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Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-12

1WUY WOG 41yVsUpstUUtb UC uC IuRAu circulation of substances when injected into the veins, suggests to us the possibility of cu- ring the most dreadful of all diseases the hy- drophobia, and the late melancholy instan- ces of it's effects at Hartford, have induced us to give place to some new experiments re- gently performed by professor Leidman, of Germany. An half ounce of camphorated spirits of wine was thrown, by means of an injection tube, into an incision in the fen1oral vein of dogs thigh. In sirteen seconds the smell of camphor was strongly smelt in the breath of the animal, and rapidly increased. The respiration of the dog was hurried, the breath deep and vehement, and this was fol- lowed by violent convulsions. To destroy the poisonous effects of the camphor, an ounce of cold vinegar was injected into the same vein. when the convulsions ceased, and the animal soon afterwards recovered. Had not this antidote an instantaneous effect inc animal would have died in q few moments from the convulsions which followed the Cir culation of the poison. -.
 An ounce of spirits of wine was infected into the same vein of another dog, when the vapor was instantly perceived in the annals breath. Here no convulsions ensued, nor was an antidote administered, but he soon died. A dissection exhibited the strong smell of the vapor throughout the system, and the state of the solids was like that seen in per. sons who have died of hydrophobia.
 On the injection of five grains of phospho- rus with two drachms of olive oil, the breath of the animal in the dark exhibited clouds of phosphorescenf fire. and the animal breathed forth dense columns of hame!-.N Y Star.
 .fsOtr r. IN
 The Expunging' resolutions have been in- deRnitely postponed in the Senate of Aalaba. naa. T6ey had previously Psssed the House.
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THE CREDIT SYSTEM,

The idea Of exclusive metallic currency in ordina-
~ times generally repudiated visionary, and in the
present state of things preposterous The credit
system gives powerful Impulse to industry and pre-
sens facilities for the accomplishment Of enterprises
which would, in its absence, be almost impossible
Every canal every railroad every work Of internal i'm
proyement in this country, their existence to this
system Far from making the rich richer and the poor
poorer is eminenty calculated to assist the latter by
aordng them the facilities for the accumulation
of wealth which the former possess The farmer, me-
chanic, on manufacturer in ordinary times procures
money at per cent interes-invests in his bust
and realizes liberal per centage upon the invest
ment above that which he pays interest upon the loan
He enlarges his operations and is enabled to give
ployment greater number Of laborers and thus the
productive energies Of the country, are brought into con-
fnued action. 's t,.' q
But besides afordng to the poor the means Of sue
cessu enterprise and constant demand for their labor,
it protects them from the monopolizing influence Of
riches confined to few. Wealthy men alone, in
Of the destruction OF the credit system, carry
business which requires much capital, and there
comparatively few Of that class, competition will be de-
stroyed--al the large manufacturing and commercial
operations will be controlled by the rch and they will
become richer by the extravagant profits of trade in
which they have but few rivals These exobitant profits
must be levied upon the consumers, in other words,
the great Of the people.
the abolition of the credit system would at any time
be pernicous measure would at the present time be
most disastrous one.-Pulaski (N Y)Aduocats
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great many of the best things said by the ceebra-
ted Burke uttered in the OF those debates,
when the foolish Of the time emped the benches at bis
rising His being Irshman, his being Of the middle
order and his being totally above the callbre of FASH
ionabe trlfers who would listen nothing but emf
gram, could understand nothing but double entendre
often left him nearly alone with the few necessary at
tendants Of Ministers on the Treasury bench. On one
of these nights he annadvered, in strong terms, on
acts Of the cabinet. George Onslow, who proba-
bly, thought that he had chance Of distinction
BY graphing with Burke, and showing, il not his wisdom,
at eas, his zeal started up and said, hanghly, that he
must call the honorable member toa Of his duty
and that no should be suffered, his presence to
insult the sovereign Burke listened, and when Onsow
had disburhened himself Of his loyalty gravey address
ed the speaker: Sir, the honorable member has cx-
hlbted much ardor but little discrimination He should
know that, however may reverence the king, am not
oil bound at all inclined, to extend that rever
crce his MINISTERS, but, sir, can possible
son for honorng," and he glanced round the Treasury
bench, his Macsty's servant and maid servant
his OK and his ass" ...#"
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i" No morc--Where ignorance is bliss,
IT'S folly TO be wise"

