Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-04

rs Know or believe, were held out by the Tar
ut parry in Washington or clsew here nor do i
rrmemher ever TO have heard "a single supporter
of the system, in Congress or out "f it, utter one
word To encourage the hope that at any future
day, however distant, the protecting system was
I" he abandoned, or n further reduction made
on the protected articles. From the COM
mencemeut of the discussion in the Senate, up
To the debate III. fual passage OF the Bill.
the language Of Mr.. Di kerson, MIR. Clay,
and the other supporters of the system, sli,-
tincuy aud uniformly was, that the protectiv
>ystcm was tn he maintained unimpaired {;
md they Supported the Bill on its final PAS
sage. express on the ground that il amount.
ed. IN the emphatic language of MIR. Clay him
soil, "a CLEAR, DISTINCT, and iSpIsPurABLE
ADMISSION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF PROTECTION
Let these facts he taken in counexiOu with the
following distinct declaration of the Secretary of
the Treasury, in tho report which accompanied
his Ball. u: g an opinion has been heretofore
expressed by the undersigned in favor OF a pro-
spective and gradual reduction of the existing
duty on articles embraced by the protective sys-
tenn: but II has been departed from i'm the Bill in
Difference to respectable opinions from other
quarters but principally from what is n erst ov
To he the wish of the Manufacturers them elves,
Who prefer system PERMANENT In its charac-
ter to one LIABLE To CHANGE"-and can any
candid man say that there remains a loop ON
which to hang doubt" II is clear that
the new Bill can only be regarded MS n SET
tiement Of the question, and ,h.t so far us Con
gress is roncerueI. i; must now be regarded as
the settled policy of tho country" In this o.
pIn'on, gentlemen, six Of Your Representatives,
and both ct your Senators, have concurrrd, in.
GLIDING one, (ir. Nuckols) long a member of
the Union Party, who had cherished the IN ISL
snnsnine hopes even To- the last and until they
we're hnnly extIngushed 10y his observation
aud experience. five are mistaken in the opin-
ION which we have formed this suhjert, then
o. pt of n
vents IN Washington tpr the last eight years, Ia
very little purpose. u have seen Throughout
tho whole OF that pernid. during which three
successive Tariffs have been enacted. n constant
increase Of strength on the part Of the support
rrs oi the American sysen-l have seen them
III aking steady a,ivaucrs tow ards the con <urr,na-
ton al their policy have seen. the leaders Of
political parties struggling for power, Ivy court
irg the favor Of the supporters of that system
nave seen influential men opposed tn the syS-
T. m an principle, carried away by the current Of
popular "pioi"n. excusing their apos,ary on the
ground That the system was established and il
" as useless any longer To resist il. Seeing all
the things passing oefurc my very eyes -wt
sing tho almost daily enlargement Of the
rover ana extension OF the patronage, of the
f"dernl Government, arcompan ed by a dis
or ceful scramble for tho public money-fndiny
'ha, the appropriations of the last year had ex-
c"eded by srvcra! millions the ordinary expen-
d't'lreS OF lhr GoverDment-,hat n proDo ~ition
10 divert g: 5OO,00J of the Jmhiir revenue (now
derived from the public Iantls) to purposes of
Education, Internal Improvement. and Coloniza-
hon had actually succeeded i'm one House. and
was clearly DIES ined to succeed in both; | have
found II inn ossih!e ID resist tie conviction that
the American System has trunphed by the
complete establishment IF it's pcrGcious princi-
Pies: principles which do most cons cicntious.
~ believe. must eventually lead to the establish
ment OF a consolidated government to the en-
pf ind. nben mn
sovercsnlics, and The utter destruction of g the |
prosperity, nay OF the very existence of the |
Southern States" IL does seem to me too OH |
vi"us TO admit even of dispute. that the exercise
by great central government, Of tho power
of Regulating aud con,r Hing The whole la
bour aud cap tai of tho country" must in
cvitably destroy the federative character of
our government, and "crect upon its ruins
one great con, Oli'iated dcsputsm without lim-
tatiOn OF powers" So rapid have heen the
advances made of late years towards this end, |
that it is melancholy truth that in many parts OF
our country he peope have had their eyes g,
constantly turned towards The federal Govern
ment, as the prolific source uf houuties and the
grand distributor Of" the Spoiis" whether of DO
litcal victories. or of partial legi>laon that it
has actually como 10 he the prevailing opinion,
that ours is in fact c0ns olihaied Government
that the States stand in tlse same relation to the
United States "a county parish to the Stare,
OF which IL 10 a part ; that " the will of the ma
] nrity is the supreme laws."h
Whatever difference o: 1pn,on may exis, ar
to the rnte of du les, or the amount cf reduction
under me new Bull, there can be none AZ TO its
general character. IL is written in evcrv pape
that 1t Is HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF, and that
this IS TO he the leading feature of our revenue
system after the final extingushnent of the rnt,-
lie debt. While the duties on The protected ar
iirles are under the Ri to be maintained,
at rates greatly exceeding the revenue standard,
these on the unprotected articles are reduced
greatly below that standard and &c a very large
amount have been entirely repealed The fol
lowing table of the leading icles under these
two heads will exhibit this SO plainly, as TO
make comment unnecessary.
TABLE,
Of Duties under The neD Tariff
PROTECTED ARTICLES. UNPROTECTED ARTL's
WOoiten Cloths except Silks, ) to 10 p,rct
Plains, &c. under 35IWines (Madeira and
cts. So per ct. French Ia TO 25 p.
Cations, acreage duty As rct.
per CT. Teas. free,
Ft1nnets J finest 32 =. Co6ee. free
Bochtngs, ct. lowest Cocoa free
Bn1zes, 10 per CT. Spices free
*Woot: except the coar- QuickSiirer fire.
est ~ ner ct. Tin an Plates free
'fIoof CtomS, On some Salt feiro crude. OPT
qualities 100 per ct. un, almonds. currnnts.
IRON, rolled. upwards ofIprunes, pIums, figs. raj
lOC per ct. sins, cainphor, fax un-
Hdrdt0nre, 70 20 3UO pcrimnnufactured, marble |
cent. do, argoi, gum arabic, |
Sugar, brown, 60 perl&c. epaulettes ,are dye |
CT. adder madder root, |
Salt from 81 To upwards NUS and berries used