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county yet bleeding with wounds ipfiici
! ed by bis hands Is mol bis name inseps
rablY associated. as principal author
with The heaviest calamities, and tht
direct shames that eyet yet fell on us a
Nation Is it not ID bis Presidency
add bis policy that every man refers. as th.
darkest isour OF his fortunes, the deepes
gloom Of his prospects,; and BY which
4 thousands date their luin. and the desc
lateness OF their once happy homes
Was i not be. = chief auihor OF those
Affections. who disdainfully repulsed the
i Implications of the people for relief. and
Icoldly babe them help themselves When
! did it happen. before bis unfortunate
elevation, that an American citizen,
omougsi the proudest Of earth, blushed to
avow himself an American 4 Was it moi
for the share be had 10 bringing on his
country these cslamiiies, the indifference
which he Showed 10 them, his unwilling
ness or incomPetency 10 afford remedy.
anc his multilorm acts OF NAL adminiftra-
ton, that he was driven. In disgrace
from the seat he was as incapable as he
was unworthy 10 flu Was ever an issue
on The conduct Of public man more fully
made up-more thoroughly canvassed,-
more fairly tried, or more decisively set.
ledp Chafed by defeat, smarting under
so mortilsing dismissal, and ben, despe-
rateIy on the recapture OF the spoils. his
friends have determined that this decision
shall be rerersed;; reversed, not for error
or misrepresentation, not for subsequent
illustrious public services, but reversed in
atonemsnt oftte ,crong done him; reversed
for fraud and bribery +" Has il come to
this, that The people snail be called on to
atone, as for wrong done him, 70 the
wounded vanity Of any public officer.
whom 10 the exercise of theirIundoubted
power, they have thought proper TO dis
card Shall the sovereign people hum
bly, beg pardon OF the fsithless servant
they may have chosen TO dismiss re
invest him with the power Of threatened
vengeance, and on their Bonded knees
crave 'forgiyeness and mercy An cleo.
lion, carried by 10000 majority. set
down TO bribery and fraud + A fouler
/ libel on the nation--a more undeseryed
insult 10 thf people was never hszarleds
/ The whole Of that great mass Of voters,
who pronounced before against Mr.. Van
Buren,, wait but for the appointed day TO
repel this foul SANDER at the polls and
thousands whohefore supported him will
resent this insult offered to their fellow
couhirymen and % the cause q popular
/ ,rnending defea. as se.Nah -
than the last IA that far transcsRf6fvsa .s =.
yet known to 01s Presidential contests.
We no1 enter Ipon comparison Of The
principles did public services Of Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Van Buren,. that it may be seen
which OF the two has the stonger claim
on the support and confidence of the
country.
" 1t must be brief and rapid-Re trust il
4 will be fair and true.
t Mr.. Clay stands before the country
identified with those great measures the
Tariff and National Bank, under which,
aud BY which, the United States so long
sped, beyond sll previous example, along
her career OF greatness and prosperity
EHe stood fast and true by them, as the
sheet anchor Of that prosperity. uhmoved
by the frown OF The Executive, or by pop
ular clamor. when thousands were swept
away BY the delusions Of the moment. or
the intimidaiions Of power: and never
yielding bis convictions, yielded only his
acquiescence, as a good citizen, in the
downfall of the Bank when decreed by
the constituted organs ofihe public will; al
in 1888, be inlfpduced his memorable
| Compromise Of. lie tariff CONTROVERSY
when demanded by the no less urgent
necessity Of preserving the Union. The
matured results of his experience and
reflection are embodied as 10 the former,
liz his letter to the Tennessee Agricultu.
rist OF August last. 10 which he describes
n atarifr on which all might rally ,one which
seeking 10 supply the Treasury with 'an
adequate revenue for an honest and eco
Il pomical administration OF the Government:
\ should al the same time, incidentally, Joy
nroper discrimination, afford remarkable
projection 10 such branchesof our Domts
tic Industry as need it, And al 10 the
latter, ina Bill for establishing a National
BANK presented by him, some years since,
10 he Senate, guarded 10 he most care
full and anxioas manner against abuse and
encouragement, and Furnishing every
i possible lscilily il yet they hould occur
Ito their speedy detection aud remedy
These exhibit, doubtless, The principle,
1 a public peicy in regard TO those ques
| tons which be would carry with him into
1.-The Administrations 81 the Government,
! II is a fact, as reasonable as il is dis
creditabge, that MIR. Van Bnren's Tariff
opinions are strli. after quarter of cen
1 tury's connexion with public life, 40 alb
soIute enigma. His Uoies indeed are
consistent enough and have. been uni
fermfy in favor Of every Tariff 90 which
be voted, those Of 1874. 1928 and 1929
and be is known TO have declared himsSl
also 10 favor of the Tariffsof 1892. but BIZ
professions are mol only inconsistent will
Ehis votes, but what is still more reInarka
lble. inconsistent with themselves. He
has declared himself for protection AMI
Eaeoinst II, ia bis Indiana letter Feby
! 1913. referring 10 hrs previously avowet
Eouinion, that Tie encouraged of d0mes
Tic interests. b. commereiai regulation, !
% ,flin fie constitutional power Of Con
= 49, ayows himself in favor Of "a dis
eliminating TsriE fox Revenue purpose
only. and which will incidentally PRO
lfECF AMERICAN INDUSTRY -
| SDeaking through bis driends 10 New
Z. York. he declares Tor Protective Tariff
discriminating 10 favorof domestic mana
|, Efssl,,tea Through bis fif&ods 10 Virginia
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