\
I S , _.F'ro,7,n the" Green Thistle, N_.,2._
I Mr. Pickwick—-‘ As I vas a comiu’ down
‘street’ this inornin’, a thinking of my mother-in-
law, and the old ’un, and the shepherd, a big
loafer, vent to shoot a little hinnocent dog, right 4
.afore my‘ face. So Igoes up_to him, ‘Mr.
Shook.‘ says I.’ ‘ My name ain’t Snook,’ says
he. ‘Vell,’ said I, ‘my name ain't Valker.
and if so be, Mr. Varmint, that you harms that
rere dog, vy, your name vill be a thing of no con- —
-sequence at all,’ says I, ‘for the hanimal’s as
, good’ a man as yourself, Mr. 'Snook, and he ain’t
one bit more afraid of vater.' ‘ My name‘ ain’t
Snook,’ says he.'_ ‘Vell then go on,’ says I,
‘and the next dog you meets take off your hat
and ‘make a bow to him, cos, ye see, he is the
” properer liannimalof thetwo,’ says I.- Ven I
_‘\ ‘
I
comes home, I sets down and writes this ere lit-
tle liaffectingdiity. So not another vord, as the
liexecutioner said ven he cut the rope‘ afore the
speech. vas done,’ '
AN APPEAL TO THE DOG-KILLER.
Loafer, spare that dog!
Touch not a hair or limb!
In youth he fought for me,
And now I’ll fight for him.
- . What injury doth he,
That in his*fated head,
The Mayor’s' stern decree
Must lodge ajunk of lead.
My old and faithful dog,
Whose name and wide renown
Have frightened many a rogtie;
And would’st thou shoot him down?
Loafer! thy wrath forbear!
Let Honesty go free-
- Though mad, he would beware
Of such a thing as thee.
\Vlien but an idle boy,
. Often with him I roved;
_ In all their gushing joy,
- Hini,,too, my sisters loved;
‘ And him my brothers dear,
The fund caress would give,
Loafer! who sent thee here?
Go! let that old dog live.
My-heart strings round thee cling,
M Close as thy hide, old friend!
Thy honors I will sing;
- Thy life and fame defend.
Old dog! the Mayor brave!
And, Loafer, leave the spot,
‘While I’ve a hand to save,
Thy gun shall harm him not.
Taking it coolly.—A correspondent of the
Skaucateles (N. Y.) Colombian, giving an ac-
‘'‘count ofthe successful abstraction ofa cent from
a boy's throat, winds off Wllll_'ll1C following good
one:
“Painful and afflicting as were the stifferings
of the boy, we were amused to hear the inter-
'-rogatories of his little brother, who asked re-
peatedly dtiriiig the operation, ‘ Haint he got the
-cent out yet’! maint I have that cent ?’ But he
wasdisappointeil. for’ as soon as the boy felt the
ecopper in his month, be grasped it, exclaimiiin,
"' That’s my cent,‘ by jingo E”
A Trick ujiori. (Z C'ourl.—From the Newport
Ifiepublican we learn, that a jury who were eu-
_.-gaged-iii the trial of a hard case before“ the Sn-
_prcme Court at that place, lastwcek,sticcessful-
Ily evaded the order of_llte judges to reniain to-
‘ getlier until they agreed upon a verdict, in the
.followingmanner: It being late in the night,
they drew up a paper in the foriri of a verdict,
which they signed, sealed and delivered to the
officer in attendance. and thereby procured their
release and went home. Attlie opening of the
‘ -.Court.,ucxt morning, all were on the gaze for the
-(l€C_lb‘lOl]. The clerk broke the seal and pro-
«claimed the verdict—‘' lvVc agree to cZi§a_g‘rce.”
All hands laughed at the joke, audacious as it
wvas. ‘
IV/tat we call ])u£ies.—Every man ought to
spay his debts—if he can.
Every titan ought to help his neighbor—-if he
can.
Every man and woman ought to get marri-
~cd—-if they can. .
Every Representative to Corgrcss and in the
Lcgisl:1tures,onglit to inforui his constituents
nvliut he is aboiit——if he can.
Every man should do his work to please his
-cu.-toiiier§—if he can.
Every man should please his wife—if he can.
Every wife should rule liei liu-s-bttitd—if she
can. .
Every woman should sometimes hold her
'totigue—if she can.
Every lawyer should tell the triitli—i[ he can.
"E've'r-y preacher of the gospel sho.ild'l)e a
Christian-—-if he can. ,
Every I'6':ltl€l‘ should add something to the
above—if -he c:au.—-Pclcrsbirig Consfcllalion.
Sttspicious Pa]/nicr2l.s.-—‘ How you d-o. sare?
How you get along trough (le little hard? How
you make out vid de dent plaster-sliin—- eh? said
a FfEll(3llIll2il'l to his barber.
‘ Oh very well,’ replied the barber. ‘ consider-
ing.’
