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ceal from ou:selves that a crisis is approaching
very rapidly—it it has not already arriveu—
when every advocate fur good ordet, and the
" iNTKGttiTV of mis (Jmon, must be bold in
avowing, and zealous m propagating the tiue
doclnnos of the GonsL union. The enemy is
rallying his forces, and augmenting his nieax.s
'd annoyance—the must powerful engines that
talent, ingenuity, or low cunning can bring to
hear, ure, or will. pcedily he levelled at tho ven
erable fabric of our institutions—and however
feeble our elforls, they must not he wanting to
“resist tho foo.” With this view, we pioposc
enlarging our sheet, iwd giving to it the “form
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friends.
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considered as somewhat gratuitous at this peri
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terize and disgrace the period m which we live,
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AND lIE INTEGRITY OF TIIE AMERICAN U.NIOn!
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emnly and irrevocably pledged to encounter,
whenever contempt or a less txcuscable feeling
will permit us to do so; whatever militates a
gainit the last—no matter whence it p-oceod,
or under what specious exterior it may be dts
gttiicd. be it open suggestion, Nullification, or
Hartford, or any other Convention—as Ameri
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ington and his last precious legacy, we shall lift
up our v .ices, “trumpet-tongued, against its
deep damnation!” Opposed as wo ate, and have
ever been to the Tarilf, Internal Improvements,
and the whole host of kindred ah. initiations, we
shall never cease to oppose them with con litu
tional weapons; but that policy which would
tear down a magnificent eutfice, reared a: in
calculable cost and labor, and sacrifice, be
cause its latter-tenants may have npptopriuled
it to other usas than were oliginalty designed,
is indicative o^ such wanton tolly, or reckless
ambition, as to leave us no choice between un
nlied acquiescence and unqualified reprobatim
With such measures aou men —-
hold neither council nor communion. 'Ve view
them as destructive to tho very last degree, of
every tiling estimable or sacred in our political
existence; and comparatively insignificant as
we may seem, if out friends are not wanting to
themselves and us, we may yet oppose a formi
dable barrict to the march of ruin To this end,
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treat the contributions ot all friends of tire U
nion. “It must be preserved, has already,
been wafted from a quarter, whose warning
tones are at once the summons to exertion, aiul
the ha burgers of conquest. let us not be un
mindful of the call
As regards the ensuing Presidential election,
symptoms by no means equivocal, have already
begun to manifest themselves, to the uttter dis
comfiture of every previous prognosis Nor
does it require auy T refined sagacity to discover
their proximate cause— Jackson has had the
firmness ami consistency to frown on the mach
inations to which we have already adverted A
hence, some of those that rang the loudest notes
of praise, ato beginning to wail their feeble
cries, or to fulminate their coarsest anathemas
To call this only political defection, wore a fee
ble phrase: in our opinion it involves a much
i mote serious charge of gross moral delinquent
1 ry, for it. must puzzle even nullification sophis
try itself to point ou the vast discrepancies ;
’ between Jackson the idolized, and Jackson the ’
forsaken! In what has he fallen short of the j
glorious anticipations, of which Ihcso very men ,
wore the voucher nud proclaimed? What du
ty |, as he neglected? What responsibilities lias
lie evaded? What recent occurrences have cast
their darkening shadows over a life ot unparal
leled dovotedness.. and incalculable public ser
vices?—For ourselves as tve were among the first
i to support, we ure now confirmed in our conti
and nee in the man, by the very measures that
have entailed the displeasure of his opponents;
and if any possible cont ingency could induce us
to swerro from our fidelity, it would most assu
redly be of a more important character than a
personal difference with Mr. C.w iioun, with
which tho public have, properly, nothing at all
to do. Andrew Jackson wo now proclaim to i t
our first, our last, our only, and wc shall yrt live,
we trust, to add, our successful Candidate!
Let his friends come forth boldly: the season is
early', hut not too early to counteract the subtle
schemes, the Macliiavclian artifices of his ene
mies; and while wo offer every facility which
our columns can afford, we pledge ourselves to
go liaml in hand with them in whatever may
promote ihe glorious cause!
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THE PARTING.
DV MISS ELIZABETH BOGART.
Go, and 1 will forget
My idle d.eam of bliss;
I never had a vision, vet,
Os hope, but turned to this.
Yes. go—l can but feel
In parting, one regret,
That 1 forgot my heart to steel,
From the first hour we met.
'Tisbest that we should part,
Nor would 1 have thee know
Tho utter loneliness of heart,
'1 he sadness, worse tliau woo,
W itich casts o’er life a gloom,
Th-ough whiteh no light can shine,
My dreary pathway to illume—
Yot will I not repine.
Go—for I blame not thee
1 should my heait have schooled,
Nor trusted to the apathy
Which had my feelings tuled.
