Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-06-28

"HT vas opposed to direct taxea, and
TO Proh'hilOry and protective duies, and
IN favor Of such moderate dulles aR
would not cut Oh mporIarions In otter
tcoyds he waS in ftror Of reducing The
duties 10 the rates ofthe Compromise act
whe'e The Wing Congress found them on
30h June. 842
"The South, and he with them. had
voted tor the art OF 1882 because il was
reduction Of the rates Of the acl Of
1929, though By no means so low as he
would have desired il to be; still it was
the greatest reduction which could be
attained at the time Of irs passage
THE DIFFERENCE BE- WEEN
THE COURSE OF rHE POLITICAL
PARTY WITH WHICH HE (Mr
Milton BroWn) ACTS AND MYSELF
Is, WHILST THEY ARE THE AD-
VOCATES OF DIS RIBUTION AND
A PROTECTIVE TARIFF MEAS
URES WHICH | CONSIDER RUIN
Gus TO THE NIFRESTS OF THE
COUNTRY, AND ESPECIALLY TO
THE INTERESTS OF TIE PLANT
ING STATES-I HAVE 81 IEADILY
AND AT ALL TINES OPPOSED
BOTH."
These extracts conclusiVely prove the
hostility Of Col Polk 10 the protective
policy, which he considers. "ruinOuS to
the country, especially TO the planting
States" That Is a sufficient argument
with him. He therefore is now Tor re-.
ducng the duties to The rates under the
compromise act where the Wing Con
gress found them on tho 30,h June,
| 1912 ,and Gov. Polk himself shows that
The tax on 90 imported article was 10
exceed twenty per cent upon lis value
after The 30th of June 1922 Then it
IL clearly seen that he is for horizontal
tariff oI twenty per cent with dlscrimi.
nations, QI any are made) below even
that rate.
pass by, without comment, the far
seeing, stalesmanIke predictions of Gov
Polk, that the tariff o. lS42 shod raised
the rates Of duty so high as to shut out
imports, and consequently to Cut off and
diminish reVenue.' The subsequent in
crease Of both imports and revenue IN
der this rarrff have given such a fulfil
meDt 10 TINS prophecy as must forever
jmmortai2s Col, Po.k as a wondGJEl
prophet
During the consideration Of the tariff
Of 1912, as the revenue produced by the
20 yer cent duties Of the compromise acl
were altogether inadequate to deITay The
expenditures Of The Government, a pro
position was made 10 lay du'y on tea
and coffee, for which n number Of the
Wings in Congress voted, in order Il
increase the revenue and redeem the
sinking credit of The Government. Col
Polk seized upon this vote tn give cas-
tigOron 10 those Whigs who had voIeC
Tor this proposition, This called forth
a sponse from he Hon. Milton Brown
of Tennessee, and led 10 political dis.
cussion at Jackson. Tennessee, where
Col Polk delivered the speech above
referred to. He was most trlumphsnlly y
answered by Mr. NJ Brown, who clear,
} ly demonstrated that the bill Of 1888. re
ported by the COMMITTEE Of Ways anC
Means, of which Col. Polk was a mem
Der, land in favor Of which he made the
speech first quoted lrom,) proposed t'
: Impose duty OF twenty per cent on tel
, and coffee. At the time this PROPOSE
,on was made tea and coffee were en-
/ lirely Tree OF duty; and another striking
! fncl appears from Gov. Polk's speech II
/ in 1888 that The Government then hn,
six millions OF revenue from the i'm
post more than we need - ConGrcssiol
! al Debates. vol tx pnge ma Yet not
$ wnhsanding such wns the admitted fac
Mr. Polk voted againsta proposition 4
= strike out tea and coffee from the propo
: sod bill. so Oslo continue hem free from
duty - Journal House Of Representa-
3 uves 1928, p. 300-l.
: But this subject was an ably handle
! and Mr. Po,k's ad C0pddntum objec 10
so thoroughly exposed by Mr.. Brow
G in his response to Mr. Polk on that oc
!, cason Of Jackson. Tennessee, that
} must beg to call your attention to tn
/ extracts from h1 remarks which her
J appeud;* and ! do sothe more earneslI
= a. It gives an insight into some OF tn
traits OF character OF the newly mad
D candidate Of the Locorocos Tor The Pre-
9 idency
i Coinciding na Mr.. Polk does iO oPn
" ion with Mr. Calhoun and The Otra an
:, tariff free trade men Of the South ln hi
d views on the tariff, It is not surprisO
3 that they should have been willing
" -
r #As the extracts here referred
x would occupy more space than we ca
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