‘ Vat you consider, ha?
consideration?
‘ Cniisidering the hard limes, I iiican.'
‘ How much money you make in von day,
lieli ?’
‘ Oh, about a dollar. or so.’
° Von dollar!‘
‘ Yes, thereabouts.’
" No more as von dollar? Den, sare, liowyou
"live? How you maintain your von vil'e—-your
ileetle cnfans ?’ _
‘ My little what?’
‘ Enfans—vat yoti call de,—-de brat ?’
" Oh, as well as I can.’
‘ -‘How many brat you get?
"More than that.’
-‘Four, five. six?’
" More than that.’
Vat you call the
Von, two. tree.’
‘More, begar! I-Iow riiucii more ? Sevens
.»elgl]l. nine?’
‘ More than that.’
‘ More still? Men Dieu! How you all keep
"em, eh ?’
' I keep ‘em on bread and butter, and the best
-the city affords.’
On bread and butter! exclaimed the French-
.man,jumping up half shaved, ‘Sacre diable!
Vere yoit get him, eh ?_ I cannot get nossin at
all to keep my von femme—mine von eufan—
s/at you call de vife and de brat—no sare, I can-
not get. nossin—-never at all-—since de dein bank
stop de suspicious payment.’ .
_——:-—j-—--—-——-:j'
Dialogue with a Lizarcl.—In the East Indian
Afgmggjpgo, is a species of‘ lizard which pliers
asound Véfél 0.1.0.043 resembling the word, _ l(l)0-
' ' ' ’ .lian Arc llpe a-
. gygt A late .w_or,k. Earle 3 Int
“o; tells the _fiil;l0.Wtttg story :
t-' 349 Amerman ship commanded by a Capt-
,‘T0§,'k_¢_.;y,,_gr;_|ve(_l at baniarang. and _tlie Captain
.beia' ni1_,ic_n fatigued, retired to rest early in the
.. 8? .
evening at the house of his agent. When on
.;he point of falling asleep, he ’thou_glit he
‘heard someone call out -‘_ Ft~;t0l‘-C‘)’.l ‘ .H_all"°v
‘said the capiin,.*w,l1;at is_n? 1} dtgagtrs-(enctg;
resertl came t e voice again: ' 00i8y-
'1‘)Tll8l1’S)fl’ly name," answered. he, “if you Want
me. come round to the door_.”
' - After a lion pause, he heard his name pro-
§ . . ‘ | 1
nounced ti third time, louder than before, .‘ Ne-ll
said he, ‘these savages are unnatural chaps
,9 come iq a n1an’s windgw bawling out
3'-ll.'2{,.-'_t 1
,5
5-‘
."
his name when he wants to go to sleep; howe-
ever, I'll try if I can’tspoil his pipe;’ andopen-
ed his windowbut not a soul was to be seen.
He was onthe point of closing it and returning
to his bed, when he heard his name called out
again, as he thought, in a. jeering manner, and
the decanter was immediately dashed in the di-
rection front which the voice proceeded.
The host and two or three of his friends hap-
pened to be enjoying their cigars in an adjoining
apartment, and they imagined at first that the
captain was talking in his sleep; hut when they
heard him rushing about the room, and stumb-
ling over the furniture, they thought it high time
to interfere} upon their entrance they found him
boiling with rage, and searching for some other
missile to hurl at the offender; and it-was some
time before they could persuade him that he had
been holding a conversation with a lizard twelve
inches lono. -
_Johnson. the Lexicograplzer, once made a bet
with Boswell that he could go into the fish mar-
ket. and put a billingsgate woman in passion
wiiliout saying a word that she could understand.
We do not happen to have the original version
of the anecdote by us, and shall therefore tell
the story in our own way. The doctor com-
inenccil by silently indicating with his nose that
her fish had passed the state in which a man's
ollactories could endure the flavor, The bi}-
lingsgate lady made a verbal attack common in
vulgar parlance, which impugned the classifica-
tion in natural history of the doctor's niotber.
The doctofanswered, “ You are an article, ina-
dam.” “ No more an article than yourself, you
bloody, misbegotten villain.” “ You are a noun,
woman.” “ You--you—you”~—-stainmered ihe
woman, choking with rage at a list of titles she.
could notunderstand. “ You are a pronoun.”
The beldame shook her _fist in speechless rage.
“ You are a verb——an adverb—-an ail_jective—a
conjunction——a preposition--an interjection !”
solemnly continued the doctor, applying the
harmless epithets at properintervals. The nine
parts of speech completely conquered the old
woman,and she dumped lierselfdown in the mud.
crying with rage at being thus ‘-‘ blackguarded”
in a set of utiknowii terms. which, not under-
standing, she could not answer.
New wiry of i'ccoi:erz'ng stolen propeirtg/.—The
following anecdote is extracted from “Dutcn"s
Menioirs,” it may amusing as well as authentic
work, now publishing in “ Wu1die’s Circulating
Library :”
“A young English nobleman was introduced
at an assembly of one of the first ladies in Na-
ples, by a Neapolitan gentleman. While he
was there, his snuff box was stolen from him.
