The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-25
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III. van Bren's reply y Ghe inEeErogato-
rice III he Indiana CONVENTION oocupien some
i've 81 six columns Of a.newsphper. and upon
the snbject Of the Tariff has the remarkable
quality Of coinciding with the views Of three
distinct sets Of politicians. the prolectionists'
The Free traders. and the advocates of direct.
taxes. As opposite as the pen doctrines
Of these different parties are, he manages 90
admit the correctness Of each. He i certain
" a most anomalous politician, the advocate Of
incidental projection, horizontal duties and o.
rect taxes at one and the same tinne! We
furnish below some specimens Of ! il opposite
views on the same question. 81
AS TO a Tariff, certainly-he will
speak with the utmost pleasure on that
subject; he has no hesitation to declare
himself freely ; in fact he has declared
himself freely on the subject; ne did It
in 1882 in reply to the interrogatorles
of the Shocco Springs meeting. On
that occasion ''a conviction that the
establishment of commercial relations
with a view to the encouragement OF
domestic interests, is within the con-
stitutional power of Congress, was dis
tinctly avowed." He had no objec-
tons to make the avowal to the Indiana
Convention. He says further:--"Of
the constitutional power to make dis
ordinations | have no doubt. Equal
~ clear il il that the practice Of ma
king them has existed from the COM
mencement oflbe government and con-
stitutes feature in every principal tar
iff bill which is to be found upon the
statute book" If it be at any time
deemed necessary or conducive to the
safety Of the country TO encourage the
manufacture at home of the articles ne
cessary to its defence in war, MIR. Van
Buren, declares that ''nothing can be
more proper than to do so by dis
elimination in favor of their domestic
manufacture" With regard to dis
elimination he again says-"Itis there
fore power, the constant and faithful
exercise of which is, in my judgment,
demanded by considerations ofjustice,
humanity, and sound policy"
The friends Of a discriminating pro-
tective system would ssy at once upon
reading these declarations that Mr..
Van Buren, was clearly on their side.
We will now give some of his anti tariff
views.
"The collection of the duties inn
posed by Tariff, whilst it subjects all
10 taxation, invariably and almost in
evitably bears with unequal severity
upon a very large, aOd unhappily in
general, a necessitous portion of the
people-a protection, the indirect adj
vantages of which TO other interests,
even under a tariff for protection, are
as much the subject Of doubt and dis
putation as they ever were, but for
which those cnncernsd- in -other rs.s--
suits Tor long series OF years paid IN
advance, and received their equivalent
in promises, of the performance of
which they are not and do not seem
likely to be soon satis6ed.-This adj
10 the manufacturer is not, it
Is true, the object of, but only inciden-
tai to, a tariff for revenue"
Again, on the same side, he says
''That the great body Of the mechanics
and Iaborers in every branch Of busi-
ness, whose welfare should be an oh.
iect Of unceasing solicitude on the part
Of every public man, have been the
greatest sufferers by our high protective
ariff, and would continue so to be, i'll
hat policy is persisted in,i to my mind
90 clear to require further elucida-
ion"