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x -y-- - POLITICAL ThtQiiginallJachon party A present ' 5- tt n ... 1 . t an our en puny. it is indue, iu a idic nuniui-i ui our pa per, ome remarks on this subject. The political mariner mutt occasionally take ob rvations, to ascertain whether he is likely to reach the port of hi destination: and it may oe neimer uninteresting, nor without it? use, to recur to the principles on which Jackson's election was advoca- ted by hia friends the pledges which ' were made for him, and which he made for himself. Foremost on the roil of executive duties, he- him?elf said, was a reform and re tr. uchmenf In the public expenditures. The whole country was stunned with complaints of the extravagance of Mr.Ad ams adnnniktration. He was charged with a wasteful expenditure of public money. The most solemn assurances were given of their curtailment, should general Jackton be elected. A commit tee was raised on the subject in the houe of representatives, an elaborate report made, and bills reported to effect the ob ject. Another loud matter of complaint was, the interference of the officers of govern ment, with the elections o the country, and the employment ol government pat ronage to secure votes. Their practices were inveighed agatnt in the most vehenv ent terms. An officer of the cabinet could scarcely take a journey but it was connected with some political purpose. To such an extent was this carried that Mr. Adams cabinet was dubbed (he trav elling cabinet; and Mr. Clay's taking the printing of the public- laws from somt printers, as was supposed, because they were of different political opinions, w is the ground of a grave resolution and lonu debate, in the house of representatives. Again". it was said, both by Genera) Jackson and his friends, the practice ol appointing members of congress to -oilier was dangerous had a tendency to cor rupt the representatives of the people', aim co vert them from bold and fearless sen- 'fvtinelay-to warn their constituents of the V approach of danger, into supple instru ments rtexcwtive wilj. The line of safe precedents, or the e lection of a member of the cabinet to the presidency was denonriced iniiDmtaBured terms, as having a tendency to place in (lie power of the president, the appoint ment of his successor , a practice which Was. declared anti-republican and clangei ous to public liberty, and ? havi.ig a di . reel tendency to the establishment of mon archy. Mr. Adams was denounced for Ins lati tudinarian construction o! the constitution ..- aivi his leaning, towards a coiKohdtiw of al! the powers of government" in the Gen eral Government, to the destruction ol the reserved rights ol the states. 1 he s) stem of Internal Improvement was loudly con demned, as unequal and unjust, by almost all his friends in the South, and by many, we believe a large majority, as unconsti tutional. Mr. Adams, for threatening Jlo employ military force against one of the stales of the union, to protect the Indians as wc were bound to,according to a trea ty with those Indians, was t-couted at. For saying he had powers in the recess of congress, to have commissioned ministers to Panama, a solemn resolution was in troduced into the senate, denying his as sumption as unconstitutional, and danger ous invasion of the rights and powers of that body,and solemnly protesting against it, in behalf of the states, for which the whole Jacksou party, except perhaps, Mr. Livingston, and -we are not certain as to him, voted. .,.., president it wai contended, ought to be elected twice ; and Mr. McDuftie, it will recollected, introduced resolution to amend the constitution iu this regard. But why multiply this specification? VY hv continue this .review? .,.,..,,-. Now, we pray the candid reader, to look upon the picture which we have drawn from the lite, in which, at all e venta, we have naught pet down in mal )ice,'and compare it with that which we are about to diaw, also from the life, and say, if in his conscience, he can discover the least similitude in the two. First, as to the retrenchment of the pub lic expenditures. So far from being di minished, so far from the laieet retrench ment, the public documents, furnished by the secretary of the treasury himself, shew that they have increased, and that they are increasing, not a few hundied thous and dollais, but millions, aje, and tens of millions. The tnends of the adminiplra lion now are eagerly hunting up objects of expenditure, to dispose of the immense public revenue, and opposing the proceeds off the -public lar.ds, and Mr. Ca'houni bill to amend the constitution so as to dis tribute the surplus rje,enue among (he Slates, Jest their supplies should .be cut XiiT. -Threates expenditure,,- during j Adams' ..administration, exclusive of pay ment on account of th public df bt. w? : frhort of ,)uitee i inilliuiie to;t m .Jacir ..iou'.:CMiluBtYe of Jkc ..einxe 2.ijrrl'ipii .