Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-11-19

rups la,o, dpl a nco British treaty
Of whichIc.A pot now speak, bur of which
my senilmenAwill appear in The speech.
es which tdSic against it. and which
left ct WashGAon to be published on the
exchange Of ~ ratifca,ions. Such arc
their new cntrid! Finally the Federal
lists promised US. change OF times, and
they have given This promise they
have kept, and its the only one they
have kept: the tim, are changed about
as much for the wors, as modern Fedcr-
aIism {now at the had Of our govern
ment in the person Of hnic! Webster. J is
worse than the old btak cockadc FEEDER
alism Of John Adams and Alexander
Hamilton.
| Two years ago when tis party 60, in
to power, took occasion tosay in a let
ter which was published ,:Tu,r THEY
WOULD HAVE SHORT R1DE,ASD By no
MEANS A MERRY oSE.'' Both clauses OF
this prediction have Eeen vcritj. The
ride has not beena merry o., as the
state o: the party we'll shows: thu twill
be short the elections now going 4 suGi-
ciea:ly prove. Democracy wilt san be
in power again: and it will be for hem
to rub, out the NEW ENTRIES in the I'D
books. and 10 make another cHANGE,f
times by restoring the prosperity Of Il.
Jackson aud Van Buren, administrations
And they will 10 il. The counlry and
its cause, and not men and their schemes
is now the order Of the day, Throughout,
the Democratic host; end the country
and its cause will be attended to-.
Turning to our own noble State, we
see the Democracy. in full power and
ready for action. A base currency af.
flicts the State, and It's for the approach
ins general assembly to apply the relief.
Small notes, deprecated paper, spurious
banking, unauthorized issue Of papcf
trash, lawlcss corporations, and the in
PRODUCTION Of base paper from other States,
have been the curse OF Missouri for
some time past, and is the only curse t...l
how aillicts her. 1t is no ionse, time
for theorizing about currency; practical
measures are wanted. We see the evi!
we see the abuses Of the plper system;
and, leaving theoretical dlsquisi,ion TO
metaphysical politicians, it is our tasi.
ness TO proceed against these evils, and
these abuses, and 10 eradicate them in or
der To dive the people 10 what their late
oracle { MIR, Webs:er) now cell, .'aa obso
iete idea!'' that is, 4 National Bank. !
began the war against this Bank, ''a'mosi
sclitary ami alcne,'' twenty years ago,
(for had ba, few hackers, but amoa.
them JACKSON and VAN buren, y
and have lived TO see the institution in
dust aud inlany, and its foremost champ
on coElemptuously referring 10 It as ian
obsolete idea.'' But he has new idea.
yclcpt Er:aequer system, which, Ire got
from Nicholas Biddlc in November. 1871
iwhen the great Barker visited Wash
ington City for thalprpose) ana which
idea tho champion gave TO Mr.. Tyler.
who presented i. to Congress, anI where
| killed it in ono speech. 1t is to be
brought to life and presented to US asain.
This Exchclucr system is the progeny
Of Bddle, anu the substitute for tho de-
tunct National Bank, and the new con-
trlvance to pu! the credit aud revenues OF
TIC United States i'll the hands OF the men
aud OF the party who plundered widows.
orphans, men, citizens, foreigners. nv
tons, States, Rail Roads, Canals and lo-
cal banks ol about one hundred millions
of dollars; aud which hundred millions
they would have Dlundered from the Coz
ernment and People OF the United States
had it not been for JacksuA's Ve,ocs aud
tho removal OF the doposites, and Van
Buren's ':ancompromistng hostility TO a
National Bans.''
Respectfully. gentlemen,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
THOMAS u. BEN TON.
MEssERs. VIM. Shields, J. D. Blair, Il.
W. Sharp, and others, Committee, &c.
Connecticut.-'rhe Legislature of Con-
necticu, assembled i'll extra session U,
New Haven on Tuesday last. Governor
Cleveland's message is commercially
brief, and is principally OH the subject oi
tho congressional apporlionmcnt. The
tariff, militia, and ether subjects, however,
receive Some notice. On The subject OF
restoring TO Gen. Jackson the money
taken from him by the unjust decision oi
Judge Hall. III 1915, the Governor says:
"ln justice 10 a much injured man.
whose whole life has been spent in the
service Of his country. earnestly re-
commended tho passage OF resolutions ia.
strucling our Senators, and requesting
our Representatives in Congress 10 cxerl
their endcavofs to procure the passage o
DIN act to refund to General Andrew Jack
son, OF Tennessee, The amount OF Il zinc
or penalty imposed upon him for oilicia
acts performed as the Com nauder-in
chief OF the military forces Of the Unite.
States ut New Orleans, in 1915, together
with the interest thereon, from the time
OF its payment. Tho Invaluable services
which have been rendered to our country
by this distinguished soldier anA states
l,mn, liz noble and patriotic motives which
led to tho performance Of In. acts lol
which the penalty was imposed, the i'm
perious necessity that existed for thci.
performance, aud the happy consequences