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A SKETCH FOR PARENTS.
Tlie Fhrenological Journal, in an article on
i-lired Ivimr and unfairness in business, thus
Instrates the danger of being too sharp in a
ho out into the country, for example, to pur
chase a superior Cow, and call ou one of the
lionestsonsof the soil, and it would not be very
difficult to find a man who would show bimselt
,v inning and selfish as any trader or manu
facturer. Let us illustrate such an interview by
a ;.,il"|iiy between a citizen and a farmer, and
n> hg of the reader to watch the workings of
Scerdiveness to gratify Acquisitiveness.
Citizen.—‘l am in pursuit of a tine cow, and
ciik't.uid. at the hotel, that you kept a large
lick of rery excellent ones, I have called to
Ukat them, and to see if 1 could make a pur
chase to phase me. lam not very particular
as to price, so I but obtain one of the very best.’
Firmer. —‘ Well, yes, 1 have a large flock, and
they have the reputation of being excellent. —
Hi y have cost me much care and pains in their
selection: but I can’t say as I wish to sell any
of them. W hen a man has a good article,
which he wants to use, it is not well to dispose
of it.’
('.-‘True, but I would like to look at them.’
A-Oh, certainly, I will show them with
I'ieasure; hut understand I don't promise to
soil one at any price.’
They go to the farm-yard, and a little son of
tie farmer follows to see and hear, and in doing
so takes his first lesson in the tricks of trade;
‘ r, be it remembered, that every act of the pa
r : ‘tamps its impress upon the young mind,
“Ah becomes almost ineffaceable.
f —(Scanning a lean, common looking ani
ra;!'; w hich, by the way, was one of the best
rovers in the flock, and low in flesh from her
tinning qualities; yet it was in early winter,
“hen those qualities would not be apparent.)
“hat is that cow worth ?’
!'■— I Suppose about twenty-five dollars.’
“ n 33 elevated place stands a large, flesh v,
-looking cow, the poorest milker of the
” tye, and fat, because her food went to flesh
tiuivr than to milk—it catches the admiring
,'r ot the inexperienced citizen, ond he eagerly
r r ‘’ W )’ ou sed that one f° r ?’
/ ~ ‘'h don't say anything to me about fbat
C ’ n ’ sa very peculiar one, and more than
1 • • die belongs to my wife. I told you I did
Aiare t 0 Sfc ll any, and this one I should hard-
to sell at all ; besides, I should not
‘ l ” ave m >’ wife offended by selling a fa-
r onte of hers.
J'jgn. (turning to his boy, who is surprised to
i father hesitate a moment about selling
.A Illl A rH!j l''*, vicious, unruly beast, whose small
“f miik is &* thin as that sold by Messrs.
ih ‘ii i p 0 York,) John, mo
T ANARUS, Ibe ln our hair if we sell ‘Fill I'ail.’
******** the buyer’s ear just as it
fur'a'ln'!' I'’ 1 '’ *”° an d he presses the farmer
unb~! n , 0t sa - v * Wl ll sell her at any price,
famitT n * V “' e will consent. I don't believe in
ia,n| iy quarrels.’
luct in *John, is surprised at his father’s re
douV.t f °i ? nd eilt ertains not the slightest
to the s v J L | ti l “ S Inot,,er wdll joyously consent
anriee The stranger is determined to have
toiuil | , ; ‘A'bfhe obliging farmer says: ‘Now
m v , ou 1 a ? r °o to sell at any price without
willd rt ,t, Co,,Sent ’ and 1 will set such a price as
cessitv F co °l y° ur ardor without the ne
price’ ° CU ln S fn y wife. Forty dollars is the
C
see whit “i 1 Se We consu ls the good lady, and
will tat- S ,i‘ e W 'H fia y* If she will consent, I
A-lq I 1 "® aninia i-’
insist,, M ? w what she will say, and if you
Th. f° U wo “ill refer it to her.’
iakjn r'\i roceeded to the house, the fanner
l-'yfolli e> ead ’ t 0 rst word ; and the
to the - | Uia ® anjdous T° have his mother assent
,2**l urge the bargain.
anxioTT p mot her, this gentleman is very
‘Ye!, > ° ‘ Uy old ‘ Fill Bail,’ and 1 told him ~
‘and \ ‘ lliti rru PTod the wife, in apparent anger,
rant•'-I^ twl * he might have her, I war
ha Ve ’ I'ke you to sell the best cow we
give un • ’ do as Y ou I'ke- AV T e might as well
gether ’ lpn ° ma ke butter and cheese alto
the Jf 1 a r f d lac p an d an angry air, she leaves
sav s ti amrn ing the door after her. ‘There
k’ , ie farmer, ‘I knew just how it would
had J j| in le honest boy, was astonished. He
jn re / ard “hat cow made the subject of cen
a d O .'A Ua . rs by all the family ; and now, when
Gd • i ? r ' Ce * s °ff ere d for her, his father holds
‘is mother gets angry. He don’t un
a’ ‘b No, indeed, poor boy, you don’t
understand it, but you are in a fair way of do- ’
ing so. Wait a little and you will be wise, and
know more of the world.
The stranger takes the bait, counts out the
forty dollars, and the farmer apparently draws
back from it, saying, ‘I don't think I ought to
take the money. You bad better not take the
cow.’ [All true, though not intended to be so
regarded.]
lie t ikes the money, and the stranger departs
with his purchase, the mother returns, smi
ling like a summer’s morning. The father,
chuckling over his money, says, with an arch
wink to his wife, ‘I think when he has had that
cow half as long as we have, he will be glad to
take less than half what we paid for her.'’
