Newspaper of Burlington Free Press, October 7, 1842, Page 2

i - tu im,, am m mm wi mmjyu wmm g-raiaaa From the Richmond, Va. Slar. THE INFANT DEAD. The only true, deep, clinjjinp chords, that bind us to tlio world and our kind, arc found, in nlk-clions ; in those tendrils of iovc that bind heart to heart so closely, that thoy become ai it wore one, and to separate which seems, for the' tone, almost like a blow of mutual death. But of all partiiifif, perhaps there is none more ,; onizmr than that which comes between th' pa rent and those beautiful llovvcrs of lift, that have been ho tenderly and anxiously watched ; a id who, day after day, as some new charm, (i 'lie tinny rjrace devolopes itself, havo boon bound closer and closer lo the bosom. The old or the mature, dying in their strength, fooiii to Invo sunk bofore an inevitable fate ; and time with his obvious hand, gradually smoothes away the harshness of our first fjriof. Uut when the vv 'alt ami the dependent, the pure, the innocent, tho fragile, bow before the breath of the des troyer, a keener agony is felt and tho fountain" of the soul are more deeply stirred. To see its infviti'o face, one day lighted up with the mor rj laiiijii, springing from a spirit that knows only of lair sunshine hippy, joyoiH, frolicsome, a lijlit tint cheers your hom. and makes glad ymir heart after a day's rough toil and the lvjt vv itli fevered I, nibs, mcskly enduring the pm ol a disease that will not bo bathed of its vif I rm ; to feel the cold chill run through your veins as hc la:r touches vuu to watcli its sutler ingii ; to see it sink slowly ; tosee tint mild eve fM faintly in its "lance upon you: tosre the l:d iVorip and clo-c and then feel tint it is cone, f. . tuoi the sweet cherub you so loved and i n:j so rnenslifil carries a pang, a Keener an I niro intense agony of the soul, that Ian gtinga cannot tell nor imagination dream. None ran Kimw who havo not sullaied. yt tins season of the voir, many a victu.) is filtered up in all its angelic purity. Many a neari mat peruses tins will nnsvver to it with Itarr, dMU ivel that I, kecarly lljwersthey bloom and fade as silently. But there is still a rich balm of consolation that like incense hovers over the tomb of the Ikir b.tb?.. It is its innocence. The enncinua ntss that it was taken away, eic sorrow had darkened its p?.'h or sin ficd its plague spot upon the soul, gives a peace ami joy, which leave to tim mourner only thegrief of parting. There is no feir.no trembling for the luture, no sor rowing in bitterness, or alarm. It is indued hard to take the final farewell of thoe little inno. rentr; but better is it, tiiat they sh mid go from us when called, in id their unsullied inno cence, than to live and struggle an.l s.n in the iUrk vv ivh of a flail world. They arc at pear.;. I.e!, then, tho mourner strive to feel tint it is I etter for tha babe, and pray to be made sub. missive to tho higher Will. Call to yfiur hearts the beautiful and exprevuve wiirdi"" the I.ord rjava 4 ud the Lord takelh awaj b'osed be the nunc of the Lord," and b'lw to a decrei which beio.ijiin 00111:11011 to all humanity. C o m n u i. 1 c n 1 1 n . CHARLES DICKENS. Totl,e KJitor of tht Vrte Pnu: In your paper of the lGih, I reid a latter purporting t If written hyMr. DicKc.vs, with tliee htorial com ment you saw fit to profit. Them were many na .':whvl read b nh with interest, and the latter w.fi regret : and, as n-cidcnt hai preuutcd inefrum dj. ."it (arher, 1 tiust you will allow ma now to mention some of them. The letter, which you thus introduce to your read rs, Ins been for many wivks, for spural months indeed, making (he tour of tho American comment. It was first published here, in a penny paper of no charactcr-the New York Tdtileri and v.-.n copied from that into the thousand j lurnals of tli Union A j they say of ihratri-al ''stars," it created a "prodi c,..,. ,i . j ( ,, ,,i.J. o)- t It3 ,, tretehej itself up ia proud and cornf.iI drfiince 01 Ih.i "I'ohce n-paner's" censure. The letter vrn- i-iu.uwjiiy c p.e, jro.n the Lwtrpoj! Ohn n.floi- but, sij r,ir my inninos enaM m to tp, a!c ttlth l-mtll.. . ... . . i ""wi,,,j u, ,nn plp r, Mnt.aniiti3 the of hnsive docu.ii..,ii, reached any other r,ewsp-,pcr oPjcs thin that of th Tattler. At all events, 1:nm,.dl,triv sfts: its appoarinej, the friend--of Mr. Dicken,, ( i.' ra, by the way, in tlm country, n.-ithcr few nor qa.te contenipnl,!,..) f,.t authored to pronounce it i, Try-whi ther ult.-red first llirougli tho Xew Yoi' Tatiler or the I.iverpo ,1 Chronele. Men who had Mt'y possih'n opportunity to know, r. ho weic in intimate correspondence with Mr. Dicpes-s ho. word an I jud meat were eminently eiit'tled'to tept, declaifd thai the letter was neser written lath- genilemau l)Se s gn.u.irc it bore. It was there fore wi Iclv, nay generally, dwhonnnred -pronounced cumlerfrit,-for.ed paper. Yeu could not h nebeen ijnorint .f th.. protests: yet you pas the piper to yoitrrnl-ra-asr,.nuine,-withoiit one hint lint it haiever been su-p-eted. Is tin- doling quite fairly who yaar renders, or at all , mc,Uy wuh the friendi or Mr. Dhkcss) The general dentil of us autlien tieuy should have led you at lout to doubt it i snd the uye proves hnw unfurl ma o you were when you ' ' " """ readers as genuine. The !at tevnsr from r.nghnd l.rooght nrivab-letter, from jr. Dickfssi and among them one to Mr. Lewis '! ''Iji't, editor of the Knickerbocker, -in which he pronounce, it,,, letter-wlnt his friends hud long a-o d'e.ared it to I.e. a forger, Is not this an oppor-tunen-Tiiionfor sinis dilictici touching rash and ii'My judgments 1 I will leavs the comment to your- Self. I'm let me my a few wor's of the editorial inlro euciwn, with which jou honor tbii "promis.ng boy, who s'oo.1 .Tneihinrr nf a chance n nnkr quite s uni e.f uion-y from his labors as a police rtporttr or delineator of ihe manners .ind cMstoms of loir life in London," lu-forr you rpoiltd it by yoursnvaps on 'I '''ght. Who is it of whom you speak with such in nTnh'e rontentpt? Who are ihu "silly people" who h not thought it beneath them to pay such "fool. it i a.cntions to one whose life has len tpent in t i lv''iw thee'nrnctor an.l habits of rote lies and who is not napahle of appreciating the ws!l-intendd civili of "sntlemeu" ? I have seen it rreotde ', m tl e T idih prints, that the most gifled men of the Sen- ut IsK i lie men whoso praise, the world over, would b.es'emd prophetic fame, whose decision is as un errineas lint of posterity, l,avedeimeil it nnl beneath t'iriii tobonor this "police reporter" with encomiums, in'iri hich and lordly, than are often showered upon the reniiis-Eifted and the great. Tlie author of the ' Menf Palms," CiiM'Tonus North, who, "in hi rave," and all through lilackwood, so (Mights the heart w ith his genial and j idicious criticisms,-, thought it wnnh his w hile to preside at a public festival, given t P. hnburgh. expressly in honor of this "voung man," "'or the rratificalion his reports had afforded them," bv the literati of tint learned metropolis. And Tiiu.m is, Campbell, the, noblest lyrist f!reni Hrilain hu ever known j and Thomas Moonr, thu most fparkl'ma and fanciful nf her sweet songters : and l!eiwr;n, and MitMis nn I scores ef other men of character nnd tespectnbilitv" men of most note in ihecotempornry literature of tho world -f.lt proud to join m the "idle