Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 146, Vevay, Switzerland County, 29 August 1834 — Page 1

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I J? 3 4 7y rov 0 Wiw .'Va Dwtht, oflhc .Mr.J)uh; . Idvciiiscr. I got vonr loiter throe tiny ago rn-.l I finij liht glad to k'i'l yon oneerstnod considerable sihont thn Idler I wrote to you. Vivi say now. that a good miiiv folks ia your parts havr got a notion l Ii it the Constitution is n u in all '..inks, ntl that Congress haint got nu right to uwlo nnv bank, and you want to lam if I have siny thing to say m tin: in-iilt r. U el now, tan is considerable of a j-b, especially in such ;!nrr hot weather; and so I must take off r:.y co.a I'm a spell, and give you ir!v noiier;?. in the fir.-i place, then, who and w hat is Congross? When we git that well understood, then I ii its w iil work easy. Accordin to my notion, Congress , is iJir pr,i ph. Every tnan in Congress actin tor about 0 thousand, jist as nu would liile denn n hiirol of cider to a gallon, p.ndjist accordin to the mi turof that barrel of cider, will be the nalui of that gallon of rale jnce. Whatever Congress chusiis to do for the. good and well lein of the people, it is j is t the yam? a if the people did it themseh es. Then, if the proji'r. are soveieign, Congress actin for them is sovereign : hut Congress tmit act accordin to the Constitution. Well, what is the con stitntion? U is of the natur of an arr( mi ii inade a good nvny year? ago, jist aricr the old war, when all the old Continental States got together, and agreed wpon a government for the l all scrape on 'em. One state a givm up a lcet!e of its powers to another, and iakin jomethin in turn; and arter a long talk, and ngreein on all matters, made a Constitution, cr tet of rules for the good of the hull people. If any man takes up that Constitution and reads it, man and hoy as I have, if he don't sav it is about as complete a piece of work as ever was put together, then l"il aiee to ti him my commission, ana ttuow in my regimentals i suv l ax in the bargain There aint one thing that congress can do according to that Constitution, and do the people any harra no way; for the folks that made it seemed to look on all sides of every line on't. They knew there was two sides to a pew ter platter and they turned every article over and over, and over, and examined both sides back and front, and sideways; so that no possibility should happen for folks that are only acting two years for ;he people to do the. people any harm. The great starting point was for Congress to have the power (acting for the peo jde) to do all the good for the people possible, and just as the people would do themselves ; but Then agio, knowing the nature of man, and th.vt be might sometimes do harm when he meant to do good, they put in all kinds of .hecks somethin after this fashion Congress might git a notion to say that it would not do for some men to have too much property, and it would be best to scatter it, so that some should not be too rich nd others too poor; but to prevent this, the Constitution says that no man "shall be deprived nf his property withoit compensation. Then agin, Congress might take a notion that certain folks better quit the country, or be put in prison, and all t'for the public good? but the same constitution fays no man shall be depriyed of his rights or his liberty without a regular trial by jniy composed of men jist like himself, from one pint to another; and wherever there was a pos sibility for Congress to make some mistake of this nature, the Constitutions pins cm right down and tells them not only what they cnii do, but what they caiit do; and this latter pint is by far Jli.r most important S he constitution lct Congress do all the good !

Vas;un;ton, August r2

it can, but it takes plaev good care to keep jt j'" catt.e 1:1 c neighborhood rcqnirM it."' from doing too much good, which is often She 1 hc Squire- was a peaceable critter as ever nature of our public bodies to do, and especially wa? !U!(1 nLVCr thin without Law on his v hen they git heated, jist like these folks a spell ?llIe 5 ant! 1,,s s bein now alongside on him, as ?igo in your' city, who got a notion of doing sop00" as ,!'ry ,l0:ml f this "hey begun to muster much good, thev thought t! eyM try and see if,"P the ,)!1 l!ceds, and got the compos and snrIhev couhl'iit rna'ke all "the black men white, amlvpvin chain, and the next day there was a terwi.fto men black, and this though net r.gin law,j",,!c to do all about Socco, when the folks began hat is there was no law ngin it, yet it was nginjto?cc the posts and rails goin up round every a r.atur. for if you mix black wool and white w.ol cr0 "I'i tnmon. f.r there warn't an r.cre on't

