, 1866-02-19
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

st Pratect1on,sss Reply TO " Occ1dent's--
Campa rfson between the Old Wh5E
and iaae Democratic Party
Editors Cn1easo Tribune:
A correspondent who signs himself "0cci-
dent" opens column of "1oose expeetoraA
tions' on the tariff qpestIon with this remark:
.+s Now that this 11at correspondent,
- rroteetlon," ha> ayoWed bis real name, e; us
hops y he e far man as be would iesd g q in.
zaifA <ktns to hx vt ingng 70 Alss may he cast on,
erd tha' he, At 1east ~hen convinced Of h1s emo,
cannot nd vii moi long be aalnsa.aed IN ffce
Morrill, ttsey, drec'eJ 4 Co:
He closes his fanfarouade Of eXaEpe1a4on8
and perverAEons II these words:
"Ptoseet,on Dever did, never c1n, stand IN hour
beoFe the open a1t&uls Of iho>e opposed to It. II
can Only thrive in toue ftealhy ray. like that OF
getting up such thing y thi. vtllsinoas aoH.4
mortal oiatress. And II il tltstefinx aiswsee 70
New Ergl1ad thxt ehe eon1d produce 4 public rnan
who could haye tte hesrt e pe1pes5ate sueh decd
Ne pcrfv tho zoos4d undv4ate 70 e7rrY fttah bur
Der, Wy 200" T. ssF51pnd ops ef FaAt of posf11s
feztorsefloH-"
From these extracts come 10 the conelu-
sion that II sOeeidcnt' - Was never member OF
the WhIe party, but belonged to what was
called tho f" Locofoco" party. think It Ia
equally Al honorable to have belonged to tha
organization founded by Clay and Webster -
to The one founderea by Buchanan and JEFF.
Dhvia. Tbs old Whlg party WAS inteosely pa-
triot1c and devoted to the Union heart and
soul. It WAS composed Of Intelligent and hon.
orahle men. /. sought to promote National
unity, and mntesla1 prosperity. It constantly
incu1cated harMouy among all actions Of the
Union, and 'endeavoled 10 avoid wax. nnd
9nasrels:with foreign nations. It loved nA-
terial progress and improvement. Among it,
great measures were protection to American
industry, sound National banking system,
improvement Of rivers and harbors, coustfuc-
ton Of canals md railroads, endowment Of
iree schools and colleges; homestesds On Ahe
public domain for poor men, good wages and
plenty Of work for laborers, and fair reward
for enterprise and capital. 8uch wM thepou-
tical ereed Of the old Wh]g party.
It finally took Sick from IN overdose Of
pro-s1Avery medicine administered at Halti-
more In 1850. BY Aillard Fillmore and Others,
and laid down On tts bed and deceutly died
uourned by Its friends for decent length Of,
time. Il Was good, respectable and loyal
pn1ty, md no man need feel ashamed, but
rather be proud, that be belonged to 1t.
Csmpatisons are said 10 be odtous, but "Oc-
cldent" muh excuse me for drawing one-he
haring provoked It. Look 1t the party he
came from. At nrBt protective tarlR, Ma
ttonal bank and Internal improvement party,
with that high tariff ad7ocate, Gen. Jackson,
at the head Of It, After awhile It fell under
the control OF the trRitor John G. Calhoun.
He Infused his reasonable spirit Into Its
Southern segment. Pro-s1arery aggrandsze-.
ment became Its central idea Human bond
aee It wotslippcd ~ ''diyino institution"
The "Southeln Democracy" ,oota1ned COM
plcte control OF the whole Organization; and
dictated Its PLATFORMS aud candidates and
measures In Congress. It went on from bad
10 worse, dragging The Northern De-;
mocracy at the tail Of is ehariot- and
Il poisoned their minds With mean and hitter
haired against the poor, unfortunate people
Of color. It made them abandon their for
lnez protection principles, taught them BY
the foundc, Of their party, Gen, Jackson, and
to adopt the free trnde and anti ti.inteInal I'M
ior the express purpose Of arresttn. the ma
tefial growth Of the North and Gripping Its
Industrial development.
Tlo Northern Democracy became rs plastic
as claY in the hands Of the potter under the
nallen mAn1pulhtlous Of the Southern siave-
holders, Oh, It was hrmilfattug, dlssractful,
horrible. No true rnan Of Democratic aute-
ccdents can look back on those days OF Ger.
vile degradation without feeling the blush Of
shame mantle bis cheek.
At last The taakmasters Of the Northern De-
1uocracy selected doushface In the ptFson
Of James Buchanan to act, the part OF =
pontlse te d5ax tho ,st ps3Easos ID
Stepheu A, DougIas for the ohenca Of asserting
that "Northern Democrats had some rights
which Southern Democrats were bound TO re-
Ihe next thing we find Is, the Southern wing
OF the Democratic party procla1mins reoel-
Hon and waging waf On ahs unlon for lts .9s as-
Inc 1nonslchy on It's 1ainsl And we also ind
tho Northern wing Of tho party rendering
thc1n Ill The eld and comfort IN the pasricldal
work It .was In their power to afford. The
loyal men Of that party ned ont oi 1t and
Joined the Republicans, aud helped. them
crueh this unholy Democratic" rebsulont
overthrow and destroy the Conversions OF
Their temple, and lay Inc whole structure in
the duE. 80 .--.
While tho treason against !hs Vniqa MAS