Litchfield enquirer., 1839-02-07


stocking gentry"-hc was not one of your To-
cOfocO detaultcrs-hc was not unfortunate to
the amount Of millions-hc was no rObber on
n large scOle-he was not one too full-hand-
cd 10 he touched by the rude hands Of the
iipstaff-hc wis not II defi;ultcr Of the great
democracy, and, poor fellow, he suffered for
being gentleman
BY the by, sir, that word reminds me Of
the fact that it WIS during, or not till the past
summer, your party first discovered that your
President was n gentleman. The discovery
was made first, think, bv granny Richie
That venerable gentleman took me to task ful
finding some gentle men III Petersburg, and
as set-of, it seemed, bonstcd that Prcsiden
Van Burcn, too, was actually u gentleman
Very strange that IL man whom they made
President, the SUCCESSOR Of The "illustrious'
in 1887, they did not find out TO lie a gentle.
man, until the summer of 1885! They mus
surely have been trying to make him out q
whig. For myself, always knew he was in
the ordinary sense, gentleman; and it was
Notifying to me to see that the Enquirer, by
implication, ut least, had supposed until late.
ly that the President Of the United States
could be other than gcntcman-judging,
mean, from its bolst Of the sudden discovery
but my colleague there, (Mr. Dromgoole) will
not recognize Mr.. Richie as n genuine loco
foco editor. (Mr. Dromgoolc SAID, No, no.
he is u Conservative There is cheering
consideration connected with this discovery,
though by the administration press it is the
brightest omen which has occurred for years
of Mr.. Van Buren's downfall. Yes, sir, the
cry of" gentleman upon him by his friends
will finish him--with the party which sup
ports him, they might as well have cried
" mad dog!" 1t is certain prognostic that
he is going down. From the hour that faith
er Richie made that fatal discovery the mans
doom was sealed. But, sir, the gentleman
defaulter, Watkins, as was saying, met his
fate and now that he has been purified by
the fires of the law, we may be permitted to
do him Justice, and to make him the instru-
ment of rctribution. call him up; invoke
his wrongs, his sufferings, his injuries, his
expiation, to rise in judgment against his per-
secutors 10 condemn them. Where is he
now! Tn station where he is, no doubt, far
happier than in his day ofprecarious and ter
or-haunted show, when he toiled as poor
Shave in one of the stalls of your document
called Departments. He is now an
humble apothecary, and here would say,
for the benefit of all who would be honest,
and who wish to be clean, that he keeps for
sale the very best of spain soap" and chic
ride of lime, and other chemical compost
tons, to take off the spots of loco focoism, and
to cleanse from all corruption! l recon-
mend to certain sub-treasury gentlemen to
ed white as snow, they will, Hike the hog, re-
turn to their wallowing in the miro.
Trginio and the Public Lands.-The fol-
lowing resolutions were introduced on Thurs
lay last in the House Of Delegates in Virgin.
"a, appended to report from the Select Com
nilRee on Public Lands: sua l
Resolred, That the public lands held by
he United States belong in common to
all the States, and that each and all are cnti-
lied to participate in the benefits derived
Lherefrom. ..5. a
Resolred, That it is amongst the most SOL
cmn duties dcvolved upon the Congress of
The United States, faithfully and bona Jfde"
to dispose ofthe public lands in such man
ner as will equally cnure to the benefit of
oil the States which may now be, or shall
become, members of tho confeder-
acy-and that this General Assembly depre-
Gates the adoption of all such measures by
Congress as will have contrary tendency.
Resolred, That whilst this General Assem-
bly, views with becoming pride the rapid
growth of the new States, and would do moth
ing to check their advance in wealth and
power, it nevertheless cannot fail to perceive
in some of the propositions now pending be-
fore Congress, the germ of measures calcu-
lated to unsettle the conditions on which the
Public Lands were cedcd by the original pro-
prietor States, and greatly to impair the
equality Of benefit arising from the same, in
which Virginia, in common with all the
States, is Justly entitled to participate.
RESOLVED, That not only the experience of
the past, but u wise forecast, requires the
speedy adoption Of some equitable plan pro-
viding for the distribution among the States
in just proportions, the proceeds of the sales
of the public lands, and this General Assem-
bly, doth therefore earnestly urge upon Con-
gress the immediate adoption of such meas
ures as will be best calculated to attain this
most desirable object. ra5,aEa Ea'51
RESOLVED, That the Governor of this Com
monwealth transmit the foregoing Report
and Resolutions to each of the Senators and
Representatives in Congress from this State,
with request that the same be laid before
the two Houses of Congress.
Mr.. Clay.-Of all the arts practised either
by faint friends or open adversaries of any
distinguished public man, surely that is most
disingenuous which attempts to produce an
impression that he is not true to himself
This stratagem is put in practice, we per.
ceive, to prejudice in the West the well-e0rn-
ed popularity of HENRY CLAY, and dim his
just claims 10 political eminencc, by repre-.
senting him as withdrawing. or being about to
withdraw, his name as u candidate for the
Presidency! @nv+ rt rHr
So far from his Withdrawing his name
from the generous competition for the highest
trust Of the Republic, there has never been a
moment, according to our information from
different quarters, when Mr.. Clay's name
and political services were more honorcd and
esteemed than at this very time. No one
we are very sure. can have any authority
from him 10 circulate the story to which we