Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-28
mot so VERY HoT.n

Mr.. ClayS letter declaring his opinion
that the new tariff is by no means a 'hiPh
tariff reminds us of a story in an old
Spanish author, in which the devil is rep
resented as driving bargin with a poor
fellow for the possession of his SOUL
The man bad limited his fears that when
6ually he came 10 take up bis quarters
with his new friend, no should find the
place too hot for his comfort.
Not so very hot, | assure you,' said
the temper, with friendly smile; Just
agreeably warm; genial glow, that is
all. We keep moderate 6re, | grant,
but when you come 10 try it, | give you
my word you will find your lodgings quite
comfortable II may be that the extrava.
giant rascals in the kitchen have now and
then put on a handful Of Goals too much,
which has given the place q bad name /;
but will have that corrected. Idetest a
hot FIRE myself
Mr.. Clay abhorS a high tariff. he -ds-
approves Of any thing but scheme Of du>
ties laid TO raise frugal revenue, with
such determinations only as will inci-
dentally afford reasonable protection to
our national interests Beyond that he
is infex;ble ;he is adamant. He has been
struggling for years in favor Of low duties,
revenue duties, adapted to the ease and
encouragement Of commerce. The new
tariff, be gives us TO underVtand, is a tar
iff after this pattern; not so very high, by
any means, wise and proper in its main
provisions; and il here and there an exc
cessive duty has been laid, he is for haV>
ing the error corrected.
Mr.. Olay's notion Of high tariff must
be much like that which the devil, in the
Spanish story, has Of heat. What is
high tariff a tariff which ruins the i'm.
porter TO benefit the home manufacturer,
a tariff which taxes the consumer heavily,
is high tariff. Tho new tariff is so
high that it is absolutely prohbitory in re-
gard 70 many srticles, and in most it i'm
poses heavy tax on the consumer. We
gave, few months ago, numerous list
of articles Of hard ware, articles Of indiS
psnsible use and universal consumption
which we're wholly excluded from it.
The commodity of sugar, which enters
into the daily food Of every individual
in the country,staxed BY ilIa hundred per
cent. Cotton prints, which are worn by
every person of the female sex, not to
speak Of children, are shut out BY it from
our ports. This very morning, we 6nd in
the Journal Of Commerce letter from
PhsIps, Dodge g. Co., manufacturers of
brass kettles here, an article Of universal
use, in which they boast that 'the effect
sf the duty Of twelve cents a pound ION
brass kettlss has been to secure to our
country q branch Of manufactures which
would otherwise be entirely monOpolizsd
by foreigners in other words, that il has
put stop 10 the importation Of brass kst.
ties from abroad.
These are but samples Of the new tar
if, taken, without any research, from hun.
dreds, of instances as gross, Yet Mr..
Clay, who certainly, after the long course
Of commercial legislation in which he
boasts to have been engaged, ought to
know, at least the difference between
high duties and low, has the face to tell
thu country, in letter Intended for pub
licatiOn, that this is not high tarifE-N.Y.
Evening Post. 70