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VOL. X. CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. JUNE 16, 1964. NO. 3.

£ elect ifioctn). USES , On a moth'r receiving ike Jirit Jlover ikal gretr on Ike grace of ker ton, killed in hale. •V tOY SUOHT. Onlyadai-y — a starry fiowar That fall from the latter'* fold ; Only a tin* from a stranger hand, "It bloomed above hit mould." * I Oaiy a dairy— withered and dead, No pern for bvaiHv to crarr, A colorl-**. tenetl*-**, lowly t-ud, 1 From the iod on a soldier'* genre. i At hi* eonotry's call b* nohlv went, Whea l he war-cry he rat o'»r the l.ind, Wjlha kit* from hi« mot livr'. quir'ribg l.p, 1 A ;lup of bii father's band. I lb* battle war won, bol lie we* loat, | "0, God 1 that be until dip 1 My firtt-bnrn. my noble, rev naly loo, Id aa unknown grave to fie I | i "No eye to weep wbeo he strove with death .' No voice to soothe hi* pain. T With hie dsrk lock* wet wnh clo'ted gore, ' Dead 1 dead ou the battle plain ! "My God 1 may a comrade brave and trnr. When tha battle strife la done, Mark on hi* grove in (be wlldwood ihade, r A mother kat given her ton !" i A pitying an gal beard the prayer Of a mother'* heart in pain, And weaping, a blea**d tear-drop fell c On the grav* of tbo hero alalo. >• From the *od a (tarry wild, flowerspsew. Than bloomed not there apother, ' For a comrade plocked the lotioly one ' •J'O send to tbawourniog mother.. « —a a— — i p— — t LETTER FROM C0MM0D0PE ST0( RTOX. ' a An. BO ID POUTT or *KW JERSEY. J Some month* aine* Commodore Stockton wrot* a latter to the Now Yorlj Kvanlng * Poot, which wa* published in that jooroa), 1 •ad some time ahor, elicited a reply. On 1 Friday last the Post contained a aecond * * letfcr from Commodore Stockton, which ; ^■amfir to our aolomn*. Thi* Utter 1 not *o mack the joint companies. 1 utM policy of tb* (tate — vindicating It . Hem the Ignorant and maliciou attack* of 1 interested parti**, who in par*ait of tlteir 1 own »«!fivh *di1i, vilify and tradoc* ut. Th* followjng wa enmntaod to tb* careful porneal of onr roader*. All of them may 1 not agree with the cnnrlurions of the writ- r or, hot no on* can rail to do juatioa to tb* c manly iplril in which h* stares tb*m. 1 To tie WZfsrs of Ike Are fork Evening ' Pott. I pbmcctok, May 25, 1864. 1 Th* a*co*d letter of yonr correspond** I. ' a "Citiaeo or N*w Jersey," b*s recently been brought to my net lea. ' That Utter f* of marked ability, and ft* 1 •pirit i* liberal and friendly ; yil there or.' ' portion* of It expressing aaniimeats in ' which I cannot ooncur, ami which I can- * not suffer to remain wiiboat dissenting 1 comment. I rater to the following para- ' graph*, among olhar* : ' "Yiswsd in tb# light of lb* present day and from that advanced point which •* ' bava reached in tha march of internal !m- 1 prov*«neat, it U easy to condemn thain." ' (Exclusive privilege*.) j "I aa willing to admit as a general pro- ] position, that Uwt conlhrring such sxclo. , aive privilege* either on individuals or cor- ( poraliooa are nowise and inexpedient." " Moaopattae am daasrvadlv odiont ; not only in this country, but ie that Mm. from j which wo derived our lews and tBalitotion.". , they have alwayt hven the P"cuiiur cbj-ct* , of popular jraioatyaod popular complaint." ; "Tha Ipftynpint of England's haughtiest , sovereign wae cowed by the clamor which her monopolies invoked from a Hoose of ComOMua, usually submissive." "The Ciliteo" confoauo. tb* monopolies , graated by tb# Tod or* and Stuan* or Eng. , land, (whoo tbo crown exercised despotic , powers incompatible with the principle* of , a aooetitaUooal government;) with tboe* , priviiegaa granted by the legislature for a , limited lime, to tocara some groat bontfit , to the eooatry at large. The analogy be. twoao tha two ie very im perfect. The one . wae usually g ma tod to court favorite*, for , . a corrupt cousidsrelion, and wat aa odiou* , burdaa oo tha paop^o without any com per.- , aatiog advantage to them. Tea one, also, , wae by aa ilMgal stretch of prerogative, and i frequently graatad in Iba teeth of purlinaeeUry raiaoa.traaea. Tb# other ow*« it* , Origin to a duelre to promote th« public welfare; to develop «te«* wealth and sapjjly tb* »lste treasury ; ia limited in duratioc, and revert* to tb* stela wbaa tb* limitettea expiree, if the state for tb* stipulated cowside ration choose to bocoow iu sola proprUtor. Tbo Wis* man who framed tha CcstiUteaa of tbo United State* were well v. racd ' ■tofcafHabhiau.rr. Tbo struggle* of tbriv aaeaatera with tbo Stuart* <ree* M ia their Mniriw, They Iwv what mcoepc4w* tha Riots, tbo Pyres, rim Hmnydecs, sod tee Republican* oi their day dwaoaaced; rrurWgRmhtc r-v * •

