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NUNBER 23.
Signs for S52.


The people Of this country have never re-elec-
ted Whig President.
They have never elected two Wing administra-
tons in succession.
They have now put into power Democratic
governors in twenty-six States out of thirty-one,
leaving Wing governors to five States They
have elected Democratic legislatures in twenty
three States, leaving Whig legislatures in eight
States.
They have large Democratic majority in both
houses Of Congress, prepared to maintain sub
stantially as it now IS the existing Democratic
Legislative policy Of the country.
1t is stated that, under the apportionment Of
electoral votes among the States by the new cen
sus, the Democratic candidate receiving the votes
Of the States carried By the Democracy in 1848
would be elected Since that time the Demo
Gratis have fully carried New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Delaware;
in the gubernatorial election, Maryland, North
Carolina, kentucky, Massachusetts,, and Con-
necticut and IN congressional election, Tennes-
see-au Of which States voted for Gen. Taylor.
Meantime the Wings have carried, even in the
gubernatorial election, single State in the
Union which gave q Democratic maj jority in 1913
except Wisconsin, which is now regarded as
surely Democratic in I652-An Offset to thisloss
IS also given by the admission of California,
which Il also Democratic.
That the Democratic party, therefore, viii
triumph in the coming presidential canvass up-
pears to be just as certain that it viii contin-
ne to exit as q national organization. If those
who prefer the Democratic policy, and mean to
vote the Democratic ticket, see fit to meet, by
their delegates, at Baltimore, simply as Demo
Gratis, without regard to any other party dis
tinctions, or party organizations, or party names
whatever, the success of the Democracy would
seem sure. The only hope of the Wings is in
the action of those Democrats who may be led
te take part in an attempt to supersede the DEM
ocratic organization by some other ola sectional
character, or else to interpolate into the Demo-
cratic creed some new issue. To divide and
conquer IS the policy of the Whigs-to unite aud
be proof against assaIts Is the duty Of the Dem
ocrats Thus in louisiana, General Downs has
been beaten because the Democrats were divided
and thus it viii be in every other quarter of
the Union where similar divisions are permitted
to tell at the balot-box. So true IS this that it
is almost definition of Whiggery to say that it
is whatever divides Democracy - HaShington
Union.
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-rrhe IIIusfriors Farmer.

Gusts, in his - RecoIections of Gen Wash
ington, draws the folowingPo portrait Of the illus
trious farmer;
Clancy to yourself fine noble looking old
cavalier, well mounted, sitting firm and erect IN
his saddle, the personifcation Of power, mellow
ed yet not impaired by time, the equipments OF
his steed all proper and in perfect order, his
clothes plain, and those of a gentleman, broad
brimmed white hat, with small gold buckle in
front, riding switch cut from the forest entire
" unattended and thus you have Washington
on his farm, in his last days at Mount Vernon
=. His rides on his extensive estates would be
from eight to twelve or fourteen miles; he usu-
ally moved at a moderate pace, passing through
his fields, and inspecting every thing; but when
behind time, the most punctual man would dis
play the horsemanship of his better days, and a
hard galiop bring him up to time, SO that the
sound Of his horses hoofs and the first dinner
bell should be heard together at a quarter to )
o'clock
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VARIETIES. =.

We laughed heartily at the reply said to have
been given by q little boy in London, to the
following question asked him by gentieman-
:. What occupation does your father pursue for
a living ?" He answered with great simplicity
she is dreadful accident maker Sir, Tor the
Newspapers.
A friend in California writes TO US that they
have fre-hies so large IN that interesting state
that they use them to cook by. They hang their
kettles on their hinder legs, which are bent Iof
the purpose, like pot-hooks. Great country 'ha''
..John.' said the schoolmaster, q you viii
soon be a man. and viii have TO do business
what do YOU suppose you win do when you have
to write letters unless you learn TO spell better
"Oh, sir, ! shall put easy words IN them
Our time is like our money. Whenwe change
a guinea the shillings escape as things OF small
account: when we break day by idleness in
the morning the rest of the hours lose their I'M
portance in our eyes
"Pa, how long does the Legislature sit p
Three or four months my, son." Why, what
a set of geese they must be; our geese sit only
FIVE weeks - 1t is getting late, my son, think
you had better retire"
The old lady that used TO dry her clothes with
the eouinoctial line has gone 10 t'reenlaha to
get the north pole TO draw cistern water with
beautiful oriental proyerb runs thus -
with time and patience, the mulberry leaf be
comes satin.
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SHARP JOKING.

