The Wabash Courier, Volume 1, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 January 1833 — Page 2

From WaflkittfftM.

rib* THK I*. r. COOH** AND nmUBTOy CO RRESPOXDEMCBi Washington, D. C. Dee. 21, 1832. S«: Wc have bad a variety of opinions expressed in this City, as

ot op

Kpresea in ujbuujj as to tiu.

writer of the recent Proclamation. It seems now to be conceded, by all parties, that on constitutional points, its doctrines are ultra federal, and being go conceded, it is contended that it must have been written by Mr. Tnney, the Attorney General, or Mr. M'Lane, the Secretary of the Treasury. U«t there are those who ascrlbc it to the pen of Mr. Livingston, Secretary of State. They are met, however, with the assertion, that its argumentative part is so much at variance with the democratic opinions of Mr. Livingston, that it is impossible he can be the author.

Without pretending to any particular knowledge of the facts, I will state my views. It is generally believed here, especially among gentlemen from the South, that Mr. Van Buren opinions, on the present

crisis,

are known

to the Executive, and that he is favorable to the policy of enforcing the Tariff laws. This belief is strengthened,

not confirmed, by the course of the "Albany Argus? supposed to be the direct organ for the expression of his wishes. Taking this for granted, as I do, then I think that the President has, himself, dictated the great outlines which shouldgStamp the character of this document. And perhaps I may add, with truth, that it contains more of the sentiments and feelings of Andrew Jackson, than any official paper which lias emanated from the Executive Department, duringhis administration.

I have no doubt Mr, Livingston is the writer, from the peculiar style of eloquence, and construction of sentences, and even tournure of phrases, it is evident to any person conversant with French literature or oratory, that it must have been written by one not only familiar with the French, but one who frequently speaks and thinks in that language.

Why, then, should it not have been written by Mr. Livingston? Because, say his democratic friends—-the proclamation contains, in their pristine purity, all the doctrines of the high-toned Hamilton party—the doctrines and arguments wnich Mr. Jefferson repudiated in 1798 as leading to undefined power, and consolidation in the General Government—and which he pronounced British tory doctrines:—and Mr. Livingston, they add, was of the Jcffersonian school. l^et us test this objection, by the unerring voice of history. It is true, Mr.

Livingston,in 1798,99 and 1800, acted with Mr. Jefferson. But did Edward Livingston entertain the same opinions of the constitutional law in 1788, and S9, that he subsequently professed to entertain? And if he did not, what was the supposed cause of this change? jl 4 "4, 4i derdwussTon, in the general and state conventions, Mr. Jefferson was in France, as Minister Plenipotentiary. He could not, therefore, mingle in the party squabbles of the day, and could hardly be said to belong to either party. His capacious mind was much occupied in watching the convulsive throes ol agonized ranee, whose people were preparing to burst assunder the manacles with which they were loaded. It

was,

however, known that

he did not approve of the constitution as adopted. He was alarmed for the sovereignty of the States, and ex ed his Tears that these sovereignt would ultimately become enffuTpl and swallowed up by the Hamilton! scheme of consolidating all power the Federal or United States Gov* ment. So freely had he expressed his apprehensions on this point, while vet in France,that his venerable frien S. Hopkioson, of Pennsylvania, dreaseu to him a letter (I nave not statement before me and write memory*} in which he says—y understood to be an anti-federoftst, &c. To this, Mr, Jefferson replied—lam neither a federalist, nor anti-federalist, and then proceeds to state his objections to the constitution, and how far he was anti-federal.

Previous to the dissolution of the old Government, Mr. Jefferson applied, through his friend, Mr. Madison, (under the confederation Congress made the appointments) for permission which was granted, to return to the United States on his private business. When he arrived, he found the new Government organised Gen. Washington chosen President fand that be was, himself, designed as Secretary ofState. In the cabinet of Gen. Washington, he toon bccame entirely satisfied, that the counsels of Generals Hamilton and Knox would prevail. The former was Secretary of the Treasury and the tat* ter Secretary of War. His apprehension having been confirmed by the practices and tendency of the admini» tration, he retired, at an early day, under the firm conviction that the Government was rapidly verging towards consolidation, md that the friends of

State rights must rally and organize, or State sovereignty would be annihilated. It was thus, that what was orieinallv termed the anti-federal, were led to assume the title of the democratic party. v.r 3

Now, while the constitution was under discussion, let roe ask, where was Mr. Livingston, and his family, and his friends? The debates in your State Convention, as published, and other documents, more ephemeral, will answer the interrogatory. The high toned

federal,

aristocratic party, in the

State of New York, was headed by Gen. Alexander Hamilton, and his fa-ther-in-law, Gen. Schuyler. Their friends and adherents were John Jay, the Livingston family, and other eminent men.

