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pgjgffifcnine.leet-1n neigm ;ftwnue on- me- uuiwi
^eoP;lhe,dq6r..lik'eivise'^'in af>i ic* h e,- s t ruT <ls ,th e
'bektifj'c.fi^ure'.of Peace; 'i lic-nr;iiden~ i^iiri--pie
fir)vvTrig ''garb, {\vitTitfufc^oVket:?,)"^ ia^repn?-'
sen tec! in the hbtyt>f sweetly extending "the
olive'branch todferVarlike neighbor,~\vhx> does
tfoVseem dispdsw to accept of if, foiyaccord ing'tb
the handjjopks, wjifd eyes are'.iovf&ing
Avftli angef. and^is wholbVattitude Indicates h
roused and cxcifcj|d- temper J^Ifb*view *bf- the
in?p'o-sing;,'overfore; and^the determined -manner
in. which './the mail-chid warrior .holds diis
sword m-'roadin?s for con)bat, wV"'afevleft no
;b*thercdncTusion^ thaii that''His ifeaf{"is: hard
;and coftf^Tffe:ffiarbletfl-\vmen ne is cniseuea
ifor'the :tfdVifiir&tion of inankiiid.
^pn"*t^^tft^abufment of the grand'steps
isHhegrqupVo'ftylie " Discovery of/America,"
consisting-of. two .marble' figures," like3*7 the
hfatues to which' we have just alluded-, by: Persico: " A
knocirjoieed fndian mnicten/mbt ent
cumheiedi'with^)u( kram shirtsy.im$.:indecent:;ly-iiude,
is7'represented looking'up -to a -figurp
^intended fo^Od^Siinibus, holding inhis outstretched
right harid-^otcarrying on-his'back/ -like
j/Atlas?tile globe! The gro ape "is in ten (fed to
be enibiemiitro^flL/A-lhe' triumplrtjf' science and
-perseverance,"i^W?' discovery of-'a new worlds
i --On tlie-norih'e/n abutment of the same grand
^teps'is " the.:Rescue,1'-, by the lamented Greeiinoiigh;
our"o\vn- country mnn.r--This occupied
itfchp a rt ist-eigh t- y*ea rs, - besides a,- delay ofrfpu r
|yyen'rs.'pccasioned.l>y his not being uble in .all
that time-to obtain a. block, of Serra.vezza marj'ble
suitable Ibr' the purpose., ,A conflict-lbe.I'tween-tp.-hunter
;md a-savage are the more
prominent.figures, while the wife of the'funnier,
seated on.p rock, holds in. her arms an in/ant,
. smijing, unconscious "of the ganger to
which th^snijill Avhitpfamily were" mena.ccd by
(lie man with-'the'tomahawk.---The hunter's
do^qmytly'ltfi'd silently watches the contest,
.instead of.assisting hjs-master in-the "work of
death. -.But, as it is evident- the-.pale face nl'ready
has the advantage of the "red/a proffer
'dKCcanirte-services would 1 be cowardly "miclifr
such circumstances. ._?>:
tliausame ai'list (-G^naiigli)-i's tlie_statud
of Wtjaliihgmij.f lie devoted_sever/il yi'ars in
Italy toJts execution... It stands in the. east
square of. the capital.- A .foreign writer lias
^said^pf it, " nothing, can be more human, and
at the same time more trodlike than this statue
of Washington. It is a sort of domestic 'Jupiter."
But however much gentlemen of classic
taste-may laud the Roman apparelled fig tire
and the convalescent attitude of the lymphatic
subject, the'-'common sense patriotic masses
prefer the: Father of his Country in " the modern
costume,'' as lie himself did; when'consult
^ed-by,-Jefferson, before Houilon comm'ehced
the statue of 'Washington, a cast' from which
is now displayed, intlie rotundo of the capitol.
The great unin'coiulein'ned u a servile adherence
to the garb .of-antiquity'" in that con (lectio
11. No republican, we fancy, carcs-iibqut
-regarding him as a sort ot domestic Jupiter."
