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POLITICS "OFT H IA.V 1 (Ft ? the MiiAjofiiilO fV A plala t:.m rliUci ?I itWw. kb dowx iif iE7r.a rtotaHBOT.'" " i?ic kuni-iuJes-kUi objections toItlr. "J Vrt Buren sAdministration ' Co pin. Well, Col., jet us hear your in dlcuncnt against Mr. Van Buren's adminis j tratioa. Let1 have the charges. , V THojiki Coldsteei come Tn. ! , Collated. How d'ye do, Col Ricliland. how d'ye do, Squire Capias T Hope I don't interrupt you, gentlemen T u CoL R. Oh, no ; We were only talking politics no secrets among friends. - Co.ldstocL Pulitica 1 Just what I come to talk about I wanted to ask you one or two jquest ions, CoL Richland. i - . Col. R. What are they U ColdsteeL -Why I got into a kind of ar gument with neighbor v Read yesterday, ' .. about hard times, and so on, When he said it was no wonder we had Hard times, be , causa Mr. Van Buren spent three timet as mmck money as Mr. Adams used to, and let ' the office-holders cheat the Govefhthcnt but of a, sight of money. " " 1 ' . Capias.' Well, didn't ydu tell him it was 'fidse! - :' 'v.--. . r ColdsteeL Of coarse I did ; I told him it .' "was a federal lie. But I didn't know much about it, and just thought I'd come oyer here and ask the CoL how it wob.' : v ' . Capias. I suppose' he got this slander 'from that vagrant they call the Buckeye Blacksniith, or mny 1 from Promt, or some other stump orator. ColdsteeL Likely enough, hut if it If a fie and he repeats it again, J'll give him bis . mess or porndge in short order. " Col. R. I should be sorry, friend Coldsteel tohrtirof a fight betweenyou and neighs bor Read, especially as you would be irj the Capias.-Why, ColoncKvyou won't un dertake torHdiofwtliese falsehoods, will you I ' : . ' - . - Cot. R. I shall certainly not endorse any falsehoods ; but if they are truths, I shall not hesitate to endorse, them and make them known to the people: Capias. It , would take very strong evi dence to convince me that they are truo. CoL R. And yetltlunkLc&njvi -you nevertheless; and this brings mo to 'what I was about to sajr 4 whenCol Jstjyl -camb in." But let us t;ke up one subject dt 'a time. We will first look at the ' ; Expenses of the Governments ; . S ' Hero is a document allowing tluJri'ttaal expenses of Ir. Adams', Gen. Jackson's and Mr. Van Buren's administrations .Look at hy Mr. Capias, and ytiu will see that the average expenditure pf the Govern ment, under Mr. Adams, was $12, 625, '478 &8 per annum ' under Gen. Jackson, 18,224,091 ' 88 per annum ; and under Mr. Van Bureg, $37,135,654 33. Now, -j If aCaaMi I n?iV . ItwMafK ika miKIin AVfinliaAa under Mr t5iren's administration have -Vftfil tSSSCr. AtTrLZ perannum as uiey . -recnt, which is made from official documents, look for yourselves. i v " From this it appears that the pubUq ex. penscs were . From 4th March, 1824, to' 1825, $11, 4.00,414 94 ;-..- : - IMS, . 13,02,3td 27 " : J827, 12,653.096 65 , . v 1828, . 1396,041 45 Total In Mr. Adams' Adminint'nv $500114 31 AveraM each year, 9 12,625,478 58. From 4th March, 1828, to 1829, 912,660,460 00 1830, , 134129,533 00 1831, 13,864,067 00 , ' , 1832, 1616,388 00 ' , , ' ,1833, 22,713,756 00 1834, 18,425,417 00 ' 1835, 17,514,950 00 - 1836, 30,868,164 00 Total taffen.Jackaon'a Adm. 9145,792,735 00 Average eaeh year, 91824,091 88. From 4th March, 1836, to 1837, 939,164,745 00 , .1938, 40,4271800 , :C 1839,31,815,000 00 Total in Mr. Van Buren's three finit . $111,406,963 00 ' - Averaje each year, 937,135,654 33. - ; ColdsteeL So, then, what Read said about the expenses of the Government; was no lie after aH, hey! - v!; ; ; . , , " V"? CoL R. It appears not. I have here1 a statement showing the total expenses of the Government under every administration, from Washington down ; and, also the av erage of each one per annuni i ' ' .' ColdsteeL Thai s what I should like to ee. ' ' "' "- " ' Cot R. Here it la r ; v . Statement of the gross expenses of each Ad "" ministration, and the average of each per " ' annum.' ,rrl,'"":'"i-,;" ' ' -. .i - tAjn.Waahinjton8rear,-r"""915,892,198 55 Average each yr. fl,986,524 82 Jobs Adams 4 yean, 31,450,351 19 Averace eaoh vr. 5,262,587 89 "efferaoo'a 8 reara. 300,788 68 Average each yr. 5.162,598, 58 - Martiaon'a 8. yeaie, 144,684,93886 Averaseeachvr. 18.085,617 48 , ' JlonroeB8yeara, . ' 104,463,400 59 Average each yr. 13,057,925 07 --- J. Q. Adams' 4yean, - " 50,501,914 31 ' Average each yr. 12,625,478 58 Jackson's 8 years, " 145,792,735 00 ' Average each yr. 18,224,091 88 Van Buien's 3 rears, 11I,40d963 00 Average each yr. 37,135,654 33 1 . 4- ' Total, y , 9635.49391 18 t ColdsteeL Now, Colonel, just tell me, if -you please, how much greater the expenses of the Government have been under Mr. Van Buren than they were under General " Washington f. i , . ' ' ' Col. R. That is easily told., The"Aver- age, per annum, uuder Mn Van Buren ,has .been-: , js $37,135,654 33 Under Gen. Washington," v ft was ,-r 1,986,524 82 Making difference of $35,149,130 51 By thfs it appears that the average under Mr. Van Buren, is very nearly thirty-six times greater than it was under Washing. ' ton. ' ' - ": ColdsteeL Thirty ix times Well, 1 don know what you think of this, Squire Otpias, but sliould say ft ' was' a pretty considerable specimen of " tall walking'' tlic p!H.j -. -i- ' itis doing bu- tyn ? -. w i - And spend so mucu m, .V'ioen. r v asiungiomoio, ioo: is Cmsre no doubt about this, CoL! Is it Bible Col. R. If die public documents.the'Btate: menu of the government itself are true, this U a douMaddui tt. y '-,-.- v.. ColdutceL' I should like to know how Mr Van Buren contri vca to get shut of so much money T 1rimr" ' ' T f T CoL R, I think 1 lam-show you in part. Here" arc accounts of certain doings in Florida, that show where some of this mo ney has eone r and if Mr. Van Buren's bloodhoundii were as" keen on the trail of money, as they arc on that of Indians though I don't think thy have won a vast deal of elory in this Florida war we would soon find where more of it had gone. Here is a statement of contracts for fuel, transportation, &c for the Quarter-mas. tor's department, for 1837, lrom whicn it appears that the following sums were paid for the charter or steamboats, namciy : For lheWtehni4n, $ i.SO per da j,f 164,2 M yew Mobile, 400 - IW.IXt AnnaCalh'n -V- 2 cargoes 400 146,000 . II.Cro.weU, 3lt0 . " . J0900 - Hyperion, 300 109,500 ' Leflore, " 200 73,000 Charleaton, 3,750 per month 43.W0 . Florida, 3,003 . 36,000 JnoM'Lean 4,000 u 48,(K0 2, ' Camden, 4,000 ' ' 48,000 Jaa-Adaraa, 4,000 ' 4Sflm Altamaha, 3,000 ' 60,000 3,505 42,000 "It further appears from this statement that, during the year 1837, 33 steamboats, 43 schooners, sloops, 25, brigs, and 6 ships, were chartered to carry on this war against a few half-starved Indians J There is another item of charge worthy of notice, namely t " For transporting 109 cords of woodrom New Orleans to Fort Brooke, East 'leid'J?,000," thatxisv td say," 30"p ifcj.cwrylng wood frdm New Oiluans, yfifc&i it. is scarctf ," and of course liighto '& place surrobnded by woods, and where thousands of cords could be had for die mt;re price of cutting ! ! Coldsteel. Is all thatart,. Col. or is it CoLR. If it bo & lie the Government theniwlvcs have told it, for I find it stated officially, and I don't think they would be Coldsteel." Well, if ever I heard of car jying M(HSjamJLMtiJtm the.mwir.'ha., fore j and "paying $20 a cord for carrying it too ! Why its just like shipping coal from New York to Philadelphia, apd then fending it up the Schuylkill canal to Potts, ville , where there are mountains of It. : I should as soon think of buying rup bear, skins here and sending them to the Rocky Mountains on speculation! It beats Old Timothy Dcxter's speculation of sending a cargo of warming pans to the West In dies ell hollow. Col. R. I think we have found where a few millions of this money have gone"; now let us see if we can find where any more of it went. - In Document Norl27t-of the tlie Secretary of War from ttfer Commissa. ry-Gcneral of Subsistence, by which we learn that, aftera large amount of proyl, sions,' dcc."jmd been purchased for the ar my, they were found unnecessary, and not wanted , and were therefore