The Madisonidn,- is the title Of new paper
Just commenced at Washington City in support of the
present administration The first number of the pub
caof issued Tuesday last, under the direction
of Mr. Thomas Allen, who has been for years ia
worldly known the editor Of the New York Times
The prospectus ably written, chaste and dgnifed and
If an opinion OF the character of the paper may be
formed from its precursor, have reason to believe it
will be found worthy the support Of the friends of the
administration in all the States. ,.r
- Subscriptions for the Madisonan will be received
st this office and promptly forwarded
Chickasalr (M.) Union.
We are grateful for such lberality and kindness and
trust that good friend will be able to promptly for
ward" good list Of subscribers, such have the
pleasure of receiving now every day
We would correct one error. We have never been
known at all the editor of the New York Times, I"
That honor belongs to the associate editor Of the
Globe As for the New York Times, that print puts
itself to deal Of trouble say, that il does not
know who Mr.. Allen is, or was, who his connec-
tons are
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Though Bonaparte entertained towards De Chateau
BRAND the strongest feelings Of hostility, we have the
following liberal estimate Of the Emperor ...,
NAroLEoS.--When Napoleon, for the second time,
Quilted France, ii asserted that he ought have
buried himself under the ruins OF his last battle. Lord
Byron, in his satirica! ode against Napoleon, saws
ITO die prince--or live a slave, .na.
Thy choice is most ignobly brave
This incorrect estimate Of the hope still
kndng in soul accustomed to dominion and thirstng
after the future Lord Byron imagined that the dcta-
tor Of Kings had abdicatcd his fame with his sword that
he about to die away utter oblivion. Lord Byron
should have known that tho destiny Of Napoleon was
muse, like all other great destines this muse knew
how TO change an sbortIvc catastrophe INTO sudden
Of fortune, which would have revived and impaired
fresh youth to its hero The solitude Of Napoleon IN
his exile and his tomb has thrown another kind over
brilliant memory. Alexander did not die IN sight OF
Greece; he disappeared amid the pomp oil distant
Babylon Bonapare did close his eyes IN the presence
OF France he passed away the gorgeous horizon Of
the torrid zone. The who had shown himself IN
such powerful reality vanished like dream his life,
which belonged 10 history cooperated in the poetry OF
death lie uow sleeps forever like hermit ora para,
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DKAecRrTus.

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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-08-23
THE RIGHT OF OPINION.

We believe that we live in a thinking, free
and independent age, and under Govern
ment which secures TO every one the right of
opinion The man who would have the
hardihood to encroach upon this right, is an
enemy to freedom, and the sovereignty we
claim by birth and inheritance. He may
eatrench himself behind the battery Of a
name. and may claim the immunities of "the
Organ" but if he presumes to use the Ian
guage of dictation, and threatens to ostracise
those who will not bow down implicitly and
worship, he is faithless in profession, and
tyrant in practice. No man in this country
has the right, under the influence of official
station, or the privileges Of the Press, TO
make his own opinions the arbitrary standard
Of orthodoxy and still less has he the right
to dictate his sic polo. The Constitution is
the standard of right !; reason is the ultimate
appeal, and public opinion the great regulator
Of conduct
These are truisms, to which all professedly
subscribe, but which all do not carry out in
practice There are some who manifest so
much professed zeal for the sacred rights Of
the people, and the supremacy Of the Consti-
tuition, that they might be thought to be the
exclusive repositories Of their rights, and the
chosen sentinels for their safe keeping; but
in practice, contravene every principle with
an Indifferent and dictatorial spirit, that mocks
every attribute Of independence. They have
no bounds to their monopoly of power. They
reach up to the Executive with the language
of dictation-they rebuke with despotic spirit
the declared will of large majorities in Con-
gress, and pour out foul reproaches upon
the ermine Of the highest Judiciary. We
have seen these things with feelings of un-
mingled indignation, and have wondered how
long forbearance would still be thought
virtue. But thanks to the awakening spirit
Of the country, these false hearted friends of
liberty; these dictatorial libertines of the
Press, will be called to their account with
rigid justice. We conide in the integrity and
patriotism of the Executive-we confde in
the firmness and intelligence Of Congress
we confde in the purity and justice Of the
Judiciary, and we confde in the innate spirit
of liberty and independence that will actuate
the people to resist every encroachment upon
the Constitution, and every invasion Of the
right of opinion.
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TREASURY AGENCIES" DIVORCE
OF BANK AND STATE"

