The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-08
THE PROSPECT.

| aspect throughout the country, and people seem
determined TO live, move and have being, the
United States Bank Of Pennsylvania TO the
contrary Notwithstanding. II must be cheering
to every patriot 10 witness the growing spirit Of
confidence in every quarter where the Banks
have been compelled TO resume specie payments
The brawers OF 'hard tmes,n who are to be
found at ''all times" have been at last forced
TO put their shoulders to the wheel, and earn an
honest livelihood; the Spectator no longer
reigns supreme, and shin-plaster manufactures
and manufacturers have exploded, and have
either gone 10 Texas or been sent to the penl-
Tertiary. A few unquiet spirits, to be sure, dis
turb the general good feeling in our large cities,
bat the movers are mostly mere tools of the
Presidentmakers at Washington, who, in turn,
receive their orders from Ashland or Kinder
hook.
The farmer is represented to have abundant
crops, and everywhere the principal complaints,
that the provisions Of the poor man are too cheap
"a welcome complaint, truly. The mechanic is
earning even as much as he did in the times OF
a superabundance of money, or rather paper
for no one will deny, that of real money we now
have more in the country than we ever had. At
last the commercial millennium has arrived, and
our exports before the close of the year wlexceed
our imports. Our national honor is untarnish-
ed, outstanding the efforts that have been
made by British tories at home to ridicule it.
We are protected by small but gallant navy,
md in kno ~ ~. 10 ~ ~
all our warlike difficulties are approaching a
conclusion. The Mexican question, the Florida
troubles, the Northeastern boundary the Right
OF Search, are all in fair way of settlement /;
and in the latter instance, we have lately had
the grand satisfaction of knowing that our old
ally in tive war of the Revolution is with u.s.
When we see and know these things, is ii
not ridiculous to hear few GROWERS holding out
the idea that the country will never be righted
until we have another mammoth paper machine?
Can the People believe il? Can any man who
calls himself Republican,, and pretends to be
guided by the doctrines of the fathers of that
school, believe it? The tone of the Press, with
those exceptions where the parties have received
quid pro quo, generally su,tains the state
ments we have made, and get we see few ed
itors, with the most unbushing effrontery, make
shameless remarks, which they know are incor-
rect. These men assume that some three hun
dred men coming together at Washington, and
remaining three ,fourths Of the year there, is
fine panacea for the ills complained of, though
not telt by one man in thousand. Such con-
duct, from such sources, needs but the knowl-
edge of the character of those who pursue il, TO
render it ineffective.
If these disorganiZers have the intere Is of the
country really at heart, why not suffer US TO en-
Joy the calm which should exist? Are we to be
kept in perpetual turmoil and misery by the
wre-pulllng of few discontinued, because dis
appointed politicians Are the honest lagos of
the day to triumph over every principle of right
and justice? Let them ponder, and beware,
for the day of retribution is coming, slow, il
may be, but sure.
Will these men not exhibit, outwardly, at
least the impartality Of judges, without con-
demning man like bench of Norburys2 All
that is asked of them is, 'tStrike, but hearw
The People we are sure, when they have heard,
will never strike; and we bide their decision
with perfect confidence; for the cause is not the
cause Of one man, or any set of men, nor vet
Of those that look for who shall or shall not be
President Hist the cause Of THE REPUBLIC.