Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-07-20
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Wo below publish a Iollef from w
IpoIk on tho Tndd' question, II viii on
loobladIy produce much sofptr, among
he people, aud gtcnl deal OF 0uucfIop
among n certain class Of southern poll
Ucons The IollrI a'lonlshcd u'i Tor W.
had No ldea OF the general Of the gfoal
democrats army becoming q convert Ia
Itbe doctrine, Of Mr. CIay,nnd " II don't
strike with nma2cmcnt aud CONSERVATION
The dmnoye squad Of crazy onlIla.
daIlcs in a ncighbofIog county, who have
recently deserted tho Wing cause on nc.
count Of Mr. Chy's oftir notions we
shall be much deceived
Who would have thought few days
back that tho yicws Of Mr.. Clay aud Gov.
Polk w0u'd roincids on ne Tariff quesiioal
The democratic Authcrn papers were
filled with denuncIdtIons Of the Tariff
pronouucing it odlous, tyronnical and mi.
quilous, and proudly pointed TO their Pre-.
sidcntGl candidate as the embodiment Of
opposition to it. What will they do now
MIR. Polk advocates almost precisely the
same tariff that Mr., Clay has advocated
for twenty years, and to the perfection of
which he has devoted the best efforts of
his abilities and eloquence For twenty
years Henry Clay has told the American
people that u well regulated tariff, with
fair incidental protection to American La
Dor, was absolutely necessary to their ma
tonal prosperity, and COR a great portion
of that time has been rovilcd, abused and
illuminated by the Democratic party, for
his advocacy Of the very policy which
Gov. Polk now advocates and which the
Democratic party will have TO support in
the present campaign, unless, indeed they
hold another Convention, and ship Gov.
P, overheard. Which will they do? Will
they come over to the new light tariff
doctrines which have so lately dawned
upon the long benighted vision of their
leader, and cordially support that impor-
tanl question, upon the advocacy Of which
the principal pillar in Mr., Clay's temple
ot fame rests-a measure that they have
denounced, ridiculed and revlled, until
hey had exhausted the language in en-
to render it odious before the
,eople,--will they, we say, abandon all
heir former notions upon the tariff sub
ect, and acknowledge the (ar-seeing
craftsmanship and nation graspug patri-
otism Of the master spirit Of the age,
Henry Clay9 Time alone will show.
If the Democracy intend to run their
candidate upon the tariff question, we
rope that they will be candid enough, be-
ore hey spike their anti-taritf artillery,
md wheel in solid column to the support
If the great scheme of Mr. Cay's life
md one Of the leading principles OF
he Wing party, to take back the hard
hings they have heretofore said about
Mr.. CIay--retract the abuse they have
leaped upon the tariff policy of the Wings
and acknowledge their former hos
iIity to the measure TO have been dcta.
ed solely by the spirit Of demagoguism
and President making-that their misre-
resentation Of the motives of their oppo-
nents was caused alone by their overpow-
erng lust after the sweets Of office and
Of place.
But the Democrats will find that al,
though it was very easy for them to steal
John Tyler's Texas annexation hobby,
that it will be very difficult for them to
purloln and use for their own benefit, one
OF the leading questions Of the great
Wing party. 1t was very easy for them
10 ride rough-shod over traitor, without
friends, and to appropriate his private
goods to their own uses. But it Will
prove exceedingly difficult for them TO
the inteligen, freemen of this
and, now that they have become con-
'inced of the propriety and absolute ne,
essity to the prosperity and happiness of
he whole country, Of the Wing revenue S
oIlcy, a measure against which they
ave battIed for years-that they are en-.
tiled to any credit for this eleventh hour
diversion. Their demagoguical friend 6
hip TO popular Wing measure has come /
II too late to avail them. /
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