Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-15

Tt,e Zpuchburo 1'ir0iiliIn.
THURSDAY, NAY Is, 1915.
THE TARIFF.

We are told by the Washington Union. that the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury s actively engaged IN collect
ing from all paris Of the country every information that
may be necessary asss, him in the management Of our
finances and il is intimated that he will be prepared To
Law befe Congress "a large body Of the useful sta
tistcs so as to enable them, without loss ofme, and
with the aid Of the best materials, to proceed ia forming
the BEST and wses, and most nearly equal system of
revenue that can be adopted"- meaning. thereby. we
suppose, "judiciou" tariif-such will equal
y suit Mr.. buchanan, who, in the late Presidential
canvass, assured the people of Pennsylvania that Mr..
Polk was decidedly in favor Of protective tariff
than Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun " no scouts the very
idea Of protection a rank and motstraus heresy,
We should have been glad if the Union had conde-
scended 10 tell the country Of the author
lied expounders Of the Lococo creed this subject has
ever yet doneupnn what principle the presen, Admin
siralon proposes to adjust this yexed question. 1t
talks, TO be sure, about the Inequality ofihe present Ia
rf-bul it does not tell us whether to remedy this
inequality. it will recommend horizontal scale Of du-
lies, which, placing all articles upon the same level
will lie Of ne cossiy unequal in its practical ope-
ration than any other rule which human folly in its
widest mood, possibly devise. We told, too,
that the present Tariff is too favorable To the rch
burthensome The lower classes Of the communty''-
which is but another Of those demagogical attempts
array the more numerous class of society against the
weaker foi which the Locofoco party has always been
onspcuous aud which constitutes Of the secrets Of
their successan assertion however, the truth If which
we fatty aud broadly deny, and the injustice Of which
we ayOw our readiness to demonstrate, against any
agonist Who may choose 10 enter the lists in its support
TIE sooner The tarD is reduced, (t is added the bet
Ter for al That remains be tested by experiment
though. if it be true, Why did the Locofco House uf
Representatives refuse reduce it, year and the
year beore9 II may be modified in some of its fea
lures next winier-Eyen had Mr.. Clay been elected
and # The Wings had obtained majority in Congress.
II is probable this would have been done; tor no one has
ever conended that the Tariff Of 1912 perfect in all
its parts 1t was itself 10 some extent, EXPERIMENT.
aud its authors would not have been ndlsposed if s A.
dapta,ion TO the Revenue principle should on trial. be
found TO require il, to make the necessary changes
But the Union takes especial pains not to tell It's read
the rule by which the proposed reduction is to be
eced. Il does not tell them whether the principle Of
protection is to be abandoned adhered toand if ad-
hered To, whether is TO be protection per Sc or ilci-
dental, accidental. lis Editor is even more ambipu
than he when at the head of the Richmond En-.
To less homogeneous class of readers-to the high
tart f1iies Of Pennsylvania as well as to the anti
proleclionss of South Carolina. We appreciate
however, the decacy Of his position in this respect
and particularly when we remember the de con
irast between the position assumed in Mr. Folks Kane
letter and Inaugural Add S. and the doctrines laid down
in McDufes speeches and in the Locofoco Addresses
TO the people Of Virginia in 1913 and 1916. But few
s hort months must necessarily put end to this sys-
tenn of preyarlca,ion aud double dealing. The Admin
ls,ation will be compelled To take definite and tan
gble position this great and important question
shall then discover whether its protested supporters
in the two Houses of Congress can be brought to stand
upon the platform may prepare for them. One of these
supporters (Senaor Cameron of Pennsylya has all
ready declared his unalteabe purpose to sustain the
Wing Tariff OF 1912; and we have no doubt but that il
will be sustained by sufficient number of hi,
party, as i, has heretofore been, to prevent any
very serious alteration in that wise saluiary and
beneficial measure--a measure by which the gov
eminent rescued from bankruptcy, and TO which
the country is indebted for all of prosperity it now
enjoys They may, we repeat make changes in
his admirable aw-they may reduce the rates OF du
ties articles, (such coarse coons for exam-
pie upon which, high the existing duty seems to be
it is entirely nomoal,) and they may Increase them on
some others of no particular mporance-thty may
place Of the dutied articles on the free lisl
and impose duty upon some of those such and
coffee. which, they 90 tor strictly and anti
protection tariff, must be included among the dued ar
cles which free: But place this prediction
now on recordthat whatsoever else they may do The,
,rW mol dare 10 abolish The principle Of protection And
yet, If they fail 10 do that they will alsfy the solemn
pledge given To the Southern people 10y the Locofco
leaders on this side of the Potomac We are very well
aware. the other hand that if they do discard the
principle OF protection they will equally falsify the
qually solemn pledge of the Locofoco leaders to the
people Of Pennsylv and of the other Tariff States
But this is the consequence of their double dealing
and they must expect to be reproached for their treac
cry, by one the other Of the antagonist factions o.
which their party is composed and the support Of both
of (which was concated in lSil by these contradcio
ry and deceptive assurances.
TIE ABOIrTlONISTS.
! The Aboilonsis divided into two factions one
headed by Garrison. Phillips and Abby Kelly the Other
by Birney, Tappan, Gerril Smith and Alyan Stewart