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Silie Gipson i’ilot.
Us. A. Miller, Editor*.
THOM ASTON, GEORGIA:
Saturday Morning, February IS, 1860-
Extract from Senator Iverson’s Speech
nt Orifl'in.
“Th loss of Kansas to the Bouth was the legitimate
and itievitahle fruit of the ‘squatter sovereignty’ ele
ments of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, os construed and
enforced by its Northern authors and friends.”
y—
National, Constitutional Union Party and De
mocracy.
The Washington “States & Union” speaking
of the efforts of Mr. Crittenden and other pa
triot# to build up a National, Constitutional Par
ty on the ruins of the corrupt Republican and
professed National Democracy, makes use of the
following sentiment:—
“Rut we wish such gentlemen to convince
themselves that there is no conservative union
party in the country which can effect the good
that such patriots have purely at heart, except
the Democratic national party, and that they
can alone carry out their patriotic purposes,
through the Democratic organization.”
Still sawing on that old Harp of a thousand
rusty strings!! National Democracy must be
Caesar or nothing, and we in the South, should
rejoice that rcccut developments show that it is
very much in the condition of nothing or the
“Great Jtdius” when he cried, u lle.lp me, Cas
sius, or 1 sink!” or when like a sick girl, he ex
claimed “ Gire me some drink, Titinius!”
Notwithstanding the insolence, the proscrip
tions, the corruptions and inconsistencies of its
leaders as exhibited by experience, history, truth
nnd reason, still the Democracy cannot shake
off the boast: —
“Of—Savior of a nation—not yet saved,
And Southern Liberator —still enslaved.”
In its present ragged and tattered garments
fluttering in the wind, it stands like an Italian
beggar and demands alms in Kingly style.—
Like the same beggar, it learns no lesson of
humility from deserved abasement but dreams
amid broken columns, deserted temples and
shattered arches of that Imperial time, uever
again to return, when its power stretched from
ocean to ocean and its triumphal processions
ascended the stops of the Capitol with shouts of
joy. Its jnhifante’s have been changed into
mimrere's and yet with a strange infatuation, it
forgets that its walls have been broken downlby
the troths, the Huns and Visi-Goths under the
Black Republican Alarics and Attilla's—its
Gibralter —the loaves ami fishes taken from its
famishing mouth and the disunion spiders are
now hanging their webs from out its once beau
tiful constitutional Pantheons where even the
mighty statue of Washington is reviled.
, The leaders of a party false to every pledge
—consistent only in its inconsistences and advo
cates of every political heresy that has impaired
the value and durability of the Constitution and
Union and out of whose loins has sprang the
Cass’ the Yan-Burens, the Buchanans and
Douglasses of squatter sovereignty —this party
now so low that none who respect consistency
or principle can do it reverence, still presumes
upon the ignorance of its masses and sets itself
up as the only organization whereby the country
can be saved. As well call back the quack who
bad administered poisons to yonr wife and child
when the pallor of sickness overspread their fa
ces and the death-rattle was heard in their
.throats. The masses of all parties who are hon
est and patriotic have had enough of such po
liti'-al empiricism. They will choose not to be
again and again thrown into political convulsions
and the elements of their national vitality weak
ened and at length entirely exhausted, merely
that these doctors may say — “well pint tee h — l
on fits!” We rather guess the people will echo
the sentiment of the dandy to the tailor—if you
arc so bad on “jits’ we w ill have no more of
your workmanship—and so there is an end of
the partnership. We are tired of marching up
the hill every four years, merely to experience
the pleasure— of marching Joint, down, down.
We are disgusted with your pretensionsof eure
ing the patient, when he is sick only from your
most villanous drugs.
Mr Clingman of N. C. and Mr. Wilson
of Massachusetts.
