American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-17

REFORM AND ELETRENC ENtNT, ! nc GullOIS
a. Annapolis are hammering away at tho Ad-
drIss, issued by the Committee appointed by
20 lo.orn Convention. The Demo cratic
f3l.r puu,s forth its columns in opposition, and
'@e has. Democratic Herald follows suit, though
ts article is more OF an attack upon the gen
:lcmcn By whom the Address was written,
man N argument against the contents of the
,locunent, An effort is made to ridcule the
de- contained in the expression public faith
restored by public economy" Our readers
mill smile on perusing the following extract
isom the icrads editorials:
THE most Objectionable part Of the address,
"a !ha. which declares by iudirection that the
public faith can be restored by public econo-
ny" This looks like attempting to commit
:. fraud upon the people after the manner of
lie wings in 1870, and could only have ema-
oa!ed from one who took part in that meinora
HE campaign of folly, fraud and humbuggGry.
Now is the public faith" to be restored by
'public economy unless all the officers Of the
State will serre for nothing, aud contribute three
o, four hundred Thousand dollars to the trea-
ssfy besides" We doubt whether one who
has placed epaulettes on his shoulders, before
he has served long enough as pirate IN our
ranks, can answer this question satisfactorily
20 i.nself Though he may agree with US that
bubble economy" will assist good deal to-
wards restoring the "public faith" yet he can
40. conscientionsly contend that it will effect
~ .lnGiled by other means"
10 say nothing Of the improper personality
.of The extract the argument appears to US &c
hc perfectly ridiculous. The writer cannot see
hat public faith can be restored by public eco
aepy, unless the public officers be compelled
1c labor for nothing, and contribute some three
%, four hundred thousand dollars to the reve-
moo from their private purse. Now suppose
the present expenses to be 100000 per an
nom, and the revenue to amount 10 100000
THIS would leave deficiency of 100000 tc
Axe provided in order to restore public credit
j. e 10 enable the State to pay the interest up
On tie debt. If, instead Of levying oddltiona
taxes 20 this amount, the expenses can be Ie
auced SO that the income shall equal the cut
lay, we should like to know if this would no
be restoring public iath by public economy
But the above is not the most exceptions bI
lar! of the article. 1t assumes the broa
ground that ''the people are above constitu
1ions," and can overturn or remodel them Il
Measure, without reference TO existing laws
This IS the right Of revolution--a right to b
exercised only when grievances have becom
Gcc intolerable TO be borne, and all redress ha
teen arbitrarily denied. This state of thing
cannot occur where the people retain the RICH
% elect their representatives, as they DO Il
Maryland, The committee recommended rG
eor. to legal measures only; and it is certai
abat names are appended 10 that address whic
se7er would have appeared there, had the re
evolutionary doctrines Of the Herald been &C
soi.ted into it,
The Herald says" Knowing several of tn
s,cners to be among the best Democrats of oil
Fga-, land, we concluded that their names ha
tecn appended to it, without giving it del
tersie perusal and we have since been graf
fed to learn that such was the fact" No ger
,lan,,n's name was affixed TO that adore,
sithout his express auction; nor do We believ
hat a single signer will disaYow the sent
oents contained in the address We had e
.e,tained the hope that the question of 81
amendment and reform" would have been ke
disconnected from party politics; and such W
ste case in TIE convention, wings and dem
Gratis alike participating in the measures
ahat body. We have supported the measur
Of re.renchment and reform, from the hone
conviction that they were earnestly require
By The condition Of the state, but our actic