UNION. TUB CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY.
Vol. XVIII.
TlICnSD.VV, KEPTEJICER SO, 1 81X8.
ivo.oar.
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s-sV.rtsr
Ff:" its St. Charges Clarion.
Aildrcs lo the Despondent.
tta t'ia;H iht son may ri ia loon,
s 1 cheerVs Mem l view;
At tv it ray tHe trail, illune.
And Ml in fo'Jro bo.
jt "art lHon.1i misfortune's aor! Mast,
O-if imp4rl b!at aliIe;
1 I our p'eas iva vanuH fast,
S uJ. out Gwl tcviltl
jr 1 H S-wrows of Ibii life
ita q nVy eiid a ay;
Tru ptea'iires lak the place of atrife,
A J r (H it f ,1 y.
Oi man! if il's imonj isereaee,
S i'Mct thy min i bo even;
J.'t a'l i-ijr j-aile marra'ting ecase,
Tuere't rctt fr the in Leaven.
Wasrtaca.
Fro n ths Ba'timwe Book.
TUG MERCHANTS DAUGHTER.
IV W. HEXRT CAtrCXTCK.
Cum-luded.
CtUFTtS III.
With heat y heart Sidney Treshsm
beat h'.s way inwards the dwelling of her
who wa dearer 19 him than life itself,
an I with whom he felt that poverty were
happiness, while affluence, wanting her
presence, could present no charms to com-
(entate for the loss. Mary was resting
ler head upon her hand, and the traces
cf recent tews still' remained upon her
pale cheek, when Sidney entered, the
apartment. Nil sooner had the desolate
fir! become aware of his presence, than
throwing aside a'l m lidenly reserve, she
flung lurself inti his arms, and gave vent
to her feelings in a copious flood, of tears.
"They have ta'ien him front rae.SiJney
they have taken hint from me, and he
wit! die I know he will die, unless some
kind friend, release him (root thai horrid
place."'
" Xiy, nay.be of good heart, Mary'
til will yet be well, rest assured a'l will
vet be welt," replied Sidney Tre. ham, !
1 i ttiimffly, to his desponding companion; ,
slihough, at the same time, he felt the;
glnomiest doubts of the truth of bis own j
pronnecr.
" alas! she exclaimed, shaking
her head mournfully, " who is there to
:ire for my father now! he is poor, and .
frien !-. like birds of passage, migrate
in lhe winter of a man's fortunes, little
bee.fcnj how he fares, so that they be not
impirt'incJ with Ins uitresses.
Your i'. dement is loo hirh, dear s
Mary! IK-'.ieve nt-. there are men who
wouid sacrifice their all to serve a friend." j
" Show me one tuchi show me one ;
such! and I will fill at his feet and wor
hip him. My f.tfier had friends, kind
friends, who dined at his tal.le, slept in :
his house, his sfrvants were their servant. 1
bis hor-es at their disposal. Where are ,
tiiey now! which of them will reach
o itahandtj raie my father, now that
he is prostrate? Oh. too well have I
learned want friendship means and bit -
tcrlv, God knows how bitterly the lesson 1
bas been taught me!" 4
" Mart! Marv!" 1
' Oh. "thai 1 were a man.'.' continued !
the excited maiden, nacins the anartmen?. !
unheedful nf the iniernintion. Oh. !
that I wer. min that I could doss men I
do bow "cheerfully would I labor lo
obtain bis release how thrifty would I j
be of even' rmnuith nliat io would
I pa?e unnn iV .rr.imi, latin mass . !
with what pride wouldl redeem ihim from
his cai.tivitv: and. oh. how rapturously
to his faithful child, be should whisper,
s parents only
Iy whisper, ibis is your
work. Marv!
Sidney gazed with admiration upon the j
. . .1
beautiful being as she now stood, statue
lke. filled wiih bright visions of the
future, and he feared to awake her from
so blissful a trance, to the sad realities
which she was doomed to encounter.'
