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causes ne could have had no eontroli Linz m,
'oou' SOlon. lac should find h,. solaee Ian a. A..
t'es: ~ "'' mo
still the mild honor Of nv name boast
Ana hnd my empire there f"
fiAi JH'i'tia." should be his motto, .let con.
sequences prov ide for themselves"
during the last few years macy Of tho State,
" Pohieal and specializing frenzy, adopted ~.
"u', OF Internal Improve meat that two &C p,ut,,
would not complete. BY these gtoss exper,.
meh', they drew out their sessions To sr.a,
hhs'h, absorbed the peoples money and ne.
se'"o business most es.entisi to their prosper
ny Nsnose9ueut sessions, We find the an excl
tea, ana iaooring for month. together rnd.,,o,
ing to classify, or repeal in too ,b.,, 49,. 80
ue'usNe schemes, making another u,ele,, draw
upon ue money Of the people aud leaving their
ou''nes again neglected aud undone such n
course must inevitably produce result. bishI,
ae'e'er'ou' TO the popular interest; ali OF which
.o"''er' stands charged against the National
l""nn"Haiion u not this one OF the deepe,t
"i political sins' How degrading TO grave SEM
Tor, and homo, able Statesmen,
wan people farther removed from the gre NJ
revolution that gave them freedom, the language
eAaser.iions aud false charges Of some Of The
tsuerai senators against our National E>ecu.
''e' "'ehi produce tragedy. mournful as that
once acted IN the Roman forum, IN which .th,
foremost man Of all this world" fell hIoaJ,
victim: ''
why, man, he doth besiriIe the narrow worr1
,Ae colossus; sId We petty ment
w"IA unoer bi> huge legs; aud peep about
TO hnd ourselves di,hono,abl- graves"
VIC have many shameful examples. both in
Po'ticsi aud military operations, where an ad
"l'",su anon, or an expedition, has been unsuc-
Ieess'ui ior The failure, attributable 10 whatever
causes IA Tact, To be charged entirely to ia. ~
ecuN'e head, or General "a command thi, - :,
common error OF humanity. On tn. contr.r,
POI'lcsI standardization, or a military exne
u''on oe highly successful, ths sane absurLity Is
"an'e''ed Let the success be owing To- what.
s'e' causes The political or military Chief re-
'e"es the general credit And Of ia yer, sam,
species Of ingrstitude did CIitu, 80 Justly cor
plain or Alex aud.r-
Are these Your customs Isitth,S that Cr.cc.
rewards her combatan;s' shall ON, NAN claim
The trophies won 10y hou,and,r
IN po!t'eal administrations many things are to
'e ''A'n i"to consideration. There Is no Exec.
u'Ne mead, whether Ro, al o. Democratic fr,,
rom error IN ats official opcratioLs; aud such ~.
'hS ulsanZltiOn ot man aud the cun,,itution Of
human society, That Ia every Government Their.
are parties aud factions opposed t. The pow,r>
WAT Oci ready, al all times, 10 seize upon and
convert 10 The worst possible purposes, any nc.
sno"ledsed i-u1t ia political chleitain Then
9 u would seem kind Of right sc AfilssnH, for
,o'''','I heads falling nto errors to conceal
them, until they could nth sa(et, correct thru,.
this too might seem singular theory.
u political chief f4il into error, he, for hi,
own safety, should 80 no act that would amount
i" an orrf aekn"w iedgment the conse quenee
sever fatal We have sad precedenis, and no.
'e" iIu'iTatons OF this assertion, in the IIisto-
rles Of Charles |. OF England and Loui. XVI Of
france EVen were Ia, President OF the United
States satisfied that he had pursued innoI,,ic
measures, nth what political propr,e;, rouId
ne make an open confession Should n, do ~
u not the pedestal Of his statue most rsrt.inl,
every future balloi-box would ne ar Tins m.mota-
o'e inscription "Erii 7yrdnnu, R,gWn Uliirnu, -
AGAIN The L. States Bank. with MIR. Biddis
al us head, - doing all IN it, power To- influence
AZ we'll Congressional elections which ma, .rcur
u"iing The present rCces. Of Congress as the f,-
ture election for President. This /, done by re-
lu'lns 10 resume specie payment itself, and be-
l"s great Posertui aud leading CORPORATION n
ab'e 10y It's own ,gsI cusion 10 deter other bank,
from resumption, and thu, TO give general tone
10 BANKING operations. Could this state of things
De Kept alive until 1910. then farewell metallic
currency and rare T. u. States Bank MIR BdJle
" man OF too much forecast aud political saga
cIty, not To know that such is the course he.
calculated to affect the Administration. aud q,
iA'ot the re-eharter Of National Bank in a ia,
ture Congress
The present excitement 10 our country i, I'm, :.
u must go down aud leave its subject i'm a no.t
ianguid condition. And the fate OF the RepubIi
can party hangs upon tins Issue:--trIH hi, ,re,f,-
Htm 'Ib'ide aud Ts-arii.n suece,d before 1870,
Another thing worthy Of consideration 4, thi.
w IS"o' al'er warm and proiracied struggle
'hc hrpubllc1rparty succeeded both 10 the cleo
lion OF President and Vice President Having
camel these great primary objects. their maoag.
aug ava eleclionrering operations were ne
eessaf'Iy suspended, aud are yet suspended
On The eo"traty, the Federal party cha
srnsd at defeat, were inspired with new life
and additional Vehemenee; and since the
result OF that election was known their L.,
oors have been excessive aud untiring At,h,
proper time may not the Republican psTiyawak,n
from ITS itthsigJ. enter the political aysns
and re-promote the present Executive head IN
Triumph
II - very difficult, however, to count v i,h ,nv
certainty AZ TO The next Presidency. Eighteen
m"n'hs may change the face Of things IN a man
net never dreamed Of. When Gen. jackson re-
tired from the Presidential chair, the depiorabIe
condition OF the country which immediately sue
ceeded, was never anticipated even by the tnost
.ag-eious Of hs opponents. We nav with tol,.
rabe certainty, calculate the changes nj result.
IN the planetary world, because they rest unon
hxed and Interchangeable laws, bat with no deere.
Of certainty can we calculate the hurtuation. IN
the tide OF politics. To-day. We behold n "ar.at
people prosperous and happy" 10 sorrsv. con.
ies'edy, upon tie br'uk 81 insolvency at ons mo-
H,'nf, Government distributing millions O. sur.
plus revenue among u States; the n,rf B,ss,epf
driven to the extreme Of issuing millions 40 Trea-
suty Notes TO meet IT, legal liabilities.
SO u would seem, should Martin Van Bu,.,
not he reelected TO the Presidency. that he co,,l
well say. ~ 'n,Ts Potiiie'l casually a. tie Old
Cardinal did Of Lady Anne
There was the weight that pulled me down O
Cromwell
You're. Repeatedly T Gee.
Chsriestown, Va, July, 1899.
'Msr,in Van Buren,
mir Clay and MIR Webster
I'd
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