The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-10-24
The Speaking on Friday Might.

Messrs. StaTke and Adams having chang.
ed the time Of their appointment at this
place, addressed a very respectable portion
Of the citizens at the Armory on last Fii-
day night. And at the conclusion Of the
meeting, we could not but regret the change,
as many Of our friends from the country lost
treat which PETER B. STARKE, the noblest
champion Of Wing principles in the State,
alone could serve up.
Judge Adams led the way in speech Of
about an hout and half in length. He
took up and discussed in order, with the
usual quantum of locofoco sophistry, ex>
pIoded theories, reckless assertions, and
long.winded denunciations, the great guess
tons Of the National Bank, the Veto Power,
the distribution Of the proceeds Of the Pub
lie Lands, Texas and Oregon, the lndepen.
dent Treasury, and the Tariff Of 1s42. The
Judge argued these several questions in
more calm and Gispassonate manner than
is generally customary with the stump
orators of his party; but of the National
Bank, however, his heated Imagination con.
iured 10 a hideous and Ifjghtiul monster,
which, like the Evil One, went roaming
throughout the length and breadth OF the
land "seeking whom it might devour" !;
turning deaf ear 10 the grOan Of fbe OPP
pressed widow and the cry of the helpless
orphan; consuming every thing which came
in its way, and leaving ruin, distress ard
devastation TO mark its progress. This will
do very we'll for political speech, but when
we coolly and deliberately reflect upon the
history Of our country, and remember the
prosperity and happiness Of the Nation, the
equality and regularity OF the currency, and
the facilities Of exchange, which prevailed
during the time the United States Bank was
in operation, and then the disorder, irEegu,
larity and fraud, which existed under the
Sub. Treasury Scheme, every one must re-
greet that some such institution is not now
in existence. He contended stEehuously
for the Independent Treasury, as an efficient
and cxpedient Fiscal Agent, and one of his
chief arguments in its favOl was that The
! officers acted under the solemn sanction O
an oath: but that even the obligation of al
oath has no power to restrain fraud, coFTup
-tiOnaDd dishonesty, We have only 10 recu
to the history of such Sub Treasures a
SwartwOut, Price, Boyd, Harris, and others
Upon the Tariff and other questions, tn,
Judges address abOunded with the trit
and exploded doctrines which are familia
to every one who has paid any attention Il
lOcOfoco orators for several years past.
General Starke followed with one of III,
hapPiest efforts of his mighty mind. Hi
speech was replete with sound reasOnin!
and unanswerAble arguments, and abound
ing with keen wit and burning sarcasm
He completely exploded the idle sophistrie
Of his opponent, and served up his argu
men;s stripped of the apparent plausibilit,
IN which be had clothed them. He enter
ed FIRST upon the discussion of the Tariff
and with strength and elOquence hereto
fore unsurpassed, made an unanswerabl,
defence Of that noblest monument Of Whil
legislation: which one act alone, viii be in
scrlbed upon the pages Of his country's his
tory with the pen Of immortality, and cove
. with halo Of unfading glory the name o
lis great protector, tho Sage Of Ashland
He portrayed in glowing colors and true II
J the life, the bankrupt condition Of the Ma
tiOnal Treasury: the ruin, distress and pow
} eFty which peFvaded every class Of the com
munity previous TO the year 1912; and theT
with an equal power and ability, showed
how the Tariff had filed the Treasury; car
! ried wealth and prosperity alike to the pal
/ ace Of the rich and the cottage of the poor
extended protection not only the loldly
manufacturer, but to the hardy Agricul
/ turalist and the laboring Mechanic; anC
+ gave life. animation and yigor to eli the di'
/ versifed interests Of the Nation. With |
. bold and master hand, be then depicted th'
! misery and distress which would ensue upor
: any vital alteration Of the TariG-he show
] ed that Massachusetts, would cease TO con
sumo her sI,OOo.OOO Of Cotton, and he
SO, 100000 Of Western Produce--,h,
E Northern States from being consumers woul,
! lbecOme pfoducers-the large amount d
! capital now invested in Manufactures woul
. Be Withdrawn and invested in agriculture
8 pursuiis. and inevitably cause great re
. ductiCn in The price Of Western and South