Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-10


8 was the practical construction which this part,
. placed upon the consii,u,ion---,ha. the velt
E was 10 save The people from themselves :: ant
. ye'in their platform they said ,ha, ".he people,
/. money ough, to be carefully guarded for III.
/: peoples benefit" A small mislake--.,hey shoule
!, have said ",he par,y's bene6,"---a variation
, merely Of theory from prac.icle; for, while
they talked about guarding the peoples money
pr the peoples benefit, they were actually af
plying 1t TO the benefit of themselves; and
while they said !tha, they were opposed 10 le
gisla.ing for she bene6. of the lew atthe ex
pense of the many" yet this was precisely
wha, they were DOING. They were legisla,ing
the money from the peoples pockets into their
own legisla,lng entirely for the henif Of The
few a, the expense oflhe many 1her,whole
system, in the very face of2,he eyes Of their
theory, was TO enrich the; few a. The expense oi
the many and this he would soon show wa,
a game we'll understood by their grea! leader
General Cass. = -. Il, ~ :4..
They talked about ECONOMY" and preached it
in their platform. They were great economists.
the real Thomas Jefferson economists, while, as
he had stated, they prescribed and trampled under
foot every one of his principles. Thomas Jeffer-
son was the enemy of national debt. Look at
our national debt now, created by this democrat
Eic" Administration. Mr. Adams administered the
Government for'twelve and half millions year,
on the average of his whole term, this sum cover
ing the entire expenses ofhis Administration, ex-
cept what was applied to the public debt. Mr..
Adams was denounced and put out for his extrav-
agance. Mr.. Van Buren, came in-thss lover of
economy, this admirer of Thomas Jeferson--and
the expenses of the Government during his Admin
-
instead of twelve and half. Gentlemen smiled;
he de6ed them to deny it; he challenged them to
the records They might promise to answer, as
they had done before, but they would never do it
never, because they could not, and the least said
the better. =. g ~ Z:
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, (Mr S. yielding
the floor with some hesitation for one question:
asked if the gentleman did not now stand side by
side with Mr.. Van Buren,! - - ::
MIR. Stewart-What side by side with Martin
Van Buren! IA laugh.] Thank God, l have MOTH
ing to do with Martin Van Buren,, and never will
have. l would ask if the gentlemen himself
who was formerly so ardent supporter Of Mr.
Van Buren, was for Van Buren, nowl Was he
now his candidate! Was he for Van Buren, or
Cass @fg
MIR. Thompson's reply was not heard :.
MIR. Stewart continued. He said the expenses
of the Government had now run up under Mr.
Polk to S60,O00000 year. They had increased
from $I2 500 900 under Mr. Adams 10 $2e, 500. 600
under Van Buren,, and now to $50 900 900 or $780,
090, 900, under the present ''economical", Admin
istraton!--This was their boasted Jeffsrsonian
economy this was their oposition to nation
al debt. Why, they had done nothing but make
national debts. Mr. Van Burenthad found some
100000 surplus in the Treasury he had left
some S4O0 900 of national debt, after selling seven
Or ochf pnillioDc IF nahk ctuck R~lL had
found some SIT 100000 of debt, and had now run
it up to one hundred millions Of dollars onoyer
This was Democratic" consistency! The.peo
pie would mark it at the next election. Thomas
Jefferson was opposed 20 standing army, to
great navy yet the gentleman from North Car
olina (Mt. Mckay had told the House that the
appropriations for the naval service Kad run up
within few years from g., 100000 to Sll 600, 900
And this under this beautiful Jeifersonian Admin
istration, which went by the rule ofcon,rary, look
Ing one way, and rowing the other.
He always thought Mr. jefferson was the friend
Of peace. What was Gen. Cass! For war, war,
war First with England he was for fifty -four
forty fight :" then he, was for Mexico for swa-
lowing Ito use his own language) the whole of
Mexico; mex. for Yucatan; and then he might be
Tor Canada. Now, here was the practice Of tir.
gentlemen over the way, and of their leader, v,Iao
talked so loudly about MIR. Jeffersons principles I
War was barbarism in this enlightened age and
country itwas an absurdity, crime, and il was
considered so by Gen. Taylor. . -; IA.
but little more of the history Of Gfn., Cass.
He had been on all sides of all questions. There
was not question of public policy Of the county,
upon which Gen. Cass had not occ:u Died posi-
ton on both SIDES. Once Fede ialist, now
9 Democrat" when the question of the annexa-
tlon OF Texas first came up he WIS decidedly op-
posed to II; when it was said that the British
were going to take Texas, 81 ct them have it,"
said he,' we do not want it." But little before
the nomination, on the 10th of Nav, 1874, he wrote
a letter to Mr. Hannegan, in which he was for i'm
mediate annexation and for slavery TOO. He was
against annexation. and for annexation against
the provso aud for the proviso; against protection
and Tor protection ); an ainst internal Improvements
ana for internal improvements. With reference
% The Wllrnot prov $50 Gen. Cass was decidedly
[or II at hrst; ne was great proviso man :. and
then at the next session of Congress, when he
found 1t would Tot do for certain section, he
turned against the provso, and in his letter to Mr.
Nicholson said !" change has been going on in
my mind, and when the shareholders demanded
q be, allowed to carry their slaves to new terrific
y, he says it would greatly improve the comfort
and condition of the slaves If they were scattered
lyer more territory. and he was now great sla-
very man {; and the gentleman from Mississippi
MT, Featherston0 had just said he was pledged
to veto the Wilmot provso. He was once for
orqecllve tariff, bnt now opposed to all protection
! he time was when Gen. Casa voted for internal I
improvements but he wrote an answer to a let
er OF Invitation TO attend the Chicago Convention