Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Vevay, Switzerland County, 4 April 1840 — Page 1

BT ISAAC STEVENS.

"THE SENTINEL ON THE WATCH-TOWER OF LIBERTY.”

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VOLUME IV.

VEVAYj INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4,1840.

NUMBER 18.

Published every Saturday Mamins,

deceived, and are deceiving themselves ST they believe one half they say. Governors, engineers, committees, and all, have becMengagcd for yearsin holdingoul the delusive hopes that the works as soon as completed, would be sources of revenue, and this delusion is the argument that has sustained the classifier; that! one finished, would by its revenues, aid in the construction of a second and a third. As a remedy,- this is considered to bo worse than 1I16 disease; and Is put at rest on showing that no one! work in the. State, will sustain itself in paying for. repairs, and the interest on the sum required for its con* jtninion; and it is bcleived tint the public works, in one state, taken as a w tole, bavpsus r lained themselves. We will readily concede that is notasativfaclory against the construction of a public work, that it will not yields revenue oyer and above the repairs and interest.- On the contrary, It would be wise and proper for a staid, with revenues to sustain her, to engage in ilie enterprise, for the purpose ofaflbrdcd to at a distance, facilities for the transportation of their surplus produce;: and though the work! might be an expense .upon the- whole people,! it would have, a tendency to enrich the state.. But for a state without any other n sources ttijin taxation,'to engage in a general and extensive system,would be the height of financial lolly, ouch has been, and such is the sytlenl in Indiana. It was commenced without means, end hakpndedin the ruin of the people, ah- in the loss of public credit, at home and abroad, with a dLbl of ten mil* lions, without the prospect of realizing the first dollar over and above W’hat will be necessary to keep thole finished in motion. Tjioro is one fact in relation to this subject, that cannot be concealed from the people, because they will realize it to their sorrow; which, is, ( to [ pay the • i merest upon oUr(foreign debt; they will betexed annual ly, fdr an\ interminable per dd; more; than five hundred thousand dollars. The Governor, iti,Ills message, referred to in this report,.speaks of the Now 1 orb canals as enriching the state; < atod the' chi >fj engineer, in his report of 'of- Janus y, 183U, says, “The; estimate' bf .'tolls' for fuiurt years,- must, from lire nature of the case, ;be i i’ some degree conjectural. .In making it up, 11 am had reference to Ibe actual ’receipts of idle on othersimilar works, for corresponding years after their completion. So far as there is a smillariiy situation and trade, to warrant a comparison, this is the safest guide, It will not be fair to take the receipts from theee improvementa,|which from their local and general direction, Jbnii the greatthorough fa res between the easi|ahd4h0'Wes(,' such as the New York canal, dr therms in line of the Pennsylvania improvements, a basis for extending the profits of the Indiana improvemenu. The Ohio canals are. more like those of Indiana in their location, their anil the nature of their trade, and are therefore considered a safer standard with which compare the canals of the State, in respect to it he probable tolls. .■ - . 1 '

State roust chiefly be paid by direct taxation. The public works, as a whole, promise little more than to keep themselves in repair and in motion. Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars must be annually assessed and collected, to be paid out in interest. Even this sum may not be sufficient. Should not the true state of the case be made known to the* citizens of the State! Let each land-holder understand that bis farm is encumbered with a debt of interminable duration. It may bp a means of stopping the .mischief of incurring debts without stint or.measure, for that seems to be a case in which public men cannot act .in conformity with their own convictions of right. They .fcel tho (necessity of stronger restraint than tlielr own discretion.” ' - - . The committee on cansts and internal improvements, are still more unfortunate in.'their references to the lateral can&UcfNew York, in skying (p.'4) that they are profitable/ 1 The lateral canals of New. York are five in number, arid in the aggregate 200 miles in length.; The following table will show the deficiencies of the whole; to the same period, taken from’the Comptroller’s report, before referred to, p, 57 and 53. “The sums drawn from the Treasury to make up deficiencies in the revenues of the lateral canals for.the year ending 30lhSeptember, 1633, jire as follows, viz:

months it ha* been hi operation, ampunt to $8,470, and on the White Water canal $620,” Upon the mind of a plain honest, nun, these statements, the one of Dec. 4, 1838, : and the other of Dei. 3,1830, cotild but leave the impression, that the 33 miles of the rail road were not only finished, but that the State had realized a nett revenue from the tolls i<f $8,470, the first year after its completion; and that the 31 miles of White Water canal were also finished as stated, and that to 3d Dec. 1339. the State had realixed-' the sum of $630. These statements are thrown upon the public in hia Excellency's 1 messages, while in accordance with the motto, he conceals the more important and thrilling facts in relation to tjieso two works, that in the same period, while the Stale is said to have realized $8,470 tolls upon the.one, and $620 upon the other, it had paid out upon the rati road, within (he time and upon the distance aforesaid, the mm of $129,400, ami upon the canal the sum of $86,556, in all $319,034). From this aggregate, deduct $£,000,the amount of revenue reported to have been realized by the Slate, and we have a balance against the State, of $209,896. This sum has to be taken from the pockets of the people by direct taxation to sustain 23 miles of rail road, and 31 miles of canal, the firet year after their reported completion. These state men la and these facts,by reference to two reports from the board of internal improvement, the one dated 15th, and the other 30th January, 1840, marked 1) and 6, and appended to this report, are proved. These are the results, which, in the language of bis Excellency, are to ensure pretent and future generations against “being called upon in the Way. of taxation, to pay any portion of the monoy borrowed for the construction of their public .works,” These are the tolls that were to enrich the Stale, and advance the prosperity and independence of the people. These are the revenues that were not only to pay the interest and refund'the principal, but leave more than four, milliont ia {he treasury! This is the glo- • noil* tyitem of internal improvement! These are iHe results of the bill, the -very passage of which turned midnight darkness mlo'nopn-day splendor,^accompanied with.shouts of joy and gladness that made the “welkin ring.” This system, is so full of joy and sunshine in its birth, so briel in its career, and so unfortunate and gloomy in its end, naturally suggests the inquiry, “How did it find the State and (he people pf-Indianal” To determine this question, it is only necesaary.to turn the mind back to 1835-’6 aqd .’7, arid read his excellences, messages—to learn from official authority,'that the people were in the full enjoyment of peace,’/ independence, prosperity arid happiness. The march of all was onward aodupward.' TliaSlate of Indiana was qQe inclined' ptarie-r* very.' Sven ui ejo Vraigrpti on' was full to-overflowing—iVpoured in upon’ us like the st reams from ‘an Imndrbd bills upon the. valleys; -To be a citizen of Indiana, was to be respected end honored at home and abroad. /The cremtqflhe .State was sound and full, and as t&e, giant queen o( thp West,‘she .was covered with one bright cloud of glory. A Indiana as she was, and as we find her now—; now -.changed!. What a falling off from all that was . honored and great—to look upon her, Is to weep—to think of her, to sigh— to take .ah ox? Unlive view ofthe people; is to cause the patriot'a heart to sicken' and bleedl. A foreign State ".debt banging oyer her, and resting upon her/people,'the system fallen beneath'its own weight; and nothing left biitan excavation here, and an embankment there/ forests' plundered, and quarries taken from their owners; farms divided add fields laid waste; engagements with contractors violated; labqrera tujned out of employ, for want of ability in the State to pay. The people In debt, and our courts crowded with Bailors; property sacrificed; Vn inventory taken'of thefarmer’s land, his flocks arid his herdaj-of the inercbanls’s ■ goods,' thh mechanic's tools,’ and -the widow’s mite, by bd mo rtjde assessor, and a colIcctor of tixesdar kkning every cabmdopr; The iridost'ryVof the citizen checked; the! enterprise Of thVpeople slackor.ed; a mortgage resting upon every Jaudbblder's farm; the State without creditlaodadark cloud of disniay hanging over her territory, •. .. ■ Wbst persons, and what party [bare brought about this're verse of fortune; is not for the committee. to investigate or prove. It is a question for the peoplejo determine for themselves* Were this state of things to rest upon and end. with the present, generation, w e thou Id feel 'relieved of more tbamhalf its weight*- . This is not, nor can be the case. The State debt is a mortgage upon all the landed property of the State, in the hands of its citizens, aud both in their natures are abiding. as time*. If the present generation groans under the weight of taxation to pay the interest, we can readily perceiVe it* effect*upon the next, upon whom ihe principal must fall. This is an “Iricumbrance of interminable duration,” ' against which’,.no industry, no human prudence on the part of the individual, could guard. It is thrown against his wilt, upon his property, which, he had fancied, would pass to bit children unembarrassed.

for nothing Itas been realized, let each make up bis mind never io pay the firai farthing of interest, or (he first dollar of principal, until the full consideration shall be received. This course adopted, the day it no: far distant, when her citizens will be extricated from their embarrassments, and Indiana stand forth in all her former splendor.