parade," and to pronounce with swelling h(art, and eloquent lips, ibeir eulogy on his mentsand his name. How shall these men.Mr.I'.d. itor, stand cjcu.ed, in youreyes, for thus "tendering to Mr. Tickbss, those civilities whiehnre due only to n ' -en(.'mon"-whi(h few gentlemen, moregvar, in f' world are fortunate eno igh to neeive, and which ininv in Ibis country ato not sensible enough to an. p'f riate 7 Of course, Mr. Editor, before you wrote of Sir. im::r.s as you uid, you Had read nil his works and calni'v and coolly male up your judgment concur,. inglhsm. I say nf roiir, for I believe editors never write atiout anything without understanding perfect Iv and c'early what it is. When you say, then, that : "ti nn writings, which, with such inimitable pro pricty, you styla his "police reports," it is very cvi dent that "his life has been mainly spent among the lower classes of the Lnghsh people, nnd tint ho is not at all accustomed to mingle in pood society," you mil?! nave Kept distinctly in your democratic eye, nil his eir;uf lie pictures of innocence, ull his sketches of bumble worth, which p veto lowly virtue fur moro "" lUan" nd so ic'y" among tho higher clas- ' 1 - l n.. ip Me vvao I rvt-r daim When -Tin. i.k.n,tr.tfl, ft l' Jriu,puni of the character, manners and habits of his London associates," I take it for gianted that the genial phi losophy, the warm-hearted humanity, tho glowing sympathy with the good and the true, under what rags soever it may dwell and in whatever lowly and despised hratt ft may make it- home, which shine through Oliver Twist, and make it one of the best and most delightful books ever penned, were clearly present to your mind and were allowed all proper weight in determining jour judgment of his worth. Hut t cannot quite persuade myself that all tho old emotions with which you first read his work, kept tliciriull power anil freshness 111 your heart. I can not quite believo tint you locd lilllj Nell, a female portrait worthy that gallery In which hang for tho worship ofages, Miranda and Juliette an I Dcsdemo na and "Una with her milk-white lamb," quite as ar- denily aa when first you made her acquaintance, and kissed her smooth forehead and silently vowid in your heart never to forget or cease to love her. Arid had you not lost something of tho holy sadness with which you sat beside tho bed, dressed with winter berries and green leaves culled from the spots she loved so well, whereon sho died T Hid you feel just as you did when, with her poor old grand-father, you Hols on tiptoe to her chamber door, and looked in upon her, as she lay ihere, with her strong and gen tle heart mute and motionless forever, looking hko "soma creature ficsh from the hand cf God and waiting for the breath of life not one who had lived and suffered death 1 Did vou see her little bird stir ring nimbly in its cage above her head? And did you remember your walk, along that crow 'ed paih, to her last beautiful and peaceful resling place! Did yo i cill to mind how many young hands dropped in fresh wrraihs upon her coffin, and how few dry eyes and unmoved hearts surrounded her tomb 1 'The. service done, the mourners Hood apart, and tho villagers close I round to loak into tho crave be fore tie pavement stone should be replaced. One called to mind how he had seen her rittnij 011 that vfry spot, and how her book had fallen on Iw lap, onj she was gniine with a pensive face upon the sky. Arwlher lold, how lis had wondered much that one no (client n. . I,. .',,,u ,. , ,r,(, ,w,,a ia,i Su 1 . r , c"urcn alon at n'ght, bui h loved. to linger thcro when all ... ,.i.-'aml ete-i to climb the tower stair, with no more light thijn that of (he mum rays stealing through the loop holes in the thick old wall. A Whuper went about niioni; thooldost (here, that slishsrl with angels i and when they called to mind how she had looked, and spoken and hsr early death, same thought it might l.o so, indeed. Thus commu te, tho grave m little knots, and glaring down, and givinir plae- toothers, and falling oil' in whispering groups ui miroor lour, trie riiurch w as cleared m time of all uut 1110 nt-jiuii nun uie mourning friends. "The) sw tho vault covered and the stonj fired uown. inen, when the duk of evenini had ron,A on, and not a sound disturbed tho sacrrd stillness of ti. in it... .y.uro me origin moon poured in herhi-'ht on tomb and monnmrnt. nn nMUr ,..nii j --..1. .i most uf rill (itoiemrd to them) upon tier tpiet irrato inthfil mlm limn ll i .. 1 ' , -"rit in uuiwaru iningi and in- nard tlio cats teem with a..iir.mccs of immorniity, . I "! nuniiiieo in i nc dust he'ore iiu.ii nn ii wiiii irnnn m ami siibnnssivoiitarte thev liirnrd away, nnd left lbs child with Ood. 'On I it is hatd to inkcto heart thelessan that such i(l,t It w, Imi. i l,i, t.i --! -.r. r r ii "."" iri iHTimii reject it, lorn H one i ..ii, miii n is a nnsniy unuersil rrilth. iii.il uesui "in .es down tnc inuocen! and vnun. rnr every frngila form from which h- lets tho panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, m shapes of mercy, eharitv. nod Idi t.. wl'i .1.. ...-i.i i t.i w.th their 1 jht, miuniie, (owaia , worn , ami h ess Of iverv tear thai u irr.tu n. m.- tals shed on such green graves, some good is bom ji'iipgeniirr naiure comes, i.i the Ocstrovefsstep ii.riu r,,,,,, ,, i,ri;;in crCSUOIll tn.lt OOlV Ills IlOWCr, ndhi3 'ark path becomes a way of light to Heaven." A fair "po'ics rfj'ort" this, sir, is it not 7 Deeped ly crrlitabletn "th? young man ' this most "lauEhv 1.1- .1 ii, i . . , .... mr iit.un,Hion ; uynuuesiro to see more ike t your familiarity with his works will enable you nt once to open upon them for they are scattered "thuk as the loaves of Vnllomhroia," through them ail, Ante, too, whdo you arc turning them over with what CTis'immite power worthy the grcates ofths ttree!; I rage inns m alibis works, bur c penally in Oliver Twist, Dickt.ns bodies forth tl idea of justice, hee how he makes it a livin, self. woikmg spirit, walking nmingst men, sitting ol ways near their henrls, and giving power, by its own inherent life, to us own decrees. See how the con r ifeof the vill iin Sikcs, transforms even his faith ibigtntoa punishing Avenger; and behold how boih he and 0.udp, the embodiment of all humin rie tormily, while flying, with terror stricken heaits, fionyhe munkicr's doom-meet it in ths path of ibghf. Thus miy yous' o hiw esi-ntnllv .tp'rHuil, is his whole Philosophy s nnd how much higher and worthier it is thin tint mechanical scheme of Hi-l-vrn, who nerjr ptrfi.'ms an s-t, ot even poetic justice but by a miracle1, and who thus leaves the reider surprised and confounded that lico should ever have received its puntshnvnt. Hut I will not yield to the tciiptatnn to writo o critique of Dickp.s-h. I fear that I have already writ ten too much for your columns, but I hive no time to ma' e it shorter; so I'll ramble on a littln farther, and cast mvi-jlf upon your indulgence. I know yon to be good-nituied and I'll not conccnl my disposition to takendvanlagc of that amiable failing. This "police reporter" begins to assume aim." If tru, that's bid fur hitn, hot, thank fortune, it can't hnrt little Nell or Nicklehy or any of his other ch.l dien. I shall love them just as woll fir nil that; fir even if Dickens should nuke a foil of himself, (of which I have not the least fiar, since wv, of