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THIS CAJi. son-ling reen,-...Scp. 1, iHVl We owe an apology to our readers for furnishing them with less news in the present number of our paper th:in usual, having published several comraunica tious of considerable length to the exclu sion of other matter. We have just received a series of tales entitled "Six Night with the Washing- tomans," from the prn of that able and useful writer, T. S. Arthur. Their de sign, as may be inferred from the title, is to promote the cause of Temperance, and to aid in propagating the principles of the Washingtonian Reformation. We hail ' their publication as valuable auxiliaries in effecting the great moral revolution which is sweeping over the land. The acknowledged talent of the author is however, sufficient to ensure success and patronage to his productions. It will appear or? reference to the Congressional proceedings in to-day's paper, that the recently vetoed Tariff" and Distribution Hills have both been acted upon separately, by the Mouse of Representatives. The Tariff" Bill, with slight amendments, passed the House by a majority ol two votes, and the Senate by one. Doth of the Pennsylvania Senators voting in the affirmative. By later advices we learn that the repeal of the restrictive clause of the Distribution Bill passed the House by a majority of eighteen votes. Resignation. It is stilted that Mr. Buchanan, the British Consul, after a residence of twenty-five year in X. York, has sent his resignation to Eng land, an 1 that the remainder of his dnys will be spent in retirement. The Western Missourian of the 27th says the Oicgon Kxprdition will start from Independence, in this State, next spring. It is supposed a large company will be formed for the pur pose, and that a great addition to the company will be made by the citizens of St. Louis. 1 A company has been f jrmed for carrying persons across the deserts of Egypt and Aiabia, in Omnibuses. Some of the coaches are leing made in England and some in the United States. Kch c-irrhtge is to be in the form of a small Omnibus, to carry four inside and two out. They wiM be of very light construction, for the pur pose of passing easy over the sandy soil of the desert. Each carriage will be drawn by two Arab horses; they will run seven-mile stages. Forty carriages were to have teen ready by the 1st of the present month. To ike Democracy of Pike County: Having in a communication published in the "Radical," over the signature of "D. C. M. Parso.ns," and purporting to have been written by an individual of that name, been indirectly alluded to and di rectly charged with having in our capaci ty of Delegates to the late Democratic State Convention, trampled your wishes Wider foot, violated your rights, and sac rificed upon the altar of uiJiilion the dear est principles of your political faith vv tt to you, and a decent respect for the opinion of our fellow citizens imperious ly demand that we should appear, nut nl in rlpfVnnf luff in inctifirvif iin r.f tlt course which we pursued. In doing so, Lu-possittlfuiat we may be under the necessity oi speuKini? pi ju. i arsons in i rr- t a manner that may be neither pleasing to him, nor gratifying to his personal adhe rents; if so, neither he nor they must blame us. This defence is not of our eeking we make it in justice to our selves, and if he be not prepared to hear "the whole truth" he should not have compelled us to speak. As we cannot regard the woidd be Con' gressman as representing within his per son the feelings and wishes of the Demo cratic Party of this County, nor believe that his power over it is supreme, it is Bot to be supposed that we should cither address ourselves to him as the "Oracle" of the party, or that when our business is with a power greater than he, we should join issue with him upon "any question of veracity" nor is it necessa ry, to a proper defence of ourselves, that we should pay more than a passing no tion to the bombast ard arnxrance with which he attempts to bolster up his self assumed political consequence We, in common with the readers of newspapers, have been amused with sev- J fr.d production? calculated to mislead ( and deceive the people in referance to J vouringto secure the appointment of De. this individual, and should have endea- j'egates who would "consummate" the ar vourcd to disabuse the public mind of rangement as entered into by the Legis improper impressions if we had not felt lative Conspirators, that it would he a pi'y to deprive him of Again-, we could not endorse for the the only attribute of "n great man" which ; "capability"' of Mr. Parsons. We could he possessed. no, to do justice to ourselves, say that At home, where he is ftnniri,'the idea of his being distinguished for cither learning, efficiency i.r political consisten cy, is perfectly ridiculous, and equally vain and nugatory is his idle threat to proscribe all who havo had the indepen dence to speak ol Lira as he deserved. Men who possess talent who enjoy the confidence of the people and are known to be honest and disinterested, may wield a tremendous influence over popular feeling; but if such a man as Mr. Par sons can control the destinies of this County, or hurl men from office, whose only crime is opposition to him, wc greatly underrate the intelligence, the in dependence and