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I ' ' " ' : ' ! I 1 '.-"it" ' ' ": ' i'''" ---. -at..TlBJMiPW:r . ... ,., - -r -y V , ,. tL , J " 1 . - 1 , " V r ' . , i ' s - . , . . ' - , . - 111 1 - - .. . " " 1 -i I" l .i - i . . . . ' ' - VOL 1. NO. 47 I i r i PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY m ' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. M. mm JA . V BUCHANAN, Delivered befSlhe Washington Association of Lancaster, on the 4th of July, 1815. Thirty-nine years ago, upon this day, were declared an Independent people. At that time the Continental Congress hnrsi asunder the chains which bound th-in to resolved to be free of r,orih in the attempt. Lpon that d.y they . presented to the world a spectacle of wis-, dom and firmness winch has never been excelled. . To make a proper estimate pr their con duct, we must take into view the then situa tion of this country, compared vvith that of our enemy. On the one side, the armies of Great Rritian were numerous and vete ran ; they were led by commanders who had acquired military reputation in every clime; they were supported and furnished with every implement. of war by a nation whose wealth has, upon different occasions purchased the services of all the crowned heads in Europe. Oil the other side, our aranies were small and unaqua:nted with military. discipline ; our officers were des titute of experience, and we were so miser ably poor, that our brave soldiers were not more than half clothed, and their winter marches over the frosty ground which they were defending, could be tracked by the blood that flowed from their naked feet. Uut even these were not the only disad vantages under which we labored. Whilst our enemy invaded us from' without, the torch of discord and of treason was lighted up within. When independence was de clared, the mother country had a powerful party throughout all the middle States, and many adhorents in various parts of the Union. HE BFXOMES VERY PATRIOTICALLY IN CLINED. Dreadful, therefore, was the responsibili ty of tliat Congress. Had not victory car ried their banners, their names would have been cursed by the people of this country as the promoters of instructive civil war, while their blood would have flowed on the scaffold as a sacrafice to appease the spirit ofBrittish vengeanee. In this awfid situa tion, whilst the dark cloud of destruction appeared ready to burst upon them, they declared to the' world our Independence. They thought that 41 On day, one hour of yirtuon'sTiWry Was worth a whole eternity ot' bond ige." Everlasting honor to their nams The gratitude of a free people will forever hal low their memory. It is not my intention, at this tunc to give you a narative ot those glorious events ot the revolutionary war, which led to the re- cognition of our independence by Great tiritian and the world. J hev have been the subject of so many orations ami of such general interest, that they are familiarto ev ery mind. The present oration shall con tain a short historical sketch of the most prominent actions of the party now in pow er in this country, and their consequences ; and also enquiry concerning the course which sound policy dictates, that the gov ernment of the United States should pursue in future. The importance of those sub jects, although not strictly connected. .with the celebration of this day. will, I trust, be their apology to every mind. HE TOUCHES THE DEMOCRACY LIGHTLY. There was a powerful FACTION in the United States opposed to the adoption of the federal Constitution. The individuals of which it was composed were called anti federalists, and were the founders af the Democratic party. They glorified in set ting themselves in array against our present admirable form of Government. The. au thors of this opposition were chiefly DEMA GOGUES, who might have risen to the head of a State faction, but who felt con scious that their talents would be eclipsed, when the luminaries of the Unit d S.taes should be collected around the General Government. To gratify their -mbition, they, wished that the country should con tinue divided into a number of petty state sovereignties, without any efficient govern ment for their control. This they desired, although they had the Xample ,of ancient Greece before their eyes and well knew the clashing interests of the States and their mutual jealousies ept alive by alliances with different for eign nations would have made this coun ty a perpetual theatre of contention anc" civu war until it had fled for refuse into the arms of desootism. "Thpv thprpiorp sound- eu the alarm throughout the Union against te federal Constitution. Thev produced juin to the State Government "and to the liberties of the people, from the