Carolina Watchman

              new tep.rss « watchman may hereafier be hat nee and two dollars am • pnd nl iii •.' ■'■ • vfdfora less him 3 , dd fo in advance | but al the i plion < mil all an d - f paid terms of '.''•'' tltisii-jg n re ' ir ihe first insertion anr twci ■ ■ ' " '''' , ntices will becharged 25 p>-r ct high er i he • i<*e r '• 3 m of :'.''. per cent will be made it ■.• bo adverlise by the year ents h i1 be pontmnpd on : red for ae rding v >■ less order ■ number of timp ■ i iers .. ;,;• 1 io kditors must i ■ i i ■ • weekly and si vi weekly new \ ork courier enqrirer in the public t-^r?n an i af'ei i ; : v •>■' i kh inst . hf / weekly nnd semi weekly courier mm rer „ irged h ihe - /. ot the dai -' ,; ,,. r:i mpnts to the advertise nn,'i oeneral reader nch as have been rarely pre nt;d ,, any p ;,. r in ihe united states semi-werkt.y — t!ic sheet will he pnb - and saturdays on the natgi iced a'l the contents of ihe dai y sheets foi the two preceding days together p matter for the general reader ■ ihe purpose ; and ihe inside will lie : ihe d ily paper i lhe s:irnp da . thosall new advertisements in ihe daily paper ye,|n lav will also appear in l sp dt'-wei k'v paper for these days without any additional chirge lo the advertiser this will.ol course be mailed with the fjail papprof thesamedale and carry lo the readet in the country th very laws intelligence terms of the semi weekly paper foui dollars per annum payable in advance iv annum in all cases when pay dent i in adv nee nv | 71 rwarding iweniy-five dollars in mnnpy " ' v'r1 ''''"' l,pr '" r''1 helow par re ivill be entitled to seven copips me posl fti',p ; a d at similai r ttps for i'iv larger number i i obs r'bprs w hen lhe m "')' v sen '- more ihan five per cent below \ ■. v rk it will be sold at the curreni e proc.peds carried ' i r credit of the ,;. | ■ p pi rs sent foi a pro rata pe f lime weekly courier and ea'quirer this sheet also of lhe size of the dailv con jest wet k'v paper issued from a . ... ill be published on salurdays only -, r . i , i to al lhe m "-< p blis h d in ihe daily d week will contain at least one j . and a orea variety of extracts us subjects relating to history b litprature agricoltore manufactures banic ar i ■ n i led in make thisshecl tne most per will be line oi the largest of the kind 1 ,; i ling public ; ihat is a in the broadest s nse ul ilie teiin iriiy will be from containing all tbf [• • he d lily courier and at ihe same ■ and literary by reason is and republii i up for insi r ! . • p.nqnirer are vn lo lhe i i die lo n q lite . nj ex i ii was ihis paper which firsl gave ol whigs and liocoficos to ihe twr si tin united stales and cnuid its vp prpvatl at flarn v i \ > ■ .- ber is henry cl v would no hav in id ihe i intted v-i ites i = - justice to 1 1 i v n i he west » ha i ihi y may ; and i ii ihe gre i eommen ial emno i inin d states which has assume : nlaiii this posi is oi i'iif werkly courier and enqi irer • , ll ■ • dollars pi r an hers less ihan six to bf us and f if t'j : n '■•'.' nlij five ' re ihan three diffi rem msi il i i ' , . i . wenty-five in ' ' ': . ' ■ tihan i ne mis in nie ii adv par ihey b - rates and the dis ' m the amount o.irri-d to in like manner i not p iid u will bi deducted ■ nclused iy the posl t card fund ' - subscribers r • • made thro 1 ■ . -, *"• pii w ■■ ■ \ numlier nl c ipies *' ' notice at r and n^e*v fork '"• fri ■. circuiaii , "•' i papi r . : ihe cir cl courts of the u i iteu si ites l j pr proceedings in c . rn disi ric ol l new fork , ; 11 such ni ii ps "* tserted in both thp week l - \\ shall also pub ■' , wi pkly and s mi u eekly i uions in the ■ i lhe b e baokrupt n and reviews of the market w shed ai length in each of ■ ers with which we ex'-hange are v r rj lesii d il convpnii nt to give ertiaemrnt one inseriion and call atten otiiesamp and every daily weekly or mi-weekly papers in lhe cniied statps with ■ w • lo not pxchange will be entitled to b 1 • x •''-•' t''r a pa-l one year nn giving this d ' t an in^crii'in am calling'poblic at p i '■' ii \ ■ \ . fpbi iary 12 1 ii rot s*iie9 w isp earriagp and i n pair of splen i a ri ouch horsrs tlm-e wishing io , can get a bargain by calling on the et ai sahsburj thp proposal i r.v the author 01 charles o'malt.ey tiie following hnrnerous sketch is from the pen of the inimitable dr uaver author of har ry lorreqoer ami charles o'malley it is ne cessar in premise that miss baby blake isa •' s , preitv bewitching creatore a cousin of i charles o'malley and that the latter innocent i gpntleman has under the guise of the aforesaid consinship fopcnme very inlimate with the la^gh ing beamv o'malley however dreams of rm ihing more than friendship an<i so tells bis friend sparks who has in the meantime grown enamored of baby sparks being a modest man | persuades o'malley to become the bearer of a ! proposal for miis babv's hand o'malley ac ! cordingly sets forth on his adventure i ordered my hor«e at an earl v hour and long i before sparks — lovpr that he was had opened j his eyes to the lioht was already on my way to j gurtnamnrra several miles slipped away be i fore i well determined imw i fbi old open mv negotiations whether tn papa blake in the first instance or to madam to whose peculiar ; province ilie^p secrets of the home department j belonged ; or why not at once to b^bv ? because j after all with her ii rested finally to accept or | to refnoe to address myself lo ihe heads of the department seemed tbp more formal course and as i was acting entirely as an eivnve extra ordinaire i deemed this the fining mode of pro ceeding il was exactly pig o'clock as i drove up to the donr mr blake wavs standing at the oppn window of the breakfast room snuffing the fresh air of the morning the blake moiher was bu j sily engaged with the economy of the tea table ; a very simple style of morning costume and a night cap wiih a fl nmcn like a petticoat marking her unaffected toilptte above stairs more than one head en papillole look a furtive peep between the curtain ; am ihe butter of the family in corduroys and a fur cap was weeding turnips in the lawn before the doar mrs blake h-d hardly time to take a hurried depar'urp when her husband came nut upon ibe steps lo bul me wel.ome there is no physi ognomist like your father of a family or ynur mother with marriageable daughters lavafei wa nothing to them in reading the secret springs of action — the hidden sources of all character hail there been a good respectable bump allot ted by sporzheim to ' honorable intentions ' the maiter had bpen all fair and easy ; he very first salute of ihe gpntleman would have pronounced upon bis views j but alas no such guide is forthcoming and ihe science as it now exists is enveloped in doubt and difficulty the tray laughing temperament ol some ; the dark and i serious composure of others ; the cautious and reserved ihe open and the candid the witty the sententious lhe clever the dull lhe pru dent ihe reckless — in a word every vanity which the innumerable hies of character im print upon the human face divine arc iheir stu dy • their convictions are ihe slow and impa tient fruits of intense observation anl grnai logi cal accuracy carefully noting down every lin earr.en1 and feature — their change iheir action and theii developement they track a lurking motive with the cent of a bloodhound and run down a growing passion with an unrelenting speed 1 have been in ihe witness box exposed | lo the licensed badgering and privileged imper ■ t'tno.nce of a lawyer winked leered frowned am sue red at with all ihe lung practiced tact of a nisi prius torturer ; i have~sioed before lhe culd fish like b_i searching pyp of a perfect ol police as he compared my passport wiih my person and thought u oould delect a discrepan cy in both ; bul 1 never fell the same sense nf toiil exposure as when glanced at jv •[](! f,aif prying look of a worthy father or mot1itt jn a fa oily where iheie are daughters io marry ur.