. ers, that t-hey remember the legacy bequcatlictl
‘g’ress wa.~;r:onvened. Anrl for what purpose ‘? To
adopt measures for the reliefof the people? By
“ Dou’t give tip the Ship.”
_éfiaauoa.
NORWALK, WEDNESDAY, NOV. l. l”'3'¥".
0;‘;-' \Ve will thank those of our village sub-
scribers whom our carrier omits to furnish with
our paper, to notify us of his lailiirirs. This l‘
the only metliorl by which they can prevent si-
milar t)ll)lSSll)llS iii ftittire.
0:?’ Otir subscri' ers in the towns of Darin‘-u.
Stamford and Greenwich, anrl all otliers, whit
failed to receive their papers frotn this ollice lil.~.l
week, will please charge the failure not tipiin t£.'>‘.
but upoti our old post rider, xv ho, for some cause
to us unknown, (as he has not yet made his ap-
pearance.) did not call at the office for his papers.
\Ve have engaged a new rider. (Mr. Alvah Ful-
ler) who commences his tour this week, and says
that they shall, hereafter, be ftirtiishcd with lllt‘ll‘
paperspunclually——\vind and weather to the con-
trary notwithstanding. \Ve trust that our l'rir~.nrl.-
upon his route will rlo all in their pit‘-ixer to aid
him in extending the circulation rifllle tiazeite--
for the present very liberal patronage of which.
we tender them our grateful ackuowledgmerus.
$9,G€3@,@'-‘.33.
The Administration party have not only fail-
ed to adopt any measures for the relief of the
people under the exigency of the times, but
have actually taken from their pockets and put
into the Treasury of the United States for the
benefit of the “victors" to whom “belou‘g the
spoils," $9,000,000. This money is the 4th in-
stalment ofthe Surplus Revenue. which was
originally drawn from the people in the shape of
taxes, 66c‘. and was subsequently restored tothem
‘by the Act for the Distribution of the Surplus
Revenue. The people, relying on the faith of
the Government plighted by this act, had already
appropriated this money to various purposes.-—
Our own State, at an expense of about $10,000
convened her Legislature to determine the mode
in which her share of it should be distributed.
Our towns held their meetings, anrl some oi them
appropriated their share of it to public im-
provements, some to the relief of the poor. and
others to the public schools. Every man was
directly interested in the object to which it was
applied —as he should have been—{'orit was the
property of all. and originally drawn from the
pockets ofall. But all, at once, these favorite pro-
jects of the people are knocked in the head !—
Public improvements are to be stayed-the
wants of the people are to be disregarded—anrl
even our children are to be straitencrl in the pro-
vision thus made for their erlucation.' And what:
is the reason? VVhy, the extravagance. mis-_~"
management, and corruption of the Administra-l
tion have bro.’;en the Treasury. (a Treasury;
which last year boasted of $40,000,000 surplus.)
and the qflice holders want the money ofthe men,
women and children—the money devoted to the}
reliefof our poor, and the support of our scbools—-
tbe qflice holders require it to support their iron
rule over the people, u:/rose money it is. and
maintain “ the dignity ofthe Government.”
\Vell may the people ask, whether a Govern-
ment is worth maintaining, which draws its sus-I
tenance from the sulferirigs of ‘the people. and
lives upon their ruin. Our herric sires, -whose
blood piircliased our inrlependence. aurl whose,
vtisrlom framerl our Constitution, little thought
that the time would so soon come when their ilc-
sccittlaiits would be r:ajolr~r_l aurl delurlr.-rl into the
support of public servants who would corzsidr-rj
the interests of the people one thing. and .'ll(i~‘.t'?til'l
BU!
It has been-—but tbarilts to the spirit of
the Governmei.-t auotlterl that time has
come!
Liberty. and the geuiosofonr Constitution-—tlie
people are waking froui their long letha?g_y——anrl
from Maine to Georgia, and from the Atlantic to
the Mississippi they are deniandirig, in tones of
thunder, the restoration of their birthright free-
dom! They are ready and waiting with patri-
otic zeal to hurl from the high places of power
the betrayers of their confidence, the violators of
their Constitution and the tramplers upon their
rights; and teach theiroppressors and contemp-
them by the Revolution, and that by their future
vigilance they will endeavor to repair lhe losses
and degratlationsustained by their past remis-
ncss.
“ Conscience doth make cowards qfus all.”
The Tories say that the late extra session of
Congress was convened at the solicitation of the.
Wliigs—wl1o have now the elfroutery to find
fault with its measures and timely adjournment.
Like all Tory propositions.thiscombincsu grriirt
of truth with a bushel of falsehood. True it -is
thatthe Whigs, (but not the Whigs alone.) rlirl
urge the early convention of otir National Lo-
gislature; and it is equally true that so long as
tliejtztoplc were the only stiflcrers from the ex-
isting statqof things. the President refused to
call a special session. But as soon astlir: know-
ing ones 8': \Vashiiigton di.scoverer.l that the fund.-:
in the Treasury were diminishing, and would
soon be itistillicierit to satisfy the lllzsalltlletloj
manrls of the qfllcc-holders-——ttien, forsooth. Cou-
no tucnns: the President told Congress, in his
message, that all they had to do was to attend
to the wants of llle .(.:'()t.‘r'.7‘r7'I.‘t(7ll—- that they had
no business to attempt to regulate t.‘n- currency.
but mtist leave. the people to stiller all the evils
which swiurlling corporations orindividuals might
see Fit to inflict upon them. But notwithstand-
ing all this, antl noiwithstanrlingtheir majorities
in both the Senate aurl the House, some of the
Jack o’ lanterns of the Tory press have the im-
pudence to chargetlze failure of all measures for
the relief of the people, upon the \Vbig mem-
bers of Congress! There would be agreatdeal
more sense in upbrairling the \Vhigs with the
election of Martin Van Buren! Do these sapl-
ent editors think to ._t3‘llll the people with such ar-
rant iiotisense?
