Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 27, Vevay, Switzerland County, 4 June 1840 — Page 1

AJTDSWITZERLAND COVJVTY DEMOCRAT.

BY ISAAC STEVENS.

“THE SENT-INEL ON THE WATCH-TOWER OF LIBERTY,”

AT'83 PER ANNUM.

VOLUME IV.

VEVAY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4,1840.

NUMBER2I

Fablistied ererr Thursday Moraine,

tain Frocrusms I once read of—a man of horrible cruelly. It (a said of him that he used to place on a bed, travellers who felt into his hands, and if they were too long for his bed, he cut off the projecting part, and if they were too short' he placed anvils under their feel and beat them out till tbey equalled the length of the bed. Mr. Chairman, I am not'extravagant when I say one half of the time of this House is consumed by the opposition in denouncing the administration for its profligacy'and extravagance. If the opposition are sincere in the charges tbey make, will the people not hold them to a fearful aocountability for their gross neglect of duty when they are apprized of the fact that not the first attempt has been made by that party to reform the abuses of which they iomplain! If such abuses ‘exist, the solemn oath they hare taken, in presence of heaven and man, to faithfully discharge their official duties, binds them to the throne of eternal responsibility to their conscience 'and to their country, to point out those, abuses, and to recommend a remedy. If they will^the'democratic parly here, to a man,- will gladly join, , with heart and hand, in assisting them in reformation. Where are the abuses of which' you. complain! ■ Are there; more officers than :are necessary to manage the Government! then point them out, and tlioy will be reformed. Are tfae salaries ofofficcrs higher than necessary to seepro men competent and qualified to discharge;the duties-and trusts.severally connected' :wjth their officesl then point them .out and iheyiwiU be r reduced. Sir; I have a right to*demand that the opposition shall discharge* the duties 1 have here proposed. The country will demand it at their hands, or they must ceisb their clamor of profligacy against the administration.—But they will not attempt to propose a' reform/ or point out .an evil;. They .know the government is as w%ll and as 'economically administered as it can be. They'know that the business, of the government cannot be administered with a less number of officers and clerks than are now employed, and they alio know that competent men cannot be obtained to discharge the official duties, for salaries reduced below thetr present standard. . Extravagance and profligacy ia the howl of the demagogue in all governments, and'it is the howl of the demagogue in this government. Thave said that the opposition bare pointed to ho instance of extravagance. 1 was wrong. They have pointed out.one item./,! allude to the public printing/ That item thrown up to the .Democracy more than one thousand times this session! and from the fact that jhat- tingle item has been harped upon in almost every speech that has been made by the Opposition, it is fair to presume they know of no other instance .'of extravagance; and how do they stand in relation to that.' 1 During the last Congress the* Opposition bad a decided majority in ibis House. They elected a Printer of their own party. Yea, sir, they elected a man of their own; and fwho was he. 7 A miserable tool of a miserable faction —(I mean the .Conservatives)—an empty, brainless coxcomb without-a name, a residence or a foothold on the face of the earth—a-pennylcss loafer; one of the gaupt, lounging office seekers that beset this Capitol, and ride you Ukt .the nightmare, without the means of doing the print-; ing, and I believe, without the first dollar ti procure the means; and what was the consequence of his election!. The public priming, in place hf being done by the Government's confidential sworn officer, waa ( farmed out to Gales and Seaton, not confidential and sworn officers of tho Government. . Yes, air, the public printing was farmed ou ft and tho man of straw elected (!’ mean the Editor of the Madisonian] received ten thousand dollars .per.annum for the office and trust thua reposed in him, -and.Galcs and -Seaton did the printing for. the balance of the profits.-- What was llie course of the Opposition then, think you. 7 Was it to reduce'the printing! No,/sir; not .a word was)hen said about the extravagance and profligacy of the public printing; but on the contrary,* more fat jobs of printing were thrown into the hands of that corrupt .and fraudulent combination than has ever been known ip any Congress since the organization'of the Government, or the establishment of public Printer/.by which the public printing was swollen to upwards ‘of $'331,000, which is mom than double as much as it ever amounted to before, and’ that enables Gales and Beaton to pay tlje enormous rent of ten .thousand dollars. But as soon as the party character of ibis House was changed, and the printing was about to fall into Democratic hands the; *yelp of extravagance in tho public‘printing was raised by.a hundred Whig tongues, that had before been as silent on that subject as the grave. But, sir, what did the Democracy do on the resolution of tho gentleman from Georgia, [Mr, Black!] They ordered a committee to investigate the subject of the public printing, and to report-to this House what they might find to be a fair and just compensation for the public printing; and Blair and Rives were elected public printers on the condition that they were .to receive a fair compensation. That committee have made their report,.it is now on the Clerk's table; it ia in favor of retrenchment, and the Democracy wilt sustain it, So'much for reform in the public printing, the only item of pretended extravagance pointed out or attempted to be .exposed by thcuOpposilion; and that item would have remained uuexposed by tbem'if the printing had remained in the hands of their party pets, “Offiece holders and spoils parly.”- Sir, have, not every feeling you physical and menul,been nauseated and sickened at that incessant cry—that miserable hungry howl of lamentation, which is never permitted to die on your ear! I once before exposed the fact by tables and figures, that more than one-half of all ike offices of this Government are occupied by Federalists, and I now assert it to be a factirfiyt one-half is not enough for-ihe;n “ieuyr ojlhe biller tori of tociely they claim them oil; and nothing short of full possession will ever satisfy a. party whose principles teach them' to believe they 'were bora toru)e.the ‘’common people*” The Federal parly claim office as .a natural and

