The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL. 3. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1842. No. 30. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THEODORE SGHOCH. TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollar. l J a Quarter, half yearly. and if not Daid before the end nf ocrs by a earner or stage unvers employed by the propria i.. will be charged 7 1-2 cts. ner vear. extra. 'o papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except ' lilt! OIHIUII Ul UIU EiUllur. CTAuvertisements not exceeding one square (sixteen lines) II be inserted three weeks for one dollar : twenty-five cents every subsequent inseition larger ones in proportion. A ier.nl discount will be made to yearly advertisers. CTXll letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid. JOB PRINTING. II ivinjr a general assortment of large elegant plain and orna mental lypc, we are prepareu to execute every ins cription of rarcls, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Teffcrsonian Republican. POETRY. Good Old Times. I do respect the times of old, The times of beans and pork, When our old clever, honest dads, Went whistling to their work; When old cock'd hats and breeches Were the fashion of the day, And good thick-bottom'd shoes were worn, With buckles shining gay. The times of old ihe times of old Wlien our good mothers wore Good homespuu stuff and kept their muffs, And tippets ever more ; When good stout waists were all the lage, And cheeks ne'er painted were, And borrow'd curls ne'er deck'd the girls, With beauty debonair! The times of old the good old times, When home-brew'd beer went round The merry hearth, where boisterous mirth, And apples did abound When giggling maids would hang their heads, In bashful modesty, And sprightly lads would eye their dads, And nudge them cosily! The good old times, when our old dads Were fatand hearty too, With hair comb'd back so gracefully, And done up in a que ; I do respect those golden davs, When fashion was inclin'd To make her votaries wear their coats With pocket holes behind ! Alas ! they've pass'd with time it way, Those halcyon days are o'er, And now, men doat on black frock coatSj With pocket holes before; The women, too, have got the que, And wear their chains of gold O, for the lads, like our old dads, Who lived in times of old. yVj Miss Esther Jane, daughter of N. W. tlliams, Etq., of Hancock, recently spun 107 ' fits or 5 run and 7 knots of first rate woollen m, and reeling it all herself, between the : irs of sunrise and sunset. Delaware (AT. ) Gazette. Miss Esther Jane is a patcm girl, and has - i a noble example to the sex lo which she is ' credit. If most of the young ladies of the csent day would spin more of the woollen, and ! of the street yarn, there would be more sperity in our country, and less need of "pro ;Mon;" there would be more good wives, and ' o bankrupt husbands. Boston Democrat. A man just married, having discovered that s bride was in the habit of shedding" hcrf teeth ;id curls when ever it pleased her, swore if ver he married again, the lady should have i lack teeth and red hair, as he could then be ire they were not false. Good Hint. The celebrated Dr. Aberneihy said: "I tell y-'ii, honest Iv, whai I think is ihe whole cau.se i ihe complicated maladies of ihe human frame; V is their gormandizing, and slufling, and siini l lating the digestive organs io excess, thereby reaiing irritation. The slate of our minds is another grand cause, the fidgetting ami discofi 'iMiting themselves about ihat which cannot be aelped passions of all kindsj malignant pas passions and worldly cares pressing on the mud, disturb ihe central action and do a great leal of harm." These are certainly excellent Iiiiits Eur the present unsettled times. Powdered Charcoal will remove smells, Fn purities, &c. from old glass vessels, after the grosser parts have been scoured off with, sand d pyjasiji, ' The Reception of Joint Quincy Adams. HIS SPEECH. From the Boston Courier. The Convention of citizens of the twelfth Congressional District, for the purpose of re ceiving and welcoming their distinguished rep resentative in Congress, assembled at the Uni versalis! Church in Weymouth, ('anciently Brain tree,) on Saturday, the 17th mst. Afier com pleting their organization, a procession was formed and marched to the Rev. Mr. Perkin's church, the galleries of which were crowded with ladies, and the body with citizens, all ea ger lo see and hear the wonderful and eloquent old man in whose honor they had assembled When he entered the church the whole congre gation rose and continued standing until he had taken his seat, with the officers of the meeting, upon the platform in front of the pulpit. A prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Perkins, afidr which the President rose, and in a very handsome and forcible manners opened to the Convention the purposes for which they met. " We have