Many years ago, young man, twenty-one
years of age, and whom ! will call Daniel, was
hired to a farm by Mr.. W, man of consider
able note as farmer, in Massachusetts. Mr..
W had a daughter and hired girl both about
eighteen years of age, and Daniel being of stea-
dy turn, was not talkative enough to suit their
fancy, and after trying various plans and tricks,
without success to-as they said-raise his ide-
as, they caught a large frog and put it into
Daniels bed. On going to bed, he soon discoy-
cred the whereabouts of his fourlegged bed fell
low, and pitched his frogship out of the window,
and never afterwards betrayed the least sign of
knowledge in regard to the joke.
About q month afterwards, Daniel found lot
of chestnut burs, nearly as sharp as thistles,
and contrived to deposit nearly half a peck IN
the girls bed, and after they went to their bed
room and had undressed, he took candle, went
to the door and ratified the latch, when the girls
put out their light and jumped into bed, and
such squalling was seldom heard or seen be-
fore. Daniel now opened the door, and stood
in it with light in hand.
''Dan, torment your picture; wish you were
as far beyond the light house as you are on this
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Apaem of Beauty md Power.

We find in the St. Louis Republican the fol-
lowing eminently beautiful and powerful lines
from. the pen of the remarkable young poetess
Of this city, who is adding to her great fame by
avery new effort of her genius.-LoWisriIe Jour
nal
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IN APPRENTICES ANswER.--A mechanic, who
p' humber of apprentices, and whose wife
"A' not possessed of the beauty of Helen, was
''fy strict in meal time devotion. 1t happened
one day at dinner time, that the husband was
~'Sent; the lady looking round and seeing no
-' al the table to say grace, she thus addressed
sen 10 the Oldest apprentice -" John, since
t'0f =. master is absent believe you must supply
40 pace 81 thank you madam says John,
"sS rather sleep with the boys
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side" said Suky.
why, what is the matter ?-ha7e ycu any
frogs here :" said Dan
'Dan, if you don't shut the door and clear
out will cell in Mrs. w" continued sully.
Daniel" said Anna W, ~fr you viii shut
the door and 60 back to the kitchen, there shall
be nc more tricks er jokes put upon you by US
fcr s'x---Onths at least"
Daniel thinking he had punished the girls
enough, shut the Goor and left a. few moments
after this Suky came out to light ber candle.
~ thought you had gone to bed, Suky :" said
Mrs. W,
Suky make no reply, but looked daggers at
Dan, and quickly returned. After this scrape
the girls put no jokes upon Dan. He was a
steady. faithful man-saved every dollar of his
earnings, and six years from that time owned q
good farm, married Anna W, and was three
years after elected first selectman OF the town,
which he afterwards represented in the State Le-
gislature.
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The New Proposition to Lease the Pub.
lie forks.


The New Proposition to lease the Pub
lie vOrEEs.
Last week we alluded to proposition about
beingmade tolease the Public W Works, and We have
since read the following petition from the trans
porters which is intended to effect that object.
The amount might, perhaps be larger, and
give the memorial publicity SO that the people
can read and reflect on the policy Of leasing the
state improvements:
''The undersigned citizens of PhiladelPhia,
submit the following proposition to lease the
finished lines OF Canals and Railroads of the
State for term Of ten years, from the f-st Au-
gust next, and keep the same in as good repair
as when received, and pay for the first year
$500, 600; fer the second, $3.50, 900 {; for the
third year $500, eco, and for each succeeding
year one million of dollars-the payments TO
be made monthly, snd secured by the deposit
of 100000 in State Bonds. They further pro-
pose TO epxend, in addition the above payments,
100000 towards the Improvement Of the Phi
ladelphia and Columbia Railroad during the
term of the lease, and also to double the capa-
city of the locks on the Delaware Division of
eelnsyIVSIIia oallal aAe, OhlAs comp pleAl14 O
the road to avoid the Inclined Planes of the Al
legheny Portage Railroad, to pay eight per cent
per annum on the monies hereafter appropriated
and expended toward the construction thereof.
They also further propose to pay seven per
cent per annum on 81 30O 900, on the compile
ton of the North Branch Canal, and its connec-
ton with the Chemung Canal in the State of
New York-and they pray the Legislature to
enact a law authorizing contract to be made
with the undersigned or their associates, in sc-
cordance with the terms of this proposition.
The memorial is signedb by E. G. Dutihl, Hen
ry Graeff, John Bingham, Jacob Dock, J. X.
Morehead, Israel Painter, George ". Harris,
Vim. Findley Leech, Thomas S. Clarke, Jeremi-
ali Butler, J. B. Moorehead, Wm 3. Foster.
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Rnther T7nnItsh.

