistlos and netiles wl’ his
cane, as he used to do when he was a laddie, and
little Miss Emily would aye be trotting after
him. His step is no sae light to-night as it used
to be in iiher days, and yet I would Iiac keiit it
airiong a thoiisand!’ ‘Thank you, Margaret,
for your kind remembrance of me and my boy-
ish iricks,’ said Harry, kindly shaking hands
with ilie old woman. ‘I was not aware that I
was disciplining the thistlesto-night. I think I
might have been cured of that bad habit. ere
now.‘ ‘And I thought sae too, maister Harry,
for ye may iriiod weel it cost a sair heart when
you was younger than you are the (lay, and you
or.-arly wi ipped out little Miss Euiily’s een, dri-
viiig about you with your‘ switch——aye, I mind
wcel how you brought the dear bairu into me,
and Icouldiia mak out which ofyou had got the
hurt, for you was crying and she was comforting
you-—iil| the sweet bairn said. ‘Never mind,
Ilarry, for ifI am blind you will lead me about,
and promise never to leave me, and I shall be
f: - happier than poor old Margaret, for she has
nobody to be kind to her’-—‘antl then you prom-
iscd’-————‘Oli Margaret. you must not be re-
mciubcririg all the foolish things Isaid and prom-
ised whom I was a boy.’ said Ponsonby, color-
irig deeply, ‘one gets wiser as they get older.’
‘Awcel. awccl, see iliat it be sae, my young
QF‘l'IlIClnZ1ll; but remember that ills ac thing
wliii-as to be wise and auiiher to be honest. and
Inevei'saw!~-uckl,e good come of the wisdoiri
that made folk no like to bear oftheir youthful
prorniscs. But wiiina ye step into the house,
l\IlS§I§ll1lly, as ye used to do, forI feel an unco
\\'ci9_lii in Iris.-. air. and I’-m thinking we’ll not be
long without a shower’! flnileed.‘ said Pon-
sonby. looking at the sky, fit is tlarlzeniiig all
around us; we must hurry bonieward.‘ Emily
who .s.']\V tliai her companion was impatient un-
der the ill-timed recollections of poor old Marga-
rei. availed licitsclftif the threatening appear-
ance ofihe clouds to shorten ilieir visit: so with
an assurance in the _old woman of visiting her
soon zigaiii, they took their leave, and left the
cottage.
hhcy were nearly two miles distant from the
Priory, mid Ponsonby observing the fastincreas-
ll1_f_Tt_I:lrl{l'l(‘SS, and feeling the sulpliurous oppres-
sion ofihe air, began to fear that the storm
would break before they could reach its sliellcr.
I:Ic would have urged Emily to strike acrossthe
wn_oil._ as al”Il)l'l,llllf_" a" nearer path, butjust when
about to propose this measure. the first flash of
ligliiniiig broke from the clouds, and he thought
safer to l{(‘:P.[') the open fields, even at the risk of
exposure to the coming rain. Emily was no
coward. but the rattling peal ofthnntler ofwliicli
immediately followed the vivid flash, declaring
how alarmingly close _ibe' danger was, and
clinging, pale and breathless, to her companion,
she felt the blessing of having such an arm to
support her trembling steps. ‘Lean on me,"
dearest Emily.’ said Ponsonby; ‘ try to hasten
your steps: if you can reach the old barn at the
end ofihe field, it will afford you shelter from the
rain: and ilicy quickened their P’-(CB with this
‘hope. But now the clouds burst at once over
their heads, the rain descended in torrents. and
when they reached the old barn. they found that
all ilie protection they could gain was from the
outer wall, for the door was fastened so secure-
ly as to resist all Harry’s most powerful at-
tempts at forcing an entrance. In vain he led
her to the most sheltered side ofihe wall, the
violence ofllie gale made it impossible for him
iogscreen her from the drenching rain, and Pon-
sonby saw with dismay, her light garments
wet through and clinging to her slender form.
In 8 moment be stripped oil‘ his coat, in spite
of Emily’s entreaties to desist, and holding it
between her and the blast, he placed himself as
a further shelter against its fury. At length
came a flash of such startling brightness, that
Emily clung to her companion with convulsive
fear, "and Ponsonby himself was thoroughly
alarmed. He drew the trembling and almost
lifeless girl to his bosom, and gazing earnestly
on her pale face, he conjured her to open her eyes
and look at him !-to speak to him ifbut a word!
