New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-20
Hon. VIM. II. Haywood's Reasons for Resisn-
Ing on the Tariff Question


nj, ra+bAr than vote Tor the New Tariff. holding
himself bound bv Legislative Instructions not 70
vote against ii Mr. H was ferociously De-
nouuced for his course in the House next day and
rhereuDon declared that he should give his reasons
in full Tor his course at proper season. That
pledge has been fulfilled IN An Address TO the
People OF North Carolina, which has Jus; reached
Us I, Is frank orcible and must 20 thousands be
conclusive We have room only for Mr. HAYWOOD
reasons Tor opposing the New Tariff bill which are
as follows
Firs, Our country invo!ved in 81 expensive war,
and the wse=t among you cannot ioresee IL close We
have large arrny invading Mexico and large na=T OF
her coas; along the Pacific Ocean and IN TIE Iu c;
Mexico The already appropriated ~ Congress 10!
the Government expenditures Of me fiscal year exceeds
FTFTT MILLIONS OF dollars VIII TIE Experimental arm
raise revenue sufficient 70 pay Te 60 Certainly
no; Congress knew mat and therefore authorized
loan OF ton millions the ver tae we were passing
this Tariff and the nrst OF the next VIII pro
baby be one for ten millions mere VIII Il produce
revenue enough to pay 0Vsta Of the appropriations =
am quite sure WI! not IL advocates did not assert
tina, il will DO much Wherefore il this exper:-
nen vel! a. il warrne=t friends have predicted
the Goverirnen, Will fall IN debt twenty-five millions th-
FISCAL year So long az the war lasts and for such
period .: lime after il the expenses continue y
viii BE- the -a.ne thing Rt il me experiment works
liz - violent opponents have said OF u why
then i viii hardly 20 at all think the ruth e7 be
tween them j; viii work. but II viii WORK badly and
WORK yeu deeply in debt and i Il adhered 70 Win
out alteration tne public e5t Will De increased not
much hor, Of thirty millions the irt year ana can see
no honest prevent II yearly lncTc- except bE
resort to direct taxes.
Direct taxe- oush; 4, be- our very last resortrubic
deb, i evil that ahhor, nc-c t.hn cer since was
member OF Congress and therefore il Sas the con
clusi5n OF my mind that this Tariff Experiment ought
no: 10 he tried and certainly no, nj this particular time
The acts o. Congress which went 10 diminish the
revenue hut to ncreas. lie expenditure did not seem
~ 10 be consistent with prudence Ut any 'oNtiH
mont more especially IN time OF Tho Ia-lt sys
tenn according my judgment wa most Unit SUBJECT
for party er!meut- and et the time 81 early OK
pendiure 0! htty millions OF dollars a:.d OF ore.sn
wa such experiments amounted to party rashnesS. J!
the war should end It'll the Government here We
knew expected 20 terminate 1t by treai 10Y pee -
. nov ,rr,itorv viz California No honest country
would take the territory without paying TIC owner iu IL
and If we would Mexico cannot yield II upon aiy oner
terms Hence whether were 10 have peace or war
vim Ncxico we needed much more money 10 carry on
the Government. When the plnnest rules OF arithmetic
and common thus compelled me- 10 withhold my
supper, from Tariff experiment 10 be mad" now ~
the e.rn. Of the Nations credit hos could hesitate
SscoRd Tho Tariff OF -i2 ought 10 hive hecn modi-
fed but not by winch reduced the duties as early a.
the lst Dcccinb.r
In al! great alterations oi the Tarif diminishing duue-
the reductions ough; 20 be made upon reasonable luuce
10 the peopc who's" property and business Will be affect
ed by them In that there may be Inconvenience
10 some but il does bring rln down upon so many
innocent pcOui" Not giving time infant lhcio rs AZ
desrovci by lie hand OF legislation and the older and
more mature establishments nre compelled 10 diminish
their operations forthwith and consequently TO discHfg
number Of their aborers and reduce the wages OF all
Tho aborcr. suffer more than the owners because they
ARE les able 10 bear The sudden loss OF work VIII
be- 10 many them and their families loss OF food and
ramout and that which the law maker i coiihnhhdeu
TO pray for-hs daily bread,-he would be thus rude
ly taking by law from the workngInnn OF ms country
And the xperincntal Tariff act the moro obccuona
bic inasmuch many OF our countrynen-he Northern
who suffer under lt-Wl. De put our oil
employment in the beginning oil winter when other en-
lcyuens viii be obtained with greater difficulty and
n, the North the poor when without labor ana wages
encounter n degree Of suffering in that mclemen sea
son which we nave gust conception Of al the South
You mus before you can fully appreciate II Also
sudden alteration OF the Tariff must OF necessity DIS
tlrb the home market OF our manufacturers coal-d='
gers and mechanics and involve hundreds and thou
sands-n losses ruin to others and suffering 10
many.
