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VOL. 20. R7
GRWALK, (Joan. vvariarn:;:.s-sisters’. itsaatorit see,
1837. 1‘5tlQ}:. 3.
SPRING GOODS.
i’t"l)7‘I'IIS DAY St.evciis 6:. Beldcni 0P_9“_ 3‘
-3. the store recently occupied by \h7,tl.ll.tlm
‘Gale. deccased,ontlie East side of the bridge,
a few roils north of the Mill, :1 large and ex-
I .' - T -
. 'teusive assortment of Spiiiig Dry U00<lS. Cm
ibrgicirig as near as possible every article that.
may be called for-
It is their intention to keep
their assorttnent the most complete or any in
T the countv, and will endeavor to sell their
C Goods as clicajz as any other establislimeiit witli-
ou, ,.,;Ce,—,1ima; The public are respectfully iii-
.- , ...i - 2 - ‘“= fortliciiiselves.
yited to L. ll .2‘-11:1 ‘-?$dml“~ , , 1
“ L. n. s'i‘i«.Vi.Ns.-
F. BELDEN.
Norv.'oll~'., Marcli ‘273. I537 2lf
'3‘ 9 its E is
V . gags“,
”w;». E:
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5:; ZS.’
3!. 33. 3.3.
‘F EVI CLAll.l{ still continues his business
_l.l__.é at his old s:oi'e.\vcst side the Bridge where
he will be happy to fiirnisli his old customers
’’ M '2'.}li,l the public with gold and silver Patent Lever
“i\.-';.iclics, L-cpiiic, lfitiglisli and l*‘rencb, do,goltl
‘J’ euls, licys, :-.ud Chains. livery variety of
I‘) \‘C:t.5l1\ll“i.\‘ and Firig_zet'—i‘i:igs; Ear Drops and
,/ Niilis; silver Tliimbles.. Pencils, and in fact
,) . c~.-'e,_v thing in the Jewelry liiie. Silver spoons
J a ltirgc ussoi'tiiit=iit always on linntl: silver and
steel Spot-tat.-lcs: Ciiridlesiicks, suuli'crs and
trzivs; tiiicl3i'it-.:rii.i ten and collize Pots; look-
llIg~l.1‘l2lSS(TS; tca waiters, thermometers, clocks,
t"\'t:. éct-. Every attention paid to watch rc-
pairiug, and jobs done at short notice. Engra-
‘ -_vings on Spoons, colliu plates. trunk plates,
I 9 / ll()l.'ll'li‘ll seals, cftc. exccutctl wltli ncatiicss and
at short notice.
Ma rcli, l.SI.>"7.
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n. ,— -_7:-- '5; '1 ,.- my , '?“£'-“§Ij¥3
,9» I3 F35 ‘E’ 3::-. as
'L".\:'.‘»'2Ctt'tl‘.-XL VEGETABLE
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"st:cUrti'r1' AGAINST c 0UN’I‘}£RFF.I TS.
v‘ 'il‘lE within named John B. Saiitlford, of
. _ Bt‘l'.lg8p()l'l, Conn. is my appointed Gener-
] al Agent for the County of Fairficltl, Connecti-
.5 _cut, in the United States of America, and this
letter which is Slfltltztl by me Bciijatnin Bran-
.tlret.li, in my ()WflJll.‘tllt.l writing, tiiust also be
‘_ 5;,_me,j by the within iiuined General Agent,
-xvlioseiiziiiie will also appear in the. principal
J§\)‘?}p81's in the United States. This caution has be-
;;t'iiiie absolutely necessary to guard ihc public
gighiinst. the numerous couuterfeits which are out
inf} he above popular Medicine.
This letter will be renewed every twelve
.-iioritlis, therefore should any alteration be made
in the date, do not purchase, there is doubt.
" i ll. BRANDRETH.
‘New-York, Janu:iry 31, 1837.
In order to guard against Coiintcrfeits, a co-
iy/ofthe above cc rtilicatc will be furnished to
eaclrone of the following named Agents ap-
zpoiiited by John B. Sandford, for the sale of
Braiidrctlfs V. U. Pills in the respective towns
throughout Fairfieltl County:
I“al.l‘fiL.‘ld. George Peck, Lewis Burr and
qledrge Burr.
Soutliport, Davis & Perry.
'\'Vestput‘t, John VV. Taylor.
Daiibury, David Pearce, Jr. and James VV.
. Porter. ‘
J ‘ Ritlgeficld, \Vin Daiicliy & Co.
Redtling, Fanton «Sn Duncomb, and Abbott
[SC Frost.
*' \Vilton. George B Middlebrooks, =-
\Veston. Eli Adaiiis.
, T'rumbull. Judson Curtis. .
-d'_/ Munroe, Levi Etlwartls and Daniel Sher-
fl} .wood.
New-Fairfield, Secly Barnum and Stephen
Hopkins. ’
Stratford, Robert Vi-’alkcr and Treat I3lal_te—
man.
Norwalk, Levi Clark and Carnii Betts.
New-Canaan, Samuel Raymond ('56 Co.
Stamford, W.& R Hoyi.& Co.
Greenwich, Thomas Barton and Jonathan
Jcssup.
Black Rock, Ephriani C. Penfield.
' Ncwtoivn, Baldwin &. Beers, Johnson .86
Clark. \V B Glover, Ezra Morgan, S B Peck
,6: Co, and Hart Shepard.
Brotiltlicld, Burr CV Morris‘.
A constant supply of the Genuine Pills
can be had at the old stand of
JOHN B. SANDFORD, Agent.