powers g'ven to the federal Government, which is now the paladium of their safety, would f the instrument of their destruction. withstanding their desperate efforts the constitution was adopted, and Washington as elected President. A AT I W -A ' 11(1 V j . , minion, i o, " might have been supposed that these i w"( wp"i supplicating for peachy were Jactionaries would have been awed into si- 1 opposed to raising an army or.y for our lence by his wisdom and virtue. This was ! defence. the case. The opposition which they After an army had been raiselnotwjtn. ad given to the federal government was j standing1 it was commanded ry7ashing w transfered to its administration. At j lon a"d destined to act agains, foreign rsl indeed, the voice of calumny dared on- ' enemy, that loudly expressed tl appJe- j. 0 whisner n it a i net lV.,,1;..n,t..n u: bension. thut it w'nc intpmlpil ir ri . eaaures but ere long It was heard in thun" t ' 'i aoiiiuviiiii a ii i.t iiio I O.i 1 . . " hen the French revolution commenced it. was hailed by the people. of this country generally, as the dawn of rational liberty in Europe. But' when, in it? progress, it had become the destruction of religion anil mor ality when thousands of citizens were sentenced to death ami butchered without trial and without rime when all the hor rors of anarchy were poured out upon that devoted country at home a"nd when, Attila l?ke, it Jiad become the scourge of God to foreign nations, the Washington party, be gan to entertain fears of its result, and thought it necessary to stem the torrent nf French influence, which was rapidly over flowing our country. To this duty they were imperiously railed, as it was not only in theory one of the avowed objects of that government to spread revolutionary princi ples oyerthe whole eWorld, but they had ac tually attempted to s-.w the seeds of rebell- ion throughout the United States. IfE ACCUSES THE DEMOCRACY OF LIBELL ING WALII JNGTON. True to their original principles and their irst love, the democrat par'y of that day be nme more the. friends of the French. AS "II EY BECAME MORE THE ENE MIES OP SOCIAL ORDER. When the poclamntion of neutrality was issued by Vashington that proclamation which im prtially placed England and France upon th same footing, and laid open the com nirce of the world to America, they were eniged that we had not entered into an a liace with-the French Republic, and-waged war, under their banners against the huian race. But when the treaty of peace witl England, commonly called jay's trea ty, 'as ratified by Washington, torrents of persaal abuse ivere poured out by the demo crat parly upon his head. Thy openly charge the father of his couiitv wit-h an intention of destroying; his own Uovcd offtprinvr. To such a pitch of ingratude were they carried BY THEIR 1)1 A B LICAL PASSIONS, that they dared public . and without the slightest founda tion, accuse him of secretly putting his hand i.o the treasury like a felon, and ap pr.'prfang w thout authority the in one- of the n-t n to his own individual use. That man. in vigor ot whose youth had been worn oi in those splendid military achieve ments vieh made our country independ ent, am whose age and experience had been detted to the creation and organiza tion oft; Federal Government that man who hauever received one farthing more of the pilic nvoney than what he had ex panded ithe public service, was accused of beinz imse speculator of the public treas ure. Duig this cruel persecution his no ble mind It sensibly the stings of his coun trymen's" gratitude. In the bitterness of his soul hicomplained that lu; had been abused, to e his own emphatical language in such exrgernted and ind cent terms, as could scaely be applied to a Negro a notorious faulter or even to a common pickpocket.' SAYS THE EMOCR-ACY ARE NT)T THE I)ESCI.ES OF WASHINGTON. What innste our opinion of an opposi tion, whose prions were so dark and ma lignant as to rrratitied in endeavoring to j blast the ehar;er and embitter the old age j ,,f Washington After thus persecuting the savior of his cotry. how can the Democrat ic party dare tod) themselves his desciphs? But no oppoioti could divert the'steady soul of Washing from his purpose. He had digested a stem of policy which he steadily pursued!11Kl the storms of faction. His successor iiofhVe for the most part walked in his fsteps. To continue at peace a nation n;t be ready fjr war was a maxim by whtc.ie Federal administra tions were co"n;,uy directed. Under their auspices, th.f,,re, public credit w is well established, ane best means of public defence. j The debt of thpvolutjonary war Was funded, and mod ere taxes were imposed. A navy was built fohe protection of com merce. We consid-d all nations equally, in war, as enemies,! peace, as friends : and therefore a stric.