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l farade,-I feel indignant at their talk i Ing justice and patrlotism. Mhy, had

 the 16 Congress possessed this s,se,.ttiase spirit, the question of our independence would not have been decided to this day. But our Saernans and Frank lis apd WeathcrsPoons were not made up of 7eofds, they were men of business

 and action. They Inquired ouly fer light; they paused only for evidence and then came their decision, and then theH action, like thunder from the cloud. What would these men think. could they now appear in the hail of the Capitol, and see the action of Con gfess suspended month after month. and year alter year, by concatena- ton oi windy speeches, which have as little 10 do withthe affairs ofthis earth. as they have with the inhabitants oftbe moon! They would weep, if folly and

 vanity could draw tears from sainted wisdom. It is high time this wordy disposition received a severe rebuke :: and Il It cannot be restrained in any other way, it is the duty of the public to instruct their representatives to act. not to spcechyy; to consult the high in

 tefests of the Pa6tie, and not their opn short-llved popularity. For never was a nation moro miserably betrayed than We are by the vain talkativencss of our public legislators. This is plain. and perhaps offensive; but it is just, though 1t would not have been. in the younger tines of your old friend, '7G