Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-09-22
T HE T TARIFF,

Known Nothing and Black Republican ora
tors and editors are remarkably eloquent at
the present time on the subject of the Tariff.
If We may credit their statement, the Tariff
of 1916 has We'll nigh brought the country to
the verge of ruin, and nothing but the pas
sage of high protective Tariff can or will
save it. In order to show how sincere
the knowNothirg and Black Republican
leaders are in their pratings about high
protective Tariff, it is only necessary to al
iudc to few plain facts. Last year David
Wllmot was their candidate for Governor. In
1916, he was member of Congress, and
voted for the Tariff bill adopted during that
session; and during the debate on the bill,
lcent SO far as to aIUocate the doctrine of
Free Trade. And yet, in 1857, he received
the entire Opposition vote of the State for
Governor. And now, in 1858, while the
Johnstown Tribune, Hollidaysburg Wig,
and Hollidaysburg Register, and the entire
Opposition press of the State, are crying out
against the Tariff of 1916, they have float
ing at their mast-heads the name of JoHN
NJ. READ as their candidate for Supreme
Judge, who then was the advocate of that
Tariff. In order to prove this, we publish
the following letter, the authenticity of which
cannot, will not, and dare not be denied. 1t
will be seen that John II Read is one of the
signers.
PHILADELPHIA July 2Oh, 1916.
To the Hon. JOHN NJ. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States
SIR: The fate of the new Tariff bill having
been decided by your casting vote yesterday,
in the Senate OF the United States, We seize
the earliest moment, as your personal and
political friends, aud as the friends of the
toiling millions of this great republic TO con-
graduate you on your unfinching adherence
| to Democratic principles, especially that car
dlnal point, the greatest good Of the great
est number at q moment too When every
eye was directed towards you. when q large
mass of intelligence and local interest was
enlisted and exerted in the antagonistic
cause, and wher it required desertion even
of two Senators to throw the whole response
bilty upon your slngl vote. Assuring you
that we are certain that the majority OF the
| American people viii thank and honor you
| for this noble act Of Roman frmness so seldom
| huONu III lbesc btUGS VI
proportion to interest" and which act aids in
creating law for the equal benefit of the
whole people, whilst it sustains President
and his administration whose every deed has
been designed for the honor, prosperity and
happiness of the whole nation. 1t is true the
workings of your political foes may create a
momentary agitation against you; but re-
member it is not the first tine that you have
withstood their harmless missiles and fruit
less assaults, and now We confidently predict
that the great agricultural interest, the para
mount interest of the land, will have reason
to rejoice at the frmness of your course, and
the independence with which it was exer-
eised, and place you by acclamatiou on the
list with Jefferson and jackson who outlived
every SANDER and whose memories are cher
ished in the hearts of millions of freemen.
We have the honor to be,
With great respect,