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DENTAL NOTICE.
OCT. A. HILL, thackfulforthe patronage
he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
form tne public, that he still continues a-few
doors west of the Bridge, in l3urrall’s' Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. . ,
Iucorruptible teeth inserted from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed, separated, ex-
tiacted_'3Lc., and all those diseases ofthe teeth
attended to, which, if suffered to continue, are
productive of so much mischief.
References.—Emery Bissell, M. D.; J. D.
M‘Lean, M. D.: Hon. 'I‘homas B. B.itler;
Hon. Benjamin lsaacs, Norwalk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R. B. Botsford. M.
D.; Doct. D. P. Knapp. Danbury. Duct.
Howell Rodgers, Colchester, Ct. William
Witter, M. D. Wilhamantic, Ct.
November 20, 1839. 1

0 WINTER. STRAINED SPERM OIL

F aspuperior quality, this dav received

and for sale cheap by E. & \V. E. BISSELL.
April. 1 1840.

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IT is now little more than 8 years since we dis-
covered from the aborigines of our country,
the medical herb from which the Mother's Re-
lief ‘is made; since that time, we have contented
ourselves in letting it be its own advertiser; and
we should still adhere to this resolution first
formed, if we were not compelledto believethat
there are persons so unprincipled, and so reckless
of the health and lives of the unsuspecting and
confiding, as to endeavor to palm offunder its
name, useless. if not baneful compounds, and
thus not only disappointing thejust expectations
of those who use it, but we fear, doing in many
cases. much injury.

As we are informed that there are such com-
pounds now offered, at various places, and by
different persons, we would caution all who are
interested. to be particular to inquire for "‘ Bar-
tholzclc’s Jlifot/ter’s Relief,” and purchase of no
person except they can show a certificate ofagen-
cy. signed by G. A. BARTHOLICK dc Co.

Asthe subject cannot, with nropriety, be en
larged upon in the form of a newspaper adver-
tisement. permit us to say that all who have the
genuine article for sale, are also furnished with a
pamphlet for gratuitous distribution, wherein the
subject is more fully discussed, in which, its
“modus operancli” is demonstrated to be upon
true Physiological data, operating upon the sys-
tem only by restoring the deranged functions to
their natural condition; allaying the febrile and
irritable symptoms, thus aiding and assisting
nature in her effort to prepare the system for the
important change about to take place. This
pamphlet will be given to all who wish,but itis
intended to be read only by those who are about
to become mothers or their Physicians.

As we are thus obliged to cotne before the
public to prevent a wicked and reckless imposi-
tion, we will take the occasion to say, that ifthe
increase of the call for the Mother’s Relief,
whereverknown, be any guidetoa correct opin-
ion to be formed of the estimation in which it is
held, we have the satisfaction of believing that
it has been the means of alleviating an infinite
amount of suffering and of saving many valua-
ble lives. Wherever ithas been used duringthe
above period, deep rooted prejudices have given
away to candid and thankful expressions ofgrati-
tude, and a_ wish to extend on their parts. as far
as possible. its benefits. Medical men of high
standing. have had the candor to acknowledge
for once, that their prejudices must be abandon-
ed, and have been advocates for its use.

For sale‘by the following Agents:
E. & W. E. Bissi-31.1.. Norwalk.
HIRAM WEED. Bethel.
-Em MYGATT, Danbury.
WM. B. GLOVER & Co., Newtown.
C. H. WEBB, Woodbury.
All those who wish. are invited to call at some

of our agents and procure a pamphlet. Without
charge. G. A. BARTHOLICK <56 Co.

Dec. 3. 1839.

 

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MTLLINER Y.

MRS. TINDALL would inform her friends

and customers, that she has removed to

the house formerly occupied by Jacob Smith.

a few doors north of the bridge, where she will
continue her business as usual.

Norwalk, April 27th, 1840. 25

For the Norwal/c Gazette.
CAUTION TO HORSES.
’ Tis strange what rogues some horses are,
You turn them in the rarest clover,
(No horse could ash: for scareer fare.)
And in an hour you’ll find them over
A fence so tall that our dog Rover
Would hardly know a fence was there.’

A horse ofthis kind may be found
On “ Doctor’s Commons asthey call it,
A certain square that’s nearly round,
Not very public now, and all it
Shows is some grass with nought to spoil it,
Except this nag, whom none can pound.