1 l;is unriddles to the boy’s unsophisticated
mind the hypocrisy of the * whole transaction,
and he shrinks backjrom his parents as schem
ing liars, io liifti like robbery
twenty-five dollars more for the cow than she
was worth ; and like lying, thus to deceive the
stranger by such backhanded means.
lie has been whipped for lying, and thaught
that he must be honest; and he can see no
difference between talking a lie and acting it.
L nder the influence of filial love lie begins
to reason, and he is unwilling to condemn his
parents to the degredation of liars and robbers.
Jle reviews the guarded modes of expression by
the father and mother. 11 is father did not say
it was the best cow in the flock, and told the
man lie ‘had better not take the animal,’ that
lie ‘would not sell her unless his mother
would consent to it.’ It was not exactly lying,
after all. Besides liis father stood high in so
ciety ; lie was called Colonel and Esq.; and he
bad been a Representative; was a Trustee of
the Religious Society, School Committee, and
everybody looked up to him as a man of honor.
Ilis mother too, was intimate in the family of
the minister, and had the best company in town,
llierefore they were good people, and their ex
ample worthy of imitation. Full of this pleas
ing unction to his outraged conscience, and pos
sessing withal], through hereditary transmission
a similar tendency to shrewdness and monev
loving as that of his parents, lie began to medi
tate a method of profiting by his first lesson in
keen business management. ‘Why can’t I sell
that soft, worthless new knife I bought of the
rascally pedler the other day, in the same man
ner that father sold the cow ? Let me see, I have
the plan, and I will have the money, and I won’t
tell a lie either, I can steer clear of that.’
He carefully whets his knife, and as carefully
pockets a soft stick, and then with a veil of hon
est looks proceeds to school. At recess, he very
carelessly draws forth bis knife and stick, and
begins to whittle. It cuts finely. The boys
flock around, eager to see it, and to learn what
lie had paid for it. ‘I got it cheap, only twen
ty-five cents, see it cut.’
‘I ll give you twenty-five,’ says one.
‘I guess you will,’ says John, ‘after I have run
the risk of getting a bad one, and proved it.
See it cut.’
‘l’ll give you thirty.’
‘l'll give you forty,’ says another, ‘and here’s
the money.’ Forty, being a golden number in
the ear of John, be quietly pockets the money
just as the school-bell rings, and they all go into
their books—John to rejoice in the success of
his experiment; and Charity to anticipate the
pleasure his excellent cutting will afford him.
As soon as the school is dismissed, while
Charley is hunting for a good hard stick to show
the other boys how r gloriously it will cut—John
makes all haste for home, to announce his suc
cess and to bank bis money. Almost out ot
breath lie enteis the house, exclaiming ‘Father,
I have sold that pewterfaced knife which I
bought of the pedlar at twenty-five cents, for
forty cents.
‘Ah ! have you ? But how did you manage ?
You did'nt tell a lie, did you, Johnny? You
must never lie, you know.’
‘Oh, no, sir, 1 sharpened it very nicely, took
a soft stick in my pocket and kept whitling, said
nothing and let them bid.’
‘But who bought? and have you got your
money ?’
‘Charley Sumner, who always lias money,
bo’t it and here are the forty cents.’
‘That's right; you should never lie, and al
wavs get your pay down, to prevent after trou
ble. I say mother ? Johnny is pretty smart.
We must make a merchant of him, eh, what
think you ?’
‘Well, he has done well with the knife surely,
and I always thought he would be somebody,
and get rich ; besides, Charley is better able to
pay a high price for a poor knife than Johnny.
Bring the money to me, my son, and I will save
it for you.’
This was lesson number two; and the boy
from this propositions beginning, kept practis
ing until lie was old enough to enter a store as
clerk.
ll's father kept him short of change for his
new situation ; and desiring to appear well with
his associates, he began by borrowing small
sums from the money-draw designing to pay it
out of the first omittance. But the economical
father, desiring to keep him short to teach him
economy, neglected the penurious remittance
until the boy bad secretly borrowed the lull
amount of what he received from his father,
and he could not pay it then ; and finally after
some struggles with his detaced consciousness,
and urged bv bis necessities, lie decided not to
pay it at all.
ile went on in this way, borrowing, and never
paying, until lie robbed bis master ot a large
amount and ended bis life a villian.
Ilis parents pocketed a few extra dollars for a
cow, by means of a circuitous falsehood, their
son imbibed the education, and that education
shaped his future.
Who will say, ‘Go tliou and do likewise !’
The Strang f.r within our Gates. Recent
ly while in conversation with a shrewd and
highly cultivated lawyer of Boston, upon the
relative importance and influence ot his profes
sion and that of the ministry, he related the Al
lowing incident.
When a thoughtless youth lie wandered av. ay
to a distant city. The Sabbath came, and he
was alone, with nothing but bis own fancy or
inclination to guide him in* liis selection of a
sanctuary of worship. As be was going along
toward a church distinguished by its pastor, he
passed by the door of the Bethel chapel. Hear
ing the voice of praj er he turned back and en
tered. Scarcely was he seated, before the
preacher among the subjects of petition, prayed
for ‘the stranger within our gates.’ He remain
ed till service was concluded and went to liis
room in tears. The words of supplication ga
thered around the word stranger and rang in
memory.
After relating the circumstances, he turned
to me and said, ‘ln your public ministrations
never forget the stranger within thy gates. You
will touch some heart which will vibrate to the
-appeal,’
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1852.
From the Mountain Cove (Va.) Journal and Harbinger.
The Harp of Heaven.
Lponan instrument of seven strings, whose chords
are galaxies! upon an instrument whoso band encom
passeth the Universe, let praise be offered to Thee, O
thou Creator!
Bring ye, O bring ye the Book of the Proceeding
Harmonies; the harmonies of God immedolized
throughout the Harp j yea, immelodized throughout
the octaves of the Universe.
