duties of which the colonies complained, except three pence a pound on tea. Had they "by a dash of the pen," struck out this trifling duty, and omitted to re-assert the offensive principle on which the duty was imposed, the Revolutionary war, with all its horrors, would have been prevented. Similar remarks may be applied respecting every war which has occurred in Christendom for a thousand years.

Hence we infer, that the safety of a nation may be better secured by instructing rulers in the right use of the PEN, than by instructing subjects in the arts of rapine and manslaughter.

ANECDOTES AND FRAGMENTS.

Origin of the names Whigs and Tories.-Goldsmith, in speaking of the reign of Charles II., says " Whig and Tory were first used as terms of mutual reproach at this time. The Whigs were so denominated from a cant name given to the four Scotch sonventicles,-whig being milk turned sour. The Tories were denominated from the Irish banditti, so called, whose usual manner of bidding people deliver, was by the Irish word toree, or give me." This account exemplifies the nature of party spirit, as the spirit of reproach" and reviling. It not only bears some resemblance to "milk turned sour," but to the spirit of "banditti" or robbers. It sours the dispositions of men, and inclines them to rob others of their reputation, if not of their property.

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Great Quarrels from trifling Incidents. Dr. King in his anecdotes of his own times, mentions a fatal duel which happened "between two gentlemen, who had been constant companions." The quarrel arose at a Coffee-house from a dispute "about the accent of a Greek word." They became so enraged that they agreed to decide the question with their swords. One of them "was run through the body and died immediately!"

The same writer mentions two other gentlemen, who agreed to travel together four years on the continent of Europe. "About six days after they set out, they arrived at Brussels, where they had for supper a woodcock and a partridge. They disputed long which of the birds should be cut up first, and with so much animosity as to destroy their friendship. The next morning they parted and returned to England, one by the way of Calais, and the other through Holland !"

LINES TRANSFERRED TO DAVID MINGE.

[From the Baltimore Courier.]

THE following lines were addressed to a young man, some years since, who had liberated a number of slaves, the price of

whom was estimated at eight thousand dollars. How appropri ately may they be applied to the patriotic philanthropist who lately sacrificed on the altar of justice, not eight thousand, but THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!-Ed.

THE wreath that binds the hero's head,
Stain'd with the blood of those who bled,

In war's ensanguined plain:

The glory all his deeds may claim,
His high renown, his distant fame,
He owes to mortals slain.

Is this the glory man should crave,
Purchased upon the early grave,
Of souls in death laid low?
The praise that falls upon the ear
For deeds of blood, is bought too dear;
Thus bought by human wo.

Oh! he who hath the heart to scan
With pity's tears the woes of man;
Whose bosom is not barr'd

Against the pleadings of the poor,
But feeds and clothes them at his door:
His is a sweet reward.

But sweeter far, more envied still,
Are the rich blessings that must fill
The heart of him who gains
The glory and immortal meed,
When he in tender mercy freed
His fellow man from chains.

Illustrious youth! Heaven will make up
All thou hast given, and fill thy cup
With blessings yet in store;
Lasting and bright will be thy fame,
Dear and remember'd be thy name,
When thou art here no more.

The slave, whose chains thy hands have broken,
Will to thy grave bring many a token,

Of gratitude and love;

His sighs and tears shall mingle there,

And many a pure and fervent prayer,
Ascend to thee above.

This, to thy noble, generous mind,
Thy heart compassionate and kind,
Is dearer, sweeter far,

Than all the fleeting glory gain'd,
Than all the laurels that are stain'd
By tears and blood of war.

AUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCES.

1. Commodore Warrington has reported to the President of the United States, that, in his opinion, the hordes of pirates on the coats of Cuba have been completely broken up.

2. At a Circuit Court, in Arkansas, two men have been indicted, tried, and found guilty, one of sending, the other of accepting a challenge for a duel. Each of them was sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand dollars.

3. The editor of the monthly paper called "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," published in Baltimore, Maryland, has been so patronised that he has commenced an additional weekly paper with the title of the "Genius of Universal Emancipation and Baltimore Courier." All who wish the peace and welfare of our conntry must desire the success of his efforts.

4. Since the noble act of David Minge in liberating 88 slaves, and sending them to Hayti, a number of other persons have been reported in the newspapers as having in part followed his example. David Patterson Esq. of North Carolina has freed 11 slaves. Rev. Fletcher Andrews has given liberty to 20. Sixty slaves have been manumitted by Mr. N. C. Crawford of Virginia. Mrs. E. Moor, of Kentucky, has provided by will for the emanci pation of all her slaves, about 40. It is also stated that "many have emancipated their slaves, on condition that they go to Liberia or Hayti."

5. Societies for the Abolition of Slavery continue to multiply under various names, in different states; many of them in the slaveholding_states. One bas recently been formed of more than a hundred members in Baltimore, by the name of the "Anti-slavery Society of Maryland." The members of this Society have resolved to employ their influence to obtain an act of the legis lature that all children of slaves born after the 4th of July 1826 shall be freemales at 30 years of age, and females at 25. For this purpose they have nominated for the representative in Baltimore, a gentleman who is in favor of their object. They have also under consideration, resolutions for presenting to their legislature a memorial on the internal slare trade; and another to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.

