Carlisle herald and expositor. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1837-1845, January 16, 1838, Image 1

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From the Knickerbocker.
zar OP 211E-12111DIVIAN.--
Many a year r iath passed away,
Many a dark and dismal year,
Since last I roane,d in the light of day,
ni - Y - oWn with another's'tear;-
Wo to the daughters and sons of men—
_ Wo to thern all, 'when I rodm
• here have I tvatch'd, in this dungeon cell,
Longer than Memory 's `tongue can tell;
tierce have I shriek'd,, in my wild despair, •
When — the — damned - fiends.-from-theirLprison.
- came,
'Sported and' gambol'd, and moCk'd me here,
-•, With their eyes of 'fire, and their tongues of
ilamt ;
Shouting*lbr ever and aye my name!
y_uv • -
. To.burst
:And longed to be free as the Winds, again,
That'_ spring _
• In the Wikard ring,
Yid scatter thent back to their hellish den!'
-t. - . 77 . - W - Ojo - .1.11e - daughters - and suns a wrn
• -Vo'to
_Wentall, Oen I roam'again!
•
How - long have I. been here,--
Little
I•know, and nothing I care;
What to mit is the day or bight -
Summer's heat or autummsere, •
- Spring-tide flowers, or winter's
. `_Pleasure's smile-or Stn+ow's tear? • •
,:tr hat , uare_tOr-/Wigkti = - "
' Nothing lotie l'but this clunking thaint---
.rnice I broke from its iron hold,
Nothing I said, but silent and bold ,
' Like the shepherd that watchts his . gemle fold
:Like the 'tiger that aonelres in mountain larr,
Hours upon hours, so watch'd I here . - •
Till one of the fiends that had 'conic to bring
Herbs froth the valley - sod think from - the spring,
staik'd through my dungeon entrance in!
Hal. how he shriek'd to see me free—
Ho! how he trembled and knelt tb me;-
He
who, had. moek'd me many a day,
And' barred me out from its cbileiful my, •
how 1 shouted to see him_ pea 3%! ' •
I wreaiii\GlV
And chok'd.hia breath in its inutter'd prayer,.
•
And dame d.l then, in wild delight,
,To tee the trembling wretch's' fright. .:..
'Gods) how I crusli'd his hated holies!
4.;ainst the jAgAed.‘eull and the dimgeon•sto»es;
And plung'd my arm addwn his throat,.
And dragg'd to' lifedtisvbeating heart;--- ---
And held it up, that I 'Wight gloat, •
to' see its quir6ring fibres start! • ,
Ho! howl drank of the purple flood,
• . and- quaff'd again of blood, ,
'Till my brain grew xl•trk and r knew no mol.e k
_flour,_
• ret teed mist he'd by this irottcliain;
when I bed:dr - its - links
Ha!' when I break its links again,
-- to the daughters and suns ,or mow
•
Mr-Game is shrunk, my soul is sad,
And - devil i Mock, -- and call•nre- marl;
Many a dark and frightful sight •
. me.here, iu the gloom of ni g ht ;
Mortal smile or human 'ear
Never cheer , ' or soothes me hem; •
The spider shr w
inks from my grasp array,
ThOugh he's known my form fur many a ci) I
The slimy toad;
.with his diam?nd ey e .
Watchea afar, but comes not 'ugh;
The'craveWrat, , with. hen filthy' brood,.
. Pilfers and gnaws my scanty fuud:
Snapi at my. hands, and flees away;
Light of day or soil,.
Friend or hope, I've mine—l've none!
• Vet 'as not always tlikl SWeet slumber steals
Across my •liaggird mind, my weary sight;
No more my b almin HIM pres4ure - fters,
' Nor damned' devils howl the :
Nisionsof ,litipe and beauty seem
• To mingle with my darker dream;
!!r me back to a h'inglest day,
play..
•' • Tolihe -inerry-greei
. And the sportive scene • -• •
And tbe,vallry the verdant hills betweeP;
.And a lovely tbrm with a bright blue eye,
' • Platters:My-dazzled 145191'i-by;
A tear starts tip to myiviither'd e#e • , °
',pods! - bow I love to feel that tear • - 4
• I.Tfrekle myJtaggard - Visage.7o*er!: •
fountain of hope is nOt.yet dry; , •• • •
'• I feefas I felt in dayi of yore,
' When.t rOani'cl at large in inymative glen,
Honor'd and lov'd by the sons of men,
• 'llll,,nia,dclqn‘d to find My home _
1 grasp'd the knife, in my frenzy wijcl,
And pl4riged the blade-in my sleeping child!.
, . •
• They called me triack—they left me here, •
To.my burning- thou'glits, - and the fiend's despair
• Never, ald never to see again:. •
„Earth or sky, or rickor plain; . •..
' IsTere'r•to hear Soft Pitrii sigh—
•
—Neiefta.g4i,6 On Mortal eye; -
Pooni'd through lite r if-life i t b e , •
"Toltelfilessi,lmpelesi raiser. i . ; •• •
011;,if sinkle.rtiy brlight -- • .• .
m a d f4ro'd the gh3om of, this'endtess 'night;
• Jf - thc,cheerfultones idira single vio ce •
;
Had tug& the, depths of my heart•rejoie e; '- •
1f a single , thing had loved'me here,
1 ne'er had croucli'd to flied& Aendis' desPair!
