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Vi Ml PBaWrwaafPsi ' - . Vol. XVJIF. fioa t'tm CaUsata' Jds-.iiae. I)! IKY 0 A PIUUDELPIA LAW. YKK. Vnuntuml Prosecution. TV " w pais, keaefiuj T- l l-f ! Contain, llial aU may kel II . !fj-f Ua Mrpent't llW M m T ! iat WJ! iii-i;fr. Amag the variant occupation of oun. t!.f ie are Moae in hah the practitioner j. ... oiurli exposed to the extremes f human passion and human weakness, a. ,. hd of coi.aciout juilt i Thai ir ; l4ne4rk,t4Niii ufHurui, crime .ffearaj Ai l crmuinj Me a tuUutm ia I... ear, j T.:i. k by . tia iImu-U. and ve!.,r ,U,tte" j ii. .."---- iiimiii ur unlit t mm i rme iii a-cftJ and con r crated fitfi, : brneaili the wei'u of ill own im - m -ritt oatnre when the soul shudders : at it. su;iendd cmidi'.inn, and err n hnpe .re us paralyzed, and tarree.t terror ! :rikr tUe alarmn of ettr!atin; death when lie proud spirit pluo.es it mn in attiWpatMn of the flij'.t that is to lir.d it in it i, eternal Imuie 'tis then the ti- riiJ and bfTrighled m irtal calls to l.ii si te i? iniiii.'er of hesren's pledges, and in t!ie .fciety of ihe clergyman, seels a cm . .latum and relief by eipoing the r.akcd .itleuuiiies of his crime-covered heart. 1 1 sirkness, to, when the wan and withering hand of di.e.ne is laid upon the body, and sinking mture calls for an ether arrve to grapple wiih the tyr-mt in whose grap aheicrirhrs; or when sud den acriJe.it has prostrated the natural energies of m m, and the giant strength ... . , . , . !. u J , l u v -' anu a iopj vrava tu p U.H Uie lred profi t.ons. a,i HH.rmf d me tlm her motlier. fcre at!., were but ihe in.tansaiieoue prere l.i prri.Ml. wenul dt!rr, vhen " l be.ide her, had oreaaion to eee; dents of aderp tMin into hicb ahebad i1,aii2iihed fj-ii it rft.ea with the tV-,n rrofi,Bl "iinc, ui such a j fallen; hile ihe daughter eiood motion. ii.xi .f t'.e r!d, an J IreoiUuiff uuder ? character, a, for ihe hapninect of her fa' In. and fixed in a .! .... in I'uit Kiiiru nir. Mm rmiiiMi raau. ti'picu. inu 11 inifrta mil nun-in 1 ..r . i . t which, bjt a moment bef.tre, bad p-issets- source, and by what means this prosreu ed the frame, is fled Vie then, whether j ''1 brought, still expecting U in the stati-ly chamber of the proud, or in that fr.mi the susceptibility of wo thu wretched hovel of the beg;ar he- man's fears, there wa unnecessary alarm, ther on the dwny eonch of pampered ' nJ t'ut pr.ilatdy it all would result in we.l h, or on the rugged pallet of inJi- proxf, to be a suit of revenge, as I have fre. the physician is called wp.into.ie-, bold, in each abke, the proud and strong mm tiihing in the agony of pain to heir from hts waiting plaints of suffering and of earthly to, an J ti see around him. in various .iiV.tions, without perhaps the inm or nrosneci of n l.rf. the hivoe of (litem a'td death, spt-nding itself in the; neither could summon the recollection ol proceed no farther with my inlttrogaiion, cVilde a'iction of the suffering he be- acauce which could exist in the breast of and. after a moment's consultation widi l.o'J. in iht prostrate victim before him. any human being, to involve them in af-j the magistrate, we exercised our united and fie attendant mi.ery and lamentation ll cliuns they apprehended were to seri-' energies, by the invocation of all the p whicii bereaved friends and dependjiits ou. ' ' nalties of her ingrate purpose by the pour over the relic of their living hope. The lime arrived when they were to strongest appeals to ihe virtue of filial Th Uwjer, also, has his expeiieiiee appear at the offiee, and afier assuring : love, and by nil that was saered in hu anl expomire, though perhaps in a more them of every consolation I could inspire,! inanity, to induce her to de.i.1 from her limited sph.