Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-07-23
pESNsYLyANIA AND TIRE TARIFF

Some OF the Administration papers in Penn
sflvania which were violent in favor of Mr.
Folk in 1874, as better Tariff man than
UESRY CLAY, are now complaining that they
were deceived. We venture to submit the
remark that man ignorant enough to be de-
ceived on such subject has no business at the
head of newspaper. A Lancaster journal
speaks in the following strain
1--WE regret--deeply regret--the false posi-
ton assumed BY the Administration in relation
TO the existing reveaue laws Before the pre-
sent Administration came into power, from
the representations Of prominent prints and pol
iticians, we were induced TO believe that mo
change was contemplated by Col. Polk aud
his immediate supporters In the Tariff of S42."
Nay, more. In common with our brethren Of
the Democratic press of this State. we endea
vored TO make others entertain the same belief,
and with what success is now part of the po-
litical history of the country. AtnearN every
gathering of the Democracy during the memo
rable campaign Of 1874, "the Tariff of 1922
was recognized among the orthodox rallyng
crics-was inscribed upon the banner-the pa
thetic orators insisted, and insisted with truth,
that the country was indebted for this great
measure TO Democratic votes. II was well
known then, that the electoral r0te Of Pennsyl
rania would hare been los. to Col. Polk had ha
appeared before the people as the opponent Of
the existing revenue laws. Others may change
their views on this subject from fear or inter
eSted motives but we intend TO stand where
we always stood to insist upon the fulhment
Of solemn pledges; and to resist, with becom-
ing energy every attempt to thwart the wishes,
or sacrifice the interests, of the people Of this
great State
The fuflment Of solemn redgeSl What
pledges MIR. Polk never made any on the
side of protective Tariff. He wrote the KANE
letter to gull the shallow, and il seems TO have
had its effect. Here is another extract from a
Philadelphia paper which had for its motto, IN
1874. "'Pok Dallas and The Tariff Of 1922"
THE Tariff of SAP ,rns made question and
avery prominent one, by the Democrats ofmany
of the eastern, middle and western countless
In Berks, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Dauphin,
Cumberland, Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Car
bon, Butler, Clarion, Lehigh. Northampton,
Columbia, and many other counties we might
name, the Democracy in their mass meetings
resolved to stand by the Tariff Of 1912, and in
professions gotten up in those districts banners
were carried with POLK, Dallas, Shlalk, and
, the 1aiGq 1872" painted upoBrhem in large
letters. In most cases "The Tariff of 1912"
was the most conspicuous line upon the ban
ner or transparency. The editors of the Penn
svlvanian cannot but know these things. and
we regret to see them bowling so weakly to the
dictation Of the South. We told the Golfers
and iron-men, the wool growers aud the cotton
spinners ofPennsylvan thatthe Tariff should
not be reduced so as to effect their business,
and like honest men we are bound TO fulfil our
promise and to hold those who have deceived
us responsible for the deceptioa."
Deception again! Why whit ahsurdity is
| this2 Or rather what matehless shrontery
I These very papers, and others like thern
1 throughout Pennsylvania, two years ago,
were publishing in staring capitals such things
as the following:
I "'fIIE TARIFF OF 1912.
"KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
! "Ihat JAMES BucHANAN, DANIEL STUR-
GEos, Senators WILLIAMS and SILAs WRIGnr,
prominent and substantial Democrats, voted
I FOR the Tariff Of 1912, and SAVED III
FROM DEFEAP
"kEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
also, That HENRY CLAY abandoned ms
seat in the United States Senate. took 10 his
heels, and decamped for Ashland 10 AVOID
giving vote on the question OF the Tariff,
..Rtader, when British Wing tells you
that the Clay men are the exclusive friends Of
The Fmg. Pm grese Acts ~ him, and YOU