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uy but os II 10 time pregnant with excess and een-
ousness, especially in quarters trust the assump
non will be pardoned.
In The affairs OF men the chief struggle. urged by hu-
man prde 10 to make an impression that shall live after
BY which may DO known we once existed aud acted
some part IN the drama Of human life. It's however.
melancholy reflection 10 think that Notwithstanding the
labor and variety OF toll, as various mankind how few
succeed 10 their main wsh-how few leave an impress
sion that survives single revolution OF the earth or re-
ssls the action OF the frat that throws itself upon
the shore OF time The few whose extraordinary
privilege II Is to mark the age which they ive TO
leave behind remembrance and NAME and who shall
be remembered while history has lover. may be divided
INTO Two casseshose whose lives and virtues have been
dedicated to their counrys good and the ameoraon OF
the condition OF the human throughout the world !;
and those whose vices and nfamy and crimes have aug
menled the portion OF human VICE. and defeated the no.
blest ambition and widest philanthropy OF the human
heart There are those, again. who from peculiar cir
cumsances and connexions, obtain enduring fame--a
lame, however. OF which mankind generally am
bltlous and sooner than enjoy it, most would de-
scend TO the grave. leaving behind them no evidence OF
an existence here.
The abandoned and the vile, guilty of every variety OF
crime, secure notorey from their come ions The
murderer and assassn whose hands have been ibrued
in the blood Of innocence aud virtue obtain place in
the calendar OF crime The unjust judge the peIjured
witness, and the executioDer, whose several
Cured TO terminate the OF The noblest specimen
OF mankind, acquire fame enduring the tragedy OF
their illustrious victim Who does not know that, as
long as the name aud dvinily OF Saviour 10 any
where acknowledged and Christian sentiment is found
anywhere EARTH so long the OF Peter who denied
Him, OF Judas who betrayed Him, and Of Plate Who
adludged HIM guilty without s.suile," will be remem.
bered though 10 be with adherence and the exc
Grafton OF mankind Thus the names OF the worst OF
men and the "lncarnale God" are registered on The
oipUo. thar nd xyil ,ha IL
tme--thus the story of the most exalted virtues
known and exhibition OF the deepest perdy ever prac-
Used, 10 the Sayours legacy to the world MI will il
be denied that the two thieves between whom he was
croci6ed although guilty of the most Infamous crimes
and about TO suffer the most gnominous death known
the Jewish code enjoyed envabe position, leaving
out OF the question the assurance This night thou
shalt be with me in Paradise p
In every age, in every country, among men Of every
condition and circumstance in life, this unnatural
nexon oil vice and virtue OF innocence and guilt, OF
merit and demerit, has existed they be divorced
Besides this fixed destiny in things there is constant
effort OF attach themselves to others in some
way fungus principle, they abstract from real merit
what they have not themselves, being entirely destitute
Of the proper and healthy element necessary to obtain an
independent and honest support. There courses
pursued by this racethe 10 alte the
other to detame; the former 10 censurable the latter
highly criminal and although congenia to the depraviiy
weregua,ed community, great small, equally in
furious private and public virtue. Nevertheless it
would seem, and il is deplorabe witness it, that one
hall the world has become the public and unscrupulous
vifers OF the other and character. however yrtu.
GUS and no life, however blameess. position how.
ever exalted. ward of the envenomed shaft but in.
vtes il rather; Tor ii will but observe, he will find
that the best and worthes in the whole country
injured and DETAINED while the villain, the outlaw. and
the knave, escape the ordeal OF public scandal This
arises from the part unworthy take in regulating the
standard Of public judgment, and the viiiang nae
their sentiments have upon the public mind ISLANDER.
the foulest whep OF hell runs lawless among mank
seeking to destroy the peace OF individuals and commu
nileso rob fair fame of its rich Inheritance, its sweet
incense, with which "to salve its ulcers
hoping thus to make what putrid and offensive
"smel sweey in the worlds nostrils." The audacity
OF the designs aud the cool and nervous insensblity
with which enter upon this career of piracy
honest and us men ,rembe-tremoe not only for their
own safety and the safety OF those they respect aud love,
but einbe for the public honor and public virtue when
such currents Of and scandal threaten 10 over.
whelm oil who. the discharge OF high and imperative
dufes. stand opposed.
4 Who that has sense OF proprety, or an American
heart or a single pusaon for the honor and character
OF his country illustrated in the Executive, doss not
blush at this high handed outrage psrpsasd upon him
by MIR Cooley Syracuse That individual has secured
10 himself Immortality Of shane by becoming the frat
foul because false calumniaor OF his pure and unbem
shed character He ia unworthy Of so honorable
nexon. Distessng from the "mesner walks" OF HE
political friends he aspired honorable pre- commence
by becoming the sole OF the who. nearly
twelve months ago. received the endorsement OF twenty
seven sovereign States in vindca,ion OF his merit and
unobtrus,ve ambition With this unprecedented exhi-
bioR OF popular iavor unsough and masked by which
be was elevated to the highes, position earth to rule
over twenty five millions OF the reest and happes peo
pie the world has known. passing through a can
vass unmpeached, he is at this day, in the iory-egbth
year OF hi. age after passing lite OF glory not surpassed
IN purity grandeur by any OF the lustrous fathers Of
the republic Washington himself assailed by the
candidate for the conptrolersaip OF New Yofk-the can
d,date of faction
Hitherto the President has escaped indeed,
has been Aaered. rather he has received wha, he
deserved, who his distinguished Secretary Guthrie has
felt. il all. the force OF abuse copionsy discharged
from the polluted fountain of the New York Herald the
National Democrat. and other cognate sources! The
ISLANDERS OF vena corrupt, and Icenoas press are euIo
gies for notorious Tor bis stern, nHexbe integrity
and honest purpose, against whom ever did or
dared nsnusts anything not strictly honest and rgdiy
legal II is not strange. therefore, that such
should be bslow par in the political market OF New York
Were he "ps,ty heal" that they could mould and fash
ION to their liking, all would be right IT, instead of in
imatinx TO tho collector Of New York the wish OF the
President that he should be juss all who worthy
in the ds,ribulion Of tina, patronage that necessarily at
aches to the government there he had intmaed q sys
TEN OF exrsvagance and plumber. and Injustice and false