BY JOHN A. ltJ v n p.
LIBERTY,. ..THE CONSTITUTION.. tTNION.
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mifWs OF MR- RIVES OF VIRGINIA.
w have been taken to task by several of
" coadjutors of the democratic press, and
i Private correspondents, for referring to
thieC o AIr. Rites of Virginia, in regard
.the currency, as identical with those of the
L anVbresent President. These friendly
Jitors and individuals, whose animadversions
doubtless spring from patriotic feelings, seem
" .u:nk that in referring to Mr. Rives s doc-
; ;np S3 an exemplification of those which , we
have hitherto sustained an indication is to be
found of an abandonment of our early stand
ken for the restoration of the constitutional
trrency. " In vindication of our own course,
. . a IVTr Ki,0 - v. p hpr nurrtA
:m in lUSllcc w . - ----- "I
f luat gentleman's speech, of January. 1834
tj,e passage which fastened on our memory
anJ to .vhich we have repeatedly adverted as
containing the only safe position for the e
deral Government:
Vy.trri.ct from the speech of He. Rives o Vir
in Senate. January 17. 1834 on the
ubiect of the removal of the deposited from
the MjOfUK Of c iziwcu utttico.
Mt is in view of this great consummation,
Mr I'rcsident, the final extinction of this dan
,c", and unconstitutional moneyed corpor
i...Snif .lit thm irnvr n m on t anil
the people, that I, for one, am willing to let the
measures which have be n taken have their
course. The honorable Senator from S. C.
(Mr. Calhoun) tells us, nowever uiai me ijuc
: hank or no bank, hut whether we
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are to have a banls organized ana comroueu
bv Congress, or a bank createdland governed
by the President alone; for the honorable Sen
ator seems to consider the State banks which
may be selected as depositories of the federal
revenue as forming, iii effect, a national bank.
But, sir, if there were no other alternative to
"the agency of thepresent Bank of the United
Stales, than the employment under the selec
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury ; of State
banks, (a supposition by no means necessary,
in my opinio i;) is impossible that State banks,
deriving their existence from the State Go
vern neats, subjected to the habitual control
and supervision of those Governments, in the
flDDointment of whose directors, and the man
agement of whe se affairs, the Government her
woul'l have no participation wit limit a com
mon had. checked and controiteu ny nvai in
stilutioaa, and the i share of the public depo
Bites'faftioff to each, a boon hardly worth the
trouble of vis keeping is it possible that in
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sututions, inns consuiuieu anu mus suuaieu.
could be made toe channels and instruments'of
a formidable influence, like a great central cor
poration, "penetrating," as Mr. Jefferson says,
"by its branches every part of the Union, ac
ting bv command and in phalanx," and wield
ing an enormous accumulation of moneyed
bower? Sir. the thin? is impossible. The
geneial estimate in the operations of the Trea
sury is, that about one quarter's revenue re
mains, at any given time, on hand and unex
pended Now, sir, when the deposite of this
one-fourth part of the annual revenue, reduced,
too, as that revenue will be by the effect o
existing laws, shall be divided between some
thirty or forty State banks is the small sum
which may fall to the lot of all such-a cansidera
lion as could tempt them from theif natural alle
ciance to.ee sympathies with,the governments
which made and can unmake therrif . What has
just occured in my owd State is - sufficient to
show the utter incompetency of such a boon
to affect' the independent exercise either o
the feeliners or the iuderoents of the State
Banks. But to obviate every apprehension,
trust a system will be devised, and I do no
hesitate to say such an one ought to be devis
cd, providing for a designation of the deposi
toritis of the public moneys by fixed rules, and
under the control of Congress
"Sir, the honorable Senator from South Car
oliha has also told us that so long as the Go
vernment itself receives and pays away bank
notes, it is an insult to the understanding to
discourse of the pernicious tendency and un
cunsuiuuunaiiiv oi me tsank ot tne united
j States; that while the Government, by so do
mg, treats bank notes as money, it not only
nas tbe ngtit, Dut is in duty bound, to incor
porate a Uank of the United States; and that
the question of the constitutionality of such an
insiuuuun can lainy arise only when the GO
vernment shall refuse to receive any thins but
goiu ana suver in payment of the pubic dues.
