Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-19
Mr.. JARNAGIN'S SPEECH AT
NEWARK, N. J.
The Chairman announced Mr.. Jarnagin,
the Senator from Tennessee, whose appear
.nc, w,o h,;led 10 cheoro land and l,,r

The Chairman announced Mr. Jarnagin,
the Senator from Tennessee, whose appear
ance was hailed by cheers loud and long.
Mr. Jarnagin-I must soon leave New Jersey, and |
wend my way home 10 the far West; and wha, nc.
count shall give my people of the sentiments of New
Jersey shall never, while my heart beats, forget |
the reception given to me- and will tell the people of
Tennessee tina, leave prosperous, INDUSTRIOUS smi-
ling people with generous hearts and true and irany
of you travel TO the West we hope to give you the
same recepuon-we will take you by the hand as
brothers and give you the hearty welcome that be.
suits that relation, not ms citizens OF slave hold
ing State, but as members OF one family; and If any
one Of you, the humblest though he be, shall come
| among us, he will find 1t
| Mr. J. said he had address ed many public meetings
and never met an insult. 1t was in part, he hoped
because he never wounded, If he could avoid it, sin
| gle human being lie entertained his own opinions
and was willing others should theirs. We were all
of the same country, with the same destiny and hopes.
all seeking the same end only by different roads. My
constant aspiration is, let us come and reason TO-
gether.
| Mr.. J. then went into an examination Of the opin-
)ns of the candidates presented for the Presidency
promising his hope that he talked to feemen, sons OF
revolutionary sirc~, and not men bound at all hazard,
| to party usages and party names. Mr. choice, said
Mr. J. is for Clay and Frelinghuysen. because they
are men of historical renowu. No brighter page be-
longs to our records than that which embodes the
story OF Clay and Frenglmysen. Ofthem, therefore,
| say more and proceed TO speak of james K. Polk
He is of my own State, and mean to speak of him
with irankness. He IS. freely admit, gentleman
in his private and social intercourse aude only TO
what is public property, his political opinions and
conduct.
Did any one of you ever hear of james X. Polk
before the Baltimore Convention? (No! from the
crowd.) No. said Mr.. J. nor had the delegates them
selves. After balloung some or times for every
j body, they hit upon James r. Polk, and t,creupon
. the Convention that theoretically convened to
embody public sentiment, instead thereof issued or
deis to the democracy to support certain man. Mr.
Polk has been manufactured into hero, one that
spoke from a rifles mouth Now sir, in Tennessee
u lie barrelled shot gun-hls game, snipes and quas
. and yet the Democratic song book-not that with III,
, yellow cover-allempt> 10 make hero OF him! He
. never mustered in any ranks
speak with knowledge, for we are both of the SAINT
age, and when entered the army that, at the eginn
ing of the war. went into The Creek Nation under thu
!. command OF General Andrew Jackson, did not SCI
= Jas. X Polk. The song book says he drove bacl
the British Army conquered the savage foe. spok,
. from the rifles mouth. Why if the ridcue OF cloth
e ing this Young Hickory in the cast off military gar
&c ments of the Old Hero attempted, we should ST.
e this little lckory-lttle, not young-over- shadowc
IL with cooked hat, world too large, with epauletes
u that weighed him down, and with par Of boots tina
held him up in the crotch without his feet reachrn
| the soles.
T. Mr. J. then told humorous story of the manner i
,e which Mr. Polk was received in Tennessee when II
" left Congress 10 run as governor of the State ii
ie added that J. X. Polk csnvassed the State fee
~ trade man-an incorporating free trade man.
e On the stump, Nj Polk was asked if he fave
M ans %ercd nfhs wSs a asn I b as
H. AZ against the principle of protection in every shan
or and that he only went for revenue Tariff; and an
y, Editor IN New Jersey or elsewhere, who with the.
m facts before him. calls Mr. Polk Tariff man, pr,
sumes either upon the ignorance of his hearers or NJ
ID on something else will not name
n MY neiehbor Milton Brown took the field apains
o. Mr. Polk on the ground Of Protective Tariff. MIR
:. was sustained, and Mr. Polk was defeated.
A blOuranhv of MIR p1llt I;sho
a see and at the South in which he was lauded as
a tree trade man. When that biography reached ,hes
regions, new edition was issued, and all about fro
a. trade was left So DR. Duncan of Ohio anatom
~ zed coon. and insisted that IN il he found anon
~ other Wing principles, Protective Tariff. When III
- reached Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania a Tariff Stat,
V Masonry was substituted This edition. thus amer
#, ded, was conveyed back to Washington and beiD
~ shown 10 the Or. he SIMPLY said it was mistake a
a, the printer! And this is the mode in which Mr. Poi
j. is TO be commended in different places on dE,rer
ie grounds!
y, Mr. Jarnagin gave ludicrous account Of The arg,
70 ments by which Mr. Polk endeavored to be &C
so vanced He said i was in this wise: Well, neigh
bor you are for Polk Yes to be sure he is our car
w. dIdate But what is his clapn -. ". Bang ADM
rs ted; against all that Wings are for-adm,ed Blu
% pray what he for? Why he is the friend of Ger
,e Jackson and did Gen Jack son fight the battle
~ New Orleans True, bu, James X. Polk did not =
~ But he young Hickory. Ave, but that will not %
~ for believe me the hickory cannot be grated on pok
10 stalk. 1t will never do.
a, Mr. Jarnagiu then adverted to the Texas questio,
III and declared emphacay that Tennessee had ia
Ie much virtue too much political integrity too niue
'e intelligence, TO for Polk and Texas; and inasmuc
as he had been represented since he had been in III
,r State as having virtually given up Tennessee on III
question of Texas he hero declared his undoubn
conviction that Tennes would give to CLAW an
IN trednghnysen. vote as great not greater than thu
!" given for Mr. Jones and that exceeded 1000 VIII
l. minority Gentlemen, | hope TO see some of va
again, and desire to be taxed with this declaration
Re it shall not prove correct.
Mr. J. Then proceeded to explain the Texas nept
tation-wc refrain from reporting that part of ii
OF speech, because we are told was in some parts
relteraion of arguments used by Mr. Jarnaein IN
speech IN the Senate which is now in the press, an
of which we shall therefore see in its author P,
version
Mr. J. denounced the treaty fraud and conspiracy
r and as IN every shape Objectionable.