Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-06-20

write GO r.f'I urtfclfA hHt.' WIZ" Nfi
Cav would e. e. ihe annezluoa oi Tex
~ or Or ihc occopa,,on al Oregon as far a.
De kn-w OF Oregon b. 80 no, know rs
be hadsti.itio sprak 81, 81 Texas, Mr.
Clay look ihc ground sraina the anncIa-
lion uniaf nii Circumstances az question
nferpoiirrcv md nl.o 81 consfutionalry
az leaa 50 Mr. J. iufcrTeJ from his tel
cftpce 90 Mr. Jtfcrson
Mr. Hardin having Obtained tho hooT---
fcmarkcf that b. had anticipated that
M qncHion would atiso today upon which
. r,rv debate wo1l be sprung. he pro.
coded ~ cay be wished to examine few Of
'hc arcumcns al iho gentleman from Ala
hama with rf,tcnec TO Mr. Polk When
ne American people got to know him ,ihcy
would no, know where he was ID be found
thh1ucb Ni Van D1r.n was n used up
man. they bal cnleavorcl 10 place IN his
shoes a man who, compared with him, was
b1'a prsmy beside n e,aut What were the
arguments upon which the gentleman want
% The American people n unite N the cleo
iira al Jamcs X Polkl Firsi l., them try
him upon the Tariff question There had
bccn no shutting in his course, the gentle
maa said
What were Mr Polk's views On the IA.
MI The gentleman, endorsed hun, and
sid he was not f,r direct taxation, but FOR
canrnciug tom tic tl-ih every item Of
protection 30 American labor This might
answer bis friends N Alabama, but when
they remembered The votes OF this House,
il 'woul d ns,onish every man who used
Polks daemas You @Dcmocfa,s" (said
Mr ~ have q iwothirds majority in this
House. ng1 yet with all your free trade
/ principles YOU could no, even pass an ab
aact resolution asserting the principles
m1niainci bv Mr. Polk The Globe
sad tina, Mr.. Polk was for restoring the Ia.
III to where il was found by the Wings in
1912 J. G. TO 90 per cent horizontal tariff,
with Determinations II any below that
When the bill TO reduce the tariff had come
W q, the present session they had killed it
by slow degrees they had kept it hanging
here until after the Virginia Election, and
Ihen they had killed il by coup dc grace.
Blu, Mr. II was MOTTO be led of TO talk
upon the tariff question, which had not been
thus definitely settled He would come to
isad bcl wha, it is that he has done p
VIVA, were Folks views with reference to
the dcposiie banks, which were now held up
as most obnoxious system. Who did il .
(asked Mr. H) You Democrats did i, /
against the warning Of the Wings and |
James *. Polk brought il forward in Con 1
gross. AMI he held in his hand two or three
speeches Of Mr., Polk in favor ofthis system.
Mr. II read from volume 5,h and nth
Congress Debates, from speeches of MIR.
Polk in defence Of the State bank svstem,as-
criblng all the prosperity Of the country 10
is operations, &C. Afer your party (snid |
Mr. II had got tired Of this system, after i, |
had exploded in your hands, you 90, up
the Sub-1rcasury system as the panacea
which was 10 relieve the country of all lis
evils James * Polk, chairman Of the
commi,le Of Ways and Means, had brought
! this measure forward and was j, that which
was going to give him claim upon the
/ grnliinde OF the American people, by whom
II bad most sicnally been condelnned2 But
had Mr.. Polk always been consistent in tais2
Look at II (said Mr. II and weep9 Mr. H.
read from one Of the speeches, 10 which he
had before referred, an elaborate argument,
comparative Of the merits of the two systems
m condemnation OF the NIB. Treasury and
IN advocacy ofthe S,ole bank system. And 1
yCt these seifstyled Democratic gentlemen
land they had as much RICH, to the name as
he bad 10 that OF a ChInnlnan) now denoun-
ccd this system as Federal measure. which |
their own candidate had approved as better
and safer system than tue sub Treasury.
Mr. II, wanted some Of his Democrat |
ic' friends, who happend 10 be tariff Demo.
Gratis, or half goose, half duck according 10
the definition Of The Globe Of ful.bIooded
Democrats 10 come up and tell this House
and the country whether they endorsed Mr.
Folks notions on the tariff, as they had
been endorsed by the gentleman from Ala.
bama Let the delegates TO the Conven.
ton from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York, md Connecticut say whether they
intended 10 be double.ficed in this matter
did they endorse this candidate of the Bal.
iimore Convention did ,hcv give up their
Own sentiments and support James X. Polk?
lithev lodged, If they cquivocated, they
would be scored red
But another QUESTION. The gentlemen
NJ Baltimore made sacrifice Of Mr.. Van
Bnron For wha,l Some Of them from
the South said because Of his Texas letter.
but did they no, know-he knew-that it
had since been determined and stated not
IN this House. bun publicly, ihn, if the Con.
nceiicui and Virginia elections went against
them, they would withdraw Mr. Van Blu.
rem They surely knew it; and as this
Texas question had come along. II afforded
Them mighty good opportunity 10 slide
down the rail. md get Of from supporting
Nj Van Buren,, Did gentlemen forget
how IN is4l they lad abused the
Wings for bringing forward Gen. Harris.
on, and how they had charged the psr,v