Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-07-02
lCHM0ND DAILY WING.


cast their vote Tor Mr.. Polk, an uncompronising
opponent OF that measure. for the Presidency and
thereby 10 enlist against il the amos, irresistible
influence Of the Executive branch of the govern
ment. Let now how the blind "dupes and
victims" Of that extraordinary and disgraceiul
fraud speak Of its authors, instruments and bene-
fciaries.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Democrat, one Of the
nblest and most influential papers attached to the
party the name Of which il bears, criticiscs with
equal acuteness and severity the arguments of the
opponents of the tariff Of ls42 and predicts, as the
necessary consequence Of its substitution by the bill
ofthe Committee Of Ways and Means, the most dis
asirous consequences to the country. Formerly,
(says the Dcnocrat,) we were told that Uncle
Sans revenue was entirely too large; that his
bloated income was brought solely by high duties;
aud that reduction must take place in those du-
ties in order that his revenue might be placed at
rs low figure his expenditure. Now, we are
told that the expenditures of the Government
have necessarily increased, and consequently that
abe rovenne must be increased in the same ratio
and that the only known method TO secure addi-
tioHdi revenue is TO reduce the duties on foreign
importations." Is there too much blood in the
system! Depletion is the means by which it is
10 be reduced. Is there too little Still, deple-
lion is the remedy, by which, according TO Po-
ltical Sangrados, the quantity is to be increased
Like tho inventors of the panaceas and catholi-
cons of the day, the Free Traders have discovered
principle in political economy which is alike
adapted to the most opposite conditions of the ex-
chequer. If they find large surplus in the pub
lie Golfers, they affirm that it is the consequence
Of high duties, which must be reduced TO ''the re-
venue standard" i'm order to get rid of the evil
and, ON the other hand, if the Treasury is bank
rupt, and the Government is forced to issue trea-
sury notes or TO borrow money to pay its daily
expenses, still the cry is, the duties are too high,
and they must be reduced to the magic "reve-
nue standard" in order to supply the deficiency
The Lancaster Democrat cOnfesses its own
participation in the successful effort to induce the
people of Pennsylvania by fale pretences, to vote
for Mr.. Polk as President, and utters its complaint
in the following paragraph:
ave egret-deeply regret-the false position assumed
by the Administration in relation the existing revenue
laws Before the present Administration power
from The prominent prints and politician.
induced to believe that change was coniem-
plated 10y Col Polk and his immediate supporters the Ia
Tf OF 1912. Nay, more in common with brethren
at the Democratic press OF this State, endeayored
make others the belief and with what sue
part Of the political history Of the county
AT gathering the Democracy during the
memorable campaign of 1914, the tariff 1912 was
recognised among the orthodox raYing inscb-
ed the banners and peripatcc insisted and
with truth. that the country indebted this
great to Democratic votes Ii KNOWN
FRLsEST TIME that the electoral Of
Pennsylvania would HAVE Col Polk HAD NE
APPEARED BEFORE People THE *
IsTIws EEykNUE Others may change their ews on
Ihis subject fear interested motives but we
intend stand where have always stood up
the ulhlnent OF solemn pledges and 10 resist with
becoming energy, attempt thwart the wishes
sacrifice the interests of the people of this great
We speak within bounds when say that nine of
The citizens OF this Commonwealth opposed any al
teTaiOn modification in the tariH OF 1872"
Ii is too late however, now to murmur. The
fate OF the Tariff it TO be conceded, is seal.
ed, I'm despite Of the lamentations" of the Demo.
Gratis in Pennsylvania, ''or elsewhere"
They could be dupes and Victims md they are"
ror those who, like the editor of the Lam
caster Paper, ought TO have known the fate that
awaited them from the election Of Mr.. Polk, we
have sympathy. They may have been docei.
we'd in regard TO the real sentiments Of that gentle
man; but if they were, it was because 'they prefer.
red darkness rather than light" His whole pub.
lie career in Congress, and an active political
psrtzan after he ceased to DO a member of that
body, had given unvarying and unequivocal evil
deuccs Of his hostility to a Protective Tariff; and
intelligent men, who had it in their power TO make
themselves acquainted with his real opinions, can
find Justification, therefore, for their adherence
10 him, and for their efforts TO induce the less en-
lightened portion Of the people to sustain him, by
putting in plea Of ignorance, whether that plea
be real or affected. The body of the people, in.
deed, who deceived and misled by the de.
claratioDs of such men as Mr.. Buchanan, deserve
pity rather than censure; but they ought to hold
70 rigid accountability the unPrincipled politi-
cal mercenaries, who led them, " like sheep to
the SHAMELESS" and taught them to
Z" Lick the hand just rais'd TO shed their blood.
As we have above intmated, our accounts from
Washington prepare us to expect an essential mo.
dIlication Of the Tarif-perhaps to the full extent
demanded 10y the Administration. There is no
longer any doubt that the bill reported by the
Committee Of Ways and Means, with perhaps
some immateral notifications, will pass the House
of Representatives by a small majority and the
Senate, il is feared, WILL by "A still smaller major.
ity, concur with the House. We take occasion,
however, here TO repeat, what we have before re.
marked, that the passage Of this bill NIL not be a
redemption ef me- pledge giren 10 ME people 5y
ne party ~ poBcr. So far from il, their own bill
RECOGNIZES THE PRINCIPLE OF PRO.
lection to the fullest extent. Whatever ere.
alh they may be entitled to, therefore, for reduc.
ing the duties on some articles, while upon others
heretofore duty free such Tea and Coffee,
they levy tax, we shall not withhold from them ;
but, on the other hand, we shall hold them re-.
sponsble for all the evils that may fall upon tho
industrial interests Of the country from the repe
titon Of an experiment which has never been
tried heretofore without the most injurious conse.
qucnccs. And, above all, we shall not cease TO
hold them gp 10 tho country as yiolators Of the
very doctrine against which they so vehemently
doclaim, as The incarnation Of all that IL heretica
in principle and odious in Practice-we mean the
doctrine Of PROTECTION, which, we repeat
although solemny regulated and bitterly denounc-
al by them, nevertheless stands out prominently