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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-11-16

D4RyEy vs. CL,y--The following is the
conclusion of letter dated Oct. 10, 1911
addressed by james G. Birney, the aboli-
ton candidate for President, and whom the
Loeofocos Of Saginaw county Michigan. re,
Gently nominated for seat in the State
Legislature 1t will be seen tia; he avows
Il preference for Col Polk, over Mr., Clay,
and gives is his reason for so doing, that
Mr.. G. by bis superior abilities, is more
likely OF the two 10 coun'erac: the pro-
gress OF the abolition doctrines among biz
coun'rymcn. Read this declamatiot
sou'herners, coming from the great head Of
The abolition party.
no charge of inveiora;e hostility TO Mr..
D'ay--i' il mean anything more than po-
,','ca' opposition is wholly immagnary
'ave no reasons for opposing Mr. Clay on
personal grounds. On the contrary, the
'"'ercoorse We have had has been of the
' "'n'' friendly character. ioppose bis cleo,
, ,'' because he disbelieyes the great 20
- '-a' ruins OF the Declaration of lndepen>
a''ee' inc foundation Of all i,st Govern.
",: ana because he repudiales the para,
1 ri Of The Union, the perpefuation of
n ,oe,'y % M' Ga The same ground I.op.
r J. me election of Mr. Polk. But more
.Rrecate Tho election Of Dir llau--Le.
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COMIC PHILOSOPHY

Ia Germany pigs are whipped to death
with small wiihcs, in order to make the
meat mofe tender and puppy, and the pain
'oi lne poor pig IS pleasure IN anticipation
Of tie Leipsic opic5ro. Live Holsters are
boiled TO death, because though they can
not be eaten alive, they are moi f; to be ca [.
en- when dead, and L hey die By other than
a cruel death The adaage "deah's in he
pot" has no exceptions that viii favor lob.
: lers. Oysters, on the olher hand, are
eaten alive, or raiher, according 10 Dr..
Kitchener, they are licked 70 death by The
palate, whieh Is much nore humane than
whipping 10 deoth or boiling 70 death. Ia
deed, tits said that they are "raihcr plea.
sed than Otherwise ID bcisg thus depri>
we'd Of Iife.
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TIE FIRST WEDDING

Mir Noah, who is always cooi:alnl
upon quaint subjects, aui serving up ORR
sIaal ideas for the amusement of his read,
ers, has been reyiving his memory of Late
with the beauties Of Milton, and has come
TO The conclusion that fate made mistake
in not ushering him into he world previou.
10 The inspired blrd-because he thinks il
Triton rad not written Paradise Lost Ie
could have sung The song in an epic that
would have been equaIly saieable and
hat might have endowed him with The
same immortality!
The Mojor, however, rejecting upon
what Pa'k Benjanin calls the iaf,4t4a.ion
Iot oar fist paren's, dlscourseth sJmewha.
jta''asopHea'ty as fJilows:
We like sholt court.i.ips, and in his, Adj
am acted like a sensible mamie fell,
asleep a bachelor and awuke to find him.
sell married man. lie appears to have,
popped the question almos; Immediately
a!ter meeting Md'iIe Eve, aud she, wlbou.
any Irritation or shyne<s, gave him kiss
ani hcrseIf.-Of that first ki-s IN thist
world, however we have our own ,honehs
and sometimes in a poetical mood have
wished we wene The man "wot did it,"
Ba, The deed is done-ihe chance was Ad. I
ANS and he improved it.
Ho like the notion Of getting married in
a garden. Il 10 in good tarie: We like
private a private wedding. Adams was
private. No enyious beaux were there,
40 croaking old maids, no chalering aunts
no gTulnbng srandmolhers. The birds of
heaven were The Ministries, and the GID
sky flung It's light upon the scene.
Ole thing about the first Wedding brings
queer things TO US, in spite of its scfiptural
truth. Adam and his wife were rather
young 10 be married some Two or three
days old, according to The sagest specua-
lion of the lheologian-mere babier lar
ger, but not oldcr-wi,hout experience,
without house, without a pot or kettle,
nothing but love- and Eden!
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EXPO
sON ION MORE THAN 100 LIVES