- : .1 . .. .. I.I, .i Again . the , patronage' of the govern meut was not to be, brought in conflict with the freedom of eleclions, .no feder al officers to be permit ted actively to interfere in them. Mark how, -thi? pledge has been redeemed. It is well known that not only is interference tol erated, on the part of the office-holders, but encouraged and rewarded. Every man who holds an office of importance, is expected to sustain the party, with all his ofiiciar and personal influence. and should he dare to go against them, exercise hi privileges as a free man inde- pendenlly, he is in danger of being sub jetted to punishment in the loss of his office. Dependents on the treasury are traversing the country, and brawling as loud as the loudest on muster, and election grounds are preparing public opmion, in the shape of resolutions, and sending them to ditferet places to he adopted. Their impudence even reached the height of getting up little meetings, & hav ing themselves or their creatures appoin ted delegate;, and afterwards meeting in r ... t' uallimore under the imposine name o: representatives of the republican party. dictating to the people whom they should support tor president and vice president, and denouncing all who had the contuma cy to resist their arrogance, aud expose! the fraud. Not only ihis the president himself, alike regardless of dtcency, his solemn pledges, and his denunciations of such practices, has openly entered into the arena , nnd taken up the cudgels iu favor of his Seganus. He is said to utter the most unbecoming language, and the the most disgusting tirades against one of his earliest, most disinterested and pure friend, b cau-e he has consented, contra ry to the president's wishes lo be run as a candidate lor the Chief Magistracy of the United States. He is known to have (ranked a v i lo and hbeJlous newspaper containing the most scurrilous attacks on thut individual we mean Judge White, to members n th legislatures of different Mates, and h is exerted h.s personarinflu- ence to procure the adoption of mensures to drive him from the senate of the United i'rofesbing oppostion to the caucus, sys tem, and supported on that ground, he hab given it his countenance and authority, in ite most odious and revolting form, (the Kucker caucus) and denounced those hu derided' us authority, as 'denying the-, capacity -of the people for selgov -ermeni.' Notwithstanding the resolutions on Mr. Clay's taking tht public printing fr m a few "diioi:, from political considerations, he hab removed more officers on that ac count, ffun very other president, front the ratification of the constitution, up to the time of his own inauguration. VVe most stop the disgusting detail for the pre tent. It ehatl be resumed. We wish the people to have the evidence to una ble the in io decide correctly. Jarcson City. 1 he bill to incorporate the city of Jackson, recently laid out in the District of Columbia being under consideration in the House of representa tives. Mr. Peyton said, he regretted to see to what purpose and use 'the party' were appropriating the president's name. Not content with making use of his name as a matter of political speculation, by which they were attempting to apropribte to themselves all the offices in the govern ment, they are now asking the sanction of this house to use it as a matter of pecu niary speculation. I am opposed to this, Mr. Speaker. I do not wish to see Gen eral Jackson's name identified with the bog ttnd swamps of the" Potomac, and bandied about as an article of merchan dise. W hat, and hei e is Jackson city I It is like the Georgian's land in the Western District of Tennessee, lie had been out to examine its situation and val ue.On his return his friends were anxious to know if it was productive. He said it was, that he thought the whole 640 a cres w ould produce 60 bushels of frogs to the acre, and alligators enough to fence it. And, sir, a few speculators from New York, ask us to identify by law those bull frogs of Jackson city with the name of the president, that they may more easily impose upon the credulous. They sk us to aid in selling them at a thousand dollars a piece, in the name of Jackson fir, is it not enough that they shou'd approprt.de his military fame, those laorels which he won in the field, his vast popularity and political influence to .hen political purposes? Shall they incorpor ate and sell his name throughout the coun try in market as a city ? I am opposed to their applying Geh. Jackson's name to all soits of uses. It was laid on the table not to be taken up again. f " The legislature of MjTfy land has passed tho-bi-tl to ndewHy tltv gufTereiSj during the IJalUmore rits. 