Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-07-04
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Elbow CITIZENS u TIE .IR-r DIsTR'Cr:
The candidates for Congress are about TO
visit you, and to lay before YOU, in their adj
dre-s 5. different ,i.ws of public afIdrs.
Are youw..iag 70 pend haIfa day tohcar
them, and lulee Tor yourselves! Do any
one say, No. | care nothing about il -
then to him have a wori to say.
What effect have the law, chat hive been
passed within the last SIX OF eight years at
lndlnapoii, had upon tbs State! Have you
a farm! II VOL have. ! think Won would be
willing to give the bet horse on IT.. 90 ,upio,
II II were possible. what our l.cei,la ture has
done since it passed the first Internal I'm
proycmcnt Bill. ii the people OF Indiana
had, every year, accurately known the
FACTS IN regard TO thi, system. can we sup
pose that they would have allowed thcir rep
rcscntatiycs to run the reckless course they
did! II person, bad been fond abb and
willing 10 present these f1cts to the citizens
throughout the State, should We not have
spent day each year most pro:itlbly in al
tending TO them!
Many and important new facts arise every
year, in connection wish eur General Govern
mcnt. trc YOU al this time fully acquainted
with these Ii yoI arc. YOU mu, have re-
cclvcd many docum ,nis and spent much time
in examining them. If YOU are not, then YOU
arc ncglccting bu~ncs, that very much con
Germs YOU. Are you sure thai, ii yop neglect
your business at Washington cily-.or GO
vcnmrnt, IN orr Requisite, : yo'r busircs,-
are You ~ure that taing5 may no. 90 on Is
badly there. ~ We know they have doac at
indianapolis, vs., and As deeply alcot Your
own private aa.sir,!
Two years q -. after a hard-!oIght contest.
4 ncS ad.aiul> ration came into power. They
spoke OF MARY abuses; they promised r.
trenchmont auI orm. DO YOU know We
thcr they have corrected thc abuses they cOui-
planned OF Have YOU ;,sccrtaincd whether
they have fulfilled, or broken, their many
promises! They complained bitterly OF the
expenses OF Van Barcns administration.
Have YOU calculated whether their own have
exceeded or fallen short of thcScl They
told Us that Congress bad been scaudalou-iy
cXtrayasant. Have You searched through
the official documents TO discover whether
they have been more or less cXtragagaut
themselves! They complained loudly that
the wa,tcfunc,s OF the last administration
had run the nation INTO debt. Are YOU IN
formed how muC! that debt amounted To V hen
the WhigS came into power. and whether l.
has been increased or diminished since! II
it has been increased, do YOU know low It Is
proposed TO lessen il! whether high tariff Is
the plan!
Tic famous Compromise Net of 1888 re-
cc.ved Its last reduction On the 3Oth June.
1872. After that timc. by that Vet. no tariff
duty was 10 exceed 20 per cent. Such wa>
the virtual compact between the North and
thc South and the West in lS33.~ HIS that
compromise been kept or broken! And If i
has been broken. what effect does thai have
on Western industry! Are We, Is farming
people. the gamers or the loser, by ii!
What have been the movements OF foreign
nations in regard to the tariff! Arc any of
them disposed 10 open their ports To the bread
stutls and other provisions OF the Wc>t}
Ii %, has any proposal been made in Con
grcss 10 meet foreign nations half way. 80
that. II they lower their tariff on our produc-
ton. we in return will lower our duties on
theirs Ii any such proposal VAS mrdc vino
supported and who opposed it! Was it a
good proposal for Us. here in the Wcstl
These are some of lhc questions which
desire, with due respect, TO put TO the man
Il viii renin those wlo may have forgotten tie his
tory Of the Tariff question in this country that the
plan of raising by a tariff. Is by tax or
duty imposed upon certain articles OF foreign merchan
die when brought INTO the United States. was first
recommended undes Washingon's Administrations bv
Alex andeE Hamilton. Ever since IL has been the usual
plan OF obtaining money to support the General Govern
But under " ashngtOn. the elder Adams LETTER
aid Madsons administrations until 1916 the duties
quite low being imposed strictly FIR the uupo.e of
raising The tariT Of 1916 began 10 look p,
wards protection that Is raising the price II f,re,pn
manufactures. for alone but for the benz i, 6
manufacturers in the United States Henry Cav was
the chief author Of this system called hy HIN Amer
lean SYSTEM, but Daniel Webster himself admits any
thing bot American stem being strictly copied from
Eng and and France. la 1874 the tarif was raised s,
higher andin lS.S under John Quincy Adams was pass
I'd tariff bill called .he bill of
which proved oppressive the South that South Car
DINA. IN 1899. rose arms and the Union narrowly es
capsd dIsnemhsrment To quiet the Southern States IN
the sprirg OF 1888 tauh bill called the COmbrorgiss
BI was passed by which each party gave up a part
the agreeing high duties present the other
eonsening that every wears part of these high d
ties should he taken off, tho last reduction being on the
30th June ct last after which time the tariff or tax
on foreign goods IN case. be more than enfv
per cent. al saorem that fifth of is cost Hem
~ Clay was the principal in passing th, Compr
mise Bill. and obtained much credit for IT,
BY the first tariff law. under Washns ton NOW before
me- no duty wss over Cers and halt per cent and the
principal duties, and woollen goods non &c
were but fre per Yet had then no, only the
expenses of government but the repayment of the war
debt 10 provide fsr.