magnanimity of the free men of "Old Pike." " It is known that the undersigned, at the request of that portion of their Fellow Citizens who are associated with and compose the democratic parly of this county, accepted the appointment of, and attended the Democratic Convention at Jefferson City, on 1st June last, as Dele gates, for the purpose of agreeing upon a Congressional Ticket to be supported by the Democracy of Missouri; and that whilst it was generally conceded that there could be but one individual nomi- nated from the North-Eastern portion of this state, embracing what is called, "the Salt River Country," there were sever al individuals in that portion of the state whose claims, either real or supposed, were pressed by their personal and poli tical friends, orly themselves. As we had been assured, iy high au thority, that "Old Tike" in consequence of her "political revolution in 1810, was proved by a majority of the Democrats to be honored with a representative injin the County. We were disposed to the next Congress," the only question give and did give, the expression of this then of choice with the Delegates from this I meeting all the respect and attention to county, so far as Representative from the which it was entitled, and as it was not North-Eastern portion of the State was ! until wc had ascertained that a different concerned, was between Hon. R. Boon decision would have been made by the and D. C. M. Parsons. Prompted by an honest intention im partially to ascertain, and faithfully to represent the wishes and preferences of, the Democrnry of this County, we, our senior member more particularly, used cvery exertion within our power to learn : ly indebted to lw fistering paternal care the public preference between these of Mr. Parsuns for the little all that wc men. After a most careful enquiry, dili- ' possess, we cannot iew ourselves as bc gent research, and an open and undis-:ing under great obligations to him, much guised intercourse with distinguished ; less ''as being monuments ofcngra'ilude." members of the party from the various ' Has he yet to learn that there is in m.-.n portions ofthe county, we became satis- 'a principle of honor and a sense of duty lied that a large majority of the Demo crats of Pike gave a decided preference for Col. Boon, over Mr. Parsons, and as this expression coincided with our own feelings, we determined to give, and did give, to "the old Vetera s," a most hearty support. With this unvarnished statement of facts our defence might close, if we had not been charged, over the signature of "D. C. M. Parsons," with having "tram pled upon the rights" of the Democracy of this county, and of "having violated some cardinal principle of our republi can institutions." A charge so gross, and involving such utter disregard of all honorable restraint, that it should be nei ther lightly made, nor buffered to pass without an appropriate rebuke. Con. scious that we have honestly done our duty that we have impartially repre sented what we conceived to be the wish es of the Democratic party of this Coun ty; the charge falls harmless at our feet; yet as you may not be advised of all the reasons which influence our minds, we have determined to submit them to your consideration, and if they should happen to prove less pulalaUe to the tender stom achs of some, than they desiere, they must ascribe the fault to tieir own folly. We could not say to the members of the Convention that Mr. Parsons was "honest, capable, and faithful to the Con stitution." As a politician, he is with out firmness. In 18.13 he was Euiikuiul Jlnti-Bank, and upon the recommenda tion of the Sub Treasury Scheme by Presi dent Van Buren, heoperdy opposed it, but subsequently, when he discovered that it was popular, he became its warm advo cate. In the session of the Legislature of 1840-41, he had the audacity to bargain and arrange with a few wire-working demagogues tor the very nomination to which he aspired, and as if sufficient in jury had not been done to the body poli tic by this outrage upon their rights, he must upon his return home, add insult to injury, by vauntingly proclaiming the bargain which he had made, and endea- his mind had been enlightened by educa tion, that his views of national policy of political economy, had been enlarged andps a Republic, constantly in operation i , , tit t i- . jTTT.i.:..!. : - i r.i : matured by experience. We believed that in his political conduct he was gov erned more by a view to self aggrandize ment, to the promotion of his own ambi tious designs, than by an honest, disin terested effort to advance the prosperity, the happiness and glory of his county. In opposing Mr. Parsons, we boldly met the issue, and did, in behalf of the Democracy of "Old Pike'' place "the seal of condemnation" upon political management and chicanery. Connected with this subject, there is another point upon which we will touch; it is "the so callrd Instructions of the K!h of January last." Wc hold that "In structions" arc the highest order of po litical proceedings; and that to be bind ing they must originate from a majority of all the constituents represented; if they proceed from a smaller number they can not be regarded as "Instructions," but must be viewed merely as an expression of preference on the part of those who may subscribe to or sanction