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The whole art of Government consists in the art top being honest, Jefferson.
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STROODSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1841
VOL. 2.
No 30. '
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Foem by John Q. Adams.
Correspondence of the-Albany Evening Journal.
Washington-, Aug. 31, 184L
John Quincy Adams is one of the intellectu
al prodigies whose characters distinguish eras
of time.
Mr. Adams is now 74 years old. But years
have made no impression upon his intellect.
That is still fresh and vigorous. He is, as has
been so frequently stated, always in his seat;
always watching the course of business, and
always ready to shed light upon the question
before the House.
The Hon. Mr. Morgan, whose seat is next
to that of Mr. Adams, has obtained for me, with
permission to publish in the Journal, a copy of
the Poem which I enclose. It was written in
July, 1840, under these circumstances. Gen.
Ogle informed Mr. Adams that several young
ladies in his district had requested him to ob
tain Mr. A's Autograph for them. In accor
dance with this request, Mr. Adams wrote the
following beautiful Poem upon " The Wants of
Man" each stanza upon a sheet of Note Paper.
"What American young lady would not set a pre
cious value upon such an autograph from this
illustrious statesman
The Wants of Man.
" Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that 'little long."
Goldsmith's Hermit.
I.
"Man wants bufKttle here below,
Nor wants that little long,"
Tis not with me exactly so,- t
But 'tis so in the song.
My wants are many, and if told
Would muster many a score;
And were each wish a mint of gold,
I -still should long for more. .
II.
What first I want is daily bread,
And canvass back and wine;
And all the realms of nature spread
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Before me when I dtne
Four courses scarcely can provide
My appetite to quell,
With four choice cooks from France beside,
To dress my dinner well.
-HI.
What next I want at heavy cost,
Is elegarit atlire ;
Black saole furs for winter's frost,
And silks for summer's fire,
And cashmere shawls and Brussels lace
My bosoms front to deck;
And diamond rings my hands to grace;
And rubies for my neck.
IV.
And then 'I vant a mansion fair,
A 'dwelling house, in style,
Four -stories high, for wholesome air,
A massive marble pile:
With halls for banquets and for balls
All furnished rich and fine;
With stabled studs in fifty stalls,
And cellars for my wine;
V.
I want a gatden and a paik
My dwelling to surround,
A thousand acres, (bless the mark)
With walls encompass'd round,
Where flocks may range and herds may low,
And kids and lambkins play;
And flowers and fruits commingl'd grow
All Eden to display.
VI,
I want, when summer's foliage falls,
And autumn strips the trees,
A house, within the city's walls
For comfort and for east?
JBut here as space is somewhat scant
And acres rather rare,
Jly house in Town I only want
4E0 occupy a Square.
VII.
1 want a Steward, Butler, Cooks,
A Coachman, Footman, Grooms;
A jibrary of well bound books,
And picture garnished rooms,
Corregios, Magdalen and Night,
TJie Matron of the chair,
iG,uido's .fleet coursers in their flight
And jclaudes at least a pair.
VIII.
Ay! ;and Jto stamp my form and faco
Upojo the solid rock,
I want, their lineaments to trace,
Carrara's milk white block;
And let the chisel's art sublime,
By Gheenough's hand display,
Through all the range of future time,
jIv features to the day.
IX.
I want a cabinet profuse 0
Of medals, coins and gems;
A printing press for private use
Of fifty thousand cms,
And plants and minerals and shells,
Worms, insects, fishes, birds;
And every beast on earth that dwells,
In solitude or herds.
X.
I want a board of burnish'd plate,
Of silver and of gold,
Tureens of twenty pounds in weight
With sculpture's richest mould,
Plateaus with chandeliers and lamps,
Plates, dishes, all the same,
And Porcelain vases with the stamps
Of Sevres, Angouleme.
. XL
And maples of fair -glossy stain
Must form my chamber doors, ,
And carpets of the Wilton grain
Must cover all my floors.
My walls with tapestry be deck'd
Must never be outdone;
And damask curtain must protect
Their colors from the sun.
XII.
And mirrors of the largest pane
From Venice must be brought;
And scandal wood and bamboo-cane
For chairs and tables bought,
On all the mantel pieces, clocks
Of thrice gilt bronze must stand-,
And screens of ebony and box
Invite the stranger's hand.
XIII.
I want (who does not want?) a wife-;
Affectionate and fair;
To solace all the woes of life,
And all its joys to share.
Of temper sweet 'of yielding will,
Of firm, yet placid mind;
With all my faults to love me stilly
With sentiments refin'd.
XIV.
