New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-21
South Carolina.


in Charleston Fox Representatives, inc regular
Calhoun. Polk Free. Trade ticket Is reelected eF-
,,e though rot without; spirited contest. Al
the head Of il stands c. g. Merninger, who re-
ceived 1906 yotes q, The foot Is Hon Henry L.
p;,ckoey, who mas 1887. The indsFendent
rcks, received from 10 10 995 votes. ), L. Fc''-
Urn. an eniEen, Wing, bad 10; fdcH'.d ca
don. another, 554 va are g-ai-:ist by this mol
cation the. Ca!hounsm, though o!e'powe'ing IN
South Carolina, is not now able TO siae al re-
sjs;ance, as ii has been for some years past. we
have not learned that any opposition t. The Folk
and Texas party was made elsewhere II the State
Political Discussion e; Huntington, L. /
> Political Discussion OF moFe tnsn ordinary
,,o,ortance, and to be followed we doubt not
By The most suspicious results in It's Influences
upon the Wing Cause in that region, was held
IT the Village Of Huntington, Saiiolk County
m Saturday last The combatants were Hon.
JOSEPH L. WHITE Of this CITY, on behalf Of the
Wbigp. and Hon. c. C. CAMDaELESG Of Hunting
ton. on bcaalf of the Loco-Focos. The meeting
,rcs held in the open air near the centre Of the
village and was attended by from four to FIVE
hundred Farmers and Mechanics of Old Suffolk,
the two political parties being about equally re-
presented. The storm of the previous aight hev-
;ng subsided, an October sun emerged from the
olouds lust in time to smile auspiclously upon
the scene and infuse genial warmth into the
otherwise too chilly atmosphere. Ihc preiimin-
ary arrangements having 6een mace, the discus
sion was commenced by
Hon. ]. L. WHITE, who, afist orict but e1-
ceedingly pertinent eIordium, proceeded toT one
bour in a clear, argumsntaivs and convincing
defence of the Protective Policy and Of The Tariff
ss j, is. Mr.. Cambreleng, upon being interToga-
ted, denied the power of Congress to raise BY du
reg on Imports greater amount of revenue than
;s necessary to meet the actual wants of the Gov
eminent; thus putting in issue the question Of
the Constitutionality Of the Tar:ii On this point
the argument of Mr.. White was perfectly unsn-
swerabIe. He showed that the power Of Pro-
,ect;on was necessarily embraced in the power
IN regulate Commerce that this power existed
primarily in the States es independent sovereign
t;es. and had been conferred by them upon Con-
Dress; and that Congress under every successive
administration from Washington downwards,
and with his appreciation and that o. his success
ors, mad exercised this power. Having fortified
himself in this position, Mr.. White proceeded to
show the expediency of the Tariff, i'll doing
which nc took occasion 10 exhibit in the clearest
manner its benefcent effects upon the Agricu'-
tural interests of the County, and TO rcpel the
npputatior so often cast upon the Ifiends OF the
measure of so shaping legislation as to benefit
the Rich al the expense of the Poor lie demon
s,rated III the clcarcst manner that the Tariff is
beneficial to Farmera in that it tends to enhance
the price OF what they have 10 sell at the same
that it diminiscs the price of most articles which
they must buy. # vas 4 Prcteet:Dc III dsiinc.
ton from Rcrcnue Tariff winch produced this
result. the latter having the etiec: 70 encourage
the importation Of foreign rruds, and thus by
checking Manufactures, TO increase :ho humher
or Agricultural producers without any cores
pondlng enlargement OF the marke! Their pro-
dsctiops lie appealed 10 his hearers TO say
whether it was desirable for this Country 10 DC
dependent upon Foreign nations for their tlanu-
fsc,ures. and whether it would ne congenial nth
their patriotic feelings 10 see Farmer clad IN
foreign fabrics aud holding foreign pillow IN the
cultivation of the American soil. hr, White
having occupied his hour, during which time
| he had the fixed attention OF the audence.l
MIR. CAnBkELlKG roae TO reply-at least 1t was
quite natural FOR the audience to suppose that
such was the purpose Tor whlca he rose. but
wbst course did he take Did lie manfully and
boldly nee. the issues presented by his opponent
Far from it. AS if conscious Of his inability TO
| do this. he commenced by announcing his intcn-
ton to speak OF all the great questions Of The
dsv--the Bank, Distribution, Texas, end the
Tariff He PROBABLY thought that although 1t
might not be in his power TO meet NE. White
f.itly on any one Of these subjects, he could at
least do something 10 mystiiy them ali! Having
uttered in no very forciolc manner the common.
places of bis party about Inc Bank, Distribution,
Sc. lie came at length to the Tariff; and here Ii
q worthy of note that ne dotged the Co2siitu-
tionsI question entirely, and instead of meeting
the argument from expediency OF broad and CON-
p,ehensive grounds, contented himself with nib
bling at incidental and collateral points. He
dwelt very pathetically upon the condition OF the
poor Factory Girls, who he asserted were cruelty
oppressed by the rich Manufactures. He forgot to
tell his hearers that these same girls obtain better
va ges in the Factory than they can Get in the
Farmers Kitchen, and that they prefer the for
msr to the latter, is proved by the fact that while
it IS difficult to obtain good females for domestic
service, there is no difficulty whatever in getting
scores Of then. 10 superin;end the operations OF
the leon and tho spinning jenn0y. He declared
that lie Tariff was tax upon the Poor Masses
for the beneft Of tic Rich Capitalists, and tina:
tis tax had bee: submitted to ios nlore tasn fifty
wears, while it had gone to ill Inc Golfers o: those
lrightful Wing aristocrs;s, Abbot Lawrence and
Nathan Appleton. The fabrics worn By the
poor were enormously taxed By the present Ta.
ritI, while those OF the ,ich were admitted under
!. comparatively lishs duty, &c. &c. Mr, Cam