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m rr • :-4LL-. x ». ju fVrini^ ,-.■ .-1 * • v,irt> _ > ■- i — i k - — -4. X »‘.i r T2RM3 0? ADVERTISING- GENEVA COURIER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING l ' Nq. 39 Seneca Street, Up-Stairs, B Y 'C LE V E LA N D & LOOK. $0,50 1,00 3,00 T E R M S i * •• i .To vihage subscribers who receive the pa p e r s by thecajfrier;#2,00. To mail subscribers, and those who receive their papers at the -'office, $ 1 ,5 0 /*'F ifty cents w ill be added in all.cases where payment is not made within threemonths. No papers will be discontinued until arrearages are paid. CLEVELAND fc LOOK, Proprietors. ® S3 ©^W © H S? © I F l 1 ©=>S) A ' S ’, C/CLEVELAND, Editor, VOL. XXII.---NO 1. GENEVA. N. Y.; WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1851. WHOLE NO. 1093. af&oite irttSV11 threr three Months six ' one year il ilfeoliHnn one)eur One “ “ 4 • ButintfssPardtins&rf tri one yeai for No advertisement will be charged less than one square, amt.all advertisements will be c o n tinued until <>therwj>e ordered N- B. All idvertisements must be brought’ in by Tuesday morning in order to secure an ansertion thesame week. • i DOCT. J. HOWE, H o m o e o p a t h i c P h y s i c Ian S on g of S t ea m . stamp so balanced, that the stump rose The following rt»e poem, by a eo.w. C utter , or c o v - 'above the surface of the water; floated w OULD inform the inhabitants o f the v i l : | | „ g ,o n , K y , B l a c k w o o d h a , p r o a o u a c c d “ the b e . t l y r i c u p a n ( j j o w n t h e m o r c t h a n t w e n t y luge of Geneva and vicinity, that he has 1 <>f me century. taken the Offices recently occupied by Doct H . W . B ell , where he will, at all times, be in readiness to attend to professional cal,Is. „ . Office and Residence the same building. Geneva, Get. 1, 1851. 1084 doctor r h o a d b s , OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON SENECA STREET, Nearly opposite the M ansion H ouse . 68 R U S S E L R O B B I N S ^ BOOKBINDER, AND BLANK BOOK MANU FACTURER, *&ver D krbt , O rton & Co.’ s Book Store, Geneva, N. Y. 80 tiALL, RUCKEL & CO., W h o l e s a l e d r u g g i s t s , and dealers in P a i n t s , O i l s , W h i t e L e a d , D y e • S t u f f s , F a n c y A r t i c l e s , & c . 3 No. 220 GREENWICH St., one Door below Barclays.!., New York, ./ Invite the patronage of .Country Dealers in general. . N. B. Manufacturers of the best Friction Matches in the world. ’ OmOP 6 l J. HOPKINS IM PORTERS AN D c-.AL.ERS OF BAR AND BUNDLE IRON, Cast, Blister, and Spring Steel; Amer ican, English, ana German Hard ware ; Nails, Anvils, V ices,' . & c ., & c., 9 3 B a r c l a y S t , N e w Y o r k . Gm69 ~ wot . r. lbaivian T^ Plain and Ornamental Painter, G r a i n i n g & I n t e r n a l D e c o r a t i o n s , for Public and Private Houses, done in the best style of the aft. Grab9 .S e n e c a st.j G e n e v a , N . Y . T HP MAS & IIALEY, Importers, &,.Wholeqale Dealers in f f t o a s a s s s r & . $ M ) i s a s s i P ! i s G R E E N A N D D R I E D 212 W a s h i n g t o n Street, J) AN*L THOMAS, j JKUEM IAH H A L E Y 09y 1 NEW YORK. 5 BULKLEY, BEN N ETT & CO. Manufacturers of, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in CABINET W A R E AND FURNITURE. W a r e R o o m s —41 S e n e c a st., GENEVA, N- Y . 50 S U P E R I O R C H A I N P U M P , MANUFACTURED AND SuLD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. BY D. 2HABIB, O p p o s i t e th e T e m p e r a n c e H o u s e , CASTLE S71., GENE VA, N Y. 44v Harness me down with your iron bonds, Be sure o f yonr curb and rein, For I scorn llte strength o f poor puny hands, As a tempest scorns n clm ln; How I laugh ns 1 lay concealed from sight, For many a count'ess hour, At the childish boasts of human might, And the pride o f human power. i When I sow on ormy upon the land, . A novy upon the seas, Creeping along o snail-like band, Or waiting a wayward breeze; . When I saw the peasent reel, With the toll which he faintly bore, As lie turned at the tardy wheel, Or toiled at the weary oor. ' When I measured the panting courser’s speed, The flight o f the corrler*dove, As they bore n law a king decreed, Or the lines o f Impatient love ; I could not but think how the world would feel, As these were outstripped afar When 1 should be bound to the rushing keel, Or chained to the flying c a r ! Ha ! ha! ha ! They found me at last; And they invited me forth at length, And I rushed to my throne with a thunder blast, And laughed In my Iron strength ! O b ! then ye sow a wonderou* change On the earth and oceans wide, Where now my fiery armies rouge, Nor wall lor wind or tide. Hurrah! hurrah! the waters o’er The mountains' steep decline : Time, space, have yielded to my power, The giant streams o f the queenly West, And the Orient floods divine. The ocean peals where’er 1 sweep, To hear my strength rejoice, And monsters o f the briny deep, Cower trembling at my voice; I carry the wealth and ore of earth, The thought o f the godlike mind,— The wind lags after my going forth, The lightning Is left behind. I« the dork ome depths o f the fathomless mine My tireless arm doth play, Where the rocks ne’er saw the sun's decline, Or the dawn of the glorious day; I bring cnrth.V glittering jewels up From thchld U?n caves below, And I make the fountain's granite cup With a crystal gusli overflow. J blow