Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-12-10
Eloquent Plea for the Poor.

Eloquent Plea for the Poor.
We utterly repudate, unworthy. not o.
freemen only, bur Of men, the narrow notion, iha,
there IS to be no education for The poor such
Has God provided for the poor coarser earth
thinner ar, paler SKY, Does not the glori
Gus pour down his golden rays cheerlly
on the poor mans howell as upon The rich mans
palaeea Have not the cotfager's children as
keen ecePton, Of all the freshness, yendure fra
GRANGE, melody and beauty Of luxuriant nature as
The pale Of kings. Or Is II the mind, that
God has stamped the imprint Of baser birth. and
that The poor mans child knows, with lnborn
certainty that his lot IS 10 crawl, not to clmb?-
| /, is God has not done Man cannot
/ do it. Mind is immortal Il bears mark of
high or low,--rlch or poor. 1t heeds no bound Of
time, place, circumstances. |, asks bu,
freedom. 1t requres but light. 1t is heaven born,
and il asplres 10 heaven. Weakness does
! enfeeble il. Poverty cannot repfess il. Diff
cuIes do not stimulate its vig0r. And the poor
taIlow chambers that sits up all night 10 read
book which apprentice lends him, lest the
masters eye should miss II in the morning, shall
stand and treat with kings, shall bind the light
ming with hompen cord and bring il harmless
from the skies. The common school is common not
inferior, nor The school for poor mems chill
dren, but the lgh, air il is common 1t ought
to be the best school, because it is the first school;
and in all good works the beginning one ha II.
Who does not know the value TO the community
of q plentiful supply Of the pure element of
ter?--And inhnently more than this IS the Com
mon School, ii is the foundation nj when me
mind drinks, and refreshed and strengthened for
its career of usefulness and glory.-Bishop Doans.
Any thing at Times and nothing Long.--A,
dinner given in Washington to the Delegates,
shortly after the Harrisburg Convention, John
Tyler present and spoke as follows:
IL do declare that the nomination gwen TO me
was neither solicited nor expected; trent 10 the
Contention IN HONOR OF HENRY CLAY; and IN the
defeat of the 'eishes Of his friends, I, as one Of
them, made sacrifice Of feeling, even though my
own name was associated with tina, Of Harrison !
AM TRUE AND GENUINE VINO, and in
the Capitol, yonder, | have shown my love Of
Wing principles"
THE GISsESc TRADE.-The Raleigh Register
says, "Our readers may, perhaps, be surprised TO
learn, that such is the community of interest a
mong the nations of the earth, caus'd by commerce.,
that the people residing In the backwoods of North |
Carolina are affected materially by the Chinese
War. But it is a wel-attested fact. tina the coCn.
ties of Burke aud lancy injured about ten
thousand dollars, by the interruption OF trade IN
Quinquif olia, of Bo,anists---#
which the Chinese consider a universal panacea."
Public Meeting,--The conduct of the aboi- /
,lonists of Boston IN regard 10 the recent slave
case has occasoned such an excitement IN Nor.
folk, Va, that the Mayor, at the request Of num-
the citizens Of that borough, and of the town OF
Portsmouth. and the surrounding counties, TO take
place on Tuesday evening next, for the purpose
OF taking the outrage into consideration.
More Libel--The counsel for Mr. Cooper, the
novelist, has notified the editor of the Albany E.
venng Journal. that he must apologize or ano-
Their lbe, suit will be commenced.
When Mr. Clay on his way to New Orleans.
arrived at Evansville, nearly the whole popua-
of he afei him at he mar WI
loud cheers. He addressed them from the deck
Of the Rainbow, in speech OF halt an hour,
which was received with enthusiastic applause.
tie did not go shore.
Imitation War Candles Throw Guicklime in
meteo mutton suet. The lime will settle at The +
bottom, carrying with ii all impurity. Turn oft
the clear tallow, and TO pound of II add
three pounds OF real wax. This makes very
handsome candle, not to be distinguished from
entire wax.
midnight Cry" is the title Of daily paper
published 10 New York by the Millertes. The
editor says:--s'We feel it religious duty pay
our printers and paper makers daily, If possible,
that Christ may not come and find US keeping
back the hire of the labourer." If they pay the
printers and paper makers daily, they will be do
ing more than common folks.
Latin is living tongue; it is spoken in Hun
gary, and the debates IN the Legislature of tina.
country are conducted in that language.
Miss Mar,ineau dangerously i'll at our last
accounts.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams Is IS years of
age. and yet he walks with elasticity, and reads
without spectacles.
Life has been compared TO a country dance,
account of the ups and downs, changing OF part
lers and casting eff. 4
The Wings OF Hartford, Conn. succeeded by
arge majority at their charter election on Mon
lay.
FORTUNE AND MIsroRTuSE-A little canal dr
Ter OF l6 near Lock port, a few days since, had
egacy of $4,000 left him, and the mex, day was
accidentally drowned while watering a horse.
The New York Tattler says, that ]. {. Colt IS
'e, alive, and it shows very plausible reason tor
befIa