The next day, being at another house, he saw a
person takiiigsiitiffotit of his box. He ran to
to his frieiid—“Tliere,” said he, “that man in
blue, with gold embmiilcry, is taking snuffout of
the box which was stolen from me yesterday.
Do you know him ’! I2 he not it sharper?”—-
“Take care,” said the other, “that is a man of
the first quality.” “I do not care for his quali-
ty,” said the Englishman, “I must have mv
snuffbox; I’ll go and ask him for it.” “Pray,”
said his friend, “be quiet, and leave it to me to
get back your box.” Upon this assurance, the
Englishman went away, after inviting his friend
to dine with him next day: He accordingly
came and as he entered, “ There,” said he, “I
have brought you your snuff‘ box.” “ Well,”
said the Englishman, “how did you obtain it.”
“ VVhy,” said the Neapolitan, “I did not wish
to make any noise about it, therefore I picked
his pocket of it.”
To those who are addicted to indulging in
gentle sluinbers at eliurcli, we recommend the
following dream as a ‘ caution :’
MY LAST DREAIVI AT CHURCH.
BY SOLOMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
It was a fine Sabbath morning in June. Our
village bell had rung once, and was expected
soon to ring again, when I sallied forth to hear
our parson Mr. Aimwell. He was a good man,
very sound in the faith, and took special painsto
itistriict his people in all the minutiae of theo-
logical technicalities, that -they might know
what to believe and what to reject. He was
soinciiines, however, rather dull and prosy.
This seemed to be emphatically the case on the
day to which I allude. _His text was, ‘Your
adversary the_devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
aboutsceltiiig wli_om he may devour.’ I listened
attentively until he closed his exordium and
given us the heads of his discourse. I began to
feel drowsy; thinking I could safely trust 0111'
good person and his sermon to H1030 W.l10 fell
more interested, I_ quietly Settled back "1 my
seat to lake a gap, The monotonous tones of
our pal-sen, combined with the buzzing in the
windows, ,=aOI'I lulled me to. sleep. Erom a
gentle slumber I soon passed into a horrible and
{en-i(i'c dream. I thought I was In a large open
rield and saw ‘old hornie’ approaching, in the
shape of a lion with enormous horns and teeth,
and fiery tail that lashed his long lank sides.
There was. no object near, behind which I could
find a._shelter. I attempted to run but flight
was impossible ; and in agony ofterror I await-
ed the approach or my foe. Fortunately I sue-
ceededin reaching a club which lay atalittle
distance; and with such a weapon against such a
foe endeavored to make the best stand I could.
The monster had now approached within a
few feet, ‘and then came the tug of war.’- With
all my strength I belabored him over the head
and shoulders with my club; but the repeated
blows seemed to make no more impression upon
my adversary, than the soft sumtner breeze
upon a mountain of granite. Agaiiistall my re-
sistance he still _ pressed forward till his long
horns almost touched me. Summoning all my
strength I gave him a terrible blow across the
eyes, which made the monster reel and shrink
back. I now thought’ victory secure, and was
pressing forward to follow up the advantages al-
readv gained, when my enemy suddenly as-
snmed the form ofa large giant. But aithis un-
expected manoeuvre, l was completely non-
plus_sed. Not ex pecting such a sudden transfor-
mation, I was totally unprepared to meet the
hideous form. The cold blood seemed to stag-
uatc around my heart: darkness covered my
eyes and the chills ofdeath came over me. As
my last, myonly hope. I SPWDS forwflfdv closed
in with my adversary and grasped him M01195
the body. He uttered a terrible yell-—tliat yell
bmkc my slumber. Judge wltat l'_1:lUSl'll£lV6 U68!)
3
my astonishment when I awoke. The eyes of
the whole congregation were turnedon me; the
minister was standing in the desk mute with
astonishment, and I was firmlv grasping Miss
Emily Turner around her head atid neck. It
was her shriek that awoke me from my slumber.
bcarcely knowing where I was, or what I did,
I relaxed my hold. The violence of the grasp
brought a copious hemorrhage from the young
lady’s nose, and her white dress was soon spot-
ted with blood. I sunk down in my seat and
wished myself dead. When the service closed
I stole out ofthe church as soon as possible and
have not entered 1 ce. It was several days
before ‘I could trust my feelings sufiicieritly to
apologize to Miss Emily; and when I was
ushered into her presence, I felt faint and sick at
hearc
Years have passed away, but they have not
efliiiced the remembrance of that day. And
whenever the sound of the ‘church-going bell’
rolls along the valleys_or reverberates from the
lllll.S,.ll. recalls to my mind with all the freshness
oflivmg reality, the recolleciion'ofm_v/ last dream
of church.
