Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-05-12


IL Il is exceedingly unfortunate ior the wing
party that facts stand so much in the way of their
theories and predictions The political history of
country, particularly during the last fifteen or
twenty years, furnishes so much evidence of the
utter allacy of their doctrines upon the subject OF
banks tariffs, and other leading questions of public
policy that it would seem as though there was
scarcely point left to hang an argument upon, or
scmblancc of truth sufficient in the articles of their
creed to hold respectable number of intelligent
men together under the present party cognomcn.
Hence we arc not surprised, having no principle
as party, upon which they can hope to be success
full that many of the leaders north and south cxh-
bit disposition to throw aside all former issues,
and rally under new standard-dependng upon
the personal popularity of successful military
commander of whose political sentiments they are
ignorant and seem DESTROYS of remaining So to
carry them into power and place within their reach
that public plumber the cohesive power of which
is needed to keep the party from entire dissolution
To be sure, they have denounced the war as an I'M
righteous and acknowledging one, but the most
successful agent in the prosecution of that war; and
whose whole merit consists in this they are willing
now, without why or wherefore to place in the
Presidential chair of the Republic 1t is true they
have spoken Of the march of the American forces
to the Rio GTande as the immediate cause of the
war, and have denounced the administration. with
out stint or measure for ordering the movement of
the army to that point, yet now they seem anxious
to do the highest honor to a man who, in his cor
rcspondcnce with the war department, strongly adj
vised the very movement which, according to wing
bgic preciptatcd US into that disgraccG and un-
Just war; 1t is true, ALSO that many of their press
in the North have spoken very ieelingly of the
encroachments of the South and of the danger Of
permitting southern influence longer to control the
destines of the nation yet now these presses,
struck with sudden forgetfulness in reference to
the alarms they have sounded on these points seem
to be seized with an uncomfortable zeal for a Pre-
sldenual candidate who, in all essential respects
so far as the peculiar interests of the South
ccrned will doubtless, if elected assume and main
tain as ultra position as that of Mr. Calhoun. All
this and more is true, as regards wing inconssten-
ces all going to show the tororn condition of the
party respects matters of principle and the viz
tua abandonment of former issues, for the sake of
the "spoils"
But we have departed from our original intention
which was to speak of the workings of the new re-
venue tariff and here doubtless we find the secret
of the late wing demonstrations alluded to- The
disastrous influences of this measure upon the bust
ness interests of the country and the revenues of the
government which they predicted, and evidently
believed would be the result are no where to be
discovered On the contrary, the commercial and
general business interests Of the country were never
IN more nourshing conditions and the great fact
Is exhibited clear to the comprehension OF ALL that
the nearer approach to the Ie'-aIonc policy that
is to 4 system of tTcc-tr5dc, the better it is for all
branches OF industry. The revenues of tie govern
ment instead of decreasing under the operation of
the new tariff, have been greatly and constantly
increasing, published statements of custom house
receipts monthly exhibit A table for single
week, of the \. y. Custom house from the Esd 10
TIE 3oth of April, inclusive, presents the following
results, compared with the same period last year: