The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-10-21
AtcDCFrIE on POLK!
READ PEOPLE oF PENNSYLVANIA!

Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose OF Discussing
the great question. involved in the Presidential
canvass. The Hon. George McDuffi,. Senator
from South Carolina, appeared in behalf of Mr.
Pok, and in the course of the discussion spoke as
follows:
:" lie admitted, also, that Mr.. Polk had written
very rqriv"cal letter about incidental pi"tec-
tion, discriminating duties, and The tariff general
"; nay, that he must have written II letter Of
June 49, 1914, expressly {" use McD.'s own
word, FOR The MERIDIAN OF PENN
SiLV ANA" which he characterized An high
tariff State, and as to which hh said "hat he
would sooner Mr. Polk should MT he elected Pre-
sden', than reach that high office by her tariff
supper, and thai, for his part, he would willingly
throw lie meant, although he did MT say. kick
pennsy wanna out If the Democratic ranks" lie
further admitted thai he had little fah In The
Democratic parry Of the North, but he thought
the best, or rather the only chance of ra,stac
tory modification of the tariff, with that par
~, and that chance he was disposed trv- aud
As I" Mr. Polk, even in his ambiguous letter, he
had spoken of What he had " heretofore : done.
az the index Of what he would do il future, and
he knew that Mr. Polk had "heretofore" roted
against high tariffs, and had never voted for a
tariff which he (nlr. McDuffi-) would not have
been willing to vote FIR. Here Mr.. Toombs
reminded Mr.. McDutfle that Mr.. Polk had
voted for the tariff of 1882, which South Ca
roina had attempted to nulify; and Mr.. Nc
Dufie replied but even tina; tariff was a reduce
lion Of the duties imposed by its predecessor Of
1921 Mr.. Polk had also, both before and since
his nomination for the Presidency, expressed him
self favorable to the repeal OF the tar tt OF 1912.
Here Dir. Med. was reminded by Mr.. ToomDs
that Mr.. Polk had, although questioned kept si-
lent as to the repeal of the tariff of 1912 ever
since his nomination, and Mr.. McD. canddy all
United the correction to be right MIR. Folks
letter was to be erpounded by his past course.
Mr. Cay, on the other hand, although he wrote
plausible and specinus lie ter-, aud was quite an
adept at that game, was unequlvncaIly Out against
repeal or modification of tn. tariff ol le42, and his
letters too, were 10 be expnunded by his past acts,
and hi recently expressed Determination.
Mr.. McDuffie then got as'rde OF his favorite
hobby, the unparalleled oppressinns OF the tariff,
reducing the South to poverty and her nhabIt ants
tn the condition of sers and slaves. lie SAID thai
the spoliaions and plumber Of the tariff system
had wrung more plumber and spoil from the S,uh
than h,d done the Saxon and D.nish Tea rnobers
from England from tho days Of Hengist and Hor.
"a to the period of The conquest by William Of
Normandy. tie also repeated his conviction that
The Northern people we're comparatively an idle.
INDECENT, travelling. and plea-ure. eeking people,
by the plundered fruits of Southern in
dus'ry, and the Southern people the real workies
aud indeed bnnd-s ives of the nainn-k,rgett,nr
the real Incidence and luxurious habits Of his own
CO ,1ry-f lk and that it s, in fact, the osome In
dus'ry aud patient economy OF the Northern folk
which thus liable them tn e'joy the tine tr
'r yelling and The time for recreation. He de-
q. ,rrd that he worked harder in experimenting
his plantation than did any Lowell manufacturer
in supervising his establishment !-unmndtnl thai
The latter was served by free laborers on wages,
who must do full work ar receive stnted pay,
while he was al the head of slave labnrers, not
working upon wages, but upon maintenance,
whether they worked or not, and thereby rtquir-
ing additional superintendent 10 atone tor the
wanting sim'l II of relf.intere.t."
People Of Pennsylvania, will you be cheated
by the fasehoods Of Lrcofnco leaders, after such
All avowal as this ty such man George
McDufie! Take his speech Io,, pnnder upon
it. look at Folks roies his ts, and moi The jeuIt-
ical misrepres en,a,uns IF h s interested friends,
and then say whether yon can support Tree
trade man in Disguise, or vote tor candidate
who dares not to avoe his opinions directly upon
the Tar # Of 1912 Let every Wing newspaper
and every Wing speaker spread it broad cast
through the land, that George Md lffie publicly
declared that James X. Polk letter to Mr.. Kane
was prepared for the " MERIDIAN OF PENN
SYLVAN1A,' to cajo!e and cheat her mining
and manufacturing interests, and to deceive the
people of the Tariff States.
We hope Mr. Folks position is now defined by
one Of the ablest and ereae-t Of his o,Dn party
and that the fraudulent and infamous mask, by
which his real sent iments have been concealed,
will be torn off, and all the baseness and iniquity
which has surrounded his conduct since the open
ing of this canvass, will be completely exposed.
Up, then. people of Pennsylvania, To your duty
Put down this wholesale system Of fraud--prr-
tect your interests, and defend your country. If
you in favor of FREE TRADE and DIS
UNION, vote for James K Polk-if you are in
favor of protecting AMERICAN LABOR and
PRESERVING THE UNION, vote for Henry
Clay.