Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-06-20

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he asked" What who entitled deserve the character
american would stand up his place, either House
Congress- and disturb this treaty Of peace and my In his speech
February bill Mr. Clay
The bill before strongly recommends ITSELF by equity and i'm
pariaHy 1t avors interest and State by
sacrifice of 1t deals equally by all What this saving
the tariff (Which changed by the componse
equitable and impartial: that did favor interests, and
States bv an , sacrifice others and that did deal equay
By aH' And had the people right confde the promise
ony made that entitled the character of American
would afterwards cndeavor disturb this of peace
and amity :"
The compromise bill passed by Congress- both parties generally
voting for it, hough the Democratic members preferred shorter
than eight years, bring duties the andard
and President jackson approved the bill Mr. Clay received much
praise for this and regarded by his political friends the
'paclcator of the
Many the party however expressed their fears
there would be another attempt made impose high protective
tariff the but they denounced by their opponents
afars and as endeavong excite the public mind for
political effect
To quiet people this subject Clay his speech
Hanover Court House, Virginia. renewed the pledge that the
promise should be disturbed and Gen. Harrison also his
GAINESVILLE letter. stated that he would IT'S being altered
o repealed'
After the anemocratc party came into power by the election of
1910 and after the death of Gen HARRISON their leaders still protscd
10 he in favor Of the connrme They sill ,oEd to favor tariff
for only They knew that Mr. Clay had SAID that by the
time the compromise had brought down the duties the
standard the factories would be prosperous condition, and need
protection and change should be made the compromise Not
witstandmg all this the result shows that they have high
protective tariff and many Of the less prudent among them, and
political editors openly for that But how
they accomplish the face of all their pledges The contrary
Gen Harrison be and he would be obstacle
their designs.
They the ground therefore, that they were still for tariff for
only question:
and they could find plausible for Increasing it, there would
be no difficulty the way because according to their reasoning the
the amount of renuc the higher must be the rf and thus
by increasing the and expenditures they could push up the
tariff Every expedcnt therefore, rcocd to for
an expend money.
They charged that the Government had been left greatly debt by
the previous administrations boldly
been created under Mr. Van Buen administrations of forty millions
o dollars and that it would require high tariff money
pay it.
Their Secretary since however, reports officially
that the whole amount of that debt quite five and half
millions
Was any of the tariff necessary pay that debt and
if so, how much
To answer that question: VIC must advert to few other facts
1t will be recolecied that MIR. Clay before the election
declared in his speech the Hanover Court House. that thirteen
millions of dollars sufficient for the yearly expenses of the Gov
that being be the yearly expended under
Mr.. Adams The insisted upon by the Georgia
Wing memorial at the session.
Our population public works revolutionary pensions purchases
Indian territory, &C. &C. had very much increased however, since
that time and of reflection that such pledges could be
redeemed Still the administration of Mr. Van Buren, considered
practicable TO reduce the yearly expenses to eighteen nd probably
evenccn) millions and gradually lcsscnng
The public documents show that the expenses Cen Jacons
Mr. Van Buren, administrations taken together averaged but twenty
millions year
those money had probably been expended
for Laidn lands and certainly for PENSIONS (Which had been
greatly nceased than all the other administrations the unda
ton of the Government The mhoh Of The pJc Debt had been paid
Off THr and a half millions in the shape of duties had been
rcmqushed imported Rail Road iron. And there clear
besides tnycgh millions doHors of surplus divided
among the States orcr and ADORE all rpen and which OUGHT to set
administrations that the suppoton that Secretary Forwards
and Secretary Ewing reports the of that
debt and they wouH not likely mdeac IT. And all these
the only benefits conferred the during those admins
We said that the tariff reduced, BY the compromise
1888 ascetaned BY the public documents that the duties
actually paid the 1884 I-3o inclusive, under
that reduction about egsi, and one-ird millions of dollars
($S63 300, and that if the high tariff of had continued in
force, and the of imports, hndred and tny
millions would have been drawn from the profits of the people,
the shape of tariff tan besides least equG
the pockets of the manufacturers domestic article II the.
calculation continued from lSS the that the late
high tariff passed, the would be still
independent of all this the Florida expense and
embarrassment The paper money system, too lis height
money plenty and property of all kinds high Yet Mr. IAN
Buren, administration making strenuous eNeons to reduce The
expenses The for the public expenses which his Secretarie
laid before Congress- low: but that body always made the apro
paions the And nearly every Wing Con
ge voted for the uniformly with few of the Democrats and
hence the appropriations would pass The public Journals show these
facts.
In spite of all these obstacles, however the expenses of Mr. Van
Buen administration fell, 1889, re"yfre and IN lclo 10
less than tnty-three millions. 22339356)1 and the
policy had perseveed by Wing party they
power the expenses of l would have been under millions
and those of 1912 eighrecH millions Of dollars
Instead of tins they expended in ISL above renyir and
third Millions (e6 1876 997 being about tr millions OF dollars
Sl0576l than expended under Mr. Van Buren, the
previous year.