New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-12
The Tariff in PennsyIvania.

There was large Meeting of the Citizens of
Pittsburgh, Pa. on Saturday last, TO demonstrate
against any change in the Tariff Hon. HAR.
MAR DENNY presided and Hon. RICHARD BID.
DIE offered series OF excellent resolutions which
he supported in forciblc Speech. A leading Van
Buren, man named Kerr undertook to disorganzc
the meeting by some resolutions rejecting on the
Wings, but they were voted down, after producing
some excitement The following are the resolu.
tions adopted
ReSoloed, That we have witnessed with pain and
surprise the recent movement in Congress Tor dis
turbing the provisions OF the Tariff OF August, 1872,
TO which the Industry Of the Country has been rapid
" and successfully adjusting itself.
ReSo!red That the effects oil the Act, as thus far
developed have been of the most satisucl charac
ter Every where an improved condition OF things is
visible. The arms, long folded in dependency, find
ready and profitable employment. Capital, which
had been lying idle, or which had sought tempo
arv refuge in Stock TO watch the course Of events
has come out of s hiding places inIo open day, and
engaged fearlcsslv in Production. The cheerful
throng aud press and hurry of business meet us ut
every turn where before ali was gloom and irresolu-
ton. And yet this is the moment selected for inno
,ation BY the very Committee of Ways and Means,
which in lis Report holds the following language:
expected OF committee tnat VIII make
an estimate the Revenue be realized under the
duty they establish but they feel themselves wholly
incompetent 10 do SO TO any useful purpose"
And again, as TO the prospect of an adequate
Revenue under the present Act, i, is said
information which has reached the Committee since they
have had THIS subject under conSldeafinncHd i,ch
reaching them at ue present He-;endS TO this CONCLUSION
Now the only prelext for change is al apprehended
deficit in the Revenue. And here we find il con-
ccded that the Committee cannot estimate the pro-
ductveness either OF the existing Tariff, of the
one they offer in its place. They willing 10
strike at all that has been accomplished, er put in
train during the astlwo years, but do not pretend 10
afford starting point III any substitute, whusc
consequences have been measured, or whose penna
nence can be relied upon. They proclaim that their
Scale Of Duties Is but experimental, and that the
National Industry must be he d i'll suspense until
majority of the Committee shall be able and willing
TO see their way more clearly, and devise, AT some
future period scheme that NAV promise stability.
Resoircd. That the Repor OF the Committee of
Ways and Means, in gratutously ASSET ting thar
= ACricmture" demands the proposed modification,
in order that il NAV find market for It's surplus
repeats iallacy too often feiuied 10 be dangerous
at this late cay. We do nc; ask, and have never
asked Protection for Manufactures except so far as
they influence the general welfare. The most zeal
GUS friends "t the Tariff those engaged III rural
pursuits. They sustain H. preclsel. because, IN the
language Of MIR. Jefferson, ii places the Manutac-
tufcr by the side o., the Asricuturist, and thus per-
uitS an cSchalCe OF commodities, wltlOut reference
TO the Sliding Scale OF English Com Laws. They
have seen that under lis operation Money, instead Of
flowing abroad IN one continuous cxhauSung stream,
is made TO perform iernzing circuit. Even sup
posing that by Commercial Treaties temporary and
precarious foreign demand might be created vet how
little Of the Produce whose sale now scatters pros
perity broadcast over every township, would bear
transportation Suppose the wo,kmcn OF our great
Manufacturing Establishments 10 reside al Sheffield
or Manchester, instead OF Pittsburgh, how many OF
The hundred articles they now buy from the ,narket-
men and the market-women would cross the Allan
tic! Let the pretended friends OF Free Trade and
Agriculture stop the wagons at the rol-Gates, and
make out an inventory for expectation These are
homely illustrations. But we value them because
they are homely. They arc open 10 every mans OBJ
servatlon and rejection. They the best answer.
therefore, TO vague and pompous defamation.
Rssoired, That copy of these resolutions be
forwarded by the Chairman 10 the Hon. c. OAR
RAeH, with expression OF confidence in his zeal
and ability 10 resist 10 the uttermost project so
fatal TO the best interests Of the Country.
U' Gen. WILLIAM A. Mills OF Mount Morris,
Livingston Co. died on the 9th inst. aged y
years. He was one Of the earliest settlers and
most eminent Agrculturiss of that fertile region,
and has been identified with most of the improve
ments of that recently settled country.