New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-26
MIR. Calhoun ON Free Trade.

Mr.. Calhoun Free Trade.
Somebody having circulated in louisiana q
story that Mr.. Calhoun was in favor OF real Free
Trade, such as the Free Trade Association OF
this City consistently contends for, one OF MS ae-
mirers wrote to the Carolinian for contradiction.
Ills answer is as follows:
FoRT Hll. July 6, ls43.
DEAR SIR: was absent from home when yonf letter ar,
rived, which will explain "hE IL mas ho' FeeH aeAA
6. an earlier prroe. -
the subject Of Free Tradeso far from desiring OF aiming
s substituting system Of direct internal taxes for duties
on imports the Of supporting the government
object has been the very have often expressed
!. debate One Of the objections have urged against high
protectye duties that would hasten the period whsn
sys;em Of internal taxation would become neees
sarv am and always have been, Of the opinion that the
duties imports and the proceeds OF the sales OF the pubic
lands the Legitimate Of the revenue OF the onion
and that will prove trial 20 the Federal Govern
whenever shall be forced to resort TO internal taxes
ordinary expenditures under THIS IMPRESSION as
well for other powerful have steadily opposed
all schemes of alternating the from the lands thai
calculated to impair the source oi revenue from The
inRosts. -, g.. &c r.1uo1rS
To EDWARD DELoSry. Clinton La.
This Is all very we'll, but we really cannot see
how sincere advocates of Free Trade assent
to any such doctrine. They constantly tell
ing us of the insdlousness, inequality and cx-
pensveness of all indirect taxatlon--how 1t falls
on the Labor instead OF the Property Of the Coun-
try--the Poor rather than the Rich. Then they
argue that the consumer not only pays the whole
duty in the increased price Of the imported goods,
but ne pays interest, commissions and profits on
the cost beside, and good profit on the very
duty he has paid-so that an article which Is sub
ect to duty Of thirty per cent. actually costs the
consumer trty or fifty per cent. more than it
would if there were no duty. Even this is not
ali; for the corresponding or rival articles of do
mestic production are also raised in price by the
duty, at least to its full amount Now these
sumptions are either true or untrue: if truc as
MIR. Calhoun holds he ought manifesty to be op
posed to all Tariffs and in favor of that very Di-
rect Taxation which he disavows; but if untrue,
as zee most undoubtingly believe, then the whole
raft of popular objections to a Protective Tariff
go over the DAM Mr.. Calhoun has not been
happy in defining his position
United States Senate.
1t being now certain, from the result Of the
election in Tennessee, that the majority of the
United States Senate will be Wing, we give the
following list for reference:
l3 Who's, whose terms expire in l045:
Vermont. Samuel s. Phelps Delatrare Richard H. Bayard
Mass Rufus Choa,e. lNQryiandWm. D. Merrick.
r Island. William 5pIague TIrginia. VIM. c. Rves.
Conn j w. Hunting ton.i Miss John Henderson
N York. Nah Tallmadge. Tenn. Wing be chosen.
n. Jersey William Dayton. Indiana. Albert S. White.
Michigan. Augustus 8. Porter.
4 Loco Focos, whose terms expire in l845
hfaine.. Ohm Fairfield Ohio Benjamin Tappan
Penn. Daniel Sturgeon Missouri Thomas h Benton
l2 WHIGs, whose terms expires in 1S47:
Name George Evans ". Care. Willie P. Mangum
Mass :. Isaac c. Bates. Georgia John NJ Berrien
R.Island James F. Simmons. Tenn Wing to be chosen
NJersey.Jacob W. Miller KentuckyJss. T. Morehead.
Dela,cay Thomas CLAYTON isi'naAexander Barrow.
Virginia William 9. Archer. Michigan VIM Woodbridge
6 Loco Focos, whose terms expire in l947
N. Hamp Levi Woodbury. I.qrkansas William s. Fulton
s. Caro-. Daniel (. Hucer Miss Robert J. Walker
Illinois. Loco be chosen 4labama William R. King.
3 WHIGs whose terms expire in l849:
Termont William C. Upham KentuckyJohn J. Crtenden
Louisiana. Alexander Porter.
13 Loco-Focos whose terms expire in lS49:
N Hamp.Chas. @. A,herton Georgia w. T. Colqui.s.
N York. sias Wright Jr. Ohio William Allen
Penn James Buchanan Indiana .Edw a aannesan'1
csro hs{TSoS ie% "n
.arkansas. Ambrose II. SEWER
A Senator from Maryland, whose term expires
in ls49, is to be elected by the Legislature to be
chosen in October, which the Wings carry,
if they try.
lrhiss. LOco,.
Senators whose terms expire in ls45, .ls
e /" lsl7. ..l2 G
{" ls49....... ls
Total .........2s %
Nov insane. :. successor must be chosea
tHannegaD's seat, it said, vii! be contested by o. H.
Smith, Wing.