„starer Srof ' .7 4 ,v•k; , • • ix. • t • L- • • . i ta -. • • . It. S. PWITO.4" & VOL. X.--NO. 33.1 Office of the Star & Banner: Chambersburg Street, a few docrs West cf the Court-Lfeuse. I. The Sr►n & Rxruaticsa BAll3tll is pub !ished at TWO DOLLARS per annum (or Vol time of 52 numbers,) payable hatf-yeaTly in cd vanee: or TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS, (foot paid until after the expiration 4 the year. If. No subscription will be received f r ashotter 'period thin six months; nor will the paper bedive continued until all arreariges are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify &dis continuance will be considered a new engagement and the paper forwarded accordingly. AnvILIITISEN curs not exceeding a square \vill be inserted runty: times for SI, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion—the number of in sertion to bo marked, or they will be published till ' forbid and charged accordingly; longer ones in the same proportion. A reasonable-deduction will be made to these who advertise by the year. IV. All Letteraand Communications atUresseil totho Editor by mail inuAt be post-pitl, or they will not he attended to TIIE GARLAND -"With sweetest flovrerseorielVd. From various gardens cull'd with care." ho Green Mossy Banks. where- the Buttercups Crew. By 11.111 ELIA Oh. rep thoughts arc away where my inraacy few, Near the reen mossy banks where the bolter caps grew; Where the bright silver fountain eternally played, First laughing in sunshine then sinr,ino; in shade_ 'There oft in my eliilditnod aarderrd in play. Flinging up the cool drops hist shower of spray: Till my Pm al I naked feet were 'al bathed is bright As I played on the bank where the batter ceps gre How softly the green bank sloped down from the hill. To the spot where the fountain grew suddenly stir!! flow cool was the shadow the Ion: branches grim, As they hung from the willow and dipped is the And then each pale lily that ■tept on the stre=i, Rose and fell with the ware as if stirred by a dreams. While my home 'mid the vine leaves rase Genoa my 111C117, .As I played on the bank where the buttercups grew- The beautiful things! how I watched them unfold, Till they lifted their delicate vases of gold, 01s! never a spot since those days have I sera, With leaves of such freshness, and glowers of net& sheens now glad WWI my spirit! for then there was eaztyht. To burthcn its wing, save some beantifid thcciaht. Breaking up from its depths with each wild wind that blew O'cr the grecs' mossy bank where the better cape Tho paths I have trod I would quickly retrace., Could I wiu back the gladness that looked lima my As I cooled my warm lip in that fountain I lose. Which Gashed from a rock on the mountain shorn— Could I wander again where my forehead was starr'd With the beauty that dwelt in my bosom unmagred; And, calm as a child, in the starlight and dew, Fall asleep on the bank where the batter cups grew. TILE TEMPTING LIP. Tho tempting lip I newer kinned, Or kissing, may not WI. Was like a flashing amethyst On which a tear has fell, Or rose-leaves blushing through a mist, Or the tinting of s shell. gazed upon that lip the while Her honied words did flow, A;(1 wondered at the bidden wile That made my feelings glow, And wished my sister could beguile My weary spirit so. Her eye was bluer than the sky, And holier by far; Now it was flashing vividly, Now tranquil as a star; And her lashes were bent drecriingly, As the Madonna's are. The carpet scarcely took a point Of her elastic foot, And every step bad meaning Wt. Like 'wising to a lute. And fell like soon', upon a flint— As traceless and as mute. She was a woman. and a child, Capricious and mature ; At times the wildest of the wild, Then saintly and demure. The silver moon was not as mild, Nor her silver light as pure. I loved her !iko a fervent boy, Too well to eat or sleep ; And I grew serious of joy, Till I could almost weep And feared my visits vionlil annoy. And asked a curl to keep. That pleasant eve ! That moonliakt ere ! The honeysuckle low ! The trellis bars that seemed to weave The light, and shadow so ! And the half blown rose that made her grimy That it should ever Wow ! It seemed the beauty of a spelt, And she the spirit fair! I never loved the eve so well. Or breathed such balmy sir; Ard Marion—but I must not tell The things that happened there. Th;..re is no heart, howew er ro d e. Lath some little Bower To brighten up its solituJe. And. +rent the evening hour.. M syk_%/Ama,..wo. Pretty! good, wirdher true or