Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-03-31
~ The Boston Chronotrne in ronl,. &c

there may be compromise on the subject
of the tariff, &C., without any compromise
of moral principle, very justly remarks:
Now we would not give much for pol
tics that arc not based on moral principle.
To us, Free Trade and Direct Taxation are
based on the principle of Justice-whch
we believe Is 4 moral One-and tariff ell
thef Tor revenue or protection is as totally
ana unaVoidabIy unjust as any sort of theft.
or cXtorlion Now we do not DENY that
there may exist, here and there. a man
whose brains are obluscated with the tariff
| doctrine. who may, for special reasons. and
! the want OF Il better candidate, deserve our
suffrage; but a party founded either on be-
J lei III tariff, or a neutrality towards it., as 4
! thing which involves no moral principle de-
serves nothing but Reproduction. 1t is found
| ed not on truth. bat on sham and humbur.
10 compromise with it is to exchange solid
! rock for qnagmires as foundation'for polit-
lcal operations. The very principle of
tariff, whether for revenue or protection, is
! that OF governing the many for The benefit of
the lew. There is no honesty in it. 1t is
sly way Of getting ut the peoples money
that you--the wire pullcr and governor
may use ii the more freely. party foun-
dcd on one humbug, or winking kindly at
one, cannot be expected to do any THING
eHectual against another. The conscience
W hIgs are all privately in favor of free trade,
opposed to banks, opposed TO MONOPOLY
why III the name Of manhood don't they
come out nj once and trust themselves tothe
harmony of truth.
The PRoyIso--Thc New York EVENING
Post asserts thatthc late convention in Penn
sylvania would have passed the WiImot
Provlso had it been brought before il. Il
adds, pennsylvania will soon be ready TO
stand shoulder to shoulder with New York.
ne more the great principal is discussed,
the more converts 1t obtains. Mr. WImot
vas received with a burst of enlhusias m
which utterly eXtingushed the office holders
and conservatives Chicago Democrat.
.2mcrjcml Board Of Foreign .NSsions.
-Thc missionary receipts for the month
of February were 50 1000. an increase of
$1,000, as compared with February 1877.
I)urldg the last seven months SISg.OOO
have been received by the society, an in
crease of $4,000 over the receipts of the
corresponding month Of 1867.
The New York Sun saws: "Anv one
who looks at Horace Grccly's boots and
moechcs could have no doubt that he is in
favor OF claY and no friend OF i0iior,'
TouHc&s Co,poya'joa.--It ia said the
Hartford and New Haven Railroad Com
pany not only charged the committee sent
on with the corpse Of Mr. ApAAs, lhc rrg-
uIar fare. from New York, but actually
charged light on The corpse Itself
+ hnH"chy.-Ilou. i.vnn Boyd has re-
cciNcd the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor, and Gee. ". Johnson ior Lieut..
Governor Of Kentucky.
The fashionable rendering Of the quota
ton " don't hoIIcr until YOU re out of the
woods i never vocilerate until YOU are
beyond the precincts of the forest"
An old bachelor having been laughed at
by a party pretty girls, told them:
F." ! on are small potatoes"
" We may be-" cried enc Of them " but
We are street. Oacs!"
lave You the Ia,a Of the last MINSTREL
sand a city Miss addressing a Young man
who stood behind the counter of country
store not many miles from Worcester.
" No, we havcn'tanv ofthcm kind, sand
The obIIgng clerk, "bul wrhavc rood fresh
hfn $ eggs that we can Wagrcnl were hid
ioSt rCCh.
F1tch hi>$in@.-'Fhc Evening Express
.oi March l3lh says, " 1t IS calculated that
tut 5000 ladies' kissed or shook hands with
Mr. CLAT IN The course Of two hours"
This was at tic rate of 1873 per minute! or
= few over Two per second
On the contemplated Railroad between
Troy and Boston, there will have TO be tun-
net four miles long. III c most extensive
stretch OF dismal to be found in the world.
The Ocean Steam Navigation Company
have determined that when hereafter, the
: 'tII day otthc month falls on Sunday, their
lhcr steamers shall sail on the 2Igt.
The largest forest set apart for red deer
winch exists in Scotland, is the forests of
AlhoII, where 100000 English acres arc
gwen up to lhcm.
1t is said that Ab-dcl-Kadcr. bccuilcs the
time OF his captivity at TouIon bv having
the history Of the campaigns of Napoleon
translated to him by VI. Rosscau, his inter
prefer.
The governor Of Massachusetts has an
pointed Monday, the Sd day of April next.
for the choice Of a member of the 20th con-
grcs$. in district No. s, in place Of The Hon.
Holm Quincy Adams. deceased.
The London Daily News says there is
an understanding between Prcsidcn Polk
and Chrisbntina of Spain upon the subject
OF selling Cuba 10 the United States
The Speaker Of the House in the Texas
Legislature, announced petition from the
cltizena Of Henderson nounly PRAYING the
Legislature to pass an act, prohibiting the
citizens Of sand county from wearing beard
on the upper lip, over one inch in length"
Read and referred TO the committee on the
Peniicniary.
The proposed amendment 10 the Constitu-
ton Of Mississippi, prohibiting the LcgsIa-
ture from Incorporating banks, has been
adopted by vote of the people at the late