—for her silence and death-like paleness had
filled with unutterable terror. ‘Emily! you
are not hurt? you are only frightened? Oh
say so, dearest! speak to me ifit_be but but a
word !’ ‘No, I am not hurt, and I ought not to
frightened,’ said the still trembling girl; ‘but
dearest Harry, that flasli—that awful flash! it
-seerned to fall so frightfully near where you
and she looked up at him with an expression of
tenderness and anguish that thrilled to his ut-
most soul. ‘Emily, ‘dearest Emily? and was
it for me you feared? and would you have re-
gretted me—-would you have grieved for me had
I been taken from you’! then grieve for me-
tlien pity me now! Oh, Emily! believe me,
that the stroke which would have laid me at
your feet-—which would have purchased for me
those precious tears, would be less terrible than
what I now feel,—Ihe bitter, bitter pollz. Illa!
now we most part for ever! Yes. Emily. in
this moment ofterror, the sweetest. yet the sad-
dest of my life, I must be allowed to speak to
yoii-—to say all, and ilien !—-Emily, I love you!
deeply. fondly love you! nay, do not stop me
nmv——whcn I have said this, I have said all.—-
You know my faith is pliglitcd to another: I
have been rash,--imprudent—against my will.
NQI3.
I. ' ~..~. -_\.
licarl; worihlcssly as it is, it is the property of
aiiotlier, although filled with your image aldiie,
Hers it is to keep, or reject; but faitlilcss, rebel-.
lious as it is, it cannot be a gift for you. I now
mu_st lay it open to that injured one. Oh that I
had never seen her, or seen but her alone!’ He
paused. overcome with contending feelings: he
looked at Eiriily, but her countenance expressed
no recoiling horror-—ihere was no cold disdain
in her tearful eyes; she still clung to him with
confiding tenderness, and though she wept, they
did not seem bitter tears. He clasped her to his
heart; he felt he was beloved, and tasted for a
monieut the deepest bliss this world has to be-
stow,
It was but for a moment—tbc next be al-
most thrust her from h_im_. ‘Oh Emily! do not
look upon me thus, or shall be a_ villain!’ and
he tore liimselfsliutlderiiig from her. arms. ‘At
this moment the voice of Mr. ]_3_.everei_ix xvas
heardapproaching them, and Ponsonby hailed
it as iliat ofliis guardian angel. Too iriucli ag-
itated to speak, he placed Emily in her fa'.her"s
arms. and was hastily retreating, when I his
guardian caught him by the arm. ‘ \Vhat has
happened, Harry?‘ inquired the anxious father
-—are either ofyou hiiri ‘I’ But still receiving no
reply, he looked more suspiciously at the con-
scious pair. ‘ Go, young man,’ said he in a
tone of displeasure, ‘ go and order the carriage
here—it is well for some that it is at no great
distance, for neither of you seem very able for
much exertion. It will be well also to assume
zi little more camlness before reaching home ; for
iliere is one waiting your arrival who may as
little comprehend your present agitation as I
do. Emily, your cousin has come, and Mrs.
Harilc.y’s carriage waits for you.’ Ponsonby
waited to hearno more. Dariing from hisguar-
dia-ii, he beckoned the carriage to attend them,
aiitlpliingiiig_into the wood, he took a path which
led him in an opposite direction to the Priory.
The rain had now ceased—tlie blue sky ap-
peare-zl once more, and the last rays of he set-
ting son were reflected from a thousand spark-
ling gems, which bent the heavy branches to
the ground. But the unhappy Ponsonby heed-
ed not ilie beauty ofihe sky, nor yet the wetness
of the t ingled wood through which he forced his
way. To remove from Siokcley,aud all it con-
iaincd,was ilie only distinct feeling of his heart.