come," said he, "from the banks of the Neporset, and from the rock of Plymouth, moved by one motive, animated by one spirit, to greet the return of our honored representative, afier ihe arduous labors and duties of the long est and one of the most trying sessions of Con cress since the foundation of the- government, and not only so, but after a service which has j been most meritorious and distinguished during len years, the whole time thai lias elapsed since ihe formation of the District. Conspicuous as has been his action upon every subject of pub lic importance, upon the questions of Distribu tion, the Tariff, the Veto Power, yet he is, if possible, more endeared to us and to our poster ity for his fearless and unwavering maintenance of the right of petition, cloven down and tramp led under foot by the fierce spirit of slavery. For this he has been branded as a traitor and threatened with expulsion from the House for his testimony to this truth he has borne uni versal reproach, far worse to bear lhan violence. Every insult and outrage has been heaped upon him every effort made to silence him but their utmost power he foiled and defied. To put down and silence him, is a triumph south ern chivalry has not yel achieved." "Though aged, he is of so iron a limb, Few of our youth can cope with him; And the foes whom singly he kept at bay, Outnumber his hairs of silver grey." Then turning to Mr. Adams, he said "Permit me, sir, to congratulate you on your J safe return to your home; after the toilsome du-' ties of a protracted and stormy session, and to assure you that the multitude gathered here to day have come to bid you welcome. Assem bled at Braintree, the birth-place of your father, I our thoughts naturally recur to his and to yourj eminent public services. Ii has fallen to yott , to sustain and to cherish those institutions which he in so eminent a degree contributed to estab-j lish. When we review your active services of more than half a century, abroad arid at home, i in courts and in council, as chief magisirate and j as representative we are dazzled with their j splendor and overwhelmed by their magnitude, j Who, novo, sir, doubts the abilily, the wisdom,' and the purity of your adminisiration? No ex-j periments were then tried upon ihe public pros-1 periiy. No disordered currency then cmbar-l rassed trade. No paralyzing vetoes the off-! spring of self-will and delusion, obstructed Ieg islaiion. The constitution was noi then sei at defiance tinder the shallow pretext of obeying a blind and selfish personal conscience, nor was the patronage of the government, as it has since ' been, perverted and squandered to encourage and reward pariizan services. But great asj were your services as chief magistrate, 1 hard ly know if they were greater, certainly they were not more arduous or more moritorious, than your recent services as representative in Congress. Your brightest glories have been your last. Your course has been like that of the sun 'bright in its rising, splendid in its meridian, glorious in its decline," The sentiments of Mr. Davis's address met with a hearty and loud response from the audi- i - r li l j ence, aim n was toiioweu wnu a spontaneous outbreak of applause. When the applause had subsided, Mr. Adams rose and was received with greal enthusiasm and spoke as follows: "Overwhelmed as J am, sir, by the many kind and flattering ihings which you hare been j pleased lo say, in allusion to my public scrri ce ihe emotions of my heart bereave me of ihe power ol words. You wUl pardon me men, u considering ihe brief period we are to be to gether, and the many topics that press upon my attention, and the wani of language wincn op presses me, 1 pass by and forbear to reply to the kind sentiments you have uttered, and pro ceed at once to address myself lo my constitu ents here assembled." Then turning to the audienco he continued: "The first and all absorbing sentiment of my heart to you my constituents of twelve years, is gratitude to God, that he has preserved my life and given me the power to serve you so long io you, that through good report and through evil report you have ever stood by me and sustained me by your voices and your votes. When I first took my seat in the Representa tive body, it was under the apportionment of 1820, when Massachusetts had thirteen Repre sentatives out of 185. During that Congress a new apportionment, was made, under which you became the 12th dislrict of Massachusetts. Since that time, your whole existence as a dis trict, i have been your Representative in the Congress of the Nation. But your existence as a district has now ceased and during one brief session, I shall act, not as your Represen tative, but as executor of your last will and tes tament. When, after filling various offices abroad and at home, ihe majority of the people of the Union had seen fil to dispense with my services; your nomination of me for Represen tative gavo me peculiar