And striped its pure celestial white 2. Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, 3. Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, 4 Flag of the seas! on ocean's wave Each dying wanderer of the sea 5. Flag of the free heart's hope and home! And all thy hues were born in heaven. Where breathes the foe, but falls before us, LESSON CLXIV. NORTHERN LABORERS. BY C. C. NAYLOR. 1. THE gentleman, sir, has misconceived the spirit and ten dency of Northern institutions. He is ignorant of Northern character. He has forgotten the history of his country. Preach insurrection to Northern laborers ! Who are Northern laborers? The history of your country is their history. The renown of your country is their renown. The brightness of their doings is emblazoned on its every page. Blot from your annals the deeds and the doings of Northern laborers, and the history of your country presents but a universal blank. 2. Sir, who was he that disarmed the thunderer, wrested from his grasp the bolts of Jove, calmed the troubled ocean, became the central sun of the philosophical system of his age, shedding his brightness and effulgence on the whole civilized world,-whom the great and mighty of the earth delighted to honor, who participated in the achievement of your independence, prominently assisted in molding your free institutions, and the beneficial effects of whose wisdom wil be felt to the last moment of "recorded time"? Who, sir, I as was he? A Northern laborer, -a Yankee tallow-chandler's son,-a printer's runaway boy! 3. And who, let me ask the honorable gentleman, who was he that, in the days of our Revolution, led forth a Northern army,yes, an army of Northern laborers, and aided the chivalry of South Carolina in their defense against British aggression, drove the spoilers from their firesides, and redeemed her fair fields from foreign invaders? Who was he? A Northern laborer, a Rhode Island blacksmith,-the gallant General Greene,-who left his hammer and his forge, and went forth conquering and to conquer in the battle for our independence. And will you preach insurrection to men like these? 4. Sir, our country is full of the achievements of Northern laborers. Where are Concord, and Lexington, and Princeton, and Trenton, and Saratoga, and Bunker Hill, but in the North? And what, sir, has shed an imperishable renown on the neverdying names of those hallowed spots, but the blood and the struggles, the high daring and patriotism and sublime courage, of Northern laborers? The whole North is an everlasting monument of the freedom, virtue, intelligence, and indomitable independence of Northern laborers. Go, sir, go preach insurrection to men like these. 5. The fortitude of the men of the North, under intense suffering for liberty's sake, has been almost godlike. History has so recorded it. Who comprised that gallant army, that, without food, without pay, shelterless, shoeless, penniless, and almost naked, in that dreadful winter,-the midnight of our Revolution, -whose wanderings could be traced by their blood-tracks in the snow, whom no arts could seduce, no appeal lead astray, no sufferings disaffect, but who, true to their country and its holy cause, continued to fight the good fight of liberty until it finally triumphed? Who, sir, were these men? Why, Northern laborers, yes, sir, Northern laborers 6. Who, sir, were Roger Sherman and But it is idle to enumerate. To name the Northern laborers who have distinguished themselves and illustrated the history of their country, would require days of the time of this House. Nor is it necessary. Posterity will do them justice. Their deeds have been recorded in characters of fire. LESSON CLXV. PARTING OF MARMION AND DOUGLAS. BY WALTER SCOTT. 1. Not far advanced was morning day, The train from out the castle drew; 3. Burn'd Marmion's swarthy cheek like fire, "An 'twere not for thy hoary beard, Here, in thy hold, thy vassals near, 4. On the earl's cheek the flush of rage Fierce he broke forth :-" And darest thou, then, The Douglas in his hall? And hopest thou hence unscathed to go? No, by St. Bride of Bothwell, no! Up drawbridge, grooms! what, warder, ho! 5. Lord Marmion turn'd,-well was his need,-- And, when Lord Marmion reach'd his band, And shout of loud defiance pours, And shook his gauntlet at the towers. 6. "Horse! horse!" the Douglas cried, "and chase !" But soon he rein'd his fury's pace: "A royal messenger he came, Though most unworthy of the name: LESSON CLXVI. SPEECH OF SERGEANT BUZFUZ IN THE CASE OF "BARDELL vs. PICKWICK." BY CHARLES DICKENS. 1. You have heard from my learned friend, gentlemen of the jury, that this is an action for a breach of promise of marriage, in which the damages are laid at fifteen hundred pounds. The plaintiff, gentlemen, the plaintiff is a widow,-yes, gentlemen, a widow. The late Mr. Bardell, after enjoying for many years the esteem and confidence of his sovereign, as one of the |