The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-06-25
VOL. IL. NO. 60.

dencc, aud beyond all responsibility? Let one who
sincerely wishes You well, but still more his coun-
try, saw Dismiss from your mind any idea assocl-
uted with the word Sub Treasury or Pun Blu
reaism, and suggest to Congress the proprety as
well as praccabliity Of having our money colec-
ted, kept, and expended by honest citizens OF the
United States. without Trusting 10 fullhess agents
who are known to have abused the trust cOnided to
them. This may surely be done without putting
it in the power of the Executive Department 10
n,direct lis use. II Congress could constitutions
ally charter Bank, what think you ITS friends
would care for it without the use Of the public
money? Would they accept it Have you ever
reflected upon the enormi,y Of the power claimed
ior Congress to create ccrporations-b polite:
What is this but he power TO say what shall be
the rights and franchise Of indNduaIs,one or many
Would not this power, carried out to Its conse-
quences, free every negro in Virginia, aud even
ITALY usurp her power TO regulate the personal
and politica! rights of all her people Any ordln-
ary man might see this And for whom is this us
urpn,ou of power askcd-for whose benefit IL
may be said almost exclusively for stockholders and
speculatlors, who, producing nothing, add nothing
to the wealth of the nation; but, like those natl
consumers fruges, are mere drones in the hive.
Figure to yourself the possible consequences OF
this power in the hands Of all ambitious and unscru-
puous Executive, with plant Congress, and the
iaIisman of fifty million Bank. What then would
become of the rights of the States Ay, or 'he
rights Of mar in this country, which is noC his last,
MS i, would be then his lorlorn hope' Suppose
such an Executive with such appances-with
moral SENSE relaxed by pecunlary difficulties and
obligations 10 stockmongers at home and abroad,
and, as might be possible, with foreign predec-
tons what probability, think You, woad there be
of success in our disputes aud contests with orr
greatest enemy and riyai Away, then, with tins
wicked machinery Away, also, with the SILLY
and weak, as well as wicked, scheme of dls'rlhu-
ton !--distribution Of what Does il not cap the
climax of folly and faulty, or the most despicabo
knayeiy and hypocrisy, when crying out that 'fefe
is deficiency in the Treasury, TO talk OF gving "a
way Il large portion Of the revenue; W hat good
did the distribution of the wenty-eleh millions de-
posted with the States, and for which they Justly
owe produce Nothing but EVIL has or WIZ come
of it, So help me God, do not think the annals
of legislation throughout the world, could produce
an act less derensbe upoa any principle OF wisdom
or patriotism. 1t ought to stand as beacon OF
warning to all future legislators it inevitably will
rs blot on the political and historical escutcheon
Of the country Is the contemplated distribution
of the land revenue to aid the indebted States IN
their difficulties no, to mention lis total lnndequa-
cy and Injustice What, let me ask, has Congress
TO do with the states in tho management Of ihelr IN
ternal municipal affairs There IS but one way the
states can get out honestly Of their difficulties 'hn' IS
bv having their debts themselves as they contract
ed Them. Let Congress mind lis own business,
and the paper money mongers 90 On legIs'a'lng I'M
wisely and uncons,i,ulionully for the States II
the people are determined to be ruined by them,
there is no help Ii is idle and vain to expect lhat
any lust, wise, or constitutional action OF congress
can, or will relieve the States, They have TO thank
| their credit system friends, aud their own imPru-
dtnce, for their condition. As to The approaching
session if our foreign affairs do not lnperalvsly
demand It's continuance, it Is to be hoped there will
he coed sense and patriotism enough IN Congress
TO put an end TO it at once, without going nlo any
| of Inc great maligRaBt measures which have been
alluded To. The uscripliOn TO Won OF great power
to do good in your present position, Is founded up
on the sGpposi,ion that q Congress SO reckless oil
| principle aud patriotism Us to have constitutional
majority in favor Of the measures alluded TO, IL
oginst Inc constitutional veto Of the Executive,
could not be brough, together that the principles
Won so long PROPOSED aud acted upon, sll remain
with YOU that your official station and your po-
rcal and snciaI relations would give you great IN
nuence with your friends that legitimate son OF
the Old Dominion, he mother q statesmen ana q
States, would not desert her principles. In me,
that all these considerations could not faiI to Keep
Won recius in cuiia. Let it never be said that the
sons Of Virginia are becoming false to her prlncl-
pos--let them rally 10 her support, and again place
her ~ here she so noby stood, forcmos, in main
tanning sound Republican principlcs-lhe PIlnci..
pies Of Thomas Jefferson, Of Spencer Ronne, and
Of John Tyler--princples upon which alone our
Republican institutions Can be maintained. larry
out these principles which il ia hoped are still yonr
princip!es md your name will 20 down TO posieri-
ty through all time as the savior Of your country,
ind the beneiactor Of mankind.
A FARMER.