Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-02
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since the commencement of Gen. Jack
sons Administration. The evidence
of this is furnished by The fair prices
obtained for all articles of American In.
dus'ry; by the jus, remuneration Of la
Dor of every kind, by sound currency
based on specie, and the non -exporla.
ton of the precious metals; and in fine
by the generally healthy state of all
branches Of business. and the flourish.
ing condition of all industrial pursuits,
commercial. mechanical and agricul.
lural.
That tariff law has also been found
efficient as a measure of revenue. and
has poured into the federal treasury,
millions to supply The wants of the
government, while il has a, the same
time afforded protection to the industry
of our laboring men of every class. AS
a measure Of policy as well as of JUS
sce, while it yielded revenue to our
government and protection to our man.
ufacturers, it has lowered the prices of
nearly all du,iable articles to the con.
sumer, and kept at home large amount,
Of the precious metals which would ne.
cessarily have been sent abroad to set.
tie the balances of trade against us, and
pay for articles of foreign growth and
manufacture.
But all this prosperity does not suit
our locofoco rulers. They are perfect
ly miserable if the people have good
times and the country is prosperous
The cry has gone forth from head quar-
tiers that the Tariff is to be repealed, and
the Sub Treasury established at the
next session of congress. We may look
for the great struggle TO take place up
on the repeal Of the Tariff. The south
ern portion of the party are crying out
for /. in threatening manner; while
the northern locofocos are promising.
and suffering themselves to be brow
beaten and menaccd as usual by their
southern allies.
Mr. Polk, in his letter to Mr. Kane of
Philadelphia, pledged himself TO stand
by the tariff, and without this pledge
he could not have obtained The vote Of
Pennsy lvania. The locofocos of New
York and Pennsylvania have boosted
that the tariff of 1912 was carried by
the votes OF Mr. Buchanan and Slas
Wright. Every member of the legisla-
ture Of Pennsylvania has voted to sus.
tain that tariff, and no two states in the
Union are more interested in it than
Pennsylvania and New York. In the
face of all this how is it that ,he influ.
ence OF the government is TO be brought
10 repeal the Tariff We shall see.
Mr. Ualker of Miss, the Secretary
of the Treasury, has been unweared in
his exertlons to collect all the nforma.
ton possible, in reference to the tariff,
which would place it in an odious light
before the Country. His treasury cir
cular containing his famous questions.
has been privately issued to the govern.
ment agents all over the country, and
to all manufacturers and commercial
men known to be unlavorable to the
Tariff. BY this and such means il is
to be made appear that the Tariff is
odious and oppressive, unequal in lis
operations, and unsui,ed TO the wants OF
the country. The whole weight of the
Government and the influence of the
Treasury Department is TO be exer,ed
TO effect this object of MIR Polk and Mr.
Walker. The fact is tina, nothing is
more futile than to suppose tina. Mr.
Polk intended to uphold the protective
policy; and his object is now to kill the
Tariff of 1912. because it was a wing
measure and on the pretended ground
that it is not "reUenue tariff"
The hostility of Locofocoism to the
manufacturers Of the country, is one of
the signs of the times. When was il
ever known that those who desire to
live without work, did not envy the
prosperity Of their industrious neigh.
bors! The great outcry now against
The northern and eastern manufacturers
is: "I.ook a. their large profits and
enormous dividends!" What a crime
it is for man to grow rich on enter
prize and honest industry.
We hardly take up locofoco news
paper that we do not see column or
more on the subject Of the "Block
Tariff" and the enormous profits of
eastern capitalists and manufacturing
companies; the key note has been
sounded at Washington, and every pet
" weekly sheet through the country