New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-16
The Tar;a and Land Kill.


The Tnria and Land RiiI.
The R0clestcr Democrat Is IN dilemma ; but
il viii not escape from it by understanding what
W said Of the action Of Congress on the Tariff
bill now pending As referring to the Little Tariff
bin. Cur paragraph which he quotes had no
reference to the iattcrbu the former, any
must see. Our ground on the subject is this: We
maintain that Congress has no business to infer,
from Mr. Tylcr's outrageous Veto on the Little
Tariff bill, that he will Veto such Tariff as NAV
now bc passed and act upon that presumption
The majority should go straight forward and pass
such bin they believe demanded by the high
est good of the country; if the President yeioes
that 1t will be- time enough then to pass such
measure as they DO not approve. TO bow TO the
OIe-Nan Power when nc must, il bad enough
but TO commence ducking and bobbing mile off
from apprehension Of it, argues humiliation of
spirit which wc have not reached, ard cannot
commend 20 o,hers.-Thc three or four mis-
takes. which the Democrat talks Of are its own,
founded on It's extraordinary misconstructon ofog
paragraph.
The Democrat unfairly states the practical part
Of the question at issue. 1t i. not Shall we re-
fuse a Tariff unless the President will give Us
Distribution with it '-but-' Shall we surrender
the Land Distribution chich IRE nor hare, in the
nope 'i Se'''ns reuter- lariii' OF winch we have
10 '-ioN'' Whatever ne Land Di'trou-
lion is a law, solid and secure; only proviso en-
s'aile' upon i 10y L'co-f SEQ ana southern Free
Trade votes, stpulaes that whenever the Tariff Is
raised ABOVE twenty per cent the Distribution shall
be suspended. Against this clause we and the
great mass OF thc Wings, including those in Con
sfess' protested and fought; we were outvotod
thereon Do thr senate ana ne House rather than
hazard u'' ''" aoP"es'ed' Out with the distinct
o''N"' Una. we "ou' MOI ne concluded 10y H.
NOW resilient iY''' says hoid you to IKE
condition imposed "u You; 1t you pass any Ia
Hu imposing duties above twenty per cent
(Which admit to be necessary ard do not
" abide by this pro,,o, | will Veto Now, We
contend thar Congress should not regard this iu-
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p'i'"n' LOT inc borrowing feaSo'S'
l. Because the President and his satellites have
ao right 10 threaten a Veto beforehand or Con-
ercss 20 regard the threat. When Van Buren, gave
s1ch am inrimation with regard 10 Slavery in the
Di.tric, of Columbia, it excited general indic-
nant outbu,-l from the Wig press. including
many who would have approved the oct threat
encd, but ,purncd the dcspctic threat Have we
dceeucraicd ,incel
because the Land question involves Right
Of Property worth al least 100000, 900 Waive
the Distribution now. and a largely increased re-
presentation Of the Squater interest - poured into
the next Congress. ready to bargain their votes for
President OF any thing else for "A Cesslon TO the
several new States or a Graduation OF the price OF
The F"ohc Lands. The result Will probably be-
provided The Land pis'rihu'lon Is now surrendered
o." Old States not feeling any direct and palpable
interest in The Lands and therefore not keeping a
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3. Because, even were we to give MP the Land
Distribution there is no certainty-uay, there =
scarcely ptobabiii,y-of securing such Tariff
a. the Country needs. In the FIRST place, the Lo-
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