Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-10-01


THE Policy or THE ADMINISTRATION.
We give the following extract for wha
} It is worth, promising that we have th'
fullest confidence that the Administration
will recommend reduction Of the Tariff
to The revenue standard, and an uncondi
lionaI abandonment Of the principle o
protection. Nor do we doubfb but that thil
policy will be sustained and carried out b,
Congress.
Correspondence Of the Charleston Mercury
WASHINGTON Cry, Sept. 8.
/ Nor do things promise better for
the principles of the party, in the mea
sures of Government the administration
will propose and maintain, especially on
those great points Of policy which the
South deems vital and with which Mr..
Calhoun and his friends are identified.
What you are TO expect on the Tariff, for
instance, you will easily understand, when
| inform you that tho celebrated Kane lei
Ter, put forth by Mr.. Polk, is understood 10
have been written by the present Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. He was here, and
being Pennsylvania, he conceived the
brilliant idea Of running Mr. Polk, in the
last Presidential election, as Protective
Tariff man In Pennsylvania and New York
and the contrary in The South. Well he
wrote that curious compound of revenue
Tariff with incidental protection to manu-
facters--of protecting all interests alike,
&c. = IL am not misinformed,
he does not hesitate 10 plume himself on
the. achievement. Now, what are you TO
expect from this Secretary and this admi-
nistraion in the adjustment Of the Tariff
viii tell you what you have 10 expect, and
nothing more. speak advisedly, when
say to you that Gen. McKay's bill, intro
duced into the first session of the last Con.
gress, in substance is the extreme of all
they propose 10 give to the South. You
know how that bill was got up. The
Wings had a majority in the Senate. Silas
Wright and other Northern politicians,
(oresaw that the Democratic party might
succeed in the approaching Presidential
election, and consequently obtain majo-
rty in the approaching Congress, in both
branches. In order that they might have
good platform 10 retreat and rally on in
such an emergency, to support the pro-
tective policy, they persuaded the General,
who is himself a good and honest Sou
thern Democrat, 10 frame bill with them
on the notable principle Of "getIing what
we could get" A simple clear revenue
Tariff, they said could not be carried in
the Senate, where the Wings had majo.
rity. To succeed, therefore, we must
frame moderate protective tarifl--leaye
the huge list Of free articles established by
the act Of 1912, for the benefit of the ma
nufacturers, untouched leave tea and cot
fec free--discriminae by specific duties in
favor Of iron, wool and sugar and thus
raise the whole revenue, to support the
government, by duties on protected artl-
cies, 10 come down, after two years 10 25
per cent. Well, they got the Southern
men committed on this bill and then they
laid il on the table.
The Southern men were thus cheated ;
and the real purpose for which this bill
was framed, is now TO be put into opera.
ton, by being recommended by the pre-
sent Administration, and supported by the
Northern Democracy as the new compro.
misunderstanding the beauties Of u" Re-
venue Tariff with incidental protection
The fact that the reason for the conces.
sions in that Bill made by Southern men,
on account Of the Wing majority in tho Sc
nate, no longer exists, will not in the slight
est degree, operate 10 change its policy
The fact that the Democratic party will
have decided majority in both branches
Of Congress, will not give you simple
revenue tariff, any more than when the
wings ruled its councils. You will be
called upon 10 compromise and yield, BY
which the principle of protection will be
retained; so that when you submit and are
disarmed, it may again be put into opera
ton, year after year, as each interest u
the North shall from time to time demand
Such is tho entertainment (all professions
10 the contrary notwithstanding 10 which
you will be invited at the approaching
Congress. NOUS vERRoNs'
The Washington Union, alluding 10 tn
above, denies thai Mr.. Walker is the au
thor Of the Kane letter, and asserts thu
The declaration Of Mr.. w. that 'the tar!t
must be reduced to The revenue STANDARD,
will be verified. So may ii be.
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