Yet the freshness of the air, and ilic fragrance
ofihe woods, allaycd by degrees the fever ofliis
mind, and cooled his burning brow-. He reach-
ed a summer house in the fzirthcrest part oftlie
wood, and resolved to remain there, iiutil chan-
ces ofmecting with Emily should be over. He
could not bear the thought of seciiigiogetlicr two
beings. whom on earth he had best loved, and
most injured. »
Many weretlie anxious tlioughts which tor-
tured the brain offonsrmby during this anxious
interval; but none were so painful as the recol-
lection ofihe earnest persuasion, by which be
overcome the reluctant timldiiy of his young
and gentle Emily. and froced from her a prom-
ise to be his, and his alone; and this too without
the permission of her uncle. He well remem-
bered that this promise was mutual, and could
he hesitate for a moment to perform his part in
it’! No! he hated himtelffor the very thought
and rose determined that the night should not
close until he had confessed to her who liclil his
pliglited faith. ‘
As he drew nigh to the Priory. he wasthank-
ful that the deepening twilight would conceal in
some degree, his agitation—bui still reluctant
to enter, he sought a momentary respite by pas-
sing into an adjoining shrubbery, which sur-
rounded the house. A glass door from tli_e draw-
ing room opened upon a little lawn, fringed on
both sides with flowering shrubs, and Ponsonby
knewiliat from this opening he could observe
whether the room was yet lighted up, or ifibe
family was assembled there. All was dark
within, but his attention was soon drawn to an-
other quarter by hearing the voice ofMr. Dev-
creux in earnest conversation with another per-
son at no great distance; in the next moment, he
saw the figure ofhis guardian, and that of now
dreaded Emily, at the end of the walk into which
he was about to enter. Ponsonby hesitated for
a moment whether he should approach the
but hesitation came to late, he saw that he was
observed; for Emily, the justly offended Emi-
ly, hastily pulled over her face a veil, which
till then had been thrown back. ‘She dreads
to look upon me,’ thought Harry; ‘ perhaps she
already knows" how unworthy I am of her, but
meet we must ;’ and without further delay be
advanced towards the bench upon which they
were seated.
His guardian rose to meet him, and with more
ofemotion than ofangerin his countenance. held
out his hand to the agitated young man. ‘ Har-
ry,’ said he. ‘ I aiu glad you have come at last.
Shame and self reproach could alone excuse
your absence at such a time; but ifyou are for-
given here, I must not be obdurate. From this
lady I have heard al£—all that I ought to have
heard from you long ago; but will spare my
reproaches--you haven powerful advocate in
her breast, whom it would be in vain for me to
gainsay. ’I‘ake then the heart you gained in in-
fancy—it has never wandered from you—.antl
God bless you in each other!‘ \Vith these words
he took the trembling hand of Emily and pla-
cing in that of Ponsonby, he left them alone.
‘Emily! Miss Devereux! can you forgive
me?’ said Ponsonby in extreme agitation, as
raising ilie passive hand that lay in his, he put
it to his lips—‘Oh, call me not by so cold a
name,‘ exclaimed a voice wbicli thrilled his very
soul with rapture. ‘ Ob, Harry, forgive my part
in this deception, and look upon me!’ said the
blushing girl.as shetbrew back the veil from
her face’, and Harry gazed upon each well
known feature; and clasped to her his heart,
his only lovc—his first love, and his last loved
Emily! !
The moon was high in the heavens before
Emily and her lover recollected the hour. It
was the sound of music in the drawing room
that first drew their attention. ‘ It is my coiis-
in singing to her father,’ said Emily ; and now
I-Iarry, you shall see for i.lie first time this dread
ed Emily of whom, pour iiiiioccrit. tliing, we
have ynada Such 3 nnijlg paw; lllll ll “HIS {III III)’
uncle's doings. and I believe he did ii.as much
to punish our fault aslo prove our :illi=.ciion.’—--
‘ Thank God. the piiuisiirncni and the probation
unfaithful. But dishonorable or unprinciplcil, I
cannot and I will not_ bc—I cannot offer you my
is ended but]; so happy,’ oxclaimctl I-Iarry. ‘Qli
‘WALK, cozslv. Wramv
ESBAY, smsscrs 1.5,
Emily with what unminglcd pleasure shall 1
now listen to those sweet words;
‘Et l'en revient toujoors, t_aujours."
FAnmvELL ADDRESS
,OF
ANDIREVV JACEQSGN’
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
3‘I‘ATES.
Fsr.-Low CITIZI-.‘.\'S:
Being about to retire finally from public life,
I beg leave to offer, you my grateful thanks for
the many proofs of kindness and confidence
wliichl have received at your hands. It has
been my fortune, in the discharge of public
duties, civil and military, frequently to have
found myself in dillicult and trying situations,
where prompt decision and energetic action
were necessary, and where the inferest of the
country reqiiiretl tliat high ' responsibilities
should be fearlessly encountered : and it is with
llle l’-eeilest elnollolls of-graiiiuilc that I acknow-
ledge the conliiitied and unbroken confidence
with which you have sustained me in every
trial. My public life has been :1 long one, and
j cannot hope that it has, at all times been free
rom errors.
knowing that, if mistakes have been commiitetl,
they have not seriously injured the country I so
anxiously endeavored to - serve ; and, at the
uioiiient when I surrender my last public trust,
_Ileave this great people prosperous and happy;
in the full enjoyment ol liberty and peace ; and
l1OD(])§eLI and respected by every nation of the
W0!‘ : .
If my humble ellbrts have, in any degree.
COI1ll'll)Ul€LI to pi cservc to you iliese blessings, 1
have been more than rewarded by tlieboriors voir
have heaped upon me; and above all, b_y’thc
generous confidence wiili which you have sup-_
ported me in every peril, and with which you
have continued to animate and cheer my path
ip the closipg hour of my political life.‘ The
time has now come, when advanced age and a
broked frame warn me toreiire from public con-
cerns: bui the recollection of the many favors
you have bestowed upon me is engraven irpon
my heart, and I have felt that I could not part
from your service without making iliis public
acknowledgement of the gratitude I owe you.—
And if I use the occasion to ollbr to you the
counsels of age and experience, you will:I truss,
receive ihein wiili the same indulgent. kindncss
which you so often extended to me ; and will,
at let;-i, see in them an earnest desire to per-
petuate. in this favored land, the blessings of
liberty and eriliziflaxvs.
\Ue have iiow lived almost fifty years under
the (‘Ol')Sllll1lIOl'l ffflllletl llle Sages,’ aiirl patriots
of the Revolution. The conflicts in which the
nations of Europe were engaged during a great
part of this period; the spirit in which they
waged war against each other; and our inti-
mate commercial conncxions wiili every part of
the civilized world, rendered it a time of much
dillicully for the Government. of the United
States. \Ve have had our seasons of peace and
war, with all the evils which preceded or follow
a state of hostility with powerful nations. W'e
encountered these trials with our constitution yet
in its infancy, and under the disadv "cs
which :1 new and untried Government nfiiab
ways feel when it is called upon to put forth its
whole strength, without the lights of expe-
rience to guide it, or the weight of precedents to
justify its- measures. But we have passed
iriuinphantly through all these difficulties. Our
constitution is no longer a doubtful experiment ;
and, at the end of nearly halfa century, we find
that it has preserved unimpaired the liberties of
the people, secured the rights of property. and
that our country has improved and is flourishing
beyond any former example in the history ofna-
tions.
In our domestic concerns there is every thing
to encourage us; and if you are true to your-
selves, nothing can iinpt-do your march to the
highest point of national prosperity. The
States which had been so long retarded in their
iniprovcnieiiis by Indian tribes residing in the
midst of them. are at length relieved from the
evil ; and iliis unhappy race—-tlie original
dwellersin our land-—are now placed in a situa-
tion where we may well hope that ilicy will
share in the blessings of civilization, and be saved
from that degradation and destruction to which
they were rapidly hastening while they remain-
ed*in the States; and while the safety and coin-
fort of our own citizens have been greatly pio-
mot:-d by their removal, the pliilnmhropist will
rejoice that the rernnnnt oftbat ill fated race
been at length placed beyond the reach ofinj
or oppression. and that the paternal care of the
General Government will hereafter watch over
them and protect them.
Ifwe turn to our relations with foreign powers,
we find our condition equally gratifying. Actuat-
ed by the sincere desire to do justice to every
nation, and preserve the blessings of peace, our
intercourse with them has been coiidiiciml on ilie
parlofthis Government in the spirit of frankness,
€1fl(I‘I take pleasure in saying, that it has geri-
erally been met in a corresponding temper.-
Difiiculties of old standing have been surinuunt-
ed by ‘friendly discussion, and the niiitiial desire
to be just ; and thehcjlailgi fllf our ciii‘zcns,hw1l)iicli
had been lon wit e , rave at cog! een
acknowledgedgarid adjusted, and satisfactory ar-
rniigements made for their final pavmcni ; and
with a limited, and, I trust, a temporary excep-
tion, our relations with every foreign power are
new of the most friendly cliaracter—our com-
merce continually expending, and our flag re-
spected in every quarter of the world.
These cheering and grateful prospects. and
these multiplied favors. we owe, under Provi-
dence, io the adoption of the Ecdcral consiiiu_—
tion. It is no longer a question whether this
great country can remain happily united, and
flourish under our present form of government.
Experience, the unerring test of all human im-
dertakings. has shown me ilie wisdom and for-
sight of those who formed it ; and have proved
that in the union of those States them is a sure
foundation for the brightest hopes of freedom,
and for the liappii‘.essof the people. _ At every
hazard, and by every sacrifice, this Union must.
be preserved.
