The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-17
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For the North Carolina Standard.
WAsHINaToN Cry, FEB. 5, l8


tended to serve me by the publication. cannot
therefore feel otherwise than grateful to MIN; ou'
as silence on nv part might be construed lnto
acouiescence and leave for the inference that
the publication was authorized by me, feef con-
strained to notice It.
In answer to- letters suggesting the announce,
ment of my name as candidate have expressed
the determination TO await the action oil my oemo-
cratic friends in the District, through the medium
of a convention or other fair mode of expressing
the popular sentiment, and act in conformity with
what NAV seem TO be their wishes. That deter
mination remains unchanged
NV humble course in politics has proceeded
from an honest and deeprooted conviction tnat the
Democratic system Of policy as it conforms TO lhe
principles of Jefferson is in accordance with the
genius and spirit of our government, ana II auoP1-
ed and maintained would relieve the other great
interests of society from the contributions they
have been made to pay to the manufacturing; and
bv extending "the greatest good to the greatest
number" would produce state of unexampled
prosperity throug hout the whole extent OF our
common country If an ardent and paramount
desire to see the system in successful operation has
heretofore governed my conduct, and caused me,
under all circumstances. so to shape my course as
most likely to insure its ultimate triumph, what
infatuation should exhibit, when the system has
Just been put in operation and is beginning TO de-
velope its beneficial tendencies, to pursue course
calculated to endanger it2 So far from it. my
feeble efforts will be exerted and trust those OF
others, 10 promote that union and harmony which
the organization of our political adversares rem
ders indispensably necessary TO the maintenance
of our policy. If we will act in becoming spi-
rit, and like our whig friends lose no advantage
which united action can secure, we shall be able
TO maintain system, until It's beneficial effects
shall have been fully tested and The system itself
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which we are engaged The effects Of the war
must couneract 10 some extent the beneficial ten
denotes of the system, but not so much, trust as
to leave any doubt Of its advantages over the sys-
tenn it has at length been made TO supersede. And
when il is considered that the war was wrongfuily
made upon US BY Mexico, nation towards which
we had exhibited the greatest forbearance, every
reasonable allowance it is to be presumed will be
made on that account. Indeed, so favorable has
been The tendency of the system already upon the
other great interests, without depressing the manu-
featuring, that our whig friends have, in great
measure, ceased TO decry it. and have made the
war with Mexico their ground of attack upon the
administration. But this attack will not, l fatter
myself, meet with a favorable response from the
American people. In annexng Texas, we did
nothing which the laws and usages of civilized
nations did not authorize and after admission as
one Of the States Of the Union, claiming the Rio
Grande for her boundary, it became the duty of
the President to respect her claim and defend her
against threatened invasion, until all matters of
difference could be adjusted by negotiation. Troops
were ordered to the east bank Of the Rio Grande,
for the purpose of defence and not of aggression,
ana assurances 10 InaI erect were given the MexI-
can authorities that ought to have been satisfac-
tory But Paredes, having been brought into
power under pledge to make war on the United
States to regain Texas, and perhaps believing the
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authority, gave orders for the commencement Of
hostities, and an attack upon troops was made
and the war commenced. The war thcn and
It's consequences, whether for veal or for woe,
must rest upon Mexico. -.- .-.-.
Being involved in war without any fault OF our
own it is our duty and it will be wise and enlight-
encd economy in the end to prosecute it with all
possible energy, until we shall have obtained re-
dress for the injuries inflicted upon our citizens,
and reasonable indemnify for the expenses we may
be made to incur ..
With our system Of policy in successful opera
ion, and by its beneficial effects affordng reason
able assurance of triumphant refu:aton of the
loleGuI forrbodings which whig editors and whig
politicians have pnt forth against it, as in case of
he Bank and with an Executive firm in defend
ing the constitution from encroachment, and evinc-
ing every disposition to secure a just and honor
lble peace, nothing, pc rsuade myself, is so much
which we have so long and so zealously strug-
gIcd, as union and harmony among ourselves, ac
:ompanlcd with united and vigorous efforts to sus
ain the President in his laudable desire to bring
he war to just and honorable termination These
ire the considerations In favor of union and har
nony. ,r
In The elections which have taken place foT the
next Congress, the Democratic majority in. the
House of Representatives has been reduced to
wenty four, provided neither party gains anything
n the elections yet to take place. With us, the
vhigs will probably gain two by re.dstrcting the
State and ifthey should carry district heretofore
egarded as whg, but now represented by demo
rat, they will gain three. IF the majority of the
aext House should be whig, our system may not
'e secure, notwithstanding the democratief majori-
y IN the Senate. And ifthe whg majority should
,e such as to give them the control of majority
If the States, the election of President when it de-
'oves upon the House being made by States,) they
nay be induced to throw The election ofPresident
nto the House, if there be not a sure prospect Of
ucccss before the people, and in that way secure
heir man. In such event, our system must be
and the whig policy reared upon its
uins But, if we can retain majority of the
states in the next House, as we'll as the nu-
nerical majority, they will have no inducement to
AIRY the election to. the House and if we remain
nited and act in harmony and cence we shall
eat them before the people, aad place our policy,
5 ktrust, beyond hazard. Let every member of
he Democratic party then prove his devotion to
rinciple, and his determination to uphold and Il
1aintain our policy, regardless of men, by doing
II in his power to promote union and harmony
q our ranks, and discountenance every thing +
Which may tend to distract and divide us. How
yer such course on the part of our democratic