The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-09

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1 i.sr. -. 81 ~. = z adj 40 tie axti-
4 elhRs lhal 4Ma NJ aFtdnccd H6fo. The. ake also
1 dsai.0lIs that ln6ss neceSoasies of IL whiehs
i are not the pr6dnctions Of this country such
IS tee, cone; HblcEs p0ds 4nl Y greae
variety Of others -shenld bs relieved rom TAX,
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M. Calhoun organ. tlIs Charleston Mere
cuz1, thus replies 20 the'pealslQn Ot nat van
BnrsEl's organ. - 49,
1 awe protest against i in the name of eve
III i3neBt Democrat in tEg DnlUns no such
| I1snlocfaf 1lSi1 g ebntoilIs and when i. y.
presumed EDslsiih hi IL proper llghts no such
1 democrat but win Be indignant Ct such den-
i ming 0f bic position and Tint ofsthe Demortaf
lev Is Il here preferred TO our worst q ene-
mics, BY the Albany Argus; and Tor any VINO
will persist IN making such pledges ana proIn-
mes to our foes and Unconstitutional 0ppEessor9
I've cannot concienciously desire the power
i and opportunity Of fulfilling and Tedeemlng
Them. We should be lending ourselves @ tne
maintaining of Wing doctrines, could we larry
4 consent to their profession IN our name--ano I,
THESE doctrines of the Argus are exactly ana
IidenticaIly those Of the Wing party" .n.f
Old father Richie, Of the Richmond EN-
Iauirer, thus puts in HIS say aboutit.es sf-.a
4 GNow, we hold, that IL there. be any DIS
Icfrnination lnadc in dutes,i il shall not be made
for the purpose OF protection but Of revenue.
Even Alexander Hamilton himself admitted
4 IN the .FederaIist." that the power to enc0ur-
1 are manufactures was reserved as an appur.
tenance of the States. gea s1cs gnsss. a
/ Much safer is the doctrine of the Herald
j thatdt is necessary to give up at once and for
ever, all attempts TO make one class OF citizens
rich. at the expense of another, under the plea
of aprotection," and to levy its duties solely
with a view to its own revenue." SAG e. "a.
| The Nashville Union, which from 1T prox-
unity and position to GeneI al jackson and Elk.
| Gov. Polk, is entitled to notice in this con-
nexion, thus defines IT'S position: Il 81 s
/ ave go with the Democrats who 60 with
Jefferson, Madison. and Jackson, for a tGrif
sufficient to defray the expenses of the Natlon-
al Government, economically administered,
Discriminating IN the duties, laying mainly
upon such articles as come In competition with
those produced IN this country, thereby afford
ing incidentally, "a stfongs and By some people
believed a ssq9icieRt PROTECTION TO American
industry
The Boston Post, leading loco foco Jour-
nal claims the honor Of the passage ofthe pre-
sent Tariff bin for the 9 democrats. The
we regret TO see in Boston. the Post, which
we are sure is with the South on the Tariff
question, impairing the moral strength and
dignity OF the Massachusetts,, Democrat, by
seeking Tariff support in endorsing Websters
declarations that the present Infamous Tariff
law was enacted by Democrats votes"
And again adycftingao The Syracuse Cons
venlinn. the Mercury adds:
HThere was promise held out TO the pro-
teciionists IN the Syracuse resolutions which
the Democrats Of the Union will never make
good. We are IRE that their success with
the people would have been as complete, Il not
more 50, had tlley nnfnrled the broad banner
OF tho democratic creed in which Free Trade
. the dFst article, and the pivot on which must
turn our battles with the advocates Of special
legislation, Of an arstocracy of capitalists, and
ofnnblushing bribery and despolisrn.
So much f5R tie FL Democratic press, on the
Tariff. Democratic state smen are Just as much
al wat.
4 is known that Van Buren,, Buchanan,
Benton and johnson, have all voted Tor Tariff
Bills; whilst Calhoun, McDuf1ie, and Others, |
have resisted TO the death. Messrs. Wright,
Buchanan, John Van Buren,, and other demo. |
cratic leaders, voted for the present Tariff. !
nay Mr.. Reed Ga loco foco member Of Con.
gress from Pennsylvania declared that .sdireci /
and full protection to domestic industry is one
Of the cardinal maxims of democracy On /
.ne pther hand MessFs. Smith OF Virginia. /
hnett q South Carolina, Davis, Of ~. York, /
and other loco foco congressman, declared
tnat free trade Is an essential trade 10 ade-
mocracy, and they accordingly came out for
sdlfect taxafIOn.t
SIR Levi Woodberry also, the great loco
loco light Of the Treasury Department, Is well
known to besiOr system Of ercsse and dayecf
taEdtion,. Thus IL is apparent that ssdemoc-
racy," assumes all hues and colnrs, all shapes
and forms Of opinion, on this great and vital
question ola Tariff. Wherever Lfree trade''
is popular there It is for Stree de"--wher.
ever "proicction" IS popular, there it makes
cardinal maximOf aprOtectionr wherever d.
rect taxation is popular, there il claims a1irect
taxation one OF IFS essential tenants. In Penn
sylyanla, where there is an iron interest, and ,
in Louisiana where there is sugar interest. /.
to protect, none ate more valiant in The pro.
lection Of their iron and sugar than the Rem :
resentatiyes OF thF ever varying chameIeoii-
ike s'democracy, though the same Represen- | a
atives are sometimes known TO oppose anil
,ther protection Upon PRINCIPLES. III
What is true Is to the Tariff. IS true as ia | !,
he currency cfdit, exchange, internal I'M. !.
movements, AMI many of the fundamental
nd most vital Irinci les of government: as
ve will hereaftel chow to the satisfaction Of an t
Who demand tip proofs The truth Is. the In,
denocracY a5noW organized Is saIlna. b
ID herrngs;n u concord 81 ali discordant ele. :.
tents; cauldUn seething with venopaous, =
lgredients; Medley Of men Of every line 81 3
oltIcs from the Tory Ingersoll to the Amos ~
tie IL Ter, fromihe Rebel Dorr, 10 the Rafi. IN
y Benton iron the FederaEst Wall 10 the ST
ullliler Calhoun, from the 0little defeafed,' n
a-and .coffee-t3Zirg Polk, to the greaf del :,