sent to the Che rokee country. But having no use -for them here, they were ordered to be .sold. ! The document states, that "the supplies sold consisted of fiO barrels of pork; 2, 645 barrels of flour 821 barrels of hard bread ; 272 1-2 bushels of. beans ; 16 1-2 bushels of corn meal j 169 bushels of corn; 506 bushels of Bait; 75 ,027 pound of su gar; 41,279 pounds of ec-flbe; 5,438 pounds of rice; 531 ,020 pounds of bacon ; 18,181 pounds of soap ; they must have been a dirty set of tcllows to require so much 14,110jKunds of candles; these, I am afraid, will all hewanted to- throw light on some dark subjects, 371 gallons of whiskey ; and 5,145 gallons of vinegar." These articles brought the net bum of $52,. 117 90. . , . , . t . . ' . Now it appears that ihese supplies cost, including timnsnortation, - commiasiorts, buildings erected for their preservation, Sicty upwards of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars ! So here we find where some more of this money went. But again t Among other articles unne. . cessarily purchased and accumulated ,by the Government, and which had to be sold, were large quantities of corn, which cost from a dollar and a half totwo dollars per bushel, and which brought the following prices . 8,381 bushels at 17 1-8 eta. per busheL 5,275 'i 11 5-8 4,990' ' i 10 1-4 " ': . 400 ' 4 3-4 " ,y 4,239 - 13 3-4 t - i T' The following extracts of a letter Trrirn the Indian jlgent, at -ForiuGibson, to 4he Commissioner of Indian Aflhirsi will show that thc8ejmmepscjuanUties of supplies were sent there unnecessarily, and were, consequently, sold at a greaj sacrifice. The agent says rrrrr t - r' -:.r " " "v . "But whatever be the apology of the measure irr question, Whether" it" be 'ignor ance ,o( the resources of the country, dis trust of the capability of the officers charg ed with the subsistence of the Indians, or a dread of failure of their efforts in that re spee one thing is demonstrably true, that the1 great loss which is now inevitably con sequent upOM the measure, might have been avoided hiicr timely directions been given to dispose of this extraordinary supply of provisions as soon as it was ascertained not to be noeded,'--;----;?::--:;: V Again, he says : . , .' - " iCargo after cargo continued to arrive as the necessity decreased." - And further ("I repeafsi, fearless of contradiction, had the agents have been instructed in the first place, as agents of the Government ought to have been, where Interest was concerned, the public would- not have sus tained the loss of a single doltar; the provi sions purchased in New Orleans would have been sold, and npt transported here, as has been tbeTttse", at an enormoiis ex- pense, where it wasnotneedrd, and at an additional expense of several thousands , to erect auitable buildings - to', cover it from tho wcaUier." - I think we have now come at some of the causes why the public expenses havej in creased so much wimin Vfew "yeaica, and I can hardly think you wiB justify such waste and extravagance-, MftJapiasfjrr ".Capias. s There certainly dona appear to. have been bad management somewhere. Col. R. There is a-subject Tk which I wish to call your attention, Mr. Capias the defalcations pf the'puUic oflicers ; but have, not time now. If you will fcvor me with your company o-morrow, 1 ' will aliow you a document I should like you look at. 'i " ' . Capias. I will calL . -.. '' . 't l 1 NOT THE SECRETARY- OF Tl!E TREASURY LIABLE " TO""' I- PEACHMENT FOR NEGLECT' OF f OttJTY! :. ; - J; J The battle cry-of the Bub-treasuryites has, from the becininjr been, Divorce, the Bank and Stote.'