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1 r them ox to Lj oL i I ' ' :a co. 5 Vt :r, vr pcr,acTJua in ' : I- or. j i. tJie jear. ' tt txccptatlhe'Op-1 '. 1 i.:; -:r .-ef arc paid, v.ill In k: rtc l.. Ox puLLAt ' '"jot f .r the frst insertion, '" ;y-ijv Cn.-rrf fur car continuance. -r cf i. icrtion il'nd fnuit bfl marked ; " : , r t ' 1 1 J rc rtl. z :r. :. 1 wtll lc conlino '. " ' irtrd occorJ.. Hj.. Court Or ..i l ; t. r r j twenty-foe per cent extra. -ji'EECII OF IIR. STEWART, t.rc.aco pi tzie Tariff n::4 Dlurlbhtlon. :-creJ in House, of Representatives of J J' VIS., March 13, 18U. I , rir. Stewaiit said: However unprepared, 1 nevertheless glad, irr of. the' opportunity 't!.-J3 unexpectedly acquired of saying a few .crds on this important mcasurd before its -::-! panose, j On coming alo the hll a f-. minutes since, I was surprised, sir, to ! earn that this bs ill to repeal; ,thoj Distribution ; Law reported -by the Committee of jWays nnJ Means within the last houryhad been al ready read a fVrst and second time, ujfder the nrcvipus questijon, and was now on, M Hnal . passage Sir,jis: this fair? U I it right that this bilJ,byfaMhe most important "that has . occupied the ajttentioi of tho. present Con. Gres3'i should tfjus be hurried through ill its : stages, and ! finally passed, under tho gag, without umcndrnenl or debato ? Why this hurry and haste? Why post with such dcx. : terityto this destructive deed?i Why i'$ this , important measure to iSe thus 'despatched in an hour, when days and month's have11 been . ipent in tho discussion of matters of compara , live insignificant ? The motive cannot . be i mistaken : its friends ore afraid of discus sion ; they feajr I tho development of j facts whiclj must prosftrate them before the' people; ..but they cannot fescape, sir. Their may, by the'gag, suppress debate here, but they can , not, thank God,;gag the people an&Jlhc press; , they can and wi I, speak out, in tones ofthun- der, against the poings of this day. . j The proceeds' of the sales of the bublie land.i,of this country belonged to the states of this Union. - 11 is a fund which this Gdvnrri, . merit holds in trust for- the ... I L v. : i statcsj; andapeijiod Katf arrived incur history when, by the Ma '.administration of this Gov. ernmentj a state of things has been -brought about in which the states are involved in debt a debt whi :h Was not only crusjiinn- the people of the codritryj uridcr taxation, but was driving some oi uie bankruptcy. Is (his Gdvcrnment to furnish no relief to the s atcs of this Union" ? f Docs it owe no obligations to the States arid to the peoplet Are wc to sit here calmly and see the states and the people of the Unifin crashed under the weight of direct taxtion," eee the character of the :ountry. disgraced," see re. pudiadort slalkind forth throughout llie land, andi'this House and this Government, j which had the power tojrelieve the people from their burdens and redeem this Government from dlsgte'cCj-do nothing ? This was aj matter, in which" this Government was deeply .interest cd. The interest and honor of this Govern meet must be sustained or destroyed with the interest and honor of the slates they are Inscprable--wo are one people in theestima tioijr of mankind, and share in the same glory ancj in the same aisgrace. j Sir, jou' will have a surplus in the Trcas- uryat the end of the year derived from the cx&tiflg tariff if lctaone.v And what Will you do! with it ? Why not give the proceeds of the land to the states, to .which it justjy and'fairly betorgs? Ffyoddo not,- you will be driv enj to tho .necfisity of another Distribution Law o'divido tho surplus revenue among the GENERAL JACKS0S ir FAVOK OP DrIbUTION. j This policy was strongly recommended and urged by Gin. Jackson, not in one, but faj" three of his annual messages, been'adojited'ln fcongress by a TP1 f had rnrj)rny of More than four tq one. 155' to 39 in the House, irtd 24 to 6 in the Senate. tovf contend lha;t this measure is! iot only Wghiy inexpedient, but unconstitutional ; and , Mr.' Van Burcn,ia his In Jiana letter: declares tnat tr.c people would "stultify" themselves r by its adoption-j-a declaration' bjjrj which' he -;iiot only stultifies Gen. Jackson, Jbtit hiniself also. Gen. Jackson, injhis first message, ad - fii.-atss the policy of distribution! find says, rf'.&a aost afe,ui &ni, federal disposition ihat can to caado of the asrphis jje venue will L its distritatica among tho stated according o their ratio of ieprcseatatioa." I In his next mcisags cf 1830, to reoews this'jrecomrncn -idaliontandiakci up acd answeil at1 great "l;r-thf and with "great abiVrty, jcdl! 'thsobjec J xicr.3 that had been urged against 'the policy of ' kJiitribaticn he very same objection s are l:cre ur;cd by Jtr.'Van Burea'and his frieuds, J:5 cr.sv.cri end overturned, in their order, No. 1,2, C, 4, occupying several pages of M::j mcss",. to anient ne commended, tho -l!:rrnfrc:;; Virginia,. (Mr. Dromgoole,) - hid rrprjrt; lf..:3- bill. Is is messao Jic-s-in t-iia r.trrcit!:irth,th !:n;t.j, ir-3 e-c cf ll? .: 1.3 03E -.!::y cvhtta cqss.-r.J . ... - - wcu! Jci.-V.rj:r Cz" litit. the tUics ; and lie c.xprcr:' is unquestionally true, that t; t v. ere pledged, to the General Govcrrr::::.: tn :v the revolutionary war debt, z i.t c.'.i i. log now discharged, tho 'hr.Ja v.crs releas ed from the pledge, aod it ia in tha discre tion of Congress," he says, "I? cf them in suclnvy as may sc;:rtD tLc:n lust." Such are the sound and ( deliberate c-inions of Gen. Jackson ; yet Mr. Vaa B jren, w ho concurred with him at tho time, how says in his Indiana! ittier, thai the pcop!e would "stultify themselves by tho adoption cf a pro position "so preposterous.' 'Thcso are his wordsa high 'compliment to his . f illustrious predecessor"-" a preposterous proposition," which, Mr. Vart Buien says j ho one but ' a fool would think of, and that "its agitation, he regrets to say, lis calculated to degrade the character of th American people ini the esli. jmation of mankind." -I ; . ; : : These, sir, lire perhaps some of the devel opments which! gentlemen intended to sup. press by the previous question. l .".! 'I j . i Why not ; give the land proceeds to the states ? We ore now receiving under the tariflfof M2 more revenue than we want; during the last jmonth we have received more than two millioW of dollars in the single port of New. York. Suppose jve receive in all the other port3 in t ie. Union no more than is1 rc- ceived in New jYork , and; it will amount i to four millions pe-r month,. equal to forty.eight millions per year. Still . gentlemen are not satisfied, and a bill has been reported by the Ways and Means to repeal the tariff of '42; because it his destroyed the) revenue, and they have substituted lone which- they ay will increase the revenue. Yesj sir, the Globe also, in an editorial article of tho 10th of last month, stated thatithe last Whig Con- : 1 ; j j i O I gress had "doubled the expenditures of the Government; and reduced the revenue one. half ""-a statement made! in the fata of i.ffl. Scial documents showing that the reverse was much nearer the truth. Yes, sir; the report on the finances at the opening of this session shows that the ordinary exoenditures during Mr-jVaniBureri's. administration amounted to nearly thirty.fobr millions in one year, arid averaged more than twenty-eight I millions i while. in 1842 ajnd '43, under a Whig Con gress, tne average was little over twenty three; and that the revenue had been increased i . i uy iuu vy uig iann or irom less tnan ISHy and '4"l to more than . i eighteen milliorlsin 1842 land 184sl, and lit would be more than twenty-five, and miht I ... ii ' i. I i f possibly reach thirty millions the) present year. I ei tne juiooe says in tne tace ot tnese facts that the Whigs Have' "doubled the .ex penditures and reduced the revenues one- half!" I' i ' From present prospect?, am I not justified, sir, in.saying that wa shall have a large sur plus Over and above the current expenditures ! Why not then give the proceeds of! the lunds to the states to relieve the people of the. in- f 1 . 