uawa. Tilt. CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWS-THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY.
Vol. XVIII.
TUinSDlY, JULY St IS38.
Xo 027.
. jt S . . . rf.Ul
from Fbi's'le'iAi Saturday Couiicr.
ATHEISM.
BY C. EVERETT. ESO..
ru ! aa hU i4 Ail ktart Ikett U a CU.
S-? lie cl lUae ejes round thee,
An J "V-r Nature lo4 abread;
f,... atr wan Vuires fell litre
Of i!iv no-liiy Mker-C-J.
T ,-; J vaw'l above I hp,
N.i !ii:i0 rje becl uJed !;;
It-aJ tit Ii irwi.t- lipu'i i.f glory
T t'-e g-eit Creature .
Tarn tea to the troaVed ores.
Vara iIm wwnl-i of '. !
9 " nuigM in il eomroUior,
1 4 ii ae that nt. ilu J.J
Vk l'- '"ii8 Sp-in 0 iwcrj it-nv nt,
Ml'k S J-'iy. o.!oroj. b.'l.J;
I. l'is Sa.n a i' vorJa t garment,
S;ieA lliry n..t a Maker's hauif
L'i'k at A at mi. jt'l-jw tliekvrs;
Vuw l.i f .aw'f matting uVr;
D r't carl t'i Samiwr leave,
A iJ nit ar gty nv mtxs.
L'icn now l While, ntBrinur;.
Se ha cease wild fieri anI High';
I'iI'i if fotrt heart with tfr.i...r,
.'...lln-.l in Ictnr-vil. stwoi and higlt.
S.-e,-i"..! when you mil. IhesodVy,
Hh ym hesJ attra Reasoa's hoJ;
Td uir, pi on J una. Ml ma truly,
C14 )ou y , There U aw God
SUMMARY JUSTICE OF OLDEN I
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Iii eailv sct'.leinenl of the colony, of
Connecticut, about the vesr 1611, under .
the administration of Edward Hopkin.!
who for several Jiars was Governor of
the Colony, a law was pasted by tlie Ge-J
i.eral Court, as it ras then called, prohi J
1 uin the killing nf deer during those
month in the tear in which they line J
pour tnil nl little or no value; and sub-j
j-rtinj the iTIrr l'i the pprtnlljr of a(
line of f.irtv !iiini, "one m'i"y tl.ere-i
of 1 1 l.f ;ni ! 1 1 the treiiuter n( the I in n
u hi-a in ili ofT'iif a'loutil b rotnuiltetl,
and tSe otlirr mifiy I him w!ii ulnii
a ir l'ir sn I jirnrc i!e t!ia time in frflVf !. !
Anl in MJe lii t!iinqPnt i!ir.! iii g'.ri-t
r r f ie t't iv iicli line, lie !ull I n
I 'lbin lv wln,i il on the n ikrj b x!y, not
csri-e liiij; 2 irije." j
NiiniMKiie in tf:e inonlU of ApriJ,
mtiv.ili in ludt the I n f.uhjtle t!ie kil!
i.ijj of tlrer, one of the (lotrrnor'a nnjH-
br C:i!leil on him an. I t.iiril that a hn'k,
f r li-ng'lt of titn. h l brrn in the habit
of feeding mi a fieM nf ln ut near his'
lnnur, brl.'tiin t-t Inn, and hid bi-cnme
fit praying hia cjirclleiiry, under thecii
ruiiiKtmrr. to give hen ierin ?i -n l-i
kill the tl.-er. The (!.ivernr rfj.linl,
"I jhmscm H'i authnrity by which I ran
i!ij'ene with the law it wmiM be !
n il ii'ndi'ney and by ni mean aduii '
The a;-nl'Cint urged n.t ly
iTifriniii! the (J ir rnr that he w:t
pir, lud a f.im:!y of mnall children;
t't-it r.!thoiicli it a nnt of ih fi-asnn fur ;
kiiJ.iii dinr. vet the bm k hail l itieni'd tip
oi hi prnnetty, and it would be a (?'!
fivnr luve icriiiiiiiii to kill ii. i
-4nnm, fjlud t'm (. ivernor, liniily.