-re; and in the vexatious as- I took a srat with tliern in their carriage, unnatural couree. Hut all was of no a-suliii-y of litigious spiiits and the grovel-' and g4ve directions to the coarhinan to vail, and I. in the last extremity, asked ling workings of revengeful minds, he of- ' hold up at the dwelling of the ntagiftrate permission to enter my name upon the ten witne..es the wilJe'it extremes of hu having, by ihis lime, well assured tny-i docket, for the future appearance of the mm paoion and human weakness. t!f thai I was in company with mem- defenJant, lo enter into a recognizance to Some instances of this character, I find hers of o-ie of ihe most respectable fami-1 appear at the next sessions of the court, rrro de l in my diary, w hich, from their lies in the northern part ol the city, I dc- if nenesaary, to answer the charge alleg immediate rela'tinnihip to the romance of icrmiticd, without hoitatinii, to avoid ihe ed againl her. real ,fe, h ive atfirded me mailer of much necessity of exposutc in the public ofTiee, ; I now returned to my client, and found eilii -al sprcilttion. and among the mini- as long as it was practicable. : her so far recovered as to be able, under hrr of which hive presented the follow.; Having seen my client seated in the : the guidance of the ministering angel that; liwin anomaly iu the character of the' parlor of the dwelling. I hastened to ihe had attended her throughout, lo enter bet. female heart. ! office f ihe alderman, to ascertain the . carriage, to which 1 handed her, after giv- I had just returned from court; my ! particular of my mysterious case. On I ing her the most positive assurance of br.twn tug was opeu led from its appro-i entering. I found him seated in his exe- follow ina her in a very short period, lo pri ue ho..k in the bwk-cje. and weari- cutive chair, calmly waiting ihe presence her residence. ed miiI wnrn with the exercise ol five con- of any and all who should be brought. As soon as I had made the necessary struuve hours inclose attention and ton-, to be wied." 1 immediately announced arrangements at my office, I hastened lo ,,....,... .!. k.. i i..i m,it.,i ' i.t liim mv liu.iness. and reauested to fulfil mv promise. The card that had nivtli for a io wiih a composure as iin v- fit vii ttic I'et v a a nuvj ti v "t it iasrsi. k settled a il no inducement, however ar- gtimentaiive or insmuiiing it- rfiff i C'oild draw me front il. I held in my hind a omre of foolscap cl.welv written over, nart of the labor of the mornin2. to winch I was nojiliit'' a kind ol tv hciwren its monotonous recapitulations; and my imperturbable somnolence, when '. gentle knock at my offioe door aroused ' mi villus uwvi in'iiiwu : i H,,., . j n. .i... .... :.-.t; ..ot. nn,p,l bv 111. UMI WIS IIIIOM UI IIIIV V'VHI W my student, who sat near it. in close and ' .t... - i. i.t...i I.......A.I ' in, riiiiTer-p win si.oir uirt spirit, and I wa, summoned M answer ing of the case, and hastened to introduce ueated in the toeresi anu ii.om aumpui ' c demand or to . tl dressed females. ? client, with every confidence I rould on. manner, bhe had ever been a dun Hh inquired for me in a suppressed and ' inspire, aided by the sweet assurances of, ful and allecuotiHte child from her inn f d-ering Hoe. I. .boring in a state of her fair attend oil, into ihe public room cy. I . unfortuna-e moment, how e tnuel, evri,eme my trano visiters! ftice. Tht entrance from the (U oil- vcr. she formed an acquaintance Mi.ha stooJu.'Mbhe ceTre of .f the aldernvm was in the rear of; wretrli in human . r n. mute and tionless. and scarcely j hit desk or n.agia.eri.1 plat orm. and so se.s.ng ex er o , suas ,v c manne r jnd as teeming u understand my repeated soli- as to obscure persons seated in the front dno,.s at ention. soon won e p .nation. ... i- ,... d. At len.th. af.er f the office, from the ob.er.at.ee ol those g.rPs affections, an I eo completely co led '.ey had witnessed Ihe departure of my -n.ering thereby. At this door 1 inlro- ..L., r, i...n:,.. . .t. hasivldoeed my tl.ent. and seated her ,n as, .7 ., present lo behold or hear, the young, r of; i . i l. r .... ... - i..nL-1 .wo mys enous os.ngs ori... .er companion by l-.e nana, anu icu ncr.. apparent unconsciousness, to a seat c ae by the chair from which 1 had just ricn. Tli young female having gone thus far, stood .till and silent beside me, U if at... I. ...I ll.a -Iromtlll 111 API Of move. I p,eed a chair f.'r her on tny j to'tr.giug and suasivo converse 1 could command, at length succeeded in awaken- j ing her attention. She became sealed, and raising the folds of a rich, black veil, which had obscured her features from me. I virtieu upon me a lace mat miaui nave f inned a'model for 1'raxitile. or d.let- i mi. A tear res ud in the corner of her . a m I i-Lli "?A.Ur Ve!M. P H tn. new and fearful lbr.bo.lin.. f . Hiuuru inert m iiinrin si tterin ..!..... v founded i, .Vi V, "' "Come IWw.rd, demanded the ma exi. ? ,MMued "J P" I're. "MdUk. .h. book." expresio oHier countenance told, with A pale and deliotelv beautiful eirl niicuan ,ii. Iler companion, who j bar. nude an early depredation like the I 7, "4 ,er 8PB fcCrthooit of .prior, nipped by lurk, .holder ,d .eea,,ne u. catch c.ieoo- j.g frolteprJ Lldlyto the stand. -ff,T . 