Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-29

gathering OF the people nj inc No'''
End, ia Boston, a few days since. W.
have never read anything more ndn''r"'
BILE or more conclusive. Democrats
read it,, ....
THE MORTGAGE AND THE SUB
TREASURY.
Let us suppose case. " Saiur'
p day evening mechanic OF one ei on'
Norfolk tow ns sits down with his wlie
for a comfortable chat. The children
are all in bed-,he weeks work Is done
its cares laid aside. The husband has
lust returned from the Spring field Con
vent,un, and his heart is full Of democra-
CIV. He can think OF nothing else--he
can speak OF nothing else IN the iuI.
ness OF his heart, he calls his youngest
child ds mocracy, and rs he kisses his
wife ON his return, hs calls her democ-
racy also. Every thing he loves Is de-
nnocrucy-every thing he hates IS Hart
turd Convention Blue Light Federalism.
The conversation Of the mechanic and
his wife ON the occasion supposed, natur-
ally turns upon politics, aud the following
conversation ensues.
Vie. Well husband-you Talk n
great deal about democracy--nOw l am
n woman aud know nothing about poll
tics !; but pray tell me what. democracy
Is:
Mechanic. Why democracy is
democracy!
w. Indeed! who told you so!
NJ. Bancroit told me SO. l have
heard hih, say SD more than hity tunes
snd IIalIeu says 80 and ltantoul and
Everett; they all say so.
W. Well--if they all say so, It mus
he true. But what does democracy
mean!
NJ. Pshaw: You women can never
understand politics you have no head
Tor it,. Now i'll read you out oI the
Eoston Post what il means. Here are
the resolutions OF the Democratic Con
,oniion, prepared at Boston last fall
They were written by Brownsun, or some
Of the great guns. Here ii is. De-
nIoeraeg is the supremacy q "a" over az
accidea.'
W. Uhew! Democracy is The su-
pre,aacy et man orer his aceidemis"!!--
What u crilier IL must be. But 10 tell
the truth, 1 don't understand any more
about democracy than did before l
suppose rs because Pm u woman. Bu'
look here, husband-l want 10 talk to YOU
about that mortgage Of Squire Grabalr'
upon the house aud land. He called
here while you was gone, aud said part
ul il must he paid, or he'd sue for 1t, and
ihem the house aud land would all 90.
NJ Why didn't you tell me oi this
before!
W. Because your head was so full
Of democracy and the Springfield Con-
ventien, that you wouldn't listen to me.
pve mentioned it three times and
il went in one ear and out Of tho other.
Now husband, l'vs been thinking about
the mortgage, and it worries ME your
wngcs have iallen of Of late, aud some
oas Tue time you have had no employ
ment. When your wages were dollar
and a hall day, aud you had full work
you could support the family well, and
pay n hundred dollars a year towards
clearing the mortgage. II was pleas
ant thing TO work, and be economical, +,
and saving, when va had the prospect
Of having house Of our own, without
Squire GrabaIl's clutches upon it. Now,
you can hardly support the family, and
when-l ask Tor money, you say you are
running in debt. This is a bad prospect
five are to lose the house and laud aItel
all.
M. Oh, never fear, wife-,imes vii
be better soon. They've got Sub
Treasury now, which is to make us al
rich, except the aristocrats.
w l don't know about that Th'
times have been getting worse ant
worse. It's four or five years since yo'
talked Of having better times, and nov
that they have really got a I" Sub 1rea
sury," they say it ii going 10 reduc'
wages 10 fifty cents day.
M. Well, that's true, but every thing
we buy is to come down at the same rate
w. And what advantage is that
/. Besides, some people say that sugar, an,
tea, and coffee, aud spices, and all for
eign things will be as high as ever, be
cause the Sub-Treasury don't work il
those countries where things come from
But If wages are TO come down, how arr
you to pay the mortgage Of 5000 Il
Squire GrabalI!
VI. How am ] going 10 pay the mort
gogc'
w. Yes, IL your wages go down 4
6fiy cents a day, how can you ever pa.
III ltwilI cost all you can earn to sup
port the family.
VI. Well, must sell the COW, an
the garden lot.
w. Yes, but these have gone dow
half price, and they Won't 60 far toward
reducing the mortgage.
nj. Well, ] mussseIl the house.
w. But that has gone down hal
price, too, 80 iI'nt all the property 20
have got, ~o.t pay Squire GrabaIl'
mortgage. We must be TUNED out Z
house aud hume, and stiIl, you are !
debt You are ruined man II tn
Sub-Trcasury g"s into foil operation.
NJ. never thought of oil this befor
- here's -',ms,I',ng wrong somewhere
w. There is, indeed, husband. -