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paying for, OF in other words, life and property
are too cheap and too worthless, to be protected
hy a government made for the protection of both.
II our Legislators study retrenchment in the sx.
penditure OF the national funds, let them set the
frs, example themselves, and send thcir long
winded orators hor1E--let them seriously ask
themselves this question, whether their meta,
phor. are worth eight dollars a day upon an av-
erage But metaphors not only things which
the nation must pay for it is called upon to nav
for the pauegyrics, which the members Of Con-
gress pronounce upon themselves. On this oc.
casion, there is alw Us glow ofeloquence, are
dundancy Of ideas. a hrillancy Of fancy, worthy
Of Cicero in his proudest day. Indeed il is
subject ofhigh felioits,on, that We are represent.
ed by men on the floor Congress, who SO fully
understand their own worth. They can speak
for hours upon this subject, and here their elo.
quepoe seems iae xhaustible. II they would hut
exert the same eloquence on the subject matter
of legislation, as they do in 'elf-panegvrics. no
legislative bsdv in fhe world. would appear to
greater advantage than the Congress Of America.
Beautiful as this eioquence is, we hope that our
navy is not to be sacrificed to self lfpanegyrie-


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