The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-27

i the motives which influenced W,,h;;.
on and his patiiot compeers in es.,b;,s 4
ng the polity of the American po,,' B
nent. 'I6@
Thomas Hart Benton, one Of Cha i
promoters Of the profigacy and com, q
lion which SO fearfully pervades ii.
ministration of several parts Of our man,
algovernment at this time, in a late -,
delivered by him in the United ~ II
Senate made use Of the followinu ~,
GUS language" Our constitutions !,
PUSHED from her foundations as she !,
into operation; it was PUSHED of he Il {.
rock of hard money, where our ane.,,.
anchored her, and plunged into tbe !. Ii
pestuous ocean Of paper" The mn Il
gent reader will at once perceive 1 !!
Washington and his associates al
persons here referred 10 by Senate, 4.
ton, as those he charges with having mail
ed our constitution from her foundas,,
as she went into operation. Wasbip,.,
was the President Of the Conrepl;sI
which formed our glorious naiion, en-,
stitu,ion, and it is not to be presunsah,I
he was ignorant Of its provisions be Nj
the first President of the United Sian /
it was he who set the wheels Of ours
vernment in motion and it was he n
his patriot compeers who chartered y
first United States Bank. Y. I
But, Senator Benton continues, ,nhI
been tossed near fifty years in that osaI
but is now settling back to her old ip1
dations." What 9 old foundations a
Senator Bentonihere mean? His langI
Fit has any meaning at all. certainly
fers to the hard money conditiond /
colonies before the Revolution, wheaaE
were in subsection to Great British u
every person acquainted with the lsr||
of our nation well knows that 'front.'
commencement of the revolution to 1,
time paper money has construed q
chief portion of the finances Of the copI
try. And indeed it never could, nor vi
it likely ever he otherwise, fort all ii
|, gold and silver in the country were e9u,
lily divided among the inhabitants iha
would not be six dollars for each pens
and as the office holders would 4, 4
events secure to themselves their pay, N
Pgreater part of the people would ne,s
much as see silver sixpence in moIii
time. -s;..s.,..s. a,hf ~, a,u.fr
!. But who was it chartered the seoal
United States Bank Was it Alexala]
Hamilton, the elder Adams, or, iorsN
some m odern federalist Of the Hardul
Convention school? No, none Of Ties
but JAMES MADISON, whose democraI
was never questioned, and who has les
not inap,ly. styled /" the father oflhsCo
stitution, 'asince he was perhaps the ns
conspicuous in drawing up its provisla
4 and its strongest supporter in the Go
vention which formed il.
But Washington and Madison vr
both wrong, intimates Senator BENT
and Martin Van Buren, is. now aloi
things right. This is really SO ridicul'
as to provoke ones Laughter. VIA
Martin Van Buren,, in so many woa
says Senator Benton, is to restore Us
hard money currency which Washng'
and Madison overturned! ResAy,
seems we are never to have done with
litical quacks. Anew years agothe y
foco leaders made the land ring with
promise of gold and silver, if they
down the United States Bank they
told the people the state banks would l
swer commercial purposes much q
than the United States Bank. Welt
succeeded in putting down the w
States Bank, and for years hare hadn
, ly the whole power Of the goyernlmr'ea'
!, their disposal, yet where is the golan
and silver currency promised Us 50
ago, and why do not the State Banks
: swer those good purposes II was
: they would As for the hard o.
currency, none but the office-holdens
E to enjoy it; many of them no
!, make fine specula,ions by selling y
0 people the gold and silver at 10 pei
per annum. b g aaa i.s2le
4 But I have rather wandered fro'
intention Of my remarks, which WI
g prove the necessity Of the most .' e lle !
q action of the friends Of democracy
= 2 States at this time. They have to-
l. didate for the Presidency. one W
a himself an host. Il think can 'e'
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