The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-12
W A s HI N G 7 0 N.
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. IL, 1914.
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Federalism from the days of Hamilton has
always looked to the creation Of public debt as
one Of the indispensable means of subjugating
the people 1t has always acted on the old
maxim that .the debtor is SLdUe.' 1t was lit
orally so in old times, for man might be sold
for his debts, and his children also; and although
the barbarism which once chained the debtors
BODY, and delivered il over to a creditor, no
longer offends the eye by such a spectacle, yet
the bondage Of debt is as deeply felt as ever"
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"To break the spirit of the people, and make
them work snbmissvely under drivers, it is ne
cessary to run the community in debt The
Federal contrivance for subjecting the multitude
here, is precisely that which holds the millions
of England in servitude to an aristocracy. The
plan practised upon, is to fawn, and fatter, and
promise fairly; cheat and humbug, with all the
arts Of the -demagogue, to get control OF the Go
vernment; and then use its authority to run the
State or nation in debt beyond its capacity to
pay" - II.
Our day has seen fully developed the in
stnct of the n-producing class TO lay hold of
this most effectual debt-machinery to usurp con-
troll over the country. Let us instance the pro-
gress made in this way in several Of the largest
States in the Union, which unluckiiy fell under
the control of Federalism for a short time. its.
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management Of Federal Governor, (Seward,)
and a Legislature suited to his purposes. In
that brief period, III our memory serves us,) the
State debt was increased by the addition of near
twenty millions Of dollars. taa3 aaa3
Pennsylvania fell under the control of Bid1le
and his bark-Ritner being chosen Governor as
the instrument Porter-elected to supersede
him, BY the people-was brought under the in
fuence of the same concern. Thedeb of Penn
sylvania grew under these managers as rapidly
in proportion as that of New York, until the
State was overwhelmed. ~ 3,'9'. AAie+ lss
THE General Government, in 1910, fell into
the hands Of the same debt-making, credit-system
party. Asa consequence, the public debt has
risen, from a balance against the Government OF
five millions in Treasury notes, to debt OF
nearly thirty millions, to be increased by de-
felt Of six millions more in the present year
and, if the project Of national bank had been
adopted as proposed by Mr.. Clay on one hand,
or Mr.. Tyler on the other, debt of fifteen mill
lions would have been added, as Government
loan to put it in motion-making an amount
almost equal TO a war debt, created in time of
peace! @ a'+34 s"t -9..s i.7si Fl stL
In word, all the debts Of the country were of
Federal creation. Every project for the purpose,
evensin those State Legislatures where the ma
jorities were Democratic, was carried by the
union Of the Federal party, drawing off, by sec
tional and personal appeals, a few stragglers
The above extracts from an article in the
Globe of Wednesday evening, furnish as COM
plete mixture, of falsehood and demagoguesrn
as we ever met with in the same space. Whe-i
there's Federalism, has, from the days of Ham
ilton, looked to the creation Of public debt as
one of othea Indispensable means of subjugating
the people, we shall not now argue; though in
the sense in which the assertion is intended to
be understood, we deny it, aud challenge the
Globe TO the proof 7" To break the spirit of
the people and make them work." &c.-this is
the language of the demagogue; Of one who
has the, efrontery to speak Of !" the non-produ
cling classes while in the enjoyment ofimmense
wealth which has come out of the pockets of
the reeple-wealth which he has accumulated
from 6 fat jobs and !" government pap'--sighty
thousand dollars of which derived from a
single job Of this. kind, namely the printing of
the census returns of 1910! But for the facts
and falsehoods.
FALsEHooD.-The Globe says that the State
debtof New York was Increased during the brief
period ofiAa Federal Governor (Seward) and a
Legislature suited to his purposes" '''i'e
FAcY.-.The Locofoco Governor Marcy "and
Legislature suited TO his purposes" year or
two preceding the political revolution in the En-
pire State, entered upon a plan of charging the
Erie canal from Albany to Buffalo-Iecommend-
ed by the Locofoco Canal Commissioners, of
whom the present Locofoco Governor (Boucl)
was the chief, the execution Of which would
have involved the State in a debt of not less
than FORTY, MILLIONS, and which was the cause
of the present debt of that State, incurred before
the Wlfig administration could put stop to the
plan adopted, and in part carried out by their
predecessors, the Locofocos. This was the cause
of the State debt being increased near twenty
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