Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-05-27

sideraton. attempt made TO modify II
, duty. Mr.. Chandler of Maine, in the Sena
f moved on the 9th OF May, to amend The bill
follows:
'.Tha, in lieu Of the duties imposed BY law i
ported salt l20 per bishel,) from and after the &c
day Of june 1922. the duties imported salt shall be
,een'ceuts per bushei weighing hy-sx pounds, until
3Oh day "a: Juns 1889, that day the duty sh
be cents per bushe weighing dfty-siz pounds
Upon this amendment striking off one fourth
the duty on salt a, and one half after Il
3oth Of June, 1889, the following Senator'S vo,,
in the negative: MARTIN VAN buren,, r.
I JOHNSON, MAHLON DICkERSON, and WV
I HENDRICKS, and the salt duty was ef, at :
cents the bushel, and from that time until ii fe
under The operation of the compromise act,
! stood al 20 cents. Such The tax levied an
collected upon this article during the whole of th
| administration of General Jackson, while III
democrats held the government, except as it wa
modified by the compromise act. Had the write
OF The pamphlet forgotten all this? that is III
most charitable view Of the subject, or he su,el
would not have omitted so important a part of th
history Of the salt duty.
A word as 10 the act OF 1912, a: which III,
writer of the pamphle, looks with such holy nor
ror. The act levies duty Of eight cents on tn.
article, less than one half as much as GENERAL
JACKSON. Nj. VAN buren,, COL. JOHNSON
and WILLIAM HENDRICKS had decided was
just and proper; and the Indiana Senators, "Smith
and White" voted TO strike tina, out and make
So 1t free, while Mr.. WRIGHT, tho immediate re-
preventative Of tho State and views Of Mr. VAN
BUREN,, voted 10 retain it in the bill. Why did
- e r.
desired to give all The facts to the people of Indi
ana? The writer complains that we have to pay
, high duty foreign salt to salt our beef and
pork 10 send abroad as the domestic sal, will no,
answer; surely we pay no duty at all, if the doc.
rines Of the wril0r Of the panphle, and his school
IF politicians be true. "Ihe corrpsler pays the
1my." Thi. is his POSITION; let him see how il
,uts Up by the roots his sal. .ax, ss i. er--
'iies to sailed provisions not consumed in Indiana,
" the State or country where they arc packed.
A s'High Tariff defeats its Object,,
Says the author Ct the pamphlet Its object
$ revenue, he says, and that object is defeated
y high duties. He admits that the Tariff oils.
3 vas the highest that has ever been passed. in
his country, and he tells us tina, the compromise
ct was passed to bring down tho rate Of duties
0 tho revenue standard. Was il because we col
ected too much, or too little, revenue? Let him
nswer. MIR. Calhoun contends that it was the
Ugh Tariff of 1898 tina, not only paid off the ma
onal debt, but was The cause of aa Overlooking
easury. The fact is beyond controversy, tina,
q had money enough in the treasury and TO
bare, under this high Tariff; while under the
w pressure advalorem 20 per cent. duties Of the
ompromise act. which is the favori,e Of the wri>
II Of the pamphlet, our treasury was empty, the |
overnment bankrupt, our industry para!yzed, |
I'D our produce without a market. These are
acts for the people," So much for that objec-
on 10 protection.
"DcmocTatic Policy $ to TARIFF,
"ln the first place il is to reduce the national
,penses,'' ssys the writer. Precisely so, we
y. That is certainly the doctrine they preach,
II it is rot the "poltcy' they prdctice. Unforta-
ltely for the writer and hi. party, we have some
'idence on ina. point also. and we prepared
compare notes. How stands this natter We
esume it Will scarcely be questioned that the
of Mr.. Van Buren, was "demo-
attic" administration, 10 the modern acceptation
that term; and we are prepared freely 10 ad.
rely whig administration. We viii therefore
Ike these administrations by which to test this
eachng vs.. practice. This will Of course be
tirely satisfactory TO the writer of The pamphlet
National Expenditures. {
Four years Of the administration of Mr. Adams.
% S05,446. -Four years Of the administration
MIR. Van Buren,, el12, sol ,o45. So tina. the
in four years reduced the expenditures c
a ITii9 administration from S95, sos. 446 to ,
- Sc | ,945. and still "he Democratic policy c
to Tariff is in the first place to reduce the +
tional expenses" These are 'fac,s for the PEG.
- The administration of Mr.. Tyler is spoken
by the writer as being whig administration;
3 is doing US over-much kindness. Mr.. Tyler
one OF the 'nodern democratic" candidates for =,
, Presidency; disclaming all connection what e
er with the whig party, and standing 10 direc, n
position to their measures. We claim 10 share o
10, in his administration, so far as The execu.
hi l.