7? U'.S ,JrmJ:",ll,n i "dreeeiredlh. half book from his bend, wlurb 1 bad filed anon her. endeavor. Vn An i.t. ! "n bisper. to inspire her wiih ! tfmude ore to co.Bmei.ce the revelation of i l"r" huine with me. A fc inumenlt iljr, demanded all ihe pntaey which the ' n u,e or l,tr "u!,.,"" ,IJ n.t nd 141 1,1 wure '"'X hd withheld from their most confidential friend., the flighiest iniimation of the dUtrc.e iu M,C' '"y ffe inoIed. Oa this ac- "" It"" vt9M9 m tiiiaiteifU. and sought such a.si.tance at would ccute to theni the least potaible ncca.ioii t appear in any other perons presence, An cflirer of the eare had called at their residence, and eshibiied a wrarrant for the jerre.t of the iiioUicr, on a charge of lur perceirinj the rcpcciabiliiy of j ihe parties with whom he was to act, and j Ii-pin5 more .mmaniiy man generally , oi recovering some valuable . papers, belongs to the minor iiiiui.ters of the law, j which he had stated upon oath were sur he eneour.ged the supposition ibat '.here J reptitioimly taken from her by the defend, might be some oti.iaLr, although his di-j ant, nearly a year since, and which were reckons were aery minute, and only re-j the sole assurances of a handsome paui quire.1 the prornWe of the party to "be at mony belonging to her. the alderman i.fGce, in street, with I requested to eiaoiine the witness her counsel, at a specified time. To ak my attendance upon this occasion, was the olject of their visit. Having under stood thus much, I immediately enJea tored to learn, by such interrogatories a presented themselves to me, from what Vuowti mstanre, instinrrj by some ui. favorably diniised domratic. w hi s.iughi j l wound by espo.ure, and thus to grati- j their malignity. The name of the: prosecutor had nut been noticed by ei-j iher of them in the surprise with w hich j they were so suddenly overt helmed, and : - ' j - kiuw ihe iluraeter of the prosecution giinl my client. ' ill . I . - 1 I ..(..... n Ihnl I It A All lllrtl I COU.U WHTIWHI . o, iii.li im; suil had been institutcU by a teinate ol respectable appearance, who demanded 11.111, t', "- -'fc- , ! familiari-'ccclui's held bv him, and evinced noor-l the most r.fiid precision in all me pro-, diuaiy determination of spirit in her on-, dertakuig. t'.n.finned now, that my tus- picious of the ori.in ol the case were cor-' ... ...w .. . .i .., :.. reel, or lllal, in me inner vesication would deve one a mistake in 9 T the identity of ihe defendant. I announce ,..i im-...!!' . rpmlv iii enter into a hear . . - - - - - .i:i,t- tt;,i, hee, daughter at her side. A few moments vIjikpiI while the neeessarv lirenaratioilS , wrro iimuc mmu mtc vnii-, menced. The alderman, with becom-l ine dignity, demanded the parties in the, cane ol the comnionweatin vs. -, charged with larceny, and in a magisterial voice inquired if the prosecu tor was readv lo proceed, i rooi the op I tne prosecu From the op- posite corner of the office, a delicate but firm voice responded " yes. As the answer reached fie ear of my client. I perceived a heavy shudder convulsed her frame, and a deop-heaved aigh from the , u"s"-t. " - i j around the neck of her parent, and ... ; ; hiding her lace in her bosom, exu.ied in ; .1 ..ililna who hail c asneu ner arms C0NSTITUTlQy, AND THE TjUCRP&Y, JLWE I I, 1838. gistrate. but 'rrr he rould ptoreed farther a w i!d and tierein ahrUlr r,. .1 femlnt a death-like utterance f the upu the proecutiix, and sirmne. in in di.iinet articulaiion. to say ier.' Willi the aniatance of thoae who stood near roe, I hurried the apparently !.fe!ee pair to the pallor from whence I had brought tliem. and .eating them to the iniiiisiralions of those who could