The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-20
A GOOD INDICATION.

From the debate in the House OF Represen-
,atives on Friday, on the question 10 which com
mittee that portion Of the Message which re,
lates to the Tariff should be referred, we are IN
duced to believe that there are other members
besides those composing the corporal
guard disposed and determined to give cor,
rect Interpretation TO the suggestions ana RECON-
mendations contained in that document The
neonle will see that no small portion OF their re-
representatives will not hesitate TO burst the oahas
of dictatorial pdrtyism Honest men wiil rise
in their places aud advocate those principles
that are TO rebound TO the welfare OF the lohote
people-and not gnobly bow their necks merely
70 subsprve the interests of few ambitious po-
liticians
Among those who have had the candor TO DO
Justice to the sentiments Of the President on the
subject of the Tariff, as expressed IN his Mes
sage, we are gratifed 10 name the Hon John
w Jones, of Va, recently the Chairman OF
the Committee Of Ways and Means.
The question was whether the President re-
commended a Tariff for protection or re-
yeuUe- the former, il should be referred TO the
Committee on Manufactures-if the latter, to
the Committee of Ways and Means
We extract the following passage from Mr.
Jones' remarks:
II his were proposition lay tariff for protec
lion he was not prepared to say that is uecton 70
the Committee on Manufactures would not be the
proper one. But did any gentleman in tins House
ask the imposition of duties for the purpose OF protect
ING domestic manufactures The idea was disclaim-
~ Il, aEt,
ed on all hands w as such the recommendation OF the
President of the United States He Mr.. had
only to appeal to the history 81 the past political lite OF
the President find the most ample REPUTATION OF such
a position Was that fair construction TO be placed
upon the communication OF the President MS
would lead him Mr.. necessarily to look INTO the
communication Itself and in order understand that
communication correctly, II must be taken IN all its
true and proper bearings They must not only look
10 the paragraph which related TO the question OF the
tariff but they take il in connexlon with the sub
iects with which that subject was connected
" By examination, they would be enabled to sec the
Inducements which operated on the mind of the Pres
dent TO bring this subject before the House The
President was giving information 10 congress as Il.
was his duty to Jo) relation to the condition OF the
Treasury. He going on to show the resources
ofthe Government for the year. and to show its La
bilies for the period. In tins connexon II was
that The subject of the riff had been introduced ny
the President; and MIR, j. would call the attention
the House to that particular branch Of The subject
Here Mr.. J. read the statement of receipts
and expenditures, and commented severely on
the acts Of the extra-session.
=" These and other passage Mr.. j. read mainly, he
said for the purpose OF repeling the inference that the
obeNt of the President in his communication was pro-
tectiEn to domestic manufactures lhe President,
Mr. " contended, never, throughout these points OF
the message, lost sight of the word rersnue thus
clearly showing the object 10 be TO impose duties Tor
the purpose of revenue alone.
If the President meant TO propose tariff Tor
the protection of domestic manufactures. Mr., J.
differed with him in toto-''for the reason, which
appeared to him sound and inconrovertible, that
at the precise point where complete protection
commenced, revenue ceased The very object
for which protecting duties were imposed, was
TO exclude from the country the commodities on
which the duties were Lard, and on which re-
venue depended while duties laid for revenue
were for revenue alone The effect Of the one
was TO promote commerce, TO raise revenue to
replenish the Treasury. The effect OF the other
was certainly to cripple, if not 10 destroy, both
the commerce and revenue of the country.
"But it, on the other hand, the President meant
to advance the opinion that incidental protectlon
10 domestic manufactures might result from dis
eliminating duties laid really for the purpose OF
revenue, then the question was presented IN
wholly different point of view, and IN one GER
,ainly less Objectionable. In no view that he
(Mr J. had been able to take ofthis subject, had
he been able to perceive any sufficient reason
why II should be taken from the Committee o.
Ways and Means"