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\ YALUABLE REAL PROPERTY
l FOR SALE.
HE subscriber offers for sale the ground
extenditig from the Bridge, at the head of
Ilorwelk Harbor, with 5 Stores standing there-
on, each about ‘.30 fact wide and from 60 to 80
het deep, all butltofgot-d materials and In com-
} plgte repair; the length of thcyground froniing
,.~ ,5, [,,,,i,o.- ,. ,.b..ut.'2t) feet. to tthou_t rvxngger
‘ ' gtiun it may be said that the situation or the
ghgyq property is not equalled by env l_f‘| 1518
state for facilities in doing busmC68- 03' Will P3)’
3 better interest. There is every convetitcnce
for the frcighting hnsitioea between Norwalk and
New York, for which purpose it hcsheeii used
{hr 30 years past. Any person wishing to pur-
chase wgljtuf‘ counts '?X'1lJ‘tlnf¢ for himself and 8
further deigrlptltitl ts tltcrefore dccme urine-
sagolry. Title iiidisplitdble.
I I3. Two«Slriops will also be sold with the
ghoye property. one 67, the other_S7 tons. The
pbove property may be had any time pl't‘_Vl0U3 to
f._he 2;'}ti: of Ma:-clt next. M. IIOYT.
" Nii'rwelk,.I:tittiary I9, 1939. 997
LL debts due the §U-'3§.‘lll)(_‘l', '¢\'l1lCli MC H0‘
7 ‘Settled pic-.viou‘s to the 25th Mat-'ch next,
, grill be put in suit. M. HOYT.
‘ V Norwtilk, Jan. 19. 1939- l 97
' VINE Britania Tea Pots, Sn-garantl Cream,
it little the best in market. at L. CL.uur's.
~ GUNS! GETEEF
5 ‘UST received one case German Brass
L «I Mounted Percussion Lock Guns, a first rate
article. Price, five doilurth
Also, a few English Guns. Brass Plated Pa-
k . P ice, nine dollars.
5°“ L" 8 I wiv;.J. sraaar.
lslurwelk, Aug. 20, 1835 W76
- Clmta. Ea~r£/tern and Glass Wizre.
3' Q:?'’ A good as.-orttnent constantly on hand at
the Store of JAS. MALLORY _
January 1.1839. W97?
HlClll'.'S’l'EK'b' Spelling Book for sale by
J. A. WEED.
()cmhnr I5. 1838- W84
I OBFISH.-100 Qtiintals Cudlis.‘t,fur
sale by the subscribers at the New-York
., prices. HUBBELL 65 CO.
~ Norwelk. February 5. lS3S. 48
9.
1.
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N usstirltiietil ufcoarse mi-.n’s peg Boots and
“ .\
11 Shoes. Chcapfor cash by
- D. SELLECK.
Oct. 5. 1838.
tf87
lb.’-%,.*3‘t' ‘ Cikfiifii.
T ‘V I-IE subscriber once more requests all those
, who are owing him for Tailoring, to call
and settle without further delay. Those who
in-glcct this call will be charged interest.
— : NOAII S. BAILEY,
Norwulk, July 30, l83S. 70
_VAL_UABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
ll ' ”THE subscriber, wishing to dis-
,.._, pose of his property tn this town,
flfifil:-:_ offers for sale his lioiiiestcnd at the
_. .- 721:".-. Old Well, now occupied by Stephen
Hays; also, a tract of land containing about
bight acres, situtttetl on l_3rook’s Hill, in the rear
of George Benedict’s ll0,l_lS(?,; also, anothertract,
known as the Butler land, containing about eight
bores, and lying on the N. _Y. 'I‘_i_zrnpike, about
one mile from Old \Vcll. ' If not previously
ilisposed of, said property will be offered at pub-
Iic‘auction, on the premises, on the 14th day of
March neirt, at 2 o’clock P. Said property
is in the charge of James Quintard, Esq. whois
- iiuthorized to sell the same, and who will give
all the requisite information to those who may
wish to purchase.
‘ MELANCTON HOYT.
Norwalk, Nov. 12, 1838. tf‘ 86
HURN AND HOOFSCRAPS WANTED.
