The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-29
From the INeIp York Courier d Enquirer.
TUP TARIFF

We have repeatedly said that ihele were
portions Of the existing Iarlii wnich should
be modi6ed--always leaving untouched The
duties on Iron and WooIlens. We are still
of the same opinion; but after an examI-
nation of the sweeping bill introduced by
the Committee of Ways and Means, based
as it is, upon hostility 10 the protective
principle and got up in caucus Ter Tue Sa'
sesl Of party purposes, we feel Il duty TO
call upon our Wing friends in both Houses
of Congress, to vote against any amend'
ment or alteration in any way whatever,
of the existing Tariff Let IL stand as II
does; and lei the Northern Loco Focos y
they dare, offer TO compromise the great
principle of protection IN compliance WIN
corrupt bargain with certain free trade
advocates of the South, who being the Po-
litical friends Of Northerp man with
Southern Principles" now claim at his
hands the advocacy of those Southern prln-
ciples by the mere profession OF which, he
has heretofore received and controlled The
vote of the free trade party.
When we assert that the Bill recently
reported b. the Committee OF Ways and
Means, was conceived in iniquity and Tor
Phase party purposes, and before being SUBJ
mitted to the House Of Representatives
was submitted to certain Northern Loco
Foco members of that House, who avow-
ed their hostility 20 IFS principles and IT'S
details, but who, Notwithstanding, pledged
themselves 10 give it their support or 10
permit lis passage through the House by
absenting themselyes-when we say thus,
we make no careless assertion founded rp-
on pIesomptive testimony, but we state
what we learned from member OF that
/ party during our recent visit 10 Washing
ton, who boasted that the Van Bnrea Men
were fairly caught in their own net and
were about being justly punished for Their
want ofpruciple. Our informant although
a Loco Foco, is not Van Buren, Man,
and he said 20 US" We have them now in
a very comfortable position they must
either take this Bill as IT is or give up eve
~ hope of obtaining a vote at the South
for Mr. Van Buren, and If they take II,
they ruin themselves with their constru.
ents aud deprive their candidate of more
electoral votes al the nor y than they can
possibly gain for him at the south by the
adoption of this ultra free trade measure"
Beyond all doubt the northern Loco To-
/ cos saw the dangers and difficulties of their
position; and it was only after repeated
cdpcussing iha, they could finally be whip
ped into the adoption OF this disgraceial
Bill as a party measure. They cannot
even plead ignorance Of its destructive
tendencies because, as we are assured,
( in one Of their caucusses, these we're very
clearly pointed out aud condemned, by one
whose fear Of his constituents and his love
Of place, would have trlumphed over his
devotion to party if he had not beer pro.
missed other rewards in the event Of his
districts throwing him overheard for such
a deliberate violation Of duty as the sup
port of this measure would involve. lie
had the good sense 10 perceive the tenden-
cies Of this ultra free trade measure and
as we were informed, directly charged
that its object was TO ruin the woo!ler
manufacturers BY virtually admitting wool
len cloths into the country free Of duty
10 support OF this he instanced the fac
, tina, the duty on fine wool and woollens
were both placed at thirty per cent, thu,
virtually making the American manu!ac
fac,urer pay on his wool the identical du
" which the English manufacturer Is re
CURED to pay on his cloth and he follow
ed up this exposition with another whlcl
was still more to the point. You say
.o..,,rEoI fbat Tho {, 90 III to-
this tariff because It amounts to a prohlb
ton Of foreign wool but OF what avail vii
that be TO him if you destroy his marke
for his own wool by closing our wo,ller
manufactures, or /. they are kept open on
ly by tue farmers being compelled 10 sci
his wool at one third the present price 7
The correctness of this reasoning mus
be admitted by all If the Tariff bill now
before the House, should become a law
/ the consequences to the wool-grower are
inevitable. Either the woollen manulac
tories must close or they must be supplied
with wool by the American farmers at on,
q third the present price. This cannot b,
. denied aud it is the boast Of the FIRE
, trade advocates that this law would clos
, one half Of our woollen manufacture.
while the remaining half could compel
with the English manufacturer bccaus
the farmer would be compelled TO sell hi
wool at the Manufacturers price. Yc
this is the bill which northern men p!eda
II ed to sustain protective tariff, are aboJ
II to advocate and pass, because their south
Y ern masters tell them that unless they d
Il this, Martin Van Buren, shall not rcceiy
v their support and when they agree I
!. the degradation thus imposed, their mat
! tiers instead Of plying their fate, yer
5. quietly laugh at their folly, and boast, til;
!. by so yielding to their demands they hay
!, ruined both themselves and their leader
d the north, without obtaining any CORES
IF ponding equivalent at the south.
e As we have ever looked upon the mar
;. ufacturing of wool and iron as indispensi
J, Bile to the welfare Of every Nation whic
d would be independent, our constant cree
!, has been, to give 10 these two great int
8 rests any degree Of protection that the
IS may require, IN the well grounded conyi'