Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-26
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The Tariff Question.
Rumors are rife from Washington about the iAte Of
the rendinr bill, and the events which may succeed
its rejection 1t has been said, that twenty. 1--WE
Nhir Senators were med to vote for the bill,
with the Distribution clause fastened upon that Mr.
TYLER would veto t-and that then. the Wing MAORI
ties would adjourn their Houses We may see the Ut.
ter desperation in wch this movement would be con
Quoted, when state in connection with it, the gene
raj mpression among the Wings, that there il
thori,y under he present laws for collecting the reye-
nre-and moreover il IS SAID that large amount of
goods shipping from the Unied States 10 get the bene
its of the drawback-(som estimate them as high as
five millions Of dollars worth and then, to bring them
back duty free That aay party should be mad enough
10 stop the wheels Of the Government, because they
cannot over.ule the Executive and carry out their IN
vorc party OF Distribution, cannot believe,
until we see it,
The Wing presses are crowded with letters from
Wash,ncton-hut they are much fuller of heat than Of
light They TEEN with denunciations OF Capt Tyler,
but they leave in fog about the ultimate issue OF
the struggle. Some of their statements hre curious
enourh. Thus the Correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot asks, sHas not Congress n conscience well
as the Executive: Dad the huadred and sixteen
Wings who voted for the bill i'll tie House, vote less
conscieniousiy than he, and which is 10 he most res
pec;ed upon OF expectancy, the 10 or the
one man who xprcsses most earnest desire 10 har
monise with The Peoples Representatives; On the
oher hand, has not the Executive conscience as well
as Congress- And did the 1l2 mcmscrs " ho voted
AGAINST the bill vote less nouSly than the l0
The same writer says, that "Congrss cannot, ought
not must not yield 10 the Executive and therefore,
we suppose they will break up in confusion, although
the Constitution gives him the right to veto their bill
"Congress Says the same scribbler) means 10 make
the appeal If it shall become necessary, and to sub
nit TO the country the question whether it IS not
sbcer 10 bear the distress have than fly 10 others
we know not Of, by sacrificing the independence OF
the Nation aud o.; the Legislature to the VIII OF ore
man. The PrcsdeH; has, IL is true, the power 10 do
evil as well US do WE'LL but IN such contest he has
no auTes 10 gain by the exercise OF power and
tie wish of every patriotic mind must be that he cease
TO do evil and learn 10 do we'll" II he has TIE power
TO act, and 1t IS pesunablc That he Is acang rom as
GOOD motives as the Wings, then with what face can
they ,reacerously break up the Government, and then
20 before the People:
The Philadelphia Gazette is carrying out this panic
system and states, that sit predicted by some poli-
teal wiseac res that after TIE President shall have seal
ed the of the country, by ve,oing the present
Tariff bill, another Will he brought forward, some
by that ustrious humbugger Caleb Cushing, without
The objectionable provso Such b,l will not become
law The Wings, in Congress, will not abandon tie
high ground they now occupy. Distribution Will never
be riven up."-What though 1t should end IN The
failure to pass any bill, and 10 raise any revenue, will
the Wings persevere III their course One thing is
certain that Mir Tyler not 10 be intmdaed by
any such hrea and that theony mode Of listing the
difficulty and OF saving even the manufacturers from
;rostraon is 10 adopt "ust Tariff and let the cues
ton Of Distribution be settled hereafter al the ballot
boxes.
We suspect. that the Tariff bill now before the Sc
nate cannot pass, even if stripped Of s Distribution
feature II is by far too Iestctve-ln many cases ao-
solue.y prohbitory-n almost every case sac llilcns
rcrenue TO protection. g 1t is (says the Philadelphia
Ledger an idle waste OF time and money, for Consre 50
10 spend so much time bills which they must
know will never receive the Presidents sanction. The
present bill is considered very bad indeed, and so
far from meeting the wants of The community, 's
appd
rnany If its details The Journal Of Commerce points
cut an rnpo,c tax which is imposed upon the article
of SALT the duty Of which is eight cents rer fifty SIX
mounds eGna TO eleven cents bushel upon tie salt Of
Turks Island At Turks Island get salt almost
for nothing 1t is made in vast quantities, in ponds,
by the evaporation Of the sun, and almost with
out labor The cost when delivered here, there
fore is chiefly the wages of American ships and sea-
men, This is the salt with which provisions are pre-
served and the expectation oil provisions, especially
notk from the West, and beef considerable bust
ness with us The expense Of transportation ard re-
packinr leaves SO little tor The Western farmer, that
sliqhi burdens imposed Ivy lcw, felt oppressiyely
All THIS great interest attacked III lie most rnreason'
able duty hch s proposed 10 levy on foreign SAT-,
and heavy blow will be given 10 the agricultural m
efcsis OF the country, far ia results IN growing
beef und pork for Tie purpose OF sustaining works on
the shore which only serve TO annhi!ate one all Inc
labor that is expended upon them, and which are too
nsrnilicant in eyient to be worthy CT comparison
The Journa says There many other tic ms OF The
bill quite us impoiiiic this, and some which show
that The members entirely ignosunt OF the mat
,ers which they enacted.
The ~ Y Journal of Commerce says, that =" Nine
tenhs of the people, manufacturers and ALL would be
gra;ihed with the passage OF twenty-five per cent OIL
on the actual foreign cost. But that would not meet
the views of politicians. We do not see, therefore,
how any thing to be DONE though we shall still hope
that Congress will not be mad as to break up With
out providing revenue, and Determining at least tenn
porarly what the rate of duties shall be- The rumored
movement OF the Committee on the Judiciary IN the
House. is hopeful. Some such plan may, and we ear
nestly hope viii, succeed"
/ Thus bill reported to the House on saturday
and makes temporary provision for the alleged de-
ecs in the collection laws-and runs back to the 3oih
June, when it is supposed BY some that all power t"
collect duties had ceased.-The New York Anne
rican states that " meantime duties ore PAID TN
der protest. and in one case, we learn cargo
was landed without any security for the duties
being given, seized by the Collector, and replc
vieG by the owner This must bring 10 speedy de
cision before the District Court the question whether
or not there be he any Law force for the collection OF
duties imports The the decision can be had
| The better.
The same article of the American points out clear
defect in The law, as respects the Home taa0tton-
The appraisers may honestly do their duty out wha'
uniform rule be adopted at the same port al dIitr
Ont times, much less in many different ports OF lht
United States, for ascertauing the home values on
which the duties 20 be assessed: The value OF The