" permit any one, tinder any cimiimiim
ff whatever, t vin'nte the law if you
Vn prm eed to kill the deer, have you
any reann to iip;ve any one would ft el
i!i;i05ed l pr!fcuu j" 1 lia o!ic
iieihbnr," replied the applicant, nnming'
dim, " whn like myelf, i por, and who '
freq ienily killa derr himelf eontrary t.
Uw, fioiizh nolvidy compl in of liim
ih: nc jjhbor, I hie re.n t fear,
wnul I progeria fur the luMtelit if t!i:it
piri .if - peii.ilty ti w hich he would be
eniultd by llio atitir.c." Hut," aaid;
t!ie C ivprnor, in rae ynn nhonlJ ki'l :
the dfcr ili nigh remember I give you nn:
prr i.m-i.iii t da it. would it not be advi
ih!e for you t m ike a preaent t. tint
neighbor of a quarter of he venison t. se-
e.iri- his frieiidhip and Mlence?" t'pon'
hS the apil.Pint, without refim hia;
r.vvi'l'.fney farther, made his bow mid rc-
A!it!it tliree week after this, the uriIi
dr who lud b.M'ii namud, called poii
t'ic (;( riu.r. uncle complaint, and i!e-
iii . ii led a warrant ag iiml rme f hi
i.:h!nr for kiltinff a deer rontnry t-i
I .v. What evid.'iiec," ?.kcd lte Co
v. rn.ir, - l ave von in support of your
mjdaini!" " Why." re.dicd the coui-
I I on mi, "he toll i"ie liimsclf h killed,
!o d.-er, and more fiat! lhaMte g:ive. me
a 'piirt.;r of the, eni.in." Indeed!"' ,
s-nd the r, ivernur. and how did yo
li 1 1 i f w.i it eatahlt; nl ihi limw of the
year!" O ye mr," replied the emu
pi on int. it fe .lly f i' c have hail
'i "j'e.i winter, you know sir, and l'ie;
d.'. r f.-d on a fi l l of win-it liclon ini lo
' mm lint ki led it. an I was a fit
h-i r hiimIIv are in the fill of the year.
'i""i t!ii dii loure of faew, the U iver-
ti.ir Mi.'.'pjted to the compl unaiit whctli
it wu.ihl mil U.! belter the thing p; if
w ith mi any pr jseeuitm. You ought l.
onker,"aid ke. are bt ia a Dew
eountrj rrovifimif are ararce waay of
pa experience peat dilTieuliiea in sustain.
our faroiliet yci ara Bal jnfeBiWe
iht the reason and object of the law were
to prevent the destruction f the deer !u
nn the aeason in nl.itb tdejr are poor,1
and not t to be eaten you ray lhi re
niaon was fat, anil dad become so by
le:in on Ida wheat of the neighbor n U j
killed H. la addition to thi. yon ae- j
knowledge he gave yon a quarter f the J
veniaon. Now, under all these circum
stance', woblj it not be rontidered n!
reasonable and even ungrateful, to init
on prosecuting ibis Bei,bor, who br
your own account, baa been eo kind to
fu!
lint notwithstir.dir.g these s n;erstioos
this second Shvl-rk coiitmucd to press
hia soil, b.rrir to the d'oternor, "I
know ny right, sir, I know I am enti-!
tied to one half f ide legal penalty I j
a!o know, sir, yon are sworn to nuin
tain at.d eiecute the law you cannot,
you d.re not diul!ow mv comt laint and
deny me the benefit of the law!" The
complaint was filed, a warrant issued up
on it. ,nd the drltnquent was arrested i
and brought before the court, and upon '
being put to plead ilia matter cdargrd in
the complaint, plea led guilty.'
