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i< CONSCIENCE. BV THE BEV. OfcOBOK CBOXY. .. Where is the king, with all his purple pomp— Where is th« warrior plumed, the ermined judge. With all his insolent pleaders—where the sage — Where all wise, powerful, fearful, frowning things That enu, for nil their frowning, send an eye An inch within iny boswm? There’s my rock, My castle, my scaled luimtain's sacred court, 'I hat shuts man out. There holy Conscience sits, Judging more keenly titan the rrmined judge, Smiting more deeply than the warrior’s sword— More mighty than the sceptre. There my deeds, * My hopes, fears, vanities, wild follies, shames, Are all arraigned. So, Heaven lie merciful. The man acquitted at that fearful bar Holds the first prize the round world has to give — ^Tis like Heaven’s sunshine —priceless. For all else, The praise of others is as virgin gold, richest offering, to be sought with pain, Ver not to ,s* worthy of all search But not of sorrow—"**’ th’inletn-T «ri*«; Kot ns our breath of Urea..., lint Ot 'rhe flowing river of our inward pcaC*V The noble confidence, that bids man kook His fellow man ’n the face, and be the thing. Fearless and upward eyed, that Chid has made him, —u.1;.-!.1 ■.!<.. . ii.ii_ _ GIBBON’S EARLY LOVE. Many of our readers have probably never read Gildxiu’s memoirs of his own life; and those wiio have might be less agreeably employed than m reading the following extract again: I hesitate, from the apprehension of ridicule, when 1 approach the delicate subject of my early love Bv this I do not mean the polite attention, the gallantry, Mrithout hope or design, which has originated in the spirit of chivalry, and is interwoven with the texture of French manners. I understand by this passion uie union or incnusnip anu lonuerness, which is in- i (lamed by a single female, whicb prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the 6olc happiness of our being. I need net blush at recollecting tho object of niv choice; and though iny love was disappointed of success, I utn rather proud that I was once capable of feeling such a puro and exulted sentiment. The personal attractions of Mademoiselle Susan Curchod were em bellished by the virtues aud talents of the mind. Iler fortune was humble, but her family was respec table. Her mother, a native of France, had prefor ed her religion to her country.—The profession of her lather did not extinguish the moderation and philosophy of his temper, nnd lie lived content with u small salary and laborious duty, in the obscure lot of minister of Grassy, in the mountains that sepa rate the Pays de Vaud from the county of Burgun dy. In the solitude of a sequestered village lie bestowed a liberal and even learned education on ills oulv daughter. She surpassed his hopes by her proficiency in science and languages; and in her short visit to some relations at Lausanne, the wit. the beauty, and erudition, of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity; I saw, aud loved. I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and eiu E3»nt in manners, Hnd the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowlegdo of a more fa miliar acquaintance. She permitted jne to make her two or three visits at her father's house. T pass ed some happy days there, in the mountains of Bur gundy, and her parents honorably encouraged the connexion.—In a calm retirement, the gay vanity of youth no longer fluttered in her bosom; she listened *o the voice of truth and feeling; and 1 might presume to hope that 1 had made some impression on a virtu qus heart. At Crassy nnd Lausanne I indulged ruv dream of felicity: but on my return to England, I 6non discovered that my father would not^hear of, this strange alliance; aud that without his consent I j was myself destitute and helpless. After a pain- J lTil stniggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a f I6v**r— I obeyed as a sou; my wound was insensibly i healed by time, absence, aud the habits of a new i life. My cure wai accelerated by a faithful report of tbe tranquility and cheerfulness of the lady herself; i and my love subsided into friendship and esteem. The minister of Crassy soon afterwards died; his stipend died with him: his daughter retired to Gene va, where, by teaching young ladies, she ca rued a hard subsistence for herself and mother; but in her lowest distress she maintained a spotless reputation and a dignified behaviour. A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good 6Cnse to discover and possess this inestimable troa sure; and in the capnal of taste and luxury, she resisted tbe temptations of wealth, as she had sus tained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him to tho most conspicu ous station in Europe. In every change of prosper ity and disgrace he has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend; and Mademoiselle Cliurcod is now the wife of M. Neckqr'/'the minister and perhaps the legislator of the French monarchy. »*? ulibingraploj. , Iteain.the U. H-Gazette. ‘‘A nfolhet's sorrow's cannot be felt but byja mother—none .