Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-11-14
From the Ohio Stale JoarAa!.
THE TARIFF.

and even excitement and alarm in many
sections. The Locotoco party itself, in |
pennsylvania, Is convulsed with apprehen- /,
sion from the portentous givngs out at
Washington that the Administration will,
with the aid of Congress, carry out the
principles Of tariff reduction upon which !
they have been elected-prncipIes which
that party knew, when voting ior him, the
President has ever advocated, and doubt
less consclentIously as well rs tIOm eNpe-
@dIency must iavorin his official capac ".
Convention after convention is meeGng,
throughout that State, to OpcrateppOn Cen
grcss, and if possible avert the thrpaerod
calamity Of arPpeal Of the present Iuriff
and an abandonment Of tie protective
.principIs.
If the interests,or the Locofoco popu1a-
ton OF Pennsl IVania, Olone, were'in dam
ner, their position would be at once deser-
we'd and Iudic,ous; for never have been
"eyes more devouty willing 10 be blind"
than were theirs during the last National
contest '-or, indeed, since the first election
ot General Jackson. Ihat.State, indeed,
voted for General Harrison in 1910, and
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protection; but her votes since 1870 indi-
cate that the popularity OF the Wing can
didate and the'crying abuses OF the then
existing administration, rather than pur-
pose to cooperate with the Wings in cslab-
fishing her own and the coumlry's greatest
Interests, governed her vote uron that oc-
casion With all her weight Of interest in
Protection to home production and labor,
Tor which the Wbg party IN the North and
the South las been cOntendug, in solid
phaIanX, against an equally re-oIute and
unanimous opposiloni she has l,ot only
stood aIooi iHom the purity struggling to
malntara what is her true policy, Tut has
cast her votes against them, and in fay or
oi her real political enemies. Observation
OF the action Of the two parties, in Con-
gress, in National and State Conventions,
and the prOmugatIOns Of the Press have
all failed to induce her touukp her true 20
sItOni hut she has Icll ii to the Wings OF
oher States to fight her battles. Eat at
last, the days Of darkness seem coming up
on her; she shrnk5 with dread from those
in who+e hands she has assisted to place the
Teins Of Government, although but one
yearsInceahe committed thtt act in the face
o! what moderate intelligence could not
have failed to have properly understood.
But will Congress adopt the recOmmcn-
datous of the President and Secretary OF
the Treasury, and SO change the tariff as
10 discriminate for rcUcHue instead OF pro-
lection! The proposition Of the Admins
tralon and Of the party, is, Il twenty per
"A all 4, IA Llama ra,f n
nue. standard, with discrimination Tor rev.
enue exclusively, entirely destroying The
mlnmums and specific impo5iuons OF thc
act OF l842. And this change to the prn
ciples and the rate Of duty existing in lG42
is TO be recommended aud adopted in view
Of the fact, that under their operation tn
Treasury was LanIlrupled manufacture
broken down, individual enterprise an
the hand OF industry paraIi2ed, and gene
:aI ruin brought upon all the interests an
'buslnesso OF the country; and OF the'cQuaII
alpabIe fact that the enactment of the pre-
sent tariff Immediately repIcnlshcd the eX
haustrd Treasury, restored public credit
and revived the manufacturing, mechanic
commercial, farming and Iaborng interest
Of the country. Can ii be that stairsmc
will risk such anolherrcyoIulion! Are II
the interests of the country, National an
individual, held 20 light US to allow Of
disregard Of such facts, for another Trial
the southern theOry-so pertlnao0usl.
and we think unrcasonahIy persisted ii
True, they may increase lhe rate G. du
above twenty per ceuI,fI there seems to |
adcfciency OF revenue but will that brir
money into the Treasury when the consl
ming portion Of the pulatiOn--nearly Il
wholc-is 20 hr0een down as to he unab
to purchase and there is not, conscquen
ly, demand for a sufficient amount Of ii
portatons to produce the amount Of rev
nue. required lOr the general expenses
the government, underany reasonable rat
We would ask: Is not the productive i
dustry OF this country It's real basis Of pre-
perltY Every one will answer in the 1
frnalive. How suicidal, then, the poll
of legisati"g dwcdiy to favor 'commmpio
rather than pr0dUciIoR. Why ~ 1t thNtE
look to the foreign market for our prodU
with 50 much OF interest, but that our sci
abroad add 10 our wealth at home, at 4
expense of the foreigner, and transfer /
wealth OF other countries TO our own!
And does not legislation to directly fay
the consumption of the products OF otlI
countries, in like manner enrich them n
impovcrish MS! Clearly itmust lie 50. \
Almighty effort is to be made, at the comj
session of Congress, to establish this pc
cy. Everything is doing, that can no dor
to prepare the people lorlhe change. 4
letter writers from Washington in that
tercst, as wclIas the press, are busiIy in Il
work, and manifest all carllestncsa that
dlcates o strong confidence in the acco
phshment ol the work, As sample,
will close this article with an cXuact Gt
the Washington correspondence OF the
mo Statesman, under date Of October 2,
alt II feared that some of our good de-
crallc friends in Pennsylvania and n,
York viii exert themselves to oppose \
Polk's great AID IaudabIc efforts to bH