Theanti federal, subsequently the democratic party, was lead on by Governor George Clinton, the Lansings, the

Yates's,

Melancton Smith, and as

sociate whigs of the Revolution. In your Convention, Robert R. the brother of Edward Livingston, was second to none, in the high tone which he assumed. His great effort was made on the Judiciary, hs the aid of Gen. Hamilton, who had

been

3emocratic

specially designat

ed by the federal paity to sustain that part of the constitution. Mr. Robert R. Livingston was a profound jurist and one of the most eloquent men of the age in which he lived. In the Convention he was called upon to grapple with a plain, unsophisticated citizen, the force and powers of whose mighty mind, seemed fathomless as the ocean. Melancton Smith, was the champion cf the anti-federal party, and although he is now almost forgotten and un known, yet no man of cruditation wil ever read the debates in your convention, without being sensible of the intellectual endowments of Melancton Smith.

Thus, then, it is evident, that at the adoption of the constitution, the Livingstons were federalists and they were ambitious federalists. They had formed high expectations of preferment under the new constitution, and they were disappointed. John Ad ams was elected Vice President, John Jay appointed Chief Justice, and Alexander Hamilton called to the cabinet. I enter not into the motives of the change, but I give the historica facts. Imniediatly after the organiza tion of the Government, the Livings tons evinced discontent, and subse

uently united with the anti-federal or party. I repeat, then— I am of the opinion that Mr. Living ston wrote the proclamation.

THE SPY IN WASHINGTON

Jf-ashinglon, Dec. 2t, 1832

The spirit of the South is hourly manifesting itself. There can no Ion ger be a doubt, that they are opposed to coercion and any attempt of the kind would be odious in the extreme Virginia will do all in her power to mediate, 1 hope successfully but much fear the result.

The friends of the President appear

and support of the Northern federalists but wish them to give that support to the administration, without assigning their reason for so doing.

The Anglo-Federaliste," as Mr. Jefferson termed them, enjoy a more complete triumph, in the doctrines of the proclamation, than ihey have ever enjoyed since the first year of the e" der Adams' reign* I have no know ledge of any public document, since the organization of the Government, which carries out, so completly as it does, the principles for which Genera Hamilton contended in the convention that formed the Constitution.

Mr. Hamilton said, All federa governments are weak and distracted. We must establish a Nationa government, completely sovereign, ,'and annihilate State distinctions |and State operations/' But Gen amilton was overruled, and we esaped a consolidated government.

Mr. Mason, of Virginia, during the discussion, exclaimed—u What! would "you use military force to comply the

44observances

of asocial compact?

never will consent to destroy the State governments." And Mr. Bet ford, of Delaware, in contending for "State rights," and particularly the rights of the small States, remarkec that, Sooner than be ruined, there are foreign powers, that will take ns "by the hand." The quotations are now made to show yo« with what pertinacity the sovereignty of the States was sustained, and how difficult was the task of bringing these several sovereignties to unite, earen in fcderaf government

I have

heard

some babblers compar

ing what is termed the whiskey insurrection in Pennsylvania, to the position Ih which Sooth Carolina is now placed. Let roe first notice an essential difference. South Carolina is acting, through her regular nnd duly constituted organs of government, as a State in her sovreign capacity. The Pennsylvania insurrection was the act of unauthorised individuals, in opposition to the State and General Governments.

TO* or

—Francit Bloodgood,

Eiq. bat been eleoted Mayw of Albaay.

WABASH COIJRIEI. TER&E -HAUTK, WD. Thursday Morming, JMBtry 84, IMS.

CONG EUSSSIONAL BLBCTIOII~1838.

