The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-08

course. Terrified by the cruel clamor OF To-
nofocoism against law founded upon the
.cost humane and benifcent principles, they
have INDUCED in fickleness oflegisiation IN
,.I.,;on to the subject, lily COMFORTING their
,.;sdom and that patriotic frInness which be-
come, them. And yet it must in other re
.,ec,s I've said ofthen that, to the full extent
of their mower, crippled as it has been by
trcachery and desertim unexampled in our
annals. they have steadily endeavorei TO re-
deem every pledge they gave even in the
most heated scenes Of the contest of 1910 -
One Of the greatest evils they proposed TO
remedy, was the arrangement of the curren-
cv by the establishment of fiscal agent up
on the principles of the old National bank
under which we enjoye ed the most unIfori"
means of exchange of any Nation on earth
This measure was however met III every
form by the veioes ofJohn Tyler, whose I'd
NOUS Exch ouer substitute could ind no Ia
vor with any party, or any man VINO ieii ior
,be security ofthe liberties of the people a.
the eUcTOslSHiiiCttS vi OhNNNA'S fS''
er Their next effort was in favor of a tar
if. which while it should ensure an ample
revenue TO the government should protect
the industry of the country. And for these
purposes the present tariff is the best that
has ever been adopted; hut as TO protection
would have been better had not higher du-
ties been untireingly oppoSe'i by the unltef
efforts of the guard and the locos. This is
indeed GROWING measure, and could 1t be
permanentiy sustained would of itseifrem
DIV to great extent the evils Of the curren-
cy, and surely and gradually replace the nd
ton on the highroad TO prosperity.
In no Congress has retrenchment been so
much the order of The day as this. The bill
of Mr. Arnold which has passed the House
shows that our Representatives have applied
themselves to retrenchment with fa;thfillnes<
of purpose which must be highly applauded
bv those who have witnessed the delusive
promises which have been made to the ear
but broken to the heart of this Nation, by all
the Congresses who have assembled during
the two last administrations. We cannot
beieAe that this bill viii at last lie defeated
in the Senate. But whatever my he it,
fate, il is certain thar the public expenditures
have been greatly reduced from 80 millions
per AMMAN 10 about Is the appropriations
for the next IS months being hut - millions.
This Congress has been most vociferously
denounced fer rrInissneSs in the discharge of
du'y. and yet no other Congress has worked
with m re untireing diligence aud accon- |
pli>hed much public aud private business. |
The 'rowed purposes of the opposition 10
hedge up the way of every measure by bun |
c0Ibe speeches were defeated by the one |
hour rule which has been SO furiousy assail- |
ed
Instead of listening to the worthless clam |
or raised against these Representatives, let |
the wing parry reAect, what of National i'm !
pnrtauce conii have been done under the un- |
Pyampled enIblIraSSmenf<, which this Con- !
err>> has not accomplished. " hat lille do /
bate have they engaged in which WAS not
forcedupon them by their enemies. In what
safe and practicable plan for the relief aud
benefit Oft the country has the wing yrrty re-
fused to cooperate. if the people will duly
reflect upon the good which hit. been done
aud the immense evils which have been H.
voided by the single measure of the tariff, /
they would award TO the retiring Congress
tribute of pri Use deserved ly by the
greatest benefactors Of the Republic.