The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-09-17

Gle basis, which will inevitably, if persisted in,
Ibring down the price of wheat to 80 cents and
labor to ~ cents per day, while most of the ne.
cessaries of life, such as tea and coffee and all
foreign fabrics will remain at their present pri.
ces. None but the Office holders can be bene.
fitted; it will enable them . clecticneer. and
domineer too, ut the expense Of the hard carr.
! ings of the people.
Look at the Standing Army project, in
which it is proposed to raise 200,U 900 men in
time Of peace, to be subject to the control of
the president. These men are to be subject to
all the rules and articles that govern the regu-
lar army, and one Of those rules is, that if they
speak disrcspectfully of the President or if
they should happen to strike a superior officer,
they are liable to be shot for it. And then, it
is said by some of the leaders, that these are
but the beginning. Brownson says that the
visible church must be dcstroyed--al the pro-
perry man has accumulated, instead of being
wlicd to his children must be given up to the
state-marriage must be annullcd--in short,
there is to be an improved edition of French
Jacobinism introduced among us. And all un.
der the name of Democracy! Save us from
such Democracy, we say.
In addition to the above, Fellow citizens,
how do you like the new feature of Democracy
that has recently been preached Of creating a
direct tax on the people to support not only the
President in his extravagances, of buying .'pret.
ty posies" at 100 dollars, but to aid the Office
holders in their elcctioneering campaigns. Do
you doubt that this is one of the proposed dem
ocratic measures of the present administration?
Then read the following startling doctrines =
Mr. Rhett, member Of Congress from
S. Carolina, and leading Van Buren,
man in that body, in recent speech on
this subject, said:
''Direct taxation is not only the doc
trne of the Democracy, but it is the doc
trine of the Constitution
The Hon. Isaac Hill, recently appoint
ed by the President, receiver General, in
a lecture delivered at Providence on the
9Th of March last, distinctly laid down
the following to be among the true prin-
ciples of Van Buren, Democracy:
81. The abolition, not only Of all pro-
tective duties but of all import duties. and
the abolition of the whole Custom House
system.
3. THAT THE EXPENSES OF
THE GENERAL GOVERNME
SHOULD BE PAID BY A DIRECT
TAX UPON PROPERTY.
3. That gold and silver was the only
currency which the General Government
had the constitutional power to provide
for the people Of this country; and that
Congress had no power to create sys-
tenn of National Currency and Exchanges
by means of National Bank, such as
Washington recommended in 1871, and
Madison approved in 1885,
Are the people ready to approve of these
doctrines? Will they submit to he taxed to
support Mr. Van Buren, and his office holders
I in their extravagant expenditure of Forty Mil
! lions per annum? Let them answer at the Bal
lot Box.
/ Fellow citizens, we have been writing to
you Just as we would talk with you. You
know that Gen. Dodge acknowledges himself
to be an humble supporter of the present Ad-
ministration. Now, if you have no regard for
yourself, pause, while you look at what may
be the condition of your offspring, shou'd the
wild schemes Of the preseut administration be
/ longer tolerated by the American people
What pledge have they ever redeemed? What
! has Mr. Van Buren, ever done for his country,
! where he himself was not to be the immediate
gamer?
! Look, then at the candidate who is opposed
to Gen. DopGE. ALFRED RlcH came to this
country, a poor young man-with no rich or
! powerful relations to recommend or sustain
| him--with no Office to give him infcnce with
the peoplc-he came among you friendlcss,
and with nothing but his own hands to hew
out for himself his fortune and his fame. The
people, who are competent judges of talent,
found him and brought him from his humble
retirement as school teacher. They dolcgat-
ed to him the honor Of representing them in
the Territorial Legislature. He did not dsap-
point them. He fulfilled. the trust reposed in
him satisfactorily to them and honorably to
himself. By the voice of the people he is now
! to Congress, and if he succeeds it will not be
! for the benefit of party but it will be signal
! triumph of the People. We believe he is as ca
pable to serve you as any other man. We hope
1 every one opposed to misrule-al who are op'
posed to official dictation--and all who wish to
contribute to the best interests of their coun-
try, will rally around Mr. Rich and give him
their votes on the GTFirst Monday Of October
next.
MR. RICH.--THE GAZETTE.
Having been most grossly misrepresented by
the editor of the Gazette on subject which
| he has harped upon for several weeks, we
feel called upon to set the matter right, and
we shall do it in a way that will place him
in a position which we should not like to &C.
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