' EVENTY-FIVE CENTS per hundred
weight. will be paid by the subscriber for
Horn and E_1oofScraips. at the Norwalk Chemi-
jgal Mauufactory. M. KALBFLEISCH.
Norwallt, Dec. 3, 1838. tf 91
IN AS-SOR T LOZENGES,
FORsale by N. BAILEY 8; SON.
Decemberlfl, 1833.
"CABINET OWARE.
HE subscriber would inform the public that
he is manufacturing, and intends to keep
constantly on hand and for sale, an assortment of
r Furniture of t_!.ll kinds and quiiltties, not to be
l excelled short of New York ‘ city, and cheaper
j ’, than can be bought in this Cottnty or elsewhere.
.1-1e will be happy to accommodate his customers
had friends on the most reasonable terms. All
/ An elegant assortment of Chairs now for sale,
, consisting of Kitchen, Windsor, Fancy Cane
I Seat, and Cur1’d Maple Chairs, Boston Rockers,
" Fancy do., Children’s Table and Low Chairs,
etc. Call at the Cabinet Ware Room it few rods
East of the Bridgc, where you can suit your-
selvesand oblige yours, doc.
" WM. Al.
‘ Norwitlli, Feb. 1839, I0}
‘THEN I WAS IN MY BRlMEg
1}; ci,i_rtoi.iiu: aow1.ir.s._‘ "V '
I mind me of a pleasant tiine-— ‘
A season long ago-
The pleasantesi I’ve ever known,
Or over now can know ;" '
Bees, birds, an Iitiletinltling rills
So merrily did ohinie“;
The year was in its sweet spring-tide,
And I was in my prime.
I_!ve never heard such music since,
From every bending spray-
I've never pn|l’d such primroses,
Set thick on bank and brae.
I’ve never smelt such violets-
As all that pleasant time,
I lound by every, hawthorn root,
when I was in my prime,
You moory down, so black and bare
Was gorgeous, then, and gay
With gorse and gowan, blossoming
As none blooms now a day: ‘
The blackbttd sings but seldom bow,
Up there in the old lime,
X]/liere hours, and hours, he used to _sing.
\Vben was in triyprime,
Such cutting winds came never then
To pierce one through and through;
More softly fell the silent shower,
More balmily the dew;
The morning mist and evening ha_u_ze—-
Uulike this cold gray rirne—- I
Seemed woven waves of golden air,
When I was in my prime.
And blackberries—so mawltisb now-
Where finely flavored then;
And hazle nuts! such clusters thick
I necr shall pull again:
Nor strawberries, blushing wild, as rich
As fruits of suriniest clinic;
How all is altered for the worse,
Since I was in my prime!
The effect of music on the senses was odd-
ly and wonderfully . verified, during the
mourning for the Duke of Cumberland, un-
cle of George III; a tailor had a great num-
bcr of black suits, which were to be finished
in a very short space oftime. Among his
workmen was a fellow who was always sing-
ing, “Rule Britannia,” and the restpf the
journeymcn joined in the chorus. The lai-
lor made his observations, and found that the
slow time of the tune retardetl the work;
consequence, he engaged it blind fiddler, and
placing him near the workshop, made him
play constantly the live] tune of “Nancy
Dawson.” The design lied the desired ef-
fect, the tailors’ clbows moved obedient to the
melody and the clothes were sent home
tvilhin the prescribed period.——,-Sc-razp Book.
The New Orleans Sun relates a humorous
storv of r. ver ' well dressed and genteel 100l{_-
ll’l_Q' person w 0 was curious to see the G1-
raffee, and who stepped up to the “man wot”
receives the money, with——" Is the Giraffe to
be seen here I” “ Yes, sir.” “I want to
see him.” “ Very well sir.” “ The price
is fifty cents, isn’t it?” " One dollar, sir.
Fifty cents for se7'oo.nts.” “ VVell, I’m a ser-
vant.” " You a servant l” “ 'I‘hc d , ll
Whose!” “Yours, sir—your humble ser-
vant.” "\Valk in, and take a seat. The
joke is worth the price of admission.”
