The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-10-25
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
PENNSYLVANIA.
CHESTER, (PENN J Oct. %, 1914

CHESIER, (FENN u OCt 30, lOff.
Mr.. EDITOR: The Gubernatorial election in
Pennsylvania has passed, and the Wings, instead
OF being dlsheartened by the result, are in the
best possible spirits. Skunk is minority Gov
ernor his majority will rot exceed 4,2OO, and
the Abolition vote is about 1000 in the State.
PENNSYLVANIA IS CERTAIN FOR CLAY ON THE lsr
NOVEMBER, despite all the ISLANDERS that are now
issued in pamphlet form from the mint OF Senator
Walker, and his other spurious branches. They
are particularly busy in our State at present,
flooding the people through the post office with
these documents, ranked by Walker, of the Sen.
ate, and refranked by Asbury Dickens, Secretary
of the Senate. Some of these documents are ad-
dressed ito the friends of home industry" and
ask Pennsyvanians to read and assert their own
dignity" this they will most assurcdy do, and will
visit upon these slanderers of Henry Clay and his
prominent friends the drest retribution; others
are to the people of Pennsylvania" and a few
irresponsible free trade men of Schuylkill county
pretend that they will give $4,000 to any person
who will prove that the extracts quoted in The do
cument are not correct. These extracts are nei-
ther correctly quoted or fairly extracted from the
speeches of Henry Clay, and the only proof that
they can adduce that Polk is tariff man is the
letter which they publish as having been received
by J. K. Kane, of Philadelphia. ] observe the
Madisonan" one of the vilest papers now is.
sued in the country cautions the Polkies against
being imposed upon by Wing documents, they
doing at the same time, what they would make
the country believe was done by the Wing party
The Wings will descend to frauds, forgeries,
or fraudulent voting to attain their object, beev-
ing that their cause is good and must prosper
The Locofncos are desperate, and every means
fair and foul is resorted to by them to prevent the
election Of the great and good Henry Clay.
Be Of good cheer-let our friends in Virginia
and the South do but their duty, and Henry CIay's
election is beyond doubt. PENNSYLVANIA WILL
SWELL HIS MAJORITY. Yours, &c.
AN IMPORTANT FAcT.-A gentleman has placed
in hands the following statement, in regard
to the manufacture of paper hangings, which is
very good illustration of the operation OF Pro-
tective Tariff, not only in regard to that article.
but also Of all other domestic manufactures. We
presume the statement may be relied on, as the
gentleman WHO ndHucQ 1t 10 US, mas the means
Of being correctly informed upon the subject.
He states that previous to the passage of the
Tariff of AZ, the article of hanging paper had
specific duty Oh it of so much Ga small sunny per
piece of ten yards, which duty protected the
common or coarse article that cost in France 20
| cents, while it did not protect that which cost
from 60 cents to $500 The Tariff of ~ laid
an ad valorem duty Of 81 per cent. upon paper
hangings, which protects all kinds and since the
passage Of that act importation has almost ceased,
the fine article which was formerly imported
from France, being now manufactured in this
country. At the same time the cost has been
reduced more than one half. Our informant
states that more than 100000 are now annually
distributed among American workmen who are
engaged in the manufacture of this article. OF
| course, considerable portion of this half mil
lion of dollars, goes to the farmer for provisions
to support the workmen and their families, and
to other manufacturers engaged making cottons
and woolens, hats, boots, shoes, &c. &c. whom
the farmers must also feed
And yet, we are told that the Tariff does not
benefit the farmer u. S. Gag.