Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-04
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TUESDAY MonNINo. JANUAWY a.
MIR. MANGUM,s SPEECH.

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| The powerful speech of MIR Mangum, will ares
Tho attention OF the country. He takes high an
improsnable ground ssains, the Fiscal Machine re
commented by the President aud the Secretary q
the Treasury. lie considers it mainly W i,h respec
10 It's probiele bearing upon the public liberty, an
regards II as tho bodest push for absolute powcr
which has yet been made in this country. Iii
reasons Tor this opinion are, to mnd sa,isfacto
| ry and unanswerabc. They arc such reasons n
guided the patriots who laid the foundations of IN
Republic, and they cannot DO iisregardcd wihon
bringing despoiism upon tho country. We read |,
no history, OF the union Of tho Purse aud Sword
such as Is contemplated by this scheme-wi,hou
reauing at tho same time Of absolute power. Tha
union Is the very essence Of dospotism; and its ex
istenco Is incompatible with liberty. Il is vain I,
tell us, that the power conferred by this union viii
not ee exercised. IL may not DO this year or III,
ne1t-but /, has no, happened dozen times in III,
whole history OF man, that power was not cxercisee
by those in whose hands it was lodged. Excuse,
or eSpediens are never wanting for bringing il int,
play.
FOR our part, we prefer to the establishment, o.
this mighty engine, to endure all the evils of a stat.
oil uncertainty and confusion From this last. thor,
are hopes OF cscape-irom the former, none.
But whilst the country is in a state of SUFFERING
and the people invited to take refuge from their en-
earrassmenis in the of dcspotsm, il ousht no,
10 DC forgotten TO whom we are indebted fur tho wills
we endure l. ought TO be borne i'm mind cor,in.
"aiy, that all our nic,ions have their date from the
ARBITRARY and lawless conduct of Gen. Jackson nn,I
'ha' they nave been continued upon us, by his sue.
ceSSors following IN his footsteps. When the sre,,
heiormer and his party undertook to better the con-
u''on oil tho people, by their mschicvous expcti
ments all branches Of national industry ,vcrc in =,
prosperous state. wchad sound and up;,o-r, ,,,.
rency, and agriculture, manufactures and commcr..
reaped al adequate reward The people were con
'e"' VII" small out certain sains-thcy were neral,
Industrious and happy. Blu; misrule changed the
whole aspect OF things. In the absurd cnor, o
make gold flow up the Mississippi, the good curren
cy we had was destroyed, and in its place ,ros xnh
sututcd the worthless trash, tho dirty shin nl,s,c
which choke up the avenues OF circulation. dcr,,,d
honest men, and parayze trlIc. To the same ii,
kefng with the currency, we were indebted for the
specializing, gambling spirit which ovcrran the land
deoauched the morals Of the people, and ruined
IL is TO the continuance OF the s,mc
oaneiul influence IN the naona councils that we NAV
ascriOe prolongaton Of the evils Of the Jacksonion
era. The people, by mighty effort, put the seal
OF condemnation upon the men and measures of thu,
day. and confidently hoped that they had restored
the days OF their former prosperity. But all their
glorious hopes were d'shed by the unli.nely death
OF him. whom they had selected to carry out their
wishes. They have again to put their shoulders 10
the wheel, TO recover the ground they have los, by
that bitter dspensation. To this task they mus,
prepare themselves, unless they are content to seek
relief ana repose in the desposm to which they are
invited.