The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-21


a few years, that they may learn q lesson of
wisdom therefrom. When the venerated
JACKSON resolved to put his heel upon that
hydra-headed monster, the United States
Bank and crush it out Of existence, the hue
and cry was raised against himfrom one end
of the land to the other, by stockholders,
their hacks and hired minions, that the
country was ruined that the one man
power by a union of the sword and the
purse" had wrested from the people their
liberties, and taken from them the right of
self-government To such an extent, indeed,
were their hcllish Vaccinations, aided by the
defeated applicants for Office, carried, that
in the very next Congress majority of the
lower House were wings But the Senate
being Democratic, the intentions of whig-
gerry to again fasten upon the people Ma
tional Bank were abortive and experience
having demonstrated the wisdom of the
statesman's views, the Democratic party went
on from one triumph to another, until now
a man would be thought mad were he to
advocate the establishment of National
Bank.
In VAN BUREN's time how was it with
the Sub-Treasury? The old and hackncyed
cry of the one man power" was again rung
in the public ear until the old Democratic
ship came we'll nigh laundering and sinking
all who manned her, into an everlasting po-
litical grave. But that measure, too, has
stood the test of time, and experience has
we'll demonstrated the wisdom of those who
placed that law upon the National Statute
Book.
In 1910, the clamor for a change of rul-
ers, aided by the excitement induced by the
hard cider, log cabin and coon skin manner
in which that memorable campaign was con-
Quoted, placed the wings in power. After
the decease Of Gen. HARRISON, the wings
in Congress tried to establish United
States Bank: but Mr.. TYLER, knowing the
sentiment of the people thereon, vetoed it.
Congress again passed it, and he vetoed it
the second time To pay off those through
whose instrumentality the result Of that
election was brought about, they passed the
infamous bankrupt law, and raised the Tariff
The people, chagrincd and disguised,
hurled that party from power, wiped from
the statute the first of these laws, and so
modified the second that it more fully meets
the public demands, and is laying the foun-
dalton for that thoroughly Democratic mca-
sure-Free Trade - and elected Mr.. Polk
to the Presidency In his Administration,
our party was, for time, brought into dis
rcputc, by the patriotic acquisition of Texas
and the consequent war with Mexico. The
people were told their children and friends
were being called upon to fight in a God
abhorred war;" in war for "rapine and
crime :" and ono Of tho GcuatUIs frUIn ONO,
(Mr CoRwIN) even went so far as to bid
the Mexican soldicry to welcome those who
volunteered in the defence of their country
honor with bloody hands to hospitable
graves !" The war over, the glorious con-
summation that attended 1.-THE acquisition
of the CALIFORNIA;, with their inexhaustible
treasures, soon turned the mock of derision
of the wings into plaudits of praise, and
they nominated the hero of that sanguinary
war for the Presidency without knowing his
views on any political topic Of the day, and
after he had expressed his willingness to &C
cept nomination from any party that saw
fit to honor him Herewith! Gen. TAYLOR
was elected. Soon he was gathered to his
fathers, and Mr. FILLMORE took the Chair.
The GARDINER aud GALpH1N frauds that
soon after fell upon the National Treasury,
convinced the people that the wings were
not to be trusted-and as with bosom of
destruction they hurled them into retiracy
and disgrace.
The election of Gen. PIERCE by such a ire
mendous majority, is without a parallel in
annals of our country's history and the
opposition, with their usual tact, aided by
the unsuccessful candidates for place at his
hands, are trying to bring his Administra-
ton into disrepute. 1t is true they have
brought to their aid every faction in the ma
tion--it is true, they have deceived thous-
ands of honest men, and caught them in