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4^^sa —/•#, to woman alto: a subject which
ia saor* toimatsl/ aonnsstad with to happiness
bfosr liut tkan to beat of ua are prone la ac*
totodgs. I alluds to Marriage. Thera is a
Mocicat j<to among young persons, which con*
passing to band smoothly down the face
gs a person, aad caiiisg it Comrtokip ; snd thsn
gpgpug to hand rough if dawn the face and
gslling tot Msrrisgs. [toaghter ] Tkere m
•ora truth ton poetry ia tkia, assn when the
aolrsa of Bus loss runs any way kut smooth,
**>■ •arriags isaanctiftsd by lots, and trust, |
gpd elevatsd by respect. Btili, it is uy belief
tot to stats of marring#, whether regarded as
a religious ar a sifil iostitution, or as a volunta
ry oantract, ia, take ib #U ia all, to best and.
paiWlt eonditiot; tot in tbs balance of its good
gad ill, its goodgrestly preponderates. The fre
quency of divorce# in our community, and the
Ught estimate put upoa to fcmdy esmpact by a
Igrga suns bar of persona, unit# to persuade me
Mat tors ia ao topic upon which 1 could better
gfidrsus youat this time.
Marriage U A sober fset to a few. hut, to
gpotor claas, it is a kewildaring anticipation.—
The youth of both sexes regard it as • sort of
£airy-land, whereof “distunes but lends enchant
ment to the view.” They regard it as a sort of
‘‘Diamond gSod
Where no crude surfeit reigns.”
Titers see some instances of unhappiness, and
fear gs many o tors- of quarrels, and disap- ’
pointmsnte, end ton separations. Yet these
young enthusiasts look at marriage as that spe
cie* ©f Sevanth Heaven promised by Mo
hammed to tha faithful. It ia ns suck thing.—
It id a stats Which require# great sacrifices; and
for those it gives nothing hut love in exchange.
Yet, as life i# nothing without love, that life is
to best condition. Many young persons enter
taio very erroneous ideas relative to the marriage
stats. 1 recollect reading an anecdote once re
lated by Mr. Male, of NeW Hampshire, in one
of his Free Boil speeches, to this effect. “A
eouplo came to me one night, and wished me to
unite them in wedlock. I consented to perform
the ceremony, and said to the man. “Do you
take this woman to be your wedded wife ?’—
“Certainly,” he replied, “I came here for that
purpose 1” And the woman: “Do you take
this man to be your husband!” Yes, Ido!”
“Then you are man and wife—that’s all. Both
looked at me with great astonishment; and the
lady asked, “Is that all?” Yes, I replied, that’s
all. “Well,” she remarked, “tis not such a
mighty affair after all!” [Applause.] But the
wife was mistaken. The Marriage ceremony,
after all, be it as brief as a rosy rill, is a mighty
transaction. It is changing the whole course of
a person's life. New thoughts, new feelings,
and new duties arise. If the change be fortu
nate, they will shine like stars on the dusky
©oast, lighting the lonely voyager o’er the way.
Hut if the change bo unfortunate, it will be like
to gloom of the ocean, where the storm-tossed
bark has been wrecked, and our fondest hopes
blasted forever. Marriage is no Epicurean
dream. It is happiness or misery. It is what
Antonio, in Webster’s play, took it to be. Some
one asked him, What do you think of Marriage ?
He replied: “I look upon it not as purgatory : it
is either Heaven or hell: there is no third place
in it”
The motives for which people marry has a
great deal to do with their after happiness.—
Some women marry to escape from home:
some marry for a “position” in society. And
there are men who marry for equally absurd rea
tons. Some men there are who marry for
beauty, and look upon their wife as a mere toy.
A man thinks to hang a trinket around his neck,
and behold it is a millstone! Some men marry
for money. He who does so, has this advan
tage :he can know what he gets. [Laughter.]
