The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-05

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Bionder. No. .. TIE Standard ssys
'he iarid q Isia -uas passed l, lie
Wig parry aEousdly or protection. aaa
noi = rsseaae." The Standard rznnO,
= e ignoranl - not % know that. even
before he close q Mr. Van Buren's u
miaisirzlisa. The tariff had fallen much
htlow ne revenue standard. Large ..
mounts q treasury noles had been issued
70 SUPPLY he deficiency. The treasury
vas empty. and he credit Of the govern
mens ProsEafd. On al hands he reye
aue was askn.wlelgsd 70 be below VIVA.
va required By The most rigid economy.
On this score. Ihen. : revision ol The d.
ria Has iadi,PtnsaLls. The main ob.
ject Of The tariff 0f 1872, lhereforc, land
% u was avowed BY the whigs.) was ~
vsfns; and moi pro cclion. as stated b.
the Standard. The standard should re-
member, Too, that when Mr.. Van Buren,
enrrsd upon the dulies Of his Office, he
had a surplus Of means Of some twenty
iwo millions Of dollars; he went out Of
Office, leaving debt Of more than eight
millions making an excess Of expendi-
sare over tie sccruing revenue during his
four years. of some thirty millions Of dol
lars. And yet Mr.. Van Buren had the
advantage OF much higher tariff Than The
Wings had when they came into Office.
Blnnder, No. 3 The Standard saws
that /" Sir. rlay. who said he would be
lie LAT man 10 abandon the compromise
act. was The first 10 propose violation Of
IL" and that " il wcs violated by the Ia
riff Of 1912 Now all The purposes Of
the Compromise Ac were accomplished
on The 3Oih day Of June iSie; The daiies
on all articles were brough; down 10 90
per cent. which was supposed. q; the
passage Of il. In be proper revenue stan
Garl. Eu' even that &C: con empla:ed a
revision in 1912. and provides that du.
ties shall be laid ior the purpose of rails.
ing such revenue rs may be necessary 10
al economical administration Of the go
Ternmenl." Aud President Tyler, who
cannot he suspected Of any undue parli-
ally for protection, in his veto message
on The provisional tariff bill, speaking oI
the compromise act, says, at is in the
power of Congress TO lay duties as high
as lis discretion may ,licIae, for the ne.
cessary uses Of the Government, ~ilhoul
infringing upon the o jecIs Of the &c. OF
1888" Mr.. Tyler, in the same mes
sage, goes on farther 10 say, 81 do not
dnub, tbs, the exigencies uf the Govern
mcni DO require an increase of the tariff
Of duties above 90 per cent; and as lii
tie douh, tina, Congress may. above as
well as below that rate, so discriminate
as TO give incidental protection 10 manu-
featuring induauy-thus 10 make the bur-
dens which i, is compelled to impose up
on The people for The purposes Of govern
ment, productive Of double beneGl. "
And his was all the Wings desired; la
riff sufficient 10 provide for the exigen-
cies of the Government, under an econo-
mieal administration, and such protection
only as it would Incidentally atnrd. And
this tariff Was voted for by many Demo-
Gratis. Mr.. buchanan and Mr.. Wright
among the number.
II circumstances shall so require, we
may hereafter proceed farther 10 notice
the series of blunders into which the
Standard is so prone to fall. We would
rather, however, see such a reformation
as will render any farther resor, to these
rorreciiUc measures unnecessary.
CONSISTENCY OF THE PARTv.-The
Standard and other Locofoco organs in
tIIIs --:i . -.<y.:..e, tho tariff as ~ a
Wing measure" imposing on the poor
al, l.,