Pr-inter’: Fee, Ext-ra..—-The Maumee Ex-
press records undcr the appropriate head, the
tmion of a couple, in that region, and adds:
“Accompanying the above we received
the Printer’s fee, in the shape of three sub-
splendid pork sascngers, full three feet in
length; and then warn’t there fine times in
this office, for the space of a short time ?”
A'rkcms_.,zs EIoque2ice.—-We’ll put the fol-
lowing sample of an Arkansas lawyer’s elo-
quence against any thing they can bring from
the west. As to the justness of his reason-
ing we so y nothing, but as to its conclusive-
ncss we defy any one to find a match. His
client was brought up for stealing a mule.
After the witnesses had all been sworn, and
the lawyer on the other side had given his
opinion, our orator gave the jtiry the follow-
ing blast:
“Gentlemen of the jury, the whole of you,
there you set: You have all "heard what
those witnesses have sraid, and of course you
‘agree with me that my client didn’t steal that
mule. Do you ’'_,;pose, for one second, that
he would steal a mule? a low-lived mule !
D __,n clear of it. What does he \_vz'_t,nt of
a mule when he has got a bang-upponyilike
that tied to you tree ? (pointing to a. fine look-
ing Mustang, opposite the log court house.)
What, say, in the name of Gen. Jackson,
does he want of a mule? N othing—-exactl
nothing. No, gentlemen of the jury, he didri t
steal the mule he wouldn't be caught stealing
one. He never wanted a mule, he never had
a mule, nor he never would have a mule
about him. He has his aatipathies as well as
any body, and you couldn’t hire him to take
a mule." " '
Juryrr1cn_,tha,t law. er on the other side has
been trying to spread wool over your eyes,
and stuff you up with the notion that my cli-
. ent walked off withlthe aforesaid animal
without asking leave; but you ain't such a_
pack of fools as to believe List'en'to
me if you want to hear truth and reason-
arid while yoularc about it, wake up that fel-
low who’s asleep; I want him to hear too.
That other lawyer says, too, that my cli-.
ent should be _sent to prison like to _see'
you send him once. But its getting towards
give you a closer and finish. Now you
have no idea of sending my client to prison—_—
I can see that fact striking out. Suppose',ei_-
ther of you was in his p,lace—7§upp0se, for
instance, I was, and you should undertake to
jug me—_-put rnain a log jail withoutfirc
whore the wind was blowing in on one side
brag of about the place was the perfectly free
circulation of air—.-do you suppose, I say,
that I would go? I'd see you d—d first, and
then I wouldn't.’ =
We don’t know what verdict the jury re-
turned, as when our information left they had
all gone to the grocery to liquo.r.—-N. O.
Picayune.
The Pawn Bro/ce7'.—Visitin g a Pawn Bro-
ker’s shop in Chatham street, for the purpose
of redeeming some articles left by an unfor-
tunate friend, the following circumstance ar-
rested my attention :
A middle aged man entered with abundle,
on which he asked a small advance, and
which on being opened was found to contain
a shawl and two or three other articles of
female apparel. The man was stout and
sturdy, and as I judged front his appearance,
mechanic ; but the mark of the destroyer
was on his bloated countenance and his heav '
stupid eyes. Intemperance had marked him
for his own. The pawn broker was yet exa-
mining the offered pledge, when a. woman,
whose pale face and attenuated form he-
spoke long intimate acquaintance with sor-
row, came hastily into the shop, and with the
single exclamation, “ Oh Robert 1” darted,
rather than run, to that part of the counter
where the man was standing. VVoi'ds were
not wanting to explain her story, her misera-
ablc husband, not satisfied with wasting his
own earnings, and leaving her to starve with
his children, had descended to the meanness
of plundering even her scanty wardrobe, and
the pittance, for the obtaining of which this
robbery would furnish means, was destined
to be squandered at the tipling-house. A
blush of shame arose even upon his degraded
face, but it quickly passed away ; the brutal
appetite prevailed, and the better feeling that
had apparently stirred within him for the
moment, soon gave way before its debased
and insatiatcd cravings. " ' " "
‘Go home,’ was his liargh and angry ex-
clamation, ‘what brings you here, running
after me, with your everlasting‘ scolding .7:-—
Go home and mind your own business.’
