Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-08-22

dent Dallas, on giving ,he,ta( By vote on III,
ehstossnen. Of the Tariff Bill. Ia the tic vote
ayes n nays97, being announcer the Pres dent
oil The Senaie rose and said -
The Senate being equally divided on this ion.
Porlont question, | may be induIged IN !brnR,
stating the principal reason for the vote Fam re-.
CURED by the constitution to give.
Excluded from any participation in forming or
modifying the BILL, am bound to sanction or
condem u, exactly IN tho shape in winch j, stands
he responsibility deeply felt. 1t beGtigs, how
ever 10 The office assigned 10 me by my fellow.
citizens, and viii be assumed with frankness, and,
hope, not unbcrouing frmn6ss. The con
sequences OF my decision, either way. may seri.
ousIy affect the country. No one can entertain.
as 10 that, profounder soIicitude. But after,
summ"nIng TO my aid the best purposes and best
lights that can command. the cons, ducnces; be
they what they may must be hazarded
The System for obtaining the revenue ncccssa-
ry TO support tho government is established. dl.
reclIy or indirectly, by the p 'opIe of the United
states, within the IiuIils, and agrecably TO The
prescribed forms Of The constitution. What ever
Is asrerlaIned 10 be their will on the sub ecl. all
should undoubtedly acqulesce in. That there mr."
known and approved modes by which their will
Is expressed, cannot he questioned; and the public
officer who reads that viii with candor and in.
tegrlty, mny feel assured that he conforms TO the
Institutions OF his country when he makes 1.-the
guide Of his conduct. To my mind ample proof
has been furnished that majority of the people
and Of the States desire to change, 10 great ex.
tent, IN principle, if not fundamentally the sys.
TEN heretofore pursued IN assessing the duties on
For ~ ,,,,I
Itself in various ways aud IS atleSted by its re-
presentatEcs in the other house oil Congress. by
whom this blII ha, been approved. and whose ,otes
undenInby indicate the popular sense in tho large
proportion Of eighteen out Of tho twenty eight
States. 10 this Senate an ANALYSIS u The vote
before me dlsclOses that while SIX States (Ohlo.
Virginia. New Hampshire, Georgia, Michigan
aud Maine) are equally divided, eleven Lonsian',
Pennsyl wanna. Delaware. kentucky. Massachu.
settles, New Jersey, Rho!c Island, Connecticut
Maryland, n. Carolina and Vermont are againsl
and eleven Arkansas, Missouri, A labama, Illinois,
Indiana. South Carolona. Mississippi. New York,
Texas, Tennessee and Florida are for the change.
Peculiarly situated as am NJ my relation 10 the
national legislature, these impressive facts cannot
be overldoked. In case free from conslul on.
al objection. | could not Justiiably counterfeit,
by "a sort of official veto, the general will.
The struggle to exert without abatement tho
constitutional power eff taxation IN such u man.
ncr as 10 protect by high duties on imports m'ny
of the productions of our own soil and labor from
the competition of other countries. has endured
for mere than thirty years. Daring that porloi
system of high taxation has prevailed with
fluctuations of success and failure. 1t is as Wig.
orously and as exaclngIy insisted upon now as
ever, aud Indeed it would scem. in some instances,
as if the longer the advantage of peculiar tax
was enjoyed, the stronger became the desire for
lis continuance, and even its augmentation. Aud
vet i, ought 10 be remembered that this exercise
OF the taxing power by which the great mass OF
consumers are made to swell the profits OF few
brancAs of industry, was originally intended TO
be temporary, to be continued only so long as lis
continuance was necessary to the industrial Inde.
peudence and safety ofthe whole people. Such
was the language, the !nculcation, the spirh. IN
which it was prorosednnd justified by It's earliest
and wisesl friends. The design was 10 fsster
feeble "intant' manufactures, especially such as
we're essential to the defence Of the country IN
time of war. In this design. The people have
n.rsevered until. with some, but not we'shty eS.
cep,ions, these sapngs have taken deep root, have
become vigorous, expanded, and powerful and
A re reuared TO share the common lot Of humtn
pursuits, and 10 enter with confidence the tetde
Tree, far aud universal comper,'Un. u
The arrival Of this period OF time, long pro.
missed, has been anxiousy looked for by large
and Justly respected portion o: our feliow-ctzens.
who deemed themselves peculiar and almost ex'
elusive sufferers by the policy OF ProIeclon.-
Tney have sometme-perhaps imprudenily-en'
deayored to anticipate it. Their numbers,at lrst
entitled to influence only from their patriotisnm
aud lpeIltg nee, have gone on gradually 'ncreas'
inc AZ the system rpened 10 its fruit. and they
nav constitute what am bound by registered
facts 10 reyn I'd as decided majority of the Peo'
ole and of The Union. ."' '''-. I'D.
/. II IS undoubtedly true TINT this change Of D.
m ncial arrangement, brought about by Pnohc
omu,or, "wdiei ereryactsre ought 10 guide and in
ay.,ce sa,esmen," should, nevertheless, be char'
.ctert,zrd BY moderation. nay, BY scrupuous ten
barnes, for those interests of our fellow cIuzens
that are to BE affected by ii. The legislation
which encouraged their investments, their ed'ra,
,;o,,I or their habits, should cease, finally and
H,mIy. # required. but still soohing'y nnd gent
Iv. and hence NAV be pardoned for expressing
a regret that certain provisions which, ~ 'Hh
ho,ring seem, 10 I'm. trenchant. and sudden beyond
,he rnlls of The occasion, have been allowed 10
rem,iu as parts Of this bill. Were It IN my
nowrr 10 except these provisions from the opera
t,n Of nv vote, would do 50; but viewed as a