Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-11-07

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S ~; No continue The Bank Of The United
S.,.es tar si,s wears after the expiration Of rs
char,er. In lis remarks on that occasion.he
sook a brief, but very striking survey Of the
Condition of the country, previously 70 the
declaration of war by General JACKSON
n0ainst that institution, and the etfects when
that war had produced upon the prosperity
Of the country. Among many very striking
remarks, he said - - go.
/. we are waging war for the benefit Of ne
poor! We lay that monster, the BANK .na1
we may defeat the unjust purposes OF the rlcn.
and elevate and protect the poor! AND Wnat
Is the effect OF all this! What happens to
the poor, and uIl the middling classes IN con.
SEQUENCE of this warfare! Where are they
Are they well fed, well clothed, well employ
ed, independent, happy and grateful! They
are all ut the feet of the capitalists; they are
in the jaws of usury. If there pc hearts o.
stone ia human bosoms, they are at the mer-
CIV Of those who have such hearts m tnelr
breasts. Look to the rates ofinterest, amount
ing to twenty, thirty, fifty per cent. TINS
measure of government has transferred mil.
ions of hard-earned property ia the form o.
extra interest, from the industrious classes 10
the capitalists, from the poor to the rich.-
And this is called putting down monied ar
istocracY. Sir, there are thousands OF faml-
lies who have diminished, not their luxuries,
not their aImusements, but their meat and
their bread, that they might be able to save
their credit by paying enormous interest,"
And there are thousands, who, having lost
their employment. have lost every thing, and
who yet hear amidst the bitterness OF their
anguish, that the great motive Of government
is kindness to the poor.
1t is difficult to restrain ones indignation,
when, to so much keen distress, there IS add
ed SO much which has the appearance OF
mere mockery. Let the system OF the adj
ninistration 20 on, and we shall soon not
know our country. We shall see o new
America. On the map where the United
States have stood, we shall behold q country
strange to us. We shall see class of idle
rich, and class Of idle poor, the former .
handful, the latter. a host, We shall no lon
ger behold community Of men, with spirits
all active and stirring, contributing, all Of
them, to the public welfare, while they are
partaking in it, pushing on their fortunes,and
lettering their own condition. and helping to
swell at the same time, the cup OF the gener-
al prosperity to overfiowing. We shall see
more Of that credit, which reaches out its
hand to honest enterprise; Of that certainty
of reward which cheers on labor to the ut.
lI1NJSb SblCtCu Vi 1to SAACWS Va htSNs EShScs.Ss
and individual Independence which enables
every man to say that no man is his master
Sir, j will not look upon this picture.
will not imagine what spectacle shall be
exhibited, when this country not only halts
| in her onward march, but recedes; when she
tracks back in the long and rapid strides OF
her forward movement; when she sets her
self to undo all that she has done; when she
renounces the good she has attained; wheE
she obstructs credit, destroys enterprise, ar.
rests commerce, and snothers manufac
lures" as4
We leave our readers to examine these re-
marks, for the purpose of satisfying them
selves how far they were prophetic, and how
far they now apply in all their force to the
condition of our country 80 Courant.
The Common School the Best School.--We
utterly repudiate, as unworthy, not of free
men only, but of men. the narrow notion
that there is to be an education for the poor
as such. Has God provided for the poor Q
coarser earth, q thinner air, q paler sky
Does not the glorious sun pour down hi:
4 golden flood as cheeEfully upon the poo
mans cottage as upon the rich mans palace
Have not the cotter's children as keen sense
! of all the freshness, verdure, fragrance, mel
pale sons Of kings Or is il in the mind tina
God has stamped the imprint Of a base birth
so the poor man s child knows, with an inborr
certainty, that his lot isto crawl, not to climb
! II is not so. God has not done u. Maj
cannot do 1t. Mind is Imperial It bear
no mark of high or -low--rich or poor.
heeds no bound of time or place, or rank o
circumstances. II asks but freedom. It re
quires but light. II is heaven born, and
aspires to heaven. Weakness does not en-
/ feeble it. Poverty cannot repress IT. Diff
culties do but stimulate its vigor. And tn
poor tallow-c handler's son, that sits up al
might to read the book which an apprentice
lends him, lest the masters eye should mis-
it in the morning, shall stand and treat wit
kings, shall bind lightning with hempel
cord, and bring il harmless from the skies
j The common school is common, not as infs
rior, not as the school for poor mems chill
dren, but ais the light and air is common
It ought to be the best school; and in al
I good works the beginning is one half
Who does not know the value a communit
Of pure water! And infinitely more tina
4 tain in which the mind drinks, and is n
, freshed and strengthened for its career (
usefulness and glory. !" t
i. A Ness Of thieyes broken up.--Mr. Mann
3 Case, discovered ia the garret of his grocer,
j in North Main street. yesterday, d nest
! mice, who had stolen lodgings there, and no
} been living for some time on the spells take
J from the store below. He Immediately pr,
ceeded 70 rOut them, and to his surprise, h
| found that the misery creatures had actual
lined fheir ,est NTH small bills on the Hartfor
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