Indian Integrity/.—The-agent of the Govern-
ment charged with thepaymeiit ofthe annuities
due the Miama tribe of Indians near Logans-
port, Indiana, in July last, (says the Albany
Evening Journal) was furnished by the Govern-
ment with goods to half the amount due, and
drafts on Banks or Land Offices for the other
half, which he accordingly tendered in payment.
The Iudiaris, however, refused to receive either,
allcdging that they were entitled to money, with
which they desire to pay their debts, having al
ready received goods on credit from the traders.
They said it would be dishonorable in them to
receive goods from the Government under cir-
cumstances that would render them unable to
pay their debts. The Agent assured themthat
the Government could not pay the money, and
urged them to take the goods; but the Indians
were inflexible, saying that if their Great Father
was poor, they would rather wait for their
money than to defraud their creditors. The old
Chief expressed much sympathy for the distress
of his Great Father, and actually dug up three
boxesofspecie which had been biiiied for years,
and offered to lend it to the Government ! Our
informant is a distinguished gentleman who had
the facts from the Indian Agent. '
From the N. Y. Star.
EDWARD KENT.
The glorious victory achieved by the Whigs
of Maine in the election of this gentleman to the
cliicf-niagistritcy of their state, naturally leads‘
to some inquiry in this quarter respectiiiga man
whose name has been the watch-word of the
successful party in the late contest ; a party
which has been kept in the back ground so long
by their opponents, that their most honored
names are scarcely known beyond the narrow
limits of the towns and counties to which they
belong. Every body has heard of F. O. J.
Smith, Bob Dunlap, (the present Governor,) Ju-
dah, Dana, el id omne genus, who have been va-
poring away for a few years past; with the desti-
nies of Mainein their hands; but of the real
worth and talent of the State, themen who lead
in counsel in the private walks of life, and shine
as tlie.true ornaments of their‘-calls and profes-
sions in various parts of that great and iinpor-
tant commonwealth, the world knows lit—‘le or
nothing. Talent, intellect, learning, high-mitid-
ed integrity, have been banished from t.he states,
(witness the Spragues, the Grecnleafs, &c.) be-
cause the little men in office. iudebtedfor their
elevation to the use of means hntvortliy honora-
ble and patriotic citizens, have deemed the pre-
sence of such opponents a living satire upon
themselves, their motives, and designs. A new
- and glorius era, it is hoped, has at length dawn-
ed tipoii that beniglited region : and the sons of
Maine, wherever found, may no longer b‘ush to
acknowledge the land that gave them birth.
Mr. KENT, the Governor elect of the state of
Maine, resides in the city of Bangor, of which
he is now‘ the active and efficient Mayor, and
where he established himself in the profession
of the law something more than ten years ago.
He is the son of the Hon. VVilliam A. Kent, of
Concord, N. H.,‘aud a brother of George Kent.
Esq, the late able conductor of the New Hamp-
sllire Stafesmaii. He was educated at Harvard
College, ie Massacliusetts, and was graduated
at that Institution in 1821. Since his r--sitlcncc
itt.Bango1‘ he has several times represented that
place in the Legislature with distinguished ta-
lent; and usefulness, having been looked upon as
aleader of‘ his party. It was there he laid the
foundation of his present elevation. He became
favorably known to a large number of his fellow
citizens coming from different parts ofthe State,
who saw in him the evidences of a. character
that could not be bribed or scduccd from the
path of patriotic aiid upright conduct, and in
whose soundness of judgment all confidence
could be placed. His sterling integrity and high-
minded independence, to which he gave expres-
sion in the eloquent tones of rebuke which he
addressed to the minions of power-, gained him
the respect and admiration of even the‘ honest
part of his opponents, many of whom are now,
without doubt, his open friends.
Of the estimation in which Mr. KENT is held
in the place of his residence, some opinion may
be formed from the fact that; his majority there
over his opponent, who is a resident of the same
place, is about 500 votes. Indeed, such is the
purity and excellence of his character, and such
the respect and regard universally felt for him as
a man, an a citizen, that the sturdiest of his op-
ponents in the prosecution of the late contest
have not been able to fasten upon a single actof
his life as deserving reproach. Such, Mr. Edi-_
tor, is the man whom the Whigs of Maine have
seen fit to honor. Their success is a cause of
congratulation to the whole country; but espe-
cially to every true SON or MAINE.
A Vigorous Retort.-—A correspondent of tlie
Courier dz. Enquirer gives the following note of
a passage between Mr. Preston of South Caro-
lina, and Mr. Brown of the adjoining state, in
which an unlucky expression ofthe latter was
turned upon~liin‘i with excellent dexterity.
Well, contrary to all expectation, the bill to
postpone the payment of the fourth instalment
of the deposites, as amended by Mr. Buchanan,
has passed the Senate by a vote of 28 to 18.
