The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-03-15
THE TRUE QUESTION.

1t is the proverbial custom OF the thief to cry
I" stop thief" and of the house-burner to cry
fire." more vociferously than those who are in
nocent of these felones, and long before the cry
is raised by them. Our opponents, the Locofo-
cos, act upon this principle, the Globe leading
the way. Knowing themselves TO be stepped in
corruption, recollecting their numerous robberies
of the public Treasury, amounting TO more than
q million and half of doHars-knowing. also
the enormous abuses committed by them, and the
extravagant expenditures of the Government un-
der their Administrations feeling the conscious
ness Of guilt, we say, in all these little matters,
and fearful lest the people should not have for
gotten who "the spoilsmen and plunderers"
were, they endeavor to drown the public voice
of indignant accusation, or to anticipate it by
raising the old stale cry Of g Biddle Bank"
" Biddle Bank" as if the ghosts of the United
States Bank and of Mr.. Biddle were to serve the
purpose Of frightening the people into submission
and acquiescence to Locofocoism, as !" the old
beggar man" is used by nurses to frighten child
rem into silence and obedience.
The Globe of yesterday says: I" The American
people should not forget the past" We trust they
will not. They have suffered, we think, too Sc
verely under the circulating experiments" of
Locofocoism during years past to forget Can they
forget who have writhed under the operation of
the rack until they have barely life left, every
thing being lost that makes life blessing Can
the merchant forget who has been bankrupted
Can the manufacturer forget who has been bro
ken up? Can the mechanic forget whose ham
mer has lain idle for years, and whose family
were compelled 10 retrench, to economist, and
pinch to get through the year? Can the farmer
forget whose produce lay on his hands and
would scarcely command half its former price,
even when he could sell any portion Can the
laborer forget who was thrown out of employ
ment, and who was imploring it in vain, while
his family were suffering from hunger and want?
No! No! they cannot, will not forget. They
did not forget in 1910 who brought their misfor-
tunes and sufferings upon them-who had re-
duced the country from high state of prosper
ity to one of suffering-who it was that declared
that +" the people expected too much of the Co.
vernment"-who it was that provided one kind
OF currency for the Office holders and another for
the people-who it was that promised the people
gold and SILVER in such abundance that they
should flow up the Mississippi that they should
glisten through the intersices of every farmers
sllken purse, yet furnishing the people nothing
but rags-thus promising bread but giving
stone The people have not such short memo
res as to forget all these things, and they are
about to settle their accoonts once more with
those by whom they were deceived, cheated,
defrauded, ruined
Nor will they forget that the country has heen
restored to life health and vigor, by the passage
OF single act, the Tariff act, by Wing Con-
gress, and by the reduction, by the " higs, of
the expenditures Of the Government from thirty
hive to twenty-five millions per annum. We
repeat the language of the Globe: 1.-THE AME-
RlCAN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT FORGET
THE PAST"
The SENATE yesterday confirmed the nomna-
lions of JOHN Y MAcnN of Virginia as Secre