Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-02

slderation Of the country throughout a contest {
nearly twelve years duration. maintained wit
unexampled dev otion; and ITS principles were i
lustra.ed by the precepts and practice of III
mos, eminent and patriotic OF our citizens in ev
cry form by which they were atle 10 addres
/ themselves to the intelligence OF The People. NJ
one Inexperienced these prlGcipiss they were
Unidentified with the labors OF tina, great party
whose unparalleled success was both the toker
and the reward of the general confidence of the
nation They promised reform
Ist. 10 the restraint OF Executive power and
patronage;
ID. In the wholesome regoiathn of the curren
cy and the advancement Of the.nterest and IN
dustrv; and
3D. Ia the establishment Of an economical ad-
ministration of The finances.
They proposed to accomplish the first Of these
objects by limiting the service 81 the President
to a single term; By forbdding all officers of the
Government from interfering in elections; and by
n voluntary self-denial, on the part q the Chief
Magistrate. in that excessive use q the Veto
power which had recently become 50 otfensiv @
10 the country an instrument OF patty suptem-
They hoped to achieve their nest OBJECT by The
establishment Of a National Bank; By an adjust.
mcut of the system of duties upo moderate
and permanent scale. adapted AS marry as prac
tIcable 10 The interest: and comfortable with the
views Of every portion Of the Uni,a; by the es
Establishment of a uniform system bankruptcy;
and by The distribution Of the proceecs Of the pub
lie lands amongst the Statcs-a neasu~e recon-
me nded not on'y by consideration: of Justice to
the States themselves, but also bya sad expert
ence of the embarrassment produced IN the
rency resulting from The administration OF a fund
of such variable amount an ilen.In tie ordina-
ry revenues Of the Government The establish
ment of an economical administration Of the fl
nancos they expected to attain By cutting down
nv prfn q rIp ar f.
ability of the public agents; and, moe conspi-
cioas!y, by masking exact and adequate provision
tor the ascertainment and evcntuaillqyidat:on of
that public debt which the past Administration
had created by permitting their epenlitnrts TO
overrIn their receipts, and which ney had con-
cealed from public observation by tie eisy device +
of repeated issues OF Government fote.
These were the prominent points to which the
policy of the Wing party had beenirected, and
which constituted The great issues be1re the coun-
try in the recent Presidential eisSiika We are
aware that our advcrsaries in hat contest now
ieny these issues, founding trlr denial chiefly
Ipon the fact that no formal uanesio put
orth TO declare tho terms upon~hlch we lnsst ed.
We chose rather to appeal to the Wiley dilfised
Know ledge of oar principles when had been I'M
PRESSED upon every mans mind that long strug-
r'e Of years gone by; with with party had
,een identified, and Of which IS very name was
IN exponent.
II need not be said that i'm represen alton
pread over territoiy ofsuch efent that COM
rehended by Union, and exhibiting interests
0 diversified, what might he called the character
site principles of the Wing artv, throughout
his wide sphere, should be sui act 10 occa sionaI
dependent upon local Influences;
nd that it Incumbent, ,ierefore, upon the
arty to move together in a spuit of mutual con-
oncession and Accommodation sectional differ.
aces of opinion. 1t need mol told that, in the
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views might naturally exist between f
ne Representatives Of distant .0rtions of our
republic, and that only by the Yielding 0: minor
lterests the establishment of he genera, good,
ntire harmony 10 be oba ed in the action 1
{ Congress. This was natura, and to be ex- c
ected. Bat we felt proud Consciousness that t
the patriotism of the party ellsuch difficulties {
'ould vanish, and that the demands of an cnar- S
ed welfare would be met and f!fiiled, through a
he virtue of that spirit of comppnise and for b
earance, that liberal and comprehensive senti- y
tent Ct selt6enlai and concession, which rests at a
lie heart of our confederacy, a ri which consti- h
ties the living prnc pie Of our unin. Before the 0
,pointed day arrived for the meeting of Con il
.ess and that the expiration OF bur one short Il
onth from the date of his Inauguration. our be- p
we'd President snatched from US bv the o
asp Of deaf tn: too soon for the happiness of bis c
untry, but not too soon to awaken n our bosoms b
deep and awful sense OF the irnparabc loss P
hch have sustained in the deprivation Of n p
eat and good man-not TOO soon &c convince US ii
" long and how bitterly county is doomed a
denlore this heavy misfortune. II this our ca d
nliy. we hoped to find consolationin the char a
ter and principles of him whom tie Cons;itu- Al
~ had designated TO fill the Office the depar- al
J chief Ii is true, that towards that indivIdu- lie
even at the moment of the selection for The "
&c Presidency. very earnest polio atten al
n had directed; and il is equally rue that but i
passing regard was bestowed upon the current 2
his previous life and opinions. We only knew 81
n as one protesting 20 be memberof the Wing OF
rty. and seeking to Identify himself with in
ose great leaders of tina; party whsse opinions u,
principles were deeply engraved IN the most ii
lsPicious acts of our political history, and were ii
I'd and understood by every citizen In the land. i'll
this connection. where he had s,ught TO be re
eminent. we discerned what we conceived, and hi
at doubtless he meant. 10 be pledge of faiths lie
adherence TO the cardinal doctrines for which pl
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