Shameless and itrilierrilc, inr.leed. must that
party be, which is continually boastiugofits nu-
rucrirczil strength and the utility of its measures,
anrl yet is (!(illi[)ttll(:‘tl to resort to such mean stib-
it-,rfu_t_[r-qs and rlisgrriccftil cxpedieuts to evade tl.c
rcspritisibillty of its OWU 2lClSl
"on ‘ni.-2.-m. WHAT CAN TUE ruA'r'rr:rt Bis!"
S.--rim of the Tory presses which aim at po-
liiical r«ll'r-r-t. rntlir-.r than an lionest. statement of
tliings as they are, are usiirg their utmost endea-
vor:- to friur.-r away the late \‘v'hig victories; and
would lain give their rr.-:-irlcrs to uurlerstanrl, that
tho arliiiitristratinn party, titsteatl of liaving lost
any thing in lllt: rr-cent elections. have, on il:c
contrary, acquired new strengtli. But
liud, now and [lien rinreril'tlie craft who is honest
we do
cum.-gh. or badly frightened enough, to tell the
truili. Such an one is the Onondaga (N. Y.)
Standard, a full bloorlrtrl Van Btireuife. from
whose t-ult_tnitis we copy the following article.
The l-Iartforrl Patriot (SC Democrat by its repub-
llt'ali0t't erirlorses the fidelity of the picture.
t\lany of its remarks apply with equal force to
the condition ril‘tlii:ig.'s in our own state.
Our readers will bear in mint] that these fel..
lows, are in the habit of calling themselves
"democrats" and “ republicans” and their party
"the democratic party," while they speak of the
\Vhigs as “ bank men” “ federalists." dzo. \Ve
suggest this by way of eayzlrrrirztion, fearing that
some ofour readers might not understand the recli-
nical phrases and cant words ofthe Tory press
THE Pl§USP1‘3C'l‘ BSFORE US.
“ It strikes us as a remarkable feature in the
politics of the day, that whilst the \Vhigs are
acting with unusual conce.rt, and in many ofthe
states heretofore numbered as supporters of a
republican national administration, have recent-
ly succeeded by ininieuse lI}tl_j()l'lIlt.‘S, the republi-
can cohorts. distracted by opprisiug and inconsis-
lt'(ll council;-', are separating into 2.lIll£.l,!:'_l'tlll$l fac-
tions. and engaging with each other in a war-
fare more embitzerr-rl than any they ever waged
together against ttieir na -..ral foes.
The wliole party is couvnlsed with contrary
opinions and mutual rt-..-entrtienls. Order and
unanimity have disappeared——disorrler and con-
fitsicii reign instead. Fricrzrls are rlcnounciiig
friends. and the truest man, and the most worthy
ofdistiiiction or place. is he who is lourlest in the
criininatiou and detraction of iurlivirlual meni-
bers ofthe party. New principles, unknown to
the faith of former times. are ll.lll‘U(ll)L(.'C(l, and
years ofarrluous service iii the battles of republi-
canism, are cancelled for nori—cotiforuiit.y to the
latest dogma which new born zeal labors to set
up. New tests are instituted.
Procrustes is covered with victims, undergoing
the penalties which the last recruits have re-
solved to inflict upon the veterans of the service,
fortbese old-fashioried virtues. but modern vices,
consistency, integrity and principle. The grand
ellbrt seems to be to dcslt‘r)_y the old school of de-
l mocracy. and to erect. tipou its ruins some flimsy
fabric. which shall fall to pieces ofits own weight,
as soon as it ceases to amuse the multitudc.—
The true faith now is ultraism, and he who re-
flects upon its tendencies. or hesitates to sub-
scribe to its tenets, is “posted as a traitor,” and
marked for excommunication and disgrace.
Men known to us btit yesterday. of doubtful
reputations, whose great claims have not been
duly estimated by the public, or who are de-
sirous of excliatigiug themselves for olfices at
their own valuation, are the sclfelectcd leaders ol
the party to-day, and arrogate to themselves the
rexercise ofthe triple duties of informers, judges
and executioners upon all who question the iri-
fallibility ol their opinions. or dare in dissent
from the ephemeral t_lrit:lt‘ltles anrl c:-.ichworus
which they propose. ’ ‘his is not an overchar-
ged picture. We can illusirair-.
In the city of New York, the \Vhigs have suc-
ceerlcd in destroyittg a reprtiiiicaii majority of
6000, and now cngross the whole power, pat-
ronage and iullucnr-c of the r-orportuion. ’l‘hr-:y
have been airlr-rl to this .'tt't]lllé;llltill by a band of
agrarians and railir.-als who have louglit on both
sitlr-s as interest or (‘Llpl‘lt‘t_' rlictated, and wliorlis-
trustotl our ti't::> lfl‘.‘l.rtlS when hriberl by the
rsrieruy. Lz_t.sl. fall iltr-st: lllL‘lt‘.(’llZlrlf£S yo.‘-yd l'or
and elei-ted two friends ofllie Ullllt'tl Stair-,sl3aiik,
Mt-ssrs. l-lulliuan and Curtis, to Corigrr-..-zs, and :2
\Vl"ig of the saute st.-iutp to ihr- Senate of this
state. At the charter election last sprint}. they
defeated the rcpublicziii (2.'llltlillEllC5, and gave the
whole city into the lianrl.-s of the '.Vltigs. Re-
cently, they have l'ti.~'llt*tl into the rr-publir,-an
fold, like a ltcril of l)llllilltl(,‘5, as one ofthcir ora-
tors felir-itously cxprr-s.-r,-rl it, and at this it.-omeiit
are claiming to be the only ll‘lt'lltl.~‘- rcmaiuiiig to
Mr. Van Burch and his adniiiiistraiion in the
city. Tlieyare striving to make their preten-
sions good by unliouritlcrl prrilinssitiiis on the one
hand. and relentless pcrsrvcutiou on the other.