the Ue public, utterly fn le-t to make one of liihi,) I should Isugh just as merrily at his wonted humor, and weep just as sincerely over such "amusing police reports" as I have already quote I. Hut since it is proved Hist tho letter you published was not written by him, yon cannil linger lias this testimony to his condemna tion. Iltorl must be, as it already has been, had to the fact that whilu here ho ventured to hint to his American worshippers, tho propriety of acknowledg ing md eocuiinT his nV'i'f well as glorifying his en":s by which, indeed, nnny of them hive hith erto lived. I am not shout to enter t.pon n d.sci s'on ofthc International Copy-right question, though I havenadonbt as to th ri?h! of the matter t but the process by which i gifted writer, of great fame and piw-r, i" instantly converted, in o ir eye, into a base "police reporter," at least descries a parable i here then let it begin ; Charles, it seams, with minv brethren, dwells in a goolly lind which is all their own rich in all luscious and fnodful fruits and over hung by the lounty of n benignant Heaven. It is shutout by a high wall, built by naturs, (rom tho broader hut less wealthy and fei tile domain of Jona than who scorn1 the name, but is not always a sham ed to claim the privilege of a poor rthtion. Now Jon athap isskilled in judging nffruts : and he soon per ceives that tlvis of Charles nnd his breihre n are of surpassing flivnr. He is skilled, too, in climbing walls snd soonhe fteds himself from his neighbor's trees, and grows fat and good-natured, withal, on his repast. No ftuit was ever half sj sweet to his tastes the wide world, in all its ages, never saw sught that could compare with it in richness; all tho day ho feeds upon it, and at n'ght he sounds loud picans in its pra'se. He lakes great cargoes of it to bis home and all his children are fed and d -lighted, They find in it a life they had never known before anda sweetness of which they had never dreamcl. Then all the land rine" with sliouis in honor of Chariest all her people takeptidoin his great glory and her most cunning men je with each nthnriuej. alting most cunningly his priuso. Their idol Charles hears their songs and is pleised; snd he determines to sec tho poodly land of his adjoining neighbor. Jonathan he hears is nn open, frank, honest, grateful friend and he lands upon hi- shore. The whulo land welcomes him, thouts, nnd sings to him, and thinks it3(lf blessed beyond nil hope that it has seen the man who has grown the ftuit thnl has fed them all. Charles siys he is reiy glad they like his fruit; he thanks them for their praises of in he rejoices in the plcaiure it has given them ; they ate welcome to all they have taken without so much as asking liU lenvet hedemauds no returns for what they have had but he gently hints his wish, that they would"pay him tometKng for what they tletlen to take thereafter. This fruit, he says, is all that he and his many breth ren huve to live upon : it costs them labor and troub le to isiso it, and they niggest lo Jonathan the pro priety of giving them tircatl,u UaBt, for tho luscious fruit he loves so nell. Jonathan is atnnred petrified with oslonishmrnt. Vox fauclbus hasit, closer than wax, stiterunttpu coma; stifT as a stnkel The impudence of his old friend Charles is astoundinir: it is sublimn! Tim . ungrateful vagabond! "Have I not," said Jonathan m his wrBlh, "have not I and my children praised his fruit as no other men have praisrd It 7 Hnvewend ifnil as no ntlurs have everdonel And does not d.s urg n. i r.v ''nit if it h duet hu I'tiv t ( ed it not tenth part as much would havo been eat en, and therefore ho would havo acquired not a tithe ofthc glory 7" Then all the people of Jonathandom waxed wroth i tho p'easanl fruit they had been eat ing, turned to ashes in their mouth nnd then was beard a mighty spitting and sputteting nil over the land. So Charles went homo ; nnd the land he had left rung wi'h curses of him and his fruit. Clumsy, .Mr. F.ditor, my parable may bet but not quite pointless, I hope. I can readily sec how those, who havo been so long and deeply delighted with tho writings of Dicitrsf, should sadden nt the thought, that they must hereafter, be placed farther from their grasp. Perfectly intelligible is this to me. And lean easily conceive, moreover, that they shi uld be un willing to deprive themselves of so pleasant food for the benefit, even, of the man who has pripircd itfor them. Hut it is not quite so comprchcnsiblo-to my mind, how this titan who was onco so great a gen ius, whom men of sane minds nnd sound hearts ofieu ventured lo name m connection with ijiiAKsreAnc, whose song reached unto Iho ends of the Kartb, be cause it was sounded upon the chord that sends up its melody wherever there is found a human being, should in a moment of tune, in the twinkling of nn eye lie translormcd into a worthless "police re;iorl- er'' a scavenger in tho polluted finds of London low life a cat icatutisl, a rovdy and a boor. As the old merchant says in the farce, when accused of a peccadillo, "it may be all right I Mesuinc it isi bu hang me if I con understand it." As to the propriety of the allusions Mr. Pickens was in the habit (if making to tht copy-right question, at complimentary festivals in thu country. 1 hare nothing to say. It may have been in bad tsste perhaps it was s but a lack of taste, in this country, you know, is not a capital offence. Mr. Dickes-3 may have been guilty of it, and yet have onco written sonic very commend able hooks. Hut suppose he had chosen the path di rectly opposite the one be did take. Suppose, when atieed to paitakc of a public dinner, ho had said "No, gentleman you rob mo of my books nnd till you make provision for my payment, I can't pnrtnke of your linsjiiisliij.. I respectfully decline your offer." would you nave thought any better of him then u), oou us wen as you do nowl And yet you blame him for having "received in nil cases without being urged and m most with ncknow bilged gratifi canon" tnc hospitality of Ins American hosts. Yon boast that you "expressed your disapprobation'' of the public lienors paid to DicKr.ftn at the time. Well, perhaps you were right. did not nor did I feel it very decidedly. As VNor.oswonTn savs, of h s beau tiful little poem about the Hainbow, I thought it "something very childish but very natural," and not tlie less commendable for being either. It snnkn deeper language than that of man-worship, to which you ascribe it: and when I saw Inviso, and Hbvant and Hailcck and RA.scnorT and Qnscv, and our best men, shnring in the enthusiasm I confess I felt somewhat proud of a sympathetic feeling. I know not whether thtso men are ashamed of it now or not: for my own parti think it infinitely more nnnoraoie to the American character than the very undignihed fit of vexation and nnger into which wo were thrown by the rumor that our Into guest i i.-j.l.. -.j;..i i ...f... . . icuucu uuituiu our iiosjiiminy. ii ne cues 1 m sure it will show him to be much baser than those he abuses ; and with this I console myself. Hut I sm inclined to "wait nnd see" ; and so I think is VLRMONT RHODE ISLAND WHO ARC THE HEAL riUENDS OT SUFFRAGE. We ask every intelligent voter in Masacl.ti. netts, who is willing fairly am, justly to enn'id. er the subject, to watch with attention :.nd dill gence the tortuous, treacherous nn.l mini itti-i pled faction.