[* c"au them. Ye who have children only know her ‘••loudness—ye who have lost them, or who fear to lo>c, can only “leelher pang*” Moore. Wo Inve, as often as we have passed the excava tions near‘‘Fair Mount," ffclt apprehensions for the safety of those who were employed in loading the e'arts with sand and gravel, beneath the proclivities that threaten them with untimely burial; andaccidcnts <lf this kind havo been so frequently recorded, that hopes might be entertained of some particular cau tion on the part of the laborers. t Saturday morning, between seven and eMjt o'clock, \vc noticed among the many men usually 'as =0711 filed ««at ono of these excavations, a considerable iiuuiyci ui kvumcij. as mis was not customary, we repaired to the place, and learned that a large (juan tity ot earth had just fallen upon and crushed a younn man—He was dug out, but the weight of the soil, and a want of sir, had extinguished life, ami he was laid •nit upon a little eminence, cold and senseless, uinori" n crowd, with whom, a few minutes previous he was mingling in the business oflifc, and lightening toil hr yeuthfulgaiety, the repartee, and harmless joke. One whose hands & garb bespoke toil, leaned by the s de of the body, and as he spread over its face an garment; he dropped a tear upon the uncon scious and clayey hand. -The f,c “was onlv Too good for this world; & I, who could notjdo as well, may say, that when the bottle passed with the free dom of water, he was not the one to take too much— Yon might have provoked him to anger, but not to n "lie.” A general sigh responded to this testimony of the lad’s sobriety and truth. A female then kneeled beside the corpse, and ro 'tiToved the cover from the face—she gazed intensely upon the marred features, and at length with a sirr),, drew down the covering and rose. “Ah. poor fellow” stehed she, “how will hi* mother bear the loss”'— This was a chord that was sure to vibrate in a wo man's heart—high or low—rich or poor. The futber leads forth the child in health—shares, perhaps, in its pass time, or corrects its faults—hut does sickness the boy is laid upon its mother’s knees even Until bo dies—long watching wearies not her nfFcc t ions, and the failure of one means of relief but in.-li gatesto the usu of another. Surelv then, when life gu,.s out—when the eyes of affection no more open, ftnd when the lost repetition of “mother” dies away upon ihe hps—then may grief be excused, and even its clamors plead for sympathy—but we felt what was uoi! to the afflicted parent, aw turning away from tlie ! ■net at retched body we discovered a female at a dis tance approaching the place, with cries andiesturesr _ that belong only to a mother. We passed the woman at a distance from the scene ofber son s death, towards which sbe was hastening. ; Hbe had left her house on the first intimation of her' bofpavprocnt, and regard!* ss of the notice which she might attract, pursued her way distracted with "riof.1 and conscious only of her deprivation. As she hasten- 1 ed along, her hair streamed out upon the wind, and ! her voice was raised .vPh a piercing shrillness—now i call mo on heatcu for aid in her fi-ifterin* and now i invoking thy name of her son. It was in’ vain that 1 omc one who knew her sought lo repress her clu uour—it, wns a mother weeping for her child, and “refusing to be comforted." “On my boy, my boy," tried the agonised und distracted woman,“you’ll not igain call me mother—I alt all not hear you again— to not your last blessing." The wind then blew stronger, und raised into sight the white slieet that [tad just bccu spread over her eon—she saw it at a distance, und rushed forward with the screams of a maniac. Grief hath its dignity, but it is when time hath mitigated its force—the refinement of education and polished society may teach us to smother express tvus ol tactual nrs: but in all estates the mo ther’s fonuticss for a jiving and a mother's an ituisli for him dead, are Iter’s alone; atlri lil2sc who would blame oven these calutnorons expressions, liOVr . known but little of the human heart, and are un-! taught in the school of sympathy. r, THE FIREMAN. * j J alk of the courage of cavaliers and wajrriors—it j is all well enough, nnu it arises front very strong causes 1 fame, admiration, fortune, promotion and renown ! nrO* ocfbre the soldier, und he would be a mere clod, were not shout “onward." Ilia exploits are the admiration ol the o»l3Utiful and theme of the sons of song—his name goes abroad in the world, and his life form* a portion of history. Human existence being no great affair, it is no wonder that man should risk it under such powerful inducements. But look at the intrepidity of the Fireman—night after night rushing to scenes of danger and alarm; ; mounting the blazing pile, and groping through the [ dense smoke; every step uncertain, and every motion perilous! And u.11 this, too, in darkness and solitude, lor his companions are too busy in the satne duty to admire his exploits und applaud his heroism. He mav walk along the verge of the burning roof, and plunge uinidst the dames, to save helpless women and children 7 ,na>’ exhibit the self-possession of a Ctesar, the impetuous heroism of ti Ilagfl^bal, or the humanity ol a Bayard, and yet the world knows nothin"1 about it. 11.u uu.u u*y iin us nun engaged in ins ordinary busi ness, and as be walks along he is uol pointed outand admired b the crowd—the “inooatrarier tligilo” ap pertains not t<» him; and yet, who can there be more worthy of admiration? Worldly renown and worldy promotion do not follow in consequence of his intre pidity he is not lauded in the gazettes of the day, nor is his name recorded in history—even emolument, tiie most paltry ot all rewards, is not awarded to his I services. And yet, where sha'l we look for mure I generous self-devotion, inure manly perseverance, , more exalted courage? Not inthe battle-field, or on Inc ocean not in the storming of a fortress, nor in the struggle with a tempest—and where else can we : look for the parallel? An honest Dutchman, on his return JVonl the Pennsylvania legislature, was accosted by ouc of his neighbors, ‘well Mr. ~ , what have you all done this time m tire (legislature?’— I , i 7T* l,e sbure 1 knows not vat rlere.-ht do, I make two • iiiimlred Hauler.• ! ABritXFTitvAVA.—The following is the. last and best that we I nave heard ot the ahfive named gentleman: A lady went to the 1 [_ ,,nci‘ir in great distress of mind, end sta'-d ,gH, g,. a 1 i strange accident, she had sivallmved a live spider. At first, his I ;>,,! v rcP'3' " *s “whew! whew! whew!” a sort of internal w hist ling sound, intended to ha indicative of supreme contempt Hut. ! Ins anxious patient was not so easily to bo repulsed; she tiecame every moment more and more urgent for some means of relief from the dreadful effect of tiie strange accident she had con sulted hini about; when, at last, looking round upon the. wall, he put up Ins hand and caught a fly.—“There, Ma’am,” fsaid he, 1 to got a remedy for you. Open votir mouth, and as soon as 1 nut tills fly into It shut it close again, and the moment the spider hears the fly, buzzing about, up he’ll come, and then you can spit them botn out together.” ' ! - * ^ following statement shows the amount of money emended in each SM, an,/ 7 e.rnhny ,,/ the United States, v/u,n /Forks °f Infernal Inij no irmtn t, from the adaption of the Federal Con stitutiv/i to t!uj\rst day oj October, lt5,!tf: aiainc, .$11,72*1 22 Massachusetts, 104,042 46 Connecticut, 2 ftt>9 97 Khodc Isl,t ul, lftj i«i New i ork, n:;,149 45 IVnnsylvania, 39,728 32 Delaware, 307,101 01 Maryland, 10,000 00 Virginia, IyO’oOO 00 North C'arolhifr, 1,000 t»0 Kentucky, 90,000 00 Tciincsspo, 5 1,200 00 i ?<9&,150-0:1 ! imliann, 108,623 08 i ^ 49,085 52 I J, °l!i, 8,000 00 | Aiahatr:,,- 8!,7ti2 7H j Mismjii*j, 22,702 24 | Atkaiis-is, 44,690 74 i >l'chiftan, 48,607 65 l-lamia, 7!»,9o2 0 ’ .ku me ' OI,.lo» . Si,#62,243 73 i Continuation of the Cumberland ( 2 171 11 road, ‘J.*’? r> 57 3'i? | 1 *' J Repairs of the Cumberland rid, ii.~'siu 0 i » Road from Nashville to MntclW, ’ ' ? nnn nn Road from Wheeling to the Mississippi river, Road from Missouri to New Mexico, ‘ "Vnoo on Road from Mississippi to the State of Ohio o --- Koatl from Georgia to New Orleans, ’ -'tnt Roads m Tennessee, Louisana and Georgia, i Vooo on Road from Nashville to New Orleans, Surveys, maps and charts of the Ohio and Missis sippi rivers, ^ , . Improving the navigation of the Ohio and Missis- ' " Military roads, 1*0 21 a -IS (Survey of the water courses of the Missusfpii | river, li it 141 nv Road through the Creek Nation, 36~1 ni I Opening the old Natchez road, eWU Break w'dtcr at tj,e month r>r Delaw are bay, r.^OGO no Total, .f 1,179,5-19 Oti! A number or citizens of Tuscaloosa. Alabama, < have had u pub he meeting, for the laudable purpose of putting down the practice of treating with whiskev 1 at «lecJionf»- The following resolutions were n-1 dopted, and the members of the association .-ever- ’ ally subscribed tlimr names to them, binditia them selves to conform to their provision. bw'T/.l?rnn'i lI^ pra,Ct'C0 of electioneering is deemed by the uunersigned extremely demoralizing, they mutually and solemnly pledge themselves f0 rach other, and to the community nt large, not to vote lv u ^ person.’ for any office in th - country, who trnnt™ C.°|Ver l-he countr>’ to election ;er, or who v ill treat with spirituous liquors, or otherwise to nrn i S™ V?e9- And we further pledge oursew’s to^ aU laudablc means to prevent the election of Tnv person or persons that will be guilty, either dirJct -y or indirectly, of any sftch immoral'practices. da -President Jackson l,as alrra rib? d !,m<'nK ten ‘"diicmiai e-lucrs and ron tributors to newspapers emrarre 1 in hie the moderate sum of |99,000" to b. annually Ij'To Mid editors. Phis is by no means to be «’onstrn, d mto subsidizing the press though it was « most out r^gcous piece of bribery for Mr. Clay to take the fhis St,On°fUl0laWsfrorn K'x novvspapcrs and give Uns patronage amounting to £«00,to |,£ P.-u,„.n„® SUGARS? I Bf "hds St Croix sugars, V, ?r og trnn' Schr- Womst, for SS’o by ~mi±LZll_DAvKNPOtn /AI.T.KN- <, cp. BRAHMIN wink. A ,, J djzon bottje® of this rich and highly fla vored Madeira \V me, which has had the be nefit of voyages to the East and West Indite also a VT !.f7mr.brnleH "fMndoj™ ff/*po juice, without brandy, tl Jfr? dr£T-V °,ftbvor n" 1 of d«Jicion.s taste of the. fruit—packed in boxes of two dozen oath i«st received and for sale by ’ JU8t c. & a. Warwick. , , at,so ror sale, ° bouCtCr Knd ,,r°'Vn sTouf* i" Pint »ntl rj.rtrt Liverpool filled sacks of salt Cratt?y<£adeth<!n varc’ Wcl1 «^rted f„r the ceun 8d. wrought nails, patent aho*., crates of bottles i in ptate in boxes, and brazier s coimer J.erman and British oznaburgs Port wme in casks of 3 dozen bottle* earh English white lead Wadeira wine in pipes, halfpipe, f.nd euacler ca-,ks i apnf ej-2awf?-* . *«w.r umj. j Correspondence between Mr. Van Boren, Secretary of State, and filr. Slade, late a Clerk in Vial De partment. Department ok Stath, ) I April 28, 1829. \ Sir: ^ \ ou will pleaso to consider your employment as u Clerk in this Department as terminating with t ho present month. It is left optional with you to continue in it until that period or not; my object in giving you this early uutice being merely to render the change resulting from an unpleasant duty on my part, as little disagreeable to you as possible. With the best wishes for your future welfare, I ara your obeident and humble servant. M. VAN BIJREN. Jlr. William Slaok. DeparTNtSST ok State, ^ fl'iuthinglon,Jifi'il29,1829. $ Sir: 1 have roceivcd your note of yesterday » date. It announces to mo that my employment ns a Cleri: in your Department will terminate with the present month—assigns as a reason for giving mo “this early notice” ot it a desire to render the change, rirsultin g from an “unpleasant duty” on your part, as little disagreeable to me ns possible, and closes with an ex pression of your “best wishes for tny future Welfare.” To the contents of your note, I have given the most attentive consideration, and cannot resist the conviction that justice to myself demands of me mortf than a silent compliance with its mandate.—To that mandate, indeed, as in duty bound, I submit. But, Sir your note impliedly calls upon me to submit to something more than a simple decree of exclusion from the public service. It speaks with some empha sis of an “unpleasant duty” on ybur part, and makes my exclusion the result of that duty. With the standard by which you estimate your duty, 1 do not profess, Sir, to be acipi tinted; but I would hope that 1 am not mistaken in.supposing it to be that which should regulate the conduct of a states man who would prove himself worthy of the age. nnd of the country, in which you live—the standard of fair, : impartial Justice — justice to the public, whose servajit you arc, autijustice to your reiiow-scrvams. Can I,then, suppose this to be the rule of that “duty” which enjoins my exclusion from the public servioc, without feeling myself called upon, in submit ting to its operation, to submit, at the same time, to the imputation oi incompetency er unfaithfulness in that service? \ou will, I am sure, hardly allow me to suppose that you could, suddenly, deprive a public servant, who happens to bo placed within your power, of the means which might constitute his only reliance tor the support of u dependent family, upon any slighter grounds than those I have suggested; or that you would, either expressly, or by application,charge him with incompetency or unfaithfulness, but upon tho most clear and satisfactory testimony. Allow me, then, respectfully, to ask you—where have you found the evidence of njy inability to discharge the appropriate duties of my station, or of my unwillingness to perform those duties witli fi delity, ns well to yourself an to the public? T have been in your department more than five yours. For alarge portion of that time! my situation hns been a prominent and highly responsible one, ne cessarily subjecting the discharge of my official du ties, in uo slight degree, to public scrutiny, and fur nishing the most ample opportunity of detocting whatever might justly expose, me to censure. And can I be mistaken, Sir, in supposing that when you entered upon the duties of the Head of this Depart ment, you bestowed some ot your first thoughts upon the enquiry, from whom in it you mighfcxpect a faithful and efficient co-operation in the discharge of those duties? Have you not asked whether the mm tlemon whom you found employed hero were “capa ble,” or “honeat,” or “faithful?" And will you allow me to ask, whether, to either of these enquiries, in regard to myself, von have received from any human being a negative answer ? 