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: ' The Boat ot LlIw,-:s.-U
ST TUOJMS MOOSE.
Ixt'a take this world aa im wide acvne
Through which, in frail and buoyant boat,
Withakiea now rude, and now aeren e, ,
Together thou and I must 'float;
JMntiin j oft, on either ahore,
Bright jept where we ahould love to stay;
Cut Time plica awifit hia flying oar, - :
And ur we ajmed away, away.
ShouSdrhillin? winds and rain CO Do a "on,
Wf'll raiae our awninj gainst the shower-
Sit closer till in aiornt ia one.
And amiling wail a aUnnicr hour.
And if that aunnier, hour ahould ahine.
We'll know ita brightness cannot atay,
And, happy while 'tie thine aad mine,
Complain not when' it fade a away.
T;iu reach we toihj at Uat, that fall
K ' ' Down which life'a current all must go.
T dark; the brillUnt, destined all . ..
To "ink into the void below;
Kore.en that hjur shill want ita cjiarms,
IT side by aide still fond we kcp, , --And
canity in each other's arms
Together linked, go down to -bleep.
fVem the Neu Jtriey Stat Oazttte.
Trenton Eou?h and; Ready Clnb No. 1,
, Tune "Dandy Jim.'
Our country calls, once more to arms,
To eave your workshops and your farms r
"Old Rough and -Ready" makes the call.
The invitation's to you all.
Let Palo Alto be the ery ,
- And on tho breeie Rasaca fly,
k VT ill Duena Vista's deeds repay
The conquerer of Monterey.
i
The Empire Slate with noble pride
tins placed her .Fillmore aide by aide
To run lha people' raea with Zck,
So Caw mrii Butler clear the track,
Let Talo Alto, Ate. .
A sound more welcome jthan the rcat
liightsup the prairies of the West;
'Tw Ashland'a thunder bunt away. f .
The well known oice of Henry Clay.
Let Pfo Alto, &.e. '
' Now "in the dark and troubled ntghl,"
A star in aen on Bunker'a height:
To guide the old Whij army hJme '
' The tnbca of Dan united come.
Let lilo Alto. &.C..
Our pallant Scott brinja p the rear
' His burning aoup the Loco fear;
Tlieirold rcjcjve can rte'er escape " .
Hio deadly aim of Taylor's ra.
Our harbor boys will wheel about,
And help to clear the Casa-cado out, v
"Chicago's letter" they will read . t
And snsf; him in tho hour of need.
Let Palo Alto, Ate.
' The people ,say Cass has been dull ,
Since he- surrendered under Hull,
And with that aword he broke in fctwo
A Mexican bravo Pillow slew. .
Let Palo Alto, &c. "
When starving Ireland cried for food,
Cass like b native granite slood;
He dreamed the day was.far remote -E're
he would want the Irish vote.
Lef Palo Alto, ic,
Cass rides a Foptc by Donkeys led,
Polk his n Pillow for hi head;, -
" And should his Buckeye Bashaw fail. ,
' He has a Cuhinf; for Ins tail.
. . Lel Palo Alto, &c.
The sov'rrigh people will it aot . 1
Old Zaek must to the White Hou C.
For that high station he was made.
. " Ha never wore the black.cockade.
! ; Let Talo Alto, ic.V . , . ' ; :
fem tht Vnittd rwAman, 27.
..'
Thpsara solemn days.
. . . fatnomiess
icff tne onna 01
t f nit r hearts
ytwn the chasm befora us, 11 our
sink, if a nerva trembles, wa ia.n P-
- .. t - 1
post, and pins himseii - km. ' J
. . '. i.iiti m mruu
string
mn.t meet the dog aaeaui
v, kt ' iKnrever a
dauntWs
ViAnrt hr hfatln".
I fi.rt POOU OU
' -.. : j m
ra!s are- watchin- there. ' For two brave
l.V rit n haulrf field,' fifty CQW
UUU T1 i lJ w.. T"
ard aW lain. ' Vigor is a very
shield, and he who possesses a
bold spiru
What is the
has a never failing talisman.
nram..! '.r.rllV thM metl CttD aSpir
to?.