And as Time's car incessant runs
And Fortune fills my store;
I want of daughters and of sons
From eight to half a score.
1 want, (alas! can mortal dare
Such bliss on earth to crave?)
That all the girls be chaste and fair -
The boys all wise and brave.
XV.
And when my bosom's darlings sings
With melody divine,
A pedal harp of many strings,
Must wih her voice combine.
A piano, exquisitely wrought
Must open stand, apart;
THat all my daughters may be taught
To win the stranger's heart.
XVI.
My wife and daughters will desire
Refreshment from perfumes,
Cosmetics for the skin require
And artificial blooms.
The Civet, fragrance shall dispense
And treasur'd sweets return;
Cologne revive the flagging sense
And smoking amber burn.
XVII.
And when, at night, my weary head
Begins to droop and dose
A southern chamber holds my bed
For nature's soft repose;
With blankets, counterpane and sheet:
Mallrass and bed of down, -And
comfortables for my feet,
And pillows for my crown.
XVIII.
I want a warm and faithful friend ' '
To cheer the adverse hour;
Who ne'er to flatter yill descend
Nor bend the knee to power.
A friend to chide me when I'm wrong,
My inmost soul to see;
And that my friendship proves as strong
For him, as his for me.
XIX.
I want a kind and tender heart-,
For others' wants to feel;
A soul secure from Fortune's dart-,
And bosom arm'd with steel.
To bear divine chastisement's rod
And mingling in my plan,
Submission to the will of God
With charity to Man. -V r
XX. V
I want a keen, observing eye;
An ever listening ear;
The truth through all disguise to spy
And wisdom's voice to hear.
A tone to speak at virtue's need
In Heaven's sublimest strain;
And lips the cause of Man to plead-,.
And never plead in vain.
XXI.
I want uninterrupted health
Throughout my long career; - -
And streams of never failing wealth
To scaltar far and near,
The destitute to clothe and feed, ,
Free bounty to bestowt ; tv,
Supply the helpless orphan's need
And sootho the widow's woe.
XXII.
I want the genius to conceive, ,A .
The talents to unfold - - -
Designs, the vicious to retrieve; ..-;
The virtuous to uphold.
Inventive power, combining skill;
A persevering soul,
Of human heart's to mould the will
And reach from Pole to Pole.
XXIII.
I want the seal of power and place,
The ensigns of command;
Charged by the People's unbought grace
To rule my native land
Nor crown, nor sceptre would I ask ' '
But from my country's will,
By day, by night, to ply the task
Her cup of bliss to fill.
xxiv:'
I want the voice of honest praise
To follow me behind;
And to be thought in future days -j"
The friend of human kind, j. 1 .
That after ages as they rise
Exulting may proclaim V v
In chorul union to the skies.
Their blessings of my name. . v
XXV. X
These are the wants of mortal man-,.
I cannot want them long;
For life itself is but a span
And earthly bliss a song.
My last great want absorbing all
Is, when beneath the sod, ' ,
And summons to my final call;
The mercy of my God.
XXVI. ;
And oh! while circles in my veins
Of life the purple stream;
And yet a fragment small remains
Of nature's transient dream;
My soul, in humble hopB unscar'd
Forget not thou to pray,
That this hywarft may be prepared
To meet the judgment day.
"Ma, ain't Joe Smith a courtin' our Meley?"
"No; what makes you think so?"
'Why, always when he comes near her she
sorter leans up to him like a pig to a warm
lamb."
"There, Alley, "go and bring in some chips."
There is a young lady in Connecticut so
modest that she puts brandy into her water be
cause she is ashamed to touch the naked el
ment! Boston Post.
My Old Coat. It is better to turn the old
coat, said my aunt Prudence, than to run in
debt for a new one. But see, replied I, there
is a hole in it! Never mind that said she, put
in a patch, a patch upon the sleeve, is better than
a writ upon the back.
The Post thinks the best contrivance for
keeping people aw'ake in chnrch, is a clergy
man who is wide awake himself.
The printing for the 25th Congress, 1838-9,
amounted to $217,084 44. No wonder the
Globe kicks so viciously at the new administra
tion. It's enough to make such a man "strke
his father."
Ainericaak liovc of Occupation.