1 put these questions, Sir, in sober earnestness; not that I ask, or expect, nr desire, a reversal of the sentence of exclusion; but because I have a rea utation which I value, and which I would preserve free from the imputation involved in your rule- of “dn ty" with regard to my removal, or rather in the only rule which 1 have felt myself at liberty to suppose you i could adopt. J Duly appreciating the motive of theseasonablcncss of your communication to the, as well as the polite terms in which it has been made, I beg leave to as sure you that your “best wishes” for my future wel fare shall, on no occasion, be permitted to exceed the measure cf mine for yours. I urn, very respectfully, Sir, your obedient servant ir v t, vv* SLADE. lion. M. \ ax Buhk.n* Dr.rART.vji.NT or Statk, ) i ,T May 1, 1829. ( I Mr. \ au Hiircn presents his respects to AJr Sbide [ and informs him, in reply t o his letter of last eveniim that the note addressed by J\Tr. Van Burcn to Mr. ! fNlarte. was written to apprise him ofMr. Van Buren’> [ ‘Htontion to discontinue his services in the Deoart ! 'V,?OUt to convey the imputation i>lr. S refers to, or any other, or to make nnv expla nations, except so far as related to the time selected tor the notice. ,, rn. Washington, May 5th, I<129. fam: The note which yon did me the honor to ad oress to me on tho 1st instant, hns been received Connected with the explicit enquiries in mine of the -9th ultimo, to winch it is a reply, 1 regard it, as I presume you intended 1 should, as exonerating me from the imputation of iiicoinpctcncy or unfaithfuJ ness m tho discharge of the duties of the sitmUion from which you have honored me with a removal, satisfactory, however, as your note is on this point, t, nevertheless, leaves yet unexplained the “,W »y which, in your note of dismission, you repre jent yourself to have Imen impelled to that act. I a in bound to presume, Sir, that yon do not u«n Wi ,°litrm Tamng: anH’in a casc wf‘«ch eo deeply I fleets myself, I must he excused if I press t he STn f£,'thj, e0m° ejirncstness-what considera ns in the absence ot mcompetency er unfaithful ness, can exist of sufficient .-. I- .1 'VrnblirCy,,!fti0n °f ^ th* Sudden ^pulnon o'f •* p’tniic officer from «ctvice? r J aware, Sir, that tho principle of rotation in ojhcr. »s *omot,mes nHuded to, and, indeed of late al most exclusively relied on (since cS ot W | «W3 have boon found not tn hear examination) as i.justilymjj the system of proscription of which I have boon made a victim But I can hardly penmademv ron!’,, wi" "Jlow !•»•' l» gspi.'VsBKrfjrs* SS!iS;S!i=;Si ss^js^srsas*w""^ the ense with nil tho m ' ' ^ well know to be I case wnn au the office* connected with thn vernmem of the Ur i ted States inthfccitv AnA?Z th? thn wlar^«^wcrl fo most in tins citv'a^deeliJre h,lt b'r*r°l7 ROfr,cipnt to furnish : fhe;r famdies Thev’T1*”1 ** ^ incumben,s ""‘1 i of any cnnsidcrahfcdnnti™ by R RP,vicR 1 return to for,ner m^ r r;? ^' 7 rf!r,dprcd > m rtfs, evrem^lv H tKe n r rcPOrt ° np'v employ. , nvr and imorneth.It^ • ’,f ni°* ,mpraftt,C8bIe: d»m* 1 : Imagine then, .Sir, the cdhditumof duel* a man,I with a family, perhaps a largo ono, suddenly arretted ;r in his. course, with scarce a iiisuicut’s warning, andii coolly told, without condecending to assign a reason i i for the act, that the Government has noTurther need i | of his services—and ask yourself if there is nothing j in hie case which makes an appeal to your justice, a*s *: well ue to tho finer feelings of your nature.—I have ! seen that man—He was my friend—I witnessed the ■ tear startling in his eye—I went with h^tn to bis homo, ' and heard bun, in the bitterness of iadignant anguish, announce to his wife and children that they were “made beggars!" * . * * It was your act—yes Sir, it wab your act! But there is no need, I am 6tire, to spend A moment upon the impropriety of applying the principle of ro. tution to the cases in question. The hypocrisy, (I I would not use the word, if I believed you capable of attempting to justify the removals upon" such ground) i the hypocrisy, I say, ot this plea is ultogetlier appa rent when it is perceived that the removals, without an c.