Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-13
THE HERALD,
THURSDAY, MARCH -, isl5.

nrThe Inaueupl AdJres, OF PrtnStaf
PeI will he found IN our paper to-dsy--&
Gill uudoub ,edlv be read and reflected upon
BY almost every one, It's tone and spirit
the mildne,, and apparent sincerity OF II"
lsnguaye-ii, ,i~fiie,iy,-if we may 80
erprs. twill commend this nddre. to
sl,-cud lead msny,we doub, MOTTO form
favorable opinion Of The new ineumbcn, OF
the Presidential chair
No one, we think, will deny Tint this is a
well written and exceedingly well tempered
Adjrcn--coneise, clear in its conceptions,
and entirely devoid Of that bombss'lc twsd-
die, which has characterized the later Off
ca documents Of his immediate predecessor.
But our new President will find TINT the
promp merely, Of q faithful performance OF
his du,y-wil no, render him the popular
President which he evidently aims to make
himself No man was apparently moro
sincere in his profession OF sincerity and
more profuse in promises, than John Tvler
and no man ever failed so essentially in
gaining the regard md confidence Of the
people, MS has this same John Tyler We
are then to Judge OF Mr. Polk, not by his
words but by his acts How much reIi.
once is 10 be placed upon n President who,
in hi, Inaugural, says, in speaking Of the
Conttituiion TINT it shall b. his first cuic
10 administer the government in the true
spirit Of that instrument, and to assume
no power not express y granted, or clearly
implied in its terms" and who yet in the
same documen, gives his cordial nppro-
baton to the plainly unconstitutional and
infamous net by which foreign country
is Annexed TO our owns for every one
to decide for himself We can certainly
place but little reliance upon such promi..
c', when coupled with his sanction to an
nc, so clearly unconstitutional, and which
in its very character is so revolving to the
best feelings OF our nature, and so alarm.
ing ly dangerous 10 the perpe,ui,y of h1t
Union of which, he snys--"no treason
to mankind, since The organisation Of soci
ety, 'cOuld be rqaaiin ntrseiiy 10 Matofhim
trho ,rouid in his hand - destroy"
But it is in relation to his views OF the
grca, principle of the tariff tina, the people
Of the North arc. now looking-and we
a,k-are they Satisfied in regard to ,hi,
question by n pcrusal OF this address, We
cannot believe il. He repeat: almos, word
for word his Pennsylvania letter which
goes for rercnne tariff with incidental
protection to all kinds Of domestic industry
but has give his northern allies the first
blink OF what he regards as the true princ.
pies ola revenue tariff lie now won ID so de.
fine tins ineidentni protection tina, it should
IN all cases fall within the strict rerenue prin.
ciple-nnd the plain English Of which is,
if the lesser rate Of duty on any articles Of
| "'Po''i WI S''o 'e"fe' uHiou'l' VI Itt'
rnue-,hen is that rate Of duty to be the one
adopted From the imposition OF such a
tariff, the North, will ere long be cry.
ing out for deliverance and we shall Mey,
see, as we have just seen in the Texas qrcs
ton the Northern portion ofthe locofoco par
ty quietly wheeling INTO the ranks Of their
Southern mlsters-exclnining -"well, nE
ter al perhaps unicr the circumstances il
will be better to lie, it 90 So" But let ev
cry man read this address and Judge OF il
Cor himself All true Vermonlers are capn
bic Of doing this, and 1t will require q
smoother tongned oily Cannon i:
Mr. Polk even,--,o deceive them.