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‘the Q casi Qf ’che?”'?I}ate'fr£1unicipa,1§ce1ebmtion_of 7 the%0entennm1 %AnniveI*s:a.ry Q
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  ~?eI*emen‘ts of civi1izati‘o%r1h have never been ‘Icnown toyarise hfromhna-A
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A besides the fort_ andblock Vhouses, tI1ereAAw%er\esixdw%e11ing-houses;j “

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i i pSnioi'i‘ioi1iinfo1*oinco would i create an erroneous irnprossiiori of the 
t i life and ianixnntion; ” It ‘wag; .t11i(3pCGI11i1‘t1ippOliIl13¢vOf. pa. g1~eo,t part of the .

i Kennoboo;V;copupnt1fy.ip * Thorivor wastlietlioroughfare of vtravpol ; by ‘A
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i ootodp me. p Iliavonoreoollootionoftho so1*vicos. tT1i-weifollowed  t

i txsmginci Ihovo novoriiiboon apprised of 11issub$oquonti"i1'§istiyy;  or 
; sovorjzilp yoars afto1*wa.tétds,it]t1apo putpit was ngain tioyipoicicmtpi

tliomiostprominoxit. I)u'ringtha.t timeitliopptoiiviiinoi'iI~IaI1o‘wo11*was” 7

“ ioxnbivmotl Wont ivi1iago,w'Iiich, oinico1th“ofSopnrsttiion of this townfromipi 

” At thoprosont day, to vi1logo,suc11tis I hoveidoscribed, would ; ii 
hoWit1‘15oiut nttrnotion,i promising nothing to stir the piultsie of i1:‘pi‘t‘e‘,,tip i

a.c:‘CL1:i1 condition of things Iioroi pt t1‘1otipo1'iod. . The place was full of p

p p . iThe Fort,
as tlioipvillago owns cnlloci, was presowted to for supplies, for
oxciiaiiges, and for infomiation in ro_ga,rdp to passing events. i All
classes of pooplo from the various settlements came here, not only
on business, but to seek oxiiilzimtion from association with others;
oftoii pouring into the cup ofiithoir enjoyment too ilairgo aninfusion
of €L1‘tifiC;‘i2?t1 stirnulants. Atrnong those who us-tmllyi 1—eda1ab»orions‘ i
lifenithoxno,o1'1dwioroIittlo ooonstomod to irofinomont,tho‘ gm.
bols of iC3:%:1i.1i;t(?31‘tl.i1“11i;iS1:)i1‘i1:S., in and about P'o1ia:vd’s tavern,‘ whichwwasi‘
the only public house in t.11oivi1Iago, were ioften rnoro oxofitiing
thzni ooprn1'n‘ondnb1o.iii  i p p  t  i   p i t p t  pi
Ainiong the resident o‘itizons, ’tI1€t51”O Was’ <'Z!.i‘.i‘>i1ii1‘O1”1g' dnesiro to enjoy
tho tit1vnzitn.gos of niomlo-nti religious instruction from the piulpit,
Thin was given from ‘time to time by oocnsioiml preacljiors, until
tlioiordirintioxi of tho  Isnaoi Foster; in A1786. Imrernomberi
tlizxt pvont. Isnw tho nssomblod mu1ititudto,ppinit]hop meeting-hionso 
mod on tho oox1tiguousgrounds.i It was the Spectacle vvhioli inter-ii“

nmi feasting‘ nlzicl in 1:ii1m5it3f at tlizit time pinsuol on such occasions. p i
Po11u1~c1’o11ouso rossoiundod with music and <1o11cinig,i kept 
1*o1o.ys3. of I3£1.1"LiCi,pi1I]iS,V qnito boyond the ‘power of or1durzinoo;of  
single sot. Mr. Fostories oor1t1i3<3t;ion with tile town oontiniiuiéd p 
tnoifo than tlimo or ifoLi1*pyoo.rs.i f For 1*oosons;,which I am  it 
nblpoiiiiii::stato,t11oro Wnsin goxiomlfciosiro forpiliis disimiosioni, 
wnéi  iioifloototd I~Io soon nftor loft itliisp part of , the ootifi‘- A

   

 

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diviitioiijinto throep ]}>£LriSi1€3S§_;iSi0uth,iMiidd,1€3  North”. in The Middle it 

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‘ m%ar1i;%not‘b1~il.1im1t, OI'de(:*.p1E\,7 I£:aa.1‘I1(:x:1 in p*o1emica,1 divinity‘.% ‘V fixer

m»ok% %Iiis%%1*e1igi011 f1:o.m the Bible, Whiczh he 1fev<::1rc:ic'xc'ed, aidml by time

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% -b‘L1'ChG %neVer‘bewi1‘derec1 mself or his 1*1ea:ters; by reasoning Izaigh

on subjecta traIisc%endi1')g  * pmver  of .’c11v:: hux'xm%11_ 1;r13.ch31.x@:tariLdi11g,

‘ in its p‘r0sen%t%coIiditio%n. He‘t‘oc$I«t a11Mho11orz;xb1e%d is3mi.ss;i0n in; 1810:,
% m.1sta.i%ne%d by 't}:1ér@gard% a;r1ci“sympat11;y of po werft;t1.fwiends:;.,. % MIMI-

ifesting fth1*ough ;hi$Z'subsequ€mt 1%iVf<-H1. most Chris:ti%a%nL ztmtl su‘bmiss'-
sive;%temp%er, %1ie xiemtdned an i1°1'eprozmha1)1e member of tlie cl1u.1'cI1,

%of'W11ich 11:3 ham I5e%c>x1%‘ the %pz1%s;:or$,% :.u:1”d gs». co1.1stant . a‘t,tenc1:;x.11%t upon

flue ;1*nix1istra.tions of hiss" successor. V

V‘ For ‘vc?1?y manyr y‘c%z.1.rs We h%ad%n%o'0t1‘1(;~r place of public: W01x*s1xi%p%,

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Washington, wstwartl. It was afterwards provided by %1aw,tha,‘t I =

Vt11<;'3 aessions o%f%1;1mt court sho1.11d be remdverl frcam Powna1Vbor0ug3hW," M

and  Aholdeh in f’t11;urc§, ix1 aIt er1mte years,,at ~%%I-Ia.11o+$J{c~A:1A1%% and

