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, wiiich, notwithstanding his large extra allowan-
. n____
and it helped to reduce a balance of $54,369 07
ces, stood against him on the books of the De-
partment on the 1st of April, 1834. Your
Committee called upon Obediah B. Brown to
explain this transaction, and he stated that the
draft on which Rceside raised the money had
had not become due until some time in the
month of November, and that ‘since that time
there had been no settlement with the batik, so
that the credit could. in the Ol'(ll1)m‘_\'_(:()uX‘S€‘ of
things, he entered. A 1I1':’.‘l‘f)l)9.I‘ ofyour"Coiiimit-
tee then, in the hearing of the witness, asked for
the‘ statement ofthc Cashier ofthc \Vcsterii_Bank
of Pliiladelpliirt. and the paper not being in the
N ORVVAI.-Ii G A Z I*‘.'I"I‘E.
FRIDAY F2~.B. 6. ISB5.
{]:?'At the suggestion of the same f1l(’11(l$
C°‘““‘m°‘3 "mm ll ‘V33 59'“ rm’ am} we witness wlzo persuaded us to issue the Gazette on Fri-
was dismissed until it should be brought iii.——
After a short time the witness returned; stated
‘day, we now aunounceourintention of restoring
that he hail been mistaken; that ‘the elialgefit to its fomicr day of publication, Tuesday
agalllsl Ml“ R‘395ld‘3 “'33 °‘“‘“e‘l “Y m15'a“?' morning. \Vc have found aftcrasuflicicnt trial,
and was also by mistake entered against H. /0
Stockton, but that he lt_a-ll promptly corrected
the entry on the books, and that it was n.)w all s
l that Friday does not shit the convenience Ofslll)-i
cribers residing out oftown ; and also,‘ that it is
right. Your committee directed the witness to lyelluemlv impmclicallle for our post; riders to
bring in 1119 b0‘’''‘5 i” ‘vhlch he mm made ‘he deliver their news before Saturday evening.
correction; he did so, and showed no less than
seven erasures and changes of entry Wltlcll he
Our next number, therefore, will be published
had caused to do made in the books in tlieisliort on Tttesdav, the 10th inst. leaving an iutermi.=-
time your committee had respited him from ex- Sign of only lllree (layg
aiiiiiiatioii, The credit which is due to books
thus kiept and altered to suit the eiiiergcncesiof
the occasion, can be readily-alipreciated by the
Senate.” ‘ "
' ‘f '5 DISTRICT CONVENTION.
The Delegates appointed by the \Vliig Elec-
. .,,_ -.‘... _ - ...—,. ... ........e.‘—.. .
.5-
lof men, it is to the supporters of these abuses.-
Men who can calmly contemplate such flagrant
outrages, must possess but a small sense of jus-
tice. But they who can approve them, and by
their reason sustain them can, indeed, be charged
with any thing but a democratic spirit.
fl’:==’Tlie time has arrived in which, when
looking for a candidate for the Presidency, tal-
ents, public virtue and public service are to be
reckoned as necessary qualifications. To choose
:1 man now for more popularity—for mere ex-
pedicncy—for mere party purposcs—-is at dere-
liction duty, which descrveis the most signal de-
feat. It would be a wanton abanilonmcnt of
principles, and an act of ingratitude to those
great men .wlio have so uobly exerted them-
selves in defence oftliose principles, from a pure‘
It would be repressing every
aspiration of genius and ambition in the rising
statesman ; it would be driving from our ptiblic
love of country.
councils the able and fearless orator, the upright
guardian of our liberties, the incorruptlble pub-
lic servant. It would be filling 0uLb_i‘i_z_li and
responsible ollicers with needy and desperate
politicians; and turning our elections into mere
Aft 't'ng the testimony of C K Gardner C tors of the several towns composing Senatorial 001119515 f0f U10 N051 0f P1303-
er reci i - - i v ' -
one of the Assistant Postxiiastcrs General, in re- District No, 12, for the purpose of nominating a
.y«,.._-.1 tn tliii particular transacton, the Coiiiniittec senator to represent Said Dlslricl in the next Coumry aclualell by puml. leelmgs llmn 3 lust
-:.=> .:asc as follows :—-
- t"l'leIl these acceptances are made,
. -. t ited to the contractor as so much
. .' 1 by him to the use ofthe Department,
tuougti tie, in fact, pays nothing, but merely
lends his name as a drawer or endorser; the
same sum is charged to the Bank as so mticli
deposited to the credit of the Department. and
the draft is at last taken up by a check, which
a :- .;*“.:_-:.‘- ' -* for transportation by the three
r 1: "~‘|.yl\.'. :1-‘cortling to the improve!‘ systelll
'3‘ burseinent, adopted by Mr. Bar-
. l to certify, every check which
issues fro... ...- Department. But, by examin-
ing these debites, and credits, and certificateslor
transportation, no accountant, however skilful,
could ascertain that such expedients had been
resorted to, or money raised in that manner.-—
'l‘licse certificates, upon whatever _gr(ittnds they
may be supported, are contrary to the plain fact
of the case.” .
After adverting father to the erasures in the
books of the ofiice, the conflicting testimony of
witnesses, ozc. all of which we are obliged by
want of time to pass by for the present, the Re-
port comes to the following conclusion, to which
we give insertion at large, as no lcss_due to the
importance of the subject, than to the indefatiga-
ble labors of the intelligent Committee by whom
it has been prepared :—
“So numerous and so great are the abuses
which have grown up in his Department, that
reform has become absolutely necessary; but
the measures by which it is to be effected are by
no means free from embarrassment. They are
the most ditlicult, as many of the evils which re-
quire a remedy do not arise from defects in the
existing law but from an habitual disregard of
plain legal provisions. They may, however, be
principally traced to the absolute and unchecked
power which a single individual holds over the
resources and disbursement, and all the vast ina-
chinery of this Department.
