The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-08

TIC averaged dIHOunl OF MT. an burenS ex-
travagance, and dc uble the amount oft late
Wing appropriations for the expenses of the
government. Shall we have market at
home, farmers of Indiana? Shall we have a
market in the bosom of our own country. free
from the accidents of foreign commerce, in
dependent OF the policy of foreign nations,
Princes, poentates and powers In the days
Of his glory before he had been entrapped by
The spoilsmen, and mystifed by Mr.. Van Blu
rem, General Jackson, understood This mat
Ter right, and favored Judicions Tariff be-
cause domestic manflcture was necessary
for our security in war, and for our prosperi-
lty in peace. The Wings desire 10 protect
and promote the interests Of the country;
they are for a Tariff. The Locnfocos are
opposed TO the Wings, and therefore, they are
opposed to a Tariff.
They are for free trade, for anything, for
nothing; but always for the loa ees and fishes.
| In his fourth annual message, DECD, 1882,
President Jackson, after stating the grant Of
| the public lands to the Union, for the pay.
ment of the Revolutionary dett, uses this
language; ssas the lands may now be conqd-
cred as relieved from" this pledge, the OBJ
Ject for which they were coded having been
accomplished, it is in the discretion of Con
gress 10 dispose of them in such a way as
best to conduce to the quiet, harmony and
general interests of the American peoples
But since then Democracy has sprogressed-
A great poet has said ofevil, that there is,in
the lowest depths, deeper still. We pray
you, fellow citizens, to rouse yourselves, as
Fin 1910. Again show your might, and again.
rescue the country from this progression be-
yond the lowest depths. We have been dis
honerod enough, we have suffered misery
enough. We have seen the credit of the
Union below par IN time of peace, and the
States of the Union branded with bankrupt
Icy.
Our pastures teeming with flocks and herds,
cur fields blooming, and our barns filled with
all the gifts of munifcent Providence, in
rich soil and genial climate, we have seen,
and we have felt, the dun, the constable and
s =. via e or neiqhhaShood and zastimes
have endured enough, we are disgraced
enough.
| From our private debts. with Industry,
economy and integrity, we can redeem our
selves. But from our public debt the debt
ofthe State, debt into which we were driv-
en- in the madness of the times, excited by
the recommendations of the government, and
Istimulated by the paper money Of the Pet
BANKS; from this debt. how shall we extricafeI
ourselves? We cannot submit to the dis
grace Of continued breach Of faith, we can
not sink 10 the base depth of repudiation.--
We cannot long bear, without burning cheek,
and flashing eye, and swelling heart, the con-
tempt ofthe good, and the scorn of the world.
And yet it does seem that we cannot relieve
ourselves from this 5urthen of taxation.--
We cannot pay seven times more than our
present taxes, it is impossible; we are now
taxed too much. Then what shall we doa
During the last summers canvass, VIC were
told by the Locofoco candidates, that / f
elected, they Mould restore the afairs Of the
State.
They we're elected, and now We have been
lately told, TO acda another year.
| But when did that party ever build up
anythinga When did they ever propose
any grea. measure of administration, excep
the Sub-treasury, in imitation OF the despol-
| ic Governments of Europe, and the Standing
Amy in imitation of the French conscrip-
tions They are powerful to tear down, bai
powerless 10 build up. AS Governor Whit
comb has done. they will do always. teape
their measures Of relief for another year.
/ Tn accordance with the views OF President
jackson, the Wings propose TO use the Pub
lie Lands, in such manner aas will conduce
TO the quiet harmony and general interests oil
the American people," They propose toI
| use the proceeds of thess Lands, to relieve
the people of the States from taxationsgreai-
or than they can beas, and fom disgrace
deeper and more enduring than they should
longer bear. They propose 10 distribute the
proceeds of these lands annually amongst
all the States; and great man of their num-