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Nr. Van Rufcn was used up man, they had en-.
deavnred 10 place IN his shoes a man who, cont
pared with him, was but pignv beside giant.
What were the arguments uron which the gertie-
man wanted the American people TO unite IN the
election Of James 4. Polk 2 FIRST. let them Try
him upon the rariti'question There had been no
>hutimG in his course. the gentleman said. An!
did he acknowledge that his friend =" Matty" had
Shufiied and cqu.yoca,ed


Mr.. PAYNE protested against any inference Of
this kind. He had said nothing disrcspecliul Of
Mr. Van Buren.


Mr. HARDIN continued Certainly we would
not expect that you would Kill him first and kick
him afterwards. But in that Convention Mr..
Van Buren, had been ruled off and consigned to
potlca! disgrace for the purpose Of finding some
new man with whom The party would be able
again to ride into power and to the spoilsot office.
What were Mr. Polk's views on the Tariff :! he
gentleman endorsed h'm. and said he was not for
direct taxation. but for expunslng from the Iarlh
every item OF protection to American labor. his
might answer his friends in Alabama, but when
thev remembered the votes of this House. it would
astonish every man who used Folks dogmas.-
You g Democrats said Mr. IL have two
thirds majority in this House, and yet, with all
your Free Trade principles you could not even





maintained by Mr.. Polk. "The Globe" said that
Mr.. Polk was for restoring the Tariff to where il
was found by the Wings in 1912; i G. to a twenty
per cent. horizontal Tariff, with destinations
If any, below that. When the bill to reduce the
Tariff had come up at the present session they
had Killed it by slow degrees; they had kept II
hanging here until after the Virginia election, and
then they had killed ii by a corp de grace


But Mr. II. not to he led off 10 talk upon
the Tariff question, which had been thus dcfni-
lively settled lie would come TO talk about
James X. Polk. Let us know said he what ii
is that he has done? What were Mr. Polk's
views with reference 10 the Dcposite Banks
which were now held up as most obnoxious
system? Who did it? asked Mr.. H. You
Democrats did it against the warning Of the
Wings; and James X. Polk brought it forward
in Congress, and he held in hrs hand two or
three Speeches of Mr.. Polk in favor Of this sys
TEN. Mr. II. read from volume 9Th and from
volume llth Congress Debates, from Speeches
of Mr.. Polk in defence Of the State Bank system,
ascrbing all the prosperity Of the Country TO its
operations, &c. After your party said Mr.. II J
had got tired OF this system, after 1t had exploded
in your hands, you got up the Sub Treasury sys
TEN as the pInaCca which was to relieve the
Country Of all It's evils. James Il. Polk Chair
man OF the Committee Of Ways and Means had
Brought this measure forward; and was it that
which was gong TO give him a claim upon The
gratitude of the American People, by whom i
had most signally been .ondcmned2 But had
MIR. Polk ALWAYS been consistent in this? Look
at it (said Mr. H. and weep. Mr.. II. read from
one Of the Speeches, to which he had before re-
fcrrcd, an elaborate argument, comparative OF the
merits of the two systems, in condemnation of the
Sub Treasury and in advocacy Of the State Bank
system. And yet these selCstyled Democratic >
gentlemen (and they had as much right TO the
name as he had 10 that of Chinaman) now dc.
nounccd this system as Il Federal measure, whic!
their own candidate had approved as better and
safer system than the Sab Treasury.


Mr. T. wanted somco( his Democratic friends
who happened 10 be Tariff Democrats or halt
loose half duck according 10 the definition "i
the Globe of tuboodcd Democrats to come
up and tell this House and the country whcrhcr
they endorsed MIR. Poik'S notions on the Tariff.
AS they had been endorsed bv the gentleman from
Alabama. Let the delegates to the Convention
rom Pennsyivania. New Jersey, New York and
Connecticut say whether they intended 10 hr
double. faced in this matter. Did they endOrst
this c.ndldate of the Baltimore Conventon-dd
they give up their own sentiments and support
James Is. Polk ]f they dodgcd, II they equlvn
Gated, they would be scored red.


But another question The gentlemen at Bal
imore made a sacrifice Of Mr.. Van Buren, For
what Some OF them from the South SAID be
cause of his FcXis letter: bu' did they know--le
kSEw--iilat il had lono suce been determined ana
stated not in this House, but PUBLICLY, tla, If the
Connecticut and Virginia cIec,lon, went againa
th,ln, they wosld withdraw Mir Van Buren, =
!hev surely knew it; and as this Texas question
had come along, II afforded them mighty good
opportunity 10 slide down the rdil. and get OF
lom supporting III. Van Barren. Did rentemtt
forget how IL iS4l they had abused the Wings
for bringing forward Gen. Harrison. and how they
had charged the party with giving up lhelr pm
ciplcs Tor he sake OF an available man What
had they brought up James h. Polk for iac
any man here or in the nation been for him =
| No: but because he was an ardiidble candidate.
But there were some documents upon the subject
oJ availability 20 which he wished 10 call the par
ticular attention of gentlemen. Mr.. II. reediforu
an article in the Globe of January 8, 1874. con-
rrasling the claims for the Vice Presidency OF
James X Polk and VIM X. King, Cthcre was not
a man in the United States, he said, who at that
;ime dreamed of Nr. Polk as 4 candidate for the
| Presidency the following extracts:


~ Finally the polca condition Of their respective States
Is anoet point oi preference TOT ir King Aahaina Demo
IS ,nuing the emocfnc cause The red hoi shor OF Tea
neee are fred INTO the Dnocmtc s ihis may be II
misiutunc and mol the inui :" thht loroef e'ocnc ae
and her present public sill misfortune which en-
rails consequence ad which involves consideration
! an the selection OLA Wee Presidential candidate.


In The Democracy ii> compliments 70
SPARE unfortunate cHryn: the buFen O the pub
Inc men who cannut their no the DemocTntc
line. They want strength, not weakness


"They want strength, not weakness, con-
,inued MIR. II. Did not the gentleman irom
Alabama write that sentence in that conmunlca.
ton if,hc gentleman denies it mol, say he dld.


Mr. PAYNE SAID no man was to infer any thing.
the one way or the other, from his silence.


Mr. HARDIN. Ii the gentleman says it is not
true, | VII, take IL back.


Mr. PAYNE. | believe SO. l DO not know
whether | wTclc it or not. Laughter.


Mr. HARDEN said he would read another article
relative 10 the claims 10 the Vice Presidency ai
James X. Polk, and the gentleman might have
his choice of The lwo as TO which he had written.
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