“The checks of various inferior officers upon
each other are of no value, when all are guided
and controlled in their acts by one dominant
will.
“\Vithin the comparatively short period of
fifty-five years this Department has arisen from
in feeble beginning until it has acquired a reve-
nue equal to that of the Union itself at the time
of its organization; and its extensive and diver-
sified operations, its patronage, its resources, and
its poxver, must, by llxo xnoro for-cc Of C1l'Cu|"n
stances, go on increasing indefinitely, with the
increase bf our country in population, business,
and wealth.
“The annual Reports of the Postmaster Gen-
eral are of little value as a restraint upon the
Head of the Department, or as means ofcalling
public attention to his official conduct. These
reports may be true, yet the state of affairs which
they indicate cannot be understood without that
careful examination, which few or none will
feel willing to give them, amidst the other ar-
duous duties of legislation: or those statements
may be false, and yet few will be disposed to
bestow on them the labor, bodily and mental,
which would be necessary for their corrcction—-
and to encounter the bitterness of party rancor,
and the reckless violence of party caluuiiiy,
which those must encounter who venture to ex-
plore the secret mysteries of great patronage and
high power, and to expose their enorniities to the
public gaze.
“From reflections on these and others causes,
leading to the same result, your Committee in-
cline to the opiiiiou, that there will be few in-
stances in the future history of our country ofa
full and searching investigation into the conduct
and management ofthc PostOtlice Department.
They deem it, therefore, their duty, at this time
to propose such measures of legislation as will,
their opinion, the most effectually prevent
:i.~r recurrence, in future, of abuses similar to
use which this investigation has disclosed.—
'1" "5, they conceive, can be best effected by a
change in the organization of the Department,
so as to place the collection and dislnirscnient of
its funds in dilferent bands, and under the con-
trol ofofficers entirely independent ofcacli other.
“That Dcpartnient, as at present arranged,
is a dangerous anomaly in our system; and by
whonisoever its concerns are hereafter to be
coziductetl, its organization ought to be cliangcd.
so as to conform more nearly to that ofthc other
great Departuicuts of our Government. The
accountability of its ol’ficers ought also to be
renzlerel effective, and their discretion limited,
as far as is consisteiit with the eflicient perform-
ance ofthc public 'scrvit-e."
i..', .:=
MU'r.i'rio:vs or 1-‘\)lt’I‘U.’\'l§.-—E\‘CI’y body who
has read Sliakspcare knows, (or ought to know,)
that his first public appearance was as a crimi-
m.'il--convicted of helping himself without leave
to a certain hauncli of venison forming part ofa
noble buck, riinuiiig at large in the (fClIl(,’SI]€ of
one Sir Thomas Lucy, whom the poet after-
ward immortalized in the character of Justice
cy became extinct about fifty years ago, and
the estates dcceudcd to a poor, but highly res-
pectable \Velsh citrate, between whom and the
Whereupon it was
insure his election.
District Convention, if OCCZlSlQI1 should require
ments for the Spring Election, VVhereupon,
STEPIIEN WARING, of Greenwich,
JOSEPH SILLIMAN, of New Canaan,
CHARLES Is.-mos, of Norwalk,
SAMUEL P. RANDLE, of \Vilton,
JOSHUA B. FERRIS, of Stamford, .,
EPENETUS W’. \V.u..\1si.i:r, of Darien,
were chosen to Cfiffsllfllle said committee.
Voted,-' That the doings of this meeting, sign
ed in the Noi-walk Gazette.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
JOSHUA FERRIS, Chairman.
TILVIO. T. MERVVIN, Secretary.
Posr OFFICE I<‘it_aons.—We republish tlii
week, from the National lntelligencer, an ab
Office; and invite the careful attention of on
readers to its statements.
There is no one branch in the mal-practice
has been [note fully, frcrlucntly and broadly (‘X
lie mind has become so familiar with them, as t
demand.
shall become too general for correction, or to
monstrous for belief.
of accumulated future evil, which must, from th
its functions to the basest of uses, and depriv
ganization.
was to create a responsibility in our public ofli
ceis which should render them irrimcdiatcly an
was attained; and from one Presidential tern
ed opinion.
did feel responsible to public opinion; and die
dence of the people.
tion ; and sought, neither by menace or reward
delegated to them. All were satisfied.
opinion in our public ollicers.
The meeting then proceeded to ballot for the
person whom they would place in nomination
for State Senator. Charles Hawley, Esq. re-
ceived 15 votes, and Erastus Sturges, Esq., 1—
Uzianirtzoztsly ‘Resolved, That we recommend
CHARLES HAVVLEY, Esq., of Stamford, to
the \Vhig Electors ofthis District, as a suitable
person to represent them in the next State Sen-
ate, and that we will use. all honorable means to
It was then voted, that a district committee be
appointed, whose duty it shall be to call another
and to make all necessary and ex pediciit arrange-
ed by the Cliairtiian and Secretary. be publish-
stract of the Report of the Committee at the Post _ l _
1. been treated with derision more upon account ol
of this government—and there are many-—wliicl:i
posed than tlic frauds in die Ci..i‘.lt3l‘iii Post Uln’;C-
Indeed, we incline to the opinion that the pub-
cease to attach that full importance to them
which their nature and probable consequences
If fraud be connived at in one depart-
This apathy of the pub-
lic mind is, to us, a cause of amazement; and
cannot but be regarded by every careful observ- lature as rewards for political fidelity, withou
er oftlie progress of this government in its present reference to the wants of the community, or the thing very rotten in the democracy ofthc pres
exercise of lower and patronage, as the prognostic
e them, while men of capital, and enterprising
necessary operation of such causes, pervert all
the country of the benefit of its peculiar or-
'I‘lie primary and essential object
sought to be attained and secured in its forma-
-ion, was not so much the practical operation of
the rcpresentativ eprinciple, as freedom from exc-
ciitive control and abuse of the public monies.—-
In taking our plan of representation measurably
from the constitution of Great Britain,our object
swerable to the people; and by their liability t.o
frequent cliangc, admonish them of the inora'
tenure by which they held their appointments.
