Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-03-20

dwell on them. As we have facts belor
US useful for US to know, let US not ha'
ten away from them.
Sir, how has this building bushes
been usually carried on' Has Il bee
by employing these mechanics as mor
: day aborers! No, sir; that, probabl,
would be generally the case in olhe
countries; but in tbs, hitherto, and es
: pecially OF late years, something bette
has been done by the building mechan
les. Many of our young beginners, sa.
the Committee, buy u lot, partly for cash
and perhaps mostly on credit. They q
to work, and build house upon it; thos'
who furnish bricks and lumber, having
lien on the land for their security. They
thus unite capital, or its substitute, cred
it, with their labor; and by prudent man
ageincnt, in prosperous times, they arr
able to sell their houses, when thus bull
and completed, at prices handsomely re-
munerating them. They are thus pro,
prieiors and owners, as well as laborers
and this practical ownership Of property
this substantial interest in the commune
ty, is one of the causes which give inde-
pcndence and respectability to the me-
chanics in the cities of the United States,
far beyond the general experience OF
other countries. But see, sir, how the
Secretary's "Experimen'' has affected
the interest Of these persons. On the
one hand, they can now obtain no new
credits, they can commence no new ope-
rations on their own account, and other
and richer persons will not build houses,
in the present state Of things; so that
these mechanics are out of employment,
and, on the other hand, nobody buys, at
fair and usual prices, the houses which
they have already built; but they are
obliged TO sell them to capitalists, or
others, at great loss. AT the same time,
therefore, that they are deprived Of en-
ployment for the present, and the hope
Of it for the future, they are subjected,
also, to great sacrifices in the earnings
OF former years.
These, sir, are plain matters Of fact,
and they are manifeslly the results OF the
measures of Government; and have not
these mechanics, then, a right to COM
plain' Ought they to hold their tongues,
and starve, in order to enable the Secre-I
tary to try his Experiment? Are they
to be the willing victims Of such iantas-
lical and arrogant schemes' No, sir,
that is not their notion of patriotism and
duty. They think the Government was
established for them, and the rest Of the
People Of the United States for their pro-
ecton, security, and happiness. They
hink IT not subject for the practice OF
;'c'y "a" .o".e't, o~ssy r'"s"nptnous
hcory, every impulse OF arrogant and
'eIisuiiicient love Of change. Sir, they
lre not the dupcs of the Secretary's Ex-
'eriment; and, if they can help it, they
10 not intend to be its victims. They
inow full well in what purpose these
measures ori ginated, which have since
obtained the name ofthe "Experiment."
They think they have "a ri ght to demand
II Congress, not to sanction such purpo-
es, to their ruin As American citizens,
hey demand the shelter of the laws; as
ix-payers to Government, they demand
ne protection Of Government; as indus
'ious citizens, they demand security for
'oir industry; and they protest, solemn
protest-In their name, sir, in their I
ehalf, in their presence, | now enter {
leir protest-against these unnecessary {
nd wanton measures, which destroy their
break up their employments,
nd reduce them and their children to ,
ant and beggary! I
Mn. PRESIDENT, the Senate will per- j
Give, that, in one Of the resolutions, this {
Getting of mechanics expressed their {
opc that the Governor Of Pennsylvania Z
ould adhere to his former opinions, aud {
nd his countenance and support TO the {
'storation Of the currency, by rc-char- {
ring the Bank. In this hope they have {
cen disappointed They feel it to be u I
rcat misfortune certainly, that they do {
,t come here, sustained by the Govern
ent of The State at home. No doubt, S
r, 1t is great misfortune; at least, l
gree with them in thinking it such.-- I
hey most assaredly had expected a 4
ilerent result to the Governors delib-
-a,ions. In addition to their intense in Z
vidual interest, in this great question, G
ey feel an interest, also, in the public ,
orks OF the State, which have come or q
ay come, to stop, in consequence of j
C pressure Of the times; although it is =
Ie, perhaps, that they have not so di- 4
CT dn interest as their fellow citizens Of v
ancaster county, whose memorial has I
st been presented, since the great Il
,stern railway is to penetrate that inn a
r,ant country from end to end. / re- p
r TO the proceedings Of Gov. Wol,sir, |
tn entire respect, personal and public; p
1 cannot help expressing my deep b
gret at the views which he seems to Il
I've adopted. would even hope that tC