Liberty advocate., 1840-04-30


X ihatI have read amongst all the superstition
eof the world, transcends its monstroiis a.
yldacity.
N nltsis an eventful crisis In our history, and
! IremainsIo be decided, whether the people ca
/ be made the dupes Of this monstrous schem
!, ,Iof ambition, covered over by the pretonce Q
! going back TO silver currency. Sir it is no
the first time in the history ofhuman idolatry
when the horrid features Of foul and unnaiu
|, raj monster have been concealed from the eye
,lof his deluded followers by silver veil. lo'
have no doubt, read, Gsir, the instructive Nus
ltration Of the weakness Of human deluson. ant
the boldness Of human imposure, the Veilet
Prophet Of Khorassan. Deprived of Natures
fair proportions. the bold smposicr covered ms
Idcformty with silver veil, and hosled broad
flag, upon which was inscribed, IN words q
Sunshine, "freedom to the world" Holding
out the alluring promise that he would sci
free:
.sTAis filtered por7d from erery blot and stain
AndJring its primeral glories back again."
He drew millions Of devoted followers to
his banner-And after he ia prevailed upon
them 10 sacrifice their souls and bodies to his
internal rites. he raised the veil, and instead
of disclosing the promised vision OF heavenly
light. exhibited his foul Iineaments sin grin
ming mockery,'' y,''excloiming to his wrelched vic
tins:
"Therc, We wise saints behold your light, your star,
Ye mouM be dupes and victims, and you ofe."
Nav the honest dcvotees Of the hard money
currency take warning from the example Of
these voluntary victims Of daring imposture
and avoid their fate! They here behold their
fate accurately prefigured, lfthey do not raise
up and resist the scheme oflmposture which !
have attempted to expose
at is easy to read the future history Of the
country, ifthe schemes the rcigning dynasty
are not defeated by the people Anarchy is
the highway to despotc power, whether it bel
banking or political dcspotism-When the
Bank Of The United States shall be destroyed, |
the currency will be thrown into such dcrange
ment and confusion that the country will be
prepared to submit to any national bank, rath-
sr than endure the prevailing evils. Then
he Administration will come forward in that
spirit of Improvement in which the President
speaks, with their grand scheme of u political
,ank founded upon the checks and balances of
his government | fear, Mr.. Speaker, that
he lessons Of experience are lost upon nations.
No people has been more severely schooled
y this teacher than the people of the United
ates have been on this subject. And | never
effect upon our present condition and prospects
'ithout recurring TO the Italian, who possess
strong and robust constitution, sacrificed it
. the tampering ofexperimcntal quackery, his
pitaph was brief, nd'conlained an instructive
esson: 81 was well, would be better, am
ere" May it never be the painful office Of
he historian to inscrbe the samo warning ep-
aph upon the mighty ruins of our national
prosperity.
81 fear, sir, that we have not sufficiently re-
ized the Importance of a sound and stable cur
ency. All our civil institutions combined are
lot more important than this, as guaranty
or the secure enjoyment of the rights of prop
rty. In vain do we boast OF our laws, and
he incorruptble purity ofourjudgcs, as means
# protecting property, if you take away the
'ery substratum upon which the whole super
tructure must rest"