Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-17
POLITICAL.
Tue TARiFf-FAcrs Us. CLAWS

THE TARiFf-FACTS u. CLAWS LETTERS.
Mr.. Clay, IN his letter Nj Merriwelher, OF
Georgia, dated iom Ashland IN October, uses this Ian
guage
NJ 81 nersr soas ~ faror IF arkat rcgarded as
hieh Tariff. And my present opinion IS IN perfect
coincidence with that of the Whole Wing party oi
the United States, including Georgia, as | understand
al never was in favor OF duties being high as II
amount 10 prohibition Of articles IN which they were
laid have thought best for all interests that there
should be competition
81 should have preferred that the Compromise in all
lis parts including the home valuation, could have been
adhered to-
We will not Insult the good opinions Mr.. Clay's
friends entertain Of hrs intelligence by mpu.'ng such
manifest falsehoods the abnve 10 ta ngno;ance OF
what h. was writing but attribute II 10 his Willingness
10 hpp,bng the people, and thus - Impressed more ny
uDnn the conviction of every reader who looks at The
duties lavied by the present tariff 81 cdS nerfr m
fqror of ,chot regerdcd as II hieh tar.F says MI
Claw TO ,e people Of Georgia, when, The father oi
tina law he has imposed duties inuunierabe articles
of necessity and convenience so oppresSIpeiy hEh INA
thew are positive DrOhiboa For instance, ~abIeach
ed cooas there du'y Of 1870 In 100 per cent On tape
and shirtinys % IL per cent: long cloths ia per
cent s,ouis or dnresucs. III TO ls3 per cent; on
printd cottonS-two and three coiors, al per cent
navy blues 20 10 $50 per cent? cambrcs % II 80 per
cent chntZ 81 per coored nankeens, lOO per
cent ton checks, 100 per cent; cotton bed cks
per cent cnlored S!lawls, u III, per cent
spun silk 100 per ilinues 10 to 100 per cent;
bazss, $50 per cent ingram carpe!ing i02 per cent
hemp goods general, 40 TO 10 per cent: there are
also numerous Other ARTICLES which enter 'nto lle use
Of every and woman on par with these rates =
yery able correspondent Of the New York Evening
Port, from whose table make up these I'ens says
"the fact is, that, had The manufacturers asked tor
these rates OF duties PLAINLY and openly, they knew
very well that member Of Congress would have
d,r.d TO support dsgracefnl proposition; they
Lnew better; they determined to humbug and
Blind bota Congress and the people Take cotton
roods for Instance; had they said place an average
duty of one hrs dred per cent upon cotton goods and
dophls the high ai Fl Of le2S, winch caused the multi
6ca,ion excitement" they would have plainly asked
for what they wanted, and what they have got. but
they kne that snch rrnest would nave been refused
them, by their compiasaEi ':enu Tue late oecte-
iary of the Treasury
They therefore sid, "vaine cotton goods, colored,
at thirty cents sqaa:c yard, and charge thirty per
cent upon that mlnnlun-w don I ask Tor more than
thirty per cent = tlking good cafe To Keep the Secfe.
,ary and COMMITTEES Of Congress ignorant OF the fact,
that thirty cents square yard Oil co!oed cottons was
three the price they then getting Tor their
goods and that thirty cent on that price was,
on an average over hundred per cent. ad va;oem
the goods.
Thus ii was with cot'ons higher duty per square
yard pat upon them than imposed by the IA
riff law OF 1e2s, although the value oil the goods had
fallen hall, and cnnsequenly that high du,y was
doubled doubtless all the other goods SUBJECT l" met
NUNS and l. specie duties managed IN the same
ingenious manner
I, 10 IN the face OF such facts as these Mr. Clay de-
tends tire present tariff, ard yet says TO Southern
people, tina, he ''never IN favor o. shat (he} re-
garded a hgt ,arR. Why, what IS a high tariff,
IN The name OF all he gods OF Whggery, coons and
cider?
ia with these facts apparent 10 not only h own OBJ
serveon that of all who investigate that ne says
he "was in favor of duties being so high as to
amount TO prohibition OF articles on which they we're
laid"
IL Is after approving this tariff law, and defending it,
and making himself the champion Of party who pro-
clam that they favor of prohlbory tariff, and
that with their consent such shall not be
abolished, that he ont section of country
where his party hold different of opinions, AND
says he "should have preferred that the Compromise
IN all lie parts could have been adhered TO-. Such ad
missions as these, tao, when the New York Tribune,
,hs organ OF CayIsm in the North. and to which III
other sections! organs look for orthodox Nh,gsm
boldly boasts that THIS Prohibtofy Tatf-hat II rs
INST what they and What shall BE- kept up ii
Mr. Clay is elected Cincinnati Enquirer