Columbus Democrat., 1840-02-29


ms ,esti Or The iaell7e, ana - aui listen to farce
aF comedy but n prS, ss,j the comic pawtrs u,
Mathews t.HseL, tie, >hald IA, be eycrted In tiS
tribunal sud taoSe waa nas,cssc! hss ,aHgAtcr-rN-
etaaE faculty, even 10 chs ms. eminent degree,
should S,l reflect, thai u was faculty M which r'-
ery harlequin was their equal, and every circus
clown greatly their superior.
The Scn5tor 'rom Ktumcyv has drawn a gloomy
picture ot the prcSrnt condition aad future prospects
n' The country, and attribute K all u the measures
IT lh> Administration. " such thing, he saws. oc-
CURED Prbr tl the war upaD tae Bank Of tht l0-
ted States. Has the Senator orsnuen his speech ln
l>ei, when tbv then existing condition OF lhiS cnHn.
trv was UpreSeu,edhy him IN quite as gnomy co..
0F> As those with which he Jarheued the present
picture 81 close indeed, IS lhe rescmbIa &C be-
tween these lwo addresses that the senator's speech
of Yesterday may wei be considered but as the echo
OF DE speech Of ls94-it was Ue same portrait
scarcely reinUchtd by the SINE remarkable artist
10 was the same tragedy, ucbc3rSsd upon nearly the
same hIards. with scarcely q change 81 parts, hy
the same distinguished orator. That the Senate
may know tie facts wlI read an extract tram the
speech Of that Senator OF the 3lsI el March 1874,
ia favor oi protective tariff
Here Mr.. Walker read ;hr following extract
from Mr. Gays speech OF is!i. as published 10
NlIes'> Register of that dalr, yoL %, pages 51',
3S7. as follows J
'ln casting our eyes around us, the most prm-
luent Circumstance winch fixes uur attention, and
Challenges our deepest regret IS toe general distress
bybc, nery,If, me whole country his forced up.
on Us by numerous facts of the most ucoute,ubg
character. Il ,indlraleI hv the diminished eN.
n5rts of native produce by tbg lrprcs,,a and re-
Iucrd state of our forripn ulvtr3lian hy our al.
minShed commerce. by successive untrcshCd crops
OF grain, pershnG in our barns and barn yards ior
tic want Of market; 10y The alarming dimnuuono ol
,Ls circulating pteIur, by rli ug,Fr,uy bgnkrgpl-
cqs moi limited to the tradu1 classes, bat extend
inc ,o nh orders OF society, hy an universal com.
niaipi al the want of rn,noyuirpi and consequent
| rsdnctiop of fbr w,prs uI Lhar. bv tlp ravrnnJl,
p8rS,t ai,r ouhlc sltuatIans. not for the sake OF
tbcr b,n,rs and the performance Of their public du
firg but a. a means of private subsistence by the
reluctant resort 10 ih. prrnus us 81 paper uunry;
hy the intervention OF leyr l1tfau in hc delicate ir.
ltlun between debtor and creditor and above all
hv the Iny ana dppreS,rl STATE Of the value Of a.
most every description oilhc whole mus, ofthe pro-
perty of the nation which has. on an ayrrarc sunk
not less than about hhy prr Ger cent within few
wears
"Tbe truth is. that no class of so,tt, suffers
more, ia the present s1rnallon o business Than
the aborny Glass That J.. necessary effect of the
drpr, ssiou nj agriculture the p.inripa business If
! thr community The ware, oil ab.e bodied mel I
vary from i've To eirht dollar, per mouth; AMI sach
has been tle want nf cmpIo, uen IN some paris ar
the Uulnn that instances have not been uaiteuurut
of men working merely or the means ul present
| subsistence II the WAGES for hhor here AMI IN
England are compared they vii I've louul not u be
essentially different"
Now, lhis picture of distress and ram was drawn
hy that Senator during the very climax Of the pow
er ~ the Bank Of the United States; and vet an
this seems 10 have been forgotten by mm, and ! now
understand HIM as ASSERTING that We were exempt
tiom all such eal1mlurs dnres We eNstees, aud
under lhe regulation, OF Bank Of tho United
States.
[Mr Clay here cNpIancl as not having asserted
thlt no such distress MS lH prs M '7i existed dur
ny the charter Of the National Bank but That ne
'er' ou5NH ',S existence, n'o ms o'l't'9 uleG at
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