'ITwt foody could not h.ive done a better ihihg,. Let each cif- en know, that if a triot is not promptly ; put down, he must pay his share of the .(imjivHnc! our life on if, Mimults will be if i r .. ' -- :Av --. .' - - . ... -Nothing niokci men so active as touching their pocket l ets. likewise would have but little spirit HQ carry on their fiendlike work, if they were aware that the loss wou'd not Tall upon the person - tbey intend to injure. In addition to the special law, Maryland has made a general enactment, that in toll places, wherein hereafter riots may occur, shall pay the piper. Vadt Mecum. BONDAGE OF l HE POOR IN EUROPE. The following interesting aiticle irom the North American Review for October, gives a glowing description of the condi tion of the laboring classes of Europe in regard 'to the iate of wages, the burden of taxation , the means of subsistence, the facilities of acquiring education, and the hare, if any, which these classes have in the government.' It ought to inspire ev ery citizen of this free and happy repub lic to guard with constant vigilance, a gainst any encroachments of the institu tions which guarantee to us the blessing of our happy country. In Norway, 'the ordinary food of the peasantry, is bread and gruel, both prepar ed of oat meal, witn an occasional mixture of dried fhh. Meat is a luxury which they rarely enjoy.' Ju Sweden, the dress of the peasantry 1 is prescribed by law. 'Their food con sists of hard bread, dried fish and gruc-l without meat In Denmark, 'the peasantry are still held in .bondage, and are bought and sold, together with the land on which they la bor.' In Russia, the bondage of the peasan try is even more complete than it is in Denmark. The nobles own all the lando in the empire, and the peasantry who re side upou it are transferred with the es tate. A gfcat majority have only cottages, one portion of which is occupied by the family while the other is appropriated to domestic animals. Few if any, have beds but leep upon bare boards, or upon parts , of the immense stoves by which their houses are warmed. Their food consists of bhek bread, cabbage, and oth er vegetables without the addition of any butter.' . .. t In Poland, 'the nobles are the propri etors of the land, the peasants sre slaves.' A-jrecent- travelfer says, 'I traved in every direction, and never saw a whea ten loaf to the eastward of the Rhine, in any part of Northern Germany, Poland or Denmark. The common food of the peasantry of poland , 'the working met),' is cabbage, potatoes sometimes, but not generally, peas, black bread and soup or rather gruel, without the addition of but ler or meat.' In Austria, 'the nobles are the propri etors of the land, and the peasants are compelled'to work -for. their masters du ring every day except Sunday. The cultivators of the toil are in a state of boudage. 'In Hungary, their 6tate is, if possible, still worse. Thenobles own the land, do not work, and pay no taxes. The labor ing classes are obliged to repair all the the highways and bridges, liable at any time to have soldiers quartered upon them, and are compelled to pay one-tenth of the produce of their labor to the church, and one ninth to the lord whose land they occupy.' Of the people of France 'seven and a half millions do not eat wheat or wheaten bread. They live upon barley, rye, buck wheat, cheenuts, and a few potatoes. The common wages of a hired laborer in France, is $37 50 for a man, and 18 75 for a woman annually. 'The tax es upon the land are equal to one fifth of lis iiett products!1 " ' - In 1791, there were 700,000 houses in Ireland. Of these. 113,000 were oc cupied by paupers and more than 500, 000 had only one hearth. The average wages of a laborer is from nine and a half to eleven cents a day. Among the laboring classes of the in dustrious Scotch, 'meat except on Sun days, is rarely used." In England, the price of labor varies 'Nottingham stocking weavers as stated by them in a public address, after work ing from fourteen to sixteen hours a day only earn from four to five shillings a week, and were obliged to Eubsist on bread and water, or potatoes and salt.' FROM THE N. Y. EVEMNC STAR. What is 'JllonopvlyV As it has no ex istence in this country, we mu9t go abroad i . r- i-. r - to seen it ; in rnnianu u is louna in con nexion with titles, hereditary estates, de scending from father to primogenitor a lord, and, where, accumulated wealth permits, in the construction of productive public works which could only be created by the concentration of great means, and whic h (with late exceptions and owing entirely to corporate powers) belong ex clusively lo hereditary wealth. Do puch things extt here ? and are they urt monopolies -? Let us p;i to the continent ; who 8re the Bankers ? Who participate in the profit-incident to, trie possession of credit in.ca'rrying out all the operations of exchanges Who furnish -ti&aj&d&ekOT ring the millions of money ffom one qptr- 'ter "the otfiert--n?