Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-02-09
The Tariff Resolutions and Mr. Bates.


with those whom it stigmatized as the aid
ers and abettors of John Brown when we
had not said a word on the subject one way
or the other, that paper has abounded with
choice items relative to US. In some cases
we have replied in It's own strain-in many
others regarded them as emanations from
one who, conscious that he does not reflect
democratic sentiment here, thinks that to
charge she editor of the Gazette with lying,
hbeling, mutilation, &c Will make amends
for his adherence to the infamous powers
that be. So far as the tariff resolutions
are concerned We published them as orig
inally offered, and we thought fairly enough
stated the grounds of opposition taken by
Mr. Bates and others and to show that We
did so state the case any one who will turn
to page 90 of the Legislative Record will
see that when on second reading Mr. Hill
offered an amendment to insert the g Pres
ident of the United States &c, thus ask
ing the opposition TO endorse the hypocrit-
ical pretencc CT Mr. buchanan Of being
tariff man Mr.. Strong, author of the res
olutions, gave the following excellent reas-
ons for not doing so:
The extract which has been read by the gen
tleman from Montgomery, MIR. Ilill,) } from
the annual message of the President of the
Ipi+nH Statas ny r. q
actly; and last year. when | read it felt
proud that Pennsylvania had furnished the
President | believe ALSO Mr.. Speaker, that
he was sincere and that lie is now in favor
of those principles. But while do this, |
am not unmindfu of the fact, nor are the
members of this House, that he continues in
office, as his Secretary Of the Treasury, 4 man
who made an argument against the policy of
Pennsylvania, and against the message of the
Pennsylvania President. What would have
been the result, it, during the administration
of the illustrious Andrew Jackson, the Secre-
tAry of the Treasury had undertaken to stul
tify him in one of his messages, and to make
him appear before the whole nation as Mr.
Cobb has made Mr.. Bach man appear tell
YOU sir that that ilustruus old man from
the Hermitage, would have discharged him
and would have put in his place, as Cabinet
officer, a man who would have gone for the
principles which he enunc'ated in his mes
sage. believe that Mr.. Buchaaar IS sincere;
aye, more, | kaolc that he was right | know
that his Pennsylvania feelings and principles
made him go for Peuasy yYaIna policy; but he
had to succumb to the power which was be-
hind, and which was greater than the throne
itself. | say that he should have removed
the man who went for free trade principles Of
H. L.
and all that concerns her interest. Had he
done this we should, to-day, have stood as one
man. lie has not done it; Gov. Packer, how
ever has. He is a Pennsylvania all over,
and am willing to sustain him. shall vote
for the resolutions, even if the amendment
prevails. But do not believe that the tenn
per or feelings of this House will permit it,
and for that reason it was omitted. | do not
wish there to be any party vote on these res
olutions; am opposed to it, and to all party
speeches on the subject. | regret that any
thing of a party character has been introdu-
ced.
Notwithstanding this appeal to lay aside
party matters, the so-called democrats, an
cluding Nr. Bates, almost in a body voted
for the amendment; and it was not until
this was done that a separate resolution
was offered as an amendment and passed
that the Legislature of this State had no
confidence in Buchanan's professions while
he retained in Office as Secretary of the
Treasury regular free trader If Mr..
Bates and his colleagues had been true tar
if men, they would not have attempted to
clog the resolutions with an amendment
they knew the Americans and Republicans
would not vote for; and even after Mr..
Bayard's amendment had been adopted, it
would have been more to the purpose had
pyofsssiRg tariff democrats voted for the res
olutions and protested against the amend
ment than to vote against the resolutions
and then turn round and protest they were
tariff men The thing looks too much
like Polk being better tariff man than
Henry Clay, and with all their professions
finally merges itself into the following res
olution, a part of the Cincinnati Platform,
which their vote carried OUT
ResOlced, That there are questions connec-
ted with the foreign policy of this country
which are inferior to no domestic question
whatever. The time has come for the people
of the United States to declare themselves in
favor of free seas, and progressive free trade
throughout the world, and by solemn mani
festations TO place their moral Influence at the
SIDE u their successful example.
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rsa~To the coarse and low-bred piece of
puppyism in the Democrat to-day relative
to the Auditors reports, we have nothing