Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1844-04-27

Ways and Means had put that forever at rest
The next fact stated in This document equally vau-
able he had heard il said boh in apd Of the House,
that the tariff Of s42 measure OF the Democratic par
y He had headit loudly boosted among of his owl
constituents, that that tariff wagcared by the Democratic
vote and the party claimed accordingly all the honor and
glory OF measure which had brought hack the prosperity OF
this great country This glory had been thus wrested
the Wings by than thousand popular orators who
claimed Il as theirs He thanked the committee that they
had put this also at rests the committee left the glory where
it belonged, with the glorious Wings ct ,whosehsDds
grateful naon had received this precious boom and received
il with civilizations The glory was ihsis., !. -
Again the report said that if the duties In the law were
such as asked for by the manufacturers (of which the
committee poesssa entire ignorance then either the manu-
mstook the value they asked or mode
ration could mot have prevailed IN their councils and that
for he ay could n9 fairly be claimed because
fh9se ,c4 made Lao gave pledge at the time that it
should undergo an early notification This ppf the que-
on at rest and he hoped they should hear pleaded
inc Interior Of Pennsykan s9d New York and else
WneIo nst the tariff was measureO of the Democratic party.
Mr. BIDLACK here asked whether Mr.. X. meapr % saw
na ne arh Of 1912 passed without the votes Of the
Representatives from Pennsylvania! Much laughter
MI KENNEDY said ne was amazed at the questions be
nad been saying nothing else for time Increased mer
ment was certainly passed by the Penney VOTE
and he had just read Of that vote by the high
authorities Of the Democratic party He gave the Democracy
Of Pennsylvania all honor for their vote and wondered how
they could oppose his friends strenuousy on other
sures.
Mr. BIDLACK said they went with the Wings in what
they deemed right and against them they thought thew
Mr.. KENNEDY resumed II had been said thai the IA
riff Of 1912 higher in its duties than even the tariff of
1929 on that point he invited proof
There was another point in the report yet more
valuable than either OF the Others contained more i'm
poan political information had been said that the COM
promise act understood by the South was in
tended not only reduce duties 20 per cent but
nenty to leave them there and predicted that at that
rate they would yield abundant revenue Even here at
the present session the House had bills introduced 10
reduce the duties TO the level of the compromise act Now
this committee. being called supply deficiency in the
revenue, had given statement of the practical operation of
the compromise act Of Here Mr. K
read from the repo The committee after referring 10 the
general prosaon of the business Of the country declared
that as the rate Of duties had yet reached the lowest
point to which they by that ultimately to descend
the treasury not absolutely CLOSED but there was an
annual deficiency Of The treasury according to
this authority eas not closed entirely only because the
ties had not reached their lowest poin but that the deficit
was increased they approached their final fall declare
ton well calculated to alarm the fears the
in the face of an unsupped treasury and rapidly increasing
public debt There the authentic history Of the matter
and he thanked the chairman Of the committee the GENTLE
man from North Carolina, (M McKAr,) for so pregnant
statement. He hoped ii would go through all the South
would show that part Of the Union what the opinion
of the Committee Of Ways and Means Of Democratic
House Of Representatives the practical operation of the
compromise act.
Mr.. RHETT here interposed to inquire whether Mr..
McKAr the chairman had been in favor of the compro-
mise act
Mr.. KENNEDY said he did not know but he presumed
that gentlemen, who had voted print twenty thousand
ira copies OF this report would not refuse stand by it.
[several voices "That's far-thats righi-hold them
up to that?'l
Mr. X. proceeded He had heard said that the party
which against the tariff of 1912 opposed to
protection; oh nothey the advocates Of what they
called "incdenta protection On this subject they had
received OF docuine. The committee had been
sudous present their views of the power of
Congress proect and never since the days Of nul6c
ton ITSELF had there been broader manifesto against the
utter unconstutionay Of any duty for projections in any
form They made elaborate argument to that there
a certain high water mark, and while duties and
revenue with them that mark, all constitutional;
hut the moment duties above and descended
then il and unconstitutional sccused, and
abominsble till finally became for ought he knew devil
sh. The in the Constitution lay duties did
and could authorize duty which should defeat
nue. And now for their "incidenta protection In the
interior of New York and in the interior OF Pennsy lgana,
paces where tariff notions in shape other
Indispensable they claimed sound doctrine that
when Congress- in laying duties, looked to revenue they
might discriminate in that case, all the duties they might
lay, be they what they would the hue of that purpose
and CONSTITUTIONAL and to be sneezed That
the story where the tariff 10 be dodged the
stump. "A lsugh.] But there lodging here.
This committee came out like and Mr. X. thanked
them sincerely for it. They showed quarter what
the old Jeesonan doctrine that Congress might i'm
pose duties to counterva those laid by other Governments
(Which, in substance, The Of the doctrine Of protec-
u
regulate they but they held to their doctrine
that Congress had power in any for any purpose
to lay duty that should defeat He hoped this
port with this high democratic doctrine, would get into Ala
bama Mr. X. should like very well to get into the bawick
Of certain gentleman from that State and listen the u-
dcious savo which would be applied Gentlemen said that
they laid any such dutiesnever Yet looking in
to this most orthodox BILL he found duties Of 100 per cent
on (Pennsylvana ron) 100 per cent sugar, ouis
suga and the moderate duty Of 203 per cent the
juice Of cane! Loud augher This seemed rather above
lces had peculiar capabty Of high duties sugar one,
iron another these had the capabiIy had just
been discovered he presumed that they possessed Of
certain chemical properties ingredients which rendered
them very maeabe that they could stand much beating
and hammcring without breaking Ia laugh j but he rather
thought ha beating would be found somewhere else;
he inclined to believe that iron would make good its
argument against all theoretical opponents There pow
eul logic in the mutteng thunder of the orges, in the
blows Of those snrched Cycops Of the tariff who aored in
them II did quite suit the sweet and dulce beathngs
Southern melody any than the somewhat bosterous
music which echoed among the Western hills and valleys
For he found this most starched and unyeldngy
constitutional bill tax OF 100 per cent. spirits distilled
from gan [nughte and 200 per cent spirits distilled
from moasses Roars Of meriment He did not know how
stood to FAX and hemp but they seemed to have Disco
veredome very valuable secrets these other articles
The bill started with the purpose Of supplying deficient
revenue and proessed to furnish nosrum for that purpose
and its doctrine the must de-
crease duties Well had not gone OIL however, for
than five six weeks after this propoupded before the
several hands who had dubbed their practical science in the
construction Of this instrument for increasing revenue found
to their amazemen the astounding fact that instead Of de-
fciepcy, the tariff of ls42 producing surplus WE'LL
what next Why then these sages suddenly discovered that