Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-10-19

to omega, its all Sub Treasury Sub Treasury
And its echoes have not ceased, aud will not cease,
till the administration go out OF office. puts
one in mind of Orpheus going to seek Eurydice'
Eurydce the woods
Eurydce the floods,
Eurydice the rocks and hollow mountains rang
And with our government 1t IS
Sub treasury the woods,
Sub treasury the floods,
Sub treasury the rocks and hollow mountains ring.
But this subject shall consider more fully Ivy
and by. 1t draws after it another principle that
is inseparabIe from its doctrine and this is, that it
is useful 10 reduce the prices OF labor that il is
necessary to curtail the wages ofthe working man.
The supporters Of the sub treasury scheme have
said this; they have all SAID it, | do not why
Mr.. Buchanan alone should belsinged out TO have
this declaration Iasteued on him ne only snid in
clear manner what the others said not so clearly.
And it ia, perhaps, not because they wish i'll TO the
working man. But they have adopted the plan OF
the sub treasury and this plan, a natural con
sequence, leads to the restriction and contraction
of the currency, md as matter Of course 10
reduction Of prices. Well, they say that wages
ought to be reduced. They must take up that
position, give up the sub treasury; and if they
give that up, they give up themselves.
You may take Calhoun, and Buchanan, md
Walker, and Tappan, and your find that lh. y have
dill declared this hcy all say that it is necessary
To reduce the prices Of labor | aver that! Mr..
Tappan declared HAT labor ought TO come down
TO eleven cents Il day. This did not hear him
say, he did not say it in Congress hut there are
numerous ailidavits Of the fact that he said il ou
ofCoBgress. have heard The d;cla raonS of the
leaders of the party in relation ibis subject;
have read aud seen their references to Cuba; /
have seen the debates in the House OF Representa-
tves on the subject, published by authority; and
this is the burlhen of the whole, that the wages of
labor ought to come down.
year ago was in England in the south Of
England, which is little the poorest part OF tie
coun,ry-and was in the centre of England, aud
in the north. Aud was very particular to find
out how the luborers Jared there. 1t was sub
icct that deeply interested me- aud made partic-
ular inquiries to find out all about it. wanted
to know every thing about it. And i'll went AWAY
from my country American, | cane home
100000 times more an American, to the back
bone, than was when left here Immense
cheerng.)
On the Odd September last year, was in the
south of England and found the price OF labor
there for good man was seven shllllngs week,
and he has TO board himself and his family. In
the centre of England, which is the richest and
best part of the country, and where the soil is more
productive, in the midst ofthe harvest time, good
man can only get eighteen pence day, or about
80 cents day, and board himself and his family
In the south OF Scotland he gets no more, and in
the north he doesn't get so much.
Aud in the midst of the best season Of the year
for laborers, have seen thousands of them going
shoulders, DESTROYS of working for Is. ID. day
and couldn't get it, That's labor in other countries
That's labor in Europe. Do we want TO come 10
that? (Cries of mo, no.
And now what wish you all to do is, not 10
take nay opinion statements for this, but to go
home and examine the subject for yourselves
And you will see that the sub treasury scheme
leads to this. Its friends say it does. Mr. Tap
pan says that the wages Of labor must and ough
to come down to eleven cents day; and they,
think must be disposed to thank him for little who
will thank him for that. But go home and inquire
all about this. Don't take the statement of tina
old arstocrat, Mr.. Webster, for truth, unless yo,
find it so.
Away, then, with the insane project of redu
cling The price of the labor of those hard hands AM
honest hearts, who are the pride, support, aud glo
~ of the country. Away at once and forever will
all comparisons that are to degrade these men-
such en-to the leve! OF the laborers of Europe
FLORIDA WAR.
Up to March, 1889, we had expended $4,000,
900 for that! Before this time $20,000,0OO hav
been expended. Well, what is the Florida wal
after all?
Six years ago, Gen. Jackson told me that Their
were not over 700 fighting men among the Semi
noles in Florida. And there's report down t
1888, which says there were not then 600 fghtin
Indians. And against this poor array OF poor In
dams, we have spent S20,O0O,OOO.
Does not this require looking into? tell yo
that the Florida War is Job. And until there
loud expression of public opinion against it, Tia
Job will 90 on. This is my opinion.
Those who live on the frontier, who trade al
ternately with the Indians and contract for tn
army, are making large fortunes by this war. ID
they want it to cease, boodhoun,ls or blood
hounds? No. no. IL the war TO last till til
ngalhering of the Jews, they would be glad q
it, For It enriches them.
Why, among other ilems,we find 40 steamboat
chartered at $465 day; and others at $4,000
month.
Then there are two three prices paid ia
corn, 81 day fora horse and cart, 500 cor
paid for wood brought from New Orleans to on
OF the forts; and when it reached the landing
Florida, the oak trees were so thlcb, that the
couldn't get it to the fort. (Roars Of laughter an
cheering
The amount of defacations by the custor
house officers and the land officers, during I'll
present Administrations has been $4,000, 600. 1'hei
has been more stolen than during the whole
the previous administration put together.
No WONDER then, that the treasury is poor
There are so many regular appropriations, and 5
many irregular appropriations by individuals, tbs
the treasury is like cask, tapped at both ends
and that, you know, will soon run diy. (Roars
laugher
But as the treasury is poor, many have aske
how are you going TO repenish il? What woul
you do {? Why go TO the custom house and Ia
luxures Lay n duty on the silk goods which n
imported annually to the amount of S2OOOO0
from Canton and France, which do not now pr
a cent oil duty.
Why not lay n tax on the wines, that TO II
yalue of $2,000,O0O are imported annually her
which don't now pay cent. Is this the docrir
of democracy, to lax every thing else but luxnrie
There is the plan of Mr.. Rhelt of South Ca
DINA, the firm friend of MIR. Calhoun, the fir
friend of Van Buren,, who wishes TO tread in Il
footsteps OF Gen. Jackson. We'll, what does
propose? Not to tax iuxures, but TO levy dire
lax on houses and land.
Is this democracy Is this true democrat
doctrine? We last year imported Sl50,C00,0'
more than we wanted, as if it was done solely
ruin and overrun our domestic manufactures. Y