Sweep thou the Ilarp with thy right hand, thou
Chief Musician ! With the fingers of thy skill sweep
thou the burning Seven.
Thus sang again the Choral Messenger, while the
Glory of the Spirit shone above the celestial pavillion
whose revolving galaxy encompassed him with inwoven
loveliness, the handiwork of the creative light. Then
shone descending peace upon his face uplifted, and thus
he sang, while mortals heard his voice :
Tell me, tell me, O thou Pavilion !
O thou Pavilion whose zenith is unknown !
Tell me, O thou Immensity whose plains are measureless,
Tell me: O utter His habitation,
Who hath created thee !
ii.
Like unto a globe
That floated in the atmosphere,
The Orb that enoompasseth creation
Revolveth in the gloty
Os Ilis throne.
HI.
Glory, glory, glory!
Be unto Thee, O God !
Thou art above the Universe :
Divine above the human :
God over all !
IV.
In Thee we live,
From Thee we breathe,
To Thee our souls aspire.
’Tis thine to give,
While we receive
Immortalizing fire:
Thou art the Builder of Creation’s lyre,
v.
Tell me, O Ilarp, whose hands unfold,
Who wrought thine imagery of gold ;
Who tuned thy great celestial strings;
Who o’er thee bent yon cherub-wings;
M ho set thee on thine ivory throne ;
ho bound thy star-encircling zone ;
Tell me, thou Instrument whose lays
Resound through God’s eternal days ;
Who first hade music from the roll,
And filled thy chords with life, with soul ?
VI.
Then the Ilarp made reply,
And the chords uttered forth :
Ere the dawn of the sky
Was the time of my birth.
VIII.
God set me beneath
Ilis creative pavilion,
And pictured His Wisdom within my bright strings;
1 shone from on high
While ten miliion of million
Os music-thoughts plumed in my heart their swift wings.
God spake, and I trembled,
In rapture adoring,
And music w’as born, and the millions outflow.
God breathed on my strings,
And they worshiped before Him,
And millions of angels arose to the view !
Given at Mountain Cove, Btli month, 1852.
Travelling over Muddy Roads.
Portions of Ohio were formerly notorious for
awful roads. At some seasons of the year a
mile an hour was considered good progress. —
Something of an idea of the mud may be formed
from the following anecdote :
A traveller was riding on horseback near Lit
tle Union meeting-house, where the mud was
so deep that his feet touched the ‘loblolly’ on
either hand. The struggles of the poor horse
to draw his feet out of the soft clay were of
course desperate, and he could not make more
than a mile and a half an hour. The Lraveler
soon came up with a man who was standing on
the fence, without coat or hat, and with a fence
rail was plumping the huge mortar-bed, as tho’
endeavoring to sound it.
‘Why, what’s the matter ?’ exclaimed the
equestrian ; ‘you seem excited and out of breath.
Are you merely amusing yourself?’
‘Bless ye, no!’ said the fence man. ‘l’ve lost
my wagon and team somewhere along here,
and I am trying to see if I could find ’em !’
The traveller could only give the unfortunate
man his sympathy, and proceeded on.
In Pittsburg, it is related of a Frenchman,
who being asked if he came bv water, replied--
‘No!’
‘How, then ? by land ?’
‘No,’ he said.
‘How did you come ?’ continued the enquirer.
‘I came,’ said he, ‘by—b} T —what dat you call
him? Oh, by mat— yes, by mut:
This same Frenchman became greatly offen
ded with the people of Pittsburgh, and to ex
press liis views of them, he let off in the follow
ing style:
‘The devil took the Savior into a high moun
tain, and show him all the kingdoms of the
world, lie then say, all this I will give you, if
you will fall down and worship me. But lie
clap his hand right on Pittsburgh, and say,
‘Dat 1 keep for myself.’
A Wonderful Man. — Richard Arkwright,
it would seem, was not a beautiful man: no ro
mance liero with haughty eyes, Apollo lip, and
gesture like the herald Mercury; a plain, almost
gross, bug-cheeked, pot-bellied Lancashire man,
w ith an air of painful reflection, yet also of co
pious free digestion ; a man stationed by the
community to shave certain dusty beards, in
the northern parts of England, at a halt-penny
each. To such end, we say, by forethought,
oversight, accident, and arrangement, had Rich
ard Arkwright been, by the community of Eng
land and bis own consent, set apart. Ncver
the less, in strapping of razors, in lathering of
dusty beards, and the contradictions and con
fusions attendant thereon, the man had notions
in that rough head of his; spindles, shuttles,
wheels, and contrivances plying ideally within
tho same; rather hopeless looking, wdiich, how
ever, he did at last bring to bear. without
difficulty! His townsfolk rose in mob round
him, for threatening to shorten labor —to shorten
wages, so that he had to fly, with broken wash
pots, scattered household, and seek refuge else
where. Nay, bis wife too, as I learn, rebelled;
burned his wooden model of his spinning-wheel,
-esolute that he should stick to his razors rather,
for which, however, he decisively, as thou wilt
rejoice to understand, packed her out of doors.
O reader! what a historical phenomenon is that
barr-cheeked, pot-bellied, much-enduring, much
inventing barber! French Revolutmns were
a-brewing; to resist the same in any measure,
imperial Kaisers were impotent without the cot
ton and cloth of England ; and it was this man
that had to give England the power of cotton.
Thomas Carlyle.
SEVEXTH AXXUAL FAIR
01 the Southern Central Agricultural Society,
At Macon f Georgia , the 19<A to the 23<2 day of Oc
tober next , 1852.
Special Notice. —The Secretary’s office will be
opened at Macon, on the first day of October, for the
purpose of receiving entries.
Persons intending to become exhibitors at the next
Fair, are desired to forward to the Secretary, after the
date of the first of October, their articles, which will
greatly facilitate the business of the Society, and pre
vent confusion in the halls and on the grounds of the
Society, and disappointment to exhibitors, which here
tofore has been chiefly the result of delay.