Comer of Fern/ ajid Market streebj f'rray, Indiana,

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The Death ofCeorre Wolf.

In our last we briefly announced the demise o this distinguished individual, and then felt, and still feel that aometbieg more than an ordinary notice of this dispensation of an all-wise Providence, is due" to the many virtues and excellent character of the deceased, and trust that tome one more intimately acquainted with him, will perform the duty. . ‘ ■ In listening to the brief eulogy pronounced over hit remains, .we were forcibly struck with the brevity of life and the certainty of death. 1 here was brought up to our view in quick suecesaion, the life and character of the deceaied->-one which was conspicuous, and attended with those honors which, though grateful to the heart, fail not to weigh down with anxious cares and troubles.

Report on the Internal Improvement System* The following is the Report made by Mr. Lake, from the committee on Canals and Internal Improvements, in the .House of Representatives, ■February '12, 1840.

tCOMCLODEp] : ‘ . Then it was not founded iu wjidotny became it did not.include the means of Iti acconiplisb/anetit. Therefore bo prudence, no human skill ip its prosecution, could have saved it , from its * -cqally pccmaiure eudi It, however, it originated in weakness and folly; its prosecution has been still more uuforluate and fatal to the inter■cats of Indiana. ; 1 ' , It is true the syslera-has been fixed upon in Indiana. It has been prosecuted,.and 41 is cqually true, it halt fallen into the hands of its' friends, and now lies .powerlessa and lifeless, unhohored and unwept. , * The committee are of opinion that , however little of wisdom there might have been in its adoplion, there has been -leas of prudence and skill in its prosecution.' , The most fatal error In the-blit was the provision for the prosecution of these works.,, Each work was la be conducted by. a Commissioner interested in its prosecution, regardless of the * whole: hence local interest and sectional feeling triumphed over | ublic good, f . , To this eourco we may attribute the numerous lettings, unconnected with each other, on the several works. In this view of the case, it is not a forced construction to say, that U appears to have been the first object to obUin ibeapptopriatfon of the Very inadequate amount of ten millions, and expend it in such a manner bn all the works in detached parcels, as to secure further appropriations in order to save-That which had been expended. A single inslaticeVijnilustrate this proposition. To the Madison, Indianopolis md Lafayette rati road, 158 miles in length, was appropriated in t)ie bill as a parl of the ten .millions, $1,1300,000. This sum was ' supposed by all to be an amount sufficient to complete the work; yet we find in 1830; (bat sum - expended aod appropriation of. $>100,000 asked for and obtained,.and. yel-24 milps, of that work are not completed; From the Govcrpor’e message ofTSSS, we mike the following extract: •“We find 90 mites jof the Wabash and Erie canal, 31 miles of the Whitewater canal, 23 mites of the ladianopohe division, and SO.miles of the southern division of the Central canal, 22 mites of the. lla'dison and Indianopolis rail road, and 41 of miles of the New Albany and and- Vincpnnea.McAdamized road, completed or Tendered fit for navigation or use, in the spring. These works are said by his excellency to have been completed on the 3d Dec, 1633; in the aggregate to amount ; to 225.miles, to‘complete which, it appears by the report of the auditor of the same date, cost $4,644,150, which shows beyond doubt that'to complete the whole embraced in the bill, and upon which appropriations have been made, and moneys expended, it will re-' quire more than 27 millions of dollars, which, at 'simple interest will amount in 25 years, to more than 37 millions, " v . This being the case, it is in order to inquire ■ how much the State is in debts upon bonds sold for Internal Improvement purposes, bow much 'the State Is m debtj upon bonds sold for Internal Improvement purposes, how much to the Bank for advances, and bow much is still due.conlracl0It appears frSm the report of the Fund Commissioner, L. HoBcoli, to the dots of the year 1B37, that bondsnbr the purpose'aforesaid, has been sold, in eluding455,000 dollars to theiMailtsou company, to the amount of $3,629,000 Due the as annears by the Governor’s message, - ; .. 641,200 Due to contractors, including damages,'to be estimated, supposed to be 1,500,000 r Total $10,770,200 It sppers from the report of the Auditor to 31st of Oct. 1339; that there has been expended on the public works the sum of ■ $6,119,032 50