ny nc Arkansas Mail" down yes,e ,dav.
we learn that the steamboamLrcu WoMe.,,
osew up en- Wednesday evening los,. nh,,,
SIX Mules below Louisyille,f by which !, !.
supposed rq'eards of. a Iar1rtd Hses i, 70
been lost! '' "@'e
'nefe were supposed 10 he tvofltrl,ca
passengers md crew en- hoard. on,y G,,,, =,
y no" a'er' known to be saved when tho
I"MaiI" left. s" '"o
The "Lacy Walker" was bo,d;nn ~
steam While : he carpenter vas adivs,iro
some part OF The machinery, when the .x
piosion took place, tearing uway The Who'll
rom Of The cabin, ad sinking The boa, a.
most instantly. 10 add 10 the borrors or
' - scene, The wreck took fire and burn, -
ne waters edge. There were Is IaJes ~
'oara ~ only ofvhom were saved.
we were unable TO learn The nomos -
'o.e on ee.; <. biany will probably never
Hno"n' as the books and every hing che
ere Destroyed Memphis Enquirer
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strongly recommended me wet The KEY.
a "drop of beet" but, as a importance ma
was determined they should work drv. e
not at all Somewhere about the bujllb
ate twar9s saw il Inserted IN II b!ncl.
aoatdtha' he doorheepcrs were not 70 tah
lees hnI It must be something moro than
blackboard to convince an EngIish door
keeper that be is moi to magnify his olic,
as other higher ftnciionares do. Bes,dee
1t would be debasing healricIe loo much f.
permit such a farce as this turned out II
be, TO be seen for nolhing
The rom. lie a very plain one, and moi
quite go large as the Supreme Court room
Ia Boston, Over the centre OF The bench
IS small plain sounding board or canopy
sufmounied by the lion and that olher beast
beast going to fight for the crown of these
Tealma, on which crown stands another M.
lle hon, looking as If he would bite-Un-
oerneaih the sounding board close 10 the
wall, IS hung, not the sword of Damocles
but straight sword, properly laid in its
Scahbard, with the point upwards. The
'nqoiFy occurred to me, if halter with a
slip kno, would not have been more ex-
pressiyo. When will The Christian world
nave done with The code Of Dracos leon
Tess do not dare TO take, the sword Out of
The hands OF he aag;sirare when he stands
10 protect the law-abdiug from The assaults
0. the lawiess; but that he swords or The
natter should be used in cold blood onon
The poor captive cu'prit, no less ou.rages
my reason than it revolts my reason than
Il revo'Is my feelings. Ii is gtaluitous cru.
'Iiy. 10 0en in "a state of mind to COM
nit murder, death has no terrors If nroofI
i the folly oicapi'aI punishment were wan =
el' this very case of DE- Balamy would fur
'sh sufficient. Here were great end pro
'1nd Judges, and grave ana acute LAWYERS
thng IN their robes and wigs, and sheriff q
purple and fur, and the Twelve pure dis
'eres'ed men-the body guard OF British
stlce-ln the jury box, aud solemn as ,
mbiy OF on lockers, that Justice without
ar or favor 'oay be done, Aud what hap S se
'ns! A man is brought to The bar in re- "
'fa to " aom there is no reasonable donh, Al
af'he poisoned a young aod lovely wife 81
bile protesting The greatest affection for Sc
y, developing nlaIignity and caIousness
soul, seldom il ever eqaaIled in The an u
Is ct Newsaie, and yet doubt is con-
red rp, and aes acquitted 70
Why, ifhls own store was true. he is n,
ne un'i 10 be abroad il societv, On ac- an
uni o'shis utter recklqssness, and yet he cs
tufned loose again. canna4 conceive Z
possible that such criminal could have do
'aned punishment, # the penalty had been sail
pusonment for life instead Of deafh nro
rely, The cause Of jostice is injured by
'ins such wretch escape because il is to
possible FIR a weak minded Juror IL If
juse up he shadow of doubt in his IA mo
:. The dcfence was said to be very able Ma
eloquent. Unfortunately, did not hear
out only The summing up of the proseca- wa,
by DIR Bodkin, and very dull bod YER
he was ist such prosecutor as bre
rdefeF might like. The charge Of The COZ
ge was very IL ID, but delivered maud nav
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EUY SOME hiATcnESg

