The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-22
VoL. II.......No. 81.

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ion, IT he had been in office, we never
should have had il. lChecrs)
Here, then, are the + cts. They CON-
plain that Adams's administration was
wasteful and profligate. because it spent
only sl3.00,000. Now, then. call on
them to show. why they spend $50, 0G0,-
90. It's q case that calls Cor an &C.
count. q strict and correct one and they
ought To render it.
10 recur a moment to the Custom
House OF New York. The expenses
now are threshold more than they were
IN Jonatllan rhompson's time. Enquire
how this is and obtain full and salts.
factory answer, and then ponder over il.
II does not appear like tia, truly stern
economy lha. should cl,arac.erize de.
/, mocratic government.
A recent Governor Of This Common.
wealth. in his place in The Senate, ex.
pressed the true feelings Of his heart,
and those Of his party. when flushed with
the triunphs Of victory, he was JUSTIFY
ing the removal Of every one from office
,ha, was opposed 10 his party and his
measures. He then made use Of that re-
markable characteristic expression, Do
not the spoils of victory belong to .hc
conquerors =
That is applied TO party that seize Oh
all the offices, and turn out all that differ
from them when they obtain The victory.
Is that democratic Are Offices merely
made TO be sporled with in this way
Are Offices made for mere adventures.
is that the spirit Of the Constitution of
This free country ',S
In i word is that democra,ici Slick
to the old text. Is not the government,
Instituted for the good of the people
Should not government be checked so
as to possess no more power than good
people require? Should governments
have any more money at command than
is absolutely necessary for its simplest
wants? All this used to be democratic
Bul take view of what the present
government calls democracy. Why you
may look for description OF it in all the
z; books from the primer to the English
, Reader--run The range Of the whole vo.
cabulary, and you'll not find word abou,
it in all the good old democratic schools.
! Then keep 10 this. Are the measures
! of the present administration democratic7
/ Why the leading measure, and the only
measure is the Sub.Treasury. From
alpha 10 omega, its all 'sub.treasury r.
'snb-treasury r-'sub-treasury!' And its
echoes have not yet ceased, and win no,
cease, ill the administration 90 out Of
, Office. tputs one in mind of Orpheus
going to seek Eurydice-- E1sf
I" Eurydice the woods,
| E'.# Fury dice the floods, fs
Euryd:ce the rocks and hollow moss,sains
e. rang al gut. az. f.a5sr5.s -. ia
And with our government it is--
Sub treasury the woods,
Subtreasury the floods, III,
Sub-treasury the rocks and hollow mountains
ring. 20 '@ @
Immense cheering and tumul.nous
laughter. ~ @-~. ..... azlss 's s
But this subject / shall consider more
fully by and by. 1t draws after il an
other principle that is inseparable from
its doctrines; and this is, tina, i, is use.
full to reduce the, prices Of labor; that it
is necessary 10 curtail the wages Of the
working man., The supporters OF tho
sub-treasury scheme have said this; they
have all said it. / do not see why
Mr. Buchanan alone should be singled
out to have this declaration fastened on
him; he only said in clear manner
what the others said not SO clearly. And
it is. perhaps, not because they wish i'll
TO the working man. But they have
adopted the plan of the sub-tressury; and
this plan as natural consequence, leads
10 the restriction and contraction OF the
currency, and as matter Of course to a
reduction Of prices. Well, they say thar
wages ought to be reduced. They mus.
take up that position, or give up the sub
treasury; and if they give that up, siey
give themselves up.
You may take Calhoun, and Buchanan.
and Walker, and Tappan, and you'll find
that they have all declared this; thev
all say that it is necessary to reduce tho
prices Of labor. aver that! Mr. Tsn-
pan declared that labor ought to come
down 10 eleven cents day. This
did not hear him say; he did not say
it in Congress; but there are numerous
affidayits Of the fact that he said il. out
of Congress. | have heard the deciara-
ton OF the leaders of the party in rela-
ton to this subject; have seen and read
their references 10 Cuba / have seen
the debates in. the House Of Representa-
tives ON the subject published by au-
thori'y; aud this is the burtllen OF the
whole, that the wages Of labor ought to
come down. af .sg1
They say that the poor petty stales Of
the Mediterranean, Naples, Corsica.
Sardinia, Genoa. and others are proper
examples for the people Of the United
States! Was ever any thing heard so
monstrous Why, my friends, shese
gentlemen are party mad; they have
sort Of feeling on this subiec. that comes
near insanity. They forget where thew
are. They forget that they are Aineri-
can citizens. They forget who and what
are the laborers Of this grea. nation. OF
they would never hold out 10 them The