Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-30
Mr.. Polk and the Tariff,

the interests of Pennsylvania. This has brought
down upon us some Of our whig cotemporaries,
who, while they believe that their candidate ap.
proximates near perfection as it is possible for
any thing human to arrive at are not willing to
accord anything in favor OF his opponent, against
whom, even his most bitter enemies could bring |
no charges, derogatory to his character. Mr. |
Folks views, as far as they have been expressed |
by his letter, certainly less ambiguous than |
Mr.. Clay's, on this subject. In his letter to Mr. |
Kane, Mr.. Polk states distinctly that he is in fa-
vor of discriminating duties aiFording reasona.
bic incidental protection. The Baltimore Anne
rican, and the Patriot, of the same place rdcule
the idea that we should place any confidence in
the promises made by Mr. Polk and his friends,
and in order to convince us ofour folly, quote the
opinions of some of the most ultra free trade pa.
pers Of the South, such as the Charleston Mercu.
ry, the nulifcaton organ of Mr.. Calhoun.
That Mr.. Clay's views in regard 10 the
protective policy have been clear and explicit
no intelligent man will honestly undertake to
affirm. Since the passage OF the compromise
act of 1888, he has, in no instance, acknowl-
edged himself in favor of q tariff for protection
lie has invariably maintained tina, we should
adhere to the principles Of that act, and his
friends in the south, quoting these expressions,
insisted during the last campaign, that Mr.. Clay
was as much it not more favorable to free
trade than Mr.. Polk Mr.. Clay'i letters for the
Northern and Southern market could never
have been made to hsrmonse, and had he been
elected, lie would have had no little trouble in
allayjng these conflicting views. In his letter
! TO Mr.. Bronson he'says "look to revenue alone
for the support of government. Do not raise
! the question of protection, which had hoped
had been put to rest" Aud in his letter to Mr.
| NJ Merrlwether OF Georgia, in October. lSi3, he
rei,erates the same opinion. Ii was not until
lSi, upon the eve of the election, that he ex
pressed himself in favor Of the present tariff
Had Mr.. Clay been elected, and the Tariff
been repealed by Congress-, as 1t might have
been, with his views of the veto power he mus,
have signed the bill. Mr.. Clay it may be
said, was compelled from necessity to abandon
the protective policy in lS;'3, and yield to the
Compromise Act. This may all be true and we
are ready to believe it. But why should he in
sst, in 1913, upon carrying out the principles
of that act-an act th0t swept every vestige OF
the protective policy from the statute book,
when that necessity no longer existed These
are questions that nre more easily asked than
answered, and we only put them To show that
the tariff would no, have been placed on much
! has a Int NJ hoo,
elected. We think Mr.. Polk should be permit
ted to speak for himself and not be condemned
for the views of others. And this reminds Us
of Mr.. B, an intelligent Yankee friend, and q
good wing, who had vest brougI, to him b,
his tailor which did no, seem to set well on him
The tailor, taking hold Of the garment, drew i
: down IN front, saying Indignantly, Cd it, Civ,
4 the vest chance" Mr.. b. then deliberatel,
= taking hold, said snow, d--n II, give me
J, chance ALSO" and pulled it back to It's origna
/, position. This is precisely the predlcament q
I Mr.. Polk with the wings. They are resolved {,
d put vest en him of their own making, with
J. determination TO cure my defect in the cat O
want of fit, by pulling and stretching it ou, c
Z
pine, will say "gcntemen, give me chanc
ALSO and pulling II To lis proper position, wi
IF show that the garment made by whig tailor
:, would never set well on his person.
J. o." Prescription OF America On thi
D. subject Wilmer * Smiths European Time
says
Il" "Some time ago mentioned that steps wer
rs being taken by the London Clubs TO stamp re
4 pudiation' as a crime against society We state
- that Americans belonging 10 the nsolvent State
would be shut out of the social and other advar
&c tages which the clubs afford 10 strangers visitin
- London The war of aggression has commenced
p but IL is much more stringent in its apphcatiO
than we intImated at the time, or had any col
!" cepton Of II will embrace GH Americans with
r. out reference to what part of the Union they
ia from The innocent will suffer disgrace equal
with the guilty States"
Such is the insoence of England The inn,
\, cent will suffer d.,gracs equally with the guilt
er States" And this too, from n nation notorio'
for It's bad faith-its expressions and its rapac
Gus and plundering proPensties, nation th
II has recently, under the garb of Chrstanit
he slaughtered thousands of human beings in Chm
or because their government attempted 10 proht
he the importation Of drug, (opiumD cultivated
III the British Counies which was destroying the
people and, after having pundered and destro
ed the cities, robbed them of twenty millions
:" defray the expenses of the expedition. Let
u" mericans stand aloof from them. They have
~ occasion for the companionshp or even the Ia,
low friendship of England There is no natl
in the world, which, under the blessings OF PI
ne vidence, is rendered so independent our ow