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P 0 K T U V.
THE L! EGG All.
BY JAMBS B. LOWELL.
A beggar through tin- world am I,
E’roui place to place I wander by ;
Till up my pilgrim s scrip for uic,
for Christ s sweet soke and ciiarity ;
A little of thy steadfastness,
llounded with leaty gracefulness,
Old oak, give me
i'hat tlte world s blasts may round me Mow, I
• and 1 y leld gently to and fro,
vViiileiu, stout-hearted trunk below
And lirm set roots unmoved be.
Siome of thy stern, unyielding might,
i .n.luring still through day and night,
UuJfc tempest shock and withering bliglit, ,
i iiat 1 may keep at bay
lie changeful April sky of chance,
And the strong tiJe of circumstance —
Give me, old granite grey.
Some of thy mournfulness serene,
Some of thy never-dying green,
Put in tlais scrip of mine—
That grief may fall like snow-flakes light,
And deck me in a robe of white,
Heady to be an angel bright—
O sweetly mournful pine,
A little of thy merriment,
Os thy sparkling, light content,
Give me, iny cheerful brook—
That I may still be full of glee
And gladsomeness where’er I be,
Thongh fickle faith hath prisoned me
In some neglected nook.
Ye have been very kind and good
To me, since I’ve been in the wood j
Ye have gone nigh to fill my heart;
But good bye, kind friends, every one,
Ive lar to go ere set of sun ;
Os all good tilings 1 would have part,
The day was high ere I could start,
And so my journey’s scarce begun.
Heaven help me I how could 1 forgot
To beg of thee, dear violet I
Some of thy modesty,
That dowers here as well, unseen,
As if before the world thou ’dst^feen,
O give, to strengthen me.
A S )'Jt.tr Dot.—A llallifax paper states that a |
child .vas playing with a Newfoundland dug on j
Roach's wharf, llallifax, a short time since, and by j
some accident slipped over the end of the wharf into
the water. The dog immediately sprang alter the
child, (wiio was only six years old,) and seizing the
'vaisl of his little frock, brought him into the dock
where there was a stage, and by which the child held
on, but was unable to get on top. The dog, seeing
it was unable to pull the little fellow out of the water,
ran up to a yard adjoining, and where a little girl of
nine years of age was hanging out clothes.
He seized the girl hy the frock, and notwithstand
ing her exertions to get away, he succeeded in drag
ging her to tile spot where the child was still hanging
by his hail Is on the stage. On the girl’s taking hold
of tile child, the dog assisted her in rescuing the lit
tle feliow from his perilous situation ; #nd after lick
ing the face of the infant it had thus saved, it took a
leap off the stage, and swam round to the end of the
wharf, and immediately after returned with his hat in
his mouth. It is said that the father of the child—to
who n the dog belongs —when leaving the country
where he formerly resided, rescued it from the hands
of" some persons who were about to execute the poor
animal for killing a sheep.
A London editor says the English
government ought to require satisfaction
of the United States for young Mr. Ty
ler’s Repeal speeches. I ias that Govern
ment ever settled for Fiince Hal’s ex
ploits at the Boar’s Head ?—that’s the
question— Dem. Rec.
tVo learn fro 11 the Mobile papers that all the Pro
testant clergymen in that city are down with severe
iftncse:
DEMOCRATIC BANNER - FREE TRADE; DOW DUTIES; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FROM BANKS; ECONOMY- RETRENCHMENT.
AND A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.—./. C. CVII.UOL.W ’ ~ * *
EXTRACTS FROM THE
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
Executive Department, l
Milledgeville, Nov. 7, 1843. }
Fellow Citizens of the Senate , and
of the House of Heprcsentatires:
You have assembled as the first Rep
resentatives of the people, chosen under
the amended constitution, for the bien
nial session of the General Assembly.
The topics which will engage your at
tention are not more important, nor ne
cessarily more numerous, than under the
former regulation, with the exception,
that it becomes your duty to alter the law
prescribing the mode of choosing the
Electors of President and Vice President
of the United States to which this State
is entitled; and to elect officers to fill the
places of those whose terms expire in
November next; and to provide for com
missioning them at the time, at which,
by existing constitutional provisions, they
will he required to enter upon the duties
of their respective offices. The law in
relation to the election of Electors of
President and Vice President, should be
so altered as to render the convention of
the Legislature in extraordinary session
unnecessary, except on the failure of a
choice by the people, or the death or re
signation of one or more of the Electors
chosen. * * * *
Copies of the final report of the Hon.
