Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-22

So the bill passed the House, having bu, one
Loco vote, and no need of that.
The bill now went 10 the Senae, and after
thorough discussion, passed that body by the
following vote:
YEAs- Twsnty.fUe-all Wings
Nays Iipenty- y-thSee- Twenty Locos (all
they had) three Southern Wings
SO the Wing Tariff bill passed both Houses
with only one Loco-foco vote, and thai not
wanted. So much for the assertion that the
Wings had not strength 10 pass Protective
Tariff bill without Loco-foco aid
This bill John Tyler retoed, as no Pres-
den, before him had ever vetoed Tariff bill.
His pre,eXt was objection 10 the clause by
which the Land Distribution was continued in
force, by repeating that section of the ACT which
provided that it should cease whenever duties
should be raised above 20 per cent And now
The question was presented to The Wings
Shall we clip and pare measures 10 sul
The affective dlspensallon In The Presidential
Chair or shall we go home and leave him
without revenue until he is willing 10 sign such
Tariff as The Peoples Representatives think
proper" To pursue the latter course was the
natural impulse of large if not the larger part
of The members, including those most arden, in
favor Of Protection
A temporary revenue bill was got up, but il
wen, very hard. At length on the 22d Of Au-
gust, Mr. Nj M'Kennan, of Penna., moved To strike
out this bill and substitute the old vetoed Tariff
bill. with The exception of two clauses, one of
which continued in force the land distribution
and The other imposed revenue duty Of 20 per
cent. On tea and coffee. This moiiun prevailed
in Committee of the House-90 to Gland
the transformed bill was reported TO The House.
Now commenced the struggle in earnest
The previous question was moved and second
ed. Mr.. M'Kennan's amendment in Commttee
was adopted by the House-Yeas lo2, Nays
SO. The question next arising on the engross
ment of the bill, the vote stood Yeas l0l , NAYS
lOl. The Speaker. (Whire) voted in The neg
alive, and the bill was lost. But MIR. ThoIpp-
son, of la moved a reconsideration. which
prevailed, l06 to 90; and now The vote on pas
sing the bill stood, Yeas l03, Nays l02. 1t
was now insisted by the opponents of the bill
that the Speaker should vote. After consulting
the rules, he concluded that it was his duty TO
do so, and voted again in the negative. making
a tie. Messrs Slanly of NJ c.. and Andrews
of KY, now voted 10 the affirmative, and the
bill was carried by The following vote:
YEAs--l05: Wings S5, Loco-iocos CO. VIZ
10 from New York, from Pennsylvania.
from Massachusers-not one from any other
Saie.
NAYs--lo3: Thutyfve Wings, SirtyJfrs
Locos, three Tyler men.
Among the Nays were Messrs. Clinton, Doig,
Egbert, John G. Floyd, McKeon, Roosevelt aud
Wood of This State
The bill now went 10 the Senate. and on
the 9Th passed that body, as follows:
YEAs---24: Tuenty Wings and -Four Loco
focos---viz. Messrs Buchanan and Sturgeon of
PennsylyanIa, Williams, of Name, and Wright
of NJ Y.
Nays---23 Fourteen Locos, Eight Wings.
and Mr.. Rises.
Thus it will be seen that the Tariff bill was
not so strong in either House after i, had been
SO shaped as To receive some Loco-foco support
as il had been before, when opposed by their
whole party. We had lis Wings in the House
and 25 in the Senate. Qhough Tennessee was
without Senalors) in favor of the original bill
we got but los in the House and "a in the Sc
nate after we had been compelled to cobble il
to suit our adversares and John TYLER. Oar
majority, too, was reduced one-half in each
House
There can be nothing meaner nothing es-
sentally more false, than the Iocoioco asser-
iinn iha, such Wings as Mangum. Clayton, J.
@. Adams, A. l.. Foster, A. l.. Linn, Speaker
White, and The Kenuckians generally, voted
qgoinsthe Tariff. There are no more borough
Pro,ecliye Tariff men than these. They voted,
not against the Tariff, but against the surrender
of The Land DisIributon and The pros'ralion OF
the proper independence of Congress at the
footsool Of Executive usurpalon. II was be-
cause they believed the Land Distribution es-
senta TO the stability of the Tariff policy that
they refused 10 surrender /, to the caprice OF
John Tyler
On the other hand, most of the Lnco-focos
who voted for the bill declared, with SIlas
Wright that they did on compulson--'hal
the Government must have revenue, protesting
agains, lis protective features. Some OF them
published cards in the newspapers denounelng
and deiaming it,
These are facts of the plainest noiorieiy. No
body will attempt to eonradic, them. Judge,
then render. if they do moi mean to deceive