‘”Wiscasset. 'I‘hc first tczrxfn of tlm couift%11e:m was in Ju1y,%%1794,Vnow

sixty yezms ago, in thaolcl {meeting-lmouse, which  W:xs prepared for % %

its accornmodation; V

The a.dVor1t of the -dignimries%‘%0f Massachusetts proper,Ma;ine

having z1t thz1t_ti.n1é% nnoludge of thcj! SL xp'reme %Cou1~%t, w;«:i.s anj

inip%o%rta.n1;%mvent.; ‘They were accompzfilied by some of the most %

diéti.11g11i,£;hec1ju1'i.sts3 of the day ; am0x1g’xv}1om,I3esidos Sullivan, the
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eacltx with hisr. l01'1g x~vV1‘1i%‘c.~z:2 5F»til fl' of office,

In z1cMit,i%<;ur1 1;0%t1:1is-3;, the z:3I.itr.=: of >‘r.Iic> whole c0unt%ry,f‘romC1;m-

be1'I:.u“1c1 to tlw }7Z'§x'i.tiss14x  1%ir1<::s.,% w‘c3m* m3semu'1)1«::d, séolné Wo11 bu%s%iI”1Jcss, 

mini rmmy tu acne zarmi be?) swim, am} to c3%i;‘1jQy ?tl1e% 11.0vbl,tj,f arxd

% <3:$mi1:e1nc:nt:0ft11%e occ,m~3i%o11.  , % % % %  _ % % , %
% ’I5'11c~%siétting of the Ajksgizea in Exigglarud, ismadca known by sm;1n‘c1
[of tmrnpet. _'I‘l1<::Tcox.u't%1;hm'<;3 1‘c;})rc:.é;e:x<1i;r3dthe %I{iI1.,<<,~'.§,:_1a:1t:I*l £116 ;tru rx1-

pet Imam Inrzcexn, %.f"rc.u11 ::n,1;'x<.’:i<;~1%1t ti.;:m;:2ss, c.):m':: of ‘$1.1m :1.<:;c:ox"np:1.nin1e1'1%ts'of

% rc*33gn.1 1‘r1ov<:;e1“r'1<:ni1t. % But Awe Jmvar h(;3€1.I‘(] its; sti%1'ri:1g .$QL1x1c1s hc;r0.,%

v:5xc<:::p1: w1“1c:5n. 1‘vIz.x,jo':: .7}1*zmI1t’$ cr;)rfm of cavalry tO0k’.positiE011

%3%pa.1'z;;de  g:mc>1%:tm:lA,% at I%'Ii1;1kIc;ay’:~*;% p1§z:;.ix1. We 1A1z1d%Iii<)‘I3e;11;  

otrionml gm:1g%'t1z1d% %t1wp:1  in%%uso,%Aitwox11d hzivtg 13»é:cr1%‘a fin.ei’nstm-
mmtxt taa.11rx<:>1unc:ia%t1m”court.% But Imving 11ot1“1i’ng‘ I)ctte.r,%ftl1ey

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? p1'c:c:ec1c:<'1 by tlurziir of’f1<.ic31's,*z1m;1;followczad  this: bmf.  ‘They. 1%1_m:1:%l1Migh % % %%

dL11:ies3%%to pexfbrxn. %'I‘11<::%ir1cre%z:Lsi11g vz.11ue of’ ].zmc1% 113:1 b1*ou;,rl’1t gut

f 4}‘/“

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% fijudicia.1 %scmtir1y.%  Ar1c1 wvlxnzyre the: gciraeral. b%::v3ie3’%c>f' €:{1£1;]im 
%u1"1§% di:%s}gut{ssd, t11m*o wz1.e3% oftmfx ix Asevejzres conflict about 11ncé?1LVM4and % % %
 bo1xx1d%Li*i<:aa. % % W % W % V   %       %
%Und01; 1110 it? c:1?imi1m1 Amlmit‘1i$t1*a;1ui.o1:1~,~ Thti) ml  ‘" gr&3m;_

 

physical st¢rm;1g%t1L1 mm %f'r;:3:t*o«jc:i¢:;r1;m pa1sss.§ii:>1f):s*., for  %flS§a1I1%t

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%  %injm1-ad, min‘, 1:1p%r;m the gullowvs, with zx.;1~ope %¢§;wb%§iu%t%%i11%iS‘?%neck; fchrfiwvo

lxcium, in tljm 1"ni.«.1«:;1l<:: of th éw:1a,y, in t;1%1cL~a1;)1é§i*.s@ r1c:‘eV44 < )f‘ Vtllomultitudc,

in the ¢ 1‘m§.e~3%t?V'p‘L1b‘Ii«::% part ofwk1at%isriov@Wimth1éo;*> stre,e%t% A pfipr %

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‘ fetnalewas sentenced tooiiieufI'er a similar, punishinent. t She was ‘ t i

 jebjieetjofi -general con'1misem1:ion.j  Sheriff Bridge, upon whom

-i it devolved to execute the ‘ sentence, was a;‘1'fema1*keb1y hnnmne i

’n1an:.iyiI-Ietwas at that time at my father-’s. t On the day‘ of the
sentence,‘ he apprizedi rneiiprivately, that he should czirry it into

 effectiatydayliglitt the next moi1éning,jin 11. ‘part of‘ the Iiighweynthentt
i quite out of the village. fAccordingI‘yi,i late etnzight at gnlitowsytme I

erected, upontwhich she setifor one hour,i b_efo1'e sunrise the next e
morning; there being, tomyi recollection, no one present to Wit-’ i

ness the huiniliation of the poor ‘girl, but the isherifi',i his V deputy

and myself ;i‘enjd ‘sheknew very ‘well ethatt no iunkindiy eyeetiune

upon her.‘ i

In eagdditiontoe these and other criminal prosecutions, there were i
two indictments for emurder; one egeiiist l\IcCeusiand, and one
against Edmund Fo1~tie,atb‘1ack'men.i iWhen McCe,usIo.nd tvee‘

erfaigiiedg  Persons ‘remarked, that hei1‘1evc1’- emve at niore
imposing figure. i Heplended guilty ;» and upon being notified by
the court of the consequences of such at p1eu.,endei nc1ivi::3et;1 to
‘vvithdreiwnjitgeanditofpleed not guilty, that theigiove1'ntnontimig1'it he
put‘tiuipon- the‘ir" ipr?o‘oif,nt  refused itodo so; insisti1tgie‘W3iti1 

i dignity and force ofnlangunge, tilt-Lt no ‘consiideintion could induce

him to violziteithe truth.  He tvas not sentenced.“ It was  ease of
mania, of ~a."pecuIie.r cliamcter. Upon every otlier subject,

except theshcdding ‘of’ blood, without which he had uindeiretoodi ’£hC‘1‘0 it

‘ could be no y,se1yvetion,yey1'1is reasoning powcrewere strong. i Hcit y e
  ptieoin,ynhotr?n‘e tuiponathe celendzmy which Wasteipreteentecln t i
yeviejryiterm to the ncoti1~t,tn.estieonvictof txn'u1tde1*,t‘or more then itwentyn

