Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-05-22


countrv9 When the people all join in The sup
port Of the principles under the Influence Of which
alone, we believe our country can ProsPe:, then
and not till then, shall leave our party or drop
party Tires They may leave us. and 90 over To
the advocates of a standing army--ofa sub-tfeas-
ury-anti-tartf, and l-Bank principles; but W.
Will never concede Wing measures until convin-
ced that they are adverse to the Interests of our
country. Persons who disposed to drop party
lines aud sin< The name of Wing IN obliv ION can
do SO; but they do it the sacrifice Of honor and
of our national prosperity. And we shall ever
look with datrust upon that man who Will yield
up the principles which he has openly declared to
be the cOnvIc tIons Of matured thought and InVes
tjgation, for the sake of compromising any feel
logs which the advocating of those principles may
call forth The defnagogue may plead for the
adjustment Of political excitement and In honieG
strains appeal to the forgyng spirit Of the mind,
and thereby lull the ma 1rify into lethargg and
inactisiiy, impose upon their fancied security and
rise TO power beyond his merits but true Wing,
and the man hose mind is free and dew ted
his country's prosperity will not be entrappod by
his Vaccinations. He Will ever keep III mind the
emphatic maxim that 'ho price of liberty ctcr-
Ting for his principles regardless Of the siclv
cry Of .'no partyi' la this county. it IS true we
have a large naioritv, aud if there Is any place
whore nigh, safely indulge in personal pref
ecenccs II IS here; but our political
friends to be on their guard. The insiduous spir-
IT 0( locoiocoism IS still among US. in lis flIi
strength--fuliy organized and watchfu! of every
opportunity TO press its odous measures upon the
country. To the men of that party We urge no
objections; but their federal and blasting policy
whole soul abhots-and when they shall tr-
umph, we shall despair Of that national greatness
winch now clates our heart with hope. Oar fan
cy Is not equal to our expectations. We cannot
picture, even in perspective, the high station Of
greatness, which we believe under the policy ed
vocated by han who has recently left Us IN be
reavemeni, our country will gain in time to come.
Though we can conceive that every avenue Of
commerce Will be opened-ihat every field of soil
will be clothed with the riches, harves,-that
every rill and power will be made subservien, to
the manufacturers siill-that every dlstric, shall
be benefited by tho influence of the schoolnas-
ter, and that churches shall every where gree,
the eye, bespeaklng happy and prosperous
people; but The acme of human greatness to which
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er hand should lntiielIy and locofocosni--thc doc
trnc Of ''Perish commerce, perish credi.''--sub
treasuryism, and dependence on foreign govern
men,s, triumph; how different will be the s;ua-
ton Of country Then we should expect the
ton OF despntsm 10 rest upon
This may be thought ill-tirned and depression
from the subject named the head Of this nri-
Gle, and VIC confess our only object in the
mcncement to urge the necessity of abiding
the nomination of tina, Conv ention We under
stand that the people, al least respectable mum
Der OF them, in each township in the county, save
one, met IN primary meetings. and appointed del
egates to attend County Convention, and then
and there delegated to said delegates full power
10 nominate candidates to be supported a, the Au-
gust election. implying thereby their de termina.
ton to abide their selection. Those delegates,
thus empowered, met at CentreviIe, and as the
agents OF their constituents made nomination.
Though they may have acted iniudIcousv and
not as the people themselves would have done,
had they been present, yet as the agents
Of the people think their acts should be sup
ported. We admit the full force Of the many oh
Jectons which urged against Conven,lons;
bat they have been here tofore found to be the on
Iy available means to create and maintain IN
ion of the party. They done US good service in
the important canvass, which resulted in the ele-
walton OF Gen. Harrison 10 the Presidency. They
alone enabled the Wings of Indiana to place in
her legislature majority of their own party
There is the same necessity now for Whg ma
jorlty that there was then, particularly in the
Senate; for those who are now elected Senators
will vote t5r United States Senator, when the
term Of the Hon, o. Fl. Smith shall have expired
Wing principles can only be sustained by a I'M
ION of the Wing partv-''united we stand divi-
ded We fall" United we shall have Wing del
egation IN the next egslatuve-diyided we shah
not. We hope no ticket will be gotten up in op-