In the progress of our happy country, it is pleasing to witness the steady growth of our own State, in wealth, resources, and population. From a weak, feeble, and helpless Territory, she has grown up to a respectable rank among her sister States* From an infant Territory, represented on the floor of Congress by a single Delegate, IsdIana finds herself entitled to seven Representatives, and enjoying a rank, in point of numerical strength, inferior to but few. While some of her sisters have been standing still or retrogading, she has successfully advanc ed in all that confers happines and prosperi ty on her people. The prophecies of those who thought they saw in her infancy rich and abundant materials for greatness, hare been outstripped by the reality which meets us in all the departments of our political and social relations. Indiana can look to the past ten years of her existence as a

State, with pride and exultation, as evidencing a degree of prosjerity rarely equalled* —never surpassed by any member of our Union. Possessing all the requisites that constitute a flourishing community, notbiug is now needed but a developement of her natural resources to render her equal to the most prosperous of iter neighbors.

In making a good use of the power of which she is possessed, much will depend on the choice of individuals to represent her interests in the State and National Councils In an especial manner, will this be the case in reference to her Representation in the Lower House of Congress. This increase in her Representation will avail the State but little, unless the selections be made with direct reference to eapacity, honesty, and industry—without all of which a public man must remain valueless and inefficient. Mere numbers are nothing where mind operates and where genius sways uncontrolled. One such public man AsHayne, or Webstir, can effect more for his country than a legion of such individuals as generally crawl into our congressional halls. Those who have witnessed the all-pervading influence of such men, in the halls of legislation, will need no argument on this head. It is true, wc have neither Websters nor Haynes in Indiana, to honor and serve our State but we have many individuals of fine talents, wfee, com pared with a portion of our Representatives now in Congress, are superior in every point of true excellence. In making choice of public men, both in this State and elsewhere too little regard is paid to qualifications— too much to party, and party considerations. Many well disposed persons, unfortunately deem qualifications a secondary consideration—choosing those who can pronounce the shiboleth of their party tribe, without talents or worth, in preference to an indivi dual of a different character. This is, beyond doubt, one of the greatest evils of par ty, because it excludes from the public coun cils men of acknowledged abilities, and, in many cases, is a passport for those notori ously unqualified to serve the People. The "ri~- —rtf. forty-seven thousand freemen, however gratifying to tBe feelings of the successful candidate, will not transform him (if before incompetent) into a wise man, nor confer talents which Nature has refused to bestow. Though he may occupy a scat once filled by a Lowndes, a Randolph, or a Clay, it will but make his incapacity more manifest, and more glaringly discover a mind barren in knowledge, natural and acquired. Such men can only render themselves contemptible, and disgrace the honest but confiding People whom they profess to represent.

It is too frequently the case that the most notorious pretenders are best calculated to deceive honest men into measures for their sapport. That which a high-minded and honorable mftn would scorn as a political weapon, would be eagerly" seized by many who aspire to high places, but who are less scrupulous as to the means of asoending them. In our day, and, we fear in our State, this system of political deception is by no meant uncommon. Men without a single qualification to fit them for public life-~-without age, experience, or talents—are often found aspiring to stations where the hoary head, the well-trained mind, and the flashing intellect, can scarcely maintain a man with honor. The muqhfpom of yesterday is to-day a giant -^-aspiring to greatness almost before he measures the stature of a man, and grasping at laurels which will wither in a day,i( transplanted to the care of a barrai and sterile intellects They forget that something more is required than the possession of that selflove so prevalent in the weak and thoughtless mind, when they claim a seat where they mast necessarily remain cyphers—always ineficient, often contemptible in the eye* of other*, a reproach to themselves, and a disgrace to the State they represent. Many such have gone to Congress, from more State* than one, have been laughed at, done nothing for the People, and little for themselves except poketi*g a few thousand from tkt public crib! Individual* of this character are very mad) wronged when their fellow-citixens impose apon them the doty of Representative in Congress. The fires of ambition, when once kindled by partial mccess, are not easily repressed, aad will lead its victim from scheme to scheme, till, finally, he fells, easostaiaed by talents and public virtue—the miserable,

dfcpe of has own folly, weaknees, and imbedMany men tha» circumstanced, are, in all respects, amiable aad worthy—in private life all that their friends coald desire bat, when translated into publio life, would be a standing mafk the derision and contempt of the world. An individual may make a good stomp speech (as the phrase goes) may be very clever in his intercourse with the People—shake hands and smile to great advantage—act the demagogue, if you

please and, after all, be unqualified for a seat ia Congress We venture these remarks ia a spirit of good will to even the humblest candidate but we deem it our duty to make them, hoping thereby to warn all well-meaning citizens against the numerous pretenders by whom they will be visited before the next August election. There being as yet no candidates before the People, our remarks are general, and not to be applied to any particular individual. They are made with uo partisan or party feeling, but under a solemn conviction of duty to the People of