Bridgeport. March ll, 1836. 2!
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IIa=IzEN.
‘ ‘(OMIVIENCES her regular trips fi'oni Norwalk
{/ Bridge, to the west side of Catherine Slip
New York. this day, and will continue running from
this place every Moiitlay and 'l‘hursday, returning
.from New-York every VVcdnesda_y and Sattiiwlay.
. ml,” fm.,},(,y notice. The price of freiglit will be
something Iiiglwr than the customary price has form
é"rly been. Cash to be paid on delivery of thi-
-ioods. For l*‘i-eight or passage apply at the store
ofthe subscriber or to the Captain on hoartl the
‘Boat. RI.
, Norwalltlllurch 13. 1837. _ Jttf
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POETRY,
From the Literary Gazette.
THE BACHELOR’S DREAM.
The music ceased, the last quadrille was o’er,
And one by one the waning beauties fled ;
The garlands vanished from the frescoed floor,
The nodding fiddler hung his Weary head.
And I—a melancholy single maria
Retired to mourn my solitary fate.
I slept awhile ; but o’er my slumbers ran
The sylpli like image of my blooming Kate.
I dreamt of mutual love, and Hymen's joys,
Of happy moments anr.l connubial blisses ;
And when I thought oflittle girls and boys.
The motlier’s glances, and the infant’s kisses.
Isriw them all, in sweet prespective sitting
Iii winter's eye arotind a blazing fire,
The children playing and the mother knitting,
Or fondly gazing on the happy Sire.
The scene was changed. In came the Banker’s
bill :
Istared to see the hideous consummation
Of pies and puddings that it took to fill
Tlie_bellies ofthe rising generation.
There was no end of eating :—legs of mutton
Were vanquished daily by the little host ;
To see them, you'd have thought each tiny
glutton
I-Ind laid a wager who could eat the most.
The mossy pudding smoked upon the platter,
The popderous sirloin reared its head in vain ;
The little urchins kicked up such a clatter,
That scarce a remnant e‘cr appeared again.
Then came the School bill : Board and Educa-
tion
So much per annum ; but the extra mounted
To nearly twice the primal stipulation,
And every little bagatelle was counted 3
To mending ttick; A new Homeri Illi‘.3 ;
A pane of glass; Repairing coat and breaches;
A slate and pencil ; Binding old Virgilius;
Drawing a tooth ; An open draught and leeches.
And now I languislied for the single state,
The social glass, the horse and chaise on Sun-
day,
The jaunt to \Vindsor with my sweetheart Kate,
And cttrscd againthe weekly bills of Monday.
‘Here Kate begun to scold : I stampt and swoie,
The kittens squeak, the childrenloudlyscrcuin,
A utl thus awaking with the wiltiuptoar,
I thanked my stars that it was but a dream.
3'3
REISCELLANY.
A SLEIGH RIDE.
As I was going past Mr. Josh Carter’s tavern
the other day, I heard a terrible noise in the bar-
rooiii, and thinks I, I’ll just put my head in and
see what is the matter. “ \Vhoorah, roared a
heap of fellows, liere’s Johnny Biddle, he'll go,
and that makes ten,”—and hauled meiu among
them. “VVliat’s the occasion?” says I—-O a
sleigh ride over to Shaw’s (every body goes to
Shaw's, that goes sleigh riding) with gals——lid-
tiles and frolic. Whoorah, says I. I motion,
says Dr. Partridge, that every gentleman go
right straight, now, and get his sleigh and lady
and meet at Hank’s corner; and with another
wlioorah, we burst out of doors and scattered.
I ran, full split, to the widow Bean’s. Her
daughter Patty is the handsotnest girl on Casco
bay. I had given her some pretty broad hints,
and only waited for a good chance to pop the
question. “ And out it shall come this very
night,” says I. '
I bounced in to the widow Bean’s out of breath,
andwas near catching Patty in the suds. She
had just done washing, and -was. wringing out,
standing in the midst of tubs, pails, mops and
kettles. She was struck all of a heap. at the
sight of her spark, and would have blushed nice-
ly. I guess, ifslie hadn’t been as red as she could
be already. 59A word in your Gflf Palfya” says
I, giving her a wink, and stepping aside into a
corner, I told her what was brewing. ‘—‘ I’ll run
and borrow the Deacon’s sleigh, and come back
for you right away,” says I. 0, you need’nt be
in St,'Cll a tearin’ hurry, says she, for I have got
to shift from top to toe. You see what a pickle
I am in. Ali, Patty, says 1, beauty when uri-
adoriied is adorned the Well I vow savs
Patty, says she. And off I shot, for how was I
to follow up such a bold speech ; but I couldn't
help sniggering all the way to the Deacon’s, to
think how swiininingly matters were going on,
I was so fullof this, thatI entirely forgot to make
up_a story to fob off upon the Deacon, till I got
almost to his door; for the Deacon is a sworn
enemy to all frolicking, and so is his mare. “I’ll
tell hip], says I—I’ll tell him-I want to carry a
grist to mill. But that will be found out--no
matter ; so it’s not till after ’lecti_on, as the poli-
ticians say.
The Deacon gave a mortal squint at my face,
when I did my errand ; but I was safe behind a
shirt collar. Hetiien fell to chewing his cud and
considering. ‘f Mother’s clean out, says I—both
rye and injunn.” The Deacon spit. “Well,
neiglibor. ifyoti are afcard to trust a fellow. liere’s
your two shillings aforehand." 9‘ Poh, poli,
John,” says he, walking up and pocketing the
money, ‘.‘ not trust you ; hear that now. Joslitia
tackle up Sukey. You’ll drive the critturslow,
John,-—and, now I think of it, you may back my
f grist, that is now at the mill—and look sharp at
the miller, John, when he strikes the toll meas-
ure,” It was toolate to stick at lies now, so I pro.-
miscd every thing, jumped into the sleigh and
steered to the widow’s, with flying colors.