Crawford, in Rome, is now-engaged ou the
grand work ordered by the United States gov^rnmentr.J
It is.to be'of statuary marble, and
ipjaee.d at the eastern extremity of the. capitol
extension. The group will be thoroughly rc.puLlicajn,',emblematic
of our country's history.
Washington Sentinel. ^
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%. Gen.^Washington ano tub. Hehbew'S.?
We givc-belpw stjine extracts.'from-it correspondence
which took place; in "August, 1790,
.between tfie lle^ew congregation at Newport,
^Rhode Island, mid -I^fesidfint Washington. Af
^e'r an allusion to the-days of "difficulty and
danger thiV>tfgh^\vjij.ek the great chief had pass"ed;'theaddress
continues:
i Denrireti' heretofore been of
the invaluable r.igtytf of, free citizens, we now,
'(with a deep;sen^^^ra.ti.tude,:ta the Almigh
ty L^sposer or aii^e ven t^)$b?fpAltt a; govern nient
erected by (-Re' srAi'le'propl?/a
government whT^'to^^otiy.'gives no sanction,
to porsecutiqYi'*ri<3Laili;tst;u?but generous:ly
affording to all Iibprtyyaj^'^f^ienceyaod
immunities of citizenship?ticemmg every one,
of whatever- nation, tongrtfivor hmguage,; eq.uai
"parts of the grea^^yejciiinenjuil jna'clun
vThisso.'ainpie. and -eplertsiy/eV-Federal Union,
>whole base'is'philaniilitjpVy iiiiUtual'confidence
land public virtue,- we^nnjbt''buVSckriowledge
to lie. the work of Jhe^Gjjn'who ^rule^
tanta of .t^e.in
Forkji the blds'sij^^^aiw! and religious
liberty which w e ehj^wtter an equal and behigh
ad inintstratiStaBBPresire to Bend up our
tharms to the Ahclej^Tof Days, the great preof.
men, beseeching him that the Angel
oar forefathers through the wilfdetfggdnfo
the promised land, may graciously
through all the'difficulties and
^[pjfera. of this mortal life. And when like
HBrnia, foil of days and full of honors, you
ptr^ gathered to your lathers, may you be ad mitted
into tbe heavenly paradise, to partake
tof the water of life and the tree of immortality."
To which President Washington after acknowledging
the cordiality of the welcome
given him by all classes of citizens, says :
The citizens of the United Spates of Amei|.
ca have a right to npplaud",themselves for hay-"'
ing given to mankind exqmpjoa or an enlarged
and liberal policy?a policy ,worthy of infifa
tibn. All possess a like liberty of conscience
-; : '
influence lsfelf.not on 1 y Innt^vef\-/ section of
rtliis'country; but .in remote -part,s .of, .the. earth vei
y;h'c:s1avei;yiquest'.oir has been rhade;th^t0'f2b-^^ j-cl
.'virulent disciisaionr;ftnd.as a .couseqafi?uge_Aof- iref
actioiKhostileAt6 <the.Southr: The-"New Y'prki "del
fieruiuleniiiius ua.i..?v~
speech topthe Senatefof. thev.UnitecP States, lo\
ypbTieV-bfvtlie divjjjioiisjin so. many, of the Pip:, pli
; testant*/churches North and ."South; as thcr wi
"snapping of so many chords" \vhich had, serv- jtu
ed to bind the two sections of. the Union jto- cer
petlier. ^-Methodists,. Baptists,Tand .Presbyt'e- .ter
'rians, 't.heh three -great reljgious'.sects, .of the dis
coiintiiyjjn point ot' numbers, have ignored*the" t'.K
diyin'ely-taught principles of brotherly., love,', rap
and been, to rir.asu iide r, in* sectipna 1 .division on im
ylhjd question/. lf-tlie disciples of the."Master" ch
and 11 ead;of. the church?the% followers*of the _de
"meek a (id "lowly Ji'-sus,". whonauglifd'orbear- is
ance, .kindness and . tendernessTtcHjie faults of ce
brethjien,v!tje .unable to stand the,rack of this tei
.tr\ iiiTgIquestion ?Jf.fanatical prejudice is strong ; ;
enough'-to-break-the bonds.of-christiaii commu-- th
nioaaud to .array saiutsV-against each other, in eej
ho s tile -'war fare?is the re .'.hot reason .to tremble c<i
. for the strength of those.pare]yfmatefial:'boi)dsv .tq
of iconimercial, ; social and, political .interest eri
\yhiclf unjte .the.two sections?.- - .'to.
