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ATHENS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1848.
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER IS.
Poetry.
BONO OB THE PEASANT'S WIFE.
* Come, 1'atrick, clear up the
“Thaugli tlie
arly day !
ulion fruro Ik-avcii it de
dropping tiiruJgh, from tin
And the wind whittles free where there once wai
• door,
Can the rain, or the snow, or the ft
All the warm vows we nude in lovt
No, Patrick, no surely; the dark >
la easily borne, if we liear it together!
“ When yon stole out to Woo me, when labor was
done.
And the day that was closing to ns seem’d begun.
Did we care if the sunset was bright on the flowers,
Or it we crept out amid darkness ami showers ?
No, Patrick ! we talked, while we braved the wild
weather.
Of all we could ls*ar, if we bore it together.
•* Soon, soon, will these dark dreary days be gone by
And our I Hurts l»e lit up with a beam from the sky
Oh! let not our spirits, embittered with p»in,
THE PROPOSAL.
A worthy young lover once sought for
A dame of tlie blue storking school;
“ Excuse me, good sir, but I've vowi
plied,
“That I never would marry n fool!”
"Then think not of wedlock," he as
(air;
Your vow was Diana's suggestion:
those hundred and forty-four thousand,
and they sung a ntic »ong t and as they
struck their harps, together thus they
sung: Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain, to receive power, and riches and
wisdom, and strength, and honor, and
• glory, and blessing. And with one voice
j the innumerable host chaunted the heav-
| cnly doxology,Blessing, and honor, and
' glory, and power, Ire unto him lhatsilteih
‘ on the throne, and to the Lamb (brever;
and back returned the long Amen.—
Again and again was it taken up and
echoed from rank to rank along that ce
lestial mountain, till ii came roiling
buck with all the strengm of archangel
voices full upon the throne of God.—
The theme, the song was new—it was
the song of Redemption. David stood
there sweeping a harp far more melodi
ous and tuneful than the one he swept
with such a master hand on earth.—
Elijah poured his soul of fire into it.—
Isaiah gave it a loftier echo. The mar
tyrs, those witnesses for the truth who
had passed through the flames to their
reward, furnished new accessions to its
strength; for all the tansomed of the
j Lord were there. Aaron went up tliith-
! er from the top of Hor, and Moses from
| I’isgah. Elijah's chariot of fire never
j stopped till its burning wheels rested on
I that heavenly mount, and thither Christ
ascended from the hill of Olives. Thus
the redeemed have Hocked one after
j another to the Mount of God, and there
| they shall continue to gather, until the
I glorious assembly stands complete, and
j God is all and in all.
miscellaneous.
The Itloimt of (toil.
IIV IIKADLV.
In that strange era in human history
when God walked with man, clad r>.< a
man, and earth was nearer to heaven
than ever before, amid the few friends
that clustered around him,was one disci-
jtlc whom Jcsm lifted. Of a warm and
devoted heart, John had allowed his at
tachment to absorb every other feeling
of his nature, nnd he merged his life in
to that of the Saviour. He accom
panied his footsteps as he walked, look
ed up into his face with unutterable
tenderness as lie spoke, and lay in his
bosoin ns he sat at meat. No wonder
that in the days of persecution the hand
of violence should kill on such a man.
Proscribed—banished—the solitary in
habitant ol |*alinos—John passed his
days in musing on the words and
fate of his departed Lord. Rut one
morning—the morning that brought to
remembrance his glorious ascension—
lie was in the spirit, and that lonely isle
became like Carmel of old, filled with
horses anil chariots of tire. He mis in
thes/urif, and there was nothing to dis
turb his high and holy meditations.—
There was no sound of passing wheels,
no hum of distant voices, no tread of
horried footsteps, to break die solitude j effect: “ Have you any objection
that surrounded him. The only sound moving to New York?” he asked,
that fell on his car, as he trod die soli- j None at all, if we could heller our
tary shore, was the deep and solemn j nation.” “ What is your present
murmur of the Egenn sea, as it gently j come, Mr. T.?’ A very moderate sum
rolled its waves to his feet. As lie thus j was named. “Humph ! I have a house
passed along, wrapped in his solitary in New York, for which I want occu-
inusings, he suddenly heard Miind I pants. I sail for Europe next week, and
him a voice like the solemn peal of a j you shall come and take possession.”
mighty trumpet, saying, “ I am Alpha i " You are very kind my venerable
AND OS - .
