Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-08-27
The Wing Meeting
ON SATURDAY EVENING.

ed to the manly. instructive and forcibe Address
of Mr.. +. II. MORSE, considerable part OF which
was in reply to the Lecture of the Hon. ALBERT
iSMITH delivered the week before. In the COM
mencement of his remarks, Mr.. Morse observed,
that he did not consider the illusions of every
political missionary, as worthy OF attention, but
the standing of the gentleman in his party, and
his official station, were sueh as to warrant him
in considering the remarks of the honorable
gentleman, as fair expose and defence OF the
principles of his party, and also to give weight
to whatever he might utter, however fallacious
might be its aroument or distorted and deficient
its delneation of facts.
Mr.. Morse first alluded to Mr.. Smiths defini-
ton of the principles of the democratic party so
called, which were founded he said, on the reso-
lutions of 49, Mr.. Morse said that the leading
feature of those resolutions, was their opposition
TO the increase of executive power; he showed
conclusvely by reference to the acts OF the exec
utive for the last twelve years, that the present
marty in power was the most ultra federal in its
principles and had done more TO strengthen and
cxtendt the power of the executive, than any and all
the administrations which had preceded. Alu-
sion was next made to the great credit which Mr.
Smith had claimed for the party in power in hav-
ing given to the world an address, stating IN full
its princip,esL' Mr.. Morse said it was somewhat
mysterious to him, that if the gentleman party
was the real democratic party, whose principles
and practice were, and always has been in stract
accordance with the resolutions of '98-that 1t
should be necessary for its members to meet
every four years and put forth an address IN order
to define their position!t
The leading doctrines of this address were
four-Frst, to limit government TO the expressed
powers of the Constitution. Mr.. Morse said that
if the government had been limited to the letter
of the Constitution, it could not have gone one
single step, and that this declaration was one to
which the whole practice of the party in power
had gone directly counter The second grand
doctrine was unipersal suffrage. Mr.. Morse then
read extracts from the PRINTED DEBATES OF
the New York Legislature, proving beyond the
possibility of doubt, or contradiction, that Mr..
Pan Buren was in favor of LIMITED SUI
FRAGE, and even of EXCLUDING the
VETERANS of the REVOLUTION from the
privilege which they had BOUGHT WITH
THEIR OWN BLOOD-that of putting their
votes in the BALLOT BOX J! If then, univer-
sal suffrage principle indispensable 10 a
member of the gentlemen party, that Wanted
| Convention at Baltimore, had actually read the
| President OF the United STATES, out Of the demo-
cratic party Now it appears that Martin Van
Buren, is no democrat-the Hon. Albert smith
and the Baltimore Convention themselves belng
JupGEs The third doctrine, was to keep down
the revenue, to the wants OF an economical
| Government Now said Mr.. Morse, under Mr..
Adams an ertrauagant administration, was one
which spent t,eelre and half millions year, but
under Mr. Van Buren, an ECONOMICAL adfnihls-
tration was one which spent FORTY MIL
LIONS In relation to these three principles
Mr.. Morse placed Mr. Smith in position, such
that he must acknowledge that the much lauded
address, was either declaration, IN which NOM
ing was declared, that they had made pro-
fessioa of principles, which their whole practice
had falsifed.
Our limits will not permit lis to notice but one
or two more points. Mr.. Smith stated that the
Convention that nominated Gen. HARRISON, ap-
pointed Committee to watch over him and pre-
vent him from committing himself. Mr.. Morse
showed this statement was without the shadow
of foundation, as must be known to every one
who has the ability and disposition to read Now
we suppose from his known character-that no
one would think that Mr. Smith could for mo-
/ ment entertain the idea of making an incorrect
statement, and the only way that we can explain
it, is by supposing that Mr. Smith had been wo-
fully imposed on by some loco foco newspaper
Mr.. Smith next endeavored to free Mr.. Van Bu-
! rem from the imputation of having favored the
STANDING ARMY report.-Mr. Morse showed
| from the Presidents message, and from other
circumstances, that he actually did approve 1t,
and recommend it to Congress, and that it was
vain to deny the fact. At the other topics OF
the reply, we have not time to glance; we will
only say that the reply was full and perfect, and
that we do not covet the position, in which it
places Mr.. Smith before the citizens of Bath.
Mr.. Morse, though laboring under indisposition,
did the fullest justice to the subject, and to the
cause of reform. Mr.. Morse has sound princi-
pies and clear head he has redeemed sufficient
I time from an active employment to make himself
accurately acquainted with the history of our
own, and other countres-their politics and
finance. He has by his application, made him
self an able and efficient debater; are happy
to exhibit him as a specimen of the working men
of Bath