-, course of tlir- leaders of the Lo. cotoco parly, more especially thosp f this state in reiorcnce to the recent difficulties in Uho.le Island. While all their professions, their idle. empty and unmeaning clamor, their pretended but unroll zeal for universal sufliago, aro in tended solely for factious and nnrtirniii-nnen. without any desiro or expectation of extending trie right ot sutlrage all their act,-, both past and present, show conclusively their hypocrisy and insincerity. All thoir acts must "show to u.cij ra m,., ioiiiii ll,.l ll.ny had nlbor i . ' . ,.' "l,i HO Ollior Wlhll 1 nl f CZ, ', n,"" ,J?CIm"' "an a:'1" source of party capital. I hits far, these pre- tended friends of sulirago have thcinoplv-r. ben the puneipal means of keeping from 'ho disfranchised citizens of Uhodo Island the privi lege of voting. The time is not immemorial, when thn pirly now pretending tu ho so eager in the cause of FufHio-p, had the entire aceen. cleticy in Uhodo Island. When, in 191)0, Mar tin Van Huron obtained tho vote of that Stale, and the Locofoco parly had tho entire control the Governor, ,m unanimous Locofoco Senate, and a' majority in tho House who then heard a word in favor of the right of MilTrage, from tfieso new tledged champions of tho rights of man I When a liberal, fair and rightful rnnsti ttition was oilered, not siv month? ago, to the people cf Rhodn Hand, by a legal Convention, who then prevented its adoption! Who then tetarded and prevented, for an indefinite period, this very right of Miflragc vvh ch the.-e brazen faced hypocrites protend to favor? The an pwor is unnecessary. These very men who would make the people believe, if thoy could, that they are tho evcluive friends of sufi'rago these very men turned "the scale ngainsf the extension of the right of suffrage, atill, for the time defeated it. liven now, "while the real friends of sufliago are onc moro showing their sincerity and honesty of purpose, by atrointit ing anew to givo tho people of Uhodo Island a just and equitable constitution, who is throwing every possible obstacle in their way, and doing all they can, by every moans the mo-t disreputl able, to prevent success in this l.iudihle under taking ! These f-ame Locofoco leaders, who, if you would believe their professions and thoir hollow rliiims, aro the exclusive and only friondB of the right of sitlliuge, the rights (if mail, iSic. ! Witness their condemnation nnd denunciations, in advance of any knowledge of the Constitution to bo propound by tho Conven tion of the real friends of sulfrage at Newport. Witness their attempts to prevent any extension of the right of suffrage, by opposing every oth er, except one they know cannot be adopted a fraudulent and infamous conspiracy of unprinci pled and designing men, to thrust themselves into p.-,vvr against the wishes of the peonlo of Rhode Island. They know full well that the en styled constitution, under which tho craven and would bc-murderer Dorr, went through the farce of an election, is of itself a fraud", and can never be adopted, as it never has been, bv a majority of the citizen- of Rhode Mund. 'In furtherance of thoir desire to keep thin que.s. tion Hill open, and a source of politic;.) .vita tion, we fee them, with professions of a desire for tha cMcnsion of suffrage, using the very means which thoy know is thu only one by which they ran hope to defeat and prevent tho object they profesK lo desire. They oppose, and do all they can to prevent, tho adoption of any consti tution excepting nno only, which they know al fonevercati bo adopted, and which thoy do not urge with any hope of its adoption, but with a sole view to political capital. Hut, on tho other hand, tho sincerity and lion csty of purpose of the real friends of huftrai'e, is shown less by their professions than by their acts. Rcfolutely opposed to violence, blood, shed and rapine, they have, in spito of thu ob. taclea which faction, Locofocoistn and foreign invasion, have placed in their way, pcrspyerin"'. ly endeavored to give to tho peoplo of Rhode Island ajust and equitable constitution. They hive been foiled onco by tho exclusive. EulTrago party which, pretending to be in its favor, is the direct means of preventing its adoption, ietif we aro to bolicvetho clamor of the Lo. rofoco patty, they aro the only friends of sur. frage, and Iho Whigs aro its unreleiitimr one. micf. Hy their acts onl- may wn Lnr,,., ,.,i... are tho real and who tho' pretended friends of inu uftiuiiKKin oi suurage. Tho Locofocos, when in pow or, made no effort whatever to give Rhode Island a constitution. A Whi" Lcis. laturo called a Convention, which prepared one, jjitiii inu ngiii en Mtiirngo in ail American cit. M.?n?'vn'-C'' 1,10 1'uc',f"cas rejected by their votes. mi'ga uavu again attempted, by legal iiicans, to reform their .Stato government, and again do we see tho enliro weight of Locoforo. ism thrown into the rtcalo against it. Whether it vv U tuccccd again in defeating tho extension of Hjllrap-c rn.ia r to he rcen. IKik, too, at i j t-t, v uu cm i ,u , 9 . i c.ce of tho Legislature. When will they givo to tho disfrnnchiscd citizen of that Stato the right of fitiflr.ie 1 Will Iho Post, or eomo of its kindred prints, tell us 1 Look, loo at Now tlatnpnliiro, tho Hotany flay of tho refugees, uf anarchy, treason and civil war. Sea tho restrictions upon tho righlt nf man in this chosen toat of Locofocoism I Uut of that hereafter. As a parly, the Whig?, tho real Democracy of the country, sympathise with tho efforts which aro making, in all parts of the world lo extend tho blessings of civil liberty. They re gard tho right of siifiVago as necessary to insure i ne possession ol cjiini political right?. tor lolhey recognise, among the necessirv refine tiling lo which its enjoyment should bo confin ed, a property iiualifi'aiion. Thoy entertain the strongest nbhorcticc nf tha conduct of tho dein- agogues, who havo interposed, and thus far pro vented a lagal and t.cacelul settlement of the unfortunate controversy in tho latter Stale. tloston Alias. It is ,i curious feci, that whilo tho locofocos of New Il.anipshir.i are among tho mot zeai ouain their profess ons of love for liberal prin ciples in llhodu Island, (,'iir oion constitution is one of tho tno3t inlulerent in tho Union. Not only is a property qualification required in some case?, but even a religious test is imposed ! All ron Love. air Kor ron Tame. A very fine romier gentleman, named I'rocmen, n student at aw oi 1'iiuaueipiiia, nut now boarding in I lauding ton, a lew miles wet of the river Schuylkill, nt tclnritcd to Commit but didn't succeed suinidp. on Wednesday niolit. We understand ho bad become di cperntely ennriiiorfrl of a really beautiful l.uly rcsi- iiiii: ai in.