satisfaction, for it as sured me that your confidence, at least, coniin tied unabated. In that office I have always en deavored to be faithful to you, faithful io the interests of the whole country, faithful to the world of mankind of whatever nation or com plexion. And you have remained constant and true in your regards towards me. Nay that regard has descended from parents to children for since my first election, almost a whole generation of voters, enough to constitute a majorily of the dislrict, have come forward inlo life. I have always received large major ities, notwithstanding active and sometimes un usual measures have been used against me. I have never been trammelled wiih instructions; nor teased with interrogatories m advance; but have been left free to act according lo my own judgment of my duly and of your interest. Even the public journals of the dislrict have rarely animadverted with severity upon my course, but, have, for the most part, sustained and ap proved it. For their continued, unwavering and generous confidence, I return now the ex pression of my heartfelt gratitude. When I was first invited to this meeting; il occurred to me, that while it would give me the pleasure of thanking you for your long contin ued kindness, it would also afford me the op portunity to review and lay open before you the couise of administration from my first election to Congress hitherto, not only in its outward" profession and measures; but in its secret pur poses. 1 shall confine my remarks to a few of the most important topics. My friend Mr. Ap pleton, in his late letter to his constituents; has lifted a corner of the veil and given a glimpse at the secret springs of governmental policy that policy which had for its object to elevate Souih Carolina and slavery to the throne of the Union. In that letter Mr. Appletoil says, "nul lification, separation, and the foriy-bale theory, has passed away." They have, in a certain sense passed away. The palmetto standard is not now arrayed against the standard of the Unioti. Souih Carolina is noi now in rebellion. (He here read from ihe Boston Atlas of Satur day morning, an extract from a Charleston pa per, the purport of which was, that Mr. Cal houn's party would either repeal the tariff", or nullify.) This is the way nullification has pass ed away. Believe me, nullification has neither changed iis nature, nor relented in its purposes. Nullification is the acting President's conscience. It is the secret of his vetoes and his reasons. I would wish to speak of the President, with all the respect to which his accidental office and his recent domestic affliction entitle him. I would fain spare his public character, out of j . r i.: . T... 1. - 1 I respect ior mis private virtues, uui uu nas cum milted ihe unpardonable sin of double-dealing the sin which brought Charles the First to ihe block. I cannot forgive his duplicity. But nullification is not the only foe to our institutions,- whose insidtious machinations we have so dread, nor the only evil spirit that has incited the administration of our government to deeds of disgrace and flagrant wrong. The dismemberment of Mexico, a neighboring and friendly power, and ihe annexation of its re volted provinces and territories, was a gigantic and darling project of Andrew Jackson. So confident of its success was he at one time, thai he actually offered ihe government of the Terriiory thus to be acquired, lo Mulchings G. Burion. The President of Texas is aTenr.es sean and a neighbor of General Jackson. But the manner in which the recognition of Texan Independence by the United States was brought about, will show ihe feelings of our government towards the rebellious subjecls of a friendly power. The battle of San Jacinto was fought in April, 1835. On the 22d of December, 1836, General Jackson sent a message lo Con gtess, in which he recounts the slate of things in Texas, and says ihey desire to have their in dependence recognized by the United Stales. He then expresses some doubt as to what de partment of government the duty of recogniz ing the independence of a foreign state belongs and cites the practice of our government heretofore, and closes with recommending that we do nothing premature, but wait, as in the case of the South American Slates, until the ability of Texas to defend itself and maintain its independence should be demonstrated. Such was the text: let us now look at the commenta ry. Such ihe theory: let us see what was the practice. This message, so fuli of friendly sen limenis towards Mexico, was sent to the House on the 22d of December. On the night of the 3d March succeeding, (1 837) the very last night of General Jackson's administration j no mate rial change in the affairs of Texas having taken place in ihe mean time, the present Minister lo Mexico, Waddy Thompson, offered in the House of Representatives an amendment to the appropriation bill, to provide for paying the" ex