Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-05
WAR UPON THE TARIFF.

WAR UPON THE TARIFF.
There can he no doubt, from the ntimatons of
Secretary Walker in his letter to Mississippi and
from the tone of the Organ the subject, that
adsmonstration-fcigned or serious-is to be made
upon the Tariff of 1912 for which Mr.. Bucha-
nan and Mr.. Wright both voted and for the sup
port Of which Gen. Cameron, the new Pcnnsyl-
vania Senator, is pledged. Mr.. Walker says he
has been busy in the details of n bill, bringing
the Tariff down to the "Revenue Standard" and
the Union declares that the Administration will
be true, on this subject, to the principles which
brought it into power"
The Secretary might be puzzled 10 tell exactly
what constitutes a reuenue sandard-especiaIly If
We should undertake to pay the debt of Texas
and the Organ might be equally perplcxed to de
fine the "principes which brought the Admins
tration into power" We have some signal ex.
amples ON this head before For instance,
late meeting of the "Dcmocracy" in Alabama.
declares that Mr.. Polk was pledged, both while
candidate for Governor of Tennessee, and for the
Presidency, to the support of a 'c!ear and upe.
tquivocal revenue standard"-and that, "whatever
may be the peculiar views of a small section of
the Democracy Of the Union, we are pledged
a party, to principles which are az with the
Tariff of 1Si2."' This ':sl:r'l section" can be no
oher than the great State of Pennsylvania, (giv.
ing SO electoral vo;cs) in which State, it will be
recollected 'Pok, Dallas, and the Tariff of lSl2,"
were prominently inscribed the "Democratic"
banners. Ii il in this State. too, us we learn
from the Harrisburg Union, that a "Po'k fur.
mace" for iron, has been erected by the '.,Ion.
. G. Myers, of Clarion County" a brass fur
mace might be much more appropriately named
after Mr. Polk Ii seems tina; the Hon. c. Ny.
ers has full confidence in the permanencc OF the
Tariff under the present Administration
We have that sort of confidence too-for we
believe Mr.. Polk has sagaciy enough TO see, that,
deprived of the beneficial influence of this great
Wing measure, his Administration would prove
an utter and disastrous failure: and although he
may indulge Mr.. Walker and his Organise, in
their twadde about n reduction of the .'odious''
measure, he is perfectly satisfied it will all end in
smoke. No material or substantial reduction can
be made, without bringing irretrievsble ruin upon
the dominant party-and what is of far more
consequence, INJURY TO the country at large.
We do not doubt that an effort will be made
for hear from other sources, beside the Alaba.
resolutions, that the Southern leaders
open. mouthed in their denunciations of the "ma.
lign influence" exercised by Messrs Buchanan
and Marcy, not only upon the dispenSation of pa
troLage, but upon this very subject Of the Tariff.
They do not expect unanimity of action or concert
upon this topic, in the Cabinet-and they are
talking loudly of another resort TO Notification,
if nothing be done.
These denunciatons are certainly premature as
40 the Tarif--ior what in this respect, has Mr..
Polk been able TO dol Not having the poWer OF
Legislation himself he has done all that in his
pcwer-he has permitted Mcssrs. Walker and
Richie TO "throw tub tn the whale" for the pre-
sent--and il is stated. that whilst the burthen uf
the Secretarys financial report will be the subject
Of reduction TO the revenue standard" the Pre-
sident himself, will touch the subject in his Mes
sage, in the true noa-commmdl style, bearing al.
ways in remembrance his electoneering letter to
Kane of Pennsylvania; and will make new ef.
fort to gull both wings Of the Democracy.--a task
IN which he has already pretty well succeeded.
The Knoxville Standard declares protection
.'must be abandoned" and that ''to no man more
than James X. Polk, will the opponents of the
present Tariff be indebted for tie accom-.
plishment of an object 40 desrabe"-and tho
Union exclams, in apparent ecstacy, that at has
no doubt" that this remark "exactly represents
the character of Mr.. Polk, and that time win de.
monstrate the accuracy of the sketch" 1t further
adds, that, "in justice to his own consistency, to
his long-apoved principles, aud to his solemn
pledges TO Kane, we suppose,) Mr.. Polk can do
nothing else than propose reduction of the Ia
riff to a more rea sonable Standard
In little more than four months from this fine
we shall see some Of the "DcInocracy' in a ludi
crous plight, and more than 'small portion" Of it
anIously inquiring "who's the Dupe'" That
somebody is to be again humbugged, no one who
has observed passing events, can for moment
doub,-and that it will be the "Chiyalry' again,
we have Just as little doubt.