Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-24


"Thc democratic party, from the time of its /
organization as distinct party down 10 the pre-. |
sent day, have uniformly opposed the mis-caled |
protective principle, as being aristocratic in its
features, unequal in its bearings, and calculated
10 SOW the seeds of disunion among the men,
bers Of our glorious confederacy and when
Mr. Boal abandons this vital principle Of demo-
c,acy, which righteously opposes the protection
ofthe few at the expense OF the many, he can
no longer be considered or recognised in the
light of consistent democrat"
" The above is from the Northern Pennsyl-
vanan, published by Col Carter, at Williams
port The Colonel is endeavoring TO teach the
democracy of Lycoming, principles entirely new
to them, as they certainly are to us-principlcs
which he must have learned from the New York
Herald, Journal Of Commerce and the Evening
Post. That these papers, which are in a great
measure under the control and influence of the
importing merchants of New York, many of
whom arc foreigners and agents OF British Manu-
factures, and who, after amassng large fortunes
al the expense of American merchants. return
TO England--that they should advocate the doc
trnc of free trade, is not to be wondered at. but
that any of the citizens of Lycomug should favor
a measure that strikes at the root of their manu-.
featuring and agricultural prosperity, is really
surprising. The idea that the British government
would admit onr wheat free of duty. is a humbug
that no one seriously believes. Their principle
is to admit nothing which they can possibly pro.
ducc among themselves, upon which principle
they have always acted
The Colonel says hc dsclaims the free trade
theory of the Calhoun school Yet in the pre-.
ccding paragraph he advocates direct taxation in
preference 10 imPost duties We should like to
learn what school but the Calhoun school ever
urged such doctrine. However. the great nul.
lifer himself was extremely cautious upon this
point. From whence, where, the Colonel has
learned that the democratic party from the time
of It's organization down TO the present day, have
uniformity opposed the mis- called p,Oiec,ice prin-
cipic, it is equally diicult to say. If we have
read arish, the history Of the times the reverse
of all this would come much nearer the truth.
Cpto 1894, the tcdcralists Of the New England
States with Daniel Webster at their head in Con
srcss, We're the most violent opponents of the
protective principles, and in favor ffIee trade.
/ On the other hand, John c. Calhoun and his
! friends as we'll as the democracy of rennSylva.
MIA and the North generally, Were battling man.
inlly for the tariff Tha, these men changed their
! principles is nothing 10 uS. Pennsylvania asSu.
| rcdly never has. But further, Jefferson and Gc
neral jackson have both favored the doctrine o
protection to our manufactures. Every Govern
| or OF PcnnSy ylvauia, from Simon Snydcr down tC
the present incumbent, has warmly advocate,
this doctrine The Legislature ofthis State, il
1892, unanimously passed resolutions in favor o
protective tariff and in 1912 a similar reSolu
ton received an almost unanimous vote in tn
same body. Does this look like an uniformity o
opposition 10 the tariff, on the part of the demo
cracy II may not be Van Buren, democracy
"Rinc iHr hachryma" And this We think, i
the great trouble at present. True dcmocrac,
consists in going for measures, not men.