political right:—composed, at they claim to be, of "the decency,” and vie//rrxor/ of they “arc born to rule the tvinuh multitude.” This right has been disputed by the Democracy, and it is this dispute, and the rights and principles involved, that have produced all the political struggles and turmoils that have been witnessed since the commencement of our Government.

[no power to tax one portion of the community to relieve the distresses of another. Such a power cannot be .exercised in justice, nor did ever the framers of the Constitution contemplate such an exercise of power. Congress can give no relief on any other principle tha*. by an unjust and unconstitutional system of taxation either directlyor indirectly. .To all such applications for relief, {I mean for.euch distress as is now said to pervade the country,} as a representative, I must say, (however cold, heartless,., and disconsolate the advice’ may bo considered,] go home, work harder, and live more economically, and relief, will bo your reward. Sir, 1 have said that the cry of panic, as in time before, is tViade for political effect and party purposes. It is so, and such is the object of the demagogue. But 1 have Ihe'charty to believe that some of those who are attempting to spread the alarm of distress are,'or think they are, sincere, but I am Constrained to betfevo that many of that class are laboring under a species of derangement,— There is a kind ‘of derangement called monomania, which leaves the individual effected with it in full possession of his reasoning powers, on all subjects except the one on which he fade? t*tigcd. For instance, the 'monomaniac is dcnutged on subjects' of religion, and .perfectly rational on all others. Hence it is that soma persons fancy-themselves to be the Saviour ofjmankind, ortu be onc.of. the ancient prophets[ and in some instances, tb bo the Almighty himself; or may be deranged upon the subject of mechanics; henceJt is you . hekr of persons spending a great their lives in attempting* to invent the motion. So ft is with .the(ebyniist, who spends his life* in pursuit of,the philosopher’s atone. So it is with metaphvsics, &c: -,And yet persons laboring under this ipe’cics of derangement |may bo perfectly capable of attending to ordinary, business. Professor TiEa.ll of Jena continued to perform his profesi tonardutiei for . some time,, all hough laboring under the fixed hallucination of believing himself <o bo Emperor of Homo, it any other instances of a similar character could bo cited.— Alexander Pope, in a few linds, illustrates,'in an mteresiinrg and forcible manner, the various effect of monomania on different individuals.— He sung thus:. r