them. The meet ing ofthe 8th January was composed of only one fourth of the Democrats of this county, and those not by equal represen tation from the dillereut Townships, but principally from those in the immediate vicinity cf Rowling Green, and the resi dence of Mr. Parsons. Wc did not feel bound to be governed by the expression of that meeting, be cause wc were satisfied, that the prefer ence declared was not sanctioned and ap- Democrats in the county, if they had been present, that it wus determined to overrule it; we feel satisfied that the honest, the impartial and the independent of our party will sustain us. reeling that neiiner oi us is particular- - which loathe vice and detest crime, how ever much they may be decorated by the tinsel ofthe world? R. M. V. KERCIIEVAL, S. P. RORIXSON. Pike County, Mo.. .rih Sept. 1S J2. 1 Fur ilio liatlictl J - "Men think all men mortal but them selves." Rut whether nations labor un der a similar delusion the poet saycth not. Yet wc are quite certain that men are all mortal, whether they believe it or not and if we regard the history of the past as a true mirror of the future, we are compelled to believe that nations will continue to spring into existence grow to their manhood or maximum of power- decline and fill, and leave to historians and philosophers the melancholy duty of I investigating the causes which led to their decay. As regards our own coun try, however, we devoutly pray, that they may be spared the painful office oi recording with our nations epitaph, the causes which effected our ruin. We will at least endeavor to believe that our citi zens will be sufficiently intelligent and virtuous to detect those causes in their inception and apply the corrective, so that our glorious Republic with the im provements in the science of government of which it is susceptible, may be per petuated as long as free institutions prove a blessing to mankind. Vet the aristo crats of Europe feeling themselves se cure, are confidently predicting our over throw. Their Argus eyed Tory slates- man distinctly see the elements of na tional destruction germinating in every branch of our political and social systems, and most ardently do they desire, that est, as demi-gods, possessing the imacu the grand experiment of self government 'late purity and talents of the highest may prove a signal failure. While we on the contrary, look upon 1 the most conspicuous of the European uovernmems as reposing on a voIcanoe) ready to burst forth with irresistible fury anninuaung wc ancieni and established saries. This v ery naturally creates a order of things regarding ourselves at prejudice nay worse a bitter vindic the same time sufficiently safe. Hence, I tivc feeling on the part of the readers of perhaps the poet might have said, with- 'those prints towards the opposite party, out violence to truth "Nations think1 which makes it impossible for them to .ill nations mortal but themselves.'' Therefore, would it not be well for us to enqure, not as aspiring politicians not as political partisans but as priident men, having a common interest of the greatest possible magnitude at stake, whether there are not causes of the most fearful dancer to our political and social J well being, nay, to our very existence which it is in the power ofthe citizens the yeomanry of the country, in their in dividual capacity, measuably or wholly to arrest That such sources of miscief exist, and that what in common parlance is called party spirit is one of them; and one too which is frought wi'.h greater danger to the public weal than any other, I think will be readily admitted by all who have been observant ofthe signs of the times Our agents at Washington for years past seem to have forgotten that they are the Utervants of the people the w hole pco pie ; pie and that they have been sent, with delegated powers, to "provide for the public welfare." The chief object ol any party in power has appeared to be the maintainance of their political ascen dency. The sole aim of the minority to supplant them. To accomplish which, the pressing nc cessiiies and sufferings of the people arc neglected the character of the nation disgraced its credit sacrificed the pub lic morals corrupted in short, to put down, or keep dewn, their opponents, is an object paramount to all other consid orations, even the overthrow of our Glorious Union. And both parties adopt the maxim of tyrants "the end justifies Rut the mischief is not limited to the Capitol. The example extends to the Legislatures of the states, and from thence, through the instrumentality ofthe partizan press, oilier seekers and dema gogues, the same intolerant spiiit is en gendered in the minds of the people throughout cery ramification of society. The everlasting and ridiculous cant of Whig and Democrat, is in the mouth of school boys and persons who never j learned their import. Ry the stupid and ignorant nay, by learned and other wise sensible men, whose purtizan zeal lias ccupsc.i iiuir moiai jfuree jmuiis, Whose terms arni-cd a epithets of appro- briuin. I o compass tlio ruin ol political opponents, men are willing to ruin them selves. Those party names fill the place of principle or measures. Individuals, who believe consciencioiisly that a na tional Rank would be fatal to the interest of the country have voted for whigs while