It is the height of gentility, vou must know,
for a lady to make her beau wait as long as possi-
ble, on such an occasion. I sat over 8. heap of
warm ashes in witlow Bean,s parlor, listening to
Patty stamping about in her stocking feet in the
chamber over head for one good hour, Then I
stood up to the looking glass and frizzletl up my
hair, changed my shirt pin too new place; tlio't
over sortie speeches to make under the bufialo
skin, and finally laid a plot to log in the awful
question in a sort ofa slantin’ fashion.
At last Patty appeared in all her glory ; and
l wasjust crooking my elbow to lead her out,
when inlcame nioiher Bean. ‘-‘ Where are yoti
gwyiii’ to, Putty ?" “ A sleigh riding, mother.”
7' What! and leave your cousin Dolly, allalone,
to suck her fingers? _A pretty how d’ye do that,
after coming all the way from Saco to see you.”
Here was a knock down argument. All my
plans of courting and comfort melted down and
ran offin a moment. I saw directly that the
widow was resolved to piigl, big Dom, Fisher
‘mo my slelglls Wllellter or no; and there was no
'9‘_"9d.Y 3 for the widow Bean is a stump that is
fl€1ll1€Tt0 be got. round nor moved out ofthe wav.
I made -“.’.’iriie meiitioii about the small size ofifre
sleigh, but she shut my mouth instantly. “ Le:
me alone,” says she-, “ I went a sleigli-i'idiii_:;
afore you was born, youngster. And if I don't
know how to pack a sleigh, who t.lt')CS?""P2ll1‘
Bean, stow yourselfaway here, and slink ;.rr=t:fs
self up small. If there isn't room we rritist ltlillr
room as the fellows need to say.
hoist yonrselfin there." And she tumbled lit“
into the sleigh, likc_sli'ot from a sliovel, or a t‘-'.‘..‘:
load of puznl-;ins into a gondola.
ftill of her. 0, she is a wli-ippcr, I tell ye.--
" \Vhy, Johnny Biddle, in my day, they use to‘
pack uslayer upon layer. At this hint, l SttE‘.'.ll{-
ed round to find Patty and begin the second lay-
er upon her lap. But the witlow was wide
awake. She clinched me by the collar, and pat-
ting upon Dolly’s knees, “ here's the drive:-’:.:
seat," says she. “ Plant your fecfllat and firm,
neice. Jump up, Johnny. And now away‘
with yer, my lad !” 3 ‘
By this time Iliad got so raviu’ mat‘. thatl coulrl
hold no longer. Ifell fotil ofthc old iiiarc, arid
ifI didn’t give it to her about right, then titers‘:
ncneo’ me, that"; all. The Deacon couiited tlii
wells upon her hide a week afterwards, when hi
called me to a reel-zoning, which was ziworle witli
chalk upon the upper flap of his every day lint.
Sol-zey not understaiitling such jokes, tool; the bit
in her teeth and shot off, rigli: on cent], like Z1flt_1Sll
of true Coiinccticut lightniu.’ Jemini I how wr-
skimmed over it. And the houses, and barns.
and fetices, and pig-stycs Ilew l)_‘~,' t‘lS ii!-zc send
by the moon. And yonder is Innk’s corner.
\Vlioorali .' and wl".cor:'.h an.:v.'cret.l all the l-edit-2
and gentlemen with one voice. Sukey, sczircd
at the noise, turnetl the corner ‘saith zrilirt, and
the sleigh was bottom tipwartls in :1 wlioa
there! whoa! The first thing I kticzv was this
Iwas in the bo‘.'.’els of 11 snow baiik.jztii‘i:7i::tl
down under halfa ton ofDolly Fisher. I tl:c;:glii
I never should see daylight again; and when
they hauled nie out, left a print in the snow
very much like :i cooked up hat !;nocketl into the
middlc of next week, as the sailors say.
Howsonidcvcr, no 'oonc:._ *.'.';-'.'e broke. V-.70
shook our feathers and crept into our nest ngsiii,
laughing as loud as the best of tlierzi. The
sleighs were now formed in a string, the fiddler
forcnicst, and away we started, on the road to
Shaw's, l;-ells jingling. fiddle sounding, niitl
every body hallooirig and s;crcumin;:; for joy. .
Peter .°.lia':' l"‘51l't'.l the me‘;-:-t two n‘7!€--i r-’=..
for he is always on the '.':ul(—Ottl ofa moot: sliiziey
night. He fell to kicking tip a dust in the best
room, to put it to rights ; and when we arrived
the floor was swept, the best .}zipaii cantllcsticks
paraded, the fire place filled with green wood,
and little Ben anchored close under thejain to
ttig at the broken wiiizled bellusses. No lire ap-
peared, but there were strong symptoms of it,
for there was no lack of smoke; and part of it,
missing the way tip chimney, strayctl about the
dancing room, which gave me a chanccto llll.()iI
auotlier compliment upon Patty's beauty, . be-
Evcry body laughed at the novelty of the idea.
But there was no time for chat. As soon as we had
taken a swig of the hot stuff all round, w ‘.33
the fiddler down by the otlierjam, took the floor
and wentto work with might and main, the fid-
dle keeping time with the bcllusses.
