Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 September 1840 — Page 1

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iil ijw U i-'-i..'. - V .. . - at Tin: unr.AT mass :-!r.::xiNn at "Aft vr-m. . on Tin: 1 Oth AtmrsT. lbi . (' c ONCIV D i; O . ) Bat Mr. Van lluren's message contains

a latul piinciple, one miogeiher wrong the principle that ihe government has nothing to do with providing r currency for the country, in other ward?. proposing a separation between the money of the go. vern:nent and the money of the people. This is the great eiror which cannot be compromised wilh which is susceptible of no amelioration, or m iditica'iou, or remedy, but the caustic which shall totally eradicate it. Do we not know thaiihere must always be bank paper! Is there a man here wa expects that he or his ehmlren.oi hi3 children's children, sin' I see the day when only gold coin glittering through silk pur-

whi ne tr.e currency ui im.

i.' jlv lor security 2 t.iC pnoWhal would be thought in

ses.

to tuj entire

one. Hut it is t!ie neglect

t!

xrlusioti of bank notes. .ol

o vcruaumi

taesc

c, in

New York, have sound ban paper, lt-

.1 ,T--i,'n in coin, and 11 vmi were sur-

ULwUl ik'o. . - . . . , rouiulou h Cliiuc.e wall, it mi'i

lo pei form its duties that s

i . - 1 u u

:iu c notes ouesuona:

i:u; am. is t v. i..cu vv

iievi. It is m the ch.araeU.-r of the officers

raid :i3t in the strc-ngtlt of bars

m a l we m u 1 i i o i . e a b ui e .

priv.-te life, if tome rich merchant, J. J. Asior for instance, bhouhi deter:iiuc m longer to trust his monev wttii banks a;.d

bank directors, who. licvertheh'-a, have a common interest wit'a him in upholding the credit and stability of the eerrency, and should build for himself ccri.ua sufes

I 1 . i Iv.v.Liir.-.j

forty or fifty

do

do

do do

3 0

J 5 f u s. inv friends-

ami vaollj. and iiavii t'.eieia. b'touid, of

...

-our.

individaaid, who iruht

ipiiiV

of treasurer, give ihekfys to him who

.voull work the cheapest. You might not, perhaps, pronounce him insane, but you would certainly say, he acted very uuhli.! J. J. Aster. Now what is true of piivate atfaii'3 is especially true of public all'iirs, ami v, hat would be ;.h ;urd m an individual is noi le--s in a livrnmeut. Wh u is doituc in Boston, where I belong

liu-rc. respect a ue spceie-

trusted the 'Goveiametit navs in lare sums to hr;; cmld, a d did, is made richer by die very Shirt

. . . . i i i .i i .i-.i :. . . I . r o i i

contractors a rid to these thev pv gom causes i:e, u;e nonest, ana iuuus.iriou mc- i air oi ouoi-u u

i . i . , . , . it i .. i i . , i i . . .i . , ,i i. . ,-. i.

Ki.i Vaults. Miin i VL1-. ijUt UJ toe ''010 aim mivl; i i uanu-, is uiumiuu ui tdiiu,

reach those whom the contractors employ.' j we are told this is a system for promo- () i xUn r, mr-.rv. itu Contractors ileal as tini the intercfts ot the poor. ! Now, what say you.

they tee lit with those whom they -m- This leads nm naturally to the great sub- what will tlrr farmer of New York, of nloV. or of whom thev purchase The iect of American Labor, which has hard- I'euns v 1 vauia, of New Unhand say. m

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he I ' 1- 'otui.idrod r i icr'ttcni n ! Kir. I I U 4l V HL lv 1 1 1 ' " Oil lIH . V If) I' I

vj v it oi.ii! to oiuli w k - v - ------- - -

ougidv as it deserves. What is jjncri- at the head of his fimily, in Ids jacket rem La'jor; It is best described by say- two years old? What will the young man ing, it is not European labor. Nine-, say, when, his work ended, he desires to tenths of the whole labor of this country visit the family of his neighbors, to the is performed by those who cultivate the ' mie pair of pantaloons, not quite two land they or their fathers own, or who in years old indeed, but, as ihe fanners say liieir workshops employ some little capi- of a colt, coming two next grass, and tal of their own and mix it up with their: which for twelve months have done yeolabor. Where does this exist elsewhere.' man's service.' Away wilh it all away Look at the different departments of in-j with this plan for humbling and degraduslrv, whether agricultural, manufactur-; ding the free, intelligent, well educated,

in"- or mechanical, and you will find that 'and well paid laborer of the United States,

in all the laborers mix up some Utile capi-to the levei ot the a. most brute labor tal wilh the work of their hands. The 'Europe.

laborer of the United Slates is the United I There is not much danger, that schemes

for the o I'

ll) or j ere banks

pra

i . H

'. t:-, tru-t-v. o

lent ,r 1

I : In:-

i

thy banks, r. el me il

ia a: ,. i

..-ojii'.i v is v, ilnorawii iim

.-t tk

1 . I I . I .1 !..-!

