I i.4 .' ' Hi'"' . 1 ij The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson. VOL 8. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1-847. J;- Published by Theodore ScJiocIs. TERMS Two dollars per annum in 'advance Two dollars: and a quarter, half yearly and if not paid before the end of ihc year, Two dollars and a half. Those who receive their .,.,p0fv by a carrier or stage, drivers employed by the proprie-. tor. will he charged 37 1-2 cents per year, extra. :o papers discontinued until all arrearagesare paid, except at the option of the Editor. ir7 Advertisements not exceeding one square (sirlcen lines) ,, .ii ! inserted three weeks for one dollar: twenty-live cents i..r rverv suuseoucni inseruon : larger ones in proponion. A wV . - . . - . liberal discount will be made to yearly advertisers. All letteis addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. JOB FRONTING. Having a gcncr.il assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna mental Type, wo arc prepared to execute every ueacripiion oi Cards, Circulars, Bill Ifcads, IVotes, Slank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE .leffersoniaii Republican. "The Blind leading tltc Blind." On President Polk's visiting New York it was announced thai no party character should mark his reception. At the Institution for the Blind, however, one pupil was trotted out with an "Address to the President," of twelve sian 7.as, of M-hich the Eve. Post (Loco) " remem bers only the two following :" The name of Andrew Jackson . Will ne'er forgotton be, The loved, the lost, thy kindred star That rose on Tennessee. Hark! one united burst of joy. I3y heart and tongue is woke; One chorus rends ihe list'ning air Hurrah ! for James K. Polk ! ! The Springfield Gazette supplies one of the missing stanzas, thus : Hurrah for lhal most brilliant stroke Great Santa Anna's " tass," "Which rilled our enemies with joy, And proved Jim Polk an uncommonly smart man 1 Elopement Extraordinary Last week, Mr. John Ward, jun., of Halifax, eloped from his father's residence with a bux om young widow, the housekeeper, to whom he was married immediately after at the Parish Church. The gaj' Lothario is in his Gist year, and the blooming bride about half his age. On the news being communicated to his venerable parent, he said It's al right ; but if I'd been, a year or two younger, he shouldn't havo had her; I'd been before him.' English paper. A Quiclc Reply. A lady whose fondness fur wine had given her a flushed face and a carbuncled nose, was one day looking in the glass, and wondering at her rubicundity of countenance, exclaimed, 4 Where in the name of fortune could 1 have got such a nose V ' Out of the decanter, my lady,' said a sister-visitor who stood by. Breach of Promise. It may be a satisfaction to all parlies to know that hercafier in Pennsylvania, in cases of this kind, the evidence of a promise and acceptance j must be positive, ana not inierentiai, tue ou-,0f preme Uourt Having lately ueciueu in a case iu,led lhal Mr juchanan omitted (by mistake I which the circumstances were most aggrava ted, and which ought lo have justified such an inference, if an Iiing could. Ladies will, ihere fore, see the necessity of bringing their lovers up to the point, and make them pop the ques tion directly, otherwise it will not amount to much. They also must be prepared to say Yes," in an open, loud voice, as we question much whether fainting away, the old manner of acceptance, is now sufficient. Bait. Sun. American Consulates". The following are said to' be the actual fees of the most lucrative consulates in the gift of the President: -Liverpool, $9,965; Havro, S3.0&1 ; Rio de Janerio, $5,332.; Havana, $3,731 ; Oahu, $3,300 ; Hull, $2,525 ; Glas j!Qv, 32,105. At London, there is an U. S. Consul General, (Col. Aspinwall,) at a salary of $2,0.00, who has filled the station since the year 1816, and reside, for economy's sake, at a cottage about twenty miles. from Limdan, hav ing his office in the ciiy. Mr. Miller-a book feiler in Henrietta1 street,. Coveni ..Garden, is the real Consul, as far as business in concerned. Like the first of Ministers ..abroad jor Secretary of Legation, these Consulships .usually -cost jnore than they come to." . : - ,-t.' , An editor "away down E.asr,".vhoihail Just j-clurntj-il from Court, wjiere he was -several Jays .on a jury, $ays jt is. very; hard work' for linn to rofraiu from, -.cheating-somebody he is to full of law,... 