1 . i ! .1 , 1 I i 1 1. j . I .!;! oeDten states i rpm me loaas ot jiaxauon oy which they are now ground down to i the earth ? This fund justly, belongs to the states in the language of Gen. Jackson, o : ti.' : Li? s-t . . uus vxov. eminent now -holds it in trust for the stales after the paying of the revolutionary debt for . .s .! itlij --- j l J .U t.L.- l . : J wnicnll was pitsugeu, ani a court oi cunnce. Tyi upon'a bill filed, woulid decree this ifund to the slates' oh! proof of the payment of the debt for jwhi'clj it was pledged, se for this fund, thenf why I pTou have repeat,! sir, iti rightfully hy lju mow w I m ilea not give .t to the state to which belongs? u t . J What better use can you make of Mr. Drornjgroolo , said pay off debt with it ! I i I the Whig Tho VVhigpebl! I thank the 1 gentleman for the s'uggespon tho ran Biiren debt he should have said.: Yes, sir, the existing debt was inherited by the Whigs from the gentle man and his party ; it was the only legacy Mr. Vart Buren had lefl to his country' when ho retired iromf-omce. i tie had lound the treasury! with a surplus ot niors than sixeen millions of dollars over and above the amount i i - - i i i deposited with the statesL to which add the proceeds of thfe back stock, and the amount he received exceeded twenty-four millions. Well, sir, he iioi otily expended this 24 mil- lions with all the revenues of the Government but he left the peopie sauaiea wun a debt of $17,S5B,99o consisuog oi ireasury noies, i' ' " ;. unpaid appropriations, and debts outstanding; and this was tho debt, jthe gpntleman (Mr. Dromgoole)i$ pleased to call the Whig, debt :t ;s ours, tut we got it by descent, it came fronilbatgentlemanandhis party; but the WWs could bay it, , ,Wou if the rentlenian would let the present jtariff-alone afew vcars longer. , Whigs had, paid part of and would soon pay. tne whole. ' -. I A YfVPT nut' "rf ri"n rf Dromcolc) C2to::ui v i w committcs vcre vau-urci, men,; ims .!! r -en li r dsu-d, especially .if JZS zU ti.3 cr.tr:--33Hce ana prcai Van L'-rcn-.aamicislration J.rfvV::h however," Eifi . m 13 i t'::ro r' - t3 si'3-uest rrctaciljf c.Ic3 are Y 1,7 repeal I""- . : :j it L 3, t : j C :.";!:.;. j cf Ways auJ cc..:.; .IjL; rcJjctlca cf duties to CD per cent., for ti!l this is dona there can, be distribution under ths existing law.. B'Jt I! ve a::;ih ?rq"cs;icn to cs!; the committee ifycurep2it a part," why net repeal the whole of the law? This law. gives to each of ths B3w states 000,000 acres of choice land over and above1 their distributive share. Tliis part of tho law is (cfi unrepealed, and in full force, while all the rest of the states are deprived of all the benefits' of this, .law now and forever. As to tho old itatcslh law is repealed, but the new states are left to enoy the benefits oTIts provision." Why b this so ? This certainly requires explanation, ' and it was perhaps partly to avoid this also that the previous question has been called. ' ; The 'revenue plana of the Committee o( VVays and Means are Wholly unintelligible to me precisely the same measure is proposed at one time to reduce, 'and at another timo to increase, the revenue whether there be too much or too little revenue, the same remedy is recommended, aj "reduction of the tariff" down with the tariff." So these political doc tors have, it seems, the same remedy for all diseases In 1832, when we had a surplus revenue of upwards of S17,GOO,000, to re lieve the treasury, MrJMcDuffie, then chair man of the Ways and Means, reported