Wilson Lumpkin, disbursing agent of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, are
laid before you. It gives a condensed
! statement of his transactions during the
term which he held the office, and shows
a faithful application of the public funds
which were placed in his charge. His
office expired in January last, by the
terms of its limitation in the law which
created it. Since that time, the Chief
Engineer has redeemed outstandingserip
whenever presented in such sums as to
equal the amounts of bonds in his hands
for its redemption. He has also settled
accounts contracted by himself. My ob
servation and experience have convinced
me that the expense of a general super
intendent or disbursing agent on this pub
lic work, may be entirely saved, and that
all the duties heretofore required of those
officers, may be performed by the Chief ]
Engineer, with the aid of his clerk, or j
payments made upon his checks at the
seat cf Government. As less service !
was required of the Chief Engineer du-1
ring the present year than heretofore, I
felt it my duty to reduce his salary SIOOO,
including the discontinuance of the al-;
lowance for contingencies. It is due to ;
that officer, however, to say, that this was !
done from no change of opinion in respect j
to his skill, ability or efficiency, but from |
a sense of duty and justice to the public. !
It will be perceived that but little pro- j
gross has been made with the road dur- !
ing the year. Iron has been laid on the j
track, commencing at Marthasville, the
Southeastern terminus, and extending to
a point 13 or 14 miles North of Marietta,
a distance of about 33 miles. Two pas
senger cars and other cars for the use of
the road, have been constructed in the
Penitentiary, in a style and strength of
workmanship, which prove that if that
institution were conveniently located, the
convicts might be profitably employed
in works of that description for the State
and other roads. A locomotive has been
purchased, but it has not been thought
expedient to run the cars regularly, un
til a greater extent of road is completed,
or until one of the branches forms a
junction with the State road. One of
the bridges was burnt in August last, by
the gross misconduct of an overseer.
The loss will be repaired by the first of
January next.
A contract has been made for the pur-!
chase of 460 tons of iron, the quantity !
necessary for the completion of the road
to the termination of 52 miles as provi
ded for by a former Legislature. It is to
be delivered in Savannah during the
present month. 'l’he heavy duty on this
description of iron, adds greatly to the
cost of our public works. I would sug
gest to you the propriety of memorializ
ing Congress for the remission of the du
ties. As our improvements when made,
must afford great facilities to the Govern
ment in matters connected with national
interests, and as they were al! undertaken
under the inducement of the free impor
tation of iron to be used in their con
struction, we might justly hope for the
most favorable consideration of such an
application. It would certainly, greatly
reduce the cost of our works, and to that
extent, he a relief to our citizens. Since
the adjournment of the last Legislature,
the sum of $20,000 of State 0 per cent,
bonds has been issued to raise the means
of payiug for the iron whose arrival is
daily expected, and to this amount only,
has the issue of State bonds for the pur
poses of the road been increased. This
sum deducted from the balance of appro
priations on hand in January last, which
was $290,399 20, leaves now unexpend
ed, and subject to the prosecution of the
work, the sum of $270,099 20. I would
respectfully submit to your consideration,
whether in the existing state of forward
ness of the Branch roads, it is not the
part of a safe policy to equip the road
with motive power, and cars amply suf
ficient to engage in active arid extensive
business. Georgia has not yet comrnit-
MACON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1843.
ted herself to an amount of indebtedness
which would be a temptation to a people
of a less stern morality, to disregard their
obligations. It is the dictate of wisdom,
to keep within these prudent limits. For
the present, therefore, 1 would recom
mend that, after equipping the road with
all the necessary means of vigorous ope
rations, and the expenditure of remain
ing balances of appropriations, on the
construction, the profits of the road be
applied to its gradual completion. Un
der such a regulation, this great enter
prise may he consummated without ad
ditional costs to the people.
The time is not remote, and will pro
bably arrive before your next biennial
assemblage, when actual experiment will
afford a test of the value of the State
road, both as respects revenue and com
merce. The two roads intended to form
a connexion with it, and which form a
part of a system of improvements adopt
ed by the State, are urged forward with
all the energy admissible by the limited
means of the companies engaged in their
construction. In 1836, the act was pass
ed, which embarked the State in the great
enterprise of connecting the waters of
the west with the Atlantic coast, by means
of a Railroad. Charters had been grant
ed to private companies by previous Le
gislatures, to construct roads penetrating
westward I y into the interior, which, no
doubt, contributed to this undertaking.