'Ther.eleciric AUrrjen.i, tlryelsT1as inejiiaslcan, be cstiuiaj ed,!attf the, tr.stj eofr; SSSjftOG jnilejafiperj vOId Federal isui and modern Ie 'mbcracy. A FEW LINKS OF , SAUSAGES FOR SAWYER. Extracts from the sncpcll of the Hon. E.-T). CnH-nr. nf NVw York, delivered in the U. S. House of Representatives, Fcb- i um , ic-i. 13u, Mr. Chairman, roso mainly to havo a little Iriendly discourse with some of these mod Democrats about Old Federalism. This is the ghost they shake at us, when all others fail to frighten. 1 propose lo.exaraine with what grace this chnrgo comes from that side of the House. You will recollect, sir, as will all who hear me, with what nimbleness of tongue several gentlemen on that side, when all other argu ments failed them, when they felt the issues were "against them, that the President stood forth a convicted usurper, have sought as a last resort to charge us with the sin of Old Feder alism, the Anti-War Party. Among othors, sir, rining these charges, stood fonh the gen tleman from Alabama (Mr. Payne) with his usual quantum of democratic thunder and tem pest, branding us as Old Federalists slapping Massachusetts in the face for her imputed her esies ; alao ihe gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Stanton) the semi-oflicial organ of the Execu tive, followed in nearly the same wake. The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Kennedy) reiter ated the charge with great boldness, pronounc ing us the Old Federal party elongated. And then, to show himself more courageous than all who preceded him, the gentleman from the southwest district of Ohio (Mr. Sawyer) comes down upon us with his sledge hammer, talking about tories,' 'same old federal party,' ' same old coons,' &c. &c. Sir, I shall pay my respects to that gentle man and canvass his Democracy and Ihb vote before I am done. Then again, Mr. Chairman, the learned gentleman from the Chilicothe dis trict (Mr. Thurman) you will recollect, at the last session attempted the entire demolition of the Whig party by his old federal epithets. He fancied he had annihilated his three col leagues (Giddings, Delano and Tilden) for their anti-Mexican war avowals ; not by overturning their positions, gainsaying their arguments, but by large quotations from old federal papers, and federal pulpits. It was thought certainly that d speech, arid such arguments would avail, that it would redeem Ohio, save New Xork, and blowup the Whig party. It was the big Bun combe speech, calculated for circulation, was sent largely into Ohio, liberally subscribed for by Democratic colleagues, and sent Into the river counties of New York. But strange to tell, Ohio heeded not the democratic raoanings, she sends eleven Whigs and a half, in place of eight lo the next Congress, and even the Chil icothe district is to be represented by a Federal Whig, and the river counties of New York, God be praised, will present in the thirtieth Congress an almost unbroken Whig phalanx. So we should say to the Chilicothe gentleman, a few more such, if you please. Bui, Mr. Chairman, one insiance connected with these extracts, was both amusing and in structive. They are nearly every one of them from the Old Federal papers of two Stales, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts ; from-which we were left to infer, that the gentleman from ihe Chilicothe district had been cloistered with two Old Federalists, now lately Mr. Polk's Cab ine, Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Bancroft. These gentlemen from their early predilections had I)robabjy pr0ViJerl themselves with, copious files Federal papers. But, sir, il is to be regret- hope) to furnish the gentleman with one more extract, that is from a certain Federal Oration, delivered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, soon af ter the war, b)j one James Buchanan ; in which ihe war, Jams Madison, and the democratic party are rery roughly handled. Butt will al lude to this quotation when I come to canvass democracy. by States. I should mention also, in passing, that among others my democratic colleague from'tho Delaware district, New York, (Mr.' Gordon)' has joined in this cry, charging that as in J 812, so there is now a par ty fighting against the( country. Here,, thrjn,, we aro confronled by a great and. powerful party, united by no Jigament but the cohesive-power of plunder.