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war was the same occupied by the wings
lin the Mexican war. The federal mornings
had hung to their ship and trimmed its
under every name and in every
He said the measures advocated By
the old federal party had grown unpopular,
and they ceased to advocate them. The
heretofore advocated BY the pres
ent wing party have grown unpopular, and
they cease to make them issues before the
He exposed the conduct of the
late whig convention in Philadelphia In q
mastery style. When a resolution was in
troduced to lay down the principles of the
wing party it was decided "out Of order"
An effort to require the candidates for a
to subscribe to the doctrine Of
the party was decided "Out Of ordsr.".A
secret session was then had to sppease these
wings who commended for q declaration Of
principle; here, said he, met the Bank men
of the North snd the anti-Bank men Of the
South; the Protective Tariff men Of the
East, and the Revenue Tariff men Of the
West; the Wilmot Proviso men Of the
North, and the ii -Proviso men of the
South ; the Natives and the initiatives,
all insisting upon their views, formed a
great heterogeneous mass, incapable Of set
Ting upon any fixed principles to submit to
the people. Hence they sti6ed their mea-
suIes, smothered their doctrine, turned
from their lesdeas, and sanctioned the n on
commitalism of Gen. Tayior.
Upon the subject Of the Tariff, Judge
King was peculiarly happy in his remarks.
In q plain practicable illustration he brought.
its workings forcibly before the people
Suppose 1900 bbls. Of -four is the consump-
ton Of Pike county, 1000 bbls. Of which is
manufactured in the county, while 500 isI
brought scross the river from Illinois, which
hes to pay tax Of one dollar per barrel by
q tariff Law Of Pike county. They can sell
the -four here for % per bbl., but after this
tax of q dollar they must have $5. The
fifth dollar goes into the county revenue,
making $500 on the 500 bbls. The manu-
facturers in the county are enabled to get
$5 per barrel also for the 1000 barrels they
sell, which could have been had from ILL
nois at "a. The consumer 10 therefore fore.
ed to pay $1,000 more for this 1000 barrels
By virtue Of the tariff Law, which goes into
the pockets Of the manufacturer; or in 9th
er words they are taxed 1880 TO get $500
revenue Wings contend that high tariffs
the number Of manufacturers, and
their competition makes low prices. II by
their competition they bring down the prices
and can live BY the reduced prices, surely
could live by the high prices before
reduced them. If protective tariffs
reduces the price, then where isthe protsc-
and if in their operation they are to
the manufacturer to sell lower, then
why do those sagscious men ask for them?
Upon the subject Of internal improve
ment by the general governmsnt, he charg-
ed unfairness in the arguments Of his COM
That the democrats are not OPP
posed, a. Mir. R. endeavOred to show, To-
every kind of Improvement BY the general
government but they oppose . general
system" that will include rivers and har-
bors Of not sufficient Importance to gain the
sanction Of thspeople upon their own mer-
is, without being log-rolled together. The
wings favorthe log-rolling system, the DEM
ocrats oppose it. In the last congress only
10 wings could be induced to vote for the
proposition to improve the large rive
ers Of tbs West the Ohio, Mississippi and
Missouri. 10 the present congress they
have been clamorous for Q bill including
near one hundred small rivers and harbors,
which we're tackled on to the thoroughfarss
the West to ride through upon their
The democrats have always favor
ed necessary constitutional bills, stripped
Of log-rolling ineumbrances. Jackson DID
favor correct bills and large appropriations
were made during his administration, but
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