These charters authorised the construc
tion of roads to several designated points,
stopping short of that established as the
terminus of the State Road ; and to ren- !
der the project less difficult and expen
sive to the State, the policy was adopted j
of encouraging citizens to form them-1
selves into companies, and in this way to !
secure their means in aid of the State, in j
the accomplishment of its great design. !
With this object, wis the tenth section
of the act of 1836 incorporated among
its provisions. It declares that “ for the
encouragement of the construction of
Branch Railroads from the terminus of
the said State Railroad on the Chattahoo- j
chee, to the several towns of Athens,
Madison, Milledgeville, Forsyth and Co
lumbus, Be it further enacted, that so
soon as Charters, shall have been obtain- j
tained for the construction of said Branch
Railroads or any of them, and one half
ot the stock shall have been subscribed
for, in all or either, it shall be the duty
of the Governor to subscribe in the name
of the State, for one fourth of the capital
stock of such company or companies;
Provided that said subscription shall not
exceed $2U0,000 to any one branch.”—
Relying on the honor of their State, thus
solemnly plighted, many valuable citi
zens were induced to engage in a work
supposed to be of great private as well
as public interest and utility. The act, '
they saw, contained no provision that, if
before the day arrived on which the State
might be called on to subscribe, reverses
should come, she might recede from her
engagement, and leave the prospective
disadvantages on the hands of those who
had confided in her. One of the com
panies—that, having the authority to con
struct a road from the terminus of the
Slate Road lo the town of Forsyth, on
the 3d of November last, submitted to me,
evidence that all the pre-requisites to a
demand of the State ot its subscription
to one fourth of the stock had been com
plied with. To guard the interest of the
State at every point, the Executive ob
served great caution, and required state
ments on oath to assure him that the pro
ceedings of the company in obtaining
the subscription, had been in good faith,
and that they had obtained responsible
names. Accordingly, Jos. Day, Thad
deus G. llolt, Esqrs. and Dr. George A.
Winn, gentlemen of unquestionable char
acter, deposed, to the list of names pre
sented to the Executive, as subscribers
for the stock, and further deposed, that
each individual whose name appeared
thereon, subscribed for the number of
shares annexed, either by himself or a
gent; that each share was for SIOO, and
the aggregate amount of the subscription
was lor S66O,(KM) ; that on 4,531 shares,
lhe sum ol $355,75S had been actually
and bona fide paid ; that 10 per cent, anil
more, on each of said shares had been
paid; that the whole subscription had
been fairly, bona fide «nd unconditional
ly made, and that they believed from the
personal knowledge they had, and the
best information they had been able to
obtain, the subscribers were generally
good, and that the whole of the stock
would be paid. Evidence was also sub
mitted that the track oil said road corres
ponded in width with that prescribed for
the main trunk. Under the law and this
testimony, the subscription was made, ;
and with this full statement, it is referred
to your decision, whether the statute and
the proceedings under it, impose any, and
what obligation on the State.
From the vast number of applications
for Grants to lands under the act of 28th
December last, it was found impossible
for the officers to issue them in time to
prepare the books for the sale of rever
ted lots, and the Commissioners whose
appointment was authorized, to complete
their duties by the time s|>ecified in the
act. In addition to this difficulty, itself
insuperable, upon a critical examination
of the act, it was found that no provision
was made for the protection of the rights
of orphans, and other persons Inboriug
under similar legal disabilities. The se
cond section of the net contains the pro
vision that its “operation shall not apply
to lands drawn by orphans, until twelve
| months after the youngest one shall have
attained the age of twenty-one years,
; only so far as to authorize the Commis
sioner, or Commissioners, to issue u
Certificate to (he- highest bidder, as
hereafter provided: but a Grant in no
instanceshall issue on said certificate, un
til tlie,purchaser shall file the affidavit of
two or more res pec tab lo witnesses, that
t!u privilege of the orphan, or orphans,
under the provisions of this act have ex
pired.” It appears then, from the act,
that the lands of orphans were to be sold,
and certificates issued to the highest bid
ders, but Grants were not to be issued,
until the privileges of theorphans, said to
be reserved under the act, were proven
to have expired. Upon examining the
law, it appeared that no privileges were
reserved to orphans. This was so man
ifestly an oversight, that I determined to
decline acting on the subject until the
matter could be submitted to your con
sideration. It is now referred to you,
with the recommendation that the law
be so amended as to protect effectually,
the rights of orphans, idiots, lunatics,
and others in the like condition. The
scarcity of money, no doubt, caused the
forfeiture of a great many lots drawn in
the Cherokee gold and land lotteries, by
persons in indigent circumstances. I
would recommend that twelve months,
at least, be allowed drawers of lands in
these lotteries to take out theirGrauts.
