The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-26
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES or GOOD
GoyERNMENT-MR. FOLKS VIEWS

Many men have attempted so to nystiiy me SUI
jeet OF Government aud TO make It mater 30 CON-
pick, that only privileged order indoe'r'nasd !"
from their infancy could understand H. OF be regatu
cd as the most efficient instruments oil carrying
out successfully No doubt some experience j" '''
business is good practical means oil It's most pros.
porous operation But preparatory knowledge %
lis PRINCIPLES is attainable without any knowledge Oh
il, practice from experience. OF all revolutions ue
American best defined and sustained the principles OF
good government II resulted at length IN a Const''
tuition 10 which, IL we faithfully adhere this nation
will realize an amount of happiness and oil greatness
which has never vet fallen TO the lot OF any olher
People. And when we consider how mcrciiuiIy the
Almighty hath dealt with US in ages past, We have
good reason TO hope tina, his mercy will not iorsaRe
Us in time to come. Our fathers came INTO 'ni' 'a"'
few in numbers, and He hath made of US nation
great, mighty and populous. And ut no per'oo OF
our history have we lourished more than since 'hc
adoption Of the Federal Constitution
OF that Constitution James X. Polk may claim 10
be faithful expositlr and adherent Does IL con-
template economy in the administration oil The va
tionaI Government He is its friend. Doe II require
such tariff as will support properly the dignity Of
the nation and enable ii to preserve its rights James
X. Polk is its friend, and the friend of such Incl
dental protection to American manufactures as
grows out Of such tariff, and as will dSen-
inmate properly in their favor. These are his own
words.
At the same time James X. Polk is opposed to a
na ional det. He is in favor Of the policy when
will keep the nation always prepared ior The eSgen-
cy of foreign contest, by keeping 1t free from The
incumbrance of national indebtedness. We see IN
Great Britain how her population is burdened by
vast debt the annual interest which has to be prov
ded and SO much taken from the national capacity of
resistance to foreign enemy. He Is in favor oil MAIN
tanning our resources entire for the complete etecu-
alton Of all the great purposes OF the Constitution
He is in favor of retaining Oregon, which will add
four new States to the non.slavehoding portion OF
this community; four new States of the largest SIZE
and which will prove invaluable to Us as means oi
communication with China and the whole of Eastern
Asia. He is in favor Of annexing Texas, which will
afford an abundant market Tor the manufactures of
Pennsylvania and the Eastern States and will form
barrier on that side Of the republic against all hostile
invasion in time to come
10 short he is a man of such moderation and JUS
tce, fixed in sound principle and so good Judge
of men as well as of things, that we may reasonably
look forward to good government, if he is elected.
But if he is defeated, Texas will be lost to US
for at least twenty years; and of Oregon we may
fully expect that one half Of it will be given up.
The Wing party, have shown such indiher-
ence the subject, that we may expect from them
such surrender. +" Let England surround US, says
MIR. Csssus M. Clay and the speech in which he ut
tered this sentiment was echoed by the Wings "ff-
teen times TO begin with and the rest given up in de
spair Of being counted"