Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-09-24

Tdrf 10: the protection OF American ln.
duslry is al Tits ~ ,neit the meet Int
estlDg and desIrabl. punctp q "hi hn
CUplcs the mIuj- Ihe psIpir Prnn
syVdnn and II Is the sInrsl II ,IVersdi
desire and wish OF he dr'n crdc parry
to support and MAINTAIN &c; nd Se: acct.
dent or perh,p' drsign has thrown US
into the It'se po,IlIon Of being Obliged
10 abandoo our principles or vote for a
man Tor The highest off - ~ IN" govern
men who Is d TenIy 0ppos db the
hopes. wIshos aaI Interests ot tno dem
0cTatIC party. We are Determined mat
we vii dn either. lu taking The I'm
por,anl step Which WI are about to do. It
ia respectful 10 our democratic frIeGds,
with whom We haVn heretofore acted
that we should dec are the rrasens which
mpei ~ II This con-ss.
We look upon permanent and protec-
tive tariff, one which will give security to
free American labor against the influence
OF British paupcr labor, and the ingenuity
with which ii is used by the English Gov
ernment to break down our agricultural
and manufacturing capital, as the most inn
portant political interest which the people
of Pennsylvania now have, and one which
is advocated by nine-tenths Of the demo-
cratic journals of the State. The Hon.
James X. Polk, the candidate Of the party,
has declined to answer our respectful in
quiry upon this subject, from which our
worst fears withregard to his opinions have
been realized, The declarations from his
own mouth are stronger proof to US of the
opinions of Mr.. Polk, than the declarations
Of designing men who would gain our
votes, secure their Offices, and sacrifice us.
Can we as Pennsylvanans, can we as
democrats support the man, who is thus
hostile to all our views, all our principles!
What can we hope from an administration
such as his would be! The hand of des-
truction would be laid upon us, ard we
would again be brought to the fOotstool of
British influence and power and live by the
labor of British hands, We cannot, we
will not sacrifice all we hold dear on earth
to maintain the pride Of a party name
! Therefore,
Resolved, That we cannot support the
election OF James k. Polk to the Presidency
Of the United States, because he is oppOs-
ed to tariff Of protection.
Resolved, That we feel the most earnest
desire and anxious wish to preserve the
purity of the democratic party; and that
we are most firmly convinced, that design
ilg men have now placed the party in that
false position OF giving support to man
who is hostile to their principles and theiI
interests.
ResoLved, That we call earnestly an(
anxiously upon the Democratic party o
Pennsylvania, individually and collective
ly, to look seriously at the attitude in which
they are placed, and view the elements o.
destruction which now threaten to pros
trate them as party, and to sacrifice the
interests Of the country.
Address omitted for want of room.1
Resolred, That these proceedings be
published in the county papers.
In these proceedings we have an indica'
ton Of the current of public feeling in
Pennsylvania. The movement is an I'M
portant one, and it will have a strong infu,
ence, as many honest men who have been
acting with our opponents in various par.s
of Pennsylvania, have resolved to be gov
erned in their course, by the answer giver
to the Cumberland county Democrats
With them the Tariff is a cherished mea,
sure. They behold on every hand its be-
ni6cent fruits. It's destruction they know
by sad experience, must be ruinous to tht
laboring and agricultural interests Of tht
State. Such a sacrifice they cannot anC
will not make. They have always beer
Tariff men and they know that the Protec
tive principle is and always has been re
publican principle. Heretofore no direc
issue has been made on this question, ant
no party has dared to declare hostility to ;
Protective Tariff. The case is now differ
ent. A man has been nominated for tn
Presidency, who is the deadly enemy o
this and every measure conducive to tn,
prosperity of the North. They are forcec
to final decision, and the people of tina
great State, whose interests are identica
with those of Ohio, will fearlessly sunde
party ties and gather under the banner o
Henry Clay, the father of the American
system. Freemen of Ohio, give heed.
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THE PUBLIC LANDS.
We have heretnfore shown that the Gen