Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-05-01

From the Knickerbacker for March.
Protest against Political ECONOMY.

Protest against Political Economy.
"Mons. Tonson come again, aye, and again,
and again--coming, coming, coming. will
bear it no longer, it is absolutely insufferabe
This miserable subject--the detestable politi-
cal economy meets me at every turn. In good
old time man could avoid it-keep clear ofquar-
tos-eschew folios, and you were safe. But
now we have political economy in octave and
duodecimo, besides pamphlets and tracts on
political economy without number and without
end. With the periodicals it is even worse:
instead Of one or two dull. solid articles per an
mum in the Edingburgh and Quarterly, which
any one could skip, we have articles on politi-
cal economy in the monthlys, the weeklys, and
the dalys. Bulwer, Campbell, Tom Moore
and Wilson, (who knows better) all think it
necessary to fill twenty pages per number with
political economy, Nay, it was but the other
day that saw a new number of peter Par
ley's Tales about political economy for young
children Think of that-political economy for
young children. Let the boys dive into Adam
Smith, and the girls understand Nautilus, and
what can you expect from such system, but
that the man will bestow part of his labor in adj
ding to the exchangable value of his own note
by forging his neighbours name on the back of
Ut, and the women be hanged for committing
intitanticide, lest the supply should exceed the
demand? had hopes that when Jeremy Ben
ham was dead, (may he rest in peace, or at
least in quiet,) we should hear less of political
economy. Jeremy was dead, and there was
fair prospect that the Westminster would not
!ong survive him, and that the greatest happi-
ness OF the greatest number Of that set, would
he, to be declared bankrupt, or punished under
The statute, against obteining goods under false
Pretences; but know not how ii is, the evil
advances-in the words of The old salute, it
has increased, is increasing, and ought to be
What is the reason WHY our
country is convulsed from north to south by the
tariff question? Why are the northern men
talking of coercion, and the soutberners cacu-
Iating the value of the Union--thnl you that
1t Is really because they have different and ir-
reconciable interests?-not at all lit is because
hey have adopted different theories in political
ECONOMY; and to these Observation-Disclosures
|tlons-vagarles of the brain, they cling, and
will cling forever: for a man will sacrifice any
thing rather than his prejudices--and a regu-
lar political economist is the most obstinate of
all anlmals,t the jackass not excepted. The worst
lot 1t is, that 1t is corruping the fair sex Now
a-days, 1t man seeks, as every wise man will,
to while away an hour with them, instead of
pretty pratle about dress and scandal, the last
new novel, Or poem, we have Ricardo and
Adam Smith, price, value, utility, Chat abhor~
red utiity,) as familiar as household words
A word to bachelors. Did you ever see lady
reading political economy ?-avoid her-of
course you would not wish to marry such an
Ione--of that You are incapable-but avoid her
do not walk, or talk, nor drink with her-above
all things do not play brag with her, did once.
How well she looked in Broadway next week
IAN elegant hat, Miss Thompson's best, lace
veil, cashmier shawl N b. My tailor had
to wait ill next quarter. Thsis butlone OF the
cases IN which the moral of the fair sex has
been, TO my knowledge, injured by political.
economy. Ii is the unspeakabie cause of half
the mischief they do. There, for example, is
Miss b., married to rich curmudgenn, as old
las her grandfather. Why did she do Zen.
tlre'y, according 10 Mr. McCulloch, she found
that hundred thousand dollars was the high
p1ce at which she could sell her love-a price
which exceeded by thousand fold the cosi
II It's prodnction-so, of course, the bargain was
good one; besides, her sister at nineteen mar
| 1870 " PN"i ''t" vi Two anu twenty, ana now
at thirty, she has had nine children; and MAI
bus says-more than choose to repeat: but
where will the growing numbers end. if at
tempt to tell all the evils which result from pcs
litical economy. The very name is odous t.
me, it has robbed me Of so many pleasing assn
Citations that cling to the word economy. had
but the domestic economy, and a bright vision
OF freside enloyments, home bred happiness
rose before me, then rural economy, the neat
well>kept farm, warm comfortable house, large
well stocked barn, good crops, repaying good
tllage-all these, and more, did those sweet
words rural economy recall to mind; but po-
liticai economy! what is associated with that!
eternal wrangling about principles which few
understand and fewer believe-everv thing es.
tmated according to its market price, to be sold
without hesitation, for what it will bring. Bui
will follow Halls advice, and take breath and
!, to it again.
J A SYNoNYM.-At the Liverpool Quarter
Sessions the other day, an action of trover was
brought fos the recovery of cart of very lit.
tie value, the delivery of which to the plaintiff,
f as the alleged purchaser, had been refused by
the defendant; and it was quite certain that
; the trial of the question would cost many times