. When men grew tall;. y pretends to possess its own causesof complaint. Chief among these is the ob-vious manner In which the General promotesthe importance of that old fox, Colonel General shows that he cares more for theappointment-indorsement of Colonel Burr thanfor the recommendations of half the does not set well on the proud senatorialstomachs of the togaed ones; and, with States-man Calhoun to lead them, they are willing toobstruct and baffle the General in his of this spirit, and at the Instigation ofStatesman Calhoun, the Senate refuses to con-firm
. When men grew tall;. y pretends to possess its own causesof complaint. Chief among these is the ob-vious manner In which the General promotesthe importance of that old fox, Colonel General shows that he cares more for theappointment-indorsement of Colonel Burr thanfor the recommendations of half the does not set well on the proud senatorialstomachs of the togaed ones; and, with States-man Calhoun to lead them, they are willing toobstruct and baffle the General in his of this spirit, and at the Instigation ofStatesman Calhoun, the Senate refuses to con-firm the appointment of Minister Van Buren—a Burrite—who thereupon makes his farewellunruffled bow to the great ones at St. James andreturns amiably home. That Thomas Benton, who was so fortunateas to fall Into a receptive cellar on a certainNashville occasion when the muzzle of theGenerals saw-handle was at his breast, and whois now in the Senate from Missouri, givesStatesman Calhoun notice of what he may ex-pect: 268. E^DWARD LivingstonFrom a Jraiuing by y. B. Longacre. A CHANGE OF FRONT * You have broken a minister, observes thefarslghted Benton— you have broken a Min-ister to make a Vice-President. While the slander battle against the prettyPeg is raging, a storm cloud of a different char-acter is gathering over the General. AlthoughStatesman Clay has no part in that war uponthe pretty Peg, he by no means sits with foldedhands in idleness. There is a certain money-creature calledthe United States Bank. It is controlled byone Biddle of Philadelphia. Banker Biddleis a glistening, serpentine personage, oily andavaricious—a polished composite of assurance,greed, and lies. He is a proven and unscrupu-lous corruptionist, and a majority of bothSenate and House wait upon his the Biddle influence, the Bank neverfails to consider the mere name of a Con-gressman as perfect collateral for a loan. Evenso incorrigible a bankrupt as the lion-facedWebster is good at
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