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t. 5751- CflpceEHSt'traeo w "as
fshoH Patent Sermon. '
BY DOW, JR.
ON THE LANGUAGE OS" NATURE. J
And Ihia
our lif, exempt from public haunt.
tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in tont9tana good in every thing. , -
i I i Shakspeare.
My
icrvrers,-4-Life njay derive many useful and
moral
esaons dv iurninif carciunv over inu icuvcs
lea
in the grcAt encyclopedia of nature. Everything,
from aTgrjiin of kand on the sea shore, up tp the
univerio iUclf incapable of imparting knowjedge
, j . .
in vert wiser npfcfli. inn nunc, uoou can oe ex
trucieu from-cv
A
and evil from good, however
absurd) and preposterous theLn6jon may seem to
vour ideas of .mnpters'and thincsn general. Here
. -. i . .lit i 1 . ?.i i
is u po
pocktt
atde that 1 have Droumtt wiui mc in ray
oil the purpose of illustrating, the founda.
tion of !my discourse. A notatoe'as-jou all know,
isn go6d, nutritious article of fodd,juid is in gene,
ral use not only tmong Irishmen, bulmong other
civilized and enlightened "nations ; nd it never
Ava's known to iiil a man. unless he happened to
wallovv one whale. " Now, you would naturally
supposi that jpu e. milk -might -just ns easily be
bcjucczcd out of i brwk-but as that whiskey could
be drawn out of this polaloe; but, my friends, in
this you would err. Enough whiskey can bb ob
tained.fYom a bu ihcl of potatoes to exfiunctiicate
i. full-gjon man and. a boy. Thus evil cotnelh
out of goyd and in liko manner, good can be
- drawn out of mapy other.'subsjances that aro evil
in' their natures. So much for the philosopjhical
' part. Now 1 will commence liUdlmg on the moral
string, liou bel old those trees, yonder, wc ying
thir green rnanllesin the geijtlo breezes -6 the
oulh. J VeUt they have a language too plain to be
misunderstood, ei en by, the truant school boy who
don't know his great A. It is neither Dutch nor
'Greek,' but plain English. They whisper, audibly ,
that thejsp ing an J summer of mans existcncD are
crownca" with the brightest of verdure that then
hd fiourphusjn tlie genial atmosphere of hope and
love, while ambition, like a cucumber vine upon
the garden fence, sticks in its young teodrits'j and
braves tjie rough blasts of misfortune. Look ut
them, agai i, whe :i tliat bid cbHger autumrlj lias
squirted h s yellow dye-stuff on their beautiful
drapory'i and they will tell you-hbw soon that life
must put in tho palo jacket ? of decay , and . sit
shivering in iha Wutir; frost .of aire. You" can! find
'carved upop the auamahtine rocks of the mountain
tho numb of Omnjpo:encc, and the floods of timo
crin nca moj-e efface it than the negro can Wash
' himself Kvliitc with the pump waler of Gotliam.
The mild zenhyrs waft tluj perfume of flowers into
tho windows of t io gay then come the wintry
tcropestsL tosburst open their nectarine cells and
bear their sweetness away foreVeratrording this
lesson tp man : t mt the purselofj his golden joys
. which ho doiits up to-day mar pe sn;itched from
him to-fnorrow, and leave hi ni K pauper,: on the
parish of heaven. Go down to the waye-washed
' strand Where the sea-shclls, cast ! from the false
bosom of the ocean, are left decaying upon tlie
beach. ai)d! you can read how spurious Friendship
has often left her unfortunate votaries to perisn in
the wiincr ng. sirdeco of wantrr-administering no
comfort
. r 1 ! r ; L 1.
me irpmic mourner, : uespair, as sue
stands v
ling over the death.couch of Hope.
