The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-18
Correspondence of the Tribune

| HIS OIilUTy' nc Is SOOu-lOOKlnS MS VOICE il
firm and sonorous his manner assured and
dignifed; his ideas are happily conceived and
well expressed.
He spoke of the inability of the President
and his satellites to prevent free discussion
He cannot stife debate in this House; he
cannot smother the voice of an independent
press nor can he silence the deep murmur-
ings Of an indignant and outraged PEG lie
As we'll might he hope to stop the thun-
der of Niagara's roar, or still the mighty o.
cean when dashed to fury by contendinC
! storms"
Happening to bring into connection Ma
poleon and James X. Polk he said, 81 can
make no comparison between Napoean and
Polk. There is no point ofcharacter in COM
mon between them, l would as soon think
of comparing the Dog-stars sickly ray with
the flashing, the brilliant blaze Of the Comet.
would rather lken him to the maniac, who,
amid his fits of deliriunl, believes himself the
lord Of all creation who, from the temporary
pinnacle of greatness, and in the excitement
Of his imaginary grandeur, exclams, " Atten-
ton, the whole universe Kingdoms, right
wheel p So James X. Polk-cxcitcd to de-
irium by his successful assumption of power
sends out his Commodores and his Generals,
his Satraps and his Tetrarchs-not to meet
the enemy in open field, but to seize upon
unexpectedly defenceless provinces, and ap-
propriate them by ProcldmdtionS !"
cannot do justice--trusting to imperfect
rccolection-to the gontleman's eloquent re-
marks. trust they will be published as well
for present pcrsual as future reference
The venerable editor of the Union, in es-
Gaping from Scylla, has fallen into Charybdis.
The House Of Representatives rclinquish its
hold upon his arm, the Senate seizes him by
the throat. He may yet illustrate democrat
ic" martyrology.
In the Senate, a resolution was introduced
today, by Mr. Yulee Of Florida, requiring his
expulsion which is laid over for to.morrows
consideration. Thus, you see, the old man
e,7ant is beaten, like shuttle-cock, from one
House to the other. "Rest perturbed spirit
rest p
Gen Cass demonstrated his intention in
the Senate to-day of marching to the Presi-
dcncy, with flags flying, amid the clangor Of
trumpets, the roll of drums, and all the pomp
and circumstance of glorious war. Like Sem
pronius, "his voice is still for war" He &C.
cupied the Senate to-day with his views of
the present conduct of affairs: partly in a
reply to Mr. Calhoun, and partly in farther
explanation of lis own position. He read the
Senate also an elegant treatise upon the at
trocities of the French and English Govern
ments, in which there were several beautiful
expressions, as beautiful as new.
From all the distinguished Senator said and
read, it was inferred, with much ease, that he
advocated "vigorous prosecution of the
war :" the inference was not SO easy, how in
tto to no cd
The Senator did not preserve his temper so
we'll as is his wont. MrWcbster having ask
ed him to yield the floor moment, he exclaim-
ed somewhat tartly, II won't answer any
questions; don't ask me more questions;
won't be interrupted So" Mr. Webster hav-
ing no questions, sat down without reply
And the General continued, answering no
questions, save those he proposed to himself
Col Sewer of Ark. succeeded Gen. Cass.
As I did not hear his remarks am incapable
of explaining their nature.
Mr. Parrish of Ohio, in the House, broke
ground against the Wilmot ProyiSo--Mr.
Wood of our State in its favor. From cal
cu!ation formed last night Of the sentiments
of members on this subject, am induced to
believe it will be lost by some eight or ten
votes-that is, if direct vote be taken. The
intention of the majority now is to smother
the Proyiso in the Committee of the whole
House, to prevent apublic expression oftheir
sentiments 1t is more than probable that
this subterfuge will be successful.
OUR GREAT POSTMASTER GENERAL,
We arc told that one of our merchants, who
has long been in the habit of sending news
papers to his customers, after having drawn
nLI, rnI tO
do SO notwithstanding the order of the Post
master General to tear Off wrappers, and
prosecute every one who should make any
mark on a newspaper sent by mail. A few
days ago the merchant received note from
the District Attorney inviting him to call.
The invitation was complied WITH when the
District Attorney produced several of these
newspapers which had been wrongtully alb
stracted from tho mails by order of the Post
master General, and inquired whether the
merchant had made these marks or caused
them to be made. The merchant said YES,
and the Attorney informed him that he had
been ordered to commence prosecution for
this violation of Post Office orders. The mer-
chant addressed the Postmaster General, re-
questing that functi nary to inform him where
the provision of law could be found which he
was charged with having violated. The
answer was discontinuance Of the suit. The
Postmaster Generals arbitrary orders were
the sole foundation of the suit. Our impress
sion is, that a suit against the Postmaster
General, for ordering the envelopes of the
papers to be taken off, and the papers with
held from their proper owners, would be like
" to find, not only law, but public opinion to
sustain it.-Jouyaal Of Commerce.
CU0KIYG. Neat cattle, that are fed on
apnIes or potatoes, arc very liable to get
cioled, and many valuable animal has been
lost from not knowing how to afford relief in
time to save life. The following remedy is
therefore published, with the fullest and most
confident reliance on its efficacy.