The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-07-03

defeat the expressed will OF O majority
Of the representatives Of the people,"
The workings Of free trade have opened the eyes
Of the farmer, of the mechanic, Of every body
Even Abbot Lawrence Of Boston, who was to be
ruined by free trade, is donating his thousands and
tens of thousands to schools and colleges, under
the prosperity of a democratic t~ariff--of a sub
treasury-of a "union Of the sword and purse in
the hands of one man." and of the "veto power. F"
Hence these great principles () Of the great wing
party. are no longer the principles of the wing
party, but the mere echoes Of its dignitaries who
sit in command. Anxious as the wing party are
to get power and re- enact their old absudities-the
o%ff.cast vagaries of European despotisms-under
the delusive cry Of bene6ting and protecting the
people, yet the lack the courage now to plant their
party upon the old basis of exploded iniquities.-
They will steal power first, and then put on the
yoke. Again: o
"We have no sympathy with that
selfish, narrow-minded, short.sighted
policy, which, while with a p%rofuse
hand it lavishes millions upon the sea-
board, and has literally dotted the At
iantic coast with artificial harbors.
break waters, and lighthouses, can see
nothing worthy Of protection and err
couragement in our IMMENSE inland com
msrce; carried on for thousands cfmiles
by means OF our noble lakes and rivers;
on whose bosom floats annually mil
lions of property; on whose waters
are exposed the lives Of hundreds Of
thousands Of our fellow citizens"
So then, you have all at once become the lead
ing advocates of large expenditures. vast govern
ment undertakings, and a wide field Of enterprise
Why. last fall, the democrats were charged with
being at the bottom of all the Improvements, and
debts, and expenditures! Now If you are sincere
in making western Improvements, why not 60 at
it like men of sense, Of wisdom, of Judgment
Why do you load your acts of Congress with so
many petty expenditures that. to carry all through,
would involve the nation in debt, and defeat the
whole by bankruptcy before the half were finished
We have had enough of this in the States! Let
these things be national, not party-let them be
equalized, but not impracticable-let them be for
the general good, not to pay for partizan services!
Let them be based on something better than the
hoarse believing of wing stumpers, while the PEG.
pie must foot the bill OF reckless ambition. As the
wing committee, speaking for itself only, has in.
trpduced Mr.. Benton on the stand to testify in ia
vor of their version of the Texas annexation, we
will cross question hin on the improvement ques-
ton. Hear him, and believe:
"Col. B. turned to q subject Of great.
interest to the people of Missouri, and
Justly SO. He alluded to the improve
ment of their great rivers. This was
the established policy of all branches o (
the government now, though unhappily
suspended and baked for awhile. The
suspension was no condemnation of the
policy, but the effect Of vicious Iegisla-
tion-mixing local objects with nation
al measures putting small streams in
to the same bill with such rivers as the
Missouri and the Mississippi, and har-
bors which never harbored any thing
but their owners interest, or a local
trade, with the real harbors which shell.
ter the commerce, and ships, and steam
boats Of a nation. The policy was no,
abandoned. The fault Of the suspen-
sion should not rest upon the President,
but on the members of Congress who,
negligently, or sinistrouslv, permit To-.
cal objects to be mixed up with ma
tional ones in the same bill, and thus
force the national to carry the local, or
all sink together. There is where the
fault lay, and that is the point at which
the constituent should observe the con.
duct of his representative"
Ifhe is good in one case, he is good in both
you dare not impeach your own witness and claim
a verdict. 1t has been your own reckless and
needless partisan folly that has defeated the great
measures of which you complaint has been a
sort of dog.in-the.manger business with you.-
The sin lies at your own doors, and your witness
testi6es to this in your teeth. You had better not
trust him again on the stand. See the whole of
Mr.. BIS. powerful speech at Jefferson city.
We then have from the committee a long and la
bored effort on the annexation Of Texas, and the
war, which is the real burden that weighs upon
their minds, and which requires more attention
than WI can devote to it at one time. 1t is rich
for the campaign. and we thank the committee for
their hand boldly and without disguise.
They do not equivocate in intention, nor not
much in language, and particularly call on the par ,
ty and friends to speak out like they do, and fear
not! {
They completely refute the two columns in the
Journal of Thursday, denying that it desired to {
excite the religious feelings ofthe Catholics against t
The war-not only against the war, but against
heir country and its institutions. They save US {
he necessity of showing that we had not mistaken
he design and object of the Journal, let it fall {
on its apparent indefinite language as it may. {
Il shows to what desperate means men resort {
undertaking a desperate case. II any one (
doubts the character of this Wing State Commit
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