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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[August 



the Federal Governliient-^tlie letter of attorney, 

 so to speak) by which it is invested with specific 

 delegated trusts, to be administered for the coin' 

 mon defense and general welfare only, of the 

 Co-States; to whom it is amenable for any in- 

 fraction of the charter^ and which Co-States may 

 interpose to arrest the evil, when transcending 

 the legitimate scope of its powe'rs, by the en» 

 forcement of such mode and measure of redress 

 ns they may deem iiecessary to vindicate the 

 sanctity and authority of their violated sovereign 

 rightSb Among so many sovereignties to be har- 

 monized in one confederation, every want of 

 homogeneity was to that extent a disturbance of 

 the principle of equilibrium) and demanded 

 such conciliation and concession as were neces- 

 sary to remove all apprehension of the unequal 

 and partial operation of the governmental sys' 

 tem sought to be inaugurated. Hence the pro- 

 Vision for adjusting representation) so as to 

 guard the rights of the small States against 

 combinations of the large ones to oppress them ; 

 and hence also the reservation of equal State 

 vepresentation in the Senate, to shield their 

 sovereign rights against possible and probable 

 aggressions of popular representation in the 

 other branch of Congress. These and many 

 other such compromises, put in requisition to 

 guard exposed or feeble interests from undue 

 friction under the operation of the new system,, 

 have been patent to the observation of all who 

 gave a moment's thought to the subject. But 

 not so the principle of svvtional equilibrium.''^ 

 That has lain dormant, as latent heat in the 

 system, until now brought to light by "Barba- 

 rossa," and shown to have been all the while^ 

 though unobserved^ a vital force in the organi- 

 zation of our Federal Government, and fully 

 accounting for the fractional representation al- 

 lowed under constitutional compact to the slaves 

 of the Southern States. This had before been 

 regarded as a ratio compounded somewhat 

 arbitrarily according to the manner in which 

 jurors sometimes arrive at the satisfactory con- 

 clusion, that exact justice or truth consists in 

 Ihe twelfth part of the aggregated or compound'- 

 ed opinions of that number of men^no more, 

 no less. The loss of this sectional equilibrium-, 

 before we v/ere conscious of its having once 

 been adjusted^ as such, affords melancholy proof 

 of the utter futility of any attempt at securing 

 permanent harmony out of elements so fluctuate 

 ing in their quantities and so discordant in their 

 qualities as those which entered into this com=- 

 promise, and preserved it too, as only they could) 



so long as the definite proportions by which 

 they Were held in combination were undisturbed* 

 How to restore the lost equilibrium between the 

 North and the South we must leave to the en- 

 quirer to find out by the careful perusal of the 

 book, which time and space fail us to pursue 

 farther, but which we intend to study carefully, 

 arul which, from the very cursory glance we 

 have yet been able to take of it, we are inclined 

 to recommend to our readers. 



Call on J. Woodhouse & Co., publishers, Rich* 

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JcP CD JU IE? IE^~X~.» 

 Hast© E'ot— Eest Hot. 



Without haste! without rest I" 



Bind the motto to thy breast! 



Bear it with thee as a spell ; 



Storm or sunshine, guard it well: 



Heed not flowers that round thee bloom J 



Bear it onward to the tomb I 



Haste not--^let no thoughtless deed 

 Mar fore'er the spirit's speed; 

 Ponder M^ell and know the right. 

 Onward, then, with all thy might: 

 Haste not-^years can ne'er atone 

 For one reckless action done ! 



Rest not!-=-life is sv/eeping by, 



Go and dare before you die ; 



Something mighty and sublime 



Leave behind to conquer time; 



Glorious 'tis to live for aye 



When these forms have passed away» 



Haste not!-=»-rest not!" Calmly wait; 

 Meekly bear the storms of fate; 

 Duty be thy polar guide; 

 Do the right) whate'er betide! 

 Haste not!---rest not! Conflicts past^ 

 God shall crown thy work at last ! 



Goethci 



Things that Never Die. 



Sweet) gentle, kind and loving words. 



Although but spoke in jest, 

 God knt)ws are deeply stored witliin 



The glad receiver's breast: 

 Like childhood's sweet and simple rhymesj 



Deep in the heart they lie— 

 Yes, words of kindness, and of love. 



Are things that never die. 



Sweet, gentle fancies never die— 



They always leave behind 

 Some well-beloved legacy, 



Stored deep within the mind ; 

 Some happy thought, or pleasant dream^ 



Which, though they may pass by, 

 Yet leave an impress on the heart, 



That they can never die. 



