The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-08
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] Nc the Hon. JosopH ~ |
Dy n Congress from Connecticut af- |
lega no,;nc signed his name to the Decla- |
g. tn ~ Of Independence, said to one Of his
rauon :; If we are defeated in our
com asle for independence, this days acork
s'. :, .ag,ake bad acork for me. | have held
WI. , ,n in the rebel army; ! have
0 ;,,en for the rebel newspapers; am
ai', son.in-law OF rebel governor; and
s's have affixed my name to this rebel
q no.,aration. My sins are therefore too
pss y. to be pardoned by our royal master,
s I'd I must then be hanged.
ANY T,he other gentleman answered; | be-
8, - NV case is not so desperate, for !
ns rs had no connection with the army;
ha., c.n il be proved that heretofore have
~ s;tten, or done any thing very obnoxious
,othe mother country.
y m immediate and prompt reply was.
.r,hen. sir, you deserve to be hanged
The memory Of Col. William Williams
Patriot Of '76--Who that he might aid
4 removing the halter from his country's
y a. r.. never hesitated to expose his own.
D' Evolutionary 7imes.-The following
,oast was given at celebration OF the
Fourth at Portland
Times that tried mems souls. A poll
~ of EIGHT silver dollars and family suf-
fering for bread. 200
when large sums were called for to sup
n,v the Continental army; and to give
same idea Of the times, it may be well to
tate. that the best men could get but Sc
per month on farms.
DrrFeRENcEs IN THE VALUE OF A
,se.r, TENDER.-Gold and silver are
both 4 LEGAL tender in the United States;
and tile gold of the American coinage is
! legd lender. According to common
notions, they ought then to be of the same
value. Yet they are very far from being
30 and thus is an illustration given of the
imposibility Of fixing ralue by law.
Foreign trade has given much grea-
ter value to silver than to gold, and to
some species of silver coinage over 9th.
ers. Thus the Spanish pillared dollar
has long been at premium in other sill
yer, and has, at length, almost entirely
disappeared. So, also, the American dol.
lar IS at premium above American gold.
AS "a consequence, they who have to re-
deem their circulation in legal tender
should use that of the legal value. The
Banks of Cincinnati should therefore pro-
vide themselves with american Gold, and
thus prevent exportation---Cincinnati
CH0n.
\ DEMOCRACY OF THE BIBLE.
The author is discussing the right
means to be used for promoting true De-
mocracy:
'One of the means is the diffusion of
scriptural knowledge. There is no book
in any language, which SO effectually Sc
cures the interests of the people, as the
New Testament. The strain Of its SUI
perlative teaching is always in support of
he popular rights. Its principles are
throughout irreconcilably opposed to ty.
nnny and oppression. Its pages reiter-
ate The sentiment of mans essential equal
iy; leading our minds constantly upward
tothat high range of contemplation, which
places us all, rich and poor, all of every
grade, social. political and intellectual, on
aperfect level before that Being, in whose
presence every human distinction vanish
es In one word, though it does not in
terfcre with existing governments, but on
the contrary enjoins submission to them,
itbreathes the spirit of enlightened de-
mocracy, in all its parts.--What could
more justly lay claim to this praise, than
the principles SO frequently taught, that
we are to regard every man as our broth
CT, and that, viewing him in this light,
we are to do to him as we would wish
him to do to us? This is one of the cor
ner stones Of Democracy, sufficient to de-
lend it against the imperious claims Of
arlstocratic pride, and the encroachment
monarchy and despotism. Let all i'm
oloe this principle, and what we have
oeen contemplating as making progress,
Will soon be gloriously consummated.-
Were further encomium necessary upon
TIE New Testiment, as to its republican
tendency, we might add, that the great
rersonage who shines throughout the
oook, like superior orb, and from which
ue lesser stars, revolving in their golden
a'ns, draw light that Being who gives
.. u tone and character of the book, cher
,snes the interests Of the people. Hence,
T M. common classes heard him gladly
WIN them he most mingled in social in
slcourse. Among them he chose his
most intimate friends. Out of their ranks
y called the men who were to propagate
US doctrine. On them he leaned to ac-
anplsh his great purpose of benevo-
.suce' His conduct, throughout, was
r.aoagiy tnctured with the spirit of en-
sasned democracy. It is not meant
g. as' ne favored any political creed or ar
,a1su himself as a partizan to any politi-
g question, but that his sympathies were
. Sss,iaoly with the people; his influence
- ssally exerted to raise, instruct and ben
8. nsn, and his sternest rebukes admin
~ sleo to those who would mislead, in
,uls and Cypress them. Such a book