The North-Carolina standard., 1845-10-15
LETTER FROM MR.. McDr1Fr,n

The Hon. George McDufie has wri,,on
ter upon the Tariff, in which he expresses H. let e
lest confidence in the administration of p.., iu'
Polk, and the well-founded belief that ,bo s"ent
istration will cordially cooperate in III. .a'
labor" of reducing the Tariff TO the revenna ''0's
dard. The Charleston Mercury, with its nr, s0a'
pulous Washington correspondent, is NJ ''U
sentative as will be seen by his manly ls,'sE sp%
George McDufie, We regret our lack Of ,,'
to present this letter this week, but must 'a''
ourselves with spreading few of the mo,s. '1'Fn'
Iportant extracts before our readers "%
CHERRY HILL, Sent ~ 1o,r
My Dear Sir: You ask me wbstb,oi , 1915
opinion, 'it be possible that the copiectnra, IN my
Washington Correspondent of The 6C;IS C6S.3 Tl Tho
Mercury can be true, in relation to The n.I
course of the Administration Of Mr. D. tRI'COaoa
adjustment of the Tariff and wbetber yin IN IN tho
course would not be palpable violation sum ~
pledge to reduce the duties upon ore;on O! VI Inc
to the revenue standard Q" 'hnP0fH
In answer TO these inquiries. I s,,,o = =,
first place, my confident belief that these con ~ sne
lures cannot be true, and in the second nIoco Vc W
the course they ascribe to the Adminsr,t,i,oau' t,a'
1G0"Id be Palpable violation of the pledge to ra
duce the duties upon foreign imports to 6e Tore
nue. Standard and of all the pledges of tho no. I've
by which Mr.. Polk was elected. - party
"a brief exposition OF the true princinls, ,t
revenue Tariff, and a reference to Mr. PoIk;. "a
augural Address, wiU be sufficient I HinE - oil tu'
nash yOwr GPprehemsiOms. Can it be beIevoj
that Mr.. Polk, bound by the united lies of in,o,.
and duty to sustain the great principles of f,s"
trade and unshackled industry sohich he ia,"
ably supported throughout q long course fnnG
TIC scrvice; will now, when elected to the birS
est station to which ambition or patriotism can ~
Plre, bctray his political principles and sacr6c.
those popular masses, by whose voluntary and
unsolicited sufrages he was raised to power? Il
trust not the tale.' In his Inaugural Addrcs, ba
very distinctly laws down the doctrine, that row"
nue. is the subject of all duties upon imports and
protection the incident
In any scheme which the administration NAV
present for adjusting the tariff, feel confdeutlkt
the Leading feature will be the total abolition i
minimum and specific duties. These are fraudulent
contrivances, that serve no other purposes but 10
deceive the people and disguise oppression LIT
us have ad valorem duties that everyb, DIV can uu
derstand. Let the people see the full extent Of
their burdens; and, if they must be oppressed, let
it be $50 nominated in the bond" As these du.
ties now stand, low-priced articles consumed bv
'n| Poo. Pay Ihlo ne SntSt IdleS OF untV while those
OF the highest price, consumed by the wealthy,
pay the lowest rate. This is fatal objection ~
all specific duties. A yard of calico, for example,
which costs 6 cents in Manchester, pays 9 cents
duty, which is $50 per cent on its cost; while ward
of the finest colored muslin which costs 80 cents
pays only cents, equal to 80 per cent on its cost
These levoting deformities must be removed, and
feel assured that Mr.. Polk will cordially cooper.
ate in the patriotic labor"
To the latter paragraph the Washington Union
says: We cannot doubt the Presidents cordial
concurrence in the proposition The 0d vazOrcm
is certainly the only just, Legitimate, and proper
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