Tor a moment the though'.! of Mary
were wiih her ransomed father; but slow
ly and imperceptibly the distresses of the
present stole upon her memory, and as
they once more fully developed them
selves, she sank upon the sofa, and cover
ing her face with her hands, murmured in
her wretchedness, alt ail hive forsaken
us, there is none to love us now.
Do I not remain beside you?
Do Inotj
love your
Oh, yes, yes, yes! you are all kind
ness, airaffectinrJ God help rne! I am
quarrelling with my dearest friend Dear
Sidney forgive me; I am a poor,' weak,
wretched girl, with no one in nature to
look up to but my father, and he he has
been snatched from me! Your father,
Sidney, he teas my father's friend, 'what
said he lla! your eyes are cast down,
and your lips quiver. He did not 'refuse?
d not sy that he refussi! '
Ife di'duot refuse.
would I support his feeble steps, that he ooay migni say, its not aitogetner pieasam
might look aiain' iinon the clad erecn j for a man to ba runnin his head into a; be t
enrih. an 1 tt M.i ilv. nnd the Messed 1 noose, and not know nuthin at all about sufficient
sin. until, tnininir frnrl the world's rlorv ! it until it fits there. So, if you'll just ; w.tch, he
B.ese yoB. Uess you far that word!
tfcen any father will mire more be free
yet. ycu look ead, how is thiaf
My father did not rtfuse, but
Speak -spsskio snerey epeak!
His assent was Cuuide4 vuh a coodi
Uon. that.
Name it!- -name h
That we should be henceforth u these
who bad never net.
And you! what said you?
I rejected the proposition so J instantly
left bin.
For a few minutes. Mary tat absotbed
in thought-It nay have been in prayer,,
for when she again epole, her voice was
low, and her artieulai ion. thocrh iobii.
what tremulous, had a measured, mo-
nownous distinctness, that gave evidei.ee!
uf her emotion in a great measure subdu
ed by a powerful effort of the will.
How I have loved you, Mr. Treiham,
it is not for me eay. How I still love !
you, an J most continue so to do, time j
alone will prove. That 1 have been ,
happy, eery happy, ia your presence, !
you fanqot for a moment doubt. That J
my happiness was but the refl.etjoo of
yoor own. an credulous enough to be-
here. But that joy is pal! I have been
dreaming that the poor merchant's daugh-
ter couu mea wtih the rich man s sonI
mmmmv w unu m lancnoou oi my vision. 1
o: j o: ... t
Sidney, dear Sidney! my duly to tny
father commands me to make any sacrifice.
in honor, on my pari, in aecure his com
fort, ybu-r-flre free. Independent of;
what she owes her father, the daughter, of the present is I trust a sufficient com
of Ad4m Winterfirld is too proud to rcj pensation for our mutual folly. I am no
ceive the addresses of any one whose longer the betrothed of your son he is
father forbids the offering. Go leave j now free to obey your will in all things,
me. and tell tell your father never more j May he be happy, for a nobler heart never
will Mary Winterfictd welcome yoo other; teat in manlier bosom,
than a friend, even though her break ini So you have rejected Sid. eh! What
the struggle. ' j has impelled you to do this!
Never, by heavens! never, Mary, will j Your own words to your son this
I deliever any such message! j morning, sir, snd a sense of duty to my
Then. I must steel myself lo the task. 1 father. You were once friends, and
Sidney, do not f peak, for am firm, j mutual obligations have passed between
Wherever you go outimo the world, my j you. A few b iter words, ihuh they
blessing will be wiih you. The various' may have parted you f.r years, yet they
scenes with whirh yu will be beguiled cannot have erased the sen'inenu of
will tend 10 weaken the remembrsnce of friendship you previously enf rtained
me all I ak is, di not loo soon forget---:
Set me hold a brief reign in your memory;
for, though von may meet with fairer
maiden, and of loftier birth, believe me.
their love for you will never equal the
passionste and abiding devotion that has ;
become a part of the very being of Mary j
Winteifield. Farewell! . Sidney dear, j
iMdney! farewell, and or. rrer: ueiote;
oiuney I resnam could arrest her progress, I
Mary Winteifield had disappeared from
tho apartment, lis anguish it is needless
to desmbe.
cturrca tv.
