The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-06


the public service and that to be applied precise
| ly as the law may direct, and drawn from the
Treasury agreeably to the long-established forms
of that Department.
GIL. That he should never attempt to nAu-
| ence the elections, either by the People or the
State Legislatures, nor suffer the Federal officers
under his CONTROL to take any ether part in them
than by giving their own votes, when they pos
sess the right of voting.
ssIV That in the exercise of the veto power,
he should limit his rejection of bills to, 1st
Such as are in his opinion unconstitutional; I'd.
Such as tend to encroach on the rights Of the
States. or individuals; Sd. Such as, involving
deep interests, may in his opinion require more
mature dcliberation reference to the will of
the People, to be ascertained at the succeeding
elections.
esV. That he should never suffer the influence
of his office to be used Tor purposes of purely
party character.
ssVI That in removals from Office, of those
who hold their appointments during the pleasure
of the Executive, the cause of such removal
should be stated, if requested, to the Senate, at
the time the nomination of successor is made.
eFAnd last, but not least in Importance,
''YIT. That he should not suffer the Executive
department of the Government to become the
source of legislation; but leave the whole bust
ness of making laws for the Union, to the de-
partment to which the Constitution has exclu-
sivey assigned it, until they have assumed that
perfected shape, where and when alone the OPT
Mons of the Executive may be heardo
These his principles; and, although they
are entirely antagonistic to the principles upon
which Martin V. Buren, has acted, they are new
ertheless the good, sound, oil fashioned republic
can principles Of jefferson and Madison. And
what is The pledge he gives for the performance
of his promise' A long life of eminent public
serviccs-an undertaking course OF fidelity to the
wishes and interests of the People. That is his
/ N led mr. we - i'm q believe
restore this Government He has no temptation
to do otherwise. He will have no second term
TO provide for-that root of all Executive cor
ruptlon Hear what Jefferson thought on this
subject of a second term. quote from a letter
1 of his to John Adams, dated Paris, November Is,
1888: 81 WISH THAT, AT THE END OF FOUR YEARS,
THEY HAD MADE HIM 1.-THE President] FOREVER
| INELIGIBLE SECOND TERM.o He saw the temp
tation that would operate on the President to Sc
cure his second vote. He saw how all Execu-
tive acts during the first term would have bear
| ing, a looking out towards the second; and he
was for cutting eff at once the root of the mis-
chief. But on this point Harrison comes pledged.
! He will not serve second time. Whoever, then,
| approves and would sec carried out the princi-
pies of Jefferson, let him lend his aid here is an
opportunity such as may never return.
| We have heard much said about General Hair
risons residence at North Bend. l have here
description of the house and furniture, given by
| an eye witness, and want to contrast it with
| the real magnifcence in which his rival moves
! at the White Chateau:
General Harrson's house is plain old fash
toned house, erected some forty years ago, part
| of which is actually built of hewed logs, wealth
erboarded-the other part is frame work, two
stories high, painted many years ago white
His furniture is all of old fashioned make, in use
perhaps for forty years. There is nothing fash
| ionable or elegant about the General" CAT din
ner, large pitcher was set on the table, and
l aI-,1e i
could not help smiling to find the contents to be
hard cider"
Here, sir, are no gilded plateaus, no gold
spoons, no gold knives and forks, no mirrors as
big as barn doors, no royal Wiltons, no tabour-
cts, no French comfortables, no Turkish divans,
| no golden stars and rays, no Grecian baths, no
air furnaces, no arcaded screens. Every thing
is in plain, simple, transformations, and farmer
! like style Even the hospitality Of the General
himself is Of that pure, old fashioned kind, with
out show parade.
ask you, MIR. Chairman, which most resem-
bles the style and furniture of the humble log
cabin, which the advocates of Martin Van Blu
rem treat with so much contemplate comforts
| able home of General Harrison, the royal
palace of Martin Van Buren, To assist you to
arrive at safe conclusions on this subject, will
read from Doddridge's History of the INDIAN
| Wars, true description of the log cabin iurni-
ture, diet, &c. of the early settlers in the west
ern country
ssThe furniture for the table, for several years
after the settlement of this country, consisted of
few pewter dishes, plates, anu spoons; but
mostly of wooden bowls, trenchers, and noggins.
If these last scarce, gourds and hard shelied
squashes made upon the deficiency.
|fThe iron pots, knives, and forks were brought
from the east side of the mountains, along with
the salt and iron, pack horses
'eThese articles of furniture correspond very
well with the articles of diet, which they
were employed. sIIog and hominy were proven
bal for the dish of which they were the compo-
nent parts. Johnny cake and pone were, at the
outset of the settlement of the country, the only
| forms of bread in use for breakfast and dinner.
ssWhen milk was not plenty, which was often
the case, owing to the scarcity of cattle, or the
want of proper pasture for them, the substantial
dish of homny had to supply the place of them;
mush was frequently eaten with sweetened water
molasses, BEARS oil, or the gravy of fried meat.
| 'fEach family, besides little garden, for the
| few vegetables which they cultivated, had ar
other small enclosure containing from half an
acre to an acre, which they called ''track-
patch,' in which they raised corn for roasting
cars, pumpkins, squashes, beans, and potatoes.
These, in the latter part Of the summer and fall,
were cooked with their pork, vensIon, and bear
meat for dinner, and made very wholesome and
| well tasted dishes. The standard dish for every
log-rolling, house-raising, and harvest day,
pot-pie, what in other countries is called fsea
PIE. 4 ms, besides answering Tor dinner, served
for part Of the supper also, the remainder of it
from dinner being eaten with milk in the even
ing, after the conclusion Of the labor Of the day
ssYet our homely fare and unsightly cabins and
furniture, produced hardy, veteran race, who
planted the first footsteps of society and civiiza
tion in the immense regions of the west
fsInured to hardihood, bravery, and labor from
their early youth, they sustained with manly for
titude the fatigue of the chase, the campaign and
scout, and with strong arms turned the wilder
ness into fruitful fields, and have left their des
cendants the rich inheritance of an immense en-
pirc, blessed with peace and wealth"
In this description OF Mr. Doidridge you do |
not find, sir, among the viands which grace the |
table of the log cabin such palace gimclacI<s as
Galee an, Champagne rose-Glace en- pwaniide |
-aYsd Supreme de cofaiHe en- bOrdWe la
2nLce: but more sabstantial dishes that are bet