A yeers,yu,nti1 Iiisiiiiitdteath.  to

iThe'h1ec1;y menelsoy (pleaded guilty, which he yxneeikiy it declined    t
tojretreetg imenifeeteitngiigreetVpenitenceg and inexiprossing his reedi-A i i

t nee<ea to eu*bn1it<to tlieiiiinflietionttiof huimenijustice. I-Ie st1fi'eI‘e'(1‘ the ,

 y extreme ypejnnity of tlielmv, exliibiting to the last the same spirit.

 
 
 
 

   

i theorytandi principles of ourinstitutione 1‘emfli11L111Ci1€111geC1; ‘ e
 chennelstofiinifluexxce,tend theevetiuesito office eWie1‘teiit‘hé?n t i ‘ i
    fromiiiwheetfitheylt are etc priesentg ntPrvesidentiii 
i A  ; had great .experie;nce,V:tia.n»dwasi1#ein<ai~keb1e* fox?  cool e e i
11dgment- He was cii1~e»urnsp=ectyiiiintthisAappoint» eh  ‘
  _t;.he i11o1*dihioo~d to n his; iiI)£1tr(;)it’t£t;igaeie 

 

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any man ‘ of doubtful %cé1*1z‘J.ra.cter, or to %*:5n.c1cii'e\ss‘  to l1i1n%‘?‘any%'mo‘1:fiv<3V, 

% toguidehisc]iscretion.,but Wh%a t*was,% in the‘highcastdegree,}jmr€3  %%
 a.nd ho1"1o1*abIe%. He would not suffer anAunfa'.ithfu1Aon incompe%1:e%n%t%’*
‘man to remain in office; nor could he be persua‘ded to remove 

good one. His examlale and polgicyj were J:r1ot lost ‘ upon thegstatew

.  g0ve%rnment.jq A<s%e1‘1se“0f' I1ono1',  regard f0r‘%cha:tr~.'a.£3te1:=ii, zxnadV“a{.,

shrinkVingfro%m Whatevercou1d*1essenthe tfmc-3  Adiugnity sbf .offi(;ia1.  ‘ %
position, = in ‘the eyeé  Qf? res‘pectab1e_ men,“‘exis%ted%,M and? was

“si1stai'I1ed I5}? :1 hea,1thy* tone of public _opir1ion.j  %

Thére were in every coumyg andin every consiclemble 7toWn‘,~?~
men. of influence and wveiglmt of c11‘aracter, whojWere~;re1ied~‘upron. 

?to bring f’orwzu'c1 a;r1<.;1 re‘.-:co1"x"1n'1{:nd_ c::xndid:1,tes for official appo%ir1’t»g
% m<;~nt,. or for popular election. They vv6c:~re knoiwnpto ;~eac%h%%;o%tI1Jc’a,r,%

and: f1'equ 01'1‘r.1y‘ 1net,>f0rrna.1Iyorinf’o1"imflly,afcéntral %1;*.i%~<:}>i§%I*1%1:As%%«5,i~'t%:>i‘3‘%$j % %
consultation ahd an i‘1.1te;rc1$1a13g0 of %ic1'ez1s.* “As the‘%¢irc1e%v%%1erj:vla‘rg@'g  

‘they acted by %14;11oir repmsm1tat.iV055; in  t}j*1e~*gener;a1_%‘court at x

B%ost0;;f1,% a,nd in the f'e<1em1Co11gr@s;<5H2Lt I?l'%1lIuvd.e1p11ia. % Thesess-io‘n"s4.

 tlmcourts p*1*%es;cx1tm“1 f'a,vomb1€a%ti~%m‘es for %t1"1assc.:°inte1‘communicas - % % %
1 tions,% and gzzxvfcz n<acc:ss3:11'iI%yn cbrlsczqucnco to tlm p1acx:Hvl%1ere they   ‘
V wc~.reho1<‘1c2x1. % ~ % % % * % % % % V M

% %  to thepcriod of whic;»hI1mve%beon spea.1<%ing,t11eascen%<;1an¢y4 AA %
"of the Fort, or %c3eLnt1'a1%  vi],11agg;0., Was%‘st1‘oI1g;1y rrm1‘1w<:I,‘ aLr1c7l  Iimys 

‘ di:sp11ted.~ Soon af‘tt3r,%v»L1nd<3r~Ihcé p‘mttt*011age o%f”r.11e V%mxg11a1‘1f'a1'niIy,% _
‘W110,  0:fm?b_t1menr;% bcmme t}10owv11<3r.~?;of' vary valuable  V % ‘

% V prisingmen, who lmd e1n’i;;mte<;1%to t1mt‘pIz1c:c3,%it Imclso g1*oW"n%<yr‘m£it1

% Ap1*os1m1~cd,%jtI%1:1t it pro<;1%uc0d bcztwecn ‘tlm %Hoc>1»;% “zi11c1 the AFM L % 
 _~Aj%ea1ousies and competitions, %%w1j1icI1j are 7so oftmi fountT:1~tm %   ,

4 ‘ f 4 ; bemV«:an4%?4neiglubmingvi11ages. A % A %      ¢

g Kennebec ‘br*ic1*g*‘@7 should  Yb e  locatexd 9 at  the ‘Few:  

 

 the‘ eye,‘ s%pan‘nihg Athcé ‘rfivex-A ,ix1 fltwo% 

 ‘the '}5~Ioc:rk37t’11{e tip%peI%1zi1ti0n by w11‘ic11%t1‘1at%pzm; of I£Ia.11owe11j % %
‘was? then known, zmcl t11roug11 t,I'1r.>%¢3ff'<)1.~ts of serum ::u:1;iv@%anci‘%émtae‘r#