afford more tender and appropriate relief, I has tened to the cifTtce, resolved to prube at onre the mystery that accumulated a round me. As soon as I arain appeared, the alder. man informed me that the witness for the commonwealth, who stood alone, uniuo ed b fore him, prosecuted for the purpose personsttly, which was of couise permit ted. Recalling her to the stand. I asked her, with as much composure as my own agitation under the scene would permit, htt name. Eliza , she replied, in the same firm lone in which the bad first spoken How long," I continued, " have yon known the defendant!" As long as I have a recollection of any one. . Is she related lo your, Yes she is my inoilier!' "And yon would bring your mother , before the thronged tribunal of justice, as a criminal at the bar!" 1 want mv papers and my property," waa her cold indifferent reply. I could been left with me, referred me to one of those heaittjful private residences in i row, in street. I rang t!ie bell, ami in an nifiam was weicoineu in, by the lair one wno nau aueaoy ex- " i- Iu the back parlor, reclining upon citeu my iivenesi sj mpaui,. neb lounge, I lound ihe allhcted subject of my solicitude; she requested me to be seated by her, and lo bear patiently with . .. . 1.' .. 1. n. , I. , I a li - Ati.ta vnrA.I In imnnrl 1,1 on, ini ou ......... ... me the circumstances connected wun tne unnatural scene I hail witnessed. AMiza hud been a favorite daughter, and was ed- ... ... hi. serpentine "XTie as to render her heedless of ever, t,e that hound her in her fidelity. Under the mot solemn assurances of marriage, be induced her to desert her home, her wi- ., ,, ,ml .. faiherlesa comnan - " , , Vft .... wil,, the inean, 0f svm vi i.v- j obtaining a large portion oi ner u.i.o .... moony me saving. u a lamer s inuus- ire. whose remains uau in u .:...A u...,n consigned to the narrow charnel house to elope with him, and consign herself lo a bed of infamy and shame. The papers lo recover which a prose cution had been brought, instigated by the fiend who had already robbed her ol that which was mote valuable to her than all. had been rescued from his unrelent ing grasp by the vigilance of the mother. " " r . ,l t and were the aule assurance, ol the lost gtrl a fonune. LAWS - TIIE GUARDIANS OP To preserve this for day of tribula tion that oust soon await bar, bad bee. the aoxioos object of the parent ia retain ing them, and no law, thought she, hu man or divine, could toterfere with a pur pose so benevolent and just, 1 inquired whether the daughter was of age when these papers ttrre taken, and received an affirmative reply. It then became my painful duty to as sure the mother that the papers wast be delivered op, ender the only alternative of legal guilt of the crime alleged. She raised her finger, and pointing to a package that was standing ia a casket upon the tit.le near her, faintly whisper ed, there they are take them o ber; the last link is broken, and now I hve no hope'." I took the papers, and after some time spent in endeavoring lo animate and console the afflicted family, and request ing that the daughter should send imme diately for some of their most confiden tial fiiends. in whose sympathies they might find relief, I hastened to the alder man, to place in bis charge, and at his direction, the subject of the labcexv. The papers were received, and the pro secution dismissed. A few months only elapsed, before I heard of the death of my client. She lin gered like those who strive to smother grief, without apparent disease, and un able to bear the unnatural shock the had suffered, soon sunk, broken hearted, into the grave. . . . About two years after the above events transpired. I was wailing in the Mayor's Court ol the city, for the trial of a cause of some importance, in which I was en gaged, when 1 wss asigned by the Court, in the exercise of the authority which be longs to them, to defend a prisoner at the bar, who appeared utterly destitute and suriihly reckless of her fate. She was miserably attired, and in her lineaments of face, the long deep furrows of protract ed suffering and want were strongly marked. I 'conferred with my client in the dock, in which white and black, the most loathsome specimen or