Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-12-06
TARIFF OR NO TARIFF.

"Will the arjh'cf 1879 be altered !" "Will
the duties on foreign products be reduced !"
These are qIes''nns which are NV asked a.
every corner. w hope not. We do no, doubt
Mr.. Folks enirn suhServencv TO the principles
OF free trade as it is den0m.uai ed-hat Is, his
hostility OF protection: and we do not doubt tie
resolution of MIR Calhoun, Mr.. Rhc', Mr.
Cheves, and others, 10 force this question on
Mr.. r., as soon as congress shall be Assem-.
bled under him, which probably will not be in
loss than year. Bat we are bound 10 believe
that those Lncnforo members OF Congress IN
the III dile and eastern States, who have been
elected under the assurance 10 the people that
Mr.. Polk was better tariff nan than Mr.. Clay,
will find il necessary to keep some dccencv of
appearance toN ards their constituents, and vote
against repeal Of the present tariff law bu,
will they Ar s'ronr enough to resist the man.
dates of Mr. Calhoun, the corruption OF the EX-
ccn,ive and their own desire Tor species Of
distinction. which is made to toliow any pecu
liar betrayal OF the peoples interest! We fear
not.
We hear Of some people cutting their trust
in Wig members and Senators from tie South.
By what right is this done! No people more
hahitually regard the roice Of the people, than
d, the politicians of the South. And how have
PENNSYLVANIA and New York given their vote
to disgust the southern Senators Can it b.
without effect upon those who have stool b,
our interests, at The expense of their own popu
larity! Aud this view OF the tarrf question
? leads rs to think Of that OF the annexation O
Texas. TIE people oi our State may say the,
were deceived by their leaders relative 10 ia,
ren,imcnrs of Mr., Polk, touching protection, bu
there was neither deception nor doub, in regar'
t Texas MS if those who most loudly denounc,
the instllu ion to be perpetua,eI ny annexation
0l1rred The election of man avowediy for tina
measure, they cannot complain If those Seua
tors who are not opposed 10 those institutions
refuse to oppose the dreaded measure.
We will moi d. spair,even in The contemplate
Of suoh state of things. II the Wings stan
BY their measures, they my save the country
though They have lost lis brightest orn'men
70 the Wings must tho people of the norlhrr
and middle States now look To save them iror
the evils which a majority nj these people hav
rendered imminent and. after con,endin
against The means of ruin which, III an evil hau
were prop0sed-afier contendng against then
and suffering defeat, the Wings must not 5
down and let the nation suffer the consequence
OF its own folly; they must come TO the rescu
and though they could not make their part
triumphant, they must stand by their c0unir
And never did that Country more need the a.
pIcatloh b why Pflnep's' anu uu '""S'a
watchfulness and faithful service Of Wing me
The torrent that could not he averied, must
kept Within some channel and when par
pride and keen Disappointment suggest that,
the nation has joined herself 10 the idols of !.
cofocoisn, she should he let alone, then IN
patriotism whisper in the ear OF every W IN
that il is our country that s in danger. and I
sentiment of Decatur could never he more a
plicablc, sour country, right or wrong
S. Gag.