The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-03-27

at 'ieif "oru as protectlonists, Their.
LARGELY shade of difference ba,,.
them. In coming to this copclps;o, |
ever, the acts of these gentlemen tbron-,
out their political lives must be emit
overlooked, as well as the declara,;ou
Gently made by Martin Van Buren, -
he is entirely opposed "in princiDl, n.5
detail to the present Tariff, and BY NJ.
Clay that he is in~iavor Of it, orno.oI
Free Trade, and in favor of imposin,, \
ties in such manner as to afford ra7-
able encouragement to domestic M.
features. But to test this important nm.
ton, which every voter should know h.
to decide, we give an extract from Mrv,
Buren's Indiana letter, which onens /.
exposition by referring TO his letter ~ IL.
Shocco SpringsMeeting in IS32, in wb;.t
he says che distinctly avowed a Conf.
ton that commercial regulations with
view to the encouragement of domo.,;
manufactures is within the constitp,io,
al power of Congress.
ale goes on TO say
! More than ten years have ELAPSED sin.
that communication was made; and dn,;n'
that entire period the people of the Uni,.i
States have paid large amounts of duties :.
vowedly imposed for the encouragement .sI
protection of domestic manufactures Wy
gradual reductions according to the proyisio,'
of the compromise act of 1888. The mi;
ased sentiment of the country in respect IA
what is, under such circumstances. the nm.
er rule for Legislative action upon this s1bis.,
has, | think, by the course of events and tba
progress of opinion, been brought to the cor.
clusion briefly expressed in one of the re,o.
buttons Of your convention, viz: "a diserir;.
mating tariff for rerenUe purposes ouiq, and
icl.ich lriH incidentally protect american h.
dustry."
With half an eye it can be clearly seen
that Mr.. Van Buren, means in reyeDus
bill discriminating for revenue only, and
not for protection, and by incidental pro.
lection, only tariff which in all cases dis
eliminates in favor of revenue. Here i
nothing like discrimination for protection
or protection for the sake of protection
which is regarded as indispensable by the
wing party, to the prosperity of the coun
try. Accidental protection is all that
Martin Van Buren, grudgingly affords to
the dear people.
But how entirely antagonist to Mr.. V.
B.'slanguage is that of Mr.. Clay:
"Protection incidental to DISCRIMINATING
for a rerenue," says Martin Van Buren,
but says Mr. Clay, "PrOtectiOn in Ia.
lrif: Discrimination for the sake Of pro.
lection"
Extracts from Mr.. Oay's Georgia Letter"a
MesSrs. BrdhQm aud Bledsoe, dated Ash
land, a2d July, 1888.
my opinion is, that the Revenue necesn-
~ to an economical administration Of The
General Government ought to be derived 10
Il season of peace, erciusirely from duties IN
posed on our foreign imports, and that Tar
i'll for that purpose ought to be SO ad jus;si
as to afford reasonable encouragement to or
domestic manufactures. | ain opposed to d.
rect taxes and internal duties except in time
of war, when they may be necessary 10 give
success and vigor TO arms. 1 am opposed to
The doctrine of free trade 0ith foreign porsr,
oil of xvbO,n cr,hiacf Otrr Nh than,
to restriction, often very great and burden
some. | have more than
half dozen times expressed within the las;
two or three years, on public occasions, the
opinion which | now communicate as to s
combination of the principles OF ReTenus
and PROTECTION in Tariff
MIR. CLAY TO MIR. MERRIWETHER-
'.Ihink The present Tariff in tie main s
right, and acorkiHg much good. There may
be excuses or defects in it, of which hav:
not here the means to judge; and There be,
they ought to be corrected by supplemental
Legislation"
Extract Of a letter from Mr.. Clay to the Char
lotte Co. (Ya.) Clay Club, dated Jan. %,
1914.
at affords me very great pleasure, gentle
men, to learn that the people of Charlotte
and its neighborhood, renouncing preconceiv-
ed prejudices and antipathies, are candIdy
reviewing their former opinions adverse 10 a
Protective Tariff, and that many of them are
disposed now to believe that reasonable and
moderate protection, short of prohibition, Is
beneficial to the consumer by augmenting the
supply"
o. Martin Van Buren, would lay a tariff
which with the lowest possible rate of d.
ties, would raise a given amount Of reTen-
ne, and if two articles were to be taxed hs
wonld give no preference to one manuiac'
tured at home, and needing protection, un'
less the revenue required it. In most
cases, on this principle the duties must be
lightest on those articles manufactured
home which compete with the foreign az
ticle, and highest on tea, coffee, and OH
err articles not the product of the county,
In other words, the discrimination Is q
gainst the industry of the country Ou'
as no duty can be laid without dlscrlmi'
,,,.;o,, .bara ,r;Il no p,ara Incidental DrG