I knew that thou yvast not
W hat otliets were to me,
And the diffoicnce I forgot
In my wild ievery.
It may not be too late,
Tlitno image to forget,
To bend my stubborn will to fate,
And conquer tny regret.
Then go—and fare thee well—
Though sad the parting be,
No It uant verse again shall tell
How darkly sad to me.
ESTELLU.
THE PHILOSOPHER.
A fig for the cares and the troubles oflile;
I’m sure they're not mended by frottin<*:
You’ve a loaf of Irown bread and a neat little
wife,
Then w here is he use of regretting?
There's a rule, which if followed, will always
work right,
In fair and foul weather, come what will:
Be honest, industrious, by day and by night,
And beep your nose out of the bott'e.
You arc noor.—vou may stay so—and what if
_ you do?
It's not hard if your neighbors all share ii;
Besides, there's a inaxun—“the faigu the shoo,
Tho greater the plague to wear it."
Then who’d he perplexed with plantations and
so on,
And be running to bank, do you tiiiik?
Who’s a snug little cabin—a dollar togo in,
And plenty to eat and to drink?
Cheer up, my brave boy; come remember the
rich,
Though as haughty and proud as old Priam,
Ate loaded with troubles, and not e'en a sliiclt
Better people than*you, friend, or 1 am.
They mu*t die like us both—and the gnod titan
aloft
Won't ask what vve paid for our coats here;
And they who wore niro ones in lilts world, arc
oft,
I warrant, chalked down icith the goats, dear
From the Saturday Courier.
MOONLIGHT.
‘How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon
this bank,’ is one of the most picturesque j
and striking passages in all Shakspeure. j
It conveys an image of placid serenity, of
harmonious repose, such as the mine) loves
to dwell upon, and invites a train of as
sociations fraught with the gentle and
beautiful things of nature. The silent
night—more eloquent in its silence than a
thousand voices—the quiet landscape
stretching far away into dimness and ob
scurity—-trees whose foliage seems im
moveable and flowers whose lines are in
describable—the gliding brook
‘Which to the gentle woods all night,
Singelh a aloep • tune.' —-
hill tops rising in the distance like huge
towers whereon the guardians of peace
hold their watch undisturbed, and near at
hand dew drop* glimmering and glisten
ing like diamonds profusely scattered oer
the lap of Nature —these are some of the
features of a scene which makes the be
holder rejoice in his perceptions of beau
ty, and pour forth thanksgivings that his
feelings vibrate in unison with the harmo
nies of God’s creation. Who that has
satin the still evening, when the discords
of the busy day were hushed, aud Toil
had ceased his occupation and Labour
laid down at rest, who that lias thus sat
watching
‘Heaven’s chon vault,
‘Studded wiih stars uuutteraMy brifjat,
(Through which the uroon in cloudles gran
deur roll’d,'
but must have felt the softening influence
of that hour and time steal upon his heart, j
and attune his sympathies to universal
charity and love. Then the purest and
holiest impulse of our fallible nature ore
awakened; then affection conics gushing
out of the bosom sanctifying and hallow
ing every object upon which it falls; then
the soul, inspired by surrounding glories,
hows before tlie Almighty Maker, and
worships in silent hut fervent adoration.
rhe blessings of moonlight are every
where felt and experienced. Upon t|:<
Itiile, in the valleys am! by the brook side
it |K>urs its richest treasures; but hi the
narrow lanes and crowded suburbs of
Urge cities its visitations are not less wel
come and refreshing. The hovel which
in the broad Sun-light was loathsome nt.d
disgusting to the eye, when tinged by the
mellowing beams of the summer Moon
wears an aspect ot comfort and serenity,
and the rough tuid ragged musses which
offended by their presence, beneath its in
i tluenee tire softtened into objects of pecu
liar beauty. Walk the streets when all
are sleeping but the w atchers of the night,
and no sound is heard but tho echo" of
vour own footsteps—murk ‘he moonlight
r< .-ting on roof and spire—look at the con
trasted light and shade—here a gloom A.
there a glory—which extends far as the
eye can reach along the broad pavement,
and it you do not feel both awe and ad- i
miration, be assured there is no music in j
your soul;—no aptitude or relish lor the |
refined delights of nature.
In the mighty forest how picturesque '
the moonlight stealing through the dense ]
foliage, and resting in broken patches on
tin' sward beneath—in the lonely desert
how terrible—on the great deep how won
derful! \\ lio can view the moon gilding
craggy rocks, penetrating the depths of
ravines frightful to look upon, or lighting
up the summits of lofty mountains un
touched by solemnity 1 None but the in
sensible.
The annexed extract from a letter by a
friend dated at Niagara Falls, will show
the feelings he underwent in viewing that
magnificent spectacle under the inlluctice
of moonlight.