, The necessity ofwatcliing with jealous anxiety
But I have the consolation of
183?.
NO. 1.
..». .
ll" “"3 llreselwllioli of the Union. was earnestly
pressed upon his fellow citizens by the Father
"fills Cllulllry’. in his farewell address He has
!l“"‘° Wltl US. that ‘ while experience shall not
have demonstrated its impraciicabiliiy, there
will always be reason to distrust the patriotism
"I !!‘”5° ‘‘''lm. in any quarter may endeavor io
n u 9
weake" "3 l"’”‘!3 ;' and he has caiiiioned as, in
Elle strongest terms, against ilie formation of
llmllcs. Or geographical discrirninaiioiis, as one
jlje i'nheapsd which might disturb our union,
t o w ici CSlf"llll) m ~ - '-
resom C, g Ll) would be likely to
I ‘ 3 ' 0 o .
. 1 !}‘\-‘j*3SSC>.ns corituincil in this invaluable lega-
cy of I ashmgtioii to his countrymen, should be
lcuiigrsilsiggleiriiltlie heart of every citizen go me
time tioiildilllligil and’ Perhaplsylm no periml or
ie more use'u lv reniembercd
than at the present moment. For when we
loo? npoii the scenes that are passing around us,
not dwell iipou the pages oflii.-3 parting address
!“5 lmleffléll counscls would seem to le ’
.,_ 1" ’; I" , , . I IIOI
'"5’l.’9!)'_lll9 <-.l.-_-sp.i'r.tig of Wisrlorii, and forsighi, hm
the voice of‘ prophecy fortellinsr events and
;'Va':m”.9~' "5 °l"ll1C C'\'ll to Ct)l!l9..‘I Forty years.
‘me l°_3-3-5°‘l 3109? lllts impcrisliable docuniem
was €“'€n to his countrymen flllie F I l
consiiiutiori was then regarded by him a3'riir()e¢-5:-
[1.l-rllllenl, and be so speaks of it in his address -
plot ?1bll03{}§)(‘l’llll8l'll upon me _q,,,.£.eSS of Wylie};
ie est ' ‘
all knew hoepfi onus coumr)’ ‘~l9ll€.mled. and we
ifnccessar ia‘S Iimparedd" lay d-04‘-Y" his life
,, . Yr " Set: re to it a full and fair trial.
I be trial has been math: It has succeedel l
vonl the ' ( ).°'
EvelrY qll?I‘rrl(f;‘llJ‘d0eI‘St l]l)pe- 0.!‘ umse who fmmed "-
- - . _ ‘HS widely extended nation
'mS_.re!',_'!s l’!9551U£~“. and shared in the general
irrosileruy Wolltlcetl by its zidoplion! B." amid
‘he éleljlefilj l’T')speriiy:anrl splendid success the
dangers of which he Warned “q me b ' .
every day more evident ,,ndu1.;} Si mectpning
\ . ‘ ‘ ‘ » \ '
:ll'](:‘{iS‘Pl.'llI"lt.:lCl]l}l)y apparent to awaken Ihe d)ee:¢isli
hoidzyatlll t ‘e bosom of the patriot. \Ve be-
S d 53’; 9]l_ll3ll(:ielIl)rtS publicly made to sow the
co so use . -
U . "T be!“ een different parts of the
_nrled States, and to place party division:
lllleclly "P0" geographical distinct’ - I i ‘
cite ilie soulh against the nor‘/h wmlnih 0 (ix)-
against the south, and to for.'a'i‘1r,“ He “or”
troversy the most delicate an exoiiiin 16 (inn-
-- . motes‘
topics upon which it is impossible ilizff a ‘liar.’ 6:
portion of the union can ever speak wiiiioiii
strong pmminn A ) ea‘ .
