7-10-1839: “As a class our merchants are generally averse to political contests–they have been driven to take up arms in self-defence only by attempts of the government to impoverish or destroy them.”

Vermont Phœnix, “As a class our merchants are generally averse to political contests–they have been driven to take up arms in self-defence only by attempts of the government to impoverish or destroy them.”, July 19, 1839