The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-11-14

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TON, /. T., THURSDAY, \
! benefits which are to result from its
introduction? Again we reply the
Office Holders Of the General Go.
yernInent! Il is this class and this
class only, who are to find their pro
ut IN this Federal measure. The :;glo.
rious Specie clause" will secure Mei,
salaries in gold and silver, when gen
eral depreciation shall have followed
the forced introduction OF IAN exclu-
slve metallic currency!' When the
wages OF daily labor shall have sunk
to twenty,iUe cents, the price of wheat
to too shlllings a bushel; the fertile
farms of the West to ten dollars an
acre; when every thing, in short,
shall have been brought down to the
specie standard, the Government Oh.
flee Holder will remain with his sala-
~ OF gold and silvey, ENHANCED
FOUR FOLD, and the President and
his mlnlons will pass unscathed by the
blast which must PROSTATE in the dust
the welfare and prosperity Of the Peo-
pie.
Well may these selfish councillors
urge this measure on the Union! Well
may they call upon the Empire State
to lend her strong arm in fixing this
iron collar upon the country!. We'll
may they labor to convince the ciitti-
zens of New York that the 'sunreeu-
lated spirit of speculation requires
the imposition of this dead weight!
Great, indeed, will be their reward in
the event of success; for while every
other interest throughout the length
and breadth Of this confederacy will
feel its whitening blight, they alone
will reap rich and never failing har-
vest. Let it be remembered then,
fellow citizens, that the Office Hold
ers, and not the People, are to be
benefited by this federal measure
let it be daily and hourly repeated
that it is for them that this whole
scheme has been devised. 1t is for
them that the public revenues are to
be securely collected and safely kept.
It's FOR THEM that gold and silver is
to be wrung from every classand eve
ry condition. 1t is for them that
"bolts and bars,'' ''vaults and safes''
are declared to be the Treasury Of the
United States. All the precautions,
all the penalties enumerated in the
Federal Sub-Treasury Bill have in
view the one grand object of securing
the salaries of the Office Holders, re-
CARELESS alike of the wants, the wish
es, or the interests of the people,
Here is the key to the famous declara-
ton of Silas Wright, "LET THE
GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE
OF ITSELF, AND LET THE
PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF.
THEMSELVES" This is the Co
vernment's plan; but thank God. it
yet lacks the sanction of the People,!
And what we would ask, are the
inducements for the people to grant
this section? What are to be the
fruits Of the adoption of the Federal
Sub Treasury? Let each citizen of
this State look around him and he will
need no other answer to this question.
Let him mark Doubt and Distrust
stalking through our market places
and pervading every avenue of trade.
Let him observe credit scared from
her throne by impending evil, and
standing aloof from the councils in
which she was wont to preside. Let
him note Fear sitting upon the house
tops or pressing like the night mare
upon every individual. Let him
watch the rapid progress of that fatal
stagnation which is fast checking the
hea!thful current of commercial cir
culation. Let him mark the fall Of
prices, the fluctuation of exchanges,
the scarcity of money, the deprecia-
ton of property and produce, the
diminution Of trade and travel, the
universal pause which has succeeded
universal activity in our commercial
emporium, as if there was some Sc
cret yet undefnable dread Of APP
preaching disaster. Let him collect
togetherall these and he will have a
just idea Of the premonitories OF the
Federal Sub Treasury, and a faint
conception Of the accumulated evils
which will follow in it's footsteps!
s Albany ADJ.
af w TEXAS.
Our city, for the last eight and for
.ty hours, has exhibited quite stirring
scene. The preparations for the re-
moval to the new seat of government,