Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-06

prOba bliIty, that the next congress Will %
compelled by the force Of public opinion. to
impeacA and forever degrade Marlin Van BE-
rem. We rejoice that such will be the ter.
mination Of his high handed acts Of tyranny;
but will that restore our merchants to tn .ir
ruined fortunes? Will that act Of justice
towards him in any way alleviate the distress,
the beggary, the actual starvation which has
been, and will be visited upon so many tens
Of thousands before he is thus arrested in his
course? Above all, will that relief, coming
after December next, be of any avail in pre-
venting our importers from suffering tho fate
Of our jobbers? Most certainly not. Aud
we tell them that if they would avert the
storm which threatens to burst over their
devoted heads, they must close to discentin-
ue the payment OF their bonds, and appeal
directly to the people for their justification.
By this means we may at least preserve q
portion Of our commercial houses and tho
ten of thousands dependant upon them for
their daily substance, until such time as Con-
gress shall assemble and the oppressor DO
brought to justice.
To hesitate in adopting such measure be-
cause it is not kamfui, is to forget the pecu-
liar state of things which renders resort to
| it necessary. Is not the conduct of the Exc
cutive a violation Of the fundamental princi-
pies Of our government? Is it not as much
SO as if he were to declare himself Emperor
for lifef And suppose he were to do 500
Isuppose that to morrow's Globe should con-
tain such Proclamation and his edicts I'M
der his assumed title,-would it be improper
for the people to resist him because there
| is no law for SO doing! And yet such Is the
argument with which we are now met by a
few we'll disposed and patriotic, but timid
people. We tell them they are wrong. We
tell them it is our right and our duty to resist
oppression when it is clearly such, and ne.
yer was our country in position when il
was so absolutely necessary that this right
should be exercised as at this moment. Tho
word rerolution is bugbear which is all very
wei! to Brighten old women and very young
people. but II has no peculiar horrors for those
who feel that in the present instance it only
means the preservation of our constitution
and the projection of our lives and property.
'rhe people of this city are too much attach
ed to our constitution and our laws to desire
any other; and should they openly resist their
opprcssor, it would only be to protect their
constitution and their laws, until the Repre-
sentatives of the nation can come to their
rescue. We do not perceive that any par
ticular revolution in any thing that is sacred
or any thing that is lawful, could result from
our merchants refusing to pay their Custom
House Bonds under the existing order of
things, provided the people sustain them in
that measure. But the benefits Of such q
course are obvious, it would bring the execu-
tive to his senses, it would prevent the fail
ure Of our Importers; it would prevent gencr.
al bankruptcy; it would prevent thousands
lofmerchants and laborers and their families
from actual starvation; and what is still moro
important, it would demonstrate to all future
ages, that a great and patriotic people may
not be oppressed and enslaved by their ru-
lers, without possessing both the means and
the inclination to do themselves justice.
With these views, which, If revolutionary,
are certainly of a very pacific character for
revolu,ion,sts, we again seriously urge upon
our importers not to pay their Bonds, and to
appeal to the people to sanction and sustain
them in their patriotic determination.