‘fQh Robert, dear Robert,’ answered the
unhappy wife, ‘don’t pawn my shawl. Our
children are crying for bread, and I have
none to give them. Or let me have the mo-
ney; it is hard to part with that shawl, for it
was my mother’s gift; but I will let it go ra-
ther than see my children starve. Give me
lhe money, Robert, and don’t leave us to
erish.’
I watched the face of the pawn broker, to
see what effect this appeal would have upon
him, but I wan-laod in vulll. He was harden-
away. ' rwelve shillings on these,’ he said,
tossing them back to the drunkard, with a
look of perfect indifference. ' '
‘Only twelve: shillings!’ murmured the
heart-broken wife, in a tone of despair.-—
‘Oh Robert, don’t' let them go for twelve
shillings. Let me try some where else.’
5 Nonsense,’ answered the brute. ‘ It is as
much as they’re worth, I suppose. Here,
Mr, Crimp, give us the channte.’ ' " '
' The money was placed before him, and
the bundle consigned to a drawer. The»wo-
man reached out her hand toward the silver,
but the movement was anticipated by her
fiusbplnilf. :iT1l1ierc, lyllary,’ hi said, giving
er a a 0 ar, ‘t ere, go ome now an
don’t make a fuss. I’m going a little way
lime loaves of cake, and a bountiful link of up street, and perhaps I’ll bring you some-
thing from market when I come home.’
The hopeless look of the poor woman, as
she meckly turned to the door, told plainly
enough how little she trusted to,this ambigu-
ous promise. They wcnt on their way-—she
to her farnishing children, and he to squan-
der the dollar he had retained.—Scenes from
Real Life. ‘
YOUNG MEN, READ Tms.——A Scene
from ‘Clement Falconer.’-—-Mr. Crabbe en-
tered his oflice late one evening after having
passed from the grave to the gay, in his usual
magnet‘ at the table ofa friend, and throwing
himself into his own chair, ,‘Clem,’ said he,
‘lay aside that book, and let us talk.’ And
the volume being deposited on the table, he
continued : ‘ I have turned out of my office a.
number of very clever, and a. few very dis-
tinguished men, and whether you are to go
in advance of your predecessors, or to fall be-
hind them, must depend, in some measure,
upon nature, to be sure, but mainly upon
yourself I was sitting in this place one
morning in the fall of the year, when in step-
ed a long, lank, limber young Yankee. His
cane was thrown over his shoulder, ' from
which depended down his back a bandana
handkerchief} containing all the worldly
goods and clothes he possessed besides those
he had on. He were at slouching beaver, a
thread"-bare coat, linen pantaloons, andcoarse
shoes, and traveled on foot from the moun-
tains of"New Hampshjre, on his way to the
West. But it had occurred to him that morn-
ing, as he said, that before he arrived in the
new States, he would like to study the law,
and requested permission to begin his studies
forthwitli, in my oflice, desiring melto state,
at the same time, what was the customary
student’s fee in these parts. Somewhat start-
led at the apparition, I had thoughts at first
of not receiving him; but there was some-
thing in the quiet determination of his eye,
and the confident business air with which he
threwdotvn his bundle, and opened the sub-
kinds of Ware made at the shortest notice.—-s dinner time and I want a horn bad. so I-’ll ject of his wishes. andistill more in the har-
dy enterprize and firmness ofpurpose implied
in the whole conduct of the young man, that
pleased me exceedingly, and I told him that,
he was vvelcorne to the _use of my books and-
to such aid as I could afford him in the pro-
secution of his studies. That my charge for
those young gentlemen who were able to ay
ed to Lll5l.l‘..‘S3, and had sympathy to throw ‘B1?
