Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-07-04
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~~ Gro0 MOO. 4. - Soessoe
Allowing letter. from Mr.. Smith,
-afjesd, will be read with interest ny
.. whig constituents; and' we take
-. in assuring the writer, that
- psiosisy of,he Wings Of the Fourth
n.1dc,, wiIl give Gen. TAYLOR a jealous
.leordisl support.-tEds. Pal.
w..rxcros CRY, goth Of June. 1915.
ma. S,s: Your favour Of 18Th inst,
...ehed me last evening; you say you
-. heard that have declared in favour
= ~ election Of Gen. Taylor. In this
.. have heard no more than the truth.
iv,s not as you are we'll aware, one Of
40 who desired the nomination Of Gen.
Taylor. Concurring fully in the views
n,estained by q large majority OF the
wings Of my district. | preferred the
,onination Of another.
That question is no longer an open one.
Il has been closed by the action of the
Wing National Convention which recent
II assembled at Philadelphia. Gen. Il.
TAYLOR is now the candidate Of the Wing
,sr,y for the Presidency, as Gen. Lewis
Cas-. is the candidate Of the democratic
party. The issue is narrowed down to a
contest between these two individuals.
One or the other Of them will be the Presi-
dent Of the United States for the ensuing
four years should they survive. No sep
crate organization Of men, apart from the
Wing party of,he Union. can by any pos
sibility secure the election Of any third
man.
In this issue shall support Gen. Taylor
cordially and sealously. The considera-
tons which in,pel me to this course are
numerous and cogcnt. In briefmanncr
will present TO you a few Of them:
For almost twenty years the adminis'ra.
ton Of the general government has been
in the hands Of party which has acquir
ed consequence and power by protesting
ademocracy which it has never practiced.
Step by step have the leaders Of that party
progressed in national decentralization
Since the incumbency Of John q. Adams
the national expenditures have increased
from thirteen millions 10 over thirty mil
lions Of dollars year, aside from the
enormous expenses Of the Mexican wal.
4 national debt has been rapidly accu-
mulating. and which, before we get through
the appropriations which the war hes rem
dered Indispensable, will exceed one hun-
dred millions Of dollars. This protigate
expenditure has brought with it no public
benefit; on the contrary Il has rather pur
chased the seeds OF national ruin. TIL,
mighty Yves, with all its vast interests ha
been neglected. The great interests o
peace have bcch abandoned 10 an fl
cessant and corrupt struggle on the par
Of the leaders Of the opposite party 70
power and place. 4 needless war has
disturbed every element Of society-it ha
left thirty thousand OF our countrymcn j,
foreign graves-it has made the Locofoc'
party drunk with the love of foreign con
quest and Of battle-it has converted tn
one man power into dcspotism. over
towering the Legislative arm Of The govern
ment. and which threatens TO alter an,
dis6gure the entire theory Of our cons,itu
tion.
The history Of the past is only relieved
by the brief duration of Wing asccndcncy
which. despite the cruel and unexpected
embarrassments which were thrown abou
accomplished the ostimportant results
Under that asccndency the diffcultie
between this country and Great Britain
growing out Of the affair Of the Carolin
and the rebellion in Canada. and that {
the North Eastern boundary were homo,
ably and peacefully and forever adjusted
while the tariff of IS42 revived the bus
ness Of the whole country and gave to u
an adequate revenue.
We must meet the crisis before u.s.
the nominee Of the Baltimore Convention
ten. Lewis Cass. shall be elected Prcs
dent Of the United States, then the powe
Of this government will be confidcd to tn
the hands Of those by whom Texas wa
annexed, by whom the war with Mcxic
was unnecessarily and unconstitu,iona
ly begun. by whom slavery is soug
to be extended, by whom war with En-
land on the Oregon question was grecdi
pressed for the line Of $40 40. IT
triumph will be awarded to those. VIII
u"sat'sfied with the acquisition of Ne
Mexico and California, are already stretc
ing out their arms for Yucatan, and wi
loudly hint Al the annexation Of Cuba.
the next step Of ,l.cir progress" TIL
policy. it requires no prophet to foresc
will change the entire character of o.
foreign relations. 1t will disturb eve
element Of domestic prosperity and CO
cord. II must dissolve the confederation
the States in whose bond of union We ha
been 90 long and so happily linked foo