the bellows. I forge the steel, In all the shops o f trade; I hammer the ore. and lum the wheel, Where my arms o f strength are made ; I manage the furnace, the mill, the mint, I carry, 1 spin, I weave; And all niv doings I put In print, On every Saturday eve. I ’veno muscle to weary, no breasts to decay, No bones to be 11 laid on the shelf;\ Amt soon 1 intend you may “ go and ploy,\ While I manage the world myself. But harness me down with yiuir iron band#, Be sure o f your curb and rein, Fur I scorn the strength o f your puny hands, As the tempest sconis a chain. years ago, and received the appellation o f Wandering Jew, which Cooper has dressed up into a fiction. A s we approach the head of the Lake, we are in the greatest depth of water, as ifc is narrower and deeper. While cp-lm, you can see a great dis tance into the watery caverns, and the i < • surface perfectly and beautifully reflects the fleecy clouds above, and the hill, field,, grove and bank beyond. Never in the memory of man, has this Lake been frozen over entirely; though we recoollect to have seen it bound in icy chains, for ten miles from the foot. The reason is the great depth of the water, which does not loose during win ter the caline which it accumulated du ring summer, as it carries the summer’s love the trail o f nature which not Only jthey worshipped w h it claimed to be the made her content in her humbler home, authority of God. Europe believed . i but threw a charm around it so exclusive that the Almighty had erected a vicege- that her knowledge o f other places ex- fency on earth to whom he had commit- cited compassion for the strangers who I ted the keys of his kingdom and all oth- were obliged to forego the only earthly ©r kingdoms, and that this infallible po- pleasure she could imagine. tentate was the incumbent of St. Peter’s :How far the Psalmist,if at all, was in-. chair at Rom e, and Europe was enslav- fluenced by a similar feeling, in giving .ad by her faith. But when. W ickliffe, utterance to the words o f the text, we and Huss,and Luther,and others brought know not, or how much we shall be af-1 forward the long neglected Bible, and established its claims to supremacy over the conscience, as the only infallible Revelation of G o d ’s will— when Ger- fected by it in speaking o f our country,we i cannot decide ; but we are well persuad ed that any extravagance in our estimate of the advantages of ours over other na tions. will not be readily detected by an American audience ; and .if seen at all, will be referred to those amiable preju dices of our nature which give brilliancy - r to patriotism, and are not inconsistent with the most disinterested gratitude to God for his goodness to us, “ and his won derful works to the children o f men. many and Great Britain threw off the i , Roman yoke— Protestant. Europe on a Vantage ground before unknown, bourn] together by their common belief, in the Holy Scriptures, assumed the.bearing of freem'en, and exchanged with one anoth er those influences which tended to the elevation of both the intellect and the f heart. It was during the progress of But making large allowance for this a- | E urope in this last stage o f improvement that our forefathers catpe to this conti- heafc into the winter, and the winter’s m . . __ tj . • • i miable prejudice,we can safely adopt the cold into summer, It is m part attribu- v J . 3 v . Jr I __ , * . . __ a _ C *1 __ & a..4 ! - __ c . __ _ __ A- table also, to the numerous streams that, . , , „ , ., . ,, . . ' . ii.i special favors of the A lm igh ty to.u s : rising from springs and leaping down * .. . . L , . i, ® j, \ ®. • r ° . and may his own spirit awaken our 6 9? ow in 0 1 , e are nearing to-day, whilst we fire re- VVe had not our origin in the accidental B ig Stream, but amuse ourselves be- min(je(} 0f a few Df the aimost innumer- circumstances o f superior forces, aiming fore we look upon its beauties o f nature, abie illustrations o f “ this truth— He hath at other results. VVe did not spring for- sentiment of the text in reference to the | nent, and laid the foundations of our re public amid prayers and. fastings, and faith,and thanksgivings and hope in God. not dealt so with any nation.” _______ i The first illustration is drawn from our origin. infeeding w Captain Dakin’s Chickens,” multitudes of which are following us, and dive to the water’s surface to pick up the food thrown out to them, or I As sin when it is finished, bringeth catch it as it is thrown towards them ini forth death, so its concomitants in all the air. The Captain has taken good stages o f its progress, are ignorance, ad- care o f them, and they afford a little versity, delusion and despair/ Theten- tuitously from a plant thrown on shore at a favorable moment, and in a good soil by some wave of popular commotion— but from the wisdom, forethought and piety of men of superior intellect and education, who, with the history o f the past in view, and in humble dependence on the favor o f the Most High for the pleasing variety to the traveler, in their dency o f man, therefore, as a sinner, is downward. But God in mercy, has in* | future, deliberately set themselves to the gyrations in the air, and the confidence they have been trained to repose in man. H a v a n a , N . Y . M . H . THANKSGIVING SERMON, Delivered by Rev. W . F. C urry , at the First Presbyterian Churchy o f Geneva, Nov. 27,1851. D . T. CLEVELAND, F i r e , M a r i n e , L i f e , a n i l H e a l t h INSURANCE AGENT. (OFFICE AT TM is vot.