army ana use utvv are icu aau cioo.e.j

contract; the materials for your bumptuous eusl.un houses, your forlilications, lot the Cumberland road, and for other publie works, are all supplied by contract. Large contractors dock to Washington and receive their tons of gold and silver; but do they carry it with ihem to Maine, Mississippi, Michigan, or wherever their residence and vocation may be.' No not a dollar; bat selling it for depreetated paper, ihe contractor swells his previous profits by this added premium, and pays oil those ho owes in depreciated bank no;es. Thin i not an imaginary c -e. I sa-ck of what is in proof. A contnetor

a ii:t winter, and ro

CaUit' lO V Lib ii L t !

i i i r -. i '

a t,i-rtU oi z-1 o o -w

C C 1 v

a y i ;:g b

at 10

on a

oecie-

V.nk

LV lii .1

icr cer.t. preiumm

a.

Ik Li

,A -la:' la i

! .. .. !

n-1

a

iadilfeient to you w aether governm

looked afier l!ie currency or not. mi!

have daily busisiess r,

up la

t a i i ic.-iUL.ii

and v.

oas. S (if ! i

w i : ! i uoha

aval

a mi

lea) ne pnyi.i Lbmxr. cie navun-'al

o n -

1. 1 -1

is

This he: bold nd with the iiioiw. wiih

;r .ner.

the operation ot

a i-i-

produccr, th

ik

lUCi

iKOIl,

r .1 it I i , .i ... o . . i.., ii ,l, i 'i

t-tne out t o! luporers oi li:e u. ' ana uociriues such a u "

therein all who in'vor wilh the i'c-ople. 1 hey understand

:Jates-Sl'Lte.

some way or other i-.: doag to lite working their own interest too well for that

class"

the

d vmi reduee the population of ' (ienllemea. I am a fanner, on the

i:. ,! S: oes iV.oa sixteen millions to shore, and have, ot course, to em

O"

sometimes an occasional sneer at whatev

er savors ot humble life. Witness the approach against a candidal: now before the people for their highest honors, that a log cabin, with plenty of hard cider, ih

goon cnougri lor mm.

It appears to some persons ta-'l a gicut

deal too much use is made of the symbol of the log cabin. No man of sense, sup

poses, certainly, that he having lited in a log ca in is any further proof of qualifi

cation for the Presidency, than as it cre

ates a presumption that any one, who from humble condition, or under unfavorable circumstances, has been able to at

tract a considerable degree of public attention, is possessed of reputable ipiahties, moral and intellectual. Hut it i3 lo be remembered, that this matter of the log cabin originated, not with the fi iends of the Whig candidate, but with his cnemu'S. Soon afier his nomination at llarrisburg. a writer tor oiu of the leading admim-tralion papers spoke of thi 'd"g cabin," and his use of "hard

eicar, oy

way of sneer and reproach.

As migh

have been ex nee

i

iiiticil In

i

vo'i

I k

I inent hard in an y.

'.e, ia lieut lor to come and .cop tlni-a i:ion--y, out m

i'hero in i;is cu-j. i.o prv

it "i . 'ca to iae g-.iv t ra

nch contractor

to i.l o,-

a ii Inci-r

t!ie

; oo-t crest

svlvauia. and with the we?t, :m

..k.,,i. vwi hnvH .1 direct interest that

TULlill, iil' ..v.- " - their currency too s'a .11 be sound; tor

otherwise the vciy aupermuly oi your.- is

to a certain degree, an mj

you since you pay in Kocrie lor what V-JU bve

such money as ciicnhi s in t!ie t'latea will

r v a ; i a i o i

the iMiuivalent ol

and you sell tor

winch vou t

leal. Hut New Vi

cannot

wat. h t!

j;i Ui J te

i

1'U A

'. o : . . . spo: i.Dn..

casaier, no easaicr iu 1 no directors to ov. r-

:.e .;ey lei. I to

i, i

:;! CO'P.io a h IJUt t!lU WitOlO l'

... i . . I

1.5 vesica m one man. io

oa believe llial, if und-r such circumsfm-

l.ib-.rc only;

e.d as cs rather I far this h mud.

it

o

i. i V v s

i . - U X.. I lili'

I iVCl

. Cla.l

m the :ich,

di.;iuistrat:ou as th Lei us iook a liale

r, and bad papor i ;a is rcco-.i :nendu r the poor man.

aid credit is (.1; inud

a or !.ri!) s ri: i. early

:s, the United I 'talcs-.

. ; o V '

the t x-

c a . safe

e private

. fleet the fcr.cral restoration oi toe etirrent i

oiv one- slate, or any numocr o.

nor

t. tale a iluiy i

diort

f tlie

of the whole and hen.''.