The result will be the total loss ofthe republican
ticket at the ensuing election, and the return of
thirteen Whigs to the Assetnb y, and one to the
Senate. So utuch for ratlicalism, itow known
by the more fautilliar title of Loco-Focoism in a
single city.
A year ago. neither friends nor foes. deem-
ed it possible that Mr. Van Buren’s elec-
tion to the Presidency, "could be contested
with a sli'adow of a hope of success, or that
his administration of the government would
not be triumpliziutly sustained. \Vlial have
we seen in that short period ? * \lVh_y he
was elr-cit-tl but by the 4-100 ninjority in l’enu-
sylvania. and scarce an election has ric(:urrcrl
since, in which the rlemocracv have not
sustained a loss or a total defeat. Demo-
ciaiic states, formerly rlr.-cizlerlly against the
Bank, are now in the oppositiuii.‘.ind as'tler:iilr-tl-
ly for llltt'l))Hlll{. lnrlirinii. a short time since
oppo.-r,-rl to the Bank by 0000 niiijririty, is now
in its liivor by a uiajoriiy of l7,000. Ohio, with
23clr»ctoral vritt-rs, lornir-r|_y a;_i:riost the llank. is
now liir it. 'l'cittit'ssr-c, (.1't:ucral .l;it:k.soti’s own
state. f-irtitr,-rly iitiaiiiniously Ujlj)l'rS('(l In the littllli.
has rr.-rrr-ntly rlr-clarcd in its favor by a uiajoriiy
of 20.000. North Carolina. ftn'uicriy Elgfllllsl
the llauk. is notv rl‘|)l'(tSt3lIlt3tl in one liranr.-It of
the national legi.-‘lature, by a Bank rlrelegatititt.
Maine. rletriocrntic Maine, liasjrtst lost it triu-
jority of 10.000, and elected a \/Vhfg Governor
and Lr.-gi.-slattirc. Rliorle Island has cnrollcrl
lierselfamoug the britik.'idvor::itr:s, by u inajoriiy
of1000. These results have already taken place.
and theberl of‘
.\Vll.‘-ll better have we any reason to exp. «'1 l
the elections yet to be holden? Is there a gleam
lo/' hope for Conneclicul L’ [WE guess 7201.]
Can we recover New Jersey. once opposed to
the Bank. now in its favor? Has not the Batik
by this period, made a complete conquest of
Pennsylvania? Is Georgia an administration
state? Can the majority of 370 in Louisiana,
sustain themselves? Is Illinois for Mr. Van
Buren or Gen. Harrison?
Azztiin. Look at Congress. There the ad-
ministration maiutairis a divided asceritlancy.
In the Senate, we see some ofiis strongest and
nblcst inert, marking out an inrleperideiii course
fortlicmselves. lntleetl. if the \Vhig Legisla-
tures adopt the democratic principle ofin:rtruc-
iion, we do not perceive how we are to rr i~:..i:
even a nominal rtizijority for it mtich longer
period. And the House is so nearly balanced,
that a strict party measure stands but it tlitmtiti:
cliauce of success.
Murtnnr. WiLL ou'r!—Tlicruost stout-hcart-
er.l of the Tories are beginning to acknriwleilge
that they have sustained a therougli defeat. The
Aiigii;-‘ta Age, :1 valorous radical. , admits. after
all the prevarications and denials of its brethren
in this quarter, that “the party" in l'v1aine are
about used up——tlial the 10.000 Tory m:‘ijority
in that state is anniltilatctl,and that the \Vliigs
“ liave at last something to rejoice about."
'1' be Bangor Repitblicon, too. a decided Arl-
ministrationite. says, “Unless extreme mea-
sures are abanrlonerl, the opposition will over-
ihrow the rleniocratir: p:—iri_\r”-inezming thereby
the Arlrii-itrislrrtlioiz party. C0.’2.S‘r:"I‘L‘(lll’L‘€S. Loco-
Focosaurl all. ‘»Vhy don'tyriu czillthings by their
You Tories are
as bad as the Paddy who called |iiu1scll'an1lmc-
riglrt names, down east tlicre?
rican, anrl who. wltcti fl3l\'t-‘ti if he was not born
in “mild lreluntl.” replicrl "F:-iitlt. and is it
An if I had had the luck It‘.-
be born in a stable would that maltc me a horse 1"’
me that denies it?
TORY Eco.\'o.\1Y.\vj‘lie amount of money
\Vlll(.'ll the uieuibers of Congress received in
consequence of tlteirlate adjournment, as mile-
age, (to pay their €Xpf.’l')SC‘Sll(l.'IlC and back) was
nearly $150,000.
their session to the rcgularterm, woultl havc been
a little more than $100,000. If they had con-
tinued in session, until that time, the length of
the regular session might have been shortened
more than 40 (lays at least, and the business of
the country proportionally expedited. But no!
Tories always love golrl. better than they love
their coitnlry. And inasmuch as this loss of
$50,000, and the expense of 40 d:-iys session at
The expense of cor-stiuuing
552,500 a day. falls upon the people, and our
pa.’.riolic I’tcpresentativt:-s pocket a few hiindrerl
dollars c.i'lrrr by the arljouruuicnt, wliy—tlie
least that is said about it, the better. do we go.’
i" Tails up you lose, heads Izt=i'n."’
