St. Mary's beacon., 1859-02-17

+ Of their ,lay. had each II them a right b.
claim or expect from these parties. in cDrsid-
Grafton Of tl8ir-cxperieHcs' and eminent quail
I Tsssians Statesmen. fhe pa~itigl &c canii-
Late for tie chair IL S;atr iu. 80 several
,ris iley bal s1scic.l IN tn gr.u National
sirsna. la ~ De f'i'ni .,lsaoxiaus - many IN
'IireI; aecii,rs &c lie cuginiry ani lie cUlsc-
guencc was trey eYUli never b elevated T.
that position. e. which ticir past services on
titled them and for whici their mental and
moral qualifications 80 eniinenay iittel them.
: But are they less worthy of hosior because
they were never elevated 10 the Presidency ?
VIII their names hc forgotten snpieY on that
accocnt? No.-bnt - long As this nation
shall exist. - long as the liistoriap shall wield
! his pen, and 50 long a l.rlfessk lrsr1@s and
an enlightened postcriiy can remember and
recount their deeds. will their nansss be cher
i,l.c,i. and tie representative, who. cow or in
future, NAV tread the halls Of or legislative
body. neel hare no higher ambition. than a
place FIR hi nnmc in history bc,idc that Of
either II these illustrious patriots
When fhc great. leading anil important
questions of tie day came before Congress
whilst these men ligc,i, the country felt no
fear. They were there. and ready and willing
1T ali hazlrls % meet aud battle with the
storm. They did not s;nT b count the cost.
they did not wait q sound public opinion
and learn 1heicr their course would bc popu-
lar or unpopular, but bucklcd nTfsthcif SarIAor
and resisted in the filncSs of their might
enactment of any Law mo matter how insic-
niiicant IN is charactcrl that they thought
/ would exercise an inimical effect upon the IN
] tcrcse Of tie cuun.ry S,HSii is our idea Of a
true representative and such are the sort Of men
we should select - represent Us. We want
bold. fearless ard honest ui,'. who, when elected
10 Office, Ill hattie for our rights regardless Of
future political distinction and everything else
( but their cyuHtry's interest. The question now
4 before Congress III which we think the welfare
I Of the country mostly Interested. Is the Tariff
. Question. Il is evident, tia. uudr the pro
sent >tyle af legislation. the revenue derived
I from tie existing ta..T Law j. inadequate t.
meet TIE current expenses Il Government, m
less the imppr;It rs f. the present i>ral
year should greatly exceed those of any pre-
coc,ing year, not even excepting 1857, in
which vcag NC are fully convinced. from the
disastrous Consequences thu. followed, they
were carried farther than wisdom or prudence
would likely dictate to the mercantile COM
muuity {" attempt again, al least at this early
period. Upon tu.S question, a4@J-n all
others cf any note, We find tic Democracy
divicel Some are IN favour of Increasing
the tariIf and others FOR rciTcnthiug tie Gov
eminent expenses. |. is evident the one
course on tic other should be- adopted; for
we can not supp.sc any o,,c would wish to see
cur National debt increased IN these times Of
peace and national pros, cr::v, and at TIM"
TOO, when we haze 4 ieil bc!1le CunSres;
asking the arpr pri,,i1n Of 4 large amour;
of money ;or the purchase of more territory.
and another. ur-;':.tiy lj"i'i'@ orr aid il
'r CONSTRUCTION O. = i't'"' i''f'ad, ce>' les
4 h"a; %. ';a.rs o. loss note, ~. amounting
~ i"e Aa;rcSA'" = 70 l"c"rs.itra0.c sum.
.r"' can We unu'rs,'f the non u many! ~,
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