Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-06-01
CANDIDATES FOR CoNsREss-sTUMP
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CANDIDATES FOR CONsREsS-sTUMP
SKETCHES.
The three candidates now before the people oil
this district for n seat in the next Congress, Sc
veralIy addressed large number Of their fellow
citizen. on Saturday last, in this place, from the
Hoosher rossrum The Rev. DIR. Wilson Thomp-
son. The candidate Of the Vanocraiic party made
the FIRST haranguc. His general style and man.
ner. was such as to convince his hearers, that,
however successful he may be in Winning souls
to grace-n arresting the maynard sinner in his
career OF guilt, and in bringing the wicked to
pentance, he has talent for political debate.
Divinity and Politics arc The greatest antipodaI
subjects on which the mind Of man can be i'm
agincd TO engage; particularly with the politician
who cmbarks a crusade to sustain principles
because they recommended by r"L"' OF
ssen, and they to, in the '''--~'''o" VI P"''c"
,ow.- NJ 1r.vnpson advocated tho Sub-treas
ury scheme, or the Defaulter's plan for taking
care Of the revenue Of the country; though he !
admitted that he had uo~os seen the L'i nor did
he know its details. Blind devotion! He read
quotation from his political bible, to prove that
Jefferson was the author Of tbs Sub-trensury
scheme What slander! Had he told his hear
ers that il had it's origin in the despotsms of
the old world, he would have told nearer the
truth. He talked great deal about Federalism.
United States Bank, Sc; but twas but the
stereoyped slang Of the Globe, retsied out thro'
the Jefersonan we will say nothing about 1t ,
here.
Mr.. Rariden next addressed ne audience, al
though they had listened tolhe long, dull, and .
tiresomc rigmarole of DR.. sfhompson, but few !.
lot their positions all expecting severe cxcori-
alton Of the oflice-hobers over the Doctors
shoulders. 1t came, ad was laid down in tho -
best effort that we aave ever heard from Mr..
Raridcn. The coruptions Of the office holders =
were laid bare-thor hypocrisy exposed, and =
their exravagarce contras,ed with their profess ~
sions Of economy and reform. The Sub-,reasu- III
ry was exposed in all its hideousness-i,s opera II
lions clearly defined, and its dangerous influence "
lpon the Institutions Of country, moral and ~
'oitica thrillingly portrayed. Mr. Rariden repe tn
Cd with manly indignation the oft repeated a.
harges that made agains, the Wings O! adj
coating the doctrines in political economy gen u"
rally attributed to Alexander Hamiton He an
enounced them in language that could not be no
declaring that he did believe TN
'ere was one man in the state who held them. Ia
e called upon the false-styled Democrats Of the INK
esent day TO point out single individual M
no claimed 10 be "hieh born and nell bred" 10 vi
i've "come into the arorld NTH fortune his I'd
1ck." He had heard Of but one man in this aP
who made preiensiuns Of this charac- me
#, and he claims to stand high in the conf
nee OF the party at Washington, and holds we
office under the general government. Mr.. lag
arden alluded to the loss of the Cumbe rand ter
bad appropriation, and vindcated himself a. IS
inst the charge that has been made agnins, We
m of having lost it through negligence OF Mi
INT of attention. He explained his vote au'
,,ion 10 prevent the hanks from ,ssu;,, NAVE, Mr.
the deposits of the money of the government vie
their vaults. If there was any one of the !,
party present who appIauded the
NOV al of the deposits from the United States
INK, presume he invouutariiy found himself 49,.
hewing his own words"-to use n vulgar ex- r.,
ession. He advocated the fundamental princi-
IS, and the now ngitated measures OF the ~,
eat Wing party with more than usual spirit, -
d awakened in the breast of the Wings n re-
wed determination to vote for no man but the =
h'nchng advocate Of their principles.
oeh. M 'CaTly spoke In the evening. We he h
ard but portion of his address, consequently "rn
say but little about it. He dcelared himself you
dependent Of all parties, and claimed that he III
'oid be enabled by his position to exe,, much 80
sassr influence than either Mr.. Rariden ar M, t.
~ "''s We 'hihk nun mistakeA-I box ?
9 members OF Congress are all politicians the ie