Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-07-01

millions. Who can doubtit But no nothing bot war and
boodshed would satisfy the President he would .cav
the ninth part Of hair - he would not consent to change
the title OF our negotiaior sent to Mexico from minister
penpotentiay 10 commissioner" which was all that was
required to secure his recognition by Mexico and the opening
OF negotiations for peace. Rather than comply with this
sonabe request he instantly ordered Gen. Taylor to march
the Rio Grande and commenced the without consulting
Congress- then In thus fixing Polk and his party
the responsibility the fearful responsibility Of this war and all
| It's consequences.
But there another grave objection be had to the policy
of this Administration. Our Government now admins
tered, has in effect become foreign Government. We
could now do every thing abroad aud nothing at home The
American people taxed for ihebenet Of foreigners The
millions raised to carry this had been expended for the
most part in foreign country. Internal improvements
unconstitutional at home, but not abroad could survey
and OF course improve the Dead Sea- could make roads
and canals across the shmus of Panama and Tehuanpec
If we want goods they must come from abroad American
hats shoes and coats not good enough for the Amns
aon they reduced the duties and brought them from abroad
proposition was actually made by his colleague, mr. u j.
lSGERsoLL and sustained by his party, few days ngo,
take half the present low duties off the rich uxues
ewey, aud every thing of the kind and of ron COAL CLOTH
hats Shoes and every species of manufacture reducing the
revenue one half expressly favor foreigners, who
presented by his colleague be in suffering condition, (no
matter about Americans j and then, make up, il pro-
posed put duty Of twenty-five per cent on the poor mans
tea and coffee.
Thus sir every thing done by these pogessives inure
abroad improvements foreign goods foreign
our army and our navy employed abroad Every thing
foreign, foreign nothing American No power to protect
or benefit our own people improve our own country The
power TO contract debts to tax and Cypress the people,
the only legitimate powers of Government administered
Was this not true to the letter Would the people longer
submit to this state Of things The power and the remedy
was in their hands, they would apply it, by eevang
that honest true hearted American, General Taylor, to the
Presidency who would soon correct these foreign and anti
American tendencies and bring the country back TO the good
old revolutionary principles and the true american policy of
the earlier and better days Of the republic.
The Baltimore platform had great many things in it to
which his brief remaining time would not permit him
aude He saw, amongst other things they had resolution
in which they repeated the Presidents charge Wings
gave aid and comfort to the enemy" Now he would like
to know what of aid and comfort old lack gave the
enemy Mr. Polk sent Santa Anna 10 give them aid and
comfort while, instead of aid Gen. Taylor gave them
little grape" and canister He wished the gentlemen
opposite make the most of that aid and comfort old
lack had spiked that cannon rather had turned upon
their own ranks, now flying like Mexicans before him.
In the next place. they so for sound currency and yet
the party after the destruction of the United Bank
esabli he'd six hundred State Banks. This
had been done by Democratic Legislatures in Democratic
States But it perfectly with all they did.
They make outcy against Bank paper and they fill the
country with egmate paper money, issued in violation of
the constitution which expressly declared that State should
issue bills of credit and OF they could authorize
others do what the States themselves authorized
do This provision MI Madison says, inserted for the
very purpose of preventing the States from issuing autho
rizing the issue of 'paper money" He (Mr 81
bank man. We had too many banks. He opposed to
United States Bank though he had voted for under
the unanimous instruction OF Democratic Pennsy vania Lee
gsaure when every member fiom Pennsylvania in this
House voted for il but one.
Next Baltimore platform declares that the present Admin
istration bad given anobe impulse by repeating
the tariff Of $40 and establishing that of 1876 This
nounced as the crowning merit and glory Mr. Folks Admins
raon 1t was TOO late TO enter upon that subject for his time
almost EXPIRED but he would merely observe that their sy
TEN had been successful to produce balance OF perhaps
some forty millions against the country Specie
quence going Of the country the of three millions
month from the port Of New York alone, aud goods
were coming in by millions; and he would tell them
while their imports vastly increased under the tariff
of 1916, that their exports falling greatly falling off
The exports Of beadus will be tenth part Of what
they were last year, and, judging from what he in the
last Uaion they would be much less than that The Union
OF yesterday states the exports to Grea, Britain Of -four last
year at 269 barrels this year So 81 wheat last year
2l57 AS bushels this year 1879, and and yet
gentlemen talked of evidence of the worth Of their system
Where il, and what was it crisis is approaching
will soon be upon The result Of such system would be
crisis such they had in $780, which will crush the banks
the people, and the country producing and suengs
Of ls40 which cannot be forgotten svered The famine
and the revolutions in Europe have postponed this crisis the
expenses Of the war; too, had helped but il coming and
must While exports falling of they boast Of in
creased imports and increasing revenue under low duties
thus Boosting Of that which must bring inevitable ruin
The Baltimore Convention boasted OF this glorious
with Mexico. They welcome all lis glore and all its
responsibilities The policy ofthe Wings peace and
The policy of the Wings too economy and not
gsnce; and en Taylor that faithful and patriot should
into power-whch could doubt-if be repeated
Gen. Taylor should into powefa into whose face
they told by Generals Smith and Twggs could
look and make dshonoabe proposonhe would bring back
the expenditures what they in the early days Of the
republic wheq Washington, Jefferson and Madison presided
its desnies Taylor, this second Washington, would
bring back this Government to the pure principles and better
policy Of the first Thank God that period approaching
at hand already its approach is heraldej by
Here the Chairmans hammer announced the expiration OF
the gentemsn's hour, and he took his seat.