Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-08-21
The Tariff Catechism, to be
answered only by Office hold.


ers.
r. ]. Walker, Secretary ofihe Urea.
sury. who purloined or pocketed the
commission Of his successor in the
Senate, and who is determined to make
himself as notorious in his attempts to
kill off the Tariff az Gen. Jackson ever
became in his attempts to kill off the
United States Bank, has issued a Cate.
chism composed Of forty questions. to
the several Office holders Throughout,
the United States.
Among the others, V. P. Van Ant
werp, now of the Fairfield Office has
received "several copies" OF these
questions, and no, having the ability or
time to answer them himself, he sends
a copy to his very dear friend, the edi-
tor of the Gazette, and requests him to
publish Them in his paper. so that each
Of the Clerks of the Courts composing
this Land District may give answers to
these questions; in case Of the absence
or inability of the Clerks; he bess the
Sherifs, Clerks of the County Courts
and any other individuals who NAV be
disposed, to furnish answers without
charge. We are inclined 10 think that
Mr. Walker will no, thank Mr. Van
Antwerp for doing this By proxy. and
making it so public. The object is
evidently designed to ge. eaparte state.
menls from the office holders who are
supposed to be inimical to the Tariff,
and these are to be used by the Secre.
tary in making on, his Repor, and Plan
to crush the Tariff, as correc, and off.
cial data. This insidious mode of al
lacking a measure that above all others
has added TO the prosperity of the coun.
try. simply to gain no,orieiy or to pu.
down all who are not engaged in cotton
growing, is most despicable.
Had we the room we should like 10
lay these questions before our readers.
But we have not. Not one in twenty
of the questions can be inteIigently an.
swered by individuals in this Territory.
They have no applicability to our cir
cums,ances. and if they had, the min
u,es Of data which must be collected
before they can be answered tru,hfuly
and in,elligently. require much more
time than is allowed. The ans yers
are to be handed in so as to reach
Fairfield before The 10Th of mex,
month.
Besides all this, these question. in
voive such an amount Of espionage lha,
they preclude full answers. Men en-
gagged in business will not permit them
selves to be caiechised as To their trade
and calling so mlnulely as these ques
tons call for The government, has no
right to question me abou, my private
business. The mex, step will be to
order the slipendiaries OF government,
to question the people on the subjec!
Of faith aud matters o. conscience.
1t is enough for the government to
know the general operation of the Tar
if on the general business and welfare
of the country. |, might see. if it
would, that i, has been eminen,ly bene-
fetal. But it is determined not to see
this. We have long seen tina, the war
on the Tariff was coming. But we
shall be mistaken if The additional null
iiplicalion of facts, going to prove lis
beneficial effects, does not overwhelm
Mr. Walker and his calechism. When
il was less known Mr. Polk was obliged
10 stultifv his own views on the sub.
ject to gain Pennsylvania, and now we
believe if the friends of the Tariff are
firm and circulate the facts. any patty
will be overwhelmed that may make up
an open issue against the Tariff of
1912.