New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-02
THE g'RIBU n f
uo,S Polk is supported Mt shc south rhc
Tariff and slavery.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
VIcKs nuRoH. Miss. Sept. 9. !

,,rse OF Polk and Dallas - many reckless false.
Mods with regard to Mr. Pok's position in rcla.
I'M TO the Tariff, and such shameless attempts
,ebeat the peope OF the North into the support
4 ,bs candidate OF tie Free rIade and Disun
On pa,ty Of South Carolina, that | feel moved
s, mingled feeling oi Indignation at The vile
rand and OF apprehension fox Its consequences.
;, sporisc ytut readers of the issues presented
lar, on the Southern sjde OF this Janus faced
s,;oo of the Greatest and Best that ever lived in
1.-The tide of time. Ii is indeed humiliatng to
.bssrye men who arc regarded as reputable in
sociaty, deliberately attempting to swinde Their
,.rhbors and fellow citlzens into the support OF
measures 10 which they are in principle opposed,
bg arts and deceptcns at which the honor OF {.
n,oessional biackeg would revolt, but while Re.
nudiaton and Dorrism have advocates IN high.
pIaees,' while it is recognized principle in the
csd OF the seif.s:yled Democracy that all Is
i4;r IN politics and an established rule of party
warf..e tha, 10 the victor belong the spoiis
The vanqushed' nothing better can be expect.
ed. But ii cheating by false weights and mcas
urss be crime against society-.f counterfeit
;og The name Of another by which few dollars
and cents are lost, Justly consgns the offender to
the cell OF Pcnitentlary, what ough; not to be
the punishment of the guilty cuiprit who de!ibe-
rately cheats bis neghbor by downright false.
hood and misrepresentation, and counterielts
opinions By which q Nation OF men wamen and
children Is made To groan through long years Of
suffering and distress I Answer, sc teachers OF
Loco. Foco morality-ye Brownsous and o @ens
we Pres,s who sit upnn the Tripod Of modern
progressive Democracy, give rs the response
OF ihe Dlv'niry whose ministers sc are But
will proceed pnehy ~ give your readers some
sccoun, of tie pr.ucipIes, ii principles they MAJ
b. called, oi The l. Focos IN ;his Repudlalng
State wh, rcthc 'pecullarinsttutlen' numbers some
Is oUU more thai, free wn.tc population, men,
women enu children. Unu. nte recentv the
Whgs here IN inns Guy have mad the Whole field
u themselves, the h1ruCalous Democracy
seeming = h1Ye had domestic matters enough 10
attend s 40 their own household, and wthal not
being particularly fond of openday-ligh discussion.
But being alarmed at The earnestness Of The
Wings, ,heic large and enthusiastic mee,iogs al
,nslr Cay Club Room, "a comm1dious building
erected oy them expressly Tor open public discus
sleu. into which members OF the unerritied' do
venture AMI seeing tie Wing flag, the stars and
stripes g, this glorious Union as II rs, proudly
streaming from their Clay Liberty Pole, "a splen.
did specimen Of American skill, which cost
$1,000 and being constantly challenged 10
bring forth their champions and meet the Nhlgs
in open debate, they al length found 1t necessary
to hush up Their family jars until after election
and all come boldly forth IN one uriied eiior, Tor
the overlhlow OF Wing principles. 50 they
drilled ther forces for grand rally Of the party
on the 3lst ult when a flag manufactured by the
Democratic ladies of Vicksburgh (ot whGm ]
would fain say they are few and far between.
much as like their practical cxcmpliication OF
the beautiful Wing doctrine OF Home Industry
was 10 be presented 10 The Democratic Asso-
ciation of Warren County and liberty pole
raised. Well, the great day came, and with ii
came to otiiciate at the ConsecratOn q. said lib
ety pole the Repudiating Governor of the State,
the Reverend and Repudiating ooh. Holy Cos
pei, what an association y Auditor of Public
Accounts, and Col Saunders of NalcheZ who
seemed TO be haunted by the ghosts Of three
prandsons OF the great author OF the Revolution
Of '9S lsome OF whose blood had somehow
orept into the veins OF the gallant Col whose
bones, in his own pathetic language, bleached
the plains Oh Texas, whittier they had gone IN
search of fortune. The Far flag was pre-
sented, and amidst the booming of cannon and
the sound of fife and drum, II raised aloft To
The top of Young Hickory sphced upon the
top OF an old shag- bark, and there on the top OF
this domestic liberty pole now streams the gIo-
rOus star Spanged banner OF our country, un.
conscious thet It waves over party whose CHI
-yalry, CIV is, The Union and Texas, or Texas
and Disuulon The speaking commenced about
II O'clock in the Court ard Green, and cont!n-
NJ n
In the evening at the Court House. greatly
regret yours could not sec full report of these
speeches. They would no longer have doubt
tha, he,e, al least, Polk was believed to be anti
Protection TO the back bone. But know you
can ouly allow room for bare statement Of the
positions they assumed. The Taiiif of 1912 WAS
bitterly assailed on all hands d violation OF
The Compromise Act OF 1888, and Clay denoGn-
ced as having violated hIs most solemn pledge to
abide bv II, and was charged with having lTsin.
ce,ely offered Toe Bill, not measure OF peace,
ont 10 save the whole Tariff system from &C.
atruction. .soseys Mr. Polk IN his address 10 the
people OF Tennessee April }, 1889, printed al
Cuiumpia. D. : and II was asserted that II II
had no, been fo1 him Clay II would have been
ntferlv annihi,a,ed before now He was accused
of b,,ng an enemy to Southern interests, nnc
.oarucuia.ly TO tha. very peculiar institution SC
ESSENTIALLY necessary to austain that likewise
very peculiar institution, the order OF Chivaity
in the South. The expressions of the pluniere
South were feelingly dcscanted upon. and II was
shown 70 the entire satisfaction of the Demo
cratic Association apparently, that It's A2ricul
,ural interests were rulnously taxed 10 build up d
n,iv;l,o,d class-a manufacturing Ar;stocracy
=, rho North. who were dividing dividend o.
ss per cent. and growing rich a, The expense O
Of the Cotton Planters, &c. DC, all OF which
hua been SAID and sung hundred times before
In Free Trade South Carolina Texas TOO they
mus, have in spite Of Henry Clay, the Wings
and Aooli,ionis,s, whom they affect 10 regard as
one and iudiv:sble,' in order 10 sustain and per
pe,ua,e that ever glorious peculiar institution,
the pride of our country, the coast OF fresmen
and the especial admiration OF all who believe III
tue glorious Declaration OF Amerlcaii lncePen-
Genes, pennec by that great Apostle OF Demoo'
recy,' Thomas Jefferson. In all respects Polk
was held up as tee annpode of CIay-as opposed
Ito Protection-to The Tariff of lo42 and IN favor
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