Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-06-27

lat an average, just about doubled, by
a system of false valuation of foreign
goods, the duties of the former. And
this is the way the Wings "adhere to
and maintain" the "principles" and
''spirit" of the compromise of March,
1888" Any man DESTROYS Of arriving
at the truth, cannot but see both the
Inconsistency and design of the double
dealing of the Wing party in this mat
ter, It is part of their system to
gull and deceive the people.
1t is fact we'll known to our rea-
t}ers, that the Federal party in and out
Of Congress, urged, as justification
Iior violating the "principles' and
esprit of the compromise" in 1912,
That it (the compromise) did not yield
can adequate revenue, y and that it did
not afford ''fair protection to American
Industry" The dtsanterestea manu-
fdctsrers themselves agreed with the
Wing members Of Congress in the
opinion. Hence, they asked Congress,
gravely, to protect them still more, in
order that they might sell their fabrics
to us much cheaper than they have
heretofore been able to do
Now, it is very clear to our mind,
that, had the compromise act been left
alone, it would have been amply sufi-
cient, in connection with the funds de-
rived from the sales of the public lands,
to Have betrayed the expenses of the
government, economically administer
ed. How do we arrive at this conclu-
sion? In this way:-The ertraordina-
ry expenditures of Mr.. Van Buren's
term, and which do not now burden the
government, amounted to several mill
ions more than the public debt which the
Wings say existed when he went oil
of office. Had, therefore, the Demo
cratic administration been continued,
the treasury would have been in a
much better condition, with the com
promise act, than it now is with the
Wing Tariff, in the absence of large
portion of the land fund which has ac-
crued since their accession to power;
for it was the intention of the admins
tration Of Mr.. Van Buren,, after dispos-
ing of the burdens incidental to the
first three years Of his term, to have
Topped off every unnecessary expense,
as is fully shown by reference to the
public documents published during that
period. But, we may be told, that the
present condition Of the finances Of the
government disproves what we have
said. So it would, if the Wings aoere
not responsible for the state Of things
'soac enistiag. The policy which they
have pursued has been totally different,
and has produced quite different
state Of things, from that which would
have characterised the policy of the
Democratic party, had they continued
in power. Such is our understanding
of the relation which the Federal party
sustain to the question ofthe Tariff as
connected with revenue. The truth is
and we are sustained by their lead
ing Characteristic Federal party are
in favor Of a High Protective Tariff
"a Tariff arranged upon such prin-
ciples as to draw from the pockets
of the non-protected, precisely the
amount which they desire to give the
manufacturers--a Tariff which dis
eliminates in IT'S principles, and can
therefore only benefit those in whose
favor such determinations are made,
and is therefore unjust in its operations
on those who are not "protected," p
and their name is legion. "Fair pro
tection," means the highest protection
that can possibly be obtained. can
adequate revenue, means vacuum in
the Treasury, upon which to build
National Bank, as was the case in
1916.
In our next No. we will offer few
structures upon the Sd article in the
Federal creed. 1t is this: "Just res
traints on the executive power, embra-
cling a further restriction on the exer-