just such a bill as this reducing duties, and it was then supported by the present chairman (Mr. McKay, ofiN. C) as a measure calculated to L i jl I I reduce the revenue, i Now that honorable gentleman reports a similar bill reducing the duties for the contrary purpose, the increase of the revenue ; how the same measure is to have opposite effects at different times, I .am at a loss to discover, perhaps the honorable chairman can explain it. : This bill proposes to reduce the duties to about what they were in 1840 and l when the revenue from im ports was about fourteen millions of dollars. Now, underline present law, (the act of ,42j) the revenue would probably bo about double that amountjyet the Committee of Ways and Means propose to repeal the act of '42, and reduce the duties! to about what they were in 1840 and 41 for the avowed purpose of in creasing the revenue. I This surely requires explanation ; I cannot understand it, nor do I see how any body else: cam But how, I,asY, is a general reduction ot auty to Hi.-j u. revenue? Clearly this could only be done by a corresponding, increase of imports. If you reduce your duties one-half,: you must certain. ly double your imoorts to get the same amount of revenue.1, The Secretary of the I reasury says we will havo twenty millions of revenue under the existing law, and he wants hve mil lions more j and ,the Committee of Ways and Means to accomplish this object, instead ol increasing the duties oncfourlh, reduced them one.fourth j clearly then they must increase imports one-half. Our i imports have aver- aged for some years past about one hundred millions ; on this," with the present tariff, the Secretary says! we will this year have twenty millions of revenue.; ! reduce it one-fourth and we will have but fifteen. To make up this loss, we must t import twenty-five millions more goods ; and to add five millions, the re quired amount to the'revenue, we must import twenty-five millions additional," making an in creased importation of fifty millions, to get five millions of revenue which is not wanted, and would never be acquired by this moans if it were. : j! ; 1. r : L . , j ' .'" - f. j EFFECTS ON FARMERS AND MECHANICS. i But our present amount of foreign! imports, viz.,one hundred millions, is sufficient to sup ply the demand ; how then are you to make room' for fifty millions .more ? this can only be done by destroying fifty millions oF dollars of our own domestic productions, to make, way for that amount of the production's of foreign industry. I VVie; musf,' according to this finan cial scheme i hot only destroy fifty millions of dollar worth annually ot our proaucuve in dustry i but we must send fifty millions of dot T- s .1- il'r..l.!.'Jiin(iMH 'tit tttIP lars ot nara casu io luiwigu vuui, chase what w now do produce, can produce, and ought to produce at home; and for" what? to' raise five millions of revenue by taxation, which is not wanted ! Now, sir, I submit, is this a wiseis1 it an . American policy ? Is it not rather a British policy, a plan to reduce tWduties'arid open" our port's to! the importa tion of British goods, to the sacrifice and de. struction of bur own mechanics, farmers, and manufacturers?! Yes, sir, and this is to be 1 -V. done by an American Congress, ana oy iac representatives ot tho American Can such an- anti-Araencan sucn a niau .t L. i l o-'mnmont liofnrfi this system asims, svauu iui umvmn-.- free and enlightened "people ?-: Pass im bill, sir. take five dollaraotT bar iron, 'and; stil more off ironn all its other forms, and, sir vou will co far to extic-uish the fires of every furnace ar. J cf every forge in Pennsylvania. Bv this bill you' will strike dowV your own your hatters, "ycuTr sfiaemases vcur c. .is-.'i-VauT tailors, your srs in n shirt, till your mschanics ; you' will para yz3 trJ rrCzirat3 your g'3 vorkspipe r-er..s.cc ?nrs.' 1-i 1 t. cent. 1 ;'T'3 r.arc'.j, ::. Dw l.ava,bul w. ;t 0.2 r:i.z.z:: iy vr. : f 1. cc:- u . ii" :.:rowaout cfcrr-;jr..r.t ir.:o r-r::-!