He lived abrave.man's life, Wh.us the
rjblimm- epitiph wh:ch .9 grace h
tomb? He died a. brave man's dealH.--The
coward breaths last on a bed I ot
down, with "niPer?02 v0lCM 10 y
ear, the patriot falls' across a barricade,
and dra-ed throuzh mud and atrtet-
filthbut the memory of ibe one dies wilh
his body, whiie. lhft other; in entenoj a
tomb, ascends i throne, and rules us from
rr.1...- - 1.';.. .'.. tanad era.- Not
ineiims. ma
,v. t- .:i.r tnnti and measured sen
1 e .u sm n r nn r iuuio " ---- - .
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isfi: Hi 'on urei.uui';i nA It trt a fnrefn country
;a wi corrie iorm o . .V
ana ourap. .., why multiply instances! la it now plain as
from the dagger, trtumphant. tU God liveth, that we have but to ask
days, -.rdicaiWo,a- '
wisdom. The man who ahrink. from a . (
U4 J 1111 V J v--. .: , ...
rhetoric. Skill
and irkka of-fancy. Toe strong tiling is
now the only true, thing. ... 1 ;
The lime. It is a . glorious ae. Old
Earth sways to and fro, rocked hither and
hther by the storm &fath of democracy.
Tha great Lazirus the people hat
- I 1
me rrth .from its tomb. The , slewing
warriors are awakened. Tha clash of
their twords is ths death knellof tyranny.
And whed all tha nations art advancing
in a "rhythmical inarch ahall we .not
keep the step? Dress up your ranks, fall
in and follow, .
The time. ' It ia' no poetic, rainbow ha-
e"d, golden age. No gentle sweetNvaiced
sorerpign rules the world. Oar only
king is the sword. At the flash of the
riot's steel the torch af freedom can alone
be lit. '- ' s"
This is not the time for beggars' petitions.
fio more prayers: no more 'whining: no
more dying in the ditch-side, no more pa.
tient and persevering cannibalism; no more
soup-kitchen paternity; ne mre of the
grin farce, in which two millions of men,
with red blood in them, and something . re-:
sernhng a soul, by the grace' of the devil
a,nd the advice of their pastors, bid fare
well to the sun i and committed suicide; no
more of that gentle Mawn which, liko
aeath, levels all, distinctions, and places a
highJ-souled patriot in the same filthy cell
with a common burglar and a swinging
Jew; no more of tho licensed scoundrelism
of pompous magistrates which the oth
er day consigned one of- our best friends
to felon's prfsyn, for walking 1 through the
streets pt Dublin with his friends; ho more
of that accursed mockery, cal!ed"goveo
ment," which has trampled into sterility
every god seed of truth, and honor and
courage, which the just.poa had planted
in this land, and left it without fruit and
verdure. Away, away with all this 'spe
cious fry df fraud"with English rule and'
English robbery, Down to their native hell
with aristocratic plunderers and vice-regal
greencroppcrs. Their hour is come:
With the4 keen steel,' which I redden, in
the blood of the first foreign bulcherwe
wilt write Finis, in the book of British crime,
and trace ;the title-page of I Ireland new
history.. vi-.
The people of this land have aeen-dfea.
ming an uneasy ilream. The nightmare
vanishes at last, and the bloom'Strea'm cir.
culates in tho country once more,. I hey
can stir hVir arms and use tKeir strength
apaln. ' A voice was heard'.'cryino; in this
wilderness, and it has aroused ,thetri.lo
sense ana voimoo. a. glorious nut tiuc
was reechoed from one end, of the i6le to
the other, 1 and the ..cloud rolled off from
oar horrizon, and the blue sky looked forth
on us, and blessed us. . A revelation came
unto tho peoplr, and they fell that they had
only to say , M we shall do such a thing,'
and it wui done they felt, at last, ino ev
erlasting truth flashing in on their benight
ed souls, that. a people s will, and Qmnip
otance as far as'regarils "earth are ey
nocimous. .,'' . 1 . 1
Let theml tome - forth then in the sun
light, and take the rights which 'have beeri
withheld from them sd long yes! take
them for they have only to stretch forth
uirlmniU ahrf ihpv will - soon strasp lhet
treasure which they desire.; Paris willed
that U ahouJcl be. free, and Louis Philippe
packed up his things, put his umbrella un-
dsrhis arm,
nd, renewing nis youm--.