others, who honestly believe our country can never prosper without a high protective tariff, have voted for free trade men merely because they call them selves democrats. Political capital is made of rebellion against the government and laws of a sovereign state. Alliances are formed with organized bodies of fanatics, who aim at a dissolution of the Union, if ne cessary, to effect the abolition of slavery. Thus wc sec this wretched pnrtyism de stroying all consistency of character, all public virtue and personal honesty. So intemperate is the zeal of some men who enjoy a respectable character in society, that they deem fUschood no sin, so that they can sustain not a valuable public measure, but their party by it. And all this unfortunate and awkward state of things is brought about directly or indi rectly by the parti zan press of our coun try. The very idea of a newspaper be : ing devoted to the service of a party, irn- j plies that the errors and misconduct of that party or any of its prominent mem bers will not be exposed by it. And ex perience shows that it docs not hesitate to pander to the depraved nppetite of its readers by calumniating the private, and , misrepresenting the public character and principles of its political opposcrs, In obedience to the high behest of its principal supporters who are usually in cumbents or aspirants to office its rea ders are assured that all the patriotism, wisdom and virtue of the nation belong exclusively to its party. The promi nent men w ho full or aspire to the high places in the government are cxtallcd by the whole editorial corpse in their inier- arch angels, whilst they search the vo- cabulary of langffagc in vein, to find terms sufficiently approbrious to express their detestation and contempt ofthe character and principles of their adver- judge dispassionetely of the merits of its doctrines and measures. I will now proceed to show that as the evils here complained of are mainly at' tributable to the influence of party news- ! papers on the public mind, the remedy may be found in Independent Neutral Journal. Neutrality. Concludeil next week. For the Radical. "Scribimui scribendi indoclu passim." Messrs. Editors: In the last number of your paper, my attention was direct' ed to a communication signed "J." pur porting to be a critique on a chapter se lected from my hook, rccentfy published in the "Radical." Whenever a Reviewer manifests a dis" position to withhold from public investi gation and scrutiny, opinions, whether civil, political or religious, at variance with his own, and by distorted extracts and misquotation, misrepresents the real sentiments of the writer endeavours to turn them into ridcule, no stronger evi dence can be offered of selfishness, pre judice and ill nature. And to impugn the motives of an editor for conducting a free, independent and unshackled Pressi portrays a spirit not only dogmatical and ungenerous, but verges closely on the tyrannick. It is against such feelings and such principles, I have raised my voice, however feeble, in the work, I have manifested some disposition to sub mit to the public; a production, which a writer, signing himself "J" has not only prejudged, but refuted and condemned Rut before an intelligent community can be dragooned into his service, I will pro ceed to point out the glaring illiberally and injustice exercised by the Reviewer in the article under consideration. From the entire chapter, two sentiments only ofthe authorare selected for the criticism and animadversion ofthe Reviewer. The first, is as follows: "When her! habitation, her tools and nutriment be come vitally extinguished, and enter into a state of physical decomposition ,what hen becomes of the brain, I profess an utter ignorance, barely observing Jcc.' In commenting upon these words, the the writer expresses himself as follows: I proles no acquaintance with the sci ence of Phyiohgy, but I had been tought to believe that the brain was a material substance like artv other nart nf ttm'lni- man frame, and returned like the rest of the body to its kindred dust. The au-1 thor if he meant any thing must have al luded to the mind." Now Mr. Reirwrr, if you had felt the smallest disposition to have rendered justice to the author, you would have given your readers hi-i entire meaning. Why did you halt at the word observing without giving the entire sentence which was continued as follows: "barely bserving, that my ovn brain has never yet furnished me with an idea sufficient. ly ivid to conceive of a substance inde pendent of its properties."' The reader will bear in mind, that I submitted the proposition, which I endeavored to sus tain and illustrate, that the brain was the immediate organ ofthe mind, or in other words, that there could be no mind with out a brain, and were as insepcrably connected as the stomach and digestion, or the liver and bile. My sentiment then, was as follows: barely placing be tween backets, such words as were stu diously avoided, to prevent repetition, or tautology. "When her (the brain) habi tation, her tools and her nutriment be. come vitally extinguished, and enter in to a state of physical decomposition, what then becomes of the brain (the sole and immediate organ ofthe mind) I pro- fess an utter ignorance, barely observing that my own brain has never yet fur- nished me with an idea