The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-23
o. The news received by the southern mail last
night, will be found on our fourth page

10 nave created great deal OF dierence OF opinion
amongst the small fry politicians of the day, and
particularly those who belong to this and that party
just cattle to their owner or slaves to their mas
ter. We find this particularly amongst the ultra
friends of Clay and the ultra supporters OF Calhoun
Our honest, impartial, philosophical, and perfectly
free opinion of that election and the results invov
ed in the contest is, 1t seems by no means satisiac-
tory to these gentry. We shall begin with the
Fourier section of the wing party. The Daily TTi-
b1spe has the following
The Herald (Which falsely cited in the locofoco jour
nails whenever suits their purpose asa whig paper has
least three times clearly asserted that the wings Of
Maryland in their late contest proclaimed the Assumption
of State Debts by the Federal Government Of the
cardinal principles Of the whig party Will the editor
state what grounds this assertion Is made1 We await
his before the in the
terms which we deem appropriate and righteous.
Without stopping moment to chastise as it de-
serves the impudent chara,ansm of this Fourierite
philosopher, whose common language, to person
who differs from him in opinion, Isl "villian,"
'scoundrel, ""rascal," and such like termswe will
at once proceed to show that opinion, as to the
issues involved in that election, perfectly correct,
and susceptible of the cearest possible demonstra-
ton in every point of view.
We have said that in the recent election in Mary
land, so far as we could ascertain, from the decla-
ratons of parties beforehand, the wings conducted
the controversy in favor of National Bank-a pro-
tective tarf-aud distribution of the land revenues,
or assumption of State debt This latter point
seems TO be denied by the Fourier wing organ.
Now we will explain.
The real practical question involved is some
mode of appropriating the revenues accruing from
the public lands by which the several States of the
Union, now in state OF partial Reputation or in
solvency could be raised from that condition, and
be enabled, by the distribution, or any other mode
of disposal of these revenues, to pay their debts
their interest One mode ofreaching that point has
beenby the direct appropriation of the proceeds of
the land sales to the several States Another mode
has been the assumption of the debts of these
States by the General Government issuing stock
on the faith of the public lands, and applying the
proceeds of these lands directly to the payment of
the interest Practically, in any common sense
point Of view, both measures are alike. Assump-
ton is merely indirect distributions; and distribu-
ton is merely indirect assumption. The great OBJ
ject aimed at by both measures is to provide the
means OF paying the annual interest of the States
which cannot discharge their obligations. We
cannot perceive any difference, therefore, between
these measures and call them indferently, assump-
ton or distribution.
in practical point of view was involved in the poll
teal controversy in Maryland, and that it is involved
in the whole contest throughout the Union, at the
coming election, between Clay and Van Buren,.
According to appearances, we think, too, that the
people Of the United States will support this prac-
teal assumption, distribution, or whatever you
please to call it. The great disgrace which has
been attached to this country among all the
civilized nations of the world, is beginning to
be felt by the people at large; and if the whole
nation has the means to remove that disgrace, ell
Their by the distribution of the land revenues by
direct assumption, we are very much disposed to
think that the effort will be made by majority Of
the voters next November.
This much for explanation on that point. AS to
the remarks of the ultra partizans of Calhoun they
are worthless, and require sort of attention. 1t
is true, as appears by the paragraph we have quo
ted from the Fourier organ, that there seems to be
a great controversy amongst these ultra, rabid in
sane politicians, as TO whether the Ne,U York He
raid is whig or locofoco journal In our inde
pendent position we srrictly-as on all occasions we
endeavor to do-tel the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, on every event that takes place If
the truth happens to be in favor of the wings, we
tell it; if in favor of the ocofocos, we tell it, And
yet in spite of this uniform candor, which is now
well enough known amongst calm, impartial OBJ
servers, those rabd politicians will this day insist
that we are wing paper-and the next that we
are locofoco paper But neither designation
applies TO us. We trust are far above the dirty
mean, contemplate, scum of politics. We tell the
truth all occasions and when we are led astray
by Misrepresentation, never hesitate a moment
to correct the when it is pointed out. We
occupy position above ali parties all factions all
charatans, Fourier otherwise. We stand as far
removed from them-as entirely independent of
them, as truth itself-without reference to this or
that paltry faction-this or that mi SCRABBLE set of
partizans.
With these remarks the philosophy of the
Maryland election, we now close with bit of po-
etry on the same and request our readers to
sing the following air TO the tune Of :" Old Hun
dred,'' 4" Old undertook" sold Hunker," or
any other old thing they please only let them be
sure they keep time, and mind their stops. Here
goes Joe Hoxie will please to lead of-long
metre.
THE LITTLE RED FOX.
TuNE-OM Dan Tucker
The moon up. and bright as day,
Tho stars they winked in their quiet way
When the Undertook Fox was chased by Coon,
As the west wind whstled this bran new tune
Get out OF the way, you're quite too late
You little Red Fox Of the Empire State
The Fox had hoped that the Buckeye Boys
Would beat of the Coon with a laundering noise,
But his heart grew sad and his fur few off,
As he heard, while he hccupped churchyard cough,
Get out Of the way, Sc
over the line to old Pennsyltuck
The Fox thought he'd go in search Of luck
But the cry went up, we don't want you here
And they sung, there dropt from his eye tear,
Get out Of the way, &C.
SO on he went to the old North State
With the hope that "Old Rip" would avert his fate
But when he got there he lost his tail,
And the Coon boys sung, as he " cut" with wall,
Get out Of the way, &c.
The tsillcss Fox then went to Tennessee,
To beg little help from Old Hick-oree
But he heard as he went, loud shout for Jones,
And the song, as he scampered to save his bones,
Get out Of the way, sc.
Breathess with fear and without a tail,
The sight Of Coon skin made him quail