The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-18
TARIFF-TARIFF-TARIFF.

Btcat 8iory ior passing Inc arm act OF l642-as
they passed t--and the editors particularly eulogize
Mr.. Clay and his peculiar friends for their senti-
ments and their services in connexion with 1t.
The lntellgencer is fatally indscreet in seizing
this juncure to assail the Administration on the SUBJ
ject of the Tariff.
We believe, and think we prove, that Mr..
Clay opposed to the passage of The Tariff act Of
1912, and desired his friends to vote against it,
We assert, and of course can prove, that after
the exPirat on of the last Tariff law Coy mitation,)
on the 30th June, l842, il the desire Of Mr. Clay
that all duties should be laid without regard 10 the
protection of any domestic article whatever. The
lntegencer dare not deny this and call upon US for
our witness to prove what have asserted. II
called upon his shall be given, and then he
may answer for himself to any interrogatory put to
him by the Wings"
As for the Tariff act of 1912, we, who we're here
on the ground and witnessed the whole proceeding,
asserted at the time, and have asserted ever since,
that the bill was passed in both Houses BY the cast
ing votes of Democrats. We have always declared,
as our readers must remember, that to the Demo-
Gratis in both Houses the Tariff of 1912 must ever be
attributed
| In the House of Representatives twenty Democrats
voted for the bll-and it passed by poor majority
| of 3!
| But LET US see how the Wings voted in the House
on that occason--we mean the chief officers of Mr..
Clay, his peculiar" friends, who always reflect his
| sentiments. John Quincy Adams, or Massachusetts;
Messrs. Linn and Foster, of New York; John Minor
Bolts, Messrs. Gogg and Summers, of virginia
| Messrs. Rayner, Washington, Deberry, Shepherd,
Graham and Mitchell of N. c.; Messr,. Haber-
sham, Warren, Gamble, Foster, and T. Butler King,
of Ga Messrs. Caruthers and Gentry, M. Brown,
G. II. Williams, and the two Campbells, of Tenn.
Messrs. nipieh, Underwood, O,csiey Thompson,
Green Sprigg, and SPEAKER WHITE, of Ky:
Mr.. Mathiot, of Ohio Messrs. Cravens and Lane,
| Of Indiana; and Mr.. Casey, of Illinois ALL the
above named gentlemen members of the 9th Con-
gress, considered the near friends of Mr.. Clay.
and some Of them his organs on the floor of the
House-and yet every one of them, except Mr..
White, (who did not vote for it, voted against the
Tariff passed in ls42 and now in existence There
were thirty odd Wings many Of them the devoted
friends of Mr. Clay, voted against the Tariff in the
House, while twenty Democrats voted for it, 1t was
passed in the same manner in the Senate.
Since writing the above, he Buffalo Gazette "a
Tyler paper) of,he 18Th instant, containing the fol-
lowing article, has been received. As the Gazet,es
article supplies omissions made by U.s. we COW
il entire
THE PRESENT TARIFF.
In speaking of the passage Of the present tariff bill
short time since we said from recollection that il
was passed in the House by ma jorIty of two and
that large number of wings voted opposition TO
it. Meeting ~hig friend in the street, who is con-
siderable Of politician he took to task for the
At u / me- &r Rain
cu,tomed to read the organ of hiss party he had from
their confident and Of-repeaied assertions, been |
confirmed in his belief that the wing party was !
unanimous upon this question, and that the tariff
law 1912 for which they claim so much, was ,as.-
I'd by the whole vote Of their large majority in Con
eress But on looking at he record, Fl I'D that we
correct in our opinion, and that the fcss of the
case stand thus
On The passage Of the present Tariff bill, in the
Hsuse of Representatives, August I'D, 1912, the
stood
For the bill IOi
Against tn. b II, lOl
The SPEAKER announced the vote as above,
and voted himself in the negative.
so the bill Was rejected by tnat VOTE
The wings who vo'ed agains, the bill were,
Mr.. Adams, of Massachusetts,
MessB. Andrews, Green, Owsley, Thompson
TripIet', Underwood, White, (speaket) Of Ken
lucky.
Messr.. Arnold, Brown, w. B. Campbell. r. J.
Campbell, Caru,hers, Gentry, Williams, of Ten
nes.ee.e
Mes.rs. Bots, Goggin, Mallory, Summers, Wise,
OF Virginia,
Mr.. Casey, OF Illinois.
Messrs. Craveos, Lane Thompson, Of Indiana
Mesms Deberry, Graham, Mitchell, II syner, Shet-
herd, Washington, of North Carolina.
MI Foster, of South Carolina.
Messrs. Foster, Linn, OF New York.
Mrssrs Gamble Hsbcrsbam, X ng W.,,sn ~
Georgia
Mr. VIM Cost Johnson, of Maryland.
Mr.. Msthio OF Ohio
Besides these wings who voted against The hill
there we're whig dodgers no did not Vote .;,,..r'
max king in all FlFTYFivE WINGS who d;d no,
vote for the bill.
Amer the above vote, a recoL sideyation was carl
ed, and second thai had, when IT appeared the vote
stood
Ayes l03, noes l02.
Whereupon Mr.. Clay's Kentucky Whig Soe.le,
Mr.. White, again voted NO, making tie vote. and
thus defeating the bill second time. At this iunc-
ture two Wing members who bad dodgcI the vote
now voted for tho bill, and thus il was carried.
During all this time, twenty one Democratic mem.
bers voted steadily for the b though in several of ;s
ieails not agreeable TO them.
OF the Kentucky delegation, who are re.son.h,x
supposed TO be the exponcnts Of the vie VS. and .cn,
rents Of Mr.. Clay eight of the eleven voted aoa;o.
he bill IN all It's stages, while only three voted for
two Of whom, Messrs Pope and Mar hall 1, ~ M.
erstood, will now vote the Democratic ticket.
Upon this question then, our oonsc,en,,ou. WA;
riends arc placed in somewhat Of d,Iemm, Wh;,s |
hey are called upon l0Soe Tor Mr. Clay, on accom-,
+ the great bepeA, blessings which il j. assert. y
4 that the present ruUd coners upon the couutrv z
iey turn to the RECORD, and fad that eight
+ hi immediate RepepsanntFc- owe, whom X
? had control and k-vo,ed against the mc,-
ire, which they wc]IH ~ have without HI. .,nct;'
nd coun,epance--w sixteen others lodged m. O.
nest,on and thus well nigh detessd the psssaes OIL