Without stopping at present, to examine the
correctness of the reasoning of the honorable
Senator, (reasoning, which to my mind is en
tirely unsatisfactory, inasmuch as it makes a
great questipn of constitutional power to de
pend, not on the fixed and immutable provis
ions of the Constitution itself, but, ill effect,
on the mere will of the Government; as it may
happen to do or not to do a particular thing,)
Without stopping, I say, sir, to examine Ihis
reasoning, at present, 1 will say to the honor
able Senator, that, seeing so many abler gen
"eraen, himself among the number, while ad
mitting the vitalimportance of the obiect. de
nning the ta?k of its prosecution, J pledge
, ft, g i ,u,m HiiK in trie snape
"which only the honor a le Senator thinks it
can 6C legimatelv vresented.
"Sir, of all the reforms, social, oolitical.
economical, required by the great interests of
ft. j hat which is most urgently de-
anded,and which promises in its accomplish
nt the largest results of atility tecurity,
and public Benefit, i; bfcyoid comparison,
the JtesttirdiiQn p ttte Government to what it
tods intended the f ranters of the Constilst'
non to oe, a aara money uovernmem. we
are tdo much in the. habit; Mr. Presidrit, of
regarding the evils pf a paper system as ne
cessary and incurable, and of being content
with me t ttisilrk palliation of those evils,
supposed to be derived from the controlling
supremacy of a national bank; Nothing, id
my opinion, is more demonstrable than that
the great evil of ihat system, its ruinous fluc
tuations arisingfrom alterndte expansions and
contractions of bank issues, making a lottery,
in effect of private fortunes, and converting
all prospective contracts and transactions into
a species of gambling-nothing can&be more
certain "than that these tainous fluctuations
(and we haye a striking proof of it in the pre
sent distresses of the 'country) are increased,
instead of being diminished, by the existence
of an institution of such absolute ascendency,
that when it expands, the State banks expand
with it; when , it contracts, those banks are
forced, in self-defence, to contract also. What
ever influence such an institution may be sup
posed to exert; in perserving the soundness
of the currency, that" obje!ct would be more
effectually promoted by a return, as far as
practicable, to a metallic circulation. The
first step towards that return, is to let the
Bank of the United States go down Its dotes
being withdrawn, the convenience of travel
ling alone would immediately create a demand
for the gold coins, as a substituc, and enforce
the necessity oPcorrccting that under valua
tion of them at the mint, which is said to
have contributed to their disappearance.
In concurrence with this, let -measures,
be taken, as it is believed effectual raea
rures may be taken, to discourage and sup
Dress the circulation of bank notes under a
certain denomination, (ten or twenty dollars,)
of which the effect would be, to produce an
other accession to the metallic circulating me
dium. The ordinary channels of. circulation
being thus supplied with gold and silver, the
Government would be prepared, without hard
ship to the public creditor, to require payment
of its dues in specie, and realize a reform,
than witch none could. bemore deeply inter
esting, in every aspec, to the safety and pros
perity of the country.
Sir, here is an object worthy to engage
the most anxious labors of the patriot and
statesman, and l leel persuaded that, with a
tvthe of the effort and talent daily expended
in the ephemerarcontests of party; we should
see it happily accomplished: I conjure gen
tlemen, then, with abilities sd eminently fitted
for this ereat work, to leave the bank df the
United 'States to hi fate a fate already rtt
nounced by the voice of the nation, and call
ed,for by the highest considerations connected
with the safely of our free institutions and
ti bring forward their povierful aid in an ef
fort to restore tbe Government to its true corf
stitutiondl character and destination that of
a simple., solid, hard moneyed Government.
