The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-19

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Lane an accomplished diplomstist and sterling
patriot that has proposition to surrender the nav
CATION ofthe Columbia only in return for the navi.
| CATION Of the ST. Lawrence, was most reasonable
and proper but that whatever may be the construc.
| nOn which British politicians may place upon the
treaty, the American people will never consent that
the right TO the free navigation Of the great river Of
Oregon shall belong TO British subjects longer than
| the year 1853, when the charter of the Hudson
Bay Company will expire. Upon this plalfomtks
democracy of the whole Union can and viii
| unite,
| RssOlpsd, That we recommend to the democracy
throug hout the several counties Of this State and 10
the friends Of free trade wherever found Throughout
this Union, TO hold meetings, adopt resolutions form
| free trade associations, and do such and all Other
| things as may be calculated to awaken the attention
and keep alive that interest which they should feel
Ia the great question Of the tariff and the currency
preparatory 10 the contest Of l54S-tha instead Of
petitions for privileges, and special acts of favor and
class legislation, for which the monoposts are sue.
| ng-the world may see that we ask nothing but the
equal laws and rights TO which, as members ola free
| government, we are entitled.
Resolved, That the secretary be requested to trans
nit copy Of these resolutions to the President and
| Vice President Of the United States-he heads n
departments and each Of our senators and members
| in Congress That the several democratic papers in
1 this State--the Memphis Appeal, Washinston
Union, and Pennsylvania, be requested to pu blsh
| the same.
The report being received was unanimously
agreed to.
GEO. WORK, Chairman.
| d. C. GLENN, Secretary
| In connection with these proceeding we annex
the following extract from the address of the demo-
cratic district convention, which assembled at Cen.
trevilIe, Alabama, the 7th instant, Colonel J. s.
Walker in the chair. They have unanimously nom.
| mated J $. +. Cottre of Lowndes, az their cand.
date for Congress- to supply the place Of VIM. l.
Yancey, esq, who has resigned his seat in the
House of Representatives. The convention then
adopted resolution, "highly approaching the mag
unanimous conduct Of James NJ. Calhoun, in permit.
ting his name to be Withdrawn from before this con-
venuon as a candidate in order TO secure the harmO
ny Of the democratic party"
| The following is an extract from the Addres,
which they put forth to the people Of the district
| "Fellow-citizens, let US here inquire what th.
democratic party and the present administration
have done with those great measures they wer,
| pledged to carry out.
| ~. Texas has been annexed, which Of itself is
sufficient to immorIalize any administration, and
any party; an achievement next to that which Sc
cured freedom and our independence.
"2. The tariff Of 1912 has been modified, which
alone is glory enough for the present administration
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| perpetuate peace between our government and Eng
land, than ythng else that could have been done
| -. The Oregon question has been settled, which
| has perpexed our government for the last twenty
five years; although the whole of the territory has
not been obtained, yet England has yielded more
by far, than she ever before consented to do and
which Is satisfactory to the democratic party gen
orally.
"a. The independent treasury bill, separating the
money OF the government from banking institutions
has been passed by both houses Of Congress and
| approved by the President
| rs. Last but hot least, the warehousinR system
has been adopted, which will do more for the msr
chants and commerce Of the country than any other
one measure can. See short article on this ques
ton in the August number Of the Democratic Re
view, pages SO and 80, under The head Of 'Legsa
tive embodyment Of public opinion
"The land graduation bill has failed for want Of
time. Such list Of important measures had the
| last Congress to act upon.
''Scan the acts of the democratic party since the
election of 1874, and how different from the predc
tons of wing demagogues, who call themselves
whig orators. Who has not heard it asserted from
the lips of those demagogues in l644, that the dem
ocrats had no principles around which they could
rally' 1t was proclaimed again and again, ask
democrat for his principles, and he would answer,
am in favor Of the annexation of Texas! Ask him
what great measures his party intended to carry
out, If put into power, and the answer would be
tndt tne democrats were IN favor OF the immediate
annexation Of Texas, and opposed to Mr.. Clay,
And thus it is Texas! Texasn Texas!n because
they have no principles when they more in
favor of annexipg Texas than we (the whigs) are
In fact fellow citizens, we (the whigs) the
friends of Texas. Such was whig demagogueism in
1874; and, strange to say, in many places it sue
ceeded, and the people were, and now are, guied
by it, .
people that the wings are as changeabIe as chams.
leons that can be done without travelling out OF the
record. These consistent gentlemen, who have 80
much at heart the protection of .8msrean industry,
have either never thought enough of this question
to know anything about 1t, they are friends Of
that class who labor, they do think for them
selves, but blow hot and blow cold just they get
the cue from the embodyment of their principles,
| Henry Clay, of Kentucky, who occasionally writes
letter pointing out what are wing principles for the
season, for they change do the fashions of the
cities, and the smaller craft adopt it through the
whole land.
"Fellow-citizens, Congress has recently passed
most OF the great measures embodyng the principles
contended for by you at the last presidential cleo
ton IN lS44 Let u.s. then, continually keep before
us the importance of these measures and the strug
gle that the democratic party had throughout the
Union to carry them Let us not now lie supney
down, and send wing members to Congress to repeal
these measures before they are tried. The wings Of
this district either think you will do this, or they
think that you will become so divided that they will
elect their man. Neverl never let this be !! The
wings are not only active here, but they are now
making desperate struggle throughout the Union
| TO carry all the elections coming on this fall
1--WE are informed that there is wing organize
ton IN full operation in Washington city. 1t is
stated that the wing members of Congress before
the late session adjourned, appointed standing
committee whose duty it should be to frank and
circulate documents throughout the country, and
especially in those debateabe States whose cleo
tons are coming on during the present autumn. It
is said they have raised Il fund for printing 10000
or 200,000 documents. Among these are the
speeches OF Mr. Stewart Of Pennsylvania, and Dan
lei Webster on the tariff The tariff is to be the
principal topic by which the wings expect 10 rev.
ouuonize the people. The documents when print
ed are sent to the folding. room of the House Of
Representatives, where they are regularly envsl
oPcd by the folders appointed for the House, and
with wrapping paper prepared and paid for by Con-
gress--then they are franked by one of the COM
mtee.'
"lf these statements be true, wi hat does it show