The Senate has been the scene ofa very animat-
ed discussion, until after 4 o’clock- The mo-
tnenteous question before that body was well
calculated to call forth the remarks of the
several senators. Preston made one of those
tremendous speeches fhr which he is so remark-
able when suddcnly excited. Duringthe time
he was speaking, the Senate was wrapt
.in the most profound silence—-tlie lobbies and
aisles were crowded to excess. This ellbrt was
in reply to Mr. Brown, of North Carolina, one
ofthe champions of Van Biireiiism. Mr. Brown
said he was tired of the nostrums ofthe opposi-
tion. Preston fixedon him one ofthose wither-
ing glances that seemed to strike him with mute
astonisliment. \Vl'iat, sir, said he, does the
geiitlenian talk to us of ‘7ioslrums.” after the
nation has been bled and purged and drenched
with warm water until it was on the very eve of
dissolution, by that illustrious Sangrado, whom
to mention in the Senate is considered sacrilege!
Talk to us of nostrums, sir, when in their
wild Utopian schemes they were to callgold anrl
silver from the vast deep, till it was. to be as
plenty on the great father of rivers as it was on
the stream of Pactolus; and then to come with
a proposition about treasury notes. and talk to
its of-‘nostrums 1’ Does not the gentleman re-
collect when our gallant ship of state, freightcd
with plenty and gladuess. and her full sails
spread, gliding. on the sniootb and glassy ocean
of prosperity, the gentleman and his party called
ed us to look at the gallant bark and her joyous
crew—suddenly by a bold erqrcririzcrtt of her
political commander, she is struck aback, her
rudder lost, her pilot incapable of managing her,
and she sinks at sea while all is smiling tran-
quility ! Talk to us, sir, of nostrums and experi-
menzs-—though we cannot get rid of the experi-
ment, we would that we could get rid of the
c2.'perinicn.£ei's. The gentleman tells us there is
no distress—niue-tenths ofthe substantial men of
ilie country are free from it—-happy am I. that
he and his are without its pale. From my
very soul I rejoice at it; btit for uiyself and the
staple state I represent, it is, I grieve to say, far
otherwise. The cotton, the rice, the indigo, all
are prostrate, an(l,prostrated by nostrums and
experiments.
TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES.
Extracts from
DR. ci-tA.\'NiNe's LETTER TO Mlt. CLAY.
(From pages 20—21.) ‘By whom has Texas
been conquered? By the colonists? - By the
' bands which raised the standard of revolt ? By
foreign governments espousing their . cause ?
No; it has been conquered by your and my
countrymen, by citizens of the United States, in
violation ofour laws and of the laws of nations.
We, have filled the ranks which have wrested
Texas from Mexico. In the army of eight
liundredimen who won the victory which scat-
tered the Mexicau force, and made its chicfa
prisoner. ‘not more than fifty were citizens of
Tiixas, having grievances of their own to seek
relief from, on that field.’ The Texiaus in this
warfare are little mor'e than a name, a cover,
under which selfish adventures from another
country have prosecuted their work of plunder.
Some crimes, by their magnitude, have a
touch of the sublime; and to this dignity the
seizure of Texas by our citizens is entitled.
Modern times furnish no examples ofindividual
rapine on so grand a scale. It is nothing less
than the robbery of the realm. The pirate
seizes a ship. The colonists and their coadju-
tors can satisfy themselves with nothing short of
an empire. They have left their Anglo-Saxon
ancestors behind them. Those barbarians con-
formed to the inaxims of their age, to the Tull!‘-
code of nations in times of thickest heathen dark-
ness. They invaded Eugland under their sove-
reigns, and with the sanction of the gloomy re-
liginri ofthe North. But it is in a civilized age,
and amidst refinements ofinanners ; it is amidst
the lights of science, and the teachings of Christ-
ianity‘, amidst the expositions pf ‘the law of aa-
tions and enforcement of the "law of universal
love, amidst institutions ofreligion, learning and
liurriaiiity, that the robbery of Texas has found
its instruments. It is from a free, well ordered,
enlightened Christian country, that hordes have
gone forth in open day to perpetrate this mighty
wrong.’ _
(Pages 24-2-3-26-2“/.) ‘ It is full time that
we should lay on ourselves serious. resolute re-
straint. Possessed ofa domain vast enough for
the growth of ages. it is time for us to stop in the
career of acquisition and conquest. Already en-
dangered by our greatness, we cannot advance
without. imminent piril to our institutions, union,
prosperity, virtue. and peace. Our former ad-
ditions ofterritory have becnjiistified by the ne-
cessity of obtaining outlets forythe population of
the South and the \Vest. No such pretexts
exists for the occupation of Texas. \Ve cannot
seize upon or join to ourselves that territory with-
out manifestiug atid strerzglheningtlie purpose of
setting no limits to our empire. \Ve give our-
selves an impulse, which will and must precipi-
tate us into new invasions of our neighbor’s soil.
