Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-07-21
PENNSYLVANIA ANpTHETARIFF

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Some OF the administration papers in Penn
sylyania which were violent i'm favor of MIR.
Polk in lSli, as better Tariff man than MIR.
Clay, alc now complaining that they were
deceived. We venture TO submit the remark
that man ignorant enough to be deceived on
such subject has no business at the head of
newspaper. A Lancaster journal speaks in
the following strain:
We regret-deeply regret-,he false posi-
ton assumed by the Administration in rela-
ton to the existing revenue laws Before
| the present Administration came into power
rom the representations OF prominent prints
and politicians, we were induced To- believe
that "no change was contemplated by Colonel
FOLK and ms Immediate supporters in the Tar
III of lSi2.' Nay, more. In common with
our brethren OF the democratic pre- IS in this
State, we endeavored to mike others entertain
the same belief, aud with what SUCCESS Is now
part OF the political history of the country.
| AT nearly every gathering OF the democracy
4 during the memorable campaign OF 1914, 1.-The
Iaull OF 1872 was recognized among the or
| thodOX rallying crlcS-was inscribed upon the
banner--and pathetic oratorsinsisted, and in
sisted with truth, tlat the country was in
ldcbicd Tor this great measure TO democratic
votes. 1t was we'll known then, that The elcc-
iOrGl cote Of Pennsylvania tCoRld hare becn
lost 10 Col Polk had he appeared before the
people as the Oppoiicht OF the existing revenue
laws. Others may change their views on this
subject, from fear or interested motives; but
we intend 10 stand where we always stood;
| to insist upon the iuliiment OF solemn plcd-
gcs; and To resist, with becoming energy every
attempt TO thwart the wishes or sacrifice the
interests, OF the people of this great State.
The iulhlment OF solemn pledges What
| pledges? Mr. Polk never made any on the side
OF protective tariff. He wrote the Kane let
ter to gull the shallow, and ii seems to have
had its effect. Here is another extract from a
Philadelphia paper which had for its motto.
in lSH, "Poik, Dallas aud Tie Tariff OF
1872"
The tariifof 1912 iodS made question. and
a very prominent one, by the democrats OF
many oi the eastern, middle and western
counties. La Bcrks, Lancaster Schuylkill
| Dauphin, Cumberland, Adams, Allegheny,
/ Beaver, Carbon, Butler Clarion, Lehigh, Nor
Hampton, Columbia, and many more other
counties we might name, the democracy i'm
their mass meetings resolved TO stand by the
ianii oil 1872, and IN professions gotten up i'm
those districts banners were carried with POLK !
s~'N''N' ''f'''"f tft" aftt tNf ~ ~ IotSs paint
ed upon them ia large letters. In most cases I
the taril of 1872 was the most conspicuous
line upon the banner or transparency The
editors of the Pennsy lvanlan cannot but know
these things, and we regret TO see them bow
ing 81 weakly To the dictation of the South. |
We told the collleTs and iTon-men, the wool |
growers and the cotlon-s pinners of Pennsyl- |
wanna, that the tariff should not be reduced so
do 10 Affect their business, aud like honest
men we are bound to hold those who have de
celved us responsible Tor the das,ar-.:---
I-oopdou again Why what absurdity is
this' Or rather what matches ellrontery p
These very papers, aud others like them.
throughout Pennsy lyania, two years ago, were
publishing in Staring capitals such things as
the following;
"THE TARIFF OF 1912.
"hEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That James Buchanan, Daniel Sturgeon.
/ Senators Williams and Silas Wright, promi-
nent and substantial Democrats, voted For
The laIlii OF 1912, aud SAVED III FROM De
/ FEAT.
hEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE ALSO
4 That Henry Clay abandoned his scat in
The United States Senate, took TO his heels
aud decampcd for Ashland, to AVOID giving
vote on the Tariff.
Reader, when British Wing tells YOU
That the Clay men are Tie exclusive friends of
the tariff, Polk these facts at him, and YOU
have him cornercd."