-i iody coining lo woo ' ' vou're early charley,1 said mr blake with an affected mixture of carelessness and warmth ■ fon have noi had breakfast ?' ' no sir i have come lo claim a part of yours am if i mistake not you s.em a iiitle ; hue than usual ' not more than n few minutes the girls •\ il he down pn enily tbey r»a early risers charley good habits are just as easy as b m s and lhe lord he prai>en ! my girls were i never brought up with any other ' ' i am well aware of it sir and indeed if i may be permitted lo lake advantage of the op \ propos it was on ihe subj cl nf one of your daughters lhai i wis cd to speak to you this j morning and which br.oighi me over al this j i uncivilized hour hoping to ficd you alune mr blake's look fur a moment was one of tri i ; umphant satisfaction ; n was a ij',cp howe ver and resented lhe very instant afier as he said with a well got up indifference • jusi step with me into th study and we're sure no io .-■ in ei rup'ed ' now although i havi litije time or space for dallying i cannot i dn dwi ii ng tur a mo , ment upon the subj ci ol what mi blakedigm j tied with lhe name of his study li svasa small ' apartment with one window the pai ps ol wl ich | independent of all aid from a curtain tempered ! the dayhght through the medium s cobweb | dust and ihe ill ran ed branches uf some wall tree without i hree oak chairs and a s nail la • '. were the on articles ol furniln >; while a round on all sides hv the disjecta membra i mi blake's huni n fishing shooting and cm rs • ing equipments old lop boots driving whias [ old spurs a racing saddle a blunderbuss lhe helmet of the gilway lighl horse a salmon net a large map ol lhe country with a marginal in ; di \ in several mor gages marked with a cross a stable lantern the rudder of a boat and repre i sentative nf his daily associations bus nn one book save an udd volume of watty cox's "•! - g z ; r •■ hose pages s fined as much he r«-cep of brown backles tur ujui fi3liino _> ihe i resource ot iiierary leisure • here we'll be'quile cosey and to ourselves ' said mi blake,_s placinga chair for me he sat down himself with the air of a man resolved to assist hy advice and counsel ihe dilemma of i sump dear friend after a faw preliminary observations which ! like a breaking canter before a race s,;yes i gel your c ir ge up and seiilp you e:l n your seat i opened my neg.i lis lions by sone very b:oad ana sweeping mi-ms aboui the misfor tunes of a bacheloi existence the discomforts of : i his position his warn of home and happiness i ihe necessity foi his one day thinking sciious of i matriage ; ii being in a measure a mosl al.ijosi i as inevitable a termination of the free s>nd easy carter of his single life as transportation of e ' < ven years is to thai of a preacher ' yn cannot go on sir said i * tfespassmg tir ever upon your neighbors preserves ; you must be appre hended sooner or later therefore i llnnk tiie better way is lo take nut a licence ne^er was a small sally of wii more.specess ful mr blake laughed till he cried arm when he had done wiped his eyes with a snuffy hand kerchief and cried till he laughed again as somehow i could not conceal irorn myself a sus picion as lo the sincerity of mv friend's mirth 1 merely consoled myself with the french adjoe that he laughs best who laughs last ; and went on • it will not be deemed surprising sir hat a man should come to lhe discovery ! have just mentioned more rapidly by having enjoyed he pleasure of intimacy with your family not oniy by lhe pxample uf perfeci domestic happiness preserved to him bui by tbe prospect held ou ihat lhe heritage of ihe fair gilts which adorn and race married life may reasonably be looked fnr among the daughters ol those themselves the realization of conjugal felicny ' h-rc was a canter with a vengeance at;d as i felt blown i slackened my pace coughed and resumed miss mary blake sir is then the objecl of mv present communication she it is who has made an existence that s«emed fair and plea surable before appear blank and unprofitable without her i have therefore — lo come at once to the point — visited you this morning formally to ask her hand in marriage ; her fortune i may observe at once is perfectly immaterial a mai ler of no consequence so mr blake thought also a coropeleuce fully fqoal to every reason al notion of expenditure ' there there don'l said mr blake wip ing his eyes with a s.