New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-23
IRON HAssAcHrsET.s.
TIE ADAMS LIBRARY.
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20 muster bravery ,nfh:ient 20 rspsle Win big
p.eliny case Of bose pamphlets. lave s.n:s AId
off en,.. and have eIcav,.ed n tie sso.r1,bsa,'
40 Mr.. Carlyle ws15d cal il, WITH indifferent 'ue-
20. Ihsss Lad dreary days work, sld dirty
one. The pamphlets arc many Of them .n'al1sble,
n,ny sf them curious, uany Of them entertaining
And many OF taem Of no valae 10 any l'Ting soul
few dollars would provide pIper c-ses, ami few
dsy, might be well spsnt n art1siog and c.a''-
,,;or. bnt there IL bobsdy who cares 70 DO /. fJr
love, and there j. no money 70 ~ f9r having i.
done. And yet think re pamphlets col'e::ei b.
Jahn Ad.mas re nth .:king care Of, considering,
especially, tina. Of such are large ard res2ects'ie
bi.tories manufactured. Having ~ dig and nOte at
the same time, can hardly hope 10 give you az
entertaining account OF 10y adventures, or 10 do
more than decenily ANAL gamate my rough pencil
iros NAV mention here a. well as any where taa.
this heap is rich in autographs, msny of The
PAMPHLETS being preseD,a.iOn copies. Any auto
grapb-kunter who viii break through and steal may
be sure Of good "swag." Hopeless Of clssslfca-
ton let us plunge. elbow deep IN nedtas res. The
first thing We fish up ls "A COLLECTION OF otaN
Papers relative 70 the First Acknowledgment OF
tie Sovereignty of the United States of America,
and the Reception Of their Minister PeniPoten-
" tiary By their High Mightinesses the S.atss-Gen-
" eral Of the United Netherlands. At the Hague:
l7s2." Mr.. Adams vas not only cOurty but an
indeiagable diplomatst, with large faith IN types
and INK OF which this is one of the results Throw
ing our net again, we bring up - Sermon preached
by iona. Mayhew on the Anniversary of the
q" Death OF Charles |. Boston: 1850" Jonathan
was all excellent patriot with no special reverence
for King Charles or for any other save tle kIng OF
Kings; nor did he shrink from Introducing politics
Into his pulpit. His character Of Charles is as
good as Macaulay's and worth trans:rlbing.
" Blessed saint and royal martyr, says Mayhew,
"are a. humble titles as any that are thought
" worthy of him. Now this may at fret view well
appear TO be very strange phenomenon. For
King Charles was really a man black with guilt
" and laden with inquity, as appears by hs crimes
" aforemen.i Toned. lie lived y tyrant and II vas
I" the oppression and violence of his relgn that
+" brought him to an untimey and violent end at
&" last Now what of santship and martyrdom ls
Z" there in all this What Of santship in encourag-
/" ing the people to profane the Lords Day What
L" Of saintship in falsehood and perjury What of
salntshp in repeated robberies and depredations
Z" What of saintshp in throwing real saints aud
glorious patriots INTO jas What of santship
ia overtuIning all excellent civil constitution, and
proudly grasping at an Illegal and monstro1s
"poweri What of saintship in the murder OF
" thousands of innocent people, and involving
- nation in all the caamities of civil war And
" what of martyrdom in mans bringing an imma-
" ture and violent death upon himself by being
" wicked overmuch Is there any such thing as
- grace without goodness as being follower OF
" Cmst without following him rs being his disci-
" pie without learning of him to be Just and beneh-
" cent or as santshp without sanctlty! III not,
Z" fear it will be hard to prove this man saint.
" And verify, would be apt to suspect that that
" Church must be poorly stocked with saints and
" martyrs which is forced to adopt such monstrous
" sinners into her calendar, III order to swell the
" number" Bravo most reverend Jonathan
lis History now, and common speech OF men.
Here il something not unseasonaOie; a Defense
of TIE Legislature of Massachusetts,; or, The
Rights of New-EDgland Vindicated. Boston:
"IeG4" "The slave-trade," says this writer,
will now be renewed TO a very great and deplora-
"ble extent Myliads of enslayed wretches will be
" annually imported into the United States, who
destitute of all political rights, confer upon their
purchasers the most important rights, those OF
" suffrage and sovereignty; and every hye oi whom
"upon aDy difference of policy or division OF votes
between the South and the North, may be consld-
erred as effectively balancing the votes OF t"o
New-England fIeeholders. mus we
"perceiye that the Virginia policy has intrenched
itself behind the most formidable ramparts. States
"can be multiplied at her pleasure with as much
expedition as townships are Incorporated 10 New
England and stocked with voters more easily
"than we can stock our farms with cattle. Does
"it not incontt staby result that these circumstances
have tendency to deprive the Northern States of
"a interest and consideration in the National Gov
eminent" ," And this was written fifty -four years
ago during the infancy of the Government Does
the world move?
In connection with the above, let me note another
remarkable pamphlet: Free Remarks on the
Spirt of the Federal Constitution the Practice of
Al. H. Gav and fha a
1.-the Union, respecting the Exclusion OF Slavery
from the Territories and New States. by X
walsh jr. Philadelphia 1919. Printed by w.
"Fry." can only quote one sentence but II ls
as good 40 gold: 1.-The general habit OF savehold-
ing has never produced, and never will produce,
sin individuals the disposition to iorsake the prac-
"tice."
Hiio. AN Appeal to the Old Wings of Msssa-
chusetts, 1906" They had "old Wings" there
even then. And even then it was necessary to pre-
serve the Constitution. Strong and Sullivan were the
candidates for Governor. And now mark the touching
appeal: "If you, felow-citizens, wish to preserve
"the Constitution for which you bled, and by which
"you are made happy; if YOU do not wish 10 throw
1.-THE State into anarchy; if you do not wish to
commit your liberties to the precSrious uncertain
"ty of ianciful experiment; if you wish your chill
"dren to live as you have lived, peaceful, secure
land happy come forward, etc We were upon
the extreme edge Of the precipice, you will notice
A. u. 1906: and what is odd, We have been trem-
bling in that perileus place ever since.
Here is a pamphlet about an affair which made a
great noise in It's time--I mean Jefferson's appoint
ment of Bishop 10 be Collector of the Port OF New
Haven, Conn. VIII you taste the spice "Pande-
"monium itself could not furnish stronger
" claims than are daily offering up by the hungry
"herd of Jscobns who surround the throne Of
Presidential favor" They said what they thought
in those days. aud were not particular abeut /" goot
vorts."