There U a
lesson for you, my friends ! and if
you
man
as a.
can't or
kvon-t learn it, you are as stupid as a
mado of
shingles and shavings, and obstindtd
hoc in harness. -
!o into the. hall where fiddling,
frolicking and dancing enliven the midnight hour
where rpses are wreathed , and the red wine flows;
and the
lo swea
oozes from i the white-w Ashed
brow of (Beauty jind there you may learn how
sad are the aHer cjlaps ithat merriment and jollity
invite. T ike a pepp in there just before they burst
up when the gentlemen are dancing a Bacchus
reel, audi the crimsoned cheeks of the ladies begin
to grow pa c in streaks when the roses have fallen
from theti hair, arid false teeth and'false whiskers
lie kicked about on the floor ajiid then say , if you
can, that! there is not. something taught here. Ay
tlie scfo
in flaming
1 of vanity is unrolled befoixj you, arid
capitals
you may read) how false
and
how fleetiu
g are earthly pleasures Yhen"tourted at
the shriup of fashion and folly. : !
My deir friends, let us go to the running brooks,
and read oh their silvery pases "rhbw pure morality
flows on through 'the vale of iniquity , untarnished
f by tho vices that 'beset it in its course. The brook
that silently meander among the filthy bogs of the
meadows and 'jet reflects the calm blue sky from
-pits lucid brcastris ti lily an emblem of that beautiful
damsel, rirtce, up m whose heart the. very image
of heaven is indelli )ly stamped.! There is a'mean.
ing and u moral tc every thirifj ; and 0! it is dc.
lightful Ujorider over the various inscription oil
( . the inanimate objects -of - Nature, or to go out Ifrom
the publics paunts of two leggedj rascals and 'h'pld a
friendly c;hit-chat vfth the morejihteresting portion
of Gol' cfeatures. I The language of frogs, grass
- hoppers i rji katy-dids is not all Greek to me jby a
half a dotenidiorrjs.. I can understand them like
book ; ard break ny spectacles if 1 hav'nt learnt
from thein'that this world never tumbled itself to
gether, b it was rolled into its globular, form in the
plastic pam of Omr ipotenfee; but not from a patent
machine, like the ur iversal pills of '.tho present' day.
There are sermons in stones. They preach' loud
'to every passer by who hath ears made to hear;
and not 1 mornamer t, like those of a jackbbttomV
. The stories of the grave-ydrd preach not to. the
sleeping congregation below, but to. the grief-shot
mournen "Aho-go there to probe anew the wounds
that forgetful ness Lias partially healed. -.These
stones are hb boundary 'marks between tiiinb and
j s eternity, J beyond which-is a disputed .tenitory
claimed by all jlenomicktions of christians: and
"j'w yiajiuicu yy uvuvi xiiey are erecica .open
vol;
ASHEVIliLE,
human
(noV,J .convey a' solemn lesson to vain,
morlnl
uuxu. xney leit inm,thut his last earthly
homo is. the , dark, cold sepulchre that he, too,
must ; don the white night-gown of death, and lie
down o sleep .upon a couch of clay and from
which there ts no gelling up to breakiast that his
guish' the sacred idirt of mortality f'm the common
Nowj lny deal friends! the time will soon come
when we shall alj be crushed beneath the iron-shod
toot ot the monster death so let
lessons
i
ght of ihe crave may not come nnnn i
uuu uiu us wiui scarcely a two-pence worth of oil
in our cans, so mote it be 1
There is no object so beautiful to nnnn ta
a modest, unassuming youn man. He betrays
wisdom and knowledge by his daily life and de
meanorj You do not see him first speak in a public
assembly, nor foremost in any imporjant uuder
takiug. T Arthough hej is not I backward in the Iis
charge bf his duty, he knows jdst where he belongs
Ho is nbver seen in highways giving out his opm.
uua iu a uiue circie, canvassing the course of
public men, and predicting the destiny of bur
country He seldom obtruded his advice unasked
and whjm he gives his opinion, it is with caution
and - del Deration. He is not! ambit
sidered
a great man j a" man
of talents, or a pro.
found scholar: He will hesitate to have his name
appear
n print as a writer od lecturer, and nothincr
pains nam more than fulsome adulation.
Such a
man. w
hntever rriay be his business or Drofession,
seldom jthinks he is competent to discharge Ibis
duties, unless he h thorough n whatever he under.
takes. If he study law,' he Will not think himself
a prodigy altera few months of reading Blackstbne
or iven
portant
, and feel nrenared tb nivs mnnl ,n !;m
cases. If he enter college, his first Step
be to die ate to the President. or renrimand
will nod
hthe Projfessor ; nor in the debating clubs and soci.
cues wijiihe strive for the highest honors, and inti
male tUut he is the best cahable to address them bn
therstjniversary! or to deliver the poem, n ffl he
oluu " viiiiij, -ue win not consider nimselt a pro
tound theologian, because he has read. Scott or
i i . 1
tienry, and leel himself corhpetent to dischdrfre
iiiu uu its u ii pusuirai oince. li no
pasiorai oince. it no go to
uaue, iu u iweiv
ve month he will not feel capable of
setting up tor.hinlselt and running down his master.
If he bd a clerk, he will not didtate tobis purchasers
wiuu iq.ouy, ana reel competent to decide lor them
which s the bestj piece of goods, which the most
profitable to carry into a family, and by his airs
and impertinences drive away Customers from1 the
oiiwi. 4i ue ucu baiiur, lie win, uoi ue anxious lor
a captajrrs berth before'lie has been a single yoy
nge Uefure the mast j or learned a seaman's duty.
In fine whatever he undertakes it will be with
modesty and selfdistrust, until he is full v
his einf loyers or friends. We regret that modest
young men arc scarce. in our; day and we much
more regret that impudence, and jself-importance,
and selisufficiency,aie so popularilhat the majority
of man
ind , will select, one ot the latter lor any
kind of business in preference
to the former. They
consists in noise and
, and therefore, most
held by men not of
,and real capabilities,
believe
bluster;
Mi at virtue and talents
and the bin swelling
ot our important otnees. arc
intrinsic Virtue, modest worth
out witn tnose ,vno tauc
ie loudest, prate
the'
most, and desearjl upon, their
own worth and
the
mighty loojects wn'cn nave o(
thefr instrumentality. It is
things r re so, that real merit
wh'cli have been achieved through
a shamej that' these
blushes in retirement
unseen, while unuiusning impuuencc dusks amiu
the pop ilace, and rides majestically over the heads
of the Multitude.! ; So it willl alwas be till man-
. .. iti t i i . i
kind are estimated not by outward appearances,
b;ut by virtue of the heart.
,e . j ." J
To a Mother,; Youthful
mother, as you bend
ovcr the cradle of your first!
born i infant, do you
realize the treasure committed to your care 1 Do
you rea ize that in that tiny form lives u spark of
the Etc nal Essence a branch ofjjfc breatied
into it by God . himself, and Jo not you remember
that it cin never die never ? Do what your child
rn0y-bccome what ho may, he can never cease
to be forward, onward anc still onward is his
destiny. : And do you not know that it rests, I had
almost said wholly, but by the blessing of God, it
does rest principafiy with you whether the cherished
darling,! that sweet babe shall, aj million of years
hence, be a seraph, radiant and pure, bowing with
the thousand timos. ten thousand before the throne
of Gad, or a fiend, a demon) Do you shudder?
Ah, well you might at this awful responsibility,
were there no arm to sustain you, no heavenly
Father to strengthen, no holy spirit to guide you.
I'".: But i entreat voif look thoughtfully, soberly at
ihe real ty, at tho future as it is. Raise your eyes
from thi cares, and toils and burdens of the house
hold, and dance over that illimitable space which
opens before you.! .Does not your soul rouse itself
and feel some aspiration aftpr the holy and good
some desire for a higher life than this? Come,
then, 'with tKe beautiful, the j beloved one in your
arms, and offer both yourself and the babe which
God hath given you, to Him. . He win graciously
receive you, and evermore bless . and i shield you.
tt nilm hoih1 strenath ib the hour of tempta-
tion. cobsoiation in the hour of trial, peace in the
hour of jdanger, joy in the hour of deaih,nd bliss,
inconceivable bliss, through tho whole of that long
forever which you see stretching out before you.
Youth's Companion. t j I , t :
ScriItuke fok it A. distinguished writer says
" Thbre is but one passage in the Bible tvhere
the girls are commanded to kiss the men; and that
is in the golden'rule, Whatsoever ye; would that
ntfn shourd do unto you, do ye even so to them.
