New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-17
to the extent of your ability. YOu dare not
let the people understand and decide upon this
...;. .honnh ,.n,, rnn know that a Tariff

question, though you well know that Tarih
may be truly Protective without being high,
and that the amount of Revenue required
whether less or more, may be closely appro1l-
mated under either Free Trade or q Protect
i've Tariff. Twenty per cent. on Iron Tor
in ,ce. would unquestiOnably produce more
Re7enuo than ninety per cent, and yet thou
sands vote against Protection because they
consider il synonymous with an overdowlig
Treasury and extravagant expenditures. Bat
all your sophistry could not have defeated Us
had we been able to make distinct and uae-
ouivocal issue on the Tariff and obtained
vote thereon. But no we were beaten be-
cause our Immigrant Population were made to
believe Cen Scott and his supporters were
hostile to their rights as citizens, and because
the slave-holding and slavery-uphOldin5 inter
ests regarded US as more favorable TO tae Free
Soil cause than YOU were. These two qles-
tions-dread of Nativism and detestatlOn Of
Anti Slayery-beat us, and nothing besides.
All else was but as the popping of few pistols
TO the broadside of an Armada. Ii is sheer
hypocrisy, therefore-nay, il is rank dishonesty
for you to pretend that We were beaten on
the Tariff or any kindred question. And fyol
fatter yourself that you cal ring yourself or
any other Barnburner into the Cabinet by the
cuckoo song Of JeflersOnian principles Dem
ecratc Union 'JelersOnian standard &c.'
you will find yOurselfbitterl! mistaken.
Prince JoHS Vas buren, likewise held fOrtA
at this Union festival, and was received with
NOT many Kisses. He praised Pierce as Barn
burner should and was mean enough to re-
proach the Wing party with inileiity to Henry
Clay, when in fact no party was ever 50 de-
voted to leader as they to him, and none
ever made such superhuman excrtloas to
elevate an idozed chief to the Chief magls-
tracy. Mr.. Clay was hunted down by personal
defimation-by the calGmny Of Bargain and
Sale and by the most atrociOus attacks on
Lis private character We might quote from
the paper printed in this City by the Van Blu
rens' confidential implements the most infer
nal attacks on Mr.. Clay with respect to the
Cilley duel, &c-attacks which. even nov,
would very nearly subject their authors to per-
sona Establishments in our streets. BE- such
execrab!e viilainy Henry Clay was hunted
down by y0ur crOnies, John Van Buren, aud
now you reprOach the Wing party fOr not run
ming him more than thrce times for President,
when the poisonous tongues Of your hounds
had rendered his election impossible So Of
Webster, who was never popular enough to be
elected, and when You would have easily
beaten him in all but three or four States had
he been nominated last June. And no MAJ
would have pursued him with more untiring
ferocity than you, John Van Buren, had he
been the Wing candidate in the recent con-
test. Select, then, your own candidates, aud
don't trouble yourself with hypocritical cavils
at the selection of ours
But John thinks it high time that he took a
higher degree in DemOcracy'-that of Flibus.
tier. Hear him
He believed thft The country looked % the Demo.
cratic pory % prove mat the being an Am rcan citizen
would be passport 10 be free tnr0u lh0ut tn world
lie believed thar The people OF this country intended no
longer g. allow American citizens ike Mr. Thralhcr t.
s1nt to the geys Tor seven years He believed TINT
there was determination abroad that rican nlls
should be landed in Cuba he did not believe that here.
after 1t would be allowed th,t 6lly American citizens
should be muldefcd without Judge jury Utmost with
iu reach OF the United State"
Consider this citation in the light of fairness
and reason Mr.. Thrasher abandoned his M
tive land, and became resident aud an Editor
i'll Cuba. lie voluntarily reiinluished Ameri-
can Liberty for Spanish Despo;ism. While
there, he was accused of completely with those
conspiring TO overthrow tie GOyernmont,-a
charge TO which his subsequent conduct has
lent great probability. He was arrested, tried,
convicted, and sent TO Spanish prison Sup
pose he had been an Englishman, AMI had cho-
sen TO settle and become an Editor in Charles.
ton, S. c., where he had after nine years resi-
dence, been accused and convicted of tamper-
ing with the slaves VINO had conspred TO raise
arebelliOn, would his British citizenship shield
him from the consequences of his acts
How oGn men talk so reckessy and
especially, how can an ex-Attomey-Generall
Mr. Van Buren, predicts that, since Pierce is
elected, We shall no longer allow American
citizens to be sent to the galleys like Thrasher
or murdered like the followers of Lopez. He
says " there is determination that American
mails shall be landed in Cuba" What can the
man mean by such fustian Ii the Spanish
Government refuses to receive our Mails, what
can We justly do about it p Did we not close
our own ports by Embargo against nearly or
quite all the civilized world for years and did
any one ever contend Or imagine that we had
not perfect right to do so How shall we
make war on Spain for doing what she can only
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