Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-08-11
PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL

We have the unalloyed qualification Of
stating that the Tariff bill has passed the
Senate with an unimpo,,ant amendment.
winch VIII probably be promptly consent
cd 70 by the House. That amendment,
consists in striking GU, the ninth section Of
the bill.
The question is now before the House
Will simply be upon striking out this ninth
section Of the bill. Ii has no connection
with the nature Of the bill or the principles
upon which ii is based, or any rate of duty
imposed upon an article. 1t refers merely
to one particular in the mode Of transac.
ting business al the custom houses. View.
ed in ITSELF there is no reason why the
House should delay moment TO concur
with the Senate, and we believe they will
not. Indeed, it is most probable that the
amendment has ere this been concurreG in
by that body, and nothing more is waning
but the Presidents signature.
The firmness which the Senate has
shown amid the circumstances has filled
every friend Of the bill with the highest
satisfaction. This is rendered still more
intense by the decided and noble course Of
the Vice President, who, unswayed by any
mere personal considerations of sectional
interests, has cast his vote in such man.
ner as was required by the great body of
the people, whose general representative
he is.
The bill itself, considered as law, will
receive the appreciation of large portion
even Of the manufacturers Very many
of them neither need or desire the HIGH
duties exac,ed under The present law, and
it is with perfec, indifference, except as a
party measure, that they witness It's repeal
1t is only the few whose interests are so
highly protected, and whose profits have
been So enormous, that made the lou.
des, opposition 10 the repeat OF the press
cnt law. With the mass Of the people this
bill will win high favor, 1t enlargcs The
| field of their Industry; il presents pew and
unlimited opportunities for the exercise OF
Their enterprise and energies; il annuls the
restraints o: the act Of 1912, which limi>
led the profitable pursuits OF all classes, and
confined them TO few fields Of labor, or
reduced the profits Of each man, which
are his stmuIants 10 exerlon; il repeats
an act which has enriched the government,
put which has, like an incubus, pressed up
on the energies Of the mass Of the people.
But how VIII the wings receive the re-
peal Of the act of 1912? Jus, as they re-
ceived the veto Of the United S ates Bank.
Ruin is already heir cry On every side
we are saluted with predictions of ruin to
the manufacturers, ran 10 the farme and
labore:, ruin TO the merchant aud utter ru.
in to the home market. Like deIuge,
| they say, one scene Of entire and complete
ruin will spread over the land. We are
forced TO join in this cry o.! ruin. Wep
dict overwhelming ruin 10 the un ust and
enormous profits Of the manufacturers; ru-
in 20 the immense bouaties on The exporta-
ton of refined sugar; ruin 10 the prince
| ly gains Of those who have nothing 10 sus.
tain them but the monslrous protection IN
justly afforded by the present law. Let
there be no VIII e amendment, to this bill, says
Senator Crttenden. Let il have no whg
traits about it, and then in the onset before
the people the wing parry will be moro u
nled.
The experience of the past years is moth
ing with this party. 1t is only by excite.
ments and panics that lis forces are kept
together or aroused to any action. Or
this subject there is one question between
them and the democrats-protecton 10
classes, or no protection. They dare no,
enter the lists for protection at this day,
and after the recent decision by the people
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