not. —The Mowing is vouchcd for by the Baltimore Clipper Asecitorrr--We give the following as near as ocr recchleaion servcs„ which was related to us by a gentleman of this city. A Dutchman from the liVest went to pay his Excellency, the President of tLe U. Slates a visit, He happened to call just as the Presideqt aad four others were sitting down to dine. The President astral him to be seated, and at the same time inquirirg if there was any thing now or strange in his country ! ‘..No„ I tints not, except ant ono of my cows hash five calves." "3h! indevd—and do they all suck at one Haw !". ..No, car." retlied the Dutchman ; "four on 'em sucks while de tudJer looksh on, shust as I lash." The Lis=t was so significant:that a clean plate was immediately ordered, and the Dutchman seat ed at the tattle, schene he partook of a comfortable dinner tsith his Excellency the Pre&ident. Gold a Prue-I-fir of licauly.—A I. 1) late meet ing[ of the French Academy of Sciences, Baron i Lamy, one of the Surgeons of Napoleon, , men honed; an experiment made by himself, by which it was found that golden leaf could lie used in pesertiog beauty. During the campaign in E ! gypt, he had ebservcal that when the higher clog [ seo of the country were attacked by the confluent small pox, "4 lath, not being modified by vaccina tion, liras-es deep marks on the akin, the leechera applied gold leaf to the surface of the body, where pustrite• appeared- At the suggestion of Larrey, 31. Legrand, • French physician, tried the exper iment upon a beautiful young English girl, suffer ing under one of the worst forms of the disease. A opting of gold leaf was applied to the face by the medium of a little gum to make it adhere.— The lady recovered from her disease without marks, except on the extremities rind the central portion of the body, where the gold leaf had not been opplitid. Vast eszummate folly! Half a dozen brothers, four uncles. aid a gray-headed father, trying to stop a wooing girl's getting married to the man she loves,. and who loves her. Just as if rope lad ders were est of date and all the horses In the world spavined! Agicrrafroz.—Thosdaho are formed to win gesreral admiration, are seldom calculated to be stow happiness. An Ohio paper advertises for a good practical pricner, who would uko charge of the mechanical department of a newspaper office, read pouf, make selections, scribble a paragraph when rze ce.4- ory. DIA the cradle. dig potatoes,cut wood, and go with the OALS to singing school and Deigtiauricgqcihijagm, The Floridian Printer's Devil, of the sth ult, has the fallosingt—arbe Tallahassee G u ard, were °Warta out last night on an Indian alarm, have gene into the country and have not got back.— Boss is arith'ero, expected back to-day, and he still le tired, Lunry and in a bad humor." WON'T STAZ KILLED A peen horn was so well pleaseirwith the per formance of a tragedy at one of our theatres, that he was indexed to spend fifty cents more for the atricals the next evening. As the hero of the play ' nude his appearance on the stage, Jonathan left !off his stupris . e thus—Ady the great never lick'd 'jumpingllowrs! They killed that feller last night, as dead as a nit—and blowed if here he aint agicr TOE 3/17.1.Y. UV zepIIASIAa STARLING. Sally Bumpkins are the gal What I dco mast add mire I kel her tz.i sweet charming Sal, And me her Zepharliar: B.2lly's cheeks are like the rose, Her lips air like the cherry. Bar ise sir laffrn stars of life, Her hart is alters merry. Hur come is like an anjers note Upon the breezes bloom, Her steps is like a tarres—lite, Her gruyere air bur own. By golly, the, she are the gal What's got mi hart kumpletly, And when I hung hur to ml brest, She users me so sweetly ! A BASE none narmo.—lt is a cry often heard in these times that the banks wont discount. We know a hank whose vault za well stayed with sickest treasures, which is open to all who arc die• posed to apply, and which, through all the pres sure. has brazes ready to discount as in the most prosperous times. Gentle reader! if you are con tent to qeit speculation, and are willing simply to make your mink. you can :.e-accommodated. This lank has a perpetual charter, and is known as the Grand Bank of Terra Firma; an entrance may be bend upon the sunny side of most of our Itaa' . Its key; which you must grasp without glover, are the [lough., the spade, and the hue.