-turiits, into producers ir.c;er,J cf coiuurr.crs cf o-riculiural prcJj'cts. W!.:a you iVjV- pre :uon jna c.:n;r.!ri ccr.u:rr:;-:t r -M-- " . . h ..I, !.. . - . I :i j- i 1 hal;. .o you r:ct run end destroy tl. farmers J ol tnis country 7 that ei a tho oountry jtself is destroyed. Argiculture ui icai apu lounaauon onwn:cn ev.i 0 muaa , uhcii uicMiiii.r pur P.cf"f " ?zrr : 'vhcn ,h? slu,,iiSi 1 , the Test, provisional rnen, rrv . ..arucs, and all go down with him. . It is the great object 'therefore to take care cf agriculture, make this prosperous and the whole conntry will prosper ; and how is agriculture to be made prosperous but by building up and sustaining home markets. It j is theretorc no; ior the manutacturers, but lor the mechanics and farmes, ycs,'4 air for ; the farmera,'tha 1 advocate the protective policy, There is one important fact which lies- deep at the foundation tcf the whole subject, to which I am anxious to attract the attention of lha farmers and politicians- of this . country, I- .-' ; 1 , . - I country is agricultural., produce raUedVpn foreign soil, worked ud and manufactured into goods, and then sent here for sale; and ;that the farmers and people of this country send in this way fifty millions of dollars a year to pur. chase foreign .agricultural produce, in .the shape of goods, while the foreigners take little or nothing from us ; our wh.olo agricultural exports to an tne wona iexcepung couon ana tobacco ) do pot amount to ten millions of ool; lars a year ; Ihus sir, we purchase five dollars worth of forbign agricultural produce to eve- ry dollar's Jworth we sell; this I may seem strangel but it is stricily true ; t. defy, contra- diction I challenge investigation,: Let gen. tlemen disposed to contest it select an article offoreign gopds,a yard of cloth, a ton of iron, a hat, a coat, a pair of. shoes, any thing, "from a needle to an anchor," examine its duce. It is a well known fact that farmfir of-1 ten make hundreds of dollars worth ot domes tic goods, elbths, &c.,' without using a dollar's J worth of any thing not produced pn meir.own (arms ; goods ana ciotn inus maae are mere t fore entirely .agricultural ; and are not the same materials used in "the manufacture' of I troods, whether made onaiannorin a iiacio- ry t J . ; f Mr S' said he had ascertained tho fact from his own books kept at a lurnace, tnaii nioro than ihree-fiurths of the price of every ton of iron sold, was paid to the neighboring farmers for their domestic goods, their meat and flour, that clothed land fed his hands ; for their hay, nnm nntc. tW ' that sustained his horses, mules, and pxen," employed about his works. n England J iron is made of the same matcn- Is that constitute it here'; well,' we now ,im- port, imant)lactured ana unmanuiaciurea, f I -Tf ' . f .' . i j 1 eiht millions of dollars worth of iron and teel- say only half its value is agricultural produce, thus, then we send four millions of dollars a year to purchase foreign agricultural produce, converted for sale," while ore and coa ftnrp nfnn'r faTmera left without markets. - Will the farmers ot this country submit to such a system as this openly advocated and 4.i ... . l t pense ot our own i vv in c'lpntlpntlv Intrrp-O thus to I crificed ? No sir, they will not," they will speak1 out aiainst this unjust and ruinous mea- sure you tables will foon groan under .the wpiaht of their remonstrances acainst it. I call ohlthera to do so ; X call on thera to! come to tho .resale before it is too late.; BRITISH BILL'. The t .z And, sir, allow me to say, Great Britain exceeded GIS.CCD.CCD in cvr in a country like h?re reven. f fivnf" Vc l . '-'r ;'.., 2h!s of the entire rorsulation is cpied inl)'"--- i "--. r,rA,. .L-, ti..',.,H. griculture, ') wheh? agriculture