All members of the Society, and all who shall be
come members previous to, or at the Exhibition, by the
payment of one dollar, will be furnished with badges
of membership at the Secretary’s office, which will ad
mit the persons and ladies of his family to the exhibi
tion during its continuance.
Notice to Exhibitors. —All exhibitors must be
come members of the Society, and have their animals
or articles entered at the Secretary’s office, and on the
ground before 5 o’clock on Friday evening, the 15th,
so that they may be in readiness for examination, by
the Judges, on Saturday, the 16th.
Exhibitors of stock should give at least one week’s
notice, previous to the 11th of October, of their desire
to send stock, to the Agent at the railroad depots from
which their stock is to be sent.
Exhibitors of fat cattle, sheep and swine will be re
quired, under a rule of the Society, in all cases , to de
posite with the Secretary, when the animal is entered
for exhibition, a full written statement of the history,
breed and age of liis animal, when practicable ; the
system of feeding and fattening; the materials of food
consumed, in quality, quantity and value; date when
the feeding commenced, the weight of the animal when
entered for feeding, and its increased weight up to the
day sent lor exhibition.
For the exhibition and trial of animals, a large and
beautiful circle has been enclosed with railing, within
the Fair Ground. Exhihitors of Stallions and Jacks
should always accompany them to the Fair, with some
of their colts—which are always the best evidence of
the merit of the sire.
Exhibitors of erops must slate in writing, in full, to
the Secretary, all the requisitions as laid down for
Corn, Cotton, &c., when the articles are entered upon
his books for exhibition, with the witnesses’certificates
for the measurement of lands and pounds, and bushels
per acre ; without which the Judges will be required
to withhold their awards; and exhibitors not comply
ing with these requisitions will not be allowed to com
pete for the Premiums of the Society.
Exhibitors upon crops of the ‘best and greatest va
riety,’ must give in writing, in full, to the Secretary,
the kind and history, whether profitably, &c., of each
kind of crop offered.
Exhibitors of Hay must give also statements of the
mode of cultivating, harvesting, &c.
CkCr” Articles, designed for exhibition, should he
carefully labeled with the owners name and residence,
and consigned to the Secretary of the ‘Southern Cen
tral Agricultural Society’ at Macon.
All articles, for exhibition, will be transported by the
railroads without charge, and visitors will be furnished
with tickets at reduced rates, enabling them to return
at any time during the week of exhibition.
As the exhibition will open to the public precisely
at 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning, the 19th of Octo
ber, the regulations of the Society must be strictly ob
served by exhibitors, otherwise the Society will not bo
responsible for the omission of any article or animal
not entered under its regulations. While every effort
will be made on the part of the officers of tho Society
to secure the examination and proper notice of every
article and animal on exhibition, they cannot assure any
exhibitor who neglects the rules of the Society that
his articles can receive the attention of the Judges;
justice to those tcho comply with the rules, requires
that they shall in all cases first receive attention.
Notice to Judges. —The Judges who have accept
ed the call of the Society, are earnestly requested to
meet promptly their duties, and report themselves to
the Secretary on Saturday morning, the 16th, at 9
o’clock, to enter upon their examinations.
Officers, Judges and Exhibitors alone will be admit
ted into the grounds on Saturday and Monday.
The Executive Board will meet on Thursday morn
ing the 14th, at 9 o’clock, under the great tent of the
Society, and will hold each evening during the exhibi
tion, meetings at their tent. The President and other
officers will take a great pleasure in extending any at
tention in their power to gentlemen in attendance, and
will be happy to call at their rooms.
Gentlemen from a distance, guest and delegates from
State and Country Societies, to the meeting of Agri
culturalists, are respectfully requested to enter their
names at the Secretary's office.
The Annual Address, before the Society, will be de
livered under the great tent of the Society, at 11
o’clock, on Thursday morning, by the Hon. Wm. 11.
Crawford, of Georgia, and a lecture during the week
of the exhibition, by Col. A. G. Sumner, of Pomaria,
South Carolina.
Meetings will be held each evening under the great
tent of the Society, for free conversation and discussion
on subjects of Agriculture, Horticulture, &c.
Reports of Judges and award of Premiums will be
made upon the public stand on Thursday afternoon, at
5 o’clock.
The Plowing Match will come off on Friday morn
ing. A field will be prepared for the same, near the
grounds and open to Horses, Mules, and Oxen. Plows
must be deposited at the Secretary’s office on the first
day of the exhibition ; those of Southern invention, if
of equal merit, to have precedence.
Sales of Stock will take place on Friday morning,
at *lO o’clock. An opportunity of disposing of the
grain on exhibition, and the occasion improved undoub
tedly, by Planters, Farmers and Gardeners, to make ex
changes of Seed, which is so desirable.
Forage for Stock —Long forage will be furnished
by the Society free to exhibitors, and grain upon the
grounds, at the current market price.
Pamphlets containing the Premium List, all infor
mation, &c., can be bad on application to the Secretary
at Atlanta, Ga.
The Society will award to each County or Local
Agricultural Society in the State, that shall send up to
the next Fair a Delegation of not less than ten mem
bers, who shall tent upon the Grounds, a Premium
Cup of $lO.
For the best and most complete Tent and Camp
Equipage pitched and occupied upon the Fair Grounds,
a Premium Cup of $lO.
executive board.
Col. A, F. Woolley, Kingston, Ga.
