The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-18

From ,bs Rochester Daily Advertiser, June a.
wh,s p,,nogpI..-s. nat are '"s,
1t pretty generally believed tha' te ' 'h afw
sss of but seusa cardinal PfhoP's -" a. N.na;l |
- .u 40 6shes IA oibef Nofhs, VIC rlolie
~ va anu I.bsse seem 10 be the chief end OF wbe.
he yrnd aim and Object OF ITS existence nut 20
elnsL heir real designs, and 10 mslead lhe popular NINE
objects, they seek 10 throw dust M ih
Ewes of the people, and 10 prepare 'he way o lneu I'M.
positions ~ pompous profession aa phse ~ ~ haas
nd design 10 hoodwnk misead the pubhc discern
ment. 80 ,..f a., L.. |
creed We find list OF these cardinals OF whiggery,
numbering bakers dozen or So IN the Orleans Anefi
cana paper whose editor has recently been appointed
postmaster at Albion in The place OF wing who was
supposed to be less orthodox IN sentiment or less 10y al
10 The powers that be- This gave something OF the i'm.
press Of authenticity to The productions OF the editorial
Office holder far at least as to eniite hm TO be con-
sdered fair exponent OF the wing creed as Is, and
the wbg administration as il is, and as il would be-
These fifteen articles of wing faith, II should be stated
however in Justice TO the editor not indebted to him
for their paternity, but only as resueconlst who has
dug them up from the tomb OF the past but has repro
duced them The living, moving lmmutabie principles
Of the wing party OF the past present. and future ihs
creed have been exhumed and transcribed from
the tablet OF Ash Pole or Pillar, as II is called in The
programme which erected on the towing path OF the
canal a, Albion during the political campaign OF 1874
1t still pointed 10 as sublime monument OF modern
whiggery " That monument, (excaims the enthusiastic
editor in the ecstasy OF his gushing herocs designed
and erected memeno OF the enduring nature OF re-
publican whg principles, still towers above the passing
traveller" Upon this splendid column Continues our
gandiloquent rhapsodis the wings OF 1874, proud Of
the principles they proiessed and willing that they should
be read and known OF all men, Inscribed IN prominent
characters the policy both State and NATIONAL which as
whgs they had and should continue to advocate SO
long as the necessity OF advocating such policy should
remain In these times of excitement, strife and innova-
tion may be well to recur TO these old landmarks-re
view and compare, and how far we may have wan.
deed from the true path,tha path marked out Tor our
rh hut hoS
Well, what are the principles OF the policy so Pomp.
ously displayed the cardinal elements OF whggery'
They are these:
STATE POLICY.
l. Judcious prosecution of int fna Improvements.
2 An equal distribution OF the literature fund,
g. Encouragement to common schools
The application Of the proceeds oil the public lands to
s. No population of State debts.
g. Economy in expenditures OF government
NATIONAL POLICY. ".."a
T. The Union it is.
Distribution OF the proceeds OF the public lands among
TO- A sound national currency.
IL A restriction OF the veto power.
IL. One presidential term.
Is. Improvements OF our rivers and harbors.
Il An economical administration
Is No assumption of debts OF foreign States.
But lie, US examine this catalogue of wing elements
little in detail and
l. Jnd,cous prosecution of internal Improvements
Now, this is a very sound item of policy but it hap
pens have been stolen from the democratic platform
from Inc pOliCy OF ue parry III lS4S, anu
which was subsequently, Embodied in the new constu-
ton, drawn up by democratic constitutional convention
and alied by The people But this sensible sound arti
Gle is the very upon which the wings of this State
are now making Not satisfied with judietous
prosecution of the works of internal Improvement
State, they for rushing mady onward iramplng
The constitution and all discreet JudIcous policy under
their feet
Nos 2. g. A. and of these articles also smuggled
from The democratic vocabulary where they have been so
long recognised 10 become cassed IN the category OF
political distractions
Economy in expenditures OF government" looks
most ludicIousy ont of place in trhg catalogue
OF principles A parry which IS eiernaliy running The
Stale into debt by It's extravagances-whch stops at no
scheme for punderng the State and embar It's
sources-whch would long this have driven State
headong into bankruptcy, but Tor the cheek policy and
Iudicous restraints oil the democraey-ior such party
70 talk OF ECONOMY IN the expenditures OF government
10 certainly amusing,
Thus ende,h the list of articles in the creed of The
wing Stale policy Now for lie items OF national policy
T. "The Union is"
That means the Union it was in 1914. before the
annexation OF Texas or the admission OF Wisconsin,
Iowa, California into the Union, The addition OF
New Mexico Uah to our territories: measures which
owe their success TO the democratic party-which have
added territory and wealth 10 country than all
that whegery could do If il were 10 have It's existence
prolonged 10 the usual aye oil nan-even 10 tue three
and ten years, (Which, by The way, rs term OF
time in which that potical abortion will have had its
rise, progress downfall. death, burial and its OBJ
liberated and forgotten, will at most leave nothing
the ruins of its pesen footstepsto remind the pilgrim
70 it's tomb that such plague had once existed)
Inc are luUy eHtued 10 tuat aIuCle Oh lNe1
creed Ii indispuaby theirs The Union as was in
ls44 may answer the anqusied notions OF the drones OF
whiggery but democracy goes for the Union 1t IS,
Asp uhen he sohoie boundless continent
and us contiguous lsiefs shall be ours.
mo pentup Utica contrscs our powers
Tie vi hole boundess continent is ours"
Ours il is destined to be from the banks OF Nova Scotia
TO Bhenngs Straits, and from the Frozen ocean TO the
isles of the sunny South So let neghbors Of the
Canadas, and the inhabitants OF the American
OF the Gar of the North, well as the oppressed hab.
tans OF Cubas tropical Cline be prepared and rejoice,
Tor the days oil tbelr redemption draw near.
."Pnotection % American industry"
This item in the wbig creed has become an obsolete
idea. II used for time a popular clap-rap
decoy the cIedulous but, having failed in its object
has been abandoned by lis pualve father, well By
the whole wing brotherhood: the wing Presiden, even
does not venture 10 disturb lis scattered remains.
80 with No 9-the "distfbuon OF the proceeds of the
public lands among the States" The wings, having de-
ciaed themselves Tor the Union it in al and con
seQuenty against further acquisition of territory have no
night, and hardly have the assurance TO come in and
claim that the rich treasures which the pub lands ad
mted through the efforts OF The democratic party have
brought the national treasury should be scatIered upon
local grounds There danger, however, that this ike
the preceding bnmbug might be revived, if the wings
TO be allowed 10 have iu control OF the various de-
partmens OF the government il behooves the democ.
racy therefore. 10 that the progress of whggey in
that direction is kept in check.
10, "a sound national currency
This meant, in a. national bank;" but the people
having no empba'Icsy condemned that system OF
nal agency IN the contest Which followed these Dc cla
oos, and on subsequent occasions, the wings have not