New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-24
build him a platform after his own heart
So here goes

So here goes
ORR PLATFORM
l. As to The TariF:-Duties on Imports
Specific 20 far as prac tcabe, afOTdng ample Pro-
lection to undeveloped or peculiarly exposed
branches of our National Industry, and adequate
Revenue for the support Of the Government and
the payment of its debts. Low Duties, as n gem
era rule on rude, bulky staples, whereof the cost
of alton is Of itself equivalent to heavy
impost, and high duties on SUCH Fabrics, Wares,
&C. as come into depr, ssing competition with our
own depre ,sed infantile or endangered pursuits.
ii. Asto National Works Liberal Appro-
priatiens yearly for the improvement of Rivers
end Harbors, and such emnently National enter
prises as the Saul st. Marie Canal and the Pacific
Railroad from the Mississippi. Cut down the ex-
penditures for Forts, Ships, Troops and warlike
en- Emery Of all kinds, an add largely to those for
works which do not perish in the using but
wllremsin for ages to benefit our People strength
en- the Union, and contribute far more to the Ma
tional Defense than the costly machinery Of War
ever could
Ill. As to Foreign Policy - Do unto others
[the weak and oppressed as well as the powerful
and mighty as we would have them do unto u.s.
No shutting, no evasion Of duties nor sinking re-
sponsibities, but firm front to despots, prompt
rebuke TO every outrage on the Law of Nations,
and generous, active sympathy with the victims
of tyranny and usurpatien.
w. As to SLarery NO interference BY Con-
gress with its existence in any Slave State, but
firm and vigant resistance to its legalization in
any National Territory or the acquisition Of any
al
perpetual protest against the hunting of Fugitive
Slaves in Free States as an irresistible cause of
agitation, i'll feeling and alienation between the
North and the South A firm, earnest, inaexible
testimony in common with the whole non-slave
holding Christian world, that Human Slavery,
though legally protected, is morally wrong, and
ought to be speedily terminated.
V. As to State Rigkts:-MOre regard for and
less cant about them.
W. As to the Presidential Contest WIN
FIELD ScoTT fer President, and WILLIAM A. GRA-
HAM for Vice. PresdeRt-th to think and act for
themselves, not as standing on our Platform, but
as honest, faithful, patriotic Wings, whom we
would not bully into our way of thinking if we
could and of whom we only ask that they shall
act as their own unbiased judgments, conscisnces
and principles shall dictate.
VII. OYE PRESIDENTIAL TERM, and no man a
candidate for any Office while welding the vast
patronage Of the National Executive.
VIII. reform IN CONGRESS Payment by the
Session, with rigorous deduction for each days
absence, and a reduction and Strengthening of
Mileage. We would suggest $4,000 compensation
for the first Tor long) and 81 goo for the second Tor
shcrt Session. with ten cents per mile for travel
ing (by bee-liae) to and from Washington.
Such, Sir reader, is our Platform. Per-
baps you don't entirely like it Well, then,
make one of your own! 1t is not our duty
to think for you; it is yours to think for
YOURSELF If any of our plank' suit you,
take it in welcome; and add it to any you
deem worthy in either Baltimore Platform.
But don't swallow any one because some
body else made it, nor yet because some
body threatens if you don't to vote against
Scott Think your own thoughts and live
your own life--for thus only do you real
ly think or live at all.