Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-02-22

Has he bcferc ever becn called on To with
stand sech a whirlwind ? or had he previous
ly any suspicion that such an outbreak, in
the political elements was at hand ! am
persuaded, sir, that he feared such thing
much less than had hoped for it; aud my
own hopes, although l had hopes strong
hopes, ] must confess, fell for slioit Of the ac-
tual result. Aud to me. Mr. President it
seems perfectly plain, that the cause of this
astonishing change in public opinion is to be
found, mainly, in the message of September,
and the Sub-Treasury Bill of the last session.
The message, with its anti social, anti conf
nercial, anti- popular doctrines mud dogmas-l
The message which set at naught all our own
manners and usages. rejected all the teach
ings Of experience, threatened the State In
stitutions, aud; anxious only to take good care
of Government abandoned the people TO their
fate,--the messsge,-the message,-t was,-I
that did the great work in New York, and
lsewhere.
The message was that cave OF Eolus, ou.
Of which the careering winds issued:
"Una Eurusque Notusque ruunt, creberque
procellis Africus"--
ningIing seas and skies, dispensing the most
powerful political combinations, aud scatter
ing their fragments on the rocks and shores.
might quote the poet further, sir,
tt VuStOs NONult du llttoTu luCtus.
The political deep seem agitated, to the
very bottom, and its heaving bosom moved
onward and forward the "rasios fucius, s,"-in
Nautical phrase, the big rollers Of public
opinion.
The honorable member may say, or may
think, that all this was but The result Of
transient impulse, a feverish ebulltion, a sud
den surprise, or a change superficial, and ap-
parent only, not deep and real. Sir, | cannot
say, but must confess that if the movement
in New York. last Fall, was not real, it look
ed more like reality, than any fanciul ex.
hlbition, which ] ever saw. If the People
were not in earnest, they certainly had So
Der and earnest way of being in Jest
And, how, sir, can the honorable member,
can any man, say, that in regard to this mea-
sure, even the House Of Representatives it
certain, at this moment, truly to reflect the
public judgment? Though nearer to the
People than ourselves, and more frequently
chosen, yet it is known that the present mem
bers were elected, nearly all Of them, before
The appearance of the message Of September.
And will the hon. member allow me to nsk,
whether if new election of members Of
Congress were to take place in his owu State,
Tomorrow, and the newly elected members
should take their seats Immediately, ,he should
entertain the slightest expectation Of the
passage Of this bill through that House?
Mr. President, in 1884 the Hon. member
presented to the Senate Resolutions Of the
Legislature Of New York, approving the pre-
vIous course of the Administration, IN rela-
ton 20 the currency. lie then urged strong
ly, but none too strongly, the weight due to
these Resolutions, because, he urgued, they
expressed the undoubtcd sense Of the Peo-
pie, as well as that of the Legislature. He
said there was not, at that time, single men,
Der in the popular branch of the Leg slature,
who was not in favor of these Resolutions,
either from the cities of Hudson, A lbany, Troy, I
Schenectady, Utica, or an almost endless
number Of Incorporated trading towns and
villages, or the great city Of New York itself,
which he justly calls the Commercial Empo-
rum of the country; all these cities and wi
lagos being surrounded, as he most Justly
said, by an intelligent population; and cities,
villages, and country, altogether near two
millions of souls All this was very well.-I
II was true. The facts were with the Hon.
member. And although most exceedingly
regretted and deplorcd that it was so, could
NOT deny il. And he was entitled to enjoy,
and did enjoy, the whole benefit of this re-
spectacle support Bu,, sir, how stands the
matter now? What say these two millions
of souls TO the Sub-Treasury I'm the first
place, what says the city of New York, that
great Commercial Emporium, worthy the
gentlcman's commentator in 1884, and wor-
thy of his commentator, and my commenda-
ton, and all commcndation, at al! times ?-ll
What sentiments, what opinions, what feel
ings are proclaimed by the thousands of her
merchants, traders, manufacturers, and labor
ers? What is the united shout Of all the
voices of all her classes? What is it, but
that you will put down this new tangled Sub
Treasury system,alike alien to their interests
and their feelings, at once, and for ever p
What is it, but that in mercy to the mercan-
tile interest, the trading interest,the shipping
interest, the manufacturing interest, the la
boring class, and all classes, you will give up
useless and pernicious political schemes aud
projects, and return to the plain, straight
course of wise and wholesome legislation p
The sentiments Of the city cannot be msun-
derstood. A thousand pens, and ten thou
sand tongues, and spirited press, SNAKE them
all known. If we have not already yet heard
enough, we shall hear more. Embarra ssed,
vexed, pressed, and distressed, as are her
citizens at this moment, yet their resolution
is not shaken, their spirit is not broken and (,
depend upon il, they will not see their COM
merce, their business, their prosperity and
their happiness, all sacrificed to preposterous
schemes and political emplricism, without
another, and yet a more vigorous, struggle.
And Hudson, and Albany, and Troy, and
Schenectady, and Utica-pray. sir, why may
not the citizens Of these cities have as much
weight with the Hon. member now, as they
Justly had in 1884? And does he, can he,
doubt of what they think Of his Bill |? Aye,
sir, and Rochester, and Batavia, and Buffalo,
and the entire Western District of the State,
does the Hon. member suppose that he would
be ahle by careful senrch 10 do more than