?i'And the Sub-treasury act. which went, into operation on the 4th of July, by a. "special section, (the 15th) mode it the duty of the 'Secretary of the Treasury 'to" "withdraw -the balances re maining with the present depositaries of the public moneys, and confine the safe-keep, ing. transfer, and diabursemdht. of these moneys to the depositaries established by this act. I las the Secretary obeyed this law ? lie has neither withdrawn the balances from the old depositaries, nor confined the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys to the new depositaries. He is living in daily disobedience to the law, and those who clamored for a divorce of bank and state are deluded and cheated if they suppose the divorce is eflbcted. The Government is connected with the banksin the: most objectionable form viz : without warrant of law their intercourse illicit. In Wall street this fact is notorious. The intercourse of the Government with the Manhattan Bank, and the Bank of Ameri ca is open and constant, the 'vaultst" safes &cTof thcustom-house, and the 1 5th sec tion . to the contrary notwithstanding. J In this city the fact is much 'the same. A member ofCongrcss drew jQBmairsumof money for a pensioner and he received from the Treasuru Department a check on the aiif qfVieelropolisTTot 0e amoutit ; and the cjieck, omitting the name. the following terms : 1 . r "Issued on warrant No. 2341." j 9 "No. 4177.t Washington, 20th July, 1840. $76,98-100. At sight, pay to the order of geventyu dollars 98-100. U .'-.. , WM.SELDEN. 1 Tresaurer of the United States. Ntf. 4177. Registered July20th, 1840, lnm of Metropolis, ' , Present-" - - Tlie Bank of the Metropolis is one' of those hanks proscribed by , the iLbeo-focos of Congress, yet it was a dpceitaty'of the Etiblic money as late as the 20th of July, ou is sun useu as a ucuusnary oy Mr. Van Buren. Call ye thUa7corceof bahk and state, ye dock wallopers of New York t But this is not the . only instance. It cannot have escaped observation.' that hoa( and launch helonging to the, Govern-1 mcnt were, not long since, advertised in some half a dozen daily taewspapes in Phil adelphia. They were sold, and brought the aggregate amount of $93 50, and after deducing expenses, the nett amount $73 33 was deposited to the credit of (he Trea surer of the United States V in the Moyamensing Bank ! on the 27th July, 1840. Call ye this a divorce ot bank end state t Is this confining the public moneys to the depositaries established by the Sub. treasury law ! r; - -No. The truth is, this schme was con ceived in iniquity and born in corruption, and will live its brief and bastard life in fol ly, deceptjpn and humbuggery. ' " . i ; Madisonian. THE ARTFVL DODGERS, LABOR. --ING IN TLIEIR VOCATIONS. . . - .... - . Several months since,, the Whig paper published in Steubenville, Ohio,' (the resi dence of Senator Tappan, of, that State,) published the following statement - TO FARMERS AND WORKING MEN I wish to state a fact for the considera tion of these respectable and worthy class es of our population, and ask them to re flect upon it. It is intended for their ben efit, and it is stated out of regard, not only to . their interest, but that of the whole country. One of the present Senator in the Congress of the United States, ' from the State of Ohio'; remarked, in substance, to a very enterprising manufacturer as. fol lows i ' ' Mr " , yduoughl tote in fa- I ww of the HARD MONEY SYSTEM, and you would be if you regarded your own interest, and did not look through other, peo ple's spectacles. You "ought to go with me in putting down the BanlcsM The price ' of labor is entirely TOO HIGH. The laborA er in this country tan afford to aw forelevA en vmre a da, and the hard msneu vustrm iri' bring down the-wages- to thai" runt . j ' j y wheat will also come down to SIXTEEN CENTS per bushel, and every thing else in proportion. This is the test Tariffybu can have, and the only one that wilt ' enable the manufacturer ta. compete" with England. The StlB-TREASURY win effect both oh. jects it will put wages and every thing else doum.n I have not pretended to give the Senator's precise words, but. have stated the substance of the amvenatbn vouch for its corrcctncssIf the Senator denies it, I will prove it by the manufactur er alluded to., ' . ' . """a-V'V.' ' : That such would be the effect upon eve ry branch of industry cannot be disputed. That the advocates of this wicked measure desire to produce that result , a few of them have the frankness to admit. It will make the rich man richer and the poor, man poor er. I ask the farmer, the laborer1, and 