Litchfield enquirer., 1838-08-23


on them. All new transactions are based
thus know what they are to do. Iwould for
myself prefer bad government, when its
system is uniform, than good one, where 1t
varies every day.
have said this was a war, and war to
the knife upon the credit system, yet your
opponents will deny it, aud say we only wish
to reform, we do not wish to destroy; but have
they told you, where or how they would re-
form! They may reform, but it will be like
reforming a mans life by cutting his head off.
Do they tell you how far they mean to go !?
They talk Of rag currency, and ofrag barons,
and they say our maxinI is to make the rich
richer, and the poor poorer. But this is not so.
This is war where one or the other must fall
in the contest. They say they are the friends
ofthe credit system. ask how do they mean
to reform it, except by tearing 1t up by the
roots, and throwing it away? Every man
must see that it is war upon the credit sys-
tenn on their part, and war on the part of
the wings to support it. 1t would be foolish
for US to say, like marines on board vessel
al sea that has been struck by squall, and
has her spars and rigging damaged. let US
cut away the masts, and trust to the ballast
to save us. A squall has struck the credit
system, and some of its masts and rigging
are damaged, and even now we have not got
clear of the pieces Of wreck floating about
us, but trust, we will not cut away our
masts, and trust to the ballast OF specie
currency to propel us.
None will deny that the great measure
the administration now have at heart, is an
ultimate and total specie currency, and what
is this measure 1t is the sub-treasury
scheme. They say paper money is not good
enough for the government, they must nave
gold and silver. and let the people have the
paper money. Government has to use money
in the same way that we do. They pur-
chase stores for the army and navy, and they
pay for them. They have officers, and ma
nv of them, and their salaries must be paid.
If, then, the paper medium is not used, what
will they use? They say paper is unsafe.
Suppose every man says SO. Every man
has right to demand gold and silverin pay
ment of his dues; and if he should demand
il, what would the country come to? We
would 20 backwards to the dark ages OF bar
barism. appeal to every candid man If this
sub-treasury scheme is not direct attack
upon the credit system in every shape and
form? Our annual expenditures are now
thirty millions, and if the Florida war con-
tinues, they will soon be fifty millions, and
how is this enormous sum to be paid
You doubtless we'll remember when the
blow first fell on you here, for an attack up
on the currency is first felt by commerce,
you sent to Washington delegation compo-
sed of your first merchants. and you asked
the President to assemble Congress and grant
them relief. What was his reply? He said
he could not call Congress together, for they
could not interfere with the currency. Yet
he soon did call them together. And why !!
Because hunger pinched even the bowels of
the Government. Congress was called to-
gether to legislate for Government alone.
The Executive said it was not in the pow
er of the government to relieve the country
by interfering with the gold and silver cur
rency. And what did Congress do? No
thing, except to allow the government to is
sue Treasury rags. He talked too of the
the people, and thought it ought 10 be dissol-
we'd, and trust the people will take him at
his word, and divorce themselves from him
forever.
There was certain king of France who
occupied all his leisure time in making up
garments, and he took pride and pleasure
in that vocation. The late President en-
ployed all his leisure time in tinkering the
currency, and he boasted of the success of
the experiments he had been making.
At the last session of Congress tho Presi-
dent boldly declared that the expressions Of
popular opinion as to his measures, did not in
reality exist, or if they had been made, they
were brought about by bribery and corrup-
ton. He even descended so low as to &C
cuse this noble city of being bribed and
bought by bank influence, and you remenl-
Der how one of your Senators Indignantly re-
PEELED the insinuation, and hurled the foul
SANDER back in his teeth. At that session,
the administration, confident of success, came
on in solid phalanx, well drilled in all po-
litical man9uvres, and the Wings wearied
out with the late contest. stood their ground
firmly, with no certainty of success.
Never was there a political battle fought
more worthy of lasting fame than this one,
from the great display of talent brought into
action. Day after day it was fought in one
wing Of the Capitol, and there the great men
of the nation were ranged against each other.
1t was indeed a battle of the giants. There
was Daniel of the North, with his huge bat
tie axe, which none could WELD but himself,
and which none could resist. He struck the
administration to its knee, and then like Sa-
tan it just felt pain. Again it arose, and
again was il smitten down by the same arm.
There, too, might you see Harry of tho West,
with his double.edged sword, like that of
Richard C@ur de Lion, hewing down all be-
fore him. There, too, against him was one
with turban on his head, and the knee edg-
ed scymetar of Logic in his hand. He had
not worn the turban long, for he had not long
joined the Moslem ranks, but he carried
with him the skill and science of a christian
General. His weapon cut through obstacles
which could not be harmed by the ponderous
axe or sword of his adversaries. After a
fierce contest, the lance ofthe administration
was wrested from them, and was trampled
under foot, and they were driven in igno-
miny from the Capitol with great loss. Then
and there it was fought over again, and the
grounds on which it was sustained were. that
the great commercial prosperity of the north,