Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-07-18
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 6. =.

elected, the President will be under their
control; but if "a northern man, the south
will be alive to know clearly his views,
and very exacting ofpledges in reference
TO slavery. Thus you may get the man,
and they the measure. Thus it is, pre-
dict that if the Wilmot proyiso ever be.
comes law, it will be by the signature
of southern President. Hence the I'm.
portance Of our knowing, clearly and
fully, what are the sentiments Of the can.
didates. Let them not have sin months
TO make mp their opinions, and then pro-
claim them after they are elected. We
care not FOR the Offices, whilst we have
the principles.
The democratic party openly and loud.
ly proclaims its principles and records its
pledges. More, it faithfully keeps and
redeems them. What they promised ia
1874, they have fully redeemed. And
what the wings prophesicd would be the
resul : of these measures, have been most
signally falsifed. We promised to reduce
the tariff, and by placing it upon the ad
valorem basis, to give great relief to the
industry Of the country, and at the same
time to augment the revenue to meet the
heavy demands for the Mexican war;
This measure, we were told, would ruin
the country. 1t would PROSTATE our man.
ufacturers and beggar our treasury.
heard the great wing fnancier, Senator
Evans, demonstrate these woful declara-
tions, to the entire conviction of all the
wings. He proved, most incpntesiibIy,
hor Al he &c A,,a
thirteen millions, leaving large deficit
10 meet the current expenses OF the gov.
eminent. But see how these wings mis-.
calculated Already has this tariff pro.
duced thirty millions, year, though we
only promised twenty six millions. Thus
DO the democrats more than redeem their
pledges. So ofthe independent treasury.
That, too, was to ruin the nation, to EN-.
barrass our financial operations, to dis
turb the exchanges and produce many
other serious evils. But, alas! for WING
sagacity and prescience! the independent
treasure has fulfilled, all its purpose sand
realized all our anticipations. So of all
the other measures advocated by the
democrats. They have all succeeded,
just as we expected. and the very reverse
of the predictions of the wings.
If.then, the democratic. party has never
dece ived you--if it has faithfully and gal.
lantIy adhered to its principles through
i'll fortune, if it has ever proved the same
in victory and defeat-will you not trust
to its principles, its promises, its pledges.
rather than wander astFsy after false gods
and principles?
But there is another point to which
must, in this connection, briefly alluGe.-
1t is the Mexican war. This, too. Wil
he an issue in this contest=-not here. in
gallant Louisiana-n0t hers, il ',his
chivalrous and renowned city of New
Orleans; but else where this ubiquitous
war" will be made faithful theme Of
wing defamation, And yet with what
wonderful consistency do those gentlemen
advocate the claims of q gsilant soldier
who has been made known to the civilz.
ed world by his vaIorous deeds in "this
upholy, this accursed var" The war
is unjust, and all engaged in it are MUIR
Gerers; but still they are willing to take
for their President the very "chiet mur-
derer"- the man who has gained inmor-
tai renown by his fiPrnness and galiantry
in this terrible and "infamous" war. BIZ,
the democrats hold that the war is just
one that 1t was brought on by the pro-
vocations of conceited foe, and that /.
was the duty of every patriotic Americaa
to sustain i, with ardor and visor., They
are, too, ever ready 60 testify their pro-
found gratitude to all those who have
aided to produce the glorious results
which have made this war so brilliant
an era in our country's history. But they
are not ready to give up all their mea.
sures to surrender their cherished 'prin-
cipIes--to abandon their t;me.honorcd
doctrines, in order to manifest their a6-
miration of, and gratitude for, the most
distinguished services Of iIlustrious COM
nanders.
Nor is it gratitude or admiration thas
prompts the wings to support Gen. Tay-
ior go ardently. TayloriSm is the mere
pretence, the reality is ,ohigery. All the
Taylor men say they prefer Clay; be is
their first choice. Why don't they sup
port him! Is no not good whigl Is he
not eminently qualified for the Office
morally, politically, and intellectually
qualified
Oh yes! Blu. OH he cannot be elected
because he believes in wing principles
because he is identified with wing mea-
sures. Those, therefore, who prefer
Clay must go for Taylor. because his
principles are unknown; and beingun-
known, he may catch some democrats
and all the wings. If he succeeds. he
may. they hope. cheat the democrats.and
serve the wings. This is precious
confession that wing principles are SO
odious to the people, that there Is no