'tlie mechanic, all classes who earn their bread by honest and laborious industry, whether lich aitftte of things Is desirableT I ask them Wdhink. foiy toaweer-t took through their 'own spectacles;'' and then act accordingly. WARREN. No notice was taken ot tins untu aiicr iw publication throughoht the country, when it was by some blunder inserted in the New York Times as an extract from Speech delivered tk the Senate by Mr. Tappan. All at eneex Leee-Focoisin prieked up its ears. and jumped into the arena, ' Mr. crosweu of the Albany Argus writes a. letter--not to Mr. Tappan, but to a friend, at vasn incton (the first two letters of whose chris- tian and surnames prorjaoiy speu oa Wriehl.1 and obtained from hm. a positive denial that Mr. Tappan had ever made any such Speech, and a proffer of $1,000 re ward to any body ; who would prove ine contrary! On the rtrength of this equivo cation, Loco-Fbcoism is attempting to evade the responsibility of what Mr. l. ata say, and to brand the publishers of thisj sug gestion as utterera of falsehood! . This game Is too barefaced. , Mr Tap pan has been urged from the first to deny the statement ot tne nteuoenviiie pnpcriinu he has maintained a profound silence. Nowj one of hiS jbrethren has cojm out, and by interposing alawyer'a quibble as to the when ana where, hopes to escape a con viction ! It in a desperate shift and ahope- less one. The manufacturer whom Mr, Tappan hoped to seduce into the Sub Treasury ranks by holding out to him a gold en prospecT bfjpw prices and cheap labor bears the name of Wolcott, and he stands ready to make oath to the statement he has made as soon as Mr. Tappan contradicts it That contradiction we presume - he will wait a good wfeUe for ; and meantime- the Loco-Foco press will bluster about 'RTl Forgery,' and protest that the charged contradicted1, TQoi an branch, in the anon. ymous Letter to Croswell. ug Cabin. ,! Keep It before the People. That Martin Van Buren 'opposed the war 1812, and did all he copld to defeat the election of the patriotic' Madison, thus showing to the world his love of Federal dootrines andiiisliatred of democracy ' ' KeSP IT BEFORE TBS FEOPLS. 'That at the time when the fleets of England plun dered our shipr, and impressed our sea men, the thoughts -of Martin Van Buren were still in favor of peace ; thus showing thainh(aGOtjcowardicij bt jiia-naturojind want of ByTnpathywith bis suffering fellow- citizens, .' .. I ' KEEr iTEFORi thb raopii, That M. Van Buren, in the Convention to amend the Constitution of New York, made i speech in favor of a property qualification ana urgea in; jusuncaiion oi exciuuing lvev. olutionary soldiers from the right of suf. frage, that it made no difference how un just it might appear, aa to the old veterans who would be all dead in the course of fif teen years, : Keep it before the people, That M Van Buren was in the same Convention the strenuous supporter of giving to NE GROES the right of voting, provided they held a sutncient amont of property to enti. tie mem toexercise the right of suffrage, KEEPA IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, That RL Van Buren holds the aristocratic doctrine that property alone not talent, or usefulness to society, qualifies a man to have a voice in the choice of his rulers. - . - Keep it before the people, "That the whole of the twenty -severt foreign "monar chies from whom Van" Buren asks direc tion how he shall administer the affairs of the republic,1 approve of .his principles and would rejoice, should he succeed in redu cing the people of the only free 'nation" on earth to a lovel with their own obedient arid degraded subjects. " ! .,! . Keep it before the people. That Mar tin Van Buren has confessed in his last an-J nual message, that twenty-two of the des potic Kings and Emperors of Europe, ap- E roved fully of the Sub-Treasury scheme, y which three-fourths of the people's earn ings will be transferred to the office hold, ers. ; " . '.') " . . y Keep it "before the. people. Thai M". Van Buren is at this moment to all intents and purposes, a monarch, wanting only tlie power to prevent the people froth express ing their' disapprobation . of his iniquitous designs. . . - : . , ' Keep it before the people, That he is now exerting his energies to obtain this power by creating a standing army of two HTJNDRED THOUSAND MEN, tO be USed for the purpose of putting down "combhta- tumr, or in other words,1 "conventions ofthejMle, tuUon, which guarantees to all citizens the right, peaceably to assemble and take measures to have their grievances redress ed. v.