Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-11-08
SEVERE. BUT JUST.

Mr.. CoLouITT, Of Georgia. in re.
cent able spe ech in the House of Repre-
seniatives, on the report o. the select
Committee, and the resolution moved BY
Mr.. Adams TO destroy the Veto power,
thus spplies the lash to the sIready LAGER.
ated backs Of the Field Marshalls Of
Whiggery;-
"You dread the fulmina,ions Of public
wrath, and hence you have bound the
President as your victim, and offer him
sacrifice to appease popular ire. Your
efforts TO delude those whose confidence
YOU have abused, is the height of folly
There is no escape. Through every val
lev, from Name to Louisiana, float the
mutterings of an injured People, and
every mountain crag has tongue to echo
back their indignant retributioD, You
come into power upon promises of doing
good, but refused to tell by what meas
ures you proposed its accomplishments
Debts we're to be paid without money;
commerce TO flourish without produce; ;.
crops to be made without labor: religion
to be revived without morals; public
credit to be restored without taxes; and
the whole country 10 be rendered peace
ful, prosperous and happy, BY some magic
spell. But the first measure of which
Vou boast, was to fasten upon the coun
try again a NATIONAL BANK, against
the will of the people, at the very time
when the stock Of the Biddle monster
was selling at auction at about TWO dol>
lars for the hundred. You passed law
DESTROYING the obligation Of contacts
enabling the principal debtor to release
himselfat the expense Ufhis security
Yon have increased the public debt above
fifty millions of dollars. You have given
away the proceeds Of the Public Lands,
10 viola zion of yonr public trust, at time
when your credit was PROSTATE, and your
treasury bankrupt. You have passed a
law requiring the States to repeal their
own Eiec ton laws, and pass others in o.
bedience to your dtctation. You have
given power to your Clerk, by which he
can disGranchise any state in the Union
at pleasure. You have revived "the A.
merican SYSTEM to plumber one class
of YOUR citizens for the benefit Of another
10 fasten clogs around the ankles of labor
that the AgriculturaliSt may bow TO the
supremacy of tho Manufacturer You
have at last, after nine months warfare
upon the out posts of Liberty, had the
wickedness..and the dareiHg to aim dead
: " blow at the foundation OF her citadel
: The Constitution is now suspended al
the target for the poisoned shafts OF Part
and the People are called upon to aid il
it's destruction, OF stand forth in its de
fence. This report and resolution is tn
i sealing act of your political infamy an
o reproba,ion. Scattered over this gre'
J. nation, there are too many records Of he
l. glory, too many visible signs other grea
,, p. ness, and too many monuments Of here
!" ic virtue, for her citizens 10 submit lon
'e to the reckless misrule Of Fedora ldou
:. ina,ion. You have shown yourselves II
IN cable Of condu citing the affairs Of the r
s. public. You are now prepared for ana
IN. civ and revolution. But, hold! 10 Il
''a' mids, Of your banquet upon the rights
pie Freemen, with trembling, read the han
an writing upon the wall! Your days a
re- numbered. The very tombs OF 20
fathers-the Statesmen and Soldier;
the r. volution--p proclaim to a'semoI
lhe crowds the wickedness Of your purpose
TO the strong language Of Integrity anof re
Iai | dom" "