The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-05
POLITICAL.
AN ADDREss FROM THE BALTIMORE CITY DEN
oCRATic EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO the people Of Baltimore;

10 rae people 81 baltimore;
FELLow oInIESs; The hour approaches when
we Ill he called exercise our hlsh privilege oi
sefgovernment sustained by the principle Of equal
rights, which has i,s practical application 10 our
own land only Civil and religious liberty we nave
secured TO us under The constitution and laws we
have ourselves created and now sustain. On the
seventh of October IL will be our common duty to-
participate in the practical development Of these
high functions We must select under The sane
ton of our Fundamental law, our appointed agents
to carry out our viii, administer government, and
frame laws. These agents must understandl
that wI frame laws In obeae nee to u, and admin
lister the government upon fixed and settled PrincI-
ples thai have received our sanction. We present
TO you fellow-eitzens the folio wing ticket, noml-
mated by the democratic party, and pledged to u
slrct and faithful obedience 10 tho settled principles
and policy of that party .#
Por ssnaLoy--Josnua Vansant.
For the House Of Observation-Disclosures Cox, Fran
els NJ. Baughman, Elias Ware, jrp Thomas j. Spill
ma !, ] I'm > Brown.
For mayor--Jacob q. Davies.
They msy confidently chsHeoge your favor.
Bound as they are to administer the government
aud frame laws, guided and controlled by the prin-
ciples of the great party which, for than half
a century has governed the country, and conducted
il with full tide Of honor and prosperity unparal'
eIed in the history Of the world. Rendering respect
and homage to the intelligence and virtue OF the
people, whose sudTages commission them with
power we offer some reflections in exposition OF the
principles and policy Of the party whose standard
beaIes they have become. ...
We make no apology for frank recognition Of
distinct parry existence and organization. We de-
plore partisan violence, but proud ofonr pat :
ty Organization. IL is the not the abuse that we
cherish Our proudest historical associations are
the fruit Of party triumphs. 1t was the organ
ization and action of great party OF 'progTsSs,"
which aroused the whole world, and planted upon
the American continent the seeds Of lberty-a pre-
cious plant that has hourlshed, and now towers a
tree OF sublime proportions The principles OF this
great party simple and sublime, and stand out IN
letters OF light, in our fundamental charter, which,
renouneing all allegiance 10 any earthly power, de-
cared the American people free, independent, and
equal, and impose upon them the necessity, right,
and privilege Of selfgoyemment.
To carry out in good faith these great principles
in the organization and administration OF our govern
ment and our laws, is the highest duty Of the Amer
lean citizen. From earliest history the struggle
has been earnest TO maintain, in our policy and III
our institutions these cardinal principles. We have
had our party u resistance well as our party Of pro-
ETsS. That struggle still continues we are In us
midst and we invite you to join ranks, and give
power and development to our views. In Maryland
we may have a rich harvest of our own, while We
may contribute largely TO the general progress of ems
larged and liberal views throughout our own coun-
try and the world.
Would you raise revenue for the support Of Out
government, and to provide for general welfare
how should such revenue be rasedi Concedirg that
high considerations Of State policy, growing out OF
our com plex system of national and State sovereign
ties, reeommei d a system Of indirect taxation, by
laying dutIes upon imports, upon what principles
wou d you adjust such tariff Of duties Would
you frat consider that all taxes burdens upon
the people, and hence resolve to lay the lowest poss
bic duty which would produce the necessary
revenuei II So bdopt the democratic tariff Of 1916
in opposition to the wing tariff Of 1912, which
lays the highest duly that will provide the neces
eyfnu n ord q fell I
ciuzens already blessed by Providence with wealth
and industry may increase and prosper at the expens
Of those whose necessities may prompt consumr
ton of his Industrial fruits. Would you feel ar
obligation - distribute these burdens equally ovel
tbs people for whose welfare they we're imposed
or would you select with care particular commodr
ties, consumed by particular classes, and impose
thereon the highest possible burdens, while you
altogt Their exempted from taxation other articles
consumed by other classes of the same people, III
order that yet another class might receive, by the
~'s...l.ssaAas-hsrei unoses Increased prof.
tentative, you wi be found in support OF the Whiq
tarlf; should You cherish the principles If equality
AID justice embraced in the first you will be found
in the ranks of the democracy, in whose behalf va
address you. Would you feel obligation to i'm
pose these burdens upon individual ctzens in fan
proportion TO the value of the commodity on which
the tax was iald?-or would you devise cunGin!
scheme TO lay the tax mon commodity used b.
one man, In proportion five times high in r. gard
TO value, as the tax you might impose upon dit:
ferent commodity, used by different person. II
the latter, take the minimum" Of the Wing tariff,
if the former you will rally to the ad valorem prn.
ciple of the democratic party.
Should you feel obligation impose the &c bur
deas upon the people, with marked distinctions in
favor of the rich and the poor then you mu
aoaridon the principle Of equality which we have
recommended to you, and adhere to the high duties
upon ali the coarse and common commodities of life
and relieve to your utmost all or imposition ur-
IN " tar of will A
- you guide in this wicked and unjust scheme
=. 81 Is IL not remarkable, feo W-cuZens, that thu
anaiyzlng single branch Of our administrative
policy. the principles of the two great parties OF
progress and resistance should stand out in such bold
relief, in every feature of their respective systems
We have no space for the details of this question
and we look to the Intelligence of the people &c
make application Of the reflections we have sub.
united, and examine carefully the tariff of 1886 and
the tariff of loi2-their own intelligence will reject
the arrogant assumption which represents the whip
party as the peculiar guardian of the industrial
classes ofthe counky. For while the abstract ey-
ceence of free trade il denied by one yet all par.
ties are agreed upon SO much restriction as will
afford revenue TO the national government The
real issue we have to present upon the tariff cues.
ton is the spirit that should govern and drec, lis
adjustment. The democratic party, from the ear.
lest eriod Of our history, has seadasy maintain.
cd that no greater tax or burden should be imposed
upon the people than what necessary to raise the
government, and that such burdens should be dis.
tributed as nearly as trade and commerce will allow
equally and uniformly upon all classes and all inter.
ess--and beyond this necessary restriction, the y
have coD,ended for open and unrestricted trade and
industry, hapng our people free to buy in the cheapes
markets they can find, and sell ia the dearest Opposed
to this, the wing party have ever adopted the now
exploded and artificial restrictive system of proec.
ton and monopoly--a system which, in our mother
country, was ever an engine Of oppression injustice
and fraud. Her protective duties and monopoies
serving not only to accumulate capital in the hands
of privileged classes, but to reward and enrich all
who, sedlced by this favor of court, would be
persuaded TO beray their country, and trample upon
the rights and liberties Of their fel'owci,izens Ac-
cordingly, you will find in the wing tariff of 1912
rates OF duties imposed directly upon particular
articles higher than need be, to raise the amount
Of revenue, actually produced by these duties.
4 You will find these duties imposed without regard
TO justice or equality and every device which inge-
nuty can suggest adopted to convert this simple re-
yer f the intn or