(nUraiilv towards all nations was preserve Tt W()Ud be impos sible to enumerate i try wjse measure of the Washington adrn5lratmns ; suffice it to say, that during tlr continuance, the prosperity of this couiy Was e sampled in the annals of time. e (reams ot fancy were almost realised.! jeg rftse up as if by magic throujrhouiur country, arid wealth flowed in upon from :,n nations. The wilderness yield, VAXXl ,,f ag riculture, and tields loat wjtb ihe richest harvests covered those gl,nv orests where wild beasts, but a few ..,"rs before, had :useu to roam. Happy; ied, were those people, had they but krio their own hap piness. Notwithstanding;,, prosperity, faction still continued Uage and to in crease, j. WHAT THE DEMOCRACToTJLD DO FOR POWER. The possession of powe.as tjie m 0f j tie opposition ; about tne'ns tfiey tvere ' regardless. Their leaders kmled teii- tier solicitude lor the weltai f lnP people. Their voices were loud ia or (,f public economy, and against a nay n afmy aud taxes. Although France I I woiitoniy captured a number of our vtjg withotIt cause, had actually demander,nl1te from us. .and had threatened our ,n,try with invasion, and with the dreadfrale nf Ve nice, if it were paid; althot gj,e nad twice re used to recoo-nise Oi.n;;,to . --t i. .v .wi. ; ritv OUr t tl r - repuoucan torm ol . Uovernmenl, j sub. stitute monarchy in its stead, tht eSt ne cessary for its support, afforded th fresh thenus 'f 'ileelamatmiu 'fiwihs. itW W these, they at length .became the majority oLthe nation, and igot its destinies placed m theirjharids; How they re-used their poweT, jt will now be my end ear or to show. WHAJt THE DEMOCRACY HXD DON& fc' They began with the deitruction of Ihe bavy. It had bee.ri supposed by the Fed eral -Administrations, that the nary was ptir best defence.- From the locality of our country and from the nature of such a forte, they knew that it would be peculiarly cal culated to protect our shores from foreign illusions, and to -make us respected by the nations of the world ; without, like a stand ing arm-, endangering our liberties. It was also foreseen by them, that, without a nary, our commerce would be exposed, as a rich temptatibn, to" the ararice of all nations: and, in consequence of our weakness, we would he 'subjected to constant insults and injuries ppn the ocean, without the power of resistance. It had,' therefore, been their policy gradually to erect a navy, and they had builj a great number of vessels at the time when the first Democratic Administra tion came into power. At th:jt moment the scene changed. They had promised the people an exemp tion from taxes, and unless they codld per form, thejir popularity was in danger. They, did not hesitate what course to persue. They immediately sold our national ships they disarmed the country left commerce unprotected, and invited insult and injustice from abroad, that they might not be under the necess ty of imposing a trifling tat. and thereby injuring their popularity at home. Thanks be to Providence, the delusion upon this subject has vanished, and their conduct now appears in its proper light be fore the public! The little remnant of that navy, which has been fondly cherished by. Washington ami his adherents, but which was cbspised by the patiiots of the present day. has Hsen triumphant above its enemies at home, sa d has made the proud mistress of the ocean tremble. The people are How convinced that the navy is their best -tie-fence. ! HE ACrilSES THE DEMOCRACY OF AT- TEMPTING TO DESTROY OUR COM- I MERCE. The Democratic Administration next de clared war against commerce. They were 'not satisfied with depriving it of the protec tion of a NT ivy, but they acted as though they had determined upon its annihilation. At a time Jwhen the nations of Europe were convulsive by dreadful wars, the United States being neutral and when, in conse quence thereof, all our native productions were in greatest jJemaud, and the carrying trade presented to our merchants a rich harvest in every quarter of the globe, they shut up our ports by embargoes and non-importation laws. c. By these means, the streams of wealth, which were flowing into our national treas ury and iijto our country, from the thousand fountains of commerce, were suddenly dried up. These acts of paricide gave an instan taneous arjd a dreadful blow to our prosper ity. . The voice of business was no longer heard in our cities. Dejection and despair sat upon !eacn man's countenance. The newspap 'i-sof the day, instead of being filled w'ilh arrivals from abroad, and sales of mer clrandise, teemed with bankruptcies. And our ships were laid up to rot, as melancholy monuments OF THE WEAK AND