' ' 3 IO 2
made to sectional Irll£’l'PSl=, in (dirtlzoiei Qimamnlb
the election of the Chief DI! ,,~, 0 in. uence
desired that he ql H agistraig, as ifit were
on, _ 1 "m ‘ li’1V'0l’ -'1 I7l‘lf'll(‘lllIlf' quarter
his ;:3q(,.()llllll'?’, i.nstead_of fulfiling the dmi.-gs of‘
c_....’«.!ll(‘ill_ with iiiipariml justice to all ; and die
po.sio c dissolution of the Union has at Ian i]
become an ordinary and familiar sirbicct of )
cussion. I-I-,5 ihe"w,_”_ninn_ . r .( ls-
‘ -. voice of Wfashin -
ton been for on ‘I H . - 2
been formed In sglje} ”(:f Ilylfe signs ‘already
5” msed H ‘ 1. M e nion . Let it not be
pl ‘J1 -l--iitiiie in all or those §.~,,oi
taken an active 1.8., in ‘he m]Wvi__eand uh lfiapre
llle discnesio . - 6- pro 8'
virtiie *1‘i.:Sl.: wmlllorpmllousm or or pubnc
' d I ' nora) e feeling of State pride,
an OCBI fllldchmems‘ find 8 mace in the ho-
soms of the most enlightened and pure B 1
while s - .' U
_ _ ucli men are conscious of ilieir own
integrity and honesty of purpose, they ought
never to forget that the citizens of other Suites
ar_ their political brethren ; and that, iio.,.c,.(.,.
:!“?!a!"f;"j1lle§" may be irrtlicir views, the pro,-ii
in. yo 1 cm are equally honest and uprinhi
with themselves. M inual suspicion” and ’‘
.' . ‘ re-
l;‘lI]‘:]a°')!::’{-'_5u]m8\]’ ll; rims create mutual hosiilii\._
c « ant (eslglllll ' . "
lllllllda Who are reatly giomftiiindiilflllibgdlyf tbl
divisions and to in . ~ ‘-3
of difihevntl SeC'i0nJ}.)8rll:’(:ell]6 natural j’e."lIOl1.sp.g
f, .~ country. Foe his.
tory o the world is full of such examples, and
cspgpliallythe history of republics, '
seiisioiiuthalse lyou to gain by ‘llVl5l0ll and dis-
_ - - C ode not yourselves with the be-
lief !.!"",a breach “"99 made m8V be aflerward:
j'_epaireo. If ilie Union is onoe severed the
. , . 9 4
mg of s°l"‘.""'°” ‘V!!! ETDW wider and wider.
and the controversies which are now dei,ai,.,i
and settled in halls of legislation, will then
med m F“-''!‘!‘’ “I llfllllt‘. and determined by the
S“_'0i‘d. Neither would vou dcccive yourselves
WIlllldtlj)e hope, that the ‘first. line of -separation
\' .
I0” 3 ‘he PC"“3"<’nl 0m‘. and that nothing
bill liaunony and concord would be found in rhi-
f1C_W associations formed upon the tllssolmion of
“"5 Um°"' L098! llllf‘-T¢.38lS would still be found
ll18l’0. and uncliaslened ambition. And if ilie
recollection of common ‘dangers. in which ihe
llmllle Uflliese United States stood side by side
agaiiit the coniriipn Inc; the memory of \-ictories
wonyby their united valor; the prtisperity and
I 0*?“ !!'’‘3)' have enjoyed under the present
“Z” ; llle proud ‘name they bear as citi-
_ his great republic; ilall these rcconec-
lions and proofs ofcommon interest are ntlfcfiong
enough to bind us together as one people what
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no will hold united the new i]i,.gS;(,_.,Q “,2 enpin,
when these bonds have been broken and [his
Union disscvered '! The first line of separation
would not last for a single gene;-,-jfion: new f,.ag_
inc.-_nis would be torn off; new leaders wmiid
spring up; and this great and glorious rnpublic
would soon be broken into a multitude of petty
States. without commerce, without credit; jea-
lous of one another; armed for mutual aggres-
SIOTH loadi>.d Will] taxes to pay armies and lea-
ders: S(‘t'l\'Illg aid against each other from foreign
powers : ipsiillcd and trampled upon by the na-
tions of Iuurnpe, iiniil harassed with conflicts.
aiic humbled and dcbased in spirit, they would
be ready lll submit to the absolute dominion of
any military adventurer, and to surrender their
liberty for ilic sake of repose. It is impossible
to look on the consequences that would inevita-
bly follow the destruction of this Government.
and not feel indignant when we hear cold cal-
culaiions about the value oftlie Union. and have
so coosiaiiily before us a line of coiitliict so
well calculated to weaken its ties.
