Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-08-24

THE TARIrF.-If the public acts of men ever
serve to convict them of nsincerigy in their profess
slons, the conduct of the whig party in relation to
the Tariff, furnishes an unequvocal illustration o.
this kind The wings profess to be almost the ex
elusive friends of the tarif-they pretend to regard
no political policy of the government of more vital
Importance. And now that the power is in their
hands, how have they fulfilled their clamorous pro-
LESSONS! The proceedings of the last few months
in Congress, show that they do not regard the ia
riff as measure of primary Importance, and that
unless they make it subservent to other polit-
cal questions, they willing to forego the tariff
altogether. They have evinced a disposition 10
adhere to the distribution project with deathless
grasp, and unless the distribution policy can be sus-
tanned, they are disposed TO see the tariff annha-
ted and the national treasury umeplenished by
revenue. The Wing party in Congress will be
held responsible by the people, if they adjourn with
out passing revenue law, and without providing
for the necessities of the Government
Notwithstanding the transactions of the past are
before the country, the democrats are accused of
being the enemies of even tariff, because
the recent tariff bill, connected as it was with an
odious measure of public policy, was defeated in
Congress. That man who asserts that the great
body of the democratic party in Congress- arc OPP
posed TO TIE passage of tariff adequate to the
wants OF the government is either guilty of wltul
misrepresentation, or ignorant Of passing political
events in the country. Every reader of the debates
in Congress knows that the democratic members
generally avowcd their readiness to vote for a ia
rift in fair shape, djrestcf Of the distribution .ea-
tire. 1t was only the pertinacious adherence of
the whig majority to that feature, which constrained
the democrats in Congress to vote against the bill.
No wonder the wings shrink from the responsible
ty OF their course-professing exclusive friend
ship for the Tariff and for the interests of industry
they nevertheless deliberately sacrificed all to the
shrine of distribution. They insist that as essen
tial as they profess to consider the tariff it shall
notwithstanding be thrown overheard, and the
means for carrying on the government be denied,
unless the democratic minority and the Executive,
shall convict themselves of inconsistency, by APP
proving of the wing party scheme of distribution.
WIN any candid mo" coy th~t 1t io fair, hon
est, or just for the majority party in Congress- to
attempt to force upon the democrats who are in the
minority, the necessity OF voting for distribution or
else against the Tariff If the whig party are real
y sincere in their attachment to the tariff policy
why do they connect with it a measure to which
they know the democratic party will never con-
sent. The majority party III Congress knew full
weK that the President could not without violating
his expressed determinations, and therefore would
not approve of the tariff bill in the shape it came
from their hands; then why triie with the country
by enactng and re enacting measure for the mere
purpose Of seeing it defeated? If the wing party
really desire tariff they have only to bring in
bill disconnected and Invested of other questions
which entirely foreign to the subject and hard
y single day would be required to settle upon
revenue law, satisfactory to the people.