The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-23
From tae Young Hickory BGaasr.
 THE TA RIHE


 required to enable man 10 form just opinion upon every subject that concerns hinl.
 It is well for mankind that peiitics allo political economy are simple matters, respect ing which the truth is easily seen. EFeF9 man, left to nature and reason, would pc , Democrat; but men are liable to be -flisieu' perverted. and corrupted
 Nature and reason teach us equality o' rishts and the universal brotherhood oi man. As life has become artificial, VIC have dlyi- s,ons of classes, rank. privileged aristocracy, and monarchy. We must take society as we ind ii, and try as far as possible to reform H. The law of expediency iii politics IS the rule of right.
 This country has been flooded with tracts and speeches upon the Tariff. Some mn. |. lions of the curious productions ol "Junius upon this subject have been circulated 9y those who are interested in having the people believe them, and, not content with this, Mir Horace Greeley has tried his hand Ill Two tracts upon the same topic. -.
 This Is a part of the humbug ot polilies Of all the issues before the country noW' this one of the Tariff IS the one upon which tlefe Is the least disagreement amoeg moderate men of both parties. To coverup the great ques- ton of National Bank, to hide the bare faced robbery of the distribution scheme, to keep out of sight the meditated attack upon the great popular principle of the Consl'ta- tion-the veto power, the cry ot PROTECTION is raised, and ii is kept up so as to drown all other cries. The constitution may bleed at every pore--tlle liberties ofsthe people may be undermned-th nation given up to hall century of monied misrule, all under thls fierce yell of protection!
 What is the true state of the ease Il IS this. The whole country has consented to she principle of raising a sum sufficient for the wants of the general government, to support the army and navy, the civil list, etc. by laying duties upon foreign imports. 1hls- mode of taxing the people, though unequal and 10 an extent oppressive, has been cheer fully agreed to by every section of the country and by men of both political parties, in con sideraton of the benefits to be deriyed from the laying on of these duties, by the manu- lecturers of various articles who could not without this aid stand the competition ol Tor eign manufacturers.
 As an abstract principle, most men are III favor of free trade. Mr. Clay, i'll the Senate, in lS42, said that he was :. in favor Of free trade all over the world.'' National policy, and the necessity of carrying out system once commenced, has compelled men to ac- cele to the necessity and exPediency oi tariff ailording adequate revenae and fair pro- lection.
 There are two classes of ultra in this eouu- try--the ultra liberals and ultra illlborals.- The ultra liberals are of the Democrats, and the ulira illiberals belong to the Wings. Thefor- mer wouldgo for free trade, unrestricted com merce, and direct taxation--the latter would have prohibtory duties and sacrifice com merce and agriculture 10 the manufacturing interest. The two extremes meet atthe point ofs direct taxation, necessary i'll either case. In this. as in most cases, the true policy pro- bably lies between the two extremes. Mod crate and sufficient duties and equal protection to all the great interests of the country, seem to be it's true policy.
 Now. what are the positions of the two parties upon this question: Leaving out the uliras of both sides-the followers of Horace Greeley on the one hand, and our high-spiF tied Friends in South Carolina on the other and especially leaving out the noisy bawlers for protection,n who are crying like the stuck wagoner to Hercules, and who mean to drown all other cries with this, we cannot find that, in principle, the masses of the two parties have any essential difference. Atauy rate, as we said before, there Is less difference upon this point than upon any other.
 Look at the facts. The National Demo- Do1 mated Polk and Dallas, passed the following resolutions, which may be set down as the creed of the whole party there represented. Taking for granted, and considering as settled, the general principles of tariff for revenue and protection, the Convention resolved
 "That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion te the injury of another portion of our common country: that every citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privi- leges, and to complete and ample protection of persons and properly from domestic vo- lence and foreign aggression.
 That Il Is the duty of every branch oi the Government to enforce and practise the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs; and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the neces- sary expenses of the Government,a
 MT. Polk, in accepting the nomination of the Convention, subscribed to the doctrines it put forth. Consequently, in his recent letter to Mr. Kane, he says :-
 ''l holdit to be the duty of the Govern ment to extend as far as practicable, by its revenue laws and all other means within its power, fair and just protection to all the great interests of the whole nation, embracing agri- culture, manufactures, mechanic arts, com merce, and navigation.n
 MT Clay, in his last published speech--the one delivered at Raleigh last spring. and af- terward published under his own supervision, and in which he goes strongly in favor of a National Bank-says =
 must reject both the doctrines of free trade and of a high and er0r6itaa farif All parties ought to be satisfied with tariff for