The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-30
From the Troy Budget
THE TARIFF.

The tariff bill, It passed the House, is be-
fore the Senate. Gifts fate there we have no means
of forming an opinion. The friends Of Mr. Clay
have full and uncontrolled power in that body and
they will probably pass the bill as it came from the
House. though we erventy hope that better counsels
may prevail and other interests be consulted, than
those of mere selfish politicians. If they do not the
President will interpose his constitutional preroga-
tive, and thereby prevent the bill from becoming a
law
What then? Will Congress ecede from the indie
feasible position it has assumed on the Distribution
question, and proc ed at once to pass such bill as
the country demands bill which the President can
approve without violating his oath, and his long en-
tertained and solemn convictions bill which the De-
mocratic Representati>e have shown will yield to
the Treasury revenue adequate for an economical
administration, and at the time afford abundant
protection to all the great interests of the country
Shall this gre question be thus settled or shall it
be kept open and constitute the play thing, the loot
ball Of unprncipled politicians in the pending Presl-
dental contest'
What is the ground Of difference between parties
on this question? A Distribution among the States
of the moneys arising from the sales OF the public
lands We insist that those moneys should of right
be appropriated to the support OF The General Gov
eminent, and that Distribution is unconstitutional
But this is question not no to be discussed Tor
there is not dollar in the Treasury to be distributed,
nor will there be for ten years to come In fact the
General Government is Keeling and tottering and
gasping on the verge of bankruptcy The honest
claimants upon the Treasury are every day turned OIL
unsatised the clerks and porters in the public de-
partments, and the laborers in the navy yards and
upon the Notifications, refused the earnings OF
their daily toll Congress alone is paid, that patrl-
otto body which, after almost eleven months ses-
son seeks to fill the measure of its fool hardy ca
reer by distributing among seventeen millions OF peo-
ple million of dollars fiteen-eghteenths of cent
to each soul And upon this munhcent measure they
seem determined to stake Mr. Clays success. The
country shall have relief the tariff question shall
not be adjusted the country and its vital interests
shall be ground to dust, unless the President will con-
sent to the robbery Of the Treasury, so that each
m N. woman and child in the country may receive
fifteen eghteenths of cent
Have the Fede alists counted the cost of such an
issue?
We cannot believe that the ma jorty in Congress
will adhere to their position. We do not believe that
they DARE adjourn without retracing their steps
They have done enough to provoke popular indlgna-
ton during the eleven months that they have sat like
an incubus upon the country. They DARE MOI &c
further We know that their Arch Leader is play
ing bold and desperate game; it is his last convul
sive effort to grasp the object for which he has strug
gled during thirty years of his life. He requires
from his adherents many sacrifices But this last ont
they will never make.