V As :ffaithful'.chronicler of events,.we point rid
to this dtcfrdh-of the Board >
other mile, stone passed; itftlye/jouiticyVwhi.ch. "pi<
, .fanaticism' is making to t.hej goajl of disunion.' Vie
- Politiciatjs-and .clergymen in the f ee.Slates are" riti
vieing'with each other in pushing' ihtyjcountfy \\li
.ofn to tfietyerge of this untried apd utikfibwiy
jrjbYss." In the Northern pulpitsythe gospel is *1?'
nd;longer preached, but abolitjonisnvand we a}"
' are credibly informed that some congregations dc
'ni-fi^j?rtii?ll ,j dhurlinjr ?niff vf-.oSrfioil sectdiife. ,'9t:
J - " O t i r O*. Y
on the.ground-that tlie abolitioir.-jiianin uaoacip.y pp
'olizcs^He' s'.icrcd desk, and Hlicy ai6 making its
new.- churches' for- the express'purposVbf hear-1- an
ing ihe gospel preached. " - iM
'i'liej-irecise.point on .which the action of the
Board of Missions turned,- w as' a proposition Lbli
^continue its missionary- efforts. anioiig the
Chbct'aw -Indians. These ^Indians are slaved qe
holders, and the gi ound'ofdfTehcerto the'"Chi fs-' 8G
tinn. Board" is that'they biive taken sonie mea- ce
s jrc-s to protect their property against abolition m
?.'missionaries. The board has thus.renoiinced
'the doctrine" of "pbhco and good will to men/7 .?
- ami JplnwtjtrTTtre?hT5"wt^yhtctTVsedition and.la.
naticisni have raised'td excn'e^iritnfu-nmt-jrni1- tfi,
ousy; and finally a rupture between the Nortl r,n
and the South. To the Southern man there i3 As
in all this madness one consideration of genu f,>|
ine comfort and consolation. fVhe issue of this tea
- Union question is with the Norlln"' The evfl
: which- threat ens' the integrity aud-pcace of flip nx
country is there. It is for the North to settle f.i(J
; it according to the estimate which it chooses go
to put upon a: blood bought Union, in coin par* |h>
ison with a ..miserable abstraction, as senseless ph
and impracticable in its aims .{is it is reckless |Jp
nf the 'ini"fir?s}s mid snfptv nf-its own race in the- Kr
means used toTen'oh them. "If fanaticism sue; Sy
seeds; the. llniopj goes. to pieces. If the Con- an
, ctiluiion triumphs. the Union is sale." ad
vlt.'is not the Fire Eaters now that.arc plot) Clj
ting against the Union, f In that quarter there u'n
is jmbrokeii .silciice. They await the issue W(
/which four years ugor.they foresaw sootier or at
late^was.-tojje precipitated on the country.?j ne
When the-lime for defence conies, they will bel Cn
found thie' to the cause with which theirsym-f mi
t patljie's are entwined; and they are not without/ tic
hope', tliat in a .cause so sacred as that of de- is
i feu-ce.against an.unprovoked ar.d.unnatural ag- Ve
gressidnfthc people of the slave States, forged w<
j ting ami Jturving all otherk'diflTciences, will-be; Cft]
j foiind with oiie.heartfand mind and with locked' en
j shields, ready to meet- tlid deadly.onslaught of js
j an enemy waving-theflaming sword in the falsi- \\
fied name of the-"higher 'law" of God; - ou
-1 , - ' Mobile Register. ^
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" Mn. Clavton's'L^ttek.?1The Philadelphia cj.|
Inquirer contains a-letter from the Hon,. John
M. Clayton, of Delaware, .addressed to/D. ;R.
King; ensq., iirwliicji'iireydeclares tliat he n'evev
was. is. hot now, au'djuever shall be, a candi- .
