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WHICH IS THE TARIFF PARTY

We have repeatedly stated that the Tory
party in the mass, cherish deadly hostility
to the principle Of protective Tariff These
statements have been denied, will, very lit
tic success, however, by certain gcntnmcn
who supported that party in this State. We
have shown that the Tories in Congress have
during the present session voted almost
unanimously against the principle of Protcc.
ton, that the last Tory State Convention
that ever assembled in this State unani-
mously adopted a strong anti Tariff resolu-
ton, and that their leading papers in YER
mont are constantly ridicnling the Tariff
conventions which have lately been held in
different sections of the State. No one has
yet venturcd to deny these statements, for
the very simple reason that every body
knows they arc true. And yet, IN the face
and eyes of these plain and undcniable facts,
there arc certain gentlemen who desire to
make the intelligent frcemcn of this State
believe that the Tories arc in favor of pro-
tcctive Tariff. But we are determined that
the readers of the Free Press shall not be
deceived in this matter. We shall, there
fore, spread before them occasionally such
evidence as will satisfy them that the Wings
are the only true friends of Protection, and
that the Tories are Just as hostile to protcc-
tive Tariff as they are to any other Wing
principle. For this purpose We ask their
attention this week to the following extract
5 from that great guu of,ha Tories, the WASH
ington Globe of March 10h, 1912.
TIE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
HIGH TARIFF.
Every person must see that the revival OF the
high tariffs now the main object, and that the
Webster Wings and the Clay Wings emulate
each other in their labors TO effect the revival
Mr.. Clay submits the resolution TO violate the
compromise and raise the duties to thirty per
cent. and the Webster Wings become the
=, champions o. the proposition. take the whole
argument on themselves, and deliver the most
= elaborate speeches in favor of a protective tarif
&c that have ever been delivered since the fourda
ton of the Government. Now Mr.. Web, te
'. is Mr.. Ty.ers first Minister, and while the Pres
If ident has no party in Congress, (half dozen
individuals excepted,) yet Mr.. Webster has
considerable party, namely y, the majority of the
u New England Senators and Representatives
j. and few others from other States. Now al
these are champions of the protective tariff, al
speaking for il, and IN their elaborate speeche
Is leaving the Clay Wings far in the rear. NJ
10 Webster is from the part of the country whio
= lourishes on the high tariff, and which firnishc
- the speeches and votes which sustain it. |
n this respect, Mr.. Webster must be deemed tn
cs read head OF the high tariff party, notwilhs,ant
80 ing Mr.. Gays labors 10 place himself there
and this being the case now, it will be plpabl
20 so when Mr.. Clay reires. This event will tai;
- place next week: and after tina: Mr. Tyler
. Prime Minister will he as openly and puhlicl
the head ofthc tariff party as he is now actual
a. and covertly so. THIS is a fact for the publ
IN mind to take possession Of and to dwell upoi
The public complains OF the inacton Of Cor
>" grcss; yet what Is going on! End.csS tar
t. speeches, and endless measures 10 create nc
ccssi;y for tariff, and all this from the WING
Gies. They are for tariiI--thcy are ( taxes
u they are for loans--ti.ay are for the land bill
as All these measures occupy Congress, and the
as are all Wing measures, and the Whggcs, (nt
the Democrats) are responsible for them. III
u Wings conduct the measures; and what are III
if measures which they promote They are TART
:, first and above all, and then every thing tn
leads to a tariff, and because it leads TO TART
cs They are for loans, because it leads to tariff
- they are for taxes, because they lead to tariff
~ they are for Treasury notes and ExchcQuer bill
because they lead to tariff; and they are for III
o. land bill, above all, because, mere than all,
G. leads fastest to the grand ultimate object--hi.
!, tariff Thus high tar # is he absorbing objc
- in Congress. Either direct and openly or ind
NJ recily and covcr,y, it is the grand object of III
i'm Wings, and Mr.. Tyler's first minister is the p
-, tentiai chief Of the party. We repeat it tn
" is a strange state of things, but not more slrans
nd than true. Tie Democracy a'on' oppose the hie
nv tariff: the Clay and the Webster Wings rv
bc each other in its support, but the latter BEN
-. - most interested are the most prominent, actv
IN and powerful in its support and thus the A
ng mInistration, whatever may be the private fee
on ings OF Mr. Tyler, is the ;ctual and potent
, y" head OF the high tariff party now in Congress.
raj The Boston Courier recommends 4,
ny Congress be put on board ship of the lin
Mt and sent to Botany Bay. We second t
m motion, and call for the previous question