penses of a Minister to Texas, whenever the President, in his judgment, should think it ex pedient to send one. The parly majority car ried the amendment through both Houses, the bill received the signature of the President, and he nominated a Minister to Texas that very night! The base and corrupt spirit at the bottom of the administration ot this country, is seen in every thing relating to Texas. Coming down io 1841, let us look at the muchjlalked of Santa Fe expedition. This was a marauding and hostile invasion, nlanned. fitted out, and under- taken in the Uniied States, and by citizens of the United States against the Mexican city of Santa re. It was luckily unsuccessltil, ior they did not even put a price upon their lives, but surrendered at discretion. Had it chanced otherwise, the consequences might have been most disastrous. And how were these pirates treated? We are accustomed to think of Santa Anna as a kind of honored least, very terrible and sanguinary. But how did he treat these prisoners? Why, the government of the Uni ted States was immediately besieged wiih ap plications in behalf of these unfortunate traders and pleasure travellers and Santa Anna has released every one of them ! Had a similar expedition been undertaken by as many British subjects, during the administration ot Andrew Jackson, against the city of Philadelphia, and been intercepted by him as the Santa Fe ma rauders were by Santa Anna, what, think you, would Jackson have done with them? Let Ar buthnot and Ambrisler answer. He would have hung up every one of them at the first tree he could come at. Another fact may be stated in illustration bf the feeling towards Texas. On the lasl day but one of the last session of Congress, a bill was introduced in the Senate (which, by the way, had no right to originate such a bill) to appropriate a sum of money, to defray the ex penses of the treaty with the Wyandot Indians and in that bill were two sections pertaining to subjects somewhat different, which therefore, upon Mr. Tyler's principles of not joining dis connecied subjects in one bill, would have jus tified him in refusing it his signature. He signed it notwithstanding. The second sec tion appropriated SI 00,000 to defray the ex penses of the Courts of the United States. The thiid section appropriated six thousand dollars, to pay the expenses incident to the capture bf the Santa Fe prisoners. This section the House struck out. On the next day, within half an hour of the adjournment of Congress, a joint resolution was introduced in the Senate by Mr. W. C. Preston of South Carolina, to pass this appropriation, and went without opposition, through the Senate and the Houae, and receiv ed the signature of the President. And mark you, this was a joint resolution, in direct viola tion of the Constitution of. the United States, which provides that no money shall be taken from the Treasury of the United States, except according to law and we all know that a law must be introduced in the form of a bill, and have several readings, and go through various formalities, and is a very different thing from a joint resolution! This is the way with every thing in relation to" Texas. It may be thought that I owe yoU an apology for my course respecting the President. In my letter, accepting your first nomination, I slated that I should support the Fresident of the United States; whenever, and as far as in my judgment I could do so wiih propriety, and such I conceive to be the duty of a representa tive. But I have usually, it is true, been found in opposition to the President, though not uni formly so, as for example, in the case of the difficulty with France, during General Jackson's administration, I took strong ground, as you may remember, in defence of the President. But still, in the main, I have differed with (he administration for the time being. As to Pres ident Tyler, I became satisfied within 1 month after his accession to the presidency that his re-election to that oflico would constitute the point on which his administration would turn. Nevertheless, at tho breaking up of the Cabi net upon the veto of the bank bill, (though 1 was triad of that veto, not because of the grounds it was based upon, but because ihe assent of ihe Slates was required,) I was one ot the Mas sachusetts delegation with whom Mr. Webster consulted, and 1 strongly advised him lo con tinue at his post. I thought the danger of war with Great-Britain, at that rime,- to be immi nentand 1 had confidence that if any man in the conntry could avert it,, the Secretary could and 1 therefore advised him to continue at his post. That danger has now happily passed away and there is perhaps no other citizen who could have brought the negotiation to a favorable termination, and saved us from being plunged into a war with England. Yet though such was my advice to the Secretary of State, I was satisfied.the vory moment-! looked at iho estimates furnished