Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-03-23

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utactursr-~tho mechanic in liho,mann6r
miner.
We bold that government will tafl 10 pe
form one Of tbs most important trusts cor
sigued to it, were tho British mechanics a1t
s]rtizans placed upon Inc same fo8tinp wit
our own people ~ our own market, Whil,
our mechanics and ~aftisana arc excluded frot
competition with them IN rbeir market.
We believe that experience has fully prov
ed That The industry, ongeHuity and enter
prise Of our people, when duly enco0r
aged aud properly protected arc equal to tha
Of any other nation, and that domestic com
petition under b we'll regulated tariff, will 70.
duce the price of goods manufactured at home
lower than they would be sold at, were our
markets dependent upon foreign tnanufac.
lures for supplies.
We believe that The interests Of The va.
riona sections Of this Union arc IDENTICAL
that The same measures Of protection should
be granted TO tho northern miner 10 to the
southern planter; that Tho Interchange Of com.
modttieB produced in the different States Is
the most important branch Of our commerce. ;
that the d~lgefsity Of occupation that creates
objects Of barter and exchange, ia d iigamgnt
OF union between the States, and that all he
attempts t0Weak6U the affections of thB pebpis
Ah INV hJItI4Ct ~ ~ VI tHiIEflHIIE5 kIEIH WIN
the idea of separation and disruption, should
be met with the scyorest Reproduction Of the
public, and the authors Of them beld IN dis.
trust and abborohsS.
We regard o sound currency, every where
equal to specie, as necessary 10 The we'll he.
ing q The people, and tho policy pursued by
locoioco administrations, IN stimulating Tho
multiplication Of local banks, sud the spread
Of the State Bank System as ore Of the great
est evils that ever befell free country.
We hold that Congress has the power to
regulate the currency, aud IN providing for
the exigoncieg vf tho Treasury, ought 10 en-
sure the country a sound circulation and
guard against the recurrence ofthe evils of
excessive banking.
We regard the acts Of GEoRGE WAsnfNG-
TON and JAMES MADISON In ~felation 10 this
matter as doclsiye Of the question Of power;
and do not artogate the superiority that
would denounCe the father Of his country |
aud the father of the consultation as having
been faithless to tho compact Of tie Gohfede. |
ration, Or incapable Of understanding the
work Of their own hands.
We believe that the revenues necessary
10 an economical administration Of tie Gen.
ersl Government, ought TO be collected on
impogts 90 The least burdensone mode Of tax.
alton; and that o resort to direct taxes to sup.
ply The Golfers Of the National Treasury,
would be oppressive in The extreme and de-
priye The States Of the full benefit of The on.
y means Of supporting their local govern
monts that they possess.
We regard the National Domain as The
rigbtfnl property Of the States, and contend
that the proceeds arising from is sale should
be divided amongst The members Of tho con.
f~ederacy, to enable thom TO meet their en-
Ragements and TO lessen the burden Of tax.
alton upon the people.
And we would ask, what reasonable argu.
ment do the Van Buren, man offer to induce
the country to reverse the condemnation pas.
sed upon bis disastrous and oppressive admin
~istration. Under the holy law the wings have
been thus far able TO keep upon he statute
book, the country iB slowly r%eyiyiDg from the
slough Of dependency III which bad lcgisla.
ton, and worse government had plunged it.
The tariff act OF az, defective, perhaps, in
some Of it, details, is lifting the industrial in
tefests Of this nation once more to the sunlight
of hope. From one end Of the country to The
other, tic laboufing man and his employer, the
agricultural and the %artiicer, are reaping the
fruits Of this policy IN remuneratiDg prices for
their toll. II the nation 10 not at once restor-
ed to the degree Of prosperity it enjoyed before
political chafiatanB began TO tinker with pub.
lie policy, il is because the 'arthitects Of ruin
are more eXpedioug in their Office than the con-
~struCtors of good works-the inCendiary is
sWilter with his torch than the master mason
with his trowel-lhe edi6ce that science and
labor constructs with time and diligence, may
be consumed in an hour by the improgidenco
of a fool. !
Are you willing to repeat the four years of :
distress, confusion, dismay and suffering you /
through Mr.. Van Bursn's Presidency Z
General Jackson, on the 9TH day Of March,
1887, declared that he left this great people {
prosperous and happy. His successor had !
been in Office scarce a month, before the fabric :
tinsel work topped to the earth. From (
that period to the end Of his term, d single :
idea seemed to OCCUPY his hoart-to force the .
gub-Treasury upon an unwilling poople--a y
machine that was to furnish gold and silver :,
for the office holders, whilst the trash Of pet :,
banks was good enough for their masters. This r
aame sub-Treasury, thrice repudiated by the =
nation though it be, ia now before Congress, !.
and urged by the friends Of that man!l! :
Are you willing to r~e.elect 10 The Presiden- "
y a man who r~eDuIsed the people, potitjonIng
juccor from a mischieyous policy ne bad as. il
in devising for the country, by telling "
hem "they expect too much from tho Govern Il
Doyou bold to the avowal of his near NJ
,st and most trusted friend, that Government 5.
hould take care of Itself and the people of al
themselves" Was not the Government crea- tt
ed to protect the people in their rights! or was A,
t only erected to take care of itself, or in other to
to afford fat salaries to those who ad- ia
il? VI
Are you prepared TO zee the locust host of b
peeulators that converted the public treasury, is
Mr. Van Buren's administration, into is
vast spoils and plumber, and made official VI
robitv a scoff and bye-Word amongst men, c,
gain consume the substance of the people, n,
nd faint the moral atmosphere with repetition a
f official turpitude? 10
Have the people so soon forgot the cold in A,
Inference and cruel scorn with which their in
%etitions were rejected, by an administration "
hat answered the prayer of distress and the h:
Of the oppressed, by continually de- al
specie, specie, specie for its subal- le
erns whilst there was none for the people. nj
Are you willing that the partlzans ola man ic
aptly atyled by a leader of hia own q
aith, a fox and likened to a weasel, shall first
ockeY his competitors from the track and
hen triumph over a people who have hurled th
i'm from power, after experience Of his inca 10
acity for and unworthiness of public trusts
Ind who now re-asseFts his claims to office by a
enouncing the million and a quarter Of free
Zen who voted for Gen. Harrison, as fools, W
tho were blinded by pageants and stuffed by
ebaucheries--as though they could be kicked
1to loving him. "
His friends have already begun the destruc- re
ion of the only law that is working the saliva ~
ion of the nation.-They are swift in this bu- n'
ere its benefits be felt too widely, and ~
ecome too apparent for sophistry TO tamper III
the judgements of men concerning it.
The convulsion Of the public mind casts TO T