The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-29
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1 IA Gauss: u Ihs Raleigh STANDARD
e Wednesday. lhs lslh. ne edisor sssisr
! that-'*Ms learn Ghal ID. Smisk, 81 Or
sngs. one ofths esndadsass % shs Whie|
Eieriorsl Ticket hss eonr out ii favor
u TsriT; tkus he Nhigs adopt. one
after smother. lhs prineiplss ness hostile
70 Soalhefn Interests" Ian sorry shas
10 announcing msiier of sDrh magar
iude 10 the world. be had not heea ! t.
as more specific. and thai Re had eiT-
en- 10 he pablie ne lime. The place. and
The persons 10 whom shis very treason
able disclosure vas made. Now an
% loss 70 kno~ whaf 10 ssy-shells-
sr Il was Mr.. Csihoan's tariff Of 1916.
Or Mr.. cfay's tanff AZ 1919. o. General
Jaekson's aud Mr Van Busen's higher
Iarif Of 1924. or .slhs bill ~ sbomins.
iona" ~ Mr.. Van Buren, n ls2s. re-
peat. lam 81 loss 10 conceive shicl ,jof
these ] had cone ong in favor Of. Nov,
II ihe tariff of 1924 did saiills General
Jscksoasls Southern eanfdsce and sop.
port % Lie highen Office 10 The Cavern
men. snd. Mr.. vans Bnpn 70 The second.
and The s.bill Of sbominslions' or 1875,
has given. Or ]. shout 10 giss South
Carolins % Mr. Van Buren, lor lhe Pre-
Sidney 10 1870. Isfhouii likei,o know
What kind Of tariff il Is that ] rsa sup
port sfier this. that will Be more s.hosiils
10 Southern interests" Than ihese.H Boz
70 The point without eqnisocslion. I
would most respectfully ask the Editor
Of The = andard 10 give 70 The public the
creed OF his parry, and lel u know If
fhfy are oppnsed 10 j IariE. This
"Whigs" have been someshaI alarmed
on the subject A Mr.. Rhen. dispn-
guished South Carolina Representative.
has come oul The lsssxsessionI of Con.
gfess against Tariff. and in lasor Of di.
rect isres--he 10 . champion Of the
Southern Democratic party. Mr.. Wood
bury, The Secretary Of Inc Treasury.
gives Us . broad hin, on The subjeei ii
direct fnxes. ! am DESTROYS thai sll per
sons and al parties shall know my prin-
ciples on Ill subjects thai may concern
Them and me, and my opinions soo. |
went into Congress 10 1917, and iefi in
1921. The sahjecs OF Inlernsl Improve.
menl BY The. Federal Government was
then Introduced and discussed. voted
uniformly sgsinsi il. Mr.. clsy.inrcdnc,
ed The subject Of The TsrIff; IL vas dis.
cussed; voted sgsinst il. voted .
gainst lniernsl Improvements. because
believed there was no warrant In ihs
Constitution for them, and that IL iher,
had been. thai il vas inexpedieni.
voted agsins, The Tariff. because
ihnnghi that Mr.. Cslhoun's Tariff ol
1916 was sufficiently high % raise reve'
niue. and ihsi no other Of The contingen.
eies which ! thought would justify IN in
creased Tariff had arisen. Indeed, %
| fas from being high Tariff man. ] NOV
ed in Congress for reduction Of The du
liy on Salt and Iron--but on being infnFm
ed BY Mr.. Lowndes. Of South Carolina
IN old member and leader of The Re
publican party. and The Chairman OF ih,
committee Of ways and means, that The
Tariff OF 1915 was she basis on which
The Government had given . pledgefi,
their creditors for the discharge OF III,
Nanuusss o~s., --sshdrew my opposi
non, But ! have always held The opin
Ion, that IL was within the constitutions
pawers Of Congress 10 impose Tsrii
/ Of duties on goods. wares and merchan
die imported into The United States
lsl To raise revenue 10 support the Go
sernmsnt Of the United States. IDLY
To eouniervail any minus, or unsqus
restrictions Or regulations by any foreign
nstion upon our commerce. 3dly. "a
protect The industry Of our own people.
when rendered expedient BY the state OF
our foreign relations. These hsvefbeen
my opinions Of twenty-five years. |
hare no, changed them. | approved OF
the Compromise Act OF Messrs. Clay
and Calhoun, the great leaders Of thesop-
posiie parties. | desire ths, Compro.
mise 10 be observed insgood faith, and |
had most earnestly hoped Thai all parties
would adhere TO il, and tina. nothing
wouli arise which would render il nsces-
ssry 10 disturb il. Bot this | do venture
10 by, that if the expenditures Of the
Government must 90 on under our pre-.
sentrulers. and The revenue arising from
lihe Compromise Tariff will not supper,
lii, B that case will prefer setting aside
| hsrompromise, and imposing such a
| Till as will support The Government.
rsher than submit, 10 having National
del on us. under the deceptive guiss Of
irssury noies. or To have TO resort 10 d.
rfs taxes with the Stamp and Exercise
| NJ. and with host Of insolent officers
| linlruds themselves into our houses as
* gs.herers. ~s~@
These are my opinions. If this 10 /
bhal The Standards informant plesses 10
leu =" coming out IN favor o ia,
G" he 10 right. | maintain these to be
by opinions in theory and in practice.
1 call them true American principles
true Republican principles--true State
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