The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1848, Page 1

AG PO AE Otay ne eR am OTD THE NEW YORK HERALD. Whale Si, a007 “NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1848 jon of the Birth-day of Thomas Paine. Ata meeting held at the Miserva Roovs, on Suaday evening, January 30, 1348, for the pur- pose of celebrating the birthday of Thomas Paine, Mr. Allen, of this city, addressed the company present as tollows :— It has been the prastice, ever since the the commence- iment of civilisation, to keep in greatful rememberance the persons of the great and good, either by iuseribing their names upoo lasting monuments, or by each re. turning anniversary. im fowe public mauner, to testify reepect for thy departed. This is right, This is an it should be; for there ia longing desire in the mind of overy one to live in history, song, or in the hearts of thrir countrymen, «iter the breath shall have left their nostri, and their bodies covered with the eold clods of tne valley, and they sleeping with the silent dead ‘And what is bettorealealated to inspire laudable ambi- tion in youth, wat is better couceived to encourags and of enterprise, than to see respect paid y of ceparted worth? Who would @volt a reputetion im the cannon’s mouth, or who consent to stem the torrent of pablic opinion, or who consent to fro» the pitiless peltings of an ungrateful world. if their name, their memory, and their body,ere tosiak into the grave together. Trae it is, that no splendid monument has been czeoted to the memory of the man for whom we have met bere to show our regard; but equally true it is, toat in the heart of every geacroos American lives the name of Thomes Pains. Ssying nothing about his religious opinions,gor his theoiogical writings, bis politient opinions und the bold and manly stand he took sgeinst monarchy, amd the divine right of kings, in the “ days that tried men’s souls,” entities him not only to a people's gratitude, bus to a nation’s glory 1t may well be said of him, that be achieved that with the pen that could not hava beon achieved with the svord In the gloomy times of the revolution, when the sirorgeat hearts began to rink, when fear had seized upoa ull, when # foreboding of despair appeared to sbrond the hopes, and the heavens of I!b-rty were hung + with bieck. taen it was that the services of Thomes Paine wore needed, and then it was that Thomas Paine undertook the mighty task of restraining the fears, res- torivg the hopes, and sweeping away the clouds of gloom that huag ever the land. ‘Then it was that his © Crisis” appeared, in which he talked like a man, but he reason- ed like # philosopher, With acbild-like simplicity, but with a giant strength, ho made such pathetic appeals as could uo¢ bs resisted: and from Maine to Grorgia, the shout went ap,‘‘to arms,” wat eoho cried, ~ to arms, to stins” Aod the peopie, inspired with ardor not their cwn, rushed to battle, and most brilliant victories fol lowed, and a nation treed from foreign thraldom, was the glerions result. Mr. Nrakine, in speakiog upon tha subject of the American revolution, says— “In that great .and oulamitous conflict, Edmuad Burke and Thomas Paine fought in the same field of reason together; but with very different success. Mr. Burke epoke toa Parliament in Evgiand, such aa Sir Goorga Saville describes it, having noears but forsounds that dattered its corruptions. Mr. Paiae, on ths other hand, poke to a people—reasoned with them—told them that they were bouad by no subjection toany sovereiga- ty further thea their own benefit connected thea; aod by these powerful arguments prepared the minds of the American people for that glorious, just and happy revo- lution. Thomss Paine was most emphatically a self-made map; and, as general rule, every great man of the world is solf-nade, for he that cannot make himsel{.cannot ataud after ho ismade by others. Perhaps there never was a wore wicked, unscrupulous, watiring organized op- position, containing envy, hatred and malice—tures of the mostdeepioable qualities that ever entered intoa com- pound to destroy the reputation of any man—than that which was formed to detract from the character of Phomes Paine. These vile traducers, not being able to mevt and answer his arguinents, make an attack upon his style of writing; they ssy “he was an ignorant, vul- gar mun, and his style coarse and rude.” This is pre- suming a groat deal on the ignorance of the people. But to show their own, consciousness of the falsehood, and the despicable resort for the parpose of covering their iniquity, I will state » circumstance that is not generally known. In all our colleges the pro- Fousors cf rhevorle have selected from the best writers ia the world, sentenees and paragraphs that are the best mens of composition, in chastencas of diction, pur!- ty of style, or sublimity of thought, for examples for their pupils, and asa general rule the name of the author is ‘appended to each sentenos. Amocg these are many that were taken from the writings of Thomas Paine; and to silof thess, instead ef the author’s name, the word “amonymous’ is placed. Mr. Paine begias his political writiogs by deciaring his political creed, and it is in these words: ‘ Society was produced by our wants, go- yerumen: was produced by our wickedness, and they both bave a tendensy to promote our happiness; socie direotly, by uniting jour afetcions; government, ind! rectly, by resirainiug our viows, It follows, then, th sopiaty in evory state ia a blessing; butgovernuent, even fa its beat state, is but e mi evil; in its worst Ie one; for when weauffer or areexposed to the same miseries, by » govern! , which we might expect in @ country without govermment, our calamity is heightened by reflacting that we furnish the means by whioh we suffer. Governmont, like dress, is the badge of Jost innoeesce; the palaces of kings are built upoa the ruins of the bowers of Paradise. Security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appeats most likely .to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest je to all others. This is my creed of politics. pressed myself over- warmly, ‘tis from a fixed, immovable hatred] have. and ever had, to cruel men and cruel measures. I have lkewise am aversion to monarchy, a4 being too debssing. to the dignity of man; but I nevertroubled othera with Dy notionetil very lately, nor ever published asyllable in Kogland in m ‘What I write is puro pature, and have ever gone together. My writings 1 have 6 given away, reserving only the expeuse of printing and paper, and sometimes not even that. | Hever oourted either fame or interest, aud my manuer Of life, to those who know it, will justify what I say — My study is, to be useful. Ifthere is a sin superior to every other, it is that of wilful and offensive war. Most other sina are ciroumssribed within warrow limits; that in, the of one man cannot give them a very gene- ral extensiog, and many kinds of cins have only o mental existence, from whieh no infection arises ; Dut be who is the author of a war, lets loose the whole contagion of hell, and opens a vein that bleede a to death * It has been traly sald of him, ~ that he labored for the greatness of the nation of which he was s member,and sought its happiness; and io the pursuit of which, be built up his own greatness and promoted his own happinees.”” To goa lictle more mi- nutely into his history. Ho was born at Thetford, ia the county of Norfoik, Fagland, on the 29th day of Jan. 1787. At the age of thirteen ho was taken from school, ‘and employed by his father os an sasistant in the busi- ness of stay making, where he continued till ho was enteen; he then went to London and Dover; meeting with encouragement,be went on board the Ter- rible, privateer, Capt, Death, on board of which he con- tinued but ashort time Shortly after, he entered on board the King of Prussia, privateer, Capt. Mendez; but he did not continue long there, In 1759, he settled at ndwich, asa master stay maker, where he became ao quainted with Mary Lambert, to whom he was married; from there he moved to Margate, where his wife died in 1760; from Margate he went to London, and from Lon- don he returned to Thetford, where he obtained a place fn the excise. He left that situation and went to Lon. don, where he bucame a teacher in an academy kept by Mr. Noble, of Goodmen’s Field, where he applied him- self to the study of astronomy and natural philosophy, where be continued about two years, when he was reap pointed to the excise; he then left Londoo, and returned to Thetford; and in the spring of 1768, he was removed to Lewes, In Sussex, where Le resided in the house of Mr. Ollive..