11. v

irem?ral government to iuper-

intetid this interest. Su ) Tin; v ':: I :''- Hul whatdoes the sub t;easuiy propose! Its basis is a reparation of the coueerus of rhi treasury froiii t!i--e of the people. That bill provides: That there shall be provided, in the new trea-urv buil lings at Wa-laagtoa, rooms c. a , a" io. TriTMin r. and fire nroo!

i . ii o,o;u3v.wi ... .

wo. Id Le e

fun

; l r a j :

ia b viauais, were to olter t; re-

.-poi ;:e a: - aca a it oa tliem, they

-.' 'Lucre are

ia iater. :d wi

a this laattvr, ami nv whom, in tr

one iiioooii. liecteai to !.:

'1'h'o A fa' ricaii biborer is ex-' scaiie degree ol agricultural laoor. am ve a comfortable home, de- j sometimes also rowed cut to sea; being.

cent, though frugal living, to clothe and Mike other New England men, loud id educate hf children, to" qualify them to ' occa-bm.dly catching a fish, and tm-!in:r it II I . . . 1 w,-. 1 In.dii, 'm.I ronrn iti.in l i tCiriM W C y f' r

Vilii) ;-li. w as o.; al i OHImMJ IU UJ, 1U Hit j-u- I lea. in uuu luiuiwii, u. v v .

oo ( ov, rnment o t ieir iom l!ie air ol lue ocean. t or me n,-w

hticai

count: y .

an l.Oio

l ar 5

Can this be said of any Euro- ! months dining which I am able to ei-jov r.' There, nine-tenths of the this retreat tr-un l.bor, publie or proles-

laborers have no intere-l in the soil ih. y'M -ual. I do not oiten lroid.de my r.eigh-

cultr.a'e, nor m in

no h r;oi a

fa'aies they produce;

bor, or tliev me, wi

la.

favor.

V, i.o are lh

i,

auv

ne sv

svst..'in c

w e

e.Mt, in

ce

,,hi... ni.n,n-s' .m l these vaults an

i r k i 1 1 i. oi ' 1 1 v. - .... -

. . 1

ag ol tut.

d sale:

vaults aa.i Faitb im

d-.i- ui'

revl'to be ihe tie i.?ury of l'ae Uni

f the mint in

are occur

w 1 Sires. That tla

iio oecunttta taa.- r a

keeping the public money

i-..it h. lore, while niaiiv mat a

"... i

d char icier, in ga tra-ts, an-.l

Mor

aci

can IL.t

rii a ia i !. I s c i.ei; a.'.ary t

i.-l- .ae

t;.e pcrso!

vti ;licvi

r uo.i:-. ol loanks. are reaioved. Moreo

ver, the number of receiving and disbursing uhicersis increased, ami in proportion

di-

di-

is the danger to the public

treasure in-

, i

.-reascu

'I ! e next provision is

s. that money one

law is to be the law of

vai.its aa.

i o,

1' ana lei cola, am

i )

.1

a i o k)

i.

0

l

1. 1

tli

t;

;aas, saaa

polite and salV s . aa-l that

v:.n!;s and tab's aU-

of New York aad il --t ''a -;' ton, .South Carolina, and St, pouri, and that tluse also sh ;

c i

lor tne

ar' pro'"! loin houses ia t 'iiarlc-i-, m'f. Misla: r-!..-.?

1'

T a at there

b. all

a

am, : n

' ii

into the

at New York, Boston. Charlt 1 nia 't"i. ! the trea-. rcrs t.l

i.'i'iiand the: Receivers General, hhai, ivcc: nubile monev wi ho .1 loaning -r u-i

until ordered to be aahl oa

i ovU of these treasurers and Uei

(Jeneral, all colleca rs . a public mou.-y are to pav what th- y receive. That ihe resolutions of C r-rgress o! April, 10 11'., be so far altered as that l.''U'-

received into the treasury is not to lie loan

ed UL.l: aau a me ia, u

the bmd, this provision is not to be complained of: for dangcious indeed would be the tmnp latum, ar. t pernicious the con- cciacaces, if these '.r.-asurers weie to be left It liberty to loan out to favorites and par- . .1 . o, ,, -...,. a,..

t v ;issoi.r.iic- Hie monev s ua n oca-do. Yei the practice of this government hitherto has always been opposed to

the moneys ol

does

country.' There is very In

wealth among u not uuinerun -a

virdicLs-i who live upon die interest ol their mono v. and. th:iti ceita'mly do not

las r;.j c u-.ic.rnita ior uooi n-

a.

