The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-07-13

bill, voted for it and spoke for it through
all its stages. Did he not, with his broth
er Senator from Pennsylvania. who voted
IN the same way, turn about within few
days after The veto, and denuunce the
Bank2 Who does not remember the pre-
dlctions at the time Of that Veto, that there
would be grea. deser,ion from the Presi-
dents party, in consequence of that act,
and who has forgotten that nearly all Of
those who talked loudest in his party in
favor of the Bank were whipped i'm and
became Clanorous against it, as soon as
the Veto appeared He vetoed the Bank
Bill III July, 1882, and as we have already
seen, within six months after that he
made war on the tariff Can any reason
able man doubt what would have been its
4e.e if Henry Clay with all the affection
of parent for the protective policy, had
not rescued it from destruction by the
compromise act ofthe Cd of March, 1882
But for the interpostion of Mr.. Clay, the
passage of the bill reported by the Com
lntt.ee of Ways and Means in the House
wo,.ld, at no very midday, havebeen in
evitable What might have been tErea,e Of
the Union, i leave others to conjecture.
My business now is with the Tariff alone;
and confne myself 10 that.
Henry Clay was At the head of the Committee
which reported the Compromise act. Jas X.
Polk, of Tennessee, the presen. rival for the
Presidency, was at the tail of the Committee of
Ways ard Means in tn g House which reported
the bill to which have referred. To under
STAND MIR. Polk, It'll: necessary to understand
that bill. Although he was the last named
member on that COMMITTEE, md III the rear of
the column that attacked the tariff, there was no
more denunciatory enemy of the protective poh-
cy than James X. Polk. But let us try him by
the bill which he and his colleagues on that Com
nnittee reported and by his votes as they stand
recorded on the journals of Congress against the
protective policy. This bill which will be found
to be the l4th document in the volume of reports
of Committees at the Cd session of the 22d Cen
gress reduces the duties on the I'd of March,
1885, as follows:-all assessabe be 1t remen-
'bered, on the foreign radiation; ,cooHenS to Is
per cent; all not exceeding 50 cents the
square yard, per cent; on worsted stufls OF all
kinds, 10 per cent; on worsted and WOODEN hos
iery, gloves, nett, bindings, and stockinetts, 10
per cent. on all other clo,hs, merino shaws,
Tanres, baizes, and cassimcres, carpetngs and
rugs of all Kinds 90 per cent; on all cotton goods,
20 per cent; except napkins from India, on which
Mr. Folks duty was Is per cent and cotton
hosiery, gloves mitis, and stockinets, On which
his duty was 10 per cent, as also upon cotton
twist, yarn and thread on aIh manufactures of
flax and hemp, or sail duck and cotton bRggtug,
is per cent; on all manufactures of tin japan
ming, gilt, plated, brass, copper and pewter, and
on saddleTy, plated, brass and polished steel, 20
per cent; and on common saddlery, l0per cent;
on earthen and stone ware, 90 per cent; on all
SIDE and fire arms, 90 per cent on manufactures
of iron and steel generally, 90 per cent; on salt
and coal, 5per cent; OH every thing produced
by the farmer in the northern and middle States,
Mr. Polk who is'acotton grower, rec ni,nended in
this bill, one unvarying standard of only Is per
cent.-l5 per cent; on potatoes, Is per cent; on
oats, Is per cent; OH wheat, and wheat -four,
butter, bacon, beefand pork,
Such was the character of that bill,
from the passage of which Henry Clay
saved the country by the adoption OF the
Compromiss. Had a tornado passed over
all the manufacturing establishments of
the country al that time, it would scarcely
have proved a greater curse than that
measure, which had the earnest suppor,
of James X. Polk, of Tennessee. By re-
'dncing fhe dEty on Wool to Is per cent,
1t put the knife to the throa, of every
sheep in the country. By duly of 20
per cent, on read y-madc clothing of every
description, it struck do yn a whole class
OF the most industrious and useful me-.
'chancs of the nation If it had been
bill Purposely designed to set fire to mos,
OF the'mechanics' shops in the country, it
would hardly have had worse effect upon
the laborins classes. 1t would have fed
us on poiataloes from Ireland; and at those
periods, when the farmers of the mddle
and northern States were suffering most
from the pressure Of the times, our bread
sluffs would have been grown on the Dor
'ders Of the Baltic and Black Seas. ins,e ad
of on our own sod Let the farmers,
manufactures and mechanics of the coun-
try now answer what they think of the
new candidate for the Presidency, James
X. Polk, Of Tennessee.
But am not yet done with James X
Folk, of Tennessee, and his bitter hostility
TO the protective policy. Search the re-
cords of Congress, ard you will Gud tina,
IN every instance where the American
system was attacked, while he in G ongress
The was It's assaiIant, its constant, its mn
compromising foe. On the 23d of June.
1882, hewoted for the motion of Mr.. Nc
Duffie, of South Carolina, to reduce the
duty on cotton goods, costing nolexceed.
ing Is cents the square yard, to l23 per
cent aI I'm lortrn On tho same ,l.y ho
voted for Mr.. McDuflie's motion to abol-
ish the duty of $50 per ton on rolled iron.
On the previous day he voted to reduce
the duty on salt to S cents on Sc lbs,
and voted against the duties on boots and
bootees. on cabinet wares, hats and caps,
whips, brides, sacu!es carriages, and
parts Of carriages, blank books, earthen