by the Treasury Depart ment, at the commencement of the late session of Congress, that I must come out in open op position to the President. The first page of the report contained estimates calling for 25, 000,000 of dollars for ordinary expenditures. For the army SI 2,000,000 the navy S8.000,--000 the civil list $5,000,000. The army was to be increased by two regiments forts were to be built from one end of the country to the' other; admirals and other officers were to be added to the r.avy. I saw that this would not do, and believing the army needed reduction, L opposed it, and a reduction ha3 ,becn made. But when I saw Mr. Tyler's annunciation, in his letter to the 4th of July committee at Philadelphia, of the doctrines that each of the depariment3 of the government is totally inde pendent of every oiher, and the President is a part of the Legislature, and Congress can pass no law without his assent, I became satisfied of his utter incapacity. Is the President inde pendent of Congress, who may impeach hioij and of the Senate, who may try and convict and punish him? Cannot a majority of two thirds pass a law in spite of the President 1 Liberty and independence! and such doctrines as these blended together ! Perhaps my own violence of ftiahiier at iimes requires some apology. I do not pretend to be more lhan human, and it may bo true that I have sometimes used expressions which outran what it became me to say, but not what it be came those who provoked them to hear. But- the truth is, no other man is aitacnea in me way I am. They always assail me with mis representation and personal abuse. Take a re cent case. I have been accused, both in and out of Congress, with invoking (the God of bat tles a thing I never did in mylife. Even my colleague, Mr. Cushing, regretted, in the House, that 1 had invoked the God of battles. I went to him and told him I should call for proof that I had ever invoked the God of battles. Mr. Irwin, another member of the corporal's guard, so called, made the same accusation. The fact is they merely mistook a deprecation for an im- precation a slight mistake to be sure but which materially affects the theory of my mo tives. Perhaps my vote on the Tariff Bill may re quire especial explanation here. I am glad that the bill passed, although I voted steadily" against it, and I ihink the Whigs did right Ur pass it. But I thought the distress which the postponement of a tariff until the next session of Congress would occasion would be of short duration, while I regarded distribution as a per manent and moat important principle and 1 believed ihat if once abandoned, it would be abandoned forever. 1 would not, therefore, ir view of all I had said and all I had written avert a temporary distress by ihe sacrifice of principle which I considered of the highest im portance both to you and to your posterity. 'JV be surej as it turned out, my fears were not re alizedfor a distribution bill was subsequently passed, detached and by itself, and by consid erable majorities. Yel the President put it in his pocket. It may be expected that I should say some thing hero concerning the right of Petition--a right most dear, I am aware, to you, and most vital Id the country. But I have done all that I could to preserve and defend that right, but in vain. Il has been denied you and I have nb hope that i can do any thing effectual dur ing the brief term of servico which remains to me as your Representative :o regain it. Could I do so, I should esteem it the chief glory oi my life. My career as your Representative is now closed. Let me end as I began, with my thanks to you for your constant and uniform support for so long a period and on so many trying occasions. I can never more be the Re presentative of Plymouth Reck but my pray ers shall never cease to ascend for your pros perity and your happiness." The address, of which the above is an imper feet outline, occupied nearly throe hours in tho delivery, and was for the most part, extempore It was listened to throughout with undivided attention, and received with frcquf.nt applause. The venerable Ex-President appeared to be m excellent health and voice, and seemed very little fatigued whsn he concluded. A Valuable Boy, What can you do?' asked, a traveller of -A rntmtrv urchin whom he s:tv W frnnt nf n f:i-. ! mer's house, ticklfng a toad with a long straw. 'u, i cuu uu Hiui n ""amrauio. l nues iim turkeys ta water, milks the geese, cards dow it the old roostery puts 'up fh0 pigs tails in paper to make 'errr cur'M hamstrings the grasshoppers, makes fires for flies to court by, keeps tally for dad and mammv when thev scold at a mark. and cuts the huttons off dad's coat, when he'sr at pray&rin the mornin' !' Ycriuin on Cattle. To destroy lice on cattle, lake iho water in whioh potatoes have been boiled, and washlheni with it. It is" said the vermin will all hq dead, two hours. ;
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