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| # later date than his, were compelled to 60 Oh
daty without delay, this man, or, rather, this an
dipidual, who glories in the sobriquet OF ma
| ior''-havng baptized himself against all ca
nonical rules-was allowed leave of absence
eight or ten months Was it because the others
we're american citizens, and therefore unworthy
of indulgence. Or was il because this Irish
man, who was an aclaal subject Of Great Brit
ain at the time he was cascaded into tie service
uf the United States, commanded greater res
pect than the others on account OF his superior
pecuniary advantages? His overweening vanity,
and habitual familiarity with the antipodes OF
truth, induced him to proclaim on Pennsylvania
avenue, that he had been invited by the Presl-
dent to Join the Erecutire cortege III Northern
tour! But even if such miraculous invitation
had, in reality, been given, for the pous Pur-.
pose of converting the excursion of the Chief
Magistrate into a penitential pilgrimage, still
this would not satisfactorily explain the unex-
ampIed tardiness of the Major" in joining his
post where he might have been several months
before he would be needed as an instrument, to
consummate the martyrdom Of our President.
| There is a malign influence connected with
the dog-star of this prodigy of Erin, calculated
to break up every mess to which he may become
attached. That influence has already produced
extraordinary results at the Barracks at Head
Quarters and if the native-born citizens of the
country knew the facts, and would reflect on the
tendency o.. such instances to impair every prin-
lcple that renders the inheritance of our fathers
valuable, there would be 9 unity of spirit and
bond of peace throughout this land. which
never can exist while we forget the distinguish
ing features Of our Government. If we cast the
priceless pearls of America before the vagranlt
swine of Europe, our posterity, when they ask
for political bread, will receive nothing but
stones; and the scoffing monarchists OF the old
world will point in derision to the broken frag
mens of that once glorious fabric, reared by the
patriotic laborers Of the Revolution, but unior-
tunateIy transmitted to degenerate sons: who
like the heterogeneous occupants of the Temple
at Jerusalem, sacrilegiousy turned consecrated
place into " den Of thieves"


If an occasional effuson be acceptable, you
will hear again from
Your fellow citizen,


Pro Bono PuBLICo.