Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-03

Hence they srenuousy opposed what they deemed Ere
gsupdon during the Administration Of Gen. Jack
Their purpose has ever been to promote the great
business interests Of the country by the adoption Of such
would encourage industry and protect capt.
tai and individual rights make all feel secure who
had invested money embarked in any business
erprise calculated to give profitable employment to la
Dor to advance the general prosperity of the country
1t natural therefore, that they should desire pro-
tect and encourages rising manufactures which
gave and give profitable employment to hundreds Of
thousands of Industrious laborers until those manufac
could gain strength enough stand vgor enough
to go alone They held the views upon this subject
did Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Madison, and all the leading
Republicans from 1901 down to 1920
They advocated internal improv ement because they be-
eved that few could do more to promote the
general welfare of the country than improving the nav
cation Of rivers rendering safe harbors opening
channels into the interior where existed enable
the farmers to send their produce to market by cheap
certain and easy conyeyances and thereby encouraging
increased supply Of agricultural productions be
sumed by the increasing manufacturing population.
The Democratic party professcd and processes be
the peculiar friends Of the aborng man. by holding that
he has rights equal to the highest in the land mot de-
MED by the Whigs,) and assuring him continually that
the Wings and artocrafs holding such him
in contempt The Wings have sought less to win than
to him they rely upon their acts and
than their professions and trust the dis
and good Of the than their pre-
JUDGES While the Democrats held that there was
tural hostility between the poor and the fich (and
of them but too willing to excite this hostility for
the purpose Of gaining the support Of the pocr the
Wings held that the interests of every class in the
muniy indssoubly linked together that whatever
promoted the prosperity Of the promoted in
the degree that of the other and they relied and
rely the honest sagacy of every cas to discern this
political TRUTH and to be governed by it. Though repre-
scented by their opponents the enemies of the working
classes they have ever shown themselves to be their
truest friends.
As party too, the Wings have uniformly maintained
the nvioabty OF the public faith and have therefore,
all OCCASIONS opposed reputation and oil public dis
honesty They have also with equal sincerity upheld the
integrity of the nation by insisting the strict obser
vance of public treaties and opposed their violation by
those who upon the shallow pretence Of extending the
area of freedom would rob others of whatever gives
value te freedom They have been foremost in pro-
noting education and in disseminating useful inforina
ton with o view to elevate the masses, morally and
politically; have they ever been backward in estab-
fishing and endowng charitable and phianhropic ins
uons calculated to relieve the wants, improve the con-
dtion and provide for the children of the unfortunate
and distressed They have been the donors Of nnetenh
of the capital bestowed upon institutions of this kind
aud abound there the greater portion
of Wings say this with nl-feeling towards Demo-
Gratis but when these undertake to draw comparisons
before the public favorable to themselves and unfayora
bic to their opponents justice requires that the truth be
spoken, and that facts shall not be withheld. These i'm
pei further to say, what every man OF intelligence
knows be true that where learning and intelligence
-. .lol ~.
in the uncnlightened regions 81 ria sdr,trv a,a
l~ sections Of our cities the largest Democratic
mnjorities counted and given at the polls. do
not of say that tha great party does not
contain enlightened and every way worthy
be found among the Wings; but it viii scarcely be
denied that very large portion Of the uneducated natu
rallied citizens and native-born enrolled in its
ranks but for whom it would find itself in the minority
Hence it is perhaps that the present Democratic Governor
of Tennessee sees so much danger to Democracy in
schools colleges, and academies
My object in what have said has been as.ail but
defend There has been elimination and recrminatou
enough between the reatpares and good purpose
be served by increasing the aspery happily in
degree, allayed between them and, for myself
would much rather pour oil upon the waters than add
fuel the fame But this disposition does not require
or any other Wing sit in silence when the prnc
pies, measures and general policy Of the party ha-
btualy misrepresented, either through ignorance in
tention In thus correcting Misrepresentation feel that
am but defending am but too conscous-the
public of who have years stood foremostn that
party, it is universally acknowledged they did
among the patriots and Of the western hemis-
pierre and whose fame is the property Of the
American people
am, very respectfully, your most obedent servant,
N s.