Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-27
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Carostna, and adverse TO the flai'n D"i "o"
before the House of RepresentatIycs;,Jan. 5o,
1889"
Coymoy WEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Report Of the Joint Comminec-on the Tariff Bill.
Tte Joint Committee; appointed to consider so
much ofthe Goyernor's.address as relates 10
the proceedings OF the late Convention OF the
people of South Carolina, and the purposes
and policy thereof; and, also. the resolutions
oflhe State of Pennsylvania thereon; and
towhom have been referred the resolutions
of,he State of New Hampshire upon the
s,ibiect of the proclamation of the President
or the United States in reference toihe sunie,
have entered on the consideration ofthe mat
fers entrusted to them, and respectfully sub.
nit the following report in part:
The objection made by the State of South
Carolina 10 the laws which she has undertaken
TO ann,,I, is, that they were passed for the pur-
pose Of protecting domestic industry. She dis.
tinctly declares that she will not permit any
laws made for this purpose to be executed
within her limits and that If an attempt be
made to carry them into execution by force,
she will Withdraw from the Union The Exc
cr,ive branch of,he Government ofihe United
States las etthese pretensions wi,ha tirhness
that becomes the official representative of a
great and enlightened people, and has declared,
in public proclamation, thatiha laws must and
will be enforced. The legislative branch o the
Government will doubtless exhibit, in its hnal
action, the same firm and dignified attitude which
hasbeen assumed by The President; but COM
,nittee have learned, with regret, that bill has
been reported by one Of the most imported com.
mi,,ees oftte House Of Representatives, and is
now under dicnssiou in that body; the objects
ofwhich seems to be to remove the danger OF
acollisIon between he Government oi !he
United States and South Carolina, by granting
10 the latter all that she demands.
The real object of the bill is obviously so to
modify the laws laying duties on imported
goods that they shall in no degree, or as little
~ may be, afford protection to the domestic in.
dus,ry ofthe country.
Taking in view the circumstances nnder
which it is proposed, would in the opinion OF
The committee, seriously compromise the dien-
" and honor Of the country.
The pretence a!ledged by the trainers Of the
bill, is the necessity Of reducing the revenue, in
consequence of the diminu,ion Of the public
expenses resulting from the payment oi the
national debt. Ihls Is sill more fulilc than
The other. ifit be the Object oil the bill To re-
dpce the rcvenne, why does It restore the dp-
ties on tea and coffee Are the trainers OF The
bill ignorant Of the known and familiar tact,
that a diminution ot the duties on importation
generally, increases the aggregate receipts
The effect OF the bill, should II become iuw'
would probably be, as your committee nave al
ready remarked, not 10 diminish bnt to increase
the receipts into the treasury ihe trainers oi
it cannot lie ignorant Of this, and the real OBJ.
iect in proposing it must be therefore, of ncces:
sity. be different from the prolesSed aud osteli-
-siblc ono.
Considering the circumstances under which
Il is efferrred, the bill amounts to proposal to
surrender ;he rights und interests oi line whole
to the menaces Ola single State ana 'ie pas, pas
thefonor and dignity Of the government
a few months only have elapsed since the
present Congress, wlh great consideration,
and aiter many months of long and anxious
deba te. passed an imrost law, which was to
take effect from and after the first day Of next
March. and which has of course not yet gone
;u,o ,ne,ation. No Jaw has ever been passed
in ,b;s cnuntry. upon witch the people at large,
or their REPRESENTATIVES, in Congress have be-
slowed more time, labor and attention, than up
an ,I;s. Two great Conventions were succcs.
siveiy held. masses of materials in the iG:m OF
renoy,s and statistical documents were collec-
red AMI months of debate were employed in
hrine;no il "a perfection. II was law ofre
OH the prolessed princ-
ple of compromise. with view of satisfying
by eyer reasonable concession. the disconlents
oftbe south. Itwas adopted by an unusually
large and gratifying majority, composed of
moderate men Of NIL parties. The repeal OF Il
law made with SO much labor and caution, be-
fore II hasevcn gone into operation, is u mea.
sure which could obviously be justified onlyby
On the interval, II measure re "c nreno.ed t e
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