Southern telegraph., 1838-08-29

South Carolina, 2d Monday in October;
New Jersey, 2d Tuesday in October;
Pennsylvania 2d Tuesday in O:tober;
New York. lst Monday in November,
Delaware, I'd Tuesday in November
Troy IVhig.
REFLECTIONS One who carefully
notes events in the political world, and re-
cards the changes and devclopements Of
pahlic sentiment, finds ample assurances
that the people of the United States have
experienced complete revolution in their
sentiments and feelings, as connected with
public men and puulic measures. The ev-
idence Of this important fact rs strong, man
iiold and uneqnivoca. The bali Of political
reformation, which was "set in m0tonh on
~ a few years ago, by a small hand of Pr
triots, almost ''solitary and alone" has rolled
onward with reSisiess power, crushing be-
meath lis accumulated weight the noxious
and rank weeds of corruption which every
where furnished, and prostraing the TEN.
pies oppression and error. And, yet its
conrSe is onward, still onward. Its increas-
ed size has hy no means retarded its ad-
vance; for the impetus ii has received from
millions of freemen has given tia progress
sive tendency which cannot be destroyed. II
is in vain that the powers ofcorruption place
their puny shoulders in opposition, to stay
its march-they are overwhelmed and
crushed by its Ponderous weight.
How cheering to the patriots heart arc
the indications of reform! BIT short time
since, and sordiJ and selfish party, gov
erned in al their acts by mere considcra-
tions Of party aggrandizement, insoenty ri
oted in our halls ofleeislation, iondly dream
ing that they had built up a league Of cor
ruptiun, too strong To be thrown down. The
violated constitution was beneath their un-
hallowed fect--ther pathway Of expert
monts was marked by periShng commerce;
by inactive trade--by individual suffering
and want. Their weak and selfish Ieqsa-
tion eat, like an incubus, upon the mighty
energies and unbouGded resources of our
great country; and where once was happ-
ness, and prosperity and liberty, those ty-
rants who had usurped The rens OF govern
ment, had established misery, want and OPP
preston. The spirit of discomfort was a.
was lost-and men 81.
Ieniy anticipated from the deveIopements of
time, only an increase of their suferings
and wrongs. All was darkness. The past
was strewn with thousand melancholy
wrecks, and the future only gave promise Of
utter ruin The laws had been violated -
sacred rights rudely wrested from the pco-
ple-and even the union itself, which is The |
foundation of our liberties, was so weakened |
by the undermining process of the ''great
that the splendid structure of
civil freedom, erected upon it, tottered and
rcmbled before repeated assaults. But
things are changed. Although we slil fee
The iron hand OF despotism upon us; ;although
our country is not yet relieved from the
hlighing effects ofmsrule and corruption
vet, we have every assurance that the days
of tyranny are numbered and that once
more virtue aud patriotism will predominate.
They have aroused from their deep sleep
ihev have shaken off the beguiing meshes
of party devotion which so long held them
in mental bondage, and have resolved again
to I've free. They have determined to cleanse
and renovate their polluted institutions To
irive from power and authority weak and
corrupt fdct;on, and to indact enlightened
and virtu0us statesmen into places Of digni
" and trust. This great reform will assur-
edlv he consummared at the next election.
1t is impossible thai Martin Van Buren,, or
any man Of the same reckless party which
he heads, can get The sufrages of a maj,ri-
~ of the people. He has been deserted by
all, save hislraned band of guards and spies,
and his servle groupc of oilice-hodcrs and
expectants. The country viii yet be safe
our republican institutions will yet triumph,
and the progressive march oltine will grad
ually deyelopc to the world those splendid
of liberal principles, which the pro-
pheiic sages of the republic foretold wonld
mark The future history ofthe Young DEMoc-
RAcY which they founded.-Southern San
FROM TEXAS.
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