“It is now midnight. I have been a
broad viewing Nature in her majesty and
my feelings tire deeply impressed with a
sense of reverence and wonder. My
power of language is too weak to convey
even a faint idea of the emotions which j
crowd upon me; 1 am filled with awe and ;
admiration so strong and overwhelming |
that words can give them no expression.
“The moon is up in the heavens; not a !
cloud obscures her brilliancy, -and she !
pours a stream of rich light upon the
mighty waters, which rush from rock to
rock, leaping and dancing, in her clear
rays, with a wild tumultuousness, and u |
noise as if the foundations of the earth
trembled. The great cataracts as they
roll down from the lofty precipices spar
kle and glitter: and out of the deep and
dreadful chasm beneath, rists a bright
colours. I have been abroad viewing the
scene. I stood alone at the foot of the
great fall, and as 1 gazed on thfc immense
sheet of water, which, dashing down be
fore mo, rushed wildly by niy feet; and
saw, stretched over my head, projecting
crag.-, which seemed to threaten instant
destruction. I felt the blood curdling in
my veins and a cold sweat stood upon my
forehead. The frailty and insignificance
of human nature shrunk before the might
of Jehovah, made manifest in the grand
est, sublit nest and most terrific of his crea
ted works.
“Silently and cautiously I ascended the
activity, for a sense of fear anil dread was
upon me, such as no common danger could
inspire; and even now, though my feel
ings are somewhat checked and subdued,
I cannot altogether soothe my excited
spirits. When I viewed the Falls by day
light, amid ‘the crowd, the hum, the
shock of men,’ I was struck with aston
ishment unmixed with the stronger im
pulse of adoration. But in the still night
when no sound was heard but the roaring
of the waters, and I communed with Na
ture in her loueliiiess and grandeur, I not
only admired hut trembled, and in tny se
cret heart worshipped. Let him who has
ever dared to doubt the omnipotence of
the Mostlligl, visit these Falls when the
full summer Moon covers them with her
glory, and his unbelief will change into
praise and thanksgiving.
“ Imagination can conceive nothing
more stupendous or more awful than
these sublime works of a mighty God.
The vast deep w ith all its countless stores
of hidden treasure, and the high moun
tains, which reach far above the clouds,
compared with these are but as dust in the
balance, for here in a peculiar and em
phatic manner the power of the Deity is
present and palpable. In vain Mon sear
ches in his fallible philosophy for a solu
tion of their mysteries; their causes can
not be traced, and u!l his enquiries are
baffled. The pride of his heart is hum
bled, for in his folly he thought that his
finite reason might unfolii the eternal se
crets of Heaven, aud discover that w hich
may not lie revealed.
“ A few days since I was at Trenton
Falls, and the scene there presented was
wild, picturesque aud singularly romant
ic. Never, indeed, had 1 experienced so
full a knowledge of the beautiful in Na
ture, as when 1 looked down into the deep
ravines, vvtilled in with sfflid rocks, piled
by the hands of the great creator, to the
t height of several hundred feet, every
j where overhung with forest trees of an im-
I mt use growth; which sprung trout the
I hard sloiu:—the watt is bounding lV<>ui
height to height, now rushing w ith light
ning's speed, and again spreading cut in
to an extended channel; atone time cree
ping through a nur; »■ chasm, uud Rt in-
VOL. I—\o. 10.
oilier flinging from the tops olliugv pic
cip.ces With a strength no earthly power
, could master, but beautiful and splendid its
I al! this undoubtedly w as, in grandeur and
suLl.mitv it fellfar short of Niagara.”
From the, A up York Standard
The following anecdote of a French
man, whether true in all parts or no), I
, nave had related to me u» a iui t:
A party of gentlemen in c harleston,
C - were silling over their wine after
dinner, when the conversation turned
upon the events of the lute war. Soever
al desperate battles on land were itllu
ded to with enthusiasm, and the splen -
did victories on sea were had in rt uieut
hrauce. At length tiro conversation
tinned upon the engagement between
the < oust l lution and Guorriere. Tiio
gentlemen seemed to ditier on some ma
terial points in relation to that engage
ment. A Frenchman, who had sealed
l"«.svli unnoticed, and unobtrusively.
Ilear the table, happened to overhear
the dispute, and immediately mivaoeed
with a lively anil graceful an to ihe com
pany, and said—“J« ntlemen, you ahull
speak of do acscion ov de Const.lusb.oiig
and Gucnicrc, el.!"—"Yes, Sir.” was
the reply.
‘ Veil, jentleinen, I have some good
raison to be acquaint vid dot affair. ’
“Upon what is your knowledge foun
ded, *ir?”
•‘.leiitlemen, I shall relate to you”—
(anil he sat down.)