A soon as the U over nor had pronnuic. j
ed the sentence id lite liw upon dim, the i
dciiifuent. in a mdd tut firm tone o(
voice, replied, "situated as 1 am. I can.'
not undertake to pay the fine of forty,
fcli.!:!) I f.:fl unwil'.iiiij ti starve my i
w ife and children by ahuutiing my barkj
fi o.ii the !.sh of t!.e w dip I ahull offer
it as a sa'.i-fictioii in lieu of the fine" j
The (nterr.ir accordingly maJtf out an J ;
delivered to the euntab!e the warrant f
ctecu'ioii. A knowledge of the proceed
iug l.ad rnuej a spirit of ind g.wliii
auu'it! the neighbor aainl the prnseen j
tor. J hi l brought them together to
trend and hear the trial. The delin-j
qurnt prcenlfd bis inked b u k to the .
officer, bcrinj to dim that it would b
unnece-s try to tie hi hands as he should 1
neither m t'.e remunre nor attempt t
etcape. The couoUble tied a light tow j
string t the end of a short slick and be-j
gin t perform his duty, by strokes morel
sui alltf to bruh away fi t than to iufl.ct j
pain upon the bark of a criminal. The
(fOjrcrnrir who atom! by wih his Uw
boo; under hi arm, couit'cd for the con-,
m !!; and a soon a le.i were num'ier- j
cd, cricj ou', stop, sir, let u see how
the law read?!" Then opening the book, '
read the other m nety I i hi u who ilu!l j
su? for and proccnl the sviw li ciFacl ' j
This prosecutor is entided to one hall,
i.f li.c peiMity lake him and bestow up-;
o:t htm the remaining ten stripe." !
O, but tp a little," said he, start-,
b i k, ' to':ch mo if you dare! Why, ,
1 Ii4e n.it bmi tficAl yon can't whipi
wf," and made some attempt t i escape. '
lint the bystanders, regarding the ro.ii
in u d of the (Jovcrit'ir, more than the re-!
monstraNce of the complainint, insttntly '
I i:il hand upon him. not in the most U-n-1
dor and d. liMi: mtn ier, and htviug bar
ed hi bc'n, and by the assistance of
cord placed him in a posture of unking ,
a tree, made room for the approach of the;
nltiwr. The to siring was now ex-l
changoJ for a good and siilTii ient h-iisc-,
whip "Mr. t.'o it'.ah!e," said the (!o
vertior, you are aequiim-d witli the
ciiciiinstatn'e atiendiiii t'n case 1 Imp j !
yon will perform your duty faithfully." j
Yc, please your Excellency," re-
plied the con-t thle, 1 think I know my j
duty, and I if.ra I shall discharge, it .
the sv.isfaUiun nf all present, with the:
exception of otic only. I lne nlready
executed one sentence according to hue',
ihi I intend to execute according toj
lair and tqully Loth' )
r.y tlie tune llio stripe were all told. I
the sullVrer's birk exhibited ample tett-(
mony of the indignant feeling of the spe-
culat.ir. and presented a dnrahld rtTO-j
Znijiltic rc'i oid of the prompt admintstra
lion of summirv justice.
' SEVENTY-SIX.
Wive, tt hnse husbinds show but little
fondues for dome, sli-iuM examine care
fully their general conduct, to see if they
are not themselves partly to blame for
this alienation. If a wife doe nil in In r
power to tit iki her husband fond of home,
and carefully ivoid any word or exhibi
tion of l-mpcr; that would tend to in ike j
him feel uucoiiorlahlo while there, even j
if do ha ahotvii a fondness for oilier
company, she sill gradually and surely j
w in him to hi '.vii fireside, A drunkard (
i of course atif-xceplion. The wile nil
a drunkard mutt suffer with.vit hope in'
jit w oild; bni she should sufivr in pa
tient hope of a Vesiirrcciion to a hie of .
blessedness, alur the toil and pain of her
til ii ul cxislciKvi over.
The Newport! Mercury nf Saturday J
week announce litt thai number com-j
pletea eighty te.'i since the said paper!
w ns first puhlisheiiy James, elderbrother j
of l)r llenjamiit Ipnkli.i. i
I ,1,1 excellent 'Al. If you want to
! know whether it i safe ! trust a man
wiih ir.iods on ere', sen il he is a nou-
in: s;.'j-cr.b3r iJaumc good newspa
per.
