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Editorial
April 9, 1838
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
The editorial criticizes the nation's economic woes including paralyzed agriculture reliant on foreign demand, disordered currency, distracted councils, and dangerous experiments imposed on a suffering populace, advocating for guidance from those who warned of impending ruin rather than its architects.
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OCR Quality
90%
Excellent
Full Text
Where the nation is paralyzed in agricultural products only kept from rotting on their carriers hands by a fortunate foreign demand; its currency deranged and disordered; its public councils distracted; and the people confounded by the evils under which they suffer, and the dangerous "experiments" which are proposed and almost forced upon them, it is the part of wisdom to look for counsel and direction, not to those who have plunged us into ruin, but rather to those who warned us of the gulph that yawned at our feet, & who can extricate us, as they could have prevented us from plunging into the abyss, had we not turned a deaf ear to their advice.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Agriculture
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Economic Crisis
Agricultural Paralysis
Currency Disorder
Political Distraction
Dangerous Experiments
Wise Counsel
National Ruin
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of National Economic And Political Mismanagement
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Current Leadership And Supportive Of Prior Warners
Key Arguments
Nation Paralyzed In Agricultural Products, Saved Only By Foreign Demand
Currency Deranged And Disordered
Public Councils Distracted
People Confounded By Suffered Evils And Dangerous Proposed Experiments
Seek Counsel From Those Who Warned Of Ruin, Not Those Who Caused It
Those Who Warned Can Extricate The Nation As They Could Have Prevented The Plunge