- - Tbey have no 'Banks there but tbey have bankers ; and, moreover, you see no more of the precious metals passing in bulky masses there than you do here, but who are these bankers! Are the prof its arising from that species of busiries? (which can only be done by the control of capital and credit) divided among the stockholders comprising thousands .. of small capitalists widows, infirm, aged, and orphan estates as amongst us under the corporation powers ; or, is it con fined to a few such as the Rothschilds and the Hotinguers And why is it that we have not in this country bankers of similar influence and pecun iary power, as in Europe, where na tions can scarcely make a move without consulting them, or, at least, conciliating their interests ? Simply because 'corpo rate power' here whilst it controls all the advantages ol concentrated capital, is not at the will of one owner, but is used for the benefit of the many who compose it, Look into any of our banking institu tions these 'monopolies,' hs il is now the fashion to call them and examine the character of their business the sources of their profits, and those who participate in said profits and, at the same time, let us keep in our mu.ds'eye the operations of any distinguished European banker. Here, with us, where every one has a little and no man a great deal, a 'corpo rate power' is given, which enables as many as have means to spare, from, $50 to $50,000, to become stockholders. A capital is thus created for banking purpo ses the laws prescribing its duliei, limit its paptr issues on a safe sy stem and in deciding how fai such institutions are con ducted with safety to the community, we have only to enquire how many failures of banks here have occurred in compari son to the number of failures of bankers in Europe; bearing in mind that whilst all clashes of our citizens participate here in banking, none but those who have large means can conduct the same business in Europe. If banking is a monopoly, the question is, which system is best and most democratic a monopoly enjoyed by one, as in the case of a banker, with a million of dollars of capital, or a 'monopoly,' of the same lapital, in which some thousand individuals of both sexes and all ages, and every variety of me.ms, are aljowed to participate for the business is identical, the sources of profit the same, whether banking is conducted by an individual for his own use, or by a mass under a cor porate power. Still, the cry is 'monopo ly,' 'monopoly," 'corporation,' 'aristocra cy 'monopoly' can the subject be un derstood by those who thus attempt to de ceive the public ear, or something woise ? If a bank declares a dividend of C or 7 per cent per annum on its capital, the cry is 'see how they grind the poor' 'all those earnings are wrung from the labor of the people the poor people ! !' A per son who has capital, aud who depends on his income for subsistence, is precisely like a house owner who lives by his rent ; a farm owner who depends on the nett profits of his crops; a ship owner who depends on freight, or any other posses sing the earnings of which aretofurnish a subsistence, all are dependant on each other and are necessary to each other. The man who has no capital borrows the use of it from him who has, and if he was not a gainer by it he would not do so he who has no house, rents from him who has, and so on thro' all the channels of intercourse. If all had capital to loan there would be no borrowers, and if all had houses to let, it is pretty evident that they would be unoccupied, if all had ves sels to freight, there would be many idle ; and if every man had a horse and cart, many who depend on such employment would go supperless to bed and the horse too , if all were laborer; wages would be low enough; and so in fact as things are just so they should be. To hold one class up to scorn because they have money to loan, is as erronenous as it would be to abuse a man for asking others to build hit house. Those who don't work them selves are as much dependent on those who do, as the latter are upon (he former in fact more so, for now the price of labor is 60 high that few7 amongst us can a fiord to live perfectly idle ; that is, few can live on income alone. Increase oj the Army. General Ma comb has submitted to the Senate.in obe dience to a resolution of that body, a plan for the increase of the auny to ten thousand men, without adding to the number of officera,--The opinion seems to be unanimous among men of