Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-07-19

Tevenue"-and that is all. See second paragraph
He then speaks of what he has "heretgfoe sane
toned" to wit: such moderate discriminating du-
ties as would produce the necessary revenue and
afford reasonable incidental protection. This will
be quoted here as proving that he is in favor of
discriminating for Protcction-whe the Nullifers
will prove by the same language, that he will dis
criminate for revenue only, discarding protection as
an object not to be considered at all! Thus art
fully is this paragraph worded-just like Van Blu
ren's Indiana letterto suit all parties. Bat in the
third paragraph Mr.. Polk gives clue to his mean
ing-gives a clue to those who thoroughly UNDER
stand his course, but not to the people at large,
who have not the documents at hand to see what
he has Heretofore sanctioned" FrS,,-he voted
against the Tariff of 1S29--that was a protective
Tariff. Second, he voted for the tariff OF 1882,
which protective also however, he did moi
vote for it because it was protective, but because
it reduced The then eristing protection For proof
of this we quote as follows, from Mr.. P's. speech
at Jackson in 1913:
"The South and he with them had voted for the
act of 1882, because ii reduction Of the rates
Of 1898, though by no means so Low as he tCould
haze desired Il 10 be; still it was the GREATEST
REDUCTION which could be attained at the time
Of its passage"
We come to the third specification, to wit the
bill, which he says he .assented to in 1882 as
member Of the Committee of Ways and Means
and, we add, he supported it in a speech. What
was this bill? 1t proposed the duties indicated in
the following table, after March ., 1895. We
have added in parallel column the duties by the
nro NNbicr (,vbi 1,
in order that our readers may appreciate the depth
of Mr. Folks friendship for protection:
Folks Bill Wing Tariff of 1872
! Wool costing 8 cts. Coarse costing cts
! per ID. and under. Free and under, ; per Ct
All other wool, Is per ct. 3 cts. and 30 per CT.
Woollen goods, 5 to 20 average 40
Ready made cloth'g 20 40 to so
Coffee ct. a pound. Free.
Teas 3 to 10 cts. pound Free.
The fourth bill named by Mr.. Polk in his letter,
was the Compromise, which gave an average of
duties double to those of the above bill down to
1872 and Mr.. Polk voted for it because he could
not get a greater and more speedy reduction! As
an evidence of this fact we state, that on the 2Sth
day of February, 1884, within one year after the
passage of the Compromise, Mr. Hall of N. c. in
troduced a resolution directing the Committee Of
Ways and Means to report bill repeating The
Compromise so as IMMEDIATELY TO RE-
DUCE THE DUTIES TO THE REVENUE
STANDARD; and J. K POLK VOTED FOR
TT! Thus, in one year, he voted to violate the
Compromise, because il ,cus TOO HIGHi-voting
in company with GS nullifers and ultra opponents
of protection
This last fact Mr.. Polk does not state, and we
will here suggest that there are several other pro-
positions, which he had 'heretofore sanctioned, $
that ought to be considered as explanatory of his
views on protection.
June %, 1882, J. @. Adams moved an amend
ment to the Tariff bill, to prercm frauds in The
importation Of foreign WOOL AND WOOL
EMS. MIR. Polk VOTED AGAINST IT.
Cong. Debates, vol. 8, PIP. 37j8, 1883.
May 10, 1880, on test question on the bill to
prevent frauds in the Importation of foreign goods
the ayes were lis, noes "a. Mr.. Polk voted NO,
with the enemies of Protection. On the passage
of this bill, the ayes were l27, noes 40 Mr. Polk
again voted NO.
"On the 23d of June, 1882, says Mr.. Clayton
of Delaware, Mr.. Polk voted for the motion of Mr.
McDufie of South Carolina, to reduce the duty on
cotton goods, costing not exceeding 45 cents the
square yaru, 10 IL IL per cent al ValOrem. On
the same day he voted for Mr.. McDufiie's motion
to abolish tue duty of $50 per ton on rolled IRON
On the previous day he voted against the duty on
boots and bootees, on cabinet ware, hats and caps
whips brides, saddles, carriages and parts of car
riages, blank books, earthern and stone wares and
manufactures Of marble; and also against the duty
on Wool"
We think this part of Mr.. Folks letter is now
so well explained that he will deceive but very
few of our readers-of course, those who read
nothing but locofoco newspapers will never get the
truth.
Now we come TO the last paragraph that say
the locos, must be certainly satisfactory He goes
for protection, don't he, by both revenue laws and
all other means? Not exactly, dear friends: note
those ominous words "as far as ii may be practi-
cable 10 do So" Now, how far does Mr.. Polk
think Protection is practicable? Alas, alas! he
sheds no light in This letter, and we therefore refer
the reader to the extract from his Memphis letter,
in another article in this paper. He there says
that tcenty per cen-or about half the present wing
duty-is sufficient! Again we beg the reader to
notice the concluding avowal in Mr.. Folks letter
81 heartily approve the resolutions this subject
passed by the Democratic National Convention,
iultly uSSGIHultu Ut w nat tCuS ltlS
resolutlonfor there was only one which can be
tortured into any application to the Tariff Aye
this avowal of Mr. Polk explains all the rest of his
letter-what can the resolution be? We give it,
word for word and comma for comma, from the
Vermont Patriot of June Il, 1874, as follows;
a. That justice and sound policy forbid Federal
ment to foster branch of industry the detment
er or interests Of one portion to the injury Of an
other por ion of our common counyha every citizen and
section of the country has right demand
upon equality orgh and privileges and complete
pie protection OF anG property from domestic violence
foreign aggression"
There you have tall protection to one branch
of industry, or one section to the injury of another
is Jorbddea-now was there ever one cent OF
protection TO any interest," Which the locos did not
declare to be tar and an injury to the consumer
Never! Then, too, mark the locofoco idea OF
protection 1T is "protection of persons and prop