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LUCID EXPOSITION.

A LUCID EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Van Burea having animated hs Iiling-
ness 10 gre HE srnfincnss, on any subject, 10
those Who are igporsnt of his political creed,
nc may expect 10 re. for some time 10 come,
the papers trcraing With he vicw. Of the Ma
gieian, set forth BY himself, viih eharactrris-
tic perPieui,y. A. toierable specimen Of
the dis,inctness with which be may be expect
ed generally to declare his opinions. we give
The following extract from an a. :iele, purpor,-
ing to be a letter from Van Burn, and publish
ed by the Hoo. Bob short, Esq:
have been charged with advoca-
ting National Bank. No'hing can BE-
more untrue. have been charged
with opposing it-equslly unfounded
Is this imputation. It's subject up
on which my sentiments have never
been disguised; and beg leave once
more, and for the ,housandth time, to
reiterate them.
But / shall be asked, is a National
Bank constitutional; l answer, with
all the candor becoming so grave and
delicate question, that the great con-
sentative principles. which IL is the
glory and honor Of the American peo-
pie TO have established as fundamental,
should, If practicable, in the strictcst
and most iigid import of the term, as
reH az II all terms, arranging and adj
Jnsting, under equitable distribution,
the reciprocal. OF rather oorreiaiirc,
rights and obligations Of those occupy
ing and sustaining towards each other.
the great and all important relation Of
governors and governed, be, and ever
be, under all exigencies, the polar star
by which each and all, should and must.
Al they would perpetuaie the blessings
Of liberty, and secure to themselves
the Pcrmanency of their REPUBLICAN
INSTITUTIONS M oNfseT primitive beau
ty and simplicity. direct with an un-
winking eve and untrembling hand,
the helm of Government: never for
getting, however, that liberal and
free construction is at all times, and I'M
der all circumstances, with those re-
strictions, and with those only, as es-
sential and Indispensable, considered
IN moral and political point of view.
10 the regular and uniform movement
Of the complex machinery of our Co
venment, as the helm is to the ship.
Apply these principles gentlemen TO Q
National Bank, and you have my
opinion, with the reasons upon which
II is founded.
But there is another subject Of vital
interest TO the people of the United
States, upon which my views must
not be concealed: a subject upon
which there can be no eompremise-
no concession. II may be Supposed
that j approach il " it'll some uneaslness
II not with serious alarms; for If the
Chief Magistrate coincide with the
North, he inevitably loses the conf
dence Of the South; and rice rersa.-
Not so, gentlemen: ] am a stranger
to feelings and interests, when acting
under the solemn obligations Of duty ;
and therefore ! proceed to unfold nv
sentiments upon this exciting subject,
reckless Of consequences.
The intangible concrete substla alum
Of diametric Perquisitions, cooperating
with the geocentric congruity ofphrcn.
illogical developments, naturally pro-
! duce homogeneous distractions and
Patronymic super1uiiies. These, by
lux and reaux of longitudinal discre.
PanCies, ultimately exeogitate MONO.
thetical distractions. and culinary dis.
ruptions, which, through the ins.ru.
mentality Of accidental fabrications, nj.
timaiely end in direct effect upor
the rete mucosum. and discoloratior
OF the epidermis: hence, niger
But the self same percolations, opera
ting by the inverse ratio Of abrupt de.
spondency upon the outer cuticle, pro
duce antagonist effects and hence .
rh'fe man. Therefore, the conioin
proportions tremendously uniting il
the physical energies Of both, produc.
cbinities or rrpuLsions according to Iafi
iRde.
Here YOU perceive the grounds o.
reconciliation between the North an.
the South, upon this deeply intcrestin.
subject; and | trust that they will l.,
Immediately occupied by both par
ties.
4 MR. LIvINGSTON-s ARRIVAL.
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