illustration of the most forcible and undenttblecbaracier—and one, loo, which at the same time that it carries truth on its face, will setre to convince every man who reads it) or bears it read, that the .poor man has but little to expect on the side of mercy and favor, from General Harrison or his administration, if elected.— (general Harrison is in favor of and has voted ■ for a Jaw authorizing and requiring tho sale of the poor man in bondage ami degrading slavery for the payment of a tine ami costs ill which he might be mulcted, or what is tantamount thereto- This, sir; is a starting statement; but 1 have tbe proof at hand—read for yourselves: "Extract from the journal of the Stale of Ohio, dated Tuesday, January 30,1831. The Senate met, pursuant to adjournment,' 'I TheSenatothen, according to the order of tha . 3r l r ,‘i*r kcd , in 4 committee of the whole oo the bill from the House entitled, <‘an act for tlie * punishment of coriain offences therein hi- ' med," and after sometime spent therein; tbe speaker (Allen Trimble) resumed the chair, Hr, Fiihiao then moved to strikeout the 18th section of said bill, as follows: * •

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Will the Democracy now surrender! Heretofore the claims of the Federalists for all the of-

fices have been made in blustering demands; now they are made in pitiful, winning, sickening, crocodile whimperings. The Democracy, in tho support of stern principles, resisted the ono! Will they now permit theft sympathies to bo so overcome as to yield to tbe other! Will they permit their principles, to maintain which they have so long, and so manfully contended, now to be sacrificed at the hungry yelp and pitiful whine of a host of lean, lank, lazy, lounging office seekers, which beset this Capitol, and annoy tho Country elsewhere! "The spoilt parly;'* and what would the hungry Federal office seekers be, if they'were to get all the offices and'spoils! would they not- be "the spoils party” too; and how much would the community be benefited by the change! I ask what benefit the (ax paying community would derive by- turning out the well.fed, fat, clean, sleek, democratic office holders, and putting in a swanti of hungry, lean, starred, Federal office seekers!

SPEECH OF MR. DUNCAN,

OF O'HIO.

■In the Houib of Representative!,* April 10,1840. On the bill making appropriation for the civil and diplomatic expenses of-the .Government for the year 1840.* * -> - 1 31b. DUNCAN, haring the floor, paid:; ; 31 r. Chairman; 1 believe the bill before, the ■committee lathe general appropriation bill. *: .* [The Chair answered it was.} * 1 will inquire if there is any particular amendment,* or any particular section of the bill, now ■under discussion! ■ : 7 [The Chair answered no.] ;■* :