A Romantic Whiiu.
Wc find, in the Roston Transcript,
arrativc, which if really true, is one
of the most remarkable wc have ever
read. It appears that not many months
silicon lady, who resided in Providence,
encountered in the railroad cars an
old gentleman who seemed to regard
her with an air of unusual interest.—
Finally, assuming the privilege of a;
lie ventured to accost her, and they <
tered into conversation. Before part
ing lie tagged permission to call
at her house. His deferential manner,
his advanced age, anil his frank expres
sion of interest, though a stranger, in her
welfare, were so many pleas in his fa
vor, nnd she replied to his rcijucst that
she would be very glad to see him, and
did not doubt that her husband
also fie. •* What is your add;
She gave it, and they parted. Ho call
ed on her the next day, had an inter
view with her, in the presence of het
husband, nnd asked the lady's permis
sion to send her his miniature. She turn
ed to her “ lord and masici
once acquiesced in the stra _
posal. Not many days afterwards, thi
miniature was sent—an admirable worl
of art, set round with costly diamonds,
and aeeompianed with a bracelet
great value. Husband and wife w
astonished, as may he supposed. Soi:
weeks clasped be lore they board
from the stranger. A short time
lie called, and the interview was to tl
How he Rose—A True Sketch.
About forty years ago, some where
in the woods near the line between Ten
nessee and Kentucky, in a log cabin six
teen feet by eighteen, which was alrea
dy occupied by a brood often or twelve
children, was born a youngster—the
hero of this sketch. In his infancy he
was fed on hog nnd hominy, bear meat,
and the flesh of such * wild varmints'
as were caught in the wood. At twelve
years of age, he was put out to work
with a neighbor as a farm boy, and
drove oxen, and hoed corn, raised to
bacco in summer, cored and prized it
in winter, till he was seventeen years
old, when he took to making bricks; to
which he added the profession of a car
penter ; and by these successive steps
in mechanical arts he became able, by
his own unassisted skill to rear a house
from the clay-pit, or from the stump,
and complete it in all its parts, and to
do it, too, in a manner that none of his
competitors could surpass. His pan-
nel doors are to this day the won
der and admiration of all the country
which they continue to swing on the
hinges. He never saw the inside of a
school house or church till after he was
igtheen years old. By the assistance
it an old man in the neighborhood, he
learned during the winter evenings, to
read and write, when a farm boy.—
Having achieved these valuable acqui
sitions by the aid of another, all his other
education has been the fruit of his own
application and perseverance.
At the age of twenty-two, he con
ceived the idea of fitting himself for .the
practice of law. He at first procurrcd
an old copy of Blackstonc, and having,
after the close of his daily labors, by
nightly studies over a pitch knot fire in
his log-cabin mastered the contents of
that compendium of common law, he
pursued his researches into other ele
mentary works. And having thus, by
great diligence, acquired the rudiments
of his profession, he met with an old
lawyer, who bad quit practice, or whose
practice had quit him, with whom he
made a bargain for his scanty library,
for which he was to pay him S120 in
carpenter’s work: and the chief part of
the job to be done in payment of these
mkoa, Tim first and the east.” | friend,” said Mr" T-,
comfortable here; 1 don’t know that 1
could afford to enter into the arrange
ment you propose.” “ I will very soon
obviate that objection,” replied the old
gentleman ; “ conic to New York and
live, and 1 will at once make over to
you the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars.” His hearers looked at him as
if they half suspected they were deal
ing with a fugitive from sonic insane as
ylum. But there was no insanity about
it. The oiler was made in good faith—
;! was accepted—and redeemed to the let-
e *^ r - ^ r - a,, d Mrs. T. have removed to | and providential care. Tlicntmosphci
New York, and taken possession of a j which he breathes is as healthy f« ‘
AND
And ns he turned nnd tahcld the ft
which spake to him, lie was filled with
awe and consternation, nnd fell on his
face as a dead man. Before those bur
ning footsteps, those eyes of flame, and
voice like the sound of many waters,
that countenance shining like the sun in
his mid day splendor, lie sunk power
less and affrighted, and buried his face
in the sand and lay speechless till he
fell the pressure of His right hand upon
him, ami heard the cheering words:—
•‘Fear not, 1 am the first and the last;
I am he that was dead, and
forevermore.” Then foil owed
All men need sometimes to be alone
and to he quiet. It is good for one to
open his eyes nnd heart to the influences
of the natural world. In the solitudes
of nature, man's voice is silent only that
Divine voices may be heard. There, if
it is sometimes difficult to do good ac
tions, it is also difficult not to think good
thoughts. What we think of is deter
mined very much by what obtrudes it
self upon the senses. On the wharf, or
the exchange,with the sights and sounds
of business on every side, one's thoughts
turn naturally into the channels in
which How the thoughts all around him.
