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POLK, CLAY AND TIE CONFRONT
ISE ACT.

The Boston Atlas parades in staring
capitals the following which that paper
says is an extract from speech delivered
by Col, Polk in I533-elcrm years ago.
an another part Of the same speech Mr.
Polk says Ire was IN FAVOR OF RE-
DUCING THE DUTIES TO TIL T.
RATES OF THE COMPROMIS
ACT W II Err f TIE WING CON
GRESS FOUND THEN ON TIE 30ru
JUNE, 1912"
Here follows Mr. CIay's opinion on the
Compromise act, delivered about ira years
since!
"Carry out the principles Of the cOmplimisc act
Look to revenue alone for the support Of Govern
mcn,, DO no, raise the question of protection,
which had hoped had been put TO rest There
is no necessity of protection, Cor protccIion."
Extract from Nlr Clay's speech in the Senate of
the United States on the 2lSt Of JanuaIy, 1912,
in reply 10 Mr. Woodbury. on the Treasury Note
Bill Reported ior The Washington Na'ioad In.
hHiseRccr.
Further.
81 should have preferred that the compromise
act, in all It's parts, could have been adhered to-
HeRry Ci1y.
"Ir the compromise be invioably maintained
as, iLJSl THINK IT OUGHT TO DE."-H clay
al Bggdio, 80.
81 AM FOR ABIDING NY THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE COMPROMISE Acr."-H clay, in
Senate, .hOrch 1912,
"lBKoUGHT FORWARD THE COMPROMISE.
H. Ciay 10 .Ncrrivcther, oct. 1913,
How much has the Atlas made out o
this opcralionl 1t condemns Col Poll
because he says he supported measure
which Mr. Clay says he "JrougM tor
r0rd,"
The Atlas again attempts 10 make CAPT
tai against COL Polk by introducing the fol
lowing extract from his speech:
"Thc South, and with them, had 70
ted for the act Of 1892 because it was
reduction of the rates of 1898, though b
no means 50 low as would have desired
TO be; still it was the greatest reduction
which could be attained a, the time of it
passage"
VIVA, says Mr. Clay on this point,
81 Supported the Tariff Of 1892, which grcntl
reduced and modified the Tariff Of 1928. "-Heh
~ clay
The object Of the Atlas is 10 make Co
Polk, appear as an enemy to protec,iv
tariff because he voted for the act of lS3
which "greatIy mOhGcd the tariff of 1898
and Henry Clay says he did the sam
for the same redSon' So odious was II
Act of IS25, for voting against which II
Atlas endeayors TO censure Col. Polk, TIL
Mr. Clay utterly denies ever having at
thing to do with it, declaring that he N
only "dd not rOfc" for it, but that its pa
sage was chargeablc to the votes of II
democrats, Mr. Clay says:
II did NOT VOTE for the tariff ofls2s for whieh,ho
ever, 7 M Gan Buren, CnI. Benton, Col. Johnson, 81
U5ight, and others, DID VOTE.
The Atlas condemns Col. Polk al
seeks TO show him up as an cnemy TO ia
if because he voted for the Act of 80 mo
flying the Act of '2S, praises Clay al
seeks 10 show him up as triend TO tar
because he likewise voted for the Act
SO which modified the act of '2Sl Th
is coon consistency
The list Of the Atlas conversation {
the tariff is that Col. Polk is opposed
and has always been in favor of modlfyln
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Mr. EAsTMAN:-On the appearance OF
an article over the signature OF Justice,
in your paper of week before last, the
coons of this place congregatcdm such
numbers and felt so mortified that "truth
would out" that serious apprehcnsons
were felt that they intended laying violent
hands on themselves and others. The
members of the Band, admit that the vcr-
sion of the affair given by one of their
number in the article referred to, was i'll
the main correct; but that the sums Of
money raised, and given to the purscr
were somewhat exaggerated; and that
the conditions as stated to have been pro-
posed by the Locoloco proprietor were
incorrect; inasmuch as the proprietor did
not propose to them (thc Band to sign
an article acknowledging him their bcnc-
factor. But that he lccturcd them as to
why they could crpect any better treat
ment from party whose emblem was a
willy, oily, selfish, lazy, thieving coon.
The tall coon lawyer pcrcciving that
the Band admitted that some little mac
curacics had crcpt into the article in the
Age, give it as his opinion that the Ed-
tor and correspondent had made them
selves "liaJh to the idw." Measures
were about being taken commencing with,
"By the Authority of the State Of Yer
mont you arc hereby commanded" sc.
Sc, when an article from Il corrcspon-
dent of the Vermont Patriot who had
been iourncying South about the time
the Rutland and a portion of the Poult-
ncy Band were hdrd up for funds to take
them home and who was a fellow travel
Ter with them al the Astor House, made