WICK ED policy of our Government. Who that had witnessed these things can not observe the h.ind of the Corscican des pot, like tliat dreadful hand upon the wall of the Bahylenish monarch, writing our de struction? Who can avoid believing that Bonaparte I was the source of this policy, and that it; was intended to operate in uni son with this continental system? It might perhaps be unwarrantable to assert that our administrati.m were actually corrupted by France ; hut that their politics were biased by a warmjand improper partiality for that country, thjere can be no doubt. HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS TONGUE CASNOT PORTRAY THE CORRUPTIONS OF THE DEMOCRACY. TIME WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ENUMERATE ALL tllE OTHER WILD AD WICKED PROJECTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRA TION. Suffice tt to say, that after they had deprived us of the means of defence, bv destroying our navy and disbanding our army ; after they had taken from us the power oi re'rcreating them, by refusing the hank of theiUnited States a continuation of its charter, embarrassing the financial con cerns of the Government, and withdrawing the only universal paper medium of the country from circulation ; after the people had become:unaccustoined to, and, of course, unwilling to bear taxation : and, without money in the treasury, they rashly plunged into a war with a nation more able to do us injury than any other in the world. What was the dreadful necessity of this measure? Was our country invaded? m No. Were our liberties in danger? No. Was it to protect our littlo remaining commerce from the injuries sustained by the orders in coun cil?. No. Commerce was not such a fa vorite, and the merchants wished for no war on that account. HIS IDEA OF DEMOCRATIC DUPLICITY IN REGARD TO F0RE1GNISM. Besides, if the existence "the orders in council had been its true cansi, after their repeal, our country would hare accepted the olive branch which was offered to Eng land. Wrhat then was the cause? The one for which we professed to draw fhe sword, and fisk our all, was to. deurmine an abstract question of the law ot nation, concerning which an opinion different from that of our adminiftation was held by all Europe: To decide whether a man can expatiate himself or I not. In the decision of this question our administration pretend ed to feel a deep interest. THE GREAT- ?HPr?OUCD-B -FFECTED BY IT 5ri.INCf BEEiVTHEIB EARNEST FRIENDS. THEY. HAD BEES ONE 2FJIIE GREATJMEAJdS QP ELEVA TING THE PRESENT, (DEMOCRAT IC) RULING PARTY; ANDJT WOULD HAVE it .BEEN. UNGRATEFUL . FOR IivlAr PARTY TO , HAVE r ABANDON ED THEM. ; . HE SAYS FOREIGN fri FLUENCE CONTROLS THE ADMINISTRATION. Superficial observers may suppose this to have been the real source of the war, but. whoever will carefully and impartially ex amine the history of our counvry, wll find its true origin to hare been far different It took. its rise from. the ever-weening par. tia'xwnicn lne Democratic party havV uniforraly shewn r France, and the conse quent hatred which they felt against her jrreat adversary, England. To secure this foreign feeling has been -the labor of their leaders for more than twenty years, and well have they been repaid for their trouble, lor it has been one of the principal causes of introducing and continuing them in pow er. Immediately before the war, THIS FOREIGN INFLUENCE HAD COM PLETELY EMBODIED ITSELF WITH EVERY POLITICAL FEELING OF A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, PAR TICULARLY IN THE WEST: ITS VOICE WAS HEARD SO LOUD An THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, that the President was otliged to yield to its dictates or retire from office. The choice in this alternative was easily made bv a man (Madison) WHO PREFERRED HIS PRIVATE INTEREST TO THE PUB LIC GOOD. We were, therefore, hurried into war entirely unprepared. THE. ADMINISTRATION CONQUER A DIS GRACEFUL PEACE. What have been., its results ? Exactly what reasonable men expected at its com mencement. We" declared our intention of conquering Canada; whether for -the pur pose of annexing to the United States or of compelling our enemy to yield the doctrine of imprisonment, is immaterial to the pres ent question. Instead of conquering it, we have ourselves been invaded iu every quar ter, and the best blood of our country has streamed in defence of our soil. The verv capitol ot the United States, the loftv tem ple of liberty, which was reared and conse crated by Washington, has been abandoned to its fate by his degenerate successor (Madison) who ought to have shed his last drop of blood in its defence. . . After the (Democratic) Administration had entered upon the war, instead of com iug forward