Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-29

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iect a mistake which seems 10 he abroad In som
quarters. resembling an old story OF many years
standing. when I voted fot MIR Adams, Il ~e
| said that | violated Instructions. Nj 50. When
gave that vote represented the lie xngton cs,r'e,
aud IL is we'll known fact that, atno period. since
that vote was cast, has the Lexington district re
vetsed il, IN any manner. The counties whef
compose il never gave a majority for Gen. Jack
son. The Legislature had no po~er over members
OF Congress. Both are equally the servants OF thu
peope-elec,ed by the pco?le-aod subject alone
10 their corrccio l was sustained by the people
who cleo ed me, and to them dare appeal iot my
justification. In regard to the bankrupt bill va,
never instructed. The House passed tcsou tons 10
that effect; they sent to the Senate amended
returned to the House. the amendment not concur.
red in and the fell be;weea the two branches
OF the Legislature.
| Having glanced in rapid review At the business
Of the extra session, MIR Clay passed to the trans
actions Of the last. lie n member Of Con
eress during the whole wsr-was elected to the
Senate during his absence ut Cheat. but, dousiin.
the legality Of that choice, resigned, and was
ogain elected in 1916; and he wouli declare that
he never knew Congress more devoted or more
patriotic than the present. It's Wing members
seemed nnxiously resolved to carry out the mss-
sures supposed To be secured by the election o!
Gen. Harrison. They had much TO contend with.
Besides the regular and legitimate opposition of
| the Democrats, they hsd to encounter the veto
power, encouraged By kind Of qrasi opposition.
He believed the DemJcratic party honest. in the
main; but the leaders OF the party It was who slim
| ulaied Mr. Tyler to his acts Of trea-hery. While
speaking of LADDERS, lie, me (ssid Mr.. C DO n
sheer act OF justice TO one OF ihem-a man with
whom have not spoken for years, and may never
| sg ain speak, mean Thomas Hart Benton, of Mis
| souri,. Inc Contempt and 6sdan with which he
treats John Tyler may be inferred f,om the fac,
that he never crossed his threshold-he had not al,
least up TO April last, and told by the mods OF
my friends around me, that he still continues to
| treat him and bis Ieachery, as they deserve, with
| ioathing and scorn.
\ -t,,s. a
| Whissl The Democrats accused OF having 40
principles before the election Of $780, and they
upbraid US for not having carried out what we
promised And what fellow citizens, aie their
pIns'pIeH had money currency, hard ly
got! Laughter, loud and long Trey say tina. a
back OF the Unitcd States will overiuIn our lber
ties-strip us OF all the focns OF freedom as II
the li5er,iss OF this county could he ovsr;hrown,
and yet all those connected with the banks remain
tfeenen! Mr. Woodbury. and Gen Jackson-God
bless the old hero III wish him harm, and, al,
though he he, injured me much, would rot, ii in
my power, soil a heir OF his venerable head the
Old Gsner,l and MIR Woodbury. did say that the
local banks had succeeded in making exchanges
| cheaper, and furnishing a batter currency, than
the United States Bank had done. We made pre-
cic ions, painful as Il was our duty TO do, and an
ucip.tsdthe suspensions which havs since occurred,
but We were laughed ct for our pains. told The
Country so in 1881. and cmployed j figure when |
said that You might as well expect fleet Of ca
nces lashed together with hickory wihe, 10
brave and ride out an ocean storm, as to look for
local banks to furnish sound and regular currency
for this eI;ended country. There is now an effort
making By the banks in this State, in Kentucky
! and elsewhere, TO resume specis payments land
| | hope. SAID Nr c, they will be able to MAINTAIN
! i'd but whenever tbs time of difficulty shall
| come, (and an not aux.ous to predc',l they will
| snap and break again. Our Democratic friends
| Notwithstanding their recommendation OF a local
currency, what do they say when the banks sus
peEd2 Do they try TO sustain and defend Iheml
No! The United States Bank was a monster, they
said, and that must be put down; and now ihsir
| local banks have failed, all banks are denounced
as brood Of little monsters, and they TOO mus,
share the same fate He did not embrace al! his
Democrats friends in this category but their isGing
mon. Col. Benton, for instance, whom he cOmpI
mented a few moments ego for his sagaciiy in ano-
ther respect went against all banks-againsl every
thing bu, hard money cuTiency-and desires that
We should copy after some Of the nations of the
world. The examples of Z gland Ireland, Scot
land an France, are all ablndoned, and miserable
and wretched Spain and Portugal, and the neigh
boring colony Of Cuba, held W 10 U. rs examples
| oil a hard money Country! We Wings 90 for all
the money we can honestly get, and as good
can gel. We 90 for we'll regulated banks for State
purposes, and a we!l-regu!ated Nsi.onsl bank fer
tie Union, TO furnish National currency. Many
cry ter hard 'n9nty, although the juggling Of dol
lar Las not asonlsned the' pockets for many day.
