The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-10-07

our Wing Cabinet eyinced great pusilan
unity in not promptly resen,ing. This il
a fair sample Of the spirit by which tina
party is animated Nearly twenty years
ago, it threatened France with war, il
case the money she owed our merchant.
for spoilations committed under her flag
since $500, were not promptly paid
though an equal amount due our mer
chants for French spoilations before 1900
and which our government, for a valuable
consideration, by il receive ed, had promised
half century since TO discharge, though
often pelitoned for, then remained un
paid, and still remains so, one bill proyid
ing for its payment having been vetoed by
a .Democratic' President, aud another de
fe eated in the House by Democratic op-
position. And go, from first to last, parti.
san Democracy has steadily evinced n
disposition to bully other nations for the
payment ofdoubtiul debts, while refusing
% frivolous pretexts to pay indisputable
debts of own.
No reproach has been more commonly
applied to the Wing party by IFS enemies
lhan that of being peace party and Of
taking the side Of the enemy and moth
ing could be said, which, rightly regarded,
rebounds more TO its praise. 1t is easy
and popular-in case Of international dis.
putes, to take extreme ground, to insist on
all the points which favor our own country
and slur over those which make for its IN
agonis,--easy TO rouse the dogs Of war
;Isss t,o <ho .c. i
and admiring multitudes. Bat 10 urge
that there is another side to the picture
which also demands consideration--thai
men are not necessarily demons because
they live across river, or speak differ.
ent language from ourselvcs-that we have
not only endured wrong but done wrong
and that the claims pu, forth on our behalf
are beyond the measure Of justice, this is
not the way TO win huZzas nor elections,
ct it is the course often dictated BY duty
and patriotism. Honor, then, TO that par
| ty which has repeatedly dared to stem the
mad torrent of revenge and lust Of con
quest, and TO receive into its own bosom
The darts aimed at foreign Peoples, States,
and Nations, and calculated to stir up re-
vengefpi passions in their breasts in turn!
Blessed are the peaeemahers; and blessed
llso are they who for half century have
stood forth the unshrinking antagonists oi
Aggression and War! 'We are land
-tealing race. was once exultingly pro
pounded in Tammany Hall, by chief ac
tor in the theft OF Texas, who is now q
formidable aspirant for the Democratic
leadership. With our covetous, aggressive
propensties thus broadly proclaimed, who
shall say that credit is no, due to that par
" which dares nlrench itself across the
path Il national rapacity, and receive the
first charge OF the headlong host upon its
own thineed ranks, rather than permit il
TO pour itself unchecked across the iuyi
ting possessions of our neighbors?
2. Opposed to the instinct of boundess
acquisition stands that of Internal Improve.
men, A nation cannot Simultaneously
devote its energies to tho absorption of 9th
ers' territories and the improvement of lis
own. In a state Of war, not law only is
silent, but the pioneers axe, the canal-dig
gers mattock, and the house-buildcr's
lrowel also. Nainly should we hope tc
clear, and drain, and fence, aud fertllize.
our useless millions Of acres, at the same
Time that we are intent on bringing the
whole vast continent under our exclusive
dominion. II is by no accident, therefore,
but By an instinct profounder than any
process Of reasoning, that the Democratic
party arrays itself against the prosecution
OF Internal improvements. individuals in
that party may demur, and local or person
Al interests may overbear party tenets and
tendencies; but i, is none the less true that
The party is essentially hostile to the I'm
provement policy. We see this evinced
in its votes against and ve,oes OF river and
harbor Improvement bills, in its repudia-
tions, its hostility tocorporatons, &c, &c
individuals in the party will pretend TO be
| in favor ofthe prosecution of such improve.
ments, but not by tho General govern.
ment, nor by the State government, nor
yet by company OF citizens, unless clog,
aed with conditions which render such
prosecution morally impossible. Thus,
New Hampshire, under Democratic guild
ance, undertook to saddle all corporations
with the individual liability Of each stock
holder for the full amount of every debt in
Cured by the Comp any, thus repelling
men of large capita! or caution, and etiec
tually obstructing progress. To this sue,
ceeded a party attempt TO make every
railroad company buy, at the owners val
ualion, every foot Of land il was compelled
TO cross, in effect giving one rapacious OF
perverse landholder on the line Of pro
jectcd railroad a power to prevent its con
slruc,on. This ground was finally reced
ed from, when the combination Of loca! in
teres. with Wing resistance threatened tc
revoluiionize the State; but the spirit
which dictated the effort still lives and
reigns, though deferred by fear Of conse
luences from that particular mode anc
measure OF self-exhibition.
3. 50 with the question Of Protection Il
Home Industry. am tolerably acqaalnt
ed with all that has been urged on beha'i
of the policy known as Free Trade; but il
has never shaken my conviction that tar
in of duties, wisely adjusted SO MS to AFFORD
both Revenue and Protection, is essential
10 the national growth and well.being -
What do we rean by Protection? Simply
the restriction OF importatlons OF torelst
manufactures TO such an extent that thell
l 4 val.