lu the country, what one hears and sets
suggests entirely different meditations.
The universal harmony stills his fretted
passions. All the objects which the
rests on speak of infinite wisdom
•street. Their bene-
gone to Europe. He will
cession of wonderful revelations, till at fine h
length the heavens were opened above j factor
ferrm, and he saw the throne and him j probably make his newly made friends
that sat upon it, circled by the emerald | the heirs of Ins large wealth. Mrs. T.
rainbow, surrounded by the white-vest- ' was, wc learn, formerly an instructress
cd elders, while all around and far I in one of tuc public schools of a ncigh-
away intoeternity unceasingly rose ami, boring city,
fell. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al
mighty, which was,’ nnd is, and
come,
before
till be stood nnd wept
pageantry of heaven. At last, to crown
tbo scene, a mount
Flirtiug.
gnijr, wnivii w«», nun is, non is to ^ .
me. Thus vision alter vision passed., *-° mc writer truly says. “ L is too
fore Iris bewildered, trembling spirit,’ j rc< l ,,e,, “. v the practice ol young ladies,
l he stood and wept amid the awful bv ^ ,caz, "S their lovers in fun, to
the
soul as it is for the body. He goes nut
“eventide to meditate;*' ami heaven
and earth transfigured as their true glo
ries arc revealed, lie returns feeling that
lie has been standing in the temple ol
the Most High.
A memorable Relic.
The Washington Union of the 4th
ist. says: “Wo understand that Cnp-
! tain Josiah Stcrgcs, of the revenue-cut-
, - , .v . ter Hamilton stationed at Boston, has
. J'wiibcm while tn company, and toji„ his possession the Masonic apron of? adUt ue,tlwr
before bint f_ "irt with other men. How J Major General Warren, who fell at Bun^
ittr. ©combs’ Speed).
BREECH OF THE HON. 1!. TOOMBS,
In the stale of parties, and the Democratic Plat
form. Delirered in the House •/ Itroresentalices
of the l'ailed Stales, July 1, 1848.
The I loose being in Committee of the Whole on
the State of the Union, (Mr. Root in the chair.)
am! having under consideration the Civil and Di
plomatic Appropriation bill, Mr. TOOMBS said :
Mr. Chairman: It is my purpose to
pursue the line of discussion marked
out by those who have preceded me in
this debate, ami to submit to the com
mittee some remarks upon the condition
if the Union. I expect to exhaust my
hour chiefly upon an inquiry into the
slate of parties, and an exposure of some
of the resolutions recently passed by the
Baltimore Convention, and announced
this floor by their friends as the “ De-
ocratic ptailorin.” The |
dition of the country presents subjects
of deep and anxious solicitude to every
patriot. The general industry of the
country is now greatly depressed, with
nothing in the immediate future promis
ing any speedy and permanent improve
ment. The great staple ofmyscctionof
the Union is below re nut iterating prices.
