Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-17

The preceding Administration had exceeded the
4 income by the expenditure oil some sS,ooo,ovo
n year. aud its friends are complaining that inc
asked for about 81 600 900 over and above the -
600 900, to which they would eonhne the expens
!, Of Government. This bill only asks Ms much ~
venue as they had had-tosether with or Ss.OO
900 morc-with which TO pay the current otdasr
, expenses OF the Government, and the load OF del
bequeathed 10 them; taking the land proceeds 81
OF the Treasury, meanwhile. and distributing tibet
among tho States to whom they belong, iir inc
relief from embarrassment. The gaia from on
cause alone to the Treasury, effected 10y the VIII
Administration, (tho gain, namely. from the proven
ton of frauds under the free last, was more tina
| enough 10 compensate for Inland then the State
were provided with n valuable mode ofrelisf
Ms Evans retorted ably upon the opposition b.
sshing them Why, in view OF a declining revenue
they did moi while 10 power, lop off expenditure a
Justly for not doing. This resource appeared to h
something like an After-thousht in that quarter.
But Mr. Evans did not think, he said, that thi
was the time for these partIzan discussions, whei
every mind should rather be turned TO the bes
means of relieving the country from its embauass
ments. And. in reply TO a good deal OF the oppo
stion made TO this bill, he would ask, why do no
those who oppose Il propose suhstl.utei Wha
would they have7 Mr Calhoan had said, IN repl,
to this that he would lake time 10 consider H.
very prudent reply. Me Woodbury. had been more
plain. lilo would levy duty Of twenty per csn
! all round, on every thing-(he really seemed Il
think that a natural matter oi-coursc kind OF i'm
post)-and, when that failed, he would GO for direc
taxation That was the late Secretary OF the Urea
sury's plan for revenue, Let the country TAX,
that into consideration. And MIR Evans pSesumso
that IL would be the plan, too, OF the Senator f,op
South Carolina, mir Calhoun,) after he should
have taken time enough to consider OF it,
MIR r. then proceeded TO reply to MIR Calhoun:
speech OF TO day, somewhat in detail.
Mr. c. had denounced the famous tariff of lS2s
as most outrageous and oppressive measure. lie
gave il in his speech the character denoted by the
his friends had since given IT, in the coun
try; it was the chill of aboninatiors"
Suppose this character Justly applied TO this bill
Who gave il that character Why, the very per,
sons and parties now and then so warmly opposed
10 protection Incorporated the principles Of protec
ton therein, themselves rhe Senator from SOulf
Carolina was then in that chair, president Of The
Senate; of course he could no; then vote but thoSs
whose acted with him did, and they did so, in or
der TO make the bill Objectionable possible
But they were caught in their own trap. Their
did not fright the friends OF domestic industry from
voting for il, and II became n law.
But MIR Evans submitted that IL was no; he who
should be called upon 10 yindci,e the tariff Of lS2S
The Senator from Missouri, mir Benon) who va'
in favor of il when passing through the Senate, ant
who, II he dad not advocate It, At least voted for it
and his apt be loud one, in the country
he should rather vindicate it against these attacks
Then there WAS the Senator from New York (h
Wrigh,:) he reported the bill from the committee o
Ways and Means in the House, and spoke and vo,eC
for IT,; and the Senator from Pa. (Mr Buchanan
neither of whom is ever a, loss for words TO deenC
their favortes from attacks, why are they silent?
Then there was another distinguished Senator
from New York, moro recently the Chief Magisirat,
of the Union, (Nr Van Buren)-and the late Vic,
President Of the United States, tNr Johnsonl per
haps the next Presideni-{it all events, Mr. z
would venture TO predict that the man selected q
the Democratic candidate next year would be one o
those who went Tor the bill, called by Mr. Calhoun
| 'the bill Of obominations,"-why not call upoI
these distinguished personages defend their mea
! sure from these Genuncia,ionsl
| But MIR Calhoun had said that this bill was ever
more oneTous than the other
Is this possblel Let us take an instance.
shall be salt, to crafty the gentlemen opposite, VIII
are so deeply interested in this important article.