-u piacc, inu uc wasprouuto Know mat his love was teciproaitcd. Ml. K popped the qucs lion the lady replied 'yes,' and both vvtro as happy as need be. Tho Jodv's nana li-anrnini vvhrit wns going forward, persuaded her from the course sho wns about to pursue : rhe. silly, vet fond-lovirn? pirl toltl this lo her lover, nnd (helmed ncepling him ns her liege lord. This she communicated to Mr. Free man Wednesday evening, and no sooner had ihe awful intelligence been divulged, than he rii"hed from her presence towards a wood, apparently flan tic, nnd was sioa lost sight of. Several gentlemen, tearing lie nngtit do some Harm to lumscll, went m Diirs.'lt, hut no Usees nf htm could be found. An alarm, like that of the d.sehargc of a pistol, caused thei.i to increase thur speed, expecting every instant to encounter Ins bloody and lifeless body ; a second nnd a third fire brought them to his vicinity, when they found him shoilmg balls through his coat and vest, which he bad suspended fiom the bran' h of a tree, he standing on th ermind a few naces oil', each article showing plainly the cfiects of two balls. The reason he .ive for mutilating his clothes was, that ho could uot musler courage enough to shoot mmselt, and lie wodld snoot at something. rniDAV moum.no. octoisi in, m. THE DICKENS TO VY, ' Our readers wilt find, in another column, a communication concerning Mr. Dickens and the letter bearing his name, which was published hy us, a fow weeks ago, in com mon with mnsl other country papers, as ; genuine production. We givo place to this articlo not on account of the fairness or jus tice of its strictures, or the courtesy of ils language towards us, but from considerations wholly foreign to either. While wa are pre eluded, by the crowded statu of our columns and tho length of our correspondent's re marks, from making a full reply to him this week, justice to otirself requires from us ;i few woids by way of explanation. When we fust read the letter in question, wo sup posed it to bo a genuine production, written as it purported to bo, by Mr. Dickens him ...... inu t t.-niui tto j ,int-u iti, in.- faced its publication were intended by us lo 1 1,. . . ,. ,, , J,M, , sen. ami tlio runtaiKs uy uliteii wo pre tu ljil,l- ttj ..it, I'., tta t.t l"iirr r.j .nr.' litter, and not as tho author of "Oliver Twist." In the one character, he appeared to us to be a writer of considerable merit and a young man of respectability and prom ise. In iho oilier he resembled a blackguard of tho coarsest grain, a rude, unmannerly coxcomb. We were led to regard the let ter as a genuine, hona jidc production of Dickens, ns well from tho fact that it had been published as such in several of our best and most respectable journals, as that it was written in thn same vein of scttr rihty and vulgar aliuso which had formed so conspicuous a feature in the writings of other hnglislt travellcis in this country. Wo arc gratified, however, to know that tin odium of its authorship docs not atliirh to the name ol Mr. Dickens, and we sincerely I .1.... .!. I . nope mai uie nasty remarks wo made upon tlie ollonsivc publication may not bo justi tied Uy any production from him of an equ ly icpiclieiistble character hereafter. But our coriespondent says: "Immedialelynfter thenp .enrancoof the letter the "fiiendsof Mr. Die kens, (who nre, byihowav, in 'thn country, neither few nor quite rontempiihlc) 'lilt authorized lo pronoincu it a fori'cry whetbi r ' uttered brst through tho ISYw Vork Tattler or ihe '-Liverpool Chronicle. .Men who had every pos.,be "opportunity to know, who weru in intimate corns, "pondeticu with Mr. Duki-.n, vvho-e word nnd "judgment wi.rocniiiifntly i ntiihd to icspcct, dcclar "til that the letter was never written by the gentle "man whoso signature it bore, It was therefore "widely, nay generally, dishonoured pronounced 'counterfeit, forged paper. You could not have 'been ignorant of these protests: yLt you pass the pa mper to your readers, as genuine, without one hint "that it has ever been Mispected. Is this dcahn? "ouiteairi with your renders, or at nil honestly with "ihe friends of .Air. Dickkns 1 The general denial ol "its authenticity should have led you at least adauht "iti and tho issue proves how unfortunate you w,ro "when you pained it upon your readers asgenuine." Now that our " readers" may judge of the "inimitable propriety" and courtesy of this nttenij-U'd imrai liment of our fairness and honesty, in our own columns, wo will statu thn simple facts of tho case, ns thoy were known to exist by our correspondent at tho timo ho wrote the above paragraph. When the letter in question first made its appear ance, vvo wero absent from our editorial post and weru in a situation where we could not see the papers regularly. The consequence was that we had not read the offensive letter until ft few days before its appearance in our columns, and wo had never even heard, at that time, that its authenticity was denied by any one, and, least of all, by "the friends of Mr. Dickens ," "men who weie in inti mate corrcsjwmlcncc with him, and vvlio had every possible opportunity to know." Nor aro we await' now, exept from our corres pondent's declaration, that any such semi official, authoritative denial of the letter had been intiile. All this wns will known to our correspondent, for we had so informed him ourself moro than a week before his com munication was written. After this state ment our readers can judge for themselves who is dealing "fairly" ant"honcstli" with them, and who attempting to "palm off," us gcnuino,"dishonoured," "forged" and "coun terfeit" paper. Wo regret to feel obliged to reply thus to our corieipondenl, but knowing him "(o bo g ,tid- med,' we inn. I "cist nur.g'l uJti his indulgence," not wishing "lo concenl our disposition to tttko advantitgo nf tint nniinbln failing." Having thus placed oursolf " rectus in curiii," wo shall avnil oursnlf of nnothcr op portunity lo notice sonic other, and less per sonal portions, of our correspondent's article. HONKST JOHN DAVIS. Tho Woicestcr, Massachusetts, .rEgjs of Inst week contained an articlo entitled John Davis and Domustic Industry which should lie rend hy every Farmer mid tailor ing man in tho Union. It furnishes several incidents iti tho lifo of GovmiNoit Davis, hut wells mainly on tho exertions In; has made to sustain the Protective System. It (iho i (lords a most triumphant refutation of thu slander and blackguardism which arn con stantly promulgated through the Loco Foco journals for tho purpose of bringing Govttrt.voii Davis into disrepute wtlh the laboring classes of the country. Nothing can exceed the absurdity nnd falsehood of the pretence that John Davis is not tho friend of the hardy aborers of the country. "Wo havo known Iiim" says tho Boston Courier, "for eighteen ! years, and wo never knev vnnrs. nnd wn never know o mmi ,vl,n tin... ' J " moro zealous advocate for all measures that ..ii i , ,, i i . . . could elevate the laboring classes, increase thc happiness, wealth, and prosperity of tlio I 1 I ' I 1 - ! farmer, mechanic, manufacturer, and mor- ..I, -. n.i.t n.l ,l....U...t chant, and improo nnd developotho resour- ces ol tho country. Let those who incline . ,. . . . . , - - , . , to distrust tho principles of John Davis, in , consequence of the misrepresentations of ' 1 , Ins political opponents, rend his speeches in ri . ,i ( ... , Congress, and if they cannot procure tho tvllftlli bit llollll riowl (Iin nvlriirfc fnn,Uttl bv tho E"is. No better refutation of the falsehoods that are so industriously circula ted against him can be desired than tlio tes timony of his own mouth, uttered when no motive of an electioneering character could be imputed lo him. The fullowing is onoof llioso extracts. It was delivered in the House of Representatives in 1S32 : " Sir, the laborer in th s - luuiry he who has no capital, save the !iaiid which G id hm "riv en bun easily secures to h uiseil all lh-o in estimable blessings. Industry, economy, mi'bI- ligonce, and a fa.r fame, in iko him a '.ul ar in .society, and a tower ol strength to nm govern. meat. It ts the earnings ol labor which enables him to accomplish tin. Hut if you curtail wa ifes you lessen Ins means to become a useful citizen; andthis course may be ptnaiied until wa ges aro as low as they are in Ireland ; and then we shall have a people iiko the wretched p itatoo population of tint country. If Iho laborer is obliged to retrench expenses because you re- l l.: . . l. ....11 o . i . , iiucu ilia p.iv, uu win urai tparu ins mural com forts, because physical comforts aro more ur gent than moral. 