New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-29


.hcb The. ain: AMI that is would be csTtDly accoii-
n6.bsd hy the election OF q 1eru Piercsa n IA wno-s
whole course rad been OF Hostility 70 Pr5ie,uon
hostility = Internal Improvements and adhe On 70 al
the principles 81 the Virginia school
ia these declarations ard IN re manifold bearings
rhich they have upon the pcrIn-f nee u our I-l3i
and the prosperity Of our country. tlere Is Ha1' q
serving a much careful and prolonged eNsi'us
non than would re proper tI's occasion sel
barely touch therefore. some Of the most proii ~
Z points whicA thy pIcsaEL .-,.
I What il the policy 20 which 'he . 'morrac par! :
tirs committed, Ard hy whst arguments do thay seek
I for Il tie favor Of t. tmeI.caR pcop.cf -. -,
/ They deny t.c r-ht OF COngresS--oi N. hSAe''
Cover ueut-cf the people OF the Nloi' Hiln e ms
tjrougb their rprt.entave- 70 sdiu-. gre arii o. CT
ties On irnpors which the necessi-e- Oh the 'O'e
mont VIII always comp us to IlpO~'! 'n "'s -"
20 The proteciion # american labor at tI,e "a
mont 81 American industry Ard they also deny tue
rif Of Cou--gs- ~ provide toI - iif .1N OF
rivers and harbois. upon which the nt rhai
among Tue j. 20 De earned on NO euin Po' ere
they ss.eit ere granted IN the Cons Ituoi lhl p9li
she'll not discuss Ths great statesnsn, whose mus
trieus Tresence has been but Just l3S Adf' from
our nid---around whose tomb cat - me pfou1 rec-
ections sud the profound regrcs OF ae nailon anu ne
vcrid-hs placed this -uhjcct Dr.. tnu t.e g1hcA Ol
further csnsrcversy. He has Demonstrated vrh tHe
clcarues- Of sunlight rhar The Consiu'io na- gram ID
ali the row ss which necessary 70 Fiain TIE great
ends Tor which = alone was framed
Ienving thu psinf therefore L. a ooE Tor pom nj
~ another ground uIou which IN" Virginia sri'2 ana
tire Democratic par NJ largo ret tRa SDtcaon oi ne
ro'icv Z. v,hih they are plc t-eI Ie, assert IN tn
prs of rat staieslnsn long since deceased dat
the world 0OrcrRsi too much and 'nat the o'sf
Government T. that which S0reTHs c1sL
This a plausfl- plC and ccrg!c' ~ "a % F-FT = K
weight apneals upon is face ~ the 'o'rfuc tn
deucie- aud IN tincts which trOug and 50 un' p
al throughout the world. But lIts c&1ini-t!J " III
show that however tIueit may be- rad T. under certain
crcuIns tsnces maxim could be- more dangerous or
more ialse in Its application hcre ~ ole iorr, uns
uuou the meaning The word cor .r1iegt a1d need
not tell You that this word does not mean tlc SAM
thing N al times sud in M places.
Where 10 Rorsrr means -Ifply - rrt-roh tif ti~-y
If i,div lta acton 20 reprcs ar discourage ildNt
ual effort u restrict rights and enforce limitations upon
the cxer,-e of these powers win which God has en-
dovtd tho maxim l. just and true. Ana L VS. "
tered with regard 70 Governments which di seek just
these ends OF France, oi Austria, OF kussa, anu to
some extent OF Engand.yhere the great end ot co.
eminent 70 cfusn the energies AMI check proSre
and restrict tie Liberties o. ndl, tua,-efery II uDh
can would Gay NJ thrt The bsf Government IS mat
which, IN this and or these ends governs isG"
But ia this country Government exiss tor di1erclt
purpose II sprincs Loln another source IL rests ID
different hands ind Il means very inherent tmhs'
Ills Republican Government Of me United states Wa
created and exists for the express purpo'c o. ddlFg
the ofcGts OF the people 10 improve ar e. ldtinn ana
10 advance steadily toward greater prosperity snd more
comp lste wtnb,ng II was created Tor Jne express
pmpCsc Of pr0ecfisg inliv.lu i IN dong what they
could Of and tor themselves. AMI ~ cJm5tat'g 10 n
means and their exertious for the accomplishment %
these great and necessary objects ~ which their IL H.
vidufl efforts might prove inadequate Ia me premoe
TO that great charter OF national existence Is tx
pressy declared that
The Feor,s Of TO- Uu.d sftc, u order to 'm moe
perfect ailou, establish 10 cc insure oa1 "a p' 10
b..s m h-v o. uir-ev,- ,ni DIsrfy and
l,h ih., C,a.trrtos .r Che United state OF Ape'i-
Thee the objects for vh.,h orr Government y.
ste Tis Is what .f0 QJr,ra" means in thi, Republic
And Is absurd to that, IA thi- the bet Gov
eminent IL That which does ne leat toward the great
oleots which are thu defined. Is LAT tie bo.t Govern
menf or j. dat the hC-t construction Oi the C1lstp-
uon Which will enable the Government 70 do nc least
toward providing tor the common dclonr';' toward
promoting the general welfare, and toward securing
lie blessings OF liberty TO ourselves aud postcriiy
You misht q. wei soy that that ia hc best teaching
which reaches least that he is the best farmer who
fam the least and that lie l. the best Gen raj who fights
and conquers least.
