Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
PARTY Tests-Lecompton and the Tariff.

One year ago. the President was making a
TEST Denaocracv.H The test was the en-.
dorsement Of d baud ia be malt of slavery, a
fraud on the ballot box, rerpetrated with the
design of swind1ing and expressing the people
OF q Territory. Toombs: and all the lire
| eating South, insieted upon the test and
! the weak and vain old man Of the White
House believed himself to be doing a very
potent and .jacks'njan thing, while he was
really be'ng used by an Inscriptions cllqhe
Then. il we could have h~e!ievrd the organs,
that present tteir certificates of tnadvistn and
, <utscrv,enre in the |'rul Of federal adEertlS .
'nents. tie President was the ADMINISTRATION
+ H. mace and nnuIa1e Democratic dcctr'He.
lie was the Pore OF thr party OF F,errnanencV
He wa a second Daniel. come ~ Judge. and
q $erunu jackson come to execute 1nd 41lfI't,
" ho cor'd stand before him All who op-
posed HIM were "heratirs. " traitor>.' and
"rebel<.' Now %arotlrr question has a 'isen,
and another HIaertaffr is presented. Anfpcr-
dents Of the President which be cannot ignore
| and dare not rept"l ate, commit him to the
policy OF 4 revision Of the Tariff, ami the
adoption OF a system NJ Speclh" and protective
duties. Senator Bigger IS Of the same school
Of political economists. but Senator / combs,
and those who follow him IN the traV, are OF
| an adverse school, believing in the protection
OF a few sectional interests, their " sec
tiou OF toulse having the pTeieTence.l and the
indirect tax Of the necessar,es of life, to raise
revenue to meet the expenses Of the general
Government The Hon. Howell Cobb, the
Secretary of the Treasury, IS Of this class.
and IN his annual report took occasion to differ
| poiutedIv and emphatica|iv from the annual
| message Of the President. given the country
| r., ~, r,,. +,,,n prt tho prar,to,t Al rnt
make a test Of his Tariff policy }ust then. He
: wisely reIralnetf from exhibiting his boosted
Jacksousan procllvities. He pr1n!ently re-
served ii display Of his Roman hrmness: He
is ike the individual once kicked BY Colonel
NcCIuns Of Mississippi. The Colonel kick
ed a fellow out Of a coffee house. Previous
to the kicking, the recipient tllereofdisplayed
! much insoiencp, and subsequent to the opera
ton no pluck. Some time alterward Colonel
McCIung found the Individual whom he
bad made acquainted with his boot, kicking
another mar. The Colonel walked up to him
and quietly inquired. Are you not the man
kicked out OF -' Exactly was the
response. but. Colonel don't say anything
about it - you and know hor 10 pick out the
men to kick.1 Our venerable and beloved
Chief Magistrate knows upon whom il is
sale to ms Ike tests, and ipon. what occasions
it is prudent to allow his Old Ron,ann firm
ness to be operative. He takes good care not
to piaV Jackson just now. The tariff IS not a
. test" Oh, no! TIE State OF which he is
the " ~tavorite son. howls for a test OF the
tarih-i.nplores him to WELD his power to
make effective the recommendations in his
annual message bat he turns d deaf ear unto
her lamentations and petitions, OF his heart
fails him when he hears. He writes a special
message on the condition of the finances. and
the Necessity for a tariff revision. and Secre-
tarv Cobb prepares a report taking an entirely
different view of the subject. The special
message is suppressed, and the special report
is transmitted to Congress as cmbodying the
views of the Administration the Secretary
sneerinsIy and haughtiiy declaring aside
Tn President is opposed to the views OF
The Administration The weak old nan
becomes cho1erir. but submits to be snI:bhed
and Is Ieered al as ali old granny by the
gentlemen who. a year since. caused him to
ma he tests OF Democracy, He is certainly
i'll treated. He recommended a Pacific Rail-
road. and the pro- ect IS nnquest.onabiv deaf.
not to be seriously revived again during his
term. He recommended the revision Of the
farm. and the adoption OF specific duties.
The idea is secuted hya Democratic caucus.
The very men who. Il year since. Wheedied
the President inlu the notion that he was a
vertabie jackson. and induced him to make
the endorsement Of forgery and p+Jn'y d
party test. thereby dIsgracIng himself. disrupt
ing the party. aud filling the remainder OF his
term with personal 'inpteasantness ana poiit-
lea! disaster: are the men who HOW scorn TO
accept bis suggestions. despise aud repudia1e
his recommendations, and ostentationsly sub
jet him to tests, pronouncing his pretenssons
as the head Of the party ridiculous. and has
proposed poIicv Observation-Disclosures
Un4ly CoMmerciul.
FANc1rp VlRrrE-As a recent writer, in