with manly confidence, and tax ing the people for its support, they basely shrunk from their duty, in order to maintain their popularity, and adopted the odious system of carry incr on the contest by -borrowing mony. What were the eff-cts of this policy ! Does not every man in the country know, was it even disguised by the Administration, that the United States would in a short time, have become bank rupt, had not peace been concluded ? Thanks to Heaven, that we have obtained peace, bad and disgraceful as it is ; other wise the beautiful structure, of the Federal Government. SUPPORTED BY THE SAME FEEBLE HANDS, might have sunk, like the Capitol, into ruins. HOW THE DEMOCRACY EMBARRASSED THE COUNTRY. This system of anticipating our revenue has left an immense load of debt upon the country, the payment of which will be a grievous burden, not only upon the present generation but upon posterity. This bur den has fallen more heavily upon our coun try than upon any other part of the Union ; on account of our numerous and extensive distilleries. The late additional duty im posed upon whiskey has almost destrojed its manufacture. In its consequences it lias not only affeeted the distillers, but it has given a severe blow upon the prosperity of this country generally. Whilst the distilleries were in active op eration the cattle and grain found a good and ready market at home. The balance of trade was greatly in our favor and wealth was rapidly diffusing itself throughout our country. But Congress, by imposing a tax upon the article more grievous than it was able to bear, have destroyed the very reven ue which they intended to raise. This in stance, among mauv others of a similar na ture. SHOWS HOW TOTALLY DESTI TUTE ARE OUR PRESENT RULERS OF WISDOM AND FORESIGHT, even upon subjects immediately regarding the pecuniary interest of the government. These are not ihe only evils consequent upon that timid and time-serving policy. It has embarrassed the government so much that it must be. a long time indeed before we can dare again to go to war with aijy powerful nation, even, for the maintainance of our nearest rights AH these evils would, in a great measure, have been prevented by sufficient independence in the administra tion, to have imposed moderate taxes at the commencement of the contest. The credit of the nation would then have continued good, and we might have avoided the pain ful spectacle of seeing the public stock sold in the market, at an enormous discount, and greedy speculators enriching themselves by its purchase, at the expense of the toil and sweat of the honest yeomanry of the coun try. Instead of exempting seamen sailing un-, der our flag from impressment of the war, we have altogether relinquished that princi ple ; because it fs ar wlf-e'slablished truth in the law of nations, -tha.t if war be" waged by one country against another, for a spec ified claim, and the treaty wbicj germinat ed the contest is silent upon thatobject, it is forever abandoned. Thus tjiej Govern ment have at -least- yielded' the very -point for the maintenance of rhiJh they profess ed to go to war, after having expended near ly twobundredT millions of dollars. We have rml only not obtained oVthe war anything which we were taught tVex pect. but we have lost many valuable priv ileges. Alt the numerous rights and advan tages guarantied to us by Jays treaty have been relinquished. Nay, we have not on jjy been compelled Jo conclude a treatv which does not contain one solitary stipula-J lion in our-iavor, except that there shall be peace : but which unsettles the boundaries of our county, and leaves the decision of commissioners, whether we shall longer re tain a partofouF. own territory,, which we have held in "quiet possession for more than twenty.years But notwithstandingour immense nation- ai ueoi, wmc-iu n ine war nau continued. Vould soonThavg resulted in national bajnttvj ruptcy ; notwithstanding our poverty, even j the very necessaries of life have been taxed heavny ; notwithstanding we have not ob tained a single object which we had in view at the commencement of the contest, hut have lost many valuable privileges ; not withstanding our-couutry has been invaded in every quarter, and the capitol of the Uni ted States has been laid in ashes by a ma rauding party of the enemy; this has been called a glorious war. Glorious it has been, in the highest degree, to the American char acter. but disgraceful in the extreme to the Administration. When the individual States discovered that they were abandoned hy the general government, whose duty it was to protect them, the fortitude of their citi zens arose with their misfortunes. The moment we were invaded, the genius of freedom inspired their sonls. They