The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-10-07

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DEMOCRAT.
Hon. John M. Read and the Tariff of 1912
At meeting held September %, 1858
of the Committee of Correspondence, ap
pointed under the resolutions of meet
ing, on the l5th ol'June last, of the friends
Of Protection to Dorestic Industry. IRE,
spective of party, the following Preamble
and Resolution were adopted:
WHEREAS Secret Circulars have been
sent to various parts of the State, as>um
ing the guise of friendship to the great
measure of Protection, aud asserting that
the Hon JOAN NJ READ, now candidate
for Jud scship of the Supreme Court, had
in the year 1923, in the Legislature of
the State, voted against Professionalism at
he had in the month Of July, ls46. sign
ed letter to Mr.. Dallas, consratulating
him on his casting vote in favor OF the
Tariff Of that year-and, generally, that
be had been, and still continues to be,
adverse to the Protection of American
Labor; anl,
WHEREAS. The opinions of Mr.. Read
in favor of Free Trad, thirty-fye years
since, were held by him then, in common
with Daniel Webster, and thousands of
others. many of whom have since been
distinguished for their advocacy of pro.
tective measures experience having
tau zht them, a it has taught him, the
destructive effects of the Free trade poll
cy: aud,
WHEREAS. The assertion in relation
TO the letter addressed to Mr.. Dallas is
utterly untruc-it. falseboOd having been
clearly exposed in an editorial of the
North AasericaH. a copy OF which is here
to annexed: Therefore,
Resolcea, That we hold JOHN NJ. READ
to be decided and earnest friend to
Protection to Home Labor, and, as such,
eutitled to claim the votes of those of his
fellow citizens who advocate that policy;
and that We, therefore, cordially recon-
mend him to the support Of all who de-
sire a revision of the Tariff.
HENRY G. CAREY,
JAMES MILLIKEN,
WILLIAM D. LEWIS,
G. n. ECKERT.
JOHN w. ONEILL,
WILLIAM ELDER,
THOMAS BALCH,
Committee.
We fad tho following important state
meut la the North Amertcan of Tuesday
morning:
On the I4th of July last, John NJ
Read, of the city of Philadelphia, was u
unanimously nominated by the Peoples
Convention, assembled at Harrisburg, for
the Office Of Judge OF the Supreme Court
The convention passed the following reSo
lution: "Resolrcd, That :he revenue
necessary for judicioas and economical
administration OF the eogernnent, should
be raised by the Imposition Of duties upon
foreiSu import, and in laying them such
discriminating protection should be given
as will secure the rights of free labor aud
American lnlu-tryi' which resolution wa
approved By Mr. Read in his letter ac
cepting the nomination.
Some weeks ago we received letter
from friend 10 the interior. stating that
Mr.. Read had signed letter to Mr. Dal !
las, coDGratuatiug him for having voted
for The tariff Of lo4G. Since then the
same assertion has been IA ade iu an edito
rial of the Lancaster IAteLigencer of the
2ist inst, aud III other papers, and We
have beeu informed that secret circulars,
coure ying the sauc Information, have
been seut privately to leading iron mas
ters in tie State
The fles Of the PeaRSyIUaHIaR have
been searched aud the following appears
to be the facts:-On Tusday, 2Sth July, $
1916, Mr.. Dallas, as Vice President gave
his casting vote in favor of the tariff Of
that year. On Wednesday, the 29th,
letter was written by Atkauasius Ford, :
signed by him aud number of demo
cratic citizens, to Mr.. Dallas, approving |
bis vote of the preceding day: to which
Mr. Dallas replied, in letter dated t
iSaturday) August lst; which eorrespoD !
dence was published in the Rennsytc@1fa-
sn of Wednesday, August 5th. Amongst
the signatures to the letter of the 29th oil !.
July, the name of John NJ. Read does not
appear, but there is the name of John s
j. Read. respectable democratic citizen b
who then resided in Chester street, 10 4
North Mulbury Ward, but who now re- f
sides at No. 240 Madison street, and who v
approved the conduct of Mr.. Dallas in S
giving bis casting vote for the tariff Of
'46. .
In addition to these facts, we are au- G
by Mr. John NJ Read to say that !
he was not 10 the city of PhiladclPhia tc
when the letter Of the 29th of July. and
the answer of Mr.. Dallas of the lst OF
August, we're written, and that be never
saw the original of the letter Of the 29th
Of July, nor did be ever sign it. nor au- =