The nurse of our narrative now leads
us to the chamber of John Adderly. The
lawyer is seated in an easy, stuffed leather;
chair, in deep thought, while his fingers
are mechanically beating the time of some
tune, of which his mind lakes no cogni-
zanee. From this reverie, be is suddenly '
aroused by the entrance of a clumsy, ;
thick set man, with heavy eye-brows, j
and harsh irregular features, rendered even
more forbidding by the evident eilecls of;
riotous exceses, and a course of continu- i
ed inebriety. Welcoming the newcomer
with a mixed gesture of familiarity andj
hauteur, Adderly thus began: j
Ford, when I succeeded in obtaining
'your acquittal from the serious affair in j
wnich vott were last encaged, you swore
you were bound tome forever, and that
if at any lime I should need a clear wit!
and a ready hand. I mieht command your
services. The lime has at lench come,
are you willing lo aid me.
Why, lawyer, do yon see, in the first j
rlace. I miffht as well sav yes, without;
asking any Question, and then aeain,
'p'raps it would be belter to say nuthin,
until I knows what the lob is cos, as a
give me a little light npon whals to be
done, so HI. soon tell you whether t it qo
i it or no.
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rnaw: it is a mere triiio i ass oi.j oh
onty to assist me in running aw ay with
a girl.
Oh, if that's all. I'll serve you with the
greatest pleasure imaginable. Who is
the creetur?
Is it of any consequence that you
should know her name?
Why,' no, it don't make any much
difference; but what are you going to do
with ber after we have carried he off?
Marry her.
Vhat really?
Certainly.
Then w here's the use of. runnin' sway
wiih her at atl? why not marry her here,
and save all further trouble about it?
Decaoee she will not consent.
Oh! then, you want lo make her your
wife, willy cilly, as somebody says well
I don't care" if I help your-of course
you'll pay ef expenses?
Assuredly.
And give" me scmeihing.in the bargain
for my trouble, eh!
Ves, provided we eueceed,
I'm agreed. When do we begin?
Come this way, and I will tell you
more and Adlerly-look the arm of the
roCaa, anil conducted him to an inner
ciiamber, where tba arfarioua schema of
abduction might Le concerted with Us
fear of being ovri heard by O'berv.
Ones more we reveit to Mary Winter
Celd. Fully rCMilred to release her
father, even at the eipensa of her own
happiness, Mary waited until the hour at
wbieh Mr. 1'reshara osual!y retired from
business, and then, with a faltering step,
but a resolute w j!l, she sought the way
to his house. He was si home, and a
few minutes sufficed loeondurt her to bis
presence. When there, however, placed
in the peculiar position in which she frit
herielf, it required a more than ordinary
degree of self-command to enable her to
tnbdua hr IWIin.. In litm kill. ftt .lis
bad imposed upon herself. Mr. Tree-
nam, However, who had watched the
varying color of her cheek, imsgioig her
Unwell. lllJ with rnn.iil.rst km!iirta
plaeed a chair ithin her reach, and bid-
ding her be seated, he pauied for few
moments to allow hrr agnation 10 subside
before he opened the conversation,
1 beg your pardon, my dear youn
ladr. your name is
mteifielJ.sir Mary WinteiCelJ. the
daughter if Adam Winteifield.
And the betrothed of my son Hum!
a pretty couple sou are to thi
think nfvMlin
married without a dollar between rnu,
.
Of that, sir, it is now too la'e to repent.
whatever oqr thoughts may have been;
iiowever during past happiness we may
have shut our eyes 10 the future, the pain
towards each other. Ob, sir! if there is
any spark f that friendship remaining,
let it now plead in your heart, and if years
of toil, on my part, can afford any return
; for the service 1 require do it, and I wiil
. - if 1
be Your willing slave.
No wonder my Sid loved this, girl,
murmured the merchant to himself, then
turning to Mary he said,
Did you love my son!