If a man can feed upon husks, it is well for him
to see that his trough is well filled. Then again
there is great diversity of opinion as to the pro
per age to marry. I have my strong doubts
whether very early marriages are advisable. It
seems to me that a difference between the ages
of the parties is desirable. How great a diffe
rence there should be, is not so easily decided.—
Nineteen years is too great a hiatus; fifteen will
do. There is some very good advice upon this
£oint in Shakspero's Twelfth Night, where the
lake says to Viola:
“Thou dost speak masterly:
My, life upsn’t, young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stay’d upon some favor that it loves;
Hath it not, boy 1”
Viola — A little, by your ihvor.
Duke —What kina of woman is’t ?
Viola —Of your complexion.
Duke —She is not worth thee, then. What years i’faith?
Viola —About your years, my lord.
Duke —Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take
An elder than herself: so wears she to him
So sways she level in ner husband’s heart.
For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and uniform,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,
Than women’s are.
Viol* —l think it well, my lord.
Duke —Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent:
For women are as roses; whose fair flower,
Being once display’d, doth fall that very hour.
Women should marry when between twenty
and thirty years of age, but nearer the former
than the latter. [Applause.] Lord Bacon says
that a man finds himself seven years older after
marriage. In this there is much truth. Even
newly married persons, of proper years, must
feel their weight bearing upon them like the
lapse of time. There is one speices of matri
mony condemned—begging pardon for speak
ing of it here, should it appear personal to any,
I refer to the wedding of the old to the
This should never be. In Rome there was a
•trict law against it-QThis law, the Lex Papia,
strictly forbid such marriages. There is much
truth in the saying.
“May and December oas never agree.”
Among the instigations to the commission of
Matrimony is Beauty. Now I think that beau
ty has much ]#i influence with sensible men in
determining Marriage, than is at first thought. !
Man wants a partner in whom he can feel that J
there will be something left after her beauty i
shall have departed. Still it would be folly to i
assert that beauty is to be wholly disregarded.— j
For, as Keats has beautifully sung:
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
Paramount to all considerations of beauty should |
ever be regarded, first, amiability; second, go and
principles: third, good sense; fourth, good breed
ing; and, fifth good education.
Passing on, the lecturer retnaaked that the in
troduction of steam among us, and the rapidity
with which the locomotive whirls us over our
journeys, had spoiled all the romance of wedding
tours. There is no going to Niagara nowa
days by the slow stage coach, wherein you
could enjoy the soft social converse of the honey
moon. Or, should you wish to go to Europe,
you of course cannot go by a slow 7 sailing pack
et, but must take the wheel propelled steamer.
Indeed, so great is the change in this regard, that
we might well exclaim, with Milton :
“Os man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
Os that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought tftam into the world and all our wo—
Bing, Heavenly muse!”
After a few more remarks, the lecturer said
that he considered this to be the great blessing
of Marriage—that it does away with our selfish
ueci; it deliver* us from the mere forms of
meum and tuum; it endears both parties, *nnd
turn# a slavish drudgery into a free and joyous
Service. Most properly has Marriage been said
to ke a type of the union between the Church
and our Lord. And it has been well said, that
as to Adana Paradise was home, so to his descen
dants koine is Paradise. [Applause.]
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. =
WEDNESDAY MOKNING, FEB. 9, 1853.
KGJtTH AND SOUTH,
Or, Slavery an© its Contrasts.
We have hastily run over this very entertaining
work. It is, professedly, a reply to Uncle Toni’s Cabin.
The author very properly “carries the war into Afri
ca ;” and in the by-lanes, alleys and prisons of the North,
finds examples of poverty, of suffering, of wrong,which put,
to shame the picture* of misery which the heated imagin
ation of Mrs. Stowe has found among the lowly at the
South.
Frank Harley, a wealthy merchant, marries the
daughter of a wealthy New England gentleman, and
brings her to New York. For years the lovely Ga
zella Harley is a leader of fashionable society, and Frank
stood high in the commercial world, with a reputation
of the most unblemished integrity. Years rolled on,
and our pretty bride has changed to the blooming ma
tron—the mother of nine lovely ehildfen, most of whom
were girls.
