Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-01
"oBsoLErE or IMM.TEni,L ISSUES.


Tho subject of the Compromise and the
position of the two leading parties of the
country ard of their respective candidates, 10
reference to it and the Slavery question in
general, having acquired. from particular cir
eumstances connected with the purposes and
organizatiou Of those parties the most yrom
ineat importance 10 the pending canvass,
little IS said on either side, upon the old but
still distinct issues between them Wcrcfcr
1inIiG Land Distribution and In.
HIcn' questions. They have
I57dlIate in the discussions Of the
- agd the Hastings but have lost none
of their interest II comparative silence is
Observed because the argument is exhausted.
it is mot the less certain, that the lines Of dis
tioetion between the parties, as to the wise
policy to be observed 10 relation to them, are
broad aud deep aud that the views Of one or
the other wIl predomiaate in tue aduiustra-
ton Of he : Government as may be the result
of the approaching election
On the one hand, as to the Tariff the
Wings in their Platform, announce their adj
voeaey Of Protection, within Tie limits of an
aggregate amount Of Revenue sufficient for the
economical administrations Of tho Government,
as leading feature in the imposition Of the
dates in detsil--whle the Democrats in the
Platform adopted ly them, declare their Oft
repeated eieel- wlieh cn,bodies false ar.
gument while ii states proposition--to be,
that one interest should not be encouraged
TO the detriment of another the meaning Of
which is that, II the manufacturer is protec
ted the agriculturalist is injured The Nir.
ena Abstractolists, in their Conventions
state it more definitely, when they say, that
in laying the duties the proper policy is t.
discriminate ageiaSt pro,cctjon.' True
the Democracy occasionally does homage t,
tie Wig doctrine in a measure-as in tina
deisctable phrase Of incidental protection -
employed in the letter Of Polk to Kane, whicl
made fool Of Pennsylvania in 1914, an(
crushed Henry Clay--and which has, in thu
quarter, been summoned from the oblivion o
past duplieity. assin to lure the unthinkins
from tie steadlast support Of :hc Protective
policy. Established in power, the countr,
receives nothing at the hands of the pcmoc
racv, however, but Tariff. that ssuihiatc,
many Of its most important interests, anC
which dePriyes it of the GROWING prosperity
that would accompany, as lis band maid tn,
bepedrent Influences of Protection.
The Public Lands, The Wing party claims
shaA be distributed. in order to prevent thei
absorption By the States and interests Of III,
regions IN which they lie. Accordingly
within the last month or too Bill passed
tie House ef Representatives. making 1
partial distribution which was opposed b,
three Hhig ootcS only and by about nne,y
Democratic rotes. The Two parties were
srraycd against each other as far as the,
coald possibly be upon such question, IN.
velviog as It docs sectional interests
The Improvement of Pirers and Harbor.
embraced within the category of genera
system, as much as any other specific I'm
proYomept-rceeivcs ;he support oftbc Viii.
party and Is encountered by Democratic hos,
iiiity, as far as upon such a subject, likewis,
local and sectional parties could be divided
Thus. both the Platforms of the parties
aid the course Of legislative action for some