The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-05-30
MINI, From, From the (Alass.) National All.
TIE DUTY OF THE WncS Hss'

VIC memorable IA.
test in 1910. AT that time thew mid o,;,. Con-
differences and stood shoulder to shoulder h, "'a0
for those great fundamental principles which '4''Hg
Iicve 10 be essential to the prosperity or,ho "'y De-
They rallied-they fought-they conquered ~''''y
Now, what induced the unanimit o,,..
ZEAL and nerved the effort which was then n We
with such signal success! The cause ornrr'. "''a'
found in the msrue Of the general goyerOmon, w, was
party then IN power, had for eleven years bao, '"'
pcring with the currency, trying their mi,er,h,o '''
periments, and administering the soyernmor, y"
interest, not ofthc country, but of the mart, n, "'
had been laborlng, not to promote the interest If NY
people, but to strengthen the Executive govo,,n 1'
This wretched and degrading policy had h,..'' "
the country TO the brink Of ruin. Commoroo S'
stagnant, manufactures paralyzed, and oo,i,,,,"
languishing. The degraded state Of the cursn,u "0
the exchanges of the country, imposed an on' a"l
tax upon all business transactions, and The ,,h.
who is always worthy Of his hire, found tim..s
scarcely able TO support himself and familv,-Th.
state Of the country aroused the indignation Of, .rr
ferng and insulted people The Wings in that c,m
paign acted in accordance with their principIes-h,.
acted worthy of themselves.
And they have the same cause for effort pow III.
currency and exchanges of the country are in d, had
a condition now, they were three wears ago. ,,a
the parayzed industry of the country calls for rsi.r
at the present time, in tones as heart.rendD0 =,
those which then met the ear. And if the Whiy,
acted wisely and ratriotically them they act ncoO
sistently now II, like true Americans, thew n, b,,
time rose above misfortune, aud gathered STRENGTH
even from their reverses-f their prostruted industry
only made them more active in the cause of freedom
and the strength and power ofthe enemy served 70
increase their courage and their confidence in that
memorable strugglc-ifby such Efforts, under such
circumstances they then won mperishabe laurcs:-
what must be thought OF their indifference and supps
ness now, when they are suffering nearly the same
evils and have enemy not less formidable ,Ocou
tend with?
But some Wings tell us that they have been disap
pointed-that they have been for two years looking
for relief, but relief has not come. We admit the
truth Of this statement but deny that it affords any
just grounds for the gem raj apathy which prevails
The present state Of the country is the very state into
which Locofocoism has plunged US; and the Wings
of the past Congress have not been able to cast off tn.
burd enw hich hangs like mill stone abou, the neck
of the country. To almost every practical purpose,
the administration of John Tyler has been Locooco
administration. So far as Congress has been con.
cerned, it has been Wing. and has carried our every
Why measure. The Senate has done its duty, and
the House has not been in fault The two bvNMSNes
have done all that the Wings ever promised They
have passed every BILL and carried every reHn,
that could have been expected. They have given
the people bank, to regulate the currency "d~
equalize exchanges-they have distributed me pro-
cecds of the public lands among the States, to revive
their dropping credit Both Of these great measures
have been adopted by Congress; and we meno
doubt that if they had been permitted to 90 into 'uIl
operation, they would have given reefo The cOun-
try. But these measures have been defeated, And
by whom? Not by the Wing, but by the acting
President, who has betrayed those who elevated him
TO poverty one who was formally loco'oc0'ana
who, though he professcd for a time to have 'OnN'
doned that party, when he found himself elevated "
power, returned like the dog to his vont-to us lot
mer opinions, and to Loco-foco practices The mea
sures which are now in operation, are those "0cn
were introduced by Gen. Jackson and Van bNen
measures which tire Wings disapproved' and "I''"
they would have changed, had they not have Oe'n
baffled by the President
Do the people complain that the currency IS O'O.
dered, that exchanges are high, and that business a."
thereby Frustrated? The sefsty|ed Democrats 1t,
the authors of this state of things They Pef0'"''
the acts which destroyed the currency anu ''''s'
the Wings in the last Congress adopted measure"
remedy the evil, they we're defeated BY the eA's
of the veto of the President-an exercise 4" P0"..
which is always opposed by the Wings ana 'pr s.a
ed by their opponents. Tyler has even gone Oi !1o
Gen Jackson in this respect. lie has 'e''' nj.
Danlk bills, whereas Jackson vetoed ou' o"'' ;.d
reason why the Wings have not gwen ''' i ib had
relief to the country. is because the tAecO' s,e,l
been in the hands of the Locos. they oa'' admit.
" taken Tyler into their keeping, and he na' THE
ed their measures, and followed their dc'l"0 .,0;os,
present evils under which the country . nom.
arc those which were brought upon u'Oy "' prs,
ocratic party, aud have been continued ,..a, o,hs
dent who has thrown himself in the hanu' .,,,zed
same uartv The evils of the times-th' ps'' i(en
industry of the country, the depress'0" Them. The
in every circle, is justly chargeabe u and pro,
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