its appearance. CONSERVATION and a.
mazcmen. we're now depicted on the
countenanccs of the coons; and dread
of the truth which is characteristic of the
party induced them to flee in different di
rcctions, but not from the wrath to come
and which is sure TO overtakc them, but
from a consciousness of guilt in the mat
ter, as related by the correspondent o
the Patriot who was an eye witness to the
illtreatmcnt of the Band. ChngG Pres.
to- Change! The legal proceedings a
bout to be taken were now soon modified
down to a Card purporting to have beer
written by the Band; but which was very
ingeniously drawn up by the tall cooI
lawyer, and presented to the members o
. the Band for their signatures, by did
say the Editor of the Herald | mean the
, "Egis of the mountain" who, when HI
undertakes to Willy his friends does it b,
wholesale. BY threats to the Band, tina
the coons would not again employ them
that the whole coon family ought not tc
suffer for the sins of a few, together will
assurances from the "HEgis of the noun
tain, =" that the card did not conflict will
assertions the members of the Band ha,
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UorrM-The Boston Atlas, after hay-
ing been compelled to retract its vile as
sertons in relation to the private charac-
ter of Young Hickory, and to admit that
he stands irrcproachablc, has hit upon a
terrible charge, Sometime, according to
the tory Atlas, after the Georgetown fire,
Col. Polk voted against an appropriation
being mdlc By Congress to one ofthe snii.
ers, Col. p. thought Of course, that he had
no right to vote away the peoples money
for private charity-squanderlng it here or
there according to the custom OF the coons
But the Atlas, in this story does not sec
that he pays COL P. a very great compll-
ment, Tor that paper admits that the man
for whom the relieGwas proposed was po-
litical friend! The Atlas, Of course is as
,onished that Col. p. would not vote mo-
ney to political friend, right or wrong
as its own partisans would have dcne, and
while the Atlas seeks by this story to in
lure Col. p. it has only shown to the peo-
ole his innexibc adherencero duty and JUS
tce-that he would not violate his con-
science on any consideration wo'cvcr, not
even as the coons would have done, TO aid
a warm political friend
But the Atlas has not seen fit TO tell the
whole story, and while it appands those
members who voted most disinterestedIy 10
give away otha pcople's money for private
charity, and to agrandize thcmseves,i it for
gets to say that Col. P. gave HIS OWN mon
ey like m honest man for the same purpose.
Who stands forth in the light and charac.
ter of an honest and inneylble and faithful
scrvan, ofthe people, Col. Polk giving his
own money, or those the Atlas attempts &c
place above him, giving the peoples money
for private purpose?
The Atlas will find that every attempt il
makes to blackcn the Young Hickory o
the people will only add additional lusturt
to his spo,less character.
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Col. POlkS moyaick0rdcttr.-The coons
feel rather cheap at the result Of their at
tacks upon the moral character of Young
Hickory. They have not only been COM
pelled to retract all the base lies about his
duelinp &c, but have been forced TO adj
nit that his character is above reproach
and even suspicion. 1t has leaked ont IN
the course of the retractlons that the coons
have been compelled TO make, that Col.
Polk is a strictly religious man, and though
living in the midst of all the temptations OF
the South he has always rigidly abstaned
from those vices that blacken the repu-
tation of Henry CIay,-gamblng, drinking
horsc-racng, cock-Gghting, duelIing, &C,
&c. We see it stated that Col. p, is ?
member of the "orthodox" church. We
don't know how that is. A brother OF hi:
is the present Episcopal Bishop of Louis
ana. whether Col. p is of the same rellg
ious belief or not we are unable TO say
nor, indeed, is it Of much consequence; it i;
sufficient that he is a man whose mora
character is without spot or blemlsh, ant
that moral and religious people can vote io
him with perfect assurance that in his life
and character, religion, the great bulwarl
of our Government, is safe from desecra
| lion
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Not bad.-A jolly jack-tar, rolling along
Commercial street, enquired what the dem
ocra,ic nomination was. "Polk and Dali
las" says by-stander. "Pork and dol
larsr says he, chats the ticket; something
to rat and money in the pocket"
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TILE COON HUNTER.