@ tobacconist, to whose daughter he wa: married in 1771, He then sommenced the busitcss of to- Dacconist and grocer, and continued the aame till 1774 at which tiwe he was dirmised from the excise; and bis other business proviog unsuccessful, he closed that, and, for some unknown cnuse, he and’ his wife separated Mr. Patna by this. and prior events, ralleved from every tie which might ho supposed to hind him to his country. Deprived of his home, aud des itute of friends and employment, he had to commence life anew, aud that wicvout either credit or capital. His parents were becomes moob advanced in yoars; their intustry was no more then svffojent to procure a matnteaance for them- selvi 1d therefore he oouidy vot heve derived, even it ad dosired. any assistense from their kindness The cheerlees proepect whisk lay expanded before him; the misfortunes thst had already befallen him, and the desolaig rituation in which be was then pluced, must have imprersed vpon bi: mind the idea that to whatever country he-wont, it was impossible for bis condition vw becom» worse, In England, there was no hops. Kyery cheoge only brought an acou- mulation of freen misfortane: Borne dowa by po- yerty, and surcounded by diflcultios of every descrip Hon, his condition appears to have been that of a ruined, hopsless man. in thie situation, many would have pat wn discouraged, without a straggle. Bat despair and dismay appeared to form no part of Thomas Paine’s eharacter. His mind appeare never to have bron erash- ed by defeat, or elated by success. The unshaken forti- tude which oan smile on disappointment end danger, ‘and look serenely amidst the tumuits of triumph, seems to have been the most prominent feature in his charac ter. After the sale of his; fscts, he went to London, whore, soon after his arrival, he obtained an introduc tion to Dr Franklin, who advised him to go to America; this advice was acocpted,and he sailed from England to: “wards the end of the year 1774, and arrived in Paila- Aelphia about two months afterwards. Very shortly at- ter his arrival in Philadelphia, he became acquainted with Mr Aitkia, a respoctable bookseller of that town In January, 1775, Mr. Aitkin commenced the nubdlice on of tha Pennsylvania Magazine, of which Mr. Paine come the editar, Many of the pigoes in this publics- jon are truly el-gant, ‘The well known song on tho of General Wolfs, appeared in an early number of ie magazine; and it is unquestionably one of the mort beautiful productions the sort in the Ragitsh in one of his iucubrations, advercing to the he earth, the ditigexce which is neces#ary to Wacover, and the labor to porsera them, he is most hngularly happy in his elegant invitation to us to in- jusiry wad vesearoh. In 1776, he published hia “ om- .” in which he bo.dly proposed independence, the beat ns to met OW of the diffloul.ies into h the colonies were now plunged, and ag an objact jone worth fighting for. Whe. “Common seiee”™ ived in Albany, tu convention of New York was in ; General Scott, a leading member, alarmed at ¢ boldness and novelty of it* arguments, mentioned fears to neveral of his distinguished colleagues, and ed ® private meoting in tlm evening for the pur- of writing an answer. They accordingly met, aad » M’Keason read the pamphlet through. At first it The Celeb my peasndmy ut not j was deemed both necessary and excedient to answer it immediately; but casting about for the necessary argu ments, they coucluded to adjourn and meet agein. in afow evenings they assembled, but so rapid was the change of opinion in the colonies at in favor of in- dependence. that th not to Oppose it—and on the fourth of J et year, im n- denoe was declared now arrived wi Thomas Paine was to take’ as wellas 9 decisive pet in public affaire. Many individuals of respecta- ility volunteered their services in support of their country’s freedom, oud foremost fot them was Mr Paine—he no the of ind pendence aa ones 0 itinerant writer, ot eee. ie was on appendage almost as necessary formi: as its ‘coupe When the colonists ped, be revived them with a “Criaia » The first of these uumbers!he pub- lished early in December, 1776 The objet of it was good, the method excellent, and the language, sulted to the depressed spirits of the army. of public bodies, and of private cit! heering. Washington, defeated on Long Island, had retreated to New York, and be driven with great loss from forts Washivgton and Lee, the gallant little army, overwhelmed with a rapid suc- cession of misfortunes, was dwindling away, and allseem- 6d to be over with the cause when scsroely @ blow had been struck “These,” said the Cris ‘are the times that tryjmen’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, surink from the se vice of his country; but he that sande it now, deserv the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyrcnvy, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this cousola- tion with us. that the harder the conflict, the more gio- rious the triumph; what we cbtain too cheap we esteem too lightly’ This number was read in the camp, to every corporal’s guard, and in the army and out of it, had more than the intended effect. The convention of New York, reduced or dispersion,occasioned by #larm, to niue members wasrallied andreasimated \ilitiamen, who, already tired of the war, were straggling from the army, returned. Hops succeeded to despair, cheerful- ness to gloom, and firmness to irresolution ‘T'o the con- fidence which it inapired, may be atcributed much of the brillisnt litte affair which, in the same month, fol- lowed at Trenton, Oo the 17th of April, 1777, Mr Paine was elected by Congress, seoretary to the commit- tee for foreign affairs Ths fifch number of his” is”? was published at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, March, 1978 It contained among other things. a letter address od to General Sir Willlam Hows,in the latter part of which is this parugraph :—‘ There is something in meanness which excites a species of resentment that never subsides; and something in eruelty whioh stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred. Britain has filled up both there characters till no addi- tien can be made, and hath uot reputation left with us, to obtain credit for the slightest promise. The will of God huth parted us; aod the deed is registered for eternity. When abe shall be a spot. scarcely visible among nations, America shall flourish, the favorite of Heaven, and the friend of man.” in February, 1781, he sailed with Coionsl Laurens for France, where they ne- gotiated a loan of two millions of livres, and obtained large supplies, forming the loading ofa brig aad a ship, with which they returned just before the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown He continued to publish numbers of the “Crisis” as occasion appeared to hearin thom, uatil the close of the revolution —thirteen in pal. The object of this letter was to clear up the mis- take, and to expose the errors into which the Abbe had falleu in his history of the American revolution. This letter was a masterly production, as the following para- graph, which is un extract from it, will show. He says: "Phere {s something exceedingly curious in the const tution and operation of prejudice. It has the singular ability of accommodating itself to ali the possible varie- ties O° the haman mind, Some passions and vices are but thinly scattered among mankind, and find oaly here and there a fitness of reception Bat pr-judice, like the spider, makes every place its homs it nas neither taste nor choice of place, and ali that it requires is room — There is scarcely a situation, except fire and water, in which the spider will notiive. So, let the mind be as neked as the walls of an empty and forsasen tenement, gloomy as a dungeon, or ornamented with th: richest abilities of thinking ; let it be bot, oold, durk or light, louely or inhabited, still prejudice, if undisturbed, wili fill it with cobwebs, and live, like the spider, where thers seems nothing to live on. Ifthe one prepares her food by poisoning ic to her palate and her use, the other dows the same; and as several of our passions are strongiy obaracterized by the animai world, pre- in 1782, he published a letter to the Abbe Ray- | Hampden, Hume, Gibbon, Shaftsbury, Bolingbroke, &o &o, were hung round the room, ‘After some time apent in the oheerful and enlivening | dance,in which it was delightful to see the elegant torme of young women, and even little children, taste- fully dressed, with theirlong and pendant hair plaited ala Kenwigs moving on the fantastic toe, in the merry dance, the company‘ adjourned to the rupper room. Here several long rows of tables, tastefully decorated, and groaning under a load of savory viands snd sesson- able luxuries, awaited the company. It woud be doing great ' injustice to the company snd to our own ferlings. if we failed to notior the kind- ness, amiability and cheerful ease and friendliness of every one present, and how, though quite stran- rte, we were received. After the cloth was remo- ved, ihe company having