Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-08-14

ceHcg VIII pICNuH over JmSeHcOd and SiaHder.--
II it does, the V. B. regency will find them.
selves essentially Trmg.cd, on the 9th ofscp.
lcmber, next.
There il no spot or place whence relief can
come, but from the GOVERNMENT.
it, The above, italics, capitals and all, is
from tho last number of the VI. Waterman
and we suppose the first thing the Govern
ment will have 10 DO when it gets together,
Will be 10 pay the debts Of the importers Of
goods from Europe; they expected 10 be able
10 sell thirty millions more lan the last years
importotions, and, OF course, the government
ought to hand over OF whit use is n GOV.
eminent, II it will not pny the debts OF the poo.
pie! Then will come the spectators in west
ern lands; they expected that cities would
spring up on all their purchases-bui they &c.
fuse to come up, and the government must
make them good. Then the wool growers,
| aud, finally, all the consumers Of bread stufiS,
meat, potatoes, &c. will come 10 for renuner.
alton. THE Government is the causs Of
and the remedy for, every evil that flesh is
heir to- General Jackson chartered all the
banks in existence and Martin Van Buren, has
shut up their shops. Tho Government The
Govornmenll'-it has hankruptcd America and
England and the Canadas, and tho Celestial
Empire is just going by the board .-VeyBlont
| Statesman.
The Vermont Statesman, from which the
above is taken, was unt fortnight since, an
opposition paper, but now, by the power of
money, is converted into a Van buren, paper.
edited by Mr. n. Stone, recently Of Burlinq.
ion. Thus much to explain why that paper
contains such an article; ant now 10 the arli-
Gle itself Ono might think that it was thought
exceedingly witty, judging from the fact that
II is greediIy copied by the Van Buren, papers;
our impression is that it is quite silly and OK.
ccedingIy weak No man has any idea that
the relief due from government is pecuniary
remuneration for the losses it has occasioncd.
Just, as it might be- to demand even rcsiitu-
ton Of the millions the government has cxtor-
ted from the hands Of honest industry-we
cannot expect it: the government cannot pny
its oten debts! its receipts daily fall short n is
erptnditHreSU But is there nothing for the
government 10 do2 Is there no remedy TO
save the woo-growers, the manufacturers and
the merchants That would seem 10 b, the
administration doctrine: il is doing nolhiag.-
This is the doctrine Of the Vermont Statesman
Ayc--the Government has done no evil: 'hs
King can do no 'crong.' This is true Tory
doctrine. The GOVERNMENT has broken
merchants, shut up banks, closed the fac
tories, ruined mechanics, and finally reached
the agrculuralists by the unnatural proslrn-
ton of the cotton and wool tnarkcts--and vet
it is not responsibility must afford no reiit(-
the people must take care Of themselves In
other words, the government mus! have power,
and the Office holders salarics--it may take
care that it pcrpetuates power and privileges
in its own hands, but it must do nothing for
the people How like the doctrine Of the "di-
vine right Of kings" to administer governmcn,
for-lhomsclves and the royal family This is
a doctrine which may 60 to the people, and be
called pure democracy. To our minds it is I'M
mixed, nnmiiga.ed TOryism, which 6ourishos
best where Kings are most lyrroncal and the
people most cowordly.
Were VIC 10 admit that the government had
not produced this state Of things. not even then
would we say that II is excused from the task
Of bringing relief 1t is a new doctrine in
politics that the administration owes no duties
to the country. 1t should at least correct its
own errors. A certain instrument, once held
TO be sacred, has committed TO the Executive
and Congress solemn trust; it is, among
other things, TO provide for the general vel
fare.' If it finds commerce crippled, the cur
rcncy derangcd, agriculture Frustrated, and
industry cheated of its proper rewarJ-no mat
Ter how this happened-it is the duty of the
government to devils and grant relieE Ii may
at least desst from its direct ,oar upon all these
interests; it may stay its hand from the work /
of destruction; it ought to retrace lis steps and
go back 10 The old way under which the coun- /
try sunk its national debt and was blessed with /
in all its interests. Ii the govern
ment will not thus act for the people, The people |
have right TO demand that it will act for /
ITSELF Let the government redeem Itself from
ii prevent the mourning OF an
,ther national de6t-lct it rctrench e1penSes-
,urail the speoglations ot government officers
md REFORM abuses. Hero is work enough TO
10 tit can be done only by government; and
f the men who comprise this administration
viii not do it, the people must pat in man
Oho wM 10 it. Here is the duty Of the ad'
if they i'll moi do il, let the pcopla
asst them out as unIailhful servants.
Elections. Mississippi doublful-baTely a
nance to gain n member Of Congtess. n.
'arona doing well.