Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-08-19

ruin Of the American laborer, and who are
in favor Of reducing duties on the highest
luxuries of human life.
And now say that when this bill be
passed, there will be no need of wiring on
the body Of il whether il is democratic or
an aristocratic bill. When laborng man
sees that the duty on the raw material
which forms the staple of his work is rails.
ed, while that on silks, on spices, on pre-
served fruits, on rich carpets, and on rich
cut glass is lowered, he will not ask any
man to give the bill its name--ils name is
on IFS face. 1t is an aristocratic bill, and
every item in it correspondents 10 that
general character"
Mr.. McDulfie, always ready, met these
assertions of the attorney of the manufacs
lurers, with the following brief but over
whelming reply;
"The Senator from Massachusetts, in
characterising this is as an aristocretic
bill, imposed on Mr.. Med. the duty of say
ing a few words before the question should
be taken, that he might dsabuse the pub
lie mind of any such impression, The
Senator had asked with greut confidence
and surely with the expectation OF not be,
ing replied to, where was the democratic
feature in this bi2 Where was the pro.
vision for the laboring classes He had
selected few articles Of luxury on which
the duties we're reduced, leaving il to be
inferred that these were the principal re-
auctions in the bill.
81 will ell the Senator what are the de.
mocratic features of the bill. In the first
place it has reduced the duty on salt from
s cents 10 2 cents a bushel. 1t has redu.
ced the duty on sugar from "a cents to
cent per Id. On all the consumers of cali
Goes, plain or printed, species of goods
used by all farmers, and mechanics, and
aborcrs, God knows how much. be-
ieve that on all the articles consumed by
the poor and by the middle classes the re-
duclion is greater than on all other articles
in the bill. The simple repeal Of mini
NUNS on coarse cottons "a sort Of tax
never known till the tariff of 1916 either
in this or any other country will alone
enable the people of the U. States 10 con-
sumo an increased importation to the value
of Sl0,000,000, at prices at not more
than two-thirds of what they now pay.
"What is the great reduction in this bill
which it is thought is to prove so injurious
to the countryl Ii is the protecting duties
on manufacturers made in large establish
ments by the power of machinery owned
by heavy capitalists, who are realizing
from 80 10 40 per cent profit. The re
peal of these duties will operate TO reduce
the profits of these men to 8 or 10 per ct'
| do not myself believe that the money
price of labor will be reduced onehalt a
much as the price of the commodities use'
by the laborers; and, therefore, that TN
practical effect of this bill will be most ia
vorable TO The great mass of our laborer
and to nineteen. twentieths of all the pee
pie of the U. States. The laborers il
their factories will get, on the whole, NOR
for their labor than they now do"
We might leave Mr.. Webster with hi
"Staked reputatioa'' here, but to show III
utter worlhlessness of his assertions, an
to put the country on its guard, and gu
readers in possession of arguments TO NEE
the war which has been declared agaln'
this great Democratic measure, we lnsel
the following comparative table of dutle
under the two acts, taken from the Unto
of the 2sth instant [Old Dominion.