The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-17
A COUPLE OF COONs SKINNED !

A COUPLE OF COONS SKINNED!
1.-THE earth hath bubbles as the ocean has,
And these are of them."-SmAKsPEARE.
Who knows to what their ribaldry may run,
When asses such as these, like Baaam's, prate."
The Clay coons of our good town of Cadiz,
believing that their own orators were not prof.
clients in the art of dealing out humbuggely and
falsohood, imported a couple of long-eared ami
mails from Wheeling, named PIFTs and RUSSELL
These persons addressed the Clay Club at the
Court House, on last Friday evening We have
in our time listened to the most reckless federal
speakers that ever attempted to enlighten the
country on the beauties of coonery, but we must
confess that this yoke Of coons from the Old Do
minion, rather exceeded any persons we have
heard lately, in dealing out sophsiry and non
sense, falsehood and flummery Mr.. Pitts, the
more decent of the two, if any distinction could
be made, spoke first, and at once mounted the
favorite federal hobby of "Protective Tariff. -
He commenced by asserting downright false
hood, based his argument on false premises,
drew forth false deductions, and consequently
arrived at false conclusions. He asserted that the
democratic party were the advocates of Free
Trade, and that JAMES X. Polk, our candidate
for President, is a Free Trade champion. This
charge is utterly destitute of truth, and we defy
Mr. Pitts, or any other federal orator. to produce
the proof, either from the proceedings of demo-
cratic meetings, the speeches of democratic
members of Congress, or the writings and
speeches of james K Polk. 1t is the easiest
thing in the world to make assertions, and reck-
less federal politicians deal in little else. Pos
sibIy there may be few individuals, and these
few not confined 10 any one party, who are op-
posed to even Tariff for Revenue--who think
that the fabricks of all foreign nations should be
admitted free Of duty, and that the amount of
money necessary 10 defray the expenses of Gov
ernment, should be raised by direct taxation.
But we opine that the persons who hold such
sentiments, are few and far between, and are
not found in one party more than another.
Both the democratic and whg parties are the
advocates Of tariff; but with this difference
the Democrats are in favor of sach tax or ta-
riff being imposed on foreign imposts, as will af-
ford sufficient revenue to defay the expenses of
an economical administration of the General
Government. We contend, and rightly too, as
experience has proven, that such tariff is all
that is needed, and will necessarily afford Incl
H. ant al +Doii,,,
The federal party in tie North, 60 farther than
this They advocate what they call ga Protec
tive Tariff f"-that is, that the interests of the
wealthy manufacturers Of the country must be
specially looked after, and that it is right and
proper for Congress to single out one class of
men, and lcgisate money into their already
well filled Golfers. But Mr.. Pitts, instead of
dwelling upon these incontrovortblo facts, made
an issue which does not really exist, prepared
man Of straw, and battled him with as much va
lor as ever Don Quxote exhibited in his memo
rable encounter with the windmill! And Mr.
Pitts did not tell his auditors Mr.. Clay's views
in regard TO a tariff--oh, no! That was entirely
too unimportant mater He knows full'wol that
Mr.. Clay has been playing deep and deceitful
game on the tariff question In the South, Clay
is supported on the ground that he is claimed to
be "molo of free trade man than Mr. Van
Buren," In the North, he is supported because
he is for high protective tariff; and in the West,
he is supported, because it is said he is in favor
of horizontal tariff; that is, tariff without dis
elimination, somewhat like the Compromise Act,
with uniform duties of 20 per centum. Mr..
Pitts will find it an uphill business to convince
the honest farmers of Harrison county, that the
policy of Mr.. Clay and the wings will have ten
dency TO increase the price of their grain. 1t is
we'll known that the whg tariff of 1S42, had the
effect Of causing retalatory protective tariff to
be passed by the Canadian Parliament, g. the best
wheat ma rket we have ever had, for the farmers
of this region, and the country Immediately
west of this, has been entirely shut up. The ta-
bles will show that comparatively little wheat is
now shipped to Canada, through the Ohio Canal,
Now, TO convince these long-eared federal dan
dies, who came over from Virginia to preach SER
mons on tariff that our present protective ta-
riff has injured our farmers, we will present
some figures, and "fgures cannot lie."-From
the reports of the Board of Public Works for
the years lS4l and 1913, we have obtained the
following facts. We challenge denial
Table shoDing the number of bushels of ,rhcat
shipped from The foHopiag places on the Ohio
canal, for the gears 1871 and l643, for CIcpe-
land:
lS41. ls43. DECREASE.