Litchfield enquirer., 1833-04-18

and to cOnciliate the now conflicting parties Ofthe natiOn--he exclaimed.
 Il want 60 see no sacked ciiies-no smO- king haInlets-nO conquering arm'es-0O ceS- plated uIains-no streams Of American blood shed by American arms"
 We ., arc,.ly before knew the power and emphasis which Reclamation can add to sim. ple words; no man can hear Henry Clay when excited, pouring out his soul in language than which nothing can be more musical, without acknowledging himself under the spell Ofa master potent tn the art of eloquence.
 Mir. Calhoun, as a speaker, is equally re- moved from the impressive deliberation of Webster and the strong impulses ard OVerpow- ering bursts of Clay. His delivery is rapid and inelegant. He has not studied the effect of manner, and he appears ignorant and care less of the force which eloculiOn may add to language. His words are spoken with flu ent haste almost incompatible with distinct ness, and are clipped and shortened with no attention to their orthography. Yet, when the more theatrical and tragic force of Clay fades from the mind, and one becomes famil- far with Mir. Calhoun's hurried utterance, his elegant language, his comprehensive views of the subject, his manlyeand clear and deepen ing eloQuence in its turn charms the nearer, and all minor andsaccidental peculiarities are merged in the general interest which heex- cites.
 In leaving the capital, where at this crisis in the history of our country, the flags, waving over the dome, give token that the two bodies of Congress an holding their debates, one cannot but musea aa moment upon the interest which overspreadsthe spot, and hope that the high and honorable men in whose hands. not only the destnies of this nation, but of the cause of freedom over all the globe, are en- trusted, will never betray their deep respon- sibities.-N. Y. Mirror.
 Miss Prudence CrandaN.-As this coura- geous and enthusiastic lady has been the sub ject of newspaper remark for some weeks, it is not improper for us to notice her. For year or two past she has kept school for young ladies in Canterbury, Conn. in her own house. In February last she visited Prov. dence and Boston, and became acquainted with Mr. Garrison, Mr. Buffum, and others of the Anti Slavery Society, who oppose the Colonization Society, and advocate the im- mediate abolition of slavery, the establish ment of academies, &c. to educate the blacks, the admission of blacks into society on terms ofentire equality, the amalgamation of whites and blacks by intermarriages. &c. She i'm bibed all their principles, and when she re- turned home to Canterbury, dismissed all the young ladies, and announced her intention to convert her Female Seminary into school for blacks. She stated in her advertisement that on the first day of April, she would open a school for young ladies and little misses of colOr." This came like an earthquake up- on the good people of Canterbury; the in- ha6itants of the adjoiRing town of Windham n were not more alarmed by the croaking of frogs in days of yOre. A school for "young ladies and little misses of color !"-a school to teach girls with black skins, wooIIy heads and flat noses the same things that white girls are taught. was not to be endured they deter mined to have no such Outlandish doings in 1 the town of Canterbury. The citizens as- 'embled, and sent one committee after anoth- ] er, requesting Miss Crandall to give up the 1 project, but sine remained inflexible. A great excitement was produced. A town meeting was called, and on the 9th of March all the people came together. When the meeting was opened, MT. Buffum. the agent of the an li-slavery society, Rev. MT. May, the Unita- rian minister of Brooklyn and vice. president Df the society, some young men from Rhode ! Island, and two or three stout negroes from { entered the house and took conspic- uous seats. This array of foreign power was rather alarming, but the people proceeded to ] discuss and adopt resolutions, expressing the strongest disapprobation of the proposed school; and a committee was chosen to point out to Miss Crandall the incalcuable evils re- suIting from such an establishment, and to persuade her, if possible, to abandon the pro- ject. Two of the gentlemen from abroad re- quested of the moderator liberty to speak in behalf of Miss &sandall, but the moderator refused, and let them know that persons from
 other towns and states would not be permit l ted to interfere with the deliberations of a
 Canterbury town meeting. After the meet
 ing was dissolved, the gentlemen from abroad
 attempted to address the people, but the y
 were ordered to withdraw, and the house was
 shut. The committee then communicate ed
 to Miss CrandalI the proceedings of the town,
 and offered to purchase her house, if she would
 abandon the proposed school. She boldly
 defended her proceedings and principles, and
 refused to sell her house, or alter her course
 When they talked to her about internarria.
 ges. she said Moses married colored wo.
 man. Some of the people have since threat. ened to drive her and the "young ladies o
 color out oftown at the point of the bayouet
 Miss CrandaIl is said to be lady of supe
 rlor talents and excellent character. Nobody
 doubts her benevolent intentions, but many
 people think that she is overzealous, too mucf
 influenced by Garrison and Butfum. and run.
 ning little too fast into trouble.
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