The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-06-15


read from vol. 9Th and from vol. 1l,l
Congress. Debates, from speeches of Mr.
| Polk in defence of the State bank system
ascribing all tie prosperity of the coun.
try to its operations, SC, After your par.
ty (said Mr.. II. had got tired of this sys-
tenn, after it had exploded in your hands
you got up the sub-Treasury system as
the panacea which was to relieve the coun-
try Of all its evils. James X. Polk, chair
man of the Committee of Ways and
Means, had brought this measure forward;
and was it that which was going to give
him a claim upon the gratitude Of the
American people, by whom it had mos,
signaly condemned But had Mr.. Polk
always been consistent in this2 Look a,
it (said Mr.. II and weep! Mr.. II. read
from one of the speeches, to which he
had before referred, an elaborate argument
comparative of the merits of the two sys-
tens, in condemnation of the s s""5 n reasu-
ry and in advocacy of the State bank sys-
tenn. And yet these selI-styled "Demo-
cratic" gentlemen (and they had as much
right to the name as he had to that of a
Chinaman) now denounced this system
as Federal measures, which their own
candidate had approved as better and
safer system than the b-T'reasury.
Mr.. II. wanted some of his ''Democrst-
ic" friend, who happened to be tarifr"De-
mocrals," or half goose, half duck, accord
ing to the definition of ''lhe Globe" of
lull"blooded "Democrats,o to come up
and tell this House and the country
whether they endorsed MIR. Folks notions
on the tariff, as they had been endorsed
by the gentleman from Alabama. Let the
delegates to the Convention from Penn
sylvania, New jersey, New York, and
Connecticut say whether they intended
to be double-taccd in this matter Did
they endorse this candidate of the Balti-
more Convention-did they give up their
own sentiments and support James X.
Poke If they lodged, if they equivocat-
ed, they would be scored red.
But another question. The gentlemen
at Baltimore made sacrifice of MIR. Van
Buren2 Fol wha2-Some Of them from
the South said because of his Texas let
ter; but they did not know-he knew
that it had long since been determined
and stated, not in this House. but publicly
that if the Connecticut and Virginia cleo
tons went against them, they would with
draw Mr.. Van Buren,? They surely knew
it; and as this Texas question had come
along, it afforded them mighty good op
portunity to slide down the rail, and get
off from supporting Mr., Van Buren. Did
gentlemen forget how in 1S41 they had
abused the Wings for bringing forward
Gen. Harrison, and how they had charg-
ed the party with giving up their princi-
plies for the sake Of an ''available" man?
What had they brought up James K. Polk
for. Had any man here or in the nation
been for HIM? No; but because lie was an
0cailaJle candidate. But there were
some documents upon the subject ofavail-
ability TO which he wished to call the
particular attention of gentlemen. Mr.
II. read from an article in the "Globc" OF
January 8, 1914, contrasting the claims
for the Vice Presidency Of James K. Polk
and VIM. r. King, (there was not a man
in the United States, he said, who at that
time dl canned of Mr. Polk as candidate
for the Presidency the following ex-
tracts:
~. Finally, the political condition OF
their respective States is another point of
preference for Mr.. King. Alabama is
Democratic, Tennessee is Federal Wing.
One is helping, the other is injuring, the
Democratic cause. The red hot shot OF
Tennessee are now fired into the Demo
cratic ship. This may be misfortune,
and not the fault of that former Democrat
ic State, and her present public men, STILL
it is misfortune which entails a conse-
quence, and which involves serious con-
sideraion in the selection Of Vice Presi-
dental candidate"
SIN such contest HE Democracy has
no compliments to spare TO unfortunate
States by carrying the burden of the pub.
llc men who cannot bring their own State
into the Democratic line. They wan,
strength, not weakness'
"Ihey want strength, not Weakness
continued Mr.. Ii. Did not the gentleman
from Alabama write that sentence in that
communication? If the gentleman denies
it not, say he did.
MIR. PAYNE said no man was to infer
any thing, the one way or the other, from
his silence.
MIR: HARDIN. If the gentleman says
1t is not true, | will take it back.
MIR. PAY NE. | believe SO. do moi
know whether wrote 1t or not Laugh
ter.
Mr.. HARDIN said he would read an
other article relative to the claims TO the
Vice Presidency of James K. Polk, and the
gentleman might have his choice Of the
two, as to which he had written. He read
from "the Globe" of January, 10, 1914
the following extracts from communities
| l.. IL.