-; no common ;sentiment, but the threadbare, .name of Democra cy a;prty conducting its entire operations on a system, of- demagogujsm, , appealing to old is suesoldnames, drawing the eye off from ihe -truo points, branding their adversaries as old Federalists, and pluming, themselves on their democracy Challenge one of them to stand up and defend his sub treasury ' Oh, yoiT are an old Federalist.' Call pn hirri ?o vindicate ,Jiis, tariff. Oh, you are ah old Blue Light.' .pressjhjtn'tn stand up and 'defend the usurpa tions of his President. Qh you are the. ojd .an tj-.war,, party. lour father wore the black ;cocJiaoe. -WJCi aro the deciples of Jefferson, .tjie irue, democracy V 1 YOU the old Federal ists ojd Federalists.' These are the charges rung by these croak -? ejs of democracy, till their chattering has shamed themagpie, and .ihrowiuhe-blush upon tile par-j trot: ;Il is arausing,'Mr.Htyiiatrmanvtojsee! wili iwbal aeufacythei!funehas'ibpen fpifchefl i(ot these democratic niusicians' oknederal, M old federalism,' Blue Light,' federal party,' ' feder al press' federal leaders.' And then ' the democracy,' democratic par ty,' ' democratic measures,' 4 democratic admin istration.' These are the notes now being played from the highest keyed bugle in Washington, down, down, to the lowest pumpkin vine, that toots in an Ohio cornfield. Yes, Mr. Chairman, such are the very potent weapons with which we are assailed and Mr. Polk justified. In speaking of ' Old Federalism,' I wish to be understood as casting no reproach on those who were federalists. In those; days iherc were honest differences of opinion ; honorable men upon both sides. In 1801, Jefferson said : ' We are all republicans ; we are all feder alists.' In November, 11G; General Jackson wrote to Mr. Monroe, advising the appointment of Old Federalists to office, and thus to destroy the Monster Part)'. For this advice, Gen. Jackson was denounced by the Albany Argus in 1824, and abused by Mr. Ritchie. The issues and marks lhat then distinguished parties have long since been obliterated. The Federalists and the democrats of those days have since more or less commingled with all parties ; and no man, but an arrant demagogue, or one de fending a bad cause, seeking to cast dust in the air and of hiding the true issue of the day, will attempt to drag up these exploded distinctions, and brand his antagonist with these obsolete epithets. But so it is, sir, gentlemen prefer this mode of warfare, and I will meet them with their own weapons. I said just now I meant lo adopt the Silver rule. If Old federalism were a sin ; who is most contaminated in it ? If having Old Federalists in one's party taint it with political leprosy, where is tho purity of modern Democracy 1 You are infected from your head to your toes. Answer me a few questions on this score. What rewards and honors have you not heaped upon tneir heads What a premium have you paid ? Sir, begin down East ; look into the Slate of Maine, and there you find Ruel Williams, an Old Federalist, now transformed into a mod ern Democratic Senator ; elevated to the head of tho party his sins all forgiven. Pass over the State of New Hampshire, the ' Switzerland of Modern Dmocracy,' (and so it is, for, like Swiss troops, they woik for those that pay best) and whom do, you find there? Harry Hubbard, an 4 Oid Bloe-Light Federalist,' in whose garments yet remains, the smell of the Hariford Convention,' now a democratic Gov ernor, Senator, Subtreasurer. Close by his side stands Levi Woodbury, ' blue' as indigo, in former days ; now Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, all by Democratic appointments. Where, tell