The Democratic Whig., 1843-02-02

give their views on the subject. E n
Tas. Momt5r.
GEN. JACKSON AND Amos KEW
DALI are now'bOth before Congress.
The one for a remission Of a fne, the
other for a payment by Congress Of
the damages the Court awarded against
him, in the case Of stockton & Stokes,
mail contractors. Here is the Chief Of
the Kitchen Cabinet, and the chief
cook aud bottle washer,-5y State in
structions and memorials, asking to
have refunded and paid, what the courts
Of the country have awarded against
them. The first received from the peo-
pie not only their highest honOrs, bot
5000, 900. General Hamilton thinks
he and Calhoun are greatly response
Bile for this heTo,s getting into power.
Let Us see what he says:-
"Io those who haze been ruined in
these unhappy times; Ioioie estates hare
passed under ths tender gripe Of The
Sheriff, the moral Justice Of General
Jackson's apoihegms will be but a dry
crust, "that those who borrow money
ought 10 break" doctrine out Of
which their creditors are likely to de-
rive as little comfort as themselves,
although itmustbeadmitted the General
tried all he could to secure this blessing
to the country. Butthe day ofrecknn-
ing must come. The, account will be
adjusted now or by pOsteriIy hereafter.
One Of its first sums viii be 70 settle
what the victory Of New Orleans has
cost US. These are generally expensive
pageants any how. Bonaparts never
achieved one for ola Belle France"
exceptto tue tune Of twenty millions
Of francs 10 say nothing Of the lois of
"craeked crowns and bloody noses"
he left on the field Of battle. But his
victories in cost, were no more 10 be
compared to the victory Of New Or
leans, than a penuywhistle is to Barou
Maneh1usen's celebrated clarion un-
der an April thaw. calculated that the
victory Of the sth January cost US fUe
! hundred millions Of dollars, besides
the small expense Of entailing upon the
county "a set Of drivellers whose folly
has taken away all dignity from distress
and made even calamity ridiculous" :"
This victory which occurred just
before The awarding Of the fine sought
to be refunded, in the opinion Of his
once warmest advocate. cost the coun-
try S5O0,OO0, ,000--and now, the peo-
pl who have borne the cost are asked
to refund the 6ne Of $1,000. This IS
a small matter to what the people have
already paid Give it 10 him by all
means-for it Is no more to be com
pared to Hamilton's estimate Of cost,
Than, as he says, is "a penny whistle
10 Baron Manchaussns' celebrated cla-
ron under az Aprd ihaw."
But AmOs--honest Amos the''hea-
ven born Amos ~ the sturdy beggar
at sra head for his extra Globe and
wholesale ISLANDERS the other cook. why
should he not follow in the footsteps
Of his illuslrious chiefain, and ha trea-
ted in like manner :---Tfue he had
The daring insolence 30 resist tie ap-
thority and direct order Of Coagress,
to pay to Stockton & Stocks what
i Congress had pronounced to be their
due true, he never regarded the feel
lings Of any man whom accident bad
placed under him bnt what off all this!
the country has palmy days Of the
"Kitchen Cabinet" according 10
Hamilton) 5000 ,OO0,-and been
degraded andi impoverished by it,
Why not now ih'ils Impoverished cen.
dition pay both of to hear the LAST Of
lthem. The last Bill Of eosts,---ac-
knowledge the decisions ofthe couts
pay them off, and take a receipts in
| full for all claims Of every description
and character, and be grateful tits The
| las. CATO.
Amos was chief cook in those mos
lrums, that cause Hamilton to call the
General, IN the language Of Burke,
ga consummaie archaect Of ruin, ;"
Jackson's fne and Amos damages ap'
pear appropriately together.
A bankruptin Vermont, lately gave
among his effects, nine small childreo-
l He thought isereditors entitled g all
bis acquisitions since be became in
volved,
The latest abstraction is the boiling Of Pig