   

  
 
    
  

 

 

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t t   t ma%:ny ofywhom had butha.1%f%‘ tm lxtour tbteforer t passed the bridge in t
t s"""a:f'ety;>A A It  tm%builtA two tyéars atfterw%m:tds.A?t~ f§But in April, 1827.;,% t

% '%ttittttWdokp fire   Teve%r1ix1g,  ttxc-3 \ causeof‘ which 11a.s%'%neV%e1'AAbeen

cléjatrbr scertained. Vj AFromAitst positiot1,%t eXposetc1% to the acztion ‘of

 air to ;f'z::.tn1: the flames,=abbve and below; and ona11,siC1e%Sl, ‘£116

 .AwhQ1e tst1f11cti11:e Was“ very‘ soon in a state of ignition. Intttfew %
” Vmit1utes_t11e roof and eXTte1'31‘m1%Acoveringwveret consumed, b1'it1ging'

% 'o‘uttto~th%e eyethe symmé>tryto$f tits -beautiful §:trc11es, avndthc % nice
‘  tmcerytttof its admi1~aAb1e fratne-j-W01'k, every squarcaj illch Of Which
  tgttowiztg with the de.vou1*ing elexnettt- 9 It VV8.S SOI11L(:‘:titI1(3 befom

t ‘    %iupt>n_%j the  . titttbér wast %such  as % to tcgtusg th(-3 S’tI‘L1G1l111“§3 % %
*fltOgfaAItl;%% While its btuming urcties still retnained ‘susptiandetl, at

_ % more brilliaxtt spectucletcould not tlave been ptnsczntecl to the
‘ \A%t;11uman eye;A With an activity‘ and Ae‘n€a1'§gy,t1%0t possibIe%ttattt1A)et

Apres(3t11tj.c1ay,tfror11 the difficutty of :p;‘0cut~ixtg timbAe:t:_, th._c-3 }.)1‘idg0 was At

‘rebuilt; so as to beconte pas3sztb1c3_,%%i.t1 Atxgfist t:>t’t1te+ S€1t'1”t(:'3 ytcimr.

 The ,qu€:stio11 0ftJt11e%tbricIge lmving beam. decidml, om‘ tzcaigytbors
A.  tI1c1jI~Io0%k struggledt folf thA0LtScer1Ct:111cy in ttowxt ztteotittgs, tm.t.1
Vt  _4municAipa.1.G1Gctitons. Tti';isV%conteA:st bcsgattne at Icng;1;tI1 $0%t:tntmy-9
 that ttte citizens at:tha¢tF¢tt  deemed  expeditittt to; V petition

% thegeneral c%ottrt%to be  itnc0rpo1?zttca(j1 ililtft at S€3ptti‘£Lt0 town, I am‘

tttngt E‘LWi1.1‘C-3, that this lT1Gi3tSL1;t“£.‘ was opposed. Tlrtc-3 t;o:w%ns3]tip Awvtts

tlatégegtancit by the clivision (molt village 1m(:l ~th0 SG3I)«‘;L1‘tltC3 tA1'1:.:tm1,ge-

V J >t'nm,i1t5‘o[f imtown concmris. Amos E53to(1dm*d., ttft.r;:1‘wz:1,1*¢;I::-7; at 1W£tj0'1‘ in .

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AA therepreséntativtoftlmtown. thisttiidvticc-2,1%ttA1t: mwtown At

”  was :7  Harrington, At’ t at   distingt1i£1:Atc: English patriot   that

t  wnagme‘. Alt was tn‘ot‘Va.aceptab1e%%Ato% our‘.citizt%::ns,‘ arid at the next t

sessiontttof the gené1"a1 com:t_Was clA1at1ged to tAt1tfigus;ta.%

  not’-be4un'interestiAng, to %c%o*“mAside%r ‘fort a,~1tio1ne11t how %

A £1 Aindelkiblyt some Adiatingguislted na§rt1cs_a}Are in1p1*esséd upon thc)1:A1i:at01*y
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4%I31~oug11tabout1in 1820. “It was provic1ed,I believe, Awitlmut Oppo-
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%  holder; atPor’c1and.. ; % “

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_ %  3“ ‘Afl th%at Wasnot :1 centra1 poi:51t< in ‘the ‘State, the %ar1‘mmigement%
% AA Q  Was %p.1°ovis%io11_a,I,~ and]_the% 1ocatic ) n of -the%pe%1fma.1f1ent seat qf.=govern~%
1  ‘ ‘me%t1f;% wvas‘ 1:iega,7rd%e%c1 as%a_n%4%o%pe1j1  q‘ues*tion—.% Until the Amatter was
% %  s5ettIjecIde:fi%niti‘vel‘y,% it  wa*s not expected& that there would; be a,
" i1*e1'x1ova1‘f'romM%%PortIand. I*Ien‘ce ‘it %beca_1n'<3 the obvious pc>IiVcy 0f

% ger1.tIem en  in t_}1ei1~ interest, %to“p'os‘tp0ne  :1  dcacV:ision% upon t1"1zxtlpoit1t.

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p i‘o%.m%ir1ent,% % %T%heg p1'incip.:L1 st1'ate.gy of tlmims 10p;pc:>%mnts%

% 1v:is%,jAfo get%11’p rival pretensions ewlsm-3Wlm1‘0‘. % %%W'it11 EL vimv to obviw

% (me tlm c111I)a1fm.ssmc11t thus lC1‘C3EL'f.C3d, Gem. Chzxrid1c21‘, J Lz‘c1gc G1'e<:31;1
jj  ‘Dr. Rose, *.ve1‘<3% appoiuted~ ctryxn1*1'1i:3sic>1‘1%c.$rs, to visit %di1*f’e1*ent

p:.u‘ts- of % t}1eJS’w.‘te%, and to report  *<.vIm.t s'it%e% 01' location woiald, in

 tlarfirjnldgrncxnt, be the: most cligibie,“ upon Twhic:11 to e1'eC1;% :1 Smto

hduse, w11icI1*s11ould% pé1fxn%a.%nentlVy accr.n'x1111ot;1ate the: g;ovc:1'z1r1‘1<:.mt.~

