The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-08


in ditch bcgs staryes skulls from den To dem steals the
bread that he must hnvc die aud ends on the gaows
How happen, it, the there the daughter ofhe poor man
gins her life in bowel and shceres,, without potcclo
half furnished, half naked, hcgs prnys in vain for brrl
until nj last hopeless Abandoned she obtains by prostitution
the hare means Of slstcuance-aud ends it on the marble
steps Of Paper Prince, where she had sought shelter
from the pcss Storm and from whose door in the days OF
her innocence and beauty, she had been sprrncd with de-
riSion aud contempt Alas that people should he de-
lnccd So blinded insane
Tnkeup another opposition paper and Won will 1nd har-
row ns description nj tint condition III the ahnrng GLASSES
i'll Englard appended to Them shall find the same as
scrtion about the reduction of the wages of labor.
But England uno;tunnta;, for this acgpnsnt, is the
land of Ills srac,t and best Of all Banks, the Bank
England. How does happen thcn that thu ibnring elias,
are so depressed in England, the fountain head the qq
B1tcr nj the paper rucncy if the oppression ri the poor
cr clasScs is owing to metal, currency
| BY their own Showing, the condition Of the lahornr
casscs in paper money country M better thrn i, in
hard money country The truth j., the condition Of the
laborng claSscS Europe owing To their forms of s,i
crnmcni To their Institutions aud not their cHrr,ncg \
hereditary aud nSocnt ari>tocracy, corrupt aud grapnl
rric,houdhr union Of church and state, In, ground the
lower clasN's To the very dust Girh, w0rt9 this
country is the standard of excellence III Europe; and yet
the ldcalIsts, declare most ,olcmlS that the passage of the
sub Treasury Bill, will do Tor the tailoring GLASSES Of this
country, in day, what Years Of oppression, aud mislr
aud Of blood have done the horing GLASSES in the
old world
But this cry of the opposition about the reduction Of the
wages of labor up, by agreement, for political e
feet. II WIS part Oihc federal plan of operations This
is shown coulusiycy by Davis >pr,rl That speech
was no reply tomr Buchanan, than was reply
to c~>rr> 10 his soldiers before he passed III, RbcuIt
was speech, prepared according to the federal pau
speech that To declare that the Administration were for
reducing the Of labor 1t agreed upon by the
federal leaders that, that declaration should be made and
that all the newspapers in the attached the party,
should publish ii, by tens ol thousands and echo and
rc-cCho the cry Mr.. Davis had his speech prepared
aud dclvcrcwhcn the most favorable opportunity occur
ed II WIS 10 matter whom he followed or To whom he
pretended to reply. And in proof Of this read mr. Bnclnn
ans speech and that nj mr. Davis and ANY in his
will see that mr. Davis has replied tn what 1t
greed should h. pu into the mouth o administration
mtmtcr. simultaneously with the delivery ul mr. Davis
Speech hl agreement aud understandings every federal
i>t in the unon who controlled tailoring man, either
turned him uut nj cmploy, cut down his wages hnrpmG
in his all the time what mr. Davis had put into mr. l
chnnn'> moutand arnlk pur>uadiua the poor man, that
the reduction Of hi, wages was cnrlac upon the Alni
,tmon aud not upon hi, most benevolent and piols
poycr, who was holding hN white handkerchief 10 hi,
eye, and shedding "c0pol- gushing tears Tor his iGu
man oppression. Dccatc, Whitc-inlcrrd c0onr-,rcnt
cl oupurkcd tols, who, for the salvation Of their soul
would net be- caught with an implement o manual labor
in their hands, wcrc seen all over the unon tp-tnrne
about the work shops Of the mechanic and the fields ol the
farmer, tapping the toes ol their most e>qnshy polished
boat, with their r,la, sylnpntsng with him in his dis
tro,S, and charging it all upon the "runus measures Of
the Administrations u, ma conscience Band'hoN gcn-
try who II their lives depended on it could not tell cider
mill from lns cabin began, all of sudden, Ia lisp oNr
delicate aud splendid non>cnN" nh"nt the Spcndur OF mr.