i In Section Bib of Article I of the Cuostitulion of tb# United Stales, wB-raad that "Congress shall hav* power to promote tb* progress of aci-nce, and tb* uavful art* by seenring for limited time* to autbors and Uventor* the rxelusive right to their respectiie rights and rtiscoverie*." No one will qoestioo the justice, wisdom and eoond statesmanship "which dictated that pro virion qf the Constitution, nor will d ny, that its influence ou the prosperity and advancement of industry and the aru bus bean most salutary. In my previous Utter to yoo, I took a general view of the origlc of fh* joint com-. paoiCs, and the principle* which influenced th* p<ople of New Jersey in adopting their peculiar sysUm ef internal improvements. 1 did not sufficiently for my own salisfar. tioti Tindicate the wt«dom of their action -at - that epoch — thirty yeart ago. I Butlest I D'.vy be considered among those | who stigmatize their policy a* unwise and | inexpedient, 1 propose through y»ur tol- | umn* to show that the policy adopted by | New Jersey in 1830, is a just end *U* polj icy, arid incapable of any proper impcach- { meat. I tnooght that policy sound and judicious \ than, and I continue of the same opinion now; indeed, I think better of -that policy now; I believe that, all things considered, in the light of thirty yeur* experieocu, the action of 1831 was most wise. In relation, however, to lbs concussions of "A Citizen of New Jersey," I must be permuted to .eoter toy proted. It Ie an abuse of lengutgo to confound a privilege, right, or franchise, purchased for valuable consideration, with the odious monopolies granted to court farorite' by the Kuglixb kiogs, when the prerogative of the monarch wa* made to override thn law of the land, the right* of freemen, and the public welter*. "A Citizen of New Jereey" ha* clearly (through inadvertence, porbips,) fallen into Ifeie common error. And it ie-lo correct tbi* mistake, that I again intrude upon your column*. I deny that the exclusive privilege grunted to the New Jersey companies a moac/mfg in tbat odious tei.se imputed to it by the "Citizen." t " It i* simply a franchise granted fore limited time, and for a fair eqnivaiapl or annual runt. f The Stat* of ^."ew Jersey has leased to the Cemdtn end Auib»y Railroad Company, lb* occupation of Iba roola on wbieh (heir road ie built, for transportation by railsray. of paieengwrs for an annual earn, to be paid in proportion to tno basinet* done. Tha. tenuut of a land proprietor, who for a term of year* at a rant to be paid io proportion 1 6 the product* raised bim, is a monopolist, if the railroad company can be properly »o called. So far aa respect* the peoplwof New Jerthe appUca'ion of ^be term monopoly to the priviiegaa of the Camdeo and Amboy Railroad Company is tnoet palpably false in f*et. For the State of New Jereey ie covered with railroad", traversing every county, and all built sine* the coustruclion of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Railroads arc built iu New Jereey, (a* ia other States.) whenever the people a*k for them, when they do not conflict with the exclusive privilege* of the Camden and Atrihoy Railraod Company ; which oxly applies to railroads connecting New York and H ardly a session of (be Legislature elapeee that the grant of a railroad charter i* not conceded. The Camden and Amboy Railroad Com-

