The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-28
THE ZOLL yEREIN TREATY.

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THE ZOLL yEREIN TREATY.
The Locofoco newspapers are endeavorng to
make political capital out of the action of the Sc
nate. upon the commercial treaty concluded by
Mr.. Wheaton with the German Customs Union
or Zoll Verein. The Spectator, Of Tuesday
makes quite flourish Of trumpets upon the sub.
iect, and threatens to demosh the report of the
Committee in opposition to the treaty but we
have been unable to find anything in the shape Of
an argument in the remarks Of the editor-he in
dulges in the imputation of bad motives to the
Committee and the majority of The Senate, but
has not overturned, or attempted to overturn, a
single argument of the report.
In order that our readers may understand the
whole subjec', and the grounds upon which the
Senate aced, we present an outline of the stipu-
la,ions of the treaty. The treaty surrenders, on
the part Of the United States, as follows:
ARTICLE The United States Of America agree
not 10 impose duties on the importation Of the fol-
lowing articles, the growth, produce, and manu-
facture of the States of the Germanic Association
of Customs and Commerce, exceeding
!. Twenty per cenlum ad valorem on the i'm
portation Of
and bindings, and woulen, worsfed, and cot
ton hosiery. that is to say, Stockings socks draw
ers, shirts, and all other similar manufactures
made ON frames h
g. On all musical instruments, Of every kind,
except piano fores.
Ii. Fifteen per centum ad vaorem on the i'm
porla'ion Of
l. All articles manufactured of fax or hemp,
or of which fax or hemp shall be the component
pars of cI,iof val Inc nj cOffO haU Ora
other manufacture suitable for The uses TO which
cotton baggng is applied;
g All manufactures of silk, or of which silk
shall be the component part OF chief value;
3. Thibe,, merinos, merino shawls, and all
manufactures of combed wool, or Of worsted and
silk combined;
4. Polished plate glass, silvered or not silvered,
small pocket looking glasses, from three to ten
inches lorg, and from one and a half to six inches
broad, TOYS of every description, snuf-boxes of
paper mache lead pencils, photographic stones,
and wooden clocks known under the name OF
Schwarzwalder clocks
5. Cologne water, needless bronze wares of all
kinds, planes, scissors, scylhes, files, saws, and
fish hooks gold, silver, and copper wire, tin foil,
and musical strings Of all kinds; 'a'
6. Leather pocket-books and etuis, and all sorts
of similar fine leather manufactures, known un-
der the name of Ofenbacher fine leather fabrics.
iii. Ten per centum ad valorem on the impor-
tation Of
l. All thread laces and insertings, laces, ga
loons, tresses, tassels knots stars Of gold and sill
yer, fine or halt fine
dressed.
AS compensation for these important changes
in our system Of revenue laws, the German
league stipulates 10 abate from the duty on lard
1877 cents upon the ll3 pounds-and from that on
leaf tobacco about one cent per pound-upon the
stems, one cent and a third per pound. The COM
mittee in their report estimate that the increase
in the tobacco trade with Germany would not be
more than FIVE or six thousand hogsheads by the
ratification of the treaty.
The stipulations in reference To cotton and rice,
the committee justly reckon as immaterial and
unnecessary, as we already have sufficient guar
anty of that trade in the wants of the German
people, which can be supplied from no other quar-
ter.
The committee deny the right of the President
and Senate to assume all legislative control over
cur revenue laws, which, as every one knows, be-
longs to Congress. What, then, is the CONNER
cial treaty but an attempt at legislation Must
Congress yield up all discretion in it's appropriate
Office OF legislation to the President? Must Con-
gress ratify every measure of the President We
thought that if any thing was settled by our Con-
sttutIon, it was that all legislative powers was
vested in the Representatives of The people; but
according TO the Progressive Democracy" of
this age, the only use of Congress is to ratify the
imperial will Of the Executive. The Pfesidep,
thought proper to annex foreign country to the