The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-12-03

alter Gen- Taylor ana MIR. Fill
more were nominated, five or six
more resolutions were offered,
some containing the following
principles: protection to American
neutrality-suspicious. TO executive
usurpation-nO acquisition of for :
eign territory by conquest all
of which were laid on the table,
and the convention adjourned
without passing any resolutions or
making any platform. The result
of the campaign was that Gen.
Taylor and Mr.. Fillmore were ele c.
ted, they receiving 1853 electoral
votes, and Gen. Cass and Mr.. But
Ter but 127.
In 1852 the Wings nomina-
ted Gen. Scott and Hon. VIM
A. Graham for President and
Vice President, respectively.
the convention framing a platform
composed Of eight resolutions, the
fifth reading as follows Gov
eminent should he conducted on
the principles Of strictest economy;
and revenue sufficient for the ex-
penses thereof, in time, ought to
be derived mainly from a duty on
laying such duties, sound policy
requires AUST discriminating, and,
when practicable, by specific du-
ties, whereby suitable encourage
ment may be afforded to Ameri
can industry. equally to all class
es and to all portions Of the coun-
try; sn econom ical administration
of the Governm ents, in time of
peace, ought to be derived from
duties on imports, and not from
direct taxation; and in laying such.
sound policy requires just dis
elimination, whereby suitable en-
couragement may be afforded to
American industry, equally to all
portions of the country.
The phraseology of this resolu-
ton is very singular, and seems to
be re hash Of the same thing ov-
er and over again, with the Eva
riations added" The other seven
resolutions of the platform, con-
tains nothing but re-affirmation
of old settled questions which did
not, properly. come before the
people during the campaign, and re-
lated mainly to the great comprom-
Use measures of 1850; consequently
the campaign was conducted upon
the great principles Of "Tariff and
discrimination" and "discrimina-
ton and Tariff" Revenue and
Specific duties" "Speciic duties
and Revenue and Revenue from
duties and not from direct taxa
ton The campaign ended and
Gen. Scott received the electoral
votes of four small states.
REMARKs:-It appears according
20 the history of the Wing par
ty. as before given, that they
have all ways been successful
in electing their candidates
for the Presidency, when the
convention, at whose hands they
received the nomination, refused
to embody in their Platform the
Protective Tariff Policy" While,
upon the other hand, there has
ever been a Wing candidate cleo
ted to the Presidency, nor any
other candidate, when they were
run upon a "Protective Tariff
Platform" Henry Clay, the
greatest orator aud Statesman we
have ever had in the United States,
was beaten, as Republican can
didate, for the Presidency in 1889,
with the following resolution, pin
ned upon his back:
"Resolred, That al adequate
Protection to American Industry
is indispensable to the prosperity
ofthe country; and that an aban-
donment of the policy at this Pc
Rod would be attended with con-
sequenses ruinous to the best in
terests of the Nation"
He was again beaten for the
Presidency in 1874 as Wing
candidate, and tie main cause of
his defeat was his Protective Tar
iff'' policy. In prognosticating
the future, we should learn lie g
sons from the past, and, if the
past, IN this case; is any criterion
Tor the future, there, never will be
a President elected, who is pledg-
ed to the "Protective Tariff Poll
cyl in this free country.
What are we to do in this case?
Our country is larg ely in debt, and
we must pay it of. How are we
to do it without a Tariff? We
cannot ia tho anawor Of ovorx, ~