| They reminded him Of the aneedoe he once heard
Oi soot honest emsrani from North Carolina,
WHO was met on the summit OF Cinch mountain,
rel urnlng back 10 that tie, after visiting and set.
| ting tor some time in one Of the fertile valleys OF
the West. III S whole appearance, and that Of las
rsunue, bespoke the most abjrct poverty. HIS
wife was in tatIefs-his poor old horse mere ske-
/ Teton Of bones-A Carcass witch the buzzards
might lie supposed 10 hold pre- emption of many
years standIng-a half dozen children sat suspsn
! del ia bag on eit.er > DE OF the poor Ueasi-the
good man his spouse walking in apparent content.
edness. after the moring spectacle. He asked
where he was gong. b ck TO North Clroni-I
don't Ike your Western country-you hare ns mar.
Es. for surplus produce Oa there - tRoars of
/ laugh;trl Noi-lhere TO market Tor such
rags and horses out in his lovely valley. Ire
newed laughie:.l Our Democratic friencs and the
' good honest North Caronian-snd some Of the
| Wings, too-are IN the same condition. They ory
| for hHrd money, when they have no, a dollars
worth IN the world
What is the next question Of ference between
the two parties The tariff the protection Of our
industry. The Wings favor this policy, and the
Democrats oppose IT, lie meant the Democratic
leaders, always, not the Democratic people. He
begged TO illustrate this subject by a reference plain
| and practical 10 itself lie would say that when
they had shoemakers haiters and tailors in Indian
apols, who can furnish you every article in their
line, the citizens of town and country should buy
the home made fabrics, instead of sending for them
TO distant cities. The operatives in those places 90
not buy your butter eggs, and other productions OF
your 4rm, nor 10 they assist you in the erection OF
| your public Improvements 10 a national point of
| TO England Tor what we can produce and monuiac
ture at homer The Wings dos't want to DESTROY
commerce. or prohibit the introduction of foreign
isbrieS-thnt would be uneiyil zsd-but they wish
TO secure system OF national independence, which
wi. enable the American people 10 live more upon
| their ovr resources This IS Wing policy. What
do the Democratic leaders say at Woshington7-
II ey are IN favor Of free trade, and would have no
duties levied, but admit foreign fabrics regulated
| only by the wants Of the county. IL IS rue they
don't profess tina. this is their object but u is the
inevitable result OF their doctrines. By their "Free
Trade" notions, practically carried out, our eoun.
! try would be Impoverished drained Of the hard
money which our Democratic leaders ore so anxious
to establish as the standard Of value Of our produc
tionF. While our money won d thus be drawn from
us 10 support the pauper laborer of Europe they
would not buy cents worth from US not needed
~ their dlfest necessities. A state of things ike
this would not fail to drive US blck TO our colonial
condition before the Revolution, when coon skins
and peltries formed the currency While hey are
thus Recommending 10 Us the adoption Of lghl duties
and free trade, or no duties at s they are submit
ng TO the most enormous duties imposed by forei,n
Governments on their own productions, amounting
10 nineteen hundred per cent. on The efuclo Of to-
Oncco Glonel This IS reciprocity !"-the rtcipro.
city OF American "iroe trade" politicians and Bril-,
manufacturers! Lot me nsk which party is the
wis,st and most patriotic-the one which protects
the industry OF the country from the rivalry Of 70
reign Governments. or that which consigns 10 The
control Of such rivalry tie most vital Interests Of tins
great naiion7 I, Is the duty Of every man 10 ask
himself which he would prefer, and 70 make up his
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