Adjacent to this square resides

A babyling who somewhat ill is-—
Never goes out save when it rides,

And for his benefit a pill is

Often administered. yet still his
Complaint. to some extent, abides.

Two days ago our Doctor P.

Drove up and hitched his horse and wagon.
And from my window I could sea‘

Approacing like a very dragon,

The Common's horse without a rag on,
Bent upon mischiefand a spree.

Now, this old nag has much renown
For his sagacity and cunning:-—
Ask but the hayward ofthe town,
He can bear witness to his running
Like blitz from him, but when a coming
Tlze black boy is. his heatris down.

And in the sequel ’twill appear
He comprebends his master's calling,

And takes an interest in it sincere.
When with a rival he can fall in

I-Ic undertakes an nverhawling
That in a quadruperl is queer.

\Vhen the physician reacb’d our dwelling
The Commons charger reacb’il his steed:
He nip’d him awfullv. compelling

A wratbful leer and rear;-—iii‘tleed,

Nip’d till he almost made him bleed-
Nip’d till he caused a hideous yelling.

Then at a chest his eye directing

Which stood upon the wagon seat,
He soon resolved upon inspecting

Its contents; by a skillful feat

\Vith snout. first open’d it complete,
\Vith snout the bottles then ejection.

I cried out, ho! and hop’d to still him.

But he did not desist :1 whit;
Then I told Doctorthat the villain

Was at his stuff-i;—-’(Doctor‘s a wit,

And likes ajoke, though selfit hit)
Said be, ‘‘Oh. never mind, they’ll kill him.”

The ball-room.——In a bull room there is
but a small part ofthe throng at ease. The
fair scene, which seems given up to mirth, is
watched by eyes which behold, without
sharing the enjoyments of innocence and the
gayety of youth. Envy, hatred, revenue,
mingle amaid the multitude, glide through
the dance. or sit watching from the walls;
and with them also, sad meditation, memorv
pole and way-worn, to whom the giddv
forms of pleasure only recall hours long van-

spirits. Calm wisdom, too. looks coldlv on,
and detects the serpent coiled amaid the flow-
ers.

 

IrI,rl7/St7'_I/.—-“ There is one precept,” savs
Sir Joshua Reynolds, "in which [shall be
opposed only by the vain. the ignorant and
the idle. Iam not afraid that I shall repeat
it to often. You must have no dependence
on your own genius. lfyou have great tal-
ents. industry will improve them—if you
have but moderate abilities. industry will
supplv their deficiency. Nothing is denied
to well directed labor.” 7

MR. Esi>Y’s 'I’i1Eonv.-—Professor Forshey of
Natchez, has written a letter to Drs. Dodge and
\Varder of Cincinnati, in which he says that all
his observations upon the traces ofthe late storm
have confirmed his beliefin Mr. Espy’s theory.
In enumerating reasons, he cites the following
very curious particulars:

Third, the extreme depression of the ba-
rometer whilethe storm was raging, and ex-
plosion ontward of nearly every room and
building in the city. Very often perhaps, in
one hundred cases, the gables of houses both
blew out, even in the very teeth of a wind
raging at several hundred feet per second l
Close hatches were blown open upward. and
a desk containing only one and a half cubic
feet of atmosphere to each apartment, burst
the locks ‘off _its three doors. Fourth, trees
were pulled up by the roots and carried sev-
eral yards, and then fell without breaking
their limbs; and this happened with the
largest trees. Men were picke'd up and car-
ried to a distance and let down without vio-

3 lence or injury.

Rail Road Accirlent.—VVe learn lhala
train of Cars which left Boston for Worces-
ter, loaded with delegates to Worcester Con-
vention. on Wednesday morning last. Came
in collision with the descending train from
Worcester, when near VVest-borough, and
that a large number of the passengers were
more or less injured,-—two or three quite se-
riously, but none it is believed dangerously.

 

The Printers’ Festival-— The Boston
Printers were to celebrate the Four Hun-
dreth Anniversary of the ‘art ofPrinting. on

Wednesday the 24th inst at Fanueil Hall.