UeiNite la th
hoim: w RtjBiKTATn tas.
Spctth or Sir. Bond,
(or onto,)
On Mr. JhjA'uu, Retotmliom l iinrtt
tt UmtrwmUfnm Ik trts.
(CmcIimJci!.)
Dot, Mr. Speaker, no man bet'er
knows all ide me of oflica than Mr.
Kendall. 1 have read a political tract,
written. 1 think, by Dean Swift, entitled
somewhat in this way; "The conveni
ence of a plaee at Court, or euro mode
of providing garments for a whole fami
ly." Mr. Kendall appears to understand
the mo us operand? f this matter.
The pr.u-cd lUt ol eleiks in his Dcpirt
nniit exhibit hi farther-in h and two
nephews, w ith salaries of 8 1.000. $1,200,
and $l,J0i); and thus we see a family
proiMin.i of nearly aMO.OOJ a ear. in
cluding hi own s.lary. Hut Mr. Ken
dall is n il the ou!y ober w ho thus takes
eire of his own housch dd. Ii provision
of this kind be etideneeof " faith." few of
hem w ill bo found iiifi.Ms." The
President's son has an office, which 1
have already mentioned, of 81,500 a
year. The Secretary of State's son, un
til very lately, held Vie place of District
Attorney in Alabama. A near relation
by mama of the Secretary of the Trea
sury "lias a comfortable annuity of $1,400
in the Navy Department; another holds
the appointment of naal .fficer in Bos-
ton, with a salary of 3.000 per year, be'
side being I'roident of tho Lafayette
II ink ol that city; and a third is the Cash
ir of tho r.-ankl n Dank of that city.
which became a special pet under the pet
bank system. These gentlemen would
all make excellent sub-Treasurer"!
Mr. Rund said, when the proposition
fur retrenchment was under considera
tion heie in 1829, the friends of Mr.
Ad mis, by way of proving that he and
ihey dctired every just economy and
rcf.irm, pointed to Ins Message recom
mending it. Mow were Ihey answered?
Why, sir, Mr. Ingham, who soon after
wards was made Secretary of the Trea
sury, said il was indeed tr.ie that tlie
Message did recommend it, but de want
ed M see more practice and less profes
sion in thi matter. There were no spe
cified reform found in the M. sngc; he
could only find there oieof those for
mal recommendations, which were as
oiiiiieanin he staid, a the wotd "yonr
humble servant" at tho foot of a letter.
Mr. lUil l.dph, in the same dcV.te, ued
thi I injuiiie, on the subject uf retrench
meiil and reform:
" Tite President did recommend them
in one of tlnse lofty generalities with
which all sermons, political or religious,
ah.uiud; which might he printed in blank,
like liw pr ices, an 1 tilled a occasions
might ri ( iire. But, sir, (said he,) I a.u
for looking xt the practice, and not at
the precept of the p ir.im, political or re
ligious." Mr. Iiond sii I thi rule of Mr. Ran
dolph wi perfectly just; it was thus
shot n, too, to be avowed by this Admin
U'rition, nnd he was willing to judge
them by their own rule, and thought to
ihi lin y ought n it to object, lie would
leave it to the II nise and to the People
to say whether the pracuoes" of thi
Administration "had conformed to their
precepts."
Was the recommendation in General
Jack jon'e inaugural address one of those
lolty generalities" jut spoken of,
and defined by Mr. Randolph? The
Unit Cabinci" must have lol the art
of rending, otherwise reform" was not
(juite so legibly inscribed" as the (le
neral imagined. That patronage of the
1'cderal Covernmenl which was said to be
brought into conflict with the freedom of
slate elections has greatly increased, and
i still unrestrained in the same conflict.
The gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
Hell) has for years labored lo bring this
House to the consideration of a bill to
secure the freedom of election, and thus
carry into effect the recommendation ol
(encr tl Jackson's inaugural address. A
ble as th l gentleman is, and untiring as
he has been in his effort, the measure
prop tsed by him has received the frowns
instead of the fivnrof th. AdminUliation.
lie and the venerable Senator from the
same state (Mr. Whit-) were the earlv
and devoted friend of Jiencral Jackson,
and they still desire to carry into practi
cal effect the principles w hich they, with
(icuci-al Jackson, profess to be governed
by. Tiiey feci and know the imminent
danger wliich .threatens the country, in
the increased strcugtS of the patnnage
of ofikc. They see, atul we all see, that
the ofiie holder are abroad in the
land." Tor a description of this grow
ing phalanx and it powerful incentive to
aciini, I will dra on high authority.
A member of the Senate (Mr. (iriindy.) a
zealous friend of General Ja:kso:i, the
evidence of which ha been already given
in hi own word, held thi language,
when aiming to pull down the old Ad
ministration: When I see (aid he an
office holder interfering in election, it has
occurred lo me that he was thinking of
hia salary, and is, therefore, an unlit ad
viser of the People."
Mr. .Speaker, that which occurred to
Mr. GrnaJy sa doubt often occurred to
yon at the same period, lie proposi.
lioa is very natural one, and I think
that recent events have strengthened ra
ther than impaireJ it truth. Dal I beg
tht future indulgence, of the House while
I read what another distinguished friend
of General Jackson said, when debating
tba subject of retrenchment and reform
on this door. I allude la Mr. Buchanan.
now a Scna'or front Pennsylvania, and,
. . - . . . .
wua uia conunuea ana growing oevoiion
to the parts', what be said will certainty
be considered M orthodox." I find, by
that debate, that be eaid it was well
known
That when a nan It once appointed
to Hire, alt tht selfish passion of his
nature are enlisted fr the purpose of re-
tatuing it. The o.Tioe-holders (aid he)
are the ewisteJ $aUur$ of that A Jmlni-;
ira'.ion by which they are all sustained,'
Their comfortable existence often de-'
pend upon the re-election of their patron. !
&r does disappointment lung rankle in!
l.H hearts of the disappointed. Hope is j
siill left to them; and bearing disappoint
ment wtiu patience ihey know will pre
sent a new claim to ofike at a future
time."
This pauage of Mr,
Buchanan's i
- i
speech proves dim to have been an ohscr-
ver of men and thing, and familiar with I the Senate, to whom I have before re
the leading principles of human action. ! fened. In hia speech here, to which 1
He dreaded the consequences of the sH-f have already alluded, and when lie was
fith spirit of the ofiW-bdder, and induced j aaulting the (then) administration, he
the country to believe that Gen. Jackon thus exclaini:d: The very possession of
4hd his friend woulJ provide a suitable power das a strong, a natural tendency to
restraint upon it. Dut I fear, sir, the) corrupt the heart. The lust of dominion
People will be left to conclude that this 'grows with its possession; and the tnn
gentleman is one of those political par-
sotis" described by Mr. Randolph, w hose i
practice tio not correspond wii'i his
precept." It is certain that, under the
favorite Administration of the gentleman
and his friends, the office-holders hare
received new life instead of a check.
But I must yet point out another discre
pancy between Mr. Buchanan' profes
sion snI practice. In llio same debate,
he reviewed, with censure, several of the
foreign missions, that lo Russia included;
and particularly condemned any practice
allowing a minister to return alter one
yeai's absence." Ilia language is; "If
such a practice should prevail, our min
isters, in violation of the spirit of the ex
isting law, will receive, by adding tht
outfit to the salary, $18,000, instead of wards the children of I-racl. Hazael,
$9,009, for oue yeai's service." "lam." J in the spirit nf virtuous indignation, re
said he, against the practice." This. I plied: I thy servant a dog. that he
Mr. Speaker, was hi precept. But. sir.
in a brief space of time after condemning
and ay ing ' Ian against the' praetice,"l
w e see him lake the bounty aud become j
one nf the ' enlisted soldier" whom lie 1
had described, and go on a foreign mis-j
ion to Russia, where, after staying a!
twelre-montli cud a day." he porket thel
19.000, iustexd of $9,000, for a year's,
service," and Comes home!