Two young ladies hating each other on account
of a gentleman VINO does not care hg FOR either
Of them.
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At length

At length
There came change The maddening dream
of fame,
The wish to shine a mong earth 5 proudest, took
Possession of my soul. No more loved
The voice of birds, the shouting of the stream,
And the green surging of the woods. l bowed
In seeming admiration of the throng
And felt my check burn and my pulses leap
To the vile breath of those l could but hate
Within my secret soul. The sneering thought
That started fiercely upward from my heart
frightened to smiles upon my lips, my brain
Grew dizzy and the tear was in my eye
If with rude hand my spirits chords were Jared
By those sought to spurn beneath my feet.
wildly struggled for the worlds applause,
But trembled at the faintest word of blame
As 'twere the voice of destiny. won
The laurel crown, and with exulting heart
felt its thrilling pressure on my brow;
But ah breath of poison from the crowd
Passed DER its blooming leaves, and nOught re-
mained
But dust upon my temples. A bright name
Was my souls idol, but feeble blow
From hands unworthy, shattered and cast down
That wildly worshipped idol from its shrine
Forever and forever.
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49,, But look back
WI with tears and sighs on the departed years
"nen v, breeze and billow chanted to my soul
iheir morning hymn and evening psalm; when
soft
IN Itnu beautiful nights silver crescent shone
~ pom my spirit, and when all the stars
We rere 70 my eyes Gods living poetry
at"cga by His hand upon the skys blue scroll,
Al an Il am twice an orphan, for alasi
NY mother Nature now is dead to me-
LOUISVILLE, 1850. MATTE.
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Now. alas 4.

Now, alas
joy, love, hope, pride, ambition, are all dead
Within my breast | smile in bitterness
10 think with what madness of my soul
sought worthless bauble. Like CLEAN
VI moonlight from the mountain, or a flash
VI an expiring meteor from the deep
vi the red glow of sunset from the west,
mat dream Of fame has vanished from my life,
ana a now feel no pang Of vain regret
That it has perished thus.
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rheorphan's Dream OF Fame.

LEARNED within myself to live. saw
Zen in my childhood, that the hearts bright
buds
Witbered and faded at the touch. l turned
From all life's empty, heartless mockeries,
And wept my griet's away on Natures breast.
To me was given the deep and earnest love
Of holy solitude. | strayed alone
Bv rock and stream and through the forest
depths,
And found a sweet and dear companionship
In every sight and sound that greeted me
In all my wayward wanderings.
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learned
Glad music from the lark's free, gushing song,
And my heart 5 sad and mOuruIll nlinstre.sy
Found sweet Interpretation in the low
And gentle wailings of the stricken dove.
Ny spirit rocked upon the swinging tops
OF the tall oaks; it danced upon the waves
That leaped in light and music or in wrath
Upon the shore it rode upon the winds,
Soft whispering to the softly whispering leaves,
Or pealing like some deep-toned instrument
Through the green banners Of the wood; it
sailed
Upon the clouds that Aoatcd beautiful
Or dark with tempest; and it wandered off
At eve to hold its joyous reyelry
With all the thousand spirit shapes that bathed
Their purple plumage in the rosy waves
Flooding the sunset. Ny dear Mothers smile,
Caught by the stars from Eden, sweetly shone
In their pure light ON my uplifJed eyes,
And her soft words Of cheer came 10 my soul
On every gale of morn, aud noon, and eve,
And holy midnight. l vas happy then,
Aye happy, my lost Mother was in Heaven,
But Nature was my Mother on the earth,
And both seemed e'er to love me well.
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For the National Era.
TO NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA.
BY DAVID A. WATSON.