] u 4 ~
4 !" you BUY some matches, STRIP sa ID he
i voice Of n boy, as we were seated in o,r
sancfpm IN mood ccntempIatiye, about 8
O'Clock few nights ago .
"No,', we answered in tone Tho,
not have been altogether Courteous bec,e' :
me same question had often been asked -
oe''fo' twenty times day. This answe,
we gave without looking at the child. or
giving second thought TO tie matter
"PIease, sir buy some ma,cbesn so;a
me youth; ''i'I! give YOU five boxes for :
Bit. +" o' w ="
"b"t we have no use for them bow, or
we would purchase of you.n
"Yei you will have use for Them bv.ond
Dye, sIr, and ,an don't know hos. morb
good eEe plcaynne would do nv non,
mother and little sisters at home. i1sr n.,y,
! hawaii sold a box Of matches ,o-dav
riease, SIR, will you give me dime for
six boxes?'
he tones Of The chilis voice were sol
p'ainive, his manner Of speaking and his |
pale and haggard counlenanco Iore sucb
evident marks Of tra hfIlness and honesty. Ii
ana ms bearing so manly, that we couIdfh
10, u we hao tried, do otherwise than listen
0 his tale.
slow many sisters have yo4 2" W ash +.
''Three, SIR" ="
care they either of hen able to ae.;s
our moihef?"
'on' p.eSs you, no siI! Mary is bu q
even years old, Pauline only four. and =,
,"e Gate can bearly toId!c across The floor =
larry though, takes care of little Kate ~
''"o u me ime, and that saves mo her 4,
ONE trouble" =
"ALa "haI" we asked .does your mo- n
Ter DO Tor your .upporl?' =.
"oEe BINDS shoes, sir. Ma sends me ~,
ne shop with them every morning. and 80,
g boss Is cross sometimes, and says things
a. MAKE me mnd.-And then 90 home ~.
9 le'l mother, and she says shouIa'ntlk;ll
iangfy, To- il is perhaps her fault hat he fla
~ tempered; but don't think so, sir, f,a
your Poor mother, never in this world lver
: - .'u a"ilh'hg nal WASN'T right ani enc
per- 80
we bought Of The boy matches enough II $
'"S Us i year, and stopped his voice done
by promising sboo, 10 call at hi, com
ther home, and see 10 The welfare ofidn.,
ny, Pauline and .Iifton Kate. cant
foor match boy! would hat-oyery heart bis
as pure as dime. The storm of ad- anot
shy may rage around lhee, its chilling sdvf
am may peneiraie through the thln pick
eHag poverty has left you, but il can shall
'er take from thee that Invaluable homes
good mother has ins'ied into Thy you h T
"es'' oheer up men, boy De pa seen
u, be vlrluQns, frank, manly ana honest hum
now, and time wall come, though il of III
J be afar of, when YOU need not ask ,,rn,
~ some matches sir?n ,mn
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OBSTRUCTIVE FIRE IN pRoyrDaNCE-nu
SELLS PLaYETARruM BURNT.