We clip the following extract of Mr. Cling
man’s reply to Gen. A\ ilson from the Congres
sional Daily Globe more for the historical truths
it contains, than any respect politically, that we
have for the North Carolina Senator. We know
Mr. Cli ngman well and whilst we respect his
abilities we loathe his treachery and ambition
from the bottom of our souls. lie commenced
his Congressional ascent as a Whig in the Dis
trict now so ably represented by the talented
young American, Vance. Cliugman not able
to extend the verge of his ambition in the Whig
ranks, coqucted with the Democracy and as it
was rather spavined, stringhalted and broken
winded in the way of talents, it at length eleva
ted Mr. Cliugman to a seat iu the U. S. Senate.
Mr. Cliugman will be greatly disappointed if
ho fails to be elected President of the South
ern Confederacy — that is to be ! If his revered
Uncle, Peter Clingniau Esq. (whoeducated Tom)
could know of his political double somersets,
Ac would turn in his grave. Ed. PILOT.
Mr CUngman said:—
“The Senator thinks it is an outrage for us,
because we refuse to allow them to take po ses
sion of the Government, and gives us a lecture,
and takes occasion to boast—if he does n°t
mean it in boasting, 1 do not know what is th>*
Use to bring it in—of the niauncr in which bi
people f >ugbt in the Revolution, and eulogizes
them. Mr. President, th'erc is no State in the
Union whose services in the Revolution have
been so much exaggerated and overrated as bis.
lam willing to do Massachusetts justice. She
has a number of writers and liisU rians who de
vote themselves to the business of eulogizing
her. The principal po'.uts made for her, will
apply a- well or better to other States; but they
say little about them. For example, we hear a
great deal about the tea party. Well, a body of
very worthy citizens went iu the night time in
disguise, and threw some tea into the sea. I
give them credit for the act; hut nine years be
fore that, on the passage of the stamp act, in
my own State, a body of men went, not in the
night time, not in disguise, but they went in the
day time to the British Governor and obliged
him to give up the stamp master, and took him
to the market-house and compelled him to take
an oath that he would never execute the stamp
act, and excluded the stamp paper from the col
ony. We uever thought that was a reason for
glorification, though it was a much bolder act; a
more decided act; au act against the Governor;
not against an unarmed ship; not in the night
time, by men in disguise.
Again, sir, they talk to us a great deal about
the Revolution beginning there. It was four
years before the battle of Concord or of Lexing
ton that two thousand men in my State were
under arms to resist the British authorities;
and if they were defeated in battle at the Ala
mance, they only met the same fate that the
people in Massachusetts did in their battles of
Concord and Lexington and Bunker Ilill. We
never thought that that was a matter for glori
fication. I never knew anybody from my State
to allude to such things as these in debate; and
T only refer to them in this connection to show
with'how little reason these gentlemen are con
stantly talking about their vast achievements.
Again, sir: when the battle of Concord was
fought, so far from being to achieve independ
ence, if I recollect aright, the men who engaged
in it actually got up affidavits to prove that the
British fired the first shots, and began to con
test. They did not look to independence; hut
when the news went down into my State, im
mediately after it was known, they got together
at Mecklenburg and declared independence,
and assigned as a principal reason this very at
tack on American citizens up in Massachusetts.
The Americans were defeated in all these early
engagements in Massachusetts; and, in point of
fact, the first victory that was ever won during
the Revolution was in my State, in the battle
at Moore’s Creek. AVe never thought proper
to glorify this. They, in defense of Massachu
setts, when she is charged with violating the
Constitution of the United States, declare that
their ancestors performed great and glorious
achievements. I concede it; but I maintain
that the other States of the Union stand as her
equals in that respect, and every State that
maintains the Constitution has the advantage of
her now on other grounds. I will not, however,
press this point further. There arc one or two
things which I would like to allude to rapidly.
There is nothing more common than this de
nunciation of the slaveholders as a small class.
I had occasion to look into the fact the other
day, and I see that, according to the last census,
the proportion of slaveholders in North Carolina
is much larger than of landholders in Massa
chusetts. What would the gentleman think if
we were to get up here, or it somebody were to
go into that State, andjdenounce the landholders
of Massachusetts as a small squad of aristocrats,
and appeal to the people to deprive them of their
property ? Their numbers are not as large as
i ilic number of Blßyeholdero in North Carolina,
in proportion to the population of the respec
tive States.”