I 1 iM..i' , r.th n . ira vllmrr. ' Sir!
- - . act.which sucked
1 . . . ,
. ,;r- . h .1 bereoealed ana
iwu , . ? .
glistened in the pat
riol's hand, cut the' parchment link". that
r Miianc-ouu
.rtmmsndinfr
accenl of ..
i vw... o
. a t
Come forward, then,.ye .suffering poor,
and prova'to your oppressors that you are
men, and not dogs. "From , the .fields
where you toil io lhe heat of summer and
the - frost of winter , coaxing1 out' of lhe
hpnrt of earth .those hidden riches V hich
nister to your tyrants' luxury trom the
filthv lanes where you cower ibt, uu
wet and misery, hiding your hame from
Ihq cyea ef your fellow men,' arid goading
fTou have done it!) ihrough'Jthe flesh 6(
vour own , children, 10 wu i u,...y6
flame of lifer witnin you uom t..
und cellars, where some ot you,. en-
dowed, may hap, with High aspirations and
sunot genius, grovel, worm-like in cold
and oastiness, cursing the ruie w.hc.
crushed you down to dusf, and extrngjuish
ed -the -heavenly. .fcghiwiihirt you-fiom
lb. haunt, of crime, wher, with breaking
hearts, you sell ths beauty which. wa. in,
tended to adora home, of virtue, that
IV.
''lies, Literature; and General Ictclli Z C H C C
LE, W.JC.;
the Hunger Cer.J v,
if
eying on your
entrails may ts j .
como forth, ye rc r. "i
the garb!
of humanity; yo-j !:iv3 tearrice of
men. Let the irb hiva 52..-.2thing with
in it Ut Y.-3 arr .irjir-2 c!-the a realitv.
You were riiaJe u GyVs Kkeoesa. Pro
miors and aristocrats n-.cy deny it, but the
Man-God nho d.t 1 f -z cu 1 13 said so.
Blood circulates in vour velsj, ttj. You
have rights to demind, and wrongs to a
vengr. You .have as rich a fluid within
your heart's as the tyrants who tramp on
you. You are-like them ia physical for
rrntioo. If , they prick you, doyeu r.3t
bleed? .If, they poison you, do you not
die? r-Yoa a'ra stronger tha,a they are.
They are few. and you are "many. Up,
then, grapple wiih'iheoi, and try afall or
two V lt is' only when you have your hands
round their waists that you can iruty esti
mate ther strength or weakness. ; -
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From the Lauieville Journal,
Brazen luipudcacc. '
, Every body knows, thai, if Mf. Cllyor
Mr. V'ebster, or Gen. Scott had been nom
inated for the Presidency, by the 'Whig
Convention, the. Washington Union would
have professed to be shocked beyond- mea
sure at the Convention's bad . treatment of
Gen.Taylor: but now that Gen. Taylor is
nominated the Uuion affects to; bo awfully
ndignani at.the bad. treatment of Clay,
Webster, and Scolt. Of Scott the official
ditor speaks thus: ' . ;
'And Scott the brave and gallant Scott
who fought from Vera Cruz to Mexico
who entered in triumph i the city. of. the
Montezumas, and through, whose direct
agency the olive branch is now! entwined
with the lata hostile banners of the United
Slates and Mexico--he,too, has been push
ed from his stool, to make room 'fur ,1
younger, hot a belter syldter.' ?!