This seems to be an appropriate time
to compare the precept and practice of
Mr. Randolph, too, who said he was!
for looking at the practice, and not tho
precepts, of the patson politic d or reli -
gious. In trtat sirtie debate, Mr. Iio -
dolph said he "Could not permit any m i-
tion connected with the division of the
spoil, to mingle with his exertions.;
lie would not, he said, give up his con
stituent and the pleasure of his home,
lor a clerk-ship in the War Office, or
a loreign mission; or evea for a Depart
ment of State." lie said, "there had:'yi"g: You will be placed in power.
been an improvement in the plan of sen
ding ministers abroad, and bringing them
back, when they hare finished their bu
siness; for," said he, they are now sent,
abroad on sleevele st errands, that thev;'ill create office for favorites.
may come Dick rc'injeaa, to pocket,
their emoluments." Mr. Speaker, tlie
Greeks and Romans both held it to be a
highly useful, but exceedingly d.ffieul:,
matter to know one's self. Modern his
lory, and our own limes, add new force
to the truth of that position. I do not ai
all question the perfect sincerity of Mr.
Randolph, when he uttered the senti
ments; but great as he may have been.
and akilful as lie professed to be, and, no;
doubt, was, in the motive of human ac-
. I I I...!. I. .1
lion, aiier. eveni provcu now iniic ne;
knew of himself. Sir, wo soon roonili
Mr. Randolph given up his eonsiittient.
and Icavimf all the boasted cndeaiments'
nl hi district, for a r.irei.'ti mission to
Russia, where, so lar a any public ad-' pointing power in the hand of the Prcsi
ranMge resulted front il, he emphatically dent, and will not stiller them to change
went on a "sleeveless errand," and 'position and take post rn the side of the
came back reinfects, to pocket hi e- People." Yon now censure a small
imd.nnenl:-!" Indeed, ihi mission toj appropriation to purchase some additional
Russia see 11 to have been specially de- furniture for llm President's hous-e. bui
ideated by "tha party" to short terms j you will furnish that house in luxurious
of six and twelve months, for the advan- style for General Jackson, who will be
t ige of some of the enlisted soldiers" j succeeded by Mr. Van Buren; and lie.
described by Mr. Buchanan. In thi j not content w ith the secondhand furniture
way. the cost of that mission hrs been
inordinately increased; and il is high time
that this drain on tho public I reasury
for ptivate benefit should be checked.
iir, UtlilU aniu l WflJliui wi tltsijiir.
scd that many of the politicians who en-
gaged in the debate and strife of the times
Mr. Bond said it was not to be dtsgui
to which ha had alluded, had been sur-, sury will be bankrupt. ou will in
prised, if not disappointed, by events crease ihe expenses of foreign missions
which soon followed. A singular ex- j and suffer your Ministers lo return home
change ot position has laken place be-j on such brief service as will show their
iivcen two of these eeniieiiiea. When ' annointinents to have been made for in-
lha retrenchment resolution was disc-
sed, a friend of the then Administration, ;
Mr. Pearce of Rhode I.land, took ground,
aot ia terns, but baric what similar to
that now avowed and practised by the
dominant party. that the spods btlong
to the victors." Mr.WickhflV, a Jerksnn
reformer, denied and condemned such a
right. He was appointed a member of
the retrenchment and reform committee,
and, after General Jackson came into pow
er, Mr. Wicklifle zealously endeavored
to carry out tho promised reform; but not
finding the co-operation he bad expected,
he abjured tho M party. About this
lime, it happened that the reformers a
vowed the doctrine that the spods be
long lo the vietwe." and Mr. Pearce en
listed under their banner. -
S.r. has not the country teen diappoin
ted Have not the Prjde been deceived
'and allured by specious and vain promi-
ses Has not the Federal Executive ua-
tronige inordinanly iitrreased, and is it
not still unrestrained! 1 not the power
over il abused and perveiud! Do not
the expenses of our General Government
far transcend in amount all our past his.
lory? Why are these things so, and why
has not this plague been stayed." 51 r.