— The cedy security it requires is industry endorsed by temperance, and it seldom offers anything but substantial currency. Those who have made thesoselces lean by complaining of hard times and the scarcity of money. need only try one experi ment. and the wooer they tale the responsibility thebettrr. Application veil be made this month. Watchtower. itreEirrs, dc. These litho mate Candles, will Gnd it a great improvement In eleep the wicks in limo-water and raltletre, and illy them. The flame is clearer, and tie tallow will not mum." Woollens ehoclll be washed in very hot suds, soil not rinsed. I.cle-warm water shrinks them. If you 'wish to pnescria Gee treth, always clean Theo thoswaghly after you Live eaten your last meet at rier. aanp. trzazavlaa. trrata:Dart aliewk..datza,_• , .nst a 9, 11a Jo ADDRESS Or the Democrat is ant &rat Duren Convention of Penn sylvanite. To the Freemen of tho Commormealth of Penn sylvania FELLOW. CITIZENS 'The undersigned commirre, appointed by the Democratic Auti Van Boren State Convention, which assembled in Harrisburg in September last, to prepare and publish an address to the people, on the subject of the approaching Presidential eleciion, pro ceed to the discharge of this important du ty. It is unnecessary to explain or apologise for the delay which has occurred, but it is obvious that intervening political events, to which we may properly refer, fortify the position taken by the convention of which we are the organ, and demonstrate its per fect propriety. Our country, by ev9ry true patriot, "best loved when worst governed," now demands, indeed, our utmost affection, our most anx ious care. We have reached a crisis in which we solemnly believe thn fate of free government itself is to be decided. We, as a nation, shall emerge from it, ci tiler regenerated, and with the resolution n-nd the ability to restore the republic to its former simplicity, purity and peace ; or with the prevailing evils so fixed upon us, that intelligent patriotism will be 'obliged to deplore the early prospect of the destruction of the best interests, and the dearest rights of the people. It would not be out of place to discuss these evils, so numerous, that your patience as well as ours would be exhausted in the disgusting task ; but we shall content our• selves with a glance at them, and pass on to what we consider of far more importance ; the remedy for them ; and which, we be• lieve, is within the grasp of the people who feel and know them. In glancing at these evils, we can not do better than to use the elcquent language a (folded by the convention, of the ablest of our statesmen, and the most brilliant of our orators : We '•believe thnt there is a radical mal administration of the government ; that the great interests of the country are trodden down; that new and dangerous principles and practices have been introduced and con tinued; that a fearful conjunction of the purse and the sword in the same hands, already alarmingly strong,is perseveringly attempt ed that the constitution has been grossly violated; and that, by the vast accurnlation of Executive power, actual and meditated, our system is rapidly tendirrg, towards arra lective monarchy. These are our convic Lions, honestly and sincerely entertained." There is, indeed, a "radical nail adminis tration of the government." From a state of unclouded prosperity, which prevailed, ten years ago, throughout the length and breadth of this fair country, we find our selves reduced, as a nation to a condition of abject wretchedness. Then peace and order were in all our borders—then buff industry pursued the noiseless tenor of her I way with sure reward—contentment and a bundance reigned on all sides—then the cre dit of the government was sound and untar fleshed, with ample revenues to meet her current expenses--with en annua: and growing surplus—a cull treasury, honestly and vigorously guarded, and kept—the na• lion was prosperous nod happy. Then the officers of the general govert,ment were tru ly the servants of the people, and not their masters ; and they were faithful servants. Devoting themselves to the honest dis charge of their official duties ; they did not presume to meddle themselves with the e lections by the people, to instruct and dic• tate to them=then freedom of opinion was tolerated, and rational liberty prevailed. But how aro we changed I Instead of peace and wrder, we have agitation and tur bulence- Disorder is exhibited, a disre gard- of the laws and constitution of the country, in the most frightful forms, and nn abject submission to the varying and cnpri tious will of the general government, pre vails in all onrts of the country. The will of party is substituted for the judgments of the law, dnd infamy and dishonor have be come, if not a passport to office, certainly no,-barrier in the way of obtaining it.