rushed upon their euemies with a hallowed fury, which the hireling soldiers of Britain t-ould never feel. They taught our foe that the soil of freedom would always be the grave of its invaders. , THE COUNTRY RUINED BY DEMOCRATIC RULE. But do the adnvnistrations, who involved us In the late unnecessary war, derive ac credit from their exertions! Certainly not. They were the spontaneous efforts of the country. undirected by the government. The militia, who were chiefly engaged in these glorious conflicts, were often without pay and without comfortable clothing. The dreadful situation of the country compelled them to abandon their families and the sweets of domestic life, without any previous warning, to defend places which were ut terly unprotected by their proper guardians places which ouht to have been xeady for a siege at the commencement of the contest. As well might Ferdinand the 7th of Spain, who was not in his kingdom, but who was nominally King, claim the glory of resting his country from the armies of France, as our government take to itself the credit of expelling our invaders. When we turn our attention to the re gular army which was peculiarly under the direction of the national government, what do we discover? During the first year of the war, that year in which it was to liAve closed with glory, that year within which our triumphant banners were to have float ed upon the walls of Quebec, and all Cana da was to have been ours, the year in which that province was left unprotected, and the forces of ouri enemy were emrloed in Europe, it experienced nnthingbuta continu ation of degradation and defeat. Is there an American on the floor of this house, who has not blushed for his country a thousand times, during that disgraceful year until all the general officers, who had been ap pointed for political purposes, and entrus ted with the command at the commence ment of the contest, were disgraced ; and until others had fought themselves into a credit and into notice, all our battles ended in defeat. During the last year of the war, the regular army, under their commanders, retrived their lost character and performed prodigies of valor ; but unfortunately; on account of the importance of the goverment, they fought against such fearful odds that they were hardly able even to defend our northern frontier. Indeed, so dreadful was the situation of our country for some time previous to the close of ihe contest, that the occasional splendid exploits of our he roes, like the gleames of lightning in a dark and tempestuous night, only ai'ded new horrors to the surrounding gloom. They only served to show us what brilliant exer tions our country might have made, had we been governed by men who were capable of iproperly collecting and directing its resou c es. . But peace has again returned to bless our chores. Again, XJommerce, who has for years been weeping over the mislortunes ot our country, Degms to smne. Again we stand neutral toward all the European powers. What then should be the political conduct of our country in future ? Precisely to pursue the political maxims adopted by Washington. Wo ought to cultivate peace with all nations, by a'dopting a strict neutrali ty, not only of conduct, but of sentiment. We ought to make our neutrality respec tedby placing ourselves in an attitude of defence. We ought forever to abandon the wild project of a philosophic visionary, of letting commerce proteci itself. Jn its protection Ve ought to increase our' navy. We ought never to think of embargoes and i none-intercourse laws without ahhorrence. We ought to use every honest exertion to turn out of Dower those weak and wicked 1 i i men who have abandoned the political path marked out for this country by Washington, and those wild and visionarv theories which have ben at length tested by experience and (bund wanting. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH FOREIGN ISM. ABOVE ALL WE OUGHT TO DRIVE FROM OUR SHORES FOREIGN IN FLUENCE 'AND CHERISH EXCLU- SIVE AMERICAN FEELINGS. FOR EIGN INFLUENCE HAS BEEN IN EVERY AGE THE CURSE OF RE PUBLICS. HER. JAUNDICED EYE SEES ALL THINGS IN FALSE COL ORS! ;The thick atmosphere of prejudice, by which she is forever surrounded, EX-J-CLUDES FROM HER SIGHT -THE JJGHTT3F REASON.. 9. Whilst she worships tqe nation which she fajrors for" their very crirajc, she curses the enemy of that nation even for their vir tues. In everv age he, has marched lforo ; the enemies of Jiercotfntry, proclaiming neace and lnllinfr.neace. and iultftit? its t?e ffiender intb fatal security, -whilst the tfoa hnhd of cppotism4has been aming adesth " blow atjtheir liberties. Already has our " infant renublic felt her withering infTaen?