Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-10
From the P~hiicddphid Chronicle.
TIE TAklFF-OUR DUTY-li0ME
LEAGUES

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LEAGUES.
Iothc Editor OF The Daily ChroRicle.-Thc
Tariff oil 1912 is no more! The bill
oi nominations, the black Tariff of 1916, is
now the law OF the land-ani poor Pennsyl-
yauia will . mourn i'm dust aud ashes the
practical working oi a bill concoc,ed by one
ot her WI sons. No less humiliating will
be the recollection, that oiicrs-'nen OF mark
be traycd her into the hands OF the Philis.
tines ia lSii-sDd that ia the hour ot trial,
%anotbcr, upon whom She la,isled her highest
honors, struck the parricidal blow! Myriods
OF those who shouted Polk, Dallas anl the
Tariff OF ~" will soon be deprived OF bread
under the suicidal misrule ot these better
friends of the Tariff while the Plaquemine
President will lavish untold millions upon
MS war with Mcxico, suhjugatc the ireemen
OF the North TO the dic,ation of the South aud
reduce them at her nod. to that level which
Mr.. Sewer assigns to all who labor. Thus. by
the treason ot Pennsylvania Politicians, and
at the behest oi the Baltimore Convention
a power unknown to the Constitution or laws
al our enraged country-our forge and fur
mace fires are To b. cxtinguished-our coal
mines dcserted-our looms stand idle-and
our commerce, lourishing under the b nign
provisions of the tariff oi 1912, ru,hlessly s-
criiced in exchanged for a barren aud worth
less mocity at Oregon. Nor is this all-our
artisans are coolly told that an additional fifty
millions oi foreign merchandise mus, be aunu-
ally imported TO supplant them in the home
market. AS we now find il nccd,ul TO export
all the staples we can raise, To pay our present
imports, Ito say nothing of a foreign debt of
nearly two millions) the stock o~fspecie accu-
inulated under wing legislation, must soon
be exhausted, and scenes OF dcstitutiou in a
land OF plenty, aud private ruin and State re-
pudiation be- again cnectcd.
With such consequences OF Democratic
policy staring us in the face, what is the course
OF duty? Happily, the patriots of the Revo-
luton have left MS the legacy of their bright
example. When Britain passed her stamp
act in l765, upwards OF 400 OF the first citizens
OF Philadelphia signed a solemn pledge not to
import or consume British goods until the OBJ
~noxious bill was repealed. In 1913 they
threw her tea into the oceas, and during the
fearful struggle. our noble matrons clothed
themselves and their families in the fabrics
manufacturer by their own native skill and
industry. Let their example be hallowed in
the eyes of every good friend OF the Tariff of
AZ; aud while we cheer our Ingenious ~nr,izans
BY the assurance that we will erciusirciy pat
ronize home Industry, we shall at least check
the drain OF precious metals, and aid in pre-
venting the arrangement of our currency. Let
Us lose no time in forming Home Leagues,
pledged To abstain, as FAR as possible, from all
foreign articles, and 10 Clothe ourselves entire
y III American fabrics, until our corrupt ru-
lers cease To make wal upon the dearest right
of the poor mau-the right To labor and TO live.
lie permitted himself to he deluded and be-
trayed IN lSll by the most stupcndous frauds,
and by the most unbIushimg ialsehoods. Let
him now be able To recognize his true friends
by their Amoricdn uniform, and he will be
less likely 10 be cheated again. This policy
! strongly recommended a few years since.
Had il then been generally adopted, our be-
loved country would probably have escaped
the ruin and disgrace brought upon us by the
spoils party.
In such a holy struggle for our affairs and
iircsidcs, we shall find a warm response in
the most influential quarter. In such a pa
triotlc effort To save the Union from a rccur-
renee OF the sad spcctacles vet fresh in the re-
mcinDrancc OF us all, we may frarle>sly appeal
10 the ironlon ~ america. They will not dis
honor the noble matrons ol the evolution
thousands will cheerluily forgo the use of
foreign fabrics; and by rendering those of our
own native industry dear in the eyes of their
sons and brothers, foil the base compact by
which the honor aud happiness ol a now pros
porous country are To- he bartcrcd away for
the spoils of Office, and the Union drlugcd
with the panper labor OF Europe-senl hitler
10 enrich the millionaire Pccls. Cobdcns and
Crawscys of Bdtaiu-beggar America and to-
a5rrHg into disgrace that republicauism which
lbe crowned heads OF Europe have 50 long
sought TO destroy or dishonor. T.. e.
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