According to all liuniau calculation, this objec
to another, the action of the great machinery
was in harmonious accordance with pre-conceiv-
Our several public functionaries
3 ual prosperity, so long as our lisiltcr l.'l.rr;_u_l_;uj0n
so discharge their duties as to secure the confi-
Oiir Presidents confined
the exrcise oftlieir several powers within those
bounds prescribed by the spirit of the constitu-
5
to usurp such as were not clearly and expressly
But now, the scene is entirely changed.-—
There is no feeling of responsibility to public
dent’s powers are stretched to their utmost. limit,
and those denied to him, are vainly and arro-
Tliere should be at least one party in our
General Assembly convened at Darien on the for power. One party whose aim sliooid be to
. . , .
2d inst., and organized by appointing Joshua
Ferris Esq., of Greenwich.
briugback the government, wlieitever it .3 _ fed,-
(jlmlrmgm, and to its legitiuiate functions; to ('0t't‘C’”.:l abust=s by
Tim” rl‘_ lxlerwln, of Norwallx-, sec-rplmy,_ its change of men, and not shift them from one
man to auotlier; to confine all its ope2'ations\vitli-
in the litnits ofthc coustitutioii°, to extend its use-
fulness, to give dignity to its actions, brilliaiicy subject to such constant and wilful misrepresen-
How else shall we render it durable?
secure its blessings to posterity ?
9
from exhibiting marks of nioiioiiiania.
[O sustain S0 S(_’l‘lOUS 21 charge.
true. But, for viliat :'i-1.---i ii? ‘fa:-‘ i' be
they were regard:-.il as qlpxoiic and 5‘ s l
for raillery? Or, was it not rather, l)CC£i‘d; ;
were taken upon party grounds, and iiistead 0
beinrr made sulfects of iolitical economy and o
o J -
5 general interest, were merged in the iuore nar
- row and absorbing interests of faction? \Vc in
their political aspect than for their financial char
»
- of very sound, capable and cool-ii:-‘elk _
, ' / .,
‘V0 do nc.;, indeed, from 0:1)‘;
. :.m
economists. ‘
knowledge of banking operations and the privil
0 eges and abuses incident to corporate bodies, fee.
0 sent alike from the expediency and practicabili
ty of its principles. In the State of New York
where bank charters are granted by the Legis
capacity, worth or honesty of those applying fo
communities, are denied them for political offen
e cos, we think the editor has great cause to cute
practice.
ment it atliirds the poor; by fostering a spirit o
is based upon bonafide capital.
sessing banking privileges. it is quite plain that,
they had some privileges sccureti‘io’”.‘hczn by le-
gislative enactment, from which they might look
The objects
of such iucorporatious may be, to the bodies
for ultimate profit and iudeniiiity.
The fear of themselves, strictly pecuniary; but to the pub-
Shallow. The family of this Sir Thomas Lu- change has no terrors for them. The Presi-
lie at large, their effect is more widely benefi-
It. is a very feeble objection to such incor-
porations, that they make particular men rich;
cial.
;.ilit~rit:incc there r.-,x;i;.-i ‘ll at his lfmll, no lugs gantly grasped at, to reward partizans at the as well as a very questionable and very un-
ziiau erg/it.:cn prior claiinauts. All these died public expense; and under the broad sanction of worthy feeling, which leads us to lirtiscribc par-
off in the course of sonic fortv vcars, and the
cl .1 '
poor \Velsli citrate became a wealthy English
the property.
Oiuom.-iL ANECDO’l‘l-3.—Ct)ll—CrOel{C‘ll once for these practices; a party which stands be-
a party, t.o protect and sustain public defaultcrs,
laudholder. Irlc took the iizniie. ofLucy with because they m°1’°r5°"al f‘“""l"33 "H'l5° H9
has found in a powerful party a ready support
h"’l’P”’“d “’ be l’1'9-‘3C""“‘ ‘"7 Cxlllllllloll Uf1Ini- tween him and public opinion, and shields him
mals in \Vashiugton City, wlere a niotikcv
seemed to attract his particiilarattention, and lfe
rather ubslrftclcilly oln-:cr\’cr,l-—-"‘lf that follow
from the odiuui which should attach to such con-
duct; :1 party, which, we are charitable enough
h,,.l ,_,,, ll l,llll.0p WU, laclcs, lll. ,,.,,,,l,l ljcjllsl llllc to believe, as mucli through niadness in its incin-
Major \Vriglit of Ohio."
present-—ovcrlie:ird lllt: ()lI.<(_-rvaliun-—a'llI(l gcntlv
tapped liiui ml the shoul ler. when the Colonel
very formally rcuiiirki-d-—“l’ll be <l——d, illujiit‘,
'l‘lie Major was also bcrs as cliicaiiery in its leaders, has in the per-
sons of Gen. Jackson and his officers pcrvcrtetl
all the original and wliolcsonie uses of our plan
ticular men because they are rich.
rich men, and the impetus which rich men give
to cntcrprize, what would we have been as a na-
tion or as communities? To say that the poor
stiffer because oftliese banks and iucorporations,
is t.o say what is diametrically opposed to daily
experience. Every man, in this country, may
become rich by the practice of ti truly cliristian
course of conduct-—_-by honesty, frugality, mm-
pcraiicc, industry and economy.‘ Aid this f ct
is clearly the effect oftlte increase in V
ifl know whose pariloii to ask—" 0-‘tI"s, (,1 3],‘, of government, to the building up ofa system of oursouud banking institutions, in lhei in ltililll
.'/
monlcc_1/’.s."
corruption and wasteful expenditure, which it
cation oftlicineaus f i ' -. -
o (.ll]l)l()‘y,V ant ar1>;],_o..1;e_:
IMP0n'rA\,r1~.—_—_\Ir. \Vj;:tc, ll M,.ml,,_.r of cow was the anxious-painfully auxious—labour ol- muncration. Suppose we sllollfclztttltle1fly;‘Willt-
gress from \ irginia, has given Mr. Coke /‘ormlc - v the framers of 0 tr constitution to guard against.
l_1/ofthc House, the “s/.1Iis/‘action Q/‘it gc; £.cm(L7i,"’
to wit, he has fired a pistol-ball through Mr.