Col. Robt, Y. Harris, Augusta, “
Col. P.M. Nightengale, Albany
R. Teters, Atlanta, “
B. E. Stiles, Macon,
Wm. Rutherford, Athens, “
C. A. Peabody, Columbus, “
Col. Jas. M. Davidson, Woodville, “
D. W. Lewis, Sparta, “
Dr. W. C. Daniel, Savannah, H
Dr. Wm. Terrel, Ch’rn. Sparta, “
J. A. Nisbet, Treas. Macon, “
J. V. Jones, Cor. Sec. Atlanta,
The subscribers, proprietors of Hotels, Boarding
Houses, Omnibuses, Public Hacks, &c., in the city of
Macon, pledge ourselves to the ‘-Southern Central
Agricultural Society’ and to the public, that we will
not charge for board, horse, carriage, nor omnibus hire,
per day, more than our usual rates ? and the amount set
opposite our respective names during the week of the
next Annual Exhibition:
Lanier House, per diem, $2,00
Railroad “ RSO
Floyd “ “ 2,00
Washington ITall, “ 2,00
Mason & Dibble, Omnibus fare from Depot to
Hotel, 25
Omnibus fare from Hotel to Fair Ground, 25
W. C. Jones, Horse hire per day, 1,50
“ “ “ and Buggy “ 2,50
“ “ Horses and Carriage “ 6,00
J. M. Cooper & Son, Horse hire per day, 1,50
“ “ “ “ and Buggy “ 3,00
“ “ Horses and Carriage “ 6,00
The Essayists will forward their manuscripts at as
early a day as possible, addressed to the‘Committee on
Essays,’care of J. V, Jones, Secretary, Atlanta. This
Committee will meet on the first day of October.
Police of the Society and City of Macon, under Gen.
Vincent, of Watkinsville, as Chief Marshal, will pre
serve order on the Grounds during the entire exhibi
tion.
THE FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE
OF GEORGIA,
Will be held at the same time, and its Awards and
Premiums made in conjunction with the Southern Cen
tral Agricultural Society.
Editors of the Agricultural, Horticultural and News
paper press, generally throughout the Southern States,
are invited to attend the exhibition, and till friendly to
the cause of Southern Husbandry and Industry, will
aid the cause by calling attention to the above notice.
Editors in the Southern States disposed to aid
the progress of our industrial pursuits, are requested to
copy the above circular.
When Socrates was asked whether it were
better for a man to get married or to live single
he replied—“ Let him do either and lie will
repent it.
Sound not the vain trumpet of self commen
dation and forget not to remember your own
imperfections.
What the impulse of genius to the great the
instinct of vacation is to the mediocre ; in every
man there is a magnet; in that thing which the
man can do best there is a loadstone.
‘7 po_Lnrjj s. s :
GEN. SLOTT AND THE COMPROMISE.
Facts which arc Facts, Submitted to a
Candid World !
Keep it Before the People! ! Gen. Scott’s
Speech to the Mississippi Delegation ! ! !
“ I feel gratified, gentlemen, at this unexpected call,
and am glad to see before me the accredited men of
Mississippi. The nomination which has been confer
red upon me by the Convention of which you were
members, is an honor greater than I deserve, and
whether defeated or elected, I shall always regard it as
the highest compliment which could be bestowed upon
me, and as more than repaying me for the little service
I have rendered my country. lam well pleased, too,
gentlemen, with the platform yon hare adopted ; IT
meets my iieartv and cordial approval ; and let
me assure you, gentlemen, that this is no new born
faith in me. Years ago I entertained the senti
ments expressed in that platform on the subject of
Southern rights. I can assure you that I was one of
the first to give in my hearty and cordial approval and
endorsement of those measures, when they were be
fore Congress, Thero were but two others ahead of
me in point of time in their advocacy, and approval of
those measures. I mean Mr. Clay and Senator Foote,
of your State. As early as ISSO, when first brought
before Congress, I openly avowed myself the friend of
those measures, and then, and since, as many I think
as an average of five times a day, have I openly and
publicly declared my sentiments to every man, woman
and child who has approached me on the subject. 1
have not sought nor have I desired any concealment of
my views and opinions in reference to them, and it is
a matter of profound astonishment and regret to me
that my sentiments have been so grossly misrepresent
ed, and that I have been made the subject of such un
just and malicious slander. My name has been coupled
with that of Mr. Wm. 11. Seward, and I have been
charged with entertaining sentiments in common with
him in reference to Southern institutions. Nothing
can be more unjust and false. It is true, lam person
ally acquainted with Mr. Seward, and that he is per
sonally my friend —but I am not responsible for liis
peculiar sentiments, nor those of any other man who
may see proper to support me, and no man living
knows better than he, what my opinions are, and al
ways have been. 1 made his acquaintance sometime
iu the year of ’36 or ’7. I had not met with him or
corresponded with or interchanged communications
with him, however, during the interval from the year
’42 to ’SO. In the latter year, during the pending of
the Compromise measures before Congress, I met with
him in traveling through New Jersey. He approach
ed me upon the subject of those measures, and asked
my opinion in reference thereto. I replied to him in
these words: Sir, lam dead for the Constitution
dead for the Union—dead for the Compromise—
AND DEAD AGAINST ANY MAN WHO IS
OPFOSED TO THEM OR EITHER OF THEM.
The language used by myself on that occasion was so
positive and emphatic, that in alluding to it since, for
lie well remembers the conversation, ho has even
charged me with rudeness.
“ I have seen some service in the cause of our com
mon country, and am now advanced in life. I have
endeavored to gain at least a name for uprightness and
candor ; and I challenge the world to produce a single
witness, who would be believed in a court of justice,
who will say that I have ever, by thought, word or
deed, said or dono anything to justify the misrepre
sentations that have been made as to my sentiments
and opinions, or that they have been otherwise than a3
expressed to you here this day. If any such man
can be found, let him he brought forward , and lam
willing that my past life and services shall he for
gotten, and that the word infamous shall be written
before and after my name”
Resolutions of tlie Great Union Meeting
at Castle Garden, N. Y. in 1850.
