The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-09
view is to promote the safety Of all at the expense

Of ALL"
In the mean lime, however. what is 10 be-
come Of the friends Of Free Trade Are they
to 60 naked and barefoot while oil The rest d
the family are comfortably chad aud shod 2 On
the contrary, these chiIdren Of the sunny South
are, after ALL the real pets Of MIR. Van Buren,,
though he does not like TO expose them to envy
by showing his fondness too openly. But he
gives them hin, that great things are in store
for them. He thinks that The practice OF raising
revenue is likely before long to be abolished
altogether, and then protection of any kind,
high or low, direc, or indirect, incidental or dis
eliminating, will meet its just fate, and Free
Trade will have every thing in its own way
He says:
To all present appearances, the acquiescence in
tariff for revenue now SO general, may, In the alb
senco Of special excitement. endure for period
long is commonly embraced in calculations of bu-
siness. II cannot however, have escaped the atten
ton of the manufacturers, that although State or
district Of country may yet have taken ground
against this mode Of raising for the support
Of Government, there are not wanting thousands Of
vigorous intellects, in every section of extended
country. who, penetrated by deep of the in
equality and consequent injustice Of its operation,
are applying all the energies Of their minds to the
overthrow of the system itself They cannot be ig-
norant either, of the fact, that prejudice against
direct taxation, springing in degree at least,
from supposed abuse of the power in times past,
may yield to time and reflection, may be supplant
ed BY new and stronger antipathy."
This to be sure is somewhat inconsistent with
his assurance to the friends of incidental pro.
lection whom he informs that various conside-
| rations have given to the imposi preference
in the public mind, which would render the i'm
position Of direct taxes in time of peace ex-
ceedingly odious, and have produced as great a
degree Of unanimity in favor of tariff for re-
venue, as ever can be expected uron public
question"
Many might be surprised 10 learn that Mr..
Van Buren,, in favor as he is of protection and
encouragement, incidental aud discriminating,
and of retaliatory duties, is even more of free
trade man than Mr. Calhoun. Yet such is the
fact, it seems. Some weeks ago we observed
in the Globe long Gle from the Mobile Re-
gster, in which it was maintained that Mr.
Calhoun, 10 his receRl declarations in favor Of
protecting domestic interests went "beyond the
Syracuse tariffisn bars length" Now the
writer in the Review talks Of I" the bad SYRIA
cuse resolution on the subject for which Mr. Van
Buren, is in no way responsible" Therefore, Mr.
Calhoun goes "a bars length" beyond what is
TOO bad for Mr.. Van Buren,.
In his Indiana letter Mr.. Van Buren, did no,
confine himself to generalties, but in the height
Of his newborn confidence boldly entered into
paitcu ars. He said
Twenty per centum, upon an average, appears
IN the judgment Of those best acquainted with the
subject, here and elsewhere, to be the rate best
adapted for revenue. Ii is the amount, also, to
which was the design Of the compromise act to re.
duce the tariff, and one which ought certainly not to
be exceeded, except when absolutely necessary for
revenue, and likely, from the state of the country to
effect this obrct. The rate to which all parties APP
pear willing to 90 under the existing condition of the
treasury, and TO continue il until that condition is
sufficiently improved to justify reduction is be-
lieve, an average Of IS per cent"
Ii is now discovered that this was venturing
somewhat too rashly, and the writer in the Dem.
ocrauc Review explains, of course by authority
:" average" and that il was not "a very well
chosen word:" be meant maximum: and we
are informed that he is in favor Of "a simple
revenue Tariff, with low maximum IA sort of
minimum maximum, as il were, and no other
determinations than downward ones.n IL the
"considerate" domestic manufacturers should
feel inclined to be dissatisfied with this bdfhos
they must consider that, besides the conslitu-
tional right to protect and encourage, and the
hope of retaiatory duties, they still have max
imum, though of minimum nature, and the
privilege of determinations downwards, if they
should find the minimum maximum too high
for their modesty. All this, with home vaua-
ton and cash duties, and other trimmings and
filings, ought to keep them in good humor until
the time comes for doing away with the Tariff
altogether.
They should recollect, too, that all this CO.
quoting with the South is, in fact, for their be-
neRt. Mr.. Van Buren's heart, as well as his
goodly person, is with them and his bosom
friends, Mr.. Silss Wright and others, are all on
their side. If he appears to wander occasional
ly in different direction from them it is merely
that they may, together, more effeciually head
stray voters, and drive them into the pen. He
may fish for gudgeons, while his friends bob for
cells; but all are intended 10 60 in The same
basket, for a common FRY.
CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMINISTRATION
The resolution Of Mr.. ALLEN, Of Ohio, calling
for the instructions Of our Government TO the
American Minister at London in references to /,