Not to be lengthy, we kept it up, frolickin’
and drinkin’ hot stulf till niidnight; and while
it lasted, the fun was real gentiiiic. But as I
cast a sheep’s-eye at Patty now and then, I took
a notion that she and Siali Golding were )‘fll_l]C1‘
too thick together, coiisideriu’. Tliinks l, she
wants to make me jealous, to spot me on; :-o
seeing them in close confab, as I was cntiteriiig
9‘ down outside,” I poked my head between
them and cried boo .’-—I3ut the cat was soon let
out of the haw. VVe paid the reckoning--fo'. :-
and-six apiece. Think 0’ that! Every body
grumbled; but Pect Shaw didn’t care. Tlicii
followed the crowding of sleiglis, taking in the
sion. But when my turn came, ‘.0 and behold !
Patty Bean was missing l And so was Si Gold-
ing.-—,Here’s the end of my story ; whoever
wants to know the particulars that happened in
the ride home, must ask Dolly Fisher. The
Deacon will tell ye what sort of a pickle Sukey
came home in, and how much I paid him “ for
the whistle.” Finally, whoever went to our
meeting house the next Sunday nioritiiiig, knows
very well how Pat.ty Bean and Josiah Goldiu’
are to square accounts,
It has been often said that where nature t,lC‘.-
nies talent, she gives cunning as a s:il:stitiitc.—
An Irish gentleman had a son who was decnic-.l
an idiot; the little follow, when nine or ten
years of age, was fond of drumming, and once
dropped his (ll'tll]‘ stick into the draw well; he
knew that his carelessness would be ptini:.‘icd
by its not being searched for, and therefore did
silver punch ladle, and dropped it itito the same
place. The butler was blamed, but the draw
wellwas not tlioughtof. He then got a silver
pint cup and tumbled that in after it. The ser-
vants were blamed and in a short time it was
forgotten. He at. last got a silver salver, and
threw that down also. This was a matter to be
investigated, and a very strict inquiry took place
—Tlie servants all pleaded ignorance, and look-
ed witlisuspicion on each other, when the yoiiug
gentleman, who had thrust himself into the cir-
cle, said he had observed sonietliing shining at.
the bottom of the draw-well. A boy was drop-
ped down in a bucket, and sooti bawled out
from the bottom, ‘ l have found the punch la-
dle, and the salver, and here is the lialfpiiit—-
sowind me up.’ ‘Stop,’ ‘roared out the lad,
‘stop; now your liand’s in, you may as well
bring up my drum stick!
A few dayssincc two young ladies near Cam-
berwell. were accosted by a gypscy woiiiaii,
who told them that forasliilliiig she would show
tlieirliusbands faces in a pail of water; which
being brought, they exclaimed, ‘lord! we see
only our own liiccs.’ ‘ VVell,’ said the old wo-
inaii, ‘ those faces will be your liusbuuds’ when
you are married.’
L"._£-”lC-"'~A poor schooliii:-istcr was one tiny
‘mlllilllg to his noisy aliede, when he was met
by-‘at noblciiian, who ‘.’.'l;‘llt’Ll toksiow his nuiiic,
and the ziieaus by \Vltl'.'fll lic gaiiictl his liveli-
l’l0iJgl-.. ‘ My iiuinc, replied the prect-ptor, ‘is G
--l-- G--~, and I am ma.st':?r of the parish.’—
Tliis answer farther iiicreuscil his lordsli_i_p’s cu-
riotity, and lie (.CSlt‘L’tl to know in what sense
lic.'.v.'i.-: iiiastcr oftlie parish. ‘I am,’ said he,
iiiastci ofthe cliildrczi of ll'.t3 parish; the chil-
Now I)oll_"-
Iv, “~33, §,,__'-5. tli.'iii .~.f%“l':’~r:t iii liciglit.
tail.
7
ing the cause (I said) of drawing the smoke.--'
Iadies at the door. Such a hubbub and con§'u--
not mention his loss, but privately took a large,
'tll‘t)Zl are inastcrs of their mothers; the moil crs
are rulers oftliei: lc.tl;er;.-; and coiiscquciiily I
,uiii ll-:3 lft'(l?.iCl"Ol‘ the Whole parisli.’ This
ii=.'liiii_i;‘f.~-._-,1 ;-i.-ply pzcdiiccd a gulrzca for the
'.r.‘ziCt:r::-—-
A millfiziry olliccr of diiiiinutivc stature, was
lately Uzilliiigaii lflslllllatl Ct)llSlLlCl‘fll)ly more
‘Hold up ycitir lrcatl,’
‘said tl:c,otliccr, clevatiiig the chin of the Irisli—
iriau willi the l:i:;ii,l of his cz;:‘e, to an zingie of
i)t’;‘tt.‘l}'. _-"ortyu‘egrc-cs; ‘ llold up youi head so,
and throw your eyes soinewliat to the right
|llUS.'_, "And niustl. always do so, my noble
t.'.31pl.’til‘l,' asked the l'CCl‘tlll,.‘.\'llll miicli apparent
siinpliciiy. ‘Yes, always,’ said the otliccr.-—
‘ Tlicn fare you well, my dear little fellow,’ re-
joined Paddy, ‘I shall never see you more.’
A veteran tlrat'na'.ist. now alive, distingt:isli—
ed by the frankness and coldness of his humor,
being required to state his‘ grounds for exemp-
tion from serviii;_; in the militia, actually wrote
on tho ollicial pi.ipcr,—‘ old, lame, and a cow-
ard.’
