The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-27

lie speech, that he was the individual who first
imported bloodhounds to aid in that war, and
that the only thing he blamed the late Secre-
tary of War, for, was, that he ordered them
to be muzzled, instead of turning them loose
to worry and devour the Indians without con-
troll.
Before election they denounced the prac-
tice of Congress applying to the executive de-
partment for projects of law, as evidence that
all power was, or was about to be concentra-
ted in the hands of the Executive: NoW they
formally call upon that branch of the govern
ment to furnish drafts of proposed laws for
their action: There is, in short, scarcely pro-
fession they made before election, which they
have not belied by their practice since.
Resolved, That while the secretary of tho
Treasury reports that there will be deficit in
the revenue of between thirty and forty mill
lions of dollars at the end of the present year,
and that the nation is now deeply in debt,
prominent measure of the dominant party is,
to withdraw from the treasury Of the nation,
alleged by them to be thus exhausted, all the
revenue derived from the sales of public lands,
thus directly, so far, diminishing the ability of
the government TO meet its expenditures and
plunging the nation more deeply in debt, for
the purpose of distributing that portion of the
revenue among the people of the States, from
whose pockets it will have TO be drawn again,
| by direct or indirect taxation, TO meet the
wants of the government, with all the addi-
tional expense of collecting the same.
Resolved, That we have looked in vain for
the restoration Of that confidence and the return
of those better times so confidently promised
by Mr.. Clay in the following extract from
speech of his delivered Mt Hanover, Va. previ-
Gus to tire presidential election.
'The necessity change deeply penetrated the
iesraions happy The facp his election Nv
H. arison aone, without reference the of his
happiness of the people twill bring assurance Of the cessation
Of that long series of disastrous experiments which have
H afflicted the people. CoSFIDEscE viii IMMEDIATELY
vvE credit will be restored active business win return
instead OF their being occupied devsing
their ruin and Instruction. they will be asduouy employed In
in promoting their welfare and prosperity
Resolved, That we marvel much, that those
who looked with such deep commiseration up
on the blighted prospects of the poor man and
who mourned, in prose and verse, over the re-
iuctiOn of the icages Of labor prior to the cleo
ton of sold Tip" can witness, with such cool
and calm Indifference, the regular and con-
slant diminution of the laborer's wages since
the advent to power Of the exclusive friends Of
the poor man.
Resolved, That we, in view Of the practice
of our federal opponents, have the fullest proof
that those who are most enamored of log cab
ins on wheels, and in the streets of our most
populous villages, have the least regard for the
log cabins and the hardy pioneers of the woods.
Resolved, That no warrant can be found in
the constitution Of the United States for the
incorporation by congress Of a national bank
that such an institution is not necessary, either
as "Fiscal Agent or regulator Of the cur
rency"-that the power such corporation
must necessarily WELD over the business and
interests of the people, is dangerous in its ex-
istence to the liberties of the nation-and that,
should such an institution be established by the
present congress, in defiance Of the public will
and the public veal we pledge ourselves 10
use all proper and lawful measures to procure
its repeal by subsequent congress.
Resolved, That the proposed distribution of
the public lands among the states, is but the
first step in the adoption of permanent sys-
TEN of raising money by the general govern
ment to distribute among the states, which is
a practical assumption by the former of the
debts of the latter and which will inevitably
end in the annihiIation of the state sovereign
ties and the consolidation of all power in the
general government.
Resolved, That it viii be seen by the fol-
lowing table of the expenses Of the govern
ment of this state, not including payments for
the state house, safety fund, money borrowed
and interest thereon, that since 1886, when
the present wing party came into power, thoss
expenses have increased almost one half: