The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-10
From the Baltimore American.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS

choosing the Chief Magistrate OF the Union
it is TO be presumed that all ~jndicious voters
will consider well the questions involved in
the selection, and regulate their choice ac-
cordingly. The two great parties into which
the country is divided are sufficiently discri-
minated, as to the principles and measures ad-
vocated by them respectively and the candi-
dates on each side are sufficiently known
and identified with their principles to en-
able every voter to judge Of the issues pre-
scented.
What is the country 10 gain by the election
of Mr.. Polk2 Look fairly at every contro-
verted point and see. What system of poll
cy-what measures of national utiliiy-are
likely to be established in the event of his
success? The Tariff, we may take it for
granted, will be unsettled. How it will be
reconstructed no man can tell. Will the
country, or any portion of it, be the gamer
from this? From the disorder and depres-
sion under which all classes and interests la
bored a few years ago, a gradual restoration
has taken place, which is sill going on with
the fairest prospects of permanent prosperi-
ty. An exhausted treasury has been replen-
ished; a PROSTATE national credit has been
.Tesusitated; industry finds active employ
menf, where it had previously fallen with par
alYsed hands the Viyacious energies of the
whole country are aroused, and every day
Witnesses some new advance in the develop
ment of O II national resources and IN the in
crease of our national wealth.
Ii the financial and protective policy of
the Wing Congress of al and AZ has not
given the basis TO this restoration. what has
Iann ~ al -. II tn
10 find fault with this feature, or to make
objections TO that; it is idle to run hilher and
thither with querulous petulance to complain
that more has not been lone when so much
has been accomplished-the reality of the
change for the better is before everv ones
eyes, and cannot be doubted.
It-is desirable to go back to the condition
of things whcih existed at The close of Mr..
Van Buren's Administration? Shall we gain
by undoing what the Wings have done since
that memorable period? VIII it be a pleas
ant sight 10 behold the country again flood
ed with foreign importations-our manufdc-
tories idle-our mechanics seeking for EN-
ployment at reduced wages? Will the ma
tional credit be enhanced by resort once
more TO issues of Treasury notes for want of
asA ddOHduAC 0tNituS HUH fA4lpOol QUtfCSt
IF nothing is to be gained by a return to
the Van Buren, policy in respect TO finance
and protection, are any better results to be
expected from a restoration ofthe Sub Treas
ury? The disorder which afflicted the cur
rency for so long a period during the suspen-
sion ofspecle payments are not yet forgotten.
Are the the people anxious for new expert
menis TO produce similar results?
The overthrow of the Van Buren, admins
traIion in 1910 was the deliberate and de
cisive act ola great majority of the Ameri-
can people. Things had come to such a
pass that there could be no further endu-
rance. The policy of the party then in pow
er, or their want of policy, had yielded such
bitter fruits that the country could no longer
tolerate such manifest disagreement. Is
there any doubt of the convictions of the
public mind on this subject? If facts may
be taken in answer there can be no doubt
whatever.
The party has no claims to the confidence
which it forfeited when it was elected from
power. If restored 10 the Government, it
would restore its fatal system, and again
the sad experience of national distress
would recur, with the additional reflection
10 add to the poignancy of our sufferings, that
we had embraced calamity with our eyes
open.
Our opponents seem TO have been aware
oftheir want of just claims to the public con-
fidence; for instead of relying upon the mer-
it oftheir action when in power-insiead of
appealing TO the record for their stewardship
for proofs of their capacity and honesty in
the management Of the governments, they
have turned away from the issues of The past
and sought out a new question upon which
to hinge the coming election. The leaders
of that party virtually say, "True we can
make no defence of our conduct when in
office; we mis-managed things most abomin-
ably; we brought the country into great dis
iress, and by our unwise experiments and
foolish projects, we disturbed the well estab-
lished system which we found in operation,
and we left the public affairs in great confu-
sion. But we are now in favor of the i'm
mediate annexation of Texas to the United
States, and in virtue of that, we claim to be
restored to the administration ofthe Govern
ment.n
This is the new issue; and the people are
respectfully asked to forget as much as they
conveniently can of the events of the Van
Buren, administration, and 10 turn all their
attention to the Texas question. The name
of Van Buren, disappears from the standards
of the party; his vissage no longer decorates
the professional banners, nor shines compla-
Gently IN the mild radiance of the. evening
transparency over a Sub-Treasury MOTTO
Polk and Texas now meets the eye and re-
ceires the shouts of men and little BOYS as
they move to The sound Of the drum 10 a
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