Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-07-18

refers to his former acts and declarations
for his present opinions. Now, sir,
might not George McDuffie, John q.
Calhoun, or the veriest ant-tariff nulll-
fer in the South, sign this letter without
the slightest compromltment. In iact'
Mr.. Polk has uniformly went with the
South against the protective policy, no
is with them noic, and they are with
him. During the whole ol his IA years
service in Congress-he never-never
once voted to increase but always TO
reduce the Tariff. | defy his friends to
point out single instance to the con-
trary.
MIR. Polk says ho is for tariff Tor
revenue sufficient to deiray the eXpen-
ses Of Government 50 is Mr.. Calhoun.
He says, IL have heretofore sanctioned
such moderate discriminating duties as
would produce the revenue needed"
he voted for the tariff OF 1882, (the
only tariff bill he ever voted for IN his
life, except the compromise bill) and
why did he vote for it? lie tells you
in his Tennessee speech-because 1t
reduced the tariff of 1898; not as much
as he rished, but as much as he could,
and quite too much for me, for | voted
against it, said Mr.. S., as did eleven OF
my tariff colleagues.
Mr.. Calhoun is better tariff man
than Mr.. Polk--in 1916 he voted to m
crease the protective duties; Mr.. Polk
has never voted to increase but always
to reduce them Next Mr.. Polk says
he sustained the bill reported by the
Committee of Ways and Means in De-
cember, 1882, (Mr. Verplanck's bill)
making still further reductions OF the
act Of 1928. This lavoritc bill OF Mr..
Polk s reduced every ad valorem duty
after 1885, down to 2O-l5-lO and 0
per cent.-eXcept One-the duty on
coach lace was left aA25 per cent
Wool and woolehs to l5-worsted to
10, and certain cloths, kerseys, and
blankets 5 per cent. A bill which would
have crushed at a blow every manutac-
turer, laborer, farmer and mechanic III
this country-worse than the compro-
mise bill when it had run down in l842
TO 90 per cent horizontal, and infinitely
worse-not haH as good as Mckay's
bill ofthe last session and this is the
bill that Mr.. Polk boasts OF having 'dS-
sented to- and which he says made eds
ordinations in the imposition Of the du-
Ties which it proposed" Yet II discri-
minated with n vengeance. On wool
and woolens CATER 1880 from 20 down
to l5-lO and per cent "small by
degrees and beautifully less" This is
Mr.. Polk's Jrag-JiH. This is what he
calls "fair and just protection 10 all the
great interests of tho whole Uni0n"-
fair and just"-and who is not for
"lair and Just;" who will say tha, he is
for what is unfair and unjust? Mr..
McDuilie says ID per cent. is ''iair and
Just" Mr.. Polk says l6 per cent. the
average Verplanck's biID is "tair and
Just" protection to all our great inter-
ests. Mr.. Mckay last winter said that
an average Of 80 per cent. was "iair
and Just" Every man says Of course
| that his own views are "iair and Just"
Mr.. Polk's definition ''fair and ust
tariff" is worse than Gen. Jackson's
'judiciors tariff"
Dul MI j Olk III HIS llTst paragraph
has fixed and defined his own position
On the Sd Of April, l843, he said, y
am for repeating the act Of 1912, and
reducing the duties to the rates at which
they were on the 30th Of June, l342,'
20 per cent. ad valorem) and accord
ing to his letter to Mr.. Kane lie is for
it now. Thus we have Mr.. Clay and
Mr.. Polk both fixed as to the precise
amount Of duty they are for on every
article in the whole tariff. Take the
Wing Tariff Of l342 and you have Mr..
Clay's bill, and take the tariff as i, stood
on the 30th Of June, 1912, (2O per
cent. horizontally and you have Mr..
Polk's bill.
Now let US see how they will operate
when brought to bear on people and
their interests. ! see great many me-
chancs and some manufacturers pres
ent. Well gentlemen give us your
opinions Of MIR. Clay's and Mr. Folks
Projections: