The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-22

WHICH Tdte Sne VIII nuDDer lAllliou III lou. "A
great inducement to immigrants will be held out
blythe large expenditure which will now be made
upon the canal ); and its completion, by facilitating
| trade and commerce. cannot fail to conduce to the
same end.
COL. STANFORD's SPEECH IN GEOR-
GA
| We have already noticed the fact, says the St.
| Louis Republican, that Colonel Stanford, one of
| the most conspicuous Locofoco politicians in
Georgia, had abandoned that party in disgust A
correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
gives sketch Of the manner in which it was
done, which conveys SO terrible rebuke that we
can not hesitate about copying 1t. 1t seems that
| the Locos had meeting at GAINESVILLE, in Geor-
| gia, in May; and Col. Stanford being present,
began to express his opinion that the principles
of the party with which he had acted were not
what they used to be, and that he could not aban-
don those principles for the sake of keeping with
his party. They succeeded in choking him off at
| that time, by the promise that at the regular
meeting in June he should be heard to his entire
satisfaction. June came-the meeting was held
and Col. STANFORD was present The sequel is
thus told by the Chronicle
When the meeting was organized, Col. Stan
ford rose and said that he there, at the chal-
lcnge of the meeting month prev Gus, to discuss
the political opinions of the p'ry; that in doing
| so he would perhaps be more lengthy than they
expected, and that he was content to either begin
or conclude the debate. If any person wished to
be fully heard without waiting to hear him, he
would give way to him, and take his chance for
a reply, &c, &c. But they all declined, and in
sisted that he should go on. And he did go on,
/ much to their establishment and chagrin. He
| told them boldly, that if they were Democrats of
1925 and 1888, when he was one, they were no
/ longer so; that they did not now hold TO single
! principle that constituted the landmarks of the
party IN those days; that they had not only aban.
doned every principle they then held 10, but they
were no longer Unon men; that they had become
! Nuliitlers IN principle and practice. lie showed
them HAT in 1880, they were both in favor Of in
ternaI improvements and national bank--and
ne ciled them to the journals of the Legislature
OF that year to prove it, and he showed them that
JEFFERSON, whom they pretended to follow, was liz
| favor OF both these measures that they oppose
/ ne told them that in 1888 they were opposed
10 nulllhcaton that they called the doctrine trea-
sonabe, but IN 1913 they nominated it's high priest
Tor PRESIDENT OF the United States, and his chief
and strongest disciple for Governor. He told
them that They had become party who denounced
everything, and yet there were no principles
adopted by them in lieu of those denounced ; that
they mad no principles, and it was true, as Mr.
calhoun had said, that they were "held together
by the cohesive principle of public plumber" He
showed them that they had denounced he admin.
istration OF John Quincy Adams as wasteful and
ex'ravagant, and they promised to reform it vet
wheh they obtained the power, they expended
| twice az much as he did. He said that one of
thelr late resolutions asserted that the Wing Ad
ministraton had raised the national debt from five
70 twenty millions of dollars, and he showed bv
documents from The Treasury the United States,
tnat instead OF live millions of debt left by MIR.
van buren,, he had in fact left debt of thirty
eight millions, lie showed them that they had
not only nominated Nulli6ers for President and
governor now, after the original notification
party acknowledged that they were mistaken in
tne principle but they had actually carried out
uhe principle by voting the last members of Con-
gress INTO Their seats. He told them that they
now GAINED to be State Rights party, after
shameiuily dlsgracing themselves by dshonoring
me great seal Of the State of New Jersey.
/ lie told them further, that they barefacedIy de-
nounced Henry Clay as FederaIist, who was
one OF me most sterling Democrats of this or any
o'her couhiry--and he cited them to his acts, and
dared them TO show that any of those acts were
redera and he said that while they were de-
bouncing Clay as FederaIist, they were Iaudinp
woodbury. and Buchanan as Democrats, and thai
!, thls ,hey were corrupt, or were ignorant what
] Federalism was