Coke's elbow, rig/it into Iris gizzarzl, (a vcry
The lr. Sl)C(.‘l.l.V‘ truly disliearteniug; especially
likely place for a ball n‘, m; a g0,,se) llm ll ,ll',l error under the sanction ofa party claiming to
not go so deep “as t.o excite any fear for the coii- be deno"ratic; and daily calling upon their in-
seiluaiit-e.s."’—'l‘lic wounded man is, of course, f
pt-rtcetly satisfied that his antagonist is an ex-
atuated followers in that name—-a name abhor-
cecdlngly clever fellow‘ besides being like him_ rent totlieir practices, and which in their mouths,
self, a very honorable man,_..ponSm“omh jam, ls but the bitterest irony.
nal.
If ever the name of tory belonged to any class
draw all otir bank paper from‘ circulation am]
7
leave the business ofthc country to be carried on
while we are daily witnessing the progress of by the cinplovmciitoftlic lneciousmcl-113 -lloll
-- C L 0-
How many thousands would be at once depriv.
ed of the means of sustenance, by the contrac-
tion of our real and effective capital.’ How soon
would the march of improvement be arrested in
its progress. atid almost every arm of industry
struck with a still palsy !
to its character, by the employment of men of
coinpreliensive minds and commanding talents.
How
Moi~‘01*oLii~:s.——\Ve give below a synopsis
of the views entertained by the Editor of the
New York Evening Post, upon the subject of
monopolies and corporations, for the pce;uliari-
ties of which he complains of being‘ charged by
the press generally with insanity. If tliis article
has been called forth by any remarks zjfoiirs,
touching the editor’s opinions, we must regard
it as at least courteous and candid, and very far
\Ve
have, indeed, for the editor liersonall_\'.._.<i.si,l_;c_c.re
respect ; and when giving utterance to a fanci-
ful suggcstion the other day, we were impeller]
more by a feeling ofplcasanlry than by a desire
That the editor’s
positions have not been assailed by argunierton
the part of his ri;ilioiie2i'< i.~:, iiiiqiiestiouulily.
-aii:-:e
( line to the opiuioii that t.lie cditor’s dognias llfl\’|
S} acter; and yet, as to their practical operation, we
' believe he crrs very widely from the. (led uctiong
H
capable of fully and satisfzictorily controazcrtiiig
the arguments and assumptions of the Eveniiig
Post. But from a little reflection, connected
mam, it will be in lmolllerl umll the iniquity with some observation, we feel inclined to dis-
liis protest against the continuance of such a
But, he should reflect, that the evil is
partial, not general ; and that an abuse ofmcans,
is not an objection to the means itself. Some
few men profit largely from such incorporatious g0\’CFm11€11la Which 511311 Tcsmllfl men from l_“
juring one another; shall leave them 0lllCl‘WlSC
'11 ever countr " but -ommunities arti-i ate . . ..
I y ‘V ' L p L P free to regulate their own pursuits olindustry and
in this profit. in an exact proportion to their in-
crease, by their uiultiplicatioii of capital, by the gflabonr the bread it has earned.”
- facilities such multiplication ofcapital gives to
- business; by the increased means of employ-
enterprise in the projection of works of public
imlirovenicnt or of private speculation; by rais-
l ing the price oflabor; by extending and improv-
-l iug every branch of the manufacturing arts; by distiuguislied by any grciit act of public S(‘t‘\'ii‘(‘
increasing the comforts and luxuries of life ; and,
in short, by making inouey plenty every where,
which is the true source of national and individ-
As to incorporate bodies, other than those pos-
in a new country like this, no great cnterprize
would be entered upon by men of capital, unless
in er. of
......- .__.......... ..._.._._.-. _-..,.-__._...-- .. .__ ;...
And then suppose, on the other hand, that the
privilege of banking was surrendered to every
man—or, in the ‘language of the Evening Post,
“any set of men who choose to associate togeth-
er,” under the protection of “some general law.
VVhat ‘general law’ could protect the communi-
ty from fraud, by the enforcement of its re-
straints, without complaint, "against thousands cg‘.
these associations, every day springing into life
and every day expiring? Such “general law”
would give birth to that very evil so much (lep-
rccatcd at present, by the worthy editor of the
Post. lt is useless to refer to the practice ofEu-
iopean batikers; the dissiniilarlty in our institu-
tions, manner of business, country, habits, politi-
cal cliaracter, all reiidertlic comparison imprac-
ticable. There pciiury and want, moral and
political abascnient, are as conspicuous. Bye)-9
\
sides we have none of those ltD)1lCllSCC‘3.pllZ1lS%)
irieans cominensurate with the wants of the
country. \Vc are too prone to run into specula-
tions——too anxious to realize sudden fortunes.—
And what is more to the purpose, our present
institutions, guarded as they are by provisionary
laws, are much better. They would be much
better in Europe. This has been adinitted by
very many statesmen of that country. "The
great losses recently sustained by frequent fail-
ures in private banking houses, it is not improb-
to turn their attention to our monetary systeui.
From the New York E-vetting" Post.