Cotton in foreign markets is .about
low as it has been at any time since the
last war with Great Britain. Wheat
and corn have receded to unusually low
prices, aud is depending for the main
tenance of present prices solely upon
declining home market. Manufacto
ries arc languishing and provisions of
all sorts ace scarcely paying the cost
of production. Our trade and com
merce generally are injuriously affected
by these depressing causes. Nor does
the condition of our public afiuirs pre
sent a more cheering prospect. Our
revenue, after being unnaturally stimu
lated mid enlarged by temporary causes
arising mainly out of the general scarci
ty of corn and provisions, and partial
famine in Europe, is now daily declin
ing. Our wants are increasing, alarm
ingly increasing, and our means are di
minishing. Wc have not, like a
and prudent Government should have
done, husbanded our means for the com
ing exigency. This increased revenue,
and the twelve millions of surplus trea-
which Mr. Polk found in the Trea
sury, together with forty-nine millions
of dollars which he hai borrowed, have
all been squandered in a war “ unneces
sarily and unconstitutionally begun” by
himself. Besides these large sums,under
the treaty with Mexico wc have engag
ed to pay her fifteen millions of dollars,
and assume her debts to an amount es
timated by our Government at about
five millions, for a peace which wc set
out «• to conquer.” In addition to these
charges upon our treasury, we have
“ bounty land warrants” which the
muster rolls of the army show will
amount to a charge of at least ten mil
lions of dollars ujmmi your revenues aris
ing from the public lands, besides the
“ bounty scrip.” Then wc have mil
lions of unadjusted claims, and defi
ciencies in appropriations ; large claims
for horses and oilier property lost or de
stroyed in the public service; Califor
nia claims amounting to six hundred
thousand dollars, a rising out of that yet
utiaxpiuiued “while bear” rcvolu-
lutiou. Then we have pensions to pay
to the multitude living, and to the wid
ows and orphans of the patriotic dead ;
and the Government asks tor appropri
ations to your army and navy, under
the peace establishment, d
cost l>e!brc this war. To tli
rassments upon your treasury,this hurd-
moncy Administration lias added the
issue of above thirteen millions of dol
lars (part of loans before referred to) ol
paper money, receivable in public dues,
so unwisely arranged that it will all
press downupnn an exhausted treasury
the first moment of commercial disaster.
These are not all, but only some of the
financial difficulties which demand our
attention. But besides these difficul
ties which the mighty resource
country, its almost limitless capacity for
production, and the indomitable ener
gy of our people may soon overcome,
we have graver difficulties visible in
tlie political borrizon : more foolish than
the Trojans who pulled down ilieir walls
for the admission of the Greek horse,
filled with armed men; we have trodden
down the barriers of our Constituiion
the introduction of a people unfit to
dants, has been steadily pursued to this tcring prize of the Presidency could not
hour. Those who live U|ton the abuses tempt him to affect a party intolerance
of Government; those who are lavishly | which he does not feel. He there!!
This
It i
paid for the defence of public crimes
and corruptions; all those who rely for
immunity from punishment solely upon
the suppression of inquiry into their
practices, very early banded together
to defeat General Taylor. Mr. Polk
seconded their efforts. He was marked
victim by the Administration, sole
ly because lie had become a favorite
with the people. The Administration
began by crippling bis resources, hoji-
ing thereby to disable him from accom
plishing brilliant results in the field ;
his genius triumphed over their machi
nations, and the inadequacy of his
means but gave additional lustre to the
_;lory of his aehievsments. The Presi
dent then turned military critic, and
eensured the capitulation of Monterey.
The public,and General Taylor, receiv
ed the censure with contempt. He then
charged hitn with giving “ aid nnd com
fort to the enemy” in the publication of
the Gaines letter. A shout of scorn
and indignation at so base a charge
burst from the national heart, which
made even the calumniator tremble in
his palace. Driven to desperation at
the failure of all his schemes for the de
struction of General Taylor lie deter
mined to supersede him with another
gallant soldier, whom his petty jeal
ousy had kept out of the field, but with
the treacherous intent to supersede
both, under a contract with a distin
guished Senator of his party. The lat
ter part of the disreputable scheme was
defeated by the honesty and firmness of
the Senate. But he succeeded so far
as to cause Gen. Taylor to bo stripped
of his forces in the very face of Mr.
Polk's favorite general, Santa Anna, at
the head of twenty thousand of the best
troops Mexico ever brought into the field.
