The daily union., 1846-10-27
THE TARIFF-INTEREsTINd CORES
PONDENCE.

PoNDENCE.
The attention Of our readers is respectfully di-
rec ed to the correspondence upon the subject Of the
tariff, which has recently taken place between Mr.
Vice President Dallas and number Of democrats
of the county of Washington, Pennsylvania. The
letters first appeared in the Washington Examiner
of the 24th instant, and hasten to transfer them
to the columns of the Union.
The letter Of Mr.. Dallas is written in a style to
carry conviction To the minds Of the masses Of the
people; to satisfy the farmer, the mechanic, and
the workngman, that high protective tariff is, IN
fact but tax upon labor for the benefit of eapaij
and that thereby burdens are cast upon the many,
that riches may be conferred upon the few. The
subject only requires investigation to lead the IN
quirng mind TO sound conclusions. IL has been I'M
fortunately the case with some Of our friends in
Pennsylvania that only side Of the question has
been presented to their view. Too many of their
public men, we fear, have experienced too much
dellcscy in assuming position hostile to that occu-
pied by the mammoth manufacturers, who have IN
their employment hundreds Of operatives, whose
votes these privileged classes claim the right Of
controlling. So far us we advised, but in
Mr.. Wilmots,) have the democracy, as par
ty, heretofore taken bold ground in opposition
to high protective tariff; (proteeiius, forsooth,
to the Je,o, but oppressive to the many At the
last session, Mr.. Wilmot was the only member from
Pennsyvania who voted in favor Of the new tariff
This gentleman was a candidate for reelection
His only competitor was a democrat, who ayowed
himself in favor Of the old, and against the new
tariff and he thereby received the entire whg sup
port and the votes Of such of his own party as were
opposed to the tariff act of 1876. The result has
been already announced: Wilmot was trumphantly
elected, notwithstanding his competitor is one OF
the most popular gentlemen in that section Of Penn
sylvana. In that district the question had been in
estgated both sides had been laid before the peo-
Pile; and the democracy (as they always do when
correctly informed) rallied in favor OF equal rights
in opposition to special privileges.
Its no new thing for honest to arrive at wrong
conclusions from the partial view which they
may have taken of particular subject. All re-
member the period when a considerable portion OF
the republican party acquiesced in the existence OF
United States Bank. The supporters of that man.
moth corporation taught the doctrine that national
bank was Indispensable to the well-being of the
| people; that without it, exchanges could not be
regulated that without it, the wages of labor would
| be reduced; that without it, trade and commerce
would be paralyzed, and even the wheels of govern
ment clogged. Too many placed confidence in
these assertions without investigating the subject
| for themselves; and it not until the mas
ter spirit of the imam of iron will'' had aroused
the American people to the true nature of the inst
tuition, that the entire democracy became satisfied
from study and reflection, of its unconstitutionalty
and of ts dangerous tendencies Even the gallant
Keystone if we mistake not, by an overwhelming
vote of her legislature, had instructed her senators
to vote for the recharter Of the Bank of the United
Suites. But when once induced to scrutinize its
character, no democracy in the Union became more
decidedly hostile to that monster monopoly than
did the republicans of Pennsylvania; and at this
hour, is there democrat in that proud Common
wealth who would sanction the creation of ma
tonal bank' Not one. Investigation, and the lgh
of truth shed abroad by the instrumentality OF q
fearless press, have wrought this happy change.
And SO will it be with tho tariff. The honesty,
patriotism, and intelligence of her people forbid
United States Bank, many timid, and selfish DEM
ocrats, who owned stock in the institution, were
its debtors, deserted their party, and joined the
ranks of the opposition but more than enough OF
wings were found to fiji their places. So will it be
with the tariff question. Those princely manufac'
turers, who clearing their twenty and fifty, and
one hundred thousand dollars year, by the opera
ton of the tariff act of ls42, will probably continue
to support the policy which enables them to thrust
money into their own pockets, by dragging it from
those of their fellow citizens but thousands Of
wings, who will consent to be plucked no longer,
will attach themselves to the party which boldly
advocates the doctrine of equal rights, and desert
that which fosters system of special privileges.
England has thrown open her ports to the produce
of our agricuturalists, and the surplus of American
farmers is now gladdening the heart and sustaining
the lives of tens of thousands Of impoverished for
eigners, And whilst thus conferrng an inestimable
blessing upon our brethren Of the Old World, our
own people-those who live by the weat Of tn,
brow-are already appreciating the beneats Of tn,
new market which is created for the productions o.
tho United States. This change in the policy o
England was the result of an anticipated reaction o
our tariff and whilst the great farming interest o
the country is thus promoted, wrong is done to M
man; but, on the contrary advantages result to tn,
entire population, with the exception of the boste,
:, and pampered mammoth manufacturers, who ar
now building up vast fortunes through the sweat o
their own down-trodden laborers and the speca
favors conferred upon them by the tariff act of ls42
Did time permit, we should pursue this subject
but, for the present, we must close by again caln
the attention Of our readers to the correspondent
It as being well worthy Of their attentive perussl Tn