Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-08-20
THE TRUE ISSUE.

lie De1kS COuu'y JOuIhai thio"S VIC ioHo"-
ing banner TO The breeze:
THE ISSUE IN OCTOBER NEXT:
James M. Power VIM. B. Foster
AND THE AND THE
Wing Tariff of AZ. British Tariff f46.
People of Pennsylvania, here is the issue
fairly stated The election of JAS. M. POW
Err, will be regarded all over The Union as ev
idence not TO be misunderstood, that PENN
lSYLVANIA is not to be FRUSTRATED IN
THE DUST or her honest voters CHEATED
AND HUMBUGGED with impunity---w hile
every vote poIled for WIN. B. FOSTER will be
deemed an expression in favor Of FREE TRADE
and The BRITISH TARIFF Of 1916.
This is the true issue. JAMES NJ. Power,
the Wing candidate, is the true Tariff candid
ale. He is known TO be Tariff man--.a Fro.
tective Tariff man. land should be, and We trust,
will be voted for by all the free and independ.
ent voters of Pennsylvania, who are sincere in
their profession OF friendship for the Tariff, and
who desire repeal Of The odious BRITISH
TARIFF Law lately forced upon the country by
The Locofoco party. through the most oura-
geous fraud aud lreachery sha, ever disgraced
the annals of American legislation.
WILLIAM B. FOSTER, on the other hand, no;
only is the candidate Of the party ,ha, has CON-
mls,ed this wrong upon Pennsylvania, and
reared The Free Trade standard, bu, he is
known to be an avowed FREE TRADE MAN.
as much so as Mr. WILMoT Of this state. who
voted in Congress for the British bill, and prob
ably as much so as Mr.. Secretary WALKER or
James X. Polk himself. This is well known
10 all who are acquainted with Mr.. Foster, and
are familiar with his sentiments, and should be
suficien. TO deter every true friend of protec.
lion from voting for him.
|, is argued by the Locofoco presses and
leaders, ,ha, this question should not be brought
to bear upon this eleciion...,hal i. has no con-
nec,ion with it. &c. This is all gammon. This
election has direct bearing upon the question,
and The result Of it will be so regarded both al
home and abroad. If Foster be reelected, il
will be heralded forth as Free Trade triumph,
and The launl Of the insolenl SEWER OF the Sen
ate, iha, Pennsylvania nigh. be ground TO the
dust by the party they pleased, still she ,uould
cote as she ever did !, would be ierated and re-
ieraled again and again, and insult would be
heaped upon injury. But let the freemen OF
Pennsylvania now arouse from their lethergy.-.
throw of the yoke of party in which they have
been held as in bonds of iron, and assert theiI
rights, BY voting against the Free Trade can
dida,e for Canal Commissioner. II they do this
as we firmly believe they are prepared 10 do
! the powers that be will be made 10 tremble and
pause in their mad career. Let them show
,ha, the people Of Pennsylvania canno. be in
suited and wronged with impun,y, and hel
voice will hereafter be treated with more con
sideration and respect. They owe it 10 them
selves, a, this frs, election, TO visi, upon ,hei
be,rsyers The punishmen, they so justly deserv'
for the gross fraud prsc,iced upon hem in 1914
and we trust and believe they will do it. LIE
The issue be KEEP. dis'ic.ly before The people:
POWER FOSTER
and and
PROTECTIVE TARIFF. | BRIrIsH FREE TRADE
Harrisburg InteHigencer.