Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-04-23
From The Indiana Journal.
BRETHREN OF THE WING PRESS.

BILL lHNEA VI HE " Hit PRLM
1t is to US, who stand senines upon Free
dom's wall, however unworthy we may feel 0
the responsibility, that the people look, to greo
extent, for political movement.
/ Are doing our duty? 1t IS now April. BE
fore The close OF July next, tho important ques
,lon-Is INDIANA A WIG STATE? III be answer
ed. How shall that question be responded to!
! That the approaching contest is to DO part,
one 1t is folly to conceal. B,th parties through
their respective Address to the the people Of tho
Stn'e, have long since drawn up their forces fo
battle. The important stake to be lost won
Is our representation in the United States Sen
ate. More than this: the flush Of the summers
victory, the dependency Of Tvs defeat, Will de
tcrmlne the further questionable gubernatoria
election of tho succeeding year
Shall Indiana be surrendered to Van Buren,
ism? Is there Wing heart that responds yesl
We know that there Is not one. The taunts and
jeers of our opponents, now ringing in our ears
over their recent s,eathy triumph, teach va BET
ter things.
Upon the result of this summer, we feel ussur
ed, rests this important matter. Two successive
vctories-should they inure to that party, de
cisirc victory, such as success will now ensure tt
them. if they succeed-wiIl greatly determine
the question.
Bat thing is needed for success, and tina
is ORGANiZA ZION. Let i, be written upon
our Innost hearts, ORGANIZATION must Sc
cure to us a triumph equal to our p,o"dess ~ishes
That we lack the men to do this good deed OF
political conquest, even iocofocoism Will not pre-
tend. Trembling at our numerical proweTs, tina,
party hopes ADD hopes only for the cowardy tr
umph which may be secured to them, through
our inactivity and scbisms.
And why should WHIGs be divided, or why
should WIGS despond? Division will only ele-
vate common foe, whose blIghtng influence we
suffer beneath and deplore. Dependency. tina,
word is almost cowardice.
When bravery Is not needed, to fiyht is l,ile
evidence of courage. In 1910, when the Wing
banner fl 'aied from every hilltop, and the wing
spirit, by magic convened its thousands Of har
dv yeomanrv from their varied employ ments, TO
come out and toach the despots a, Washington to
and to fear Free People; when the shout of
conquest was borne upon every breeze, to battle,
under such auspice required but little nerve
Bot when we have our reverses--when the GE
NERAL has fallen in the hght-when there has
been mutiny In mdst-when false hearts
have unveiled themselves among us, and base
splits would incite desertion-when there is
doubt and danger calling for high patriotism and
lofty acton-hen IL is that exertlon is NOBLE
Then II Is that apathy is TREASON.
And this Is our position now.
Look an instant at the leaders OF the party a
gainst which we contend, to zee if our CAUSE
be JUST.
For twelve dreary and never TO be forgotten
years, they have practised experiments which
have mantled every interest of this land 10 gloom.
They have taken from us currency.
They have filled the country with miserable
banks, every day exploding at the cost Of honest
industry.
They have entaied upon US pecuniary distress
ses uneQualled IN our history.
And they have meaniv deserted our noble YES
sells OF State amid the tempest! Worse than this,
they would rob her las, in,eres, for the pelf Of
political caDIfaI Let their falS, A11rass IN the
people Of Indiana. bear witness!
Nor is this tiihe of their past enormities, nor
have we time to euumerate them, it II we're nee
ded. Such Is but a leaf of the past, and what do
they propose for the FUTURE! Contemplate it.
Their measures have literally swept money
from the land. The scarce solvent circulation
yet remaining has acquired a value, whose con.
tracing Influence sweeps TO Domiual price al
the products Of industry. and sacrifice the best
men beneath the shertf's hammer. Every thing
like State currency their cruel policies have
taken from And now having e1uced US inch
by inch, through a graduation of misery painful
To retrospect. DOWN the earth their rrretci-
ed POLL Y WOULD BLIGHT THE EARTH
ITSELF, THAT IT'S INCREASING MAY
MOI MINISTER TO ALLEVIATE THE COM
MON SUFFERING.
money we have none, and in debt
The lands OF The farmers groan with produce
which, al TAR rates, would discharge all incum-
brances and leave them independent. proper
tariff policy. which they OPPOSE, by opening
the ports Of Europe 10 these products would soon
destroy The debt.
Oar Manufactures and Mechanics have but
her industry and lis rcsnits saved from the gen
sral wreck. AND LOCOFOCOISM WOULD
DESTROY THESE. BY POLICY WHICH
WILL PHOSPHATE THEM BENEATH EU-
2OPEAN COMPETITION.
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