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Whig Principles

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
June
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following resolution compriscsthe creed of the Whig party, as defi'ned at tbc Baltimore Gonvention. Itsauthority is of course indisputable. Resolved, That these principies may be summed, as comprising - a woll regulated National Currency - a TariíF for Revenue tó 'defray the expenses of the Government, and discriminatingwith Special reference to the protection of the Domestic Labor of the country- the distribution of tho proceeds from the public lands - a single term for the Presidency - a reform of Executive usurpation - anc generally such an administraron of the aöairs of the Country, "as shall itnpart to every branch of tlfé public service the greatest possible efficiency, controllod by a well vegulated and wise econoniy." Severa! of these principies, it will be seen. are so indeíinite, that they mny mean any thing. ':A well regulatcd Naiioiial Currency" we suppose must mean aNational Bank of some kind. ThoTarilTdefinition tallies prceisel_y with that of the Bemocrat:?, so far as we can sop. The Liberty, and the civil, politica!, and religious Hights ofone sixtli part of our wholo populaïion are. of more importance than t!ieye Whig principies. What candid man dovibts i!?

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News