New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

FROM THE LOUISIANA ADVERTISER.

The Next Step. When Pisistratus, one of the chiefs of the three factions which divided Athens, not many years after Solon had established his code of laws, wished to destroy the republic by usurping dictatorial power, he devised a plan to have himself surrounded by a servile and subservient guard, the better to enable him to carry into effect his unhallowed purpose. This plan was, to cause a pretended attempt to be made upon his person, and, wounded and bloody, he ran into the market place and cried out that the enemies of the people had sought his destruction. A guard of fifty men was granted to him for protection; these he insensibly increased until they became sufficiently powerful to aid him in making himself master of the liberties of his country.

Pisistratus was the first inventor of this plan of seizing upon the rights and liberties of the people. His manœuvre has found many imitators. Has he served as an example to President Jackson?

We have not time to give many extracts in relation to this humbug. For this morning we give an account of it from the Globe, the organ of the President. Let sensible men judge of its value.

[Here the Advertiser gives the Globe's account of Lawrence's attempt to assassinate the President.]