But Frank was living too fast. He drank too much ;
and in a fatal hour he ventured his all upon a hazard
and lost. It is announced in the public prints that
Frank Harley is a bankrupt. His sunshine friends de
sert him. Beggared in purse, deserted by heartless
friends, burthened with a large family—the slave of ap
petite—and stricken by disease, he sinks under the
weight of accumulated misfortunes, and throws upon
his tender wife the burthen of supporting liis family.
The history of the struggles of this tender mother
and her children, with the money-loving and grasping
traders of the North, is the burthen of this pathetic story,
Mrs. Rusit, the author, is now in this city soliciting
subscriptions, and we take great pleasure in commend
ing her work to the favorable consideration of our com
munity.
“Democratic Harmony,”—The Washington
Republic.
The Washigton Rebublic , does us the honor to
transfer to its columns a long article of ours in reference
to the propriety of giving Mr. Dix, a eabinet appoint
ment, as evidence and illustration of Democratic harmo
ny ; and alleges upon this proo f , that “General Pierce,
according to his warmest southern advocates, is to ad
mit none but “State Rights men,” to every office of
honor and influence—excluding Union Democrats .as
well as Free Soilers, for,” says the Republic, “the
Times , while shutting the door in the face of General
Dix, takes pains to say, “it is idle to suppose that Mr.
Cobb or any of that” (the Union) “ilk will receive of
fice at the hands of the incoming administration.”
We will not disguise that we desire no union with
free soilers, unless they will recant their heresy and
give a hearty endorsement to the platform of the party,
on the subject of slavery. It is sheer hypocracy for a
■tatesmau to pretend to belong to the demcratio fold,
while he “spits upon the party platform.”
In referance to the union democrats, the Republic
misrepresents us. Our objections to Mr. Cobb were
placed distinctly upon the ground that ho had refused
to co-operate with tko democratic party in the election
of General Pierce; and that his"friends nominated and
run an opposition ticket to that which was triumphantly
elected, and aided in the elevation of General Pierce to
the Presidency by giving him the vote of Georgia. The
“ilk,” referred to was “theTugaloo ilk,” not “tke union
iik.” While we shall ever regret the defection of “the
union ilk” ia the terrible contest of 1850, as the most
fatal and dangerous blow which was ever inflicted upon
the independence and safety of the south, we are not
prepared to proscribe them. Thousands of them are
good and true State Rights men, and we confidently re
ly upon them in our future contests with the embattled
host of consolidatiouists who are straining every nerve
to trample under foot the sovreignty of the states, and
to build up a great central government which shall
domineer over the liberties of the people, and fatten its
favorites with the spoils of nations.
The Infant Drummer’s Concert.
The performance of this little prodigy, in Temper
ance Hall, on the night of the 7th inst., surpassed our
most sanguine expectations. He is of such tender age that
your sympathies are painfully excited when he is brought
in and set upon a table, and a large, heavy drum is
swung round his neck, and great drum sticks, quite as
large a* his arm, are placed in his hands. The first
roll, however, dispells your fears ; the face of the baby
genius lights up with enthusiasm and the whole frame
is excited with his music. You even forget the tiny
performer in rapturous admiration of his performance.
We never heard or saw his equal before. He is indeed a
wonder. He surpassed the highest anticipations of his
audience.
Professor and Madame Louie, who accompany the
Infant Drummer are highlv accomplished musicians
We were particularly pleased with Madame Louie’s
songs. She has a sweet voice, and sings with taste and,
spirit. Prof. Louie is a good comic actor and singer,
and adds much to the amusement of the audience by
his dry humor. The concerts of the Infant Drummer
will be continued for several nights, and we urge upon
all our citizens to avail themselves of the opportunity af
forded of seeing the “Eighth Wonder of the world.”
Theatricals.
We are gratified to announce that Mr. Crisp and
company will visit our city probably as early as the
13th inst., for the purpose of giving a series of theatri
cal entertainments. This company have given great
satisfaction wherever they have performed. An ex
change paper of high character thus notices them:
“We have attended their representations and have
always come away delighted and instructed. The
acting of Mr. Crisp, in this city, would do honor to any
boards. A deep, musical voice, a gesticulation which
models grace, an unequalled mobility of feature, and a
perfect appreciation of the sentiment of the author, com
bine to endow him with qualities not possessed by any
but a favored few. lie reminds us very strongly of
Forrest.
