The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-04-09

Po) ncnt On the railroads ana Canals moo6 ~
teries through which was to Cow our nations
wealth, the product Of the soil; we ask him
q remember his hope Of becoming resPscta-
bic and rich in tho Far West, whittier be pro-
posed retiring with his earnings on the public
works Of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania.
snd New York and then TO contrast these
pictures and promises with schemes Of inter-
nal Improvement abandoned, his countrymen
indfellow-emigrants unemployed, his children
unprovided for, himself hopeless idIer, often
supported, when pride permits, OF starvation
forces, BY the charity Of strangers
We ask the YOUNG FARMER TO remember
the returns which every Harvest Home"
brought 10 his fathers Golfers, the wealth Of
sheir humble but contented cottages, the ex-
pectaiions which cheered him to labor by HE
fathers side at the. slough. or in the woodland,
hoping like him one day 10 become a tilIsr Of
Ms soil, and, like him. to be at ease with his
family around him, under free and prospe-
rpus Government; and then to contrast these
anticipations with his now idle or proflless
acres, the uncertainty Of sales and income,
The deialcations Of agents. the temptations Of
idfness leading him from his dull and unpro-
svi4ed home, where lheie is no hope in labor,
~ Prozpect Of accumulation for comforl and
repose in age.
We ask the YOUNG MERCHANT AND Ma
NUFAcTURER to remember the tide of prospe.
rity that flowed so nourishingy around him
but few years ago, contributing to his edu-
cation and his pleasures TO remember his
fathers successful commerce, whitening with
its canvass the waves Of every sea, enabling
him to give constant employment to the wea.
ther-beaen sailor, to raise up poor but worthy
young men in the skill Of sea-craft, TO make
the ship-wright busy in his interests, to pur-
chase the labor Of the mechanic, TO be the pa
iron Of literature and the arts, TO acquire at the
highest prices the staple products Of the soil,
aud 10 pay for them Uhen due; we ask him to
remember the facility with which he made his
remiliances from Maine to Louisiana, ia per-
feet security and at iriaing cost the leisure
that was afforded him TO enjoy society and the
blessings which God showered over the land
and. turning from the past to the present, let
him contrast these with the realized scenes of
his maturer years, under the blight and mildew
Of VAN BuRENlsM Contemplating the con-
dition Of his country more at glance than any
other Of his fellow-citizens, because in him
centre, more than in them the results Of the
farmers and mechanics labor, let him be-
hold sailors without employ, mechanics sen,
from him without work, day-laborers idle, ST.
lent ship-yards, untenanted warehouses and
dwellings, stagnant trade, deranged exchan-
ges!
We ask him where are the returns of last
years sales, or of the year before what dis
counts he has paid on foreign paper in which
he has received his remittances what costs
what fees he has expended in his attempts to
collect outstanding debts
We ask him to remember the mode in
which he is now forced to raise funds to meet
his engagements at the bank, the usurious
means by which he sustains his mercantile
reputation, in the hope to weather the CON-
mercial storm which is desolating the land
We ask him where are his pleasures now
his peace, his leisure, his hope Trade de-
caying around him. days Of physical effort
and mental anxiety spent in providing for re-
sponsibilities, nights of care passed in think
ing of the engagements Of tomorrow day
by day his domestic Injuries or comforts
passing from his home TO the pawn-broker or
the auctioneer; no time for freside inter-
course, for reading, for enjoyment, for love Of
wife or children, for sleep, for food. for prayer,
A ,ohOle eristence concentrated in the endeauor
NOT 10 starpe--scarcely without a hope or a
wish to live
These are no over-drawn pictures, YOUNG
MEN OF AMERICA Every rank attests their
correctness |; and in asking you to lay these
domestic truths to your hearts, we beg you to
recollect that this state of things has but re-
Gently occurred; that It has groWn up, as ii
were, /" in night" under the schemes of the
present administration THAT 1T IS THE RE-
SHIT OF VAN BURENIsM.
Are we wrong in so charging Has not the
Administration had entire and uncontrolla-
BILE sway! Were we not prosperous and hap
py before its existence? Has it not iGtenered
with Commerce, Finance, Internal Improve
ments Has il not said, PERISH CREDIT
PERISH COMMERCE 7" Has it not declared
that the "SUB-TREAsURY SCHEME WAS AND
SHOULD be IN FORCE IN THE LAND" Have
not its measures been sERvIvELY enforced
Has not rebelling Senate or refractory
Congress been dragooned into acquiescence,
the one by INsrRUcTIoNs,' the other by W.
TOES Has it not appealed, cringing, and
falsely, to the People, proclaiming its quack
nostrums the life elexir of DEMocRAcY, and,
administering drug instead of IA cordial, as
sumed actual and despotic control ofthe Purse
and the Sword whilst the People slept under
lis morbid influence ! Has it not squandered
millions on successless war for electoneer-
ing purposes. and is not that war continued
for the same ends Is not the Treasury
empty, and the credit Of the Government at a
discount Have they not tried to excite the
poor man against the rich, as il the rich mans
luxury was not the poor mans wealth Are
not State securities in Europe sacrificed TO
pay existing debts, without the hope of con-
tinung the works they were created to CON-
plete
FRIENDS OF LAW AND ORDER, we ask no