pany enjoys no monopoly of railroad pririi leges in New Jersey ; capitalist* are free to make there where tbey please, except on .tha route already appropriated and occupied by the Camden aad Amboy Railroad, for which appropriation that Company Las paid and continues to pay according to the extent of ite^ buaineer. The franchise of constructing a railroad oo th* particular rente between the cities of New York end i Philadelphia, would not, even if no contract bad been entered into with the railroad company to that effect, h«v« been dip/ regarded. Ordinary good faith fdM^d yd>o •etherization of one road or cannon th* same rente with another, if the proprietors of tha original franchise faithfully comply with their duties to th* public. The ground ef one franchise ie, In all cases, morally excluv've of other similar franchisee ia the same locality. Tha contract made by New Jersey with the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company mnfaly pots into words a principle whicCLen^wJlf implied io ail In my former letter I declined tbe-dtoat-sion or th' validity of t»a ejuOwlve privL lege* of the joint companies, because I considered it »«* odjndicata. Th# decisions of th* Cnnrt* of New Jereey, and of the Sa- > preme Coin uf iba Ueited States are coocihslv* oo ibis subject. But I wtsy be excused for reviving tha I recollection of what l.h* tsapeeme Court ' .atd in a leading eea*. thmy-eeveo years i age. I refer to the care of Gibbous against Ogden, reported i* ninth volume of W bea- , ton. Th# Et«U uf New York had granted to ► Lteggrthn aad -Fatten Ore exclastre righ; . h propelled hf — ^

- the Bay of New York, and the arms of the t sea sdjecrnt. A steamboat arriving ftom f foreign ports, or from another stele, though r licensed under the navigation lews of th* I United States, wa* forfaited by the lawe of - New York for infringing the right of Livingston and Fulton. The Supreme Court I declared that th* laws of New York were I invalid, became, they cunflicted with the I ezrlutive rigkt veste I in the Federal Oov- ! eminent by the Constitution to "regulate i commerce with foreign nations and among tb* several State*." Bnt the Supreme i i Court ia this case expressly decided that • Congress could not under tbi* exclosive i I right to "regelate commerce with foteigo r nationw, aod among the several Stales," i interfere with a commerce wholly withio a 1 ■ siogle individual Statg. 1 On page 195, ninth" volume TThealon, Chief Justice Marshall said : "Th# com- ' plate ly internal commerce of a Slate then. ' .may be considered a* reserved for the-Stwie itself." And again on page 203, he said : "inspection laws, hA'th law*, of every description, a* well at law* for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, dec., ' Ac., are component parts, of this mast ; no 1 direct power ie granted to Congress, and consequently thsy remain subjectly to Blata legislation." It it obvioo*, tbat if frrrxet between two Slates are subject exclusively to State leg. Nation, much more must be railroads and cabal*, the termini of which aru within a ■ingle State. Soon after the completion of the Erie , Canal, an officer of tha-Uoited States Customs claimed the right to require the c^pal . boats to tsk* out licenses under the laws of thg United Stales. Th# Governor of New ; , York at the time, deoied tb* right of the Federal Government to interfere with the internal commerce of a Stat# ; and the , people throughout the State expressed the , greatest surprise and indignation at the , assertion of any such claim by the Govern- , meol of the United States. The Govern- , mcnt became satisfied that it bad no sncfa | right, as that claimed by tbe Government official, and th* measure wat nbaudoned . forever. Governor De Witt Clinton, in a . message to the Now York Legislature, ; dated Albany, January 2d, 1827, says ; \ , "Another attempt as futilo si the former, has beeo made by a Custom House Col- 1 . lector io th* Wall tor apply the revenue laws of tbe United States to the navigation I of the Erie Canal. It does not appear that llis procei ding ha* received any counte- , nance from higher authorities, oorcan it , for a momnnt be believed, that a claim so I preposterous In its assumptions, and ao I pernicious in its results, would at any time be encouraged in any qnarter. As tbe spirit of internal improvement !• rapidly . extending io evety direction, it baa become | a question or great moment, •bather the ( general Government bat power, with or without tbe content of the State Govero- | I ment, to cnn-troct canal* aod roads in their ! I territories, aod wbethar such power, if not already vested, ooght not to be granted ? High authorities are to be found oo both ' , sides of this question; and after devoting j r to it all tb* coneideretinn to which, from t iu importance it it entitled, I think it doe j to a sense of duty, to say, Ihst toy opinion is rqnally boatile to it* possession or exrr- j j else by. or its investment In, the national authorities. I esn perceive io it nothing j lee* than the harbinger of certain destruc- - tioo to the State Governments. • • • . As well might Congress take cognixtnc# of . agriculture, common schools, universities. "v-uwi", universities,