Oil:'.

i a1 re

ic-

sulier ov v.. ti'.ie- a.

lid

miucr

a it 1 v me i

an v ,s , HI' j : cia

circa. li.-l.oiccs, ol oiuiacs. i

of r.-isin lher j thiee weeks ago, on such an excursion as

alum ul a (lav- l a.ivc laenuojieu, who dh.) ihih nun

til coaversaiion oa

iLiwever. aeout

ted. lor preten

ders are generally false, his tail lit at humhie life proceeded from the parly wliich claims for it.-Cf the purest Democracy. The whole party appeared to enjoy it, or at least they countenanced it by bileat acquiescence; for I do not know that, to this day, any eminent individual, or any loading e.u .v spaper, attached to the administration, has rebuked this scornful jerr-

in at

cd humble condition or

cnvumstai'.cc.i in lii-a. p.:t or pte-cut, oj i

iv m..a ami

a war-worn Soulier.

a; o-

liborer al wa-es, a. id usdy know the Gov- , i . i " i : . . I . . . . 1 . , .

e rumen! ii inter wiacii loev live, uy ui

sense ol ii- ops

c-:-ioii. wtiieh ihey have

.villi me, I meulioiH d ihi-j doctrine e

re no

d more ahiable, while ;

ihe o1 lects o

f 1 1 v ; a r are n.aiaceu in v.aue

There is

tors not by the reduction oi prices .in around him. Who else : re the neh ia

biers ol i. lace.

! ...0 , .... . C I r. . r .

the moaev" 1 udci, too, who suf- .ml, but of the tu.r.initratiou, la at r .. o ! - ' . , , a. - .. 1 , ! I. .r ii oi -1 hf I'm:

no vca.-e ia m.tig-i.mg. 'I'., i'o;i'. .o sl Mi. -'a -i state oi

i t!.;- i. '.or ul 'Ai'it eo.i.oiv, or to

f.oai I" !' to ours, l- preposterous. Am i lw A. r ii- now is. not i mdiVioU?it

.do r wi h

reason

reduction of prices, and nsi,ed of it.

i at'

lis oamioi)

He said be did not like it. 1

o, 1 Ti !o lio .

ib.t a n.nched a tender point m iho

he feeling. It naturally roused. indiL'tiitioa. v hat was io tended as reproach, was imm'-dialely siezed upon as a merit.

it so, was ih ' m-tant

hat v u snv

"ie ,t .so-- .;e

buist a!

tho :,,. i ' ,C.O,

1 o

wa esot labor, it is true, are redo -en: in scorn, we v.

Una hour,

oaij. ail

and

the iL'ht

this country.' Why, the holde

He, who has a fixed salary ol Iroin n i to Ss " () 'O. iiiijs maces hdlin

" ' '- ' - . ...I 1. . . I I. ,.. i,.-.r

! irv ih!i' O'l the contrary, ! l enn-viv. ana, wiio na? ueeu ui ii. o. lc.

ot the res'ionsibaiiy oi sug-

iv:ktc o , ui l c a n aau mui i

.. down to a level ul tho.-e ol Lurojie. 1 have Mi id this is not the doctru-e ( f a few individuals, and on that head 1 think injustice ha- been done to a senator from

eef. and

of which you buy, W hat, then, can

pn

shout w ith all our lumr-;

jiei naps 1 1 ooi are re- and

;c vour

a.- lla

. i

we

i see

vv

ia ve oar c ry ol r. ii i i

lietla r in; w no

; i v

o:o;ct.o:i.

; idicy of locking up

tins

ae p-op

.pa a l he

wlicii and

!or pucao service.

bl'.c deoosias. like private

i t :.:.... ....

wiiiie u !- nov ie-

L n'al tins tune.

!eno-

t:

av

baidwl-

ia

.- a

re placed, some .o.;ipe . i a.., .....a

el

i :

a i . .

r.d co.

j .i'

wnica

r.s a ' ' o a

lar-

d'o s his salarv la

thrce-lourihs uf that s..h.ry will now purchase more than the whole of it would

behae; aau he, tiu rtiorc, is not

U n.: n. w avc.

ot our icl-

purcaa

.'.l.-saii.-iied wna was

There is. too, aaoa low-cilia.ai-, weaiiay

-,rosp- red

have p

1

Oi

I'Ciai

men, who luve a-t j'ear. am.: they

r.r,jU .

a I a ruts baare

gestmii such a poac

If 1 mi-take not,

the f-ame idea is thrown oat ia the i itsident's mcss i.-e i f and in ihe Trea-

dunaj- the

i rral wl.,.o oobod i

I . I . , - .1 5 . I , .1 r . . i-

pers. 1 mean u:u .uoo v.. What is ihe reus oi..' Give me a vea-.oa.

Well. 1 will give y.ai one. of the country carra - on t dome.-tic walc the i-rg'- r

In, ! r oi ! ' : off I

, , b. i a .-

n ac

ver.i

ra

i.l'. O , a a ic

son iormeu ta

te Ihmhs, they f .ul. ane; .

..atarv of the Treasury, to use the caas ta discounts far the accom-

bueim s- oi w.e c

t . . .' i .( . J O-.S '..'. r'tL'liv Wir-aaed b

a

i ii 1 1 y .

Ana v.l:v oaoin

o.