*men prr»ce, »«»»»< fttNGCA STREET, SO. 39, UP STAIRS.) For tlie Geneva Courier. terposed, and from the beginning, has task o f originating a Republic in which counteracted this tendency by using the advantages o f other Governments means to prevent and in the end destroy should be combined, and their errors re sin. Hence, as far back as the history jected. A republic in which the people, o f nations extends, we find a slow but accountable to God for their power, steady progress in civilized life; prece- should erect free institutions based on ded by violence in the overthrow of kings | the Religion, the intelligence and the Amid all the licenciousness o f the tongue and press which distinguishes our count try, Truth must gain a gradual but sure ascendency; infidelity in all its protean firms must recede, and the doctrines of the word of God influence the public mind to such an extent,.as to give a per manency, good order end righteousness to our institutions, unknown in Europe. The freedom and apparent lawlessness with which men speak and afct in refer- enso to religious opinions and practices, so far from weakening the cause o f vir* ■ i ° , i tue, has been the occasion o f its greatest strength. For when the friends o f truth O ' have been aroused 'and alarmed by the encroachments of error, and girded them selves for the conflict, they have found . ' . the enemy in the open field where they could scan both form and feature, and have occasion in the conflict, to rejoice in the repeated illustrations of the truth of their heraldic motto— “ The weapons o f our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds,” Our laws emanating from the people and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, exerting its holy power upon this same mass of free heart and intellect, secure to us an advance in the benefits of civilization, which if it is not now, soon will be with out a parallel. A few comparisons may r.ot be out o f place. Mr. W e sley in his will, directed that the ordinances in his Chapel in London, should be admin istered by a regularly ordained clergy- . man of the Church of England; and more than once the trustees went to Newgate and selected from its inmates, one thus commissioned, who was guarded to-the Chapel where he administered the sa- crement, and was guarded back again to' prison. cessfdlly in the propagation* o f virtue or the discouragement of vice. This public opinion m iy sometimes he wrong.; then any virtuous and noble- minded man may, with Truth, Argu ment, and Righteousness, resist it and ’ead the way toward successful reform. When right, the wicked— who are apt to flee when no man putaueth— must flee before it. Already has its power been wielded with marked effect against the demon o f Intemperance: He will ere long.be dethroned and banished from the Union, ss he has already been from the Maine State. measures to abolish slavery within their imits. Thus in our childhood as a na- . tion, was slavery abolished in a majority of the Slates. It is believed, too, that in- e dividunU in the present shive-holdthg Stales have freed more o f their slaves without compensation than England ha.# purchased from >11 hier'colonies. Thd free labor and education of the North . are making gradual but irresistible en croachments on the slavery and igno rance of the'South; and there is a tfJV of public opinion now rising which must in due time, in spite o f every effort Duelists will soon be to resist or divert it, finish the righteous classed with the braves and Quixots of work and wash nut every stain of this the past ages. It will in due lime put to shame the various embodiments of open impuiity, which have been starched and crimped and padded into the semblance o f social or political virtues. And the period is not far distant'*'earV ; and last year there? were erected more than 10,000 edifices moits rous evil. XVe have already alluded to the rapitf increase of our population. Within fif ty years, it has been almost four-fold ; but the number of evangelical ministers, members, and churches, has increased^ when its thunder-tones shall be heard, I by evangelical Pmtestants. The annual income of the various religious socle* A ( DR. J* S. STEVENS, Office with Dr. E. Byrnes, East side Park Place, Main Street. .Residence, Main Street, 2;id door above the Post Office. DR. WM KIMBER, Physician and Surgeon—Office,five doors north of the B a n k ____________4p GEO. P. MOXVRY, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, e t c ., N c . 1 0 ,Sen eca street. Scenes and Scenery up the Lake. M 'dJiE R TWO. After a few minutes stop at Lodi Landing, the boat takes a diagonal course for the landings on the west side of the Lake ; and in its crossing, you are furnished with some of the finest views of the tour. Long Point and Lodi , . A. D. PLA T T Wholesale and retail dealer in Drugs, Groce ries, Paints and Dyes, No. 8 Seneca street. H. PARMKLEE, e Dealer in Drugs, M elicihes, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs and Groceries, No, 21, Seneca st. C. W H EAT, Dealer in Fancy S l Staple Dry Goods, No. 36 Seneca street, Geneva. i . COBB & SMITH, tpealersin Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Carpet- ing, etc.