Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-10-29
A REVIEW.

A REVIEW:
It IL now just one year since the country
was in the midst of one Of the most exciting
political contests that it ever beheld. The
party which had long acted 10 opposition to
the Democracy, rendered by three successive
failures, had resolved, BY any and every means,
to Gus. those who were quietly in the enjoy
ment of power. il become necessary tina,
they should adopt some ground Of assault
They had before attempted to rally, under a
variety Of names. and in the support Of va
riety Of measures, but without success; and
as last effort, the only policy left them was
to combine all the elements Of opposition, in
one fierce determined onset. In this view,
they concluded to proclaim no principles of
their own, TO put forth no measures, to make
an appeal on no common point, but to Undue
their friends with the hope that 1hey were wiI-
ling to do everything. and UNITS all their eaer-
ges against the existing administration.
Their main points Of attack were these: LIST.
That the Democrats, secure in the possession
Of power, had run into extravaganza and debt.
Sd. That they hSd tempered with the currency
and deranged the business Of the nation and
Sd. That the executive power. assuming the
control Of the purse aud sword, had grown in
to a despotsm.
They began the contest BY selecting men,
as candidates, whose very '"signi6cance rem
dered them invut0erzbe. No efforts were spa
red to arouse the people. There was an ap-
peal for every passion, and seduction for ev-
cry temperament. The good wese invited BY
professions Of superior morality; the bad by
shows aud janke,ings the rich, BY hopes Of
speculation; the poor. by promises Of employ
,nent; aud the Unaffected by the prospect Of
change. Meetings, conventions aud pasades,
speeches aud pamphlets were all enlisted IN
the cause. Digni(ied Statesmen assumed the
is .s ct Rsp.ss,.c lecturers ons.nes
electIoneerefs; and the press wa converted
into machine for distributing me accusations
and lies that had been coined in the prolific
brain Of Mr.. Ogle.
DeIerious with success, raging like blood
hounds tor their prey, they we're eager 10 un-
jertake the administration At once. An extra
session Of congress was called, that no time
should be lost by delay. No sooner was it
assembled than their great ile-l-ader Game
forward with his manifesto OF what was to be
done. He proclaimed that there must be a IA
tional bank, tina, the public land proceeds
should be distributed, that huge deb. vas TO
be contracted, aud tina. protective tariff should
remain the policy Of the nation.
Nearly four months have been expended in
legislation. Under tho influence Of gag-laws,
almns, without debate, in the possession Of a
tremendous majority, and The entire means of
government a, their disposal, they have con-
Quoted their proceedings 20 an end. I,is good
time to inquire VIVA, has been done.
First. Have they corrected what they al
legged to be the errors Of their predecessors
Why, they complained Of extravaganza, but
they have not reduced the expenditure of the
government, in any one Of lis departments, a
single cent. On the contrary, they have de-
,nsnded and granted additional appropriations.
They said the currency was diso:aefed, and
they have LETT it precisely in the condition in
which it was before they came Into Office
They were loud in their dcnunciAtions Of an
Executive which should have chargepf the
public money, and yet they have repealed the
very law designed to give the treasury an IN
dependent existence, aud have placed the pub
lie purse, almost wilhou, regulation or respon.
sibil,y, in the hands Of the President.
Second. Have they carried out their own
plans! Not one of them 10 tho form they in
tended. The project Of national bank
their main project, the key OF their whole
scheme of policy.-has been killed. never to
I've revived. The revenue bill 10 not satlsfac-
tory 10 the manufacturers the sub-treasury
has been repealed, but they are unable to a
oree upon q Substitute; and the distribution
bilI has been carried, numbered with limita-
lions and conditions that have almost rendered
it nuga,ory. AS party, the wings cannot
point 10 a single measure that the whole par
~ may regard as triumph. What one Of it's
factions has gained, another has lost. If one
&. =. ,l,o Of l,o oP the die.
appointment of another. The party is broken
up-is filled with bitter and malignant spir-
il, and can never unite until the end Of time.
This, then, is the end Of the terrible ado
which year since agitated the nation through
its whole extent. The conversations, the par
AIDES, the songs and the shouts have ended in
,his-a Congress that has done little or no
thing. and a President whom the wings them
selves denounce as a silly and tfeacherous
man.-N. Y. Evening Post.