«i'Cr,ntion thus far in this city, and it is believed with scarce c«i exception any where, have been confi ned, exclusively, to the-friends of the late Administra tion. Tho principle of rotation, to whatever cases it may bo applicable, being thus, manifestly, inapplicable to my case, us well as to most of those in which the power of removal has been exercised, thete would ■ scein to remain but one other ground of the "duty" '■ which you have deemed yourself called upon to per- | form. It is, that I have been a frank and decided friend of the late administration, and as frankly and decidedly opposed to the election of Gen. Jackson; and that my removal line therefore been required by him at your hands. Who has required it of him— who has “instigated” him thus to “punish” me for honestly preferring his illustrious competitor to him self, and,as honestly deprecating his election as a “curse to the country,” you will, I think, be at no loss to determine when you consider what I will now 6tate. in the tinned States l elegraph oF the 3d of No veinber last, you will find the following language: I “ We know not what line of policy Gen? Jackson j “will adopt. We take it for granted, however, that •'■fie will reward hisfriends and punish, his enemies.” j You will remember, I doubt not, the burst of indig-' nation which this declaration of the Impudent Dicta- i tor produced through the country, and from irany,, too, of the friends of Gen. Jackson, who considered hnn foully slandered by thus imputing to him a wil lingness to be influenced in his official conduct by vin dictive passions, and to become the President of a par ty, and not of the nation. In reply to a just nniuiad- i version upon its audacity, the Telegraph rises in its j tone of impudence, and after declaring that it expcc ted Gen. Jackson to “punish Messrs. Clay, Rush, j boutliu'd, I ortor, \Y irt," and others ,closes by say ing—“We expect him to punish C. J. Nourso, Slade “ Fend all, T. L. M“ Kenney, Handy, and u host of other “subordinate clerks, by appointing as their superiors, “honorable men, who will discharge their duty to him “and the public, by their immediate removal.” And lest this impudent menace should fail of its execution upon the “subordinate libellers,” its author takes care directly to remind you of it in his paper of the 19th of March, in the following pregnant language: “The “President docs not appoint the clerks or subordinate “officers in any of the Departments. But if any chief “of any Department appoints to office an unfaithful or “unworthy clerk, and refuses to remove him, upon the "rugsetlion of the President, the President is vested by “the law, with power to remove the head, and place “some porson who will enforce his views, by removing ithe obnoxious subordinate.” ° Can I, after this, remain in doubt as to the "rounds, or the author, of my removal, or the process by which it has been effected? Can I, to be plain, regard you in any other light than as the executioner of the vin dictive purpose of Gen. Jackson, excised nud directed to its object by the artful malice of this modern Ro bespierre? I regret exceedingly, sir, to be obliged to say that I consider tins as a just and true exposition of the “duty” which Las impelled you to sacrifice a public officer, ngaius-t whose capacity or fidelity you have nothing to alledge. Leaving the examination of the “duty" which you have thought proper to make the ground of my re moval, ami to which you would attach a graver im portance, by representing it as “unpleasant” to you, t will, it you please, dwell a few moments on the cha racter and consequences of the system of proscription under which I have been doomed to snffer. No one, it seems to me. can seriously contemplate this subject fora moment, wi'hout a deep and painful S"J1 »°f V1°1®nc.ft.d°ne to the constitution in t .. tirst acts of this Administration. I need not nnim r" :,yOU r Tr('Cl]y and daringly the right ol freedom of speech and nf the press" is assailed by ?3c.lin" to censorship every word that may be ut terod by a public officer, ami visiting upon him the • srs,"* nrltiM °r 1LS S jOu, it I wonld, how strongly my spirit revolts at this i usurpali°n of power. Whether in or out of office I - th??eT?r c^ascrto re^ard myself as invested with all i it; 75'? ° rn Srccman> F°r tlie discharge of my of lic.al duties I am responsible indeed to the power that appoints me. But for what T apeak or write I hold myself accountable only to God and the laws of my 5ST • And K,r’the mtin’ whoever ho may be, who attempts >n any manner to restrain or controul this privilege, is a Tyrant. It is a privilege which I claim as my birthright, and which I wilf never sur render but with my life. „J0"t,,*vc heard, sir, of the “gag law” of ’98 It'"™ notlmiftnkcn, you have had some know ^ -oUhe visitation of its odium, during the last our or five years, upon an innocent descendant of ost n"t lor- But’ l,,,just QF »t was, its sever est opi ration was mercy compared with the sfar •handier system of which I am made a victim. That law defined the oflmco which it undertook to punish! • Iy offence is undefined ami (indefinable. That law required the proof of'falsehood and malice, in order to » coimct,™. under (hie »y«em, benefit nf°nP,0netr"'. Tl,nf pfavo tho accused the esf nh i \ A pub ,C tn?b D^tcab,y to the known and established usages of law. Under this, I am tried | T ' n l,w,r.mS’ and d°omed te a sentence of no comm!!! ITT®?1? Wlthrl,t ,bc PriviI,?go allowed the o?mmnn m”lef“t0r’ °f BaY’"g why it should not be pronounced against me! tedAfhitmiRyi1 n?brwV"ir» 'vhat cnmf‘I hnve commit ted that I should be thus "punished?" Is it a crime to have yielded a cordial and honest, and even veal ous support to a wuse and patriotic Administration* iy , crime to have withholden the homage of a! sTt not"rn!! RtURtCfl dcvotion from Gcu. Jackson* I ff it not rather an outrage, upon the feclintrs of every I the country, so much ns to int imate that he may bo m any manner "punished" for the free i exercise of his opinions? 