The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-12-06
FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
WIG MEASURES OF POLICY.

The following synopsis sets forth briefly yet clear
iy the leading object, for which the wings con-
tending ~ the political contest now going on rs ii
party, they staud strong ground; and ir they
to themselves they defend it against all
saiants 1t is great and comprehensive spirit that
aniuatcs this party this guardian army Of coustitu-
tionaI liberty. Large national ntercsts-pcrmancnt
and substantial nterests-in which the prosperity Of
the People and the independence OF the RcPub-
lie are involved, constitute the firm basis upon which
the political organization Of the Wing pnrty
We repeat what said some days ago, evcA ut the
risk of again mourning the rebukc of the Richmond
Enquirer that the Wings the only party that know
how to take good Of the county, When was
there exhibited more miserable specimen of
msrule than hns been witnessed in the management
of the Government since Gen. Jackson undertook to
inculcato new principles ofdemocracy? What Gov
eminent on earth could hold up under such rude as
saus upon The interests Of the country and the we'll
being Of the peovle? If the era of 1910 had been
much longer postponed; fthc beauties Of the sub
Treasury and the blessings Of free importUtions had
been allowed time fully to disclose themselves, what
remnant Of national prosperity would have been left
amid the wrecks and ruins with which b'ightng pol
icy numbering tho ground?
The Wings came to restore; they came in ODE
diencc to the loud call of the people-of people
suffering free people suffered before from
the mismanagement of their own rulers. The Wings
came TO build up the PROSTATE fabric of a national
systcm-to introduce order and consistency where
all confusion. They have done what they could?
the country knows why they have not done more
But sure as intelligence remains with the people
to know their interests and TO perceive the cnus-
es of public cmbarrassments, so will tho mission
the Wing party be gloriously accomplished in the
restoration ofsound principles; and the time for it
will come so soon as the man whose position has en-
abled him to delay the progress of reform shall be
shaken from tho chair which he SO unworthily
holds:
The Wing policy on all the main points of differ
ence between us and our opponents is plain and I'M
equivocal. The restoration Of sound and uniform
currency for the people Of the whole Union the sys-
temac, effective permanent projection of our home
labor against depressing and runous foreign compe-
ton, and the distribution Of the publick land pro-
ceeds to the States: these the objects inscribed
broadly banners--the measures for which we
earnestly contend. Unconnected as they may super
Gcialy appear, they in reality parts of the same
comprehensive benficent american system, designed
and directly calculated to elevate and improve tho
condition Of the toiling millions of our countrymen
Il protective tariff will steadier and more am
pie employment, with fuller reward to the protective
labor Of our country; uniform aational currenc,,
will contribute largely to this end, by restoring to la
Dor the four or five per cent now subtracted from
the average price of its production to paw TWEEN
ty thousand brokers for their necessary services
in facilitating the exchanges ofvalues; and the land