Sclavonian, thine is a terrible sway
Sixty millions of hearts beat but at thy will
And thy great soldier host--'ts fearful array
So stubborn to stand, and so practiced to kill
To kill Ay this utters it; this is thy power;
To help and to bless thou art weak slave
Not one hast thou raised made millions to COVER
To none given life, but to thousands grave.
million Of brutes, armed With powder and ball
million of brutes, that can use the cold steel
million Of brutes stand awaiting thy call,
With hands trained to STAY and hearts not to feel
And host in myself great sclavonian thou;
All strong as the purpose and right arm of Fate
How kingly might is enthrOned on thy brow
And therefore we yield thee, not praise but Oul
Alas, that the good should so often be weak
Want the courage the faith, and the strenuous soul
While the words, full of wisdom and beauty, they
speak,
Move men and delight them, but do not control.
And thou vert thou noble as kingly thou art
Would st thou raise up, endow, and make the bond
How dearer than home to humanitys heart,
Than the names of their santed, should thy name
yet be.
But to thy race take their curse for reward
And thy choice be thy doom Force may triumph
to-day;
But It's hard to oercome heavens cOnquering Lord
And Right, when it triumphs, has triumphed for
ave.
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON d. c., APRIL %, 1852

their fate The only thing that gives them any
place or force in the programme OF human
affairs, is, that while they are not Fit to i've
they are always ready to die; and SO they
come to be what Kossuth calls Power upon
earth, which the earth is doomed to feel to its
cost for some centuries to come.
All this sort of thing it is well worth mans
while to say over to himself, occasionally, for
the least admiration Of La Grdnde Nation is
very likely to make fool of him when he
may most need his wits. The Empire of
Hayt is just as respectable in all essential
qualities of national character as France, and
Soulouque was the prophecy of Louis Napo-
leon, his counterpart and arose out OF the
same state and quality of things. No repub-
lie, white or black, could pass into a mere des-
potism, in this age unless it be French. VA
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ing alike the threats and the frowns OF the
Federalists' and conservative Democrats, are
certain to receive from their constituents their
gratitude and applause.
The Washington Union, while denouncng
the Ohio Democracy, is taking sides with Foote
of Mississippi Toombs and Cobb of Georgia and
Clemens OF Alabama in each Of which States
these men have organized political parties hos
tile to the Old Line Democracy; their move
ments have turned those States over to the
Wings, and elected Wing Senators in each OF
them. and also in Louisiana.
The design Of the Washington Union is APP
parent Unless the Ohio Democracy can be
divided and defeated the day for the triumph
of sectional policy in Congress, and sectional
issues in the Democratic National Conventions
is passed, and passed forever.
Hence the violence with which the Ohio De-
mOcracy and its representatives in Congress
are assailed by the factionists, of which the
Washington Union is the organ.
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VOL. VI,

was brought into requisition to sustain :,
What folly to suppose that what the moral
sense of the whole people reyolts at can b.
maintained by such means Congress MOI
" resolve and re-resolve" to consider the Fn@;
tive Slave Law a measure of final adm,
ment" and Mr. Webster may declare Il 70 h
constitutional, highly proper, and absoln,alr
essential to the peace of the country n but tbsy
will not have the effect of causing the peonIe
to conquer their prejudices . in favor of In
erty and the Rights of Man.
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FAY FOR CAPTURED SLAVES.

