Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-20

roads and canIs aHd 20 sci up banks uloh, ne
amount borrowed IN this way beng se'O' 'Hs h@'
drsi ana ssrtaty millions OF dollars very Nses "
this wac brought home IN sPee'e' Il Was s''es'5 |
brought home goods. This e'FeausAeSe 'enu.1
10 sNel The tide Of importation greatly beyond i's
ordinary b.,ht The two causes above named
tended u set TOO many TO merchandising ANY
body caald get credit at the north f1F goedsi the
planters son cut his plough handle, Ihe ieaeaet q"
scholl aud now and then the preacher his chureh'
10 set N, Store somewhere. He bought on credit,
aud he sold on credit, he goi credit leF ssA'h2 anu
he gave credit on the SAINT easy terms; Tue uu''h-
err importer credited any body from the sou'a OF
west. who wanted to set ups store, apd any o'Oy
credited every body when he got home and opened !
his goods. They are now both ruined, aud have
heip,d IN ruin good many others, who we're too-
ssh enough 10 rn security for them, aud most them
want "a throw ali the blame of theit own idlYoh the
government In addition 20 this source OF eva we
excessive quantity of paper money Jed 10 extensive
,peculatons IN the public Ands, and To VIII sau eA
trsvagant adventures IN the purchase ana 81 Oh
vacant town lots, which have ruined thousands
These things are matters Of common AhoW,eusc ~"
obsst,ation, TIE expansion OF the credit system
/ had IA Lad 10 an explosion and the L. ). Bank,
,.b thor under the old or the new form, was much
,,n}ieatra IN that expansion, and as seriously sHee-
ted hy that explosion, IS any State institution "ha'-
/ owe, Ne know how hard il Is 10 reason with men
,ybo ar. d,epIy in debt Many oithese are disposed
N saw owe Ms anu change Men IN debt have al
ways been foremost in tumuit and coninson' and I"
Efforts to get the control OF pubic ai'aTs w 'he
lands Of men who were m debt like themselves
Men desperately 10 debt are, geherSNy spo@N'NE
,,sner,te men aud swavs have been, from the
fvc hundred that went out to David at the cave OF
| Adpnun and the followers Of Cathne, down ia me
,roken merchants bankers and spectators OF 'A~
AaY There are exceptions, Of course, The more non
o-abe because they resist strong tempAno"'
majority of the American people were oespeta"E
- len, a, Tins iuncture we should almost despair OF
the republic Bu il 10 notso the body oil the iHr-
ners ind mechanics OF the land are ca''pafauNeS
IA, oi debt, One man IN debt can make more em'
NOR than one hundred who are out OF deeI Let
ne men who are not desperately in debt come W
~ ,ha rsscus This mites, Is rapidly assuming TIKI
.h,r,ctnr ot n contest between broken down nanoes
ami h.nkrupt monopolsls, making death sWhgge
Gr their old hank and corporation privileges ana
Tho mass orthe independen, farmers, mechanics saa
tradpsmeu of the c~untry Tor Their eqoa' rghs' -
times are hard, the State legisaturtsann Inc pt'pe
bron,bi If mainly uoon themselves. II utHes are
hard there ia way TO make them easy and lha' ~,
not Ia lnunge about the streets aud 'ak Po"e, "''
abuse tl,e government, but TO 90 10 WoTA Iase
and independence are like mathematics ~ "''a", Wv
one requires hard study; to attain the other marc
LnacLs and bean Of EN-" There IS no short col
To- aiIher strictly CONSTANT with eternal right or
Gods law 10 man aimee he fell under NE curse ~
the sweat Of lhy face shai thou eat bread HI 1hoo
: return unto the ground. ~ o,,.- -,
rhs nex, ATTEMPT on the part of'he Wing parry
20 excite odum against the ADMINISTRATOR A.