“1 vms in von little prig, loaded vid
prandy, bound from Bourdenux to do
const il’Ainerique; von day, (ah! sor
rowful day for me;)-Captain DakaiieOf
Guerriere, he take my little prig, he
take out all niy prnndy, and he blow my
little prig up in de air!
I After dat, Capituine Dukuire go on
[ (vat is dis you shall call him)—all! on a
cruize— he go on a cruize, and von day'
C'uptainc Dukuire, holla to me, ah! lui!
Mons. French Gapitaine look dure!—
dare is ae American frigate -let me see
he say—He take his (vui you shall call
him) a!i! his telescope and he look wild
like fire—‘all ha! Mons, French Capi
tuine lie say. Mis American frigate--
dou t you see de bunt in Ilyin uh! 1 take
her in fifteen minute you see'-Me say
no'siiig-De frigate Aiuericaine come
i v ’id majesty, vid grandeur—i ’twas de first
! time I had tie pleasure to see von frig
! a fo Aiuericaine -von bountiful ship—
-1 i'aptaine Dukuire call out—give him
| von broadside! w horroh! de frigate A
inericuine no answer, but come vid ma
jesty, vid grandeur—"give him nnodder
broadside"—whoiToh! roll 1 rob! de frig
ate Americaine no s| eak, but eonre on
vid majesty, vid grandeur; vat? say
Capituine Delta ire, is he deaf, or is he
-* *-!-•- - 1 limu.Ui-- —1..,,.
roh! roll! de frigate Ameriqpne no speuic
no answer at a' a'-Lut t recently jc ntle
nien, I hear de ftitirfet'; w borrow! w hor
roh! cdi! jentleinen. do must, de sail, do
yard, de spar," de every ting, all about
my ear! 1 fought tie heavens and de cart
had come togedder, lor de frigate A
mericaine had fire his broadside—von
big mail, (vat is dis his mfme)-nh! de
boatswain--he step up to Capituine Du
kaire, and hollow in his cui'-‘Capituine
Dukaire" he say, ‘me link y ou got a hard
job!' parbleii, monsieur, me link so too.
say 1. Bye and bye, Captuine Dakaire
say to me ‘Mons. French Capituine, I
link you had better go below!’ pro bleu
Mons. me link so too! 1 go down into
(vat you shall call dis)—ah! de cockapit
and (line jentleinen, 1 see de poor sail
or, vidoutlcg, v idout arm, vidout he,nd—
vidout any ting! Bye and bye, all vas
still. Igoup on the quarter deck, and
dare I see de poor Capiiaiue Dukuire
(von brave man) vid de tear in bis eye;
•nil Mons. French Capituine," he say to
me ‘it is all ovairo*—parbleu mons. me.
tink so too! Presently, von little boat
from de ft-igate Amerieuine come along
side, and von officer come on board, and
suy to Capituine Dekaire, ‘Sairii, Cnpi
taine Hull, of de frigate Ameru aine
Coustitushong, vill be happy to sec you
on board his ship.’ Capitain Dukuire
say to me, ‘Mans. French Capituine I
link you hud better go along!' ‘pnrbleu
Mons. me tink so too, your ship is sink
ing!" We go on board tie Frigate A
nterieaine, between two grand range of
de Marine; on de quarter deck; and
dare, jentleinen, I had de first pleasuro
to sec von commodore Americaine -von
beautiful limn! von elegant cravat! he
make a how juste like von Frenchman:
Capituine Dakaire olii-r him his svv ord—
■no: Capituine Dekaire keep a your
sword, for you deserve if- and so he did.
Presently de Commodore American say
to me, ‘holla! Monsieur French Cnpi
tnine, vare de devil you shall come,
eh?’ ‘Parbleu Mons.’ I say, T vas in
von littel prig, bound for de coast d'A
inerrqne, loaded v id prandy -and Capi
taine Dakaire von day take out all my
prandy, and blow my little prig up in
<le air!" Den say de commodore, ‘on tie
vortl of Officer Anierieane, and dat nev
er vas false, you shall have your prandy
hack again.’ Andjentlemen, he was its
good as his word, and 1 have here tie
pleasure to tell you de story."
Starving- Juries. —We have always
considered this requisition of tlie common
law as baharous relic of antiquity, which
should he scouted from our jurisprudent*.
What is the value of ail opinion extorted
from fainting A: exhausted energies of na
ture? Itisti mcnn.coutcmp'.ihle appeal to a
man, to address his mind and conccnec
> through the medium of his stomach, in
! say nothing of the inhumanity of coin) fil
ling him, through tear of starvation, to st -
isle the operations of conscience, and act
Jin opposition to li'.s settled convictions ot
I propriety. If a Juror should tlie from the
effect of hanger, what cognizai ce should