He is well supported by Mrs. Crisp. Her silvery
intonation rung in our ears for hours after Pauline was
happy and Mrs. Haller had ceased to weep. Iler per
sonation of this latter character has met with the high
est applause from our best judges. We are inclined to
think it her best role as far as we have seen her.”
Musical Festival.
Ole Bull, the greatest performer on the violin in
the world, and a noble hearted American citizen, will
give one concert in this city on the 14th inst. He will
be assisted by M. Strakosch, whose ability on the Piano
is scarcely inferior to that of Ole Bull on the Violin,
and by Signorina- Amalia Patti Strakosch. We an
ticipate a rich and rare entertainment, and hope to
see our entire population at Temperance Hall on the
night of the concert. It is not often that our commun
ity is permitted to enjoy so pure and intellectual an
entertainment.
The Great Circus and Menagarie.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 21st, 22d
and 23rd inst., Robinson & Eldred’s great combined
Circus and Menagarie, will be exhibited in this city. Their
bill of fare is exceedingly attractive. The most brilliant
arena sports and entertainments will be combined with
the largest collection of animals ever exhibited in
this section of country, and all under one canvass.
Price of admission fifty cents, For further particulars,
see advertisement in another column.
A Beautiful Present.
We have been shown a splendid Gold Watch, which
the Chatham Artillery presented to the Infant Drum
mer as a testimonial of their appreciation of his extra
ordinary genius. It bears the following inscription :
“Presented, by the Chatham Artillery, to Benson
A. English, the Infant Drummer. Savannah, Jan.
26th, 1853,”
Henry Clay and the Infant Drummer.
The public can witness many of the valuable presents
made to the Musical Champion of Georgia, the Infant
Drummer, in the window of Whittelsey & Co.’s Music
and Jewelry Store, among which is a unique and val
uable Gold Seal, presented to the Infant Drummer by
the late Henry Clay. This seal represents the Sage
of Ashland, as he appeared, resting himself under a
tree, with his favorite dog beside him.
No Georgian can look on these distinguished testi
monials without feeling a spirit of exultation for his na
tive State, which claims the honor of producing this un
paralleled musical wonder, the Infant Drummer.
The Jerry Rescue Case.
The New York Herald says : “Enoch Reed the colo
red man whose * case has occupied the attention of the
United States Circuit Court at Albany during the past
week, was yesterday morning declared guility of assisting
in the rescue of the fugitive slave Jerry, from the officers
who had him in charge at Syracuse. Notwithstanding
the combined efforts of the abolitionists of this and other
States, headed by Gerrift t Smith,to save Reed and Lis
coadjutors from punishment—and although they succeed”
ed in staving off the trials until excitement upon the sub
ject had entirely died away, except among themselves—
the national constitution and the Congressional compro
mises of 1850 have, in this instance, been fully sustained
by unenlightened and impartial jury. This is a gloi'ious
triumph of the laws of the land over those agitators who
would set them at defiance. It is a triumph of the princi*
pies of justice over those fanaticism, that will be apprecia
ted by the masses of the country, and one that will be of
infinite service in restoring that good feeling with our
Southern brethern, which for a time had been disturbed
by the groundless insinuations emanating from rival
States and cities.
The Grear West.— ln “1836 the commerce oi] the
lakes was computed to bo $6,461,274 in value. In 1843
that value “had become $89,538,726, In 1848 it was
$156,484,905 ; and it is now more than $200,000,000.
“The area of the Mississippi valley is 1,500,000 ..square
miles. It populated as densely as New England, it
would hold 60,000,000 of people. If populated like
England, it would contain 345,000000 of souls— nearly
equivalent to one-half the present population of the globe.
Less than seventy-five years ago it contained but 20,000
people, besides aborigines; now it contains more “than
11,000000 of civilized inhabitants. It can support a denser
population than any country of like extent in the world
Taxes in Cincixnatti.— Quite a number of the tax
payers in Cincinnati run into the thousands. Mr. Nicho
as Longworth as high a $19,177. He must feel poor
labout the time the tax gaterer comes rouud. His taxes,
probably, exceed those of any other individual in the State.