—store at No 23, Seneca street. ; “ H. H. & G. C. SEELYE, Fa*hionable Dry Goods, No 30, Senecastreet. Point stretch far into the Lake apparent ly in the North view, and the high hills around the head of the lake rise up in majesty, while the beautiful ris- ing grounds stretch up from the East and West shore, varied with wood and field, and here and there a church spire towering above the groves. A s you are half across, look back to the points of land before referred to, and you will perceive as perfect a mirage [as ever delighted the curious traveler, or ever deluded the thirsty Bedoin in the desert of Sahara or Arab ia, A piece o f ground v r o m a n b e c k e r , is. seen suspended in the air over the Dsalerin Dry Goods^Groceries, Crockery,Glass | bosom of the Lake, stretching Out, un- ^ o ^ i ^ ^ ; ^ : ls' etC - - Water’ supported, from the shore. The woods P. A. BRITTON &. CO ., Dealer in Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries. etc., tit No 16, Seneca street. 3Y, ORTON & CO., Booksellers, Stationers, Bookbinders, etc., N 22 Seneca street. W ILLIAM H. SMITH, Bookseller,Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Binder, No. 31 Seneca street. 4 WIGHT & CLARK, Fashionable Hat Store, No l l , Seneca street J. R. JOHNSTON, Manufacturer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Mil Searings, etc., at the Seneca Lake Foundry Water street, Geneva._____________________ 4 EDGAR H. HURD, A t t o r n e y a n d C o u n s e l l o r a t L a w Commissioner o f Loans , T a x Agent and Agent for T h e H le r c b a u t ’ s V i r e lu i n r n i i c e C o m p st ay o f B u f f a l o . C a p i t a l , 8 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T h e F a r m e r ’ * In s u r a n c e C o m p a n y o f ly a s h i u g t o n C o . T h e M u t u a l L i f e lu s u v o n e c C o in p n n y O f N e w Y o r k , familiarly known as c*The Morris Robinson 2b.** This Company has a net accumulated fund of o v e r $ 1 , 0 0 0 ,OQO. 1 OFFICE, North side of Seneca St., near * armelee . * s Drug Store. Geneva, N. Y. 1036 A. D. HOPPING & COT. on the extremity of Long Point, are half submerged with water, and from the waves, their tops tower into the sky. The Lake stretches into the land, and you see land and trees above and below it. From some points of view, , you may imagine, or seem to see, the groves on one shore stretching out over the water, and almost meeting the groves reaching from the other shore. Why this phenomenon o f nature has never been referred to by travelers, or poets, who have made the unsurpassed Seneca the theme of their description, or of their song, L know not; but to me, it is the most wonderful and beautiful phe nomenon visible around the lake. I f I have not misjudged its causes, they arc, that different strata of air stretch over the Lake, affected and formed by the temperature o f the water,— and rays o f light passing from the denser medium next the water, to the rarer above it, arc refracted from the perpendicular, and bent to the direction of the eye, and as objects are seen in the last di rection o f the rays, ^ they necessarily appear elevated, so that the water ap pears to have risen into the air or near ly to the tops of the trees. I f it be about the middle of the day, with a South wind, we may sec the effect upon the Lake’s surface of the wind changing O . E D M O N S T O N ; i f ' 0™ S ° Uth t0 N ° r t k T h e larg 6 ®WeU Would say to the former patrons of this j ib distance, is fretted over with a popukr House, while under the Direction of L ounter r ip p le, w h ich d o e s n o t at first W m . L - P earcr , that no pains will be spared ’ on his part, to make it agreeable to them, and SCCm to disturb the present direction of tho travelling Public. ,, , . _ __ Carriage always resdy at all the Trains, and Waves; but it increases Upon it, Larry p” senger9 an* Baggage to and until the swells subside, and the ripples from the House, Free o f charge dll. . . ’ , r r ., , S i w t t — / tt / i TTcifTi — increase m size and spread over the w 5 i % uMSSSY 5 J \hole surface of the xratL “ He hath not dealt so with any nation.”— P s a l m s , c x l v i i -20. i There is every where a tendency to adaptation. In the physical world, those; bodies which are near each other assume a relative position, and even when far apart submit to a law, the result o f which is an endless vatiely o f combinations, wondeiful alike for their usefulness their harmony and their beauty. The sun in the heavens, the stars in their courses, the earth in its orbit, the things on the earth and under the earth,: o b e y th is law ou p e r f e v t l y , that uul o n e atom in them during any stage o f its e x istence either moves or rests without a reciprocity with every other atom in the universe around it. This same tendency exists in the world of mind, and had it not been marred by depravity and thus diverted from its original use, we should have seen, and fell, and rejoiced in its harmonious and beautifying influence as well in the re- lati ns o f this life, as in our intercourse with heaven. Y e t, even with a deceitful, wicked heart, destroying the moral harmony between himself,his Creator and his fel low men, every man feels the controlling power o f this tendency in most o f the relations o f life, to such a degree as to induce contentment and even thankful ness, amid any variety o f circumstances into which an over-ruling Providence shall cast his lot. The