In all human calculation this last act
of treachery had compassed the
of General Taylor and the little band
of four thousand patriotic citizen sol
diers who were standing with him
der the stars and stripes upon the pi
x-! lie
frankly declared the general pri
and policy which would control his
duct in the event of his election, a
cd himself a Whig, refused to be
sidered a mere party candidate, .uu,......
put himself upon the support of those Cm
of his countrymen who concurred with delphiii
him in opinions. A Republican in prin-
ple, he has ever been an unwavering
adherent to the principles of that party ;
concurring generally with the Whig
party upon questions of public policy,'
this concurrence with it is the result of j
its conformity to the principles of tlie j
old Republican party. He is deeply !
impressed with that great distinguishing!
feature of the Republican party—-jeal-l
ousy of Executive power; he plants
himself firmly against its alarming and
increasing tendency to absorb all the
other powers of the Government, and
thereby annihilate nil securities for free
dom. The wise and patriotic Frankliu
is re)»oried by Mr. Madison to have said,
in the Convention which framed our
Constitution, that “ the Executive will
be always increasing here, as elsewhere,
till it ends in monarchy.” That this
prediction may not speedily become
history, recent events admonish the
friends of popular privilege against Ex
ecutive prerogative to reassert and
firmly maintain their principles. Im
portant measures, affecting the imme
diate welfare of the collective body of
the people, disapproved of by them,
nnd by ilieir representatives, have been
from time to time extorted from their
reluctant yet faithless representatives.
The most recent and memorable in
stance of this species ol legislation occur
red during the last Congress, to the eter
nal disgrace of the majority of that body.
The President sent in a message, ask
ing Congress to create a Lieutenant Ge
neral ; it was referred to the Committee
on Military AHiiirs, two-thirds of whom
were his political friends; that commit
tee seeing mailing in the military ser-
of the country requiring such an
the proposition. Their report
uitnousiy accepted by the House, at
least no one divided the House against
it, and the subject was laid on the table.
It was subsequently reconsidered ; the
proposition was again brought before
the House, and again defeated ; but.
nally, after repeated rejections, Exc
power and patronage triumphed ;
of Buena Vista. The official organ of officer, reported unanimously against
the Government predicted his safety in
an inglorious retreat upon Monterey*.—
“ Its hope was father to the thought.”
But during the whole forty years of his
life, he had never turned his buck upon
the enemy. The nation knew him bel
ter than official organs, and stood mute,
breathless with anxiety, straining its eye
looking towards the Western frontier.
The courier came ; he had fought and
won the unequal fight.and madeoncofthe
most brilliant pages in our Annals. The
nation was filled with gratitude and
wild with joy; but to this day no gun
has been fired at the national Capital,
by order of the Government, for tlie
victory of Buena Vista. It were well
to stop for a moment to inquire what
manner of man is this Zachary Taylor,
and how he has won this popular afflic
tion. His military genius and success
oral Taylor's “ plat-
n st rue ted out of consti-
s» and is broad enough
pies J :md st roug enough to hold every man
n- j who does not prefer parly to his country.
