THE EsULT~ABANDONING LK!-GREAT

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 In our paper of the eth of August, we published the proceedings of a large meeting of the |" Demo- crats ef Cmnberla'sd county, Pennsyluania," held on the 20th of July, at which, after a review of James K. Folks declarations on the Tariff, a com. mittee ofeight, with Gen. T. c. Miller as chairman was appointed, Gin the language of the concluding ResolutioH:)

 's To address letter to the Hon. James K. Polk, asking him to state explicitly whether if elected he will sustain the Tariff of 1S42, and if not then to state in plain and unequivocal terms (wthout ref- erence to any past letters speeches or measures of any other person. what kind of Tariff he would sustain and what extent of protection he would al. low to native industry"

 This committee addressed three several letters to Mr. Polk, to none of which was an answer receiv. ed. The candidate naum! This committee therefore, called public meeting, the proceedings of which are published in the Carlisle States. man" Ca Locoioco paper) of the 9th inst. This meeting has issued an 't Address 10 Me People of Pennsylvania" denouncing Mr. Polk, and declar. ing their determination to oppose him by all pos. si6le and Honorable means" The following reso. lution is among those adopted.

 Resetoed, That we cannot support the election of James K. Polk for the Presidency of the United States, 6ecduse he $ opposed to ta, for protec. ton.

 This is but one case of the wholesale defectiot1 from the Locofoco party, in Pennsylvania At the recent Whig Convention at Lancaster, 1900 men marched in the procession who voted for Van Bu. ren in 1s4O, but who lave now abandoned Locofo. coism

 Gen. Miller has been Locofoco State Senator for