Preliminary to the ground here taken by
Mr. Rives, (at a time when there was not half
as much specie in the country as at this mo
ment,) viz; that the Government should make
preparation to require payment ofits
dues in specie, and restore itself to 'its
TRUE CONSTITUTION AJU CHARACTER AND DES
TiNATioN'il that of a "simple, solid, and
HARD-MONEYED GOVERNMENT" he gave Stsrong
rassed situation britir cbtintry;M aioni should
ii me proiounu attention ot every
in ihe community at all influenced
by love of country, bestowed in a spiHt of calm
enquiry and a desire to ascertain truth; because
ne permanently effectual remedy can be ap
plied except by eradicating those causes.
The style of this production is at once clear.
nervous and elegant, its positions in the main,
we believe sound, and, as a whole, it furnishes
evidence highly flattering to the talents and
acquirements of its author. We concur in the
opinion, that our theory on the subject of
money, capital and credit," is, to a great ex
tent if not totally, erroneous, and io this," as the
primary and original cause, maybe attributed
most of the evils under which the' country
is now labouring. - tut the enauirv will be
made, how is this now to be corrected ? The
business of the country has become so com
pletely incorporated 'with the present banki,
as to render it impossible to innovate rashly
and suddenly upon that system, without pa
ralysing industry and producing the most wide
spread embarrassments. ' Most true. Never
theless, the answer is obvious, viz: prudence,
industry, economy, forbearance and the cul
tivation of a general feeling of mutual confi
dence on the part of the people; coupled with
the greatest caution in the selection of their
representatives, and wisdom and J moderation,
on the part of those representatives, in pur
suing a gradual but sure and steady system of
reform, ouch a system as would tend ulti
mately, and at no very distant day, to diral
nish the, amount of credit, or bank circulatioi,
and in the same or greater degree, increase
that of gold and silver, and at the same time,
the influence pf banking institutions, which,
within a few years, has fearfully I' increased.
Currency is one of the most important, and
at the same time, delicate subjects connected
with society or government one jin regard to
which ho material change can be made bf any
sudden operation without producing, atlcast,
lemporaryilifliculty and embarrassmant; lience,
we are the advocate of a gradual put sure sys
tem of reform upon this subject, in Opposition to
uch an one as might be dictated by a spirit
of innovation, tor, although recent develdpe
ments have demonstrated that our Bank sys
tem is unsound, and that the present bdnks are
positive evils, yet it must be apparent to any
one whtfHakes a full and impartial view of the
general state 01 anairs connected witn tnem,
that for the present they, are; as positively,
necessary evils. We would not, therefore, at
once crush these institutions, but would pro
ceed at the ensuing session of the Legislature,
as far as posible, io .remedy the defects in
meir organizauoo, us u nunr e&isis, .restrain
their evil tendencies and deprive them of the
power of doing mischief anoLinfltcting injury
on the people lor tne tuture. i his may, in
part, be effected by instituting al most rigid
scrutiny into their management and conduct"
by requiring frequent statements of their
condition, o&c, io me puDiic uy imposing
imitations on their issues and discounts by
rendering them strictly accountable to the
Legislature; and vesting in that bodv, eitner ab
solutely, or iri some modified form; and Under
indication
that he
was not satished with th
experiment of the State banks as fiscal agents
lie saiu tj mere were no omer alternative to
the ageneuof the present Bank of the United
States, (a supposition by no means necessary
in my opinion, ) dec. there were reasons to sa
tlsfy him that they were not so dangerous as
the "enormous acpumulatim of moneyed pow
er" under one "common head!" He was,
however, "willing to let the measures which
have been taken have their course; but The con
tinued trust & system will be devised, and I
do not hesitate to say such a one ought to be
devised, providing for a designation of the de
positories oj the public moneys by fixed rules.
and under the control of Congress.