. dajo.l,on't Hc-P'resideiijiy, preferring a seat in (lu
. the United Stages .Senate to. any other..office tie
yiidertthe governnfenf. lie then proceeds'to 4 1
condemn th(y.provision. iuv thc^J^ebraska Bill
conferring the'Yigli'lrpf suffragei'oiv'aliens, aud "'I
the proposed homestead'bill, allowing foreigjfrjhfeii
ers tin cgrjit j"sharo of the public" domain ou"ffie jr*e
^mederips with'native aiuLnaturnlized citizens. |i&,J
*He^dcc1;tres "tjh'atioqg^tnriilizntinn Jaw# are a"
\ tive, or our almshouses tb?
'^ma hot how be filled with paupers," and r'd
rafttlfet alleges that "our country has become 0,1
Botany Bay, into which Europe annually dis- nn
charges her criminals of every description."'? cei
Hq further says: tal
"i have no prejudices against the honest for- r?*
eigner, who comes here to seek an asylum from s'^
the tyranny of rulers abroad. All my sympa- t0
thies are with them, and when they become. an
naturalized I will defend them, as American n)i
citizens, in all their rights,as fully as those born he,
on the soil. I would inculcate and practice ha
religious toleration in its broadest sense, but I Pa
would see to it that no men of any sect, whose ex
creed teaches them to deny religious toleration
to me and my countrymen, should ever hold
office here, or power of any kind to persecute ne
us for our religious opinions. No man who ac- an
knowledges allegiance to any foreign potentate sei
or power, or who holds himself under obliga- fit
lions to obey the edicts of any s'uch potentate
Vpr power, shall be by my vote placed in any ftd
post or office under the American Government, am
I would defend the rights,of men of all reli- JPo
gkpis to the full extent to which those rights 'mi
are guarantied by the American Constitution, to
; Vfci
r'" ^
lr^'dehis/o^Mi ^
J dq\v nv a getit?ral^ufe^' tdlhp \y fa r_.fi)'he igit? ?
gKhd.care. i
rat&lie permitted.^'t61 hold office "to-'wliich'?
?re,?vvi 11 C-nOt.irecesanrijy bo exceptions; hut' h
is j i) d grn'en t,_atr\a t i vb >A me ri.cfliv citizen n-'.
r equal circurrHtiUices-of qualifications and"i
uit, isjietterve'ntitled to the HoborsJriH officestbe
"tiou n t r j*i tlian^ai foreigue tyrW het her ^ n a t u
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lUrsiiiia.
COi- spme^mpnths^quite aiy earnest contro^j-lias
bepmgoiiig on in the^OW^Dohiinion,
dtive to the' power pf the Courifyv(jourts to"-,
'dap ;ill'4ip|jircatiop^'vfor license ?6;retail/ar-;
j|ls_pirits. The Virginia* law is ve ry" * 'slit i ilrtrf
Wit'of North 'Carolina,; and reads "as
ffi:,.If the conrt be of opinion that the^ap'''
fciit:is sober and of good character, and
If probably keep 'njiouse orderly, psei'ul, and
;h-as the law-requires, it "may grant such f- .
