The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-14

BALTIMORE SEND YOU THIS ADDREss-GfSEEi-
1MG:-
We have been appointed Committee from
-;x hundred of our tellow-cItiZenS, 10 invite you
An send Delegates TO the Convention to assemble
= sh;s Mace on the FOURTH DAY OF MAY NENT,-
ard we do, therefore, most cordially bidding you
7weIcome, strenuousl urge this duty on your al
trntion. and claim your best efforts to secure the
election of
HARRISON AND TYLER.
Addressing ourselves TO men who have tctt, as
-Uvell as argued aud whose minds are informed
If Ihe daily political history OF our country ny
an untiring and most Jealous preserve deem 1t
needless on the present occasion TO enter Into a
long or detailed examination of the measures OF
eur opponents but letting 1t suffice TO Judge OF
eur RULERS BY the results Of their schemes, we
ask them what they have TO hope from The lnSpec-
xion, and y0u-why You should commence OF
continue your political career oy extending thein
YOUR favor or your votes.
We ask the You've MECHANIC TO remember Inc
scenes around his boyhood'S hearth III better
shines and under other auspices, when inc toil
Of his industrious parent was repald,and promptly
TOO, by honest employerS;-we ask MN 10 re-
Inember his well spread beard, and the hopes
with which his young mind looked forward 10 me
life oil an ariZan as one OF industry, intelligence
comfort and wealth-and, then, TO contrast these
scenes and expectations with his deserted work
shop his unblotted order book, his idle journey
men. his undullcd tools, his government reduc-
iRg the wages OF laborerS, his empty purse, ms
il-fed family, the difficulty with whlch ne secures
even the most transient employment, and The yet
greater difficulty with which he procureS pay
ment even from the wealthy
We ask the YOUNG EMIGRANT from GERMANY
pr IRELAND, to remember the period when en-
barking from Europe, his strength and his chlid
rem his only capital he read over the glowing de-
scrjptions of our country-itS mineral resources
"a Iania md IL
berry, and the certainty that sober industry had
eyer promise OF employment on the rail roads
and canals those arteries through when was 10
Row our nations wealth. the product OF the soil:
We ask him 10 remember his hope OF becom-
ine respectable and rich in the FAR WEST, whlth-
er he proposed retiring with his earnings on the
public works OF Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylva-
MIA and New Yorl;-and then, to contrast these
inictures and promises with schemes OF internal
improyement abandoned, his countrymen aud
AelIow -emigranls unemployed, his children I'M
provided for himself hopeless Idler, often sup
ported, when pride permits or Starvation iorceS
by the charity Of Strngers!
We ask the YOUNG farmer to remember the
returns which every Harvest Home" brought 10
his fathers Golfers, the wealth OF their humble
bat conlented cottages, the expectations which
eheered him to labor by his fathers sides at the
plough or in the woodland, hoping like him one
Say 10 become ntier Of the SOtk and, like him, TO
De al ease Win MS Idnilt diOuLu num- hAHNi ="
free and prosperous government; and, inen, to
contrast these anlicipaons with his now idle or
profiteSS acres, the uncertainty OF sales ami IN
come the defaicationS OF agents, the temptations
of idenesS leading him from his dull and unPTo-
gided home, where there is no hope IN labor, no
prospect Of accumulation Tor comfort ana iePoSe
In age.
We ask the YOUNG MERCHANT AND MANUFAC-
7pRER to remember the tide of prosperity that
flowed so nouliShingly around him but lew
years ago, contributing TO his education and his
pleasureS,-to remember his fathers successful
commerce whitening with its canvass the waves
of every sea. enabling him to give constant en-
ployment to the weatherbeaten sailor, 10 raise up
poor but worthy young men in the skill of sea-
craft to make the shipwright busy in his INFER
ssts to purchase the labor of the mechanic, to be
abe patron of literature and TIE arts, TO acquire
at the highest prices the staple products OF The
aoil, and to pau for them avhen d'te;-we ask him
70 remember the facility with which he made his
xemittanceS from Maine to Louisiana in perfect
security and at tfifing cost the leisure that was
afforded him to enjoy society and the blessings
which God showered over the land,-and, turn
ing from the past to the present, let MIN contrast
these with the realized scenes OF mis- maturer years
under the blight and midew Of VAN BURENsM
Contemplating the condition of his country more
al glance than any other of his tellow-citiZens,
because in him centre, more than in them, the re-
suits OF the farmers and mechanics labor lei
him behold sailors without employ mechanics
sent from him without work,-day laborers IDLE,
silent ship-yaIdS. unienanted warehouses and
dwellings, stagnant trade, deranged exchanges !
We ask him where are the returns of last
wears sales, or of the yeal before? what discounts
he has paid on foreign paper in which he has re-
.reiyed his remittances? what costSl what fees he
has expended in his attempts TO collect outsiand-
ing debts?
We ask him to remember the mode in which
he is nor forced to raise funds to meet his engage
ments at Bank the usurous means by which he
sustains his mercantile reputation, in the hope to
weather the commercial storm which is dcSoa-
ting the land! We ask him where are his plea
sures new: his peace-his lesuTe-his hope?-
Trade decaylng around hiu days OF physical
effort and mental anxiety spent in providing fol
RESPONSIBILITIES nights of care passed in thinking
of the engagements of tO-morfow,-day by day
his domestic Injuries or comforts passing from
his home to the pawn-broker or the auctioneer,-
no tine far fre-side intercourse, for reading, TO
endowment. for love of wife and children, TO
cleep. for food, jor p'ayer 4 chote existence con
,entrated IN the e,sdeap0r mol 10 starpe-seafcel
without hope or a wish 10 livei
These are no over-drawn pictures foUN
Men aP AMERICA! Every rank atlests their cor
RICHNESS. and in asking you to lay these domesli
truths 10 your hearts, we beg you to recohect una
this state of things has but recently occurred Ma
at has GROIN, up as u toere, I'm msghh, @naer IN
schemes of The present. Administrator; THAT 1T
THE RESULT OF Van BURENIsM.
Are we wrong in SO charging? Las nos Inc ao
i..,,.ff ,iun had entire and uncomfortable sway
We're we not prosperous and happy before lis ex
;s,an.aq- Has n mai iniarfareJ with Commerce