:-ia

r..,- .f nil . n'.i.w. taxes, ami (

,1 l L. I , J V .1', , ,,.,.1 ho.-oiniior due to the UaiWa

C.II - - v ...... '111 :iftcr June of this year, one-lour. Ii s a-1 be paid in specie: after dune of next year one-half; after June of ISVljhnc-Jirt.s -,n,l ,ftPr .lone. 181 I, the u'hnfr. o th.

after June, IS I'l, all debts due the United

on (..; I

Id thu- not be so. i ..e pre-

.. ;r a.., ,.-.f- ; .;t':t in

b.iok iiwol ued by them ia di-counts,

e I'uufui "H'lLiiviii. a su'.aciee.t rt asoa I'or

can

hav a ;..ia -? ,ccr by a i e o a.-, t el - c lie-are; t he;

m. : - . L.oao. o. "i - a.:' iae pa.-t year oe ...... .

j o l a e i o i i o o . i.i has ia mr.de. id -Alabama, Uo ai-aiea

Ti.e s!apiiug e foreign a:.0

i if.", r Vvmij ociiig , ;rade. Now, w hy i-cM-i'ul. 1 will aii

Mirv II; a. ry bays:

"Slum

o.re

Hear wlait Mr.

l.'lu oil-

I I

a lutes no.

their u lUcriaaiogs w.u

eeuilv suspend

cb arc mi-

or oiaer-

1

ar.-'

. I

I , l . i a i . ta the

live sa ;

oa llu; seaone oi i:iv ,-St :d. Ip ! VV

nroducii ve. but bv new loan.

wis -, nnd means to employ armies oi labi.iers, in consuming, tal.htr than raising

1 I . . . I 1 . . . . . . , V , . ..r.iiiiiil!.. Oli

crops, ana tuouu niccs nina ton. win. )

... . . i ... i

n a v c i eon-1

Why, said he, it true .hat

flour is now low; nut then it i? an arneie that ui ay rise suddenly by means of a scanty crop in Iluglaud or ot home, and if it phoul 1 rise from live dollars to ten, 1 do not know for cer.ain that it would fetch die price of my labor up with it. Hut. while washes are hiih, I am sale

T3 CJ and if' produce chances to fall, fa much the letter for me. 15 tit there is aao her tiling. 1 hav e but one tiling to tell; thai

is my labor; but I must buy many things mat o:d dour, ami meal end clothing.

but !m) some artaies that come from o hcr eouiittits: a little sugar, a little colli e, a little tea, and a little of the (.o.um c spices, and tun-h like. Now, Ida mUtre how these- forcgu

articles will be brought noun hy round. ig

ana he Ore l ne orn-e i

:r ! d Wi it in o:.e of ihe

i

rude

abode ol the bl hm.sr ia

vvt.'st, ii... v not hecoa e

the couuiry. All this is natural, a ud springs from sour-e-? uf ju-t feeling. Other tiling-, gentlemen, have had a similar origin. Wo all know that the term "Whig" win bc-tawed in derision, two hundred years iio, on tho-e w ho wcie thought too fond

ul oar national air Yankee

Do

u, anv cases it) oe n.-oau, o-, " , , . , ,

t IOUl.'UI oown oi i;; oio i.i..., i ...ivv

been ol ti-aL'lilT,'

ia:e years na ri to "

es worn.

ana. co:

aid ii venue id

in the lace ot

the i iVect cd' it oa our ' sail run re to lessen cxe juendy. the prospi.iity our lb re !!'.u tradt 1"

fi-i i.tiht

i

r i a e

;t Cotton

.bra..

i

c

! ,i e ". ..i ( - vi' I..., iaadc what achi reo foriunes; 3tid how ie sei-als his tiiips to , Mtssi-suppt. lo take

. m I

4

r

lb

wolks ilic-e

c u;ume wiihoul

r turning oa

'armic- ol

. i . .

.en i.

I ,aoor.

rom 'a ( la'iorers lirj en?

i i.i

w. 1 down pru'es, not:

i.'iminish ihe mm

a.

i

u : .

iii name

a cm icey W'laa tm

w '. . i

in m I i:a

a;iive, bee;:

States, whether lor uu'ae-. taxe

public lan Is. patents, pastors

i . . . , i :i : .v , . I i m , i

sales of

of letter:

m

oul will also mca

t ! eht from it. T:

nubile be bem h

a wi red ammiauve that the banks w ai

itr.lv of a bem l-dal b .aks lliat tanv ii

, i.i ere i the ea

i. caiu sh.ip bu vs

ciaiu li'-v of t!:ai re

11 OuiO four an

a

. ; . ' i . i .tain lo lar i a J '. v ca in tl .. 1 aoa. am.

re.

ed

1

a

o via oa

... .

e. rial mul

U'iO V on mi': for laitija'..:!'.;

i

i

or other wu

dial! be o u I

-

"'il'H; ,'.'ivi! some nen-io'.

j q a ;:oa is, will the j p .

:o;,l. 1 li.iS L'-O .1

:n

pi I -he b c i

I State? You 1 I men employe i works (-1 the

lie ho ,. I

crops ami that ou-

i-V.v dieaiaaL, that pro nice,

1 rca-i r- presi ription

rai.-atir tric.Ch.

o aerate i.i

your puhhc wor.iS

a,

distress and,

ell. I want to be sine that the orice will

f a part, but ol" all th;

ncn, though he will

fall a!?'), not o

iiiin;;s w hich I musi buy.

