The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-07-18

leu hosiery, gloves, nettS, bindings, and
stockinets, 10 per cent. on all other cloths,
merino shawls, baizes and cassimers, carpet
ings and rugs Of all kinds, 90 per cent; on
clothing ready made, all descriptions, 20
per cent; on all cotton goods, 20 per cent,
except nankins, from India, on which Mr..
Folks duty was Is per cent; and cotton no.
siery, gloves, mitts, and stockinets, on which
his duty was 10 per cent; as well as upon
cotton twist, yarn and thread; on all manu-
facturers Of fax andhemp, or sail duck and
cotton-bagging, Is per cent; on all manufac-
lures oftin i~apanning, gilt, plated, brass, cop
per and pewter, and on saddlery, plated,
brass, and polished steel, 20 per cent, on
common saddlery, 10 per cent; on earthen
and stoneware, 20 per cent; on all side and
FIRE arms, and muskets, 20 per cent; on brI-
dle-bits and glass ware, 20 per cent; on
manufacturers of iron and steel generally, a
duty of 90 per cent; ou salt and coal, : per
cent; on every thing produced by the farm
er in the middle and northern States. MIR.
Polk, who is a cotton-grower, recommended,
in this bill, one unvarying standard of only
Is per cent.-I5 per cent. on potatoes; 10
per cent. on oats; Is per cent on wheat, and
wheat -four, butter, bacon, beef and pork.
Such was the character of that bill, from
.he passage Of which Henry Clay saved the
conotfv bg the adoption of the compromise.
Had a tornado passed oyer all the manu-
facturine establishments of the country at
that time. II would scarcely have proved a
greater curse than that measure, which had
the earnest support of Mr.. James K. Polk, OF
Tennessee. BY reducing the duty on Wool
70 Is per cent, il put the knife to the throat
ofevery sheep in the country. BY a duty OF
90 per cent on ready made clothing OF all
DESCRIPTIONS, il struck down a whole class OF
,ba mos industrious and useful mechanics
of 3be nation. If it had been a bill Purposed-
IL designed toset FIRE TO most OF he mechan-
ic shops in the country, it would hardly nave
had a worse effect upon the laboFlng classes,
1t would have fed US on potatoes from Ire
land. and at those periods, when the farm
ers IF the Middle and Northen States were
suffering most from the pressure ofthe times,
our bread stnffs would have been grown on
the borders of he Baltic and Black Sea, IN
stead Of on our own soil. Let the farmers,
mechanics. and manufacturers OF the coun-
,rv pnvf answer what they think OF the new
candidate for the Presidency james X. Polk,
of TENNESSEE
But / have not yet done with Mr.. James
K Polks ofTennessee, and bis bitter hostil-
.;iy 10 the protective policy. Search the re-
cords ofCongress, and you will find that, IN
every instance where the American system
was attacked. while he was in Congress he
was its a~ssailant, its constant and uncompro-
missing Toe. On the 23d Of June, 1882, he
voted for the motion of Mr.. McDuffie, o.
South Carolina, to reduce the duty on cot
ton goods, costing not exceeding 10 GEMS
the square yard, &c. l2a per cen. ad yaioIem
On the same day he voted for MIR. McDuftlet
rolled iron. On TIE previous uuy nc vUtc'
10 reduce the d~utysonsalt to 5 cents per 56lb
and voted against The duties on boots AMI
bootees, on cabinet wares, hats and caps
whips. brides, saddles, carriages, and part
ofcarriages, blank books, earthen and stone
wares, and manufactures of marble; and al
so against the duty on wool. With this ex
Mbilion of the friendship OF James 4, Poll
for the hboring freemen OF all classes IN thu
country,I might leave him in their hands.
have notreferred Unpublished speeches OIL
the Tariff, which always breathed the mos
settled hostility TO the whole policy. Pollti
clans sometimes speak one way, and vot'
another. MIR. Van Buren, always spok'
against the Tariff, bat generally voted for il
There were several politicians of this schoc
in Congress at the passageof the last Tarlf
But James G.. Polk was never OF that schoo
He was. indeed as well as in word, on al
occasions, an enemy to protection for the la
borer. | mean TO try him by his acts an
his votes, and, without going further, | migl
leave those acts and votes, which, hva
thus exposed. 10 the indignant commenta
ries OF the laborlng men OF all classes, VIII
their friends and employers.
But | purpose TO do full justice TO nj
Polk, on this subject. The people shall NJ
misunderstood the extent of his hostility t
she domestic industry of his country. O
the 25th day of February, 1884, within on
yearafler the passage of the compromis
Mr.. Hall, of North Carolina, in the Hou:
of Representatives Of the United States, il
Sroduced a resolution, the object OF whlc
was TO procure fiom the Committee of Wa!
and Means, a report of a plan, accomPanit
by a bill, 10 repeal the protection guarantee
by The Compromise, under the pretext OF IN
mediately reducing the revenue 10 the N
cessaTy expenses of the government; al
James K. Polk, of Tennessee, who was,
that time. the chairman of that very Coz
aniitee ofWays and Means, voted for tn
resolution, and lis nays against IT. In W
ing for this resolution, the deliberate desl:
- which was TO violate all the pledges CIV
in the compromise, Mr.. Polk was backed
the votes Of SIX cf the nine members of til