•
They come again! •
. • ~ Theymy. brain! • _ •
'they tumble • and dart
.; rough my r every . vien!
lio! - ctittbi I bnrat tliia clanking
• • Thettmight-l-apring `..• • •
• .t 16 the hellish ring; ••
• And emitter them.back to their deli again!
. . .
I , he,y,aeizo my Ifeartt+theycho-myfiteutit!
Death?—peat'! *eiCOITIC deaths-.
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irajliji,i , ArleirS• ll,ll°, El l l:-44VOTZIA TO 4.d IL-IS, POLITIC'S; Li :A4P4O4I2iVRE, TIIEsaRTS . 1 1:07.13 SClrEillrejES, C'ULTrRE, USEeIiTEALT;_stc
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TEIELM.S.
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-a-figure.' - n its e ass,-cet tam_young_
men, who s:1: in a• certain part of a cer
tain church, hold a conspicuous place!
'• - Scatt.--1-dd not know exactly to
- whom - you.allnde—but-l-ha-ver actin-eat
ly observedArfew young men, who ge-•
nerally site ndcr the gallery•Of a certain/
church, irhese behavieurihas , been any
thing but decorous, and who have fre
quently dist Orbed 'tire congregation by
tbeir laughinvand . lalhing. I
. shorild
like to hear it'noticed and commented
upon from the pulpit. • The house of
Ilia isTeertaitily-not-the-plake-40-ewiet
such scenes.. When men- , go CO church
they should observe the respect and de- -
cormil due to-dig - worship of the :Mist
.Itigh, 'mid he wile arts.otherivise should
-lielfeld'.UP'te the wOrld*.ns a - fitrobjeet
of detestation, - There are .some who
think 'it a mark of Manly. di - gnitx., dur
ing divine service, to be searching even'
in tbeTremntTeorntr;ebt'llie7clroMi',"
for some s ource of amusement and
mirth—thus contemning every thing.
sacred, awl" showing:their utter disre
gard—_-_
d of the Author of their being.•____..
Gal l 4k s
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.rree with you entirely_, and
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Tillinkthe aloe remarks, in
. a limiter
sense, will . atiply to the othe r sex.. 'Ti ' s
Artie their eves do 'not• ti'ander about s ip
'Mch, 'yet. they are, liked upon any
thing but, the minister.. *Their .gazejs,'
generally fixed upon- the male pat OT
the abdience; . Their .desire -to attract,
notice overpowers their ..deve - tion.---
'Mk of female diffidence-and thelike.'
it is all mere htnnbug.. .•,..•-' . .
Seq.U. - -:-You reason, unfairly: you
select ih'dit'idual- instances, and draw
thence general eon - elusions. .1 admit
there are. some women Who' delight 'to
Make a display"-'of the,lF"ehartns . before
the,. other sex; but. the instances .are
rare. There is a becoming i•eserveHa
delicate, sEnsiliveness-In , the - female
characier, 'which seldom 6hd . in our
°WU Sex‘ : . .... • ' •
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all as sumed:•L tell
ya44.thit.yci understand .the
'na
ture of woman? •
att:— . l l rejutiic' e has 'ial:nn
bur— nr,ina,-...Yiu.r;'-,sr.isioti...iB
jaundiced; and every t,alces thp
shade 1, ' •
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For ihe irei:4l4 Etpo-sit*
fc Jrat -il?e;
Br.
• C.t,nn Rbom, December 30,
Mr. Editeir 7 -As it . has becorne my ,
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duty,- according- t o ii - aru le oLour-Cluh r • ' s 'o l -; : zk-" : This is 91' 1 0 cailse , l 6 3'• the
'either to-.prepare for.
publi ea - .ddllness: - aii-d" MonotonfOf the•speaker
Lion, or to report one of 'our. weekly Gal:--Oftener the eficet of a diill
conversations ; I send yoUthe .folloty.• braih.:—and even if the, speaker‘is 401.;
ing as -the substance•of a deSultary *talk surely the mind may be oecupied*with
that took. place at our last . metiiing.-,- something hettei•
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This is the - " head and front" of my- - :-qcatt-- , -It_is_an. irideeorous . praci ide
attempt—nothing more. Ac S.
Certainly-..-•btit you pack,e - ice . ry - thing
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Regular - meeting of the Club—Mr. upon Eve's fair
.daughters:. The :heti
Galblasterin ,tm chair. ..' • - are as much given to it as they are= G4lblaster--- ell, gentlemen, our and even when' they are under the most
Club, though y: in its infancy, has al.. thrilling exhibitions of-di vice truth.'
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ready 'excited considerahle intercgt in Squizzle—At times we 'witness the
most ludicrous scenes as. the ry - sult of
the.public mind. MUch . Speculation-has
- been indulged - in coneertrin ,, the-nature _the_indulgence..of.this
_habit, Alin
ef our association— , our real design and
stance occurs to. mre cii 1 ke, 1, io n . . i
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character. Sotne'of the Wise (in their Was - onee seated immediately behind- - a
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, oWn,estiMation)_boldly - assert that our gentleman 'who could scare keep his
only'' bjecti is - the .distfuhance - Of the eyes open At last sleep - _completely
Leace"•so -- eloy-- -- . 7- othersficernf o think overpowered- himi-hiS:-bodyTiool:its--ba,„,
t. :,4
that
.w , t ..i, ten d us h rg . l ip %rioe and p i e _ lance, and his nose - eame in close and
luring it•in all its deformity.. But, gen.. violent contactAviththe back orthe Seat
tiem,en, art us keep up . the inyste l .y - before him, just as the preacher uttered
ivitich - has -- veiled - our--our- inter- die, woe. he smote:ills : breast."
