Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-11-02
The vice Presidents Letter.

wa. given to destroy the Tariff of ie42 still fresh in
the memory at every lilo scarcely warn in the
which he had been elevated the cry OF his par
rams they paraded the OF Philadelphia, bearing
sIol, In triumph the banners OF Locoiocosm, which
were inscribed. Polk Dallas, Texas, and the Tariff OF
'to" yet ringing in his he must have been
conscious that cry, reiterated throughout the State
until IL assembled tho largest given a single
candidate. his situation that moment due Else
why 90 much deceive the honest yeomen OF Penn
ryyania Why iuvegle Mr.. Polk into the damning Elm
OF falsiying his sentiments and practising most
unwanantable fraud upon the people Of whole State
Why the false and improbable tale that Mr. Polk
better Tariff than MIR. Clay Why did Mr.. Bueh-
anan and Mr. Black take the Kane letter and make
pilgrimage with it throughout the State, changing the
hearts OF multitude wherever they appeared, by the
simple declaration sluded To above, sustained they
proved II to be, by tho words Of that letter Why did
not Mr. Dallas come out, like u with his sen-
ments such IL he avows in this letter
But to come at once the letter itself The first para
graph, n il anything, means that the people, be-
heyng rs they undoubtedly do believe, that equsl
system just and proper, have determined
arrive by overhrowing the tariff II 1912 They have
called says he, for reduction OF the duties imports,
&c When this call made by majority of the Peo-
nile Did those Of Penusy make when they voted
for "Polk Dallas. Texas, and the Tariff OF 40 DID
Of Ohio make 1t when they cast majority OF their
votes for Henry Clay the great champion of Protection,
the father OF the American System Did the Southern
States with the exception Of South Aroina, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana, call for it, when the question was
entirely smothered by that OF Texas When at least
such were tho sentiments OF the people, the issue
never tried When has the public voice, ask. been
asceaned be in favor OF the overthrow OF tho system
Of protecuon2 When did it proclaim that the Tariff Of
1912 inconsistent with their great night, secured to
by the Constitution OF the United States itself, OF
laying their taxes equally When there such
Of Tho AZ The
ah subject rs Justify Mr. Dallas in openly asying the
doctrines pot forth by himself in the following paragraph
lErt,e, Speech OF Nj. Dallas the TaG of 1882
81 iuheIihe, sir, nothing but adequate potoc
ton The process OF attaining that may undergo any
tnou Secure that to the home labor OF this country and
our opponents shall have far voice and suffrage
give it them. carte blanche whereon settle
arrangement adjustment their intelligence may suggest.
IL might have been expected, uneasonaby, that they
who desired change should tender their project that they
would esgnate noxious particulars, and their
remedies; they would invoke the skill and assistance Of
practical and experienced observers subject with which
few familiar, and point with precs sion TO such
paris OF the system be modified, without
weakening endangerng the whole structure They have
forborne do this. They demand enire demolition
Free Trade the burden OF their eloquence the golden
fleece OF their adventurous enterprise the goal short Of
which they will not pause to breathe cannot Join
their expedition for such object An established policy
coeva the language of President Jackson, with gov
emmen-believed by an immense majority OF our people
be constitutional, wise and eIpeden, may be alb
Tupty abandoned by Congress without treachorous de-
patIure from duty, shameless derelcton of sacred
and confidence. To expect !. both extravaganza and
kind"
Again, ask. when and how tue voice Of the
nation pronounced, in u potential, induce
politician Just entering upon the stage Of pub
lac life but already grown grey in the service Of faction
opinions deliberately formed and expressed
with much emphasis Is such change uneIpect-
ed, uncailed for, monstrous from opinions mbbed
IN youth, aud nourshod with peculiar TO the very
verge Of Old age indicative OF the great Statesman or
rather imply that he who undergone it, is
spite OF his crawling from office TO ano-
'ber, after all but demagogue OF very inferior stamp
my faith" says Mr.. Dalas, "in the int cence and
patriotism Of the people is habitua" Why them attempt
gull them into the support OF which they had
always disapproved by circulating papablc fslsehood
Why imagine that after they had detected the cheat they
would still he ready be caught in the Does
this look like refosng with confidence upon the good
of tho people does IL rather indicate belief
that their intelligence scarcely sscend above level Of
that ascnbed the brute creation "The democracy
fail later, understand and pursue their
policy" Unfortunately for the writer, this sentence
conveys more truth than he believed. The Dem0csacy
meaning for the present. the people, d. gnderssnd their
interest and they have already the par-
suit Of their policy The wrecks Of loc5focosm scat
al the State II Ponn-yvaus are evidences su
fcienry papsble OF the Of that whxnd which has
swept Them almost 70 their snnihauon Lro Did the
writer suspect when be penned these memorable words
that example was 10 follow swift upon the heels Of hs
preeeP Ls did he foresco the strength the rising
tornado. 1T" tie tariff els indirect and unseen taxation
all bot toe importing merchant; and impoyershos with.
ts agency being discovered" Not word Of argu-
offered in favor Of this broad assertion covering
does the whole ground os which the parties have
been conending. The whole question is assumed, not
whstandnR the position Of the Vice President been
thousand times refuted. Error however, like is twin
sister folly OF, indeed the two be not denten god
dess land dies" Relucd one shape it assumes
another and undergoes transformations Than the souls
Of according 20 the theory Of the Brahmns IL s not
sufficient TO ahew, by JaetS, that for from being q tax
upon all but the importing merchants the tariff of Is42
has fact enabled the farmer obtain all the ncccssares
Of life reduced price, WHILE by raising the price of
wages aud giving employment tens Of thousands who
had before has enlarged, incidentally the capacity
Of al classes purchase and All this has been
done repeatedly yet We are still with the same round
assertions unsupported by single fact and based upon
unsubstana theory, having existence aono In the
heated fancy Of halicruzsd iree-uadcr But the indirect
tar; aye there the rub The farmer cannot zee this
Ice does the collector come 10 his house and
bear him SIX him TO pay him directly Of his pocket
ta1 many doars aud cents This Is the rub II sesro.
Tins the point Of objection with the Democrats nj
1876. dHeef tar. such that levied by the Congress
Of old John Adams would be far acceptable 10 these
PLAIN republican gentlemen these OF the repub
lcan parry of 95-heso democrats died in the wool bs
swear daily by tho name Of Jefferson, and determine oil
questons moral physical, religious political by the re.
solutions Of '98 Thais the object tho ulteror aim the
great NJ which progressive democracy aims
n the words Of Mr.. Dallas any thing and mu,t
be acknowledged that tho steps taken bring &c about
have been judicious it possible imagine. Bot
upon this branch Of tho sublse, purpose speak
more nt iargc hercafcf.
In the better days Of Rspuble the decaey by whet
civilized governed their intercourse with sseh
other, was carried into public life. Mr. Jefferson IN hi.
letter TO H1rauo TurPn, ays down as principle FROM
which be would under Circumstances depart never 10
bsstov on Office upon relauon. Equally delicate were
che great Of thu, period. IN uompeung the praises OF
their near relations. connetions Where do We read
OF Mr. Epps Col Randolph telling tho void in print
ed document production Of their eonne1on Mr.
Jefferson, with whom they both agreed In politics. was b,