Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-12-11

THE PHEsxDNSzsU 14uU9A01.
Anxioss that lhs ses Ansssl Message Of Presi
dent PoLx should be lsid before our readers u ss
early moment - possible, re determined last
week TO issus IL in an Extra and furnish il to
subscribers, having received ii - too late % hour
70 incorporate il ia our regular edition. This i'm
poftant Stats paper has been doubtless psrased BY
our readers with that and consideration which
tbs momentous questions upon which il treats so
filly demands. As 70 the s,yle and composition Of
the Message. 40 have boz very little to ssy-it Is
plain and simple, and essily eomp,ehended BY read
en generally. IL 10 eqosl to the eaimafe which
we have sl~sys placed upon the cspscity Of lie su-
rhor--we are not therefore at oil disappointed enc
way or the other.
Bot 70 the doctrines Of the Message, No have the
most serious objeclions--ths one-foarth of which
~e cannot comment upon this week AZ far ss
Mr. Polk refers to the domestic polio, Of our Co
vernmeot, we consider him radically wrong and his
| recommendation are but mere renewals Of those
spread ruin throughout The country during "the
reign of terror" under Jackson sad Van Buren,.
We knew such would be The case. and he has pro-
ven himself TO be mos, thorough paced Loco Fo-
CO in every sense Of tho term.
A we anticipated before the reception of the
Message, be has gone tooth and besk" agains,
the Tsrf Act of l842--that nseassre which II is
notorious has brought about the unexampIed pros
pefity in the country Of which he loudly boasts
in the Message. Indeed Mr.. Polk in bis Efforts to
render this great measure ds,ssteful to the coun-
try, ha, resorted to the most paltry stump dems-
goguism--an srrsys Of "he poor against the rich !"
But we tiost too much in the good sense and intel
ligence OF the American people. IL the earb is not
stripped from this device and its naked deformiiy
made pspable to the country. Mr.. Polk, howev-
er, has always been Free Trade man, and per-
hsps will continue to be so, and the Wings so de-
sig mated him in the canvass of ,344. The Loco
Foco leaders in Pennsy lvnnia and New York pro-
claimed him "a better Tariff man than Henry
Clay" and thousands of voters we're ured into his
support upon these assurances; but now perhaps
they will know to their bitter sorrow his true posi-
ton. They will read his definition Of "a revenue
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standard" and be as wise upon its meaning as they
before. unless they right up to the plain
English of the matter and call it FREs TRADE. 1t
is the fault of those who voted for him and those
who deceived many unsuspecting people, more
than Mr.. Folks because his votes and course while
in Congress were before the country, and they
were universally against the doctrine of Protection
to American Industry His Kane letter, it is true,
hung out false light, but it palpa5iy false
thai any man it seems to with half an eye should
have through the electoneering trick. We
believe the Tariff Act Of 1912 must falkland with
its fall fear the whole business of the country
must become dersnged, and the country itself fall
from that high and healihful prosperity which now
so universally smiles throughout the land. The
reign Of Loco Focoism issgan clearly in the ascen-
dsnt, and ,he Wings of the country must all again
prepare to buckle their armor for the fight
which must assuredly come in defence of the pros
| perity and industry Of our common country.
| In connection with this revenue standard" we
ry-the wretched appendsge of the rotten Monar-
| chies of Europe. Yes, this machine which, under
Van Buren,, was made to pamper the offce.holders.
and roi, the Government and People, is to be re-
established. But we have more to say of this re-
commendation of the Message at another time, as
well as several other obnoxious features in it and
may here soy that his suggestions in relation TO
the Public Lands wrong and ruinous in toto.
and can be demonstrated to the country as open
ing up field of the wildes, and most ruinous spec
ulstion and fraud praciiced since the founda.
| lion Of the Government. But more anon.