The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-25

the Keystone State is lifted in its support" Now,
by whom is it claimed that the political contest
wagng in this State turns upon the tariff question?
BY the Democrats No-but by the Wing partisans
and the Wing newspapers They have seized with
avidity the mistake that has been committed by
these petty politicians of the Democratic party, and
seek TO represent the tariff the great question to
be decided in the coming elections Conscious Of
the weakness of the Wing cause knowing that
upon its own merits Whiggism could not be sus-
tained-they take hold of a question having no
aton to politics, and put that forward the main
issue. They may succeed by means of this artifce
in catching some Democratic votes, but feel con-
fdent that the mass of population will support
the of Democracy and protection upon their
respective merits alone, and despise the of de-
signing politicians of either party.
1t argues badly for any cause when it cannot be
sustained upon its proper merits. Why not permit
the truth, the justice, and the grandeur of Wing
principles to vindcate themselves? Tell us, editor
of the Washington Republic, are you ashamed of
the faith which you profess Why raise a false is
sue, since, if your be the true one it pre-
vail? All. ''there is something rotten in the State
of Denmark Were Whiggery what it is repre-
scented 10 be, the ''true faith there would be no
occasion to have recourse TO such means these to
sustain it.
What says the ex-official organ to these
signs of rebellion Does it, OF not, look
like dissolution of the Democracy as
national party! Here is the Union day by
day reading lectures and lessons of two or
three columns in favor of the tariff of 1916;
treating it as above all others the party test;
abusing the Pennsylvanians for their "pig-
iron tricks" and threatening them, if they
do not make less clamor for better duties
on coal and iron, the free-trade party in
Congress will reduce the duties, which are
already too high There is the Pittsburg
Mercury, with precisely the same right to
speak for the Democratic party that the
Union has, declaring the resolutions of their
State Democratic conventions of 'sno force"
except on the subject they were especially
called to consider" and declaring that
the all-absorbing question of the tariff has
"No RELATION TO POLITICS." Was the
Baltimore convention of 1S4S especially
called" to consider any other question than
that of selecting a candidate for the Presi-
dency' If not, then all its proceedings
are of g no force" except the nomination
of General CAss. What, then, becomes
of the platform of the Democratic party'
The tariff "has no relation to politics.
And yet Pennsylvania was carried in 1874
by the cry of "Polk, Dallas, and the Tariff
of 1912" 1t was carried in 1S48 by the
WHIGs, in consequence of the disgust of
the people at the tariff frauds of 1914, and
to show the determination of the State to
get rid of the odious and oppressive fea-
lures of the tariff of 1916. The State
convention stakes all the interests and
prospects of the Democratic party, in this
very pending election, on their resolutions
approving the tariff of 1916; and these
Locofoco editors have the audacity to as
sure the people that this matter of the tar
if has "No RELATION TO POLITICS." and
that it was "mistake of petty politicians"
| to have any thing to say about 1t in conven-
| ton. The Democratic party of Pennsylva-
MIA, through the resolutions of their conven-
ton, are pledged to the tariff of 1916, as
deeply as the Democratic party of the Union
were pledged to it by that resolution of the
Baltimore convention which declared that
"the fruits of the great political triumph
which elected JAMES X. Polk and
GEORGE NJ. DALLAS President and Vice
President of the United States have full
filled the hopes of the Democracy of the
| Union-IN THE NOBLE IMPULSE GIVEN
TO THE CAUSE OF FREE TRADE BY THE
REPEAL OF THE TARIFF OF 1912, AND
THE CREATION OF THE MORE EQUAL,
HONEST, AND PRODUCTIVE TARIFF OF
1916; and. that, in our opinion, it would
be fatal error to weaken the bonds of
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION BY WHICH these
grand reforms have been achieved.n
The repeal of the tariff of 1912 was the
result of "political organzation''-and vet
this tariff question has "no relation to poll
tics" The Pennsylvania delegates in
the Baltimore convention voted for these
very resolutions, in which the tariff of
1916 was made democratic principle
and yet it has no "relation TO politics. -
This tariff Of lS46-the Democrats of
Pennsylvania themselves say-shuts UP
their coal-pits, destroys their business, and
beggars their families and yet, forsooth,
1t "HAs NO RELATION TO PoLITIcsp'
And yet the Baltimore convention-the
Pennsylvania convention-and the "sole
organ of the Democratic party" at the
seat Of the Federal Government, make IL
the great political test Of the day; and the
people of Pennsylvania will find that they
have been made the dupes of another
"Polk and Dallas" fraud, if they suffer
their political influence and authority to be
invoked in opposition to General TAYLOR,