John Riddle, sen., pays the next highest in Ciucinnati.
{•‘5,446.
Eleven pay over $3,000; twenty-six over $2,000 : eigh
ty.one SI,OOO ; and two hundred and fifty-four SSOO o:
over* The venerable Jacob Barnet pays $2,857, and the
Burnet House $3,150.
Robert Burns, the Ayrshire poet and j Lugliman, who
died neglected and unfriended, is likely in his descendants
to mingle with the aristocracy of Britain we see, by our
late English files. Major Burns—or Colonel—at present
holding* a h:gh situation in India, has his patent of nobil
ity made out, and will shortly be gazetted as Baron Ellis
land, the name of Burns’ farm.
Mr. C. 11, Kiugsmore of Abberville Districts, C., and
M. D. by profession, and a young man of fine talents, has
jiven up the spatula for the pencil, and gone to Italy to
study painting,
Futher byjhe Canada.
Great Britain. —Fears are entertained in England of
a coupe de main by Napoleon. Napier, the English Ship
Builder, had received orders from Napoleon to build six
teen Frigates for him. The British Admiralty, however
cancelled the order, and instructed Napier to build the
same number of Frigates for the British Government, —
The Government are .also instituting enquiries of the Bail
Road Companies as to how many men, horses, and muni
tions of war they! could carry to.specified points in case of
emergency. A large Militia station is to be formed near
Birmingham. No more regular troops are to be sent from
home, and gjeat activity prevails in the different Navy
Yards.
France.—Louis Napokon was to have been married
to Madame Montigo on the 30th ult. The dowry de
manded for the Bride was five million francs, Twenty
line of battleships, eighteen frigates,* and fifteen smaller
vessels are being built in theTTrench navy yards.
Flowers and Fruits.—After doing much, very much
to foster and increase among our citizens the taste for
cultivating flowers and fruits, to decorate and enhance
their pleasant home, Mr. Peabody returned to his own on
M ednesday night, bearing with him the warmest wishes
of a large number of newly made, but much attached
fi.ends. M bile here, he received orders for a far larger
quantity of his fine strawberry plants than even his exten
sive nursery can supply. In two or three years time our
Mobile market will boast as abundant a supply of choice
strawberries as that of any city in the Union .-Mobile Reg.
The Soil of the South.—ls rich in the variety of its
productions. Its thoughts on Agriculture are clear and
comprehensive. It is a monthly of 32 pages, at One Dol
lar per annum. The Agricultural and Horticultural de
partments are both ably conducted ; the former by James
M. Chambers, the latter by Charles A. Peabody. These
men are engaged in a worthy & noble, calling & certainly
deserve the countenance and patronage oftheir fellow-citi
zens of the Soutli. An improve in the system of Southern
fanning must be*manifest to every observer; and Agricul
tural Societies, aided by Agricultural periodicals m st
work out this improvement.—Dem; West Telescope
Gas Company. \Y e are pleased to learn, that the
Board of Directors of this company yesterday declared a
dividend of seven per. cent, out of the profits of the past
six months. This is an excellent dividend when it is con
sidered tin’s is the first six months business of the company
and that they have not yet completed the different avenues
of piping through the city.— Const. 6th inst.
Mail Robbery.—A large robbery of the mail, between
Claiksville and Paris, Tenu.,took place a few days ago.—
The mail carrier, who is suspected, has disappeared.—
Twelve letters, containing amounts varying from $250
down tosl, are known to be missing.
A ‘“Liquor Bill,” is before the Legislature of Ohio
which allows the manufacturer of spirituous liquors in the
State, the transportation through and storage in the
State, and the sale of liquors by any one, without restric
tion, for medicinal, mechanical and sacramental purposes.
Louisiana Senator.—The LouisianA House of Rep
resentatives refused to go into the election of a United
States Senator, The Senate has referred the question
to the Judiciary Committee.
