The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-04
wHAT HAVE YOU GAINED2

through those men, to have good laws passed, and
thereby better their condition TO suppose any
thing else is to impeach the good sense of the peo-
pie, and to assert that they make sport with the
sacred right they have of governing themselves.
You, people of North Carolina, are your own
governors. Not choosing to assemble in body
and pass laws and award common and exact JUS
tice TO each and all, you have, under your written
charters, from time TO time appointed men as yo~r
agents 10 do these things for you. These men,
when appointed, yO~r servants, invested with
certain powers in trust from you and directly res
ponsible to you, and to you only, for their con-
duct. Is it not 500 WE'LL in 1910, that memoir
able campaign of lies and hard-cider, the Wings
told you, through their leaders, that the country
had been badly treated that the policy of Mr..
Van Buren was dangerous; that the democrats
were deceivers, who desired not the welfare of
the people; and that they, the Wings, if you would
only put them in power, would bring all things
back to the goldena age, and render you completely
conented, prosperous and happy. Is it not so L?
You did putthe Wings in power. North Carolina
voted the Harrison ticket, and now we ask her
good people-her plain honest farmers what they
have g0imed-how much they have been benefit
ed, by the Harrison victory. The friends of
Harrison tod you, freemeD of North Carolina,
that when they got into power they intended to
repeal theact establishing the Independent Trea-
sury. They said they would repeal it, because
they thought it gave too much power TO the Pre-
sident, by uniting in him, as they said the purse
and the sword. They did repeal it; but what
did they provide in its place. How did they pro-
vide for the safe-keeping of the public funds7
They repealed an act which exacted ample securi-
ties from the Sub Treasures, and in repeating It
left the public monies in the hands of officers who
were required to give no security qohGterer!
Who has the control of these officers2 John
Tyler, man denounced by these very repealers
as dishonest faithess and corruptI What have
you gained by this Whg movement, people Of
North Carolina
Again. Henry Clay, General Harrison, and
other Whig leaders, told you that, if you would
put them in power they would not raise your
taxes; that the tariff when it should have fallen
as low as 20 per cent would be high enough for
all revenue purposes; and that they, at least,
would be the last men to propose repeal of the
Compromise Act. This was the promise. How
was it fulflled2 twas fulfilled by plungipg
you in debt ta0enty millions Of dollars and DoUB
LING YOUR TAXES at the very time you were
least able to pay. These are matters of political
history; they facts, of the existence of which
the whole country is sensible. How much have
you gained by this Whig measured
The Whig leaders also promised you, fellow
citizens, and they still promise you relief from the
hard times Now for the performances They
passed Bankrupt Act-a great measure of re-
lief truly A law which rcLiered creditors of
the trouble Of presenting their accounts, for the
reason that the contracts they were based on were
violated by the law itself; law which held out
temptations to the innocent and opportunities to
the guilty; law condemned by the constitution
and at war with the most sacred principles of jus
:ice; law which the Wings themselves were
bound to repeal, and did repeal, under the loud
storm of indignation its passage and existence had
created. Ask Bankrupt for your money, and
he will show you his certificate of discharge
Tell him you intend to seek redress in the State
Courts, and he will taunt you with the reply that
OOOAIo
the Federal Wings have been too cum
ming for you. Appeal to his sense of JUSTICE and
though you sustain your appeal by pointing to
breadless wife and shoeless children, he will tell
you that his other creditors are in the same con-
3tion. and that he will pay none until he can pay
all. Denounce him as an unjust man. and after
having consumed your substance, he will curse s
you to your face. What have you gained by this
ooasted Whig measure of relief people of North l
Carolina2
Again. The Federal Wings put Mr. Tyler in
oower He is their President. They made him
Vice President. and the Constitution made him
what he is And how have they served him2
treated him respectfully Reposed confidence
n him2 No. They have poured denunciation
Ifter denunciation upon his head; all the curses
political perdition have been laid upon his deeds
And wherefore2 Because he vetoed their Bank Z
Bills And what else could they have expected s
If himf Were we not told in North Carolina 6
hat both Harrison and Tyler were opposed to c
3ank2 But thisis not ALL The Wings declared, {
lfer Mr.. Tyler had baf1ed them, that they would G
head him or die" Then izuDenched him. What Z