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4 The Aadsanian contains a letter. from The
| Hon. Paifick Goods. Of Ohio, written in much
The same strain as that Of Mr.. Calvary Norris
that is, charging his fellow members Of EOngtess
With want Of patriotism and of leg stating fuT
hpafiy purposes instead Of for The relief Of the
eouslry joining 10 with, and sfirminf the truth
! Of, the slang and Islander upon Congress, WHICH
Gil the Lecoioco and Tyler papers, and which
am korry see mol nnfFequenIly endorsed by Wing
editors. These persons either do pct know OF
EIake good care that their readers shall not, thar
this Congress has maIused more important bills
i hts made greater number or valuable and
iimpoTlant reports, anddone more business AREA
I dy, Than any Congress during The whole twelve
| years Of Jsekscn's and Van Buten's adminlslfa.
non; and they will have matuted measures that
~ilreifsnch expenses and put a stop TO exlrAya-
! gancIes and abuses 70 a greater extent than AMI
| Congress that has ever sat since The formation Of
The Constitution: This affirm. and defy con.
tfadic,ionl
! 7 There il no easier or cheaper sayto acquire q
kind OF bastard reputation Tor wisd0fp end patri.
/ olsm Than 10 speak boldly and contemporary
Of others. Mankind generally have propensity
10 grumble, especially when things 20 wrong with
them, and he who ehimesin with thai propensity
Al xneh times and charge s others moi The opfe
they suffer, viii have listeners, and the more
bold and denunelaloty he is, lhe more credit viii
be given him for wisdom and honesty. Hence
the ease with which demsgegues mount into
power 10 Ioubous times; hence, too, the sue
cess Of quacks over regular bred and profoundly
read physicians.
Mr. Goode and Mr.. Morris have lho6ght pro-
per 10 fall ia with, and hum6ur, The general dis
content Of lheicountry arising fromlhe state Of
The times, fcr-which those, in power are 10 no
way responsible, and to jo,n in The hue and cry
against the body Of which they are members -
These gentlemen are both honest, wen meaning
men, admit, but when they anderake 10 cen.
sure Others. q cast stones ,ihey should take care
thai their own houses are not glass. Nov how
happens j; that these men have not made The
discovery before. that those with Whom they have
been acting we're not acting for ire good Of The
country They say that Congress has done no.
thing have either Of these genllemep proposed
or attempted 10 carry alsingle measure for the
relief ofihe coanIry and who are more bound
to act than lheyi But farther, one Of these gen
temeu, who complains of the inacli6n Of Con-
gress, Mr.. Morris, is himself probably as lille
no the House. pays as liisle attention to what's
'goins cd, and lakrs as lille part ID Ire business
before The House, or 10 maturing i Ia The com.
nillee room, as any other member;
Whatl have said is proved By The fact-lhat
from The commencement q The sessiah up 10 the
lVth OF fsotuafy, u appears that the ayes and
noes were taken l0I times, aud that Air Morris
was p.esent and voted 81 times, and was abseat
So times; that Is 10 say, judging by he Journal
81 the House and The IeaoFd of the ayes and noes
this man who charges Congress with doing nolhI
ing, has himself been absent more than half the
limei make 20 eopment, but leavv il 10 The /
public 10 Judge how much faith should Be put in
the erumbliags aud charges Of such a msn. All
70 MI Goesie, pious, worthy man, lhink il,
likely he really believes vkarhe says buI prob
ably hts belief has been some Shai sfecied wilhI
out bis being a. all aRaIe Of i, BY The application
o. soE-In law or sonle other relative, toT John
Tyler. for an.otiice. Oar minds are S1melines II
and net nntteqaenily. brought 10 conciu<ionSSbyl
means Of which we hre Wholly unconscious ana
which We would be nnwi.lsng 70 own The inhuS
enee Of even to ourselves. i will not charge
these gentlemen Wi,hIsiatine falsehnod because
do,aft believe eaher &C them woali be gUllly /
Of saying what shey. believed TO be unir1e. bn. I
do most Positively Assert my own belief. founded |
upon very free and general intercourse with
The members since have been here. thak ssthey /
have stated the thing tha; is not;" II at whai
they have charged their lellow membeh wMh
exists only in their ihaginaSions.
.}1G OLIVER oLDSeH0oI..