\Vliile the principles which we maintain are
tat ions, it may not be without use frequently to ic-
peat, in a brief form, the real objects for which we
contend. All our agrarian, utopizin and anarch-
ical views, then, are comprclicutled in the follow-
ing stateinent ofthc ends at wliicli we aim.
First, with regard to corporations giaiit-rally:
we contend that it is the duty of the legislator.-,
any set of men, who choose to associate togctli
er for any purpose, (banking alone tenipoarily
ient kind of partnersliili known by the name o
(.‘OI'l'l0l'2l.l.l()fl.
Second. with regard to banking: we content
on the same broad and equal lift’;-is; that It
this end, no more banks sliouid be created or re
than twenty dollars should be. in .circulatiou
and that then_ the restrainiiig la, L ‘iultl be H‘.
I)L"(l.l(.‘(l, .1 _’ - it ' left is ice to par
sue the busine. of l)2.Il]l\ltlg9 «-
pursiie any l)tl.t.lllCSS whatever.
f institutions.
poration, under the proposed general law, ant
without let or hindrance.
The grand principle which we aim to estab
lish is the principle of equal rights.
. material (lilfercnc-3 between the pi-oscnt system
and the system we propose, is that instead of ex
ciusive privileges, or particular facilities and im
muiiitics being dealt out to particular sets of in
1
would be thrown open to free and full conipeti
the system of granting special charters ofincor
- them.
, All our Utopianisin, Jacobinism, Agrarian
i
no more. It would argue that there was some
r ent day. if for entertaining and strenuously as
_ journal, whose business and pride it is to main
r
as passcdforsoiiiid and excellent sense in Thom
as J cllcrsou.
as described by that illustrious champion of deni
improvement; and shall not take from the iiioiitl
f
ativc sense; that be not only \\'1llll(‘(l «lvcisioti o
\Vliitc by the wliig lircss. l’r:i_v
cncc over Mr. Van llurvn I
vility to (icucrul Jucltson .7
nominzitcd by a coiivcutioii .7
purity ofthis adniinistration I
lication in every particular, by this government
—strict accoiintability-——tliat public ollicers are
public servants, and so forth, is again uttered by
his supporters? Or is it from a desire to see re-
tliis feeble old iiiau ? Or is it to show an utter
destitution of principle in siipportinga prominent
Xvjlllom member of a party, the practices and policy of
which they have sigiialized themselves in so
fervcnt.ly deprecating?
The \Vliig press may think it wise, expedi-
ent and exceedingly clever to hold up Judge
\Vliitc in teri_‘_orem to the Jackson part.y. It
may be considered by them a grand coup afclal.
It may be a very pleasing jest, to besure, to
those who possess such a faculty of clairvoy-
ian_ce,- as to ad mire the painful contortious of the
Van Buren ineu at the sight of sitcli a scare
crow. But for ouij}p__art- -.., ye see nothing laugha-
ble in the \V'l]OlC’IHT1£t[ . If, indeed, the people
are to be now told that all our protestations of
sincere coiiceru for the stability of this Uuioii—
all our solemn denunciations of the practices of
this admiui.strati0n‘—-all our impressive appeals
to the patriotism and reason ofthc people—were
but the mimic pathos of a play--tlie unreal mock-
ery of woe—tliis course is proper-——that is, proper
to such want of sincerity, and well calculated
to destroy the little influence we severally pos-
sess.
operate upon—-iioue of that stability in our ll'lC§:,H
nied operations. No individual enterprise and: (gles,
able, may yet induce foreign legislative bodies
iiri accordance with the principle ofEv.lu:il lliglits
0!"fWl1lCl'l this Government is fotuirlcil; to retrain’,
in all time to come, from granting any special
or exclusive charters ofiiicorlioration to any set
ofmeii, or for any purpose whatever; but in-
stead, to pass one general law, which will allow
excepted) to form themselves into that conven-
that suitable steps should be iuiniediately taken
by the legislature to place that brucli oi l)lt$1I]u$.~.~'
newcd ; that exisitng banks should be gradually
curtailed of their privilege to issue small notes,
until no bank notes of asmallcr deiiomination
ilQ‘_V 1111‘ 10 sucli a paper mfg/it make soirietliiiig out
VVC are notfin favour of pulling down, or over-
f throwing, or liariiiiiig, in any way, any exsitiiig .
P Let them all live out their char- Burcu nicn as the \'\’liig.-', if we are to be guul— na ivc of '£:iglanil, who cauic to t_liis cc
« ters, if they do nothing in the meanwhile to for- ml by an esllmme up llle (_l,\,1,_’,r(__(‘, Op inll.1.(:g., lsoiiic ycars ago it iniuor, that he wa.-;: but
felt them ;. and as those cliartcrs should expire, I ‘ ‘
the very same stot-klioldcrs miglit, iftliey chose.
Z1$S()(.'li1fCil]ClllS(.’.lV'€S together in a voluntary (_‘(.I‘-
- pursue. their business without interruption, and
The only
dividuals by the legislature, all kinds of business
- use increased energy to make himsclftlie lircs-fill->"5ll?l1'gCll 0" b0’-lb
t.ion and all classes and conditions of men would
have restored to them those equal rights wliicli
poration has been the means of filching from
ism, Fanny \Vriglit-ism, Jack Cade-isin; and a
dozen other isms imputed to us, have this extent.
scrtin such views the conductors ofa public , , _ _ j . _ ‘ . _
g ’ _ )9‘ more hunf-'r)' 5“ arm “"“ld 5"l’l’l)’ lhC”,iiiiilstol the excitement and anxictywhicl
lain democratic principles, should be generally Places and 110‘ 193~"e 3 dml’ "f blood in my
supposed to labour iimler mental derangement.-
If this is lunacy, it is at all events such lunacy
The sum ofa good government,
ocracy, is all we aim at—“a wise and friigal
PR[NClI’LES.—It is but a short time since the
unanswerable objection was niade to Mr. Van
Buren, that he was a stalcsuiziii oul_v in ii Il'.‘;_‘_-
il‘ ~t:uc: illlll l:l_\’S Mr. Rives on the shelf, until.