Resulted, That the people of New York, without
distinction of sect or party, are ardently devoted to the
union of these States, as, next to our liberties, the
most precious of their political institutions ; and, hav
ing never yet begun to calculate the value of this l nion,
can contemplate no contingency in which its dissolution
would be otherwise than a gigantic crime against the
peace, prosperity and freedom of our country and of
mankind.
Resolved, That in tho resolutions, lately submitted
to the Senate of the United States by Mr. Clay, look
ing io a complete and final settlement of all ques
tions relating to slavery, on which the feelings of
the Northern and Southern sections of our country
have been excited against each other, we joyfully
recognize the basis of an harmonious anfl brotherly
adjustment of a most distracting and perilous contro
versy; and entreat our fellow-citizens of all parties and
sections to study those resolutions carefully, and in a
spirit of devotion to the Union and perpetuity of this
qobje confederacy,
Resolved, That, in view of the above considera
tions, we accept, as the basis of a compromise, the
preamble and resolutions as introduced by Mr. Clay
into the Seuateof the United States on the 19th Jauu
ary, 1850.
Gen. Scott, being present at this meeting and re
cognized, was called on to speak, and responded as fol
lows :
Fellow-Citizens: Your kind greetings fill me
with tho deepest emotions. I came here not expect
ing to take more than a stand in some corner of the
great hall to witness the proceedings. Some kind
friend discovered me below, or I should not have stood
ill this conspicuous place. I did not expect to address
one word to this meeting. I see before me much of
the intelligence, respectability, and sterling worth of
this great city, assembled here for the purpose of sup
porting our great Union, of which I am an humble
friend and servant. Ido not call myself a ertizen of the
North, of the South, of the East or of the West; but
I have served the Union for forty-odd years, and feel
myself a citizen of every part of it; and whatever
life and strength I may have, shall be devoted to its
preservation. Feeling that it was in jeopardy, and
that this meeting had assembled to promote harmony
and preserve the Union, I come here, and return you
many thanks for the kindness with which you have
welcomed me.
I am not an Abolitionist, nor an advocate of slavery.
I came not here as a democrat or a whig. I have at
tended no party meeting for forty-two years. But
when the cry is that the Union is in danger, and a
rally is made to support it, I would have been a cow
rrd and a recreant if I had not also rallied !
Os whatever value may be the remainder of my life
(and no one sets less value on it than I do) I would
give it in support of the Union. I hope I may not five
to see its dissolution ; but, if unable to avert its fate, I
would be buried beneath its ruins !
I am charmed with the good feeling and universal
patriotism which this meeting has exhibited ; and God
grant that you may devise some plan to save that
Union to which we all, in heart and soul, are so much
attached.
WUAT EMINENT MEN SAY OF GENERAL SCOTT.
The great hero and patriot, Kopciusko, held him in
high estimation, as may be learned from the following
extract from a letter to Baron Hottingeur, written
while Scott was on a visit to Europe :
“ Sir —May I beg you to express to Gen. Scott my
great regrets that, owing to a severe indisposition, I am
unable to leave Soleure ; otherwise it would afford me
the highest gratification to meet him half way between
this and Paris to make his acquaintance ; the more
so, as he is charged by his government with collection
of information upon military subjects.” * * *
“ Be pleased to convey my compliments to Gen. Scott,
and especially for his victories in Canada. I hope the
Americans will follow liis example—his courage — his
energy and his VIRTUES.
Kosciusko.”
Shortly after the conclusion of the Mexican war,
the Legislature of the State of Virginia voted General
Scott a magnificent gold medal. Os this medal sev
eral bronze copies were taken, one of which the Gov
ernor forwarded to the Dukeef \V ellington, accompa
nied by a handsomely written letter requesting the
Duke’s acceptance of the same. The Duke return
ed the following reply, which, coining as it docs, from
the conquerer of Napoleon, will receive due considera
tion :
London, Dec. 12, 1851.
Sir : —I have had the honor of receiving your Ex
cellency’s letter of the 12th November, and the bronze
copy of the beautiful gold medal voted by the State of
Virginia to Major-General Winfield Scott, in testimo
ny of the sense entertained by the State of his great
and distinguished military services in command of the
army in the warin Mexico.
I am very sensible of the distinction conferred upon
me by your Excellency's notice of me upon this occa
sion.
In common with the xvorld at large, I read with
admiration the reports of the operations of General
Scott, and 1 sincerely rejoice that the State of Vir
ginia has noticed them by this token of its admiration.
I beg to express my thanks for the honor conferred
upon me by sending me this beautiful copy of bronze
of the gold medal struck by command of the State in
honor of Gin. Winfield Scott, as well as for the kind
expressions towards myself personally, by which your
Excellency has accompanied the gift.
1 have the honor to be your most obedient, humble
servant,
(Signed.) WELLINGTON.
Ilis Excelleucy, John B. Floyd, Governor of the
State of Virginia.
Scott and Madison. —President Madison, though
early persuaded of Scott's great qualities, nevertheless,
out of the abundant caution of his nature, always hes
itated at every step of our hero’s promotion, (till it
came to tlie last,) on the ground of his extreme youth.
Thus he thought he was too young when it was pro
posed to make him Lieut. Colonel, too young when he
was again advanced to the post of Adjutant General,
too young when he was made Colonel of a double re
giment, and finally too young when he was promoted
to the place of Ilrigadier General. But at last, when,
after his then recent extraordinary services and brilli
ant successes, it was proposed in the Cabinet to make
him a Major General, Mr. Madison promptly remarked,
“Put him down a Major General. lam done object
ing to his youth.— Buffalo Rough Notes.
