The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-18
THE WEST BECOMING WISER.

THE WEST BECOMING WISER.
Mr.. KENNEDY, of Indiana, on Tuesday last, in
his speech upon the motion to reconsider the vote
on Mr. Thomasson's resolution--for which, see
the proceedings Of the House for Monday and
Tuesday gave the world some very gratifying
intelligence. He said thatN" as to the great BEN
efts derived by the West from system Of pro-
tective taxation, there had been a time when the
West were big enough fools to let their pockets
be filched Of their money in that belief; but they
now had found out that what they paid in taxes,
direct or indirect, was so much gone. They knew
now that when. Government put its hand there
and took out FIVE dollars, it put four dollars of it
in the pocket Of another set Of men, and all such
songs came too late in the year 1874"
Soft seemsthe people Of the West were " BIG
FOOLS" a few years ago, but have now become
wiser. We are extremely rejoiced that the peo-
pie Of the West are becoming wiser SO fast, and
loolk.in time, to see them all statesmen, philoso-
piers, and sages. 1t needed not the assurance of
the honorable member from the tenth district of
Indiana, made upon the floor of the House Of Re-
representatives., with all the Importance and respon-
siblity which attaches to his position as the rep
resentative of seventy thousand people, to con-
vince us that the people of the West, or at least
that portion of them who reside in the said tenth
district, we're becoming wiser than they formerly
were. The fact Of their sending SO erudite and
distinguished gentlemen to represent them in
the great Legislative body of the nation proclaims
their increasing wisdom, trumpet-tongued. If we
recollect Alright, the West, that is to say that por
ton of it which constituted the Northwest Terri
tory out of which were formed the States Of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, &c, was once repre-
scented by William Henry Harrison, and subse-
quently by Jeremiah Morrow; that a Noble, a
a Rariden, a Jennings, Test, and an O., HI.
Smith, formerly represented portion Of the peo-
pie Of the State from which the distinguished
gentleman comes men of little note, it is true,
as compared with him, but whose names are asso-
ciated with the history Of the West in times
when the people were "BIG FOOLS" Really
we cannot but rejoice at the rapid increase of
wisdom in the great West, as evinced by the diff
ference in the character Of her representatives in
old time and now, and we congratulate the people
of the West upon having the fact proclaimed to
the world, by their modest representative.
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/ TENNEssEE.-The Wing members of the Leg
islature of Tennessee held meeting on the 9Th
instant, and nominated Gnstavus "A. Henry and
John Bell, candidates for the Office Of electors
I of President and Vice President of the United
States. They also appointed VIM. Martin, ESQ.,
Of Smith county, and Lewis P. Williams, Esq,
Of Fayette county, delegates for the State at large
to the Wing National Convention to be held in
Baltimore in May next; and LIE Roy Pope and
C. C. Norvell, Esqs., their alternates.
Johnson meeting was recently held at Buff.
falo The chairman, George W.. Clinton, said
that he regarded Col. johnson as the strongest
and Mr. Van Buren, as the weakest candidate
that while he should certainly support Mr.. Van
Buren, if nominated, yet that he should do so
without any hope Of success
The Philadelphia Gazette says that Governor
Porter has refused to appear before the Commit
tee on Printing, appointed by the Legislature, to
answer as to the charges made against the State
printer in his annual message. They have issued a
| subpoena for him to appear before the committee
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MIKE WALSH, speaking of pipe laying, says
"The cant about pipe laying during the last
Presidential election is all froth and clap-trap ;
and ii is indeed about every other election. We
laid as much, if not more than the Wigs; and
every man in the Democratic party who. knows
| anything about the matter, kno,os that ,ve did,"
From the .Ne,o York Tribune
TARIFF AND PRICES.
1t is often asserted by the advocates of free
trade that the consumer pays the duty imposed by
the tariff in all cases. This is grossly untrue,
because we manufacture many articles cheaper
than they could be imported without any duty.
But the free trader says this is specially true in
regard to those articles which are not made here.
On one article can speak from personal knowl-
edge, viz crockery, of which there is but one
small mandatory in this country, having no in