And in replyto Mr. Calhoun's objection
"that while the trovefuttieftt treats ba .fs notes
as money, it not only has the right, But is tn ditty
bound, to incorporate d Bank of the U. States,1
Mr. Rives said: "I PLEDGE MYSELF TO
PRESENT THIS GREAT ISSUE IN THE
SHAPE IN WHICH ONLY THE HON
SENATOR THINKS IT CAN BE LEG1TI
MATELY PRESENTED.'. That great is
sue he did present in the next paragraph; if
was, "the restoration of the Government to
what it was intended by the framers of the con-
st'tvtion to pea hard-moneye Government."
It was for these hoble principles, previous
ly avowed, and afterwards embodied in the a-
blest of all his speeches, that Mr. Rives was
instructed out of the Senate by the Whig Le
gislature of Virginia. He canonized these
principles and the great doctrine of the righ
of instruction together, by his resignation.
We should as soon believe he would abandon
one as the other. They are the essentials o
democracy; and the course of the administra
tion will, we trust, mark them more distinctly
than any that has gone before it, as the car
dinal discriminations which shall separate it
as by a gulf, from those who take a stand for
the "aristocracy of wealth against the "de
mocracyoj numbers.
pressure of his footsteps, as vith Miss Marti
neau morning, hoori, arid night, - in every
folio of fame's pages that we meet, we are af
flicted . with the. never-eriding; still beginning
railed the Senate and , House of Reoresenta-
tives, both elected by the people, the first for
3 years, arid the latter for 1 year. The Jn.li-
ciary is composed of one Supreme Court, with
didg dong-i-f Captl Marryatt," " Capt. Marry-j appellate jurisdiction, and other inferior courts,
alt,"; " Capt: Marryatt. He cannot change corresponding with the district courts in most
his hotel without being: gazetted. If lie keep J of the States. The common law, jury trial,
his room for a whole day, there is a mystery habeas corpus, and all its essentiallmuniments.
about it; . Wbere is he 2 where can he be. have been adoDted. thoufrh it is orobabl- that
At every village he blesses with his presence many of its asperities and technical antiquities,
lorig; enough to get a glass of lemonade, his will be tempered by the rules of construction
name is foisted into the newsDaners: - The under the civil law. This mav din-ne with
honors of a public dinner are talked "dbo lit be
ing broffered to him before he has been
among us a month; and that too, at a time
when we can hardly obtain a dinner for our
selves; while the fact 'that He has conde
scended 'to throw an occasional article into
one of our periodicals duplicate though it
be, of an article written for home .consump
a distinct chancery system, that excrescence
wmco nas oecome necessary in some of our
States and irt England, 'to render the common)
law tolerable. .The criminal code is by no.
means cemplete. thousrh it is verv similar to
that of most of the States. CaDital Dunish-
ments are inflicted for very few offences: fines
and imprisonment are the usual rmnishments s
- , . . : - -
tion first must be ! heralded forth through J the amotint of fine and period of imprisonment
the columns of a thousand presses. 1 i being graduated by the character nfth nf7Vn
IN ow all this is in wretched bad taster and the Executive Government is Drincioaliv con-
when Capt. Marryattv-gets ; home, and Writes fided f,as in the United States) to the President,
his book,' and sets the world a laughing at his or Chief Magistrate, tvhb is aided by a cabinet,
simpletons who have been dangling at his or the heads of departments, arid the duties of
these are there : precisely as here. Indeed,
the model or design of . ,rto two - governments
can be more alike, m all respects, , than those
of the United States and Texas
Previous to the revolution, the Spanish Ian-
skirts -V blood an'ouns ! what a rumpus there
will be amoiig the . srtnll fry j who have been
rejoicing at his glorification ! We yield to
none iri honest respect for the talents of the
gallant captain, lie has great cleverness.
