Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-09-04

OPINIONS OF THE NoRTHERN AND SOUTHERN
FEDERAL PREss-'FhE TRiFFF-At the ao,,h
we find every federal press -assaiIihE the new
Tariff Dill, on acconnt dfits free traue 'prirc-
Piles, ard crying DIT '"tepeal'' 'srehealT'
throughout New Ensiaa The thost absurd
@4hd 'fidcuohsT ndtcti1es are made Hy these
federal drgdhs, that the whole tcotfsftty will
teftAlhfy- Inevitably BE ruined, because, as
they say, 4Ae Tariff of'l846 will be 4he means
Of the country being 6terstockea with British
goods, and thereby prevent o1ft manufacturers
from making support. The most Iamenta-
ole tales are told Of hands be4fsg discharged by
me hundreds, &c.,'Ec This is the cry at the
north agAtnSt'thc Anti protective principles of
she Democratic Y'arif bill of 1876. Now let
us look South Of Ts whlle, and see what the
federal ~presSTn that quarter have TO say on
the 'sutject the MiIIedgevilIe Recorder, the
leading orgdh of the federal party in Georgia.,
Ehus reads & chapter on the bill under consd-
r6ration;:--
In late number Of our paper we stated, by
way OF calling the attention of our readers to
The tact, tina: the Wing members from Geor-
Itia voted against the passage of the TariH, dc
. This was because its FEATURES, or
I. Exc too protecfiUe. Mr. Clay,
he WAS the whiG Ca pros;a,a,
cy, and because Georgia WETgsc%
election, our opponents attempted Is 81
oPon us, party, an odrocacy 9PrincipIes en-
5raced iH Mut Till. la other words. wh4teve
Air Claw IN f:,vor Of ODOoc.l
were in favor Of, or opposed to. No such
shing! TIE prsnctpIes aUo'ocd by H'. clay on
Fhe Tariff toere euery 0ne IF them, almost IN til,
same language, adUancedby M. Polk. Btt,oec,
the too candidates, there 1caS MT q particle q
difference in kAeir drowed principles. 70 The
TIrt, t~eG, OF 1912, while we supported Mr.
CLAY, who advocated it. we were opposed
so were the whig members from Georgia, fo
they voted against it, as did our Senator, the
qIon. j. 81. Eerrien.
We agaiss come 20 the Tariff Of t6 As
fdr as we have had an opportunity Of in7est
eating its items, we pronounce it 6Rt kttk o1
no better Fhan the Tariff Of 1912. AS a mem
ber Of Congress, we should have voted agains
II on that ground, if on no other, bat yrv~ no
tires # pOficy-for the better reputation here
after Of the popular wiIl-we wiss, it may
pass and become law.
lNuHHicuL WHICH dH iHGlSHdHI HSOptt
will pass upon them, (the DemcratsD wiI
amply repay the Whigs Of Georgia, who, as
party. have been so otlen and sojuLcIy ckarse
with favorng high protective Tarit'!'
1t further thus characterizps the new law
"With features in it somewhat prcferabI
TO the act Of 1927 is yet as obnoxio~sa hin
in our opinion, to the South, account IF IL
Dr0tCcLtUe features tycncTaLia, as the Northern
Democrats could pass without o~tEagiag <ht
country and the constitution.
The Wing party Of Georgia is an ansiT
riff party-oPposed m"ch TO protective
Tariff as any other Farsy. Those who writ'
otherwise, in oar oPiaion, naisreroesesst thera
They are verse thau 0srepresened, too, whel
it is said they are opposed to the late Tariff
bill, because it does not sufficiently protec
certain articles. Why, projections sticks Out ii
almost every feature Of it. Upon this gto"nc
ave shall oppose 1t; and we believe npon TIL
ground it will be condemned 10y the Georgi
Wings"