poor man’s mind adapts itself to its humble sphere— is accustomed to the rough walls and rude furniture o f his o cottage, and whilst, after his daily toil, he waits for the frugal meal which his wife hastens to set before him, and watches the children as they amuse them selves with their cheap toys, or sport and nations that ignorantly opposed it— for God decreed that even the w rath of | wotild be cultivated. -to be followed virtue which they confidehtly hoped A Republic em bodying a Church and State without e i ther lords temporal or\spiritual— which God himself had decreed should be re sponsible to Him, not only for self-gov- Frotn Egypt and other ancient monar-1 eminent, but for rising to a high place chies, through the republics of Greece amongst the nations of the earth. Never man should praise H im - by the* general diffusion of a Godliness which is as profitable for the life that now is, as for that which is to come.— MANUFACTURERS OF m'm © © m s e * * D WHOLESALE DEALERS IN P a intedP a iH , W o o d and W i l l o w W a re. Brushes. B A S K E T S , C O R D A G E , &c. 214 WASHINGTON ST., Between Barclay and Vcsey Sis. Mew Y o r k . 64 m6 Washington Temperance House GENEVA, N. Y . > and Rom e, down to the times of modern Europe, it has been borne upon a wild but mighty stream, overbearing every i obstacle thrown across its channel, occa sionally showing its power by the sdd- deil dlsiupilun vf Ito. b.mka, uiid ul laat subsiding into a placid current deep and strong, soon to spread into an ocean bear ing on its peaceful bosom to and from every nation, vessels freighted w'ith the finest specimens of industry and art, en riched with the blessings of the Gospel of Peace. before was a nation born under such auspices— never could a people jpin with so much proptiety in their expression o f gratitude to„God for their origin, by.say ing, *‘ He hath not dealt so with any na tion. W ith us, where no legal sanction can clothe an unworthy minister of the G o s pel with spiritual power, such an occur rence could never take place. There is too much public virtue to perpait it. And the'entire disunion between Church and1!601-68 prosperity in all eU and its voice heeded; when it shall1 bid the oppressor unbind his victim, and in the name o f that Savior who includes lies> is more ll,a\ ,wo '-\“ io\8- the sons o f Africa in the world which h o ! this’ be il remembered, is the result ot loves, proclaim liberty to the captive, lhe v‘-1,,nlary '» \h icl. ^-e love and the opening o f the prison doors to of ,ru,lli- as P '^ s e d l»y the several dev them that are bound. In pursuing the illustrations'of our progress as a nation,, in those things which constitute the well being of man-,' kind, we must omit a notice o f !tlie immense extent and variety of soil and, climate, which, in coimec'ion with our free institutions, have done so much in drawing put the energies o f our citizens, that they can, even in their 3Touth, compete successfully with the oldest na tions o f Europe, in agriculture, in com merce, and the arts. T o many mot e in teresting topics, we cannot even allude. There is one, however, upon which we must for a moment dwell — the vancement which the Almighty has given us in religion and morals—know ing full well that progress in these in- that id de- Thesam e language o f exultation may be used also, with reference to the na- tore ar.d value of our free institutions. I f before and during the Revolution, our success in throwing off the yoke of our oppressors was pronounced impos- In the earlier ages o f the sible, so was,our form of Government world, though civilization and the arts! afterward declared impracticable. But were in some places,as in Egypt, carried- to a degree o f perfection truly wonderful, the multitude received no advantage the experiment during two centuries, at first with the embarrassments o f colonial subjection, and afterward with the inex perience of a young Republic, has prov ed that our free institutions, resting as therefrom; fur where one man stood pre-eminent in these privileges, hundreds of thousands o f his countrymen were not j they do on the will o f the majority, may only deprived o f them, but sunk into ig- do. more to promote the welfare o f a norance and slavery the most abject and people than those connected with any Stale— the wide distinction between the'j8irab' e ' ln referring to this subject, we office of a minister o f Christ, and that j are aware of the wickedness which, in o f a civil magistrate, and the extreme its Vilrious f,,rm3>\eurses the p e o p l e .- jealousy o f a fusion o f spiritual and stale ! W e know that S .btml. desecration is interests, must preclude the possibility ? extensive,y and habitually practiced by o f such an occurrence. Look too at the many of our cilize,,s 5 ll,at the Prac,ice contrast between our equality and f r e e - / 8 le2alized and defended, to some ex- dom o f developm ent,' and. the partial, teot? ** » ur state ^ national legisla- w’orking o f the aristocracies of Europe. tareSj R ® know, too, that floods of in- _ . temperance, debauchery, and licenlious- There, the few retain the Dower, the u 1 1 i ’ c r *1 , ness,swell and rage around us, and som - wealth. the influence, the. refinement. I • . . .« , • , i t . * ’ , ’ .times break thro their dark enclosures, and the mental superiority. 