human de pravity, were indiscriminately huddled together, and heard the brief and reluc tant history of her arraignment. She de sired to plead guilty. She had commit ted the offence of larceny, that by her conviction the might gaiu a solitary se clusion from the world. She had loath ed the society of her fellow creatures un til their contact was no longer endura ble. She feared lo die, and had not the nerve for a suicidal deed. She had been educated in tElueiice she became the victim of seduction had broken the heart of a widowed parent iu her delusion disgraced a fair family name her sedu cer had squandeied away long since a patrimony w hich she had inherited, had deserted her, and left her penniless upon a cold world, without a virtue on which to found a pica for charity and now she sought, in the solitary cell of the peniten tiary, the longest separation from the companionship of her fellow beings, the penalties of the violated law would in flict. The prisoner was Eliza the prosecutrix of her mother. The Alexandria Gazette of Saturday, mentions an exciting and disgraceful scene w hich occurred in the House of Repre sentative of ihe U. S. on ihe preceding day, between Mr. Turney and Mr. Bell, members from Tennessee, w hile engaged in debate in committee of the w hole, on Ihe Indian Appropriation bill. It appears Mr. Turney had made a wanton, conti nued personal attack on the course of Mr. Bell, and that the latter rose and com menced a severe rejoinder, asserting that Mr. Turney was ihe mere loot of others in making this attack. Mr. T. sitting im mediately in front of Mr. B. rose from his sett, and. looking Mr. B. in the lace, said i7fr" whereupon Mr. B. struck Mr. T. and blow passed between them both. This necessarily produced much confusion. The combatants were parted, and ihe Speakff resuming the Chair, brought the house to order; and i. u-a resnlred. be a larce majority, that both Ihe offending members should apo logize lo ihe House for iheir disorderly conduct, which was done accordingly, but no apology was made to each oilier. Mr. Bell iheu concluded his speech. At a Van Btiren meeting held in Mo bile, a short lime ago. it was retolved,' among other things, that the notes of the V. S. Bank were " worthless and irre deemable pomises to pay." As a com mentary on this declaration, it is stated in the Mobile Advertiser, that one of the gentlemen who voted for it had absolute ly given 22 pet cent, premium for 82000 of This worthless and irredeemable paper, and paid for the same in Alabama State Bank notes! i ' A man of enlarged Ideas." Mister, where is your house!" asked a curious traveller of a " half horse and half aliga- tnr" nnltpr. ' House, eh? do yon think I'm one of them sort, tirangcr? I sleeps in the go vernment purchase I eata raw bear and buffalo, and drinks out of the Miasietip pi!" ' y OUR LIBERTY. Delate la tbe llOUkB OF EtUPKESEXTATITES. Speech of Jlr. Bond, (or onto,) " On Mr. Ilopkut's Iieolu(ion i divorce the Cottrnmrnl from tht Preu. (daiiaeed - Mr. Bond said Ihe resolution now wa der consideration still looked to reform, snd especially to the correction of the abuse of power in regard lo the public printing. The gentleman who offer it, (Mr. Hopkins) though acting with the Adminiatratioa generally, is oot blind lo the abuses which may be committed. II is still demanding reform from prin ciple, and it nottaiitfird that abuses have been corrected by a simple change of men. I am surprised. Mr. Speaker, to find this resolution opposed by the Ad ministration. The gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Cu.hroan) resists it on most extraordinary ground. He admit abuse, but says it is impracticable to correct them, and therefore useless to past the resolution. It il possible thai such an objection csn be openly avowed and sustained here! The gentleman says it is the usage of party to dispose ol this patronage in its own wsy, and that he never heard of any complaint a gainst Mr. Adam's Administrstion for so doing. Here, sir, is another open avow al of the doctrine, that the spoils be lone lo the victors. Mr. Cuthmsn here explained, and observed he had not said the spoils be- ion io ine viciors.j Mr. Bond admitted that the gentleman had not used those