id,
for himself. So far he has been eminently successful, for the fierce
democracy howls forth its applause upon the floor of Congress, in manner
and form as followeth:--

Mr Cass, _Democratic_ senator from Michigan, an _insolvent_ western
state, opened the ball on the 12th of December. He is said to aspire to
the presidential chair, and is already a full general of militia. We
give him his civil title, however, because we find him so set down in
the _Globe_, which knows best what the military one is worth. There is
nothing remarkable in his speech, except the fuss which he makes about
national honour. He may find it lying in the ditch, much nearer home
than Oregon--

"As to receding, it is neither to be discussed nor thought of. I
refer to it but to denounce it--a denunciation which will find a
response in every American bosom. Nothing is ever gained by
national pusillanimity. The country which seeks to purchase
temporary security by yielding to unjust pretensions, buys present
ease at the expense of permanent honour and safety. It sows the
wind to reap the whirlwind. I have said elsewhere what I repeat
here, that it is better to fight for the first inch of national
territory than for the last. It is better to defend the doorsill
than the hearth-stone--the porch than the altar. _National
character is a richer treasure than gold or silver_, and exercises
a moral influence in the hour of danger, which, if not power
itself, is it surest ally. _Thus far ours is untarnished!_" &c.

This statement of the relative value of "national character" as compared
with the precious metals, will be very edifying to the creditors of
Michigan.

Mr Serier, _Democratic_ senator from Arkansas, another _insolvent_
western state, is a still richer representative of the majesty of the
American senate. This state is the headquarters of the bowie-knife,
revolver, and Judge Lynch _regime_, and Mr S.'s education in these
particulars does not appear to have been neglected.

"It has been her (Great Britain's) bullying that has secured for
her the respect of all Europe. _She is a court-house bully; and in
her bullying, in my opinion, lies all her strength._ Now, she must
be forced to recede; and _like any of our western bullies, who,
when once conquered, can be kicked by every body, from one end of
the country to the other_, England will, in case she