The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-18
HILLsBOROUGH RECORDER.

The Editor of this print refuses to publish the
prescnt Tariff of Duties, unless we will consent
to make ourself ridiculous by laying before the
public the Tariff Law of 1923. Why is the
law of 1928 thus dragged up? 1t belongs, not
to the present, but to the past-and no good can
come of stirring question which once put in peril
the existence and glory of the Union. Mr.. Van
Buren, voted for that Tariff under Instructions from
the Legislature of New York; be could not
slight as the Federal leaders are in the habit of
doing, the wishes of his constituents; but he was
in favor ofthe Compromise Act, and would be the
last man to deprive any portion of the country oi
the benefits which mi ght flow from the operation
of a revenue tariff
The Editor &C The Recorder finds fault with
the vehement opposition we make to the present
tariff; says it is only tariff for revenue; and asks
us if we prefer that the revenue shall be furnish
ed by direct taxation. We have opposcd-we
still oppose-and we intend to oppose the present
tariff, not ''fuFiously," as the Editor would make
the public believe, but in spirit of calmness, and
with whatever arguments the subject may present
to our feeble mind oppose it for two reasons.
First, because it is high tariff And secondly,
because it was passed by the Wing party, and
fastened by them upon the country, in direct and
open violation of the most solemn promises repeat
edly and publicly made. 1t isa high tariff, for it
looks first to protection, in duties which keep off
the foreign article in many ins tances, and thus
throws open the market exclusively to the northern
manufacturers 1t ranges, in its average, between
forty and fifty per cent, taxing some articles, and
those too of prime necessity, more than one hun
dred per cent 1t bears heavily upon articles used
by the poor man, whilst it imposes but light
tax upon luxuries consumed by the wealthy.
These are facts and we defy the Editor to show
any thing which upsets them. .
The Editor tries to show that the present tariff
not nfavorabe to the interests of the people of
Orange. He says: ..
If the tariff slightly increases the price of few
hcles those only who purchase, pay it. If for instance
man buys for himself broadcoth coat or for his wife
silk dress, portion of the price may be contrbu-
ton towards the support of the Government: but he who
dresses amilyn good comfortable homesPun,
large portion of the citizens of Orange do, is not
reached by the tarf-he pays nothing"
Yes-"if" Mler's prophecy be true, we
shall all hear the judgmenttrumpet before the
year closes The Editor ought to know, and
competition is past and the tariff settles down and
becomes permanent erery cent Of duty paid a0lH
be laid on tile price Of the article; and the arti-
Gle will be not only slightly increased" in price,
but raised to the highest tariff point. The Editor
would make the public believe that but few of the
citizens Of Orange wear silks and broad-cloths.
If they do indeed prefer home-spun so much the
better-we think the more of them for it. But
we do not remember ever to have seen the Editor
himself clothed in home-spun and we know,
that on public days in Hilsborough, almost every
second man has on broad-cIoth, and silk cravat to
boot But those, says the Editor, who dress in
home-spun, are "not reached by the tariff" We
deny this assertion. They are reached through
the tax laid on salt and sugar, well as iron and
other articles And here the poor man feels the
evil The hard-working citizen ofOrange dresses
in home-spun for the purpose, perhaps, of saving
his money but he mast haze sugar and salt, and
when he goes to purchase these articles, he has
to paw on them tariff of ONE HUNDRED PER
CENT. Will the Editor confess the truth of
what we have said, or will he dodge?
AfiIlerisnl is totally defunct.-JNiZon Chronicle.
And so is Whigism in CasWell county,