The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-09-03


necessity for supplying on the one hand
needlul revenue to the government and
for extending on the other much wan
ted assistance to the States to relieve them
in their pecuniary difficulties. Distribu-
ton had been a iavorile measure since
1892 when Mr.. CLAY's Land Bill passed
both Houses by large majorities and fail
cd of becoming law only because CT its
suppression by GEM. JACKSON. The
measure was advocated and sustained then
on its own merits, without regard to any
notifications Of the Tariff; for it rested
on the claim Of the States to the parlicu-
lar benefits of the Public Land Fund-a
claim antCcedent to the Constitution,
grounded on the terms Of cession by
which the lands were transferred to the
general government, insisted Oh during
.he war of the Revolution and never
abandoned from that time to this. If
yielded temporarily it was for an equiva-
lent was in one case the assumption Of
the State debts.
But Of Mr.. TYLER and of the unhappy
troubles he has caused, why should we
say more2 He has gone from amongst
Us: he has joined himself to our political
opponents, who using him for their pur-
poses, have yet too much detestation Of
his treachery TO receive him into cordial
communion. The motives, the instiga-
tons, the decisions, whatever they were,
which induced him to betray the trust of
those who conided in him. and to prove
false to the principles which he was cho-
sen to maintain, are nothing to us now.
Between him ant. the great Wing party
there is no bond of political fellowship.
1t is severed forever. lie belongs to the
other side-to the party which was van
pushed by the Wings two years ago. To
the idols of his choice let him pay wha,
homage he will-bnt the forfeited respect
Of honorable minds he cannot hope TO
regain.
Our triumph, then, fellow citizens, I'M
der Gen HARRISON has proved to be
something worse titan defeat We have
not only failed to secure the fruits of vic,
Tory but the very advantages we gainet
have been turned against us. Every pro,
minent measure for the establishment o.
| which the Wings were brought into the
administration has been defeated by the
| Executive Of their own election upor
whose cooperation they had confidently
relied. What then? Could such mon
srous treachery have been foreseen ant
guarded against Shall the uncxamplct
| pCrfidy of one man, which has wrough
such grievous disappointment. be char
ged as fault upon the Wings? A gener
Gus people Will not say so. We hav
suffered in common with the nation. TIL
same breach of trust which deprived tn
Wings of the power Of redeeming thei
! pledges to the country, has also deieatet
the consummalion Of a wise and salular,
system olpolCy, to the great agg ravatlol
Of the public distress,
But what remains for us? Plainly this
We fail back upon cur old ground: W
rcallirm our plinciples: we raise again til
standard Of 1910, already consecraied t
victory. The same power ofrrulh. ofpa
u!otIc zeal which sustained us trium
| phautly bctore-is il not as strong as ever
Our pr;ncl lies are as sound now as the
were two years ago: the condition of tn
country requires their adoption still NOR
lmpcratlvely than then: for with ever
year OF distress and suffering. with ever
additional experience Of the effects of pc
lltical quackery. the impression must be
come more and more profound that VIII
measures and those only are adequate t
bring about wholesale change.-Are on
opponents more powerful in reality tina
when their strong holds fell before tn
onward march Of the Wings? Are thei
doctrines less pernicIous? Has any ne,
merit been discovered in their principle
that would render them better ada pied t
when their practical working reduced tn
country to the verge of ruin2 No, fello,
citizens, it is the old battle over agai
that is to be fought. The elements c
: Locoiocoism, rallying al our confusion
and rcviving from their late discontinue
are making head for another contcs
With these JOHN Tyler is now united
and TO such addition of strength as he ca
bring they are welcome. But the cours
of the Wings is plain. They know upo
whom to rely. They have confidence il
the good sense and patriotism Of the peo
pie: they have conf dence in their caus
as the cause of the country: and havin
once trIumrhed over direct opposition,
remains for them to show, in the ma me c
the people, that they can triumph ais
over the insidious devices treachery.
The appeal, then, fellow citizens, is t
you. We entreat you to consider wei
the great issues now made up for your de
clslon. Be not so unjust as 10 imput
the present unhappy condition of thing
to the operation of Wing principles, bu
ascrbc it rather to the fact that no mean
have been allowed to pu. Wing principle
i'm practica We have had No trial. IL h,