Litchfield enquirer., 1830-08-12
POLITICS OF THE DAY.

We laid by some days since, the following article
from the National lnteIgencer, bu. have not before
found room for it:-
A late Western mail brought us an account
Of the public dinner, given at Louisville, 10
kentucky, to Mr.. Barton, Senator from Mis-
souri,. The subscribers numbered nearly a
hundred. DIR. Richardson Ferguson presi-
ded, supported by Coleman Rogers and Nor
borne b. Beall, as Vice Presidents. The
dinner was of course marked with strong OPP
position to the present Administration. The
fifth of the regular tOasts was as follows:
i" Hon. Dauid Barfon--While such sennels
stationed the watch-ower, not eren the silent step
of ErecatiUe sncrO0chmens will pass urobserved.'
This toast being drank, Mr.: Barton deliver
ed an address to the company, In the same
vein Of wit and sarcasm which characterized
his speeches in the Senate, at the last session.
The following extracts from it will afford to
the general reader, perhaps better idea of it
than this description
/" Mr.. President and Gentlemen: ! recog-
mise ia the personal allusiOn to myself with
which you have just honored me, sent'-
ment, more noble, and more worthy of free
men, than mere personal compliment.
recognize your consistent adherence to the
great principles Of civil liberty regulated ny
Jaw, your adherence Of despotism governed
by arbitrary executive will, and your nnwav-
ering attachment to the constitutional rrinci-
s,les and national policy, for which you enter
ed into the late presidential contest; and for
which me now have :he honor to stand to-
gether; in opposition to their violation and
abandonment.
"Durng the struggle for them, by the mi
nOrty, at the late session Of Congress, they
who expressed your sentiments in public de-
bate, were not more devoted to your case.
than that part Of the firm phalanx, who, eth
,er from want of a habit of public speaking,
or from bodily infrmity, took little part in
public debate. These last were among your
most wise and safe ohnselors--wth one OF
whom had the honor lately to receive the
public appreciation Of an assembly of citizens,
nj the neighboring city of Cincinnati, of which !
any man might feel an honest and patriotic I
pride. The appreciation of such assemblies
as that, and the one now address, is indeed
the highest reward Of a public man, IT, in
truth, his cOuntry's good be the real object Of
his exertions assemblies. composed Of pat |
riotic gentlemen, Of the heads Of society, |
seeking no private advantage or emolument;
rallying in support of the principles of their |
constitutional liberty, which they conscien- |
tiousy believe to be in DANGER"
"In looking around Us for man faithful
to our principles, thank Heaven we are not
destitute Of men to save them. We havere-
mining to US a Clay, Mclean Of Ohio,
and Webster-without going any further,
we are not half ruined yet"
''Let US now take look at those two dig
nitaries Of the land, the Secretary Of State,
and Vice President OF the United States-a |
look at that "douhle reign" Of the would be |
Percy Of the North, and Prince of Wales If
the South, and see if their public course fur. |
nish no proof that the last Presidential strug- (
gle was u mere contest for office, with them. |
We all saw how amicably they co-operated
in the unhallowed work of pulling down the
late administration, So much easier than ma
king better--how all the strifes of former
rivalry were allaye1, (no corrupt bargain, in
trigue. and coalition, / hope y and al their
wide differences Of political opinion and con-
stiiational construction, different almost as
the equatorial heat and polar cold, were seem
ingly reconciled. and both their political TOM
allawks buried forever! Their frst grand
object % attained by their combined efforts
MIR. Adams Is defeated, and Mr.. Clay goes
home to see about his farm aud his cotton
tagging. '.s
1.-THE two friends being now at leisure,
from mere motives Of curiosity, inherited
from Eve, mo- donbt) lit the veil Of futurity,
jrst 30 high as 10 catch glimpse Of the pros
l,ectiye---succsssion to the Presidency! II in
stantly become u distant bone of contention
. beiweenihem
have read story somewhere, gentlemen,
but where, upon my soul ] cannot tell you,
chat an ancient Greek sage, rambling one day
in the suburbs Of Athens, saw two dogs most
amicably playing together upon n beautiful
green and as "A philosophical experiment, to
see how strong and disinterested their friend
ship was, threw halfptked bone betwee
them they instantly ceased their play and
commenced a furious fight over the bone,
which ragged until their fears were aroused by
the roar Of a distant lion, II presume he must
have been reformed lion, sent from Africa to
enjoy private life in the vicinity of Athens,
when, with one instructive impulse. they bris-
tied up and faced towards the common enc
my, IN perfect unison
ssJust so with these two American friends
put them In battle array, On the terrace west
or the Capitol, if you choose, at pistols
mouth and rattan flourish, and let only some
lettering urchin, returning home from school,
through mere habit, contracted ia the late
contest, undesigningly exclaim, "Hurra fr
Henry Clay" the reused c0mbatants would
involuntatily turn their united arms towards
=" Old Kentuck."
!" The General Post- Office Department
stands conspicuous monument TO the truth
OF the last having been a contest for Office.
The fact Is now well known, that if the
tatc Post Master General would have stopped
to the terms Of rendering ffe els.nn RI ,nAnf N