There is probably no people on earth with
whom business constitutes pleasure, and indus
try amusement, in an equal degree with the in
habitants Of the United States of America. Ac
tive 6ccupation is not only the principal source of
their happiness and the foundation of their na
tional greatness, but they are absolutely wretch
ed without it. Business is the very soul of an
American; he pursues it not merely as a means
of procuring for himself and family the neces
sary comforts of life, but as the fountain of all
human felicity. From the earliest hour in the
morning until late at night the streets are
thronged by men of all trades and professions,
each following his own vocation, as if he never
dreamed of a 'cessation from labor or the possi
bility of becoming fatigued. Neither is this
hurry of business confined to the large cities;
it communicates itself in evety village and ham
let and extends to and penetrates the western
forests. It is as if all America were but one
gigantic work-shop, over the entrance of which
there is the blazing inscription, "No entrance
except on business." English writer.
A Good Toast. At a late agricultural din
ner in Massachusetts, the following toast was
given:
"The same of fortune: shuffle the cards as
you will, Spades will always win."
Seventeen hundred, and ninety-one dogs
have been killed in New York, since the 5th
of June.
The Woollen Factory of Mr. Jcssop at Ber
wick, Pa. Was burned on the 7th. Loss $3,000.
From the National Intelligencer.
The Inciters of Resignation.
The following letters of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Attorney General, resigning
their respective trusts, have been placed in our
hands for publication:
Wa shington, September li, 3 841.
Sir: Circumstances have occurred in the
course of your administration, and chiefly in the
exercise by you of the veto power which con
strain me to believe that my longer continuance
in office as a member of your Cabinet will bo
neither agreeable to you, useful to the country,
nor honorable to myself.
Do me the justice, Mr. President, to believe
that this conclusion has been adopted neither
capriciously, nor in any spirit of party feeling
or personal hostility, but from a sense of duty,
which, mistaken though it may be, is yet so
sincerely entertained, that I cheerfully sacrifice
to it the advantages and distinction of office.
sBe pleased therefore to accept this as mv
resignation of the office of Attorney General of
the United States.
Very respectfully, yours, &c.
J. J. Crittenden.
The President.
Treasury Department, Sept. 11, 1841.
Sir: After the most calm and careful consid
eration, and viewing the subject in all the as
pects in which it presents itself to my mind, I
have come to the conclusion that 1 ought no
longer to remain a member of your Cabinet. 1
therefore resign the office of Secretary of the
Treasury, and beg you to accept this as my
letter of resignation.
To avoid misunderstanding, I distinctly de
clare that I do not consider a difference of opin
ion as to the charter of a National Bank a suf
ficient reason for dissolving the ties which have
existed between us. Though I loQk upon that
measure as one of vast importance to the pros
perity of the country, and though I should have
deeply deplored your inability or unwillingness
to accord it to the wishes of the People and the
States, so unequivocally expressed through their
Representatives, still, upon this and this alone,
unconnected with other controlling circumstan
ces, I should not have felt bound to resign the
place which I hold in your administration. But
those controlling circumstances do exist, and 1
will, in my own justification, place them in con
nexion before you.
It is but just to you to say that the bill which
first passed the two Houses of Congress, and
which was returned with your objections on the
16th of August, did never, in its progress, as
far as I know or believe, receive at any time
either your express or implied assent. So far
as that bill was known to me, or as 1 was con
sulted upon it, I endeavored to bring its provi
sions, as nearly as possible, in accordance with
what I understood to be your views, and rather
hoped than expected your approval. I knew the
extent to which you were committed on the
question. 1 knew the pertinacity with which
you adhered to your expressed opinion, and I
dreaded from the first the most disastrous con
sequences, when the project of compromise
which I . presented at an early day was rejected.
It is equally a matter of justice to you and
to myself to say that the bill which I reported
to the two Houses of Congress at the com
mencement of the session, in obedience to their
call, was modified so as to meet your approba
tion. You may not, it is true, have read the
bill throughout, and examined every part of it;
but the 16th fundamental article, which became
the contested question of principle, was freely
discussed between us, and it was understood
and unequivocally sanctioned by yourself. The
last clause in the bill, also, which contained a
reservation of power in Congress, was inserted
on the 9lh of June, in your presence, and with
your approbation; though you at one time told
me that, in giving your sanction to the bill, you
would accompany it with an explanation of your
understanding of that first clause.
In this condition of things, thotigh I greatly
regretted your veto on the bill as it passed the
two Houses of Congress, and though I foresaw
the excitement and agitation which it would
produce among the people; yet, considering the
changes which the bill has undergone in its
passage, and its variance from the one you had
agreed to sanction, I could not find in that act
enough to disturb the confidential relations
which existed between us. I was disposed to
attribute this act, fraught with mischief as it
was, to pure and honorable motives, and to a
conscientious conviction on your part ihat the
bill, in some of its provisions, conflicted with
the constitution. But that opinion of your course
on the bill which has just been relumed to Con
gress with your second veto, I do not and can
not entertain. Recur to what has passed be
tween us with respect to it, and you will per
ceive that such opinion is impossible.
