Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-10-14
Gov. Lucas for Scott.

OF Iowa, Where he now resides, has de-
clared for SCOTT and GRAHAM, In his
letter announcing this fact, he says:
| supported Thomas Jefferson for the
Presidency. | supported Mr. Madison
two terms, Mr.. Monroe twice, and was
one of the electors in Ohio that voted for
Monroe at the time Of his second election.
In 824 was placed at the head of the
jackson electoral ticket in Ohio; 1928
was chosen an elector in that State, and
gave my vote as, such, for Gen. Andrew
Jackson.
| was President of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore in 1882,
which nominated Gen. jackson for re-
election and that recommended Martin
Van Buren, as candidate for Vice Pres
ldent on the same ticket; [ supported Mr..
Van Buren, for the, Presidency in '36 and
40. l voted for Gen. Cass in 1949, and
should freely vote for him again were he
candidate. These are so many proofs
of my title of Democrat. This title has
been we'll earned, and my right to it shall
never be impaired. But | cannot support
franklin Pierce by word of deed for the
important Office of President, consistent
with principles which [ have ever, as a
Democrat entertained, nor with the vol
untary pledges that I made to the Demo
cratic Convention of Ohio, which nomina-
ted me in 1884, as candidate for re-elec-
ton to the Office of Governor of that -four
ishing State; these pledges being as fol-
lows:
My motto has ever been, principles,
measures and men that aciA carry zri,aci-
pies and measures dato efect-and you
may rest assured, that whatever may be
my station or situation in life, you will
always find me in the ranks of Democra-
cy supporting the principles and measures
that were professed and acted upon in the
ADMINISTRATION ofGJe8efSon, q MaoliSon, and
q Jackson, and such men as will carry
their principles and measures into effect"
The position Mr. Pierce has ever occu-
pied, in Congress or any other'public sta
ton in reference to question vital to West
ern prosperity, has been antagonistical to
those which were advocated and dearly
cherished by those eminent statesmen
whose election to the Presidency I most
heartily and cordially advocated. They
taught, and [ have always believed, that
the Constitution vests in Congress the
power to open and repair harbors and re-
move Instructions from navigable rivers {;
and that it was expedient that Congress
should exercise such power whenever such
improvements are necessary for the COM
mon defense-for the protection and fa-
cility of commerce with foreign nations
or among the states-said improvements
being national and general in their char
acter. understood Mr.. Pierce to super
add to the above doctrine, proviso to
the effect, that the water on which these
Improvements are proposed to be made
shall be salt and that they shall be moved
by titles. He has, in effect declared that
the depth of waters to be improved, nor
their capacity for trade among the States,
forms no criterion for just demand upon
federal protection His political history
as collected from his action in Congress,
no less than from his letter to the Com
mittee of the Convention, accepting his
nomination to the Presidency in the terms
set forth in the platform, furnish evidence
of his hostility to all the prominent meas
ures which tend to Western prosperity,
of which internal improvements and do
mestic industry are the most important.
AS Western man, therefore, and as
an original Jackson Democrat, as friend
to Internal Improvements, and to the pro-
lection and encouragement of American
industry, [ cannot and [ will not sup
port-such man as Franklin Pierce for
the Presidency. And, as there is now
but two prominent candidates before the
American people-namely, Gen. Winfield
Scott and Franklin Pierce-one of whom
will necessarily be elected the next Pres
ident, shall most cheerfully and freely
give my vote and influence to Gen. Scott.
| believe him by far the best Democrat of
the two, and one whom every friend to
the West particularly, and to Internal
Improvements, and to the protection
and promotion of American industry,
ought to prefer, and to cordially support.
My "sympathies' have always been
with honest men, and with genuine, old
fashioned Democracy | am not pro-
gressive Loco Foco, and the Editor of
The Reporter ought to know the differ
ence that believe exists between the
doctrines of Democracy and those of Lo-
cofocoism, for sometime since l repeated
to him, in substance, the following
TIE advocates of true Democracy al
ways act with pure and upright motives,
and in the selection of men and the adop-
ton of measure, they strive for such as
are calculated to enhance the welfare of
the whole country and the great mass of