Mary made no reply, but sinking back
in her chair, burst into tears.
1 beg your pardon my dear young lady,
but if if 1 had thought that that
pshaw! I am an old fool! do you think
you could make it convenient to call here
this evening?
At what time, sir.
At six o'clock no. say eight it will
not be loo dark, will it!
1 do not mind the darkness, sir. I will
be here.
The town clock had just struck eight,
when Iwo tigurrs were seen rapidly turn
ine the corner of an unfrequented street,
and seeking a hiding place in the shadow
of the angle.
"Was that her, lawyer!
Yes! keep your eyes upon her as she
approaches such a chance may never
offer again
Aye, aye leave me alcne. Sheshant
escape, 1 warrant me.
Where did yoo leave the chaise. Foul?
Ahoul a square off, but don't ask
questions now; its so dusky from the
glimmer of those oil lamps, that it is bare
ly possible to keen sight of the girl.
While ihese two worthies were intent
upon their victim, a third person had
approached unconsciously within hearing,
iSnu uisiingiiiaiiuig ins tones ui -auucnj,
pped to listen, when, having heard
lo induce him to remain and
threw himself into the shadow
j or a door way hard toy, anil patienuy
awaiteu ino resttii.
of a female became more perceptible in
the darkness.
Mot yet, lawyer, whispered Ford. I
knows when; don't you ace the long run
I should have towards her would frighten
her, and then may be she'd scream-no,
no, wait till ahe comes nearer.
Well, well, as you please only if you
miss her
Never fear I knows what's what
now for ilf
'Doth of them dashed forward at the
same instant, but one, of whom they little
dreamed, was at their heels thrie was a
muflled scream, a sound of heavy blows,
and the groans as of wounded men and
when the alarmed inhabitants rushed out
with lights to ascertain the cause of "the
disturbance, they found two men on the
ground bleeding the maiden who had
been rescued from their grasp was Mary
Winterfield, and her rescuer, was rough,
honest-hearted Jackson.
Where will voo permit roe to have
you conveyed, Miss Winterfield? inquired
Jackson.
To Air. Treshaen's, replied Mary, and
Tainted.
.
When Hilary recovered her senses, shs
found bcrsc'f in a Lnllianily lighted apart
ment, an J to her astonishment and pas
sionaUs joy, the first face she recognized
was that of her father beading aosiously
over bar.
My father!
My dear, desr child! an 4 in another
iottaut the were folded in a warm era?
brace.
Well, young lady, is there no one die
here with whom you have been previous
ly acquainted! Gome forward Sid, snd let
me iutroduce you. Mary saw at a glance
that all had been eiplained. and as her
eyes encountered the fervent faze of him
who was her heart's idol, she blushed, but
fould not speak for eieess of joy.
Here !id, said Mr.Tresham, taking the
unresisting band of the fir girl take her
with my hearty consent she is worthy
of being any man's daughter. I am
proud of your choice; bless you, my chil
dren, bins, you! may you never kqow
sorrow.
The eyes of both fathers were filled
with tears, but a happier party never pass
ed a summer a evening together
A short time subsequent to the events
above narrated, we ssw, in the papers of:
the day, an anouncement of ujarrisss
between caanot the reader guess whof
Judge YVhilc'a Speech,
Delivered at a Public Dinner, given him
mi CnMriiUe, IftAMiAiy, .Uit 1. 1631.
fellow (Wizens; I accept your invita
tion, not so much lo partake of your host
pitaliiy, as tu thank you, in great since
rity, for your continued confidence and
support. You have been to ma an impe
netrable shield against calumniators nd
enemies.
After an absence of twelve months,
with but little intermission. I am again
among ray constituents. Thanks to a
kind l'rovidence snd lo mine enemies, I
am in iwj health, ready snd willinz to
converse with you on all that has parsed.
and is likely to happen. My political i
enemies sought lo destroy mc; they fan-J
cied il an easv task; more of life was left I
than they or 1 supposed; their unjust at
lacks revived energies, which I, myself,
believed were eitincl. and, to all appear
ance, they have renewed ray V'e's lease
for some ten or twenty years.