There is too much at stake to allow pride or
)€lSSlOn to influence your decision. Never for a
i _ ,
moincut l)6llP.\’(‘. that the great body ofihe citi-
zens of any State or States can deliberately in-
tend to do wrong. They may, under the in-
fluence of jcinporary excitement or inisgnidcd
opinions, commit mistakes; they may lie, mis-
led for a time by the suggestions of sel-interest;
but in a communit_y so enlightened and patriotic
asllic pcoplo ol- the United States, argument
will soon make them sensible of their errors:
anal, wlieu ctiui_'inced, they will be ready to re-
P3ll_ ll19m- If they have no higher or better;
motives to govern them, they will at least per-
ceive that their own iizterost rei_iu,irea_'them to be
just to others as they hope to receive justice at
their hands. ‘ "1 ' ' " "
_ 1_”U.! lnofdel‘ l.0 malnlai,u_l,l_i_e union ixr_iimpaired~.
it is absolutely necessary that the laws passed‘
by the cons,ti_iute<_l autbo;ihl_Q§ 3,J:(),l,l,I.,(;Ij be fa_i_ilifu_lly
executed in every part ofthe country, ‘andilial:
every good citizen, should, at all tin_Jes..: stand,
the nation. every attem tat unlawful resistance.
“"59? Wllaletjer pretext it may be made, or what-',
We‘? shill’? ll may 88Bl,u_1_ie. Up,consti_tu,tional;
0" OPPWSSIYC laws may no doubt be passed by
Congress, 8ll.lle[_ froi,r_i_ erroneous igews, or the.
Saint of due consi_derat.ion ; _if they are williirr
ie reach of judicial authority, the r;éme_d_y_is_
ihellzl_\£~,'._ it js an abuse of power up; within me
cop ro of t .e judiciary, then free discussion and
ca m appeals to reason and to the jusiitse of tho.
P€0_Pl0 will l1.<.>.l. fell K0 redress the ‘wrong. B__.o'
until the law shall he. £l€(‘.l,aret.l void by the courts,
OI rellealed, I’): (?°”g'°59v. "0 lil§lWlflU.8l. or com~.
binalionof individuals, can bejustifieil in forcibly
resisting its, ex_6¢uliOl.1.-. . It is iinpmsihlg uiai any’
Government cart coritiniie to exis; open any
other principles. It would cease to, he gt Govern-_
ineni, and be unworthy of the name, if it had
not ilie power to clnforce. the execiiiion of its owri
laws within its own splierc ofiactiopl H ' "
. It is true that cases may be iinagiood (}isclOg.:
mg such a settled purpose ofusurpation and op-
Pfe9Sl0_l1. on the one part of the Government, as
wouldjustify an appeal to arms. These how-
ever, are extreme cases, which we have no rea-
9°" ‘°,8Pl"ehend tn. 8 G.0\:erl3nl_eut. ivlmre, um.
poweris in the hands ofa pair-ioiic people; and
no citizen who loves his country would in
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any case whatever, resort to forci_bl_e resistance,
unless he clearly saw that the lime had come‘
when a freeman should prefer death to submis-
sion ;_ for ifsuch a struggle is once begun, and
the citizens of one section of the countrv arrayed
in arms, against those of another in doubtful con-
flict, lg! pie baitlo result as it mny. thereiwill be
an en 0. the '[Ifl1'O,lIl,'8l.l_tI_,.V.oy1_lh ii, on ‘end io ii",
hopes of freedom. ~.['h_e victory of the injured
jvoultllrtiioi secure iothom the blessings of liberty ;_
it won avenge tlieir wrongs, but they would
themselves share in the common ruin. '
BU! llle constitution canfiot be maintained, nor.
:_he_Ull.i9l1. P'°5.6lY6<l.-_ in opposition to public
“ling. by “Is mere exertion of the coercive.
powers confided to, the General Governmem_....
P!” r”“!"!"'!°".‘ ‘fill-1tb,alnid in the affections of
llje people : -In the 8.‘=c.uri.!3_' it gives :0 life, liberty,
c iaractor, antlpmperly, in every qugrier Ofiho
°°“"'f'.\f v ““.d. In l-lite. Iflletnol atiacliinent which
ilie citizens of the several States bear to ooo
another as nienibers of one political fainily,
mutually contributing to promote the liappiuese
of each other. Hence the citizens of every
State should studlously avoid every thing calcu-
lated to wound the sensibility or offend the ‘usi-
pride of the people of other Staiesf and i ey
shoiild frown upon any proceedings within their
their political brethren in other portions of the
Union. In a country so extensive its the Ubiied
States. and with pursuits so varied, the ‘imei-mil‘
regulations of the States most frequently differ.
