Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-04-05
THE HERALD.
Tuesday AfternoOn"".April s.

"THosE "BETTER TINES. when are they com
ing-l Loco papers,
Almost every copy of loco paper falling into our
hands contains one more inquiries or nnuendos
like the above. No account is made of any of the
disastrous circumstances that have occurred TO rem
der the ulhmen Of the hopes of the Wings in,possi-
bic, but loud, wild running whuop of reprolch kept
W, seemingly much to drown and shout out all
efforts OF the abused to defend the nseves as to feed
the morbid appetite of their readers for SANDER and
undeserved rdicule of their political opponents.-
Those "better times" will undoubtedly come as
soon as that "Better Currency promised US by Old
Hickory and his sanguine party gets along. Do
you like to be reminded of such incidents in your
on history and would it be possible 10 get YOU to
stop shouting and look at il just for momentl Be
candid, gentlemen Of the quill;-Iave pot we, as
opposers OF Gen, JarksOns principles every good
reason to ask of you tie ulflment of those promises
Especially as for twelve years your party held un
limited power over every department of government)
before you taunt the Wings with uon-ful6lment of
these, when there has br~ CIT four toeeks in the
whole time, that they have had a president who
would not crush their measures with his ponderous
veto the moment they were passed in Congress g.
and even in this brief blessed four weeks no Con-
greSs 0aS in session. BE pleased to bear with us,
gentlemen locos, for telling the truth;--hose
great promises hare neuer been fulfilled. You had
full potcer--the people were patient year after year.
they did not by you as you did by the Wings, begin
their SCOTS and jbes about the non-appearance of
promised betterments the moment Gen. Jackson had
got fairly into the Wh,te House! They gave you
time and opporunity--one, two, four, eight, TWELVE
years. At the expiration of the time, instead of the
improvements upon the administration of the good
old Adams, Retrenchment, Reform, Constitutional
Currency, and abundance of hard money blowing
up the Mississippi" activity and life in BUSINESS, &C.
instead of all this, we find the direct reverse in
every single particular TO be the case;--instead of
"retrenchment" the expenses of government have
averaged more than dOu6le;--instead of "Reform,"
government patronage has been prostituted to one
great system OF corruption and reward OF party SER
vices, and innumerabe new offices have been Great
ed on purpose TO bestow snecures upon party
favorites-instead Of"prosperity" and "beter cur
rency." we have had long prustration of business
enterprise, and no aUaiIa6le currency at ALL The
late administration, even with its doubled expendi-
lures, has entirely neglected the great works of for
tihcation and defence Of cur extended domain, pro-
badly 10 save money for elecSoneering purposes ;
and the Wings found the whole country in deranp-
ed, egected, diseased state, which, from the nature
OF the case, would require years of vigorous and
harmonious effort of all departments ofgovernment
TO restore. Though the Wbigs are The majority in
Congress, and 'can pass such acts as they please"
what OF that' Suppose every shn in Congress was
Wing, what good could be done, so long as a loco
with absolute poieer stands ready aud pledged to in
tercept the passage ofthose acts into la,cs?
We ask again--How are the wings or their polit-
ical principles answerabe for The non-fulflment of
these hopes and promises land why do the oppo-
siiion presses continue 10 heap abuse upon them
for not making good those promises ?--I1as it not
been shown that they themselves in far deeper
condemnation And will any reasonable man among
their readers fail TO read such abusive paragraphs
with contempt