per annum; but those who could not afford
this expenditure, I willingly received tvitliout
charge. He replied that he had no money,
and could only say, that after he should be
qualified to practice, and had got into busi-
ness, which he hoped he would not be long
in doing, he would remit my fee from the
“fest. He set in accordingly, paying his
board, and providing himself i with c.lothin'g,
by takinga class of young men, to" whom he
gave instruction at nights in Latin and Greek,
and was never absent from theoflice one day
for three years, at which time he was admit-
ted to the bar. He new again took up his
cane and bundle, continued his tramp over
the mountains, and sat himself down in the
then territory of Indiana, whence he remitted
me small ‘sums, from time to time, the whole
amount of my fee. I wrote to l'tint,_dcclai'ing
that I was unwilling to receive his money,
and hoping that he would consider me satis-
yr, fled; but he insisted upon paying me every
fat’-thing. And now that man is a Senator in
Congress from the West, building up a well-
carncd fame among the Amphyctyons of the
Union.”
._._.
EXTRACTS mom THE season or
HON. JOHN C. CLARK
Of New York. delivered in the House of
Representatives of the United States, Jan.
30, 1839, in Committee of the Whole, on
motions pending to refer the President’s
Message. '
I claim to belong to that class of politi-
cians, small in number, but not contemptible
in power, called Conservativcs——with this as-
sociation I am proud, justly proud. That par-
ty has been, and still is, the subject of much
bitter persecution, and of wantoii and'unpro-
voked attack. That the venal Globe should
pour upon’ the‘ vials of its wrath and Vitu-
peration, and assail it with its usual billings-
gate, excites no surprise--.-“’tis his vocation.”
The Executive pensioncd slanderer must per-
form his daily task of calumny and abuse to
earn his daily bread. The Conservatives are
charged with venality. They have been
“ bought and sold.” Yes, sir, they have been
“bought and sold.” That is the accusation.
Sir, gentleman who can so far forget what
is due to their high station-—to this House——
to themselves—-to decency—as to become the
retailers of the tlbald and stale slang of the
“ oflicial organ,” can excite in my bosom no
feelings of anger, no, norcontempt. L I can
only yield to them my pity, mingled with
disgust. '
Inrrective, crimination and personality are
oiten _ I to supply the D1 cc of reason and
. ; .. —-oltexito unburt en a bosom heav-
xrrgfti ith passion and bursting with malig-
ntty. How far gentlemen" on this floor
deem the usexof vituperative‘ arid accusatory
language, consistent with the dignity of their
places and of the'resp__c_.ct due to the feelings
of others, I am unable to say. ‘If they could
be persuaded to take counsel from the admo-
nitions of wisdom, and the suggestions of he-
nevolence. they would, in the use of language
temperate and courteous, add much to thdir
reputation as parliamentary debatersjand, at
the same time, improve the qualities of their
hearts. A good man, in preferring a charge
which he believes to be true, and which duty
alone compels him to make, will do it in :1
manner, convincing the accused, that it is the
crime, and not the man assailed
If the use of harsh language, in preferring
a well founded complaint, meets with our
disapprobation, in what terms of indignant
reprobation shall we not condemn him who
not only makes a false charge, but outrages
propriety and decency in the manner of ma-
king it '2 Shall this place be converted into
an arena, in which political gladiators shall
combat, with weapons steeped in poison ?—
God forbid! Here should be the abiding
place of eloquence, of genuine polished elo-
quence, an eloquence which rests its claim
to admiration on the display of its fascinating
charms’, and not on the _exhibition of its "re-
volting deformities. '
Sir, the Conservatives ask no man or set
of men for license to do what, to them, Seems to
be just and patriotic. The tenure by which
they hold “a standing in the Republican
vineyard, and a breathingin its air,” is the
Constitution, which guaranties as well to
them as to the American people, freedom in
thought, word, and deed. In that freedom
they proudly stand. Persecution and bitter-
ness, reviling and proscriiption, either here
or elsewhere, will not drive them from their
position. It has been deliberately taken from
high considerations of duty to theircountry.
They have gone out into the battle field of
principle, armed with the weapons of truth
and patriotism. Never will they, craven
like, ask at the hands of their political ad-
versaries, the terms oft which they shall en-
joy theirpolitical principles, or continue their
political being. As their conduct, thus far,
merits the good opinion of all, so will they
be cautio_u_s‘.to do no act of political base__ness
to incur,justly, the contempt of any. ' ” "
.1.-; Sir, I am not ignorant of the deep hzitc
which certain gentlemen bear towards’ the
Conservatives. It surprises me not. Indeed,
it is quite natural. -The Conservatives act
from noble and patriotic impulses, which
never throbbed in the bosoms of theirrevilers.
They are stubborn in honesty, unyielding in
purpose, and independent in action. .-They
spurn dictatiomcome from what quarter it ma
and claim andlexercise the right to think and
act-for themselves. Too proud in principle
to be the fatvning, _cring_i_r_ig slaves" and syco;
phants of power, they have burst asunder the
degrading shackles which bound them to the
vile earth of party, and they walk erect in
the conscious dignity of freemen. Too self-
respectful to crawl along the filthy gutters
triotism, breathe its pure and bracing atmos- t
ands." l}Vhy will notlgentletrien of the ad- l
sins." be in charity wit their fellow men, and
fertile plains, and bids them enter '1” t
hatred of Executive (lictation.
late election?
all their party feelings, and all their political
offering to offended liberty. The fire of
patriotism kindled the sacrifice. Its incense
of the country. _ ‘
Had the Conservatives stood by, indiflcr-
exit spectators of the fight-—had they inac-
neath their desolating weiglit, business, cre-
dit, industry, enterprise, order, law and mor-
ality, they would have "proved false to their
Heaven.
On the great and absorbing questions pre-
sented by the Executive, and which divide
vutives think alike.
can they, as friends to the country, avoid
unity of action? Shall Conservatives be
false to the country, because Whigs are true
to it? Shall they lose sight of priaci les
and be governed by names? Shall t ey
abandon republican ground because Whigs
occupy it? Shall Conservatives, traveling
aside, and madly rush down the precipice,
because \Vhigs are fellow-travelers ? No
sir; Conservatives are pleased to act; with
Whigs when they go for the country, and I
trust they will so continue to act. It is the
only mode of operation by which the great
and vital ‘interests of_ the country can be pre-
served from the rain with which they are
threatened, by the party in power. The
motto of "the _,Cons_ei_'vati’ve Republican is,
f‘ Principia non hom'i'nes.” As in obedience
to the ‘call of duty, they hesitated not to hurl
the shafts with ‘effect, at the bosoms of their
old comrades in arms, so will they keep in
their quiver, arrows reserved for any and
every party proving false to the country.
Party, in its relentless tyranny, exacts from
its blind devotees, passive submission to is de-
crees, be they right or wrong. ' Against this
tyranny, 'Co,nservativ_es will wage unceasing
war,-as they will oppose _no measures calcit-
lated to promote the public good, because
brought forward by the administration, so
will they support no measures having an op-
posite tendency, because they may receive
the advocacy of the opposition.
No doubt, to the destructives, the inaction
of the Spartan cohorts would have been
highly delightful. It was modestly asked of
them to stand by with folded arms, to submit
patiently to deniinciation and abuse, and to
00k with indifference '11 on the wounds of
their lacerated and’ blee ing country. Did
they consent to remain liars do combat, and
maintain an inglorious neutrality ? No sir.
They felt that the performance of 8. high and
imperative duty, was demanded at their hands.
At the hazard of party outlawry, regardless
of all pefsonal considerations and personal
consequences, they buckled on the armor of
patriotism, and rushed fearlessly into the
fight. In the face of power, and in contempt
of party discipline, as volunteer soldiers on
the side of their country, without bounty, or
the expectation of reward, they have en-
listed for the entire war. They will,‘ at all
times, befound at their po_sts,manfully doing
battle, until the ."Yandals shall be driven from
Rome.’.’ Already, in the State of New York,
have they given evidence of their efficient
bravery. -The battered and" broken helmets
of their enemies, and the enemies of repub-
lican principles, lbear ample testimony, that
they wielded their battle axes with no puny
arms. The bruised casques, of a number of
my honorable colleagues around, bear grati-
fying proofs that they have come, discomfited,
from the fight.
