The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-22
From he NsH Era.
QUESTIONS FOR THE BRITISH
MhlGS,

49, - - NNeA 1880
WINGS,
We submit the following qsestons TO
those who are crying out against the
administration and the Democratic psr-
7ty, fer the enlightened course pursued
by them on the currency question:; and
hope they will rep!yin such manner
ANs will throw some light upon the i'm
pottAnt principles Involvedin their euci-
setion.
Why did real estate, which cost in
NlSl7; 81 800, 900: bring only $500, 900
10 l5l9l Was it the UGmt ofd U3ited
States BaHM
Why was it that Aour sold for from
,toelve to thirteen dollars per barrei>in
,,lSI7, and only four and a halt in 1872
Was it Gen JdckOn's "tinksriRg Uah
the eurrency?"
Why were our imports sixty millions
moro than our exports in l8l6l Was
ii the specie hambagl'
Why were thousands and tens Of thou
sands thrown out Of employment in 1878
and 1871 Was II the Sub Ireasmyp
Why was it iha, in lSl6 and 1917
wild and reckless speculalions we're en-
gagged in, and wanton extravagance and
luxury the order Of the dayl Was it
the 'Want Of fpapsrmOney2'
Why was it that in 1918. 'l9, 20 and
.'2l, our banks, our merchants, and our
manufactures, from Maine TO Georgia,
were all involved in common bankrupt
CYL Was il caused by the Aci,Hiaistra-
d. ton of Martin Van Bren|
Why were the exchanges more deran.
= .ged IN 1918, and the three subsequent
wears, than they were before, or have
been sincei WasNt the OGnt Of great
Regulatory
Now we defy the British Wings to
-disprove the facts contained IN the a.
hove queries. lftbey attempt it, it will
but attest their ignorance Of our fnan-
cial history; and make more manifest
the gIaring hypocricy which marks the
policy they are pursuing in relation TO
high prlces' and better times.' The
truth is, that the very cause which have
produced all the misery and distress in
this country--baDks and paper money
they are now trying TO renovate and
perpeiuate, that they may again launch
out in the ocean Of speculaton; ext,av-
agance aud luxury, unmind!dl Of their
consequences upon the great mass Of
thspeoeis. To assist them, however,
in their researches, we refer them, to
Niles Register, debates in Congress,
proceedings Of the different state legisla-
lures, prices current OF the day, reports
of the Secretaries Of the Treasury,
newspapers, and last, though not least
the mechanics and lsbor,ug men, who
nop have vivid recollection oil the suf-
,ferings thew experienced from the grand
breaking mp ofa system Of finance, which
being conceived in sin and brought fort!
in iniquily, csrried 10 its train-as oil
measures must, which are not founded IN
Justice or the immuiable laws of nature
--ruiu and desolation as we'll on the in.
.nocent as the guilty.
WHO SHALL DECIDEs-Some
OF the British Wings charge Mr.. Var
Buren, with having opposed the extern
sion Of the right of suffrage And VIM
Cost Johnson, British Wing member
Of Congress. in a speech which is 60
ing the rounds 10 the Federal presses,
esserts that "Mr. Van Buren, voted in
favor OF the right, and by his influence
occurred the passage Of a measure TO al
low free negroes TO vote in this State
Now we submit, whether the reader'
of this reckless journal can be so du
pid as 10 rely in their stalesments. On
ly think, the FIRST charge in one column
and the second charge in another col
;umn, of British Wing newspaper
AConsistency, thou art indeed jewel.
Era.