A clergyman at the ordiiistiou of a young
mini-;ter, prayed that he mi«__~lit.become a star of
a pretty corisirlerable 77Z(l_£z‘::f.fIl£Z8.
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M R. XVEB S TE R’S S PE l£C.l;I.
Mr. ‘v‘.~’cbstcr began his remarks at a quarter
before 7 I’. M. and coiitzltitlctl at ten niiuutcs
past nine. \Vhcn lieeutereil the Saloon he was
rec.-give-'.l with the ltlO.5l deafening cheers. The
ilnll rang '.'.'it.li the loud plaudits oftlic crowd,
and every hat was waving. So great was the
croxvd in the gallt-ritzs, and such was the appro-
licsioii that the appareiitly weal‘. wooden col-
ouziis wliich .';nppt,i-ta-tl wotiltl give way tli:-it
Mr. VJ. was twitze iiitert'upte«.l by the zippnlling
cry ‘ the galleries are fulliiig.’ when only :i wiri-
do“: was broken Cr ‘-1 stove;‘ip.': sliakcii. The
long.-ti ofthc fltl(lt’C‘3S, two and ti half l‘it)tll'3, none
too lirng, l2t:v\'»“J‘v'CI‘, hr the nutlic co woultl witli
pleasure ‘.i'z'.'e '.'—.'aitc:;l two ll~’)t.ll"S loiigcr, coinp.r3ls
us to give at pix’-sent the heads of it sgieeftili.
wlzicli we ‘.'~.'oul<.l ctlicrv".seiicw report iii dif-
.’: LP‘-' 31...“. " )5;-let‘. l‘t“'tl_“-. ".l‘.‘.i)llll18l’li'3tl I‘.Irl WV,
in a short address, as the tlcfentz‘-er oftlie consti-
tittztioti, and nstlic advocate of the broad and
liberal, and I‘.£lil0ll.‘.1l views, t‘-Ir. \Vcbstei‘ rc-
{Ul’t}',‘;l liisihzziikstotlie Committee, and to the
auditory in gciicral. lfaziy tliitig should ii'iakr,-
a iriuii feel pr-:iiitl, he said, it. v;i2s tlic approbmion
ol'eiiligli:ciit:d mcn——it was the voice of-a busi-
iicss comii'iui.ity,——ofthis great coiriiiicrcial me-
tropolis, the ceiitrc and the heart ofthis vast con-
tinent, wliicli has done so much for the. com-
fort and honor oftlie .xinericau name, Z‘-.t home
and abroad, and which was doing so t11U(;l1_ll)t‘
.-Liiiericaii industry in all the channels of this
wide spread Republic. As a return for this
kindness lic intcudcdto cxprcss liiinsc-if freely
and frankly, upon many oftlie great questions
of the day,-—‘tliat’s right’ (cried some one)—-
with nonon-coiiiiiiittal, (tremendous cliccring)
witlioutaiiy subterfuges or or buts. I will
pour out my sciitiinciits, and if they bcaiight to
you, you shall have tlieiti for what they are
worth.
Mr. Vfebster then remarltcti that as to that
part. of the address ol't\Ir.Ogtlcii which allud-
ed to the broad and national objects \'.’l]lCll dis-
tinguished his political course, he liopcd be de-
served the coiiipliiiient of it; for if there had
been any one aiin ofhis life, it was to be an A-
niericaii ctatcsuian. in the aiiiplcst and fullest
statcmciitofthe word—not a legislator for this
State, or that, but for the whole Uziitxi,-——foi‘ the
'\‘.7t-st as well as the East. In carryiiig out this
object, he saw no reason why, when appropria-
tions freely made for light houses, piers and
brezikwaters, from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Bay of Iilundy, there should be any hcsita'.ioi'i
as in the appropriations. for like objects upon the
Lakes eftlie ‘\Vcst.—l'orcrcatiug harbors there,
wlicretiatnie had not created tlieiii—for crcct-
ing piers and light houses or any other aids of
commerce. He saw no reason for aiding coin-
merce upon the Atlantic which did not apply
with asmucli force to the interior. The very
geography oftlic country taught him the neces-
sity c-fenlargetl and liberal views. lflie looked
to the ‘Nest and Soutliwest, he saw a iiver, in
one sense, an ocean tlicrc. It’ lit. iOOl\t.'ll to the
Lulu--s,tlicrc was aiiotli_ct' ocean there; and tin
si:itcsin.:iii, who laid claim to ought ofstatesinai:-
ship, could say there was not as much propriety
and constitutional necessity of guarding and
protecting»; the interest of the people where lot
was cast tipoii tlicin, as ofdoing the sanic things
upon the Atlatiiic coast. And yet in this new
era of metapliysical discussion, these objects,
once acltiiowletlgco‘ to be litsuhjects oflegislative
action, were now put out oftlic pale oftlic law,
and he liimselfliad been called all maiincr ofa
C()‘tlSll‘ttCllOlll:il., only asking for an ap;,irt.~pi'iai-
lien for a barber in Buffalo. '
t‘:Ir. \-Vcbster then called the attention of the
people to the balance of power in the depart-
ments of this goveriiiiictit, and to the maiincr in
which this balance had been disordered. Of
that remaritable maii,(Gciieral Jackson) who
has led the armies of his country as a succcssftil
soldier, he would say uotliing iii utikiiitlricss.—
It-. wislied him a happy and safe return to his
home, 21 long life there, and a coiitciitcd oiic.——
He had been on terms of personal kindness
to him, and lie bore liiiiino ill will, and he was
sure he (Geiieral Jackson) bore tio ill will to
liitn. The people had sustained his adii'iinis—
tration. and whatever might be his opiriioti of
it, yet one ofthe just lessons he was taught, was
dcfcrciice to that will, if iiotstibniission to it :—
aiid thcrcforc oftlie motives ofthe great head of
the govcrniiieiit he had nothing to say; his acts
were matters of record; the corniiioii property
ofiho country; and these he should exaniiiic
with that frcctloiii and spirit that becomes cv-
cry free citizen ofa free laud.
