The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-09-25
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Gsmentsi republican uotNihc w ~ '"
,rrp,eta,iou OF the Con.u'ouon. than FRANK
Pierce. The mas. Of our par,y-se may
confidently ssy the majority OF the people
believe that almosl every evil which ha-
q stnrbed the general prosperity sprung from
the Wing doctrine Of iit,iltinous constrno.
ton ~ It they ju,ti6od the Aiien snd
Sadhlon Lava, and more recently TIE Zen.
son -v.t,pi. The incorporation OF NATION
al Bank. the Bsnkrup, 'ct, the Internal I'm
.fcesis..st - Item. ai,si the ilghf a. lrgls!ate
npou the subject Of sl4ssFF. \ striri con
.tfucuonist. We hnd Franklin Pierce. IN
both branches Of Congress. consistently oP.
posing all these measures, regardless OF
sectional considerations aud OF personal
popularity
There we're many reasons why, SO the
representative Of people Ia clos" CONNER
cal connection with Boston ard New ! OK,
he might have been induced 10 f,vora Bank,
and Bankrup, law. yet we tnd han stern
~ resisting them both.
IT, his section of the Union there we're
more revolutionary soldiers, or men clam
ing TO be such, than in any other and yet,
though always Wiling 10 gfant and M vel
authenticated individual cases, he opposed
th" svs}fm asa source of iucessant eNpcn.
diure and corruption, liable 10 enormous
abuses, and AS British precedent too FRUIT
iul of evil in that country, to be made a
part Of the policy Of this
lie had every temptation to favor sweep
ing system Of Improvements By the FEEDER
al Government, because It was obvious that
while the south contributed the bulk OF the
national revenues. the North had the ma
Jonty N Congress, and could control the
appropriations iot their own section, as;hey
hare done IN the proportion Of more than
screen to one Yet we find this emInently
just and upright man dls,egarclHg sectional
appeals Jeopardng popularity and bold
~ opposing it ss system Of exactlon and
robbery. unwarfan,ed by the constitution,
and calculated no, only to consolidate and
enlarge the powers OF the Federal Govern.
ment at the expense of the states, but to
work still greater -and the greatest of
all evl--to destroy the confidence of the
people in the justice of the government,
and in It's capacity and disposition TO pre-
serve Just equilibrium between the great
sections OF the Union.
Wing editor. may make all the capital
they can out Of II, but while we can dem
ons,rate from the records tina, he has never
failed, under proper circumstances. to vo'e
(of measures OF national Importance falling
clearly within the jurisdiction of Congress
one of the features of his career OF which
the country Is most proud one on which
we viii stake his election. and, more thnn
that. his future fame. - hi' bod consistent
mud resoiote opposition to une'e sweeping
Internal improvement, bills, lav'shing The
people money where not uoi'af "'s W
CURED and draining the treasury Tor th'
very purpose OF creating h'oes'''! 'of
taxes and tAr'H'
~ respect !" slavery M" me '"n''''N'
u'"hi tsn'H "l tle H"u'U' anu we hu,"'''
oa' questions 'he'oeN'"l 'h'''''' "'H' nave
years ,1oo-h c"'n'"s rom '"' "'. y ''e'''o
OF ihe ni1n "hy'D A'''','h'+fS men ''''''
'd' ne ha' "lI'in''f '"'"' n Ps"'"'
sn'Ha 'o'" ne MAS ',"'" u'n'np' At
home W 90 me Nh'i'Hl. ! 'SneNs rom
H'S, 20 l"t'' ne "'' "''" i,''''N'''''' '''o'u'''
ah' eve, 'eAol 10 Pu' "'' ?''"V"s oi re-
throp.s's. pursued the ,gais ,ahms Of the
ory. until It nrod h.m into a posi,ion hostile
TO existing inU',uuous; he hiss no, suffered
Ike certain weak enthusiasts, false views
OF religious duty to conyer, him into a dis
turber OF the public peace. or a preacher
OF doctrines sure to end in Instruction and