Litchfield enquirer., 1840-03-26

Extract from the speech Of Mr.. Clay in opposition
90 the Sub Treasury Bill:
Mr.. President, for ten long years we have
been warning against the alarming growth
of Executive power; but, although we have
been occasionally cheered, it has been con-
stantly advancing and never receding. You
may talk as you please about bank expan.
sions. There has been no pernicious expan.
sion in this country like that of Executive
power; nor any periods of contraction. You
may denounce as you please the ususpations
of Congress. There has been no usurpation
but that of the Executive, which has been
both of the powers of other coordinate de-
partments of this Government and upon the
States. There scarcely remains any power
in this Government but that of the Presi-
dent. He suggests, originates, controls,
checks every thing. The Unsuitable spirit
of the Stuarts for power and prerogative,
was brought upon our American throne on
the 4th of March, 1929. It came under oil
the usual false and hypocritical pretences
and Gisguises of love of the people, desire of
reform, and diffidence ofpower. The Scotch
dynasty still continues. We have had
Charles the First, and now have Charles the
Second. But again thank God that our de-
liverance is not distant; and that, on the
4th of March, l64l, great and glorious re-
vofution, without blood and without convul-
sion, will be achieved.
The Registry Law.-Mr. Niles said in his
famous cattle letter, that the LOcos had been
cheated out of the election"-that the Wings
had obtained more than a thousand illegal
votes by bringing in persons from the ada
cent States, &C., and wished all vigilance to
ha tn mt Hhn nf CR1N N
fact. To prevent any future difficulty on
this score, and purify the elective franchise,
the Wings enacted the Registry law, which
interferes with no mans rights, but provides
more effectually against the frauds COM
planned of by Mr.: Niles. But now, forsooth,
this attempt to correct the evil is discovered
to be "an engine of oppression and fraud"
an invasion of the sacred rights Of suf-
frage!" There is nc way Of pleasing these
gentlemen, unless it is by giving the ballot
boxes into their hands exclusively. Then
there is no doubt every thing would go right.
Then there would be no cheating, but one
grand system of egalized corruption" The
Wings never gained the ascendancy in this
State, till they found out the frauds of their
opponents. Then they got the power, and,
with the blessing of heaven, they mean to
keep a-New- HGUen Herald.
Mr.. ED1roR-The following conversation
between Wing and an honest Locotoco, oc.
Cured in the Steamboat on her passage from
New-York, on Saturday.
Whig.-How many do you number in your
establishment?
Loco.-Our number is less than usual. We
have at present only l75.
Whig.-How are your prospects for bust
ness
Loco.-There is no prospect at all Fhe
times, or as you would say, the measures of
the Administration, have nearly ruined our
business. 1t has always been an object with
us to 60 upon the cash system-but for the
last two years that has been OUT of; the ques-
ton. We have been compelled to sell en-
tirely upon credit, and now we cannot sell
at alt.
Whig.-We hope for better times.
Loco understand. have been in the
Western part of the State of New York, and
its all Tippecanoe there. Twas nearly alone
among five hundred passengers OH board Of a
steam boat Here in New-York could not
find a public house but that was full of
Whiggery and hurrah for Harrison. The
first time ! go to Hartford Ewill ask Niles
and Gid where they stop, and see if can't
find place where there is somebody besides
Whigs.-Netc-H auen Palladium.
SIMPLE REMEp1Es.-A good quantity of old
cheese is the best thing to eat when distress
ed by eating too much fruit, or oppressed
with any kind of food. Physicians have
given it in cases Of extreme danger.