Speaker, according to your plighted faith?
I will left you w hy, sir. but 1 prefer do-
ing so in the language and illustration of
- - " ' -
one of your own fnend, Mr. Buchanan,
who, in humble life, was pure and mno-
cent and just, ha often been transformed.
by long pnssesMott i power, into a mon
ster. In the sucred Book, which contains
lessons of w idnn for the politician as
well as for die Cluistain, we fiudja hap
py illustration of the coirup.ing influence
of power upon the human heart. When
Ilaziel came In consult Elisha whether
his master, the King of Syria, would re
cover from a dangerous illness; the pro
phet, looking through the vitta of futurity,
w the crimes of which the messenger,
who stood btf .re dim, would be guil
ty, and lie weft. Hazael asked why
weepeth my lord! Tlie prophet then
recounted to him the murders and the
cruelties of w hich he should be guilty lo
' should !
answered
this thing! And Elisha
I'hc Lord hath shown n.ePJ' but. the Department will be so
that thou shall b King over Syria.
This matt afterward became King, by
the murder of hi master, and was guilty
of enoruiitie. iho b;.re"reciisl of which
makes us shudder." v-'-
How true, and, alas? how, applicable
is his sacred illustration to those who
invoked it use in elevating themselves
to powei! i
Suppose, Mr. Speaker, that some
inspired EINha had been present when
j you and Mr. Buchanan, with other
; engaged in the debate which has been
i reierreti to, ana moved oy tlie sympatic
lie tear of the prophet, you had asked,
j" Why weepeth my lord!"' how would
you have been astonished in. being then
told what the People of this country have
since leahzed!
Imigioe, sir, the inspired one looking
through the vista of a few brief year, and
but will greatly increase the amount of
all public expenditures. You will use
the offices and patronage of the country
for private ami not for public com!
You
You
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win enlarge an executive power, sou
will deny the t'n lit to call fur. reasons on
a removal from office, and in a few yeirs
will remove move than" 1500 persons
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ii'iui uui'.i; oir Hi'iiiniii s me. i u "io
crange and corrupt the Post Ollice;Dej.,fJ ' "" dopes disappointed.
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partmen', which yon now admit ferpeL
sound, and you will not reform any of
your designated abuses in the other Da -
partments. You will appoint more mem-
her of Congress to office in four years
than lias been umie in all Ihe past Ins-.
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1107 i 10- uiiniiii.Bin
1 our lull lor .
the abolition ol tlie pow
he power and patronage (Jennet, who claimed a pension in riht
will sleep the sleep .fjfhU wife, Deborah Shartleff, who en-
over the Pies
death. You will retain the mess, the
nosl o lice, t lie armed lorce. ai-il tu an-!
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01 hi predecessor, will cast tl oil aim
make his entry into that edifice, with one!
appropriation of $7,300 'for alterations of j
lha B..aallVjlirtlvniM lf lIlMS'
nc iiiiiit; aim ss !-a nn w j
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;miuiiii ohm omhivi 11' I
20,000 for new furniture; and this, too, j
in the very year when your public trca-j
dividual gain rather than public good. ,
ou will increase the coutuigent expen-j
se of this Ilause from 80.COO. tb pre
sent annual amount lo 210.000. ' Yo
will add u the like expeasea of tba Se
ate and to all other public expenditures ia
the same ratio; and the sans toul for tht
whole tutal civil ! end ordinary appro
piiatiooe of ihe Government, wbwa il
now I2.1C3.438. will be increased from
time to lin.e under your boasted reform,
until it ah.ll exceed thirty millions per
year!
You now question the right of a DepsrV
mrnt to porch print or likeness of
the immortal Waahington. but will de
corate every moo in all the Department
with fMtrtrots ol Martin Vans Buren.
You will by means of tho "office
holders." the enlisted soldiers. as you
have just called them, bring the patronsge
of the General Government into conflict
witli ihe freedom of election, ami you
will resist the bill that shall be brought
in to secure the freedom of thost elee-
lion, lou, Mr. itanooipn, win up
on what you call a sleeveless errand.
