The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-03

fahdsriEeted on the Industry Of the country, and
an iRcubus will be placed son the moral welfare
and substantial prosperity OF this great Republic
which will bemest dificultto shake off, will have
cost bitter and protraeted stmggle. Elect Hen
Try Clay President of the United States-give him
a majority in both branches of Cengress-Iet this
system Of policy go into effect and feverish,
false, and fictitious state of things will be engen-
dered, and you will have eptaied upon your pos
lterity bufthen and curse. I Ia voice" No
fear of that"-loud cheers1 The question of a
I United States Bank, one main link in the triple
chain, was settled long ago. We deem that An
drew Jackson had strangled that hydra headed
monster' and sowed salt upon its grave But lo
in 1910, the wings came into power. And one of
the first things that they did was TO attempt TO
susticate an institution, the very name of which
stunk and stRks in the nestrils of the community:
Under the Congressional dictatorship of Henry
Clay they passed bill rechartering the United
States Bank, John Tyler vetoed it. For that
act, at least, he deserves and should receive credit
and gratitude ECheers.l Now, sanguine as the
wings always are before an election, and huggi6g
to their bosoms the delpson that they will succeed
in the great Presidential canvass of 1914, they
are already quietly engaged in endeavoring to
galvanize the old corpse again '
! The whig leaders here would mask their bat
terry and avoid an issue upon the bank. They
make il an issue in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the
contiguous States. We will not permit this play
ing fast and loose. We will make it an issue here
on the sea.board. and charge it home upon them
Turn to the position of our party previous TO and
after the general election: of 1910. The spring
elections in that year sufficiently favorable
To all appearance the democracy were never
stronger The reelection of Martin Van Buren
to the Presidential chair, which he had so WORTH
ly occupied, seemed certain. And yet not many
weeks had passed before it was evident that the
supremacy of our party and our principles was
in danger. A union Of the wings, as it was call
ed, for the sake Of the union, brought about that
mingling of parties and comminglng of interests
which resulted in combined league of the oppo-
nents of the democracy, and paved the way for
the Harrisburg Convention By that convention
William Henry Harrison was nominated for the
Presidency. Scott men, Clay men, and Webster
men, federalsts, whigs conservatives, Anti-Ma-
sons tariffites, bankites-al the scattered rem
nants of those various factions which had been
time and again defeated by the democracy, rallied
united and svarmed about that coon skin and hard
cider standard of which the available candidate.
General Harrison, had been chosen bearer The
! log cabin mummery commence6---everything
which could contribute othe dtlnsion, and height
en- the artificial excitement which had been evoIz-
ed into existence was called into requiston.. The
presses vomited forth Ogle's lies Their orators
patrolfed the country. Prentss, of Mississippi
Wilson, Of New Hampshire, Preston of South
Carolina. Webster, Clay, and even Harrison him
SELF. took the field. Nothing was left undone.
On our part, we were not Idle We saw through
and despsed this contemplate stage trickery-
this attempt to swindle the people out of their
votes and did not believe that it could succeed. In
so believing we erred, as the result proved. The
Idcs Of November arrived the battle was fought;
we were beaten; and forced to retire from the
field; and retire we did, in good order-discom-
fitted but not disnayed Although our strongest
defences werea prey to the spoiler-ahhough in
the violence of that political hurricane, Tennes-
see, the home of our venerated Jackson had sue
cumbed beneath the shock. Our own brave State
the Empire State-had parted from her demo
cratic moorings-though the key stone of the arch
had given way, and the "star in the east" gone
down. Even then, when 10 States out of the 26
had declared against US, and our candidate had
been defeated by more than 14O, 900 vetes-hough
the sun of our political heaven was shrouded from
our longing view--through darkness, disaster, and
desolation, we hoped and toiled, and struggled on
fGreat appfausef To any other party defeat
| like that which we then suffered would have been
Observation-Disclosures But to us it was not
so--f could not be so, and ,why2 Why2 Why
is it that the democracy can be beaten but never
subduedvanquished but never conquered2 Be
cause Of that which is within us--because we
strive for the true, and aim at the equal and the
just The very truths for which we, contend, af-
ford US rallying point and a support in the hour
of adversely. .[Cheersl .e...~
In the canvass Of 1910, the wings systematical-
fy endeavored to blind the people TO the true ques
tions atissue. Letters were written to General
Harrison inquiring his views upon disputed ques-
tions of moment, and the line of policy which he
would adopt if elected. The answer was, "Ask
nv committee" Success attained by fraud is in
its very nature temporary. The wings triunphed
by fraud. They triumphed on such issues as
these-4coon skins, hard cider, log cabins, Will
liam Henry Harrison, two dollars day and roast
beef or Martin Van Buren, six and a quarter
cents day and sleeps pluck They triumphed;
but their triumph short lived and bitter. Firm,
united, :indismayed, standing on the i;nmutable
basis of their own principles, the unterrfed demo
cracy rallied La the elections Of the following
spring and summer, we recovered our foothold
throug ghout the country. The granite column Of
the young democracy charged upon the enemy
and they went down before it.. Tremendous ap
plausel Since then we have maintained our po
ston. Why then, should any man doubt our
success ia this coming confict2 Let us be or
ganizrd, vigilant determined. Let US fight the
battle inch by inch. We must resume the often
. sive. We must carry the war into Africa We
must be true to ourselves, our candidate, and oul
cause. We must do, our duty, our whole duty
and nothing but our duty. We must deserve sue
cess, and leave the event to Him who made US