Taking salt at the price it bore then, and mposin
! upon il the duty provided by that bill, uS2S)
| stood the consumer in so cents bushel. The dut
imposed in this bill makes it cost the consumer bu
% cents
Ii this is being more onerous, i, mus, happen tina
II the salt were to be had for nothing, with duty
cents on II, the imposition would render il abso
| lutely intoerable TO the consumer
MIR Evans then came 10 consider what Mr. Cal
houn had said upon tho subject of protection anC
OF protective duties. lie had called this purely pro
| tectve measure. MIR L. would have been bette
| pleased had that Senator shown il to he such b,
proof and demonstration. If it so, 1t could /
easily proved lie had spoken of the redundanc
l
ed, nor attempted TO demonstrate, that such woul
lie its effects.
MIR c. had said that "the lights of experience
had proved that the country, in ali branches of Il
| business, was more prosperous under low tina
| under high tariff. Mr. EvaLs denied this, an
CT lenged proof of it Was it the case as TO tn
iron OF Pennsylvania, the grain OF the West, tn
manufactures OF the North, the cotton OF the South
| No, in neither: nor II true as TO navigation c
commerce. MIR Evans showed this by rslerenc
| TO various statistics.
Under the operation of the compromise act, grad
uay decreasing duties, the busness OF the countr,
I IuC is--r--:., o Lne county, wGnt down, duw
down-the lower the moro the decrease OF tho du
ties. IL the Senator's argument was correct, why
are not all these Interests rising, under the exstenc
OF the lowest duties ever proposed1
| Tie lights OF experience ," Mr. Evans hone,
the Senator would open his eyes to those lights; h
would renounce many Of his present notions.
| Why, said MIR Evans, this inc outcry as to th
effects OF high tariff was made in 1928. Did
/ destroy commerce, manufactures, Southern com
/ mercei BY no means. All these interests flour
shed under 1t, as they have not done since. An
nov trat duties are low, what says the Senator
/ the very face Of his own argument That cotto
Is 50 depressed that his part OF the country cannC
bear 1t much longer
Mr. Evans corrected the error that his opponent
had illien inioas 10 this being q question in whic
manuiaetureIs are alone intere ted, aud alone TO
protected. This was not so. Millions upon mn
lions were benefited 10y the protection sought; III
| artizln, mechanics, workers of metals. lsborer
other manufacturers, the women who make a.
| clothing, and, more than all, the agricultural pro
ducefs, all, all were deeply interested in this gre.
| question.
Mr. Evans mex, considered the nrgumen, so niue
d~elt upon by MIR Calhoun, that it should be tn
hrst OF an equal duty Of government, TO fisier th
export trade. Mr. l.. assumed the whole amour
fot our productions 20 lie two thousand millions Z
dollar; Bnd our exports hundred millions; leav
ing Tor home consumption nineteen hundred million
worth And then ne demanded which interest " o
/ tie greater and more demanded protection and en-
/ couragement.
Mr. T. spent some little time in the s1posure {
/ MIR & 5 erroneous nOoPs nJout low duties on
high ~oges, &c, and, in reply 10 que ton by lli
I lAiter, drew an interesting parallel between tb
situation Of English and American laborers, in re
| gard TO wages ard living.
| lie denied that the single article Of cotton wa
| entitled TO the paramount consideration sought 70
", as means Of raising revenue, Jy Souther
Senators. How did We get along before the yer
recent period az which cotton became so large n
article Of trnde2 Take the era Of the revolution
how did We get through that7 There was none
IN the country, and u was appropriated to our ne
cessities. How was u obtoined,-nt that perio
when our situation and character elected so warn
an culogum from MIR Burke, IN the British IIous
OF Commonsl a compliment to our commerce
our enterprise, and our Industry. Sir, It was b,
TIE use Of those three qualities, --those unriitnI
means OF rational prosperity. We have ihom al
now, ns then, OF our command. If VIC would onI,
use them fail fIy.
Mr. Calhoun hnd alluded 10 the example set III
~ other nations ia this relation. MIR Evans va,
wiling to act upon H. O,her nations seem n BE-
bennington ihemselVe', nnd practising too, upon
The lights Of experience" lie would advert 10 a
tatle he had rofrpf'cd f,oc, H. y