The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-05-29

Washington papers, that Mr.. Walker, the
Secretary of the Treasury, will soon present
to the public a reduced Tariff Of duties.-I
Mr.. Walker, we all know, is free trade man
so was Mr.. Polk, until very recently-the
same may be said of the remainder of the
Cabinet, with the exception of Mr.. Buchan-
an, and he, it is prophecied, for his reluct-
ance to join in this crusade against the best
interests of the country, will be compell-
ed TO resign before the first of January. We
have no doubt the destruction OF the Tariff
has already been decided on, and this last
Wing measure, that brought the Government
and the people out. of the difficulties impos-
ed ON them by the misrule of locofoeoism,
will be crushed by these modern statesmen.
A little tine will determine. We copy from
the Nashville Banner, the following article
upon the Tariff of '42, and IFS effects which
we recommend to rejecting portion of all
parties:
"Ihe intelligence from every part of the
country indicates that the business season,
now drawing TO a close, has been brisker and
more prosperous than for many years past
In the North and the South, the East and the
West, capital and labor have met with their
due reward, and the merchant, the manufac-
turer, and the mechanic are satisfied with the
reasonable and steady gains they have OBJ
tanned. Gu large cities are increasing in
population and wealth. while many OF our
towns and villages are extending their for
mel limits, and vying with each other in the
race OF prosperity. This facts apparent and
admitted by all, but The cause is a matter of
much dispute and difference of opinion.
The friends of the present administration
attribute our improving condition 10 the re-
suit Of the last Presidential election, and as
sert that the charm OF Mr., Folks name has
already worked miracles, and infused ANNA
ton and vlgor into every department of life,
Sc eming TO forget that no public measure has
yet been the result of his success, and that,
therefore, neither he nor bis party are enti-
lied to any praise for the prosperous situa-
tion of the country. Professedly opposed to
the Protective policy, and 10 the Tariff of
1912, they unblushingly claim the credit CT
a state of things, altogether attributable 10 a
Wing principle and a Wing measure, and
which Mr.. Polk and his southern supporters,
especially, used their most strenuous efforts
10 prevent.
In 1S41, while the Tariff was still in an
unsettled condition, and it was yet uncer.
tain whether sufficient protection would be
extended 10 home industry, men of capital
were averse from engaging in extensive bus
mess, and especially in manufactures, anc
every thing was at a ''stand stilf7-but from
the moment the ct of 40 was passed-anc
ii came to be believed that its main provis
ions would constitute for years the-policy o
our Government, new life was infused into
every pursuit, and an impetus was given tC
our prosperity which even the election o
Mr.. Polk could impede but little, and coul
not destroy. Manufactures sprung up in ev
cry portion ofthe country, and the people ev
en- of the South and West, who had beer
taught 10 believe that the Tariff was intende,
alone for the benefit of the "Nabobs' of tn
, North, began 10 discover that like "lhe dew
of Heaven its blessings might be enjoyed
all alike. They have shaken off the prelu
dices which it was so long the object of par
tizan labor 10 produce, and the time is no
far distant when the principle of ''protection'
will be as strenuously and almost as unani
mously advocated among them, as anon;
their brethren of the Northern States.
II the Wing Tariff Of ~ was not the prin
cipal cause of the prosperous situation of th
country since its passage, we should be gla
to know what was, and we hereby reques
y any good democrat TO enlighten US Upon thi
point. Before that event our Government
was in debt, and without credit either a
> home or abroad-our expenditures wer
greater than our receipts, and all the skill
and ingenuity of the free-tradists and the an
ti-tariffites could not devise a plan 10 extri
cafe US from our difficulties. The act o
AZ was passed, and, in a short time, conf
dence was restored-money flowed into The
Treasury-arrangements were made 10 pay
off our debt-and once more our receipts
S were equal TO our expenditures. Here was
! it appears TO us, direct cause and effect, in
the production of which Mr.. Polk had Ger
tainly neither part nor lot. He has always
been opposed to the Tariff Of 40, and unit
last year to the Protective Policy. How then
can il be truihfully said that our present
prosperous condition is attributable, in the
. slightest degree, TO him or bis friends? Il
has been brought about in spite of their OPP
, position, and not as a consequence of theiI
wishes or exertions; and even while they
would seek TO obtain credit and advantage
from lis existence, they are using ever,
!. means in their power, in the South and West
to render unpopular and odious the very
measure which produced it.
1 Can such things be.
And overcome us. like a summer cloud,