The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-10-28
Vol, 8. No. IA. Whole No, s78.

(ell not The yawning gulf Of horzonlalism closed
its jaws. America had Curtius as vol as Rome.
In the late Baltimore Convention the an-demo-
cratic horizontal influence brought to bear upon
the nomination Mr. Van Buren's Texas letter was
made the pretext, but his warm attachment 10 dis
eliminating tariff, was, doubtless, che of his
rejection by that body. About 9.lOlh of the dele
gates had been instructed by the people to vote for
him. But his views on the tariff not being agreeable
TO small minority whereupon the Convention, over
ruled by knot Of Congressman, abandoned the ma
jor'y principle; violated the first principles of democ-
racy, d:sobeyed the instruction OF the people, and
went to gambling for the Presidency. The result was,
that James X Polk and George NJ Dallas, whom the
people never thought of, were sprung upon the dem
ocri'ic party candidates Tile people Of Cuba, or
Canada, or India may have Governor general sprung
upon them, after they had, en- masse, petoned for
another. But if a small junto Of orizontasts can
thwort the expressed will of o-iO OF the American
democracy, and not only drive them iom their prin-
cples, but drive them also to dcmOsh the works Of
the old rePu bcun fathers, there end to the peo-
pie ruling or democratic principle; and the sooner that
every patriot. fighting on bis hook, rhe has no
leader, resis,s spch tyranny under the name of democ-
racy, the better. Bad as Whiggery may be, tyranny
is The Of ty, amy consists in bend
ing the will of the many TO tie will of the few. II
matters not whether the will of the many be subdued
to the will of the few by the bayonet, or party ma
chincry. The effect is the sumo, and the tyranny
the less edious.
But, If the democracy were disposed to submit 10
the tyranny Of those who gamblcd them out of their
Candidate, and to take James X. Polk as Compro-
mise "a compromise of what?) would James X. Polk
be the peoples President? Lei him be never so pure
and upright, let him be never so good democrat,
would he not be, to all intense and purposes, the
President of knot of Congressman and not the poo
pe's' Would they let him call his soul his own?
Would E1oy not iue President instead of him2
Would it not be mockery Of democracy to say, ,ha.
the people elected him? The people, alas, poor du NIB
mouths, nothing left for them to do but to say as
they were hidden, be branded as traitors But
what the darling policy of those who cheated the
democracy out of their CHOICE in that uproarous as-
senbly, (see Extra Globe. No. } the Baltimore con-
ven;ion, where but Congressional stentors stan
ding on tables and benches could be heard at ALI 1t
Ia the old federal policy of dependence England
Cor our markets''-''and dependence on England for
our supplies" What docs there grr at leader George
Nc Dutlie,sal' (see pages aud 7, of his speech
the tariff, January 10, fs44) "Mulna dependence
between nations is the highest OF political indie
pcndrnce." COR natural markets, derived, not from
human charters, but from the Providence of God arc
Manchester, Birulin CHAM and Leeds
Let it not be said, that hostility TO domestic manu-
FIXTURES under discriminating duties, and dependence
on England foT our markets and supplies, areconinad
to Mr. NlcDutiia and few politicians in South Car
DINA. The democratic press is infected with it, and
many leaders Of the democratic party at present
orgnnized, ure drawing the people into it fast IA
they can If any doubts the fact, let him turn
Mr. McIGay's bill. lie will there find n very good
exposition Of the democratic doctrine the subject
Of the tariff steering the tenor of its why be-
tween prohbitionsm on the hand, and horizon
tilism the other Let him the practical
part Of the bill which contains, in the first column,
the tariff Of 1912, and in the second column the alter
ntions the committee proposed 10 make. Let him
run his finger down these columns until he come9 to
tho various domestic fabrics Of our great staple, cot
ton. An ominous word is there substituted for the
minimum valuations all tie fabrics made Of cot
ton. II is the word "a5olished,' five times
ing in that bill, opposite TO cotton fabrics Can any
want better proof, that an enemy had his finger
in the practical part of the bill? Let him read the
bill, atentively, again, and he will find small
clanss introduced into the body Of the bill, which null
lilies the whole argument Of The hill in favor of dis
eliminating tariff, The clause makes protection de-
pend upon the lowest possible duty which will bring
the required This is horzoLalism, and let's
go the protective principle Of the old republican party
altogether.
IfMr Polk doas not go the full length o(horizonal-
ism, still the persons to whom he his nominal
ton are strongly in its favor Great Britain could de-
sire them to be. Every word uttered every whisper
breathed, against the discriminating duty established
by the old republican Congress, equivalent to
words and whispers Tor English supremacy. 1t is
true hut Mr. Clay has heretofore advocated several
more or less Objectionable; bu, these meas
urcs ofminor importance when compared the
tariff, and not Immediately before the people. IF
any OF them should be adopted, they can easily be
repealed under succeeding administration. But if
the immense capital Of nearly $3oo.OoO,o 900, now in
vested in the manufacture of great staple be dcs-
troyed diverted to other purposes, ages must pass
by before the evil can be remedied, and perhaps
er may be. The Presidential question is narrowed
down as far as the democrats concerned, TO
simple CHOICE, between independence under the