Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-10-17
From the albany Weekly .4rgq&s.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ANNEX RATION,
MR.. WRIGHT'S SPEECH AT
WATERFOWL.

Mr.. WRzaITT continued: another feature ia
me policy OF our opponents, nearly allied to Ibis
me tafli, IS the proposition to distribute to
the states the land revenue, amounting to
three millions. Why is this2 do not saw
that ali advocate It for the same reason; be-
cause, doubt not, the Representatives from
some Oh the indebted States advocate it because
they want the means 10 pay off those debts
bal those beading members Of the opposite
party Who understand the OF jects of that party.
and who are bold and flank enough to avow
thefa. tell you that II is that they may secure
more benefit under = Tariff, and have greater
certainty Ct 4 continuance Of q high one. They
advocate the policy Of giving away the money
you have from permanent branch of revenue.
and costing nothing, for the sake Of an oppor-
funlty 10 tax you more for the current expen-
ses OF the gogcrnaent--in 3 word, 10 pursue
lhIs system OF blessings, by taxation on tie
people to the extent Of some two millions
Can this be wise? Can it be polite? Can it
be equal or just? For have shown YOU. that
of ali the great interests OF the country. you
can directly benefit but few; and that the only
compensation you can give t. others. is by 50
welding the power as to fiji the treasury. and
relieve them from taxation in another mode.
another policy (said Mr.. NJ, deserves no
tice-thou2h do net mean its opponents as a
party. Il IS the proposition 10 assume on lh3
federal treasury two hundred millions Of the
debts Of the indebted States Of this Union. |
do not speak from mere conjecture, The pro-
position was made by committee Of the last
Congress, at the head of which was a promi-
neit member of the wing party from Mary
land, and was pressed on Congress in an elah-
crate report Of 500 pages. Leading journals
Of that party have followed it up, and within
two weeks, prominent man Of the other par
II, in addressing such meeting as this, press
ed it as one of the wisest measures, and urged
its adoption. do not believe that the wing
party claim ii as part Of their policy; but does
it notbelong to their family of measures? If YOU
are to have bank, prohibitory tariff, distri-
button, and ali that-a great debt is indispeasi-
bic to protect the machine and make it work
smoothll. Laughter. That has been the
main spoke in the British wheel, without
which the mechine could not work But am
OBTAINING you too long, and will relieve Won
in few minutes. Cries of GO on
csnnot but call your attention TO the fact,
and to ask you candidly to say if it be not true,
that there is broad distinction in the general
course Of the two political parties and Of their
men who address you pending cur elections,
in reference to the policy they propose? And
are not our opponents exceedingly apt, as in
this instance Of the tariff, to promise to US most
literally, most generously-and if performance
followed, we might say, most prophetically.
Laughter. In this case their system of
promses-and they will not feel that do
them injustice, when say so-is at least liber-
al and fattering. But when we remember
the charges they made against us four wears
ago, and the promises with which they beati-
f~nthose charges, can We have entire conf
60 that another class of promises NAV not
ha=7equally unfortunate results? Laughter !
They told US we were going to ruin the coun-
try by extravaganza III public expenditures
They came into power and increased those ex-
penditures They said we had plunged the
country irretrievably into debt They came
in and showed that we had made a debt Of five
and half millions, which in three wears thew
made twenty-five millions and half They
told Us that we had carried political proscrp
ton to great lengths--that we were DESTROYING
the liberty of thought, Of speech, and of the
press, by driving from office every man who
ventured to express political opinions adverse
to those of the ruling power. They came into
office, and in three-quarters of year, removed
more than double as many for political cause,
as the democratic administrations of the twelve
preceding years had removed. They said the
government had become acknowledgements
ruinously rotten, by the appointment of mem
bers of Congress to ofice-and in three years,
their administration appointed more members
of Congress to office, than had been appointed
in any eight years of any democratic admins
tration. They promised us on all these points
speedy retrenchment, reform and correction
They have deceived themselves. May they
not deceive themselves and US again if we trust
them in regard to the prosperity which they
promise will result from prohibitory tariff?
One word as to the Presidency-for these
and other topics will be discussed more ably
by those who will succeed me-. OF Mr.. Clay,
whom / have known many years and well, |
have no word to say, on this occasion but that
! VS. The rroper representative Of the princi