.
ami. alter .alu'ing the tmperar oi jtussia.
will make a pleasant sojotorn in " oia
England," and return to your estate in
Virginia. You. Mr. Burbanao. will be
come an office-holder, go on the tery
mission to Rusia which yru are now
censuring, and will pocket tho 18.000
for a twelve-mouth and a day V service.
You, (io the gentleman from New Yoik.)
Mr, Cambreleng. will opposo ra. tote
sgtinst the very measure which yon now
report and recommend, for reducing tho
pay nf members, as a means of shorten
ing the ser siim of Congress. You, Mr.
Stevenson, will be made Speaker of this
House, aud appotal ita committees, and
dispense us rules. -with the promise ol a
foreign misainn-in your pocket. You,
Mr. Benton, will vote to lay on tho table
tho bill which rou now report, to lake
the patronage of the press from the Go
vernment, and your report on Executive
patronage with its six accompanying bills
so imposingly introduced, will prove io ;
have been but as sounding; brass and
tinkling cymbal'." You, Mr. Van Bu
reo, who now, as a member of the com-
mince on Executive patronage, report
a bill requiring reasons to be assizned for
removing an incumbent from office, will
he made Secretary of State, and in du '
lime Pretident, but from the moment yorj
obtain power, you wilt forget your bill,
and net only violate but re(tie to be
governed by its principles. You, lr,,
Dirkerson, also a member of that com-
wit tee, will be made Secretary of the
mismanaged under your direction, thai it
will be truly arviJ of ymi on the floor uf
Congress, ihere is" none so poor as lo
do hint fcvrrence.' 'on, Mr. Wood-
bury, will take first the Navy and then,'
the Treasury Department, and under
your supervision, an attempt to humbug
ihe People with the promise, )f an ex
elusive haul money ciirteuryi wiii re uH
in the banishment of all speete, a bankrupt "
treasury, find a circulation of aliiuplabieiS;
and treasury mites. "
Imagine, then, Mr. Snenker, such a re
sponse to have been, made at the period
j "me which I have suggested. ' What
would have Veti your reply, and what!
would Mr. Buchanan, who made'ho
scriptural allusion, have said? . Methinks -I
almost see and hear him ex latin, i thy
servant a dog that he should do this ibinjj?
We aru told tha', notwithstanding the'4
indignation of llazael, he f reached tho
throne ofSiria by murdering ide King
hi master, and soon committed all tha
enormiiie-4 foretold by the prophet!
Sir, I . fear d...t, io despite i.f the pro
testations of Amos Kendall, the promis
ed reform" was an empty sound,'
intended to apply merely lo a change of
men." But I leave it for this Home ami :
j,or Ve eople ol this country to judge
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J Interesting Pension Case. Among
: the large number of Pension bills that
!were nased in the House nf !?..,.-.
tuives last Saturday., was n in i,i.k
t)C Pension was claimed umler i.eciiliiF
. .. . WMiiar r
circunii anrcs. It was that of Koni.mi-
hste l in Aptil 1781, m one of the Massa
chusetts regiments, and served two years
in the war of the revolution, after which
she was honorably discharged, bavin
been seriously wounded at Tarry town, ill
1783. She married, received a pension,
and tiled, and her husband now claimed
her pension, as in the case of widows of
revolutionary soldiers. The bill passed
without any opposition.
A two story brick building, nearly
finished, at the corner of Monument and
Forrest streets," Baltimore, was crushed
lo a heap of tiller ruins a' few days since
maeolt Kir I ti a wawawa .ta aT ! . 1
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merely by the weight of its slate roof.
t f I . AI U a
"Wiongeu to Nr. AtoUe, and was lo be
0CculneU "J H,s Umy " wo weeks.
A new treaty has been made by the
French with Achmet, by which the
latter, after two years, is to pay a tribute.
uMi.i mien hid r rvnen are to nolo posses-
sion of Constantino and Stora the French
w monopoine tie trade of iho province.
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