Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-03-23

with two full grown Greeks for his sup
per, including flesh, blood, and bones;
but your Postmaster General must, to sat
isfy his NAV, devour twenty-five Yam
KEGS at a breakfast! Only think! In
satiablo! unconscionable! Twenty-Five
full bloodcd New Hampshire Yankees at
single neal! Such monster can
scarcely be found even in the regions Of
fiction; but this is horrid reality.
But every thing is done now upon 'high
responsibility This panoply of opprcs-
sion and fraud is 10 shield the subordinate
officers as well as the President Eve
ry petty tyrant is to cover his crimes by
this Ggis. No, sir, the truth must be
that neither the President nor his mi
Mons can give any good reason ior these
corrupt and corruptlng measures, & they
therefore have to resort to silence as their
only defence against an indignant and in
suited people. They know, and every
one here knows, that the remova!s have
been chiefly made to provide for Parti-
sans, and they are ashamed to acknow-
ledge it. Sir, it must be so; for what ra-
tional man would not even volunteer his
reasons, where his motives were ust and
honorable? A gentleman was walked in
the night by some one in his cellar steal
ing his meat; he jumped out Of bed, and
went and opened his cellar-doT. 1t was
all dark he listened, all was still as death
"Who is tn rc:" he inquired No an
swer. "What are you doing in my Gel
lar" Not "A word. "Why don't you
speakY' "Why, faith, sir" replied the
other, "H IS because / don't kno,o chai 10
sag" Now, these men have got into the
peoples cellar, and are making dreadful
havoc with the meat, & they won't speak,
because they don't know what to say
] .ast session we predicted that irrespon-
sibiity, which is the legitimate mean
ing OF "high responsibility would de-
scend to the subordinate oiliccrs Of the
Executive Departments; that espionage
and prescription would be pursued with a
corrupt and cruel hand; and, not being a
subj of inquiry, it would be beyond tho
peoples reach, because it was beyond
their means of knowledge. You see,
then, the principle which this resolution
involves-a principle fit only for tyrants
"a rod fit only for slaves. Pass this res
olution, and you make prescription le-
gitimate work. Pass this resolution, and
it is fair TO infer that each petty officer of
the President will become IA partisan ty-
rant, beyond the reach ofthe representa-
tives of the people, and answerable to no
human tribunal.
When ambition is set upon its purpose,
the end is always made to sanctiiy the
means. When Constantinoplc was taxi
en- by the Turks, Irene, beautiful gre
ciaE lady ofan illustrious family, fell into
the hands Of Mahomet the Second, then
in the prime Of youth and glory. His
savage heart was subdued by her charms;
he made her his wife, and secluded him
self with her, denying access even TO his
ministers. The soldiers accustomed to
activity and plunder, began TO murmur,
and the infection soon spread even among
the commanders. The Pacha Mustapha
was the first to acquaint his master of sto-
ries told publicly to the prejudice Of his
glory. The tyrant after all awful pause,
formed his resolution: He ordered Mus
tapha to assemble the army, and then re-
tired to lrene's apartment. "Ncver be-
fore" says the historian, "did that Prin-.
cess appear so charming; never before
was the Prince So apparently kind and
aflcctionate. lie ordered her maidens
to dress her in the most splendid and cost
ly attrc-lcd her into the midst of the
army, and, taking off her veil, demanded
: I,,I L,I Ill
such beauty; Then drawing his scim-
ctar, and scizing her by the locks, he
severed her head from her body at one
stroke! Then, turning to his grandecs,
with eyes wild and furious, with the gasp
ing head in one hand, and the bloody
sword iii the othcr-"This sword,n he
exclaimed, "when it is my will, knows
how to cut the bands of lovcn Thus
does Il mad ambition eXtinguish all the
tender sympathies and cndcaring chari-
ties of social and domestic life Your
sword Of prescription, regardless of them
ALL is now brandishcd, wrcaking with
blood. The charms OF virtue, the ties of
friendship, the sudcrings of revolutionary
patriotism, are no protection, no security
against this relentless monster, proscrip-
ton.
And rivals, sir, when they can agree
in distribution of power, will each claim
to be allowed his prescription list The
triumviratc agreed to divide the Roman
Empire, and each to take his share-I
do not allude to the first triumyiratc COM
posed of julius Cesar, pompcv, and
Cra' mean the last-!cpidus, Mark
Anthony, and Octavius 1t was conclu-
ded to meet on an island in the Rhine to
settle the compact, Each was to be pro-
tncted hv q sclccind runrd md L,uch is