Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-10-14
-. 1919
Our Principles and Our Duty.

Never had party more glorious prin-
ciples than the Wing party of this Ma
ton. Our principles as well as our par
,y are national; looking to the prosperi-
~ of the whole American People, they
are in contradistinc,ion TO those of our
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to do
something to promote the interests OF
the country they constitute truly and EN-.
pha,ically an American system of meas.
ures, indispensibly necessary to the
growth, happiness and prosperity of this
great nation. They are the principles
of the greatest, wisest, best and most
honored sages and statesmen that this
country since its existence has produced,
such men as Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe and Jackson, and
those who, for wicked and partizan pur-
poses, pretend The contrary. are falsi-
fers of history, and perverters of re.
cords-,here is no truth in them.
We would promote the growth and
prosperity of our beloved country, and
her entire independence commercially,
as she now is, thank God, politically of
every foreign country. We would have
such system of currency, as shall keep
our own specie in tie possession and
under the control Of our own people III
stead of that system of our opponents,
under which il is finding its resting place
in the vaults OF the Bank of England,
and under the paw of the British Lion.
We would avoid enormous debts to for
sign capitalists, and the mortgaging to
them of our property, for Railroad Iron
and foreign manufactures of every kind,
by the adoption of an American. in OPP
position TO an English commercial policy;
we would promote the interests OF all
classes of our countrymen by encourag-
ing diversity Of employment instead
ofswamping one Of our greatest interests
BY driving every body into it; we would
in short, by the adoption of that judici-
Gus policy recommended by Washington,
Jefferson, and Jackson, Tariff, devel-
ope the resources of our own soil. open
our mines, set our ariizans at work, and
stimulate the production of the various
kinds of raw material for which our soil
aud climate are SO pecullarlly adapted,
and thereby furnish our own Rail Road
Iron, our own manufactured goods, and
a certain market for the productions of
our farmers at home-saving to them the
cost OF transportation, insurance, &c., on
what they have to sell as well as on what
they have to buy.
We would also in every particular d.
rect the action, and distribute the favors
Of the general government, under the let
ter and spirit of that Constitution which
processes to have among its objects, to
provide for the common defense, and
promote the general welfare; we would
protect national commerce on the fresh
water Lakes and rivers Of the West,
40 well as on the salt water Ocean Of
the Eas:; we would build Rail Roads
when necessary as great arteries of trade,
including Rail Road TO the Pacific; in
brief, we would extend the aid Of the
General Government to all works where
he general commerce of the country re-
auifes il. and general in the sense OPP
,ossd 10 partially a. favoritism. These
,re Sseme OF our principles; some Of our
|esiens; they are in keeping with the
piris Of the age-they 60 ahead-,hey
EEK 10 deyelope. build up and advance
ur own country--her own farmers, her
= Daborers, and her own manufactures,