Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-19
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the country, regardless Of all selfish. per-
sonaI, interested, or individual consdera.
tons. The same shall be my course until
cease to serve you, and come to spend the
evening Of my days in the noble State Of
which we are citizens.
The limits Of this letter and the few min.
uteS have to give il. do not permit me 10
dilate upon general politics. Suffice it to
say that the Federalists have now been in
power nearly two years, and have had two
sessions Of Congress, and that the fifty pre-
viOus years Of the existence of our Gener
al Government do not furnish "a many in
stances OF violations Of the Constitution.
violation Of the rights of States. and of in
dividuals, and Of oppressive legislation, as
these two years have done. To enumeratp
their bad measures would be to give n his
tory of their acts for two entire sessions
When this party came into power. one
Of ITS most conspicuous members, (Mr
Webster.) had the oflrontery to say that
they would open a new set Of books-that
| they would lay away the old books used by
the previous northumberland take Il
new set for their clean and patriotic entries.
| | understand that the accounting officers
succeeded in preventing this fine scheme 0.
LAYING away the old books and common
cling on a new set: but if new books could
not be opened, new entries have at least
been made IN the old ones: entries which
were strangers to their pages when Jack
son and Van Buren, were at the he id Of
the government and Democratic major
tiles filled the two Houses OF Congress-
Among these new enrrie, we find TAXES.
LOANS. UNREDEEMED TREASURY
NOTES. NATIONAL DEBT. Profit
BITORY TARIFFS, DISTRIBUTION
| OF LAND REVENUE .NON-PAI-
MENT OF PUBLIC CREDITORS, FRO
TESTED BILLS ON THE GOVERN
MENT. DISGRACE, THE BORROW
ING AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
INSULTED IN EUROPE, PROSCRIP-
TON, A MANDAMUS ACT. i HA-
BEAS CORPUS ACT, AND-AN OUT
LAWRY ACT AGAINST THE ST iTES
(this last pocketted bv Mr.. Tyler.) REPU-
DIATION OF PRIVATE DEBTS UN-
DER THE PRETEXT OF A BANK
RUPT LAW, AND y NEW BRITISH
TREATY, of which | cannot COW speak
but Of which my sentiments will appear in
| lne speeches WHICH IiIUde against ". "''
which left Mt Washington to he published
on the exchange Of the ra,iiisationS. Sucl
are their new entries! Finally, the Ieder
eralsts promised us change of times. anC
they have given it. This promise they have
kept. and it is the on y one they have kept
the times are changed, and changed ahou
as much for the worse, as modern federal
ism (now at the head of our government in
the person Of Daniel WehsterD is worse
than the old black cockade federalism o
John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
Two years ago when this party 60; into
power, took occasion to say in letter
which was published. "that they rOmH hare u
short ride, and and By no means merry one. >
Both clauses of this prediction have beer
verified. The ride has not been merry
one, as the state of the party we'll shews
that it will be short, the cleo ions now gong
on sufficiently prove. Democracy WI
soon be in power again; and it will be 70,
them to rub out the neIc entries in the Old
books. and TO make another change of time!
By restoring the prosperity OF tie Jackson
and Van Buren, administrations. And they
will do it. The country and its cause, ant
not men and their schemes. is now the or
der Of the day, throughout the Democratic
host; and the country and its cause will bt
attended to.
Turning TO our wn noble State, we see
the Democracy in full power. and ready for
action. A base currency atiiCts the State
and it is for the approaching general assem-
bly, to apply the relief. Small notes, depre
ciated paper, spurious banking, unauthor-
lied issues Of paper trash, la"less corpora
tons, and the lntrudu' ton Of base papei
from other States, have been the curse o
Missouri for some time past, and is the only
curse that now afilictS her. Ii is no longe
a time for theorizlng about currency; prac
teal measures are wanted. We see thu
eviI-we See the abuses olthe paper system
and, leaving theoretical diSqulSlIon to meta
physical politicians, it is our business L
proceed against these evils, and these abu
SEES, and to eradicate them, while the teder
alists seek to perpstuate IhCm in order Il
drive the people to what their late oracle
I(Mr. Wehsier) now calls san Obsolete tea =
that is a National Bank, began the wa
against this Bank almost "S0itary an
aloae," twelve years ago, (or had but few
hackers, ou, among them JACKSON an
VAN BUREN;) and have lived to see tn
institution in dust and in Amy, and its fore
most champion contemptuously referring /
il rs san obsolete iiea." But he has uey
idea. ycept Erche9per system, which he 60
(when the great Banker visited Washngto
city for that purpose) and which idea til
: champion gave to Mr.. Tyler, who presente