from one another in important particulars ; and
this difference is unavoidably increased ‘by the
varyipg principles iipou whicli the; American
colonies were originally planted ; prirzcipleg
which had taken deep root in their social rela-
tions before the Revolution, and, tlier.efore,. of-
neccssity influencing their polioy sip“; ihgy be,
came free and independent States, Bur each
SW9 has the unquestionable right to regulate its
own internal concerns according" to its owri
illeviure: arid while it does not interfere with
the rights of the people of other States, ‘or the
rights of the Union. every State .......‘i.. the
sole judge of the rncauiircs proper to seoure ‘ha
safety of its citizens and promote their happi-
ntpis ;Ssnd all eflorts on the part of_ih_e people of-
oi ier tates to cast odium upon their institutions,
and all measures Calculated to disturb their
rights of property, or to put in jeopardy lllell
reaps": and interns} _lrl}nqniliiy. are in direct op-_
position to the spirit in which the Union wag
f"'”‘e‘!v ““d. 93”“ endanger its safety. Motives
of philanthropy may be assigned for this um:
warrantable mierfence; and weak men may.
persuade themselves for a moment they sire la-
boring in the cause ofhumanity, and asserting
the rights of the human race: but every one,
upon sober reflection. will see that uoihinglbut
mischief can come from the improper assaoh.
upon ilie feelings and rights of others. Best as-i
5l_W-Tl. l.l1§! ill? Ellen found busy in this work of
discord are not worthy of your copfidepce, ¢_md_
deserve your strongest reprobatiop.
In {I18 legislation of Congress. aka, and in
cyery 1.n£‘!i8l1l'¢ of the General Government,
.l"5l!.Ce to every portion of the United Slated
slionld be faithfully observed. No free Govern-
mt‘!!! can stand without virtue in the people, and
8 l-zlly writ of patriotism; and if the-sordid
l€“«l|'l28 Of mere Belfisllness shall usurp Ilic place
\.llj(2ll ought to be filled by public spirit, lhq
legislation of Congress will soon he ¢om.em,_.,j
into a scramble for persppgi grid 3,-ciiona] ad.
vantages. Uiider our free institutions, the ciii._
zens of every quarter of our country are capable
ofatiaining a high degree ofprosperily and happi-
nesg, without seeking to 5;;-pfii themselves ai ma
CXP€fl._S.B of Ollltits; an every such attempt
must in the cod fail to succeed, for me peopie
in every part of the United States are toolen-_
ligbtcned not to understand their own rights and
Interests. to detect and defeat every effort to
gain undue advantages rvcr them; and wheq
5U<‘ll (l¢5'£ID6 We discovered, it naturally pro-_
vokcs l.'68<‘lllll1.€lll.s which cannot always be
9333!)’ 3l!fl)’e‘!- JllS|lC8~ full and atnple justice,
to every poriiop ofihe United States, should be,
the ruling principle of every freeman, and should
guide the deliberations of every public body;
whether it be State or national. ‘
It is well known that there have always been
iliose amongst us who wish to enlarge the power.
of the General Government; and experience
would seem to indicate tliai there is a tendency
on tlze part of this Government to overstep the
boundaries marked out for it by ihe consiiiuiion,
Its legitimate outhoriiy is abundantly snflicient
for the purposes for which it was created ; and
its powers _being expressly enunierated, there,
can be nojusiilication for claiming any thing be-
yond them. Every attempt to exercise power:
beyond these limits should be promptly and‘
firmly 0Pl'0SEd- For one evil example will
lend to other measures still more mischievous ;
and if the principle of conscruciive powers, on
supposed advantages, or temporary circum-
Slilm‘-C 5. shall ever be permitted to jpsiify the
assumption ofa power not given bylhe coiisiiiu:
lion, the General Government will before long
absorb all the powers oflegislaiion. and you will
have, in elleci, but one consolidated Government.
From the extent. of our country, its diversified
interests, different pursuits, and dillerent habits,
it is too obvious for argument that a single con-'
solidated Government would be whol y inade-
quate to watch over and protect its interests;
and every friend of our free institutions should
be always prepared to maintain uninipaired and
in full vigor the righrs and sovereignty of thp
States, and to confine the action of the General
Government strictly to the sphere pf itg ‘app;-o_._
prints duties. ' ' ' - ‘
.pj,¢yo ‘is, perhaps, no one of the powers C93;
ready to Pl.-ll down. with. the cornbined force of-
°35)’ and Peacellll $ and if. from the cliz_ir:i_1_cter of-
own borders likely to disturb the tranquility of-
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