Indiana. Having ourselves witnessed the total inefficiency of one of oor Representatives in Congress, and the consequent degradation of the State in the eyes of all, we will be excused for not wishing to sec a similar calamity inflicted. The People should take this matter iato their own hands, and, by a demonstration of opinion not to be misunderstood, repulse the pretensions of all whose claims to their suffrages are not founded upon talents, honesty, and experience without all of which a public man is but as a sounding brass or a tinkling symbol."

The Hon. JOHN C. CALHOUN appeared in in the Senate on the 4th inst., was qualified, and took his seat as a SKWATO* from the State of SOUTH CAaouKA, and has, of course, resigned the office of Vies P*ESIDKNT of the United States.

STATE BANK.

We learn from Indianapolis, that the bill establishing a State Bank and branches, passed the House of Representatives, on Friday last, by a vote of 41 to 28. This bill provides for nine branches. Its fate in the Senate is extremely doubtful. is

REFORM.

Col. James T. Pollock,of Dearborn county, has been appointed Receiver of the Pub' lio moneys at Crawfordsville, in the place of Israbl T. Canit, removed, Mr. Canbv waa appointed to office by Gen. Jackson, on the 5th March, 1829, and, consequently, has not held the office quite four years. Unless report falsifies, there will be an opportunity afforded to forget Tobias Watkins' defalcation, by the magnitude of a more recent and more flagrant one. A short time will suffice to prove it, we think

We publish two interesting letters dated Washington, from the pen of some unknown writer, in the JV. Y. Courier and Enquirer His attempt to identify Mr. Livinosto* as the writer of the President's Proclamation is any thing but satisfactory. Because Mr, Livingston's family were federalists, the writer is of opinion,that Mr. L. has imbibed tteir principles, all of which he finds embodied in the proclamation. This is poor logic, to say the least of it, against the use of which, all libera) men will protest. Apart from this un just assumption, the letters contain much inttmr.tion.

ana

Mr. J. Lynd, a member of the House of Representatives of Indiana, from the county of Orange, died at his residence ia that county, on the 12th instant.

James Thomas, of St. Mary's county, Maryland, has been elected Governor of that State for tho ensuing year.

O^-The proceedings of Congress, so far, are quite uninteresting—so much so, that they are not worth the room they would occupy in our columns.

Pro and Con.—A short time since if was stated that Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Calhoun bad been burned in effigy in Spartansburgh, South Carolina. It is now said that at Sumpterville, in the same State, the Proclamation of the President was bqrnt, amid t|»e hisses of all the citisens.

A MADMAN.

By the following paragraph, from the U. S. Telegraph, it would seem that Gen BLAta, who so recently assaulted the editor of that print, has been engaged in some other discreditable acts of violence and outrage. His assault upon Gen. Green, we are pleased |to see, is universally execrated, aad mast stamp disgrace on him, both as a man aad a gentleman. Blair is a hoge frame of human frailty, about 6 feet 6 inches high, weighing something like 350 lbs—a giant in every thing bat honor and decency. In the subjoined paragraph he is shewn to

IRDLUriAHP iLuffdtiism

To the politeness of Geo. Tirroit, we are indebted for the following report and bill, which was ordered to a second reading in the Senate, on the 4th inst. Mr. TtrroN,*from tha Committee on Public

Lands, to which was referred a resolution ffof the Senate, instructing #e«n to inquire whether farther legislation was necessary, to enable the President of the U. States, to cause the Public Lands in range ten, yest of the second meridiaa in the State of Indiana, to be brought into the market, report:—

