New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register

Messrs Printers:

Having faithfully served my country during the contest that gave us existence as a Nation, and regularly attended at the polls for nearly half a century since, and by my silent vote supported the "American Policy," the interest of the farmer and mechanic, on whom WASHINGTON always placed his chief dependence in the most trying scenes of the revolution, I have considered myself entitled to an honorable discharge; and have thought of keeping aloof from the approaching contest.— But since I have been told of the efforts making by a certain class of folks to sap the foundation of our best interests; when I see principles advocated by men in power directly tending to disorganize the government—I see these things, my old blood seems to boil within me; the feelings of '76—and I have resolved when Mars meets comes to turn out once more, and I call all my old comrades to turn out. 'Tis a sacred duty—let us, toothless and grey head, appear at the polls, and never give up our rights so long as we can pull a trigger or shoulder a pistol. I have seen the time when the FARMERS and MECHANICS of New Hampshire would hardly have submitted to the dictation of Circulars, signed by mushroom politicians, who have appeared among us but for a day—and who are fishing for office by sending these circulars into every village and hamlet in the State. And who are they so anxious for office as thus to obtrude themselves on public notice? One is a foreigner, a "Knight of the little saddle bags," who has come all the way over to this country to tell us that our "government is not strong enough"—that "more energy must be infused into it." Our children are taught that the same diminutive opinion was entertained of us by foreigners some fifty years ago; but our hardy yeomanry after a seven years' tug convinced them of their error. Unless I much mistake the views and feelings of my friends and neighbors, the Doctor will have less success in administering his pills political than he has with his pills cathartical. We are better judges of the former than of the latter, and perhaps the Doctor may also find when it is too late, that it is not characteristic of Yankees to be twice gulled with the same bait. A young lawyer too, of almost equal age and experience, after a residence of almost a year among us, has thrown his influence into the same scale with the Doctor, and is understood as desirous of trying the rough road of political preferment; and with equal modesty is making attempts to enlighten the old men of New Hampshire. Verily this is contemptible! These young men are well enough, if they knew their places. They were "strangers, and we took them in." and are willing to give them the same chance we do our own boys; but, young gentlemen, don't be hasty— don't assume too much—too rapid growth may be as unsuccessful, and as fatal in your case as too much inflation was in the case of the frog in the fable. Don't try to teach others what you have yet to learn yourselves. The genius of our free government cannot be learned by a foreigner in a day, neither will our citizens submit to political dictation by them, or place them in office to the exclusion of our own sons.

SENEX.