Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-01-28

| thank YOU. fcIlow-citiz"ns, most sincerely for
this expression Of your kindness and favor. You
have, perhaps hazzardcd much III making H. !
belong politically speaking, past generation.
| am one Of tho havo bcens-ono Of the Survivors
of many a hard Tough, lc!d-and 1T only TO
shoulder my crutch and show how those Hclds
were won. Even IN the performance OF this du-
~ humble u i, is confess that | feel inspired
bv tie presence Of many an old comradc see
them in tho midst of your ranks, ! sec too the
Same fire flashing from thcr eyes and tho same
spir. Of determination COMPRISING the lips, which
they were wont to exhibit III days of yorc, and
tho sight 10 IS omInous Dung " hiss' as
.uro Won upon ttc honor of old veteran. that
if you follow them. You have TO hgh', aHd a.
though the leader Of tho adverse hosts, has pOnlp-
ously led his rank and file to their tents. and TO
proclaim then tho certainty Of forthcoming VIC
tory over YOU, III q battle yet to be fought, by
majority of ten thousand, be not appalled, thereby:
be Is not tho first Captain Bubble who presumed
to call spirits from the vastly deep and they came
not 1t was once my lot, together with tho la
mentod Noble, as my fio leader, TO lead vour
forlorn hope. The gloom around us was then
darker, the odds against moro fearful, and the
power 10 be overcome tar greater than what now
surrounds, threatens. or opposes you. Wo had
the overwhelming popularity and influence OF
A ndrcw Jackson then IN .acir first freshness ana
unbrokon yigor. to meet and withstand. No dld
NEE, ana did withstand them; my wo dld
more. Be- dint Of unccasng oycrtlon unta;er-
INC perseverance,, We finally trumPhcd, glorlously
triunphed, too over them. We saw tho inurky
FLAG of ocofocoism pluckcd down from lis place,
and o r broad brglI, Wing banner run up III It's
stead. Tho Wings of those days had maJorlties
of from six TO ten thousand TO overcome; you have
but two, according to the returns OF tho late pros-
dental election. our adverse rcs havo not,
ours had the refreshing and invigoratn5 shade
of the genuine Old hickory 10 fight N. or retreat
TO; they have, omphatcally, nothing left 10 shol-
oreI mist
clinrs ana clusters with cowardly tenacIty 10 the
branches Of the dead and saploss Old tree. why
then may you not conquer as we DID, ana lufh
tho anticipated victory of your foe. into utter and
irretrievabio dcfaati What is to prevent you
from recovering los. power. and of winning
back victory 10 or Old Standard! Nothing but
want of union, and harmony, and energy. indus
try and patriotism. Resolve to unite thcn-ani
my word for it, tho day viii be yours-tho now
confident logons OF tho enemv. Will then quail
and tremblo and succumb before you.
| think our advorsarics for their nominations.
To US thev arc significant. For years past ono Of
the chief clcctionecring hobbies most zoalouslv
employed by the democracy against the W ing
party was tho system of Internal improvement
with a bitterness and a fcrocity almost unox7m-
pleI they pursued with DISCRIMINATING hand ev-
cry whig, who by the remotost implication could
be identified as Il supporter or an originator OF
that measure. All tho odium Tits fraternl-
tv-tho faithful cndoavor to prosecute Its
failure was sough: to be saddloi exclusively upon
the whc party. \ stranger would have supposed
from their dca foning denunciations that tho I'M
maculato purity of locofoco fingers had never
been contaminated by touching supporting this
most vile. filthy. obligating Bat strange
to say, their present nominations bring mp with
them most striking and memorable "reminiscences.
And no loss striking and astonishing IS tho fact
that the very bill which created this system; the
very bill which provided for the Simultaneous
,1ia,ID e al fb, --S
in tic system togothor; the very bill which cstab-
ished the famous boards of public works, COM
posed it of nine lnombors gave to each work IN
the systom a representation upon i IN order that
the Simultaneous principle might thereby BIO lnvio-
lablv maintainei; tho very bill which authorized
tho loan OF ton million of dollars and the creation
of the prosan, public debt; the very BILL finally
which solenaly pledged the faith, and the virgin
honor of In Llama. 10 the punctual tulfitimcnt OF
every obligation that might be created IN consc-
quencc any of It's proyisions-thls bill, say.
has upon yoar Legislative records the namo OF
James Whitcomb recorded, entitled to tho hon.
or, or, in ocofoco language, the Disgrace and IN
fanny OF bcnga sharcr in its paternity. And
moro astounding st-when tho cry OF classiti-
cation was raised. when q desperate struggle was
made to PROSTATE the system, whom prognost!cs
/ of ruin and failure rung long and loud
throughout tho State. who then stood up among
tho foremost in its defonce Who was loudost in
his denunc ia,ions against classification! Who
stood By the side of your then Executive and bat
tod manfully and most efiic enty. for its preser
vation! Will you credit il! 1t was no less per-
son. than Paris G. Dunning, the democratic
nominee for Lieutenant Governor. | repeat it, |
thank the democracy for their nomina :ions.
congratulate them upon the change of sentiment
they indicate. | do suppose that the scales must
have fallen from before their eyes, and that they
now sec things through clearer medium. At
all events take It for granted that shall no
oager hear tho croaking cry of ruin and oxter-
mnaton to all those who either aided in orgna-
ting supporting this famous internal improve
ment system. Oh. no, softer and sweeter strains