Now, ecntk-

taaiohed, or amu-ed, that I should hai the story la fore such a vast and resprenbu asseitibhie.- ;.s this, ! will place this argu

ment of intr and coart d v. )i :

I liberiv

Ih' w is composed by 1 i itih cllicei

m ridicule of ihe Ammican troops. i t, ere long; the last of the Urili-U aruiie bad down ibeir arms down r.t oikt; . wi , w bile this saa.1 air wj.-i pia lug ra the ears of otlicers ;n.d men. (Jemhaacn, it

-b ctilow-mhiih d prcteiuiers who

i-nh'-r maUi ih-;

tin"uis!ied origin mallei

ol p i.-im.d iio rii, or u'ascnr-origin m i';er of personal reproach. Taunt or scoffing at the bum! 1c coudi'iou of early hie.

na.,-t iM. , ,,K oi t os country imt t :

o-

ahect i:o

who aie f.x.liMi eiaoC'di lo mdubrc i,

them, ami they

mnisa

t it: m Hit nan i.i.-

ftomtliincs lishermrai. ua tiie Ik: sachusetts, Sila'i d to u:e ug aa oar w.th each fraud, and

i . i

arc ecu

i v public ri bukt

i ,.i i

nib

.'none. I ol haa-uli

.- .. , i 1 . i . i

iv. . i ..... -

1

sc: hi a a l. A m ai win tie., d not b.

a.-h '-am 0 ol las eai i G. ;.aca:cr . it d:d

i ' e I I

o ro :

at to

horn ia

a

i e

i

i

:. a v. 1. 1 . a.-

.-li

no 1 to (

,,--t ruse Ii o:n its

wilh the rb'.vu:- of las red shirt ro!

this great

l ive, pei b ips, soma 1 0,00.;

1 or

i O, o 0... N.'erchtrv ca s

Up ' ' :ad-

mi'ii-trati.ui and ati ii.s IriemU. m .;r out

'of Con'TCss, and take the vcidict of the

above bis elbows, against tae argum' t!ie theories, end the speeches oi the

coun'.rv, an

I of the civilized world.

. c I

i

provisions

very

rooms

tilver only.' That, from and after June, 18-3, every

oflicer or agent in the government, in makin" disbursements or payments on account of the United Sum s, tdiall maiie such payments in gold or silver com ll-ceiver General in New York t be paid S1,:U0 salary the others, each,

1 propose lo say a lew worus on mete . .i i" - .O-.r. it c.'.on.;

nsion?. m me him pe' - 1 ;

i-,,,-,! to dec are by law certain venie

, JlYft""'" . r

in Washington, and certain sales

and vaul'i therein tne treasury oi vne United States. We have been accustom

ed heretofore to look upon the treasury as

a department of the government, recognized by the constitution, which declares that no money shall bo drawn from the treasury, except upon appropriations made in due course of law. It mav, however, be made a question, whether any thing but these rooms and safes at ashmgton. .... nnvvr withdrawn from this protec

tion of the constitution. ll is sensoU ss lis absurd. It if l.slat ire o Now York should declare that certao. desks and tables, in a certain large room nlhc United States the Court for the Correction ot Krrors ol the State of New York. u-ho. el.P does Ibis bill do? Il decla.es

there ivM be certain vaults, and sales-mid ronms. But it has not been tor want ol

. if this bo

v, ii ia no bar to say be loo. The govt ra-

ooiMt i; not to n'.UV the t iil't ot t.i

1111..1' i . i ... 1 ! . I .

a. . I n ( loctrine s anu.fii

UIU U01!L"' ... -

aous. opposnl to our ex p.ei ici.l , ihe habits and business uf the na-

C in a

nt.rnic:

an.

u 'r in

.:'

lltl

111

r.

!

unpro;" aeWvu

h i

L'l 13

! I . ! .... . I

ill. '-.

tioa. . . . The next provision is thai requiring, alter IH 'Ai, all dues to the government to be paid in gold and silver, and however onerous oAnjunous this provision, it is to be conceded thai the government canif they choose enforce it. They have lae power, and as good citizens we must. submit, lint such a practice will be moon

lit, I will say oppressive. How arc

tho-e wno occupy

three-fourths oi

the

u:f.ue of ihe Ui

with this

i

cia! m-iehoorhooa

difficulty will bt

1 C'....... nn.'iri L'

lilK'U Cia.13 lO v,v.

Here, ia commer- ! in bu-re cities, the

bul where is tne man

who is to lake up Ian. is in iae vwtmm suites to get spec-.e how transport it? The banks around him pay none he gets

none for bis labor: aad yet. oppressive as

re at once, as will be

his i -to vision for hail prm

hL fni-'ht to lluroae and gets r

l o :'0i) t mOiU.'V

of "the country to which ho belongs uoes

ilemaaa as - - i

i viM' -lis- aaa

ere .a re's

:e v

lilt

i

The disordered cmrency

provi-ioiia ii.eai-

not lollovv an

ul af.lict him abroad..