ije,"'<Sic. -The anti-license, men have coiV
ltfed that the -ivord iriaij.conveyed"the tulleSt(jretionary
power :upon the courts,' while'
rjrbpponaritsv .have insisted that where the' i
(jJicantfrcnrneVivithm the provisions-of .the,
f, by showing'that He*" is'sober and of good
aracter,-- nnd will probably Jteep a;bbuse~ or-,
ilv, useful, tffia^siliSlna sr'thtrTifW&liq31 resf' - it
ppmpdlsofy Upon the dqurt" to'grant the li-;
(Be?in other words, the one party have'eon'-'
jtle'd/that it ineansjiWiudh thing. '
fThia''question is now. settled, on the part 'of
!J(jquct of Appeals, in' favorJof. the' anti-liise"party,
to their utmost satisfaction: This"'
drtra ft^v days ago,^decided .'that'tho county
iirtVa'r&yestpd' witlv full,.discretionary p6\v?to
gjranUoftrefuse',!ic<Mise for'the sale of inMating
liquors by persons, keeping.ordina^ie
frieuds'of tclriperance will not fail to
aHfc "by thfs decisibh^ in - all the" counties:?
lirty-seven counties-npw refuse :.licensej\and_"
tstboped'the"yv hole; I40 counties of the State.
tlJfcom'e to-the same decision.
Fpou. this subject,.the Clarksville (Va.) Got'
i Plnnt'says : This'much vexed question ~is.
last definitely and decisively settled, by "the.;
>urt of. Appeals,"'the highest tribunal- in our
.? /? ftnnlnrinif tlitt ttm (li\ii.niiii\(lniirt Ima lhe.
iccr to grant or rcfiTie /icense,-according to
discretion, and it is the only triburtal having
th6rity;oyer. that subject. This is a full and
jst be a final settlement of-ithe question.?>
e hope hereafter there Will beno mote squabing
or bad feeling about it. {K7~
The'Sorts in.Virginia rir? represented to
in' a most prosperous condition, having 10,2
members. The Grand Division has ac-.
pied the degrees, and permits the Subordi-te
Divisions to receive them or reject them.
Spirit of the Age.
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A Mistake..?W6 clip' the 'following from
0 cneraw GilZSttC^OnQ Snjr tu uurxt'lonrtpory
that he is mistaken when he says the Press
isociation of this State fixed rates of charges
advertising. Nothing of the sort was atnpted.
Tiie Value of a Plrdoe.? It will be re
nil bored that some year or so ago a conven
>11 of the press of the State was called tother,
at Columbia, to consult upon matters
rlaihing to the fraternity. We were not
Lisent, (and we do not regret it-now,) but
ard, among many other important matters
nught before the convention that a regular
stem of. advertising was adopted, which each
d every press represented was pledged to
here to. ' How lias that pledge been redeem?
Ilow-many papers in the State have a
iform rate for advertising.? Now, we know
; have no right to object to any one working
any price'they please.'"It is not our busi*
ss. ~Bi >\ve do Icel that wo are justified in
tnp.laiir.ing of the marked difference made by
my between their professions.and their praciv
If ?75 per'columh 'for a weekly paper,
as' low as its proprietor's "can afford to ad-,
rlise-jtlieir neighbor's goods and wares for,
5 wduld like to know how'these same papers
ii advertise patent nostrums for the Northi
quacks at from 825 to ?35 per year? It.
a mystery we have never been able to solve;
ill some of-our contemporaries explain* it for.
r benefit? When they do so, we will follow.
;ir "example, and make our neighbors pay
uble what we charge those who have no
ims upon our sympathy or cliarity.
' -Clieraxo Gozetlc.
EsauESTKiANis^r.?As horseback riding is
ite fhshiouable-ainong yoUng.ladies and genmen,
we copy tlit)"following :in relation, to
rery important and. hitherto undecided point,
in the j$e\v York' Spfnt. of the^Times, the
jhe.st^ authority on siich' suhjecjs, which
oves, we think, pretty concjusively, that the
the l ight side, he must use
d can do so to very little purpose. Inst'im5
3 have occurred where the lady's horse has
;etr flight on the instant, and the rider was
>cued by the gentlemen being on the left
le and taken her from the frightened animal
his own. If the lady wishes to converse,
d her escort is at her right hand, she
ist turn her head half round to make herslf
ard. Again, the escort being at the left
nd, her dress is protected from the vehicles
ssing, and if it becomes disarranged,is not
posed to public view."