Itwas human nature. he said, to exercise
power, when it could be got at, and to believe
it :3 never so well exercised, as when exercis-
cd by one-’.s self. ‘ A historian had written of an
einiueiit citizeii of Masszmlitisetts, not witliitie-
tice, perhaps, that he had the lJl'0:-.‘.tlt:‘Sl and most
patriotic view of litiinaii liberty. He wanted to
see the wliiile world under the go-.«'ernii'ient of
free principles antl a free Ctinslllltlltitii and for
that purpose he wislietl the Uiiiicd Statcsio go-
'ern the world. But to liave the United States
wcll gtivciiitrtl, he thought it could be no where
so well governed as by ()ltl filiissuchiiseiis,
wliere he lived (a great laiigli); but ;\l:issacliti-
:l_‘.tll‘l)S., eV'(;“ll, l).'tl,f_‘-‘ltl.3lfEl_\/. from the right path, it
o riiirr net e":t ~ I :3 .. ' ..., _
S()t):'.tl,‘lg tl)oLititlfs,l I f1lC(7)n\:I:lllgl‘(ll’\ ll.-'.l..ll1I(;l(l)lS[‘()!l]ll;lfIV:fJfIl
Massuzzliiiscits, (great applatise and laughter)
‘For iiiy own part ilien,’ said the patriotic man,
‘I Sl.'t.".!ltl be coiitcnt with a very little power;
I would not ask for iuiicli, I would only govern
Boston, the city in which I live.’ (irciiiciidous
cliecring) So, said Mr. ‘-f'.’cbstcr,it sccnis to be
with some of the unambitious statcsinen of the
present day, who seek liberty for all iiiaiiltinil,
but '.‘.'lio seek to create it aftci their own wit".
The l..‘itldtl(.'S of pr wcr in this governinciit,
he fearctl. was almost dcstroyctl uiidcr the new
construction given to the constitution. The
great tcndciicy oftliings iii the whole world now
seeinctlto be towards Elective 3loiiarcliies.——
This tci.-dcncy was clearly seen in the .Old
‘.Vorld, and he could not {latter liimself that it
was not distinctly visible in the new. The Ex-
ecutive power oftliis country has been set down
as the licpresciitutive of the people. \Ve sziw
no such power in the coiistitutioii. ‘.Vc saw no
:.tich ii.'i:ne tlicrc. \Vc read ofReprcsentativcs
oftlte people in the lfiloiise of Rcpicsciitatives;
ofSeriators representing the states it: the Sen-
ate oftlic Uiiitcd Sttitcs,aiid the Executive pow-'
er called ‘the Prcsitlctit,’ but no where read of
this Kcpreeeiitative of the people; he is the
.-jovcroigii, the more than irioiiaruli, the despot,
lbr iii the people is vested all power, butwhen
that power is l.“i.‘.tlSll.‘-l'l"a;’.‘tl to one man. and he is
iiiatle the Representative of the people, he is
iniide a (lcspot, autl thus we have :-iii Elective
Llloiiarcliv in its worst foriii. The claim and
the arguiiieiit reiiiindctl liiiii oftlie argiiiiiciit til
it 1'i.6[)t't.':€CtllZlil\’E3 of Coi'i<_:rcss, tltiriiigfl the lust
w:ir. now dead. That I{t‘pt'CS(}t1lZl|l\'8 wanted
to briiig ribotit a iiieasiiic which all acl;iiowlt:dg-
(‘ti would be l)ciiclicial,l)iit which all acknowle lg-
ed at the same time to be very Ull(.‘Ol1$lllUllOtlill.
said he, one of two things is true. This
is in the constituiioii, or it is not.
lr(_)\\’(.‘l'
ivlititwe want. if it is not in, we are the Itc-
prcseiitritiwrs oftlic people, and as all power is
vested in the wcoplc, as we are the Rcprcscrita—,
iivcs ot':l:-3 ii:_~op'..:, \\'ll", we can most certainly.
do '.vh.'it we \'.'£‘.!il l’ (a laugh)
The new use that has been made of the ap-
ilie grcat iiicusurcs used for the disiurbiiig oftlie
proper balaiice of the constitu inn. It was a
grave tlcliate, soon after the formaiioiioftlic con-
stitution, wlietlicr the Prcsitlciit could remove
withouttlie l.‘()tl:3E‘n't oftlic Senate: and it was
the Vice-l’i‘esi:leiit; with wliat seciiied to Mr.
'\Ve'ostr:r zi grcatbaluiicc ofthe argiiiiieiit against
the -’.l(:‘C‘l.‘I-ltltt come to. He tlien wciitoii tour-
gue that such :1 con.-tructioii ofilic constitution
was tiiisoiiiitl; and that the exercise of it, par-
iiculaily in the creation ofvacriiicies, was clear-
ly uiicoii.-_titutioiial. He then coinmeiitcd tip-
on the tltllli‘-),Cl‘t)tlS clirtractcr of this pzitroiiage
ivlicii tlt3\'U'tt.‘tl to party purposes. It org:ii_iizl}tl
he said, :1 hand of in:-.-ii oflcistirc, who made po-
liiicsatratlc, and who cruslicd the iiidustrious
ci'rzcii to wlioiii labor was iiizide iicccssary as
the nieaiis of earning a livelihood. In 1922).
wiicii Gtaiicnil Jackson was upon the eve of
coming into power, tliisqucstioii of the appoint.-
ing aiitl rciiioving power had been disciissctl for
tlii‘ce weeks in the secret scssioii. Tliese three
weeks, he said, displayed a battle of the hottest
light, and he had seczi some service, (great
t-lieeriiig) lie had ever seen in his whole ‘life.