A'l"l‘EMP’1‘ TO nurtx TH}-2 Gi«'..\'1«:r..tL POST 01-‘-
I~‘lCE.—-Ever since L0t‘0-Fccoisrtt has been so rift,-
at '\Vaslrington we have had our fears for the
safety of the public documents. records, and oth-
er national property in that city. It now ap-
pears that conibttslion has actually occurred
where we apprelieiitlctl the greatest danger-—but
whether sponlatieous. or not. is still a matter of
uncertainty. Abnndle of papers lying on the
‘mantel piece of the Postmaster Geucral's room,
lintbe building occupied by the General Post-
olfice, were found burnt, and the mantel piece
charred, when the room was entered on Sunday
morning, the 22d ult. Circumstances lead to the
suspicion that it was the work of an incendiary,
and a legal investigation of the matter has been
instituted, the result of wliicb we have not yet
heard.
C.-moon 3---The
that a new national debt is
\-\-"c.
may now reasonably hope that it will before
ASTONISIXING Bridgeport
Farmer admits
created by the issue of Treasury notes.
long, acknowledge that the Tories have been
routed in Maine, Rhode Island, Ohio, (Sic. &c.;
and that they are rather losing ground in “the
land ofstearly habits.”
No'r VERY woNn.i::rt1«'UL.—-A friend of ours"
who happened to notire an article, which was
quoted from the Elartforcl Patriot 85.: Democrat,
.’.'t‘C‘tlllt?Ll to the “ Pal. 86 Democrat,” tliouglit. it
was taken from anollzcr Tory paper which re-
joices in the name of “Democrat” as one ofils
titles, and is said to be edited by art lrislnnau ;Zl£'itl
very innocently supposed that the “Pat.” was
merely an abbreviation of Par/r.’.7y.
O:'?'l‘he Brirlgcport lt‘arnicr says——“ii. is the
To be
sure it is, ifthcy do their r.luty——so long as the
vocation of the \Vhigs to find fault.”
Administration are in fault !
Tflllil lrlilills-'§‘tlh'-=Z.‘t.‘<l33E?.Y.
The l‘ltll'll‘t)l'Ll Patriot & Democrat. liastbc
inrlcpendeucc to think that the Sub-Trcasiiry
sclicme recommended in the Prcsir!ent's messa c
(7
D
“ would have tended to embarrass still more lll
V
finances of the country ;' and rr-jolt.-es that it has
not been adopted. In the latigutige ofthe Madi-:
sonian, it says:
“ \Vc cringrattilatc the cotintry on this glorious
result—-thistriu:nph of principle Thr- firm andl
patriotic conduct of the Rt-prcserittiti\'cs of the
people has averugrl, by the rejection of’ this
tncasure, one of the greatest and most. wide
spread calarritics which could have br-fallr.-n the
country. \Ve have trembled at the idea ofthe
passage of this bill—-and on looking at the result,
we fr.-cl like a wave tossed ruariuer who has
been o.v.poserl, but who has fortuiiatr.-l_y escaped
from the horrors of slripwrr.=r.-k. VVe cannot
suliicieutly commend the firmness and patriot-
ism ofthose in lintli Houses who have foiight the
good l'l_t_{lll ofpriuciple, ggaiiist this most danger-
unrl fatal st-iieuic. Public sentiment will sus-
tain tltcin in the position they have taken."
S'1‘AI’.'l‘Ll.\'G l)iscr.osuiti«;s.—'l‘o give our
readers some illustrations, in urlvaucc, of the
beat.-ties of tlic Suli-Treasury scheme, so urgent-
ly pressed upon Corigt'ess by the administration,
for its adoption, and some idea ofthe safely anrl
security ofits operation-——we publish the follow-
ing facts :
3‘ The whole ut.it'iber of defaulting l"oslm.'is-
tcrs, previous to the 1st of July 1836, was
erg/rlceti. fl.ll'lItlI'£‘tl and I/iir(.y-('1/:0. The whole.
ainotint due from tlicui was .$s293.82l,55. Of
this sum. after every ellort to colli-ct the amounts
had been made, having proved iiieliectuahtliere
rrzmaincrl to be clizirged to the amount of bad
/ebls, 5-224-13-i,40. \Vc simply call the public
.ttteution to these facts, that they may form stone
-ipiriiou ofthe operation ofthe System as cxe_n~pli-
fied by the. PostOlficr-. Dcparttnr-.nt, when applied
so all other departments of the Government.”
Again, it appears from the Albany Evening
Journal.
“That the officers appointed by the Regency
to loati the surplus revenue in the county of
Niagara, have discharged their trust in a style
ofcriminal negligence. John Beach, one ofthe
Loan Commissioners, has itbsconded with two
or three thousand ofthe surplus: and it is ascer-
iained, on the examination of the Board of
Supervisors. that zit.-cnly-one of l/re niorlgrrges
trzlren by the commissioners are totally ins-rgficierit
to secure l.'ie j2a;i_iruc-tit of (Ira moneys loancrl. In
several irisiances the property mortgaged is not
worth 25 per cent. of the money loaned. And
these exposures are matle by a board of Van
Burch SLl])C‘l‘'\'lSU.l‘S !”
The same paper ftirtlicr states,
“ That Messrs. VValbrirlae artrl Hunt, the Sub-
Rr-gr-ncy of the count_v. have matirigecl to secure.
inrlirer-tly, one-tliird ofthe whole fund. and this
though the Crinimissitiners were bound by law
and by oath not to loan more than $2,000 to thr-
.-rauie iutlivirlual. One loan was made on
property whit-li will not pay the expetise offrire-
t-losing the mortgage. ; another of $33,000 on 140
acres of wild land, which is not worth halfihe
amniint, and is be.-tides heavily inctimliercrl. In
this instance the Cornrtiissioners dispensed with
the oath which requires the mortgagor to swear
that the property is without incumhraucc;
and here to the rnori_g:i;;or and M r. Corri-
uiissionr.-r Ilrruch tirade. an equal division of
the spoils. To the Tory printer too a ltiflll oi;
53600 was niarleori :2 small vacant village lot, in
a ha:-k Street. not worth $200.”