About one O'Clock on Friday morning a
ire broke oct in the theatre in Durrance
street, Providence, the interior of which
was entirely consumed. fhe stone walls
are alone left standing. We understand
here was no insurance on the theatre.
We are panied to add thai, that The
splendid PIanearnm, bailt b. Russell Of
Ohio, he property Of hlessrs. Ilsswell g.
Robinson, aud a great number of paintings,
valuable views aud diagrams, the colec
ton of years, belonging to DR.. Larjner,
'ogelher with microscope, were destroyed;
the fire burnt so fast that nothing could be
removed from The theatre.
Mr. Deans carpenters shop, with d
large stock, tools, &c., in The rear Of Mr..
Peck's house, was entirely Destroyed =
loss about $4,000.
The bali Of The spire Of The Pine street.
Baptist Church, about $50 feet in height,
caught after ihe fire had neatly burnt out
in the theatre. and fears were entertained
that the church would be- destroyed; The
company pe!oogicg to No.7 wheeled upI
and threw q stream entirely over he top oil
The spire, amid the shouts of the dense
mass ot people assembled, und exlinguished
The flames.
TIE loss on the Pianetarium and The ap |
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JAcoBrNs. About The lime of the last
war between US and our mother country.
Politics were at fever heat; The very pulpit
caught the contagion. Oae Sunday, after
The political parson had irounced the JAG
ooins most numerically, pious old LADY
inquired OF another what the minister
meant by Jackoain; 81; must be dread
tai critier, anyhow" said she. "WaI, |
don,t know sarin," replied her companion,
''oai should think, by his description, u
must be oac 9! The fallen angelsr'
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FAME AND HAPPINESS.

This earth is ~ home for the mote spir,
i'ua' part OF our nlure--rilose destined to
AWAKEN our highest aspirations. aud our
'endercsi sympaihies are victims rather
lhnn volaries okshe divine light within them.
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FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.

WIEN The hours of day are numbered,
AID the vo of the night
wake the better soul that slumbered,
10 holy, calm delighi; ,s,.4
Ere the evening lamps are lighted
FAD. like pbnnioms grim aud tall,
Shadows from the tifuI freight
Dance upon The pasIuur val.
Then the forms Of The departed
Eater at The open DIOR;
The beloved the true hearted,
Cume to yisl, me once more:
lie, tho young and strong, who cherished
Nnb!c longing for the strife,
Dy HE roadside fell and persisted,
Weary with the march Of life!
They, tho holy ones and woakIN,
Who The cross Of suffering hare.
Fojdo heir pale hands so meeki,v,
Spake with US Oh earth no more;
Anl with them. The being seantcous
Who Unto my youth was given,
More than all things else to love.me,
Aud Is now a sain, 10 heatcn.
With slow and noi2c'oss fools.cp
Comes that messenger 6ivnc;
Z. kcs the vacant char BESIDE me.
laws hcr ge,,iio hlaa III uIl.c.
AEl she sis and gqzas al me
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like The stars, 81 sui and saln'.|lhe,
Looking downward from the skies.
UHerc, not vet cornp!ehcndct,
l. The spirits Wi 2less prayer.
S,tr rebukes, III blessings ended,
Breathing fram her lips Of air.
O, though of depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aSl'e,
II hu, remember only
Sach as these have lived and died!
- Loagfcllos's POEMS american
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END OF TIE DEI.IIsynN

ne Gay or days predicted by tho Mil
ef'tes Tor he end Of The world ba.;".
'aSse' m"hort any revolution, and in he
It's q serene weather and bright sun
We presume we shall her no moro If -.
Idelasion; and strong measures we i,ns no
WIN DC taken to prevent recurrence of
me scenes, which has brought with them =
ram OF dep'orable evils-meancboIIy.
madness poverty and DEATH There are
some traces Of the folly and madness Iefl
large parties Of AiiIlerites have been
wandering IN The woods near The Schuvl.
s I since Mondsy. The taking leave of
friends and families, in anticipation oc The
final end ofall thing, is said 10 have been
very aif9eting wife under the influ-
'hce OF this monomn,iia, deserted her hus-
'ahd and three children-one an infan,.
q some cases, parents have cruelty aban-
oned their children, which have since be.
ONE inmates Of an aims house. An in>
u>tious mechanic threw up profitable
oh,facl tor building six houses; a man sold
's house tor $500, and in Kensipp,on
hotaer threw considerable sum of gold.
i'vef aud notes into The street, which were
'cked up by The children. We hope we
haii hear 10 more Of this.
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LOVE AND FRiDE.-s,Many q man has
seen his CHOICE for partner in life in The
humble girl, far benea h him in The on;n;on
" 'uo "of'o' and although love and pride
struggled with him for awilc, yet pride tri-
IMPLIED, and he sought one from higher
walks OF ilfe In all the vicissitudes Of so>
ela' existence nothing can be more capable
u 'i'iiie'lng more certain misery than is
sure to follow such a course distract.
'ne general harmony of our days, msshapes
our ends, shortens The length life, lessons
Inc stature Of manhood, aud is contrary 10
'he pam Instruction of reason, for it de.
cares mat were there is love there is peace
p'en'y and ihFif'iness. Everything good
: sure 10 follow happy union. Let no
ofiue interfere in this matter" -
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iRuE.-Ihe best practical Of morality
. never to do ANYTHING which van va,,ld
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with a sIuw and noiac'oss fools.eo
Comes that messenger diyinc;
skcs the vacant char BESIDE me,
LAYS iacr gei'iio hlaa III mirc.
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THE ILLINOIS LOAN.

