Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-08-01

FALSE coLoRs TORN DOWN

THE TARIFF AS 1T Is, and not any sb.
stractious about a "Judicious Tariff
a Discriminating Tariff Tariff for
Revenue aud Incidental Protection"
should be the test between parties.
BY a most extraordinary and rapid
conversion, the Free Traders" have
come round to the doctrine Of protection.
and il is now s,renuously insisted by the
speakers aud presses of Loco ocoism, tina,
Mr.. Polk, their candidate, is as much
Tariff man as Mr.. CLAy--and that the
Looofoeo party ore the true friends OF Do
nestle Industry
To be sure, in the same breath with
which these Professions are uttered, these
organs OF party that aims at success by
whatever means, belle their new creed by
constant appeals 10 the farmer, 10 show
how the present low prices of sgricul,u.
ral produce are brought abou, by this very
system Of projections; and while every eff.
fort is made TO dress up Mr.. POLK in
domestic garb, and to present him as the
true friend of the American labor in pre-.
ference to that OF foreign countries, the
old leaven may still be seen in the efforts
to prove that these domesiies cost more
than the foreign article, and that the whole
difference goes into the pockets o. pam.
pered manufacturing aristocracy.
To bring these inconsistencies to the
test, the present Tariff should be the in
strument.
Mr.. CLAY says, and his supporters say,
we are for the Tafas IL ss--for we see
that il both enriches the treasury. and en-
courages and rewards domestic labor
We stand, therefore, by the Wing tariff
of 1912.
AS TO this tariff, where is Mr.. Polk,
and where are Mr.. Folks supportersl
Thus far the issue is briefly and clear.
ly stated by the New York American.
In reply to the question with which il con.
cludes, we call Mr.. POLK to the stand, to
answer for himself In speech deliver
ed before the people of Madison county,
Tennessee, on the Sd of April, last year,
Mr.. POLK said:
"The difference between the course Of
The political party with which he (Mr.
Milton Brown) acts and myself is, whilst
they are the advocates of distribution and
protectire Tarf--measures which |
consider runous to the country, and IS.
pecially to the interests of the planting
States--I hare steadily and at all times OPP
posed both"
These are Mr.. PoLK's own words
Let us now see what his supporters say
for him. A public meeting lately held IN
South Carolina passed this resolution:
Resolced, That in James X. Polk We
recognise an able bold advocate Of the
immediate annexation Of Texas, and
firm aud consisten, opponent Of proiec.
tire Tariff, assumption OF State debts, and
abolition; and that, therefore, we cordial.
iy approve Of his nomination, and pledge
ourselves 10 his support.
The Charleston Mercury, the leading
advocate of Polk, 1eras, and Nufntcd',on
in South Carolina says:
"Mr. Folks views on the tariff, the
bank, and the all-absorbing question Of
Texas, are Southern to the backbone"
What do his supporters at home, in
Tennessee, say for him? LIE; his organ
the Nashville Union answer. That print
speaks as follows:
awe wish it borne in mind that the
oPpressius Tariff of 1912 has been con.
demned by every true Democrat, and by
none more decidedly than Mr.. Van Blu.
ren. That its provisions are riered with
abiorrenreby Coz. Polk, and all his friends,
we need not repeat"
II a mans real opinions are not to be
learned from his own lips nor the decla.
rations Of his friends, where shall we look
for them?