The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-07-27

Vow " NV Haf wv ""N
allied free hade dJcloae, rs Iaf as 1t goe'
Fl, inc rates Of your ionil, NO ara told,
.rb an eye to revenue elono--''Ica'o
Manufactures tnnd Of course all Tho e'h''
,,aa, ,nlcfcs, % the country, TOT no pto''s'
Iao Ia made lof lbcn,) TO catch what advun
Isao they can from H. Discrimination 10
IN. du,,es levied with tho express view ol
cu.uriug adequate protection to these inter
e.,., so strongly commended Tor by Mr. Gay
and tho wing party, is left wholly out OF the
question. SO much for Col, Polk when
..nd,d,,s Cor Governor Of Tennessee, IN
ls13.
The same gentleman, much to his own
surprise is now the candidate of his party
60, tho Presidency. VIVA, has he to say
| respecting the tariff, after the lapse of little
more than twelve monhs' Being interro'
"a ted by Pennsylvania, he wrote 'e''e'
in reply, which may be found on our h's'
page Read it.
That's the sor, of talk put forth for the
latitude of the Keystone State. Now Tor
the first time we begin to hear something
about discriminating duties" to afford
.PRorEcrroN to our home industry" Here
We have !, declared TO be the duty OF The
Government, to use not only its revenue
laws, but all other means IN It's po'eT 10
secure syust and fair protection to all the
great interests of the country. Whence
these new ptasesl Turn to the speeches
and letters Of Mr., Clay, and sec it some"
thing bearing very striking resemblance
to them cannot there be found Indeed, had
this letter come with the name of Henry
Clay, instead Of that of James X, Polk APP
oepaed to il, we should have heard it COM
demned as rank federalism by the Loeofoco
leader hereabou,s. The sentiments contains
Cd in i, have been condemned by them
heretofore. When Barton and others laid
down the doctrine at this ace, the discr'm'
nations for revenue purposes were r'gh
and proper, but those for protection uncon'
s,itutional and anti.democratic, the party
applauded and declared that to be the tru
faith. Now they swallow "discr'm'natIn
d du,ies'' for the protection Of home lndustr!
e -",he duty of the Government" to use n
If revenue laws, and other means within i
rs mover for the same object-and cry o,
I" ,ha. is Just what we have been contend''
ed 60. all the time! What shall we he
We next2
his But why did no, Col, Polk tell his PEI
lore svlyania friend, as he told the people
,cur Madison County, tina. he was opposed
the the present tariff and in favor Of resto'
hem the twenty per cen, duty Of tho Com
J. In mise Act in its stead. 1t was impor
the for him to have spoken out upon this P
the for some of his friends in the north had
Col serted that he was "opposed to distur
the present tariff law" Why did he
t the tell his friend as he did the Memphis
! "auy s mi,tee, that in adjusting the rates ot
q ar ruising revenue, should be the objct
a into view, "lea,ing the interest engage
'os OIL Manufactures" to get what adyanta!
;ov;nc could from it? Or that in his ope
venue a,rool should be admitted duty free,"
dental said in Congress, in 1882! These
oa;d in would have enabled the Pennsylvania
afford see uhat kind of tariff he was for.
lrers, NJ. cl.v was ca,led m in the South
, which " - .,.,,a :, -
10 Elk. terms 'na' ne was III 'a'" '
=, oe bring in revenue enough for an econ
;. :u government, and give adequate pro
to our national interests by wise d
nations in the duties imposed. But
but not "N'O "
>, not stop there. He declared in SUI
= DINA, Just as in.Ken,ucky, that he