>b like a hiccup don'l speak of money i know what you'd say ; a handsome settlement a well secured jointure and all thai yes yes i feel il all ' why yes sir i believe 1 may add that eveiy i hint in ihis respect will auswei yuurex peciattons ' ot course ; to be sure my poor dear baby ! how to do without her that's the rub you don'l know.o'mal'ey what that girl is to me ; you cannot know it ; you'll see one day though that you nil ' tim devil 1 shall said i to m*/self • the point is after all to learn the lady's dis posiiion in the matter ah charley none ul this wiih me you sly doer you think i don'l know you why i've been watching — thai is 1 have seen — no i mean i've heard — they — they — people will talk you know very true sir but as i was going to re mark ju_t al this moment the door opened and miss baby herself looking most annoy ingly hand some put in her head papa we're wailing breakfast ah fcbarlej ho.v d"y du ?' come in baby said mr blake ; you hav no given me my kiss ihis morning the lovely girl threw ber arms around his neck while her bright and flowing locks leii richly upon his shoulder 1 turned rather sulk ly away ; tbe thing itself provokes ne th-i is much cold selfish cruelly in such corampub i'co erideaimeii's as in ihe luscious display rich rounds and surloins in a ch'.p bouse t h eyes nf the starved and penniless wretches wit out who wiih dripping rags and ivaieiing i eats imaginary slice while the pains of bongi . in torturing him theie's tim /' said mr blake sudden tim cranio ! tim !' shouted he to as n se*-rr ed to me — an imaginary individual oulsidi . while m ihe earnestness of pursuit he n s un of th study banging ihe doer as he went o ■ and leaving baby and mysell lo cur mutual erii hc»-;„n i should ive preferied 51 being otherwisi ; but as the fate wlh-d i ibus i l.wk baby's hann and led hei to the winov jy(iw ihere is j feature of my countrymen wii icy havioo recoo nised strongly in myself i would f tu proclaim ■ and writing a ! do — however iinle peopit may snspeel me solely lor tbe sake of ihe moral would gladly warn the unsuspecting against 1 mean a very decided tendency to become the consoler lhe eonfi vni of young ladies ; seek'ng ... ' ° mil opportunities nf assuaging 1 1 e i r sorrow re com i'ing tin ir afflictions breaking eventful pas sages lo iheir ears ; not from any inherent pleas me in lhe iragic phases oi th intercourse but for the semi squerzing oat innocent w.ist-pre s'ng without winch consolation is but like sal oon withont lobster — a thing maimed wantinn and imperfect now w hether this with me as a na'ural gift or merely a way we have in ihe army as li e song says i shal not in h i ! . ay ; but ! ver - tore to affirm that few men con d excel mo i ihe practice i speak nf some five nnd twenu years ago fa t readl r do priy if i have the happiness o1 bi ing kn .,■• n i > you deduct iieu ■ r:>a mv age bjf i you subtract my merits well baby,de*ar i havp jusi hpen r.>-.i'.-iri ab m you lopap yes dear — don't look s ■ in credulously — evi n of your own sweel self well do you know 1 almost prefer y<-ur hair worn iha way ; those same silky masses look better fa ng thus heavily ' there now charley ! ah don'l well b-by.ts 1 was saving before you stop pet me i havp been asking your papa a vprv im porianl question arid he has referred me to you for an answer and now will you iei me in all frankness and honesty your mind on ibe matter lie gre-4 de;td!v pale a i spoke th"=e words then suddenly flushed up again out said not a word i could i r ■; ive however from ■ er beav ing chest and restless manner lhai no common agnation was siirring ber bosom il wascr__iiv to be silent so i continued - one wii j loves you well 0 bv dear has a=k ed his own bean ihe question and learned thai your bright ey s are tu him b!ut r than ibo deep kv above him tho your soft voice w>er win ning smile — and what a sm.le it is hav - irturjbi him thai he loves nay adores you then dear si — v h.t prelt fingers these aie ah what ! s liiis whe.nce 3me iliai pcae:ald ? i nevet saw hat ring before baby oo bat — said she blushing deeply thai s a r .