ilfurihrr enactedi Thai when any person 1 Cither u ™ n ®*ect«ion or 01I1LR\\ ISE; for the non payment of a fin* ' orcosi, or both, it shall be lawful lor the sheriff of ihexounty OUT SUCH PERSON aa aah iy any person within tliisSUte who will pay the whole amount fine, forth e ahortest penod of service: of which sale public notice shall bo given at least ten days; and upon such’ sale being effected, tliethcriff shall-give the' purchascr.a ceriificate thereof, and from which lime the, relation between such purchaser and prisoner bo. that of 31 ASTER and SER1 AM, Until the. time, of service-’ expires; and for injuries .done by hither, remedy shall be bad m the same manner as is, or .may be, provided by la wm the case of master and apprentice. - . .-But nothing therein mentioned shall be’ construed to prevent persona ’ from being die. charged from imprisonment according: to the provisions, of the thirty-sevemh -eectron of the act to which tins is supplementary, if it shall be ■ expedient |o grant such;discharge. Provided that thejeourt, in. pronouncing; upon any such P c /??Mt? nv ’ c f«•!.: u Mcr this act, cr the act lo which tliia. is supplementary, may- direct such pefson.0 persons to bo detained; iu prison until roe fine jbo paid, or persons other wise disposed ofagreeably to tho provisions of this act.”j And yeM and jnays being required; those who voted iD thoaffirmative werejAIesim. Bea- - Heaton.-Jennings. Lucas, Alaijhetjre .’McLaughlin ..McNiUon, f(ow; comb. Robb, nussel SchofieM. Shelby, SpenrtrCole, Foss.; Foster War LIAM lIBKUy HARRISON, well, Pollock, Ifuggles, AVliedi tn^Speake?!’ /;■-■ ■. . ■, - ; •’ ' SicRETARY OV State’s OrVICT, ' ■:,./ ■ M>lumbus. iSepi. 10/1338, f < * cert !lj,Jh* l f the foregoing is a trot and ac< iSkV’ • ? - S W 10 ’ f, ff ,h6 first leuion of Ae' r -’ y?: • * ' ‘ • CARTER B. HARDAN, / • •; c . ....i. .i-V - Secretary of .Str, thfe ts the journal certified to jjythe pro*’ officer;, and m order that no] false issue may be raised as to the meaning or intent of ibosi who vo ed for and against a proposition degrading to the American character; at war with every pn nciplc of our free institui ions, and doristf. tutiug ablack mark, a foul stain, upon the legist mlvb iT D n° r - * that tffere may bo.no false issue or mistake..! willmhmir' the remarks of a distinguished siatesroani and patriot of the lapt war, at the lime the measure • was under discussion. ;i allude to Gen, Bobert Lucas, who distinguished himself in.ouraecond war for Independence: has for many years been a member of both branches of the Legislature of Ohio; her Governor for four years, and he i* nqw Governor of, the Territory of Jtnra. “General Lucas in the-true spirit of.patrioU ism, made the following n marks. ■ * “ W J ial r Vl. epemt on of this sectionV* said Air, Lucas, “We will suppose a case; sup’, pose one of tho patriot of the Revolution should bo. | mulled by to cneiny of his country, ora tory.who fought against him in the struggle for liberty, and he shobld be provoked to comnut atr assault in defending the honor of v h I8 Governnicm r by our laws he miglu be pro*: ; eculetf and finedj. Ho is poor and unable-to ‘ pej the fine,, W hat would follow under the proWstons of this sociioni He is publicly ADVERTISED FOR TO BE SOLD-he it dragged by the crier ajong the streets^—the mis who provoked ihe.aasault.bidi the amount of Jhe fine and shortest; term of service,- say Jbrly yeart—and lhe old palriol is knocked off to hupniectiforMi,bondage. • .j ;, -“Any unfortuDaie citizen, who in an ungarded moment, mighl be.thui 'subjecled to the payment of a fine, would be.ltable .to be sold under ’ tfaib section and driven into slavery by a FREE NEGRO, negro choose to become the purchaser. /.: / . ;.• . / ' “This would be oivoltiog lo;every principle of humanity,' and a disgrace to the age in .which we live. . . . • ■ *' : ;