The point was carried against. him and the pur-
ty with which he acted. A whole row of iiom-
iiiations inzitle by John Adaiiis was then leli
iiriactcd upon, on purpose of giving the new
I’rcsident the power of filling the vacancies with
his own partizaiis. The Senate, in client, gave
tlicsaiictioii of its authority to this new exercise
of power. Hcliail tlicn forewariicdtlie Senate
ofits coiiscquciices. He had told at that time,
it would crush the very men who were its advo-
cates; and if the public would remember who
were some eftlie prominent men ofthc Senate
ofthe £‘t’lll'tllllSitZtll()n party in 1539, they would
seetliat it hurl crushed them. He would say
[]Olltll‘.'j.Z to add to the deep cliagriii and mortifi-
caiion he \\'.']s sure tlicse gentleiiicn must now
fccl, in :1 crczition ofa power wliicli, int-i'iistiin;_»
tlioiii, was crtishiiig the laws aiitl thccoiistitutioii
oftlie couiitrv also, but, he, would say, if the
blow must lifll, it did not fall amiss.
Mr. \V. then advertiiig to some other means
by which the just balance of govcrnineiit was
cud: iigered, called the attention oi the people to
the public lands. This stibjet-t, he said. tiiust
new force itself upon the attention ofthe North-
ern people, for it was becoming one of the great-
est qiicstioiis oftlie present day. The public
ltiiid.-. he lield to be the common property oftlie
wliolc people; won by the strtigglesol'tlie Thir-
teen States, and by the couimou treasure oftlic
whole Union. The new idea that they were
the property of the new States, was one oftlic
new uotioiis of this new discovery age : and the
new notion that the new states would by anti by,
by the strctigtli of their represci‘.-tatiori in Cori-
grcss, be able to seize them, was yet the newest
ofall the iiew‘idcu.s, for when the new states lie-
caine populous enough to have great strength in
Congress, it would rcqtiire no keen foresiglit to
foresee that. they would not have tntll1yit'21(‘lSUl'l-
settled to seize upon; their very poptilousiicss
having used up the public laiids! He was for
35¢, for ma|;i.ig the public lands more valuable,
by the runuiiig of rail roads"over them, and
canalstliroiigli them; but he would no more
consent to give tip the public lands in the new
States to the new States, because they were in
the States, than he would revenues collected in
the great city ofNc\v York to the people of New
York, because the Custom House was in New
York——uud yet he had as niticli right to do one
asthe other. (Tremendous Cheers.)
lIis process of l‘OiZl'\.‘t|tlltlg at l:i.-tt was this. ‘ Now:
ll‘ I-S ln,:
tat-t‘e is an end of the matter, arid we can do=
poizitizig and reirioviiig power has been one of
ileciilctl that he could only by castiiig the vote of
ti liberal policy to the new states, for donatiotis,_
Mr. W. then advcrted to the payment of the
Public Debt and the condition in which it left;
the revenue of the country. The retnedy for-
the surplus, and justice to the country, demand-.
ed, as he thought. the passing of Mr. Clay’s
Land Bill, which of all the lucky hits ofthe.
great mind of that greatinan, he considered the
happiest (great cheering.) The imports of the
the Public Lands, would about meet the cur-
rent expenses oftlie country.
The lands were extraneous sources ofrevcnue,
uncommon, unknowuin other legislatures than
ours, and won as they had been, and purchased
as they had been, he deemed it but fair that the
it‘/'zoZc people should enjoy the benefit. As for-
tlie revenue from itn ports, he would so manage it;
that it should be incidental to protection, so as to.
guard the free labor of this country from the pan-
per labor of Europe,—the hard-working and in-.
dependent artisans of America from the cheap,
starved and ragged laborers ofthe Old World.—.
He was but a moderate Tariff man,—but he-
would not abolish one jot or one little of that
protection here extended to honest industry.
even if it cost hitii a little, which it did not, and
even ifit was a tax on the community, which it
was iiot,--for he never would be the instrument
of reducing the now free, independent, and en-
.terpri.sing laborers of this country to the condi-
tion in which laborers were in Europe. Capi-.
tal said Mr. ‘.V. iicedsiio piotcction,—it is lynx-.
eyed,——-it can look out for itself—it asks of Gov-
pleasiircs, and it can shift itself at pleasure, for
the capitalist always, has eyes wide open, as is
now seen in New York,-—but labor asks, and
needs prott.-ctioii of the government, and it must
have it, or it will giiiie away antl__,st_a_rvc_,.,, D r_.
w‘. uitcr passing a neat coinptiiiicnt to Jo 1]
Hancock and the mechanics of Boston, headed
in Revolutionary times by Paul Revere, passed
on to the cntisiilt.-ratioii of the subject of Texas
and Texas ‘ltttlt‘.i)Clltl(‘.l1CC.'
