Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1846-10-21
The Corin= Escction-i,s Objects.

The CG2InS E4ccslGA-ds ODJects.
Though the coming election is heraded by no
''mass meetings" long professions, and banners
horne on high, its deep interests are none the
ass moving or important. In the present con-
test men are, and should be, secondary consi-
deration. The question to be decided, Is, not
whether this or that man shall receive a major
ity of votes, bit whether the present course OF
the Government shall receive the sanction OF
the people and be continued with still wider de-
parture from our beaten track. and deeper d.
versions into that path. heretofore forbidden to
republics, military glory and conquest, and with
still more reckless infractions OF sacred Con-
stitution-infract on necessary in war because
that instrument was emphatcally intended tor
peaceful nation. Not only this, but the pres
ent election is to decide, whether millions up
on millions of the public revenue is to descend
to that bottornlesS ~ ofthe Treasury, Texas,
enlarged as it is Ia, idiy becoming by the an
nexation of Santa Fo, California, &c., while the
constit, ton is be regarded as the instrument
which wrests from Western andNorthern Lakes
| and Rivers every penny which the common IN
| terest tie,.,anis fer their Improvement. Inter
nal ImprovemeB, Of this kind was one OF the
measures Of Ciav's American system, and the
| boast has alresdv gone forth that one by one
these patriotic measures have all fallen, whiie
| MIR. CLAW vet lives to witness their overthrow.
Yes people of the North, Wings OF the Union,
! whoever have fattered themselves that the ter
,nination of the Mexican war would be the oc-
casion of a return Of justice ami attention to
yonr interest>,ti is ali ready proclaimed that THIS
hope is vain. 'E'ha Ious-aaj IF Commerce has
announced II, the onls Journal watch VIII dare
i TO doIt until after election. This citizens ct
Washtenaw ycn ate called upcn to SANCTION or
conlemn at the Polls. Do you approve the
N easure? dc you say GO on and conquer ana
annex unknown territory Oh unknown terms al
unknown expense--tran,ple on the Cons titd-
t,on--yoIate every claim which we have upon
Common benefits of the Governinent-change
the Republic itself into azaiilitary Dictatorship
arrest the specie of the country at New OH
and sen1 il by millions to Texas, leaving oul
, markets unsupplie! with circulating medium
crush orr manufacturers, that we may oe
coure!lcd to import them, that the revenue
NAV be eIhs nce;i to meet war eXpensest Is thi'
yonr " Ii ii,en sote ,of the man who is acces
sarv to it all ;.--5FF'lor ROBERT McLELLAND
: Admit all that nav ne said OF his personal ex
! celencies; admit the snavity of his manner;-
admit his estinlablIity: but shall a nations In
, telests be sacrificed to suarity OF manner am
qmiab;e department? Admit even that you co
: iucide with him in questions Of the Tariff, thu
: Sub Treasury and Annexation. yet there Is tina
I other act the infamous veto of our Harbor ap
e propriations, which no one preteDds to dare ap
prove: where, when that incredible act OF hos
D tIitv to our interests was perpetrated was RO
: BERT McLELLAND? Didhe not, though yo
: tn1 for the appropriations. secretly sympathls
r with The .esjgps Of the President! Where the
was bis voice which should have
n 4Shoob the Senate with Tully's force:
, Where was the eloquence, the warmth, tn
5 ssartior 81 SOUL which should have marked tn
n man VINO was charged with the high duty Q
Y desen ing the interests of60,oo0 citizens IN tn
: National Councils. We're all these generou
II emotions smothered! All! They never existe
!, in the BOSOM of Robert .NcLei.and. Could tn
y hear. which beats under his broadcloath be dis