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ions. - - - -.-- • Sudden)
Squizzle-There has_e_ertaioly been
some"s hall 1211 c abiiirt . 11.; but Lilo not
11111a_thaLlte_haV0-110.ex_1on
e ore the public 'to" have
much altention;
Gal.—You -Much_ mistsib, my- dear
_• Squizz le; such an associatioh as ours- is
always - the - subject of much- curiosity
r :from the mystery'which hangs over - its'
_:_nembers..•_Friend Stattersp!,_ wha
Scattershol—t am of_your - opinion.
I'M:lye:heard much lately from the "la
dies • fair s ' with regard - to , the "snoposed
-chtrrat tei4"-Of-o r•WiYilliy—PkeSiAeti-t27:=:
!pitiable reptile crawling about and de:
. poSiting hiS - slime - -upon ev_ery thing.
One spicy - damsel remarked-, that she
would like - to fit his Mee to a fryitig pan
, —another-snappishly said that. it was a
pity that his dulcinea - ,When she punish
ed him for hiS impertinence, did not
- break his h&d, instead of only deitrop•
ing his organ of AmatiVeness...
Ga/.----116! he! guilt •is always tr
our attention t( another subject. 'Have.
you ever-observed .the degree of labor'
and "pains which certait, of the young .
men of our town take to make them
selves notorious?
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Squitzle--Ares. I have frequently
remarked the absurdities whieh:,somb
men are guilty, of
,to appear- in charac
ter'sin which nature never intended
them_ for.:, They seen, to think that the
itly_design of their creation is: (o "cut
Palaled dad .Pablished George rlsillips in Carlisle, puniberland .Pfc.
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Gal.-'YOUseemtil think tkutt t he r e
FS but one kind alirojndiee. Eair wo
man has always received much favor,
at your
,hand:s.,-;-BOt.,thore•is-'anoth-c,r-'
abominable practice -o whiely, yiur
.elients . ,aice.guilty., • ',l" r:
hatsof:quictly, re-- '
posing in the arms , :of. Somnus duritfg"
church service. ,•*. - •
tame from each. other the product of
their labors by barter or exchange.' The
artizan would exchange Ws ware.s for the
grain o 'he husbandman. if he wanted
bread ant ad nothing, at the time, to
eive_in exchangeethe_farmer, giving ere
';lit to his integrity, would furnilli him
with bread stuff on his promiseto give
him his wares in return, when convenient.
This credit was, therefore e the-tally-mo
ney thienee - lt was nothiegibut confidence
of one man in another! In tirder to get
this confidence or credit, it was necessary
that a man should be holiest. Thus it
improved the • morals (if mankind. The
mere it was used the closer did it unite
men in socifly; because it made men, in
a degree, dependent upon one angether,
'and made each'individual interested in
the whole. Thus it eneouraged_the kindly
sympathies and humanized the human
femily, When it passed from hand to
hate', or in-other words, when the farmer
Tasse.d elle promise of the artizan to-his
neighl'or for sotnethirtg that he wanted of
e.
him, it' becanle circulating credit or-con
fidence: aml as that - became xeidely ex
etended-from man to not e acsociated
together intb one family and in one Nif
in- e sir, I appeal" to every patriot in
tereet,the toast distant italiabitants of an thiseliouee—l clue net by what party
whole empire. - - name he may be called--Isolemnly ap-
Was, sir', it becomes the bond of, so- peal" to every !nett in the - country; I ask
y springing to his f ee t, h e e x . 1 - eiety.= - It - intreduces- man-to his-fellow, yenall, are you prepared to abandon the
elaime e "lt'e . a lie—it teas my nose s ' ,
luel giCes mutual uonfidenee. It p rotte ef es 1 means %Odell liztve plazedyourselves and
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he whole cotigregatidu were comet's- travel, improve's the countey e facilitates your country on' such high grounds, and
etiewithelanglrter, - __ •••- c i tiliz.atiettedeth:lopes_inditstry-, teal the m ise ra bl e.,_u hli a -
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— Chrie - e - --It is yety natural for it's when -the-
Mental _fit eu leles e ee xpa !ids_ 1 , total met wretched 'policy of the foul,
- suddenly distut•bed in sleep, to expose charitable fce/ine"st unitos met . ran - ,"liiiitTrilt - "Tspil - sitee - et - -) . the etretti
ourselCes-hy inTnericlieulous expres: ItY - lh - e gentlest , but atuttl,gest t Will you folloWiti . the paths which your
sion, and this alone, putting% aside it, and teaches them their_ power. Thaw - -fathers-have : made holy, and which have
impropriety in the house of God, s ho u l c . the reason why credit and despoti s m a re led 'to glory, peace, liberty, prosperity
preveirt any front indulging in the habit.neverfound togt•ther. It inakes'uten too and unbuunded ‘ comfort---or will you ob
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'Yee/te e —There is anoth er pfl„I
e ct f strong for tyt•ants! - \Vete it possible. to
literate ev,ery trace hat they left behind
e.l;i e l, nrany o f otir finegen t i entesi e e ,. ifilfase, at-once, throughout all Russia e the them, shut your eyes against the bright
li g h t i il — an d • w hi c hi s ant - ey i ng 10 Lim credit ,that prevails„in this Country, the ness of - the pasT, - destroy every-gerne-of
delicate and cleanly: I mean, the filthy, il on bonds of Russian tlispotism w o uld hope as to-the Intut•e, and 1011 ow tbat
lea Oisome practice of amine:tobacco,• bi• burst assunder as by elegis e and the rugged and that crooked' way e hick" has
and potirin - g - tliej - iiiet: fro - tullTelniiiiiiihb Rirs`silth serf;slifineitig ut tettee - teu e - - - t T e e= n 1 ways-terminated-in -tyre ttny-rtlegrada
frreteperfeet-strea tn.
