Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-10-06
ARE THE FEDERALTSTS TO BE TRUS-

other contests between the two great pollucal
nar,ies, into which the people of America are
divided, each had certain principles, which 1t
urged upon the voters of the country as those
which, if carried into practice, would insure
happiness and prosperity TO the country. For
instance in the last Presidential contest, the
Democratic party urged that the finances OF
the country should be managed by the agents
OF the people themselves, without the inter-
vention of a great monied corporation, which
they (the Democrats) urged would not only be
unconstitutional but would also be highly IN
expedient. The Democratic party urged that
the duties imposed upon foreign articles I'M
ported into this country, should be laid for
the purpose Of raising revenue TO pay the ex-
penses OF the government, and not TO protect
the manufacturers of the Northern States at
the expense of all the other great interests of
the country. The Democratic party urged
upon the people the propriety of devoting the
monies derived from the sales of the public
lands to their constitutional legitimate purpose
the support of the general government. The
Democratic party insisted before the people
that the Federal government had no constltu-
tional right TO carry on general system OF
works OF internal improvement These, we
say, were the great principles held and advo-
Gated by the Democratic party in 1914, and
under which they came into power. In the
same contest, the Federal party held and adj
vocated the very converse of ali these Demo-
cratic doctrines. The great issue was made
up and tried by the American people. They
returned their verdict in favor of Democracy,
as they will always do when the issues are
fairly argued before them. Well, now, i'll
the present campaign the great Democratic
party stands upon the same great platform Of
principles that it did 1914 Indeed, with
regard to the two most prominent of these
great issues, they are now in successful ope-
ration We mean the Independent Treasury
and the Revenue Tarif-and the country is
happy and prosperous under their benign IN.
luence. On the other hand, the Wings have
abandoned the adverse of these two
great measures-the Bank and a Protective
they advocated so strenuously
in the last campaign, thereby virtually admit
ting that the Democrats We're right, and they
Qhe Whigs) were wrong.
Under this state Of facts, we would like 10
ask the intelligent voters of North Carolina if
they are prepared to trust the reins OF govern
ment in the hands of the Federal party, not
one of whose peculiar dogmas have ever been
sustained by the people? They will not now
tell you what measures they are for and what
against. True, they admit that the country
gets along very well without National Bank
that the present Democratic Tariff is work
ing we'll but then the history of the past on
" proves that they would, if the country was
SO unfortunate as TO see them once more IN
power, falsify all these declarations, by again
reviving all these ultra measures, so frequent
ly condemned by the people.
The Wings admit, themselves, that they
were wrong on the subject of the National
Bank-they further virtually admit that they
.-.ero wrong !" advocating q prn+notivo Tariff
This being the case, how can they expect the
people to follow them any longer? How can
they expect the intelligent freemen of North
Carolina to support party whose schemes of
past have proved impoitic and unwise /? Will
the honest voters of the country not rather sus-
tain that party whose measures have, when
carried into practice, always worked we'll for
every section and every interest in the whole
country
The truth is, and you have only TO hear a
Wing speech or read Wing newspaper to
find it out, the Federal party of 1913 have no
principles that they will dare avow before the
people and are waging ruthless war upon
the Democratic party FOR the sole purpose of
getting into power, in order that they may en-
Joy the spos, and, at the same time saddle
the country with their oft repudiated measures.
We believe in the intelligence and patriot
ism OF the people of the good Old North State
and therefore we feel assured they cannot Ion
ger cling to a party that has been literally
driven from every position it held. by the peo-
pie OF the country.
THE GAME THAT is PLAYED.
We have frequently before adverted to the
mode of eectioneering resorted to by the Tay.
lories in the present campaign. The ques
ton of slavery is the question OF the day, and
still from Gen. Taylor, who is here in the
South. advocated as the neculiar friend of thai