• r a ibp foolish creature sparks ga^p me a roople of days ago ; 6l i 1 don'l like it — 1 lo i nipnd to keep it so saying she endeavored io draw ii [> m her inger bul in vain but why baby why take it uff is it to five him the pleasure of putting it on again ? there don't gei angry ; we rau-l not fall out sure v no charley if you are not vixed wiih me — if vou are mat no no my dejr baby ; nothing of the kind park 3 quite right in not trusting bis entire furiui'e to my diplomacy ; but at least be ootrhl in ha^p tokl me ihat he had opened tint neg ia lion now the question simply is — dayuulove lim love who i.ove w born • why sparks to be sure.1 .. flash ot indignant surprise passed across her features n.uv pale as marble ; her ij ps were slightly parted her large full eyes were ffxpd upon rne steadfastly ; and her hand which 1 bad in id in mine she suddenly withdrew from my grasp and so — and soil is of mr sparks cause you are so ardently ibe advocate ?' said she at length after a pause of most awkard duration why of course mv dear cousin il was at bis suit and solicitation i called on your father it was be himself who entreated me to take this step ; it was lie ' bui before i could conclude she bnrsl in a tor rent of tears and rushed from lhe room here was a si nation ! what the deuce was ibe maite t did she or did she not care fcr him was bpi pride or lie debcacy hint at my being made tbe roeans of the communication to ber father ? vi hat bad sparks done or said to pui himself and me in such a devil of a predtca ment could she fare for any one else well charley ?' cried mr blake as he en tered rubbing t is harms in a perfect paroxism of o d temper has love making driven brpaktast out of your bend ?' why faith sir i greatly fear i have blun dered my mission sadly my cousin does not ap pear so perfectly satisfied ber manner ' don'l tell rne such nonsense ; he girl's man ner ! lo be taken in that way well then sir ibe best thing under lie cir cumstances is to send over sparks himself — your consent i may tell turn is already obtained yes my boy ; and my daughter's is equally sure but i don't see what we want wiih sparks al all among old friends and relatives a we are there is i think no neea of a stran ger a stranger ! very true sir be is n stranger bul when lhai siranyer is about to become your - in in law ' about to become what sab mr blake rob b'ng bis spectacles and placing them leisurely n his 0'i^e to regard me to become what !' your son in law i hope 1 have been suffi ciently explicit sir making known mr sparks wishes lo you mr sparks ' why d n me sir thai is — i beg pardon for the warmth — yon — you nev er mentioned his name-today nil now yon led me to suppose thai in fact you told me most ■ rly here from the united effiirts of a rage and a struggle for concealment mr blake was unable to proceed and walked tbe room with a melo dramatic stamp perfectly awful really sir sabl i at i a - 1 , while i deenlv re gret any misconception or mtstake i have been tbe cause i f i must in justice to myself say that i mm perfectly unconscious of having misled you i eame here ibis morning with a proposition foi he hand^of your daughter in behalf uf ' ' v ti'self sir yourself 1*11 be noj i i noi swear '. bul just answer imp if too eve n'i.