many, will show. At a time when the tenants of an
extensive landlord, to whom tens of thousands were owing for rent, were
openly resisting the law, and defeating every attempt to distrain,
though two ordinary companies of even armed constables would have put
them down, the sheriff entered the house of that very landlord, and
levied on his furniture for debt. Had that gentleman, on the just and
pervading principle that he owed no allegiance to an authority that did
not protect him, resisted the sheriff's officer, _he_ would have gone to
the State's prison; and there he might have staid until his last hour of
service was expended.--EDITOR.

[5] Absurd as this may seem, it is nevertheless true, and for a
reason that is creditable, rather than the reverse--a wish to help along
the unfortunate. It is a great mistake, however, as a rule, to admit
of any other motive for selecting for public trusts, than
qualification.--EDITOR.

[6] This is no invented statement, but strictly one that is
true, the writer having himself a small interest in a property so
situated; though he has not yet bethought him of applying to the
Legislature for relief.--EDITOR.

Transcriber's Notes:
Misprints and punctuation errors corrected.

Page 23, "fourscore" changed to "four-score".
Page 83, Single quote changed to double quote.
Page 94, Removed double quote.
Page 113, Other versions of text read "good-natured" instead of
"good-natural".
Page 139, Removed open quotes.
Page 144, "bathos" changed to "pathos".
Page 178, "Pat" changed to "Patt".
Page 195, "Ja" changed to "ja".
Page 196, "eend" changed to "end".
Page 212, "gobbernor" changed to "gubbernor".
Page 233, Removed duplicate word "to".

Ligatures removed in ASCII Version: c[oe]lum to coelum.

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