Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-08-21

, disguise
and you shall see WHETHER taken with an un
necessary and improper abandonment OF the real Mcka
ol o. iett they DO no, show. that In my hostility tn,
experimental tsrid. faithful to you and my country
and true to myself and my party.
Fortunately Tor me, thcee opinions they look
forward 10 its ultimate consequences on the harmony
INC party OF the welfare OF the Republic, am no onse
under the necessity OF supporting by lsborcd
ror good OF evil the law has passed II II should be
OF modihed at the session. that will be OF
complete vindcsuon OF my opposition TO il Mt the prc,cn,
II should be permitted remain in force i'm the oru
' was required to vote IL, then time will do
etnihe Whether my opinion OF IL right wrong.
abide the result without fear yet. II know myself with
out wish 10 see evil Of it, merely Tor the sake
sstaneo to it,
These. then. were my opinions, a, they arc now,
fhst Our country Is involved in expensive war,
inc ~sest among its close. We have
large army invading Mexico and large navy of her
along the Paehc Ocean and in the Gulf Of Mexico The
sum already appropriated by Congress for the Government
expenditures OF the hsca year exceeds
dollars VIII the experimental tamil revenue suI-
cient to pay rs we so 2" Certainly Congress knew
tha' aud therefore authorized loan OF millions the
very time passing this tariff; and the first act OF
the next session will probably be millions
w" produce revenue enough pay haU OF the APP
propriauon,I am quite will Its advocate.
did not assert that will do much Wherefore ii
experiment works well its rends have pre-
eieied. the Government will fall debt twenty five mil
mons THIS (hsca)year. So long the lasts, and Tor
such period oi time after continue
wi he the same thing But At the experiment works
lily as Its more violent opponents have said why then
II will hardly 60 all think the truth lies between them
IL will work. but II will work badly, and work you deeply
IN debt add 1t II is adhered To "~hout alteration" the
paoe deo wi" De increased not much short OF THIRTY NIL
LIONS the hrst year, and way prevent ITS
yearly increase, except by = resort to direct taxes
peet ought 10 De our very last esort-puble debt
- an evil that sbhor more than since a
Der Of Congress- and therefore the conclusion OF INV
nind 'ha' TINS srh experiment ought not TO be red and
Svt'Ai"p nov Al nS Pa,uSuN un'e nc acts o congress
"neh went 70 uhhsh the revenue out To increase the er
pendurss did consistent with
any poNetnmeh', more esPeeisuy IN hme oil war The
. i s'sn, se'o'ulus 70 my Judgment was most unht
su0Iec LOT parry experiments ani al The time OF yearly
eNPenuure OF n'V m'ohs OF uoa' and OF atoregn war;
suen experiments amounted 10 parry rashness IL the war
,J 81" , ~, ','I @ mere we NneNeA
Pee'eu 10 terminate IL oS treaty Tor peace and new
territory, VIZ Cahiorna No honest country wo1ld take
II 80 p',''s I i' oNne. LOT ~, sho we
I Ouu' .n t eo' ye'u " upon any o'het terms
:, - ,.a1.J - - - y 80 ~ =, sN'
'' We ,,s' uueu oe money !" carry on 'ne Govern
men p . 'u' ', OF aliheue ana common
scr 'nu 60 'e 70 ~l.nnOu my support from Ia
-, 80 - " 80 y ~, ~ '"e eAPe"se VI 'e ma
No 49, e.e''' III , 80 4, , Ses,'1eI , go
-, 80. ~ " - Susu' 20 nave oeeh mEu'h-
- ~, 49,. 1'' ""e 'u1'eu inc uuues d carry as
In ai src.I ,s,,t;or. oc ,h. ,,,r ,;,i,.L; H.