Thb yooTHFUL Mind. A straw wnimakc an impress
ion on the virgin snow? ; let it remain but u short time and
a horsed hoof can scarcely penetrate it. So it )s with the
youthful miad. A trifling word may make an impression
on it, butafter a few yearsCthe most powerful appeals may
ccasV to! influence it Think' of this, .ye who have the
training of the infant mind," and leave such impressions
thereon as will be- cafe for it to earry amid tlie follies and
tamptiticsa cf iho vwld
N: .VpIDAY, BZAT-CE
Night. Wiih i!.
beautiful remainder of the sun's beneficence, a sort
or reminiscence of, day, camolhs stars to gem the
heavens with their lustre. And it was pleasant to
watch them struggling into the' ccpo of our vision,
aim-spots at first.- and then lwhili liner intn rit
The planets pouring down a steady borrowed liht,
and tho higher stars vibrating and.trcmblins as if
generating their o fires.'and emitting light with
effort. ' i '
We may chance our Dosition on earth 1 and cross
the ocean, indeed ; but upwards, we recognize the
beacons of our childhood and -our home. The
stars gu forth in the same order; constellation after
constell ition ascends and shines with familiar light ;
and wo feel that our true home is upward. All
else, chancres, thesn nlrni
" "r w .yM. ,.wv
same. '
How great the thousht to cbntemnlate stars us
worlds; centres, indeed, of uvstems. whose do.
pendent worlds send ilown none of their reflected
ignt to our distantJorb, or, sending it forth, that
ight has not yet travelled to bur siiht. i.Ctintpm.
plating these mighty orbs, and their stately march.
sun alter sun risinff and nassimr nwnv frim no
wunout a variation in their relative position, we
feel as if . the power that formed them and nlnr.pd
them there, had implanted a portion of itself in
ineir iorms, and made them intelligences endowed
with intercommunicate knowledge. U. S. Gaz.
Books nd NEwsPAPEas.-r-Sir John iHerschell
thus discourseth on the value, on trie part of
lalwring jrncn, of cultivating a taste for books and
newspapers " ;
4t Of all ihe amusements that can be imagined
for a hard working man, after his daily1 toil, or in
intervals, there is nothiog like reading an interest,
ing newspaper or book. It calls for no bodily ex.
ertion, of which he has already had enough, or
rv,HUi'a lwu iiiucii. ii relieves nis nome oi dull
ness and sameness, ii It transports'him into livelier
and gayer, and more diversified and interesting
scenes; and while he enjoys himself there,' he
may forget the evils of the present moment, fully
as much as if he were ever so drunk, with the ad
vantage of finding himself the next day with the
money in his pocket, or at least laid out in neces.
saries, and without the drunkard's miseries of
mind and body. Nay, it accompanies !him to, his
next day's work ; and, if what he has been reading
be any 'thing above the idlest and the lightest, it
gives hjm something to think of beside the mere
mechanical drudgery of his every day occupation ;
something he can enjoy while absent, and look for
ward to with pleasure. If I were topray for a
taste to stand me under every variety of circum
stances and be a source of happiness and cheer
fulness to me through, life, and a shieldagainst
its ills, however things might go amiss, and the
world frown upon me, it would be a tastev for
reading." : ;
An Eventful Year.
The year 1812, was prob-.ibly the most, eventful
was convulsed by the riots in the manufacturing
districts; Mr. Perceval lost his life, and at his
death commenced the detestable reijjn of Liver.
pool arid Nansittart ; Wellington took the towns
of Cindud, Rodrigo, and1 Radajas, and won the
battle of Salamarica ; Spain abolished her Peerage
and proclaimed her new Constitution ;' all South
Arwerica was in civil war; and Napoleon fought
tho battles of Wilna, Smolenksi, Brodinoj and
Moscow, and finally saw his mighty host perish in
the snow ; the English likewise took Almarezand
Seville, and witnessed disgrace and defeat from ihe
Americans at sea na in me uanauas. in tnis
eventful year, no ;?cJJn three million of Cluist7
iahs. under the sanKbn of the mother churcli and
holy, priesthood,' were armed for reciprocol earn-
ne,and all Europe and America were made
slaughter-houses of the human race. It was sup
posed that more lhan one' million of men, women
and children were butchered or otherwise destroyed
in this memorable year. What a picture on the
spirit ofChristianity is this?- The brily event; of
the year ipix, on wnicn a rational person can re
fleet with alisfactiori, is the spirit of freedom
which in Spain destroyed the Inquisition and es
tablished her glorious Constitution ; arid yet even
this noble work; in two years, was subverted by the
neriury of the
most mean slid execrable wretch in
existence Ferdinand
and theetticoatsmaker.
