Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-08-07
Address sf the Grant County Demo-
cratic Committee.
OF MILWAUKEE.

cratic committee.
The sddress occupies nearly one page Of The
Poosi Republican. IL commences with an
attempt to trace the geuealogy Of tho party
back from James X. Polk Of Duck Creek to
the sage Of Monticello. This disclaimer OF
the ilegiIimscy Of The locofoco party has been
so often asserted, that. Ike the Oft repeated
lies OF old story ,ellers, II begins 10 be be.
lieved by the very authors OF il.
Indolging in fiction equally amusing. the
address seis forth that the Wing parry 10 the
identical old blus.iighi faction, once known as
the Federal parry. The committee, sanction
ing the monsirous usoTpalions Of President
Polk, in plungiCg this nation into the Mexican
war without the advice, consent or even
knowledge Of Congress, then 10 session,
sancioning the conquest Of half Of Mexico by
a war thus created, aud the government Of
Mexican States by governors who proclaim by
appointment, aud sole authority Of the Prssi.
Dent. have the hypocrisy 10 accuse tbs Whigs
Of advocating 'ceolralized power, unbounded
4 tANNAhNt hhAhNlAh SUI sNFtfhhNhNoi INNNh
age ard Monopoly Changing upon the
! " hgs tho advocacy Of bank Of The United
States 30 oppress The poor and aggrandizs the
rich,' the committee forget 10 mention that
mos, bank charters owe their existence TO loco
foco legislation end that il was the existence
Of these 'swndliog monopolies' created By
locofoco votes. which chiefly made The United
States Bank necessary 10 restrain and relurn't,
them their issues Of worthless PROMISES ant
that every dollar OF bank rags ever issued il
Wisconsin, has been issued under The saneiio,
Of democratic poies.
The Committee. fofgetful lhs, the system o
protection 10 Home Industry. had its orig
with democratic administration, and wa
advocated By every one Of those statesmen
) whom they claim as the political fathers o
their party, charge the advocacy OF dis
eliminating ,aue, ineidenIiy protective, upo
the Wing party, as proof their Federalism!
They set forih as an evidence Of the ;Dfnis
wisdom Of tina, new revelation Of Democrac
! sent down by tho Baltimore Convention
y 1874. that the wan,on overthrow Of the PFC
u ,er,ive sy,,sm had 40, produced al the disa'
" itoos effects which usually result from locofoe
measures, iotlma,ing that the unn' 1al ineress
Of our exports to supply furnishing con,inen
has had litle to do 10 sustaining our na,iOu'
: prosperity and saving us from revusle
y which the southern wing Of the loeolceo pa
" hoped might be fatal 10 Northern indastr
and Northern aud Western Interests. Thes
q are the topics and this is the kind I
/, stuff Of which the Committee have made .
their Address. After this, follows loog d
4 fence of the buugllng Sub treasury, an auae
3. upon the Bankrupt Law, which the wan,o
acts Of a locOfoco Presidsa, and bin
n sanction Of the loeofOoo party, as clearly etsi
ted necessity for. as eanss ever produced g
feet Next comes q fulsome eulogy Of ii
b. President and defence Of aut glorious we
J. by which It appears THAI Mexico has Jumpe
c AZ US just as brick pavement jumps Up an
! strikes drunken man 10 the head. III
! Committee conclude their Address BY 1--we
= King a spirit Of onion. 10 this. they al
! too oi,ea successful Il is a party whie
| is never united for shy other purpose than d
suae,ion ard plender, Let The Wings {
Grant bind The Uneleaa spirit Of lOeoiccoisC
which is bsginning here to ieam and gaash il
teeth, and cas-, i, Into outer darkness,