The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-26

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appear somewhat . rididieulOus'' Is j,
'ound supporting candidates for tlsr PIE
siaenry, az q uham hare slsora,.,l 1,
niis ieyying murl. higher rssrs &c du,ie,
han shs present We accept his e,euse,
ea' men nc should sfknowiedge the rea,
sOhas!eaess Of Our proposition. for how
can TIE people judge WHISTLER lhs present
. hisa or > issF iariiF. unless lhey cau
have sa opportunity Of esmpanngil will
those which preceded ill But lIlis Is nu
part Of The design of The editor; his Oh.
Jet . not % enlighien his readers Si,L
Ius' views o. The tariff. bur 10 humbug
and deeeivs ihem, for IN lhis depends M
his hope Of success. Heis determined %
oppose The .ariE, .heeause !, was passed
By ihe Wing parry"
The Standard says: "The editor rOf
The Recorder OugI,i 10 know. and know.
'hg he osghl 10 admit, that ,chsn fhe rap,
q competition 10 pasi, and the tariff SET.
lies down and becomes permanent, every
eentof duty pad will be laid on the price
Of The article" In reply We will say 10
the editor Of The Standard. thai we do no,
expect tia. "Ihe rage Of competition"
viii be past during The present century.
and consequently II The rise in price i
70 await that event. il will not take place
until ailer the year 1900 period much
too distant 10 sifec. many Of our readers,
certainly not US. In our view. this is a
contingency which il will be quite early
enough 10 provide fer when there is some
prospect Of lis occurring.
The editor Of the Standard having pre-.
senied no sound argument or array Of
faeis 10 sustain hIasel[, he has given rs
no opportunity 10 " dodge" He knO,rs
that under all The former tariffs the duty
on sail was 20 cents per bushel, |, is now
but 3 cents; that on sugar the duty was 8
cents, il is now but q; that on coffee the
duty was 8 cenls per pound, Il is now
free; that OH iron, course blankets, and
many other articles Of common use, the
duty has also been reduced In Ecl, he
knows tia, the present is bu, moderate
rerenns tariff, indispensable for the pro-
per wants Of The government. And know.
ing this. why has he not the honesty 10
acknowledge u!
We eanno, conceive n more complete
than the editor presents in this
matter. Formerly the duty Of 90 cents
On a bushel OF salt was very moderate, in |
his view, because you had 10 pay so cents
a bushcl i'm the West Indies but now a |
lu.y of s cents is horribly oppressive, be- |
rauss YOU can get i, in Turks Island for !
; cents. Ii is monsirous! he tells you--
,SE HUNDRED PER CENT! But il is only |
right cents on the bushel after all; and irl
you can buy the salt in the Yves, Indies |
for 8 cents, the price Of i, aud the duty
will be only 10 cents; whereas the for
ner duty itself was 30 cents. And i, is !
1 fact which the editor of the Standard
ought 10 know. that in 1923, when il was
by Wings to strike out the du- |
v Of 90 cents on salt and admit il duty |
rec, the motion was opposed by Mr.. Van
buren,, Mr.. Benton, and other Democrats.
And il Mr.. Van Buren, was instructed TO
'ote for the tariff Of 1923, il is more than
that those instructions were
rot up al his own suggestion, to screen
lim from censnres justly due for 6ecep-
ions which he had praclicsd upon the
southern members.
The Standard asks: " WHY'S the law
'fls2s thus dragged up" al, belongs"
he SAYS, ".o the past-and no good can !
,ome of stirring question which once
put in peril the existence and glory OF
I've Union." We will tell him why. IL
$ because Mr.. Van Buren, had large
hare in framing that law, and we have
10 evidence that he has changed his opln-
ons. The Standard says he acted in
hat matter under instructions from the
i.n . r M, Vail. hut tho Stand |