The editor of the Union, the official or
gan of the Administration, says this, . and
says it without a blush;!; ; "He :: says that the
gallant Scott who fought his way to thjb city
of the Montezumas,. and by whose street
agency the blessings of peace are " secured
to our country, "has been pued from his
stool to make room for a younger, not
better soldier."" Wei), this is- true the
gallant Scott has been 'Jpushed frojvi his
stool to make room for a y6ungeri'-not ' a
better soldier;'1 he has. been pushed r 'from
his proud position at the he act ofjho victo
rious armies ol his country to make room
for Gen." iVm 0,i J5uf r;!ay , the brave and
scar-worn ofd veteran, alter winning his
glorious way to "the centre of, the enemy's
country through the fire and blood of Vera
Cryz, of Cerro Gordo, ofContreras, of
Ctiuriibusco and 61 Chapultepec, and rais
ing the stars and stripes of'; the ' Republic
upon the loftiest spires' of the capital,- found
himself suddenly degraded from his - com"
mand, called onto surrender up his author
ity to a comparatively. inexperienced voiuo-
leer, and ordered for trial, befora a sourt
romnused of his . subordinates ; and upbtn
charges prelered by tiis-subordiiiaies; but,
thank God, this grossfcutrage; this pushing
of a glorious old eteran ,Vfrom ,his stool
to make" room for a younger not a. better
soldier,1' 'was not 'perpetrated by a Whig
Convention or by the Whig party, but by
the infamous" Administration' which recog-'
jiizes and uses the Washington Union as
Its'; b rgan.' ' Y
Tbat the editor of the Union, with all,
lhefacts of Geri; SiouV monstrous treat
ment by the Administration - before him,
can.have.the audacity to taunt 'the Whigs
with Gen. Scotfs J having : beer!' "pushed
from his s lool lo make room for a younger,
not a better soldier," is lo ui- among the
mysteries arid the
ture.' - ' '
marvels of human na
Gex. Taylor in FLdnipA.. The follow
ing extract from, a' report of operations rn
Florida,. made by f Gen. Thomas S. Jesup,
then as now a supporter, of the Locofoco
Administration, shows; the estimate placed
upon Gen. Taylor's military. services and
talents before he became the Whig candi
date for the Presidency:
' . . W'As'hi sgton , . J CLY 6, 1 833.
'Gem Taylor was directed to preceed
from Tampa Bay J Open a road, :in hea rly a n
eastern direciion into the heart 0$ the coun
try, establish a road avPeaseCreek, anoth
er on the Ki'ssimmeCi and atlack the, ene
my w inatquarter.' He came up .ith.the
enemy on tho 25ih December, attacked
the m , and tn tie , of the lest 'fought actions
knurt to our history gamed a complete' vie
ipry, thou&hjvith great loss of officers and
- A - Cass, of Conscience. The- Pike
County, Illinois Free Pre da- states that a
Justice of.that' County voted against the
New Constitution on the ground that he
bad taken an oath to support the old on.. ..
JMiT.SJO,' 1818.
A'wfttl Couf lasrratlon ia Norfolk. I
ncl I o clock, a fire broke out in Norfjlkj lcandidite forVica President, afTircls a use-
in tha Lumber Yard of Messrs. rergusoni ful
aad Milhado situated on the south side of I
Wide Water street, which spread with J
fearful rapidity in every direction, destroy- by energy perseveranceand strict inieg
iS almtt every building south of Water ' rty, o public and private capacity. ,, -
reet, between Fayette street on.the vest '
and Commerce street on the easu Oa the "J
north side of Water street,5 commencing
with the Bethel Chur oh, the fliroe extcn-
ded west, crossing Payette to Washinston
street, thence o : Main street, sweeping
$oth sides of Fayette street, and the entire
scuare between that and Washiniitoo street.
Qno building on toe north side of Main at.,
belon-ring-to L. Tazewell, Esq., was
alsodtroyed. It is estimated that about
' - il
sixty buildir-s, valued at .some - $300,000
were destroyed. :
' Besides the buildln-s an immense quan-
titrof Lumber. Coal, Cotton. Su2ar. Mo h
iakses. Tar, Pitch, &c. c. was consum-
ed. Soma of the most extensivcrwarehou-
ses in the jityi filled with merchandise,
were totally ost. Portsmsxih CronicU.
From lie Jonesbonf Tt5;. '
Uacki tiff Oul!,
- The Democracy of Virginia no doubl 1
at the suggestion of Father Ritchiehas
appointed a. Democratic Committee of Vigil,
ancet who aje to actas a sort of Central
Cftque, to; furuishtslanders for tha smaller
fry to retail," .It seems lhaMhex have been
either unfortunate or indiscreet," in the I
selection of Some of their men., -
' X Mr. Caldwell, a leading Democrat, j
publishes the following card in a paper of J
that State, in which ho informs the 1 party I
thai he ca'nH do the dirty work they expect
him to do: j , . ' . . I
:'-: Newcasfle. June 16thii849U
1 Mi. EfiiToR: In fflancine over tha Fin v
rlJ . r
with others.on a committee of Vigilance,
under the fltie c-f Cass and Butler, I btk
leave to saj that being a Republican I feel'
it my duty to give my hearty support to
General Taylor, and thereby'contribute lo
the, furtherance, of the principles as adVo
cated by; Washington, Jefferson, and Mad
ison, . .Kespecttuuy yours,
-, OTIS CALDWELL.