A beautiful r.-omtiietitnry this, tiport the “ de-
mocracy” and integrity of these Van Buren
o.'licc—liolrlersl
0:‘? The Legislrttiirc of 'I‘r-rzrzcs-sec have, by
a vole of 65 to 33, clcrttetl Epllrgtlin H. Foster
io the Senate ofthe U. Siatrsrr. to lake the place
Mr.
is a rlistitigiiislicrl la ‘yer of Nas.li-
of Mr. Grundy, when his term expires.
Foster
ville. and was fortncrly Speaker of the Teri-
uessee He
a thorough W'hig, and one of the most popu-
House of Representatives. is
lar nieu in the State.
For the Norzcal/c Gazelle.
‘ vim SHALL DECIDE wa;-2N 'i'oP.i'i~:s riisaorti-drz.’
Mr. Editor-—I have been lriokirig with much
the same interest, a'srlirl the traveler who witness-
ed a light between a stroke anrl a hawk, at the war
of P.\’lt3YfBll‘lElil.Oll which has been waged for the
year past between the H.E1l'lliil'(l’l‘ll{l£‘S and Patric,-t
& Democrat-~an<l like him I liav cbceu led to ex-
claim—-" it‘ ight away, I liope you’ll boll: l.~eczl..”’
In this war, the Patriot & Dr-mot-rat has oftr~ri,
in its zeal. put forth some‘ goorl “ olrl for-liiuticil
" the ’l'imr=s has
Rcpublir.-an rloctt'itir.-s; vsltile
bcrti wallowing in in its rt.'t.’ir'c elcnir-nt, of filth
and corrti;=tion.
alluding to this family (]I.'(ll‘."C‘l, is to call the at-
lilll my irincinal oli't-ct in
. l . .
tension ofthe lrcciiar it (ll tlll-4 state to the follo-.v-
ing resolution pas.-_-crl by it lllL‘l‘illl_f_' of Van-
Burcn-L*t'icr;—For:ris at (.il2.'.~'it'lll.:lll“y, jllll_lll:‘lll'(l
in the 'l‘ii'ncs. and the conirnrtits of an " old
fashionr;-d Rt.-pulilirran" in the Patriot. 6.: Demo-
By givin_~_i then; a
place in your paper you will ()l)ll{_'(-. me :
crat, upon said resolution.
“ ’vcsolvr=d, ’i‘h;~.t we ret-tigtiizo in the Mes-
sage of Presitleut Van Buren the pure and elevat-
ed principles of genuine rlemocracy——-that we
pledge ourselves, one uud all, to maintain
and support liiui in these views, and to oppose
[/1056 who oppose tln:-m, uncle)‘ ‘l(.‘l2.al6L‘6'I‘ '7t£UllC or
clisgttisc l.'tct/ may as5ttnze.”-— ’1'iiizcs.
"The tloc-trirt.e contained in this resolution is
ofall otlicrs the most rlzingeroiis to the liltcrtics of
the country. It is itirlecrl no less ihanan attempt,
by a lbw radicals and atnbitious spirits, to estab-
lish a utr)tiarchy to- direct the policy oft'ne Go-
vcruuicnt—it is s2:yii'i;1 the l)l‘t,‘Sltl(‘l)l “can do
no xvrong." and lint! i.vh:ttcvcr he may recom-
mend t)l'I(lll‘€(‘.i, tilt‘. People slioulrl I)!-2.'.I1':‘S’}=: and
OBEY—ll is openly tlcr-lztrizig that the People
SHALL .\'o'l‘ think and act for tlit~iiisel\'cs, and
that he who wciglis in his own mind tl:r-argu-
meals on both sirlcsoftbe many important sub-
jects recoinmcurlcd in the Illessage, is not a de-
mocrat-—it is virtually declaring to the frcemcn
r.-fthis state. " you must. Stlllffilliill. without hesi-
taucy. every rnea.-‘.iirc that has been or may be
recommended by the l’.rcsidcnt. and il you vort-
ture to think or reason for yourselfantl happen
to tlillcr “one jot or title” tlierel'rr)m, we go
against. you whether you are a democrat or not."
I ask the Dcrnricrats of Connecticut-—-tlic old
Jclli:rsriniai_- dcniocra'.s——is this democracy or is
it setting up a new print-iplc entirely at variance
from the tlcinoci'ar:y ril"9§>' ? is it not aristocra-
cy ofthr-. most rigid kind? Can men her.'emo-
crats who forbid their brcilircii to iliink and act
for tlictnsrslve.-,i and endeavor to tyranize over and
prescribr.-. all who do so——who say to the frccincu
ofConuecticut “ thus fatryoti shall go anrl no for
tlicr?" .ll:~'€‘(.‘lllSl:llllt1‘,$ll,lllillSllCll :i spirit and
such crinrluct .~'£l\'()l‘5 iuucli more ofatici-_-nt fud-
erzilisui and tll('l:l'.l()l) than of at govorernerit ofthe
people \\'llt.'l‘t- lit-r-rloni oftipitiion is lolcratctl --
Pr'rlrr'ol U8I.‘lc'CI'(1l-
What frieizd of the Constitution and Laws is
there, but must ¥l(.‘l\ll()\\'ll"(lg(‘ that this extract
frotri the Pillfltll & .l_)t'.llltit'rZll, liolrls tip in all
It
would sceui ulniost iinpo.~.:.-iblr-:. for an editor to
their vile dcforinity, the '.l‘orir-is of this state ‘I
give his sour.-iioti to the extract l have quoterl
front the Patriot 8; l)cni., and continue tosupport
the Tory party. But tltt-re are some whom l
believe to be hour‘-st Repulilicans, in the Tory
ranks. who have not yet ripcnetl their eyes to the
Jztcobinism oi "the powersthat be.”
lrmaaon.