- . .-. --- "KEEP-tT BEFORE : THB-TBOPLB ,- That he who'e policy of Van Buren's administration is at war with their best interests, and de structive of their nominal prosperity. Let it.be known 'throughout- the length and readthof the land, that a crusade 13 now 8,n on gnhe rights orthe work- wa$ Bre TO oe- reaucea 10 1 CENTS a day. Spread it from East to West, from North to South, that the de cree, has : gone forth that a SHEEP'S HEAD AND PLUCK, ia sufficincnt re ward for a day of hard-toil: Let every dweller in jhe "Log Cabins1'' of the coun try know the fact, that ft Locofoco Con gressman has declared that the "hard fist ed" laborers of America can and should, subsist without meat, and that potatoe soitn. onions and garlic, are good enough for the men wuo in uio esumauonLOf Martin Van Buren, . Thomas H. Benton, and Senator Walker are only fit to be placed on a lev el with the serfs of Russia, or' the black slaves of the West India Island r Keep rr before the people. That Gen. William Henry Harrison will be the Presi dent on the 4th of March next, and will rectify all the evils under which the coun try suffers, and restore the Government to the pure Democratic principles of Jeflersbrf and Madison. '(Prom the MobUs Admfiser J' IARR1S0N' AND; BETTER TIMES. Tliis is '"now "thie watch-word throughout the Union, and why iaitt . "Let facta be submitted to a candid world.' 1st The Government of the ynited State is bankrupt It is in debt to the amount of S1X MILLIONS OF ' DOL a readv. and althoueh uongress au- thAmmlthft creation of five millions ot Treasury shin plasters, 'the .Secretary ot thA Treasury: is how i calling for I OU it MILLIONS MUK1S I . 2,1 To pay this enormous debt the. peo ple will have to be TAXED, and a move mfnt has already been made to lay a DI- RKfrr TAX noon the Deopie. aL Althouirh the people, of the United States are ground, down-to the dust by the tyrannical measures and unparalleled ex travagance of government, andre unable even to support themselves,' the jovern. mentis demanding'ALL TAXES tOjbe paid in GOLD AND S1LV1SK. - . . i tf.- 4tn. -ine governmem oi muruo. u Ruren has destroyed credit and confidence, and the Sub-Treasury law which Tias just received tlie approval of the President, has, (or one of its object, the - REDUCTION OF THE WAGES Or LABUlv; so that while the people are to be . TAXED, hand these taxes are to be paid inGOLD AND SILVER, the means of procuring even slun plasters are witliheld from the i - . . r. ncoplo. ' . ' in snort, tne tendency oi au me meas. urea tot governrnetit, is to reduce the people toa state of-VASSALiAUK; to render them, if not in. name at least indeed the SUBjECJIIS of a iwiu.cal!ed liepublican government ; to break; down the American spirit, and to quench in the breast of the people that burning spark of Freedom and Independence which they inherited from their Kevolutionaiy fathers, and to render them the tools of a President who is endcay. orinir to become "even inch a KJNG !" We call upon the American people to look at the "sijrns of the times !" . The creation of 4.STANDING ARMY is threatened." - -The tcnureof the oflicers of tlie JUDI. CIARY.asit exists, under the Constitu- tion, is threatened 1 - - The prayers of two-thirds of the people for a Bankrupt Law have been dended and a deaf car has been turned tothelr petitions! , NrROES1snTe1)en allowed-Mfi Van Buren to testify atrainst a crallant and brave ofliccr'of the Navy, and the oath of a coal-black pot-slemr has sent into retire ment a high-minded and gallant defender of his country. - - . . . , The Post Office ' Department has . been subsidized, and efforts been