President Fillmore and General Scott. —The
Philadelphia American says the following is an ex
tract of a private letter, dated the 19th nit., from Pre
sident Fillmore to a warm personal friend :
“ I was not disappointed, nor had I anything to re
gret, in the result of the Baltimore Convention. The
approbation which that Coavention expressed of the
policy which I had pursued, in the resolutions which it
adopted, was more gratifying to me than to have re
ceived the nomination.
“ I cannot doubt that Gen. Scott intends to carry
out the principles of the Whig party in good faith, if
elected, and it seem* tome that he is justly entitled to
the support of every true Whig. I am, therefore, grat
ified to learn from your letter, that you intend to give
him a cordial and hearty support.”
‘Having known Gen. Scott’s intelligence, honor, pat
riotism and true American spirit, I feel assured that to
the unsurpassed gallantry and skill which have given
him renown as the first soldier of the Union, he would,
as Chief Magistrate, add the crowning glory of the
purest fidelity to the Constitution and the country.’
J. A. Pearce, of Mary land.
A gallant officer of the army, (Twiggs,) of high
’•ank, a political opponent of Gen. Scott, but an honor
able, ingenuous, candid man, says, that the idea of
Scott being subservient to, or under the control of Se
ward, is simply absurd—he is rather one, says this high
authority, to dictate to others, than to be dictated to—
he truckles neither to Seward nor any one else.
Gf.n. Scott. —Extracts from speeches made during
the debate in the United States Senate, Feb. 12,1851,
on the bill to create the office of Lieut. General.—[Con.
Globe, page 148.]
Mr. Hamilton, of Maine, (Pierce Demecrat) said:
“I think as highly, ond I speak openly and publicly
every where, of the distinguished General upon whom
this rank is to be conferred, as any Senator here.”
Mr. Rhett.of S. C„ (State Rights Democrat) said :
“ I shall vote for the resolution, on the simple ground
that Gen. Scott merits it—any testimonial your sense
of high and distinguished services should be cheerfully
paid. He has shed giory on the United States, and
we, representing the States, ought freely to bestow
upon him all the honor we can with propriety bestow,
t shall vote, and vote most cheerfully, to bestow on this
distinguished soldier the honor the resolution proposes,
on the simple ground that he has fairly and gloriously
won it.”
Mr. Butler, of S.C.. (State Rights Democrat) said:
“I concur with my colleague in saying that I shall
vote for this resolution most cheerfully, as a tribute, a
personal tribute to Gen. Scott, lie has won for him
self and his country ail historical reputation, and I am
willing, as far as I can, to bear testimony in my offi
cial character to his merits.”
Mr. Hale, of N. ll.,[Free-soil Democrat] said : “I
beljeve, myself, that as far as military skill and milita
ry prowess are concerned, Gen. Scott has a reputation
compared with which no man in the world can stand
before him. I believe, and lam sustained by informa
tion from military men, who were with him in Mexico,
that greater skill, greater science, and more of those
characteristics which go to make up a great soldier,
never were displayed by any mortal man than were
displayed by Gen. Scott, from the time he landed at
\’era Cjuz, until he entered the city of Mexico.”
Henry Clay, ofKy., [Whig] said: “ I do not mean
to dwell upon the merits of the individual whom it is
supposed is to be rewarded here ; the whole country,
the whole world, rings with his praises in a military
point of view. If there ever was an instance in which
it was the duty of a nation to offer its sentiments of
gratitude with a view to stimulate future military ac
tion, by bestowing the rank, costing nothing, but grate
ful beyond description to the individual who may re
ceive it, the case of the conqueror of Mexico presents
such an instance.”
Mr. Foote, [Union Pierce Democrat] said: “ I hon
or the illustrious personage alluded to so often iu the
progress of this debate, as highly as any one here. All
the commendation bestowed upon him on this occa
sion is, in my judgment, not at all beyond his deserts ;
as a patriot I recognize him as entitled to the most pro
found respect; and as a high-minded and accomplish
ed gentleman, he possesses my esteem and affection ;
as the victor upon many a well fought field, in which
the national honor was maintained, and the enemies
of our beloved country humified before our triumphant
* respect him, I am him, I am proud
of him.”
The gallant Gen. Shields thus speaks of General
Scott:
“ (*en. Winfield Scott is the candidate of the Whig
party. For him I entertain the highest personal re
gard and esteem. I admire him as much as I do
any man living, for his great military talents, and I
consider him entitled to the gratitude of bis country,
for his glorious military services.”
Gen. Shields is a native of Ireland, a IT. S. Sena
tor, a Democrat, aud was a brave soldier in the Mexi
can war.
Clayton on Scott. —John M. Clayton, in an ad
dress at Wilmington, Del., used the following lau
guage:
“ Gen. Scott is a scholar and a statesman, and the
greatest General of the age. I have never seen a
better international lawyer, and I would support him
for his civil qualifications alone.”
Ex-Secretary Marct and Gi:n. Scott. —Ex'*
Secretary Marcy was once an admirer of Gen. Scott,
both as a scholar and a soldier, as we should judge front
the tenor of the followiug toast, given at a public din
ner in Albany, over which Mr. Marcy presided, long
before the Mexican war had added so immeasurably to
the then well earned fame of the hero of Niagara.
Here is the sentiment:
“ Winfield Scott, not less the scholar than the sol
dier, whose pen and sword have been wielded with
equal skill iu the defeuce of his country: the soldier
who has ever made the law of the land his supreme
rule of action, and who, while he has always fulfilled
its utmost requirements, has never in a single instance
transcended its limits.”
Gen. Quitman's Ottnion. —“ Sir,” said the Gov
ernor, in reply, “the American people have never done
Gen. Scott justice. The more that man's character
and claims to distinction are canvassed, the higher
will be the stand he will take iu the admiration aud
gratitude of his countrymen.”
