Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-05-23
discharge Of the duties OF the station for

discharge Of the duties OF the station for
which he mas been selected.
Resolved, That this Convention do, there
fore. mos, cordially ratify and confirm the
said nominations, and Go pledge themselves
and the wing party to the vigorous support
and furtherance OF the same, with all the
zeal and by all the effort which may become
good citizens striving in the cause OF their
country.
Resolved, Tha. this convention re-affirm
and proudly proclaim their adherence to the
distinctive Principles and Measures o: the
wing party. now known of all men, and
cherished by a large majority Of the Amer
lean people as follows:
l. 4 Tariff which shall! OF itself provide
sufficient revenue to pay the debts and de-
fray the expenditures Of the Federal Gov
crnment-such Tariff SO adj usted as equal
~ to protect, encourage and cherish in all its
branches, the Productive Industry of the
country.
2. A National Currency, which shall be
of uniform par value in every par: CT the
Union, and which may be transmitted from
one section to any part OF another without
discount or depreciation, and at the small
lest possible cost-to be created by such
means and instrumentalities as shall com.
mend themselves to the wisdom OF the next
Wing Congress, counselled and aided, not
INSTRUCTED and thwarted, by genuine wing
President,
3 A fair and Just distribution Of tie
Proceeds of the Public Lands among the
several states of the Union, to be by them
devoted to purposes OF general and perma-
nent utility thereby protecting the com
mon interest of all from aggression and
spoliation, preventing unnecessary and per
nicious fluctuations in the Tariff, and put
ting stop to the discredtabe spectacle Of
free and enlightened Nation, year by year
devouring its substance and steadily dimin-
ishing the broad patrimony bcqneathed to
ii by the valor. and sacrifices OF an illustrlous
ancestry to supply the waste and want OF
its annual and ordinary expenditures.
Resolved, That the practical restriction
OF the Veto power, which has grown by re-
peated encroachlHehts INTO mighty engine
OF Executive Despotlsm, the limitation Of Il
President 10 u Single term; the retrench
ment Of our national expenditures by every
practicable means; the reform Of the now
glarlng abuse and corIupt!ons growing out
of an unworthy bestowal of Executive pa
tronage; and the general reduction of bur
thcns and increase of benefits resulting to
VIC pCuplO nun Tie CAlSlcUCG uuQ OPERA
tions CT the Federal Government, are OBJ
jects Tor which the wing party will unceas.
ingly strive until their efforts are crowned
with signal and triumphant success.
Gov METcALFE, of KY, followed and
spoke in his usual eloquence for the wings Of
Ky and the Union.
The Hon. Tnos. EWING, Of Ohio, having
been calleo on, was received with rapturous
applause. He briefly vindicated himself for
the part he had taken with respect to Mr.
1ylcr's Administration, and spoke warmly
in favor Of his old friends and associates
HENRY CLAY and THEODORE FRELlNGIUYsEN.
Then came EDWIN STANLEY, Of n. Carroll
ma, who expressed himself delighted with
the scene before him, and with the glorious
wings around him. He had been more than
satisfied with the nominations, and North
Carolina would stand by them.
Mr. WEBSTER made second speech at an
other part OF the stand, and was followed by |
MIR BORIS, Mr. CRITrENDEN, MIR HUNTINGDON,
and Mr. 5 EwART. We shall publish sketch
es Of Their speeches in our next.
resolution was adopted that the next
Y Dung Mems Convention should be held in
he city OF PEiiadelphia; and after few
words from Mr. BoAEDMAN, oil Connecticut,
he Committee of Ratification adjourned,
;iae die.