The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-18
From the .Ne,u Era.
From the Ne,o Era.
THE WINGS AND THE TARIFF-THE
DENOUEMENT.


DENOUEMENT.
1t is well known that at this moment the ultra
Wings, as party, are trying to make political
capital throughout the Northern States, by
claiming to be the sole friends of Tariff
And this they have done with some effect, for
we know that many Democrats connected with
the manufacturing interests have this impress
sion.
We can now strip the Wing party of this
guise. They have Just taken off the mask
Then are resoLped that no Tariff bill shall
pass, not evem for revenue, so determined are
they to clog the aOheels Of government and stop
the supplies-unless the Distribution bill is con-
tinued in force.
On last Friday, in debate IN the House of
Representatives Mr.. Underwood, of Kentucky,
made the omnous declaration, 4" that unless the
Land Distribution law was left in full force the
Tariff would not pass"
AS Mr.. U. is an unhinching partisan of Henry
Clay, comes from his State, and enjoys his con-
fidence, we may consider this the determination
of Henry Clay, the Wing candidate for the Pre-
sidency.
We are astonished at the recklessness and
duplicty of the Clay Wings in Congress; they
know that at this moment the National Govern
ment is in debt over TWENTY MlLLloNs-that
its credit is constantly deprecatng-that the
revenue is insufficient to meet the expenditures
that the Secretary of the Navy has been COM
PEELED, from the lack of means, to dismiss 5000
mechanics from the various navy yards, and that
even if the tariff be raised as high as Mr.. Fill
more proposes, the revenue from the customs
will not then suffice, unless the land revenue is
restored to the National Treasury Such is the
opinion of the most sagacous merchants in the
city, whether Wing or Democrat; who know
more about such matters than all the lawyers in
Congress- and we'll know too how to appreciate
the conduct of this rule or ruin party.
Yet with this precipice before their eyes, the
Wings dash on with partisan prohigacy un-
equalled, and insist that no Tariff bill shall pass,
unless the Distribution law is continued-insist
that the necessares of life shall be taxed beyond
all former precedent, that Mr.. Clay may have
the poor privilege Of giving away all the revenues
derived from the public lands.
Let them attempt this game if they choose
The responsibility will be nailed upon them
They perfectly well know that Tariff bill would
pass for revenue at least, if the Distribution law
was repealed. But this they will not allow
We can tell these Clay Wings, however, that
the people have their eyes upon them. The
Meme Tekel Upharsen of your fate is already
written on the wall, and it requires no Daniel to
interpret it.
The Distribution bill is one of the most I'M
popular measures that has been adopted by this
most unpopular Congress-. States which were
intended to be brought over to the interest of
Mr. Clay by this humbug measure have in most
instances, refused the bride, and scorned the
hand that rendered it. Then why insist upon
its continuation The people see the absurdi-
Nv of collecting money by taxes on the people to
be again distrib tied to the States, yet so tied
are these Wings to the tail of Henry Clay that
they are more ready to sacrifice the people than
70 rebuke their own factious leader by repeating
,h;s obnoxious measure. They think to "head