The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-06-24
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-THE QUEST j
OF TODAY

The sewspspers say that it was popular dom
thru ged at an early hour, and the utmost en-
tt 5ssm prevailed" Henry c. Carey ras
cb-sss President, assisted by large nun per
% ce Presidents, selected as the represe,, Ia
tive Of various manufactures. The resoluti ms
adoLSed of course make Legislative Rrotec ON
to Manufactures the great end of all Civil Z ".
eran-nt, the chief source of all prosperity as
sumo shat with high Tariffsthe country has & IN
in waith, wisdom, and virtue, with low Ta- BE,
has bscome poor, ignorant, and corrupt st.
tri5t to the late monetary troubles to the Snt
ProISctiop, and assert that the only hope Of re.
lief Is in the establishment of Protection.
T9aaks are awarded to the members of Con.
gree vho in any way signifed their favor to
tbs jause of Home Industry. "The fixed de-
terri isation" is announced at all future, cleo.
tior to vote only for Protectionist candidates (;
org sizations throughout the State are stropg'
ly ,commended for the purpose of giving Of
feet to such policy; the people of other Suites
syn pathizing with them are invoked u CO.
ore.ste in general movement; and the Ck ,ir-
mar s empowered to appoint COMMITTEE of
sev{i ty six persons to make arrangements for
the srgsnization of such movement.
T7e meeting was addressed b, several is
tinee ished gentlemen. Senator CoLLAMR /; Of
We, aiont, insisted that we needed protectit h to
mai /. us better fed, better clothes better oas
ed, nd better instructed, than afy other Peo-
pie, that we could not compesa in our own
mail cts with the fabrics of the fl reigner, 1ith-
out linking to his degraded leve, working, for
as rssan wages, and becoming AZ poor anG sb.
jeci HUMPHREY MARSHALL, Representative
froa Kentucky, was an " American" and he
sur, orted the doctrine of Protection becanae it
is American" As q Kentuckian, as Union
mai as an American, he called upon the men
of pennsylvania to carry forward the move
mef --they would find warm response all
ovee. the States. Senator SIMMONS, of Rhode
Islst d, held that our interest is 70 make labor
as Ugh as possible-and that Tariff is the
onl7 ralvstion of the Country. Senator CAM.
Ere denounced the Administration IS opposed
to Z. :otection-invoked all to fosget party end
60 = Pennsylvanis-not to care what parry
ma,l comes from; 80 that be is honest and l. in
favis of Protection. JOHN CovoDE, Repreaant-
ativ. from Pennsylvania, had always gone for
his sate and Protection-he p>aisad E. 10y
Motd.s, the American member from Pe;laJel.
phi sS-snd promised Protectious if The @,le
VOL n only vote right. Senate Soork, o. Ser
mo = thought no more important question tEssn
tina ,,f Protection could engage the attentioS of
the geople. Like Banquo's gbo.t, it would ;aot
do,ts any more. The great iaovemert gas
beg in just at the right time, Sat at the right
pla e. son this platform, all al stand, whsth.
er american, Republican, OF honest Democaat.
TIL is the policy we advocated under the lead
of the gallant Harry Clay. Immense cheer.
ing Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
an, this whole Republic, can fsand upon this
platform as one man. CheerIg
The Enquirer and the No,it American, OF
Phi. Iadelphia, seem to regard i. movement as
the Inauguration of the Peopl Is Party" The
former, enraptured with the ~ citing, says
SBut the time for action ! apptoao ling.
The PEOPLE will soon be callh upon to ELECT
members of the National lie ,isiature, apon
whom the important duty viii devolve, of 80
modifying the Tariff as aoM i'fure and tslar.
amy adequate protection to Ant ricaa ind; 5stry.
Thss, as we doubt not, will be ne o. the great
Issues at all future elections foi nem bera If the
House of Representatives. b nee the pfopri-
ety of the sgreat meeting of )est evening. 1t
was held at the right time &. d 10 the right
place-immediately after the adjournment Of
Coooro,o opd IN tho o;fy If Phi ndoll> HE ,.h;oh
ia act only the metropolis of T. nnsy wanna, the
or, at iron and coal State, but ~ SOM sense the
central city of the Union. It nj hope that
thi, movement will be follows up By similar
de nonstrations in all sections ,ba Republic,
and that thus the great PA,tY or THE Pro
PLE' will be thoroughly inaus uratsd and Or
ganized, and prepared to sptt at the proper
tire through the ballot boxes
j. st before the Philadelph' on,tration,
a iireat mass meeting was hel at over, Della
wire, the object of which is 10 Unite all
Americans, Republicans, and .nti-.. zee ,m pton.
ties, in ore Opposition. The llatfnrm adopted
Wis in subtance as follows:
" That the name of the patty be fhe PEG.
pl,'s Party That its princi, es be:
{" That the citizens of the | errisoris, be al.
10 sed to settle their own inst, ,tiors nd their
olln forms OF government. Et
y That the Constitution OF every q W State
b, submitted to the people II ratif alton or
rejection before being accepts by Co gress.
q That tariff for revenuesI e laid it'll Incl.
Dc ntai protection to home ini ,stry.
That when the revenue o; the Go ,rnment
e, ceeds the expenditure, su'ti excef as may
b, derived from the sale of lie pull lands
81 all be divided among the 8 stes, be, old as
W III az new.
- That the importation of ioreign .iminals
a, d paupers be prohibited"
The Peoples Party in DELI ware a, vs. three
P inciples-Squatter Severe 4snty, P ,tection.
is n, Nativism. 1t will acc nmoss Demo.
CT ats, Wings, and Know Nathings but will
b We nothing to do with Republic ,s. The
+ ople's Party in PhiladelpSa igno . every.
t,ng but Protectionism.
SNow, we have a word or tyro to say n regard
tc the movement in Philadelphia. ! .nnsylva.
ma is not yet Republican State. has not
vt a sufficient amount of enlightened Anti Sls.
v.sry sentiment to raise it to taat DOS ion. Nor
isGit in any sense a leading St,te in politics
O. this country: the views taat 20 yn it are
tso circumscribed by consider tions u merely
lscal interest. In 1856, it gave the Re.
Elblican candidate for the Presto pcy only
l47,OOO votes, to the Dem ocratic 10000.
here is nothing, then, in iis hiSto or posi-.
s9n, that authorizes it to dictate creed to
fSe National Republican party, and certainly,
iothing to encourage hope that az national
tovenent shaped and directel By L counsels,
t-..n prove a successfnl ono s*f
We have no disposition to ;ntesfe with the
equation of her State polit2ca = 20 leoda-e