Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-12

In conclusion. Messrs. Editors, (for have sl,,,d.
occupied too much space 10 your caumns,) would S.y
that The "od waggon horse" improves by noe and :.
ronpeien, 10 any task which be may undertake Hs
never refuses to dsdic in g,~d cause. lie is lina
and able tn grapple with all the crack orats Of he De
ocfa'ic parry; and fr good they may tluow in
the f'eonidds " The Mountain pass" las Mt R,rba
calls one Of our fellow .citizens) and nv word for ,
most expert OF them Will come out OF the c,u.s,
without ''black eye or a broken limbb Cme ON, W.
are douby armed! Our cause is Just, w. 6,b, NIL
No foreign h,g but under the same GLORIOUS s,rs md
stripes which led our fathers To victory.
9TH FLAG.
The Melting on Weoae seiay niyH s8
We are indebted friend TOR the trer .ioy acco,,
ot Inc discussion IN this place last NJ ,nday evening a.
"Wednesday night, Mr.. Wl,cher resumed his arynmon,
on the Texas question. biore large and attentive ,nd
tory; anu although he labored under severe indsr,n
ton. $50 much 10 compel hu, 10 dscootinua H.;
remarks nearly an hour, during which in.yva,
WIN. M. Bnrwe, Esq, Of Bedford county. orcnn;aa
the stand IN speech Vi great cOgency and trce va
speak the general sentiment v hen VIC saw ,ha, h. A.
cnssed it with mastery ability presenting , nn,h.
P,nis ct view IN which the cJisunmiiiun of IA,
scheme. on the plan proposed in the reec,ed i,s,,"
would have resulted dIsastruusly 10 the South and
Union. We will not do him the Injustice of ala r.
my even SYNOPSIS uf his staeslnan-lke aruumeo, H..
sentially diminished W"
Mr.. Borwell. IN the Of his speech ex meal
with great effect, the deceptive policy Of The IucCca
party On the subject Of the Tariff lie held an ..
oc" paper, published at Wkesbarre, in Pennsyv.ui,
In which the recent defeat Of Mr. Snyder the o'
loco candidate for Congress in that district fwh;c
gave Van Buren, large majority III iS40) is accounted
Tor by the act that, notwithstanding his dsayow,I IN
The contrary, he was Suspected Of hostility To The Pm,
,ecnse policy That paper went on 10 show the ground
lessness Of THIS suspicion; but, content with this il
farther affirmed that the ADVOCACY of a Proiectir. %
tenn is lsading feature Of the Democratic creed q,
ought to have said in Pennsylvania while The doe;s,
81 free trade Is rank federal heresy; and M Clay
therefore utterly w,corhy Of The support The psoDi or
Pennsylvania The reading Of this paper Of cours,
produced great merrmeni; but i, subject of o,ave
Election. VIII the people Of the United States con.ent
To be thus 'pcred with ina double sense 7" If IN.
Democratic creed, north of The Potomac recognizes Pm,
teclive duties fundamental article. how can ,bs
Free Trade men Of the South. who AFFIRM as tire ba,s
OF Their faith, that the government, so far from having
right to levy protective duties, bound in the affsuse
lnent of the Tariff to discriminate audiua nt,nsc.
ton, (as the Virginia Locufcu Address in IS43
broadly asserts give Them the hug alena ,ht under
The same nag, and vote for the same canidaes IT. IN
the other hand, the Southern doctrine be the true limit
q" Inc cons uonal Po"er of Congress- and defines cur
reclly the line of its duty. how can the ..hia ,ari
men OF the North, who complain that even Mr. Clavix
opinions do not To their views of the extent Il,
which The Protective policy should be carried, uus
WIN them IN subvertInJ system to which they ars
welded, ny the election 10 the Presidency Of a man,
VINO, according 10 the version given Of his opinions
IN the South, and sustained that version il by hs nvs
vo's votes. rs pledged To It's prps ration? True thew
tell us. al the North, that Mr. Polk IS a better Tariff
n'aa than NJ Clay Ba, if this be ~ will ro the South
he deceived in his course should he be elected II, ,ks
Presidency And II ii be false statement then mu,t
not The n lrh be, IN like manner, jIysed aud le,ray.
ed2 we "lve now beflre US an extract from the Dia.
vile (Pa) Republican. in which (no quite 80 rank A.
The WIlkesbarre paper above referred t.) II complains
So 49,. a..
admit that Mr. Polk is 'ls in favor Of precisely such
tariff as Mr. Clay" The Louisville journal tells US
that Mr.. Guthrie. of The Polk electors in Kentucky
delivered few days ago speech in Indiana. where tho
Tariff Is also popular sin which he asserted itb uye.t
emphasis that Proiec lion Is a Loectoco doerins" And
even Senator Wright, who denounced tie Tariff oi
1912 a, the last session Of Congress although it ,cas
passed by The aid Of lis vote, has recently declared
speech IN New York, that in some respects particularly
in the duty ,cool the owns sheep, suspect Van
Buren, did IN 1871 } The duties are not high enough!
We again ask, are the people, with these evidences
Of dupcily aud dpnbe-deang important u subject
staring them IN The face Content To sustain the party
guilty Of ill We do not believe they are. And We
have significant evidence of the fac, that they intend
To act s. 10 TO uaderstandngiy in the proceedings nf
"Demcratic meeting, lately held in Northumberland
county Pa (or the foil proceedings of which we regret
that We have not room,) in which, after dissecting
MIR. Folks late letter Mr.. Kane of Phahe. ptIia. I'M
which that gentleman declares himself in favor Of -
discriminating in the imposition Of duties incidentally
to 'pr,ecl home industry and contrasting tina, declxra.
tlon with his previously expressed opinions and votes.
they resolve. that they in favor the tariff bill VI
1872" and appointed committee address letter to
MIR. Polk, "asking him 10 state explicitly, whether if
elected he will sustain the tariff of 1872 and If rot then
10 state IN plain and ,equirocal terms (w,hout refer
ence to any past letters speeches. the measures VI
any other person. what kind Of tariff he would sustain.
and What extent OF protection he would allow native
industry This IS the right plan. Bring him TO de-
tails. and lie, him longer shelter himself behind eqriv.
oca eneraes. which may b., they are, erpretej
10 suit any and every meridian.
James X Poik's Grandfather perceivipo NV
necessary connection between The conduct Of Ezekiel
Polk, during the RI youlion and the claims to public
confidence oi his grandson James K Polk We have not
deemed important to publish the evidence adduced on
one side to show tina, the said Ezekiel was Torv in
716, and on the other to exculpa,e him from the aeps-
Ton II the fact were satisfactorily proved that James
X. Folks grandfather red coat and sou~bt re-
uge IN Lord Corrwallis's camp. and narrow 2scsped
being iarred and ieateed in uence Of his osti,y
to the revolutionary cause, il would in our opinou b.
no just cause OF repruach to his grandson None what
ever Yet Is certainly remarkable when the connee-
f,oa Is remembered that James K Polk himself opposrd
the bills granting pension 10 the surviving soldiers NJ
the Revolution, since II would To indicate that the
1a,nt Is IN the blood-We do know that we shall
put ourselves at any time, to the trouble Of publishing
The mass Of evidence brought forward to sustain The
charge OF iorysn against the grandfather Of the Loco
co candidate for the Presidency-but will say, thtt,
IN onr OPINION 1t is conclusively sustained We do not,
al all events noD intend 10 do this, because we believe
that there are other matters Of tar her importance then
u trace the pedigree Of tina candidate for The p,lrpse