And til. view OF the case Is sustained by the historical
eufhorios which the Democratic party ere in their
deenfe Mr. Hunter. in the speech already referred 10,
states that tie policy of the Virginia school, adopted
into the national creed of the Democratic party,
fret &c. 10Th in the resolutions OF % And what
the circumstance under which IN re famous resolutions
adopted, And what was the kind oiG)vernmcnt
10 which they were aInedf W ere they intended u
the purpose they areput 10 nOwto denounce and
let III. policy OF Projection aud Ot Internal Improve
mont' Clearly not; for both Jefferson and Madison,
from whom they emanatcd continued favor boh these
great principles, officially and personally, to the day Of
thoT dCa.n They were aimed solely end simply at tho
restriction Of Individual rights practoei by the Govern
moni in the administration Of John Jams, in the pas
fage and Enforcement Of the iHeR and Sdi,iOR Lacs
They proclaimed the doctrine OF STATE Rights not agus
measures designed TO aid the Development Of national
INDUSTRY ana me promotion OF NATIONAL wealth, but
arin-t the posi'ye oppression Of individual rights
r. ey rela' eG 70 Cos eminent when u should become re-
presfivc and hO-ti.e personal freedom and while
tie nlcnd and ally q individual etor And this
al ton sweeps away every ye-tge of the authority
which the Democratic party proe .es to find in these
rcsclut M for their hostility to the principles and the
mca urvs Tor wAchthe Wings under Winfield Scott
cCntt ndiDg.
shtu not lur,ue further, upon this occasion. this
scrutiny OF tho ht arc urged By our opponents
Tor the policy they adyocate-though there are many
tn tsl.t.b IL.
ten time and opportunity prOpitous. But cum
lot be thinking that thc maie-and now 10
bedccded, for long time az ali evcn's-between these
systems, Is the moot important presented in
any national canvass for many year, past TIE crcum
and prospects OF the country are such as 10 give
it commanding interest Tie special character which
marks country AZ this particular point OF ~ history
II its epoHs,ce tendency and this accidental OF
temporary bat the steady result OF rc and grow IN,
Ayoung Democracy is, from he necessity ri ts mature,
The mO-l AMBITIOUS ana aggressive Government IN the
world AIowingto each individual the larget freed lm
OF ncton, stimulating him by all possible motives the
iuIthot ftIttoh IL human cndcagor ana then taxing
own inprss from thc combined energies which II mas
q ne developed, Republican Government, peciay in
the early and vigorous stages OF it, career ID Of ueces
expansive and eggre, svestretchiig forth instinct
ivcly 10 Cunqucss from ieds but malt subdurd and
finding IN the aimed hostility Of a banded world only
royoc .ticu 10 Greater audacy, and determined
purpo,e
The historical Development Of this tendency more
over, shows that II destined stl increase and 10
create l.. the administration OF our at
fair, which must be- wisely met. Il began 70 man,fe,
itse "rh lie acquisition Of Louisiana under Jsfer-on
IT. next conquest ords, and the remnants Of
Spenish dominion the mainland upon our Southern
coat AMER interval OF enforced rest Texas follow
eai and Wal -" IN Mexico ~as eagerly embraced the
bloody bu needed ladder for the next ascent. Within
the last lew year,. halt continent has been added 10
our bouncs. Nast deserts end inipas .abls ranges Of
Rocky NJ unihs noN stpHrte the component parts OF
cur Republic I'll the public appetite growing by Tat
wherein fecds, eagerly Graves acquisitions and
public -cutimtnf, with difficulty eurbing ~ impotence
and scarcely sNgllIng the inevitable hour when the
uTenld III must iHlspans the sea-5lots ou. nations
ID lcs tie w0gld--lId locks upon G nadia Cuba
MrNico ardtre d-tlrt sland- Of ne Pacific Sea as do
tncd inevitably and speedily - become parts OF the
American Union
IL tie Of such a spirit and with SUCH pro.pe,..
ltlcTe u, ttn aly TAI 10 thi the gr.at uet...
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