Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-07-19
ASHLAND, Is, June, 1874.

to this grea, work The letter Of Mr. Clay eee,ualy puts
{ this Islander:
ASHLAND, ist June, 1914.
Ny Dear Sri received your thank you for
the friendly motives which prompted IL
must refer opinion on the question Of clompe
ting the Cumberland Road through the States ONO. H.
diana, and Illinois, speech made Indanapo in
the autumn Of 1912. 1t publ shed il the papers OF
that place and other but that have
Tho Of VIVA, said was. that estimate ought
be made Of of finishing the road " the States
eny be Obtained reasonable and where they
could procured be bfdged; and
that appropriations from time to lime should be made by
the General Government ns the state OF It's finances would
admit complete the road the be expended in
each of the three States under The direction of the
tive States.
am respectfully your friend
aud obedient servant,
X. E. CONSTABLE Eso.
That the last session. the bills complete the
NAVIGATION from, the LAKE 10 the OHIO RU'ER
down WABASH granting lands purpose had
passed the WING Senate, the LOCOFOCO House of
Representatives refused them, and the
repealed il, that body, outstanding the Of
Gen Howard the special agent Washington urge
the upon the of his political brethren
That the LOCOFOCO House of Represen.ativ
dare not repeal, modify the Tariff of 1912.
withdrawing the loud agains, the lead
par,y the WHO: tariff 1912 stands APP
proved by a majority of the House.
to pass the SUB-TREASURY bill the late session,
thereby rating the objections urged by til. wings
odious
That the leaders of the party that abused the wings for
the r injustice to Martin Van Buren,. and who clamored
long loud that he should the benefit of the sober
'ssecond thought of the peope,' the very who
sacrificed Mr.. Van Buren, the Baltimore Convention and
by rejection declared him be unworthy Of con
dence thereby confirming what they had said his
admin is,ra ton.
That the leaders of party, who oppose K. CLAY.
are m who vioen,, and nnusy revied the
illus,rious HARRISON, and who triumphan,y
ovehrown in the contest, of 1910.
The. Tariff l842, completely ove,ro,en and
/asfed The camofs of the Loeofoeo leaders and OF.
Congress pohibitory and too high for REVE
NUE. il will evidently produce Of S30O0o.
600, annualy-while the compromise act a. erecuted by
Locooeo did produce time Of the passage Of
the Act of 1872 the one half of that
That made the Locooco leaders, that Mr..
Clay in contendng the spirit of The Compounds Act
thuiy would give the necessary protection
American industry had abandoned tina, industry to the
mercy of Foreign legislation, is without the shadow Of
ruth justify it. As Mr. Clay coniended that the rtt
of tho compromise ac, require ILL be col
lected from IMPOSTS distributing the land fund among
he ates and collecting osts upon the home valuation,
assessing duties upon the foreign invoice, and
then laying discriminate favor of articles coming
competition domestic article, md raising du
thus levied to the point for economical ad
mnistraiion the Government This is the sit of the
compromise and if carried in good faith would
necessary, raise the question OF direct
s.protecton for projections sake would have given
sufficient, incidental protection industry.
Tina, days Revolution doSlskoDie pres
en-, time the Wings stood opposition
exercise arbitrary and monarchial power, which posi-
strongly illustrated by the fact tina, when the
seized and exercised that power opposition
will the majority, the Wings did hesitate repu
date him, with all his patronage and power, while for the
act the Locoocos received him temporarily into their
embrace applaaded his conduct, and fred 100 guns in
N his treacherv, his but single instance of the
in after of the spirit that animated our
revolutionary Wing tina glorons struggle for lib
erty.
Tha, IMMEDIATE ANNEXATION of TEXAS is
the hobby which Mr. Polk expected by his party to
ride project voted down by the
the United States its late session by two
proec, declared by Mr. Benton to BE in its eff
fects, J. "War between the United States and Mexico"
2 That il would be unjust
g. That il would os unconstisusionay made.
f. Tha, it would be a upon weak and grouncless
pre,ex,." And may add, that as the question is now
presented i, would involve tho payment Of the immense
by embarrassed people. would extend sla
very atonal faith, and in the end leopard the
Union itself.
We rejoice that have, in Mr. Clay. candidate vino
emnenly qualified by position and distinguished public
services erect in the coming crisis To be as he
should be- President of the Naton and not of mere
sec,on and especially rejoice the prospect of
his election.
We you against the organized system of CRoviSG'
again resofted to by opponents, they tried 1910
ganst Harrson and did suppose that the result Of
tha, would taught them lesson
forgotten Their presses, their travelling al
ready a, their old game, CHANGES, CHANGES, GREAT
AND WONDERFUL CHANGES, say they, Mr. A B in "In-
DIANA, Mr. D in baltimore" Mr. in ''New York;
have all denounced Whggery and for M Polk
While word will they of the thousands that
leaving their ranks and joining the Wings.
We taken much pains the state Of the
public mind in States, and feel warranted in
that bis majority will fall short of that received