Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-08-30

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old lady said whn she kissed - her hus-
band. After the ladies, their "lords and
masters bnringi in their hands the most noxious
of all sinking wesds-polk stalks. In all, the pro-
cesson nurnberedsome five hundred They mar
ched around the srcets and then TO grove north
Of the town. TIE General commenced by giving
4 brief outline of his early emigration to the
Weston foot, poor, frendless and forlorn; and
then little INSTRUMENTATION upon his prefer
ment TO office and place. He then attempted to
give a brief outline of the history of parties in
this country. He stated that in the organization
of government, there exis.ed two parties, (the
same DID, stale story the one was called the fed
eral. and the other, the democratic party. The
former, with Alex. Hamilton its exponent, was
in favor of strong government, and among 9TH
or things in favor of giving the President
the power of appointing the Governors of the
spectvo States, and of concerning titles upon the
heads of the departments. And here, the Con.
gave the result of his research in q certain OLD
ALMANAC, in which he actually discovered that
some imp Of a printers devil had placed the title
:. His Highness . before tho name of Gen. Wash
ington. and bcfon the name of some other officer
The General then enumerated many of the nfa-
nous acts of the old federalists-such as lighting
blue-ligh upon the beach, to light the enemies of
our country to our shores, &c. &c. lie said that
the Same political distinctions had existed from
that time down to the present day, and broadly
charged thai the wings of this day identical
with the fodoralists Of other days. True, he said
that the wings were patriotic as the democrats,
but in the next sentence he charged them with
being the advocates Of a strong government and
opposed to tho independence of the States. He
then enumerated tho leading principles Of the
whig party, and upon tho subject of the Tariff
took the most ultra, southern loco doctrine of Free
Trade, advocating it to be the best policy of the
people of this country 'to buy phere they could buy
the cheapest. and sell ohere they could sell the dearest
That PROTECTIVE Tariff is unconstitutional, &c.
This does not tally we'll with tho hypocritical cant
Of the loco orators Of our county, who have, for
moHths, boon endeavoring to convince the people
hero that the democratic party is in favor Of even
a HIGHER Protective Tariff than the wings aro.--
He opposed ALL PROTECTION except that which
might be incidental to nero rovonue tariff. We
hope the small-fry demagogues of the loco party
will not again attempt to Insult our people by
claiming to be the friends of protection. Gen.
Cass boosted that he had come directly from the
great loco Convention at Nashville, where the
principles Of the party had boon scrutinized and
a perfect Greco of faith established, and ella med
to speak from the book. He had also. been on
pilgrimage to tho Hermitage, and had drank deep
of tho glorious fountain of wisdom which is flow
ing continually from the head and heart of Gen.
Jackson, tho political idol of his party. For this,
too, he claimed to be tho faithful exponent of the
principles OF his party.
He rldicued the idea of what he was pleased
to term u great regulator of the currency af-
frming that the constitution acknowledged no
currency except gold and silver, and that needed
no regulation.
He referred to the distribution of the proceeds
of the public lands, and characterized il as Civ
ing away. for worse than nothing the public do
main, asserting that all the revenue which would
arise from it should be preserved to sustain the
general government in some revolutions which
would yet befal the country. He evidently ex-
poets this country will yet, and perhaps at dis
tant. day be involved in war with somo foreign
power.
He noxt INDUCED in an unworthy denunciation
OF the w mig party, IOr mo manner IN winch inc
Wings see proper to conduct the campaign by the
exhibition Of coons banners, songs, and log cab
ms, and denounced it ''vilc mummery.' While
all around and above him waving tho BAN
ncrs of his party .surmounted with hickory boughs.
and before him were displayed innumerable polk
stalks. That was the ..unkindest cut Of ALL
The conclusion Of the mighty effort Of the Gen
eral, which was devoted to the Texas question
Upon this question, he took the Same ground that
al demagogues take, that should annex Tex
to this country. else Mrs. Victoria will annex
it to the British isle. Here he branched out into
aneloquent description ofthe narauding disposition
of tho English government declaring that she
had almost oncircled the world. and was now only
awaiting favorab bic opportunity to pounce upon