Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-08-31

were opposed to his darling hobby
And yet, this Mr.. Reuben Davis say
that AMr. Van Buren, is more Of a Tar
iff man than Mr.. Clay" What impu
dence!
To show what Mr.. Van Buren,
views were and are with regard to tn,
Tariff, we submit the following articl.
as conclusive proof;-SoaGhern Rspor
ter.
From the Tennessee Patriot.
Mr.. VAN BUREN, ANDTHE TAR
IF.
eff we cannot vote for Henry Clay
because he is in favor of a protective
tariff, how can the South Support Mr.
Van Buren,, who has voted for some
ofthc same bills to which we have allu
ded, and who is said to be as warm a
tariffitc as Henry Clay?" We an.
swcr this inquiry, by asserting in gen.
eral terms, and OH the very best au-
thority (Ml. Buffers letter to Mr.. Gar
land, March, 1885, that "Mr. Van
Buren's personal feelings have been al
all times ayersc 10 the high tariff poll.
cyl
tits knownto all who have made
themselves acquainted with the poll
tics Of New York, during the last ff
teen years, that up to 1880, and prob.
ably for few years afterwards, the
people ofthat State were generally in
favor Of protective duties. Mr.. Van
Buren, was their Representative, not
nominaliy as many legislators are, but
really and in truth. He spoke their
sentiments, and voted IN accordance
with their instructions. Now it would
be just as reasonable to charge Mr.
Grundy with being opposed to the In
dependent Treasury System, because
(being instructed by the last Legisla
ture Of this State 30 to do,) he voted
against this measure, as it is, to call Mr..
Van Burhn the friend Of a high tariff
for having voted when instructed by
his constituents to do so, for bill the
effect and policy ofwhich we have the
most conclusive evidence to prove that
he personally deprecated.
In his reply to the Shocco Springs
Committee, in 1892, he used the fol-
lowing language:
"The protective system and its prop
er adjustment became subject of fire.
qnent and necessary consideration
whilst formed part of the cabinet;
and the manner in which the Presi-
dent proposed to carry into effect the
policy in relation to imports recon-
mended in his previous messages, has
since been avowed, with that frank
ness which belongs to his character.
To this end he recommended "a modi-
fication of the tariff, which should pro-
duce reduction Of the revenue to the
wants Of the Government, and an ad-
lustment Of the duty upon imports,
with view to equal justice, in relation
to all our national markets, and to the
counteraction Of foreign policy SO far
as it may be injurious to those inter
ests.'
an these sentiments fully concur;
and have been thus explicit in the
statement ofthem, that there may bel
no room for misapprehension as to my
own views upon the subject. A sin
cere and faithful application Of these
principles to our legislation, unwarped
by private interests or political design,
! restriction Of the wants of the Gov
to simple and economical
administration Of its affairs-the oaly
which is consistent with
The purity and stability Of the Repub-
lean system; a preference in encour-
given to such manufactures as
ire essential to the national defence,
ind its extension to others in proper
ion as they are adopted to our coun-
nv, and Of which the raw material is
Produced by ourselves, with proper
aspect for the rule which commands
hat all taxes should be imposed in pro-
,ortiOn TO the ability and condition of
he contractors, would, / am convin-
ed, give ultimate satisfaction to a vast
majority Of the people Of the United
Hates, and tend To- arrest that spirit of
liscontent, which is now unhappily r
PREVALENT, and which threatens such /
Extensive injury % The institutions off
ur country" Is
In addition to this II viii only be ne
essary to subjoin the following ex-I
racts from MI. Bent0n's letter to Gen.
)avis, and we have 4 complete view Of !
II. Van Buren's sentiments as regards /
he Tariff: X
ale (Mr. Van Burcn) was the first