Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-10-04
The Issne,

issues pending decided, so far as Pennsyl-
vania is concerned. The great principle
/ TO be decided is that of Tariff which
| will give us protection sufficient to restore
our dropping iron works and manufactures
10 at least living profits with fair wages to
the laborer. The Wings believe that in
this country there IS intelligence, energy,
industry, and capital enough if allowed
scope, TO make US independent of all for
eign countries in the manufacture of all
articles essential to our comiort-and that
we ought not 10 be dependent for any man
ufactured articles whatever. But especi-
ally, we believe 10 keep us dependent upon
Europe for articles essential i'll time Of
war, is suicidal. Iron is an article OF this
kind. We have all the material-and it
can be produced in Pennsylvania in abun-
dance-and would be, were it not for the
pauper labor of Europe. Why should
not our laborers be protected, so as to enable
us to manufacture Iron, and be independent
of any foreign country whatever? 1t ap-
pears to us that the wisdom of our policy,
in opposition to the locofoco doctrine of
Free Trade, is too plain for argument. Il
cannot be decided but in one way.
If, then, our principles are right, why
should not men be selected 10 carry them
out! In this district the whig candidate
is a man Of unquestioncd ability and high
character, who can and will command as
much respect and influence as any one
who could be sent there. For the State
Offices, it is rarely that any party has an
opportunity to vote for such men as JO-
SEPH HENDERSON, JOSHUADUN-
| GAN, and HENRY W. SNYDER. They
are men right from the ranks of the peo-
/ pie, and are selected solely on account of
their peculiar fitness for the respective Off
| ces for which they are nominated. Neilh-
! er Of them have been ofice-scekers have
never been known as ihrusiing themselves
/ forward on any occasion; and all of them
are men Of character, standing, and re-
/ spectabiIity in society. This cannot be
said at least, of all their opponents.
/ The first rally then should be for the
| Congress, and then for the State ticket
a united front should be maintained for the
Wing candidates on these tickets and no
personal considerations should prevent ev-
cry vote from being given for the candi-
dates as they stand. In 10 other way can
the Tariff doctrines of the whig party be
carried out.
Remember, then, that in supporting
DIR. M'CULLOCH, you are upholding
the doctrine advocated by the fathers of
this Republic and long line OF the states
men who have filled the Presidential chair.
while every vote given for Andrew Parker
will be hailed by the free traders of this
country and the lords and ladies of Eng
land as 4 vote further to enrich them and
their manufacturers. That is the issue,
and the true one TO be decided on Tues
day next.
~ Oar neighbors "last cards" are
made up Of medley of political matter,
among which Stand by your Ticket"
Good News" The Tariff, ." Governor
Johnston" Astounding Disclosures"
d" Getting Desperate" &C., are most con-
spicuous. Like many quack pills, these
paragraphs, if they do no good will not do
any harm. hence we are disposed to let
them pass for what they arc worth. In
. another paragraph the Democrat alleges
that if we are taken at our word the demo-
Gratis must be a set OF cheats and swindlers.
/ 1t does not follow because q few men resort
! to trickcry and deception that whole party
/ sgulty-nor has any one said so or thought
so. The Gazette has pointed out for weeks
that the locofoco nominations were not
made according to usage, right, or justice,
and in doing so has stigmatized the act as
the result of trickery, fraud, swindling, or
whatever people choose to call it. If the
democracy see proper to endorse these
nominations at the balot-box, and thus
encourage few to dictate for whom the
many are TO vote, we have no fault to find,
and shall be very far from thinking them
either cheats or swindlers, because they
have an undoubted right to vote for either
Tom, Dick, or Harry, if they see proper
to do so. But if they aoW do so, and thus
endorse what hundreds allege IS wrong.
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