. Texas Cottox, From lhe Galveston
News wa' derive wme' statistical informa
'.ion concerning' lhe. Cotton crop of Texas.
In 18'9. the whole crop was 500 biles.
and in 1835 had increased Vo . between 3
atid 400Q. , In 1840 it amounted to 8000.
Since that tinVb there have been thrpe sea
sons of nearlv total failures. In 1846
jihe crop,-which in the year was not more
then half an. average one reached 3000.
The crop of 1847 -reached ; 40,000. In
iniu siuicuiKin us uui iiigiuuc 1110 uiup . ui
Easiern Texas; shipped to New. Orleans
bvwarof Red River, and which haJteen
estimated to equal that of oil the rest bflhe
country. ' Before the declaration of-Tex-
V. . Before the deel
an Independence, almost. the whole trade,
pf the Country was corjeentrated l in New
Orlean. Subseqdenily much cVton was
shipped direct'to Europe. In 1831 and
183 some shjpmehts wasrrfade from 'be
B ra z is Rivef lo Tampicio, where' it, was
sold at!30 cts,' per pound;' .
- AN!-5xrEDiTiONA-Col. ' Fremont jwilt
start upon a expedition., to Oregon-, and
U pper uaiitornia , eany in j uiy. - ne win ness and study. , He read law ; ana gener
hp jiccompanied by" about twenty chpice a literature, and slud.c J and practiced sur
nir'H. hnv of the Wcest. Tiie , undertsk '"
r--T- j . . . -
ing is of a private nature, and the design of
the projector is tocomplele lhe exploratiens
wmenr were imerrnpieu oy mo war wnn
Mexico; :;-
The Si aates s Twins The Si a mese
Twins, for the last ight or ten years resi
ding on a farm in North Carolina, purpose
to make another lodr of the Southern ' and
Western States the coming Fall, for exhi
billon. They will start from home in Oc
fuber. '.Thfey have wives and three children
each a feet which has given the husbands
additional interest, and go whee they may,
especially if, their wives accompany - them,
we predict rairer crowded houses than ever
before.- L ' " ' '
SpiR'RAnoifsYx the British Navt.
VVp learn by recentintelligence.frona Eng
land, that theiJriiish Government has" is
sued orders jo. -alt ? its 1 , consuls In
different parts of the -world to institute in
quiries into the character ' and capabilities
'of Brttislv se.amn in compared with thosq
of other nations. The result thus far showi
that lhe British seamen, are be'low otherB
in morals, and, as seamen, are much less
efficient than our own! This has been at.
iributed to the spirit rations in the Navy.
VOLUME VIII. NO .47. WHOLE NUMBER 412.
J ' , Terms $2 per annum, .
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. '
nillard JTilltxtore t 4 .
lessoa as showing .what may bo ad,
complbhd in the face of the greatest ob-
staclet, by intellect, aided and controlled
,is lamer, Nathaniel tuimorey is mo
son of one of like namewhe nervedr in the
French war, and was a true Whig of the
revolution, p'roving. hih devotion o his
country's cause" by gallantly fighting a Lt.
