Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-04-16

ration, with what :. compunctious isitino.,
these proofs OF nations suffering receiSo, are
the authors of the calamity and the ir acoo by
ces? o'Oihpli-
Here Mr.. BEARDSLEY made an owl
ton, disclaiming the language imputed ~ mana ana
by Mr.. McDUFFIE, to which Mr.. McDrrUU,. Mn
piled, that he spoke from memory, and did re-
profess to give the words of the gen G,u not
throughout, but his (Mr. McD.'s) inteTpretaiiaan
ofthem. uoh
Mr. Med. resumed. | ask you. sir ifA.
ministration or its friends have raised 't &C. i'd
to relieve the country, or even uttered air lgef
word ofencoma cement or consolation 70 @,.Se
the Affections Of the people? From one 'oothe
ter they are told that they must be mistaloI Judi
to their own sufferngs, for that the Gu Gu as
ment feels no distress"-a sentiment in WEN.
doubt not the Office holders, who constitntn
Government will most sincerely concnr 1 I'd
no. the office-holders, from the President Az vi,
who live upon fixed salaries do not experonlL3
the least distress, from that great national caI.
nifty, which adds twenty-five per cent - |a I
value of these salaries! For they have J d. Ie
less found out, without much skill in ari 4SuOt
| TIC that the same cause which depresses tho
! lue of labor and all the productions of indu,d
twenty five per cent, increases the value off,
! income precisely in the same degree. # is ~LI
at all wonderful, therefore, that +" the Coro nO'
mentn should be able to bear the sufferinr.'
the people, with the most philosophical fortisYU "a
Yes, sir, these gentlemen office-holders w5T,
sitting in their arm chairs and ENJOYING tbo;.
enhanced salaries, can look down upon the emf
! ferings of the people with as much tranoniIt,
and composure, as an experimental phlosonIc,
looks upon the contortions Of reptile or an =,
sect, expiring for the want OF vital air under ono
| ofhis experiments!
! And in what spirit does the President Of H..
! United States receive the complaints Of Io
people when brought to the foot of the tbrona}
! No constitutional monarch in Chisendom
| would venture to respond to the complaints If
his subjects in the same spirit Of dictatcral ar
rogance and superclious Indifference do
not wish to be pestered with your complaints
Inever will restore the depositeS. Inever will
| recharter the Bank of the United States Ibava
| a measure in reserve which will DESTROY ,he
| Bank at once, and which am resolved TO an
| ply the Bank continues to pursue its present
course, be The consequences TO individuals uhoi
they mayr' The people, however, are consoled
| by the royal assurance, that " those who trade
upon borrowed capital ought to break" which
will of course prepare them to meet their fate
! with Christian fortitude and resignation! What
are we to think, sir, Of President of the United
States who can thus coolly doom to eXtermina-
ton large proportion, probably three-fouthS
of that great middle class of our country, which
constitute the bone and sinews Of the body poll
tic? What shall we say Of his knowledge oithe
elements of our national wealth and productive
industry? The most useful, industrious, and
productive class ofour citizens, habitually trade
upon borrowed capital to very great extent
1t would be a curious subject of statistical inqul
ry, and will venture to conjecture, that, taking
the average of this class, one-third part of Their
nit al ic Ho5
shape. Every American statesman should
know, what does not appear to have been
dreamed of in the Presidents philosophy, that
owing to the stability and security of our nSti-
tutions, credit has become an element of wealth
and a substitute for money-a state Of things
which can only exist under constitutional gov
ernments, and which has heretofore existed in
our country in an extent unknown, perhaps 70
any other Hence, among other causes, the
unprecedented progress OF our prosperity
But to return. 1t seems that the complaints
of the people are rude, unmannerIy and disloy-
alas if the porter at the palace should say 10
their committees, do not annoy the ear of ma.
| iesty with the harsh disSonnanCe of your com.
| plaints,-but regale it with a sweet serenade OF
| flattering symphonies; and if you must pray for
relief, in the extremity Of your suferngS, be
sure and conclude your supplication with po-
| litical MISUNDERSTANDING all power and all
praise and all glory, to the deifed Caesar!
But, sir, the people of the United States are
not to be put off in this way; and | will take
leave to commend to the consideration of" the
Government" and particularly to those tat
sleek, office holding gentlemen who feed out OF
the public crib, an instructive picture, drawn 10
the life, by the great master painter OF the lu'
man passions. During the canvass OF CaUS
Marcus for the consuIship, Shakespeare repro
sents two Roman citizens as holding dialogue
relative to the State Of the republic CaiS
Marcus, better known by the name oil Colio"-
nus, relying upon his military services ana and Toe
support of the patricians who were the ONCE,
| holders of that day, exhibited naughty anu
imperious bearing, Conforming the restraints u
law and all the civil authorities OF the repuonl
1t was period of much popular distress, ~
creased by the extravaganza and rapacY y,
those in authority, when the two cltizeno ''0
introduced discussing the politics Of Inc u")
One of them said: -.
"What authority surfeits on would leLe s -,
but they think we are too dear--the ieaIl.t i,
that afflicts us is an inventory to paIGcuI1lITIJ
their abundance" SO tits with our ohlce,l'U ,o
ers. He then goes on to Say-aS "eo . nh
strange for those primitive days OF stern lep pill
lican simplicity" Let us avenge ourselves VIM
our pikes**ss*for the gods know speak ui1 =:
hunger for bread and not for thirst OF let tit
The other citizen, who seems to nave iTi' ,.on
military olorv. replies by asking, W Ouiu -"