The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-10-11
Correspondence Of the Charleston Mercory. ,
WASHINGTON Cry, Sent. 8.

VAsH'NGION CITY, sept. ..
Nor do things promise better fJr IN
principles of the party, in this measures of Gov
eminent the administration will propose an,
MAINTAIN, especially on those great points O
poncy which the South deems vital; and will
wh,ch Mr. Calhoun and his friends are identi
ned. What you are TO expect on the Tariff
for instance, you will easily understand, wher
INFORM you That the celebrated Kane letter
put forth by Mr.. Polk, lie understood 10 have
been written by the present Secretary Of the
treasury. He was here, and being Pennsyl
Vanian, he conceived the brilliant, idea of run
Hng Mr.. Pok, in the last Presidential election
AS Protective Tariff MN in Pennsylvania and
new York and the contrary in the South
wen ne wrote that curious compound OF reve.
nue. Iarn with incidental protection 10 manu-
I'c'urers-of protecting all interests alike, &c.
IL am not mlslnformad, he does not
hesitate to plume himself on the achievement.
now what are you to expect from this Secreta
nv and this administration in the adjustment of
The Iarif! will tell you what you have to ex.
pect and nothing more. | speak adyisedly,
when say to you that Gen. M kay's bill, in
troduced into the first session of the last Con
Eress, IN substance is the extreme Of all they
propose to give 10 the South. You know how
that bill was got up. The Whigs I'd ma1ri.
~ !" 'hU bCHdiSy tSIds Wright anu OtDpf
Northern politicians. fnresaw that The, Demo.
cratic party might succeed in the approaching
Presidential election, and consequently obtain a
mojnrlty IN the approaching Congress, in both
branches. In order that they might have
good platform TO retrea, and rally on ia such IN
emergency, TO support the protective policy,
they persuaded the General, who is himself a
good and homes, Southern Democrat, to frame
bill with them on the notable principle of "get.
ting wha, we could ge'." A simple clear rev.
enne Tariff they said could not be carried in
the Senate, where the Wings had majority.
TO succeed, therefore, we mus. frame moder-
ate protective iarf--leave the huge list of free !
articles established by the act of 1912, for the |
benefit of the manufacturers, untouched-leave
tea and coffee free-dscriminate by specific
dutiee in favor cfiron, wool and sugar; and thus
raise the whole revenue, to support the govern.
ment, by duties on protected articles, to come
down. after two years to IS 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 operation by being recon
niended by the present Administ ration, and sup.
ported by the Northern Democracy as the new
MISUNDERSTANDING the beauties of IRE.
venue Tariff with incidental protection" The
TACT that the reason for the concessions in that
Bill made by Southern men, on account of the
Wing majority in the Senate. no longer exists,
will not in the slightes degree operate to change
its policy. The fact that the Democratic party
will have decided majority in both branches Of
Congress, will not give you simple revenue
tarf, any more than when the wings ruled its
councils. You will be called upon to compro.
mise and yield, by which the principle ofprotec.
ton will be retained; so that when you submit
and are disarmed, it may again be put into ope-
ration, year after year, as each interest in the
North shall from time to time demand. Such
is the entertainment Gall professions to the con.
fraFy Notwithstanding to which you will be in.
vited at the approaching Congress.
NOUS vERRoNs.
The Washington Union, aluding to the above,
denies that MI. Walker is the author of the
Kane letter. and asserts that the declaration If
Mr. w. that "the tariff must be reduced to the
revenue Standard" will be verified. So may i
be.