, 1866-02-28

In his late fanfsronade,''. Of "loosc expeeto-
rations." While 1t u no dtagtacc 10 have be-
Iougcd TO the late Whlg party, 1t Is certainly
very little credit; 10. the Intelligence Of any
man to boast of 1t 1T, this date o. the world.
It was q party Of false and 5spec'ous issues-
Ike this Of the tariff always, dealgned for the
benefit Of the few as The expense Of the many,
viii barely plsuz1hi1lly enough to keep 1t
alive BY the lavish expenditures Of those who
hoped to benefit by Its suc6ess-which II oc-
casionally obtained through the qua1rels OF
the dominant party; never through any mer-
its Of Its OWL. Even when II did succeed,
Providence mercliully intezvencd between it
and the country. Thus the election OF Har-
rlson came to naught, and gave us--Tyles;
while that Of Taylor, who would not owu the
party in The campaign which elected him,
finally resulted m-FNlmoFe beneath whose
rnanipnlattona. it,: disappeared from human
sight.
Daniel. Webster, in his youth! and ylgor,
when New England was engaged In Commerce,
wos fsee rrade man. lis carly speeches Oh
that side have never been answered BY protec-
tlontsts, and never will be. When bis con.
stituents changed their ravoeations he changed
his principles. Never statesman, but an
orator, be vas always the willing and plant
HAttVt4E{ " AAN2N VAN oNuf3AN SfH%tAA PAA'A4"
eges for their -own benefit. Henry Clay was,
or tried to be, the father Of the :" American
system" 80 called, for the "protect1on of
American industry,"-by said "industry"
being meant q few New England manufaetur~
crs who never worked d stroke In their lives,
expense Of the truly Industrious Of the entirr
nation. Nothing more Is necessary to say oft
than that It wns an tguominIous failure, a1dwas
more and more declsively rejected the more 1t
was ventilated In discussions before The voters
of the nation. Both these great men saw the
terrible error they had committed before they
, dropped into the grave, victims Of misplaced
ambition-in having chosen the advocacy ola
| class who aimed at Or rather aped arlstocrary,
instead Of beng the popular tribnnes Of a free
| people as they might hare been.
:. As to unionism, II the Democratic party has
| not better record than the c1-Whigs, 1t Is
badly OF indeed. It Is notorious that when
I tho Republican party waA first formed by old
Wings, who did not know. where else to 70,
and honest Democrats who would not berulcd
by shareholders, the former by thousands join
ed the camp Of the latter party, and thus kept
that had ever existed party devoted solely
to the perpetuation of human slayery. Such
men as Senator Fitzpatrick, and Congressman
G. 8. Houston, Of Alabama. and Governor
Sam. Houston and A. ]. Hamilton, of Texas,
and hundreds Of others, Union men all the
time, where II was at the risk Of lie and prop
erly to be such. will compare ercry dny With
e1.N'hig Coppcrheads like Fillmore. and Hunt
! and Brooks, OF Now York. Winthrop, Of Hos
ton, and thousands Of other Pro-slavery ex-
Wliga all orcr the North.
But enough Of 60 unttagTant subject. Let
your correspondent Protection henctfoI th do.
vote himself to replying to Arguments 4 be
can :; and thus be Of some little serrica, If hg
will persist In being On the wrong side; and
not BY flying the track confess himself beaten