Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-21
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RICHMOND, Va, TUESDAY, JUNE 81, 1912
The Tarif-aad Me Distribution

abomnations Is to he presented 10 the lips Of Mr. Ty
Ter. The Federal Wings determined to head hin
OIL al ull events-and 10 carry out their Clay, party
measures, without regard TO any other consequences
The parzan Wings determined to carry on
their hobbies of Distribution and of Tariff, by logroll
ing, and combination Of the friends of both mea
sures. They are seeking to unite the Protec,onis,:
and D'strlbntonisis together Upon tins principle
they have already obtained majority in the House
of Representatives,, and carried through temporary
bill, which will distribute the proceeds of the Public
Lands on the lst of July, and thus compel Congress to
raise the Tariff by the LIST August. Can the Sanntc
pass such bill? Can Mr. Tyler sign and sanction it
| We devote few words TO each-tor, we must study
TO compress our ideas into nutshell
The Scnate.-We avail ourselves OF the seasonablt
quotations made hy the NadsonIan from the debates
OF the Extra Session The subject OF Distribution was
before the Senate III lSll
"Alr. King said lie would now offer an amendmen
which would decide whether the COMPROMISE act was
not TO be kept in good Faith. The gentlemen say
there is no intention to disturb that act 1t thea
prove 1t now BY their vote Mr. King at considerable
length argued the question Of right under any crcua
stances but those in which the whole Union would h'
bound to concur, and when all other sources oil reve
nue. from sales Of public lands, aad every thing els
failed the duty of 20 per cent could be exceeded II
good faith; and concluded by offering an amendment
| on which he demanded the yeas and nays. II was II
etec, that this act shall become vuId M enever the du
es on any article under the Tariff law shall exceed y
per cent.
u,
would support -though he attempted to slip his head
out of the moose about the acreage amount, and Mr.
Rives headed him off, by specifying that the duty on
no article should exceed 20 per cent Is Mr.. Berren
now prepared tn forfeit his pledges and swallow ms
own words He (NIr b. also then declared that he
could not support the distribution past the limitation
of % per cent du.es-as long there is any pnss-
bly Of duties being raised past that he must concur
every restraint necessary 10 prevent It, Is lie now
| 10 eat these words
MIR Archer said. she was not prepared for the sake
Of the Distribution BILL to open up the question which
had aga,ed the whole Union before. lie could not
consent TO peril the country for the sake OF thus mea
sure lie considered the amendment as now shaped
Indispensable and would vote for it, He was as favor
able TO the Distribution b any of his friends but
he was no, prepared do any thing which directly or
Indirectly calculated TO operate against the good
faith of the Compromise act Can he abandon 'his
position ,
Mr. Mangum declared, that she, for one, would not
vote for the bill if he thought ii either To lead to
the contraction of public debt, or 10 the opening up
the agatng question which was set by the Com
promise ect."--The present Vice President has The
throat OF the cormorant and the stomach o an ostrich
He has swallowed enough of his ancient State Rights
Notification principles 10 satisfy tie demands oil any
Federaist-bu can he eat snch words as these
Mr. Preston too said, that 'he should not, then, he
state moment in saying, let the distribution Of the
proceeds Of the sale Of public lands cease, and let That
revenue be turned into the public Treasury again, be-
any increase of duties past twenty per cent is at
TEN pied And can he raise the duties beyond ~
per cent, for the purpose of supplying the vacuum
caused nv Distribution:
Even Mr. Evans made the following memorable de-
claration: "Suppose the amendment is now adopted,
and in three years the subject oil increasing the
duties before Congress, VIII not congress have
the whoe subject up, the distribution bull included ana
can it not then at once by taking back the whole
proceeds Of the publ lands ind CONGRESS 'riH as
sur edg DO preference TO raising duties paS ~ per
cent Can Mr.. Evans eat his own wnrds:-eit We
withdraw The question. From him, we expect nothing
Can Southern Senator's them prove SO recreant 10 the
interests of the South, to submit TO the ihcesuous
union of the Tariff aud Distributions Woe be unto
those who sacrifice their country to Henry Clay-bnt II
this nsidous bill should obtain the sanction oil The Sc
nate, will Mr.. Tyler sign IL
Can he Who pronounced the Compromise bull 'sacred
and invo!ate in 81 Can he who then SAID that no
distribution ought to be carried out, IT the dncs were
exceed 2O per cent, noto sign TINS OIL -Soh me-
who but few weeks ago, recommended the susPen-
sion of the distribution, until the loans winch the ro'
vprnment wanted had been mace and the public debt
paid Off now sign such bill as THIS :-Can he sane
ton gross violation of the double compromise, when
was first made by the act oi 81, and theh con-
Grmed by the act of II Can he, who SO man
rnlIv stood up for the right III lSll when he We
,oed the Bank in spite Of The attempt to head hun OIL
no,c Weld his convictions To his enemies, abandon all
preensons moral 6rmness, and cover under TINS ne"
effort TO head him off 1t is Impossible. We will not
agree that MIR. Tyler will make himself an object OF
I
Republican party. We aware OF the panic IN.