_: .
THE L.-?.'l‘E EL5¢ICTH)NS.
The whole attnospherc, “ from Maine to
Georgia,” (says the Alb.-my Journ.-1l,) is vocal
with ’VVhig cxclatriatious of Joy and gratitude.
Never, .-iuce the invention of free elections, has
so tnticli be»:-n ttcr-.om_ulisltorl liirthc cause of Re-
publicttnisin. Seven nit‘-nths liave wrought. an
entire and per!”-ct revolution in the popular sen- '
timcnt of the cotiut.ry. The voice of this great
People is rtow distinctly expressed and recorded
:ig'.tii'isl‘. ti. corrupt and repudiated administration.
The Prmic Scssi0ri.— During that incmorable
session, when the voifl of rho Whig tnttjority in
the St-imte was raised against those rlcspotic
ttClS ofthe P.t-.-aid-rut which have resulted in our
present. caltitnities-—wlieti our Wliig Senators
predicted, in langtiage which has been verified to
the letter, the fatal C0ilS('qlH,‘llC(‘S 'und-.-r which
we now sull'cr, the tninioiis of the Administra-
tion stigmativctl them as panic lll1tl{t_:l's and false
proplu.-ts, and the S¢)SSlOll \\'H.S styled, in (lcristcti,
the 'panic session.’ \Vhat was then pretltcticn,
i.-; now fnllillm-nt! VVcll would it litive.lirw_cn'l'o1‘
the cou:;_try if the warniiigs ofthe panic makers
had been seasouably liceded.-—Boston Allas.
. .--....An-—.. .- .
0:?“
uouuced them as fa.ctionists-and (horrible to
tell) branded the whole set as Fcclcralists !—
Alrxwndria Gazette.
01? No new.°, of much interest‘, has been re-
in-eived from Europe, since our last; and, of
course, we this’ week, dispense with our Foreign
.“llllt[llEli'y.
ALAnm.\'c Ptt‘..scY!-The packet ship Sus-
quehanna left Philadelphia onithe 19th ultimo,
bound to Liverpool, with a crew of 25 men, 18
cabin and 4-1 steerage passengr-rs. Two pilots
reporttbat they witnessed her capture by :1 pi-
ratical schooner on the 21st ult. oli the capes of
the Delaware and within sight of the coast.—--
The news was irnmerliatcly communicated by
express to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk,
-Charleston, and New-York, and several vessels
of war, and Revenue cutters were despatched in
pursuitof the pirate. This intelligence occa-
:-l()l}t'3(l a great excitement -in the cities above-
incr.itioncd——anrl naval and citizen volunteers
r-riitiecrlerl forthe honor of hristening to the rescue-
It is thought that the pirate will hardly escape
she. many cruisers which are now hoveringin all
directions in pur.-.uit of her. Nttltvllli-‘l':lmliD.‘,1
the seusruion created by this alarniiiig news.
there are some very intelligent men, who discre-
dit it altrigetlicr. There are many circumstan-
ccs Wlll(.'l]J corroborate the pilots’ report ofthe
capture, and others which incline us to the be-
licf that they may have been rlnceivctl. So ma-
no contradictory rumors have been, 8l')(l are
still in circulation, that we deem it hardly urirth
our while to repeat them, as the lapse of a few
days will, doubtless, test their .-icctiracy. It was
one day reported t'n-at the whole story of the cap-
ture origgiiiaterl from the Susrp.-ehannu’s having
been spoken by an oyster schooner which came
along side of her to supply her with oystc"s, and
that this welcome visitor was tliepérrtlical schoon-
er which the pilots saw. This report, however.
wants conlirmation; and there is too much rea-
son to believe that a most daring and atrocious
piracy has been crimrnittcd—a full account of
which, together with" the capture of the pirate,
we shall doubtless be able to give‘ our_,- readers
next week. _
Slill Laler.—Ou.r correspondents. the editors
of the Cliarleston Pazriot, under date of the '25th
Oct, inform us of the arrival at that port of the
steam packet ‘New-York, hence. She had spok-
en the packet ship Susquciiauna, from Philadel-
phia for Livorpriol. 12 .leai_iues east; of Cape
l'1cttlt)pe-n, on Sunday the 22d inst.——J1erc. Arlv.
Sfric;-‘.:»i PA.CItZ/l~Z'l‘ lIo.ui5.—A Charleston paper
states. that this ill-fated vcsscl.on her first voyage,
was Ct’)llSlt'lel‘E(l an tinsztfeboat, and that persons
who saw her on the stricks, pronounced her tin-
sali-lyconstrur:t.erl; that she was built by con-
tract, and dcclziretl by one of her builders, too
slight logo to sea; and that her engineers were
the same persons, who, by their carelessness.
caused the explosion of the \Vm. Gibbons in
I83,-3. I: is further stated that she was lost in
consequence of the gross intoxication of her cap-
taiti. and that, not ’.\’l|lth'lr'1llt_llllg the rlei'er:tivene.-s
of her construction, she might, atleast, have
been run ashore (luring day-light, and the life of
Some of the
rescued passengers have certilied to the fact that
every individual on board saved.
the captain was iutoxicaterl; btit other accounts
-ay that these pas:-cn_gers mistook miol/zer cap-
tain—'—:.i passenger-—liir the captain ofthe Home;
and thesit-w:irrl,wlio has arrrivcrl ln Ne-\v—York,
coulirrus the latter statement. The public, will,
of course, suspend theirjurlgtrient-in the matter.
