Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-03-13
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70 The People Of the First Congressional
District of the State of Illinois.

your kind partiality so often exnressed
my favor. and on continuance Of that co,
fidence which you have at all times so III
hesitateingly reposed in me, am again
candidate for your suffrages.
Should be honored with your choice. E
the next August election, | will serve yo
IN the Office Of Representative in Congress
from the first Congressional District ID thi
state, with all the fidelity and zeal OF whic
lam capable.
1t is proper and customary for each can
dIdate TO state explicitly to the people tn
principles by which he is governed, an
the views he entertalns OF all importan
measures on which he may be called to act
But having resided among YOU from m,
carly youth to the present time, and hav'
ing mad my opinions, and all the public
acts OF my lie, SO often presented TO yot
sary tor me to enlarge on them on this oc'
casion.
am happy in the reflection, that have
aiways supported those principles IF equal.
ity, which secure to every citizen all his
privileges and rights. under our consiltil-
sion. And it will be pleasure to me Ia
continue &c support those principles.
The subject OF the tariff is within the
constitutional competency of Congress to
regulate, and is of great importance to the
community. 1t Is necessary ''for the g'o-
rious privilege of being independent. Of
other nations, to sustain manufactures in a
just proportion with other important inter-
ests Of the country.
When it becomes necessary, tariff laws
should be enacted, having for their object
the protection of manufactures, as well as
to create revenue
A part of the tariff policy includes the
duty imposed by Congress on foreign salt.
In this, our State is deeply interested
Should the duty be reduced, the manufac-
ture of salt in Illinois would be abandoned.
And on the other hand, should the duty be
increased, the price in proportion would he
enhanced, both of these extremes would
iDlure the people, and should be avoided.
These principles would apply to all other
manufactures, and should be carefully OBJ
served in legisIating on this subject.
The public improvement of the country
is a subject also of the deepest interest to
the people of this state There is no state
in the Union, in which the expenditures of
money on national improvements will he
OF such great utility. Many states in the
confederacy as we'll as Illinois, are deeply
interested in the speedy completion of a
rail road or canal connecting the Illinois
river with lake Michigan.
There are maay rivers in this state. the
navigation of which could be greatly inn
proved with small expenditures of money.
The improvement OF the Ohio is in pros
gress, and should he continued on just prin-
ciples, so as not to injure, but to benefit the
state Of Illinois in proportion with other
states.
The construction and improvement of ma
tionaI roads to and ,hroug our state are
essential to the prosperity of the country.
The Cumberland Road, so called, should
be extended westward with all possible
speed, and cross the Mississippi at Alton.
in pursuance Of the memorials of the leg
islature of this state. Other roads IN this
state, likewise, ought to experience the fos-
tering care of the general government.
A marine hospital should be erected for
the reception and care of the sick and disa-
bled, whose disease and disability were con-
tracted in navigating the waters of the Mis-
sissippi.
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