Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-20
THE TRUTH, AND WELL TOLD.

THE TRUTH, AND WELL TOLD.
| The following plain but forcible article is
commended TO every one We do not fear
y, ,he reader will lay i, down because OF its
Szlh. !, was introduced by Mr.. Goodrich
hoxhury. Mass in the course Of his re-
|srks, 1T n Wing meeting in the northern
Szrds in Boston. We extract, il from the At
j.
The Mortgage and iie Sub Treasury.
Let US suppose case. OF Saturday eve
|pg mechanic Of one our Norfolk towns sits |
|wn with his wife for comfortable chat
be weeks work is done, and its cares are |
Y aside. The husband has just returned |
N the Springfield Convention. and his heart |
| hall OF democracy. lie can think Of nothing |
BE- In the fitness Of his heart he calls his |
|engest child democracy, and as he kisses his !
Se on his return, he calls her democracy also. |
|,eYy thing he loves is democracy
bag he hates is Hartford Convention Blue
|sht federalism.
| The conversation Of the mechanic and his
10 on ths occasion supposed, naturally turns
pn politics, and the following conversation
sues
WIFE Well, husband, you talk great deal
bout democracy. Now l am woman and
low nothing about politics; but pray tell me
hat democracy "!
Mechanic. Why democracy is--democ-
Ry'
r. Indeed! who told you so,
n Bancroft told me so. have heard
N uy 80 more than fifty times-and Halleu
rs 50, and Rantoul and Everett; they all
so
". Well-if they all say SO, it must be
e. But what does democracy meanl
~ Pshaw! You women can never I'M
rstsnd politics; you have no head for it.
w III read 10 you out Of the Boston Post
|ai il means. Here are the resolutions Of
Democratic Convention, prepared al Bos-
las, fall. They were written by Brown
or some Of the great guns. Here it is.
smoeraey is the supremacy Of man orer has
udenis."
W. Wheel Democracy is the supremacy
man oUer his accidents!!, What critter
must be. Blu, to tell the truth, | don't I'M
fstapd any more about democracy than
before, but suppose il is because I'm a
man. But look here husband, ] want to
to you about that Mortgage Of Squire
Nbal's upon the house and land. He call
here while you was gone and said part OF
nus, be paid or he'd sue for it, and then the
bse and land would all go.
NJ Why did mt you tell me of this before,
". Because your head was so full Of de-
traey and the Springfield Convention, that
wouldn't listen To me. I've mentioned II
zee times, and it went in AT one ear and out
The other. Now husband, I've been think
about the mortgage, and it worries me
br wages have fallen off of late, and some
The time you have no employment. When
W wages were dollar and half day
YOU had full work, you could support the
hily well, and pay hundred dollars year
Yards clearing the mortgage. II was q
asant thing to work, and be economical and
hing, when we had the prospect of having 4
ise Of our own, without Squire Grabalr'
iches upon IT, Now you can hardly sup
u the family, and when ask for money
say youare running IN Debt. This is ;
prospect, ii we are to lose the house anc
N after all.
n Oh. never fear wife-times will b,
|-er soon. They've got a Sub Treasu,
Nv, which is 10 make us all rich except thu
fsocrais
w. | don't know aboni that. The time
|Fe been getting worse aud worse, It's lou
i've years since Won talked of having bette
mes, aud now that they have really got
Nab Treasury" they say II is going 10 reduce
eAte Va INV GEMS a Ntf-
Well, that's true, but every thing W
is 10 come down at the same rate.
w. And what advantage is that Beside
sne people say that sugar, and tea, and col
and spices, and all foreign things, will b
high as ever, because the Sub ffeasur
|n't woik IN those countries where ihes
ngs come from But II wages are 10 CON
pm. ho~ are you to pay the mortgages {
100 10 Squire Gfaballi
NJ How am going to pay the mortgage
W. Yes, ifyoYr wages 60 down 10 m
pts day. how can you ever pay il
cos, al that you can earn to support II
ply.
~ Well. must sell the COW, and the ga
lot
w. Yes. hut these have gone down ha
os. and they won't go far towards reducin
mortgage.
" Well. I mus, sell the house.
". Bu, that has gone down halfprice To-
'hai all the property you have got won
Squire Grabsll's mortgage. We must
ned oct Of house and home, and still ~
% cebi. You are = ruined man II n
s-Tfeasury goes into foil operation.
n never thought Of all this before
s,es some,hng wrong somewhere.
W. There is, indeed, husband. Whe
made the Sub Treasury 10 reduce u
o. nAn's wages, and the poor mans proPe
WY didn't they reduce the poor mans deb
aver re that. When they reduce a man
sAs Of PAYING hisdsbs. Why didn't ihsy n
70 Ne eehf too