Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-09-28
The Presidential Canvass.

The approaching canvass wears in
advance rather an anomalous aspect
Every measure ofdomestic policy brought
forward by the great Republican party of
the Union, which has formed an issue
with the Wings, has been most nobly
INDICATED by experiences fact which
the Wings tacitly confess by ceasing to
regard old issues, and by seeking out
others, deemed more acceptable TO the
public.
The Bank-which, with the aid of its
devoted allies, the Wings and renegade
Democrats, convulsed the. business of a
hemisphere-ha confessedly become an
obsolete ,idea;' the subtreasury, which
was TO lock up all the specie ofthe coun~
try and place it at the disposal Of an ire
sponsible executive, works well, and eau
ses no we'll founded complaints; the rev.
erue tariff which was to ruin the industry
ofthe country, (or prove whig editors and
spouters set of impostors, } and bank
rupt the federal Treasury, exceeds, in its
benefcent effects, tue expectations of its
most sanguine friends, and the Wings
have almost ceased croakiug on the sub
iect. Well then, all these diverse issues
disposed Of in favor of the Democracy,
what's there left to contend about? This
is an important question.
In the first place, and by the use Of any
means, the Wings want poDer. Power
is. the darling object of every effort; hoD
they shall attain il, is matter of subor-
dinate concern; their measures and their
protested principles appear to be gradua.
ted in reference to success alone.
A while ago, it was thought ultra abo-
litionism would secure their ends; Cor
wins Mexican speech in the U. s. Sem
ate, under the advisement ofthe Seward
interest in this state, was part of the
programme; and extravagant professions
in favor of the Wilmot proyiso, also be.
longed to the same entertainments
That was found, however not so promis
ne in sensible results as huzza over a
slaveholding hero, of that self.same war
which they had hitherto eXeerated. Cor
win was dropped; the Proviso was blinked
Taylor was 'as good aselected;' lit would
not do to say we won't vote for southern
man, &C. But Gen.. Taylor refuses to
be gagged, and again the plan Of cam:
paigh which contemplates success alone
has to be changed. Gov. Wright sud-
denly dies, and Mr.. Buchanan addresses
q letter to some friends in Pennsylvania,
advising moderation and compromise on
the Slave question; and the Seward wings
return to their first love, 'Mr. Buchanan
and the Locos generally are a set Of
doughfaces;' the friends ofthe slave can
hope for no desirable achievement except
by the success of the Whigsl' "a - 2
Such is brief and imperfect view Of
the INSCRIPTIONS and ever changing tao.
tics of the wings, We should hence be
admonished to adhere to the cardinal
principles ofour own organization; to be
drawn from them by no alluring or eva
nescent issue; TO plant still more firmly
our standards upon the ground of mans
NATURAL RIGHTS; and to render all other
questions subsidiary to that paramount
issue. The true doctrine of PRoeREss
indicates the same course; all Of us re-
quire to be taught Ewhat our rights are,
and then also TO be instructed as to the
means to secure them from ihvasion from
the ruthless hand Of impartial Legislation.
And this again involves the necessity Of
effective organization; and further the