The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-05
TARIFF OR NO TARIFF.


"Will the tariffo f ~ be aliere d?' sswill
The duties Of foreign products be reduced?'
These are questions which are now asked al
every corner. We hope not. We do not
MIR. Folks entire suhserviency to the
principles Of free trade, as il is deuominat
ed-that is hostility OF Protection; and we
do not doubt the resolution OF MIR. Calhoun,
Rhetl, Mr. CheyeS, and others, 10 force this
question on Nj. p. as soon as Congress shall
be assembled under him, which, probably,
viii not be in less than a year. But We are
bound lo-belieye that these Locofoco menu
HbeIs Of Congress in the middle and eastern
States, who have been el@cied under the as
surance to The people that Mr.. Polk was a
better tariff man than Mr.. Clay viii fnd it ne
cessary TO keep some decency of appearance
towards Their constituents, and vote against
Il repeal OF the preset tariff law but wdi they
be S, rong enough 10 resis; the mandates Of
Mr.. Calhoun, the corruption of the Execu-
live. and their own desire for a species Of
distinction, which is madeto follow any Pc
culiar betrayal of the peoples INTEREST," We
fear not.
We hear ofsome people putting their trust
in Wing members and Senators from the
South. BY what right is this done? No peo-
pie more habitualiy regard the voice of the
people, than do the polnicians of The South.
And how have Pennsylvania and New York
Egiven ltIeir voter Can the miserable results
in our own Stale fail TO disgust the southern
Senators? Can it be without effect upon
those who have stood by our interests, at the
expense of their wi populariiv2 Aud this
v-e.Y ofthe !arIifquestion leads us to think OF
iiIat of the annexation of Texas. The peo-
pie of our State may say they were deceived
by their leaders relative TO the sentiments of
MIR. Polk, touching protection, but there was
neither deception nor doubt inIegard 10 Tex
as; aud if those who most lou dly denOunce
The institution 10 be peIpeiuated by the an-
nexation, allowed the election of a man "a
vowedly for that measure, they cannot COM
plain il those Senator'S, who are not opposed
10 those institutions, refuse to oppose the
dreaded measure.
We will not despair, even in the contem-
plation of such a state of things. If The
Wings will stand by their measures, they
may save the country, though they have lost
lis brightest ornament. To the Wings must
he people of the northern and middle States
now look TO save them from the evils which a
majority of these people have rendered inn
minent; and, after contending against the
means of ruin which, in an evl hour, were
proposed-afler contending against them,
and suffering defeat, the Wigs must no, sill
| down and let tie nation suffer the conse-
q~nences of lis own folly they must come to
The rescue, and though they could not make
their plrty triumphant, they must stand by
their country. And never did that country
more need The application Of Wing princi-
ciples, and the constant w~atchfulness and
flilhfnl service of Wing men. The torrenl
that could not be averted, must b. except with
in some channel; aud when party pride and
keen disappointment suggest itat, as the ia.
lion has joined herself 10 tho idols of Loco
focoism, she should be let alone, then may
patriotism whisper in the ear of every Wing
that it is our country that is in danger, ant
= The sentiment of Decatur could never BIZ
. more applicable, sour country, right 0
wrong.n-U. s. GaS.