Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-16
SPEECH OF DERRICK sIBLEY.

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history OF Great Britain, when corruption had
there, as it is now in the General Government here
become the 'orier OF the day" aud desolaton un.
tnltigated and universal swept the face Of tie
country, the celebrated Mr.. Grattun, in one of his
speeches, give the following graphic description
of the prime minister who had brought it about
He says:-
"There is no subject which course of curr,lpt
government will not finally ruin -morality, CON
"stitutlon, commerce, manufactures, agriculture
"lnduSiry corrupt minister issues forth from
"his cabinet like sin and death AMI Senates frs,
"wiher under his footsteps then he consumes
''the treasury, and then lie corrupts the capitul
sand tho different forms Unconstitutional life, and
'Hhe moral system and, at last the whole island
us involved III one capacious curse from shore to
"shore.'
Who sir, could give hctter description of the
course pursued by Martin Van Buren,, and the
ruined condition OF our beloved country at the
present moment? Although it was spoken in
years gone by, and in distant land it is fit to be
chronlced literally upon the historic page, as a
part OF the records of what we are now suffering
II we turn our eyes to the east, Mr. Chairman
we behold in N. England, the "nower ofthe family"
whitening before this governmental Srroco and
her most en,erprisng citizens PROSTATE in the dust
Upwards of seventy of her best manufacturing es.
Establishments have shut down their gates md
ceased operations; and by computation which
Is believed to be small, 70 nth part of her Ia
boring population are out of employment If we
look north, as far as the commercial emporium of
our own State, what do we find there? Whv
SIR, INC whole machinery OF commercial prosper
ny unhinged- mercantile confidence DESTROYED -
mechanics and laborers out OF employ-chiIdren
crying for bread, aud tf we may give rredence to
the daily journals Of the city, morality at so low
an ebb, that the loren of the incendarv has been
applied to the dwelling Oft the citizen in more than
my instances within the last three months. Pass
on 10 PhiIadepha ard we find $50 of her hest bu-
slness men applying at the present moment for
the BENEFIT of the insolven law. Go on into those
otaes ere cotton, sUgar and ice are the stable
productions and yon find domestic exchange al
such rates us 10 perfectly runous to betrade Turn
your eyes westward sir, and you will find the ag-
nculturaproducts of the country will not command
price equal 10 the cost of production, and they
are rolting in The granary OF The farmer because
mere IS no currency with which to purchase
mem and facilitate their passage to market
Mf Chalr'nan-t was Il remark cf The father of
us country, that there was an indssoluble union
between magnanimons policy, and the solid re-
wards OF public prosperity and felicity" But, sir.
we nave low plotting selfshness, when we ought
10 nave magnanny and the humiliating spccta-
Gle before our eyes of a President of the United
States cnnrii q ,I, i.,,, i.ys-4 ,et"~iiy i,uy
ing support where it was no to be had for Glwn.
ing and flaltery.
When Martin Van Buren, was candidate for
i;shroam, il; , 'L'o' wa pruning es'ao
Which ;t was fnnn% oo IIee rtSineI Monroe
h,nJraI W." J nou"u .Uu" We SUBSIDIZED Tor twelve
m",e or , "o a"'o,o, Sm ., uie 'anini made
ii, and caused 10 be discounted al monied corpo-
a anII ~ "S oyymJyteen monhs' when no others
Iou H.. p1 H n'Itonnen ny ,le same corpora
,'' n"'i a''at pe''ou 10 run me or
,i'o ., t'"3S or borrowed capital had NOT
Id ca1ei ueeu Ane money was PAID TO The
ha o,e.u..s'o "mo "wea .he esaohsnment aud
of WIN V'e' pouy "''u SOU 10 t'e support
s;nnons l ,1aa si',c" nuPo'en one OF me
s'sters vi 'ii'a Eoe Co"ector q he port ol Gcnesee
n"t ""o.''er Vi '"e"' f0S' 'noSte' o. me Guy "
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