-The motives of the Conservatives chal-
lenge and defy impeachment. Like the vir-
tue of the Roman matron, they are above
suspicion. ' The virtuous and the good of the
their stand was taken.
and agitate the country, Whigs and Conser- articulate ‘- Pa” and " Ma.”
Thus thinking, how doubt not, that he could so vary the mechan-
the high road of republican principle, turn jccts on this floor.
miserable crumbs which fall from the Execn- rler all the dliscoitiragiiigloircumstarices with
tive table, they soar into the regions of pa- which they were surrounded, did they hesi-
ate? No sir ; the country demanded their
p_he1'e,'and feed on its rich and tempting vi- aid, and without waiting to speculate on po-
itical ‘probabilities, oi‘ calculate upon politi-
ministraiiort repent them of their political cal c_hance§,‘th'ey freely", fearlessly gave it.
Sir, in constituents, ‘in the exercise of or‘-
come to the banquet? Why will they con- dinary sagacity, saw, that if members of Con-
tinue to "batten” on the agrarian " moor,” gross dissented from‘l?i'esideritial re(:_onimen-
when patyiotism points them to her “ fair and tlatton, at the peril of dentinciation ; it, from
he force of party drill and discipline, they
The allianceibetiveen the Whigs and Con- were compelled to surrender their own hon-
servatives to oppose the administration in its estly entertained opinions at the footstool of
mad and visionary and destructive projects, the Executive, and thus become his mere
is characterised as. at “bargain and sale.”—— tools, and the registrars of his dc-crces——that
No, sir, it is an alliance of ‘high and noble legislation was an idle force, an unreal
purpose, prompted by love of couqtry and mockery] W'1hy nohsflid. they. abolish U16
l,Viat was nations egis attire, and’ place ‘upon the
the spectacle presented to admiring patriot- brows of the President the imperial diadem ;
ism, in the State of New Ylqrkl, (ll1l'l([1lg the confer uporjl him the executive and legislative
One on w ic i 000 men powers, an constitute him as he then would.
might have gazed with delightful aodmiration. 1136, it tyrant for life, with tlie power of regal’
Men earraged for years in warm political atingthe succession.
conflichoemerging from it with all the bitter servicncy to the views of the Executive is to
feelings which such confltcts usually engcn- obt:n_n, lct_us abcltcatcthis Hall, and no longer
dot‘, in pure devotion to their country, pobly continue at too degyaded condition ip which
laid upon its altar all personal considerations, the doctrine places us.
If this doctrine ofsnb-
If we are the mere instruments of the Ex-
prejudices and antipathies. It was a peace ccutive, bound atall times to do his bidding,
let us go home and contrive some plan that
may relieve us from the dcbasing thraldom,
has ascended, grateful to the gua1'dia.ii angel and still l_{e__ep up the ‘mere’ forms of legisla-'
' lion. A plan was suggested to me by an in-'
genious constituent, which would save the
nation much expense, relieve ourselves from
tively, viewed the revolutions of the Jagger our humiliating position, and greatly simpli-
naut wheels of ngrariamsm, crushing be- fy the governmental machinery. You may
have heard, sir,‘ of the famous Maelzel, noto-
rious for his mechanic powers and the famous
n1€tnllf€1ClLll“_3I' of chest; playcrs,'trumpeters.
principles, talse to their country, and false to and other'au'tornatic'irnages. He has brought
‘ ‘ the internal arrangement of his figures
to that state of perfection, that they are able
to respond in monosyllablvs, and can distinct]
Now, sir,
ism of his puppets, that they might be made
to say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ Well, sir, let's'din'e_
committee (the Ways and Means would be
highly appropriate.) be instructed to bring in
a bill, authorizing the President to contiact
with the German for a number of these an-
tomata, equal to the number of his liege sub-
Let them be arranged
about the hall. There would be no" scram-
ble of course‘ ‘about preferred seats. Let there
be attached to the internal clock work of these
figurantes, a wire, to be touched by some
faithful devotee of the ’Prcsident. Perhaps
my honorable colleague, the chairman ofthe
Ways and Means, and the venerable gentle-
man from New Hampshire, (Mr. Cuslimnm)
as they are about to disencumber themselves
of the robes ofoffice, inighl be appifoprialely
selected "for this duty, to be denominated ex-
ecutive’wire-pullei's—gencral,'at a respectable
salary, which is the cream of an oflicialjokie.
