Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-05-17

of Martin Van Buren,. You will. BY means
of the "oifice holders" the "enlistsd sold'crs.
as YOU have Just called them, bring tho pa
tronso of the General Government into con-
fict with the freedom Of elections, and you
will resist tho bill that shall be brough, 10 TO
secure the freedom Of those elections. iou
Mr.. Randolph, will 60 upon what You now
coll n "sleeyeless errand," ind, sfter saiuting
the Emperor Of Russia, will make a pleasant
soiourn in cold England" and return to your
esiate in Virginia. You, Mr.. Buchanan wiii
become "an Office holder aud enlisted sol
der" 10 on the very mission to Russia which
you are now ccnsuring, and will pocket the
$4,000 for "a twelye-month and days
service. You, ITO the gentleman from New
York; Mr. CAMBRELEN0, will oppose q vote
agninst the very measure which you now re-
port and recommend, for reducing the pay OF
members, rs q means Of shortening the ses-
sion of Congress. You, Mr.. Stevenson, viii
be made Speaker of this House, and appoint
its committees, and dispense its rules, with
the promise of a foreign mission in your pock'
ct. You, Mr. Benton, will vote TO lay on tho
table the bill which you now report to 'ake
the patronage of the press from the Govern
mcnt, and your repor. OH Executive pairoi-
age, with its six accompanying bills 30 inn
posingly introduced, will prove 10 have been
but as ''sounding brass and tink!ing cymbais.'
You, Mr.. Van Buren, who now, as member
Of The committee on Executive patronage, re-
port bill requiring reasons to bc assigned
Tor removing an incumbent frem office, VIII
be made Secretary Of State, and in due unis
President, but, from the moment you obtain
power, you will forget your bill. and not only
violate but refuse to be governed by its prin-
ciples. You, Mr.. DickcIson, also a member
of that committee, will be made Secretary "f
the Navy but the Department will be so
msmanagcd under your direction, that 1t VIII
be truly said Of You on the floor OF Congress,
''there is none so poor as to do him reverence
You, bIr. Woodbury., will take first the Navy
and then the Treasury Department, and, un-
der your supervision, an attempt 10 l'umbu9
the People with the promise Of an exclusive
hard money currency will result in the ban
ishment Of all specie, bankrupt Treasury.
and circulation Of shnplasters and Treasury
notes.
Imagine, ,thon, Mr.. Speaker sucha response
TO have been made at the period OF time which
haye suggested. What would have been
yonr reply, and what would Mr.. Buchanan.
who made the scriptural allusion, have said |?
Methnks almost see and hear him exclaim,
lis thy servant dog that he should do this
thing?
We are told that, notwithstanding the IN
digna,on of llazael, no reached the throne
ofSyria by numbering the King his master,
and soon committed all the enormitics fore
told by the prophet
Sir, fear that, in despite Of the protes,a.
tions of Amos Kendall, the promised "reform"
was tan empty sound" "intcnded to apply
merely to change Of men," But leave il
for this House and tor the People Of this
country to Judge whether their confidence
has not been betrayed and their hopes disap-
pointed.