____ full -- dignky e teelle:etete, ...could state) ertsct•
Mon, wretchedness and we? As lot. fay
' - - - - ail,; - iiTeliwirr- -firiarriii-1-4.--IWil
-1 _ e , ), fn or ai -
Squizzle—Yes, it•iS a most d etes t,. ;end uusliackled! ! -
ble p rac ti ce , .4 InOi . e honored i ll e re It is the policy of tyrants eo keep their ing - by*•Welt has been tried. I must vote
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breach than in the observance-" I subjects apart. They are for weakening ag tinst this bill.
trust, that the time is not far. distant, The ties that bind, them together. Th ey One word more its' to credit, ,
and Pam
when the u s e o f the "noisome e eet ee s ft are for disconnecting every man front his done. I know how it may-be-, how it is
will be entirely- abandoned, and when tielglibor—forcitig hint to stand Isolated 'abused.: I have ever been a bold and
especially the finger of scorn will be and alone; sowing- the seeds of Jealousy, open opponent of its abuses. I have, for
pointed at that man who will so far dis-* distrust, and intitvidual disunion, destroy- years, taken an active stand againsi,the
regard the f ee li tig t s of his b e i g hb„,. s. as tog ~ all conddhations and making
every inordinate increase of banks. I, have
to deposit this most abominable filth id one &pe l let alone upon the Sovereign spoken against it: I have written against
e •
„church-- - power, • • -ea )
it: I have 1 etitioned and remonstrated
Gal.—Gentlemen, time has passed This state orthingsecannot exist with againseett:--Hrave-dente-allethatea-reason
unwittingikby, and it , is now the "dead at C r edit system. Credit giyes inen one able mate could do to limit their number,
houi of so l emn m id n i g h t - ft I think i t ititerest e , makes them depend upon one and check their abuses. Yes, and I have
becomes us to betake ourselves to our another, anti combines them into one ir- seen tlite very men who now SO bitterly
respectiv e habitations, that we may nut resistihte• whole. Therefure it is that oppose all credit, xvithin six years double
be liable to a graver charge than any we despots are _at war s with credit. They the number of those, banks, and more
taye enumerated. . must I eep Men apart in "savage, .barber- .than - double the banking - capital of - the
A 13EDNIG 0 SQUIZZLL'. oust eteselate isolation, The moment a i i c ""trY 1
commin interest, given by a common un ) Credit has been abused: but it is no
elerstanding and mutual cohlidence`ecom- reason •why it should be destroyed. The
bides them together, they beceme irresis- I I abuse of any`thing is no argument ag•ainst
tililerin power; eyed ilespotisin flies treloi•e it. _-'The best-al-institutions are always
ti em. . ,I. he tear
- ----- ' -- Tliii - ilf• - I' ts w i t ylibe e re-teltose fleet ,ticabused most. In the name
ty and credit -ere lifunel side by side to- 10l our liotey teligion
the earth has been
gether whetever either of them have an 1 deluged evith blood; and countless mil
existence. They are never found apart. i lions have leen consutned in the flame's
Look at all the non-creott countries ofof tuartyt dom. But this is no argument
4tiroffe. Theyeare - all fl,
* epotisme, every I against either the truth, necessity, or va t
one of them! 'And wiper tine they doing, bee of
,our religion. Let us, therefore,
for man; foe civilization, im. the spre,all of, abuses. l 'n purge our credit - system-of-its
flye prieciples? Why noiliing, absoltitely ".:Te destroy it would be to. bleak '
Y There they' are in chains and down all 'confidence between man and
wrdehtelness, ei:hout liberty iihetit map, •and restore once more the savage,
domestic comport, eti'veleleed in igooteltie-e''desolatiiig re s ign of barbarism. . .
