Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-15
"wuAr HAS MUuLENBnRe DONE -,

Chandler Of the u s. Gazette, and as it is re.
spectfnl, and intended probably to collect vau-
able information, we not at liberty to de.
cline answering il.
Mr. Muhlenberg has done, and is doing, all
that is expected from Patriot, Christian, and
Phanthropst. BY long continued series of
deeds of charity and Misunderstanding the hun
CRY, clothing the naked and consoling the affict-
ed-he has won the cordial esteem and affection
of all his ncighbors, irrespective of political dis.
tinction For many years, also, Mr. NJ. minis
tered to the spiritual wants Of his fellowmen,
until physical inhrmity constrained to abandon
profession, which threatened the inevitable and
abrupt termination of his own existence. Then
those who had learned TO appreciate his great
private worth d'mdndedhis services in differ.
ent sphere of usefulness, and elected him their re.
preventative in Congress, a station not incom.
/ patible with the one he had reluctantly relin-
/ quished. He served his constituents faithfully
/ and well, and was reelected He increased in
efficiency as he gained in experience and they
added another term. In Congress his eaIeer
was one OF eminent fidelity and usefulness, as we
shall proceed to prove.
fully, too the wild project of launching the Cen
eral Government in the same extravagant system
of Internal improvements that has since i'm.
poverished two-thirds of the states-cde his ex-
cellent speech against the Maysvlle road bill
He aided, materially, in saving tie National
Treasury from bankruptcy, by the withdrawal
of the public moneys from the venal grasp of all
institution, which was then already engaged in
wasting million upon million in reckless specu.
lation, and which finally succeeded in plungng
itself into the vortex of irretrievabe insoven-
cy, and those who had placed their trust in it, in
70 a condition of absolute destitution
He tried to investigate its condition, being one
of a committee deputed for the purpose by Con-
gress, before folly had generated into madness,
but was prevented. The bank closed its doors
upon him. as it has since done upon its stockhold.
ers and creditors.
He put an end to the panic speeches of mem.
bers of Congress in the interest of n Biddle and
thereby saved thousands of dollars TO the people
q and monstrous waste of precious breath, spent
in behalf of rotten institution.
In strain offcrvd and impas stoned eloquence
" seldom surpassed in the halls of Congress by the
y most aspiring, and never equaled by one un-
! pretending he fearlessly resisted the Southern
L MISUNDERSTANDING against the sacrifice of
American Industry 10 the intempcrate demands
k of Southern Hotspurs-when even the stout
/, heart of Mr. Clay yielded TO the tempest and in
duced him Clay to immediate his own cherish
;, ed offspring.
:, He gained a pension for the widow of Stephen
Decatur, by one OF the finest appeals to the JUS
=. tice of Congress on record, and so much he
. respected in the responsible post of chairman OF
the committee on revolutionary pensions, that
y his endorsement ofa claim was deemed all sufii.
N cient 10 insure its immediate adoption.
He was powerful advocate Of the Gold Bill,
= one of the crowning features in the wise policy
i of President Jackson.
Mr. Van Buren, rendered him the embassy To
L. distinguished foreign court voluntary trbntc
pr 10 his pure patriotism and exalted worth, and II
was accepted In his new relations, Mr.. VI. was
rs regarded by all who secured his acquaintance as
the noblest American of all. He did much to ele
=, vate the character of our country in the estIma
ton of those who had before but little understooC
- it. The letters referred 10 by the Gazette were
designed to exhibit the superiority of republican
:" over monarchial institutions, and no where did
'' he find the difference striking than in th'
domestic condition of the humble artisan and la
borer. After he had accomplished the purpose
he of his mission, he returned 10 his native land
he separating forever from devoted hearts abroad
NC 10 be welcomed by others, yet more devoted a
ed home
er, All this Mr., VI has done, TO gain for hlmsel
Ior that pearl above all price-a good name-and un
re- like thousands OF others, he has done nothing {
De- tarnsh or deface il He has yet 10 defea
Mr. Markle in the race for Governor a task
of which he can and will accomplish with the ut
ng most ease. After that our esteemed cotempors
er' ry will scarcely be tempted repeat the inqu
nd ~ What ha. Mr. Muhlenburg done i' Tn
facts will speak for themselves Dem. Union
K. WEsTMoRELAND CouNTY.-The Pennsylva
RY MIA Argus, Greensburg, administers the follow
ing "drop of consolation" to the wings relativ
ss. to their prospects in the 'Old Berks of tn
ct West"
un. "Ths being the first week Of our cour
de we have had an opportunity OF seeing and con
Der versng with Democrats from all sections
our country, and by what we learn from then
ing we can assure our friends abroad that Yves
ex moreland will do her duty nobly in the comm