Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-04-18
From the Ohio Statesman.
ANOTHER CHAPTER ON "WHTG
PROMISES FULFILLED.n


PROMISES FULFILLED"
"What has the present whig Con-
gross accomplished Nothing, literally
nothing.
"Not solitary measure for which the
wings contended in 1910 has been SO.
cured TO the cOuntry."-M Y. Cour.
and Eng.
"If there was decency or shame among
the loco foco organs, we should hear no
more Of their rabid abuse Of the 'coon
Congress-
"Gloriously have they fulfilled their
pledge. Ohio State Journal Of last
TueSday.
So there is dispute among the doc
tors. Some of the whg editors say 'they'
have 'gloViously fulfilled their PLEDGE
while others Of The same political school
aver that they have most ingloriously vi
olated every pledge made TO the people.
Let us take brief glance at the facts,
and-see how this question, upon which
the whig editors are so much divided,
stands.
Compare their allegations and proms
ises, when in the minority,with their acts,
when in the majority.
They alleged that a democratic ads
ministratiOn oftbe government had de.
stroyed credit and confidence between
man and man. But how did they seek
to restore credit and confdence2 BY
the passage Of bankrupt law, which
repudiated debts amounting to some
$300,000,000, which were mostly due
the careful and industrious portion of the
community. Hundreds of wealthy bank
rups, who took advantage Of that law,
made enough money by it to live in afflu.
ence the rest of their lives. Was that
the way to restore credit and confidence
Yes, the whig way!
They alleged that the national Treas
ury was bankrupt,and promised TO restore
it to solvency.
How did they attempt to fulfil this
promse2 By law to distribute pOr.
ton of that bankrupt Treasury-the
proceeds of tho sales of the public lands
among the States. In this, however,
they did not succeed, as the bill for that
purpose was defeated by the Executive
veto. They, therefore, resorted to other
legislative expedients 10 restore the
bankrupt" Treasury, and with what
result2
When they came into power, they found
a debt of $4 O,OOO--no more; and that
debt was not increasing, for the revenue
was then fully equal to the expenditures
of the Government. When they retired
from power, left, as a monument ofther
reform policy, debt amounting to the
enormous sum Of $40, 100000, IN the
brief space of two years.! That's the
way the wings restore bankrupt Treas
ury!
They alleged that Mr. Vau Buren's
administration had reduced the revenue
of the Government. When they came
into power, the revenue was equal to
the expenditures; there is now an an
uual defct in the revenue amounting to
$1,000, 900!
They promised the mechanic and Ia
borer 1.-TWO dollars a day and roast beef "
One Of iheir first acts was the reduction
ofthe pay of mechanics and laboreTs em.
ployed by the General Government! And
this was, also, the amount of their prom
ised 'retrenchment.'
They promised a tariff which would
secure journeymen manufacturers higher
wages and constant employment. Well,
what did they doH They passed a tar.
iff law which proves to be a heavy tax
upon tho agricultural aud most other
branches of industry. All Of this was
done to enrich New England capitalists,
who, as soon as the tariff law was passed,
generally combined together, and cut
down the wages Of men, women and chill.
dren, in their employ, at an average rate
of 25 per cent.
Ia that 'prorecting' home Industry 1t
is the whig method.
They promised farmers higher prices
for their products, by a creation of
market in New England, by means of the
protective tariff y
Did the farmers get high prices! (
avs llSSo uuNO ioiiUu ollCo luO dC'
session Of the wings TO power lower than I
'ver they were before.
They complained that the democrats
Vasted the peoples money by held.
ng unnecessarily long sessions of Con
yress.
How did they remedy this alleged griev-
lnceP
By holding the longest and most ex,
,ensive sessions ever held, extending to
sixteen months, one third of the time
they we're in power, and nearly one third
greater in duration than those Of any pre-
ceding Congress.
They alleged that Blair & RiVes, print
ers for Congress, received too high
for their services.
Well, how did they retrench2 BY dis
missing Blair g. Rives, and giving the
work to Gales, Seaton s. Allen, at an a.
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