Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-13
RICHMOND DAILY WI
THE TARIFF AND THE ORGAN.


Tur TIxur-wc under.ta nd that there many
curing capitalists the North, who willing to he
cent considerable reducon-some who are Democrats IN
the .ih.ne that the large body OF the operatives are
Democrat their politics We repeat, therefore, win
the Secretary Treasury, that thc Tart must be
reduced to the revenue s,sndard."-UnioH.
..The Tariff must be reduced" because there
are "somc manufacturing capitalists at the North,
who are rlling to accept considerable reduc-
ton" and because some of them "are Democrats
in the falkland still further. because 'he large
body of the operatives are Democrats in their po-
litics," Now these most cosent reasons
are they not And it 'must be reduced to the
revenue standard" too.
Il is scarcely forgotten by the people, that there
was postponed debt of the Van Buren, Admins
tration, which is yet not paid-and which will
probably not be paid for several years TO come,
even with the present yearly surplus over and
above the ordinary expenses of the Government.
According to the Sccrctary's Report of receipts
and expenditures for the quarter ending ON the
3etb June. there was AN excess OF but little
than million and half of dollars, which would
Ina. perhaps se,en millions year, towards paying
the national debt.
What is n rerenue standard! IL must certain
" mean thai which will afford income enough to
more nor less. II then being satisfactorily
tanned, that the present Tariff does not yield
than enough for the demands of the Treasury.
even without the contingency OF war, which the
rashness Of the Administration and ITS Partizans,
has strong tendency to produce, is IT not sheer fol-
", or something worse, 10 be talking OF cutting
down the Tariff Is II not viewed, by all sensi.
bic men, of every party, as the mere clap trap of
demagogues, to gull the ignorant portion OF the
people!
We are still of opinion, that Secretary Walkers
contemplated demonstration upon the Tariff. will
end i'm smoke notwithstanding the Organs decla-
ration-and that the Willingness oithe ''Dcmocat.
ic" manufacturers of the North for reduction,
will be treated with contempt. The Tariff policy,
is now the established policy of the country, and
the froth of its opponents will be viewed Just as
the mouthing of any other rabd animal is viewed
much more annoying TO the animal itself, than
to any other being.
We were frequently told, in and out of Con-
gress, that the Tariff of 1s42, would not produce
revenue enough for the support of Government
that it was both prohiGitory and oppressive. Facts
have proved the utter fallacy of the assertion-he
income rising from thirteen TO tireny sir millions
per annum-and thus at once restoring the blasted
credit of the country, and setting every branch Of
manufacturing industry into rapid motion.
We told, too, that the price Of articles Ct
necessity, used by the poor, would be greatly en-
HANGED. We might appeal with confidence, to
every working man in the country, to give tcs'i-
mony as TO the utter absurdity of this assertion
The articles of general consumption, were never
procurable at so reasonable rate at present
The argument that Great Britain would retail
ate, and nfct additional high rates upon our pro-
ductons has proved equally Observation-Disclosures
those who urged these objections, seemed TO forget
that in one case, they claimed that the tax fell upon
the consumer, whilst in the other, 1t borne by
the PRODUCER
None of their predictions, therefore, being We.
rified-either us to the prohibtOry character of
the law-its oppressiveness, or It's tendency TO
provoke retaliation-what ground have its oppo-
nents for their clamor about a reduction! Is it
not all sheer humbugl Is it not, as nave al
ready Unlimited, mere attempt 10 the
Southern "whale" the LluJber party VINO are al.
ways grumbling, no matter who rules!
But the efforts of the opponents of the Tariff,
are not the less wicked, because known to be ia.
tile. The country is prospecting, under the Wing
policy of maintaining the industry of the country,
and the purity Of the currency, at the same mo.
ment--and the prominent evil Of the times is the
eternal agitation of the subject, and the conse-
guent want of stability in the bushes OF manuiac
lures.
We are nevertheless, firm in the opinion, that
the Tariff cannot be materially reduced; because
the manufacturing States not fools enough to
Join in the work, and because the spols.men need
the money too badly, to authorize them to venture
on the exp erment. The Wing Tariffs therefore
safe from material encroachment, in spite of the
wicked intentions Of its opponents.