penal codes, civil rights, and tha whole rang* of local and internal regulation, as of road* and canals." In 1830 the recollection of the blockade t of the Atlantic coast* by British flatte, was j fresh in the memory of the country. It { was not anticipated that in tha lite or any 0 th-n living, the United Slates would have £ a Navy sufficient to protect our ses^uaat f from blockade in case of a war wilb any of plba chief maritime powers of Europe ; com- ,i * manication between tbe Northern aod Southern States wooid, in tbat event, be ■] •object to interruption and ruinous daisy. c The Delaware end Ratiun Canal, therefore ( connecting New Yurk aod Narraganset Bays (with tbo aid of iba Ubaeaposku and , Dismal Swgtfp Canals.) with Albemarle -Bound waa esteemed of greet oaliosat impbet^asref^t secured with those aoztliarie* ® a sal* interior navigation from New Eag. c lead to tb* heart of North Carolina. That the policy of construe ting th e greiwt work through the isetremeatslity of a char- j tared company aad set by tbe Slate of New Jereey waa eminently Jddlriobe, (he ex- f prvieuce of a few yean abundantly demon. c ' (Seated ; hecseee it happened tbat for many t yeare after tb* can* I was completed it ,, yielded no revenue adequate to repay the t expeeee ef its management aod repairs ; to t defray Shot expense the receipt* from the e railway were relied upon. Bad the Slat* » i of New Jereey eucombered herself with i debt tor th* donet ruction of the canal, dttT- i log the long period that it failed to prednoe i revtnoe sufficient u. pee the iateeeet of the c Stat* debt aad the coal ef its atreua! re- t

Pennsylvania and Indiana *ere compelled to sacrifice their public works. i base shown in my first letter how the coostructiou of tbe Delaware and Raman i Cans] became indiesolubly connected with the construct ten of tbe Camden and Amboy < . Railroad, and that neither would have b«ru i built unlesi all rlvalsbip between them had I been obviated by a union, and unless they had been, for a time, proWcted.complelety j i from ail danger of competition. Tbe alternative was distinctly presented , to the Legiste'ure of New Jersey of 1831, | whether complete protection for a time i against competition shoald bt granted, or I f whether the construction of those works ' | should be abandoned. The Stutt, after the ' , subject had been exhaustively discueted ' before the people ami in the hall* of legis- ! , lottos, calmly sod deliberately, influenced j | only by enUrged aad statesmanlike views ! , of the public good, wisely, justly, and in \ , perfect consistency with sound principle! ; i of Ivgilmtion, passed the necessary laws j , conceding the required protection, and i thus insured the speedy completion of there i iufportant improvement*. vrbe charter* for tbe canal aod railroad I i compaoms were obtained (i apeak of oiy I i own personal knowledge.) without tbe use j of any other means than those of srgamvnt ! , addres cd to tha judgment and |iatrioti*ui I of the members of tbe legislature; they j, were not granted in corrupt compliance i with the demands of a "nixo," but they , were sanctioned from public considerations and for the public good alor.e. 1 have depicted elsewhere lb* condition I of New Jereey ia 1830. without resnurcrs | | to construe t railroads or canals ; the imposi- | j ! bility of obtaining the popular sanction to j do eflber, her annual depiction by the emi- j j gratfoo of her young men, her lands im- ; j poverished, her industry paralyzed, and ; progress and prosperity stagnating uvervi where throughout her borders. I I Say therefore, now. as I said and r I thought in 1830, nnder all the gravity of I th* circumstances investing »b« subject, : j that there *u no alternative at