We have already called ras Peter Simple" guage was adopted iri all legal proceedings, as
inimitable. At nautical, sketches, neither the language of Mexico: .The records of li-
Smollet nor Cooper can touch him. He has ties and public events, under the Mexican au-
also written many other things that are capi- thoritv, are still preserved, in Spdhish, but the
i.i:.. u: r... j. a t. r..t ...! i:u i.... 1 n ,i
tat in iucii war. uud it uves nui tuiiuw iixai i lauuace uas suuerseuea 11 in ail omer
an mai ne writes, muss De equally good, or
that there are' no American sketchers, who
can furnish as good essays for periodicals as
he. v '-
For instance The fate of a Genius," in
the last Mirror. It was written bysCapt
Marryatt; and therefore will be greedily; co
pied by some in anticipation of the mail all
over the Union. But the subject is hacknied.
respects . There are many Mexican families
still in Texas, who haye belonged originally to
the constitutional party, have espoused the
cause of revolution, though they have. hot gen
erally Do.nearms in the struggle. r l hese re
side, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Sdn Anto
nio or Bexar, and Nacoffdoches.; Thos
Mexican settlers who abandoned their nrinei-
ples at the approach of danger, have since also
It has beeii treated often before, with greater abandoned the country, and their estate (if they
power, and more humor ; and had it been writ
ten by any American author, it would have
been deservedly' thrown aside as particularly
insipid and naraby-pamby-ish. N. Y. Star.
from the Pennsylvanian.)
TEXAS. NO. IV
My Dear : Texas has done more to es-
taousn its permanent independence, man was
ever accomplished in the same time. It has
been only 16 months since, in the midst of
war and massacre, it was forced to assume a
station among the powers of the earth.. Since
then, it has effectually humbled the pride, and
broken the energies of Mexico. The best ap
pointed armies of that (Government, led on by
the most successful conquerors oi the South,
have been signally and shajne folly routed; the
President of Mexico has been for eight or nine
months a prisoner. his life, and the lives of se
ven hundred prisoners besides, have been
spared by those whose friends and brothers
were butchered under his barbarous orders: he
has been restored to his family and country
a living monument of the superior courage and
clemency of foes whom he and all Mexico
affected to despise as outlaws and rebels. A
suitable restrictions and limitation the power Government has been organised and estab
of revoking their charters; by iwhich they
would be made amenable: for the future, lo, the
authority of the people; acting through their
representatives, and. subject in a greater de
gree than has been the case heretofore, to be
influenced and controlled by public! sentiment."
OODLEISAI.
Captain Marryatt " Miss Martineau,"
Martineau," Captain Marryatt."
Miss
Reallv we are wearied out arid done over hv
s . ' .! I V. wWa I Ii tr Aim sT3 nrAvn m nnt Antlw tTnA loef ireat
ine everiasung repeuiion oi inese names yayrJ VM,' vmmiwm.m.mB
lished. In all its departments, it is now exer
cising the functions of sovereignty; at home
its legislative, judicial and executive depart
ments, within - their appropriate spheres, are
affording security and protection to the citizen,'
abroad, it is already i recognized as one of the
nations of the earth, by the: United States,
and a diplomatic agent.of England has
inspected its condition, with the. same object;
and . I doubt not, the same results, as the ex
amination of Mr. Morfit which was instituted
The
will the American People arid the conductors sagacity of European statesmen have perceived
of the American Press, be forever making fools fthat Texas must soon become an important
of themselves ? . , ...:!. - auxiliary, or a powerful rival Iri commerce,
Thirty months affo. Miss Martirieaii wn trWi I arts, manifactureS and arms. t ! ,
ilUnw ththntrh the rnrlnlrv. nnH mnnth fi-, ' If, under, the best auspiCCS, It IS ft difficult
mnnthday after dav: her riame was nimrfnrf task to organise or administer a government,
hefore the nubile, in all the nanersL r.itr. coitn. it may be imagitfed that Texas had its share
I of embarrassments in this aspect. In the first
? - . .- : i i...' i. ..A j
urhioh sho ftPnIPfI Airori trtvnn nt oh oh .h.limpuise oi iisrcroiuuuu mere was nioro necu
Via a WAS W W w y m m w - w m rw Oil V 1 -
From the Richmond Enquircf
Causes of the present Embarrassment-
Internal Improvement, Jc.We heartily com
mend to the perusal of our readers a letter in
serted in to-day's paper from the pen of Hugh j
A. Garland, Lsq., a distinguished member of
the jate Legislature from Mecklenburg, ad
iressed to the Editor of the Richmond En
quirer and published in a late number of that
journal. The principal subject of this letter,
viz v the vrtme. causes of the present embar-
stopped; and every fountain which had an op
portunity to reflect mer features, was noted r
and every whipster who was blessed by speak
ing of her through her India Kubber ear-trum
pet; indicted a paragraph in ner praise.
