Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-16

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and wlIg demaeogues, saw an opening
; for their personal ambiliol- bankers look
I'd TO "a change" for their own best in
eerests-and all, united with hundred
other selfish factions, contributed from
the stump and the pocket, in alarming
J their deluded followers into a belief that
their substance would be forced from
them in the shnpe Of a tax upon their
chickens-that their liberties were to be
overthrown bya vuthIess standing army
of 100000 men-that the wages Of la.
Dor were to lie reduced TO pittance-
that the President lived in a gold palace
aud was fed from gold plates-th these
and hundred other unfounded fabrica-
tions, as destitute { f truth as their propa.
gators were devoid of honor, mainly con-
stituted the shock Of wing arguments as
gainst the late administration. The coun-
try at large, and especially the deluded
men, who under the influence Of out.
ward pomp and parade, and whilst sober
thought was overcome by the encroach-
ments ofrevel and debauchery, yielded
their political integrity, have learned ex..
perimenfally, whether wbig perfOrman>
ces are the aane as whig promises
whether Van Buren times could not be
come worse under a change of admins.
tratiOn--whether national prosperity has
returRed-whelher money is plenty, aud
the nation out OF debt--in fine, whether
"a change" has indeed made the people
more prosperous and happy, or the
nation more powerful and independ-
ent.
Nearly two years have already elapsed
since the triumph Of the federal party
at the polls, and The various departments
of government for seventeen months
have heen under the absolute control OF
of Chief Magistrate selected by them
selves, surrounded by congress having
a whig majority of len in one house, and
forty odd in the other. In a speech of
an individual. Mr. Clay, at hanover, Va.
June 9Th 1910, who, If not the most
popular, was certainly one of the most
powerful agents in bringing about Ga
change" Of rulers, the people we're as
sured that the defeat of Mr. Van Bu-
len, and the fact Of the election of his
successor, alone, "regardIess of the meas
ures of his administration" would con.
tribute powerfully to the happiness of the
country. And it was confidently prom
ised by the same distinguished leader,
on the same occasion, hat upon the suc-
cess Of the whig party ''coDfdence would
immediately reviVe-credit be restored
active business return, and the prices of
products rise." Whether all these pre-
dctioas, or whether any Of them have
been fulfilled, the whole country is am
ply able TO testify. A whig Congress
with commanding majority in either
branch, has been in session more than |
eleven months out ofthe seventeen WHICH |
have pas sed since the 4lh ofMlrch, Al !;
aud yet. with the executive, Judicial and
Legislative branches Of government in
their own hands, promises made to
the people Of increased ''indlvidual. and |
national prosperity" ha Ie in no instance
been fulfilled
An extra session of Congress, held at
a cost to the people gilmore than ahaIf
miliOn-under the diclation and cOn
rOl Of the individual who, one year be-
fore, had beem SO lavish in his promises,
succeeded, afIer three months devoted to !
debate, ansabstracting three millions of
land revenue from the national treasury
already Oh the verge Of insolvency, and
9gislaling it into the pockets of the states
At the same season, by the same politi.
cal leaders $5O0,000 900 Of debts, con.
tracied with the people by splendid bank
rIpts and paper money spectators, were
cancelled by a single act Of legislation.-
These two acts, with others of similar
caste, constituted the grand measures of
whig reform enacted at the disastrous ex-
ira session OF one hundred days, and the
proposed repeal of which, during the
past winter, has arrayed their former
friends in open warfare. Since Decem'
Der last, at an expense of more than a
million and half of money, the same
triumphant t"retienchment aud relorm"po
litical leaders have for eight months been
assembled in Congress, debating qUes
lions not Of public merit, but having in
view the elevation OF rival candidates for
The Presidency, and up TO the last report
ur their doings, had refused to consider
proposition fixing upon day of adjourn
ment.
In the midst Of all the Disappointment
aud ill-feeling that have resulted from
blgh,cd hopes and pledges that remain
unredeemed, it is not surprising that the
rival parties which compose the discor
dant clemens Of the whig party, should
seek TO skuIk responsibility, and rest the
blame one upon the other. BUTT isalike
homeless and dishonest 10 attempt longer
+ ,o persuade deceived and deluded peo-
) nIe that the incorporation Of United
States Bank, under any guise or name,
4 would ''revive confidence lathe broken
; faith and violated pledges ola faltbless