We have observed, with regret, the i" Or
gan, at present distinguished by the conf
dence and favor of the administration" so far
forgetting its principles and pledges, as to
array itself on the affirmative side of this
dangerous proposition. If the people shall
learn that this Organ" has turned its back
upon ITSELF" what confidence can they posi-
bly, have that it will not also "turn its back"
upon them! If the Republican party shall
learn that it has forsaken the great plan of
reform, which was the favorite project Of the
whole Of General Jackson's administration J;
if they shall learn that il" abjures the great
principles upon which they have long been
contending, and that instead Of representing
the true sentiments of that party, it reverts to
the doctrines of the Opposition for its favorite
policy, what reliance can they have that it
ever will hereafter be faithful to their in
terests? ~a@~".
Has language lost its meaning, that any
one may have the hardihood to deny that the
"Organ, at present distinguished by the con-
fdence and favor Of the administration" does
not advocate the separation Of Bank and
State, and the substitution of Treasury Agen-
cies 7 We only appeal to the staring Impress
of the types upon the daily columns of the
Globe" If that "Organ" does not advocate
that proposition, then, indeed, are all forms
COMPOUNDED, and our senses impress our
minds only with illusions. Aye, it not only
advocates the project now, but denies that it
ever violently assaied" the proposition!
Unfortunate it is, that treacherous memo
ries sometimes lead us to quarrel with history,
and even to deny our own recorded opinions.
Yet, in view of the trite maxim, Temporal
muta"tur, ct nos mutamur in Ills, 1.-THE Times
have changed and we have changed with
them, and the consciousness that we are all
equally fallible, the awkward predicamcnt
into which forgcttuness sometimes forces us,
will command both our charity and sympathy
But dogmatism is generally backed by obs,i-
macy, and when the dogma has been uttered,
although it may be directly in the teeth Of
history, it is seldom taken back Sic volo !:
[thus will and it is folly now to expect
any thing else from the "Organ, at present
distinguished by the confidence and favor of
the administration" but the scheme of sepa-
rating the Government from all Banking Insti-
tutions, and the substitution of Treasury
Agencies. .... :.
This scheme has been for a length of time
urged by the Opposition, with whom it origi-
mated 1t has never, TO our knowledge, re-
ccNed the countenance of the present Chief
Magistrate, nor of the late President while
in Office
1t was proposed by Mr. Gordon, an Oppo-
sition member of Congress, from Virginia, as
substitute for the State Bank Opposite Sys-
tenn, proposed by General Jackson. This
policy was repudiated by the "Globe" at the
time, and rejected BY the vote of nearly every
friend of the administration in Congress. Now
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-08-23
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

Whatever is good" (says distinguished states
man) Ought to be pursued at the moment 1t is at
tasabe The public voice, irresistible in period Of
convusion, is condemned with IMMUNITY when dictated
by the ethargy into which nations are lullcd by the
tranquil course Of ordinary affairs"
The people who feel the force of this SEN
tment, and daily act upon it most success
fully, call loudly upon the Banks, in which
they have SO long and so implicitly placed
their trust, to give an account Of their steward
ship. We hope they will, with all diligence,
render an account. 1t may not require but
one Convention, or it may require two-as on
the former similar occasion-to bring abou,
the presumption Of specie payments" 1t is
necessary to fix upon the time and place for
a Convention, without delay; that public i'm
patience and public prejudice may not in
crease the already almost insupportable weight
of public odium. 49,.
For ourselves, we believe, that it is only
necessary for the Banks to have Conven-
ton, and FIR the tune to resume specie pay
ments, and thus "shake off" every impu-
tation resting upon them,
Like dew drops from the hons name"
They must restore their credit with the
Government and the public; or the two par
ties in favor of Bank OF the United States,
and Of Sub Treasures, will be enabled by
their concert of action, and uncompromising
hostility, to vanquish the Banks, and utterly
destroy the system.
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From the New York Times


