Description: Speech of Mr. Robert C. Winthrop,In the Mass. House of Representatives,On the ResolutionsRelating to theSUB-TREASURY SYSTEMMarch 26, 1838Inscribed by WinthropNational BankNational DebtAndrew JacksonHypocrisy When our honored fellow-citizen, Mr. John Quincy Adams, was supplanted in the Presidential chair, some nine years ago, by General Jackson, the currency of the United States was not surpassed in convenience, uniformity, or soundness, by that of any other country on the face of the globe. It enjoyed unbounded confidence. It afforded universal satisfaction. From no quarter of the Union, from neither political party, was there a breath breathed against it. The party by whom the change of administration was effected, had not been slow in hunting up all manner of imaginary grievances which they might promise and pledge themselves to hunt down. They complained of the extravagance of Mr. Adams, and they have shown the justice of that complaint by doubling, and in some years tripling, the annual amount of the National expenses. They complained of political corruption, and they have since given us plainly to perceive what they understood by political purity. They pledged themselves to 'a thorough and searching reform' and the thousands of political friends who have been rewarded, through the medium of appointing power, have clearly manifested what that thorough and searching reform was intended to be. But of the Currency of the Country they made no complaint. For that they promised nothing. And most fortunate would it have been, if with regard to it they had performed nothing. But not such was their wisdom. Not such our fate. For the first year or two, however, everything went well and quietly in this respect.... Interesting speech, with inscription by Winthrop - "Joshua Armby Esq. with Mr. Speaker's respects.". 24pp. stained and worn. Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one timeSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. ******We ship swiftly and with safety in mind. Thank you.
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Subject: Americana
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Year Printed: 1838
Place of Publication: Massachusetts
Language: English
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