1 Its family will ccaso to bo educated; schools and churches will he dimin ished ; and we may then loo!; for that vice and pnill'gacy which the enemies of manufactures ind the mechanic arts Invo hitherto rear? bed tor in vain. Sir, 1 hope never to see tho day when this government s-hall be to unwise as to tear away the foundations on which it res'h when 'Ins nation s'h.ill disregard ils peace and happiners by tratTicing away its great moral power in an experiment upon Kugland, to see if she cannot be nude to purchase a few more bags of cotton, and to sell us calicoes a cent cr two in the yard cheaper. If you vvutild make them dependent if you would givo the rich tho ascendency if you .v.iiild 111 ike nobles, that can carry their humble iifpuniiTiitd lo iho pulls to votu as they ar bid, make men poor put them in a condi'tioiijivviiero i hoy must beg it as a favor lo be employed, and ymi will accomplish your puipose. Hut let nte ell you that when you put out that bright mor il flaino which diffuses its linbt into tho remo- e.-t corner of this country, you will extinguish ! nharty independence and intelligence vviil j perish together. Sir, can 1 support the reduction of wages to Ilumpcan prices ? Caul be the messenger of micIi tidings to my constituents; No, nr. When I become tho advocate of such a mea sure, I vh.tll turn my face from them, lor I shou'd not be saluted as thoir representative, but should lie spurned as mi apostate. I know them well! have spent my lite with them havo folluwed the plough as they do, and am proud to enumer y.o among them tho groatost number of my most enlightened and valued friends and ac quaintances. All they ask of the government is-, that it should pursue a policy which is en lightened and American in its character they in? American citizens, and would be gr.eved to see Congress forget its duty towards them, lint they dotn ind no distribution of patronage they ask fi.r no daces of emolument. During the sevon years I have held a seat on thi.s floor, id one has. applied to me to ask any favor ol the hxecutivo tor him, nor lias any one sought my assistance in procuring an npomtment of any kind, unless it is to bo the deputy of some little village post-ollice. ("an I convey totho tiiind of the gentlemen who surround me, a more eon. vincing proof of the purity ol theirattathinent to tho government of tho patriotic sentiments of thoir heir's ! Kir, while I anion this lloor, nnd (oil givoH mo strength to doit, I will sustain their rights to the host of my ability, and will expose, iu its naked deformity, this ttrscrable scheme of cherishing foreign laborers-, in prefer, citco to them, under the guise of creating free trade; for free trade wi 1 operate as a predato ry warfare upon their property and thoir rights. TUOUHLi: IIREWING ! Tlie new Coalition seem lo have much difficulty in arranging the terms of thoir al liance. Tlio Locos appear disposed, in consideration of countenancing the Tyler ites, to exact a monopoly of the loaves and fishes. But to this the Tylcrites deuinrr, as altogether unreasonable. Wo annex a par agraph from the Madisonian, to show the temper of tlio litigants :(, THE NEW VORK EVENING POST. "Wo aro cxtioHjely sorry to sec iu the Kvoning I'ust, of Saturday, what we consider a very ill nn. iiirtd and (intended to be) injurious attack upon the President. That napi r, abiding to thu rumors of Vajiuet Changes, 'indulges, we think, in a mot grn tuuous assault on Messrs t'ushuig and Mcl.ant1. and by inevitable implication, on Mr. Tvltr. Why is this done! If 'n change' should take pi ice, will no thing less tluin the Siitt'illtl pltd re uf llmse iippointed to suppoil ihe favorite of the Post for the next I're'si deilcy, leaving maisiirts out of tlinquesn m :tlio:elh er, sa isfy the editor I Are sitrh couiiiluius lo be dic tated tu tho President I l.'uiJiie'i a course, on the part of n few lea ling Democratic journals lend to se curo the election ofthc I'osi's favorite? We think not and we submit il to tho ltepubhcans ofthc Union whether our views aro not just. "It is true the honest and independent eour-e of President Tvler, has distracted an I divided the Whig pally of 1SI0 distracted them, because a large body of them wero dishonest divided them, because nh equally l.irgo portion of them nre resolved to redeem their 'pledges and fulfil their promises. Hut among all their divisions und collisions, havennvol them de termined lo support, in I1?!!, tho candidate whom they so overwhelmingly defeated iu 18101 Nol Then we appeal lo ihe trucHepublicansofthecountry to say if llioihsorganmng nnd covertly hnstile policy of a few leading Dcmocrnlic journals is not calculated is not terrain, if persisted in to defeat tho Demo cratic lttpiiblican parivui ISI1I Cm the I'osi desire to unite anil rally tngt iher ajain tho victorious patty of 11101 Tho tbreo hundred thousand 'Harrison nnd Tyler men' 'original Jnckson men' tho tlrm, unflinching sunportcrsof iho Adnrnistrnt on, although ntwnr with tlio Ttdcral Chy. It.atik-Whies, and vvillmg t" co-op. tale heartily with th. fir at Demo c o'lc H"publ. an Party in 'print s and measur ,' mi I men. too, n liar Hy be v bat tins ia ly ( y Ml t t-p i ia it'i n I I 1 m t ' I 1" - .y JO ( i'ti next enter" mil whom the Post prefers, is to bo our candidate, in (jod snnino let ns et about rnlin-inerrmuts lo make up tho grent ch Ii- imicy in b s voto of 1;0 -nnd not seen iu nrray uic M-renxmnst Intra mjiin which once So completely swept rvcrv thing before it. ')e Irct,'ct '!"" 'f lh')ilepnblicinsnreoverthrown in 1R It, they will not get tho usccnlanry ugam in twenty years. ' The New York Union takes up tho sub ject, and reads tlio Post a sharp lecturo up on Iho impolicy of ils romaiks, and tho in justice of refusing admittance of any old Federalist to tlio ranks of tho Democracy. Such was not the policy, it say?, of Jackso nian Democracy when Taney, Van Uu- len, Buchanan and others were received in to the bosom of tho church. Uut while this jarring is in progress ho iwc-en mo v,oiiiiuonisi.s, a very pretty nitio quarrel is springing up between tho Locos Ths New York Morning Post which flies thu Calhoun flag and tlio Albany Argus which spoaks as Mr. Van Huron bids it harbour no real affection for each other, and thoy find difficulty in suppressing their ill I will. Tho Post savs : "Albany Arcus sneaks no I insinuates. for it has never attained courage enough to speak openly of noytoiiii: tot; -Mutiny ir'.'us in6inunies mat tnc Morning l'ost is only an 'ostcnsihlo friend' of ihedein- ocrmi party. The obj. ct of this meanness is to give a sly sides lap at ,ur. (. alhounnnd Ins friends, b it we shall not a ow the cuniuniT nr thn Armis to H into a controversy on that