New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-29
The TRrih, Mr.. Clay, and the Cilley
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The Tariff, Mr.. clay, and the ciliey
Duel.
The Morning NeDS is welcome 10 its opinion
Of US and our journal-our own views shall be,
as they ever have been, frankly expressed. We
! are, and ever have been, the advocate of PRoTEC
rloN-of equal adequate, well adjusted Protcc-
ton By act Of Congress 10 every Industrial inter.
est OF the Country. We contend that the pre-
sent Tariff though doubtless not perfect, affords
such Protection, and we srden:ly desire that it
shall be maintained and, if possible, improved
improved not by destroying the Protection now
afforded 10 any American interest but by extend
ing like benefit to any which does now or may
hereafter require it. Such is our uniform, well
understood position, such is substantially the
common ground OF The Wing party. Ga the other
hand, tae Morning News, with the great body Of
the Loco Foco politicians is most bitterly hostile
to any Protective legislation at aH-considers it
absurd, oppressive, taxing one class for the bene-
4, of another, and all that. Here il the Main
QUESTIONABLE we right or is the News 2 We
say that Protection has reduced, and has an in
cvteble tendency to reduce, the price of such
f4brics and wares as we have been buying abroad,
bu! which under Protective Duties We can make
with equal facility at home; we illustrate AID
f,rtify this position with arguments and facts,
which directly invalida,e the Political Economy
o. tho News. How are we met BY paltry
carpjng at this or that detail Of the presen; Ia
riff; by Jacobinic efforts to excite jealousy, en-.
w, hatred among the several classes or avoca-
tions of our count-ymen-by skulking inuendoes
and insidious appeals 10 the baser passions. This
is jus, what we expected OF The Plebeisn We
did look for manlier and more instructive course
from the News Wehoped in this contest to SET
Ne principles and establish landmarks Of National
Poliey-wo hoped that something would be done
so that it would not need TO DC done over again.
Our very soul is weary of these never-ending,
slibcginning psrty controversies which result
in nothing but the elevation OF this or that set of
aspirants to power. Let US have done with them.
Whether the News has gained any advantage
of US in our controversy on Wool and other de-
tails OF the present Tariff, We leave to the judg-
men: of the public We are sure it IS no! igno.
rant that It's efforts to excite Agricultural pre-.
iud;ce against the Tariff are directly IN the teeth
OF the ncucations of JEFFERSON, MADlsos,
ToMpKlss, De Witt CLINTON, jackson, Sc. who
have iorcioiy argued tha: Agriculture is to be
b, uek.ed, not 50 much by duties on its own pro-
du. IT'S as on Manufactures, whereby our WORK
shopv are transferred from Europe to cur own
Coun y and distant, uncertain, partial market
for Provisions, &c. &c. replaced by one nea-,
abundau and certain, In its efforts to destroy
the pres sns Tariff, the News places Itself in d.
rect hosrsl.t, to the teachings Of the Patriarchs
Of Democracy and the genera Democratic sen
,imen, of the Je,,ersonian and Madisonian era
As to tie CiIle, dacl, the News says it mas
never charged ,Ir. Clay with ins,igating that
calamity. Ii So, il b&s been more scruouloGs
than the mass of its s,iies. But what it does
charge is FALSE and coRtrad;cted by every one
who could know any thiag about the matter
Mr.. Clay was consulted in confidence by Nj
Graves with regard to difficulty IN which he
hsd become involved; he gave such advice aa
he believed, and as VIC nov bsheve, best clcu-
lated to avert any ar,he, diff ;ulty. Mr.. Caves
asked him ii he ough, to be satisfied w!ih the
explanation given him By Mr.. Cillsy OF an act
tif ansxpiained) ofgross and uuprovoked insult;
"Clley has gone out TO fight Graves. Graves
will celtainly fall, and tsat viii make Ciliey The
foremost maa in TIE Eew England delegation y
Ssch was the general and confident anticipation
of Ciey's friends. They offered bets upon If,
and proclaimed in the Capitol. By this time
Graves is a dead man." Thus was .nls hapless
.,an puske, OF to his death, leaving ais survivor
even more to be piued than himself