20 My brethren! we stand on the borders of an awful gulf, which is swallowing up all things human; and is there, amidst this universal wreck, nothing stable, nothing abiding, nothing immortal, on which poor, frail, dying man can fasten? 21 Ask the hero, ask the statesman, whose wisdom you have 22 been accustomed to revere, and he will tell you. He will tell you, did I say? He has already told you, from his death-bed; and his illumined spirit, still whispers from 23 the heavens, with well known eloquence, the solemn admonition: "Mortals hastening to the tomb, and once the companions of my pilgrimage, take warning and avoid my errors; cultivate the virtues I have recommended; choose the Savior I have chosen; live disinterestedly; live for immortality; and would you rescue any thing from final dissolution, lay it up in God.". President Nott.

Sentence 2d.-A semi-interrogative: the parts connected compactly: thoughyet, the correlative words.

Sentence 3d.-A single compact, third form. "When a short time since was, then." Sentence 11th.-A single compact, second form, correlative words, indeed-but, in the first part; in the second, simple indefinite interrogative: the whole a semi-interrogative: the parts connected closely. Sentence 16th.-A double compact exclamatory with the first proposition, comprising two members, only expressed. Sentence 17th.-A fragmentary simple declarative exclamatory. Sentence 18th.-A broken close declarative exclamatory. Sentence 21st.-A compound declarative single compact, third form: correlative words, if-then

SEC. XL. THE POWER OF VERSE TO PERPETUATE.

"T is not a pyramid of marble stone,

Though high as our ambition;

1 'Tis not a tomb cut out in brass, which can
Give life to the ashes of a man ;

But verses only: they shall fresh appear
Whilst there are men to read or hear.

When time shall make the lasting brass decay,
And eat the pyramid away;

2 Turning that monument wherein men trust
Their names, to what it keeps, poor dust;
Then shall the epitaph remain, and be
New graven in eternity.

Cowley.

SEC. XLI. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.

1 Two men went up in the temple to pray: the one, a pharisee, and the other, a publican. The pharisee stood 2 and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners; unjust; adulterers; or 3 even as this publican. I fast twice in the week: I give

tithes of all that I possess. And the publican standing 4 afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast: saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified 5 rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself, shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

SEC. XLII. A FRIEND IN NEED.

Mr. Andrews drew up to the table, and requesting the attention of Mr. Rutherford a moment, began to spread 1 before him certain documents.

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2 Please to examine these, sir, and say whether they are correct."

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3 These are my obligations, Mr. Andrews: I gave them in good faith; and although I cannot meet them now, will own 4 them to the last farthing." Mr. Rutherford looked with much astonishment; for he perceived that all the responsibilities he was involved in were lying before him.

5 "Are there any more that you can think of, Mr. Rutherford ?"

“Then, sir, you may take them, and do what you please ⚫7 with them all I ask of you is, to give me a claim upon your property for this amount," naming not more than twothirds the value of the notes. "The interest of that I 8 am sure you can pay, and your property is once more your own.

William had liquidated every claim at a rate which each 9 one was glad to accept, and thus materially reduced the whole amount: this he could be well secured for the property of his benefactor need not be sacrificed, and his heart was at rest.

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Blessings on you, William Andrews! Your frame is 11 slender, and seems to be nurturing some hidden plague that may ere long make it a prey to the worm; but it is the 12 abode of a generous spirit. How its quickened pulses beat

with the ecstatic happiness which now plays within! Your 13 eye is on that noble pair; and the overpowering emotion which is thrilling their bosom at this new and unexpected deed of love, is the richest feast you ever tasted. Oh how 14 they will bless you as the years go by, when in their happy

home and on their own paternal soil they tread in freedom, and think of him whose generous friendship snatched them from the brink of ruin, and placed them there! Oh ye 15 lovers of this world's treasures, did you but know the secret charm these treasures can unfold!-Go, dry the widow's 16 tears; go, aid the orphan's helpless steps; go, prop the man of pure and noble soul, bowing beneath the weight of penury's heavy load; and you will feel there is a talisman of untold value, in your hoards of gold and silver, which you never dreamed of.

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You can, my dear sir, as you are able, make good to each one what he has willingly relinquished.' "And, God permitting, I will do it to the full amount.” Anonymous.

SEC. XLIII. THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.

