Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1848-07-25

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Tile a Nd HE or.ra,TeIA1S.
orITleiA haw. do yon like ola
=. FAR NERlil, sir, as a nj lta y comm Under,
think well oil him, md be observes 10 be honored
bs his country, but | have doubts d66nt,lie pro-
pttety seF electihg him President OF the United
States.
Il. Yhy yon are Syargs are Yon moi. RI
r. IL have heretofore been an ardent support
er t,t tjat party but for toor lhreezyeafs past
Va been less IN the Cause than Formerly
and hayc made up my mind vote FOR Cass and
aisutiet at the next eleelion. faaA = u
jP' Eben you are going u turn your coat aud
desert your nrthei pies are y9p ssss4:..,.
s Is-Ao sir, my prime plss arc the same now
that riley hayts al be On and Tor my Coat
(by which, pfesuints mean tlse party That
5lIaye acted with il is 50 com that
nus TO get new one. Or TO speak
IlaiilIy, Il has been tile SoyetnIpg principle with
me. to cast my vote for the party tint would adj
minister the government iii such n manner as
would secure 10 the Countrywide greatest amount
of good. And upon, a more closelnvestlgaton oil
the policy of the respective parties, ] find that
was deceived in supposing that the Wing party
is The party of.my country, and have therefore
been acting against my principles by supporting
it; and so far us can do so, am going 10 repair
the injury that have done my country, by voting
the Democratic ticket in future.
p.-Why sir: ! am surprised that yon should
be seduccd into the support OF Locofoooism. COM
posed as il is of set of low dcmagogues whose
policy is destructive, and if it succeeds must be
ruinous to the aborng class ofour people Vote
the Wing ticket. and elect honest old Zachary
TAYLOR President of The United States, and then,
sir, you will see the government administered
g on The rue principles 9t,ihe Constitution"
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cues, ruin and destruction, long enough to have
become familiar with it. II has no terrors for me
any longer. have listened to it too long already.
Heretofore, have let other men think for me, and
have voted for them, but in future, will think
for myself and vote for my country. The Demo
cratic party has had the control OF the National
Government for the last fory-eight years, with
the exception Of the four years OF J. Q. Adams
administration, and part of The Harrison and
I'yler administration of 1871. During that time,
every one Of their measures was opposed by the
Federalists, National Republicans, Anti-Masons,
Native Americans, Aboltionsts, Conservatives,
Barnburners and Wings. Butthey have pursued
a straight forward course all the time, regardless
of the opposing factions. They have published
their principles tothe world on all occasions, and
carried them into practice whenever they had the
power Instead Of being ruined by their policy,
the country has grown great and powerful under
its influence. AT home, we possess all the bless
ings of a free aud enlightened Government. vi
cious and criminal conductare promptly punished,
and virtue and merit receive their just reward
Among the civilized nations OF the World,
we are the Grand Republic, the admiration and
the pattern of all the friends of liberty and eqmali
ty. With these facts starring me i'll the face |
am going to be the slave of party no longer, TO
wage war against policy that las resulted in SO
much good
P.-We certainly have great reason to feel
proud of the honorable position which our country
occupies among the nations of the earth, but you
are in error when you attribute our happy condi-
ton TO the success of bocofocotsm. nature mas
supplied us so abundantly with the necessarIes
and comforts of Ife and our citizens are SO full of
spirit and energy that we have grown great in
defiance Of the misrne of amercenary party
The policy of that party has been the worst that
could have been adopted, but we have Prospcred
Notwithstanding.
The Wings have never had an opportunity to
test their measures, and ify you will only try them
now, the country will soon be in much greater
state ofprosperity than it is present. You 81 ould
not condemn them though, without a lair test OF
their principles.
Fit is a matter ofindnarence TO me, whether
YOU call it Locofocoism, or whether you designate
It by any other decisive appellation. Names do
not change the substance OF the things they rep
resent. If they did, it would be as hard to recog-
nize the present Wing party, as it is for patriot
to support themaf he has discovered their prin-
ciples. They have as many aliases as the most
notorious outlaw, and have no doubt they will
soon adopt another to avoid the odium of their OPP
position 10 the late war. But it is TO the great
principles of Democratic sovereignty and equality
by which the party in power has been governed,
that / ascribe our success. This too is the dis.
tingushing mark by which the Federalsts and
Democrats may be known from the time OF IctieT-
son down 10 the present. And besides, ! think
the Federal policy has been well tried. II has
been "weiphed in the balance and has been found
wanting, - and therefore we should abandon it.
P.-You cannot hold the Wings responsible
for Tyer's administration, nor can you with tar
ness consider that a test OF their principles. i on
know he defeated all their measures, and assisted
the other party to elect Polk in 1874,
FL do hold them responsible. First, for the
detention they practiccd by clecting man with
ont knowing WHIT he was, and secondly, Tor Tue
failure of the measure which they did pass
Every part Of the great American system, 10
which they protested so much attachment, has
been Tried and repudiatcJ, with every other mea-
sure Of tlfeir party
The alien law, aud the sedition law. were pass
ed under the administration OF the cider Adams
and repealed by the Democratic party alter the
election of Jefferson.
The Rank orthe United States, was the darling
measure of tie Federal party. They stood by 1t
ar lis birth, watched over in its infancy, reJolced
at its precocous manhood, gloricd in the great,
ness of its rper years. wePt when II exp'reu' anu
arc still mourning over its grave ihcy mourn,
not i, those who are without hope though, Tor
they look confidently for a resurrection IN which
the dead carcass will re.appear, clothed perhaps,
in new garb, and with new name written on .
its forehead The country has pronounced IT a
failure, however, and it has been declared san OBJ
soIete idea by Mr.. Webster.
So lilo Distribution of the Public Lands-the
Bankrupt law. The Assumption OF the State
DebtsLthe mutilalion ofthe Constitution by de-
stroyine the veto power, and lastof ailthe high
nrotective tariff OF IS42-haye all been swept
away, condemned add discarded.
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