Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-18

admitted Tree, and on all paying less than 20 pc
cent may he laid as high as, but no higher, thar
20 per cent.
9Th. After June. Is42, all duties shall be laid To-
the purpose OF raising such revenue may be ne
eessary to an economical administration of tn,
Government
And this last Is the great and leading principl,
gained by the anti-tariff party in the compromise
LIST. A tauff for revenue only: 2d. Only so muel
| revenue as Is necessary to an economical admins
trsticn 81 the Government
Such, SIR, are the great LEADING features and prin
eiPles OF the great compromise Of 1888.
by these features easily distinguish the
dividing lines between the North and the South in
1888. Here we can that neither party got MOI
lost all BY the deba'es of that period, you car
easily lind the extreme points for which the respec
| tive parties ccntended.
The resolution OF Mr. Hayne who was truly the
champion Of the South, and his able commentary
upon II, show you what the ant. tariff party con.
tended for and against.
LIST For a tariff for revenue.
I'd. For reduction of the revenue TO the wants of
the Government.
50. Against the constiiutionality Of a tariff for
protection, per Sc: admitting, however, the power
oil discriminating duties for revenue but conIendns
oran equaz anon of duties upon the protected and
UNPROTECTED class ofarticles.
See volume Slh, part Isl, Of Congressional De.
bates of 1881 and 1889:
Monday, January l6.-The Senate took up the
following resolution, submitted by MIR Clay on the
10th instant:
"RssOired, That the existing duties upon articles
imported from ioreisn countries, and not coming IN
to competition with similar article. made or mo-
ouced within the United States ought to be forth.
with abolished, except the duties upon wines and
Silks and that those ought be reduced; and that
,ne COMMITTEE on Finance be instructed to report
bill accordingly.
"Mr Hayne moved the following modification of
the resolution:
"Strke out all after the word countries, and in
sert follows: BE so reduced that the amount Of
the public revenue shall be sufficient TO defray the
expenses Of Government according TO their present
scale alter the payment Of the public debt; and
That, allowing reasonable time for the gradual re.
duciion OF the present high duties or the ARTICLES
coming into competition with similar articles made
or produced within the United States the duties be
Ultimately equallzed, that the duty on no article
shall, as compared with the value Of that article,
vary materially from the general average'-
such were the rival propositions: and reference
to the speech Of Mr. Clay, at the time, will show
the policy which the tariff parry contended for Ia
nuNry IL, 1882, he said:
although 1t may be impracticabe TO saw what
the exact amount Of the public revenue should be
for the iutue, and what would be the precise pro-
duce of any given system Of mposts, we may safe
~ assume that the revenue may now be reduced,
and considerably reduced. This reduction NAV I've
Effected IN various ways, and on different prnci.
pies Only three modes shall now be noticed:
"lst- To reduce the duties on all articles in the
same ratio without regard TO the principle Of pro-
lection.
''2i. To retain them on unprotected articles and
augment them on the protected articles.
And, Sd. To abolish and reduce the duties on
unprotected articles, retaining and enforcing the
faithful collection OF those on the protected adces
The hrst two MODES he opposed, and the third he
supported as equitable and reasons be- L king mar
ticuar care not 10 notice debate, however, 4th
mode-io abolish and reduce the cuies on the pro-
teced articles and 10 retain, and, It necessary 10
augment the duties on the unprotected articles or
'uHuties," IS ihey are now ca.,sd--ghe moCe for
which the SJulh commended
The compromise elaned but reduced the duties
on the protectei articles, and made, contrary 10 the
vii OF Tue South, most OF the unprotected articles
or luxuries free.
Then gentlemen OF the Tariff party resisted the
duties upon luXuries IN order 10 retain those on the
protected articles Now they wish TO tax nothing
so much as Injuries Is 1t their object now 10 laV
tax on iuXuTes IN order 10 have a pTeteSt for in-
crea' ~ the les on the necessaries OF hfe7 Sir
can any man read the letter and spirit of the com.
promise act, and not see that this must se the oh
Ject o. those who understand IT'S letter and spir,
Does not e ely eye that there Is certain reI,-
ZION Kept up throughout the positions assumed the
debates and lhe acts Of 1882 and 1888 then,sr,y,s
between the protected and the unprotscred articles
Will u not be then SIMPLY questlon Of the sns.