Is it by pressing forward in this course that we
are.apt to learn self-restraint? - Is cupidity to
be appeased by gratification? Is it by unriglit-
eous .;rasping, that an impatient people will be
instructed how to hem themselves within the
rigid bounds of Justice?
Texas is a country conquered by our citizens;
and the annexation ofit to otir Union will be the
beginning of conquests, which, unless, arrested
and beaten back by ajust and kind Providence,
will stop only at the Isthmus ofDaiien. Hence-
forth. we must cease to cry peace, peace. Our
Eagle will whet, not gorge its appetite on its first
victim; and will snuffa more tempting quarry.
more alluring. blood, in every new region which
opens southward. To annex Texas is to de-
clare perpetual war with Mexico. That word
jlrlimsico, associated in iiien’s minds with boiind-
less wealth, has already awakened rapacity.
Already it has been proclaimed, that the Anglo-
Saxoii race is destined tothe sway of that magni-
ficent realm, that the rude form of society, which
Spain established there, is to yield and vanish
before a higher civilization. VVithout (his. ex-
posure of plans of rapiiie and subjugation, the
result, as far as our will can determine it, is
plain. Texas is the first step to Mexico. The
moment we plant our authority on Texas, the
boundaries of these two countries will become
nominal. will be little more than lines on the
sand ofthe sea shoe. In the fact, that portions
ofthe Southern and \Vestern States are already
tlireatencd with devastation, through the impa-
tience of rriultitudes to precipitate themselves
into the Texian land of promise, we have a
pledge and earnest of the flood which will-pour
itself still farther south, when Texas shall be
but partially overrun.
Can Mexico look without alarm on the ap-
proaclics of this ever growing title? Is she pre-
pared to be a passive prey ? to shrink and sur-
render without a struggle ? Is she not strong in
her hatred, if not in her fortress or skill .7 Strong
enough to make war a dear and bloody game?
Can she not bring to bear on us a force more
formidable than fleets,-the force of privateers,
that is, of legalized pirates, which, issuing from
her ports, will scour tlfe seas, prey on our com-
merce, and add to spoilation, cruelty and mur-
dcr? . .- -‘
Even were the dispositions of otir government
mos: pacific and opposed to encroachment, the
annexation of Texas would almost certainly
embroil us with Mexico. This territory would
be oveirttu by adventurers; and the most tin-
principled of these. the proscribed, the disgraced,
the outcasts of society, would, of cotirse, keep al-
ways in advance ofthe better population. They
would represent our republic on the bordersof
the Mexican States. Tli'e history of the con-
ncxion of such men with the Indians. forewarnsi
us ofthe outrage which" would attend their con-
tact with the border inhabitants of our southern
neighbor. Texas, from its remoteness from the
scat ofgovernment, would be feebly restrained
by the authorities of the nation to which it would
belong. Its whole early history would be a
lesson of scorn for Mexico, as education for in-—
vasiou of her soil. Its legislature would find in
its position some color for stretching to the tit-
most the doctrine of State Sovereignty. It would
not hear unmoved the cries for protection and
vengeance, which would break from the frontier,
from the very men whose lawlessness would
provoke the cruelties so indgnantly denounced;
nor would it sift vcry anxiously the question, on
which side the wrong began. To the wisdom.
moderation and tender mercies of the back-set-
tiers and law-givers of Texas the peace of this
country would be committed.
Have we counted the cost of establishing and
making perpeltial these hostile relations with
Mexico '2 Will wars begun in rapacity, carried
on so far from the centre of the confederation,
and, of consequence, little checked or controlled
by Congress, add strength to our institutioiis, or
cement our union, or exert a healthy moral in-
fluence on rulers or people? \Vhat limits can
be set to the atrocities ofsuch conflicts? What
limits to the treasures which mtist be lavished
on such distant borders? \Vhat limits to the
patronage and power, which such distant expe-
ditions must accumulate in the hands of the
Executive? Are the blood and hard earned
wealth Of};l._l)e older States to be poured out like
water. to‘, Fntect and revenge a new people
w.-hose Cll r and condition will plunge them
into perpetual wrongs? W
Is the time never to come, when the neighbor-
hood of a‘more powerful and civilized people
will prove a blessing instead of a curse to an in-
ferior community? It was my hope when-the
Spanish colonists of this coutiiieiit separated
themselves from the motlier-country, and. in ad-
miration of the United States, adopted republi-
can institutions. that they were to find in us,
friends to their freedom, helpers to their civiliza-
tion. If ever a people were placed by Provi-
dence in 3 condition to do good to a neighboring
state, we of this country sustained such a rela-
tion tolhlexico. That nation, inferiorin science,
arts. agriculture, and legislation, looked to its
with a generous trust. She opened her ports
and territories to our -farmers, mechanics, and
merclianls. \Ve might have conquered her by
the only honorable arms, by the. force of supe-
rior intelligence, industry and morality. \Ve
might silently have poured in tipon her our irri-
proveiiients; and by the infusion of our popula-
tion liave assimilated her to ourselves. Justice,
good will, and profitable intercourse might have
cemented a long and lasting frientlsliip. Antl
what is now the case ? A deadly hatred burns
in Mexico towards this country. No stronger
national sentiment now binds her Scattered
provinces together than dread and detestation of
Republican America. She is ready to attach
herself to Europe for defence from the United
States. All the moral power, which we might
have gained over Mexico, we have thrown away;
and suspicion. dread and abhorreiice, have stip-
plantcd respect and trust. .
