Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-21
THREADS "Re,itaace" 10 the Tariff

Threads q Resiaaace" 10 the Tariff
His very obvious, notwithstanding the reiterated as.
eu'aces oi the pfnc'ai journal that he tariff must be
reduced to the revenue standard" that the Southern
branch ri the l.oc'ioc, family have very little faith in
Tue sincerity oil The pledges given this subject, The
Jaeksan lassissppD Rrormer intimate, lis apprehen
Sims. which have doubt are well founded that the
Executive Whatever II may be, will be
FULLY resisted IN Congress. The Of its party du-
ring the last two SESSIONS when, with majority Of 80
or 20 IN the House af Representatives they refused to
nudity The arn Of 1912. even while that sau,ary law
was the subject OF their unceasing denunciatios is
pregnant indication OF the fate which any similar propo.
s'tlon will be pretty sure To encounter winter. f.
vents are now 'on the wing" indeed, which will fur.
ns them with at least colorado pIetext TOR refusing
even TO reduce tho dues,-much less will they be wis
ling 10 abolish tho principle Of discrimination. The
threatened Mexican will occasion heavy expendi
lures and raise the revehue Standard far above the
point necessary for peace establishment Even the e.
giiimate and necessary addition TO the charges upon the
public treasury occasoned BY the equipment oi large
fleets for the Mexican coast, and the transfer OF
rous bodies Of troops from The remotest points Of the U
MIN to the frontier Of Texas, (ior il seems we have
still frontier to deiend,) will be enormous. When 10
these are added the ''pckings and seangs." of the
numberless comlssares and contractors whose services
mnst be called into requson such occasions, (aud OF
whose enormous frauds upon the public the Florida
furnishes 81 many hasmn. examples,) we may safely
add some fifteen or twenty millions of dollars per annum
TO The dsbu Tsements o the government, 80 long the
stale Of hostltes may continue. How is this large sum
to be raised the duties be reduced below their pres
en-, raesl True are told that the greatest amount
of revenue is produced by low du,ies but the experience
of the country from 1887 10 1872 demonstrates the al
siy Of This assumption. At that period. under 20 per
cent. dues which TO be generally regarded (or
what have been able 10 conjecture) as
the revenue STANDARD" by the anti Iarf party.
the treasury be!gared the government involved in
heavy debt, aud he national credit utterly para yzed
And it was not until the Wing tariff of 1912 enact
ed that The became adequate TO the necessities
of The government Impartial minds, it would seem 10
us. would decide. upon this exhibition of facts, tina, the
tarh is adjusted TO the revenue sandard-and that
successful attempt To go back to the system of 20 per
cent duties would reduce again beo,o that standard
aud would result the same disastrous state Of things
"a bankrupt treasury. national debt, aud Frustrated
credit. twill be time enough to talk of reducing the
tariff when We find IT yielding surpus,-but if
tina, indefinite and unmeaning phrase, ''lhe revenue
standard" be the true rule by which system of duties
should be graduated. they WIN 60 below lis acquisitions
far out Of The track those who 60 You'd
them.
The Mississippi Reformer, however, declares, very
dogmacaly thai 1.-The revenue tariff shall be establish
ed'' its patience being exhausted" But, if not all
together certain after ALL that its Northern Locofoco
brethren will obey Its bidding. declares tina. If The next
Congress shall preach iurt.e r endurance. ii "WA beg
talk Of rssistncc." To this it might be replied that
ha heard that of 'talk' for fifteen years past
There is terror Cassius, in your threats" IT, when
The South nearly unanimous in opposition to the
system, attempts resist it proved aborlive, much
less efeclual will be such efforts now, when sys-
TEN. by lis beueficen effects has conquered even the
s,uobom and cherished prjudices of nearly moiey OF
the Southern people, and lis way IL their favor and
support. 1t will be ai talk" depend upon it. Be
sides; the Nulliyers recoecl that " Young Hick
ory," Who is said by his friends be brare x stern
as the Old Hero himself, Ohough we have doubts
that point) and who was supporter OF the Pfoc>
lamatou and the Force Bill, is in the Preslden-
tial chair. If tie South Carolina "Chivary" were
compelled 10 strike their Palmetto flag TO Old Hick-
ory what prospect, pray. will there be Of successful
RESISTANCE to the promising Of that Stock On the
Modification Ordinance, emanatng from Mississippi,
which has coast and ports Of entry Of any
hiude would be brutum fln.en to be laughed at ra
Their than serious calamity be deprecated. The du-
lies ON The goods which she paid in custom
beyond her jurisdiction; and consequently the col
lection Of the could be prevented by her
mandates. She might, i, is true, resort 10 that other re-
medy Secession, preietlbe under the circumstances
to Modification. But she would cut pretty figure,
an independent, nation surrounded by States adherng t,
the federal compact and with the mouth of the great ri
yer upon which she is dependent FOR outlet 10 marke
in possession Of the Unon Of which she would no longe
form part But, we fear readers will think tina
we treating this matter seriously, when in truth il il
only .food tot mirh"-so we will only add, by way o
Ammunition lo'iis Mississippi Hotspur, that such threats
only render the u,erer ridiculous.
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PrYfs Of Ma ,uftctWys,
One of the means rcsoried 10 Of exciting hostility il
the agricultural States agaius, the Tariff policy is thu
circulation of statements, often garbled, and rarely
ever currecy rated of the immense profits made b,
the manufacturers. Men unfortunately more apt Il
repne, than jce a, each others success; and patti
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