The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-07-28
GEN. OGLE'S SPEECH.

OF all the numerous and varied speeches of
the session of Congress just closed, no one has
produced sensation SO profound and universal
as that of Gen. Ogle, of Pennsylvania part of
which, we this day lay before our readers. The
facts il discloses have astounded the whole
country. Friends and foes have sought for il,
and read il with amazement and disgust, II has
unfolded the true character OF the White House,
as now administered While the people have
been uled by the song OF simplicity and eco
nomy, and the parasites of the President have
proclaimed that they must work harder and live
less luxufiously, and while low prices, low
wages, decreasing revenues, and universal en-
barrassment have characterized the times, the
Chief Magistrate of the Union with professions
of love for the people. and frugality and attach
ment 10 republican habits eernally on his lips,
has drawn himself within the palace, and sur
rounded himself with all the luxury, splendor
and magnifcence Of oriental dignity There,
out of humanity's reach,o his heart turned
away from all sympathy with the wants and in
erests of the people, and grown elfeminate by
indulgence, he has reposed in ease and security,
giving heed only to such measures of Govern
ment, as, in its exclusive care of itself, should
best promote the convenience, and enlarge the
discretion and power of the Executive A more
heartess and reprehensible spectacle has never
before been exhibited by Chief Magistrate of
the Union.
Does he, in the considerable dspensation Of
patronage he enjoys in garnishing his palace,
M Ap,a
art Docs he feel that there would be any
pride in showing to the representatives Of foreign
nations, that the house of the American Presi-
dent is furnished with the products of American
ingenuity and industry No. In the aristo-
crazy Of his heart, he passes by the productions
of American mechanics, and imports from the
Empires of Princes, whose fashions and whose
systems, he emulates, all those paraphenalia Of
domestic life, which, by their style and associa-
ton, enable him the more easily 10 assmilate
his conduct that of hereditary potentates, and,
surrounded by the forms, TO reyel in the mag
med enjoyment Of the incense of wide worlds
homage. II is true he deludes himselt-that he
mistakes forms for substances-adula for
mert-and office for dignity But the delusion,
nevertheless, Is SWEEP, ana, tOr nlInSet, MS con-
ceit answers the purpose OF reality
| But who, remembering the Republican sim
pliclty and frugallty, and the open-handed, and
| plain-hearte hospitality Of the days of Wash
ington, Adams, Jefferson Madison, and Mon
roe, could have been induced to believe that, an
exhausted revenue, in time of peace, and peo-
pie with their substance eaten out, would 50 soon
be observed in this country, while atthe same mo-
ment, the head OF the nation would be the very
personifcaion Of ease and fairness, opulcnce and
splendor, What must be inferred from this
striking contrast between the governor and the
governed Why that the blessings Of Go
vernment are not dispensed upon all like the
dews of Heaven, but fall rather upon the head
of chosen and annoined one
Mr.. Ogle has entered the camp OF the adyer-
sary-and his speech is an inventory of his dis
coveries II drags out to the whitening gaze OF
the world the hypocrisy Of 3 pseudo democrat
No one can read il without feeling Inundated
by the success Of humbuggery and delusion-
without feeling deep contempt for the Popinjay
that thus bedecks himself and feathers his nest
at the expense Of the people, or without being
fully convinced that Mr.. Van Buren, is an arts
tocrat, and a bad example for Republic.
| There is tendency TO effeminacy in the age.
| Mr.. Van Buren's example favors il. If Mr..
Ogle's speech, in the profound impression IT is
calculated to make, shall check this disorder, he
will be entitled TO the gratitude of the country.
1t was precisely such kind of efemnacy and
luxury that precipitated the down fall of the
Roman republic May we by a speedy return
to the sterner virtues, save this country from the
fate of Rome.
Fearing the effect of Mr.. Ogles disclosures
upon the people, the federal loco-focos have, in
characteristic manner, undertaken to throw
discredit over the whole of it, In this they
have failed. more upright and disinterested
gentlemen is not to be found in Congress than
Gen. Oge. He does not often trouble Congress,
or waste the public time, by much speaking -
But when he does speak, he illustrates at once
his spirit ofresearch, and throws upon his ati-
dience an overwhelming food of facts, and thus
his efforts are efectual To use his own lam
guage, he lives "among the frosty sons OF
thunder sixty miles from any bank" The
facts he has adduced on this occasion, are well
authenticated, being accompanied in most in
stances by the vouchers The certificates OF
the several highly respectable gentlemen, mem
bers OF Congress, whose PAPER is appended to
the speech, give, ifpossible, additional authenti-
city to it.