The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-21


was taken up in the consideration of a bill for
limiting the fees of registers of the land office,
and others administering oaths in regard to own
ership of land, presumption rights, Sc.
The remainder of the day from one o'clock,
was devoted to private business.
The Senate is not in session to-day, having
yesterday adjourned to Monday. MIR. Webster
will speak upon the bankrupt bill on Monday.
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The tollotcilg is a copy Of a letter sent By a
gentleman Of this place to our Representative
IN Congress, to gire an indication o. the signs
of the times: you can publish 1t.
Lafayette, Chambers, .4la., May 5th, 1870
The Hon. Dixon F. Lewis, Sir, -Among the
2S3 documents forwarded by you to this post
office by this evenings mail, find one for my
self, which l herewith inclose back plumbers
have done hkewise,) to you. If you intended to
make political capital of these documents for
the party in power, your purpose viii prove
abortive, The watchword throughout your dis
trict is HARRISON, TYLER, and REFORM in
deed, Sir, it is the battle cry from the hill tops
and valleys throughout the whole State. l re-
gret, Sir, that you have thus perverted the
ranking privilege to a purpose so ignoble
When | reflect how CALAMITY you led, few
years ago, the glorious minority in this State,
who had planted themselves on the famparts of
the constitution, ready to peril their all to pre-
serve it, must think that your advocacy of the
party in power, comes now with an i'll grace.
tben laid +ha Hottar;nor ,,oc+;or 10 M, so,,i
that we had a champion, who, in everyemergency,
would stand by us, unawed by power and unse-
duced by the trappings of office, for 1 then
believed you honest, faithful and patriotic. But
where now do we find you Behold your
standard reared in the enemy's camp, and you
YOU taught us to war to the hilt Yet rest as
sured that whatever may be your tergiversations,
we continue where you left us, firmly grounded
in the true political faith The same banner
floats over US. The same indomitable spirit
fires our bosoms and urges us to rescue ifpossi-
bic the tattered constitution of our country from
its ruthless spoilers. The State Rights party
Of your district stand steadfast, fixed and i'm
as you will find, when too late, with
chagrin and disappointment, when the election in
November, will speak in language (Which they
musD not to be mistaken, tolling the death-knell
IF your political existence. Could you expect
o be otherwise, when you have amalgamated
With party who have the effronty to proclaim |
hat s'to the victors belong the spoils," who have
-ivetted upon the country the abominable doc
rines of the proclamation and the force bill
the expenditures to treble that of the |
Adams, and whose mal-administration
las in the eloquent language of an ex-senator of
Georgia, caused more grey hairs to be ON our
foung republic than should have grown there
or centuries
Permit me, sir, to say that, if you expect any
avor from this quarter,you will find yourselfwo-
The. people of Chambers are sound |
o the core. The spirit OF inquiry is abroad IN
,ur land; tire energies of outraged, injured and
mined, but determined people are aroused; ;their
newly awakened powers will be crowned with
success, the Handwriting is ON the wall, and the |
ninions of power are seen quaking with dread
n anticipation of the evil nature of the rcvala-
ian about TO be made. IyOrtending no good to /