Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-08-29
"Of all who Office filed unfairly, none
could plead excuse ; he least and last Of all -

THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI.
"Of all who Office filed unfairly none
could plead excuse he least and last Of all ~
Having, in two preceding numbers discanted at
considerable length, and exposed q hope) with
good degree of clcarncss, the palpable chicanerr
and disguised deception, by which the writer's I'd
this address would fain clear up the charges up,n
which this corrupt administration stands indicted
before the tribunal of the people, | now beg leave
to call the attention of that same tribunal to son,c
other portions Of the defence which has been made
in order that its contemplate intrigue and pIuiul
lamenoss may meet conclusive cXcmpliicuton.
From the fact that there exists between all the
different diversified interests Of the people, med
ate or immediate connections; and from the fact that
between the various departments of trade, COM
merce, and industry, n mutual dependence is judi
ciuusly interviewer, the subject Of the circulating
medium claims n high pre-emncnCe among those
topics which excite and divide the political world.
The currency Of the country and tie fiscal opera
ttuns Of the government ure branches of our civil
and national poly, which will at all times absorb,
to greater or less extent the thought and atten-
ton Of the public mind. So intimately connected
with these branches Of our political economy are
the agricultural and commercial interests of the
nation, that if there is arrangement and depres-
sion in one, reciprocal and kindred arrangement
may be found in the other. Every who has
intelligence enough to know that the sun sets in the
vest does now know, and if lie has the least claim
to moral integrity, will now acknowledge that the
circulating medium of this country, and hence also
the vital interests Of the people, are at this time la
bouring under extreme and unparalleled embarass-
ment. Never before in the financial history Of this
government was there such universal, and at the
same time so extreme arrangement in the different
branches Of our national trade and domestic inter-
course.
| And Notwithstanding the inccssant and astound-
ing cGmors with which the public ear, for the last
| ,,,r,1., lnSh lanFa md IL,
great quantity of gold and silver which the mea-
| surcs Of the administration would be fruitful, the
condition OF the country noW presents the sad and
deplorabc spectacle of an extreme and unexampled
scarcity Of both And equally camorous and inn
posing have been the exultation and promises which
men in power have used, to quell public murmur,
in regard to "better currency, better times" and
now that their darling financial policy and the
whole scope Of their measures in full blaze all
over the Union, the pa pable and undsguised facts
of the case are, that the American people, at any
time of their history, never experienced more
rorikSS and deranged currency, and never Witness
ed more ruj1touS and depressing times than they do
& this juncture. These facts are but to be ex-
pressed to receive general assent for they arc as
solf-cviden as the maxim that "sparks fly upwards"
Hence the Missouri delegation, feeling that the So
voreign Indignation Of an insulted people is shak-
ing the pillars of their power, have " stationed
themselves near the Presdcnt,' as if he could save
them (why, he can't save himsefD and have wrote
out the long circular, for the " tens and hundreds
; of thousands who want information" which pur-
ports to set forth the reasons "why and wherefore
for the ''present stagnation in business decline of
prices and scarcity Of moneyGs 1t is called !"-AS
ii as called, say they!! Well, who calls it What
class Of citizens is that who say that there is
stagnation in business, decline in prices and
scarcity of money ~ What class is it who knopS,
and feels, and SGyS that there is ga scarcity of
ney :" 1t is all clQsses-labourers, mechanics,
nnor fIaDf trad Is and
all, meet upon the one common ground, ndepen-
dent Of political predictions, and agree that there
surely is "a scarcity of money" All classes of CT
tlzens agree to this, except Glass; and as isex-
empied in the words Of this circular that excepted
class is that 'big class" Ito use school-room
phrase) Of ell ce-h0'derS, who spell frst read first
write first, and eat first !
They are in the receipt of fixed salaries, and
though plague, and famine, and pestilence were to
sweep, like siroCcO over the land and though the
people were thrown PROSTATE and ground to pow
DER by the runous and destructive policy of a COT
ruFt administration, they, from their peculiar stua-
tion stand aloof from the storm, and feel none Of
its ravages; because, come Ohat mGY, the herd dot
lars must Je counted OIL 10 them for their services
no difference whether those services were produc
tive of benefit or injury Weneed not, therefore
be astonshed that they should sstatien themselves
near the President" and with their hands on the
Treasury Of the nation, set up u hdeous and in.
sulting mockery at the evils which atlIic the peo
pie. But we will be astonished, if that same peo.
pie, who are thus made the butt of the rdicue and
contempt of men who tatten upon their industry do
not rise up III their sovereign iesty, and hurl
from power and from station, those who transcend
the limits Of their delegated authority and those
who thus openly disgrace the high seats to which
their misplaced confidence has elevated them
But upon what do these oficeholders predicate
''ihe present stagnaon in business, the decline OF
prices, and the scarcity of nonoy-as IL is called =
Upon their own wild and chimerical policy O no
no! The Bdnks the Bapke = the Bdnksu! o
those wicked, swndIing, fraudulent, British Fede
raj Wing, Abolition Banks !! o! how they dc
disturb The peace of society and derange the dear
affairs OF the dearer people,! What must be done!
only Try and convince democratic creduty' that
7 the wings are the authors of the evils, and we
+ VIII escape public vengeance! That's all!
Alter party has been given the rens of rOy.
eminent wholly and solely in consequence of then
promises OF retrenchmGnt and reform after the,
nave destroyed the best currency the world eve
saw after they have erected upon its ruins tn
: STATE Bank system, and after laudng and putin,
these banks for years, and telling the people tina
they :" will answer all the purposes of the late y
otutes Bank ask the thinking and canded NTEr
OF the country if it is not an insult to their under
C derstandIngs for these parzans of Mr.. Van Blu,
rem to now come forward and plead that their polcy
IS not at the root Of these evils; but that the Banks
the Wing Banks are entirely and wholly cuba
bic If the improvident and unwise administrp
ton Of tic Banks spread confusion in all the cha
nels Of financial intercourse, who. under heavens
! ask, made those Banks Let the gentlemen
=, ponder that question. To throw together in a few
" words the practice and policy of the men in power
In the first thew mn. -.