The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-14

From the IKh.eliux L,t,r,;..,c,r Oc,oh.r

From Me Wheeling htsliigencsr, October IL.
TIE Who MEEriNa ON SATURDAY NIaHr.-
We wish that every voter in Virginia had been
present at the court house to have heard the mas
terly effort Of the Hon. Andrew Stewart, of Penn
syivania, on the questions involved in the present
canvass. He covered the whole ground ,and adj
dressed himself to the reason of his audience in a
manner which must tell on all who "think before
they act" His address was of that kind which
tells at the time aud acts in the future; it was one
which should be remembered and reflected upon
by every hearer, and which, ifread, would endure
and serve as the "Uade msctn" Of him who would
wish to "give the reasons for the faith which is in
him. The courthouse was filled to OVERLOOKING;
and Mr.. s. was listened to with breathless atten
ton by his audience during his whole speech,
and we can safely say that no one went away with,
out carrying with him substantial food for reaec-
tion We give an imperfect synopsis of his re,
Marks and only regret that we did not report every
word as ii fell from him. "-." rs 1928"
Mr. Stewart commenced by assuring the au-
dience that Pennsylvania would go for Scott by a
certain and decisive majority. How could II be
otherwise, when Scott was the strongest and Pierce
the weakest candidate the parties ever had. Tay-
lor had beaten Casa much stronger man than
Pierce-in Pennsylvania about fourteen thousand
votes. But whilst he entertained not doubt of
the election Of Scott in Pennsylvania and through
out the Union by an overwhelming majority, yet,
in cnndor he felt bound to say that he thought the
Wings would be beaten on Tuesday next in Penn
sylvania. The State election always went against
the Wings. In lS4s they lost every thing except.
ing the Governor, and he was saved BY few
votes-not four hundred-and BY extraordinary
efforts. Yet, directly afterwards, Taylor carried
the State by about fourteen thousand. The issues
and the men were different. In the State election
the Wings had not the benefit of the great national
issues-the tariff, internal improvements, and
atr rib 0f No eeda If he 1ic In nd
Let not the Whigs, then, in Virginia or else
where, be discouraged in the slightest degree
by an adverse result in Pennsylvania next
In msv s ssssy
outs from Case to Scott.'' Even in old Vir-
ginia, the mother of Presidents, there are signs
that she will cast her vote for her own glorious and
noble son, Winfield Scott, in preference to an OBJ
one county he had noticed, he believed that ~
Pierce vigilance Committee men had come out
and declared for Scott In "a the Democratic ma
ority in Virginia about 0O0 in '4s it was re-.
duced to about 400. One more such effort for old
Winfield and the field will be won. Will you
make il? The universal response was: eve tptlIt'
A large number will then vote for the President
for the first time; they we're not yet bound by the
shackles of party. And can any Virginian, can any
man not 80 bound, but free to follow the impulses
of gratitude and patriotism, fail to prefer Winfield
Scott, who has devoted his life, shed his blood,
and covered his country all over with unfading
Of party fail to prefer such man to franklin
Pierce-without services, without qualifications.
without claims Of any kind upon bis countrymenl
Was such thing possible. ["No' no!'l The sup;
patriotism of the Old Dominion. Republics are
not ungrateful. This was proved in the cases of
jackson, Harrison, and Taylor, and will be con-
frmed, with still greater emphasis, in the case of
Scott.
MI. s. went on at length to discuss the political
issues He said there were but three living issues
now dividing the two great parties, in and out of
Congress-the tariff, internal improvements and
distribution. Jefferson, the father and apostle of
Democracy, was the firm and decided advocate OF
all these measures. He went not only for O high
but for prohibitory tariff; and the surplus reve
nue. he said. divide among the States .'for inter-
nal improvement and education" These were
Jefferson 3 sentiments, repeated over and over in
hs reports when Senator and in his messages when
President. Were they not true? He called upon
any Democrat present to deny it. He paused, but
there was response. Then, what was the posi-
ton of the two parties on these questions? The
Wings were with Jefferson and the Democrats
were opposed to him on all these measures. Who
dare deny it? The Wings were the real Jeferso-
MAN Democrats. They had the principles and
their opponents the NAME and nothing but the
name, and with it they seduced all the unthinkng
foreigners into their ranks. "You have fed"
they cay, "from oppression; invite you into our
ranks, we are for popular rights. The Wings, our
opponents, are opposed to them; they tho aris-
tocracy." Thus, by falsehood and fraud, these
honest and con6ding lrshmen are seduced into a
party advocating the British doctrine of free trade,
which impoverished and drove them from Ireland,
and will impoverish and ruin them here Nothing
but the famine of AT and the California gold snce
has saved the country from ruin under the tariff
of '46. The British press throughout the king
dom is out boldly for Pierce and free trade. In
London, Liverpool, Manchester, everywhere. 1--WE
prefer PIERCE, says the Liverpool Times, "not be,
cause he ia the better man-far otherwise, but be-
cause he is the nominee of the party in the Union
ho tn he Of fra IN
its utmost limits" There it is: 'not because he Is
the better man-far otherwise, but because he IS on
their side' The British know General Scott
yes, and fear him, too. On this great and allah.
sides, the British side and the American side. II
was a contest between British labor and American
labor for the American mnr ket; and the question is,
which side will you take-the British side or the
American side In the Revolution there was q
similar contest. The British attempted to ste D
manufacturing in the colonies and to force their
goods upon 1t was resisted then by the Wings,
and it is resisted noto by the Wings. There was
another party then, as now, who took the British
side; we oil know what they were then called.
They ore now called democrats" he called them
LOcofocos
Mr. Stewart then went on to explain the opera.
tons of the tariff f46. 1t had doubled, and more
than doubled, the imports of foreign goods From
100 millions it had increased to 2l2 millions of
dollars; and that too under the fraudulent valua-
ton, the actual amount being much greater This
was the result Of the ad valorem system, which
Disseminated not for but against protection. 1t
operated the reverse of the British sliding scale;
it went up and down with the price. II gave high
protection when the foreign prices were high, and
no protection was wanted; and took away all pro-
lection when the price was low, and when protec-
ton was alone required
Mr.. s. here adverted to the piles Of British rail-
road iron he had seen lying at the railroad depot
in our city, to be laid down the richest mines
of iron ore and coal in the world, and in the midst
OF the ruins Of dlapidated iron works, furnaces,
forges, and rolling mills, in Virginia and Mary
land the erection Of which cost millions under the
Wing protective policy, and had diffused millions
of money among our honest and industrious farm
era and laborers-had enhanced the wages Of labor
and the value OF our land and its prod uctions.
Now, he asked, why all these fires extin.
guishcd, this American labor thrown out, and their
rich resources of native wealth and independence
destroyed? II the effect of the tariff OF '46; and
who is benefited by it? The British, and nobody
else. Mr.. s. then went on to demonstrate most
clearly that the three four millions Of dollars
worth of British iron laid down our road was
nothing but much British agricultural prodc ce,
converted by British labor into iron and sent here
for sale, while our own farmers were without mar.
kets and without money. He showed that iron was
made of ore and coal, worth nothing unused-that
its whole value made up of the labor of man
and beast. What supported man? Bread and
meat What supported the brute labor? Hay and
grain. Thus British iron was made up of British
bread and meat, and grass and grain, sent here for
sale in the form of iron; and our Californ MIA gold