t-rtiier it makes gray all the world over; butitlint !,e Sqniie h ul'nt paid for years ago

if you go to mix black folks and white folks to-f-.ther, it makes yallow, and that shows it is a gn rioter if it aint ajin law, and what ia agin natf r ought to be agin law. I'-'it it aint agm law not natcr for Congress artin for the people, to do all the good they can for the people provi-lin in doin so theic aint nothin in ihc- Constitution agin it and that hem wt-1! nnrci stood, we. come now to consider what tight co:,gres 1 as io make a bank. If I have a right notion on't, at the time the Constitu'ion was made, the bilk did'nt knotv so mu h ol the na'rir t' haukin a they do t.ow t-otne Ivid tiio-i it, especially s me of the old Continent : S'ate. and ma le bid woik on"t,jiM ; s-;mr i -Iks h id tried steam woiks; but in the ro!,ie ot time, w a roni..ei ei unsate and initios. j I-..-MV rnii'idcie i the bet xvay nf wot kin s Ihi g. Twenty years ago I hive harn m i icr s:iy, sheil rather walk aioot clean t' I't'5!:n, afite shed go on i!oari nee of tin :n pl.-.jy tc if.i b'at. She said she. had no eoiili i;cr:' e in rin tin n she'd go round 1 1 o i;i Cermc : X nw-iy to M-iib'.ihead, in an ohl fi-hing si;. k, 1 wi'h a h ad wind bt at about for I. l'S :-. ri i i I ;ie sas and !. wa g :o..d I'Ut .avt cl..ii-cd con i itl.i

hie since then, and every body now goes in

team boats; and jist so it is wish banks, if they are well managed and well understood, arc the completes! tiling for makivg tilings jjo quick am: smooth in tins c'arnal widespread connti a ever was invented but it is the nat;;r o( hanks to go along rather loo qwirfc, and that was seen a go.-vl spell ago and when this 1 e sent I.'. S. I-iiik was rh-wtrivd by Congres, it va t ju a stop to this. e 1 the country was overrun with paper money as bad as old Cent in entnl Congtess knew this but they knew that !;nKS we:! ;ianage(i was a goo.i to trie country, and she only way to keep em from doing evil was (o make one to keep all the rest in order, jn;t like the. balance wheel of a watch, or the pendulum of a cloek, take them away andymi -ee .1 wiz::e:i right if. If any man says Congress has no right to make a hank for this purpose, I should like him to show me where it is g.-.id in the Constitution that Congrcrs haint got the right. Can! Congress pass a law savin that no steam boat shall be made with a biierdown in the middle on"l? or pass nny law regnlatin steam boats for the sale ty of i ires and property; ami why not? because there aint noihin in the Constitution agin it, and il Congress thinks the public good requires it, they can do it ; just as they have got the right of sayin no foryner shall vote at elections unless ne has been in the country a certain time; or that no foryner shall own vessels with our tlag; or that no forin vessel shall do any of the. coastin trade , and so on. Ihit what lifts my dander most ij, that such folks as Mr. Van laircn and his party say that Congress has got no right to make a bank in w hich the hull people o-.vn one fifth part of the capital and profits, and at the same time go for a hull bach ofState banks in which none but the party can git a finger, when the Constitution says a plain as A B C that no state shall have ti.e right to issue " Bi'.'s f Credit,"1 but that Congress alone shall hive the right to "regulate the ,,""-'"-.T- vow u a uatiK mii ami a iiu ot i newt, l should iiise. to know what kind ot a crit ter it is. And if f lks find paper money tometimes more convenient than haul money to send about ti c country just as they now find steam boats more sartin than sail boats; then if paper money aint mrrenry what on earth is? Let two jist fich countrys ai we haTe be put right along side of one another and let one use hnrtl money and suit boats, and tothcr use good safe F.ank paper and steam boats, and see which will go ahead the fastest: It is a plagy curious piece of business when one comes to think on't. to see how things have got twisted round right rong eend first on the hank question; and to understand it, I must tell you that story about obi Squire Peabody. When the Sqwire first went down to Sacco he bought a considerable of a farm, and seein it was mie than he wanted to fence in at first he let a good piece on't go out into commons, and all the neighbors used to pasture their cattle on't; but to right, the Squire's boys began to grow up, and one of his sons, who had been study in with lawyer Joslyn, he come home, and just about that time the neighbors had called a town meet, ing about this commons, and pat resolutions, and one of these resolutions said that teein that Squire Feabody's farm lay right along side this commons, other folks had to drive their cows . vcr three mile to pasture out Squire Peahody ought either to pay the difference for pastorin his cattle, or not he allow'd to hare any cattic at all on't, and Ezra Gleasing, that squint ey'd chap you've heard me tell on before, and a rale politician, he went so far as to give a toast down in the bar room arter the meetin broke "P saying " Etarnal hostility agin old Squire 4 c """"J an" ,IS cows, and that the honor ol all So arter the Squire show'd em what his right wa. and they had to knock under, hc let em paster their