auences which will be played eff upon him lie WIZ
be told that if he veoes this bill, all duties WIZ
be stopped after the 3oth June, and The treasury srp'
of the supplies flowing from the duties. But whose
fault is that? Is his nj those who would sacrihce
the legitimate revenues of the country /" their party
purposes Does not Mr. Tyler see, that the arm me
dare not carry out their union with the protecuon'sts
tha, if our ports be thrown open, free OF all duty the
goods os foreign nations will be thrown upon our shores,
! he
PROSTATE the manufactures oil our greedy nonop"iss
The nsidous union between Distribution and fro'ec-
lion will be dissolved by the veto-tnd many OF ,he
Tariff members will be compelled TO Yield up d's''ou
on sooner than PROSTATE their friends at home.
The Washington Correspondent OF the ~ J. AMER
can writes that Mr. Tyler 'darc not do that, Tool alay
az he is; and the most intelligent oil the wings Kho"
H. u, as to this swapping The Distributor ioi "e
Tariff il il quite out OF the question; ana our ."'
friends are beginning 10 think again. There Is no
majority in Consress for Tariff got by The destruction
of The Distribution; no, nor half majority ta''n
we must surely have, If the Distribution IS preserves
But the order Of these measures, as wing measures,
Distribution first, and Tariff attcrwards-Bank NEXT
If tho s,rupr,e comes to strength of nerves we sha
soon see whether Mr.. Tyler not equal to the CRISIS
The Correspondent of another Wing paper (lhe Elk
,ress, holds rather a different language lie adm'ts
that Distribution cardinal principle yet't was anu
10 secondary principle compared with the quest""s "
Revenue and Protection, or IN up both woros III one
with the possession of good tarT, based upon t,e
broad and patriotic principle of encouragement 10 'he
domestic labor and skill of the country There was
dis,nc,ness enough about the Land question 10 nave
settled upon its merits, as there is ABOUT Tue W,
question to have it settled upon It's own merits
,hen ask should they be connected Why should
the one endanger the otherthe Tar, The Distributor
bill, or the Distribution bill the Tariff: Congress IN an
evil hour at the session consented to provision
IN The and hill that distribution should cease whenever
necessary TO raise the duties above 20 per cent
The President approved the bill, and now thinks that
distribution should be postponed until the debt is paid
off,.
But of all these Wing papers the New lork !oafna ma,
the road Of duty and Of honor to Mr. Tyer-'n the io
| lowing strains ,r, TIA, o,;o,
! "CoxGnrss ASp THE TARIFF The iar'h qnes.''"
is getting into strange positon-that IS cera'n:M
There is some question whether there WIN Nc sny ~
on foreign goods after the end of this month"; 'e III"
should remain as thew are now The Compromise ac
s.Ias ,h,, ,ficr mo 3Ob dav Of June, 1872, duties