Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-01-12
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J The Jetlersonian, after coPyin" from the cor
respondence Of the Union, lots of figures to prove
the prospe rity of our country, under the benign
influence, and fostering care of the measures Of
the present admnistration-the large
ceived from custons,-the coinage at the mint,
and vast expectations of bread stufIs to Europe
thus breaks forth
"Ana let i, be borne in mind, that this prosper
ty has been the result of DEMoCRATIc measures
measures which have been assaulted al every
turn by the whole wing party, from W ebstcr
down. AS fraught it'll ruin aud distress. We
therefore ask every Gispassonate voter to pom
der well before lie casts his influence against
measures so healthy and sautarv, To pause before
he gives his suflrages for party who up TO this
time are only known as the party wH"out prin-
ciple.'
democratic measures have produced all the
prosperity in country--tEey are only potent
for good on the other hand, wing meas
ures, if they 90 any good at all, always do an
Immense deal of harm-,hey are burdened W It'll
all the evil consequences of lar prices, and CEN
sured Cor issuing Bank rags and Initiating and
producing high prices! You cannot satisfy these
loco editors let wing measures be beneficial to
the country or otherwise--I IS enough for them
TO know that it is whig act. We never could
see the Justice of this mode of reasoning, adoP-
ted by our oppouents--ior if the measures OF one
party have both good and evil tendency, why
should not the measures Of the other he subject
to like results? If the SIS o5G.oO2 of breadstut's
.xoortcd TO Europe, is the result of "Democratic
measures" is not tn universal t1miHe in Ireland
and other countries attributable to the same
cause7 We do not doubt i.ut that our ne ighbors
will acknowledge that had moi 'a'''' ne prevailed
to the xtcnt it did our expectations would have
been less by several millions Of dollars; and II
they coHcede this their boast of the efficacy OF
the favorite OF their party, the Tariff Of
'46, in bringing about the above item of pros
perity, is without foundation--perf cctly futile.
We were at a loss to understand what
ne ighbors say about 'Party ,rihtom principle
until we examined their improved paper
thoroughly. and found that it certainly must be
the great "Democ ratio party" who We're known
to be without principle''-i. e. unprincipled
We hope they will not take the credit OF first
discovery Of this well known fact TO themselves
hundreds and thousands OF the American peo-
,le have known it long ago. and have labored
diligently to scrapc the scales from the eyes of
their ..democratic'' neighbors. We truly
glad however, that our esteemed friends OF the
Jetfersonian have at last tacitly acknowledged
by tax ug down the following flag Of what they
termed "Democrat1C principles, which h'd peeh
published at the head Of their paper,) that the
party to which they belong. is without principle,
and the. therefore, every dispassonate voter is
urged by them 10 pause before he casts his sut-
frage for its suPport-we say too:
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
"a simple and frugal government, confined
within constitutional limits
"A strict construction of the constitution, and
stf.r, pf IN
NO National Bank to swinGle the laboring
population
No connection between the government and
banks.
"A constitutional barrier against inprov dent
State loans.
"A Revenue Tariff. discrim inating in favor Of
the poor consumer instead of the rich capitalist.
The honest paymen of our debts and the sa-
cred preservation of the public faith