, r . ,, hudiciary system is changed. J he trial by r cows on the common as belore ; but (o keep ,! . , ,. , . ... . . , , f , ,- . . .- i i . hury is established. All Iiclisrions arc tocrated; fiom taking too many liberties be used to.' V c i i i i .- .... , , . . ., ' ... and now a man may freely worship his God

em turn in a few of his 1,1 ling tail roarers jist to Keep toe rest in some kind of order, and so that all should have fair play. Your fiiend, J. DOWNING, Major. Powningville Militia, Cd l-iigade. I am a goin So Saratogne in a day or two, to see what is goin on there among the folk of the mt l (iovrrnmrnl Zckel P.igrlow tells n.e Mr. e putiin things in order a Van Huron is there mong em; them chaps when they git together (here o nigh Albany, with rail roads rnntiineveiy way. require sharp lookin arter. Satatogne, fir Politicians, is j!t like the hnh houses forkil'in pigeons; the folks all go that war. and when .Mr. Van P.nren gils there hc can fly hi- stool pigeons ennnin enuf. Theie is a ru in r.n Long -land, by the name of .1. II. S-uith, aged C year, whose posterity, to the fifih generation, amounts to TOO, now liv inr. and not an intemperate peison among the in. A few days ago, they all spent an afternoon to gethcr at the turnc house.

From the Aho Orleans JJuietin, Gile Trairie, (Texas) June 1S31. Dear You wi;h to know what tliore k that I dis

