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


practically That il has furnished sufficient amount of
cannot be questioned but at what cost il has
done remains TO be seen. We all know how common
is for public Of the Democratic party they have
usurped that NAME and in consists their only srengta
TO claim infinite credit for the acquisition of California
which, with its untold millions of gold they say
STAYED of such commercial crisis has been hereto
fore unknown to people Wen, admit that to be So
What desire they should next tell is what would
have produced this crisis and then what resort would
have been necessary had not the golden sands of Caor
MIA OPPORTUNITY to avert the calamity and dis
tress which would have hefallen us I? | will tell you.
First IT the vicious Tor perhaps would be APP
proprate to unsound system of legislation by which
people induced TO encourage European work
shops and European labor the exclusion Of American
workshops and American labor that would have brought
on the crisis precisely the that produced
the revulson Of 1887 And, in the place, to have
remeded the evil would have been necessary resort
to different system, by which we should have afforded
encouragement and protection to the labor of own
people preference to the labor of any other people
the earth As il is that mighty influx OF gold that should
have been spent among people mt home has fol-
lowed in the regular channels of trade and is to
be found in the workshops Of Europe Now, in my judg
men he is the wises and the most reliable states
man who recommends such a system of legislation
would enable the industry Of the country protect it.
self at oil times and under all circumstances and that
would render the country absolutely independent IN eve
ry sense of the word. Suppose general should
break out in Europe in which the four chief Powers
should be engaged, which have not only looked upon
for some months extremely probable but as almost
certain, Notwithstanding the opposite views that have
prevailed in this country well ia France and Eng
land for have not been able to why the Emperor
Nicholas should renquish the advantages he has already
obtained Thy the emporizng of France and Eng
land each of whom have frittered away their time in
idle negotiations while he has been preparing for war;
towards the accomplishment Of object that has cons
tuted the chief anxiety Of Russia from the days Of Peter
the Great down to the present time to wit the posses
sion of Constantnople say, suppose such should
come, what would be the consequence to us! The low
of duties, have said, has induced country
go abroad to purchase many very many articles
which we able to furnish, and should have
featured at home and by that process have become
largely indebted to Great Britain.
The British Government is sustained by its moneycd
arisocracy they must have money to carry the
the Earrings and the Rothschds will have the control Of
the entire debt in all amounting to some four or five
hundred Millions and will call it in fast it becomes
DUE and then is the time that the shoe will begin to
pinch then will be the time that shall discover the
beauties and advantages OF excessive mporahons super
induced by low duties and with without war; pay day
must and will come, later and when it does
arrive, then shall the workings of what many
now pleased to call the free trade system y
g have had no difficulty, Mr. Chairman, in solving
question which had puzzled the brains of thousands 10
witt the universal and anxious inquiry Why is it that
the foreigners all vote against us? Sir 1t is the charm
conveyed to their by the sound of democracy they
give the term its true sgnfcaon they know of no
other democracy than that which is to be found IN anita
gonism to arsocracy to desposm and the power OF
the sovereign. There other democracy than that
which to be found in power of the people and they
naturally believe when they come among that demo-
cracy this side of the water means what they under
stand by democracy at home. Nothing is more natural
than that they should identify themselves with those
whom they suppose struggling to maintain the rights
and the power Of the people of which they themselves
compose part it is not because they opposed to
principles but because they do not understand the
nature of the questions that divide u.s. and when they
have been here long enough to ascertain the TRUTH like
other pride of opinion pride of consistency and old
habits and associations bind them down to the party with
hicht III haze hann ntnaAt 10
" The Democracy claim to be the progressive party,
and seek to disseminate the impression that the
stand still party, or, call it, the 'do-noing
party Surely the internal improvement party is the
stand still party the party that is for building up
features Of Sort of encouraging the mechanic arts
of giving employment to ALL and taking of ALL is not
the standst party it is they who oppose this system
they who tH not progress they the party to whom
that cognomen should be applied.
But there are two kinds Of progress through life
the rational, the other destructive When read an
account Of dashing, high-spirted young fellow
whose horse has away with him, and dashed his
vehicle pieces and nearly broken his neck Icannot but
regard it progress but il is something Of Democratic
the destructive better
it would have been have kept the rens in hand and the
horse in subsection Sometimes read Of q steamboat
that in such haste to make rapid progress through the
water that she gets up too much steam and away goes
boat, cargo crew, and passengers in the air This is
certainly making rapid progress but Of the rational
kind il smacks Of Democratic progress il is species Of
Democratic progressive go-ahead ceyerness twas the
OF heaulong Democratic that
plated the New Haven into Norwalk river with
such terrible and caamious results. So it will be- fear
with Democratic progress in affairs OF Government when
undertake the only progress they propose which to
neglect affairs, disregard interests and
60 roaming the world imitation Of ancient Rome
fundering neghbors of their lawful property and
IN imitation Of Don Quixote rghting the wrongs Of all
mankind i would rather have rational, conservative
driver who would control his horse rational conservative
fireman, who would not put too much steam and a
ona conservative engineer who would control his loco
motive and travel with lees speed aud safety So in
like manner would prefer sound safe rational conser
yaye Wing at the helm Of Government who would attend
to our business at home progressing rapidly but steadily
and safely; extending commerce. increasing our
agriculture, enargng manufactures and securing
peace, plenty, independence, and happiness to oil
people, and II we do not have such engineer to guide
great national locomotive who can tell what catas
rophe may not sooner or later oyertake and over
whelm US
Sir, there is old Latin maxim that is full OF mean
ing and good Ccnfrmat usum qui tollit abusum
he confirms the who destroys the abuse We strengthen
and aid progress by restraining its abuse and upon this
principle hope to the conservative Wing party al
ways act Let individual citizens in the exercise Of their
personal rights taking not TO infringe the laws of
their country do they like, their own response
bility but let the Government take at all times and
vigilance the faith and integrity Of the nation; let them
guard it as they would he apple Of their eye.
Mr.. Chairman am often asked why am q Wing?
My answer is, because am q Democrat; because be-
eye there is sound Democracy in the Wing ranks
than in the ranks of the other party and because go
for the principle and not the the sound Of Demo
crazy. How could be any thing else but q Democrat?
Losing both father and mother when but child
nine years old (by the burning Of the theatre in Rich
mond was after sent off 10 boarding school, and
from that day this been up with the people
sympathizing in all their wrongs, contending throughout
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