The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-03
MR.. WOODBURY. ON THE TARIFF.

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The attention of the Spectator Of Friday, and
the Globe Of Saturday last, has been attracted to
an article in the Standard of last week, contain
ing extracts from speech of Mr.. Woodbury. on
the Tariff, and upon which we commented as
we then thought, and still think, they merited
The following are the extracts alluded to by the
Globe and Spectator:
"The reliance of all men should be on their
own energies, and skill, and local advantages
looking, as Sir Robert Peel at last sensibly advi-
SEES the Tdmworth farmers to do, after experience
ing The evi1s Of different course, MORE TO THEIR
MANUREs AND LESS TO GOVERNMENT"
by which means (protectiye duties) the
workmen are enabled to tax the home consumer,
by great prices, while the higher wages they
receive, MAKES THEM NEITHER HAPPIER NOR RICH
Err, SINCE THEY ONLY DRINK MORE AND
WORK LESS"
Will the Globe or the Spectator deny that Mr..
Woodbury. used the above to sustain the position
and argument he assumed before the Senate
If he did not use them, how came they in his
printed speech and if he did use them, for
what purpose was it, if not to sustain his course
of argument before the Senate? We contend
that he not only used them both, but that the
first is has own language, and that he fully and
unequivocally adopted the latter. We were
aware that the language was used by DR.. Frank
lin, but it was in reference to the workmen of
England and France; Mr.. w. changed the
ground and used it in reference to the workmen
of the United States and England vast diff
terence-and for the proof of which we refer
those interested to the speech, printed at the
Globe office; and as that edition has SUDDENLY
disappeared, we state that copy may be
seen at our office. where we have carefully
placed it away for preservation, under the belief
that its authenticity will be denied before this
campaign is over, as was the speech of Lov-
,Dages Buchanan" during the previous one
The Globe heads its article " Dauisiana," and
says that this is but following the lead of " hon
| est John Davis in incorporating the speech
Of Mr.. Buchanan. We think that matter was
fully settled at the time, and the repudiated
paragraph firmly fixed where it belonged, on
Mr. Buchanan. Were it necessary, there is suf
ficient new testimony within our reach to prove
still more conclusively its use by him. The
Globe says that friend handed him the pa
per-" "that he does not exchange with u.s." We
would ask il, after the "petty meanness which
they exhibited in striking the Standard from
| their exchange list, they have not been in the
daily habit Of borrowing our paper? If such be
| the fact, and we have reason to believe it, in
what position are they placed In that most
odous and contemplate to all newspaper pub
lishers-a newspaper borrower! They sneer at
the sire Of our Standard, but, small as it is, an
hundred times has it been Haunted in their faces,
and its spirit and willingness shown to encoun-
ter ga respectable ~ sixpenny," if the Globe
can be called respectable.
They should recollect, too, "that the best ma
terials are put up in the smallest packages" and
| though there may not be much of us, they will
find it, upon trial, right good stuff" We re-
greet as much as they the disadvantage we labor
under in this respect, for were our space dou-
bleG, we would still be crowded for room to spe-
city the daily misrepresentation and ISLANDERS Of
the Globe. In making the extracts, we think we
have exposed the teri of Mr.. Woodbury's speech
and the remarks Of Mr.. Simmons in the Senate
satisfactorily exploded the fgues-for, after lis
tening to it's delivery, we were satisfied that
figures do" sometimes, "lie"