. trance of the

ished, and loved ones long in the world of _

Mr Clay’s Mansion is about a mile and a
half from the city of Lexington. Showing
partially, and at intervals, through the trees
by which it is surrounded, and which cluster
on the broad lawn in front, the appearance
which it presents is in the highest degree,
attractive. A winding carriage way con-
ducts you from the gate to the principal en-
house. Here the visitor is
chiefly struck with the extreme neatness,
simplicity, and good arrangment of every
thing his eye beho_lds. He sees no costly

. statues, no magnificence of architecture, no

fountains gushing‘ from brazen Tijit-gns, and
by_theii' pleasing murzners wooing 'to a lux-
urious repose. But all that the unvitiatcd
taste ofa man of letters and ofeasy circum-
stances, of patrioticfeeling and republican
simplicity, could require, is spread "before
him. Lawns of the soft and bcautifulgrass
for which the country is remarkable, studded
whith cltimps of trees, tlirough whose dcnse
foliage the rays of the sun here and there
struggle irregularly and brightlv; a garden
of large extent, presenting, by its rich store
all the treasiircs ofFlora, combined whith the
more homely and useful fruits of domestic
use. ‘-1 Vivid idea ofthat sweet spot where our
first parents roamed, careless of all beside;
Stables fiblmdantly supplied whith horses of
the fai1‘<?Stpt’0poi'tions, and stock of the purest
blood; Woods, left in their natural beauty
and wild luxuriance--—meet places for study
and quiet contemplation—thesc are the ob-
jects which the statesman ofthe '\Vest has
gathered in rich abundance about him, where
ataste less pure would have collected grottos
Slat’-IFS. and a thousand little paltrv temples
and pagodus (being of that class hf‘ edifices
by man humanely erected for the benefit of
spiders.) The interior of the building an-
swers the expectntious excited by its appear-
ance without. Every thing is rich and ex-
cellent, but plain. There is nothing gaudy;
nothing ofthat gay magnificence-which daz-
zles and overpowers. It is the comfortable,
well ordered mansion of the gentleman, the
man of taste, and the sc.holar.——N. Y. Star.

Setting up with a. beau.-—-On Monday
morning about two o’clock, as the watchmmi
was passing the watchmaker’s shop in Sec-
ond street hclow German, he was surprised
to see a light shining through the gloss over
the door. He knocked at the door, but no
answer wasreturned; in an instant be ob-
served the light disappear from the store,
and appear as if in the kitchen below. He
now knocked loudly, and when Mr. Los-
cure, who lives in the dwelling‘ part of the
[mum-, pnpprri his head out of the tvintlow,
he assure-d him there was a robber in the
house, and requested him to watch until he
obtained assitance He sprung his rattle,
and soon secured a host, besides awakening
the whole neighborhood and throwing it in-
to a state of terrible agitation. The house.
store, and cellar were thoroughly examined,
and yet no thicf cotild be found. it was
strange! After a quantitv of growling, gues-
ing. and mysterious whispering, the party
were about retiring, when the whole affair
was discovered, and turned out singularly
enough, a small affair. The servant girl
had been sitting tip with her bean, and to
make him conifortable. had taken him tip in-
to the hack parlour, little dreaming that the
light would shincthrough the fanlight over
the store door, and throw every body with-
in a half a dozen squares into fits with dread-
ful apprehensions. BuT so it was.

Philo. Spirit of the Times.

A young man. in a large company, des-
canting very fiipparitly on a subject, his
knowledge of which was evidently very su-
perficial, the Dutchess of Devonshire, akscd
his "name. ‘Scarlet,’ replied a gentleman
who stood by. ‘That may be,’ said her
grace, ‘ and yet he is not very deep read.’

GEN. HAR.RISON’S SPEECI-I
AT FORT Mains.

FELLow Crriznivs:

I am not, upon this occasion, before you in
accordance with my own individual views or
wishes. It has ever appeared to me, thatthe
office of President of the United States should
not be sought after by any individual; but
that the people should, spontaneously, and
with their own free will, accord the distin-
guished honor to the man whom they be-
lieved would best perform its important du-
duties. Entertaining‘ these views. I should,
fellow citizens. have remained at home, btit
for the pressing and friendly invitation which
I have received from the citizens of Perrys-
burgh, and the earnestness with Which its
acceptation was urged upon me by friendsiii
whom I trusted, and whom I am now proud
to see around me. If, however, fellow-citi-
zcns, I had not complied with that invitati_on
-—.if Ihad remained at h0me——believe me.
my friends, that my spirit would have been
with you; for where, in this beautiful land,
is therea place calculated, as this is, to recul
long past reminiscences, and revive long
slurhbering, but not wholly extinguished,
emotions in my bosom? .