One ofthe most gratifying pieces of intelligence
brought by the recent arrival from England, is
the accomplishment of the Illinois loan for the
completion of the great canal between the Lakes
and the Mississippi. The loan has been made
entirely, we believe, by the creditors of the State,
who have been induced to receive stock in the
canal 10 the place of State stock, with the condi-
ton that they are to complete it aud receive the
tolls arising from it. The amount necessary to
It's completion is stated to be $4,OO0,0O of which
$3,ooo,oO0 had been taken when the steamer
left. Mr.. Oakley, the Commissioner, who return
ed IN the Hlbernia, left Mr. Ryan in charge of
the business, who, it is said, will complete the
subscription, and come out by the next packet.
Illinois is oae of the largest, aud perhaps the
most fertile State in the American Union, and
exhibits in the census tables rapidity of increase
which was perhaps never equaled before in the
worlds history. Michigan shows a greater ratio
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THE OLD NORTH STATE.

Hon. William Graham, the Wing candidate for
Governor of North Carolina, is canvassng the
State with energy and success. He addressed an
audience of $500 at Rutherford on on the 4th,
and another of 5000 at Ashevlle on the 9Th. On
the preceding day, this concourse was addressed
by ex-Gov. d. L. Swain, Hon. T. L. Clingman,
Gen. Edney, Col B. Gather, N. w. Wooden,
Esq, and DR.. Williams, Tennessee. On the 9Th,
Mr. Graham argued at length the great topics of
the day, and Gov. Swain closed the Convention
in an admirable speech. All passed off admira-
bly,. Mr.. Graham was escorted into Ashevlle
by the Cavalry of Buncombe and welcomed by
salute of Artllery-the first time cannon had
! ever been heard in Buncombe.
Western Carolina is mountainous and healthy,
and its inhabitants honest and worthy people.
They are not generally wealthy, for their country
is rugged and difficult of access, while the soil is
not remarkably fertile. 1t gave 6,O53 votes for
Harrison to 1908 for Van Buren in '4O-neary
1000 majority. We trust it has 5000 in store
for Harry Clay.
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EZEKIEL POLK, AGAIN.

The last R,leigh Standard . has the following
paragraph on the subject of Col. Folks ancestry
"The Mecklenburg Jeffersonan, printed On
the blrth-spot of American independence, states
that he has at hand the first copy of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration ever put in print, and that the
name of Ezekiel Polk is signed to it. What will
the Wing vendors of ialsehood do now Z"
We pronounce, on The very best authority, any
copy Of the Mecklenburg Declaration, containing
Ezekiel Folks name, a VILE FORGERY! We do
not deny that the ''Jeffersolian y may have a
printed copy of that Declaration, with Ezekiel
Folks name attached to it, for we learn from a
member IF The family, that when James K. Polk
was a candidate for Governor in Tennessee, some
of his freuds, to rebut the charge of Toryisin
against his grandfather, haa spurious edition OF
the Meckenburg Declaration published, and in
terpolated his name! We have this statement on
authority which cannot be gansayed Besides,
we have turned to the publication made by our
Legislature in 1881, on the subject of the Neck
lenburg Declaration, and the name of Ezekiel
Polk is not to be found in the list of Delegates
present on the Goth May, ITS. The chairman
of the committee Of our Legislature, TO whom the
subject was referred, was Thomas G.. Polk, ESQ,
of Rowan. as hgh-minded and honorable man az
lives. Ezekiel Polk was his great uncle, and he
would scarcely have permitted the resolutions OF
the patriots of MeckIenburg to appear without
his kInsnan's name, if it had been Ieyitinate
entitled to place ihere.-Raleiyh Register
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MASS MEETING IN ALEXANDRIA,