6< The no-1 . , . , , • r :... . . r \1S icarrying desolation and woe over some ut 1 lty, t e c ergy, t e jm i t a r y , sa) 8 j the fairest portions o f our land. W e know one who has travelled extensively in* . . . ,, . J that irreligion, ignorance, infidelity, bias Europe, ” may each avail themselves to nominations, furnishes lhe motives ant/ the means fur ouginating plans, sustain ing efforts, nml consummating results, (J 1 o > which furnish not only a good hope fur the repenting sinner, hut a good found ation for our country’s prosperity, aiitl1 without which she could not be kept in her high posiiion fur a single year. By the ordinary operation of religious truth,in the family, in the Sabbath school* in the distribution of tracts and book^fH the ministrations of tho house of God 01V . i . the holy Sabbath xvhen more than twen ty thousand preachers of righteousness declare the words o f eternal life to their congregations, there are even under th<* J9 # * common influences of the Holy Spirit thousands converted unto God and trans formed, by the renewing of their minds, npt only into good Christians, hut into philanthropists and pattiots the most re liable. Thousands, too, are restrained^ . i * and inflienced by truth that does not conveit them ; and as from the innu merable family altars, and clost ts, and hopeless. This concentration o f vitality gave great vigor to the few who were distinguished as its subjects, but robbed . s the many of every thing valuable, and made them the mere tools of their supe riors. But an under-current which a rose from the awaking of intellect in the masses, just enough to make them con scious o f their power, from time to time broke through this oppression, and tho’ its progress was marked with violence and blood, its results in the Grecian and Roman Republics indicated plainly on advance of civilization, and a diffusion around the hearth-stone, he shares a con-1 o f its blessings more equally than at any slant pleasure with them in their cheer- former period. Y e t whilst the advan- ful contentment and daily out-bursts of|tage o f the Romans over the Assyrian joy, as they receive from their Father who is in Heaven, their daily bread.— was as ten to one in regard to the few portions of the people who enjoyed the privileges of the age. There were two Not more certain, abundant, or lasting is the enjoyment o f his more wealthy | slaves for every freeman in the land, neighbors, who surrounded with all the o f the most extravagant luxury, can only relish the few good things which the Almighty has distributed with an almost Another series o f violent irruptions destroyed the Roman power, and when the northern hordes retired from their bloody incursion, they carried, with them even hand, from the peasants hut to I elements which were used by the Al- prince’s palace. This disposition in man is the source of an enjoyment that does much in this life to smooth the rusgedness of his sin ful way, and despite the alarming con- mighty for placing the nations of Europe in a position as far before Greece and Rome, as Greece and Rome had been in advance of their predecessors. The greatest ancient obstructions to siderations connected with his violations advancement o f civilization having of God s law, gives him an opportunity now been removed, its progress became of such an exercise of the affections, asj gradually more placid and comparative- must always afford delight. And it isl|y bloodless, and tho mass o f the people because man is most in love with u h a t L ^ y g ^ not y e ^ f ree, ate the crumbs that immediately surrounds him, that one can scarcely be found who is willing to ex change conditions with any other. All would barter unnecessary good for great- fell from their masters’ table, and enjoy ed some foretatse o f blessings yet to come. other form o f government in existence. W ise men predicted the downfall df our government, because as the}7 judged, we should not hqye virtue enough to sjustpin it, They were light in their supposition that the vattues’or vices o f the multitude must sooner or later make themsedves conspicuous on her statute books, in wholesome or unwholesome law s; and thus advance or retard our prosperity or perdition. But they mis judged in their conclusion that our ex treme liberty was unfavorable to the growth of godliness and social virtue.— They ought to have known that any form of government which withdraws power from the few, and distributes it a- niongst the many, not only awakens the intellect o f the people, but throws open their minds and hearts to the power of religious truth, which will, when not any extent o f the progiess o f civilization; while the masp o f the people, the vulgar herd, are still shut up to the inferior condition in which they were\ born, and receive only a remote and infeiior kind o f benefit. Every thing is arranged for the conveni ence and luxury o f the few, while in regard to the great many,the pro blem, seems to be to crowd together the greatest, number possible into the least possible space. H e n ce, the spacious, splendid castle o f the nobleman, sur rounded for miles with unproductive pleasure grounds, and the little narrow, dirty, treeless villages of the poor, where ihdtisfinds herd together without ground enough for a cabbage garden, and e x pecting nothing more from their griping landlord, than a mere shelter from the heat and storm. There the princely mansion,t he \open field, and the crowd ed village, are thd only objects that di versify the scene.” What a contrast, my hearers, does this present to the intelligence, the educa tion, the industry, the enterprize, which have been so equally distributed amongst us. The country, dotted over with neat phemy, discourtesy and itnpuden e, com bined, are doing much1 in our streets, our shops, our public conveyances, and our public, assemblies to stun the and oppress the heart of refinement.