I am not otdy here, but in good health;
and a:hough the two tart sessions of Con
gress, were among the most laborious I
have ever served, l have no want of
health to plead for any deficiency you j
may find in lhe performance of my oili-
cisl duties. I am grateful to Providence, ,
and proud before you in the belief, that I j ments. The process is a very siinde
have not been that simple automaton! one; the PreiJfiil h.is a political j ir re
which, by the official organ, I was repre-1 dy filled with yellow mcul, and by rub
sented t be, capable only of saying yea j bing well the cm li late for Democracy
or nay lo the different questions present-j with this meti', his views and principle
ed to the Senate for decision. i are entirely changed, and he immediately
The labors of t'on;rei, both at lhe j becomes a fit communicant ul the modern
called and res.ilar session, have been ar-, church. Away with such demur u-.!
uuous; ami aiiuou2n but lew laws, oi a
general nature, have been passed. Yet it
has not been from inattention to the creat
interest of the country. There was a
-.ftnliiitiA.t .1,11 ttd kalt.'A.i, ft't..
live ami Congress; lhe nr-t wishing to f ' what Iul you and I toil and IV.ior
obtain an unluiiiteJ discretionary power to displace M.". Adam? It w ilnt we
arid control over the moneys belonging la might bring back the practice of thu go
the public; the htlcr anxiously entlea ' vermneut to sound Jeffers mian pnn 'i
soring so to provide as lo have them safe- pies to an economical expeudiiurnof the
ly kept and secured, in such manger as public roouey. lii-fore the seco id teim
to mako them applicable at nil limes to.; of his sueeeor had expired, some of mv
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the wants oi tho public. J o the oppo-,
silion in the House of Representatives j
the credit is dtio of preventing the luoney-'
ed power from beiuj, in due form, added
to the odier powers of the Executive.
Shortly after I entered your service in and foretold thai, with, my limited capa
the Senate, the great controversy com-; city and humble pretensions, no hope of
menced which odod in omting the then j success sought to bs entertained. They
incumbent, and placing the late Chief Ma-, thought differently. I did not and would
gistrate in the Executive Chair. The, not yield my assent until informed that
principles tr which you and I contend-.
ed, and which we successfully maintain-
ed, ought never lobe forgotten, and can-j
not be too otten recurred to. We con
tended that the powers of the Executive
were too great, and ought lo be reduced.
and limited by law: thai the expenditures
ol the government were extravagant, and
ought to be reduced: that it was a crime'
in the President, or any officer under him,
to use his official station to influence the
people in elections: thai all monies which
came into the Treasury beyond those
which were necessary, lo defray lhe eco
nomical expenses of the government,
ought to be relumed to the people, who
were the true and legitimate owner: and
we solemnly pledged, ourselves, in the
face of lhe civilized world, that if we
could obtain place and power, retrench -
ment and reform. should be the order of
lhe day; that the Augean stable should be
thoroughly swept out and cleansed.
Emblematic of what wa intended to ac
complish we chose forour motto tha broom;
not one of the common material, but the
Hickory broom. Hickory whea young, is
of all descrjptions.nf wood the maiifough,
strong, and durahle, but when old and
worm eaten, the inos.1 brittle and worth
less. Confiding ia. the sincerity of our
professions, the sovereign people, through
the ballot box, placed our political friends
in power, and, after a most solemn and
formal renewal of our pledges, we com-
mmiced our operations and, for lhe first
fouryevrr, f believel we wer making
some head-way. We had checked iuter
asl improvement wiihio the states by
mere Federal power, by vetoing the!
Maysville UoaJ Dill, and by vetoing a
bill to re-charter the Caak of the United
States; but when the second four years
of our term commenced, then commenc
ed also a controversy upon the nqeslion.
who should succeed the then Chief Ma
gistrate. For que, I kept on, endeavor
ing to accomplish the ta.k we had under
taken; but, the more we swept the dirtier
the stable became, and eventually we
found our broom would not perform its
office; the political moths snd worms had
got into it, and had eaten the splits so
badly, that the moment we attempted to
sweep, they broke off, and. finally, when
the second lour years ended, and we came
to look into the Augean stable, we found
it ln limes as full of litter and filth as it
was when we commenced our operations.