li'iC in Texas, ainl fr what 1 like the country. I will (ell you. You shall L;lvc a fair nctrouul of ihc ex: il as well as of llic g-oo. lint (In: story is too long for one loiter so 1 w ill make a beginning in this, and linisii in a InSure epi-tle. Ihc worst and sorest evil of (he country it must be admitted, is the unsettled state of (lie Government. The uncertainty the divad that rests upon men's minds, (hat their propetty is not secure that the oppressor may come in and deprive liivnuof their homes of (heir means of subsistence of (heir Liber ty. This evil is imaginary, for in truth a man is as secure in his person and property in this country, at this time, as hc would he in any frontier settlement of the United Mates. liil ipprchended calamities and imaginary evils ire (lie chief causes of unhappmcss in (his world. Time will cure (his complaint. The country is becoming populous. People possessing oiiracc ami iittrttrrnec arc nocking in from (he East and the AVcst and (hc North. New habitations arc springing up, upon (he border of every p. rah ie upon (he skills of every forst. At (his day, Texas, if she :nhrd it, could declare herself an Independent nation : and could maintain it (oo, by flic sword. At another dmc I will give you her reasons for not w ishing (o sepanUo from Mexico. She has within her natural boundaries a (errUory as extensive as (lie Kingdom of France, and she is capaplc of supporting as large a populaCion as trance. iUorc than thirty millions. Ye feel here forcibly (hc (ruth of Mr. Jefferson's assertion in (hc Declaration of Independence, that experience proved that peo ple were naturally disposed to submit to the inconvcnicncicsof a bad government so long as they were supportable rather than resort to forcible means for establishing a better. Texas complains of being oppressed by the Federal Government of Mexico. She feels the want of a local State Government. Mexi co refuses her the privilege of becoming a member ol the confederation aldiough it is a privilege which she has a right (o claim by a supreme and irrevocable law of (he land. Colonel Austin, the agent of Texas, is detained in prison at the city of Mexico, and charged with treason, for advocating this the legal claim of his constituents. We are not yet satisfactorily assured of his acquittal and release. Coahulia, to which Texas is united, against her will, makes laws, many of which remain a dead letter in Texas, and such of them only, as suit the views of the colonists, are execu ted, j The people elect their own magistrates, and justice is adminis(cred upon (hc broad grounds of natural right and wrong, without examining written codes. The colonist?, when they assented the invitation to settle in this country, expected that they were in a Republic a Government, in which every man is entitled to a voice in making the laws; and they are not willing to relinquish a right which they claim as inherent and unalienable. They cannot forget that the people arc sovereign that the laws which affect themselves in their local concerns, should be made by themselves. lhis right, they may waive temporarily, but will never relinquish; and Mexico canywl 7cre?t it from them. This evil of an imperfect Government is but a temporary evil. It will be cured before long in one way or another. People are not naturally disposed to quarrel with good laws let them spring from what source they will. The Legislature of Coahuila have lately enacted some salutary laws, by which Texas will be greatly benefitted: and this will go far towards healing the breaches and reconciling Texas to continue the partnership a while longer. 1 1 is understood, that by these laws, the "according (o (he dictates of his own con science. This opens a door for great numbers of valuable emigrants who have hcrcbolorc been exchided by religions in(olcrance. There is not a Church of any denomination in Austin's old Colony, a district of country one hundred and twenty miles broad, by one iu,d,ed and lift) in lengfh; and conlaining already several thousand families': And such is (he fertility of soil and salubrity of limate, that the population may hc increased beyond the conceptions of (hc nntravclled multitude. In my ramble. I have visited the banks of .ihc Uivers Roanoke, James, Potomac, Dela ware, Hudson, Connecticut. Morrimac, Kennehec, ( I ennessee, Nia gara, 1 Vl roit, Wabash, Miami, Scioto, Ohio, Kentucky, Cumberland. Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and on none of these have 1 found a spot capable of supporting so large a population as some in this country. Your own Fayon Lafourche of LouLiana, supports, cxcluoivcly from ajj-

riculturc, probably a larger population llianjas a master piece. I'pon the touching ) ,i any district of equal extent in the U. Slates spring, ouLddc the door, the bed was so artbut the Caney of Texas is capable of sup- 'cd upon by a pulley, (hat i( ascended s-lowlv porting a larger population than Lafourche, 'and smotiily through the four posts, until it ou are curious fo know (he cause of (his came within two or (luce feel of (he nilie-'.

extraordinary fertility. It is lhis. The soil is impregnated with muriate ol soda, lin ru-;-

tations ol salt are found in dry weather, in (he pip r altitude. The h ivmhIs n quin d many places, upon the sui lace of the ground, no instructions 'o art. In me nu ;ee et lb -resembling frost upon a plank in a cold mrn- house was in an uproar; ri.-s of '-lire! lin ! '

ing. 1 liese spots are small anil deslitute of vegetation. Wells dug in these places give water strong enough to float an egg; and at

a little distance you will perhaps find well of , lord's voire was continually he;ud e, I . t : i -good fresh water hu( many of (he wells, near jing, "Good heavens! save Ihe p.i S.-t: !i

