Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-03-07
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denounced by the manufacturers and
their preaentatives here as traitor
who had betrayed them.
Ihat'cDmpromise. Sir and speak Of
it as a matterin which had some agen-
cy-that compromise qnieted, as I"then
!. hoped forever.the deep excitement which
then agitated the whole Union. Ii was
emphatlcaly called the olive branch OF
peace: and wish to God that that dis
! lIhgu'she:l statesman, who had such an
important agency in passing that meas
ure, had renamed here to yindicate and
protect it from the faithIess mutiation it
received, principally through the agency
of his own political friends, in 1872 :
| But sir from considerations which |
doubt not. were sufficient to Justify his
course to his own mind, he retired from
his seat in this body. and was not here
when the Tariff bill of 1912 was passed.
And regret to saT, that | have lately
seen published a letter from him, (Which
III its general principles, perfectly ac-
cords witt, my own views of public poli-
cy and public justice.l concluding with
| the opinion. that this act of l942 is ave-
ry gond measure upon the whole; that he
has not examined it Thoroughly; but
thinks that spme slight notifications
might be made. which he is not prepared
| to point out without further examination.
Now, Sir, latake the text Of that letter;
butt cannot approve Of this practical
commentary. The former leads direct
/ y to the restitution of the compromise
act, and to the overthrow of that formless.
monster, the act Of 1912, which has sup
planted it, aud violated its solemn pled-
yes. But. sir it seems TO be the desire
OF some Senators that the monument Of
patriotic compromise and Cancellation
should be stricken forever from the stat
ute book +; and that the memory of it if
possible. should vanish from the minds
OF the present generation. The Tariff
of 1842 is certainly we'll adapted 30
effect this. object That measure, no
doubt, occupies distinguished place in
the affections ofirhe Senator from Maine!
(Nr. Evans )~aHe had,an important and
influential agency inIits passage. pre-
sumo, as it is called a revenue law, it
was referred to the Committee on FL.
mace. over which he presdeS with so
much distinction. lie; bears, therefore,:
in some sort, parental relation to it;
and am not much surprised at this
strong sentiment Of regard manifested by
that Senator. 1t is we'll known that, Of
all the sentiments of the human heart,
that which attaches parent to his Off
spring is the strongest. But notwith.
standing all this should have hoped that
the Senator from Maine, in the spirit Of
the Roman patriot. who offered UP his
SOU for the violated laws of his country,
would have been prepared to make SIM
tiar Offering, but Tor another sentiment
still stronger than that TO which have
alluded; II IS this $ that the intensity of
a parents affection is increased, instead
OF being diminished by those very defor-
nHies, physical and moral, which excite
the horror of every body else. Under
the influence of this two-fold sentiment,
do not wonder that the gentleman from
Maine should be very unwilling to take
off the veil which covers the gigantic in
FAINT in the cradle, and expose its herri.
Die deiurmlties. But as the bill | have
presented proposes TO curtaii these foul
determines which that Senator no doubt
regards as fair proportions proceed
TO examine and inspect his favorite Off
spring. Aud what is it but one of those
moral monsters which had their origin in
The genius of fabulous antiqui.y--in head
and face man; body aud tail FISH.
1t is entitled an act to prouide revenue
by imposing duties on imports; fasehod
and DESCRIPTION stamped on the very
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which lays duty of 100 per cent. on
several descriptions of imports that
would come into the United States to
the amount Of $4O,O00,oo0 annually un-
der a revenue duty Of 90 per cent, hu.
which are totally excluded BY those e.
normous duties. | will not. go into de-
tails, but state generally, that tie dudes
on window glass range from GA 10 17S
per cent, making an average OF more
than $50 per cent. en- all descrintioos !.
that the duties on many varieties of man,
uiactured iron, embracing mot of the
tools and implements necessarily .used
on every farm and plantatio'd in the coun-
try, are frem IS to $50 Ter cent. adva-
lorem; that the duty o., raw iron. an ar.
tlcie in.univetsal use, is ll21 per cent:
that 'he duty on al those cotton manu-
'actutes which come under the minimum
principle OF valuation, (and which would
De imported annually to the amount of
teu OF hl,een millions of dollars under a
revenue duty OF 90 per cent. orange FROM
on 20 100 per cent. on their true value;
that The duty on saft--an article Of uni.
versa use. consumed in almost equal
quantities by the rich and poor and extern
siveiy consumed by every farmer not
oaly for family purposes, but ten times
mole extensively for his live stock-is 8
cents per bashel. (the article costing on
" or 6 cnts' ia Liverpool equal. to
1881 per cent. on the original cost.
70 BE- coatiaued.I