sufficiently vivid I M'D;i" ?'ence from publ.c du , P , , . ,., . ,Jtlps and asking for concurrence of r0 conceive of a substance fil., mnn independent of its properties, (the scull, ! the blood, the fine external senses, and the ncvous system.) If however, tho Reviewer can, by any system of Dialcc ticks or ratiocination, prove the mind's in dependence of physical organization, or in other words, a brain, then I will rea dily acknowledge, that every proposi tion contained in the chapter published originated in ignorance and arror, and was unworthy of publication or perusal. The other sentiment (if it may be so termed) s criticized as follows. After my imagin ed decapitation, I use the following lan guage. "Abstractedly, the reader might be drawn to the conclusion, that 1 felt (imagined) myself dead. Far, trry fir from it. On the contrary, both body and head seemed launched on the broad ocean of metaphysical investigation, (for the body could sec the head, and vice ver sa,) and the inquiry, and from w hich I cannot now recollect, was agitated where was my soul ?" Now the rea- der well remembers, that in using the foregoing language, I was simply deling ating the freaks, vagaries and phantasms of a capricious and distempered imagina tion. But our sapient Reviewer tales it all in sober reality, and ridicules it in the following distorted and truly luai crous strain. "Turning summersets as he descended, until he finally stumped his toe, brock his neck and' abstract, fell himself dead, ("Far, very !Itmi wtucii proved to be a mistake after all for he had only lost his soul." J ! ; A fW so brilliant a specimen of literary can dour, liberality and justice, ought not onr critic to take charge of some: Periodica! Keview, and chasten and dulcify the bar. barisms of the age? As regards the wan ton invective, the idle declamation and uncalled for vituperation, which precedes thecnVifittand which doubtless the author intended for caustic wit, hitter sarcasm and pungent satire, it may pass for what it is worth. ' Their proper poxcr Iq hurt, ever ero.Uu feeln, . Dulls aim their horns end asses Tift their beels.V By the intelligent reader, ebulli tions of that character, are regarded as the necessary concomitant. r . VI plcen, misinthopii: gloom and mood? discontent infirmities, that in alare mij' rity of instances, spr'ng. from jealousy, envy, wounded pride, or dis appointed ambition. For the first time, however, I have learned that a a ;d ible iiinbition to wrile a book, was construed into a proper theme f.-r ridicule and censure; and with the author, I cannot see why genius and talent cannot be cultivated and main tained in Missouri as well as in any other clime or country. If the liter ary aspirations of "J."' soar no higher than on l.u'iiblr pride lo mark and spay his 'Herkshire ho gs register their births and ages, be it so, anil Will venture to assert tint he m.-iw 'sit under Lis own vine and figtree," and that no one will incommode him in his sirinis'i operations. But there may be others, stimulated ly a fofticr and more exalted ambition and who will "follow the bubble Reputation even in the cannon's month."- But more consequence has already been bestowed upon the Review than was ' J '.,s,ifieJ' either ' -V i!s meils or'b7 n1 l,!nP; for 1 ,rut 1 ,,ave business f more importance on hand than to be exposing the frothy and reckless effu sions of every pedantic pettifogger, who may put on the garb and assume prcrvg it'll" of the crit'e'r. Y. CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 23th, after the morning business, the TarifTbill was considered, and all the amend ments U'commencled by the commit tee on finance adopted, with the ex ccptinn ol that for a drawback en i o;. I, which was voted down by a !ari:e majoiity. The duty on cot ton baling was reduced to 31 cents the scpiare yard. The Senate refus ed to concur in the amendment of the committee on finance to reduce the duty on i on not manufactured, which was loft at si 7 per ton, as in i he oririn.il bill; and on iron made by tolling the duty was reduced to $25 per ton. The other amendments w err agreed to, .,,t the bill was not reported to the Senate, Mr. Erans expressing the hope that it might still be returned to the House by Satur day, and the adjournment take place on .Monday, as contemplated. A messnije was received from thfl House of Representatives, statingthat they h:id passed a joint resolution proposing that members of Congress r 1,1 1 rcrr'vo compensation aur- . '.. . ' Vhr" resolSTwas read; nn.I the mixtion b-in.r stnt.l tl,-hill pass? Mr. Harrow objected, and called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered; and being taken, resulted , yeas 19, nays ID. So the Senate refused to order the resolution to a second reading in ef fect, it was rejected. Mr. Harrow moved to reconsider the vote just taken. Several gentlemen expressed thft hope that the motion would prevail. After some re-narks from Mr. Bar row, the question was then taken and the vote reconsidered, and the resolution was ordered to a second reading. Several bills from the House were received and re-ferred. . - 4 In the House of Representatives, ;ir. r utmore caned up the tornnw tion bill, by moving for a reconsider ntion of the vote which laid it on In table. His motion prevailed and lb bill passed and sent to the Senate-' ;