(he sea coast a fiord water having something of a gun-powder smell. It is in (he neighborhood of the sea ronl that these salt grounds arc most frequently found. The Sea-Island cotton planters of Carolina

and Geoigia manure their lands with si!f ,Nco(chm in's voice coul I alone he iwaid. ro.ii -niuil. Here nfrf Ims manured Ihc land, and ing out, in (he high dialed of his country, for invites the cultivator. Texas will one day assistance. Al length two of (he men ser-

roduce more Sca-Islan l cotton (ban all the coasts of the Atlantic north of Florida. The oil along (hc sea-coast, appears (o be marsh mud, from which the waters have re- i (ired. It is above all ordinary high tides. and so hard that a man may gallop his horse on terra firma to the sea shore. From Galveston bay, south-west-ward, there is less low, wet, marsh land, than in any simiar cxtciU of sea coast in the United States. It is true a hurricane might bring the water over some of the land but the same hurri cane would flood the city of New Orleans and all (hc plantations of lower Louisiana. 1 he land rises as you pass inland not less than two feet to the mile, and is so much andulating as to let the water pass o'F easily. I here is a border of prairie, live or six miles broad between the timbered land and the sea. The shore alfords no trees but plen ty of timber. Pieces of wood of all sorts, shapes, and dimensions, are brought here by the prevailing easterly winds. Look out for your city upon the "Father of Waters,1 and hail the gigantic reprcscntadves of the forests of the north, as they pass with roots and limbs aloft, Ask "Where bound? ' and Ihcy will answer," Icxas. ' The timbers, planks, and spars o( ships broken and scattered by the tempest of the great sea find a resting place upon this shore. The rushing waters sweep villages from tin banks of the Ohio the fragments are strewed upon the coast of Texas. Every thing is attracted to this land. It is a mighty magnet, attracting alike the smallest mote and the proudest productions of creation. It is the paradise of Herdsmen. The gardeners of Italy and France are in vited. The one will find rich plants which even the lertilc fields of Lombardy cannot surpass. The other may prune his olive and dress his vine upon the sunny side of mountains as lovely as skirt the chores of the Mediterranean. Yours. D. STORY OF A HUMORIST. Extract of a Idler writer in 1832. Well, I have seen your friend, and find him to be exactly what you described him as being, a humorist. He seems to have imparted much of that character to every thing around him. His servants are all admirably decided to second his whims, and his very furniture is, for the most part, adapted to the same purpose. This put me upon my guard; and there was hardly any thing in the room that I did not touch with apprehension. No trick, however, was practised upon me; and as I found subsequently, I was indebted for such indulgence to one which was reserved for me at night, and which was such as perhaps all my Lsngtish phlegm would not have enabled me to hear with patience. I escaped, however, being put to the proof, by the merest accident the arrival of a poor Scotch surveyor, who was thought a fitter subject for the often repeated experiment. The Scotchman was treated with extreme hospitality; he was helped to every thing to excess; his glass was never allowed to stand full or empty for one minute. Our entertainer was like the landlord described by Addison; the liquor seemed (o have no b(her effect upon him than upon any o(hcr vessel in (hc house. Il was no( so w ith his Scotch guest, who was by (his time much farther advanced upon the cruise of intoxication (ban half seas over. In this state he was conducted (o his chamber a fine lofty Gothic apartment, wi(h a bedstead that seemed coeval with (he building. I say seemed; for that was by no means (hc case, it being in re ality a modern piece of s(ruc(ure. It was of dark mahogany, with its four posts extending completely to the ceiling of the chamber. I'hc bed, however, was not more (ban (wo feet from (he floor, (he belter (o enable the party to get into it. The Scotchman, with a good deal of assistance, was soon undressed, and his body deposited in this place of repose. When (he door was closed. 1 was for the first time made acquainted with the structure oflhc bedstead, which our host considered