Panic! 'paoic? .panic? That’s the string to pull. ; .Turn back to the history of your Presidential elections, and show me one in the political statistics 'of your country, if you can, that has not beau swampedin the federal cry'of PAKtb. : ;Examinolhe public journals from the commepcement' of the Presidential elections to this time, and you wjlt find by them that every year.that a President has had tu be eledted, is a yeaKof panic anddesolation. The cry of "panic and desolation!* is ono.of the standing modes-of electioneering. The people understand it, mpl are no longer to be gulled by it, and they look with contempt upon those who make it, as they do upon the slanderer and calumniator of American institutions and the;American character,— The yelp of panic, ruin, and distress, is ‘ now overspreading the land and doing its bale and dirty work of slander upon the character of our country. Where is the panic and distress to be found? Where it always-will.be found: among the.pennileia loifers of yoiir country—those who are .too lazy and too proud, to work, and'have nothing to trade upon... Alt the panic and distress we have, consist*‘in the inability of that class to enjoy, (he ‘‘glories of thecredit system.*’ Sliow me tha man in our wide spread Union he baa been the subject of..misfortune) who depend*, upon bis, own < industry-land ;bii own resources, that cannotlaugh atyour panic and sneer atyourdemagogical cry of distress, And hern I must qualify this general remark,'by the exception.of many hundreds of persons of the most useful claia of society. I mean those who labor in manufactories. They'are; no doubt, seriously, affected by the depressed and. deranged state of the currency; but all their difficulties grow:out of their connection with institutions,' the proprietors and owners of. which'* have not capita) of theirown by.which to cqhduct them. If such persons will s tuny their own real interests, they will cut joose from suchestablishments and such’proprietor*,-change their business, or engage in the employment of those who; have not to depend upon the'smiles and favors'of banks, and the uncertainties of ihu ‘‘glorious credit system.** • ‘ \ . ' 1 But, if there is distress, and fpanic in the country? What is the 'cause of it : but your miserable ban king and credit systerd that the united efforts of the-Democracy have been directed to. overthrow, so*far as it is excluaivd, monopolizing,'and partial id in operation—a system, which, ‘so long as will produce periodical derangement of the currency of the country^abd/distress with those who trade upon capital not their owti. :Bnt,l;repeat,What if there is panic and dietress in the country? Has Congress /power to give relief!' )Vhat constitutional authority have we for making this Capitol a poor-hodae? A nd by what constitutional authority can members of Congress, in their,iepresentative capacity assume to themselves the office of overseen, of the poor! .< Such a use of this Capitol, and such a; usurpation of .office,, and such an exercise of power, was never ’ contemplated by the framers of this Government; nor i»i it any where, except in the babbling noise oftho demsgouguo, or in’the brain of the raving: political monomaniac. Sir, it is a settled principle, tand-a fact well known and universally understood, that' all the wealth' of this'country is dug.ja sweat from her soil; and all the comforts and conveniences are the offspring of the united labor of the farmer and the mechanic, and upon that must we depend for nil. we polices, either as a. nation or individuals composing'* nation.Arid let ms assure you; whatever system of policy may be established by legislation, which frill enable one part of life, community to live without labor, must and Will have the tbpdfency to throw a greater portion of labor on those hot eo favored. Such is the natural consequence, and such the practical effect,-as all experience has shown, and will continue to show; and such is the credit and banking system', as it has existed, and now exists, in this country. - * All the* panic and distress that now hangs ever us as a people, or any portion of us, had their origin in extravagance, idleness, or overtrading. That fact dare not bo denied; nor dare it bo that they have had their foundation>in the credit and banking system, by U'e facilities they afford to live without tabor, and temptation to speculate/

So 1 supposed from the range and character of the debate yesterday. The debate yesterday _w«s monopolized by the opposition; add they talked •of every thing that is now, ever, was, and it to ■come—abuses of power, panic,ruin and desolatioo, ofonrlamented country—and the profligacy and extravagance of the administration rformed

' as ostial, the principal themes.-'. Well, stir, 1 1 like such latitude in debate; it is in character with - the liberal latitudinarian, and free spirit of our ' political and religious institutions.' I think; I advantage of the latitude in'debate' now enjoyed, and talk of some things too, not ' immediately connected with the subjects before ithe committee.