Mr. Speaker Pennington.
As we are always anxious to know some
thing of the characters of those who fill
high positions in the government, we have
from various sources compiled the follow
ing information concerning Mr. Penning
ton.—Ed. Pilot.
The Baltimore Clipper says:—
The cause and effect of the election of
Governor Pennington, of New Jersey, to
the Speakership are just beginning to be
appreciated by the country. The election
has been received with hisses at the North
and expressions of indignation at the South
simply because the masses in neither sec
tion were informed of the real condition of
affairs in Congress, or the the antecedents
of Governor Pennington. It has not been
generally known that at the commence
ment of the session lie was unexceptiona
ble to the mass of the Southern Opposi
tion, and at that time, if the Republicans
had been willing to support him, he would
have been elected speaker upon the first
ballot without difficulty or hesitation. He
was elected to Congress by the Whigs,
Americans and Republicans of his district,
not as a Republican , hut as a Whig. In
the Congressional convention from which
he received his nomination his name was
presented by one of the staunchest Ameri
cans of New Jersey. The Convention was
composed of delegates representing the
Whigs, Americans and Republicans of
Hudson, Essex and Union counties of that
State, and the following resolutions com
posed the platform adopted by it:
The freemen of the Fifth Congressional
District, opposed to the oppressive policy
of the present administration, in conven
tion assembled,
Resolved, That they unite iu condemn
ing the extravagant expenditure, and the
proscriptive policy of the administration
of the General Government, and especially
its principles and action in relation to Kan
sas, which are in direct opposition to the
express will of the people, and to the plain
est principles of right and honesty.
Resolved, That the right of suffrage is
one so important in a representative gov
ernment, that it is for our iuterest as a
people, and of vital importance to every
man who justly exercises that right, that
all proper measures should be takeu to keep
it sacred, free from fraud, corruption and
abuse—that all frauds on the elective fran
chise ought to be carefully guarded against
by legislation, and that a registry law, es
pecially for the cities, has become a neces
sity of the time, for the establishment of
which our most strenuous exertions should
be given.
Resolved, That the present depression
of the country requires protection of the
present and demands security for the fu
ture, and that we are in favor of such laws
as will secure adequate protection to our
commercial, manufacturing and agricultu
ral interests, and to every man employ
ment at a fair remuneration.
R.selved ; That Jacob R. Wortcndykc lias
willfully misrepresented this District; that
he has proved to be a blind supporter of
party, without independence, yielding sub
missive obedience to thecomrnands of pow
er, and aiding to force upon a free people
a great and palpable wrong; that having
no confidence in his political integrity we
repudiate him as unworthy the support of
this enlightened and patriotic District.
Resolved, That the actions ofthe Amer
icans and Republicans and anti-Lecompton
Democrats in Congress upon the “Critten
den Amendment” meets with our cordial
approval, in evidence of which, and for the
overthrow of the Democratic party, we
hereby invite the patriotic and conserva
tive men of all parties and all sections of
the Union who deprecate the unhappy dif
ferences which exist between the people of
different sections, to unite with us upon
the principle, “that the inhabitants of the
Territories shall have the right to regulate
their social and domestic affairs in their
own inode”, subject only to the provisions
of the Federal Constitution, with the priv
ilege of admission into the Union whenev
er they may make application and have
agreed by a fair vote to their constitution.
Nevertheless, iu laying down this principle
of public policy, we make no abatement of
our reprobation of the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise as a violation of p’ight
ed faith and an outrage upon the spirit of
patriotism which dictated itsf enactment. *
In this convention, before the nomina
tion of a candidate, Governor Pennington
was called upon to speak, and concluded
his remarks by proposing that the party
there assembled should be called the “Na
tional party,” indicating unequivocally its
freedom from both Democracy and Repub
licanism. The election of Pennington was
hailed with delight by conservative, na
tional-minded men, not only iu New Jer
sey, but in all the other States. It was
esteemed a victory of conservatism. Upon
the slavery question he occupied precisely
the position of Henry Clay, lie was not
only in favor of the fugitive slave law, but
as Governor, had insisted upon its execu
tion. He had never In-come sectionalized
or given his adherance to any sectional par
ty. For these reasons lie was not so much
obnoxious to the conservative men of the
South as to the irrepressible conflict men
of the North.