is destroyed, cf. ep'ecie Lad in the last year reached. tie un. yuauiutiiv jpw, tuy luy suro, win uui uoiujuou (U.: jven iis enemies j the proposed measure upon American laborj . I ing and the subsistence of the labor employed arenow disposed to give" it a fair and full trial , and its bene jicial effects upon foreign , and ei- in its manufacture, and it would be discovered and condemn it only when i fails. Then ! pcciilyi British iqdustryi ; hendo he had de- I thatrnore tha,n half, oftenVthree.fourths, of the whv notsii1,' wait till the people have a'ifob: nominated tVis a British' BiliK bccausV it nt.rufli8 made up ot agrrctmuraf pro :ponuuiV, I ; ; ' ;T(l U into iron, and sentf here ana Means twr. ( Mcivay; ntmseit, and as our own country is filled with there is now every prospect of a. redundant buried and useless, and the pro- revenue, 1 should not' be surprised if, before je avowed object of this bill is to cpen sure came up or.discussion. ' " - -toirts ti the importation of British goods yes, said Mr. S, the gentleman has, got a our ports to favor foreignTarmers tind mechanic's," and JOT loreigu iarmers uuu mctiaui.a oy our own.' Siri'give the - people aesiroy our own. oir, give uits- pcuia uu - to be heard,! and.ihis bill cannot pass ;, be discussed, 'and it can never pass an A let it men- can Congress. .There is - one way, in which It can passj send it to The British Parliament, and it will! be. passed. by acciamauoa. nug- land wouli give rriillions to secure its passage, It had i recently been stated in. an official re- port, rcadi in the House of Commons," that. unless the American -Tan Q of lolf was formerly had done; and this bill accordingly rriodifiesand' reduces.: the "tariff- of 1842 to suit the wishcs'of the : British Chaiicellorwho, while he recommends free trade -and low da- ticsTousl'takesVpecialcare to cd he re io his own prohibitory sysicml VV:!? this t:,'.! rro- pc:r-i rrcatiytb r-z- tit T - i'fcf::;; r J . . t I - . f 1 J J . M f .iUJca-spirits, L.L0t j tv.. - - modihed ana reauceu,.uiruin.-: uw-u : iu i ns aestruciive aocirincs. . jlui me genucman have to pay the TJnited Elates cash, for their i ies me to wait till the tariff comes up for dis. "cotton, iusteacl -of paying ia gbod3; cs she iCussion ; ir, this may never. happen ; may -I U -2 L. r. t::r; J ; ;rjo cf tr-J wi.h prcccdenled amount, 'as appears by cfiicial re. portsi ot moro thau "3 millions of dollars, r.osi ci , u new ureal Untain. no cr.-:r England and her statesmen were anxious r the reduction of-the American Whi' Tariff of-.42 No, bonder her Chancellor exclaims agamst IheTarifFj and rays ii Will cbfiga them to send us specie instead of goods hereafter to pay", for cotton.' -'No wonder our country is rapidly recovering from its late depression that its course is ogain onward and upward that its former prosperity is returning j a pros. perity it always had and always vould have un der an efficient protective system, but which it never had and never would have. without it. No - wonder: specie had become- abundant ; that tho banks had resumed : that eichanea . - ,r ..,.. - i. .... O every other branch jof the national industry was fully and profitably employed. ; JUI these were the necessary and undeniable fruits of the. existing tariff policy- results seen,' Teh;' and acknowledged throughout the land; yet, in the face it all these facts,' shutting their eyes to. ! these great lights blazing up before! them the Committee of Ways and Means I nave reported a bill to repeal this beneficial act of 1842, and bring us back to the low du- ties and the f low condition , o 1840. , They have ; struck i a death-blow .at this policy ; a policy which 'had I .vindicated, its adoption by all its fruits," which had fulfilled all the hopes of its friends and falsified all the predictions of its enemies ; but shall this blow be unavail- ing ? No, sir,' it' will recoil and overwhelm its authors. . The people who have.exriefjci ed the benefits and the bessings of this mea proachingi elections .? Thoy wilt then ietim it ono way or the other... If the enemies ot the . tariff policy prevail, they cant and.wilj repeal u f out ji you repeal now, ana us menus are successiui, u wui pe immcoiaieiy restored. Then why not let it abide this re: result? " Let it go" to the peopIe,.let them.de- tciue u, ouo, ior uu, sir, i uui- preparcu io acquiesce in their decision. , The1 committee deprecate agitation ; why not, then, let the inuuer rpsi.-xjci uie ipti-untHi ua ncu, and if it fails, put it down;.- .Whence, the-nr- gent necessity ot a change; what interest in ihe country calls for it ;' who has demanded it ; . who hasA petitioned .Tor this .or any other chance ?1 No. one r but the Committee of VVays and Means say we must have more revenue more revenue;, ana ;no?r ao tuey propose to raise it? -By reducing the duties; auu uus, my wuiuiur u? wm rcituu, na u j ? . . J : ..:ti i4 1 - - r "i ways nag resuuea, in a reaucuon oi revenue ; I it is the necessary and jthe natural conse- quence.- j This was once the opinion fo! the honorable Chairman of the Committe of Ways the bill is disposed of, it should be'advocaied as a measure to reduce the revenue ,; and this report be .amended by striking out the words contradiction, that the revenues of the coun try always have been increased or diminished; as we increasea or. aimimsnea me auues on foreign goods:, and "why will this not" be the result now (Here Mr. McKay , called Mr. Stewart to oracr, . ana caia u wouia ue time enongh lo,discuss tho tariff 'when that mea- jvote to' print atidl circulate 2o,000 copies of 1 nis reportnis speeun- m idvor oi urn uiu J arj(3 no doubt he is anxious to suppress any re I nlv hnt ,ir T hnvfl nrritpntnv trnt in he lwecn wo previous questions, and I wish to say a iiuje on the other s r side,' and little it will be compared with the voluminous report ol the Committee of Ways and fTeansV f which report I assure the'gbnilcman f 'will take great pleasure in sending" to my constituents, who.will readilv comprehend and appreciate" pt the "majority; rjass' that billas they are passing" this important bill, under the preyi- ous question ? n majority may take tho bill cut cf t:.2 committee end p3 it crJcr Tils -g ai".--ta:.:.c;r.er;t or cLals; nr. I fr t;.: ;; cvi.ccd to ':-r 3 . t"; :::..-, L-'v.- " .;'rV(';. ' 1 . '-- - l - Ti.- I . I ('. I ' " ' ;l ,r.j5am; course wiU Ijrurr; :J on l.".!ir.cii;;- t!.j r: cr.ub to a t' . cf lh3 t;:- ...-v." -t c-s . ' : ' ! , :, r;;:l" - ; .. ' i Frctc v.jn, zr. J r.J j: ta t:.2 I: . j ' n ; Wllh.a X-M t;kCCi Irirscv.y i .j down to thirty jcr cent, till tha 1st cf tccr, 1C 10, y.ha tl.'jrs Hui a J-lcral reduction rf cU cd valorem djilca to l.;r.ty- five- per cent, .and under,' fcsuiu'r.j in a rcdue-. clothing; two-thirds off shoes; one.hilf oft manufactures iron ' , ?o that tlie halters," tai lors shoe-makers, and blacksmiths foosc onc half of their protection ancl. !tho Treasurj"; one.halfahe revenue; and I -to! make up -for this loss of revenue, we must of course double the importation of - hats,' shoes,' manufactures of iron, and rcady.mada clothing; destroying a corresponding amount .out own product tion, as the consumption will continue tho same whether the supply, he furnished at homo st ercatlv inc; the importation of. wool to make good this loss of revenue.' ; i-,, .j ; , uLiutriiauu ins injurious operation .oi this till ujSon every branch of the national in. duBtry,' agricultural,; manufacturing,' and rne' ' chanfcalt, would suggest to the reader to" j turp totthe table markea ,,C" in the appendix - ' to. the report of the Committee of Ways and Meant, whe.ro they would see the prccjse ex" tent to whichcvery branch' ot iqdustry. pould be afrected by this measure.' This report iN self would thus furnish the best and most con,, elusive evidence of the idestrudtive effect of .an ...y t:r;?. . manufacturers Taria laifiiiv--. at the expense of our own. I . But, sir, if orereveipue is -wanted j whv ;: notincrerse the duties on luxuries consumed by the rich.'