-'.'d oue ord of mr sparks if you ever il'.ded fo him till lhe last few minutes i was perfectly asmrjished in my unlucky e:to;i at extreme delicacy i became only so ve . mysterious ihat i iefi ibe maun open fo tbrin tosiippose that the khan of tariary was in love wiih babv 1 here was bm one course now open i nai's humbly apologised for mi blunder rppeated v every expression i could summon op my sor ow for what had happened am rvas beginning renewal of negotiation ' inrs sparks whri overcome by his p,-si'.ii mr blake could hear no rhore bul snatched up bis hat and left lhe loom had il nat bppn for baby's share in lhe trar aetion ( should have laughed outright as it was 1 fell are using bul mirthful ; rti.fi the onlv clear and culled d ■' ■ my mind wis to hur ry home with all speed anil i r:en a quarrel on sparks the innoceul cause of the whole o is bap why thij th .;;_;,; gtruek me let physiul ogisls decide a few moments reflecti n satisfied me that under presenl circumstances it would be panic nlarly awkward in meet i:h any oil us of ihe • amily - ardently itesiring in ctn my retreat i succeeded afier some little lime in openir.n tlic window sash ; consoling myself for any ii ju rv 1 was ab ait lo inflict upon mr blake's y nng plantain n in mv d se nt by ihe thought of the service ! iva rpndprina hirn wkile ad mil i ing a fiule fresh m into hts sanctum | par a 1 , l e 1 . o i i ' 1 j k se x e s . /" the north american suvg there is ad mirable partition of qualities between tiie *• xps which hie author f nor being has istribnted to each with a wisdom that cbal leng s cur unbounded admiration mii is strong woman is beautiful m n s daring and confident — woman is diffident and unassuming man is great in action — woman in si.f fering m n shines abroad — woman at home man talks o convince — woman to per suade and please mm has a ringed hear — woman a soft arii fender one man prevent misery woman relieves ii i man h^s science woman tasie m has judgment — woman ensibilitv m in 19 a being ol justice — woman an sngel of mercy a a«ver who was somelie-es forgetfi i lavn g been e gaged lo lea«j ihe c»us i o il oner began by saying ' i kn >■=- ' e kisorter at lhe bar ai h he be ir.ihe cba c ter of being a rr^st consnoniie am impen dent scoundrel5 — here somebod whis ered to him thai the piiinner was hisclieai •,- icn t e immediately added bui « sl gre i nd good man ever vc wl o w s t : calumni ated by many of hi conieiuporanes ?' ' tc*l h ifft i 1t w y m\w\m s_f if r_mf liviw s^t -^ y pe-stdleton # brtxrr.l „' ,_,,', f xo o votttmp y i see flint he government does not nrquim fno nvsch power keep a check 1 x ~ »*»_,? ut al eoitors d proprietors j " vpon all your ruler do ihis and liberty is safe "— gen'l harrison 1 who e rvo 5*>1 raiilnrltrv august 6 is 42 mr clay's sprkch i at the great festival at lexington ken ■ tuclcy on the oth of june i vr president ladles and gentleoien : it was given toour countrvm n franklin i to bring down the lightning fr<~>rr heaven ; to enable me to be heard by this immensi multnode i should have to invoke lo my aid and throw into my voice its loudesl thunders as i carnot do that i hope i phail be excused for such use of my lungs as is practicable and not inconsistent ! with the preservadon rif my health and 1 i feel that it is o»r first duly to express our ! obligations to a kind and bountiful provi ! denee for ilie copious and genial showers ! with which he has just blessed our land — j a refreshment of which it stood mucb in ; need for one i offrr ir him my humble and duliful linnk tiip incoiivrnipnre to us on this festive occasion is verv sji ht ■ while the sum of good which these limelv j rams will produce is very great and encour | aping feliow-cilizens 1 find myself now in a j situation somewhat like one in which i was placed a few years ago when travelling thro the siate of in-'it nn from which my friend ! mr r mien near me romes i stopped al a viilage containing some four or five j hundred inhabitants and i had scarcely j alighted before i found mvseif surronrjded in lhe barroom by everv arnlt mile resi dent of the place af.'er a while i ohserv j ed a group consulting together in one cor ! ner of the room and shortly after i was i diffidently approached by one of ihern a j tall lank lean bnl sedate and sober look | ing person with a iong face and high cheek j hones who addressing me s?id he was j commissioned bv his neirrhhors n request | fhnt i would say a few words lo them why my good friend sairl i i should he very happy to do anv thing gratifying