The Surveyor General, not having re
corded all the plats, on which the nu
merous Grants for lands, have been is
sued during the year, I have been con
strained in obedience to a resolution of I
the Legislature, to withhold the warrant
for his quarter’s salary, though I am sat
isfied that with all the aid he has had,
he has not been able to perform this ser
vice. 1 recommend that a resolution be
passed directing the warrant to be deliv
ered, and that he be authorised to bring
up his books, and that suitable compen
sation be allowed him.
Our law, for the purpose of providing j
an impartial tribunal for the trial oferim-;
inals, h*as established a rule by which I
to test the qualification of jurors, which,
in its practical operation, is likely to sub
vert the fundamental rights of society.
The object of the law, to exclude from
the seat of the judges all jiersons who
entertain personal prepossessions for or ‘
against an accused, or who have perju
red his case is, unquestionably, just and
proper; but for the accomplishment of
this object, a rule is laid down which is
unreasonable, and wrong and ruinous in j
its tendency. It ought to be altered.— ;
On all trials for crimes when the punish
ment is death or imprisonment in the j
Penitentiary, jurors are required to an
swer on oath if they have “formed and |
expressed an opinion in regard to the
guilt or innocence of the prisoner.” The j
interpretation oi this rule excludes men |
from serving on juries, who are honest, j
capable and conscientious. The ever
active human mind will draw conclusions
from facts stated, and often the express
ion of opinion by the individual, does j
not extend beyond the declaration of the J
law, “that he who commits murder shall }
die,” and yet lie is declared incompetent.
The rule should he changed. It is tin- !
known in the country whose common
law we have principally adopted as our
own. In several of the States it is not
allowed.—lt screens the guilty and per
verts justice. It reflects upon the integ
rity of the free citizens of the State, and
ministers to the contrivances of the art
ful and cunning. It renders difficult,
and, at times impossible, the trial of per
sons charged with the commission oi
crimes under circumstances of great a
trocity. In changing the rule, however,
the cardinal object of impartial justice
ought not to be overlooked. Individu
als entertaining feelings of personal hos
tility, or whose minds are imbued with
prejudice, are incapable of awarding a
righteous judgment, and ought not to be
ioreed upon the accused. But the ex
pression of opinions formed upon vague
rumour, easily controlled by evidence,
ought not to disqualify' jurors who are
free from personal bias.
While on this subject, I would repeat
a recommendation heretofore made, that
all persons, whether on the Grand or
Petit Jury list, be required to serve on
Juries for the trial of offences of the high
er grade, whether committed by white
persons, free persons of color or slaves.
There is no sufficient reason, why this
laborious duty should be imposed exclu
sively on those citizens who are selected
for Petit Jurors. As an additional im
provement in the administration of crim
inal justice, I would also advise, that
the Court be required, in all cases where
taisemen are necessary, to draw them
from the Jury box.
The attainment of justice, is the prin
cipal object of Government. If nations
in their intercourse with each other,
’were to observe strict justice, there would
be no necessity for the law of nations.—
If individuals were to regard the same
rule, we might dispense with our civil
and criminal code. There would be no
need of courts. But such is not the case.
In our imperfect state we an: compelled
to have both laws and administrators of
them. These laws are necessarily the
j subjects of construction, and the con
structions have the authority and force
of law. It is essential to the security
: °f the citizen, therefore, that these con
structions should be as certain and sta
ble .as the law. They should be uniform.
If they have not these attributes there can
be neither stability nor uniformity in the
law itself. The administrators of, the
laws are neither perfect nor infallible.—
They are liable to err. A community
therefore, which has eleven judicial
heads, has eleven systems of laws, and
none of them perfect. Each judge is
supreme in its own district, construing
as he pleases, allowing no controlling
influence to any opinions but his own,
and often overruling them. Such a sys
tem is fraught with evils so intolerable,!
that it is a matter of wonder that an en
lightened people should submit to it for a
single day'. Yet such is the judiciary of |
Georgia. The constitution provides for
its amelioration, in terms of as imperil-j
ive obligation as any part of that instru
ment, which has been carried into effect :
by legislation. Yet nothing has been
done. I call your attention to the sub
ject, and recommend the establishment
of a Supreme Court for the correction of
errors, which, in its organization, shall i
ensure speedy and uuilorin justice to the
citizen with the least possible expense in !
its attainment.
