The St. Landry whig., 1844-10-10
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I'm WIGS AND THEIR MEASURES;

TTuE WHIGS AND THEIR MEASURES.
y Z ,,nder This caption that the National In !,
ollirencer thus speaks in its wonted lucid and y
rniTlc manner 4ormatters which cannot he too :
orcibly impressed Upon the public mind at TINS
uncture u
II is within the knowledge ofeyery intelligent {
man that when the WING President, Gen. Har- Il
.iSon came into office HE found an empty Trear q
s,,ry and the country l,rdened besides BY his
PREDECESSORS, with debtASor the payment ofwhlch
care had been talxen,Xssnd a revenue less than
the current expenses on lie Government, which
also tbe "Democratic'' administration had lett
""P an extra SCI session of cSlgress at the earliest
practible moment become inevitable, and a pro-
.clamation to that effect was issued by President
Harrison as soon as the state finances came 10
be with any certainty asccrtained.
Soon after issuing his proclamation, President
Harrison died but his proclamation held good,
and Congress having assembled, went toswork
to provide temporarily 81 the necessities of the
Government by authorising loans and the ennis
sion of Treasury notes TO an amount sufficient to
keep the Government agoing until a more per-
manent revenue could be devised.
AT the regular session of Congress following,
the Wings went steadily to work to establish a
revenue for the support of the Government. In
this ef1ortthey encountered the hostility of all the
elements of a bold and c~onfiding minority, and
received no aid or countenance from the few
friends the President has in Congress. The
Government in the mean time was becoming
more and more involved, and its credit growing
daily less, until it had hardly a dollar inthe Irea-
sury, and its credit was so far reduced that an
agent, sent abroad to make a loan, could find no
trace of after a diligent search, but was laugh
ed at by all Europefo his pains.
In the face of every difficulty, the Wings laid
themselves out upon the work, and surlnountlng
all impediment passed a Tariff bill, which the
President put his veto upon for reasons more
exceptionable than even the exercise Of the
veto in such a case.
Discouraged, but not disheartened-bent upon
discharging their duty in the face OF everyobsta-
cle-thc Wings again put their shoulders tothe
wheels ofthe car of Government, by this time
set fast in a slough, and at the temporary sacri-
lice of a cherished feature OF their plan ofCov-
orment, passed another Tariff bill, which recei.
+ we'd the signature of the President, became the
Tariff Act of 1912, and at once set the Govern.
r ment machine again in motion.
This is the only part of the General plane
/, Wing administration, which the Wings Wills
i, they had the majority in both Houses of Con
gres, were ablf, to carry into effect and they
carried it again{s the almost unanimous vote o
! the Loco. Foco pSo3rty, who began from the vea
S first daye expirSabSagcto threaten its repeal, ant
,ba,, up perpetuaIIM =
r of his ele5ion' ntary upon the policy Of The
V Non who hsth4not Embodied in this act, is a com
~, t les resided in thisle condition OF the Govern
men. ton, and one when that law passed, aut
,beir chosen; and
Then, the Cow, snent was unable to borrow
4 money upon any teist. Noe, six per cent, stoc
% of the United States is selling at fourteen pc
| cent, advance upon its par value, and the Coy
eminent could, without difficulty, borrow a hur
e dred millions of dollars atlcss than five per cen
interest.
Then, without a dollar in the Treasury, til
Government was dependent on fresh issues
ID Treasury Notes (below par to the markct) tc
/ meeting its engagements.
" Nor, theresi is an amount Of eight millions
N dollars actually in the Treasury, which will pre-
10 badly be increased by the first of January me-
to a surplus of Twelve Millions of dollars, almo
enough to c~xtinguiSh the whole public debt crc
ated by the last Administration.
Then, in every vocation of Life, and in ever
branch of industry and trade were visible stagn;
= nation, dependency, and dismay. Now, IN a
branches ofindustry, agriculture, commerce, ar
manufactures, there is comparative activity, Ell
" ~terprise, and prosperity.
n, 1t is the policy WHICH has brought about the.
Isl blessings that the Loco-tocos arc bent upon de
troying.
it was against this policy that all the efforts
OF the leaders of that party are bent at the last Sc
sion of Congress. 1t is against this policy tn
to tboy ,ra ya0;nr the most deadly warfare in su
u. po%rtingihe election ofMr. Polk, known to be Q
I'd posed toit, against Mr.. Clay, its earliest, its ste
st diest, and most Jealous advocate.
at Choose ye, People of the United States, !
r. tween these opposing candidates and the antaq
n mist principles which they represent.
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o. LOCOFOCO SENTIMENTS.