Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-15
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is onward and our. final triumplris certain.

epnlaI body. Give Us what we haye-i. is the
coinmehcementofa great tcareer-ourprogress
is onward and our. final triumplris certain.
Resenuc Tariff Bill M-Ttwill be seen by our
readers. that Revenue T,rif Bill has passed
the House nj Representatives by majority OF
l6. a larger majority would have been obtain.
cd, if all the members in favor Of the bill had
been present. We extract The following fro !"
the Washington Union of The 9TH inst:
The BILL; with a few notifications, is
essentially thai Of the Secretary of III
Treasury. MIR. Walker embarked in :
new path, in which no previous Secreta.
had dared TO precede him. He reen.l
mended: first. The abolition Of all speclf:
duties and all minimums. aud the erclu
SHE ad uaiorem system. I'd. He recom
mended that no duty be imposed on an
article above thai lowestlate which wou:.,
yield The largest amount Of frevenue th
Sd. The wareho' sing sytem and all hav,.
been adopted. The great consrtuion
principle has beea indicated in the pa
sage. BY the House. of bill for reutnue a..
lis object and not for protection. All the
duties upon the t,ecessaries of life haSf
been greatly diminished, while luxurit,
are made to bear nuch larger propu-
ton of the re, enue. 1t was due to jus
tice TO stale that The largest vote for the
bill came from The West hut The Spulh
nubly sustained their long cherished prin.
ciples. Virginia, the great founder of the
democratic faith, was unanimous, save
one iii out of Is Representatives iu "a.
vor oe The measure. South Carulina, so
renowned for courage aud intellect, was
absolutely unanimous. All the Demo
Gratis of Georgia and North Carolina were
true to their grea, cause. One--we be-
lieve out one whig vote was given for The
bill. The man who had the moral cour-
age 10 give that vote was the upright aud
able whig member from Alabama. MIR.
Hilliarj. The democracy of New York
covered themselves in glory in their sup.
port Of The measure.
From Pennsylvania. so distinguished in
support of the war Of 1G. aud 1873. ant
SO ever ready to pour out -the le-hlood of
her sons in defence of the counlry-so de
vo.ed to the Union-so true 10 the demo:
cratic faith. on all other questions hui the
iaIilf, there was bu, sing lie vote for this
that came from the bold
and fearless, the truly and able eluqueul
WlImot. Lei him but wait year, to see
The operation of this bill delea, all the pre-
dictions OF his opponents, and his vote,
though now alone, will be the vote Of
II is a sing gular coincidence,
that Mr.. Wilmot. the only Pennsylvauiau
who voted for the bill, is a native of the
same town and county Of that State as
Mr.. Walker,
The following States. ten in number.
were unanimous in favor of The bill: New
Hampshire, SouIh Carolina. Alabama.
Florida, Texas. Illinois, Mis-,
souri, Michigan and Arkansas, (absen! on
the 6nalvote.} A majority Of the votes
of the following States were for the bill:
the abose ten States, and in addlion,7
Maine, (he Star of the East, unanimous.
save one, Virginia, North Carolina. Geor
gia. Loalsianai tnuanimous, sayssene,Ftin: IN
sedrced By sugar and molasses' lnaiana.
Ohio renuessee--in all, eigileen States
fnr the bill. New York equally divided,
Six States were unanimous againsl:lhe
bill, and a nnjorityiu three more asains.
tin all. uinc States.
The bill will produce twcnly.eisht mil
lions of net revenue
This bill vii! speak for itself; and. in
fact, we have no time 10 analyze its ;PrP-
visions. Let US stale, however, as lis
proud and distinguished characteristic.
that i, is revsnue bill. founded on ths
ad ualorem principle, and thai it totally re
pudiates The minimum principle. and all
Specifc duties. We can also state, in The
general, from the pes, authority, that il re-
duces the duties on cottons, on an average
Of all its varieties, and aboli>hlng all lis
minimum principles. al least Fifty per cent,
and on ,coGllens; The reduction is at eas,
ten per cent, and 50 OF with other articles.