Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-04-04
WHERE ARE WEl

Ncs. Where IRE Wei What j. Our cuna.'ioR What |
our prospCcis' These questions which the times
are bringing home &c every farmer and working man.
How shall Inc answer them bu; by saying that we are
the broad road TO utter destruction. nation and
rs northumberland misfortune aud trouble ,hicken
around W. and that the only prospect of relief Is that
which charge of rulers may effect IL il well. that
the log Cabins have taken the matter in hand-and
il would be well. if every let his station i'm
life be what may. would burs; the shackes of Party.
and come forward boldly aud honestly the discharge
of his duty. This appeal cor party purposes but
Tor the good of the whole conniy-and especially for
ard o protect the interests Of the Farmer e II
he Leg Cabins. il you please. the mechanic and the
laborer-from utter proslraiion. IL ANY man ignorant
OF the fate that waits him; let him judge What the ii-
ture viii be by trha tins present IS. Let him. calmly.
II he reason the positions which the advocates
Of the SubTTensury assume IN Congress IN regard To
the wages OF labor and produce. IL is soemnly avow
Ell on the floor Of U. : Senate, by such men Mr..
Walker. Mr. Buchanan. and Mr. Calhoun, that one OBJ
ject in passing the SubTreasury bill is TO REDUCE
THE WAGES OF LABOR. aid the PRICES OF
tPROOuCE!-by making this a hard-money Govern
meat And what is this Snb-1rcasusy arrangement
II is plan by which all the dues the Government
VIII be secured in Gold md Silver. be KEEP; ia big
vaults and safes by numerous officers whom Govern
mtnt appoints, and 10 each Of whom j; pays from
$4,000 to S4500 year in silver for keeping Here j,
the whole pal in n eg words. II secure 10 the
office holder and the Government dependent Gold ans
Silver for their salaries while the portion which vii
remain them after the office holders are saiia;cd-
Is there single freeman who will tolerate this stat,
OF hingsi Will he surrender his means Of living e
pampor nrisiocracy OF Office holdersl Does an,
one ask for proof that The rights Of the farmer and IN,
working will be sacrificed by this Sub Trvnsur,
polieyi We refer him 10 the present condition o
things. They arc sacrificed already Labor and pro
duce, command but a small proportion of ihei
real value; and the SuTreasury has but 60 nmencc,
its workings The Go eminent cannot vet conmar,
al the money of the country. But when its sys
tenn gets fairly TO work il will control Il entirely; anS
hen enterprise, will remain moIiouless and ind
sufiIr from prcssing want
When an AMERICAN President recommends III,
introduction into his country of a portion Of tn,
. Government machinery which is used by Kings an,
desPOis in Europe; and which the trainers Of our Con
tiiuion discarded being fit Gnly for crowned head
and an ensaved people, sufficient 10 alarm ever
republican. But when he enfurces the adoption OF
upon Congress in the name of the Sub-Treasury SIS
: tens because TWENTY-FIVE oft of TWENTY
Z SEVEN Kings and Emperors have il in force. VII
can patiently lisicn' In the language Of an old Dc
mocrat in Maine, who had always supported Qrncru
jackson, AS well might Mr. Van Buren, have recon
mcnded King for the United States because tDcnf,
iDo out Of tIreHty-Scren foreign Governments arc
q governed"
To show ai once the condition OF the people in thoS
despotic Kingdoms, which Mr. Van Buren, holds out
examples for US; an1 which there is a SubTreasur
, system and hart-nDney only AMI that controlled by IN
government. 1t Is only necessary exhibit u table
he wages which the working men there receive e
: labor let every compare il for himself with win;
we are NOW COMING 10 in ibis country under III
. influence of The same system and policy and the il
ducement 10 join The Log Cabins, in their steady an
determined opposition viii be loo powerful to be r.