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Important mistasesia reference 10 tbe
"details Of complex and it;cats question
when committed by an ordinary man, 81
BY ,one even OF great abilities, whose at.
lsn,ion, engrossed by other pursuits, has
uVt been devoted 10 The minusa Of poll.
tics. ought not always TO be attributed to
an jn;sn,loh 10 deceive and mislead the
pdE,c But when these mistakes are
con-. lied by one who seis himself up as
"a .ysacher in I,rael''-by ore who, from
bis peculiar position, is looked up 10 as
authority in al matters pertaining 10 the
measure which he attempts o discuss,
and whose speech consequently. is circn.
lated throughout the cdualfy Il sorto Of
text bs1Ik, for The orators, al presses Of
bis parfy.-when such nan, having
party objectto effects1alls into gross bun.
ders. we think it requires great stretch
Of charity TO believe lhatthey are unpse.
mediisted Yet Mr.. Woodbury., in his
late speech. which has been ranked 10
this district. we learn in great Numbers.
has perpstrated such mistalses-@and5l il is
proper. whether Intentionally or uninlen-
tionallY committed, that they should De
corrected. III
One OF the main purposes ofhis speech
was 10 show that iheFWhis Tsriffoi 1912
is worse than lhe Tariff oflS2S, Tor which
Martin Van Buren,, bis fuglsmen Silas
Wright, James Buchanan, Thomas H.
Benton and Richard NJ. johnson voted
all Of whom. be il recollected, are candi-
dates, al present or prospechyely, for the
sufrsges Of that portion Of the people who
declare thai az Protective Tariff are OPP
pressive, unequal and unconstitutional y
And bow does he accomplish this puf.
pose Why, by attempting 10 show thai
Of seperal hundred articles upon which du-
ties are imposed. BY The Tariff Of 1872
eighteen pay higher duties than were ilH.
posed by the Tariff of lS2s, and that upon
SIR o.heIs lbe duty is as high under the
former as under the latter. Admit that
this assertion Eere Sos II is not what
is the fact, BY lis own asauissions Why.
certainly thai upon sseeroi hundred Other
articles, The Tariff Of 1912 is iowsr, and
therefore ough, 10 be more acceptable 10
The Anti. Tariff party. lhsn that Of 1873.
And yet, 9Th tbs implied, but not the
less unqualified admission on BIS part. be
and his friends call upon the copnirY to
denouuce and repudis,e theisnshors Of the
Tariff Of 1872, and % applaud sod sup.
port the authors Of the Tariff Of 1881
But We have said that Mr.. WOODBURY.
has. either ignorahily or wiifully. .misrep-
resented 4he iscis; @snd we proceed 10
make good the assertion.
Isl MIR. Woodbury. save That upon
Glass, Of some kinds " The dp,y Of 400
per cent. under he Tariff of2I62s, has
been increased 10 800 per cebi. BY The
Tariff Of 1912. But be forgot 10, add that
upon some other kinds The duIy Of 1898
Is reduced ~ The Tsriff Of 1872 Win
doe GsssEnotov S by 10. fof Exam
Ole. -bv al Taft. Of 1924, 1873, add
1882. - c1l'ss B With duty Or So pei
square fs7l. Nh..t S. he IarffIof 1912,
ii is bui Sl--being Z, fslheGon Of one
third. Why did he 20, speedy ihsskiad
Of Glass 10 which be rsterredn Ifbe did,
ii would perhaps have been see6 ihait5e
iisus consii;pted thai particular descriP-
liop Of the article tsoch as quart .snd. pint
botlIss) toe least imPoftanlf 70 {he coz
s1mer. w.
2udIy. He tells Is that The dply %
Iosssssi VA 5 ce1ls per gsilon il 1879