Under General Starke, in the battle of Ben.
ningtotv He was. born , af Benningtin,
Vermont, in .1771, and early-.io.Iile re-
rpovedvtowhat is now caUed Summer Hill,
Cayuga county, New Yor1t,here Millard-
WM born, Januay J, lpuu. ni wasva
. W . .Ann II
farmer, and soon titer lost all his proper
x7 Dy a baq title to on of the miiaary lots
bad purchased.' .Aboul the year 1802
removed .to ifce town-, of. empromos,
ntJW Wiles, and resided, .there - till 18l,
Wl?en n rempveo 10 iria county, wnere
hostill lives; cultivating a'small farm with
is own hands. He was a strong and
liform supporter of Jefferson, Madison
and J omp&tne. and is now a true vvnitr.
narrow' means ci his father, depri
Ved Millard of anyjfadvantages of . educa
tion .beyond what vere afforcjed by ithe
imeprfect and ill taught common schools
of the country. r Books were scarce and
dear, and! at the' age o fifteen when more
favored youths are .fair advanced jn their
classical studies', or , enjoying in colleges
the benefit of well furnished lihranes
young Fillmore' had read but little except
his common school books and ifj Bible
At that period he'was sent. irjto the. then,
.wilds of. Livingston, county, to Iesrn, the
clothier's trade. He remained, there about
four momh3 nd was then placed with an
olher Person 10 Pursua lhe ame biness
arid wool cardins in the town where hi
father Jived. - A small village . library that
was formed there soon after,' gave h;mthe
first means of acquiring general knowledg
through books. . He improved the oppor
tutity thus offered; the .appetite grew by
what it fed upon. The thirst . for,;knowl
edge iSoon became insatiate, . and every
leisure moment was spi;;tin reading."
Four years were passed in this way, wor
ing'af his trade'and storing his mindj dur
ing such hours' as he could command
wiih the contents of books of history, ' b
ography and travels At the ago of 19 he
fortunately made an acquaintance with the
iate Walter Wrood, Esq., whom many wi
remember as one o the most estimable
citizens of that countv, Jud3 Wood was
a man of wealth and great business capac
tjs:1ie had '.an excellent law library; but
did fmle professional business. H4soon
saw that under lhe rudes exterior rof the
clothier's boy, were powers that only re-
rqurec Pper. oeve.op. ra.so iu
possessor la high distirn and useful -
ness. and advised him to q.it Lis trade and
'Study Uw.. .In replyto f tbjeclion of a'
.laeK of education, mcar.s and friends toJ
aid him in a course: of. professional;: 'gtudy;
Judge W. kindly otlerVi to ive bim a place
in his office ta adyacc? tr.ory'to defray
his expences, and .wait until! success-t.io
business should furnish r nns of re
payment. The oSer vrz - .,;.ed; The
apprentice lioy bought his t!;r. entered tjie
office of Judge -Woo J, cr I i : .-ryonp than
lwo years applied himself 'v 7.1 bu3"1
. . . -
pearing e 5hou1d incur t - - "! :re a debt
Q hU Decefaclorj ! -, v . 'lool for
h,on,h8 in the veir, a. : . squired the
means, of partially -.upparlT.j himself.
In the.fitll df 1821' he removed r C.y coun-
ty f-Erie, and the next pri: c:,
law efficein Buffalo." There- It
-rr J'. a
,Lui,n-
edhimsclfiby teaching
con-
tinued his If gal studies ur,:Il f.. t
1823, when he was admitted 13 l
mon pleas, and comments J pr-ll:
sir ' cf
j cm
village of Aurora, where ha rc:v.i!
heu h(J 8 In rern0'ved t
o
- 1
ver
and has coctirjed
to rcrlii 1
since. .
His first entrance inter puLilc I'fa wii
in January, 1823, when r.3 u-ok hia ten'
as a member from Erie county, tot v.huh
office he was re-elected the two4f-"oni
years. -
-His laletits integrity, "and assidioua 'C-:-vot'ton
lo" public 'business, soon wen f;r
him. the confidence of the Housa . , : i
"exampled "degree. It was a ccir..r::.i
mark among the members, "if F.' t
says it is right, we will vote for it.1.
Th moat imoortant measure cf tr'.
eral nature that came tip during r
vice ialbe Stale Legislature v i" ; '
to. abolish imprUocmenl for debt. In be
half of that great and philanthropic mcas-.
ure, Mr. Fillmore tool on active part,
urging with unanswerable argument, it. :
justice and expediency, and, as a mem. -
ber of tha committee on the subject, aid
ing to perfect its detaill. That portion f
the bill relating 10 justices courts was draf.i
ted by htm, lhe remainder being th'i, work
of the Hop. John C. Spencer.. The bill
met wun a nerce,. uorelentmg opposition , '
at every step of its progress, and to Millard
MlmQre'a.',rhuch as to any . mother "man,
we af indebted, fer expunging from the v
statute book that relic of a cruel, barba
rous sge, imprisonment lor debt,'
He was elected to Congress in the fall
of 1832 The session nf 1833-4 will Ian? .
be remembered, as the one in which lhal
system of politics, knownunder the com-
prehenstve name of Jacksonism was fully
developed. He'teolhis seat in the stor-
hit stssiou ui 4000- immeaiaieiv. sue.
