Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-06-13

dafifs IN lie rates under he compromise act tchsrf
The Wig Congress found them on The 3oh of
JHne, 1912 = and Gov. Polk himself shows TINT
"the tar on no imported article eas 10 escced 90
per cent upon ais ralue after The 90h Of .JpHs
'Si2" Then 1t is clearly seen that he is for
HORIZONTAL TARIFY of twenty per cent, with
determinations If any arc made) below even that
rate.
pass by, wiihou, comment, the far seeing states.
manlike prediction Of Gov. Polk, that the tariff of
1912 bad raised the rates of duty so high as TO
shut out our imports, and consequently TO cut of
and diminish the revenue The subsequent IN
erase Of both Imports and rercnpe under his IA.
r,F have given such ful6llment to this prophesy
must forever imortalize Col Polk as a wonder.
ful prophet
During the consideration Of the Tarif'of le42
as the revenue produced by the twenty per ceut
duties OF the compromise act were altogether in
adequate TO defray the expenditures of the govern
ment proposition was made to Law duty on Ten
and coffee, for which number of Wings in Con
gress voted, in order to increase the revenue and
redeem the sinking credit of the Governments
Col. Polk seized upon this vote to give casga-
ton 10 those wings who had voted for this promo.
sition This called forth response from the Hon
Milton Brown Of Tennessee, and led to a political
discussion at Jackson, Tennessee, where Col Polk
most triumphnntly answered by Mr. NJ Brown
who clearly demonstrated that bill of 1888, re.
ported by the Committee of WAYS and Means of
which Col. Polk was member, land in favor Of
which he made the speech first quoted from pro-
posed to impose duty of twenty per cent on tea
and coffee. At the time this proposition was made
tea and coffee were entirely free Of duty and an
other striking fact appears from Col Folks
speech in 1888, that the Government then had
"s,r millions Of reremuc from the impOst more
than acc need. Debates, vol tx
page ll74l Yet notwithstanding such was the
admitted fact Col Polk voted against a PROPOSE
ton TO strike out tea and coffee from the proposed
bill, SO as to continue them free from duty
journal House Of Representatives 1929 PIP
800 and SOIL But this subject was so ably hand
led and Col. Folks nd captondum objection 50
Thoroughly exposed by Mr.. Brown in his response
to Col. Polk on that occasion at Jackson, Tcnncs-
see that must beg to call your attention TO the
extracts from his remarks which here append =
and do SO the more earnestly as it gives an in.
sight into some of the traits of character of the
newly-made candidate of the Locolocos for the
Presidency
Conciding rs Col Polk does in opinion with
Mr.. Calhoun and the ultra anttariff freetradc.
men of the South in his views on the tariff it is not
surprising that they should have been willing to
compromise on him. nor is at all astonishing to
hear that Messrs Pickens and Elmore, the minis
ters ptenipotentiary from South Carolina to Bal.
t'more, although refusing to participate in the pro-
ceedlngs OF the Convention, yet,when the nomina
ton was made, lose up in the Convention and
pledged the vote for South Carolina for Col Polk
And now it remains to be seen whether that large
portion of the Democratic party who believe in
the policy and propriety of bestowing fair protcc.
lion upon American industry, will consent 10
behanded ooer without notice or consultation to
the support CT e-tradehorizontal-tarf advo-
cate, who is the maheshif candidate of the Bali
more Convention Respectfully, yours,
JOHN J. HARDIN, of Illinois.
Washington, May 80, 1874