Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-19
OLD ~UOcuMENTs
OID UDJUW EF4 70
Gen. JffEson mi he Hmerf6ad sgskem4 IN.
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An +" original jackson man. III fndlafpa. ha
brought III light the following old documents
i giving fhs reasons # fha jackson paffv 8
Thdiana III ls2ss for Their suppoft n the II oil
hero" These old documents which Col
Polk sails e dangerous things present 4 Gu
floas contrast between fhe opinions and doc.
tfinas Of the jackson fTfsn Of that day. ard
thosa who rejoice IN the name of deDa1e4ot
md claim Hsn. jackson ~ one Of themselves
At this day
The following 6xtfaHfs are taksn from 4
"PfeanabIe and Resolutions" unanim1us1,
adopted, for every thing was done with
great rfaflin1ity In those days,1 " at a meeting
Of upwards Of two hundred Of the friends d
Gen. Andrew Jackson, Lafayette Hall in
Salem, indiana, Dec. rs. 1871" and pub.
lished in the Annotator Of January 9Th. 1873
This meeting in order TO demonstrate thai
Mr.. Adams was an snti-fnternal impfoge.
meht, and an anti Domestic Manufacturing
man. and Gen. jackson vas the real cham.
pie1 Of fhe great American system, used the
following explicit language
"Befisviog as we do. that he (Mf. Adams)
was, Until HE election by the House Of Cob-
| grass, dfFsetIy opposed 10 Internal Inprove.
| fdehts and Domestic Manufactures, and that
his present views expressed and urged 4 in IA
vor Of The anne are prompted by the assn
rance be gaze Mr.. Cfay for his support
Believing 81 Wa do. that Gen Andrew
jackson, while he acted in tbs same body, as
Senator Of the United States, that he voted
for kVERY MEASURE OF INTERNAL IMPROVE
MENr that his course was, and is. unGoa.
eeaIedl That he. voted fof fhe laying out d
rosd from Memphis on the Mississippi River
10 Little Rock, in the Arkansas Territory.
That he reported Il bill for making y military
road from New Ofleans to Fort PIa4uen1ine
for the safety of that city That he voted il
favor Of q bill for making 4 road INTO the Ter.
ff0ry Of Florida. That he voted in favor OF
spprdpriafl6g p y 900 10 procure the necessary
surveys, plans and estimates for roads and
canals, and voted for the appropriation Of Sz5p
100 70 improves the HaSfgatfon 1 te Mtssfs
sfppt Raeek'
He vetAd in favor 81 4 dofy Of 80 cents
per Ifg p0tda4as 6s bar ron, for two cents per
pound on hemp, he duty opoa cotton twist
yarn Or thread on I'll foreign spirits 4 daty
n ~ per cent IN addition TO the present per
eeffafd ; on vol duty Of 20 per eefts and
on manufactures If WOOL 3344 per esnfeta duty
He voted against The fsdaetibn Of fhe dirty
~ Russia, Holland, and Ravens duck TO Is
per eehtaha. H4 w4s Of epiai6b, says Gov
Dickinson, that fhe honor as well 80 the IN
fefesf Of the country required that our ships,
as well in war ~ IN peace, should be fitted
ont With materials Of oar oWn Haanafaftufe /.
th4s giving 10 ts the fullest evidence Of
friendships 10 the West, and bis settled prInei.
pies in favor Of Internal Improvements and
Domestic Manufactures"
aThersfore, KIsottfd. That We are II pfin@
efbf4 and interest. friends 70 Internal Improves
feehfs and Domestic Manufactures ! that we
consider these sntong the vial interests Of
the Union. and thsf we are confidently and
absolutely convinced tha4 fffe man Of our
choice. A1dfew jackson, Has given ane1ufs
vocal evidence Of HE being friendly 10 the
Western interest, and the s9fsln Of Internal
Improvement and Domestic Na6gfae4ares'
Well. does fsls sound Ike genuine demo-
cratic Polk thunder 6 ls439 but they have
fsee4r changed !. Col Polk was 4 supporter Of
Gen Jackson and hfs principles IN 1928 and
boasts fiat h has never changed But here
ID Il llfeIs more old fnSbt16tI Republican
Jackson democratic thunder.
at 4 general convention Of the friends
Of Andrew J4ckson,f convened At Indiana
polls on the 9Th, and continued Till fbe 10th
Of January 1879, an "addfesst IL Behalf 1T
the Democratic Republicans" Of Indians was
adopted ard published. from shlch the follow
ing extracts are taken
" Deeds are more eettaIG evidences Of a
mans opinions and inelinatI6ns than tropes
and figures ofspeech. BIZ All THE RseoRp.
VoTEs OF AaoaEw JACKSON We ARE
TAUGHT TO BELIEVE afa TH6 HONEST BGT
II SINCERE n zsAteUs %
CONSISTENT Fafesp Or INTERNAL M
pROVEMENTS AND DOMESTIC MAN
UFACTUREse
1.-THE friends n fhe Administration claim
to themselves the credit If being the support
ers Of the Amerea6 System, and sse eVsry
effort TO fasfen upon their opp6fFe1fs ard Upon
Gen. Jackson. the Irapufatfon of being op1
posed 70 internal improvements and Dofaese
tic Manufactures. III behalf Of sur eohstie
taeatsa-fn The nance tie Democratic Re-
pablIeang Of this State We assert b1r unhesi<
determination to support the friends of
the country and fke Constitution, in the en-
e~ourseement and protection Of The national
industry Agricultural Manufacturing and
Commercial, in the deveioperaent Of the re-
n The eeu1tfYt and in all their efforts
for It's general improvement ! and sneh We
believe TO be the opinions Of Andrew Jackson.
AT an adjourned freezing Of The Jackson
Central Committee Of fadanat held at Salem
on the ooh day Of March, 1923, the Commit
ZEE appointed for that purpose, reported an
address on the subject Of The PRESIDENTIAL
election, from which Address, We make The
following eopioGs extracts
81 Many charges have been made against
~ Al A party; some Of them we dispsse alike
H.. @x4t. 434ES~s aCg1e T1Fy SHgUo tn 7
sxeffe oar derisfon and compassion. One
charge feost sedulouslY propagated among |
yoa Is. that we are the ant5~JnrU Party I
and IN the absence If all proof, they attempt
10 argue you into a belief that Gen. Jackson
q opposed to Internal Improvements and the
American system, and that he is the South
srn eandfdate-let facts speak for themselves
We will give yon the votes Of Gen. jackson
mon these subjects in the Senate Of the
United States, promising the facts that are ne
gofd contfadIctIon--fSea. Sacsson fs q w Test
syn iran, and was brought ont for the presi-
ieacg az the Western CANDIDATE
50 While in the Senate, Jan. %. 1924, Gen.
Jackson voted in favor Of . bill for laying
,ut a road from Memphis, Tennessee TO LIT
Ie Rock : in Arkansas Territory Tn the
ssne dayt he reported a bill from the COM
11ftfea on military affairs. for a road from New
Orleans to Fort p~taqfsemiae
aFeb. 20, 1874, he voted IN favor 81 a OIL
two roads m the Territory OF florlda-"
april 81. 1924, he voted IN favor o. an
let making an appropriation OF S5ofoD 70
procure the necessary plans, surveys and
estimates. for rnads and canais-'
. NAV 10, 1924. he voted in favdr Of an act
,Dorooriatinr $4,000 10 improve the naytga~
OF the Ohio and Mississippi Tsgers-"
!. we nov offer ysu. 10 contrast. Mr.:
z- taa aaxoa astnieet. and call /