II.

cets his freight in good money, places a m the handsJof his owner's banker, who ;irai;i draws a premium for it. The ship ., ... i. ,. to. -ai nth.

owners, men, maao uiuurv , ers roe sutferiug, because he can escape from tho influence of the bad laws ami bad currency of his' own country. ,nv I will contrast the stoiy of this neighbor with that of another of my neighbors, not

He is a New Imgiami mechanic,

lligent a

the un;ilv w hae taey

1 . !

mul even wan sumi a , .- , . ,, . ct ,.

, Vllil'iat'l ill, II. -O I.HL O.e uv.wk 'J'"must ciuduee. for pro-

! I U o t . 1 l I

rmce 1 lmve adverted to this eonvcrsaliou, sjentlemen. allow iae to say, that this neighbor of mine is a man of iiiiy. one of sever:.! sons of a poor man that

i

ovt r the iio. ai

i : re very low. Tho Iv i-s to set them to r use elves, and thus augment

a

a.

I'.mmitai in oe-

i

rich

i n te

as own

I,.,, -a -work in". SOOCT am

....1 or In- tr;idp. wllO Wields

llllll-IIIJ'IV. " T , .icdoe hammer. Ills pailiruiar busmess is the making of augers ior die South and Souihwe-t. He has for years emp.oycd

nnv hands, and been the support la-Te-

;v of many families

i

L2U3 IS,

1UU1H-" , .,i j

adequalo vaults, and sales, ana roon... that we have lost our money, but owing to

of hr

maw h ncfc.fc.irv, to the csr.ilar.tiu.m t

...... i. ., n.n ( '.oirt of Ilrrors wa'

illutvtration, io 5'a-' ,. .... I nu

1 It".- .JS

1 admit that the government

have right to pass such a hw, that while it is a latv it must be obeyed.

Hut what are we promised as the eiiuivalcmt for all this inconvenience and oppression? Why. that the government in us turn will tav it. debts in specie, and

that thus what it receives wilh one hand

it will pay o..t with the other ami a matalic circulation will be established. 1 undertake to sav that no greater fallacy than

this was ever uttered: u.c unng is impos..uum -ov! for this nhun reason. The dues

which I'overnment collects come from in

dividuals; each pays for himself.. Hut it

is far otherwise with the disbursements o

government. They do not go down to

hviduals, auil.aecuiiig oui i.oa imi.i.h.h

tet cacli his uues.-

arotind him him-

i.i j "-v i oi w aires ol laoo

iiiauu. ... ij 3 are to be re.iu'-ed, as well as the prices ol

agricultural produelions. iui t.as is no.j all. 1 have in my hau l an extract from a speech in ihe house of Uepresentati yes, of a gentleman from New Hampshire. .Mr. Muike. a zealous supporter of the administration, who maintains that oilier tilings being reduced in proportion, you maymeduce ihe wages of laber without evil consequences. And whofe does he seek his example? In the Mcdiieranean. lie fixes himself epon Corsica and Sar- . - i . ... I . . t . ' -, . i x : , r : r, II 1 u ! I c: r . - r

oiiiia. iut wntu 13 u. v , - ,

that he should be ihe model upon which American labor is to he formed? .Doeshe know any thin;: himMil? Has he any

or does he give any to his chd-

a a : ..

cabin . I aiNam; a

when the ssa.nvc chimney, aud ear

I.o.i i ,'- i s I o s I -to . - ( VI ,'Iil'l' '

in ads h.i't :"iti.m b twt t ai it an.

tlem.uil-i oo :!it: lav-ao, ( an jaaius s'ia rxi-a. I ia .ko to it. I cari'v i'.'.y eh.; a a : i: ii ; . . .,..,

loie ffii.i ir.'iu.' ui oo "',

ihem the ii ir.lM.ips end a;ioe.:3 w hieh have cua:

love to tlwi 11 oa

a

:d-1"..

Ncv .1, , ru 1

a v. a ,.

!

i

m

1 1,

tae

iadrcd

. I . : - ( I r to t .,c

iho i.a ae: tbciil.

tae t 'aacr racoheciionr , the early ml'.'cetion:

i . r j , i

0.

until these evil times came oa. i eany,

.owever, for some yeais, ho has oeen go

inir backwards not less mausirion uui

less frugal he has y el bmnd, mat, now

education

dren? lias he a home, a tree

hold

ana

" 1 1 1 ., O ill V O rilS ne II 1 '. 1 S . i IH.. or.innil h i in N

meanwnne, nniri a.v-.j t i- tne eonnor.s oi no- n"""" .......

W ith a crust of bread and a hrnmiol ol olives, his daily wants are tat'iMaed o ! vet from such a state of society the

iJ,rnf laoirbind. the laborer of

IdJUli i '-' - ' - ' n the United Sifts, is to be taught sub

m;lnn to low venires. Tlie extract be-

fore me sho ws that the w are, "For the male laborer And the female do

1,!,!