PjffLO's Andelphos —We notice by the PhlbideT-
Phia papers, that the hubs of the Engine and Hose
earriages are armed with iron points, for the pur
pose of cutting away the spokes of any rival car*
iage that comes in collision, and of course, acts
aiike a circular saw upon ail that they encounter,
whether man or beast, or mere painted wood. One
of these, while two companies were racing on Sat
urday evening, struck a horse standing by the curb
stone, and the poor auimal’s legs were shockingly
lacerated.
\
Austria has just addressed a domineering note
to the government of tire Swiss Confederation,
threatening to resort to extreme measures, unless
the Capuchin monks, expelled from the Canton of
Ticino, be restored, a s they are claimed as Austri
an subjects. Letters from Vienna sta'e that Aus
tria is disposed to pick np a quarrel with the Swiss.
Mr, Sam. Med ary of Ohio, is said to be strenu
ously opposed by the Ohio people for a cabinet offi
cer, and remonstrances against his choice have been
forwarded to Concord. Mr. Cambell, Representa
tive from Ohio, (Eree-Soiler) has been offered the
nomination for Governor of that Stale, but 7 has not
determined upon its acceptance.
A vessel is now loading at Richmond, Pa., with coni for
Australia, This is the firstshipment of the black diamonds
of Pennsylvania to that far off land of golden promise.
Lous McLane is now spoken of for the Department of
State in the new Cabinet, and Mr. Staunton, of Tcnn., for
the Navy.
The lion. Mr. Dixon, Senator from Kentucky, left
V aslnngton en route for Havana on Tuesday hisphys'-
eians having recomended him immediately remove to a
warm climate.
Mrs. Ex-rresident Tyler and the Duchess of Sutherland.
■The following is an extract from the letter of
Mrs. Tyler, wife of ex-President Tyler, in reply
to the letter of the Duchess of Sutherland, con
cerning the institution of slavery in the United
States:
“If you wish a suggestion as to the suitable
occupation of you idle hours, I will point you to
the true field for your philanthropy—the unsup
plied wants of your own people of England. In
view of your palaces, there is misery and suf
sering enough to excite your most active sym
pathies. I remember to have seen, lately, that
there were jn the city of London “alone,
one hundred tuousand persons who rose i.;
the morning without knowing where or how
they were to obtain their ‘daily bread,’ and \
remember, also, somewhere to have seen, that
the Eleemosynary establishment of England
cost annually x 1,000,000 sterling—a sum great- •
er than that expended bv the frugal and eco
nomical government of ours, with its army and
navy, and civil and diplomatic bill. Surely,
surely, here is a field large enough for the ex
ercise of the most generous sympathy—the nio-* I
unbounded charity.’ Go, my good Duchess r ‘
Sutherland, on an embassy of mercy to t] ,
poor, the stricken, the hungry and the naked < -
your own land—cast in tlu ir laps the superfia
of your enormous wealth; a single jewel from
your hair, a single gem from your dress would
relieve many a poor female of England, who U
now cold, and shivering, and destitutute. Em
ter the abode of desolation and want, and can
squalid wretchedness to put on one smile of
comfort, perhaps the first one which has liHitc and
up its face tor a lifetime. Leave it to the wo
men of the South to alleviate the su fie rings m
their dependents, while you take care of \- o u;*
jj. & i: ‘
own.
“For another subject quite as fruitful of gym.
path} 7 , I need only refer you to the condition
of Ireland, with its population hut recently
starving for food, which was lreeiy supplied
from our granaries, and at this moment craving
mercy from avaricious landlords, who, to ex.
tend the area of grazing lands, are leveling their
humble cottages to the ground, and sending
them forth to die upon the public highways.
Women of England, go thither with your ten.
der charities. There, on the road side sinks an ,
attenuated and exhausted mother, still straining!
her perishing child to her breast, while the un
happy husband and father, himself foodless and
raimentless, sheds drops of agon y over the heart
rending scene. Spare from the well-fed ne
groes of these States one drop of your supera
bounding sympathy, to pour into that bitter
cup which is overrunning with sorrow and with
tears. Poor, suffering, down trodden Ireland!
land of poetry and song, of noble deeds and
generous emotions —birth-place ot the warrior,
the statesman and the orator —there is no room
for you in the sympathizing hearts of the women
of England. Let the Celtic race he driven by
starvation from the land of their lathers, and its
exodus would he regarded, not with sorrow 7, but
with joy and gladness by the secret heart of
England.’’