The very limited demand for the re
ports of cases determined hy our courts,
published by order of the Legislature,
is evidence that the lienefits exacted
fromthem have not been realized. They
are not considered authority out of the
circuit in which they were respective
ly pronounced. One volume has been
printed, and another is in process of pub
lication. I would recommend the re
peal of the law which enjoins this use
less expense. * * * *
But a National Bank is not the only
prominent measure of the Federal Gov
ernment influencing the destinies of the
people, which attracts public attention,
and is entitled to your notice.
A protective tariff which collects a
m*t)d it other-measures meriting general
reprobation, is unjust to the people of
all classes and every section of the coun
try, except those who are engaged in
manufactures. Every consumer is a
contributor to a greater or less extent.—
A radical objection to the measure is its
opposition to the principles on which our
Government is established—an associa
tion for mutual sup|>ort and protection a
mongst ourselves, &. for defence against
wrongs from others. An act of unequal
legislation, is ail assault upon this prin
ciple, and inflicts an injustice upon those
whom the inequality affects. Protection
of any crticle of manufacture can be jus
tified on the ground alone that the pro
tection is equally beneficial to all, as
when the object.of protection is one
which strengthens the national anti for
the protection and defence of every inte
rest. All are interested in raising the
nation above a dependence on foreign
supplies for arms and munitions of war,
and indispensable articles for the army,
and all contributions for such things are
contributions ifi which every individual
in our broad confederacy is interested,
but when protection is asked for articles
which are not of this prime necessity,
the injustice is demanded of forcing the
agriculturalist and lhe mechanic, to pay
a consideration for which can receive no
equivalent. Should the principle of pro
tection be extended to our merchants,
barristers, physicians, clergymen, teach
ers—and though last, not lent —our far
mers, in all their various products, it
would shock the common sense of the
whole community. And yet 1 cannot
see that they are in any respect entitled
to less favor from the Government than
the manufacturers. In this, the last ad
dress that I shall probably ever make to
the representatives of the people of Geor
gia, I embrace this solemn warning
against the insidious and destructive pol
icy. The manufacturer cannot complain
of its abandonment. He has been aided
by the Government, with palpable injus
tice to other interests, through infancy
and weakness, not only to self-sustaining
strength, but to great power.
’ 1 have now, fellow-citizens, submitted
to you such information in regard to the
affairs of theKStatc, as it is my constitu
tional duty to communicate, with the re
commendation of such measures as, in
my opinion, are demanded by the public
good. They are commended to your
consideration. In the execution of your
high duties, you have no superior but
God, and the constitutions of the coun
try. In rendering obedience to the Di
vine will, your acts will necessarily be
in conformity to the paramount law;
and, according to the \V isdom, Justice
and Moderation of your measures, will
they exert au influence for good upon
those, for whose benefit they will be
adopted.
ciiarles j. McDonald.
Help Yocrsslp.—“Sally,” .aid a lover to his in
tended, "give ns a kis«, will you, Sally 1”
“No, I shan't/’ saiJ Sally, “Adp yourself. '
1 The Yellow Fev« is in Rodney Misaissippi.
INO. 2G. ‘
W I -merited Cttastisement.
A cow-hiding affair came off in Broad
way last week, which created some little
excitement in the fashionable part of the
town. 'l’he party punished, was a young
lawyer ol our city. The facts of the case,
as we learn them, are as follows, and we
deem them of sufficient importance to
?ive them publicity in our paper, to brand
Mr. E. with a necessary, though certain
ly a very unenviable notoriety. During
a visit of some weeks last summer, at
one of our fashionable watering places
in the neighborhood, among many oth
ers, constituting a large and mixed com
pany, he made the acquaintance of an
estimable young lad}'. After their return
to the city, he n-quested and obtained
permission to visit her at her house,
which he continued to do until his inten
tions we: j discovered to he base, unmau
iv, and villainous. He was very prompt
ly put into the street; and his conduct
communicated to her brother, who took
an immediate opportunity to supply him
self with a well-seasoned rate-hide, which
he applied in a super!) manner, as above,
stated. We trust his present experience
will mend Mr. E’s morals, as well as his
manners. This may be a seasonable
warning to others.—jV. Y. Sun.