— The eyes of the understanding are blinded, and the dictates of conscience and morality stifled by the blighting influence of party spirit. Instead of the sure rewards of honest in dustry—uncertainty hangs over the work• ing man, and ruin is often brought upon him without any fault of his own. Nazar- doue speculations are substituted for regular pursuits, and the mechanic and the mer• client, the farmer and the manufacturer, is each in turn made to feel the heavy hand of evil government. Our currency, without which no class in the community can be prosperous, is totally deranged—and from having been, as it %vas ten years ago, the best, Las become almost the worst in the world; while they who bro'i these evils upon us, are making desperate efforts to aggravate them, by inflaming the public mind, and driving us upon fresh and more dangerous experiments , —contented to enjoy their ill gotten power amidst the expi ring groans of a suffering and betrayed peo ple. The government itself 'is bankrupt— its treasury. is exhausted—the revenues of the country are wholly insufficient to ap pease the insatiable appetite of our rulers for the wanton expenditure of the people's money, and while these rulers Ilse the stale and miserable artifice oh pretended hostility to,paper tl , ey ore eimAintl. inrrea. sin; ite qmintitv, by the i•sttu ni try-m•un "FEARLESS AND FREE." When your liberties shall have been trod den down—when your rights have been ta• ken from you—when u corrupt and fraudu lent monarchy is established on the ruins of your republican government—when your property is destroyed, and you become the slaves of corrupt office holders—what con solation will it be to you to he called demo crats, and to he told that your government is a democracy. Think You that Ibb des potism of Russia or Turkey would be less a despotism ; if it were called a democracy '• or that the serfs and vassals of the tyrants who govern, would he more free or tolerable if you wore to call them federalists, or de mocrats ! Names are not in truth things, although the folly of mankind often [flakes them an. But how are we to effect this desirable change of rulers ? Fortunately, it is not yet-ton late—it is yet in your power to be independent. The• right of suffilige is yet yours, and if those who agree in opinion as in the exist bee of the evils to which we have referred, will rouse themselves to the importance of the duty they owe to their country, and discard every other considera tion but the good of that suffering country ; if they will learn from experience ; if they will act wisely and prudently, and choose the best instrument to attain their object, our country can and will be saved. A heavy responsibility rests upon those who are opposed to existing evils. They have a country to save ; and they have the ability to save it if they will. We do not, however, desire to be under. stood as undorvEiluing the magnitude of the work which they have to do. Under the most favorable circumstances, the contest must be arduous i without prudence, with. out energy, it will be hopeless, Tho men in office are sustained by a pow erful party, the more formidable from the very evils of which we complain. Their discipline is the discipline of implicit obedi ence ; their organization—their consum mate address—their Wiley management to divide and conquer—all make them formi dable, more formidable than for their num bers. They have a regular corps of some forty thousand office-holders, whose interests and feelings septa:tie them from the people, and who are so many sentinels stationed in eve ry part of the country,, to watch and control the moVentents of then people. They are fired with teat to preserve the spoils of of fice, nhd to extend the power and tuflume of their order over the people. But in proportion to the difficulties, will be the honor of those who signalize them• selves in the struggle, and tht. darker my Hill reet Oil the 111 4 ild the Whig, ho, preteriing eihrsillts Isom lit, duty Ni tir9 cromilrV• notem ; without u•hieli their pietligate ex penditure of public money cuuld not En met. Instead of a modest attention to the du ties of office, the officer , of the general gov ernment, swollen to an army as formidable• as the Roman Cohorts, who bought and sold the empire, boldly proclaim the right to in lettere in elections—to dictate to the peo ple, Ind to control existing