- Already has'she involved us-jn a warwhich " had nearly cost usnur existence.. ' ' ' - - LET US THEN LEARN WISDOM FROM EXPERIENCE, AND FOREVER BANISH THIS FIEND FROM OUR SOCIETY. We are separated from the nations of Europe by an immense ocean. We are still more disconnected from them by a different form of government, and by the enjoyment of true liberty. Why, then, should we injure ourselves, by taking part iu the ambitions contests of foreign despots and kings ? - Should this Washington policy be purv sued, our country will again ris to its for mer greatness and wealth. Under the bless ing of Providence, we may then calculate mi a long and happy existence as a nation. We may reasonably hope that our children's children, to remote generations, may be assembled together upon this auspicious day, bfessing the memories of-the men whom Heaven entrusted with the glorious task of making a great nation free, happy and independent. , Ten Cents a Day," It is asserted that Mr, Buchanan once "declared that ten cents a day was enough to pay for laboring men. This stereotyped falsehood is to be paraded before the public during the Presidential camping, to the abuse of the common sense and intelligence of the people in place of argument and ap peals to their patriotism- That a man born and raised in humble life, the' architect of ' his own fortune, should ever teel such a sentiment or uter such an expression, is utterly impossible. Mr. Buchanan was so raised. The Know Nothing Whiggery do not permit such plebian man to "come be tween the wind and their nobility.! We clip the above paragraph from the Wilmington Commercial, and take occa sion to assure our venerable friend that there is no falsehood whatever in the charge. Mr. Buchanan made the speech. We read it. There is no mistake about it : and we trust the speech will be forthcoming. He wanted the wages of the laboring men in the United States reduced to thecommoa standard of the world, which was shown to be about ten cents a day. This price would have suited the rich manufacturer of Pensylvania very well, nn doubt; but how would it have answered the ends of the poor debtor ? We well reccollect how Henry Clay pounced upon the demmagogue and showed up his abominal argument on, this, very point rthe crushing weight with which such an arrangement would tall os the debtor portion of the Community. Fayettevillc Argut. Lire's Changes . How affecting are the changes that occur within a single year; but add a few years together, and what a mighty revolution is seen, strongly indicative of the progress of time, and the certain ana amazing results which it is destined to produce. Where are the children, who, a few years since, were seen sporting in the streets? They are grown to manhood, and their sports have given place to the never-ceasing cares and toils of life. They are heads of, fami lies, parents of other children fast ripening into maturity. Where are the men of bus iness, who but a while ago took the lead in the various hranches of human occupation? Some havej been removed by death, and others, worn out with labor, or withering under the blight of time, have retired from the bustle ol the world, as unequal to their former tasks, and are gracefully sinking into that oblivion which the grave, the land of forgetfulness, will soon complete. , Where ! are the old men whose heads, blossoming like the almond tree, used to whiten our assemblies, and give a venerable aspect to our devotions? The dark and silent tomb ; ixxes lneih -,H. What is the language of j t)iese affecting changes ? Is it not, oh man. thou aj.t a pilgrim, hastening away from the earthly scene ? A few years more, another will take thy place in the house of God, in the workshop, in the field, or wheresoever thou hast labored or enjoyed, and thou thy self will have gone to thine everlasting home. A Ilooslcr at the Astor Houso. I met on the train an elderly Hoosier, who had been to the show case exhibition at New York, and who had also seen the hi po drome, as he called it. Did you remain long in New York? I asked him. WelI, no,' he answered, thoughtfully "onlv two da vs. for I saw there was a riirht ; 8mart chance of starving to death, and Vox . . r opposed to that way of going down., I put up at one ot their taverns and allowed I was going to be treated to tbe whole." 'Where did you stop ?' said I interrupt ing him. At the Astbr House. , allow you don't ketch me going to no suh place agaiu. -They rang a gong, as they called it, four times afore breakfast, and then, when I went in to eat there wasn't nary Tittles on the table.'
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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June 27, 1856, edition 1
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