In casting my eyes around, fellow citizens,
they rest upon the spot where the gallant
VVAYNE triumphed so gloriously over his
enemies, and carried out those principles
which it seemed his pleasure to impress up-
on my mind, and in which it has ever been
my happiness humbly to attempt to imitate
him. It was there, fellow-citizens, I saw the
banner ofthe United States float in triumph
over the flag of the enemy. There it was
where was first laid the foundation of the
prosperity of the now wide spread and bean
tiful West. It was there I beheld the in--
indignant Eagle frown upon the itish
Lion. It was there Isaw the youth of our
land carry out the lesson they imbibed from
the gallant VVAYNE-—the noblest and best

an American can acquire—to die for his
country when called to do so in its clefence._

on Gen. Hedges, when he said : “Gen.
Hedges, will yoti come up het"e’.l You have
stood by my side in the hour of pattle, and
lcannot bear to see you at so great a dis-
tahce now.” Immense cheering followed
this considerate recognition, and the cries of
“raise him up,” place him by the side ofhis
old Gcnei-a],”, had scarcely been uttered,
when Gen. Hedges was carried forward to
the stand] ‘I -.

The General continued: It was there I‘
was interred by beloved companions—the
companions of my youth. It was not in ac-
cordance with the stern etiquette of military
life, then to mourn their departure; but I
may now drop a tear over their graves, at
the recollection of their virtues and worth.

In l793, féllo\'-citizens, I received my
"‘»’.{"'l'-T1.l‘>‘.SlOl'l to serve under Gen. ll/ayue.-—

-.794, I was his aid at the battle of the
l\iir.tuii. Nineteen years afterwards, I had
the honor ofagain being associated with ma-
ny of those who were my companions in
arms then. Nineteen years afterwards, I
found myself Commander-in-Chief of the
North Western Army; but I found no dim-
inution in the bravery of the American sol-
dier. I found the same spirit of valor in all
—not in the regular soldier only, but in the
enrolled militia and volunteer also. _

What glorious reminiscences do the view
of all these scenccs around me recall to my
mind ! VVhen I consented to visit this me-
morable spot, I expected that a thousand
pleasant associations (would to God there
were no painful associations mingled with
them) would be recalled——-that I should
meet thoustfiids of my fellow-citizens here—
and among them many of my old com o-
ions—mct here to rear a new alter to liberty
in the place of the one which had men have
prostrated.

[Here the General looked around as if for
some water, when the cry was raised, “give
the General some hard cider.” This was
done, much to the satisfaction of the multi-
tudc.]

And fellow-citizens, (continued the Gener-
ai,) I will not attempt to conceal from you,
that, in coming here I expected that I should
receive from you, those evidences of regard
which a generous people are cver willingto
bestow upon those whom they believe to be
honest in their endeavors to serve their
country. I receive these evidences of re-
gard and esteem as the only reward at all
adequate to compensate for the anxieties and
anguish which, in the past, I experienced
upon this spot. Is there any man of sensi-
bility, or possessing ii feeling of self-i‘espcc‘t,
who [15:15 what those feelings were, ‘I Do
you suppose that the Commander-in-Chief
finds his reward in the glitter and splendor
of the camp? or in the forced obedience of
the masses around him? These are not
pleasures unrlrr all circumstanccs—these are
not the rewards which a soldier‘ seeks. I
ask any man to place himself in my situa-
tion, and then say \\-'llt‘titt‘l‘ the t-xtreme pain
and anguish which I endured, and which
every person similarly situated must have
endured, can meet with any adequate com-
pensntion, except by such expressions of the
confidence and gratitude of the people, as
that with which you, fellow-citizens, have
this day honored me? These feelings are
common to all commander of sense and scri-
sibility. The commanders of Europe"pos-
sess them, although placed at the head of at‘-
mics reared to war. How much more not
urally would those feelings attach to a com-
mander situatcd as I was? For of what
materials was the army composed which
was placed under my comrriartd? The sol-
diers who fought and bled and triumphed

here, were lawyers, who had thrown uptheiripullecl in.
briefs——physicians, who had laid aside their‘some pr_oof of my friendship for old soldiers.