Advice gratis. vy henyou can't have roast
tnrlrpv for ('inner, nut uu with any thins. The
stomach and nccessityj soon become companions.
Never refuse any thing offered you : except a
kick ; because it is npt always convenient to return
the latter. '! -i' ill- ' '.': $fi''.
Marrv a man for bis good sense, amiable temper
his sound morals, iiis habits of industry and econ
omy, and you will then have a good husband.
No attraction renders a wife alwnysjso ogreea
ble to her husband as cheerfulness and good humor
V?fttn Watch. Ax Emblem or Societv. I have
n,w in mv: hand a srold! watch, whieh combines embel
lishment and utility in happj proportions, and is , usually
AtTtA a verv Valuabte appendage to the person of a
i,nn Tta hands.! face, chain, and case, are of
haA nn'n burnished gold. IU cold seal sparkles with
ho n.Kw thn. tonaz. the sapphire and the emerald. I open
it, and find that the works, without which this elegantly
chased case would be a mere shell,' wose lianas mouonicss,
or, thnvn figures without -meaning are made of brass,
I investigate further, and ask, what is the sFng by which
all these are put in motion, made of ? I am told it is made
of steel. I ask what is steel I . a ne rcpijr i wu u is iron
which has undergone a certain process.- So then I find
the main spring, witnoui wnien me. wa.u wwum mu
tionless, and its hands, figures and einblishmcnts but toys
is not of gold that is not sumcienuy goou , nor oi orass
that would not do bat of iron. Iron is therefore the on
ly precious metal ; and this watch an apt emblem of so
cietv. Its hands and figures which teli the hour, rcsem
m tho marter amritsoE the affe, to whose - movements
wTv eve is directed, i Its useless, but. sparkling seals
.nfihirM. rnhiVs. tonaz. and embellishments, the aristoc
Tt wiirks of brass, the middle class, by the incre
sing intelligence and power of which the master spirits of
the age are moved, ana lis iron mam nug,; tuut up ,u
)n at work, but never thought of, except when it
; ,1 Entered, broke or wants winding np, symbolipally tbe
laboring classes, which like -the main spring, we wind op
Wthe Davment of wages: and which classes axe shut trp
in tKcprtrittr. Ann thonjrh constantly at work, and abso
lately as cetessay to the movement of society as the iron
mala spring is to the gold watch, are never thought of ex
cept when they require their waj;es, ot are in some want or
disorder oi on Junq m oww -
251844. i
SSOE'IftdC'STl -
j. 'a,; . I
.; .From the Lypchbur . . - , . -
6CUtiIeS Of th"ir 0nrrw
lTIr. 7au Eurca i . .i " -
The proceedingaof u iaiat suc! dronc3 nfnl io;
recently at Harrisburg, (lVintd.tfio cQrr-wW
mentary io ir. van doen, anu exprcysmg "x
desire to wipe, away the stwn which rests upon tho
character of our country, in consequence of the
result of the election in 1840,,rh-2 elicited from
the defeated leader of ' that year's memora-Vi strug
gle a very incautfousand insulting reply.:j Avoid
ing a discussion of the great measures whih divide
the two parties, as, if not! of inferior, certainly
not of greater importance than tho reversal of the
decision of 1840, ho dwells with peculiar, severi.
ty, considering his usual cburtier-Iike strains, upon
many of the means to which the Whig-parly re
sorted in that canvass. - But to pause a moment.
