Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-05-10

" mig party. by tne5b MARKS VIC kuoW
the Wbig party Of 1888, Of l776, Of l8
"a and Of 1870 There it stands, dis
,nct and peculiar, in itS primitive
strength and purity, and uncomprOmi-
sing maintenance OF the natural and Q
quail rights Of man.
Had the Wings OF 1858 lived in our
day, and in our country, they would not
have sustained the vetoes Of Andrew
Jackson and of John Tyler. Had The
Wings Of 1910 lived in l776 they would
have resisted the Stamp acl,-and in
1858 they would have been Regicides.
There stands the Wing party always
abhorring tyranny, and despising aduls'
tion, they defy Executive power, and
they break in pieces all institutions de-
signed to defeat the will Of the people
as well as the caucus system established
to defeat the will Of the people, as the
veto, used 10 bring that will into subjec'
ton.
10 this country the Wings are always
identified Oot only by these principles,
but also BY their policy, which changes
not. The first Congress Of the United
States was Wing Congress. II eslab-
Iished Dalional currency and nation
al Tariff; and devoted the national do
main 10 fortify the credit Of the Nation
and Of the States The first Congress
promuIg gated no such theories as that
government had nothing TO do with the
currency, or that the people expected
too much from their rulers. Those
who signed the Declaration Of lndePeu-
dence would have been shocked by the
lrreverence which transferred the name
Of that sacred instrument to the title
page Of Sub-Treasury statute.
| Nor were the Wings Of 1887 less wise
in their generation than the Statesmen
Of this day in regard to Free Trade
They knew that it wasa theory 10 be
incucated among men for their ultimate
and universal adoption. That Free
Trade, like the millennium, was to be
preached Tor and prayed for, that i,
might be established throughout the
whole world. But they knew that IN.
iii the rich and powerful states Of Eu
rope would reIinquish their restrictions
on an infant trade, it would be folly anc
madness for this new commonwealth tc
leave the industry and labor Of its CHI
zens unprotected. The American Sys
tenn has been ascribed to Henry Clay
Nevertheless, great as h,s merits in ad
vocalng it are, the system dates Iron
the days Of Washington and comes dow
TO US with the sanction Of his imm orta
name.
The Wings Of 1857 feinVieora'ed ant
} restored The credit OF the States Of th'
nation, by devoling the revenues oi th'
Public Domain to the extingulshmenI o
, The Pubic Debt, and thus they ultimate
ly secured The great achievement oI th
r age, the payment OF the principal a
, we'll as interest OF National Debt in
f CURED in the establishment Of Natona
! lndependence--an achievement whic
! boastug England never conceived o
, and never has attempted to emulate
Had either ofthe two recent Whig law
I for distributing the revenues of the pub
J lie domain among the States been allo'
/ ed effect, there would not now be a
|. insolvent State, and the American Pee
s pie would have avoided the only re
= proach that has justly fallen upon lheI
y name.
Adhere 10 the Federal Union, and al
siduously strengthen ii by all 'he mean
= in your power. by opening roads an
o improving rivers which shall laciIitat
intercourse between the citizens OF III
n several States, and incite them to cult
, vate relations OF mutual interest and a
T fecton, was The parting injunction OF III
Father OF his country. True TO lht
3 injunction the Wings Of l840-snd 1874
o wait to resume the Public Work
d which their advsrsariss have abandoned
! and to aid and restore the ieebIer State
Q who for want OF their just shares OF III
g revenues Of the National Domain, haV
= failed in indiScreeI but not unworIh
II enterprises.
81 Which then is the Whig patty' whic
D the republican, which the true Demo
" cratic party?--the party Of Liberty,
y Equality, of HumanityH the party
'e Hope, Of Progress, and Of Civilization
r Let the history Of the past--Iet the de
y veIopemenls Of the future, determine
10 The Wing party has committed error
% Human race cannot buterr. lndiVidua
Ig often err, and masses still more rreQueI
ID ly, But the errors Of the Wing part
is are always on the side Of law, oI ordt
70 and Of popular liberty. Let US tax
y care TO correct all our errors, and let |
10 take care that no errors Of conduct, I
partial or temporary interests, no pr
ir JUDGES unworthy Of freemen, or Of mel
# retard this great party Of our hopes ar
or our affections Let it continue 10 occu