partaken, with social hi- larity and mutual id will towards each other of the abundant loxuries laid out before them, the Chairman, Dr, Huxt, called the attention of the company to the regular toasts of the evening He began with expressiag the pleasure be felt in again mesting the company, on the present anniversary, He said— Though pereons of MNberal opinions are generally philosophers, yet I sex mo reason why they should not enjoy these occasions. ludeed, I think they should enjoy them highly, for, beyond doubt, hi iness is the object of philosophy It follows, then, y the simplest logic im the world, that fun and pailocophy motuaily promote each other. Often have liberalists been accused of being * sore given to laughter nd ungodly glee,” while their bigot accusers were quite unaware that philosophy, by removing the fear of that burning pit, which the priests teil us of, from before theie eyes, had restored them tothat mirtbfulness which nature intended for them Pleasantry, good na- ture and kioduess will always be found among those, who are vedeemed from the terrors and delusions cf bigotry ‘fhe liberal principles taught us by the great philosophere, who have eniight- ened the world, and especially by him, whose birth-day wo have met to celebrate, are of the most enlarged phi- lanthropy. Their prino’ples are mort favorable to liber- ty and happiness [nu every eye of the world. they have been the great defenders of liberty, against the tyranny of the church and the State. If their principles had prevailed in the world, would the fires of Smithfleld have been lighted, or the dag- gers of St Bartholomew's day been unsheathed ? Would the generons heart, and open hand of Thomas Paine, ever have lighted thefazot around the learned Cervitas? Was there any thing in his natare or his principles which would, have induced him to imprison or persecute another, for @ difference of religious opinions? Would hiboralists have hanged the Quakers of Boston, or crusned tho witches to death at Salem’ The great crimes which have astonished the world, and crushed humanity to the dust, have ariaen from princi- les directly opposed to those of such men xs Thomas ine; aad I feel persuaded that the world will be free and Lappy in exaot proportion to the prevaience of their dovirines. Look at unheppy Ireland, at the manufacturing and laboriog population of Kngland; at tue serfs of Russia; look anywhere, where bigotry and tyranny prevails, and the same spec- taole is presented of suffering humanity. Would not the prinoiples of Thomas Paine furniah a pertot anti- dote to oppression? Never bave such men contributed to oppress mankind. It is, on the contrary, the terrible inoubus of kings and priests, which has destroyed tusm; which has rendered them bigoted and helpless; which kes away the preduct of their industry, and leaves them destirnte, ignorant, and wretched it makes one’s blood boll with indignation, when we think of this op- pretsion, this robbery of the people to squauder on the rich and to waste by @ profligate government. Who are the great rovbers of the world? I answer, king priests, and the aristocratic and privileged classe: They fore, by taxation, the products of industry into their own coffers, to squander on themselves, and a host of idle retainers, whom they corrupt by their favors and their vices. In thelr hands, goverament be- comes @ great and well organized sys:em of plunder, aad the producing classes are their victims. “If, from the more wretched parts of the old world,” ‘suys Mr Paine, “we look at those, which are in an advanced state of improvement, we, still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every cor- nerand crevice) f industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention ts continually oxer- cised, (o jyppish new pretences for revenue and taxa- tion. It watghes prosperity as ite prey, and permits none to esfips without @ tribute’ In'another placs judice may be denominated the Spider of the iad” in 1785 Congress granted to Thomas Paine $3600, the Stave of Peuneyliauia grauted to him £600, and the State of New York grauted to bim the contiscated esiate ofa Mr Frederick Devoe, a royalist. ‘This est situ- ated at New Rooheile, consisting of more than 300 acres of lend, in e high state of cultivation, with a spacious and elegant stone house, besites extusiye oucbuilui ngs, was a valuable soquisition; and the readiness with waoich it was granted is » proof of the biga estimetion in which his serviers were by oue of the most cpulent and powerfal Si in the Unioa fis retired to this farm, where he lived, sojeying the rociety of # large cirele of aecqusintances, and the friendship of the best wen id the mation, til April, 1787, wen he set sil from the United States to France, wad arrived in Paris after a short pas- sxgo. In September after, he went to London, sad from thenge to Thetford, to see his mother, who was still living; bis father was then dead. Here he spent some time in relieving the wants of his surviving parent, and weitivg 4 ;anpbiet on the state of ths nation During the year 1789 bespent his time iv buiiding is bridge The yrat 1789 be speutin France. 1790 Mc. Barke published nis R fiections upon the Principles of the French Rsvo- lation? In November of that year Mr. Paine returued to Englend, und lost no time in preparing his answer to Mr. Barke. In lees tuan three sonths he pro- Guced the first part of the “Rights of / in which he had combatted and coufated the greater portion of Mr. Burke's doctrines. About the middle of May he again went to France. Oa the 13th July, 1591 he returned to London, and prepared the second part of the * Rights of Man.” He continued in England, quar. relling with the ministry upon tue principles contuined in Rights of Man.” till about the middle of Sep: tember, 1792 when a French deputation announced to him in London, that the d-partment of Calais had elec\- ¢. him as .aeir representative in the Nationsl Conven- tion. He immediately preceeded to Dover, where he embarked for France, aud in abou: three hours af.+r ar- rived at Ca From there be went to Paris, aud took hisseat as @ member of the National Assembly; and shortly atter, he was appointed a member cf the commit- tee forframing the new constituiion. The quvstion of the trial of the ra was then agitated, for which Mr Paine voted; but after the conviction, he atrenivusly opposed sentence of death upon the king; but being out- youed, he egain made # powerfal effort to have the exe. cution postponed Here azain he was defeated; and the king was beheaded the 2st day of January, 1793. The National Assembly became divided into two parties Mr. Paine, from his love of liberty and humanity, was induced to join the weaker party, and thereby incurred the displeasure of Danton, Marat, and Robespierre, and in December, 1793, he was arrest. ed and imprisoned, where he oc ntiaued eleven months. On the 4ch of November, 1194, he was released. Mr. Monroe, who was afterwards lresident of the United States, wes then winister to France, kindly invited Mr. Paine to his house, where he remained for about vigh- tenn months. Shortly after his release from prison, ne was invited by the National Assemoly to resume his seat in that body, which he did id continued in France until the Ist of September, 1802, when he em- barked from Havre for America, and arrived at Bulti- more on the 30ch of October. He remained at Wash- ington awhile, and visited the different rtments, and then cameto New York and put up at the City Hotel, where he covtinued for a time, receiving visits from friends, and on one occation @ public dinner was given him, as # token of respect. He retutned to his farm at New Roohelle, and afterwards divided his time between ‘hat place and New York, until bis death. which took place on the #th day of June, 1809, at waich time he was seventy-two years and five mouths old ; he was buried on bis farm at New Rochelle, where siuce @ bexutiful monument has been erected by his friends with no other inseription upon it tuan “Thomas Paine. wusbor of Common 8 -nse.”’ Lhus ended the days of onu of be mont remarkable men that ever lived—of most per- fect moral principle, and true to the cause of humanity an tae needls to the pola Neither powers voc principniiti « could make him swerve from the line of reettude. His refl-ctions upon the virtue and integrity of Americn were glowing, and his description of what America may in time bevoine, is most eloqueut, and yet melancholy He says“ A thousand years hence (for 1 must judulgs ‘@ few thougnts— perhaps in less)—Americn may be what Sngland now is. The innocency of het character, that wou the hearts of ail nitions im her favor, may sound likes romance, and her inimitable virtue as if it had never been. The ruins of that liberty whioh thousands Died to obtain, may just farmish materials tor a village tale, or extort a sigh from rustic sonaibility; while tne fashionable of that day, enveloped in dissipation, shall deride the principle and deay the fact. Whon we con- template (ne fall of empires, aud tho extinction of the Batious of the ancivat world, we cee but little more to excite our regret than the mouldering ruius of pompous Palaces, magnificent monuments, lofty pyramids, and wails and towers of the most cesily workmanship; but when the empire of America shali fall, the suYject for coatemplative sorrow will be intinitely greater than decaying beass or crumbling marble ¢an inspire it will not then be said, * Here stood ® tom- pie of vast antiquity—here rose a Babel of iavisible height, cr there # palace of sumpcuour extrava- ganeo ; but here, sh! painful to relate, the noblest work of human wisdom, the greatest soeno of human glory, the fair cause of freedom.rose and fell.” And thus it will be seen, from a review of Lis life and writings, thathe was a correct thinker, a ready writer, with a heart froo from guile, but overflowing with benevolence ; firm in purpose and untiring in parsuite, he warmly espoused the cauce of liberty and human rights, aud ho defended his cause with such force of argument and eloquence that he bore down all opposition. Witn 9 mind as capacious an the universe, and & perception aa quick as thought, be could grasp the most extensive subjeots, and discover their most obsiruse bearings; he could discover trath, and espoused her caus, which was one reason why, ia debate, ho always put his adverrary to fight, He erected &@ monument that will be more durable than brass, ard more previous than rubies. When conquering heroes shail be forgotten when the rich and nobie of the earth shall be laid low in the dust—when ths proud obelisk and triumphal arch shall moulder and decay—then shall live, with grateful remembrance in the rte of his countrymen, the name of Thomas Paine, THE BALL AND SUPPER, ‘The bail and eupper on the oooasion of this anniversa- Ty came off last nigut at the Min rooms Tne bail- room presented a pleasing and interesting sight. Oppo- nite the entrance was @ portrait of Thomas Paine, by ono of the first evidently ; and at one of the tremities of the hall was @ portrait of Robert Owen, Erq Esoutcheons bearing the names of Voltaire, Volacy he says: —"J" presume that no man, in his sober senses, will cogipare the character of any of tha kicgs of Europe, with. that of Generel Washington. Yet, in Feance, and also in England, the expense of the sivil list only for the support of one man is eight times greater than the whole expense of the fede- tal government of America.” It is by thus withdraw- ing immense sums from industry, that the producing classes are rendered wretckediy poor, and the poor ere crushed down to the point of starvation. It is this which forces them from theit homes and sends them {exth to tnd uomemoretsvorable spot, where the gresping hand Of tyranny shail not be able to reach them Here, ia this happy country, thanks to Thomas Pa‘ne au other pAtriots of the revolution, is on asylum prepared for the oppressed, from whatever quarter of the world they may come Hore they may sit d-wa in safety, under thetr own vine and fig tree, and enjoy the fruits of their labor, withoutjearing the harpy fingers of opprersore Bat, ladies and gentlem-n, I will endeavor to void so rious 4 subject. We have met here to-night oa a fea- Uve occasion, to celebrate the birth-day ot one, whose happy fortune It was torevolutioaize the world =| speak in sober earnest when I sey that the energetic penof [hos Pains, more than that of eny other muon, has revolutioni- zed the world phict, wi cx saeseasfuily advooated independen country. Compare ite tone aud sentiments wit the Declaration of Ladependence, by Taomas Jeffsrson. and you will readily trace the analogy ; showing that Paine was the bold suggester of those ideas so nobiy #x- pressed by Jefferson, and s0 bravely carried out * the Congeess and army of 1776. And has not th. ex- ample of America—her success, her liberty, oor prosperity, her happiness, her plenty, her strength, her republican simplicity, her re#l glory, the equality aad friendship of ell her psoplo, whether born here, or emi. grated from other countries, the stability of her excel- lent government of the people—has not all this fur- uished an exarople to oppressed natious, which shail make all thrones and sniters totter to their fall? The good work is going on, The battlesof liberty have been and will be fought, and fought sucessfully, too Tae world is making, at the preseot time, the most wonderfal efforts ia that herouleau, but delightful labor, expressed by the word progression Our own country is ati)l progressing in the application of the great principles ofliberty and equili+ ty; and shall not the people of other couatries gather strength from our own example? We hear with delight that other nations, looking to us as the patterns ot liberty and plenty, are copying our institutions, and imitating our liberality. Even the Pope himself appears to have caught the enthusiasm of humanity, acd we shali yot hear from the eternal city te deums and horaunabs to | liberty. May the day speedily arrive, wheu tue voice of fevedom shall be heard from every quarter of the world ! When mankind shall escape froin the oppression, which has crushed them for ages! and shall walk forth deemed, disenthralled, rejoicing ia that liberty which in their right—a right derived from uature and from God took Hult then concluded with giving the following Our * ‘Thomas Paine— Whose bold genius and strong com- mon sense, has set on foot the revolution of the world ” The following regular toaste were then successively given by the Chair, aided by E J. Webb aad Thoman Chompson, E+qs , a8 Vice Pcenidents: “The day we celebrate—The memory of Thomas Pain gifted by talent, honored by integrity. The worid w: his country, to do good his religion ”? “The ladies present—We are honored by thelr coun- tenance—freo from the thraldom of superstition, they are the crowning glory to this assembly” “The Trinity of Thomases—Thomas Paine, Thomas Lecture before the Society of Mechantes and | ‘Yradesmen—Dr. Bedford on the Circulation of the Bioov, The third and last of Dr. Bedford’s series of lectures before the General Society of Mecha- nics and Tradesmen, was delivered last evening in Mechantes’ Hall, Broadway, to an @verflow- ing audience, who listened to the discourse thronghout with the utmost attention. The sub- jeet ot the lecture was the circulation of the blood, which eagaged the attention of the speak- er and the audience for upwards of an hour. After a few preliminary remarks, Professor Bedford stated thatthe blood was divided into two substances—the gaszous and fluid, and the solid—the elementary substances of which are carbon, sulphur, phosphorus, sodium, iren, deo. Ho begued the’ [hates presaat, hat to bo. alarmed at the statement of a faet which he should make, that the human system, as it presents itself in their persons, is reduced to the substances to which he adverted, viz: fluids and solids. [t isa very interesting fact, that these substances unite and form combinations, in different proportions, ia precisely the mauver in which they unite When a union takes place in different proportions, they form combinations which are denominated permanent principles Now these combinations take place, and these circumstances Jt in the formaticn of compounds, and these com- pounds are termed proximate principles There isa proximate principla in the production of membrane, bumen, and so on, and there are various other unfoos takivg place in the production of tissues and organs Here you have the bones; and if you subject the bones to analyzation, you will find that they will present to you some of the elementary substunces to which I have referred. So it is with the muscles and every tissue in the system Now, another point to which { wish to direct your atteation is, that the human body isa compound of fluids nad solids,with a certain propor- tion between them. The relative proportion be ween them, is according to the minimum calculation of six to one; but there are others who wake it as one to ten—that is.the fluids are six to one, in proportion tothe solids. This proportion, | must inform you, however, varies in pro- portion to the age and the health of the individual; for ina young subject the proportion of fluids is much greater than of solids. In youth and manhood there is @ certain proportion of fluids over the solids, aud this continues uotil old age, and until deorepitude son. Look, for example, at a yoang subject, (re- forring to th» skeleton of @ young person on the plat- form;) you see none of the angular projections that you will see in this, which is the skeleton of an old person Here you observe the sugular projections on the face, {poluting to the skeleton of the old andj sct,)—the