The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-27

the Middle and the Western States, are claiming
proieeGon; snd these States ~evsr elsis IN vsin.
The demands on the treasury are, moreover, not
to be met by a reduction Of tho tariff. national
debt Of 6fleen mions-contractod on declining
scale Of duties, in a time Of profound peace--and
the war upon Mexico, now carried on by the exec
utive authority aloneall concur in keeping the
onue standard high, and in admonishiDg the Secrc-
tary and the administration that money the sinew
Of war, and comes not by reduction Of duties"
The address further declares;
"The wings Of MASSACHUSETTS, therefore, before
you consider its provisions and call to mind its e
fects.
"They do not hold be psect; but they hold to be
better than any nee trade amendments would
They know too we'll and feel too deeply what the
They see and feel what Is now They assert that the
tariff Of isa2 the great agent Of regeneration IN this
matterthe first step In advance in our onward progress
From these resolutions, then, we are to under
stand that her wing members in the next Congress
are to resist the final annexation Of Texas, with all
the means in their power. We learn, further, tina,
they are disposed to try conclusions with the ex-
ecutive and legislative powers Of the government,
and carry the question of annexation to the Supreme
Court. OF course, we have fears Of the result.
They will be defeated before the legislative and ju-
dicial tribunals of the country. Then, what do
they stake by their notion" They making
an idle clamor to defeat of the most important
measures which was ever adopted by the United
States-a not calculated TO promote the in
terest of one section only but of al-of the North,
as well as the South; to open new field of trans
portation for the shipping of New England; new
market for their manufactures; new source ofsup.
ply, and the best TERMS for the great material
of their most profitable fabrics. 1t makes the
charm complete and gives the unrvalled control
of the best cotton region in the world, at the very
moment when England has been attempting in vain
to compete with us in the production Of cotton in
the East Indies. Such, however, is the influence of
the wing spirit of Massachusetts,, that she is willing
to part with all these splendid benefits, and allow
Old England, the great rival Of New England, the
opportunity Of controlling the cotton of Texas, for
the advantage of her manufactures.
The same address spprzes us, also, of the logged
determination Of the wings Of Massachusetts, to OPP
pose every reduction Of the tariff Of l842, with all
its SINS inequalities, and expressions upon its hack
This act was passed under circumstances of great
duress that forbade the adoption of any wise and
welLdigested system. 1t was passed by the votes
Of senators who protested against many of its pro-
visions at the time as unequal and unjust, who de-
clared that they would seize another time, and bet
ter auspices to modify its severe prov-.ons, and to
do justice to an oppressed community. The act is
decidedly unjust upon the face of il; its minimum
principle odous; its specific duties oppressive its
rates Of duties cxtrayagant; unequal upon various inn
poriant sections Of the countryespecally upon the
section 10 which Massachusetts is indebted for the
great material of her manufactures; unequal upon The
most numerous classes OF the community. The wings
will resist I'll reduction They oppose all reform,
and throw themselves upon the sugar. the iron, and
other partial interests for protection to the oppres
sive system Of cotton and wooen, and other favor
ed interests. Such is the whigery Of Massachu-
setts and with these principles it becomes our duty
to wrestle with all the spirit in our power. Be
il so!