On the night after the election of Spea
ker, Mr. Briggs was serenaded. Mr. Wul
lach, a true American of Washington City,
was the spokesman. He said :
Gentlemen : I give you George Briggs,
of New York —a gentleman upon whose
shoulders rested, like Atlas of old, the des
tinies of this -country. (Cries of “Good.”)
Not inclined to be impressed or depressed,
standing upon his integrity and bis rights
lie has held in abeyance what be believed
to be the interests ofthe country for four
days, and finally, by his gigantic exercise
of power, he has to-day organized tlie
House satisfactorily to me, and, I doubt
not, to the country.
To tliis Mr. Briggs responded briefly
but pointedly, as follows :
Qestlemes —I am liappy to see you. I
take this demonstration as a token of your
approval of the manner in which I have
to-day, in the House of Representatives,
discharged a high duty. (“That’s so” and
loud and prolonged cheers were here given
for Briggs.) I regard it not so much as a
mark of your favor forme personally, as
for that official act which I performed, not
for party, but for the country. I hope the
country will, as you do, appreciate the act
to which I have referred. (Cries of “They
will,” and cheers.) On the 6th day of Jan
uary, I indicated the Hon. Wm. Penning
ton as a proper man for the office of Spea
ker of the House, and said I would vote
for him for speaker, regarding him, not as
a republican, blit as a national conserva
tive man. (Cheers for Pennington.) He
was thus made my candidate when he
should be in a position in which my vote
given for him would put an end to the
wearying contest in which for many weeks
we were engaged. The crisis arrived, no
candidate of my party —the Union party
was before the House, the democratic par
ty was hopeless, the republican party of
itself could achieve no result, but by a
combination with other parties it was
brought so near it that any vote, the vote
of a Union party man, would decide it. —
(Cheers for Briggs.) And as my party is a
part) for the country, a party of patriots,
I but discharged the duty of a patriot when
by mv vote, I to-day made the Hon. Mr.
Pennington, an old line whig, the Speaker
of the House. (Vociferous cheers.) Again,
gentlemen, I thank you, and being ill, must
he excused for not being able to give you
a further reception, such as my feelings
would prompt. (Cheers.)
Mr. Lanman’s Dictionary of Congress
fives the following particulars ot Mr. Pen
nington’s character and career:
Hon. Wm. Pennington was horn in New
ark. New Jersey, where he has resided all
his life. He is a lawyer, and has for many
years practiced his profession extensively
in the courts of that State. In 1837 he
was elected Governor of New Jersey, and
ex officio Chancellor of the State, both of
which positions lie occupied for six years,
or until 1843. When Gen. Taylor came
to the Presidency lie appointed Governor
Peunington Governor of Minnesota, and
though unanimously confirmed by the Sen
ate, lie declined the office. President Fill
more offered him one of the Judgeships in
California to settle land claims under the
treaty with Mexico, hut this position he
also declined, preferring to remain in his
own State and in private life. In the au
tumn of 1858 the united voice of the Op
position, in his district, prevailed upon
him, against his wishes, to become a can
didate for congress, and he was elected by
a very large vote, representing the fifth
Congressional district. In politics Mr.
Pennington has ever been a Whig, and it
was during his administration as Governor
that the famous broad seal controversy oc
curred in New Jersey. In politics now he
is a moderate Republican, decidedly con
servative in principle and spirit, a firm sup
porter of the Uuion, and an advocate for
laying aside all subjects that may disturb
the public tranquility. His personal char- i
aeter is one of the most pure and estima
ble, and his presence and manners remark
able for dignity and urbanity.
