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yonder waters, I will still glide unrestrained in my bark canoe by those dashing waterfalls, I will still lay up my winter's store of food; on these fertile meadows, I will still plant my corn.

3. "Stranger, the land is mine! I understand not these paper rights. I gave not my consent, when, as thou sayest, these broad regions were purchased for a few baubles of my fathers. They could sell what was theirs; they could sell no more. How could my fathers sell that which the Great Spirit sent me into the world to live upon? They knew not what they did. The stranger came-a timid suppliant, few and feeble- and asked to lie down on the red man's bear-skin, and warm himself at the red man's fire, and have a little piece of land, to raise corn for his women and children; and now he is become strong, and mighty, and bold, and spreads out his parchment over the whole, and says, 'It is mine.'

4. "Stranger, there is not room for us both. The Great Spirit has not made us to live together. There is poison in the white man's cup; the white man's dog barks at the red man's heels. If I should leave the land of my fathers, whither shall I fly? Shall I go to the south, and dwell among the graves of the Pequots? a Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk, the man-eater, is my foe. Shall I fly to the great water is before me. No, stranger; here I have lived, and here will I die; and if here thou abidest, there is eternal war between me and thee. Thou hast taught me thy arts of destruction; for that alone, I thank thee. And now, take heed to thy steps, the red man is thy foe!

the east,

5. “When thou goest forth by day, my bullet shall whistle by thee; when thou liest down at night, my knife is at thy throat. The noonday sun shall not discover thy enemy, and the darkness of midnight shall not protect thy rest. Thou

⚫ Pequots and Mohawks, the names of two Indian tribes.

shall plant in terror, and I will reap in blood; thou shalt sow the earth with corn, and I will strew it with ashes; thou shalt go forth with the sickle, and I will follow after with the scalping-knife; thou shalt build, and I will burn, till the white man or the Indian shall cease from the land. Go thy way for this time in safety; but remember, stranger, there is eternal war between me and thee!"

LESSON XVII.

EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT JACKSON'S PROCLAMATION..

[In this piece the reader may point out the examples of succession of particulars, and tell how they should be read. See Rule 12, p. 130.]

1. Fellow-citizens: Contemplate the condition of that country of which you still form an important part! Consider its government, uniting in one bond of common interest and general protection, so many different states; giving to all their inhabitants the proud title of American citizens; protecting their commerce; securing their literature and their arts; facilitating their intercommunication; defending their frontiers; and making their name respected in the remotest parts of the earth.

2. Consider the extent of its territory; its increasing and happy population; its advance in arts, which render life agreeable, and the sciences, which elevate the mind! See education spreading the light of religion, humanity, and general information, into every cottage in this wide extent of our territories and states! Behold it as the asylum, where the wretched and the oppressed find a refuge and support!

3. Look on this picture of happiness and honor, and say,— "We, too, are citizens of America! Carolina is one of these This proclamation was issued to allay the difficulties in South Carolina, in rela tion to its secession from the Union.

proud states. Her arms have defended, her best blood has cemented, this happy union!" And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse,-" This happy union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity, we will deface; this free intercourse, we will interrupt; these fertile fields, we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag, we renounce; the very name of Americans, we discard!"

4. There is yet time to show, that the descendants of the Pinckneys, the Sumpters, the Rutledges, and of the thousand other names which adorn the pages on your Revolutionary history, will not abandon that union, to support which, so many of them fought, and bled, and died.

5. I adjure you, as you honor their memory; as you love the cause of freedom, to which they dedicated their lives; as you prize the peace of your country, the lives of its best citizens, and your own fair fame, to retrace your steps.

6. Snatch from the archives of your state, the disorganizing edict of its convention; bid its members to reassemble and promulgate the decided expressions of your will; to remain in the path which alone can conduct you to safety, prosperity, and honor; tell them that, compared to disunion, all other evils are light, because that brings with it an accumulation of all; declare that you will never take the field, unless the star-spangled banner of your country shall float over you; that you will not be stigmatized when dead, and dishonored and scorned while you live, as the authors of the first attack on the constitution of your country!-its destroyers you cannot be.

7. Fellow-citizens, the momentous case is before you. On your undivided support of the government, depends the decision of the great question it involves, whether our sacred union will be preserved, and the blessings it secures to us as one people,

a See note, p. 263.

shall be perpetuated. No one can doubt that the unanimity with which that decision will be expressed, will be such as to inspire new confidence in republican institutions; and that the prudence, the wisdom, and the courage, which it will bring to their defense, will transmit them unimpaired and invigorated to our children.

LESSON XVIII.

SCENE FROM DOUGLAS.— HOME.

[Characters - GLENALVON and NORVAL.-See Personation, p. 200.] Glen. Has Norval seen the troops?

Nor. The setting sun,

With yellow radiance, lightened all the vale;
And, as the warriors moved, each polished helm,a
Corslet,b or spear, glanced back his gilded beams.
The hill they climbed,- and, halting at its top,
Of more than mortal size, towering, they seemed
An host angelic, clad in burning arms.

Glen. Thou talk'st it well! no leader of our host,
In sounds more lofty, speaks of glorious war.
Nor. If I shall e'er acquire a leader's name,

My speech will be less ardent. Novelty

Now prompts my tongue, and youthful admiration
Vents itself freely; since no part is mine

Of praise pertaining to the great in arms.

Glen. You wrong yourself, brave sir! Your martial deeds Have ranked you with the great:- but mark me, Norval, Lord Randolph's favor now exalts your youth,

Above his veterans of famous service.

Let me, who know these soldiers, counsel you:

Helm, for helmet, defensive armor for the head. Corslet, armor formerly worn by pikemen in battle, to protect the body.

Give them all honor; seem not to command;
Else, they will scarcely brook your late-sprung power,
Which, nor alliance props, nor birth adorns.

Nor. Sir!I have been accustomed all my days
To hear and speak the plain and simple truth;
And though I have been told, that there are men,
Who borrow friendship's tongue to speak their scorn;
Yet, in such language I am little skilled.

Therefore, I thank Glenalvon for his counsel,-
Although it sounded harshly. Why remind
Me of my birth obscure? Why slur my power
With such contemptuous terms?

Glen. I did not mean

To gall your pride, which now I see is great.
Nor. My pride!

Glen. Suppress it, as you wish to prosper;
Your pride's excessive! yet, for Randolph's sake,
I will not leave you to its rash direction.

If thus you swell, and frown at high-born men,
Will high-born men endure a shepherd's scorn?
Nor. A shepherd's scorn!

Glen. Yes;-if you presume

To bend on soldiers these disdainful eyes,

As if you took the measure of their minds,

And said, in secret,-" You are no match for me,"
What will become of you?

Nor. Hast thou no fears for thy presumptuous self!

Glen. Ha!-dost thou threaten me?

Nor. Didst thou not hear?

Glen. Unwillingly I did; a nobler foe,

Had not been questioned thus. But such as thouNor. Whom dost thou think me?

Glen. Norval.

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