In the Senate we made an effort to pass,
and did actually pass, a bill 10 limit the
) power of the Esecutive in removals from
j office. This bill was precisely similar to
one reported by a committee of which I
was a member, while Mr. Adams waa in
office. So far ss I knew, it was then sp-
proved by the whole political party to
which I belonged; I therefore gave it all
lhe support in my power, and made in
favor of it what I thought lhe best speech
I had ever made in Congress. Bui, alas!
when we came In take the vole, had it
not been for Col. Denton, who with diffi
culty voted for it, of all my old democra
licjriendt, I would have been found " so
litary and alone' in its support. For this
vote and this speech I hate never been
forgiven by those in, power. I was ez
communicated. That which was touni
democracy when Mr. 1Jam$ was in
puwer, was in their opinion rank Fde
ralism in the days of his successor. They
did right to excommunicate me. It was
a mistake to suppose I ever belonged to
s,uH, a set of chanelinp. I had been
in earnest in my professions, and wished
to, carry them out in practice, louknow
w hat sort of a denviml I ant. I claim
to be s republican of the Je:Tcroi school
such an one as my God and mv edu
cation have made n.. M .Iern Demo
crats are a d.fferent seclentinly. Then
ars made at any lime the Federal Execu
tive needs then. He nukes a modern
democrat out of an old Federalist, or any
other worse material. You and 1 both
know some that, not mtny years since,
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rank that, during the late war, the young
men had thoughts of soaking them iu the
un-vats, on account of their lory Scotl
thfty cannot and will notion deceive the
people. Ere Imi it will be found by all.
t't it whils this sect have democracy mi !
their lips, at heart
Hi
ey arc tyrair.s an ! ;
lle.nOl..
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political Incnd believed my huimlf name
ought to be presented t o the people as a:
candid tte fir the high station he filled.
So n in this assemblage well know 1 re-'
j inonstrated auVinu this me if my name.
the federal hxeeutive had ihreiteued
that if I did, permit the ue of my name.
I should be rendered odious lo eociely
This threat answered a purposes thai the
persuasion of friends. could not. Despo
tic power never has governed and never
shall govern me. My name was given
to the public, and should have been, if
the act had lot m the good opinion of
j every political friend I had upon earth,
and, I might almost add, if it bad even
endans-red the good opinion of my wjfe
and children. The result ia known to us
all. The Administration did its worst,
lis thousand presses were opened upon
me and my friend; and here I am, in
better health, and 1 think entitled ta more
character than when.they commenced up-
on me. ami, let no man scorn ine pow-
, er of the press. To, withstand its iufl i
ence is a perilous ctiort. 1 have made
the experiment, and now, assure you that
(should feel less risk.in to-morrow shoul
dering my musket and knapsack, and
marching to the swamps of Florida for a
six month's campaign against the Semi-
noles, than encountering such incessant
discharges of calumny.am, slander from
all the presses. which an American Exe
cutive has the power lo being into action.
In this conflict, you, tho freemen of
Tennessee, were my shield. The poi
soned arrows of my enemies have fallen
harmless at my feet, t have sustained
no injury, and your firmness has given
a brilliaticy to lhe star whieh glitters to.
iht cie of Tennessee, of w hich we saaf
all be proud.
For one, I an quite satisfied with the
result. Let none sappooe I afls either
disappointed or mortified. SiUI eaore.
all may be assqred that, with eay con
sent, my name will never ba esed for en
office whatever. If I ever had any asps
rations for high office, time has pot a
ead to tljem. I am not so old yet ss to
have the el.ddish belief thai any vigor of
body and mind are to last always. In
all the stations I have yet occupied. I
have beea enabled so to acquit myself ae
never to mortify my frieadv Humble
as my pretensions are, I have sometimes
been plaeed in, high office, es the asso
ciate of soma who have had much char
acter among men; many of yea were wit
nesses of the manner in which our offi
cial duties were discharged, and I am
proud in the belief that my reputation
has never suffered by any comparison.
