Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-11-05

n ORklNGMEN READ TIE FOLLOWING. |
We learn from the Boston Atlas, tina,
here was a great gathering of the people |
1t the North End last week.
The Hon. Samuel q. Goodrich, ofRox-
bury, was warmly and enthusiastically re.
and who addressed the audience
in the hes, and happiest manner. We have
only room for sketch ola story which
he introduced, and which was nearly rs
follows. Read il at,entively, mechanics
aud workingmcn:
TAe Mortgage and tie SUD Treasury.
Let MS suppose case. On Saturday
evening a mechanic of one ofour Norfolk
towns sits down with his wife for COM
Portable chat. The children are all in
bed-the weeks work is dnne--i:s cares
are laid aside. The husband has just re-
turned from the Springfield Convention,
and his heart is full of democracy. He
can think of nothing else--he can speak
Of nothing else and in the FITNESS Of his
heart, he calls the Youngest child democ-
racg, and as he kisses his wife on his re-.
turn, he calls her democracy also. Eve
ny thing he loves is democracy-eyery
hing he hates is Hartford Convention
Bluc-L Light Federalism.
The conversation OF the mechanic and
his wife, on the occasion supposed, natu-
rally turns upon politics, and the follow
ing discourse ensues:
Wife. Well hushand-you talk great
deal about democracy--now am a wo-
man and know nothing about politics; but
pray tell me what democracy is
Mechanic. Why, democracy is
democracy.
w. Indeed who told you so 7
N. Bancroft told me so. have heard
him say so moro than fifty tmes-and
Iialet says so, aud Rantoul and Everett;
they all say so.
w. Wen, If they all say so, It must
be true. But what does democracy meant
III. Pshaw! You women can never
understand politics; you have no head
for it. Now III read to you out of the
Boston Post what il means. Here are
the resolutions ofthe Democratic Consen-
ton, prepared al Boston last fall. They
were written by Bronson, or some OF the
great guns. Here il ls--" Democracy Is
the supremacy OF man, orer his accidenis!'
". When Democracy is the suprc
macy Of man, oper his accidents,,y Whit
a cgitter it mus, be. Butte tell the truth.
don't understand any moreabout democ.
racy than did before suppose lis be-
cause I'm woman. But look here, hus.
band, want to talk to you about that
Mortgage of Squire Graball's upon the
house and land. He called here while
you were gone, and he said part of ii
must be paid, or he'd sue for it, and then
the house and land would all go.
NJ. Why didn't you tell me of this be
fore 4?
w. Because your head was so full of
democracy and the Springfield Convention
that you wouldn't listen 10 me. I've men,
toned it three times and it went in at one
ear and out Of the other. Now, husband
Eve been thinking about the mortgage,
and it worries me your wages have, ial-
len off Of late, and some OF the time you
have no employment. When your wa
ges were a dollar and half a day, and you
lnu IUIl WOIht yOu IObth cblfTSit NbN 80
mly well, and pay hundred dollars
year towards clearing the mortgage. 1t
was pleasant thing to work, and be eco.
nomcal and saving when we had the pros
pest Of having a house of our own, with
out having Squire GrabaIl's clutches upon
it. Now you can hardly support the ia.
mily, and when ask for money, you say
you are running in debt. THIS IL a bad
prospect, if we are to lose the house and
land after all.
M. Oh, never fear, wife--times Will
be better soon. They've got Sub. Urea.
surv now which is to make all rich, ex.
cept the aristocrats.
w. don't know about that. The
times have been getting worse and worse.
It's four or five years since you talked of
having better times, and now that they
have really got "Sub- Treasury" they
say it is going TO reduce the wages TO fii-
ty cents a day.
N. Well, that's true, but every thing
we buy is to come down at the same rate.
w. And what advantage is thati Be-
SIDES, some people say that sugar, and tea,
and coffee, and spices, and all foreign
things, will be as high as ever, because
the sub Treasury don't work in those coun-
tries where these things come from. But
if wages are 10 come down, how arc you
to pay the mortgage Of 5000 to Squire
H. How ] am going to pay the mort
gagel
w. Yes, il your wages go down to
fifty cents Gay, how can you ever pay
it. 1t will cost all that you can earn to
support the family.
III. Well, must sell the COW, and the
garden lot.
W. Yes, but these have gone down
half price, and they won't go far toward