New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-28
The Gan,o OF Decep:ion.

The Game OF Deception.
We have before us a Loco Foco pamphlet o.
40 papes, published by n. Hickman, Baltimore,
and obviously got up under the auspices of the
late Baltimore Convention, entitled The Lyc
end Public SeruiceS of the Hon. JAMES kNoX
Polk, ,cih Compendium Of his Speeches on
Various Public Occasions. Also, Il Sketch Of
the Life of the Hon. GEORGE MlFFLrN DALLAS"
We give the title of this pamphlet i'll full in or
der to show its promises; we will now proceed 10
set forth its performance.
The Life of MIR. Polk commences with the
statement that his great-unclc, Thomas Polk, o.
N. C. was an early and ardent Wing Of the Re
yoiution So far true; but the writer conceals
the equally well known fact that James H. Polk 5
grandfather, Ezekiel Polk, WAS a famous To't
throughout the Revolution, and barely escapcf
execution as such for his outrages when taken at
last prisoner by the cxaspcrated Wings. Now
this is no fault of Mr. j. X. Folks, but it rs shabby
to attempt making capital out OF the "hlgism oi
a grcai-uncle, conccaling the fact that his grand
father was So bitter and active Tory in the hear,
of as strong Wing community as that of Neck
lenberg, NC.
Coming down to Mr.. Folks own time, we are
told that he entered Congress young, and followed
implicitly the lead Of Gen. jackson III the Bank
war, and hostility to Internal Improvements, and
pieces of his Speeches OH the Removal of the
Deposites and sustaining the Maysvilc Veto, arc
given but not ono mord, either in his life ~
speeches, of his being the author or champion III
Congress of the Pet Bank schemca medley o
gross corruption and humbug-whlcll the Wings
told him would fail-muSt fail, because it han
within it the elements of dissolution. Neither
is there a whisper of his early deadly, persc
vering hostility to any sort o Protective Iarlfi
which led him even to vote to crush the Com
promise Act in the first year after It's passage, ana
put down the duties 1t once to a Revenue stand
ard. His bitter, lifelong hostility TO Protection
commenced in 1928 and was prosecuted 10 the
utmost even in the campaign oil lS43 with false
assertions that the effects of Duties always to
raise prices correspondlngly and absurd predic
tons that the present Tariff would prove utterly
inadequate to the production OF sufficient kcve'
nue.. OF Mr.. Folks uniform opposition TO the
acts passed from time to time providing some re-
lief for the aged Veterans OF our Revolutions,
robbed of their pay by the worthless Conunenta!
currency, and his vote in minority of 81 against
a proposition (moved by u Vrglnlan) 10 take
more cfIectual measures for The Suppression OF the
African Slave Trade, we have not II word IL
fact you would hardly guess from this most IL
NJ H. 4, IL tl,t, IN
Congress but help Gen. Jackson break down the
Bank and Internal Improvements But on the
last page of the eorer, there is a single passage
Quoted from his speech at Jackson, Tenn. on The
Sd of April, lS43, in which he says,
ue tCol P was opposed to Direct Taxes nnd to prohhi
tory and DATES. and in favor Of such moderate dr
would not Gu, Of =, M ds, IA Ss % W. SoTS Ssr~ ms
ghsre the Hhis CONGRESS found them on the SKA q
This passage, the Life says, runs concur
rently with tho views OF Mr.. Clay himself" in
speech made by him on the 2lst OF January,
le42, of which they quote from The condensed,
hasty, daily report of the National lntcllgcnccr
the following:
Cary out then the spirit Compromise Act l&okto
REvENUE ALoN Tor the ,upp9r,ot GoyGrnn.en pHnoi
PS; Ts''e 10 sns EkE Is NECESSITY OF rKorEc
TtON FOR PROTECIlON.
Here, then, are two passages picked out irom
two of the many speeches oil Mr.. Clay and Col
Polk respectively, to prove that their rie's ''t4
respect TO the Tariff arc essentially concurrent.
But who believes u word OF this Do the au-
thors and distributors OF this pamphlet z Not Il
man of them. Does any man who knows any
thing OF the history of these two men lmpos-
siblc. Look at the eagerness with which South
Carolina rushcs to the Polk standard expressly
on the ground that Polk is her man on the Tariff
and Clay s not. The truth is, these men mean
to deceive. 1, is jast the same as Though they
were ut,cring counterfeit money. They know
that Mcssrs. Clay aud Polk's views on the Tariff
ure discordant, antagonist, yet they labor and
hope TO makc their readers believe the contrary
Honest politicians
But let us look at the language they have
pressed into their service. Mr.. Polk says
plumply he is in favor Of cutting down the
present Tariff to tho rates of the Compromise
Act-,hat is, 10 twenty per cent. at the highest
This is what he is arguing for, as the rest Of his
Speech shows-to keep the Proceeds Of the Pub
lie Lands in the Treasury, and reduce the duties
levied by the presen. Tariff to twenty per cent
This, he says, is required by the Compromise
Act, being in deadly hostility to the principle
and provisions of the present Tariff.
Does Mr. CLAW say ANYTHING like tins? tar