Maryland free press., 1866-11-29
Congress- IL Repeating afisssrv...--
Nothing More. 80

,ses Ncsnsn8 3 Aofess
King Solomon declared there ID. ,Hothiuo ,.,-
under the sun. Modern pAilosspAsss wos,d m.,.n.
u believe that the present ansnciss and uol;,,.-
condition Of the United States wss nss,, re.,;...
in any part, Of tho ~orlduatii now---wberes. ~,
are only repesting the history Of form.r ages !.
developed in different countries. -. - !.
Sake our financial systens. h H. in i,s. .,.,..,
features, we are sorry to say, Q rsproauetio. =,
the English South Sea and the French Ris.;,.,s
piibubbles, of o hundred and Fly years sro ),
Every reader well knows what happened !.
France aad' England when those paper 1mo..iE a.
bubbles collapsed. II is peculiarly Of ftinss
money delusops' tina. they flourish ind.ss..
IDENTIFY of any gold or silver basis while tL,y =.
prosper, but they fail ct last. If our system
csods II wit be- The 6sst success &1 81
Take again our national taxation and ex,,... -.
ganss. We are living in.tines norsl-a aush -.
fast than. the fast years of 1885, and isae 60
1855 aud 1856. In those years of inHsGs, y.
was unpopular todsnouuce the public extr.v..
gaaes. All was then, as now, universal pro.-
perity., .Evsrybcdy, and his wife, got rich ara,
grew extEavagant, until paper money bubsl..
became over-infatsd and barst upon us all n. .
is because the times are % very prospern, a..
the people now submit to mere exoraa INIT 4. =.
thaa any other people on the face of the ssr,h
Taxes laidas war taIss are csatinued .ish,.s...
months after peaee, yer nobody complain, n .h
deed II ifss eone4o pxss tiiat Psotf. lo;s ;sfSz ~
taxed all the wayftom 4he cssdis 10 "a.
more severely than any British SoSsrsieu 49,
taxed his or-ker subjects" '':.." t.a \ -; :.
j. Yet this rAnis of our people fsr sits .sxifa<e,
10 not new The most popular minister Iusl.sa.
ever had were the two Pitts-Ptt the elder. :. Il
Pitt the younger. The mere elder Pitt iLa.a
Chatham) heapsa up the National debt ,be no,..
the people worshipped linn. The same with n.
son; in after years. .. tg5f
MasAulay said, or the elder Pitt:
"The great minister seemed to think II b.n..it n
him to calculate the price Of victory. Az lous :.
the tower guns were fired, as the streess were ;I-
a. French banners were carried II
triumph through the streets Of London il v..,..
him mattar of indiHarenes 10 what .x,s,t. a., /.
public burdens were augmented. Nay, hsjs.n.
ed to glory in the magnitude Of these sssris,.a I.
which the people, fascinAtei BY his solqusaee sna
success, had too readily made, and would losr..
and bitterly regret. There WAS no check on
waste or embesxlement.
This smacks strong Of the waste and sub.,.
Element so eomnon in our times. Our eomni,.
'saries returned from Che camp Of Prince Ferd;-.
nand to buy bsroughs, TO rear palaces, to rival
the masnifesnce OF the old ari.tscr.ey Il a. :
realm. Already had We hosrowsa in fsar yesra.
Of war, more than the most skillfal asd seonos-
isal government woud pay in forty ysars ofpssss.
War had made hin lChathAm) psv,
erful and popular. He Lsd .. .leugth be-.
gun to lsve war for its own sake" t..
Precisely % with Congress. The war slosd
too soon for national patriots 10 wsshisstsa. Ia
lieu Of war, BY excluding from the Union, States.
in the UnioE and by increasing tariffs, till prices
rise higher than ever before, and alss by esu,in-
uing war ta1stioas in time Of peace, and. re-
dundancy Of paper money. -.
Thus, whoersr would comprehend the stss-
tion Of the United States at this tius, must read
the histories Of the South Sea asd Nississippi
bubbles, described By Warrington Irving, Mac,
kay and otbsrs. Then turn to the histories Of
Lord Chatham and his son, William Fit. ,Yes
the religious part the student ID respectfully re-
fsrred TO that portion of the history Of RaglsnA
where the most nsted rakss. ganesters, Lrbers
and tipplerss, during Crcmwelis time, turned re-
lisionists and wore long halr, squared in 'front.'
attended conysntieles and sang ps.lmpdy through
the nose, to Keep popular With the party in pes-
er. For examples Of present disunion read tha.
portion Of English history which DESERVES Il,
prosecutions Of the Irish by the English. :;
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