Gov* Wolf was no ordinary character. During the time be occupied the executive chair, noble 1 and important enterprises received their first impetus. His, master mind saw their results, and with an eye alone directed to the tu-’ lure interest, honor, and glory of bis native State, steadily pursued hn object, regardless of the caution of the timed, or the more thoughtless denunciation of the unthinking. Our Internal Improvement System, the proud monument’of Pennsylvania's fame, owes much to bis ceaseless efforts, and watchful and anxious care. Not in this alone docs he merit the meed of praise from The people of this State. Our "Cbmmon School Syifwn,” now so happily operating in all or nearly every portion of onr State, is the result of his unwearied effort. Were this the only act ofhis, it would stamp his name with immortality—would eccuw to him the eternal gratitude of every.lover of his species—every friend to society, morals, and religion. It will be remembered with what virulence this philanthropic measure - was assailed—what means were resorted to, to cry down the open and zealous projector of an universal system of education; tod it will be remembered while Pennsylvania.is the Keystone of* the Federal Arch, but with widely different feelings; .Thousands yet .unborn will riie up to bless his name. The heir to poverty will linger around his grave, and with a tear of sou I-felt gratitude, moisten the green lurf, while his heart goes forth in thankful gratitude, that such a matt occupied the executive phair. ‘; ■ i But Ite' is gone! ■ There he lies, cold in death! The eye,, whose express! ire glances were sought for—the approving smite for which thousands labored, now lie beneatff the clods of the vallejr; He, upon whose counsels a free people .were wont to rely with confidence, Is now a silent dweller withthe dead! Distinguished station, nor honors, nor goodness of heart, nor purity of - life could ward off the decisive blow; and.be who was not long since a State's pride, is now.the ob-! ject over which she bewails, androourosthe re- ’ moval of one of her brightest ornaments*!. ■’ ' v " [State Cap, Oar; ‘

Oswego Canal . t $64,460 70 Cayuga aud Senerfa. ■ r ‘.15,517 62 Chemung J ‘29,833 II Crooked Lake * '10,037 55 Chenango, j 136,043 97 The aggregate deficiencies of the lateral canals which have been paid from the; Treasury since thccompletioh of the canals, are as follows, viz; Oswegd * 9 yean $226,316 10

Cay uga and Seneca 9 years '110,346 80 Chemung 0years 190,513 90

(irooVed Lake . 5 years i 52,223 54 Uneuango • 2 yeara . 238,702 13 . ’ ‘ Tol<| $818,197 65” These are deficienciesoverand above alt.the! tolls and revenues collected Upon works from their completion to 30ih September, 1838* Yet we are told; and the people havojbetn assured again and again from high authority, that these, very canals are productive In point of revenue; and by,the engineer, in his report, as recited, that'“it will not be fair to cotnSare those of Indiana with those of Now York.”' ; It will be seen,* further, that ihe petple have: beep 'assured by the Executive,- and r at official documents that New York commenced her pubI lie;works tipoii her public credit, meatisorliicjuceiuents greater than our#.” So far front thia being tliofact, tho act.thaj created a Board of Cointnimjoaors, and au tit dialed to commence the;Erie and Champlain emtals, set apart a fund for the payment of interest and principal, as is shown by .the following extract from the report of the commissioners of canal fund, of Jan. 4th,1837, p.8. • •. V; /The auction and salt'duties if ere transferred, from the General Pund to the Canal Fund by the act of 1817, which provided for the coromencoment of our system of internal irnproremeoir and during a period■ ofnearly (twenty years.these sources of revenue have yielded to that fund.the sum of $5,047,397 11, bei^$302,626 41 more than the whole sum paid Tor interest from 1617 to the 30th September,' 1836,; on all the’ money borrowed for the construction of the Erie and Champlain canals.” ‘ | : Vf This is atill more clearly demonstrated in the following extract from the Albany Argus, ipnb* i lished at the seat of Government of New. York/ June 27,4820. In speaking oftho disposition of the publje to adventure largely into internal improvement without counting the cost, the writer says,- ■, "So far from haring repaid its; cost, had not the Erie canal received the benefit of the auction and salt duties—sources of revenue belonging to the people of the «Aofc Sfafc-r-the debt for. its construction would .at this,moment have.been more than its whole cost, or more lhan$8,000;006. In qther words the Erie canal, possessing advantages and yielding a revenue beyond any other cant! in the world, Aar nW yet, done any Ming* more than keep itxelf in rrpatr, and jwy the intercity on whai mould havebeen ,iU debt, if instead pf using money belonging to the whole people; the meins to construct the workVhad been borrowed. -The debthu'been provided for, nut from the tolls of tbe canals, but from tbe general fund for that purpose,' and, haying accomplished that object, have been restored to that fund, and are now used for the ordinary exposes of the government.” ' There is another feature connected with the prosecution of the public works in Indians, which distinguishes tt from the course uniformly adopted by every other State in the Union, and which is perfectly irreconcilable with legislative .duly. Since the passage of the bill of 1836, the committee on canals and internal improvements have never made and published a report; and j this is the more strange, from the fact that up to that period, it was uniformly done. And it is believed by (he committee that the first instance is to happen in any other Stale, having a system of internal improvement, in which it has been omitted at any one session. The legislature has been left to glean from the messages, and (he reports of tho board and engineers, the facts in relation to the manner in which the system has been prosecuted: while the people have been left without information. All has been trusted to men engaged in prosecuting the works, in borrowing and disbursing the money, and whose motto seems to have been, "ditdote nothing—conceal aU, u To prove that thia motto has not only been adopted, but observed, it is only necessary to refer to his excellency's message, delivered on the 4th Dec. 1338, in which he says in the most emphatic language, "Thirty-one miles of’the White Water canal, and 22 miles of the Madison and Indianapolis rail road are ready for navigation or uso in the spring.” And again,' to his message of 3d Dec. 1839, in reference to the same subject, ha asyt, “The lolls collected on the Madison and Indianapolis rail read, for th* 6

