Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-12-04


ministratsoa fair trial and not to oppose i
upon any mere faclicas groundst bat the s'nes
poreys laf be- seem TO be liltle anxious 10 RIO.
yoke an opposition. and il tho Wigs should ~ass
war sgainst them pretty Vigorously, let sheu
blame themselves. We know TOO well the charao
tiers. principles and past course Of she Cfitend~ns
the B,.rriens The Davises, the Corwins. lha John
sons and Others ameng the distinguished wings 3
Congress. 10 doubt or fear for the high. ssilsot
and decided stand which they will take IN defence
Of Ill the great and prominent principles for shici
they have so long hattlesi, and with which expeti-
ence, -saa and bitter expesieaee--hss shosn TIE
true prosperity and glory Of our coustfy TO be fas
identified
We confess we have fears for the Tariff Aci
of lS42--tsc measure af measures, 10 our humble
opinion, of more real and substantial henef'
to the whole county than any question row before
It. We see that many Of cur Wing coniempoi aries
are of opinion that the Tarifcannot be disturbed
we hope they may be correc, but when we hook
upon the past history Of the Loco Foco parry upon
this question--when we remember their doubling
and twisting in the las, Presidential condensation
we remember Pok's decided Free Trade siews
when IN Congress and the false lights hung out in
bis Kane letter--shen we remember that he was
proclaimed and adopted BY two or three Tarifi
States as "a better Tariff man than Henry Cms'--
when we see him in the Presidential Chair an! dai-
y proclaimng through bis Official Organ the
most deadly hostility to the Tstia and proteriion
to American Industry, and in the face Of this mum.
Der of the leading of his party ia Penn.yva-
MIA meeting in Tariff Convention and talking
about .Judicious TARIFF Encouragement OF
home Industry "resenue Tariffs, and forty other
m, stifcstions, but shrinking away alarmed By rar-
ty discipline from open ayowsl OF Protection, "
we confess we can nothing 20 stimulate much
hope in our bosom for the safety Of the Tariff Act
Of 40. That same subservsney 70 pa rty drill Out
Of Congress will be felt in Congress.
In The next place, we must remember thar Mr..
Polk and his party are pledged to the re-estsblish-
rnent CT the odious Sub Treasury. which was en-
phaticsly vetoed bs the People in 1910. He is al
so pledged against a distribution OF the proceed.
oil the fpOhc L9rUs among the STATES Atr ~ atsu
committed by the authorised promises Of Mr.. Don.
nelson, to farther advantages" to Texas, which
means an assumption of her unknown millions
Of debt, said however by Mr.. Benton be fifty
millions Of dollars. All of these questions and ma
ny others of minor Importance in our domestic pol
icy, il strikes US, must come up, and If so, meet
with the unqualified disspprobaton of the Wings
in Congress. There ths Wings must inevitably
be defeated, and be obliged to appeal back to the
tribunal o. the people, 1t seems TO US to be very
clear that these issues all come back and
we fear not the gallant, manly and earnest
re-a,owai of the same principles by our part,
which they made emphatcally, though unsuc'
ces.fully in 1874 To the principles ofthe Contest
of 1914, our party yet stand pledged, and in hear
and soul they will stand to their defence In wea
woe, we say in the language of the gallant Jone,
of Tennessee, 'Jfght on--.fght ever" The truspo
stion of the Wings is to stand firmly by their pfin
cples-they must and will yet triumph--Goe
speed the day.