made to place its control more immediately in the hands of the President 1 . - -7 State Rights have received a Brutus Wee stab, and the broad seal of the State of New Jersey has been kicked about by the rresi, Asnt a nd Win mtriira n a on Uvlil niiu una isiiiviii uo nu iuiu J 9 ' "CORRUPTION HAS BECOME THE ORDER OF THE DAY," and offices are bestowed upon those who exhib- it the most abject and fawning sycophancy to the President- -, : ; - ' . There is still a chance for the people the Stae of the West, that sheds its mud beams over the humble Loo Cabin bids us hope ! It cheers us amidst the gloom- of corruption and despotism it bids us hope for better tim es and reminds us of hones. ty and patriotism. Liet us up and ALjl -If the peoph will it, our eyea. will be blest with the dawn of brighter days than these, after the Ides of November. Let our motto be "HARRISON, TYLER AND BET- TER TIMES," and we surely must come ott victorious. ' . THE PRESIDENT IN THE FIELD. The most remarkable confession which has yet been made of the alarm - known to be felt by the Administration party is Pre. sident Vaji Buren's answer, mst publish. ed, to a letter inviting - him to' attend a meeting of his partisans held at the While Sulphur Springs In Kentucky, on the 11th of July last When he loft the seat of Gov. ernment, last yeejto,pas8 four monthsjn his native State,, though the visiCwas unu. sually long, and though he rather ostenta. tiously let it be known that , he was travel, ling as the President of a party, hia'friends argued that the necessity of recreation af. ter severe official toil was an adequate moi live for the journey, and objected to any other explanation of it as the offspring of : . .. mi , . 1 v. . b u--uaunous spun, i ne letter to which to WM llIlVA rnfni-nrvl Jmiti r,t r niiitk stnA?A gyainless, indeed, the -distinguished wri. ter expected tus Health, to be benefitted by 'the vwiuiKut w uomuoBiiicn. Ane letter js, plainly anjlecioneering docu. ment ; elaborate, and embodying tbefli arptojiduirtTopics ...of ; the political sect of wnicn ne wuienead. The energy (not to use a stronger term) of the diction, when compared with the courtly roodera. tion which has hitherto characterized Mr. Van Buren's : compositions indicates the pressure of his circumstances. .Indeed, this pressure must be severe when a " gen tleman of his tact and prudence is driven to the expedient of descending from the Presidential chair intd the political arena to fight in the ranks. ' It will perhapshave the expected effect of rallying "the party;" but unless we greatly mistake the temper of the American people, the concerts whom it mokes will be, like those made Tjv hi vi. sit to New York, against him, instead of in nis tavor. A ne letter shall UappearJn our next. CiT Since the publication of the above mentioned letter of the President , we Tiave seen in the Richmond Enquirer of the 7th instant another letter of his addressed to a Committee in Elizabeth City County, Va. in answer to questions in relation, to Stou very, the United States Bonk, the Tariff, Internal Improvements . and . Poinsett's Scheme for organizing the Militia.. - His discourse on tliesd subjects fills between four and five columns in small type. V " Baleigh ' Register. THE MESSENGER Friday Morai2& legist 211840!, ,v The late ElecUosu . Tlie Whigs in the Mountain District h acquitted themselves nobly. - Tbe , rnlk will fall like an avalanche Upon the Admin, istration parry below, and bury all bop of the success of their' cause in North Cafi olina. . We say tliis not in the spirit of ex. ultation. i We rejoceT'we admit, at the success of our cause, not in the spirit wbick prompts the successful combatant for exufi over his prostrate antagoojst-iMv' because we believe it to be the cause of ourcoiniQfl country, and that it is calculated to secure the best interests of her citizens.' In thy view of the case, those who opposed us haw equal cause to rejoice with us. They pro. fees to be Republicans and to yield implicit obedience to the will of the majority. Some of them, we know to be honest men, and patriots, who have no