Whererever she went the salodns of the gay,
and rich, ana lasnionaoie were inrown open
to her, and the welkin rung with the pollfpar
rot notes '4Miss Martineau, " AXiss Marti
neau," Miss Martineau." - (.-...
Well, Miss Martineau saw an that wa to
be seen, ate and drank all she wanted, ' went
home, and like Mrs. Trollope, the Rev. Mr.
Fidler, Basil Hall, and mustachioed Hamilton,
wrote a book telling many truths and some
no such things abusing some ol our insti
tutions and praising some denouncing the
Colonization Society praising up the name
diate abolitionists and calling the A.meiican
ladies drunkards! - -i
Now, again, it is, "Miss Martineau," Miss
Martineau," JUis3 Martineau. lJul tne notes
are repeated tQ a very different tune. Then
all praise now, all is- abuse. Then, all was
caressing flic, she is- no better than a Trol
lonel
Just So has it he en with: scores' of this (fear
.lady's predecessors these many years.- Oar
peopie run after, and: fawn round them like
of stout hearts and strong arms than of politi
cal wisdoni or social refinement and all who
rallied to the banner of the . lone star," were
welcome, because the barbarians had trodden
do wrt the liberties of the country with an iron
heel, and the only thought was for their expul
sion. When more time was allowed for re
flection, and the enemy had been driven far
b'eyfcnd the Rio Grande, the views of the people
of Texas began to expand; they perceived
that what was originally regarded as a mere
incident in the history of Mexican civil wars,
was, in fact, the accomplishment of a great re
volution, pregnant with the fate of millions
and ; of empires. They discovered, at once,
and by accident, their own strength and their
enemy'a weakness; and, animated by the , ex
ample of the U. . they ; resolved not only to
be forever- independent of Mexico,' but to be
free. A constitution and Such laws as were
actually necessary to keep this Government in
existence, were h&stly : framed. . They were
copied almost liberally from the institutions of
the United stales, and though Texas is a dis
tinct separate sovereignty, its foreign and do
mestic relations are regulated (with few and
trivial aifertftiohs) under a constitution like that
of our federal government. ; The powers of
its Executive have been more accurately de
have not already been. will become the1
subjects of confiscation. . - jl .
Ihe Roman Catholic religion is established
by the laws of Mexico, and its clefgy form an
essenuai pari oi me government, it was the
only religion tolerated . in Texas before the
revolution of 18JG There were individuals
there prior to that event, who did not conform
to the Catholic usages, and who possessed
other modes of faith, but there were no eccle
siastical bodies .or religious . societies besides
the Catholic. The remote situation of Texas
from the city of Mexico, and its snarse
population, are probably the reasons why
there were very few priests there before the
revolution; and as the number of Catholics
has. since greatly . diminished; and " their
religion has ceased to be sustained by legal
penalties, they will not be numerous hereafter.
