Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-11-07

What IL the neNi Question of difference between the
two arlles' lhe anti the protection of oif industry
HE W hgs favor this policy. aud the Democrats oppose
IT, lie meant the Democratic leaders. always moi the
Democratic people. lie begged 10 illustrate this sub
ret by fsereuce plain and practical in itself He
would say tal when they had shocmakcfs hattcrs and
a'lors III Indianapolis. who furnish u ovety article
IN Then linc the citizens OF town aud country should buy
The HON. made fabrics. instead Of senJing Tor them 10
distant cities. The operatives IN those places do moi
buy your butter. eggs and other productions of your
farm, nor do they assist You Ia ,he erection o your pub
lie Improvements. IN n national point Of view the
same doctrine will hold good. Why send 10 Ennaud
Tor what we can produce aud manufacture AT hon,el--
The Wings don't want to destroy commerce. or Ia pro
hih, the introduction OF foreign iabrcs-hal would be
nncvilized-bu, they wish Ia system ol nalion
al independence which viii enable the American pco
pie 10 1--we more upon their own resources. Tins is
Wing policy. What do the Democratic leaders say a,
Nasllngioni They me In favor Of free trade and
would have no duties levied, but To admit ifcinn lab.
res regulated only by The wants of the country It's
true. they don profess that this is their object but 1t is
the inevitable result of their duclrnrs, J., hcl free
Trade notions, II practically carried ont our country
would be mpovcrshcd-dianed Of the hard money
which our Democratic leaders are 50 anNlu3 To ealnb
ish AS the standard Of value OF our productions While
our money would thus he drawn from us 10 suppot the
laurer lab Ter oi Europe, the, wond mol buy cent,
worth from mol needed by the dircsi necessities A
state Of things like this would fail 10 drive us back
'o our COLONIAL condition before Inc revolution, when
coon Sims and pellies formed the currency. Nhllo
they are thus accommodating TO the adoption Of light
duties and free trade. OF duties at all. they are sub
hitting Ia the most enormous dulics, imposed by ar
r2n Governments on their productions amoaaling
To nineteen hundred per the article Of tobacco n.
lonc THIS is "reeimocy the reciprocity of Amer
lean Tree trade politicians and British manufacturers
Let me ASK which party is tho wscs and patriotic
the one which protects the industry Of the country
from the rivalry Of Foreign Govrrnmrut9 OF that which
cons'gns In the control OF sueh rl,a, the most vital
interests ol this 9teai naon' 1t is the duty of every
man To ask himself which he would prefer aud make
mp his mind independently, and free from the pcndices
at past political associations.
have conceded In oor opponents (said Mr. G. the
term o democrat, ont of mere pol'icncss without nd
mltilng any exclusive claim o hc'ri 10 that title |
was IN, sell born Democrats rocked in the cradle of the
Revolution, aud nj the darkest period of the ever memo
rlbc struggle for freedom. lie rccolceed IN Isl or
So 'sil made ~ larleions troops 10 the house u
his mother, aud their running llcir swords Into the
made graves Of his father and grandfather, thinking they
contained hidden treasures. Though then moi four
of apc the circumstance Of that visit IL wildly
remembered. aud II viii be 10 the latest moment Of his
life. lie was borua Democrat, raised aud nnr
urcd Republican: and shall die Republican. IN the
faith and principles OF his fathers.
What are the doctrines OF the modern Democrats
speeding Executive powcrl was taught, demo
cral To dread thai power, and watch it with an unsccp
iug eye. What are lhrI doctrines the veto power
that branch OF oregn growth cn2ral,ed on oar repnhIl
can InsiiiuiIo,s2 II IL rank mIiicaon--as rank as
the notification OF south Carolina, which crushed the
laws Ut Congress- and bid defiance TO the nations will
It is notification pracliscd in the White House II re-
presses the respiration Of the peoples Representatives,
an'' commits lnianiIcdc IN legislation. The measures
Of Congress are sangcd in state Of hepltssncss by
this most odous OF all powers and our Dcmocrnlcltad
ers sustain it, and cheer the Executive The Repre-
scniaiyes who went to Congress at the commencement
Of the Extra Session were the true oyponcnis OF the PEG
Pies wthc true organs OF the majority which cleo
ted General Harrison. Who calls ou and supports nc
10 and diitol Democratic leader. backed and sus
alncd by Democratic minority. We find them lrnm
phing and cNung in the veiocs and defending weak.
false. and trcacherpns Execnye.'lhey glory in The
exercise oi that power. Here tho difference between
We 60 for the power of the nanyhey Tor that of
one man. We say fla majority of the people wills the
establishment oi certain measures. II Is right 10 consult
that wi-thcy glory IN the exercise OF the kinglv pow
Or, which SAYS, ~ forbid.n will reason viii, my
Democratic brethren and riendswo should "reason to
gcthcr" Gen. Harrison was elected 10 do the will OF
the people, The present Congress chosen under
circumstances which left doubt in regard TO that will.
What thcn was the duty of the leaders Of the Demo
cratic par,y2 They should allow the Wings fair Nay.
They in power twelve years, themselves; control
ing all the branches of the Government and had OPP
porunIiy Of testing their own measures before the
Try. The people repudiated them In 1929, before
lct WashInglm | said. at public entertainment piv-
me by my friends there, that the administration Of
Gen jackson should be judged by its measures, and moi
condemned in advance. deprecated any thing like
factions opposition To it, and begged my friends 10 give
it fair trial This my course. In the progress OF
political revolutions the Wings in power. and
| he would now ask his fellow Democrats If is not right
that the Wings should have opportunity Of testing
their asures 10 relieve the country The people,
through the ballot box, declared that the oi the
Democratic party would not answer, and ypr leaders
had TO give way to others, whose opinions were deem
cd more unison with the general wish. G what is
the conduct of the Democratic Ieaders} Every Nhg
measure proposed since September 1881. opposed
be tlnm They voted against The bank bulls Of the OK
ira session. against the bankrupt law, against the dsir
button bill against the temporary tariff bill and The late
atlT BILL finally against every measure which the pco-
pie wod In the contest of 1910. They voted against
The first iail1 bill because the distribution Of the pro
cocds Of the public lands coupled with it, ! ar
raicn no mats noiirtS, Tin conduct of majority ul
them was doubtless dictated by honest views; but
would appeal to the Democrats here assembled ii the
cslatye conduct Of their leaders In Congress meets
their appreciation.
Although in the retirement Of Ashland. ! thought
should il in Congress, have supported the bill, yet,
surrounded by the excitement Of Washington. growing
out Of the Presidents unwarranabo exercise Of the
to power, it is impossible fer me to conjecture what
might have done. Every Of tho Wigs by the
presses and leaders of tho Democratic party after the
vcto denounced for having (by Their pcrinaclous
adherence the land clans destroy ed the credit OF the
tioyenmcn, by cutting of the only source Of revenue
left Tor It's support The whole odum OF destroying the
public credit at home and abroad. thrown upon the
Wings leaving be inferred but that, for the odious
distribution clause, the tariff bill would have rcoyedthe
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