identical words, bnt this was the doctrine of the patty with which lie acted, and as a distinguished member nt that party, now the Gover nor of New York, (Mr. Marcy.) had, when a member of the Senate of the U nited States, openly used those terms, and justified Ihis usage of party. The friends of the Administration uniformly practised under this precept, whatever may be their theory, I do not wish to do the gentleman from New Hampshire any injustice, and will read from his re marks as published, and he will then have an opportunity of correcting them, if erroneously printed. The gentleman is reported as having said: It was well known, that since the establishment of the Government, ihe dominant party, whichever it might be, had invariably employed what has been called, if you please, partisan primers. snd partisan editors. Hut why should they not do tot So long as ihe Opposi tion had ihe predominancy, they used to supply their own partisan printers, and no complaint wss made about it; end tchy should any complaint arise now? He taw no reason for iu" Here, then, I think, sir, a position i taken and terms used in effect the same, and tending directly to the doctrine that the spoil belong to the victor." But can it be possible that the gentle man thinks he is correct, and sustained by the facts, when he lays that no com plaint was made against Mr. Adams's administration on account of the exercise of the printing patronage! Has he for gotten that Isaac Hill, the present Gover nor or his own Slate, wss the eUitor anil publisher of a newspaper railed the N. Hampshire Patriot," and that the discon tinuance of the publication of the laws in that paper was considered so outrageous a persecution for opinion's sake, that it may almost be said to have g-v n him his subsequent political elevatio.i ar.d con sequence! The discontinuance of Isaac Hill as printer of the laws was occasioned, too, by his publishing a libel on the lady of the President, without ihe least sem blance of truth, and so grossly indecent that Mr. Koidolph, though a zealous opposer of Mr. Adams, (aid it ought not even to be read on, thi floor. The oc casion, however, was seized, to bring the tubjeci of public priming under dis cission in ihis House, and Mr. Saun ders, of N. Carolina, introduced a reso lution calling upon the Secretary of State to report what changes had been made in the newspapers printing ihe laws, to gether with his reasons for such changes. A long and spirited . debate followed; and as gentlemen seem to have such im perfect recollection of the events of that day, some little reference may perhaps be usefully made to what was said in the debate. It will be observed that the re solution of Mr. Saunders, and those who supported it, required reasons to be giv en for a removal from office. Since they came into power, however, that doctrine has been denied and repudiated. Mr. Bond said he proposed to prove by this debate that the present Administra tion came into power declaring thai the printing patronage of the Government wa inordinate and dangerous; that it ought to be restrained and regulated by lawj and, in fine, promising if elevated, to with draw its exercise from the Executive hands. The mover of . that resolution tr. Saunders said: I trust 1 shall not be accused of gel- ting up this call for purposes of effect nor be told this "is a small business. " He wae not to be told that the pecu niary amount involved is thi esatter wae too small to iadaeaeo tbe editors of ibis country." "Tbe total turn ihus dislribet ed could to amount to less that between twratr and thirty thousand dollars." There were eigbty-twe papers esnploy ed ia publishing the Iswj" it waa not of the expense dial he complained, bet . . . - a of ihe purpose by wnico n was eoniro te ed." h wss thus ealealsted to operate," and did actually operate, eo far il went, to control the freedoaa of the pre, sad to enlist, throughout the country, Ibal power ful inurement in behalf of the vie we of the State Department. In tbi respect, il was much more effectual and much more dangerous than the far-lamed alien end edition laws." Mr. Saunders concluded by aaying that it was bis iutentio) to lake this power from lbs Slate Department, and plaoe it