The North-Carolina standard., 1845-04-23

matlOD, the statement WoOto DC SOStaIncu. he
Thought the number might be put down at eight
hundred; divide this number by two hundred and
twentylhree, the number Of members in Con-
gress,) and it would give nearly four ofthose OF:
fees to each congressional district in the twenty.
six States There is not a congressional district
in the Union but what can furnish It's proportion
able number Of. officers, as well qualified and
equally as pure and incorruptible as those hang
ers-on about this city. The people have them to
! pay. and ifthe government have become source
of profit and honor, he could not see why they
should not be distributed equally among them.
He was not in favor of prescription but when
one set of individuals had had the offices and the
emoluments of Office long enough, he could see
no good reason why they should not be turned
out and others permitted to enjoy similar benefits
a corresponding length of time. Some of the
States had treble their proportion Of these officers,
while others comparatively had none. As an in
stance of what he was saying, Ohio, with twenty
one members upon this floor, had only, eight of
these officers, while Maryland with only six mrm-
bers. had one hundred and lhirty-lhfee, and Vir-
ginia had one hundred and fourteen He gave
this case merely to illustrate. He thought none
of these States could reasonably complain whose
citizens had enjoyed the benefits every way result
ing from those Offices so long, at now being
duced to their fair proportions and thereby permit
the other States to furnish their quotas, and be-
come equal participants in the patronage Of the
| federal government
| H6founo he was digrrssng, and would pursue
this idea no longer. What he had said upon this
point was merely thrown out as a suggestion, and
might be considered parenthesis.
But some gentlemen talked about James K.
Polk as if he was mere cipher. He wouldtell
those speculaihg gentleman that they had mistak.
en- The man; and that James K. Polk when he
came into power, would belhe master spirit Of his
administration in defiance of Vaccinations Of in.
triguing politicians, and in defiance Of the united
opposition ofthe whole whig party.
He thought the late nomination Of the Balti-
more convention of James K Polk, and the man.
ner in which that nomination was sustained by
the people, had taught a" few old party hacks, or
hunkers," as they are called by some, lesson to
be long remembered by them. Governor Polk
did not owe his nomination to the intrigue and
management ofa few wire-working politicians, or
to being in what is called the line of safe prcce-
dents but to the fixed and settled determination
of the people to lay aside and dispose Of some Of
those incubuses that had fastened themselves upon
the body polite. The people, through the Bal
timore convention, had bounded clear over party
management and intriguing politicians, and went
out among themselves for their candidate for the
presidency, and they have succeeded in electing
him; consequently he is under no obligation to
this or the other faction. He is the peoples Presi.
dent, and will come into power unincumbercd,
!
ter the government upon those great principles
best calculated to do the greatest good. He said
| Gov. Polk was the plebean President, and he
hoped and trusted the country would have ple'
bean administration for once.
! A little fuIther on in the gentIeman's speech,
! [Mr CL1NGMAN's,J which was, he presumed, iB-
tended for the elections North Carolana next sum-
mer, he found another singular position assumed.
| The gentleman, in reference to the Pennsylvania
mead he e, ,lowin0 lon0na0e.
! "A singular state of things was exhibited in
Pennsylvania and heard democratic members
ofthis House speak lsughingly, of seeing in that
State, numberIess banners with the inscription
borne on them Of Polk, Dallas, and the Dem
Wigs attempted TO set this matterright, they
told by the honest but ignorant yeomGnry Of that
Slate, that they could not believe that Mr.. Polk
was opposed to The tariff, because they had been
| assured by their leaders, the men in whom they
had been accustomed to confde, that he was much
more favorable to protective tariff Than was Mir.
Clay."
"TAe honest Gpt ignorant yeomGnry Of Penn
! sylraniar A few words on this subject. But
he would first observe that, in another portion Of
this conundrum, which was before him, the gen
tleman said that his party had got all the intelI-
gent portion of the community ranged under their
Standards He would examine the facts bearing
on this position, and see how far the gentleman
was correct in his assumption. Now the States
that voted for james e Polk gave 10 electoral
votes, and those that voted for Mr.. Clay gave l05
| Of the States that voted for Mr.. Polk there were
323, ,3C6 who could not read and write; and Of the
States that voted for Mr.. Clay, there were ga 444
that could not read snd write. Take the aggre'
gate; and it would be found that there
greater proportion of the population which can
read and write in the States that voted for Mr..
Polk than in the States that voted for Mr.. Clay.
He said, by dividing the whole number Of persons
in the States, who cannot read and write, whs
cast their electoral votes for Governor Polk by
the I70 electoral votes which he received, and il
would make an avragc Of 1896 for each electoT
who cannot read and write. Divide the whole
number of persons in the States which cast their
electoral votes for Mr.. Clay. and 1t makes an av.
erage of 2,44S to each elector who cannot read
and write BY deducting the 1896 from 2 449,
it shows 552 more persons who cannot read and
write for every Clay elcctor. Then multiply
$50 by 105 the whole Rumber Of electors voting
for Mr. Clay, and it makes 57,960 more, in pro-
portion, voting for Mr.. Clay, than voted for Gov.
Polk and, unfortunately for the gentleman, the
State which he represents in part (North Caroii.
na.) has greater proportion of persons who can
not read and write than any other State IN the
Union-whig or democrat: Yet the gentleman
said that his party had with dEen all the intelli-
gent portion ofthe community. Mr.. J. then made
a comparison between Pennsylvania and North
Carolina showing in the former, which voted for
Mr.. Polk there was greater proportion OF the
ceonIe who can read and write than in the Inter