New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-17
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For on the Seld where re, the embodiment OF the
last hopes OF the progressive democracy shall fsI
the army which ne led stsu bum every b15ner
which they bore under him, disdain;n. 70 display
mem IN any other wer under any otter leader
" Behind DARKER hour descerds in portsntous
Change and wild comnotcn, IN cloud End storm, IN
smoke end fame and blood
Dare any nan who has any thing 10 lcse By
change ana revolution, contemplate thr contingency
OF defeat Of OF. hopes IL any such crawling 10
the brink Of that bottonless pit Of LEGO tocoisn 10
peep in We will take BIN and bold him over 1t
that he may strain ms eve 10 see what untold aborn
insiions are boiling up beneath him IRON AMID the
smoke and stencil OF lis internal abyss
Abolition OF al legal coercion for me Psy rent OF
debt-recognton Of the right OF each naa TO sii the
land which ne can cu;ivate-rePeel OF all tonnage
dutes free trade in free foreign vessels-tederal
taxation Of incomes on The cumulative plan OF pan
ton, e om.r cly Progressive ,sunc ron Oh Stele
Banks alienation Of chartered nights and contempt
81 public faith, unchecked mob-yIolence, an anna Al
judiciary of popular electioa-THEsE are bat & Jew
OF the hideous denominations ia peto with that
party yet on record the deliberate Intentions and
determined policy oil their leaders. Those no deny
j; now few years ago denied the existence q nos
tiii,y TO protection, denied free trade, denied the
sut-treasary, denied notification, as party Prnci-
pies. Those Who beliesed them thea, may belleTe
them nov. These who stood by thsm against
truthfpl warning in 1923, in 1892 aud in 1886. ney
try their tender mercies again. But let them not
when trampied and half crushed sgan come 10 the
children Of hope they did in 1884 and in 1885,
That change has been rung once too often.
The men Of business in 1898 ard in 1882 would
not believe those who warned them of the destruc-
ton Of their interests which would follow the slec-
ton Of awless, despotic military chief. Many OF
them voted for Jackson under the same adniring
impulse which controlled the mos; ignorant and pre-
IS ,k,a l.. l.
they had no interest in politics and could take no
part in politics. War, pes:ence and fnmne'
could not have equaled the miseries brought on them
in 1888 and 1894, by their crmina folly and ndIfer
ence. When the cry was raised, Perish Credit
Perish Commerce - Down with the Merchants.
-. Every man who trades on borrowed capital ought
10 break they rushed TO the standard OF the Wing
party, and in 1884 exhausted themselves in vain Ell
forts 10 break down the wall which they had built
up against themselves. In 1886 large portion OF
that class bribed into indifference reachery
again by the lavish distribution Of the State Bank
Deposits among them, in accommodations, loans,
discounts, &c. under The orders OF the cunning
Jackson. They thought those times good enough,
money plenty, business never bettsr, all doing we'll
under the Jackson and Van Buren, dynasty. In
1887 they were wise again, and 80 on 10 l640.-
Now as business is prosperous than ever.
end e,able, and il suits the present Loco
Foco policy 10 praise and latter the Merchants, and
again soothed 10 negligence Of their duties 10 their
country and themselves, and lulled into iorgeuul-
ness OF the repeated solemn lessons OF the last
twelve wears. Such men are like owls in their wis
dom for like owls they see nothing in the broad
sunlight OF prosperity, and only in the darkness OF
calamity and rum does their vision become clear.
fby the repetition of ibis blind heedlessness, ruin
comes upon therl once more, will they dare look
again to ihose who yaliap,y baled for their oft
abandoned rights ard interests Those whose
hopes shall have been thus blighted forever will
laug h al their calamity and mock when their fear
coine,h as desolation, and their destruction as
whrlw;nd' And all the sympathy and encourage
nent then rendered by those whom their Jolly has
iesolated, will be-"O, that they had known at
cast in that, their day. the things which belonged
to their peace; but row they are hidden FOREVER
from their eyes Behold your house is left unto
YOU desolGe
When they come in Tho: dark morning OF lower
ing run--n Thar hour Of greatest need, TO the once
mighty hosts oil the army OF nope, then silent IN oml-
nous Gloom and call them forth again 10 the rescue
of their hetrayers. they will not arswer-they car
not. They will have fought their last held--wlll
have fallen around their last champion, hero and
leader Ii will De as when tie Assyrian monarch
nross in tine morning 10 summon his imperial host 10
the Lacquer Of jerusalem and, " behold they were
all dead coTpses - The breath Of the angel oil de-
-tructon had passed over them in single night
the spirit OF destruction, despair and eternal death
With fixed CLASSY eyes, rcproachiul IN Their frozen
glance as the victims of pride gszed on Sennach-
crib, so will the forms of dead enterprise meet the
eve of those who TOO late howl over the madness
that doomed Them And should those dead rise
again il will not be in newness OF life but IN living
death, winged corruption and CHASTITY horror, As
rampires 10 prey on those once most cherisheu,
loved and honored. Better that as in the vsionoi The
Prophet of the captivity the banks of the Chebar
their skeleton forms should answer in The language
of calm despair Our bones are dried, and cur HOPE
is lost: we are cut off for our parts
Divine Nemesis Will bring about just and fearful
rerihution for that base betrayal OF the hope ol u
nation of an ege, and Of the world The ar!siocracy
Of wealth. the merchant princes, the American men
Of business who Weld 10 the delusioDs OF lying fiat
tcrers. will know the Justice OF their doom, when
the products of foreign wealth and labor are brought
into an American market IN foreign vessels ana soG
by foreign agents Of foreign houses.
Then when the Bri;ons in Their ps'sces.
Th. Gau IN their high pscfs. when The eu'c1
Walks o er their mart, and smiles on II ior MS -
in that day OF their rerribuiion, lei them remember
those who would have saved them, and above all,
hin, whom they betrayed Tor iancied gam; Tor Tie
shout OF bitter revenge that shall rise IN exuiaton
over their dlsgrace'sl DOWNFALL, VIII De hEaEh'
BER HENRY CLAY"
And when the children OF hope become the chill
dren of despair, when the Progressive Democracy
become rstrcgreSsvc and destructive, when hun
drsds of thousands OF unemployed laborers find IN
;dlepess and starvation the impulses oil revenge ard
Jury when the lus; OF blood and the lust OF gold the
snIit of war war Of conquest shall have displaced
tbs Influences OF prosperity order, peace and justice,
when mechanic art and commerce. have shown their
s,n,nstbies by exniring together, and the desoaIe
;sld shall respond, then those who die with their
homes. will, like murdered Falero, depart IL peace,
and II they will, with the assurance OF grailhed VEN
sesnce. when their heartiess betrayers, and
Their sons Sons.
And This proud city, ard these azure sa'srs
With ali that makes them snilnsnt and b;iEhi,
SssII he . deso!ation and curse
A hissinr and scctf unto the naiioIS-
4 Carthage and Tyre, IN ocear-bab' ica.
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