Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-29
For The Herald of the Timcs.
lPpr the Herald or the Timcs.
To the Wings Of Rhode Island
AND ALL CITIZENS WHO DE
SIRE THE PROSPERITY OF
TIE COUNTRY.


H On Monday next you have to vote
| for President and Vice President OF the
United States I; the most important cleo
ton, and the most interesting to you
effectively and individually, which the
present generation has ever been cal
led upon to attend, and which not one
Of you can neglect without criminal
neglect Of duty to himself and to his
country.
| You all SEQ and feel that tho country
is in distress, that all enterprise is sus-
pended, that all business is prostrated,
that the laboring classes are without
employment, that the products Of labor
are without a market, that bankruptcy
and ruin, poverty and privation are
spreading over the land. And that this
state of things, bad as it is, is but II
prelude to a still worse in prospect, and
inevitably to come upon us you do
not perform your duty at the polls OIL
that day. For, this state of things, s."
oppressive at present, SO dreadful IN
prospect, has been brought upon the
country by the present government II
is entirely their work, and for which
there can bo no remedy but by change.
At first the government denied the
fact of the distress, but when this could
no longer be denied, they then denied
and still deny, that tho government is
the cause of this state Of things. This
denial is no less extra ordinary, than
that of the distress, but they must make
it, or must confess themselves criminal.
/ What country has ever been so pros
porous as this was when these men
came into power, and as she had been,
for years and years. None in the world
She had advanced in growth and pros
perity with rapidity never before wit
messed in the world, nor any thing like
it in few years she had accomplish
ed Il progress which to other countries
it had taken centuries to accomplish.
Now, how was that astonishing tide Of
prosperity produced , 1t was by the
policy of the then government. And
what has this administration done =
Why it has destroyed that policy, and
I the present state of things is the conse-
| quence. To come to particulars.-We
had great and growing internal trade,
as prosperous as could be desired, a
trade too that lies at the foundation of
all national prosperity, and without
which there can be none now that
trade has been entirely ruined. And
how' Why by destroying the means
by which that trade had been produced,
and was sustained And what were
these /? A national currency, which
that government had enacted, and which
this government has destroyed.
l Again, who is laboring to destroy the
local currcncies; Has not this admin
istration made their Sub-Treasury for
this purpose' This purpose is avowed,
but whether avowcd or not such would
be its effect. Now, the local banks are
the only substitute we have for nation
al currency, poor, it is true, and mad
equate as substitute, but the only one
we have, and when that is gone the
whole trade of the country must perish
For currency, and plentiful supply Of
it, is the great watcr-whecl that sets the
whole machinery Of The working wor d
in motion. Mr.. Van Buren, has cut off
the stream that alone Gun supply th,
force for setting this machinery in mo-
ton. All this, and yet the govern mont
is not the cause Of the present state Of
things!
! Mr.. Van Burcn affects to consider
the causes Of this state of things, a.
temporary and transient, as mere cas-
ualties, in the course of things. What
hypocrisy or what stupidity! Suppose
MIR. Van Buren were to 60 into the
work shop ola working man and take
away his tools--would he wonder why
he did not 20 OH with his work? Would
he affect to be ignorant of the cause =
Would he say 81 am not accountable
for it"! Say that the workman would
soon 60 on with his work again, though
without tools 10 work will, Now this
is what Mr.. Van Burcn has done; he
has taken away their tools from the
working mon, for currency constitutes
their tools, and affects surprise that the
business Of the country has come to o
stand; all he knows about it is, that he
has done nothing to produce it. Again
say what hypocrisy or what stupidity
He says the people expect too much OF
the government. Pray what do the y