The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-01
NO. 10.

trophies OF tlat triumph have been surrendered
! by the PseseRt as:ting Prestdens ni0 the hands
al t:sose whoviilifird and revived bin and bis &
supporters, The Wing parry of the Union. both
unbough and unpurehasabte sill uiose toward
determined toBefeeYere to The end IN support oi
their principals
| RESOLVED. That the Wings of tlIe 9th Con-
gless exhieIteda self sacratlsng spirit, iln-
sila en- attaehIaent 20 prneiPIe, ant. disregard
OF personal c0D stde raIstssS wsish-sssay ell .
s,gIl4-rst the weshs III exFfseeI ~ s = :
RESOLVED. Tszst Ger fssi saraest and sinctrs
| tt,aHks are duesto the Wig n'eakeFs or that
Congress, Tor the anssayerisig manner III Which
through dill ali and arFassmenfs st no ord-
nary character villa Pres de 1T one hand, op-
posing all their Efforts, aud an orgaEized faesioas
opposition ON the other. throwing every obstacle q
IN their.~5y- they persevered in saesr endeavors
faithful to the people they rspresented--fath- 2
fnl 30 their couniry-iaiihful 10 Their garry &
lrthiui 10 their principles iul even 10 lire
end. despite the apparently utter hopelessnesso s
their efforts That their example Is fitting enc
for The Wings OF Indiana to emulate, and that 60
TAI the members OF this Conyentioa are con- s
cerned. they solemnly pledge themselves tia. /
| shall he follow ed.
RESOLVED. That the Wing Tariff now in er-
istence has alrt ady provenits benehcient effects
IN the revival oil business, the influx Of specie,
and The balance OF trade ia cur iavor that il has
occasioned--tha II has accomplished what Gov.
Whucom5 in his Inaugural INV ltting!y acknowl.
edged should be dune, that sour coRsu;nplion
having exceeded our income. tile balance should
be restored by a corresponding excess o. our re.
celpts over our expenses,' That il should be
continued in order, to the language OF jack
SOM s'ihat we should becom esaaaore American
zed, and instead OF feeding he pauper isborers
OF Europe iced our own-i' oad Thai the Govern
nent to perform the datiee d. carcd bv Jefferson
! N his last annual message be incumbent upon
Il, viz: Ito protect tue manufactures adapted
10 our circumstances should 10 il thar IL be
preserved
RESOLVED, That the workings of tha, Tariff
have iaisihed all the Predictions relative 10 il
made by our opponenfs-tha il has by fostering
our home market and rendering Tie demand for
nome manufactures STEADY aud reliable. actu.
ally decreased her price instead Of increasing
them and that the revenues oi The Government
under IL have also increased a SUN several
millions larger than they were IN the year ifnme-
dIu Iely preceding ts, option.
RESOLVED, That such Tariff is absolutely
needed to secure the comPteie-auu entire indess
pende nee of our .counry-lhai to be subject To-
the policy of foreign naiions is as CALLING a state
OF vassalage and thraluom as that under which
our teSeistkeis gToaned-tiIat i should beas
NY aud that unlil tits done, and until this peo-
pie have all the elemerts Of nations greatness
within their confines, their freedom exists
only in name
RfsohvEo, That we cannot but view win
wonder and regret the in aluaioR which inpels
orr opponents to oppose, us bitte..y aa they de-,
the distribution OF le proceeds Of the public
lands-thai we believe no true hearted no faith
tai son OF Indiana, be he of what party he may,
viewing the deep and almost irrevocable enl-
b3rraSsment under which his State la5oTs. can
refuse join in demanding OF The National
Congross our righte to the Just share OF those
proceeds; and ahose no, blinded by partzan
zeal, abandon the rights, and interests of
ndisna IN this matter at this critica moment ia
her history show iby .iheir conduct that they
have regard for the honor and credit OF their
State, but are wiling 10 see her disgraced and
dishonered before This Coniederacy. without ev-
en- raising huger ia her behalf.
RESOLVED, Thar We have 40 hesitency in fear.
iessly avowing our principles be, in the
language OF cur own beloved leader:
A sound and national currency. regulated by
the will and authority Of The nation
A adequate revenue with fair protection 10
American Industry:
Jus, restraints on the Executive power, em-
braeipg further restriction on the exercise OF
the veto;
A faithful administration THE public domain.
with an equitable d;sirl button oil the proceeds OF
sales of it, among all the STATES;
An honest economical administration or the
General Government, leaving public officers per
feet freedom of thought and the right ofsufrage;
but with suitable restrictions against improper
interference in elections;
An Amendment OF the Constitution, limiting
the incumbent OF the Presidential Office to
single term.
With these objects attained we think thatwe
tration OF the Government.
RESOLVED, That the Wing young men or
Indiana are. with all our heart ami sou--with
all our strength and mind. the advocates firm,
open, and fearlesspt the nomination and elee-
zion OF Henry Clay o: KentuekY. .er Praeidnni- az
she Unue6 SFaEes--titaT- v recognize IN hini one
whose mind is teftered by the confines OF
single State, but grasps the Union at thought
whose life and acts written the bright.
est pages of our eouniry's history and
er be forgotten or successfully misrepresensed
until those pages are from our national re-
cord-whose name and fame is the common
properly of the Republic, untanted by treaehe-
nv and undmmed by suspicion. whose proud Ii.
tie not the degrading one Of "a northern
" itt southern principles but the higher aud
nobIer-s'a Western man with American princi-
pes,"-and who we believe is, under psoydence
destined restore prosperity &c nation.
RESOLVED, That Henry Gay has no compeeS
IN this wide spread Repubc-that for profound
matchess eloquence, compre-
hensive mind. eminent talents. and deep and
tervId love OF country, he is indeed prominent
aud alone, far above and beyond the reach of
successful rivalry-that he stands, like Saul,
the con of Klsh, head and shoulders above all
his fellow -men--;hat his self-sacraising spiTits
his pure holiness OF character. and his earness
devotion 20 his country interests. even while
the walls OF rsth were being poured OUT upon his
head, while his footsteps were logged by niiiice
and envy, while the shafts Of dairaction wera
b erled at him, and rsproaci nd sak der scattey-
ed in his path, has endeared him 20 the inner-
most hearts OF the American poopie-thnt the
cheering anthems OF The tree, which are eves
n0w ringing from every hill and dsle--from ev-
cry valley and plaiH--from the bayous OF Louis
lana 10 the forests of Maine and froiu the orange
groves OF Florida to the wide spread prairies Of
Iowa. ntteet unerringly that this canvass will
uot only eud in the triumphant aud brilliant
success of wing principles, bn. IN doing. what