The hypocritical canting message ofour Loco
Foco President should be taken tip paragraph
by paragraph, and its falsehood and folly shown
up to the people—iiotliing is easier—it can be
shredded and converted into its original rags.
Granted that people have overtraded---granted
that Banks have issued too much paper, who was
the cause? Jackson and Van Btrren. They
deranged the currency by withdrawing the de-
posites from the U. S. Bank-—lhey izidticed
Banks to issue too much paper by giving them
the public deposites—they made citizens over-
trade by giving them additional banking facili-
ties in the use of the pcoplc’s money. Step by
step they are the origin and sole cause of all
the troubles of the country, and yet, Mr.
Van Buren very coolly and very cunningly
strips the burden from his own back and admit-
l-y attempts to place the blame on the shoulders
of others. FN. Y. Star.
'TWEl\"l‘iY-‘-FIFTI-l_ CONGRESS.
EXTRA SESSION.
Monday. Septeinbcr 25-.
In Senate. (The announcement that Mr.
Clay of Kentucky—I-lenry Clay !—bad obtain-
ed the‘ floor for to-day spread like wildfire
through the city. The expecle(l_ speech has
been a principal topic in all the socialaiid politi-
cal circles since Saturday, and at an early hour
ihis morning both galleries were crowded to,
overflowing, and "every privileged place on the
floor was occupied by some who had the right of
adiiiissioii. The ladies’ gallery presented ‘a
most brilliant show, and some of these fair
beings also found their way to a part of the
chamber near the reporter’s clesks-atltl. I Itefitl
not say, in some iiieasiii'c, distracted the utteri-
tioii of the more stiscepiilile nfus.) ' '
Memorials and petitions reirioustrzuiiig ngaiiist
(hg gnjuexallnn of Texas. tvcre pS‘t£>‘4:lll|.'ll and
laid on the table according to tho llllt‘.
M,‘ Clay Pregemerl two luetitoitale-t>nc of
them fror'n,',a:.large .numbcr of the most respects
blecitizens ofzwheeling, praying - for the ‘estab-
lishment of a National Bank—and the other
from a great number Qfatliecitizens of Baltimore
praying for a National Bank: or in the alternate.
tive, for the‘ employment of the United States
Bank of Pepnsylvaiiia as the fiscal agent of the
goveninienr. ,- .
Mr. Clay referred to the resolution which the
committee of Finance had reported ‘against .a
National Batik ; and said be would for the pies’-
ent desire only that these memorials should lie
on the table.--_ - ~ _
-'9 Termination of the session.—M r. Niles offer-
e(l‘a rt‘-solution_that tlieiwo Houses will close the
present session on Monday, Oct. 9th. Lies
over one day. t
Nalional'Ban7c.—Mr. Wright, from the com-
mittee of Finance, said he would tomorrow ‘call
lisli a National Bank. .
Sub- Treasury schcme.—1l4r. Clay/‘s o}nm'o1is.'
—Tlie Sub-Treasury bill being taken up, Mr.
Clay rose and spoke at length on the stibject.
‘He said :—He had been anxious dispassionate-
Iy to consider, and llTlp!1l‘ll-‘llly to decide, upon
the projects that might be offered for the relief of
the country by the admiiiistration, and those on
_ the other side, who mightybring tliemforward.
But he was compelled to say of all of them,
inittee, he saw nothing in them btit temporary
expedients ; and as far as they were intended to
be permanent and stable, he saw an aggravation
oftliat llllSClll(?\’0LlS_ policy which had caused so
much ruin to the country.
M r. C. said,‘ if the present disorders be the
result ofthe action ofthe government, how much
its duty it was to correct the errors of the mens-
ures from which so much embarrassment iind
ruin liad flowed.
He reminded the Senate ofthe distinction be-
tween the present time ofdisorder and distress,
and any previous period. Our present condition
is that of universal distress-—and this is the
charactertistic distinction from all other previous
periods of trouble. He thought there was hope
now, from this very universality of the distress,
that some remedy may be applied, and bring us
back to our former condition as a free, united,
and prosperous people.. .He expressed the hope
that the past should be referred to for the pur-
pose of drawing lessons of experience and truth
for our future guidance. -
Five years ago. said be, we had the soundest
currency in. the world; and he proceeded to show
was destroyed suddenly by that calamitous act,
the removal ofthe deposites, and _tlie seizure by
the Executive ofthe public treasure. He spoke
of the prophecies which had been made ofthe
inevitable consequences of these measures; and
showed how completely they had been fulfilled.