- Thu Ceremonies of (hi> Day.
The proclamation of the Mayor which
has been some time before our citizens,
gives every needful information as to the
proceedings of the deeply interesting
Ceremonial to which this day has been
dedicated, and public attention has been
riveted upon it in advance. The uni
versal sympathy with.the distinguished
dead—a sympathy made up of sorrow at
once for a public loss and a domestic be
reavement, for the extinction of a great
political light and the darkening of our
own firesides—would be enough of itself
to draw together the people of Charles
ton on an occasion designated for doing
honor to learning, eloquence, genius and
worth, such as were buried in the grave
of Leg a re. Death, too, has since clothed
himself with a fresh dignity and gather
ed to his dark kingdom another of the
bright spirits to whom we have looked
as the representatives of all that we cher
ish most proudly in the character of onr
State In going forth to mourn over
the last resting place of one distinguished
Carolinian, our pathway lies beside the
fresh grave of another. We have no
power to add to the melancholy interest
of an occasion consecrated iti the minds
of all to thoughts and feelings like, these
—and it would be trifling, to make,this
an opportunity for compliments to the
eminent Orator who-has been selected to
give utterance to the genera! sorrow and
to recall the many high claims of the
dead to the reverent remembrance of the
1 i vi tig. — Charleston Mercury.
liui roa I Accident.
The detention of the cars on the Charleston Rail
road last night, tea* in consequence of a run off near
Summerville. A wood train had passed over the
roa I, fro n which a piece had fallen across lhe road.
The engineer discovered the stick, but the lrain
was passing so rapidly over a descending grade that
he could not po-sitdy stop his engine. Tho engine
was thrown off, as also the baggage car of the Co
lumbia train, in which were several nrgroes and a
conductor, who were more or ley injured, but wheth
er dangerously or not had riot been ascertained when
the train left. Neither es the passenger cars got off
the roa I fortunately.— Augusta Chronicle Ist inst.
Milje Walsh, of the New York Sub
terranean, gives this account of a fellow :
“ two cents would buy bis principles, and
two ideas split his head like a thunder
bolt.”
The facetious Joe Bart let cnce said of.
a similar sort ot animal, that “ one idea
would strike him dead.”— N. 11. Gate.
Pleasing Met.iod of Teacbixo the Xobi.B
P i:irs of Speech —l will collect a number of chil
dren, and wiil draw an imaginary picture. 1 will ask
each of the n, in succe-siun, what will you have in
the picture 1 One will say a cottage, others a man
sion, a wood, a tree, a lake, a church, a lady, a gen
tlein sn. Then I will tell them that these tilings arc
nouns, which is the name of any thing, and therefore,
might as well have been called names instead of
nouns. I would then ask, having got the objects for
the picture, how shall they be placed ? 1 shall 1)0
told, the cottage by the wood ; the trees on tire hill;
the horse in the field ; the lady near the lake ; the
gentleman beyon I the church; thus in making their
ch.d e, they would find out wlialcoiisiitalcJ a prepo
sition. I should then take up the abjective brush, as
1 would call it, and tell them, that, to give beauty to
the picture, it was pro,)er to express a quality, and
t icy would give their preference for a pretty cottage,
a fine mansion, a young lady, a handsome church,and
so forth, which would teach them the adjective.—
Then, in order to give life to the picture, I would tell
them that the different o' j cts must bo doing some
th rig;"and might l>e tol l—lhe horso should prance,
the tree should wave, the gentleman should study,the
lady should sing, the lake should shine ; by which
would be explained the qualities of the verb. But I
would add, the tree might wave, or the lady might
s n.r very differently to tvhal you intend, how should
it be? “ Why, sir, the tree shall wave gently; the
horse .hall prance playfully ; and the lady shall sing
sweetlv ;” thus Ish >ul 1 o tain the adverb. “Now,” r
I would ask one, “What would you do with the cot
tage ?” “Ob,sir, I should like to live in it.’.? “In it t
what do you mean?” “In the cottage.” Thus, I
woul I, by repetition, illustrate the pronoun. The
conjunction they would learn because it could form
no jwrt of the picture ; while the interjection, though
called a part of speech, is not so in reality ; it is an
exclamation only. Thus children might easily be
collected to play at miking pictures, *nj wouIJ be
unconsciously iartntfted wjule they were iuctXfca^/
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