Now, sir, I submit with great deference
to the opinions of others, whether this would
not be an admirable arrangement? Think,
sir, over what rt grave, dignified and orderly
assembly the Speaker would, with his usual
dignity, courtesy, and impartiality, preside!
Every thing would move on in harmony.
I-Ie _woj.1ld not be annoyed, either by calls to
orde1',o_r long win_;_lcd jspeechcs about abolition,
defalcations, Hayti, and';nattei's, as the auc-
tion bills have it, too ‘numerous to mention.
We have heard enough of wooden nutmegs,
let us have wooden Congressmen, men who
will be courteous and respectful to each oth-
er, avoid contentions, eschew duelling, say-
yes and no, as the wire pullers shall direct.
and in all things, as iswoiit of the party, re-
spond in unison with Executive suggcstionsl '
Party denunciation, I trust, has lost its
terrors in the empire State. Men will no
longer pay a blind homage to party names,
and be governed by the ‘sic volo’ of party
leaders.
principles, by a servile and involuntary de-
votion to men. Cabalistic terms have lost
their potency’. The scepter of party"tyranny
isishivered and destroyed. The spirit o'fin’-
quiry is abroad. The right by which a cer-
tain class of politcans claim to be, par emi-
nence, the Republican party, though living
in the open 'j/iolatiojn of the prinfziples of de-
mocracy," ';'s‘ challenged and denied. The
people are weighing this pseudo republican
party in the balance ofjustice andjudgement,
'and‘th'ey find it ivanting—misei‘aLly want-
lag in the high essentials of consistency, of
patriotism and honesty. Sir, let me say to
this party, who are desecifating the name of
Republican, that it is la fearful thing to fall
into the liands of an incensed, outraged, and
abused people. You are arraigned before
their high tribunal for your manifold and
flagrant misdeeds. The indictment charges,
that not having the fear ofthe people before;
your eyes, and being instigated by an inordi-.
nate love of the spoils of power and place,
you have attempted to concentrate in the per-
son of your Chief; all the patronage of-the
Government and __t,h_e whole ;'no_ne"y po;wer;‘ol
present age award to them, as posterity will the country ;that you have assailed the sove-
award, honesty of purpose, purity of intcn- reignty of the States through their domestic
Lion, and an unconquerable moral bravery. instit}1tio_t1s,ipt,érfered with their internal poli-
These remarks are especially applicable to cy, and auemptpd to prostrate their system of
the Conservatives of New York. They bad business and credit. You have‘ app_oi_n‘ted to
every reason t_o believe that they were des- highly responsible and lucrative omccs, men
tined to meet, not only with persecution and having no claims thereto, other than a want
reproach, but to pass into an almost hopel_ess ‘of busi_ne_s_§ habits, _a lack _of prudence, "ii _d,esti-
minority; At the extra semioniof Congress tutio'_r‘t of li_one_sty_a_nd_the possessiori ofa noisy
. They might have partizanship, can confer.
basked in the sun-§hine' of Executive fav'or— vigilance and fidelity, you have permitted the
they preferred the §miles of their country.— public treasure to be plunderered by a ‘hun-
They left’ large majorities for lean minori- dred hands whe_n not one should have reach-
ties. -The gift of prescience was ‘not theirs. ed You have shown an utter contempt
The spirit of propliecy was not upon them.‘ fo_r_th_e popular yvill, and you are now atter_np,t- ,.
They could not have anticipated the results ing to force'i1pn'jn the .c.0I1ntI'y,by the votes of
of the New York State Elections in the fall men who hold their seats in Congress in de-
of '37--results as unexpected and astounding fiance of a majority pf their constituents, a
and out of the other, and the only thing to me conveniently, was one hundred do] are and search in the sewers of _;party, for the to the Whigs as to the Conservatives Un- measure ' disor.gam:aiug‘and nmlutimary
By your’ yvant of
They will no more lose sight of
id
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