The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-04
THE TARIFF.

We like the signs Of the times. We are proud
the republican press ralying around the true
principles Of political economy, and coming forward
to rescue the country from unjust, unequal, and
oppressive tariff Let all doubt be disspated about
the course of the administration Every honorable
effort will be made to reduce the tariff to the revenue
standard. What tho last number Of the "Rich-
mond Enquirer says, (whose junior partner is the
temporary occupant of the editorial chair is true;
The correspondent Of the Mercury will be satisfied with
the Congress before is written Neither the Union
the Enquirer nor any other press can undertake. 10
before that messages written they knew what would
be- would he improper and ndelcate to publish to thr
world before had been sent TO the two houses oil Congress
All they do has been DONE They have exhibited the
principles laid down the landmarks OF the democratic
party They have shown that Mr.. Polk is willing TO be
guided by those principles They have set forward the
action and the language Of the Secretary OIL the Treasury
coroborative Of the disposition OF the administration to
abide by those principles And they have exhibited from
time time Mr. Folks whole public career as Indicative
raj as Of his the comro
mise act In Congress We are willing to trust 70 Tune 10
develop that policy confident that MS course w ne ap
Mr. Polk his inaugural alluded TO- ams explicitly,
that from The unforeseen operation e, as revenue
likely to exist in the federal treasury the true remedy to
vedes repeal the a1es as 70 collect no more money
fhan shall Be absolutely s economical rants 81
that government and thus leave what would otherwise be
surplus uncolectcd in the pockets Of the people"
This and his repeated assertions that he opposed to
tariff for protection merely and not for revenue taken in
connexion with his votes in Congress ought to
be sufficient to induce us to wait until his course IS more
Have said paragraph quoted above that the
secretary OF the Treasury openly procismed that ht
tariff be reduced TO the standard" Why do we
allude to the Baltimore resoluons Because those reso
uons proclaim the democratic creed Because the fourth
resolution declares that Justice and sound policy forbid
the federal government to foster one branch 81 industry TO s
ton to the injury Of another portion
y that every citizen and every section Of the country has
privileges and to complete and ample protection Of person
and property from domestic violence and foreign sggres
the duty Of every branch Of the
practise the most rigid economy in conducting public
ana ss no mo,a orsa 70 &c 81 az
And Mr. Polk in his famous Kane letter TO which the
convention lately assembled at Baltimore"
We trust fully In the President and his cabinet Wehave
seen nothing upon this subject to make us doubt.
The administration is prepared to carry out the
principles under which it eected-the pledges
which were made in the resolutions of the Balt-
more convention. But, to assist it in this effort,
it is necessary that the republican press should come
forward to express its sentiments; and most gladly
do we see il rushing to the There is
ly republican paper which we open, that does
not contain some cheering sign Of the wholesome
condition of the public sentiment. North and
South, East and West with few exceptions, the
press is speaking out In opposition to the tariff Of
1912, and in behalf of reduction to the revenue
standard.
highly encouraging. We have carried four out
Of the six members Of Congress in Maryand
when, during the last session, we had not
single representative from that State our side
Among those who were defeated on Wednesday, are
Mr. Kennedy, who made the issue, in his election
eering letters in favor Of the tariff Of 1912; and Mr.
Wethered, a manufacturer himself, and one of the
champions Of The tariff. The jeremiads of the "Ba-
,imore American come too late. The friends of
the tariff of lS42-that abominable bill, which was
PASSED with all its mperections upon its head in the
hot haste Of expiring session-have been defeat
ed; and Lyon and Giles will now assist, as We
said, Gin reducing the tariff of l642 to the revenue
standard" We are not inundated by the panic
humbugs of the american" Let us bring down
taxation to the "revenue standard;n and let the
.burdens Of the government fall equally upon all
classes Of our citizens" and we have no fear OF
approaching to starvation standard" The Ameri-
can people not children be frightened by such
"painted devils'' as these. We want the wings to
Ego down." because we hope to see such measures
as the bill Of ls42 fall with them.
Are we to submit TO the exactions of the pamper-
ed manufacturers Are we to see them dividing 90 or
30 per cent, whilst the great body of the farmers
receiving only or per cent? Are we even quietly
labor suffering under the hoof of capital and
fe,o boated manufacturers grinding their operatives
without increase ofwages, and compelling the helpless
factory girls to toll from early dawn to late evening
Ia or Is hours of the 24--and yet submit to this
idle clamor about starvation, No; let the govern
ment of the United States do justice Let it equal
iEe the public burdens. Let it of the poor
from 100 to 200 per cent upon the coarse articles
which they consume, whilst it imposes not more
than 30 upon the luxuries Of the rich Let the South
be relieved from the expressions Of the moneyed
isocracy Of the North Let the great cotton interest,"
which supplies the manufacturing world with the
great material for employment, and adds to the
prosperity of the country in peace and to its strength
in war, be relieved from its pressure. Do this
do justice all portions of this great and extensive
country--and attempt no longer to scare us from
duty by hobgoblin pictures Of imaginary starva-
ton. Silence the just complaints of the people,
and give the manufacturers themselves the ad.
vantage of safe investment of their capital Stabil-
ity is of more consequences to the in the long run,
than extravagant duties, which always shifting,
because they are always unpopular.
The public sentiment is becoming more active and
more decided every day. The press, we repeat it,
Is beginning to speak out in all directions. Every
mail brings US some evidences of the fact. We
seize the first papers that we have at hand, and here
are extracts from them. Both are from the North
one from Maine, the other from New Hampshire
and both were brought to by this mornings mail:
From the Bangor (Mainel Democrat. Sept 30
THE MANUFACTURING INTEREST:
How IT rLrcrios OF Mn. PoLx,
Last year, when the Fates weighing Messrs Polk
and Clay In their patent bslsncesa pair ordered
pressy for that interesting purpose by Cotho Co from
Dearborn-or 10 speak more classcay, well
fngy the subject when the "aal sisters three
"a thread and That ofA Mr.