The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-31


venture to disturb it. They declare that national
bank is obsolete-hat the wings, if they to come
into power, would not attempt 10 bring back the law Of
lsl2-hat this system, too. is obsolete &c But do
not place any reliance in these indications of the wings
They may not consider it polite to their policy
at this time; but let them steal into power
and we shall find them playing again the game Of
1871 upon They avoid all these issues now but
they will revive them when they have the of
ryng them out The great wing convention Of Virginia. in
$780, attempted to lu the people asleep They declared
that
san candid men of all parties admit that they have
be practical questions all idea of cha,teng
tional bank has been renqsed by former sangine
advocates and nexpedent in the present and
probable future monetary condition of the country The
necessity of internal Improvements by the general govern
has been entirely suspended by the energetic app-
OF the OF the several States that object
and the tariff is settled by the of the compromise act
of 1885, unless shall be reopened for political purposes by
those cho affect dread the establishment of high protective
duties. These duties, indeed longer necessary the
stability of manufacturing establishments enabling them
TO competition th foreign fabrics wihout
sort TO ertraneous support"
But no sooner had this humbug party mounted into
the saddle than the National Integencer declared that
they bound to carry out their principles, and that
they had been expressly elected for this purpose An
extra session of Congress called when Mr. Henry
Clay famed in the acknowledgement with great mpetu
osity the establishment of national bank-carred out
protection in the form of the tariff of l2and forgot all
the pledges which they made before the election of Gen.
Harrison.
| They will repeat the experiment in 1s49 They try to
avoid all issues of general principle at this time, all
their old measures obsoleebut they not dead
and we shall them revive from their deceptive SUM
ber if ever they should be elevated to power This policy
of the wings perfectly vol understood by some OF the
politicians the west, and among them, by the editor of
the Racine (Wisconsn) Advocate. He asks with great
force
swell, have they improved by this experience 2 De
they make their principles evident No. They talk
great deal about whig principles but they take
to explain in any instance what they Are they for a
United States bank They win tell you is not ques-
on it is exploded idea. Are they in favor of
high TARIFF Not in Wisconsin the farmers have got
great price lately for their products and the manuac
declaring dividends that far large
y the prophecies of ruin that were of late constantly in
the mouths of the wings. Is the independent treasury
question We hear nothing of it now but occasional
faint grumble The loud denuncatons against that
sounded through the whole land in lSiO have died away
and, opinion, the people begin plainly
this very thing is doing good to the country The war;
it is true, has been their war-cry for while, but
that be dying away and in order change Sides
Taylor war-anii-war whg-no-pary candidate, to be
thrown aside if they the least chance for their IDOL Mr.
Clay
Sand here even in Wisconsin, what are their dscara
tons9 They make They hold convention, and
nominate whig candidate for delegate TO Con-
gress but they tell nothing of what his principles
We look in vain Tor exposition of the principles of the
men making the nomination, OF the party 10 which they
belong Yet these talk of wing principles if they
were something than what they acknowledge of
them to be-obsoete ideas. They think, perhaps, that
under this noncommal system, they safer. 1t may be
but reason why, unless be that they
fear to let their principles be known
sShoud they ever victorious who doubts that the very
ideas they have branded Obsolete would be again
drought up! We imagine but few, indeed and do
how, under such circumstances they expect to
secure The system that failed in its very success
will hardly bear repetition and feel convinced that
those belonging the democratic party, claiming be
democrats can be seduced ticket endorsed
with principles, put forth merely in opposition, and
one made by party that has inscribed upon page of
its history The great object we baed for for yearshe
object on which did make issue--the object we de-
claed of the dearest to all whgsonc of the most inn
portant country for opposition to which denoun
ced the patriotic Jackson- we are obgedto confess AN
OBSOLETE IDEA
Rarely, indeed, do the wings show their hands, but
sometimes they have the frankness audacy to do
Such was the on Thursday, when, the "Phila
dephia News" states, the whg and anti-masonic
delegates from the different election districts of the cou
ty of Lancaster met at the house of Levi Swope, in the
city of Lancaster for the purpose of making ticket
be supported the ensuing election The proceedings
were OF the most enthusiastic character, clearly showing
that the wings of this good old county fully alive
the great importance of the approaching contest
The following is among the resolutions which were
passed on the occasion:
"Resolrcd That Pennsylvania, in her lumber her coal,
iron, her manufactures and her agricultural products
is deeply interested in protective tariff and she is
called upon raise her strong in defence of he long
cherished prnc pies and policy and not alte until she
indicated those principles, and established that policy
by restoration Of The tariff of 1872 and thorough change
in the councils OF the State and nation"
This declaration is confined to the tariff; but we occa
sionaly see in the attacks made upon the constitutional
treasury, the secret attachment which they continue
feel for national bank Let these men call themselves
party men ''noparty men," their election to power
would be the signal for the revival of all their favore
wing measures. The bank would rise from its grave
the tariff of 1912 would again struggle TO put down the
tariff Of 1916 What is held by some 10 be obsole
would start into life Let moi, them countenance
by credulty the tricks of the wings Like the Bour
bons, "hey learn nothing, and they forget nothing"
MYsTERIoUs.-We have received by the steamer Fan
ny letter from Vera Cruz correspondents dated the
18th instant in which be says that extraordinary