Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-08-27
TIE BRITISH ORGAN.

Tbe Patriot has become regular British organ,
defending even the 9th section Of Folks Tariff,
which was copied from British act, but stricken
ont by the Senate because it offered BOUNTY
ON BRITISH FRAUDS Hear this defence of
the 9th section, which we copy from the last Pat
riots
In the Senate July 81 Mr. Webster moved TO amend the New
discussion of the sth aud OH sections of the Bill.
mncb The subject Of animndve6n had been faithfully copied
from tho English statutes yanncal code of laws than
custom house. he believed had been enacted The law
most sovetc and oppressive against Importer o , o
English custom house laws were most severe and tynnnica up
to eiye them Yankee tt for tat he snbsaata COPY Of
their idDs, which, incorporated into laws would give them
good they and subject the British importing into n
crica regulations Whiet americans,
importing into that country, are subjected! -,......,
favoring the British! To what must party be
pushed who to such miserable shifts to sustain the cause
Here the readers of the Patriot are given dis
tinctly to understand that the British act was cop
led into the Polk Tariff because it was so severe
and tyrannica" that it deserved payment with
equol "severity and tyranny" That 9th section
was acfdiy Serere, says the Patriot IN substance,
and Polk most periodically adopted i. to pay of the
British in their own coin. Certainly this is an in
gerious and plausible defence, but unfortunately
there is not one ,cord Of truth IN it, Here is the
9th section of Folks bill; aud instead of being
severe and tyrannical," it will be seen that it abb
soutey provided to p1y The rery rdScats, toho may
attempt 10 dejraud The revenue, The uatue Of their
goods as entered, and FIVE PER CENT. PRO
ETT!! If the reader wishes to see either the la
inevitable ignorance or the disgraceful dishonesty
of the Patriot on this subject he has only to COM
pare the following section of the Polk Tariff BILL
the only one stricken out with the explanation of
it above quoted from that paper. We copy verbu-
tim from the bill as printed by order of the Senate :
And be further enacted That it, upon the examinu
ton of any parcel package or quantity Of goods Of which en-
OF the opinion that the undervnucd by the owner
oe coG'Enee or agent, with the intention Of the
within whose district the may be entered, the sanction of
the Secretary of the Treasury first being oband if in his oPn
of the United states And such collector shall such goods
to be sold at public auctn within twenty days from the
taking the same in the prescribed by law for the sale of
unclaimed goods and the proceeds of such sale shall be placed
cctor rs hereby authorized IF the dccrung TO
ne oTne importer eOnsgne agent Of the goods taken the
TI!M UPoN sUcH.aMo UNT In .aD DITIoN HEREToj
and the said collector shall render the Secretary the Treas
u with his accounts of the customs, statement showing the
amount OF moneys paid the amount of duties chargeabe
treasury and this section shall be in force until the first July,
eighteen hundred and ohycight, unless otherwise directed BY
1t hash cen usual we believe, for government to
seize and confscate goods froudulently entered ;
but here our "awfully severe" Mr.. Polk thinks he
can inspire terror hitherto unknown to the York
shiremen by offering 10 pay for The goods. But it
is said this was copied from a British act: So it
was, but in the British act this section applies only
to goods entered wrong by mistake, and not inten-
tionally. Our wise lawmakers just strained the
British act SO as to and absolutely pay
bounty on fraudulent importatons! For proof, we
copy from the remarks of Mr.. BENTON on this
subject:
" evidently intended make the American conor
mabe to the British act but Nth total DEMONSTRATION tn
British Our bill differs from the British in being applicable
to fraudulent instead of innocent mpotoons and differs from
in giving to the importer his fair mercantile profit In h
our bill is contradictory aud incomprehensbe. = =
FRAUD WAS NEVER BEFORE RE
WARDED EXCEPT BY THIS BILL. undertake to say il i
the frat bill which REWARDS FRAUD, which has been
in the annals of human legislation"