%  ta1;ingti11*1Q%fort11e fu1filxnp11t %of%t1'1i.s%% r;1uty,*ax1<.111em:ing "

T %gm:1e‘n;eAn1%upon we qAx;estionA as ‘Adesixwto  tlumiri, they~

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fin.«myA d«:2c?ided%%i11 mvo1~Aorth¢ Sit@.%L'Ip(.)‘1”l Aw11A1c11 the’ 11ia%sasivcm.111(1
splexidid struczttxm, now;bc3ef<)1'c;‘ 11f1c3,* lmzmbeexx O1‘CCt(3(], 15uilt%pu1*t1y

from ‘granite tu.ké:>1:1 from the ground,%bL1t p'rincip:11%1*y% froxiri thczr‘
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islature s11<:n;,11dbe h01dam._at‘I1a.IIowe1I. To.%t11is,%AL1gus%ta mid Fits %
_ .;7friends_% prmnptly acccadéd ;*  a;r1%c%1 %1;I°1%%.3 1‘cSoI‘ve%p}1Ssc3d  1%;}"1=c3% necé$sa1*y&%~ A

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 catustroplaowzts not without its tcomponsatiiong:  j f ‘
  ad: such attlexpansion at and neartliolclmti,   i

17

AL1gusta.*,An act A to this leff'ect:% was jithereuponl passod, andthel   A V‘  
l rfeso1v<:>,itinfztvor of I-Ia1loWell,iropeitlod.  i i  _ % it    1A‘ A‘
t Tliis arrangement t was i followeclli A by appropriations ‘for Wtlhie:
erection of the State‘ house, the oo1'ne1* stoneliol’ which was after. i

wa1'dst1a.icl by Govornonif Lincoln, Witl1.Aappropria.te'iceremonies,

'1‘ha.t go11tlema11 died in itliitfitovvtiWhiile yet_‘iriA officcr ids” ‘Cliief " i i M

V‘ Mogistmto, and ‘w§:Ls§i11to1*redg with tlto ltonorsiiduleit to his rank  l

the publtio groundsin f'ront of the State lmouse,  his remains
are now entornbodp His/eldolt bltother, then Governor of MaSAsa~ V

cltttscstts, ;attonclodio.s chief mournor on that occasion.

‘At :1. clistanco ‘from the Aseafzit the lmad of‘ navigation, With‘ 

st deptl'1oi'Wttte1‘ admitting vessels only of a. morlomte size, our

1fiV<E31“ tobstruoteld by ioo four,1*r1or1thsAi in‘ the yoztr, lanlcl Aneairf tof t i
rival towns undo villages, We we boetnf~con~st1?ai%necl$ito iilooiijto

A t'r1Azmufac:tttros~, to atclva.Iioe ourl progress l and give o1'xipiloy1inen.ti to A A l

our_ popul.ation. A

l A%With at viowto create a. WatoritlpoAwoAr for”1;hiiis purpose, the Ken-
nobeo Adam twzts lnuiltineariy twenty years ago, at an iezstponse of it
tlmroca ihuxidmcl tlt'xo1x‘sttncl clollztrs. A Mills were  orootecl, tihcl V the
ox1terp1"i2:c"wzt:§ tltotiglit l1opol’ul.* But when tho water’ was ‘high;

time rivcsar wmslfoutilrl too xnuol'1%%cor1ip1*tase3od folrt the safety of itht-3% '

(lttm; S1)urning§tl1o bounds witltin Wl’1iCi1 it was atte:-mpted'to be-ii 
confAinodl,i it made a:1o.te21"al broz1Clh‘,l ’Abem*ing oil‘ tvitl1tAirrosistil)lt%t‘

powel-acres ofA~soIidmrtl1Afrotr1 the ‘riighitl bani: of the river, until the

rxmstsiof water raised by tlzuss dam for fifterm miloshacl piaissiecl away. A
The dam il2SOlf.,‘Wi1iCh woo built with _ great strongtl1,lwas A vAory_t ‘
little ittjurocl 5 but tho rivorl lmd rooodocl fxjom itstoasterntendltworw

hundrodi foot, in %c.onseqt;1onoo%% of tliolioxcavation causedlayl’il+lW"i'i  A Al Al

T‘h$‘Ii‘VEr‘?‘~  AA A A _ A A A A A  _ A 
pmmd Aiwhat ,itAA;ltg,sA»«bolow, Athgtt the faAlA1 at time;  Iieét

   
 

tzxsftho wmterri5;es,oartdtitoproosure atbovei is llneafljrli:idOi;1ntot‘~’i ‘ l “

poised llbytho rise; of tho watorbelow. 3 The libagsim oteaitedby tholi

V oxtoaivzttilori affordslmoro safotiztnd 'convenionti$itosA if'or5 mAi‘lls.}j7 In  

ladcliticmtto these advantagos, a, pormanontlelclge was disclosed, A 
upon which the dam was exte1idedltlAtWitl1«EW36 and iS3«f9l1YA  fail’ 3%‘ AA 

A the bank llxad WrecodediJ.   % l l

 

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i   ifiidoireaeohable doubt irernaine that“ ether  artificial powericreated i
V‘ _*  rnay»bei-‘preserv»ed. l liThe fruits ofiithis ienterprize,elon’g V
i C  and iaeseiled both by fire Mendyy flood}; are inflow in a ilfair way y

A  realized. ~

 It lies tal%;e_I1a1"1 hundred ylears tobring our city itoliits iipreseent
V conditi”on.‘l Iltsgrowthilhas been generally slow, sometimlese“scarcely?

iperceptible, with occasional periods of iacti_veyl.progress, Itiyis not 5

i   Without attractionand beau«ty.lIhave reference to its laendscapcy,
_   the panorama lwhiclriis presented ;from ffavoreclelpositions;
 it lias:_ breauty and l ttractiiouly of _ ranotherrri kind; lwhicli cannot

ii i eyfailltobeappireci ted by younger ‘eyes, there] is abundant proof

‘ ion the presentgoccasion.