ins:ruments—mechanics. who had put by
their tools—-and, in far the largest proportions,
agriculturalists. who had left their plougs in
the furrow, although their families depended
for their bread upon their exertions, and
who hastened to the battle field to give their
life to their country if it were necessary, to
maintain her riglits. I could point from
where lnow stand, to places wherel felt
this anxiety pressing heavily upon me, as I
thought (I the fearful consequences ofa mis-
take on my part, or the want of judgement
on the part of others. I know there were
wives who had given their husbands to the
field——mothers who had clothed their sons for
battle; and I knew that these expecting
wives and mothers were looking for thegsafc
return ofthcir husbands and sons;

peace of the entire ‘Vest would be broken
tip, and the glory of my country tarnished if
I failed, you may possibly conceive the an-
guish which my situation was calculuted to
produce. Feeling my rcsponsibility,1 per-
sonally supcrvised and directed the arrange-
ment of the army under my command. I
trusted to no Colonel or other officer. No
person had any band in my disposition ofthe
armv. Every step of warfare, whether for
good or for ill, was taken under my own di-
rection, and of none other, as many who now
hear me know. VVhether every movement
would or would not, pass the criticism of
Bonaparte or VVellington, I know not; but,
whether they would induce applause or cen-
sure, upon myself it must fall.

But, fellow citizens, still another motive
induced me to accept the invitation which
had been so kindlyextended to me. Iknow
that here I should meet with many who
fought and bled under my command-«.-that I
should have the pleasure of taking them by
the hand, and recurring, with them. to the
scenes of the past. Iexpected, too, to meet
with a few ofthe greatand good men yet sur-
viving, by whose efforts our freedom was
achieved. This pleasure alone would have

been sufficient to have induced my visit tr-
this interesting spot upon thisequally interest-
I see my old companions

irig occasion.

Vllhentol
this was added the recollection, that the'people.

ry veterans around me. Would to God that
it had ever been in my power to have made
them comfortable and happy-that their sun
might go down in peace! But, fellow ciii.
zens, they remain unprovided for--monuments
ofthe ingratitude ofmy country. It was with
the greatest difficulty that the existing pen-
sipn act‘ was passed through Congress. But
why was it restricted’! Why werethebrave
soldiers who fought under Wayne excluded?
-—soldiers who suffered far more than they
who fought in the revolution proper. The
revolution, in fact, did not terminate until
1704--until the battle was ,fought upon the
battlc ground upon which my eye now rests
(lVli;imi.) '
the commencement ofthe revolution until the
victory of VVayne, to which I havejust allu-
ded. The great higliway to the T-Vest was
the scene of unceasing slaughter. Then
why this unjust discrimination? \Vhy are
the soldiers who terminated the war of the
revolution, in fact, excluded, while those by
whom it was begun, or a portion of them, are
rewarded ? I will tell you Why. The
poor remnant of VVaync’s army had but few
advocates, while those who had served in the
revolution proper had plenty of friends.-—
Scattered, as they were over all parts of the
Union, and in large numbers, they could ex-
ert an influence at the ballot box. They
could whisper thus in the cars of those who
sought their influence at the polls: “Take
care for I have waited long enough for what
has been promised. The former plea ofpov-
erty can no longer be made.’ The treaty is
now full. Take care your seat is in danger."
“ Ohl yes, every thing that has been prom-
ised shall be attended to ifyou will give your
votes.” In this way, fellow citizens, tardy,
but partial, justice was done to the soldiers
of the revolution. They made friends by
their influence at the ballot box. But it
was different with Gen. TVayne’s soldiers.—-
They were but few in number, and they
had but one or two humble advocates to
speak for them in Congress. The result
has been, that justice has been withheld.

I have said that the soldiers under W'ayne
experienced greater hardships even than the
soldiers of the revolution. This is so. Ev-
cry one can appreciate the difference between
an Indian and a regular war. VVhen woun-
ded in battle, the soldier must have warwth
and shelter before he can recover. This
could always be secured by the soldier of
the revolution. In those days, the latch
string of no door was pulled: in. W'hcn’
wounded, be was sureto find shelter and
very many of those comforts which are so
cssentiul to the siclr, lgut wliich the st‘-itiiv;-t's
in an Indian war cannot procure. Instead
of shelter and warmth, he is exposed to the
thousand ills indcidcnts to Indian warfare.——
Yet no relief was extended to those who had
thus suffered!