Henry Clay and Gov. Pennington.—
In either 1845 or 1846, Henry Clay became
embarrassed to such an extent that he had
to mortgage Ashland. In the mean time,
a movement had been started in New Or
leans by some of Mr. Clay’s friends, to pay
his debts and relieve him from his embar
rassments, and Mr. A. H. Trotter, the a
gent of the Northern Bauk in New Orleans,
was sent East to confer with Mr. Clay’s
friends. The consequence was that about
£50,000 was subscribed, and the Hon. Win.
Pennington was sent to Kentucky with the
money, and reached Lexington known to
scarcely any person. He walked into the
Northern Bank, and asked for Mr. Scott,
the Cashier of the Bank, and upon being
shown that gentleman, asked if there were
not several notes of Mr. Clay’s that were
due in a few days and was answered that
there was.
Mr. Scott was requested to give the whole
amount of Mr. Clay’s indebtedness, which
was done, and a draft on one ot the New
York banks was handed him, and Mr.
Pennington left the bank with all Mr. Clay’s
notes paid. In a few days Mr. Clay came
to town to arrange for a renewel of the
notes, if possible, and was shown in the
side room of the bank. After sitting a few
minutes, he asked Mr. Scott if there could
be any arrangement to run the notes for a
longer time. Mr. Scott looked at Mr. Clay
to see if he was not jesting, and finding
that he was not, told him that a gentleman
from New Jersey had called yesterday and
paid all of his indebtedness. Mr. Clay
started vffien Mr. Scott spoke, looked at
him a few seconds, burst into tears, and
left the bank overwhelmed. No man ever
had such friends.
Democratic Platform. —The Saluta
tory ot W. M. Bray, is contained in the
last “Democratic Platform” published at
Calhoun, Ga.
If the whole vocabulary of names had
been scanned, we know none better suited
to uphold such a rotten concern as a dem
ocratic platform. Biay on ! — Upson Pi
lot. *
Not knowing the spirit with which the
above was written we forbear to reply, f
—Democratic Platform.
Now the Crusader called ns “mcaly
niouth” merely because we were millers
and even went so far as to ask us why we
did not put up flourery articles in french
style ? Well, we thought if we were
mealy-mouthed, still we could by hard
work, open our mouth wide enough to —
bray as well as some Democratic animals.
What now, do you think of our u spirit ?”
Browillow on Democracy,
The Parson says :
“We are gratified to find thatour south
! ern Opposition exchanges are all agreed in
a union of the Opposition, North and
South, to defeat the election of a Demo
cratic Speaker of the next House of Rep
resentatives. And we rejoice at finding
them all placing their wishes, in this res
pect, upon the same patriotic grounds—
that of electing a Speaker who will not
! pack the committees, with a view to sup
press investigations into the numerous,
enormous frauds and villainous abuse
which have characterized the entire career
of Buchanan’s administration. Upon this
subject, the Richmond Whig says :
“ ‘We affirm now, as we have affirmed
before, that, as a patriot and as an honest
man, who cannot and will not connive at
the corruption which has been practiced
uudel the present profligate and detestable
| Administration, we should vote with all
boldness and with all cordiality for the
very blackest of the Black Republicans for
Speaker in preference to any Democrat
whatever. On this ground we take our
stand, and on this ground we shall con
tinue to stand, in spite of the wailings and
bowlings of all the Democrat ic demagogues
on earth or in the regions of their father,
his sable majesty of the realms of dark
ness.’
“These are our sentiments, as far as
they go; but we go beyond anything yet
expressed by the able editor of the Rich
mond Whig. Jf the devil himself were
eligible to the Speakership of the House,
and was only twenty-four hours out from
the infernal regions, with the stench of
the smoke and brimstone of hell upon him,
and would pledge himself to appoint com
mittees who would ferret out the corrup
tions of Buchanan’s administration, we
would vote for him for Speaker in prefer
ence to any Buchanan Democrat whatev
er ! True, we know the devil to be a liar,
and a violator of pledges ; but we know a
Buchanan Democrat to be the same thing ;
and we should have more faith in the
fidelity of the devil than that of a Demo
crat. When the devil turns his head in a
certain direction, he goes it ; but a Demo
crat looks one way, and acts in a different
direction. Besides, the devil is familiar
with all the frauds and thefts of the Ad
ministration, and would know who to call
on as witnesses.””
