Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-09
NEW sERIEs.-VOL. ILL.,. No.s.

IbIs' i seems, was the policy which
prompted the convention Of Congress. in
extraordi nary session, on the 3lsi ofhIay
ls4I.
OG that day the extra session commen
ced, and then it was that those m easures
we're proposed, which express the real
motives Of the leaders. and which hav,
brought the Government and the country
10 their present condition. They wert
then Victors over the whole field Of powsI
With.the Executive-wilh a majority, o
vermhelming, in both branches Of con
gress, there was nothing to les rain the
full sw ayof their pleasure or their prin
ciples. This they knew, and this they
felt; and therefore it was, that their in the
Senate, with all the staggering indeli.
cacy of one unaccustomed to success, o.
penIy proclaimed 10 the democracy Of the
body, that we had been condemned by
the judgment Of the people--had been
brought together only for execution; and
that all we uttered was 10 be heard as
nothing, but the complaints of male fac
tors, on the way to the scaffUld. Such
was the delelum of merilless triumph
and vulgar revenge, with which the fed
eralists began their work, and wIh0u;
preparing any thing ia its stead, laid hold
upon the Sub Treasury, and tore it 10 The
ground. Thus, did these infatuated men
they who had most falsely ch arged the
democratic party with having committed
the public treasure to the sole custody OF
the Executve-With having united, in
his person, both the sword and the purse
thus did they, among the very first acts
of their power, do, themselves, the very
same thing SO uniustly ascribed to 9th
ers, by the repeal Of The only law which
placed the money Of the nation out ofthe
reach of the President. No bank, no
law, no resolution, had they passed. TO
take the place of the act repealed. Nor
IS there, 10 this day, any such provision,
or any such likely to be,while the present
Congress remains.
And why is this2 fthe majority can
not get the fscaliiy they desire, can they
not pass an act 10 secure the revenue? or
do they intend to have it as it is, ex
posed 10 the hazlrd OF official pillage, in
order TO try, once more, the coerision of
the people inlo national bank?
These men came into power, as we
were told, upon The holy mission of guar
ding the sanctity Of the constitution, the
law, and all human obligations. So pi.
Gus was their reverence for the oSserv-
snce Of contracts, that some Of their mum
ber were willing that this government,
though penyless itself and plunging in
debt, should assume the debts Of the
states, rather than witness their repudia.
ton. Nevertheless, these very same
men, the chosen and the anointed guar
dams Of all things sacred. by one genet
al act, with the name Of bankruptcy for
IFS captain, repudiated the debts Of the
larger debtors throughout the entire ma.
lion. By his single Oath,t they allowed the
interested party, If his debts were large
aud his means considerable, TO cancel his
bond, and thus 10 ruin The friend or the
neighbor, who, as creditor or security,
had confded in his honor. say, if the
debts were large, because if small, and
the debtor poor, the expense of the pro
cess makes the law unavailable, and
therefore, nuility 10 him. To exc
cute the act, the Federal judiciary passes
over the constitution, usurps the rightful
jurisdiction Of the local courts, defes and
spurns the sovereignty Of the states
But no matter for thal-,he greater bank
rupts, the magnificent milion2ries Of the
paper system, were brought to bankrupt
CIV, not by misfortune in Legitimate trade
NOT by accident beyond the power of
discretion, but by the eagerness Ofan a
varice seeking to crafty itself in the
gamblings Of speculation, and then vast
ing, in splendid prnfusion, all that the for
tune Of the hazard placed within its reach.
As men already ruined and desperate,
they bad entered the contest Of 40, with
the pledge Of the federalists, that their
debts should be treated as gambling obli>
gatiaus and sponged by the law and an
oath. And tbs pledge alone, of the
many made, has federalism faithfully Iul'
filled. /
Economy, let it be remembered. had
been promised as policy proper 10 IT.
self and especially so, in the then Oeces'
silous state Of the treasury. And yet by
this very convention of congress- at
time not appointed by the law three nun
dred and ninety one thousand 6O''0TS
were wasted in the payment of its men,
hers. and other expenses OF the sess-
ion.
Tipsnty foe thousand dollars were next
bos,owei ss graluit1 upon the widow |
Of The late President, and this. without
A. ,ny , reques, from her, or necessity found
n her pecuniary circumstances. So far
from any such necessity then existing or
likely to exist, il was fact we'll known
aud declared at the time, that the private
fortune Of that respectable lady, placed
her above the humility Of asking such fa-