Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
THE HUMBUGGERs' LAST TRICK.
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THE HUMBUGGERS' LAST TRICK.
The locofoco Senators give "sgns of wo, that
all is lost" On Friday, the 9th Of March, the
Senate presented singular spectacle. There was
James Buchdndn-the pride ofthe old Pennsylya-
MIA federaliss in by gone years, as he is of the TO-
coioco worshippers at the federal shrine now. He
stands forth in the humiliatiug attitude of man
eating his own words, and attempting to cover his
own sins, by falsely accusing aDoher more hon.
ornble than himself There too, was another
Senator King, -atemping to sneak away from
the leading doctrine of the Southern sibtreasury
men, favorable TO the reduction ofhe ,oaees off free
labor. The doctrine was boldly, directly and re.
peatedly avowed by Senator WALKER; Senator
King dare not deny it-but resorted to the mser.
able subteruge that the doctrine wns "incidentnli
expressed" There, too was John &. Calhoun: he.
however, stood not up to trumpet his own folly
but sternly proclaiming his adherence to the views
advanced on former occasion. The contrast
was as remarkable as the inference from his
course was Illuminating to his colleagues Mr.
buchanan delivered the speech, in which he
preached the subject of low wages, on the 22d of
January. MIR. Walker delivered his first speech
on the 10Th Of January, in which he went for
reduction of FIVE SIXTHS of the price of wa
ges, so as to bring it down to the CUBA STAN
DARD!-aDd Ills second speech on the 22d of
January. Now, we beg to ask the people, how
happens it that these quick sighted Senators new
er discovered their mistake until the 9Th Of March
ONE MONTH AND A HALF AFTER THEIR SPEECHES
WERE DELIVERED? The replies of the Wing
Senators were made on the spot and in their
hearing; why, if they were misrepresen,ed did
they not Immediately set the matter right? Even
Mr. Davis reply appeared in the Globe as early as
the 18th February, and Buchanan & Co. made
no discovery of misrepresentation Their own
speeches were reported and published in the Globe
unquestonably revised by themselves; and yet
their own speeches, in their own official organ,
and copied with appreciation into all the little
echoes are STANDING WITNESSES AGAINST THEM
How, Then, does it happen, that after sleeping
nearly TWO MONTHS. this farce is got up in
the Senate, g. we find the advocates Of REDUCED
WAGES,-these eloquent describers of the happv
condition Of GERMANY and CuBA gruvely at
tempting 10 soft-sOap" the laborers of the cou,,-
Try? There is an answer: and we submit whetl,-
er it is not Il true one. The Wing press had $40
ken-the laborers had been aroused-and the
thunders of ar insulted and indignant people Ind
begun 10 come in from the free North and West.
This was the tnlismanic charm which opened the
eyes of these locofoco dreamers. They saw the
storm and to allay it, is the sole design of their
last trick. 1t strikes that the trick wears dis
guise loo thin TO be successful. They renounce
or denounce only ,cordS and persist in all their
destructive measures. They talk to the ears ofthe
people but hey uote for that which the people
are to feel in their persons aud in their pockets.
tation: it is only to cover their advance with the
sub treasury and hard money schemes-sc schemes
which have, ia every country where tried, reduced
the wages oflabor and Frustrated the many at the
ken the broad ground that reduced currency
would reduce the wages Of labor, the TACT could
have been proved by the history ofthe world and
though now they may creep, or cringe, or crawl,
and will stand nmovable. They might as well
have abided by their ground, and the defeat which
awaits them They will now have defeat and,
by their own folly, they have added their honor
and their reputation to the wreck OF all their pc.
ltical hopes.
We wait for the report Of the debate OIL this
subject in the Senate and in the meantime call
the attention OF the reader to the following: