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in his puddle message thai Congress we're the pro.
per lodges 6f the election and return al Menu
oers, aud whfle affecting TO regret his own sans
| OF power to co6nt the fraudnlently suppressed
returns from Aiiddlesex and South Amboy, Elk.
pfeSsly pointed 10 The House Of Representatives
as being amply clothed with such power BY he
Federal constitution. Ye, for exercising their
power n This respect, geu compare them 10 Cat
faline, Napoleon and Cromwell.
/ Yon say that the Democrats party were thus
.eaaSisd' 10 elect their Speaker. and organize the
House 70 suit their purposes. Do you hops by
the badness OF this assertion to impress any one \
with the idea 0f is frtlfA You surely must
know betters You must know that Mr. r MI
I. Hun.er, swho was elected Speaker upon that
occasion, did not then act with The Democratic I
party, bat had been acting 10 opposition 10 sheIa,
thai he asnoi even elected b, Democratic votes, /
bat by the Wings, aided BY a few Nulihers, Who !
had not then returned tothe Democrats, and that
his election was heralded 10 The world as Wkig
lrinnpk Believe me, skIeehsnir !, II $50 ecIis
tnue TO write with so little regard 10 facts. yuur
own party, credulous as most Of them are, will
soon lose all confidence 10 you.
You nsxs attempt TO prove that The modern
Democrats have trampled under foot the poliry
and principles OF Jefferson, How sou HAYS
succeeded in This attempt. shall endeayort 10 /;
show. In the FIRST place, then, he Mr.. JetieTson)
Ter Bank. as shall show conclusir5ly in IT'S
proper place. As for his opinions upon ,hessuh~.
lecs Of Internal lgprosementhy The General
Government, We have them onffecofd. Speak,
lug 81 The continuance Of imposls upon certain
atucles Of foreign impoi,alons. he says: Pa-
tfiolism would certainly prefer lis 7connnuanre 4
and application 70 the great purposes Of The pHb-i
lie education, roads, rivers, canals, and such
other Objects &C pubic Improvement as if may
aleration OF FEDERAL power Thus clearly show.
ing that he consideIed IN amendment Of The Gcn-
sltlution necessary 10 accomplish these otjec;s.#
Indeed, he says 50, In So many words 10 another
part OF the same message THE subject isgn0wEt
proposed 10 the consideration Of Congress, be4IF
cause, il spproved9hy The time the Stale Efgis-
lafures shah hayeYaelbefaed on this trtensitn IL
sIhe Federal trusts, and the laws shall be psssed
and other Arrangements made for iheir gAFn4
sion, the necessary funds will be in hand. and
Ritheut employ. ! suppose an amendment ID
the Constitution, by consent Of the States, ne+
cessafy, because the otjecls now recommended are
not among those enumerated in the Cohsiiiulfons
and 10 which il permits the public monies lobe
applied, But he was oppesed,' say you, 10 Ahe
flee use oflhe Veto power.' But was he, as you
and your parry are, in favor OF striking THAI
powsEsfrom the Constitution entirely tie isd-
ysed Gen. Washington, be had Doubt
people, But suppose The President should have
10 doubt ;supppse the settled convictions offh1s
whole life prompted him 10 the4beIief that cei-
lam act was unconstitutional, Will yeuSsay that
Mr. Jefferson would have advised him 10 peTjufe
himself by signing III MIR Jefferson ,ras anaJ-
vocaie Of home manufactures, as which OF US Is
noti We would all reJeice 10 see Them flourish,
and TO see them protected, too, so far as they can
derive protection from iair Tariff, imposed FIR
N "a Il a. 4. IL t1aR
MIR Jefferson eYerwent. As for supporting such
a vile system Of oppression and plumber as sGass
enacted BY your recent Congfess, believe he
wauid as soon have thought Of supporling the
aIiSn and Seditiol laws. -
You make merit ofnecessity, and admit that
which you did not dare to deny, viz; that dur