The Governor, and chief engineer, 3Ir. William* ore equally Unfortunate in reference to the New York canals, as will appear from the Comptroller’s report, made to the legislature of New York, Jan. 3, .1339, in which ho says, p, 26 and 27, ; | "The prosperous condition of jlho Eric and Cliamptaio canal fund, lends to erroneous estimates respecting the resources of'the canals, distinct from the auxiliary re venues with which they have been aided. The othcr.canals of the State are not only much lew favorably than the Erie canal, in regard to jrevenue from tolls, but they are entirely destitute of auxiliarjr funds. Some idea of their condition, in a pecuniary point of view, may be formed by showing what would have been the condition of the, Eric and Champlain Canal Fund, at this;lime, tf money had been borrowed for the construction of these canals, and the fund had defended solely on the tolls to pay the debt. A statement fats been prepared, and is appended to this report, which shows that if the Erie and Champlain canals bad beendepiived of the benefit of the auxiliary funds which were originally pledged for the payment of the money borrowed, there would have been a deb' against these canals on the 30th September, 1333, after deducting the surplus of the present year, of $3,549,060, and in this estimate the Erie Canal has all the benefit of the contributions to it in consequence of the construction of the lateral canals.” * "The original cost of the Erie at d Champlain canals, that is, the sum actually expended in constructing them, was$8,-101,394 12. Thus it is shown that in the operation of borrowing, expending, and re-inibursing the cost of the Erie and Champlain canals, confining these works to their own resources, the debt at the end of twen-ty-one be $57,675 greater than the whole dum diigmalty expended in constructing the canals.” . ■

V;.- Oemee rmcf.

Bt Rkt.-W. S. Bxwjh.—*“The system of Democratii government.ia mosi.beautiful in its suitelure, and benevolent in its operations. It is tbs transcript of the government of God. It is supported by theprofqundest researches of philosophy, by the snbliraeii teaching of religion, the pdreii piety,.tho deepest virtue, the firmest faith, the.brightesthope,the.roost extensive charity. It gives to each the rights of ill. Each man is estimated a unit, the sum of which makes up the whole, x What is the right of one is the. right of ail.-ili,centers no titles; it bestowano i mm unities. It mikes each accountable for. the whole, and pledges the protection* to the. whole for, the good of each; The man that is In insignificance, and bred in a corner. msy. byVcontinuance,in.well doing rise to the centre of glory and ho nor. J Merit is the only avenue to success. And sons arid daughter* of-the rich, by the.neglect oflririuej by indulgence invice.willkidk into merited insignificance. The man In office may.bo removed without a revolution,' while'vacantseats are open to lhe emulation of all, 1 ;l can conceive no form of government.to perfectly compatible with the sublime principles of Christianity, or so directly calculated to promote the happiness*of all mankind, as a Democracy. It needs only to be understood in theory and adopied in practice, by a people qualified to teat its qualities, to secure the admiration and support of every philinthropisi throughout the world,”

