Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-05-17
"a JyDrcIoUs TARrrP.o-We have

"a JUDrcIoUs TARTFF."-We have,
at least, General Jackson's ideas Of ga
Judicious tariff" SO far as ,cool and salt
are to be affected. lie has instructed
the Secretary Of the Treasury to report,
that the duty on both these articles should
be taken off; or, at all events, reduced g
a mere nominal duty; and such is the re-
port of the Secretary. Let us have no
flinchIng-no attempt to make a cats
paw of Mr.. M'Lane. No ridiculous
pretence that this report is made without
the appreciation ofthe President 1t has
already been blaZoned forth to the world
that even Mr. Van Buren,, his privy
counsellor, il not his conscience keeper,
was never permitted to assume the re-
sponsibility of his Office; and that whatev-
er he did was in puisuance OF the orders
OF Gen. Jackson. Can it then be believ-
ed, that Mr.. M'Lane would even dare to
think, much less to speak, on public al
iairs, without directions from the Prcsi-
dent?
We now appeal to the farmers of our
State, and we ask, are you prepared to
sustain this system of policy? Are you
prepared to sacrifice, at one fell swoop,
every wool grower in the nation? If you
are not, you must abandon the support of
.8ndrep Jackson and his advisers He
has now openly announced his views, in
relation to the wool growers. If his in
ilucnce prevail in Congress, the duty on
Vool will be taken oil, and, in conse-
qneDce, large portion OF the sheep
breeders reduced to ruin. Their saliva
ton depends upon the persev everance and
firmness Of the friends Of the American
System. For the farming interest there
fore, to continue their support OF Andrew
jackson, is suicidal.
The same remarks, so far as our State
IS concerned, apply with increased force
to the article Of salt. From this source
we derive revenue Of one huWdrsd and
tcenty thousand dollars per annun. This
revenue is pledged for the payment OF
our canal debt. If General Jackson's
recommendation to Congress, to reduce
the duty on foreign salt to fire cents per
bushel, should prevail, there is an end
to the manufacture of salt in our State. -
The whole OF this vast revenue is annihi-
lated. The manufacturers and dealers
in the article are destroyed: the canal
debt must remain unpaid for much lon
ger term: every species of internal inn
provement, contemplated by the State,
must be totally abandoned; and land
tax, to meet the ordinary expenses OF the
government, will become indispensable,
at the very moment our wool growers are
bankrupted, by the baneful policy Gen
eral Jackson Is now pressing upon Con-
gress.
The report Of Mr.. McLanc, madc by
order of the President, recommending to
take off the duty on ,rool and sail, is "A
Pandora's box for the State Of y York
and yet, with these direlul evils staring
us in the face, and which can only be IL
verted by the zeal and talents of the Ma
tional Republican party, we find men SO
thoushtless, or so corrupt, as to sing the
syren song Of iullaby. No State in the
Union, at this juncturo, has SO much
cause for alarm as the State of n. York.
Will her people, at the coming election,
prove recreant? No. We unhcsi,atmg-
ly answer, No.-[.N. Y. Ere. Joa,aal. /