Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-08-17

obtain immediate relief. You told them
that mere change Of rulers would 're.
store confidence" ''advance prices"
&c; and, under this belief, thousands
supported yeur candidates. Your great
leader and dctatOr--ihe master spirit
of your party--he who rules portion Of
you with the despotc sway of an auto.
crat--so promised them in a speech de-
livered at Hanover, Virginia, q short
time previous to the election. He then
said:
"The fact Of his (WilIiam Henry Har-
rison's) election alone, without reference
to the measures of his Administration
will powerfully contribute to the security
and happiness Of the people. II will bring
assurance of the cessation of that long
series of disastrous experiments which
have so greatly afflicted the people. Con-
fidence will immediately revive; credit
will be restored; active business will re-
turn; prices of products will rise; and the
people will feel and know that, instead
of their servants being occupied IN devi-
sing measures for their ruin and destruc"
tion, they will be assiduously employed in
promoting their welfare and prosperity"
Speech Of Henry Clay at HanOrer, July
10, 1910.
Yes, that's the word--"PRICES OF
PRODUCTS WILL IMMEDIATELY
RISE" No time was required; nothing
more was necessary TO effect this desra-
BILE object, thanthe mere election of Gen
Harrison. The farmer was promised that
ifhe would lead his aid TO defeat the
Democratic party, confidence should be
restored, The business of the couBtry re-
viVed, and the products of his Industry re-
ceive fair and liberal reward. Well.
sir, so strong is the love of money in
this generation, and so anxious are we all
to accumulate wealth, that | have no
doubt many who have heretofore profess
ed to be Democrats, and 10 be actuated
BY principles alone, voted for your candi-
dates, with an expectation that change
Of Administration would produce the
promised result. But what ample proof
we haze before us that there are many
false prophets in the land! Go to the hon
est yeomanry in the rich and productive
valleys of the Far West, and ask them
whether your predictions have been Veri-
fed, and they will tell you tale of low
prices almost unparalleled in the history
of our country. You will, when you re-
turn to your respective homes, hear loud
murmuring and complaints from your
deluded constituency. The candid men
of your own party, who are uninhuenCed
by any other consideration than an hon
est desire 10 advance the public veal, are
bscoring disgusted; and the time is not
far distant when these men in power will
be kicked by an indignant people from
the high places to which, in an evil hour
they have been elevated. Yes sir, The
day ofludgment is coming; and those of
you who have dsregarded your promises,
and abused the confidence >reposed in
you, will be made to feel the lash Of an
outraged and insulted people.
| have said the people are looking
to you for the rslief which you promised
them. Well, how do you propose extern
ding il? You have already passed an act
distributing the proceeds of the public
lands amongst the States, thus abstract
ing about three millions per annum from
the National Treasury. You have done
this at time when you declare that it
is absolutely necessary to borrow money,
in order to keep the Government in mo.
ton. In other words, you have given
away the public treasure, in order to Gre
ale an excuse for borrowing! You had
no surplus to d stribute; and yet, whilst
YOU are embarrassed, as you allege, by a
deficiency in the revenue, you give away
three millions! In 1886 yod deposited
twenty.eight millions with the States; and
80 far from asking them TO restore a part
of this to relieve you from your Difficult.
ties, you have given them the whole Of
the land revenue! A prudentman, find
ing himself embarrassed and in debt,
would curtail his expenses, and call upon
his debtors tor payment, instead of Civ
ing away a large portion of the money
he had accumulated, and increasing his
expenditures. You have not only given
this away, but you propose to make new
appropriations. This is a new way 10
pay debts and relieve the Government,
which will no doubt excite some, surprise
amongst your constituents. 1t will re.
quire all the ingenuity, all the tact and
eloOuence of Wing orators on this floor
10 satisfy the people Of the ProPriety OF
dirtributing money to the States, Wills
YOU were borrowing for your own use. .
But have said you abstract three mill
ions and give il TO the States; the vacuum
thus produced must be filed, and how Il
! il TO he done2 Why of course, by in
creasing the tariff, and addingnew bur
dens IN the shape Of taxes on the people
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