majorities in particular districts, by .the introduction of purci. ed voters in the employ and pay of the gOverotneot—and to use their money and influence, Wile! the in tney of the gov ernment, in cotarollner the action of the people. Such oppression and tt runny would be intoh table from men in other re. spiels irreproachable—men faithful and ho• nest in the discharge of their duties. But under such a system honesty and fidelity is not to be expected. Coming into power with the robber * principle avowed, "that to the victors below 's the p0i19," the transi tion to a loose official moiality is hut too easy. Not satistled with "the spoils" legi• timated by easy legislation for party purpo• ses, they have come to consider the public motley as their own, and among "the spoils of victory" which l ,:long to them. Many of them living in luxurious debauchery, and engaged in plundering speculations, have found their ample salaries insufficient for their wants, have robbed to meet these wants, the public money committed to their care : not satisfied with the plunder of the past, they are actually engaged in urging upon the people, by lake pretenders, by de lusive arguments, 'he adoption of a system, which shall commit to their safe keeping the entire money of the nation. Such is the truly deplorable but faithful ly drawn picture of the tunes—such the me lancholy condition of the country. h there a remedy ? and what is that re• medy ? The questions are momentous, and we do beseech you. by every conside ration which you hold dear, to awake to their importance. We see no r ffectunl remedy, but in a change of our rulers; which will bring with it a change in the policy of the government. We ask you to give this subject your sober thoughts. We appeal to you as men of sense,. as honest men, loving morality, lov• mg your country. If we were prosperous and happy ten years ago, and we are now the reverse ; if we have fallen from one ca. !amity to another, what,as wise men, what, us honest men, ought we to do? Ought we not to ackraiwkidge our errors, and retrace our steps 1. Ought we not to go back to tlie:pcsiod of our prosperity, ascertain what was then the condition of our affiiirs, and when we Wye found it, to re-establish, as fist us possible ; the same state of things Do riot suffer yourselves longer to be de ceived my were party names. They are worse than "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbals." Washington warned you against them, as your Worst enemies, and your own sad experience has proved the justice of his advice. Ii we are defeated, we shell be defeated by criminal supmene4s, and if possible,worse than criminal divisions among oursekes.— 'I he,e divisions have been at once our weakness, and the strength of our adversa ries. It will be a reproach, a perpetual reproach, if we permit these divisions again to occur among uS. We nrist not be divided. That distinguished patriot, Henry Clay, with characteristic magnanimity, has said,' that if his name would not unite "all the branches of the opposition party," it should he withdrawn. This question engaged the anxious &lib orat ions of the convention, and however they felt the highest regard and the greatest re spect for this distinguiw:ed Statesman, (and many yielded personal preferences to the higher obligations of patriotism ) they were constrained to admit that the evidence of popular sentiment: which can never be safe. ly disregarded, forbade the expectation of uniting "all branches of the opposition" up. on Mr. Cl 4. Calm and prudent enquiry, independent of political resnlts, to which we shall pres ently refer, show the justice of this conclu uion. Mr. Clay htmself has candidly referred to the fact that there are "branches" in the opposition party. It is wise, as well as honest, to admit this truth, and ..ve - may say it is equally true, that there a.ro like branches in the Van Boron party--the difference between the two parties being, that in the latter, these branches more readily submit to the control of the parent stem, than they do in the for mer. Without noticing minor difThrecces of o• pinion, we may refer to the known fact, that there are in these branches abolitionists, anti-masons, democrats and Whigs, and that among these, there are very many who were prompted by the glowing feelings of gratitude for arduous military services, which the history of mankind in all ages, proves to have been common to all nations, to support Gen. Jacl&on for the Presidency. We do not pretend to say that Mr. Van Buren and his