‘It has quite a number l of beautiful private residences ii on both
sides of the river, embellished ‘by * gard7ens,r trees‘ and yshrubberyy’,
which, when inlifulyl foliagei, are grateifulilanrl 15efre”sl1i11gtotl1e eye.

i ii Besides its places of’ public gworship, with their graceful‘ spires,

l;  Cony femalle academy and the neat and testeeful highschool

V iho-use, ityyhas 1;herSfnate I:‘Ioyuise_,i with its Soaring edorne and imposing
” i V facade»; the3i‘bnildoingsriiion ’(',hG.*y‘l.A.I?S;@I’1$11;iigrollnidfi,» the Irisane Hospital

and lithe iceurtl house; allofgnative granite,which will remain
A“ through “the ‘‘ coming ages mionulmentsll of ‘whatllhas been accom-
plished incur firstiicentury; i i i l i i  l

i   Tvhelfirst mail provided for our accommodation, was ca.rriedVon

V1 yjylfxoreeheckto andwfrom Boston once a‘ fortnight. Long since my
hiijiétirjelmbrance,i110l2“A1‘E3ceiVe_a. mail from that clity-until the
  f y Ninet hoursilareiienow sufficient for its transit; 1 and ‘if

A 4   it chance tolriblellylderayeeg,  eb=e*co impaeent, and by we mag- i

ii d_n.e‘tic telegraph inquirewhat cenhave happened,--N

 
 
  

 

 r a hearingintelligencefrom ‘

in  the gamer ymediumafew rhourerf are lnow suificient Alto isexidiy A
y e _  eiinierrogatories to New Orleans; and   to all riulterveni
f Antoni receive ranswers.r _ What uwiasr done in Washing

 
   

stations‘ 
  Yesterday.

»li,]"yy’i‘i;§eknowri«el hezrelii to-rday;   Al distinguished Statesmenedldreseeee l
‘ »eo.mpa,rativelysrr1all number theregwithiniylthei i sound of  v<T:iice,7

 he speaks along the ‘wires. to the Whole union.l‘; ‘Idiehviviell

preesesof all ltihelgretat i:citie£s.~,   l 

_ ffmireel

of ~ linterclom

   

 periods and ‘glowing language issue, almostileimulieneously,

r'nuniceti.onl ervades Europe ;A  i
{great games", St.’ Petersburgh:,liii!Ber~ 

I 19 yr _

lino, Vienna andiParis, it crosses beneath the watereof the English

A by channel, iendi comes to us diniless thanfdurteetn days “from” London A l
and Liverpool. in The deep anxrietyl with which we awayitedlryrinltéllia  

gence from Europe, during ti10'ASti1f‘1’il1gl pe1'iod of the Wars of the 
Frencli revolution, is fresh in my remembrance. yAooordingi to 
the seasonof tltetiyearilit  i’dyel‘ayed Mfrom. thirty to sixty:

daysg The’, battt1atlottVate1-loo, whichjtput an endto the carem of A  it 

Bonaparte; wash fourrht on the ieiggltteetnthjitofi June,7but it Wasno’t l to

knownilihereuntilithe first of August.‘ " it y y y y a . gy
‘ In one hundred years the population of Maine has, expanded

from probably less than forty thousand, to over sixwhundred tho.u--’

‘ eattd at this time. aWhen compared, however, with the growth of

theweetern country, it is quite thrown into the shade. The age

of Augneita  twieetttthat of Cirnoinnati, the queen city of the‘Iwje»st.,‘i
whioli is nowtinrnurrriberei in yaclVa.nce of yBoyston.y C1iioaglo,‘ilvritl1   i
l .*:~:ix;ty t1'101l5$i1I'1ti,‘i'lt?).§S been settled but about twenty years. ‘   it it

by Tide Iirenoh fort, Din Quyeene,r was built in 1754, the year 
‘which Fort West‘e1'n c1atee,iion the site of ‘ Wlriatl is new Pittshuirgh.

 It Vvae1itlle1'etl‘1at Braddock ran the followingyear  a fate he might

the older Staten, aiyvaettflrreignryernigration. 

‘ have eee:rpted,i  his pride could have suffered him to be iadviisedrr‘  I

by a provincial ofliieerg ’Pittsl)nrglt,dwhich started ‘from the same h
period with Atrggustzzt, inellttiiitg its immediate lcontiguorute ysubinrlfrs',‘ i

has a populatioxi of one 11u"ndrodytl1ousand‘.. y t 

The portion of the which Iiesdnorth-West.‘ of the Oliiof 
oaety at the Mimiesibprigi hjaclinoti yfortyi irrthoasand yyinhabitants " at the
first oens:ns,’w1ie1'ethereare now.‘ more thanVflive millions.
of the reasons why ide1'nigrat‘ion from the ‘ older Statee took a dirreo- _
tion west,linstem1 of eastwarcl, was the imp1:‘G$Si0lf1 very generally: 1 _

t entertainecl of the severe elirnateiandyd sterility of Maine. r y  V

itheolyirnate jdiztfore very yliyttle frorni‘ that of ylVIztesaoh11s~ettei, ew yr
Ha1npeh‘ire,. Vermont and the tfiorthetfn part ofew ‘York. ‘ Its boil i
is good, and will liberallyrroward agrioiiltulf1'a1~‘ labor tjudiqriourelyy j

applied. The weetl11e;7el received, in ‘adcllition [to laeeeeeioneirtifrrorn

 

 I trust t,l‘1ie ‘Stat vie destineditoibeybetter L1nydiersto»od " and appdree y 

aim}. It is more frequently ivieited ifiromiiab«road.‘i ”Steafrnb‘o_ate

l and railroads have diincreasecl the facilities before‘ .doing “So. The».  it
‘ Atlarrtio and St. yI..;awrence lra.t1.roac1 lies; opened aloodmmunioation  v t d 

 

 itho1Canadas,rthé trade arid irnprovement,aswe1I as population t
i of whichgare rapi%dIyi’a;dVancing;t This cannot failto bring for-
iwardtthetwestern ‘part.ofi0u1*‘State,. ‘  ,   it i  t “ i it

Viii:"Mvo%OseiIiead ‘lake is1‘b5ooorr1ingia'itpoint of attr’action. The. rapici

i i iaottiai ‘and prospective g;~‘owt11 of:Bangorv'vi11%stimu1ate the i‘e:x,tc11-%-
rsiveregion %oon11ecitedwit‘l*1itho&Pe11obscot ‘watejrs. t With“ the grise

ia1id~rp1~ospcérityi of the country ieaj.sta1idwost,_ the centralitliennobroc
regioin%;mLrstnecessarily participateti ‘No ivaritti-torwns arid oities<.r