and, bat batiste, willitett ea :it the hope oil ' Il . r. CI .••• I l e t beg
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tail• 11 an,me gentlemen
rational freedom to Llteei• and (eight6i to pause—pause before they pess this
up the future! • . ' , • ' I fell. It is new neatly six weeks shire
Now turn your`eves to ,old England,— m
!'the comenceteent of, this session. Dur
the credit countly of the world, our ef a : 1 ing which time, aae have been in the ball
thefelaltd,"—.'lie land /awn which moet night_and day.__We come at-early morn
of us deliacel our blued mid our name! ing, the day passes away, and diet dark-
Look at her manufactuie-, hei• arts r f i e r • Mess of midnight still - finds us here. -We
literatute, learning, science, and her civili hese hail 'no time for reading, for thought,
fliatianeith'eteraWresee pert leer Gretiiir, - , - Ft -
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t s • elleetione-researctr; er-ealmennditieptes•:,
and Liberty into every cottage ( l ie „ aAheet sumac examinaiinu: - Wearied and laded
ter island
telati _ a; v i ol h er fleets .on I and wormout withfat' e ws tte P.esfe l
nt
evety ocean, livr onnweice embracing and his partizans have been hurrying and
t h, k
tottple -„ ai m, (1 trfei„, , , , . h er 1, 1 ,, ea - re. , lashing us into their measures.. We have
itistitutions and bee 1 .1 i„eiples to aie 713- be e n • !" )l 'eed tu - t'it h e're n ight and- daY ( ill
mutest COI Ill : I'S ,if the a.. ie I.; iiveitearteing !'purpose to pfevent discussion; and to
India, filling up New 11)11441(1 - , peopThTg i cu t" De - usTieght- or - wrongi-to-sancion
all the ,s,, atit s ea hi o d s, and every'; the plans ofolte Executive.. We have
wirere - planttitg elte-siatideld of civilize- 1 been openly called upon by, the leader of
thin, Cle•istianity, and via Wand political the athiliniett•ation party in the House,
libei•ty! Whilst other European nations (Nlr. Cambreleng,) not to deliberate, dis- ,
aill e, fitatienary,, E agiat i. ll, by ber literal cuss; mid_ honestly niii ifiTt id - p e te s tr miffas---
power, deriviel in a great aleglee frumpier No, Sir, no--Lbut to "toe the mat k!" We
eredit system, is producing a inot .,l ' an d have, invoked gentlemen to rush to the;
political revolu s timethrougliiitit the Globe, rescue of liberty ' - suffering, ofe-our coun e
Sir, letue feeiroes the Ateuitic and turn *try bl6cling, and our people overwhelmed
our attention to Ante] 'tee and lee whot with distress •.! Our appeale have.beeit
the people tee (lobe.; ihere. Look at - met with•but one answer--"toc the mark!
111exico atidthe South Ainerican (?loveett-, oe tlie mark.' . • ..
anents.'That part ot the country was But a few days ramie I picLed tip
tenth.
tlist disteivered end first peopled. l'lte• the fleorsof this House a petition of near
ed,„hi enite are •h i poevssion oeinexha us - (y one thousand inhabitawis•-•OrM o bil e
tile) . e mines of die pi ee1011.5 metals; hard setting•f o rth in, itlegeent language the ae
'motley ie Bo scarcity epee. - IRit 'they' cumulated evils and distresses which had'
have no credit systetn; -ail& therefore no berne them down to the earth, and pt•av
sontitence_in, one, another.
s They hare ing, ftS a-•remedy, the establishment of A
lio liberty, not:gigue poper notions of national' bpecie - paving institution,'by.,
liberty. They have no commerce, no I , Congress e . There•was the petition• on the
agriculture Aeserving of the flame, no) floor—trampled' upon..—spitten upon-:-
fiery, ee manufactures, WI arig, no inter- blurred and
s hit:ate& and stainetHe And
nal improcelneetts, no- itefature, no se"-I
at that very Monteut-eyes, ai thai. eery,
enteS—hut with, an übuitdance \ of gold,, moment--an lionorable ," tl • 'fl -
gen man WO
i
' , 331 0 ,10.10 en or
.._ C11.111114E8
OF rIMVSYL - VA NIA,
.
. ,
,(Coneltaled.), - . -
Air:.ChaiAnan, I have Shown tWat - thiS
.systetnisAlitt_engine.tof tyranny ‘therevey
it exists; and that the exaMple of other
flations urged upon us by its advocates;
'are all derived from despotism. '
• They - urge another orgame* in - lavari
of, this measure, - which consorts • in .all
things with the one just inetitioned.—.
They.say that the effects of- this bc h ern e
will be 0 destroy (lie whole system of
-credit. It is _ . true . that _wherever this
"sub - treasury selleine",eXists, there is•ni,
credit ex c ept upon the most barrow. and
litnited , scale! Nor Is this singular! Re
collect, that this .syste4itcsailit Vnly+in
tyrannies. :-- The - abeenai:V - credit - is'ohe.
of the grand charaelertsties 0/' de.spotima
all (we,. the world: Eve% body must
know, or' can know, - if they will, that -a
'weii—regtriated,urettirsystetti—trttd‘ittvo-±'
!ism never have, ilo not and attunot exist:
togethey.l ; It tn.a tters Dot Willa the litrOts
of,..it govern - it - m* 1 - 0 y be, -.if .a Aysteat. of
get! raT sredit 'prevails tlitoughoot its
l
w le extent, tl:e heart and - spirit of files:
10thilli. lutist be crushed iiiiil tiKidteh.
