Washington telegraph., 1844-10-30
are ccrtain.y coming.
potK .,',IE MIN CANDIDATE.

POLK. TIE II ~ VI O-tN t'iB-A -
The loeofoco leaders have boea abusing Mr.
Clay fer what they call discrepancy and deception
in the letters which lr has written in answer to
the m..lv eu,iuiries mIdc OF him on diereut sGS-
ieets. No matter what lis letters might have
been. t1eir bs him would have been the same
because it is not so much his nss ares as the man
they hate.
Mr.. Clay. ike frariess man aud candid states
man. has freely and fully answered every enquiry
III ..le OF him; aad every unPr'judie''i mind viii
mark at once MIR. Gays consistency throughout
and the malignity Of those wao, by tearing par
ti.t1Iar sentences from their eontexis, ana com
n,r;no them. with a forced construction, have
denounced Mr.. Clay hyPooTitieal and cliangea-
be. II is very easy for those who are incapable
OF doing any thing good or great 10 had fault
with ana dsnouaee the Efforts Of those more eapa-
bic than themselves. Tacy do notl.ing and are
incapable OF doing ANY thing truly merltorio's'
bul lsiev can pouncc upoJ the open-hearted eandor
of the brave ana generous, and live by eens'Iring
th.t whiel, they are too ignorant and bgoted to
cul,l+tc.
But how is it with a1r. Polk? Docs he answer
all questions directed to him national siiiJscis
No no. Tie is too cute FOR tat, for ite knows that
he wold soon tangle himself up into d knot from
which neither his syren cry of democracy, de-
mocracv. nor tie sword Of Old Hickory himself
could cx,ricate him. No, 10. Publicly Mr.. folA
is ,nHn-sileut as the souiB-hi= lips as hushed us
It's u,lrbe-hs p,.. as ipllcss the feather in the
pixies wing as he flies up the creek. No. no.
Mum is the word FOR Mr.. Polk when his opinion
is publicly called for: but if the democrats of
PenssvIvuni.r wish to know his opinion about the
Tariff. measure upon whose permanent estab-
Islnncut they conceive the welfare Of the STATE
depends. Mr. Polk car state liis views Prirffsig
10 friend, or perhaps to two or three oil them'
and these, by comparing notes and working te-
,scthor. can Try make tie people Of Pennzyvauia
believe that ar. Polk Is the friend Of Protection
Mum is the worI except in sly way with regard
TO PennSyvs.aia bat when they come to the soai'i.
they are as noisy about Free Trade as parcel
-fros amidst the scum and filth Of sinking
July pond
Lit the people look at the course of the two
candidates in this particular aud say which has
l,e.u most hotorahlc and patriotic. Mr.. Clay has
answered all questions Ike who feared not
that his sentiments should be known-ilke :. man
who has opinions of lis own, and wlso IS wiling
IN sink or swim with the f.te Of those opinions
with the people. Bat Ne. Polk is mum, mum,
num- and tie way the free trade presses at the
south call upon the 1, nl3cracy there to support
linn whilst the rARiFR presses of the north loudly
proclaim linn as the advocate of Protection, shows
clearly enough why be is num- ~ his case Is
Desperate he thinks it policy TO let them fire away
and do him all the good 'hcy can. although he
knows that he is really as much opposed to The
tariff as Henry Clay is to tic odo's system Of free
trade.