Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-03
ANOTHER soP TO THE LION OF

ANOTHER SOP TO THE LION OF
ENGLAND.-lt has not been long since the
Official newspaper, the "Union," lifted a cor
ner of the curtain which had yelled the insid
lous design OF the present administration to
una rmnc or overthrow the tariff which pro-
tects American labor against the competi,;o,
OF English labor and capital combined. Tbi,
revelation was made to the country. to the
world and 20 the British Goreyy,mep, in NM
uculor' JUS, when tile railike speeches were
made IN Parliament on the Oregon question
We pointed then to the significance Of hi.
TACT IN connection with the singular circun,-
stance that the messengers of Mr.. Polk have
oeen lying from post to pillar. all over the
fnnclPality OF South Carolina. seeking for a
Democrat of the Calhoun and NlcDufrie an.
u-oreSon school, who would accent the mis-.
sion to England
we notice, "a another malign omen, that
Tue "Omon' re-publishes. without dissen,
'ne resolutions OF IA most gratifying meeting
oil the Democracy" of Washington COUNTY
Miss. the iirstof which resolutions is the fol
lowing:
"htSoircd, That we have the highest con.
hnshce ana slti faction i'm the administration
VI James N folk, our present Chief Magis-
IH'v, ana 'iat we doubt not that the present
omous and unconstitutional tariff which -
oP2ra sSlng the South will be adjusted l,non
the principles Of justice, and for the mutual
pcneht OF both North and South"
No man pretends tina, the existing tariffs
perfect in all its details. But to be ..odious
and unconstitutional" it must be fupdanent-
ally wrong in its principle, which is rRorgc-
TON 10 American interests of every kind. II
Is protection OF what kind soever. that Win.
lates the Constitution-that Contribution
which exists nowhere but in the diseased i'm
aginations ofnullifcrs and abstractionists and
winch has long been TO them like the "Fata
MorSana' or the Flying Dutchman" to the
sailor, deluding them into treason and d;srn.
ION, while they thought they were only fol-
lowing the Constitution 1t is protection that
stirs tho rebellious gall of those narrow. sec.
uonal, parish bound patriots who have been
accustomed to call themselves the South II
Is protection TO the agriculture of the Middle
and Western States, to the sugar and even the
cotton OF the Southern, and the Manufacturers
OF the Eastern States thatm be .adiusted"
ont of the tariff.
If any thing Be necessary to point the NOR
Al oil all this, 1t will be found in the following
short extract from Mr.. Mc'Duflie's letter to
the British Free Traders:
we are unable to conceive what higher bids
the party in power could make for British
avor. What object conn, cied with our
ountry is dearer to the English capitalists
nan the overthrow of our protective system?
low can their hopes b. gritilied, so well as
y lending all their aid to strengthen the |
anis OF an administration, which, with the |
most open and unblushing prohigacy. offers
MS act OF treason to American interests, to
ecure ''the tranquility of the administration
that is tho courtiy phrase III TIE oiutrar Jvur-
laD by soothing the rapacity of England =
surely she cannot demand Oregon and the
Tariff too! Surely shs will not so manage the
oregon question as to em5arrass an admins
ration which stands ready to make much
lcarer sacrificed
Shame on this craven policy! Mr. Richie
nj his thousand echoes fight our battles with
England, most valiantly--on paper. But in
'ct, MIR. Polk prefers to pay the price of an
gnomlnious peace--a peace, which, horribly
rs we detest war, is Ear worse than war. No
peace is wise which is purchased by yielding
to an unjust exaction. 1t only excites the
a9gressor to b. mo;e cxacting again. As when
Rome purchased safety from a barbarian inva
der, her citizens piled up their treasure in the
scale until it bore down the beam with the
required weight, AMI then the insolent nego-
tiator flung his sword into the scale as a de-
mand for more gold. IL is always thus. 1t
comes to the weight of the sword at last So,
If we yield to England her price of peace, she
may teach us. SO, too, we may yet teach
Mexico.
How different indeed, is the conduct of our
weak administration, when it has to confront
only an eiieminlte nation of the South. II
deiies NJ sxico. Iteven already hints that il
is prepared grasp California. We will take
California (says the Off ,ial jounaD and keep
II too. What next? Is our Eagle to sweep
ON still further over the provinces of the sunny
South, until it become as terrible to them. as
was to the south of Europe, tn, black Eagle, or
the standard of Attila, the "scourge of Cod &?
Anupright able AMI patriotic administration
might obtain California b. righteous means.
and our country would b, ths better for it
But such an administration would face Eng
land too, without buster without fear, and
with the inlexible spirit OF justice.
VACCINATION.-A late number nj IN,
London lancet has the following, on the sub
jet of vaccination.
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