'There is 1110 credit systeni_in Russia,
Prussia, . Austria, Denmark, Sweden,
Siiiiiit - ,; -- T L u rkey;yttar in any oil Ye r -- cv untry
undk heaven, where the veople are in
chains, and wretsheilne4s, misery - and.tle
gradation. Nor l's this all. 'hiecon %
verse of the proposition i's true. ; Thertr is
hirCouvtry ip Which a well regulided cre
dit systemiitsvaiislyhere the 'duple arc
in bondage.' It-is a fact . Which no man
hying : any respect for truth cut! deny
that just in proportion as a sound cted It
prevails in any country, in the same pro.
Portion lirp. the peo . pl a in the , eitjoymen I
of, liappines's, and - civil- . Tanis .indtti - eal .li
...
,bertY., ' . - •
. „
,
'Pte. reason for all tith:-is „
very Obvious.
11 7 1 rat is credit? confidence
belief - and laidt.in tlie:honqand integrity
of.nian. It was. tite'first kind, of. Money
upon trhialt all other money : is .founded.
it existed befOre :pap'er - oy .letter,s .
t.‘llealned
. 6r, anti long before the toetats,
either precious : nr„b.ase,,,,were extt:ac.ted
'fro the gloomy liowels of the; earth,
-. .lii.the.early stages of'society;
. .
TILTES cit cycit aua,zenr - 1 , 6 ,1838.
they arei::4etughted, ignorant,' miserable,
wretched - , -l aSlay , ed and-1 oppressed, : but
Otte degree removed from . the - :brute's
_around than L. "Xliek . whore history is
but'one' :
unmitigated narrative of savage,
discorcl,friurder,' rapine' and -bloodshed;
mad infuriate iresolution-, and 'sanguinary:
insurrection! - These are the people,. and
-these are the institutions that 'are-held up
itiosior_ouroxamptel .
After this. view of . the' degradation,
wretchedness.and slavery o - rtheSonthern.
part•of America:. with 'what feelings of
pride:lint! patriotic exultation can Were
rturn-to 61w-6-Wm:proud and happy United
States. - -=I _will 'not. pretend , ..l.o. - _,speak_of
!tee glory, :prosperity aid adVancement,
nor portray the virtue, intellisence, .ge•-•
taus, skill
. .and hardy -and adveriturous .
enterprjse of her people. t:lnder . the - in
fl of her. present - institutions she has
.;done,-andis now doing - moreforherowil
peoplo; - more for' the cause_, of 4 hututtn
rights, : riiore J o r civiliz4tion i ni ore- far - tho_
. ejeya of . morals and of: Mimi, and more fur the'Whole hu4an than
any ottlernation_thatim§,. or ever had
istence
Nord . -(Mr.ilyititri)7*aw - ad=
dliesiine-the Hotisei• and characteriziog..i
such petitione4.Sa:s•paniC-inalters,,,specu
lator-S, and rag . barons! •Greilt Heat:en!.
f - exclaiined 'to-myself, eau-
he?, -The' petitions of freetrien, tranipleil
unde'r'.foot, mid - theL Petitionera T ithem,
selveS tlennunced by their 011V11 represent •
I;sprUng tirmy feet at the
.first
opportunity,. but before -•my mouth was
o penedTthe - Ifonorabre --- gentriiiriati
New 'llainpshire7" [M Cusliniati]
_whose.
head is said to, blossom arid bloom with
the igeirioils--cifistion,” -- availed himself
of his privilege: • The previous
.4nestion .
.was mgved.nnil:there-could-- .reply.
Subb, sir, is AltiMode in - which trice-
surer have, been forced through the I - louSe
during. this
,session: -. It is .not, 11,me. to
pause. solemnly believe that tlfe pros
perity Of-the country and dm "Sid) Trea
sury System?'.-oannot lung - exist together.
It`a ill 'check the 'tide of 'our .advance
went. --It will endanger Our liberties: -I
'call..Upoh gentlemen to pause ere - the hit
,
bieon-bd-pas!.
. . .
..iience-frottij.lta citiZens,.of ' Philiaei
-1 'Phia• , ar4tcre occasions than irne; I can
:116veryfi;i•g - et: • • . • s
• - yeu 1111%. ; (t alluded to the
_sbbleets -of -'.
4,o,?eryi - e0 acid:ton im'd internal,
ment. ••. - Periiiit-,ine : •to- offer-a - few IV
marks-tie-both, --- ' • • ' -'-- . '''' •
. In
. this country it-has becoine eon),
.-
rrid,n,,. after the rishion. of alLages and
mina s,tion for party leaders and political '-
.tittgogne's-to-address proje - ele or.go-T, ' 1
eertimelit - •and rules of political - aCtiort- -
Co the feelings of 'particular 'eta/ries, •.
adapting;
.thent to. - „a -sttiiposed want of
_•
isouvledge. In this corrupt caterii4 - -
for what they . c all -- tli - e -- pepular.appetite; ..-
ito ,
r . egard• Is paid to any result .except.
that orraising - the - vila - pa - nder to offtee - r7 --
,
• atm power:: As art American citizen,
I am r•joieed . to 'he strengthened r by , •
~events of recent-occurrence, in an . 'opi -
flinty - Iting entertained, that the igno
rance imputed to the people; by • this . •
coursc'of condtiet;does not .exist. They
'arc,:tiro - intelligetryto - belong deeeived - - ---,
by it.. • Popular confidenee,abtiSed be-.
yowl . a Certain point ; - always takes' the ' •
nighty-form-of.pehlizindignstiond .
