Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-02
COMMON SENSE VIEWS OF POLITICS.
NuNncR Onr

= COMMON SENSE VIEWS OF POLITICS.
NUMBER ONE.
The partisan leaders of the would have
the people believe Of all the democracy
arrogate to themselves ali love Of country the
deception they would thus practice upon the feelings
snS ,hs o. DO 11t the
Know that DINO does not consist Boosting and
the = he Msjory and oniy exercised TO-
vernment when controlled by the representative Of the
Officer Of the government, the President himself
NUMBrR Two.
the people of United people, and
their great interest and the same7 Are not the laws
and measures of policy, which relie to the people, and
which reach in their operations the business
the great motive for establishing and sustaining
vernmenLs'-Ana not attachmens Ia wholesome and
quh iars, and to reH tried Institutions, Of immeasurably
greater importance than bigoed and inscriptions adj
hesscn to partyf fuI.I1T
Doas not the nation owe is unexamrlcd growth, its
prosperity, its greatness ana the with which every
man, by industry aud frugaty, is enabled obtain
equal isw and to those Of commerce,
eyeey which established and approved by Wash
sston and Madison and their usrfous ompatrios and
which have been in operation throughout Union
nearly the entire period Of countrys history receiv
lag from time to time the support OF Statesmen and
ores OF all the graat parties into which the country has
been divided
NrMnER Fora --..a..,,
Have not these institutions the glory of our Republic
which have been established by foretahcrs which
hea are opposed to the s, q, ersy and "sT xssss y
Of prosperity, but also the great inucemcn for
the emigration friends OF liberty
rights in every portion Of the gsbc visit shores
establish themselves in this land the free and become
VIII Us TsSTsT Sf ss fs LET TsE
To the Friends of a Bankrupt Law.
MARTIN VAN IUREN is opposed to the passage OF
BrnkelYi Law, which will discharge the honest but uior
tunats debtor upon his surreniering all his property
for the benefit Of his creditors The fact appears from the
taken by him in Congress in isl7 When he was
member Of the United States Senate where he crroei
the passage oil Bankrupt Law unconstitutional the pro-
visions Of which related to roanary bankruptsa class
fer whose especial relief every bar rupt law intended
10 operate eriden also from his letter upon the sub
Sect dated Sept H. $780, in the conclusion OF which he
says forbeaI to do this OCCASION than sus
ges; the grounds of some of the objections to bankrupt
law and from the whole tenor which, IL is evident that
he is opposed to any bankrupt law that will relieve
the honest but unfortunate debtor II erid, also from
the fact that the United States Magazine and Democratic
Review. published at Washington (Which the text hook
OF the Van Burcn party) in their August number ss
aPpauasd the Van Buren, ongress hav
defeated the passage OF bankrupt law the last session
ocoasress by voting lay the bill on the table and as
honor by the firm stanl which maintained this qucs
evideni also from the fact that almost every
member OF the Van buren, party In the last session of
gress in obedience TO Executive dctson refused
slider the bill passed by the Senate and defeated the
sure by refusing to act it, and turning deaf
the voice Of thousands and tens citizens
throughout country who had petitioned for the pas
OF such law. Is srdn also, from the fact thatthe
VaH Buren, press have generally opposed the and
Whenever they nave not thought policy openly OPP
propriety and justice Of the eriden aiso
foras fact hai Martin Zen BURN has neglected and
Nav, In any Of his annual messages.
General Win,am Henry Harrison, on the other hand has
urormly contended for this great OF relief In
1877 when Martin Van Buren, opposed the law in the Sc
fthe Uated States General Harrison ably supported
and ably he appealed TO the members Of the Senate
quote few sentences from the report oil hs speech on
that ocsason:--
aLet U.S. said Mr. Harrison, make an experiment Of
this bill The people demand Il. They acquainted
with their interests AMI they believe those Interests
will be promoted by the operation OF this act The pub
lie attention Is anNously directed to its fate Memorials
before as from every portion of our couniry-even
from the agricultural districts of Ohio, praying for its
sage Every act Of General Harrison, from that time 20
this satisfy every friend OF justice and hamany,
that he IT, and has been warmly and decidedly In
favor OF passage OF bankrupt law an that ne and his
party would give 1t their firm, decided and enthusiastic
seaport.
nian few weeks since appeal to the honest unor
10 nate men throughout the country without distinction Of
party their rights in the approaching Presiden
al election Their future prospectsthe hopes their
wives and their children depend upon the result Their
ALI Is involved in the question The relief hich they
have askcd has been disdsnfuy denied by Mr. Van Blu
ren in order himself from the odun exercising
his veto pow during the Presidential contest II, stands
pleixed 10 exercise Whenever bill shall Congress-
Including provision for the relief OF voluntary bankrurs
General Harrison the other hand, s in favor OF the
very measure which this unfortunate class so much de-
are within II is both consuioaaf and cxpedicnt No.
thing would give him greater pleasure than 10 sign such
bill We soy, then, emrhstcalyi Choose ye 'eireer
aem