New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-07

upon defeat. by veto or through ms iriends IN
Congress the organization OF the New ierHto-
ries. the fault will not be ours
All but the question IS believed 20 be rather
abstract tnsn practical. The more the shame to
you, then, " DO convuse and threaten 70 divide
the L Mon upon ii. II is 70 us very serious mat
ter that we should place ourselves OF record as
consentiDg to the Extension Of Slavery over terri
tories hitherto Free although Providence should
override the effort.
III. IN. af,,nSf ,ss not IN. d,,d ooaionss.
We should feel deeply guilty in the eyes Of the
Universe II We bat declared our Willingness that
Slavery might spread 70 the Pacific, though We
hoped all the time j, would not. But you, men Of
the South unless you have really determined 70
blacken New Mexico and California with Slavery.
why DO you crowd us Why do you fight os' II
you are really making this struggle from mere vii
fitness or PRIDE rely on it that you are pursuing
most Gnwise course, which may be fraught with
peril % Us all Consider and forbear
That Mr.. Poks exhibit Of the National Fl
nances is essentially unfair and deceptive, We
think il cannot be difficult 70 show even with 20
other data than bis Message supplies. The dullest
man in the community cannot well be ignorant
that in "a there great famine in Ireland
and general scarcity Of food throughout Europe,
caused By failure Of the harvest Of $40 On that
Continent, while our own was quite abundant.
OF course, great demand for our Grain and Meat
was created, and We exported a most extraord-
nary quantity at nearly or quite double the ordi-
nary prices. Our farmers not only, but
chants, shippers, and almost all classes Of our
{ mai uIafio in mar nd
imported very largely Of goods In return, swell
ing the Treasury receipts for the last fiscal year
ending June 80, IS4s,l yet making large draft
beside on the precious metals Of Europe, especially
Of Great Britain. Now that Mr. Polk should claim
the excess Of revenue thus obtained as the natural
product OF the Tariff Of - is no, very amazing for
hun, though we hope not often 70 have Presidents
who would stoop TO such a trick but when he pro
ceeds 70 sssimilste this with former instances Of
revulsion IN Europe, which affected sympathet
cally the Currency and Business OF this country,
and to plume himself and glorify the Sub Treasury
on the strength Of the fact that we were not in
volved IN the late European embauassments, We
feel that even his habtua reliance the credulity
Of his disciples must have been stretched too far
For do but consider that in the former instances Of
European reyulsion the same elements OF disaster
existed both sides of the water. but in this
case the European loss our abundant gam
the Old Worlds keen necessity was our msgnh |
cent opportunity. How could II, then have in |
volved us in bankruptcy Suppose one Of two |
neighbos were required 70 pay the other ten |
thousand dollars where he had expected and been |
expected to pay but five, pressing the debtor to
the verge of ruin, AID third should step in to |
say to the receiver my good fellow il is
great wonder that B. pinch did not cripple you,
as It did when you were endorser for the same
man twenty years sgo-It would certainly have
flung YOU but for my new whIrlisis in my barn
door he would he talking quite sensibly as
Mr.. Polk in the under consideration.
II is delightful to note what sautary horror
our seistyled Democracy have OF National
Debt Every year we have homily on the evils
Of such Debt and the necessity Of paying it of
prompty-almost every year we have the old cal
umny newly insinusted that their adversares
desire the creation, and expansion, and perpetus.
ton Of such a Debt. But what debt save the
Revolutionary has the country ever owed that
has moi been incurred or necesstated by this
same Pharsecal Democracy We submit that
debt or stop csnting much about the duty Of
keeping out
OF Mr. Polks elaborate pettifoggery in favor
OF his idea OF the true nature and office of the Veto
Power, we will say never a word-the People
have sufficiently answered it in the election OF his
successor But OF his mslevolent abuse Of the
Anerican System and It's founders we will make
room To say Just this-that we thank him for weld.
log the several parts together by process OF
soning which We are willing TO accept a conclu-
sve Hitherto the Pennsy lvania Loco-Foco with
such other as found it convenient to be or profess
70 be favorable TO Protection. would Join with the
loudest in vociierstng curses on National Bank
as the very incarnation OF arstocratic Whiggery
execrate both Bank and Tariff, but declare himself
even with the foremost in his zeal for River aud
Hsrbor Improvements. Mr.. Polk pitches all these
weak brethren into the Bank boat, and sends
them over the dam together. Messns. Cameron.
Wentw worth. etc. look to It If You have sueh, TO
say why you should not be communicated from
the Democratic fold MS no better than Federal
Bank Wings, say on
Ii strikes US that Mr.. Polk, III burrowing among
the Madison papers tor partisan weapons, has un-
tesignedly exhumed very strong collateral tes-
iimony to the Constitationaty O! a National Bank.
Gen. w ashington il sppears. who had so recently
presided over the Convention which framed the
ederal Constitution, was called upon 10 approve 7
Or veto the bill chartering the hrs, National Bank
He had thus lar kept entirely alooi aud uncommit ;
ted. while his own State and nearly the entire d
South, lin good part because OF It's location in
Northern City had taken ground warmly against
The Bank Gen. Washington retained the bin to b
The last hour allowed him. took the opinions OF hls
Secretary Of state, Secretary OF the Treasury and
Attorney General upon 1t, and called on Mr.. Mad +,
'on, who led the opposition IN Congress to draw =
up Veto Message for his consideration. After
having carefully considered all these papers, with
III the lights reflected on the subject from other
quarters, Gen. Washington made up ms iuigmen, =,
Ind signed the bill. How could any mans opinion +,
rave weigh, on this question, if tins should not Il
nave .