Mount Vernon,
The following is a list of contributors
from a portion of Talbot county, made
through me to the Mount Vernon fund,
and published at the request of the Vice-Re
gent of the State, Mrs. P. Eve, of Augusta.
George Stallings, . - - £1 00
R. 11. Leonard, - - - 1 00
J. H. Weeks, - - - 100
Miss C. J. Pratt, - - 1 00
Mrs. Baxter, - - - - 100
D. W. Scary, - - - 100
M. B. Sparks, - - - 100
J. P. Strickland, - - - 1 00
D. J. Owen, - - - 1 00
P. F. Mahone, - - 1 00
M. W. Harvey, - - 1 00
James Gardner, - - - 100
S. F. Clements, - - - 1 00
R. Couch, - - - 1 (K)
Miss Annie Rush, - - 100
F. Yiuing, - - - 1 00
N. Terry, - - - 1 00
Mrs. M. Terr)*, - - 1 00
E. Ida Miller,
Associate Lady Manager of Talbot county.
For the Upson Pilot.
COLLINSWORTH INSTITUTE, |
Feb. 13th, 1860. j
Mr. Editor:
In perusing your interesting sheet my
attention was riveted upon a piece I no
ticed in its columns, “Should woman be as
highly educated as man.” Not concurring
with Mr. VV. in his opinions as regards his
position, by your indulgence I shall answer
him by presenting to your mind my views.
Should woman be as highly educated as
man ? 1 take this position and lay down
the premise as a true one ; that woman,
being- inferior to man, both in her mental
and physical abilities, deserves not that
higher culture of the mind, that thorough
Education which is necessary for man. The
next position I take is this : that woman’s
sphere of action does not require it. Tak
ing my first position as a true one, I pro
ceed to state my arguments. When we
are brought to consider the laws of Nature
in connection with those of God, our minds
are forced to the conclusion that woman’s
inferiority toman and her sphere of action
do not and should not make it prudent to
educate woman that she may be placed up
on a level with her superior. The ques
tion now. may be asked is our physical na
ture called into requisition in obtaining an
Education ? Whoever may propose this
question, let him think before he speaks,
let him study nature and her teachings,
for mighty are her works, and wondrous
are her ways. There exists between the
mind and the body a certain connection
which is called into exercise at the action
of either the one or the other. V hen the
mind becomes exhausted by any great ex
ertion, the body likewise experiences the
same exhaustion ; and the reverse of this
is also true ; for let the body become de
bilitated by great labor the mind sympa
thises with it. So trace out this connec
tion to its minutest form and ever will you
find it true that the mind co-operates with
the body in all its operations. No one will
deny that woman is not inferior to man
physically, now if she be subordinate to
man in this respect, she must likewise fall
below man in a mental point of view ami,
therefore, must assume the appropriate
name of the ivcaker sex.
The Omnipotent has done all things
right, and if woman should be educated
equal to God’s noblest work surely it
would have been commanded to be thus ;
but that fore-seeing Almighty knew that
man, powerful and ambitious, should reign
superior to all. If modest woman must
be so highly educated then we must do
away with the Divine laws that say : W o
man obey thy husband and that man is the
ruler of his house. These remarks are con
clusive enough to the uubiased and rea
sonable mind. Next let us notice that te
male form as she moves in the domestic
circle performing the duties of mother,
wife and sister, never dreaming of Fame’s
proud temple or of Distinction’s lofiy seat.