Van Burl> blue hoa-c0lh clmk his gold spoons and his
coach aud English hon' and the old r0ck aud Sleeps
grNs Of the poor mans candidates whOfclrcd would III
their porhcr- with money To the brm, All these thing
have been dOuc by ngrcrmcut-nvc been done carry ont
The federal plan Of orcrur abuse, insult and deceive
the nhorng classics into the support Of Harrison II
remains to be shown, it will he uumphant} that
the good Of the nbo'ng men in the United State,
proui against all this shire nonsense.
It, again say the OPT o>ition, the present financial en-.
bnr,,,nrnl, are solely attributable To the destruction nj
the National Bank and the attrmpto trdcmo'rar party
to establish An Independents Treasury.
In In, ls--lo lei 1879 pccnnilry cmbarn,, mcn,
great and even grrtcr than they now And IN
some Of those years the United States Bank was IN its me-
ridan ,plrudor, giving the opposition ,ay, "thc best
currency the world saw Sa,y, the embarrassment,
of those year, cannot be attributed to the "olo awful d
runous Slb Treasury" 10 what were they attributable
Hear mr Clay in le2i.
"n casting eyes around us, the mos, promincn, cir.
cn,uncr which i,r- our attention; md challenges our
deepest regret, is the general dStr,SS Whs rrryrN the
,rboi, cop.iry. 1t Is fOrcU upon lis, b, numerous lart,
oi the most urunc,j llr character II Is indicated hy the
diminished p,tc If nG'iy' lr0itcT depressed aud
tCrc,; h, successive unlhr,r crops ut grain, pcrhnr
IN h1rt and barn >Hrt> tor the want Of markets by
the alarming elimination Cftb" circUhIiiH" m'igmi b.
the numerous b1nkrHIict,', not limited In thc trading
clS,c, but tending 30 M or,rs NJ Socity b, an nm
,,sm complaint o the WGho Of 'mfiogm'nt, aud
Iu,Hi roiTcOH II WI1'v NJ lamar hN pursuit
after situations, hot tor the sake of their huuul,, and the
performance ii tlrr public duties, but IT. means nj iri
i,c nj PAPER MONEY bN thrmtcrNuntiOn Ut !iyilfi0E
in the ,ricnr relation of bips and ere hior aud Igo. a
hy the low aud depressed state nj the value o mast ever,
description nj the wao', mrsS NJ m, propig0f m, nation
which hns IN M average sunk not less than about 50 per
&c IT,, wit | few yeas.
eth, truth is ha no elias, of society sun, more in the
resent >tnguuu nj bushes thu M L4jp-Hy cilSsC'-
That is n necessary effect nj the depression at agriculture
the principle bUisncS, 81 the community, The oi
been the rant Of c iogm'Et, IN some part, ui the mon
that instances have moi been untcqucit, nj working
i,rcl Tor the NJ present. subsistence. II the wages
of labor here and IN England compared, they will be-
found hot 10 be essentially different"
Aeain hear mr. Webster in the year on the same
subject
"TnE r,rrrn sysrEN of England had ccrnin, commu. |
nicntrd dr,frai value In property. Ind encouraged
vt,cuii0H aud c,cit,d Oisrifniig. When the shock.
therefore CAME aud this violent yr'SSur, inr acted
the moment III the continent and IN England
Inflated and unnatural prices could be- ktlt up longer
reduction took place, which has been estimated tO have
been Mt least equal ull of thirty, fnot forty per
The depression Hn,rsdi. and the change felt in
the ni,d Niaicy severely, though not equal, IN
part ui ihcn There thu>c, AN aware who maitain
That the events to which have alluded did not the
great If prices hut that tall natural aud inevitable from
the prcyius, existing state oi things, the abundance of
rutIo,lttir> and the want OF demand. hut that would
on, prove that the effect produced IN another WAY,
rather than hN another II these great aud sudden
cali. Tor iunVN did reduce prizes hut prices tell ~ If
tcni>, Ives their natural state. stl the result i III,
Tor We prccre that after these new call, for money,
prirrs rD4ii not he ktpt inner at unnatural h,ght
About the time Of these foreign events. banking
gysf,n uHi,ip,Ht u chGHgC; anil M Nee cHiy,s, By
tr ofth' sptjfct c0RcHrrsi IN FrOiUro The sOcG
phirh took yiarc in c0mtH'rc cities, dnd mDHU yfs
oCfbs coYrt-y. The wear l-g was year uf humorous