The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-03-31


he government, BY the previous administration
Ii Wis debt EXISTED, ,heirin'egrly md Justice 70
u,rq,, lNat, ike pIudent mea they shoplh erono
mis-, and husband tho resources rf III" government,
50 that, at tho earliest moment, The debt might TO
cnrcelia.l, on tho contrary, they long and loudly
proclaimed the exiScncO Of the debt, and they M
mrdalNIy voted to give away, as II donation, mo
choirusi norton Of Tho national income. Thus The
deb, instead of hains cnnceIrc IL doubled nnd the
government HIS been ciamped to obtain 1t, daily
bread.
hyailine themselves Of tho power granted 10 tho
Constitution to pass Bankrupt law, they Tanned
a srhe,ne hy whicn al control Of their contracts
vas laken from creditor, The conttNct was an
nulie, tine debtor set free, and lis property which
should IN J,s,ce have passed TO tho creditor was
expended in the operation. AftsT the country had
endured The evils and Injustice of the measure
with alnos! supcrhuMan patience, and some good
was about to b1 anticipated from it, especially if
modified, they refused either TO amend or suffer
III longer existence The some body Of men vo,e..
10 repeal it, while the country witnessed with u.s.
,enshmen, their freaks ofinstabilily.
Tho, act on f,n, a scheme TO raise up great
navy: they creu.ei :. home squadron, hut have
never vet manned aud equipped all the vessels
The hapss and pride of the navy were raised only
~ I,a dIshcd down agnin.
They profcssed to be the particular friends Of
national prosperity, and they have pu, in force Il
law that in lis effect lnrbds 10 exchange our produce
for the goods Of other nu'ion1,and the consequence
is that other nations have vast stores Of their goods
on hand, for which there Is hat small market and
we hive granGrcs and store houses full Of our
produce that Is growing old and musty, and will
soon be suppanted by successive crrpS and The
prcsen, trade is cut down to little beyond such ar
ices as are SO necessary IL to ho exchanged for
specie. And now, on the ddy in which their session
Closes greater stiffness prevails in trade, and
more severity in the tunes than this country has
before Witnessed Tor great many years.
We might 20 through the whole lis, Of their
public acts and compare them with their promises
and each would prove not only failure but Il
disastrous one to the country. Nay, so unforru-
nate have been many of their acts that they have
hasirncd to repeal them Immediately after their
operations commenced ,uali there is hut one left IN
force. This, they predict. will be Immediately
modified by TIER Successors.
There Is one point on which the wing Congress
deserves credit and tina, is for tho amount Of pr
ya,a business transacted.
But theie stills remain. another view which
should be taken of their career. VIVA, has been
is influence n American principles; these high
and glorious principles which i. is tho end of the
American system to set forth and maintain They
have ,rampled under foo, the doctrine of equal
privileges to every cilizea. They have made n
desperate cones, 10 Incorporate n number Of in
Jividua's with privileges independent of and above
nil Others my in sonc respects co-equal with the
government. In their tariff aw they have legsla-
ted fw classes. and cut OF the privileges Of lndi'
viduaIs.
Thsy havo violated the gh's Of the states in
their aucmos to impose upon them IN appor'lon-
Tcn law
i'hey have set ut nough, integrity, and trAed
with every motive ltr the faithful performance of
oa51li,n. by passing Ia" thu, releases the debt
or ut hi4 prasurc
The Instability and fluctuations which they have
introduced in the national legislation is without n
unralel; and if it we're possible in the nature Of
,hin;s Cor them to be in Il minority, and convene
fr few moro SESSIONS all tho principles Of
American liberty would be obscurel. But better
things arc u, hind; the progress of the democratic
purity that has been moInenlnrily stayed, will soon
he resumed, and brighter triumph will await the
principles for which we contend, than any that
have proceeded ii.