to your j self-and your neighbots but i am very much fatigued and hungry and thirsty and i do not think the occasion is exactly suitable for a speech and i wish von would excuse me in vou r friends well says in mr clay i confess i l bought so myself especially as ! we have no wino to offer you to drink ! now if the worthy citizen of indiana was right in supposing thai « s]nst of win i was a necessary preliminary and a preep i dent condition lo the delivery of a speech . von have no jusi rirrht to expect ope from me at this time ; for during the sumptuous repast from which we have just rispn you tiered me nothing in dink but cold wafer — excellent water it is true frorn the c'ai hk fountain of our lamented friend r maxwell which ins so often rcgalrd ns on celebrations of our great anniversary , great laughter i ptotest against any inference of mv be ing inimical in ibe ti ;>.;: - mce range ( ;• , j the coninry i think it an ad mrable cans j thai has di-ne great good and wii continue | to do good as ion as legal coercion rs noi ' . mpioyed and il rests exclusively upon per \ suasion and its own ininn i •■• its i have a great and growing repugnance : to speaking in tf,r open au lo a large assem bl ige i?nl w dsi •!-, farulltt < f speech re mains lo nv . i can never fee ihat repeg | nance never fee i other th n gran ful se isa lions in m kine my acknowledgements as tf'upe which have brought ns logel . r x t i h.r<t i am po presumptuous as to believe ih-il j i havt hern the occ isn n solely < f cn'lec j ing ibis vast mi liiimlp among ibe induce ■ ments i cannot help thinking lhai tbe f i white virgin heifer of ml friend mr ber rvman ibat cost 600 h'eh has just been sprved up and the other good things ! whjch imvp been so liberdlv spread bi fore us exerted some influence in swelling this unprecedented large meeting great ' isoghlt i ; i annul but feel mr president in offer ing rnv respectful acknowledgement for ihe honor dune me in the eloquent address which you have jusi delivered and in lhe eri.umeni wiih which you concluded it lhai your warm partiality and lhe fervent friend ; ship which has so long existed between n oi:.j the ktndness ol my neighbor and friends around me have prompted an ex aggerated description in too glowing colors oimy public services and mv poor abilities i se z tiie opportunity to present n y heartfelt thanks lo th whole people of k n tncky for all tbe high honors and rl sin - guishei firvoi s which i h ve rem tved dur ing ;>. long residence with ihem if i h.ns ;. r tl • liberal <, ltron ge « hich l received from them in mv professional pur suit for the eminent places i which ihei have pul me or enabled rne io rearh ; for the generous and unbounded con fid nee which the have bestowed upon rn , t -', times ; for the g llarf and unsa . ■■• ily •■: ri auachmcni with <\ ich th • il by me tl roue ho'.l ill lhe trial ai i v;r - - ludes ol n eventful and arduous ife ; ■ abov ■■". i r ii scornf i indigi nl i ;; ' it ;: they re • lied n i fim '■ s r dun i f'-'n'ifd guir rry n me ard fame -\ '!)■>■ i merit uf period of my pu'lic career in rec-i ing to our memnr be ircumst nres i ol thai ppriod on co n '• i he fi ■ wiih ; astnmsf f.i t the i tu -.- ith r which lhe extern ny v as propagated and lhe <■ zealous partisan use lo which it w •■_ pplied not only without evtdencp bui in ihn face o _ fuii end complete refofal on under whate-er deception deln^n or i ■ ■•: it ww received elsewherip wth yno my friends and neighbor and with tbe peop'e ol kentucky it received bo cooaie nance ■ i di in proportion to the vem m n 1 the malerolerj oi its circulation w the v;g r nd magnanimity with which i w s generously supported upheld with tha rotispionsne-s of die inj smcp i f the charge i should b'.vc borne myself r th bee fortitude il i hud been ah n h i ! by trou 3 i was hy so large a portion of •-.'■ .