General Smiths Presidential Platform

I saw this and thought it was pretty interesting. I like it. I only posted part of it but the whole thing is worth reading. (This was posted by Kyle). There are some good ideas in there. It says "Democracy, Whiggery, and Cliquery will attract their ellements and foment divisions among the people, to accomplish fancied schemes and accumulate power... and should an honest man, red, black, or white, exhibit a better title, these gentry have only to clothe the judge with richer ermine..." I like his ideas on decreasing the pay of congress and using those and other proceeds to buy the freedom of slaves. I also like the idea of having criminals work on public works like roads and to turn prisons into "seminaries of learning". I also liked the idea of abolishing court martials for desertion in the military and using honor as the enforcer by sending deserters their wages and telling them that their country will never trust them again. I also thought the ideas on letting Texas, the continental US (as long as natives agreed) Canada, and Mexico become part of the USA are interesting. "We have had democratic presidents, whig presidents, a pseudo democratic whig president, and now it is time for a president of the United States...."