The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-11
PLAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Bet,oeen Poor Richard and an Office holder, ,cith
a salary of $4,000 gear.

Bet,oeen Poor Richard and an Office holder, ,cith
salary of $4,000 a gear.
Poor acknowledgement, see by the papers
that our President has been sending of across
the ocenn TO find ont what ind of money the
Kings and Emperors take Of their people and
how they keep it.-Do you know il he's got any
answers YET?
Captain.-Oh Yes. The U. s. Consuls you
see, have attended to it. knowing it WAS to help
them 10 get the gold for their salaries.
p. R.-Well, reckon they got answers to
please them.
Captivity dye see--The answers from
IIamhurgh, Bremen, Cuba, Jamaica, Berlin,
Frank fort in Germany LeipIsic in Saxony Mu.
nrh, Smyrna, Genoa, Lagulra, Leghorn, and
Constantnople, show, thar they require every
dollar of the people or, revenue in any shape,
in specie. Not single dollar does the Empe-
ror of Austria, the King Of Prussia, King Of
Sweden, the grand Sn Ian any Of those arbi-
trary monnrchs, take of their subjects but the re
al Benton Sinners, sir, or the hard slver-ihey
don't touch doliar sil , of bank rags, nor don't
put dollar in the banks. ....
p. R.-Well. Well reckon specie must he
easy got in these countries, the people get likely
wages, there for work ms there is no bank aristo
crais These specie Emperors and Brokers sc
give fine prices for work, don't they?
Capt-Why as To that dye see--ther SUBJ
ipcis ,on need as much us ours DO here-as
things are cheaper there.
p R-Well is land chear too?
Capt -Oh-be subjects don't own land, it all
belongs to the Dukes aud Lords,
p. R-What does the word subject mean?
Cnpi-Suhiects means that they are under
their Kings, Dukes, &c, just like you under
President Van Buren,.
u. R.-Why, how long have these subjects
been working for their Kings, ard Emperors.
and Dukes and Lords and hsnt got no land of
their own yet!
Capt-,Vhy it's some time since studied
geometry but guess these empires are rather OIL
err than the American Revolution. "a
r. R.-What and the subjects han't earn't
any land yet , and yet getting specie for wages
why, how much do they get for days work!
Cdpt--Whv, the r resident don I itIoit what
wages the subjects get, for he thinks the subjects
ought not to expect too much from, The government
and he never thought of asking how much they
got for their work. ~
u. R.-Weil Pun sorry our 'deniocratc' Pres
i,leni didn't think little about the people, while
he was learning how the Kings and Emperors
take care of themselves. Well, l was asking
Geo rge Jacobs the other day, who came from
Bosleen, and he says they only get seUcn'pence
a day for work and board themselves and there
is some in our neighborhood came from Dantzic,
from Hamburger and from Bremen and they say
they got from 4 | 2 TO pence day and board
ed lhemsevcs-lhey gel from SO TO leo shillings
n wear and find themselves. Why captain, ain't
that the reason !hey can't get To own any land
there-thty get such tar,iug wages?
CGpt.-l' m very busy now my dear sir the
mail is just coming i,'-bu' yon ain'r going 10
vote for old Granny Harrison hope ARE you:
p. R.-Why Captain you're in a great huuer
I've seen ynu 'iore now stop and ak an hour.
and let all the mails in the county come and
60. | wish you just to answer me one question,
and il you can't do IT, nor noue OF the ONCE hoi-
DEF, about here, just send on ia Amos Kendall,
and get him 10 answer il in The next Extra Globe
you give
pL-Well-what i+ ie Be quick, for Pm
in hurry. ...-
p. R.-Be patient Captain perhaps you'll
have lensure after q aOhite ISIs ths-llow long
would it take man M pence ii day and find
binlself an family. 10 clear enough 10 buy 80
acres of and2-And another querie is, if il is
such fine thing to have specie wages and low
prices, what on earth is the reason that these
people are coming over ny hundreds and thou
sands from their specie kingdoms and goiug to
work at n dollar day in this bank ridden conn
Try 10 get land. Whar on earth is the reason,
Captain! Can you tell? And what's the rea.
son the common people own their own land IN
this country and don't i'll the specie countries?
What can it be2 ,... .a-rr
Capt. Pshaw! | see you are F'ederalis. u