- • •)■•- trvmen ; bet to have been sosl ined id vin dicated as i w is by the : po ! - of mi own slate bv you -. !, knew mo best uul wh im j fiitl so manv reasons to i ve and psteem ; grp,iiiv cheered nnd pncoorai*ed rm i , my onward progress eternal thanks and grat itude are due fn*r nip i i!i i ir yon friends a fellow citizen f r your distinguished and enthusiastic f cepuon of m lots d y ; si d for the rxcl icr.i e and a bund mce of i lit b ubecue ih»l im been or vided for ou eolerain n • t a 1 thank from the bottom ol my heart my fr>ir country woin*=n for honoring and r - cing and adding brtdiancv to this ore si n by their numerous attendance 1 the del icacy nod n lioemeni ol ibeir s x n 8llow them lo mix in tho rongl pi set i human life wp may be sure ih t lu by their presence their smiles mrl ap tion arc bestowed it is no irdinary occur rence tint precpneo :- vays ai 1'ito guaranty o order d i t ke the gre itesi pli sin ■ mop to their value and ih r virt over found in ih m in ind l gptiprously svmp ih'si g in dis their conrsgpous fori tide m bcai selves enro'iraging u lo r ample and irf nil how s in 1840 tbey can powerful ? lid i great end good cause wiibo ■ , ' fiom he propriety or ■■ l.i loi ir ' ■ i ; • ', up gress thron •' . i tha k ■' i ' . a t i ither died in v i i me an ii f inj .• ' o tendei v • • • olh rtion of hi s niles or il my surviving p irenl rpmi ■ i : i in ! 7 - p vii ; > ■■•. a o nf of ge in ■ i < 111 e of thp ug i ' .- 1 i . chancery in the hitv ol r hm .' •• — out 2*i irdians witho i p cti supp il losiprr mv course as 1 n ht i could a neglected education was rd nv mv nwn irregular exertions wi the benefit ol systematic ins'rnction ! ct did law principally in fhe ofiice nf a i imen ted ftien '. th - lale governor i attorney goner il of \ dcr the ;■';- pices of ihe nd mented chancellor iv y the for wh m 1 hod acted as an amannensis i obi la ccn«p to pi a lirr r u i judges of the c mil • f o - rds ip and pstablish d myse t in i . i7u7 without patrons vithom iiip i <- r •: countenance o th great or npu out the mean of paving mv wr-i k'y hoa*d nd in the midst or bar uncornmo tinguished bv eminent members i i ber how comfortable ! though ! ' ' if i could m ike i 100 . yoar nnd with what dpli.hl i rei first 15 shilling ee mv iir ps wen ihan realized 1 immpdiab i into i successful and lucrative pranicc io 180-i and 1 h :: i ■ . - ■ from tbe coiniv r,f f'3'pti it i 0 springs without my k owl dgp i r i consent i was hi atp and elected to th i i i , this state i crved in th 1 bo l*j vearo and was then transit rred lo th and afterwards lo thp ii ,•;-; of ;. vrf of ibi ! • • - | wi dwell on the ss1 s j nl venls of i i;ic:il life o er nmi ••. h cb i h ve fi ifd i hiring n v pi '■ ir can > r 1 have bul hitfrr im lacable rprkless ene mies but if i hvic been ihe object nfmis reprpspnt.tion and unmeritled calumny no man has been belovpd i r honored i>v more dt voted i ml foi and < ■ ri i ■■ • • i - i ■• - ' i ri jvo no reproaches — none — io m k t wards my country which h dirii ed and plevated me f ir beyond wlm i had nv riodit to t xpert 1 forgive i i p.nd hope ihey rn v live lo obtain lhe for givenes of iheir iv ri fir rl -. li would no tlmr be fitting r-r is if rr y pur'ose lo pa-s judgmml nn all the cts i i my public i;(p ; but i hope | h li i cusrtl for one r two oh?pn iti the occasion appi ars f i me to i nr'v«i fiut once eh ' • .: hm < anv great measure of n lional on any great principle o construrl on <; the national constitution in earli i deliberate cud lei ; n 1 principles of interpreting the federa it'iiion which had been so ably md e forced by mr aladti . . m m i r ■ re ort lu the virginia 1 •: >■ s\o\v an ! lo ihem as i understood them i cncsluiillv adhered l'p'»n ihe question coming np in the si nate ia iln l ".. to recharler ihi fi bi v ■ h ol thp united states thirty v ars ago i opposed he re i-h r'.cr up ii fir cnnviriiunt which 1 hon i r ■ ined — f • ■ spenei c i i ■ iiit which th ■ ..-.'• ' - •• i !) nk and i ;• v sastrous me i was wrong i p ch m l»xi • i n ■' ■ hi ii ' ' - d !.' '.-. ' i i • i do - v ; e s ' - mi • . ". - - i iuci howet r s • i ih i.k h v y p r loiis t ihi it li v f ny public m*n to qoeni b ps of 0 hange but upon grounds so sufficient