— « W e know that millions within our bounds yet sigh for a freedom against which the power o f our union is combined. Weknow,too,that a large part o f our pop ulation has been sent places of social prayer, the fervent sep\ plication ascends - - u 0 Lord, spare'* bless, save our country,” Go<l from on* high looks down n Ith favor upon us, and1 sends prosperity. More than this, ours1 is a land of revivals of reYigVm, in wlriehv during a single year, the numbers of converts and the amount of moral influ ence sometimes are multiplied a thou sand fold, and bring with them blessings which are only bestowed by the Al mighty along with the outpouring of his* own spirit upon the people. If we may anticipate the future by judging from the dealings (if the A r chies of Europe, with an ignorance and a depravity ill suited to the freedom which they claim ; that in many neigh borhoods we have the unmingled lesulte o f Enropean bigotry and despotism, in the persons o f thousands o f debased em igrants who know that they are in a free country, but have not yet felt the penial influence o f our free educational and re ligious institutions. W e know, too, that in our greatest city, those who have suc ceeded in driving the Bible from our mighty with us in the past, we may hope lor a yet more rapid and glorious* develnpeinenl o f the power of the Crus- pel in saving men from their sins, and from the monar- redeeming our beloved country from the tin ;<rnnm»PA nn,l pollutions that threaten t<> retard common schools lest it should teach sec tarianism, now try to crush the entire free school,system because it embodies no religion in its inst uctions, and their spiritual advisers pronounce it a common nuisance. W e know, that with all good and pei feet gift, these things, our population is increas- * especiall)— [oh, let us all be Chiisiians]J pollutions that threaten to retard her progress to her high destiny, And if » comparison of our present slate with1 what Euiope was when our father* tef6 her, or even with what she now is, bo* taken as the ha/is of our calculavon, it requires no prophet tp foretell a rapidity and strength and constancy in our rnofa!-r social, mechanical, commercial, and po litical prigre.s, that shall place us im measurably in advance of those nadony who cling with mucli pertenacity to the- trrditions, antiquities, and dogmas, po ll ical or spiritual, emanating from andl only suited to the dark ages. In conclusion, let us all join, this day,, in giving thanks to the giver of every Let Christians farm-houses owned by their occupants ; al , he fearful>ale of morc tha„ lw '-m a n ifest their gralitode, not only in the stdes of our canals, rail-roads, wa- lhoueand every twellty , fullr ,lours. _ iheir exultation «hen they « , “ He ter courses, an lakes, lined^ with ^*1\ W e know, too, that the power o f a free hath not dealt so with any naii m,1T but- ___ _____ , ...... .. ........... , _____ ___ lages- and cities inhabited by intelligent g03pe] must he comraesurate with and also by occupying fully their several hindered by the unwise interference of **re®menj any ®oe 0 ^bom max aspbe superior to all these influences, and fur-*spheies of usefulness, remembering that to the highest honors in the State or the greatest usefulness in the Church. the secular arm, do more to educate men in their responsibility to Cod and their country, than can be effected by the wisdom, the power, and the popery o fl <*l)*n*on* Men are not permitted to pub nish the nation with moral principle e- their great wotk is to believe on Jesus nough to save us from destruction. But Christ and serve God with such holiness. In Europe there is no available public I w e also know that our religion, our inor- of heart and such purity o f file and sir als, and.nur prosperity as a people, are let their light shine before men, ‘ ’ that all the European monarchies combined. I 8uck °f their thoughts and investi- Ion the advance; and the leason why they shall see their good works and glorify Tn these governments where the sword of| 8 ali°ns touching matters connected with jsome European philanthropists, as well their Father who is in heaven. Church or State, as shall tend to any the magistrate is a terror to heresiarchs, as well os to evil-does; where conform ity to creeds and cannons is-less the re-1 no inorat or political peaceful revo- important practical result; consequent- The spiritual power o f Papal Rome during this period was overruled for good. It bound the nations o f Europe scarcely give his home and its relation- together so as to furnish a channel alike er worth; but the poorest and most ab- ject, unless made desperate by want w o ’ d N ew Brew ery, at M i l o P o in t .o H ERE he will furnish pure , Unpovta4 ships for that of the most favored o f men. Each one prefers himself and his,— and whether Hottentot or Arab, Asiatic or European, Englishman or American, his country, his kindred, his