Remarks of the Hon Peleg Sprague At Faneuil Hall Before the Citizens of Bosto
Remarks of the Hon Peleg Sprague At Faneuil Hall Before the Citizens of Bosto
Peleg Sprague
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We have been at peace with all nations, the seasons have been propitious and the earth has rendered its fruits in abundance. The Government of the Universe has been wise and merciful, but the government of our country has been that of folly and cruelty. The Executive in its reckless attacks upon the cur- rency has resorted to experiment after experiment, — convulsion has followed convulsion, — public and private credit has been prostrated, and bankruptcy and ruin overwhelmed thousands and tens ...of thousands of our most industrious and enterprising citizens. The slow accumulation of years was swept away in a moment. With men of business every thing was fluctuating and unstable. Sagacity itself was at fault and industry and economy were rendered useless. Who among you has not seen dear and valued friends and neighbors fall to rise no more, be- neath this wide-spread and overwhelming calamity? And when, more than two years since, the cries of distress were so 14 loud that they penetrated even the marble walls of the White House at Washington and startled the President into the call of an extra session of Congress, and the whole country were awaiting with anxious expectation a message that should pro- pose some measure of permanent relief, — how was that expec- tation answered ?
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