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Nothing to Eat.?The Picaj'une says there
ver was, perhaps, such a hard time .to ,get
y thing to eat in New Orleans as the proit.
There is literal^ nothing in the market
to be eaten. The meats are poor and scarce,
[gs are out of the question,, and opmniand,
ih four to six bits a dozen. Beef, mutton
d poultry are of the poorest, possible kind,
tiffiipo are Rbllinrr at fotir for ft' dime. The.
in who would bring a few thousand barrels
the city just now would make afprtune. 1
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V^WiSW-y' sMs Sal*
leading
;was V&ypsffixlar>vith-th^fst/fcUicrs/^f^h'e; Jj
toIolife'sj-;atidifrnisljied* nli);add;tidiial .'intn'etu$ :
t > -1he' efForts niude'ibr. thei ^^auia^oji^bjr itij^; ;.t
ovs a i 18: sii ccesso'rs, v i 1) fluencing^ttiis k>Wiich
benevolence tiiid-humanity (lou-n^o the pre'sent |
era-. - Biit^lthDugh.'il^-.has* ;bveny-?''rr'iHtlur "tuitj* 1
favorite theme 'of discussiounvitlrd^lnea,'a'ncjj 4
jahllanthropists.duriiig/tUS entire peup<L" (^y>3
370 years,)'at leSsV.dpwn to:Bbudinoi,s '.'Star* 1
iii^the AVes't,"'' and Javia-'discpurse before the J
^ew'.YoHi ljistoricrtlj Society^in 1819, Uthjnk". J
the queetion'.of their origin itjfas.turjVbiii; beingj <
Stttisfaotorily: solved now as ever. '
- - It-is-<noti~pr.bpQsed?t6' enter.into this djacus-,.]
sion at this tiine,;far less'to/revive die opinion?1
of ..those.''w ho- liav_ef:stak.ed> their. ;l0arnhig kbd; a
judgment on the topic, bufcmerely to c.ontriffifl
uteya^suggestion-j-especting^pnint oQiistoric, t
interest; whighi Vi/ the-'assuhiedr affinities^ j
tweomlbe Jew.and indian.races, is equallvtouK i
.plicable to the one as to thp other of these ^
maVked branches of-the HumarfVfamily.BiBfr J
(?1 Commentators on prophetical events. Lave. Jf
manifested a' disposition to'hasten oiijj^rs-.it ;t
were, prFdictions'whibh iire-bfien-obscurely anoL -I
symbolically staled," whilc dhey ^generally- com- (t
curred'in fi.xing ? definite- valueHotthe icadiiTg^ J
sacrea types, ann. symoojs.?? uue-qi iHuam i
undispiited-of these 'interpretations relates' to; r
that feature in the proplietrcahchroiiolpgy which a
makes 'the -biblical rperiod of 'one day corres^ ]
pond with'one year of pur-system. Jn the 9th'- t
Daniel,:13,- 14,it is predicted-thai: from thelak- .(
ing away of the "daily sacrifice,"' during, which , t
y hepeople of God shall-be t'troddefrunder./oot," i
fill'their recall and- the "cleaning*of tlfe'saucr, i
tuary," which is apprehended to signify a pe- 1
riod oTC'spirrtcai and ; moral'enlightenment On-. <
the true charactefoflhe Messiah1,-two thousand! .t
and three iiundred ilays-sliall intervene'. v-This'; j
,seems to- be plain language.- Tifcitus informs' ;
us^fitft the conquest of J udeii^wa's finished .by - <
the'^ptiire of- Jeiusal'enT,Sunder Titus,-A. D; -|
r70i~^Haviiig carried, the city after a long and' "j
bloody siegej-duf-jng which he was'once driveni j
out of it, he finally succeeded jn-taking its.daSt. f
stronghold, the temple, on the 10th day of ,Au-( -1
gust,''wheur?pot. by.desigii, but.caprice, itjeemdi
?a Roman "soldier seVfire- to.Mt-byi ;i^bucfim^|
arrow, by - which it was reduced 'to ashes and_ .-j
ruins. Thus "ended the "daily sacrificc.-y^lliirtH
was the secdnd temple?the templ.e in .whicji: ^
Christ personally had taught. It .was never '!
