The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-26

representatives. from some Ci the Hueo'eu
State advocate it bhcause they want the
means to pay off these debts But those
leading membersoi the opposite party VINO
understand the objects of that party, anu
who are bold and frank enough to a'ow
them, tell you that it is that they may Sc
cure more benefit under larIi, ana nave
greater certainty Of continuance OF a
high one. They advocate the policy OF
giving away the money you have from a
permancut branch of revenue, and costing
nothing, for the sake OF an opportunity to
tax Won more for the cnrrent expenses OF
goyernment--in word, to pursue the sys-
TEN Of blessings, by taxation on the peo'
ple to the extent OF some two millions
Can this he wise! Can it be polite! Can
i, be equal or just? For have shown you
that of all the great interests of the country,
you can directly benefit but lew; ana that
the only compensation you Can give 10
others, is by so welding the power as to I'LL
the treasury, and relieve them from taxa
ton in another mode.
AnolhcrpoIcy (said Mr. W., deserves
notice-lhough do not mean to charge
its opponents as party 1t Is the propo-
sliion to assume on the federal treasury
two hundred millions Of the debts of the IN
debted States of this Union do not
speak from mere conjecture. The propo-
silion was made by committee OF the last
Congress- at the head of which was prom
inent member OF the wing party from
Maryland, and was pressed On congress
in an elaborate report OF ooo pages
Leading journals OF that party nave lo'low-
ed it up, and within two weeks promi-
uent man Of the other party, III address
ing such meetngas thIS,PreSseu II as one
Of the wiscst measures, aud urged Its adop-
ton. | do not believe that tie wing party
recognize ii as part OF their policy; but
does it not belong to their family OF meas
urrs! II you are to have BANK, Proh'bi-
tory tariff, distribution, ANA all 'lal-a grca'
debt is Indispensable toprolect the mechan-
iC aud make it work smoothly Laugh
ter That has been the main spoke IN
the British wheel wlhon, which the ma
chine could not work. But am delain-
ing you too long, and Will relieve you III
few moments. Cries OF Go on
cannot but call your attention to the
fact and to ask YOU candidy to say if i,
be not true, that there is broad dislinc.
ton in the general course of the two polit.
ical parties and ortheir men who address
YOU pending our elections; in reference to
the policy they propose! And are not our
opponents exceedingly apt, as in this In
stance of the tariff, to promise to us
most literally most qcnerously-lnd if per-
l6rmance followed, we minht say, most
propheticaIIy. Laughter. In this case
their system of promises-and they will
no, feel that do them Injustice, when
saw so-is a, least liberal and na,tering.-
But when we remember the charges they
made agans, us four years ago, and the
promises with which they beautfed those
charles, can we have entire confidence
that another class of promises may not have
equally unfortunate results! Laughter.
They told rs we were golng to ruin
the country by eXtravae ance in public ex.
pendilurcs. They came into power and
increased those expenditures, They said
We had plunged the country irrelreva.
bly, into debt. They came in and showed
that we had made a debt of five and half
millions. which in three Years they made
twenty-five millions and half. They told
us that we had carried political proscri p,iou
10 great cngrhs-that we were destroying
the liberty Of thought, orspeech, and of the
press. by driving from Office every man
who vcn,ured to express political opinions
adverse to those Of the ruling power. They
came into Office, and in ,hree.quarters of
year, removed more than double as many
for political cause, as the democratic adj
ministalons Of the twelve preceding
years had removed. They said the gov
ernment had become rottcn-dangerously,
runousIy rotten, by the appointment Of
members of Congress to otlicc-and in
three yeors, their administration appointed
more members Of Congress to office, than
had been appointed in any eight years of any
democratic administration They prom
ised us on all these points speedy relrench-