Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-22


dced by and probably anticipated by others Of
friends who yet voted for the experimental tariff bill without
approving IT, Unless houIdbe repealed, materially
dGed its consequences belong 70 the developments Of
the future need illustrate the grounds OF convic
ton BY mnuer statements Let time test its correctness.
Fourth. In OF the tariff acts OF the United States IN
former years the industry Of own country burdened
by Determinations made against home manufactures Their
policy was to build up and destroy, protect and
not oppress Not SO the experimental tariff And IS
mistake suppose that the republican people OF North
Carolina any hostile to those merely because
they were s'proeciice ?? Our hostility aimed the
extent of the thing the thing itsef extreme proec
tion protection per With here and there an indlv
dual exceonor republicans in hoss days allowed to
der- boldly affirm that this the republican doctrine OF
State and the people will know it to be true when
them that it precisely the point Of our dispute with
the Nullfers They against protection out and oui
we the Jackson) republican party of North Carolina in
tcuar went incidental protection moderate protection by
a s'udcious tariff" They for declaring the tariff Of
1928 and 1882 unconstitutional, and multiplying because it
protected manufactures We thought was unjust because
the protection extreme but not unconstitutional and that
the Union be preserved What the republican party
Of North Carolina thought then, thought and spoke and
wrote. - . lia
And coming down recent events, lot say that
McKays bill OF 1874 tariff Of incidental protection
which you and and the Democrats in Congress from North
Carolina approved and sustained and the people of party
in North Carolina nowhere opposed last year, and the press
of the party defended up to the inauguration and afterwards
down the day Of the report from the present Se-
cetay Of the Treasury Careful study longer experience
and closer examination have confirmed me in the faith Of
those times fortified IL by the authority OF the adj
nnstationsl Of Washington, and Jefferson, and Madison
and Monroe, and Jackson, all Southern republicans and
Southern Presidents Is consistency treason II may be
misfortune that unable to change with the times
but would be crime to deny my faith To avoid msre
presentation give you the words Of those wise and eminent
and patriotic men. 8gAinl 8st t4tis taV Nttt e
INF here makes copious from the writ
ings Of Presidents Washington, erson, Madison Monroe
and Jackson show tina. their views of the Tariff conceded
with those advanced by Mr.. H. j. ~ saa . ss
Now the experimental tariff interpret il, fundament-
ally violated this doctrine. Disseminated but it did SO
against domestic labor and in that way and 70 that
it made upon the vital interests of the North And
pray, what inducements offered to North Carolina by
this experiment that her Senators should help the
UNNATURAL conflict What but the naked desire for an ap
parent party unity where there really party concord
For North Carolina had local Stale interest which will
be served or elevated by it. None, whatever.
The limits Of this address will allow of illustrations by
tedious detail Of enumerated articles that for
more suitable OCCASION only emakng for the present that
should be dngsnuous enough TO deny this chaactes
tic of the tariff who regards his reputation will ven
ue to contradict the fact that the experimental tariff does not
favor Of American manufactures and not to
discriminate in their favor moderately and reasonably by
live and let live law Of love amongst brethren OF acommo
country, is the thing principle though not IN degree
discriminate against them. Verify appeared to
that passage would be substituting the theories OF yester
day, learned the law office for the experience of fifty of
our Government and the practice OF all civilized nations
the United States. q3
Fifth The last objection shall trouble you with the
principle that all 80 duties to be laid all valorem
the remarkable circumstances connected with the
passage Of the that this ad parem article the de-
mocratc creed supported by the sanction OF no dsn-
gushed name but Henry Clays and Mr. Gays friends say
he has been msrepesented to furnish the authority
Another unimportant that the people
of my State have been commanded shono not
the doctrine Of party tariff of 4 al valorem duties
and therefore eacherous to them, when put II to your
thousands and tens Of thousands OF
good North Carolina Democrats, who far from having
adopted in their political creed did much as hear
of it until long my election to the Senate Let each
for himself Did you understand before
In sincerity declare that until after my election to the Sen
ate did not and presume you did not But think UNI
dersand now, my countrymen, and venture to guess that
the you know Of it and the longer shall be tried the
Bot let me tell you what it is 1t is lay duties
upon goods imported from foreign countries according to the
value of the goods the market from whence they comehe
sc fixing the per cent and the collector Of ascertaning the
foreign value Of whatever taxed viz the Of The tax
for which he is responsible bat to the Treasury
i Department, And specific duty the tax imposed
upon the arce-the L,o ITSELF however distinguishing
the values by establishing the particular of taxation and
leaving nothing for the collector TO do but to weigh or measure
the quantity wherein, If he be guilty of fraud, he may pro-
badly be Convicted disposed to Cypress the merchant he
can be prevented In Short where the tax specific the
collector only weighs the quantity where it is
ad palore he only weighs the quantity but
likewise determines, upon his Judgment the foreign
value OF the things imported ne UNIFORM rue as approved
by your Government has been heretofore that OF making all
the specific which be made and let the others
be ad vaorem reduce the list Of nd parem duties
from time, by adding to the list of specific. The
perimenta tariff condemns and repudates this policy alto
geher and prescbes of having all the duties ad
aorem, and of them specific With this explanation,
you have difficulty in comprehendng my objections to
i the new principle Of the experimental tariff tt.t ID
i Il was maxim Of the Revoluto that representation and
axaon should go together" Now this great principle
Of liberty nevefto despsed and the abrogaion of
be necessary the interest Of the Republic Butt means
nothing unless the duty of laying taxes by the %
and not By the officers who collect that the citizen who
reads the law may, far practicable IN what taxes
him; officers too whom the people have agency in ap
pointing and cannot who in assessing values
exercise their discretion and whose individual judgment,
this country the market value OF property IN all TO
reign lands be successfully impeached because the
witnesses do II live abroad, and cannot be got here and
they could would still be almost impossible 10 convict the
officer Of intentional falsehood 1t must be proved that he
wrong and knew Is not this doctrine then,
more than slight departure from this maxim Of the Republic
Sha he approved, upon the notion that this great principle
lof representative democracy has become impraccabe
Shall the pretence that the peoples representa-
tires will cheat them adopting the spec duties, aud
the that custom house officers will be
crupuous and more Just you in fixing the values under
system I'D palorem duties Ought such departure from
great and fundamental doctrine Of representative
tolerated. much engaed permanently into the laws
of people, without unavoidable necessity, and sanced
part democratic faith, without notice to the people
step further and shall be carried TO point where
Congress do nothing but declare the aggregate revenues
which may levied for the Government and leave the Trea
sury Department collect them may best TO IFS Off
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