Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-07-05


Let u on the other hand, survey Europe, ia the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; We every
where two great objects make their appearance
on the stage Of the world the government and the
people. The influence Of general power over an
country. and the influence OF the country on
the power which governs II, the materials OF
history the relations between the great forces,
their alliances and contests, the subjects Of It's
narration. The nobility, the clergy, the citizens,
al iefcnt classes aud lr powers arc thrown
into the back ground and ehlced, az II were. by
these two great objects, the people, aud the gov
eFnment'-GHisot on Cirltsaoa.
Although the revolution whch thus visible
two centuries ago, has now been almost consum-
mated the entire preponderance Of the people over
government, yet there IS large class oil men VINO,
insensble 70 what Is before them, aud learning
every thint from books. stIil regard government
the most powerful OF the two forces. hen pros
pefty or adversely oyerspreads the land, 1t Is the
work Of Government-and when great benefit Is
- D. accomplished, the arm OF government alone Is
invoked. Thls Is peculiarly the ia the present
condition OF affairs. The pecunary circumstances
Of the people have undergone extraordnry re-
verse a very disastrous charge has come over the
country And tue question arises, What Is the
cause
The answer to this question viii evidently depend
on the relative consequence oil the people and the
government. Whichever Is the most powerful
the most responsible OF course, tor such events.
And those who ere IN the habit OF regarding the
people weaker than government, will look To the
latter a the cause Of evil and also the remedy
Tor the EVIL. such view however, belongs TO the
loih century or 10 the ages before It. Government
is no such potentate now. In our own country, It
no longer assumes the character Of great lnds-
pendent and hostile power. IL has become tac
creature and exponent OF that force, the people,
winch rose IN the l-th century rs rival and
tag0nist.
But government, poweress as it is in general, Is
i'm inf nj tl.
special difficulty under which we now labor. The
great evil is debt-a debt dlsproportioned to the
property Of the cOuntry-and therefore destructive
OF credit. We care not what may be SAID OF cur
rcncy good or bad We are certain that II the debt
ors had enough property now, they could get
enough money aud tie whole difficulty would DIS
appear. ell, now let Us look a the relative
powers of government and tine people IN thls matter
Some pol texans tell Us that II the government
would only make about twenty five millions OF L..
;. Bank notes, and fifty millions OF bank credits
say furnish - millions of money-eyery thing would
quickly be right. Let u now see what the people
can do are doing. They are working away 80 a.
10 make produce more than one thousand nI.-
/ lions OF dollars n year. TINS they doing, and
they are saving twice as much ont Of TINS SUN
they have previously done, and applying It 10
tue payment Of debjs-and yet the distress contn-
ucs. 1t is IDLE therefore to pretend that all which
government could do, would effect any Important
relief. Such pretence worthy only OF the
hoiow-headad aud hollow hearted actors IN the late
hard cider farce ana their and miserable fail
by all they have done to fulfil iotl Of their
promises IS ample proof Of The utter nediciency OF
what they attempted aud failed to do, Tor any I'M
portant benefit
No the country is going on with its annual labor
OF thousand millions To rcie eve Itself fast re-
llei can be accomplished. And 1t is learning the
useful though expensive lesson of the magnitude of
the wickedness and folly Of giving Itself up the
wee Of avarlce which Of late absorbed the land
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