V V Withoiittliem liigir culttrm and civilization are hot to be ezrzpieictedg
A ‘ A [if we will rim our city .E‘a1i'1iL1iiiig1'OVV,.1:h(E*.1‘C~)‘i$i a ivay.  The aroma
V Kooéstutht Wasirightiio throwingupoir tI1i_SVS€..*t1t.it"rt(~3I1t the i%tiforVort%%%of
i hi$_€10qL1GI1C8. % Whore tirero-is a~t?«wiIlr,tithoi*e is a Way. I We 1'nusr»t

i  0136311 and ‘cherish newt sourcesiof b1rs3i11ess'ianc1 pro

iject )1riiea:=.mr”os to

% i give employmontrto our citizeiis, and qtiticicoii iridustry. ‘We must
it “ sot more of’ our water power at Work, and send what may be tliusc

moducedinto the gotricmti 1.”1’1tfL1‘1{E3i;. iiLot riothing who ‘pu1'o1iasa(ir'

¢ ahroad,w11ioh canibo made profitably at 1"1011'1(~3‘; T‘hus capital
  savoclparrd aocurriiiiatod. to idevoilope our 1'os:ou1*oos.
 i I?~I%avirig‘g1ar1coa1¥ataiomoroifrtiiojrrioro‘salient points in our tliisnu
 Tbsrieif ojttiy1*ortraiinSifcrr7iW”ii"at iiiiayibe rrioro appro-A
i ipriateitottho birth day of‘oL11*i1‘1at:icij.1.i Itwill. at once relieve my

audience f‘rom<the a.tpp1~oo1‘ioiisio11 that I mail detain them iupton the

 topiosrofritho .1‘aVtoiuti.ox1, and tho subraoquotit o.s;1;ab'1i$hx1*1o1it or our
‘ rposiit%iot1timst.itutiot1is;  It is the pmsorit z:mdVt1:1o fut.u1"o of our nati.on,

*   ;prir1oipiai'o12ttiiriii upon our attention. V‘ \ i
it i 1 ‘eagle has st1*%ong-ptinionst‘ Start

M ' ingtfrom the; St. \
‘Marys, ioutr original ;soutiio1*n boundary’, passing; roVundn.qt}.ier (:§O€tfSti ‘

If‘Iori%d'a.,tr1e'arto»thoAnti1Ie.s, he rtwirigs hiaway acroés the gttlf ‘
 Mexicsoj tothe mouth of the %Ii‘tio%Grande%, thenoo looking towards

the setting isuni and trosltiiinag Tori aréhort tfioriiod "upont the sumimi.ti of i

thoRoVok’y Mountai11s,11isrflight has ibeen extended to that vast and
tranquilwocoan, W11io11iM1%aVios tlie eastern shore of the Old oonti-
rmflflt. 5‘ Thence turning riorthwardi % to_the_ forty-ninth tparallolt of
1at;itude;,11e there VVh681S,rWZ'li.h an unbltenchedr eye, towards the

 
 
   
 
 

ay holieartofithot patriot ‘it‘di1a’ca”tat the contemplatiorr

,'   flndi 00tI1fiiI11il@Si his flight for three-thouisand miles to the

A agtnitioont boundaries; it W%ostward “tire star of  i

 

 

takesflitswny. i What the far-*seeingii Bishopo Berkley  ” ‘
oii’éycs'i have jwitncssciid ; and itis yet ‘niorreceivica more    %
filment. o Much land within‘ our amp1oCdiomain,‘rich ‘aniidifertiiilio, i
iicrnains to he subdued. We receive with open arms tiiei myriadsfi 
which seek our country, fornioW~~11abitationsif?1¢Incwestcrn;»Enrope7. o

4 ii Ancient iCathay,~t1i‘iei central flowery‘ kingdoi'n,»scr1ds iiiitho-uislandiis 

of emigrants toiouir Pacific sliores. "They are aish1*ewd‘,i»oindns- ii
trious people, all trained‘ to o. know1cdge[of' letters, and rnainyoto~ %
commerce‘ and the arts‘; needing only itoibcicvangclized, to reach‘
the iiigiicst forms of civilization. An overruling P1~oviidcncei%is.4
evidently accelc wing that event, which will bring as new converts %
within the pole of cliristionity, one-third part of the 11umani‘racc.‘5 i

 

‘ The new power thcrc, which has irpassscdj ‘1:1*iiump1mnt1yifromi  i  

south to north, olmiosst toizhc gates; of Pc1«:iin,i‘riiondioiwhoich %:ia=3*a:l3?o‘i?x:i:i to

‘ overthrow tho Monchoo Adyriosty, ao1<no?w1ccigcs Jc:suis“ Ciari"s1;‘o:nd

:ropudio.tos idoloatiry. o Tlxistrnnsition isjyct iimpcriioctiancl omingflcd

(‘with many cmm-:;.i But whcn aroadingnncii intclligoniipicopley o i

areiaallmi to w‘at.c1iiti*1c course of iovcntci; cspcciollyiin _
ithossc parts of am world "with iwhicli We have ~‘n_hcc most fx*‘q;ucrnt 

% ‘ c’LFhza.t is So" frail occiiirity, ? 1 iabiio t ifinicifuiatoii as    
o 7 cahoots,  %   % o
iipiunkilcrci-id% and A‘ di}iioh:o*norlccié*i of a foramoir i“.:;dfi7‘rpcncic  ‘

 picriodiirwc rchoulci  upon roflieo; V

have lnhondonod their projtxciiccs M and rccciivoi the Bible r rwijith‘ ircvw i

crcncc, tliorc is o ciocciclcci rnovcirnicint-iini1i;1:1c 1~ig1i1tipoth; i T. i Mi 
Ii‘rc:>1%n onr"‘”vo.sf. ms’.i.C3I1SiC)I1 and iricrcosirig n1o:11‘ni3cn=s,‘it i should be r

romci*ni3crc:c1 hoth by tho pooplc and those to whom «p?oW(c'r  i

gotccti, tlmta 1c:.*.;;,_§,'i2as1a1.ti.<:)1'1%i"c>r smioh nnicrnpirc is noiii‘“gihto‘5trusti.  A i ‘\
I3utrcgo.,1*i<iced no :1 igrczzifr porwori‘isiooni‘ to take the firstiipilicooiiii" ‘ AA .:If]ij

nmoniigf om! onictionc, our forcigxi rclmiioonss rise in importancc, V  V i i 

   
 