6. By the exertions of Dr. Hibbard Jewett of Man's Bluff, in Marion Coun- ' ty, South Carolina, more than 500 copies of the Friend of Peace, besides other tracts, have been called for, and forwarded by mail to South Carolina and North Carolina.

7. After a long course of menacing letters and messages, the Governor of Georgia has informed the President that he shall suspend the survey of the Creek lands.

8. A letter from Rheims, copied from an English paper into a late number of the Herald of Peace, mentions some important omissions in the prayers at the coronation of Charles X. "The prayers were curtailed of those passages relating to the extermination of heritics," and of those "relative to war and military power." Such changes in the forms of public prayer indicate a favourable change in public sentiment and feeling. There was a time when "the extermination of heretics," or dissenters from the Catholic church, was in France next to war in popular estimation. Let us hope and pray that the reign of Charles X. may be emphatically a reign of toleration and peace. It may be expected that when the ministers of the gospel shall cease to encourage persecution and war by their prayers, these barbarous customs will sink into disrepute and be banished from the christian world. To hasten that day let it be duly remembered that there was a time when Arabian Free

booters, West Indian Bucaniers, Clerical Persecutors, and Christian Warmakers could all pray for success in their respective enterprises, and that the time may come when all these customs and all these prayers will stand on equal ground, as to their propriety, in the view of enlightened Christians. "Your hands are full of blood," was a weighty objection to the prayers of

the Israelites.

9. The government of France has acknowledged the independence of Hayti. This example, it is hoped, will be followed by all the governments of Christendom.

10. As the next year will be the fiftieth year of American Independence, it has been proposed that the next Anniversary shall be observed as a JUBILEE. The following is a part of the instructions of Moses for the Jubilee of the Israelites. "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throghout the land to all the inhabitants thereof.” May we not then hope that the year 1826 will be emphatically a year of benevolent exertion for the redemption of the slaves of the United States; and that so much at least will be done, as to "proclaim" a public resolution, that a second " fiftieth year," shall not find a single slave in the land?

NOTICES.

THE Constitution of the Massachusetts Peace Society requires the subscription of one Dollar annually to constitute a member.

The subscriptions in each year to be paid on or before the first day of February; and one half of the subscription is refunded in Peace Tracts at the wholesale price, the Friend of Peace at ten cents a copy.

The numbers of the Friend of Peace prior to the present year, may also be had by subscribers, of the Editor, at 10 cents a copy, or 10 dollars a hundred. The several Nos. of the Friend of Peace are also for sale at the Boston Bookstore, Cummings, Hilliard, & Co. No. 134 Washington Street, [No. 1 Cornhill,] and at the Bookstore of J. W. Burditt, No. 94 Court Street.

Any member who shall fail of otherwise receiving his copy at any quarterly distribution, may obtain it by applying to Mr Burditt.

N. B. The Treasurer of the M. P. S., Mr David Reed, will receive subscriptions, at No. 4, Spear's Buildings, Congress Street, Boston. All who can do it with convenience are desired to make their payments to him; those who cannot without expense settle with the Treasurer, may send their subscriptions inclosed to the Corresponding Secretary, as Postmaster in Brighton, and he will return receipts.

OBITUARY OF MEMBERS OF M. P. S.

Marshall B. Spring, Esq., Watertown.

THE

FRIEND OF PEACE.

Vol. IV.....No. VII.

MANNERS OF THE ANCIENT GERMANS.

THE following sketches of the manners and customs of the Ancient Germans are abridged from Tacitus.

"The kings in Germany owe their election to the nobility of their birth; their generals are chosen for their valor.-Jurisdiction is vested in the priests. It is theirs to sit in judgement upon all offences.-The power of punishing is in no other hands. When exerted by the priests it has neither the air of vindictive jusfice nor of military execution; it is rather a religious sentence inflicted with the sanction of the god, who according to the German creed attends them on the day of battle. To impress on their minds the idea of a tutelar deity, they carry with them to the field certain images and banners, taken from their usual depository, the religious groves. Mercury is the god chiefly adored. On stated days, they think it lawful to offer to him human victims."

"A circumstance which greatly tends to inflame them with heroic ardor, is the manner in which their battalions are formed.They fight in clans united by consanguinity, a family of warriors. Their tenderest pledges are near them in the field. In the heat of the engagement, the soldier hears the shrieks of his wife and the cries of his children. These are the darling witnesses of his conduct, the applauders of his valor, at once beloved and valued. The wounded seek their mothers and their wives;undismayed at the sight, the women count each honorable scar, and suck the gushing blood. They are even hardy enough to mix with the combatants, administering refreshment, and exhorting them to deeds of valor."

"The chief fights for victory; his followers for their chief.The German mind cannot brook repose. The field of danger is the field of glory. Without violence and rapine a train of dependants cannot be maintained. The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this warlike horse, at another that victorious lance imbrued with the blood of the enemy. The prince's table, however inelegant, must always be plentiful; it is the only pay of his followers. Vol. IV. No. 7.

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