Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-29

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mainly insiimc But tho wings afo not
accustomed to calculate whether thrift will
| follow fawning' on such man as John Ty-
Ter has proved himself They prefer TO
tell the truth and shame tie evil one
II should be glad TO know where / attn
to gol" exclainis Mr.. Webster. Ills rather
late to think of this, bu, better thus than
never One week ago, Mr. W., friend
who has always admired and defended you
would have advised you 10 90 no farther
but come btrck to the principles and The
associates of your better days. The party
you are serving by your present course
can never trust or bclricnd you---they
have too long used your name as bugbear
TO frighen the ignorant and preiudicod into
the support Of MisruIe They despse John
Tyler, but they fear and hate you. They
will pay some hollow compliments TO your
present course but they could not honor
you if they would. With you or without
you, the Wing party of the Union advances
TO the flfment of its high desiiny-the
restoration Of a Sound and Uniform Ma.
tional Currency, of steady activity and
adequate reward TO Industry, and Pros
perily to the Country: Choose wisely Mr.
Webster! and do not peril your lofty fame
with Poslerity, even TO share in Mr.. Ty-
lcr's three years of abused, detcsted pow
er
We do not care to speak of trifes; but
if there was ever an assertion calculated
to astonish the public, it is that of Mr..
Webster that zone greet object' of the
Wing effort in 1910, "was the attempt 10
establish permanent peace toHh ERgl0nd."
nj hoe Of IL, -. l,c g., -
Did Mr. Webster, in one of his many great
Speeches to the People in that canvass
wherein he so ably. manfilly demonstrated
the necessity of National Bank--ever
allude to this great obiectP We fancied
ourselves not entire Y ignorant of the OBJ
jects of that struggle, but we never before
heard of this.
And now a few words on the Tariff
contest of last winter. Does not Mr..
Webster too papaply misstaie Or strangely
mistake the whole matter! He says:
at is not true that the Tariff passed solely BY
the Wing strengthen that ii could have so
passed. 1t is moi true that majority of Wings
could be found in favor OF it in either House Of
Congress. We all know that. More than thirty
Wings voted against the Tariff.
Is this done like Webster? Did not the
Tariff pass first entirely by wing votes.
not one Loco Foco in the Senate voting
for it, and barely one in the House-and
his vote not needed! Was not this Tariff
framed and adjusted just as a majority of
Congress believed il should be--possed alb
solutely by the Wings! But John Tyler
crushed i,by his Veto, and then, when
bill was to be shaped in subservience 10
l. a. D.
surrendered to conci!iae him, then few
Loco Focos voted for it, as ReUeaue
measure, after vanly endeavorng to de-
stroy lis Protective features, and some
thirty Wings voted in the negative But
did John Quincy Adams, A. Lawrence
Foster, A. l.. Linn, Judge Underwood, &c.
vote against the Tariff as such? Mr..
Webster knows they did not, but against
the surrender of the Land Distribution.
His perversion of facts so plain and re-
cent--his assertion that Wing majority
iould not be .fownd to pass Tariff-are
unworthy of his character and fame. Right
well does he know that Protective Tariff
could not have been passed, in the present
stale of parties, but by WING Congress,
and that the triumph of Loco Focoism-
which his present course is calculated if
not intended to subserve--will ensure the
downfall Of the Protective policy. Friend
and foe in Congress were agreed on this
point. Then why seek to conceal il?
In much that Mr.. Webster saws about
the Compromise Act we concur, and we
only marvel that he allp,!es to it when at.
tempting to argue the wings into compro-
mise Of their principles and measures now.
Jacksonisn had a longer three years
sway secured in 1888 than Tylerism has
in 1912 and was nightly stronger withal.
The friends of Protection compromised,
when they ought, as Mr.. Webster urged, 10
have gone down with flag nailed, and ap-
pea!cd to the Country for rescue. The
course pursued was well intended but mis-
taken, as we think experience has proved
Who shall seduce US TO temporize with
great principles and vital interests again?
But Mr. Webster urges that the Wings
should take hold now and secure all the
measures of public utility possible while
they have power. Well: we second this
and agree with him in urging the adoption
Of the Exchequer project. And how does
he meet us! He virtually insists that Con-
gress must take and pass the bill just as il
comes from the Exccuive--must not alter
a fcaturc--"must go il blind" as The vulgar
phrase is or it will not answer At all !!
Yield every thing to John Tyler-register
his edicts in all points, and we shall get
along Smoothly together; but if not YOU can
do nothing--you refuse 10 do any thing for
the Country" We do not think such Ian.