The snoring .f (he S d. lunan w as ihe si;;ti. l

lor tom bing (he spnng. and he wa -een .it were heard in ihUeient cin etionc. A pile 'f shni ing-i were set in ,i bhiz.e uppo-iie (he 'window h re poor Naw-m-v slept. The landgentleman, if possible; (he flames h;iegot into (he room j i-l under him!"1 At fhi time jwe hoard mm f.ih and bellow out. A sud-h-u jsileneo took place every light was eiiu-gni-lied, and (he whole house seemed (o .buried .in (he most j rofoiiiid repose. ihe vanN, in their shirts, entered the room, with ;a candle iu-t lit, and yawning, as ifinimedi-

a'ately arou-ed from their first sleep. Thev

found him spraw ling on the floor. 'O dear. sir, what is he matter with you?"1 'Matter?'' says he, 'why isn't the house on fire?' 'What was the reason of ihc cries of lire, fire, then:' 'Mess you, sir, you mus( have been dreaming; ns honor and (he whole family have been islecp these three hours.1 The Scotchman now gave up all crcdi( in the testimony of hi own senses. 'I must ha been dreaming, in deed, and ha hurt myself by falling out of bed. Hurt voursclf, sir? not much I hope, the bed is very low;1 and by (hi (imc i( had been made (o descend lo its first level. 1 he poor Scot was quite confused; qui(c ashamed at disturbing the family begged a thousand pardons accompanied the servants (o Ihe door closed i( after them, and was left once more in the dark. But (lis last act of the pantomime was not yet performed. The spring had been immediately touched on closing the door, and the bed wa? soon beyond the reach of our guest. We could hear him groping about, and uttering frequent ejaculations of astonishment, lie easily found the bed-posts; but it was in vain hc could endeavor to get in. lie moved his hands up and down: his leg was often lifted by way of stepping in, but always encountered the floor upon its descent. Hc uttered exclamations of surprise, not loud, but deep, for fear of again disturbing the family. He concluded himself to be in the possession of some evil spirit. In short, when it was found, by his silence, that hc had given up the task as hopeless, and had disposed of himself upon one of the chairs, the bed was allowed to slide, down again, and in the morning Sawney could not but express his astonishment at not being able to find it in the dark. OUR NATIONAL METROPOLIS. It is a melancholy afiair,now-a-dav,to lake up a Washington paper. The city which was so lately the great focus of political interest has become duller than a country churchyard, and more stagnant than the waters of (hc Dismal swamp. The " news from Washington1 is no more sought after than that afforded by the latest arriral from Kcnnebunk or Oyster bay. The President has departed for the Ilermifage, the cx-sccretaries have gathered up (heir moveables, and (heir successors have gone quietly about their business. The Congressional gladiators have returned " to the bosom of their constituents,1' and are now engaged in giving bar room and stump reiterations of the gift of their oratori cal cliorts, with an eye to the fall elections. Hardly one paragraph of round wholesale abuc of political opponents can now hc gleaned from the Washington journals, and the declamation that is still indulged in is so obviously intended for other than domestic consumption that it loses half its interest. The national banner no longer waves over the Capital, the ladies no longer (lock thither to drink the accents of senatorial eloquence, and stenographers and messengers "do rest from their labors.11 Silence reigns unbroken save by the murmuring of the classic Tiber, or (hc gentle ripple which sings beneath (he how of (he passing canal boat. "Truly (he glory halh departed.11 Aire Yorker John Randolph. The f-llowing is an extract from (he w ill of the late Jehn Randolph of Roanoke, dated January 1st 103 2- It may be remembered that a few days before his death, he was claimed as a bank ite: 'And I do hereby appoint my friend, Wm. Leigh of Halifax, and my brother, Henry St. George Tucker, President of the Corn I of Appeal", F.xcrntnrs ofthii my list will and Tetamrn, requiring them lo sell all the slaves and other personal or perishable property and vest the proceed in Stock of the P.ank of the United Stales, and in default of there being such Pank, which may 'o grant for the softly of our ldrrtiis,) in the Kngltsh :l per rt. Consols; and ia cae of theie being on stok (which also may lo, grant, for the sal atiou ol old raigland) then in the I). S. :1 per ct. stei k, or in defer t ol uch (lock of uioitg igea oti land in P.ngl ind."