The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-09
THE PROSPECT.

| aspect throughout the country, and people seen
| determined TO live, move and have being, the
| United States Bank of Pennsylvania to the
contrary notwithstanding. 1t must be cheering
to every patriot to witness the growing spirit Of
confidence in every quarter where the Banks
have been compelled to resume specie payments
The brawlers of 'hard times" who are to be
found at ''all times," have been at last forced
to put their shoulders to the wheel, and earn an
reigns supreme, and shin-plaster manufactures
and manufacturers have exploded. and have
| either gone to Texas or been sent to the peni-
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
President makers 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
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 will exceed
our imports. Our national honor is untarnish-
ed, Notwithstanding the efforts that have been
made by British tories at home to ridicule it..
We are protected by small but gallant navy,
and in fine, it may be Eve hope SO at least) that
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 the war of the Revolution is with US.
\ When we see and know a | these things, is it
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 it 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
quad pro quo, generally sustains the state
ments we have made, and get we see a few ed
itors, with the most unblushing 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 a
fine panacea for the ills complained of, though
not felt by one man in thousand. Such con-
duct, from such sources, needs but the knowl-
edge of the character of those who pursue it, to
render it ineffective.
Ifthese disorganizers have the interests ofthe
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
wire-pulling 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 retrbution is coming, slow, it
may be, but sure.
Will these men not exhibit, outwardly, at
least, the impartiality of judges, without con-.
demning man like bench of Norburys? All
that is asked of them is, 'Strke, but hear %
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 yet
of those that look for who shall or shall not be
President. Histhe cause Of THE REPUBLIC.