Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-16
The Administration and the Tariff.

WI 'ecictdfy "dikeT says tnat MS Time
is engrossed in arranging for a reduction
of The Tariff. The Tariff must have fell,
itself sufficiently Inundated when reduced
to the necessity of suffering the ar.Erosch
of SO small an insects The Tariff was,
as i, could not otherwise have been, Just
ly indignant at such an intrusion, and is
reported TO have exclaimed on his ap.
proach WHO'S .h.re!'
Secrelary--Its me-liule Bobby Walk
| er.
Tarif-Oh! IFS You. is it, well, sit
down. there's stool.
Sec-Oh! l'm jagged in the back with
something.
Tar-You are, are you! You will be
Tagged worse than that before you get
through with me. What do you think
hurt your
Sec-Qn eviden. sullering.) am sure
don't know.
Tar-Well, ! will tell you. 1t was an
American made pin. A production Of
my own. |, flew at you by instinct to
show you its quality.
Sec-l.'s very sharp.
! Tar-Sharp, yes; can you impor. sharp.
er or better from Engl4ndl Here is
something sharper still Let me try
Sec-Pardon me, Mr. Tariff; came
here in friendship. did. indeed. Tha,
splendid case Of instruments that razor
those pen-knives, knives and forks
those innnmerabe, and must say beau,i-
ful surgeons nstruments-,hose wood
ocr he
drawer, padlocks, knobs. catches Of iron;
brass and plated that saddlers' ware.
buckles, brides. s,irrups, rings. Those
kAUGHPHY mils-spades, shovels. ,ongs
Hinges, iron. and brass-ihose files and
rasps-scissors, shears--this immense
variety Of things--will you--now the
pain of this j. going of--will you tell me
where such things are made!
Tar-Tell you, yes. They are made
in Piusburgh-all Of them--every thing
YOU see. and thousand things more than
you see.
Sec-1n Pit,sburg! BY whom. pray!
Tar-By who? Why. by ME. | made
them--I made them by this hand--this
very hand tina. lam told you come here to
reduce. ss
Sec--I beg your pardon, Mr. r. did
not know that you had been so useful and
industrious, or would have made your
acquaintance before left there.
Tar-Before you left there! could
not get there ill all such fellows as you
left. could never have go. there or any
where else, it such as you existed a, all.
Ii was when you were all buried that
came to life and wen. 10 work. Here, do
you see that nail!
Sec-O, yes--tha,'s Pittsburgh nail.
Dough. pound once, when lived
there, to make box to put my kitten
in.
Tar-Very possible--and can you mind
wha, you paid for i,9 as9
Sec-I have the bill here q fear there
is no receipt on IT, Here it ISIS
cents.
Tar-1 have now a thousand machines
there; put up. all Of them, by myself; and
have good profit selling them at cts
made the English pay 50 SO duty on a
box Of 8 by 10 window glass, and then
built, don't remember how many works
at Pittsburgh, and now sell j. for half a
dollar less than the duty charged. Here
is shirt sleeve-examine tina, clo,h.--
That was never made in the United States
at all before my time.
Sec-Yes, lremember that my wife
go, some of that at Pittsburgh. She got
a bargain Of il, she said, by paying the
cash; she jewed the shopkeeper down to
rs cents the yard, she said.
rar-No doubt make that. have
five or six factories at Pittsburgh and am
now building more there. have three
hundred in New England, where EN-.
ploy and pay fifty thousand men and
women, and through my influence, ener.
gy and skill, am able TO sell il for 8 cts.
yard sell it for less than The duty
charged on it which your ugly mouth
pieces say are depressing the people,
Now how dare you, in the face Of all
these Things come here TO touch or inter.
fere with me. &c. you gone, you imp
, of foreign inhuence--you hireling of the
English manufacturers--yo enemy oil
your own count-y-you mere creature oil
an mposture party-you thing of day
and never appear here again to interrupt
me in my work.
The Secretary sIoped and hid his con
=, fusion in crowd at party given thai
evening by the British Miniser.-PiHs
burgh finer.
! The Po,Oer Of the President In
! Howe's Historical Collections Of Vir.
r ginia, a work recently published. various
, illusions are made 10 Patrick Henry and
his opinions. The following passage re-
+ lates to his views on the Constitution Of
! the u. States: frHs4
; '.He was opposed TO the adoption Of che
Federal Constitution becaifse he thongh
it gave too much power 10 the Genera
, Government; and in conversation with
; the father Of the late venerable Senator
from Prince Edward. he remarked will
emphasis: .rhe President Of the U. State.
: will always come in at the head Of par.
,y. He will be supported IN all his acts
: BY party. You DO not now think much
Of the patronage Of the President: but the
day is coming when /. will be tremen
dous, and from this pUwer the country