which the | J State s^onld hesitate ; the public dqty and | ' i State policy, end the grnevsl interests of j 1 the people of tbe State or New Jersey de- I ' j roonfled tbat tbe Slate should adopt the j j policy proposed, confer the charters re- I qnircd, end concede the protection neces- ' | s«t7 to give those charters effect. The ! wisdom, justice, and expediency of She { 1 action of 1830 and 1831 cannot in my opin- | | ion be impugned ; under similar circa m- j stances I (La not hesitate to say thai tbo j State ougln to do the earns no* that she 1 did In 1630 and 1831. The clamor of mercenary specolators. or ! ( of a Subsidized lobby of stipendiary politi. j ^ cians, who have conspired to assail the I ' rigb'S ane character of Netr Jersey, should ^ not betray her people into a momentary ) > doubt concerning the wisdom and integrity ' of tbe Legislature which established the I I present system for the creation and prow- ■ ~f j Uon off her public works. Titnj and the ' I beneficial results of that system are snffi- , j cieut to vindicate the sagacity of the peo- j ' 1 pl» Sfcjire Jersey and tb« lexislation of ; ' j 1630 aod 1831. j ! The prrsei.t generation cannot properly J B i appreciate the overruling necessities and ^ j wants of thirty years ago; with railroad j facilities in overy county of New Jersey ■ end ten* of thousands of miles of railroad ' stretching In every direction, and new lines "till annually projected and pot in process or construction, tew are able to weigh just- ^ ly tbe destitution end poverty of itnprove- , ment which everywhere then prevailed ; all,

too, until tb* veto of General" Jackson of th* appropriation to the May anile and Islington Turn |uke Company were looking to th* general government for assisAt that time, there were but two railroads in the United States completed ; now there *t» more than 10,miles of railroad i it the Utit/d States cample ted, and tbouseoos miles are vary year added thereto. The ■Dccaaefnl completion of the Cntnand Amboy Railroad gave great impulse to the enterprise of lly country. The people relied, thereafter, oo tb* effort! of associated capital properly protected, instead of relying npon th* treasury of the government. The success of tbe Camden and Amboy Railroad, 1 bare shown, wae owing to tbe eXciaeive privileges conferred it, so that thia much abused exclusive privilege was one of tbe secondary to wbioh tha mighty niarob of improvement, sod the development of th* Fboundleas resouruee of aur great country to be sac ri bed. There were insuperable objections to the Elate undertaking the construction of th« caoaL anting from geographical considerations, tha eanal was to unite tha tide-water ef the Rare tan aad Delaware river* ; it wae 1 necessarily ooofloed therefore ta the central counties ; the eonthero, northern aod easier* counties foil no immediate local : interest in its etmetroctioh ; and were on- , willing to he taxed to eonfcr a local brie! u^o the adatral conwtlee alune ; they were i willing to vaie the aacaaaary teas to #t.*ble ■ etbera to bnild thote works, bat unwilling i to burden themselves for kbat-parpasu, Mk i guciaUy whe, the result of the fcapaeuri 3 works "O wholly uncertain. Thwy didT^

therefore, under the circomstancer. all that ! ■ the people deemed it prudent to do, they f granted charters and passed laws which • 1 i««rad the completion of the* public works, j t They provided that the projectors of thoj' » Wjrks should contribute of thflr gains to I I the State treasury, in propoition to their > * ; and they res-rved the right to I ' the State, ta take thuaa works as her owB, , 0 | after a limited time at cost. Although the companies hav* more than . once offered to surrender their charters npon just sod liberal terms, the people of | j , the Statu hav* not been prepircd ar >'it- i r posed to sccrpt those offers. Tbev wanted I j further time to Consider the policy of at- j j laming a charge of such magnitude. ' The cxpe.icace of several Elates io tbe , > mtntgen em of ^ilrcadi and canals ha" - • proved that pol't ciana cutild oot ilo i- well 1 1 I for tha Statu Parish tbe putil.e work", as they I d i could do for tbemeelve* ; Now Jeroey. si-! liiougb importuned by many t > take cberge ' of Hi* llelawarv and