The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-18
saturday, October IA, ls43.
For the North Carolina Standard.
To the Freemen Of North Carolina.
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(No. ~
Pr,1ow CITIZENS: We have said that the
Who party, at the different hustings, promised
much and that they have performed little; that
thew promised economy, and gave US extravagance.
You we'll recoIect, that you were told that the
Democratic party had ruined the country, had
b,nkrupted the Treasury had disordered the cur
rsncy; had produced the high rates of exchange;
and last, though not least, that the low price
ofproduce. and the low wages of labor were SOLE
N attributable to their of policy alone; and
that but place them in power, and It's effects would
h. electrcal confidence would be restored, the ex-
changes regulated, the price of produce raised,
wages of labor increased; that but give them
the reins of government, and no money would be
sonandered; but that they would hold fast with
tigers grasp, the Treasury Chest. Now 1t Is
somewhat strange, but no less strange than true,
bv most singular nfelcity of prediction, that the
yery rererSe picture has been presented, and what
makes the thing still moro striking, and we par
tcularly call your attention 10 it. is the tact that
the only exception in which there has been the
least Improvement, has been brought about and
Produced not by any; Wing nostrum, but in the
very way that the Republican party predicted, by
having the thing to regulate itself We aIlude to
the exchanges, which, if we except Alabama: are
now IN healthy condition. We hardly think 1t
worth while to establish The truth OF our first po-
silion, that they promised much and did little,
for we scarcely think that this point will De con-
tested No; in this instance we presume they Will
give US Judgment by default for you sec no dis
position in them to probe wound not yet clca-
tried, by referring to the disgusting bankrupt law
or to another painful reminiscence in the recaPu-
lation of the oppressive provisions of the Tariff OF
1912 Public opinion has already condemned
the first. and an indignant constituency isnow ris-
ing to hurl from their confidence, the perpetrators
of an act which is essentially tax upon your In
dustry, las we shall attempt to prove) not for Gov
ernmentai purposes, but to enrich the owners OF
Cotton Factories at the North. and the growers
of Hemp and the makers of cotton tagging OF
the West But there is another and quite dlt,
.fcrent reason, why they wish not to refer to the
Tariff The whg party know, and know we'll,
that they promised you again and again: not to
disturb the compromise of 1885, and although the
Southern portion of them who voted against It,
may not be responsible, yet by recurrence to the
subject, it would show another vlOLGtlon OF what
they had induced you to believe would be held
inviolably sacred, upon their coming into power
Now for the proof of this charge, we will again
refer you to Mr.. Badgers Granville Speech, page
g. Mr. Badger asks: "Why is the subject of the
Tariff brought forward at aEl2 1t was settled
years ago, by the compromise act. WHO propO-
ses to disturb 1t? Who desires to increase the
duties2 Certainly neither General Harrison, nor
any Of his triemds.'
Should you require additional proof, that proml-
ses were held out by the Whig party, not to dis
turb the compromise or to increase the duty up
on goods imported, we have at hand the speech Of
Henry Clay himself delivered in the Senate oi
the United States, in 1887. 1t was on PROPOSE
ton for the production of revenue" Then there
was an overfowing Treasury, more money thar
the wants of the country required and serious
fears were entertained by the Tariff party, that ;
reduction would take place. What said Mr.. Clay
on that occasion. Hear him for yourself "I,et th
protective policy remain where it has happily re
mained for these four years past. There are ye
but four years more before we shall reach the ez
piration of the term limited by the comproms
BILL and all parts of the country will acqniesce il
its provisions, if they shall not now be rashly dis
turbed" Is not this, Fellow-Citizens, suficier
proof that you have been deceived by the WIFI
party, and does it not make good the charge, tha
they have promised one thing and done another
1t is no justification to the leaders of the Whig o
Federal party of North Carolina to say that tn
majority of our Representatives voted agains
when they are at this moment, rallying all thei
forces in support of Mr. Clay, the Father of tn
"American SYSTEM" they have embarked wit