The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-06-29

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who within the last week have begun I,
declare that Polk is in favor Of Mcidpnidl
Protection, and that his election will no.
endanger the TARIFF Are they not mos
Impudent imposters? Are they not at.
tempting TO carry their point BY the gros.
scst deception?
just look at the following resolutions
passed by the Young Hickory Club OF
M"rr!slown. N J.
-. hcso'red, That The story IF PoR bring Free
ir"de man, so mdustrlorisIy circulated by the
wings, must be 10 Id 10 Other cars than those of the
| Democrats Of Morris in order to ram credcncc:
are 10 not btttrs lr0rd If amt shall not unit we
nave some better proof than the bare assertions
OF Wing olIicc-holdcrs and Office seekers.
heSoirfd, hat believing permanent Tariff of
some KIND 10 DE OF great consequence to the man
umC'nrcr, we, ihe our CatdidmcsJor President and
"r preS'd'"t, are opposed 10 disturbing tie present
IaiD lar.
Can fraud be more attrocious or impu-
dence more brazen than this? Is not
every vote these men obtain by such pre-
fences won by deliberate falsehood, for
which they are or ought to be indiclabIe
at common law?
And this reminds us of the paper from
which we cut the above resolutions-lhe
Newark .N0rniag PoSi-aud its Editor,
Mr. ), u. ArnoId.-Some five years ago
we had controversy with him on this |
very subject Of Free rade and Protec
ton through the pages of Hunts Mer-
chants Magazine. We were of course
on tue side OF Protecion-he ABLY and
skIIIluIly argued for Free Trade. There
was no-lall-way, round-lhe corner, incl
dcnla' shuttle about him then-hc stood
up maninIy for unlimited and unoualiG
ed Free Trade, and against any sort of
Protection. We get no such talk out of
HIM now, but the most toggy sort of nom
comlntlal incdenlali,m. Is this honesR
But again. The Brooklm Eaglc has
always been distinguished for its straight
out hostility to Protection When we
had discussion of the Tariff question al
the Tabernacle with Mr.. Parke Goodwin
(whc Is never on more than one side OF
question: the latter took the broadcast
Free Trade grounds aud the Eagle decIar-
ed HIM all right. 1t has published and
aPplauded To the echo the sweeping anti
Protective Speech of Hon. II. c. Muir
ply. &c. sc. And yet thus very Eagle
comes out on Saturday with an 'luciden- ,
tai shuttle, IN which it attempts to crawl
cut OF the Tariff issues altogether! ,
Last of all comes The Piebjan-v YES, .,
the P!ebIan ilsell!--which has reyied the
Tariff in every possible way, hooted the !
very idea Of Protection, and which even
Yesterday, assalIs the Tariff because it has
not made the money price of Provisions i,
SO high as IN 1886, when the Currency
was immensely inflated, the Crops cut I
short, and almost every body engaged in
else than producing bread aud
portland endeavors 10 shlrk the Tariff d
question by lncidentallsm and getting 10
a panic about IA Bank 1t only wants /
The ECfn,ng Post TO come out for Incl
dental ProIectlon,' and the game would /
be complete. ..
But will the People be cheated? Free
mem You know these journals and their ..
party! When have either missed an op- l
oorunIty to excite prejudice against Pro-
ection generally or the Tariff of 1912?
When could they have stabbed this great
National cause, yet relrained2 WheE was
wen sophlsm got up calculated to in
ure the Tariff that they Gid not greedily
publish aud republish2 When did they
irsI begin to be i'll favor of even lncden- I
al Protection! How talk their orators $
n Congress and elsewhere? How do
heir Members cote? ManileslIy. the
Tariff stands OF falls with its authors and a
with HENRY CLAY. Stand firm for YOUR.
SELVES! |