.or -oioo-emiv mand the prices he might

;ceive at tlie SoutU miu oimni't"

by his labor he ha- obtained some few '.rrc? His own unincumbered freeheld.

lias a comfortable dwelling, and plenty of the poor man's blessings. Of these, I! have known six, decently and luaily e.lad.j each with the book, the slate and the map, proper to ii-j age, all going at the same time daily to enjoy the blessing of that which i the great glory of New England, the common free school. Who can contemplate this, and thousands of other cases like it, not as pictures, but as common facts, rvilhoul feel

ing how muel. our tree institutions, m.

inihfrin rio-si.ea. nave rone

II'-, k.v ( - ,

for tlie comfort and happiness i.t lae treat ma-s of our citizens? Where in

Imrope, where in any part of the world, out of our country shall we iiud I ibor dius

led, and ihe general coinalion r

No

ev

rec

! nt'fir Ill'r li.PSP

his tools, the cost m eo,.. -, fnnds into funds current in New Lmgiand

was ruinous, lie has persevered, n-

,r, always hoping for some change ior me

belter, and contracting grauuai.v ia i-.r-i . . I htm- . .

chief his work anil taennmi.ni

nion lit

,.a'L vv u-d. and the condition of the

cm.ency becoming worse and worse, he is reduced to bankruptcy: and the twenty f. mdies he had supported are beggared by no fault of their own. What was his .hmV.d.v' He could not escape Irani tae

evils

i iiome:

and, the tom-hing narratives aud incident:

which mingle wiia h!1 I know rf th humble piimiiive family abode, i w-c to think nhat tone of tho.-e who hihabih it are itr.vv anion: the living; :md if ew I am atdiamed of it. or if I ever f al I affectionate veneration forlliM who rea ed it, ami defended it against savag" vi-

lence, rherished ail the domestic virtm beneath its roof, ami. through the lire ai blood of a seven yeara1 revolutionary w.. shrunk from no danger, no tod, no sata fice. to his country, and to raise his ehi dren to a condition better than his ow may tav name, and ihe name of my p" t-ritv, be blotted forever from the ia::a

1 the e

' w

haled as follows:

re warUei

the p

i .... ..,,

, I' HU P O w .

N where

...i . -t A ii.rr. with the iniustice

VVl.tie. - i "j . -- j . and tlie folly of reducing the cost ol productions wi'th us. to what is called the

orld. Away,

And ike honorable gentlemen

s worn am. iu ' , r t0 xtG prefer cb.eapne.s o i ,m,rtii tbp hu e earnings o lllia owi.i io u.v- i u;l atlengta tae Iio - olher articles, this is relatively as much a

a iTe s of Corsica

'.I I cm Is a day

1 1 cents a day.

argues

ol

as

riiii'iivni standard ot tae w

i r . ,..ai, lllll

way al once ana ioie--i,

the

then.

es

jacket Cap

t a I t . . . -....,

of bad laws and ha.i currency ai u

: aJ while hi? rich utighoor, wuo i aa.a..on

the American laborer gets, aud he illustrates the fact by ibis bill of clothing fo: a Clorsieati laborer:

lasting 'd 1- moi

do "d I

iilis, 8 francs.

do a

.. 16

tto

1

miscrable'policy which would bring t conailion of a 'laborer of the U. Sta-

to that of a laborer in Kusm i or bve..cii in France or Ccrmauy. in lady or CarM ca. Instead of following these exam

oles.let us hold ua our own, winch a

n.oions mav we'd rnvv, and which, unhap

pily, in most parts of the earth, it is cum it to envy than to imitate.

15ut it is the cry and effort of the times

i

ry el mtaiKinti. " 'Mr. Webshr next revi

I

con

i'cllow-citi.ens, we have all soucr ai

important duties to perform. 1 have n

addressed you to day for the purposu

joining a premature note ol triumph.

raising a shout lor anticipatcu viciorn We are in the controversy, not through It is our duty to spare no pains to cin late information, ami to spread the tn fr and wide. Let us persuade iho-e w differ from us, if we can, to hear hi

a h. -: i . e .

Let us remind them that we

to stimu'ate tho-e who are ra.it-u pom,

against those who are called '. il.,.. ..a, lir.r., 'h

via aiiiiniit oi.-r

0oa

i

rich ano

it 3 cry mm

t pre.

bv

it-

there is octraveo

all embarked together with a common lerct ?v.d a common fate: and lei w;dmut rebuke or unkimlness, besee tlirm to consider what the good of l who!- requires what is bed for them ?. for u. There are two causis, wh keep h i -k thousands of honest men in joining those who wish tor a id. rvi . 'The first of these is the fear ! rcpne from Ikrmer associate-, and. thep-on wh

at the ine nnaei3 a .

ami the lahoteis, pay

at Saiat?;a.