The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-05
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institutions, Lesto wing upon them the use OF the
public money TO disturb The fair and ord nary
business competition which exists eyerywh
Ia trade and commercei To make your choice
with us, you have but to accept the great pfIh-
ciples we have presented you, In the examina-
ton of the revenue policy OF the government
should you reject them, you VIII be found lnVoWso
~ a Corrupt and emplracal scheme OF hauo "nlSn
has more than once overwhelmed the country WIN
disaster. RenoUnce government connexl0n WIN
all banks State or national and bring TO the guar
dianship and safe-keepng Of the public money, non
esr and capable public servants, whose quick ahd
faithful attention 10 the performance OF their own
simple trusts should leave undisturbed the business
interests Of the people IN whose service they are en-
gagged. ...
We present you honest and capable men, commits
sion them with power, and leave them as your
AGENTS to carry out VIII IN the administration 81
the government We lay high claims to your con
hdence and support; we have elevated TO power
national adminIstra ion, now engaged IN the sue,
cessful application of principles To the national
policy OF Ou country. We challenge for this poll
cy your favor and respect, domCsuc and foreign.
To the great question Of domesiic policy we have
already referred. The aspect Of our foreign rela
tons is not less satisfactory. long and angry con-
troversy with the greatest power on the earth has
been terminated by ad ustment and settlement Of
differences more favorable to this country than
could ever be obtained by former negotiations, al
though the like, AID even less favorable terms Of
settlement have before been rendered by US TO our
opponent
A great acquisition and extension of territory at
the south west, and prompt and vigorous prosecu-
ton Of hosultles incurred IN its Defence have COM
bined 10 US the most important political adj
yantages, and to elevate the character OF the Amer
lean people at home and before the world. To Sc
cure the integrity of our southern empire was in
itself advantage of immense political considera.
ton, while the most brilliant commercial destiny
awaits the settlement of our territory the Pacific
Other considerations Of equal moment press upon
the question, TO crown IL with the highest possible
importance, and leave this page in our political his
tory the pride and glory of our age And the deeds
of arms with which our gallant little army eonsum-
mated the policy Of our government, will consecrate
our military records, and through all time to
endear TO the American people the remembrance Of
their faithful courage and patriotism.
Upon simple questions of administration, then
the democratic party Is not less entitled to your
spect than in Of the great principles we have
presented their rule of action IN all matters tina
are fundamental IN the organization of government
and, when The first year of Mr.. Folks admlnisra
ton is compared with the excuses and foies OF the
wing Congress of l942, we have abundant and
practical Of pride and satisfaction in the
parson. The adjustment of the Oregon question
and the annexation of Texas, mark the foreign pol
icy of this administration, while the passage Of
simple revenue tariff, constitutional treasury, and
II judlcious warehousng system, give life and ex
we received little else than the bankrupt Lao )" VIC
ating contracts and engagements of every shade
| accompanied with wild aud reckless efforts 10 pro
vide new victims for bankruptcy, through the agency
Of banks and 'hscalItles."
Passing from considerations of national concern
ment, we have the most urgent occasion to cling tC
the principles and organization of the democratic
party 10 Maryland. We have State not only op
pressed with debt, but we have government in IL,
organization and administration most unequal anc
oppressive, IN which every important princi, lie
deemed vital in our republican institutions seems Il
be violated. When burdens imposed for III,
support Of government, they laid by legsla
lure, constituted upon the basis that the few mus
govern the many, and the burdens are accordIngl
lad with view to tax the Masses TO the advantage
of the few Accordingly, you will find a county
with a population of about three thousand peopI,
represented in the legislature with senator anC
three delegates, when another county, with n popu
| Iation of thirty thousand people, will have on
" it's senator and ave delegates, TO say moth
Ing of our own city, with its population o.
-hnndrsd rreff6tf8f OF the Stat.
having III is turn no greater representation than m,
county OF thirty thousand. With such an orga nj,
Zauon OF the legislature it is not ver, s,,sIs;
hat the pubic burdens should be part,aIIv and nn
lequaIly laid, and still more prstaIlv dis,rh,,,a
! Accordingly, we find county w1..b cnr,.;L''.t.
nifty odd thousand dollars to the Safe tlos,r,, -
ceive IN return, for the support of public 49,
/
and dollars; while another, which contributes bu
SIX thousand dollars TO the State treasury receives
IN return about four thousand, fve-sixths Of all il
pays, instead ofIhe eighth reluctantly doed ou
10 the first; and when tn application made on on,
own city, this most excessive Inequality ia increased
lenfold. The revenue thus unequaly levied and dis.
trlbuted is, wIthaI, drsburaed without scruple OF
| economy. A bankrupt Stale, for five wears pss,
Insoisent, yet supporting a government in all lis
branches more expensive than any State in the
Union, IN proportion TO its population or extent.
| But these details of defective organization and
INSTRUMENTATION sink into insien, 6cance as We
contemplate the bold effronlery of our whig oppo.
nents, when they are invited TO unite with us in
our action TO alter and amend form of State 90
eminent, and eradicate from those features 40 mar
tia and unwIse; IN the face Of the whole history Of
| Maryland, in the face Of the Declaration of hide
peHdence, which vested in the people of the seyera
States all sovereignty and power; and in the face Of
the explicit and positive recital Of such sovereignty
and power IN our own 'bill of rights" they deny
our right to alter and amend our constitution ami
clingng TO all the dogmas with which the patu of re
sisiance to popular Sovereignty has always opposed the
march OF ircedom--they would turn US over for re
lief to the very body, The legislature, whose organ
Izat'on 1t is that has brought death into our bod,
polite.
Awake, then, fellow citizens, and were il on,v
for the single issue Of reform, shatter and destroy
the organization of political party so dead to al
the impulses which inspired the idea that has plant
ed and fostered the institutions of the New World
In what can they be trusted fso false to the funda
mental spirit which established the very right o.
self-government which they and we now enjoy
and which their paracdal arm would destroy AND
yet this party would deem itself conservative LAYING
the axe at the root of all we hold DEAR it would
win favor by base subserviency to an aristocracy
of classes, grown great under the smile of prosper
ty, secured to them by the free and masculin,
spirit Of those very institutions they now deride
waving our opinion upon national politics, let US
IN Maryland, above all in Baltimore let us rally foi
The cause of conventional REFORM in which, as tn,
issue now stands, all hope of amendment and re-
lief is involved Give countenance, encouragement
and confidence to the party who have embraced this
issue. Give us victory, triumphant and decisive
victory, and our example will be felt throughout the
State, and the liberal principles Of the age indicated
and sustained
| ...s WILLIAM COTTON,
HUGH A. COOPER,
| .. . ANDREW SIMPSON,
| JOSHUA VANSANT,
HENRY SANDERSON,
JAMES DUKES,