Morning herald., 1837-11-06
From our Evening Editionof Saturday.
The late Meetings at the Exchange ana
Hall.
"Look ON this picture and on that"

"Look this picture and on that
Two Important political meetings were held IN TINS
city yesterday-ene of the Merchants and one OF the
Mechanics 1t was the custom Of old, auger of the
success Of opposing parties by their personal bearing
This 10 Judge Of human is often conclusive Ad-
itino this nothing could be decisive than the as
meet of the two meetings The merchants were lew IN
number they looked dispired and anxions-antclpated
defeat sat upon every elongated countenance there
The mechanics were incidentally more numerous, pro-
baby tweay 10 one, and hope and confidence crowned
every brow. The merchants meeting dragged It's slow
length along almost eless, there none OF that spirit
which reigns over thriving cause visible; that one
speech was made-a call for others was made but not
complied with and the meeting broke up prematurely.
The meeting Of mechanics all life, spirit and enihu
siasm as sangune their eloquent speakers SO
saneline were thenselves-and their deaening cheers
like the shouts ofriumph heard far from the scene
Of action The meeting ofhe merchants was composed OF
the friends Of shavers and speculaorshose who have
supported the rotten and corrupt banks in their long nj
auitous aud usurous coursethe mechanics othose who
have been ground down and oppressed infamous
system
The hank neatng was notorious for its illiberality
rb eatng o the mechanics for its liberaity and mag
nanimty.
"The Government" said the oracle Of the merchants,
ais throwing itself into the hands Of that portion OF the
people, who have interest whatever IN IT, and who
he clearly minated ought have no voice, IN that
which he most falsely and most libelousy said they had
no interest If they think this now-if they have the
holiness to avow this now-what will be their course
when in powerl Why endeavor to take from that Per
ton Of the people, the which they consider they
>have right
The oracle Of the Mechanics Meeting SAID, = res
ac, The ,nerchant-he merchant is necessary as the
he Tho aiaar apltn
merchant at the same time. is necessary for hun TO
have an agent who shall bring his commodities TO lair
market l respect the merchant when he keeps to ms
ouv, snhere and does not arrogatc himself too
much 2"
Here il the point The meeting Of merchants fully
proved IT, II tarrogated itself much. II affected
10 consider those who Importance to them
selves-all forming link of one great ciain-oi no I'M
poranee at all 1t thoug ught itself all important All IN
all il arroya,ed too much These merchants forget how
fast few short years ago. in their excesses they were
rivalling European--nay. oriental sPendor. TINS
would have been all very WELL had they done this on
their own capital He has right to spend the honest
fruit Of his tolls, he peases but this was not ths
case These men had been thriving upon floating
capi,al-aIse consequence was, that when the crash
came they we're first fallthey had no bottom-their
liabilities in upon them-they could not meet
them-heir establishments were broken up.
II these who say that the honest producer and
mechanic have no interest in the question OF govern
meut Look the spirit Of the two meetings. and say
with Hamlet,
"Look en- this picture, and on this"
Truly, truly has the government been guilty-but
the banks the usurous banks-the unprncpled banks,
more So Let us therefore first reform the banksgo with
tho lnechanics-and then unite both mechanics and
merchants to change the government