Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-09-02

opponent IN lac territory than Mr.. Martin
Why do not his opponents state these facts.
They rely upon toruring and perversion
Of the past TO accomplish their eads. They
would blind the people to the present ifthey
could. They would hide the fact that it is
the uhig candidate, with all the errors and
evils of the whiggery of the present day,
that they would have the people support in-
stead of the candidate efthe Democracy
who properly represents the opinions and
principles oflhe party. Let not the peo-
pie be deceived.
WIG AssERTIoNs.-When assertion is
taken without question iordruth, Whiggery
may possibly advance, butnot until then. The
last American says:
at is scarcely speaking too boldly 10 as.
sert that almost every state in the Union
where that party have been in power for the
majority of the past dozen years, has en-
barked in wild schemes of improvement,
plunged itselfi into debt and its credit be-
low par; while every state that has been fa-
vored with wing administration during the
same time, has healthy and prosperous
system of Improvements and credit as
sound as Wing integrity"
In opposition to this whore is a state
more shamelessly delinquent than the state
of Maryland always waig, where is state
more prosperous and more nobly honorable,
than New York, nearly always Democratic.
And in this latter state. is it not purely the
Democratic policy in opposition to the wing
which has maintained and secured her cred
IL, and advacned her prosperity. Who were
the advocat OF the system of borrowing
largely and extending Improvements in that
state? The wings; and it was the democrats
who stopped extensions; stopped borrowing,
and applied the revenues of Tie state,
to the payment of debts, whereby the
credit of the state has been preserved
unmpaircd, crushing debt has been avoided
and the prosperity Of the people preserved
and secured.
If few wing states have been paralyzed
with debts it is simply because there are few
wing states in the Uaion. The errors which
originated these things were neither wing
nor democratic. They were the result ofan
epidemic, which seized all parties alike, land
the question is not with whom the evil orr
gnated, (for it originated with all) but who
arc now the friends and opponents Of the
system. The case of New York is case
in point. The credit OF Pennsylvania under
a democratic administration is in a great
measure restored; and through democratic
influence she will be relieved from every
stain upon her escucheon. So fas as the
new states are concerned, in view of the ex-
tent TO which they became involved, during
the prevalence of the epidemic il is impos.
s'ble for thim, with new and struggling
population and undeveloped resources,
whether under wing or democratic influence
to do any thing mole than nantes; deter
mnatlon to pay as soon as possible, and in
this respect certainly wings do not give bet
Ter assurance than democrats.
But the question is, what is noc? The
Democracy have abandoned the evils ofthe
earlier day. as they have manifested them.
selves; the wings still cling to them, and de-
size 10 make them, the policy of the land
This is the matter for the people to consider
Do they desiiethe success ofthe party, which
prohilng none by the experience of time
past, desle 10 rush into the system which
has Frustrated nearly every state Of the Tn.
ion; OF OF The party who oppose this system,
and advocate an econom cal I'D steady mol
icy. No borrowing OF money and running
in debt to cons,ruct Improvements of doubt
full value, but impro emen,s where the bu.
siness warrants and will pay down for tie
work. The first of these is the whiq the
last the democratic party. This is the true
stale OF affairs, and il becomes our people.
abont entering int state government, to du-
ly estimate The matter. We know what their
response will be. Our people are hard
working and economical people. They have
no desire for inflated measures of anv kind.
and the wing policy Of the land finds no ia
vor with them.
So tar as the general government is con-
corned, we know what The Democrtic poll
is, Andrew Jackson fully defined il in
his veto ofthe MaysviIle Road Bin. He
wisely conceived tina, ii was no part of The
duty Of the general government, 10 be
making improvements in the states; or if j,
was, that II was no part of its policy, Tor
The demand for improvements, would far
exceed the ability of any government.
without the most burthsnsome taxes on the
people at large, TO meet. Harbor improve
ments were different; and improvements
IN the Territories, which are not states. but
Immediately under the jurisdlct on of The
government, have always been recognized
by the Democracy. Indeed,a we Showed
a week or two since, il is from The De-
mocracy, that as Territory we have re-
ceived the favors We have. Tho Democ-
racy gave Us our three harbors; they have
made appropriations for our roads: and
that the southern influence is 10, oppos.
ed 10 us, is evidenced from the fact iha,
orr bill OF last year containing harbor and
road appropriations, received the sanction
- ne PRESIDENT, the general bill being los,
Tou grounds entirely aside from any