The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-01-07
RETROSPECT.

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Most of those who took part in our revelation.
sry struggle, fought for Liberty as well as inde-
pendenre; but there we're lew VINO iouSht io'
luiependence only. These men desired 10 cast
off dependence on the Princes and Lords ol Eu-
rope, merely tha, they might be Princes and Lords
in America BY the republican integrity OF wash
ingon, their frs, plan to accomplish inns on)ec', ~
,er the achievement, of independence, was deiea-
ted.
The footsteps Of that party are exhibited in the
nroceedngs Of that convention which framed our
Constitution, in their efiurls to asslmilale our form
Of government rs far as practicable to the mon
archicu and arstocrnc features OF European es-
tablishments Every open attempt was defeated;
but they succeeding in incorporating INTO the toh-
s,itution certain general expressions, suscepoie ny
STAINED constructions of being used 10 pal'iae ana
sustain an accumulation of powers not conceived by
the States which adopted it, TO be delegated to The
General Government
Some of the leaders Of the same party We're found
i, the first Cabinet organized under the Conslilu-
tuition, the chief Of whom, Alexander iiainli'oh'
wus placed at the head vt the Treasury Depart
meat, Ills uvowed opinion was, that no govern
men, in which representative bodies exist, can be
sustained withou, corrupton and his iirs, great
MIN was to establish and perpeiuate the means Of
the assumption and funding Of the State debts, en-
nb!inu members Of Congress to buy up their de-
preci5,ed stocks and then buy their own acts maxi
ing the United States responsible for their pay
men,. raise them to par, and thus pocket large
Gums of money. Permanent means he sought IN
the establishment of Bank Of the United STATES,
crwhich members Of Congress might be directors
ani officers, and from which they might receive
loans or crutuiles, as the occasion might require
"a be made up TO the Bank by the profit to arise
from loaninr out the Public Money placed in it inI
the osensbIe purpose Of being safely KEEP, for the
use Of the Government
By such means the ariStocratic party secured
majority of Congress, aud succeeding in clecl'ng
the second President of the United States, in the
person Of John Adams, Relieved from the re-
s,raint which Washington devotion to liberty Ind
imposed upon them, that party now pressed their
designs without disguise Laws were passed d.
rcc,,y infringing the liberty oIspcech and the press
republican aliens were substantially put at the
mercy Of the President, the national debt was in
creased direct taxes and excuses were land in add-
ton to the tariff OH imports, the navy was ncreas
ed, an army was raised and organized, aud the
troops OF the United States were used wlthou, sci u
pie in seizng and casting into prison such person
US become obnoxious to the Executive by being
charged with violating the unconstitutional and ly-
rannical acts ofCongress
Awakened by these hish-hnndcd measures to
,ls .s;,ns or tia Ari.,ocro,ic Parry. now having
,,len n themselves the name Of Esjcroli>is. the
pennc orponypl under the name of Rcpu5Iicans.
md i, ,hn eler,i,n oc Mr. Jefrrson cut short their
career. The obnoxious laws were repealed, the
army dsbanded, the navy reduced the eSpendi
ture, curtaiied, the direct taxes and excuses abol
ished and except the the Bank of the United States,
all The de,ices which had been contriyed 10 give
onr Governmcn, ,b, character Of nm Eyrcnenn cs.
,al,shn,cn, wer. swrni away, And in ISL nm
tho cyn;r,,;,n If lis charter The Bank itself was
conl,nrod I, DO ,,ruclion BIZ the fla, Of a Rcpubgi
on, po,n,e
Wr Inn, crcot enemy If Democracy. of simpe
;ns,i,u,ions and purc government, in 1872, cane
upon the country. Its d iiculllcs and disasters,
cnu,ed in mar, by the weakness with which it was
nrnse.n,ed bnt chiefly Ly the wicked and afro
r,us conduct of inCurintcd Federalism, wrough,
cad ch,nue in the minds of many honest men, and
dnnr,yed the minds of many more rot so honest.
Thav yieJed To the supposed necessity of siroa-
g,r roycrnmeo,; new Bank was created, more
1no,verCul and more closely allied to the govern.
men, than the old: the war debt, doubled by the
,rc,son,ble conduc, of Federalism, had to he PRO.
yil.d for; though direct taxes and excses were not
rc,orted to, another device, in the shape Of pro-
,rc,iye tariff, more dangerous because more nsid-
;,u. wa, introduced. no, onlv as means to rcplen.
ian ,ha Treasury. but 10 raise m an effective ars.
,oc-ncv IN the SHINE of Manufacturing CAPITALISTS,
which nni,ed with the nrisroaracy of Bankers,
should live upon the labor Of the pcoplc, and con-
,o their Government, NJ clIec,ual IA do the Lords
md WononoI.,, of the British empire. The tax
Tins Iai, and collected from the products Of labor
IN ma Jned states, for the benefit of raising ari.
,ocrncy. had become, in 1923. enormous. almos,
hoyond cnncen,ion. and wouId not have been sub-
,sd n be III, caininu and working interests had
!, ~, bren s,s,Ihily collected. And to pcrpc,unc
!" The men then in power, in anticipation Of the
n,r,,an, If The Nu,!onal Debt. we're deyisnr vas,
ioione. If internal imnroyemen, TO find use for
.n"h nnrnns or !, as came into the national Trea-
' sas"
hi, ,s III, .,,,o If ,b;,rs ,yhcn Go, Jockson
."J ,,,J :, ,ho pros;Je,cv A,h,u,h from
WA; n'o,;yss man, ;nd;yJnols If hi,h federal
",;'us hod oded in Tia cler,ion and nssduousy
"oI naJ ~ Zoo Thai, o,yn L,s IN h.. ,dm;n;s.
,." !, '.a. ;n,..;lIo n nrsy,n, b;s avn rc.
'u',on " WV" h,.l.J bv conrars moral and
,psu.;o,I nsyer eycc,led if ever eounlled. from
pbNslCd', hS''' "i"N''N' $500