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Show 240 MARY SMITII. Governor Everett had n. hearty ]augh \dlcn li'atl tcr Snowden told him the happy result of his lctt01· to tho Governor of North Carolina. 'l'hc moral of this story is, tbrlt a. plain, comrnon name, is sometimes more useful to its owner, tltn.n a more brilliant one. NOTe.-l have cndcn,•orcd to gin) the f:wls of )\:1ry ~mi lh's story with c:mct nccuracy, wt·it ing from memory only, wit.hOtll t he ai I of nnything written. It is possible 1 may be mista\.:cn in some inunn· tcl'inl circumstance. FREED011 nnd Liberty arc synonymcs. Freed is nn essence ; Liberty, nn accident. Freedom i::; born with a m::tlJ; Liberty may be conferred on ltinL Freedom is progrc~:--ivc ; LibC'rty is circum~cribcd. Freedom is the gift of God; Liberty, tho ercatnrc of society. Liberty n1ay be taken awn.y from a. man; but, on whatsoC\'CrRonl Freedom m::\y a1ight, tl1c couTSC or that soul is tlJCnccforth OllW::tnl and upward j SO· cicty, customs, bwf', a:rm ic~, axe but as wyll1cs ]n it:; giant gr~"P1 ii' they oppose, inRtrumcnts to work it:; will, if they assent. lluman kind welcome the birth or a free soul with l'C\"Cl'CllCC and shouting~, rejoic.:ing in the advent of a fresh off·shoot of the Divine \Vhok, of which this is but a port. =-==*tt«M ~~~~ N:s:w·YonK1 Nov. 22d, 1853. 11 |