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THE CECIL WING.
EEK TOW, FED.
Saturday December 9 1913.

W tdi'Sudy HlOIhihS we ll!i DPiDTe our
readers the fourth and last annual mes
sage Of President Polk. Descending from
the Original scope and design Of
such official papers to declamatorv
party harqncna, filled with the essence
OF all the rdn,ings Of locofcco orators du-
ring the last twenty years, the message
is worthy enough Of dcmasocue, but
discrrditabie to a President. Drnounc-
lag III uulneasured terms most Of the
principles Of the party to which we are
attached and charging directly upon its
leaders, that they have been and are.
rndeavor!ng to institute system Of pub
lie policy s'!bvcrslye Of the pros peritv
Of this counirv, and dangerous to the
interests and liberties Of the people, and
instead of allowing Chem The advantage
Of all alleged lack oEjudg'nent or a blind
ness as Statesmen. asserting that they
~i'tnlly and knowingly are endcayoring
TO injure, to paralyze and destroy the
success and greatness ofthc nation, there
might have been an excuse for a whig
paper 10 have passed this message by
with contempt but there is something
of respect, perhaps, dnr, even to such
paper, from such source: and as the
whis party bases IFS hopes OF success
upon the intelligence Of The people, ard
prnsperS IN proportion to the attention
paid by the masses to public all'lrs, we
gladly laid it before our readers at an
early hour, that they might examine it
carefully in all its details; not doubling
but they will appreciate the motive ofthe
President IN clandestnciy spreading over
the country, under cover of an official
state paper, 50 much ultra rartizan RI
badry, which has been promulgated
again and again IN every county in the
union by locofoco stump speakers, AID
as often met and ovelthrown by VIII.
papers and whig orators.
We shall not attempt a general COM
mtntary on the document. The Presi-
dent complains that too little praise has
been awarded to the officers at Wash
lng,on Tor The success of the war with
Mexico. The country, no doubt, is in.
debtcd for the glory Of Burna Vista to
the pass he gave Santa Anna, and he is
welcome TO all the credit Of that, but it
has long ago been settled that TAYLOR was
deprived Of his regulars, and almost de
serted by his government when he
achieved that most brilliant of all victo-
rlrs.
The message is directly opposed to the
protective policy, although MIR. Polk
was elected on the strength ofbping tar
if man. He .pounccsupon the dead car
cass of the United States bank, and pun
n.eIs it furious'y-the whole of which
''to-do,' is gratuitous and uncalled for
He apologises Tor Washington, for sign
ing a bank charter-poor, old, weak
man. that he was, he didn't know any
better, not having the modern lights OF
TO guide him. He is opposed
to all Internal improvements by the
and defends the veto DOW
er with all the arguments ever used in
favor oft. Upon some ofthese points
it is direct issue between the people
and the Presi dent, but the former have
the advantage, and have decided for a
tariff favorable to our own workmen, and
against the abuse OF the veto power
We have not space to devote more re-
marks to-day 10 the message. II is vet
TO be Examined critically, and our read.
crs shall have the benefit of !he result.
REFoRM.- correspondent "Crom
weIl'ls informed .hat we will gladly re
ceiYe communica'icns on the subject o. Re
form. He is right in saying tina, the wings
have been be ilrr friends of reform than the
locofocos, faction rather than words, he ia
ken as evidence. We shall hope 10 hear
from him soon.
GIVE acknowledge the receipt Of
several valuable communications from
g Rambler ,"-one of oul ablcst cores
pondents, for which we tender our
thanks.