The first number of this paper will be
issued about the first Of July. We hope
our friends will do all in their power to
give it general circulation.
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The coons are making desperate exer-
tons to flood the state with their papers
Will the democracy do something worthy
ofthemselves, in the campaign by way of
circulating their papersl We wish they
would, once, Just to see how it would seem,
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G}~"Poverty and vice 60 hand in hand"
Such was the remark of the Hon. Am
brose Spencer, President of the Baltimore
Clay Convention, made il. reply to an a6Ic
speech of Mr. Van Buren,, in the n York
Convention of 1881 in favor of extending
the right of suffrage.
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NHSee the call for State Convention in
this weeks paper. Every town should
choose their delegates Immediately.
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Gle (Col. Polk,) is said to have been
once engaged in duel and to have Killed
his antagonist"
The preceding is from the voice of Free
dom. We presume the editor of that pa
per has by this time learned that the charge
AGAINST Col. Polk of having been engaged in
n duel is untrue and will hasten to advise
his readers of the fact. If the V, Off. have
any doubts IN this matter, the following ar
ticles will we presume, solve them.
Tho New York Courier and Enquirer,
leading coon paper contains the follow
ing
Col. PoLK.-We have brought no charge OF
our own against Col Polk on the score Ell his 6egn
a duelist, but thought it perfectly fair III relortns
that charge against Mr. Clay by the Albany Argus
and other papers, to bring to their notice, as we
did, an assertion in some of the journals-the New
Bedford Mercnry among others-that the new To-
coloco candidate for the presidency had actually
fought duel which terminated fatally, 1t Is now
our duty to say as we do most cheelully, that one
oG,be editors of this paper received letter yester-
,lay from gentleman of undoubted character, give
inc the direct assurance that Col. p never was
engaged in an affair of this sort This isquite con-
elusive, and we hasten to make the matter rlgh
with our readers lie whose remarks called the
letter onh is the last person on earth TO dlsparage
the Coonel's character by dragging forth the iac
that in some former period of his life he had beer
drawn into n duel, and is certainly incapable
usinu such fact against him if The statement wa'
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Keep il before the pcoplc!

From ne R'oamo@ Wii g--it,icadms Ciaygapcria TH-
.iHiG.
"Thc fact that Nr Clny Is MuRE OrH Free Trade m0n-
niyOrnic II, he is OF wise aud Reasonable urithn Mr.
Van Buren, is becoming generally known t" the People OF
The South His letter 10 DR. Bronson one Georgia letter.
In consequence O the unjust criticism Of The LOCuD-
and their vile utrmpts tn show That il is inconsistent
with Mr. C's former opinions, has had the effect Of bring
ing THIS FhGF othc knowledge OF thousands, who
N,nrr Ml h. "
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uENKY NLAN,s rARlTT OPINIONS.

