Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-16

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Dl-We do not Mow, says the Nation
al lntelIigencer, thst we have ever before
seen, in 80 few wotds, a more comprehen-
sive and concIusite vindication Of the
Wing party from icing charged of being
opposed to Progress" in the true coscep-
ton of that term, fian is contained in the
~subioined article. | We have taken the
freedom toitaliciseh he points which most
attracted our attention in it:
FROM THE LrNcnpuRd 9vino,stAs," OF SEPT. 20.
Progress.
To the pbserval4 and impartial mind
no more groundleh %pretentions could be
presented than tht, Of the Locofocs. that
theirs is the partytof progress (" and yet
there is scarcely aty one OF the many as
symptoms with wsich they have so long
managed TO deluxe unsuspecting people
by which ahey have professed more than
tits. If eguatio1 were progress-v to
hare kept all The elements Of social and
political life in a perpetual state ofe1cite-
ment and discord-W hare encouraged
the buocaaee,tng spirit Of one class of our
citizens I'D its law.sss designs against the
peace and prosperity Of other nations,
were a promotion of the substantial wei.
fare of the countr4, then we admit that
the claim:of the rarty would be indispu.
table. BAIT by those who are of opinion
that our prosperity as a republican people
depend upon the cultivation of the arts
of peace, and a fa3hiul observance of those
laws andEtrealies (which have been enact
ed for th, prote 'tion Of our individual and
nationa! rights, a kwidely different conclu-
sion will be arrived at. Education, COM
merce, the industrial arts, and peace, inter.
nal as we'll as exta,rnaI, are the wheels by
which the machi,ary, ola true and safe
progress must u propelled. Let any
man ask himself what the Democratic par
.y have done or Fought to do for these,
and answer the question to their credit If
he can. Let HIM consult their history,
examitfe their pary creeds, look to their
Legislative action aand say what system or
measure they hay. e established or attempt
ed by which these great agents OF i'm.
provement and progress have been
strengthened and benefited
What ENCOURAGEMENT have they ever
given to the labofs Of the manufacturer,
the miaiar, the agriculturist, and the ar.
tasan ? :What lave they ever done to
sustain these grand elementary interests Of
the American people, against the pauper
and convict labor Of other countries !
| Nothing. and worse than nothing! For
years they have warred, with unrelenting
hostility: against every attempt OF the
Wing party to fpster aud support them.
What have theyever done, as a party.
towards the ertfnsion and protection Of
commerce? Nothing, and worse than
nothing! They have permitted hundreds
Of lives aud millions of property to be sac.
rificed annually to the dangerous impeai-
nents that obstruct she great ravers,
and bar out or ships from safe and
accessible harboss along the lakes and
ocean IN times OF storm. While the pub
lie lands are ~plundered every year for pet
ty and local purposes, they are found, as a
party, steadily resisting all attempts Of the
Wings 70 increase the means of CONNER
cial intercourse, sand render more secure
the lives and property Of those who are
engaged in it. iTheir present candidate
for the Presidency, sigualized his career in
Congress by an :unvarying opposition to
every scheme having these objects in
view. What have they done t keep
down intestine coamotion in the country,
or preserve peace aot,h joragn nations?
The history Of the past will show that
the policy they have uniformly pursued
has brought on US all the former. while it
has been characterized by much that was
at wal with the latter; and who does
not know that but for the restraining and
conservative influence Of the Wing party,
always exerted in favor of the public tran
guilty, our present condition, as a conse-
quence ;of such a course on their part,
would have been sadly different.
Indeed, there is nothing in which the
progressive character Of the two parties
has contrasted more favorably to the lat.
ter than in their constantly exercised con
servatism, by sthich the a0hole govern.
mental: machinery has been Kept IN sound
workin:g order. On all OCCASIONS, when
danger; has threatened our institutions
al every crisis in our monetary affairs,
whenever one of those revolutions that
sometimes shake the business system like
an earthquake has threatened us ; in what
soever manner the rights or interests of
our people have been mperilled. Wing
influences haze been felt, acandertng off
steadysng, and protecting, like the prsn-
ciple of good IN The moral world. 1t has
been finely said Of Wing principles, that
they were like electricity in the physical
universe-sometsmes dormant but''alWays
possessing in themselves vigor aud vital-
ity, fructifying. and vivifying, and purify
ing everything with which they come in
contact. They are not the offspring Of
any passing emergency, dying with the
use to which they are applied but they
are aensUeysaS gna everlasting-applica-
bic at all times.sand suited to every posi-
BILE condition in which a people can be
placed.
A TIGHT PLACE. - The Tnscumbia
North Alabama puts Col. c. S. TARphEY
in rather a tight place. or his friend Gen.
FRANKLIN PIERCE, The Colonel made a
speech at Tuscumbia on the 18th ult.,