ami stood open before the
'anon ; it was approved by the |»coplc
ml the Whig parly; therefore, the
ntion of Wli’gs who met at I'hila-
ihe 7 ih of June, but gave ut-
«he national voice, and to the
voice of ilieir constituents, when they
adopted General Taylor as their candi
date, and supported hitn .upon his own
platform. The Whigs do not fear to
trust those measures which they deem
important to the public welfare to the
uncontrolled judgement of tlie people,
speaking through their constitutional
agents for legislation. Besides, the
tariff’, the public lauds, and the curren
cy, heretofore so prominent in party
warfare, have lost much of their practi
cal importance. The tariff’ question,
and the question of distributing the pro-
Is ol the public lauds among those
vhotn they Ixitong, have been effec
tually settled by tbe reckless and ex
travagant jmliey of the present Admin
istration. The proceeds of the public
lands are already mortgaged to the pub-
lie creditors for twenty years, and eould
not be otherwise disposed of within that
time without a violation of the plighted
faith of the nation. I have already
shown that a large public debt, and in
creased pension roll, (the penalties of
war ami price of glory,) distant conquer
ed provinces, (fruitful sources of large
expenditures,) an increased anny ami
navy to keep the new members of the
family in order, together with the un
bridled extravagance which has pre
vailed in every department of the
Administration, have greatly augmen
ted the annual demands upon your
Treasury. To supply these increased de
mands, the staunchest protectionist has
rather to fear that your standard of du
ties will he loo high lot the prosperity of
commerce, than too low for the wants of
domestic industry. Tlie “ constitution
al currency,” (hard money,) has become
“ obsolety idea,” and finds no place
in the voluminous Baltimore rcsolulio
The sub-treasury was smothered at its
birth under the enormous issue of paper
money by the Government; to quiet
their own fears of the working of thcic
experiment, and those of such as ap
prehended monetary troubles from the
great accumulations of coin in the safes
and boxes of (he Government, such i
the measure passed through the House cumulation was rendered an iinpossihif
of Representatives. Party action is ty by increassing the wants of the Gov-
Ucprcsciiiativcs. Party
now based upon the avowed and admit
ted fact that the Executive is the all-con-
j trolling power in the State. Party jun
tos make partisan platforms, require the
test of subscription to them by their
candidate, and expect him to bring the
power and patronage of the Presiden
tial office to dragoon, seduce, or cor
rupt the Representatives ot the people
into recording their edicts upon the
atute book. This has been the
undoubtedly first attracted to himself j ( , r ji n .j rv action of thu Government r.
public attention, but it at the same'
time subjected him to popular scrutiny.
The result of that scrutiny disclosed m
him moral and intellectual qualities for
which the jicoplc grappled him to their
hearts, as it were with hooks of steel.
They admired the soldier, hut they
loved and trusted the man. They lov
ed him, not because lie was “ without
fear,” hut because “ lie was without re
proach.” They found him a man of
potless purity and integrity—modest,
their spotless purity and integrity—modest
cinbar- truthful, honest, great, and wise. Mod
est in his estimate of his own greatness ;
truthful and honest in all things ; great
in action, in moulding events; wise in
his knowledge and judgment nl men,
and in his conception of practical truth,
in bis adaptation of the best means to
the accomplishment ol useful aud iioblc
ends. He is not a man of words, but
of thoughts ami deeds. A pcnsi<
ed partisan newspaper may contain
the last fifteen years. General Tay
lor refuses to submit to this nnti-repuh-
liean pretension ol party juntos; and
lie refuses to enter into stipulations,
with any body of men inconsistent with
the honest performance of his duty, as
defined by the Const it ulion, to the whole
country. He tells his countryme i that,
if elected President, lie must he free
and unfettered to pursue the public in
terests ; that, without any embarrass
ing connection with the past, he will
administer the Government within the This doc:
old well-defined republican landmarks.
Washington, Jefferson, and Madison lire
his avowed models. He says, “ 1 have
thought that, for many years past, the
knowu opinions and wishes of the Ex
ecutive have exercised an undue and
injurious influence upon the legislative
department of the Government; and
'"! for this cause I have thought our sys-
ofundorgi '
)
i of tlie Lamb, in fT: 1 who could, and in all prnba-| Massachusetts. This apron was given
ransfiguration, and bl w ?, , i ,vc J nat * e ca ®h °*her hap- by the heirs of General Warren to the
ml and forty-four! PJ » an ” bul b>r l 7® gmufication of'an hue Major Benjamin Russell, a hern of
t beings, wiih the 11 , *, reprehensible wmm, many a fe» the Revolution, and subsequently Grand
bathed m an atmosphere all its own, ! ,a . ve P ar,cd fn
and on its dazzling top stood the still
more dazzling form of tl
snore than earthly iransti;
besides hitn a hundred abu . ---
thousand resplendent beings, wiih the! ulU \ a " d "F^hensible wmm. many a ft-
Father’s name written in strange but baa ,0 J, 1 her position m the; heart of
heavenly characters on their foreheads.' V ra s, " c rca £ ^ vcc * Hoes she tlnok
The ciystal ,ca laved the bare of ihoi! , l ,? m!m -, “ v,n S <>»« suffered from
mountain, and from it, top the riverorj' ,,e 1“"-could ever place dependence on
God was seen rolling its bright waters I h" alterw.rds ? Did any woman ever
aloug, stnd the heavenly Jerusalem, | ! ,n, J “ n>nn who loved her enough to be
with it, wnll, of jasper and gale, of J™ 1 ?" 3 - wl 1 > would rcpore^he same
pearl, standing open night and day nnd ! c ”" h ^ e "“ *" hcr »* ,ch h " P««-
it, temple of light. A. .he bewildered nl.empu to create doobt. m
disciple stood gazing on hi, wonderful 1 " * .’ft. “nderotnu. ihnt.!
