The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-05


just rights Of the states, or one exactly the
reverse? cheers. "a
And, therefore, allow me to call your at
tention to the conduct of the government in
relation to the right of the several states to
contract debts for their own purposes. cheers.
See what a deadly blow this conduct of our
present administration strikes at the just au-
thority of the states. cheers Follow it out,
and see to what abhorrent doctrines it inevi
tably leads. cheers.
You all remembcr that in that palmy time
not long past, when money was plenty, seve-l
raj of the states were engaged in great and
laudable objects Of internal improvement.
They had occasion to borrow money. And
as money could be obtained at much cheap
er rate in England than in this country, of
course the bonds Of the states were sent a
broad to be negotiated And while the credit
of the states remained sound, and untouched
by insane experiments, these bonds obtained
u ready sale aud stood firm. cheers
But, whilst half the states in the Union
were undertaking great public works of in
tcrnal improvement, and were sending their
bonds to Europe for sale, the president comes
out in his annual message to Congress with
the most dsparag ing remarks which he could
utter upon the credit of all the states-says
that they will repent of what they have done
in the way Of internal improvements that
they will find it difficult to pay what they
have contracted to pay And this language,
my friends; of your chief, and as he should
be, of your protecting magistrate, goes broad,
and as an inevitable consequence, disparages,
in the estimation of all Europe, the credit Of
all the states in this glorious republic. cheers.
| But they don't stop here with their crazy
projects and remarks Along comes Mr.
Woodbury., treading in the footsteps of his
illustrious redecessor-aughter-Mr Van Blu.
rem, and he says, oh, it's very clear, that
these gentlemen have gone too far ; not one
in hundred of their projects will pay
Laughter. But they don't stop here, my
friends. The very last session of Congress,
the Senator from Missouri brought forward
his resolutions on this very subject, and by
management, contrived to have them referred
to formal committee.
Well they were so referrcd and that com.
mittee with Mr. Grundy at the head, brought
forth report as long as yonder bridge point
ing to the long bridge ouer the James Riuer, then
lfuN in sight-[laughter]- but not quite SC
much travelled over or SO much thought of.
i And the whole tendency of these resolutions
and the report based on them, was to dispar
age the credit of the states abroad, to cause
their bonds to be deprecated in foreign mar
ket-and to cripple their energies at home r
every possible way. [cheers, and cries Of
, "True!'l And what, in the name of wonder
had Mr. Van Buren,, or Mr. Woodbury., or MI
Benton, or Mr. Grundy, to do with the matter
at all? cheers and laughter.] Let what woulc
5 happen, no one ever supposed that either OF
| them would be called upon to guarantee the
honesty of the states. [Derisve laughter.] No
) But the whole tendency of their destructive
measures has been to destroy the energies anc
deny the just rights of every state in the I'm
: ion. Loud cheers, and cries Of "True; every
word of it'll
| When was in Europe, the State of Massa
chusetts had her bonds in the market. Ant
r what did l see? Why the most miserable at
; tacks, contained in the A DIM :nstration papers
, of New York, sent regularly and frequently tt
, Europe, denying the solvency of the States, ane
; boldly and independently asserting that there
were not resources enough left in any of thu
: States to discharge the debts which they hat
contracted. And these miserable attacks were
found to be sanctioned and confirmed by tn,
} Administration itself. And the result was
that all the capitalists abroad, would not toucl
one of them. And these attacks were seizet
upon and blazoned abroad, by persons in Eng
land, whose interest it is to put down Ameri
can credit; and they were seized upon by al
Europe for the same purpose, and produced thu
same effect. [cheers and cries of 'Shame!'l
} Remember, my friends, that the adminstra
, phiet denying the doctrine that the State O.
: Virginia had any right to contract any debts O.
her own; that she was SO shorn by the Consti
, luton, that there was no pretence for the ex
ercse of such power. CHEERS
l And this is the language of the party who ar
: rogate to themselves the title of Democratic
Republicans-who profess to hold and to sup
, port to the full, the doctrine of State Rights
and who avowedly profess a very reverentia
: regard for the Constitution. Loud laughter
and tremendous cheering.
Well, my friends, you all know that wa.
} consulted on this subie gave an answer
stating that the states had rig 1t to act as they
had done. (cheers.) There was a correspond
ence on the subject, which was published
And for this very reason, instead Of being sup
posed : defender of state rights, I was denounc
ed as one who wishes the government to as
sumo all the state debts, for the purpose of buy
ing up British wings by means of British gold
i tremendous cheering, and roars of laughter.
4 Well, my friends can bear all that; all thai
does not rut1e my temper. (cheers.) But there
is one thing by which, must say, that I an
ruff1ed There is one thing that does disturb
the otherwise calm state of my mind. Anc
this is the studied attempt of our administra
ton and government, including its head, te
throw foul stain, to fix spot upon the early
founders of our liberty; and most success fully
do they believe that they will be enabled to car
ry it on. (Cries of 'Never.D
| In relation to this subject, wish you all to
read the letter of our President to the Entire
Democracy of Kentucky [checrs and laugh
ter And by the way, my friends, should
like to know what constitutes the entire de.
mocracy Of State? Cheers and laughter
MIR Van Buren's good friends in Kentucky write
to him that the entire democracy of Kentuc.
ky is with him laughter land he writes back
saying how delighted he is to find that the ZEN.
tire democracy and himself row in one boat -
Laughter and cheers.
i Well, now, my friends, how stands the case?
Iwo-thirds of the whole of the people of Ken.
lucky are opposed tohin1, and all his measures,
and to the whole of his cabinet, and yet, for.
s9oth, the entire democracy is with him.
Cloud and derisive laughter.
l And so, my friends, it will be in the matter
OF the residential election. Tcheersl The far.
mer of North Bend will come into the Presiden.
tial chair, with perfect rush, [cheersl and vet
you'll find that the 'entre democracy will be
classed as being on the side Of Mr. Van Buren,
Long and continued cheering and laughter.
i Well, in this letter of his, he charges Jeffer.
son, Madison, and their friends, with the most
corrupt motives for what they did. l may for.
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