me, where have you -hurried the sins of these Old Blue Lights' of New Hamp shire ? With what magic wand have you changed their Federalism into Modern Democ racy 1 Look lo Connecticut. Who was Ralph I. lngersoll, now Mr. Polk's Minister to Rus sia 1 An old Federalist. So were Isaac Tou- cey and Thomas T. Whittlesey ; now the one is the Democratic Governor: the other the Democratic Nominee for the same Office. Take the next Slate. Vermont, What sprouts of 4 Ancient Federalism' do you-find there, veg etating in modern Democracy. Ex-Governor Martin Chittenden, the man wlio refused to. or der out tho militia when the country was inva ded ; the enemy of ihe war ; the reviler of Jef ferson ; but he lived and died a modern 4 Dem ocrat,' while his competitor, James Galusha, who headed his regiment, and took the field, and became Governor, was an Ancient Demo crat, andf died a staunch Whig. I commend these facts to the gentleman from Michigan, (Mr. Chipman) who lamented his fortune at being 4 born in the Federal Slate of Vermont,' and his lamentations are fully-reciprocated by the people of lhat State. I pass to Massachu setts, the old mother of States, and the nursery of Statesmen. To whose special chargo is Modern Democracy committed in thai Stale ? Why, sir, to one George Bancroft, an 4 Anti War Federalist' of 1812, now rewarded for his Federalism, first by a place in Mr. Polk's Cab inet next by an embassy to England. Nor was Old Federalism his only passport to favor : his modern 4 Abolition' avowals may have con tributed to tfie same end. My friend from phio (Mr. Giddings,) is denouncedby modern Dem ocrats on this floor, as an 4 incendiary,' a fan atic,' a c madman,;' but sir, where can you find moie of what Democracy calls 4 fanaticism,' in any sentiment uttered hero, than is contained in an address of Geo. .Bancroft; in 1834, to the electors of his Congressional district ? Speak ing of the effects of Slavery, as conflicting with free labor, he says : 4 We would not interfere, with ihe domestic regulations of New Orleans or Algiers,. but wo demand the instant abolition of the slave trade iiyhe 4 District of Columbia,' and shoufiLassist free, labor to lecoyer iis. rights, in, ihe'capiial of .jjhe, 4 country.' , . 4t. , ; !; 5,w"Phere, 'sir, isj , instant abolition! fox y.ou r-p A pretty dangerous medicine, truly, as. defined in democratic dictionaries, but very harmless and palatable when taken from a democratic teaspoon. Next, sir, I pass into my own State, and I come to rebuke my colleague (Mr.' Gor don) for treading upon the toes of his political friends for his assaults upon 4 01d Federalists.' He had better beware, else he'll see ghosts and hob-goblins at his bed side. Does my Col league. know old Edward P. Livingston, late Lieutenant Governor of the State, and. Sena tor from this district 1 Does he. know John A. Prentiss, long the Federal editor of the 4 Coo perstowh Federalist,' but late a Democratic member of Congress? Does he know Henry Van! and John P. Cushman of Troy, John Fine of St. Lawrence, Harmanus Bleeker of Albany, and Wm. C. Bryant of New York, all prominent Federalists, but now or late high Democratic office-holders ? Does he know Aaron Vander poel, who lived in the same valley of the Hud son with himself, whose lungs when inflated wilh Old Federalism' had the powers of a com pound blowpipe ; but now he can roar modern 4 Democracy' up and down that valley with a bellowing that would throw any horned animal of the Devonshire breed into back ground? Such, Mr. Chairman, is 4 old Federalism' trans formed into New York Patent Democracy. 1 wish I could stop with my own State, but 1 must ferry over to New Jersey, and there I run against a Wall of old Federalism. This is ex hibited in the person of Garret D. Wall, late United States Senator, the impersonation of modern Democracy one who boasted, at. a pe riod not remote, that 4 he sailed under the flag of Federalism, so long as lhat flag continued to float.' Close by his side sils Peter D. Vroom,' late Democratic Governor, acd recently the candidate for United States Seiiator. These Old Federalists now glitter as stars of. the first magnitude in the Democratic constellation.