NNlIINN \, NrIlT, I1In T0II.
The sum and substance al what conceive to be- the
true polio, o the United States, in respect to Tariff,
may be briefly stated. In r0njprmiy rim the princpc
0nn0upcSt in ne Compromise ict think TINT whaey-
err REVENUE is necessary to economical and honest
administration Of the General Governments ought 10 be
derived from duties imposed on foreign imports. And
believe that in establishing tnril o those duties, snCh n
discrini nrion ought 10 he made will WcdcutGiiy at
ford rgaygRaJlc protection national interests
~ have always been opposed to what regarded High
Tariff. n--UehTU chr,
Agriculture needs m rrO'cctjGn.-NCHry Ch9y.
81 voted for the Tariffs Of lclG ls2i and lo32n
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competition,
HENRY CLAY, AND A NATIONAL BANK.

HENRY CLAY, AND A NATIONAL BANK.
Mr. CLAY in II public speech, nj Macon Ga, said
Gle was in favor of "a ID 4 NIX OF THE CNlTED
STATES. All nations give MS the example"
Again, Mr. Clay, nj Charleston ). C., was equally eN-
plic The Courier the wing organ in that city, in noc-
ng his Speech said;
NMr Clay assumed that Banks and the Banking system
would continue to exist under the auspices Of the States,
aud thence inferred the necessity 0i National
BANK TO REGULATE A n ID CONTROL
The SYSTEM and keep from explosion and mischief lie
also insisted on National Bank necessary to secure II
National Currency DC,
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~ dll not vote for the Tnrlr orIal6 and Isal.
JErrERsoN's OPINION or MR. ULAY.

'TOwurlS Mr. Clay Ns Il politician, Mr. Jefferson con
santly manifested strong rcpugnHnCc and OlCn said he
merely splendid orator, without any valuable know
edge from experience study, ANY determined public
principles founded in sound political science, either puc
icr or lhrurccal.'--1h N. Randolph
"U gentlemen WiH not altar as 10 hare bl1ck NarfS
tpy must dlioIr as 10 haze WhC OHCsi fer WE cannot
ru fc",oi and binrk shoes and have our WIVES
and DAUGHTERS UDrk in the kiicbCn
Henry Clay, in the IT, = House of Rcn., Feb e 49,,
SEQ HONE, GOD DAMN YOU. WHERE YOU lE-
LONG"-Htary Ciag 10 Mr. SDeahCr P0it, in HE H0HSs
GREEN CSCHtutirCs, FcJ. Il, lrS5.
SCRAPS ron 1hE COlSS-"l will do my duty even II Nj
Clay il to be benefited nv il, from whom have expert
cnccd only UNGENEROUS TREATMENT in rCqutul
for wears of devoted scrvCr!n--GCH. HoTrjS0u.
IL have done lin tMr Cny) many f'vorS, hut he has
returned them all with the BLACKLIST mHratitude.n
Gen. UAIi50n
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FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,
Elegant Lithograph Likenesses of Col.
Polk. Speak quick or you lose 'em.
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HENRY CLAY AND A BANK.
Extract Sho,cing his .tormcr opinion Of il

