The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-15

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country, than any nation klnured OF peo-
pie, beneath the crcling sum- SINCE II first rose 10
gladden. the hearts and warm the limbs OF Adam
and Eve and all the other animals BIRDS beasts and
fishes in paradise.
There is not the least thing doing in any
branch of business whatever except lying and
cheating .n Wall street, picking pockets promiscu-
a1-r. .la >.lug dogs all over the city. Money II
Observation-Disclosures was more so. The money
maa>a .- lu urst rate oFdef-whiisI the cheating
brokers aoi lying politician, are IN very bad odour
tHr.5 1l capitalist can employ his funds. Immense
.lH- ale ytu5 Idle IN this city on that account
locked up IN the vaults of banks and elsewhere
There Is no demand for money for real business pur
poses. And this is owing to two orthree First
the season is dull occasloned conformity by the pru-
dence and poverty of persons in the interior some
can't get trusted, and others won't squander their
cash, Then, we have the return OF some of the
banks out west TO specie payments this for the pre-
sent checks trade. Then, again, in a mis-
cradle state of uncertainty about the tariff occa-
stoned by the suicidal obstinacy of the wings in
Congress All these things combined, together
with the return of prudent cautious spirit on the
part of the people generally, terrible duness
in trade of every kind. The man who bought four
coats year now buys but one-his wife follows his
example in the matter of dress the spirit of
economy iscarried out through his entire household,
and the community catch the contaglon.
This Will account for the duness of trade. But
still we are not without immense sources of gratula-
ton, The crops-the glorious crops, in every Sec
ton of the country are most abundant. The north
does indeed give up, and the south keeps not back
whilst the mighty west keeps pace with both. In
the midst OF all the folly and roguery of man. the
bounty Of Heaven is not withheld.
The crop OF cotton is coming in from every
section. The first bale of Georgia cotton was de-
vered at Fort Gaines on the Both of July,from Ran
dolph county, weighing $40 pounds, and brought
cents. The first Alabama bale was received at
Montgomery on the 10Th of July, weighed 3O4
pounds and sold at auction tor III cents. The
first Florida bale from Jackson Fcounty reached
Apalachcola on the LIST of August, and sold at Z
cents. The cotton crop will be immense all over
the country; and will the crops of wheat, corn,
rice, tobacco, sugar, and every kind of produce
There never an instance of more gonous har
vests since the country was settled. And yet thou
sands are suffering from the rascaliy of politicians
Providence is merciful and bountu TO all his crea-
lures in this country, whilst man seems determined
TO scourge and torture, and pllnder his brother
man.
The present Congress has done nothing but throw
the country into confusion ever since it commenced.
And If the Senate rejects the treaty (no very proba-
ble) fearful retribution awaits them For they
will then have filled the of their iniquity.
They have done one good act-they will do none
for there is no hope now that they will pass any
tariff at all. And their only chance of salvation is
for the Senate to ratify the treaty.
This last hope is the bright side OF the picture
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than all the armies and statesmen and commanders
employed in the two They have laid the
foundations of a lasting peace and extensive COM
mercial intercourse, lucrative to both countries,
which nothing but the Devil, or his deputies, the
politicians can ever unsettle or even shake for sim
gle instant.
We have. too, another source of satisfaction. Our
miserable politically corrupt Congress must soon
adjourn, it will fall pieces from own political
rottenness, and then the business of the country
will revive Immediately The signs of the times
have alarmed the majority. They see the hand
writing on the wall-already the Indignation of the
people is rising up in big black majestic maJorties
of five and ten and fifteen thousand from
Alabama, and North Carolina, and Illinois and in
every State In the Union expect to the fac
tious disreputabe doings of this miserable majority
rebuked most sterny. The wings have played the
fool most egregious,y when the game was in their
hands, and now the people have taken the game in
to their own hands, and playing the devil with
the wings. So be 1t. Ii will do them good.
The President has acted throughout like a con-
sclenlt us, honest man +, and for this he has been
hung in egy all over the country by the ultra whigs
and cursed and abused by them worse than the
most infamous vagabond that nfests the nation
And yet such party expect to prosper and have the
support of intelligent, industrious and independent
men. Imposslble-as they will find before the 9th
OF December next, when they will be scattered to
the four winds of Heaven.
But in other, besides commercial and political as
poets, are in a curious condition. The aspect of
nature at this season Is the very reverse of her
ordinary appearance. And the moral atmosphere
seems to keep pace with the natural. We have had
more unnatural murders, horrd crimes, fragrant de-
falcations infamous elopements robberies of banks
Grim cons breaches private trust, reputation by
brokers, violation of social confidence, abuses of I'M
mense magnitude by public officers, court martials
of big and little officers, scandalous conduct naval
and military, disobedence to superiors, dreadful de-
hnquences 81 duty, and every conceivable shape
and modification of human turpitude that could
defom the surface OF civilized life.
And yet we are prosperous as a people, blessed of
Heaven, and happy. And why Because the po-
hticians and their clique form but miserable mi
noriy OF the nation The majority of the people of
this country are honest, Woodworking, patient,
pous, perseyerng, talented, tenacious of their
rights, and able at all times to maintain them. With
such peeple-such a climate, and such a soil. we
have resources within ourselves that enable rs TO
correct every family error, rectfy the balance of the
world, and whip them into decency whenever they
deserve IT,
THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRIrAry--We Uere
greatly in hopes that should be able TO forward
by the Columbia the news of the ratification of the
treaty by the Senate But we suppose that they
will ratify it to-day or to-morr W, beyond doubt
The only additional item connected with it that