Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-02-28

zee us the waters that come rushing w
nc glens OF your own nouDiains. Aud
liter all this waste Of nleans,. to sustain an
ggressive aud unjusuy aggressive wal !
ne Government nre rereding. the ENEMY
,dvancing Thus offering 10 The worl5,
this great republic, in the humiliatinp ~.
nect OF defeat, before few poor half na ked
savagrs. Il were well il we could stop here
-buiine gorernmentare proceeding 10 the
ns' act oil this dsgrareful tragedy. Ioter-
inmate the ignoble contest. the public au,hor.
ties are now importing Blood Hounds
from Cuba, us the proper mercenary auxilia.
fIes Of an American soldier. 10 hunt down
he poor. oppressrd Indians OF bleeding
Florida. SirI When the elder Pit in The
British Parliament Numbered forth his 10.
fignani renonslrance against the employ.
'nent Of the scalpng knife and the toma-
hawk, against the dcfcnceless colonists OF
these now United Slaies--bad some pro.
phwic hand drawn aside the veil oil futuIIiy.
md revealed 10 his aslonished sight The
blood bounds Of this day---the spectacle
would have palsird his arm, and arrested il.
mid career the tongue that so eoqnen,Iy
denounced the use Of those savage He'll
hounds Of war" which England lei slip on
that occasion Sir against this policy too,
we have wurrcd in vain. We are not apollo
sists Tor the alrocious inassacres pcrp.tra.
ed BY the Indians ia tina. ill-fa,ed terii,ory
-bui we trace those massacres TO an unho.
" attempt 10 wrrst the soil from the lawful
possessors. under colour Of fraudulent trea.
ties.
The most important measure OF the ad.
mlnsiraton is the destruction OF the tariff
That policy has been sustained 10 secure
presidential votes--and while all Europe
meets US with on exclusive system, daily
Strengthening in its yigour, we are purst-
ing the great Christian principle of return
ing good Tor evil--by offering 10 them free
trade, or nj least. an intercourse with sIirhl
duties, and fdose daily lessening in exchange
for nm utterly selfish and prohibitory sys-
tenn Shut out as our produce, with slight
exceptions and our manufactures are from
in theft maikers-it would
seem as il an ordinary share Of national
pride alone should induce US to refuse any
intercourse save on terms OF reciprocity.
But such is not the policy of The Govern.
ment Lei us see what effect the course
they are now pursuing has produced upon
The country. BY the combined aid of rash
importers al home. and mad consirpors
abroad, surplus of fifty millions of foreign
manufactures, beyond the wants and the ex.
porsolthe country, has been received this v. ar
= Thereby creating demand Tor an equal,
amount OF specie TO pay for balance OF
trade. but now is, and always will be against
The United States. under the present system
ami also crushing our manufactures with
. rivalry 10 the home market which is dem
led to Them 10 the foreign. More than all
system produces an annual mo.
meniary crisis. as fatal. 10 all other civil
pursuits. as Cholera 10 the Asalics To
This reduction OF duties. we have been thor
pughly opposed-and tariff will We, BE-
resorlrd TO. as the only remedy for our pros
rated trade
Ofihe currency what shall say When
our opponents came into power. We posses.
SEED circulating medium, unsurpassed for
us soundness aud uniformity by any upon
lhls eurlh Ii this proposition is denied
u wonld be as vain TO reason with the chal-
Ienger, as 10 sustain the doctrines Of the
Christian Religion, in argument with nm
antagonist, who denies in the outset, the au.
henticity OF the scriptures Once seated 10
power. The late incumben, Of the x,cutive |
'hair, ordered ,heBa nks.as Canute OF old did
he waves. TO obey hun! They refused
md Immediately Wsrl uncompromising
War! was declared against the main insli.
utlon, and at the same time, the lrpmpe,
which sounded the charge gave forth. a, in
ervuls the false though dulcet notes of "A
BETTER cuRRENcy."-tb were promis-
ng notes too SIR and since then have been
10 oil repeated, that | cannot sum up the
aggregate of the pledges. unless you will
give me the sum Of the violations, Sir! we
ave waited and waited for the arrival oil
his better currency, until the lillle we have
cit is almost drstroyed--and that residuum
Don pass from the brink, 10 the gulf finsoI.
ency.
The snbireasury, however, will produce
financial panacen, that will cure all the
diseases thatth currency has been, is now.
y will be heir TO- cannot touch upon
hat subject, passed in the Senate. with the
I'd OF the Tennessee instructoss | will
llude TO those resolutions. which substan.
tally Instructed their Senator's, 10 Sustain
he E1ecntire throughout Shame on the
degenerate sons Of that rich old Saxon blood
which in the days of our sires, long
ince past, braved the anger OF the tyranl
ohm. and wrnng from lin at Runyuede
nal great charter of human righls-theI
rima base Of all our liberties which
, The equally noble struggle oftheir dozen.
ants, in the contests Of the revolution,
for us all that we hold most deaf
, the social compact How they would
ave scorned this modern creed of ahIeci {