The constitution and laws of Texas guarantee
perfect tolerance in religion arid the.Pfotes
tants of the country have increased rapidly
since the revolution. - There are vet no chur
ches regularly organited there though there
are several clergymen in the. country, .end ,
some two or three .. denominations of Protes
tants lrave formed religious associations for
devotional purposes. It may be well, if tl;e
ppople of Texas can improve on our, ecclesiar
tical, as they seem disposed to do on our civil
niodels, by avoiding the evil of having so
much wealth, or io much government in their
churches, that thus become subjects of dispute
to the exclusion of "faith; hope, 'and charity."
I saw and heard, several pious ministers of
the gospel,' who have been living with their
families for years, independent and exemplary
missionaries 6ri the frontiers of Texas, 6ur- L
rounded by tridians, ( but "without fear or '
reproach,? anfl unharmed. The, Methodist, J
Baptist; Episcopal, aud Presbyterian denomi
nations I believe; are all about to organise
churches in lexas.; There are sufficient
numbers of , fsach for 6uch organization, and
they are rapidly increasing with the emigrants
from the United States. . .
The present capital of Texas is Houston a
town of ripent. but rapid growth, on Buffalo
Bayou, about thirty miles above its junction
with San Jacinto River., Buffalo Bay ou is one
of the waters of Galveston Bay; it is accessible
through this Bay and the San Jacinto, thongh
large vessels and steamboats cannot ascena to
the town, Houston is called after the P. esi
dent of the Republic, arid is situated on the
verge of the prairie, . on a slight bluff or emi
nence parlially covered with timber. It does
not: strike the stranger when he approaches
with any favorable impression, though when
he enters its streets, he precefves that he is in
a place of much business ; and preparation. I
was there just before . Congress was to open
its session in May last. The President and
Heads of Departments had arrived, and the ar
chives of Government were arriving dourly in
wagons from Columbia, where the offices had
been held. Several members of Congress also
had come for the purpose of, selecting their
quarters, as "first" come, first - served," is the
rule in Texas, and beds were not so plenty in
the city of Houston,' as coals at Newcastle.
Tie city wai "cut out" some time last winter,
and tb.e first house erected in January . It had.
besides 15 or 20 stores, and two or three hou4
ses of entertainment, a resident population -of
perhaps a thousand, a' great many carpenters
and other mechanics, and a crowd of stran-
ucuuio iuu auu ii uuiiu iucuj lino I , . i .- , . - .
spaniels ; and when these travellers" show by fied 10 somte points, where doubtful construe
their books that they are not to be bribed
froth theif opinions1 by lavish attentions,, and
good eating and drinking, we'are so thinskinned
I as to think of the dinners and parties we have
thrown away upon them, and the puffs which
we hare written, and fly into a passion
Exactly so we presume it will be in the end.
with the brusque aud straight 'forward author
of the inimitable Peter Simple. Jver since
rour shores had cjtuse to rejoice,, beneath the
gers. . Its .unfinished . appearance, undergoing
rapid transformation under the hammer - and
canr raminrlArl aha fpAm 4riA .1
tions or inalosQDj Jnguage;had gireo tise 16 ! -,.:,. i.i. Hbri.ei nM .-J
here and, in a few particulars such; as no-, i.u i;v JK.i :.i.. i....:-
minations and removals : from.office, ukingc..Vnrti
public buildings (which
abridged.: 'Ihe Pre.ideot: is elected .for thei iSjSST,r """" 'T..' " "l"
.era, t ree vears, eePt,h.fire, 3&
whoseitcrm is limited lo two years. The legis-i mnmm ' wi tJ? JLi a. . JlZ . l1
U.?.r,,aeI,t U
minauons and removals from office, taking acr -VvkinVr ,;,; !ilil;'
t??1 coandof .beh.UU.ry forceaby :,h.P,..j 'eht pffi
siueuL, utc, ubiii mcj tiac wrrjyi i positively
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