New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-07-31

He means to get the Wing by opposing the General
Ticket law for elecng Members of Congress- which is
olious them If they heartily support him, be has
chance but doub, their doing The Wings may carry
the Senate, bat probably vii not.
In Illinois, the Congressional canvass is the main point
In the FIRST District Hon. John Reynolds (Opp will pro
badly beat Wing and neutral In the Second the
will be close between Hon Zadoc Casey Conservative and
Hon. S. H. Anderson. (Oppositior) Inhe Third, Hon.
John H Stuart (Nhig) will pretty certainly bea; Judge
H. Ralston, (Opr The Legislature will probably be Van
Buren, as usual
The resul, in the four other States above named of little
political importance.
To the Members of tho United States House of
Representatives:
Gentlemen: In this Country is the happy privilege of
the hubest speak those highest in power in rclaon
their public functions To claim respectful hearing it
only needul that respectful language be used and that
the subjec, involve important public interests The writer
though seldom exercising this privilege feels that the present
is exigency which he may be than toer. ted In
long of political observation and professional prac
,cc he has found year year. confirmation of his
early of the expedcncy all times, and of the
pressing necessity in than period OF commercial
revulsion, of the existence of Bankrupt Law.
The late Administration turned deaf the cry of
the distressed for relief Ced-hearted and blind Knocked
the sufierings Of the People
The Election A change made in the who
administered the Government. Hope rckindled in
thousands of beas-,he hope of enjoying the right. of free
American citizens, contemplated by the Constitution.
Shall this hope prove deluson Shall still darker cloud
nwrap their horzon Shall the Constitution, dear ALL
be dead letter the unortunse Do powers conferred
C,r 3D.
thousands doomed lasting misery BY the neglect
Under any circumstances and in the exercise OF all the
prudence with which ordinarily endued among
commercial people bankruptcies frequently I'm
less in their dealings endued with the attribute of
prescence and could the clements such mserunes
always be escaped The prosperity of every part of
Country and of every department of Industry depend
cnt on Trade the exchange of the surplus Products of the
EARTH and of Mechanical Skill. Lands, too in such a
Country this subject Of extensive traffic. 1t
be so in and prosperous Country. Shall the who
purchase aud SELL and without whose aid all the rich benefits
of trade must CEASE labor with halter around their nccks
IT, in business dependent many chances They should
be unfortunate are they be forbidden through life ai
shelter from the p,iless stora For them is city OF
refuge to be provided Are they pass away doomed
and hopeless race Is it nothing the Country that
many thousands scahed and hlased-are deprived OF
any means Of honest livelihood Let them be ncarceated
in dungeon life if such be the dictate Of policy.
but turn them rot to and be drcnchcd by the
storm on the barren moor Unshackle their hands and give
them leave to earn bread for themselves and their families
lie, them though stepped isforunes, be still American
citizens lie, thcI love the country OF their birth mother
chershng not less the hnn the prosperous
Take their all them relentless creditors.
whose mercy gold only propac' while they are not
nerrnirte to earn any, Make them naked and houSeess
bu, Vet permit them build cottage in the Wilderness and
compel them not to their bread by stealth Let not fear
track their footsteps Give them hope and real liberty, and
in their hearts they will bless you Nay it would but
bene, their creditors deny them these rights OF hui
anity and leave them as they But in denying them
these. none are enriched The denial comes with blight
ing curse to many with blessings to none
But the CRY and the effort arc for delay. WAIT,
Alas forty wears have passed undSr this cry In times of
prosperity WAIT for there is pressing necessity In
periods OF adversely wAIT, is suitable In
health prepare remedies f they are not needed In
sickness prepare none is late. there time
consider what may be the best
Forty wears have swept generation to the whose
las, look upon their Country has been of rrproech
Bghed and crushed thousands have wished, when casting
their last look surrounding friends that their lot had been
cast in any but tits land Of boosted Liberty
And WHY is it sol In older countries, where every thing
has acquired comparative stability by age Bankrupt Laws
are found needu-a policy adopted them in all ira
ding But here where fluctuations and changes
the natural csuls OF youth and rapid advancement
and where such law. times needed-wher-
Constitution has stripped the States of power and given it
the General Government, why it that the relief prov
ded administered Is it that in eager onward
progress hearessy drive the bodies of all who
may stumble in road Have time but to strip
them and rass on Have we not hear, enough when We
have ef; them bare raise them up and bid them again
sanl on their feet and again onward if they And