Morals Of Public Men

Of the Presidencial Catididntes, t is said by thosc who know them th:it Calhoun, Van Buren, Cnss and Buchanan are unexceptionable in their moral characier, so far as notorious vices are cnncerncd. Gen. Cess bas the reputntion of huvi nS nlways been a tcctjtallc. Webste f we rrmember ríghlly. has tnken the T emperance Pledge Col. Johnson's relation to a colored lady with whoríi lie live is well known. His friends deny that he is married to her: and if ilie laws of Kentucky are as absurd as those of Michigan and 8omè other States, a legal mairinge would be impossible. Mr. Clny, in his yonnger dnys, was niuch nddicted to gainbling: but bis biogrnphers nffirm that for the last thirty years. he has not pluyed at nny game of hazard. Of the l'residentinl CindidUes, Mr. Birney and Mr. Tylerare members of churches. The latter gentleman, if he can be called such, indulges in a degree of profanity in his ordinary conversión that would disgrace ono of liis siave-dnvers. - The people missed it when ihey made him PreBident. It was stated in the Friend of Man sevoral years since, that John Quincy Ailims has been a meinbsr of the Congregntio.'ial Chitrch in 'Quincy since the death of bis fathcr in 1S26. - His anecstors for scveral generntions have heen meinbera of that Church. Ho is estecmed by those that know him to be a sincere Christian; and vet, if our meinory serves us, the old gentleman is death upon the Temperance pledge, plays cards, and drinks good old wine. DZT A correspondent sends us an account of nnold man, a stranger, who lately died in this county.DKUNK! Even his twma was not known. He was followed to the grave by a few strnnglers. Bome of whouijit was bclicved.had he! o 1 him ilcspatch the last hnlí-gallon oí ardent spirits! Uow long shnll men be licensed to deal out destruction according to law? Do Wiisi-igt.onians vote for those who grant such licenses, thus puiling down with thcir vote, what they build úp by moral suasion? How inconsistent!