The breaking waves dashed high

On a stern and rock-bound coast;
And the woods, against a stormy sky,

Their giant branches tossed;

1 And the heavy night hung dark

The hills and waters o'er;

When a band of exiles moored their bark,
On the wild New-England shore.

Not as the conqueror comes,

They, the true-hearted came;

Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;

2 Not as the flying come,

In silence and in fear;

They shook the depths of the desert's gloom,

With their hymns of lofty cheer.

3 Amidst the storm they sang;

And the stars heard, and the sea!

And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
To the anthem of the free!

4 The ocean-eagle soared

From his nest by the white wave's foam;

And the rocking pine of the forest roared :-
This was their we'come home!

Hemans.

SEC. XLIV. INFLUENCE OF WAR ON OUR PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS.

It is the inevitable consequence of war in free countries, 1 that the power which wields the force, will rise above the power that expresses the will of the people. The state governments will also receive a severe shock: those stately 2 pillars which support the magnificent dome of our national government, will totter under the increased weight of the superincumbent pressure. Nor will the waste of morals, the spirit of cupidity, the thirst of blood, and the general 3 profligacy of manners, which will follow the introduction of this measure, be viewed by the great body of our citizens, without the most fearful anxiety, and the most heartfelt deprecation. And if there are any persons in this country, (and I should regret if there are any such in this house,) who think that a public debt is a public blessing, and that heavy taxation is expedient in order to produce industry; who believe that large standing armies are essential to maintain the energy, and that extensive patronage is indispensable to support the dignity, of government; who sup4 pose that frequent wars are necessary to animate the human character, and to call into action the dormant energies of our nature; who have been expelled from authority and power by the indignant voice of an offended country; and who repine and suffer at the great and unexampled prosperity which this country is rapidly attaining under other and better auspices ;-such men, whoever they are, and wherever they be, will rally round the proposition now before us, and will extol it to the heavens, as a model of the most profound policy, and as the offspring of the most exalted energy. De Witt Clinton.

SEC. XLV. AN APPEAL TO THE BAD PASSIONS REPREHENSIBLE.

Mr. President, the opposition to this discriminating 1 amendment to the constitution, is condensed into a single stratagem; namely, an effort to excite the passion of jealousy in various forms. Endeavors have been made to excite geographical jealousies: a jealousy of the smaller 2 against the larger states; a jealousy in the people against the idea of amending the constitution; and even a jealousy

against individual members of this house. Sir, is this pas sion a good medium through which to discern truth; or is 3 it a mirror calculated to reflect error? will it enlighten, or deceive? is it planted in good, or in evil: in virtuous, or 4 in vicious principles? Wherefore, then, do gentlemen endeavor to blow it up? Is it because they distrust the 5 strength of their arguments, that they resort to this furious and erring passion? is it because they know, that

"Trifles light as air,

Are to the jealous, confirmation strong
As proofs of Holy Writ"?

So far as these efforts have been directed towards a geographical demarcation of the interests of this Union into 6 North and South, in order to excite a jealousy of one division against another, and so far as they have been used to create suspicions of individuals, they have been either so feeble, inapplicable or frivolous, as to bear but lightly upon the question, and to merit but little attention. But the attempt to array states against states, because they differ in size, and to prejudice the people against the idea of amend7 ing their constitution, bear a more formidable aspect and ought to be repelled, because they are founded on principles the most mischievous and inimical to the constitution; and could they be successful, are replete with great mischiefs. John Taylor.

SEC. XLVI. THE WRONGS OF AMERICA.

After the most valuable right of legislation was infringed; when the powers, assumed by your parliament, in which we are not represented, and, from our local and other circumstances, cannot properly be represented, rendered our property precarious; after being denied that mode of trial, to which we have been long indebted for the safety of our persons, and the preservation of our liberties; after being, in many instances, divested of those laws which were transmitted to us by our common ancestors, and subjected to an arbitrary code, compiled under the auspices of Roman tyrants; after those charters, which encouraged our predecessors to brave death and danger in every shape, on unknown seas, in deserts unexplored, amidst barbarous and inhospitable nations, were annulled; when, without the form of trial, without a public accusation, whole colonies were condemned, their trade destroyed, their inhabitants impoverished; when soldiers were encouraged to imbrue their hands in the blood of Americans