The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-15
THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE.

The protectionsts-or, to give the party truer
name, the extortionists in the Senate have already
displayed the tactics of the battle which they mean
to make against tariff reform. Ii is manifest now
that we are to have panic discussion. The coun-
try is, if possible, to be thrown into state of alarm
and agitation, by being made to believe that it is
already dreadfulIy astonished and frightened.
We are threatened with another panic spectacle
during the remainder Of the present session of Con-
gress. The scenes which were exhibited on that
august theatre during General Jackson's admnstra-
ton, for effectng the restoration Of the deposites
to the Bank Of the United States, probably to be
revived under another form. Those were the days
when it was proclaimed by senator to the citizens
Of Baltimore that there ''no Sabbath in revolu-
tonary times" Then memorials were poured in
upon the Senate. Then set speeches were made
by the senators who presented them for the purpose
of producing more excitement among the people,
and calling out more memorials. And now we are
to have the manufacturers pouring into Washington
to appeal by all sorts of appliances, to members of
Congress. We are to have memorial after
memorial thrown in-speech after speech made
to alarm the country. We are to have
the most exaggerated pictures drawn Of the public
distress. We are to be told of machinery counter
manded to the amount Of several hundred thousand
dollars, which, if true, would only show how i'm
mensely profitable those investments are to the opu-
lent propretors of manufactures under the tariff Of
1842. We are to see every nerve strained-every
effort made--no stone left unturned to scatter a
panic over the public mind. The debate will be
spun out But what firm statesman will shrink un,
der this process We shall have Forsyths enough
to meet the crisis and to defeat the efforts of the
manufacturers. For one, we see the game that is
to be played, and we prepared to do duty at
this juncture, fearless of all consequences. We in
ve the liberal press cooperate in the work of ar
resting the panic We call on the New York Eve.
ming Post, and the Journal of Commerce, the News
and the Globe to unite in the defence Of the coun-
try.
Whether respectable case of fright can be man.
ufactured by the wing orators to suit the occasion,
yet remains to be seen. But be this as it may, it
will be very hard to make out anything like
of establishment or surprise. If, as Mr.. Webster
says, "the country, from the Potomac to the Pc
nobscot," has been "unbelievng" in the passage Of
q new tariff bill to supersede the tariff Of 1912,
then surely has the country been very hard Of be-
lief. It must have shut its eyes to the very cearest
signs Of the times. We showed yesterday that the
most distinguished advocates of the tariff Of 1912,
the men whose votes fastened it on the country de-
clared that they thought it could not stand long.
wing senator (Mr. Merrick OF Maryland,) NOV
ed that it should last only two years. Nine wings
voted for his notion and it was lost in the Senate
only by single vote That vote was Mr.. Wright's,
and Mr.. Wright gave that vote, as he gave his vote
on the final passage Of the measure, under strong
protest against the bill. Mr. Buchanan voted for
Mr.. Merricks Limitation. Mr.. Rives, Mr.. Preston,
and other distinguished wing gentlemen, declared
that they voted for the whole measure only
under temporary pressure and for tenn.
porary purpose When the measure passed,
the democratic party through their journals,
and in Congress, gave loud and repeated
warning, in every form, that it they came into
power the measure should not stand The Bal
tmore Convention echoed the same sentiment, and
went into canvass upon its words. Mr. Folks
inaugural address responded in the same tone. Pro-
Tossing to speak by authority, and speaking by su
thorty on that point, we stated in prospectus,
and continued to repeat day after day, that the adj
mnistralion would go with It's whole force for an
ad valorem tariff on the principle, and against