.rathef than thus' strike flown the til lt ' . -' P ! ll I ' --'j ' ' mouth of his children,' tbirnike room for the. roQiiarsAvonn oi t it :- - -i an American . i . . - i i Supportj of an. American Congress or be representatives ot the'American people ?r jl call on the 'authors , of this ruLnous measure jto corijo forthi in its I - defence., 1 call on them to assign1 somo reason for its adoption, ' I can readily, discover, rea. , sons whv Knrrland should cfrsire'its aHont!on i Jion of ths du!?s imposed by thj tari.T r r 1342 - -v uboirt. oirj; c-iburt!! ;' i ...i it ii " ' 'r manifest t! '-Ut im; u or.e.f;urtl. ' , ln ; more forV. , make roco the loss of; '? ' 1 vV.uli?. tJ. v --twoi anj oncfourth ' m.J , more to ra:roilw adStfona rc ; 1 Jf6!??. y.1? ari i.? joni-haif j viz. : f. - , fifty millions, which, must of .jjoursi destroy j , ' ! that amount of our own production j fvr in- nf x -5 stance,' by this bili oneihalf tiie rotcc&on is- . 1 ?, 1 taken off . "Vats ; 4 two.fifths oX ready jmadc. r uoiii uoroRu j iiiree cenis is lateen ou eve ry found of imported wool costing over scvea cents ; of course wo must ercatlv increase imporiation oi nny minions o ........ . r . mi. foreign goods t Is this, sir, measure, can it teceiv the VMb IHw I MtW b44W 1 WIT a.UUUUd. iril ff If W iltlVUJW reject ft ; Just so far as it benefits them it iru jures us j(this is a contest between foreign and Apencan tmecpanics, iarmers pna manuiac-i turer? for the American market ',and hp qucs, tion is, which' side shall we take ?" The lariiT, Ot IC344 snuis out me ioreigncr ana gives iuo Americans tne rnarK.eif;pis Dm; proposes 10 repeal the tariff of 182, a ndj 'give it to. the foreigner to open our pprts and again flood our country I with fo reign goods and export money Dy snip iobus jo pay- ur iucmi i.nim why? f again . ask the committee upon what principle of, national policy this, measure is r sustained? ;t" ' ' - ""-'; v r. THE TARIFF DEMOCRATICrrFBEB TRADE 510N- . .... ' ARCltlAL. - ,, j .- Mr. Dromgoole replied to enable bare headed rieople to buy cheap. hat-i ! j; r y j -To enable bareheaded people to buy cheap hats! - Sir.Tet me . tell the gentleman if .W carries this measure, the poor people; ot this country would not oniyigo bare-headed, bui " bare-backed they would be docrr.cd, !:' o ther paupers of Europe; to , go half; fed and half clad T?he tariff,' sir) is "the poor man's law , it is this and this alpne that gives him employ;', merit and wages. Just as the tariff go:: down,' the wages of labor will go dowfi with it. Ile- neal the tarifl -adopt the gentleman a favorito plan of r tree iraae, ana you win cring J, ! down the labor here, in .every ep-artrr.ent ol industry, to' the level of. the labor of ,the serfs anti paupers of JSurope.. 'This is certain it is irietitabie- - As certain as the hvVcf ravi. tatica- as inevitable as that the rem oval c'r ah obstruction between two unequal fc:'cicf water will reduce the cr.c'to the isvil cf S lint thou nrn lha irortf rnnrAno ti'hw wo chMili" V other.- llepeai me laruj ar.u k. l.zii; ! ..- - f p rcvcni car country f r c -r. L b :'. ?3'.-.t " , dated with the produc-r.;ci. 'ti,.,-!-' ''-"" htorcf nrc?e. -V'i 7 ' f crr' ' " c - -. and '"".dSCp, ts t:;ay - J t-- t--" market! " V.Ttli tl p: ; -t TiciVj'-s c i:', - t-.-ccur:? " " '"',v:i ' I. ..:.vc!U. : r- r'.. . prl; r'cn or: i t'r-cct t':" i - t; M t h ' -y.-i I5 r. IS i r It -
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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July 19, 1844, edition 1
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