Of this amount it appears there was paid fbrcox•rraucrrox, the »umof 4,255,488^03 And for contingencies 1,683,694,42 This table exposes at ouce the great error or ' deception of s3 the estimates made by the engineers. These estimate ihe construction, and allow but Utile for contingencies. One thing is certain: the fault is in (he estimates, or in the manner of disbursing. This is evident from the report of the engineer annexed. In the expenditure of $20,563 ; 9(}6, he only allows foreuperIntendencies and contingencies, $890,000, while iry the Auditor's, report, it appears to have cost double that amount to have disbursed six mil- ‘ lions. and by the same rule, in disbursing the twenty millions; but little more thtfc two thirds erf the amount will be expended on work actual- : Iydone, t lbe remainder being exhausted on salaries, superintendence, &c. t , The next branch to be considered, it, in the opinion of the commiitee, the most dnlicale and - responsible of all, the promised revenues arising - iroro the works when finished, Thisia a matter of opinion, and can only be satisfactorily by comparing the works of Indiana with those of other states. It is a sub.iectfa which the public at large hare been mis- ■ Isd more than any other connected wt lb the system. Nor is it the people slone whs hate been

Rbtomjtiosart SotDiCHB.—A pangriph i» . going the round* of tho Whig presr, Btttmg that Mr. Harrison i* entitled to the credit of being the author of the Act of Congressgranting a pension to the soldiers of the revolution* . This ii'not the fact. Gen. Bloomfield, former!/ Governor of New Jerse/, was chairman of the committee which introduced the bill into Congress. Therefore we pluck this featner from the. H*e* r-o’scap.— JFabath Enquirer, .

Sir. Williams and bts Excellency aresti'l more unfonunatd in their reference to the revenues of the public works of Pennsylvania, The Governor of that State, iri his Message, the commiitee on canals and internal improvements, in their report, and Mr. Huchanan in his published letter, cay, • . ■ , , ■ “That their publicworks as a whole, do but liltlo more than keep themselves in repair, and in motion; and that the Slate will have to borrow annually, one miHfon of dollars to pay the interest on their foreign debt.” , Again;—Mf. Williams Ustill more.unforiunale in his reference to the public works of Ohio, with a view to satisfy the people of Indiana, that ours were similarly situated, and would be equally productive;—we say unfortunate, because he will be presumed to be more faiqiliar with Jthe Ohio works, than those of Pennsylvania end New York; the more especially, if Charles Hammond, Editor -of the Cincinnati Gazetie be considered good authority. In his paper of June &Hli, 1830, after publishing the facts in relation ter (heir public debt, and the revenues of their public works, as obtained from the Andltot of State, in the conclusion of his rem&ka, he says; “Tbs interest upon the foreign debt of the

■. That the committee find, and thus they leave the simple and unvarnished history of the Mammoth Bill, the system, fin prosecution, its end, and its friends and authors. It sleeps, and, as a icAo/e, long and undisturbed be its slumbers. Indiana is iii debt—her credit doubtful—her honor in danger—her people embarrassed with debts of their own, and the taxes heaped 'upon them. But this is no time to despair. Let ever; native and adopted citizen of Indiana double bis industry, observe the most rigid economy in bis expenses, and go to work with renewed and increased energy, full of hope and confidence, and in her fallen fortunes, as a patriot, let him love her morei‘adhere more closely to her,'and a wear that Ijer fsilh, her credit, and her honor ahall be maintained, at every hazard, every Hooiier son “pledge his life, his fortune, and bis sacred honor,” to stand by her in tl)s hour of trial—to pay the interest on the bonds sold, for .which we have realized the consideration, and like a good citizen and patriot, let each bear hit, burden with patience, But on the bonds iold, upon credit,

Gbs. Harrison’s BEjiTiuEitm—We quote the following eenrimenis of the Whig candidate for the Presidency. It may sit well upon the cdhsciences of our many friends here: ••THANK GOD! I HAVE GOT RID OP VIRGINIA POLITICS AND VIRGINIA UEGROES.”- ' “I WILL NOT CONSENT TO ABANDON THE TARIFF P0L10Y_TILL GRASS GROWS IN THE STREETS OF CHARLESTON AND NORFOLK.”—-Baltimore Fott.

An editof in Vermont his invented « stoiel What a benevolent manio lattor/ .y.; good of others—for we knew .an ; •*»« who bad much to ciwlt for ntmlelft , .

fSjflrffi I ■ AND SWITZERLAND COlfNTV DEMOCRAT.