That the line dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois, as detignated and established under the joint sanction of these states, from a point on the Wabash, due north, to Late Michigan, passes through range ten, west that, in establishing the Statyline, no notice was taken of the sifrveys of the public lands, nor was thj intersection of these public surveys with the State line noted, so as to 6hov the correct fractions and subdivision! of the public lands on each side of tW State line.— also appears, by a correspondence between the Commissioner of the General Land office, and the surveyors general of Cincinnati feld St. Louis, which has been etamned by your committee, that in Nowntber, 1827, instructions were issuec to the surveyor general in Ohio, di acting him to connect the surveys the sections caused to be made frac onol, on each side of the State liue,' ith the line itself. This order not hi ing been complied with, similar ins uctions were issued in December, II !tJ, to the surveyor general at St. hi is, who re)lied, in 1829, that he id made application to several surwors to do this work and that no onpuld be found for the price, allowe/by law, of three dollars per mile, to refece the old line, and to connect the pflic surveys with the State line. Ccjequently, these andscould not beoired for sale and the Committee repel a bill.

A BILL to authorise tHPresidont to cause the line dividing the ates of Indiana and Illinois, to be traced Id durably marked.

Be it enacted by the jwte and House of Representatives qf the Uted States of America, in Congress ornmWefThat the President of the United States beind he is hereby au thoriied, to cause the liiofdemarkation between the States of liana and Illinois, which is drawn duo nth from a point on the Wabash to Lake A higan, as designat ed and established unt the joint sanction of these States, to be ri iced and distinctly and durably marked

TKOM

turnish US Witn tne view, ot

some of the earliest and ablest expounders of the constitution.

advantage:

"Axomt* OPT*AO*.-—General Blair, of South Carolina, entered the theatre ia this city, night before last, armpd weth fawr pistold aad two dirks. Daring the progress of the play, he deliberatly drew one of the pistols and fired it- -the ball striking the stage very near where Mr. Plamer aad Miss. Jefferson were standing. The offcen of the house threatemag to remove him by foree, he promised that, if they would permit him to remain, he texmid hekmte like a gentleman but in a few minutes attempted to draw another pistol being reewmstrated with, he left the stage box, aad took oae of the front seats, where be deliberately drew another pistol, cocked aad pointed it at the stafe. The actors and the audience demanding it, he was then disarmed, aad dragged by force from his seat. Upon reaching the lobby, be prew off his coat, aad played the b«flfy ia irut style.—t/, & Telegraph.

1 to cause tho sur

veys of the public land both sides of the State line to be com ted therewith: for which he may allow compensation as he shall deem just and asonable.

The numerous readi of the National In lelligencer, in all partf the country, will be pleased to hear of steady progress in publio favor. Condu id, as it always has been, with propriety!*! great ability, we were not suprised oaring ti)e subjoined paragraph:

THE NATIOjf WTELLIOINCER.

We recollect h/ng mentioned on last New Year's Ay, the number of name placed onjf subscription list of the National Iblliqejncer within the month immeftely preceding that day, considering as a flattering evi dencethat

our

cfse and our services

werp io suuit acceptable to the public. The iibtr of new subscribers, within thiuth referred to, was 694, exclusive papers ordered under the authority oh two House* of Congress and of jy State Legislature, This unusuall/rge addition to our list, we siippoi to be in part occa si#ned by thelproach of the Presidential Electj inducing an interest in the conten^f public journals beyond what isially felt.

We have nt^scertained the number of new subsciions within the mouth ending the cpefore yesterday. Considering thejortness of the present session of Caress, and the little expectation off important transaction in it, We a^greeably surprized to find the nutr to aihount to 689, being withife as many as during the c^rrespondijperiod of the preceding year.

These suriptions, it should be remarked, ar) voluntary, neither flowing from £onage nor obtained by solicitatioipiany1 of them are of course foriiled terms: but they nevertheless brd also a, large addition to our pepent list of subscribers. Daring tljune period, the DitcontimumceSf ffall causes, (deaths included) haviot exceeded in number twenty oyt

A Wsjgton letter writer, under date of ember 29, states that accounts tf been received in that city, fro6ttsburg, mentioning that Judge Brinof the Supreme Court, had becq insane, and was confined in the hitai. It was feared from the maJ ot the attack, and the symptoi^iat it would prove a case and

of CO

incurable lunacy.