Riratan Canal and ' ' j the Camden aod Amboy Railroad aeemt , 1: j have d'termired to give herself ample ! I time to reflect up-n the policy of menag- j c ! mg the railroad and canal through t'i# iu- j c I slruuientaiity of politicises, or leaving ! them, as at present, iu charge of incorpo- ■ r I rated companies. ; i 1 will venture to say. however, witbool ! ' claiming to be a propbrl, that It ntll pro. - I bably b« a far di>Unt day wbeo tbe Elate i | ot Saw Jersey will find it couducive to^tlie . I pnetorelitp and mutiageinrot ot any rail- ' road or canal ; elthough 1 well know thaB ' I every railroad charter granted by the Leg- ^ i telsture reserves to tbe Elate tbe right to 1 i take tbe railroad provided tor on payuieot ' of cost. Aod this bring* me to a brief reference to some of those moral aod political con- 1 , sidaralioda, which, much more l hub the ' quetlioa uf revenue, and dollars aud cents determined the aitiou of New Jersey io ' ' | lb30 and 1631. j i.o 1830, ui# people of New Jersey were 1 ' | for the most part an agricultural people ; | there wae oot then any city, but Newark, I «bieh bad grown to-beyoud a respectable ; | village, and Newark was only u thriving, 1 ' | manufacturing town ; the farms were small, ; | and wealth wa« confined to a very limited 1 number; the bauit", la«tes and manner* ot ' ! the people were plain and frugal, and mo;- ' | ality and virtue held to Inch csleeoi. The ' ' rapid growth of wealth and corruption I" . ' the neighboring Elate", bat! not coutetni- ' I listed the simplicity aotl republican vquali- ! I ly «tj.ich everywhere prevailed hi New Jer- : eey. But the public men and reflecting ' mind" in New Jersey, had perceived the j demoralization and deteriorate n of virtue, i ! j which already begun to be flagrant in those ! ' I Stales in which lavish expenditures for in- I r nag', incidental to State tnaoageuieol of j 1 j public works bad taken place. TarWlrftr- ! * ! ly, they had marked the headlong aud j " j reckless precipitancy with which corrupt i ' demagogue" had pluuguil the noble Stale | " ; uf Pennsylvania into tbe vortex o( cnor- ' ' mou* debt. Thi* career of profligacy and crime was viewed io New Jersey with horM ror and diagutt. Onr NeV Jersey father* ^ had taught n* to beware of profit's pnblic " or privets expendilare*. Tbey tangbt ns, y that luxurious habit", and recklsM extrava- ^ gance were incompatible with that virtue ' which alone could secure stability to re1 publican government. Onr people were " educated ioto an unconquerable aVeraioo ~ to public debt ; aod the only path to popu- • tarity in New Jersey was by the advocacy if - „■

of economy in the Elate expenditures^ Tbe whole cost of tbe State government seldom in those year" exceeded 830,000 per j annum. To talk to such a people about I the policy or wisaom of contracting a debt 1 of five or six millions waa to subject your. ] self to contempt. It was a fundamental axiom in New Jersey politics that a Emtu debt was a State curse, .that nothing bnt war or some other inevetable calamity would ever justify a State debt of any considerable magnitude. The people of New Jersey folly appreciated tbe value and tm portance of inte.oal improvement, they ware unwilliBg, however, to incufftbe deugeraod rssposihility of encumbering the Slgle with a debt for that purpose. Tbey therefore delegated to incorporated companies tbe sntbority to make the railroad ind canst. Tbey aid ao from a tense Of duty, founded on considerations of soosd State policy. As I said before, the right# and privileges of those companies were not obtained by corrupt leglrialloa, tbey wsrs not conferred as a fiivor to any particular arporators or Individa*!*, but for tha parpose of improving t^g_ condition of the people at large, of developing State resources, and augmenting th* Stale reve5*"^. 'a. d 6h*£ % The men wbo wsrs sagacious eneogh to , inaugo rata the internal improvement policy of Naw Jersey were substancial citizens, whose property consisted, not so ranch in t money and goods, as In lands and children. acted frntn public eonridsrations sn I much as fcam mouves or pereoaaTMsrdM : 1 sol their sutceasora are new renew Solki - •has to prssarvs nnimpaiied aad wniw * peteWed the good turns ef Thatr ptedwivr- - 1 ^ .