Extract Shomiag his tormcr opinion Of its
uncoStituti0aaHty,
The following is an extract from speech
of Henry Clay, delivered in Congress in
1911, against the rc-charter of the u, S,
Bank;
"To lcgislate upon the ground merely
that our predecessors thought themselves
unauthorized, under similar circumstances
to lcrislate, is TO SANCTIFY ERROR,
AND PERPETUATE USURPATION."
If a Bank was unconstitutional in 1911,
is it not equally so III 1914! And yet this
same Henry Clay is now the advocate OF
such an institution. -North Star 2Hh
MI.
N~GEo. NJ. DALLAS, the Locoloco nom
ince for Vice President, in 1882 introduced
and piloted through the U. S, Senate the
bill to rcchartcr the United States Bank,
and after its veto by General Jackson, at
tempted to pass it by two-ihirds vote
Oh the consistency of I.ocolocoism-Rut
idad UraM
1t is true that Mr. DALLAS in '32 dc
vote, under instructions from the lcgisa
ture Of Pa, in favor Of Bank, but it is al
so true that he stated at the time, in hi!
place III the Senate, that the act was moi
his own, but Of those who had appointed
him, and whose will he felt bound to carr,
ont and tina, his own convictions and view
we're agains, Bank. Subsequently also
he was denounced by the friends of tn
Bank for taking ground in favor of the re
Probability OF the state charter Thes
r! facts came out in the National Convention
at Baltimore, and were vouched Tor b
whom was a senator at the time.
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A few copies of Henry Clay's Duels, in
pamphlet form. $3.50 per hundred, cash
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high protective and establishing revenue
Tariffs. On this point letus see how Mr.
CLAW stands. Hear what he says:

II is remarkable that from that period MY exerlions
in Congress have he II directed to me kEpoollo
and modification OF Turhs!"-HeHry Cidy
81 supported the Tariff of 1892, which greatly reduce'
and modified the Tariff Of ls2s.h--Henry Cidy
No more revenue should he levied than is necessary to
economical administration OF the government. ,..
"such Tariff as the Wings support will possess per,
manrur, and stability, uquNy far more essential nhd
p"r on% aT r% T""'' Gay
~ should have preferred that the compromise acl III M
its parts could have been adhered o"--HehIy Cf"g,
"Irthc compromise he nyionhy maintalntd as,Jj
THINK Ir ouGllr 70 BE.n--il. Clay at Buffalo, 49,
81 am for abiding by the principles of the compromise
act'-I, clay, in Senate, March lsi2; :, ,,o, "a Mr.
81 brought forward the compromise ''"S W W.
MCrriwCthCr, Oct. 1919 ., ..,,,,, anon
~ think there is no danger of high iarh beng ever
establishes; that Of 1891 was tmnfnng u'ierumg m '
denominations was not in congress when II passed ana
ii moi vote for it, hut with its history and the circnm
stances thn gave birth it well acquainted They
were highy discredtGDie to American ess,aIo"' anu
Amer my return congress in ISL my eilorts were I'll"
rccted to the modification and reduction ol the rates Of
duty continued in the act Of
Nv oninon that there is danger hereafter Of Hgh
tariff is founded on the gratifying aci ihat our hhu'c'
rrs hayr now taken deep root. In their infancy, ihcy
needed greater measure OF protection nut us ey grow
and advance they acquire strength and stability ana,
consequently will require less protection Clay To
:. I. Bronson, Sept. 18Th .lsl9
The Atlas must throw some other OBJ
stocle than such straws as this in the way
of Young Hickory if it expect to stay the
impetuous course with which he is sweep
inc out the Presidential track.Col, Folks
views on the tariff are in accordance with
those of all the eminent statesmen of the
day, including Mr. Clay himself lie is
opposed to a high protective tarif--to, in
Mr. Clay's own words, "protection for The
sake of protection" and in favor of rev.
enue tariff, which, while it shall raise sut-
fcicnt revenue for the support of the
Government, shall so discriminate as to
protect our own industry from foreign
competition.
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GEO. NJ. DALLAS, & A NATIONAL BANK,
at would he IMPOSSIBLE that should by any
official action aid In the establishment nj another l.
TED STATES BANK. n-Lmert9 ION. J0Hn HHt'
rprth dqiCd Pbiidio iyRid, June z, lsil.
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JAMES X. POLK, AND A NATIONAL BANK.
~ am free to declare my solemn conviction that the
Federal Coy eminent possesses NO CONSTlTt -
TIONAL Err 10 Incorporate National LINK
-nawgraI idrcss dcitcycd at NdshuH' oct. H. ls39
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J.F. MCCLELLAN, Printer
to give up to Uncle Ben so easily. I'm

