The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-22
THE GALAXY.
MIDDLEBURY. VT.
Tuesday, Dec. %, 1916,
THE MESSAGE.

"S "e"aTe from a PRESIDENT OF the United
States. The late message Of Mr.. Polk
more than any which has ever issucd
from The executive chair il li,rIe Iess ,b.n.,
e'ee'ioneer'ns handbi. almost exclusively
devoted to the sustentation of those rscLIo.s
measures which he & his Southern c,;or :,
politicians have markeciout far IN. -
and upon which their claims TO continuance
IN power are founded. A very large portion
oi II Is devoted TO the defence of the wa, with
Mexico. Those who are not well versed in
The real merits Of the case doubtless will bs
beguiled BY the false averments and slionerv
sophistry ofthis document, while those who
have stored their minds with the facts and
can appreciate the true motives of the present
dynasty will regard it as the most elaborate
attempt TO deceive the country which has ev.
er befOre been Witnessed. 1t is wonderful
specimen of ingenuity to mislead by the dr.
ray oil hundred facts to justify conclusion
which single other fact if not Suppressed
would entirely overthrow.
But it is not now our object to dwell upou
this portion Of the Message. We shall leave
this task TO much ADLER hands in Congress-
who will soon show the country that all the
preteSIs usedhy the President to justiG, this
war are utterly lallacious, that al:ho Mexic,
has wronged us as a great aud maguanimous
Christian nation we could have obtained re
dress without wagiug cruel aud bloody war
against weak and distracted people, and
that the real object Of the insfigators of il !,
10 STRENGTHEN THE SLAVE POWER AND REM
DER ITS REIGN IRRESISTIBLE AND pEerrTr-
AL OVER THE REPUBLIC.
That portion ofrhe message contained i,
This paper relates chiefly 10 the Tariff. Hin
erto il has been the Herculean labpur of the
Wing party al The North to fix uvon Loco.
iocoism the charge ofhostility to protection
to domestic Industry, which ii has as indie
nanlly repealed as false and sIanderous. That
task Is now at an end. The party have now
Fairly stripped of their himsey DISCUSSES.
Polk and Walker stand forth the open and
uncomprOmiSing advocates of Free Trqde-
"nma'g0fed Free 1r0de, bald and rn,r. In
The message and report they seem TO be
grudae 10 domestic industry even the incitlen-
tai protection of revenue tariff while thew
denounce tariff for profession as utterly
horrible. The Kane letter Of course stands
confessed a most infamous swindle pracriccd
by Polk upon the people Of Pennsy lvania du-
ring the last election. Say they, no more
attempts TO build up home manufactures.
Our workshops must be transferred 10 Eng
land. British fabrics must be freely intro
duced to induce Great Britain TO purchase
cotton and breadstufs without exhausfine
herself OF specie 10 pay for them. The for
eign market is our chief dependence Should
our manufactures cease 10 constitute home
market, and he driven back to the pillow To
which they would conine them, the extension
Of commerce and the multiplication of sea-
men, merchants. ship-b1ilders and thous-
ands oflabOrerS in our commercial marts.
"O"'h iOi III dh IFn SaNS
Mr. Walker. our country will be not only the
cotton grower but the granery of Europe.
With the enlargement ofexports will come
a corresponding increase of imports which
should not be impeded by the competition OF
domestic manufactures with the foreign pro-
lucers. Then will there be greater num-
yer more proftably engaged in agriculture.
and manufactures whose incomes
will enable Them greatly to extend their pur-
hases by ausmenting their products for the
,reit foreign market. Under such system
II reciprocal interchange of commodities.
New York, Baltimore g. Philadelphia would
be great and prosperous cities, but as 10 the
country the deponent sayeih not.
Such are The blessings and benefits Of free
Iade rs they are now depicted TO the Ameri
IAN people by the Free-trade heads of the
PRESENT Government Of the country. But.
' hat if all these brilliant anIicipations should.
urn out the mere Pigments OF Imagination
s will doubtless be the truth What If after
estroying our workshops the foreign fabric
lOuld be doubled in price What il our
ONE market ruined by converting manu-
cturers from consumers to producers and
Jus we should suIcharge with our bread
uffs the limited market of England who
snera'ly raises nine-ienths ofall the eata5Ies
he consumes, and there three thousand
lies distant we should be forced to compete
it'll all Europe at her door!
What IL our export Of bresdstufIs should
IT be enlarged but at ruinous prices, while
lr imports should be so vas ly increased as
drain the country Of our specie. destroy
e currency and reduce the nation TO bank
picy. as has more than once been done
the deadly operations Of Free trade or
" duties! What if New York, Baltimore
d Philadelphia should swell up to wealth
d greatness by navigation and commerce
e mighty carbuncles on the face OF the