It is perhaps unnecessary for me to inform the people of this country that such is tbs frame end' character of the government, that the executive has no power to appropriate & dollar of the public money (hr any purpose, nor has .he power to spend a dollar only as he is authorized by Congress, Whatever of profligacy may exieUn the -management of this Government must be exclu-

“Unnumbered-throngs on every side are seen, ; Of bodies changed, by various lorras of iplceu, , Here living teapoU stand, one arm held out, , One bent;- the handle (his, and that thesrwot; , ■' A pipkin there, like Homer’s tripod, walks, • ■ ® ?*ohs a jar, and there a goose-pie tides, - Wen prove with child,« powerful foncy Urks, And maids, turned hotUcs, cry aloud for corks.” , ; B ‘f> we see Jhit men -.become deranged on rilieion, mechanics-,.citta.pK3\t3 t , . may they not become deranged bn.the autiVctof political . They do f v Our s tnadical - records furmih. many instances of the kind; so they do otf subject? of finance.and economy.., The cclebraled Dr. Eberly, informsus that he knew, a person who for more .than twenty years was 15 mil v, pcrsoaded that lie was the President of the United ptatosp snd yQt would rcouvprsa and thijik ratmnilly upon.oil: the ordinar/.xoncprns of life.. W8 have all heard-of persons of alBuejft circumstances pinching themselves with hun- | er * andglqthojn rags, lest they should come to want and die m poverty. Suah is Ihe polilical monmnanla -under which some of our politician v are jiojv_ravingj, and.jf Alexander. Pone hjfed at ibis jly, and hr pur ha w^uld ®ftcn tin from reason’s shining way |.Tochasoa pbhntbmin thcTigljtofdaj; !; in miittensave the affairs of state, •gAod wild inthAma* in the ml they’re great.

•lively charged to Congress; and yet the gentle-: man from Virginia [Mr. Wise] 1 stated on yesterday, that the. executive is, and has been responsible for the last six or seven years for every dolUt wbvclv hat bean appropriated and expended by Congress. The gentleman holds the Executive responsible for that over which he has no control. Can the President control the expenditures of Congress! No, sin Congress has ‘ the power of making appropriations to any amount, and for any purpose, without consulting the President—without his approbation, and contrary" to his wish. Ths power cf the President to prohibit extravagant appropriations is negative; and even that power avails him nothing, {provided two-thirds of each branch of Congress ' note for an appropriation; for'the bill making the' appropriation in that case, is aUw with* or 'without bts signature or approbation. Sir, I refer you to the President's messages, and to. the report* of the estimates of the Secretary of tbo ■Treasury for the truth of the fact, that one half -of all the monies appropriated is done by the -authority*,, and'upon the-responsibility of C6n- . gress alone. The Secretary of ths Treasury, pre- - .seats to Congress estimates of the amount of appropriations necessary for government purposes; and the President endorses-these estimates and tscommends them. Here his responsibility ends; but Congress have yearly made appropriations far above the estimate of the Secretary of tho Treasury, and for other purposes entirely, than itbose recommended. Is the Executive -to ,be held responsible for such appropriations as thetfe, >anJ, inconsequence of them, denounced for.extravagance and profligacy, far'and wide ar the "Union! The intelligence of an honest com mobility supersedes the necewityjif reply lo.aiich .denunciations. ■• > But let- me refer you to the journals of this House, for the truth of another strange fact. That is, that more than Ihrec-Riurths'of, all the .-appropriations mads over and 'above the estimates recommended by the Secretary, and enforced by the President, have been proposed ,bv the opposition, and carried by p majority of their votes. How does this fact Correspond With- the never cessing howl ofe’Xtra valance with which we are annoyed and with which the country is . perpetually alarmed! 1 Thegentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Cushing] followed in the'wakeof the gentleman from Virginia, and concurs with him in holding the Executive responsible for such appropriations. Ym, sir, be goes farther; be not only holds him responsible for such appropriations, but be holds him responsible for any estimates that ha may recommend oyer and above what may strictly bo wanted for the ordinary support of tho Govern- ■ pieot. Further; he Holds the executive rupon- ■ aible for failure to recommend estunaterand appropriations for the purposes of internal improvements, when,and where they are or shall be .necessary. This is strict accountability on the broadest principles; and what does It all mean! It means,sir, 1st. '.If Congress appropriates roojiey without the knowledge and contrary to the wish of the President, he is to be held responsible, 3d. If the President recommends one foliar over ths estimates, actually necessary for government purposSk,for internal improvements, 4r any other purposes, be is to bs held responsible, and denounced for extravagance and profligacy: and lastly, if the president withholds his yecommendation of appropriation! for the purpose* of internal improvements', security on the seaboard* dee. he is to be held responsible, and .denounced for."mcanly sneaking and skulking!’ fnm the responsibilities and duties attached to bfroffice. , , Verilyi these gentlemen remind m» of a .cer-

