Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-06
Destruction Of the Tariff Of lSll.
THE PROTECTIVE POLICY iBiNpOyLD"!
IRIrNrH or BRITISH FREE TRADE :.

1RIl NrH or BRITISH FREE TRADE
The long agony IS over the die Is
cast and the best interests Of tho North,
and Of Northern f,cemea arc, by the ,teach.
cry Of portion ofth,lr own representatives,
once more 10 be lad at The feet Of the
Southern free trade slavocrnls-aS the
Just demands Of party This result, as
cur readers well know, is no, mater Of
surprise 10 US We have for We Ks pre-.
drclcd tie fate OF tho protective policy
and simply upon the ground tina, the Sopih
demanded It's Abandonment; and for the
reason that what the South demand the
Northern portion OF the democratic par.
ty dare nat REUSE. 1t Is true, that for a
single day-whcn, after the able argnmrn,
Of Mr. Webster in favor the wing ,atl1
oflsi2, and against the subs,l,u,ion.of The
British free trade bill Of Sir RobeuWalkcr
The present bill was referred back to
Communicative had hope that northern
enterprise, northern interests and northern
labor nigh, escape the ruin with which it
was threatened. And such a hope had all
true men amonr us. Even our lotofoco
foods SC. many Of them, r,.cd to feel
joyous on this hopeful day, and the counte-
nunccs Of many who still cling to their par
ty, and who ye, feel deep iotcros, IN the
protective policy, were lighted up on iii,
occasion with radiance tina, bad no, been
witnessed for very long time before
But IN the present instance rs is often the
case---the wish was father 10 the hope -
Another morning dawned and all the
bright hopes Of the preuou, day disappear.
ID, the Startling fact was made known
10 our people that the proisdiirc system, for
which they have so long and so nobly
coniended, was to be Land proy,ralc at the
fec, oIihe free trade politicians Of the South,
that the Tariff OF 1912 which has carried
lite and activity 10 every branch OF industry
throughon, the country, was TO be sacr6c,
cd-aud tina, IN its stead wa, to be- imposed
upon US tho British free trade bill Of Sir
Robert Walker, Polk Dallas, & Co
And how, i, may be asked, las this i'll.
ialed and runous measure Of policy been
brough, upon us : FIRST by the dishonest
and fraudulent pro,ensons made by the
domagogues OF the oeo'oco party to the lg.
norant and simple voters Of New York
and Pcnnsy Ivania that "Nlr Polk was a
better Tariff man than Mr. Clay" AMI by
which they secured the votes of these two
State, Tor Mr. Polk and secondly, by the
,teachcry of the doughfaccs who mis1epre.
sent the Northern States in Congress, and
who, Notwithstanding their repeated endorse.
meni' OF Mr. Polk as strong protective
tariff man in ls4i--now, under the whip
md spur OF party, turn around and falsfy
their own assertions, and sell their
CONSTITUENCIES to the RdreoeraH OF the
South with as inlo conjunction OF con.
science as hey would sell the black portion
ofihcir own constituency TO a Texas slave
driver. And even in YermOsL, an attempt
was made to scduce her intelligent free.
mcnfrom their allegiance 10 a party the
principles OF which hey ksen TO be correct,
4 en)oIe them INTO the support Of Mr. Polk,
who It was then asserted, was prc.emlnenl-
ly 'hs tarfl mln for the interests OF Yer
mont" Who docs no, remember this o.
Who that during the campaign OF s44 at.
tended a loeotoco meeting, or read locoio-
co paper can ever forget III And Pau
Dnt'ngham AIS speeches, endorsing TO
The iuli tI,,n, the soundncss Of Mr Polk
and The democratic party on this Question
were published in every loco paper N the
SlnIe they were scattered broadcas all
over the country; and then through fear tha,
the great truth contained in these speeches
should no, strike the people with sufficient
ioree-lhey were again and again by the
small Try orator: Of the party, impressed
upon the community lhu, they nigh, be
fully appreciated And where stood TIN.
mighty PGsl uroc the vote on hi, INC.
ton 10 the House, Why, like a piusblc
coward, as he must be, he stood trembling
between the ieAr Of hm Southern tA,kmsn
era aud the eIeeratious OF bis honest friends
81 home who be had deceived, AMI conse