to give up to Uncle Ben so easily. I'm
going to sign on my own hook!
The youngest daughter still chung to
her fathers arm, and fingered by his
side, as she saw him place his name on
the pledge. Her eyes sparkled, and a
cunning smile ran over her bright face,
as she stole closer to him, and pressed
her young lips lovingly to his. There
father, said she, pollute your lips never
again with the bitter cup, but, when it
sparkles to seduce you, as surely it will,
remember l have sealed them, this night,
with a daughters love. Keep her image
in your heart, and that seal upon your
lips forever! 1 wjU, said the yielding
and ~repenting father, until they are
touched by the finger Of death. A tear
struggled in the old mans eye as he
pressed that loving girl to his bosom
She had won his stubborn heart, as none
other could have done. And in the new
life that dawned upon HMM the rich
fountain Of affection that seemed to be
unsealed al his own hearth stone, that
evening scene, which began in stern de-.
.fiance, wore a crown of radiant hope at
its close.
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From Wilmer & Smiths European Times, Oct
l9,-By Lewis Express
DOMESTIC.

l9,-By Lewis Express
DOMESTIC.
As we have intimated elsewhere, the
agricultural districts in the neighborhood
of London have been again blazing with
the torch of The incendiary. This mode Of
destroying property Is, of all others, the
mos, barbarous and the most cowardiy.- -
But in the prevalence of the crime may
be read the deep and bitter distress OF the
peasantry. In no part of the world is
there a more ~hard-working, hardship>en-
during class than the farmers laborers Of
England. Badly paid, wretchedIy fed,
and poorly housed, they are living instan.
ces of the indifference with which the law
makers have too long regarded the hu.
man stock on their estates. Legislation
has no charms for them. The last great
legacy bequeathed 10 them was the poor
law-an act of Parliament which treats
poverty as a crime, & immures its unhap-
Nv victims within the stone.walls of a un-
ion worktouse. Unhappily, the aim and
end oflegisla,ion has not been 10 raise the
social condition Of the poor in the rural
districts so much as to raise the price of
rents. Men deprived of the common ne
cessaries of life, or s%cantily supplied with
them, are insensible TO the feelings which
prompt others in a more 1ourlshing con,
dition /; and however much we may de-
plore the crime OF The incendiary, we can
hardly wonder al it when we reflect on
the pitiable condition Of the class which
has been salirically styled "a bold peas
antry, its country's PRIDE" Recently,
the lords of the soil, at their various agri-
cultural dinners throughout the country,
have endeavored to make amends for their
long neglect of the laborer, and if the ex-
preston of strong sympathy with his sor>
rows could work a remedy, the condition
of the latter would be speedily ameliorated.
"Sof words butter no parsnips," quoth
the proverb; and this newly awakened
sympathy begins, unfortunately, at the
wrong end. The worst feature in tht
condition ofthis unhappy class is, that d
prosperous harvest. which fills the grana
ries Of the farmer, only adds increased rig
or to the condition of the laborer; for
amongs! the many strange anomalies o
the day, not the least singular is, that tht
cry Of agricultural distress" is the mos
loud and severe during the most prolific
seasons. In proportion to the bounty o
Providence. is the distress and destitulior
of those who cultivate the soil. TIL
cause is apparent--rents are based upoI
high prices Tor produce, and when abun
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BRANDON, Thursday, November IA, 1914

side Of the Channel, the attainment of fed.
eralism appears TO be very remote. New
ertheless, what a united people demands
cannot be lightly treated ; and, as division
has hitherto been the bane of Ireland, nni>
ly-should it v e take place-may prove
the aulidote. O'Connell has achieved
wonders in his day, against odds nearly
overwhelming as those against which
he is now conlending.