Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-03-21
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THE TARIFF IN DANGER yes

A bill has been reported, in the House d Repre-.
,entatives Of Congress, by the loco foco Committee
Of Ways and Means in that body, which, If passed
into Law, will essentially change the present Ia
riff and stop our Country, midway, IN its present
course towards high and balmy state Of prosperi-
ty II Is time for our Wing friends-the advocates
Of American Industry-those who are in favor Of
maintaining the products Of land and the avaiIs
Of our own labor, against the growth Of foreign
Soils and against fine labor Of foreign hands, to Be
on the alert, in this matter. @ ~. - %
No man, who loves his own country, and reioices
to see her people in state OF prosperity and hap.
piness, and her great interests in Ourishng con-
dtion, can fail to have perceived the happy elects
of our existing Tariff It has brought our country,
with the most unparalled celebrity from the depthD
of commercial torpitude, bankruptcy and Distress
to state Of active, enterprisng and successful busi
ness. 1t has filled the country, BY anatutal course
of commercial operations, with the precious met
ais. 1t has furnished the government with an am-
pie revenue. 1t has set our manufactures in mo-
ton. It has given ample employment TO our me
chanies. II has provided freghts for ships and
infused activity among our merchants 1t has pro.
vided ready markets for our farmers, and taken OF
the surplus Of our agricultural products In ne, it
has carried its benefits and its blessings to all the
great predosnnating public interests-and in node
partment have its benefits been more prominent
or eficacious than in the favorable effect il has
wrought upon the manual labor Of the country.
viii the Wing Party Of these United States stand
Stllks ana see MISREPRESENTATION the only one tH3G
the unpPopitious circumstances under which they
have been placed has allowed them to perfect, and
carry into operation measure which has far more
than realized even the most sangune hopes and ex.
pectations of its ffiendswiM they fold their arms,
and, without effort for its defence, allow the de-
structve horde Of Loco Focos to lay violent hands
on this measure, fruitful II has been Of benefit
to the whole people, and to detnoish it AZ single
blow! ~ '" rs 20, @'.@ ~.
We call up the Wings Of this Union-we call
upon the good men Of all parties to flock to the
standard Of their protect this haPpiese
are now plotting its destruction, and seeking with
sacrlegious hands, to rend it asunder. First Of all
and most urgently Of alive call upon the
| WINGS OF CONNECTICUT to come to the rescue IL
falls to their enviahle lot, to be the first actors in
the great popular outbreak against the political
iugglers and nnountebanks who are seeking to de.
lude the people tO their own destruction-who are
endeavoring to blind them and turn them aside
| from the most plain and obvious avenues to indie
\ vidual and national prosperity Let the Wings Of
the good State Of Connecticut rally at once, and
show, BY their votes at their approaching election.
! that they are firm and steadfast friends Of aonaE
| INDUSTRY, and that they are determined to stand
by the present Tariff Their action, as having re-
ference to this subject. will be looked to with n
tense interest. We beseech them not to disappoint
their friends, and the friends Of good government
every where. If they fail. or falter. now. in this
| exigency, they will have done much to dshearten
and distress their Wing brethren, and to paralyse
| the efforts which other states are preparing TO
make. Let this indication in the Loco Foes House
of Representatives Of Congress awaken them to re-
newed action Let them feel as If the maintenance
or failure Of our present wise and effective system
of protecting our domestic products and home in
dustry depends upon their exeftonS to carry their
State II they bring themselves to realize this
we have no doubt that they will strain every nerve
s:gS s:r attend end he sS sse that
We have scarcely time to-day to 90 into any crit
ical analysis ofthe new bill reported by the destruc-
tives in the House Of Representatives Our readers
will perceive that it is most cunningly devised
to conctate the producing interests Of Pennsylva-
MIA and Louisiana, and to carry them against the
manufacturing interests Of the Northern and Mid
die States. We trust this nefarious plot will not
succeed. We indulge confident hope, that all
those who have contributed to establish the pres
ent excellent protective system will stand firmly,
shoulder to shoulder, and maintain the principle.
until il il so firmly settled as part Of National
Policy that no assaults Of reckless partiZans can
disturb it-no effort Of wicked aspirants to power
shake it from its firm foundation in the confidence
and support Of the people. Z,
The Tribune thus remarks upon the bill: s.,y
| The valuation under the proposed Tariff 10 to be
based on the Foreign cost and charges Of importa-
tion and o. all dssties trich ereeed 2S per- cent.
are to be reduced to that stGadGvd on the Let Of
| September 1914. OF course the few discrimina-
ti0ns allowed in this bill in favor of IFon &C.,
cheats intended to get BY the Presidential election,
| in Pennsylvania especially, and then the mask
falls, and regular Free Trade dynasty common
ces. i.sfi ,,t .,+ 1881 T'sNtN ,ea 4si IlGaa "a
This bill 10 at once destructive In Its character
and craven in its spirit, since its success would
paralyze many branches Of our National industry.
while not principle 10 involved in the existing
Tariff which cannot be justified by the provisions
| Of Gen.. McKay's bill. Its passage would cripple
not only the manufactures but the growers Of Wool
throughout the Country, not only by flooding our
marts with British goods, by taking of entirely
the three cents pound protection lover and above
30 per cent. I'D valorem) now accorded to our own
wool. II would strike dead at o blow, the infant
but most important Silk business Of this Country
whether growing or manufacturing. and would
bear with severity on the home production o.
Boots and Shoes, and every kind of Ready made
Clothing-branches which are just recovering
from long season of depression under the benign
influence Of the present Tariff aa 4rt ..v
Az to the various departments Of Iron Manuiac-
ture, except Of castings, it 10 hardly too much to
saw that in view of the respective duties proposed
ON Iron and the Manufactures thereof not less than
three fourths Of them would be stopped by the
passage Of this BILL But we are sure 1t cannot
become law. eeUt- .-.' aH asr .~,,eJ
WAKrrc Up!-The Wing fires Of 1852 have
not only been re-kiDdled but blazing high ana
clear as they did in the brightest Itppecanoe
times. We desire no better guarantees OF success
fhan the spirit now abrood Our friends are united,
jealous and sanguine They 80 to the work with
An energy and an earnestness that ever. in good
cause, command success. ALBANY Jossssak
Conneetiesst and Senafor .Morehead.- The spir-
II ana anthnsiaam Of the Connecticut Convention