My hope and prayer is, that I may havn
discretion enough to surrender even nr
present station, before I am so enfeebled,
either in body or mind, as to make it ne
cessary for tba interest of Teoneisse to
hiss ms from the stage.
The late Executive, then, has had hie
will carried into effect by the vole of tho
American, people, They who have lis
tened to his statements, M that the whole
value of his Administration would be lost,
unless Mr. Van Buren was elected to
carry out his unfinished measures.' The
appointee of the late President has beea
elected, to finish his unfinished busi
ness." My friends, is he not getting
through it with a rapidity which yon did
not anticipate? From the height of pros
perity, in about sig months from the day
of his inauguration, the country wae
brought lo a state of an unexampled em
barrassmenL Should be keep on in hie
i'i-advited course, ha will have perform
ed his allotted task long before lhe lape
of his four years. The great interest of
the country will be all $aerfjlced, and, by :
an addition of the moneyed power of the
Government, in an organized form, lo
the powers already possessed by the
Federal Executive, lhe liberty of the peo
ple will be near its termination. Do not
deceive yourselves by thinking that the
Executive project for uniting the purse
with the sword is to ba abandoned. No
such thing. It will ba renewed again
and again, so long as the most distant
hope nf success continue. The pres
ent Executive knows full well ha has no
dUlinctive character of his own. That
he must conform to. the will and wish of
those who placed him in his present high)
situation. He knows the means by
which he acq tired it. and mut act out
his put. Remember that the miserable
I.ixird can reac.li the pinnacle of the same
s,ire on whidi tU E.igle proudly per
ches himself; but the process by which
he reaches it is very different. The lat
ter, trusting to his native strength and
own good wings, fearlessly soars a
loft, and proudly perches himself on the
summit, in view of all the heholders.
Whde the other degraded reptile, stealth
"y ami cautiously creeps up, rliniin lo
an i ascending that sute or fie column
which will best screen him Irom obser
vation, until he reaches the pinnacle, and
then slily peeps over, ready to shrink
back when he fiuJs himself discovered.
Do you ask what then is lo be done when
a political Lizrd his taken possession
of the station which ought atone to bo
occupieu y ine tragic: aiy answer is
ready. Through lhe baltoi-boxes keep
steadily switching him until he descends,
t that level which it is ihs interest of
mankind he should occupy.
It is useless to deny the fact, it is undeniably-true,
that, notwithstanding all
the promises, professions, and pledges
of the late Administration, the .Execu
tive branch of the Government has be
come a piece of mere party maphinery,
operant;; in all elections, both Stale and.
Federal. Some few years since, on lhe
centenary birth day of Gen. Washing
ton. it was, beautifully said by. one of.
our most distinguished men, "that when-,
ever our Government became a party ma
chine, the liberties of the country "could
not be preserved; that, the Government
could by law protect men against murder,
but not against suicide." There is, how
ever, bul one remedy in either eai.
Take from the individual the razor wiih.
which he is about to cut his throat", and
he is for the present safe against suicide.
In the same way, when you find those'
in possession of the Executive power us
ing it as the machine of political suicide,
take away the means of mischief. and
you prevent political suicide. Take
fronuherq their offices, and place then
in hands more worthy, end the republio"
may yet be saved.
Tho late Administration came in on
the question of reform and retrenchment
P Pe""'Mea, Fray, what abuse has
been corrected? Not one! What te
trenchment has taken place? None. A
buses have been multiplied, and expen
ditures have been increased. Mr. Ad
ams was turned out because h was ex
pending from twelve to thirteen millione
or dollars per year, and now we era ex
pending from thirty.fi ve to forty m'dlione
per annum. Uan any man be so atnnid.
as not t see this is all wrong? V,n ih
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