The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-08-05
From tho American Protector
A WORD TO our Candid 0ppOSGrS.

There is longer power TO hide tho truth, from men
who read more papers than one, that Mr. Polk is TO
be mainly supported on the merits of the causes
which had such buneful influence upon the setting
sun Of Pun Buren,. more open war is to be wa
ged against the tariff tlap comporied with the char
acter Of the "Northern man with Southern Princ
plcs;'' and Texas, the poAgate child Of Mexico
(by a bIaneIess mother,) which, in its
brief career has squandered nearly its whole estate,
stained itself wholly and forever with slavery Of the
blacklist hue, plunged itself to the arlnpis in debt,
disgraced iiselr-iG that be possibility elevating
lawless, drunken and nrarauding chiefs to power
10 he taken into the family of the Union per Cas ct
nefaS So hostile TO the present proectire tariff is
this MIR Polk the growth OF a night, that the nuiiif-
erS of South Carolina have heard of him gladly. EY-
idencos thclcn on his head. The EdgeiieId wit
ncsses come to the pont-lc repeat their resoIp-
ton, nursed as it was in The lap Of disunon, Cal
hOua's own district
"Resolyed, that in James X Polk we recognize
an able, bold advocate Of immaculate anne Ration of
Texas, and firm and consistent opponent Of a pro-
iec'ire torV and abolition and that, therefore,
cordially approve OF his nomination, and pledge our
selves 10 his support"
The iIoispurs dropped Van Buren, TO gain n point
these quoslions, and Northern DEMOCRATS are re-
CURED TO say AMEN! though it STICKS in their
Threats. In all candor,go friends, haye you bargain
ed for this bundle Of measures, or have you been
bargnined on like many white slaves
The Nashville Union, ''the organ of Polk pub
ished at his door, in To ncssec, 81 eaks thus niesi.
bly,
ave wish il borne in mind, that The oppressive
Tariff of 1912 has been condemned by every true
Democrat, and by none moro decidedly than Mr.
Van Buren,. That lis provisions aIe iTEWED
NTH ABHORRE.NCE BY GOV. POLR
AMI all his irieHdS, are need mol repeat -
Thus il is clear as the sunlight, If Polk and chs
friends" carry the day, thu present tariff law,
viewed with adherence by Gov. Polk" will be de-
siroyed. II is article OF faith 10 be borne in mimi
by erery true democrat. That blow, lit comes
10 bo ''fxed ract will crush the people OF Yer
mont to the earth Wo sell and boy at home-al
thrive-we require better customers and no better
paymastors than tho American people. Fence ont the
cultures
Woogrowors will you vote FOR Polk, and thus
put knife to the throas of your sheep the thou
sand hills Can you turn the capital of your Rocks
into new channels with any hope Of making a living
"A bare living, evOn7 VIII cattle and the dairy do
II? viii hogs or horsos7 You know tho business
imposed upon you that it may DO to give power to
$3.50 'SN'AHsS
there in order to whip you in, cooy tell You they
are for protective tariff You will tyake too laie-
You already know, r you haze had an eye upon the
records, that three fourths of all the Pan Buren, par
ty voted always against any thing like good tariff
and under Polk The test OF democracy is condemna-
ton of the tariff Of 1912 You behold its good eC-
iects-the Vigor it has infused into all branches of
business; the liberal increase of the price of wool il |
hos IL. ,,,I L.. -.
sacrifice TO the advancement of a Petty lawyer of
Tennessee?
fyou do not condemn protective tariff, separate
and pressed into service, foreign to your nature
as is Foreign in its objects From whence arises
the controversy this subject? Not from the wings
certainly. From the centre to the circumference.
they firmly adhere 10 the doctrine of projections
While the test resolution introduced by Mr. Allen
into the U. 8 Senate, every one of your great men,
except from the State of Pennsylvania voted that the
present tarif'is unjust and ought 10 be reduce9"
Every wing Senator voted NO. All the hostility.
all the danger there is lies in the bosom of your par
ty' Can it be possible for twopenny politicians to
hide it from your sight?
Hyour party is wrong on this subject, do not fear
to be right yourselves. Go 1vth the ,ctigs until your
party wheei into line. Examine the matter your |
selves, and do not be trined with by men who sav
thoy are for protective tariff, and yet urge you to
vote for Polk They look one way and row the otb-
err There is no sincerity there. Your own inter-
ests-the prosperity of VERMoNT--tbe independ-
ence of the whole American peoples far above the
rival claims Of men Vote with the wings, and you
will not be cheated on question of greater conse-
quence to you than all others combined. Vote
"Pot and his friends" into office, and you will NOT
see the sun go down upon the present tariff law
They will argue that you, yourselves, have passed
sentence Of repeal, and they will move with spec
not less wonderful than disastrous, to carry your will
thus deducod, into effect.