Even bad Tariff law then should not be repealed 50
~ 10 fall down too hastily when IL gradual aoroga'
non would create less Inconvenience 10 the Govern
ncn and IL sudden change may Cypress the poor or
do injustice 10 any section Inc Government ou-H' ~
have compassion on al the people, and particularly
upon the aborug classes. The manufacturers at the
North urc all Abbott LawTence=, whose fortune
has been the theme OF 80 many Tariff speeches The
Compromise Tariff Act. under General Jackson IN -i5,
reduced the duties gradually and periodically Tor niie
years. Il gave nine years notice IktS kTper"HeHta.
Tariff will reduce all the duties upon only four months
notice The latter was harsh, cruel unjust legislation
harsh 10 the wealthy cruel to the laborcr, unjust 10
both and the general welfare did no, require il.
Third Tie independent Treasury, OF itself great
change the Warchousng Act another ana the TX
pcrimicnta Tariff the greatest OF them u!!-w, when
taken together work entire revolution oil our man
cal system One at time they might have been nitro
duccd more safely. OF them wisely But by being
so nearly united they viii be IN the time OF their
commencement il Is calculated 10 excite apprehension
and alarm To put them into simultaneous operation
was indeed political movement OF party too violent
and too potent for GOOD They VIII effect all the bus
ness OF the people most iujuriously and with Gov
eminent expenditure OF nifty millions and revenue IN
der twenty millions. the Government Itself may be
crushed under their combined operation To attempt
il when the nation Was nj WAY abroad and the Govern
ncn was in the money market soon expected there
borrower at home clearly appeared 10 my mind 10 be
unw.cly eopUrding public credit and private conn
iencc Revolutions seldom reforms and Ger
tuiny reforms need not always be revolutions. one
must reasonably fear. that, without miracle such
strong measures acting with their combined power
against the existing order OF things IN the country may
create reyu>on III trsdc- pecumary distress hard
times popular eXcitements aud sectional asStons pre-
ceding another contest tor the Presidency ana GO no
body any good but political ag.iHtors and Hch
spectators thought they would 80 very iaT toward
producing an overthrow oi the Democratic party, II
they did not entirely accomplish IL these conse
oucnccs were too natural not 10 be apprehendsi aid
the astmentioned result openly predicted by some
and probably anticipated b. others. OF my own Trends
who vet voted for the Experimental IaTr bl. without
Approving of II Unless il should br repealed mate
rnllv modified lis consequences now belong 10 the de
veopn,cns OF the future - need not illustrate the
grounds III CONVICTION oN minNitr slAirie!- Let
,me tcs, is correctness.
Fourth in none Of tie Tariff acts the United States
in former years the industry al our own country
burdrned ny discriniua atoms made GEdlS, home
tacturcs Their policy was 10 build 40. and mol 10 de
! slroy-lo protect and not 10 Cypress Not - the EV
pernnental Tari. And Is II not mistake to suppose
that the Republican people OF North Carolina We're Al
ANY time hostile TO those acts merely because they
were 'pro,,csir5," Our hostility aimed a. the
ten; OF TIE thing the Ting ltsel,-a, CHROME proec
lion. protection per WIKI here and there III ndi
/ vdua exception (or Republicans those days
allowed 10 d,rer) boldly affirm that this the Re
publican doctrine OF state and thr PEOPLE will
know ]! ~ be when remind them tha,'i, pre-
cselv the point OF dispute with Inc Nuaers. They
wer,, against protection and ont We hr Jackson
Republican party OF North Carolina in particular went
for incidental NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. protection by ju-
dcious rarh" They FOR declaring tlle larlt o.:
lses and l> unconstitutional. ana uGll:yns IL because
il protected manufacturers We though; It was unjust,
because the protection but no; uncoustu-
,iona and that the Union mus, be presented. What
the Republican party OF North Carolina thought then
/ Thought and spoke and wrote.
And coming down 10 more recent events let me say
that McKays Bill fist Tariff OF incidental Pro
lection. whicA Won ana sni all the Democrats IN Con.
:rc-s from North Carolina approved and sustained and