Southern telegraph., 1837-08-01

ur;,aa - tho fertility and luxariancc Of the
Sodtb.
The editor Of The Portland Advertiser re.
marks as fallows;
Mr. Pren,iss answered to the call, in a
medesi, eloquent, and classical speech. un-
surpassed by any thing ofthe kind we ever
heard. It ought to have been carefully re-
PORTED nj length, but, as that was not done
and could not BIO done, and as we could not
obtain from the gentleman himself even an
outline, we hope our readers will be salts.
! fed with the concurrent testimony of all
who heard il, that il was capital affair,
that it was worthy of the day and worthy oil
the man himself, one of the most gifted Of
the great body Of New Englanders who
have gone to, the mighty West and South
West, the store houses of empires, to multi
ply and scatter the seeds of genuine, una.
dulteraled NeO Englandism. Ii was, in
short, powerful and eloquent speech, and
altogether superior TO The speeches we are
accustomed To hear on snch occasions.
Mr.. Prentiss concluded with the follow
ing sentiment:
The Wings Of '37-C ontending for the
slme principles, may they prove as success
ful as the wings of rs, whose triumph we
this day celebrate.
After Mr.. Prentiss had retired, Mr. Neal
gave:
Sergeant s. Preatiss-Enphaiicaly the
orator Of the day. fsuch are the 'Pfentic-
es New England is furnishing to the West
and Southwest, God grant that they may
soon set up for themselves.
The Portland paper adds in relation to
The publication Of Mr.. Prcn,iss' speech
"Aiier doing our utmost we are obliged to
give it up-ohliged1o say with faces lunger
Ih1n We should like to acknowledges, that
The thing is impossible. Neither Mr.. Prem
iiss himself nor the most attentive of his
auditory, though accustomed TO report al
most literally the language of public men
Uttered on pu5hc occasions, would be ahle
to do that speech justice on paper, were
they to club together for thlt purpose to-
morow." Almost the whole paper is ia ken
up with an account of the celebration and
speech of Mr.. Prenliss, which is represent
ed as classical, elegant and mastery eff
fort vieISbarg Reg.
TFgpERANcE.-Thc Iln'ble Henry a
Wise Of Virginia, declares, in letter lately
writcn 10 Judge P. B. Hopper of the same
State, hat for the last eight years and
some months of his life, he has not 'tasted |
table spoonful Of ardent spirits, or drank
one hall of a gallon of wine.n Daring the !
whole Of tlat time he has been member
of temperance society, and he has been
instrumental in establishing several such
societies, Here is IL plrl Of the letter which
Is OF public interest, and The statements OIL
which will be read with some establishment:
"Anolher reason for this particularly as
to my own case is to show that the beam is
out OF my own eve before proceed To point
out the mote in the eyes of others. II has
fortunately or unfortunately, | know not
which, fallen to my lot in public life, to be
the instrument of exposing abuses in public
affairs, and offences in the men who con
duct them. Such as think worthy of cx- |
posture, shall not shrink from castigatino
by speaking ofthem in nv plare and out
at VIII, without any regard whltever to
personal consequences, | state the fact
that the nation that some of the higher Ey-
ecytlve officers at Washington, are and
have been notorious drunkards--1runl5ards
IN my sense oflhc term, habitually affected
ected by ardent spirits--drunk at least
once week; impaired in constitution by
the use Of strong drink; and further state
that | have often heard the reason assign
cd, and believe il was valid one, for The
L 'nse Of Representatives, of the Congress
of The U. States not sitting in the evening,
after dinner, when the poblc business re.
CURED T. that many of the members were
SO much IN the habit of intoxicaton, that
they were not only unfit themselves for
public duty after a certain honr in the day,
bit were likely to prevent others in dis,
charging their duty by interruptiug the or
der OF procecdia.! Daring the latter part
Of the session Of Congress, when The two
Houses were compelled to sit late, members
Ioo drunk for the deconcy of tavern bar
room were not uncommon Sights in the
Senate Chamber, and in the HILL of the
H1use of Representatives of Republic,
whose flthers hlnde down to it the hal
owed and immutable truth, ''that no free
government or the blessings of liberty, can /
'e preserved to any people but BY firm ad- {
terence TO justice, moderation, temperance,
rugality and virtue!n' II
UNITED STATES BANK. :
The article which we published on Tues I
lay, from the N. Y. Journal of commerce, ,