The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-08-18
From the Lancaster Examiner
The Repeal of the Tariff OfASd2.

The nresent self-s,yled Democratic ad-
,,,;n;stration of the Union has at last
trowned It's absurd and ruinous policy
,.,;,b the repcaI OF the tariff Of 1872
This result was predicted by the Wings
when the shouts of the mechanics OF Ian
castermineled with the huzzasofthe miners
6,mapufacturers of ftheSchuylkiilV Valley;in
exultalion at the triumph of Polk and
Dallas And it was predicted before
those mechanics and miners and manu-
facturers had placed the means OF their
own destruction in the hands oil their en-
emies. before the casting OF their ballots
had sealed the fate of the prosperity oil
PENNSYLVANIA. But they chose to rely
upon the hedges of politicians who had
already deceived them times without num-
ber: and entrusted their interests TO DEM
aCogues who never hesitated 10 sacrifice
them on an altar of party, but whose his
tory IS written in thousand scars upon
fhe fair face Of their commonwealth. The
retribution, although deferred longer than
we anticipated, has at last arrived, and IT
as Just and natural. 1t has come sudden
Nv like burst of thunder from cloud
less sky, startling the would-be Democra-
cy of Pennsylvania from the repose OF
their fancied security, arrestIng the arm
of labor in Its descent, cloggsng the
wheels Of our factories, and blasting the
energies OF cur manufacturers. 1t has
come, an author Of desolation, spreading
the darkness of despair over the Com
anonwealfh, whose revlvIng powers had
alre I given bright and glorious ear
nest of approaching prosperity. 1t has
come 10 warn US, iu the hoarse tones ef
harBiRger OF evil, 10 prepare-to pre-
pare for the blight of misgovernment, for
deserted factories and workshops, for a
bandoned mines, for silent mills and fur
naces and forges, for ruined enterprrze
and prostrate labor, for stagnant canals and
obliterated railways, for private and pub
lie bankruptcy and distress, and for the
final and irretrievable fal OF the rising Gre
dit and honor of Pennsylvania.
The anxiety ef The Wings for the con-
tinuance of the Tariff Of 1912, alnost in
duced them to hope against hope, and to
believe that the Act might be preserved.
They trusted shat the obvious and num-
berless benefits which the operation Of
that nost salutary law had conferred upon
the country might become perceptible ev-
en- TO locoioco blindness and restrain the
destructive arm of even locoGoeo reckless
"a s.. They hoped tat the war into
which this sad administration had plung-
e / us, might require assistance from the
r venue yielded by the Tariff of 1912 and
at this inconsiderate contest might Sc
cure the protection of our industry. They
cherished the idea that an evil cause
might thus be happily brought to the pro-
duciion OF wholesome effect But
presidential wind from the south has dis
persed their hopes, and clouds pregnant
with ruiR have gathered over our heads,
and intercept the sunshine OF our prosper
ity- The light of the past is gone. and
the future S shrouded in gloom We ask
for protection, and are answered with
FOREIGN CoMPTITIoN, we ask for pros
Ierity, and we are answered with DEs-
TRUCTIoN, we ask for reUenue 10 sustain
the honor and credit of the nation and to
maintain foreign war, and we are told
we must resort TO DIRECT TAXATION Ave,
taxpayers Of Pennsylvania, when the
question was put to Mckay, the author of
the British Tariff Bill of 1916, how he
proposed t) raise revenue TO prosecute the
Mexican war, he declared by DIRECT
TAXATIONl
The Wings do not expect the repeal of
The Tariff to be Immediately disastrous 10
the interests of the State. 1t will require
months, al least to 6ll up the poisoned cha
lice which Pennsylvania has commended
10 her own lips. A measure fraught with
The pernicious effects we apprehend from
this, has never run its course or accom-
pilshed Its results la dav. But the cam
ke' is firmly seated in the once healthy
br sast of our industry, and although ii
may remain for while unfeIt and un-
needed, il will knaw ats way not the less
surely and steadily into cur vitais. Like
the patient, IA that most fatal and insidu-
Gus disease, the consumption, we may
Imagine ourselves strong and healthy, I'M
til the last agony is at hand, we mistake
the hectic excitement of the mortal strug-
gle OF our manufacturers for the glow of
successful enterprise, until we fall sudden
iy under the accumulated blows of suicidal
policy at home, and pauper competition
abroad Our only remaining prayer is,
that the recoil may reach us befores the
election of lS4s, that we may promptly
apply the knife TO the root of the evil.