Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-09-27

Ses of the Government withmen hostile 10 the pro-
lection of cur home labor; and we empower him,
should he think proper to prohibit the execution
of the law he hates, to strike dead any warrant for
the enforcement of that law, in the hands of his
agents,by removing them at pleasure. 1t has been
rumored that many Pennsylvania democrats are
friends Of the Tariff. | hope all Pennsyvanians
are. know they ought to be. And if they are,
] trust they never will deliver their lamb TO the
wolf, by committing their favorto policy to the
hands Of James X. Polk. Let no Pennsylvania
democrat who dares avow his friendship for that
policy, lay the hpttering JUNCTION to his soul, that,
by the election of Mr.. Polk, he viii be entrusted
with the honors of aeicc which will be distributed
among the vlctors, should they now stride into
power, triumphant over the humbled friends Of
American labor With all the high places of the
republic, with all The avenues to Executive favor
thrcngcd By men concurrng with the President
elect, vote PENNSYLVANIA Tariff democrats will
should Mr. Polk succeed, occupy the position in
the White House at Washington about the 4th of
March next, somewhat rudely, but tersely end op
proprately, described by the old saw of "poor
folks at trolic." Do these intended victims OF po
tical suicide doubt the destiny that awaits them
IL they do, will they be kind enough to tell me why
such man as James X. Polk known for his ami
mostly to the system Of protection, if he was known
for any thing, was preferred by the party Conven-
ton over all the honorable and honored statesmen
of Pennsylvania, and especially over your own
James Buchanan, who may justly rank among the
highest honors of his public life the glorious vote
he gave for that very Protective Tariff which Mr..
Polk holds in such utter detestation This Tariff
question presents the cardinal point of difference
between the two gentlemen. If they differ very
essentially on other subjects, am not aware of It.
Why was it, them that when Van Buren, Cass, and
johnson were discardcd-men, whose names, like
Buchanan's were conspicuous before the country
FIR t,oY tiot, INV TINT hat
moment, the name of such a man as Buchanan was
overlooked or dsregarded and his justly lofty pre-
tensions set aside for such man as james X Polk?
In what one quality of either head or heart, did
James X. Polk excel James Buchanan? Was it
preference given on account Of Mr.. Folks greater
knowledge and experience in the public councils !:
Why, the latter was but stripping cadet; while
the former was contendng in the front ranks,
among the veterans and best champions of the
party. Buchanan had won, by his services in Con-
gress, one of the highest chapets that grace the
Senator's brow; while Mr.. Polk was yet practising
his peadings among the county courts Of Tennes
gee. With name standing high among the high
est oil our statesmen, the prominent man OF great
State, like Pennsylvania, upon which Henry Clay
had bestowed the glorious designation of Key
Stone of our Federal Arch with claims founded
on his native talent, on long and faithful service,
and on his extensive and varied knowledge as
statesman aud a scholar the Pennsylvania Tariff
democrat who had dared TO represent the in ress
OF Pennsylvania farmers by his vote, was supplan-
ed by southern cotton planter, whose only supe-
rior merit, in the judgment of those who gaze him
the nomination, must have been that he had shown
no sympathy for the Pennsylvania laborer through
the whole of his political life in which his
his views seemed bounded by the limits of the rice
field and the confines of the cotton plantation
Yes, Pennsylvanians his VOTE FOR THE Ia
RIFF was the weight which pulled YOUR states
man down! In that day when he was cast aside
for one SO infinitely his inferior in every respect as
was James X. Polk, of Tennessee, there was no
thought Of you or your Inheritance Your states
man lived too far North of Mason and Dxon's line
to make first rate Free Trade President lie liv-
ed too near the regions of the iron and the coal.
He smelt too strongly of the Pennsylvania work
shops. lie owned no cotton plantation; and he
would not like the free trade orator of Roanoke,
sat any time 90 twenty yards out of his way to
kick sheepw am here this day to make my ap-
peal to Pennsylvania Tariff democrats to stand
by their friends, their best interests and their
own dear country, in the approaching struggle
Help those whose interests are identified with yours
whose children must have IL common destiny
with yours Lo the host Of the enemy that
threatens 10 trample US a under foot, is full in
view before us. In all the pride of men WHO have
felt power and forgot right, you may hear their
shouts OF 10 tiumphe! in anticipation of their VIC
tory over the PROSTATE friends of Pennsylvania Ia.
Dor and Pennsylvania honor. They have covered
your noble State with debt; and now openly co
operate with those who aim to rob her of her share
of the sales of the public domain which would aid
her in the payment of it Will you, for a party
name-will you, for the mere sake of party tri-
umph, IN which you can never participate, help to
bear down your own struggling friends in this con
test? Will you stand coldly aloof, and