Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-07-07
Eakl E1, CGAX,
OF KENiuCKY.

We spread our banner to the breeze, and with
firm reliance upon the justice of our Cause, we con-
hdently await the issue.
Fellow-ctizens, Americans! I'm this cause we
invite your aid. Upon his own merits let our
candidate be judged. Go back to his early youth
trace him from the period so eelingly portrayed
in his farewell address-when, an orphan hoy, the
gallant State of ''dark and bloody ground" adop-
ted him as her son, first sent him forth to do the
battles of his country to his recent regretted
trement from the councils of the Nation, you find
him at all times, the devoted patriot, the enght-
ened statesman, the honest man. lie may truly
be described as American through and through
American in his feelings, American in his aims,
and American in all his policy and projects.
- Who among the actors i'm the scene can forget
that mighty outpouring of patriotism, when in the
darkest hour oil his countryS need, when the bra
vest faltcred, and despair was brooding over the
land, he reused the dormant energies of the coun-
try, as in burst of indignant eoquence whose
tones reverberated throughout the Union, he pro-
claimed to the assembled representatives of the
Nation "My plan would be TO call out the am
pie resources of the country, give them judi
cious direction, prosecute the war with the utmost
vigor, strike wherever we reach the enemy
at sea or on the land, and negotiate the terms Of
treaty at Quebec or Halifax. In such a cause,
with the aid Of Providence, must come out
crowned with success; but if we fail let us fail
like men-lash ourselves to our gallant tars, and
expire together in one common cause, fighting for
Free Trade and SeamenS RIghtS!'
AS the successful negociator of an honorable
peace, the mediator whose calmness and decision
gueled the angry passions which two occasions
threatened domestic discord and civil strife, as
the advocate of independence for ensaved Greece
and throughout our whole western hemisphere.
as the Secretary in whose hands the interest of
the Nation reposed with honor, and in his closing
career of Senator in Congress, in all and every
capacity, challenge for his every act the strict
est scrutiny. Political luminosity has indeed pur-
sued him with vcngelul bitterness; calumny and
SANDER have been busy with his name and fame,
and detraction had aiost marked him for her own
but like the mists Of night before the morning
sun, the clouds have vanished before the light OF
TRUTH and he stand forth erect and pre-eminent in
the dignity of purity and patriotism.
How marked the contrast! The one, with the
regret and admiration of his fellow citizens, ret-
ring from the glorious conflict Of mind, and the
honorable discharge of his country's trust; the
other amidst the jeers of political foes, and the re
proaches Of betraying friends, clinging to place at
the expense Of honor.
But, fellow citizens, other and higher objects
than mere Individual preferences demand at
tention. To the depression Of labor, the destruc-
fion Of credit, and the utter prosraton Of the bu-
siness energies Of the country, consequent upon
the policy and conduct of the late Administration,
must be superadded q bankrupt Treasury, a ma
tional Debt, and deficiency of revenue TO pro-
vide tor current expenses. Al the same time, the
blight Of unshackled foreign competition has fall
len upon the great manufacturing interests of the
country. and our resources have been constantly
drained as tribute to foreign enterprise, while our
own has been utterly neglected. Our Agricultu-
raj products, with few exceptions, are chiefly
confined TO a home markets and discriminating
duties abroad, coupled, in regard to the colonial
trada, with restrictions amounting 10 total pro-
hibitioD, have equally affected our commerce, and
almost placed the carrying trade of tho seas in
the hands of strangers.
These three great branches Of national indus
try and wealth are in fact so linked together that
the same operating cause of prosperity or adver-
sity extends its influence to all. British legisa-
lion has indirectly accomplished more towards
our national depression than ever before ensued
from direct hostility and open var Let US brief.
" examine US ELECTS as drawn BY master hand.
"lt excludes BY interdictnr duties all importa-
tons Except in time OF approaching famine) Of
the great staple productions Of the Middle and
Western States. Ii proscrlbss, with equal IGOR
The bukier lumber and live stoc. of the same Dor
ton and also of the Northern and Eastern part Of
our Union. 1t abounds with regulations Of inter-
dict upon all the productions of our soil or indus
Try which come in competition with is own. But
the cotton Indispensable for their looms, hey will
receive TO weave it in fabric for our own wear to
the destruction Of our own manufactures" Need
we wonder at the stagDation of trade, that our
ships should lie disnanted at our wbaryes, our
looms no longer be in motion, our mechanics un-
employed, and the hum Of business hushed in our