Litchfield enquirer., 1830-12-02

in which the parties to which they belong have ap
 peared, irSn time to time, in the cOunry Every man
 whatever his saIiOn in lfe his character or his pur
 suits, has been Sgma,xed an aristOcra, who woUIc
 not and couId in cOnscience unite with them, ir promoting their views and objects. It answered nc | purpOse say them, that in a country where all
 men areborn ireo aud equa,' ? where civil and poc. al rights OPeAio al, wheren no man can claim the least privilege orpre.e emlence on the score of bir
 or hereditary honor, but where tie path of honor and
 oice is open to any man, whatever his eation prop ery, orPursuit, there in the nature of things be no such being as arisocrat. Still, if any person appeared on the political heatre favored by unco- mon talents, and more than ordinary share Of reru-
 ation and influence who refused become subseryi- ant tolheir vewss declined all overiures 10 unite himself with them in their projects of ambition and selfaggrandizement, he was immediately branded as an arstccra, and loaded with much reproast, as if he had been born title, and an heir of an immense properly, secured to him by entailment. t&
 'In all this there has been nothing to be wondered at. We must expect bad mea.ns ama,,er ofcourse, VII resort to base means to accomplish their unwor- ] thy objects. The common means used Isy them are falfehood and siander But discovery has been re- gently made ihis subject which is certainly of vc anu COuStuer1Ig tNe source from which it proceeds, may lead to important consequent ces. That distinguished scholar and stesnan, who holds the office of Secretary of War in the national government. and who from that circumstance may perhaps be considered, ocio, good judge ofwhat arstocracy has iound by his intercourse and negotiations with some of the southern Indians, that this odous and pernicious political quality exists in most lamentable and dangerous degree, among the aborisines of this country. "The opposition" says the Secretary in late letter to nted States agent among the Cherokee Indians, "which is met with, proceeds from the Chiefs and leading men for teir, ,schole system o ouemment is pre-eminpntly am ARISTOCRACY, of high toned character" Now, with all the ingenuity and invention of parties, and all the variety of cases to which thus formidable term has been applied for the purpose ofproducing political eE fec we do not believe that the brightest genius among them, not even tho New York State comptroller ever thought of its sntng the character of being justly applicable to the southern lndians What curious kind of an arstocrat Sanap, with blnnket on his hack, and his mockasons upon hs feet his bow slung across his shoulders, and his tomahawk in his hand, would make! Real aristocrats such as are found in European countries for example, where they have Emperors and Kings, Lords and Commons. Popes and Bishops if they have other merit, are generally entitled to the credit ofbeing polite and well bned peciay to the ladies. But these aristocrac wild Iu- dians not only drink whiskey to most exiravagant degree but they treat their squaws and popooses with
 the least ceremony, making the former, instead of attending balls and levses, hoe corn, and do all the drndgcry of the field and the wigwam; and leave the latter for their mothers to lash upon boards and carry about upon their backs ffclA place to place, occa- s. :d,w meat, more savagessian afis.ocratic in tllia',
 PressrTati0n of HeaAh.-Capt. A. Partridge, for merly ofthe Military Academy at MiddIetown, is one ofthe most noted pedestrians in the United States. He has rec ently been delivering course of Histor- cal Lectures Troy, N Y. At the close of his lec lures, and lie about leave the place, he pub fishes "a cards to the public, ,Dwhich hesal tla, in thc last aw years he has made trips foot to all the great emnences east and north of the Alegany; and gives accoun, of some of the distances he had travelled in short periods-n one instance l52 miles in three days and in the meantime nded and took the altitude of high mountain-in another, 22O miles in four days, one day walking serenity miles. In the course of his observations, Capt. P. makes the following remarks:-
 "An the excursions were performed, as it were. on tue spur oI tue OCCASION, Wlthout any preHmi1iTy training, preparation, or any change ol my every day exercise, mode of living. Amongst the many
 important advantages that feel have derived from combining regular and in some instances ciscs with sudy is the enjoyment of almost upn,cr rupied good health. am now, and always have been entirely free from those facilitating affections, under which many of our literary men have sunk and are fast sinking. know nothing of that fashionable dis order called DyspePsie, except the name. My appe-
 te is uniformly good, and seldom enjoy less than eight hours of sound sleep of the tweoty-iour. have within 90 years ascended and measured nearly all fhe principal mountains and eminences to the North and East of the Allsghany range-have been much exposed to heat, cold and wet-Oot having had my clothes dry, in instances, for six days in suc- cesson-have slept in the woods, the ground, for several weeks in snccession-have been subjected all the varieties of living, from that which is obtained at the first Hotes in the United States, down to salt
 pork and dry beans and pease cooked in the woods and after all, my constitution was never more firm asd ygorous, nor ever capable of enduring more fatigue, CT greater exertion, than now, at the age of 45. Ifthen rAliterary were to inquire has they must do so and enjoy health should readily answer-DiscaTd about 9-IOths of the rules laid down by the edaHtic writers and lecturers the present day that subject-waitat least, ten miles each day, at the rate of four milea per hour |