After the war closed under VVavne, I re-
tired; and when Isaw a man pobrcr than
all others, wandering about the land, decre-
pid and decayed by internperance, it was tin-
rtecessary to enquire whether he had ever
belonged to \Vayne’s army. His condition
was a guarantee of that—was a suficient as-
surance that he had wasted his energies a-
tnong the unwholesome swamps of the ‘West,
in the defence ofthe rights of his fellow-cit-
izens, and for the maintenance of the honor’
and glory of his country.

\Vell, fellow citizens, I can only say, that
if it should ever be in my power to pay the
debt which is due those brave but neglect-
ed men, that debt shall first of all be paid
And I am very well satisfied that the govern-
ment can afford it, prov-irlecgl the latch-string
of the treasury shall ever be more carefully
Perhaps you will ask me for

If so, I can give it you from the records of
congress. When the 1500 dollar law was
repealed, I opposed it, as I opposed chang-
ing the pay of members ofcongress from six
to eight dollars, until we had done justice to
and provided for, these soldiers. You will
find my votcs upon this question, among the
records of congress, and my speech upon it,
in the published debates ofthe time.

Iwill now, fellow citizen, give you my
reasons for having refused to give pledges
and opinions more freely titan I have done
since my nomination to the presidency.
Many of the statements piiblisbed upon this
subject are by no means correct; but it is
true that it is my opinion that no pledge
should be made by an individual when in
nomination for an office in the gift of the
And why .7 Once adopt it, and the
battle will no longer be to the. strong——to the
virtuous—or the sincere lover of his country;
but to him who is prepared to tell the great-
est number of lies, and to proffer the largest
number of pledges which he never intends
to carry out. I suppose that the best guar-
antee which an American citizen could have
of the correctness of the conduct of an indi-
vidual in the future, would be-the past, when
he had no temptation before him, to practice
deceit.

Now, fellow citizens, I have not altogeth-
er grown gray under the helmet of my
country, although I have worn it for some
time. A large portion of my life has been
passed in the civil departments of govern-
ment. Examine my conduct there, and the
most tenacious democrat—I use the word in
its proper sense, I mean not to confine it to‘
parties, for there are good in both——-may,
rloubtless, discover faults, but he will find no
single act calculated to derogate from the
rights of the people. ’

However, to prove the reverse of this, I
have been called a Federalist. VVell, what
is a federalist? Irecollct what the word
formerly signified, and there are many oth-
ers present who recollect its former significa-
tion also. They know that the federal party
were accused. of adesign to strengthen the

NORWALK, WEDNESDAY, JULY .1, 1840. NrjMBER THIRTY THRIEE
P O E T R Y- MANSION OF H0N- HENRY CLAIR [Atithis moment the speaker's eye fell up- here, and I see not a few of the revo‘utiona pense ofthe eoarate st t Tl t
‘ ‘ S ., a es. in accusation

could not nor cannot apply to me, 1 “$39
brought tip after the strictest mannar of Vir-
ginian anti-federalism. St. Paul himself
jzasffgt greater devotee to the doctrines of
9 '4,‘ 13995. than was I. by inclination and

a falther s precepts and example, to anti-fed-
:21 18(3).‘ 1 iyas taught to believe that soon-
 or latent at fatal catastrophe to human
iherty would take place--that the general
government would swallow up all the state
govetnrrients, and that one department of thc
government would swallow up all the other
departments. I do not know whether my
friend Mr. Van Buren (and he is, and I hope
ever will be, my personal friend) has a gul-

VVar continurd with them from ,let that can stvallow every thing; but 1 do

lmow, that if his measures are all t'ai'i‘ied
out, he will lay a foundation for otliers to do
so if he does not.

What reflecting man cannot see this ?
The Representatives of the People were
oncc the source of power. Is it so now?
Nay. It is to the executive mansion now
thut every eye is turnetl——that every wish is
directed. The men of office and pzirty, who
are governed by the principlespf John Ran-
dolph, to wit: the five loaves ahd two fishes.
seem to have their cars constantly directed
to the great bell at head quarters, to indicate
how the little ones shall ring.

