New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-07

P.o contains also two ar'lc'es a. 0is. W. ~ 60
pcy tie ore purportng 10 be eS1ract ilc',i
lNe r,S;o STATESMAN, entitled Our Trace Ti'h
me. Lne T TRr;rain' aud the other from hendali 1A-
a;,er entitled :" A Home Market
Iso con,alus letters of Gov. Polk Two o. which
orc dared so late AZ MAY 18th, 1919 ana aho'he, Is
al. ,o,c a. Nav l7ih 1913 Each OF these let
t,rs contains his opinions against iie ann e'' l
po,ec,;yc Policy AS strongly expressed N my hu'n-
HE iudg,peal as he could phrase them ne pup
jbes these opinions FOR the purpose OF running i"'o
Office on the strength oi them. ne iasto' c
contains thesc memorable words =" All VINO nave
S..yv.d my course, know that have al all iinies
Iesn o,oossd 10 the Protectire Posicy, aud also
these" am in favor of n Tariff foI rercnae ard
opposed TO a raif for projections" IL there be a
single Pennsylvania Democrat presentwho is really
an honest and sincere friend o. the lari-ii iheie
be man present of any patty who has ever Deeh
led 10 believe that nlr. Polk Is aught but bit,ef
enemy TO Protection; Gught but an advocate OIL 'h'
highest OF the hsh-;oned anii-pro'ec'Nc Goc'f''es
ol the day, let him now come forward apa inspect
This document. have broughtit hlther expressly
for the b.neG, of a such gentlemen, ond when they
have drunk deeply oil this dfaught which Freely
Offer thsm il tla, does not cure them OF the Po'k
teser now raging in Pennsy ylyana, why all can say
OF them is, that like o. Falslui nenip buck
ram they are "past pr4yinS tor
in despite OF al! this proof, the ctter OF Mr. foiR
10 Sir. Kine has becn unblushingly paraded as an
evidence OF his friendship tor Protection Ihatle'te
written for Pennsy ylvanil market, does condescend
in one passage ITO palier with Us IN douDl.
sense" ltpra;es in single line about "a Revenue
Tariff with incidental protection" But, IN e0dem
datu, he proves that by tnctdentat protection he
meant accidentdi protection, by referring 10 BIS
former opinions which have already iaid before
YOU. The deception intended by The letter has been
so completely exposed hy uheis that II is unneces-
sary for me 10 notice il further Than by saying, as
now do, that James X. Polk will no and dare not,
pending the Presidental contest, publish line
which can reach his Southern friends before tht
4 . =. D., ,1s,.,t
or conradicting those, MS opinions, against our
HONS Labor. 10 which have referred yoG. la
hardly 10 be doubled, taat should he nssulne an!
other attitude in the South than tnQt OF hostility to
the rarif of 1912, Henry Clay would detest him ia
every State South 0! Mason X Dixon's Line.
My ieow-ci;1en--Wc can what Ar Po|t
meant, and sjiil Eieans, by farlH ;or Revenue
with Incidental PTotec,on, if we carefully study
.hc details Of that bill commonly called MIR. Yer
pianck's bill, which llr Polk, as member OF the
Committee OF Ways and Means OF the HOUSE o! Re
preseniat.es OF ihe United States, cGaCurrcG IN re-
porting 10 that House. the 23th OF December, 1892
You will find the report OF this Committee III rh'
volume OF Reports OF Committees for thai Session
printed as document No. ! L. now hold ii in my
hand, for the inspection o. all those who may desirt
20 see that bill, which struck III The rootol The wholt
Protective System, and yet carried out Mr.. pOik's
notion OF Il Tariff for Revenues with Incidental
Protection" Undoubtedly, it would be said oi this
as il could Of a Horizontal Tariff OF 20 per cent or
any other Tariff laying duties on articles produced
or manufactured in this country, that II did inrnls
some Incident. Protection. And yet. how hollow
hearted aud insncerc would al! hold nm TO be,
who, while protesting 10 be friend of Home La
Dor, should advocate THIS bill US Protective ihea'
sure. This was the BILL the inIa! progress OF Which
was arrested by the Compromise Act OF hr. Clay
The reporter may publish the rates o dufY lsee Ap'
pen1. as they were designed by this biii To be al
ter the "a of March, 1888, enable those WHO have
no access 10 this document leurn how Tarltl Oi
Revenue, with Incidental Protection, car be irauet
by Mr.. Polk, which would utterly destr, the bus
ness OF every Manufactured and hectanc IN The
country. Tha, man who has deliberate proposed
Il duty OF only l5 per cent. ad vaiofeT on Wool
and vet OIL another occasion advocated iuty OF ~
per cent. on Tea and Coffee, has given you prac
tical exposition OF what he meant by h3 letter OF
May 9th, l3i3 when lie said" an IL !avor OF a
Tariff for Rerenne, and opposed to a TarLgJor
Protectioa." MIR. Polk in his letter 10 Mr.. kane,
professes 10 be friend of equal Protection TO Agri
culture, Commerce aud manufactures. Let tn
Farmer read the list OF duties, To which have ad
verted in this Bill reported by Rir. Veroianck and
MIR. Polk let him sec lhcfc duty oi Ia per cent
ON neary every article winch lhc Agricultusist O
the Middle States produCcs-an Wheat Ft0ar
Wheat, Oats, PotatJes, tIdr dad Hemp, Bacon
Bccfaad PORT, Lnrd and Rntter: aad he will heeh
understand precisely what Alr. Polk meant by Pio'
lection to Agriculture.
