Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-09-09

classes, in which for wonder the farmer
triumphed over the manufacturer. The
duty was avowedly made high for The sake
of the wool-growers. But under this head
as under the other, Mr.. Haywood does not
make solitary specification.
But Mr.. Haywood was further opposed
to the present reduction of duties, on ac-
count of the Mexican war. He leaves his
readers to infer that the tariff of IS42 was
sufficient for the exigency--,hat it would
paw all the expenses of the war. He in
fers himself, but gives neither fact nor
reason TO sustain the assertion, that the
new tariff will be much less productive.
He coolly takes for granted that it will
produce less than 100000 OO--not feel
ing bound to assign any reason for so
widely differing from the estimates of the
Treasury Department, and of all the de-
mocratic Senators. We have not doubt
that the new tariff will shortly be more
productive than the old one, and its ten
dency will be to increase, not to destroy
commerce.
Mr.. Haywood's last objection to the Ia.
riff bill itself, is its adoption OF the adj ga
loren principle. On this ground, he calls
| il an experiment, and would lead his rea-
ders TO suppose that such thing was never
heard of before. Had he forgotten the
Compromise Act which provided that all
duties should be levied ad UalOrem and
none higher than 20 per cent? But "Mc-
Kay's Bill' itself, which he approved and
assisted in making, with the exception oil
a very few articles, laid the duties Gd pa
lorena--and even under the tariff of 1912
the greater part of the revenue is derived
from dd ralorem duties. What an insult
to the common sense of the country, then
is this to call ad Ualorem duties an untried
experiment. Whenever nothing but reve.
nue. is looked to in laying duties, they
would always be ad uaIorem, because such
are The most productive. They allow al
Iouaiiiigs of an article (wines for instance,
to be imported on a proportionate tax. A
duty on The quantity (specific) will be .
light tax on costly quality and an op
pressive one on the cheap. Under thc
tariff of 1912, the cheap French wine
almost ceased to be imported-whle the
rich mans drink-Madeira-hardly fel
the tax. The few specific duties of "Mc
nay Dill WCEC III OEOL IhotohSO IelsG =
propitiate the protective classes. But it i
, needless to discuss this topic.
Upon all these objections to the new
tariff Mr.. Haywood strenuously insists
and in all cases he interposes his con
science, his patriotism, his sense of duty
as his protection. Will it be believed, tina
. this transcendental patriot, in spite of a
! these weighty objections, actually agree
q 10 vote Tor the new tariff, provided its ope
f ration could be postponed from the lst c
, December to the LIST of March? Yet h
. so assures us in his address. From tn
5 beginning to the end of his long vindica
= ton, we find his conscience and his sens
d of duty hanging like nightmare owe
: him, and disordering his mind so far as t
d blind him 10 the fact that the bill unde
{ consideration was almost identically tn
/, same as the one he had approved an
:. cherished as a model Of a tariff, and ye
e conscience and all that, did at last dwindl
down into petty objection TO the day fc
the new tariff to go into operation! Cor
d science cried out for March and the bi
y said December! Conscience had conce
e ded much--the rate of taxation--the prir
s ciple Of taxation-but when it came to tn
: day of the month, conscience took th
d studs and would not bulge an inch fuI
e Their. Poor Mr.. Haywood! We migt
l. have labored long without bringing him
@ so lame and impotent conclusion as tn
Il which he has chosen for himself.
}. [CharI. Mercury