The North-Carolina standard., 1843-11-29
COJREyI7Usv.1 C.aTHa.v,s.
TO the Freeulen of Nortl. CaroIIna.

TO the Freenlen Of NOrtIRs Carolina;
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aFELLow-eaTIzENs In former number we called
your attention to the approaching Presidential election
We shall now proceed to state ofte principles
Eolyea, and we pledge ourselves state them hriy
The manner in which propose to connne the iscas-
sion,is, 70 place before you the principles Of tie rival
candidates (selectng the most prominently and show the
immediate and ultimate bearing of those principles both
upon Southern industry and Southern isastifuti0s We
say principles, for we presume that acnat-
ed In their choice apart from them and particularly in
contest which is looked to- on both Sides as giving tone
and pcfmanency to the principles advocated Yes it
should be the actuang motive that prompts every free.
man in casting his vote and important is 1T viewed
by Republicans that they have inscribed upon the folds
of their political escutcheon'' Princip7es not Men
No party long sustain themselves in any country
where the forum and the Press remain untrammelled,
who are not actuated by principle, and particularly
Government like ours, which is nothing but aaoYern
ment of principle, built upon written law and resting
upon public opinion, which always will settle down upon
that which is right, provided nothing extraneous is
brought for the time being to operate and even then
the ''sober second thought" applies the corrective
The Wing party, in their furn also actuated from
strict devotion to its mandates; and in the
rable camPagn-long to be remembered for the argu-
Yet they still prolessed to have no conceament from
the public eyes,
Fortunately for the country the same game cannot be
played ofa second time they must nOuO deal in prose
neither log cabin yet one of its more humble in
mates going to mill In his neither garment even through
bogs and sashes, pass of for an argument. Public
sympathy Will not be enlisted when the consequence of
Its indulgence can be shewn to be deprive the lads ap
peaed 10 OF the contents of their bagyes of the very
grain which they take to mill But to the question.
What are the principles held by Mr. Clay, and which
are fairly involved in the approaching election? They
are as every honest man will admit, Ist Tariff pro-
lection I'd, system of Internal Improvement by the
General Governments 3d. distribution of the proceeds
OF the sales of the public lands and 4th National
Bank These directly in issue but there are others
remotely involved, which expect be able to show
Justice, both to Mr. Clay and to the Wing party requires
that, before we proceed in remarks we give Won
satisfacfOry proof that Mr. Clay holds the sentiments
which we attribute to him. Had the Democratic partv
to contend with less willy and more magnanirnous op
Ponen we might be relieved from this work of superero
gatIon Tor indeed it is such. As we'll might we be re-
CURED TO establish the proposition that the sun shines
"hen standing IN the blaze of its beams to prove that
WhichIs of equal notorey But they will deny it they
haze denied 1t, in the recent Louisiana elections
where they had the impudence to afem that Mr. CLAW
was not the. advocate of protective Tariff In proof
that he is, point you to his Life written by Preutss
to hs Speeches in the Congress of the United States
from 1924 when it was first discovered to be the settled
pocy oil that party down to the last speech made by him
in the Senate, in 1912, in favor of the present Wing Ia
rif, and IN express violation OF the Compromise.
Look at his speech il 1924 when he stood forth in the
House the champion Of protoeon 1t was published in
pamphlet form, the expense The them
selves and scattered upon the wings of the wind" over
this wide spread country it pointed to as embody-
ing the views of the Tariff party, We well recoIect
his arguments. He argued that KENTUCKY was to par
cIPate IN the protective system that she was engaged
IN raising lage quantities Of hc7p and furnishing the
South with cotton baggng He stated that she was then
prevented from supplying the South for the reason that
wo little Scotch towns (Inverpess and Dundee') could
1nder-sell her.
In 1928 he was not in Congress, but in the line Of
'safe precedents How he got there and finally adjust
ID the question of 'deferrcd veracy" between him and
Mr. Adams refer you to the history that day Look
It his speech in the Senate of the United States upon
esoluon which he submitted the 14th of January
1892 Hear what he says he started out with the as
ertIon that the american System, of which protect
We Tariff was part, 'wanted no arguments to support
IT, He said 'that the pr0tectise policy stands self.
indicated; that has scattered as rich fruits over the
Whole land, and is sustained by the experience of all
prosperous and powerful nations.'' These were his
words Trace him still further the last session which
served and there look at his successful efforts in vo-
ating the Compromise and in saddling upon the South
he present high Tariff, which is but little short of the
ar of 1925 called by universal CONSENT the ssBiI of
nominations" That imposed Mr. Calhoun is correct
average duty Of per cenE-is average of SO per
ent.
We could cite you to twenty other speeches. if we had
pace Here, then, you have evidence vvIdIy intense
to blind and strike dumb the most reckless partizau
eagogue, and you force them in the South either OPEN
to approve the policy, Or which fs the same thing TO
eny IFS ruinous and blighng effects upon Southern in
ustry How do you think they do ltl They start out
rst with the declaration that the duties as now laid
not bring sufficient for the support ofthe Go
ernment, (Which is ADMITTEDLY, therefore, say they they
re none too high. Miserable soptistryt How utterly
nworthy 'ail the decencyi is such logic as this! And
et would you believe that with such stuff they are at
lis moment humbuggng the people!
Let US examine into this wing logic They say that
asmuch the receipts into the Treasury fall short of
e amount of money required, it is conclusive that the
uties are none too high N,~there is some plausibty
this, at first view and without an examinations many
len let pass current but we think, by giving you
iliar illustration, that you will the deception prac-
sed You the of Grst Mill, and SO is your
eighbor Suppose of you grind for the fourth
i'd the other for the eighth Whose garner would get
IL 6rst& Why certainly his who ground for the eighth