r-.v ■ Now preach (hoy panic with it tinj-tonj tone, When panic lives within their breast alone; .Now hear they Furies yell it) deep despair,/ With deadly icrpenU hissing from Ih'cir haif.» Politically mad at Bedlam 1 ! King, ■ ’Around the world theirdoleful ronj they linp, O’er fertile fields they leave their baleful track, Blow up the wotld, nnd chuckle at the,crack.

. Such u Ihe.heHl-born phantasy that holds J The fall nil prophet Vfn iU crimson foliii; Makes banks perfcctior, by d simple thought, I Anditrim fa tench mea, what can n’crbeiaughL’ 1 But,‘Mr. Chairman, liold you I intended to talk of tome things not; immediately connected with the bill under consideration. 'I-desire to talk sbme ; about ’ the Praaidential. election. - I hope I wi[I not - be considered, out of order.— When the. fimplo pro posit too. io instruct the Committee on Finance to report an appropriation for the Cumberland road, .was before the House, the Whiganeed'up one .entire,week in attempting to prove that* General Harrison ought; to be elected President of the United States. -1 .hope It will now - be in order, on the generat appropriation bill, for me to use ah hour or two in attempting to prove that he'sboiild hbt be elected,

So. eir, !. proceedwilh my . proofs and objecionsf .i.; . . . : *

’One of the modes now employed to •lecura the overthrow” of the Administration, andto Secure the election of tba Federal candidate/is to i mp'resi on the minds of, the people that” General Harrison is a-poor man l and. therefore tbepbor mynVfriend; that he is the inmate'of a log odb T i n, drinks hard cider, and'is compelled /how In the sun-down of his ,life, , lo tpil in* sweat anp dust for his daily maintenance’; and therefore, AT elected to the Presidency, will be capable e\ appreciating the poor man’s condition, and. will 1 direct: the. administration of the Government wiih-reference. to the interests and benefits of that class of the community. These, if true, are powerful inducements for the poor and the friends of the poor to suitainGeneral Harrises for the,Presidency,-all.other circumstances bein favorable. But that lie is, or ever was, at heart, a friend to thspoorman, I am.prepared to doubt; and with a view of being as brief as possible, in support of this belief, I will give one

r “The question then taken on Mr. Filiman's motion and carried in the -affirmative-? yea* 20, nays 13., So .this obnoxious provision, voted/or and defended by \VM, H. HARK ISON, does not now disgrace the statute books of Ohio.” ■ .

While 1 am unwilling to admit that any man here can go before me in commisserating'thc misfortunes of my fellow being*; nor can any one rejoice more at the. prosperity of our country, and,the happiness of every.clasa of society, than 1 do, yet 1 hold that Congress has neither the.powor nor tho mean* of giving relief in cases of distress. ] say that Congress has no such power, I mein by that, that Congress has

And Ibis, sir, is the manifestation of-Geh, Harrison's attachments -to, and sympathies for ■the poor man. What will the lineey hunting abirt wool hat inmate of the log cabin,’ who delight* occasionally in taking a knock doWo for the laudable purpose of improving bis courage, and-hardening his body, (for which be may be mado-the subject of fine, and costs, which im may hoi have tbo means of paying) say to such &

'The Furies were .mid by the ancients to have Ge ; ry serpents hissing from their, hair.

POLITICAL.