The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-03

brook the presence Of conqueror, but which
wing'd its flight to the resting place OF Montgo-
ncry and De Kalb, upon the approach Of the tri-
zmfhant Briton; leaving the eagle mounted But
ton hid in his hearts best blood, the only thing
which should shut it out from the gaze Of its en-
emy' And may it ever be thus. Oh, may the
Button of my country ever thus preserve it's brill
liancy, and may the foe never reach it except
through the blood of its possessor. The mer-
chairman mariner, far from home, pursuing the
peaceful occupation of his calling, is seldom or
ever in a condition to protect himself, the in
tcrests conded to his care, from the rude assaults
of others;-h is a business of traffic, not of
bloodshed; if wronged, he throws himself upon
the power of his country for redress
Who, then, picture his delight, when he
sees the button of his nation, and feels that he is
encircled in her arms? These things have been
arc they so now? Our ships are as stout, our
crews daring, our officers gallant, as when
the ''stars and the stripes" waved above the din
and smoke of an hundred conflicts Why is it,
then, that the lustre of the button has departed'
that its brilliancy is no more? Where is that
esprit du corps which dared the lannon's mouth,
and preserved the honor of the Naval Officer as
bright as a Templar's shield? let the wrongs of
''thc service" answer-it has sunk before the
pestilential breath of party Presidents perse-
cution, creature who, sitting in the Chair of
WASHINGTON, hath dared to dishenor that class
of our citizens, upon whose glorious victories we
mo- afi hxyS Nc
s'cebblers and tinkers" Let it not be answered,
that he did net do the deed; if he did it not in
fact, he did it in irit;-he permitted his Sccre-
tary to publish it to the world.
-'sHc feeds the secret fire,
By which the mighty process is maintaIn'd;''
and, recently, by his approval of the proceedings
of a Naval Court Martial upon Lieut.. Hooe, he
hath sanctioned the menstrous doctrine, that
white mans life, honor, and liberty, are in the
holy keeping of NEGRO Captain Levy, of the
U. S. NJ, palsied be his heart and dishonsred be
his name! hath the merit of having "set that ball
tary Paulding, approve it. 'A spy Captain will
always have spy followers" is the experience of
the author of Peter Simple. If that be true
and who doubts it?-"a spy Captain in the SER
vice of the United States will have advantages
which are possessed in no other service in the
gra led class, whose bondage feeds the mighty
hate they bear the white man
But it is said, by way of apology, that there
was sufficient evidence to sustain the charge
without the use of the negro Witnesses then
why suffer their testimony to dark en- the
record; why thus deliberately insult the south
ern States of the Union by PEI hitting their in
stitltions to be trodden under foot The north
ern States have abolished slavery within their
limits that was matter exclusively for their
OWE consideration, land with which we had moth
to do. To sustain the majesty of those states,
groes are permitted totestifyaganst whitepersons.
In that also they have been allowed to crafty
their taste undisturbed but in slave holding
territory, the doctrine has been established by
this Administration, by this 'sNorthern man with
southern principles" that the reputation of the
white man may be blasted by the evidence of his
slave. Truly, GIVE have fallen upon evil days.
And are southerners so snmindful of their own dig
ityhonor, Jas to aid this crusade upon theirrghts
and privileges, byfmther supporting thisperfdious
administration ? l trust not ;-may they main
tain the homer of those who have game before
and preserved faithfully the interests of those
who are to come after them In my next,
may possibly describe button, fresh water
hutton, that is often seen at the polls as else
where.
referred in my last to Bond street Qowe
end) locofoco mean the thing who said 'Fthat i
Martin Van Buren, could not be elected by pape
bullets, he would be by leaden bullets"-and win
on another occasion declared fEthat no Wing wa
an honest man." l make this explanation t.
calm the Auttering in that neighborhood
DEPTFoRD HUNDRED.