rebuilt, though once^atteirvpted' bj^li|M^ M
On.tho-assumption. that-the.prediction ip
Daniel refers to theirs/ takingof.the daily sa-{^
orifice by tlfeTjuming of the temple under No-* 4
buchndnezzar, 588 before Christ, the prediction^ i
expired in 1G42, the.beginning of the preaching. *
of John Eliot, of apostolic^memory, to the .
American Indians.-,,Tf the:eecond perjjod-of tak*-h
ing away th.edai.Iy sacrifice be ;meant by ^he^
burning of .the weewef. temple by. Titus, then the- fi
prediction, is. unexhaustedKrah'd wilbnot expire v
till A. Di. 2370.7 To"!wlia?extent k'uman is to r
concur with dtMneinfluenceiiv this grei). mo rah
event, those can best,judge who have,devoted- *
most attention and.exhibited most wisdom in> fe
discussing the subject. I design ohly.to^make
use of the .facts to observe that- if.it.is.suj)'pos|d- jj
ttiA onirWil.il nnft. .niAP'll rlo n fl 11 ACQ 7"! f-:.hp? rt-J 1
of the Jews- or Indians is-rtoaberoadersensible- ?j
by this call to repentance, .either nationally, or.
individually, the iinportanec and vitality of the; -J
call at this time may be well judged of. Shall,, I
men wait tilljt be proved.that tjhe ludiaus are *
descendants of the Jews before efforts are made-^
to. reclaim themi v?hall (he Indian priests and *
pow-wows have' hundreds of years'* further scope
to practice; demonology,^magic, and:
witchcraft, before their errors are, exposed?
at l:\st they are .not'proyed^to Jie descendant^ Jj
of the Jews, or even to have philologicaiaffinl^}.;
ties with them, on \\;hqm:^vij^th^blmne^oF/jn^ |
preaching the GospeUto them 'rest??. If .they
have the, Jewish blood-, in their veins, even in I
t?inof. dilnfpd nnniit'itv. Jiei?nrdin.<r to/the^afjiL-i
...w ...w. "1?~~j.' y o **~;i r -4U(i
finities of races, tlic^fauit, willdje stiJLinore pu&ri K
gc.ntly ours. Eliot's voice has now-been.heardj j
affirmativelyon this question'212 years..;'.;B/ai-- *
nard repeated.this, ca^yai, .exactly
from its f5rst"utterance^fthf?eljfv}?M^^3fP#*ti
iii everyview are the aborjgitijes;jiot rno^par^a
ticularly oiir,yfn eiglibors'^tlian'rtVe^olairous, .
race, of the 0
It.they. w an t. br<&duo.r4iunge r and, thijst of :
ten for any la^f^m?;le^^)l>odig-. C(>m-; ;
fort, t h ey.a re ,ce,r tjiijyj^noa r=- |o out4
Shall we, -like,. Ui&uLeyi.tef suffer thenvto, ,be ?
wounded, or'leave. theinVl.0/the trust thaUA'&oodl >
Samaritans" faonv tffei.f Joreigti/lands... will- "
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3IIU 19 tl'oub^u' w,#w *u a 4>wq'^w
immediately upon the bettothal, exchange plain. '
gold rings, gUrii ire won, cver afierwaniigMjl
death parts'lffem. ^in^pman wearat here on, f
th^ t h a ^
lei yes i'