The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-21

uuflng the SESSION. OIL lO4l-'4S,
| Mr.. EWING, with great good humori Are you GER
tain my name is signed to the address, ..
| Mr. CHASE. | will assert that fact, unless my
colleague wishes to put in the plea OF non est fac
| hlm.
Now, Mr. Chairman, will frankly admit that no
positive and unequvoes preference Is expressed in
the language for free trade protective tariff;
yet we are led to the belief, if language is intended
TO convey ideas, that their choice was not proec-
hpe tariff in preference 10 free trade In fact, when
we recolect the alusion made TO the interest which
they had sin The long and uamilgaisd yet continued
conflict bsitoeen the manufacturing and agricultural
States for free trade protective taiG, bearing in
mind that Tennessee was what is called an agrieuL
ttral State, we are almost rresistibly driven to the
conclusion that they inclined TO free trade, and
against protective tariff Whey allude to AN inter-
est. An interest in what An interest in certain
struggle then going on. Between whom The
manufacturing and agricultural States. For what
Free trade or protective tariff The manufacturing
States were unquestonably struggling for protec-
tive tariff the agricultural States, therefore, must
have been contending for free trade. IT, therefore,
Tennessee took any part in the Conflict" it must
have been on the side Of free trade because she was
an agricultural State; consequently, these gentle
men, II they meant anything, regretted that senators
could be be elected to array themselves upon the
side of free trade, and against protective tariff.
A. Wing menlbersm Congress, lS42-It is fact
worthy Of recollection, that the whig members In
the 9Th Congress from Tennessee, with but ex-
eepton, voted against the tariff of 1912.
The bill passed the House of Representatives by
the following vole-yeas l04, nays 1903. The Ten
nessee delegation voted
YEA-Joseph L. williams-i. .. ...
NAYS-Thomas ID. Arnold, A V. Brown, Milton Brown,
W. Campbell Thomas j. Campbell Robert s. CsrS nth
Clelland, H. L. Turney, H. NJ Watterson and c. H. Will
liams-la
But it is right to admit, Mr.. Chairman, that some
Of the wings who voted against the bill, assign as
for having done that a clause authorizing
the distribution Of the proceeds Of the sales Of pub
lie lands in certain cases contained in former act
was repealed by the act Of lS42. Now, sir, give
them the full benefit Of this defence, and what does
il avail themi They voted against the act Of 1912
II now understand their views, they are for the
act Of l642. why this changei Not because there is
a distribution clause in the act of 1912. No, sir;
that bill remains unaltered since its passage. There
was no distribution clause In the bill them there is
none now. They voted against il then, they are
for il now. Their votes were cast against it in 1912
for the want ofa distribution clause. Do they
tain it now for the same reason'
But let US take another view OF this defence. A
bill passed the House of Representatives on the
10th Of July, 1912, in which was the following sec
ton:
SEC. a. .and Be further enacted That the provso to
the sixth section of the entitled IAN to appropriate
pre-empon rights" approved September T. ls4I te and
the same is hereby, repealed.
The prouiso of the act alluded to specified, if it
was necessary TO impose duties higher than 20 per
cent. as provided in the compromise act, then the
distribution authorized in that act should cease
The act which passed the House Of Representatives
July l6, l942, vetoed by President Tyler, main
ly on account of the repeal Of that proviso.
Now to render the excuse of gentlemen available
for voting against the tariff of 1872 upon the ground
that there was no distribution clause in It. they must
hapa cd fba h,1h,x sSaA fba nf
Representative, July l6, 1912, and which did con-
tain distribution clause. And yet, sir, we find the
whig portion Of the delegation from Tennessee
equally divided upon that bill
YEAs-Messrs. Arnold, 7. J. Campbell NJ. r. Gentry, u
NAYs-Messrs Milton Brown, VIM. b. Campbell Robt
l.. Caruthers, c. II. Williams.
| have thus examined the position of the wing
party down to l642. Since that period they seem
to have been forced by unfortunate alliances, or
other causes, from their former ground they have
turned their bayonets upon their old associates,
and are now battling with all the zeal Of new con-
verts for the protective policy and the odious tariff
of 1872
"Mans strange animal, and makes strange use
or his own nature and the various arts;
And likes partic ularly to produce
Some new experiment to show his parts"
Having disposed of this branch of my speech,
will now illustrate the effect of the tactics Of the Ten
nessee wings they are noiU understood, upon the
promising, however, that will not guarantee the
permanency of system Of wing discipline at war
with the welfare of the majority of the citizens of
Tennessee.
r..". ll.-HoME MARKET.
1t is with no little confidence that the friends of
the restrictive system hold up to the farmer the
blessings of home market. Its importance is con-
SANITY the theme of their praise, until the foreign
market, commerce, and everything else, sinks into
pntb, Tha,, LuLt ,,,,n
produce competition--the farmer will abandon his
plough and become a consumer instead of pro-
Queer; all resulting in this glorious home market
Mr. Chairman, there might be some plausibility in
this assumption, if there forests to be clear
ed up, if the amount Of production of the American
soil had reached its highest point, if the power
should cease which mankind possess of begetting
their species. But sir the oak and the pine spread
ing far westward to the Pacific ocean, are yet waving
their towering forms undisturbed by the woodlands
axe. Vast and gloomy forests only tenanted by
bowling beasts and lurking savages. Our soil re-
pays bountuly the husbandmans industry; Eu-
rope still pours forth her thousands annually seek
ing liberty and happiness. Man yet prefers to
breathe the pure air of heaven and quench his thirst
from the cool waters which burst from her hills, to
confinement in unhealthy manufactures; and, shun-
ming the tolls of the crowded, confined, and ioyless
corporations, seeks Independence and happiness in
the country, "where the cricket is heard upon his
hearth, and where his fire never goes OUT.
Cast your mind over this vast country, COM
mencing upon the eastern border and running along
the line dividing this country from the possessions
of England, TO the Pacific; thence down the Rio
Grande round the Gulf and along the Atlantic coast
to the beginning. Within this line is enclosed an
empire with more than any other on EARTH
and with hardy, honest, and industrious people to
develop them. Even east Of the Alleghanies and
west of the Rocky mountains, the soil and climate
might well please and satisfy the mind. But when
IT attempts to take in the valley of the Mississippi
its water power its vast and fertile plains its millions
Of acres of rich and virgin soil, the myriads of hu-
man beings who are destined to develop its i'm
mense resources, the amount Of produce which
will float down its bosom seeking market through
out the word-when we think of all this, emotions
almost of contempt arise in our mind at the idea of
crowding the agricultural products of such country
upon home marketH and Of combining its resources
within its own borders.
But let me refer, Mr.. Chairman, to some of the
agricultural productions of this country. According
TO the reports of Mr.. Ellsworth the following is the
amount of wheat and Indian corn raised in the UNI
ted States in l842-43-'44, viz:
Yaars Nunnher If h,ish