all par ties, that our present force is entiiely in adequate to the public defence. Had it "been 'in" the power of the general gov ernment to send a full and efficient force to Florida on the first breaking out of hostilities, that war would, ere this tune have been over, and a heavy loss of lives and prpperty would have been saved Our immense frontier is but half protect-" ed. - General Macomb proposes that there shall be eight reeimeots of artillery, raenlTinfe-regimen tsToT infantry, each and one regiment' of d ' ling 7 1 5. ".The pons ine ggregatewlucw-r noncommissioned staff. ?w;ir T 8 u' ...ti. ru-. ; " w-y i,fcrener, in K. i. . numoer . oi iiic vieaioi tj o Journal, recommends to mothers . , " Qlll-ai... nnrfift. 'tvliPIl A rhilrt ii j and dancrerous disease, the errsnn " ' T;T " oc,a with that . ( r-7 , . """p TO a immediately and nersavpnriolv ... . ical aid can be obtained, to the throat ai A upper part of the chest, sponges or nan kins dipt in water as hot as can be bon and w rung out so that the water ma ,'e' - i s .1 rri "V-' '" lQt ooze Irom them. 1 he remedy ua fi , . . yiiiii suggested by a German physician, and 1, been practised with decided and uniform vuness. VJifninn winner thi noi-Z11H.- m Yoik Evening ' Star says, there are (, thousand children in that city without (he benefits of education, who can neither read nor write, ana who are constantly iD tne streets, r ormei iy, wnei slavery nr vailed in that state, every bill of Pale of ( slare contained srjroviton that the this ter should give tne slave schooling, ffu not compel parents in the samt myto give their children schooling ! But, Mj parents, we are poor we cannot pay fur schooling. Then the public vvi 1 1 provide for their education send them to school give them the use of books, pens, ink and paper; the republic can only be su. tamed by intelligent minds. But how to pay the expense where are our meant? THE SURPLUS REVENtErCfT- us our shire of thsl revenue annually, and every poor child will become a scholar. The New York ZioirY Watchman says that during ihe pasl year, the Meth odist church has decreased in itg mem bership, no less than four thousand one hundred and twenty nine members, . - The Charleston pipers announce the arrival in that city of Col. Wolle, envoy from Texas, and Dr. S. B. Dickerson, Hgent of Texas, on their way to New Or leans, on business entrusted to them by the lexian government The New Orleans 13ee says that large purchases of real estate have recently been made in that city by Achilles Murat supposed to W 'for "hw'ricreJbsepfi'Bo-- oaparle. 1 " i he uhode Islanu election (or govern or and other 6tate office as has terminated in favor of the administration. A French paper calls attention to the fact that in the month of August next, the city of Rome will number 25H yean since its foundation, ab urbe condxia, .... The St. Louis Bulletin of the 11 Ui ul timo Btates that in the course of the pre ceding week upwards of five thousand emigrants and strangers landed in that city. TO THEPUBL1C. Tue suhcriber takesThe liberty to inform his friends and ttie public generally. tht he is now receiving and opening a new. rich and gen eral assortmtnt of -GOODS- recently purchased in the cities of Philadelphia and New York, wnich he offers low, forca ; or on a short credit, to responsible dealers, stock is Urtre well suited to the SPRING & SUMMER trade, and for richness, elegance. qMj nuraouuy, uc iuth.cs a v.... - -were selected rather with a view totneeq litiefi than for cheap articles to run on. e. thev are offered at prices that must not omy please, but surprise . as the mJS benefit of experki.ee in these fnH . . j. T"i. .Aii the vounCi purcnasea on gooa icrms. uc -a ihe plain and the tasteful, may .11 be suited and amply furnislwd. -- .-,..' It would be tedious and unnecessary w m-r tc all the articles whxh comprise, n".41 -but ftw articles will be found wntiiS'inr li"e t n JU 1 I IT 1 ' " BOOKS, HARDWARE, W tf li M IB U . GROCERIES. &c,&- He has on hand a general and handsome assor BOLTING CLOTHS- . . . ..-..ii... r call anu aiid dealers are respecuuny u.t . examine them , prove and determine tor selves. AL n. eenerai assunuuuv . ..... ELR Y f conting in part, of hrs . w G OLD& SILVER LBVKHffATCHiS (warranted) plain suver Mitn ntTATJS pencil cases ecc occ. jji-m &c.) ca" V TRADESMEN (Hatters. .d'e"fin heir be supplied with almost every art, i several lines of business. Kt0JJ devote As the subscriber has deter mJ t0 mv the whole of his te"uonnCi"T0ledge chandizine. It is but human ofckD B necifully solicit the paroase na V renei4s public : tor PtronageMsured evere. grateful i jd on that no prudent ana; auua ... . JStVtt ent it. ffJuBBARp-." . n V -- . a -A . 1830. -
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