The following are the Yeas and Nays on the
bill which passed the House of Representatives
April g. 1852, directing the Treasurer of the
United States to pay to the legal representa-
tiyes of Gen. James C. Watson, late of the State
of Georgia, deceased $4,000, with six per
cent interest per annum from the Sth of May,
1888, till paid, being the amount paid by him,
under the sanction of the Indian Agent, to GER
tain Creek warriors, for slaves captured by said
warriors while they were in the service of the
United States against the Seminole Indians in
Florida:
YEAs-NIessrs. Aiken, s. c.; Appieton w.,
Mass Ashe, ~ c.; Averett, Va Bailey d. J.,
Ga Bocock, Va; Bow'e, Md; Bragg, Ala.
Breckenridge, Ky. Brooks, N. Y. Brown, A. G.,
Miss. CdbeH, Fla. Chandler, Pa; Chastain,
Ga. Clark, Iowa Chagman N. c.; Cottman,
Md. Daniel, N. c.; Dean, N. Y; Dockerp
n c.; Ewing, Ky; Faulkner, Va. Florence,
Pa. Freeman, Miss. Grey, Ky; Hamilton
Md; Hans N. Y; HEM, Iowa; Hubbard,
n. H.. Howard, Texas lngersoll, Conn Jack.
son, Ga, Johnson, A., Tenn. Johnson, JAS, Ga.
Jones, & w, Tenn Kuhns, Pa. Ldndrp La.
Letcher, Va; Marshall, H., Ky. Martin, n \.
| McCorkle, Cal. McNlullen, Va McNair, Pa
Mcqueen :. C.; Miller Mo; Moore, J.. La.
MOrehedd n. c.. Nabers, Miss Orr, s. c.
Parker, A., Pa. Parker, s. w. Ind Penniman
Mich. Phelps, Mo-; Polk, Tenn. Porter, Mo
| Powell, Va Price, n j. Riddle, Del Rob
bins, jr., Pa Ross, Pa; Schermerhorn, n Y.
Scudder, Mass. Scurry, Texas; Stdaiy, ~ c.
Stanton, +. p Tenn; Stevens, A. p, n. Y. st
Martin, La. StrotheT, Va. Stuart, Mich
Sutherland, N. Y; Taylor, Ohio: Thompson
q. w, Va; Venable, ~ c.; Wallace. s. C..
Walsh, Md; Ward, Ky. Watkins Tenn.
Wilcox, Miss. Woodward, s. C.-7s, of whcl
90 We're Wings
NNs-NcsSrs. Allen, w, Ill. Allison, Pa,
Bdrrere, Ohio Bartlett ir., Vt; Bennett
n Y. Brenton, Ind. Briggs N Y: Cabl,
Ohio Chapman, Conn. Cobb Ala Dayi,
J, g., Ind Dawson, Pa. Dinnnick, Pa Dot,
Wis. DuRKEE, Wis; Eastman Wis. Edgertor
Ohio, Fitch, Ind Floyd n. Y Foriey, Mass.
Gamble Pa. Gaylor, Ohio Goodrich, Mass.
Grow, Pa; Harper Ohio; Hendricks, Ind
Howe, J. ", Pa, Hone, r. W., Pa. Huaie,
Ohio; Jenkins, n Y; johnson John. Ohio.
Jones ID. T., NY. KING, PREsroN NY. Mac,
Ind. Mann, Mass licachdm Vt: Molon,
III. Murray n Y; Merton, Ohio Odds Ohio
Perkins, n. II. Russell, ~ Y. SackeH N. Y
SHELTON, \. J. Smart Me. Snow, n. Y
StereaS H.. Pa; Stratton ~ j.: Sweetse
Ohio; Tuck, ~ H.. ; UdibrIdge, ~ Y: Wad
burn, .jr, Me; VETS, n l.-53, of which ,
were Wings, and 3 were Free-Soilers.
1t will be seen that only 1872 members vote,
there being lO2 absent or not voting. Nj
Taylor was the only member from Ohio VIII
voted in its favor, and Mr. Cobb of Ala, tn
only Southern member who voted against it.
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such agitation" So, then, the men who have
been agitating so zealously to put down agita-
tion, instead Of receiving support for their ef-
forts to make the people "conquer their pre-
JUDGES" are snubbed by prominent Southern
Senator, for the very acts which they hoped
would commend them to the favor of the South.
This is the "unkindest cut of all"
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WASHINGTON. ID. G..
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1852.
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AGTATIoN.-Mr, Mangum, in his speech in
the Senate ON the 18th inst in support of the
nomination of Gen. Scott minated that the
people of North Carolina were so averse to agi-
tation on the slavery question that they would
not support any man who would encourage it,,
He added that in the burning focus of intrigue
here in Washington, as much had been done
10 promote agitation as had erer been done by
the AbOLiionists Of The North and The DiSnion-
ISIS of the South lie had no sympathy in any
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LETTER FROM Mn. WEBSTER on THE COM
PRoMIsE-The Hon Daniel Webster in an
swer to a letter from G. A. Tavenner, Esq, of
Alexandria, Va, re-afirms his determination to
uphold all the Compromise measures. partic-
ularly the Fugitive Slave Law, which he be-
lieves to be entirely constitutional highly
proper, and absolutely essential to the peace o,
the country He is opposed to and will con.
tnue to oppose any effort to reopen agitation
or create dissatisfaction with the Compromise.
He also intimates that it is hardly necessary or
proper that Congress should be called upon to
affirm by resolution, that tchieh rs already the
eriqing lac Of The land This sentence refers
to the resolution, not then passed declaring the
Compromise measures "a fnality." The re-
quirement of such resolution is IN evidence
Of weakness Other laws do not need such an
endorsement They stand without a Congress
sional resolution to support them; but the fu-
gitive Slave bill needed prOpping and this device
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SARTAIN's MAGAZINE. May, 1852

Among the many good articles in this num-
Der, we notice particularly a sweet POLITICALLY.
told SKETCH by Caroline Chesebro, and poems
by Stoddard, Hirst and George S. Burleigh.
"Puck's Portfolio contains a witty and mirth-
provoking critique on pictures in has Acade-
N.Y. very humorously burlesquing Notices of
the Fine Arts"