than io incveoS • their own wealth an t / Those patrons nrfcq hav* #«"»iied *K»fr policy aud charter* hava L— en chivfly adventurers from o-lher slates, having no lit- ' ! iu the wetfiire of Ne* Jersey, and ! even those in NevJersey **fco bate tin-a i 'heir servile iastrnnmc-'a, have been far tbw , nio»t part, roan without any interest iir the' , "Oil of New Jersey, wbo cnclo at any tfra* ' ■ vim ma fames with ail thejr worldiy po»i ae.sioos on lhair buck", leavfsg the fevvters • i an-i other worthy people of the stale to j tha fruit* of their iniquity, j Uadoubtediy a vast change for the wore* has takes place iu the morals of thwpuop'w I of tha United Slate* eithln the Iwwt th'rt^ y*ar». in my huniblu opinion, thai chain w bat be*n prodaced io a great measure, be tha reckl-sa extraragurce or Stat# expel? j * for internal improvements. ' Had New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, ! Virginia, and Indiana adopted the policy ■ -f New Jersey, they would not probably been tbe tcenes of sncb stcpsftdoni . profl.gacy a* have ch iract.rixed their b«B« of legi-lation within the last quarter oi a ! I'here ia a vital sympathy between "the | morality or tbe government and that of the ! people. If tb* halia of the lugraUtjire are i inrreu'tared to the control of [-tenderers and robbers, we mutt not wonder that corruption stiiks, naked in the streets. I be deterioration of the national morals, . if it continual with ha some rapid progress downwardr. much longer, will be lata! to liberty. The appetency for wealth, to Ire 1 obtained ttiruugh the instrumentality of i legislation, at the expense of th* pnblic, will soon render tbe rights of proper'y insecure. Aud when that stage of demoralization is reached, property will seek refuge under a government which will protect it, and not be a party to ita apoliatioa. In th* good old fashioned timexjif 1830, if it had been predicted that the debt of New York City would in thirty years io1 crease at the rale of two or three million* a year, no one would have had any faith in the prophet. But now, so utterly depraved have the government* of mora than one ; city of the United States become. Chat It is »«»*rted. without contradiction, tbat in : the Uuited States, muuicipal government ! in the elites is an otter failure. In those days when the Delaware and ! Rs'.tau Cauul and Camden and Amboy Railroad charter!' were granted, virtue, >ml public spirit predominated im •tate", (but not in the state of Ne» .Tcreoy.) i it is said, no sooner i« tbo legislator* elected than a riny. as it is called,' Is formed, ; and every charter and every application to j the legislature, from which money ia rx» pected to bo mad*, is black moiVcrf to conj tribute to the pockets of the ring. | Hut where stands New Jersey in this | "late of cenernl nhliiptily t Nntwithstandj ing the unjust reproaches with which from | time to time, her fsir fame and patriotlam | have beeo assailed, ghrra she is; though i small io tstritory, she yield* to nous iu , | wikdoni. honor, virtue, "nod patriotism. It may be truly a.iid of h-r, that, while ( she has born her foil proportions of theburdens of the government, of its direct benefit" she has asked little, and received ^ l-sss. Still, there she stands, this dny, al ( of old, besrt and hand, with her treasure and bar resourcas, nod ber blood, pledged' to tbe Union of tha states. Very truly yours, R. F. STOCKTON. A BKATTIHL FISCKE.

t Life is beautifully compared to a fonn. r tain fed by a thousand streams, tbat perish t if on* bu dried. It ia a silver chord, twistt ; *d with a thousand strings that part asunder _ | if on* be broken. Frail and thoughtless I mortals are surrounded by innumerable s dangers, which make it njoch more strange t that they escape so long, than that they almost all perish suddenly at lest We arc encompassed with accidents every day to r crush the mouldering tenements ws inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in r our constitutions by nature. The earth and atmosphere »bvnce we draw the breath | of life are impregnated with d-atb ; health ■ is made to operate it* own destruction ; the food that nourishes containing the elements j of decay", the tool that animates It, by r vivifying firet, tends to wsar It oot by its j own action ; death lurks In smbosb along ( tha paths. Notwithstanding, this is lbs j troth so palpably confirmed by the dauly t example before our eyes, how iitlle do w* r lay It at heart 1 Ws ace our friends aoA neighbors dia among ns, but how aaldsu) ( does it occer to ear th-agbta that o.r knell shall perhaps give tbe next fruitless ' waroiog to tha world I "Does your Reverence know the dlfo ferencs between A prieet and an aw?" > asked a young fop. or a ptiest, ons day. ' not," returned the priest. ' "Why," said tbs young man, "on# par- ' rias a cross oc hm BreMt. aad lha other a 1 oo bis back."; "And said the priest, "do yoo i tunw tbs diflWence between a conceited joung mho and Sa tmV - 1 Vpplauss of tbe passengare sealed the ratwt ! a«d ths rehaka. ^ .