rule of three with protection gentlsInen-tbat #
protected arucies ere trXed only so much. win.
iuNnties or unprOec arucles are free how much
snail The duties on protected articles be Increased
when iuxures become taxed II We OF he minor
ny, consent TO disturb the tariff on luxu.ies do YOU
suppose ~ e Biil be allowed 10 stop there MAJ
MOI, will not gentlemen insist upon Carving ou,
the compromise act, and preserving and Continuing
these relations established by the act between pro
Iected and unprotected artrcies7 Sir, the moment
mat gentlemen began II talk even ofduties on lux
unes, dad we not the resoiu luton proposed In he
offered by the gentleman from Vermont. fNr Ev-
eretD and Gid we not see the pin bill7 If we con-
semitic disturb the compromise, where shall ".
siop-~hlt security have we that a majority will
stop at allf Give up, yield to the FIRST inroad on
tins act ard you viii be stuck full of pInsi
ldere MIR Wise was interrupted 10 his remarks
by MIR StAnlyl
Mr.. WISE continued. Sir, some gsn,isD,., mn.
dertake 10 shear wolves. | will not. | viii Wal,
Unit. am obliged 10 contend with a superior Corce
before fight. | will fight this tariff ma ioritv SIC
Will retreat SIR, as our fathers Old in the Revo-
Iution-oarsoote1 hrst, before viii grappl. with
majority tempted by sYsry Interest TO su me 10 the
slaughter without quarers That majority. con-
sisrng OF members Of all parties . now alive ana
watching for rs IN the minority to touch Ilux,,ri.,
and our on'y hope against elective dlie,s 20 con-
tend at once for The inst great principle established
by the act ItseIf-"not 10 disturb the eomo,or,,ss
without an actual and unavoidable hecesssty.n we
have th,s giant majority bound now only bv tb,
shrecs Of faith; they weak enough ,Se al knovy
and hey shall not be unbound with my consent. /
l,aT the beast Of protective tariff and am no Van
Ambursh, TO be thrown into cage 81 lions and
tigers. Other gentlemen may risk the fans and
teeth OF wild m'youty-I will not.
BY the compromise we obta ned somewhat OF an.
pro1imAtion 10 equaizi iJB Of dulles on protseted
and unprotected artIc es And whether the ar, ~
last sesslon-the Ia sections Of the SENATE re-.
10 conformity el her 10 the letter or spirit Of lie
compromise act, let the world decide viii m.
gentiemlu ifcm North Carolina mir. S,snfv, $40
these sections wers N accordance with the compro
mise ac,2 No. And yet We were then iold tie
sams thing-that no body desired 10 disturb lie
tariff compromise
Here Mr.. Etanly rose and said che had 40 al.
Jeciion 10 sly that those sections we're IN accordance
With the eompfomise."I
Mr WISE. Then the gentIem-u's undsrstaDdi,g
Of the compromts is wholly ferent from mir
What Is The compromised That no article. ei,bs,
before or ale the 80 Of June, 1912 shall be tar.
ed more than 20 Der cent What were the ,,ov,,.
iols o. these seclion7 That silk and sorsted good,
and ole ichsd BOD unOleached linens, should De tsy
90 from 10 %, and even as high, in some in,t,o.
ces, as 20 per Uni Does the gentleman denv fb,,l
kno" the act was exceedingly compliant n med
no duty; II employed, vigorously enough. a grest
deai oil cifcomlocuuoni but have expos tons GT IL,
mode Of operauOn, both from the most enIigbten.d
merchants end from the Compt.o.lsr oftbs To-.
sury. Gentlemen and AL soy, they ro.sp In
cary out the compromise; bat sir. we unde,st,,d
u olhercnty-thef Is the ruM Gentiemeo and I
10 not mean he same thing. For EXAMPLE. Sir the,
bili coniaineda direct protection Of Kent.ekv cot.
ton inggng-a protection which was aimed n, 10
l931, and ~lhdrawn by the act Of 1888, and vet Il
Wa' inserted ~ these sections MS perfectly cgor,s
tent with the comprsmise. refer gentlemen d, ,b.
same speech ~ Mr. Clay, IN 1882
Il ne success Of the American m1nuficture nj
cotion oagging hag been such as that by firpieb,g
oe'Ier 1no cheaper article, the Digging Of Inyer-