:hurls fr om - its , bosom_the•hetrayer . 'or ift.: _...:
Tiivor...- - 1
•• . .
. ,
.. .
~ Still,. though there is this-rede emin g - quality' in the' love of liberty:, andfrorn-:. '
mon sense 'of the 'American people, it . ..
~at a number of girls front the. northern =is un-wis(3-I°'frt'st-farsafetrt-°*crartaiß-'-'
- ,
section of Vermont-, as well 'as the ctittti-
degree of abuse, and to be vibrating .
--g-trons--pact--of-Lower--Ci t na tits , _fina l etil- . __qloi.r.lcilly between injury and redress.
ploymen.t in the factories. at 'Lowell, ,
Thc better course is tb.diffuse such an
_miss. r t - tra 8 - , sum et i are„,--b een _-_ t h_ e - ez ,,,, 'trto_u_ntlir,l. n_o_w le dgc_as_shall..e 0 ableall-___
to detect thefirst sophist» of fallacy and .
When a death has- occurred attiongt their!
I prevent..the..`coritnieoceme n t. of -the_irt-... • .
nutiaber ; that the boat 'has' been sent to
I jury, . 're - s - aceoinplisli thlit- and other
the friends . of the deceased fur burial..--L
desirable results,. a .geneinal system of
I)uring the past - summer it was-obierved
that-at,- unusual number
.or coffins' hail education has been resorted to in this',
passed-along,- frequeotly•accompattied by' sla te' ; Thla :"Pa'rilfieti-iy-thlis far, is as •,
mourners. Two utr..tkree.initlsiimetime s successful as coul.c-Lhq. reasonably "ox
passed.. at a tb ns -(,: w hid ~
, , e ,, s re ...
i„„ed —'pectedv'Much-roppOsition,--it-is--true,
and is oxperieticptli Gut the
portslliat - Some - terriblo Malady was rag-- has h9eil.,
great attempt will be rather aided than . • ' --
- fog at - Lowell . . Since the presort - difli
retarded by••it; if that opposition he .
cultiesn - occurred' in Canada, sonic title,
Tict u•-i-qm----irri..:trearretly--tiOt•-as-a7cirpi-iotts-obstaele-I*,;---,
.bLUnreasonahle - prejudice,- het
eyes, suspected thaelhese coffins contia - n-
settled
ed. other mans - t h an t h ose ~t• a t e ,,,,,je" as the honest
,convietion 'of :the party . • •
chicily - intereSted,. which- it in . . reality, ...
corpse, and he•assutned the responsibility -
is.. If it be thus received and allowed
of opening. one; When,. behold, rifles,
guns, pfktots„
to •have its logitimatc'effeet, vizf that _
mid dis•oi•ga, ••loottett gag
. wants of the
tiers"tie - him, as a voice seemed to' tliiiii-- -of modifyinga system solely intended
1 the -
der in his ear,. " - alto t •pan !"- and be fled for the• people, to
for proectiott...behittd, the - bayonets of people, the system must thereby .be '• 1
- 13riffsh soldiers. strengthened and will succeed.'
- .
_, • .
An impottatitiprincipl e seems to hare •
. .
_ •1..t.e.c0.. loo.ltsisLby:inan:y ofithe_friends ___, ____ ..
..or public education. They • have net -- •
sisfliciontly borne in mind that know- 14 ....,
ledge and iinittoventent are always pro- -
.gressive. The aCcomplishmentuf one
advance, no matter how inconsiderablir-'
in var iaiily - leads-to-anotker-and -a-great-- -
er, 'and eventually to ns Mitch of per- ,
(cation as human institutions'adniitr So
long -as Ir6neity of purpose and the
blessing of Providence arc solely to - be
relied on.. ' • _
.Ili this' point_Of_vicw, our: presente d -Itzation experiment may be.said .to he
.succdssfel.- NV:c hsre a L system in ope- -
ration. All that iii - : now necessary. is '
ilta [the hisedtd,'_experieneelishalLatlapt ::______.:7
ita details to the exigence' of the times.. •..
Tito public w orks. have 'been unex- . • •
pectedly productive
.under„the - adVerse- '
change of thep'sla sea Son. To eirritinUe
their, prosperity and that of the State, •
it .is only i,eees'sary to adhere -to. tnio ".
•
plain rules. TheSe . are;
, ... ~, ~ , . • .. .
~,Ilie. early provision:, annuallY, of
solids means for . the repair and use. of .
the.. completed works,. withriut making . '
thei4.at all dependent ; on. other and, '
doubtful projects';'' and the- application r
afterwards, Of all the balance of public
means - intended fiii - Tit ternal imprOve-'' -
merit, to the prositentien of tki • iveinArs .•
;tat Unfinished .... -:' ' '''. ' . ,'• .
--Tfra.7fiii7iiiili-ted-r-glArnrilii.s Sim - il s e — 1—
procells-will T he.-ihe- receipt- of-,tice-larg-o''-:------•.
List pussiblerevenue from the completed. ' •
works,,, and the complctionef . the resit '
at die-earliest moment.,..Praeticable,. '. r .'
