The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-07-21
From the Quo Sla'ee nan.
A WHlG CONHRESi.

FROM tne " no ga eS nan
WHlG CONHRES;.
Was there ever such congress OF folly,
ma aInsss and demoralrz ilion, extravdgance,
aud out law y, as Is now diSgr acIug this ma
ton? Have Tho people not eOough Of Wing
gery2 Are they not SICK, Hshsmed, drsgus'eh?
Will they Botcsll 10 severe account the lead
,pg actors in The sceue2 W,ll hey su>laln par,
~ whose pick and Choica leaders ave made up
ni the wors, material IN the human fBmllya.-
who nave neither a regard for decency, kon~
or, or pllghied faith whose days are spent IN
wranSng, and nlghts in dissipation, without
nnc noble 'Tsit 10 redeem them from lasting
iniamy. Are The people of this God favored
land 80 lost to true sense Of their own high
responsibility as to Sit in calmnesA and indIf
ference, while the neuonal halls ofjuslce are
profaned mon'h after month with tbe mad raw
'ngs Of u6holy sInbtion2 Has faclious whig>
gerry not had IFS frolc oul? and will not the
sober thinking people rush forward and take
the government oul Of the hands ofmen reel>
ing and staggering 10 and fro, druok with the
mighty wreck and desOlatIon 'helr own Lands
have made? Was country every cursed
with such party? Was party ever cursed
with euch leaders?-as though an indignant
God ctu'd longer bear with her inqutt s. q
congressional funeral has become as common
as congressional row, fight or horse-'sce
Faction reisns within; shame, pity and con-
tempt without. I hal time may be gwen TO res
vel IN vice and debauchary, the gsg is applied
in debate and the hours Of investigation cut off
toa nothing, lGS cad Of seeking means topsy
Oil the nioi OF debt they have accumulated
IN one short yenr OF Ill gotten power, and GO
mg home aud king forgiveness of an InsuI-
ted and abused constituency, they are actually
proposing 10 create a national debt of TWO
HUNDRED MILLIONS! Iusead Of lpgls-
llung for The security and more certain COL
ecIOn Of debts they sponged ou, at one dash
of the pen, FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS
OF DEBT, owed by principals, and left iu-
noceni creditors, and still more innocent se'
curIles. without any recourse, or any hope,
but In poverty aud ruin. With a treasury
made bankrupt by their own wicked extrava-
gance, and almost without law 10 collect row.
re'enu', they higgIe away their time in con-
.luTiDg up schemes 10 furce the Executive
branch OF the goyernmentlo veto what they
pretend TO do They have used up The last dol
lar oil the land revenue 10 pay their own wa
.ges, and thea threaten the Executive with i'm
peachmenI, because he viii not agree 10 dls-
tribute II among The States! They crawed
upon their very bellies, and with tears in their
eyes, begged oflhe President aud Secretary
o' the Treasury TO give them plan Of Bank
or Fiscal Agent, and then turn round and com
PLAIN Of Executive dctatlon The heart sick
eLs. The souls turns away with loslbing from
such maggotty carcase of moral and poIItl-
cal Puttdty as The present wing congress.
And when 1t is TO end-to adjoufn-no one
seems TO know, and from lie perfect impotency
Tor good, lew seem TO care whalher its mem-
6ers We're ever heard Of again, coud oblivion
0'0' oul their foul deeds. And the only ex-
cuse Tor all this, is, that they want 10 make
Henry Clay president. II lIsa poor comP-
men 10 Mr.. Clay. and still more wreIched
one 10 the people. We believe much Of it has
grown oulofIhe scaudaIous excitement Of 1910
which threw the scum on top Come from
whence II may, the people will not be slow in
correcting so fatal an error, and GIsmlssIng
such unworthy servants, the cry ~ every
where loud and deep; we are suck Of wing
congrese. We want no more such 'varmeDls'
in high places--coons for the wilderness, men
for Legislation!