The letter, to Mr.'Van Bulrcn closes with an ex
pressionof'lheconvictibttof-its uUthoraa.ty
1 j i . .v. .i . Tk - r - X .
supporting that individual for. tho P r lency, they
are ' advancing and sustaifirt; iusV prino'Cs
which directed a Jefferson, aj Madison, and ojack
son " (Monroe, it would seem, havinjr tfiomeftpw
lost caste Avith the Modern iDeraocracy.) I But
this assumption tenable.? Jefferson was avowedl
in favor of ithe protectivQ duties, . even though the
consequence should be auplus revjjnue-r-tp gel
rid of which, rather than reduce the duties, he
proposed its application, (even sfiaulol an amend
ment of thq constitution be necessary tbxonfer up
on Congress the power so to apply it,) tbviho in-
ternai improvement ot the country, "bhall wc
suppress tho imposts,1' hej emphatically! asked,
"and give an advantage tothe foreign over the do
mestic manufacturer?" Mrj Madison fully 'concur,
red in ihese views of the protective policyj and he
likewise gave, by his oflicialsignature, life and be
ing to the second National Bank, as Washington
had done to the first
we look at his votes
eering letters when a
or at his official messa
office, vve find unequivica, videnccs of Ihia
cacy of the protective system, going as far as
ut-1
wno went ianncsi ana, wnue ne was not v
decisive in his support of a National Bank,
r.,HtU.. nA ,..K:iA K -4 ......
i . .!,. i
he
clearly admitted both the constitutionality and ex.
Lij- ( n r 1 T j 1 ii 1
pediency of ' a" Bank, erected by the ablhonty
of the General Government in some form cir other-
And it will not be denied, ;that, whether he was
h favor of a Bank or not j in any shape,! he was
decidedly hostile to the Sub Treasury, which, al.
lough it was in 1833, denounced by the organs
nd champions of Jackson's administration as the
ncarnation of Federalism is now the leading ar
ticle of the Modern Democratic creed ? These
oei
e.ng fccts, j suscepnble 0f h.stoncal demonstra-
tion
uu latia - which c presume win uoi peques.
1 l .! i-y i e
,', .!. n Tu . t 1tj? j
cuuiii.y u iunuWi, iuaK 11 mr. v uu oureii uoes
ciples whichidirected a Jefferson, a Madison, and
wui.w iiov.hu w , uu 1 uuu gu iuuii iiiuoo Ul ill
.by a
g,te $88s ymmn
where, by the way. as well as in some of the other
states, in which a protective tariff is popular, he is
pronounced in public meetings of his friends; to
be not only in favor of the j principle but as being
eally quite as good ;a tariff man as Mr. Clay!
Butthis is aside from .Mr). Van Buren's own let-
ter -which we proceed to lay belorc our readers;
ana.to subjoin a briet commentary :
A j ! LiNDENWALp, January 20, !
Gentlemen": -I have hall the honor to
844.
a
receive
your obliging letter communicating the
proceed,
ngs of ja slate Democratic mass meeting, held at
Harrisburg on the 17th instant, at which my name
was, with entire unanimity, presented to .the De-
mocraiie party of Pennsylvania, as the candidate
for the Presidency.
1 cannot refrain from saying that I have receiv
ed your communication with feelings of no ordina.
ry character.. An expression of opinion so im-
posing as that you have been depute'', to convey to,
me, coming from any portion of my political asso-
ciates, could not fail, at any time, to excite my
profound gratitude. Thefe are circumstances,
however", attending this, which seem to deserve a
more particular notice at mv hands.
My relations With the Democracy of yobr great
state have been in some respects peculiar. They
sustained me by their confidence and support, at a
most interesting crisis in my political career. I
have been honored and cheered by their good will,
when it Svas not in their power to render it eflective,
and their support was at one time withheld from
me, and conferred upon another, when 1 received
that- of i ! their political brethren of the
Union.
Why should I not embrace an occasion so oppor-
lune, and probably ihe last that may occur, to as.
sure them, that neither then nor at any other time
during ihe whole course of my political life ha,fp
' ' - ! 1 t . 1.1' ! :-. ..y&H-
ever, lor a moment, oouoieo meir oisposuion io no
me ample justice? Although- they dissented from
my iomination, I felt assured that ihey were actu
ated by
motives. which were entitled to my entirb
respect.