- But I leave the New Jersey iwiiis,yil)i ihe. Si amese from New Hampshire, and pas3 over to Dutch Democracy of Pennsylvania. Here I must tread lightly, because of'so'me one who sits near me. What, sir, was ex-Senator Wil kins, late Secratary of War, Senator and Miri- isler to Russia ? An Old Federalist. Richard Rush is another sprig late Smithsonian agent under Mr. Van Bureri. Wlio, sir, is thq re nowned modern Democrat that admitted he should 4 have been a Tory Had he lived in the days of the Revolution?' All that saved him was, he was not born In season. I am too modest a man lo, call his name here, fearing that 1 should ruffle ihe feelings of a gentleman now in my eye (Mr. C. J. lngersoll.) Great laughter. But this is. not all. of old Federal ism. The premier of Mr. Polk, James Bu chanan, Secretary of State, was saturated with Old Federalism. So lale as 1828, it is Hed ged, he boasted of his Federal blood, insisting lhat if he 4 had a drop of Democratic blood-in his veins, he would tap them and let it out.' Now, sir, he claims to be the Boanergiea of his self-styled 4 Democratic Administration. l o show j'ou his old f ederal instincts, anu anti-war bearings, I must refer you to the extract I have before me from an oration at Lancaster, shortly after the war. Had. I time I would read at length. But suffice it to say, he here denounces the war, reviles Madison for plung ing us into it, reproaches him for his imbecility, and for his flight from the Capital when invaded, and slurs the Democratic parly for their mea sures. There, Mr. Chairman, is 'Old Federalism' simmered -down. ' That was ihe sentiment cherished towards James Madison, the war, the then Democratic parly.' Virginians m'ay'.see the estimato in wh'ieh.iheir President was held by the present Secretary of Slate. 1 leave him and his'friends to digest old rem iniscences, and pass over to little Delaware. There I find Louis M.cLane, late her brightest Democratic star, but once obscured behind the'' cloud of 401d Federalism.' Gen. Jackson made him his officer of finance. Mr. Polk sent him as envoy extraordinary lo the court of St. James, and, Old Federalist as ho was, he did for us what Mr. Polfc could not have done aTohc saved us from a war with Great Britain. Coming to the State of Maryland 1 find Gray son, Carroll, and Thomas of tho Fedeial school, changed into .prominent Democratic nominees and .Govcrnors.i . Higher up than all ihese 1 find there is one Roger B. Taney, once a high toned Federalist, said to, have known something of the groat Baltimore mob and the Hanson fac tion,, but more recently .a Democrat! General Jackson's Attorney General, hcn his Secreta ry of Siate, aiid now Chief Justice of the. UtJi led Slales. Sir, I mak'e this allusion to Judge Taney in no unkind feeling. I have rospeci for his integrity, past and present, his talents and his consistency. But 1 am trying Democ racy by its own rules curing it by its own pre scriptions.-1 beg , pardon. I had almost for gotten the Stale oi Michigan. fche boasts oi a modern Democrat, who. is said jo be cherishing high inspirations B;ut tight sorry.am 1 to learn that the "iliac of his'moruihg sun was. partially obscured by Old Federalism.' h have the au thdiify from I NiJeI Register, volume 1 7, page 18. There, sir.-1-fintl-H-t.iaietl expressly thau- His. father 'was a vrry ardeut'1'Fuderahsi, even for those. day. (1800) thaii'he'rhe.pres-. ent Gov. Cass) "was the preceptor of a gram mar school in Wilmington, and always appeared with ihe 4black cockade-in his hat.""'" 1 commend these choice relics ty the two gentlemen from Ohio (Messrs,, Sawyer .an 1 Thurman!) they will serve for a second tril lion of iheir 'anti-Federal' speeches, when their. favorite is nominated for the Presidency Now, Nlr. Chairman, time would f.uf me to go ihrough Virginia, North Carolina, Suutli Carolina and Georgia, and complete my re searches after Old Federalists, now in the. Dem ocratic ranks. As 10 the new? State, Mt!?ir. sippi, Alabama, Illinois, Florida and Texas, now so clamorous for modern Democracy, it is--ulli-: cient lo say that amid the strifes anil cQiillicts of 1812 they had. not ..crack edilLue.'g shell of" their Democracy. Their polnicdl pin-feat h era havo come out long since :that tirnc, ottnu.wisu they would havo furnished their federal quota in the modern flock. .. 