till the captain, who has not yet rcaclietl New-
Yorli, has had an opportunity to cxct.ilpatr:- bin.-
self from this heinotis cliarge. Two of the pns«
scrigers, who rcachcrl N. York last week. give
piratical treatment of the people on shore.——
Tbcy say: “ °
“That the pztsscngcrs savcrl were rr~l;bcr.l of
every thing they had. Upward of an lriirzrlrml
trunks were driven on shore.brokeh ripen and ri-
fled of their contents. Even the dead bodies
were plundered; five sovereigns and a gold watch
were taken from one of them. One’ of the la-
dies saved. accompanied by a gentleman, went
to a house and claimerl their trunks, btit were
driven away with tlire:-its and-oaths. The lady
beggerl for her clothes. she liaving none but “hat
she came ashore in. but they were deaf to her
eutreatics, and drove her away. ‘
M1's'rr:;t1_ons.-—Sornc weeks since, a Mr. Bar-
ber, of Colei'ain,1'\las.<., lcft .-‘tlbany for Ononda-
ga, for tliepurose of l_iein,~': tnar_ricrl. Not hav-
ing arrived at hisrlcstiuation. fears were criter-
tained met some accident had bcfallcu him, and
arlvortiscnients were circulated tlirougizout the
It
now appear.-:, that he took passage on board a
state calliriir for itrliirtiiatiou res )(.'L'llll"’ him.
tn . .-.:
canal boat, and that on the route,_ being tiretlof
the (.'f)lli‘ll'lf3lll(:l'll of the boat, he left it, llilcrltllllg
to walk a iuileor two. - A suspicious cliztracter
who was on board joined birn, but‘ soon returned
toltlie boat, and said that '.\iilr.Vl3. “being in a
hurry to get married, had goneiacross lots.” No-
thing has been seen or heard of Mr. B. since he’
left theboat, though search has been made, and
as he had quite a stim of moii_ey wlithhirn, it is
feared that he was inurdered,.and his',b_ody ‘se-
creted by the man who accompanied him when
he went ashore.
RAIL ROAD Accinr-:N'r.——Mr. Bennett, of
Genessee Couuty_whi‘le standing with ‘V one foot
upon one car, and the other: Eupou af],t.:}ll.lel',lC‘,€lf,"
was precipitated upon Ilieytrack, and .thirteen
cars passed over him; iiea‘rly"amputating' both
his legs and otlierwise so horribly iiianglitig him
as to cause his deatb_._in about four hriurs.
DE;\THSl 1~‘xto.\r.Srrlit1'i“G.ts, —l_t is but Illlle oili-
er day, that_ we chronicled the severeburuing
of a. lad in this neighborliood from the Elccltlelllal
explosion of this highly inflammable substance.
We havenow to record a rnucb more serious
and fatal accirlent from the? same cause. On’
the .23d ultitno, a Mr. Wm. - Coggswell, of Ja-
maica, L. I., ‘after he had unrlresseil himself‘
(his wile and chilrl were in bed in the ,same'r,oom,)
attempted to replenish a lamp, 'w.liil,e.liglite(l.
with spirit gas. It exploded. and filled the bed-
au almost incredible account of the sriv:-ir_-e autlt
‘Iris ozt.-n client."
The Globe has formallly read the " Co‘n- room with a volume or flan1e,‘\_vl'1,iclr'**'§o severely:
servatives” out of the Van Buren church—de-_ bum, M,-_C_
and his child. as to cause theirdeatb
the the nexlt day. Mrs._C§ is still alive, though
in a "very precarious s_t__ate,._
‘ (Im.-:zirrc.t\_1..—-P‘ I .under‘starid.-‘_','said ll/lrs.‘ A. to
Mrs. B. "that Sal. Sorlq does your washing,
ar:d_l have observed that your clothes always
look a little nicer than any body else_'s_. .\Vhef5
does the woman live— -I never heard of the crea-
ture before—but should really like to try her."
The whole matter in anal .9/zcll.—Finding
that the good ship “ United States” had got foul
of rocks, owing to the ‘ignorance aitd ohstinacy
of its pilots and cornmander, and that —the
breakers _were making barl work with all on
board, Captain Van Buren,tby anrl with the ad-
vice oi his forecastle council, piped Congress to.
gether to do something, as all supposed, to re-
lieve the ship and crew, and, if possible. get hef
afloat in smooth water again. ‘ On coming to the
quarter deck and taking their seats, the Captain
made a long speech to them, informing them
that the vessr-l was “in a bad fix,” anditelling
therri how some ofthe hands had put on too much
sail, and that she had dashed ahead too fast;
that, in consequence, some of her yards and
masts had give, away. Congress sat and lis.
letter] to this, and knew thai it was all true.
though the Captain dirl'nt say a word about the
weather having been fine, and a good ten km);
‘breeze blowing, the sky clear. antl all that. wbicljr
together with his frequent hints that the good old
Shit) was staunch and could bear any amount of
soil, anrl that she was going aheadtmerrily, iri-
rluccd the lirmds to crowd on sail; nor did he
say a word about the carelessness ofthe man at
the helm in running the ship, in broadzlay light,
and in smooth sea, right among the rocks, though
warned over and over again by some of the
.5llfi‘W(iCSl and most experienced oltl sailors
ahriarrl. ,
Congress. however, didn't mind this, because
they knew he,didn’t like to say much about that
part ofthe business ; they were expecting, how,-
ever, to hear him propose some plan to get this
Ship oifrigairi, when, totbc astonishment and sur-
prise of the whole crew, he merely proposed that
tlziey should assist him to get out the littlejolly
boat, called “the Treasury," in which be and
his forr.-castle council would save themselves.
and the crew, Congress and all, might look out
for themselves; as to the ship, the crew must
take care of her as well as they could : it wasn’t
his business, nor that of Congress, he said, to
take care of her. and he should always look out
.how he merlrlled with other people’s business,
especially when they were. in trouble—and be
arlvised Congress to be as cautious anrl cunning in
this matter as himself. Having delivered thile‘
speech. the Captain retired to the cabin to wait
for thejolly boat “ Treasury" to be hoisted out
urrrl put afloat for him anrl his forcastle council.