tace is sunken; there is a prominence at the angles of the jaw. Not 20 with the young eubjeot, as you may pi revive. So that you see that in old azs, precisely the converse of what presents itself in youth, is apparent in regard to the preponderance of iluids over the sollds. There is another point, and it is a very natural inquiry for you to make, in regard to the circulation of the blood, and that ishow the biood is wade. ‘This shall endeavor to ex- plain to you. Tho blood is a fluid, which is not in- tended to circulate through the system for any idle purpore, bnt for the purpose of giving growth to the ‘system, Without a due supply of proper oxyginated blood, the system would linger and die, and this tlood is distributed for the purpose of «iving vigor and developement toevery organ and tissue in the eoonomy of natuxe. This blood, then, is formed by the food which we eat We are continually wasting, and it is to repair the waate of ths system which is thus going on. ‘There is a constant loss and waste of the old material; #0 that, from our birth to our death, uature continusily and {ncussantly exerts herself to renovate the system. ‘hers isa constant state of transition, in which nature makes the waste and again supplics it; and it is on this balance on which depends perfect health. Bat when the balances is lost, nature is overpowered by disease; disense too frequently brought on by our own indiscretions,by the violation of those laws which nature has established as the basis of healtu. ‘Tne firet process in the formation of the blood, is, therefore, that of tuking food into ths mouth. The next is that of masticating it, ‘Then there are certain glands,which, stimulated by the presence of the food, gives out a flaid, which is call- ed saliva! which incorporates that which you have takaa into your mouth, into one homogeneous macs When this is effected, the muscles are culled into a tion, dnd unite fa the process of digestion, and the re- sult is that (ue fuod thus incorporated, is swallowed and taken down, and deposited in s small bag, denominated the stomach You will perceive, therefore, that the food undergoes @ remarkable aud curious action, which action is explained by chemists: in one way, and by phyalologista in another. Taere is a great difference of opinion between them inregard to the theory of this proses; buc | tiiuk it is hardly necessary tor me Ww oc- oupy your time with a discussion of the differences ex- isting between them on this subject. I shall not here array in conflict the chemiats against the physivlogiato, nor the physiologista against the chemists The one cx- doavor to sustain their own views, and the other class will not abandon their grounds, unless arguments which they cannot rebut are produced, There is, therefore, a curlovs change taking piace, and the foot thus acted upon is converted into chyk in contact with bils, and nature has most beautifally arranged the ducts which thi passes into, and changes it into two portions; on cf ‘hese is a milx-like fluid, and this is the blood. You then perceive it changed into two conditions, one of which, as I ssid before, is blood, and the other is taken up and deposited ia the thoracic duct, and it will be my duty to show you how itis changed in the extraordinary laboratory, the human lungs —[ will show you how this biood 18 conveyed into the arteries and made healthy blood If you look at the blood after you sce s physician tie up the arm of a person from whom he has extracted it, and before any change in it is pro- duced, you will perseive that it looks red, aud, theretore, itis generally considered that the vital flaid is of that color, and the redness in it which you sce is supposed to be one,of the essential elements of blood. Now, you will see in insects blood which is mot red—the saine in the blood of fishes and reptiles. As 4 general rule, the greater proportion of blood which circulates in tishes is not red. Yet this blood which circulates in our own system imnotired altogether; and when | cowe to speak of the manner in which our blood is olrculated, | will show you thxt there is both red blood aud dark blood, the latter being ‘hat which has lost its nutritious Attributes. Agaia, you know there isa good deal said about the vitality of the blood; ani on this subject let me inform you that there are many mistaken opinions abroad. Many consider it imprudent to draw blood; | but it is like everything elsa There 1s no principle which, if carried too far, will not end in abrurdity. Toere is no man who thinks more of temperance than | do, bat let me assure you, that | have known men to die fom drinking too much cold waver. ‘I'he principle is one thing, and the application of the principie is another. How to we prove the vitality of the biood? in this way, that. the blood. as it circulates in the system, becomes a portion of the system. and does x0 in virtue of ite vitality. ‘This blood is the sustaining | principle of life, and as it circulats in the ayatem, it | all the elements Jefferson, and Thomas Herttell; kiog-oraft reviewers, | priest-craft expositors ; acknowledged by their enemies as honest men,” ‘A Soientitic Eduoation—The roversign antidote to every degrading superstition ; good for the bee, but in imical to the drove” “The Presa of the United States—May it, and the public good, like united twins, be ever inseperable ‘+ The Departed Liberals Who, with the ploughshares of enqairy, opened the furrews of knowledge, and plan- ted the vines of information, may succeeding genera tions profit by their labor ”? “The Clergy -May public opinion compel pravchers to eat the broad of industry; may the time come when, inetead of twenty thousynd prieata in our country, every State may exclaim, the locusts have fled” Prilovophie Information— The master key, to opem the portals of science, to unfold the Volume or Nature, to equalize opinion, to expose the crafts of law, physic and divinity. “Womaa—Man's most sincero friend; his most cheer- | ing companion; his guardian in aMietior tion in the hour of trouble, Let ua pity the un‘ortu- nate bachelor, who knows not the felicity of him bieat with on omiable wife.” & On the last toant being given, Mrs Roso,a Polish lady, as we were informed, arose and addrerxod the company in a atrain of pleasing eloquence, and with grest ability of course in ardent support ot those principles which characterise the votaries of the philosophy of Paine We regret that time wid not allow us to give the remarks of Mra, Rose. In substance, she said what we took to be undeniably true, that truth, jnstics, kiadness love, hu- manity, and all that is really good, is divine. That these principles were their principles, therefore their principl’s were diving. Mrs Rose having concluded, of- fered as a volunteer toa Robert Owen.” —Which was drank with three timos three. umerous other volunteer tonsts were then given, and sotue songs were auag by reveral amateurs, in the beat Atyle. Mr. Webb gave ar arecitation » translation of one of Beranger'a most effective pooms We were struck with ita foroe and beauty of expression even in a translation After an evening spent in a manner whioh may be called rational and intelieotnal, far more intellestual aud more friandiy, kindly, amiable and unaffected, than isin ge- ne ral to bs mat with et: public dinners or ruppers, the compacy at a late hour, or rather aa early hour of the morn, gradually soxtternd towards their several homer, wad we wended our way in avy rain to prepare our notes for the printer Tue Weratuer.—The country surrounding us shares the mild weather we are enjoying. in Albany it is represented as April like; and we hear of asparagus and strawberries grown in the open air. The small pox prevails to such an extent throughout the Dusanke ae State, a) the ow au. the safety of their oltinense ew” O™ ‘ne Sabdect for hia conaolae | 4tVe8 life to the organs by which they are developed and grow. Again; you take this blood and look at it. It ina Homogeneous muss. Will you believe that it contains life—ail of the developments which the different organs require? And this is one cf the most beautifol facts ia physiology. It contains earthy imat- tor, flbred sloumen and fatty matter, ko Now what are the object aud purposes of those different sub- stances? ‘I'he blood circulates through the rystem, and there is but one element in {t which the bones require for their sustenance and growth. This is the earthy matter, that is taken up by the bones ia the economy of nature, Now, how is it when the blood circu- lates in the bones, that they take from it only that element which they require, and leave the remaia ing elements ot it untouched? ‘I'he fact is 60, aud it is a beautiful mystery in the eoonowy of nature When the blood flows wimong the muscles, they take up that elemsatary portion of it which they require for their support aud developement, and that is noret, and like he bones leave the reat wut uohed. ‘These muscles tako fromthe blood the very elements which they re- juice ior Weir own existence ; aud you wil! be amused woen I tell you, that the !