Mr. Webster said that it was his wish now
and always to be understood by his friends, upon
all qiiestioiis of a public character,-—to give his
reasons for what tic liad done, and for what he
had l'.:ft undoiic. During the late Congress the
public had been inticli agitated in regard to
Texas. V»/e have seen events in connexion with
this l'tC“.‘/ Country, almost unparalleled in the
history of the world. In the brief period ofa
very few years, Texas has separated herself
from her mother country, fought her battles and
established her indcpeiidence. ‘So far as one
might judge from the signs of the times, there
was no probability that Mexico would again at-
tempt to" set tip her authority over her revolted
province. It was well, perhaps, that she should
not, and well also, that Texas should be an in-
tlepciidcrit iiaiioii, iieitlierof us, nor among us,
but our neighbor and our friend, living with us
Up0‘.) terms of frutertial friendship. “ Such,”
said Mr. \Vcbstcr, “_ have been my opiniotis in
Congress and out of Congress. I do not wish to
add another acre of land to our vast and over-
grown domiiiions. And in the present excited
state oftlie public mind,” said he, “it becomes
a grave question whether it is well to increase
otir territory by the annexation of an additional
.-S'lu*t‘c Slate and slave population to the Union."
', He then referred to the original compact of the
'tliirtceii States, and declared that compact to be
an act of compromise between the several states
who then fornied a nzitioiial partncrsliip for mu-
tual bciicfits. At that time no one supposed
there would be an ciilargctiient of our territory,
but in the progress ofevents it seemed to be ne-
cessary to add Louisiana to our borders. Since
then we had increased in territory, in the num-
ber of States, and in our population ; but new
members had peeii added to the original family,
only the mutual good wishes and support ofall.
Brit it is now time that there should be a limita-
,t’.on to ( tr tcrritory, at least, that we should not
be in liaste to annex anew slave State to the
~ Union.” He thought in time likctiiese it would
be wrong to give a vote that could possibly be
the means of increasing the slavery of. the Afri-
can‘ race. “ There is,” said he, "‘ a deep feel-
ing abroad against it—and that is deeply excit-
ing ilie public mind, fearful in its consequences
public. This let,-liiig, said Mr. VVebster, is ofa,
pt)\vt_'i‘ful and most import-.iiit,—tliat calls into
action every principle ofthe heart and mind,-—
that agitates the whole man, and with a power
almost omiiiputent in itself, that can crush to
atoms the works of ages, and prostrate the toil
and experience of all preceding time. Let us
said Mr. Webster, beware of this agitation and
cxcitciiient.
Mr. W‘. came to the currency; (the audience
then gave the deepest attention) Mr. W. review-
ed the whole history of the war against the Bank
of the United States. It was remarkable, he
said. that during tlie- excited state of the public
mind, from 182-; to 1328, when Gen. Jackson.
was brought tbrward to oust Mr. Adams, that
not one word. even in one partizan print, so far
as he knew, over said against the Bank of the
United States, either questioning its constitu-
iioiialiiy', or doubting its solvency, purity, or
.'ll‘(_'Z‘-l service to the country. The message of’
1829 was the first onset riiade upon it, but this.
only clt;2ttfcr1', aiitl qztcstiohctl, and denied that it
answered the purpose of its creation in regula-
tion of the currency. “ It is within my own.
kiiowlctlgc,” said Mr. ‘W. ‘ that an attempt was
made by the party in power, to make the Bank
engage i:i the contests oftlie day ; and, when it
refused to erigage in these contests, war was made
upon it.” Lists of Directors were sent from
\Vasliington to Pliiladelpliia, who would loan
money to political friends, and when these tests
were rejected, the war waxed warmer. The
other Messages of Gen. Jackson in opposition to.
the Bui‘ik—-ilie iticorporatioii of the Bank in
1St§2:?—-i!ie vetti——an(l subseqiieiit financial difli-
culties—-loaiis in the western simes—--r.....;5., ....,,;_
tal, écc. were alludctl to. Mr. Webster then
came to the Treasury Circular, and related the.
history oftlie late legislature tipon it. “A member-
ol'Coiigress,” said he “presented this very Treas-..
ury Order in 18236, but the only vote he got for it
was his own——he stood “solitary” and “alone,”-
(a laugh.) and yet eleven days after Congress
had atijouriied, only six months after the Presi-.
dent in his annual message had congratulated
the people upon the prosperous sales oftlie pub-
lic lands this order came out in known and di-
rect opposition to the wishes of nine-tenths of the
Members of Congress! If he himself had liad_
power he would have voted for Mr. Ewing’s
proposition to repeal the order, in terms which
Mr. Butler and the late Presideutcould not have.
iiiisunderstood; but power wasso strong, and.
iiictiibcrs of Congress had now become so deli—.
cate about giving offence to it, that it would not_
do. for the world, to repeal the obnoxious Cir-
cular, plainly and forthwitli,—bnt the ingenuity
of the friends of the atliiiinistration must dodge
around it, and over it, and now Mr. Butler had,
the uiikindness to tell thetn that their views_
neither he, lawyer as he is, nor the President
cotild possibly understand, (a laugh) and that as
it could not be understood, the President had
pocketed it, and left it tipon the archives ofstate,
no doubt to be studied there. Mr. W. would
call attention to the remarkable fact, that though,
the Senate acted upon this Currency Bill in sea-.
son, yet it was put off, and put off; so tliat by.
no action uponit before the ten days allowed the.
President by the Constitution, the power over it
was completely in his will, even though tlig
country, apart from the proceeds of the salesof‘
criimciit only permanency and good faith in its '
—ttireatcniiig us at all times with a storm tliat.
may sweep away the firtiiest pillars of the re-_'
religious cliaracter,— one of all other. the most”
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