'Valil tn havo befn believed that General Jack- I ’ nfii °VPn tho e*Ppnsp of shocking the feel- j 7, f th!5? fl,,arterfl of the nation, charged his ex- 1 ln bis ina^^al agrees with! having brought the patronage of the Government; smmhTvJ01 W,fh *1,c freedom of elections,” should P<i • mm . ”r,nc about to wield the whole of that im- > sxinrrvys prh,c^,c w,»ch **nw«f«t«i: lieved tbit -y frCPdr" ^"8 11 to hare been be- j rater! ti ’ bav,nPf> >n f hat nddress, expressly predi- j the ‘‘course ° ‘'refoTm” uPon tbe assumption that j pow^ tSPr°ln Cnt had “P,arcd °r continued I I !unfaithful or tnrompetent hands,” he should b^hhE? d’^regartled the principle thus laid down whj.oot ru b-V re*"ov,n? men Prom office, not only 2£Si W,tb "nfaitbf>dness or rnieom' fritUFSlf1 ut fhp mr,rnpm of exonerating them , utnert that, after commending “diligence” and “tal ?h5lw as office, he!! to rnnke an experiment upon the ere. * tbr vyi?/rdIfremT' °f coontrJr,npin, instantly blot i • r Is from his address, regard every man as „nGJny, who 1,ad dared to oppose his elevation :ild^ devotion to himself the sine qua. “on of ror> P ,<9n ‘rorn “pornahment’* and enjoyments of fa-! ( Is it possible not to perceive in ell this the hegtu rmg ’ which you, Kir, and many others v/io are aw reaping '“rewards,- onre v°U d reeult from tho elevation of General Jackson to he Oncif Magistracy of the country ? Does not the very act under which I now suffer (and my case is rur from being one ofthe greatest hardship on the list of proscriptions) fhrnish oue among the many I astlficH tains of my opposition to bis election? Think yon, Kir, that a majority ofthe peoplo of theso Uni ted States would have consented to elevate him to the Presidency, had they foreseen the events that are now transpiring? Could they have been made to believe that their faithful servants were to become the victims of a relentless and exterminating proe crsption ? Could they have imagined' that, within one short rr^mth after the elevation of their favorite, the mask would lie-thrown off, and the coontry doom ed to sutler the degradati-Mi <jf beholding its Chief Magistrate openly prostituting the-power with \yhich the constitution has invested him for the public good to the “unworthy purpose” of “rewarding his friends and punishing his enemies?” f ardoo me, sir, iff bestow a moment's attention upon another view of this subject To justify the use which the Admmistra rpA rnln’i|ka,"gnf,1°,,,0tt'''r0! appointment, it was announ ced, more than a month ago, by one of the Editors who has .TC.6. rn 'vith a hiKll,y lucrative appointment, that “the work (which was represented as 'going branei*attr) ®f removing from office the friends of Mr. Adams, u fid theappoim metit ofthe friends of Ccncral Jackson, indicates firmness/and obedience to the public will, and vnll give permanency to any Administration.” The sentiment thas uttered has been adopted by the leading Administration papers through the countryand w tmbhishingfy' acted on by the Administration itself The point of it Is, that this, and every Adminwtration must, and caiv, only, be sustaiued upon parly grounds. It becomes, therefore, no part of its business to inquire how, in tbe adoption of its i measures, it shall best commend itself to the gootLtens* and pat riotism of the country; nor, in its appointments to office, whether , ’he applicants are “capable” or “honest?’or “faithful.” Recom mendations are no longer 10 turn upon solid merit, as generally esteemed among men in private life. The old fashioned testimo nials of the standing ef the applicant for his talents, his probity, his integrity, his uprightness, and the purity of his moral charar i ter, come to be regarded as of little consequence compared with : high wrmKiht descriptions of serv ices rendered to some object of political idolatry- The strengthening of -tkt party” become - ! }h« fading motive in all the operations of the Government, and intemperate partisan zeal the only sure passport to Executive i favor. * I inler such a course of Administration, l.ow long will ft lie sir, before tow of country will become completely merited an.i lost In low of party? How long before solid talents, ^t,»cfen tious integrity, and unobtrusive merit, will be forced to retrre front the public councils, and from every public employment and the sacred trust of preserving, protecting, end defending the constitution bo committed, in hojtcless perpetuity, to the fcastil luade >°nln)1 '°^ succeasively victorious and vindictive