h - a., 80 y, .. .e ann ullnnlng auhe''
,b $50 h S ~ I il IN -, aole no.Ie 70
PSNfi -, 49,. - -. ~ 80 " wiz oe Aneeeu oF
bn, !, docs no, hiring min io,,1 ,,n,o =, 49, ; e,
people NM giving time ,nfs,, i,c,or;.s - 5.",S
nv The hand " legislation and The Ia, ~ - -
,,,s es,,bl,sbr,.nfs are co,,nsII.s ., 5,;.L -
retons forthwith an. eonssIpen,y 10 d;.nh.a
of their I,b,rsrs and r.d,cs ,hs go - rLiS
,c,s,,,I, ,,,-s ,b,, ,bs ,,,,a.s $50. -, " -
N h.,, d, IRE sudden - =, - Iii : ~ 80 70
r. 80 49, C,,,iI,os = - - - IN w &c 70 many "
which the av-n,ker - c,r,,,,nJo5 80 -,. g. $500
Is bread'-he would be thus rdsIv ,sk;ns Re la, To- ~
1orknsu,n nj his cou,,rv Al b. .r,sy;ra.,aI -
act was the more objectionable in,.mucb as man, OF %
copn,rymc,-,bc Nnrhs,r /, -. - -. IS -
der twill be mt ont of emnIovmsrt i, The hn, -
winter when other employm will be oh.,n.d 81
Great dif6cutv. and At tho No,,h ,h. -, ;,L,, -
and wages encounter deg,.s 90 .,g,,;,. -. e., -
men, season which we nave no ,u. conceo,ion oT a. h
II Also sudden alteration ~ ,so ,,r;T -, -, ~
.itv dsu,b an. home male, ~ ,,r ,,.rre.a,,.. I
digger and mechanics and involve bundreds and bon
sands in lo.scs 10 soU,s mi, =, o,,s, aJ NO.
many
Eve, n had tariff I., ,b., sL,,il -, - ..t, -
~ =, fsU do, 20, b,.,;I, -, 80 ..s,.i I,.
would creats less Inconvenience Il, b, f;,,,o,n, -
its sudden change NAV oppre.s The moo, or do ;; =,
any section The Governn.,, ,,,Ib, =, - ..s.i
on all the peo5le and p,rcularly uron The ,b,ri i,
The manufactures, AT the Nortb are NOT ali .abho, -.
rances whose fortune has been the theme of 40 man,
tariff speeches The comproms SO tariff under Gene,,
Jackson in ls33 reduced The DIMES snnIIv .d s
caIly for nine wears IL gave nne vesr., not1r. b, G.
p,ym,HfaI TayiF will reduce ,l the dptiss ,o, onI C
months NOTICE The latter was harsh cruel unjust iegis
auon harsh the wealthy cruel the laborer and un
Just 10 both and the general welfare did require
Third. The Independent Treasury of itself N sr.,,
change; the Warehousing act another and the E1neri
mental Tariff the greatest Of them ALL will when taken
together work an entre revolution Of our financial system
One at time they might have been Introduced more safe
IT, some OF them wisely Bot by being so nearly unted
they will be, their commencement IL Is
calculated to excite apprehension and alarm To put them
into Simultaneous operation was indeed political move
men of party too violent and too potent for good They
will affect all the business of the people most niuriousy
and with Government expenditure Of fifty millions and
under twenty millions the Government itself may
be crushed under their combined operation To attempt
when the war abroad and the Government
the money market, soon expected there as boz
home, clearly appeared to my mind to be unwse
y regarding public credit and private confidence Re
Violations seldom reforms and certainly reforms need
always be revolutions Doe must reasonably fear that
without miracle, such strong measures acting with their
combined power against the existing order Of things in the
country, revuson trade, pecuniaTy distress
hard times popular eIcitemenis aud sectional agltons
preceding Tor tie Presidency aud do no
body any good but political agirators and rich specu
aufs thought they would 20 very far towards produ
cling overthrow OF the Democratic party, they did not
entirely accomplish These consequences were too ma
tural 10 be spprehended and mentioned result
openly predicted by and probably anticipated by
others Of my friends, who yet voted for the ex er
mental tariff bill without approving OF IT, Uuess it should
he repealed, materially modified ts consequences now