The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-04-17

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these canses have produced these ef-
fleets. He viii pardon me for saving
there is DO such difference among them;
they al concur inS believing every one.
lofthem the offspring Of lhs same parent.
aud 10 have acted harrnohiousiy in the
accomplishment Of his designe. Some
may suppose one ofthese causes more
efficient than the rest; oihers NAV have
supposed another; but all agree that the
whole responsibility is to be shared a.
mong them; and in what exact propor-
ticns il lis not thought very material 10
inquire. ~
But what, after all, is the great EVIL
they have 2rodocedl j 10 any actual
dithinution Of the resources of ihe coun.
tyi This, perhaps, they have etiscred
10 great extent; but that 10 little or
nothing compared to the real evils.
These are transferring by stratagem
and fraud, from A to b, lhe hard eatn-,
ings Of the laiei, mol bv regular aud
slow process, bu. BY the quick and un-
seen movements Of q mouniebankj de-
feating that tendency 10 equilibrium at
which our Institutions aim; leaving the
one party overwhelmed in anszemeDl;
and dislress at the poverty which has
rushed upon him like an armed man;
the other painting. with that isvefIsh
thirst for wealth which sudden success
begels-ibe deepest curse Of him who
feels il resembling 10 kind and in,en-
sity that Of the tabled TaHtalus; OF wal
low ns N an o>tenla,ious luxury, at war
with our Republican institutions; provo
king impoieni envy in some,ein others,
less wealthy, ruinous efforts to vic 10
splendor. Individual and aggregate mis-
cry is the ineyetable consequences. A
man is fitted, by a gradual increase or
reduction Of his means, to bear the max
imum or minimum with calmness, while
sudden reyerses either way bring in theH
train the loss oil content, and, with il,
happiness. ln,either case, the paesion
ofavsrice is strredIto madness. This
is the real curse Undpr which we ara al
present laborins, This is the agony
through "hlch we are passing, Of which
| spoke yestsrday. A picturer, drawn
by tho hand OF al ancIeD, master, 10 mol
'napplicable to our times Sallust, it,
one Of hIe episIles 10 Cesar, thus ex-
presses himself: .... ...e ...,
In process of time, the ascendoncy of wealth
become complete, It's excellence was universal
y acknowledged, aud power ai,d 'iuriots fol
lowed IN Its tram. From the same eta, the de
;llne OF virtue may he daled. Poverty was nov
held as ignominious. innocence ofhealt ant
simplicity Of manners wore interrupted into ,
satire on the times. Thus The youth, taught t,
look up to riches as the sovereign good. became
apt pupils in the school Of luxury. Avarice AM
pride supplied the precepts. Rapacity and pro
fusion went hand in hand. Careless of thei
own fortunes, and eager to possess those O
Others shame and remorse, modesty and mod
eration, every principle, gave way. All rushe'
into profligacy that Needed no restraint, ei,he
ldivine or human. t T ", $
| And why, we are taunlingly asked Of
1.-The other side, did we not prevent lhes,
sv,isa In turn, i will ask another ques
lion: Has not the Democratic pafi,
been striving agsinst them; inefficienlly
| 1t is true, but still striving, from tim
immemoriall We read a parable il
Scripture Of certain husba ndman, VIII
sowed good seed in his field; but, Will
he slept, aB enemy came and sowel
,ares among his wheat. Would it no
have been an aggravanon Of the wrong
mad that enemy tainted him TO his face
by asking him why he suffered ,tares
grow among his wheatl We are tn
descendants Of those( politically, ImeaiI
l~ho sowed the good seed ofDomocral
&c principles IN our constitutions, an
yonder are The descendants Of thos
who sowed the tares Of Federalism a
mong il; and now they ask us why W
have not prevented the growth. The
, point exultingly 10 this andtha ba
measure, which they themselves cajol
. ed or forced us into, and laugh at u
> for not having avoided them, although
! like struggling men, in attempting tb,
J which We would, We have been forcedt
/ do that which we would net. The Stat
. bank deposite system, they know vel
I we were pressed into by them 10 ou
: efforts TO escape from the more danger
: [ous system OF the United States BauI
: 1t was TO as halfway house, as the
nl lhave endeavbred since TO make il f
. themselves. between a United State
Q Bank and q total idlsconneciion Of th
: Government from banking affairs.
e But they ask us farther why We
: not correct these evils, now that we al
!, fully aware Of their existence. Mar
h again the insulting cruelty of,hls inqu
llLry. They bind a mans hands behiI
j This back, and cast bin inio the waite
b and ask him to swim. Have We o.
/, been endeavoriug 10 remedy these evil
o and have we not encountered ftom III.
: continual resistslcef Yet Ibe evils a,
Is limit of no immediate remedy. The n,