Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-26
Nj Els S AGE


To N: Senate and House IF Representatives.
Of The Stale Of Missouri:
You have assembled at period when the
result of your deliberations will be regard
cd with the deepest interest by your con-
stituents.
Since your last adjournment, kind and
benifcent Providence has continued to be-
stow upon us the most cherished blessings.
Our climate has been unusually temperate.
and the health of our citizens preserved in
Il remarkable degree. Abundant crops hav"
rewarded our agricultural industry!
great increase OF our exports, and the com
para,ive diminutlon Of our imports, exhibit
a condition of trade peculiarly favorable to
our State; and the increase OF our popua-
ton. and renewed industry and economy
among the people, have added greatly to
our numerical strength and our productive
wealth.
Fol blessings so numerous, and so essen
tial to our happiness aud prosperity, let Us
render our heart felt thanks to HIM, who, in
his infinite goodness, has bestowed them ALL.
In the enjoyment of these blessings, sui,
fcent, il would seem, to make free and
virtuous people happy and prosperous, we
are nevertheless struggling in the m'ds, o'
cmharrassments arising solely from artifi
clal causes.
|, will be conceded by every rejecting
person, that no civilized nation can attain
The full enjoyment of all its natural iesoul-
ces, in the absence of sound circulating
medium. ANY substitute for such medium
must. from the nature Of things, be temper
AIRY and partial in It's benefits, and ultimate.
~ disastrous in its consequences.
The subSliu ion ut an irrcdeemable pa
per currency, resting solely upon a credit
derived from temporary and Elusive causes.
tor the precious metals, and paper convertl-
Ole At pleasure into those me taiS, has brough
upon us a train OF evils, which has inflicted
the severest injury upon all the great inter
ests Of society. Men imagined that they
we're in the possession OF wealth, hen, III
reality, they possessed nothing but worth
less promises.
Now that the mist has been disSipate ted,
and we see nothing before US but stern re
nIity, II becomes us to use every pr"perex
erlon to extricale ourselves from me diff
culies which surround US. StraG,," as II
may seem, there ATE those who contend that
The remedy lies in perpetuatng The EVIL,
thai, in orde: to eXlrlcate ourselves from
cmbarrassmentS brought upon US by VI
cious currency, we must lend to a sinila,
currency the sanction Of the law. One
would naturally suppose, that, in order It
cure the disease, ii would be necessary T.,
remove the cause. Temporary expedlenr.
may give partial relief ior the moment, hu
the invaliable effect is to increase the eylt
and render the remedy more difficult.
The State cannot pay the individual debt,
ol her citizens; and even il II had the abr
~, and chose IN exercise il, it could not d,
SO without inhlctins monstrous injustice
upon the great mass OF the people. Suci
- proposition would shock the moral sens
of every upright man.
We have an industrious, enterprislRg AM
economical population. Our soil not onl
abounds in mineral wealth, but is admrabI.
adapted to the cultivation OF the most valu
able articles of export. With such advan
tages, nothing but our own shorl-slghte
poicy can retard our advancement. Free
from the miserable and worthless currency
tina, has rested, like an incubus, upon GU
energies, we would find lis place supple
by "a sound and intrinsically valuable circu
Iating medium. Oar people would thei