noint. " vvo advert to too subject, because it gives us a favornblo opportunity of illustrating the diflerencebo- W''? ''lcn?iul' frionJ' nml ',rcv V, '"s'ensible' rrinnila nf n nnrlf nn, tlincn tvlir. iri kill,. ,n have an affection for its r.rincinlcs. Thov nrcfur the triumph of tho principle to tho success of a few ofTico (.euer,, w, make a temporary n?o of itfor their ovyn niivanccmcnt. i nt-y "in out nt-, uui i iwii, iiur t-rnipe, nor inner, nor become nil llungs toall men, under a nonon that 'nl is bur in pontics.' l li- y will not play the hypo croi' for nn oince, nor sell body and sou to iho biLdt' est bidder. In shoit, becnuse they love truth bitter than Plato, thev will hi-d"nounci'il by sue i piints ns , lUj.utt'ai ,f10 lnero 'ostensible.' friends of their tiartV. wn inu in ut; i 1 1 hi i it, it' t ut -ri; won i is i ne men ii i os of a 'real' fiiend (mcaiiini' Crozzle.i He is onn thnt has no opinion until ho has first ascertained which way public opinion tends who has no better notion of duty than sailing with tho wind of public fivnr, and whose loftiest conception of truth, is fifing fa.thful to Ins. party, even to lying for ii. Like Mr. Ily-mds in Pilgrim's Progress, he follows Higion only when she walks m her silver slippers. H.s crml mixioi is 'In iwdio tutiwinia? ihiv IIu looks upon pohur-s ns n gimoofch'-ss, in which, h e the man insid,. o' llael zel's automaton, he must make his movts unseen. He unaginos f)ui;nld I) ilgolty a master of thf con duct of hie, always kecpina nn eve on the provant. He is sly, cautious, and cat-like. lie may be s "n Ii ivcnnii like an evil "pint about thn lobbies of a he Mature eg'inT. on.", wlvsp ring to an ither. and b " gin? n piitance from a third. Ho is n mm ol schemes and expedienis. IIt talks uiiich tif usai'es and pre redenis, lie has a inarvellntis dislike of f.oeofocoisni nnd sntdi unsivory matters Piu hne, is his sunreme wisdom. The spoils his chief ambition. His c in science is perforated like a cullender by the many stabs it ha- received, and ill short he is a 'real' friend to his paity." In reply to this complimentary language, tlio Argus calls the Post all manner of hard names nnd says the only reason its editor prtlcnth to bo a "Democrat" i3 that ' he hopes to gel an office !" Truly this is quite nn interesting scent! of "hilling and contng." Calhoun -and Van Huron tire evidently nt loggerheads, and tho broach grows wider with every revolving day. And if no one steps in to adjust tho difficulty between them, nnd settle this "family jar," thu con test bids fair to result in pretty much tht' same manner as the somewhat celebrated baltle resulted between tho famous "Kilken ny Cats!" Mil W E H ST E II ' S R EC E P T ION. Tho Huston papers of Saturday morning contain a full account of tho reception of Mit. WimsTcr. by the citizens of tint metropo lis. Tho ceremony tool; place on Triday mornincr at eleven o'clock. Old I'.ineuil Hall was crowded on the occasion to ils nt most capacity. Tho peculiar position of Mit. Wr.iisTF.it gave unusual interest to the ceremonies, and, from the time of the first announcement of the meeting to the day it was to take place, the public of all parties had been looking to it with the hope, and indeed for the most part with an expectation that ho would mako it tlie occasion for a full and explicit exposition of his political rela tions with President Tvler, and of the atti tudo hu holds and purposes to maintain In wards tho two gteat parlies ol the country. To sumo extent he has done this ; nnd though not us fully, in all re?pect3, as some had anticipated, jet, all things considered, as fully as could, pel haps, Ii tvo been reasona bly requited. Wu havo not room for a full report of his speech in our paper this week, but the fol lowing abstract embraces its principle and most interesting prints : He be .iius with some local and personal references very happily conceived nnd expressed, and then states the circumstances of bis call to the cabinet by President Harrison. It seems that .Mr. W. should tako the Trensury Department i but that the critical position of our foruum relations, oepeciaily wuh Knuland. ltd Mr. W. to believe that he could be more useful to the country m the Department of Slate; and wo conloss that we consider it fortunate for the nation that he took that v lew of the ease .Some highly interesting circumstances are referred to, under this head. The next topic is that of the late trenty and tho correspondence appertaining to il s nml in tins connection some deeply interesting seg- uesiions nre thrown out relative to oilier points iu our re a-ions with (treat llntiiin. tna subject is we! bandied, but we can now nuke only this passing al lusion to theiii. These things being disposed of, Mr. W. comes to the iinue exeiting nml delieale topics rcl itins to tu dmiui!int'oii, to bis own cosuim. an t opin. ins, tu tho nelionof Congress and the I'leeident, and tu tlie stale of paruca. While ho considers himself to be forbidden by the proprieties ol the occasion and lus connexion wiiii thet'abinent, tuyivo ns full an expression of his opin ions on the various tonics referred to, as he hai"o dtiire atsuwc time, perhaps not far distant, to give. ho does, nevertheless, mako n very explicit dec. am I Mil of his sentiments of the points in question. He deeiarts Ins firm adherence to Whig principles. "I am," says he, "a Wh.g always have been and al ways mean lobe. lam a Massachusetts Whin n I'nneud Hnll Whin hnvini! breathed tins air for twentv-fivo jcais.and mean lo breathe it the test of my lile." At the '.ate Whiir Slam Convention of Massachu sens, nt w bu ll the Stato ticket was nominated, one ol the resolutions passed proclaimed n complete and final separation of President Tvler from the Wtiia parly. The risohit.on Mr. W. considers as bearing on lus position, and ho complains of it. He consid ers it us bung unwise, also, in its general bearing! as being lnr to swetping; ami lie asks it mi tnc meas ures of tho administration, whether n.bt or wrone. aro to bo opposed bv tho Whips for tho three yeats yet to come oi .ir. i j ler s term ; it, iu revising our com merciol treaties, ibev can bet so re-ndiusted as lo re vivenud extend our tr.ulo and navigation, aro the Whips not to support such re-adjustment) if, uiorcv er. it bo meant, bv that resolution, to tako thearound that nil wings yci holding office, abroad ns well as at 1101111', are to be also excommunicated, iinlossthey re sign; nnd ho adds that nothing but union, cordial sympathetic, and fraternal, can save tho Whig pirty; that it is not bv partial and denunciatory nroceedmas. and pruscriptivo resolutions, that we shallkecptbo tug i.auuiy logeuier j mat uic wuoio History oi ine revolution of 1810, preaches'to the Whigs kindness, loibearance. com ilution, liicmisiup nun union. lie then mtterlu lit lint lft.T 'irt'r measured for wlltcll iho Whigpaityhasbeetistruirahng! theobiects hieh nave uiua lar liccii at sintu, ami nw-i' nun-" t"" t j be secured. Intli srinncx m hosps '.yf ' t -r a' 10 ihe r vi'. I f o i'i 1 . " ' I 1 ' ' currency and some in as tro for its permanent reculS' Hon, cxpicss ng ftromily his opinion in favorof ths r,xrh"iMrr pi,,, rcnom d by Mr, Hwing and revised nnd ici oi'iinen led by tlu Oahinent, and considering it un lor the cruting circumstane. of the country a better mummon than a national bank