   
 
 

i11tc1*cc)n1~ssc.  c i o i ~ i i Mi

Aftcr flvrtzy ycars poa‘cc,* with sflightj iontcrroipitionsi,ziifilréiiii
p3oWcrs of liluropc arc marssilmlling thoir~1iosts upon th~ihn‘n!  
 1im§o;y1‘bo“n‘fTcotod by nggrcsoionsupon our neutral‘  V 1

   
  
   
 

   

 r-mm tihesc agg'1~oso‘i:nisiby ‘

Providcnco; upon iouriown power, i

aw him 1 of’ ,

 fWhilc it hccorncis us to be ‘cautious,i:ro‘ii   %
  i      A 

ioffoncioi,» self‘ rcspcct‘ foir’hiiidoiiuc~w {}71;o

       

 
  
            
  
   
  
  
   
 
 

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it  mutselveis tottdeterxnine.  a greatpowerforbeeranoe
 isinot weeknessgbutmagnanimity.t * i i i i i t t ~ ‘ 

;    the" vigilancewhich the protection_ of our ownhrights
J  necessary, as an important member of" the icommimity Of

 I in?eti~ons, our oipinions, whether exhibited in the hells of Congress

'  p~O'fitaI‘1t1'I‘1CI5I'3;1i‘iI1flL18nCeiUpOI1 the World. L‘ It is essentie1,%therefore,

 
 

 ”tv.:~eny..art=sofh E-ni'ope,ciomp1icates n the condition of things: .a.ng
V ithetiforecestiiof statesrnen, t h t ‘ _   e
 "”Tlietitiirnmedietci ground of contention is, whether the prinhcipel

 

i~iM~os1seri1'power shall be overthrown oi‘ sustninchcl, The eutocrat hi ‘
hasiittdecilerctdt it dead or dying. It has since‘ given % so many signs ~

 

t of t1ifieiha.ind‘iinf1ictedi upon him such severe blows, that he wili
i tpersistijin the.t:opini%on.i %  V   " i
it ” spoweriyshowevier, is%%ieviderit1ytwn11i1'm'. _ It rencliediitcs cul-
  cent ; shef_fo»re» Einrope,hnnc1».er the joint influence in of the
it 1?efot:rn1atin,~ithe invention ofhprintingbthe ‘revival of commerce

 

it ““? ‘estroingcontrest the condition of hurnenitymvhich is the iresult of
h  gospel _on the one hand, and of the koran onthe other. If the
 iv>sLemtide1utsionei1m.de not been: longtdoornedeby divine p.res~cienche.,

ase- 

A iehampion of ciespotismh, pure and ehso1nte,t‘c1a.ims to be the agent
Vef hteeveni, in giving to christienityt again the ascendancy in its

in enleienthseetsh. it  is repelled byitlirence ‘ and iEng1n11d insisting

 jdestroying; each other.

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  Wrongtjnstifiesendwhich the prestigeofpower requi1*es,iiti_ e

* i «orin the tone endttcornrnents of our leading presses, haven an im. _
7tshon1dtVhe‘ Well edlvisedt with respect to that ‘ dip1oma.cy,'

rnheveementhand action of ttheiiipowers new infconflict. ; The antag- U
 ~~,go5vernnérents andh people, which is eferrnenting in t

i ‘ and the developrnentof science and the arts, had brought into i

i   i'menifM’estvt11ett»e it cannot sustain itself ‘ against  the light of _ the \

i A  The iautocre,t,i; the master o-fen-ation of, serfs end the nvowed i

 ~ hthet the continne.n:ceof powers is essential for the doubles i
of Mcurbinghisnmbeitionhand of irestmiiiintg the differtcint i i
'  and the vet-ihous sects of christiens in Tnrlcey and Europe, _

t‘ts~ie.1.i%t»oct-at will nottttsuiffer th~e14esuscitnt.ion  the Byzantine e
hntifipnrposesitotdivide Turkey into Stetesfand iprincipe.1-  h
 protetction. ” IF;mnce'e.ndi England donot fevore  i h _

 

 

establishrnentof allehristian power tlilerre,n lunpojn thegrlurr that  t
tWlou'l?d *nto‘lt jaossess Asufficient elements of strength, r witlrotu-t 
Moslem masters, jforlts own protection.“ l l V l  ' t l t  

uotin the drama of the world, which will hasten the rrdventof a  l l

   
   

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That the christiansubjeots of Turkey ‘have been 1ong.rclebased;l doll
by servitude,with theadditional thraldom whitcho a corruptucreetd t
nndianlaignoranttl and biglotevdlpriesthotod hafirelirnposed, [is It  _
doubt truebut these tevilstmaly be f:i‘emoved% by then ]difi‘usion of  
education and la rno~rel‘active intercourse Wlthowestern Eurolpejfilll % A‘

There is little reason to believe that the war now raging Willbe  
of short continuance, or that the sphere of l its reaction will  econ- % n V
trncted. It is much more probable that it will bringllotlrtertnnatrons ‘_ 
within its vortex. When it shall have exhausted itself, he would l
be a. bold and presumptuous rnon who would undertaketo predict _ l
the baéis of its pacification. I doubt not, it will turn }outelto an (A

 

more propitious era; l l r , % ‘  % V %   %
o The policy of this country isjpe7ace, lnotltconquest; . rtltltislcgertainlyr: All  _

suffioientljr ex.tended.‘l Our llleffortlshotrld now be “to %develo”p,e orbiter  p t  -

reso111*oes; and to bring forwardland cultivate its unsettleld territory. do ‘

 

% It should be our fervent desire, that our diplomacy t wltlrforeignl l ll H

 

nations slroulld be sotetrxperedkwitlr moderation andefirm‘”ness,the.t %  1] 1'  do
we may escape beingeinvolved in their conflicts and itkis grateful ”

to foe1tossured‘that what prudencedictotes, the claims and interests,  A ll
o‘fhumo.nitydonotforbid. V t , I ~ ~ l l ”

 

 

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