A large and enthusiastic Mass Meeting Of
Wings was held in Alexandra on Friday evening"
the 10Th inst. 1t is estimated that 1900 persons
were in attendance. A large number were pre-
sent from Virginia and Maryland. The porticoes
over the market were occupied by the ladies OF
Alexandria, who go in for Clay and Frelinghuy-
sen. The Hon. Willis Green of Kentucky, the
Hon. J. M. s. Causin of Maryland, and Mr.. Mudd
Of Iowa, addressed the meeting with great ability
The Ashland Glee Club enlivened the meeting
with several of their good Wing songs. AT near
Ii o'clock, after giving six cheers for Clay aud
Frelinghuysen, and six for the ladies', the meeting
adjourned
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This was certainly very plain language from
one who had been one of their chief champions,
and the meeting was not disposed to listen TO
more of il than was unavoidable. The same let
ter concludes its accounts as follows:
In this way he went on for hours. ] wish
had copy of the speech Ia send you but even
it had, could moi give you his m amer. his ges-
ture or his emphasis, which made the leaders of
the rarty quail and turn white with rage. dozen
tunes they interrupted by crowds, and called him
to order, but the chairman dec did hat he was in
vted there for discussion, and was order. They
then tried 10 get the people out Of the house,
thinking he woud then quit. They succeeded in
getting out one third of them for while but he
saw their object, and they we're only regulating a
parcel of fellows they had brought with them TO
cry "hurrah," and it was no go! Finding mol h.
ing would do, they again called him to order, and
meanly called him an intruder, after inviting the
discussion and at the head of this clique was he
Democratic candidate for elector of this district.
When the chair again decided that he wassin or
der, they had the meanness to appeal from the
decision, and having the squad OF fellows who
came with the erndte candidate for President
maker, they succeeded in voting him down, after
he had, for fUe hours, given them the severesi
lashhg that ever any party had received from an
old member. He claimed that he is obliged to
support the Wings, because they profess the main
principles that he has always professed and sup
ported; and he was astonshed how any old Dem
ocrat who supported John Clark in 1925, and op-
passed publication IN 1888, could support The Dem
ccratic party of The present day.
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MIR. POLK.

WINCHESTER, May 90, '43.
To The People Of Tennessee:
The object which l had
IN proposing to GOVERNOR
JONES, at Carrollville, on
the 18th of April last, that
we should each write on,
and publish our views and
opinions on the subject OF
the Tariff, was, that our re
spectre positions might be
distinctly knoUn and under
stood By the People. That
my opinions were already
fully and distinctly known,
/ could not doubt. l HAD
STEADILY DURING THE Pc
ROD ] WAS A REPREsEN-
TATIvE IN CONGRESS BEEN
OPPOSED TO APRoTECTIvE
Policy, AS MY RECORDED
VOTES AND PUBLISHED
SPEECHES PROVE. Since |
retired from Congress | had
held the same opinions. In
the present convass for Go
vernon | HAD AVOWED
MY OPPOSITION TO
THE TARIFF ACT OF
THE LAST WING CON-
GRESS, as being highly
protectiue in its character
and not designed by its au.
thors as a reUenue measure.
! had avowed my opinion
m my public speeches that
the interests of the country
and especially of the pro-
ducing and exporting States
IT'S RE-
PEAL, and the restoration
of the principles of the
c Compromise act of 1888.
JAMES X. POLK.