I've shsU notice ~ their reckless assetuon ''A' Va
ponsetts plan for the '0rgan'sdt'o" q the ml''t'o'
submitted by HIM 70 C'hBt.s'' 81 4' &; -,
/ rrsoluton of the House OF Representatives., y do
, a,leg,u, 10 create " great standing army u'f
, a,ternt shows that there is nothing TOO dsh8ehn-
, ons for this party 10 descend 10. lHis pan ooet
not present one feature " standing army u was
ar honest efTor, of the Secretary Of War ut the re-
oue,t Of Congress 10 give some efficiency 10 inc MI
ilia Of the country thing grfety % pe 1dAnsu'
, and a. which both Congress and me 0la,e hcE'H,
! nras l.. ve long been laboring IN VAN Let US see
what IS its principal feature Tue one " M"
nrercnd ia discover the standing army. The whole
,l,ta iorce al the Union ia estimated at l,oooVoo
) n,an lie nronoses TO divide the Lhon INTO ten
/ 1tr,ets nnd out Of this force 70 raise and organZe
hv .Ge or volunteers as the ecrvicc requires oh'
h hundred thousand militia which he cats the dcftp'
y | En Aloh,ma'a share ofhs force BY hIs esi
maj ,voula bs two thousand men mol 'nuth more
4 ,h.r Inc entire militia Of Tuscaloosa county. Nv
a active force are 10 be agsnl2td ana e"hhAHue" "
. officers appointed by the State ACCOMMODATIONS
+ Cn,res. por The President having any TING 10 d.
,,,,h a., They are to be drilled at conVcnen
;, lacos in their several districts, aud sat such time
~ ,ov least interfere with Their ordinary OecuPs
!. tons y 1--WE here use the SecrslaFys own WORDS
nat more than twice m any one year, IN" luoit VIZ"
!. IVY - J.ysatsny one time. The number Of day
- b.. l,yes lar Congress 10 I'LL, they should c0nsFde
;. ,he nIsn worthy Of adoption Ills owa suggestion
" is nt less than len days, nor more thah 'htty' !"
!. aotipe force are 10 be pad during me .'fhe ''e
>, snr,a,,ed in drilling. Take Alabama then lor a
usha thta RTeHk BHHntHI
- v,o,d amount to- Two thousand dfaiie
4 r,ar -, yolun,eers, commanded by officers appoint
"A "a aecn,diuo 10 the laws OF Alabama, whose duly
= Lrho todrii at convenient places, and c0nVehlth
:, , no, aver twice IN each year, and not ove
!. snch a number Of days at each time as Sehg'ts
: no 5,rcc, All that the President has to DO wy
a. ,b;s force is 10 designate the tunes ana laccs "
IN drilling within their respective uslrt"' ine'c ~
* m,ny vouninOas dealIs'n MI FohseU P'4N' ~
Ut Iatng to the better regulation OF VIC ,o'n"' W.
"a /, Is needless to notice. The one we have now o
= no,;ecd u he one. out Of which they make or a
- ,.,o, IN ,nako the panic and alarm about stanl
n ,no oYyoA 4. II moi strange that u's party, am
es an their disappointed efforts ut creaItHs pane
I'd should still persisl IN these VAN a9einpsF NC
I se;1e unon sny thing ia hopes 10 create an narn
r oC an htndngs this OF the standing army ~ VI
TX greatest. There was one hing they forgot "he
ID lhev were starting It; their own eahusoae "t "
K Presidency, when Chairman " se ,'a'',I M
be mittee in Congress- IN 1917, proposed pan sun.
,e TO Mr. poinseti's, but gong peynnu NV gfes' ",
at n The direct control it gave the Executive over U
=. n,re., Ne man can compare the TIVE pass VIII
n, ou, percelyine at once that Genera Harrison
"a man Is bv fsrthe most obnoxious to the charge
IN rrestinpa standing army ii either Is 81. The Blu
den from which Mr.. Poinsett proposes TO reie'
ell the country by the institution aud use Of this F." .
no tive fsrce, ~ Inc iaber and expense OF our comm'
en- drills and mussers altogether, and oil other d9''
as g.lth the mass of the militia, except IN cases OF
IS yasion or rebellion This would be an oGlecl o
,n small mporIsnce.-so much ior lhe "u'hogs ~"
he a. 10 he deceived, or Sc tmid as to b. alarmed
In such arrant stuff. =.
is i, would protract this address TOO greatly 70
-. ,a,o -sv,aw of the character and pretenslons