1 call on gentlemen over the way to ielf if Old Federalism was such a stain, such ,;t curse lipon ihc men affected by it; how stands' youi party? Why did Gen. Jackson lako'otie ihird of his cabinet from Federal ranks- Why' did Martin Van Buren do ihe same? Why did Mr. Polk, the quintessence of modern Democ racy, place an old and unrepenting Eedejalisi and another one-third in liis cabinet? Could, he not find material for his cabinet without drawing from those old ranks, -thus offering; premium for Federal pollution? It would seem; that a man must havo been an' Old. Federajibu to qualify him to represent Mr. Polk at the court of St. James. He has chosen none other, having 'sent two Federalists in sticcesssion, Mr. McLaue and Mr. Bancroft. llow do ytm lie count for all this Federal predilection?. Do I hear some spunky Democrat whispering, 'thty have repented, ihey have changed?' I .deny-n. Give mo the evidence of their repentance Not. a mother a son of them has. ever repented. Tell me when and where Junius Buchanan, George Bancroft, Aaron Vahdbrpool, or Levi "Wood Wi ry, liave backed one iota from their position? Where is the evidence 'that ihey think mi.M'f Janies Madison,' or of the war, of ancient No mocracy ilbw, as they did in 18i2? If,' in ,ybur chaste vocabulary, it is political leprosy lo have Old Federalists in the party, or everi tii havo been one, then. I charge you with being more diseased than Naaman, the leper and instead of washing as he did, seven times in the Jordan, you oughl to dip seventy times seven in Goose, creek, ne,ar this Capitol and right sure am 1, if you did, no animal would drink ihe water be low and live. (A laugh.) I bog pardon, i meant pollution. Mr. Chairhian, these remarks may seem in courtebus they would be so, were T not talk ing lo Democrats in their own dialect. With such Indian antagonists I must use the toma hawk. They must be cured by their own med icine. - ' ,Y . Then, sir, if I have shown who were' and who are Old Federalists, and what party now hugs them to its bosom, I will leave ihisrjsub ject for the consideration of my friends Over tho way, and pass on. Value oi Foreign Cossa. . , The following list of gold.and silver coins, comprising what are a legal tender, under tho laws of Congress, is front Thompson's Bank Note Reporter: Sovereigns, . . . $4 33. . Hajf . ...wosmbs- Napoleons (20 francs) 1c',a 3 83 Double 44 (40 frarics)"'" '7 GG,:"! Doubloons, 1 '...--idr .lSOO' Shares; if good weighty in prop6rii6n&Kq Spanish Dollar, 00 - Mexican 44 j 1 00 Five Franc pieces, no Also, Bolivar and Peruvian Dollar's if good weight, Sub-Treasurers and Post-masters mut talce ihese coins when Offered except in 3 case of light weight. Ancient Geography .y. e The following extract is iranslatedfyyna Persian work, . entitled Jamant towarijchby Rashid-ad-did, (A.'D. 1 314) 44 Ireland (Irland'a,) is an island in the midst of the ocoatu From the excellence of its soil, poisonous reptiles and rats are not produced upon it. The )e(pletre long lived, red haired tall, slro'iigs an d bravo. There is a fountain of water there into which, if a niece of wood is thrown, in the euiusu, of one week its surface hecoiiYeV'tlihe." 'TliH.'lai ger island is culled E n g t a ii if ? ( I m o I o tf f a) "5I 1 1 it is a mountain which has hi umerous mines if gold,'stlver, copper, lead, and iron.-; Fr.uit-ilbes are abundant. Amongst the wonutyrsjthi land is atreewhich produces birds.AVll isjthua,: at the time of blossom a sort of bag appearsjip- on the ireo ; within this the bird i attached by its beak. When the fruit is ripe,lhe birdhnjikea a hole wilh its beak and cOmesouts--'They? keep it two years, by which tim&ii-grows.toMho siz of a goose or duck. It isr the commoniinjeat of the people of that country. In :bo.th hcseisl arid's there are sheen, frbmiho xpd of. which they make cyprus arid 'sVarlei cloliis. The king of both these islands! called Sfc8HaMlF,1 '
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