The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-26
HOW THEY GET ALONG WITH MR.
POLK DOWN EAST.

HOW THEY GET ALONG WITH MR..
POLK DOWN EAST.
The Lccofocos in the Northern States have
many difficulties to contend with, in reconciling
the people to the ultra free trade sentiments OIL
Mr.. Polk. They have no resource but in show.
ing ar asserting that their candidate is equally i'll
favor If protec ion as M. Clay.
Anntt.er difficulty with the friends of Mr.. Polk
in the rth-rn States 10 to reconcile his Texas
sentiments with the scruples of the people upon
the subject If slavery 1t i, therefore. asserted
thar annexation is to curtai the institution, in thr
extent Of country i, covers; and eventually. we
suppnse, to produce s abolition. 1t is well
known that the grand obj ct of the project is 10
perpetuate slavery, and consequently we have
the common case esented Of The meeting of ex-
tremes--tl Nor hern abnliiionists and the South
ern nulliiers. In illustration of these remarks,
we hand over TO our Souher friends the argu.
meuts that are used north of the Potomac to in.
gratiate the people with Mr.. Polk. When the
Southern Wings hear Mr.. Clay denounced for his
high tariff views they can appeal to Mr.. Polk s
Northern friends for proof that he, too, is pro-
tectionist equally with Mr.. Clay. And when n
nexation is advocated as Southern measure, de-
signed to promnte Southern interests, the Wings
will be able to bring the testimony Of the North
ern Locofocos, the I" numerical majority" in evil
deuce that annexation is latent scheme for the
abolition Of slavery. We believe that the great
majority of the Northern men who favor the
scheme, look to it as means of drawing away
the slave population to the extreme South, and
thereby adding to the number of free States, Vir-
GINA, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Such
is the ground upon which the measure has been
invariably defended north Of the Potomac; and
such is the ground upon which the most urgent
appeals are made to the abotionsts.
From the Augusta tMe.) Age.
MR.. POLK IN FAVOR OF PROTECTION.
Col. Polk is opposed to "protectire tariff"
properly so called; that is to say, 10 tariff for
projection merely, and without reference to reve-
nue.. He is in favor of revenue tariff, Nth in.
cidenfaI protection This is all right, and it is
preciselythe ground taken by Mr.. Clay.
In January, 1888, upon the tariff bill then I'M
der discussion in Committee of the Whole in the
United States House of Representatives, Col
Polk says:
"No member of the committee who yielded his
assent to this bill, may safely affirm, desires to
Judgment, be the effect of the bill. | venture to
affirm that the bill, SO far from prostrating these
establishments, affords sufficient INCIDENTAL PRO-
LECTION to enable all such as are based on real,
not borrowed capital, and which are conducted
with economy and skill, not only 10 stand, under
this bill, butt" &c. &C.
Col. Polk, as will be seen, expressly recognises
the doctrine Of "sncidentai protection" and went
in favor OF the bill under dIscnssion because he
believed that it afforded "sttfc,em" protection
OF that sort.
We have elsewhere shown, that, taking THEIR
OWN AVO Walls as the test, Mr. Clay and
Col Polk occupy The same e 0und on the tariff
question.
A ypody who afirTs the contrary, or who I'M
dertak. 8 to condemn Col Polk as free trade
mac. and TO adv Mr.. CLAY Az 'pr,tec,ion.
ISL. FALSIFIES THE MOST NO lori
OUS FACTS.
T e ~ owl extract is from the speech of Mr..
C. y. IN b Senate III the Unl I'd 5 a'es on The
2.-i J,nn.ry, 1912, IN reply 10 Mr. Woodbury.,
omiae r ca dr, - blIi--retort d fr tie Wash
inghm NItional ItieA,gence'
Scar, oul, tt,4u va ne. the spirit of the Com
p,onnre Act. Lnok to revenue aione Tor the sup
por, ni Gov, rnnent. Uu not raise he question
III 10 &c r,n. wnlch al h ped had been pu, 10
res. HERE is NO NE ESSIFY OF
FRoiECiION FOR PROIEC lION"
- From the paper.
large pr, vi iexas lies north OF this
parallel, q he southern people do mo-, expect.
p and d" not ark, hat s,avery he ,Ioued -, ~,
por p,n that Country. = 49,
$3.50 results IT. III these facts ha, the annexa,;o,
Of rexas Ia the Uni ed lae will conver, -,
part at J., nn"-halt or thereaboute, from a ,ta,s
country INTO a free country.