Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-08-05
CHARLEY TEST,

Made n speech IN this place on Monday ihst'
lie declared himself opposed 10 National Bank,
10 tho Tariff and to the Distribution. Oar object
now Is not TO discuss those principles, or 10 exp9se
The hllacy Of the Arguments used by our good
frlond Charley; bu, simply TO show the position
he occupied In 1911, Wo shall no, quote from
any thing csc than circular issued by the gen
tem,n himself, when a candidate for Congress
From that self same circular make The follow
Iug extract:
80 far as my politics are concerned VIII say
that am IN favor of an Inrrense OF tho 1arIt.
II IL IN vain that shall lock for more propitIous
times without a further duty on foreign Impor-
,ations. Oar ports thrown open TO Foreigners
10 the exclusion Of our manufacturers. What IS
tho consequence? They refuse 10 take our pro-
ductions. AMI will receive nothing IN return but
tho specie. rney obtain the paper OF our Ennks,
run upon them and export the solid currency
from the country. In 1887 the importotons ex-
coded the exuprtntons more than ono hundred
millions and oven III 1889 the excess against
va was more than Sky millions. How long shall
we labor for the support Of Foreign Governments?
Is IT not time that we should begin TO look to our
own interests? Every other Government on
earth protects it's own industry except that OF the
Uurtcd States. I.e, tho Tariff he increased to
the fill amount Of tho expenditures Of the
G,vernment, fixing II with n view To tho Plto-
TECTiON OF our " manufactures II will DIVIDE
,he industry OF the country by settiuga portion
nf tao community 20 manufacturing, instead OF
all being fntmers. Thus creating n market OF
home, and thus preventing this overwhei ming
excess Of trndc which has brought to the
verge of general bankruptcy. All parties. both
Wings aud democrats agree upon this point
THIS will show how he stood 10 regard to the
tariff, and in the Same circular he admits and
SAYS:
ITO the chartcrng Of a National Bank have
no scruplas founded on the CONSTITUTION. The
constitutional question consider settled by the
Slprcmo Court ut the United States. II is with
me n moro matter OF expedicncy. Hence this
last winter, when elected t" fill a vacancy OF one
wear IN tho Senate, | voted to instruct our Sena-
tors in Congress TO favor the Incorporation OF al
IIuIted States Bank"
Hero then the reader will find his opinions IN
regard TO a National Bank. That the Consti,u-
ton conferred upon Congress the power, and the
Supreme Court had finally "set,led the question"
to which man had right to say aught-
How does this comport with his falsehoods no"
IN regard to the old Bank. He now finds no dit
Guilty in denouncing tina; Bank "a rotten and cor
rupt, and the whole vulgar vocabulary of profan
iiy is brought in requisiton 10 express his de.es
,aion of such institution.
Charley now says that National Bank
was no, made a question IN 1910, yet IN the
Circular referred to he says, the Convention by
which he was nominated for the Senate in ;hat
year. "erpressed their friendship for such an In
sti.ution'' No, only this, but Charley marched
TO the glorious Tippecauoe Convention under a
banner on which was Inscribed in large and glow
ing letters IAN UNITED STATES BANK"
Nor was this all. We in tho same crowd
with Charley on tina, memorable occasion,
md We hesitate not TO declare that he advoca ed
all the principles Of the party in the speeches he
made on The route, including ,hu, of National
Bank
Well, Charley in his speech on Monday spen.
some time in condemiug the Distribution Of the
proceeds Of the public lands In his circular of
1911, April IL, he says.
Il am in favor of distribution Of the proceeds
OF the sales Of the Public Lands, and apains,
an assumption Of the State Debts by the Geuer.
al Governments. 1t would DO extreme Injustice
10 compel those States which owe nothing 10 bear
m equal portion Of the State Debts. with those
of Pennsylvania which IS indebted thirty fiv e
millions, ard Indiana which owes thirteen mil
hons"
Now as 10 the assumption Of the State debts
- alluded too in this quotation, wo arc also OPP
Ioscd, er' ,herp is not a man Of ordinary intell