Here we behold all that is lovely, beauti
fill and becoming in the female character ;
but when \>t- behold the liulj) mate Ot mail
figuring in public life, snatching hold of
the reins of Government and elevated above
her circumscribed sphere of action, then
we gaze on a sight disgusting to the eyes
of a refined society of Ladies, such as the
fair daughters of America. Some may
charge us with the intention of depriving
fair woman of all means of an education,
but believe not, sweet woman, that we wish
any such thing. We long to see the day
when the female, with a well cultivated
mind, may wield that great influence in
the family circle that is becoming to her,
but never do we wish to see woman eleva
ted to that position in the world where
man is destined to rule.
It seems as if Mr. W. would elevate the
female to the Elysian fields and feed their
great comprehensive and expansive minds
on an aerial substance.
The mind of woman is circumscribed
within a very narrow limit in comparison
to that of man, just as her sphere is to the
sphere of man.
Mr. W. has asked the question in his
piece : “shall we take by our side one who
is bound by the fetter of ignorance ? shall
we jdedge our life and fortune to one whose
mind is black as Paganism ?”
Let us investigate these features of his
piece, deeming them sufficient for our
point. “Shall we fake by our side one
who is bound by the fetters of ignorance.”
It is not our design to combat the argu
ment that she should not be educated ; but
that she should not be educated as highly
as man. Where is the man in our South
ern clime that is so selfish, so narrow hear
ted, as to snatch from woman her greatest
boon and deprive her of all earthly joys ?
Does he live within the circle of her An
gel-like influence ?
If there be one let him hide his face in
shame, and retire from her presence. Some
may advance the argument that woman
must not have her Education limited, if so
we tend to hollow out a chasm in society
wherein it may fall. We silence this ar
gument by asserting that it was not the
end and design of her creation to give to
her mind that elaborate Education which
the master genius of man so eagerly de
vours. If woman be as intellectual as man
and possess a mind as deep, why do not
her works manifest it ? The tree may safe
ly be judged by its fruits, and, judging
from her works, we find no reason to be
lieve that she stands upon a level with
man in an intellectual consideration. Now
if we can prove that she has not the mind
equal to man we have the triumph and
stand defying the proof of the contrary. —
If she have not the mind equal with man,
where can we find that upon which we can
operate as with the mind of man P In con
clusion we say that in this respect
wanting. Where is the female who evm*
strung her lyre to sing, as Milton did, of
Paradise Lost; or, as Virgil to sing Dido’s
love an l AEneas fame ? Where on the
annals of history do you find it recorded
that woman ever yet essayed to play with
Heaven’s artillery or call from worlds on
high the lightnings lurid flash. As lono
as time shall last will these facts remain
as proofs of woman’s inferiority to man.
Woman may figu-e in the home cire per
forming the duties pertaining to her call
ing, but never will she live in the nicmort
of others with a halo of glory around h ’
brow, as now live Locke, Franklin. B Ur jU
and Washington. O, that W. may awafci
from his dreams of raptuie, to the nakrj
truth that men must rule America aT!! J
love the Ladies. g
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM Kf\
ROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TWO STEAMERS.
The Queen’s Speech—Captain Haeuj. I
son, of the “Great Eastern,” Drokw. I
ED, &c.
Portland, February B—The Steamship l*
Not th Briton, from Liverpool on the 22th
inst., arrived at this port to-night. R er
advices are four days later.
Parliament was opened by the Qnef> n
in person, on the 25ili ult. The following
is
• The Queen’s Speech.
My Lords and Gentlemen :—With good I
satisfaction l again meet you in the Parli- I
ament, and have recourse to your assist. I
a nee and advice.
My relations with foreign powers con- *
tinue on friendly and satisfactory footing.
At the close of the last session, 1 inforuuj I
you that overtures had been made tome |
to ascertain whether, if a conferance should I
beheld by the Great Powers of Europe for I
the purpose of settling the arrangements I
connected with the present state and fu- I
ture condition of Europe, a plenipotentiary
would, be sent by me to assist at suolu I
conference.