neighbor hood, his own person, has usually the preference in his affections over all the world beside. W e smile at the simplic ity o f the old woman in Massachusetts, w h o when told by a tra v e le r th a t he re sult of inward conviction, than o f out ward constraint; where it is more con venient to express a belief in the dogmas of Lords ar.d Bishops, than to utter doubts, there will be both in the head and heart of the people an amonnt of dogged infidelity that cannot be met, because it is not known, but which will constitute an insuparable obstacle to the progress of Truth and Righteousness. In our country, the church owes her existence and prosperity to the pow er of God through his truth. Her mem bers enjoy in their relations to the state simple citizenship, Men may discuss freely her character, and the character lutions can by their successive influ ences elevate and ennoble the multitude, and drive from fhe minds o f their rulers the impression that the people can only be governed by force. as some of our own citizens, do m*t per-! Love your country, pray fan your** ceive it, is because lhe salt which sea- country, believe in God for your coun- eons and saves the mass fiioin corruption try ; let her be engraven’ on lhe palms o f is dissolx-ed and diffused, and is no Ion- your hands ; let her be dear to you as ger known in itsseparale, chystaline,and the app’ e of your eye. Your fathers^ beautiful, but inactive form. and mothers, your children, your kin.- From the year 1620, « hen a Dutch died, your homes, your altars, the rest- mon-of war hnded Iwenty negro slaves ing-place of your duad, are with her. She is the hope of the church—the If a Prussian king, himself a religious in the colony of Virginia, to lhe period man, shall exhibit the greatest skill in of our independence, nothing was done hope of lhe world, God will bless hen- by the British government to hinder the yet more and more, anl glorify himself improvement of his subjects, he is very [slave-trade. But the delegatee to the in her salvation. 1st Collonial Congress, in 1774, in the his plans for the moral and intellectual careful to make it a penal offence for Be not discouraged, for though her The afcory of the W andcrine Jew. as W HERE he will furnuh pure , impovta<l 1 , . . , ** ’ G e r m a n a n d F r e n c h W i n e s , I aPpBed to an object once often seen sided in Boston, about fifty miles from f rivate use, which will be sold at the lowest I floating up and down the Lake, \& not her dwelling place ,a wondered how any orp ----- riniinn. entirely a fiction. A large root with a body could live eo far off,” for intellectual intercommunication, and the exchanges o f Commerce and the Arts. It developed also the hitherto unknown power o f Religious faith, in that a sim-j of her God. Without fear of the secular pie belief in the power o f God to save arm, they may receive or reject the iruth or destroy, even when corrupted by the which she professes. A consequence is absurdities o f a superstition connected | that the objections of the ignorant against with it by those who lay in wait to de- Christianity, and the oppositions of sei ner purchase slaves, hut to discontinue )iery Qnj wafeed her onward with the tho slave-trade, and to withdraw their breath of his mouth, and shadowed her any agent o f a benevolent institution to name o f their fellow citizens, declared s;n8 arq many and iheir rebuke certain-,, present his cause to the churches, or for J their determination neither to impoit who has divided the waters before- Christians to hold prayer-meetings at private houses during the week. He m u s t be th e i r pope as well as their king. | vessels, their commodilies, and their wjth his hood, will slill be her God ami manufactures, from those who might be i,js own pood time say before all na tions— Blessed be America, roy people America, the work of my hands; Amer» eluded from the vns-t north-west o f the inheritance, and the world shall! In our country, in presenting and ask-. ing aid for our benevolent designs, or in [concerned in it. In 1787, Congress de- perfecting our arrangements for public- dared that slavery should be forever cx- hriees, in bottles, or by the Gallon. June 3# 1851# ceive, held unlimite control over kings ence falsely so called, m a y b e known, aa<l iheir subjects—binding togther the mfit and answered, and iheir authors coo most heterogeneous masses, and drawing * Strained by ra1r argument lo retract t ieir or private worship, we are scarcely re minded that we are subjects o f govern ment, been thought and investigation O h io. T h is ordinance received a ll the amen. The people hove from childhood (votes o f a ll the Slates, w ith the excep- trsined in habits o f independent/lion o f one from N o w Y o r k . New T he D om e s t ic S lave T r a d e . B ill’s: have been in/io.iuced into the Legislature o f But We l them down beneath one throne, whore 1 error® ur to their peace A p u b l i c {H a m p shire, M assachusetts, R h o d e lei- • 7 i v lair orgumont to retract their I opinion is^ thus form ed, w h ich, when [and, Connecticut, V e r m o n t, and Penn- W g iaand^A labam a to prehibit'ihe imrol strained ,y - - 1 p ropel ly corrected, may he used sue- [sylvania, had already abolished or taken jdoction of stoves for the purposes of 6a!*.. - r i » y V. It di •Y 1 .\t J t 4 - -•.kvl A- ** . * * ♦ A - - ' .3 «-• A* - c:-* - — . k