These, he maintained, were the tine causes of
our present embarrassnients and distresses.
He referred totlie President’s explanation of
tliesecauses. and declared there was throughout
a most egregious misconception of the state of
things in this country and in Europe; He dwelt
upon one strong discrimination between the two
countries--tlie monetary system in England was
perfectly sound--there’ was no refusal, there to
recliarter their great national iustitutionv -and he
declared that every thing there now was ‘sound
and healthy. _ ’ _
Mr. C. referred to the arguments of Mr. King
on this point—coucun‘ed in them—and' corrobo-
rated them by additional details and illustrations.
He declared it impossible to reconcile these
statements of the message to truth or propriety.
"The embarrassment" atid derangement in
Europe have been exactly in proportion to the
"connection of the several countries with this.
The greatest embarrassment was in England-—
the next in degree was in Francc—and those
least’ intiirialelyassociated with us, have suffer-
ed leasI,o'r not mail; and the failures have
been chiefly of houses connected with the mer-
chants or the trade of this country. The cause"
of the distress in both hemisplieres is the same,
but that cause is to be located here, in the con-
duct ofour .{10_vernm ut:—-in .,i,,t,s st-._r,i,e.s of the
measures against the anking and business in-
tercsts of our country‘. -
M r.'?Clay referred particularly to those meas-
urcs——the waron the Bank ofthe United States,
the removal of the deposites—-the gold and silver
schemcs—-tho clumsy execution of the deposite
law,—tlie issuing of-tlie specie circular. and
dwelt with stirring eloquence ontlie consequences
that flowed from each of these measures, and
those prod nced by the removal of the depositcs.
Ifihe piiblic money had remained where the
law deposited it, allwould have been safe, sound
and salutary in actioii—but wlicn dispersed
among nnmberless banks, and these banks
stimulated by the Treasury Deparlmeiit to let
out this money to the people, it led to specula-
tion, over trading, dcc. those effects which have
been charged as the cause of our troubles and
disorders. \ V -
Mr. Clay referred to the remarks of the Presi-
dent, that the Pennsylvania Bank of the United
States had not saved the other banks or itself,
from the general suspension ; and answered it
byreniindiug the Senate that the powers of the
bank were not so great as those of the late
Batik of the United States. He defended the
deposite act frorii the charge of having produced
the at-llictions that now weigh down the coun-
ll‘ . .
.\Ir. C. asked the friends of the adriiiriistration
what they would have done with these deposites
in the local banks? \Vere they to remain in
them forever? The deposite law took . them
out,gradually, on notice, and left them in the
guardianship of the states‘. '_l‘his measure was
calculated to check the spirit of speculation that
was hurrying us to our ruin ; and it did actually
have that effect. . ,
He spoke of the treasury circular; it was _a
proclamation against the paper of all banks_in
this country. He pointed out, with great dis-
tinctiveness and power, the evils which had flow-
ed from it.
Mr. Clay said thatan auxiliary cause was the
course of the administration towards the com-
promise act -of 1832. He bore high and most
eloquent testimony‘ to the fidelity with which the
Senators from South Carolina had adhered .10
that greatbealing measure. (But the adminis-
tration, he said, had threatened it from the ftrst-~
and thus destroyed-the confidence of the manu-
facturers._._ The znanufacturing ‘interests, he
said, have suffered more than any etliers, in
consequence of the iiicertitude_ in \’t_'hicli they
have been kept in regard to the tnlenltofls Of lhfi
administration. - .
Mr. C. controverted the remark 0f M15 Cal-
houn that ihe lariffwas the causeoftlie surplus.
and thus one cause of the present. disorder.
How hasiit produced these 8lN'PlU-599? _I§,
was not the min‘. It was the governtnent poltcx
as respects the sales ofthe Public lal|‘l5itV.Vl_1,l.Cl,t,
caused them.
‘But, (proceeded Mr. Clay.) ll‘? Swat Chief
cause is, that for the last eight. yei_!_.t$, 1.06 h.0'l/'4?
nolkad the bcmjitofafi-ea Gov¢r'mncnt- In such
a goveriiment the collective wi_ll of it majority Of
action of the g0Ve1f-l'1lTl§2{_1t. The p.00.Ple‘c9nt1'0l
the Executive-,, I_‘.l":'['B, for the last‘ eight years.
the Excciiti am has controlled the people and them‘
reprcseiitiitivre. _
'l‘lic.l:s.ckeoii party would not lltl_.l[e governed
the country very ill if- they had _had their own -
way. Our iiiisfortuiies have arisen not from
want of wistlogn, but of tirtntiessg.
' ‘. .
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up the resolution declaring it inexpedient to estabo ’_
and especially of those of the Finance com- T
in detail its advantageous condition, and how it t
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