Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-12-12
Fress the Baltimore Patriot.
SIGN OF REBELLION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

nor > message WAS ucliseIeu ou ueSuhv.
As soon as il Lad been read in the Sc.
nate, Mr.. F. w. Pickens, (she man who IN
Congress described the editor Of the Globe
as galvanized corpse rose and offer.
ed set Of resolutions, setting forth that
tho State of South Carolina takes the
deepest interest in the annexation Of Tex
as, and the result of the recent election as
giving guaranty that all the constitu.
tional powers of the Government will be
exerted to secure the immediate annexa-
ton of that Republic.
Blu: the poison Of the resolutions, like
that of the scorpion, is in the tail. They
conclude with these
Resolved, further, That the Tariff Of
ls4a is unjust, Oppressive, and against the
whole spirit ofihe Constitution and thar
the recent triumph of the Democratic
Republican party has taken place nnder
such circumstances to give US an unequiy.
ocal pledge that i. is to be reduced 10
revenue standard, and the wants of an
economical government, upon the gene.
raj principles Of the Compromise Act of
1888.
Resolred, That If we should be disap.
pointed in our just expectations, we do
not in the slightest degree, by waiting
events at present, waive the reserved
rights OF the State, in her Sovereign ca.
pacily, to protect her citizens in any fu.
ture emergency that may arise.
So then we are to have another nullifi.
cation rebellion in South Carolina. lf it
be attempted, it would be well for Mr..
Polk to send Gen. Jackson to put it down,
and thus giving him a chance to do wha,
he wanted to do in '32--to hang the lead.
ers under the second section"
But what says Mr.. Polk himself to
this "unequivocal pledge" which the
South Carolina Nullifiers say was given
them in regard TO tie Tariff? The Nash.
vile Union (Which the Philadelphia Penn
sylvanian, in copying the article to which
we are about to nllude, calls "Mr. Poks
organ,") has an article "foreshadowng,"
as the Pennsylvania remarks, 'ibe
course Of his administration, and in ii
makes these remarks:
"We rejoice in the result, again, be.
cause we see in it Willingness OF the
people TO submit the existing system oil
Tariff taxation to such modification as
may be agreed upon by their own repre-.
sentatives in Congress. They have, by
this election, proclaimed their attachment
to an economical Goveramen,-to such
taxation as WILL INCIDENTALLY
GIVE PROTECTION to all the great
interests Of the country"
The capitals are ours, and we make
them that The contrast may be drawn be.
tween the statements Of Mr.. Folks organ
in Tennessee and his supporters in Seulh
Carolina. The former claims that The
election hes proclaimed that the people
want a Tariff that will give "incidenlaI
protection latter declare that the
Tariff should be solely for "rerenue"
alone, and on the general principles Of
the Compromise Act" which fixes the
maximum Of duty at 90 per cent. How
these South Carolina Hotspurs will take
this official declaration Of the Nashville
Union, We cannot say but suppose they
will Submit" We shall probably hear
from the Charleston Mercury.
The South Carolina Nullifiers may
well claim that a pledge has been given
them. They had right to expect, from
the whole tenor Of Mr.. Folks public life,
that he would oppose all Tariffs in which
the hated principle Of protection, whether
incidental" accidental" or "positive,"
should not be discarded. They will be
deceived IN supposing that boldness and
csndor will mark the course of Mr..
Folks adminstration-tbough the at.
tempt will, no doubt be made to quiet
them. by getting up some sort OF Tariff,
IN which neither the desires of the South
will be met. nor the great industrial inter.
ests of the North and East cared for.
In both North and South this pie bald
admlnstraion-this administration of no
principle-which holds out promises and
gives pledges contradictory and ruinous
to all,-Mr. Polk, by his friends, has
committed himself, and they will endeav.
or to reconcile them. They will palter
in double sense and the effect must
be, if South Carolina is in earnest, and
Pennsy lvania and New York are in earn.
COT, iHdt tue ucW ADMINISTRATOR Inu5I
bring down the opposition of all sides.
Nothing is clearer than that proiec.
tive Tariff is essential 10 the prosperity Of
the country. 1t matters not whether
men call the protection incidental or pos.
itive--it must be given. II is impossible
that the free labor of thus country can
compete even-handed with the pauper la
Dor of Europe. To secure to tho Amer.
can mechanic ga fair days wages for
fair days work." he must be protected
against a competition with the laborer oil
Europe, who toll the greater portion oil
the twenty -four hours, and never know
the comforts Of good meal.
The policy that will do this is alike es.
sential 10 the prosperity Of the people and
the true independence Of the country
and every State in the Union is interested
in maintaining it. The planters oS South
Carolina--who find the product OF their
worn out lands decreasing, and the prices
Of their staple fall because OF the abun..
dance Of the crops grown on the rich and
new lands of Alabama, Mississippi, Lou.
Isiana, and even Texas,-may cry out
that the Tariff is causing what bad man.
agemenl and over production has brought
10 pass: but If thew could bring about