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POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
Many OF the members Of Congress. and 9th.
gentlemen OF Distinction. Ncr,, invited 20 ai,c,j
the State Rights Celebration IN I'hiadclphis. a.,
the iTh OF April. mir. JcI,-r,ou'. L.rth-.iav.
and those Who could not attend were requested
furnish sentiment. We extract tie i,lIo~ir
from number Of replies in Mr. Racquet, ESami
ner, as specimen cd happy classic sIIu.son, p,
hume wit, and sound political Scn,imcnt.
From NE Ks'i. Ua7slI ~. D.,7s (ofS CT
W.suINGroS, April II, 1884.
Gentlemen,
have received your ila,tering letter IN be
half Of tic friend, OF State Rights IN the cat.
aud county OF rhiiadtlphia. inviting ne 4,
loin ~ celebrating, 10y public festlt al, tLn
birth day Of Jefferson.
had promised myself the happiness o.
meeting you on ;hat patriotic occasion. b.,
nm prevented by the House of Representa-
ii'es t'king W the annual appropriation b,i
ior TIE civil expenditures 90 tho government.
"hioh contains 30 many irregular, improper
cNul'aSaht aud corruPtng appropriation
."a' 'eeI compelled 20 he al my post. H.,
! shall be with you an heart, and soul, and
feeling.
rejoice that the indignant spirit Of free.
dom Is kIndling IN Pennsy lvania, the ancien:
soil OF every temperate, manly, sturdy virtue
the land Of N'keaD, Dallas, Rush, ami
Others, and Of her adopted Galla,in. I cor
less That until lately ] was dcsponding, and
mad almost dcsp1ired OF any assistance 10 tho
cause OF State Rights from the keystone Of
me atch, which had been in the first con-
'e,'' their firm and efficient supporter, but
lh'H movement IN remembrance Of, and for
the purpose of cheri.hin. the princip.e, Of
- fTFCdOrilf a ch, Iap a 4. II.
will awaken all our hope, and rouse all our
energies. knew, 70 be sure, that YOU had
Tue same stock Of men, with the same habit,
with increased wealth, intelligence and pow
er but ielt with the writer u forget whol
that said of Greece, "her climate and soil
are as genial and luNurilnt as in the times Of
her freedom and glory her vines, pomegran.
a'es AMI hES, are as good as erer-bu, where
are her Pinddry'" Where are the represcr-
iatiNes OF the master spirits who arrested tn.
downward progress of the Federal Govern
men. m '9@ Where are the old Simon SAY.
der republicans, the fast friend. of constitii-
uonai liberty, aud limited and regulated GOV
erumeug
DO not know moro melancholy and
mcTHili ing exhibition than that Of a desccn-
cant OF noble patriot--"a guide mans get,
as Burns has Il, bow ing the neck, and crouch.
'oS the knee, and begging some imita,or OF
'u.aar 10 accept the crown, force bill, depc-
sites aud all tn see such an one tossing uo
has cap, and ventins his breath in huzzas for
any man IN power. who is rrodiyal and indis-
criminaic IN the u-e and abuse OF its patron
'se, and ~ho may be reckless enough 20 as
sumo tho responsibility Of disreCsrdiny tho
practice aid usSges Of government, the spirit
OF tho consLtution. and the wishes and opin-
IONS l the tax paying people OF the country.
take The responsibility" seems 10 have
become n cardinal virtue IN the estimation OF
the oiioc-hoidcr~. oiice-huntcrs, and the
whole herd Of parasites; but - IL necessariIY
''rine, sPart and of Itself independent OF
Hc motive and object Cesar took the re-
'pon''oili;y when nc crosscd tho Rubicon--
'rom"cIl took the responsibility when he
proTosucd ihr Rump Pariiament-and Bona
partc when be d.>prrseI. At the point Of the
DAY orei, the Na;iunal Assembly OF the Rep.
rc'en'ciiyes Of the people and a bull takes
upon himself the responsibility when no
o'eaAs INTO china shop But all these in
Cured Tes! responsibilities the two-Iesged
rdhians ran successfully the hazard Of the
I1rPean rock. the giiiows. ard the gullotine
aud tho bull incurred tho responsibility Of an
olnre call in the curl of his forehead. Bot
what = the responsibility Of President OF
Wc OnHed Sisissf Impeachment why,
"a nins cases out of ten, the President. witl,
- 'f-.i't'FN fAithuAIfs aflu n Iifll tTp0HlfFN
viii have NOR, personalities in conersss
than The people. o. would be a farce, a dull
ono 10 be sure. hnt still farce, ~ every
othcr country Inst know Of, but this, the
universal price OF usurpai'on - the h,ai Of
'ac tsTper here u o. p9liry squib m tho
ncw.paPers, or an abortiye attempt az i'm
Pcachmcnt Dot suppose il successful, what
would hc The sentence, Instead of hrinEin.
his head 70 the block, /; would on.y BE- what
public opinion alone would accom- piish-dt,-
f4alihcSiion 20 hold Office a proper, whole
some, salutary responsibility TO pubic opin-
100, would be always felt aud acknowledged
lay mcn &c virtue. honour and character. who
hsye regard f1r their future fame. and tho
judgment ofhistory but suppose that Lsy,sS-
hr-ome lr1ater rgfian rowdv. like Maximia
iho lhfacan. should be promoted 20 the pur-
lie on account 81 tho length Of Ls foot, hrs
.t.i in wrcsii.ny fecPng rp with a trotting
H'f-r. or sailing indfans, or some similar i'm
poUant feat COS Qualification, what motive Of
honour or fame could touch o. iuhaence his
vulgar. tyraunIc heart Would these hind
sinr They would haye 10 more vtftue than
wi'p 81 ,iraw Or rope u sand ~ our u,da
extended conicderney Of twenty four state.
comlolel ~ 4 people scrupulousiy Just and
ha1hnaied 70 patient invsstgstion who-s
sources II Information are GENERALS. IN tho
interior, weekly ncwspapcrs. DELAYED by w.
regular mails, and obstrlrisd By the power q
ne government patronage u u surprising
ihoi missuic sbould boz Tolerated because un-
hTrorered) for thc period Of two or three
}ear-s By th1t time. The incumbent sill bs
Vn the eve u sacstipg, srd The people, Ike
sAakspcafe's Waterman. being " giad 10 DO
rii of the rssrai.r ani their minds excited
god occupied IN choosing hn 8nccsssoT, viii
a.Na}s enati, she caiiia 20 escape send
toast haios.
have ihe honour o. BE-, With great respect.
sour oDd e. ssrtt WARREN n DAVIS
The Flalr Treamry better where moth
and fu'i moy corrupt, han where thieves
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