“ I have been surprised and astonished,” continued
Gov. Quitman, “ that among the Whig party there
should be found a single man unwilling to give him a
cordial and hearty support. As to his being controlled
by Seward, that is mere stuff ! I know the man, and
he will be controlled by no one, contrary to his owu
convictions of what is right. And as to his being true
to the South, I consider him the most unexceptionable
man, on that score, among all the Whigs who have
been named in connection with the Presidency. lam
a Democrat; and, cousequently, differing widely as I
do, from Gen. Scott, on every political question, can
never give him my support—but, if there is a W big in
the Union for whom, under any’ circumstances. I could
cast my vote for President, that Whig is M infield
Scott •”
Gf.n. Scott in 1818.—The following toast was
given by Col. Croghau, at a public dinner at Tamma
ny Hall in 1818 :
By Lieut. Col. Croghau—Major-General Winfield
Scott—The Soldier s boast—his country’s pride—“ in
battle a roaring storm —mild as the evening sun in
peace.’”
From the Washington Union of 1848. A
“Gen. Scott is an older soldier than Gen, Taylor—
one who is at least equally, if not more accomplished,
and who has distinguished himself by more and as
brilliant battles during the war—who captured Vera
Cruz, and the Castle, and the Capitol of Mexico— and
one, too, who has more the quality of a Civilian,
and is better known as a Whig.”
What they said of him in 1847.—The Pennsyl
vanian, a Locofoco journal, which is now daily filled
with abuse of Gen. Scott, published the following, af
ter the receipt of the victory of Cerro Gordo:
“ The military genius and foresight of Gen. Scott
shone out conspicuously on the steeps of Cerro Gordo.
With signal tact he planned the details, and with sin
gular prescience prepared for the defeat which his soul
must have told him was at hand. THE COUNTRY
WILL BLOT OUT ALL OF HIS CIVIL HIS
TORY THAT IS SUBJECT TO CRITICISM OR
COMPLAINT, AND WILL GREET HIM AS
ONE OF HER WORTHIEST AND MOST DIS
TINGUISHED SOLDIERS.”
Ex-Senator Dickiuson, it is said, on the 24th ult..
made a speech in Otsego county, N. Y., in which, ac
cording to the Otsego Republican, he declared that
“Scott was a gallant soldier and a worthy gentleman;”
that his “fame as a military leader was world-wide
that he was the “ greatest Captain of the age ; and
that if the people were going to elect a General, ha
(Scott) would be the man.”
A Democrat's Desorption of Gen. Scott’s Pe
culiaritif-s.—We learn from the N. O. Bulletin that
at a recent mass meeting of the Democrats at Baton
Rouge, La., among other speeches against Gen. Scott,
a Democratic orator commenced a criticism upon his
life, and filially desconded to an examination of his
habits, bearing and tastes. He represented the hero
ic old General as a man of great vanity, who was re
markably proud of his personal appearance, aud who
was never satisfied, either on parade ground or on the
battle-field, unless the golden epaulettes glittered on
his shoulders, and a towering plume waved from his
chapeau. “But I must say, fellow-citizens,” said the
speaker, evidently ashamed of himself, “ that those
epaulettes and that plnmc were always found glitter
ing and waving where the battle waged fiercest,where
the bullets rained thickest and where the carnage was
deadliest, directing the American arms to gloiious vic
tory !” The loudest applause of the day followed the
utterance of these truthful words.
Gen. Butler’s Opinion of Gen. Scott. —Gen. Wil
liam O. Butler, of Ky., at a recent Democratic rati
fication meeting at Carrolion, in that Slate, spoke as
follows of Gen. Scott:
“General Scott is known to the nation, and to tho
world ; and as it is not my province to paint Whig
portraits, I would be content to examine his position
before the world without saying any thing of him per
sonally, but for the known positions we relatively oc
cupied in the city of Mexico, and for the pnrpose of
saying publicly, that throughout our whole intercourse,
though delicate aud embarrassing, he acquitted him
self iu such a maimer as to win my esteem and admi
ration.”
In 1841, when on effort was made by Loeofocos in
Congress to abolish the office now held by Gen. Scott
in the army, the Hon. Mr. Dean, a Democratic mem
ber from Ohio, said:
“ If there was a man in this country who had added
glory to its history, it was Gen. Scott—a man distin
guished above all others for his bravery and gallantry
on the field of battle; who had rendered illustrious aid
noble services to his country at the battle of Chippewa,
of Bridgewater, and of Lundy’s Lane; who had led
our armies on to victory. Aud was it for aa Ameri
can Cougress, now that be was advanced in years and
stood high in the confidence of the American people,
to dismiss him from office as a token of disapprobation?'*
Gen. Scott’s Bravery. —On the 2d of Aug., 1814,
the Albany Argus, which now support Gee. Pierce, in
announcing the victory of Lundy's Lane, er Bridge
water, as it is sometimes called, declared:
“The enemy’s numerical force was much superior to
Gen. Scott’s; his line was far extended, and he show
ed a disposition to flank. In order to counteract these
views be was fought in detachment; he was charged
in column ; Gen. Scott being at the head of his troops
in almost every charge. lie was severely wounded by
a grape shot in the shoulder, besides a severe brnise oc
casioned by a shell or cannon shot; having had two
horses killed. * * The battle of Bridgewater will
be remembered by posterity with the same sensation,
as those of Bunker Bill and Saratoga.”
m i m i
A country pc per says that rats may be expek
led from your cellars and granaries simply by scattering
a few stalks aud ]eaves of in their paths.—*
There is something very annoying in this plapt to the
rat.* It affords, therefore, a very easy method fora
most perplexing evil, and much more economical ar*4
less troublesome than gunpowder, “rat exterminator
cats or trap.
NO. 25.