I have, theretoreL neyer ceased to cher.
ish, in
common witn tne inenos ot our cause
throughout the Union, to warjds the unconquerable,
and as the fullest experience has proved, Ithe on-
purchasable Democracy of Pennsylvania senti
ments of sincere respect for their adherence to
Democratic I principles under circumstances the
most adverse, and admirajion of the unfaltering
spirit with which they have from time to time strug.
uled with domestic disscntions, I cannot, there:
fore, gentlemen, too highly! appreciate en ex pres.
sion of jconfidence and favor, proceeding from so
respectable a portion ot them, on this, the ast oc
casion on which my hamei can ever be presented
tothe country for any election. .
- Yet these are not the only considerations which
give interest to the proceedings, which you have
transmitted to me'. It is known to all, and by . no
one more cheerfully admitted lhan by myself, that
a majority of our political friends in Pennsylvania
preferred that the honor which those whom you
represent have now so cordially awarded to me
should be bestowed upon, a justly distinguished citi
zen of their-own stale one', admirably qualified
for the successful discharge of any public duty,
and possessing likewise, in an eminent degreeVtbe
confidence and goodwill of the Democracy of the
Union.; It certainly becomes others better, than
myself, to comment on tho' propriety of hia with-
as mr jacKson, wnemer v.. t .i i. iV .
4 . r T . . i: ! I .1-1 "v.v. vav.i.iv wwu
j - . . . i1 ' i. zeii cuuuoi, a uuuk, uec y
candidate for the Presidency, , j ,r
crno nlfr hia olnctmn In Ihfil 1 .1 - - S
WHCIi'E..KC:::187.
drawatfrom the canvas's; when it had be en ascdr.
tainco that the wishes of hirrioirriort;nnr?i
-nni. for rrasnnq Fuiwava. r. '
Mtn.evTv nf their favorite, in Afnm tiK "
it wit I (units , - Kav of their n liilr Kt,.i
and Ihtro nmn
'Iliose who wish tltia r . Tver do justice to
Hoti WT : ft , leclirtvl were 1 to nasa
mo iati, inamm iwr inn suriunacr 01 HIS prO'
tensions to, promote tho general harmony, the pro.'.
4 4 .1,-4 1.4 i ,u: ::..! i . . c ,
oio io general narmony, the pro
ch I am bfferinrmy grateful ab '
, could not nov have taken place..
pe, bo thought amiss in cny cua'r- . '
cccuings zpr wnicn r
knowledgcments,
ivur win u. i nope, uo inouKni amiss in cny cuar-
ier, u laranmysoii ot tne occasion to show that
this cornmcridable 'desire to pro note unanimity
among common friends had previously, nhoughtb
a less immrtant extent, been acted upon by myseif,
It is well Known that amid tho p evailinc prefer.
enco of Itr distinguished son, thej e was a portion
or 'idfl - bf whoso confidence any public man
.V k2 11 DO Ppoud, who avowed a preference,
Sfesf .3f H ZT1' ' J C ''n
wn Ji, tar . myselt, - It is . not. however' so we I
iVllOWO. thill . Wit hniit nllnmnlinrt U Im.r... :.!U
1 , r 3 ' urf ivic WIUI
their free exercise of opinion. 1 caused thrm to hm
intormed that as far ns my individual feelings,
were concerned, it would be entirely satisfactory to
ftsjro'Hhem unite with our political friends rin thV
slate, in 'giving its vote in convention tohiniwho
was thtf choice of ihe majority: That this sugges.
lion has no beenadoptedj.was. Ifi'cl assured, -not
because those Nto whom it was addressed were less
friendly to the favorite of .the state! ofless sensiblo
of his claims lipon tho respect an(i 'confidence of
Jus countrymcU but altogether owing to conside.
rattens growing but of the contest of 1840. which
they uet'med imperative. I cannot!, I am confident,
add anything. to (he masterly and eloquent descrip
tion winch ! you hvccven of that national strut?.
gle. Neither am"K"nmindful of the bias, which
the relation in' whichV stood towards it,' is calcu-
n "opinion of its character.