But to return. I have but to remark that
my anti-federalism has been tempered by my
long service in the employ of my country—;
and my frequent oaths to support her gener-
al government; but I am as ready to resist.
the encroachment or: state rights, as I am to
support the legitimate authority ofthe Exec-
utivg, or the general government.

Now, fellow citizens, I have very liu';»_~..
more to say, except to cxbort you to go on,
peacefully if you can—-and you can-—-to ef-
fect that reform upon which your hearts an
fixed. \Vhat cahimitous COllS(:C]l7.€llC€S wili
ensue to the word if you fail! Should votz
fail, how the tyrants of Europe will rcjoiivc.
If you fail, how will the friends of freedom,
scattered, like the few pluncts of heaven,
over the world, mourn, when thev see the
beacon light of liberty extingui-she:d—thc
light whose rays they had hoped would yet
penetrate the whole beniglited world.

' If you triumph, it will only be done by
vigilance and attention. Our personal friends
but political enemies, remind each other that
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.’.’
‘While journeying thitherward, I observed
this motto waving at the head of a proces-
sion composed of the frie-nds of the present
administration. From this I inferred, that
cliscriminatien was iiecessarv in order to
irnow who to tt'zi?.ch. Under ile-fl’.-rson, Mad-
ison and Monroe, the eye of the people was
turncd to the right source-—to the adminis-
tration. The administnation, however, now
say to the people, "You must not watch its,
but you must watch the \/‘Vhigsl Only do
that, and all is safe l” But that, my friends.
is not the way. The old fashioned repub-
lican rule is to watch the government. See
that the government does not acquire too
pinch power. Kcep a check upon your ru-
.ers. Do this, and liberty is safe. And if
your efforts should result succcssfullv, and I
should be placed in the presidential chair,
I shall invite a recurrence to the old repub-
lican rule, to watch the administration, and
to condemn all its acts which are not in ac-
cordance with the strictest mode of republic-
anism. Our rulers, fellow citizens, must be
watched. Power is insinuating. Few men
are satisfied with less power than they are
able to procure. If the ladies whom Isce
around me, were near enough to hear inc,
and of sufficient age to give art experimental
answer, they would tell you that no lover is
ever satisfied with the first smile of his mis-
tress.

It is necessary, therefore, to watch. nor.
the political opponents of an jadministration.
but the administration, itself, and see that it
keeps within the bounds of the Constitution
and the laws of the land. The Executive of
the Union has immense power to do mischief,
if he sees fit to excercise that power. He
may prostrate the country. Indeed, this
country has been already prostrated. It has
already fallen from pure rcpublicanism, to a
monarchy in spirit if not in name, A cele-
brated author defines monarchy to be that
form of goverment in whichthe Executive
has at once the command of the army, the
execution of the laws and the control of the
purse. Now, how is it with our present
Executive? The Constitution gives to him
the control of the army, and the execution
of the laws. He now only awaits the pos-
session of the purse to make him a Monarch,
Nola Monarch simply, with the power of
England, but a Monarch with the powers of
the Autocrat of Russia. For Gibbon says
thatan individual possessed of these powers
"will, unless closely watched, make himself
a despot.”

The passage of the Sub-Treasury bill will
give to the I’resident an accumulation of pow-
er-—the single additional power that the Con-
stitution whitholds from hiin,and the posses-
sion of which will make him a Monarch.—
This catastrophe to freedom should be, and
can be, prevented, by vigilance, union and
perseverance.

[“ We will do it,” rcsouncled from twenty
thousand voices, “we will do itl”]

In conclusion, then, fellow citizens, Iwould
impress itupon all—-Democrats and VVbigs
to give up the idea. of watching each other,
anrl direct your eye to the Govermnent. Do
that, andyour children and your children’s
children, to the latest posterity, will be as
happy and as free as you and your fathers
have been. ,

[At the close of this speech, the vast mul-
titude gave “ three times three,” with art
unanimity and heattiness which spoke elo-
quently the unanimity, of their sentiments as
to the force, truth and beauty of‘ the speech’.

hands of the general government at the ex-

and the worth,merit and-virtue of the speaker]