Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-07-12

" 80 iot .hOH CAHVf tCuCIuS odBy Tic \
practical application of what Mr. Hamilton
mentioned as a possible state ofthings. Is
not his description Of a subsidized press
in the hands of the Gov eminent SO graphs
cally true of the present Administration
and its press that it raig at Justly be coniec-
tured that they sat for, the picture1 Every
days experience sho,fs that all who oppose
the present Admins q ION are subjected
to the most unspariny calumny and abuse
~ ~ ssss #e&
Who has not bee. disguised with the
coarse and 'unsparinI, calumny' from day to
day poured out upon the members of Con-
lgress, and of the Senate in particular who
happened to think that the existing powers
were not entitled to the confidence OF the
people7' Who has not seen the attempt in
the Government press to break down the
Influence and power Of members of Con-
gress and to cut them off by hireling scrib-
bers, paid directly or indirectly for per(or-
ming the task Docs not the Globe con-
stantly charge Mr. Gay, Mr. w ebster, Mr.
Southland, and other Senators as being paid
by and under the influence Of the Bank of
the U. S..when engaged in the discharge of
their high constitutional duties 2 And
when these foul SANDERS are. howled from
the throat of the sturdy. mastifs,' at the
door Of the Treasury,do not the whole ken
mel, Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart, little
dogs and all, even to the most starveling
turnspit that barks on the farthest verge Of
our frontier re-echo the sound? The
Jackson reformer, Mr. Floyd, spoke Of the
SANDERS on members of Congress- and on
men elsewhere. Why, sir, we daily ex-
perience that and more. The President
and his press have gone on from time to
time eliminating members Of Congress
and others individually, and at length have
got to slandering the People, in body-a
kind of wholesale SANDER business.
| But, Mr. Speaker, in pursuing the indi-
vidual ISLANDERS of the Globe, have d.
crossed a little from my promise to show
that the Government press also does a
wholesale SANDER business" and throws
shafts # @ 81 ass Pops ef as
selves beg leave now to read that part
of the article from the Government press
which before alluded to, announcing the
result of the Senatorial election then re-
Gently held in Ohio. Referring to the. dis
trict which have .he honor to represent
in this body, the Presidents official organ
says:
'sThe bank held immense power in his
| [my district, and exerted its moneyed in
f1uence in aid of the Federal party, which
has stronger hold in that quarter than in
any other part of Ohio. 1t succeeded by
a small majority in electing Mr. Bond the
collector of its bonds there. He may be
looked upon as the representative of re-
prieved debtors"
After the vile SANDERS which the Gov
eminent press had wantonly heaped upon
many of the most eminent and Justly dis
tngushed public men of the country, Mr.
B. said an humble individual like himself
should not complain, but rather feel honor
ed that he was thus noticed For himself
personally, he would say nothing; but for
his district--his constituents-for the Peo-
pie who had honored himwith their conf
dence, and made him their representative
here, he had much to say. He could not
perhaps express all the just indignation
that he felt. My constituents, sir, (said
Mr. Bond } in every trait character which
can Justly ennnoble man, are not second to
those of any member in this House. With
Gods mercy, aud their own right arm, they
have been the builders Of their own for
tunes. In every sense, they are virtuous,
intelligent and independent freemen--''who
know their rights, and. knowing dare main
tain them" They love their country, and
revere its constitution; but they have new
err yet bowed the knee to Ball." and be-
cruise they will not, the editor of this vile
press, bloated and swollen with Govern
ment patronage, stigmatizes them as Ere
1 prieved debtors. Mr. Speaker should
this hired scribbler," Francis p. Blair. ev-
er venture into that district do not be-
lieye that the People. whom he has thus
basely slandered, would consent to de6le
their hands by touching him; but they
would cast upon him scornful and wither-
ing look Of honest and just Indignation,
which would give to his visagc more ca
daverous aspect than it even now has, But
who is this man who thus imprudently ar
rays himself against the People3 Why,
sir, he is. himselfa "reprieved debtor, Of
the very bank which he is every day revil-
ling. Do, gentlemen require proof The
| files Of this House furnish it. Apaper re-
ported or filed by one of the committees Of
this House shows that this same Francis
p. Blair who was brought here from Frank
fort, in the State of Kentucky, owed the
United States the sum of $50, 744 3d. tits
true that only a part Of this sum was his
towns debt; nevertheless on his own ac-
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