Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-12-14

&C. A few weeks since we published an art.
Gle giving our views in regard to Mr. Polk's pro.
bable course in relation TO the tariff, in connec.
ton with the interests of Pennsylvania. As we
had right to expect, it met with some severe
critical remarks rom some of the leading whig
papers, who, whatever they might have thought
of our opinions aud the confidence we placed in
Mr.. Polk, did not think proper to impugn our mo.
tives, or misreprcsent our statements. We also
expected, as usual, that the yelping curs-the
small fly of the Press-who having no particular
opinions of their own, but taking their cue from
their leaders, would also have their bark These
fellows, such we unfortunately find hanging
to the skirts of all parties think there is no other
way of fimpartng originality, vigor, or racincss to
their editorial articles than by Incorporating
with them the slang of party warfare, mixed up
with misrepresentation of facts, and who can
only be excused, on the grounds given by
member ofthe Indiana Legislature, on the floor
OF the House OF Representatives, who stated that
unless he could be allowed to invent his own
facts he could not make his speech. Among the
most vocierous of these we find the Union Star,
published at New Berlin which, with the most
unblushing effrontery, charges us with facts that
never had any existence, excepting the milk
warm vitality that afforded them from the
addlc -pated brain Of the writer We might al
most be led to cxcIaim, with the poet, that the
DOG Star RACES, &c"
did not the cold weather admonish us that the
season of its conjunction with our great lnminary
has already passed This political wisc-acre
asks
"Who that reads the 'Sunbury American does
not remember, that. in concert with the party
leaders il strenuouslv maintained. that the De-
mocratic party was the reoi tarVpar and that
Mr.. Polk was briier fdr.F man NGn Nr Chy?
Who does not remember the which that
paper took TO prove that Mr.. Clay was not pro.
tectonist- publishing disionted sentences, un.
fairly picked out from his speeches - from
! speeches expressly in support of the present ia
/ riff, and in which the protective system was
maintained, and inculcated in all its bearings in
| its entire length and breadth and depth"
A few plain statments will be sufficient to over.
( whclm the writer with shame and confusion, if
he is yet susceptible of such Questionable emo
tons, which, however, we are much inclined TO
/ to be a base and wiful fabrication, unsupported
by any evidence whatever. We never made any
such declarations, or anything that would bear
the least sembance TO them, aud no reader of the
! American, whether whig or democrat, possessed
| of common honesty and modicum of common
! sense, will assert it. The most we ever did say
was, that ifMr. Clay's late Southern letters to
Messrs Bronson and Merriweather were com.
pared with that of Mr. Polk to John X Kane
Esq, but little difference would be found in them
views of the tariff. And this opinion we still
maintain and have never rct;nctcd. For the proof
of what we state we are willing 10 refer to tho
columns of our paper and so that the writer shal
not have even a loop hole for his escape, we are
willing TO give him access To- the files ofour paper
in order to sustain hmselfif he can. 1t is strange
that the "Star" should be the first 10 make sucl
a discovery, and it must be attributed solely Il
It's astonishing accuracy and its lively perception
of the truth of things in general.
We perhaps owe our readers an apology for no
ticing the article which we should not certainly
have done had not the writer particularly re
quested it, and with whom, think, we hav,
had some slight acquaintance, if we may judg
from pccnlarity in his style, that as plainly
betrays him as the auricular appcndag"s of a Ger
tain animal, 10y their length, betrays its natur,
and parentage.
t3- CoNGRE- -sIoNu.-Mr Adams has alrea
dy offered petition for the Abolition OF SLAYER.
IN the District of Columbia. This brought on
the South against It's RECEIPT ron. The North
however, sustained him and the petition was re
fcrred. Mr.. McDuific offered his resolution 70
the Annexation of Texas, according 10 Mr.. Ty
le:'s Treaty. Mr.. Benton, the mex, day, brougll
in a bil providing some other way tor The An
nexation. Nothing, we think, will be done TIN
session in regard to Annexation. The dliicu
ties between Mexico and the United States wi
, preven, any hasty action, although the Sout
are anxious for it, Some are of opinion that
, extra session will be called Immediately aftc
f the Inauguration of Mr.. Polk. To adjust the mat
ter. The general impression is, among oil pal
ties, that the Tariff will not be disturbed TIA
4 present Session, If utaIl. The Chinese Treat,
negotiated 10y Mr.. Cushing It is sad will be
great advantage To the u. States.
= Mr. Polk has taken lodgings 10 hotel a
Nashville, and the papers say that no less tha
GOO office hunters were already there 10 "se
the President"
c. Col. Carter, of the Lancaster Democra
is not onlye humorous and philosophical edto
but also very lucky one, lie won a pair
;, boots from the editor the Union published