This letter of Mrs. Tyler’s was elicited by an
appeal which was made to the fair authoress
through a communication in the Richmond En
quirer, the writer of which thinking a suitable
response should be made to the British ladies’
by one of those to whom their appeal was ad
dressed, suggested Mrs. T. as the proper person,
as follows:
“I will venture to suggest that there resides,
gentlemen, in your neighborhood, a lady born
and educated in the North, and fully possessed
of the feelings of that region in regard to slave
ry, who has traveled extensively in Europe, and
observed the condition of the lower classes in
free countries, (God save the mark!) and yet
lives at the present time, and has done so for
years, in a slaveholding community, an owner
of slaves, to whose happiness she thereby con
tributes far more efficiently than the whole host
of abolitionists. This lady might and would be
heard with interest by all parties to this contro
versy.”
And truly she lias responded with ability and
eloquence. The letter, the Alexandria Gazelle
says, does great credit to the Intelligence and
heart of Mrs. Tyler, and, says the Richmond
Enquirer, “we respect her ’sill! more for
faithful execution of duty, because, in behalf of
her insulted and injured country, and in the vin
dication of truth, she lias had fa 1 nigral courage
to attach her own name to her admirable pro
duction.”
In this last she has set an example which
many of the valorous men, who so often desiro
to w rite for the press, would do w r ell to imitate.
llow to Preserve the Liberties of the People.
BY JOHN C. CALHOUN.
j “Where the diversity of interests exists, in
separate and distinct classes of the community,
as in the case of England, and was formerly the
case in Sparta, Rome, and most of the free states
of antiquity, the rational constitutional provision
is that each should be represented in the gov
ernment, as a separate estate, with a distinct
voice, and a negative on the acts of its co-es
tates, in order to check their encroachments. —
In England the constitution has assumed ex
pressly this form, while in the governments of
Sparta and Rome the same thing was effected
under different, but not much less efficacious
forms. The perfection of their organization, in
this particular, was that which gave to the con
stitutions of these renowned states all their ce
lebrity, which secured their liberty for so many
centuries, and raised them to so great a height
of power and prosperity. Indeed, a constitu
tional provision, giving to the great and spew to
interests of the coßimunity the light of self
protection, must appear, to those who will duly
reflect on the subject, not less essential to the
preservation of liberty than the right of suffrage
itself. They, in fact, have a common object,
to effect which the one is as necessary as the
other to secure responsibility; that is, that those
who make and execute the laics should be accoun
table to those on whom the laws in reality operate
—the only solid and durable foundation oj liber
ty. If, without the right of suffrage, our ru
lers would oppress us, so without the right oi
self-protection, the major would equaliy op
press the minor interests of the communit .
The absence of the former would make the
governed the slaves of the rulers—and the lat
ter, the feebler interests, the victim of the stron
ger. * * * * To realize its perfection, we
must view the general government aid those ol
the stales as a whole, each in its proper sphere
independent, each perfectly adapted to its re
spective objects; the states acting separately. 1
representing and protecting the local and pecu
liar interests; actingly jointly through one gene
ral government, with the weight respectively as
signed to each by the constitution, representing
and protecting the interests of the whole, and
thus perfecting, by an admirable but simple ar
rangement, the great principle--of representation
and responsibility, without which no gov. ra
iment can be free or just. To preserve tins
cred distribution, as originally settled, by co
ercing each to move in its proscribed oro, i
tbe great and difficult problem, on the solution
of which the duration of our constitution, oi ovt
Union, and, in all j ropability, our liberty o -
pends. Dow is-this so be effected i The ‘ra
tion is new when applied to our peculiar pwiu
cal organization, where the separate and
flletim*’ interests of society are represented