myself in believing
which you have
nary scenes, will
3"-
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v5J; majority pf
f-T,-iTn.,rt. ,i;r,rt.,i : i.k.. 1 a
- '""'"'V uiun.uu ik iijuy twu nu uu, w U5J-
iiiik wiui rniiiiin ppnn niv inn nn n rn nn pris inr
.. t l i . f rain
.u' ' Ml 1
there can now,
hension upon t
i ...il- :
. i- 1 "-.. .ii i r i . ' -
assureoiy ue no room ior misappre-;
that subject. The extra session foU
lowing immediately upon its heels, unmasked those
objects too clearly to admit of their being again
obscured or misrepresented. An opportunity , ah
it is earnestly to be hoped that both parties will
concur in endeavoring to maKo it a lair. one, viil
lherefore,inow bo presented for ti e' people ot" tpo
Uniled States to make a choice between two dp-
I rAMMv r vtrs tmm Inn V r m l ntnt waft A tf IrtAll tn
n' 10 influence of one0ft wh:ch, wilin
.11 kk!i:... .v. s.. .k. .in..., fc,
auu uuuui ay u-ucbiiuv wtc cs sui 1110 twuuni wi
good or for evil, for a series of years to come.
" "NTm. 5a'Kiih ntv nnr Pvm, tUA mnt imnnrtnnt
aspect, in which the renewal "of
the contest of
which . you have spoken with so much emphasis,
.. j. .j -. ...4-. ' - vi - -4-' w-
Singular as h may seem to those who are not in
a situation to judge correctly of the circumstances
it is nevertheless true, that a condemnation by the -people
of the United States, of many of the means
lo which our opponents had recourse in that can
vass, is not less important to the permanent wel
fare of our country and its polilibar institutions,
than the overthrow of the principles they labored i
to establish" While the effects' of tho successlof
.t i . . . . . I . i . .-. i i
mc latter were in a measure limited and temnora.
ry, the employment of the former struck at th
very foundation upon which' bur political edifice
was based. . ' : ' ' i
It has hitherto been our pride to live under' po
litical institutions which are founded upon reason
and yirtue, in the establishment off which neiijier"
force nor fraud was employed, and! jwe'have cher
ished the belief, that it is only by an inflexible ob-1
servance bf the exalted Drincinles which brevailcd
at the period of its formation, that our Government
can be upheld. ' Without more particularly noticing
the humiliating details to which you allude in your
communication, can it be pretended there could
be any expeClation of success' for such efforts, un-
less founded upon the assumption that' the popular
voice wasj not under the guidance of reason and
virtue o; upon the supposition, that tho moral
principles ot the people to whom those degrading
appeals were made, might bo coijrupted by a re
sort to such practices? ilhe belief that the use of
such means contributed to the result of 140, must
have lowered the character of ourrpcople in the"
estimation of mankind, and if so, haw much would
their respect for us be diminished, j hould the corn-
lng eanvass be so conducted, as to establish thc
impression that the American people are liable to
be always thus imposed upon ? L ability to occa.
sional error is an nifirmity from wh ch no individu. .
al is exempt; What -right have we then to expect
that communities should be infallible,? But there
is a" wicje difTerencb between an occ isiona) abejrj"a.
tion, and a confirmed defect of character. Cart
we expect the people of this counjry to maintain
ciisu aluijuuijj m iu j wurfui
of years', arid the fullest opportunity for reflection,
ihey kufler themselves to bea seconp time operated
upon! by ; appliances, from the uso of which every
friend to free Government must turn with morttfi-V
cation and disgust ! ' ' , -t
You db not therefore, gentlemer , in my judg.
ment, over estimate the importance which the pro-"
ccedings of 1840 are destined to give to those of '
t844. Considerations will be s brojghtj jpto vievr
by that connection of greater magnitude haaa.ny
which have ever been involved in oi r political con
flicts; and compared with which al personal and
party? interests dwindle into insignificance.
Tarn, gentlemen j very respectfully, j
:' : Yourfriend and obedienjt servant, a
, M. VAN BUREJTT.
i The manner in which Mr. Van Buren adverts to
the unfriendliness always displayed towards himt v
even when he was a-candjdate for tie Vice Presi
dency by a'very numerous portion of the Loco
foco party in Pensylvania, is eminently .character-
istic for, he declares that even when they were
most opposed to him, he, did not 'doobt their dispo,
sitibn tado him;' ample justice" certainly evinc
ing a', feeling not' very common among politicians.
It is only surpassed in "adroitness by the ibgenioua
method ho adopts to satisfy MryBucfcaBanV'frieDdt
I I r t nl In dvorrien linn
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