The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-29

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IiteTs for still more loans, to pay the in
crest on debts already contracted. |,
So far, therefore, as the currency,
EIth all ito mighty consequences can be
'lewed, Great Britain and the United
States are, by this system, consolidated
niO one people; the former controlling
he destinieS of both, BY having in pos
session the central power Of the system.
this state Ofthings shal! be al.
owed to progress, until it produces in
|uture, a corresponding conformity in
The Governments Of thet wo countries;
recasling the American, as Gen. Ham
ilton desired it, in the mould Of the En>
glish form; must depend upon the sturdy
patriotism and fortiuide ofthe great De-
mocfacy. There is safety 10 be found
for our institutions, for public liberty,
in no other quarter. For such has been
such is still, the general tendency 10
that result; a tendency given 10 public
principles and public measures by the
Federal party, armed, as they are, with
all the vast and complicated powers Of
the banks, that nothing but the stern
resolution Of the patriot farmer and la
borer of the soil and the SHOP can arrest
that tendency.
And now to the jus. judgement of
the Senate appeal. Is not every Incl.
dent have stated, throughout the long
succession of events from the beginning
ofthe paper system in England down
to the present time, strictly, indispu.a-
biz, truea Are not all the. effects and
consequences have ascribed 10 these
events deducible, infallbly, from themi
ls not the grand total ofthese effects pre-
sented IN the very question now pending
before the Senalel What but the inau
ence Of the British paper system, British
capital, British policy, British opiniBhs,
Britlsh manners, British feelings; what
but the concentrated influence Of all
these. acting with dreadful energy upon
our country. ever brought this question
before usl Nothing. How, otherwise,
came il here? What but British edict
commanding tho Government 10 as.
sumo The debts Of the States, has calico
forth these resolutions that we will no
assume iheml Yes, say, commanded
and are we not2 Are not we, the rep
resentatives Of a people whose ances
tore, indignant at England's demand @
n bu,e, io,e 10 mass. and with The swor
instead Of complying, cut one half of he
empire loose from the other: are not we
descendants Of such ancestors, com
manded, and that by English banks.
commanded, and to mortgage the who'll
public domain 10 those banke rs - -tha
domain which The vslcf Of our father
once wrenched from their graepi
And how has this edict been receive,
. by a part Of the Sena,e2 Have the,
spurned it with tina, high indignation
, should have excited Did they spur,
: It al alIa Have they joined 10 resistanc
when offered by olhersl Or have the
: on the other hand, not only declined {
condemn the mandate, but even propos
: ed obedience 10 its utmost exactions
by the indirect pledge Of this very do
7 main TO those bankers, though the ageu
i cy of the debtor Statesf
II When, come six weeks ago, the Sen
h ator from Missouri Mr.. BENTON, wit
: that sagacity in public affairs which ha
g made him, among his countrymen, III
: man Of men; when, cir, he saw the dan
I gerOus influence Of England over ou
g councils and our destinles, not only ex
: erted indirectly through the paper sys
: tenn, and ils political party, but saw
o likewise, this influence openly imbod,et
n aud authori,atlvely put forth, in the edi,
}" IN question, when he saw the anxiou
,. efforts made by British interest, and ih
j. friends and agents Of those interests q
t. around us,to temper and prepare our ps
p pie and Government for obedience
l. this mandate; when he saw The dang,
j. Of delay, and therefore submitted his :,
y NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. declaring the CO
m stitullonal incompeiency Of this Cover
in menl 70 assume these debte: when
~ enforced these his views at large IN
re speech; when the resolutions were
D. the Senate, referred to a select commi
40 mittee flor such was deemed their il
10 POrtance, when these things transpire
BY what answer was madei None; nor
de- save the indistinct uneasiness ola Sc
in ator or two, obscurely limiting III,
n doubts and misgiving@ But, on I
B. conirarys silence. deep and dismal
TO the dead ofnight, reigned through I
he ranks of the opposition, and so
To- weeks they continued. But to obseF
Ies tho change. The committee now sr
c" mitted their report, sustaining the res
TO lutioOs against the assumption: and,
I'LL The same moment, the Senator from N
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