chatactcr, but also that his life had iu~vcr l\t‘(‘ll
And now, we lllltl liini tlircutcncd uitli .liidg<~
\vli:tt lins
judge \Vliilc done to entitle him to :i lii-cfcr-
ls it his tunic scr-
ls it lll.'ll he is not
ls it because his
organ, the Suit, plcdgcs his opposition to iiitcr—
nal iuil)rovcmcnls—to the United States Bank
—to the \Vliig party--to the disbclievers iii the
Or is it, because
the stale cant—-odious because of its base falsi-
—of“a single teriii”—cconomy, retrcnclmient
inacted the scenes of t.lic last six years under
Mon}: DICTATION.——Tl1e Tory Convention
at llliddletown, with characteristic liardiliood,
have renominated their old ticket :—
For Gov. Henery W. Edwards, Liciit. Elie-
nezer Stoddard, Treasurer, J ereiniah Brown,
Sec. Royal R. Hiinnian.
In this renornination they have most signally
opposed the dogma of the General, that the vote
ofthe people upon any public question is always
final, and not to be appealed from ; although, in
another particular, they have as signally followed
his practice—wliicli, we must do him tliejustice
consistciitlv following iiiconsistencies, may, ac-
cording to tory rule, liarinonizc the whole ; and
make, agreeably to Mtirrziy, an alliruiative out
of two negatives. Perhaps it would be advisable
to get tip another Convention to iustructtlie pco~
plc to reconsider their vote of last spring. this
‘being the resort of this faction in such emergen-
‘ A people that will bear dragoouing, will
Certaiiily obey instructions.
rFllBl_l_'21‘_L:1_‘.lll, we do not know but that these
the poet;‘they. teuiper the man to bear those
mutations offortunc which are iiiselieralilt- from
all litinian i1lf;lll'S; and those who are most able
to endure such ull‘lictions, it is always expedient
to put forward to shield the more sensitive from
less storm.”
they uiost assuredly will.
friends, with the view of their getting throng}
own windows. Indeed, it would be uuuccessa
contumely to tlcfcat. .\Vc alluded to Roy ail R
r-ions connection with these subjects, wliicl
iilicatioii. Let him alone, gautli.-nit-n.
l- the Hartfoid Convention, and Hiirruli for Gen
l Coiiventioi,-ists.
{CT \Ve- il{l‘;'U givcti (l.3'«l'.llI‘l' fnli it-"('Oll2ll fron
1
“':ittempttoassassiuene the l’rc..<idcnt.”
tempt, it is now satbfactorily proved, was mad
.‘.(:l(:l‘lSll(: uuf:iirnc.<- , is striving to give it a po
.i:ical character. Vile do not know
to raise a line and cry: bin. we suspect quit
nation ofliis taking off.” So far as it.'reg:irds tli
: .‘.‘lllgS, they have none. Bad as has been tli
_ near its termination, to wish to change it for
worse one.
. ted the scenes of the first year of the first terui
ident dcjurc.
ling Book tells us, while swiinniiug across
' stream, was attacked by a swarm of flies, at tli
fered and offered to drive them away. The fo
' already sufliciently gorged should quit me,
veins.
sing failure, that it was got up in iinitatiou oftli
l political effect.
Viiicixi.-i SENATOR.-—BCnj£lmlI1 \Vatkiu
l‘his sotilcs the cllcci
(‘l licr iviiy.
sinned.
D
0:? ‘Va are requested to say, what we know
ly attended to.
body's enclosure.
pale of the Cliurcli we are satisfied.”
N. Y. It is a comliositioii of the consistency of
paste or mortar, which may be worked with all
case in its soft state, but which, when exposed
a while to the weather, becomes as hard as the
hardest rock. It may be cast into moulds ofany
desirable form, and its advantages will be very
grcatin building cisterns, t\'c. which are in wet
or damp places. The cost is not greater than
that of brick.
The Lexington Observer avows that its first
choice for the Prcsitlciicy is Henry Clay—its
second, Gen. \V. H. Harrison.
l\I. Zavala,tlie Mexican ambassadorto France
has published at Paris, in the Spanish language,
his Travels in the U. States.
Bangor Tlicological InsI7°(uti0n..—lt appears
from the catalogue ofthis Institution. that the
uiimber of students is 67 ; viz. 27 in the Theo-
logical, and 110 in the Classical.
The grocers in Decatur, Alabama, ran a can-
Levi S‘l(g(l'I‘.S', and melted him in.
The Salem N J. Union mentions the death
of a cow and an ox from hydrophobia. They
had been ‘bitten by a rapid dog, \v-hicli also bit
two men in the neighborhood.
4,
to say, is always opposed to his precepts—fori
gciitliiiemiiire acting the part of true pliiloso—5 ly aiuied at him by Mr. Secretary \Vc.oilbu-r_
pliers. . Sweet are the uses of ailvcrsity. says
good reason why they should bear it again, asi
\Ve would stiggest, however, ti our tory‘ll$urd, .l{clii‘est-iitativc from l’cnnsylvaiiia, Mr.
the canvass smoothly and rluielly, that nothing
he said about “blue i;hts” and "I-liirtford Con-l
ventions." bccauisc it would look c.\'tretni_-ly ri—!,P>ut‘tl, were of lira:-s, and. on examination in
iliculous to sce tlicm tlirowiiig stones at their
ry cruelty to‘ a gentlcuiun on their ticket, to add ‘sible.
l-liniiiau. Esq. who has some such rather suspi— -
the \Vas'uiii'.-’0.'l lml:crs, of wli.-it is izailcil an
'l'lii.-< at- f
by a mad man ; althoug the Globe, with char-
ris niucli oftlie oilium would rittacli to the Van I
‘.'\'lll('ll either party would feel in “the deep dam-
and, peradveiiturc, ofa more general and effec-
tive coursc of proscrilition and reward. For Ivlr.
