Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-07-25
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all the principles Of modern moralilv.-l
Nor did bis kind Offices cease here, for,
finding US, as he said, now we'll qualified
TO be useful members Of society, he ex.
erted his influence in our behalf so we'll
that we we're released from confinement
without being subject 10 the ignominy Of
public trial.
Immediately afterwards | Joined the
church, and my life since has been so
much like other respectable people that
need not give it in detail. am now ful-
filing the true end of my being. | am
living without labor and without ecOno-
my, and in the enjoyment of all that re.
spect whichsiS accorded TO great wealth
when united with great Diety. For years
past have had the benefit Of Acts of the
Assembly made especially in NY own ia.
VOr, and that ofmy associates. My moE-
ey manufactures are now carried on un-
der charters, and have the pleasure Of
adding to the circulating medium Of the
country, according to law. Still I csp-
not but regard myself as a muOh'wronged
man.
There was, for example, 'the Specie
CIRCULAR At the time this was issued
| had an interest in several western banks
aud was engaged with some of my asso.
ciates in exchanging bales of paper for
square miles of territory. The business
was both pleasing and profitable, and
would have been more so, if government
had not iOterfered with US, by refusing
to receive our money at the land Offices.
In vain did we cry out that all we wanted
of government was, to let US alone, and
moi be 'tampering with the currency
Its imperent intermeddling with our af.
fairs, in refusing TO receive our notes in
payment for public lands, did me md my
associates much injury.
Thea came the suspension Of specie
payments, and government did further
injury to me and mine, in refusing to re-
ceive our notes in payment Of pOSlages.
As the Hon. Abbot Lawrence said, in
substance, on that occa sion, at 4 public
meeting in Boston, Il firmly believe that
this is the most jespotic, most Op-
pressiVe government, and the most iniu.
rious TO the welfare of the people, of any
on the face of the EARTH Oh, the i'm.
mense amount of money have had to
pay for specie to salts fy tho demands Of
this tyrannic government for duties and
postages.
Then government, not satisfied with
this, must do further injury TO me and
mine, by compelling US TO resume sps-
Gle payments.
Then Government has done me further
wrong, in refusing to assume the State
Debts. l have large amounts Of illinois,
Indiana, and other State stocks, which
are now nearly worthless. but which
would soon receive their full value, ifthe
United States Government would only
assume the duty of paying them.
Then there is my factory interest. On
nothing which ! am engaged in manu-
featuring, do enjoy higher protective
duty than one hundred and fifty per cent.
while my rival manufacturers in other
are protected by duties Of four
or five or six hundred per cent. Here
again, l am much wronge man.
But / will not go through the catalogue !
of wrongs. Nor is it necessary. Are
not the whig papers full of them3 My
name indeed, is not mentioned in them
because Snooks and |, before we joined
the church, in order to avoid giving scan
dal to the cause of religion and respecta.
blity, dropped our Patronymics. We
are now known by other names,in church
and on change. But this change in nv
name does not in the least diminish my
wrongs. I am still the Much -Wronged
Man. And such, / fear, must contin-
ue to be, so long as the pestilential prin-
pies of Democracy have any sway in the
land.