- .- -- --If: this - peliey.:he;-"i4 litr9d. - -A - e'son Ey - for -,--•------
two. years, Pentisylitinta'hrif,• at the. - •••• -
end-of-that-time,_eommeneeltite'eXiirtif-• -I < - - -
sit,) orlier--.S th
yste, vith9lit debt r and • - -
to/i7r -- al ) extent thiit the tich - trenini4s -.•
1 -
of her sioil, her.,,mines r and her : indes- - •
try, will ,be--iilit-Wii.,,,frotru• ever.Y.Pliih -- --
• {it-if-Val ley - fitilei -7 1i -- 0 --- CffriTtrigari2erreitil7 . "--7----L
-, Mel ropOlis.'- - - .: ~ , ' •' ' ' ..'„- . . . .•
, "So - - clear iim-l'in the ,propriety':and .. '-
vital Ile - VC - sail); of this , ecitirse; 'that:,l
shall use every constitutionalMeansin ..- .-
mypower ..-to accomplish.it; regardless - • .
of all consequences except such -asl ate
t_
connected, %vith the good of the- state' • ..:.
I am, gentlernen:yoUriellOwi•eitizen, ' '
' • :- ' . JOSEPH - RITNgIt':- . -. -
To W'l - tam • - Meredi - th . 'Es% sitid • *
others.
-,....i.
ANKEE_INGENi Trty_
- 1 - A7 - gentleman residing at 'Vroy; a - fion
tier -town in Vermont; writes his friend
'in liostoiii—A cUrious inediod has" been
adopted to, sinpggi.e arms into Canada, fur
the use of the Eatrints: It is well known
.• . ,
..t r oakresting =- - - Corye4potaileacc•l
Gov. niftier it; Philadelphia.
\Ve.inviteatteption to.thefollowing
interesting ccirrespcintrimci., between a
number \ of our most distinguished citi
-.;ens:and-G.ov..Rjtner.:_lt
the best possible_temper. The
two inost important suhieetS ibid. have
occupied-tke attention ofTennsyivania
am: many years--G.eirttral Education
and_lnternal-linprovemento—are allud:
ed to in a manner that will find 'a re
spobSive.cliord in every patriotic ‘l4r : .
snm.
T 9 his ti Tale/ley joieph-Rititer:
. _.- .
Sin: We liave-the--honor r as -tr-corrt , --
ittee of a number of your frietids„ip
this city and ' county, 49 -invite you to
partake of a public dinner; on'any day
during your present- visit; which :may
be consistent pith your oilier's' ranli.e
ments, We rejoice in the opiiiirtutitty.,
‘yltielt.is afforded cis oflaearing testimm_
try to the intellige•nce and intli•iiutist \ ii_Of,
your eour'se -as Governor of the Coiti'-
' inon %Veal if), Mid especially. to the Sound,
and beneficial - policy-which has been
pursued by your adtninistration on •Ille,
.ueat;queStiOnS_Of_edudation, andints-'.7_
nal improvement, and the- - prudent
forecast which has preserved-the fin4ii
ces'of Pennsylvania. from erriba - rrassd
i iiii i i i iiii i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii tii - e — t;eneral dif-
- fiViilties, tinder - wiltich the country•ta-. '
hours, - _,
_—
. _
'We are, withy - greatTreigi - at — ltill 'con
siderati'on,:your obediett_servants.- •
`ll7-.--- Ittrltldititith',---WAtawlftr.--t
,
JOlrti•SWift, - Tharles" - raff '
Jo
.:-/
John .IV - liite - , ---------L--- ---•.105 . ,--T. l, 4“atit t r,---
A.
leltit A: Elkiriton, .j.'Riattway,..•
Isaac Leif,' . -•-• • Sathl. P. ;smith ;
Jacob Gratz, •'--, _ Chas.ll. : llaker,,'
'Jacob Salgcr, jr.) -- 'IL P. Lartiner,
rf. --li . Le Svis,- 2 - , : . - i' - . GicVa,F - Piji•iii:67 -
iabert,Raliton, - .A. C. 13arelay,
- - Aliehttel Day.
. ,
Philadelphia, Jativary -.1,..1838:
. Gentlemen.: The shortness ..of ~tny
slay in town compels me' trs. dZeline
tepting. your. gratifying. invitation 'to
partake of a.. public dinner. The lieh
litat a (forded by, an . examination of the
various . literary,. - Scientific - , flieclianie
a r nd humane. institutions' of liliffaTer
phia, leaves little lime for , feStlye en-.
joynient. khave, hoyeier; eitperiene
ed the lies( part.of hospitality,.at your
' , bands—that kindly spirit which offers
in a manner . . lhatieaves :no doubt on
the score of sincerity,.and , yet. permits
ilu3-'guestAciiceept. or refuse as,: best
"si ifs hilinViiti•tirisingtbycoto: kind
tiitii*lfiCh ita'? bpOn nix. lot to exjie_
xistaw4 VO:L..-2.--,fro.
- -
The= total . litiOlbee or . ge,volgticiiiarY
Pensioners uittler • the' various %acts .pf
•Congress, ith1.1,788 of whets nearlyione
fortieth part , or 001 are frihn thelittie
Stale
. of R.hodeilsland. Of ihede;peil
sion ers, 1644 tiled NttOring , the hist,Year.
The sum
Pc nil ori"
Ea
EMI
Earn
3
Min