vision,.uddcnly lliere stole on hi, enr.
SKiSE ~ ‘JSTftSr Whi,e “ shake his entire faith in her.-
terious mount, then swelled triumph- The Climax.—The climax of human
antly away, till the universe was filled indifference has arrived, when a woman
VUb melody. The singer* VW don’t cate Ik>w she look*
all his letters (except official reports) c | iall g C f ro:i
yet submitted to the public, and then j a 7iminis!
leave ample space for the disparaging, p ;l t ro nage a
criticism upon his style.distortions ol his j rcason nn( |
meaning and aspersions upon his good . v; ew ing the
name, by its mercenary conductor; hut j gcrvaiive power,” he dcela
hisgreatand noble </c«/x have filled the ci- j use sscxcep! j n cases of clear v’u
vilized world with his own and his coun- j K \ ](i Constitution, or manifest
try’s fame. His present posit ion before -
the American people is consistent with
his character, and in harmony with his
whole life. He has not sought the ol-
be citizens, and fatal to our institutions lice of President; he lias entered mto ir | }1BI a,i.n > »■
as subjects, and of a country which | no schemes, nor intrigues nor bargains ; jeeting it to the will of the E
adds neither to our strength nor sccuri-1 he has given no P ,e ''S cs or promises I h c declares that he "
ty, but brings domestic discord and sec- j •«» induce party managers,
tional strife around our council board;
i true theory.” Under
ion we shall no more see
|M»wcr doing the work of
giitncnt in Congress.—
to power as “ nhigheon-
“* s declares he will not
dal ion
haste
and want of consideration hy Congress.”
These were the purposes for which the
power was given to the President, nnd
not for the purpose of controlling the
whole legislation of Congress, and
... . . i. . circumstances ker Hill ia 1770. General Warren was ll^i^.mr.onj'niirfireside* The«eiany party, or a reluctant people,
like tins Ma..y who were attache. In j G ra,..t Master of the Grand Lodge of Vi ”I bai not bargained ..fTthe public p*
iseouently I
Master of tlie Grand Lodge of Massa
chusetts, and for forty-five years the
well-known editor of the Boston Ccnti-
ncl. On his death, it was given by his
heirs to Captain Sturges, and will be
worn by him this day in the procession
as a Knight Templar, with a jewel bear
ing date 1777.”
“ I never knew one that was in the
habit of scolding, able to govern a fam
ily,” says a correct observer. “ What
makes people scold ? The want of self
government. How, then, can they gov
ern others? Tliose who govern well
•re generally calm. They are prompt
aud resolute^ but steady and mild.”
r _ jreal or | executive action
small factions, to foist his name upon
»f the
While in a foreign and hostile land,
• quietly aud unostentatiously perform-
his duty ia the military service of
are some of the bitter fruits of the elec- has not bargained off the public patron-
tion of Mr. Polk, and the success of the [W *'» become its faithless keeper.-
Democratic parly in 1S44. In this
dition of our affairs we need wist
firmness, justice and moderation in—• . - - r „
public council,. Wo need a patriot. country, hon«t tneq of .H p»«.«,
and not u partisan in the rre.identi.d no, ,o every porlton of the llepubl.c
chair. Fo> the la,l twelve month, lire call upon him to serve his country in
pcopk have realised this necessity, and tire capac.y o. her Chre Mag.strnte.-
u ith n unanimity unprecedented in our | Tim character of the call was in conso-
day, the public judgment marked out
General Taylor as that man. 1 his
popular preference was manifested in
a great variety of ways; it was clear
and unmistakeable, and was admitted
even by those, who at first sought, co
vertly, bul now equally, to defeat his
election.