On the morning of the 16th of August, I call
ed at your chamber, and found you preparing
the first veto message, to be despatched to the
Senate. The Secretary of War came in also,
and you read a portion of the message to us.
He observed that, though the veto would create
a great sensation in Congress, yet he thought
the minds of our friends better prepared for it
than they were some days ago, and he hoped it
would be calmly received, especially as it did
not shut out all hope of a bank. To this you
replied, that you really thought there ought to
be no difficulty about it; that you had sufficient
ly indicated in your veto message what kind of
a bank you would approve, and that Congress
might, if they saw fit, pass ouch a one in three
days.
The 18th being the day for our regular Cab
inet meeting, we assembled, all except M'essrs.
Crittenden and Granger, and you told us that
you had had a long conversation with Messrs.
Berrien and Sergeant, who professed to coma
in behalf of the Whigs of the two Houses to
endeavor to strike out some measure which
would be generally acceptable. That you had
your doubts about the propriety of conversing
with them yourself, and thought it more proper
that you should commune with them through
your constitutional advisers. You expressed a
wish that the whole subject should be postponed
till the next session of Congress. You spoko
of the delay in the Senate of the consideration
of your veto message, and expressed anxiety as
to the tone and temper which the debate would
assume.
Mr. Badger said that on inquiry he was hap
py to find that the best temper prevailed in the
two Houses. He believed they were perfectly
ready to lake tip the bill reported by the Secre
tary of the Treasury, and pass it at once. You
replied, 'Talk not to me of Mr. E wing's bill; it
contains that -odious feature of local discoun ts
which I have repudiated in my message.' 'I
then said to you, I have no doubt, sir, that the
House, having ascertained your views, will
pass a bill in conformity to them, provided they
'can be satisfied that it would answer the pur
poses of the Treasury, and relieve the country.'
You then said, ' Cannot my Cabinet see that
this is brought about? You must stand by me
in thi emergency. Cannot you see that a bill
passes Congress such as I can approve without
inconsistency?' I declared again my belief that
such a bill might be passed. And you then
said to me, ' What do you understand to be my
opinions? Slate them, so that I may see that
there is no misapprehension about them.'
I then said that I understood you to be of
opinion that Congress might charter a bank in
the .District of Columbia, giving it its location
here. To this you assented. That they might
authorize such bank to establish offices of dis
count and deposite in the several States, with
the assent of the States. To this you replied,
'Don't name discounts; they have been the
source of the most abominable 'corruptions, and
are wholly unnecessary to enable the bank to
discharge its duties to the country and the Gov
ernment.' I observed in reply that I was proposing no
thing, but simply endeavoring to state what I
had understood to be your opinion as to the
powers which Congress might constitutionally
confer on a bank; that on that point I stood
corrected. I then proceeded to say that I un
derstood you to be of opinion that Congress
might authorize such bank to establish agencies
in the several States, with power to deal in
bills of exchange, without the assent of tho
States, to which you replied, "Yes, if they be
foreign bills, or bills drawn in one State and
payable in another. That is all the power ne
cessary for transmitting the public funds and
regulating exchanges and the currency."
Mr. Webster then expressed, in strong terms,
his opinion that such a charter would answer
all just purposes of Government and be satis
factory to the People; and declared his prefe
rence for it over any which had been proposed,
especially as it dispensed with the assent of
the States to the creation of an institution ne
cessary for carrying on the fiscal operations of
Government. He examined it at some length,
both as to its constitutionality and its influence
on the currency and exchanges, in all whicl
views you expressed your concurrence, desirt
that such a bill should be introduced, and esp
cially that it should go into the hands of so
of your friends. To my inquiry whether
Sergeant would be agreeable to you, you rej
that ho would. You especially requested
Websterand myself tocommunicate with K
Berrien and Sergeant on the subject, to
you said you had promised to address
but you doubted not that this personal
nication would bo equally satisfactoi
desired us, also, in communicating w
gentlemen, no: to commit you, perso
this being recognized as your measr
be made a subject of comparison to
dice in the course of discussion.
Webster then conversed about f
wording of the 16th fundamental
taining the grant of power to dea'
and of tho connexion in which f '
be introduced; you also spoke
tho institution, desiring that
changed. To this I objected
ably be made a subject of ri
sisted that there was much
institution ought not to bo
Webster undertook to ada
to your wishes. Mr. Bel
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