friends have been without the support of many abolitionists and anti masons in some of the different parts of our country, where they exist. On the contrary, it is notorious, that ho and his friends, while they afbct decided hostility, where such profession accords with popular feeling, hgainet abolitionists and anti-masons, an other quarters of the country as industriously court the support of abolitlooists and anti-masons; and untor innately in many instances with toci much success. "Deceitlb! abot'o all thingS, and desper ately wicked"—they change their form and shape, and profess opposite and contradicto ry opinions to obtain and secure power. To the south, and among southern men, they signalite their zeal against the mad fanaticism of the abolitionists, as they term it while to the t,orth, when it is important to obtain their votes, they chose as their candidates for 01liee, known abolitionists. Deceptive ()film to the North and the South, and totally unworthy of the confidence of either. But eithcler requires Us to admit that among those whn entertain peculiar views on the subject of slavery, although there are many who lend themselves directly or indirectly to the re=election of Martin Von Buren, there are a vast nhmbur who are decidedly opposed to his mal administration of the government b grid Who are willing to aid their Whig brethern In all parts or the country to rescue it from misrule. It can not be concealed however that the position taken by Mr. Clay on a recent occasion has created in this branch of the Whig party a prejudice which can not be overcome. The corresponding branch in the Van Buren party are more readily moulded to party support. A similar difficulty exists with the anti. Masons. This portion of the Whig party, patticularly in Pennsylvania, although un• willing to support Mr. Clay, have neverthe less discovered a decided willingness to make concessiohs to their Whig brethren, by evincing a determination to support ano• Cher distinguished Whig, Gen. Garrison, and have not insisted on a candidate who had adopted their peculiar views on the sub. ject of masonry. Among the Jackson men no* attached to the Whig party, there are not wanting those who retain a lingering recollection of their opposition to Mr e :Clay, which there is reason to.fear might-operate on their suf. frago, if he were the candidate of the Whig party. When the convention remembered that these "branches of the opposition party" formed so large a portion of the voters in Vermont, Rhode island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, not to speak of other slates, or oth er questions, it was plain to them that if they tegatded the welfare of the country as identified with a change of rulers, it would not do to choose for a candidate any one, however eminent, who was not acceptable to these branches; well knowing that a uni• on of tho opposition. party was essential to success. To Gen. ilarrtson no such objections ex ist. • Boum' Virginia—the scat of one of that illusfrik race of patriots with whom she adorned the annals of the revolution and whom she delighted to honor, he pos sessed her love and confidence, as hu did that of our brethren in the south generally, while his long residence in Ohio, and his eminent public services had endeared him to all classes of his fellow citizens in thu Northern and Western States. His mime subdues all prejudices,ned encomiti.rs Hoge.. G. al. ipkrzirr'los, Editors. [lVroi rio. '1 reri,oning uasg . 1 sustained 1•‘• litical results which place in dif ferent States, and were ft .sh in the recollec tion of esery • e.ir::tvinly.&• c:reful politic inn. fN r. Clay ha Seer. a candidate for the Presidency in IF:•;.:! . , and Gen. Hari-inn in some Stales only, in ISM. The former was regularly nominated and generally sup ported by the party opposed to Geo. Jack son. The latter, within a less months be fore the Cect!on. was wade a candidate in several of thc 'later, rather by an impulse among the peoi than b:7 any regz:lar nom ination. • Let tr: then look to these elections for evidonc, of the relative strengt!Lot the can didates; although in doing so we are aware, that, to regard to Gen. Harrison, there was the disadvantage of a want of time—the want'of concert of action,and the depression produced by the recollection of repeated dis asters previously incurred by the %nig party, many of them fresh and recent. In 1'.?32 Mr. Clay was beaten in Ohio by a majority of 4,767--in New Jersey by 360 —in Indiana by 6,310, while his popular majority in Maryland was but 92, and in Delaware 166. Gen. Jackson obtained at that election in Pennsylvania a majority of 24,269, in Virginia of 18,820, in North Carolina of 21,124, in Tennessee of 25.000. Gen. Harrison nt the Presidential elee lion of 1836, carried Ohio by a majority of 8,720, a greater majority by nearly ono half, than Gen. Jackson had in that State. Ho carried Maryland by a majority of 3,. 074, New Jersey by 545,Delatvare by 5:14 . and Indiana by 8.703. He was beaten in Pennsylvania by but 4,300, in Connecticut by 535, in Rhode Island by 254, which States had been Jackson Suites for several years. The brilliant success of Genernl Harrison in the Presidential election of 19n, surpri sed the whole country-. It was a.s unexpec ted, as it was delightful to the Whig patty. The party had been dispirited by repeated and overwhelming defeats. And never did a party go into an important political con test, with so little hope, with so little spirit as they did in 1836, and we may add it no party ever came out of a contest more surprised and delighted at their unexpected strength. Mr. Van Buren was elected, to be sure, but by meagre majorities, and with an aggregate popular vote against him. It was then acknowledged on all hands that the t reat popularity of Gen. Harrison had imparted much of this unexpected strength to the Whig party, and it was as generally conceded, that if he had been the candidate of the party in the whole country at an earlier period, and with a knowledge of his strength, which was disclosed by the result, he would have been triumphantly elected. 'Phis result animated the drooping spirits of the Whig party in all parts of the coun. try. They set to work in earnest, and a succession of brilliant victories tore from the arms of the Van Buren party, Slate af ter Salts, and placed against them a suffi cient number of States, which maid give a large in ajori tv of prest dent ial electors against Mr. Van Buren. • Intoxicated by these successes, in an evil hour, thit party, looliing to other causes, which no doubt had a shu're of influence in them, was induced to forcet Cie mein source, and principal cause of their gaol fortune.— They laid aside the powerful name which Mid given them tie: victory, and again has disaster upon disaster pressed upon their standard, until many have given thi2nrisives over to tho despondency. and seem to be read-, in despair, to surrender the covntry to the most miserable eespotism threatens it. Hit were unwise in the hey-day °litres parity to forget the veteran patriot to whom we were , indebted fur it, it is still more un wise, nay, we should say, it is criminal to give ourselves up to the despondency now. The %V hip have discovered their error, we believe, in time to repair it. They have but to refloat their steps, raise the invinci ble standard of William Henry Harrison, and the enemies of the, people will be put to rout. In 1836 Mr. Van Buren had the advan tage which the halo of General Jack€on'a popularity imparted, and the fact that the party to which he belonged had been in tho ascendancy, and tictoriocts in almost every State in the Union. But how is it now? The evils of his ad ministration, a bankrupt treasury, a wretch ed currency, the extravagant expenditure, and the profligate use of tLe public money —the insolent interference of the officers of the general gnvernment, are all known and have been, and are severely felt by the peo ple. And although for the reason which we have assigned, Mr. Van Buren and his par ty may have obtained doubtful victories, by small majorities,in some of the States which had been conquered from.his party; yet how much better is the conditien of the Whig party now than it was in 183 G. Let the careful observer compare the pa litical condition of the country then, and now, and he will be struck with this truth; and satisfied that we hare no reason if we are trtse,to despair. Nay it is positively encouraging., notwithstanding our reverses, which will be readily repaired, if we profit by the lessons ofexperience- Withost doing more than invite attens tion to this fiubjPct, and refer to the shit king fact that the Whtg party will have a mojorit,y in the next house of reprevente , fives of the United States, the best evideurn of our strength, we will pass on to a tensid. era tron of t lus quest ion especially with refer. once to Perunty!lrani& And here we shall find the molt rem:nimble evidence of the vent po t tlurity of Gen. Harrison, and the --v. -4 : : 11 ii. •
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