Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-07-25


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1865
The whole Democratic majority of the State of Pennsylvania
was something over 900 and will be SEEM therefore, that
these counties sustain the Democracy of the State.
The town of Nostown not In the coal or iron region
It manufacturing town, and owed much Of its prosperity
the large cotton manufactures which had sprung up under
tariff laws and which gave to its neighborhood market
for its agricultural products In 1910 its population about
1880; it contains 1000. Montgomery county
gives a large and decided Democratic majority.
Mr.. SEWER said he sorry TO the Senator from
Pennsy engaged in panic making this mornings but
do the Senator justice he must say that he did with plea
SAINT smile, as though 1t fstrate good Joke. They
had heard good deal about condolences there
thing like coincidence in the of proceeding here
the first thing upon the meeting Of the have
prayers by the Chaplain, then the reading of the Journal
and next hour and half be consumed in recng
SOFT Of funeral dge from the pensioners Of Pennsylvania
He had sat quietly and patiently hitherto while all this
going because the Senator himself seemed b treat the
matter excellent joke Was there man in Pennsy-
vania, he would ask, there single of intelligence
in that State who did not at the time of the last Presidential
election know perfectly well what tie opinions Of Mr. Polk
were in regard to the tariff Was there who did hot
know that he was free trade man
Mr. ARcHLR. They thought him better tariff than
Mr.. Cayl
otate Tao tnOroughgolng than Pennsylya
MIA in her opposition chartered privileges. Yet they
how told that unless this high protective Of 1912 remained
they going to be entirely ruined Did Pennsylvania
expect other States to pay her debts No; such
their good old Dutch democratic principles He had heard
seid that under The operation of the Of 1912 man.
formerly journeyman blacksmith, in Pennsy yana had
many nine hundred laborers in his employment How
many would he have if left to go for two three years
longer at that rate He would have the control every
in the State If in yeas time this ourneym man black
smith had raised up force of hundred how long would
it take him to get under his power and authority the whole
State Pennsylvania had made complaints heretofore
He believed she had been and would be other than
Democratic
He had but single word add. He thought the gentle
men the other eide had ample time allowed them for the
discussion Of this question without interfering the time
which should be devoted the business belonging
morning The gentlemen opposite had had the DEBATE all
themselves they his side Of the chamber had
yet allowed themselves to be coaxed into it but had
ceived the fire OF their adversares without He
hoped, therefore, they would allowed the morning
hour for the transaction of other business And he
hoped that hereafter these petitions when presented would
be received and laid upon the table, referred without de-
bate, and that they would have many long speeches
made
Mr. BAGBy said he had listened with very great attention
TO all that had been said the subject OF the tariff and he had
invariably voted for every proposition which had tendency
to afford full opportunity his friends the other side to
debate but he say he thought too
much latitude given the debate when allowed
encroach upon the morning hours. lie leave there
fore to Introduce resolution that debate should be per-
mitled upon the presentation of petitions.
The PRESIDING OFFICER remarked that there was n
question beforerhe Senate for referring the documents pre-
scented by the Senator from Pennsy the Committee
on Printing.
Mr. CAMERON rose, and in reply 10 the remarks Of the
Senator from Arkansas said that he always smiled when his
end the Senator from Arkansas, addressed the Senate
this subject His wit irresistible that il excited his
sbe faculties, matter how sober the mood in which il
found him. But he could not permit his friend charge his
state or her citizens with being dependents pensioners
The Government They were not like Arkansas, and other
states that he could that constantly appealing
Congress for aid from the public Treasury for whose benefit
some twenty bills files asking for aid and
for whose benefit they had been called upon only yesterday
Tor some hfy thousand dollars without voucher except
the assertion that the money had for and expend
ed The Senator from Arkansas he said also did him in
justice in quoting bis remarks of yesterday He did
say that single person Pennsy controlled nine hun
dred workmen The wokmen Of that State not con-
oled by their employers They were freemen and thew
could stand erect before their God without being controlled
by any The Senator from Arkansas has in this much
mistaken the character of these petitioners when he
pared them TO the slave labor Of the South The aborers
Pennsylvania white they were freemen thew
were intelligent men, and they asked vors from the Gov
eminent but to be let alone the enjoyment Of their labor
The Senator from Arkansas had charged him (Mr C.
said) with acting this question with the Wing Senator
from Massachusetts, He admitted that this question they
were togcthe but he would remind that honorable Senator
Of what seemed have escaped his meoyhat he and the
honorable Senator from Massachusetts had shoulder TO
magnitude than this which dismembered the nation
which took from this country and gave the British
several degrees Of latitude in the Oregon country He wished
his Trend to reconcile that coalition before he charged other
Senators with acting in the company OF Wings He (Mr
was acting with the Democracy of his State and he
desired to learn democracy from gentlemen who COM
pared his aborng felowczens with the negro aborcrs of
the South
Mr. SEWER said he believed the interests Of aboring men
were alike every where be Of that class himself
He intended such comparison the Senator attributed to
him he was speaking Of the tariff policy generally What
they proposed do 1t reduce the taxes which
were laid upon the very abong classes which the
was speaking Of and the by which those
to be reduced the Senator crying against though
II was going TO ruin the country.
Mr. CRlTTENDEN said this new tariff bill seemed to
be regarded Democratic He believed he
himself much Of Democrat in the constitutional sense of
the term, any member Of that body And he was accord
ing his understanding, acting in accordance with Demo-
cratic principles when he desired that the judgment of the
people Of the whole United States might be obtained in refer
ence to this question The only difficulty ascertain
that judgment correctly Although might be Of
little consequence with the Senator from Arkansas whether
the people Of Pennsylvania voted for the present Chief Ma
gistrate Of this Union with full knowledge that be
free-trade man. yet he thought il became matter Of
consequence showing what the opinion Of the
state were at the time when they going place in
power freetrade The Senator from Arkansas had
SAID that every body in that State knew ought to have
Known that he freerade man. If this were So then