Thefnxmd Whig mentions that rginia is 1n favor of the Proclamation. It states, r. Tazewell was about to

Presid

PR6CLAMATlTy.

That our readers may we tho feeling til: prevails in South Carolina, on the subject of the late Proclamation, we subjoin an article fromthe Charleston Mercury: ,, 111 **OH THE CHARLESTON MEKCCRY.

Let any man read Gen. Jackson'sf bank veto message let them read his^ doctrine in favor of Georgia, let them read his opening message to the present^ Congress and then,while the ink is not yet dry on the last mentioned document, let him read the ultra-federal* proclamation against South Carolina: and can he, if an honorable, conscien tious man, dare he utter one word in defence of the consistency of the Pre-* sident?Musthe not confess, that as apo^y litician the man is utterly unprincipled? It is impossible that the same mind, however illiterate and undisciplined, can entertain at the same time principles so diametrically variant. It is evident, that with no other rule of action than his own personal motives of favor or malice,he iscontent to stand sponsor for any argument which defends the' dictates of his willJ^**V?° fl

He hates the bank—and to assailf?f and crush that institution, he expiate» on the sovereignty of the State, and repudiates the supremacy of the Ju-M diciarv, and claims to enforce his views of the Constitution in spite of the Judiciary. lie has partisans in Georgia, and values her vote: and he, justifies her in nullifying laws and treaties of the Union, and in spurning with disdain the interposing mandates of the Judiciary. He is not bound there to support the court with his bayonets. lie hates Calhoun and the nullifies —and when South Carolina nullifies a law, he declares that%he feels bound, her case, to support the court in its interposition, by all the means in hisT power. J? *3''

Is such a man fit to be the ruler over a free people? 1 Is not his whole course marked by every feature which can define a tyrant?

But this ft not all—he has falsifiedour history as to the formation of th$' Government. He has misrepresented, our doctrines to the people in hit procla^ mation, that he might avail himself of the odium excited against us by hi* falsehood, and palliate the atrocity of revenge, which be meditates as a murderer. He has exposed his bitter ani-, mosity to men, while hepcetended to be dealing with principles. He has villified our'public men, accusing them ol falsehood and duplicity, and unveiled the fretting of&n ulcerous spirit wounded by the ignominy in which he involved himseli, by his deliberate, false, treacherousyand triumphantly repelled assault on the character of the Vice President.

He promised reform—and whenhnr patronage been so prostituted, orofti* cial influence so exercised for venal, corrupt and selfish purposes, as under hfe rule!

He recommended retrenchment— and he has been most profuse in his expenditures for the reward of his favorites.

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He has appointed men to the very' offices for which the Senate has rejected them, and set the representation of the States at defiance.

He recommended that no President should be re-eligible to office and when Congress undertook to act on nis recommendation, he raved, because the rule he suggested fcr others, was proposed to be applied to himself and he became himself a candidate for reelection.

Such is the man who now appeals to the citizens of South Carolina, and invokes them to rise in parricidal revolt against their own laws, and shed the blood of their brethren. If the State submits to him she is unworthy of her liberties. If he and his minions can arbitrarily rule the destinies of this confederacy, America is no longer frees and if false to themselves, to the holy' cause of American liberty, and of mankind they succumb to this man theiv, indeed have our revolutionary [fathersr fought and b:ed in vain, and the people, of this confederacy will deserve the,, destiny of slavery that awaits them.

During a period of seventy-six enrir there have been only four Chief Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Thci salary of the Chief Justice in Great Britain, has been reduced from ten to

Norfolk Herald, a redocument, as a refutation, or is Virginia's great casable of dividing any hair

view

Sooth and Sooth*Weart

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eight thousand pounds sterling, still much exceeds the official inc

income,

of the whole of our five judges of the Supreme Court.

PublicBuildings^Washihgton.— From a report submitted to theSenate, Dec. 13, it appears that the expendi-. turc on the public buildings at Washington, since the last session of Congress, amounts to $67,021.

REMOVE DAMPNESS FROM AW ApARTXEirr.—Take a few pieces of chloride of calcium or muriate of lime,, and place them in an earthern dtah within the room*

A hungry Jew paying particular atten-, tion to a ham, when asked what be was saying to it, replied, 1 was saying, thon almost^ pursu&deit me to he a chhstUQ^'