New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-07
ADDRESS
l'kEEMEN OF NEW.YORK

FREEMEN OF NEw- YORK:
In behalf OF portion Of your fellow citizens, as
socieed in efforts 10 promote The election of HENRY
| CLAY us President aud THEODORE FRELINGHUYsEs
as Vice President OF the Union, appeal 10 YOU for
ardent and energetic cooperation III the great work
OF National beneicence which has called us to-
gether. We shall endeavor TO speak briefly and 10
the purpose.
We come before Won with no hackneved appeals
! 10 bygone distinctons-no unworthy attempts TO
perpetuate the preJudccs and hairedS engendered
| by the party stries of moulderng generations Let
the dead bury their deed. We ask not whether
YOUR fathers sympalhized and struggled with Wash.
| ngton, Marshall and Jaw, with Jefferson, Alad-
and George Clinton, in the political contests OF
| forty or iy years age. 1t suficcs us to know that
You earnestly desire and strive tor the well being of
your country, according 10 the best ligh; afforded
you, regarding the Past only 10 be guided by lis ex.
pcrience and warned by It's We ask vour
cooperation, not because the Wings were once right
or because you may heretofore have voted with them
NOT because they profess TO bc governed by lofty
Trnciple and generous devotion 10 Lberiv-but
because their acts tend 10 Your benefit, with that OF
the State and Nalon-hecausc their measures are
right essentially, and right n0r.
What are the principles and purposes which dis
tinguish the Wings from their opponents l-They
may be briefly summed up as follows:
The Wings contend for,
|. A TARIFF, which shall of itself afford sufi-
a.
economically administered, and pay of It's Debt ::
the Duties adjusted and Disseminated as TO urc-
tcct efficiently the Productive Labor OF our own
People against any depressing and ruinous foreign
competition III the supply olour own markets. Our
opponents, as a party, oppose this and insist that
determinations should be made for Rcrcgue onlv
which would require l0rer duties on such imported
articles US come IN competition with the products OF
our own Industry, and higher on such Us are only
produced abroad.
II. a NATIONAL CURRENCY, created by the ac-
ton OF Congress, carefully guarded against revu
SION and depreciation, wherein every NAV remit
receive transfer or exchange, any number of dol
lars without the risk and heavy cost Oa Mail trans
portaiion OF Specie, aud without depreciation or
discount.
Ill. A DISTRACTION OF THE PRoCEEDS OF THE
PUBLIC LANDS equtably and statedy among Ill
the States OF the uuion, so that each may enjoy and
realize It's rishtiul inheritance IN The vast and terri
Domain achieved by the va!or ard purchased by
the treasure of our ore.sthers, and all together NAV
he encouraged TO provide for the Universal Educa-
ZION of Their Youth, and for the prosecution of those
benehcen, and neediul works OF Internal Improve
men; which will prove blessing 10 each and 10 all
". Last IN order, but first in importance. Coop
FAITH in all National rs we'll as individual .raus4c-
;oas, end an utter loathing Of all Reputation,
whether OF Public Debts 9nd obligations, or oi our
solemn Treaty compscts with Foreign Nations and
with the Aborlgnes OF our own broad domain
These are the cardinal principles on which we
find ourselves confronted and resisted by the oppo-
sing party, winch. by nearly three TO one in the
House, aud by eighteen 10 two in the Senate, does
is utmost 10 break down the present Protective
Tariff and substitute bill thoroughly and avowcd-
IL antPro;ecIiNe ana which has jlst nominated
determined, Cncomprom!sias enemy OF Protection
Tor Presdent--whicn every where avows lis deadly /
hostility 10 the Land Distribution and its dete:m-
natior that the Land Proceeds shall continue 10
pour into and b. disbur>cd from the Federal Treasu
y, 10 induce constant oscillation and sensible
depression in the rutes OF duty imposed by the Tar
n aud the vas, patrimony bequra;hed to us by our
Revolutionary ancestors shall year by year be ex-
pended on objects OF temporary interest until The
whole shall have been melted away, leaving no to-
ken OF MS existence butthe stigma which short
sighted improsdence shall have lesnsly affixed TO
he American name.
In regard 10 the Currency, we DO not say what
reclse measure may be necessary 10 restore 10 the
People OF 'hls Union the advantages OF II Currency
which shal! be OF uniform value IN all parts OF The
Union, and readily irausmissble irom any one TO
noi!IeI-we do mol say what agency can secure us
ssans, the dangers OF over-ssues Of Paper, which
sven now appear 10 threaten us, in defiance OF our