The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-28
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WEDNESDAY. NOV. %. 1899.


CONGRESS.
! This body will assemble at Washington o,
Monday next, and the session must expire b,
the constitutional limitation of the terms o
service Of tho members on the night Of the 3,
% March neat. 1t mast, therefore, he a shor
session, and it most probably ,pW be busy
un"-anc, the deliberations of which will b,
Looked 10 with an intense anxiety by ali part.
OF the Country. There are questions Of mo-
nrntous concern To be aainied, and, if possi.
bic, 20 be settled, which viii cali forth the
strongest passions and feelings, not Of that
body merely, but Of The community rcnerclly.
and which will require the exercise Of treat
wisdom and prudence in fheir adjustment.
The Tariff question it is well understood is
again 10 BE brought up and an attempt will be
made to destroy the principle Of protection, End
to reduce the duties 10 the standard Of the ne.
cessiles al the government, when administered
on the most economical principles, without any
appropriations for internal improvements or
works Of public nature. But why stop here !,
II The principle of protection is to be abandon.
ed, then let the principle of indirect and ume-
qnaI taxation be abandoned with it. [ eli all
duties on imported articles be repealed, and lei
the expenses of government be paid by direct
tax, aPPor'loncd, on constituti, nal principlcs.
according 10 representation. Much the great
est portion of duiiab!e articles are consumed by
the Northern and Middle States, and, of course,
most of the public expenses are paid by them.
Now, /. the duties from which the revenue is
derived cannot be so levied as to protect their
industry, why should they any longer bear this
unequal buden
We know not what course our Representa-.
i'ves will feel ii 10 be their duty TO take in The
discussions which will take place on this long.
agitaled topic. We doubt not, however, that
they will be unitedly IN favor Of supporting the
system rs an entire whole But, under ex-
sting circumstances, we do not think il their
duty any longer to bear the brunl If the battle.
Important as the system is to New England,
the gralngrowing Stales,-the Middle and the
Westcrn-arc those to whom lis preservation
is of the most vital Importance New Enr-
land though she would suffer severely with
er from us effects, as she can more readily turn
her industry into new channels, which will
soon become productive. The particular poll
cy to be pursued is not so important 10 her as
to them, so that il is only uniform and steady.
At the recent elections, those States have sus-
tanned an Administration, known to be opposed
to the Tariff system. Let then, then, take
upon themselves the task of managing this af.
fair with the rulers of their choice, the New
England representation supporting them by
their votes, so long as they adhere To Just and
equitable principles But, if the plan which
has, heretofore, partially succeeded, Of making
the reductions on articles produced in New
England, while the Iron of the Middle States
receives iul and ample protection, is again re-
sorted to, we would at once, Join with the
South in repeating the duties entirely We
would support the system one perfect sym
metrcal whole, or abandon il altogether. If
the latter course should be adopted our Wool
len Manufacturers would suffer much, but, they
must recollect, that their wool and their pro-
visions world come cheaper than row, which
would be partial offset The reduction IN the
expense of living and in the price of foreign iron,
would enable us to engage extensively in the
manufacture of cutlery and of iron mongery
generally, and this would in part compensate
US Tor the luss Of other branches of business,
which would have to be given up. On the
whole, we think it time to throw the RESPONSE
hility, at once, where it ought TO rest on those
who are chiefly interested, but who will con-
tinue 10 blow hot and cold with the same
breath, just as it answers their own purposes.
so long as they find there is a majority without
them, wEo will sustain That system, which ii
would be most ruinous to their constituents 10
have Abandoned