object in view but the welfare of their country. To such we say, reexamine with care and attention the principles of those whom you have bees supporting. ; Surely there can be nothing amiss in suspecting the correctness of your course, when you find it opposed by suck an overwhelming majority, whose motives, we presume, you will admit, , are equaHj pure and patriotic with your own. To those who have acted with us, we say, you ha,ie the consolation of knowing that the course you have pursued, fa approved by a very large majority of your fcDpwcitizens ; i fact, which, in a Republican Government, is admitted to be the strongest evidence thai ybu are right We therefore admonisL you to continue vigitanf, and not, because you have triumphed once, suppose there no cause tor further exertion.- Eternal vigi. lance is said to be the price of liberty. Let us allTffienTne unitedly and actively enga. ged in the use of all proper means forA success of our cause, and there, is little doubt of our ultimate triumph. We ait fully aware of the fearful odds against wind we have to contend. Our knowledge of human nature is sufficient to teach us that those in possession of power will not yield it up without a struggle."? We shall, there fore, have the whole patronage of the Ex ecutive of the United States, (now so enor. mously extended) exerted against us.' The whole host of office-holders, thousands who having no talents or character to reconv mend them , are dependent atone upon the rancour of party spirit for; promotion, fe. gether with all those political bigots wW having entered the arena, shut their ears' against all reason and argument, and wool' rather this fair and happy Government the hope of the patriot, and dread of tyrants! throughout the earth, destroyed, than fc' tail in carrying therr. point, or have it nit that they had been in error. - To be able to succeed against such, tremendous odd?, proves the more conclusively the correct ness of our cause. And to secure succea nothing is wanting but united exertion. ' TobmccnContiiMied. ' The practice of using tobacco in all is forms, has of late become so common, thflt wluwvfl tina ttu (ntruintir i. 7 -'J is forthwith looked upon as an intermeddler in Other men's mattm nr f Xnaat awlrinrf the unenviabla distinction of opposing the course of all others. We will, however, proceed ui what we nave to say further this subject, bj calling attention to the more common practice of smoking a practice in this" country, of almost universal prert lence. From the hoary-headed sire dowi to his great-grandson among all ranks in all conditions cmder .aQ circumstanco and with all colorssmoking seems i panacea, an 'elixir, a. sine qua non. iai word, the ultimatum of all that is deairaW In tfie-wdrld of luxuries ! ., How professed Christians, and especialfv Ministers of the Gospel, can reconcile sua a practice with the-principles of Aat Jet gion they profess, is to us a difficulty whoBr inexplicable.1 ,That religion teaches then that " if they live after the fleah they shaT. die,4' and who on earth ever smoked orj chewed tobacco habitually forthe-iooddf hw Boull!!Who-ver did it to makehiB more humble or useful f . " The idea is p posterous. Was this practice ever follow " in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ T And yet the Christian's' injunction is, ' do aU that he does in that name. The and aimtlft miMtiAn- . i J ' : V --- ouiuuia, urns wunu nuj;i "j disposed to, pass lightly, but the Christiwj must not They come directly to his ccj science, ami mvujve to themselves Aor. very pTincqites which test the sincerity 1 his profession. ' '' v I - e practice of smoking can never K carried to excess" wfthout great injury to , gums, teeth," breath and stornach. T gums become loose and flabby by dr ing the hot smoke into the roouth,,tnair j good set of teeth hare been, ruined by the waste of that saliva so necessary the concoction and digestion of the fooH '... .1 .. ... t - . ana oy ine narcotic qualities of the tobaff
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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