Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-04-02

| to with regard to the importation of foreign
! grain, and the charge has been repeatedly
! made by demagogues III their official capacl
~, that It's necosslty was caused from ihs
I circumstance Of so many laborsrs being Ia
ken from agriculture, aud employed Oh the
rail roads and canals.--Now 50 far FROM the
| evil having been produced by tins cause, the
facts are ss have been stated-nnd are known
TO be 80 to all who have taken pains TO IN
torn themselves, that the whole corn CROP
was cut eff by unfavorable weather, not only
throughout New England, but over great
part Of New York state, and oil the British
provinces IN North America, and in short
throughout the world 10 the north OF about
al degrees vi north latitude. Hud all the
spare laborers in the world been employed III
raising corn, in these sections, II would moi
have varied the rcsult--as any additional
quantity planted must have inevitably shared
the same fate. On the contrary, the corn
and the wheat crops at the west, particularly
the latter) were never known to have been
greater thun they were the season the corn
crop entirely failed ut the East aud NORTH
And Il was these reTy canals complained 0f
and other facilities growing out OF The "FMSt
.Sysiem," that enabled the people at the east
10 avah themselves Of the super-ubundunce u'
the west, To such an extent that although
the deficiency of the corn crops IN New
England aud in New York could not have
amounted in value TO much, IT any, less than
the sum Of S20,0O0,0O0; the whole amUnnl
oi grain imported from foreign countries over
and above the grain cAport.d at the same
time, did not much exceed one million dollars,
for tile year 1887, which was the year when
the greatest deficiency occurred. IL ihe
class Of men who affected SO much coinnls-
Grafton for the suffcrngs OF tho " dear Pcople'
on account OF the deficiency OF bread sluhs.
would have one aud all adopted the plan 10
have eaten no more than they htmSeireS pro-
dlced, or honestly earned, the writer Is sails.
ned from close observation, that the whole
evil would have been reneded, and we
should have had bread enough and 10 spare
without the necessity OF importing SINGLE
grG,l-a although 1t would probably have been
at the sacrifice OF the lives, ty StdrpdtiO'i, vi
al least three quarters OF the office seekers,
office holders and political dcmdgOgueS III The
country, from Martin Van Buren, downward,
and who yearly intlict greater evils on the
country than all the tamlnes have ever done
since it's first settlement to the present day.
The writer firmly believes that there is no
law In existence that has more beneficial
effect on socioty, or that tends more 10 pre-
serve the hest institutions Of our country.
than the passing Of law would have making
oilice seeking a criminal offence, and pun
ishabc by fine aud Imprisonment a con-
frmsd otice seeker should be considered IN
the same light as confirmed dri1'kard, and
he should be placed in a situation where he
could no longer disturb the peace Of society,
and at the same time be set to work aud
hnn AZ liti lnsfnad A
proving on the public, as thousands OF this
race Of worthless beings now 6o-and who,
to a man, are ever ready 10 sacrifice the best
interests of their country 10 those who will
pay them best. The writer - serious IN the
foregoing suggestions, as he firmly believes
the class of men alluded TO, let their party
politics be what they may, are the most dun.
gerous, as re CARDS our republican institutions,
Of any in the country. From the nature OF his
business, it has been necessary that the
writer should have been aniost constantly
engaged in travelling for many years past
and he has particularly observed tins class Of
men, and has universally found them TO be
unprncipled, aud at the same time, generally
insnuating in their manners, and particularly
gifted IN the arts Of deception, which they
have 10 doubt acquired by constant practice.
The writer fancies he eau almost designate
them as they pass him in the street, from
pecuh jcsuitical or sinister expression OF
countenance they almost invariably possess,
and he would earnestly recommend to every
farmer, mechanic and laboring man, to svold
their company as they would the author oi
all evil, whose children they are.
But to return from this long DEPRESSION, to
Mr.. Van Buren's specie pattern for America
TINE GRAND DUTCHY uf TUSCANY, whose
ruler il absolute, and where the people pay q
specie tax on their beeis and pHSnipS, cu
cum5trs and rUhshes, us stated BY our consul
ut Lcghorn, which statement the writer car
readily b.lieve, rs he was himself informed
ot that place some months since, that SO rig
orous were the government officers, that a
poor woman on visit from the country ia
Leghorn, was stopped at the gate, and a
morscl OF bread which she had brought with
her for her dinner was taken from her, II be-
ing considered contraband.
I Tuscany is, nevertheless, perhaps the least
exccprionable of any o! Mr. Van Burcn's
".Sytcie Pattern" foreign gou0nmtniS"-
but the writer observed IN passing through
Tuscany IN several different directions, that
the people were nearly all ragged, and q
great proportion of them begQars, while the
office holders were all well dressed, aud ap.
pearcd perfectly satisfied that specie cur.
rency was best nj least for their msstcr, the
Grand Duke, and Themselves.
y 6h-FRANkFORT on The Maine. is a
fortified city OF Germany, and is situated OF
the river Maine. At the general peace IN
1914, Frankfort was declared the permanent
seat Of the German diet. IL contains 4COOI
inhabitants, aud is chiefly noted for being the
birth place of the great German writer and
Poet GoErHE, and also of the RoTnschiLDs,
| the great Jew Bankers, who by the opern,
tons of the principles heretofore attempted
7 to be illustrated, of interest and low prices,
+ amnsscd into their hands perhaps nearly as
great an amount Of specie as there ~ AZ TINS
time in circulation IN the United Statcs.-
There we're Ave brothers Of thom IN all
resided in Paris, one IN London, one N
j Amsterdam, one in Frankfort, and the othcI
in Vienna, IL the writer remembers correctly
The writer most particularly calls the at
tcn,ion OF oil readers To the following ox
tracts from Mr.. Ernest Schwcndler's Unhet
States consull letter 10 Mr.. Woodbury.. lIi'
rema,ks with regard to the Prssian heasni
! notes, illustrate some of the effects which VII
i undoubtedly be produced by The Sub Treas
ury scheme now in progress IN the Unhe'
! States IN very clenr aud forcibls manner
aud the evidence Of the consul Is not To %
doubted, from the circumstance that he doc
I not connect his plain aud simple narrative