r'rhe Paragraphs below are extracted from letter
from former Republican, WILLIAM SPRAeuE, MEM
Der of Congress from Rhode Island Whatever may
be thought Of his views regarding tarfk his notion
about exclusive metallic currency, andN credit sys-
tenn can with dissent from quarter where en-
lighencd Judgment exists. There has been time
when specie was sufficient to all the wants OF COM
merce-and there when floors were covered with
PUSHES and not carpets when were clad IN skins
and even when there circulating medium at all
but commerce barter fleece being the price OF a
sack grain But times have changed, civilization has
advanced. its inventions and appliances prevail, and in
the OF commerce even metallic circulating
medium, at length proves insufficient. 1t is weighty
and inconveneEt and there is not enough OF the two
metals gold and silver above the surface Of the eaIh-
quarter ough-or the wants Of the business
world Credit gives the profits of two capitals, and
country with sound credit system fructfies in that
ratio while country with mere cash system gets but
one profit Thus the United States, with their credit
SYSTEM imperfect as 1t Is but furnishing means to the
enterprising have in generation quadrupled their
population and wealth; Italy, France, Austria, mere
cash dealers, have remained nearly stationary. s,
II will make single remark upon the Loco Foco
system. consider this system a war upon labor and
industry, and upon property which is the offspring Of
industry Its advocates opposed to all banks and
what despot not and for the very reason, that they
enable the people to have control over their ownaeor
and industry Were the subjects Of the dcspots Of the
old world permitted to have establishments so that they
could control their labor and industry, the time
would not be far distant when they would shake des-
possm itself to the centre. But, be this it may we
cannot have an exclusive specie currency and for the
hest Of reasons that is, have not got, neither
we have sufficient, gold and silver for the purpose
" But banks, TO be most useful must be regulated.
Fixed rules be prescribed for their government or
else they will become the tyrants in turn. look upon
well regulated system OF bank credits, and tariff
TEN, OF vital importance to the labor of the country
H. ont undn phanr
the value of the productions peculiar to the country,
when exported the other protects from foreign com
petition and interference. with such common to
other countries as well our own"
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MIR, MADISON'S SPEECH.

We have been accused Of being /" pirate in dis
guise, designed 10 I" amagamste with the opposition"
in getting up a National Bank MANY have affected
apprehension that we intended TO resort to the Of
commercial embar, ssments when the late Bank of the
United States was chartered with the purpose of ns
flying course OF ueachcy and deception, by example
OF necessity, and the authority OF vcnerated name,
We 20 back much farther than this era,-we go back
beyond to the last decade Of tho eighteenth century
we 90 back 10 the time when tho ink upon the pa,ca
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THE NEW YORK TINES.

This is the name Of the tangled journal es-
.sblishcd at New York; the 1917 ls number Of which
reached Us yesterday. We remarked some weeks ago
when They werc] advertising rour prospectus, that
did not know who the editors publishers were aud
we know now, except tina, Mr.. NV. Holland
is announced as editor. But who Mr. [Hollandl is, or
was, or who his connections are, or who advised or
coun,enance[sl his undertaking. yet thoroughly
scaled matters to us"
"No mor-Where ignorance is bliss,
nlIy N bp yisp
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nlent Of lhe Constitution scarcely dry; when the
debates on lis formation were fresh in the memory ;
when its construction admitted Of neither doubts nor
ambiguity; WE 90 BACK TO THis PLRIoD roE ouR PRIS-
cIPLEs and we take the spirit Of the venersted Msd
son for our Mentor and his speech against any and all
United States Banks forour creed and guide and banner
and the still small voice Of approving conscience
whispers us, In hoe sgno vinees, under this sign you
shall conuuer .s&
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Lat il be borne in mind, that neither the
Sub-Treasury nor National Bank Party ma
nifest desire for the early resumption Of
specie payments would defeat their object
This reason, therefore, should be conclusive
with the Banks, to look to their reputation,
their interest, and their very existence.
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BY THE EXPRESS MAIL.

III The slips from the east contain nothing Of mte-
lest. \ ..,...
BY THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS MAIL
The packet schooner, s. S Mills eapszcd on its pas
sage from 81, Augustine to Charleston, in gale of
Joky Island ON the 9th inst, and completely wrecked.
Fourteen persons were lost The only person saved
was Abraham Cote, sailor ... g,
ST. AUGUSTINE, Aug. 5.
|, is reported that Gen. Jesup, has succeeded in en-
gazing the services OF 1000 Indians Of different nations
for the ensuing campaign against the Somnocs They
are from the following named tribes 200 Delawsrcs 400
Shawnees 100 Kickapoos, 100 Sacs and Foxes from
Missouri To be concentrated at st. Louis, Mo and
sent thence Forlds, and 200 Choclaws, to be con-
centrated at Little Rock Arkansas, for the same ser.
vice
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Where did the BALTIMORE Chronicle find its I" Eigh-
tesn reasons, against the proposition to divorce the
General Government from all Banking Institutions, and
substitute sub-treasunes" We go for the credit sys-
TEN. .. n,.
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We are indebted to the politeness Of the NEW
YoKK EvKSiso SrAR for several slips by the Express
Mail
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Mississippi has instructed her representatives in Con-
gess to procure the annexation Of Texas to the United
States as soon as possible