Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-03-23

d themselves upon the old Republican creed
r The doctrines Of Washington, of JrlIefspn, o
Madison and Monroe, arc their do tfipss. ant
lbey arc led on by him wh0 was fret with fht
foremost IN sustaining those doctrines i8 times
Of difficulty aud peril.
If We were disposed to rstort Tho aEcusafio1
ofouf opponents. We might indeed charge hem
win having no principles. A party contend.
ing IN one section of tie Union for "ifes trade"
ana 10 Tho other for protection; tho opinions nj
whose ostensiblo candidate f1r the fist office
IN The nation, on The subject Of tariff arc vet
a riddle; Who talk of imposts for revehne, ind
yet support a man who voted for tbf taftIT of
iS@S~-the most obnoxious ono egers passed Z
who speak Of us "a British Wings, Wsion thew
sustain an individual whose nomination aa
minister to dreat Britain was rejected by the
casting vote OF John G., Calhoun hf31saL in
consequence Of bis concession to thai power;
VINO declalm about ECONOMY, when their Ok.
trayaeanCe and profigacy plunged tho ]sioVerr.
nent into debt; who make at ontcSy about
fraud, when they tolerated tho most pVUGIgate
delatiters, and Winked at the most reckless
pItlage of The public money, may wifa reason
be thought to have no principles but tiat con.
tainod IN tho celebrated exclamation al Que of
Bpolls,"
But thig disgrbei0as office wo omit for Z
moro pleasing daty--that ofnrgiug GU, fell2w.
Citizens ~ grid up their loins for the 1iproAth h.
Jug caryass, The Wing heart beats bipl
throughout the land. TIE spirit oftlto mfghfy
chief, whose entrepid and dauntloss n.ind has
lied the party through all the porile that inena.
cod Il, has Infused Itself into The nlasBes that
support him. The pesplo--tbe b0ne.and oil.
new-haye taken This great matter into their
own hands, and have resolved npou ekayating
to the Presidency The man VIM has devoted
Il ligtltna TO his country and his c0HHtry's
good Tho great body Of The American people
have become convinced that no mar living
whose experience Of public affairs, ;whose
wisdom IN council, whose Grtnnsss IN aciian
so vol qualities him to fiji The exalted office
OF President Of these Uuitod Statua, a. Itgany
CLAY-ths statesman who supportad tho
Of Mr.. Jefferson, the pafript ybol
was the pillar Of the Wa Administration gfl 4
Mr., Madison, and The diainteresled politician /
Who forb5ro his own pfetensiobs to Inv ChfGfI
Magistraey IN favor Of the l]afnsnted HIrrison
That he would do fnofs to restore TN prog. r
Of the milton, and establish q policy y,
beneficial TO all parts Of The Union,
and preIadlcial to none-tlat his cdnctIjat6ry !
disposition Incorporating only witsn The /
bohor and glory Of his country are 1T sasue,J +
ls comprehensive craftsmanship and en1iaht. 81,
rod experience eUld more certainly har,nonize .
he dlscotds that have sprung up in thu land, .
lIlay the ioalousies that have arisen in Instant :,
and unite oil the interests oftbe con. -
upon stable, fixed and sotid f,upds. :,
ions, is becoming day by@ay a moro ~tSniver. =
al opinion amongst his co0ntrynan. Thoy a
lave tried Mr.. Van Buren, aud louni :lis nd. :
niuistrati0n fruitful Of nothing but evil; They :
passed by him often and been disappoin. i
cd. They have NOW resolved TO do Justice to "
themselves and to him; and the 4th Of Aarcb,
$40, witness Henry Clay's Inauguration 40
Chief Magistrate Of redeemed aud reyi. a
ing Republic. Will Louisiana contribute 4
.er aid to this great work, or will she leave j
he glory Of its contamination to her sistor a.
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