-asis of all your brains is com- pored of thé fatty matter, which is another elewentary priueiple in your biood. "There is fatty mutter, there fore, im the blo.d; and when the biood circuia in the brain, it takes only that fatty motter, and allows the remaining principles to pass on. Great ay the human miad unquestionably is—great every point of view un it deservedly is—it sinks into nothing when compared with this most beautifal complicated arrangement in the economy of You will now perceive by those general remacks (aod eueral they must be on an cocnsion like'this) the gene- ralattributes of the blood, and I will direct your atten- tion to the provision which nature has made for the transmission of this blood, to jsvery portion of the aya- tem. This (referring toa model) you perceive is the | huatan heart.which is divided into four cavities—two on the right and two on the left. ‘Those on the left are intended for the reception of arterial blood, and those on the rightfor the reception of venous blood. The difference between them is,that arterial blood is fitted for the nourishment of the rystem Venous blood has Jost its wutritions qualities, and must be-renovated and refitted, before it can again give nourishment to the rystem. Hote (referring sain to the models) are two descriptions of blood vessels, one of which are arteries, id the other veins, The arteries pass from the heart, and they may be called a diverging class of vessels, be- cause they commence at the heart in ons trunk, and, as they proceed, they diverge; and, as they approach the extremities, they are almost countless. The extremi- tes of the arteries give rise to veins, aud travel on until they terminate in one. Now, there is a fact which it is important I should mention. You perceive here the mother trank of the arterial system; it is called he great sorta. You perceive this large braach, but you will “observe that the area of tho ar- tery increases precirely in proportion to the num- ber of branches given off For instaace, you see an artery divided hers into two kéanches, aud thore two brauohes comprise an area greater than the trunk tvom which they sprung; #0, you rec? that the arteries jncrenge in arca exactly in proportion to the branches into which they divide, Now, I seid that the blood is fortaed from food ‘This food, utter undergoing «certain action, a8 | have already stated. is divided by comiog io coatact with the bile, into two portions—one w wil sike Hult, whieh is deposited in the rivht cavity of the heart, in order that itmmay undergo certaiu changes that will ensble it to support the system, by being oo verted into arterial blocd. These veins then bring this blood into tre right auricle of the heart, and irom theveo it goes into the right veatricle. Now, as soon af the blood Lo the right ventricle, there isa beautiful arrange- n ‘aioh you see here, (referr: the model ) a tu! tube is divided into rightand left branches, ‘Thess are the lungs, The biood brought intothe right cavity of the heart, gosome change. This laboratory is the lungs artery then passes off, and carries tho blood ipto the right and left lung. You perceive them how important it is to understand the perfect apparatus for producing these elaborate changes The blood is taken into the lungs, and here you see the wind-pipe. This tubs fp 80 constructed that if it were shut up or ob- structed, the reault would be certain death, and it may be said that, during every meal which you sit down to, you run the risk of death. Now, nature is not slarmed in these cases, and I weuld not recom- mend you to be alarmed, bat to trust to nature, for she fs perfect in her arrangements. Here, for example, is @ small cartilage denominated the epiglottia, and the mom nt we make an effort to swallow our food, nature causes thin epiglottis to pass over the upper portion of the windpipe, and then the food passes down safely. You have no idea of the risk you rua when you sit down to your meals; but I would not have you refrain from taking them on this account. (Laughter) | have no doubt that many of you will reflect on this, aod be somewhat alarmed; but I will recommend you to rely on nature, and sho will carry you through th» diflioulty Now, after these remarks, [ehail ail your atten tion’ to tho atmosphers you breathe, which ts composed of oxygen and nitrogen, in certein pro- portions. ‘This ‘aumosphere passes down tho wind Pipe, and then into tne tubes, (cefers to model.) calied the brouchio! tubes. These tubes, when inflamed, produce ihe disease called bronohitis. ihe wir passes down these tubes acct mixes with peoulinr ale- ments of the vencus blood, which elements cause this blood to be impure, and convert it into arterial blood Now the difference between artetial and venous blood / this,that venous blood is laden with carbon, wnd this irs accomplished by the paseaze of air through the wind- pipe; und thia blood yhaving been purified tn this man- ner, passes to the brain, and every portion of the human system. When it bas run its olrcuii, it again becomes Venous bluod, and comes back to undergo the same ops- ration, There i this constant change going on, from the moment of birth to the period of our death This in the round. You perceive there is a great deal of arrangement in thees things; and I oan inform you in relation to this movementof the blood, that there bes been a great deal of discussion about its motive power of course there would ba no diffloulty; but the question is, what is the motiva power which regulates the blood ? Some persons contend that the heart is the propel maching thnt produces the action of the blowd. fix was the reosived doctrine; but there hus beer a theory recently propounded, which f am proud to say has re- ceived the sunction of the best physicians of tne day, and itis this—chat the heart ig not the motive power, but that the blood goes tom che isft vencrioly of the he through the aorta, and thatit is attracted by th bon in the tissues, which invites the oxygen ia tie arterial blocd to unity wit it, and im this way the venous 4 pushes tho arterial blool before it. This theory, | am happy to say, has b propounded by my talented colleague, lrofessor John | W. Draper (Applause } [tise beautiful theory, sud Lam sorry that time will not allow me to explain to you the details of it, I merely mention the broad fact. Now look ut this heart, and see what a curious organ itis ‘Phere is no trick of the artist hero. This (holding up) is areal human heart, which once beat like any of It the motive power could be discovered, | t | t Great Tomper © Meotiag at the Tabernacle, Pursuant t ery large aad respecta. ble audience st ths Tabernacle last night, the first meeting of the New York eity Temperance Soeviety, as established oa Chris- tian principles AtT o'siook, t sic the chair, and a solemn, yet iut air was played the of Prof JL Eosign Me i The Rev. Me Havereco thon a Divine Grace, inw very xpiriinal approprin(e to the occasion The Rev. De. Peck then rosy aad eaid: ~Gantleman and Ladies —The daty imposed upon me will be faliied jun very few words. All will KoKoowlod ca» that (atom: peranoe is on the increase, and while sugu is fact, we deom it necossary to establish anew organiastion, and bring Christians of all denominations to combine to siop its prograns. The ouly way to effsct this lady ward organisations, and it will not require argaeat feom ma to prove tha mraessity and evident good result from such a step. ‘This important subject will by presented by the spoakers Chis evening I'ne temperancy canse is, in many respeots, languishing, aad ic must by im pressed upon Cristivn hearts ant Coristian minds, to endeavor to put a atop to the selling of intoxicating drinks Hy epoke at some length, and strongiy pressed the canse of tomperauos af now established The choir «t the Tabrrascle thea eung » beautifal | stanga a7 Iremsed tha throne of impreesive prayer, Offipring of a free horn race, Ilappy in your dwolling place, Aw your bleasiogs yo revrana, Phink from whenoo they flow. The Chairman stated that from tne ill health of Dr. Adams, one of the speakers, he regretted to say, he would vot be present Rev. Mr. Bexcier was thén introduced to the audi ence, who sait— Ihe contest which bas now, not tor » fow years, been waged, is weil known [t has ofwan been the oase that those who have come siter, have deri obliged to pick the truck from both sides On the one side, the love of drink is an Undiagureed ite—while avarice is mo Undiaguined enue for selling It Ie is nob merely to say whether aman may drin: be sober; but it is to cay, is there not as much strength in the world il the oremy, as there ison the