The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-24

dency to derange the social system. That Il be
comes this country in particular connected a. Ne are
with Great Britain in an almost unbounded con-
merclal intercourse TO act with promptness, yet al
the same time with discretion, u no longer matter
Of doubt. Happily the new tarih ball has already
passed one House Of Congress, and We hope d
hear that on Monday, at the fuuhest, II has been
triumphant in the other. We believe that this bill
should it become law, will be well calculated "a
meet the exigency Of the times. We must on no
account stand still while other nations progress
ing. We learn from Germany that as soon a. the
debates in Parliament the laws and tariff had
terminated, the Zoll- Verien would commence rs de.
bates as To the amendments its tariff Former
accounts from Russia have assured us that IN con.
sequence Of the free-trade movements in England
extensive notifications would be made m ts tariH.
We therefore say again we must now act, and not
be driven to follow when we ought TO lead.
From the westchester PENN Republican
TARIFF or Ist2-PANIC-MR WEBSTER
Almost all the wing presses and politicians of the
country, aided in some localities by professed dem
ocrats, are busy engaged in erdeayorng TO create
panic among the people, because Of the proposed
modification Of the tariff Of lS42. 1t is, however a
remarkable fact, and one which is worthy Of the
serious consideration of every good citizen, and es.
pecialy of every true hearted democrat, that these
same presses and politicians pursued an exactly
similar course when General Jackson, with an eye
liberties Of the people, declared himself in opposi-
ton to the recharer Of the United States Bank, and
actually vetoed that dangerous and corrupt monster
Then we were told that the country would be ruin
ed, that our citizens would be made bankrupt, that
distress would prevail in all our borders, and
that we would never be able to get along without
the bank. Such were the prophecies Of the federal
leaders, and some bank democrats; but they were
false prophsis as time has since verified. Their OBJ
ect to make political capital against the dem
ocratic party and the object Of the federal presses
and lea lers now, in their OF the tariff question,
is also to make capital against the same pary-the
party that sustained the patriotic Jackson IN Kidding
the country of the monster bank.
During the bank panic we were told that the
country had become prosperous and happy under
the fostering influence Of that institution, and
that to destroy the bank would spread ruin
and destruction broadcast throughout the land.
General Jackson and the honest and true democracy
of the country did not believe; they Frustrated
the bank and now after we have got fully rid OF
its malign influence, the country Is, even according
to whig assertions, more prosperous than at any
former period Whence this prosperity Has ii
not been gradually coming upon us as we have
emerged from the financial difficulties of l537-'38-
1910, which were greatly aggravated, and, we
think, caused by the paper-money system of which
the bank was the head? 1t has But, say the wings,
this prosperity has been brought about by the tariff
of lS42! How do these false prophets show this
By citing the fact that the country is now prosper
GUS while in the years have referred to previous
to iS42 the country was not SO BY the same
course of argument we have Just as much right 10
say that present prosperity 10 owing to the ab-
sence of the United States Bank, because, when we
had that bank, in the years referred to- the country
was not prosperous, while now, without that nsti-
tuition, we have apparent prosperity.
But why should there be any objection to modl-
6cation of the tariff of 1892 That law, we have
heretofore shown not designed erpccted 10 be
permanent measure. Leading wings and democrats
who voted for it admitted at the time Of It's passage
that it was not what 1t ought to be; that 1t was very
imperfect that would not operate justly upon all
the great interests of the country; and, therefore,
that the whole tariff system should be more carefully
adjusted by subsequent Congress For all this
we have the highest whg and democratic authority;
and yet when the present Congress have taken up
the question for readjustment an effort Is made by
the federal wings to get up an ercemsn 10 rsupe The
panic daus Of the Bidde monster and 10 make The people
believe that the country is ABOUT 10 be ruined These
efforts cannot be successful The false prophets OF
the bark era will not now be conhded in when they
are evidently attempting to play similar game on
the subject of the tariff
The course of these panic-makers, however, IS
not only destitute of patriotism, but Is calculated to
prove preudcidl the interests for which they pro-
fess to have great regard They know that the
tariff of lS42 not only ought not to stand but that 1t
cannot stand OF this there is the most conclusive
evidence. There is decided majority in Congress
opposed to it; and even Daniel Webster himself, in
some remarks made in the Senate, admits that
,there is in the country, in all parts of the country
"a strong desire that the tariff subject should be
settled upon some permanent principle or means OF
Justice"
: Under these crcumstances--a change of the ia
riff of ls42 being certain to take place sooner or later
what vas and is the policy of Pennsylvania SO
far as her great interests Of iron and coal are con-
cernedi Is il to plant herself down in favor OF 1.-THE
tariff of lS42 as is" and go against any proposition
10 modify or change that law Most certainly not
Seeing that the public sentiment of the Union, that
the great agricultural interest OF the country de-
mand change, Pennsylvania, through her repre-
sentatiyes in Congress. should have gone IN for a
change; and by SO doing, she would have an in
huence which might have moulded the new law so
as to secure for her iron and coal more favor than she
could obtain by lending herself to the mad and des-
perate policy of the federal wings. We have no
doubt, from the information we have received that
had tho Pennsylvania members yielded to the evident
demand Of the country, as indicated by the votes IN
Congress- and as admitted by MIR. Webster, and
favored modification of the tariff Of 1912 the bill
would have passed the House of Representatives
with provisions favorable to our State than II
now contains provisions, however, which we trust
may yet be appended in the Senate.
But we have no time or space in which 10 extend
these remarks. We have quoted Daniel Webster
ms authority in favor of change of the tariff OF
1892 and an adjustment Of the tariff question upon
some permanent principle or means Of justice" and
shall conclude this article by giving the following
extract from speech delivered by him in the SEN
ate on Tuesday last, the l4th instant, when pre-
sentng memorial from Boston against the pas
sage Of the tariff bill now before the Senate:
"Mr. President, it cannot be concealed, and ought
not to be concealed that there has been, and that
there is, in the countryin all parts Of the coun-
try--a strong desire that this tariff subject should
be settled upon some permanent principle or means
Of Justice so it should not agitate, often as new
election comes up, the public mind. ] believe that
honorable and HONEST MEN OF ALL PAR
TIES VERY MUCH WISH THAT TO BE
THE CASE. | may say that there has been an
expectation entertained by others as well myself
that leading gentlemen Of the side Of the majority,
or some ofthem, would undertake TO deal with this
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