I have since received a formal invitation
from the Emperor of Austria and theEme- I
peror of the French to send a plenqofen- |
tiary to a Congress to consist of the repre
sentatives of the eight Powers who were I
parties to the treaty of Vienna; the object!
of such a Congress being stated to receive I
communication of the treaties concluded |
at Zurich, and deliberate associating with I
the above Powers, the Courts of Rome, [
Sardinia and Sicily, on the means best a- [
dapted for the pacification of Italy and I
for placing its prosperity on a solid and I
durable basis. Desirous at all times to con- I
cur in proceedings having for their object i
the maintenance of peace, 1 accepted the {
invitation, but at the same time made it f
known that in such a Congress 1 should
steadfastly maintain the principle that no .
external force should be employed to im
pose uiion the people of Italy any particu- |
far government or constitution.
Circumstances have since arisen which I
have led to the postponement of the Con- I
gress without any day having been fixed I
for a meeting; but whether in a Congress I
or in a separate negotiation, I shall endea- I
vor to obtain for tin* people of Italy free- I
dora from foreign interference by force of
arms, in their internal concerns; and I [
trust that the affairs of the Italian piniii- I
sula may be peacefully and satisfactorallf |
settled. The papers on this subject will I
soon be laid before you.
I am in communication with the Einpc*
lor of the French, with view to extend I
the commercial intercourse between the i
two countries, and thus draw closer the I
bonds of friendly alliance between them.
A dispute having arisen between Spain I
and Morocco, I endeavored by f end y
means to prevent a rupture, but 1 regia
to say, without success. The papers on I
this subject will be laid before you.
Mv Rlcnij otentiary and the L’h nipofen- I
the Emperor of the Fremh, hav- I
ing, in obedience to their instructions,pro* I
ceeded to the mouth of the Peiho river, in I
order to repair to Pekin tc exchange in I
that city, the ratification of the treaty of I
Tien-tsin, in pursuance of the fifty-sixth I
clause of that treaty, their further progres* r
was opposed by the Chinese forces, and a |
conflict took place between the forts at the j
mouth of the river and the naval forces, ff
bv which the Plenipotentiaries were escor- I
ted.
The allied forces displayed on this occa
sion their usual bravery, but after sustain- |
ing a severe loss, they were compelled to 1
retire. lam preparing in concert and co- |
operation with the Emperor of the French, |
an expedition intended to compel redress |
and the fulfillment of the stipulations of |
the treaty. It will be gratifying to voeil \
the prompt acquiesence of the Em peror of
China in the moderate demands which
will be made by the plenipotentiaries, will
obviate the necessity for the employfflent j
of force. I have directed that the papers !
on the subject be laid before you.
An unauthorized proceeding by an om
cer of the United States in regard to the
Island of San Juan, between Vancouver 9 j
Island and the main land, might have M j
to a serious collision between my force! j
and those of the United States, hut the j
collision has been prevented bythejum* ?
cious forbearance of my naval officers on J
the spot and the equitable and conciliatory
provisions and arrangements proposed ov
the government of the United States. *
trust that the question of boundary. ° lif ?
which this affair has arisen, may be anu
cably adjusted in a manner conform® 1 '•
with justice to tlie two countries, and as
defined by the first article of the treaty o |
1846.
The last embers of disturbance in
East Indian dominions have been cxti°j
guished. My Victory has made l )eaCl
progress through the districts which
been the principal scene of disorder, ar ‘
by a judicious combination of firmness ®
generosity, my authority has been eu r ) ,
where solidly, and I trust, permanently es*
tablished. I have received from my ICt ?- f
the most gratifying account of the 1°)
of iny East Indian subjects, and ot I
good feeling evinced by the Native C IU j
and landholders of the country. . - |
The attention of the government in I
dia has been directed to the developing I
of the internal resources of the couiflU t
and I am glad to inform you that un 1 . ■
provement has taken place in its fi nan*- 1 * I
prospects. . T „ I
I have concluded a treaty who *^ a U’ I
and a treaty regarding boundaries" 11 1 j I
Republic of Guatemala. I have carve
that the treaties shall belaid bejoiey 0 ® - , |
The remainder of the speech ii? ( h u ’
to local matters.