The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-02
Address to the Wing. of New nampshire.

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fury, with only single exception, the Wing party
has had no control in the Legislation OF the State.
The responsibility OF administering the govern
ment has rested with our political opponents. We
invite attention atth5 time 10 the manner IN winch
they have discharged those duties and to the
effect of the operation Of their principles upon the
welfare OF the State.
We have often gone into the elections with little
or no hope Of SUCCESS. During the political con-
tests in our State, our principles have been openly
inscribed upon our banners, and our banners nobly
borne aloft to the breeze by standard bearers
when there no hope of victory TO uphold our
hands and encourage our hearts. But the in
fuence Of our acts and example has not been lost.
The Wing party OF the State and nation has been
encouraged, and the cause which we striving
30 hard to establish has been more firmly liked in
our land.
We have seen the interests of our State suffer
through the obstinate and perycrse legislation OF
our enemies. The industrial energies OF our peo-
pie have been cramped because Locoocosm, hay
ing once adopted the whitening doctrines OF radi
casm unknown in other States, has obstinately
refused to discard those principles till the voice Of
public Indignation became too strong to be with
stood. The dominant party Of the State occupy at
the present time Illuminating positions; in order TO
retain power in their hands, they have laid aside
principles they protested to believe, and have
adopted many OF the most important measures Tor
which the Wings have so strcnueusly contcndcd.
New Hampshire Democracy has hitherto for the
most part been united and harmonious Its mem
bers have also acted together in defence of princi-
pies which their better nature condemned, and in
support of men whom they acknowledged unwor-
thy OF their confidence. But the party is no longer
united. A bitter personal quarrel engrosscs their
attention and ID distractiDg their ranks Their
principles are ever changing. Those of yesterday
are unsuied to the plans OF day Hardly year
has elapsed since the Democracy of New Hamp-
shire met In convention, and deliberately set aside
their candidate for the highest office in the State,
because he refused to subscribe to every changing
shade OF opinion in his party, and for perssting III
adhering to the principles proposed and acknow-
lodged by his party within few months preceding
The same faction has recently put in nomination
for the same high office man who has been deibe
raely elected from their ranks, because he, by his
continued and wanton outrage upon all the conr-
teses and decencics of civilized society has widely
separated himself from the Democratic party;''
and at the same time it was deliberately announced
to the world that il had 'too much regard for our
Wing friends to put him over them."*
10 this remarkable turn, fellow Wings, have
things come in New hampshire The Democratic
party, whose boast it has hitherto been that it
holds undisputed sway in our State, and which has
deemed Itself impregnable upon our granite hills,
now opposes us with two sets Of candidates for
every office OF importance in the gift of the people,
each claiming to be the true representative of pure
Democracy. Each rival faction is opposing the
other with bitterness of feeling, with a severity of
action, and with an intensity of hatred, such ms
personal quarrel only engenders Shall we take
advantage OF this division in the ranks OF our op.
ponents, and secure controlling voice in the adj
ministration of the affairs of the State from which
we have been 30 long shut out2
II can hardly be necessary TO reCur to every pub
lie measure which the dominant party Of this State
has at first opposed and then adopted, adopted
and afterwards discarded For years il resisted
efforts for the establishment of safe banking ns,i
tutions, striving by word and action To create an
unwarrantable prejudice against what experience
has shown to be the only safe, and at the time
convenient, medium for every mercantile, CONNER
cial, and farming interest. But when public opin-
ion became too strong 10 be withsood, the same
party rushed to the other extreme, and is now
granting charters Tor banks where the necessity for
them questionable, and not unfrequently refusn q
acts OF incorporation, where urgently demanded
by combination of every public interest, or loca-
ing banks within the control of its own party lead
ers, and for the furtherance of party measures.
In the matter of railroads. the action of the
Democratic party has been equally conflicting.
Even within the last ten years, every effort pro-
cure charters was met with a prompt and obsti-
nate refusal, unless encountered with such prov-
sions as to be wholly imperative and useless. In
an evil hour for our State, such radical and oh.
noxlous doctrines were engrafed upon the creed
OF Democracy that the construction of railway
and other thorougbfares for internal improve
meDts in this State, such other States were
Fastening to complete, was entirely barred. But
again public indignation within our own borders,
and the voice OF amazement and reproach from
every quarter without, compelled these modern
Solons in Legislation to renounce these false mea
sures and again have they rushed TO the other
extreme. Charters have been granted, and the
construction of roads commenced, without proper
assurances OF their necessity, the ability of their
projectors TO construct them and in consequence
thereof, persons of limited means have been led
unsuspcctngly 70 Invest money in enterprises
where now there is neither the nope Of dividends
or OF remuneration in any manner.
Enterprising capitalists have avoided the supe-
rior natural advantages presented by our State for
the location Of manufactures construction of work.
Of internal improvements, and other investments
OF capital, In consequence OF the ultra and radical
legislation Of the ruling party of the Statea sys-
ten OF legislation against which the Wing party
has ably protested from the beginning, and which
time has proved 10 be unwise and mpoitic, nd
still one to which those who arc responsible for III
existence have chung with All obstlnacy which de
hes conviction, and with every exhibition of dema-
goguism only resorted to by rulers the last hope
OF retaining i'll gotten power. Unwise laws stand
upon the pages of our statute book. Provisions
severe as unnecessary are now being developed
and shown to be unwise by the experience OF time
The hard earned savings Of our farmers and me.
chanics are drawn away TO enrich the Golfers Of
foreign money brokers The individual liability
principle threatens TO plunge into deep and hope
lcss poverty whole communities. The honest
heartfelt indignation Of its unfortunate victims II
heard Ia the clearest tones. Wing DrOpbocic,
have come to pass, and Wing principles are com
inendlng themselves TO the attention Of thinking
men. As Wings we stand up and claim oxculpa
ton from the endorsements caused by such lie
gisntion.
But the Objectionable features in the principles o
Democracy not confined alone to State issucs
The same Inconsistencies mark it's progress ia
every part Of our land. In South Carolina 1t cling
topower under the garb Of secession, disunion, au,
notification. In the extreme South il courts pOpu
lar favor under the sectional cry Of Southern Rights
In Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, il il
in open alliance with its bittcrest enemies, co opo
rating with parties protesting every shade Of sec
uOnal opinions, the most obnoxious 10 the DcmOc
racy Of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. II
Virginia it conceals every real intention under
specious abstraction that covers the errors OF 10
day, or is ready 20 adapt itself to the progress o
tomorrow. In South Carolina II HOSTS the Danuc
Of State rights and free trade. In Pennsylvania j
sails under the flag OF protection to home industry
and sings pnans TO the tariff Of 1912. In the Wcs
IL seems to acquiescc in projects OF internal i'm
provemcnts, but beyond It raises the alarm cry o
a violated Constitution and corrupt legislation
Its principles are uniform. and yet sectional. !
becomes call things TO all mem" and the inevita
bic result OF It's principles, when put in practice i
ascribed 20 different aud opposing causes. BY ~
increased demand for American brcadstuiIs durin.
the Irish famine, and in consequence Of the in
scd emount of gDld thrown into circula fio,