cn tho modal oi nie i inner one. The next topic u the I copower. On this point ho says, "it is well known, and if it is not, I mean it miau no ii nvcrsaiiy unowu, tnat i advised against ths Routes of thereto iiuvr, m every cast in which it has i.ii-iy o-'ti inou, out no could not join in tho course adopted inward tho President for his exercise of it. Ho concludes with some strong remarks on the inju ry ths public credit has suffered in Kurope. mis, we aro sensible, is a meagre outline of ths rpeech, but it is all our present limits will allow. Ths speech itaulfbenrs thousual marks of its author's ad (Irenes! clearn.ss, directors, and force. It indi- t 'iius coiinnernnio irriiation ai me manner in which hchas himself been treated by some portion, of tha vv higsin Congress, and discontent with his own po sitiuij but if vve ha.onot misconceived the senti- me iisoi mo specen, ii proclaims a tilted adherence nnd attachment to Whig princ pics, as firm and do- vi'ifi ineer. As to his ovvn position his relation to parties ths wc-h leaves him nstensil.K. rnriiiAn,...., found him. It certainly exhibits no symptoms of it.., ...i. ijii-i in nis oiiiciaicnaracteri and we are certainly icillinn- to believn ibnt b ri,:. t,;. post for public rensons of a similar naturo to those wrucn navo proiosseuiy governed hiscoursoin this respect, heretofore, 'nn I arising from the condition of the foreign relations of tho country. fXTPnorKssoti Giiimcs is again lectu ring at the Court House in this town, on the subject of Piin.Noi.ooY. His lectures are very well attended, and are by far more suc cessful than those of any other Phrenologist who has ever visited our State. "WHICH PARTV IS IN FAVOR OF THE TARIFF?" Hoar Mr. Silas Wright, U.S. Senator from this State, in his apology to the South for voting in favor of a tariff. "I separate with great reluctance from my political friends on this question. iMany dear friends on whoso judgment I have been accustomed to rely, have sought to convince mo that I was in error on tins point not one has urned me to vote for the bill!" Hear Mr.Jamos I. Roosovelt, one of the Locofoco Representatives from the city of New Vork : "I predict that ihe next Con gress wdl bo a Loco foco Free Trade Con gress and will ur.rnu. any protective Tariff that the present Congress may enact." Hear Mr. Eastman, one of the Loco-Fo-cij members of Congress from New Hump shire : "Opposition to tlio protective Policy is clearly and unequivocally a "democratic" (Loco-Foco) doctrine. Tho Pkotkctivb Svstem is essentially the Whig System." Hear the Richmond Enquirer, the organ of Virgin! i Loco-Focoi'mii : "We shall never rest satisfied until this'bitl of abomina tions' (tho Turifi') is expunged from the Statute ho ik or completely changed in its enaclments:ind wo shall count upon Messrs. Buchanan, Wright & Co. to co-npsratc witli us and tako the cross upon their own should ers. Rt.rcvL ! RcriiAi. ! i.s now the word." Alb. flue. Journal. MORK JOY IN G1U:aTBRITAIN! The London correspondent of tho New World, in his last kiter, received by the Greal Western, says, "As a political event the Veto is h.ai'ed by the libra Tories ns irresistible deuaot-tration ihat liYnubhca ontaui within limn-. Iv, s p,,. ,. ,Us of their own des truciun. TheygliMi ,,nu ,it um lt ,vlt, corre3. ponding delight. Mr.'lylei isralled by ihem a po litical accident, ejrecuiiiijronlv kI-m is prescribed by ihentcess lyoflns pos tion. nnd whai is inevitable to ihe tendaney of repubneau . i ' t..i mis, namclv, their destruction! They s-iy ,i In onu s n conservative of. good government bviriniilng u on dtnocratic orincmti, . . ( j, nioraltx- r,.L; :u selling un his will OVer Hint Or (Jminrrc tl,, I ... ...... k. ... 1. .... .1.1.. ,- , l-lUIKt ,lf . in govern innn lht -i racv and ignor 'i -ik ihe cunipb- .inc.' win an i mem to b -! nents ot t.ie hyliTnry or iinstt i ui n tie .noeral. ' these are the view of lli.iish Tories ; they rejoice at the rapid cxttivsiun of arbi trary power in this republic. Let it l n rc memberutl ili.u here, the mis-called ti. moc racy rejoiced at tile &amo Vetoes, which were received by tho firing of canonn and the light ing of bon-fires ! Shame on such democra cy. Watchman. THE POCKET VETO. Our readers will lecollect tint Congreii passed two bills, just before the close of tho session, ono to repeal thtt 20 per cent provi so in tho Land Distribution Act.and the other to provide for tho taking of testimony in cases of contested Elections. Roth these Dills were passed by large majorities in both branches of tho LegUl iturr, and both have been defeated In John Tyler by the opera tion of the Pocket Veto. We find the fol lowing remarks on lids subject in a late number of the National Intelligencer. Another Ketainep Hill Itesides the IMI tn . peal the proviso in the Land Distribution Act, ths 1'besioent ufthet'mttd Smtes withheld bis signature Iroin the bill which passed t'on.tess prescribing the mode of taking evidence in cases o' Contested Klec lions, rv'or did he return it, but kent it in bis hands. Uy this retention of it the lull is rejected. Such re tention is in tlleei a Veto, without giving to the two 1 louses of Congress the opportunity of repassing the bill; a mode of defeating the will of the l'cople, as ex pressed through their ltepresentattves, even more ex ceptionable than the simple Veto. We can imagine no bill, likely to pass Congress, which the President could hive vetoed wuh less pro priety linn ihis. If ilie-rc be nnv one matter with which the Incentive ought not'to interfere, sure ly it is tlieornaniE.iuon of the Legislative bodies, and the precautions deemed necessary by them lo securo to members elected tbeeveic se of their rights, to pre serve order and diem! v m the t.pi n:ng of each Con- fires , and to e.vuliidiilium teats tbertin poisons who lave no legal claim ti occupy them. To any bill hav ingsui h objects in view bis signature ouyht to I e con sidered as a mere formality. Of Ihe necessity of such precautions we had suf flcien' evidence in the case ol the Xew Jersey elec tion, threei years rtao, vv hen tho members legally re turned were excluded from tin i stats, and surrep tu ou members voted in contrary to law, by a ma jority created by the exclusion of the rightful mem bers. IV our part, wc desire to see no more such seines; and we trust that, thtiuuh this bill has been defeated, ibose incmb. rsof the House of Representa tives who are opposed to any such proceedings will not sutler the vtry first dny ol the next session of Congress lo pass without onginating anew a bill to guard against them. SFNTENCE OF COLT, THE M UR OL UE It. Our readers will rorollect that this man, w ho w as formerly a member of the Univer sity in this place, was convicted in New York, somo time since, of the murder of Mr. Samuel Adams. Ho was brought bofore tho Co'trt of Oyer and Terminer, on Monday of last week, lo rcceivo tho sentence ofthc law. It is said by tho cit) papers, that throughout tho entiro scene, ho evinced such a reckless hardihood and effrontery ns could be only ex pected from onu whoso mind was dead to all mor.il fooling. On being; asked what ho had to say why sentence of death should not bo prom uu." I t-'aiiist h.'ni, bo most composed ly ,ir. sr ,t 1 .1 pa i t ) tl u conn, "',,V 1 . . 1 . . lie i Cllll'l"""' ..,ru . I ' I" , . t ev I . I . inu u t " iiv le I It in ''" l.a