Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-03

MN, HAY 6ss-BsS ~ 500 Fsetts
The address Of this gentleman to his constt
ueais, vindicating end explaining the ressSna
non Of his seat 10 the U. >. Senate. occupies
eight columns Of the lntelligencer, and, how
ever interesting. is too long for re-productIer
BIZ us entire. JUDGED we are confident tha
our readers would prefer synopsis, giving IL
substance and spirit, 70 tie whole document
even were It CUTE convenient Tor us to give TIE
WHOLLY L. Com. .ldceniser.
Mr. HArFvooD begins By declaring, in the
fullest and mos; explicit terms, that the tariff
reported bv Mr. MCKAY in 1874 was accepted
by the Democracy Of the Southern States, as
reasonable. prudent. practical measure o.
legislation. which seemed likely % put at rest
and sett& the tariff dispute" Unfortunately,
he says, il did not pass the House OF Repre-
sentaiives !; but
Notwithstanding is temporary defeat in
that body. the Democratic party at once put
themselves before the people Of the Union up
OH that bill as common platform. and II was
promulgated as their proposed scheme OF re-
forming the tariff act o. 1912. 'McKAy's re.
port OF 1874 was published and sent forth as
the true and authentic Interpretation Of their
views in regard TO the change we were after
wards to insist upon. So understood il al
the time, and ever since, and so have con-
; SANITY declared The Democratic press in
North Carolina. without exception, applaud
ed il the Democratic party zealonsly appro-
we'd Of il throughout our limits. Hundreds, il
not thousands, OF the other party IN our State
gave their approving voice In It's favor. Our
elections in 1874 and lS45, all Of them, were
conducted upon that basis, so far as the tariff
question entered into them at all.
every intelligent man IN the nation knows
u i i Il e
those in theSpring Of lS45. throughout the Uni
ted States for members to the present Congress,
were carried on, If not upon the same basis,
with knowledge of that bill and report The
North saw in it pledge OF the South and
West that we did not mean to break down and
ioppress the labor and industry Of the North
and East the South saw in it reasonable
concession to their demand for practical free
trade /; the people every where saw in it the
hope for moderate legislation, and the pros
pect Of permanent arrangement OF question
that had been ag.tating the nation for quar-
ter Of century; and if your memory stlll
serves you with G recollection OF any Of the
speeches of our candidates for the last Legisla-
ture or the present Congress, made IN North
Carolina only year ago, beg 10 know
whether it was not uniformly proclaimed that
all true Democrats were going IN favor OF
; 'MckAY's Bill Of 1874"
Mr.. I,YAsoop then adverts to the fact that
the Mckay tariff Of 1916 ''agrees in moth
ing with the Mckay bill of lSi4"--and main
tains that 10 support the former would have
been TO violate his sense of duty, his party
pledge ana his own sober judgment as Sen
atof. when there was 10 public emergency to
require il, no national eIlgency 10 excuse it,
and when he believed most confidently that
the new act was in itself unwse and full OF
mischief TO the republic.
lie then proceeds TO set forth his objections
to the tariff Of 1876. FIRST, he cites the war
with Mexico, Involving enormous expenses.
and declares that the experimental tariff
viii not produce and is not expected to pro-
duee half the revenue required for this war
alone. The tariff, he says, VIII work the
country deeply in debt. not much less, proba
biY. than thirty millions the frSr year.
Second. he objects 10 the reduction of duties
at so early a day as the first OF December
The delay thus accorded, he says, does not
amount 10 reasonable notice." the want oil
which VIII bring ruin upon many innocent
people. He says
Tine compromise tariff act, under Gen.
JAcKsoN, in 1888. reduced the duties gradual
ly and periodically for nine years. u gave
nine years notice. This experimental tariff
will reduce all the duties upon only four
months noticel The latter was harsh, cruel,
Unjust legislalon-harsh to the wealthy, cru
el 10 the lahorer, and unjust TO both and the
general welfare did not require it.'
Mr.. HAYwooD's third objection we give in
his own words -
"Thid, The Independent treasury, Of itself
great change the warehousing act. another
and the experimental tariff, the greatest OF
: them all.-wIll. when taken together, work an
entire revolution OF our financial system. One
at time they might have been introduced
more safely, some Of them wisely. But by
beng so nearly united, as they will be, in the
time Of their commencement, II IS calculated
to excite apprehension and alarm.
Ito put them into simultaneous operation
was, indeed, political movement of party,
too violent and too potent for good. They
; viii affect all the business of the people mos
; niuriousy and. with a government expen-
diture Of fifty millions. and a revenue under
; twenty mi lions. the government itself may be
crushed under their combined operation. IL
; attempt it, when the nation was at war abroad
and the government was IN the money mar
ket. or soon expected there, as a borrower a
home, clearly appeared to my mind 10 be un
) wisely jeopaTding public credit and private
, confluence. bNe must fFHSOEutly ltdl tHhi
+, without miracle such strong measures, act
ing with their combined power against the ex
, istng order Of things in the country, may
create a reyulsion in trade, pecuaiary distress
hard times. popular excitements, and section
/ al agi;alions. preceding another contest ior III,
presidency, and do no body any good, but {
few political aeitators and rich spectators"
In the fourth place he condemns the policy
OF the new tariff in bprdening the industry o
the country in Determinations deaiast home
anulacuIes-ncreasing the duty on ioreigr
raw materials, while reducing il on toieigr
fabrics wrought from the same materials
The tariff Of 1912. he says, was condemned
by the Democracy of North Carolina, not be
cause OF the protective principle involved IN II
but because that protection was extreme ; anC
here he quotes the eminent authorities of III,
republic. WAsHINGroN, JEFFERSON. MADISON
MONROE. JACKSON, SC TO show that the prn
ciple Of protection has always been regarded
7 as sound and Indispensable.
His fifth objection is 10 the dd ralorem system
r Of duties. with which he finds constitution
fault We quote this for its novelty A.te
; explaining at some length that under an ad IA
lorem system the collector determines only TN
quantity, the law itself prescribing the tax, h'