partv \Yhat can furnish more just ground of alarm for the safety of our institutions than to find a doctrine openly avowed and acted on, which leads directly to such results as these? Instead of recognising the people as the legitimate source ofpower.it eetab bshes, in effect, a government of office holders over the-people themselves. Acting umiertiie strong impubeof hope of “reward” °f, 'lP'intsf™en,i" ‘he vast array of remote or immediate expectants of, or dependents on executive favor, will be ner petuaHy exerting their utmost influence, to mislead or control the public sentiment,—relying for success, in every political contest, upon trick, chicanery and falsehood, aided by the end lessly diversified operations of party m ichixehy, rather than upon simple, straight forward appeals to the virtue and inteili gence and patriotism of the community. The voico of reason will thus eras* to be. regarded, the suggestions of patriotism be made in van*—and delusion and imposture and violence usurp their undivided empire overitte destinies of our country1 * a « There us however, in the mid»i of the gloom of this porten tous penod a ray of hope springing even from the “curse” 1 ,hat11t{M! v,rtue aftd 89P<1- sense of the people of (lie tn.ted States will be aroused to effort by this early disclosure of he principles and purposes of the men in power, and the darln-4 SSSSK* whh5bU‘oae Principe «id purposes are carifcd , M 18 dclJg,“f".l }n lum from the contemplation of General Jackson s Administration—which, thus far exhibits the characUristic features which mark* virtiimix peaceful, prosperous, unpretending Administration m* his immtdiate predecessor—nn AHmmisiratTon whieff, ere this generation parses away, shall receive, as it deserve?, Uie cordial approbation of the great body of the American people i,ndtcH* J,a" bcCT prostrated. The Great and Good Man who stood at the head of it has been driyeit from the »*>st be occupied, with so much credit to himself .uid beeCiit to his country, to the retirement of private life_and t ou, sir, know something of the means by which this result has been effected.—But though §ol;ticaIly dead, he yet lives in tho affectionate confidence of. millions; and notwithstanding th, nffi?"Ptl ofb,8.8ucc5s*ori ““d of his successor’s Prime Minister Ar!Tg—1Proa.eh UP°° his Administration** the hisl hSiy^taTpSil'"fo,m °”8 ,h0 NS'«* w ’7“ 1» » l»s™y H.,,v ,ho V?ve, I ,h8-=5 You have indeed taken front me the office I have held coTm^^dMiu^rny'sjdritv^yo:;1 “ST ^ fiction that I have*faithfull/dischar^f ,ak* 4m me tbe c°aJciotisnes« of act. d uprightly ami sincerely; nor can you shake the strong confidence I feel when 1 commit to the care of »n overruling Providence my own destiny and that of my beloved coun^T “ J am, wttli great respect, sir, your obodiem servant, ^ Hon. M. Van Boren. W* Sl^D^ * 5*c« PrRsitient Jacksrrn’a lrrauawr.il Addrna. and it,i» t-,,. S*Si%ZX£&iZZSS«'>"la" of *«■» miIP University of Virginia. i ti n?n!iS^88i°11 °Lf this University will begin oa t ! n ° 1 SePtcmber> °nd continue until the 20th Juiy following. 'ihe expences reduced by a regulation of the Board of Visitors, made in Juiy last, are as follows, for the session of 131 months: Board, including bed and other room furni ture. washing and attendance, $100 00 Fuel and candles to be furnished by the 1 roctor at coat, and five per cent com mission, estimated nt 20 00 Rent of an entire dormitory $16; if octu pied by two students 0 ^ Use of Library and public rooms, 15 00 I rofessor3 fees from $50 to $75; average, 60 00 Chiefly for the purpose of favoring economy03 tho Board ot \ isitors have required the Students to wea* a uniform dress. The coat, waistcoat add pantaloons to consist of cloth of a dark grey mixture, and at a price not exceeding six dollars a yard. Farther par ticulars wjll be found in the enactments. Tbe dress is nt once cheap and becoming, and is furnished in dmrlottesvillc on moderate terms and according to a model. The attention of Parents and guardians i3 particularly requested to this point, as the cnact ments respecting it wi 11 be figidly enforced, and no opportunity afforded to the student to wear more ex pensive dresses. A. S. BROCKBN BROUGH __msy_H-w4^c_ Proctor. * A A package of Goods lost. - BOX containing china ware, marked &. JH. Quarles Co. I.nrtiea Cmtri House, Fa., Carr •>/F. <Sr E. James 8f Co., Richmond Va., and which was shipped nr. snhr. Exit, on her Iasi voyage from Vela I ark, has not yet been received. Any infor mation relative to this package, will be thankfully received, and a suitable reward paid if requested by may 11—Gt F. 8f E. JAMES & Co. _;__Market Square. FRESH SPRING GOODS’ piLEMING & EDWIN JAMES to CO. (Mar *- ket Square,) have just received Between 4 and 500 packages of FRESH DRY GOODS, ,°nc/Lthc ,*r5ent’ mo8t general and de lft siock9”f ^Pnnff Goods they have ever offer ^.rot.r.7.? '""’"'S ■“ JOB PRINTING HAWBgOMBLT EXECUTED At the Whig Office.