The wliigs feel and reason pret-
ty much as the fox did in the fable, in regard to .
to the government. The fox, \Vebstcr‘s Spel-
- replied—Not by any means, for iftlicse who are
If this attack had been the consequence of
previously concerted measures, the natural iii-
fcrerice would be, particularly from its surpri-
Frencli police, who are sometimes accused of
Leigh has been re-elected to the Senate of the
(i(‘Itt“l‘.'ll .l.'lt‘l\S0ll slinll lirovidc for liiui in some;
(lj:‘.-\t :1 meeting of the Board of Directors
of lllt‘ Suiuiforil lliiuk. held on the 271.1: tilt.
.\'ti~plicu Smith Esq. of Norwalk, was elected a ‘ll ']“C“S°5" had klued l1iSfi1" ' V 2
Director in place of the Hon. Thad. Betts, re-
to be true, that the duties of some of our public
oflicers in relation to Ifogs, are very negligent-
These fotir footed gentlemen
are obtriiding their unwrung noses into every
SWAP.-—Tl,le New York Evening Star says:
“The Rev. Barnabas Bates, we learn, has been
invited to \Va.shington to take the place ofthc
Rev. 0. B. Brown, who is to occupy the situa- _ _
tioii held by the Rev. B. B. in our Post ollice.—— he “"l“”e‘lv ‘he “"‘3"i"§ belbrea 0
As long as this appointment is kept wiiliin the
One of the most important inventions of the
day has been made by Mr. Parker, ofSyracuse
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT.
From Um National Irtfelligenccr. ‘ -’
The funeral of the late lamented \VAiui}:N R.
D.\\’lS, ofS. Carolina, took place yesterday from
the Capitol, according to previous arrangement.
The gloom of the day rendered the occasion yet
more gloomy. Neither 1-louse ofCongress trans-
acted busiucss afterwards; the Senate adjourning
over to Monday.
An occurence took place at the close oftlie
ceremony at the Capitol, which produced nat-
iirally a great sensation at the time, which can-
be lieard by no one without shuddering, and
l which, if the consequence had been equal to tho-
,appareut purpose, would have signalized the
day by a horrible catastrophe. ' '
[\Ve are not wittcsscs of it, and in ouraccount
ofit, speak from information, but from informa-
tioii entirely to be r('~lic(l 011.]
l As the ,l)P.F.SlDl-1.\"l‘ 01-‘ 'riii~; UNITED STATES,
ll who was_prcscut at the solemn ceremony of the
,ll1Il(,'l'.'1l, came into the portico ofllie Capitol from ..'
‘ltlie llotunila, a pcr.~ron stclipcil forward front the .
lcrowd into the space in front of the President",
l and suulilierl (1 _/Jsfol (ll him, the licrcussioii-cap
lot‘ which cxliloiled without igniting the cli.'.tr_gel -
I
l
.
I
7 ‘ ' . ,
l his person was struck down by -.1 blow from
Lieutciuiut (ii-iliiev, ofthc Navy, who happen- _
ed to be near; he also recci\'ei.l a blow prompt-
lbut, before rccciviug citlicr blow, srzappccl a
E and ])f8f()f at the Prcsiilciit. The L'Z.ll1(,_
‘ lock also cxliloilcil without igniting the cliarge! {
E'l‘llC pcrpctriitor of this during outrage was of
fcoursc iiiiiiicdizitcly sci’/.etl and taken in custody
, by the Dlarsluil ofthc District. by wlioiii he was l
if carried to the City Hall, wlicrc he _uiidcrweut ‘
';au Cxtlllllllil-ll()1J before (_‘lllt‘i' Justice Cranch.-—-
The gcutlemen on this ticket can f trade a paiiitcr, a resident for two or three years
the, to them, illsllllllollilble “l"-’l‘l“‘:5S “fill” lllli’ His name it appears Ric/icirtl Lawrence, by-: ‘
bear defeat. They have borne it; and that is a i” ‘he first “'”"‘l "f M5 °l'§'= “mil f""““Tl)"°f
i Georgetown. The gentleman whose testimony
lwas taken before the Judge, wcre Mr. Secreta-‘ '
lry \Vooillniry, M r. Secretary Dickerson, Mr.
llfiziiulollili, Sergreaiit at Aruisoftlie Hottse, l\;li
l liiiigiiiziii, one ofthc llcportcrs fin‘ the National _.I
liitclligciir.-ct‘ and Licutcna-ut Clcdncyf ‘
The pistols, which had been .<ecuredAby Mr.
' (:t)tl)‘t, were fulllttl to be well load;-ll with lipxvtler
lztotl bull, wliicli our reiuli-rs would sitlili6.-e, un--
' til the fact is stiited, could liarilly have been pots-”
flow extrzioriliiiziiy (and 0 how flirta-
lluatel) the failure of the evidcut i'll‘:.’\‘lgll of this
;iiiiserablc mzuiiac, (for so he trio.-t be consider-
leil, under all the circui‘nstaiices,) against the lif
l ‘ ol the President! \Ve say he is a maniac b
u 7
might. expose his sensibilities to insult and mor- Cm‘-“l-‘ lllt‘ act. shews him to be lllI<£ll‘iC, and A‘
Sink
because any evidence of his insanity was p
ccd on his exiiiiiiiiiitioii; tlio=.zi_:li we have l
. “ . r
that he has hecn licrctolorc coulincd for at
Jackson: for you well know his dislike to these \.-lulem-C lmljmljllg an .ll,_.-(,ll,.,] ,,,§,l,]_
l Uu his cxuniininion, the uuli:il,pv my
icliued mziking auycxli :in:uioii on (:I'( . s-c.‘
l iug the xvitiicsscs. \"v'c l!il'\‘t' lit.-:u‘d no to
uiotive evcn (',()ll_l,(‘L‘lllI'x‘(l for his criiije.