It is surmised that in order to gel Congress into-
what he recommcudcrl, he promised a considera-
ble number of them that if they would get the
jolly boat " Treasur_v" out and put afloat, and
a‘.si rig: out a fleet of l-i/llejolly boats, to be call
ed “Sub Treasuries," they and their friends
should have births ab:-arrl and be taken care of
in case. the old ship‘ went to pieces; for no
sooner had be retired than one man-- got
\Vrig'nt up and urged Congress to go to work
anrl hoist the jrilly boat as quick as possible. and
also to l.»t;ild four or five little " subs” at once.-.
'l‘br=.re were some who rlcmurred to this plan.
thinking that the ship anrl crew ought to be pro-
viiled for before the oflicers, especially as ;he
latter brought them iutothe scrape; but it seems
that a majority of Congress have been promised
pl.'tf‘8:y in the “ subs," and are therefore for build-
ing them : it is thought they will carry the plans
into execution notwithstanding the strong symp-
tntns ofopposition among the crew, and especially
liairrliwuy. \Ve. shall,
however, know more
about it. in a few days. '
merit to issue its notes to the. amount of Ten
Millions of Dollars has bccotne a law. Mr.
Van Buren. therefore, commences his adminis-
tration by sarlrlling the People with a new Na-
tional Debll He swore into office with n
Surplusof Fri.-t_y tVlillions, but the first six months
ofhis ill-omened Adntiriistration has saddled the
iictiulilic with a Debt of Ten Millions! In
seven rnoutlts :ifrer..\lr. Van Buren's inaugura-
tion. the \'v'aslrii:gtrm Globe prorniserl that Golrl
and Silver should he the “corun:on currency."
The ":-:cvcn moutlis" have "come and gone,"
but instr.-arl of griltl and silver, we have ten
millions of (lovcrrnnent rags.’ This is Van
Biircni.snt.' This is the promised era of gold
and silver.’ These are the fruits of.Iar-kson and
Van B.ireu‘s "Glory and Refornif"-—Albrmy
J0t.'r.'zu.’..
The Lion rou.eer{.—lt is said that Gen. Jack-
son is quite " wrathy,” on account ofthe new
national debt assumed by the issue of Treasury
notes. \Vc do not blame him. for it is certain-
ly a deviation from the “footsteps.” The fol!
lowing were the (.ieueral‘s instructions upon this
siilijerzt, as communicate-rl in the celebrated letter
. from the llcrntitnge.—I-Iatrlfbrcl Courier.
"I hope no Treasury Notes will be issued.
The Treasury drafts upon actual deposites are
crinstituiiorial, and rlo not partake ofthe nature
of paper credits as Treasury notes. which are
subject to depreciation by the merchants, and
banks, antl shavers, and brokers, and will be if
issued, and the Government cannot avoid it.”
Pcr.sz'oners.—’I‘he number of enrolled pen-
sioners _in Connecticut, is stated in the,Times_at
2,494. viz :—7G invalids-450 under. the air:
lSih March 1818--=12 under act May 15. 1828-
1670 under act_.l one 7, 1832-257 ‘Widows, un-
der act .luly 4, 1836. , :Amount paid, at ~the.pon-
sion_ oliir-e in this city. during year ending 1st
July, $251,668 44.‘ Since January last, 131
pensioners have died.—-Hart. _Courier.
The editor of the Claremont Eagle says that
t_lie.Triries'liave met with such overwhelming
r.lcfeat's at the recent elections, from Maine to
G9t)fglfl«- that it is thought Gov. Hill will not lap-_
point aiilay ofpublic Thanks_g_iving.—1b‘. _. V ’
A ,(l0lll)l/‘(ll compliment.-—The Quebec Gazette.
observes ofthe official documents, r.elating.t’ot_he
Northeastern Boundary of the U’. States,_’,t'hat
they “ are creditable" to Mr.’Van Bru_ren_’s_ admi-
iiistration of the U. S. Government.” ‘ To "say.
the-least. thisis rather a questionable compli-
ment. It recals a comment that we onceheard,
in a court of justice. ‘It was during a suit for.
damages in a base of sedu,ction.' Towards the
conclusion of his rerriarksillle plaintilT’s coun-
and forbearance Will’) which he had _-conducted
the cause, and assured hinfltbat his course had
been “ in all respects satisfactoryto. his client.”
This wa.s;_intenrled in good faith-_-—_but was; re-
ceived by a slirewd.countryu,1_an_at our elb_ow as
something: of. -a left-lt‘8rtile,d_.j corr_ipliment.—.
" Faith.” said he, "I_.think-it wouldhave been
better if he had couducted‘it to the sat-isfaclionof
’ Mr. Van Bureu is in,‘ the same predicamaat
with the lawyer. If hisconduct has been sf‘-‘_
"as to elicit the approbation of adverse inte '9 if
can hardly have been the ‘policy dome .
The bill authorizing the Treasury D‘-part!
sel torilfoccasion to compliment his brother‘ em‘:-;'
plt)y_ed in the defence. for _the__e‘r§t.r§ur‘n_e. deli_gt_1_r:__y;~. ,
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