elsewhere. A member from Tenntste. (Mr. Houston.) afterward Governor of that Slate, and now the -President of Texas, sustained Mr. Saunders, resolu tion, and denied the right of ihe Secretary of State lo chanre the publication of tbe laws for opinion's take. . He alleged that the practice of that Department bad been to allow an individual, who night be personally opposed to the viewa-and opinions of the Head of the Department; . if he was honest and capable a a pnhlie officer, to retain bie place." He asked if changes had beeo made in wdeg that the patronage of the Government may flow in a particular channel! , Sncb course would gag ihe fre expression of opinion." He said; i f , n -s 1 - " Patronage is not l thing local snd, circumscribed. , It eeeks every li.de ra mification into which it can by any possibility insinuate itself., Il it like, the progress "of a cancer in the human body; il seizes on every , vein and eriery, one after another, nor .tops it progress till the sufferer sinks, and then the Inifs i too late applied." , :-. ;...- . - jri Next came Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina, Ihe chairman of that retrench ment committee to which I have already alluded. Thai gentleman aaid: , ? These eighty-two presses would be put on the diet of a wholesale regimen, and in the course of salutary discipline. The sturdy and independent would be turned nut lo be fed on fuch offal a ihey miuht be able to nick un. until the whole - - I pack should open in full and harmonious ' cry, in one common note, from ihe sturdy inouu ! iww. u mw, v. iiw Treasury, to the most starveling lurnsptl thai barks on the farihesl.vergo of our frontier. . , i ..,'"' ' I Mr. Bond taid he would not stop to ! inquire whether we did now realize, in ihe present official orgaa. the Globe, that j sturdy mastiff that howls at the door ; of ihe Treasury." Mr. Hamilton conti nued: ';, ( Is it necessary thai the Executive should have a Government press, to be paid for by the People out of the public coffers, to sustain the measures ' of the Administration, whether fight or wrong! If," said he, a Secretary of State can so apply the patronage of the Govern ment as to nourish lo venal accord eighty two presses in our country to praise every thing the Administration should do, snd subject their proprietors to the punish menl of the loss of this patronage if they dare to censure its measures, this forms distinctly a Government press, which Is more alarming to the liberties of the Peo ple than the organization of the whole of General Brown's army of sis thousand men, formed into a guard of the palace. If eighty-two presses ran be made to speak as il were in one voice that all that the Government does is excellent, end ' all those who are opposed to them. say is false and factious, this constant combined and concerted language will soon have . tendency to make those who heap little) else believe all this ie true." v; & Mr." Bond hoped the House would pardon him for this long extract. "Mr. Hamilton, from whose speech it il taken, was at the time a friend of Gen. Jackson, and zealously engaged , in elevating him lo power. In thu describing the Go vernment patronage over the press, that gentleman said he was merely- warning the country of dangets which might be realized, if no restraint was imposed on that patronage. General - Jackson,, was elevated, and Mr. Van Buren succeeded him, and is now in power. Instead of eighty iwo presses thus employed by the Government, they have now considera bly upwards of one hundred, and the patronage is held and exercised without any manner of check or restraint. .In ihis, surely, the country waa disappoint ed. - v'slp But yon, also, Mr, Speaker, took part in that debate, and warned the country of the danger of this patronage, and ihe necessity of restraining iUl I hope, sir, it will not be out of order io draw on your rematks, in aid of my present pur pose. The sentiments .which you ex pressed are perfectly just, and must com mand the approbation or all impartial minds. f 1 have preferred, sir, sustaining the re solution now under consideration by the argument, and illustrations of Ihe friends of General Jackson, rather than to attempt any new suggestions, ' , ,, ,