The offence being a bailablc one, and
,sivc hail being forbidden, bail w;:.-- ilcniau
e i the amount of a tliotisaud tlltlitlli-”, for w:
iwlllcll the prisoner was coiiiiiiillcd for tri:
i.flltl_,':‘-{C iutiuiating that if he had been able t
‘ bail, .-ulliciciit securities would have bceii
but that ' rctl, in addition, to insure his good bcliavio
Ul‘ it lle will be tried, of course, at the next to.
C J the Court. '_
' From the Tclcgriapli.
Ipou iuquir_v we find that the olfmirll
fziplirciitit-e to it liuiutcr, with \\'liriti’t be .
_liis time. ‘do L-'.'l\V and coiiver.-i-tl will
9 l Purdy, in whose service he ivas lately. on
0 ‘ed, and learn that lie xvas melancholy gin
.. . . ..' E». \) . ,.. , ,v
administration of Gen. Jackson, it is now too§>‘'l’l’°-“l ’” be l‘<"‘-“M3 ‘l‘’*‘'’I-'‘v‘l-\ “
llczirn that oflatc he has been extremely
{] l __ _ . .
lrclsouic, so much so that his brother-in la
Tl"-‘Y l”1V'0 110 Wish (0 500 1'CllC1'«'1' lcouipclled to turn him f.oin his house, a
; assigiicil to one witness as a cause for his a
that the President had killed his father.
It is a rt-ni:ti'kalile fact that the pistols
lwcll chargctl with fine powder, and ball, at
V3111 BUTCH lllclb €13ll1C' 171‘0-'*'ldCl1l (15,/216‘/0. W0Uld ‘ both should snap although percussion cap
I The itiiliri-ssioii of S(
lthat the pistols were prcparcd for the oc
laud that the whole matter was a scinfe
for effect-—of others that the maxi was; -
while others say that the Prsitlcnt liims
3 ledged that the ollcnder had been hired
C 'tll>?llll1__‘_’UlSllC(l individual to assassiiiate
l \Ve incline to the opinion that llZC‘I)1tl.!‘.‘\V
sight of which a swallow verv liiiniatiely inter- ‘raylrred
. g .
I
x From the. Globe.
The prisoner is a handsome young man
a dressed, and lircliosscssiiig in his co-untei
He appeared perfectly calm and collected
vailed around hini—aud the President, in
versing with us, since the event, observed
his manner, from the moment his eye c
this, was firm and resolved, until the faili
his last pistol, when he seemed to shrink, «
than resist.
lll'7(zs/ziiigfoti, Jan. 31.
Since the publication ofour paper ofto-day, in-"
form-atioii, has reached us from varioiisztliiarterh
C
coucertiug an attempt to assassinate the King, for which leaves. us no doubt oftiie iiisauity ofLaw-l
rence, the uuliappy individval who attez te
to dischtargc two pistols at the presider
5 United States, in the portico oftlie Cal
Friday. The persons who know him
surprised at the occurrence, and would
l‘niicil States by the Legislature of Virgiuia.— llll,-C been sum,-lsell al any llllng lle ll
of instructions in that OF i1lf€mPl€(l-
He has, it appeared, fauci
selfto be some other person than him.
iliave nll$lttl{C‘l] his own i(lei'.t'ty; or at
have I]1lSlllltlUl’Sl.0()t,lills relations with t
ofthc world. \Vhcn being conducted f
Capitol to the Mars-lial’s Oflice, be are"
the questions as to his motive, that l‘-
tciidcd to kill General JACKSO iccav ~-
again, how Gen. JACKSON ' -- ii:-E7,
could answernotliing. Hi .. . W
a natural death, in this l u l
twelve years ago. Tlrr u
' the effect oftlie liallur ;, '1'. .tc
euceofwhicliheattc' '.tra.. .
person of the Presid
VVC have had fl‘? " ~ H .0 ask
was any thing 0" ,, iliiul
perhaps might l: . .;. y ingam .«
are sometinies IL. _‘ A .3, “*3 V
ed. that he Was D€V(_‘:. ; .own to ha
thought about politics. His acquaii:
to think that he thought himself e
King or governor of this country, (
of that sort. and brcoded over the ii. 3
wlicthcrtlic President would be at
and was answered in the allirmatii
ing at the Capitol, armed, was, therc
certainly, the work of prcmeditation
The revcuiic raised in England .
alone, and expended for the suppor
has exceeded tliirty-seven millions
a year. The burden bears with 5 --:i
severity on some of the parislics, iv .
tiers of lands have been forced to ab
becausc the taxes exceeded the rent
Benj. Brown, Esq. of Vassalb
has oflercd to give 310,000 towards —..
Hospital for the lnsane, in Maine, -4. ‘
lature will authorize the cstablislin 7: ~
ati lustitution._
A resolution has been submitted :«
Senate by Mr. Benton of Missouri, »
object the appointment of Cliaplai 7.‘.
iuy. At preisciit we believe there i av.»
chaplaiu iii the service!
A company of cquestrains lateli i v?‘
at Caiiaudaigua, N. Y. 1l)1l(:])(_rl]]e ,-
didate for Justice of the Peace by the iiauie of l’°T5°”‘a“5l’lP °“'l'lbi‘°d: “'33 mil”.
paying the printer,
The Superilitentlent of the Pan-i.: «Q
VV=1Sl1mgt0n. publishes a list of one .-iv‘v.‘
fiftv-(‘go patents the’ .,liaV'e expiri.-.1 Th.-
3*?
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'l= \.
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