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ceeginirlhe removal of the DepoMts. In
those days the business of the House end
debatea'were led by bid : and experienced
members new ones, unless they enjoyed
a widespread and ajnost national, reputa
tion, rarely taklug an apiiye and conspic
uous paH. ' Little chance, therefore, was
aforded him as a member' of the oppocU
lion, young and unassuming, of displaying "
those qQaliiies that so eminently fit him for "
egislative usefulness. Bui the school was
one. admirably qualified - to more fully de
velop and cultivate those' powers which,
under more'favorable circumstances, have
enaoicu mm-10 render sucn varied and im,
portant services to his couatiry. 4As ho '
has ever done in air. the stations he has
filled, he discharged hia duty with scrupu. '
louj uueiiiy, never omitting on an proper
occasions any eHort to advance the inter-
estsuf his constituents and the country,-""
and winning therespect and confidence of
all. "' - - . "
:At the close of his term of service, ho
resumed .the practice of his profession,
which he pursued with distinguished repu-'
tation and success, until, yielding to ; the - ,
public voice, he consented to become, a.
candidate, and was re-elected to Congress
in the fall of 183G: The remarks above
made in relation to -his serice in the 23d - '
Congress, will measurably apply to hisse.
cdnd term. acksonism and the Pel Bank vj ;
system, had in the march of "progressive
Democracy," given place lo Vatf Buren
ism and the Sub Treasury. It was but an.
other vstep inwards the practical repudia
tion of old republican principles, and an
advance to the Locofcrcoism of the present'
day; In this Congress-Mr. Fillnjore look
a moreactjve pan than he did during his .
first term, and on the assembling of the ''
next Congress, to whrch he was re-elected
by a largely 'increased majority, he was ' -4
assigned, a. prominent "place on what , next . .
to that f ways. and , means, . it was justly
anticipated ' would become the most impor
tant committee of thie Househ8t on er
lections. It was in this Concress that .the
famous contested 'New Jersey case came
up. It would swell his brief biographical '
sketch to too, great a length - to enter upon -,
lhe details pf ihal'cuse and il'is the less .
necessary to do so inersrruch as the circum.
stances of the gross outrage then perpe- -
traied by a party calling itself. republican,
and claiming to respect 'stato rights must " r
yel dwell in the recollection ofi every read.
v . The prominent part which Mr. Fillmore r
took in tliat case, his patient investigation
of pit its complicated, minute details, the
clear convincing nianriers in which he set .
forth the facts, the lofty arid indignant el-,
oquence with which, he denounced lhe
meditated wrongalt strongly directed pub
Jic attention to him as one of the ablest
men of thal'Cdngress, distinguished as it ;
was by the eminent abjlity and siatesinan
ship of manyof its members. " TPublic in
dignation was awaken4 by the enormity
of the outrage, and' in thai long catalogue : '
of abuse and wrongs which roused a loug
suffering people, to action, and .resulted in ,
lhe signal overthrow of & corrupt and ' in
.solent dynasty in 18 40j the New Jersey
case stood marked and' conspicuous
: On the assembling of thu next Congress ' .
to which Sir. Fillmore was ze-elecied by
at. J rity larger .than was ever before
mvi il his district, .hai was placed at the
1 J c f lhe committee on ways and means
x . ? Jiies of that slaiioo always arduous
and responsible, were at that time ; pecul
iarly so. -A new administration, had come
into po'wer and found public a flairs in a
state of,, the greatest ; derangement. -J Ac. v
counts had been wrongly kepi, peculation
cf every kind abounded in almost., every
partment of the government, the reven
, , .i:as inaderuaie '.0 ' meet the ordiaary .
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