ing The cankass Of lS40 the Wings Merf 4 little
shsapf avowng their preference Tor Bank u
You confess, then, that they went befuIsl The
people studieusly coneearg their principles in
this respect; at least they were Jiltle shy, 'say
yen, oi a Bank--whieh was tie very Ersl ne -
sure they attempted 10 secure after their accession
10 power. How can ydu hope that party
which win thus attempt todupe and cheat The
people, can eyer suceeedi' Ard in your CEN
scieace you believe Ihat the IL years rule Of the
Desifuetires tmeaning the Democracy under the
rtigfis Of Jackson and Van BUREN, has brought
SUCH discfedit upon cur IGoyeIameat, both State
and Federal, that no body can now be found TO
trust their money upon any Of their most solemn =
enaciments. The 'DeStfncsives' hare ruined he
credit Of lie Government. Bur not The DesiTpc-
lives 10 whom you allude. But The Deslfnrisles
whe hayesquandeIed and given awsy lhs public
revenue. who by their own faclious legisaiieE,
their silly chickering's and quarrels with the man I
Of THEN otrn choice and by their hasty enacfBshf
Of laws. and precpi1ale repeal Of the same. have
so degraded their country that its credit is pow
inferior 10 any on earth Did the adninislTA-
:isBs pf Jackson and Van Buren, ever find any
difficulty in borrowing money-or woutc they
have found difficulty if the attempt had been
ma:le' Were The Treasury Notes issued BY
Van Buren, at any time during his ahminstfa-
ton, bslo,o par In short. sir did The credit pr
the Government ever suffer, until The recent
congregation Of Coons' disgraced it By their
fantastic lIickss
You say the Democratic pariypay heir deSis
by their fayorite mode, Republication. Ifyou have
The capacity Of bLpshing, doubt not your brow
was suhused when yousMrotetkst hnes Ypu
have mol had the effronieIy 10 rsiieraie your
false charge against MIR. BuchaSan, Why then
have you dared 50 boldly to SANDER The whole
DemocratiGpary' Who, but your own party,
have taught the doctrine Of population 10 the
States, by teaching them TO believe thai their
debts could be paid BY other means thsn fair
taxation e4-by teaching them 10 rely upon the
General Government for aid, in hopes that she
would assure those debisi Who, but your own
party. have encouraged the Banks 10 Their law.
less rfpudiation2 And who have taught The de-
lestabie doctrine to the people, but the party who
recently passed law, the folly and injusiicsof
which they have been compelled TO admit, byits
sneedy repeal, for The general liquidation Ind
'rtputliation' of debts 10 the amount, il is sup
posed, or at least thirty milIionss But what I
party YOU ask, sever advocated a NaiIoAaf
isbt!n answer, the Federal, alias " hig, alias
Coon patty, of The present day. Now donstqaar-
rel with your old friend, the Coon he y IDS a
great old friend Of yotr's during the canvassHof
lSaO--who recently openly and boldly (sespe4
hing uncommon Jor them loo1 advocated The
assumption by The General Government III two
hundred millions Of debt and whose leaders, in
the Senate, recently sku!ked, and shfInk, and
dedged, and refused to vote upon the resolutions
introduced by McDufhe, and Riyes and others,
against this same assumption. But the Demo.
crazy, (not Of Virginia, IL is admitted, J 70 Judge
from some pretty strong Indications, are wiling
not only to divide ,hcse~proceeds, (of The public
lands) but wish Congress 10 assume the Slais
debts n the amount oftwo bundled millions ~
shame son the man who will thus attempt 70
saddle his adve.saries with the sins Ui his ew p .
pariyl ATethere no Federal Wings 10 the re.
mocraiic States OF Pennsylvania and Ohit'' hcd
do you bellows that the petition from these Sisles
were signed by Democrats a Protective "a
lfif has forever been boldly avowed ~ Inc
wings, That is news 10 me. u u Dc woe,
/ - IL Il frsn1 r.