Burlington Free Press

Will Mr. Polk betray his Friends in Pennsylvania? - The Sunbury American, a "Democratic" paper, thus expresses itself on the position of Mr. Polk in relation to the Tariff

"Mr. Polk is a man of high character and spotless integrity. He, therefore, cannot, and we think will not basely betray those who have placed their confidence in him. He will recollect that without Pennsylvania he could never have been elected. That the people of Pennsylvania are almost unanimous in favor of a tariff, affording protection to their manufactories. That it was with a firm belief that he would foster these interests, as they had been assured by himself and his friends, that they gave him their support. To betray them now would be worse than Arnold's treason. These we know to be the feelings of almost the entire Democracy of the State, and we might say of the whole State. The four counties of Northumberland, Columbia, Schuylkill and Luzerne, gave him a majority of 4,631. These counties possess almost boundless wealth in their coal and iron, and are, therefore, deeply interested in the tariff. They have given this large vote under the most positive assurance that their great interests would be protected, and woe be to the man who should attempt to betray them."

This is indeed an important question to the people of Pennsylvania. They begin to inquire whether Mr. Polk can betray them. Would it not be a more pertinent inquiry whether they are not already betrayed, and whether they have not given their votes under false representations from their leaders? This inquiry will, in a short time, be fully answered. - Daily Adv.