The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-29


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FELLOW CITIZENS; -
We make no apology for addressing you at this
important crisis The price Of liberty eternal Wig
lance and no Democrat can stand justified tefore
his party aud his country, who leaves a line unwrit-
ten, that might be turned to the ad, antage of the
cause. Come, then, without further preliminary y,
| and let US together.
In every Government upon earth, in despotism
as we'll as in our own happy Republic, political pow
er proceeds FROM ard of right belongs to, the body
of the people. 10 despotism, the privilege Of ex-
| ercising that power, is fched from IFS legitimate
owners, and so welded 10 favor the special ag-
grsndizement Of purse-proud minority; while in
our Government, the people not only form the
Irce of all power, but under the smiles of Provi-
dence they yet retain the privilege of exercising that
| power, in their way, and for their own veal or
wo.
At and before the forma' ion of our Governmen t
small party, deDomnated Federalists, endeavored TO
incorporate clause 10 our Constitution, which would
promote directly, the concentration OF the popular
power In the hands Of small minority. Failing in
this, they determined If possible 10 the
| various grants which were made in the Con-
/
ush.lIo~ed object 10 furtherance Of this, Mr..
| Hamilton, the leader, recommended at very early
day, the incorpor alton of National Bank oaculs-
ting, no doubt, and correctly too, that the Union and
incorporation OF The money power, with extra privi-
leges, would form otent engine in stealing popular
power for Federal purposes. This recommend ,ton,
as We know from melancholy experience, was finally
| adopted and as its issue went couQuerng and TO
conquer, m its war upon our liberties, formed a
ral> ing point for every Fedora ist, whether known
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bic designation Of Wing. This was, however,
finally conquered; and II gives little pleasure
| to staie, by the same General that conquered our
county's other foes at the battle Of New Orleans.
The lswless absurd,ties, the iniques and the final
failure Of this hrst ana favorte engine Of Federal
Whggcry, have LEFT blot upon the page Of our his
tory, unreievee by single circumstance to extepu-
ale It's blsckness and deiormity.
| We have casrscierized National Bank as IA
voriie engine Of Whiggery; but must not be un
deistood as meaning that, II was the only one So
far iron IT, the best and most conservative power
granted to the General Government, has through a
period OF thirty YEAR, been first ssssed then seized
upon and then abandoned, ali for the same cardinal
object OF favorng minority influence, by first favor.
ing spoi a interpretations special monopolles and spe
oa n'ihono'r,s We need scarcely tell you, that thi.
conservative power ;. the right To levy tariff upon
foreign imPosts Tue right TO use this power in
reference both TO revenue and protection having
been exercised by Of the states before the for
nation Of the Union, and then passed over by them
to the Union ITSELF Is but fsir to say that the idea
OF Protective Tariff, has always been common {,
all parties II remained, however, for the embargo
OF Mr.. Jefferson, o. demonstrate what would be the
advantages OF such a measure to all our great Ma
,'onal interests. Sprngipg from adnini.trsti, =
purely democratic, and IRON IFS nature sfJrdng gen
erai instead Of special protection this measure OF Mr.
Jeherson's own commendation not only caused oui
manufacturing interest TO increase from one TO ter
mill ms IN the short space Of SIX years, but directed
the attention OF the country, and especially OF IN,
Southern Democracy, TO the first regular tariff ever
enacted by Congress This embargo, as well as IN,
tariff Of 1916, which Immediately followed IL ehal
lenged what little Of Federal opposition dispidse,
parry afforded at the time, and can no more be sal,
to have been Federal measures, than can the Allie,
and Sedition Law OF the Reign Of Terror" be sal,
TO have sprung from the Democracy Of the country
Blu, as II IS our object not only to STATE facts but &
prove them, II will perhaps be well to pause here
IS at the very birth OF the tariff policy. and yyue
one whose oredoIhty will not be a.saied
In his speech, m answer 10 General Hayne O,
9 Foors Resolutions, Daniel Webster Of Ms..sohu
sets said that Il gentlemen would reour TO The "a
rid OF 1916 they would lind that was no, carried b
New England votes. II was truly, more a Soutbe RI
= measure, than Eastern MEASURE In this sIlusio
Q TO the South and East IT will be borne IN mind tbs
Democracy and Federalism we're uppermost in NJ,
' Websters thoughts and were considered by him a
" synonymous, Democracy with the Souih and Fcde
o ralism with the East.
A, different periods between the years 1916 an
1924 The Democratic party, beng still IN power en-
&C ed laws widening the scope of the then eYis,in
J.. Tsrih and IN 1924 re-modeled 1t entirely Touch
ing these, Mr.. Webster in the same speech holds IN
following significant language " IL is known To r.. =
n been made matter Of reproscb especially asains
Z Massachusetts, that she would not aid the tariff q
}. 1926 and = seih motive was impul.ed to her 70
that also. In point Of fact !. true she did ,nd.e
oppose the Isr'H Of 1879" He further state. tina,
$ 81 this Isrin gas literally forced upon New Eng
g land"
We have said that the Federal or Wing party. frs
ssssiled tho se'zed upon and then deserted IN. ~
policy. We have shown that up to 1924, they du