The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-03-06

tuo OokIoButo, anu Soo Whoe ~ 'S-"N"
weak 10 ilsell and how dependent on
others. The banks Of the South and
West, built upon the sandy foundation
of borrowed paper, are dependent upon
those of the Northeast; those Of the
Northeast are dependent upon the pa
per fabric Of England; and this irall
work oil lava and gossamer is itself de-
pendent upon the generosity OF Holland
/ and France. The whole banking sys-
tenn Of the United States has ts centre
in London! it's masters are there! All
the business Of our country is linked IN
a chain whose fast end is in London.
And shall the Government Of the Uni
ted States remain dependent upon sye
tenn whose masters are in London! shall
il remain linked 10 a chain whose fast
end is there! The enemies Of the ln-
dependent Treasury say it shall, iis
friends say it shall not, and this 10 the
question now to be tried. II The Bill
passes, this Government becomes inde-
pendent Of the pspel system whose mas.
: ters are in London: if it tails, We re-
main sobjsc. to them; and, just so often
as their wants require it, or their policy
dictates it, this Government is 10 be de-
prived of It's revenues, reduced TO the
use of broken bank paper, and denied
shillings for the post Office, or the mar
ke,, while ship losds Of gold and silver
are despatched to our masters in Eng
land.
! Mr. President ! have been accustotn-
ed for long time, for years past. to
our paper system orators attack and de-
ride hard money. and stigmatize as bar
barians the nations which use it. 10
listen to them, hard money currency
is The very badge and evidence Of bar
barism. Asiatlcs, Africans, and cav
age Indians, are their exempl6catious
Of such Rations,and 10 the level Of thesf
would they reduce all the people wis
prefer gold to paper. This 10 fine
: compliment to the hard money men who
} framed our Constitution. end believed
they had conferred the greatest blessing
, upon us in giving US hard money Gov
/. ernment 1t is . fine compliment 10 ou
English ancestors, who had TO pape
currency until the fore part Of last GEN.
? tury. lisa fine compliment to tbos'
Greeks and Romans to whom We ar
. accustomed TO look for all that is grea
p and beautiful in the human race, AM
who never had conception Of pape
i money. |: is a fine compliment Il
0 France, which now has specie currel
cy Of five hundred aud fifty millions o
dollars, and no bank note less than fiv'
I hundred frsncs. 1, is fine compimen
u to all these people and nations But
letting tina, pass. should be glad I
l. slop moment with these paper orator
d IN the little kingdom, formerly republi
d Of Holland; and ask them what the,
b think Of the barbarism Of the countr
. which has produced such statesman a
}, tho De Wits, The Barneveldts, an
some Of the princess Of Orange; Whic
has produced such generals as from
y de Rug,er, Prince Maurice, and White
9 Such Admirais as Van Tromp. VIII
9 sailed up the Thames with broom q
d his masthsad, signi6cau, ofhis havin
Q swept the channel and the ocean? Sue
physici ne as Boerhave, such theolog
n ans as Gomar and Arminius, such scho
ID ars and civilians as Erasmus, Gfotiu'
s Lewenhock, Heinsiue, and Gronoviou
T. such painters us Rembrandt wou
= like 10 know what these orators think {
!" the barbariem Of the country, which ht
y produced such men as these; and whiG
!. besides, was the birthplace Ofthe agr
ID culture. the commerce, and the mant
! faciures, which now Zurich and adOI
'- England, France and 90 many 9TH
at couutriesl What they think Of d
TO co ountr, which gave to Europe and Il
ct world, the telescope, the microscol
l. the pendulum, and the iheTmome,e
Ae that country which before the Americt
Revolution, was the asylum and the re
ID uge Of the prosecuted in rel;gion,in po
n tics and in t.iiera,use? tina, country
y which Bayls composed his great worl
a. and where Pe,er the Great worked
e. the ship carpenters trade! that count
D. which was the home Of printing, the u
or sort of scholars, the seat Of Teuown'
OF universities, the mother aud the palro
ess Of the fine and the useful arte; q
- which, for a long time, was regarded
Il the Eye Of Europe, as Athens had be
ne called the Eye Of Greecel Accordl
to the reasoning Of these orators, a
y? their test Of bafbarism, this Holla
Ter mus, have been eavage place; for I
d. had no bank notes all this while, no
on ing but hard money and the commers
is bill Of exchange. According 10 the
ice the very badge and evidence Of bari