In conneXion with this subject OF MIR. Folk's
hostility 10 the Protective Tarih, let me briefly I'D
vert also TO his unceasng opposition 10 the policy
of withrtang the proceeds o the public lands iron
the Federal Government uud distributing theGi /,
the States la his Address to the People OF fennes.
see, OF March 25Ih, lSil, he says -" The propos
ed distribution Is, in truth, but a branch OF Mr.
Clays famed American eySlem--a system enbrac
ing US its primury and leading object, high Pro
tectve Tariff Again, he says" MIR. Clay is lh
author Of the measure, US he was OF the American
system The liuitS ot thus Address will not ALLOW
me TN pteru M nm pNt ed IA
ton. few OF the principal points OF objection arr
all thet can be here stated Ii tue receipts from iht
sales OF the public lands, amounting 10 several mi
lions annually, shalt be abs;racled from the lreaSu-
rg and given 10 the States, 1t follows that an eqaa
ameun, mus; be raised BY increase ofthe tariff OF
byatux in some other form to supply The deficiency
and il raised by increase oi the tarh II requires
no argument 10 prove that the tax Will he paid II
unequal proportions by the people OF the diieren
sections rf The UnlOn-thc Southern aud planting
States bearing much the greater part o the burden.
Again" In another vrw, the proposed dIStrleU
lion is u TARIFF MEASURE. Ifit prevail, Mas
sachusetts. Vermont, and other States containing
within their bordafs portion oi The Public Lands
will be immediately invested with loca. pecuniar,
interest in them. The Public Lands will, in e.
feet, be morIgaged TO the several States, In
proportion 10 the representation III Congress
and they viii have interes; i'll havsg them
sold at the highest possible rates. The man.
ufactaring States would have peculiar inter
est in the reduction OF the price, The grant OF pre-
emption TO settlers al low rate; because 10 keep
up the price of the lands and withhold grants o.
preempIion would De- 10 check immigration, retair
the laborng population al home, and then reduce
the wages OF labor, and increase the profits of he
capitalists engaged in manufactures. The aaru
featuring interests would be advanced by another
reason. They would receive the federal proportion
of the DISTRIBUTION, and would not contribute 10 the
same ratio in the paymca; OF the 10 supply III,
deficiency. They would IN addition 10 this receive
the bounties 10 their manufactures, which an in.
creased Tariff wosld afford, willis, those bounte.
would be paid by the South; IN every view OF the
measure i; is an 0uxiiiary to the Protective policy
concur, my fellow citizens, in the opinion express
ed by Mr.. Polk, that the proposed distribution .
the land fund is " an auxiliary TO the Protective
policy" For that reason HE opposes H. and tor
tha, reason support il. He, as an enemy 10 iht
Tariff, sees, what | behold as u tre.d that wiihir
the last 20 years these land sales have sometime.
fallen short OF 81 900, ,C0O per annum and that one
year they exceeded 1850: With these
huctusuons iii the Treasury, il is impossible tC
maints;n Tariff for revenue with such ncidenta