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COBBHTT-TROLL0PIANA


The notorious Goblet. whose pen seems
10 acquire asrerty with practice, and ,igour
with age, has addressed long letter 90 Pre-.
sident Jackson. complimenting hun for his
hostility against the Bank Of the United States.
u Il n singular aud extraordinary doc umeni
aud one that W III scarcely prove catering To-
the person 10 whom IL is addressed, however
e may have been intended Goblet thanks
the President, frs: for himself, and secondly
Tor ms country men, IN coming out so boldly
against PAPER MONEY, the humiliation OF
which he seems 20 consider immediately con-
hected with tho overthrow Of the Bank. lie
calls banking an Internal" system. and
speaks OF those who conduct the affairs Of the
National Bank, as a gang Of traitors"
The most amusing part of the Ietter-and
the whole, without doubt, Is absurdity nse n
is the following paragraph, IN which Cob
bett disaNo~s republican principles. and de-
nounces the government Of Pcnnsylvania, A.
" TIE most corrupt and ty rsnnicsl the world
ever knew" The extract We should be dis
posed To place to the account OF Mrs. Troll
iope, were Il not that the heroine Of the Ia
zaar, u personal enemy, we are inform
ed, OF the hero Of n thousand libels. Cob
bctt says
Sir. am no Republican in principle.
any more than ! am in law and allie
glance. | hold, that this, which we
have here, 10 the best sort Of govern
ment IN the world; that is 20 say, that
this sort Of guveI nment is the best,
provided that we have il; I hold that
the government of kings, lords and
commons, the last Of which chosen by
all men Who are Of full age, of sound
mind, and untainted by indelible crime,
IS the best Of governments. Names
do but atnuse me. l lived eight wears
under the republican government of
PennAylvania, and I declare, that I
believe II TO have been the most cor
rupt and tyrannicai government tina,
the world ever knew.
was several weeks at Harrisburg.
during the session Of the legislature, IN
the winter Of 1918; and, upon nv no.
nor and soul. ! believe that there was
more personal corruption. more bribe.
~ OF persons in the legislature, aud in
oihce, than has ever taken place; more
OF this during that one session Of the
legislature, than has ever taken place
at Whitehall and St. Stephens during
any ten or twenty years that have
ever known them; added to which.
were the IOwness, the dirtiness Of the
'lllany, the vulgarity, the disregard oI
all senSe Of morality aud of honour,
making the whole thing so disgusting.
As 10 drive an Eng!ishman half mad al
The thought Of ever seeing his country
subject to such rulers. Oh! siri
must forget the votes ia the legislature
bought by losing game nf cards at the
tavern l must forget the great game
which the bank Of Philadelphia lost, ia
that room Of borrowed light in the cen
tire OF the tavern. where the card play
lng war going on, day and night, Sun.
days not excepted. during the whole
of that session, for the purposes of bri
berry; must forgett these things; must
forget the betting banks Of Penn.
lsyivsnia; must forget the court house
at Harrisburg, and the judge, with q
twisted silk handkerchief round bi.
neck,and quid Of tobacco in his check
l must forget that dirty faced and un
shaver jury, sitting with their hats on
talking over the back Of the box to the
parties or their friends, aud having
glasses Of grog handed TO lhrm TO drink
IN the boz; must forget ell thes,
things. and a great many others, befor,
! can begin to think that kings and
lords are the worst people 10 the world
TO say nothing about the acts Of real "
ranny Of that Government, some q
which we're the VeEy basest that eVer
were heard Of in the world.
lPhh Gas.