The opposition to General Taylor be-
l :.L. .I... lilminiitrnlinil. mill
gau here with the Administration, and
by it, and its
people, as expressed ilirougli their Re
presentatives in Congress,” upon ihe
subjects “of the tariff*, the currency,
and the improvement of our great high
ways, rivers, lakes, and harbors;” that
be is a friend of peace, opposed in prin
ciple and policy •* to the dismemiierment
of other countries hy conquest.” With
a firm determination to administer the
Government upon the true principles of
the Constitution, with “ no private pur-
> poses to accomplish—no party projects to
nance with his own feelings; his life'buildup—no enemies to punish—nhth-
had been spent in the service of his j *, n g to a- r ve but [his] country”—lie will
whole country—-every section and all devote the best energies of a clear head
and a sound heart to restoring a feeling
of national brotherhood, by . removing
and preventing the recurrence of those
causes of sectional strife and discord
eminent beyond its ordinary means for
at least this generation, and these finan
ciers gave us an additional security
against the folly of their own measure
by furnishing a paper circulation, receiv
able for public dues, nearly equal to the
average circulation of the last bank of
the United States during the whole pe
riod of its existence. The effect of this
issue is, that the Government creditor
only pays coin when it is cheaper than
Government paper money, and com
merce is less liable to be disturlicd by
this foolish financial quackery, and
leaves iis evils to fall chiefly upon the
Government in the insecurity of its funds
and the unnecessary expense attending
their transfer to distant points. These
evils might be greatly mitigated simply
bv leg dizing the daily evasions and
Violation of ibis financial abortion.
But the democrats affect neither to
understand our position on these ques-
rcandidatc or his principles.
...der that although they suffered one
defeat and gained one victory on their
own “ platform,” and have again cal
led upon “the party” to rally upon it,
yet itseardinal points receivedirectivop-
posing interpretations from the Northern
and Southern wings of the democracy,
even now upon this floor, as I shall pre-
sently show. Even the commentary of
ilieir candidate upon at least one of the
most irnportanl resolutions of the plat
form is not free from opposite construc
tions—the Southern Democrats reading
it one way, mid the Northern another
and different way. Their difficulties up
on this point are not likely to lie relieved
l»v their candidate; for the “ noise ancl
’ of the campaign have alrea-
idcxcd the old gentleman, that
■5 of being able to understand
Besides, so sudden and fre-
his “increasing changes” of
>n, that his position to-day offers
no guaranty of what it will be to-morrow.
I shall therefore direct my attention
chiefly to “the platform” which'**the
parlies. He had had around him men
from every section of the Union
and of all political opinions, vicing
with each other, with generous ri
valry. in the discharge of their duties
to a common country. There was no
thing in his pursuits
r his character to
wbieh bad rulers and
have produced and foi
petuntion of their pa
the Administration, aim , ‘“**7— , , „ * .
mercenaries and depen- make him a partisan, and even the $lit- ffie ruin of jbj Repul
dy'so pc!
he despa.
hiuisi-ll.
( consider less vulnerable
ihiiii"ilieir candidate. This business of
making ‘ party platforms” for Presiden
tial candidates is a modern innovation,
ft was unknown in the better days of the
republic. Washington had no such
sponsora for his good liehavior* He
stood before his countrymen upon his
character for wisdom, virtue, patriot
ism, without promises, without pledges,
upon grounds selected by hitnsclf.—
This example was followed until 1832.
when a scheme was set on foot to make
Mr. Van Bureu Vice President aud then
successes to General Jackson. He is
the father of this whole system of na
tional caucosses and cunningly-devised
formula of words to delude the people
^ and wheedle ihem.out of their votes. He
Ifish pariizaus is the father, loo, ot this Democratic
‘J for the per- party. It is true, they claim a more
•mination, to'.ancient and honorable paternity > it is
to conceal their
bul a fiction, invented i