The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-14
From the .Nsto York Sun
THE PUBLIC LANDS AND THE TARIFF.

la the act for distributing the proceeds of the public
lands among the States, there was proyiso, our
readers will rememb,r rendering the act imperative
whenever the tariff should be increased TO more than
twenty per cent This was wise provision, and was
in accordance with the suggestion made by Pr sident
Tyler In his first message to the present Congress
II was manilestly wrong that the great compromise
OF 1888 should be departed from, and that increased
burdens should be laid upon the shoulders Of the peo-
pie for the sake of doing out to each State paltry
sum from the National Treasury. Nothing but
overlooking treasury with low tariff, could give
the least color of justice or good policy to such
measure.
The friends of distribution could not but feel this
to be true and the act despoling the nation Of her
rich landed inheritance never could and would
have passed, but for the wise and just proviso have
mentioned But what do we now see and hear?
Only few months have passed away since the law
was enacted, and we have bill introduced in the
House of Representatives raising the duties i'm
ports from thirty to forty per cent and also striking
out the proviso from the distrbu ion law, that
departure from the compromise, high tariff, and
distribution of political brides from the treasury
all to go on at once. Why is this ! Ii the provlso
was wrong why it adopted at the extra session.
OF i was right why is it sought to be repealed now
We beg leave to tell those who laying such plans,
that they may well abandon them at ono, for their
expectations will be surely cut off We were
gong to say that every honest member from the
South without distinction Of party, would wage open
war upon such complicated and profigate scheme.
But why speak of the South alone' Will not all
| all members. from North, South, East and West, who
are not swayed by their interest in high tariff, or
by disgraceful party intrgues-who look honest
statesmen should look, with single eye to the welfare
OF the country as whole desiring to do complete
justice to all its parts-will they not Join hands in
strong and gigantic opposition to this bold, bad mea
sure? They must and will.
But the past extraordinary conduct of this Con-
gress leads us to inquire, with misgivngs whe-
Their after all, the honest disinterested and high
minded statemen in that body are not too few in nun
Der to stem the tide of prodgacy and corruption to
which they will be opposed We confess that we
are not without serious apprehensons upon this sub
Ject But be that as it may, we have still an impreg-
nable bulwark to shield the country from the evil
meditated against it. We know the regret which the
Executive will feel at being placed under the
sy of giving another veto ; but we also know for he
has taught US by precept and example, with what
hrmness he can and will exercise that power, when
his duty, his OATH his conscience and the welfare of
his country demand it. We have very little fearthat
high tariff and land distribution will go into opera
ton together during Mr.. Tyler's administration.