Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-05

For this tariff tho Hon. Henry Gin
voted along with tho Uemocfats, End thi
tariff Notwithstanding tile abuse hsaps
upon him, and ths prejudice attempted t
. DO excited Hgainst himJ il The fri one b
ever did vote FIR. He did not vote 70
the tariffs Of 1916, 1924 or rigs; BIT di
4 vote for that IF 1899. For this, ho~esar
tho democrats cannot complain, unias
! they condemn theif own act. H. vas III,
author Of the c"fnptorilse aft af 1898.
= We have the votes Of GaDofal jackson
: tho great head of tbs denoefatte party
Hts sentiments are hereto submitted, Tim
The principles Of tie patty he has so ri
, nmpfiantly led. my be seer 10 those III
q has so Boldly avowea.
The following il mn extract from iis Ict
ter 10 Dr.. CpIman, Of Nnth Cafol,ba, IN
1894
:, Heaven smiled ttpdb apd gaso liz iibar.
ty and Independence. That suifs proqi.
dsncs has best as with tile risans of mn.
honal Independence and asissasI asgssnoe
If we omit, Or refuse the gifts sy.ihlt I'D
has eNsetdaa 10 IA, We de@srye nfsf the
continuation Of His blessibg. He his
filled our mountains anJ oar plains with
minerdls, with lead. iron, and copper, and
given rs n climate md n coil for The grew.
ing Of hemp dnd Uoor. Those being tiis
great mTtsrials Of orr national defsnce.
tney ought TO have extended to them ade.
quate md fair PROTECTION that our
manufacturers and iaborers my BE- pIaced
IN y fur competition Nth Mdse Of Europe /:
aud that We ma} hive within out country
n supply Of these lending and important
articles. so essential in war.
II will ask what is the real sftuntion If
the agricuItdrist 7 Where hrs tho Ameri
ean farmer fl market for his Surplus pro.
does7 Extept for cotton, he has neither
n foreign nor n home market. Doos not
this cleafl1 prove, when there is no mar.
ket either at home or abroad, that there j.
loo much hbm in agriculture Z Common
sense at once points out III remedy. Take
from agriculture In the United States $tz
hundred hopsand men, w6men ind children,
md you will ut once give d markst for
more bread s'nfs than all Europs nuv fur.
nishes III. In sort, sir, we have been too
long subject 70 The poliey Of british n.er. !
chants. 1T is fjmo that we should become
n little more Americanized, ahd instaad If
feeding the pauper, and labovets Of Eng.
land. feed our own7 or else, IN 4 short
time, by continuing our present policy. IRE
shall be rendered paupers ourselves. It ii,
therefore. my opinion, that a careful and
jadlcious TARIFF il much wanted 10 pay
our national debt, and to afford ia Tbs
means nf that defence within ourselves
on which the safety Of our country and
liberty depends and last, though not
give n proper distribution to oar ii.
Dor. which must prove beneficial ~ the
happiness, Independence, mad wealth Of
the community"
The Journal Of the United States Sen.
ate of 1894, when General Jackson was a
Of that body. will show thgt d.
ring the discussion Of the thrift bill Of that
~ b. "~,~I a.. ftts Observation-Disclosures en- see
Up. in ayef ofh duty on iron, in bars and
bots. Of nine cents per hundred, on cheap
cotton goods one hundred per cent. md i.
moro. on cotton bagging a duty IF FOOT and
! half cents tho squire yard, d dnfy If
'hree cents per pound On ir6n catfes Sr /,
a duty oftwenty FIVE cents per bush. :
d on wheat, and Of fifty cent? per Hundred !
N flour. upon iron n duty Of 81 doElars (,
,er ten,a and an increase Of duties ON dis. !.
He'd spirits Of fifteen per conf. Finally, .
IN & third and last reading Of The tariff Of :,
.e24, General Jackson voted for II with all !
IS protection. :
Anextract If a letter from General Jack. :
on to Governor Ray, Of Indiana, dated !
25th, 1898, reads thus. after d :
'risf Introduction; !
"With these renarksf pray you, sir, ro. .
pectfnlly 10 state to the Senate If Ind. =
ma that my Opinions At present are IRE. "
isely what they mere in 1929 and 1924, y
'hen they were communicated, By letter, to .
,r. Co'man Of North Carolina, and yhen .
po'ed for the presen. tariff and appro. 0
for internal improvements. As =,
1at letter was writer. at a time when tbs u
visions Of sentiment on ito subject were :
strongly mar1ed as they now are, in re. 81
tor both to the e~rpediency and consfau- 81
ona1ng II the system. ii ~ enc 'osed Here. y
!, anal beg the favor Of your ExcelIency y
consider it a part Of this communiea !"
The occasion Of which it arose was -
with Il hope Of preseniing any !"
oubt, misconstruction. or necesity for FL. :.
ire Inquiry respecting my opinion On the "
to which you refer, particularly in ~
'ose States which you have designated as "a
1erishing a policy at varianee with your &C
IN. 70 preserve our invaTuable eonstitu- pa
On. and be prepared to repeI the in~yasions al
a foreign foe, by the practice of ecoDo. -
y and the cultivation, uiLa5. ourselves. 70
me means Of national defence and indie oe
:ndence, should be, it seems to me the :,
objects Of any system which ss- pr
res TO the name of AMERICANA and 20
every prudent administration of our co
overmeDt." 10
We
War SHALL | TAKE "A lady of our ae- on
says an exchange paper, young, ~,
rely and intelligent called on a celebrated g.
to de something" for a rush Of -.
nod in the head. pr
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