ride of wickeduess? ‘There are questions upon which aaimaliom bas the as- condeoey, and conscience no place at all, What, then, la tho iv would a law aw ma: is the community to not be possibte, nor do we wiei to pr mien from drinking be made to pr os the making st plac to bat it. % To driak i civil right, and if oman haya wich to lis down at one end of the still and drink, he ban « perf-ot right to do 80, oan prevent him. Bat we een bring to bear | 4 religians influences upon its the powers by which men | nged, though it would be impoestbie to effect is | by ong association, Wo liko different denominations im tomperance, it we do not in religion, Those are three Jwokers, with large qune, lying low, and empiief artiliery above, which sweepthecnemy. ‘Toe vid plattorm would not do, though there are soue who jok to the old pledge, und we bid them Ged speed. Tie Washing- | toulane sprang up—drankards were then sent to preach to drunkards, with red eyes, to stauneh with tears the redeyes. It waa astonivning; bat they were unable to stand before thoy atarted ‘The grouad upo: which t yours. See what # beautiful arrangement thero is otthe | st vessels. Itis apparently @ simple mars of flesh, com- | Washingtonians started was that of sympathy. ‘T) posed of muscular fibres, with four cavities, two on the | gceat ground to b4 iaken is, thet the tocling should be right and two on the lefc, the two on the right conuect- | syinpathet®, and to feel in unison, beart wita heart, 1b ing with the others. Will you believe that every pul- sation of the heart throws into the rigut veo tricie, which you perceive here, (referring to it) two ounces of blood. It contracts sixty times in a minute, sometimes more, and four thousand times au hour. Now from the heart’ their passes every hour you live, into this vessel, a hogshead of blood; not that there is hogshead full of biood in the system, but the rapidi ¥ of the circulation is such, that one hogshead of biou 4 passes through the hort every hour you live. Isit no® wonderful and astounding that such results aa these are peoduced? There io another fact wan has is his heart. Everything else yivids; but the heart is with us to the last, and is ths ast to forsake us. Have any of the audience watched over the vouch of ® dying friend? Aa death approaches, you will flad the tongue is paralyzed, the eyo whieh was wont to glisten, sees you no more; the brain has iost its power to redognize you; the hand is cold; the pulee is gone, and can uo longer be distinguished; but place your hand on the breas:, aud the heart sill m’ vem, The citadel, however, is ut lust attacked, the pickots ae driven in, but the true aud trusty frieud will not yield without a straggie. It goes on, still beating, fainter, yet fainter—the pulse has ceased to beat—finully the heart ceases to beat—and this is death, (Sensation among the audience ) Now, if you will alow mes few moments, I yhall make ® few general cbservations, which you.can apply to your- as | | sre the works which it eccomplishes—and great in setves, I have endeavored to give you a the human system Jn the threo lectures which | have delivered to you, | have called your attention to the out- | what the | © lines of the physiology of th hamaneystem. It physician muat underetand; there can be no guess work about it. 2he humansystem is, after all,a machine, anda perfect one in all its parts. Now if you were to usk me to Tepair or make a watoh, [ could not do it, Nor could | shve @ horse—nor could | build a houre Yet t men who can repair and make watches; thereare many of you present ,who, from your knowledge of architec. ture, can build beautiful houses; and ! know theru are some of you who can shoe horses. (Laughter) But take the architect and ask him to shoe your hoxte, and if youare an fond of horses as [ am, you will not per- mit him to do #0, if he consents, Now take a physician who knows how to repair watch and build a house, but knows nothing of the mechanism of the humau frame, and will you trust your lives with hita? | am coming to something presently. (Laughter) You will bellevo that this is a progressive uge. It is @ progressive age, beyond any doubc; but it is somethin else—it is un age of the most astounding credulity. No one will doubt the fact that thisia an uge of progress, from the developments which the human mind bas made in recent times. [ only ask you to look at what hus been ieved in physical science. Thet which above every thing clse characrerises the present age, is the locomo- tive engine You can, in a short time, go to the moat distant plaoes—you. can commune with frieuds at re- mote points in @ few minutes eanbles us to communicate with the rapidity of thought Now, this, as I have already anid, is an age of pro- gress, and these are the evidences of it; but | insist that ‘it is also an age of credulity Will you be- Heve, that with ail the enligntenment—will you believe that amid all these wonders, the human mind should be guilty of the gross absurdity of believing things, which common sess teaches them are absurd and ridiculous, For instance, man robs the Almighty of his omniscicnoe—you are told it you go to x certain man, oF # certain female, and you will bs told that he or she will look through you, and tell you what is going on in your system, and what is going on in a distant house that he or she never visited This, par raceilence, is an age of progress. God himself, is alone endowed with the attributes of omniscience—he alone ia ubiquitous — und yet there are people who believe in these tairgs. I am not fighting against any system; but all | wish you to understand is, that this being age. of credulity, it requires great virtue to resist ths fas- cination<of quackery. Oh, it is a wonderful temp tation for u mau who ‘will be so far forgetiul of what is duo to buman nature as to speculate with it, ‘as bcokers do with dollars! [ ay ® man can take hia for- tune. You have a doctor for every iilaess, You have consumption doctors, Go through tie streets, sad what will you ee? “Consumption” and “lunge” will stare you in the face how the attendant will talk, Ho» will feel your puira H- will look st you and feel your pulre.and you will nea written on his forehead that he can’t speak to you, He wante a fee, and when he gets it, if you don’t receive poison from him, you will receive something as bad. [ could tell you things thst would astound you, But we are oharged with being selfish. Thank God, | am not selfish, if | Know myself, aud 1 Will niways raive my volce against thie quackery, come in what shape it may Dr Bedtord then detailed & fuany anecdote of a Hiber- nian and a Hibernian quack, the former of whom, how- | ever, was not to be tken in, He also described the jety, labor and toil of the physician’s life—iabor which no money can pay for. The Suspended Banks. To vue Leowsnatene of THe Stare or Naw Youn I respectfully reproent that by reference to the 4th and 5th sections of the aot entitied * Au ect to anthe rize the business of baoking,”’ passed April 18,1898, iv Will be seen that in case apy person or association, pow. sessing banking peivileges under raid act, shall fai) or reuse to pay thelr bili or notes, the comptroller is au- thorized, after public notice, “to sell av public auction, stocks piedged, or the beads and mortgiges | assigned,” for the security and payment ot such bills or | notes. There is no power in the comptroller to fore close the mortgages, but only to rell them; and there may be @ sacrifice on such sale, to the lors of vill hold- ers, when the land itself would be abuudant security, which might be available if there was a power iu the comptroiler to sell the de when deemed essential to tety of the bill holders or public The notes of the “ Atlas Bank of New York, at Cly- mer, Chautauque county,’ are now uader protest, and a resort to the recurity will probably be necesasry. thie case there is one large mortgage for $65,000. cover- ing several lots of land which might be sold sepa- rately on @ foreclosure. It in obvious that there caa 1 but few competitors for so large « mortgage, It in not susceptible of division, and the consequence will probably be that the mortgage will be sacrificed, and the bill holders injured. power of foreclosure, be could sell the land in parcels. Many would become compvtitors for a lot, that could not for the whole mortgage, and in this way the amount to be realized from the property would be greatly tn- crested for the benefit of the bill volders. che only objection to this would seem to be the delay oocasioned by @ foreciosure, and the consequent depre clation of te bills in the market. ton why the Comptroller should never resert to @ fore- closure iustead of & sale, when he was not likely to re- alize much more by « sale than by a ioreclosure it there may be oases, and | believe this te one, in which the power to foreclose would be