Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-07-16
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IFrs'uSnts house. AZ hsisLvd IN n style OF InsrnIiiconce
I'M regafsp.eaios that might well satisfy a monarch.
let os examine the manners, habits. conduc and poht
zeal principles Of the person who dweps IN A. and Geo
they correspond To The grandeur of The mansion. I
ms, show The people soInc facts. from which they
may Jouge whether tins IL that plain. sir pie. humble.
haau handed den'oerai whom they have been taught
10 ssie'e = nj the head of the democratic party. b..
cause the question now Is, whether Martin v,n Bur.n
oil hinoeSoook, a. that rGal. bons, de.ssriightpoin
which his ffiends avouch him 10 be. lie
may call himself a de~fnocmt-such. no Joub, lac pr-
'es-ee 10 oc-bnt ihcn there isa great difference be-
t~esn names and things. You have heard the sSry
OF me farmer snn, who said 20 has ialher, Father IL
l shout call that calls iail a leg, how RAINY les
would the calf haveI" -why Eve to be sure said
hrs faihcr. why. no IL wouldn't" avs the hoy.
-becosse my calling it a leg ~ould'n, make it 60"
tLaughterl
look aiitile closely, we Shhll find ,Aa, the dem scraiic
leg - nothing but a tail. after all" loud ~laughterl
On reading the DIARY in America" by Captain
MaTryat of the Royal Navy of England, I was much
struck with the sound discrimination exhibited by this
distinguished traveller. In a paragraph at page. Is Of
The hrst volume OF his work I will read The passage:
MIR Van Bureu il n very geniloinanlkc s.islli.
gent man; very proud of taking over bis visit 10
England, and The English with whom he was acquain-
ted. IL rs remarkable thai. al,bough ut che head Of the
democratic party. Mr.. Van Buren, har lak.a n step
striking at The very roots OF their bcasted equality, and
one on which General jackson dad not venture. name
y. he has prevented the mobocracy (demos racy) frun
i~ntruding Intensely c. nj hrs levees. The police are
now stationed at che door. a. prcvect the mar Isisr Of
any 'mproPcr person. A few year, ago. a fellow
would drive hiscoach up 20 The door. ssaIk isio the
saloon IN all hs- dirt. and fcrce INA way o. the Presi-
dent, tlss; Ne might shake him by Me orc hand. whilst
he hoursshed his whip an the other. The revolving
scenes which took place when reireshmeni. " ere hen.
ded round. the injury done 10 the furniture. and the
disgust TO the ladies, NAV he well imagined. Mr..
1 Ann Rurau .l~e.r.o. er.1,s G.. H. -. g..
was n bold oce; but.I must not prrise him too much,
OF lac may lose hrs next election"
i could well anticipate that an English sea captain.
who had been reared among the naughty Sri.iocrscy
Of that proud country, and who had been accustomed
To exercise almost despoiic power aboard h. NAN OF
war. would show his strung British feelings By a hoar.
~ approval of the ccde OF palace laws. alopied Nv Mr.
Van Buren,, and by which ire prevents "TuE NoBoc
RAcY democracy from intrudmg themselves nj IN.
levees' ] could also anticipate that thls Captain in
the Royal Navy would manifest has sbhorrcpee ofiho
people. by conUendmg. Ia suitable teIns. the palace
regulation. BY which the police are new stationed
at the door TO prevent the intrusion OF any improper
peron." But what arrcsledpnost particularly my arien
I on IN reading the passage just quoted wa. h rsm.r (
able tact displayed by the author in opening To hn
tenders. IN two or three lines. the inmcst re .sses OF
Mr.. Van Bnrens character and in6rmity. "IIE Il
VERY PROUDOF TALKING OVER HiSNaSIT IL
ENGLAND. AND THE NGLISH WITH WHOM
HE WAS ACQUAINTED These are presnsn
worms anf' furnish key TO explain many occurrence
which have transpired since his elevation To the Pres
idency. and which have caused, ia the minds Of IN,
old aDd true hearted Republicans Of this country. a
niazenient n not gnef and modification There wa
a time IN This land when kings, and aristocrats, en-,
noblepnen were net countenanced az hey are now
Z II There was q time when there mas ne such strong ahin
z lilies oeiwscn US and the nonarchs on the other sid,
OF the Atlantic; there was n time when you woul,
not find the son Of a President Of the United State,
. invited md set down TO the royal table in EnylanC
o before the highest noble nan in that land. Just look
E atn. DO you not see how We are going ia favor wit
is the poienIates of Europei When Scott went to Eng
land. was he taken by the aand in thi, wayi No
; he had whipped the British a; Lundy's Lane. and q
Bu~dgewnier, too much. No but when the son q
President Van Buren, goes there. he i, put down b
Il the side Of Prince Estcrhazy, and take, precedenc
= even VI the DIke Of Wellington. tell YOU we sr
growing IN favor with crowned heads & countries. Ifw
u go on as we have been doiay, we shall in time e
Q through all the court nonsense and -numInery tina
!. have dissraced Chustendon for the last century.
r say We look too much across the wator. What Is 20
Ing On nowi The President aad the head of IA,
Treasury Department have both substantially told N
That we ought to organize a system Of collecting, keep
ing, and dIsbunrng the public revenue after the man
ner ~ which the kings. tyrants. and despois of Europe
keep tkoiE,reosnrcs. That Is The ocomn,ndation-
the dssPois Of Europe have these sub treasures, and
} therefore we ought 20 adopt the scheme for this coun
Try The Secretary oi War. too. has sen, to Europe
two young cavalry oficsu-or what VIII ~me o
Tao Democracy tell cs what purpose the Secretary in
tends 10 answer by sending abroad two officers Of hi
Department 10 eIamine into the history and Use Of the
D French cavalry ~seryicei The Postmaster Genera
I, also has has agents abroad. The last letter I saw fror
MIR. Agent Pitt "a dated at Bcilin. Probably lac
learning in the despOtism of Prussia how a system Q
q espionage might be introduced here how letters nigh
. be opened and seals broken 10 advantage; and CORES
IGndcncs be intercepted. l.. for nay part. do not lik,
these iIgads upon the principles Of our Revolutions
ryfather. Why should we,go abroad for such things
Look atour own LouETy. is 1t not as large as all Eu
rope together Has ii nj d soil sufficiently substan
tlnl and fertile 10 sustain a popGlstien equal to that o
all Eunpe' Has 4, not wiIhiniiSeIi all 70 elcmcut
Ola great nation without gOEE abroad TO looG for lem
| believe that If England and Edrcpe were sunk No
the Atlantic. his nation. instead Of beiag impeded in
her onward Earch, would have its high destiny accel
Grated. Have We DOT all the germs Of prosperity that
are To be found in Europe Have we not gold and
silver, and iron and copper, and zinc snd lead, and
all the useful metallic ores in hbundancol Have we
not within our own borders eJIIon and wool, and henJ
and hoI, with
"4lack sable fus fr winters frosis.
Ald silks for summers fret
do we not possess all the roofs, grains md vegetable,
OF Europe! not our glorious forests furnish sublime
sPeSimensofihe live oak The white oak. the hickor maple
walnut, beech, cucumber, not forgetting the buckeye
and eTen tho sliPrery-elni Why, then, 20 abroad .
why ape tho manners Of Europel Why should zach
Department send messehgen ihsre 10 learn wisdor :
10 see how desPotisns are managed and conducted.
and how the people are oppressed n the objeei
were TO learn anything which would tend 10 hbemlizs
our EhsiilutIons. our messenger shoUld have been sent
70 a country where they yenerate the habeas corpus,
me night Of Irisl byiury. freedom ~Ofspsech and q free
press. what - the object Of a monarchy II is 90
secure inviolate tho person Of he monarch; to give
him uncontrolled sway ard all the Institutions and
laws ola monarchy are made 20 carry into effect that
OBJECT Hence. IN a monarchy you have the msrim
That the King can do no wrong-thai IL ia treason oven
70 inselne his death. And evOry thing Is made TO
bend 10 his will
our Democratic President ought not 10 20 to lands
who're surh privileges exist They are not in accord
once with our institutions; they are m~anifesfly sub
'efH'S OF tie principles Of alI our institutions. Kings
arc no less rosues 'yrants and despots now than ihey
Were IN l7I6. Why. then. should Mr.. Van Buren,
De making friends 10 the way O fNannon with these
yrants' despots, and request let as ooDfne osreL
ves "hhm our own charming country-our people
nave enough TO do At home with out going abroad
Lot ua preserve our own institutions n. b.,J,d d,..