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Editorial August 28, 1837

Vermont Watchman And State Journal

Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont

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Whig editorial attacks Vermont Patriot for omitting Jackson's support for separating government from corporations and using treasury agents for revenue. Urges Whigs to expose Democratic deceptions on Treasury Bank scheme. Sarcastically critiques hard money's benefits to officials' salaries, explains economic effects, corrects a forged letter, and reports Whig gains in Michigan.

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Mark it! The last Vermont Patriot pronounces the TREASURY BANK proposition a fabrication of the Whigs! and in order, perhaps, to carry out this idea, publishes but one of Jackson's letters on the subject. It OMITTED the last letter of Jackson to Blair, in which he says that he is 'pleased to discover (from the Globe and other papers) that THE DEMOCRACY are uniting upon the plan of separating the government from corporations of all kinds, and to COLLECT THE REVENUE, KEEP AND DISBURSE IT BY THEIR OWN AGENTS.' Yes, the Patriot OMITS this letter, which goes so far as to indicate WHAT KIND of paper money the Treasury Department must issue! viz: Treasury drafts, and not Treasury notes. Nor is this all: the editor must know that the Richmond Enquirer expressly declares that MR. VAN BUREN may PROPOSE THIS MEASURE TO CONGRESS, in his next message, and that it will be SUPPORTED by some of Mr. Van Buren's friends, in and out of Congress! He must also know that the administration papers are already discussing it, and that even at this early day, SENATOR RIVES and Mr. GARLAND. [M. C. from Virginia,] have already declared against the administration on this subject: and that the Globe is replying to Rives and defending the Treasury scheme.

Whigs of Vermont!—by such means is the Patriot waging war against our cause: and it behooves you, one and all, to do your utmost to meet this misrepresentation, wherever you find it spreading among your neighbors. We cannot speak thro' the press to the Van Buren men: it is for you, to disabuse them—to expose the deception and trickery played off on the honest and unsuspecting. Let this thing be exposed, far and wide, and the guilty cannot escape just retribution from the hands of the people.

Will some of our Van Buren friends inform us what is the price of wool this season? We think the object of the office holders in forcing upon the people an exclusive hard money currency, is to increase three fold the value of their salaries. They have succeeded so well in acquiring Executive and official power, that they are now determined to have the pecuniary means of supporting their increased consequence. So, Instead of asking to have their salaries raised, they design to effect the object without asking, by bringing about a state of things which will enable them to make one dollar of their present salaries worth as much as three are now. But recollect, gentlemen, that Waterloo succeeded a long series of splendid victories.

The people should ever recollect, that the value of money throughout the country, is increased by lessening the amount of the circulating medium, and that the value of labor and every species of property, is at the same time, proportionally decreased, excepting fixed salaries, obligations, and foreign commodities, and these rise in value with money.

The Vermont Patriot having copied (from the Middlebury Free Press,) a letter purporting to be written by the Sheriff of Addison county, in which he is made to express a fear that "I (he shall) not be Sheriff again!"—we deem it proper for us to say that the part of the letter above quoted is a FORGERY. The editor of the People's Press has obtained the original letter, and it is found that some personal or political enemy has added the expression with which the Free Press and Patriot find fault.

Michigan.—For the first time, the Whigs are thoroughly organized and zealously at work. In Detroit, recently, they elected their candidate for constable of the city, by a small majority. This looks well: nevertheless we consider the chances for the state strongly in favor of the Van Burenites.

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Economic Policy

What keywords are associated?

Treasury Bank Jackson Letter Van Buren Proposal Hard Money Currency Whig Opposition Partisan Deception Economic Impact Michigan Whigs

What entities or persons were involved?

Vermont Patriot Andrew Jackson Francis Blair Martin Van Buren Richmond Enquirer Senator Rives Mr. Garland Globe Whigs Of Vermont

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Criticism Of Democratic Treasury Bank Scheme And Press Misrepresentation

Stance / Tone

Anti Van Buren Whig Advocacy Exposing Deception

Key Figures

Vermont Patriot Andrew Jackson Francis Blair Martin Van Buren Richmond Enquirer Senator Rives Mr. Garland Globe Whigs Of Vermont

Key Arguments

Vermont Patriot Omits Jackson's Letter Supporting Separation From Corporations And Treasury Agents For Revenue Van Buren May Propose Treasury Measure To Congress With Support From Friends Senator Rives And Mr. Garland Oppose The Administration On This Urge Whigs To Expose Democratic Deceptions To Neighbors Hard Money Currency Aims To Triple Value Of Officials' Salaries Reducing Circulating Medium Increases Money Value But Decreases Labor And Property Value Copied Letter About Addison County Sheriff Contains Forgery Whigs Organizing In Michigan, Win Constable Election In Detroit

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