The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-10-01


ton it will be democratic principle to
pu, down the Tariff, To establish free i'm.
portalons, 10 recognize the doctrine Of
qualification, 10 admit that the Union is no
great things, and that the State of South
Carolina has an inherent right to dictate
laws TO the Republic. The maxims or
orthodoxy will be brief and senlenlous
in the event of Mr.. BCcHANAN's being
the candidate, we hardly know VIVA, tho
principles Of the democracy will be that
gentleman bling in position rather un-
defined. lie voted for the Tariff undera
protest, and gave as one reason fer his vo,e
that the passage Of the bill would forever
defeat Distrlbut!on-a mistaken notion by
the way--but indicates his homes aud
views. tie wants deCisioa he knows
his own opinions, he is not always clear
in making them known to Others. His
political consistency seems TO be measure
ed by his political interests. He is not
"fiisly," it is because he is neither fish
nor flesh. As d Federalist, if he had con-
tinued true TO his conservative principles,
he would have been entitled TO respect;
but in view Of what he is now, one can
not say that he would not 60 to the ex.
IRENE Of destructveness if occasion Offer
ed. NJ. BUCHANAN seems to be one of
those individuals who play the dena-
gogue without the denagogue's TACT who
are continually apprehensive lest their
sincerity be suspected; who would keep
well with the party at all hazards, yet who
retain self-respecl enough to render them
awkward IN their serviie compliance.
HCol. JOHNSON is the candidate-good,
easy man--the democracy may have
whatever principles they please, and
change them whom they like. If Mr.. TY-
Ter is the man of their choice, the demo-
cracy will have no principles at all.
Those who wish to- know the princi-
pies of true democracy, will find them
embodied in the doctrines Of the Wings.
The policy Of a protective Tariff and i
National Currency, as sustained under
the democratic administration of MIR.
MADISON, is the democratic policy Of the
Wings now. The same distinguished lea.
der who advocated successfully those
measures in Mr. Madison's time is the lea
der Of the Wings now-Hcny Clay has
not changed. The new tangled notions
of Free Importatons and the Sub Treasu-
ny are of recent origin. They are the
labrlcalions of party leaders-of those
very leaders who have carried their fol-
lowers from one experiment to another
until they have brought them entirely out
OF the range Of the positions they started
from. They have relied much upon
words and names, and so long as they
could appropriate to themselves the name
of democracy they hoped by that word
to answer all objections and reconcile the
people to any absurdity. They are maxi
ing the name ridiculous; they have filed
their own ranks with discussions and
doubts; have gone to the length of their
telher, and can deceive no longer. The
attention Of the people is now turned from
words to things. They have been ava
kened to their own wrelched condition.
to the suffering state Of the county,
they see that these calamities have come
upon themunder he rule of the men whose
professions Of democracy they trusted.
Every eye has been turned to the Wings
for relief. Bailled by internal reachery
and open hostility, the Wings have at last
succeeded IN establishing one great mea-
sure of relici-and many of those who
opposed it most kn0,c that it is measure
OF relief, and wholesome one. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether that measure
will sand-wheher those who are to be
benefited by it will sustain il-and wheth-
cr the Wings will be enabled, by the sup
port Of the people, to carry out other
measures important to the public interests.
Bali. american.