highly beneficial | &m, therefore, of the opinion that sound policy requires | a discretionary power in the Compiroiler, aither to ell | or foreclosn the mortgages, aa the sefety of the bill holders may, in bis opinion require, not valy in the oasen above stited by me, but ii all others which may arise; and I would respectfully suggest that © law to such effect be passed o# soon ua the pleasure snd oonve- nience of the Legislature will samit, M. FILLMORE, Comptroller a, If you look at the system, you will tind, that until doth, the best triend @ eral ides of Thy electric telegraph | Go into one of those stores, and sre | in | If the Comptroller had the | This would be @ res: | ineaid Chat great many of (bu Washingtonians have gone back; but i care not for tht. [look with gratitude upon those who do stand, and | believe there is nota chureh ia this city aomy of whose members are not Weshiogtouiuns, Many did go back; but in many esses it was owing to their being unable agaia to raiee them- selves into society, unable to obtain employment, and hence some sneering persons would look wt Ubem in de risiof. The Sons of ‘Teiperance are » great and effec tual lever to work lor the cause. Go, look at the relis, You will not (here fiad the names of lawyers, but you will fiad the great mitddie class, the bone ‘and sinew of the lund. If good oan be done by one, let him do it In hin own way; bus for God’s sake let himgoon The temperance enterprise cannot succeed in opefduy. There was never an enterprise that succeded at first; thereds always sction and reaction—it gows back one step and forward two. | was speaking with a good Washing- tomian, to-day, who is x costume waker, not for Bishops, but tor theatres, aud | asked him if he would like for is con to be in @ theatre, because intemperance is there. He suid temperance was in theatres, ‘The temperance reform i koe tree: When it first apripgs up i appears | to grow very rapidly, aud when it has growa so muoh, it will branch, and then it meeuix not to grow so much; but then they do not consider there are four branches, which have grown six inches each, which makes twenty- | four inehes. “A little leven lwavens the whole lump,” | and the work will be consummated (Miller permitting) in the course of time, It cannot be done in a day. 1 hope there is not a maker or swlier of | uiquor in this place, and therefore wuatever he should would not be personel. Avarice leads men to eel! it, A We have sacred wril wnich says, Money is the root of ull evil,” and it is Crue that there in no path so dirt that men will not pase through it to get money. [ w once a resident of Lawrenowourg,where there distilleries and threo eburcies; but the churches were no thing; the churches only went on Suaday, and the distil- Jeries all the wees. ond Sunday too One man, an owner fa thatiplace, subscribed to the temperance contributions. | Ws distillery which cent out seventy- day. The importers come next; they s compel meu to buy; they say they only pr " taller comes next, sad having dealt lightly with the dis- tiller and Wholowale dealer, you will s»y he will now pounce down upon the retailer; but I shail not doit. [ ones knew @ retailer, who guve me au epitome of life ine grog shop. He told me who cae into the back door, sna who came into the front; and among the rest, to my surrow, were some of iay church members. He told me of a case w ere he prevatied upon a man who had joined the teiaperance cause, to stick to it, and who is now thorougi temperance man. ‘Chere is mere hope of a re. thiter, than we have been accustomed to think. Ava- rise Dus no feeling, and you cannot touch it by argument, wud we must deal with it as with all other sins. 1 have spoken too long; but “from \he abundavee of the heart, the mouth speaketh,” and if { fail to do my duty im this cause, May my Longue cleave to the root of my mouth. The toliowing svio ead chorus was then sung oy the | choir: — Oh! temperance, fair, ovlestial ray, Bright hwrald of a new-born day, Long did we need thy charming light ‘Yo onase away our darksome night, ‘The Rey. Dr. Tyxo next addressed the meeting. He spoke as follows:—in looking arou d uponour assembly to-night, feannet but thivk it is the most magnificent assembly Lever saw ia this T'bernacie, aud that for the cause of temperance. ‘The speaker who has addressed you, bas called himself a son of temperance, every confidence, for his very name giv thet, for the very foundation of the cause im this city will ever be connected with the name of Lyman Beeoher. ‘The work has almost stopped, but them it 1s not too late; the cause has now been connected with Christiant y. it was when priests Aad Levites had passed by, and tue n was ieft to die on the road, the good Samaritan came aloug and tooe him up, We began at aime whem the church was almost saunched with liquor Im the reign of George, @ nove ship, with 800 souls om board, sunk, with # cargo of ram it was in tue early days of (he reformation, when the father of my youvg friend raised tae Deacom Light, fnd like the elwctrie fire, i sped | trom polet Unt Che great work wasdoue We pow inwomd agaia (O raise tue standard, ja connecuon with Christianity. Religion perishes without it, and without it every moralcaua#. Must | see my son mur | dered by inches, and not rush to bis reseue? I will use every elfors, aod os Moses 6kinmed Lhe badgers to cover the Tavernacle, so will | skin the tnfd: i, wud call hig to my aid. if his dootrine will help me. I have the right, } and will work in the caw d hope to see the day when | the vermin will be driven from the soil, from Maine to | Pexse. Who could iook upon the revolution of Paris, nod not feel a aympacny! Shall | be driven baok by {nen clad ju lordiy robes, and with authority? If Lsee n fellow being drowning. shall | be prevented from res- ‘uing him, beonuse the humane society shonid do itt Frou the accounts fa our papers of the anguish in the | patties of Mexico, We must fee! a sympathy; but all the saguish of thet war is not somuca es wrougat by ia | temperauce | am glad of tae newepaper press, the | gront levor for dissemionting religious «od moral intelll- | gence |hoaor thas press, which, while it honors the cause of God and his Christ, reilvets honor upon itself. | 1 thet the teuperance cause is the cause of every * | minister, aud t do notthink say minister does his duty «ho does not hold to the cause of temperance, Go to the for west, go to any portion of the world, you will ses the church of Christ contendi+y agaiust the mon- ster, which is worse than ull the idols whieh it bas to contend against. Look at our own aborigines—I grieve whon [look upon them; wherever the white man bas | raised the standard of eum,ruin ban been spread around; | would you send me to preach in the bar-room, where the stifling fumes of tobacco and liquor are ever rising? Look at the Christian ministers —come of them use the poison Let us bold them up, and show that the wine drinking parson is the father of the drunkard. if} am lying upon a dying couch, dol wants man whore breath ts uted with the smell of liquor, to speak wi ‘@ man who has the gard of the Christian minis ter, but only en wugel of darkuess’ Lot we bec th such men, a8 with @ wail of iron red eu |{e hang at the window, and reepectable mam finds as excuse to enter; they ore ‘rom Tnere ia oue thing in the little society of Fronds which | admire, ‘They have, from the days ot George Fox, observed & conel#ter y in this g oat work. The triamph of our cause will carry out the ¢ hristian principle. I may let the rum sellers go down to the Trudy holes, and even 116 benesth our feet. The mo- erate drinker ts but learning the drunkard’s trade; | {y perf cting the craft, aud | have seen him when he has floisbod ihe (rade, like the very least. | have seen it T have seen the iaaa of intellect fall so low that ne the sight. | oe ved » place ia tho bara, to shuiter him from tue eold. Vives ore now 500000 drunkard) in this country, who | spond wore than cue hundred millions of doilars to bru- til zs ourinhabitents, That sum would send s minister of Christ toevery aix thousand inhabitants of this globe In this city the amount epent for segarsts $1,000 000, which isa yoke fellow of rum. ‘I'wenty yours ago | was told by One of my covgregation, who Was im the bavit of getting intoxicated, that | drank liquor, and from that day I was determined that no man sbould ever call me @ drankard, or a father of druokar Post man became | poor, and so poor thet he at last died in the alms bor aad ‘his body was.given to the physicians. We bave banded together to take up this cause. We have brought it to the sanctuary, and wits fucred tles Gave bound the sacrifice to the horus of the altar. A collection was then taken up, after which the doxo- 4089 yeaive God, from whom all blessings flow,’ ko. ‘The meeting was thea dismissed with the benediction.